Lol, I tried babelfish on the original Japanese site...what a waste of time. The translation made less sense than the original Japanese!
Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I for one am not griping about the image quality of the K10D. How > could I? > I'm griping about something more nether, nore ethereal than that! I'm > > griping about a 3rd party Japanese translation! > > Tom C. > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: K10D aimed as D200 killer > Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:30:39 +1100 > > I also don't understand the gripes people have about the IQ of the > K10D when > nobody > has really seen images that can really be used for comparisons. > > A friend (who has a Canon 30D) asked me in an email today "so how > come it's > so > special?" in response to my excitement about the K10D. > > Here's my response, the first time I've really documented (and > thought out) > the reasons > why I want the new camera so much in comparison to my *ist DL. > > > > Things that this camera has that my current couldn't dream of: > > 10mp vs 6mp - not hugely important, but worthwhile for cropping, > macros, and > large > prints, etc > > Shake reduction in the body - very, very handy...up to four stops > extra for > hand held > photography in low light. > > Dust reduction (coating on sensor and sensor shake) - vital for > anyone who > changes > lenses occasionally (or constantly like me)! I'm sick of cloning out > dust > spots on my > images. > > Much faster auto focus - the slow AF on my current camera gives me > the sh*ts > in a big > way. > > Iso 100 - my current camera only goes to iso 200, great for when you > want a > long > exposure for movement in bright conditions. > > Ability to shoot RAW and JPEG simultaneously - could come in handy. > > Weather sealed body - fantastic! > > Larger buffer, faster write speed = more shots in continuous mode > before it > slows > down - my current camera is crap in this regard > > Remote control sensors on front AND rear of camera - very handy > > Penta prism view finder - my current camera has a penta mirror and is > darker > and smaller > > Ability to bracket exposure and white balance...up to five shots - > very > handy for the > high dynamic range landscapes I often shoot > > Illuminated lcd - my camera isn't illuminated. > > Switch on body to change between continuous and single auto focus > mode - > current > camera I have to do this through the menu...annoying! > > Switch on body to change metering modes - again, I have to use the > menu for > this and > it's a huge source of frustration when trying to shoot quickly ( I > change > metering modes > quite often). > > 11 AF sensors and quick easy control on the body to select the in > focus > point or > between auto and central - current camera...centre or wide only and > must be > selected > through the menu > > They're just the major advances off the top of my head! Basically, > the > specs and > design of this camera address every single gripe I've had with my > current > camera and > adds quite a few very handy features I hadn't thought of. If I were > given > cart blanche > to design the perfect DSLR for me with current technology, this > would be > pretty much > it. All that and it's only slightly more expensive than my current > camera > was a year > ago! This camera is pretty much a direct competitor of the Nikon > D200 and > your Canon > for a fraction of the cost, and with cheaper, good quality lenses > available. > > Is that enough? :) > > -- > 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 > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
