What blows me away is that most of the comparison reviews (such as in Pop Photo's comparison of 10mp DSLRs) rate the K10D last on "control". Pop Photo says they keep things simpler but rate the D80 number one ...saying it's controls are perhaps even overkill (?). But no one else offers the options that the K10D does. For instance, Tav and SV modes as well as the RAW button and the choice of DNG or PEF files ...and now with the firmware upgrade even more control features and all readily accessible.
In my opinion, there is not another DSLR on the market that offers better "control" features than the K10D. That's not knocking the Nikons ...they make excellent camera's and I would certainly choose one over a Canon, but the K10D is tops and at any price point unsurpassed when it comes to "control. Cheers, Mike. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Robb Sent: January 22, 2007 3:37 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: The other guy's camera I was trying to give studio boy a lesson in white balancing today. A bit of background, it seems the people he hangs with (present company excepted) don't know squat about white balance. I had my K10 there, so, using a light setup that had caused me to have kittens while printing his D200 files, I took some JPG test shots, using AWB, Flash (his favourite) and Manual white balances. Interestingly, the Pentax's AWB was just about bang on, the flash was very close, and the manual WB was just a bit farther off. I decided that the Pentax was not a good tool for showing him bad white balancing, so I went to the offending Nikon. What a pile of unmitigated crap. Menus, upon menus, upon inscrutable menus. Auto out of focus in AF, difficult to use, not at all seamless like the K10. And it felt cheap, too. Be glad you use Pentax, the alternatives are just too horrible to contemplate. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
