The Pentax K-7 has been declared one of the best DSLR cameras available at its’ surprisingly reasonable (all things considered) price tag of around $1300 by such fine publications as Wired and Photography Blog, and you can see why: there’s a 3-inch Live View LCD, an HDMI port, shake reduction, in-camera lens correction, and a greatly improved dust reduction system. It has a 14.6 megapixel sensor which is contained along with the rest of the bits in a rugged magnesium alloy body, has an HD movie mode that captures video at 640 x 416, 720p (1,280 x 720) or 1,536 x 1,024, all of which are at 30fps. Now, that’s more than both Nikon’s D90 and D5000 have got (both max at 720p), and although Canon’s T1i does 1080p, that’s only at a choppy 20fps. Now, what’s really going to tickle your wedding vegetables is the High Dynamic Range (HDR) capture mode, which can grab a trio of pictures, and then combines them in-camera to expand the exposure gamut.
Just How Good Is the Video?
Well, someone’s already managed to get one and shoot a quick sample video for us, have a look:
It’s just now (like, today) been officially released for sale and you can even order it on Amazon now, brick-and-mortar retailers should have it by this weekend at the latest.
Additional Resources and Further Reading
An exceptionally good and detailed review over at PhotographyBlog
