e-fotografia reviews k100d

I also found the K100 to have a much better feel in my hands. The Canon was awkward due to being too small, but the K100 just felt right in balance, weight, grip, general placement of things (granted I only had about 60 seconds to play with it in the store).
 
It is still available new in Germany. There seems to be a remainder
of stock. Price is 220 CAD excl. VAT. Shipping is another 85 CAD.
http://www.tekade.de
As hinted at in the review, the little bugger is officially named F
1.7x AF Adapter.
There is one drawback to it: While it is enabling AF with manual
lenses, it is disabling the built in AF with modern AF lenes. An AF
lens is acting like a MF lens. You need to manually prefocus it to
be in the adapter's limited focus range. That makes it less
desirable as a teleconverter for AF lenses.
Unless of course you desire faster AF with a useful focus limiter.

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http://www.dpreview.pentaxistDS.photoshare.co.nz

http://www.y3m.net/penwik/pmwiki.php/Main/PentaxLensWiki

 
He mentioned that the camera needs quite a bit of contrast when
focusing. Is this because of the lens? Are most entry level dslr
cameras like this?
It looks like it.

APS vfinders aren't that great for manual focusing eitheir, mostly due to their size needing as bright a view as possible, and with slow lenses will see more pronounced "darkness" than with a film reflex.
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I remember in ex Yugoslavia Pentax cameras were very appreciated. That's why my first dSLR is Pentax. And that's why this guy wrote a good review, even if he teaches at Canon University.
 
I remember in ex Yugoslavia Pentax cameras were very appreciated.
That's why my first dSLR is Pentax. And that's why this guy wrote a
good review, even if he teaches at Canon University.
How is it now? How do Pentax, Olympus, Sony availability compare? (I would assume Canonikon are market leaders.)

Gerard
 
I'm 6'4" and I can "palm" a basketball in my hands, I find the k100d very comfortable to hold. No problem for a guy my size.
 
I remember in ex Yugoslavia Pentax cameras were very appreciated.
That's why my first dSLR is Pentax. And that's why this guy wrote a
good review, even if he teaches at Canon University.
How is it now? How do Pentax, Olympus, Sony availability compare?
(I would assume Canonikon are market leaders.)

Gerard
Canon has a very capable regional office. The others don't. Makes for a very boring market. :)
 
I remember in ex Yugoslavia Pentax cameras were very appreciated.
That's why my first dSLR is Pentax. And that's why this guy wrote a
good review, even if he teaches at Canon University.
How is it now? How do Pentax, Olympus, Sony availability compare?
(I would assume Canonikon are market leaders.)

Gerard
Canon has a very capable regional office. The others don't. Makes
for a very boring market. :)
Yes, it is like everywhere. Pro photographers are using Canon and Nikon, some art photographers maybe use Olympus, but I never met a person from Croatia that owns a Pentax dSLR. Maybe I will when k10D comes out, because I will sell my DS :-)
 
I visited a local shop and held the new Sony, the K100D, the D50, the D30 and the D200. I have to say that only the D200 really fits my hand but there is not way I will ever pay $2000 for a camera body, let alone a lens!!! So, I have to find something more affordable but also comfortable. I think that will be the D70s. Unless, of course, the D10 or D1 or whatever the new Pentax is, fits my hand. Hmmmph.
 
Thank you for your reply.
I saw that when i went to the store yesterday. i want the SR!!
Actually that's why I don't consider the 350D, 400D or nikon's D70s.

Sony is the other choice for SR...

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It is discontinued. It was available in some markets at least until
a couple of years ago. It was released in 1987 with the F series of
cameras and is a 1,7X teleconverter that (auto)focuses.
It would seem that Pentax is making them again - check the update at the end of review.
 

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