Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-12 Thread Steve Desjardins
Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 11:06 PM Subject: Re: Soon to be new istD owners I have ordered mine yesterday. Jens, Denmark

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Steve Desjardins Subject: Re: Soon to be new istD owners . Am I right in thinking that if I use A-type lenses off 'A' I can only use them on M and also have to press the green button? Yes. William Robb

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-11 Thread Cycad
apologize if these questions have already come up, but I only rarely find time to read more than a few postings to this list. Cheers Andy - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 11:06 PM Subject: Re: Soon to be new istD

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2004-01-11 Thread Jens Bladt
firmware upgrade! Regards Jens -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Cycad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 11. januar 2004 15:35 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Soon to be new istD owners I bought mine yesterday :-) I'm an amateur, and found it difficult to justify such a lot of money but my wife

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-11 Thread Herb Chong
Subject: Re: Soon to be new istD owners A brief test outdoors on a stormy day with very bright intervals suggests that the matrix metering is a little more wayward than that in the MZ-5n - I had dark foregrounds when appreciable amounts of sky was in the picture, and blown highlights

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-10 Thread Lon Williamson
Shel, it's sounding better. Most of my preferred lenses are K and M. Hell, but I do so love my KX cameras. Mebbe this can wait. None the less, I do wonder if the changes were made, in part, because of this absolutely nutty list. If so, thank you Pentax! I'm much more confident of future

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-10 Thread Jens Bladt
I have ordered mine yesterday. Jens, Denmark

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Jim Apilado
Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 22:08:38 -0800 To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Soon to be new istD owners Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 01:06:29 -0500 So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Arnold Stark
I am Arnold Shel Belinkoff schrieb: So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now that it will work better with the K and M lenses? I'm now giving it some thought. shel

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread brooksdj
So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now that it will work better with the K and M lenses? I'm now giving it some thought. shel I'm still debating. I want to upgrade from the curent 2.74 meg camera i currently own,D1, to the

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I am considering getting one, although I would like to see what the second generation dslr will have for improvements. Canon had the D30. There were some yelps about some of the features which resulted in the D60. So I am going to wait a bit to see what

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Steve Larson
8MP and full frame sensor (Want). Then it would be like the DSLR Pentax teased us with. Enough of this APS in 35mm, 35mm in 645 crap. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California Cotty wrote: Which begs the question: what improvements are wanted / needed on the *ist D rev2 ? Cheers, Cotty

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I really like that feature on my Sony. It allows me to shoot a big TIFF and also a small JPEG for a quick view of the frame in the PS browser window or for a quick run through in other software without having to wait for the big TIFF files to load. It gives me a quickie email file should that

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Mark Gosdin
It's on my to-buy-someday-soon list. ( Now, where's that lotto ticket? ) So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now that it will work better with the K and M lenses? I'm now giving it some thought. shel

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Steve ... I'm looking at the current model - or perhaps the less expensive one mentioned here earlier - as a replacement for my 4mp Sony and as a supplement to my film cameras. Personally, I don't see a need for a larger sensor or higher pixel count ... of course, that may change should I

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread William Johnson
, 2004 11:08 PM Subject: Soon to be new istD owners So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now that it will work better with the K and M lenses? I'm now giving it some thought. shel

Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Pentxuser
Count me in. One Giant step forward.. Vic So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now that it will work better with the K and M lenses? I'm now giving it some thought. shel

RE: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread David Madsen
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 11:09 PM To: PDML Subject: Soon to be new istD owners So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now that it will work better with the K and M lenses? I'm now giving it some thought. shel

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Steve Desjardins
The FF sensor issue is a question of cost plain and simple. I doubt Pentax will come out with a 2000+ USD camera, and will use whatever sensor falls in this range for their high end DSLR. The higher end market will be C and N. I'm also pretty sure that Pentax's efforts will be focused for a

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Steve Desjardins
Subject: Soon to be new istD owners So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now that it will work better with the K and M lenses? I'm now giving it some thought. shel

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Why do you think I'm asking all these questions, Boris me lad? I can see the istd as a supplement to the leica and the mx/lx bodies, and as a replacement for the sony digi i'm now using. i do like a lot about the digi concept, yet there are times film works better for me. and while i like the

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL. I wonder if the camera companies think about the tax return bunny when planning US releases. Why do you think the PMA show is in February? ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Andre Langevin
So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now that it will work better with the K and M lenses? I'm now giving it some thought. shel I was rather waiting for a price drop as I knew I could live with this shortcoming by unscrewing the K and M lenses. Still, it is a better camera

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'm considering it as well. Most of my Pentax 35mm lenses are K versions. I could use the *istD for some of the work I do as well as for personal photography. I might be able to use it for a lot of the work I do with res up software. On my day job I use photos taken by other people. Clint

Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-08 Thread Shel Belinkoff
So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now that it will work better with the K and M lenses? I'm now giving it some thought. shel