Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eduardo: My K10d has a larger LCD screen than my isDS, making it easier to edit in the camera. I like the rechargeable battery, the shake reduction and dust removal systems, the ability to shoot RAW and JPEG simultaneously, the ability to use fifty years worth of Pentax lenses, and the sealed body. Taken with the K10d and the 10-17 fisheye recently: http://www.hemenway.com/HaulingThePhyllisA/ With an old Macro-Takumar screw-mount lens: http://www.half-fast.com/InMyYard-K10D-TakMacro-06242007/ I have more, let me know if you want to see them Jim Eduardo Albesi wrote: > I had never considered a Pentax before. Immune to the Spotmatic myth > from the Asahi Pentax era, I really never ever touched either a K1000, > an ME Super, or their younger brethren. > > Well, I will be traveling soon and then I found myself in (mental) need > of something to attach a tele lens to, typically a DSLR. Tried the Viso > route, but that's not for me... The DMR is out of range, as I would > rather prefer to spend that amount of money in some M lenses, if I had > it (the $$$). > > After an unfortunate misadventure with a Canon 5d, I sold it and was > heading again to the Nikon stable after some years of absence. > D200 or D80? Well, a decision not that simple... I prefer using SD > cards, as I have already lots of them since the M8 entered my life... > OTOH, I have some really precious Nikkor AI and AIs glass from > yesterday (24/2, 35/1.4, 85/1.4, the mythical 55/3.5 and 105/2.8 > Micro-Nikkors, etc) > But, one will not meter with the AIs, the other feels too heavy in my > hands after months of using only the M8... > > Last Friday, I entered a shop and was handed a K10d... wow... what a > camera. > It looks and feels as designed for being used... > I wondered, could I? Should I? > > I know some Luggers here are Pentax dslr users. Please let me know your > real world real users opinions.... what do you like of it and what do > you feel it lacks > > Reading the reviews (and I have read almost everything about it on the > net), it looks like the camera of the year, it has lots and lots of > useful features that users of other brands seem to have been forever > claiming for. > > How about the lenses? I remember some Takumars of grand fame, and some > highly regardedSMC Pentaxes (as the 85/1.4)- I have a Pentax 645 and I > like its lenses performance, much better than their Mamiya's > counterparts for instance... Anything similar will make me happy. And > furthermore, those 21mm, 40mm and 70mm Limited pancake lenses look very > yummy.. > > I will really appreciate any opinions you may give on or offlist > Thank you in advance, > > Ed > ps. sorry for the long post > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >