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Upgrading from *IST DS to Kr?

Started Apr 5, 2012 | Discussions thread
stern Senior Member • Posts: 1,740
Re: Upgrading from *IST DS to Kr?

stevemot wrote:

Thanks - I never considered the K20D. I'll look into it....

I went from the DS to K10 and always felt uncomfortable with the size. The K20D has exactly the same same form factor as the K10D, so you might also feel uncomfortable. I sold my K10D and now work with a K7 and don't look back. If you're lucky, you might find a K7 for a very good price (should be half the price of the K5 new or as a demo-model in mint condition). I also tried a Kr, but would not recommend it: Very clunky and noisy shutter sound, unpredictable AF (my Kr's didn't work properly under any artificial light conditions, so it was returrned one-way). The Kr lacks the light wave sensor the K5 has, and that might be the reason the Kr's AF isn't very reliable under artificial light. The K7 comes with the trusted and spot-on earlier version of the SAFOX system and works just fine.
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