A most excellent acquisition, that @theoldsmithy.
Thanks...I must say I very much like the way the camera feels and sounds, and it has a refreshingly simple set of menus.A most excellent acquisition, that @theoldsmithy.
I really liked the K10D CCD sensor!Didnt expect it untill next week, but the K10D found its way here today.
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Along with the OEM sling, a Lowepro Slingshot 100 AW, charger and an assortment of cables. It lacks the rubber seal for the battery grip-port, so I need to source one of those and the lens is not an AW variety, which I hadn't thought of, as those AW ones came with the K7 when I bought that upon release, so I may have a look around for something weathersealed.
It produces photographies like these ones:
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So first impression on the output is good, all are SOOC, the dog one has gotten its colour temp balanced.
Body has 26,413 shutter actuations and was produced in 03-27- 2007 according to that Pentax Forums.
All in all, fifty bucks well spent, or spent on some sort of gateway drug - I am oogling some sort of AW glass for it at the moment and reading @MiguelATFs KP tread was truly a terrible, terrible idea. Especially as the impression when handling the K10D along with the G90 and GX9 was "By Jove, that Pentax is a chunky one, isnt it"....
A GF1 in mint condition (with 14-45 that I may or may not keep) and a Lumix 14mm/2.5...
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It may be a gateway drug if you haven't cured your GAS yet, haha. Couple that with the abundance of K-Mount lenses, the GAS gets kind of way up there but when you start shooting, it should go away.All in all, fifty bucks well spent, or spent on some sort of gateway drug...
Reading well-written gear threads from passionate people, such as @MiguelATF ,can be either good or bad, depending on GASsness.I am oogling some sort of AW glass for it at the moment and reading @MiguelATFs KP tread was truly a terrible, terrible idea.
Among Pentaxians, the K10d still enjoys its (well-deserved, I believe) reputation for generating generally fantastic colours from its old-school CCD sensors, long regarded by those who know these things, as one of the best.
There truly is something in those sensors. The elephant in the room is the fact that the original Pentax Prime imaging engine uses a 22-bit ADC!!! That explains a lot as to why those images are like that. It's hard to explain, but the warmth, the feel, it's like one can actually feel what the photographer felt when he/she took the photo.I really liked the K10D CCD sensor!
I like that camera, too. I coupled mine with an Olympus VF-1 for go get that optical feel.Thanks...I must say I very much like the way the camera feels and sounds, and it has a refreshingly simple set of menus.
I clicked the Like button because there's no green-with-envy emoticon. All of them great lenses as per the reviews, especially the 1.2/50 and 2.8/70-200 excite my GAS.This was at my desk at work today, so I took it home for a bit
I’ll bring them back, I swear. Just gonna play with them this weekend for a bit.
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That's a tough call (bringing them back ...). The 50mm would stay even with me, just for the heck of it ...This was at my desk at work today, so I took it home for a bit
I’ll bring them back, I swear. Just gonna play with them this weekend for a bit.
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Yeah, even though I’d normally chose a 35 over a 50, this 50 seems pretty darn nice.That's a tough call (bringing them back ...). The 50mm would stay even with me, just for the heck of it ...
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Where do you work? do they have any vacancies ... ?!This was at my desk at work today, so I took it home for a bit
I’ll bring them back, I swear. Just gonna play with them this weekend for a bit.
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Work is overrated - it cuts into valuable hobby time.Where do you work? do they have any vacancies ... ?!
I work at the headquarters for a major retailer and I support the digital imaging business, and work with all the major vendors. So I have the fortune to play with lots of photography goodies, and have vendors that let me borrow their toys long term, and have even on one occasion been allowed to shoot for a couple weeks with a preproduction camera. No vacancies at the moment, but I haven’t screwed up yet today, so who knows?!Where do you work? do they have any vacancies ... ?!
You just need to find his magic wardrobe that leads to photography Narnia.Where do you work? do they have any vacancies ... ?!
Beware of Narnia! It can be dangerous.You just need to find his magic wardrobe that leads to photography Narnia.