On Jan 27, 2011, at 9:25 PM, Luiz Felipe wrote: > Just received my new Kr, bought in the US with the great help of Larry Colen. > Really interesting camera, that will be completely tested (again) in the next > few days. > > First impressions: > > Smaller than I expected, feels great in my hands, like the weight and the > feel. Somehow the Ds feels better built - power and DOF preview switch in > particular, but other details as well.
Lack of DOF switch is an annoyance, but you should be able to reprogram the Live View switch. Or, for that matter try using Live View for checking DOF. Focusing in Live View is an interesting experience. I don't remember details, just that it is interesting. > > Slightly smaller viewfinder than my Ds', something I consider important. > Bright image, hope to get used to it soon. I'm so used to the K-x viewfinder I hadn't even noticed. This prompted me to pull out the SRT-101 and yes the old 35mm viewfinder is much bigger, probably by about the difference in frame size. > > Not so great control set IMHO - in order to get DOF preview I had to > customize the green button, still wondering at the consequences. I was actually very impressed at how well the control set works with so few buttons. On the K-x I miss the front dial wheel from my K20. On my K20 I miss having all of the buttons accessible via my thumb. Going to the K20, it's also annoying to try to adjust aperture by hitting the +/- button, and instead hit the green button and have it totally reset the exposure. > > The very big LCD really makes the difference, but for my taste it's a bit of > a nuisance getting it on while I have the camera at eye level, even when I > change camera mode. Will try other settings soon - maybe this will not remain > a problem. Of course live view is a very useful tool. Press info a couple of times to turn it off. I set the menu for memory functions to remember the display state, it should say off. > > Louder than the Ds - still a nice sound, and I'm not into stealth photo. > Can't object to the vibration/ slap of shutter and mirror so far, more tests > to perform. > > AF feels faster than the Ds, even in light levels that won't trigger the AF > light in the Kr. Of course those other testers had it right... :-) AF in > video is so-so for the first moment - not good but useful enough. Video > quality looks very, very good - without proper operator training. > > First results look very ok - won't get posted as I didn't get a proper model > release. Second batch should be made soon, with greater care and control - > and posted. I really don't expect to get better results from a very capable > but much older Ds. Unless we count pics lost due my aging eyes vs. the > smaller finder. > > Something I already knew from Larry's tests, but had to see for myself: the > camera at 12600 beats the Ds at 3200... and I already felt the Ds as very > interesting at 3200. Really impressive... > > Two particular points of interest - the flash is behaving as it should, with > no signs of failure, and the rear wheel looks happy to change the camera's > settings without problems. Looks like the problems solved themselves - bad > contacts probably. After that first attempt, I had no problem with the flash, and the dial wheel seemed to continue to improve. > > Again, my Thanks (capital) to mr. Colen for the purchase, test and first > evaluation of the Kr. I'd be still using the Ds without his help. Thanks!!! It was my pleasure to test it out for you. As much as I love my K-x, I was very sorely missing the improvements in the K-r, both in features and in performance. > > Luiz Felipe > luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br > http://www.techmit.com.br/luizfelipe > > -- > 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. -- 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.
