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: I forgot to mention that the K10d and the isDS viewfinders are brighter than thos from Canon. Just as bright as the R8 viewfinder. 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 >