Re: Quick question

2006-10-06 Thread Douglas Newman
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The term most often used is Lower 48, sometimes - more rarely - is Continental US That's 49 states; Alaska is Continental. The Lower 48 is equivalent to the Contiguous US. Doug __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?

Re: Quick question

2006-10-06 Thread Douglas Newman
--- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Lower 48 means the same thing as Continental US, or the contiguous states. No, no, no, Alaska IS continental... It's not an island! (Neither is Rhode Island, but that's another story ;-).) Continguous, on the other hand, does indeed refer to the same

Re: CMOS

2006-10-01 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] The lack of noise at high sensitivity is something people claim as an advantage for CMOS. Supposedly a drawback is that they suck more power. Actually, it's the opposite. CMOS use much less power than CCD but they have higher noise levels. Canon CMOS have very

Re: Video editing; was: dudes, I'm getting a DELL

2006-09-30 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Ivan Shukster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And AVID will not work on the mac. Apparently it will be another month until the bugs are worked out and it will work on the mac. That's not the Mac's fault. Obviously Avid haven't updated their software to work yet on the latest Macs. I laughed and

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 5, Issue 456

2006-09-29 Thread Douglas Newman
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's kinda what I thought, that it was basically the laptop version of the Core Duo. No. Core Duo is the name of the processor (it's a mobile chip but is also used in Mac Minis and last-generation iMacs). Centrino is an

Re: Just shoot me...

2006-09-28 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: believe me, the typical man on the street Mac user has no more or less trouble than his Windows-using counterpart. Sorry, but I don't believe you ;-). The difference between Windows and Mac comes down to more than personal preference. Mac OS really IS

Re: Street photography - religious objections (now Socialists)

2006-09-28 Thread Douglas Newman
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They do not support sweat shops. That statement depends on two things. First, it depends on what you call a sweat shop. Many people simply take this to mean any plant which operates on labor rules not as strict as in the US, Europe, or other

Re: Pentax 15mm on DSLR?

2006-09-28 Thread Douglas Newman
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ralf R. Radermacher) Given the choice, I'd probably go for the new Fuji S5 - if only for the dynamic range which would be a definite plus for my night stuff - provided it came with a better viewfinder than its predecessors. It has the same viewfinder as the D200 - which

Re: Pentax 15mm on DSLR? (now Nikons/Fuji)

2006-09-28 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 18-200, while a good lens, is not one I'd pair with the D200. The only reason I'd buy it is for the VR. There's no other VR Nikkor wider than 24mm. I'd not invest in the D200 unless I was willing to pair it with serious glass I'd not invest in

Re: Street photography - religious objections (now politics)

2006-09-27 Thread Douglas Newman
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't agree with your assessment of what most Democrats would support. I mean Democratic politicians. Democratic rank-and-file tend to be much more radical than Democratic politicians. I can't remember the last time I heard a Democratic candidate advocate a

Re: Re: Street photography - religious objections (now politics)

2006-09-27 Thread Douglas Newman
--- John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Elsewhere, he'd be normal. Aren't independence and normalcy (as defined by society) somewhat mutually exclsuive? Normal to me, denotes a certain amount of conformity, which is opposed to independence. --- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd do fine

Re: CompatFlash v4.0

2006-09-27 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Within 1 major revision of the OS for software (So Windows XP and 2000 would be modern, OS X 10.4 and 10.3 for Mac's). This is somewhat unfair as Windows 2000 is much older than OS X 10.3. Actually, so is Windows XP! Hardware which is capable of running

Re: K10D etc.: first impressions (from Photokina)

2006-09-27 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thibouille, how was the build of the K10D? According to Thibouille and others, the build quality is better than the *ist D. I take that it to mean that must be very good, since the D was very nicely put together for an advanced amateur camera. New Doug

Re: Interview w/Pentax exec

2006-09-27 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seriously, what could be added to warrant a substantially higher price? The K10D is basically a D200 at a D80 price. I would expect the K1D will be a D2Xs at a D200 price. I would say we are, at the very least, looking at: 12 MP 5 fps Bigger RAW

Re: K10D etc.: first impressions (from Photokina)

2006-09-27 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] I saw the Sony Alpha today and was shocked at how plasticky and cheap it felt. It's not THAT bad... Don't get me wrong; it's not GOOD but have you ever felt a Canon Rebel? Now they REALLY feel like crap... Next to those, the A100 doesn't feel so bad. But it is

Re: Street photography - religious objections (now National Geographic)

2006-09-26 Thread Douglas Newman
--- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you look at their history you wouldn't be surprised. Well, it was founded by rich businessmen, so in the past it wouldn't have been surprising. (Or do you mean something else?) I'm more surprised that it's apparently still the case today. A lot of

Re: Who wants a DNG from a GX-10 (K10D) to play with?

2006-09-26 Thread Douglas Newman
--- From: Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ask me I will send it ;) Sure, I'll take one :-). New Doug __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Street photography - religious objections (now Socialists)

2006-09-26 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's certainly not true in the US. US politics are radically different than any other industrialized country. The US doesn't even have a substantial organized socialist party (in most other industrialized countries, it's the biggest or second-biggest one).

Re: Street photography - religious objections (now politics)

2006-09-26 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By US standards that would make me a moderate democrat By US standards it would make you an outcast ;-)! Neither party would tolerate you. Your views on guns, global warming, and foreign policy fit right in with the Republican line. Your views on

Re: Street photography - religious objections (now politics)

2006-09-26 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note I support Socialized Medicine, not National Health Insurance. Sorry, I wasn't clear. Socialized medicine I take to mean a system like the UK's, where the whole thing is government-owned (whether it is controlled centrally or locally). By national

Re: PentaxUSA Strikes Again!

2006-09-25 Thread Douglas Newman
--- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Solly, no spak anguish. LOL, you remind me of this Shelley Berman routine: http://www.shelleyberman.com/roomservice.htm Doug __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around

Re: D645 Price?

2006-09-22 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $4,995.00 US Street Price Are you kidding? If that's true, it's going to completely revolutionize the MF digital market. I am hugely skeptical that they can produce it for that sort of price but then again, the K10D is pretty impressive for $899 :-)!

Re: D645 price?

2006-09-22 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: though the MF camera should have better noise characteristics I'm not so sure about that. Most MF digital cameras don't even go above ISO 400. The EOS-1Ds Mk II has excellent noise characteristics. Probably the only thing that can beat them is the

Re: Samsung has spoken (sort of)

2006-09-21 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This time they mounted the lens correctly. I guess they are now ready for prime time ;-). What interests me is that the camera is called GX-10. It was originally labelled GX-2. The Samsung naming logic is the opposite of Pentax: with Pentax, a 10 is

Re: Now Virgin Bans Some Laptop Batteries!

2006-09-21 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I'm not sure I'd ever be able to do it at all. Don't give up so easily on your dream :-)! I know a lot of people who are prone to seasickness but still will not be deterred from travelling by sea. Many people find great relief from the

Re: Pentax shutter sounds

2006-09-21 Thread Douglas Newman
--- David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope the new supersonic lenses aren't going to scare cats. I shouldn't think so - the Canikon ones don't make any sound at all when focusing. New Doug __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has

Re: Now Virgin Bans Some Laptop Batteries!

2006-09-21 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Empress of Canada (CP) in 1964, to Montreal. Ah, the lovely EMPRESS OF CANADA! One of my favorite (and highly under-appreciated) post-war liners. She was broken up in 2004, but you can buy a piece of her at: http://www.midshipcentury.com/empressofcanada.shtml

Re: Now Virgin Bans Some Laptop Batteries!

2006-09-21 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've also wanted for a long time to do a Europe trip where I fly in and out of England, and take the Channel Tunnel in one direction and the hovercraft ferry in the other I'm afraid you're too late - the hovercraft have been retired. Crossing the

Re: Now Virgin Bans Some Laptop Batteries!

2006-09-21 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forget the hovercraft - outdated slow ;-) You want to go on the sea cat: They don't have those on the Channel any longer, either! Not long after Sea Containers retired the hovercraft, they shut down Hoverspeed entirely and sold the SeaCats elsewhere. The

Re: Now Virgin Bans Some Laptop Batteries!

2006-09-20 Thread Douglas Newman
--- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The North Atlantic is a dark and stormy sea in the wintertime. The North Atlantic can be a dark and stormy sea any time of year... And it can also be quite pleasant if you're lucky. Thank you for joining out Masochists Special winter cruise. First,

Re: Now Virgin Bans Some Laptop Batteries!

2006-09-20 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I probably represent the last generation ever to emigrate to America by ship. Well, by 1967, not only were few people emigrating to America by ship, but few people were emigrating from Western Europe to America by any means, except perhaps some from

Re: Now Virgin Bans Some Laptop Batteries!

2006-09-20 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've read so many books about the U-boat War in the North Atlantic during WW2 that I've always wanted to do a winter crossing. It'd have to be on something the size of the QE2 or the QM2, though. I don't mind heavy weather but I would certainly not cross

Re: 3 New DA* USM lenses

2006-09-20 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope you are right, John. But the statement could refer only to the image circle. These are DA lenses. I also would hope that they can work with screwdriver AF but this would be very unusual. I do not know of any lenses from other manufacturers that

Re: Now Virgin Bans Some Laptop Batteries!

2006-09-20 Thread Douglas Newman
--- From: John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] I travelled, in 1967, from Southampton to St.Helena on the Capetown Castle - never could make up my mind whether that was a cruise or a voyage. Line voyage. A good friend of mine was a purserette (as they then called female pursers) aboard U-C ships

2007 Lens Roadmap In English

2006-09-20 Thread Douglas Newman
Here is the 2007 lens roadmap in English: http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/en/lens/roadmap.pdf Aside from the three DA* zooms, I don't see anything particularly exciting. The 17-70mm strikes me as particularly redundant... Do we really need another standard zoom on top of the 18-55, 16-45 and

Re: English K10D brochure

2006-09-16 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've also noticed some new look full page Pentax Ads in several photo mags. Not just photo mags. Yesterday I was flipping through National Geographic Traveler and there was a nice full-page K100D ad. It emphasized small and light and Shake Reduction

Re: English K10D brochure

2006-09-16 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've also noticed some new look full page Pentax Ads in several photo mags. Not just photo mags. Yesterday I was flipping through National Geographic Traveler and there was a nice full-page K100D ad. It emphasized small and light and Shake Reduction

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-15 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: D200 (the first weather-sealed semi-pro DSLR in the sub-$2K market, Wouldn't that be the Oly E-1? (It is sad that they are not releasing a successor to it - it was actually a lovely camera with certain fatal flaws...) Doug

The K10D Has Arrived!

2006-09-12 Thread Douglas Newman
Dear All, Maybe someone's sent this in already (I get digests), but it appears the K10D has arrived: http://www.steves-digicams.com/pr/pentax_09132006_k10d_pr.html?AType=0 Amazingly, it lives up to the rumors! (Possibly the first D-SLR I know of that has.) We now have four 10 MP SLRs for $999

Re: Weather-sealed body

2006-09-12 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed it does. That's interesting. Canon put the seal on the back of the lenses (L). With the K10D you can seal camera to any lens. I'm not so sure about that. I think you will find that the 1-series D-SLRs (and the EOS-1V) have gaskets on the lens mount,

Re: K10D pricing at BH

2006-09-12 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: looking at the huge press kit photos I see no gasket What press kit photos :-)? New Doug __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Supposed K10D Features

2006-09-11 Thread Douglas Newman
Dear All, It appears more of the supposed K10D press release has been posted on a Chinese-language forum. I am quoting from the forum - you can view the original post at (http://forum.ec-photo.com/viewtopic.php?p=125207). Note this is of course mere rumor at this point, we will have to wait a

Re: Survey Time: K10D

2006-09-10 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Who will probably buy a K10D based on reviews and comments here and in other venues? That's me. I would never go to the point of saying that I'm definitely buying any camera that doesn't even exist yet, but I will probably buy a K10D. I might wait until

K10D Competitors and Press Release

2006-09-08 Thread Douglas Newman
Dear All, I have been reading the K10D chatter here with interest. First things first: if this camera is, as rumored, to sell at US$999 or less, it WILL have three main competitors: the Nikon D80, the Sony A100 and the Canon 400D/Rebel XTi. Why? Well, they all sell for around $999 with kit

Re: K10D Competitors and Press Release

2006-09-08 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if K10D cameras are alrea warehoused in the United States. This would be highly unusual for the camera business. Products have usually NOT shipped when they are announced. --- Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thousand

Re: OT - Changing File Listing in CS2

2006-09-08 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recall that option in the Mac OS X version of Photoshop but it no longer exists in CS2 that I can find. Wait... We're talking about the Open dialog, right? Forgive me if I'm a bit confused - I haven't been following this discussion closely. I

Re: Leaked K10D Press Release

2006-09-06 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The K10D is designed to be compatible with supersonic motor-driven autofocus lenses (currently under development), which are expected to provide smoother, quieter autofocus operation than conventional lenses. Supposedly this comes from a leaked K10D

Re: Lens in motor or not? USM?

2006-09-02 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is anyone else not worked up over this? I'm not worked up about it either. If it will work on existing Pentax bodies, I think it's a nice feature (but not important). If these lenses will initially autofocus ONLY on the K10D, I think it is a stupid choice

Re: Herb Keppler's comments in Photo Reporter

2006-09-02 Thread Douglas Newman
--- George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keppler always has an interesting take on the industry. Indeed, very interesting. It is worth noting that Herb uses a Pentax *ist D and a Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D - not a Canon or Nikon. (He is a long-time Pentax and Minolta user.) It is interesting

DCRP K100D Review

2006-08-31 Thread Douglas Newman
Dear All, Yet another K100D review: http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/pentax/k100d-review/index.shtml Very nice, though it is rather unfair to compare continuous shooting performance with the D80 - that is a camera that will compete with the K10D. The K100D should be compared with the D50. Doug

Re: K10D

2006-08-31 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let's all hope it's full frame! Pentax will kill the competition with the price! That is purely a fantasy, and one whose chance of being realized is practically nil. METAL BODY - this is frickin no brainer for Pentax! If your camera has a plastic body,

K10D Rumor

2006-08-30 Thread Douglas Newman
Dear All, On DPReview there is a gentleman who claims that his local camera store in Portland, Maine showed him an advertising flyer for the K10D with the following specs: - 10 Megapixels - ISO 100 to 3200 - Shake Reduction - Anti-Dust System - Li-Ion Battery Unfortunately, he has not got a

Another K100D Review

2006-08-29 Thread Douglas Newman
Well, not exactly - it's a preview, but pretty detailed. http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/K100D/K100DA.HTM I'm not sure what the big deal is about tungsten WB - EVERY digital camera I have ever used does an awful job of automatic WB in artificial light. The author says that the answer is to

Stupid Pentax D-SLR Question

2006-08-29 Thread Douglas Newman
Dear All, This is something that really annoys me about my C*non so I am wondering if it is different on Pentax's D-SLRs (specifically the K100D, but they're probably all the same in this respect). Like most modern cameras, the 20D goes to sleep after a few seconds. On a N*kon D-SLR you can

Re: Stupid Pentax D-SLR Question

2006-08-29 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think he's annoyed mainly with the fact that he has to press one specific button Exactly. I would like to be able to press any button I want, to avoid an unecessary extra step. In reality it doesn't take up much extra time, but it is annoying. ---

Re: Stupid Pentax D-SLR Question

2006-08-29 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the problem here? Why don't you spell out Canon and Nikon? This is a carryover from the DPR forums and some other sites, where as a sort of joke people '*' out other camera companies' names as though they were obscenities. I always

Re: Leica Digital M8?

2006-08-28 Thread Douglas Newman
Dear All, Looks like I provoked some interesting responses with my Leica posts :-). I am the type of person who from time to time likes to, ahem, stir the pot. It is always fascinating to see what happens when people rush to the defense of their camera equipment! --- Digital Image Studio [EMAIL

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-28 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is a very distinct difference between the R3a and the M7, mostly in build. Now a Zeiss Ikon (at around $1500USD) on the other hand... Isn't the Zeiss Ikon basically the same camera as the Bessa, but marketed as a Zeiss by Hasselblad? New Doug

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-28 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes and a friend has the R3. QC stinks. I'm sorry to hear that. I thought it looked like a nice camera, considering its low price. --- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frankly, when the Leica costs more than an F6, there's a problem. I

K100D Review

2006-08-28 Thread Douglas Newman
Here is a good (English) K100D review from Slovenia: http://www.e-fotografija.com/artman/publish/article_1154.shtml A very impressive performance. I am especially impressed by the high ISO performance which looks even better than my C*non 20D (and that is pretty good). Unless there is something

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-28 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: They are made in the heart of Europe, not the Philippines And the Voigtlanders are made in the heart of Japan... Same difference. New Doug __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best

Re: K100D Review and Commentary by Mike Johnston

2006-08-27 Thread Douglas Newman
I did enjoy Mike's review, but I am surprised to hear that he finds something deficient about the high ISO capability of the K100D. It should be just as good as any other camera - or at least its *ist-series predecessors were. I am going to send him an e-mail and ask him to elaborate on this

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They will sell a special hand-hammered titanium one as an accessory for $ 500.00 and another one with Hermes designed silk covering for $2,000.00. Don't give them any ideas ;-)! This is why I have little respect these days for Leica. It seems to me that

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a user can buy a bog stock body, granted they are expensive but not unreasonably so. From BH: Leica M7: $3,495 Voigtlander Bessa R3A: $549.95 Is the M7 really worth more than more than SIX times the price of the R3A? I find this extremely

Re: Canon v Sony

2006-08-26 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, KM/Sony is even worse IMO... The A100 has disappointing image quality, but I think the body itself is not bad. Not really special, but certainly not bad. It is a reasonable size, seems comfortable to hold and fairly well-built. I have only played

Re: Turbulent age

2006-08-25 Thread Douglas Newman
--- K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, Sony brand should be really at work here. I agree... In fact in most respects the Minolta 5D was a better camera than the Alpha, but it did not have the Sony name and also the 10 MP figure which attracts customers (it was after all the first

Re: Useless Gearhead Quiz

2006-08-23 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What have you used? I can't remember everything I've USED, so I'll stick to owned: Film: Cheap Fujifilm PS Pentax ME (still have) Nikon N60 aka F60 Nikon N90s aka F90x Digital: Olympus C-2100UZ Nikon D1 Olympus E-1 Canon EOS 20D (still have)

Re: Turbulent age

2006-08-23 Thread Douglas Newman
--- K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It looks like the market in Japan is now tangling up. http://bcnranking.jp/flash/09-9669.html This is very interesting... Canon has obviously had a VERY precipitous drop in sales. That said, they are supposedly set to introduce a 10 MP Rebel at

Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-23 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really don't get what's being said here -- old, film optimized lenses perform well on the full frame Canons, as evidenced by the L series? Define well ;-). Even the best film-optimized Canon glass cannot take advantage of the full-frame sensors.

Re: D1H

2006-08-21 Thread Douglas Newman
Dave, Good luck with your new (old) D1H. The D1H, really, is a D1 with all the problems fixed :-). Until the advent of in-body SR, it might have been the best low-light camera available. I think it still probably has the lowest noise levels of any DSLR because of those HUGE pixels. My D1 (a

Re: K100D vs. XT

2006-08-21 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Gaurav Aggarwal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Coming out of the lurking mode, I would like to get your views/opinion on K100D vs. Canon Rebel XT Personally I would much rather have a K100D. I am not at all fond of the XT; it is a plasticky, cheaply-built camera with awful (IMHO) ergonomics.

Re: Nikons

2006-08-19 Thread Douglas Newman
--- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Easy lads. I have the D1, D2H, D200 and just put a bid in for a D1H. I'll admit it, I really like Nikons a lot. My first D-SLR was a D1. Even though it was big and heavy, I REALLY liked it. Unfortunately, it was also defective and I couldn't get another

Re: Newman

2006-08-19 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or we could just call you Newman ... you're not a postal carrier, by chance, I don't suppose? :-) No, I'm not :-). I am, however, Paul Newman's grandson. But not THAT Paul Newman ;-)... Doug __ Do

Re: Nikons/K10D

2006-08-19 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It is significantly smaller than the D200 and will give better image quality. Smaller is OK, so long as it is not BIGGER :-). I have heard it will be a metal body with weather-sealing; if so I guess that would put it roughly on par with the D200

Nikon/K10D

2006-08-19 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The K10D is likely going to be similar in size to the D80, with build in between the D80 and D200. The D80 (I have not paid much attention to it) is similar in size to the D70? I can live with that. The D70 feels like it is built fairly decently, if the

Re: Diesel Cars OT

2006-08-19 Thread Douglas Newman
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Huh??? virtually any diesel car will run on significantly less. Very true, but there are very few diesel cars sold in the US! In the 2007 model year there will be ONE (!) diesel car sold here, a Mercedes-Benz E-class. And you cannot buy them in California, Maine,

Re: Nikon/K10D

2006-08-19 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the K10D will be metal inside and plastic on the outside, just like all previous Pentax DSLR's. This is fine, there is just something about the feel of metal though :-). Yes, it is rumored it will have some kind of sealing. I like that.

Re: K10D

2006-08-19 Thread Douglas Newman
--- John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you can be pretty certain that if it is smaller it won't be bigger. Of course. When I joined this group I should have mentioned that I am unfortunately a very fast typist. This means I type faster than I think :-o... New Doug

Re: K10D/ist D

2006-08-19 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, it's notable smaller than the D70 I guess I should have read Phil Askey's preview more closely. The *istD had the best noise quality of all the cameras I've shot with extensively When I bought my E-1 I also considered the D70 and the *ist

New Member

2006-08-18 Thread Douglas Newman
Dear All, As you might have guessed from the subject line (!), I am a new member. I recently found this esteemed list from a reference on DPReview. I currently own a Canon 20D and am preparing to switch to Pentax, either to a K100D or possibly the upcoming K10D (not the K10D if it turns out to

Re: Printer Recommendations?

2006-08-18 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Juey Chong Ong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The newer R series clogs less than the older models. So they've either improved the ink formulation and/or head, or older printers just tend to clog more often. The newer printers have entirely different ink. For one thing, some the latest ones all

Re: New Member

2006-08-18 Thread Douglas Newman
Dear All, Thanks for your warm welcome. It's not often that I come across a place with so many Dougs! I'll go as New Doug from now on and hopefully we will not have any more Dougs in the future :-). New Doug __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?

Re: New Member

2006-08-18 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although with 3 of them the PDML is starting to resemble Scaramanga... Being a Doug I probably should know this, but have they got a lot of Dougs in Skaramanga? I don't think I've ever met a Greek called Doug. New Doug

Re: New Member

2006-08-18 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey now, wait a minute! It took a while to get the Nikonian Bruce R. off the list so I could be the only one. Hmm, actually, I have a good friend named Bruce who uses a Nikon (F80), but he is not a Bruce R... My Bruce hasn't gone digital yet so

Re: Car Colors

2006-08-18 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The names of the colors in car brochures really make me laugh Indeed, one wonders how many people there are in the world whose job it is just to think up colors for car paint. Oh, and carpeting... Kitchen countertops... Wall paint... And

Re: Car Colors

2006-08-18 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Douglas Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug Sorry, meant New Doug of course! Forgot my new name ;-)! New Doug __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 4, Issue 187

2006-08-18 Thread Douglas Newman
--- Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scaramanga - the Man with the Golden Gun - had a superfluous papilla. 3 dugs... Ah, got it :-). New Doug __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around