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The new Pentax ist DS
I am very interested in Pentax's new ist DS digital SLR they have out. It's
got a 2inch LCD display on it and a it's a very tight compact size, which I like. Much smaller then the Nikkon D70 and Canon Digital Rebel. I use to own a Canon Digital Rebel, but sold it a while back to invest in another camera or maybe possibly the same one. I really loved the Digital Rebel, but I always like to try new hardware and stuff because in my mind there's always some thing better. Which of course in the camera world is true, since you can spend ENDLESS amounts of money on a camera. Anyway, I may have posted some thing similar here recently but my news server (forte) had a problem with my account, so I had to reconfigure another account and download all the headers back again. Has anyone had experience with the new Pentax ist DS and I assume it's just as good or better then the Canon Digital Rebel I use to own? I'm not worried about the insignificant features that really won't matter since basically both have the same (Pentax actually has some more) and they pretty much operate very much the same. Would it be dumb to buy the digital rebel again rather then spending a little extra on the new Pentax? I'm not a professional but expectations of good image quality is of course high when spending over $1000 on any camera. If you have any information or comments regarding the new Pentax ist DS model please let me know about them and/or any other information you think may be helpful. I read some reviews already one which was from Steve's Digicam website and that was plentiful with lots of information.....but lacked a strong opinion view on it. Well, thank you and happy new year!!!! |
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They are great I bought one yesterday. I did the research and they are the
one! wrote in message ... I am very interested in Pentax's new ist DS digital SLR they have out. It's got a 2inch LCD display on it and a it's a very tight compact size, which I like. Much smaller then the Nikkon D70 and Canon Digital Rebel. I use to own a Canon Digital Rebel, but sold it a while back to invest in another camera or maybe possibly the same one. I really loved the Digital Rebel, but I always like to try new hardware and stuff because in my mind there's always some thing better. Which of course in the camera world is true, since you can spend ENDLESS amounts of money on a camera. Anyway, I may have posted some thing similar here recently but my news server (forte) had a problem with my account, so I had to reconfigure another account and download all the headers back again. Has anyone had experience with the new Pentax ist DS and I assume it's just as good or better then the Canon Digital Rebel I use to own? I'm not worried about the insignificant features that really won't matter since basically both have the same (Pentax actually has some more) and they pretty much operate very much the same. Would it be dumb to buy the digital rebel again rather then spending a little extra on the new Pentax? I'm not a professional but expectations of good image quality is of course high when spending over $1000 on any camera. If you have any information or comments regarding the new Pentax ist DS model please let me know about them and/or any other information you think may be helpful. I read some reviews already one which was from Steve's Digicam website and that was plentiful with lots of information.....but lacked a strong opinion view on it. Well, thank you and happy new year!!!! |
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They are great I bought one yesterday. I did the research and they are the
one! wrote in message ... I am very interested in Pentax's new ist DS digital SLR they have out. It's got a 2inch LCD display on it and a it's a very tight compact size, which I like. Much smaller then the Nikkon D70 and Canon Digital Rebel. I use to own a Canon Digital Rebel, but sold it a while back to invest in another camera or maybe possibly the same one. I really loved the Digital Rebel, but I always like to try new hardware and stuff because in my mind there's always some thing better. Which of course in the camera world is true, since you can spend ENDLESS amounts of money on a camera. Anyway, I may have posted some thing similar here recently but my news server (forte) had a problem with my account, so I had to reconfigure another account and download all the headers back again. Has anyone had experience with the new Pentax ist DS and I assume it's just as good or better then the Canon Digital Rebel I use to own? I'm not worried about the insignificant features that really won't matter since basically both have the same (Pentax actually has some more) and they pretty much operate very much the same. Would it be dumb to buy the digital rebel again rather then spending a little extra on the new Pentax? I'm not a professional but expectations of good image quality is of course high when spending over $1000 on any camera. If you have any information or comments regarding the new Pentax ist DS model please let me know about them and/or any other information you think may be helpful. I read some reviews already one which was from Steve's Digicam website and that was plentiful with lots of information.....but lacked a strong opinion view on it. Well, thank you and happy new year!!!! |
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I don't have one yet, but in reading about the ist DS, the biggest drawback
seems to be that it only uses SD cards and the largest SD card I've seen is 512 megs. If you only shoot hi-res jpg's then it shouldn't be too big a problem, but if you intend to play with RAW files you'll need a pocketful of SD cards. Just my two pennies. Steve wrote in message ... I am very interested in Pentax's new ist DS digital SLR they have out. It's got a 2inch LCD display on it and a it's a very tight compact size, which I like. Much smaller then the Nikkon D70 and Canon Digital Rebel. I use to own a Canon Digital Rebel, but sold it a while back to invest in another camera or maybe possibly the same one. I really loved the Digital Rebel, but I always like to try new hardware and stuff because in my mind there's always some thing better. Which of course in the camera world is true, since you can spend ENDLESS amounts of money on a camera. Anyway, I may have posted some thing similar here recently but my news server (forte) had a problem with my account, so I had to reconfigure another account and download all the headers back again. Has anyone had experience with the new Pentax ist DS and I assume it's just as good or better then the Canon Digital Rebel I use to own? I'm not worried about the insignificant features that really won't matter since basically both have the same (Pentax actually has some more) and they pretty much operate very much the same. Would it be dumb to buy the digital rebel again rather then spending a little extra on the new Pentax? I'm not a professional but expectations of good image quality is of course high when spending over $1000 on any camera. If you have any information or comments regarding the new Pentax ist DS model please let me know about them and/or any other information you think may be helpful. I read some reviews already one which was from Steve's Digicam website and that was plentiful with lots of information.....but lacked a strong opinion view on it. Well, thank you and happy new year!!!! |
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Just about every SD card manufacturer makes 1 GB cards now and I have
seen hints that the 2GB ones should be out fairly soon . Ken Miler "Steve @verizon.net" sckenneyrmv this wrote in message news:53JAd.7421$1U6.5314@trnddc09... I don't have one yet, but in reading about the ist DS, the biggest drawback seems to be that it only uses SD cards and the largest SD card I've seen is 512 megs. If you only shoot hi-res jpg's then it shouldn't be too big a problem, but if you intend to play with RAW files you'll need a pocketful of SD cards. Just my two pennies. Steve wrote in message ... I am very interested in Pentax's new ist DS digital SLR they have out. It's got a 2inch LCD display on it and a it's a very tight compact size, which I like. Much smaller then the Nikkon D70 and Canon Digital Rebel. I use to own a Canon Digital Rebel, but sold it a while back to invest in another camera or maybe possibly the same one. I really loved the Digital Rebel, but I always like to try new hardware and stuff because in my mind there's always some thing better. Which of course in the camera world is true, since you can spend ENDLESS amounts of money on a camera. Anyway, I may have posted some thing similar here recently but my news server (forte) had a problem with my account, so I had to reconfigure another account and download all the headers back again. Has anyone had experience with the new Pentax ist DS and I assume it's just as good or better then the Canon Digital Rebel I use to own? I'm not worried about the insignificant features that really won't matter since basically both have the same (Pentax actually has some more) and they pretty much operate very much the same. Would it be dumb to buy the digital rebel again rather then spending a little extra on the new Pentax? I'm not a professional but expectations of good image quality is of course high when spending over $1000 on any camera. If you have any information or comments regarding the new Pentax ist DS model please let me know about them and/or any other information you think may be helpful. I read some reviews already one which was from Steve's Digicam website and that was plentiful with lots of information.....but lacked a strong opinion view on it. Well, thank you and happy new year!!!! |
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"Pete D" writes:
Close Steve but no banana. There is 1Gig SD cards and the RAW files are only 10 Meg so just how many cards did you need? Just to clarify -- this means some kind of lossless compression is being done on the RAW files, right? Six megapixels at 24 bits each should be 18 megabytes of uncompressed data. I have a Pentax K-1000 with a couple of lenses, so if/when I shell out the money for a DSLR it will likely be a Pentax. -- http://ourdoings.com/ Let your digital photos organize themselves. Sign up today for a 7-day free trial. |
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"Pete D" writes:
Close Steve but no banana. There is 1Gig SD cards and the RAW files are only 10 Meg so just how many cards did you need? Just to clarify -- this means some kind of lossless compression is being done on the RAW files, right? Six megapixels at 24 bits each should be 18 megabytes of uncompressed data. I have a Pentax K-1000 with a couple of lenses, so if/when I shell out the money for a DSLR it will likely be a Pentax. -- http://ourdoings.com/ Let your digital photos organize themselves. Sign up today for a 7-day free trial. |
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Bruce Lewis writes:
Just to clarify -- this means some kind of lossless compression is being done on the RAW files, right? Six megapixels at 24 bits each should be 18 megabytes of uncompressed data. There are usually just 10 or 12 bits at each pixel. In a RAW file there's not a separate R, G, and B value at each pixel. Each pixel is exactly one of R, G, or B, not all three. |
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On 30 Dec 2004 08:32:25 -0500, Bruce Lewis wrote:
"Pete D" writes: Close Steve but no banana. There is 1Gig SD cards and the RAW files are only 10 Meg so just how many cards did you need? Just to clarify -- this means some kind of lossless compression is being done on the RAW files, right? Six megapixels at 24 bits each should be 18 megabytes of uncompressed data. I have a Pentax K-1000 with a couple of lenses, so if/when I shell out the money for a DSLR it will likely be a Pentax. 3008x2008 = 6040064 (12-bit) pixels Assuming it packs the data - unlike the *istD - this stores into 9060096 8-bit bytes (8.6MB), without compression. The file also contains several JPEGs plus the usual TIFF format headers and EXIF, but there's no need for compression to achieve a 10MB filesize. -- John Bean Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune (Thomas Fuller) |
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On 30 Dec 2004 08:32:25 -0500, Bruce Lewis wrote:
"Pete D" writes: Close Steve but no banana. There is 1Gig SD cards and the RAW files are only 10 Meg so just how many cards did you need? Just to clarify -- this means some kind of lossless compression is being done on the RAW files, right? Six megapixels at 24 bits each should be 18 megabytes of uncompressed data. I have a Pentax K-1000 with a couple of lenses, so if/when I shell out the money for a DSLR it will likely be a Pentax. 3008x2008 = 6040064 (12-bit) pixels Assuming it packs the data - unlike the *istD - this stores into 9060096 8-bit bytes (8.6MB), without compression. The file also contains several JPEGs plus the usual TIFF format headers and EXIF, but there's no need for compression to achieve a 10MB filesize. -- John Bean Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune (Thomas Fuller) |
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