I just received the K10d about a week ago. I LOVE IT. I came from a Canon 300d, which is no comparisson. The ease of use os the pentax is amazing. All the controls are right at your fingertips. No searching around a menu. Image quailty is great, and I do really like the inbody IS. Also I the firmware update does allow the camera flash to wirelessly control an off camera pentax flash. Pentax right now is lagging behind in available lenses. However where you are hard to find a lens is the more expensive Fast telephoto zooms. Sigma does make a the 70-200/2.8 for pentax, but good luck finding one!!!! Right now many pentax users are getting along with the Sigma 75-300 APO macro($220) and the Tameron 70-300 LD DI ($189). There are cheap macro lenses available as well. If the k10d is out of budget look at the K100d. What you get with Pentax for the price is unbeatable.

I dropped about 1700 for the K10d with Kit (18-55), Sigma 500 super Flash(would have gotten a pentax flash if I would of known about the firmware update), and Sigma 105 Macro. That Same kit with the k100d would run about 1300-1400.

BTW: 10mp is not all it is cracked up to be, I would perfer a 6-or 8 megapixel. Both are PLENTY good for publishing pics, and you do not have to deal with the higher noise that a 10mp camera puts out.



Here is a pic from the first night with my k10d, Sigma 500 Supe flash, and sigma 105.

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