On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Walt <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm surprised by how many people find [weight] an issue. I've always thought > of > camera heft as a feature rather than a bug.
I walk my dog in the park every day. I only take my K20D along when I've pre-decided it's "picture taking time". I should take it along every walk, but I don't and weight is the decider. Well, also that the dog doesn't actually get much of a walk when I'm shooting, but that's secondary. > I might balk at that characterization if I ever had to lug around a > full-frame or medium format for any significant length of time. But, I will > say that the weight of the K20D is what made me prefer it to my K-x in every > situation other than very low light. Now that I've grown accustomed to > shooting with the K20D and my K-5, trying to use a lighter body or a P&S > feels like the thing is just going to float right out of my hands -- sort of > the way your feet feel after taking off a pair of ankle weights. When I'm shooting, especially in studio, I don't notice the camera's weight, and I agree that the heft is reassuring and even useful. But I pay for it with sore wrists later on. > The one minor gripe I have [with the K-5] > is that it seems too easy to get it out of AF-S when using the 4-way > selection buttons on the back when I have the viewfinder up to my eye. I > can't count the number of times I've tried to switch focus points only to > discover that I'm scrolling through digital filters, etc. That is a bit > grating when you're trying to catch a bride and groom walking down the > aisle, among other things. This is a major issue and suggests to me that there's not enough input from working photographers and too much from the More Features Needed people during UI design time. As soon as I first heard about the focus-point selection issues my shoulders slumped. I'm quite content to leap-frog the K-7 & K-5 line in the hopes that Pentax releases a body with better real-world usability down the road. I just don't need more cases where the camera fights me when I'm trying to use it to catch fleeting moments. -- -bmw -- 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.
