date:20070503

On 2/5/07, eric, discombobulated, unleashed:

They're improperly adjusted.  They need a bit of toe-in, meaning the 
front of the pad contacts the rim just a bit before the rear does.  The 
easy way to do this is to loosen the pad up almost to the point of being 
floppy, then hold it up to the rim with a business card as a shim on the 
back 1/4 of the pad.  Tighten it down, and you should be good. 

Good advice, Thanks eric. BTW you're not a halibut are you ? No, didn't
think so.


Or visit your local shop...most will do a brake adjustment for less than 
$10. 

If I paid $10 to my local shop they might look at me strange-like ;-)

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Re: OT - more bike stuff

On 2/5/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:

Banshees are female. They don't have knackers.

Mine had a sex change.


Sheldon Brown knows everything bicyclical:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/brake-squeal.html

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Re: OT - more bike stuff

 From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2007/05/02 Wed PM 09:29:32 GMT
 To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net
 Subject: Re: OT - more bike stuff

 Okay, this is a bike thread, and it's labelled OT, so I figure I can ask
 for some help here. How do I stop my break pads from sounding like
 banshees with their knackers in a vice every time I try and stop?? It's
 driving me nuts. I've tried changing pads, lubing the rim (quietens
 things down for a short while, but not for long) and I'm at my wit's end.

 Any suggestions? Maybe a particular make of brake pad?

 1999 Univega RAM 930

Checked the brake arm bearings?  Wheel bearing?  Either the brake arms or the 
wheel is loose enough to vibrate.  Make it tighter (or looser) and the noise 
should (move to a different resonant frequency and therefore) stop.

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A question for Pentax and Usenet oldtimers

2007-05-03 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher

I'm looking for a humorous article published on Usenet about ten years
ago on the shutter noise of the P67 and its effects on image sharpness
(Sonic Subject Relocation). 

Just wanted to show it to a friend and it appears I've lost it. Anyone
on here who still has the article?

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RE: Help, Lost K10D CD

 From: Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2007/05/02 Wed PM 10:05:38 GMT
 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net
 Subject: RE: Help, Lost K10D CD

 Dear mailing list colleagues,
 Thank you for all your support, especially to Bill.

 I am honored that I am part of this mailing list and now I am pride of my
 K10D twice as before, as not only I have a good camera, but also provide me
 an opportunity to be part of this community.

Where do you live?

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Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-03 Thread eric

mike wilson wrote:
 Checked the brake arm bearings?  Wheel bearing?  Either the brake arms or the 
 wheel is loose enough to vibrate.  Make it tighter (or looser) and the noise 
 should (move to a different resonant frequency and therefore) stop.


   



Feel free to crank down on the bolts holding the brake arms on.  Unless 
you're dealing with a $70US department store bike, they all have 
bushings to prevent the bolt causing bind in the arm.  Of course, they 
don't need to be King Kong tight, but generally speaking, you're not 
going to get enough force from the standard length wrench to do damage. 

Wheel bearing adjustment in and of itself won't cause brake squeal.  
It's all in the adjustment of the pad. 

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RE: OT - more bike stuff

I bet you have some interesting scars.
 
 From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2007/05/03 Thu AM 06:57:33 GMT
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 Subject: RE: OT - more bike stuff
 
 Yup. I specialise in dating them.
 
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  You've met a lot of banshees I would guess...
  
  Bob W wrote:
   Banshees are female. They don't have knackers.
  
   Sheldon Brown knows everything bicyclical:
   http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/brake-squeal.html
  
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Re: Light Tent / Box

I bought a larger one, I wonder if these lights have sufficient power? 
I've been shooting the jewellery at 60/F16 or higher if I can.
At this moment I only have the K10D to shoot with, the MZ's are now 
shelf queens :). Every lab around here seems to have hired 16 year old's 
who by luck landed up working for a lab and not mcdonalds. And they have 
the same sense of service..

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
 On May 2, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Feroze wrote:

   
 [Paterson/Intefit E-Flash Panels]
   
 a, 65 bucks each @ bh...I haven't actually seen this before, plus
 it runs on batteries. Which size cube do you have?
 

 Yes, those are the ones. $65 ... yes, they were $80@ with shipping, I  
 bought one first and tested it... I fitted them with AA Lithium  
 batteries, seem to get several hundred exposures apiece that way and  
 are very portable.

 I bought a 20 inch cube. Although I've made things like this before,  
 the EZCube for $90 saves time and effort, and packs down very small,  
 is completely collapsible/portable with virtually no effort at all.  
 It works very nicely. I can fit it, two E-Flash panels, the SB-30, a  
 pair of small clamp-on stands and a flash meter into a very small  
 tote bag along with the *ist DS body, remote release, A50 Macro and  
 2x-S teleconverter. Add my small tripod, and I have Tabletop-Studio- 
 on-the-Go in a bag, less than 12 pounds.

 (I've used the K10D with this setup but I find that 10Mpixel is  
 really overkill for the table top work I've done. Nobody's making  
 13x19 presentation prints of stuff they have to sell on Ebay. ;-)

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PESO - Mustard Field #1


Again, all part of the series I am working  on The Intersection of Man-Made 
and Nature in Contra Costa County (and  nearby). That is a mouthful, so I am 
shortening it to Intersection.

These  were shot between Hercules and Martinez, for those of you familiar 
with the  area.

http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/field1.htm

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PESO - Fly By Mustard

Up late or early, so will post now. Three more  PESOs today before class 
tonight.

I wasn't planning to shoot yesterday,  it was raining off and on. But I had 
to go out, I had the DS in the car, and I  saw this stuff on the way  home.

http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/mustardfly.htm

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Re: Light Tent / Box

Hi Stan,

I don't really have a problem setting the lights up, currently I shoot 
my products on a plexiglas table, and can set up so that I get a pure 
white background straight from the camera, knockouts are 2 or 3 clicks 
with the mask tool and then I dump the pics into the advert. This works 
fine with shoes and cell phones, I kinda have a standard setup that 
works most of the time, jewellery however seems to be a different kettle 
of fish. One day I'd like to get results like this 
http://www.zerillistudios.com/jewlimaging.htm, I figure its a matter of 
lots of trial and error until I get there, but I sure these guys where 
once where I am now

Feroze

Stan Halpin wrote:
 Feroze - on the ezcube site they have their recommended fluorescent  
 bulbs shown and compared to alternatives... If it were me I would  
 rather have an always-on light so I can see the effects on the setup  
 (rather than a flash or flashes which I can only evaluate by  
 chimping.) People with more experience using flash probably don't  
 need the same sort of feedback though...

 stan

 On May 2, 2007, at 7:36 PM, Feroze wrote:

   
 Hi,

 Do you have a link to show me which lights your talking about?

 Thanks

 Digital Image Studio wrote:
 
 On 03/05/07, Feroze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   
 I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a  
 little
 portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery,
 some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are
 just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the risk).  
 Would a
 normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light  
 source
 for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really
 struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid
 florescent or other light sources.

 
 No need to avoid fluorescent bulbs, they are actually quite good for
 this type of work. I use a set of 5K compact fluorescent lamps in
 white reflectors, the colour is excellent and repeatable. They are
 very cool to work with temperature wise and since they are always on
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Re: PESO - Mustard Field #2


And another mustard field. Look hard, it's  there. ;-) If I knew how to do 
panoramas, today would have been a good day for  one.

http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/field2.htm

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Re: Light Tent / Box

For me anyhow the fgz does not seem to work very well with the K10D and 
I've been attaching the flash to sync adaptor to the hot shoe and have 
been getting much better results than using P-TTL. Either I don't know 
enough about flash or the K10D but full manual everything seems to 
produce the results I want...I'm funny like that

Feroze

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
 On May 2, 2007, at 6:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

   
 [Paterson/Intefit E-Flash Panels]
 
 a, 65 bucks each @ bh...I haven't actually seen this before,  
 plus
 it runs on batteries. Which size cube do you have?
   
 Yes, those are the ones. $65 ... yes, they were $80@ with shipping, I
 bought one first and tested it... I fitted them with AA Lithium
 batteries, seem to get several hundred exposures apiece that way and
 are very portable.
 

 BTW: Remember that these are all manual flash units that you trigger  
 with their built-in slave. You cannot use a P-TTL flash to trigger  
 them in P-TTL mode ... the pre-flash will fool the slave receivers.  
 So if you have an AF-FGZ series flash, it has to be put into manual  
 output mode (if that's possible) or you have to use a simple external  
 flash as a trigger. That's one of the reasons I bought the Nikon  
 SB-30. It's tiny, light, and has a built-in IR flash shield so it can  
 be used purely as a trigger.

 You have to set exposure 100% manually. Easy enough to do with a  
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Re: Light Tent / Box

Hi Don,

Shiny gold and silver are even harder :) My main problems at the moment 
are eliminating the reflections of the light stands, the camera, me on 
very shiny gold bands, hence the light tent. Please explain how you set 
the WB from the fabric. WB is my bug bear at the moment. Its driving me 
nuts. As for composition, I have a pair of 150W studio lights and just 
use the modeling lights to check for shadows. However I am not carrying 
around all this equipment, I have to look at these florescent lights

Feroze

Don Sanderson wrote:
 Hi Feroze.
 I too use the EZ-Cube with 3 cheap compact florescents in white reflectors.
 These bulbs were $15.00 US for the 3 and last a very long time.
 I set manual WB once from the white material of the cube and haven't had
 to reset it in well over 2 years. I shoot strictly jpegs for eekBay stuff.
 Daylight balanced bulbs are a bit more money but would allow you to shoot
 with a preset, rather than manual, WB. Auto WB has never worked well for
 me in this application.
 The biggest advantage to this (vs flash) is being able to see, and
 eliminate,
 shadows before exposure. Since my items are all different colors, shapes and
 sizes, this saves me a LOT of time.

 The results are consistently very good, here's an example of a difficult
 'subject':
 http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/Super-A.jpg
 Shiny, all black cameras with just a bit of chrome are very hard to shoot.

 Don

   
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 Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:17 PM
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 Subject: Light Tent / Box


 I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a little
 portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery,
 some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are
 just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the risk). Would a
 normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light source
 for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really
 struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid
 florescent or other light sources.

 I can't test it as its still in transit, tought I get the rest of the
 stuff together

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Re: PESO 2007 - 21a - GDG

Nice composition, but not as unique as your earlier tree pic (the  
centered one). I think this might work better in color. The green  
foliage would provide an attractive backdrop for the tree trunks. The  
backlight works well, and you nailed the exposure.
Paul
On May 2, 2007, at 9:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:


 On May 2, 2007, at 6:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/21a.htm

 I like those. Very  nice. And I like them better than the other two
 (I think
 it has been) that you  have shown recently. They do look over
 sharpened or
 something on my monitor. The  white stuff on the closest tree.
 However, maybe in
 a larger shot that looks more  natural. The whiteout in back, the
 fall off in
 detail, is just enough in the  right places to be quite pleasing
 (can't figure
 out how to say it better). Very  nice overall.

 Thanks Marnie. :-)

 Only Lightroom's default (about 25 on the scale, whatever that
 means) was done on the full resolution image. The only sharpening
 applied beyond that was what my resizing script usually does for
 downsampled web images.

 The white bits on the tree's trunk are bits of white fungus/
 mushroom ... They're so stark white it looks like oversharpening but
 isn't. They image nicely in the print, of course. I could soften them
 a little bit with the blur tool in Photoshop but then they'll look
 mushy...

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Re: Pentax gallery rejection

To remove the EXIF data, he would have to use Save for Web. Save  
As won't help. But i think he should try resubmitting with the EXIF  
data intact. I'm guessing there was some other problem, perhaps sizing.
Paul
On May 3, 2007, at 2:15 AM, Kenneth Waller wrote:

 After the work in Photoshop, you need to use the save as  
 function, not
 save.

 Kenneth Waller

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 Subject: Pentax gallery rejection


 I submitted a couple of photos taken with a istD camera and they were
 not accepted because they could not read the Exif info. I cropped the
 photos in Photoshop and adjusted the color balance, etc. The reason
 was because they did not see the firmware..So I resubmitted them as
 scanned images and again they were rejected. In the info I did say
 they were shot with the istD camera and a 200mm F2.8 Pentax lens.
 I checked the exif info on the pictures and it does say that the istD
 was the camera used but for firmware it says Photoshop..Any
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Re: Pentax gallery rejection

600 points @ 72 dpi = 600 pixels.
On May 2, 2007, at 10:47 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

 I assume you mean pixels, not points.

 G

 On May 2, 2007, at 7:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

 Were they sized correctly? They have to be 600 points tall, not 600
 points on the long side. That, of course, is at 72 dpi.
 Paul
 On May 2, 2007, at 7:50 PM, J wrote:

 I submitted a couple of photos taken with a istD camera and they  
 were
 not accepted because they could not read the Exif info. I cropped  
 the
 photos in Photoshop and adjusted the color balance, etc. The reason
 was because they did not see the firmware..So I resubmitted them as
 scanned images and again they were rejected. In the info I did say
 they were shot with the istD camera and a 200mm F2.8 Pentax lens.
 I checked the exif info on the pictures and it does say that the  
 istD
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Re: Light Tent / Box

Shoot RAW with auto white balance and set the color temperature  
during conversion. That's the way I work in the studio and just  
about  everywhere else.
Paul
On May 3, 2007, at 5:39 AM, Feroze wrote:

 Hi Don,

 Shiny gold and silver are even harder :) My main problems at the  
 moment
 are eliminating the reflections of the light stands, the camera, me on
 very shiny gold bands, hence the light tent. Please explain how you  
 set
 the WB from the fabric. WB is my bug bear at the moment. Its  
 driving me
 nuts. As for composition, I have a pair of 150W studio lights and just
 use the modeling lights to check for shadows. However I am not  
 carrying
 around all this equipment, I have to look at these florescent lights

 Feroze

 Don Sanderson wrote:
 Hi Feroze.
 I too use the EZ-Cube with 3 cheap compact florescents in white  
 reflectors.
 These bulbs were $15.00 US for the 3 and last a very long time.
 I set manual WB once from the white material of the cube and  
 haven't had
 to reset it in well over 2 years. I shoot strictly jpegs for  
 eekBay stuff.
 Daylight balanced bulbs are a bit more money but would allow you  
 to shoot
 with a preset, rather than manual, WB. Auto WB has never worked  
 well for
 me in this application.
 The biggest advantage to this (vs flash) is being able to see, and
 eliminate,
 shadows before exposure. Since my items are all different colors,  
 shapes and
 sizes, this saves me a LOT of time.

 The results are consistently very good, here's an example of a  
 difficult
 'subject':
 http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/Super-A.jpg
 Shiny, all black cameras with just a bit of chrome are very hard  
 to shoot.

 Don


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 Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:17 PM
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 Subject: Light Tent / Box


 I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a  
 little
 portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery,
 some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are
 just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the risk).  
 Would a
 normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light  
 source
 for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really
 struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid
 florescent or other light sources.

 I can't test it as its still in transit, tought I get the rest of  
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Re: New Zealand (+ Hong Kong stopover)

2007-05-03 Thread Alastair Robertson

Hi Peter

I would agree with much of what David M says.  Be warned we are in
mid-autumn here and it will be cool/mild at best cold at worst, so
bring warm clothes.  I wouldn't necessarily avoid Rotorua - yes a
tourist trap in some ways but some spectacular geothermal features,
and it's all laid out on a plate.  I would certainly want to temper it
with some more out of the way experience - like a farm stay on a high
country station in the South Island.  Queensland is also extremely
touristy but it will be quiet at the end of May - cold but not cold
enough for skiing yet.

Not sure I would recommend getting lenses here - very limited choice
at Photo  Video (http://www.photo.co.nz/newprods/newpent_lens.htm)
which as David says is the best bet for Christchurch and is probably
typical of the best camera shops here.  A $NZ is worth about 0.55 Euro
so you can do the math for the prices at P  V.  No problem getting
slide film here but maybe not all that cheap.

I would also endorse Budget - prices are quite reasonable.  Definitely
don't need an SUV - and we don't need to encourage anymore on the road
either - much better off in a car.  Chances of seeing a kiwi in the
wild - well you might have better chance with the old state lottery -
used to be called Golden Kiwi!  You will have to visit a kiwihouse and
be content with seeing a captive bird I am afraid.  Good wine and
wineries in several parts of the country - Central Otago, North
Canterbury, Marlborough, Martinborough, Hawkes Bay are the best bets.
You can buy from direct from the winery in all these places (of course
you just get there lables but they will give you a tasting first).
Can give you some names of good places to visit if you would like.

Happy to meet up if it suits your itinerary - Palmerston North is not
exactly on the tourist trail however.

Alastair

On 5/2/07, Peter Lacus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm flying to New Zealand (together with another list member) on 14th of
 May so it's about time to ask some questions I guess ;-) (since I
 haven't found too many conversations about subj. in the list archives):

 1. where to go? I'm sure there are so many places worth visiting and
 we've got just 8 days for the Southern Island and 5 days for the
 Northern Island. I'd certainly like to experience Rotorua and compare NZ
 fjords with their cousins in Norway. If you know about some hidden gems
 please share your knowledge. Exact GPS coordinates of great photographic
 vistas are especially welcome! (just kidding, I don't have a GPS ;-)).

 2. where not to go? Are there some obvious tourist traps which are
 better to be avoided?

 3. availability/prices of Pentax lenses and slide film. If the prices
 were substantially closer to the US than to the UK, I'd probably buy
 21Ltd. and perhaps 40Ltd. at the start of our trip (which happens in
 Christchurch). WRT slide film, Kodak EliteChrome or Fuji Sensia is
 enough for me (but of course AGFA RSX-II 50 would be preferable) - is it
 readily available or it's better to take some from home?

 4. I'd welcome some tips which car rental company offers most bang for
 the buck - e.g. not the most expensive nor the cheapest one, but with
 solid fleet and services. On our US trip we've used Alamo services and
 we were very satisfied. Also is compact/intermediate car (1.6-2.0l
 engine) enough or it would be a better idea to rent a SUV?

 5. And of course the most important question - how about small PDML
 meeting under the Southen Cross? It's always nice to meet fellow
 Pentaxians anywhere in the world, isn't it?

 Of course any other suggestions/comments are welcome - if you know for
 example where to buy the best (yet affordable) wine or where to see kiwi
 in the wild - _everything_ is welcome.

 If you don't have experience from New Zealand but have some from Hong
 Kong, just substitute NZ in the questions above with HK (except of Q4 -
 we are probably not going to rent a car in HK - it's just stopover on
 the way back home, which means 2 days  2 nights).

 Thank you for any replies!

 Cheers,

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Re: New Zealand (+ Hong Kong stopover)

2007-05-03 Thread Alastair Robertson

oops I mean their lables of course

Alastair

On 5/3/07, Alastair Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi Peter

 I would agree with much of what David M says.  Be warned we are in
 mid-autumn here and it will be cool/mild at best cold at worst, so
 bring warm clothes.  I wouldn't necessarily avoid Rotorua - yes a
 tourist trap in some ways but some spectacular geothermal features,
 and it's all laid out on a plate.  I would certainly want to temper it
 with some more out of the way experience - like a farm stay on a high
 country station in the South Island.  Queensland is also extremely
 touristy but it will be quiet at the end of May - cold but not cold
 enough for skiing yet.

 Not sure I would recommend getting lenses here - very limited choice
 at Photo  Video (http://www.photo.co.nz/newprods/newpent_lens.htm)
 which as David says is the best bet for Christchurch and is probably
 typical of the best camera shops here.  A $NZ is worth about 0.55 Euro
 so you can do the math for the prices at P  V.  No problem getting
 slide film here but maybe not all that cheap.

 I would also endorse Budget - prices are quite reasonable.  Definitely
 don't need an SUV - and we don't need to encourage anymore on the road
 either - much better off in a car.  Chances of seeing a kiwi in the
 wild - well you might have better chance with the old state lottery -
 used to be called Golden Kiwi!  You will have to visit a kiwihouse and
 be content with seeing a captive bird I am afraid.  Good wine and
 wineries in several parts of the country - Central Otago, North
 Canterbury, Marlborough, Martinborough, Hawkes Bay are the best bets.
 You can buy from direct from the winery in all these places (of course
 you just get there lables but they will give you a tasting first).
 Can give you some names of good places to visit if you would like.

 Happy to meet up if it suits your itinerary - Palmerston North is not
 exactly on the tourist trail however.

 Alastair

 On 5/2/07, Peter Lacus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hi,
 
  I'm flying to New Zealand (together with another list member) on 14th of
  May so it's about time to ask some questions I guess ;-) (since I
  haven't found too many conversations about subj. in the list archives):
 
  1. where to go? I'm sure there are so many places worth visiting and
  we've got just 8 days for the Southern Island and 5 days for the
  Northern Island. I'd certainly like to experience Rotorua and compare NZ
  fjords with their cousins in Norway. If you know about some hidden gems
  please share your knowledge. Exact GPS coordinates of great photographic
  vistas are especially welcome! (just kidding, I don't have a GPS ;-)).
 
  2. where not to go? Are there some obvious tourist traps which are
  better to be avoided?
 
  3. availability/prices of Pentax lenses and slide film. If the prices
  were substantially closer to the US than to the UK, I'd probably buy
  21Ltd. and perhaps 40Ltd. at the start of our trip (which happens in
  Christchurch). WRT slide film, Kodak EliteChrome or Fuji Sensia is
  enough for me (but of course AGFA RSX-II 50 would be preferable) - is it
  readily available or it's better to take some from home?
 
  4. I'd welcome some tips which car rental company offers most bang for
  the buck - e.g. not the most expensive nor the cheapest one, but with
  solid fleet and services. On our US trip we've used Alamo services and
  we were very satisfied. Also is compact/intermediate car (1.6-2.0l
  engine) enough or it would be a better idea to rent a SUV?
 
  5. And of course the most important question - how about small PDML
  meeting under the Southen Cross? It's always nice to meet fellow
  Pentaxians anywhere in the world, isn't it?
 
  Of course any other suggestions/comments are welcome - if you know for
  example where to buy the best (yet affordable) wine or where to see kiwi
  in the wild - _everything_ is welcome.
 
  If you don't have experience from New Zealand but have some from Hong
  Kong, just substitute NZ in the questions above with HK (except of Q4 -
  we are probably not going to rent a car in HK - it's just stopover on
  the way back home, which means 2 days  2 nights).
 
  Thank you for any replies!
 
  Cheers,
 
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RE: Help, Lost K10D CD

2007-05-03 Thread Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh

Hi Mike,
I am living at the moment in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. And in 45 days, I will go
to Cairo.

As I am emergency / disaster doctor, I do not know where do I go for short
mission when I am based in Cairo.

Cheers,
Amirkambiz

-Original Message-
From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:54 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: RE: Help, Lost K10D CD


 
 From: Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2007/05/02 Wed PM 10:05:38 GMT
 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net
 Subject: RE: Help, Lost K10D CD
 
 Dear mailing list colleagues,
 Thank you for all your support, especially to Bill.
 
 I am honored that I am part of this mailing list and now I am pride of my
 K10D twice as before, as not only I have a good camera, but also provide
me
 an opportunity to be part of this community.

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Re: OT - more bike stuff

On 5/2/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On 5/2/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  A hybrid / fitness bike might be better for your needs. I don't know
  that a road bike would be very happy pulling a trailer, but a hybrid
  is a pretty good all-rounder.
 
  An effective daily workout on a bike is going to involve quite a lot
  of miles - about 15-20 per workout, I should think. You'll need a
  track or a country road with no traffic lights.

 You're right, Bob.

 The problem is that cycling is so very efficient. One must go about 4
 to 5 times the distance of running to get an equivalent workout, so if
 one does 15 to 20 miles, that would be like,

 er...

 uh...

 Well, you can do the math...

I'd fiqure that out for you Frank, but i'm not a surveyor anymore, so
i forget how now.:-)

Dave

 ;-)

 Hard to say if a roadbike or a hybrid would be better.  My personal
 preference would be a road bike;  the uncomfortable position is much
 more efficient, so one can ride farther and harder with less effort.
 One soon gets used to the uncomfortable position and skinny hard
 saddle.

 OTOH, if a trailer is being considered, a hybrid would be a much
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Re: Help, Lost K10D CD

On 5/3/07, Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi Mike,
 I am living at the moment in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. And in 45 days, I will go
 to Cairo.

 As I am emergency / disaster doctor,

You joined the right list. :-)

Dave

 Cheers,
 Amirkambiz

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 Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:54 PM
 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
 Subject: RE: Help, Lost K10D CD


 
  From: Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Date: 2007/05/02 Wed PM 10:05:38 GMT
  To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net
  Subject: RE: Help, Lost K10D CD
 
  Dear mailing list colleagues,
  Thank you for all your support, especially to Bill.
 
  I am honored that I am part of this mailing list and now I am pride of my
  K10D twice as before, as not only I have a good camera, but also provide
 me
  an opportunity to be part of this community.

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Re: A question for Pentax and Usenet oldtimers

2007-05-03 Thread P. J. Alling

Try here:

*http://tinyurl.com/2k65p2

Google Groups, where Usenet is preserved in aspic...
*
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
 I'm looking for a humorous article published on Usenet about ten years
 ago on the shutter noise of the P67 and its effects on image sharpness
 (Sonic Subject Relocation). 

 Just wanted to show it to a friend and it appears I've lost it. Anyone
 on here who still has the article?

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Re: Help, Lost K10D CD

Hi Amirkambiz,

Welcome to the PDML!  Things are nice now, but be prepared for the next
storm of flame war.  We have one a couple of times a year. :-)

Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh wrote:

 I am living at the moment in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Am I the only one who thought of Spies Like Us when they saw
Dushanbe? :-)

 And in 45 days, I will go to Cairo.

That sounds like a really exciting assignment, Amirkambiz.  Good luck
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Re: A question for Pentax and Usenet oldtimers

Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
 I'm looking for a humorous article published on Usenet about ten years
 ago on the shutter noise of the P67 and its effects on image sharpness
 (Sonic Subject Relocation). 
 
 Just wanted to show it to a friend and it appears I've lost it. Anyone
 on here who still has the article?

Try this one, Ralf,

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.photo.equipment.medium-format/browse_thread/thread/b0a6afda1832e75/6b2bca7ca500086b?lnk=stq=%22Sonic+Subject+Relocation%22rnum=1#6b2bca7ca500086b

It was on rec.photo.equipment.medium-format in about 1997.

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Re: Help, Lost K10D CD

2007-05-03 Thread David Savage

On 5/3/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh wrote:

  I am living at the moment in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

 Am I the only one who thought of Spies Like Us when they saw
 Dushanbe? :-)

I thought of Tom Clancy's Cardinal of the Kremlin

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RE: Help, Lost K10D CD

 From: Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2007/05/03 Thu AM 11:22:07 GMT
 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net
 Subject: RE: Help, Lost K10D CD

 Hi Mike,
 I am living at the moment in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. And in 45 days, I will go
 to Cairo.

 As I am emergency / disaster doctor, I do not know where do I go for short
 mission when I am based in Cairo.

 Cheers,
 Amirkambiz

That sounds like an exciting life.  I met a doctor from MSF in St Petersburg a 
few years ago.  He was _completely_ insane.  8-)

 -Original Message-
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 Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:54 PM
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 Subject: RE: Help, Lost K10D CD

  From: Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Date: 2007/05/02 Wed PM 10:05:38 GMT
  To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net
  Subject: RE: Help, Lost K10D CD

  Dear mailing list colleagues,
  Thank you for all your support, especially to Bill.

  I am honored that I am part of this mailing list and now I am pride of my
  K10D twice as before, as not only I have a good camera, but also provide
 me
  an opportunity to be part of this community.

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Re: Help, Lost K10D CD

David Savage wrote:
 On 5/3/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh wrote:

 I am living at the moment in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
 Am I the only one who thought of Spies Like Us when they saw
 Dushanbe? :-)
 
 I thought of Tom Clancy's Cardinal of the Kremlin

That was the second one I thought of, myself.  But, come on, Dan Ackroyd
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RE: Light Tent / Box

2007-05-03 Thread Don Sanderson

I have the ist-D so it may be different for you.
1) Set lens focus to infinity.
2.) Point at an area of the fabric well lit by the lights.
3.) Hold the WB button.
4.) Take a shot.

If the LCD responds with 'OK', then I'm done.

Don

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 Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:39 AM
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 Subject: Re: Light Tent / Box


 Hi Don,

 Shiny gold and silver are even harder :) My main problems at the moment
 are eliminating the reflections of the light stands, the camera, me on
 very shiny gold bands, hence the light tent. Please explain how you set
 the WB from the fabric. WB is my bug bear at the moment. Its driving me
 nuts. As for composition, I have a pair of 150W studio lights and just
 use the modeling lights to check for shadows. However I am not carrying
 around all this equipment, I have to look at these florescent lights

 Feroze

 Don Sanderson wrote:
  Hi Feroze.
  I too use the EZ-Cube with 3 cheap compact florescents in white
 reflectors.
  These bulbs were $15.00 US for the 3 and last a very long time.
  I set manual WB once from the white material of the cube and haven't had
  to reset it in well over 2 years. I shoot strictly jpegs for
 eekBay stuff.
  Daylight balanced bulbs are a bit more money but would allow
 you to shoot
  with a preset, rather than manual, WB. Auto WB has never worked well for
  me in this application.
  The biggest advantage to this (vs flash) is being able to see, and
  eliminate,
  shadows before exposure. Since my items are all different
 colors, shapes and
  sizes, this saves me a LOT of time.
 
  The results are consistently very good, here's an example of a difficult
  'subject':
  http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/Super-A.jpg
  Shiny, all black cameras with just a bit of chrome are very
 hard to shoot.
 
  Don
 
 
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  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
  Feroze
  Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:17 PM
  To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
  Subject: Light Tent / Box
 
 
  I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a little
  portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery,
  some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are
  just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the
 risk). Would a
  normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light source
  for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really
  struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid
  florescent or other light sources.
 
  I can't test it as its still in transit, tought I get the rest of the
  stuff together
 
  Your advice and past experiences is highly appreciated.
 
  Feroze
 
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Re: A question for Pentax and Usenet oldtimers

Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:

 Thanks a lot, Doug and David. 1997... We sure are getting old. ,-)

Speak for yourself, kimosabe. :-)

As one of my less than couth friends used to say, You're only as old as
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Re: A question for Pentax and Usenet oldtimers

2007-05-03 Thread David Savage

On 5/3/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:

  Thanks a lot, Doug and David. 1997... We sure are getting old. ,-)

 Speak for yourself, kimosabe. :-)

 As one of my less than couth friends used to say, You're only as old as
 the person you're feeling. ;-

...and if you're not feeling anyone?

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Re: A question for Pentax and Usenet oldtimers

2007-05-03 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher

Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 It was on rec.photo.equipment.medium-format in about 1997.

Thanks a lot, Doug and David. 1997... We sure are getting old. ,-)

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Re: Help, Lost K10D CD

2007-05-03 Thread David Savage

On 5/3/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 David Savage wrote:
  On 5/3/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh wrote:
 
  I am living at the moment in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
  Am I the only one who thought of Spies Like Us when they saw
  Dushanbe? :-)
 
  I thought of Tom Clancy's Cardinal of the Kremlin

 That was the second one I thought of, myself.  But, come on, Dan Ackroyd
 and Chevy Chase?

It's a funny movie, no doubt, but I was only 8 when it came out. And I
was about 14-15 when I first saw it :-)

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Re: PESO - Fly By Mustard

You caught the cloud shadow in an ideal location. The cattle (?)
silhouette is, also, a nice element, but something needs to be done
about that metal post and wire.
I think you're in having chosen to do a vertical.

Jack

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 class 
 tonight.
 
 I wasn't planning to shoot yesterday,  it was raining off and on. But
 I had 
 to go out, I had the DS in the car, and I  saw this stuff on the way 
 home.
 
 http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/mustardfly.htm
 
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RE: Light Tent / Box

2007-05-03 Thread Don Sanderson

The reason I shoot jpegs for eekBay is that all I have to do is
run a small script in Photoshop which:
Resizes, sharpens, adjusts levels and 'saves for web'.
Then I can FTP the pics to my site.
I may shoot many dozens of photos in a day, this saves me a huge
amount of time over having to convert from RAW.
For Feroze RAW may be better for a few, best quality, shots.

Don

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 Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 5:26 AM
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 Subject: Re: Light Tent / Box
 
 
 Shoot RAW with auto white balance and set the color temperature  
 during conversion. That's the way I work in the studio and just  
 about  everywhere else.
 Paul
 On May 3, 2007, at 5:39 AM, Feroze wrote:
 
  Hi Don,
 
  Shiny gold and silver are even harder :) My main problems at the  
  moment
  are eliminating the reflections of the light stands, the camera, me on
  very shiny gold bands, hence the light tent. Please explain how you  
  set
  the WB from the fabric. WB is my bug bear at the moment. Its  
  driving me
  nuts. As for composition, I have a pair of 150W studio lights and just
  use the modeling lights to check for shadows. However I am not  
  carrying
  around all this equipment, I have to look at these florescent lights
 
  Feroze
 
  Don Sanderson wrote:
  Hi Feroze.
  I too use the EZ-Cube with 3 cheap compact florescents in white  
  reflectors.
  These bulbs were $15.00 US for the 3 and last a very long time.
  I set manual WB once from the white material of the cube and  
  haven't had
  to reset it in well over 2 years. I shoot strictly jpegs for  
  eekBay stuff.
  Daylight balanced bulbs are a bit more money but would allow you  
  to shoot
  with a preset, rather than manual, WB. Auto WB has never worked  
  well for
  me in this application.
  The biggest advantage to this (vs flash) is being able to see, and
  eliminate,
  shadows before exposure. Since my items are all different colors,  
  shapes and
  sizes, this saves me a LOT of time.
 
  The results are consistently very good, here's an example of a  
  difficult
  'subject':
  http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/Super-A.jpg
  Shiny, all black cameras with just a bit of chrome are very hard  
  to shoot.
 
  Don
 
 
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  Behalf Of
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  Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:17 PM
  To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
  Subject: Light Tent / Box
 
 
  I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a  
  little
  portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery,
  some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are
  just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the risk).  
  Would a
  normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light  
  source
  for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really
  struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid
  florescent or other light sources.
 
  I can't test it as its still in transit, tought I get the rest of  
  the
  stuff together
 
  Your advice and past experiences is highly appreciated.
 
  Feroze
 
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Re: A question for Pentax and Usenet oldtimers

2007-05-03 Thread Doug Brewer

Doug Franklin wrote:
 Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
 
I'm looking for a humorous article published on Usenet about ten years
ago on the shutter noise of the P67 and its effects on image sharpness
(Sonic Subject Relocation). 

Just wanted to show it to a friend and it appears I've lost it. Anyone
on here who still has the article?
 
 
 Try this one, Ralf,
 
 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.photo.equipment.medium-format/browse_thread/thread/b0a6afda1832e75/6b2bca7ca500086b?lnk=stq=%22Sonic+Subject+Relocation%22rnum=1#6b2bca7ca500086b
 
 It was on rec.photo.equipment.medium-format in about 1997.
 

This is funny. After reading that, I wondered what kind of idiocy I was 
spreading around Usenet back in the day, and I ran across a thread here:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.travel.europe/browse_thread/thread/bbd8fca4d1172660/9b00a21123513269?lnk=stq=doug+brewerrnum=98#9b00a21123513269
 


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Re: PESO - Fly By Mustard

Marnie, I like this one, I like the big shadow, the small cows, the
simplicity of the whole composition. If that place didn't have that
telephone post (and probably no truck comming) would be better, at
least to me.

Cheers

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On 5/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Up late or early, so will post now. Three more  PESOs today before class
 tonight.

 I wasn't planning to shoot yesterday,  it was raining off and on. But I had
 to go out, I had the DS in the car, and I  saw this stuff on the way  home.

 http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/mustardfly.htm

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Re: OT - more bike stuff

Thanks to all who replied about squealing brakes. I've cleaned up the
rims and shoes, towed them in and it's a lot better! I have a couple of
sets of Kool Stop MTB's (not the dual compound type) on the cantilevers
and they are incredibly good at stopping my appreciable bulk.

Spurred on by this, I suited up and went for a very quick 7K test (I
know - hardly enough break sweat, but one K of that was over what was
left of a bridleway after those filthy horses - sorry dave ;-) - had
churned it up, and then baked dry by 3 weeks of sun - yes this *is*
England - but it was plenty for me before work). I took the bar-ends off
but it's more comfortable with them on. here's a snap, looks a lot
cleaner than it actually is. On-topic as well - K15mm 3.5 at f/16 ISO 200:

http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare2.html

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Re: A question for Pentax and Usenet oldtimers

2007-05-03 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher

Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 This is funny. After reading that, I wondered what kind of idiocy I was
 spreading around Usenet back in the day, and I ran across a thread here:

Just found these two posted many moons ago by yours truly:

+++

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:00:15 -0500, Lew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Are there any 220 backs for the Kiev 88?

You're not happy with fogging 12 frames at a time?

Ralf

+++

On the Kiev 88:

 What should I offer for these cameras,
 assuming they are in good working order? 

With the 88, there's no such thing as good working order. They only ever
survive the next frame by the skin of their badly machined teeth. 



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PESO: Grackle

2007-05-03 Thread wendy beard

Quite pretty things really. Noisy though. (the bird I mean, though
there is some visible noise on the shot too)
http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/78138346

Shot in jpeg, my mistake I thought I'd changed the settings on the
camera to PEF after I downloaded the update to C1-LE.
I find that AWB on the K10D is very warm. This pic was taken late
evening around 7:40 so there would be an evening glow but I think it's
a touch too orange. I applied the PS cooling filter at about 12%. I'm
not sure if this is better or not.
http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/78138673

tech details under photo

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Re: A question for Pentax and Usenet oldtimers

2007-05-03 Thread P. J. Alling

A man's only as old as the woman he feels.
  -Groucho Marx.

Doug Franklin wrote:
 Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:

   
 Thanks a lot, Doug and David. 1997... We sure are getting old. ,-)
 

 Speak for yourself, kimosabe. :-)

 As one of my less than couth friends used to say, You're only as old as
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Re: PESO: Grackle

Wow! Like this catch and you really caught the Grackle personality.
Lens performance is impressive at 500mm.
Believe I prefer the warmer version.

Jack
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 Quite pretty things really. Noisy though. (the bird I mean, though
 there is some visible noise on the shot too)
 http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/78138346
 
 Shot in jpeg, my mistake I thought I'd changed the settings on the
 camera to PEF after I downloaded the update to C1-LE.
 I find that AWB on the K10D is very warm. This pic was taken late
 evening around 7:40 so there would be an evening glow but I think
 it's
 a touch too orange. I applied the PS cooling filter at about 12%. I'm
 not sure if this is better or not.
 http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/78138673
 
 tech details under photo
 
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Re: PESO 2007 - 21a - GDG

I like how the back light adds an errie forest feel to the shot.

Dave

On 5/2/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Continuing on with the tree theme, one from Sunday's rather short
 shooting session ...

   http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/21a.htm

 As usual, it is worth opening the larger version by clicking on the
 image ...

 Comments, critique and the odd overripe fruit always appreciated.

 enjoy,
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Re: PESO: Grackle

Nice Wendy.

I thing the cooler shot brings out the back gound, and the bird looks
less saturated to me.
Lens looks li,e it does adecent job.


Dave

On 5/3/07, wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Quite pretty things really. Noisy though. (the bird I mean, though
 there is some visible noise on the shot too)
 http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/78138346

 Shot in jpeg, my mistake I thought I'd changed the settings on the
 camera to PEF after I downloaded the update to C1-LE.
 I find that AWB on the K10D is very warm. This pic was taken late
 evening around 7:40 so there would be an evening glow but I think it's
 a touch too orange. I applied the PS cooling filter at about 12%. I'm
 not sure if this is better or not.
 http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/78138673

 tech details under photo

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Antique car show in town, this year something different

Some may remember i fianlly had a chance to do something other than
horse photography last year,wheni had a free weekend and managed to
get to the antique car show here in cow country.

I had a chat with a friend who has cars to enter, and apperently this
year the antique military stuff will actually be used.
They have been allowed by town council to stage a mock battle.

Man i hope they have it on an off weekend again.

This will really test the K10D SR mode.:-)

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PESO - The Great Eastern Hotel Fire

2007-05-03 Thread Bong Manayon

Nothing superlative, that's the name of the hotel ...

My family went out for a walk to go to a nearby grocery this evening
when my son noticed smoke coming from the hotel, I assumed it was AC
condensation but on our way back, it was really a fire!  So we went
home and I got my camera...

http://www.ontu.net/images/_IGP5771.jpg

http://www.ontu.net/images/_IGP5800.jpg

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Re: PESO: Grackle

Ditto, really great catch!!!

also like the warmer version better.


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On 5/3/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Wow! Like this catch and you really caught the Grackle personality.
 Lens performance is impressive at 500mm.
 Believe I prefer the warmer version.

 Jack
 --- wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Quite pretty things really. Noisy though. (the bird I mean, though
  there is some visible noise on the shot too)
  http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/78138346
 
  Shot in jpeg, my mistake I thought I'd changed the settings on the
  camera to PEF after I downloaded the update to C1-LE.
  I find that AWB on the K10D is very warm. This pic was taken late
  evening around 7:40 so there would be an evening glow but I think
  it's
  a touch too orange. I applied the PS cooling filter at about 12%. I'm
  not sure if this is better or not.
  http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/78138673
 
  tech details under photo
 
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PESO: blah blah blah here, blah blah blah there

I keep attempting some street (just when I was starting to feel a
little bit comfortable with landscape and architecture...)

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=482278166size=o

This one I had to crop to a panorama format to fix my lack of
composition in the field (shyness-fear-rush-instinctive
framing-panorama crop) but I rather like it anyway (note for next
time, less sky more feet).

Location: Yorkville, Toronto, ON

K10D, DA21. TAv, f/8 1/250 iso1600
Jpeg (RAW+). Some curves, web sharpening and panorama crop in CS2

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Need a good monitor! (see post end for cliffnotes)

2007-05-03 Thread AlexG

I currently have a Nec Multisync FE950 CRT based around the old
Diamondtron NF series of tube. It's a great monitor. Sharp as a tack
with beautiful color rendition, still as bright and sharp as the day I
got it 8 years ago. Realistic maximum res it can handle is 1360x1024 @
85hz. 1600x1200 is sharp enough but at 75Hz it starts to hurt after a
whole.

I scored a used Diamondtron 2070SB, manufactured late 2003 for about
$250. The seller misrepresented the monitor. While it's reasonably
sharp all the way up to 1920x1440 @ 85hz (a truly awesome resolution
to work in. I can't describe how great it is to have that much screen
space) it suffers from bad color rendition (posterizing?) especially
in skin tones, bad brightness (presumably because it's been abused)
and ghosting/banding. Basically unusable for photo editing (but great
for games)

Long story short, I love my old FE950 but I know for a fact these CRTs
don't last forever. The retards in the various companies are now
peddling LCDs, which I have always detested. I fear now that I have no
choice, as there are no high-end CRTs being made anymore. (I think
there is a Philips model still in production, but no one online has
ever posted a comment as to how good it is.)

I know about different types of LCD panels... TN, IPS, MVA, PVA, etc
but there is never any concrete data about color quality/blackness
level, etc. I have tried photo editing on my laptop LCD, and it is
horrific. Pics I delete because they look bad on the LCD look
beautiful on the CRT.

There HAS to be a decent LCD display out there for not too much money.
Or a good CRT still in production. What has the list used and what
should be avoided?

**CLIFF NOTES**

Want high-end CRT. Can't find any. Need an LCD with good color
rendition. Thoughts?

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RE: OT - more bike stuff


 
 From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2007/05/02 Wed PM 09:46:06 GMT
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 Subject: RE: OT - more bike stuff
 
 Banshees are female. They don't have knackers.
 
 Sheldon Brown knows everything bicyclical:
 http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/brake-squeal.html
 

Good cyclists have hollow balls.

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Re: OT - more bike stuff

On 5/2/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I like the way a little box that says Help drops down on the Frank
 picture if you hover the cursor over it.  (Yes I know, it's on the bike
 too, but that's not as much fun).

Speaking of frank, here's his latest track bike (since this is a bike
thread, and I don't think I've shown it to the list yet):

http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=PXPVwvf04K

Now ~that's~ a freaking bike...

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Re: Judging Photos

On 5/2/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I think this phenomenon is more with the younger set.  Where I live,
 most of the book stores have gone out of business - just Borders is
 left and an odd store here and there.  They all seem to sell more
 music, videos and gifts than they do books, though.
 
 It is even in the technology.  When we were younger, you had to listen
 to music on either tape or vinyl records.  The means of skipping
 around between songs was clumsy at best.  So we mostly listened to the
 whole thing once started.

 Which is how we learned some of the best music was not the Top 40 hits!

True, but then the 80's came along and wrecked everything, music wise.

Dave

 With the advent of CD players and now
 Ipods, it is very interesting to watch the young ones.  They switch
 between songs constantly and rarely listen to the whole song - just
 catching the 20-30 seconds that is really 'cool' to them.

 Sacrilege IMO. :-)



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Re: Need a good monitor! (see post end for cliffnotes)

2007-05-03 Thread Digital Image Studio

On 04/05/07, AlexG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I scored a used Diamondtron 2070SB, manufactured late 2003 for about
 $250. The seller misrepresented the monitor. While it's reasonably
 sharp all the way up to 1920x1440 @ 85hz (a truly awesome resolution
 to work in. I can't describe how great it is to have that much screen
 space) it suffers from bad color rendition (posterizing?) especially
 in skin tones, bad brightness (presumably because it's been abused)
 and ghosting/banding. Basically unusable for photo editing (but great
 for games)

I have the 2070SB, it's a very good monitor, it calibrates superbly
but really it's only usable to 1600x1200 due to gamma shifts (which is
true of most aperture grille type monitors of this size). Install the
Naviset software and you can then easily trim the monitor settings
from the system desktop (assuming that you have a compatible card). I
can provide my calibrated settings which won't be perfect for your
particular monitor but should get you in the ball-park.

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OT - Electricity from the sun

Spanish power station uses reflected sunlight to heat water. Interesting!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6616651.stm

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Re: PESO - The Great Eastern Hotel Fire

On 5/3/07, Bong Manayon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Nothing superlative, that's the name of the hotel ...

 My family went out for a walk to go to a nearby grocery this evening
 when my son noticed smoke coming from the hotel, I assumed it was AC
 condensation but on our way back, it was really a fire!  So we went
 home and I got my camera...

 http://www.ontu.net/images/_IGP5771.jpg

 http://www.ontu.net/images/_IGP5800.jpg


I especially like this one:

http://www.ontu.net/images/_IGP5800.jpg

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Re: A question for Pentax and Usenet oldtimers

2007-05-03 Thread Mark Roberts

Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:

I'm looking for a humorous article published on Usenet about ten years
ago on the shutter noise of the P67 and its effects on image sharpness
(Sonic Subject Relocation). 

Just wanted to show it to a friend and it appears I've lost it. Anyone
on here who still has the article?

Don't know about Usenet but Michael Reichmann did a pretty thorough 
examination on the Luminous landscape web site: 
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pentax67ii.shtml
He notes that when he switched to a Gitzo 1349 CF tripod with an Arca 
Swiss ball head the problem went away.

I found a lot of Usenet posts on the subject, but all the threads 
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Re: PESO - Fly By Mustard

In a message dated 5/3/2007 6:19:15 A.M. Pacific  Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You caught the cloud shadow in an  ideal location. The cattle (?)
silhouette is, also, a nice element, but  something needs to be done
about that metal post and wire.
I think you're  in having chosen to do a vertical.

Jack

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guess I could  clone the telephone pole out. Thanks for the input.

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Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-03 Thread Adam Maas

frank theriault wrote:

On 5/2/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

I like the way a little box that says Help drops down on the Frank
picture if you hover the cursor over it.  (Yes I know, it's on the bike
too, but that's not as much fun).



Speaking of frank, here's his latest track bike (since this is a bike
thread, and I don't think I've shown it to the list yet):

http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=PXPVwvf04K

Now ~that's~ a freaking bike...

cheers,
frank

  


Sweet bike, much simpler paintjob than the other Fondriest frames I've seen.

I was in La Carrera Cycles on trhe weekend (looking for a set of 
bullhorns) and saw your show, some nice stuff there.

-Adam
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Re: Need help deciding between k100d or k10d

2007-05-03 Thread AlexG

Well,

Got the K100d, FA50mm and DA40mm last week. So far, I've taken about
300 pictures. Here are some comments...

FA50 is great. So much better than the old M50... Truly great to have
autofocus capability in low-light situations. The old M50 was
IMPOSSIBLE to focus on the DL. Lens lookes cheaply made judging by the
pics I'd seen. While the aperture ring feels AWFUL (cheap and fragile)
in use, it's a non-issue as the lens sits on the A setting all the
time. The rest of the lens looks and feels good. MF is nice and
smooth, not at all the crappy feel of the kit lens focusing ring.
Image quality if of course excellent. Focus speed is very good.

DA40mm is very impressive to see. It really is tiny. F/2.8 is far too
slow to use indoors. Lens cap is as annoying as everyone says it is.
I've missed a few good shots because I had to sit there and unscrew
the cap. Construction is good. MF feels OK. Focal length is...
strange. A bit too wide for my tastes. I dunno. Using this lens makes
it a challenge to get nice composition. I haven't taken many shots in
my life but I have a nagging thought that I prefer telephoto. I don't
know. Maybe it's a good thing... no need spend money on the FA28mm.
But then, I've never been out and about with my DSLRs so I haven't had
the chance to do landscape or architectural shots of any kind. Image
quality has been pretty nice. So far. I don't know what I was worried
about. Verdict? We'll see. AF speed is VERY QUICK (obviously)

K100d Excellent camera.
-Redesigned casing makes for a better grip. Not as good as a larger
camera (right hand pinky still has nowhere to go) but the grip is
slightly thicker and the redesigned profile makes it easier to hold.

-Some nice usability upgrades! OK button when shooting will show ISO
in the VF, slightly more customizable options in the Custom menu... I
like it so far.

-JPEG quality compared to the DL == No contest. I don't like to
post-process. The camera's JPEGs are sharper and have very nice,
punchy colors, which is what I like. No complaints! The result is that
I can shoot JPEG in any situation now, whereas the DL would only give
good results in certain conditions in JPEG.

-Shake reduction... AWESOME. Shots as low as 1/15 of a second (with
50mm lens) and pretty much a sure bet. I've gotten sharp pics to as
low as 0.3 seconds, but at that speed it's hit or miss and depends on
your own hands' stability more than anything else

-Battery life - about 400 shots on low-quality 2300mah NIMHs. No
complaints. Batteries cost a dollar a piece.

-Focus speed: Much improved. Still not that quick in low-light
situations but much better than the DL. Where the DL would hunt
interminably at low-light, (hunt, overshoot, hunt, overshoot, hunt,
lock) the k100d will lock in more quickly (hunt, lock). Good lighting
AF is much quicker than DL. Maybe the motor has been beefed up, or is
simply being spun faster because the camera can keep up with it now.
Multi-point AF is still as useless as ever. I think i'll set it to
center-point.

-Burst mode doesn't seem to be any faster than the DL. But I don't care.

-Shutter (mirror slap) sounds nicer than the DL. A much more damped,
high-quality sound. AF sounds nicer too. Sounds like there's less
slack between gear teeth. (i don't know if the AF shaft is
gear-driven, but that's what it sounds like).

-Camera interface: Pretty much the same, but I've noticed images are
quicker to load (playback mode). There is also a very quick fade
effect when loading a new pic. Very subtle but does a lot to improve
the 'feel' of the camera. Makes it appear more responsive.

-LCD: Much improved. Better/deeper colors and much better viewing angle.

-Pop-up flash is slightly taller. Maybe this helps with redeye.

Verdict: If you have a low-end *ist-Dx series cam (basically, any
pentamirror *istDx) do not hesitate... Sell it immediately while you
can get some good money and upgrade to the k100d. I sold my DL
body-only for $300 bucks (USD). For $435, and 50$ rebate, the K100d is
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Re: RE: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-03 Thread Mark Roberts

mike wilson wrote:

 From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 Banshees are female. They don't have knackers.
 
 Sheldon Brown knows everything bicyclical:
 http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/brake-squeal.html

Good cyclists have hollow balls.

http://sheldonbrown.com/lirpa.html

And ride on a Real Man saddle:
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Re: PESO: blah blah blah here, blah blah blah there

On 5/3/07, Fernando Terrazzino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I keep attempting some street (just when I was starting to feel a
 little bit comfortable with landscape and architecture...)

 http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=482278166size=o

 This one I had to crop to a panorama format to fix my lack of
 composition in the field (shyness-fear-rush-instinctive
 framing-panorama crop) but I rather like it anyway (note for next
 time, less sky more feet).

 Location: Yorkville, Toronto, ON

 K10D, DA21. TAv, f/8 1/250 iso1600
 Jpeg (RAW+). Some curves, web sharpening and panorama crop in CS2


I like it!  Love the repeating pattern of the two pairs of conversationalists.

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Re: PESO 2007 - 21b, 21c - GDG

2007-05-03 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi

The issue in 21b is that for it to look good, the focus plane has to  
be on the rim of the cups and there's not enough DoF to obtain the  
same resolution of the wood grain as in 21c, where the silverware and  
wood grain are more nearly the same focus plane. I will likely apply  
a very gentle lens blur to the 21c image wood grain to make it more  
similar to the effect in the cups, can't go the other way.

I'd have to have a tripod and stop down a lot more than f/5 to  
achieve the required DoF to make them equally sharp, and the  
situation precluded that.

Godfrey

On May 3, 2007, at 12:11 AM, Maris V. Lidaka Sr. wrote:

 Nicely done job, though Marnie is right - 21b is not quite as sharp  
 as 21c.
 I supplose because you hadn't yet drunk the coffee in that full  
 cup ;-)

 The diptych would work will IMHO.

 Maris

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 In a message dated 5/2/2007 8:32:19 P.M. Pacific  Daylight Time,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 On a totally different theme from  other stuff I've been working on,
 these two came up today and I  thought you'd enjoy seeing them. I
 think they might work well as a  diptych.

 http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/21b.htm
 http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/21c.htm

 Comments, critique,  rude noises all  appreciated.

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Re: PESO - The Great Eastern Hotel Fire

2007-05-03 Thread Bong Manayon

Yes, it is my favorite too.  The other photo captures the fire at its
most intense (at least while I was there).

Bong

On 5/3/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On 5/3/07, Bong Manayon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Nothing superlative, that's the name of the hotel ...
 
  My family went out for a walk to go to a nearby grocery this evening
  when my son noticed smoke coming from the hotel, I assumed it was AC
  condensation but on our way back, it was really a fire!  So we went
  home and I got my camera...
 
  http://www.ontu.net/images/_IGP5771.jpg
 
  http://www.ontu.net/images/_IGP5800.jpg
 

 I especially like this one:

 http://www.ontu.net/images/_IGP5800.jpg

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Re: Need help deciding between k100d or k10d

In a message dated 5/3/2007 8:46:46 A.M. Pacific  Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Verdict: If you have a low-end  *ist-Dx series cam (basically, any
pentamirror *istDx) do not hesitate...  Sell it immediately while you
can get some good money and upgrade to the  k100d. I sold my DL
body-only for $300 bucks (USD). For $435, and 50$ rebate,  the K100d is
a NO BRAINER.


=
Thanks very much for the  report. 

Since Pentax's future is uncertain, and since I still wince at  dropping $800 
on any camera (and to date have not done that yet), I've been  considering 
selling my DS and a lens and getting the K100D. Mainly to get it to  go with 
the 
lenses I now have. :-)

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PESO - Red on Red


Well, obviously no one liked the two mustard  fields, so another quick one 
before tonight. ;-)

This goes with the  pleasant pastoral scene of Mt. Diablo I showed yesterday 
-- an accompanying  photo. Stop will also be an accompanying photo to both.

And that is  probably it for this week on my series. Although I have some 
geese shots (that  won't work) that I may show this  weekend.

http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/redonred.htm

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Re: Need help deciding between k100d or k10d

On 5/3/07, AlexG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Well,

 Got the K100d, FA50mm and DA40mm last week. So far, I've taken about
 300 pictures. Here are some comments...

 -JPEG quality compared to the DL == No contest. I don't like to
 post-process. The camera's JPEGs are sharper and have very nice,
 punchy colors, which is what I like. No complaints! The result is that
 I can shoot JPEG in any situation now, whereas the DL would only give
 good results in certain conditions in JPEG.

Alex, I have noticed the same with my K10D. Pictures are much sharper
then with my istD, at same settings.
Even the repaired FA70-200, which i think has been panned here, produces well.


 -Shake reduction... AWESOME. Shots as low as 1/15 of a second (with
 50mm lens) and pretty much a sure bet. I've gotten sharp pics to as
 low as 0.3 seconds, but at that speed it's hit or miss and depends on
 your own hands' stability more than anything else

I tested a 300 at 1/10. Thats about as far as i can go and get usable
results with long lenses and SR

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Re: PESO - Mustard Field #2

2007-05-03 Thread Brendan MacRae

This is my fav out of all of this series.

Good composition and good sky.

-Brendan
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 And another mustard field. Look hard, it's  there.
 ;-) If I knew how to do 
 panoramas, today would have been a good day for 
 one.
 

http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/field2.htm
 
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Detailed report Alex!!!

On the DA40, store that nice screw cap with your socks and replace it
with the cap from a Fuji filmbox, it pops right in and you won't lose
any more shots ;-)



On 5/3/07, AlexG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Well,

 Got the K100d, FA50mm and DA40mm last week. So far, I've taken about
 300 pictures. Here are some comments...

 FA50 is great. So much better than the old M50... Truly great to have
 autofocus capability in low-light situations. The old M50 was
 IMPOSSIBLE to focus on the DL. Lens lookes cheaply made judging by the
 pics I'd seen. While the aperture ring feels AWFUL (cheap and fragile)
 in use, it's a non-issue as the lens sits on the A setting all the
 time. The rest of the lens looks and feels good. MF is nice and
 smooth, not at all the crappy feel of the kit lens focusing ring.
 Image quality if of course excellent. Focus speed is very good.

 DA40mm is very impressive to see. It really is tiny. F/2.8 is far too
 slow to use indoors. Lens cap is as annoying as everyone says it is.
 I've missed a few good shots because I had to sit there and unscrew
 the cap. Construction is good. MF feels OK. Focal length is...
 strange. A bit too wide for my tastes. I dunno. Using this lens makes
 it a challenge to get nice composition. I haven't taken many shots in
 my life but I have a nagging thought that I prefer telephoto. I don't
 know. Maybe it's a good thing... no need spend money on the FA28mm.
 But then, I've never been out and about with my DSLRs so I haven't had
 the chance to do landscape or architectural shots of any kind. Image
 quality has been pretty nice. So far. I don't know what I was worried
 about. Verdict? We'll see. AF speed is VERY QUICK (obviously)

 K100d Excellent camera.
 -Redesigned casing makes for a better grip. Not as good as a larger
 camera (right hand pinky still has nowhere to go) but the grip is
 slightly thicker and the redesigned profile makes it easier to hold.

 -Some nice usability upgrades! OK button when shooting will show ISO
 in the VF, slightly more customizable options in the Custom menu... I
 like it so far.

 -JPEG quality compared to the DL == No contest. I don't like to
 post-process. The camera's JPEGs are sharper and have very nice,
 punchy colors, which is what I like. No complaints! The result is that
 I can shoot JPEG in any situation now, whereas the DL would only give
 good results in certain conditions in JPEG.

 -Shake reduction... AWESOME. Shots as low as 1/15 of a second (with
 50mm lens) and pretty much a sure bet. I've gotten sharp pics to as
 low as 0.3 seconds, but at that speed it's hit or miss and depends on
 your own hands' stability more than anything else

 -Battery life - about 400 shots on low-quality 2300mah NIMHs. No
 complaints. Batteries cost a dollar a piece.

 -Focus speed: Much improved. Still not that quick in low-light
 situations but much better than the DL. Where the DL would hunt
 interminably at low-light, (hunt, overshoot, hunt, overshoot, hunt,
 lock) the k100d will lock in more quickly (hunt, lock). Good lighting
 AF is much quicker than DL. Maybe the motor has been beefed up, or is
 simply being spun faster because the camera can keep up with it now.
 Multi-point AF is still as useless as ever. I think i'll set it to
 center-point.

 -Burst mode doesn't seem to be any faster than the DL. But I don't care.

 -Shutter (mirror slap) sounds nicer than the DL. A much more damped,
 high-quality sound. AF sounds nicer too. Sounds like there's less
 slack between gear teeth. (i don't know if the AF shaft is
 gear-driven, but that's what it sounds like).

 -Camera interface: Pretty much the same, but I've noticed images are
 quicker to load (playback mode). There is also a very quick fade
 effect when loading a new pic. Very subtle but does a lot to improve
 the 'feel' of the camera. Makes it appear more responsive.

 -LCD: Much improved. Better/deeper colors and much better viewing angle.

 -Pop-up flash is slightly taller. Maybe this helps with redeye.

 Verdict: If you have a low-end *ist-Dx series cam (basically, any
 pentamirror *istDx) do not hesitate... Sell it immediately while you
 can get some good money and upgrade to the k100d. I sold my DL
 body-only for $300 bucks (USD). For $435, and 50$ rebate, the K100d is
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Re: OT - Electricity from the sun

Sun tanners in California, watch out.:-)

Dave

On 5/3/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Spanish power station uses reflected sunlight to heat water. Interesting!

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6616651.stm

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Re: PESO - Red on Red

Marnie, I enjoyed the whole series (probably more like a GESO than
separated PESOs). Just for the record, Mustard Field #2 is one of my
favorites.

On 5/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Well, obviously no one liked the two mustard  fields, so another quick one
 before tonight. ;-)

 This goes with the  pleasant pastoral scene of Mt. Diablo I showed yesterday
 -- an accompanying  photo. Stop will also be an accompanying photo to both.

 And that is  probably it for this week on my series. Although I have some
 geese shots (that  won't work) that I may show this  weekend.

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Re: PESO - Fly By Mustard

On 5/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 ===
 Well, I  want the truck, getting something going by was the point. But I
 guess I could  clone the telephone pole out. Thanks for the input.

I like the pole and the wire in there.  If you're going to have a
truck (which is fine, given the theme of this series), why not have
evidence of the road it's travelling on?

Isn't it about man's intrusion on nature (not that cattle grazing on
grass is in any way natural)?

I really like this one a lot just as it is.

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Re: PESO: blah blah blah here, blah blah blah there

Thanks for the comments Frank

On 5/3/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On 5/3/07, Fernando Terrazzino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I keep attempting some street (just when I was starting to feel a
  little bit comfortable with landscape and architecture...)
 
  http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=482278166size=o
 
  This one I had to crop to a panorama format to fix my lack of
  composition in the field (shyness-fear-rush-instinctive
  framing-panorama crop) but I rather like it anyway (note for next
  time, less sky more feet).
 
  Location: Yorkville, Toronto, ON
 
  K10D, DA21. TAv, f/8 1/250 iso1600
  Jpeg (RAW+). Some curves, web sharpening and panorama crop in CS2
 

 I like it!  Love the repeating pattern of the two pairs of conversationalists.

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Re: Need help deciding between k100d or k10d

2007-05-03 Thread Perry Pellechia

A 30mm snap cap will fit the opening of the hood on the DA40.

I order mine from this ebay dealer. Was happy with their service

http://cgi.ebay.com/2x-Snap-On-Front-Lens-Cap-30mm-Caps_W0QQitemZ190108515778QQihZ009QQcategoryZ43479QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

On 5/3/07, Fernando Terrazzino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Detailed report Alex!!!

On the DA40, store that nice screw cap with your socks and replace it
with the cap from a Fuji filmbox, it pops right in and you won't lose
any more shots ;-)

On 5/3/07, AlexG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well,

Got the K100d, FA50mm and DA40mm last week. So far, I've taken about
300 pictures. Here are some comments...

FA50 is great. So much better than the old M50... Truly great to have
autofocus capability in low-light situations. The old M50 was
IMPOSSIBLE to focus on the DL. Lens lookes cheaply made judging by the
pics I'd seen. While the aperture ring feels AWFUL (cheap and fragile)
in use, it's a non-issue as the lens sits on the A setting all the
time. The rest of the lens looks and feels good. MF is nice and
smooth, not at all the crappy feel of the kit lens focusing ring.
Image quality if of course excellent. Focus speed is very good.

DA40mm is very impressive to see. It really is tiny. F/2.8 is far too
slow to use indoors. Lens cap is as annoying as everyone says it is.
I've missed a few good shots because I had to sit there and unscrew
the cap. Construction is good. MF feels OK. Focal length is...
strange. A bit too wide for my tastes. I dunno. Using this lens makes
it a challenge to get nice composition. I haven't taken many shots in
my life but I have a nagging thought that I prefer telephoto. I don't
know. Maybe it's a good thing... no need spend money on the FA28mm.
But then, I've never been out and about with my DSLRs so I haven't had
the chance to do landscape or architectural shots of any kind. Image
quality has been pretty nice. So far. I don't know what I was worried
about. Verdict? We'll see. AF speed is VERY QUICK (obviously)

K100d Excellent camera.
-Redesigned casing makes for a better grip. Not as good as a larger
camera (right hand pinky still has nowhere to go) but the grip is
slightly thicker and the redesigned profile makes it easier to hold.

-Some nice usability upgrades! OK button when shooting will show ISO
in the VF, slightly more customizable options in the Custom menu... I
like it so far.

-JPEG quality compared to the DL == No contest. I don't like to
post-process. The camera's JPEGs are sharper and have very nice,
punchy colors, which is what I like. No complaints! The result is that
I can shoot JPEG in any situation now, whereas the DL would only give
good results in certain conditions in JPEG.

-Shake reduction... AWESOME. Shots as low as 1/15 of a second (with
50mm lens) and pretty much a sure bet. I've gotten sharp pics to as
low as 0.3 seconds, but at that speed it's hit or miss and depends on
your own hands' stability more than anything else

-Battery life - about 400 shots on low-quality 2300mah NIMHs. No
complaints. Batteries cost a dollar a piece.

-Focus speed: Much improved. Still not that quick in low-light
situations but much better than the DL. Where the DL would hunt
interminably at low-light, (hunt, overshoot, hunt, overshoot, hunt,
lock) the k100d will lock in more quickly (hunt, lock). Good lighting
AF is much quicker than DL. Maybe the motor has been beefed up, or is
simply being spun faster because the camera can keep up with it now.
Multi-point AF is still as useless as ever. I think i'll set it to
center-point.

-Burst mode doesn't seem to be any faster than the DL. But I don't care.

-Shutter (mirror slap) sounds nicer than the DL. A much more damped,
high-quality sound. AF sounds nicer too. Sounds like there's less
slack between gear teeth. (i don't know if the AF shaft is
gear-driven, but that's what it sounds like).

-Camera interface: Pretty much the same, but I've noticed images are
quicker to load (playback mode). There is also a very quick fade
effect when loading a new pic. Very subtle but does a lot to improve
the 'feel' of the camera. Makes it appear more responsive.

-LCD: Much improved. Better/deeper colors and much better viewing angle.

-Pop-up flash is slightly taller. Maybe this helps with redeye.

Verdict: If you have a low-end *ist-Dx series cam (basically, any
pentamirror *istDx) do not hesitate... Sell it immediately while you
can get some good money and upgrade to the k100d. I sold my DL
body-only for $300 bucks (USD). For $435, and 50$ rebate, the K100d is
a NO BRAINER.

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Re: PESO - Mustard Field #2

In a message dated 5/3/2007 9:03:15 A.M. Pacific  Daylight Time, 
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This is my fav out of all  of this series.

Good composition and good  sky.

-Brendan

==
Thanks, Brendan.

I loved the  clouds when it was semi-raining yesterday, so I had to stop and 
shoot. Right now  we are heading into a period of relatively uninteresting 
skies. 

And  stupid me, I forgot how short a length of time I've had the photos up. 
Late to  bed and early up. Time to crash.

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Re: Need help deciding between k100d or k10d

2007-05-03 Thread William Robb


- Original Message - 
From: Fernando Terrazzino 
Subject: Re: Need help deciding between k100d or k10d


 Detailed report Alex!!!
 
 On the DA40, store that nice screw cap with your socks and replace it
 with the cap from a Fuji filmbox, it pops right in and you won't lose
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But what should one do with the film afterwards?

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Now that Frank is shooting digital, Christmas decoration, maybe?

On 5/3/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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 Subject: Re: Need help deciding between k100d or k10d


  Detailed report Alex!!!
 
  On the DA40, store that nice screw cap with your socks and replace it
  with the cap from a Fuji filmbox, it pops right in and you won't lose
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Re: PESO - Fly By Mustard

Now I realized that I saw this one out-of-context. But if theme is
man's intrusion on nature I then have the feeling that the
truck/post or whatever represents the intruder needs more
representation, or to my eye, the intrusion should take more space in
the frame. Still like it, though ;-)

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  Well, I  want the truck, getting something going by was the point. But I
  guess I could  clone the telephone pole out. Thanks for the input.

 I like the pole and the wire in there.  If you're going to have a
 truck (which is fine, given the theme of this series), why not have
 evidence of the road it's travelling on?

 Isn't it about man's intrusion on nature (not that cattle grazing on
 grass is in any way natural)?

 I really like this one a lot just as it is.

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Re: PESO - Fly By Mustard

 Well, I  want the truck, getting  something going by was the point. But I
 guess I could  clone the  telephone pole out. Thanks for the input.

I like the pole and the wire in  there.  If you're going to have a
truck (which is fine, given the  theme of this series), why not have
evidence of the road it's travelling  on?

Isn't it about man's intrusion on nature (not that cattle grazing  on
grass is in any way natural)?

I really like this one a lot just as  it is.

cheers,
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I sort of agree,  frank. But here it is without  pole.

http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/images/flyby2.jpg

I  was wondering if anyone would pick up on that cows aren't natural. :-) 
Another  evidence of man. 

This whole area, in fact, once had natural grasses that  probably stayed 
semi-green in the summer (able to thrive on a low water table).  Now we have 
California's golden hills in the summer. Based on the fact that  the stuff 
that 
covers the hills now is a variety and mutation of cattle feed  (which totally 
took over all the foothills), and it does get dry. Cattle  ranching started 
with the Spanish and their large land grants. Man impacting  nature around here 
has been going on a long time. 

Although that is not  necessarily the sole theme of my series. 

But now I have taken the pole  out, hmmm, I sort of like it in. No matter, 
undo is a great  command.

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Re: PESO - Fly By Mustard

Ya know, sometimes I think I have marbles for eyes. I quickly scanned
the white area in the upper right of the mustard and it didn't reveals
its truckness (if you will). Now I have a grasp of the scale of the
scene's elements and realize that the poll is not a fence, but probably
a phone/power line.
Incidentally, I meant to say I like that you shot this as a vertical.

Jack
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 You caught the cloud shadow in an  ideal location. The cattle (?)
 silhouette is, also, a nice element, but  something needs to be done
 about that metal post and wire.
 I think you're  in having chosen to do a vertical.
 
 Jack
 
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 But I 
 guess I could  clone the telephone pole out. Thanks for the input.
 
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Re: PESO - Mustard Field #2

Very much like your placement of the stacks and clouds. Well seen and
rendered.

Jack
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 This is my fav out of all of this series.
 
 Good composition and good sky.
 
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  And another mustard field. Look hard, it's  there.
  ;-) If I knew how to do 
  panoramas, today would have been a good day for 
  one.
  
 
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Re: PESO - Fly By Mustard

In a message dated 5/3/2007 9:42:30 A.M. Pacific  Daylight Time, 
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Ya know, sometimes I think I have  marbles for eyes. I quickly scanned
the white area in the upper right of the  mustard and it didn't reveals
its truckness (if you will). Now I have a grasp  of the scale of the
scene's elements and realize that the poll is not a  fence, but probably
a phone/power line.
Incidentally, I meant to say I  like that you shot this as a  vertical.

Jack


Thanks. I actually shot it as a  horizontal, but then cropped it vertical, 
because the original had too much  information. ;-) Of course, every time you 
crop you are pushing resolution (less  and less), but the vertical looks so 
much 
better. In other words, I wasn't that  smart to begin with.

Hehehehe.

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Re: PESO - Mustard Field #2

In a message dated 5/3/2007 9:44:27 A.M. Pacific  Daylight Time, 
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Very much like your placement of  the stacks and clouds. Well seen  and
rendered.

Jack

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Thanks, Jack. I like it. It has  less nature than some other shots. But I 
will probably bounce back and forth  with nature having prominence sometimes 
and 
man sometimes. 

Good, glad  you like it, makes my day.

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Re: RE: OT - more bike stuff

On 5/3/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 And ride on a Real Man saddle:
 http://sheldonbrown.com/real-man.html

I was looking for a carbon-fibre saddle with titanium rails - not that
I need light, but it would just look so boss on the Fondriest
trackbike.

However, it's clear that what I really need is a Real Man saddle...

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Re: Light Tent / Box

2007-05-03 Thread graywolf

About the only thing I can tell you is get a bigger cube than you think 
you will need...

Actually to answer your question the things work pretty well with flash. 
You do know you need to get it off the camera, right? Just set it up to 
point at the top panel. Some kind of boom mount would be most convenient.


Feroze wrote:
 I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a little 
 portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery, 
 some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are 
 just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the risk). Would a 
 normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light source 
 for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really 
 struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid 
 florescent or other light sources.
 
 I can't test it as its still in transit, tought I get the rest of the 
 stuff together
 
 Your advice and past experiences is highly appreciated.
 
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Re: Light Tent / Box

2007-05-03 Thread graywolf

Studio types us what is called dulling spray. Here is a link:

http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/BR1115/



Feroze wrote:
 Hi Don,
 
 Shiny gold and silver are even harder :) My main problems at the moment 
 are eliminating the reflections of the light stands, the camera, me on 
 very shiny gold bands, hence the light tent. Please explain how you set 
 the WB from the fabric. WB is my bug bear at the moment. Its driving me 
 nuts. As for composition, I have a pair of 150W studio lights and just 
 use the modeling lights to check for shadows. However I am not carrying 
 around all this equipment, I have to look at these florescent lights
 
 Feroze
 
 Don Sanderson wrote:
 Hi Feroze.
 I too use the EZ-Cube with 3 cheap compact florescents in white reflectors.
 These bulbs were $15.00 US for the 3 and last a very long time.
 I set manual WB once from the white material of the cube and haven't had
 to reset it in well over 2 years. I shoot strictly jpegs for eekBay stuff.
 Daylight balanced bulbs are a bit more money but would allow you to shoot
 with a preset, rather than manual, WB. Auto WB has never worked well for
 me in this application.
 The biggest advantage to this (vs flash) is being able to see, and
 eliminate,
 shadows before exposure. Since my items are all different colors, shapes and
 sizes, this saves me a LOT of time.

 The results are consistently very good, here's an example of a difficult
 'subject':
 http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/Super-A.jpg
 Shiny, all black cameras with just a bit of chrome are very hard to shoot.

 Don

   
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 I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a little
 portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery,
 some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are
 just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the risk). Would a
 normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light source
 for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really
 struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid
 florescent or other light sources.

 I can't test it as its still in transit, tought I get the rest of the
 stuff together

 Your advice and past experiences is highly appreciated.

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Re: OT - more bike stuff

On 3/5/07, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:

http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=PXPVwvf04K

Now ~that's~ a freaking bike...

Looks like the seat is a wise option on that one mate ;-)

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Re: PESO - Red on Red

Bulldozers and explosives will be used as necessary.

Jack
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 Well, obviously no one liked the two mustard  fields, so another
 quick one 
 before tonight. ;-)
 
 This goes with the  pleasant pastoral scene of Mt. Diablo I showed
 yesterday 
 -- an accompanying  photo. Stop will also be an accompanying photo to
 both.
 
 And that is  probably it for this week on my series. Although I have
 some 
 geese shots (that  won't work) that I may show this  weekend.
 
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