Originally posted by offertonhatter Much as I would love Pentax to bring out a FF camera, I personally would prefer them to concentrate on a new shutter, new and far better AF (like the n***n 51 point please) and superior FPS which would come with a new shutter. Then they can bring out a FF camera.
Originally posted by khardur I could care less about a FF Pentax body. People will still bitch about slow AF performance and "doesn't shoot 10 fps" Then they'll keep griping until the next one comes out, and the next one...
You know why we're griping? I tried a D700 at a club the other night for a few shots with an 85 f1.8 on. Pentax has a LONG way to improve it's AF performance - a long way. Whew. They really are several generations behind in this respect.
From DPreview review of the camera:
"Fast and accurate 51 point auto-focus even in low light"
Yup. It certainly is. Smokin fast. And they forgot the silent part. I know Pentax's new stuff is silent focussing as well, but that Nikon never missed in minimal light - you'd need iso 800-1600 at least in that club. K20's in similar light would have been hunting badly. And the D700 had a very fast response time in every parameter I tried. The performance was very impressive - let's hope the next generation Pentax is up to that (or past it!).
Cheers,
Cameron