How does the flash compensation work? Can you do it with the built in flash? I never have my main flash with me and I'd love to be able to add just a little flash sometimes.
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/15/2007 11:12 AM >>> I went from *ist-D to K10D. Recently my wife's Optio 330 broke, I tried to get her to take on the ist-D. So I went through a session showing her how to use it. That reminded me why I do not regret the move to the K10D. K10D pluses: - shake reduction - easy access to ISO settings - shake reduction - higher resolution - shake reduction - moisture resistance - shake reduction - dust-removal system to keep sensor clean - more straightforward (for me) control of flash compensation for use as fill-light K10D minuses - I find the body and the body + Grip to be less comfortable than the ist-D. The edges are less sculpted, just don't feel as natural to my hand. Reminds me of my film days - switching from the MZ-S to a LX was always a bit of a shock - a transition from nicely moulded well designed comfortable grip back to sparse industrial age functionality. Except here the newer camera is the lesser one IMHO. - minor issue with the size, harder to fit in my camera bag. With either camera, the Grip is on 98% of the time, and except for storage/ packing issues, I don't really notice the size of either. I thought that the batteries were going to be a minus, but with 2 + 1 (camera + grip, plus one backup) I have yet to have battery limitations be a problem. I have one Pentax branded battery, two others of some variety, they seem about equivalent. I bought my wife a Leica D-Lux3. The ist-D goes back into the stack of items soon-to-be-offered-on-eBay. The Leica is a very nice camera except that there is no viewfinder. I couldn't find any point-and- shoot still in production that has an optical viewfinder. I won't claim that I did an exhaustive search though... Stan On Jun 15, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Steve Desjardins wrote: > Hey folks, > > I*m thinking of buying a K10D. (I have a DS now.) I have eagerly > read many PDML threads on this transition, including the now famous *I > regret upgrading* or whatever it was called and the new *Canon is > better than Pentax" . I still have a few questions: > > 1. What was (were) the one (or two) feature(s) of the K10D that made > the whole upgrade worthwhile? > > 2. I*m not planning on buying the grip since the camera is already > pretty big. I do like the small size of the DS, but have used bigger > cameras (like the 645 and the MZ-S with a grip) so the size thing > is not > a deal breaker. Any comments on not using the grip? > > 3. I notice there*s a third party battery offered by B&H. Is it any > good? It*s certainly a lot cheaper. > > 4. Is the 18-55 f3.5-whatever lens any good? In some kits it*s > almost free. > > 5. Any other "you gotta buy this too" advice? > > Thanks. Think of this as another excuse to open old wounds <vbg> > > > Steven Desjardins > Department of Chemistry > Washington and Lee University > Lexington, VA 24450 > (540) 458-8873 > FAX: (540) 458-8878 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > 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 !SIG:4672ace937174557613903! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
