Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-04 Thread Paul Franklin Stregevsky
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Diagnostician's version of Occam's razor: When you hear hoofbeats, don't think 'Zebra.' That's exactly why I fear that the ISO range will top out at 400: If it were higher, Pentax would have said so.

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-04 Thread Mike Johnston
That's exactly why I fear that the ISO range will top out at 400: If it were higher, Pentax would have said so. It isn't determined yet. As I said elsewhere, don't read tea leaves...lots about this camera is not yet set in stone one way or the other. Wait for the production models. --Mike

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-03 Thread Pål Jensen
- Original Message - From: alexanderkrohe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:09 PM Subject: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder From: Rüdiger Neumann Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 07:15:23 -0800 From CNET.com: Unlike

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-03 Thread Steve Desjardins
It could be as simple as MLU when the screen is activated in shoot mode. If the regular viewfinder is just a little TV, why have a mirror at all? Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-03 Thread Peter Alling
So far no one seems to know, I'm betting on some kind of MLU. At 07:23 PM 3/3/2003 +0100, you wrote: - Original Message - From: alexanderkrohe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:09 PM Subject: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-03 Thread Pål Jensen
Frits wrote: The German text refers to the LCD at the back, which 'apparently also works in recording mode'. It doesn't say anything about how it is done. You could be right, very interesting, this feature that sets this DSLR apart from the competition. I can see the PJ raising their *ist

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-03 Thread Lawrence Kwan
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Frits [iso-8859-1] Wüthrich wrote: The German text refers to the LCD at the back, which 'apparently also works in recording mode'. It doesn't say anything about how it is done. I am a bit skeptical though. If this feature is real, I just cannot see how this could be left