Hello, My name is Brian. I've been trying to understand what I've been reading here about the rumored features for the K-7. This is my first post here. However, I will not be offended if you shoot down the premise of this post stated in my first point below. I'm asking for a reality check.
:: 1. We accept the sharp professionally laid out poster "PENTAX New k 2009 5 21_" seen at the beginning of the thread "K7D on May 21st" as real, and yet it was not, as is usual with these teasers, posted on the company web site, but just tossed out on the internet? Am I missing something? No one is linking to the Pentax K-7 teaser site, and I couldn't find it on the Pentax web site. If true this means Pentax is using back-channels to promote this new camera and suggests that they may be leaking some of the specs as well.
:: 2. If point #1 is true then Pentax committed to using back-channels to promote the new camera and may be leaking specs then they are doing it for a reason. This is my guess as to what they are doing.
Pentax is leaking spec sheets that do not contain the one big Wow! feature on the new camera, so that they can dampen the expectations, and have a big splash on May 21st. This would explain why seemingly very well connected sources provide a fine upgrade without an unprecedented new camera feature. This keeps in check the rumors of something unexpected that keep circulating.
:: 3. What reason do we have to expect/hope that Pentax will come through with something as startling as the K10D was with its inexpensive weather proofing?
:::::: 3a. Expectations have been set high by Pentax's announcement that they would not continue the K20d series and the DA lens series and come up with a new line of cameras and a new line of lenses.
:::::: 3b. If the guy (Yvon Bourque) behind this blog is on the level and has signed an NDA --
PENTAX DSLRs then he knows the specs on the camera and has no reason to add this line to his April 24th post unless there is something big coming:
"Some new Pentax proprietary technology, not found on any other DSLR at any price, may also be unveil with this new DSLR."
:: 4. The only features I've seen discussed here that are unprecedented are the square sensor and the EVF overlay on the optical finder. You could have the EVF without the square sensor, but not the other way around.
:::::: 4a. A square sensor would close to double the mega-pixel count while keeping the high ISO noise and dynamic range exactly the same. What a brilliant hack! However, it would probably make it impossible for Pentax to increase their frame and burst rate unless you could crop the square and only use the standard rectangular frame.
:::::: 4b. And Pentax must increase their burst rate to stay competitive so you have to be able to crop the square sensor. In order to have a workable square sensor you would need the EVF overlay to see whether you were shooting full square frame or landscape or portrait standard APS-c frame. So, this incredible combination of features could possibly come true. It certainly would be literally outside the box -- or rather outside the rectangle or the standard DSLR- frame.
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Well, that was my trying to come to terms with what I've read here. What am I missing?
Brian
Portland, OR
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