Except for the fps (which requires improved speed from the sensor and processor in addition to body changes) and video those are all body upgrades (IE upgrades of the parts which would be in a film camera).
Body is more than the physical shell, it's everything but the sensor and image processing chain. -Adam On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 11:42 AM, SV Hovland <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, I see what you mean, but I don't agree with you that K-7 was only a body > upgrade from K20D. K-7 gave us more frames per second capture rate. 77 > segment metering, fast AF in low light, white balance correction of AF, focus > assist light, 100% viewfinder, 1/8000 shortest shutter speed and HD video. A > rather large upgrade from K20D of both body and internal mechanics and > electronics if you ask me. > > Stig Vidar Hovland > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim > Øsleby > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 4:36 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: K-5 leaked: plausible IMO > > They do. > > It seems that the neat thing about Pentax is that when you know them, you > know what generation to buy. > If you wants a body upgrade, you go for the body upgrade generation. > If you don't, then you wait for the next refinement generation. > > > MaritimTim > > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ > > > > 2010/9/11 SV Hovland <[email protected]>: >> Dosn't all (most) companies do that? It's up to you to decide if it is worth >> upgrading from one generation to the next. >> >> Stig Vidar Hovland >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Tim Øsleby >> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 1:04 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: K-5 leaked: plausible IMO >> >> This seem to be a pattern from Pentax. First they introduce something new, >> then they makes it better in next generation. >> I think I'll jump on K-5, then skip next model, and so on. >> >> MaritimTim >> >> http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ >> >> -- >> 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. > -- > 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
