On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:25 AM, MikeM <[email protected]> wrote: > My K10 and K100 both need repairing, I have been quoted $549 to replace the > circuit board for the K100 and the K10 shutter is sticking. I have decided > to get the K10 repaired but was thinking of replacing the K100 with a KM. I > mainly used my K100 for wildlife shots along walking tracks, such as small > birds, with my Tamron 70-300 or Pentax 18-250, depending where I walk. When > the K100 started rebooting, sometimes before the shot was saved, I started > taking the K10. As well as being heavier I have been unable to get wildlife > shots as sharp and noise free as with the same lenses on the K100. I also > have been taking more shots of each subject with the K10 because not all > shots are sharply focused. There is no problem with subjects like cityscapes > or portraits, it is mostly the low and variable light along the tracks, > especially when the birds flit about in and out of shade, where the K100 > gets better results. I have been fiddling with the settings since I bought > the camera. I always shoot in raw. > > If I buy the KM are the images likely to be more similar to the K100 or the > K10? > > thanks > Mike >
I'd suggest a K-X instead if the K-M. You get improved AF over the K10D and the new 12MP sensor with better performance than the K-M, K10D or K100D. And it's not that much more than a K-M -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
