Hello Gabriel, Some good shots there, especially for a test drive. I think you have found, like many, that the usage of pre 'A' lenses is not that big of a deal. For me, like you, I shoot manual exposure most of the time anyway so it is not an issue at all. Those that want to shoot in AV mode are the ones with the complaint.
-- Best regards, Bruce Monday, January 15, 2007, 1:12:36 AM, you wrote: GC> Hi all. GC> I borrowed a K100D from a friend for the weekend, mainly to get a feel GC> for how the actual process of using a manual lens with it is. I have to GC> say, it's quite easy to do -- lens+ae lock isn't hard, especially since GC> I've been shooting (intentionally) with a fully manual camera (K1000) GC> for the last two years. GC> I took it along with me for breakfast and the farmers market here in GC> Seattle this weekend. I put a gallery up here: GC> http://gabrielcain.com/gallery2/v/pentax_test/ GC> Comments and criticism welcome/solicited. GC> Overall, I'm pretty happy with the performance. I definitely GC> experienced the suck that is using Alkaline batteries with it, as I've GC> read here. 30-40 shots with no flash, and there they go. I bought a GC> pack of lithiums, and they've lasted for the last hundred+ shots. GC> That's pleasant, but I'm glad that the K10D uses a Lithium Ion battery. GC> Gabriel, GC> whose saving his pennies for a K10D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
