The buffer is SMALLER??? That doesn't seem possible. This camera should be basically the "S version" of the new Pentax. A smaller buffer doesn't bode well for the 10. We need a much bigger buffer than that of the S in the 10. Just as big won't cut it. Paul On Jul 30, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
