On Jul 27, 2006, at 17:24, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm suddenly halfway there to having >> enough money to buy a K100D. >> >> That's cool! > > Wait until you can put both cameras side by side and compare their > viewfinders. > > THEN you'll know if it's really that cool. >
I was actually surprised. I did the "hold one camera up to each eye" trick today and this is what I saw: Left Eye: K100D w/Kit Lens Right Eye: ist-DS w/Kit Lens and "katz-eye" viewfinder. The left eye had a slightly smaller image - but it was BRIGHTER than in my right eye. The image was also just a bit "cooler" - my DS w/ Katz-Eye had an almost brownish tinge to it in comparision. Other differences - the 2.5" screen is nice, but the backlight is a bit slow to respond. Seems like it takes a fraction of a second to "ramp up" to full brightness when you're in review mode. Speaking of preview... if you're in ZOOM mode at any stage, and you hit the INFO button, it behaves differently. On the DS, the INFO button toggles between "full info" mode, the mode with the histogram, and the "fairly empty" screen where you can zoom. With the K100D, if you are zoomed in at all and you hit the INFO button, all it does is remove the arrows from the edges of the image. So it's not a quick toggle OUT of zoom mode (which is pretty much what I use the info button for when I'm zoomed in to 12x to check focus, for example). The shutter is quieter. More like a "shclick" and less of a ker- CLACK sound like the DS. (It actually sounds more like the Canon 300D) Buffer is definitely smaller - rapid fire sequences slow down much quicker than with the DS. Focus seemed peppier. I had my own NiMH batteries in there to be sure of that. It wasn't "night and day" quicker, but it seemed a bit faster to get to the mark and a little more decisive. The focus screen, for those Katz-Eye enthusiasts, does not appear to be quite as easy to remove, but it looks "doable". The SR appeared to do what it was supposed to do. I was surprised at the sharpness of the 1/8 and 1/4 second exposures, even at 75mm zoom. Electronic preview: Why? If you're going to take the picture to see what it looks like, then just TAKE THE PICTURE and see what it looks like! Silly feature. I was glad to see that this feature can be turned off so the DOF preview button does what it ought to. I had my own SD card in there so that I could take my images home and look at them more closely. Should be/Could be interesting. For those of you in Minnesota - this was at National Camera in Golden Valley. While they show "body only" in their catalog at $620, they only have the kits right now. I'm going to wait and see the "K10D" or whatever it will be called before I make any sort of jump. At this point, it is (as someone else mentioned) more of a "side-grade" than UPgrade to go from the DS to the K100D. But it is still tempting. -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
