Funny. I sent this about 24 hours ago, and it's just showing up on the list now. That's been happening a lot lately. No big deal, just a curiosity. Paul On Mar 6, 2008, at 7:44 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> > On Mar 6, 2008, at 2:08 AM, Tim Bray 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? > It took me about two days. >> 2. Why does it have to be so big? [By the way, the K200D doesn't >> feel >> significantly smaller in the hand.] > It has a lot of stuff in there. Much of the size is needed for shake > reduction. >> 3. 23M .dng files, yow... maybe .pef would be more tractable? > Yes, but the size doesn't bother me. 83 exposures on a 2 gig card is > about right for me. I was getting 72 on 1 gig cards with my D, and > that was a happy combination. >> 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? > You have to set color temperature manually for now. None of the > software has yet been calibrated to work with the K20Ds DNG files. > I'm just using the sliders in ACR and adjusting tint and temperature > until I get the look I want. But that's what I do most of the time > anyway. >> 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? > See previous answer. >> 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? > Try ACR. It's considerably trimmer. >> 7. Am I going to have to use the software that came with the camera? > You can. I won't. Although Savage says it's pretty good. >> 8. Why is there a prominent switch for turning the image >> stabilization off, wouldn't you want it on always? > You don't want it on when shooting 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? > Some like to switch from JPEG to RAW. I don't. But I set it up to > take a JPEG and a RAW when pressed. That can be useful at times. >> 10. What do other people put on the "User" setting? > Nothing. >> 11. What's the smart way to use the Live View option? > On a tripod. >> 12. Why does the shutter noise have to be so loud? > To keep you awake:-). >> >> Some of the above are actual questions. -T >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
