Re: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, You're gonna love it! Regards, Bob S. On 7/6/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I've been shopping. We picked up a K10D and Panasonic FX30. A Canon that we looked at seemed to have snappier AF in the shop but the Panasonic was smaller and quieter, and has a very nice

Re: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-06 Thread David Mann
Well I've been shopping. We picked up a K10D and Panasonic FX30. A Canon that we looked at seemed to have snappier AF in the shop but the Panasonic was smaller and quieter, and has a very nice screen. Also seemed very responsive. Also picked up a couple of 4Gb cards. This stuff is

Re: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-06 Thread David Savage
On 7/7/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I've been shopping. We picked up a K10D and Panasonic FX30. A Canon that we looked at seemed to have snappier AF in the shop but the Panasonic was smaller and quieter, and has a very nice screen. Also seemed very responsive. Congrats Dave.

Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-02 Thread David Mann
We're planning a trip to Sydney in a couple of months so I'm starting to think about digital. At first I thought about getting a little compact for the sake of portability, but when I looked at prices I thought it'd be better to put the money towards a K10D. Now I think I want to get both

Re: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-02 Thread David Savage
On 7/2/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're planning a trip to Sydney in a couple of months... snip Ooh, sorry to hear that vbg Cheers, Dave :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-02 Thread Brian Walters
Now that's just being deliberately unkind :-) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 7/2/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're planning a

Re: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-02 Thread Steve Desjardins
Maybe consider the W30, which is the waterproof one. This gives you some extra capability, i.e., camera to take into a messy situation, as opposed to just a little camera. I took a Canon DS700 (6MP) on a recent trip along with my DS. I finally just gave up and just took the DS. The difference

Re: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-02 Thread David Savage
:-D Cheers, Dave On 7/2/07, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that's just being deliberately unkind :-) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting David Savage [EMAIL

Re: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
None of the Pentax digital compacts are that appealing to me. If you want image stabilization, the Panasonic LX2, TZ2, and TZ3 are superb. I believe all of them allow RAW capture as well and take SD cards. Leica-designed lenses and reasonable manual controllability. If you want high ISO

Re: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-02 Thread George Sinos
Dave - I have an A10 that I use as my pocket camera. The A30 adds a couple additional megapixels, face detection and probably more important, a Tv mode. Here's a link to some sample snapshots, these are straight from the camera: http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/1315278 These were taken in the

Re: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
My wife used to have an A10 - finally lost it. I replaced it with the A30. From a usage perspective, the A30 is much quicker in operation. If that is the basic model you are considering, I would opt for the A30 over the A10. One big thing to remember is that these are little cameras and will

RE: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-02 Thread David Mann
Thanks to all for the info and advice. I'll have a closer look at things tonight (me? webmailing from work? no sir...). I was hoping to stick with Pentax but if their offerings don't compare so well then I'll have to look at other brands - as long as I can use the same cards as the K10D I'll

RE: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-02 Thread David Mann
David Savage wrote: On 7/2/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're planning a trip to Sydney in a couple of months... Ooh, sorry to hear that vbg The other option was Perth and I thought I may as well save some flying time and see the Opera House. Unfortunately the dates work