>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/arena5/sets/72157606119049987/detail/ >> >> Some dude sent his K10D up on a balloon, reaching altitudes above 100,000 >> feet. Beautiful pics. > > Well that's what you are when you're the bargain brand, expendable. > Interesting gallery but not something I'd do with a DSLR, there are > other solutions that are probably less expensive.
The guy who sent the camera up is a Pentax fan, like most of us here. He didn't send it up because it's "expendable" or a "bargain." He sent it up because it could handle the environment it would be in at such high altitude. There are a lot of other cameras out there that are cheaper than a K10D. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- 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.

