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I have just bought the K10D three days ago. This after having the K100D and the *istDL. The K100D was the first DSLR I bought and loved the camera lots of great features and worked extremely well in full manual. Then after myself and the K100D took a fall from a rock ledge the the camera was destroyed, me a broken wrist. Anyway went and bough a *istDL body as a temp replacement. Certainly not the K100D picture quality not quite that of the K100 but all pictures were acceptable. The ist pictures really suffered in low light. Insurance finally came through and now the K10D wow, what a difference.
The K10D as said above is not the camera for beginners. No scene modes but multiple other modes for creativity. I myself never used any on the scene modes on the K100D almost always in aperture priority or full manual. This said, the K10's mode fit well for me. The camera itself is heavier and the grip is larger which makes it fell much better in the your hand, more secure. Having the camera in your hand and all the buttons such as the raw/jpg button, metering button and others close to your thumb and forefinger of your right hand is wonderful.
My last three days have been spent more or less in trial and error mode, taking 450 plus shots. So far I like what I see.