New Pentax K10D

If Ikelite decides to make a housing for this camera, I'll get one.

it is all weather/sealed against dust and moisture. 10MP, nice big viewfinder, in camera anit-shake, and not too expensive. The Pentax 10-17 Zooming fish eye would be a sweet lens to take under.

Anyone else interested in this? I hope so, I know Pentax doesn't have alot of UW support.

Anyone else interested in this? I hope so, I know Pentax doesn't have alot of UW support.

If the camera was calling Nikon D10 or Canon 400K maybe....

Samsung announced yesterday a clon of this model, the GX-10 and besides 5 new lenses "fish eye lens (fish eye 10-17mm F3.5-F4.5 ED), an ultra wide (weitwinkel) zoom lens (12-24mm F4 ED AL), a wide zoom lens (16-45mm F4 ED AL), a fixed focus lens (35mm F2 AL) and a macro lens (Macro 100mm F2.8).

I believe also that it is the most promising camera in the last year

For the Pentax *istD the German mark UK-GERMANY made housing

It's a pitty, that big housing makers support only Canon and nikon and not particular cameras which are really appropriate for UW-photography.

But beeing fair, with C and N they don't risk anything. Even if this Pentax is the best value camera for its prize it won't sell enough.

If Ikelite decides to make a housing for this camera, I'll get one.

 

it is all weather/sealed against dust and moisture. 10MP, nice big viewfinder, in camera anit-shake, and not too expensive. The Pentax 10-17 Zooming fish eye would be a sweet lens to take under.

 

Anyone else interested in this? I hope so, I know Pentax doesn't have alot of UW support.

I'm very interested in this new camera, I have a number of pentax lenses that I could use with it. I currently am still using film and the price as well as the list of options that come with this camera look awesome.

I have a Ike housing so my flat and dome ports will work with a new housing too.

What is your take on the TTL ?

It's a pitty, that big housing makers support only Canon and nikon and not particular cameras which are really appropriate for UW-photography.

But beeing fair, with C and N they don't risk anything. Even if this Pentax is the best value camera for its prize it won't sell enough.

My current Ikelite housing is for my Pentax.......I would consider Ike a "big housing maker" and would hope that Ike would take a good look at this new camera. Just think, the new camera is weather sealed, if you have a leak, as long as it's not too bad it may not be the end of the world for your camera. I saw one of the promo videos for the K10 and they take pictues in the pouring rain and just wipe off the camera when they are finished.

If Ikelite decides to make a housing for this camera, I'll get one.

 

it is all weather/sealed against dust and moisture. 10MP, nice big viewfinder, in camera anit-shake, and not too expensive. The Pentax 10-17 Zooming fish eye would be a sweet lens to take under.

 

Anyone else interested in this? I hope so, I know Pentax doesn't have alot of UW support.

I thought there would be alot more interest in this camera by divers, the DR should be great. There is about a month left before we'll see consumer pictures at which time there are hopefully many who will want housing makers to join in for the making of housings.

Doesn't this camera use the same sensor as the Sony Alpha and the Nikon D80? Why should the Pentax version have better DR? What do you like about the Pentax vs the Nikon or Sony?

Cheers

James

I'm very interested in this new camera, I have a number of pentax lenses that I could use with it. I currently am still using film and the price as well as the list of options that come with this camera look awesome.

I have a Ike housing so my flat and dome ports will work with a new housing too.

 

What is your take on the TTL ?

I have a custom Ikelite housing for a *istDL but TTL is not available. I keep the strobes (ss50's & ss100) at full manual power. It turns out to be no problem because shooting RAW allows plenty of latitude in development as long as the image is not overexposed. A big plus is being able to use older substrobes rather than having to buy digital ones. I did have to buy a digital-compatible dual TTL cord (blue band) because there was a problem with the secondary strobe firing consistently. If you have been adjusting aperture to match the power of your strobes using TTL with a film system, you won't have much problem without TTL. I use Silkypix to convert to TIF and CS2 for final tweaks. You can see a tutorial and images all taken with Pentax since 1990 on my website: www.marinelifephotography.com