Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Alastair: There's still a lot of control, the manual focus fisheyes were shot aperture priority, all that the camera did was pick the shutter speeds. The zoom photos were shot shutter priority at higher speeds than I normally use, in order to minimize the effects of my shivering hands. I still prefer film, especially since I can't seem to find a digital back for my 11x14. :-) Jim Alastair Firkin wrote: > they are all so beautiful and perfect. With all the digital wizardary, I > fear I would miss shots that I like. Not because the camera can't do it, > only because it assumes so much of what I want to see and I don't know > when its made these assumptions: I presume RAW helps here, but dirty > images recorded as the Kodachrome saw it (I suppose there was wizardary > there as well, but not the bright light perfect white balance kind). > > things like: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album103/PAWextra040 > > > On 18/02/2005, at 12:00 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote: > >> While waiting for the R digital module to show up, I bought this >> Pentax digital with which I can use all of my old M42 screw-mount >> lenses as well as with the newer auto-focus glass. >> >> Here's some of my first shots with it. They're all shot as JPGs, I >> hope to try RAW sooner or later, emphasis on sooner: >> http://hemenway.com/P-isDS/ >> The first shot is cropped by about 10%, the rest are uncropped. >> The fisheye lens used is my "old" screw-mount 17mm Fisheye-Takumar. >> >> I think it's a pretty good digital camera, here's the full file for >> the second image... you can make out the stripes on the flag in the >> center of the picture, It's 1.6mb, so it may take awhile on dial-up. >> http://209.197.89.228/IMGP0113large.jpg >> >> Just for the heck of it, I tried some shots with some Nikon lenses, >> (before I sell'em) handheld onto the isDS: >> http://hemenway.com/PentaxDS-withNikonLens/ >> >> Jim >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > Alastair > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >