Comments on: Pentax K7 DSLR

By: marc

marc — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:08:51 +0000

Well i have been reading the comments and would like to say that there is no bad cameras you just need to learn how to use what you got they had no cranes in the past but they build the great piramids anyway all i got is a canon eos 10 d and my pictures are just as good as anyother i have been using it since the early 2000 and i have taken over 300 thousand pictures with it and i just keep getting better and better you need to use what you got and make it work my lenses are 28 to 90 and 50 to 150 mm and my shots are good so be happy and save your money and invest time into your hobby and not money develop your senses and skills and you will get the perfect shots time and time again thx

By: Liam f

Liam f — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:33:45 +0000

Hugo,
What was your experience with the K-7?
I’m a DSLR newbie also and am about to make the leap with the K-7

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By: Hugo

Hugo — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:10:53 +0000

Extreme newbie here. Im coming from a Canon point and shoot and decided to take a pretty big DIVE into to the DSLR world. Anyhow, These are some interesting posts and of course there will be various opinions. Just recently purchased a Pentax K-7, which should be arriving in the mail tommorrow. Cant Wait! I did a lot of research before choosing the K-7. Some influence think was also a personal preference. (Seems like everyone and there mother has Canon and Nikon) and theres a lot more out there than that. I have to say that from what I compared it to, it has exceptional feature that are right up there with the higher end SLR’s like the Nikon D700 & Canon 5D for example. I agree with Daryl and some others, a good camera doesnt have to cost 5k. Another thing that some people dont put in mind is that, Canon and Nikon are masters at advertising and marketing their products, which is great! But what that does is raise their product prices really higher than they should be. Pentax for that matter doesnt advertise and market to that extreme, hence their product pricing will be an exceptional value! Those are just my 2 cents. Will give update after I have played around with the new k-7!

By: Andris Lemes

Andris Lemes — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:32 +0000

For 35yr Pentax User…

I`m complete amateur who uses Samsung GX10 = Pentax K10, plus i had trauma at child hod witch left my right hand second finger with no sense due nerve damage. So to capture photo i have to look first to button i`m pressing…. So frustrated till i accidentally found technique how to shoot without even to use stabilizer in camera.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andris_lemes/4119834125/
use advantage of your tripod – put your hand true unfolded short legs two under one over, put your camera strap twisted to your shoulder, then extend top bar until you get full stretch from shoulder to your conformable camera hold.
Tripod will give you counter balance for camera weight and steadies your hand there is no better hand held technique.I was able to get shot with 1/30 ISO 100 same as with stabilizer on 1/125 ISO 400.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:29:23 +0000

35yr pentax user

I am looking forward for your updates. I need to photograph my kids soccer, field hocky and lacrosse games and I intend to purchase the same setup you have:

Pentax K7
Pentax DA 16-50 f2.8
Pentax DA 5-135 f2.8

What is the brand on the 300mm lens?

By: joe

joe — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:12:49 +0000

There is a serious limitation with K-7 that makes bulb exposures extremely difficult and tedious. It involves mandatory noise reduction which doubles every exposure.

Why is this a problem?

This affects nearly all my night time photography. I enjoy taking photos of star trails. For example, a 10 minute exposure will take a total of 20 minutes to complete.
I wanted to capture night lightning, generally I will leave the shutter opened for a minute or more. It was so frustrating because I missed so many potentially great shots because the Pentax K-7 was busy doing its noise reduction! Why can’t I turn noise reduction off?
I shutting raw.

I talked to my Nikon and Canon friends and they are amazed. One spent 20 minutes flipping through menus, convinced that there must be a way to turn of NR. Finally, the complaints found on the pentaxforums confirmed this is a known problem.

Previously I own a Pentax K10D wich work perfectly, I can turn off noise reduction.
This problem exists with the K20D and there are no signs that Pentax cares to offer a solution.

By: 35yr Pentax User

35yr Pentax User — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:42:10 +0000

Emille – I already had 2 of the DA lenses. the 16-50 and the 50-135. Also have a cheep 70-300 and will be shooting a High School game Thursday night and will see how things work out then. Next step is to purchase a better bigger lens? Wish Pentax made a 100-300 f2.8 – would purchase in a heart beat!

By: Emille

Emille — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:52:02 +0000

I am very impressed with Pentax K7 and the quality of the images it is giving me. I purchased this camera with the DA* 18-50 and the AF360 Flash. It is very intuitive and easy to learn. Response time is very good. Low light is also very impressive with the DA star lens. I intend to use this camera for family pictures, children sports, travel. All in All, I could not be happier with this product.

By: 35yr Pentax User

35yr Pentax User — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:35:50 +0000

Bought it! Own it & like it. Focus is still part of my issue, but beleive this is an improvement from the K10D. Next purchase will be a larger quality zoom lens for sports and will follow up later. Right now happy!