Aaron, Rob pointed out www.autostitch.net and I tried it. It was a great way to bring several pictures together into a big image. I did one with 3,000x5,000 pixels with minor effort. Results are a big print now. Regards, Bob S.
On 3/1/06, Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 1, 2006, at 9:45 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > Retro design concepts may provide new sales opportunities after the > > pixel and > > function wars are over :-) > > Isn't that what they're doing now with these oddball pancake lenses and > such? Trying to sell on design concept rather than numbers? > > I'll be honest -- I came back to the PDML partially because I had > bought this DS2 and was really far out of the loop on what was going on > with Pentax stuff in general. I knew of the DSLR bodies because I had > managed to borrow a number of iterations of them for odd jobs, but > nothing of the lenses. If baseball hadn't evolved into a steady gig, I > don't think I would have even bought a DSLR this year. > > Anyways, it was the first I had read about the new pancake, and I was > really tickled by it. I'll probably buy that 21mm when it comes out. > > But still -- I'm working on 600mb files of scenic Italy right now, > generated by a Pentax 67 and Velvia 100F. Whenever I hear any chatter > about digital stuff and bigger files and more resolution, I just think > of what I can already produce here and shrug. Shooting digital is > cheaper in terms of material consumption and quicker in terms of > turnaround, and sometimes I need that. I certainly need it for > baseball. > > But getting even close to 67 is still so very far away at a level that > allows shooting from the hip in the way that you can with a 67. > > It'll be a big test for me this weekend, as I'm going to go on a little > roadtrip and NOT bring my 67, just the DS2. We'll see if I regret it. > I do need to be more comfortable with it before April. > > -Aaron > >

