> > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/03/07 Fri PM 12:30:36 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: K20D questions > > Funny. I sent this about 24 hours ago, and it's just showing up on > the list now. That's been happening a lot lately. No big deal, just a > curiosity. > Paul
I seem to be getting repeats. Anything from a couple of hours to acouple of days apart and, bizarrely, with either the old or a new date stamp. Not so much a curiosity as a nuisance, although I suspect it is not the list mailserver. > On Mar 6, 2008, at 7:44 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > > > On Mar 6, 2008, at 2:08 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > > > >> 1. How long will it take for my hand to stop telling me the front & > >> back wheels are awkwardly placed after 4 years carrying a *ist-D? > > It took me about two days. > >> 2. Why does it have to be so big? [By the way, the K200D doesn't > >> feel > >> significantly smaller in the hand.] > > It has a lot of stuff in there. Much of the size is needed for shake > > reduction. > >> 3. 23M .dng files, yow... maybe .pef would be more tractable? > > Yes, but the size doesn't bother me. 83 exposures on a 2 gig card is > > about right for me. I was getting 72 on 1 gig cards with my D, and > > that was a happy combination. > >> 4. Why, when I tried to auto-white balance an ISO-1600 picture of a > >> toddler in a bathtub using Lightroom's WB wand to click on the white > >> porcelain, did the baby's flesh go all mottled when you look close > >> up? > > You have to set color temperature manually for now. None of the > > software has yet been calibrated to work with the K20Ds DNG files. > > I'm just using the sliders in ACR and adjusting tint and temperature > > until I get the look I want. But that's what I do most of the time > > anyway. > >> 5. Why, when I tried to do the same to an ISO-1600 shot of boys > >> playing soccer in a yellow gym, did it snap into violent purple? > > See previous answer. > >> 6. Am I going to need to buy a Power Mac to process large numbers of > >> photos in Lightroom without making my computer wheeze audibly? > > Try ACR. It's considerably trimmer. > >> 7. Am I going to have to use the software that came with the camera? > > You can. I won't. Although Savage says it's pretty good. > >> 8. Why is there a prominent switch for turning the image > >> stabilization off, wouldn't you want it on always? > > You don't want it on when shooting on a tripod. > >> 9. Why do you want a RAW button, wouldn't most people shoot in RAW > >> all the time or JPEG all the time? > > Some like to switch from JPEG to RAW. I don't. But I set it up to > > take a JPEG and a RAW when pressed. That can be useful at times. > >> 10. What do other people put on the "User" setting? > > Nothing. > >> 11. What's the smart way to use the Live View option? > > On a tripod. > >> 12. Why does the shutter noise have to be so loud? > > To keep you awake:-). > >> > >> Some of the above are actual questions. -T > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
