Hi Jerome Your editorial work actually has a point. But not a lot of old farts (an expresion covering people stupid enouhg to own some excellent 20 years old lenses) would have to buy the camera to pay for a mechanical aperture simulator, or whatever is missing to make it truely K-mount campatible. They might even make it optional. Or an adition to the *its Dn, which is bound to come in a year! Regards Jens
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: jerome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 3. juli 2003 05:17 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: D-ist blurb in "American Photo" magazine Admittedly, I picked up the mag because J-Lo was adorning the cover... oh and I was looking for some tips on environmental portraits (more on that later, perhaps)... but (j) lo and behold, there was a blurb about the D-ist just a few pages over. >From the magazine (July / August issue): It's name may be in inpronounceable, but this model, the ist Pentax D-SLR, has impressive specs. Despite its claim to be the smallest interchangeable-lens D- SLR, it features a 6.1 megapixel sensor, 16 segment metering, and 11 point wide- angle autofocus. It’s shutter speeds go up to 1/4000 second, and fires at up to 2.7 frames per second. It’s viewfinder is excellent, especially by D-SLR standards, providing a 95 percent field of view and .95X magnification. Two separate dials control lens aperture and shutter speed. The camera gives you a choice of JPEG, TIFF, and Raw image files, saved on CF Type I/II cards. It’s powered by four AA batteries or two CR-V3 lithium cells, and can be used with an optional battery grip. Best of all, it’s compatible with current Pentax AF and manual focus lenses. Those who will bitch and moan about backwards compatibility are likely the same old farts that wouldn’t have bought the camera anyway, unless it was to be found at a yard sale or on eBay for 20% of retail. Pentax was smart not to design this beauty with those folks in mind. Okay… Okay…. !! The last two sentences weren’t in the article… You can call that my editorial additions. But back to the J-Lo thing <g>… There was quite a spread of photos of the pop star (including 4 different cover shots on the stands… "collect them all!" <HAR>) But to even keep this part of my rant on topic, you’d be pleased to know that a handful of the shots were taken with a Pentax 67 [and Portra 160NC, I believe]. Regards, jerome ___ http://www.exposedfilm.net
