Re: istD review - finally

2003-10-29 Thread Leonard Paris
Absolutely! I use one on my AF500FTZ almost all the time. Len --- * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 btw: is Stofen omnibounce available for AF500FTZ? I've built myself one from an empty polypropylene shampoo bottle...looks weird, works remarkably well also with 14mm or fisheye (on film too)! If

Re: istD review - finally

2003-10-28 Thread Brendan
Well I do think it would have done better if shot in raw mode, but Phil really like the *istD, that says something. He went out of his way to mention the sarpening cn be done out of camera to. --- Robert Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its about time. At least it got the "highly > recommen

Re: istD review - finally

2003-10-28 Thread Robert Gonzalez
Its about time. At least it got the "highly recommended" rating, not that people pay that much attention anymore. The reviews have been accused of being biased towards Canon. Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu wrote: You should check dpreview - it's there! http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxistd/ A

RE: istD review - finally

2003-10-28 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
It is one of the things that I really like about the *ist D, and actually I really got to use it most recently with the camera and am getting a workflow... I rarely use the Auto setting, but I do use the select on the non-center spot, and when I have to I use the center I just spin the dial. Afte

Re: istD review - finally

2003-10-28 Thread Christian Skofteland
ginal Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:33 PM Subject: Re: istD review - finally > I've been using mine set to the center AF point most of the time. I find it > easier to focus and recompose in my usual sh

Re: istD review - finally

2003-10-28 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Reading the review, I wonder how the camera determines which AF point to choose for the AF system. Does the camera always makes the correct choice? On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 14:23, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: > on 28.10.03 13:43, Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > You should che

Re: istD review - finally

2003-10-28 Thread Harold Owen
> > You should check dpreview - it's there! > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxistd/ > > Alex Sarbu At last a comprehensive review on the *ist D has finally filtered through! It is a pretty extensive and balanced review, I am glad he used the FA 50mm 1.4 lens in the tests but would have li

Re: istD review - finally

2003-10-28 Thread Thomas Stach
Sylwester Pietrzyk schrieb: > > on 28.10.03 13:43, Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > You should check dpreview - it's there! > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxistd/ > *SNIP* ...performed > poorer than *XYZ* in dark places (also I've noticed, that it usually > fo

Re: istD review - finally

2003-10-28 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 28.10.03 13:43, Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You should check dpreview - it's there! > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxistd/ Nice to see that *istD performs so well! There are few small grips, but for first, real DSLR very good results overall! And AFAIK - it was