RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-14 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Services Lawrence Way, Karratha, Western Australia, 6714 Mob: 0414-967 644 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.heritageservices.com.au -Original Message- From: Bucky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 13 March 2004 2:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: *ist D Photos

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: *ist D Photos It appears that you guys are correct. There does seem to be 3-4 pixels that are visibly 'buggered'. I have contacted the vendor, but I don't hold much hope for a fix. I bought this camera in the USA, and I am in Australia. Warranties aren't usually

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Dr. Shaun Canning Subject: RE: *ist D Photos It would appear that the 'hot' pixels were noise, and as such the *ist D's noise reduction function should take care of most of the 'hot' pixels. The istD noise reduction isn't used for shutter speeds shorter

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread alex wetmore
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Dr. Shaun Canning wrote: Bucky and Gonz, The pixels turned out to be 'hot' rather than 'dead'. I ran a test through a little program called 'Dead Pixel Test' (freely available on the web). An image is taken with lens and viewfinder caps on and then run through the

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
-Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 13 March 2004 9:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist D Photos - Original Message - From: Dr. Shaun Canning Subject: RE: *ist D Photos It would appear that the 'hot' pixels were noise

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 13 March 2004 10:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: *ist D Photos On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Dr. Shaun Canning wrote: Bucky and Gonz, The pixels turned out to be 'hot' rather than 'dead'. I ran a test through a little program called 'Dead Pixel Test

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
: *ist D Photos Cool photos, especially the dragonflies in flight. I was wondering how the *ist-D would do with bugs - looks great! (Mine arrived with the first snow, so no chance to test it on insects yet). - MCC At 12:41 PM 3/13/2004 +0800, you wrote: Hi gang, Here are the results of my

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Dr. Shaun Canning Subject: RE: *ist D Photos Thanks Mark. I would have liked the 'in flight' shot to be a bit sharper, but you know how fast these little buggers move. It was more luck than good management. I'm pretty happy with the overall performance

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist D Photos - Original Message - From: Dr. Shaun Canning Subject: RE: *ist D Photos Thanks Mark. I would have liked the 'in flight' shot to be a bit sharper, but you know how fast these little buggers move. It was more luck than good management. I'm pretty

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Gonz
Shaun, Hate to point out problems, but you seem to have a bad sensor. I noticed several shots that consistently showed stuck/hot pixels, especially the dragon fly stills. There are at least three distinct bright dots on those pictures, which may be each composed of one or more stuck/hot

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Gonz
I'm sorry, in my haste to warn you about the stuck pixels, I forgot to say that the pics are really nice. I especially like the shot of the tandem-flys, how did you manage to get that shot!!! rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi gang, Here are the results of my first foray into the bush with an

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Gonz
Shaun, Hate to point out problems, but you seem to have a bad sensor. I noticed several shots that consistently showed stuck/hot pixels, especially the dragon fly stills. There are at least three distinct bright dots on those pictures, which may be each composed of one or more stuck/hot

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Gonz
I'm sorry, in my haste to warn you about the stuck pixels, I forgot to say that the pics are really nice. I especially like the shot of the tandem-flys, how did you manage to get that shot!!! rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi gang, Here are the results of my first foray into the bush with an

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
] www.heritageservices.com.au -Original Message- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 13 March 2004 2:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist D Photos I'm sorry, in my haste to warn you about the stuck pixels, I forgot to say that the pics are really nice. I

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Bucky
- From: Dr. Shaun Canning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12-Mar-04 22:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: *ist D Photos Hi Gonz, The tandem dragon fly's was a snap shot as they flew past me about 6 feet away. Amazingly, the FA 100mm macro fastened onto them quick enough to get that shot

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: *ist D Photos No, he's right. There are at least three buggered pixels that show up in the same place in the frame regardless of orientation. You should check it out. -- Ask not at whom the Chimp smirks - he smirks at you. www.smirkingchimp.com www.gregpalast.com

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
: 0414-967 644 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.heritageservices.com.au -Original Message- From: Bucky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 13 March 2004 2:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: *ist D Photos No, he's right. There are at least three buggered pixels that show up in the same

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-25 Thread cyberstudio
They're so expensive that only a limited number of photographers can afford them ;-) ...or so good that only a limited number of photographers notice the difference? DagT (not owning one, just wanting one) Same boat as you are: not owning one, just wanting one. For my bank account's

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-24 Thread Pål Jensen
Mark wrote: Ooh, I just thought of one! I want that sloping top panel that the MZ-S has! (Yeah, I was using a tripod all the time and trying to read the LCD and controls on the top of the camera.) REPLY: This is typically one of those features few think a lot about until one actually start

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-24 Thread Pål Jensen
Cameron wrote: That 31mm limited shot is just friggin amazing! REPLY: The 31 Limited is a friggin amazing lens. Like all the Limiteds :o) Pål

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-24 Thread whickersworld
Anders Hultman wrote: One thing I've wondered for some time now, what does Limited mean here? In what way are these lenses limited? It means that they have Limited Appeal. (They certainly don't appeal to me!) ;-) John

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-24 Thread Pål Jensen
Anders wrote: One thing I've wondered for some time now, what does Limited mean here? In what way are these lenses limited? It is just a name to signalise something exclusive. Some have speculated that Pentax originally choose this name to have a way out in case it flopped...They could then

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
whickersworld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anders Hultman wrote: One thing I've wondered for some time now, what does Limited mean here? In what way are these lenses limited? It means that they have Limited Appeal. (They certainly don't appeal to me!) Don't shoot any film with one. That'll

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-19 Thread Mark Cassino
At 11:15 AM 8/18/2003 -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: Just uploaded 6 shots taken with the *ist-D this past weekend at Grandfather Mountain. Thanks for the samples and the hands on reviews - and thanks to Steve, Graywolf, and everyone else. Looks a the *ist-D is gonna be a real winner! - MCC - - -

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-19 Thread Mark Roberts
is slightly greater than slide film. On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 12:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 11:15:47 -0400 From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: *ist-D photos Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-19 Thread Mark Roberts
I've moved the sample photos: http://www.robertstech.com/temp.htm -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-19 Thread Ed Tyler
Digital camera sensors are very unforgiving of blown highlights, they are however most forgiving of underexposure. My suspicion after looking at the pictures is there was possibly more latitude available to you. It is amazing what shadow detail can be retrieved from what appears to be a blocked

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-19 Thread Ed Tyler
Mark, The images are great. I talked to Don, and he, in his gentle and persuasive manner, he made me feel really bad for not having been on the Mountain. I have been reading what I can find about the *istD and believe that Pentax has an excellent product that they intend to aggressively compete

*ist-D photos

2003-08-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Just uploaded 6 shots taken with the *ist-D this past weekend at Grandfather Mountain. They're medium resolution JPEGs of moderate physical size (horizontally-oriented shots are only 1000 pixels wide). No, I'm not going to upload the full 2000 x 3000 pixel images to my web site or email them out.

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't think of any complaints other than the metering with K lenses. Ooh, I just thought of one! I want that sloping top panel that the MZ-S has! (Yeah, I was using a tripod all the time and trying to read the LCD and controls on the top of the camera.) --

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Followup: I just did a 150% size increase on a 6 megapixel *ist-D image using Genuine Fractals and it looks friggin' amazing! Apparently GF works much better when has a grain-free, low-noise image to work with. At least that's my guess. The results look *very* impressive. Now I have to order a

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-18 Thread Cameron Hood
: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist-D photos Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Followup: I just did a 150% size increase on a 6 megapixel *ist-D image using Genuine Fractals and it looks

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-18 Thread Cameron Hood
Good slide film and the world's most perfect scanning job. C On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 12:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:37:09 +0300 From: Gasha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist-D photos Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text

Re: *ist D photos - 11 AF sensor placement

2003-02-28 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Michel Carrère-Gée a écrit: [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: I think Dario B. tried to tell us last week. It was 3 by 3 with two 'wings' on the horizontal direction. Bob S. Dumb question, anyone know whatth 11 sensor AF pattern is, I've seem the metering but not AF sensor placement, anyone know

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-28 Thread Herb Chong
themselves, there is nothing more to be said from me. Herb - Original Message - From: Ryan K. Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 22:16 Subject: Re: *ist D photos I seriously doubt that. 0 and 1 have their roots in math, far before computers

Re: *ist D photos - 11 AF sensor placement

2003-02-28 Thread Rfsindg
Like I said, a 3 by 3 matrix with two wings on the horizontal direction. 1 + 3x3 + 1 Regards, Bob S. In a message dated 2/28/03 4:21:07 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: *** * *** 3+5+3=11 good. Michel

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-28 Thread Keith Whaley
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 22:16 Subject: Re: *ist D photos I seriously doubt that. 0 and 1 have their roots in math, far before computers or hydraulics. 0 times something is nothing, 1 times something is something. Algebra, Boolean math, etc. I can't think

ON and OFF symbols (was: Re: *ist D photos)

2003-02-28 Thread Paul Franklin Stregevsky
Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 0 and 1 as equivalent to off and on connect only after you have been around computers. the ISO committee that decided this along with a lot of other symbols were aiming for a lot lower. since none of you guys bother reading the documentation for the symbols

Re: ON and OFF symbols (was: Re: *ist D photos)

2003-02-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28 Feb 2003 at 8:54, Paul Franklin Stregevsky wrote: I'm working on a technical manual whose procedures were originally written by a bright engineer. Yet in his drafts, he consisently writes, Turn the power switch on (O), using the letter instead of the digit. See ISO/IEC/JTC1 Graphical

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-28 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Thursday 27 February 2003 23:07, Mark Roberts wrote: Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 16:52, Mike Johnston wrote: I prefer the following symbols for on and off: On for on Off for off These make sense to me and I seldom find myself confused

Re: ON and OFF symbols (was: Re: *ist D photos)

2003-02-28 Thread frank theriault
This is a really silly thread. I'm guessing that once one buys the camera, takes the 15 seconds to figure out how to turn it on and off (assuming that one doesn't know what the symbols mean), it will be remembered pretty much forever. What freaking difference does it make ~what the symbols are~?

Re: ON and OFF symbols (was: Re: *ist D photos)

2003-02-28 Thread Herb Chong
thanks, Rob, i couldn't find which ISO standard number it was. looked all over the ISO web site. Herb - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:15 Subject: Re: ON and OFF symbols (was: Re: *ist D photos

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 27 Feb 2003 at 0:26, Mike Johnston wrote: Don't count on ISO 50 - if this is the same chip as the D100 slowest ISO is 200. But I believe it does go to 1600. That's not chip-dependent, that's circuitry-dependent, I'm pretty sure. It's both, the chip has inherent noise as do the

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Bruce Dayton
Alan, That is only useful if you can preview the shot. Because of the SLR nature - the mirror/prism in the way, you can't preview the shot. None of the existing DSLR's have a swing LCD - no benefit except to break easier. Bruce Thursday, February 27, 2003, 12:19:10 AM, you wrote: AC

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread David Mann
I want one. This is just what I wanted: a DSLR which can take my macro lens without requiring a mortgage to do so. Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

RE: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread zoomshot
Comrades! http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-1L.jpg http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-2L.jpg Wow! Ken Well aren't they just something else. You have just made my day, must get going to work! Ziggy

RE: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Rob Brigham
LOL Alan! Well, what do you expect - the anticipation got the better of us for a while there... -Original Message- From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 February 2003 08:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist D photos Where's the swing LCD? Isn't it useful

RE: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Nagaraj, Ramesh
more pics at http://www.dpreview.com/news/0302/03022602pentaxistd.asp Ramesh -Original Message- From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:33 AM To: Alan Chan Subject: Re: *ist D photos Alan, That is only useful if you can preview the shot

RE: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Cotty
Finally! Very nice indeed. That camera is SMALL. Sorry, that should read: THAT CAMERA IS small. Cotty Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 27.02.03 10:29, Nagaraj, Ramesh at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: more pics at http://www.dpreview.com/news/0302/03022602pentaxistd.asp Have you seen lens sunshade? It is petal type - this means that this new wide zoom has IF (internal focusing) and thus doesn't rotate its front! -- Best

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Jeff Tsai
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 !!

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Artur Ledóchowski
I've just fallen in love with this camera. Its an excellent combinations of both MZ-like and Z-like designs. WOW Regards Artur - Original Message - From: KT Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 2:50 AM Subject: *ist D photos

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Jan van Wijk
Wow! Looks really good, two wheels a bit like the PZ-1p ... And my 31mm and 77mm limiteds in black look like a perfect match :-) Regards, JvW On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:09:23 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-1L.jpg

Re: *ist D photos - 11 AF sensor placement

2003-02-27 Thread Rfsindg
I think Dario B. tried to tell us last week. It was 3 by 3 with two 'wings' on the horizontal direction. Bob S. Dumb question, anyone know whatth 11 sensor AF pattern is, I've seem the metering but not AF sensor placement, anyone know or did I miss something.

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Keith Whaley
J. C. O'Connell wrote: My brain does not process icons well. I still find it a 50-50 proposition selecting between O and I when I want to power on new computer equipment - I have no idea if O means On or empty or Off or what. Those are not O I, they are 0 (zero ) and 1 (one).

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Keith Whaley
What ISO spec? There are a ton of ISO specs, aren't there? keith Herb Chong wrote: have you read the ISO spec? Herb... - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 02:42 Subject: RE: *ist D photos I

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Butch Black
That gets both my thumbs up! If God had given me a few more thumbs it would get them too... But unfortunately I've only got two. But then you wouldn't be able to operate a camera...you'd be all thumbs GROAN BUTCH Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hess

RE: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread zoomshot
What's a Hyper button? Someone's already pressed it ;-) This list has gone nuts! Cotty Nope, just plain crazy.. Ziggy

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Mike Johnston
Hardly intuitive, is it. In what parlance/language does 1 stand for on? Binary? On an A/C line power switch? And, if it was meant to be a zero, it should have had the slant bar thru it, like '0', to avoid just this sort of ambiguity. Hmmm. The electrical symbol for current is 'I'...

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Evan Hanson
This could probably done pretty easily using some kind of MLU feature. Does the film *ist have MLU? Evan Rob Brigham wrote: According to this clip from CNet, the 1.8 LCD on this new Pentax can also be used as a viewfinder - if true, this will be a first for a DSLR.

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Peter Alling
Only one word. Tiny. Ok, and a comment, amazingly like the film *ist. At 08:50 PM 2/26/2003 -0500, you wrote: Comrades! http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-1L.jpg http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-2L.jpg Wow! Ken Outside of a dog, a

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Thursday 27 February 2003 07:01, Rob Studdert wrote: On 26 Feb 2003 at 23:26, Stan Halpin wrote: Can anyone explain the icon on the front for me? It shows an open rectangle sitting on two inward sloping wedges or ramps or something. The icon is next to the button just above the

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Thursday 27 February 2003 16:52, Mike Johnston wrote: I prefer the following symbols for on and off: On for on Off for off These make sense to me and I seldom find myself confused --Mike No, that doesn't make sense. This makes sense: Aan for on Uit for off -- Frits Wüthrich

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Cotty
Hardly intuitive, is it. In what parlance/language does 1 stand for on? Binary? On an A/C line power switch? And, if it was meant to be a zero, it should have had the slant bar thru it, like '0', to avoid just this sort of ambiguity. Hmmm. The electrical symbol for current is 'I'...

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 16:52, Mike Johnston wrote: I prefer the following symbols for on and off: On for on Off for off These make sense to me and I seldom find myself confused --Mike No, that doesn't make sense. This makes sense: Aan

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Lukasz Kacperczyk
Where are the *ist D Photos. Here: www.fotopolis.pl (scroll down the page). As someone else on this list said quite recently - shameless self-promotion :-) And here: www.dpreview.com (unfortunatelly on the bottom of the page in the old news) - much more than on Fotopolis.. (I assume that's

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Dario Bonazza 2
Five pix here: http://digilander.libero.it/aohc/pressrelease/istde.htm Bye, Dario Bonazza - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 7:41 PM Subject: Re: *ist D photos Hi All, I've been gone for four days

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Brendan
] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 7:41 PM Subject: Re: *ist D photos Hi All, I've been gone for four days and just resubscribed. Where are the *ist D Photos. (I assume that's the new digital body). Paul

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Herb Chong
was not on their minds. binary 0 and 1 definitely for on and off was not commonplace knowledge then and still isn't. Herb - Original Message - From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 07:43 Subject: Re: *ist D photos Those are not O I

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Peter Alling
No it means that the minimum aperture is 22 at 18mm and 32 at 35mm. At 01:28 PM 2/27/2003 +1000, you wrote: Thanks Ken. This looks an excellent match cosmetically for the MZ-S. Did anyone else notice the engravings on the FAJ lens mounted on it? f4(22)-5.6(32). Is that the range or does it mean

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Keith Whaley
Ryan K. Brooks wrote: Keith Whaley wrote: I'm aware of that, Cot, but I wonder from whence it came? The U.S. has only used that convention for a reasonably short time ~ 10 years maybe? Recall that we're still on English units as well. Tell me what English units from which 1 and 0

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Keith Whaley
, 2003 07:43 Subject: Re: *ist D photos Those are not O I, they are 0 (zero ) and 1 (one). zero = off, 1 = on. Very easy. JCO Hardly intuitive, is it. In what parlance/language does 1 stand for on? Binary? On an A/C line power switch? And, if it was meant to be a zero

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
Keith Whaley wrote: Ryan K. Brooks wrote: Keith Whaley wrote: I'm aware of that, Cot, but I wonder from whence it came? The U.S. has only used that convention for a reasonably short time ~ 10 years maybe? Recall that we're still on English units as well. My point is that the US tends to be

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
Keith Whaley wrote: Herb Chong wrote: hydraulic engineering. i had this explained to me by an IBM design engineer who designed the externals of computer monitors. it was a bunch of mechanical engineers who designed the symbols in the late 60's/early 70's. the thought of ubiquitous computers and

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
, February 27, 2003 07:43 Subject: Re: *ist D photos Those are not O I, they are 0 (zero ) and 1 (one). zero = off, 1 = on. Very easy. Here's a reference: http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52344.html Looks like it's a least from the 1600s. R

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Peter Alling
The base English measurement system is binary (for liquid, dry volumes and weights is binary, look at the measures from 1 oz to 1 quart and think about it a while, I'll bet you can see the exceptions right away), but it's based on a binary pattern. At 06:57 PM 2/27/2003 -0800, you wrote: Ryan

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Fred
Even non-latinic folks tend to understand/use 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9. Well, they're not latinic to start with, but Arabic. (Latinic would be the ol' Roman numerals - e.g., I, II, III, IV, etc.) Fred

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Peter Alling
I'd hardly call not adopting a French attempt to dominate everything from the 17th century being behind on standards. (Ducking now and donning flame proof suit). At 09:14 PM 2/27/2003 -0600, you wrote: Keith Whaley wrote: Ryan K. Brooks wrote: Keith Whaley wrote: I'm aware of that, Cot, but I

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-27 Thread Bill Owens
Interesting. The system of 'I' for on, and '0' for off is pretty much a widely accepted thing in Europe... Cotty Well, know you know how far behind the times we are here in the colonies :-) Bill

Re: *ist D photos - 11 AF sensor placement

2003-02-27 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: I think Dario B. tried to tell us last week. It was 3 by 3 with two 'wings' on the horizontal direction. Bob S. Dumb question, anyone know whatth 11 sensor AF pattern is, I've seem the metering but not AF sensor placement, anyone know or did I miss something. See

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Feb 2003 at 20:50, KT Takeshita wrote: Comrades! http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-1L.jpg http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-2L.jpg Wow! It's very different from the film *ist. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-26 Thread Keith Whaley
Best photos yet, Ken...Thanks, keith KT Takeshita wrote: Comrades! http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-1L.jpg http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-2L.jpg Wow! Ken

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-26 Thread Rfsindg
Thanks Ken, now I'm impressed! Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Comrades! http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-1L.jpg http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-2L.jpg Wow! Ken

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Way cool! As I suspected, very PZ-1p like - they are thumb/finger wheels rather than big dials on the ZX-5n. It looks like the Hyper button is right next to the shutter button. Bruce Wednesday, February 26, 2003, 5:50:52 PM, you wrote: KT Comrades! KT

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-26 Thread KT Takeshita
On 03.2.26 9:13 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Way cool! As I suspected, very PZ-1p like - they are thumb/finger wheels rather than big dials on the ZX-5n. It looks like the Hyper button is right next to the shutter button. There appears a very slight slant of shoulder, not so

Re: *ist D photos

2003-02-26 Thread James Moniz
http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-1L.jpg Nice, nice, nice! Jim -- ___ Get your free Verizonmail at www.verizonmail.com

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2003-02-26 Thread Ken Archer
I think I just fell in lust again.for the tenth time today. -- Ken Archer Canine Photography San Antonio, Texas Business Is Going To The Dogs

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2003-02-26 Thread Jason S
That gets both my thumbs up! If God had given me a few more thumbs it would get them too... But unfortunately Ive only got two. From: KT Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: *ist D photos Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 20:50:52 -0500

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2003-02-26 Thread Shaun Canning
oh ye plzzee precious. now :-) Shaun KT Takeshita wrote: Comrades! http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-1L.jpg http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-2L.jpg Wow! Ken . --

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2003-02-26 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: KT Takeshita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Comrades! http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/is t-D-1L.jpg http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/is t-D-2L.jpg Wow! Nice. Does it look slightly Nikon-y to anyone?

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2003-02-26 Thread Steve Pearson
] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: *ist D photos Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 20:50:52 -0500 Comrades! http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-1L.jpg http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/ist-D-2L.jpg Wow

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2003-02-26 Thread Lukasz Kacperczyk
Does it look slightly Nikon-y to anyone? Well, I don't know. All I know is I really like it. It looks much better than the film *ist. Actually, I'd like a film body that looks like that. Nice :-) Lukasz --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- Tanie bilety lotnicze!

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2003-02-26 Thread Jim Apilado
Looks cool. Jim A. From: KT Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 20:50:52 -0500 To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: *ist D photos Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 20:49:13 -0500 Comrades! http

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2003-02-26 Thread Brendan
YES but who cares anyway. --- tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: KT Takeshita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Comrades! http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2003-02/27/is t-D-1L.jpg

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2003-02-26 Thread John Mustarde
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:58:47 -0500, you wrote: Does it look slightly Nikon-y to anyone? It has some similarities to the D100 in external controls - finger and thumb wheels, four-way controller, a few buttons to left of the LCD, single dial for TV-AV Pgm and ISO, with a collar on the dial axis

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2003-02-26 Thread Paul Franklin Stregevsky
Ken, When PDMLers of the future examine the archives, they will credit you for revealing the first photos of the *ist D. Thanks from all of us. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2003-02-26 Thread frank theriault
Well, I figure I'm like that kid Mikey in the breakfast cereal commercial. I'm no fan of the styling of most modern cameras. We'll show the *ist D to frankie, he hates everything! (and here, we take a moment, imagining that I'm perusing the new camera) HE LIKES IT! FRANKIE ACTUALLY LIKES IT!

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2003-02-26 Thread Paul Franklin Stregevsky
Ken Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I just fell in lust again.for the tenth time today. In the 1970s, lyricist/composer Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Working, Pocahantas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) wrote a song, Proud Lady. Sung by a brash young man (She calls me a swine--she's mine!),

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2003-02-26 Thread jcoyle
Thanks Ken. This looks an excellent match cosmetically for the MZ-S. Did anyone else notice the engravings on the FAJ lens mounted on it? f4(22)-5.6(32). Is that the range or does it mean that at 35mm the maximum aperture is 22-32? John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message -

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2003-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: jcoyle Subject: Re: *ist D photos Thanks Ken. This looks an excellent match cosmetically for the MZ-S. Did anyone else notice the engravings on the FAJ lens mounted on it? f4(22)-5.6(32). Is that the range or does it mean that at 35mm the maximum

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