We have the Optio 550. We were happy with it, but when our son entered the
picture it was just too long a lag between pushing the shutter release and
taking the picture. My wife picked up a Canon 30D this summer and absolutely
loves it. Her old SLR is a Canon A2 so it was a no brainer for her. I have to
admit, the 30D is a very nice camera.
That said, she was impressed with the stats in the Pentax K10D. The internal
shake reduction and sensor dust cleaning impressed her, especially in a sub
$1000 camera body.
Just like you I am glad I have waited for a Prosumer body from Pentax. I look
forward to hearing from those early adopters on the list about how the camera
performs.
Jeff
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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:51:14 +0300
From: "Antti-Pekka Virjonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: The K10D Has Arrived!
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Really nice!
I will definitely get one. It has everything I have been looking for
(well, except full frame, but that's another story) and all my
fantastic A* lenses will work nicely.
I've been very close to jumping the ship many times but I am glad I
waited (all
these years, heh). Why I did I stay so long? I have been shooting
pictures, film
or digital, well, they are just different kind of tools for the job.
Lately I
have been just waiting in silence :-) . The Optio 555 we have has been
fun
though!
Looking forward for the ultrasonic motor lenses as well (I have only one
AF lens right now, the FA 100/2.8 macro) so I can finally go AF.
The weather sealing of the body sounds great too. The LX has it (I have
two
of those) and while none of the current Pentax lenses have sealing,
there has
never been a problem with my lenses. The body (especially DSLR) has a
lot more
sensitive components than any (mechanical) lens so... I see no problem.
If the
new lenses have sealing and USM, well, just great!
My daughter is close to 1 and 1/2 years and the 555 is getting way too
slow to
get any good images of her... The 10D fits in just nicely.
Antti-Pekka
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