Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-04 Thread Mike Johnston
> That's exactly why I fear that the ISO range will top out at 400: If it were > higher, Pentax would have said so. It isn't determined yet. As I said elsewhere, don't read tea leaves...lots about this camera is not yet set in stone one way or the other. Wait for the production models. --Mike

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-04 Thread Paul Franklin Stregevsky
Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Diagnostician's version of Occam's razor: "When you hear hoofbeats, don't think 'Zebra.' " That's exactly why I fear that the ISO range will top out at 400: If it were higher, Pentax would have said so.

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-03 Thread Lawrence Kwan
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Frits [iso-8859-1] Wüthrich wrote: > The German text refers to the LCD at the back, which 'apparently also works in > recording mode'. It doesn't say anything about how it is done. I am a bit skeptical though. If this feature is real, I just cannot see how this could be left

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-03 Thread Pål Jensen
Frits wrote: > The German text refers to the LCD at the back, which 'apparently also works in > recording mode'. It doesn't say anything about how it is done. > You could be right, very interesting, this feature that sets this DSLR apart > from the competition. I can see the PJ raising their *i

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-03 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Monday 03 March 2003 18:23, Pål Jensen wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "alexanderkrohe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:09 PM > Subject: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-03 Thread Peter Alling
So far no one seems to know, I'm betting on some kind of MLU. At 07:23 PM 3/3/2003 +0100, you wrote: - Original Message - From: "alexanderkrohe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:09 PM Subject: The LCD of the *istD

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-03 Thread Steve Desjardins
It could be as simple as MLU when the screen is activated in "shoot" mode. If the regular viewfinder is just a little TV, why have a mirror at all? Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder

2003-03-03 Thread Pål Jensen
- Original Message - From: "alexanderkrohe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:09 PM Subject: The LCD of the *istD can obvioulsy be used as a viewfinder > From: Rüdiger Neumann > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 07:15:23