Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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