[THAN THE SWORD]

-=Jon=- & carpents

A very well written and obviously passionate review. I will be using it as a benchmark when I get my K10D.

My camera arrives on Friday. Even before reading your review I knew that I wanted/needed the grip. I have not had the K10D in my hands yet but have played with the K100 at a local shop. It did not have a grip and when I saw my pinky hanging in mid-air I knew it had to rest somewhere. I remember way back with my Minolta X700 and the dramatic change when the motor drive was added to it. It does reduce stress during long shoots and it didn't have all the bells and whistles that Pentax has given us.

I know that you can program which battery to draw the charge from and noted your nit pick about having to remove the grip to get to the battery in the body itself. Is it possible to only load the battery in the grip leaving the battery socket empty in the body? It would be one way to reduce the weight (even marginally) and you could then change out the battery in the grip.


PS - Can we nominate -=Jon=- & carpents for the best writers in the Forum?
If so, I do so nominate.......