K-7: the specs are known already

Torphoto · 05-04-2009, 10:44 AM

Originally posted by dave sz

not gonna happen. 99.99% of all things never live up to the hype. It also depends on which aspects of the hype you believe in...

Thats questionable, the K20D actually did live up to the hype. Many of us were not expecting it to really have 14.6 mp that worked, but the 21fps mode didn't.

nosnoop · 05-04-2009, 10:47 AM

Originally posted by emr

I wonder who's more ridiculous here - those who post again and again with no new info or we who read and comment all those posts?

I would say the former.
This is yet another post which is just a big tease, with absolutely no new info at all.
"Hey look, I know something... and you don't"
"You know what, this new camera has..... oh, but I can't tell you"

Why bother?
But someone is enjoying all the attention it gets, I suppose.
And this is not just directed at the OP, as he is not the only one.

dave sz · 05-04-2009, 10:50 AM

Originally posted by ogl

There is one problem with body...

no flash? Too small? No weather sealing? No SR?

Turo · 05-04-2009, 10:55 AM

It isn't k-mount, it's EOS mount.

lol101 · 05-04-2009, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by ogl

There is one problem with body...

Originally posted by ogl

I can't answer.

Originally posted by kolouch

I understand .. first disappointments are here :-/

This is getting really ridiculous ...

But somehow strangely adicting also...

So you know a lot of good and bad things but you're just LOVE to toy with the rest of us and have really nothing to say...

OK so what is it? Heh? What is it?

lol101 · 05-04-2009, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by Turo

It isn't k-mount, it's EOS mount.

Yay!!!

... ooops! I meant "Oh no!! We're all doomed!!!"

blende8 · 05-04-2009, 11:03 AM

Spread the word ...
There is a problem with the body!
Pentax is contemplating a product recall for the K-7!
New release date prior X-mas, guaranteed.

jmbradd · 05-04-2009, 11:08 AM

Originally posted by blende8

Spread the word ...
There is a problem with the body!
Pentax is contemplating a product recall for the K-7!
New release date prior X-mas, guaranteed.

yes it saw mine and was too afraid to jump in the pool

ps. thats a joke

Wheatfield · 05-04-2009, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by f750k

.i say it is still the photographer and not the equipment

When are people going to quit trotting out this old saw? Probably not anytime this century.
The world is moving ahead, and camera technology is moving as well.
The more advanced cameras made today open up photographic opportunities that weren't even though of when I started out, and with it has come changes in the style of photography.
Imagine how many photos Weegee would sell to Sports Illustrated today if he was still shooting with a Speed Graphic (and please be smart enough to recognize that there is some hyperbole in this last sentence)

Form does follow function, and as function advances, so does photographic form.

Unless you shoot with Pentax, which has rigidly stuck to relatively low performance platforms as compared to it's competition since the late 1960's.
Whther this is good, bad or indifferent, I'm not really interested. I certainly can understand the frustration that users might have as they see the competition taking off and Pentax still idling on the runway, wondering if anyone bolted the wings on.
The whole change systems if you aren't happy arguement doesn't cut it either. It's become the Pentax version of Godwin's law, and it isn't valid.
When we buy into a camera system, there is an understanding between the buyer and the company that the company will continue to offer technologies that are competitive. At the moment, the best that Pentax has is comparable to a fourth tier camera from their main competitors.
This is just unacceptable, and it's to be hoped that this new body leapfrogs ahead into a second tier position.
Equally absurd is people complaining about imaginary specifications. At the moment, all we know is that we hope that a new camera will be announced later this month. We know nothing concrete about it's specifications. All we know is that it is supposed to be more advanced than what is being sold by Pentax at the moment.
Well, I'd bloody well hope so. They've got the bar set so low on the other end of the market that a Limbo dancer would slip a disc trying to get under it.

Be hopeful that this camera will be a real performance improvement over the K20, but at least wait for a spec sheet to be released by Pentax before writing the thing off.
At least that way, you'll have a clue about what about it doesn't float your boat.

Gooshin · 05-04-2009, 11:21 AM

people should listen to Wheatfield more.

celetron · 05-04-2009, 11:27 AM

Maybe it is not FF

GnusMas · 05-04-2009, 11:28 AM

Amen wheatfield

PNTXFTW12 · 05-04-2009, 11:56 AM

i find it quite useless to make another hype-thread for the K7 if no concrete information can actually be shared.

/thread.

Supernaut · 05-04-2009, 12:00 PM

Originally posted by ogl

There is one problem with body...

I hope it's the price. Better to save money an extra mounth than wait another 18 mounths for "the problem" to be solved in the next camera.

**RuiC** · 05-04-2009, 12:13 PM

Originally posted by blende8

Spread the word ...
There is a problem with the body!
Pentax is contemplating a product recall for the K-7!
New release date prior X-mas, guaranteed.

I never managed to shoot photos holding an umbrella.

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05-04-2009, 10:44 AM	#61
Torphoto Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Trinidad W.I. Photos: Gallery Posts: 612	Originally posted by dave sz not gonna happen. 99.99% of all things never live up to the hype. It also depends on which aspects of the hype you believe in... Thats questionable, the K20D actually did live up to the hype. Many of us were not expecting it to really have 14.6 mp that worked, but the 21fps mode didn't.

05-04-2009, 10:47 AM	#62
nosnoop Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,299	Originally posted by emr I wonder who's more ridiculous here - those who post again and again with no new info or we who read and comment all those posts? I would say the former. This is yet another post which is just a big tease, with absolutely no new info at all. "Hey look, I know something... and you don't" "You know what, this new camera has..... oh, but I can't tell you" Why bother? But someone is enjoying all the attention it gets, I suppose. And this is not just directed at the OP, as he is not the only one.

05-04-2009, 10:50 AM	#63
dave sz Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: carpentersville, IL Posts: 693	Originally posted by ogl There is one problem with body... no flash? Too small? No weather sealing? No SR?

05-04-2009, 10:55 AM	#64
Turo Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chengdu Posts: 31	It isn't k-mount, it's EOS mount.

05-04-2009, 10:59 AM	#65
lol101 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Garennes sur Eure France Photos: Gallery Posts: 899	Originally posted by ogl There is one problem with body... Originally posted by ogl I can't answer. Originally posted by kolouch I understand .. first disappointments are here :-/ This is getting really ridiculous ... But somehow strangely adicting also... So you know a lot of good and bad things but you're just LOVE to toy with the rest of us and have really nothing to say... OK so what is it? Heh? What is it?

05-04-2009, 11:00 AM	#66
lol101 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Garennes sur Eure France Photos: Gallery Posts: 899	Originally posted by Turo It isn't k-mount, it's EOS mount. Yay!!! ... ooops! I meant "Oh no!! We're all doomed!!!"

05-04-2009, 11:03 AM	#67
blende8 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bremen, Germany Photos: Albums Posts: 1,521	Spread the word ... There is a problem with the body! Pentax is contemplating a product recall for the K-7! New release date prior X-mas, guaranteed.

05-04-2009, 11:08 AM	#68
jmbradd Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portland, OR Photos: Albums Posts: 325	Originally posted by blende8 Spread the word ... There is a problem with the body! Pentax is contemplating a product recall for the K-7! New release date prior X-mas, guaranteed. yes it saw mine and was too afraid to jump in the pool ps. thats a joke

05-04-2009, 11:16 AM	#69
Wheatfield Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The wheatfields of Canada Posts: 15,976	Originally posted by f750k .i say it is still the photographer and not the equipment When are people going to quit trotting out this old saw? Probably not anytime this century. The world is moving ahead, and camera technology is moving as well. The more advanced cameras made today open up photographic opportunities that weren't even though of when I started out, and with it has come changes in the style of photography. Imagine how many photos Weegee would sell to Sports Illustrated today if he was still shooting with a Speed Graphic (and please be smart enough to recognize that there is some hyperbole in this last sentence) Form does follow function, and as function advances, so does photographic form. Unless you shoot with Pentax, which has rigidly stuck to relatively low performance platforms as compared to it's competition since the late 1960's. Whther this is good, bad or indifferent, I'm not really interested. I certainly can understand the frustration that users might have as they see the competition taking off and Pentax still idling on the runway, wondering if anyone bolted the wings on. The whole change systems if you aren't happy arguement doesn't cut it either. It's become the Pentax version of Godwin's law, and it isn't valid. When we buy into a camera system, there is an understanding between the buyer and the company that the company will continue to offer technologies that are competitive. At the moment, the best that Pentax has is comparable to a fourth tier camera from their main competitors. This is just unacceptable, and it's to be hoped that this new body leapfrogs ahead into a second tier position. Equally absurd is people complaining about imaginary specifications. At the moment, all we know is that we hope that a new camera will be announced later this month. We know nothing concrete about it's specifications. All we know is that it is supposed to be more advanced than what is being sold by Pentax at the moment. Well, I'd bloody well hope so. They've got the bar set so low on the other end of the market that a Limbo dancer would slip a disc trying to get under it. Be hopeful that this camera will be a real performance improvement over the K20, but at least wait for a spec sheet to be released by Pentax before writing the thing off. At least that way, you'll have a clue about what about it doesn't float your boat.

05-04-2009, 11:21 AM	#70
Gooshin Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, the one in Canada. Posts: 5,610	people should listen to Wheatfield more.

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05-04-2009, 11:27 AM	#71
celetron Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Greece Photos: Albums Posts: 301	Maybe it is not FF

05-04-2009, 11:28 AM	#72
GnusMas Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 32	Amen wheatfield

05-04-2009, 11:56 AM	#73
PNTXFTW12 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Vaughan, Ontario Photos: Gallery Posts: 269	i find it quite useless to make another hype-thread for the K7 if no concrete information can actually be shared. /thread.

05-04-2009, 12:00 PM	#74
Supernaut Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Coast , Sweden Posts: 467	Originally posted by ogl There is one problem with body... I hope it's the price. Better to save money an extra mounth than wait another 18 mounths for "the problem" to be solved in the next camera.

05-04-2009, 12:13 PM	#75
RuiC Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lisboa - The best destination in Europe Posts: 633	Originally posted by blende8 Spread the word ... There is a problem with the body! Pentax is contemplating a product recall for the K-7! New release date prior X-mas, guaranteed. I never managed to shoot photos holding an umbrella.