The K10D with the grip is awesome: Perfect feel and balance. Furthermore - focusing or zooming a lens is so much easier with the grip attached. The reason for this is the extra distance from the palm of your (left) hand to the lens. This distance allows the fingers to freely operate the "wheels" on the lens. Good stuff! Regards
Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af David Oswald Sendt: 7. marts 2007 06:38 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: ist D, K10D and best flash J wrote: > Ok folks, I was playing with my friends istD with grip last > week.First thing very small. Is the K10D as small with the grip.I > still have all my Pentax glass and film bodies and want to get a > digital Pentax SLR. My Nikon D1x's are large next to the Pentax. I > think it will hard holding the Pentax with say a 300mm F2.8. I can > hold the Nikon with a 300 F2.8 without any hassle. Next question what > is the best flash for the Pentax ist D and K10 D. If my friend does > not like his Pentax ist D, it will be mine... > As far as the flashes is the Simga super better than the 500 ftg > Pentax.....Thanks for any info and help....J > > The K10D should balance quite well with the grip. Even without the grip it's got a decent feel, but if you need a little more to hold onto the grip will help. Best flash: AF540FGZ. It features bounce, swivel, high speed sync, leading and trailing curtain sync, -3 to +1 EV compensation, 32 power stages in M mode, wireless master, wireless controller, wireless slave, and of course P-TTL which is needed for cameras such as the k10d which don't support TTL. And don't forget its generous guide number: 54m. A surprisingly close second: AF360FGZ. It features bounce. It LACKS swivel. It has high speed sync, leading and trailing curtain sync, -3 to +1 EV, 16 power stages in M mode, wireless master, wireless slave, wireless controller, and of course P-TTL. Its guide number is 36m. Not quite as generous, but still very workable, and more than three times stronger than the camera's built-in flash. The fact that the 360 lacks swivel may be a big deal for some people. For me, I don't mind just switching over to wireless mode and using it that way for those rare occasions that I need to point it at a wall. The 540 also comes with a little stand for off-camera use, and has plugins for sync cables, both of which the 360 lacks. I chose the 360 for its lower price tag, and slightly smaller size/weight. Someday I may buy a 540 too, and keep the 360 as a more compact alternative, and as a secondary slave. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/711 - Release Date: 03/05/2007 09:41 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.8/717 - Release Date: 03/10/2007 14:25 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
