I don't think so. I don't see any killer feature, either. As I said in another post, I don't see what 22 bits could be needed for. 16 bits instead of 12 would be useful to guard against quantisation or rounding noise, but that's about it.
On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 10:37:19PM +0100, John Forbes wrote: > So speaks somebody who has perhaps just bought into the wrong system. > > John > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:36:13 +0100, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > are they giving away free exclamation marks? > > > > I can't see where the killer feature is that everybody was on about. > > What is it? > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Bob > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Douglas Newman > >> Sent: 12 September 2006 19:24 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: The K10D Has Arrived! > >> > >> Dear All, > >> > >> Maybe someone's sent this in already (I get digests), > >> but it appears the K10D has arrived: > >> > >> > > http://www.steves-digicams.com/pr/pentax_09132006_k10d_pr.html?AType=0 > >> > >> Amazingly, it lives up to the rumors! (Possibly the > >> first D-SLR I know of that has.) > >> > >> We now have four 10 MP SLRs for $999 with kit lens: > >> Pentax K10D > >> Nikon D80 > >> Sony A100 > >> Canon 400D/Rebel XTi > >> > >> The K10D meets or beats the other three on EVERY > >> SINGLE point! > >> > >> It has the big viewfinder of the D80, the anti-shake > >> of the A100, the anti-dust of the 400D, not to mention > >> (probably) better build quality, weather-sealing, and > >> so on. > >> > >> It even meets or beats the Canon 30D and Nikon D200 on > >> every spec except fps (though some will make a big > >> deal of their all-metal bodies). The 30D looks > >> particularly dire now! > >> > >> Unless you need a 24x36mm sensor or very high speed, > >> the K10D offers the most complete feature set of any > >> D-SLR ever made! > >> > >> It even looks like it might (?) shoot in native DNG > >> format! > >> > >> I'm left waiting for the other shoe to drop - on paper > >> this thing simply looks too good to be true! > >> > >> Unless there is a fatal flaw with this (e.g. IQ > >> problems) which I find unlikely, I WILL be buying one > >> of these. If it lives up to its specs, it will be > >> quite simply the D-SLR I have been waiting for, at a > >> price I never dreamed of! > >> > >> My Canon kit is going up for sale very soon! > >> > >> New Doug > >> > >> __________________________________________________ > >> Do You Yahoo!? > >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >> http://mail.yahoo.com > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > -- > 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
