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Forum: Digital Photography March 9th 07, 09:52 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 20
Views: 865
Posted By David J Taylor
Latest High End P & S

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
nospam wrote:
In article , David
Dyer-Bennet wrote:

Fixed lens? Non-zoom? f/4? Well, maybe...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras March 8th 07, 09:35 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 57
Views: 1,739
Posted By David J Taylor
New 200-500mm F/2.8 lens from Sigma

Paul J Gans wrote:
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I'll bet that you don't hand hold it by just holding onto the
camera...

Good way to break the camera, if your hands can survive!

David
Forum: Digital Point & Shoot Cameras March 8th 07, 09:33 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.point+shoot
Replies: 3
Views: 1,940
Posted By David J Taylor
Ultra Compact

ubars wrote:
My Daughter is going to Europe this summer and is interested in a
very small camera to take along. The Canon SD600 looks really good
and I am hoping to get some opinions or...
Forum: Digital Photography March 8th 07, 05:09 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 56
Views: 2,592
Posted By David J Taylor
New Nikon D40x and a new lens

Ockham's Razor wrote:
In article ,
"David J Taylor"
wrote:

Ockham's Razor...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras March 8th 07, 01:24 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 57
Views: 1,739
Posted By David J Taylor
New 200-500mm F/2.8 lens from Sigma

Joseph Meehan wrote:
default wrote:
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/news/200_500_28.htm

Has everyone seen this? This really redefines the bigma!

But where is the image...
Forum: Digital Photography March 8th 07, 10:00 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 56
Views: 2,066
Posted By David J Taylor
SCOOP! Kodak make a camera i like!

ray wrote:
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Before you buy any EVF camera I would strongly suggest you look
through it. You'll find, for example, that the s31s has very low
resolution - about 110k pixels. I consider the...
Forum: Digital Photography March 8th 07, 09:56 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 56
Views: 2,592
Posted By David J Taylor
New Nikon D40x and a new lens

Ockham's Razor wrote:
In article ,
"David J Taylor"
wrote:

Rita Ä Berkowitz...
Forum: Digital Photography March 7th 07, 07:13 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 56
Views: 2,592
Posted By David J Taylor
New Nikon D40x and a new lens

Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:
David J Taylor wrote:

Mostly Panasonic FZ5, some Panasonic FZ20, Ricoh R5 Caplio (much less
experience). Shutter sppeds down to the region of 1/10s

Basically,...
Forum: Digital Photography March 7th 07, 03:54 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 56
Views: 2,592
Posted By David J Taylor
New Nikon D40x and a new lens

Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:
David J Taylor wrote:

Ah, ok. 85/1.4 VR may also be pushing it then. 135/2.0 VR, maybe.
The 200/2.0 VR is fantastic but it's just for specialists really.
I'd...
Forum: Digital Photography March 7th 07, 12:10 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 56
Views: 2,592
Posted By David J Taylor
New Nikon D40x and a new lens

Paul Rubin wrote:
"David J Taylor"
writes:
Paul, don't be put off by what "Rita" says - try the lenses for
yourself and see if VR...
Forum: Digital Photography March 7th 07, 09:12 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 56
Views: 2,592
Posted By David J Taylor
New Nikon D40x and a new lens

Paul Rubin wrote:
Rita Ä Berkowitz ritaberk2O04 @aol.com writes:
Sadly, VR/IS has absolutely no benefit at 50mm and wider. There has
yet to be any credible evidence from the lens...
Forum: Digital Photography March 6th 07, 04:13 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 5
Views: 308
Posted By David J Taylor
LCD Resolution

Magnusfarce wrote:
I want to upgrade my old LCD monitor to something newer and better,
with more emphasis on graphics quality than on gaming (speed). This
is a work machine, but I will be...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras March 6th 07, 09:07 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 22
Views: 678
Posted By David J Taylor
Why not a modular DSLR? 5 meg and 12-16 meg?

RichA wrote:
One back for low noise, one for high resolution shots under average
conditions.
They do it with the medium format gear, at a price.
The 10 megs out do have more noise than the...
Forum: Digital Photography March 5th 07, 08:58 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 3
Views: 417
Posted By David J Taylor
LCD Monitor Recommendation

Morvak wrote:
My 5 year old CRT behemoth of a monitor needs upgrading so I'm leaning
towards an LCD monitor.

My current monitor is (go ahead laugh) some generic Daewoo 500D or
something...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras March 5th 07, 02:10 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 1
Views: 639
Posted By David J Taylor
Olympus news - new bodies, lenses, E-1 successor to wait

Alan Browne wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07030504olympuse1successor.asp

E410 - live preview but no swivel on the LCD. A missed opportunity?

David
Forum: Digital Photography March 4th 07, 01:54 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 24
Views: 1,362
Posted By David J Taylor
So, anyone get any decent pix of the eclipse tonight?

Cynicor wrote:
David J Taylor wrote:
Ken Lucke wrote:
Let's see 'em :^)

This is with my Panasonic FZ5. Focus isn't perfect. 1/2s, ISO 100,
tripod. Be aware that the moon image...
Forum: Digital Photography March 4th 07, 01:53 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 24
Views: 1,362
Posted By David J Taylor
So, anyone get any decent pix of the eclipse tonight?

Cynicor wrote:
Ken Lucke wrote:

Let's see 'em :^)

This is the best I could do. Taken with a Meade ETX-125 scope and a
D200 with T-mount. I couldn't get the telescope to stop...
Forum: Digital Photography March 4th 07, 01:53 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 24
Views: 1,362
Posted By David J Taylor
So, anyone get any decent pix of the eclipse tonight?

ASAAR wrote:
On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:32:22 GMT, David J Taylor wrote:

Ken Lucke wrote:
Let's see 'em :^)

This is with my Panasonic FZ5. Focus isn't perfect. 1/2s, ISO 100,
...
Forum: Digital Photography March 4th 07, 10:32 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 24
Views: 1,362
Posted By David J Taylor
So, anyone get any decent pix of the eclipse tonight?

Ken Lucke wrote:
Let's see 'em :^)

This is with my Panasonic FZ5. Focus isn't perfect. 1/2s, ISO 100,
tripod. Be aware that the moon image is on the right-hand side of the
picture - be sure...
Forum: Digital Photography March 3rd 07, 01:06 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 38
Views: 1,401
Posted By David J Taylor
better big optical zoom or big megapixels?

Liz Leyden wrote:
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Obviously, even Canon and Nikon don't put their pro glass into their
consumer p&s digicams. In Canon's case at least, also not into their
consumer level lenses.
Depending...
Forum: Digital Photography March 2nd 07, 10:03 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 15
Views: 900
Posted By David J Taylor
Dimage Z1 upgrade

Tim Dolan wrote:
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Hi David and J.
Man, this is getting tough, I've been using my
Dimage z1 for quite a while now and have had a focusing problem since
the beginning. I...
Forum: Digital Photography March 1st 07, 11:33 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 15
Views: 900
Posted By David J Taylor
Dimage Z1 upgrade

Tim Dolan wrote:
"David J Taylor"
wrote in
message ...
Tim Dolan wrote:
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Forum: Digital Photography February 28th 07, 04:53 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 38
Views: 1,401
Posted By David J Taylor
better big optical zoom or big megapixels?

POHB wrote:
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A big zoom range means more opportunities for distortion and probably
a slower lens. Back in the days of film ( ahem ) I bought a compact
camera with a huge zoom, but the image...
Forum: Digital Photography February 28th 07, 10:11 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 15
Views: 900
Posted By David J Taylor
Dimage Z1 upgrade

Tim Dolan wrote:
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Thanks David,
Wow ! I liked the Canon Powershot S3 a lot. Being
realistic though, I just may jump on the Canon Powershot S2. It
seems like it will be...
Forum: Digital Photography February 27th 07, 09:53 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 16
Views: 1,177
Posted By David J Taylor
Sony Cybershot DSC-R1 Replacement?

Kinon O'Cann wrote:
Why bother? It was a mistake in the first place. What many users
wanted was an improved 828, and instead they got this piece of crap.

Are these any more to your liking?

...
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