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istDS to k-x?

RichardH

RichardH

Bodging pleb
Should I think about moving on from the Pentax ist*DS? I know the DS has the benefit of the pentaprism for a bit of extra viewfinder brightness, but has the time come to move on from the DS?
 
Good question -- I'm also still plugging along with my *istDL. 6MP doesn't really limit me, but better noise / high iso performance would be a plus.
 
I can't comment on the ist*DS. However, I've owned the K-X for 8 weeks or so now and thoroughly enjoying it. I have limited experience with high ISO picture taking but can give you this link to a picture taken with mine with the ISO set to 3200 and indoors with low light. Any processing was done in camera - nothing done to it after it left the camera - picture taken as a JPEG.

I actually took the picture to answer a question posed regarding the camera on another forum.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2713/4328704522_b27dc8b407_o.jpg
 
Ian has had both I think, I had a go with the new one, it's nice to hold, has a good shutter noise and takes video so it's a winner in my book.
 
The K-x is nice. The sensor is good, ergonomics are decent, it's sensibly priced. As digicams go, it's pretty good.
 
I stupidly sold my *istDS to buy a K10D. I wish I hadn't. The *istDS is a fabulous little D-SLR. If it ain't broke ...

James
 
I gave my *ist to my Dad and replaced it with an K-20 something or other and now barely ever take photographs as my camera is 10% better but 50% heavier and 150% more baffling.

Maybe the K-x is not so fecked up but I really think modern D-SLRs are all sorts of wrong (certain technical and professional contexts notwithstanding).
 
The K-x is smaller and lighter than the old Pentax I had. It's not baffling either. I think they got this one right.
 
Does the k-x have a quiet shutter then? I seem to remember some stuff about the k-7 having a silent shutter (which sounds a great thing), but I have also read a few less than complementary things about it. I do like the (relatively) small form factor of the DS, which I believe the k-x follows.

I may well follow the "if it ain't broke" for the time being, and maybe wait for the next models. Having said that, a quick look on eBay shows that a DS will only fetch around £180, so for those regretting selling theirs....
 
Does the k-x have a quiet shutter then? I seem to remember some stuff about the k-7 having a silent shutter (which sounds a great thing), but I have also read a few less than complementary things about it. I do like the (relatively) small form factor of the DS, which I believe the k-x follows.

SSB - was it the DS that you had prior to the k-x then? If it's smaller/ligher than the DS then that is interesting.

I may well follow the "if it ain't broke" for the time being, and maybe wait for the next models. Having said that, a quick look on eBay shows that a DS will only fetch around £180, so for those regretting selling theirs....
 
I wouldn't say the shutter is especially quiet or especially loud. It seems fine. Average, probably.

No idea what I had before, can't remember the model number.

If 6mp is enough for your purposes there's probably not a lot of point changing. The low light performance at high ISOs is very good though, much better than I remember a lot of older sensors being. I can happily use it in colour at ISO 1600. That's definitely an improvement on older DSLRs. This is ISO 1600, for example.

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That's very impressive. Frankly 6mb is fine for me, so I may as well stick with what I've got - but it does seem that things have moved forward. Thanks for helping me scratch the itch.
 
I'm probably going to be selling my istDS + lenses as I never use it.
I can use the funds for more daft music making devices.
 
well - despite my initial hostility towards DSLR's in general, I now really love my new K-x. Its certainly light, maybe too much sometimes! - but it doesn't feel lacking in facilities and I've managed to take some very nice pictures! I wouldn't say its silent, but the shutter-noise isn't deafening. Unfortunetly I can't really help you about how it compares to the ist*DS - you might get a more useful answer on the Pentaxforum though...

I now seem to have developed a worrying addiction to trawling Ebay several times a day for bargain extra lenses for it - the holy grail of fast&wide is still eludeing me though - Got any nice ones fox? :p
 
Anex said:
A swanee whistle?
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I was thinking more on the lines of an EEG machine to read brainwaves and pump the raw data directly into Ableton for live-realtime processing. An SLR is more than I need. Too bulky. Never bring it anywhere. I'm happy with my Exilim 750 point and shoot.

I take my Olympus LS-10 everywhere I go however. Astonishing what I capture with it. I'm not really a visuals person anymore: photos for eBay and my diary are the limit of my visual artistic expression.
 
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