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P. J. Alling wrote:
What are you when you use three?
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I've found that two cameras make you a pro even if you're
On 17/09/06, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So you are saying a 22 bit ADC is overkill. Wonder if Pentax knows that?
BTW, Rob's explanation was clearer, but still not documented for my
curiosity.
A theoretically perfect 22 bit ADC should be able to resolve 4,194,304
voltage levels between
At 01:52 PM 17/09/2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Are we still debating this?
No, were discussing it, because some people still don't feel comfortable
with on body aperture control.
On Sep 16, 2006, at 9:12 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
Using a dial on a camera body to control the aperture
is
Are we still debating this?
On Sep 16, 2006, at 9:12 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
Using a dial on a camera body to control the aperture
is nuts to me. I don't see it as an advantage either.
To me it seems cumbersome and ridiculous.
Six years ago I felt the same way. But now I find the on-body
At 01:56 PM 17/09/2006, Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 17/09/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had both at the same time. I don't recall that the A50/1.4 was
substantially smaller than the FA50/1.4, or any lighter. Personally,
I prefer the FA model, but the A model was a fine
What's the 60's?
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Depending on which variety of Amanitas it might be. Some are
On Sep 16, 2006, at 10:56 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
I had both at the same time. I don't recall that the A50/1.4 was
substantially smaller than the FA50/1.4, or any lighter. Personally,
I prefer the FA model, but the A model was a fine lens too.
It definitely felt larger to use,
Lawrence Kwan wrote:
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, David S. wrote:
Stores out here in western Canada do not have Pricing from Pentax yet
are also not taking orders yet.
Cameracanada.com is taking pre-orders at C$1,049.88. It is located in
London, Ontario; so you may be able to save on PST
Coolness!
I just built a roll-up 2m J-pole I'm taking with me on
a hiking trip in the Shining Rock Wilderness
(Nantahala NF area) next week (Also bringing a K1000
and a few lenses, of course!). Gonna string the
antenna up in a tree and see if I can hit the Mount
Mitchell (actually on Clingman, I
I have finally inventoried all my PK lenses, and I have a total
Of 47. 37 Pentax, 10 third party. The pentax are mostly
All primes, K/M. Am I crazy or any others of you out there
With that many (about $6000 worth ) just in Pentax K mount lenses?
I think I will be getting a K10D too but I have
What's the best to stop speculations and enormous expectations like
20-bit color depth and what not.
Dry facts, boring specification from Pentax says it all. What camera
does, and what not. From what I read I love it, especially being under
$1000 for a body. Help yourself at:
Abes of Maine (!)
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Oh, it's cumbersome compared to turning an aperture
ring. Your hand is already there to support the lens.
Wheels are superfluous when you already have other
controls on the body to work like DOF preview,
shutter, exposure comp, AF settings, etc. And that's
from somebody who's used lenses of all
On Sep 16, 2006, at 8:10 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I now personally know three people who have actually ordered a
K10D, at
least one of which ordered some accessories and a lens along with
it. Just
curious who else may have actually ordered the camera, and, if you
care to
share,
On Sep 16, 2006, at 10:23 PM, Lawrence Kwan wrote:
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, Bertil Holmberg wrote:
Things are looking good for Pentax right now. Eight supersonic lenses
coming up. Now, where is that medium format camera?
Are you sure that those eight lenses displayed in the brochure are the
You're waayyy ahead of me! A quick search of my database reveals 13 Pentax
K-mount lenses plus two non-Pentax. Also, FWIW, the same number of Pentax
M42 lenses plus one Flektogon. No zooms. Oh, and 10 P67 lenses...
Mi Doug
On 09/16/06 23:30, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have
Bob W wrote:
it doesn't seem to work that way. The Olympus lenses designed for the
4/3 cameras seems to be pretty much the same size weight as their
135 equivalents.
However, they do seem to be able to do other interesting things, such
as a 35-100 fixed f/2 zoom, which is equivalent to a
On another list I belong to, there's a discussion about computer bags
and cases, and I introduced cameras and lenses into the equation, saying
that I have a problem hauling my photo gear and my laptop together when
using a Pelican 1510. Someone suggested a Pelican 1660, but I replied
that that was
Thanks!
I just showed your mail to my wife, so now she knows that I'm not that bad
I've got 1 M-lens, 6 A-lenses, 3 FA-lenses, 2 DA-lenses (and more on its way)
and one Sigma 70-300 that I'll give a poor Pentax-using artist I know as soon
as I meet her .-)
DagT
I have finally
On 17/9/06, Digital Image Studio, discombobulated, unleashed:
If I were one handed I'd agree. I can appreciate how it may be an
advantage as you seem to be pretty keen on zoom lenses, that means
that all your left hand needs to do is adjust the FL assuming you use
AF. It's the same as the green
On 17/9/06, Digital Image Studio, discombobulated, unleashed:
On 17/09/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Aperture ring? For what?
You've already forgotten? It's simply one of the two primary controls
that photographers have over how a photographic exposure is set.
He means the
On 17/9/06, Roman, discombobulated, unleashed:
What's the best to stop speculations and enormous expectations like
20-bit color depth and what not.
Unsubscribe?
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Yes, I've heard that.
To make my Pelican 1550 stand out from the crowd I've painted a
picture on one side of Osama bin Laden, and on the other of Mullah
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On 17/9/06, Lawrence Kwan, discombobulated, unleashed:
But isn't it true that ISO 3200 in some cameras is just ISO 1600 pushed to
simulate ISO 3200? Not sure about *istD*, but apparently many Canon's
were like this from reading at dpreview (they called it fake 3200). The
fact that you need
On 17/9/06, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:
To 'slow' things down, there
is a filter wheel in the camera body just behind the lens/in front of
the sensor with 3 varying ND levels and 1 clear.
Of course, I mean 'sensors' as there are three.
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Don't know how good the Pentax is but I have three Vivitar/Kiron 28/2
lenses and all quite different. All had sticky diaphragms which were
easily fixed and so came quite cheap.
First is soft but usable at f2, cleans up nicely at 2.8 and is quite good
through the range.
Second is worse at f2 and
On 16/9/06, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed:
I LOVED that camera when we had it in stock at my store. The lens was very
sharp, and the super macro mode was a lot of fun to play with on slow days.
It was a little difficult to sell because of its relatively high price, but
once customers
On 16/9/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
10 a penny round here! Although I did see a very beautiful DB5 last
week, and they're not so common.
Ah, but did you see one with James Bond ?
;-)
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On 17/9/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
To make my Pelican 1550 stand out from the crowd I've painted a
picture on one side of Osama bin Laden, and on the other of Mullah
Omar.
Cute. I thought of this:
http://tinyurl.com/r4dn4
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On 17/9/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
To make my Pelican 1550 stand out from the crowd I've
I have my licence but have not been active for years.
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On 17/09/06, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That harem of f1.2's looks great. How many do you have left again?
One only, Derby ended up with one of them, he seemed pretty pleased with it.
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On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Digital Image Studio wrote:
I had two A28/2 at one stage, it's a really nice lens to use, I sold
it when I bought my 31LTD, wish I hadn't now.
Why?
Kostas
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On 17/09/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why?
It's a great lens and is very fast for its size (though it's not
impractical like some of the Pancakes) plus it's that little bit wider
then the 31 (which I do think is excellent).
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You may well be right. Please note, however, that those eight images
are part of the first indented paragraph under the heading ThE lATEST
cRiTERiON FOR PENTAX lENSES: SPEED. – follwed by the supersonic
blurb. Then comes the second heading and the complete table. So my
interpretation is
On 17/09/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yup, that would probably too.
Probably counter to the cause but what the heck it would keep me away :-)
http://imagesource.allposters.com/images/pic/BLQ/MM129~Biohazard-Posters.jpg
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The Danish Pentax importer has announced that the K10D will be available at
the end of October. Priced at 1500 USD (things are so expensive here).
German Foto Koch already has the K10D advertised at a price of 929 Euro =
1177 USD.
The kit version includes the 3.5-5.6 18-55mm Pentax lens. The kit
I have not been able to verify if the K10D offers a simultaneous recording
of JPEG's and RAW files of the same shot.
Have anyone here?
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I think a macro would benefit of it. Usually a macro lens as a long
(sometimes very long) focussing ramp (for obvious reasons). In this
case, if SSM is supposed to be faster, then yes it would benefit a
lot. My SMC 100/3.5 macro which I quite like is difficultto be used as
a normal lens because of
At 10:39 PM 9/16/2006, you wrote:
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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:48:43 -0700 (PDT)
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Collin, are you a ham
On 17/9/06, Bertil Holmberg, discombobulated, unleashed:
my
interpretation is typographically correct, although perhaps unduly
optimistic
Mark!
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And that's just the PK lenses. I also have a complete set of
The SMCT (35mm M42) lenses 17mm thru 1000mm plus a bunch of special
Interest M42's that Pentax didn't make. Whew...
I need to catalog them next
jco
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Until recently, I never owned a zoom lens. I use them now quite a bit
because they provide an inexpensive way to go wide with a DSLR, and the
new zooms are quite good. But I focus manually much of the time. That
makes an aperture wheel more convenient than a ring.
Paul
On Sep 17, 2006, at 1:06
Jon Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Collin, are you a ham too?
I wonder how many hams we have on this list. :)
If holding a license counts then I'm one too. Soon with an ON callsign,
as well.
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Bees fly fast. If a super fast AF really works, it sure looks significant to
me.
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Bertil Holmberg
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Subject: Re:
I've been looking at this one more time.
They way it is written strongly indicate that it's not a typo. It goes
something like this: We know that the final version of the camera will make
16 bit raw files.
So it looks like either misinformation, a marketing hype (deliberate
misinformation, or
I think we'll see some faster primes down the road. These tiny lenses
are obviously aimed at the K100 and *ist buyers. Given that the K10D
isn't particularly compact, the advantage of small lenses is minimized.
But in the end it may well depend on how well the high end zooms sell.
If there's a
At least I'm not senile or stupid.
That does not rule out being both ;-)
(I'm not trying to insult any one; I'm just pretending to be a sophisticated
smart ass urban guy)
Tim
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I have a Vivitar a A-28 f:2, mine is very prone to flare. I don't use it
because of this.
Tim
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Just to say that AFAIR it will also work on Super/Program-A and P50.
2006/9/15, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Great condition ... no problem with battery door, works perfectly, looks
almost new.
I just realized I no longer have any ME-S cameras so there's no need for
the winder.
$20.00
Wat would you want to know, Mark?
Ihave one of those CF-IDE adapter so please ask your questions, I
will do my best to help you.
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I prefer the Zagato Moto Guzzi. More my sort of travelling companion,
rather than some macho spook. 8-)
http://www.scooterbbs.com/board/DCForumID10/842.html
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
The DB4 and the DB5, especially the DB4-GT Zagato, have always been my
favorite Astons.
I can!
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Emne: Re: Who can translate Swedish
I eventually sell all the lenses I don't use. I've owned at least fifty
PK lenses but now have about a dozen. Most of the A, FA or DA, although
a few oldies, like the K85/1.8 and K135/2.5, are too good to part with.
On Sep 17, 2006, at 2:30 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
I have finally inventoried
Did you ever loose a memory card.
I have. It's a pain i the a..
Last month I went to a folk music festival - to visit family, drink lots of
draught beer and take loads of pictures.
When I got back home, I realized I had lost a 1GB CF card.
Grr.. #¤%/?`?=/([EMAIL PROTECTED]
The good news is
On Sep 16, 2006, at 5:32 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Sorry, that went right by me. Not having had a television since about
1988, I'm a bit out of touch with current programs! (With the 65-mile
commute to the university where I now work, I'm staying overnight in a
motel one night a week. There
If I where you, I wouldn't base my lens purchase plan on this document.
I believe this is an ad hoc translation, could be errors here.
The fact that the document is sited at Pentax Norway, one of the small
fishes in the pond, makes it less official to me.
Disclaimer aside. It's a neat
Check the specifications page of the K10D brochure.
Under image formats/resolution it says:
RAW (PEF, DNG), JPEG (Exif 2.21), DCF,RAW (PEF, DNG) + JPEG
Easy.
Dave
On 9/17/06, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have not been able to verify if the K10D offers a simultaneous recording
of
On 9/17/06, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At least I'm not senile or stupid.
That does not rule out being both ;-)
(I'm not trying to insult any one; I'm just pretending to be a sophisticated
smart ass urban guy)
I don't think you need to pretend Tim.
Dave ;-)
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Actually DDR2 uses less volatge than either DDR and SDR memory.
This is one reason why laptops quickly used DDR2 (even DDR2 400 when
DDR400 elraedy existed) because they are of less power consumption (at
a given speed of course).
2006/9/15, Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
There have been
On 9/17/06 1:23 AM, Lawrence Kwan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think there is any official annoucement of USM lens yet.
Look for a new lens roadmap on 9/26 (Photokina).
The rumour says that we will be pleasantly surprised (or even shocked :-).
Ken
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Kiron did make a quite good 28/2 in K mount. You may want to look around
to see if there is an SMC-A version of it (Mine's in plain K mount). I'm
not entirely sure, but suspect the Vivitar 28/2 is also the same design.
I've got a Kiron-built Vivitar 28/2. Unusably soft and has very
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I eventually sell all the lenses I don't use. I've owned at least fifty
PK lenses but now have about a dozen.
I'm pretty much the same way. Here's my current list:
31mm f/1.8 Limited
43mm f/1.9 Limited
77mm f/1.8 Limited
K 15mm f/3.5
A 20mm f/2.8
FA*24mm f/2.0
FA 28mm
Lawrence Kwan wrote:
The USM lenses would be called DA*
The DA* designation is just for the high end glass (as has always
been the case with the * designation). The D-FA 60-250 has no * but
reportedly is a USM lens.
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She is growing.
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Body and Vertical Grip from the only remaining local camera store.
gs
On 9/16/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I now personally know three people who have actually ordered a K10D, at
least one of which ordered some accessories and a lens along with it. Just
curious who else may
On 9/17/06 8:53 AM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Look for a new lens roadmap on 9/26 (Photokina).
The rumour says that we will be pleasantly surprised (or even shocked :-).
Not directly from Pentax but someone close to them. But let's just keep it
as a rumour for now :-).
Ken
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If I were one handed I'd agree. I can appreciate how it may be an
advantage as you seem to be pretty keen on zoom lenses, that means
that all your left hand needs to do is adjust the FL assuming you use
AF. It's the same as the green button kludge for older lenses, it
works but no one can
On 17/09/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anything I don't use gets sold, as does anything that doesn't measure
up in terms of optical performance. Life is too short to use
second-rate glass :)
I'm pretty much the same though I do have two Pentax lenses on cameras
in a glass case. I
Tim Øsleby wrote:
My point is; the sentence strongly suggests that they have a source for this
information.
Here's the thread on DP Review:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20055054
In particular:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20058276
OK, WTF does pre-ordered mean. If you call the store and tell them you
want the gear, and they take your order for it - maybe even payment or a
deposit - then it seems to me you've ordered the gear. So, what's the
difference between pre-ordering and ordering? I notice the Bryan
pre-ordered a
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Subject: Re: Ordered a K10D
OK, WTF does pre-ordered mean. [...]
Shel
It's similar to the increasingly common activity
Brendan MacRae wrote:
Reduced complexity in the lens perhaps, and added
complexity into the body.
Actually, there's no added complexity to the body because the body is
going to be made capable of controlling the aperture anyway (for
program and shutter-preferred autoexposure).
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Ouch Ken you became Master of the Tease or what?
I can't wait ...
2006/9/17, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 9/17/06 1:23 AM, Lawrence Kwan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think there is any official annoucement of USM lens yet.
Look for a new lens roadmap on 9/26 (Photokina).
The
it does come with according to the brochre from Pentax I read.
DO not remember which one...
2006/9/17, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The Danish Pentax importer has announced that the K10D will be available at
the end of October. Priced at 1500 USD (things are so expensive here).
German Foto
Don't drink so much ...
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Jens Bladt
Did you ever loose a memory card.
I have. It's a pain i the a..
Last month I went to a folk music festival - to visit family, drink lots of
draught beer and take loads of pictures.
When I got back home, I realized I had lost
Paul Stenquist wrote:
If there's a market for premium lenses, we'll probably get them.
It sounds obvious when you put it that way, doesn't it? g
BTW, Check out Mike J's latest:
http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/09/worlds-one-and-only.html
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On 17/09/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, there's no added complexity to the body because the body is
going to be made capable of controlling the aperture anyway (for
program and shutter-preferred autoexposure).
Well they would have to add a very complex and extremely
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
OK, WTF does pre-ordered mean. If you call the store and tell them you
want the gear, and they take your order for it - maybe even payment or a
deposit - then it seems to me you've ordered the gear. So, what's the
difference between pre-ordering and ordering? I notice
Bob W wrote:
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OK, WTF does pre-ordered mean. [...]
It's similar to the increasingly common activity of pre-preparing. In
advance.
Ooh, I don't think I could pre-prepare in advance.
I was doing a little web surfing looking up info on L-ion cells and
came across an interesting video. I've seen the results of overcharged
Ni-Cd and Ni-MH batteries, big pops lots of mess etc but now I get an
idea of why the concern over L-ion and fire:
I asked my local camera store if I could order a K10D and they said would
check with Pentax and would let me know early next week. It was Saturday
when I asked so obviously they would have to wait for a business day to talk
with Pentax. I will order one if I can ...but David's, comments suggest
Hi Shel,
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:10:12 -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I now personally know three people who have actually ordered a K10D, at
least one of which ordered some accessories and a lens along with it. Just
curious who else may have actually ordered the camera, and, if you care to
share,
Sorry for the second Mike Johnston reference of the morning, but after
finding the first one I went browsing through his blog and found this,
which, IMHO, is an even better one. On the subject of primes:
http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/09/smart-and-dumb-prime-lenses-103_16.html
On 9/17/06 9:47 AM, Digital Image Studio, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A classic from the comments section of the linked article:
Daniel Liu said...
It's cool, but I still don't see the point of having a 40mm digital
lens. I think 5-10mm shorter and it'd sell like pancakes. And am I the
only
It's also referred to as a pre-release order or pre-order for short.
I haven't put money down, but both my regular camera stores know that
I would like one and have said they will contact me closer to the
release date with final details
Dave
On 9/17/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry for the second Mike Johnston reference of the morning, but
after
finding the first one I went browsing through his blog and found
this,
which, IMHO, is an even better one. On the subject of primes:
http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/09/smart-and-du
On Sep 17, 2006, at 4:59 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I eventually sell all the lenses I don't use. I've owned at least
fifty
PK lenses but now have about a dozen. Most of the A, FA or DA,
although
a few oldies, like the K85/1.8 and K135/2.5, are too good to part
with.
I do the same.
Jens,
Too bad you use CFcards. I have a handy SD card holder that I never loose.
It is a round canister, black with a little gray cap. I'm sure you have one...
Regards, Bob S.
On 9/17/06, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did you ever loose a memory card.
I have. It's a pain i the a..
Got no responses on my Flickr site so posted to PhotoNet. comments would be
appreciated.
http://www.photo.net/photos/TedBeilby
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On 17/09/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul Stenquist wrote:
If there's a market for premium lenses, we'll probably get them.
It sounds obvious when you put it that way, doesn't it? g
BTW, Check out Mike J's latest:
On 9/17/06, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 17/09/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, there's no added complexity to the body because the body is
going to be made capable of controlling the aperture anyway (for
program and shutter-preferred autoexposure).
On 17/09/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Really insightful stuff here, especially how products that, in
themselves, lose money for their manufacturers, end up helping the
company *make* money by bringing in customers for other products. In
particular I noted how he says people will
On 9/17/06, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was doing a little web surfing looking up info on L-ion cells and
came across an interesting video. I've seen the results of overcharged
Ni-Cd and Ni-MH batteries, big pops lots of mess etc but now I get an
idea of why the concern
On 9/17/06 10:22 AM, Digital Image Studio, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I really can't help thinking the last point is true after reading a
raft of comments on dpreview. I read so many post where people suggest
that they intend to switch from this or that brand to Pentax because
of the K10D but
Digital Image Studio wrote:
I was doing a little web surfing looking up info on L-ion cells and
came across an interesting video. I've seen the results of overcharged
Ni-Cd and Ni-MH batteries, big pops lots of mess etc but now I get an
idea of why the concern over L-ion and fire:
On 18/09/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone posted recently that it wasn't a potentiometer, as had been
believed by most of us, but a stepped resistor assembly and thus
probably quite a bit more expensive than originally thought.
That was me, it was a printed stepped resistor,
On 9/17/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David Savage wrote:
On 9/17/06, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well they would have to add a very complex and extremely expensive
positional feedback sensor ;-)
I though it was only a $5 part?!
Someone posted recently that
On 18/09/06, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey, what's wrong with us being the last one to laugh after all :-)))
Things can turn around quickly, lets wait and see how the distribution
holds up before we claim the last laugh? ;-)
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