On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 2:00 PM > Subject: Re: I think I'll keep the k7 :-) > > >> I suspect the K-5's going to be pretty much the K-7 with a new sensor >> and maybe a couple extra fps (the Sony 14.6MP CMOS sensor and the >> rumoured 16MP CMOS sensor are both capable of 7+fps and are the likely >> candidates for the K-5's sensor). Might even see a 1/250 flash sync if >> we also get the extra fps. Aside from that probably incremental >> improvements to the video function and LV implementation and hopefully >> a flip/twist LCD (I really miss that from the G1 and E-30) >> >> Even with that, I'm expecting it to be a nice upgrade. K-x or better >> high ISO, resolution at least as good as the K-7 and all the >> improvements to the non-imaging parts the K-7 already got. > > > Well, Adam, you paint a rosy picture here, which I hope happens :-) Cheers, > Christine >
Heh, I was trying for the minimalist approach. The new sensor is a given, but I'm not sure which of the two we'll see. Probably the 16MP one as that's what Nikon and Sony are reportedly both using in their newer high-end APS-C bodies which should get announced in the next month or so. Pentax has been improving the Video and Live View implementations with each update so I expect we'll see that as a given as well (It'll just be software anyways). The extra fps and better shutter is a guess, but the capability's there and it differentiates the K-5 from the slower K-x (and rumoured K-r) better than the current 0.5fps difference does today. The flash sync is built on that, all of the 7fps-capable shutters are also capable of 1250th sync (the Sony's don't get it as their IS implementation limits the physical sync to 1/200 and they don't give the sync boost with IS off on the current A450/A550 but do on the A850/A900). If Pentax has this limitation as well it could explain the K-7's od lower flash sync (odd given the 1/8000 max shutter speed). The flip/twist LCD is just me hoping. I love the feature but it's not available on the bodies I would be interested in. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
