Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 15/09/06, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also I kind of suspect that there will be lots of similar cameras shown at Photokina. That makes Pentax's lead time, what, two weeks? Let's not go bursting the bubble Graywolf, I say the fun will start when it finally ships. My prediction is that

Re: K10D and DNG

2006-09-14 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 15/09/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was over at the Adobe U2U DNG forum and came across this small thread: http://tinyurl.com/lgy9o http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.3bc19bc8/0 Some of the comments brought a smile to my face, It's no big deal, just

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Adam Maas
Digital Image Studio wrote: On 15/09/06, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also I kind of suspect that there will be lots of similar cameras shown at Photokina. That makes Pentax's lead time, what, two weeks? Let's not go bursting the bubble Graywolf, I say the fun will start when it

Re: K10D Buffer Size/Speed

2006-09-14 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 15/09/06, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gonz wrote: Thats strange to me. Are there different versions of the camera? Anybody else out there get 6 raw continuous? I get six RAWs. Or maybe five. I'll have to check the archives and see what the longest sequence I have is. I

Re: I've held more K10Ds than you ;)

2006-09-14 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 15/09/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't know about intelligence but I bet it makes your wazoo look HUGE. ROTFLMAO This has to be one of the funniest threads I've read here for a while, what have you guys been smoking whilst I've been asleep? :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 15/09/06, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's certainly possible. Excatly what happened to Nikon with the D200, although they solved it somewhat with the D80 (Which actually has some stock floating around). The price point they've chosen certainly created interest, I just hope it

Re: K10D Buffer Size/Speed

2006-09-14 Thread John Coyle
I got 6 just now! Mine's an earlyish version. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 6:16 AM Subject: Re: K10D Buffer Size/Speed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NR off

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread graywolf
There will be plenty available in Japan. The rest of us will have to accept what ever trickle they allot. Nothing anyone says about Pentax's marketing can be more negative than the reality, that has always been their number one problem. It seems to be improving, but that is not saying much at

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Adam Maas
Digital Image Studio wrote: On 15/09/06, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's certainly possible. Excatly what happened to Nikon with the D200, although they solved it somewhat with the D80 (Which actually has some stock floating around). The price point they've chosen certainly

OT: Is there a K-mount adapter for this?

2006-09-14 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2821944 Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://www.brendemuehl.net http://evangelicalperspective.blogspot.com He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott --

Re: Green button and ergonomics.

2006-09-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Kenneth Waller wrote: From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cotty wrote: On 14/9/06, Tim Øsleby, discombobulated, unleashed: None. I leave the eggs to you mate. Well, let's not beat it to death then. I bet you had to scramble to come up with that one. I can't wait to see what else this

Re: Lack of AA Battery Power - they don't have a choice

2006-09-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Lawrence Kwan wrote: There have been complaints about lack of AA battery power, and many felt abandoned by Pentax engineers. But in fact, I don't think they have a choice. K10D requires much higher voltage to run. Nope. Voltage is a non-issue these days because single-chip switching power

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Then again, you might both be completely wrong. You offer this as fact. But it's merely more negative conjecture. Let's save the complaints until the problems occur. BH told me that they've been promised a large shipment. Pentax may have been building cameras for quite some time. Save the

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Paul, I agree with you 110% The camera hasn't even been seen at the show in its final form, much less shipped, yet the nay-sayers are starting to appear. Hey, complain if you've got something to complain about - I'm with you 100%. But to complain before the fact seems like just another form of

Re: K10D Buffer Size/Speed

2006-09-14 Thread Peter Loveday
I got 6 just now! Mine's an earlyish version. Yep, 6 here too (just tested). Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 15/09/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then again, you might both be completely wrong. You offer this as fact. But it's merely more negative conjecture. Let's save the complaints until the problems occur. BH told me that they've been promised a large shipment. Pentax may have

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You are negative like Tom, I don't give a @%#$. G is a smiley necessary? ... On Sep 14, 2006, at 5:46 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: On 15/09/06, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also I kind of suspect that there will be lots of similar cameras shown at Photokina. That makes

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Adam Maas
Digital Image Studio wrote: On 15/09/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then again, you might both be completely wrong. You offer this as fact. But it's merely more negative conjecture. Let's save the complaints until the problems occur. BH told me that they've been promised a large

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 15/09/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sheesh, for now take some pleasure and pride in what Pentax is trying to do here, that the camera is ore a leader than anything Pentax has produced in a long time, accept that the company may never really compete with Canon in terms of

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Sep 14, 2006, at 10:44 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: Yet they can't supply sample images based on the suggestion that the firmware is not yet finalized? You said that. Pentax didn't. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Rob, you're a hoot. First you complain that the Pentax offerings aren't good enough. Now, you're complaining that they're too good. HAR! On Sep 14, 2006, at 10:48 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: On 15/09/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sheesh, for now take some pleasure and

Re: I've held more K10Ds than you ;)

2006-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 14, 2006, at 6:06 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: Don't know about intelligence but I bet it makes your wazoo look HUGE. ROTFLMAO This has to be one of the funniest threads I've read here for a while, what have you guys been smoking whilst I've been asleep? :-) good stuff,

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Why worry? So you might have to wait a little bit to get one. What is the big problem with that? People who ordered a Nikon D200 when it was first released waited to receive their camera. Same for most any hot new product. A little less impatience, a little less worry would do your stress

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I don't understand all the negativism and skepticism either. Complaints about problems which exist only in speculation is really stupid. I'm quite excited about the new body: by the specs it has everything I'd like. I'm sure I'll be able to deal with any minor issues that come up with it.

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 15/09/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob, you're a hoot. First you complain that the Pentax offerings aren't good enough. Now, you're complaining that they're too good. HAR! I didn't say anything of the sort, look back in the archives, I simply think that their price point is

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Adam Maas
Godfrey, Some people waited 3-4 months for the D200. It launched in November and supply issues didn't end until July. The 18-200 is still not readily available almost a year later. That is a major issue. -Adam Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Why worry? So you might have to wait a little bit to get

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
I paid much more as well for both of my D cameras, and I was surprised at the price point. But if Pentax can meet the demand and show a profit at that price, it's a tremendous achievement. I think it's too soon to assume that they can't pull it off. Samsung might be the key to this. Time

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread David Savage
Yeah Rob. For [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s sake, make up your mind. Dave At 11:05 AM 15/09/2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: Rob, you're a hoot. First you complain that the Pentax offerings aren't good enough. Now, you're complaining that they're too good. HAR! On Sep 14, 2006, at 10:48 PM, Digital Image

Re: K100D Raw question

2006-09-14 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 14, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Gonz wrote: Does Raw Shooter or the Adobe DNG convertor read K100D raw files? I dont know if RAW formats have changed from the DS, DL, etc family of cameras, and I need to look at some K100D RAW files I took from a borrowed camera.

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 15/09/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I paid much more as well for both of my D cameras, and I was surprised at the price point. But if Pentax can meet the demand and show a profit at that price, it's a tremendous achievement. I think Of course it doesn't bother me personally

Re: K100D Raw question

2006-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 14, 2006, at 8:35 PM, Gonz wrote: Does Raw Shooter or the Adobe DNG convertor read K100D raw files? I dont know if RAW formats have changed from the DS, DL, etc family of cameras, and I need to look at some K100D RAW files I took from a borrowed camera. Iridient Digital's RAW

Re: I've held more K10Ds than you ;)

2006-09-14 Thread David S.
John Celio wrote: ... The K10D's screen is interchangeable, but it is not compatible with older screens, in case anyone was wondering. It looked a teeny bit smaller than the screen in my D, but that could have been a proportional illusion (the D being a smaller camera and all). ...

Re: Anyone know what happened to Peter from sunny Brighton

2006-09-14 Thread Stan Halpin
She is. I spent an afternoon with Peter a couple-three years ago when I was in the Brighton neighborhood, had a good long chat about how he got into the camera/lens business (largely due to his frequent visits to Japan with his wife). Stan On Sep 14, 2006, at 9:39 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis

Re: K10D and Lenses with Aperture Ring

2006-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
It won't be set to 0.0, remember the meter will still be on and will still be giving you a reading without aperture information. However the shutter speed will now be set to give you the proper exposure, if you're not outside the acceptable metering range. J and K Messervy wrote: I just

Re: K10D available at Amazon (pre-order)

2006-09-14 Thread Mishka
oct 13 best, mishka On 9/14/06, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ryan brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For fun, I added it to my cart and got a much earlier delivery date. Such as? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage:

Re: K10D and Lenses with Aperture Ring

2006-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
The lighting may have changed slightly between the time you pressed the button and the time you use the DOF for a reading. Another possibility is that your lenses aperture blades are slow. This will give you a shutter speed higher than expected as the lens will not be entirely stopped down

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Sheesh, Adam - none of this has happened yet. Why not worry or be concerned when it happens - if it happens. As some jamoke once said, Don't worry, be happy. http://www.superlaugh.com/1/behappy.htm Shel [Original Message] From: Adam Maas Godfrey, Some people waited 3-4 months for the

PESO: My First Submissions.

2006-09-14 Thread Mitch Conant
PDML List Members: I hope that I did this right... I have been admiring the work that everyone has been posting on this list. It has been both entertaining and inspiring. I am only an amateur (sp?), but I'll go ahead and post these for comments. They are uncropped and unaltered and the

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread David Savage
if Pentax can meet the demand, if being the operative word here. Pentax has created quite a stir with the K10D among people who wouldn't normally give the brand a second glance. If all the hype over at dpreview is to be believed, we may see quite a few migrations from Canon, Nikon Sony. I

turn of the century aerial panoramas ...

2006-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I was at a talk last night which centered on the work of George Lawrence, one of the early innovators doing panorama photographs with cameras lofted by kites, as well as other LARGE prints. Prints shown were 6' wide on average, printed in sections. The US Library of Congress include some

Re: OT: Is there a K-mount adapter for this?

2006-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
If you can afford the lens, you can certainly afford to have one custom machined. Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2821944 Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://www.brendemuehl.net http://evangelicalperspective.blogspot.com He is no fool who gives what he

Re: PESO: My First Submissions.

2006-09-14 Thread David Savage
G'day Mitch, You've got some nice stuff there. The Sentinel has potential, but I find the greenery distracting. I don't know if it would have been possible to try framing the scene without it. I particularly like Early Morning Park #3 Urban Sprawl those are really nice. One other thing, the

K10D extra tidbits from Japanese page

2006-09-14 Thread Lawrence Kwan
The Pentax Japan K10D page is up (surprisingly being the last and one day late). Most are what we already know, here are some extra info I found: - Initial production is set at 13,000 per month (better reserve your pre-order now!) - Changeable Focusing screen is confirmed (apparently not

Re: PESO: My First Submissions.

2006-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
Very nice. I like the sentinel the best of these. Mitch Conant wrote: PDML List Members: I hope that I did this right... I have been admiring the work that everyone has been posting on this list. It has been both entertaining and inspiring. I am only an amateur (sp?), but I'll go ahead and

It is ingenious! Was: Does this mean what I think it means?

2006-09-14 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
Hi, I was thinking about the 22 bit A/D converter and about the ISO setting last night. Then it struck me, right into the back of my head... :-) It is simply ingenious (if this is what Pentax has done): 1) By utilizing a 22 bit A/D you get a wide dynamic range 2) When you have a wide dynamic

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