Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble

2008-05-31 Thread Ken Waller
J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble > There is a woman who has a young daughter on the shows i shoot, and > carries around a Canon Rebel. I don't hold that against her.:-) > > Even though she takes her daughters pictures, she always

Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble

2008-05-31 Thread Bruce Dayton
My favorite mode is Hyper-Manual. The real trick there is to set the preferences so that it keeps the aperture when you press the green button. Then it behaves much like AV mode but without it constantly changing as you recompose. So you spin dial to desired aperture, point the camera at what yo

Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble

2008-05-31 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> observed: [...] > Even though she takes her daughters pictures, she always checks that i > will be to, as she said" Yours are great, mine are all fuzzy and > blurry." > > At the show last weekend, she said the same thing so i asked her, what > mode are you shootin

Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble

2008-05-31 Thread P. J. Alling
Some people are beyond help. You tried and still make money, what could be better? David J Brooks wrote: > There is a woman who has a young daughter on the shows i shoot, and > carries around a Canon Rebel. I don't hold that against her.:-) > > Even though she takes her daughters pictures, she a

Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble

2008-05-31 Thread David J Brooks
There is a woman who has a young daughter on the shows i shoot, and carries around a Canon Rebel. I don't hold that against her.:-) Even though she takes her daughters pictures, she always checks that i will be to, as she said" Yours are great, mine are all fuzzy and blurry." At the show last wee

Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble

2008-05-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On May 30, 2008, at 2:21 PM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: > ... It will be interesting to see how my habits change again once I > start taking the DSLR for granted. When the DSLR becomes 'the camera' again, you've made it. That level of transparency does take a little bit of time. :-) Godfrey

Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble

2008-05-30 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 30, 2008, at 11:12 AM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: > > > I'm a little startled to note how quickly 800 frames go by with > > this camera. I just uploaded a batch from the CF card, glanced > > at the file numbers, and thought, "wait, that can't be

Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble

2008-05-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On May 30, 2008, at 11:12 AM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: > I'm a little startled to note how quickly 800 frames go by with > this camera. I just uploaded a batch from the CF card, glanced > at the file numbers, and thought, "wait, that can't be right..." People obtaining a digital camera for th

Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble

2008-05-30 Thread P. J. Alling
It's a wonder how many frames you can shoot when you're not burning film... D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: > David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> AA bateries lasted for about 6-8 shots in my istD. Rechargables around >> 350 and Liths around 450. >> > > Well, the manual does say to on

Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble

2008-05-30 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AA bateries lasted for about 6-8 shots in my istD. Rechargables around > 350 and Liths around 450. Well, the manual does say to only use Alkaline AA cells as a very last resort ... I guess that'd be why. I'm a little startled to note how quickly 800 fra

Re: More *ist-D "whee!" babble

2008-05-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Brian Walters wrote: > Re: NiHM. They are very variable in quality. After trying several 'no > name' brands I settled on Sanyo Eneloops - they just keep going. I now > wouldn't use anything else. > I second that recommendation. The problem seems to be that many NiMH's suffer from a voltage-