On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:07 PM, gldnbearz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Adam, > > On 6/9/08, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The Buffer is small enough that it can be a real issue even when not >> shooting in continuous advance. I know I had issues with that with >> both the K100D and the *istD. > > Can you give some examples of situations when you ran into this? Most > of the time, I am doing static stuff, family, friends, those sorts of > events. Lot more use during trips, etc.
The big problem for me was when I'd shoot a few closely spaced shots. I shoot on the street a lot (architecture, cityscapes and cars mostly), and would easily hit the buffer limit if something popped up right after I'd taken a couple shots. Same thing when bracketing, had to wait for the camera to write out the buffer before taking the next set of bracketed shots. I found this endlessly frustrating with the K100D (and the *istD, which offered a slightly larger buffer, but way slower writes). > >> I found the DS to have the >> best ergonomics overall (the grip on the D is too shallow, the K10D is >> about midway between the two and the K100D was a almost as nice a >> handful, but not as solid). > > Thanks for confirming the ergonomics. Can you give your comments on > the view finder differences btwn the DS (prism) and K100D (mirror - > which the K200D also has)? > > Pats > The mirror finder is smaller, noticeably dimmer and somewhat harder to determine critical focus with. I could live with the mirror when using fastish zooms, but with slow lenses or fast primes it was an issue (too dim with the slow lenses, not able to determine critical focus with the fast ones). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
