Very uinteresting. Thanks for your effort !
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 11. november 2004 12:55 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Poll Results(long) Well here they are. I had 10 people respond, which is what we had in our last Municipal Election, LOL, but hopefully this will be helpful. I was hoping to here from more people who had complains about the camera,but they did not want to play I suppose.:-) Answers follow the >>> 1-Why did you buy a Pentax *istD. >>8 already had lots of glass (80%) >>1 was love at first sight >>2 were tired of scanning, plus had glass >>1 thought it would be a good snapshot camera at least 2-Have you previously owned other digital cameras, either P&S or DSLR >>90% plus have had at least a P&S digital,1 even had an Optio 330 >>The rest had not owned a P&S digital 2A-Did you try or purchase other brands of DSLRS prior to or since buying the *istD >>Not much of a response to the reword of this, but, 1 person tried TVV’s 10d which was liked, but not the >>D100 which he also tried, and 1 tried a 10d for a day. 3-Did you compare printed quality of the D to scanned images before and or after the purchase.. >>65% compared and commented the D is much superior to the scan. The rest did not compare or called >>me names, LOL Scanning techniques were not brought into the equation here. 4-What problems have you had with the D. Was service satisfactory.(asking this to see if the camera has constant faults of one nature or another) >>99% have stated no problems. Someone had a faulty DOF lever and fixed it. Several complaints about >>AF in low light. >>I was surprised no mention of the battery problems. I know several have asked questions when >>batteries are in both camera and grip, reporting low levels when fresh batteies are used, camera shutting >>off etc. 5-What do you like about the images printed from the camera. >>General consensus is: No grain, low noise even at ISO 800, do not look “digital, and sharpness is good. >>Seems 100% who answered enjoy their images.<g> 6-What DON’T you like about the images printed from the camera. >>10% say resolution not as good as film >>10% say to expensive to print >>10% say reprints with blown out areas don’t look as good as film. >>The rest have no complains/comments or need to be better photographers. LOL 7-What lenses, Pentax or other, do you find work well with your camera/shooting style.(sharpness etc) >>Hummm. A very broad range here. Not very good for a percent answer. >>Many are happy with primes from 28 to 50mm, with fast aperture, DA 16-45. Many are happy with >>certain Tamron(28-75 f 2.8)Tokina 80-200 f2.8Sigma 55-200f3.5-5.6, F and FA zooms lenses are a hit. >>Vivitar 400 f5.6, Tamron 20o f 3.5, the 31 and 354mmand macro lenses received good marks to. >>Notable mentions to Pentax: 17-28, 28-80, F70-210, F 20o f 4, ed macro, 300 f4.5, 600 f 4 and 1.4, 1.7 x >>converters. Phewww that was long.<g> 7a- What lenses, Pentax or other, do you find DO NOT work well with your camera/shooting style. (sharpness etc) >>30% mention the wides are not wide enough now. >>10% mention slower than 2.8 is a problem >>1% say long primes bring chromayic aberation >>1% mention Sigmas 15 f 2.8 >>1% mention FA 24/2 and FA135/2.8 worked weel on film bodies but not the digital body. >>The rest say all is well with the lenses they own. 8-Has digital taken the place of 35mm film shooting for you >>50% yes they shoot no film >>49% say they shoot film if hi res is needed or important work >>1% said nope. 9-Do you still shoot film, if so what format(s) >>35mm slide 2 >>35mm film 2 >>B&W-MF or 35mm 3 >>LF 1 >>IR 1 >>6x6 slides 3 >> A few people still shot more than one format still, thus it does not add up to 100%. 10-How do you post process.(PS, Corel etc) >>PS seems to be the biggy here either Version 7.0 or CS. One uses older version’s that I’ll assume is 5.5 or 6.0 >>Others used (and they seems to be divided equally over the 10 replies) are: >>Breese Browser, C1LE, Picturewindow Pro, FixPhoto, Ulead, PhotoImage, Image Majic, Photolab >> (Pentax Raw), ACDSee for Tiff-Jpg conversions. 11-Do you shoot RAW or JPEG or what is needed for the job at hand. >>RAW 40% >>JPG 40% >>BOTH 19% >> WHATS NEEDED 1% >> I noted some shot jpg ONLY if non critical work is being shot, or if they have a LOT of images they >>want to shoot. One was to cheap to spring for another 1GIG card.<vbg> 11a-How big have you printed with quality you are happy with. >> 20x30 1 >> 12x18 3 >> 4x6 1 >> 8x10 3 >> 8x12 2 >>11x14 1 >>15x112cm pano 1 >> 13x19 1 12-How do you rate flash shooting. >>Good 2 >>Medium 2 >> Bad1 >>Non using 3 >>Interesting replies. Some hate it, others have had good results. The AF360 either does ok or sucks. The >>AF400 seems to be well suited for weddings and the AF 360 for fill. >> I am surprised that to get decent results and ISO of 400 is needed. I know Nikon and Canon had very >>bad TTL in their earlier DLSR models but seem to have come up with a decent set of working’s with the >>D2h and D70. Hopefully Pentax will address this soon. 13-If a Pentax rep stopped by your house, what would you like to tell him/her to fix or change or add.. >>Oh boy.Lots of answers on this one..LOL.. >>Bigger file sizes and better softeware.( x 3) >>Bigger buffer, ISO in finder or better spot that having to fumble finding it.. >>Increase profile of green button, 4 way buttons, pz linkage. >>Histogram in ‘show picture after’ and blown hilite blinkies, and picture remaining till card full function. >>Better AF in low light >>USB2 and better cable, Tv dial to close to ON/OFF, lighter weight?? >>AE for K and M >>Firm ware update to fix sharpness, autorotate in vert position 14-What do you use the D for mostly ie: Portraits, sports, weddings etc. >>Pretty wide gamut here. From weddings to portraits to landscapes to air photos, sports and general photography. Thanks to those who responded. Shel I hope this helps. Dave Brooks
