Re: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! HC you would have to send the camera in, at least. it doesn't like there is an HC interface to connect to, so the camera needs to be partly disassembled. i HC would not be surprised to see a $100 charge for such an operation. for a HC camera that costs $300 and under, i don't see that anyone

Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Pentax has proved by giving an example that a camera with crippled mount is not really so crippled. I wonder, whether they can produce an firmware upgrade for *ist, MZ-30 and similar cameras... Especially, with compatibility with M and K lenses, *ist may become quite attractive camera,

RE: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread Jeff Jonsson
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:26 AM To: PDML Subject: Question or better yet, idea Hi! Pentax has proved by giving an example that a camera with crippled mount is not really so crippled. I wonder, whether they can produce an firmware upgrade for *ist, MZ-30 and similar cameras

Re: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Boris Liberman wrote: mount is not really so crippled. I wonder, whether they can produce an firmware upgrade for *ist, MZ-30 and similar cameras... Do these have electronic DOF preview? Do they have a way to upgrade the firmware? I was talking to a friend about the

RE: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread Leonard Paris
] Subject: Question or better yet, idea Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 19:26:16 +0200 Hi! Pentax has proved by giving an example that a camera with crippled mount is not really so crippled. I wonder, whether they can produce an firmware upgrade for *ist, MZ-30 and similar cameras... Especially

Re: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pentax has proved by giving an example that a camera with crippled mount is not really so crippled. I wonder, whether they can produce an firmware upgrade for *ist, MZ-30 and similar cameras... As long as you don't mind soldering a new surface-mount ROM

RE: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Leonard Paris wrote: That's really strange, the crippled mount idea. I was using my Zenitar fisheye in aperture priority with version 1.0 of the firmware and had no problems. Probably in stop down metering? That works great with screwmount lenses on a screwmount adapter.

Re: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread arnie
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: Do these have electronic DOF preview? Do they have a way to upgrade the firmware? how about by exposing a roll of film to the binary code of the upgrade, then loading that film into the camera? arnie

Re: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread Bob W
Hi, The new firmware fix gives you better than stop down metering. It is a nice solution. I don't generally follow ist-d threads, so forgive me if I'm repeating something, or if I've missed something about the ist-d. It sounds to me like a solution to a problem that shouldn't exist anyway.

Re: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread Christian
: Question or better yet, idea Hi, The new firmware fix gives you better than stop down metering. It is a nice solution. I don't generally follow ist-d threads, so forgive me if I'm repeating something, or if I've missed something about the ist-d. It sounds to me like a solution

RE: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread Leonard Paris
no place like 127.0.0.1 From: alex wetmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Question or better yet, idea Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:04:29 -0800 (PST) On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Leonard Paris wrote: That's really strange, the crippled mount idea. I was using my

Re: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread Leonard Paris
And hacks are fine. Kludges are usually a mess. Len --- * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question or better yet, idea Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:43:57 -0500 I'd call it a hack rather than a klu(d)ge

Re: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread Keith Whaley
I think someone ought to hold their feet to the fire, so they come up with a compatibility scheme to hook all my SMC K-mount lenses to my Optio-S4! Now, there's an idea whose time has come! Not that there's anything wrong with YOUR idea, Boris, but this one came immediately to mind, so I had to

Re: Question or better yet, idea

2004-01-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: Re: Question or better yet, idea Hi, The new firmware fix gives you better than stop down metering. It is a nice solution. I don't generally follow ist-d threads, so forgive me if I'm repeating something, or if I've missed