Hi John, On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:01:17 +0100, John Whittingham wrote:
>I've been absent from the list for quite some time, it's been a difficult >year with all manner and kind of troubles for me including breaking my >collarbone in a motorcycle accident. Sorry to hear that ... >I've finally decided to go digital and plan to purchase a K10D sometime in >the new year. Good plan :-) I hope to receive mine within a month from now ... >In the meantime I'd like to equip myself with some accessories >and wondered on recommendations for a SD card. Write speed is obviously a >major consideration but I'd also like reliability, what would you guys >recommend? For write-speed, the consensus (based on Pentax info) is that 133x or 150x cards should be fast enough for the K10D. Less than 80x would most likely slow the camera down ... Personally I use Sandisk (Extreme III) but there are others, probably cheaper ones like the Trancend 150x that are well regarded as well. Main recommendation here is to WAIT as long as possible and NOT buy these in advance since prices keep on falling for these things :-) >Any recommendations on a remote release For the infrared remote, any made by Pentax will do. I have one I got with one of the Espio (film) cameras long ago, and that works just fine with the *istD. (and K10D should work too) For a cable release (electronic) there is one from Pentax I think, but the one made for the Canon DSLRs (like 350D and 10D is easier to find and much cheaper. According to many on the DPReview forum it works very well with the Pentax DSLRs too. >and spare battery would also be much appreciated. The Pentax designation is DL-I50, and it is rather pricey I think (over 50 dollars). Very strong rumours indicate that the (Minolta) NP400 is compatible with it. I have seen 3rd party replacements for that one in many camera stores. There is some variation in capacity, the one I saw recently was just 1500 mAh, while otheres seem to be 1700 ... I think it is not 100% sure yet if these are 100% compatible, they seem to work in the camera but may require a different loader than the Pentax. Too early to tell ... Regards, JvW ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
