On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:31 , Larry Colen wrote:
The topic of my pocket camera came up, and people marvelled at the
lens cap on my DA 40. I forget who told me about it, but I'm certain
that the sunshade had to have been designed with that in mind. Mark
even took pictures of it.
and someone at the Seattle show was showing off the (was it Olympus?)
lens shade for the pancake 40 that was discussed here a week ago. Now
about my pictures...
I did not pay attention to the settings on my K20, so all the shots I
took indoors, in dim lighting during the presentation, were shot at
(don't stone me) -1.5 exposure compensation in SV mode. On the
positive side, a great comparison between ISO 3200, 2200, 1100, and
800 was generated. I will post that later today.
Back to the negative. Aperture, iPhoto, Preview - none of the apps on
my Mac will let me view any images (PEF) off of the K-7. Aperture
comes the closest. It generated thumbnails. I sent email berating
Apple and Pentax last night. They will most likely disown me and take
my toys away. But I'm pissed that Aperture has had no upgrades since
November of last year to include new cameras. I will now try something
I have not before, and that is to us someone's software to convert the
PEFs to DNGs of JPEGs s can see them bigger than a business card.
Positive. I got to watch a Professional Photographer struggle to test
out his 250-600 Pentax on a K-7. Couldn't find anything far enough
away that the ƒ5.6 lens would focus on. So he went out to where he
could find some brightness, and it still struggled. Aren't you glad
you don't have one?
Joseph McAllister
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