Pentax K-X, best 1.5 crop sensor going?
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From: RichA on 28 Feb 2010 04:28 Detail retention at higher ISO's seems to be better than other crop cameras out there and noise control is reasonable. I think it would make a very good, compact low-light camera, coupled to a fast lens. Pity the 35mm f2.0 was discontinued and remaining samples are very expensive.
From: Bruce on 28 Feb 2010 05:41 On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:28:23 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Detail retention at higher ISO's seems to be better than other crop >cameras out there and noise control is reasonable. I think it would >make a very good, compact low-light camera, coupled to a fast lens. The Canon EOS 7D and Nikon D300s are way ahead of the K-7 for low noise at high ISOs. The Nikon D300 has fewer pixels than the K-7 but the Canon EOS 7D has more. (Please don't be picky, excluding Canon because of the 1.6X sensor!) >Pity the 35mm f2.0 was discontinued and remaining samples are very >expensive. Most of the formerly excellent Pentax lens range has gone. The few that remain have been swamped by average optics made by Tokina, another member of the same Hoya Group as Pentax. Those are all available for other brands of DSLR, so why buy a Pentax DSLR? I suspect that Pentax DSLRs will not be around much longer.
From: RichA on 28 Feb 2010 05:54 On Feb 28, 5:41 am, Bruce <docnews2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:28:23 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Detail retention at higher ISO's seems to be better than other crop > >cameras out there and noise control is reasonable. I think it would > >make a very good, compact low-light camera, coupled to a fast lens. > > The Canon EOS 7D and Nikon D300s are way ahead of the K-7 for low > noise at high ISOs. The Nikon D300 has fewer pixels than the K-7 but > the Canon EOS 7D has more. True, but this entry level thing is better than the K7. The Nikon D5000 is notably better than the warmed over D300s (I've got the D300 now) and the K-X is better than the D5000. > > (Please don't be picky, excluding Canon because of the 1.6X sensor!) > > >Pity the 35mm f2.0 was discontinued and remaining samples are very > >expensive. > > Most of the formerly excellent Pentax lens range has gone. The few > that remain have been swamped by average optics made by Tokina, > another member of the same Hoya Group as Pentax. Those are all > available for other brands of DSLR, so why buy a Pentax DSLR? > > I suspect that Pentax DSLRs will not be around much longer. Could be.
From: Ray Fischer on 28 Feb 2010 14:15 RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Feb 28, 5:41�am, Bruce <docnews2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:28:23 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Detail retention at higher ISO's seems to be better than other crop >> >cameras out there and noise control is reasonable. �I think it would >> >make a very good, compact low-light camera, coupled to a fast lens. >> >> The Canon EOS 7D and Nikon D300s are way ahead of the K-7 for low >> noise at high ISOs. �The Nikon D300 has fewer pixels than the K-7 but >> the Canon EOS 7D has more. > >True, but this entry level thing is better than the K7. Wishing doesn't make it so. -- Ray Fischer rfischer(a)sonic.net
From: RichA on 28 Feb 2010 15:05
On Feb 28, 2:15 pm, rfisc...(a)sonic.net (Ray Fischer) wrote: > RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >On Feb 28, 5:41 am, Bruce <docnews2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:28:23 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com> > >> wrote: > > >> > Detail retention at higher ISO's seems to be better than other crop > >> >cameras out there and noise control is reasonable. I think it would > >> >make a very good, compact low-light camera, coupled to a fast lens. > > >> The Canon EOS 7D and Nikon D300s are way ahead of the K-7 for low > >> noise at high ISOs. The Nikon D300 has fewer pixels than the K-7 but > >> the Canon EOS 7D has more. > > >True, but this entry level thing is better than the K7. > > Wishing doesn't make it so. Better in terms of image quality. Read what the owners say in the Pentax forum on Dpreview. However, there is one apparently serious drawback, it has suffered from some kind of mirror-slap/I.S. failure at certain shutter speeds. The cause seems inconclusive, but something is wrong with some of them. |