I moved from a K10D to a K-7, and was very happy (for a time) with the sensitivity of the sensor. I also liked the appearance of the photos.
When the K-5 came out, I waited a year for the bugs to get squashed, and then got one. I’m still using it happily. My son and daughter-in-law just retired my old K10D, but only because my son needed something he could do video with for his work. He got a Sony; not sure what model. Rick > On Dec 4, 2020, at 10:14 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > I used my K20D longer I think. While I didn't find the noise particularly > objectionable at what for the K20D middle ISOs, just a tad over that, or if > the image was just a bit under exposed, the noise looked a lot less grain > like and much more like a regular pattern, almost banding, that was annoying, > but when everything was done right the images it produced were very nice > indeed. > > Sadly I still have the K20D, it's seen hard useage, and I've gotten a quote > of $6.00, if I wanted to sell it and probably couldn't give it away. The sad > part is the two batteries and the two focusing screens I have for it, one > original and one Katzeye split image/microprism are worth more. I wish the > Katzeye fit the K-3 or K-5II. > > On 12/3/2020 2:57 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> That's lovely light, Ralf. A fine shot. >> >> The K-7 was the immediate successor to the K20D, with a very similar >> (but updated) CMOS sensor. I was very fond of my K20D and shot with it >> for a good seven years. I really loved the rather filmic look to the >> images -- I don't have the same issue with grain/noise that gets other >> photographers into a tizzy. >> >> I sold it cheap last year to a young budding photography student and >> it's still being lovingly used. >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 1:54 PM Ralf R Radermacher <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The K-7 and I never really took to each other and I got myself one of >>> the first K-5 ever sold in town. I hated the K-7's Samsung sensor, the >>> limited dynamic range and the noise in everything shot at more than ISO 100. >>> >>> Yet, when I look at some of the photos I've taken with it, they have a >>> special quality about them. A certain crispness, the restrained colours... >>> >>> Maybe the fact that I was less lazy, in those days, and made much more >>> use of primes, tripods, and low ISOs also has something to do with it. >>> >>> Just came across this one and thought some of you might like it: >>> >>> https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/entre-chien-et-loup-fotoralfbe/44605722 >>> >>> Enjoy >>> >>> Ralf >>> >>> -- >>> Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany >>> Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com >>> Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf >>> Web : http://www.fotoralf.de >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> > -- > Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind of > idiot to use a Pentax. > > > -- > 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.
