Originally posted by geek42 I forgot to mention that in my original post about the IS built into the camera, that is a feature that I really like. I did have my mind set on the K10D, but b/c of the few reviews on the DA* lens ( in my mind, why get a body that is weather resistant when the lens that ARE weather resistant really are not that good?) and the need to do editing to EVERY photo to make them look good..... so what I want ot know, are the DA* lens good and really, how is the image quality (relating to outdoor landscapes and wildlife)?
I can vouch for the excellent performance (e.g., sports, landscape and night-time scenic) of the DA* 50-135. It has spent a great deal of time on the front of the K10D since late August. I still continue to be pleased with the results I obtain with many other non-DA* lenses that I own.
Basic knowledge of photography and experience will go a long way toward preventing the "need to [edit] EVERY photo to make [it] look good."
Post-processing is a fact of life (workflow) just as developing was required for film; cropping, burning and dodging and other techniques were used to produce the desired result. When it comes to post processing, you may choose to simply batch your images to slightly enhance (i.e., convert to B&W). You could expend hours of effort to attempt to correct mistakes or manipulate each file to create *altered art*. I am not a post-processing addict; images are captured in RAW and developed in Lightroom very much as if I were processing film and printing the old-fashioned way. The amount of time your style will require is up to you.
GL in reaching a decision.