Hi Jerome Your editorial work actually has a point. But not a lot of old farts (an expresion covering people stupid enouhg to own some excellent 20 years old lenses) would have to buy the camera to pay for a mechanical aperture simulator, or whatever is missing to make it truely K-mount campatible. They might even make it optional. Or an adition to the *its Dn, which is bound to come in a year! Regards Jens
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: jerome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 3. juli 2003 05:17 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: D-ist blurb in "American Photo" magazine Admittedly, I picked up the mag because J-Lo was adorning the cover... oh and I was looking for some tips on environmental portraits (more on that later, perhaps)... but (j) lo and behold, there was a blurb about the D-ist just a few pages over. >From the magazine (July / August issue): It's name may be in inpronounceable, but this model, the ist Pentax D-SLR, has impressive specs. Despite its claim to be the smallest interchangeable-lens D- SLR, it features a 6.1 megapixel sensor, 16 segment metering, and 11 point wide- angle autofocus. It�s shutter speeds go up to 1/4000 second, and fires at up to 2.7 frames per second. It�s viewfinder is excellent, especially by D-SLR standards, providing a 95 percent field of view and .95X magnification. Two separate dials control lens aperture and shutter speed. The camera gives you a choice of JPEG, TIFF, and Raw image files, saved on CF Type I/II cards. It�s powered by four AA batteries or two CR-V3 lithium cells, and can be used with an optional battery grip. Best of all, it�s compatible with current Pentax AF and manual focus lenses. Those who will bitch and moan about backwards compatibility are likely the same old farts that wouldn�t have bought the camera anyway, unless it was to be found at a yard sale or on eBay for 20% of retail. Pentax was smart not to design this beauty with those folks in mind. Okay� Okay�. !! The last two sentences weren�t in the article� You can call that my editorial additions. But back to the J-Lo thing <g>� There was quite a spread of photos of the pop star (including 4 different cover shots on the stands� "collect them all!" <HAR>) But to even keep this part of my rant on topic, you�d be pleased to know that a handful of the shots were taken with a Pentax 67 [and Portra 160NC, I believe]. Regards, jerome ___ http://www.exposedfilm.net
