Pentax SR only works up to magnitude 5.0 quakes, after that performance deteriorates considerably. Everyone knows Nikon and Canon are way ahead of Pentax in this area, boasting SR up to 7.8 magnitude.
Tom C. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Glad you're OK. Those things really scare me. Did you get a chance to > test Pentax SR? > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> That's a major earthquake. Good to hear you're okay. I'm sure it will make >> international news reports. Good luck with the electricity and water. How >> long it takes probably depends on the extent of the damage. >> Paul >> >> >> On Sep 3, 2010, at 1:47 PM, David Mann wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Not sure if we'll make worldwide news but we've had a 7.4 earthquake >>> here. It struck during the night and was pretty effective at waking >>> me up. It was close and shallow, 30km away and 33km deep. >>> >>> http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3366146g.html >>> >>> We're OK, only minor damage. A couple of bits of broken glassware >>> inside, and we lost the top of one of our chimneys which broke a few >>> tiles on its way down. >>> >>> Most of the city has lost power and a water main burst here so there's >>> no water either. I expect that'll be sorted out before too long. I'm >>> sending this from one of our laptops (with the good battery) and a >>> cellular USB modem. Handy things to have. But I might not be >>> checking my email often for a few days. >>> >>> We're getting small aftershocks every couple of minutes (some less >>> small than others!). I'm still shaking a bit myself! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Dave >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
