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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Why This Blog

Understanding the Pentax K10D

When I got into digital photography I opted to invest in Pentax because of the quality/price performance of their lenses. That and the fact you could use any K-mount or screw mount (with adapter) lens ever made. To me it was a no-brainer. So I started with a Pentax *ist DL and have loved the camera from day one.

I recently upgraded to the K10D for the larger sensor size, image stabilization, and the PRIME graphics engine that provides the ability to shoot continuously in jpg mode.

In this past year my only gripe with either DL or K10D (and the AF540GZ flash) is with the user manuals. They are not written very well nor in enough detail. The flash manuals are outdated since they don’t include any information on the K10D and there are several errors I have encountered in the manuals. As a result I see many Pentax owners online asking the same questions and complaining that the manuals are confusing.

I searched online for any help I could find and what help I found was scattered in forums and not logically ordered. I ended up with only a few book marks scattered all over the internet.

Another of my hobbies is Unix/Linux and my operating system of choice is FreeBSD. One thing I like about searching for FreeBSD help online is I found the majority of the information I was looking for at one or two websites.

I decided since I have pillaged many a website for information over my lifetime that is was time I gave a little something back. So here it is, a single website repository full of information about the Pentax K10D.

Please leave comments on how I can make the blog better. If you have any questions just ask and I will try to answer, or some other kind reader may answer.

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About the Blog

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A blog mostly about the Pentax K10D camera but a lot of the information can be used for other camera systems with little adaptation.

The blog is of course chronological so use the archive pulldown menu (sidebar above), which has the oldest posts listed first, and work your way down it to get to see all of the content on the site.

Alternatively you can see the complete Internal K10D Links menu. You can read any of the K10D specific article that interest you.

Another way to navigate is to use the new Camera Features Site map. The camera features are broken down into a navigational menu. This is the best mode if you either know exactly what you want to look at or to see all the features of the camera at a glance. It is a work in progress but many of the features have links to site content already.

Also you can navigate by Site Labels list the articles according to the article labels.

And if that doesn't tickle your fancy Start at the beginning and follow the K10D links to the next article in the series at the bottom.

For non-K10D photography related stuff see my Internal Related links.

This is my first ever blog. If you know of better ways to present the material or to improve the site overall leave feedback or comments. Currently the site is slow enough I can respond to every comment I get.

Thanks.