Stop my from buying a DSLR, please.

B&H prices, the Pentax is about $900 compared to the Canon at $1000. It is happening slowly, but we are getting to the point where there will be excellent bodies at give away prices just offered so the manufacturers will be able to sell lenses. Just like the old day of the film Rebel and Elan series. Fast primes are still the best way to go, but you still pay a good bit for anything fast wider than 50mm.
 
The 31mm F1.8 Ltd is one of the best lenses Pentax has made. For manual focussing there are several very good 28/s's.

Kim

Solinar said:
Isn't that the beauty of the diminutive K10 - The IS / VR system is built into the sensor. Does Pentax offer some fast primes in the 30mm range? If not, Sigma may.
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Sorry, there is no way to talk you out of a dSLR for birding, and sports ..... They are just too good at those applicaitons. For a carry around light camera that for me is really fun, try a RF! .... as the Brits say hourses for courses

( well the ryhme, damn u's )

Dave
 
The advantage of Pentax having the SR based in the body is that it works with all lenses including all the MF K lenses going back to the 70's and the M42 ones with an adapter. With the Canon system, you have to have an IS lens.;)

Kim

rover said:
The "entry level" DSLRs are finally coming down to a reasonable price range. I too have been tempted again. To fight the urge though I have started to consider getting the Canon 35/1.4 L lens. Nothing like a $1000 lens to sober you up. I was a little disappointed in the price of Pentax's new 2.8 standard zooms. The price is not that much less at all than the Canon offering which has the IS in the lens. Both the Canon and Pentax though are supposed to be excellent.
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Like Photobizz, I too have the 300/4 Super Takumar (incredible lens) that I bought also for $150. It has its own tripod mount and is ideal for bird photography with a DS or a K10D.

How did I justify buying a DSLR? Easy to answer. I can now provide clients with images on a CD or prints either the same day I shoot the job or the day after. They love it.

And, for photojournalism also. Last December I photographed a political event, went home, sent the newspaper the pics as email attachments. The editor said, "Yours got here first, so you get the check."

Ted




Ted
 
The cool thing about having a DSLR is that it takes the pressure off your rangefinder body to be your "do everything" camera. You can use it when it's the right tool for the job, or just because it gives you pleasure to use it, but you no longer have the stress of forcing the camera to do things it's no good at.
 
ampguy said:
I've been very tempted by the low price of these as well, and enjoyed my *ist DL a lot. I still have some nice K mount lenses, but am holding out to see how low the D40x and good glass for it goes.
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I don't understand. The D40x is no where near the camera that the K10D is. Then you have to shell out for additional glass, and it will be more expensive than Pentax especially if you want IS.
For the low price of a K10D you essentially get a D200 body with the ability to use all your K lenses and they've now become image stabilized!
Not to mention the cool Pentax features Nikon doesn't have like instant RAW button, 2 RAW modes, in-camera RAW processing, self-cleaning sensor etc.
Can you tell I like the Pentax?! :D
 
Think of all those lovely old Takamur lenses you will be able to use. Pentax give excellent support for legacy lens users, unlike Olympus.
 
The biggest Pentax lure, and I've never even shot with one, is the lovely line of compact prime lenses they offer for the cropped sensor cameras. It makes them unique in the industry.
 
K10D is good.
SHake reduction is N O T a gimmick.

But you can't focus it manually.
Even if you have extremely good eyes and plenty of time.
My friend is sending it back to Pentax, because the manual focus is considerably misaligned. Not noticeable under f/5.6 so probably many people don't care, but at f/2 and closer focus, it's terrible.
 
Pherdinand said:
K10D is good.
SHake reduction is N O T a gimmick.

But you can't focus it manually.
Even if you have extremely good eyes and plenty of time.
My friend is sending it back to Pentax, because the manual focus is considerably misaligned. Not noticeable under f/5.6 so probably many people don't care, but at f/2 and closer focus, it's terrible.
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Sounds like a problem with his specific body, not the camera model in general. I've shot with it and not experienced this problem.
 
Can't. I bought a D100 because it would mount a number of AF Nikkors I had (most of my Nikkors are MF, but I have several good AF lenses) and because I found one that was almost LNIB for $350. I wanted to put my toe in the water slowly. Big mistake - it's darned nice. I may upgrade when the D300 has finished knocking the stuffing out of D200 used prices...
 
Sorry, usually I would discourage people from buying stuff based on impulse, but at this point I am enamored with the M42 lenses and bodies.

A K10D with M42 to K adaptor will instantly give you access to thousands of *VERYGOOD* lenses out there, some of them are outrageously cheap.

Go ahead, realize my dream :)
 
I agree with Dave on this. I tend to use MF most of the time and I don't have a problem with either of my bodies. I suspect it is a rogue body. A bit like an RF patch being out really. ;)

Kim

Pherdinand said:
But you can't focus it manually.
Even if you have extremely good eyes and plenty of time.
My friend is sending it back to Pentax, because the manual focus is considerably misaligned. Not noticeable under f/5.6 so probably many people don't care, but at f/2 and closer focus, it's terrible.
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If you are talking about the Ltd's ie 31, 43 and 77, they are full frame lenses and work perfectly on the film bodies as well. ;)

Kim

kevin m said:
The biggest Pentax lure, and I've never even shot with one, is the lovely line of compact prime lenses they offer for the cropped sensor cameras. It makes them unique in the industry.
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Kim, right! Those, and the 21 f3.2 and 40 f2.8, which, I believe, are digital only lenses. Makes it mighty tempting to consider a Pentax body.
 
I think he's referring to the DA 21, DA 40 and DA 70 pancakes.

More support for the K10D - it is everything mentioned above, and more. The big thing about the K10D over the *ist DS (I have both) is the ergonomics and instant access to the full feature set through the improved controls.
 
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