K10D preview at Kakaku
Pentax K10D preview was posted at the Japanese website kakaku.com (automatically translated). In the first part of the preview the main features of the K10D are described (one more time) along with the short interview with the Pentax’s representatives Hisashi Tatamiya and Isamu Hirai covering 22 bit A/D converter, PRIME engine, SR, dust reduction and weather resistant body sealing. Mr. Tatamiya said that the new exposure modes Sv and TAv are the logical step forward from the film camera concept. In DSLR cameras sensitivity could be changed on the fly and became the 3rd main exposure control. In sensitivity priority mode (Sv) you can control ISO settings by the rear wheel and the aperture value or the shutter speed with the front wheel. And the current ISO value is visible in the viewfinder and on the top LCD all the time. In TAv mode camera choices the best sensitivity for correct exposure by the aperture value and shutter speed. Mr. Hirai added that the high ISO noise could turn to help reproduce a special atmosphere on the printed photograph, make it more film like.
The second part describes new exposure modes with the viewfinder shots and photos (full size, but without EXIF info) made in this modes. Part 3 covers Hyper Program and Hyper Manual modes with the full size samples as well.
Part 4 is about in-camera RAW processing. You can check out in-camera processed samples with and without various processing settings applied. And finally, there are half a dozen of sample shots made by Kazunori Kawada on a K10D with the three Limited lenses mounted: DA 21mm F3.2, DA 40mm F2.8 and DA 70mm F2.4.
