My K 28/3.5 is excellent on the K10D. The slow stop can be a bother at times, but it's a very sharp lens. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am not surprised about the 28mm being your most used > lens. Its the classic "format diagonal" focal length > which is extremely versatile on any camera. I think > that with APS digital, a good 28mm prime lens is essential. > I still havent got around to trying my K28/2.0 > yet, but if it's good on digital, its going to get a lot of usage > on APS I would think. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bill Lawlor > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 3:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 40 Gb with the K10D > > > I spent the month of January in India. I'm pleased to report the > following experiences with the K10D. > > The K10D performed without a hitch other than those related to my > learning curve. I did not anticipate that the 28/2.8 F would be my most > used lens. The 43 Ltd. spent a lot of time in my bag because it was a > bit too long for use in the narrow warrens typical of the most > interesting old indian cities. The 50-200 DA is superb. I used it a lot > at the camel fair/races and on the Ganges at Varanasi for four days. I > put a 52mm "normal" hood on it permanantly and left the factory hood at > home. The 18-55 kit lens got some use at the wide end and I only used > the 16mm Zenitar for a few shots on the Ganges. I should have saved the > weight and left it at home. I had a 50/1.7 M on the ZX-5 back up which > my partner ended up using. He used the Zenitar more than I did. Of > course I had my faithfull GR1 in pocket at all times. I shot 8 rolls of > Astia with the GR1 and got some nice shots due to the convenience of > that sweet camera. I left the K10D ISO at 100-400 except one night we > went out into the streets during a wild Shiva festival when I used > ISO1600 and the 28 on manual focus. I like the results. > > The back-up PD70X and Wolverine 40 drives worked fine. The PD70X copied > a 2Gb card in 3 or 4 minutes. The wolverine was much slower. Every nite > I would back up the day's shots and format the cards for the next day. I > got 121 RAW DNG images per card. I lost two fast 2Gb cards somewhere but > the remaining two covered all my daily needs. Recharging the three > camera batteries and the hard drives took place about every three days. > I got a bunch of plug converters to match Indian to USA plugs for about > 25 cents each. Bob had a video camera to charge so we usually had all > the plugs in a hotel room busy at times. I never missed a shot because > of low batteries. All the chargers were different but they all worked > from 100 to 250 volts so we didn't have to use heavy transformers with > the 220 volts at 50 cycles in India. > > Bill Lawlor > > > www.wvlphotography.com > > > > -- > 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
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