Yesterday Pentax unveiled my dream camera in a nutshell- the K-7. Roughly the same size as a K100 yet weather sealed, dust proof and cold proof to fourteen degrees Fahrenheit. It has improved Shake Reduction, features chromatic aberration and barrel/pincushion distortion correction, fast enough to shoot sports @ 5.2 fps, and is so far the first SLR that shoots 720p video and imparts stabilization to every lens while doing so, regardless of make or model(and runs contrast AF with newer lenses). It's also the first camera to have in-body HDR merge processing; it can take three images over a vast EV variance (say, +/-10 to 15 EV) and make a resulting JPEG file with as of yet unheard of dynamic range straight from the camera. Not sure how I'd find a need for that last feature, but there are so many more aspects of the K-7 I could go on endlessly about, namely the fact that I'm dying to get my hands on one just like every other Pentaxian out there. I suppose the only thing that's missing is full hi-def video and a Black Silicon CMOS 14.6mp 23.5x15.7mm chip to capture to- get to it, Pentax (pretty please), and you'll have my order for a Black Silicon K camera and 31mm limited prime at any price. Until then, bravo with the K-7, it's certainly summing up to be quite the achievement! |