Don't feel bad Gwyn... I misplaced a memory card last week....
Gerri had laid out a book for a boudoir customer and dropped it onto a card for me to take to the pro lab for printing.

I got to the city... no card... clients not so clothed images in the wind....

I got back on my motorcycle and raced home, thoughts of fleeing the country racing through my mind as I braked only for photo-radar traps....
got home and found the stupid thing on the ground where I park my bike.... I guess it fell out when I went for my bike key.... Good thing we live out in the sticks and seldom get unannounced visitors!

I usually lock the suckers in a keyfob on my key ring.... why I just stuck this one in my pocket is beyond me....
stupid way to treat a customers work.... hate to think what it would do to business to have something like that turn up on the net!

$1599.99 cdn at Henry's Cameras, (body only) the k-r is listing $849- at Henry's and Vistec....

I guess it'll be $1399.99 by Christmas, maybe there will be good lens bundled kits.... it's a little pricy compared to the Nikon......retailers will be reluctant to drop that price till they unload thier remaining k-7's

I'm pretty sure the lcd would act like some kind of diffuser.. but those dlp chips that use micro mirrors could work....


Maybe there will be a sensor that just stays on and uses no shutter at all....

just to confirm what we already know....
the new k5 will get poor reviews compared to ANYTHING made by Canon....
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according to DP(ressing)review...

it is already off thier site, but they got a good thread going....

oh look, here is something similar to what I posted in a "what lens should pentax make?" thread:
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to me it means being able to use natural light more often, in low light situations, or the modeling lights off my studio strobes... less flash....
for much of my studio work, it matters not at all, as I have total control over my lighting.....

it is a "Nice to have" feature, not a "I'm screwed for lack of..."

but for available light, low light and street photography it helps....

in the film days I always shot 800 during the day and 100 or 50 at night for negative film...

fast film allowed me to work anywhere from inside low light to outside sun or shade with ease, no tripod. Slow negative film had better results with long exposures and tripod...

just because I don't need something badly doesn't mean I won't use it if I got it!
an extra stop or two iso also means not having to swap batteries in the flash unit during a wedding shoot.... another bonus where usable.

for me it means being able to mount the k5 on a tripod and shooting photos and video using no flash in many situations which means less photoshop work in post to make my video and stills match.... ideal for some products, and events...

we photo handicapped kids often and flash and epilepsy don't mix well!

great... now I'm gonna have to work harder to sync my video clips in Final Cut.....
used to be able to line up the flash pops during the wedding from Gerri's k10 for fast and easy syncing between multiple video cams... doesn't look like she'll be using the flash much next year.....

Oh, I get it....
agreed.

appears as if David left his slingshot out there with his sisters, and his mothers and his grandmothers and great grandmothers underwear.......

No wonder so many young women today get those bullseye tattoo's on thier lower backs or navels... warning labels so you can find their thongs! you could lose an eye with those things!