Originally posted by dave9t5 In your OP you complain that the K-7 is not light enough compared to the K20d.
But above, you affirm that the metal K-7 is indeed especially light compared to plastic K20D.
Well noted. You confirm that you are indeed simply a flame baiter.
Dave9t5, are you unable to read, or do you just enjoy abusing others for something they didn't say?
If you actually
read my initial post, you would see that I checked the figures and confirmed that the K7 is indeed lighter than the K20D, but by very little.
The post I am replying to, in which you indulge yourself my calling me a "flame baiter", was about whether a metal body is lighter than a heavy one, and I noted there ... what, exactly? That a K7 is lighter than a K20D, which is excatly what I noted at the start.
So, there is no inconsistency, and no flame bait.
Some people evidently like heavy cameras, which is fine; whatever floats your boat. Others find that a heavy camera provides better balance for a long and heavy lens, which is quite logical ... but not everyone makes much use of long, heavy lenses. Clearly there are different uses here, which dictate different requirements.
I don't know what the problem is with some posters on this thread, but there seems to be an amazing degree of emotional attachment to the latest Pentax product and a determination that it must not be criticised in any way.
If you read what I have written, I haven't said that the K7 is a bad camera; I haven't said that someone else makes a better alternative; I haven't criticised anyone who wants one. So this charge of "flame bait" is nonsense.
For my uses,
I want a light and robust camera body. That may not be what
you want, which is fine -- it'd be a boring world if everyone was the same -- but it's a great pity that you seem so determined to be abusive and rude to someone with different priorities, and so determined to prove to yourself that I am writing in bad faith that you will happily accuse me of saying things I haven't said so that you can attach abusive names to me.
My own usage is not like a profesional photographer. I make my living other ways, and the use which I make of my camera doesn't need 20 rolls of film or half-a-dozen big lenses; I'm quite happy to go out for the day with my camera and one light lens (possibly with another light prime in my pocket), find that my walks take me to a beautiful place, and take two dozen carefully-composed photos in the course of the day.
Since I'm not carrying a motor drive or a sack of lenses or dozens of film rolls, the weight of the camera body is the biggest weight in my photo kit. The weight of the camera body is particularly important to me because unlike a spare lens or other gadgetry, the camera body is hanging around my neck.
My K20D is a good camera, but its weight is a problem
for me, and I would have a similar problem with the K7. If that's not a problem for you, that's fine, but if you want to discuss our different approaches it's a great pity that you seem unable or unwilling to do either be polite or to assume good faith.