Re: returning to this group

2006-08-08 Thread brooksdj
On Aug 7, 2006, at 5:21 PM, Aaron Reynolds wrote: On Aug 7, 2006, at 8:07 PM, David J Brooks wrote: OTOH the D200 is fantastic, but its a consumer body, so my clients don't take me seriously, Sorry group, should have been a smily face after

Re: returning to this group

2006-08-07 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Everyone I know with a D2H seriously hates it -- was it a notorious dog? -Aaron -Original Message- From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] I;m looking for something to replace my D2h which i hate. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: returning to this group

2006-08-07 Thread David J Brooks
Every shot is different.Over exposed, underesposed, wb differneces, all on the same fence in a matter of seconds. Less than 10,000 shutters i had to replace the AE board, twice in for metering problems and then the shutter went at 9800 actuations. Need i say more. lol OTOH the D200 is

Re: returning to this group

2006-08-07 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Aug 7, 2006, at 8:07 PM, David J Brooks wrote: OTOH the D200 is fantastic, but its a consumer body, so my clients don't take me seriously, Pshaw. Any client who disparages your choice of equipment is an idiot. The guy who runs the official Jays photo service just bought a D200. -Aaron

Re: returning to this group

2006-08-07 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Aug 7, 2006, at 8:21 PM, Aaron Reynolds wrote: Pshaw. Any client who disparages your choice of equipment is an idiot. The guy who runs the official Jays photo service just bought a D200. Just to further the point -- he does the in-house photography of the team for the team. All

Re: returning to this group

2006-08-07 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Aaron Reynolds Subject: Re: returning to this group On Aug 7, 2006, at 8:07 PM, David J Brooks wrote: OTOH the D200 is fantastic, but its a consumer body, so my clients don't take me seriously, Pshaw. Any client who disparages your choice of equipment

Re: returning to this group

2006-08-07 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Aug 7, 2006, at 8:33 PM, William Robb wrote: Sadly, those idiots are the same idiots that put food on your table. C'mon now -- any client who knows enough about cameras that he can look at Dave's D200 and think it's not a professional camera but will be wowed by his D2H which is a

Re: returning to this group

2006-08-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 7, 2006, at 5:21 PM, Aaron Reynolds wrote: On Aug 7, 2006, at 8:07 PM, David J Brooks wrote: OTOH the D200 is fantastic, but its a consumer body, so my clients don't take me seriously, Pshaw. Any client who disparages your choice of equipment is an idiot. I agree completely. I

returning to this group

2006-08-06 Thread IVAN SHUKSTER
My name is Ivan and I live in Medicine Hat Alberta. I was a member of this list briefly last summer. I first began using Pentax i 1973 and bought my first one , a Spotmatic F which I stil have, the next year. Eventually my wife and I had two Spotmatic Fs with a bunch of lenses most of which we

Re: returning to this group

2006-08-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Ivan, Welcome back. I think you have a problem with all your optional glass. I'm sure the 12-24 Nikkor and 400 f2.8 are spoiling you. ;-) They will be expensive to duplicate in Pentax gear. I have a Pentax Ds and played a bit with my nephew's new K100D yesterday. I didn't get much of a read on

Re: returning to this group

2006-08-06 Thread Adam Maas
The 12-24 won't be that expensive to match, the Pentax 12-24 is significantly cheaper than the Nikon but performs just as well (The extra cost in the Nikon is in heavier build and the AF-S motor). The 400 f2.8 on the other hand... -Adam Bob Sullivan wrote: Ivan, Welcome back. I think

Re: returning to this group

2006-08-06 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting IVAN SHUKSTER [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My name is Ivan and I live in Medicine Hat Alberta. I was a member of this list briefly last summer. Welcome back. I can buy a Pentex DSLR and upgrade some of my lenses and keep the MZ5n or buy a Nikon D200 (one of which I do have on order for

Re: returning to this group

2006-08-06 Thread IVAN SHUKSTER
and the AF-S motor). The 400 f2.8 on the other hand... -- Message: 8 Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:57:09 -0400 From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: returning to this group To: pdml@pdml.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text