He's a cute guy Rob. I never got around to telling you how gratified I was that you decided to name him after me. :-)
You could have named him William, but... Tom C. >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Hi guys, just popping in for news and K10D obs >Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 22:36:11 -0400 > >Hi Rob, >Welcome back. I haven't noticed any rotational problems with the K10, >but I'm used to having to correct my rotation a bit. I do notice >better exposure control by using program mode with auto ISO and the >best aperture program line. (Can't remember what they call it M >something, something.). This seems to work for me. When it doesn't , >I turn the wheels and switch out of program. Again, good to see you >here. Just this morning, I was wondering when we'd hear from you again. >Best, >paul >On Apr 6, 2007, at 9:50 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > > > Hi Team, > > > > I'm back from three weeks in the UK and Ireland, unfortunately I was > > unable to deviate from the schedule that I was set and consequently I > > sadly missed out catching up with a handful of PDMLers but there's > > always next time I guess :-( > > > > I shot almost more images in three weeks than I had over the previous > > year however most were family oriented, not really subjects that I was > > able to explore purely as photographic studies. We only had a couple > > of days where we were sight seeing of sorts and then we were with > > others and rushed so seeing the photo ops just pass by was a little > > frustrating. > > > > In any case it's the first time that I've used the K10D on any trip > > longer than a weekend so I've come to appreciate it's strengths and > > weaknesses. Firstly no arguments it served me well, I love the speed > > of the thing and going back to the rear display size of the *ist D is > > a real shock however it wasn't all roses. > > > > The extra bulk wasn't too bad but then I was working out of a big > > pack, I have to find a new case for my three lens kit as it just > > doesn't fit the cases my *ist D does. I found that the battery became > > exhausted in the order of 350-400 shots with a little chimping (can't > > avoid it in low light work) and yes I did get caught once with flat > > battery (out on Lough Ree). > > > > I've mentioned it before but now know that I really don't like the > > operation of the WB system as flash as it is, I don't like not being > > able to just glance down at the top LCD to see what WB I have > > selected. I still wish that there was a dedicated WB button and more > > WB memories, I tended to use AWB as setting WB is such a hassle. > > > > I've been using Av with the auto exposure program set to normal and > > Aperture on the front wheel and ISO on the rear wheel with ISO in Auto > > (100-800) on start-up. This would be an ideal combination for me but > > for the fact that regardless of the exposure program mode and known > > lens FL/SR enabled the exposure system when set to auto ISO prefers to > > set a high ISO than lower the shutter speed. In many instances ie when > > using a 16mm lens I would find the system setting the shutter at > > 1/100th and the ISO at 800 when I could have been shooting at 1/8th > > without a problem. I wish there was some way to properly control this > > important aspect of auto exposure system operation. > > > > The other irritating peculiarity that I noticed was that all my shots > > are rotated by 1.5-2 degree CCW, I haven't investigated the issue > > fully but with SR off the camera has less rotational error than my > > *ist D had and I never experienced this phenomenon when shooting it. > > However the K10D screen (focus brackets) seems to be out by 0.65 > > degrees and the outside frame by 0.9 degrees so that's a start > > (refitting the screen didn't alter this). I am suspect of the SR > > system but I will test my theory properly when I have time. > > > > I'd love to hear from anyone else with similar observations, I've seen > > a few similar posts at dpreview since the K10Ds release but no mention > > here. > > > > I've pretty much moved over to Picasa to display my late images on the > > web, it's a great tool for organizing images, producing galleries and > > quick edits plus I can push the images to the web and produce a > > polished CD in very limited time. I've been shooting RAW+ 2MP jpg so > > using Picasa whilst I was traveling I could very quickly DL/process > > and update web pages for everyone concerned to view (I shot a two day > > wedding and had the images on the web the day after). It can even > > manage *ist D RAW files (for the benefit of Frank the new Digi-Boy). > > > > So what have I missed of the couple of months, anything interesting > > that I should know about? > > > > PS I have galleries from the trip but due to their nature I don't wish > > to bring them into the public domain however if any of you are > > interested drop me a private email and I'll send you some links. > > > > As my primary job is currently stay at home dad and house keeper I > > tend to have limited subjects to shoot so my little guy bears the > > brunt of this frustration in the way of being a captive subject, so if > > you are interested in see my kid pics check the following link: > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/Thomas?authkey=pzmnlsD2ZJI > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > > Rob Studdert > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
