Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-04 Thread Rick Womer
5 years and 21,000. Love it. Rick On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 18:49 Brian Walters wrote: > Maybe I got a good one as well - never any problems with it. Admittedly > it's > only had fairly light use (shutter count less than 1 in 6 years). > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-02 Thread Brian Walters
Maybe I got a good one as well - never any problems with it. Admittedly it's only had fairly light use (shutter count less than 1 in 6 years). Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > On 03 June 2018 at

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-02 Thread Jack Davis
I'm still carrying my K5 after has been since I bought it when it first came out. Wish I had a memory again...(?) Only difference is it's a back up in case?? Have used it a few times in both single frame and burst mode. Image quality still surprises me. J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 2, 2018, at

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-02 Thread jtainter
Bill wrote: "I'm not sure if they got everything fixed on the K5 during it's run, but in addition to the AF issues, they had problems with spots of cement on the sensor on early ones and buttons falling off. Apparently if you got a good one, they were very good indeed. I wasn't so lucky." I gu

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Congratulations to Grace! We all watched her grow up, and loved every image of it! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I have a good K5. Excellent high ISO. Autofocus was as good as my K7. > Grace uses the K7 now

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Jack Davis
Yes, and I didn't realize how contentedly. J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 1, 2018, at 9:48 AM, Bill wrote: > >> On 6/1/2018 10:42 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> Nice to know my kipping it was a good move. >> Thanks, Bill! > > I was shooting a lot of studio at the time, so the K7 was very good for m

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
I have a good K5. Excellent high ISO. Autofocus was as good as my K7. Grace uses the K7 now. (She graduated from 8th grade today!) Paul > On Jun 1, 2018, at 4:47 PM, Bill wrote: > >> On 6/1/2018 11:46 AM, Alan C wrote: >> I used a K7 for about 4 years. I shot mostly in bright light. Good up to

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Bill
On 6/1/2018 11:46 AM, Alan C wrote: I used a K7 for about 4 years. I shot mostly in bright light. Good up to ISO 400, tolerable at 800, hopeless beyond. (About the same as my K110D!) Now I have a K5 which is OK even at 3200. Everything else seems much the same as the K7. No electronic problems.

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Bill
On 6/1/2018 1:26 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: is the video any good on the K7? Im looking for an inexpensive backup body that has video too and the K7s sure are cheap now. 720P is OK its for web postings. Pentax has always taken it up the bum for having crappy video. It's always been OK for me,

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread J.C. O'Connell
is the video any good on the K7? Im looking for an inexpensive backup body that has video too and the K7s sure are cheap now. 720P is OK its for web postings. jco On Fri, 01 Jun 2018 13:46:11 -0400, Alan C wrote: I used a K7 for about 4 years. I shot mostly in bright light. Good up to IS

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Alan C
I used a K7 for about 4 years. I shot mostly in bright light. Good up to ISO 400, tolerable at 800, hopeless beyond. (About the same as my K110D!) Now I have a K5 which is OK even at 3200. Everything else seems much the same as the K7. No electronic problems. Can't imagine why your AF was so ba

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Bill
On 6/1/2018 10:42 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Nice to know my kipping it was a good move. Thanks, Bill! I was shooting a lot of studio at the time, so the K7 was very good for me. It ended up being a far better camera than the K5 in my hands as I got a Friday afternoon K5 that had pretty much every

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Jack Davis
Nice to know my kipping it was a good move. Thanks, Bill! J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 1, 2018, at 9:34 AM, Bill wrote: > >> On 6/1/2018 10:16 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> OK, so I forgot about the K7..which I >> resisted. > > To me, it had the best colour of any Pentax DSLR, but it was really o

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 11:23 AM 6/1/2018, J.C. O'Connell wrote: Do all Pentax Dslrs have some means of using AA batteries? The K-70 does not - it can use only the Pentax D-LI109 7.4 volt lithium ion battery. I have seen no external supply options for the K-70, and none are shown on the Ricoh site. Do all pen

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Bill
On 6/1/2018 10:16 AM, Jack Davis wrote: OK, so I forgot about the K7..which I resisted. To me, it had the best colour of any Pentax DSLR, but it was really only good at base ISO. It used an updated from the K20 Samsung sensor. Great at base ISO, but it went to hell in a hurry as the ISO was i

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Jack Davis
OK, so I forgot about the K7..which I resisted. J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 1, 2018, at 8:38 AM, Bill wrote: > >> On 6/1/2018 9:23 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >> what was the last top of the line Pentax DSLR before the K-5 series? > > K20D, then the K7, then the K5. > >> Do all Pentax Dslrs h

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Bill
On 6/1/2018 9:23 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: what was the last top of the line Pentax DSLR before the K-5 series? K20D, then the K7, then the K5. Do all Pentax Dslrs have some means of using AA batteries? Yes, but you have to buy the external battery grip and be prepared for really crappy b

Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread Jack Davis
K20D ? J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 1, 2018, at 8:23 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > > what was the last top of the line Pentax DSLR before the K-5 series? > > Do all Pentax Dslrs have some means of using AA batteries? > > Do all pentax Dslrs have interchangable focus screens? > -- > J.C. O'C

Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-01 Thread J.C. O'Connell
what was the last top of the line Pentax DSLR before the K-5 series? Do all Pentax Dslrs have some means of using AA batteries? Do all pentax Dslrs have interchangable focus screens? -- J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - Using Opera's mail clie