Well, I tend to agree with you. However for me both SR and AF are secondary, though of course on the paper K10D made many steps forward from *istD:
1. More pixels 2. Faster 3. Better AF 4. SR 5. Wider dynamic range (allegedly) 6. Weather proof 7. Dust removal in camera 8. Support for Pentax version of USM 9. Something else I probably forget So of course K10D is more advanced. But so is MZ-5n compared to MX. Yet like you said yourself, you can get excellent pictures from both cameras. Jaume, consider this. Suppose you have a certain style of shooting that does not change much over time. Suppose further that you have a certain maximal size of print that you ever decide to produce. Now, suppose that you have a camera (even digital one) that satisfies both your shooting style and produces excellent prints of your maximal size and of course all smaller sizes. Why then would you want to buy a new camera? I still maintain that *istD (I am not really familiar with other cameras of the same family) is perfectly suitable tool for hobbyist such as myself. I do admit that I am eyeing very seriously K10D 'cause if indeed it provides significant improvement of DR - it will be a deciding factor for me. And of course, if in due course Pentax will produce a firmware upgrade that will yield 16 bit RAW files - I may want to upgrade. Here is by the way some of the features I forgot to mention above - DNG support and better JPG engine. Cheers. On 11/30/06, Jaume Lahuerta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I somehow agree, although for me there are 2 improvements in the K10D that > can make my Ds look 'obsolete': > > - SR > - Focus speed, specially in low light. > > On the other hand, in some cases I can take almost the same picture with my > MX and with my MZ-5n despite its difference in production year. It is all > about film and lens. This is no longer true with digital... in any case I > would say. > > ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Enviado: jueves, 30 de noviembre, 2006 17:33:53 > Asunto: Re: K10D list penetration > > Jaume, I think that camera becomes obsolete either when it breaks down > or its performance deteriorates or if a new camera supersedes it in a > dramatically significant fashion. For me - I am waiting to see if all > this hype about 22 a/d and consequently enhanced dynamic range is > indeed real. As such my *istD perfectly suits all my needs. Somehow I > am sure that as long as your *istDS will be shooting straight - it > will not expire. > > On 11/30/06, Jaume Lahuerta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why is it more appealing that the K10D? > > > > Size?, high ISO? > > or is one of that obscure Flash functions that you seem to like? ;-) > > > > Jaume > > (who is trying to justify that his barely 1 year old Ds is already > > obsolete...or not) > > > > ----- Mensaje original ---- > > De: Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > Enviado: jueves, 30 de noviembre, 2006 17:01:24 > > Asunto: Re: K10D list penetration > > > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > > > K10D. It seems as though Pentax has "gotten it right" > > > in the DSLR arena for those not sold on the ist > > > cameras. I believe the K10D, and it's brethren the > > > K100 and K110, were the tipping point for Pentax in > > > the minds of many a camera shopper. Let's hope its > > > sales live up to its hype. > > > > While I too am chuffed that Pentax seems to have got it right, I would > > not underestimate the value of the *ist digital cameras in this > > transition. If I am honest, the Ds still is the most appealing of the > > lot for me. > > > > Kostas > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. > > Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. > > http://es.voice.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Boris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. > Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. > http://es.voice.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
