Re: moving on - with the *istDS

[Peter J. Alling]

You didn't do anything wrong, Pentax photolab seems to add it's own 
mosaic effect.  Other people have mentioned it as well.  The Adobe CS 
plugin is supposed to work much better, but as I don't have CS and don't 
have the budget to purchase it at the moment I can't personally comment.

Derby Chang wrote:

Hi all,
Just to be clear, I'm not moving on from PDML (too addictive to leave 
right now). But I got a plump redundancy package from work last week. 
So as a good P-comrade, I went out today and picked up an *istDS in 
the city. I think I have mixed feelings about it, but it definitely is 
the only dig SLR in my experience that I'd shoot with regularly.

Fujifilm S2 - too fat and slow and munches batteries. Canon DigRebel - 
yukky plasticky, and unpleasant toylike shutter sound. D70 - ok but 
still a little large to feel comfortable with and the viewfinder is 
tunnelike (as are the aforementioned two).

(disclaimer...the *istD seems to be discontinued in Oz, so I haven't 
touched that one at all. Digital City even said they'd sell me the D 
for the same price it it was still in the warehouse as they'd had 
problems selling it. But alas they were all gone).

So I did a few test shots with the 77mm ltd I just happened to have on 
my person at the time.

Generally the shots look great but on closer inspection, the Pentax 
Lab seems to have something lost in translation. Have I left something 
amiss? I can't wait for the Adobe Camera RAW plugin (but I guess I'll 
have too - the DS doesn't get a mention in the v2.4 beta)

http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc/1st_DS/first_shots.htm
I think this is one body I WONT reskin. The rubberised grip feels 
quite grippy and sensual.

Now here is the test. How much film will I really shoot from now on.
D



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