Re: Christmas enablement? + Sigma EF-500 DG super questions

2006-12-31 Thread F Mckenty
Scott Loveless wrote: My mother-in-law gave me a Domke F-5XB shoulder bag. Anyone else get any photo goodies? I got a Lowepro slingshot 200AW and a Sigma EF-500 DG super (both things that I desperately wanted). Now I'm wondering if there is a way I can trigger the new flash wirelessly

Re: Christmas enablement? + Sigma EF-500 DG super questions

2006-12-31 Thread Adam Maas
You'll need another flash to do wireless TTL. Good news is that a AF360FGZ costs the same as a SU-800 or ST-E2 and is also a flash. Bad news, it's not all that cheap. HSS needs TTL, which means A or later lenses. -Adam F Mckenty wrote: I got a Lowepro slingshot 200AW and a Sigma EF-500

Re: Christmas enablement? + Sigma EF-500 DG super questions

2006-12-31 Thread Adam Maas
F Mckenty wrote: Adam Maas wrote: You'll need another flash to do wireless TTL. Good news is that a AF360FGZ costs the same as a SU-800 or ST-E2 and is also a flash. Bad news, it's not all that cheap. HSS needs TTL, which means A or later lenses. -Adam Thanks for the info. Using

Re: Christmas enablement? + Sigma EF-500 DG super questions

2006-12-31 Thread F Mckenty
Adam Maas wrote: You'll need another flash to do wireless TTL. Good news is that a AF360FGZ costs the same as a SU-800 or ST-E2 and is also a flash. Bad news, it's not all that cheap. HSS needs TTL, which means A or later lenses. -Adam Thanks for the info. Using the AF360FGZ Can

Re: Christmas enablement? + Sigma EF-500 DG super questions

2006-12-31 Thread F Mckenty
As far as I'm aware you can fire only the off-camera flash with the 360(you'll still get a preflash from the 360 though, that's how it communicates) -Adam Cool. Thanks for your help, Francis www.islandlight.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-27 Thread John Coyle
Yep - my son-in-law picked out the Folio Society's 100 Greatest Photographs - everyone from Niepce to Cameron to Adams to Capa to Bailey, in magnificent quality printing. No other photo goodies yet though, but my beloved gave me our national broadcaster's CD collection of their audience's

RE: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-27 Thread Jens Bladt
://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Scott Loveless Sendt: 26. december 2006 17:23 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement On 12/26/06

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-27 Thread Patrick Genovese
Wide (28mm in 35mm format) to around 70mm covers about 80-85%% of my shots. Up to now i've never had anything wider than a 28mm but i;ve recently got myself an da 12-24 and its growing on me fast.. I do use long tele's 200-300mm but i would say for no more than 10% the rest is mostly macro with

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-27 Thread cbwaters
25, 2006 12:50 PM Subject: Christmas enablement? My mother-in-law gave me a Domke F-5XB shoulder bag. Anyone else get any photo goodies? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-27 Thread David Savage
On 12/27/06, cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got, from the brother-in-law, a 2GB SD card for the K10. I don't HAVE the camera yet... Now I HAVE to get the camera so I can use this card, right? VBEG I like the way you think sir. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-27 Thread Cotty
On 26/12/06, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: What lenses do you find yourself using most often? Why? Most often, probably a workaday 24-70. Most carefully chosen, the A*85. The former because it does what it says on the box very very well. The latter because it has a talks to me.

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-27 Thread David J Brooks
PM Subject: Christmas enablement? My mother-in-law gave me a Domke F-5XB shoulder bag. Anyone else get any photo goodies? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Christmas enablement - Pentax binoculars

2006-12-27 Thread Jens Bladt
: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Scott Loveless Sendt: 25. december 2006 18:50 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Christmas enablement? My mother-in-law gave me a Domke F-5XB shoulder bag. Anyone else get any photo goodies

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-27 Thread Amita Guha
On 12/27/06, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bought a 2gig hispeed card from APO for my K10D. Mydigitaldiscount is having a sale on Sandisk Extreme III CF cards - $60 for a 2GB after rebate http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/s.nl/it.A/id.650/.f?sc=2category=477 and $109 for a 4GB after

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-27 Thread Otis C. Wright, Jr.
Appears to be slightly cheaper at BH Photo Video..? Otis Wright Amita Guha wrote: On 12/27/06, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bought a 2gig hispeed card from APO for my K10D. Mydigitaldiscount is having a sale on Sandisk Extreme III CF cards - $60 for a 2GB after

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-26 Thread Peter Fairweather
The ebay santa gave me a 90-180 zoom for my 67ii. Mrs Santa gave me some warm clothes for standing still while it chugs away on f45. Now all I need is a custom built concrete block for my tripod and an overdraft for a selection of 95mm filters Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-26 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: From: Mark Roberts Stan Halpin wrote: One DA 21/3.2 AL Limited. The system works! Send a notice to Santa (who lives in the basement at BH), he emails the appropriate person, the transaction is transacted, the lens is shipped, and Stan is happily playing with a new toy.

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Christmas enablement? The angle of view is one of my favorites. That's why I finally broke down and bought it (I've never bought a prime slower than f/2.8 except for my 15mm). I often used a 28mm as a walkaround standard lens

Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread Scott Loveless
On 12/26/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Christmas enablement? The angle of view is one of my favorites. That's why I finally broke down and bought it (I've never bought a prime slower than f/2.8 except for my 15mm

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Roberts Subject: Re: Christmas enablement? The angle of view is one of my favorites. That's why I finally broke down and bought it (I've never bought a prime slower than f/2.8 except for my 15mm). I often used a 28mm as a walkaround standard lens on my MX. I can count on one hand

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 26, 2006, at 10:22, Scott Loveless wrote: Over the last year or so I've noticed that when using a 28-80 or 28-90 zoom, after zooming, focusing, metering, etc., the lens almost always ends up set very close to 50mm. During the recent DCPDML excursion I made a conscious effort to not use

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Scott Loveless Subject: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement What lenses do you find yourself using most often? Why? I'm using the 50/1.4 in the studio quite a bit. It's a tad short, but good for small groups that require backing off for, the 77 has

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
What lenses do you find yourself using most often? Why? Long time experience with 35mm film cameras whittled my kit down to a 20mm, a 35-40mm, a 50mm and a 75-90mm lens, with a reserve of a 200mm for those occasional long shots. Nowadays, with 16x24 format, the 14, 21, 35, 50 and 77

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread Russell Kerstetter
On 12/26/06, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What lenses do you find yourself using most often? Why? I seem to find myself at 24 and 50 quite a bit. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Russell Kerstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 12/26/06, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What lenses do you find yourself using most often? Why? 16-45 f4 is on about 90% of the time. If i go prime for what ever reason, i like my A 28 or A 50. My 50-200 and Sigma 300 at about 5%.

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-26 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 09:35:22AM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Christmas enablement? The angle of view is one of my favorites. That's why I finally broke down and bought it (I've never bought a prime slower than f/2.8 except

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread graywolf
I usually shoot at 7 or 21 millimeters, and only use the intermediate focal lengths if I can not get farther away, or closer, as the case may be. David J Brooks wrote: Quoting Russell Kerstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 12/26/06, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What lenses do you

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread keith_w
graywolf wrote: I usually shoot at 7 or 21 millimeters, and only use the intermediate focal lengths if I can not get farther away, or closer, as the case may be. You mean, with a digital camera? Other than that, a 7mm will make everything look funny! ;-) keith -- David J Brooks wrote:

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 26, 2006, at 5:40 PM, keith_w wrote: graywolf wrote: I usually shoot at 7 or 21 millimeters, and only use the intermediate focal lengths if I can not get farther away, or closer, as the case may be. You mean, with a digital camera? Other than that, a 7mm will make everything look

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread graywolf
What, isn't eveyone talking about with a digital camera. OK, I normally use a 135mm lens (OK, now I am talking about with the 4x5 graphic). Those who pay attention will note that all of those give about the same field of view as 35mm lens on 35mm film cropped to 24x32 or so. That is my

Re: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement

2006-12-26 Thread David Savage
On 12/27/06, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What lenses do you find yourself using most often? 50-50 between the FA 77 Ltd FA 50 f1.4 Why? Dunno. Because! :-) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Scott Loveless
My mother-in-law gave me a Domke F-5XB shoulder bag. Anyone else get any photo goodies? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I got a cute little mini tripod for my small camera bag, called a gorillapod. It allows one to attach the camera to a rail or pole or tree limb, or set in up on a table or platform. Nice for when you don't have a real tripod or monopod around:

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Mike Hamilton
Although my official Christmas was last Saturday, I received a $75 gift certificate to my local drug (oops... camera) dealer. I'm thinking that I will spend it on a nice zippered bag to replace the old buckle style Pentax gadget bag that I've had for a few years now. :) Mike On 12/25/06, Scott

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Stan Halpin
One DA 21/3.2 AL Limited. The system works! Send a notice to Santa (who lives in the basement at BH), he emails the appropriate person, the transaction is transacted, the lens is shipped, and Stan is happily playing with a new toy. Stan On Dec 25, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
Stan, Could you forward me that e-mail addess... ;-) Regards, Bob S. On 12/25/06, Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One DA 21/3.2 AL Limited. The system works! Send a notice to Santa (who lives in the basement at BH), he emails the appropriate person, the transaction is transacted, the

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Stan Halpin wrote: One DA 21/3.2 AL Limited. The system works! Send a notice to Santa (who lives in the basement at BH), he emails the appropriate person, the transaction is transacted, the lens is shipped, and Stan is happily playing with a new toy. Great minds think alike, Stan. I sent a

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Christmas enablement? Stan Halpin wrote: One DA 21/3.2 AL Limited. The system works! Send a notice to Santa (who lives in the basement at BH), he emails the appropriate person, the transaction is transacted, the lens is shipped

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Scott Loveless Subject: Christmas enablement? My mother-in-law gave me a Domke F-5XB shoulder bag. Anyone else get any photo goodies? I got a new desk chair, a 12-24 zoom (didn't arrive yet though) and a very nice quality reproduction St. Ansel print

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Scott Loveless
On 12/25/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got a new desk chair, a 12-24 zoom (didn't arrive yet though) and a very nice quality reproduction St. Ansel print. I've been thinking a few of these would be a worthwhile investment:

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Scott Loveless Subject: Re: Christmas enablement? On 12/25/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got a new desk chair, a 12-24 zoom (didn't arrive yet though) and a very nice quality reproduction St. Ansel print. I've been thinking a few

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Certainly not a bad buy. Although Ansel's printing was fundamental to his art and was frequently a complex procedure. Who knows how big a role his assistants played? In any case, I'd like to own one. Paul On Dec 25, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: On 12/25/06, William Robb [EMAIL

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread John Whittingham
My mother-in-law gave me a Domke F-5XB shoulder bag. Anyone else get any photo goodies? Got a copy of Real World Camera Raw for CS2 from she who must be obeyed! John The information

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/25/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got a new desk chair, a 12-24 zoom (didn't arrive yet though) and a very nice quality reproduction St. Ansel print. I've been thinking a few of these would be a worthwhile investment:

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread David J Brooks
Still waiting to open up stuff. Waiting on the daughter's SO first. :-( Dave Quoting Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My mother-in-law gave me a Domke F-5XB shoulder bag. Anyone else get any photo goodies? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
My photo gift this year was having one of my photographer friends stop by last evening for the party. He brought some prints ... we looked at them, he looked at mine, we had a while to discuss the work. That was a superb gift. I wasn't expecting he could visit. (I showed him the Pentax 645

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 25, 2006, at 10:54 AM, William Robb wrote: One DA 21/3.2 AL Limited. The system works! Send a notice to Santa (who lives in the basement at BH), he emails the appropriate person, the transaction is transacted, the lens is shipped, and Stan is happily playing with a new toy.

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Amita Guha
On 12/25/06, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mother-in-law gave me a Domke F-5XB shoulder bag. Anyone else get any photo goodies? My honey enabled me with both a Tamron 90mm macro and a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 for Nikon. I enabled him with a Canon 15mm fisheye. Whee! Amita -- PDML

Christmas Enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Walter Hamler
My wife gave me a new copy of PhotoShop Elements 5.0. Santa gave me a 50~200 Pentax Zoom. I really like both. I wasn't sure PSE 5 had enough extras to make the upgrade worth it, but I really like what I see so far. Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread DagT
My parents gave me a book with photographs by Minkkinen: http://www.decordova.org/decordova/exhibit/2005/minkkinen.htm Great fun as well as creative and beautiful photographs. PS: He uses Pentax 67 and claims that he does not change his photos in the darkroom or computer, and he calls his

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread David Savage
On 12/26/06, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone else get any photo goodies? Nope. CD's, a couple of books, some fudge a new floor fan. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Kenneth Waller
My K10D arrived a few days before Christmas I got to use it before Christmas, but I do consider it a Christmas gift. A very impressive package from Pentax. Hard to believe there is so much to it in view of the price relative to the initial *ist D. All the things already mentioned on the list

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread Russell Kerstetter
i got a circular polarizing filter, yay! On 12/25/06, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mother-in-law gave me a Domke F-5XB shoulder bag. Anyone else get any photo goodies? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-21 Thread Peter J. Alling
Ah, the idealism of youth and the cynicism of old age, in one package... William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. On 20/12/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: I'll wait for the istDn. How old are you Bill? Young enough to hope

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-21 Thread Peter J. Alling
Funny, that's about what I heard as well. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. On 20/12/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Young enough to hope it happens in my lifetime, old enough to fear otherwise.. Actually if it's

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-21 Thread Joseph Tainter
Wheatfield, it would be interesting to see some side-by-side comparisons of noise -- *ist D vs. your new toy, same ISO (say, 200), same subject, same angle of view. Your wish is my command. I have a few days off coming up this weekend. I'll try to post something on either Saturday or Sunday.

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-21 Thread Joseph Tainter
P.S. More on testing. It would also be interesting to compare noise at the *ist D's slowest ISO with noise at the 750's slowest ISO. Joe

[Fwd: Re: Christmas enablement.]

2004-12-21 Thread Joseph Tainter
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Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-21 Thread Joseph Tainter
Also second attempt. Joseph Tainter wrote: P.S. More on testing. It would also be interesting to compare noise at the *ist D's slowest ISO with noise at the 750's slowest ISO. Joe

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. It doesn't have to be an interesting photo. Probably a good thing. William Robb

Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread William Robb
I went out this morning to find a small digital camera that I could toss into the truck as a quick snapshot camera. Of course, my initial desire was to by a Pentax, but there are so many choices out there right now. I wanted something small, so I looked at an Optio SV, which is 5 megapixies and

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Raimo K
/~raikorho - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 6:42 PM Subject: Christmas enablement. I went out this morning to find a small digital camera that I could toss into the truck as a quick snapshot

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Chris Brogden
Good choice. That's one of my favourite ps digitals. chris On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:42:37 -0600, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I went out this morning to find a small digital camera that I could toss into the truck as a quick snapshot camera. Of course, my initial desire was to by a

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Chris Brogden Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. Good choice. That's one of my favourite ps digitals. Devona mentioned that they are selling them by the boatload. I saw an istDS, but didn't bother to look at it. I'll wait for the istDn. William Robb

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Raimo K Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. It has tested very well in Finnish magazines :-) However I have chosen Optio SV because it is bigger than Optio S4 - but I have not seen any tests of it - but based on my results with Optio S4 I am sure its OK. I

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/12/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: I'll wait for the istDn. How old are you Bill? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. On 20/12/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: I'll wait for the istDn. How old are you Bill? Young enough to hope it happens in my lifetime, old enough to fear otherwise.. William Robb

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/12/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Young enough to hope it happens in my lifetime, old enough to fear otherwise.. Actually if it's an *ist D mark 2 then waddya think, maybe this coming fall? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Joseph Tainter
Wheatfield, it would be interesting to see some side-by-side comparisons of noise -- *ist D vs. your new toy, same ISO (say, 200), same subject, same angle of view. Joe

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. On 20/12/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Young enough to hope it happens in my lifetime, old enough to fear otherwise.. Actually if it's an *ist D mark 2 then waddya think, maybe this coming fall

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. Wheatfield, it would be interesting to see some side-by-side comparisons of noise -- *ist D vs. your new toy, same ISO (say, 200), same subject, same angle of view. Your wish is my command. I have a few days

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/12/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: The girl at the camera store thinks PMA. I believe that's in February. Whoa. Feb for the *ist D mark 2 ? Hey it's quiet at the mo, any speculation as to specifications? CCD sticking with 6MP or jumping to 8MP? Are there any 8MP CCDs

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/12/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: I have a few days off coming up this weekend. These Canadians are smarter than they look! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20/12/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: The girl at the camera store thinks PMA. I believe that's in February. Whoa. Feb for the *ist D mark 2 ? Hey it's quiet at the mo, any speculation as to specifications? CCD sticking with 6MP or jumping to

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. Whoa. Feb for the *ist D mark 2 ? Hey it's quiet at the mo, any speculation as to specifications? Not a clue. William Robb

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread pnstenquist
Wouldn't switching to CMOS require extensive redesign of software and systems? I would think that Pentax will stay the course with CCD. I wonder where John Francis stands on this? Paul Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20/12/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: The girl at the

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't switching to CMOS require extensive redesign of software and systems? So? Even the ist-DS is different enough that it requires a different RAW converter. I would think that Pentax will stay the course with CCD. I wonder where John Francis stands on this? I

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. Wouldn't switching to CMOS require extensive redesign of software and systems? I would think that Pentax will stay the course with CCD. I wonder where John Francis stands on this? Any change to the sensor

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Graywolf
March I believe. I think so too. My source is being coy right now; I think maybe they got on his case a bit. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Christmas

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Graywolf
. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. On 20/12/04, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Young enough to hope it happens in my

Re: Christmas enablement.

2004-12-20 Thread Herb Chong
well, the 1Ds 11.2 megapixel sensor is now obsolete. Herb - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 6:52 PM Subject: Re: Christmas enablement. I don't know about pixel count but I expect it to be CMOS rather