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Fra: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 6. december 2004 02:05
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Emne: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
I don't get it, but I'll accept what you say without reservation since I'm
as ignorant as a carrot about such things.
Shel
[Original
Jens Bladt mused:
Compared to all the fuzz about AE back in the eighties and nineties, when AE
was still developed intensively, I guess the manual exposure control
(presing the green button/DOF button) would have been af a big issue.
I remeber adds that in fact said, that if a white car
, Australia
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From: Francis Tang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
SNIP
I'm always anticipating the release of the next Pentax dSLR,
precisely because I have
on this particular
matter.
Cheers
Andy
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From: Francis Tang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:42 PM
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Mea Culpa. I made that statement after talking with someone from the
Singapore
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 12:54 AM
Subject: RE: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
I made the same statement when I first looked at the Ds's manual
But as a fellow list member mentioned, they don't tell you about the
info on how to use the non-A lenses on the manual. I
This weekend I experimented some with my new *ist-DS.
I mounted my Super Takumar 300mm F4, using a K mount adapter, put
the camera in manual focus and 'Av' mode and it seemed to work just fine.
Also tried out my Tamrom SP500mm mirror lens on the camera. Kind
of nice having a 750mm F8 lens
On 5 Dec 2004 at 18:16, Fred Widall wrote:
Also tried out my Tamrom SP500mm mirror lens on the camera. Kind
of nice having a 750mm F8 lens available. Setting ASA to
1600 allowed me to use a shutter speed of 1/1000 sec, which made hand
holding quite easy. Again the camera was in manual focus
I would think that only works for static subjects ...
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
critical work I shoot the scene in and out of focus so that I have good
soft
areas (which display the noise characteristics for the given settings but
no
image detail)
On 5 Dec 2004 at 16:13, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I would think that only works for static subjects ...
Best but not necessary, as long as the blurred scene contains similar
gradations and is shot at the same exposure settings it's good enough to serve
to build a noise profile.
Cheers,
Rob
I don't get it, but I'll accept what you say without reservation since I'm
as ignorant as a carrot about such things.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 5 Dec 2004 at 16:13, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I would think that only works for static subjects ...
Best
On 5 Dec 2004 at 17:05, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I don't get it, but I'll accept what you say without reservation since I'm
as ignorant as a carrot about such things.
The key is that the noise remains relatively constant for a given exposure and
post process settings. Since image details are
I am in proof-reading mode:
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, John Francis wrote:
metering (either for the one-touch shutter setting above, or for the
exposure check that is activated when you engage the DOF preview) is
performed by briefly stopping the lens down to the taking aperture.
...is performed
On Dec 3, 2004, at 12:29 AM, Francis Tang wrote:
Sadly, I
wouldn't be able to use the M35/2 (which I love on the MX, and would
make a nice standard lens for the istD/S), nor my M85/2
Why not? I use my M 35/2 on my *ist D quite frequently. I also use all
my K lenses. In fact, the majority of my
I thought P-TTL worked with A lenses..
-
Thibouille
John Francis a écrit :
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mused:
Quoting Francis Tang [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
*gasp*!
Could this be true? Noone in Singapore can confirm whether M-series
lenses work okay with the *ist-DS (okay, I presume the DS is not so
John Francis wrote on 12/3/2004, 2:43 AM:
The definitive summary:
With A lenses (and the lens set to the A position) you obviously lose
autofocus (unless you're also using the AF 1.7X adapter). You're also
restricted to only the central AF sensor[1], and TTL (not P-TTL) flash.
?
A Minolta.
Are the lenses autofocus?
Yes.
Then I'd take a look at the Konica-Minolta Maxxum 7.
Tom C.
From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 22:47:48 +0100
I agree with you, Tom. I
Thibs mused:
I thought P-TTL worked with A lenses..
Not according to the charts in the appendices to the manuals
(p144 in the *ist-D manual, p177 in the *ist-DS manual).
Apparently Pentax can't make up their mind, though: in the
charts in the main body of the manual (p93/p153) you can use
Christian mused:
John Francis wrote on 12/3/2004, 2:43 AM:
The definitive summary:
With A lenses (and the lens set to the A position) you obviously lose
autofocus (unless you're also using the AF 1.7X adapter). You're also
restricted to only the central AF sensor[1],
John Francis a écrit :
Thibs mused:
I thought P-TTL worked with A lenses..
Not according to the charts in the appendices to the manuals
(p144 in the *ist-D manual, p177 in the *ist-DS manual).
Apparently Pentax can't make up their mind, though: in the
charts in the main body of the manual
John Francis wrote on 12/3/2004, 1:07 PM:
Thibs mused:
I thought P-TTL worked with A lenses..
Not according to the charts in the appendices to the manuals
(p144 in the *ist-D manual, p177 in the *ist-DS manual).
Apparently Pentax can't make up their mind, though: in the
Christian mused:
John Francis wrote on 12/3/2004, 1:07 PM:
Thibs mused:
I thought P-TTL worked with A lenses..
Not according to the charts in the appendices to the manuals
(p144 in the *ist-D manual, p177 in the *ist-DS manual).
Apparently Pentax can't make up
have to
do so anyway if you change systems.
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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From: Francis Tang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
SNIP
I'm always anticipating the release
On 3 Dec 2004 at 14:20, John Francis wrote:
I still don't understand why this limitation is necessary, though.
John, you simply need to purchase some F/FA,DFA lenses :-)
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT) +10 Hours
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Rob Studdert mused:
On 3 Dec 2004 at 14:20, John Francis wrote:
I still don't understand why this limitation is necessary, though.
John, you simply need to purchase some F/FA,DFA lenses :-)
Could be. The last lenses I bought new from Pentax were the PZ
28-105 100-300 I purchased when
http://photo.shopping.com/xPR-istDS~RD-163790294660
I read the above user review, and was a bit surprised at the comments
on lag and slowness. From other things I have read about the *istDS, it
is not so bad as this guy makes it sound. Does it feel as slow as this
guy makes it sound? I wonder
to dump my current system and start
over, or invest in two systems.
That's my $.02.
Tom C.
From: Jon Glass [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 19:05:30 +0100
http://photo.shopping.com/xPR-istDS~RD
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http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
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Fra: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 2. december 2004 20:26
Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emne: RE: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
I don't have the *istDS, I have the *istD. I haven't physically used a
Nikon or Canon, so I
Glass
Subject: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
http://photo.shopping.com/xPR-istDS~RD-163790294660
I read the above user review, and was a bit surprised at the
comments on lag and slowness. From other things I have read about
the *istDS, it is not so bad as this guy makes it sound. Does
/bladt
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Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 2. december 2004 23:01
Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emne: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
I think you will find that most of what you read on photo.net is
pretty biased towards Nikon/Canon.
About the only
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 12:25:45 -0700, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
3. With an investent in Pentax lenses, it doesn't really matter what a
reviews says or how much a reviewer says one product is better than
another... I'm don't have the money to dump my current system and start
over, or invest
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From: Francis Tang
Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
Seriously, for me there's not much reason to stick to Pentax for a
non-fullframe dSLR that cannot use M-series lenses.
My istD does just fine with M lenses.
YMMV
William Robb
opn the *ist-D? Can anyone confirm whether
this is also the case for the DS?
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:33:23 -0600, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Francis Tang
Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
Seriously, for me there's not much reason
My istDs does just fine too with K and M lenses
Andy
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From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:33 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
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From: Francis Tang
!
**
There you go!
Andy
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From: Francis Tang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
*gasp*!
Could this be true? Noone
On Dec 3, 2004, at 6:45 AM, Andy Chang wrote:
My istDs does just fine too with K and M lenses
And, I presume, M-42 lenses are just the same, so you can go back to
those ancient, beautiful Takumar lenses from the Spotmatic era. Not bad
for the digital age. . .
--
-Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
Quoting Francis Tang [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
*gasp*!
Could this be true? Noone in Singapore can confirm whether M-series
lenses work okay with the *ist-DS (okay, I presume the DS is not so
different from the D wrt lens compatibility). The brochure for the DS
only lists K-A and newer lenses as
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mused:
Quoting Francis Tang [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
*gasp*!
Could this be true? Noone in Singapore can confirm whether M-series
lenses work okay with the *ist-DS (okay, I presume the DS is not so
different from the D wrt lens compatibility). The brochure for the DS
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