how is the Pentax k100d?

odperry.TakeThisOut@gmail.com (Over G) wrote:
> how is the view finder?
Bright, clear, does the job.

> how is the weight?
Heavier than I'd like. But that's DSLRs for you.

> how is the quality of the pics?
Excellent (especially in low light/high ISO conditions), but it
sometimes requires more effort than a P&S to get a good "straight out of
the camera" shot.

My 100D is the only DSLR I've ever handled, so I can't help with
comparisons to others.

Andrew McP
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On May 14, 9:48 am, "Pete D" <n... RemoveThis @email.com> wrote:
> "Over G" <odpe... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > hi
> > I would like an opinion about this camera, from people that used it,
> > or have it
> > how is the view finder?
> > how is the weight?
>
> > how is the quality of the pics?
>
> > (I have read a lot on that camera. but can not decide. )
> > how it is against the famous d40 or the canon 400 ?
>
> > what lens can you recommand that cost reasonable price?, and cover
> > wide range of distances.
>
> Have a look atwww.pentaxworld.comlots of people there using K100D, etc.

can you recommand on a nice wide range lens (like 18-200 an so,,) with
nice price?
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"Over G" <odperry.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1179095372.572240.130010@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> hi
> I would like an opinion about this camera, from people that used it,
> or have it
> how is the view finder?
> how is the weight?
>
> how is the quality of the pics?
>
> (I have read a lot on that camera. but can not decide. )
> how it is against the famous d40 or the canon 400 ?
>
> what lens can you recommand that cost reasonable price?, and cover
> wide range of distances.
>

It's a nice camera to use, I've no regrets in buying it 7 months ago but as
others have said you have to take the time to learn it. If you do some PP
you won't want for 10MP, there's very little difference detail-wise between
a K100D 6MP upsized to 10MP and any of the 10MP camera's images, not that
I'm suggesting images should be upsized, I've just done it a few times out
of interest. It's lower noise than the 10MP cams and there's hardly any
internal noise reduction so high ISO pics are detailed and respond very well
to the likes of Neat Image and Noiseware, giving much better images than the
likes of the overprocessed at high ISO D40 IMHO, but again you have to
invest the time to get the real benefit. There's some comparisons made
with the D40 and D80
here........http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Pentax-K100D-Digital-Camera-Review.htm
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