I believe the K10D is feeling fine today, thank you. ]'-) It's been so long since I worked with 35mm SLRs my memory of their size and shape is dimming ... but my standard camera for 20 odd years was either a Nikon FE2 or FM2n fitted with an MD12, or an F3 fitted with MD-4 drive. Next to that, I carried the Leica M4-P or M6TTL, the latter often with an Abrahamson Winder fitted. Compared with them, the K10D is a little thicker and a bit shorter, otherwise the same to me (I didn't use the battery grip, sold it).
I never much liked the larger, heavier 35mm SLRs like the Nikon F4/F5/ F5, etc. Too much. At least with the F3 I could take the drive off and have something reasonably compact when I wanted to. I'm more sensitive to a camera's balance and fit in my hands than its absolute weight, and the K10D fits my hands (medium-large) very well. (The Panasonic L1 body is lighter by a little bit and feels more like the Leica Ms did, but again thicker.) Hands accommodate the change easily given a little time ... Godfrey On Sep 28, 2007, at 10:22 AM, Glen Tortorella wrote: > Yes, Godfrey, more stuff ;-) They also seemed even a bit heavier > than some of the film SLRs I have held. How does your K10D feel? I > do not know the size of your hand, but how does the thickness feel to > you? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
