From: Asad
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:48:00 -0700
To: Joseph D<jd>
Subject: Re: Sooo... K-7....
Hi Joseph,
Yes, I do have my K-7, and it's fantastic!
I've been playing around with it for the last couple of days (will post images soon) and it seems to be an improvement in every single department even if you're coming from a K20D, and for me, coming from my two K10Ds, it's a quantum leap!
Here are my impressions so far.
What I like about it:
- FAST autofocus! On both screw-mount and SDM, bright conditions or dark. And it's not just my verdict, my Nikon user friend had said the AF on my K10D was a bit slower than the one on her D200, but she was in awe of how fast the AF was on the K-7. The AF-Assist light is also a welcome addition.
- High ISO noise is much better controlled than on my K10D, now I can actually use ISO 1600!
- Metering is almost perfect, many times more accurate than the type found on my K10D.
- Auto-Whitebalance is amazing, dead on for any situation, no more over-yellow tungsten lighting.
- Dedicated buttons for ISO, white balance, drive mode and flash settings, are more than welcome!
- How quiet the camera is! Makes rangefinders blush. The feel of the shutter mechanism is just amazing, you WANT to take more pics just to hear that well dampened and refined sound.
- Viewfinder blackout by the mirror assembly is much much shorter and the moevement of the mirror is smoother, in comparison the K10/20D mirror assembly movement feels like recoil from a rifle!
- How tough it feels, yet is light and small - in comparison the K10D feels "rubbery and soft"
- Love the chunkier handgrip, the grip is actually bigger than the 10D's while the camera overall is smaller
- Control wheels are so much better, they feel more accurate and effective than the ones on the 10/20D
- Love the fact that exposure compensation now goes to +/-5, instead of +/-2!
- The SD card door is great, much quicker to operate and saves room that would otherwise be taken up by yet another turn switch, I liked this style ever since I first encountered it on the K100D
- Viewfinder is slight bit bigger and a bit brighter but mostly similar to 10/20D.
- LCD screen is gorgeous! Reviewing images and movies on it is a joy.
- Fantastic movie mode! But make sure you find a decent external mic.
- Level indicator function has already come in handy, I really appreciate it, it was my pet peeve not getting the
horizon properly leveled, now I can!
- The list will keep growing, as I try out more things.
What I'm still getting used to:
- Control layout, thought different, is logical, so I will probably get used to it quickly.
What I haven't tried yet:
- P-TTL Flash performance.
What I don't care about:
- Live View... couldn't care less about it. Comes in handy when shooting video, and maybe for some awkward shooting angles, but that's it.
Don't pay attention to pixel peeping whiners, those people never take photos, all they do is complain about tiny subtleties of the hardware. Hope you get your K-7 very soon!
-Asad
Cheers
Jack
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