Don,

See you on the dark side......

Mike

Peter,

Yes, a nice surprise. Installed on notebook and desktop and now just need the time.

Mike

Will,

Both superb, particularly the panoramic shot.

Mike

Brian,

I didn't read the review on dpreview but ALL the magazine reviews I have read gave it excellent marks and praised the shake reduction, viewfinder, and better exposures, etc.

Don,

The viewfinder was the only thing that bothered me when I was contemplating the trade. When Henry's said they would honour mine even though it was just over one year old I went back the next day.

I set up both cameras with identical lenses and focused on items in the store at various distances and lighting conditions and the same outside. I was concerned that the pentaprism in the DS2 would be much brighter than the pentamirror in the K100D. Obviously this is one of the reasons that the DS2 body was more expensive to start with.

I was surpised, and after many tests, decided that the K100D viewfinder was slightly, and only slightly, brighter. Not trusting my ancient eyes, and not saying anthing, I asked my favourite and trustworthy sales person to try the test and she came back with the same results.

The K100D is advertised as having a Field Of View of 96% where the DS2 is listed as 95%. The DS2 has the edge on magnfiication with 0.95x compared to 0.85x on the K100D.

I do find the exposures better on the K100D and was surprised that some of the magazine reviews bore this out. Although I have both AF360FGZ and AF540FGZ flashes I quite often use the pop-up when taking quick candids of my grandchildren. I noticed on my daughter's K110D that the pop-up flash sits higher than on the DS2. When I picked up my K100D the flash also sits higher when it is open and does give better flash results. Maybe the flash is different but the higher physical position negates the need to remove the lens hood on the 18-55 unless your are extremely close.

Hope this helps.

Mike

Brian,

I see you are in Bracebridge. When I bought my DS2 and the K100D I took all my lenses to Henry's and tried them out - actually took some shots in and outside the store. Do you have a Henry's within driving distance?

Mike

Brian,

I traded my DS2, which I loved, in for a K100D in November and I am thrilled with the K100D. The shake reduction is super and I think the picture quality is better on the K100D

Mike

Liam,

That's a beautiful shot - I love the tracks in the snow.

Mike

Mongoose,

Great shots - ditto on the bikes.

Mike

Brian,

B/W Styler is excellent for people like me that can never remember all the techniques (this comes with age unfortunately). They also have, my favourite, Focal Blade for sharpening, ColorWasher, and LightMachine.

All very good products - once you purchase the product the updates are always free.

Mike

Welcome Gerri - Don's been rumbled - glad to have you on-line.

Mike