Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes I love my K10D, my AF Film SLR ( type always leaves my memory), love my Lens BABY pentax mount. Now I'm trying to decide about a prime for both film and digital. I look at the 31mm/1.9 but for 1/2 the amount I can get the 35/2. I have AF 28/2.8 which is very good. ernie Jeffery Smith wrote: > 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 >> >> > > >