> realy looking forward to getting out and giving this a good test tomorrow!
Go for it Mark! According to the latest weather, you're gonna get 4 to 8 inches of snow tomorrow. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K10D has arrived >I picked up my K10D kit from the UPS depot today, and ran a few test > shots (after charging up the battery.) I've only taken about 20 shots - > I plan to give it a thorough workout in the storm tomorrow and hope to > get many shots. > > But - here's shot 14 and 15, a couple of dark characters: > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/pdml/IMGP0014.jpg > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/pdml/IMGP0015.jpg > > Both were taken with the DA 18-55 lens and an AF360FGT flash, on camera > with the built in bounce card up. Light was a mix of tungsten and flash. > I touched up the white balance a tad when opening the files. FWIW - the > DNG RAW files worked fine, but the Adobe CS2 auto settings were > particularly horrid when I first opened the files. Worse than usual > (compared to the *ist-D PEF files.) But that's Adobe's problem - with > far more minor tweaks than Camera Raw mad ein manual mode, these came > out just fine IMO. > > Obsevations: > > 1. Shades of of the Pz-1p! Side by side the two cameras are very close > in size, weight, and feel. The controls (and the K10D has a lot more of > them) are laid out better in the digital camera. > > 2. The AF is very good. Before putting on the flash with the AF assist > the camera was able to quickly and accurately focus on the black cats. > That's something that my Mz-S and *ist-D have a really have a hard time > with - a black cat in low light can be a bear for focus on. > > 3. If you know the *ist-D, you know the basics of this camera. I was up > and running in 5 minutes, with nary a glance at the manual. > > 4. Shake reduction looks good - I got a reasonably sharp hand held shot > at 1/8th of a second and the zoom set to 40mm. I had no problem with > using it with the A* 200 f4 macro - once I flipped on SR I was prompted > for the focal length and entered it and it seemed to work fine. > > 5. I can just barely flip around the tripod mount on the A* 200 lens but > it just about touches the front of the flash housing. I'll need to > re-work my home build macro flash brackets before spring, since they > won't work (hit the camera body.) > > 6. It's a real joy to have a "normal" zoom again - I was using the FA > 20-35 f4 as my standard lens, and it was too short on the long end and > too long on the short end. Verdict is still out on the 18-55, but it > certainly was worth the bump in price between the body only and the body > + lens kit. > > realy looking forward to getting out and giving this a good test tomorrow! > > - MCC > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > -- > 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
