Thanks for the link. The price sounds good too! ^.^ Especially since I'm rarely ever using the flash because it's soooo frustrating. Hopefully the ebook will explain why the flash won't trigger half the time. o_O

C.

Hello Bluewhistle,

Your mention of "a flash gun I despised until I figured how to use it!!" strikes a chord.

Where or how did you learn how to use it?

Cherrylicious in dire need of understanding how her very expensive toy works. ^.^

P.S.: I don't have a manual for it. Well, I do have one but it's in German. Long story. o_O

I haven't had my K10D for a week yet but here's my 2 cents (therefore shouldn't be too bias; until last week I was a Nikon user afterall ^.^)

As I said yesterday, after downloading the firmware, the DA*50-135 is almost silent so if you are really concerned with the noise go with this lens. I know it doesn't have a large range zoom but the images it takes are quite beautiful. It's also a rather quick lens so I think it'll give you nice interior shots. I was impressed by it's result in very low-light conditions. Here is the link to my gallery:
http://homepage.mac.com/cherrylicious/K10D-DAstar50-135/

Personally, I wouldn't be able to use 2 different systems at the same time. I've only shot one wedding and it's pretty stressful as it is, I wouldn't want to be thinking about which button goes where (but that may be because I'm somewhat absentminded).

Please don't take what's following the wrong because I'm not trying to be impudent. Could it be that your camera's noise seemed louder because you are closer to your camera than your friend's? Also, we often get self-conscious of what we do.

Besides, as someone else has said, it's more the photographer moving around and the flash that distracts a wedding rather than the clicks. What I hate about weddings now that evryone has a digital P+S is that too many wedding guests get up during the ceremony to take pictures. Argh! I went to a civil wedding once where there were more people in front taking pictures than sitting down!

I agree that there are some nice features on the Nikon D80 and the D200 but the K10D is a fabulous camera as well. The rare times I need to be reassured I made the right choice by going Pentax I remind myself of the tacky music you can add to the slideshow with the D80 (I must say the "thinning" feature in the K10D is almost as bad though... :blush

P.S.: I'd be curious to know why you didn't go for the Pentax 540 because at the moment I'm looking into this model and the Metz mecablitz 54 MZ-4 / 54 MZ-4i. However, if you do decide on going with the D80, may I recommend their SB-800 flash.

The foam is definitely NOT a problem for me!

Lovely photograph! I love it's dreamy quality. It looks like an Ondine is about to step out of the water.

You are so fortunate!!!!

No such luck in the small French town where I live. That's why I had almost stopped doing photography in the last 5 years.

Ah! I'm so happy with the K10D, I can photograph again!

Still wish there was a studio and darkroom though...

It's a tad more expensive here in France (according to my currency converter).

I'm frustrated because I had seen that lens for 351€ this week on amazon.fr and now it's gotten up in price to 421€

That's why I was wondering if it was going to go down again.

Hello,

Now that the DA*16-50 is available do you think the 16-45mm's price will go down?
I want to buy the 16-45 in the coming days but I would be really upset if there was a price drop in the coming weeks when the DA* is more readily available.

But then again I'm sure there are a lot of people like me who can't afford the DA* so they probably won't lower the price. Plus these two lenses are worlds apart so I guess it doesn't change anything anyway.

Do you think I should wait a bit or not?

Right! I haven't done that yet. I'm waiting for my battery to be fully discharged and recharged before adding the new firmware.

Will it also display the ISO?

I warned you I'd have a million questions. ^.^

I understand that the front dial is to change the speed and the back dial for aperture. Is it possible to custom them so they would be reversed?

For some reason, it makes more sense to me to change the aperture setting in front and vice versa.

Also, Is it possible to display the ISO on the top LCD display or inside the viewfinder? I can never remember at which ISO I've set it at.

Thanks.

I guess I need time to get used to all these automatism and buttons.