Originally Posted by WMBP
I suggested earlier that learning your camera in manual (M) mode is "best." I was serious, but I know that M scares a lot of people. That's why there is a P mode, and an Auto mode, and all the kiddie modes (on the K100D -- their absence from the K10D is one of the things that shows it's a camera for serious photographers).
Will, I'm sure you didn't mean it, but that is an insulting statement. I'm a serious photographer, I make money from photography, and I use the K100D. I shoot exclusively in manual mode, have no use for any other mode, but the presence of such modes does not make a camera unsuitable or even less suitable for a serious photographer.
When I rejected the K10D in favor of the K100D, one of the most significant determining factors had nothing to do with the comparative feature sets of the two cameras. As a personal preference, I HATE proprietary rechargeable batteries. That alone was two strikes against the K10D in my book.
"Kiddie modes" notwithstanding, the K100D does everything I need a camera to do.
I'm not attacking you, I just had to respond to your "serious photographers" statement. Your posts in this and other threads are very informative and helpful to those who need help, and I salute you for that. (Though how you find the time for all that typing is beyond me!)
