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Just curious - would you tell your customers they're "close-minded" if they refuse to buy those Sony?

Alex S
 
I also co-founded alphamountworld.com, write and edit for that site. Yes, I've trialed the A77, A65, and NEX7 prior to them being made available to the public- this is standard fair for press. I write camera reviews and have for the last 4 years.

So the rest of your reply is null and void. I stand by my opinions and so do my relative press counterparts about the new EVF.

Now, go do something useful.

C
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http://photographic-central.blogspot.com/

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude; nothing can help the man with wrong one."
-Thomas Jefferson
 
Tom Lusk said:
Perhaps he would call them close-minded if they said one system is better than the other without trying both.
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Perhaps close-minded is someone who thinks he's the only one who could try them both? Or someone who decided the optical reflex viewfinder is obsolete for everyone on this planet?
Using such words can easily turn against you.
cgarrard said:
I also co-founded alphamountworld.com, write and edit for that site. Yes, I've trialed the A77, A65, and NEX7 prior to them being made available to the public- this is standard fair for press . I write camera reviews and have for the last 4 years.
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Alex S
 
You do have direct ISO control in K20D. When you press "OK" in certain modes, you can rotate the e-dial to change the ISO setting.

I also find the Fn function on K20D easier to use rather than overloading the 4 buttons for flash, WB, drive and picture control. May be it is just my style of shooting which is kind of personal.. like in any review, I guess.

I find K5 a great camera to use. I do sometimes go back to my K20D for the sake of taking it out for a drive, so-to-speak, just like a vintage car.
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Goofyboy
 
Thanks for getting back to the point after the rude thread hijack attemt we saw.

It is precisely the reason I kept the K10D. 10Mpix is not bad and the CCD look is what I like, mainly for portraits.

K-5 is the workhorse now and for me it is still unsurpassed DSLR in IQ, features and handling combination.
Goofyboy said:
You do have direct ISO control in K20D. When you press "OK" in certain modes, you can rotate the e-dial to change the ISO setting.

I also find the Fn function on K20D easier to use rather than overloading the 4 buttons for flash, WB, drive and picture control. May be it is just my style of shooting which is kind of personal.. like in any review, I guess.

I find K5 a great camera to use. I do sometimes go back to my K20D for the sake of taking it out for a drive, so-to-speak, just like a vintage car.
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Goofyboy
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Through a Pentax Limited prime things may appear sharper than they actually are...
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/jaroslavhoudek
 
Jarda_Houdek said:
Thanks for getting back to the point after the rude thread hijack attemt we saw.
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Ppppffffftttttttttttttt.....

If you can't handle a little heat (ie.- real conversation that doesn't corespond with your own opinion), then you need to get out of the kitchen.

Thread hijack . . . internet chatboards apparently are not for you.
 
I won't apologise to you, DJ.

The dpreview analysis of the A77 shown that the SLT design is a blind alley, a dead end. The IQ penalty for fixed mirror is high and the AF advantage over classic design is nil.

It's not a camera able to beat the K-5, D7000 or 7D.

Some may get it and like it for low ISO use like landscapes, but it is just not good enough for action, sports, event photography...

And who wants higher res for landscape can always stitch a few shots together, with even better result. A77 is IMO pointless.
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Through a Pentax Limited prime things may appear sharper than they actually are...
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/jaroslavhoudek
 
for being polite.

Blaming your attitude on basicially that's just how internet forums are , is the cop out extraordinare that I see so often on forums. It's like blaming blaming a car for a DUI accident.

Your replies are intentionally incindiary and I'd be willing to bet that everybody, including yourself, know this.

Carl
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"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude; nothing can help the man with wrong one."
-Thomas Jefferson
 
Dude: I shoot with my K-5 very often @ 3200 ISO and get great results: http://hikenhi.smugmug.com/popular/1563641144_pmfdtsn#1563641144_pmfdtsn-X2-LB

I've seen the samples from the A77 at 3200 ISO--THEY'RE HIDEOUS(.)

In my honest semi-professional user oppinion; A Camera like the A77 that can't shoot any higher than 800 ISO and produce great results--Is correctly classified as a Mid-Level User Camera. There's nothing Professional about a camera that can't shoot well in Low Light. The Full Frame "Professional" DSLRs like the D3s are known for this great quality which sets them in a a Professional Category for Professionals who often need their cameras to produce in low light settings.
 
goldencode said:
Although I am heavily invested in Sony/Minolta, I am very tempted by the K5. This review did not help my K5 lust Carl :)
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I agree! If there were something as sharp and actually as "good" from Sony to match the quality of the CZ16-80, I would really consider Pentax again. I still pine for my LX..... and 85 f:1.4 from 1981 or so. Wonderful lens!!! Super camera. The K5 sounds terrific as well...

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Gil
Sardis, BC
Canada
 
Richard DK said:
... However as it is my 80th birthday in a few weeks I can't think of a better present to give myself :)
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Heck, I don't expect to LIVE to my 80th! You look slim enough to be safe!! ;)

I wish you 20 years of great picture taking with the K5 if you do get it!

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Gil
Sardis, BC
Canada
 
soheil said:
You mentioned almost every strong aspects of K5, but as you've also mentioned, the feeling of Pentax bodies, and the way they reproduce colors are simply irresistable.--
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...is what I liked about the film Pentax cameras. The colour always seemed to good... I saw a photographer in Nanaimo, B.C. on Vancouver Island years ago, and I THOUGHT/KNEW he was using a Pentax camera and lenses... (at that time). The colours were so real but had a certain something that made them stand out. On talking to him, it turned out I was totally correct.

Some of the digital camera/lens combinations remind me of that... Pentax colour stands out as so "true" to life... with a bit of "snap" to them.... or at least I feel that is true!

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Gil
Sardis, BC
Canada
 
GeoffNS said:
Thanks very much for the detailed K5 Review. I am still quite happy with my 2006 K10D but would really like higher ISO performance at times, especially for indoor photos without flash. K5 will be my camera of choice when I do upgrade. Regards, Geoff.
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I am expecting the K3 to be an absolute Killer Camera... when it comes out in two years or so... Everything that the K5 is, and improved considerably... at least if the Pentax engineers continue with the direction they have been going with the last few models. :)

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Gil
Sardis, BC
Canada
 
Jarda_Houdek said:
A77 is not a DSLR, it's a DSLT. And the decade ended few months ago.

.... But a real SLR with same image sensor could be interesting.
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...from what I hear, that will never happen, at least in my lifetime (whatever I have left). Sony has decided to go the "Electronic" way... and may lose a few users because of it. However, there are probably enough people interested, and perhaps ignorant enough to be very content with the new technology. I don't doubt that "eventually" Sony, or someone, will bring out a fast, true to life EVF, that mimics real life exactly, but I don't think that time has arrived by quite ways.

Still, I could be wrong, and it IS a start....

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Gil
Sardis, BC
Canada
 
Gil Knutson said:
soheil said:
You mentioned almost every strong aspects of K5, but as you've also mentioned, the feeling of Pentax bodies, and the way they reproduce colors are simply irresistable.--
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...is what I liked about the film Pentax cameras. The colour always seemed to good... I saw a photographer in Nanaimo, B.C. on Vancouver Island years ago, and I THOUGHT/KNEW he was using a Pentax camera and lenses... (at that time). The colours were so real but had a certain something that made them stand out. On talking to him, it turned out I was totally correct.

Some of the digital camera/lens combinations remind me of that... Pentax colour stands out as so "true" to life... with a bit of "snap" to them.... or at least I feel that is true!
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If that was back in the film days . . . wouldn't those fantasic colors have been the film used, and not the cameras?

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J. D.
Colorado
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