I'm pretty much where you are on this. I don't think retro bodies are going to help me take better pictures. Right now, I'm loving the K10D, but still learning what it can do. I haven't even tried the ISO mode. Because I've had important work to do, I'm still using it the way I used my D. But the image quality is obviously and totally superior. Noise is NOT a problem. If anything, it has been minimized. A stunning technical achievement. I have done some very tight crops, and the results are still very nice. I look forward to your observations. Paul On Dec 9, 2006, at 5:45 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> I'm not so interested in "classic" style or feel as I am in > performance and function. I did not use Pentax equipment before I > bought the *ist DS, but I remember the LX well from when it came out > 20+ years ago. Nice camera, but at that time I preferred the Nikon F3/ > T, FM2n, and FE2 cameras. Those three were workhorses that did > everything I wanted, and lasted for me with never a single need for > repair from when I bought them in 1980-82 until 2001. > > The *ist DS gave me what I missed in other cameras since the Nikon > film SLRs: solid, practical design with sensible and useful, easy to > learn features. Like you, I know it very well and I feel I've gotten > as much as it can give from it. It is destined to be something of a > classic in my opinion: a very sensible, practical, affordable DSLR > with very high quality. I could continue with that for a long time to > come, but the K10D offers significant advantage in speed and > resolution, as well as new, useful features like AntiShake. The K10D > is a semi-pro quality body, the one in a camera line that has usually > fit my needs best. > > I can only hope that its successors, whatever they are, will move > along from there. Meanwhile, I have a long way to go before > understanding and exploiting what this camera has to my satisfaction. > > G > > > On Dec 9, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Mark Erickson wrote: > >> Godfrey, >> >> I see where you're coming from. I guess I like to use tools, >> but I also like them for their own sake as well. For example, >> I'm still really happy with my Ds because I know it, I am comfortable >> with it, and I like the image quality that I get. The Ds doesn't >> scratch the "classic camera" itch for me, though. >> >> The LX is a true classic (I purchased mine used way back in 2000 >> or so). I would love to have a digital body with the LX >> feel to put behind my limited lenses.... >> >> Until then, I'll probably keep using my Ds.... >> >> --Mark >> >> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> I won't even bother to speculate what will be "better, more >>> desireable, a dream" until I learn how to exploit the K10D to my >>> satisfaction. That should take a year or two, just like with the *ist >>> DS. >>> >>> I'm not one to just dream of equipment for equipment's sake. If the >>> K10D works the way I want it to, I'll probably just take pictures >>> with it until the next significant upgrade comes along. > > > -- > 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
