Looking forward to your pics from Annsan's roof. I'm thinking of selling my K85/1.8 and picking up the DA 70. Not an exact swap in focal lengths, but I also have the Vivitar 90/2.5 series 1 -- the excellent early version. Waiting to hear more about that 70. As an alternative, I could still unload the 85 and go for the 77 limited. Of course, I could just keep the K 85/1.8. It's probably the sharpest lens in that range I've ever come across. And it's built like a tank. Paul On Nov 26, 2006, at 10:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> As Amita mentioned, I met up with her, Nate and Ann at B&H. I got > there early and did some browsing by myself before the others arrived. > > Had my DS with me so I got to fool with the two cameras side by side. > > - It is bigger but not too big, close to the 20D in size. > - Heavier but not too much heavier. > - Similar in feel in most ways. > - Nicer, better quality feel to the switches and knobs on the K10D. > > and on... > > - Nicer balance than the Canon 20D ... feels smaller although by > measurements they're darn close. > - Like the new control set overall. Still am not too sure about the > front wheel ... it will take me a while to get comfortable with that > again. > - Fitted with either the DA14 or DA21, balance was very very nice. I > think they got the body balance so well done that it will feel great > with almost any lens, really. > - Viewfinder looks just a hair better than the DS viewfinder. Nice. > > Look forward to having it to work with. > > Asked about the battery grip but they didn't have one available for > demoing, they do have them in the shipping department. Not sure that > I will actually use it, I'll work with the camera a while once I have > it to figure that out. > > I tried out the DA70 lens, compared it to the FA77. It's smaller, > lighter, and the focusing helicoid is much much faster. Worth selling > the FA77 for? jury is still out. > > Now I guess I better drag the image files from my DS' card to the > computer and see what I did on annsan's roof. :-) > > Godfrey > > -- > 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
