Originally posted by Edvinas I haven't considered *ist DS because of Phil's review. And bought it just because I *needed* DSLR and my local shop couldn't get Nikon D70 by the time I needed DSLR.
I bought my DS regardless of what Phil said. I tried it myself and compared the photos against those from my D. It is a no-brainer.
And since I've so many Pentax lenses which I love, I have no choice.
I sold my D shortly I have used my "new" DS and confirm that I no longer need the D.
Quote: Guess what -- none of the Phil's mentioned problems and cons were problems for me. However other things which Phil didn't mention popped up -- with DA 16-45 my DS almost all the time was underexposing, then I encountered that Auto ISO does not work when EV compensation is used (and I needed to use it because of 16-45 underexposure).
But I did mention these two problems at Dpreview forum at the DS days, but.. (you know what happened! - ..I was bashed to death!)
Quote: Now I have K10D for a couple of weeks. Picture quality is just stunning. Exposure system works like a charm. Ergonomics superb. Dream camera. I am very happy that I am not dependent on dpreview rating as some other are. And I am sorry for those who said "no" to this exceptional camera just because one reviewer didn't like it very much.
The exposure system seems the same as the K100D or maybe even the DS, would it just be a coincidence. I bet you may need to use your K10 for longer before you can come up with something rock solid.
Quote: I managed to find just two minor annoying things in my K10D:
1) in bright day it blows out highlights (such as clouds in the sky etc.) more than I'd like to, I prefer to have no blown highlights in my picture and later do some "fill light" to bring out shadows. But it still better than the competition. I compared Phil K10D samples to D80 samples and D80 with -0,7EV applied blows highlights more than K10D with 0EV does. I imagine that blown highlights would be real pain in th a** whith D80 or a100.
Blown highlight is a limitation for *all* digital cameras. So, I don't agree it is an "annoying thing of the K10" alone.
Quote: 2) poor auto WB performance in artificial lighting. While *istDS AWB was quite acceptable in those conditions I really don't like K10Ds yellowish WB. Pentax could have done much better in this area.
Ditto. A non-issue when shooting RAW. WB based on the principle of "the whiter is better" simply won't apply for DSLRs.
Furthermore, I do find that the AWB of my K100D is more consistent than my DS (which do produce very different WB for the same series of shots). I don't know how the K10 would be. But again, I think you may need more time to come up with a final conclusion.