Originally posted by wll OK, I have a couple of K200D's that I use for all around studio, landscape stuff, and with the announcement of the K-r I was thinking of replacing them with the new K-r ...... but ...... when the price really drops off the K-7, and it is less than the K-r that changes things a bit.
If you're shooting studio stuff, then I assume you'd be using them with studio lighting, which will probably mean shooting at sync speed and ISO 100. Landscape stuff will probably mean shooting with a tripod, and the lowest ISO possible, which will probably be 100 or 200 or so. So ISO wise, there's no real convincing argument for the K-r. And also, for what you're shooting, do you need the 6fps?
Another factor is that for me personally, as someone who's got the K10D and K-7, and have played around with my friends' K100D and K-x cameras, ergonomics is a very big reason why I would never go down a tier of cameras. Top LCD screen, two e-dials, less digging through menus, etc, all really make a big difference. Going from a K200D to a K-7, you're going to be spoilt.
Having said that, but having the better hi-ISO performance, that can possibly open up new doors, and you might find that you're doing more stuff requiring higher ISO, just because you have this new capability and you
can. Whichever one you decide on though, it will be an improvement over the K200D.