I just returned home from another day's visit to SF carrying the K10D fitted with FA20-35. Yes, it's larger than the *ist DS and a bit heavier, but now that my hands have gotten used to it I find it an absolute pleasure to use.
I made about forty-fifty exposures today, all in RAW/DNG format. The exposure from the metering system is both more consistent and closer to the mark for what I want in RAW exposures compared to the DS. I typically need to dial in +0.3 to +0.7 EV compensation on almost all DS exposures, with this camera I find myself hovering between 0 and +0.3 EV compensation most of the time. Snapping a portrait series of my friend in the city points out immediately the better performance of the camera. I can shoot like I used to with the Nikon F3/T and MD-4 motor drive, and 3x longer without needing to reload with a 2G card. Happy. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Godfrey On Dec 28, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > My K10D that is. > > Made some test shots. Some are somewhat underexposed (on the > historgram). But when I was reviewing the JPEGs (shooting RAW + JPEG) > the images were surprisingly realistic. > > I am slightly frustrated with the form of the grip for the hand. My > hand is not big enough to hold it comfortably. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
