While I loved my K10D, I really wanted to upgrade my photographic experience. I’m not a professional photographer so I don’t have a need for blindingly fast AF, machine gun-like burst frame rates or six figure ISO settings. What I need is a camera that is easy to carry so that I will have it when I want it, that does not get in the way of my creativity and that delivers the type of images and quality I want.
Abby (7) finally decided she was ready to give riding her bike without training wheels a try. So, I took her out to the intramural fields on campus and within 5 minutes she was zooming right along! She still needs to practice starting, stopping and turning before she’ll be ready for the streets, but it [...]
Ten years ago (probably pretty close to the day) I walked into my local Wolf Camera store with a backpack full of Nikon 35mm gear and walked out with a small box containing a single 2MP Nikon Coolpix 950 digital camera. I haven’t looked back since. Then, last week my friend Stephen sent me over [...]
I was playing around last week with a Pentax FA 31mm f/1.8 AL Limited lens on my K10D and I thought I would do a quick FoV (field of view) and IQ (image quality) comparison between it and my Pentax FA 35mm f/2.0 AL lens. Here’s what I found:
Two years ago I was looking for an upgrade to my then 2 year old Canon Digital Rebel XT (350D). I really didn’t have much more than the kit lens and a cheap-o EF 50mm f/1.8 II, so I didn’t feel too married to Canon. I did my research and decided the then new Pentax K10D represented a better value for the $1,800 I had to spend than the more expensive Canon 30D.
