Hi Shel, Thanks for posting that, I am grateful. More when you feel the need, please :-)
[reproduced below for reference] On 29/9/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: >Five years back? Probably not. However, a year - 18 months back, sure. >Remember, I've been shooting digi pics for quite some time, and have posted >a number of PAW's and PESO's using the Sony. For the past 12 to 18 months >I've been asking a lot of questions about the digi Pentaxes in preparation >for getting one. > >I've not given up film for digital as some people have, and the Pentax DS >is as much an upgrade/replacement for the Sony as it is a general use SLR - >perhaps more so. I've not had the camera long enough, nor used it enough, >to come to any solid conclusions about it, or about shooting digital as a >replacement for film. I am having a little fun exploring the format, but >the things that are the most fun - such as using A-series lenses - would be >just as satisfactory, and perhaps more so - on a film body. I really >dislike having to shoot color all the time and then make conversions in PS. >Maybe that will change, but, for me, there's nothing that can replace real >B&W film with the photos printed on silver paper. > >With all the automation, functions, and features of the D and DS, I'm still >finding the cameras slow and clunky to use. And, as good as the viewfinder >is supposed to be, it pales in comparison to the old manual relics that I >use. For me the Leicas and the MX, and the earlier K body cameras, are >true P&S cameras. No need to think about battery life, white balance, >modes, Av, Tv, etc. And while it's getting easier to put such things out >of my mind, they still intrude on my shooting flow and upset my >concentration. The DS buttons and wheels are an annoyance, and the >information in the viewfinder is still disconcerting - I don't think I'll >ever get used to it. > >When I got the DS you asked for a report after using it for a while. I >guess this is the first report. The camera is something of a love/hate >relationship at this time. However, in to be fair and honest, I disliked >the Leica when i first got it - put the sukka in a drawer for six or eight >months. Now I love it. > >Shel Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
