Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am smitten with my Pentax K10. And the Pentax prime lenses ain't shabby either. On 7/30/07, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > Mehrdad - I've had my K10D for about nine months and 8000+ exposures > now and am delighted with it. The kit lenses aren't all that great > but the other Pentax lenses are and you can use all the old K and > screw thread mount lenses, too, if you have them. I routinely use my > old M lenses (from my ME) on it and just picked up a really sharp 200 > mm M lens for $95 to add to my set. > > The camera has held up well though the spring return on the preview > lever died after about 15,000 flicks. (I copied more than 5,000 > slides with the K10D and the Pentax 50 mm Macro.) I'm using the > camera with the lever broken because I don't want to not have it long > enough to get it repaired. > > I used the 200 for the first time on the water last weekend > photographing a regatta and the manual focus, green-button exposure- > set routine was no issue even in that fast-moving setting. Best of > all, the pictures look great. I've used the IS often with good > results though not on the boat because the rolling motion from the > waves can make the control loop bottom out. > > The 21 mm lens is a good one though I haven't had occasion to use it > much yet. The Sigma 10-20 zoom is a real winner, too. It spends a > lot of time on the camera. > > I say go for it. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > On Jul 30, 2007, at 10:55 PM, mehrdad wrote: > > > funny, i was just shooting with a k10d. it is a very nice compact good > > handling and quick camera and it has IS built in. pentax has rolled > > some new and very small (in size) prime lenses for this camera all > > very good. the 21,40,70 (all 35mm focal length), the high iso is good > > and u have a lot of choices for lens from old and new. the 12-24 is > > also very nice. on the long end there is nothing on the market till > > later this year when they are planning to roll out some new lenses. > > all the new lenses are "pro level" with supersonic motors built by > > tokina with pentax spec and coating. the 16-50 and 50-135 both sealed > > and usm will be out in august sometime. i did have a d200 and sold it > > cuz this one is smaller and as good. i do enjoy the built in IS. the > > quailty of the images also very well when shooting raw (i have never > > tried jpeg). > > > > On 7/30/07, Eduardo Albesi <eduardoalbesi@ciudad.com.ar> 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 > >> > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------- > > regards, mehrdad > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, LA