Here goes, not all these answers are serious ;>) Peter
On 06/03/2008, Tim Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. How long will it take for my hand to stop telling me the front & > back wheels are awkwardly placed after 4 years carrying a *ist-D? Not before you have upgraded to the model after next 2. Why does it have to be so big? [By the way, the K200D doesn't feel > significantly smaller in the hand.] "Small" used to be a USP for Pentax, replaced by mega megapixels > 3. 23M .dng files, yow... maybe .pef would be more tractable? Yes. DNG is the pretence of a plaform free format > 4. Why, when I tried to auto-white balance an ISO-1600 picture of a > toddler in a bathtub using Lightroom's WB wand to click on the white > porcelain, did the baby's flesh go all mottled when you look close up? Don't know. Have you checked the child? > 5. Why, when I tried to do the same to an ISO-1600 shot of boys > playing soccer in a yellow gym, did it snap into violent purple? I prefer RAW when lighting is tricky. The button comes in handy! > 6. Am I going to need to buy a Power Mac to process large numbers of > photos in Lightroom without making my computer wheeze audibly? The desire by us to have higher quality makes this inevitable > 7. Am I going to have to use the software that came with the camera? Apparently it's not too bad but all the current Abode products will be upgraded anyway. If you are on an old version of PS - tough!! > 8. Why is there a prominent switch for turning the image > stabilization off, wouldn't you want it on always? Not on a tripod > 9. Why do you want a RAW button, wouldn't most people shoot in RAW > all the time or JPEG all the time? No > 10. What do other people put on the "User" setting? I'm still struggling with the standard setting on my K10 > 11. What's the smart way to use the Live View option? Pass, I can't see the back of the camera and the subject without looking over the top of my glasses. The terrific optical viewfinder was a major attraction of the DS when I initially went digital. > 12. Why does the shutter noise have to be so loud? Because the upgraded shutter and autofocus is the for the next big (expensive) model -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
