Went to a bit of a family get together. Perfect opportunity to just stick it in green mode and snap away for JPEGs. The camera worked just fine and the pictures all came out well exposed. The rapid fire option was great for catching people at play and colours are bright and crisp. The built in flash is excellent with no red eye and great fill in for subjects with back light.
The light weight made it a doddle to use and I didn't feel self conscious every time the shutter went off.
No real niggles to speak of and the screen made instant sharing a breeze.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for this blog.
I'm a (ametuer) Nikon D60 user trying to see whether it would be better to go for a Nikon D90 or a Pentax K7 if I were to upgrade.
I had/have an old Penax MESuper.
Things I find dissatisfying about the D60 are: small viewfinder compared to my film experience, and therefore problems with manual focus (I have strong glasses too); ergonomics (especially with heavier 18-200 lens; lack of in body focus motor limits lens choices; AF, though this may be operator error; lack of bracketing function; lack of external buttons to change WB etc. Things I like are good low light/high ISO performance
I haven't handled a K7 but it looks like it would be nice to hold. The VF on it and the D90 are comaparable according to reviews.
I can take or leave the video, and probably live view as well.
I like to shoot low light (eg church services - no flash), sunsets, landscapes, family, opportunistic wildlefe (bird) shots. Maybe sport. I have a kit 18-55VR and the 18-200VR. (If I bought another lens right now ir would probably be 35mm f1.8.) From what I read the range of choices for Pentax is less than for Nikon?
I'd be interested in your thoughts.
cheers
thygocanberra
the kx is a great little low light performer and it better rivals the d90. I use both. I use a d90 at work and a kx for my freelance stuff.
ReplyDeletethe k7 actually competes more with the d300 and d300s...they are in the same class.
kx also has a screw drive for older lenses.
Thanks fRANK
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be interested in a D300 as it is too much of a brick. The K-7 is portable.
I guess that is a question - for an ameteur would the K7 have too many bells and whistles?
how about lens choices?
In my previous post/question I guess I was alluding to a possible aspirational kit of something like:
35 or 50mm f1.x prime - low light & walk around (Nikon has both)
17/18-70/105ish zoom for walkaround (on paper I like the Sigma 17-70 OS HSM)
18-200/250 for walkaround (Tamron 18-250 for pentax? how's it stack up agains the Nikkor 18-200VR?)
10-20ish wide angle (bunch of choices here for Nikon depending on just how poor one wants to be)
70-300ish (portable) zoom
Maybe I've already answered my questions - that I'm already bought into Nikon, and I should have bought a D90 + 18-105VR and worried about other lenses later ....
p.s.
ReplyDeletebut I do like the look of the K7 and its robustness.
The K7 has as many bells and whistles as you want to use. The green mode is fully automatic and has a few program line modes very similar to those in a point and shoot so if you give it to yo9ur grandma you can literally just tell her to point and click.
ReplyDeleteIt's actually far easier to use than earlier models due to the very sensible menu layout and big, bright screen. All the default settings are sensible.
The manual is very big and daunting but it's actually only that way because it's so comprehensive. Most of the stuff is common sense and intuitive.