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Upgrading from *IST DS to Kr?

Started Apr 5, 2012 | Discussions thread
kuuan Veteran Member • Posts: 3,663
Re: Upgrading from *IST DS to Kr?

I dearly love my *istDs but since I have upgraded to the K-x I have not used it much.

First had to get used to the colors of the K-x, had preferred those of the *istDs, but otherwise the K-x is the better camera specially for low light and live view very useful above all for tripod work.

Since I almost exclusively use manual lenses I had been very much worried about the 'downgrade' of the viewfinder. Surprisingly I actually find the viewfinder of 'my' K-x superior to that of 'my' *istDs, this entirely must be because of the cheap split focus screen installed in the *istDs but superior ( Katzeye ) in the K-x. However that makes me believe that the difference, even with stock screens, must be very slim.
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photos mostly taken with manual lenses on Pentax K-x, *istDs and Sony NEX5N: http://flickr.com/photos/kuuan/

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Fujifilm FinePix F31fd Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 Pentax *ist DS Ricoh GXR Mount A12 Sony Alpha NEX-5N +1 more
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