Features I use:
Aperture priority.
Program mode.
Autofocus with zone AF.
Manual focus.
Multi-segment metering.
Center weighted metering (along with exposure compensation)
Exposure compensation.
Histogram (this should appear earlier on my list).
Delete.
Self-timer.
2-second timer (for mirror lockup
On 21/7/05, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed:
>I have had the cash under my mattress (I put it there so it doesn't burn
>a hole
>in my pocket, plus it's winter here) ready to slam down on the virtual
camera
>shop counter for a nice high spec Pentax DSLR for quite a while. I don't
know
>
On 20/7/05, Powell Hargrave, discombobulated, unleashed:
>The Ds Slimming Filter.
You're kidding?
Cheers,
Cotty
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Bob W wrote:
The bottle you gave me was certainly enjoyable. Had a very nice, fresh
taste.
--
Cheers,
Bob
Now that it's all EU, I can bring back as much as I want. Legally. 8-)
That's a new one for me. My favourite:
http://www.internetwines.com/rws29071.html
The bottle you gave me was certainly enjoyable. Had a very nice, fresh
taste.
--
Cheers,
Bob
>
> That's a new one for me. My favourite:
> http://www.internetwines.com/rws29071.html
>
>
>
>
Joe's Basement is long gone. I haven't used E6 for such a long time that I
can't really say I have a regular place any more. I would be inclined to use
Snappy Snaps now, to be honest. There are outlets everywhere, they're
usually pretty good, and they should be able to turn work round within the
da
On Jul 21, 2005, at 9:49 AM, mike wilson wrote:
One post after the subject header changed 8-( Still, remarkably
few people use it.
I use it all the time. It often highlights nasty distractions in the
background that I'd otherwise miss, and will also give an indication
of how the backgro
On Jul 21, 2005, at 8:29 AM, William Robb wrote:
As often as possible, I will go out with one camera and one lens.
My favourite combos:
K2 with 43mm Limited (silver, of course)
LX with K35/3.5 and a square hood
My most useful combo is anything with the macro lens attached.
One of these days
If you keep posting these photos I'll just have to go there...
Bruce Dayton wrote:
This is another not so common site in Monument Valley. From my
recollection, this area had a whole bunch of rocks fall down. So
there is quite a bit of broken and jumbled sandstone laying around.
Some of it, li
On Jul 21, 2005, at 3:33 PM, William Robb wrote:
The head looks like the one I have on my big tripod. It's OK, but
you will want to take it apart and grease it if you want it to work
smoothly.
The legs look kinda junior.
I had to look up the Bogen codes and translate them to Manfrotto:
t
Shel, comments inline...
On Jul 20, 2005, at 10:46 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Not quite. I didn't ~need~ auto bracketing, nor did I need bracketed
shots. I decided to try it because the project at hand was boring and
repetitive and I didn't want to waste time on something I really
didn't
wa
Sure, get two their small...
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Jul 20, 2005, at 6:57 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
On the D you also have the option of holding the DOF lever in which
gives you continuous stop down metering.
This may also work on the Ds and DL but I have no experience trying
this with
This is another not so common site in Monument Valley. From my
recollection, this area had a whole bunch of rocks fall down. So
there is quite a bit of broken and jumbled sandstone laying around.
Some of it, like this one, have very interesting formations.
Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4, Polarizer
ISO
I played with an e-volt a couple of weeks ago. The finder was tunnel
like. The clerk looked through my D and said he'd rather have that.
Scott Loveless wrote:
Just after paying for my tripod today, I took the opportunity to
handle an *istDL. It really felt cheap and plasticky. Compared to
On Jul 21, 2005, at 12:10 AM, mike wilson wrote:
If you plan on going to many NT properties, join it. £60 for a
year for a couple and you will be suprsed how quickly you will
recoup that cost in entry fees.
My partner joined our local Historic Places Trust which got her into
NT propertie
On Jul 20, 2005, at 6:57 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
On the D you also have the option of holding the DOF lever in which
gives you continuous stop down metering.
This may also work on the Ds and DL but I have no experience trying
this with either of those cameras.
Yes, it works the same way.
Just after paying for my tripod today, I took the opportunity to
handle an *istDL. It really felt cheap and plasticky. Compared to
just the feel of the *istD and *istDS, it's quite a step down. I was
disappointed.
On a semi-related note, I also fooled around with an Evolt. I'd say
as far as st
The Ds Slimming Filter.
All my over weight friends now love me. No longer have to search out
anorexic models to create images of beautiful people.
Seriously I hope this is the stupidest thing ever put into a Pentax camera.
If it isn't I don't think I want to know. Would be willing to pay for
Hi!
I like the composition - it's one of those shots that I'd normally
walk past and ignore. I envy people who can "see" photos in everyday
subjects. My son's like that (I curse the day I gave him his first
camera :)
Thanks. I really appreciate your comment.
I agree with Shel that it's a b
Hi!
Wow! Great detail. I like the composition, the way the apparently
helter-skelter jumble of bricks comes together in such a pleasing way.
I also like that there are different size and shaped bricks (or
blocks or whatever) in the pile - makes for nice variety and different
geometries.
I li
Hi!
I like both this and the first one in terms of composition (I like the
nice tight crop, along with the tilt of the head). I'm not so
thrilled about the post-processing, but I think that's just a personal
thing. I think that if it were normally exposed and processed as a
b&w rendering, it w
Hi!
Just doesn't cut it for me. Boris. Her eyes are dead, and regardless of
anything else you do with the pic, that's something to be overcome.
I have had the benefit of having seen the original colour pic and her eyes are
naturally very dark in colour.
I was sitting on the right from her
Hi!
Just doesn't cut it for me. Boris. Her eyes are dead, and regardless of
anything else you do with the pic, that's something to be overcome.
Thanks Shel... Your comment is noted and appreciated!
Boris
Hi!
Hi gang,
http://www.flaneur.albanogarcia.com.ar/?p=116#comments
Comments here and there welcome...
Good photo. Really bad life :-(...
Boris
Hi!
I was going to save this for the weekend, but i will be at a 2 day show, so
Here is another IR shot.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=view¤t=GFM_TREE.jpg
Taken at the swing bridge. This dead tree fasinated me all weekend. I tried to
get some
interesting
Hi!
After shooting the Mittens at dusk, We were able to turn around and
look out of the valley at this last display of light. MV, by the way,
is Monument Valley.
Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4, Handheld
ISO 800, 1/250 sec @ f/6.7
Converted from Raw using Capture One LE
http://www.daytonphoto.com/PA
On 20 Jul 2005 at 23:26, Scott Loveless wrote:
> I picked up this kit locally for quite a bit less than the B&H price.
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=3
> 53327&is=REG&addedTroughType=search I primarily got it because my wife wanted
> a
> leg set
Hi!
Well, I won't comment on the skintones, as you already mentioned those.
Ditto...
Other than that, I think it's a wonderful photo. I like the close
crop, and the light source in the background. A photo with a great
deal of character.
Frank, I chose to reply to your comment rather than
Hi!
Just submitted a new picture at Foto.no
http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=185210
The title is: Silent, but not Silence.
I was on my way home from the folk music festival. Guess the title kindo
reflects my mood then.
Most likely I will add another one later tonight.
The
On 7/20/05, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The head looks like the one I have on my big tripod. It's OK, but you will
> want to take it apart and grease it if you want it to work smoothly.
> The legs look kinda junior.
They felt kinda junior, too. The cams are plastic and the metal leg
Hi!
Hints please.
200/2.8 Macro?
Even at 200/4 Macro it is Major indeed!
Boris
Hi!
This is a point I have tried to make for years. If you can not depend
upon the automation to do it right almost all of the time, the only
thing the automation does is help you forget the skills you need when it
doesn't. Oh yes, by the way, this is not just a robocam problem, any
meter use
Hi!
Nobody yet has mentioned DOF preview. Am I alone? (Knowing I am not)
No, I am with ya...
So ok, I'll bite...
On *istD I use mostly:
- Hyper Program mode for exposure
- Matrix Metering for metering
- Lots of exposure compensation
- Lots of continious auto-focus
- Some DOF preview
-
- Original Message -
From: "Scott Loveless"
Subject: tripod enablement (plus a bonus)
I picked up this kit locally for quite a bit less than the B&H price.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=353327&is=REG&addedTroughType=search
I primarily
I picked up this kit locally for quite a bit less than the B&H price.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=353327&is=REG&addedTroughType=search
I primarily got it because my wife wanted a leg set that would allow
mounting the center column at 90 degrees fo
well, everyone seems to be in on it then, since individual companies seem to
forecast around the same total, as do industry groups, at about 3.6M total
for the coming year. not that the industry isn't full of circular logic, but
the spread isn't as large as one might otherwise expect. as i said
Yeesh, even I'm hitting a Wall here.
-Mat
On 7/20/05, Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> dear (even More) obscured by clouds, can I *please* have
> some of whatever you are smoking?
>
> mishka
>
> On 7/20/05, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I thought about saying that.
> >
> > Cott
On 7/20/05 10:34 PM, "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> the CIPA actual total matched pretty closely with forecast for year-end
> 2004. Canon and Nikon were only a few percent off.
Last month, all makers combined produced approx 250K DSLRs for world wide
and this figure has been fairl
Not quite. I didn't ~need~ auto bracketing, nor did I need bracketed
shots. I decided to try it because the project at hand was boring and
repetitive and I didn't want to waste time on something I really didn't
want to do. I'd have done just as well with a manual camera, just not as
fast. Nor d
Working with a Leica, and other RF cameras, you get pretty good at
visualizing DoF. I used to use it a lit in the Spottie days, and I really
like the feature for times it's needed, but these days it's not needed too
often, plus it slows down getting the shot.
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From:
the CIPA actual total matched pretty closely with forecast for year-end
2004. Canon and Nikon were only a few percent off. businesses who forecast
too far wrong consistently don't get trusted anymore and that shows up as
volatility in their share prices. companies are rewarded for consistently
On 7/20/05 8:12 PM, "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> all useful, but i was quoting worldwide figures published by the
> manufacturers themselves.
The only figures I trust are the data published every month by CIPA of
Japan. It breaks down by PS, DSLR, pixel numbers, manufactured vs.
del
- Original Message -
From: "Jon M"
Subject: Re: Aperture priority with non-A lenses on the istD
I read the Pentax DSLR manuals regarding use of old
lenses on the *istD/DS/DL, but they seem kinda vague
to me, and not very confidence-inspiring for using old
glass on the new bodies.
- Original Message -
From: "Pål Jensen"
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
If they can sell only 20K of DSLR's in the hottest market segment, how
many do you think it can sell of the one above?
I already have an istD. I don't see a Ds or Dl in my future.
If they want me to buy
- Original Message -
From: "Herb Chong"
Subject: Re: Features I use (formerly the Nine Second Difference)
i disagree. i think that before digital, there was a lot more qualitative
knowledge required that couldn't be so easily written down. film choice
determined lots of things, as d
Does it have to be only one, or just one at a time?
For me the 4x5 Graphic is lots of fun, but expensive to run.
The MX's are fun. Usually I just carry one with the 35mm and 100mm lenses
unless there is some reason to carry more kit.
Even the new to me digital robocam is fun, although it is
Nice
I may have to check it out Friday
Butch
It's fairly simple actually, you set the camera to allow shutter release
with the lens set to other than A
Set the mode to manual, (M).
Select the shooting aperture and then either compose and instantly meter
the scene by
pressing the green button, on a D or the exposure lock on the Ds or DL.
So I'm curious...
I read the Pentax DSLR manuals regarding use of old
lenses on the *istD/DS/DL, but they seem kinda vague
to me, and not very confidence-inspiring for using old
glass on the new bodies. Exactly how are the old
lenses used on the DSLRs?
--- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
hundreds of thousands vs millions.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Because there litterally hundreds of thousands of high-end Pentax MF users
world wide. The Pentax 6
i think a sustainable niche is the set of current Pentax lens owners,
including the ones that screamed when their pre-A lenses wouldn't work
exactly the same on the *istD* bodies. it means giving up on the idea that
they can expand their market and concentrate on holding onto the people they
al
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 01:33:35AM +0200, Juan Buhler wrote:
> This is so obvious that I?m surprised I haven?t seen it here before. I
> probably just missed it, but I only thought of it today, while
> shooting with the K24/3.5:
>
> - Set the camera to P
> - Dial the aperture I want
> - Set the exp
On 21 Jul 2005 at 3:02, Pål Jensen wrote:
> Because there litterally hundreds of thousands of high-end Pentax MF users
> world
> wide. The Pentax 645 dominates the Japanese MF market which is the largest in
> the world. Pentax have 40% market share there. In addition, so far theres no
> competiti
dear (even More) obscured by clouds, can I *please* have
some of whatever you are smoking?
mishka
On 7/20/05, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I thought about saying that.
>
> Cotty wrote:
>
> >>>My point?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>the top of your head?
> >>
> >>Tom Reese
> >>
> >>
> >
> >:-)
>
On 21 Jul 2005 at 3:05, Markus Maurer wrote:
> Hi Rob
> I really dislike changing lenses on the job a lot but started to prefer
> different lenses instead of zooms too.
> That's why I use two bodies now, for the 17mm-28mm wide lenses a small and
> very basic P30 or Chinon at F5.6-11,
> I do not ne
Hi Rob
I really dislike changing lenses on the job a lot but started to prefer
different lenses instead of zooms too.
That's why I use two bodies now, for the 17mm-28mm wide lenses a small and
very basic P30 or Chinon at F5.6-11,
I do not need a lot of manual control here, and the normal or tele le
Herb wrote:
> one might ask the same of a $10K body. how many 645D's do you think would be
> sold to this mailing list? there are probably a couple of hundred *istD*
> owners here. i'd say that they represent the bleeding edge of Pentax
> adopters with some cash to spare. there are also a numb
one might ask the same of a $10K body. how many 645D's do you think would be
sold to this mailing list? there are probably a couple of hundred *istD*
owners here. i'd say that they represent the bleeding edge of Pentax
adopters with some cash to spare. there are also a number of 645 owners.
eve
Well that niche sounds too narrow to be sustainable, but I guess
that's your point.
FWIW, I think it's nice that such a small player as Pentax has come
away with so little loss in the war for market shares. For being a
David against two, or maybe three, Goliaths, it seems that they're
pretty
Hi Boris
this one is better.
I would correct that little irritating speck at the nose and try to increase
the contour around the chin a bit more if possible.
But anyhow, the face, the eyes and the composition are just wonderful.
Congratulations Boris.
greetings
Markus
>>-Original Message---
Herb wrote:
> which has been my point all along. something like the Nikon D2X slightly
> derated is what i would like. i could live with a 10MP sensor instead of a
> 12MP one, and somewhat slower maximum frame rate.
If they can sell only 20K of DSLR's in the hottest market segment, how many d
Hi Markus:
Thanks for the comments. I'll try again but it's difficult to get those
swans to pose for me. :-)
Jim
Markus Maurer wrote:
Hi Jim
you have very nice place near you to go for a walk!
I like the pictures of the pond despite wishing for a bit better light
conditions later in the a
have to use DOF preview with gradient ND filters. can't tell where to place
the line otherwise.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: Most and least-used features--WAS: The Nine Second Difference
Hi Frank,
It means canine "asylum, hostel, leave him here for
some money", I don't know the exact translation.
Thanks for comments
Regards
Albano
--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/20/05, Albano Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi gang,
> >
>
http://www.flaneur.alb
Shel wrote:
Just nine seconds separate these two pics. They are almost identical
shots. Both were made with the istDs, both at a rating of 3200 ISO, both @
70mm, both at an aperture of 5.6, both using multi-segment metering, both
using auto focus (more on that later!), both on one of the automa
Hi Jim
you have very nice place near you to go for a walk!
I like the pictures of the pond despite wishing for a bit better light
conditions later in the afternoon.
The swan shots are technically good but the pose is "the well known one" ...
for me.
greetings
Markus
From a late afternoon wal
I thought about saying that.
Cotty wrote:
My point?
the top of your head?
Tom Reese
:-)
Cheers,
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i was beginning to wonder when someone would notice. i saw the articles in
the news feeds when i got to work at 8:30 this morning. the first ones came
out at just before 7AM EDT.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Rick Womer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 2
Glad you guys liked them!
Amita
all useful, but i was quoting worldwide figures published by the
manufacturers themselves.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "K.Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax Discuss"
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
In general, Canon RebelXT
less than half. Konica-Minolta sells more. Pentax is a very strong #2
though, easily within overtaking range.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Jim Hemenway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: Pentax sells lenses on OEM basis
The BenQ conn
more or less my position as well.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
I have had the cash under my mattress (I put it there so it doesn't burn a
hole
in my pocket,
which has been my point all along. something like the Nikon D2X slightly
derated is what i would like. i could live with a 10MP sensor instead of a
12MP one, and somewhat slower maximum frame rate.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wedne
robotics does that for you.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: Kodak loses more money, cuts more jobs
They probably don't make all of them, but Kodak does make some of their
digital cameras.
On Jul 20, 2005, at 4:29 PM, William Robb wrote:
As often as possible, I will go out with one camera and one lens.
Sometimes it'a wide angle, sometimes a normal, sometimes a
telephoto, but always just one lens.
I find it to be a good exercise in seeing.
William Robb
I've been doing that
Herb wrote:
>that's why there
> is now a Phase One medium format back coming out with 39 megapixels. who's
> the market for a $10K or even $8K digital camera from Pentax?
Everyone who wants great image quality and who cannot afford 30K + an obsolete
camera made for a dying medium. This includ
- Original Message -
From: "keithw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
When waching foreign (to me) films, I far prefer to have English
subtitles, instead of dubbing.
I want to hear it in the language it was filmed in.
Besides, depending on the language, I can usually tell when the
person transla
i didn't think it speeds up the process enough to notice when autoreview is
set on. are you sure because i thought it reads from the memory buffer then
and not the card. anyway, i have it turned off too and review more or less
for the same reasons you do.
Herb
- Original Message -
BenQ is the second largest brand in the Norwegian market for home
cinema projectors, only behind Epson.
Jostein
- Original Message -
From: "Jim Hemenway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 1:39 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax sells lenses on OEM basis
The BenQ connection is
On 7/20/05 7:07 PM, "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> they are a distant #4 or 5, depending on Olympus sales.
I was referring to a database collected daily from 18 major electronics
chain stores which is considered the most accurate sales trend info in Japan
(it's for a private subscripti
i disagree. i think that before digital, there was a lot more qualitative
knowledge required that couldn't be so easily written down. film choice
determined lots of things, as did developing and printing, that you could
show and demonstrate, but not in a way that was so easily controllable.
the
Thanks Mark!
Jim
Bruce Dayton wrote:
Hello Jim,
I fancy the second one the best. You were able to get very good
detail in the tree and the composition feels right. Nice shot!
The BenQ connection is interesting. They make a great DVD writer. I
don't know if Pentax has anything to do with that, but I've read that
Pentax supplies the optics in more than half of the CD ROMs manufactured
worldwide.
Jim
Mark Roberts wrote:
I realize that posting any *good* news abo
Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Most cameras that I'm interested in that provide automation features
>also allow manual operation. No control is lost, unless by choice.
>From the 2003 PDML quotation list:
"The photographer's lack of discipline is independent of the camera."
- Pål
that must be why Pentax sold 20K DSLRs worldwide last quarter.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
1) new SLR buyers who have never owned any SLR before - i think this
m
they didn't want cheaper access to the Sony sensors they use in their
cameras? how smart is that?
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
it's a sign that either Pentax want
they'd better do what Timex did in their commercials then - "Takes a Licking
and Keeps on Ticking". i don't know if any of these commercials ever made it
outside North America. they need to show the camera being used in conditions
that would "stop the others cold" and deliver it. none of that co
This is so obvious that I´m surprised I haven´t seen it here before. I
probably just missed it, but I only thought of it today, while
shooting with the K24/3.5:
- Set the camera to P
- Dial the aperture I want
- Set the exposure compensation in the camera so it will overexpose by
as many stops as
more than a few business people have suggested that Pentax's only way to
make the imaging products division profitable is to abandon the consumer
camera market entirely or to market only to a niche with much less
competition, i.e. medium format. in either case, if these people's
suggestions get
sounds to me like the camera was designed assuming a certain aperture blade
movement model that lenses don't fit very well. have you tried to see if,
for a given lens instance, the error is repeatable?
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: W
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Jul 20, 2005, at 1:57 PM, mike wilson wrote:
Nobody yet has mentioned DOF preview. Am I alone? (Knowing I am
not)
I use DoF preview once in a very rare while ... I know it's there and
it does get used, but I've lived with cameras that didn't have it at
On 20 Jul 2005 at 17:17, Tom C wrote:
> Mine too...
I have had the cash under my mattress (I put it there so it doesn't burn a hole
in my pocket, plus it's winter here) ready to slam down on the virtual camera
shop counter for a nice high spec Pentax DSLR for quite a while. I don't know
how mu
those people are in category 1. PMA forecasts that digital printing at the
kiosk or the photofinisher is really going to pick up this year while
at-home printing is going to drop. they figure that total volume will still
drop for a little while yet, but stabilize pretty quickly. the reason is
t
have her walk into the nearest 4 camera stores and see what she walks out
with. the sales 'droids aren't going to be much help at most stores. if you
go along, maybe.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Dave Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:42 AM
Sub
the price. at one time, you thought the 645D would have to sell for a street
price well over $10K to make any money (up to $15K if i remember right)
while i thought it would street for between $10K and $11K. i'm willing to
move the street price down to an even $10K. Mike Reichmann says that he
Mine too...
Tom C.
My concern is that their step
forward won't even be comparable with the bodies at the bottom to the
mid-range
of the Canon line-up.
Rob Studdert
On Jul 20, 2005, at 1:53 PM, Graywolf wrote:
That being said (and I know this is obvious, but I'll say it anyway),
the more automation, the less control for the user. Since you didn't
have control, you let the machine decide for you, and I guess one has
to live with those results, for better or
On 20 Jul 2005 at 19:02, Herb Chong wrote:
> they've made that body. it's called the *istD. now they promise that there
> will
> be a higher end body to replace it. once it is ready, then they can start
> cutting features again.
That's obviously how they can produce the remainder of the promised
they are a distant #4 or 5, depending on Olympus sales. Canon forecasts 1.6M
DSLRs in the next fiscal year, Nikon 1.4M, Konica-Minolta 250K, and Pentax
120K. if you believe Sony's 3.6M total market size for the next year, that
leaves 230K units left over for Olympus and everyone else. these are
On 20 Jul 2005 at 18:58, Herb Chong wrote:
> it all depends on what price they list the 645D at, doesn't it.
If anyone seriously wants to get into a MF DSLR kit my local pro-retailer has a
super special on at the moment, only AU$35,750.00 for a Phase One Demonstration
Stock P25 (Hasselblad H1)
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