Hey Bill,
Did your dealer have the battery pack? Based on your earlier comments,
it sounds like you have one. B&H isn't listing it yet, but I want one
from the get go if possible.
BTW, have you had a chance to try autofocus with SDM lenses. Looking
forward to your evaluation.
Paul
On Jul 5, 2009, at 11:53 AM, William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Brewer"
Subject: Re: I love my pusher
exactly. I've been shooting with a pre-production sample and
haven't received the new firmware yet. Been following the embargo
rules; nothing posted over 640x480, nothing over 1600 speed, etc,
while apparently, you and some others being proof here, there is
maybe no longer an embargo.
It kinda makes sense, though. I've thought it odd that since I've
had this camera, and have mentioned a number of times that I have
it, and given that the K-7 is really a step up for Pentax, I would
have thought there would be some level of interest, that I would
have been fielding questions regularly, but... nope.
But whatever, I guess everyone was waiting for the real
photographers to get one so they could ask questions about it. I
suppose at some point I'll get the current firmware. I was hoping
it would be before today, as I have a shoot this afternoon and
tonight.
Doug, the PDML has morphed away from being an equipment list to
being a photo appreciation list over the past few years. I expect it
is because it is so much easier to put an image on the net now than
it was when it involved scanning a negative or print, but for
whatever reason, there is very little gearheading now. I really
noticed it when new lenses started to hit the market with zero
mention on list.
Has there been a single thread, or even a post relating to the
17-70? The 60-250 got a little bit of airtime, I suspect because it
was like seeing a unicorn in the forest than any other reason.
For myself, knowing that you had a pre release firmware camera, I
just decided to wait until it was released. It was a given that I
was going to buy one, and like the *istD, I had it in my hands
within minutes of it arriving at my pusher's store, I suspect for
the most part though, there just isn't a lot of interest in gearhead
discussion on the PDML at this point.
Also, Pentax Forum has taken a lot of the gearhead discussion off
this list. Given the level of discussion regarding gear over there,
I'm not seeing this as a bad thing. There is far too much discussion
of the "my camera has a hot pixel, should I get it replaced" variety
over there for my taste. I for one would hate to see that sort of
trivialisms adding to my inbox, as the threads just seem to go on
and on and on, getting more and more banal as they wind down.
However, that does seem to be the place to go for Pentax gearheading
discussion.
Anyway, don't worry, your talent as a photographer is a given, your
mail list just doesn't seem to be where gear related discussion
happens now, Olympus or Panasonic cameras being the exception.
William Robb
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