On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Anybody bought the K100D and how do you > Like it so far? Is the anti-shake working > As well as touted? What are the pros/cons > If any (other than K/M lens issues)???
I did, it came in Friday morning. I haven't had much of a chance to use it, yet, but I've learned: #1 Lesson: Not caring about film cost kicks ass! I need to read the manual. Antishake is pretty clever. I'm hand holding below my old cutoff, 1/45. That it looks like using K/M lenses isn't so bad with the AE button. My old flash, an AF280T, no longer works with this body. The wireless remote doesn't let you utilize the autowinder, or whatever we'd call it. Multiple shot feature. Eh. Whatever. I need to read the manual. The digital preview version of DoF is actually pretty useful. That having a 50/1.4 turn into a 75/1.4 isn't desirable. That I wish they made and I owned a 35/1.4. I'll settle for teh 35/2.0. The lack of short focal length lenses bites. I've re-learned how nice Pentax lenses are. I wish I had camera movements. :) There's too many damned buttons. I need to read the manual. Wait, I have to set ISO? It does for me? Huh? What? Eh? Multiple AF points seems to be useless. Evidently, raw images from the camera don't go into Photoshop? I wish I knew what I was doing. I need to read the manual. I need to learn that I have a preview screen right on teh camera, and I don't need to go home, download the photos into the PC and then see what I got. I haven't really tried full manual mode, so I haven't had to get used to using wheels and buttons in combinations, although I rarely used anything but Av mode, anyways. Its a brave new world. I'm not sure I'm ready for it. I realized that after I came home and decided to look at the images, only to realize I oculd've proofed in the field and corrected for shoddy composition. Then, to muddle my way around a bit, and try to figure out how to get things into various programs left me befuddled. I really did forget that I can look at the preview screen in the field, and I truly regret the lack of camera movements.. You don't know how often you use them or how useful they are until they're gone. I know your beef is with the use of pre-A lenses. I haven't given it much work, but when I read from someone how to use the AE lock button to stop down, meter, and then display it in the view finder I became much more placated by it. Its still probably not idea for people who need to quickly function with their pre-A lenses, but for me, it works just fine. I'm somewhat confused, though, in reading that the newest lens lines forthcoming I'm going to lose the ability to autofocus, though. While I probably won't be able to afford anything with an asterik in its name, it bothers me none the less. I'd also like to see Pentax release a line of value priced, fast prime lenses for these things. If they're going to make 'em for a little CCD and omit the aperature ring, I'd hope they were within the price range of a non-pro. Alas, the days of the prime lens are probably as over as the days of film flagship bodies. Oh, and the last thing I learned from buying a K100D: I need to read the manual. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
