Looks like we're in pretty close agreement on first impressions, Shel. It's a good camera. :-)
G On Dec 13, 2006, at 6:32 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > A number of people have complained that the camera is too big or > too heavy, > but I didn't find that to be the case at all. While I prefer smaller > cameras, the 10D is by no means to big or bulky. > > Ergonomically, it fits my hand perfectly, almost as if it was my > hand that > was used as the model around which the camera was designed. > Location of > the shutter release seems just about right. The wheel in the front > may > take some getting used to, not because it's poorly located, but > because I > never used a camera with that feature before. My index finger fell > almost > right on top of the wheel when gripping the camera. > > Auto focus is clearly faster (and perhaps a bit more accurate) than > that of > the DS. > > The rapidity with which the camera fires and the frame rate it can > utilize, > even with an 80X card, is remarkable - at least to me. Faster than > I'll > probably ever need. The camera feels almost machine-gun like for > the first > twelve or so DNG frames. > > The shutter seems far more responsive and offers less lag time than > that of > the istDS. I put the 10D on continuous shooting and was surprised > at how > quickly it reacted. Using DNG the camera was definitely quicker > between > subsequent shots than the istDS. > > Fit and finish and build quality seemed quite good. Certainly on > par with, > or better than I remember, the istD to be. > > Shake reduction is a definite plus, but again, I didn't experiment > with it > enough to put it to a serious test. > > I'd love to have had time to go through the camera and set the > menus, and > spend more time shooting than I did with the few test shots I made > in the > restaurant. > > It's possible that I'll have another sample to look at and use a > bit in the > next few days. > > Overall, the camera is a couple of big steps up from the istDS - no > surprise there. The surprise is how much I liked it, even with > only this > brief first impression. I was concerned and skeptical about the > camera's > benefits and quality, and now I'd definitely interested in grabbing > one for > myself, as soon as finances permit. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
