----- Original Message ----- From: "P N Stenquist" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:04 AM Subject: Re: K-5, K-7, side-by-side at ISO 6400
The K-7 offered huge advantages in use over the K20 or K10 because the exposure is very accurate. That's priceless.
Totally agree! I'm a happy K7 owner, though I do admit to some disappointment with respect to the noise issue Still, I've been able to compensate for the noise issue with Lightroom noise reduction. Moreover, a while back when Miserere posted shots that demonstrated the relationship between accurate exposure and low noise using his K10D, I was impressed and felt I should make an effort to improve my exposure skills even more with the hope I would soon make better exposure setting decisions. This shall continue to be an important learning exercise for me--even though I now own a camera with improved metering.
I also think the K7 & K5 will make for a nice working kit; the interfaces are the same. I was shooting medium-long and wide angle zooms with the K7 & K20D the other day, and I found switching between the two interfaces during my shoot annoying, though I'll have to put up with it for a while, since I don't think I'll be buying the K5 immediately, but it is a hope I have for the future.
As Paul has shown us, the K5 beats the K7 at high ISOs; the IQ at these levels is impressive, but I still think the K7 is an excellent camera to work and shoot with; I'm so grateful the weight of the Pentax camera has decreased, and I find the K7 an excellent, unobtrusive street camera, and for some reason I really like BW pictures made with the K7. And, of course, there are numerous new features on the K7: video capabilities, improved fps, etc; It seems to me that Pentax has packed a lot of new technology in a smaller camera body--most impressive! I'm very happy to own the K7.
But having said all of the above, PDML photogs are making fantastic pictures will all sorts of Pentax cameras & non Pentax cameras. While the technology continues to evolve, the fundamental principles a photographer must know and apply in making a compelling picture have not changed. The photography of a good many PDMLers proves the truth of the claim that no matter the camera, great photographers with a keen eye are still needed to make great pictures.
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