We are actually the voice of reason on this matter. I periodically look at the Pentaxforums, the photographic analog of Chicken Little, and it's just getting funny over there. What makes discussions like this funny is that some folks are horrified and others are perfectly happy with the same camera, and both sides are right because all of these bodies are high end cameras and the problems are a matter of shooting style, subject and taste.
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Jaume Lahuerta <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Mensaje original ---- > >> De: Boris Liberman <[email protected]> >> Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Enviado: mar,9 noviembre, 2010 16:45 >> Asunto: Re: K-5, K-7, side-by-side at ISO 6400 >> > And then the K-7 came out and in a few months its sensor (evolution of the >> > K20D's) was totally crap...¿? >> >> I presume the question sign upside down is also a question sign :-). Not >>totally crap. It still takes pictures :-). But the advantages it offers (5 >>fps, >>720p video, ISO 6400) are important for some and irrelevant for others. I can >>hardly remember a time when I actually shot in machine gun mode and even >>then I >>would slow down to 3 fps in camera settings. I shot about dozen video clips >>out >>of which half are for family album and hence important and one or two are >>useful for other memories. It hardly justifies it. However I was longing for >>better DR and got nothing. Still appreciate my K10D. >> > > Yes, we use the ¿ sing at the beginning of the question sentences in > Spanish... > > I understand your reasons but what amazes me a bit is how a sensor praised for > almost everybody is bashed that hard in the following iteration...is just by > comparison with the new generation sensors? > It is similar as if the *ist or *istDs sensor would have been praised and > then, > when the K100D came out, everybody have bashed it...and this didn't happen!! > >> > (Ah...according to my path, it's time for a K-5...let's see if I manage to >> > resist until the summer...) >> >> Being the man who brings the rumors you may have more reasons to hold out as >>it could be that K-4 will come out and I will start biting my elbows (rather >>futile occupation) again. >> > > Yes, this is strange...there are a couple of Spanish web sites very active > lately with Pentax and they fill everyday my news reader with information > thay I > *must* pass here... ;-) > > But I am afraid that the only thing that may prevent me from going the K-5 > route > is the...Pentax EVIL...(although first I should overcome my EVF/LCD framing > allergy...). > > Regards, > Jaume > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
