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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
12-15-2014, 06:03 PM
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The Pentax AF 500 FTZ isn't a bad choice for a manual flash on the K10D. Power output is adjustable only in full stops, unlike some new manual flashes such as from Yongnuo, but durability of those newer flashes seems to be a question.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-25-2014, 03:32 AM
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Heavy metal, to be sure, but the results are indeed excellent. Wow, that seems like a huge lens, even for 6x7.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-03-2014, 07:57 AM
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Don't forget the 645D. :)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-14-2014, 06:19 AM
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Congratulations on your first DSLR, and you already have an excellent lens bag to go along with it (or are those new acquisitions too?) -- they all look like keepers. The stock focusing screen, assuming that's what you have in the camera, is designed for slower lenses -- the depth of field it shows is somewhere around f/3.5. This makes focusing an f/1.4 (or even an f/2) lens rather hit-or-miss, although with practice you can still do pretty well. I use the S-type screens from focusingscreen.com and really like them. Some prefer the KatzEye.
tromboads has already given you the most useful K10D trick I know.
It's worth reading the entire user manual, or at least going through all the menus to see what's there. There are a lot of settings you might want to change. One setting you will need to change is the "using aperture ring" setting to allow you to use your old lenses.
Some raw-only shooters like to set the contrast to the lowest setting. This has no effect on the raw file, but gives you a histogram that is a closer match to the raw file.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-02-2014, 07:45 AM
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Thanks Stephen. I'm in awe of your full-spectrum sensor-cooled K10D and the results you get from it. True about live view, but older primes are what I mainly use so no problem there.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-01-2014, 03:24 PM
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Welcome! Why stop with 4? :D
That is indeed another great thing about the K10D these days -- they're cheap. More and more I'm going back to it as my primary camera and leaving the K-5 for when I need it for something particular. I've long been thinking about picking up a second K10D and why not a third as well? :) I've long been interested in an IR converted camera.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-12-2014, 06:59 PM
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Most of my macro these days is high-magnification with stacking. I have flashes very close meaning I can have them at low power and still shoot at low ISO, and I just like the look of the K10D at low ISO. (I suppose I should really do some controlled comparisons with the K-5.) More pixels doesn't help with this kind of macro, because you are nearly always working right up against diffraction limits, so I actually prefer the K10D's lower resolution for this. Plus it makes the stacking go quicker -- it's a computationally heavy process.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-12-2014, 06:13 PM
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I've been using my K10D a lot this month. I prefer it to the K-5 for most macro:
Snowflake by baro-nite, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-05-2014, 06:59 AM
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I've been using the K10D for this month's Single-in challenge and this has included some high-ISO shots. Here's one at 1600:
Day 3 by baro-nite, on Flickr
Of course at this size the noise disappears, but even at larger sizes it's still very usable -- up to around 50%, I'd say.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-25-2013, 05:54 PM
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I only learned about it here on the forums, having owned the K10D for a few years. Invaluable, given the lack of a dedicated ISO button.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-21-2013, 06:20 PM
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Admittedly I don't use the K10D so much since acquiring a K-5 last year. But for subjects where I know low ISO is sufficient I still reach for it.
This is pretty much SOOC; just a default raw conversion as far as tone curves etc.
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