Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-08 Thread AlunFoto
Barry, I brought two K-7 to South Georgia and Antarctica in December. Here's a bit of what they were exposed to: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 It just kept working. And also important, it handled the change from this outdoor conditions to the warm interior of a ship

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-08 Thread eckinator
2010/6/8 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Barry, I brought two K-7 to South Georgia and Antarctica in December. Here's a bit of what they were exposed to: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 Just wondering, Jostein - is that a Burzynski head in the picture? If so, how do you

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-08 Thread AlunFoto
2010/6/8 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: 2010/6/8 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Barry, I brought two K-7 to South Georgia and Antarctica in December. Here's a bit of what they were exposed to: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 Just wondering, Jostein - is that a

K-7 or K-x

2010-06-08 Thread Barry Rice
Hey Charles, Hmm. I might have just been unlucky. I was certainly very happy when it returned to normal! Barry Indeed, while I was on this recent trip, a VERY well aimed, massive raindrop at the lead of a major thunderstom cracked into the back of my K10. I blew the water out, but

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-08 Thread eckinator
2010/6/8 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Not a Burzinsky. I think they look just too weird... :-) LOL yeah the guy has a free mind... who needs design anyway =) Mine is a RRS 55mm ballhead with a lever-clamped quick-release. http://reallyrightstuff.com/mmRRS/Images/gallery/BH55LR.png Which I

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-08 Thread AlunFoto
2010/6/8 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Mine is a RRS 55mm ballhead with a lever-clamped quick-release. http://reallyrightstuff.com/mmRRS/Images/gallery/BH55LR.png Which I feel very good about. Looks nice like it can hold its own. Like the double portrait cutouts. The winning point for me

K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread Barry Rice
Hey Folks, I’m upgrading from a K10. I do serious botanical photography for stock illustrations. Other than the obvious difference in pixels, are there any thoughts on the difference between the K7 vs the Kx? Really, I shoot almost exclusively in Av, and other than using the DOF preview, the

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread Adam Maas
Do you need high ISO performance? The K-7 is tops over ISO 800, but the K-7 is the model to go for if you don't need the best high ISO performance possible. By the sound of it you're working on a tripod, so I'd almost assuredly go for the K-7 since the K-x lacks support for a wired remote

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Jun 7, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Barry Rice wrote: Hey Folks, I‚m upgrading from a K10. I do serious botanical photography for stock illustrations. Other than the obvious difference in pixels, are there any thoughts on the difference between the K7 vs the Kx? Really, I shoot almost

K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread Barry Rice
Hey Adam, What do you mean by The K-7 is tops over ISO 800, but the K-7 is the model to go for if you don't need the best high ISO performance possible? Was that supposed to read The K-x is tops over...? In my work, I am fanatical about getting the sharpest image I possibly can, so I almost

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread Adam Maas
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Barry Rice bamr...@ucdavis.edu wrote: Hey Adam, What do you mean by The K-7 is tops over ISO 800, but the K-7 is the model to go for if you don't need the best high ISO performance possible? Was that supposed to read The K-x is tops over...? In my work, I

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread P. J. Alling
If you're doing macro work, the K-7 with it's pentaprism is likely to be more easily manually focused, the Body is environmentally sealed, more or less like the K10D and the DOF preview can be set up to work like the *ist-Ds. The K-x allows you to get DOF preview by reprogramming the green

K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread Barry Rice
Hey Larry, Thanks for your comments. I am unfamiliar with any water resistance features on the K-7, but it has any, it would be a huge plus. I do a lot of work in wet conditions, and while I use a rain hood when I can, accidents DO happen. Indeed, while I was on this recent trip, a VERY well

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread Adam Maas
The K-7, like the K10D, is fully weather sealed. The DS is not weather-sealed. Water on the back of the K10D should not cause any problems, the 4-way is a sealed unit. When I had the K10D I shot it in proper downpours multiple times without issue (It's not really up to immersion though, although a

K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread Barry Rice
Hey Adam, Well, after this rainstorm, my camera certainly was malfunctioning for a while. When I turned it on, it would instantly record an image, then the stop-down DOF preview feature would engage several times. Hmmm...now I think about it, these are features associated with the shutter

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread paul stenquist
On Jun 7, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Barry Rice wrote: Hey Folks, I‚m upgrading from a K10. I do serious botanical photography for stock illustrations. Other than the obvious difference in pixels, are there any thoughts on the difference between the K7 vs the Kx? Really, I shoot almost

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread Rick Womer
...@ucdavis.edu Subject: K-7 or K-x To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, June 7, 2010, 7:02 PM Hey Adam, What do you mean by The K-7 is tops over ISO 800, but the K-7 is the model to go for if you don't need the best high ISO performance possible? Was that supposed to read The K-x is tops over

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread Rick Womer
That's not my experience at all. I have had 2-hour shoots in pouring and blowing rain with nary a hiccup from my K10D. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 6/7/10, Barry Rice bamr...@ucdavis.edu wrote: Indeed, while I was on this recent trip, a VERY well aimed, massive

Re: K-7 or K-x

2010-06-07 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 7, 2010, at 18:10, Barry Rice wrote: Indeed, while I was on this recent trip, a VERY well aimed, massive raindrop at the lead of a major thunderstom cracked into the back of my K10. I blew the water out, but didn't dare turn my camera back on until that night. It malfunctioned as

Re: video on K-7 and K-x - help needed.

2009-10-21 Thread Luiz Felipe
That's another issue, Bob - I will have to include AC adapters and DC-AC inverters in the plan. Didn't see it coming... margin getting smaller by the minute. :-( lf Bob Sullivan escreveu: Battery power??! On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: It should

Re: video on K-7 and K-x - help needed.

2009-10-20 Thread Thibouille
Or wil stop after 30 minutes. Not because of technical constraints but because EU would consider it as being a camcorder ans tax thé hell out of it. Eos5d dors thé same for thé same reason :( On Monday, October 19, 2009, Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: Folks, in the K-7 and K-x

Re: video on K-7 and K-x - help needed.

2009-10-20 Thread Thibouille
Or wil stop after 30 minutes. Not because of technical constraints but because EU would consider it as being a camcorder ans tax thé hell out of it. Eos5d dors thé same for thé same reason :( On Monday, October 19, 2009, Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: Folks, in the K-7 and K-x

Re: video on K-7 and K-x - help needed.

2009-10-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
. Not because of technical constraints but because EU would consider it as being a camcorder ans tax thé hell out of it. Eos5d dors thé same for thé same reason :( On Monday, October 19, 2009, Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: Folks, in the K-7 and K-x, is the video capture continue up to the card

Re: video on K-7 and K-x - help needed.

2009-10-20 Thread Thibouille
It should be able to. I do not uise the K-7 under heavy sun however, dunno how it would react (no, I didn't read anything bad about that btw). The K-7 will stop at whatever comes first: 4GB barrier or 30 minutes. The relatively big sensor is cool on a DOF point of view but as for focussing, it is

Re: video on K-7 and K-x - help needed.

2009-10-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
Battery power??! On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: It should be able to. I do not uise the K-7 under heavy sun however, dunno how it would react (no, I didn't read anything bad about that btw). The K-7 will stop at whatever comes first: 4GB barrier or 30

video on K-7 and K-x - help needed.

2009-10-19 Thread Luiz Felipe
Folks, in the K-7 and K-x, is the video capture continue up to the card space, or does the camera stops at inconvenient moments?? I understand the clip limit under FAT32 is 4gb, bit can the cameras just move to the next file without breaking the capture? I could be challenged soon to capture

Re: video on K-7 and K-x - help needed.

2009-10-19 Thread Igor Roshchin
Luiz, Although I haven't tried it myself, as far as I know, - it will not continue recording to a new file without a stop. Igor Mon Oct 19 08:14:38 CDT 2009 Luiz Felipe Folks, in the K-7 and K-x, is the video capture continue up to the card space, or does the camera stops at inconvenient

Re: video on K-7 and K-x - help needed.

2009-10-19 Thread Luiz Felipe
the sensors would stand the heat. lf Igor Roshchin escreveu: Luiz, Although I haven't tried it myself, as far as I know, - it will not continue recording to a new file without a stop. Igor Mon Oct 19 08:14:38 CDT 2009 Luiz Felipe Folks, in the K-7 and K-x, is the video capture continue up