JOC,Limited knowledge replie below. ---- Begin Original Message ---- <Yes, I've heard the digitals are unable to <capture <extremely wide contrast scene. Also they have <an <exposure latitude more like slide film which is <not exactly a good thing. Not having a lot of experience with slides,i cannnot comment.I do not have the proper TTL flash for this camera and use a Vivitar 285HV,the results from well lite areanes are good,auto contrast in PS 6 is a god send.
> I don't have a problem with shutter lag,as the > D1 acts like a proper SLR in that respect, <Well thats good. But doesnt the camera "go to <sleep" if you go a while without taking a <picture? <My digicam does and I hate that. No,It is just like any other bazillion dollar SLR<G> > >and > my main reason to purchase was to get into the > higher level digital(used)and take and sell > pictures at events. < <What do you do, shoot AND print on location? Yes.Mt wife runs the viewer computer and i have other kids that ride and have PS6 experience do the cropping and printing. > Graywolf has inspected some prints from the D1 > and S800 printer and gave me/it a good review. <Have you done direct comparisons with well <made optical <prints using slow film? Less than 3 Mp seems to <me to be too low for 8X10 compared to film.? No,not yet > I like digital,but i had to spend a lot of > extra money to buy lenses for Ni**.If Pentax > comes out with something like the D1 i'll give > it my 100% focus. <Why not just buy a 5MP digicam ( non slr), they <are only about $1K? Need the SLR shutter speeds.The horses simply go toooo fast. > Right now,2.74 megpix is helping me pay for an > expensive hobby/weekend businessbut i'm happy > with the results. Well, thats the main thing! > BUT I still like film.Old habbits???Two months > after i bought a state of the art digital,i buy > a used S3,go fiqure > > Dave Best thing about them oldies is they arent obsolete (yet) even after 40 years. I dont think we'll be able to say that about ANY digital SLR for a long time if ever. Can you imagine where digital cameras will be in 10 years from now let alone fourty? JCO probably still around Dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ---- End Original Message ---- Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
