see that's where i was confused - i'd seen the BG-20 for the *Ist, then this one was listed as DBG-20 for *Ist D - so wondered if it was a digi version

clearly not - D-BG1 it is


so who wants to sell me one for cheap?

just thought i'd add this

http://www.digitalfotoclub.com/from-froogle.asp?id=964593191&rf=froogle&dfdate=08_14_2006


link to the D-BG20

Hi Folks

was doing a search on the net for battery grip for Ist D, and came across the D-BG20 - says it's designed for the Ist D but has pretty much no info about it - anyone know how it compares to the D-BG1?

cheers for your help

Dex

ANY piece of glass will degrade the image quality - the more you have the worse the quality becomes. That's just a matter of Physics.

Even the best filter in the world will still degrade the quality of the light coming through more than no filter at all. It's all a matter of trading that off against the benefits of the filter - I shoot motorsport - so my rather large gravel catching front element will always stay protected by a UV filter

I use a very cheap 2x converter for some of my motorsport shots - Teleplus 2x converter, £15 on Ebay

It's used between and Ist D and a 70-200 f2.8 EX DG APO - so losing two stops isn't really an issue for me, the autofocus is fast enough for motorsport and any reduction in image quality is pretty minimal (i shoot JPEG not RAW)

Obviously if i use that lens without the 2x (and for that matter without the UV filter on the front) then the quality is even better, but i was suitably impresed with the results.

what does the sloping top plate signify?

any news on write speed/buffer size/ fps+duration?

K10D?

i'm guessing that's the current guess for a name of the un-named new 10mp D-Slr?


i really hope it's an *IST D but with 10mp and faster write speed/ bigger buffer. Then i'll buy one

pros/cons of pentamirror against pentaprism?

I *think* my Ist D has the Pentaprism, is this the better more expensive version or the older outdated one?

I'm just a little confused as to why Pentax appear to have re-released a couple of it's existing cameras with just one extra feature (and still no twin wheel system!)

I just hope the new top end D-SLR is worth waiting for - i've now spent too much on decent glass to want to think about swapping for a 30D...

Just read a little bit about these two cameras - found them by chance so hardly a big launch...


I can see the K100D has the advantage of the anti-shake, but can't quite work out what the K110D actually does? It seems that between the *Ist DL, DS and DS2 pentax has saturated one area of basic SLRs, yet it's just released another.

Does the K110D have *any* advantages of the previous DL/DS range?

Also - apart from the anti-shake i don't see that the K100D does anything extra - especially when compared to the *IST D (in fact it seems that until the un-named new SLR is released that pentax has made a lot of cameras that have no real advantage over the D - the possible exception is USB 2 - but i'll happily live without that all the time it's got the great two dial Av/Tv system)

Found it on EBay!!!

Kea-photo sold me one - gave an estimated delivery time of 7-14 days.


and it was on my camera 4 days after i bought it

and oh my god it's good. really really very good. The whole way it talks to the camera really impresses me - a seriously well integrated piece of kit.


If you have an *Ist D and don't have one of these then go buy one. If you have a DL/DS/DL2/DS2/K100D/K110D then go buy one of these flashes and a D

been playing with the wireless mode with the camera in master as well as controller mode - the creative effects available amaze me. I'm loving using the camera as controller, the flash with manual zoom fully zoomed in and using it to make a pool of light on the subject.


now just need to see how well it works outdoors in daylight fill mode with the sto-fen on!