Fred,
LOL. Faith for me was holding onto all my glass and not cashing out to
get the D30 the first time around.
I am sorely tempted either way though... new *ist D body or the
16-40/f4...
Cheers.
On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 09:44 PM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just consider that, Jeff,
Man, I dropped off the list in frustration a few months ago but my
faith is renewed with the sneak peek... thank God I held on to my
Pentax glass and invested very little in Canon glass for my D30! Having
said that, my only regret is that I won't be able to carry over my
70-200/f4 L lens...
Black is good... that silver body reminds me too much of a cheap EOS
Kiss...
On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 07:51 PM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And it is black !!
Let's hope the battery life (is there a rechargable???) is as good as
Canon's.
I can get by on a day's shoot of a 340 MB microdrive filled twice on a
pair of batteries loaded up in the battery grip and using an external
flash.
Cheers.
On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 09:25 PM,
[EMAIL
Was this pricing confirmed anywhere? I didn't see any mention of it...
if it's under US$2,000, it's going to be *total* steal!
On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 09:25 PM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also, according to the same source the body is plastic, thus
justifying the expectedly low
Hyper Rev Magazine put together an event over the past weekend at
Tsukuba Circuit out here in Tokyo last weekend bringing together the
best of the best tuners for both the old/new Subaru WRX and the old/new
Lancer Evo.
Morning and afternoon sessions had both demo runs the big tuners, time
The one area which Pentax might still be able to carve out a niche for
their DSLRs is in the ergonomics/usability area though...
I picked up Sigma's pro digital offering and was shocked at how poorly
the camera felt in my hands, not to mention how all the controls were
laid out. Forget the
I've put up some temporary pics from the Pentax booth for your perusal:
http://lumine.dyndns.org:8080/~jeffrey/stuff/pentax2002/
[On a DSL line so upstream connections are a bit slower so I've kept
picture quality and size down]
Pentax actually had one of the busier booths but nothing
Unfortunately, I was in the same bind but was finally pushed over the
edge to the Canon D30 camp after having done several income-generating
jobs using a borrowed D30. Since mid last year, working with an auto
journalist friend of mine, I was published in Car Driver twice (Tokyo
Motor Show
Well, whatever chip they use, they better bring on the Pentax digital
body awfully bloody soon!
I had the opportunity to shoot the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show with my
brother's D30 and while it was a pleasure shooting digital with a proper
SLR rather than a point and shoot, the D30 ergonomics and
I do take that as a compliment as I am a *big* fan of all three!
Subaru pics, taken with Pentax (and others for the time being),
processed on a Mac:
http://www.lumine.net
What more could you ask for?
Cheers.
On Tuesday, December 11, 2001, at 11:45 PM, pentax-discuss-digest wrote:
Tom,
I heartily agree with you there.
While I can live with less than full frame (ie. your 28-70 actually
becomes something closer to 45-112 depending on the amount you lose),
it's hard to live with a non-accurate viewfinder.
I just completed shooting stuff from the Tokyo Motor Show using a
Pentaxians,
Requested long ago and way overdue...
http://www.lumine.net/jat/pentax/forum/
Photos of the inside of the Pentax Forum in Tokyo; nothing too special
but a nice place to go and hang out if you have time to kill. They were
running an exhibit on the other side (14.jpg) but
Bob,
You know, I've been there so many times, I didn't think to take a close
look at what combos of bodies and lenses there were. In fact, you are
free to pick up and test any of the equipment on the displays so
basically anything that Pentax has out of their current lineup plus some
extras
Didn't think to ask, but I think if you were to turn over your passport,
they'd still let you do the same thing. The manager that was there
seemed extremely pleased and proud that there was interest from abroad
in the the Forum.
Cheers,
Jeff
On Saturday, October 20, 2001, at 01:44 AM,
Trying to keep up for the last month but when my mailbox hit over 3,500
messages I felt my sleep patterns changing and must opt out for the digest
version...
Assuming however, that the To: address is the same...
Cheers,
Jeff
From: Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The tax exemption that Alan is talking about applies to tourists only
(unfortunately...) so it's important that you bring your passport with you
if you plan to do any shopping!
Cheers,
Jeff
From: "Alan Chan" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 16:24:39 -0800
Make that 2! He's down in Osaka and I'm up here in Tokyo...
Cheers,
Jeff
From: Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 07:06:36 -0600
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Brothers and motherlands?!? (Was: Re: Takehiko Ueda)
Take,
I for one am glad
Not to mention that the print ads are subtly changing in the Japanese photo
mags; the last time I saw the ads, only the outline and the "Pentax" logo
were visible overshadowing their current product line. Now, you can see down
past the shutter button...
Cheers,
Jeff
-Original Message-
I know the feeling too! Once you get used to the sound of the PZ-1p shutter,
the MZ series cameras begin to sound like a toy...
Cheers,
Jeff
From: Tiger Moses [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:12:19 -0600
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PZ-1p : First
Dan,
Beautiful shots and thanks for sharing! I only wished those of us living in
the big city were blessed with such a variety of plant life...
Cheers,
Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Dan Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 5:05 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, for what it's worth, I just sent in my application for the free trial
version of the Digimarc software ID.
For starters, I'm going to redo the images that are on PUG and (providing
Bill is willing), resubmit them for display on the PUG with the embedded
watermark...
Cheers.
Jeff
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Reply-To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:39:43 -0800
To: Jeff Tsai [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Lycos Photocenter (KMM6850544C0KM)
Hello,
Thank you for writing to Lycos.
Lycos maintains a catalog of Internet sites, analogous to the white
p
Mark,
I have to take a look at Photoshop, but is Digimarcing free of charge or a
paid add-on?
Cheers,
Jeff
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:02:54 -0800
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT: Lycos Multimedia and image harvesting?
Yes. The camera strap can attach to the left bracket and a clip located on
the strap itself.
Cheers,
Jeff
From: "Frank Knapik" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:01:31 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PZ-1p Grip Strap?
Hello. I recently got the
Bill,
Looks like they *definitely* are sending out the same form letter for anyone
who complains to Support.
I fired off a note in response quoting terms from their on-line TOS about
how they are supposed to act immediately upon receiving any notice of rights
of infringmement by their users
Alan,
I'm less worried about the eyepiece (I replaced it with one from my MZ-3)
but instead, how about the clear coat on the LCD display? My biggest worry
is putting a fateful scratch in the display that will forever mar the
sleekness of the camera...
Cheers,
Jeff
-Original Message-
Aaron,
Perhaps you could send a copy of the letter to the list so that there is
some consistency for a PDML complaint?
What are you *charging* them?
Cheers,
Jeff
From: Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 09:18:58 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Paal nailed that one straight on the head! Japan is very much a buy now, buy
again market regardless of the cost and especially for high-priced toys.
Not speaking for myself, but it is quite common to see top of the line
cameras from all brands being carried around by avid photo fans in Japan
There are 2 up for sale on Yahoo Japan Auctions for the measly sum of:
US$3,000
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/30314391
US$2,400
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/28382187
However, I'm pretty sure that neither are willing to ship overseas. I've
also seen
What we should do is pull a Napster on Lycos.com...
Rather than all of us approaching Lycos individually, all of should identify
just how many of our pieces are present in some form on Lycos, consolidate
said list, and then submit an official claim letter to Lycos headquarters.
Cheers,
Jeff =
This would have been a cool feature. Would there be sufficient space on the
negative to store the necessary information? I know the medium-formats do,
but 35mm seems awfully small... Would the associated cost for this be so
significant?
Cheers,
Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Bolo
To the *guys* in the group,
I posted the digital pics taken by my friend from the Tokyo Auto Salon
today. These are *minus* the car pics if that makes any sense... ;-)
This is Pentax-related because I will post some of the better pics of cars
companions taken with my PZ-1p and 28-70 f4 once I
I was shooting with a Sony Cybershot DSC-F55 and my buddy was shooting with
a Canon Powershot (3.3 megapixel model).
Though I didn't mention it yesterday, I had my first embarassing moment as a
photographer. As the layout of the floor of the show was somewhat crowded, I
took my first spill
I think I mentioned it before, but recent mags are still running Pentax
print ads definitely showing the MZ-S body (backlit so you can't see much
more than the 'Pentax' logo on the front and the general outline of the
body)...
Cheers,
Jeff
From: Pl Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL
Rob,
I really have to stop writing at 1:00 am in the morning...
I meant to say that most any industry *in Japan* taps into this c.g.
resource...
Cheers,
Jeff
From: "Rob Studdert" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: AudioBias Systems Engineering
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 13 Jan
Paal,
Can you explain this more in-depth? I remember seeing a post about a candle
being reflected in someone's composition but am not sure if they are
referring to the same thing...
Thanks!
Jeff
From: Pl Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:39:25
Speaking in general terms, Japanese men are still behind on the curve on
treating women as equals in all avenues in life when compared to
Western-mentality countries.
Women (such as the ones in the show) are used purely to attract attention
and push product primarily by 1) smiling pretty and 2)
Also, if you are reluctant to maintain a collection of prime (fixed focal
length) lenses, you might consider at least breaking the zoom into ranges
(28-80ish and 80-200+).
You will find better quality and faster lenses are available if you do so...
Cheers,
Jeff
-Original Message-
Robert,
Can't speak from experience over years, but in my recent experience, I would
have to agree with your point.
However, over Christmas, I received a 28-70 f4 which, despite my initial
misgivings about a lens at that price, seems to hold its own quite well! I'm
waiting for an additional 2
Not sure what the current situation is like in the U.S., but out here in
Japan, many of the 1-hour shops and big photo houses now have personal-use
printing booths where you can take your digital camera/memory cards (in all
incarnations) in the shops alongside traditional film print machines.
As
Some guy on Yahoo Auctions in Japan is trying to sell his for the low, low
price of US$6,600...
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/25273519
Cheers,
Jeff
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Don't
Agreed! Even a couple of years would be stretching it given the rapid
development of digital technology on the consumer grade cameras. If you
trust the reviews on the Net, the new Canon D30 takes better pics and is
lower cost than the D1.
Rather than upgrading my Sony Cybershot with the Nikon
For what it's worth, there is already significant difference in picture
quality (I'm not talking resolution) even between units from the same maker.
My brother's Cybershot has a colder blue color cast to an image compared to
my older model despite shooting under the same conditions. And while
To be honest, for those PS situations, I use my digital camera (an older
Sony DSC-F55 either at 1,024 x 768 or 1,600 x 1,200 resolution).
If you haven't looked at one recently, I'd recommend either the Nikon
Coolpix 880 or the Camedia 3030/3040 although the Nikon unit leans more
towards taking
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