I like the on-screen DOFP. Often hard to get a good feeling in low light through the viewfinder.
Tom C. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered." >From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: K10D - More News >Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:51:53 -0400 > >Damn, it looks to me as if Pentax has decided to add as many "features" >to the mix as possible, without asking if these are necessary to the >likely target audience. More like, what can we implement "cheaply" to >set us apart, and get the bullet point count up. Oh, well. At least we >can hope the core operations and build quality will be solid. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Well, I've only actually seen photos of the latest build of it, courtesy >of my > >Pentax rep, but at least I've got a little more information for you to >chew > >on. The photos were taken this week, so this is about as current as it >gets. > > > >First off, the magic press-release date is September 13th. There's still >so > >much I haven't been able to pry from my rep that I'm dying for this date >to > >hurry up and get here! > > > >Body + 18-55 lens should be $899. A bit more than I expected, but still >a damn > >good price. > > > >The name is definitely K10D (it was stamped on the body). Any remaining > >doubters can relax now. > > > >Remember in the PMA photos >(http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pma2006/Pentax/), > >that unmarked button that was above the AF switch on the front of the >camera? > >It's now marked RAW, and I'm told it allows you to switch the camera to >RAW > >mode from jpg mode by pressing and holding the RAW button. I think I >would > >have preferred a custom white balance button, but I'm sure this function >will > >be useful for people who shoot in jpg mode most of the time. > > > >The LCD screen is the same as on the K100D: 2.5 ", 210,000 pixels > > > >The battery grip has the same features as the grip for the *istD, though >I > >can't say whether or not it connects to the body in the same way. > > > >The body is slightly different than the one shown at PMA, though not by >much. > >I'd be more specific, but I didn't have much time to really study the new > >images. > > > >The mode dial on the camera's shoulder now has a lot more on it than at >PMA. I > >couldn't see much detail in the images, but the new stuff looked like the >same > >sort of preset shooting modes you see on consumer cameras (sports, >portrait, > >night scene, etc). > > > >DOF-preview now functions in a very interesting manner (apparently it >does this > >on the K100D, but I didn't know that). Straight out of the box, when you >use > >the DOF-preview function, it actually takes a photo and displays it on >the > >screen until you press halfway on the shutter button (no, the photo is >not > >saved on your memory card). If you want the more standard thru-the-lens >DOF- > >preview, you can change that in a custom function menu. > > > > > >That's all I can remember. Have fun! > > > >John Celio > > > > > > > > >-- >When you're worried or in doubt, > Run in circles, (scream and shout). > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
