Originally posted by TwoLegged I'd like one too.
Apart from anything else, the dedicated ISO button would be enough to tempt me.
The smaller size looks handy, and the improved auto-focus looks great. The bigger screen has a few downsides, but on balance its advantages outweigh them. It's a pity they cluttered it up with video, but i can see that the marketing ppl probably insisted on that.
I chose my K20D over all the competition, and don't regret the choice, and if choosing now it'd be K20D versus K7.
But if somebody had told me 20 years ago that we'd be using cameras so much heavier than my ME Super, I'd not have believe them. What prompted me to post here was that some of the comments suggested that the K7 was a step back to the old glory days of solid and light Pentaxes, so I set out to check, and well ... it isn't.
The K7 may well be a turning point in the endless accumulation of weight in dSLRs, and that's great news. All-in all a very attractive package, but it's a lightweight only by comparison with the overweight K20D and the K7's bloated competition.
Right. and the K-7 feature set is about the same? To be fair, add the MEII winder. now at least your gloriously small MEsuper can at least shoot 1/2 the frame rate of the K-7.
So, MEsuper + Winder = 793 grams.
hmmm. Heavier then the K-7.
Pentax LX and winder = 810 grams
Penatx K2, no winder = 680 grams. a whoping 70 grams lighter. About the weight of a chocolate bar.
How about if someone told you twenty years ago you will be able to buy a camera that:
* does not need film & can take hundereds of photos before you need to change the storage media
* Allows you to change white balance on the fly. no filters. no film changes
* Allows you to preview every shot on a colour screen on the back of the camera
* Has auto focus
* Has spot, center average, and 77 zone matrix metering
* Has colour histograms of every shot to confirm exposure
* Alows you you edit your photos for contrast etc.
* Shoots 5 frames per sec.
* Can be used in the rain
* Can shoot colour high def video. I know you don't care.
And all this will weigh less then your ME super plus winder.