Re: About our Hungarian friend [Was Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D]

2006-12-14 Thread Boros Attila
Kostas, thank you for clearing this up. Godfrey, no offense taken. -- Attila -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: About our Hungarian friend [Was Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D]

2006-12-14 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
Hello, Attila. What do you think about the camera? It was one of the 10 K10D's which reached Romania? I was able to play with one, just a little. Except for a small ergonomic glitch (I think the body is too thick for my hand, but it's nothing too serious) I liked it very much. And the SR seems

Re: About our Hungarian friend [Was Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D]

2006-12-14 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Alex, Thursday, December 14, 2006, 2:03:18 PM, you wrote: ACS What do you think about the camera? I'm very pleased with it. This being my first DSLR ever, I have nothing to compare against. Size is just right, and it has a nice balance with the DA 16-45. ACS It was one of the 10 K10D's

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-14 Thread Mark Cassino
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Aside from speed testing, that is. I went for a walk today and filled a 2G card with K10D RAW/DNG exposures. I put the FA20-35 on it, used autofocus almost exclusively, and just went snapping around the neighborhood. About 120 some exposures in all fit on a 2G

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 14, 2006, at 4:43 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Aside from speed testing, that is. I went for a walk today and filled a 2G card with K10D RAW/DNG exposures. I put the FA20-35 on it, used autofocus almost exclusively, and just went snapping around the neighborhood.

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Can you please elaborate further about the improvement over the DS part? - more pixel resolution - more dynamic range Har! Now, kind sir, will you please tell me what kind of improvement in dynamic range you observe so far? I have not done quantified

my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Aside from speed testing, that is. I went for a walk today and filled a 2G card with K10D RAW/DNG exposures. I put the FA20-35 on it, used autofocus almost exclusively, and just went snapping around the neighborhood. About 120 some exposures in all fit on a 2G card. I processed the DNGs

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Godfrey, I would have expected some very immediate, some popping improvement over *istD(S). I am not seeing it. These are all fine pictures, and you're very strong photographer indeed, however, I don't see anything that will tell me - look, Boris, this is where K10D outdoes all its older brothers

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Boris Liberman wrote: On 12/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I went for a walk today and filled a 2G card with K10D RAW/DNG exposures. I put the FA20-35 on it, used autofocus almost exclusively, and just went snapping around the neighborhood. About 120

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Jerome Reyes
I went for a walk today and filled a 2G card with K10D RAW/DNG exposures. I put the FA20-35 on it, used autofocus almost exclusively, and just went snapping around the neighborhood. About 120 some exposures in all fit on a 2G card. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/neighborhood-K10D/ Good

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Godfrey, I would have expected some very immediate, some popping improvement over *istD(S). I am not seeing it. These are all fine pictures, and you're very strong photographer indeed, however, I don't see anything that will tell me - look, Boris, this is where K10D outdoes all its

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Boris Liberman wrote: SR: how does 35mm at 1/8 work on this? http://homepage.mac.com/godders/neighborhood-K10D/source/16-imgp0725.html Not a clue. I am trying to see if there is any significant picture quality difference between *istD and K10D given same lens and same

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Godfrey, Very simple but pleasant photos:) I must admit that I would have walked past many of those without noticing them. -- Attila Tuesday, December 12, 2006, 11:06:31 AM, you wrote: GD Aside from speed testing, that is. GD I went for a walk today and filled a 2G card with K10D

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Jerome Reyes
I must admit that I would have walked past many of those without noticing them. My point exactly. __ Jerome Reyes Photography http://exposedfilm.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Boris, That's an unrealistic expectation. Both the *ist D and *ist DS are very competent cameras. You will not see major improvements at web resolution rendering between them and the K10D if you are exploiting their capabilities to the fullest. I've been completely unconcerned with the

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 12, 2006, at 7:21 AM, Jerome Reyes wrote: I must admit that I would have walked past many of those without noticing them. My point exactly. Thank you both for the compliments, Jerome and Boris A! Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Yes indeed! Or the eye behind it... ;-) Godfrey On Dec 12, 2006, at 2:54 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: Other than that, it's a camera, it just does it best to not get in the way of the lens attached to it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

About our Hungarian friend [Was Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D]

2006-12-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
His first name is Attila, his surname is Boros. :-) In some cultures surname goes first, without the coma between them. Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: About our Hungarian friend [Was Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D]

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
My apologies Attila. Both for the ordering issue and for the misspell! G On Dec 12, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: His first name is Attila, his surname is Boros. :-) In some cultures surname goes first, without the coma between them. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Godfrey, thank you for such a well detailed and thought out response. My reply is between your lines. That's an unrealistic expectation. Both the *ist D and *ist DS are very competent cameras. You will not see major improvements at web resolution rendering between them and the K10D

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You're welcome, Boris. More discussion follows... That's an unrealistic expectation. Both the *ist D and *ist DS are very competent cameras. You will not see major improvements at web resolution rendering between them and the K10D if you are exploiting their capabilities to the fullest.

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread frank theriault
On 12/12/06, Jerome Reyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I went for a walk today and filled a 2G card with K10D RAW/DNG exposures. I put the FA20-35 on it, used autofocus almost exclusively, and just went snapping around the neighborhood. About 120 some exposures in all fit on a 2G card.

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread cbwaters
I had virtually the same thought. How in the world could one fill a 2GB card in one walk? Cory - Original Message - From: Jerome Reyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:16 AM Subject: Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread ann sanfedele
687 is my fave... lots of good stuff - but that works the best for me. ann Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Aside from speed testing, that is. I went for a walk today and filled a 2G card with K10D RAW/DNG exposures. I put the FA20-35 on it, used autofocus almost exclusively, and just went

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Finally, I managed to extract the most necessary bit of information from you, Godfrey! I'll get to that in due course. My large -half size renderings are only 1000 pixels on the vertical dimension at best. That is insufficient to image at the quality I desire for A3 size prints. And

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 12, 2006, at 9:31 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: I think its simply calibrated better for the class of users that Pentax expected to be interested in it, and that user group is more inclined to use RAW and higher-end fine tuning of JPEGs destined for post processing rather than prints