tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post1543634958337000166..comments2024-03-26T10:38:58.586-07:00Comments on PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTRAL: Pentax K10D- Revisiting Simpler and Practical PhotographyCarl Garrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561256121516104816noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post-6380516778632710532022-11-18T06:13:43.288-08:002022-11-18T06:13:43.288-08:00Hi Dehdee, glad you bought it. Wondering if you st...Hi Dehdee, glad you bought it. Wondering if you still have it after a couple of years? I'm itching to do a full comprehensive review of the K10D, which I haven't done in some time. Carl Garrardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464503660594709961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post-17402542834897872422020-05-14T09:14:41.129-07:002020-05-14T09:14:41.129-07:00I bought it....wow, what a great camera. Nothing s...I bought it....wow, what a great camera. Nothing special in low light, but in every other situation it is simply wonderful. It's solid as a tank, and does great landscapes and portraits so far. Pictures have a film-like quality and great colours. I am playing with the settings and trying some old glass.....glad I went for it. dehdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432100565872628966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post-63941379064518053142020-05-13T02:58:01.248-07:002020-05-13T02:58:01.248-07:00This might inspire me to buy a K-10D body I just f...This might inspire me to buy a K-10D body I just found with 5000 shutter cycles and price is $130. I don't know much about it yet, but I threw a kit lens on it at the store and it just had a great feel to it somehow. I have some old pentax lenses at home that might work well with it. The picture I took in the store were horrible as it was not very light and I never had a chance to figure it out but it sure felt right. Maybe i'll get it...dehdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432100565872628966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post-42293671342057228132020-04-19T08:13:59.008-07:002020-04-19T08:13:59.008-07:00Great sharing Doug, love it. It's funny how ol...Great sharing Doug, love it. It's funny how older cameras give you that long term satisfaction of use that newer more capable cameras don't. They are both great to have, but there's just this difference in overall satisfaction that is quite quantifiable. I think older cameras force you to be more involved in the photographic process, and that has a satisfaction you just cant get from newer cameras. Newer cameras wow you with speed, resolution, dynamic range, etc... in a way older cameras can't, but at the end of the day I really prefer to feel like I've earned something. ;)Carl Garrardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01561256121516104816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post-82101630997537893882020-04-16T16:25:58.553-07:002020-04-16T16:25:58.553-07:00I have a K10D too. Got it in 2008. I just loved it...I have a K10D too. Got it in 2008. I just loved it. It was my first DSLR camera. Guy at the camera store tried to push a D70 on me but I wanted the Pentax. I finally replaced it with a Pentax K-5II years later. I wanted it for the better low light performance. Didn't care about video or the live view. I figured it would be have better dynamic range and a larger sensor cropping, and better RAW flies. I guess this is all true, I never really checked. But recently I went out on a bright day for a photo walk and took the K10D along. Put the HD DA55-300mm lens on it and came back with some nice photos. The old girl still has it. I've been using manual focus Takumars, SMC-M's and a 14mm Rokinon lens on the K-5II. I need to try them on the K10D more than I have recently and get back to more basic photography. Thank you for the inspiration.Doug B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11370284241157170769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post-65338664089545407892020-03-13T05:12:11.446-07:002020-03-13T05:12:11.446-07:00You are welcome, glad you liked the article! Yes i...You are welcome, glad you liked the article! Yes it does feel a bit like a film camera, in that the viewfinder is used for everything. No live view or video, no menu items to support those either. Simple. Plus the look of the CCD images, I can see how you'd compare. I'd say you felt compelled because the camera is simpler, back to basics, and you have less distractions in your hand? Just a guess! :)Carl Garrardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01561256121516104816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post-87404933045809285262020-03-07T23:56:32.452-08:002020-03-07T23:56:32.452-08:00Thanks Carl, excellent article.
I am still puzzle...Thanks Carl, excellent article. <br />I am still puzzled over what geared me towards buying the K10D a couple of years ago but boy am I glad I did. You are right in all you say and for me, whilst is heavy, I love using if and love the results. Colours especially. <br />I'm going out today with my Camera Club group and taking it instead of my usual Go-To Canon 70D + 18-135mm decision made thanks to your article read this morning<br />I'm also shoot equally with 35mm film cameras mostly B&W and enjoying this enormously and here's another reason I enjoy the K10D, it sirt also feels like a film camera, don't you think?<br />Cheers.Disseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930440780016017268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post-36204087092088304112020-01-13T13:44:23.986-08:002020-01-13T13:44:23.986-08:00Thanks for the great article... your thoughts larg...Thanks for the great article... your thoughts largely mirror my own. I have one K10D and several Samsung GX-10 (re-badged K10D). They're my favourite cameras by far, despite owning much more recent and technically more capable kit. I tend to shoot mine between ISO 100 - 400 most of the time, though I'll step up to 800 when necessary. I find 1600 too grainy and susceptible to banding, but that's a personal taste thing. At lower ISOs, the raw files are a delight. If you can work within the limitations, the K10D / GX-10 is an awesome camera indeed. Thanks again and kind regds - MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post-10297282997708726432019-10-23T06:41:05.782-07:002019-10-23T06:41:05.782-07:00Try the K200D as well :)Try the K200D as well :)Carl Garrardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01561256121516104816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post-75733846958630548802019-10-04T14:22:20.886-07:002019-10-04T14:22:20.886-07:00I agree that the CCD sensor gives more pleasurable...I agree that the CCD sensor gives more pleasurable tones. I miss my D60 (first DSLR) and now that I have turned Pentaxian I would like to try a K10D. I am currently shooting with a K5 besides my beloved Sony A700. I have bought also a K5iis for better low light performance but Pentax has dropped the Image Comparison feature. So I returned to the K5.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17321539171134180295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938824791812834583.post-19533971100158264442019-02-21T00:22:07.089-08:002019-02-21T00:22:07.089-08:00Yeah you think so Nancy? Or are you just pluggin&#...Yeah you think so Nancy? Or are you just pluggin' ? :)Carl Garrardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01561256121516104816noreply@blogger.com