I also took the opportunity to do something I’ve been pondering a while, and that was to buy myself a new camera. I already decided on Pentax, and so I went to their display and tried out the K-7. A lovely piece of kit. First impressions compared to my old K10D;

• Smaller (the K10D feels massive in comparison, which I sort of liked, but on the other hand most of the new sub-$2000 DSLR’s are all on the small side it seems)
• Lighter (good for your back if you’re using it a lot)
• Better display (higher resolution)
• 14.6 megapixels (K10D has 10). Megapixels aren’t very important for me, but something which is very important is;
• Much higher ISO-sensitivity (something which is very interesting. I haven’t tried that out yet, but I definately will. Just the opportunity to shoot up to ISO 3200 without it looking like gravel is very interesting!
• Film mode (don’t know how much I will use this, but it’s there anyway)

I haven’t had the chance to try it out much, but as soon as I have I will post a follow up here

Oh, and in a few days there will also be a 70-200mm f2.8 (Tamron or Sigma) showing up here it seems. That will also be fun

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My plans at the photo fair is to check out the new Pentax K-x, which is something as rare as a consumer-targeted camera which has pro qualities! The K-x can go as high as ISO 12800, and from what I’ve heard it is quite good as high up as 6400, which means I could get a shutter time of maybe 1/90 or 1/180 when using the 50 mm at F1.4, and that would be great! It’s also very reasonably priced, costing halve as much as what my K10D cost (or would have cost if I had to buy mine ) when it was new. Disadvantages of the K-x is that is isn’t weatherproof in the way that the K10D is (you can basically put the K10D in a running shower and keep on shooting), but on the other hand I haven’t had use for that at all, since I usually don’t take photos in the rain, and I’m sure the K-x can handle a little bit of humidity or a few drops of rain as long as I use common sense and wipe it off and let it de-humidify at a slow pace. Other downside? It uses 4 AA batteries. That’s weird. It can’t be a price thing, so I guess someone at Pentax thought; It for those people just starting to use a digital camera, let’s make it easy for them to charge the battery by using ordinary AA batteries! Weird, but not a major problem for me. Oh, and the K-x also films! It can shoot 1280×720 at 24 fps, which sounds very good! I’m not sure how much I would use that, but it’s nice to know that it’s possible.

So, these are my thoughts about the upcoming fair, but I’m not going there only to check out the Pentax K-x, but also to see what else is happening in the world of photography, and to get inspiration! Looking forward to it

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