Well, after a long battle my DS arrived home. Alive and kicking, quickly
demolished a set of ancient NiMH from Rayovac or something like that...
currently working on a set of Philips NiMH 2300 mAH, and accepting
gladly kingston 2GB SD cards. But that's after the firmware upgrade to 2.02.
Works fine indeed. Still trying it out, but so far I'm very happy with
it, low res by today stds and all. Next step? Depending on money issues,
a second camera - maybe a Demo K7 at the right moment... assuming I
manage to go in person or find a proper courier, the a$$%*le that
brought me the DS managed to cost me not only the dreaded import tax,
but also a fine because said carrier decided to lie about the goods on
her bag. At least she didn't try to bribe the officers...
After some experience with a Xti and its kit lens, the DA 18~55 looks
like a dream. Not only because of its nonrotating front element (Cokin
set in the bag again!!), but because it's going wider than 24mm before
any vignetting is noticeable in the viewfinder of a borrowed ZX5, wide
open. Trying to preview DOF and realistic vignetting with my current
crop of 35mm is futile, since the lens closes all the way down.
There is hope, since I seldom close my wide lenses past 11 - more often
they're not closing past 8.0... Did some crude tests today, and will
return to this matter shortly, as soon as the film is developed and
scanned. Bottom line, I may get to use it with film at least past 28mm,
probably close to 24mm, possibly wider if I kick the panorama mask in.
Useful. Too bad I can't control the aperture in the Mx/ Lx. That would
be super... Possibly there is a cheap ZX body in my future.
Mixed results with flash, so far. I should stop being cheap and getting
a proper unit, but I'm very fond of my 280t's and vivitar 285... and
those taxes and fines almost doubled the price of the camera. High price
we pay here in Brasil.
Still getting to know the camera better, despite the constantly read
eletronic manual - the 2.02 firmware makes some subtil changes. All
things considered, I'd call it a good move. Next, some pics... soon.
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Luiz Felipe
luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br
http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/
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