DPReview is the Domain of Pixel-peepers. How many people are reporting these problems? How many know what they are talking about? How many actually need 1600 ISO, given that the camera has shake-reduction built-in.
I haven't yet got my K10D, but I suspect this is all a load of rubbish from the usual suspects. John On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 22:17:24 -0000, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The sense I have is that everyone who has seen or used the K10D thinks > its a pretty durned good piece of work. > > ----- > > Well, you need to cruise over to dpreview to see some of the problems > people are reporting. I understand that there are also K10D problems > reported at Fred Miranda's site, but I don't know how to find > them--there doesn't seem to be a Pentax-specific forum. > > Believe it or not, gang, this isn't a complaint coming from me. So > please don't flame me. My K10D doesn't arrive until next Wednesday, and > I sincerely hope that it does not display the banding, mottling, and > misfocusing problems that some people are reporting. Yes, I've expressed > concern about the sensor and some aspects of the design, but I do want > this to be a good camera. I plan for it to be my workhorse. > > Some of the problems can perhaps be discounted as coming from newcomers. > But a couple of long-time photographers have reported focusing problems, > especially with the DA 21. There are high ISO images showing banding, > but other makes and/or sensors may have the same problem. I don't know > if the banding that people have shown is less or more than the banding > that the D200 showed when it was first introduced. > > I've just posted a message at dpreview asking people to make sure they > are using the central autofocus sensor before they report focusing > problems. I don't know yet what the reaction will be. I may get flamed. > One gets used to it. > > Joe > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
