Re: DSLR burst rates (was: Re: my ist-D samples

2003-11-09 Thread Stan Halpin
on 11/09/03 3:29 PM, Cotty at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 9/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > >> Either way, it is too slow for someone who shoots rabid bursts at short >> intervals. > ... > For comparison sake, I did a quick test with the D60. > Total frames shot in > one minute = 8 + 31 +

Re: frame rates... again... (was: Re: my ist-D samples)

2003-11-09 Thread John Francis
> > Since all I've shot is field sports, I'll yield to those of you with more > experience in motor sports. I recently shot a softball game with the *ist D > and was surprised how quickly I got my timing back after 40 years. It's very rare that you'll be in a position to run off multiple shots o

Re: frame rates... again... (was: Re: my ist-D samples)

2003-11-09 Thread Bill Owens
teland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 8:19 PM Subject: Re: frame rates... again... (was: Re: my ist-D samples) > My argument was for sequences in motor sports. I made no mention of field > sports. I agree that football and basketball

Re: frame rates... again... (was: Re: my ist-D samples)

2003-11-09 Thread Christian Skofteland
ssage - From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 3:03 PM Subject: Re: frame rates... again... (was: Re: my ist-D samples) > Maybe for certain uses, such as an imploding building. For sports such as > football and

Re: frame rates... again... (was: Re: my ist-D samples)

2003-11-09 Thread brooksdj
> > I'll second that. A friend of mine shoots a lot of sequence shots for > motocross, snowboarding, skateboarding, mountain biking, etc. It's not > about capturing the one decisive moment--it's about showing a series of > photos that capture the jump/stun

Re: frame rates... again... (was: Re: my ist-D samples)

2003-11-09 Thread Bill Owens
M Subject: frame rates... again... (was: Re: my ist-D samples) > Bill, What if you wanted to catch a sequence of a > car going into the gravel trap, or a rider being > ejected from his motorcycle? Can you shoot (on > film) 5 frames in in one second (the time it takes > for a spin to happ

frame rates... again... (was: Re: my ist-D samples)

2003-11-09 Thread Christian
ly, IMNHO, you'd be better off using single frame mode and experience. > > Bill > > - Original Message - > From: "Malcolm Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 4:13 AM > Subject: RE: my ist-D sam

Re: my ist-D samples

2003-11-09 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > - Original Message - > From: "Christian Skofteland" > Subject: Re: my ist-D samples > > > > > > > I don't think this would be a good camera for so

RE: my ist-D samples

2003-11-09 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bill Owens wrote an on topic and accurate observation: > Actually, IMNHO, you'd be better off using single frame mode > and experience. Stop it! I'm trying to get a bit of film/digital usage argument going on here! Malcolm

Re: my ist-D samples

2003-11-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Malcolm Smith" Subject: RE: my ist-D samples > > On Saturday, Nov 8, 2003, at 22:45 America/New_York, William > > Robb wrote: > > > > > It will do 5 shots in rapid succession, then it kaks while > > the buffer >

Re: my ist-D samples

2003-11-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Juey Chong Ong" Subject: Re: my ist-D samples > As an experiment, I set my *ist-D on continuous shooting and use a > smaller JPEG size (L*) because I'm still using my old, slow 128MB cards > and just held down the shutter release

Re: my ist-D samples

2003-11-08 Thread jmb
Christian wrote: LX and MX, I'd say that the operation of the ist-d Same here! the new interface (mainly, using the lens on "A" and spinning a wheel to change aperture) was not a Doing this myself Digitally with my Oly E10 but I would like to go Pentax. second-nature. The viewfinder is awesome, s

Re: my ist-D samples

2003-10-27 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "jmb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:09 PM Subject: Re: my ist-D samples > > Enjoyed the pictures! Do you find the operation of the dslr to be > similar in feel > and speed to an

Re: my ist-D samples

2003-10-27 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 12:17 PM Subject: RE: my ist-D samples > Nice images, especially the water lilies. Thanks! > I too noticed the highlights on > the rear