Has the KP no M mode?
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Is the Pentax KP the best camera Pentax has ever made?
Leandros S
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Yes, it does have an M mode, Auto ("green") mode and five user modes, in addition to those listed above:
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Loving aperture rings, focus throw and distance scales.
miles green
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I think the KP will become one of those "Pentax Landmark cameras".
With excellent IQ, with a stunning new generation sensor, 5-axis SR and all the other SR applications, compact and matching the DA limiteds, great AF, quiet shutter, tons of dials... what's not to like?
Of course there are cameras that a geared for speed and video, like the D500 and 1DXii, which are also excellent but quite different in their "philosophy".
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Simon Devlin
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I have 2 MX's, got them for nothing, one was really badly corroded as the batteries burst and leaked. I replaced the seals and bought a new focussing screen for one costing £35, the SE one for macro/long telephoto.
Both work perfect, exposure meter spot on, smooth winders and mechanically perfect despite being around 40 years old. I love the DOF functionality on the self timer lever and the mirror lock up trick which is easy to do.
I use both as my main film cameras, develop and print myself. Both produce brilliant photos, especially with the K28, K35 and F*300.
So compact, the way Pentax should be, I hate large gear!
The viewfinder puts a K1 to shame.
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Donald B
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make sure you download the image and tell me which part of iq is disappointing
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miles green
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it does, doesn't it!?The viewfinder puts a K1 to shame.
The K1's VF isn't bad (it's bright!) but i wish it had a greater magnification. Of course the MX had much less info on the bottom to display. I think the Olympus OM2 holds the record (until you look through the loupe of a 67, but that's unfair).
yardcoyote
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Thank you very much for the assessment--and for being a bad influence.
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Simon Devlin
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Hi Miles, the MX and ME Super remind me of going to the cinema in the late 70's and 80's (only a primary school kid), it's the size of the viewfinder and placing the F*300 on them I could look through it all day like a pair of binoculars. For me less info is more, I don't want anything else in it. The new SE focus screen is just a matt screen with a circle without the split microprism. In my other MX I have 2 verticals at the sides and one on the bottom, again without the split. I can't trace this focus screen anywhere, it isn't in the MX/LX database!it does, doesn't it!?The viewfinder puts a K1 to shame.
Yes a 67 comparison is unfair.
I've yet to reply to you, I haven't forgotten.
Donald,
Being able to shoot a great picture with a camera does not mean it would meet your expectations. For me, the K7 had its advantages over my previos camera, the K10D but when I looked at the pictures taken in the right conditions I liked the K10 pictures more (and we are talking cameras 2 model apart). That was not right about the K5; I liked every single thing about it, and still love it, and its pictures a lot.
Farhad
Being able to shoot a great picture with a camera does not mean it would meet your expectations. For me, the K7 had its advantages over my previos camera, the K10D but when I looked at the pictures taken in the right conditions I liked the K10 pictures more (and we are talking cameras 2 model apart). That was not right about the K5; I liked every single thing about it, and still love it, and its pictures a lot.
Farhad
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Ari Aikomus
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I agree that K-7's samsung sensor produces great colours. I did really like K7 colours. Like also that your photo:make sure you download the image and tell me which part of iq is disappointing
Ari
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jackie semple
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Perhaps like the classic Spotmatic that I still own and use? A hard act to follow. Thought some guys here might appreciate sight of a "Summer Discoveries" brochure featuring that classic in its advert.
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