Dag T wrote:
While everybody else is at GFM...
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2411256size=lg
Nice subject and nice point of view. If I had shot that picture (and I wish
I had) this would be my interpretation:
http://www.dariobonazza.com/paw/2411256-lg-dario.jpg
Some cropping and
On 3 Jun 2004 at 7:52, Bob W wrote:
Hi,
despite Cotty's claim that his airline would make special efforts to
speed an honoured representative of Her Majesty's Press across to the
colonies, it seems that someone, somewhere, doesn't want him to leave.
UK airspace is closed:
Up and at em tomorrow morning, on the Heathrow bus at 10am ish, airborne
about 3pm I believe. I must be one of the last to leave on this
pilgrimage. It would be REALLY nice if I could have a shower after the
flight as I don't thing they would take kindly to having to evacuate the
Marrakesh
This PAW is the product of an experiment the focus of which was to preserve the
colours of the sun rise and sky in the image without sacrificing all detail in
its foreground.
To form the image I selectively combined two shots from a +_1 stop bracket in
Photoshop. I pasted the darker image
On 3/6/04, MARNIE, discombobulated, offered:
And I'll tell you all later about the wild beer parties and the orgies.
Marnie aka Doe Nope, I was kidding... I won't tell you -- my lips are
sealed. ;-)
Well that's not much of an orgy is it now.
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) |
On Wednesday 02 June 2004 23:13, Dag T wrote:
FJW While everybody else is at GFM...
FJW
FJW http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2411256size=lg
FJW
FJW DagT
FJW
FJW
FJW
Very nice shot, you have a good eye. I would like it even better if I couldn't see the
legs of the table. If they
Sylwek, I like this picture a lot. Like somebody else wrote, some extra
depth of field could be welcome, but the shot is very good anyway. A close
look into an alien world, with excellent choice of subject, framing and
everything else. Good light also.
Dario
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From:
Just buy a Kenko. AFAIK no one but Kenko makes AF tele-converters. All others
are just rebadged Kenkos.
Pentax had problems with the rebadged lenses they used to sell and has dropped
every one except the 100/3.5 Macro, according to the local Pentax Rep.
Another question, why should Pentax make
on 02.06.04 14:18, Frantisek Vlcek at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW, the photo is a heavy crop. I didn't think the large area
around would work well with a small picture size for the web. I may
later post the whole version. Perhaps the crop is too heavy - I was
just doing editing with
on 02.06.04 23:13, Dag T at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2411256size=lg
Ver good composition of geometrics (floor and table) with lonely cup and
candles... it has a kind of sentimental mood.
--
Best Regards
Sylwek
Very nice. I think Miranda had an action that does this automatically.
It appears that it is now a full blown plug-in:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/DRI
rg
Rob Studdert wrote:
This PAW is the product of an experiment the focus of which was to preserve the
colours of the sun rise and sky in the
on 03.06.04 14:34, Dario Bonazza at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sylwek, I like this picture a lot. Like somebody else wrote, some extra
depth of field could be welcome, but the shot is very good anyway. A close
look into an alien world, with excellent choice of subject, framing and
everything
Taken from a pier on Long Island last weekend, cropped:
http://www.sunny16.net/photos/paw/2004-05-30.html
Amita
Thanks folks for the responses so far. To clarify, StarZen's utility
defaults (which are user-adjustable) define a 'bad' or 'hot' pixel as one
with a luminance value of 60 or higher, and a 'dead' pixel as one with
luminance value of 250 or higher. 0=pure black, 255=pure white. So if I
truly had
Aha, found them. The clue was that noise reduction is only enabled at 1/4 of
a second and slower. I just looked at a TIFF shot at 1/20th of a second, and
there are a number of hot pixels that match what my prior images had
uncovered. The hot pixels disappear at 1/4 of a second, indicating noise
There are some new rumours on Polish www:
http://twojepc.pl/news_wiecej.php?id=7524
In short I can translate it as:
This fall Pentax will present new, cheap DSLR at the price of around
100 Yen (almost 900$). Production run will be around 2 pieces/month.
Pentax expects to sold 10 by
on 03.06.04 9:42, Rob Studdert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To form the image I selectively combined two shots from a +_1 stop bracket in
Photoshop. I pasted the darker image over the brightest image, registered the
images (set top layer opacity temporarily to 50%) and then set about
On 3 Jun 2004 at 15:39, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
Thanks Dario! These are as a matter of fact my first steps with
high-magnification macro. I'll improve myself wit time :-)
DOF is the killer in these types of shots. I was reading an article just today
on photo.net by a photographer Mark
I do not read or speak German so I do not know what this indicates, maybe nothing, but
in the product lineup for analog cameras it shows only the MZ-M, MZ-60, ist.
http://www.pentax.de/pentaxeurope/pentaxeurope_prod/pentaxeurope/v2/de/photo/cameras/singlelensreflex/index.html
In the product
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
an option for me, by preference, and if Pentax doesn't have a creditable
high end DSLR announced by then, it's time to switch.
Just out of curiousity, what's not credible about the *istD? I know a lot
of pros using Nikon D100s or Canon 10Ds, both of which are
Interesting, the MZ/ZX-M lives. Their market research must still indicate a
significant interest in basic manual film cameras for students and
beginners.
t
On 6/2/04 23:44, Rüdiger Neumann wrote:
http://www.pentax.de/mediapool/attachments/photo/46275/46365/133020/Endverbr
On 3 Jun 2004 at 14:21, Dario Bonazza wrote:
Rob,
That's a truly excellent proof of what digital photography can bring us and how
well you are making use of it. You write that picture is not perfect. Maybe in
original format it isn't, but the published picture shows no flaws in how you
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] tipsily offered:
'Stone the crows, I said, if another bleeding engine goes
we'll
be up here all day...
Boom boom.
Gianfranco, i don't know if you can tell but I opened that
bottle of red
you gave me in London, boy that's nice wine.
Hmmm, I wasn't sure but
You are right, Pentax Germany sells only these 3 film SLRs anymore.
And I suspect it is all that they still have in stock.
No new imports I think.
A mail from a Pentax guy confims this between the lines.
Cheers
Adelheid
-Original Message-
From: Mark Stringer [mailto:[EMAIL
On 3 Jun 2004 at 8:43, graywolf wrote:
Just buy a Kenko. AFAIK no one but Kenko makes AF tele-converters. All others
are just rebadged Kenkos.
Hmm, I had a Kenko 7 element AF TC, it flared like hell and was an excellent
contrast reduction tool :-(
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel
Hi, gang.
Adelheid and I emerged from the deep forests of Shenandoah last night,
to be installed in a nice hotel in Roanoke. They sent us kinda odd looks
when we walked into the lobby, and we felt rather misplaced in our
hiking clothes in this more urban setting.
Our stay under the canopy of
Hi
The print looks flat on my monitor, and not particularly sharp. Did you
say that you don't have a good scanner and editing software? Regardless,
the photo itself is quite ordinary, as you said. There are a gazillion
shots of people reading their morning paper while having a coffee at
It doesn't really say anything, just the basic marketing talk. They do
say the MZ-S is a profressional camera though :)
Norm
Mark Stringer wrote:
I do not read or speak German so I do not know what this indicates, maybe nothing, but
in the product lineup for analog cameras it shows only the
On 3 Jun 2004 at 8:36, Gonz wrote:
Very nice. I think Miranda had an action that does this automatically.
It appears that it is now a full blown plug-in:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/DRI
Thanks. I've been using some HDR tools but I've found them overly sensitive to
movement in the image,
on 03.06.04 14:43, graywolf at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just buy a Kenko. AFAIK no one but Kenko makes AF tele-converters. All others
are just rebadged Kenkos.
I think this is not true. Sigma APO teleconverters are different enough (5
elements for 1.4x and 6 for 2x) to be not just rebagged
Well, if it's of any interest, the four images I shot for my panorama,
It took maybe 10 seconds. Since it was handheld, I just hopped out of my
car with my *istD, walked over to the edge, snap, snap, snap, snap, with
the foreknowledge that I would be stitching them. Then when I got home,
and after
Yes, I think something happened to computer at the turn of the month.
Not entirely sure what went on... should be correct now...
Thanks:-)
Jostein
-Original Message-
From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 12:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
Good shot, great technique. Don't you just love photoshop? Of course
some may say pictures are becoming hyper-real. They sure are pretty
though. -- Of course maybe with photoshop, our pictures are becoming
more about what WE perceive, than what the camera perceives...
Thanks,
Jeff Jonsson
Hi Rob ...
That's a nice piece of work. I like that you're experimenting with the
possibilities that the digital workflow has to offer. Of course, much of
what you're doing is translatable to film, as well.
What I like about this photo is that the manipulations aren't heavy handed.
The boat and
Collin,
Sounds like fun! Years ago I drove from Memphis to
Ashville for a Cibachrome workshop. Long drive!
But I have no knowledge of back roads. We have
friends
in western WVa I could ask.
Find anything at the camera show?
--- Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's a good
Very nice work,Rob. I can see a use for this in my photography to. I have experimented
with adding a
layer and raising or lowering the brightness,then painting in the change.This
bracketing
may be just the
ticket in helping reduce the really bright
I pretty much agree with Frits ... a tighter crop, focusing more on the
deck and the table, getting rid of the grass, would make this pic a lot
more special. I can go either way with the legs ...
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/table-on-deck.jpg
Shel Belinkoff
[Original Message]
From:
BTW, the obvious barrel distortion diminishes the impact of this pic
substantially, imo.
Shel Belinkoff
[Original Message]
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6/3/2004 8:28:26 AM
Subject: Re: PAW - -Cup and Candle
I pretty much agree with Frits ... a
Production of 20,000 per month? At last report, Pentax had sold only
20,000 of the *ist D.
If they will produce 20,000 per month and expect to sell 100,000 by next
March, that means it may already be in production.
They had better hire a second lens assembler in Vietnam. They had also
better
On 6/3/04 9:57 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are some new rumours on Polish www:
http://twojepc.pl/news_wiecej.php?id=7524
In short I can translate it as:
This fall Pentax will present new, cheap DSLR at the price of around
100 Yen (almost 900$). Production run
' istDaCat Again by Joseph Tainter... Very nice and yes the eyes are
beautiful.'
Thanks, Tom.
I nominate you to next year's themes committee. Just keep the open
gallery option, please.
Joe
How about a few nice, fast primes that are appropriately sized for the
camera. These cheap, slow zooms do neither the camera nor the medium
justice. Crap in, crap out ... crummy DOF, distortion galore ... what has
photography come to when mediocre is something to which one can aspire and
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 21:34:02 -0600, Tom C wrote:
Cost of War by Doug Franklin... Love the composition and
angle on this... Nice.
Thanks, Tom. It was one of my favorite shots from the trip.
TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
Wanderlust overcame Collin and he asked:
There's a good chance this Fall that I'm going to have
a free weekend by myself to out shooting. So I'll make
it a 3-day weekend, and would like to go to E. Tennessee.
Maybe Va/WVa/whatever road I want to take. Time for some
4x5 maybe 8x10.
For anyone
Ditto!
Tom C.
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: More rumours on Baby-D!
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 08:41:09 -0700
How about a few nice, fast primes that are appropriately sized for the
camera. These cheap, slow zooms do neither the
on 03.06.04 17:37, Joseph Tainter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Production of 20,000 per month? At last report, Pentax had sold only
20,000 of the *ist D.
Yup, but *istD is almost two times more expensive (MSRP) than rumoured Baby
D... Most people still takes price in consideration. If they have
I can definitely share the feelings of other list members who are
considering switching brands...
IMO, Pentax has missed the boat too many times to be taken seriously (at
least in the USA).
IMO, Pentax has focused too much on the PS market. I don't know how many
different models they've had
I can't reach eBay (beyond the welcome page), Google, Yahoo, or
PentaxUSA. PDML is still working, so the world is safe.
Tan, what did you do?
Joe
DAJ? A crippled DA? Getting rid of lenses maybe?
Dario
They had better hire a second lens assembler in Vietnam. They had also
better come out with the DAJ 18-55 f3.4-4.5 for $100 or so.
From: Tom Reese
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 08:52:37 -0700
Collin, I recommend a book Scenic Highways and Byways by National
Geographic. The roads are sorted by region and state. I use it (along with
some others) to plan my rides. I've ridden in those areas quite a bit and I
think I can point you in
Hi
Everyone said the same thing, do it in Excel. Any suggestions how to do it
in Excel? I have the program but never use it. Reply off list if long. I'm
on digest so it will reach me faster anyways.
Butch
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.
Hermann Hesse
on 03.06.04 8:44, Rüdiger Neumann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.pentax.de/mediapool/attachments/photo/46275/46365/133020/Endverbr
aucherpreisliste1-2004.pdf
So this fully confirms earlier rumours. But in this situation and slight
price drop in EU I would expect to really see
And Derby Chang posted this,
http://www.boingboing.net/2004/06/02/pentax_goes_alldigit.html
In addition the Pentax USA website still shows a full range of Film
cameras, (Including the PZ-1p by the way), as being current.
Mark Stringer wrote:
I do not read or speak German so I do not know what
It seems like the different countries have their own Pentax line-up. The
German site only gpt three analog SLRs, while Pentax Germany:
MX-M
MZ-60
MZ-S Date
*ist
USA has
*ist
ZX-60
MZ-S
PZ-1P
ZX-5N
ZX-L
ZX-7
ZX-50
ZX-M
In Denmark they have:
*ist
MZ-60 Date
MZ-7
MZ-6
MZ-5N
MZ-3
MZ-S
etc.
Jens
On 3 Jun 2004 at 14:04, Shawn K. wrote:
Well, I still haven't decided on the legs I want to get, but in the mean
time I got the acratech ultimate ball head from BH and it just arrived
today.
It sounds like a nice bit of gear, particularly the independent pano base and
the fact that I'd
I recently made a trip to Washington and Oregon for a photo shoot. Below is
a link to a gallery with 10 images from that trip.
Comments welcome.
Larry from Prescott
http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/131679
On 3 Jun 2004 at 16:42, Larry Hodgson wrote:
I recently made a trip to Washington and Oregon for a photo shoot. Below is a
link to a gallery with 10 images from that trip. Comments welcome.
Larry from Prescott
http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/131679
Superb shots as usual. No details
Numerous people have complained that Nikon scanning software isn't very
good. Many people have raved about Vuescan. Several times I've wondered
what it is about Nikon software that people dislike. I've only used it,
and only about thirty times over the past couple of years. It seems OK to
me,
Larry
I don't know what else to say but these are superb. I don't know which I like
best but probably 4779350 and 4779472.
A couple of questions on the photo details (and excuse my ignorance)
What does Flash 16 mean?
What do the focal length values in parentheses mean?
Regards
Brian
What a beuatiful collection of shots Larry! Congratulations... Were the
ones of the seastacks taken near La Push? What about the other rocks and
sea?
Snugmug looks like an excellent service as well... with a classy interface.
Thanks for the inspiration... I'm in Washington as I write.
Tom C.
weather resistant body at least and at least a few lenses, 5fps or higher
frame rate with at least 10 pictures on the fly, and more megapixels. 6
megapixels is fine for magazine work but more is always better, other things
being equal. if Pentax is going to deliver a $5K body, it will have to
i use the Reindeer Graphics Photoshop plugins. they supply a nudge tool that
works in subpixel amounts. they don't have a rotate tool to correct skew. i
assume that they feel the Photoshop tool is satisfactory.
Herb
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From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
well, you could use Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw too.
Herb
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From: Butch Black [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 12:42 PM
Subject: RE: Pie chart
Everyone said the same thing, do it in Excel. Any suggestions how to do it
in
you've never had to make do when there's money riding on the photos. pretty
soon, you get tired of making do.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Shawn K. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 4:44 PM
Subject: RE: More rumors on Baby-D!
Also, all this
if Vuescan doesn't support Digital ICE and you not shooting Kodachrome or
conventional BW, you are in for many more hours in front of Photoshop
fixing dust that would have been removed automatically. E-6 and C-41 films
are hugely more scannable when using hardware dust and scratch removal.
Not knocking Vuescan... I had it with my Dimage I scanner and it definitely
outshined Minolta's scanning software. With the Dimage IV... it looks like
they've incorporated much of what Vuescan had.
As far as dust... I scrupulously clean the neg or slide with compressed air
before scanning...
I used to qualifier SOME not ALL when I called SOME of you whiney gear
whores...
-Shawn
-Original Message-
From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 6:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: More rumors on Baby-D!
On 3 Jun 2004 at 16:44, Shawn K.
Fabulous. Great work. I love the consistency of mood and tone. Yet the
images are intriguing and varied. Wonderful.
Paul
On Jun 3, 2004, at 7:42 PM, Larry Hodgson wrote:
I recently made a trip to Washington and Oregon for a photo shoot.
Below is
a link to a gallery with 10 images from that
Ten megapixel bodies will sell for less than $1000 in two years or
less. That's when Pentax will make one available. I can wait.
Paul
On Jun 3, 2004, at 8:24 PM, Herb Chong wrote:
weather resistant body at least and at least a few lenses, 5fps or
higher
frame rate with at least 10 pictures on
On Jun 3, 2004, at 8:33 PM, Herb Chong wrote:
you've never had to make do when there's money riding on the photos.
pretty
soon, you get tired of making do.
I think many of us have had to make do with money riding on the photos.
I know I have. If I had to guess which lens put the most money in
Wonderful work. I love the image of the expansive sky.
Jim A.
From: Larry Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 16:42:21 -0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PAWs - Trip to Washington and Oregon
Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resent-Date: Thu, 3 Jun
I've been checking daily since late May. This morning neither BH nor
Adorama had it listed. This afternoon Adorama listed it at U.S. $640.
That's lower than I expected.
Since the lens assembler in Vietnam may soon go on holiday, I pounced
and ordered it. Adorama's system took the order. I
We're all anxiously awaiting your in depth report and review along with
sample photos hot at each aperture! :) It's at the top of my list if it's
good... If not, I get a 67II sooner... I figure it'll (67II)make a nice
collectors item some day.
Tom C.
From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
it does remove something else. if you print 11x14 and larger and hold the
prints very close, you will see a difference. that difference isn't worth it
to me. i would rather shoot and stitch a multirow panorama if i need the
detail at larger sizes. i got my money's worth out of my Coolscan 4000ED
skill and ability are foremost, but if you have that already, the equipment
counts a huge amount. i just read Arthur Morris' book on bird photography.
net summary - if you've got the skill, not getting exactly the hardware
needed to do the job is a waste of your time. you'll make up for the cost
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ten megapixel bodies will sell for less than $1000 in two years or less.
That's when Pentax will make one available. I can wait.
Paul
But if its not full frame, then the noise will be alot higher (but
you'll also probably get ISO 50). Its hard to say whether you can
On 3 Jun 2004 at 17:14, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Now that I'll soon have my very Coolscan film scanner, these questions have more
significance. So, what is it about Nikon software that you don't like? In what
way is Vuescan better?
Primarily Vuescan is a generic interface it has been
Raining tonight in Asheville...(unpleasant thought)
More shopping tomorrow AM then on to GFM.
Hope my kids are behaving themselves at home.
Regards, Bob S.
Rob:
All images in the gallery were taken with *istD. The ones that look foggy
were taken well after sunset with long exposures on bulb. It was foggy as
weather was moving in.
The first image is 8 images stitched together taken at Harris Beach State
Park Oregon. I used ND filters as well as f22
Nice work Larry. Was #3 #4 the same scene shot with different white
balance?
Butch
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.
Hermann Hesse (Demian)
Hi Rob ...
It also have good basic colour control and calibration options plus a
nice
straight forward no bells and whistles interface. For instance one very
nice
option is the histogram preview, it's pretty much unique in that it
provides a
view of the unaltered histogram with the
I don't know how this works exactly, but according to what I've read
scanners that have the hardware to support digital ICE have some other
options for cleanup in Vuescan supposedly using the same type of technology.
I've not been able to try this yet since none of my scanners have the
hardware
I don't want to wait that long for a better DSLR than the *ist-D.
Ditto. I want a ten megapixel camera very soon. Without it, Pentax is a
non-player. Perhaps they're listening.
Paul
And Nikon, KonicaMinolta, Leica, Contax, and Sigma. Canon, Kodak, and
Fuji are the only companies with a
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, John Francis wrote:
In any case, the MZ-S came out long after autofocus was prevalent.
I don't want to wait that long for a better DSLR than the *ist-D.
I cannot believe the PZ-1p was that bad a camera.
Kostas
Judging from the PZ-1 (which I have owned for eight
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 16:44:58 -0400
From: Shawn K. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I said:
I was watching a rich suburban mom shooting pictures of her son's team
at
a high school track meet today. She was using A Nikon D2h and 300/2.8
with a 1.4 converter--about $8000 worth of equipment and better than
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, John Francis wrote:
In any case, the MZ-S came out long after autofocus was prevalent.
I don't want to wait that long for a better DSLR than the *ist-D.
Kostas:
I cannot believe the PZ-1p was that bad a camera.
John Francis:
Try using one in the rain and you
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 20:24:05 -0400
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: big glass and converters
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weather resistant body at least and at
skill and ability are foremost, but if you have that already, the
equipment
counts a huge amount. i just read Arthur Morris' book on bird
photography.
net summary - if you've got the skill, not getting exactly the hardware
needed to do the job is a waste of your time. you'll make up for the cost
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, John Francis wrote:
In any case, the MZ-S came out long after autofocus was prevalent.
I don't want to wait that long for a better DSLR than the *ist-D.
I cannot believe the PZ-1p was that bad a camera.
Kostas
Judging from the PZ-1 (which I have
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
weather resistant body at least and at least a few lenses, 5fps or higher
frame rate with at least 10 pictures on the fly, and more megapixels. 6
megapixels is fine for magazine work but more is always better, other things
being equal. if Pentax is
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