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Pentax K-x!

Rawfa

Rawfa

Active member
Here is a quote from the Pentax official website regarding this color "(...) now available in Stalin red! Join your fellow comrades and shoot along the proletariat forces". ;-)
 
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Vivek

Guest
Rafa, Aren't you happy that no one bought your K mount lenses?;)
 
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thinkfloyd

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Colored cameras, for me, can be more stealthy than black ones... coz then people wouldn't mind you taking their picture with a "toy" camera! haha. They won't have to be intimidated by serious, black, professional cameras...:D
 
Jorgen Udvang

Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
thinkfloyd said:
Colored cameras, for me, can be more stealthy than black ones... coz then people wouldn't mind you taking their picture with a "toy" camera! haha. They won't have to be intimidated by serious, black, professional cameras...:D
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This is very true. Sometimes, being seen as just another ignorant tourist is the best way to get the shot. A white, long Canon lens has the opposite effect. Everybody and his aunt seem to have a cousin who brags about his white, professional L-glass.

This one would do fine, I suppose. Just need to change that big black lens for a silver Limited, and attach a couple of "Hello Kitty" stickers, and I'm in business :toocool:

 
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thinkfloyd

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A nice silver 43 sans hood would make for a pretty compact indiscreet kit :thumbup: Hello Kitty stickers would complete the look! (Especially the glittery ones to match the limiteds ;) )
 
Jorgen Udvang

Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
Reading more about the K-x has made me increasingly tempted by this camera for street photography, particularly in combination with a couple of Limited Primes:



So, I started making this check list inside my head:

- Very compact size ok
- Very light weight ok
- Low price :thumbup:
- Viewfinder almost as large as on D80/90 ok
- Uses AAs ok
- Uses SD cards ok
- In-body IS ok
- Generates DNG files ok
- Latest generation Sony 12MP sensor, very impressive high ISO performance ok
- Can mount and AF with Pentax Limited lenses ok
- 11 focus points ok
- Focus points not visible in viewfinder... :wtf:

:cussing: :cussing: :lecture: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Dear Mr. Pentax,
I have just read about your new camera. It's really cute, and if I had a girlfriend, I'm sure she would love to have a pink one with Hello Kitty stickers all over it. But I don't have a girlfriend. On the other hand, I do like the navy blue version myself, and would consider buying one for my own use. There's a catch though: when you gathered all the parts you needed to assemble the camera, you seem to have forgotten a tiny little detail; the little points that show up in the viewfinder, telling you which focus point is in use. I'm sure it's just a slip of memory, and since most cameras, including most Pentax cameras, have this feature, it shouldn't be too hard to find an overlay that you can insert into the K-x, should it?

If on the other hand, you have problems understanding what these focus points are for, it may be an idea to hire a photographer to participate the next time you are designing a camera. I'm available at any time, and Japan isn't that far away, so I can be there in a day or two :)

Best regards,
Jorgen Udvang
Potential Pentax Buyer
 
Rawfa

Rawfa

Active member
The other I made a couple of tests with a K7 and a KM and I was less than impressed with the high iso performance and the controls. I don't know what they've put inside the K-X, but it must be something good because this review shows some VERY nice high iso tests: http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Pentax-Kx-12172 . There's been some speculation about the K-X using the exact same sensor as the Nikon D5000, but I didn't manage to find any substantial reports to support this claim.
 
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