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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-09-2007, 12:20 AM
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I have always been suspicious of non Pentax SMC lenses, but the quality is superb. Do you have any shots with a shallower depth of field with some bokeh in the background?
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Forum: Photographic Technique
10-28-2006, 09:03 PM
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Are those cards 40x or 80x? If not I don't even want to bother. With K10D you supposedly can shoot as fast as the card can record, so a _fast_ card is important. I've heard K10D can write to a memory card @ 20MB/s. Will those cards at Staple sustain that speed?
The reason this becomes important is because with older cameras, the write speed of the card didn't matter _as_ much. The camera processing time took way longer and there was usually a limit in how many pictures one could take continuously. So a faster CF or SD card didn't make much of a difference. But now that the camera can process the images faster than it can write it on the card, the speed of the card _is_ important.
It might be worth to invest more in an 80x card.
Also note the *ist series did support Lexar's WA (Write Acceleration) extension for its (133x) cards, I hope K10d will also have that...
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-13-2006, 10:56 PM
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Hey Jeff, you said you have an Electronics background, so what is your take on the 22 bit A/D converter in the new K10D? What does that mean? I think JPEG only has 8 bits of color per channel and RAW has more (12 or 14 I don't remember) but how does 22 bit help then?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-13-2006, 10:34 PM
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Great idea. This will work for a mom and pop type shop. Just go and ask about it, and/or tell them about the features that you know about it. Those are the shops that will listen to the customers and will respond to a perceived demand.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-13-2006, 10:24 PM
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Yeah for a true "Macro" mode you'd have to get a macro lens, like the SMC P-D FA 100mm ($800) or 50mm ($550) F2.8. I was looking at these just the other day... while still waiting for my K10D to come.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-13-2006, 10:14 PM
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As opposed to others, they didn't add the ISO 3200 option, and I think that' s a "GoodThing" because they know the limits of the sensor and they'd probably rather not have the option at all than have it produce something that looks bad with horrible noise.
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