> I'd not worry about the aperture coupler, the *ist-Ds2 is unlikely to > have new mechanical features, it's mostly the *ist-Ds electronics in a > *ist-DL body shell.
I was thinking about the D2 not the DS2. Frank > > Frank Wajer wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >I'm not yet ready to dump my analog camera and buy a digital camera (for > >example a ist-ds). In fact I want to wait for the istD2 and hope it has an > >aperture coupler so I'll be able to use my K/M lenses as I'm used to. > >However, the prices of prints is getting outrageous, about six times more > >expensive than internet printing services. So I'm thinking about buying a > >filmscanner to fill the gap till the D2 comes. I need a cheap solution that > >gives me good pictures up to 13x18 cm prints. Bigger I'll do the old > >fashioned expensive :-(( way. Any advice? > > > >Frank > > > > > > > > > > > -- > When you're worried or in doubt, > Run in circles, (scream and shout). > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 09:58:45 -0400 > From: "Christian" > To: > Subject: Re: Internet Photo Gallery Generator > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=response > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Try coppermine Photo Gallery. It uses PHP, MySQL and apache to create > thumbnails and intermediate images. > > http://coppermine-gallery.net/index.php > > Christian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Celio" > To: > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:15 AM > Subject: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator > > > > Hey y'all, after putting together the Spin Doctors gallery I posted > > earlier, I decided I'm never going to post many photos if I don't make it > > faster and easier to do. So, I have a question: > > > > Are there any programs out there that will help you set up a complete > > gallery on your own website? I do not want to use Flickr or Photobucket > > or any other site, I want to keep the photos and the pages and whatnot on > > my own site. > > > > I'd prefer this program feature complete page template customization, so I > > can make the resulting pages look like any other page on my site. > > > > Thanks! > > > > John Celio > > > > -- > > > > http://www.neovenator.com > > > > AIM: Neopifex > > > > "Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and pretend I'm making a > > statement." > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:58:32 +0000 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT: Back in Lake Charles after Rita the Ravager > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Good news. We were starting to worry about you. The first reports suggested > only minimal damage in Lake Charles, but as the days went by a much more > disturbing picture emerged. Hope you get everything back together real soon. > Paul > > > > Sid, Good to hear you are safe and more or less sound... Bob S. > > > > On 10/3/05, Sid Barras wrote: > > > Hi pentax gang, > > > I'm back in Lake Charles, actually been back 5 days now, but I also > > > have a phone line that works with my modem now too. Still no > > > electricity. > > > > > > But I'm much more fortunate than about 50% of the population here in > > > Calcasieu Parish. (and about 100% of the population of Cameron > > > parish, our southern, coastal neighbor) > > > > > > A full report to follow, with pictures; as soon as I get the trees > > > off my roof, and tarps laid down to keep the rain out of my attic. > > > Structure of my house is basically undamaged. The vast majority of > > > the lovely old live oaks in this area survived. The "water > > > oaks" (what I've always called them-- a taller oak tree, with a > > > smoother, whiter bark, and an upright growth habit, and these are > > > deciduous, though their leaves don't "color" as they drop in autumn) > > > are what have mainly devestated the area around here. These trees > > > have fallen over, roots and all (and they seem to share a shallow, > > > weak root system) and crushed many, many homes around here. Most pine > > > trees that have not survived "snapped" in the middle of the trunk, as > > > opposed to simply toppling over as the water oaks have. These oaks > > > and pines are probably 95% of the trees that fell. Of the others, the > > > most common "fallen" varieties are sycamores, magnolias, and cedars. > > > Most of the pecans and other hardwoods still stand. > > > > > > Well, I'm blathering on. More to follow, and more to the point, pics > > > for pentax people to peruse.. > > > > > > Sid > > > > > > PS: Mark, I saw your post-- a South Louisiana pdml gathering sounds > > > great. I'm sure we have a few fellows within the "Houston to New > > > Orleans" sphere as well... Also, did you hear that Avery Island has > > > fairly well survived too? > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:06:16 -0400 > From: "P. J. Alling" > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Technically advanced and feature rich don't always translate to best. > Best is what does the job. Sometimes a "lesser" product that has what > you need is the best. > > Toralf Lund wrote: > > > John Forbes wrote: > > > >> I suspect Toralf is alluding to the fact that more than half of the > >> human beings who have ever lived are still alive today. As they > >> haven't yet died, we cannot be certain that they will. (This is > >> very worrying.) > > > > > > Exactly ;-) > > > >> > >> I just wish that everyone on this list shared one hundredth part of > >> Toralf's optimism. > > > > > > I don't mind the pessimism in general so much myself. What can get me > > a bit worked up, is the continuous assertion that Pentax will always > > be one step behind because they are a smaller company than some of > > their competitors, that Canon will always make the best cameras > > because they have more money to spend on R&D etc. I just don't think > > this is the case. In fact truly great products often come from more > > minor players, and the highest amount of latest- and-greatest features > > or the longest list of three-letter abbreviations, is not the same > > thing as making the highest-quality products. > > > > - Toralf > > > > > > > -- > When you're worried or in doubt, > Run in circles, (scream and shout). > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:07:49 -0400 > From: "P. J. Alling" > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Double Traitor. > > Cotty wrote: > > >On 3/10/05, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > > > > >>I don't mind the pessimism in general so much myself. What can get me a > >>bit worked up, is the continuous assertion that Pentax will always be > >>one step behind because they are a smaller company than some of their > >>competitors, that Canon will always make the best cameras because they > >>have more money to spend on R&D etc. I just don't think this is the > >>case. In fact truly great products often come from more minor players, > >>and the highest amount of latest- and-greatest features or the longest > >>list of three-letter abbreviations, is not the same thing as making the > >>highest-quality products. > >> > >> > > > >Just yesterday, I advised a colleague to dump the EOS 350D he had > >borrowed, and go play with an *istDs. He wasn't happy with the 350 and > >assumed all DSLRs at this price point were going to be the same. He's on > >his way to try the Ds :-) > > > > > > > > > >Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > >___/\__ > >|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > >||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > >_____________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > When you're worried or in doubt, > Run in circles, (scream and shout). > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:05:53 -0400 > From: Adam Maas > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > DALSA has a full-frame sensor, so does Kodak. In fact the older DALSA FF > 6MP sensor was in the CONTAX N Digital and the MZ-D, they currently > offer a 11MP Sensor. > > -Adam > > Bruce Dayton wrote: > > The reality is that everyone but Canon has done this, because no one > > else has a full frame sensor. All the other manufacturers would be > > foolish to not provide some wide angle lenses to compensate for the > > crop factor. However, if they made full frame ones, they would be too > > big and heavy and too expensive. All you have to do is compare the > > size/weight and price of the 15/3.5 to the DA 14/2.8 to see that. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:07:00 -0400 > From: Adam Maas > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Tom Reese wrote: > > Shel asked: > > > > > >>I've not been reading all the messages in this thread, so maybe I missed > >>something about this. > >> > >>Pentax buys their sensors from Sony, iirc. Sony has just announced, or > >>released, a new camera, the DSC-R1, which uses a Sony-made, 10mp CMOS > >>sensor with the dimensions of 14mm x 21mm. The camera has a retail price > >>of $1,000.00. Seems like Pentax might do well to take advantage of this > >>sensor if they can, and if Sony's putting out a camera for $1,000.00 it > >>seems that the sensor price might be reasonable enough for Pentax to come > >>out with a very competitively priced camera. Any comments on this? > > > > > > Pentax is reportedly making their own sensors. That should give them a price > > advantage with their new digital SLRs. > > > > Tom Reese > > Since when. Pentax is an Optics company not a semi-conductor company, > but does not have access to a chip fab as far as I'm aware. > > -Adam > > -------------------------------- > End of pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 Issue #2442 > ********************************************** > >
