Fastes, Widest Lens for the Pentax DSLR's

You wouldn't want a 10 or 14mm with f/2.0 as its maximum aperture. It would be gigantic! - Is there any hope for a DA 16 F2 to replace the FA 24 F2? Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

OT - One for the Darwin Awards...

Exactly. I'll bet there was no warning on the rocket saying Do not light while stuck up your arse. If that's not gross negligence I don't know what is. -- Cheers, Bob - Something like: Insertion of lit fireworks into any orifice may lead to severe bodily injury. The local government

PESO - Three Little Shrooms

Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Nice still life. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

BH Rebate Experience?

There has been a similar discussion with similar confusion over at dpreview. I didn't pay too much attention, but I think that the $200 rebate may come only if you simultaneously buy a camera. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

OT - One for the Darwin Awards...

Sound to me like he has a legitimate suit against the fireworks company, and against the local government for not tending more fully to his welfare. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

PESO - Morning Fog

Sometimes the fog over the bay can be pretty heavy ... http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/morningfog.html This is not particularly unusual. - Lovely, Shel. Brings back memories. I miss fog. Thanks for posting it. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

More On Amazon and the K10D

Rooting around in the Amazon web site, trying to find any more information on the K10D shipping date, I came across the following: Forthcoming title: Harry Potter and the Prisoners of Pentax. Release embargoed. Release date embargoed. The plot: Harry must learn new magic to defeat the Trolls

ISO 800

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20723961 The photo of the watch is the first high ISO image I have seen that begins to be informative. At first I found the image disappointing. Then the poster (from Korea) clarified that it is a 100% crop. Ah...that changes things.

ISO 800 Test

Extremely qd: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3346/display/7101655 Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Test: ISO 800 vs. 1600

This time the GX10 image is at ISO 800 while the *ist D image is at 1600. Again, very quick and dirty. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/535671/display/7101932 Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Test: ISO 800 vs. 1600

I like the non-hyped, straight talking of Mr.Tatamiya. It is very Pentax-like talking. His forehead is now much shinier. - Hi, Ken. Is that a Japanese saying? A shiny forehead? I assume it is a compliment. Anyway, I appreciated his straight talk too. We now know much more about what to

Pentax's Tatamiya Interview Part II, #1

What a nitwit you are, Joe. You will always take the most negative interpretation. Perhaps he thought that a sensible audience would assume SSM would be faster as there would be no point in all that complexity just to reduce noise. John - Mr. Tatamiya was asked a direct question, as

Pentax's Tatamiya Interview Part II, #1

Message] From: Joseph Tainter Q: 'K10D can utilize the built-in SSM lenses, i.e., DA* lenses. Does this mean faster AF speed?' [...] He was given the opportunity to claim that SSM would be faster, and he didn't bite. So the only advantage is that it will be quieter. -- PDML Pentax

Waiting For Pentax Products

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20716303 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Designing a Sensor

Godfrey wrote: Designers of imaging sensors typically try to maximize sensitivity while minimizing noise, and there are many physical constants here that limit deviation from a norm to within a very small range of values. From most of my friends at Agilent, what the whole thing boils down to in

November PUG is open

Thanks, Adelheid. Great topic. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Pentax's Tatamiya Interview Part II, #1

Ken, thanks very much again. We are in your debt. Q: 'K10D can utilize the built-in SSM lenses, i.e., DA* lenses. Does this mean faster AF speed?' A: 'I do not believe Pentax¹s AF has been slow even on the current lenses. Mechanical noise during AF might give impression of slow AF, but it is

Pentax's Tatamiya Interview Part II, #4

Just like the granular quality of films, the digital noise should be incorporated as part of the image rendition. Increasing the sensitivity does not simply means the increased signal gain but there must be people who wish to take advantage of digital noise as one of the texture effects

Pentax's Tatamiya Interview Part II, #4

And... We purposely left noise for you to use it in any way you like in image creation. If you don't like it, you can easily suppress it in post processing. I think that's what they are saying. He did talk much about this leaving noise for you theme, but the actual noise was apparently at

K10D aimed as D200 killer/Translation of interview

Ken, this is wonderful information. Thanks very much for the translation. You are a great asset for us. Compressed RAW? This is news. I assume that in Japan there have been discussions of noise levels at high ISO in the K10D, just as there have been here. I interpret this interview as an

K10D aimed as D200 killer/Translation of interview

(It also leads me to suspect we may see a more consumer-oriented 10-megapixel camera next year.) - Oh, of course. The 10 mp sensor will migrate downward into something like the K100D body. Then it will be interesting to see what Pentax does about noise reduction. Joe -- PDML

K10D aimed as D200 killer/Translation of interview

(It also leads me to suspect we may see a more consumer-oriented 10-megapixel camera next year.) - P.S. And meanwhile, we can all switch to spending a year or two speculating about the noise levels in the 12 mp CMOS sensor of the K1D. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

K10D aimed as D200 killer

I found the response from Joe Tainter to Godfrey's question quite illuminating. When asked how he managed back in the film days, he seemed to state that basically he rarely if ever used ISO 1600. - It's a little more complicated. I tried Fuji 1600 and even Konica 3200 (yuck!), but as time

Designing a Sensor

How does the base ISO in a sensor come about? Is it an intentional design component? What I am getting at is, could the 10 mp sensor in the K10D have been designed to have a base ISO of 200? 400? Anything? Thanks, Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 or SMCP DA 40mm f/2.8 limited

Which has better optical performance despite the aperture number. Your thoughts, own experience with the lenses, perhaps is appreciated. Thank you. - Roman, I once compared the DA 40 to the FA 50 F1.7. This was a systematic test, on a tripod, at a range of apertures up to F11 (if I

K10D aimed as D200 killer

My comment at end. (Caution: Some of you wll hate it. You may not want to read it.) - Remember the reviews of the *istD? It got beaten up because Pentax decided to make soft pictures strait out of the box. I was not part of the list then, but I imagine many talking about this being better

Test Message from my Cat

jw2904387 e87dc x 19893o-127e olu1e818e xmshsl201[ w2j4 n1989210 0256smsx-1036 NAKJE SY - Let us know when they produce the works of Shakespeare. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

K10D aimed as D200 killer

I agree with that in principle, but the issue here as I read it, is one of the sensor making this an issue because of high noise levels that were not a concern in the 6MP models. In other words, I expected that image qualiy would get better in the new body across the board, not that their would

K10D aimed as D200 killer

I haven't seen too much of your work, Joe, that looked like you really needed ISO 1600. What did you do when you only had a film camera? G - There are a few high ISO shots here: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/535671 After unsatisfactory experiences early on, I try not to shoot

10 meg vs 6 meg

A friend just purchased a D200 so we did some comparo shots yesterday. Same scene, fl, exposure, etc. His D200 and my istDL. He emailed me a couple frames, 5.8 meg jpegs. I printed his and mine, 7 x 10.5 inches on photo quality paper. He nor I can detect ANY difference in print quality. -

Shake Reduction Query

For the K10D, Pentax is claiming 2.5 to 4.5 steps of shake reduction effectiveness. I have been wondering whether there are general conditions when one can get more shake reduction and when one can get less. For example, when I am in Europe I like to shoot inside cathedrals and other

Another GESO: Bodie Ghost Town October 2006

Great set, Mark. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

More on the K10D Delay

The plot thickens: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20629729 What? More hearsay from people asking Camera salesmen, who are notoriously not in the know. If you read carefully, the information actually comes from Pentax USA. ??? How do you know that TammyV,

what does a dirty lens or filter lead to?

Gaurav, I think it depends on the severity. You might notice anything from no difference to a loss of contrast. But all the unwanted things will be so far out of focus that you will not see any details. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

More on the K10D Delay

Joseph Tainter wrote: The plot thickens: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20629729 What? More hearsay from people asking Camera salesmen, who are notoriously not in the know. If you read carefully, the information actually comes from Pentax

More on the K10D Delay

Joseph Tainter wrote: The plot thickens: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20629729 What? More hearsay from people asking Camera salesmen, who are notoriously not in the know. If you read carefully, the information actually comes from Pentax USA

GESO: fall colors in the Eastern Sierra

http://www.westerickson.net/fallcolors2006/ --Mark Some nice ones there. I am surprised by the last image, of the railroad track. Most of the logging railroads (if that's what this is) had their rails removed during World War II. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re Punctuation

Recently a few messages here discussed the value of using good punctuation and grammar in email messages. One of the participants made comments to the effect that communication via email and on message boards and mail lists was not important enough for him to take the time to add apostrophes

K10D Availability in U.S.

BH and Adorama now show December. PentaxSLR.com still shows early November. Does anyone still believe that the delay is just for Japan? Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

More on the K10D Delay

If this post is correct, it confirms what some of us suspected: Pentax's stated reason for the delay was a fabrication: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20624601 I don't mind that Pentax delayed the camera to get it right. I do mind being lied to. Joe -- PDML

Re: Idea for new list: PRML

Doug, How about setting up another mailing list? It would be called the PRML (Pentax Rant Mailing List). We could discuss Pentax photography stuff on the PDML list and move the J.C. baiting and his abusive responses over to the PRML. As a (mostly) reformed J.C. baiter (I got into it with

Re: K10D Availability in U.S.

Ken wrote: I do not think that the poster of DPReview (or more precisely the retailer) asked the right channel to get this information. In Japan, it's accepted that the overwhelming orders was the reason for the delay. - Okay, I have a lot of faith in Ken. He is careful and has good

K10D Availability in U.S.

The reason is simple: the Gray Market. John, thanks for your thoughtful reply, and for the time you took to write it. I appreciate your insight into the retail photo business. Something still doesn't seem right though. Your argument about gray market would make sense if supply exceeded demand.

More on the K10D Delay

The plot thickens: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20629729 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Super-Takumar

If the glass is yellowish at certain angles, is it one of the radioactive ones? Thanks, Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

More on the K10D Delay

The plot thickens: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20629729 What? More hearsay from people asking Camera salesmen, who are notoriously not in the know. -Adam - If you read carefully, the information actually comes from Pentax USA. But that may be

OT Travelling heads-up

It appears that security at airports for flights coming into the UK (and, presumably, the US) has been tightened even further. Thanks, Mike...I think. I haven't heard of anything new in the U.S. today. Fortutnately I have no travel coming up. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Price of K10D in Oz

http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/category149_1.htm It appears that there is new feature that were weren't aware of, 10x optical zoom, hmmm. - Wow. Maybe the K10D was delayed to add this feature. I wonder what the level of digital zoom is. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

[second try] K10D official prices in France (now OT)

Let me entertain you: they even have military navy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Switzerland#Naval_Patrol - I heartily approve! Discussing the Swiss navy is much better than continuing to play verbal footsies with JCO. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K10D: kit (new one) and price for France

An official information published on Clubic (www.clubic.com) yesterday: K10D still scheduled for early november. - Clubic appears to be just a site about electronics. Is this correct? Anyway, it is not Pentax France. Why would something on their site be considered official? Thanks, Joe

Re: Anyone checked this out yet?

Sigma 30/1.4 for Pentax! - Somewhere online there is a pretty good review showing it to be soft wide open, and soft at the edges until well stopped down. Sorry, I didn't bookmark it. Pentax is coming out with a DA 35. Some speculation is that it might be an F1.4. Joe -- PDML

Anyone checked this out yet?

Pentax is coming out with a DA 35. Some speculation is that it might be an F1.4. - Where do you read/hear about such speculation? Shel - The DA 35 is on the 2007 roadmap. That it will be an F1.4 is some speculation over at Dpreview. The basis for the speculation is that it will

Anyone checked this out yet?

More likely a strange aperture, and a bit slower, a f3.2 pancake or some such. Alan Chan wrote: Pentax is coming out with a DA 35. Some speculation is that it might be an F1.4. - That is actually a good reason why it could be an F1.4, F1.7, or F2. Pentax needs something to distinguish

Show in Japan

We'll see how people report this weekend from Tokyo. Ken - Ken, are reports of the weekend show coming in? Thanks, Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

PESO - Dare to be different

Sorry - could be considered a little Dayton-esque http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3405.htm Bruce - Daytonesque is fine with me. I find this very pleasant. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

PESO: Just a Tourist Photo

My wife wanted to feed the pigeons: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/535671/display/6997754 Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Any one has any experience with 3rd-party paper profiles?

I've come to two conclusions regarding Hahnemuhle's new Fine Art Pearl paper: 1) It's absolutely fabulous paper 2) The profile for it on their web site suucks - A few years ago I reached the same conclusions regarding Ilford's semi-gloss in my Epson 870. Plus the prints would never dry

Any one has any experience with 3rd-party paper profiles?

A few years ago I reached the same conclusions regarding Ilford's semi-gloss in my Epson 870. Plus the prints would never dry completely. But those prints were gorgeous. A pity. I now just stick with Epson's papers. That's interesting because I found Ilford's profile for their Smooth Gloss

Re: Delay? What delay?

2 - Then Pentax realized there was a huge demand fot the K10D, so they decided to delay the availability of the K10D IN JAPAN ONLY, just to feed more cameras worldwide. - Dario, I believe the statement does not specify whether the delay is Japan only or worldwide. Hence we are all left to

Re: Way OT: How I spent my summer

After having written several hundred magazine articles and countless advertisements, I finished the first draft of my first novel today: Wow. Paul, let us know when it is out. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Delay? What delay?

2 - Then Pentax realized there was a huge demand fot the K10D, so they decided to delay the availability of the K10D IN JAPAN ONLY, just to feed more cameras worldwide. P.S. Posted over at dpreview: Thank you for your recent order from Camera Canada. Pentax Canada has announced that they are

Re: Delay? What delay?

by late November Pentax will have over 30,000 camera sitting in warehouses, Not necessarily, Joe. While I do not wish to fuel this any more than necessarily by feeding my own speculation, I believe they ship overseas incrementally as the production proceeds until each importer gets what

Spotmatic F and Super Takumars

What should I search for in order to get a lens like that/what separates those form others, please? http://tinyurl.com/yj2zcc - I had that lens as a teenager in the mid 60s. Eventually I sold it and put the proceeds toward a Rolleicord. - Correction. This one is Super Multi-Coated. So

Re: Spotmatic F and Super Takumars

What should I search for in order to get a lens like that/what separates those form others, please? http://tinyurl.com/yj2zcc - I had that lens as a teenager in the mid 60s. Eventually I sold it and put the proceeds toward a Rolleicord. You know where to get one, Jens! Joe -- PDML

Re: PESO -- Almost Abandoned

http://www.mindspring.com/~morephotos/PESO_--_almostabandoned.html - Oh, lovely. My kind of photo. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

DA 70

AS to the comment that triggered my response ... I'm more excited about that lens than I am about the K10D. ... well, that might be true but why post a comment like that? It's fatuous whining to grate on other people's nerves, like JCO and his ridiculous whining about the mechanical aperture

High ISO Images

Thanks, Doug. Peace. What I mean by Pentax guys is the employees of the national/regional importers, like Pentax USA. The ones from Pentax USA usually disclose little, but others are not so reticent. Some of the first photos we saw of the K10D were unofficial ones from Russia. Those

DA 70

Apparently it is available in the U.K. Awaiting mine from Adorama. No word when it will hit these shores. I'm more excited abouth that lens than I am about the K10D. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: DA 70

Apparently it is available in the U.K. Awaiting mine from Adorama. No word when it will hit these shores. I'm more excited about that lens than I am about the K10D. Your 'excitement' notwithstanding, I'm sure you will find something to complain about with it regardless of whether it is good

DA 70

So perhaps you should get the facts straight before attacking someone. No, I didn't get anything wrong. And I'm not attacking or insulting you. Nothing but praise for the DA14? Surely you are joking. I certainly recall at least a dozen times you've posted your disappointment with that lens

PESO - Valley morning fog

http://www.oksne.net/paw/garmo.html Jostein, this is wonderful. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re; High ISO Images

Having had my cup of tea: Well, the first thing we need to do is panic. Well, if Pentax was a company that communicated better with its customers, those customers wouldn't have to grope around in the dark so much. In the absence of support from the company, we turn to lists such as this.

OT: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

Happy Birthday, Bill. Good to have you on the list. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Samsung 50-200 [Was: Re: Thoughs on lenses for K100D]

I believe Pop Photo tested this variant and deemed it better quality than the Pentax branded version, but admitted they are the same design, construction, and probably same plant . No, that's not what Pop Photo said. Pop hasn't tested the DA 50-200 yet (or at least they haven't reported a test

Re: Show in Japan

From one of Ken's reports: Pentax explanation on the floor said they were not forcing the removal of the nosie, colour noise or colour moire. Instead, they are going by the extremely finer gradation to render very natural images. They further said that if anyone would be bothered by the colour

Re: Show in Japan

What Pentax were saying, as I interpreted, was the images (jpeg?) were so good right out of the camera without any setting of noise removal and others (such as natural/bright or whatever else the camera has). We'll see how people report this weekend from Tokyo. Ken - Thanks, Ken. I hope

RE: Show in Japan

http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/35mm/k10d/image/ex_02.jpg This is the sample 2 shown in the K10D site - When I look at this image at a scale that fills the browser window, or fills the screen in PS, I see moire all over the area of the blouse outside of the bib (whatever it's called).

High ISO Images

Links here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20503865 The usual caveats apply. It is firmware version 0.20--but then so were the high ISO prints that Pentax just showed. Perhaps more importantly, we don't know what the hardware was--experimental or final. When I

High ISO Images

Joe, How are you viewing them? The particular viewer/screen combination when you are viewing at less than 1:1 can produce the effect even though it is not inherent in the image. Perhaps the higher pixel count in the images makes it happen more often on your setup than your *istD. Certain

High ISO Images (Now Moire)

Follow-up: I thought maybe I could post an image showing the problem. I can get the moire to show up in these images. But if I change the size of the image onscreen, the moire comes and goes. So I still don't know whether the problem comes from my display or the camera. But I never saw this

Re: Show in Japan

1. Re the delivery delay, Pentax's reason seems to be true. They realized that the current stock level was obviously inadequate. But the production has started approx a month ago. Thanks, Ken. This is hopeful news. But I cannot believe Pentax's reason for the delay. If production started a

Pentax Japan delays K10D release date

Re: Setting ISo through the function menu rather than through a dedicated button: It's much less expensive to do this in software, than with a mechanical resistor. Of course! That is why Pentax does it this way. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Show in Japan

Firmware was said to be 0.2Folks did not see any appreciable noise in the sample prints. Considering these were based on v0.2 firmware, they were impressed. ISO 1600 images can be found here, presumably taken with Firmware 0.20: http://www.pbase.com/ohyva/gx10_samples Downloading the

Re: Show in Japan

1. This measure is not about the Japanese domestic market that can be easily taken care of. It is rather more about the overseas markets wherein the form of the delivery contracts is different from the domestic. Normally, Pentax (or probably any other camera mfrs) have tight contracts with

Show in Japan

Are Pentax lenses still assembled in Vietnam? I am pretty sure they are (I am getting a bit out of touch on these things :-). Because of some sort of trade embargo from Vietnam to the U.S. (and I do not know it still applies), Pentax had to create a separate distribution channel (thru

Show in Japan

The web images you're looking at are too low-res to provide any real information in regard to noise levels. I'm surprised that you're wringing your hands over low-res web images produced with 0.2 firmware. Paul - Paul, I believe they are full-size jpegs. At least they felt that way when I

Tokina release details of their new lens line-up

On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 10:39:54PM +0300, Roman wrote: http://www.photodo.com/topic_101.html Yes. you did notice this was a *March 9th* press release? So this 'news' is over seven months old. - Tsk, John. You know that accuracy in communication is increased by redundancy. Joe --

Re: Pentax Japan delays K10D release date

It just says that they really screwed up their pricing to me. If they really had a handle on the market they would have priced it below the competition but not sub US$1000 (which seems to be the current cascade pricing point). Then they could have ended up with a far better profit/item ratio and

Re: OT: joys and woes of new computer - couple of questions

Ann, I believe within the TweakUI utility, there is a way to bypass the login screen. It has been a while since I set it up, but I believe that is how I bypass it. TweakUI is part of PowerToys. It is available as a free download from somewhere in Microsoft's web site(s), and from elsewhere.

Re: New Monitor Time.

Bill, October Shutterbug reviews one from EIZO. November Shutterbug reviews one from LG. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax Japan delays K10D release date

I disagree. What was a switch on the D is on the K10D (AF point selection, metering type). They moved the stuff from the mode dial (Which was a UI atrocity) to the Fn Menu (Which works very well). -Adam - The two big items for me are ISO set and the drive button. I use both regularly. I

Re: Pentax Japan delays K10D release date

Apart from the drive mode I don't see where you lose a knob/button going from a D to a K10D (at least those who were well thought of). Tell me. - As I wrote, the issues for me are setting the ISO and drive modes. I am not looking forward to having to set the ISO on the K10D by going

Re: New Monitor Time.

Bill, October Shutterbug reviews one from EIZO. November Shutterbug reviews one from LG. Thanks Joe. Are those reviews available online? William Robb - Bill, go here; http://www.shutterbug.com/recentadditions/ It looks like the older review is posted online. But the one from the

Re: OT: joys and woes of new computer - couple of questions

.NET framework comes with various things, very few of which are tied to XP Pro (which, unless you are on a large network, is pretty much indistinguishable from XP Home or XP Media Edition). I'm not sure now what I installed that required .NET framework on my (XP) notebook; I think it might have

Peso - Fall's Glory

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5082662 *ist D, FA 100/2.8 Macro Tom C. - Nice, Tom. Very easy on the eyes. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Dual AF system in DA* lenses ? It seems so :D

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=20442947 Be happy :) - I hope this is correct. But the report originates with Pentax guys. Pentax guys in Canada said that the K10D would take replaceable batteries. We know how that turned out. So I no longer have confidence

Re: K10D 22 bit A/D conversion

On 14/10/06, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But isnt the Raw capture still only 12 bits And arent most serious users only shooting raw Mode? The image capture in camera is 22 bits wide, the pixel data is then subjected to gamma transforms, black point adjustment, colour channel

RE: K1D aperture simulator, part Three (III)- NOT

You're just making a fool of yourself. What hubris to tell someone how they choose to photograph or use their gear is wrong. Shel - Guys, I've always liked the advice Han Solo gave in the first Star Wars film: Let the Wookie win. Why perpetuate this by arguing with him? Joe -- PDML

Re: PESO IR Dock on the Madawaska River

Nice one, Dave. I like the white foliage. Care to share your processing technique? Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax Japan delays K10D release date

Reports/rumors elsewhere were that: 1. Pentax was still working on the firmware until a few days ago. 2. Production assembly started on 11 October. If true, and it sounds like the reports were, this delay was inevitable. The line about having enough cameras in stock to ship at once sounds like

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