Hi Amita,
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:43:42 -0400, Amita Guha wrote:
I had been thinking about getting a P2000 (or P4000)
for a long time as well, and finally got one now ...
>It arrived today! The screen is even better than I'd hoped. I need to
>sit down with the manual, but so far I've played with it a little and
>I really like what I see. It's a little big, but that screen is really
>worth it.
Yes, the screen is really good!
I also like to be able to carry a (subset of) my gallery stuff
with me, so I can alsway view it, or show to others.
Being able to directly read CF and SD cards is great too.
No seperate card-reader needed anymore.
Video is also nice, but I have no real use for it yet.
(Allthough my Optio W10 can create 640x480 video)
I do like the MP3 capability, nice to have your favourite
music with you, and 80Gb is a lot :-)
However, for use with the DSLR (*istD) I did find
a few drawbacks, no dealbreakers but still a bit
of a dissapointment:
- RAW images from the *istD (.PEF) are displayed OK,
but since it simply takes the embedded JPG (640x480 ?),
you CAN NOT ZOOM in on the image to see it in the
resolution of the real image (6 megapixel).
So no way to judge sharpness that way ...
(This works fine with JPG's)
- The slideshow feature does NOT work with RAW, only JPG
But it is great to show my PUG and holliday galleries,
with Mark Knopfler as background music :-)
- It does not display 'progressive' JPG files.
Not a problem for camera created ones, but JPG's from
other sources may have been saved that way ...
- I do find it a bit slow in populating the screen with thumbnails
- It does NOT display long filenames, which can be a bit
of a nuisance with MP3 music titles. (not a big deal though)
>I'd be happy to answer any questions about
>the device as I learn more about it.
Are you shooting JPG mainly, or RAW ?
I hope the upcoming K10D will support simultanious RAW+JPG
mode, that would make reviewing on the P4000 easier.
If the rumour about using DNG format with is true, I hope the
P4000 will support that too (perhaps with a firmware update :-)
Will test later if the understand the CS2 generated DNG's ...
Overall, I am quite happy with the Epson!
Regards, JvW
--
Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery
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