> > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/07/04 Tue PM 02:30:39 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Coming Soon - A new K-mount Film Camera > > > On Jul 4, 2006, at 5:10 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > Indeed. But if the manufacturer's agent can't do it.... Not to > > mention that the whole premise that the digital revolution is based > > on is that you just need to turn it on and go. > > Why do you keep insisting that this bullshit is the truth?
It's just how it appears to me from all the ads I see for whizzy new technology. But, of course, being a half-blind, senile old Moley, I'm obviously completely wrong. > > There's nothing different about digital technology compared to any > other technology. Salesmen are rarely the best source of information, > and an experienced operator runs rings around them in making setup > choice. A) you've just finished telling us for the umpteenth time how different it is for you now that you can do your own processing, not to mention that you have to expose differently for digital. "I find my average exposure for RAW capture requires +0.3-0.7 EV additional exposure compared to JPEG or slide film." B) How on Earth do any consumers end up buying anything, if the salesmen are making such a botch of demonstrating this stuff? > > > What really suprised me was how puny it was. Until the blackout > > was nigh-on darkroom perfect, the picture was really washed out. > > Obviously, your salesman was an idiot. Not the only one in the room. We bought a system. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
