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Going back to Pentax-K: I Bought a GX-10 on the side

Started Aug 27, 2012 | Discussions
smarter Contributing Member • Posts: 552
Going back to Pentax-K: I Bought a GX-10 on the side

Last year I sold off my Pentax gear (K-x + AF lenses) in favor of Samsung NX. Fortunately I kept my old Pentax manual lenses, just in case.

Currently I'm very happy with my Samsung filled camera bag. I have the EX1 (TL500), NX10 and NX200. My lenses are 20mm, 30mm and 20-50mm. I also have the SEF20A flash unit to use on all my 3 Samsung cameras.

So far so good, but on some occasions I just missed a good old DSLR with a bright viewfinder. Tonight I won an Ebay auction and got myself a Samsung GX-10. It seems similar to the Pentax K10d. This means I can use all of my Pentax legacy glass again.

I know this is also possible using adapters on the NX systems, but I get lens errors most of the time with supposedly good adapters from recommended Ebay sellers.

So far I'm really looking forward to receive the big old beast (GX-10). It would be nice to put real effort in taking pictures again.

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ellepi New Member • Posts: 20
Re: Going back to Pentax-K: I Bought a GX-10 on the side

Samsung GX-10 is not similar to Pentax K10D... it's the same camera!

For adapter ring I use the original Samsung NX-> K mount. I found a bargain on Amazon site last winter (40€ with an original battery and the original NX system case).

jeffsvisions
jeffsvisions Senior Member • Posts: 1,737
Re: Going back to Pentax-K: I Bought a GX-10 on the side

i use this adapter for my nx100 the only time i ever got a "no lens error" was when the dial on the camera was not on A or M .
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jeffsvisions Senior Member • Posts: 1,737
Re: Here is the link

sorry never added the link . here it is

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Konica-AR-lens-Samsung-NX-Mount-NX100-NX10-NX5-adapter-/320633780149
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cmeier Forum Member • Posts: 94
Re: Going back to Pentax-K: I Bought a GX-10 on the side

Congrats for your buy! Funny, I can tell almost the same story:

"Rediscovered" photography a while ago, bought an NX100, thought I could adapt my old pentax glass, didn't work so well*, and missed the OVF, bought an used GX-10, back to Pentax.
I am now in the process of selling the GX-10 to buy a newer camera.

Anyways, the camera you bought is a fantastic machine. It suffers a bit from noise in the high ISO range, like all old digital cameras, but the DR and color depth is amazing. I know those tests aren't very field-relevant, but the 6 year old GX-10 still beats every Canon APS-C camera on dxomark. Have fun.

* see: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1001&message=40656893

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tombell1 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,138
Re: Going back to Pentax-K: I Bought a GX-10 on the side

Once you've gone this far a K5 beckons!!
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OP smarter Contributing Member • Posts: 552
Re: Going back to Pentax-K: I Bought a GX-10 on the side

tombell1 wrote:

Once you've gone this far a K5 beckons!!
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Haha, I know where you are heading...

I love my NX200 very much combined with my tiny, but mighty lenses:

-20mm
-30mm
-20-50mm
-SEF20 flash
-EX1/TL500 backup camera

This is a very capable, take anywhere combo that delivers me great results.

The reason for buying the good old GX-10 is to experiment with manual focus lenses I already own. When I buy the K-5 I will go bankrupt, because I really want all the Pentax Limited primes.

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cmeier Forum Member • Posts: 94
Re: [ot] Going back to Pentax-K: I Bought a GX-10 on the side

smarter wrote:

When I buy the K-5 I will go bankrupt, because I really want all the Pentax Limited primes.

If my experience is is of any indication, you will want them with the GX-10, anyways. At least when you try one.

And then a K-5/K-30, and then... see you in the Pentax SLR forum.

BTW, one type of lenses were the NX's liveview works better than the GX-10's viewfinder is lenses that don't couple with this camera, like M42 or T2: There is a setting somewhere in the menus (at least there was in the NX100) that allows you to enable LCD signal amplification, so you can just keep the lens stopped down while composing.

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