Someone has way too much time on his hands. Paul On Apr 14, 2007, at 11:53 PM, Kevin Waterson wrote:
> Just recieved my 645D today and thought I woud share my first > impressions. > I went for the 22mp version as the 39mp version was both a little > more than > I need, and a lot more than I could afford. However, with the > savings I made > on the lesser body, I was able to splash out a few extra dollars > for the new > 70-200mm f2.8 lens, with the stock lens being the 80mm f2.8. > > The first thing I noticed when I picked it up was the wieght, or > rather, the lack > of it. It weighs in about 500g heavier than my old *istD, making it > easy for > carrying about for some time. > > Armed with this bad boy I took a little trip to the local church > where a wedding > was in progress to check its low light and high ISO performance. I > must say I was > not dissappointed, the fast autofocus made quick shooting simple > and at ISO > 6400 the low noise on the images is amazing, it is far superior to > the K10D at > ISO 400. Even in the low light, the combination of fast autofocus > and anti-shake > proved a winner. > > I was only inside a few moments when the ceremony ended and we all > moved > outside where I was able to shoot off a number of images at ISO 50 > in the sunlight. > Once again the snappy auto focus secured a number of images, but > sadly at only > 2.8 frames per second this would not be a sports photographers best > tool although > with shutter speeds up to 1/10,000 you could stop a bullet. The > shutter speed can > also be optionally set to go as low as ISO 25. > > I found the dials easy to use and the new 'intuitive' menu system > not too intuitive > but the basic functions are simple enough to access and only when I > wanted to > fine tune things did I need to consult the manual. > > Access to the various internals (batteries and storage card) is > quite simple and have > a second lithium battery for it. I have yet to purchase the power > cable which would be > great for those in a studio environment. I chose to use the CF card > option over the SD > as I find the SD cards too fidgety. I do like the idea of being > able to plug the camera > directly into a computer and have the images stored directly on to > the hard drive, but > have not explored that option yet. > > I also had a few of my older 645 lenses about and took a few shots > with the 50mm > macro and the resulting images are just amazing, Anybody buying > this camera will > never use 35mm again. > > My favourite feature though is the ability to change the degree of > the spot metering > allowing me to choose the area I wish to meter on. > > The only down side I could find was that all of this, took place in > my imagination. > > Patiently waiting > Kevin > -- > "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. > Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." > > -- > 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
