Pentax K100D or Sony DSLR-A100

[steery1]

Havent heard any of those strange shutter noises you mention. Not for me though.

 

[steery1]

OK, had a chance to nip out for a couple of hours today and here are some of the results.
They've had minor PP in PSE 3, cropping, contrast etc. Please feel free to say exactly what you feel, I'm very hard to offend and would aooreciate the criticism
I probably should post them in the "show me pictures from your part of the world" thread or even the "Show me: your first photo taken with a new camera or lens" thread but I'll post them here for continuity

BTW it felt wonderful handling an SLR again after so many years.

 

[Steve's Girl]

Looks good! It's so funny you mentioned the shutter release being loud. When I was deciding on which camera to buy, the Sony had just been released, so while I was in the camera store, I picked it up and clicked the shutter a few times. My first reaction to the camera was "oh my goodness, that is one loud shutter!" Thought I was just being petty. Glad to hear it wasn't just me.

 

[Groucho]

IMO the only area where the cameras noticably differ is in the "weather seals" that the Pentax comes with, all other areas are a wash or subjective in nature(even jpeg softness on the Pentax).

Actually, there are a lot of other things, besides the more advanced IS, there are more program modes (like Sensitivity Priority), program line adjustments, in-lens focus motor support, and lots of other tweaks, some big and some small, to make things easier, faster, and more powerful for the photographer.

How important these are to any particular person is up to them, of course, but there's certainly a lot of extra features. I'm really looking forward to being able to play with the ISO modes and to being able to select the program line (normal/hi speed/depth/MTF) - especially MTF. These are more enticing to me than the weather sealing, which sounds pretty handy, too... I'm thinking it might be nice for some Splash Mt photos.