The camera was very easy to use. I found the default of having the screen giving out information all the time really distracting and I doubt it's all that great for battery life but it customises out easily enough and then can be toggled on and off with the INFO button. You know something's ergonomic if you don't really notice anything about holding it and it passes the test so far.
I found that the AF did very well and coped admirably with the challenge of a 500mm lens. At times it missed the subject but that was in awkward and cluttered situations.
I'm a bit of a serial cropper but I deliberately relied on the 100% viewfinder and kept this one full frame. This is sharp enough and noise-free enough to print out very large indeed at ISO 400. Shot in RAW.
I got a lot of keepers and was struggling for choice for which to process and store.
The metering occasionally was over or under but not by much and I was using it in notoriously difficult lighting situations.
The AF and metering seem to have coped here as well.
RAW files come through a bit washed out and lacking in contrast but this seems perfectly sensible and proper when you think about it seeing as you haven't told them to have a sensible amount of contrast like you do with your JPEG settings. A quick spruce up in a RAW editor soon sorts them out.
Anyway, keeping this more real world rather than banging on like a photomag... I found the K-7 superb to carry about and use. The stabilisation really works and the digital level is a great idea. I still can't quite believe how silent the shutter is and the continuous shutter is more than fast enough to follow action.
I'm really happy I got this camera as a replacement at the moment.
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