G'day Alan, Greetings from a fellow newbie. You've got some nice pictures there. You and Frank seem to share the "focus is optional" philosophy :-)
WRT sensor cleaning, I've had my *ist D since November '04 and to date I've gotten away with only needing to use a blower. I haven't had to clean the sensor for about 2 months, since I switched from using zooms to primes. Dave S On Apr 10, 2005 3:27 AM, Alan P. Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having managed to keep up with this list for the last 20,000 or so > posts, I thought I would introduce myself. I've recently acquired an > istD after owning a succession of digital point and shoots over the > last few years. Prior to that my only photographic experience was > long ago, when match needle TTL metering was the latest thing. I > still find myself approach these new cameras with a manual bias. > If anyone's interested you can see some of my pictures at the url > listed in my sig, below. Those are a little out there's other more > normal stuff here: > <http://www.ahayesphoto.com/carnival2/index.html> > and > <http://www.ahayesphoto.com/glare/index.htm> > and > <http://www.ahayesphoto.com/blurrysite/blurindex.html> > > On sensor cleaning, I've been following this fellow's advice and > using a cosmetics brush. His approach seems to make sense and work > pretty well, and it's cheap to boot! > > <http://194.100.88.243/petteri/pont/How_to/a_Brush_Your_Sensor/a_Brush_Your_Sensor.html> > > This is a well named list, the members display a prodigious knowledge > of things Pentax and a prodigious ability to discuss...almost > anything! > -- > Alan P. Hayes > Meaning and Form: Writing, Editing and Document Design > Pittsfield, Massachusetts > > Photographs at > http://www.ahayesphoto.com/americandead/index.htm > >
