Comments on OK1000 Pentax Blog: Pentax K-7: Hands-On Preview

well all they need is add some kind of 16-2xx f/4 ...

2009-12-06T17:40:38.245-05:00

well all they need is add some kind of 16-2xx f/4 da* or da wr lens for the camera to be even better stunner, as for the moment it's kind of a weird creature - while pixelpeeping and even just cropping and pc/tv screen admiration shows the noise to be slightly weeker than k20d (not to mention c/n/s counterparts), the prints do hide this weakness a bit... heh, weird that hoya or pentax still haven't found resources/talent to make a special kit lens (comparable to c18-200 in c50d or n18-200 in nd300 kit sets) - weather sealing, sdm and the hyperzoomrange in a single lens would make it better than the 2 lens kit now on offer (maybe not 100% optically but in usage, 1lens solution would work better in challenging weather conditions).

So after several weeks using the K-7, I fail to se...

2009-10-30T00:21:28.158-04:00

So after several weeks using the K-7, I fail to see what the improvement is with this new sensor over the one in my K20. What I've seen is actually slightly more noise from the K-7 (jpeg shooting) and what appears to be less dynamic range as well. My concert pictures now suffer from blown-out highlights that never happened previously in similar lighting situations/camera settings with the K20. I'm asking this at the time when Canon now comes out with their new 18mp APS-C sensor in the 7D that seems to best the D300 in high ISO noise levels. Puzzled.

Thanks for the interesting and informative read. S...

2009-05-23T08:32:09.957-04:00

Thanks for the interesting and informative read. Still a few weeks before this body is on the market. I hope this gives enough time to the Pentax boys to sort out the software.
A real opinion of the K7 can only be given once a 'good driver' is installed. ;-)

Cheese

Jostein, thanks for your help. I appreciate it. U...

2009-05-22T16:47:21.428-04:00

Jostein, thanks for your help. I appreciate it.

Unfortunately, my site is dynamically served by Google/Blogger, and consequently I don't have the ability to upload a robots txt file unless I publish to a hosted web server. If I ever did use a host server for this site, I'd likely switch to Word Press, too. But it's not a switch I can do without a lot of planning, so that won't be happening any time soon.

Michael, Cross-posting from PDML, just in case. O...

2009-05-22T16:41:24.612-04:00

Michael,

Cross-posting from PDML, just in case. On the issue of crawlers doing autotranslations, take a look at this site for how the crawlers work:

http://www.robotstxt.org/

Hope this can be of some help.

Jostein

Thanks Michael, this was a very useful review. I'm...

2009-05-21T23:51:58.667-04:00

Thanks Michael, this was a very useful review. I'm pleased to read about the improved high-ISO and AF performance.

I like how they made it durable for even lower tem...

2009-05-20T17:25:06.018-04:00

I like how they made it durable for even lower temperatures. The mindset of the camera is clear, this is a take-anywhere cam.

I love that they kept the sensor, really looking forward to it. (I have the K10 at the moment).

5.6FPS in RAW mode, sounds great.

Very interesting that they worked on the White Balance as well.

Wild that the sensor can be moved by the user.

A Good read