Luiz's K-r arrived today. Once the batteries charged I got to play with it a bit. The biggest annoyance was not being able to turn off the info screen, and not having how to do it easily findable in the manual. (camera menu 4, memory, save picture display). In every way it is an improvement on the K-x. I still want a K-5, but if I could do so for a couple hundred dollars, I'd be very tempted to trade my K-x in for one. And you know how much I love my K-x. The frame rate on autobracketing seems to be 2-3 times as fast. Autofocus indicators were sorely missed. I haven't done side by sides to compare 12,800 on the K-r with 6,400 on the K-x, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were pretty close. Autofocus seems a bit faster, and the autofocus light is a welcome help.
However, this unit is a sad example of the state of Pentax QC. The thumbwheel is a bit flakey. Most of the time, when it clicks, the appropriate value changes "one click" but it seems to miss clicks now and then. Sometimes one in 10, sometimes two or three in a row. Then when I was trying to take a photo of something on the covered bridge that was back lit, I tried to use the pop up flash. Nada. I could get it to pop up, on auto, on manual, when it's dark enough to need a half second exposure, but still, no flash. Two failures on one camera is beyond acceptable. I will concede the possibility that they could both be caused by the same loose connector, or faulty component, but that's a possibility, not a probability. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
