On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 03:42:52PM +0000, SV Hovland scripsit: > 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.
"Body upgrade" = anything mechanical or optical or inherently dependent on/glued to something mechanical or optical, such as light meters or focus sensors or assist lights. "Electronics upgrade" = the sensor and the associated processing stack. The only thing that's not "body" (to my mind) in your list is the HD video, and that's pretty purely a function of sensor generation. One of the most interesting things (to me) in the K-5 descriptions I've seen is the suggestion that the viewfinder has a transparent LCD that displays the framing lines and focus points. If that's true, it's a body thing, but it implies that (probably in the next one) they'll be able to do a lot more directly *on* the view in the viewfinder. On the down side, it might make it very challenging to put a third-party split-prism focus screen in there. -- Graydon -- 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.
