Boris wrote: > I thought that bitching was kind of allocated for PentaxForums crowds... ;-) > > Seriously, however, I can totally feel for you, Tom, because as you said > in another message for your landscape work pixel count is most valuable. > I thought by the way that you were going to get (already had gotten?) > Sony NEX-7 which is both small and boasts the 24 MP sensor. > > I should point out that I recently had a change to shoot with Nikon D700 > + their top of the line 24-70/2.8 zoom and some high end flash for about > an hour straight. The combo is amazing in terms of ease of use, > reliability and predictably good results. The flash is outstanding. The > lens is sharp. Camera is responsive and seemingly knows what I wanna do. > I'm kind of not very fond of Nikon colors but I certainly can learn to > work with or around that. The only real issue I am having personally > with this gear is its size and weight. With my rather weak wrists I > really felt physical pain and fatigue at the end of that hour fun shoot. > The frames came out very good but I kind of crawled back to my K-5 with > DA*16-50/2.8 (allegedly comparable gear in Pentax-land) and all of a > sudden it did not feel all that big and heavy. > > In your case, I think that 36 million of pixels that are at least as > good as those of K-5 (that's what it seems they're saying out there) is > indeed very desirable proposition. > > Boris
The NEX-7 is on the back-burner. I ordered it from Amazon last September and due to the flooding disaster in Thailand, production was delayed. I got an email from Amazon in late March saying it would ship in two days. At that point I had a different financial priority so I cancelled the order. I still find it highly desirable for a small light travel kit. Thanks for the other thoughts.For landscape work what I need most is resolution and accurate exposure. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
