Indeed the grip is a lot better than the D's grip. The only problem I have is my little finger staying in the wild... under the grip so probably will have to buy the battery grip to cure this little problem. But the K10D stays in my hand much better than the D.
2007/2/21, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Tim, > > That is a good point about the grip. I find it really helps > horizontally just as much as vertically. It is an improvement over > the *istD grip and design. > > -- > Bruce > > > Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 7:56:12 AM, you wrote: > > TØ> At last I've been able to fondle the new toy. To make it short, I'm exited > TØ> to the extent that I've placed my order. So hopefully I will join the > K-club > TØ> within a week :-) > > TØ> Didn't have much time, but it felt very responsive, viewfinder seemed > TØ> marginally better than DS. Overall I liked what I saw and felt. I > discovered > TØ> only one downer, the grip was slightly smaller than at the DS, so at first > TØ> it felt a bit strange in my hand. I'm not sure if this is a disadvantage. > It > TØ> kind of invited me to hold more correctly, leaning more of the camera > weight > TØ> on the left hand. If I'm right about this it may make me a steadier > shooter. > > > TØ> Haven't ordered the grip yet, but most likely I will. I tried that too, > and > TØ> I realised it is helpful also when holding the camera horizontal. It gave > me > TØ> more of that leaning weight in the left hand effect. > > > TØ> Tim > TØ> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
