> > From: "Peter Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/30 Sun AM 08:04:13 GMT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: CS and RAW files from DL2 > > At the moment I'm still in "kid with new toy" mode, but do find that I'm > taking lots more (bad) shots than usual. I subscribe to the film is cheap > school and thought I took lots of film shots, but have tried all sorts of > things this week, most of which have resulted in files to bin. > > > I went out yesterday with the DL2 and an LX, and found myself using the DL2 > to test a shot out and then taking a couple with my proper camera (freudian > slip!!).
I'd be worried to do that in case the LX damaged the 2. It doesn't feel like a camera that will take hard use. > > As a camera, it is neat and handy to use, although I don't like the > viewfinder. I find being able to carry around the equivalent of 28 - 300mm > in such a small package good, but mentally still see it as a glorified P&S, > rather than a serious camera. I don't think my similar opinion is going to change. It's a Hell of a lot of camera for the money but my LX will undoubtedly outlive it. I have a personal problem with non-mechanical cameras, being quite short sighted. That means, if I have to trog through menus and lists, I have to peer over or take off specs. It's a royal pita. With a mechanical camera having maybe two operations per control it's much easier to learn to use. As I _already_ know how to take pictures, having to spend a considerable length of time to learn how to use the box is a definite disadvantage for the 2. > > Being a slide person, I like the immediacy of results, but am not looking > forward to spending hours post processing and managing image files. Snap... > > I find working with M and K lenses fairly instinctive even after a few tens > of shots with them. It's OK but not yet instinctive but I found that the camera sometimes doesn't respond properly. Probably an issue with my example. > > One thing that does annoy me and will no doubt cost me is that the built in > flash is as bad as you would expect and I'll need to but an AF360Z to get > any flash automation. AF280T, 200T and 400T all work well with it. > > Finally, I can't get used to the strange sound it makes when I take a shot. > I think Pentax should implant cameras with a film wind on sound simulator to > make dinosaurs like me feel comfortable. Perhaps you could have a menu to > dial up the sound of a particular camera. Makes more sense than the "world time" function... How fast is your write speed? Mine will take two shots, then takes about seven seconds to begin firing at about five second intervals. I don't know why it even has a "continuous" shooting option. All on different cards. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 6:57 PM > Subject: Re: CS and RAW files from DL2 > > > > > > > > What do you think of the 2? > > > > m > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
