Thanks, Paul. Surprisingly, I missed not having a DSLR. Godders and Bruce both showed me a few things about using the camera that opened up my enjoyment in using it. And when someone here (Godfrey, I believe) mentioned a few things about RWCR, it became clear that it was a book that I had to have. Now it's just a matter of getting used to the camera and the O/S again.
Oh, thanks for helping my friend as well. We're going to try to get together after the weekend so he can spend some time with the camera. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist > Congratulations. Enjoy. I think this was a good move. The differences > between the S and the S2 are really a matter of splitting hairs, and > either will serve as a very nice backup to the D2 that may well be down > the road. Real World Camera Raw is an absolute joy. You're going to > have some fun optimizing the RAW workflow. > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Late this morning the big brown UPS van pulled up in > > front of Casa Belinkoff, and off jumped Carl, the regular > > delivery guy on this route, carrying a package from KEH > > which contained a LN- istDS with 5245 exposures > > showing on the clock. I had planned to get a new DS2 > > from Don's in Canada, but bad and good luck intervened. > > My car needs new fuel injectors, and > > about the time that was discovered a list-lurker pointed me > > to the KEH offering. > > It's now time to become refamiliarized with the camera. > > There seems to be a few things I've forgotten, plus the > > camera came with V1.0 of the firmware, which I never > > used, so some things were not quite the way they > > were remembered. Firmware has been updated to v2.0, > > and a new 1gb SD card is about to be ordered. > > However, I was thinking that I might get a faster > > 2gb card, which could be used to better advantage > > for future cameras, or at least allow the istDS to work > > at max speed and increase file xfer speed to > > the computer. Any downside to that idea other than there > > being so many> more pics on the card making it possible > > to lose more photos if the card gets filled? > > > > Well, I'm stoked! There's a 31mm Ltd on loan that I > > can play with, and with a copy of Real World Camera Raw > > winging its way to La Casa as I type, > > it appears that I'm about ready to continue the exploration > > of digital photography.
