Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 8:31 PM, William Robbwar...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon Which makes me wonder why Canon's dual-scale readouts from the 1-series, 3 and T90 bodies haven't been copied. They're

Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-04 Thread Leon Altoff
Hi Paul, Looks like CR Kennedy have looked after us in regard to the cost and availability of the K7. It's nice to see that they are selling well. I forgot to ask, but then I got to the shop about an hour after they arrived there (they already had a display one in the cabinet). I'm retiring my

Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-04 Thread David Savage
2009/7/4 Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com: Have you turned on the electronic level?  I occasionally don't notice I'm not level and having something to remind me I'm 1 degree off level might help (or it might just be a gimmick). It's no gimmick. I use it on the D700 when composing scenes

Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-04 Thread Paul Ewins
The battery is still charging so I haven't started playing yet, but I did turn the level on in the shop demonstrator and quickly decided that it would stay on all the time. There are a lot of features and parameters to think about so I had better RTFM. The manual doesn't mention any of

Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-04 Thread Leon Altoff
Paul, It's a big manual. I have it sitting beside the couch and have been reading it on and off trying to find those things Ihave noo idea about that I saw while doing the setup. I'm glad I'm not the only one who is likely to use the level control. It works in live view and movie mode, which

Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-04 Thread David Mann
On Jul 4, 2009, at 7:44 PM, David Savage wrote: 2009/7/4 Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com: Have you turned on the electronic level? It's no gimmick. I use it on the D700 when composing scenes where it's dark enough that I can't see the horizon. lalalala I can't hear you I'm chronic

Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Ewins Subject: Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon The battery is still charging so I haven't started playing yet, but I did turn the level on in the shop demonstrator and quickly decided that it would stay on all the time. There are a lot

Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-04 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 3:58 PM, William Robbwar...@gmail.com wrote: You might rethink that. With the electronic level on, you lose the manual exposure readout, since it shares LCD space with the level. William Robb Which makes me wonder why Canon's dual-scale readouts from the 1-series, 3

Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon Which makes me wonder why Canon's dual-scale readouts from the 1-series, 3 and T90 bodies haven't been copied. They're a brilliant idea and would allow the level and manual exposure readout

Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-03 Thread Paul Ewins
Yup, popped out this afternoon and had a play with a K7 at my local camera store (Kirk's in Ringwood) and then bought it. It wasn't really a hard decision as my current camera is an *ist-D and this is like moving from a K1000 to an LX. I paid AU$1650 (US$1310) and will get another 10% off