Good read, Boris. Thanks for sharing your observations. Some interesting differences in my experience. First, I never use the electronic level. I find it a distraction. Second, I find the autofocus considerably better than any previous Pentax camera. I shoot a lot of action, and the K-7 locks on much better than my K20D. I shot a kiddy halloween parade today at Graces school and I don't think the autofocus missed on even a single shot of these moving subjects in somewhat low light. Finally, I think the exposure is close to spot on. A huge improvement over previous Pentax models. Paul On Oct 29, 2010, at 12:17 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
> The simplest thing would be to do so in firmware. Something like: > > * press lv button and hold it 2 sec or > * press raw button together with lv button in order to engage lv mode. > > Likely this will never happen though as K-7 is no longer current for Pentax. > > Boris > > On 10/29/2010 6:14 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> I wonder how hard it would be to make some kind of cover for the LV >> button. Obviously when I want to use LV (and I do) I take it away >> form my eye. >> >> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Boris Liberman<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Well, if you shoot a lot in dim light, then K-5 would be a great step up for >>> you, Rick. Having seen the samples, it is indeed significantly more usable >>> than K-7. But I am going to acquire a denoising software thereby I hope to >>> "reclaim" at least one full stop of K7. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Boris >>> >>> >>> On 10/29/2010 5:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >>>> >>>> Boris, >>>> >>>> I have 1/4 as many clicks on my K7, but... >>>> >>>> - agree completely with the 100% viewfinder and "level" being great >>>> to have; >>>> >>>> - autofocus does much better in tungsten light (or warm fluorescent >>>> light) than the k10's; >>>> >>>> - I have done a fair amount of shooting in dimly lit interiors, >>>> during ceremonies or classical musical programs, so I appreciate ISO >>>> 3200 (and Lightroom 3!) and the quiet shutter; >>>> >>>> - Switching focus points is, indeed, awkward. I really miss being >>>> able to have the AF button return the focus point to the center. >>>> >>>> I've only shot with the K10 once since I got the K7, and that was >>>> just for "old time's sake". >>>> >>>> Rick >>>> >>>> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
