On Aug 29, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Geez, the Leica thread turned into an "everybody sucks" thread. > Here's a photographic opinion question for the combined wisdom of the > list. > > OK, so the last time I saved up money I ended up buying an E-P1 and a > Lumix 20mm 1.7. Combined with the macro 50 it's my walk around Disney > World, etc., kit. I just did a major culling of the Pentax gear and > only have the FA20-35, FA50 1.4 and the FA135 2.8 left. I need a new > main body (I do have the *ist D and Ds left but not what I want to go > with). The Kx and K7 should be coming down a bit in price because of > the Kr and K5. I have about $900 but the Kr looks a lot like an > upgraded Kx with the same sensor. I can go with the Kx and get a > couple of kit lenses for about $100 extra (the 18-55 and the 55-300) > or just blow it all on the K7. there are lots of advantages to the Kx > but the K7 might make a better compliment to the E-P1. Also, this > body has to last a bit. Since I'd like to start spending future funds > on lenses, especially since I'm now keeping two kits. Thoughts?
1) Wait at least until October to make a decision. 2) If you're doing a lot of work in good light, or bad weather, the K-7 is probably a better camera. 3) If faster autofocus and dead nuts on metering are critical, then the K-7 is probably a better camera. Other than that, it seems that the typical scenario is for people to buy a K-x for it's high-iso, with the intent of using it as their second body, and find out that they use it more than their nominally better body. When I use my K-20, I'm reminded of how nice having two control wheels, and focus indicators are. But, the K20 isn't the camera that I carry in my fanny pack, so it's not the camera I tend to use when I just happen to see a shot. I'm curious about how many people on this list have both. I was planning up upgrading from the K100 to the K-7, but got tired of waiting and got the K20 instead. The K-7 didn't seem to have enough performance advantage for the cost over the K20 to make it worth the money. The K-x, however was cheap enough that I could treat it as a replacement for the K100. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
