Originally posted by jgredline OK, I see my ignorance is showing...This is ok, I accept that, but let me explain a little bit further...First my use of the word ''perfect'' was a bad choice...strike that from the record.
I guess in my limited experience at least for me, I do not see how Pentax can come up with a better body for me, when I have not even mastered the ones I have. Anyway, I need to go, but I suspect I am in the majority as far as having limited knowledge of photography.
you wont get a better body, i doubt that, altho they could improve on the ergonomics of it (personaly i would give pentax a nudge and have them hold a canon 30/40 D, personaly i find those cameras the most comfortable on the market)
but what you WILL get is a better SENSOR, and most likely a better shutter mechanism, refiend shake reduction and probably more refined auto-focus mechanism as well.
the thing is, when there is lots of light and a tripod, none of these things matter all that much, and you can go ahead and keep shooting with that *ist and be happy
but when the sun goes down and you lack a tripod, all of those things, and the level of their refinement start to really really matter.
like currently, i know a photo is trashed if i'm handheld and the shutter speed is below 1/6 if i'm sitting and below 1/10 if i'm standing, no iffs or buts, my hands simply shake too much.
if the new technology will either allow me to shoot at 1/6~1/10 (or slower) and keep stable then i will pay for that
if my shots taken at 1600 will look like my 800 shots now, i will aslo pay for that
also, pentax owners dont complain much about the shutter slap, but when you have a friend with a Canon, you get jealous of how smoothly the Canon takes pictures.
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you are right to say that an increase in ULTIMATE image quality will be almost non existant, ie, perferct lighting conditions.
but the new camera will be a much better perfromer overall, in some of the more harsh conditions, and thats a plus, atleast for me.