That's good news for me. Without the battery grip, the D is too small for my hands and shooting style. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: skye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I was at the show by spontaneous chance. Don't know how I feel about > the k10D -- it seems very big to my small hands, significantly much > more so than the D which I bought after not being able to manage the > canons and nikons available in 2004. > > Almost came to blows with the counterperson while asking questions to > try to check whether I'd still be able to clean my own sensor with > eclipse/methanol, what with their snazzy new coating and all. He was > adamant that they recommend against you cleaning it yourself, and I > kept saying "yes, BUT" because I've already had to clean it multiple > times this year, thus saving myself a couple hundred dollars and > untold time. Also no reply on how Visible Dust's whirling dervish > brush is going to behave with the sticky tape. Not good, I would > imagine. > > Velbon's showstaff mentioned that B&H were having some show specials > -- I had my eye on getting a light travelpod, so I headed over to B&H > on Sunday. That's where I found out that the specials were contingent > on your having gotten their show brochure. I hadn't stopped at the B&H > booth because it was closed on Sat. > > The tripod guy absolutely refused to cut me a break, so I went over to > another department whose person who was more than happy to help me > out. All it was, was having to input a special code into their > computer, and I didn't need a coupon at all. He had all his own > department codes memorised, and just looked up the tripod code for me. > Tripod guy was an absolute a-hole though. 15% off velbon pods, 25% off > tamrac bags, it's a few dollars here and there but it all adds up for > me. > > On 11/4/06, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have finally seen the K10D in person. I have to admit, I liked it > > more than I thought I would. The body looks almost identical to the > > *istD, with a nice build. I am definitely going to upgrade to it when > > the price comes down a bit. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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