Joseph Tainter wrote: > I'm back from a few days in Italy--Milan, Venice, Porto Venere. The trip > was mainly for a conference in Porto Venere, so there was only a little > chance for photography. Because of this I took only a minimal kit--*ist > D, DA 21, DA 40, and A 50 F1.2. The DA 21 got a workout, and proved > consistently to be a good focal length for architecture and landscapes. > > There were, of course, a lot of people lugging around big, heavy Nikons > & Canons, with enormous zoom lenses. I caught several of them glancing > at my diminutive D with its tiny DA 21. In Porto Venere I walked past a > pro photographing a wedding with a big Canon L lens. Even she glanced at > my petite kit. > > I'll never get through all of the back posts on the K10D. I gather there > is no indication that it can take replaceable batteries. Bummer. Did we > learn which is the killer feature for which Aaron would sell a kidney? > Is it the fly paper in the mirror box? > > I'll probably get one, but I'll gripe about some of its specifications, > particularly the battery. (I'm not a grip guy, so please don't recommend > that.) > > My DA 21 is a tired little pup. I'll have to rest it for a few days. > > Joe >
Just a question, but how do you like the DA 40 on digital? They're quite cheap here in Canada right now, so I'm considering grabbing one. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
