I despair of some people. You know so little about DSLRs that you are afraid of their "mindless complexity", and yet you think you need a professional camera, which incidentally, would cost you thousands.

The K10D allows greater control than any camera on the market at any price, because it treats ISO adjustment just like shutter and aperture adjustment.

It also has an idiot mode, if that's what you require.

It has the best picture quality of any camera costing under £3,000, together with better ergonomics, fantastic build quality, and a wider range of features.

Frankly, this is a camera that many professionals will be buying because of its feature set and quality.

What more do you want?

Incidentally, it's very easy to use, and deceptively non-complex. There is absolutely nothing mindless about it. It is, after all, a Pentax, and a wonderful one at that.

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I have some sort of grotty Fuji digital, bought whilst waiting for the *ist D to appear. Unbelievably, it cost more than the K10D.

I also have a Leica IIIC, a truly wonderful camera with perhaps the smallest viewfinder I have ever seen. I haven't used it for about thirty years, but when I did it always took great pictures. The small viewfinder forced me to take my time.

I may have mentioned that I once had a 35mm Ricoh camera with a separate underwater housing. It was much cheaper than a Nikonos. It had a small clockwork motor to wind on the film. Very quiet and quick, and needed no batteries so it was also very light. Got some great pictures of Trindad carnival with it. Sadly, it was stolen shortly afterwards.

Otherwise, I'm all Pentax. My last film bodies are a 110, an SPII, a Super A, and an SFX.

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I have an idea that they will take pretty much any size.

However, bear in mind the following:

1 Microdrives are much more prone to failure than ordinary cards.

2 The largest cards at any one time will cost disproportionately more (per GB) than somewhat smaller cards.

3 If a large card fails, you will lose more pictures than if a smaller card fails.

Personally, I reckon that between 2 and 4 GB is a good size for the *ist D (and for the K10D for that matter). If you need more capacity, buy more cards.

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I like a man who is focussed on the essentials!

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Isn't British public transport policy wonderful?

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I hope you're still speaking to me, Daniel!

To answer your question, it's not sunny Spain. I have elderly parents in the Isle of Man, and one recently had a stroke and will be chair-bound when she leaves hospital. I can't do much for them from London, so I am moving to the island.

It'll be quite a change. Expect to see lots of gull and seal pictures from me in future.

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Great idea. Unfortunately I am on the point of leaving England. However, have a good time.

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The A 70-210 is also excellent. It will be interesting to see how they compare.
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If you have the opportunity to try it alongside a known, good lens, do so. Sometimes things seem OK because you don't realise how much better they could be.

A good comparison would be with the excellent SMC Pentax-F 70-210, and given that you can often buy that lens on Ebay for around 100 euros, you would need to be pretty strapped for cash to choose the Revuenon.

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Good advice: It's cheaper to buy expensive lenses. Then you don't need to throw away the "bargains" when you finally get fed up with them and buy the real thing. I speak from experience. Would you like a nice cheap 300mm? Only 20 euros to a friend.

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You are quite right. Apologies, Itsme.
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