Of course you'll be exchanging that Cubs tie for a White Sox version
:-)).
Paul
On Dec 25, 2005, at 2:19 PM, Collin R Brendemuehl wrote:
Now don't envy me too much, but I got ...
1. Chicago Cubs necktie
2. Books, Kant
2.1 Critique of Pure Reason
2.2 Critique of Practical Reason
Exciting, I know.
Collin
At 01:37 PM 12/25/2005, you wrote:
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:24:50 +0000
From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Presents
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Biggest ones:
Stefan: Canon printer!
Me: Boxed sets of Voyager DVDs
Alma: Pentax *ist Ds
Har, I been playing with this cute lil thing (the camera, not my
wife).
1. Rocker switch affair on the back - it works fine, just need the
knack.
2. Nice body build, feels solid enough. (my wife, as well as the
camera)
3. Menu hierarchy seems okay, can't figure out how to change ISO but
what the hell, will read the manual eventually.
4. Eyepiece rubber is flimsy and pretty useless.
5. Put some AAs in and in no time it was flashing 'battery depleted'
at
me. Measured 1.47 volts across all. Harumph. Put some fresh one's in
and
seems okay.
6. Tried some old manual lenses on, icluding Tokina 17 3.5 and worked
okay - after I took it out of AF- S mode and left it in continuous. I
don't believe in single anything. No green buttons, it just works.
(Already upped the firmware to 2.0)
7. It's so sloooow compared to the 1D but hey, no surprise. Fast
enough
for her ladyship. She loves the pop-up flash.
8. The SD card is easy to get at - same or different to the D?
9. So light, the whole camera weighs about the same as the 1D's
battery
alone.
10. Overall, a nice little thing.
Looks like the MX will take a back seat for a while. We have a dodgy
old
FA 35-70 macro that can do duty as a jack-of-all-trades lens for now.
Worryingly, she asked me what the next PUG theme was !
Cheers,
Cotty
