I bought a K-7 kit, with the WR lenses and the large Pentax flash upon its release in 2009. I choose it based on IBIS, weather-sealing and perceived smallness, with a very minor glance towards the Oly E-P1 which a colleague bought, and an ever smaller glance towards the GF1 more or less based on it being released the same month as the Pentax. I had planned to get a Canon G10, but things happened and off to Pentax DSlr country I went. I knew the brand from when I started up with photograpy, so I wasnt very worried about the choice.
By some notion, I never bonded with the camera, and kept using the Ixus 100IS, bringing the Pentax out mainly on holidays and oogling Fujifilms offerings, based on size. Ended up parting the whole kit out and selling it off in 2016 along with a sizable Canon system I inherited, and putting the money into M43. No regrets, it triggered me back into this fine hobby, but once and again, I got some "what if" thoughts, somewhat based around what can best be described as having a feeling of having under-utilising the Pentax gear, from back then.
Fast forward to 2023, and browsing gear in the local classifieds, habitually looking at Lumix and Olympus, with detours into Pentax and Fujifilm occasionally, finding an add for what looks to be a Pentax battery grip for €90, thinking to myself: Well, which model is that for, then and opening the add. Turns out the add was for this package:
With the following data sourced from the camera reader at Pentax forums:
So buying the bundle was rather swiftly done. Got a pick-up SMS earlier this evening so went out and got it home. Even with a top screen that has a crack in the cover, I think I did well, especially when I saw what it was able to do with the DA21 which I bought for my K10D:
This was a very, very off the cuff picture of a space marine, that resides on a ledge in my window. But dang, the colours and details are rather nice. Worth noting is that the fellow in the picture is probably 4-5 times the size of the actual figure.
I will horse around with this one a bit and I have probably missed out quit a lot, the first time around with the K-7. I am not even going full circle, I am somewhat spiraling. But it is, even measured towards the G9, quite beastly in both size and weight, not that the battery grip helps. The 7 probably wont be the first choice for day to day photography, but I can see it being used every now and then for either "cozy" and/or slow work along with its CCD brother, the K10d when I get around to fix the back focus issue on that one.
By some notion, I never bonded with the camera, and kept using the Ixus 100IS, bringing the Pentax out mainly on holidays and oogling Fujifilms offerings, based on size. Ended up parting the whole kit out and selling it off in 2016 along with a sizable Canon system I inherited, and putting the money into M43. No regrets, it triggered me back into this fine hobby, but once and again, I got some "what if" thoughts, somewhat based around what can best be described as having a feeling of having under-utilising the Pentax gear, from back then.
Fast forward to 2023, and browsing gear in the local classifieds, habitually looking at Lumix and Olympus, with detours into Pentax and Fujifilm occasionally, finding an add for what looks to be a Pentax battery grip for €90, thinking to myself: Well, which model is that for, then and opening the add. Turns out the add was for this package:
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With the following data sourced from the camera reader at Pentax forums:
| Shutter Count | 21,130 |
| Manufacture Date | 2009:07:22 |
So buying the bundle was rather swiftly done. Got a pick-up SMS earlier this evening so went out and got it home. Even with a top screen that has a crack in the cover, I think I did well, especially when I saw what it was able to do with the DA21 which I bought for my K10D:
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This was a very, very off the cuff picture of a space marine, that resides on a ledge in my window. But dang, the colours and details are rather nice. Worth noting is that the fellow in the picture is probably 4-5 times the size of the actual figure.
I will horse around with this one a bit and I have probably missed out quit a lot, the first time around with the K-7. I am not even going full circle, I am somewhat spiraling. But it is, even measured towards the G9, quite beastly in both size and weight, not that the battery grip helps. The 7 probably wont be the first choice for day to day photography, but I can see it being used every now and then for either "cozy" and/or slow work along with its CCD brother, the K10d when I get around to fix the back focus issue on that one.
