Pentax K-7 I ,

Table of contents and Foreword

I am pleased that you purchased one of our “Pentax

K-7 – Everything you need to know…..and then

some” book. As an enthusiastic photographer for

many years, I have had many Pentax cameras. My

first “new” camera was a Pentax Spotmatic,

purchased when I was still in Junior High.

When Pentax stepped into the Digital SLR market, I

was delighted. Their first few DSLRs (The *ist

series) were the smallest DSLRs on the market but

were not particularly special with the 6MP CCD.

When the K10D was introduced, everything changed and Pentax was suddenly a

major player. The K10D was a breakthrough, in my opinion. It had the capabili-

ties of Professional DSLRs with the price of entry-level DSLRs. It had some

unique features found nowhere else at any price. In January of 2008, Pentax an-

nounced the K20D. It was not a revolution as the K10D was, but it certainly was

an evolution of the revolution. The K200D and the K2000/KM followed with no

exceptional or marginal improvements. On May 20, 2009, Pentax made history

again by introducing the Pentax K-7. This time, it is definitely another revolu-

tion, and maybe bigger than the K10D was when introduced. Once again, Pentax

engineers have pushed the envelope and designed a DSLR with more features

than any camera in it’s price range.

This book is not about me as a photographer. It is about you and what informa-

tion you will need when using this marvel of engineering that the K-7 is. The

book complements the Pentax user’s manual and explains in simple terms how to

use the camera. It contains techniques, shortcuts, explanations, tips, examples

and photographic information applicable to the K-7 as well as other DSLRs in

general.

We opted to publish the book ourselves, just as we published the previous books.

This time we offered the K-7 book in a downloadable form only. We save pro-

duction costs and you save money, and get you book much quicker.

Your feedback is always important to us. As we get feedback from our custom-

ers, we can update the book according to what readers wants. We have incorpo-

rated many of your suggestions from the previous books into this K-7 book.

Our Website is: http://www.pentaxdslrs.com.

Our Blogsite is: http://pentaxdslrs.blogspot.com/

From one Pentax user to another, thank you again for your purchase,

Yvon Bourque