Re: Seeking advice on photographing cyclists
I'd have preferred it without the idiot in the road, myself. But that was the only opportunity I had. I chose the spot (on the outside of the curve, contrary to some suggestions) so that I could get the riders in sunlight - the tall buildings meant that a lot of the downtown stuff was in shadow. Of course when I set up the shot I had a clear view of quite a bit of the turn - the foreground obstruction only stepped out at the last minute, by which time I was committed to the shot. Still, all in all, not too bad for my first attempt at bikes. That was, of course, my first race shot of the day - it's amazing how often your best shot is the first (or last) frame. Time trials tomorrow. It doesn't look as though it will be possible to get from the start to the finish once the trials get under way, so I'll probably concentrate on the finish area again. Perhaps I might even get George Hincapie (stage winner) to sign a print. On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:37:12PM -0800, Bruce Dayton wrote: Hey John, Rather nice shot. I'm trying to decide if the person in the yellow adds or detracts from the shot. I like the framing on this one. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 5:39:36 PM, you wrote: JF Thanks to all who offered helpful advice. JF Here's a shot of the race leaders rounding the final turn: JF http://essence.goldenware.com/~johnf/amgen800.jpg JF Obviously I can't have used my *ist-D for this, because - JF as we're continually told - the *ist-D is no use for sports. JF Maybe I borrowed the D200 that the guy next to me was using. JF Man, the rear screen on that thing looks _enormous_ !!
Re: Photographing the Jellies
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:53:24PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I'm going to try to take some time off and head down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for some R n R. Photographing the jellyfish exhibit has been on my to do list for a while. Has anyone photographed the exhibit - any suggestions? I found these pics, but boy, are they poor quality http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/monterey-aquarium-jellyfish.html If you think those are poor quality, then you're probably not going to get anything you like. While I'm not too impressed by the first few images in that gallery, I find the later ones (especially 4 7) to be pretty good. They're certainly better than anything that I managed to get. Admittedly that was before I had the digital body, so I was probably shooting Portra 800 with a 50mm/f1.4 lens, using a monopod to get exposure times down around 1/4 of a second.
RE: Seeking advice on photographing cyclists
-Original Message- From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 February 2006 06:37 To: John Francis Subject: Re: Seeking advice on photographing cyclists Hey John, Rather nice shot. I'm trying to decide if the person in the yellow adds or detracts from the shot. I like the framing on this one. those cyclists really ought to stop to let that person across the road. Don't they know their Highway Code? Dramatic shot though. -- Cheers, Bob
Re: Photographing the Jellies
Hello Shel, Just got back from there on Saturday. I can tell you two things not to do. 1) Don't go with the kids - mine were constantly wanting to move on. 2) Don't go when the aquarium is jam packed (like Saturday). The crowds make it difficult to shoot. So for me not really being prepared to shoot, here is probably the best shot I managed. I only had the DA 16-45/4 lens with me, so speed was an issue. Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4, Handheld ISO 1600, 1/60 sec @ f/4.0, 45mm http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2912.htm You'll notice I was shooting ISO 1600 wide open and only getting 1/60 sec. It is fairly dim and this particular tank is probably the best lit. So fast glass would be helpful. Also the focal length range I shot was between about 18mm and 45mm, so an 18, 24 and 50 would about cover you. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 10:53:24 PM, you wrote: SB I'm going to try to take some time off and head down to the Monterey Bay SB Aquarium for some R n R. Photographing the jellyfish exhibit has been on SB my to do list for a while. Has anyone photographed the exhibit - any SB suggestions? SB I found these pics, but boy, are they poor quality SB http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/monterey-aquarium-jellyfish.html SB Shel
Re: Sigma 170-500 APO
The two low points for the lens is the slow max aperture and the length it extends when zoomed. It is not a lens that can be used handheld (over 300mm), nor is it very useful for sporting events (due to the speed). I find that I get more use from my APO 300/F4. When I need the extra reach the APO 1.4x in combo with the 300 gives a little better results compared to the 170-500, in a package that is easier to manage. Of course this combo only reaches 420mm so it is not an perfect replacement for the 500mm. I have the 135-400, the speed is a little better but the extension when zoomed is troublesome. I occasionally use the lens as a wakkabout lens for wildlife. Regarding the 300 f/4 APO, this is a fine lens, it's a varifocal design, at infinity it is reported to be 321mm in focal length IIRC making the lens around 450mm when fitted with the 1.4 EX converter and focused at infinity. Regards, John John Whittingham Technician you can't be optimistic with a misty optic The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message.
Pentax K2 stuck shutter anyone?
Hi all I recently acquired a Pentax K2 in prisine condition cosmetically but with the shutter stuck and mirror up. I have a fresh set of batteries in and the meter is working but I can't get the shutter to trip even on the manual speeds, unfortunately I don't have the users handbook for reference. Any suggestions? Am I missing something? Any help much appreciated. Best regards, John John Whittingham Technician you can't be optimistic with a misty optic The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message.
Re: Re: Photographing the Jellies
From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/02/22 Wed AM 08:24:03 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Photographing the Jellies On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:53:24PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I'm going to try to take some time off and head down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for some R n R. Photographing the jellyfish exhibit has been on my to do list for a while. Has anyone photographed the exhibit - any suggestions? I found these pics, but boy, are they poor quality http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/monterey-aquarium-jellyfish.html If you think those are poor quality, then you're probably not going to get anything you like. While I'm not too impressed by the first few images in that gallery, I find the later ones (especially 4 7) to be pretty good. They're certainly better than anything that I managed to get. Admittedly that was before I had the digital body, so I was probably shooting Portra 800 with a 50mm/f1.4 lens, using a monopod to get exposure times down around 1/4 of a second. I'm astonished at the lack of distortion from the aquarium glass/plastic. This is one of my better ones from a trip to a local aquarium. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/529253/display/2593285 mike - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: RE: Seeking advice on photographing cyclists
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/02/22 Wed AM 08:31:56 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Seeking advice on photographing cyclists -Original Message- From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 February 2006 06:37 To: John Francis Subject: Re: Seeking advice on photographing cyclists Hey John, Rather nice shot. I'm trying to decide if the person in the yellow adds or detracts from the shot. I like the framing on this one. those cyclists really ought to stop to let that person across the road. Don't they know their Highway Code? They're couriers. Non-applicable legislation. 8-) - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
hotbuyselectronics.com
A friend found a lens he has been looking for on this company's web site. Anyone here know anything about hotbuyselectronics.com ? They have prices that seem to be too good to be true and claim to have stock of things no one else has. My gut feeling is that they are probably scammers. Bob
Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
On Feb 21, 2006, at 11:07 PM, Gonz wrote: Thinking that the universe must have a beginning is a very narrow and human construct. We live trapped in time, so we have a problem with something like God that exists outside of time. Outside of time, the terms beginning and end are meaningless. We need to broaden our minds and accept the possibility that the universe just is. There is no necessity for beginning, end, or creator. Hmm. I wonder if this is why in the Bible, God refers to himself as the Alpha and the Omega. In other words, the beginning and the end. I.e., no time. Maybe. Wasn't it Jesus who said that? Bob
Re: *IST-D / DS High speed action!
Hi everyone, Interesting comments and quite illuminating with respect to what's really important. I've been shooting some of this stuff with my MZ-S with varying success rates. for example. Jumps are a no brainer you can easily pre-focus. panning action is tougher espeically if you're up close because the relative speed is very high. The nice thing about shooting up close is that wide angle shots make for interesting compositions. Normally i shoot short bursts of 2 - 5 shots (using film) and manage to get at least one decent / usable shot from each burst. The length of the burst will usually depend on where I am relative to the bike. Based on the comments received the buffer will probably be an issue because one would want to shoot several short bursts in quick succession especially at the starts of a race when all the bikes are clumped up together. Regards Patrick On 2/21/06, Patrick Genovese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I tend to be a lurker most of the time but I surface every now and again with a query or two. I'm seriously considering an ist-d or ist-ds enablement and have a question i'd like to throw your way. It concerns the suitability of the ist-d/ds for certain types of shooting. Namely fast action sports such as Motocross / Skateboarding / BMX etc I will be able go get very close to the action so the lenses that I would typically use are short zooms e.g 16-45 and maybe 70-200 probably a sigma 70-200. Comments welcome especially from list members with hands on experience shooting this type of sports. -- Regards Patrick Genovese -- Regards Patrick Genovese
Re: hotbuyselectronics.com
Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend found a lens he has been looking for on this company's web site. Anyone here know anything about hotbuyselectronics.com ? They have prices that seem to be too good to be true and claim to have stock of things no one else has. My gut feeling is that they are probably scammers. Well this certainly doesn't look good: http://www.resellerratings.com/seller_info.pl?seller_id=1938 Only 112 ratings, but an average score of 1.12 out of 10 is worrying to say the least! Read the comments and be afraid... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Graphic Tablet Recommendations?
I have a wacom Intuos 3 and have recently used the graphire 3 model. While both are good products I do not regret shelling out the extra cash for the intuos. The tactile feel of the intuos is so much better. Its the little stuff like the weight and balance of the pen the friction on the active area etc.. that make the difference. Also the intuos has the touch strips / keys that I find very useful. The intuos I have is the 6x11 (a5 wide) but that's only because I use a dual screen setup. the standard a5 one is the one I would reccomend on a single screen system. I would not reccomend going for bigger than a5 size because: 1. Normal operations with the pen (such as using winddows apps) will require big sweeping arm movements. This is because the tablet maps to the screen area. This means that the top left corner of the tablet maps to the top left corner of your screen. 2. The a4 takes up huge amounts of desk space. Even my a5 wide is a bit on the big side. 3. You will find that a5 is the most popular size for use with PS. Hope this helps feel free to e-mail me if you have specific questions. Regards Patrick From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed I'm considering purchasing a graphics tablet for use with Photoshop. I've been looking at the WACOM Graphire 3 4 (6 x 8). Does anyone have any anecdotal experience they can relay? What's the difference between the '3' model and the '4' model? It looks like the '4' is twice the price, but LPI, accuracy and sensitivity appear to be identical to the '3' (at least on the BH website). Any other manufacturers I might want to consider? Thanks. Tom C.
Re: *IST-D / DS High speed action!
On 2/21/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and polish your skin... Now that's just *weird*. You ~do~ know to whom I was referring, don't you? The man with the shiniest skin in history: http://www.kenrockwell.com/about.htm cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Seeking advice on photographing cyclists
On 2/21/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice shot. That must be Frank leading the pack, no? I wish... LOL -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Graphic Tablet Recommendations?
Patrick Genovese wrote: 1. Normal operations with the pen (such as using winddows apps) will require big sweeping arm movements. This is because the tablet maps to the screen area. This means that the top left corner of the tablet maps to the top left corner of your screen. Actually, at least on the Intuos2, you can choose the mapping mode for the surface of the tablet, and it can be different for the pen and the mouse. One mode is absolute where the corners of the pad area are the corners of the screen, as Patrick describes, but you can also put it in relative mode where it works more like a ball mouse. That is, you can pick the pen or mouse up off the tablet and move it without moving the cursor.
RE: Pentax K2 stuck shutter anyone?
Hi John, I have one behaving the same way. I can force it to cock but it locks up every time. I'm convinced it's electronic but haven't had time to dig deeper. The owners manual can be found here: http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/K2.pdf Don -Original Message- From: John Whittingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 3:14 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Pentax K2 stuck shutter anyone? Hi all I recently acquired a Pentax K2 in prisine condition cosmetically but with the shutter stuck and mirror up. I have a fresh set of batteries in and the meter is working but I can't get the shutter to trip even on the manual speeds, unfortunately I don't have the users handbook for reference. Any suggestions? Am I missing something? Any help much appreciated. Best regards, John John Whittingham Technician you can't be optimistic with a misty optic -- -- The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. -- --
Re: hotbuyselectronics.com
On Feb 22, 2006, at 7:47 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Well this certainly doesn't look good: http://www.resellerratings.com/seller_info.pl?seller_id=1938 Only 112 ratings, but an average score of 1.12 out of 10 is worrying to say the least! Read the comments and be afraid... Thanks. I'll forward to my friend. Bob
RE: Question: Should I buy an ist D?
For panoramas, WB should not be in Auto. If it is, the WB may very well change from shot to shot, and you'll never the the same value/WB in all the frames of a sequence. Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: John Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 22. februar 2006 08:00 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Question: Should I buy an ist D? Hi Shel - responses interspersed John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't see it that way, but then I'm not constantly fiddling around with the settings. Actually, if left on Auto, white balance never needs to be touched, and even if it's set to the wrong balance, it's a simple movement of a slider in ACR (and, I suppose, other RAW converters) to bring the WB where it needs to be. Generally speaking, you are perfectly right - I do seldom take the WB off auto. I think I might have changed it a couple of times when I was getting a colour cast in mixed lighting, to favour the dominant source. Hong Kong airport interiors was an example, with both tungsten, fluorescent and halide lighting in shot! Metering is a personal thing, but, speaking for myself, I rarely change the metering mode, and will only use spot or center-weighted anyway. While I can understand wanting to change the metering mode, it's hard for me, with my experience and shooting style, to understand why one would want to change it frequently. How often do you change the metering mode, John, and under what circumstances? I will vary between all three modes dependent upon my assessment of the areas I want to place as mid-greys (or the colour wquivalent thereof!), just as I will adjust the bracketing and/or exposure compensation, based on experience or results obtained. BTW, if you've not spent some time ~using~ the DS/2, it's understandable that you'd think using the menu system to make those changes is time consuming or difficult. Once the camera became familiar to me, making those changes was easy and quick. I appreciate that that is true for you Shel - I would find it a pain to have to go into the menu for something which may affect my ability to get the shot that I want. I have the three configuration sets set up the way that I like it, and having to do more than switch between sets is not something I feel I would like to do too often. I guess the bottom line is that YMMV! Shel [Original Message] From: John Coyle What Mark said, in spades! And I would just add that the burying of control features such as white balance and spot metering in the menu system in the DS/DL variants was a big mistake, IMO. I modify these settings frequently enough so that it would be a real PITA to have to work through the menu. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/266 - Release Date: 02/21/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/266 - Release Date: 02/21/2006
Re: Photographing the Jellies
Hi Bruce, Well, I won't be taking any kids, and my schedule allows mid-week visits. I'd probably go on a Tuesday or Wednesday, and try to get in as close to opening time as possible. Not sure if I'll have replaced the digi by then, although I'd like to try it for this project. Your shot's quite nice ... imo, better than anything in the gallery I posted. However, I'd like to get wider shots, showing more of the tank and work towards finding interesting patterns amongst the fish, rather than getting individual fish or small, closely packed, groups. That may require film as there's no Pentax digi lens that I have access to that would be wide enough for such shots. A couple of people have offered to loan me a 15mm lens, and that, on a film body, would be the widest I could go, unless I grab a Zenitar at some point. I don't remember how close you can get to the glass. Are you able to get right up against it? Shel [Original Message] From: Bruce Dayton Just got back from there on Saturday. I can tell you two things not to do. 1) Don't go with the kids - mine were constantly wanting to move on. 2) Don't go when the aquarium is jam packed (like Saturday). The crowds make it difficult to shoot. So for me not really being prepared to shoot, here is probably the best shot I managed. I only had the DA 16-45/4 lens with me, so speed was an issue. Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4, Handheld ISO 1600, 1/60 sec @ f/4.0, 45mm http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2912.htm You'll notice I was shooting ISO 1600 wide open and only getting 1/60 sec. It is fairly dim and this particular tank is probably the best lit. So fast glass would be helpful. Also the focal length range I shot was between about 18mm and 45mm, so an 18, 24 and 50 would about cover you. -- Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 10:53:24 PM, you wrote: I'm going to try to take some time off and head down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for some R n R. Photographing the jellyfish exhibit has been on my to do list for a while. Has anyone photographed the exhibit - any suggestions? I found these pics, but boy, are they poor quality http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/monterey-aquarium-jellyfish.html
Re: Photographing the Jellies
Hi John, Thanks for your input. I believe that I can make better photos than the fellow who put up that gallery, and that I'll be able to get better shots, and better quality shots. Nothing like a little hubris first thing in the AM, eh LOL Do you think digital would have helped you get better results? In what way? Shel [Original Message] From: John Francis On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:53:24PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I'm going to try to take some time off and head down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for some R n R. Photographing the jellyfish exhibit has been on my to do list for a while. Has anyone photographed the exhibit - any suggestions? I found these pics, but boy, are they poor quality http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/monterey-aquarium-jellyfish.html If you think those are poor quality, then you're probably not going to get anything you like. While I'm not too impressed by the first few images in that gallery, I find the later ones (especially 4 7) to be pretty good. They're certainly better than anything that I managed to get. Admittedly that was before I had the digital body, so I was probably shooting Portra 800 with a 50mm/f1.4 lens, using a monopod to get exposure times down around 1/4 of a second.
Re: Photographing the Jellies
Bruce Dayton wrote: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2912.htm That's an awesome shot, Bruce. Well done! The best way to photograph jellies is under controlled studio lighting in small aquariums that limit the animal's movement. Obviously not possible in a public place. I think Bruce made the best of the situation: High ISO and wide open. Use as wide an angle lens as you can and get up right on the glass to avoid reflections. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net
Re: Photographing the Jellies
At the Monterey Bay Aquarium, you can get right up to the glass on most of the Outer Bay exhibits. Bring a monopod with a ball head or flex head on it. A tripod is unwieldy in the often crowded, dimly lit areas, but a monopod will be fine. Light levels are low and you need something to stabilize the camera. This one was taken with a Panasonic FZ10 .. small sensor cameras are surely not at their best in these very low light circumstances: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/Others4/source/girl-and- jellies-0507.htm The *ist DS will do a LOT better. I plan another trip to the Aquarium someday soon; it's one of my favorite places and I haven't been there in way too long. I gave a funding contribution in my mother's name to the creation of the Outer Bay exhibit halls as a christmas gift some years ago... the jellies and the big tank are things that I especially love. I can stand in the light of the big tank for hours and never be bored. :-) Godfrey
Re: Seeking advice on photographing cyclists
On 2/22/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice shot. That must be Frank leading the pack, no? Paul Frank's the one in the bright top leading the charge to the pub across the street. All of a sudden these yahoos on treadlies got in the way. Dave g
Re: Photographing the Jellies
That's a cool shot Bruce. Dave On 2/22/06, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4, Handheld ISO 1600, 1/60 sec @ f/4.0, 45mm http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2912.htm
Re: Another pre-PMA rumour...
Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=83611forum_id=80 This year's Pentax + Samsung booth on PMA fair is about as big as Canon's one so who knows? ;-) This is pretty much what I and a couple of others said to expect as a PMA announcement weeks ago. We got a lot of No, we won't hear anything until Photokina responses. Some people never learn :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Another pre-PMA rumour...
Maybe it will just be announced now, just like the 645 Digital has been annonced with couple basic specs but would be ready later? Maybe lenses? 2006/2/22, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=83611forum_id=80 This year's Pentax + Samsung booth on PMA fair is about as big as Canon's one so who knows? ;-) This is pretty much what I and a couple of others said to expect as a PMA announcement weeks ago. We got a lot of No, we won't hear anything until Photokina responses. Some people never learn :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com -- -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...
Looking for a mechanical K Pentax body
MX preferably but KM/KX also accepted. Make me an offer I can refuse ;) Note: shipping would be to Belgium. -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...
RE: Pentax K2 stuck shutter anyone?
Hi Don Hi John, I have one behaving the same way. I can force it to cock but it locks up every time. I'm convinced it's electronic but haven't had time to dig deeper. The owners manual can be found here: http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/K2.pdf Sorry to here it. I've noticed that the film rewind pin on the base is stuck in, I'm wondering if that has anything to do with it, I doubt it but I may take the base off for a look. I've got the owners and service manuals now (thanks Lucas) the ASA dial is a PITA, two handed job! Found the mirror lock up button also (I'm used to the KX arrangement) I really can't complain the camera came with an ERC and copy of AP test report KM, KX K2 for £9.50! if it needs a CLA I'd still be happy with it, virtually unmarked condition. Regards, John John Whittingham Technician you can't be optimistic with a misty optic The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message.
Re: Poll: Best Photo Ever
On 2/20/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great shot. What a look and very well executed. I've been looking at all these wonderful photos that people have been posting over the last week or so, and I have to say that I'm most impressed with all of them. I understand that favourite and best are completely different, and I also understand that these things change over time: photos float onto or off lists, often more than once. I was surprised at some shots that ~weren't~ included - one that comes to mind was taken by Gianfranco of a couple on a Vespa in a rainstorm, one that he took with one hand, out the window of a passing car. And Boris' geometric photo of the table and chair in front of the rectangular window frame (taken with a soft focus lens, BTW), that one comes to mind as well. I guess when one takes as many as most on this list, it's hard to narrow it down to just one. Still, it's interesting and inspiring to see what folks think of as their best or favourite works. Thanks for participating! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Question: Should I buy an ist D?
Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For panoramas, WB should not be in Auto. Only if you're shooting JPEGs. If it is, the WB may very well change from shot to shot, and you'll never the the same value/WB in all the frames of a sequence. Unless you're shooting in RAW mode, in which case you just set the white balance the same way for every shot when converting. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
SV: *IST-D / DS High speed action!
Patrick. You are not mentioning the speed of the lenses below. The speed is crucial. Anything slower than F. 2.8 is not suitable for action photography IMO. Sports photographer Jerry Lodriguss recommendations regarding equipment focuses on lenses faster than or equal to F. 2.8, and I tend to agree with him: Most professional sports photographers have the following set of equipment: 3 top-of-the-line digital camera bodies, such as the Canon 1D or Nikon D2H ($3,000 each) 6 Extra batteries ($100 each) Extreme wide angle 14mm f/2.8 ($1,400) Wide angle zoom lens 17 - 35mm f/2.8 ($1,400) Fast short telephoto 85mm f/1.4 ($900) Telephoto zoom 70-200 f/2.8 ($1,500) Fast Telephoto 300mm f/2.8 ($4,400) Fast Long Telephoto 400mm f/2.8 ($7,700) Teleconverter 1.4x ($450) Teleconverter 2x ($450) 2 Monopods ($150 each) Tripod ($450) 2 Flashes ($400 each) Radio Remotes ($300) Light stands, umbrellas, misc lighting equipment ($500) Laptop with extra ram ($2,500) Photoshop ($600) Other software ($500) Rolling camera case ($300) Rain gear ($500) Total: $34,000 Of course you may get along fine with less than this huge amount of gear. As far as speed goes, the only alternatives to fast lenses is high ISO values (more digital noise or grain) or using a flash, which is not very attractive (slow focusing and annoying for the athletes). Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Patrick Genovese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 21. februar 2006 19:15 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: *IST-D / DS High speed action! Hi, I tend to be a lurker most of the time but I surface every now and again with a query or two. I'm seriously considering an ist-d or ist-ds enablement and have a question i'd like to throw your way. It concerns the suitability of the ist-d/ds for certain types of shooting. Namely fast action sports such as Motocross / Skateboarding / BMX etc I will be able go get very close to the action so the lenses that I would typically use are short zooms e.g 16-45 and maybe 70-200 probably a sigma 70-200. Comments welcome especially from list members with hands on experience shooting this type of sports. -- Regards Patrick Genovese -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.12/266 - Release Date: 02/21/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/266 - Release Date: 02/21/2006
Re: Another pre-PMA rumour...
Mark, I'm pleased to read that there seems to be a general feeling that the rumor is true. It may be due to an expected significant pixel count jump as a reward for our long wait. Jack --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=83611forum_id=80 This year's Pentax + Samsung booth on PMA fair is about as big as Canon's one so who knows? ;-) This is pretty much what I and a couple of others said to expect as a PMA announcement weeks ago. We got a lot of No, we won't hear anything until Photokina responses. Some people never learn :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: PESO - My Lonely Ass (On the Way to Work)
Thanks to Boris, Paul, Mark, Ken, Frank, Rick and others who took the time to provide feedback on the photo. Much apprciated. Tom C. From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - My Lonely Ass (On the Way to Work) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:57:05 -0500 frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/21/06, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've liked Rick Womer's On the Way to Work theme as it provides a little glimpse into his daily life. His way to work is far different from mine, walking past suburban areas, cemeteries and the like, full of human history. This is one of the things I see on the 20 mile drive to work. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4147790 Great shot. I actually like the fact that it's soft. You would! Adds to the atmosphere, and says something about my preference in asses, I guess. There are some things we just don't need to know... Seriously, a lovely photo, Tom. That's true! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Photographing the Jellies
Hello Shel, You can get right up to the glass if you want. The shot I showed was not against the glass. One of the biggest problems you are going to have is that the jellies are always moving. You can't have too slow of a shutter speed. This is where digital would do way better than film. One is you get much better high speed quality (800+) and two is being able to review the images to determine your slowest usable shutter speed. With film, you might need to do it in two rounds to determine that. This is a case, where there is no substitute for speed. You need reasonable shutter speeds and you need reasonable DOF. The only way to get that is with high sensitivity of the medium. This is a realm where digital would do better. There are many different tanks, most of them quite small, with many different jellies in them. Most tanks are not as well lit as the big one and most of the jellies look more white/translucent so you are getting just a white on blue look to them. If it were not busy, you could probably stand back from the big tank and take a wide shot that got many jellies in it without much glare - the room is quite dark so you don't see any reflections. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 6:54:59 AM, you wrote: SB Hi Bruce, SB Well, I won't be taking any kids, and my schedule allows mid-week visits. SB I'd probably go on a Tuesday or Wednesday, and try to get in as close to SB opening time as possible. SB Not sure if I'll have replaced the digi by then, although I'd like to try SB it for this project. SB Your shot's quite nice ... imo, better than anything in the gallery I SB posted. However, I'd like to get wider shots, showing more of the tank and SB work towards finding interesting patterns amongst the fish, rather than SB getting individual fish or small, closely packed, groups. That may SB require film as there's no Pentax digi lens that I have access to that SB would be wide enough for such shots. A couple of people have offered to SB loan me a 15mm lens, and that, on a film body, would be the widest I could SB go, unless I grab a Zenitar at some point. SB I don't remember how close you can get to the glass. Are you able to get SB right up against it? SB Shel [Original Message] From: Bruce Dayton Just got back from there on Saturday. I can tell you two things not to do. 1) Don't go with the kids - mine were constantly wanting to move on. 2) Don't go when the aquarium is jam packed (like Saturday). The crowds make it difficult to shoot. So for me not really being prepared to shoot, here is probably the best shot I managed. I only had the DA 16-45/4 lens with me, so speed was an issue. Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4, Handheld ISO 1600, 1/60 sec @ f/4.0, 45mm http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2912.htm You'll notice I was shooting ISO 1600 wide open and only getting 1/60 sec. It is fairly dim and this particular tank is probably the best lit. So fast glass would be helpful. Also the focal length range I shot was between about 18mm and 45mm, so an 18, 24 and 50 would about cover you. -- Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 10:53:24 PM, you wrote: I'm going to try to take some time off and head down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for some R n R. Photographing the jellyfish exhibit has been on my to do list for a while. Has anyone photographed the exhibit - any suggestions? I found these pics, but boy, are they poor quality http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/monterey-aquarium-jellyfish.html
Re: PESO - Pura Reserve (4)
On 2/22/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, you over-compliment me ;-). There is very little to this shot. This time of year in Israel one can walk by the road and collect very nice flower shots by the dozen. First of all, Boris, just because there may be thousands of opportunities for a photo does not mean that every capture will be well-executed (as yours is). Secondly, because a photo is simple in concept and understated in its elegance, that does not mean that it can be an outstanding shot (as yours is). Third, the amount of effort expended on a particular shot is not always commensurate with its quality. That goes both ways; there are photos that I've worked like a bugger on that just never panned out, and some that I've shot from the hip with virtually no preparation that are on my top 10 list. OTOH, it could be said that for some of those spontaneous grabs that years of experience and learning come into the equation, but again, that's not always the case. Just a few thoughts... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
FS: K24/3.5
Excellent glass mechanics. User condition externally. $200 shipped. Collin He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott
Question re: K24/3.5
Is the 3.5 a better lens than the 2.8? Shel
It's fixed - Re: How to remove ME winding lever?
Finally got it apart. Found a stray scrap of metal of some sort - no idea what it broke off of. It's in the shape of a thin tab with a bump like a contact of some sort in the end. It had gotten in the works in the bottom of the body, jamming the mechanism. Removed it and the camera functions normally again, or so it seems. Only problem I see now is the winding lever and cap are rather badly gashed up. I got impatient and used a bit of an industrial strength tool on the cap that put a deep gash in it as well as some scratches on the lever. I'd like to find replacements for these, if anyone has somewhat minty ones lying around. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Peso Tiger Woods meet Chainsaw in the woods
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:20:09 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey troops. First Raw proccessing from the Snow Golf. http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/Wagg%20Road%20Open%202006/?action=viewcurrent=chainsaw-woods.jpg This is me, Frank can verify, and this was the shot that won us the Tourny. Landed this one inches from the cup. And yes, thats a beer in the back pocket. You don't think we do this sober do ya. LOL Yes, I can attest, that's Dave alright! LOL I'd like to see Tiger with that bulky cold-weather gear on, in the snow, trying to get out of those trees. g Fun shot, Dave. Who took it? -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
PAW - Shy
Yet another to add to my public payphone collection. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4112142size=lg Comments are always appreciated. cheers, frank, who's going to be with children this weekend, so this is actually next week's PAW a bit early... -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO - Fall Morning at a Michigan Lake
On 2/14/06, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html All comments solicited Yeah, nay, and/or otherwise What would you do differently? I could have sworn that I commented on this one already, but I don't see my reply among the list of other respondants, so I'll say (again) that I like this one a lot. Just beautiful! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
SMC K 30mm/2.8 vs. FA 35/2.0 lens
Hi All, I own SMC K 30mm/2.8 lens and use it for slides. But consider dslr so 45m angle would be very nice indeed. But...what about FA35/2.0 as standard lens?What about optical performance between two?Which one is sharper and has better bokeh?What about color rendition?Has anyone had both and could tell which is better?IS 30mm better than FA 28mm and SMC K28/3.5? Thank you very much for help. Greetings Alek
Re: PAW - Shy
Mildly amusing. I'm not much of a fan of the hand in the face shot - probably because I have so many of them of my wife. -- Bruce Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 9:03:23 AM, you wrote: ft Yet another to add to my public payphone collection. ft http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4112142size=lg ft Comments are always appreciated. ft cheers, ft frank, who's going to be with children this weekend, so this is ft actually next week's PAW a bit early... ft -- ft Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO series: Piedmont - Salisbury
On 2/14/06, Jon Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amtrak's Piedmont making a very quick stop in Salisbury, NC - Dec 31, 2005. Three shots in the dark. Pretty good for guesswork regarding shutter time, I think... A3000 with A50/2. http://slacky.railyakuza.com/peso/ Very cool shots! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Photographing the Jellies
Digital is at it's best when dealing with large, uniform expanses such as the blue of the jellyfish tanks; the noise from high-ISO film shows up rather too much for my liking. On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 07:02:11AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi John, Thanks for your input. I believe that I can make better photos than the fellow who put up that gallery, and that I'll be able to get better shots, and better quality shots. Nothing like a little hubris first thing in the AM, eh LOL Do you think digital would have helped you get better results? In what way? Shel [Original Message] From: John Francis On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:53:24PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I'm going to try to take some time off and head down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for some R n R. Photographing the jellyfish exhibit has been on my to do list for a while. Has anyone photographed the exhibit - any suggestions? I found these pics, but boy, are they poor quality http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/monterey-aquarium-jellyfish.html If you think those are poor quality, then you're probably not going to get anything you like. While I'm not too impressed by the first few images in that gallery, I find the later ones (especially 4 7) to be pretty good. They're certainly better than anything that I managed to get. Admittedly that was before I had the digital body, so I was probably shooting Portra 800 with a 50mm/f1.4 lens, using a monopod to get exposure times down around 1/4 of a second.
Re: PAW - Shy
Nice. The shadow and resonse of the subject make it interesting. Did said subject complain? Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yet another to add to my public payphone collection. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4112142size=lg Comments are always appreciated. cheers, frank, who's going to be with children this weekend, so this is actually next week's PAW a bit early... -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO - Fall Morning at a Michigan Lake
Frank, thanks. You did comment on the previous PESO of mine, similar but not the same image. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO - Fall Morning at a Michigan Lake On 2/14/06, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html All comments solicited Yeah, nay, and/or otherwise What would you do differently? I could have sworn that I commented on this one already, but I don't see my reply among the list of other respondants, so I'll say (again) that I like this one a lot. Just beautiful! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW - Shy
Frank, was this what you were looking for (person in image) or did he/she just happen to walk into your scene? I'm not sure I get this one. The emphasis here seems to be on the pedestrian, not the phone. I guess that's the TOLL we have to pay. BG Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - Shy Yet another to add to my public payphone collection. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4112142size=lg Comments are always appreciated. cheers, frank, who's going to be with children this weekend, so this is actually next week's PAW a bit early... -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
RE: Peso Tiger Woods meet Chainsaw in the woods
With a lie like that, I'd have used a mashie niblick ... Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/Wagg%20Road%20Open%202006/?action =viewcurrent=chainsaw-woods.jpg This is me, Frank can verify, and this was the shot that won us the Tourny. Landed this one inches from the cup. And yes, thats a beer in the back pocket. You don't think we do this sober do ya.
Re: PAW - Shy
On 2/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice. The shadow and resonse of the subject make it interesting. Did said subject complain? No, I was actually quite surprised; he didn't say a thing. I was sitting by the payphone just waiting for people to pass by, so I could get a few with people and the phone. Most either didn't notice me, or ignored me. He's the only one who reacted, but didn't say a thing, just walked on by. This phone is across from the The Queen Street Mental Health Centre, formerly called the Toronto Asylum for the Insane (back in the bad old days). It's quite a large facility, and many of the outpatients live in local rooming houses; it makes for a rather colourful local population. Of course, I don't know for sure that this fellow has any connection with that facility, but my guess is, he did. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: SMC K 30mm/2.8 vs. FA 35/2.0 lens
On Feb 22, 2006, at 10:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I own SMC K 30mm/2.8 lens and use it for slides. But consider dslr so 45m angle would be very nice indeed. But...what about FA35/2.0 as standard lens?What about optical performance between two?Which one is sharper and has better bokeh?What about color rendition?Has anyone had both and could tell which is better?IS 30mm better than FA 28mm and SMC K28/3.5? Alex, You've asked this question on DPReview and to me personally before. Following up with my answer to you... might as well wrap them together. The K30/2.8 is a good lens. Later lenses in the focal length range are often better performers due to improvements in the optical formulae and antireflection coatings. The current FA28/2.8 AL and FA35/2 AL are superb. Better or worse? Well, the specific K30/2.8 I tried out was not a substantially better performer than the A28/2.8 that I owned at the time. The current FA28 and FA35 are much better performers. And in response to your second query to me in email: ... taking into account that the price of A24mm is not very high and that it seems to be very good lens, you prefer it over 28/35 A lenses ... Prefer is a different thing. I found the A24 to have better contrast and sharpness wide open compared to the A28/2.8 and A35/2.8. The field of view on the *ist DS body is wider, which sometimes I want/ need and other times not. BTW, all of the Pentax primes in this focal length range to date will cover a 24x36mm film format, even the DA40/2.8. That said, I don't expect a 24x36mm sensor body from Pentax any time soon, nor do I consider planning lens purchases around such a possibility to be of very high importance. I only own digital Pentax SLR cameras. What I am wooriued about it is the fact you wrote 30mm is not as good as new FA35mm one. I bought my 30mm for about 130$ so the price was very good I think in mint condition with oryginal case! If you already own the K30, and like it, what are you worrying about? There's always something better in the world, with very rare exceptions. The one I looked at was very reasonably priced but not interesting because a) it was no better than what I already had, b) didn't provide much different in way of field of view, and c) because, for me, the lack of lens mount features limits the functionality of the *ist DS. I have read different comments on Stan Halpin's site and was regarded as fantastic lens. But there was no direct comparison with 35mm lens. Especially Yoshihiko liked it very much Since the comments on Stan's site are comments by people on this mailing list, I would expect the response from here to be virtually identical to what you've already read. BTW did you ever have a chance co compare your Pentax primes with any Canon/Nikon counterparts?I just wonder if FA35/50mm etc are of similar quality like above or not. I owned and used primarily Nikon film camera equipment for over 30 years, and I have at present a Canon DSLR and four lens kit as well as my Pentax gear. The Pentax FA35 and FA50 are excellent, and on par or better performers compared to the Canon 50/1.4 and 28/1.8, Nikon 50/1.4 and 35/2 with regard to resolution and contrast. Each of the different lenses has different rendering qualities, and that's where I have found the Pentax lenses to be more pleasing. I've also owned Leica rangefinder gear for most of the past four decades, and consider the Pentax lens line to have what are in many ways very similar qualities. best, Godfrey
Re: PESO - My Lonely Ass (On the Way to Work)
On Feb 22, 2006, at 8:16 AM, Tom C wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4147790 Hadn't had time to look at this before ... nice! I particularly like the very simple composition. Godfrey
Re: Another pre-PMA rumour...
http://www.pmai.org/xpma2006/exhibitors/pdf/floor_plan.pdf Pentax/Samsun, second booth on the left from the entrance. Not quite as big as Canon's or Fuji's, but still sizeable compared to most. On 2/21/06, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=83611forum_id=80 This year's Pentax + Samsung booth on PMA fair is about as big as Canon's one so who knows? ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- You have to hold the button down -Arnold Newman
Re: PAW: People Portraits 2005 - #50 - GDG
On 2/14/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just two more after this and the 2005 set will be complete... :-) http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/50.htm All comments and critique appreciated. I like this one! Is she merely soaking up some warm winter sun, is she contemplating life, is she having a lousy day and is taking a moment to compose herself? Perhaps it's some combination of the foregoing, or something I haven't mentioned. I love photos like this that make me wonder and think. Of course, it's well composed and generally beautifully executed. thanks, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: It's fixed - Re: How to remove ME winding lever?
Jon Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only problem I see now is the winding lever and cap are rather badly gashed up. I got impatient and used a bit of an industrial strength tool on the cap that put a deep gash in it as well as some scratches on the lever. I'd like to find replacements for these, if anyone has somewhat minty ones lying around. I think I do. I'll get back to ya... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Photographing the Jellies
Here's one of my efforts: http://pug.komkon.org/04aug/jllyfsh1.html I've never tried this, but I understand the best results are obtained by (1) lens against the glass and (2) flash against the glass. Joe
Re: a dog or two
On 2/13/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'd like the 77 more... http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/thats_not_a_dog.html Is that the full-sized dachshund, then? cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: SMC K 30mm/2.8 vs. FA 35/2.0 lens
Hi Godfrey, Thank you and sorry for the same questions. Yes I like angle of 24mm lens and plan to buy A24 to have for PZ1 and dslr when I buy it. So thank you for commnents on the lens! I own 30mm lens very happy but just wondered if FA is better. So either new FA 35mm is really better or you have maybe faulty version of 30mm, since you prefer FA 28 and 35mm and I have read that 30mm is better than any 28mm from Pentax and sometimes it is truth that used lens can be faulty a little bit. But maybe FA is really better. I must consider what to keep/sell.Manual focising is very nice for me and build quality is also better with K than FA lenses, no wonder by the way. Some say that K lenses are also great and often better than FA ones but it probably depends on sample wariations and testers. for instance I have results from Modern Photography in whicj K 50/1/4 got better results than A one in sharpness, not much but bettre and A, F, FA seems to be the same optically so it is strange. I believe that sample variations are a problem to test lesnes (like everything), just look at photodo where F is better than FA, why and FA 43 got really poor results, 28mm is not very good, worse than AIS from Nikon. Once again thank you for commenst and answers, pictures are more important!Pity I do not have my website, no free time to do this, PhD is calling...so plenty of research ahead of me. What surprice me it is the fact that on DS you could see the difference between FA 35mm and 30mm , since sensor is said to be about 50 - 60 lines per mm and resolution of above lenses is for sure higher. so probably sth wrong with your 30mm, I have a problem with M28mm, a little bit soft,maybe faulty a few years ago. Greetings, Alek PS You have very nice BW picture on website, I shoot mostly landscapes and close ups but nearly slided only and sometimes 300D Canon with kit and macro 100mm USM but I do not like a build of kit wrrr...:) On Feb 22, 2006, at 10:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I own SMC K 30mm/2.8 lens and use it for slides. But consider dslr so 45m angle would be very nice indeed. But...what about FA35/2.0 as standard lens?What about optical performance between two?Which one is sharper and has better bokeh?What about color rendition?Has anyone had both and could tell which is better?IS 30mm better than FA 28mm and SMC K28/3.5? Alex, You've asked this question on DPReview and to me personally before. Following up with my answer to you... might as well wrap them together. The K30/2.8 is a good lens. Later lenses in the focal length range are often better performers due to improvements in the optical formulae and antireflection coatings. The current FA28/2.8 AL and FA35/2 AL are superb. Better or worse? Well, the specific K30/2.8 I tried out was not a substantially better performer than the A28/2.8 that I owned at the time. The current FA28 and FA35 are much better performers. And in response to your second query to me in email: ... taking into account that the price of A24mm is not very high and that it seems to be very good lens, you prefer it over 28/35 A lenses ... Prefer is a different thing. I found the A24 to have better contrast and sharpness wide open compared to the A28/2.8 and A35/2.8. The field of view on the *ist DS body is wider, which sometimes I want/ need and other times not. BTW, all of the Pentax primes in this focal length range to date will cover a 24x36mm film format, even the DA40/2.8. That said, I don't expect a 24x36mm sensor body from Pentax any time soon, nor do I consider planning lens purchases around such a possibility to be of very high importance. I only own digital Pentax SLR cameras. What I am wooriued about it is the fact you wrote 30mm is not as good as new FA35mm one. I bought my 30mm for about 130$ so the price was very good I think in mint condition with oryginal case! If you already own the K30, and like it, what are you worrying about? There's always something better in the world, with very rare exceptions. The one I looked at was very reasonably priced but not interesting because a) it was no better than what I already had, b) didn't provide much different in way of field of view, and c) because, for me, the lack of lens mount features limits the functionality of the *ist DS. I have read different comments on Stan Halpin's site and was regarded as fantastic lens. But there was no direct comparison with 35mm lens. Especially Yoshihiko liked it very much Since the comments on Stan's site are comments by people on this mailing list, I would expect the response from here to be virtually identical to what you've already read. BTW did you ever have a chance co compare your Pentax primes with any Canon/Nikon counterparts?I just wonder if FA35/50mm etc are of similar quality like above or not. I owned and used primarily Nikon film camera equipment for over 30 years, and I have at present a Canon DSLR and four lens kit as well as
RE: It's fixed - Re: How to remove ME winding lever?
I don't have any levers or caps but the piece of metal you found is the spring that holds the wind lever in the home (as vs stand off) position. Works fine without it, just a bit annoying when the lever wanders out of position, I'm a left eyed shooter and the lever pokes me in the right eye when it's out a bit. ;-( Don -Original Message- From: Jon Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:01 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: It's fixed - Re: How to remove ME winding lever? Finally got it apart. Found a stray scrap of metal of some sort - no idea what it broke off of. It's in the shape of a thin tab with a bump like a contact of some sort in the end. It had gotten in the works in the bottom of the body, jamming the mechanism. Removed it and the camera functions normally again, or so it seems. Only problem I see now is the winding lever and cap are rather badly gashed up. I got impatient and used a bit of an industrial strength tool on the cap that put a deep gash in it as well as some scratches on the lever. I'd like to find replacements for these, if anyone has somewhat minty ones lying around. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: SMC K 30mm/2.8 vs. FA 35/2.0 lens
I've got the A35/2, not the FA, as well as the K30/2.8. So a comparison here is not specifically to your question, but may be useful to some. On film the K30/2.8 is significantly better than the A35/2. On digital the results are similar. It seems that the white balance abilities of the computer/camera helps the A35/2's color cast. The FA series has a bit more amber to the cast and would presumably produce fine images with both film or digital. Personally, one should not worry so much about the best lenses, lest one become a gearhead and more concerned about the lens than the composition. Collin He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott
Opinions wanted: CaymanCamera shop
Hi! What can you tell me about www.CaymanCamera.net? Are they reputable enough to justify a rather expensive deal with them? Thanks. Boris
Re: *IST-D / DS High speed action!
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/21/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and polish your skin... Now that's just *weird*. You ~do~ know to whom I was referring, don't you? The man with the shiniest skin in history: http://www.kenrockwell.com/about.htm Eeek! I'm gonna be emotionally scarred for life! Well... even *more* emotionally scarred. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Peso Tiger Woods meet Chainsaw in the woods
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:20:09 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey troops. First Raw proccessing from the Snow Golf. http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/Wagg%20Road%20Open%202006/?action=viewcurrent=chainsaw-woods.jpg This is me, Frank can verify, and this was the shot that won us the Tourny. Landed this one inches from the cup. And yes, thats a beer in the back pocket. You don't think we do this sober do ya. LOL Yes, I can attest, that's Dave alright! LOL I'd like to see Tiger with that bulky cold-weather gear on, in the snow, trying to get out of those trees. g Not a chance.:-) Fun shot, Dave. Who took it? The host of the event. I hyper focused for him and set the exposure. Its actuall fairly sharp.:-) Dave -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Poll: Best Photo Ever
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been looking at all these wonderful photos that people have been posting over the last week or so, and I have to say that I'm most impressed with all of them. I understand that favourite and best are completely different, and I also understand that these things change over time: photos float onto or off lists, often more than once. I was surprised at some shots that ~weren't~ included - one that comes to mind was taken by Gianfranco of a couple on a Vespa in a rainstorm, one that he took with one hand, out the window of a passing car. You forgot to mention that I was driving, too... :-) (hey, that's true!) Thanks for mantioning that one, Frank, it is a fond memory. You know what? I thought about showing that one, in fact it - more than the others - probably sums up all the things I try to put in a picture (the moment, a bit of humour, and so on) but probably it is not what I define my best nor it is my absolute favourite... (now I was starting a huge post about how I would interpret best but stopped in time :-) To be fair, I hate that shot a bit because it's a real PITA to print it properly... For those interested, the shot is here: http://pug.komkon.org/01sep/Sumstorm.html Ciao, Gianfranco (in a vain mood today) _ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
RE: Peso Tiger Woods meet Chainsaw in the woods
It was in the shop getting a new nib. Had to use the 5 iron.:-) Dave With a lie like that, I'd have used a mashie niblick ... Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/Wagg%20Road%20Open%202006/?action =viewcurrent=chainsaw-woods.jpg This is me, Frank can verify, and this was the shot that won us the Tourny. Landed this one inches from the cup. And yes, thats a beer in the back pocket. You don't think we do this sober do ya.
Re: PAW - En Masse
On 2/14/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4107177size=lg Frank, I deliberately did not read the rest of the comments. Knowing that I am late I could do that, but I chose not to. I think it is fine photo, but the leftmost part of the frame is rather distracting. Given the ratio of 3:2, I think you could crop it to, say 4:3, without loosing much of hmmm, how to put it, being orthodox :-). Julia disagrees. She's saying that it shows the motion and the context... Thanks for your comments, Boris. You may have been late commenting, but I was even later getting back to you (I'm just now catching up after having fallen behind over the past week or so). As far as the distractions on the left, well, first of all, I don't crop unless absolutely necessary, and in this case, I didn't think it was necessary. You wouldn't necessarily know it, but this was taken mid-December, and people were on their way home from Christmas shopping, carrying bundles and bags of gifts. The subway was crowded and bustling. So, the bag with the tube of gift wrap on the lower left, along with the blurry coat on the upper left are part of what I was trying to capture in the scene - the hustle and bustle of holiday shoppers heading home, and, of course, this poor young mom, trying to deal with her brood. g I don't know that those elements necessarily make it a better photo, but they make it a more complete and accurate photo, for me. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW - En Masse
On 2/22/06, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your comments, Boris. You may have been late commenting, but I was even later getting back to you (I'm just now catching up after having fallen behind over the past week or so). As far as the distractions on the left, well, first of all, I don't crop unless absolutely necessary, and in this case, I didn't think it was necessary. You wouldn't necessarily know it, but this was taken mid-December, and people were on their way home from Christmas shopping, carrying bundles and bags of gifts. The subway was crowded and bustling. So, the bag with the tube of gift wrap on the lower left, along with the blurry coat on the upper left are part of what I was trying to capture in the scene - the hustle and bustle of holiday shoppers heading home, and, of course, this poor young mom, trying to deal with her brood. g I don't know that those elements necessarily make it a better photo, but they make it a more complete and accurate photo, for me. Oh, BTW, Boris, I wan't trying to criticize your comment, nor was I trying to say that you're wrong to think what you may think, I was just giving my side of the story, and explaining why I did things the way I did. I may very well be wrong (probably am g). cheers again, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
RE: PAW - Shy
I think the person is shielding their eyes from the sun, not hiding from the camera. -- Cheers, Bob We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. -- Richard Dawkins -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 February 2006 17:59 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PAW - Shy On 2/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice. The shadow and resonse of the subject make it interesting. Did said subject complain? No, I was actually quite surprised; he didn't say a thing. I was sitting by the payphone just waiting for people to pass by, so I could get a few with people and the phone. Most either didn't notice me, or ignored me. He's the only one who reacted, but didn't say a thing, just walked on by. This phone is across from the The Queen Street Mental Health Centre, formerly called the Toronto Asylum for the Insane (back in the bad old days). It's quite a large facility, and many of the outpatients live in local rooming houses; it makes for a rather colourful local population. Of course, I don't know for sure that this fellow has any connection with that facility, but my guess is, he did.
Re: PAW - Shy
On 2/22/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the person is shielding their eyes from the sun, not hiding from the camera. You know, you could be right. I thought the fellow looked my way, saw me, then covered his face, but maybe I imagined it, and he was just shading his face from the bright sun. I do know that the trigger for me snapping was his hand over face, but that obviously doesn't rule out the shading theory...snip We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. -- Richard Dawkins Is that the same Richard Dawkins who used to be on Hogans Heroes, and then hosted the American game show Family Feud? Or am I thinking of Richard Dawson? Hmmm... -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW - Shy
frank theriault wrote: On 2/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice. The shadow and resonse of the subject make it interesting. Did said subject complain? No, I was actually quite surprised; he didn't say a thing. I was sitting by the payphone just waiting for people to pass by, so I could get a few with people and the phone. Most either didn't notice me, or ignored me. He's the only one who reacted, but didn't say a thing, just walked on by. This phone is across from the The Queen Street Mental Health Centre, formerly called the Toronto Asylum for the Insane (back in the bad old days). It's quite a large facility, and many of the outpatients live in local rooming houses; it makes for a rather colourful local population. Of course, I don't know for sure that this fellow has any connection with that facility, but my guess is, he did. Or maybe he didnt, but thought you did. ;) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- Someone handed me a picture and said, This is a picture of me when I was younger. Every picture of you is when you were younger. ...Here's a picture of me when I'm older. Where'd you get that camera man? - Mitch Hedberg
Re: PAW - Shy
- Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. -- Richard Dawkins Is that the same Richard Dawkins who used to be on Hogans Heroes, and then hosted the American game show Family Feud? Or am I thinking of Richard Dawson? Hmmm... Richard Dawkins is a biologist and a renowned scientific writer. He stirred up the scientific community in 1976 with a book called the selfish gene, where he argued that the gene was the basic unit of natural selection, not the individual. He regarded individuals as mere vehicles for the genes. He later modified his views in the book the blind watchmaker. I have no idea where that quote comes from, though...:-) Jostein
Re: Photographing the Jellies
There's a sameness to all the jellie-pix I've seen, no matter how nice they may be. I really want something different. Flash? What's that? Shel [Original Message] From: jtainter Here's one of my efforts: http://pug.komkon.org/04aug/jllyfsh1.html I've never tried this, but I understand the best results are obtained by (1) lens against the glass and (2) flash against the glass.
GESOs: Soft
I'm on a bit of a soft focus kick at the moment. Don't worry, I'll get over it soon. Real SF - this is one fun lens. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index7/06_02_soft/index.htm Photoshop SF http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index7/06_02_slowhand/index.htm comments welcome as always D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc
Re: PAW - Shy
Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. -- Richard Dawkins Is that the same Richard Dawkins who used to be on Hogans Heroes, and then hosted the American game show Family Feud? Or am I thinking of Richard Dawson? Hmmm... Richard Dawkins is a biologist and a renowned scientific writer. He stirred up the scientific community in 1976 with a book called the selfish gene, where he argued that the gene was the basic unit of natural selection, not the individual. He regarded individuals as mere vehicles for the genes. He later modified his views in the book the blind watchmaker. Both those books are wonderful examples of scientific writing for normal people done well! But his latest, The Ancestor's Tale is even better, in terms of readability. It's a book to keep and read over and over it's so enjoyable. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
RE: GESOs: Soft
Awesome photographs, Derby! All of them. Especially the ones with the band. Well done. Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Derby Chang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 22. februar 2006 22:12 Til: Pentax Discuss Emne: GESOs: Soft I'm on a bit of a soft focus kick at the moment. Don't worry, I'll get over it soon. Real SF - this is one fun lens. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index7/06_02_soft/index.htm Photoshop SF http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index7/06_02_slowhand/index.htm comments welcome as always D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/266 - Release Date: 02/21/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/266 - Release Date: 02/21/2006
Re: PESO - February Sunrise
On 2/10/06, George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I picked up the DA 40mm a few days ago. Here's a sunrise I captured on the way to work yesterday. http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/781336/1/55859051/Large Wow! Now ~that's~ a dramatic sunset. I like the wires in there; they actually do a good job framing the sun (or what's left of it). Quite lovely. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Photographing the Jellies
I have, the light is very low, so you have to use high iso or the movement will show up as blur. Of course it goes without saying that a tripod is mandatory. Shel Belinkoff wrote: I'm going to try to take some time off and head down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for some R n R. Photographing the jellyfish exhibit has been on my to do list for a while. Has anyone photographed the exhibit - any suggestions? I found these pics, but boy, are they poor quality http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/monterey-aquarium-jellyfish.html Shel -- Someone handed me a picture and said, This is a picture of me when I was younger. Every picture of you is when you were younger. ...Here's a picture of me when I'm older. Where'd you get that camera man? - Mitch Hedberg
DS White Balance
I'm getting familiar with my newly arrived DS and tried out the white balance settings. The problem is that no matter what setting I put the white balance on the result, review on LCD screen, all appear to have the same color cast. I compared these results with my Canon A-70 compact digital and the results were much different. When I set tungsten on the Canon the results are cooler, when I set cloudy they are much warmer, just as they are supposed to be. What gives with the DS? Now I admit I don't have my SD card yet, but that shouldn't make any difference. Any help will be appreciated. DG
Re: Photographing the Jellies
On 2/22/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a sameness to all the jellie-pix I've seen, no matter how nice they may be. I really want something different. snip Shel, I'm offended. That's a very specieist comment. The pix to which you refer don't look the same to other jellyfish, I assure you - and don't give me that jellyfish don't have eyes and can't see, bull. That would be just another small-minded comment from a narrow-minded individual, AFAIC. cheers, frank, friend of the invertebrates vbg -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Opinions wanted: CaymanCamera shop
On 22/2/06, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi! What can you tell me about www.CaymanCamera.net? Are they reputable enough to justify a rather expensive deal with them? Thanks. Boris I smell a 31 Ltd !!! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Weekend crop: A gallery of jazz photos
On 2/13/06, Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Friday night I shot a concert by young Danish jazz band Jazz Kamikaze who played the Mariehamn Jazz, Roots Blues Festival 2006. They were really, I mean really, good. (Maybe Jens B. knows about them?) Anyway I uploaded a selection of pictures at the following url: http://assearlssonhotography.fotopic.net/c860256.html snip Just looked through these, Lasse (I'm behind on some posts, and just now catching up). I really like them. Nice use of creative blur! g cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: SV: *IST-D / DS High speed action!
On 22/2/06, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed: Most professional sports photographers have the following set of equipment: 3 top-of-the-line digital camera bodies, such as the Canon 1D or Nikon D2H ($3,000 each) 6 Extra batteries ($100 each) Extreme wide angle 14mm f/2.8 ($1,400) Wide angle zoom lens 17 - 35mm f/2.8 ($1,400) Fast short telephoto 85mm f/1.4 ($900) Telephoto zoom 70-200 f/2.8 ($1,500) Fast Telephoto 300mm f/2.8 ($4,400) Fast Long Telephoto 400mm f/2.8 ($7,700) Teleconverter 1.4x ($450) Teleconverter 2x ($450) 2 Monopods ($150 each) Tripod ($450) 2 Flashes ($400 each) Radio Remotes ($300) Light stands, umbrellas, misc lighting equipment ($500) Laptop with extra ram ($2,500) Photoshop ($600) Other software ($500) Rolling camera case ($300) Rain gear ($500) Total: $34,000 Don't forget: Insurance for above ($2500 yearly) New car every 3 years ($28,000) Interest on overdraft facility (£500) Hospitality to kennel maids etc ($10,000) Assistant ($22,000 yearly) Drinking habit ($12,000) Alimony ($68,000 yearly) I'd stay amateur ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
RE: Photographing the Jellies
-Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 February 2006 21:09 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Photographing the Jellies There's a sameness to all the jellie-pix I've seen, no matter how nice they may be. I really want something different. it's an exhibition, isn't it? Nail them to the wall! I thought many of the pictures shown were quite nice, but as you say, a bit samey. But isn't that in the nature of jellyfish? I mean, what else are they going to do all day but float around? It's not like they do anything interesting, such as live in pineapples. Cheers, SpongeBob
Re: GESOs: Soft
On 2/22/06 3:12 PM, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm on a bit of a soft focus kick at the moment. Don't worry, I'll get over it soon. Real SF - this is one fun lens. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index7/06_02_soft/index.htm Photoshop SF http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index7/06_02_slowhand/index.htm comments welcome as always D Derby, these are cool. I like both sets. -Holly
Re: GESOs: Soft
On 2/22/06, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm on a bit of a soft focus kick at the moment. Don't worry, I'll get over it soon. Real SF - this is one fun lens. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index7/06_02_soft/index.htm Photoshop SF http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index7/06_02_slowhand/index.htm comments welcome as always I know this is ironic coming from me, but... I'm not a huge fan of soft focus lenses (okay, all lenses are soft focus in my hands, you're thinking). I don't dislike all soft focus shots, but I find your nature shots don't work for me - I can't say why, other than to say I don't like them. That's not a reflection of your photography, it's simply a personal bias. The band shots do work, however. There's a nice ethereal feel to them that I like. I think they're just good photos, and would have worked very well if they were sharp, but with the soft focus there's an added something that gives them more personality... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Photographing the Jellies
On 2/22/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's an exhibition, isn't it? Nail them to the wall! I thought many of the pictures shown were quite nice, but as you say, a bit samey. But isn't that in the nature of jellyfish? I mean, what else are they going to do all day but float around? It's not like they do anything interesting, such as live in pineapples. Cheers, SpongeBob So, another anti-medusite, eh? -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Photographing the Jellies
On 22 Feb 2006 at 10:23, Christian wrote: The best way to photograph jellies is under controlled studio lighting in small aquariums that limit the animal's movement. Obviously not possible in a public place. I think Bruce made the best of the situation: High ISO and wide open. Use as wide an angle lens as you can and get up right on the glass to avoid reflections. Big rubber hoods are good for excluding reflections off tanks. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: SV: *IST-D / DS High speed action!
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22/2/06, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed: Most professional sports photographers have the following set of equipment: 3 top-of-the-line digital camera bodies, such as the Canon 1D or Nikon D2H ($3,000 each) 6 Extra batteries ($100 each) Extreme wide angle 14mm f/2.8 ($1,400) Wide angle zoom lens 17 - 35mm f/2.8 ($1,400) Fast short telephoto 85mm f/1.4 ($900) Telephoto zoom 70-200 f/2.8 ($1,500) Fast Telephoto 300mm f/2.8 ($4,400) Fast Long Telephoto 400mm f/2.8 ($7,700) Teleconverter 1.4x ($450) Teleconverter 2x ($450) 2 Monopods ($150 each) Tripod ($450) 2 Flashes ($400 each) Radio Remotes ($300) Light stands, umbrellas, misc lighting equipment ($500) Laptop with extra ram ($2,500) Photoshop ($600) Other software ($500) Rolling camera case ($300) Rain gear ($500) Total: $34,000 Don't forget: Insurance for above ($2500 yearly) New car every 3 years ($28,000) Interest on overdraft facility (£500) Hospitality to kennel maids etc ($10,000) Assistant ($22,000 yearly) Drinking habit ($12,000) Alimony ($68,000 yearly) And: Personal masseuse ($25,000 yearly) Emergency gear rental when airline loses it $10,000 Licensing photos from Ken Rockwell when yours turn out like crap $50,000 -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: DS White Balance
New DS models likely still have firmware revision 1.0 installed out of the box. If you are using Auto Picture or any of the program presets (scene modes), the white balance setting is defined by the preset. In firmware revisions 1.x (all of them), the camera would allow you to select a white balance setting and then ignore it... it always uses AWB in these modes. That's poor user feedback as to what options are actually available. In firmware revision 2.0, you are no longer able to make white balance selections in the Auto Picture or program preset modes. This and other non-relevant settings choices are disabled correctly. White Balance choices are always available in P, Tv, Av, M and B modes, regardless of firmware revision. Download and install firmware rev 2.0 from the Pentax website. It's well worth it. Godfrey On Feb 22, 2006, at 1:56 PM, dick graham wrote: I'm getting familiar with my newly arrived DS and tried out the white balance settings. The problem is that no matter what setting I put the white balance on the result, review on LCD screen, all appear to have the same color cast. I compared these results with my Canon A-70 compact digital and the results were much different. When I set tungsten on the Canon the results are cooler, when I set cloudy they are much warmer, just as they are supposed to be. What gives with the DS? Now I admit I don't have my SD card yet, but that shouldn't make any difference. Any help will be appreciated. DG
Re: SV: *IST-D / DS High speed action!
On 22/2/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Licensing photos from Ken Rockwell when yours turn out like crap $50,000 LOL. Cheap at twice the price! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Photographing the Jellies
Rob Studdert wrote: Big rubber hoods Did we change the subject? ooh I hope so! :-) -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net
Re: Photographing the Jellies
frank theriault wrote: So, another anti-medusite, eh? -frank That depends frank... Stinging or stingless? Rightside up or upside down? Where do you stand on the issues? eh? These Cnidarians are a divisive bunch. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net
Re: SV: *IST-D / DS High speed action!
Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22/2/06, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed: Most professional sports photographers have the following set of equipment: 3 top-of-the-line digital camera bodies, such as the Canon 1D or Nikon D2H ($3,000 each) 6 Extra batteries ($100 each) Extreme wide angle 14mm f/2.8 ($1,400) Wide angle zoom lens 17 - 35mm f/2.8 ($1,400) Fast short telephoto 85mm f/1.4 ($900) Telephoto zoom 70-200 f/2.8 ($1,500) Fast Telephoto 300mm f/2.8 ($4,400) Fast Long Telephoto 400mm f/2.8 ($7,700) Teleconverter 1.4x ($450) Teleconverter 2x ($450) 2 Monopods ($150 each) Tripod ($450) 2 Flashes ($400 each) Radio Remotes ($300) Light stands, umbrellas, misc lighting equipment ($500) Laptop with extra ram ($2,500) Photoshop ($600) Other software ($500) Rolling camera case ($300) Rain gear ($500) Total: $34,000 Don't forget: Insurance for above ($2500 yearly) New car every 3 years ($28,000) Interest on overdraft facility (£500) Hospitality to kennel maids etc ($10,000) Assistant ($22,000 yearly) Drinking habit ($12,000) Alimony ($68,000 yearly) And: Personal masseuse ($25,000 yearly) Emergency gear rental when airline loses it $10,000 Licensing photos from Ken Rockwell when yours turn out like crap $50,000 And: Sherpa named Cesar (six pack of beer daily) -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net
re: GESOs: Soft
Hi I just want to know where you find a club that you can shoot ISO 200 and still have 1/125 second wide open My last club shoot, I rated my film between 6400 and 12800 and still could only shoot at about 1/15 at f2.8. Maybe the conditions here in this province are much worse than the media thinks :-) BTW, do like your fotos, but a 1/15th the softness comes naturally :-) herb
Re: PESO - Angry Sea
Many thanks to those who have commented on this shot. I have taken a stab at BW conversion: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2788bw.htm Original: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2788.htm -- Bruce Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 7:33:12 PM, you wrote: JT http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2788.htm JT My dial-up connection and I are pretty busy these days, but it JT is always worthwhile taking the time to look at a Bruce Dayton JT photo. JT Nice. JT Joe
Re: Photographing the Jellies
Hi, I guess I should have mentioned that I've seen the exhibit several times, so I know about the light. A tripod isn't mandatory, although, for some shots, it could be useful. Blur might be nice, BTW ... On a separate note, your Mitch Hedberg sig got me to rent one of his DVD's. Thanks! Shel [Original Message] From: Gonz I have, the light is very low, so you have to use high iso or the movement will show up as blur. Of course it goes without saying that a tripod is mandatory. Shel Belinkoff wrote: I'm going to try to take some time off and head down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for some R n R. Photographing the jellyfish exhibit has been on my to do list for a while. Has anyone photographed the exhibit - any suggestions? I found these pics, but boy, are they poor quality http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/monterey-aquarium-jellyfish.html
Re: PESO - Waiting....
Bruce Dayton wrote: This was taken the same day as the Angry Sea shot, but we had moved to a different beach. Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, Handheld ISO 200, 1/500 sec @ f/9.5 Converted from Raw using Capture One LE http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2878.htm Comments welcome Nice one, Bruce. I like the way the birds are in an s-shape, kinda mirroring the curves in the water. Great light too. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net
RE: Photographing the Jellies
Perhaps some creative or innovate techniques might enhance the photographic viewing experience. They don't just float around. Some are quite capable of initiating and maintaining movement on their own. Shel [Original Message] From: Bob W I thought many of the pictures shown were quite nice, but as you say, a bit samey. But isn't that in the nature of jellyfish? I mean, what else are they going to do all day but float around? It's not like they do anything interesting, such as live in pineapples.
Re: Photographing the Jellies
Shel, One thought I had was to take a multi exposure or perhaps just cover the lens while on bulb - first shot, then some movement, then another image and so on. Sort of showing a directional move, rather than just a blurred move. -- Bruce Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 4:09:33 PM, you wrote: SB Perhaps some creative or innovate techniques might enhance the photographic SB viewing experience. SB They don't just float around. Some are quite capable of initiating and SB maintaining movement on their own. SB Shel [Original Message] From: Bob W I thought many of the pictures shown were quite nice, but as you say, a bit samey. But isn't that in the nature of jellyfish? I mean, what else are they going to do all day but float around? It's not like they do anything interesting, such as live in pineapples.
