Great many thanks, Ralf... What you say does make sense to me. On 11/28/06, Ralf R. Radermacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many people will hate me for this, but here it is anyway, the account of > my first day with the K10D: > > The beast is large and heavy. Much larger and heavier than my DS. Yes, I > know that my hands are smaller than average, but I hardly get around the > grip on the right and when I need to press any of the buttons - > especially the green one which I have to use all the time to do > measurements with my manual lenses - I feel like a 5-year-old in front > of a grand piano. With the DS, all important controls are exactly where > the my fingers are. > > Then again, I've always preferred the MX over the LX for the very same > reasons. > > Having said this, most people have bigger hands and will never have such > trouble. > > BUT... > > The K10D is as noisy as my DS at the next higher ISO setting. > > It is still as unusable as the DS for my night-time industry shots with > bright light sources inside the frame. No idea what those 22 bit are > good for, they sure don't help here. The nasty blueish flare with the > sensor pattern showing through in dark skies around bright lights with > the DS (see upper left, already heavily retouched)... > > http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/6700880 > > ...is just as bad with the K10D. > > Contrary to what the man at Pentax' Photokina stand explained, the K10D > doesn't automatically open the window for inputting the focal length > after mounting a K, M, or A lens. I have to switch the camera off and on > again or go through the menu. Thankfully, the setting is only three > clicks away and it does retain the 2s mirror pre-release option. > > Once the focal length has been entered it will indeed appear in the EXIF > data, but only in shots taken while the stabililsation was actually > switched on. Leaves one wondering what, if anything, goes on in the > minds of camera developers. :-/ > > In 'B' mode, the K10D switches off after some 30 seconds of exposure. > The rear display signals "Battery empty", the upper display says it's > fully charged, and the camera will happily take a few dozen further > shots at 30 seconds in 'M' mode - with the same battery. That much on > the advantages of generic batteries over standard AAs. > > The auto white balance of the K10D complete neutralizes lighting > situations like this sunset mood... > > http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/6288323 > > ...which the DS reproduced beautifully and without any need of > postprocessing. > > Maybe I'm just going through a particularly bad attack of buyer's > remorse or some kind of post-natal depression. As it stands, I'm not > happy with the K10D. I'm seriously pondering if I should sell it again. > It doesn't do anything substantially better than the DS, I've learnt to > use a tripod for longer exposures and when I want higher resolution, I > stil have medium format and 6x17. > > Just to put things into perspective: I only use manual lenses, so the > advantages of faster AF and ultrasonic motors are lost on me. > > Very personal conclusion: my *istDS still is one heck of a camera.. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany > private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de > manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 > Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >
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