Pentax K2

2003-07-30 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
A small page on the K2. (French) And to repair a common problem: unlock the rings of ASA setting http://perso.wanadoo.fr/krg/Photo/k2.htm Michel

Vs: A Leica for Cesar

2003-07-30 Thread Raimo Korhonen
The number of bids says it all. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Päivä: 29. heinäkuuta 2003 13:36 Aihe: OT: A

eBay Dilema

2003-07-30 Thread Anton Browne
I recently sold a lens on eBay, when the buyer received it he said there was a tiny bit of fungus on the front element which could only be seen at the right angle and that if he sold the lens he wouldn't get what he paid for it (a strange thing to say in my opinion). I checked had the lens

Re: *ist-D Canadian price

2003-07-30 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Doug, on 29 Jul 03 you wrote in pentax.list: that the Pentax body cost more than the Canon body. I was merely curious about the price of the Canon AND LENS. If you want to compare prices, then compare prices on similar deals. FullACK. Additionally: At the moment we are comparing the street

Re: PDML World Party (was: Re: PDMLers to RV in Scotland)

2003-07-30 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, frank theriault wrote: Problem with Iceland is, I've heard, that air tickets there are incredibly expensive. I think Iceland is very expensive full stop :-( Absolutely astounding place tho - I only stopped over for a day and I'd love to go back. No, I didn't spot Bjork

Re: eBay Dilema

2003-07-30 Thread Keith Whaley
I'm with Frank on this one! You did offer a refund and he refused to do it, right? Either - - or. No in between. Give it back in exchange for his expenditures, or keep it as-is. keith frank theriault wrote: Hi, Anton, Did you sell the lens as is? If so, you have no legal obligations to

Re: News from DPReview

2003-07-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Cassino wrote: I skimmed through the review so I may have just missed it - but is interpolation in the camera supposed to produce a better result that interpolation outside the camera? Anyone can rez-up a file (and the results are often OK). But I

Re: New toy

2003-07-30 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 30.07.03 13:54, Alek Kozak at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder the optical performance. Haven't heard bad word about it yet. But I'll check it myself :-) Are you able to shoot hand-held? At f16 and iso100 certainly not - flash will be neccessary - I should construct similar bracket to the

Re: eBay Dilema

2003-07-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Anton Browne wrote: I recently sold a lens on eBay, when the buyer received it he said there was a tiny bit of fungus on the front element which could only be seen at the right angle and that if he sold the lens he wouldn't get what he paid for it (a strange thing to say in my opinion). I

Re: News from DPReview

2003-07-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Alek Kozak Subject: Re: News from DPReview Hi, What enlargements have you done using your 67 Pentax? I have gone as large as 40x60 inches for a store display. Didn't look the greatest close up, about as good as an 11x14 from a 35mm neg, but from where it

Re: Odd request

2003-07-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Though this was not included in your request, no matter how odd, I wish you fast and complete recovery. Boris

Re: eBay Dilema

2003-07-30 Thread Otis C. Wright, Jr.
In like situations, I have found the full refund route (cancel by mutual agreement) to be the most successful overall solution. Not always the most profitable, but it will usually move you to high ground and often put pressure on the buyer to play it straight. My recent daily work routine

Re: News from DPReview

2003-07-30 Thread Herb Chong
if Fuji offers RAW output on their camera then their own software for reading the RAW files ought to. Herb. - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 08:16 Subject: Re: News from DPReview I assume the

Re: News from DPReview

2003-07-30 Thread Alek Kozak
I see. Thank you. So probably even at 15x21cmm or 18x24cm benefits of 67 easilly outperform 35mm. Sometimes I wonder if 645 is worth buying but a lot of people rather advise to 6x6 or 67 system. Alek - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

My new toys and interesting trivia

2003-07-30 Thread Bill Owens
Some of you may remember my yard sale Mamiya Super 23 and Metz 45 CT1. The Mamiya has been converted into a 500mm mirror lens. Although it says Quantaray, it's the Samyang Keppler mentions in the latest edition of Pop Photo. I haven't had a chance to do more that play with it in the yard yet,

Re: Odd request

2003-07-30 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Yes indeed. But very recent data indicate that the threshold - that has been accepted up to now as being okay - just ain't. Divide by 4 and you'd get a closer approximation to what is considered not indicative of pathogenicity. Sorry you have this problem. Two of my old colleagues have the same

Re: OT:Which charges broker fees

2003-07-30 Thread brooksdj
If I remember correctly, UPS charges significantly more brokerage fee for ground shipping. You can find out the exact amount on their web site. My advice? Avoid UPS, simple as that. regards, Alan Chan Another Email from Adorama indicates i can

PDML - Polska

2003-07-30 Thread mike wilson
Hi, I am in Polska from 07/08/03 to 23/08/03. Mostly Krakow but also Lublin, Nowy Sacz, Warszawa and places inbetween. Other venues possible. Anyone wants to meet, contact me off list for details. Do zobaczenia, duzygrubymichal

In reference to the 2450/3200/interneg

2003-07-30 Thread brooksdj
Hi all. It cost me about $30.00 plus taxes and 1 sheet of Ilford Classic Pearl,but i decided to do an experiment between a scan from the 2450 and an interneg done of the same subject,just to see what if any is superior/cheaper etc. Subject was the 35mm slide picture i linked to

Re: Barcelona

2003-07-30 Thread Mike Ignatiev
been there this spring. couldn't agree more with you. i still cry whenever i remeber this 30-cents-a-beer city. best, mishka

Question on SMC-FA 35mm f/2 lens and hood ...

2003-07-30 Thread Joe Wilensky
I just received an SMC-FA 35mm f/2 from BH, new in the box. It's a beautiful lens, and the manual focus feel and the width of the focusing ring is a bit better than my FA 50/1.4 and 28/2.8, as others have commented. My question is about mounting the tulip hood -- unless I'm missing something

Re: News from DPReview

2003-07-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if Fuji offers RAW output on their camera then their own software for reading the RAW files ought to. Right, but many consumers won't want to mess with RAW conversion software. They just want to output JPEGs. Herb. - Original Message - From:

RE: In reference to the 2450/3200/interneg

2003-07-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave, Agreed - Printing out 8x10's from the inkjet (Epson 870) after scanning with the 2450 is decent. I've had 120 Provia printed out to 20x24 from an Epson 7600 after Aaron scanned it in on the polaroid (yes, it's 4000 dpi). The quality is about the same based on the size. This makes me

Re: ebay Dilema

2003-07-30 Thread Doug Franklin
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 07:16:01 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Offer a full refund (as you did). Tell the buyer that's how you do business and there are no other options. Send it back or keep it, no partial refunds given! (Oh, and by the way, just where was that defect so I can check for myself.)

Re: eBay Dilema

2003-07-30 Thread T Rittenhouse
You offered to take it back? Did you offer to refund the shipping too? If you did, he has no complaint, and is just trying to get some money out of you. You will probably just have to accept that he is going to give you a negative feedback, and note on it that you offered a full refund. What more

RE: flash compensation?

2003-07-30 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Frank Wajer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I've been reading about flash compensation on this list but it's not clear to me what it means. Flash compensation could be called flash adjustment. It's just setting the power at a level other than the

RE: News from DPReview

2003-07-30 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Alek Kozak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I see. Thank you. So probably even at 15x21cmm or 18x24cm benefits of 67 easilly outperform 35mm. Sometimes I wonder if 645 is worth buying but a lot of people rather advise to 6x6 or 67 system.

RE: flash compensation?

2003-07-30 Thread Joe Wilensky
Here's a question about dialing in flash compensation, especially in a situation like daylight fill flash and with a camera like the PZ-1p. The TTL flash sensor measures basically like a centerweighted or averaging meter, just measuring the reflection off the film itself, correct? Assuming an

Re: Question on SMC-FA 35mm f/2 lens and hood ...

2003-07-30 Thread Harold Owen
I just received an SMC-FA 35mm f/2 from BH, new in the box. It's a beautiful lens, and the manual focus feel and the width of the focusing ring is a bit better than my FA 50/1.4 and 28/2.8, as others have commented. My question is about mounting the tulip hood -- unless I'm missing

*ist pronounced i-s-t in french

2003-07-30 Thread Andre Langevin
In the last C d'I (some of you just stopped reading the post...) they report the *ist is being pronounced i-s-t. I guess in french. Will the anglo-saxons do the same once the camera in on the shelves and in the hands of many? I-s-t a bit longer than ist, but it sounds better to my ear.

Re: eBay Dilema

2003-07-30 Thread Mr. Kane
AB, It sounds to me like the seller is looking for a way to get 20 pounds less than he BID for it. If you can live with paying for shipping both ways, get the lens back from him and give him his refund. Relist the lens. You may even want to tell the seller you'll only refund shipping

Re: In reference to the 2450/3200/interneg

2003-07-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Printing out 8x10's from the inkjet (Epson 870) after scanning with the 2450 is decent. I've had 120 Provia printed out to 20x24 from an Epson 7600 after Aaron scanned it in on the polaroid (yes, it's 4000 dpi). The quality is about the same based on the size. This makes me consider the

Re: In reference to the 2450/3200/interneg

2003-07-30 Thread T Rittenhouse
Depends upon your quality demands. 2400dpi will give you a 8x print from 35mm at 300dpi, a 12x will only be 200dpi. Whether a print from a 200dpi image will be good enough is for you to decide. Why not do one? Just resize an image to 200dpi and print it out. That should tell you whether it will

Re: flash compensation?

2003-07-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Joe Wilensky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a question about dialing in flash compensation, especially in a situation like daylight fill flash and with a camera like the PZ-1p. The TTL flash sensor measures basically like a centerweighted or averaging meter, just measuring the reflection off

Re: flash compensation?

2003-07-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! It doesn't. TTL flash controls flash exposure by varying the *duration* of the flash, not the power. So... During TTL flash exposure with -1.5 stop compensation, the system will shut off the flash (this happens in milliseconds) when the amount of exposure has reached 1.5 stops less than

Re: flash compensation?

2003-07-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It doesn't. TTL flash controls flash exposure by varying the *duration* of the flash, not the power. So... During TTL flash exposure with -1.5 stop compensation, the system will shut off the flash (this happens in milliseconds) when the amount of

Re: My new toys and interesting trivia

2003-07-30 Thread Dr E D F Williams
I've been using two very ordinary cable releases with my P30T since it arrived and have had no problems. I guess they make electrical contact. The manual say's use a Switch OR Cable Release 50 and adds cable release 30 won't work. Don ___ Dr E D F Williams

Its working - but will there be any positive results?

2003-07-30 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Ladies and Gentlemen, In the few days the new Cement Factory from HELL site has been up there have been 1471 hits. I must have done something right. There are medical links now and people have been going there. Don ___ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams

Re: flash compensation?

2003-07-30 Thread Joe Wilensky
I'm still not sure I get it: It doesn't. TTL flash controls flash exposure by varying the *duration* of the flash, not the power. So... During TTL flash exposure with -1.5 stop compensation, the system will shut off the flash (this happens in milliseconds) when the amount of exposure has reached

Re: flash compensation?

2003-07-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Joe Wilensky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still not sure I get it: From reading what you wrote below I think you have got it quite well. I guess my question is, why doesn't the LX + AF280T problem happen, in that the flash doesn't fire at all since the ambient light exposure is so bright that

Re: *ist pronounced i-s-t in french

2003-07-30 Thread Thomas Heide Clausen
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:11:39 -0400 Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the last C d'I (some of you just stopped reading the post...) YeahC d'I is not terribly interresting. RP is, though, and is responsible for pretty much all my skills in reading french :) they report the *ist

Re: News from DPReview

2003-07-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
My largest so far is 24X30 on Portra 800. Looked very nice. I find that from 4X5 on up, the 67 negs produce noticeably better images. I have tons of 8X10's printed and there is a marked difference between that and my 35mm even when shooting with FA* glass. Bruce Wednesday, July 30, 2003,

Re: Question on SMC-FA 35mm f/2 lens and hood ...

2003-07-30 Thread Alan Chan
I think I have an explanation. Judging from the designs of other Pentax prime lenses that I have disassembled so far, it is highly likely that the bayonet mount portion of the lens is held by 3 screws from the front (underneath the metal ring). The marked indicator could actually be positioned

RE: Favour to ask

2003-07-30 Thread Cotty
Tom, I didn't realise that the great Norwegian had access to his website by cellphone, so he is posting a wedding pic even as I write. Thanks for the kind offer to my earlier request. Full explanation in Scotland Day 4, shortly. BTW, make sure you keep GFM NPW '04 weekend free? Let's make it

Re: eBay Dilema

2003-07-30 Thread Tonghang Zhou
I wouldn't be so categorical about this. It's very common in my experience, especially with eBay bulk sellers, that they don't inspect or have the knowledge to examine the items they sell properly. Compromising a settlement is perfectly acceptable to me. I once bought a winder which had its

Re: flash compensation? -- further question

2003-07-30 Thread Yong Yang
I had a question about flash compensation. I ever took some pics in a museum using PZ-1p @ HyP mode with flash. When I got the processed pictures back, I found people's faces were over-exposured. I thought this is because the background was so dark and I should use flash compensation to correct

Re: Lakes that are deep - Letter from Scotland - Day 3

2003-07-30 Thread Jostein
I think it must be down to incomplete research. The largest lake in Norway, Mjøsa, would come in 9th on that list with it's 430 meters. There are at least 10 lakes in Norway deeper than that. Also, there are some lakes in central Europe that should be on the list I think, like lake Geneva and

Congrats to Cotty!!!

2003-07-30 Thread Jostein
Gang, Cotty got himself married today. The first official image can be found at: http://www.oksne.net Click the Scotland link, and you're there. The image is taken with a Optio S. There will be more official pics later, but they have to be processed first; taken with a 645NII on portra 400VC.

Letter from Scotland - Day 5

2003-07-30 Thread Cotty
Well folks, I haven't read the backlog of PDML digests, but full marks to Wendy Beard for emailing me direct with the *triumph* clue (yes, the Triumph Stag). [addendum: apparently also to Bob W for the bad jokes - Jostein reading his real time posts as i write...] Up early due to the din of a JCB

Need advice from the wedding photogs-- PLease!

2003-07-30 Thread Sid Barras
Hi Gang, I've once again unwisely volunteered to do the pictures at the wedding of a friend. He and she have both assured me the ceremony will be low key, etc., etc, but he's also just informed me that almost 40 relatives from her home country of Belize will be here on Saturday-- so I do feel

Re: Barcelona

2003-07-30 Thread frank theriault
What? 30 cents a beer? I think our discussion is over. I change my vote to Barcelona. I'll change it when someone finds a city with cheaper beer. thanks, mishka, frank Mike Ignatiev wrote: been there this spring. couldn't agree more with you. i still cry whenever i remeber this

RE: Favour to ask

2003-07-30 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom, I didn't realise that the great Norwegian had access to his website by cellphone, so he is posting a wedding pic even as I write. Thanks for the kind offer to my earlier request. Full explanation in Scotland Day 4,

Re: Letter from Scotland - Day 5

2003-07-30 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Up early due to the din of a JCB (tractor and backhoe to the yanks) building next door at 07:35, but we made it to Inverness for our important appointment. My S.O. of nearly 17 years, Alma, and I were married at Inverness Registry

Re: Congrats to Cotty!!!

2003-07-30 Thread Eactivist
Gang, Cotty got himself married today. The first official image can be found at: http://www.oksne.net Click the Scotland link, and you're there. The image is taken with a Optio S. There will be more official pics later, but they have to be processed first; taken with a 645NII on portra 400VC.

Re: Need advice from the wedding photogs-- PLease!

2003-07-30 Thread Bill Owens
I'm by no stretch of the imagination a wedding photog, but... I shoot candids at all the weddings I attend and find a zoom to be most valuable since I don't have to spend time changing lenses. I usually have the 28-105 PZ attached to the MZ-S. Bill - Original Message - From: Sid

Re: Letter from Scotland - Day 5

2003-07-30 Thread Bill Owens
Oh gosh, now that he's married, there goes the trip to GRM 04 :-) Bill - Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: Re: Letter from Scotland - Day 5 - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL

Re: Congrats to Cotty!!!

2003-07-30 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Wednesday, July 30, 2003, 10:19:28 PM, you wrote: Gang, Cotty got himself married today. The first official image can be found at: http://www.oksne.net Click the Scotland link, and you're there. The image is taken with a Optio S. There will be more official pics later, but they have

Re: Favour to ask

2003-07-30 Thread Bill Owens
Looks like June 4-6, 2004. Bill - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: RE: Favour to ask -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom, I didn't realise that the great

Re: Barcelona

2003-07-30 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Wednesday, July 30, 2003, 10:15:56 PM, you wrote: What? 30 cents a beer? I think our discussion is over. I change my vote to Barcelona. I'll change it when someone finds a city with cheaper beer. Addis Ababa then! -- Cheers, Bobmailto:[EMAIL

Re: Letter from Scotland - Day 5

2003-07-30 Thread Bill Owens
Seriously thought Cotty, congratulations and we hope to see the whole family at GFM 04. We've room for you all, even if we have to move Jerome and Cesar to tents :-) - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:22

Re: Need advice from the wedding photogs-- PLease!

2003-07-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
Sid, Go with whatever camera you use the most and feel the most comfortable with. I use a P67II with primes for almost all my wedding work without any problem. Comfort and familiarity are the most important things to not screw up the shoot. What you don't want to do is be constantly thinking

Re: Barcelona

2003-07-30 Thread Bill Owens
I dunno about 30 cent beer. I remember drinks at the NCO club in RAF Mildenhall in 1967 being 10 cents a shot during happy hour, 20 cents a shot afterwards. Bill - Original Message - From: Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30,

RE: flash compensation? -- further question

2003-07-30 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Yong Yang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I had a question about flash compensation. I ever took some pics in a museum using PZ-1p @ HyP mode with flash. When I got the processed pictures back, I found people's faces were over-exposured. I thought this is because

RE: flash compensation?

2003-07-30 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the flash meter is set up that it is only metering while the flash is firing, which is not very long relative to the ambient exposure. So, the ambient that hits the film as the

RE: Need advice from the wedding photogs-- PLease!

2003-07-30 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Sid Barras [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Gang, I've once again unwisely volunteered to do the pictures at the wedding of a friend. You should know better by now. The PZ 1, with the AF 500ftz so that I can have the best possible range of power and TTL

Re: Congrats to Cotty!!!

2003-07-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Congratulations Cotty! (Good thing you've bought all the camera gear you're ever going to need because there'll be no more of that discretionary spending from mow on! g) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

RE: Barcelona

2003-07-30 Thread tom
The beer is free at GFM. tv -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Barcelona What? 30 cents a beer? I think our discussion is over. I change my vote to Barcelona. I'll

Re: Barcelona

2003-07-30 Thread Dan Matyola
The beer in Prague is almost as cheap, and beyond doubt the best in the world! frank theriault wrote: What? 30 cents a beer? I think our discussion is over. I change my vote to Barcelona. I'll change it when someone finds a city with cheaper beer.

Re: Congrats to Cotty!!!

2003-07-30 Thread Dan Matyola
Jolly good show, old chap! Congratulations. Jostein wrote: Gang, Cotty got himself married today.

Re: Lakes that are deep - Letter from Scotland - Day 3

2003-07-30 Thread Dan Matyola
I think that all over the world, figure like this get exaggerated by folks promoting the local wonders. Jostein wrote: I think it must be down to incomplete research. The largest lake in Norway, Mjøsa, would come in 9th on that list with it's 430 meters. There are at least 10 lakes in Norway

GFM 2004 (was: RE: Favour to ask)

2003-07-30 Thread Cotty
Tom, http://www.grandfather-mountain.com/events/nphoto.htm June 4-6, 2004 Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk

Re: Congrats to Cotty!!!

2003-07-30 Thread frank theriault
I haven't gone to the pic yet, I wanted to jump right in and congratulate you, Cotty! Terrific news. More comments may follow after I look at the piccie vbg. congrats, frank Jostein wrote: Gang, Cotty got himself married today. The first official image can be found at:

RE: Further scanner questions

2003-07-30 Thread Butch Black
Boris wrote: The owner of closing photo shop in my area proposed to me to buy his 2 month old Canon Scan FS 2710 film scanner for $450. Sounds pricey. It's an older model 2700 PPI scanner. It uses SCSI, so unless you have a SCSI card in your computer already you would have to add one. It's

Re: PDML World Party (was: Re: PDMLers to RV in Scotland)

2003-07-30 Thread Jostein
On 29 Jul 2003 at 21:10, William Robb wrote: Why don't we all descend on Kodachrome Basin? William Robb ummm. What? Speaking of Kodachromes, I suppose Switzerland is also an option! :-) Jostein -- Photos at: http://www.oksne.net AutoPug author. Submit your images at:

Re: PDML World Party (was: Re: PDMLers to RV in Scotland)

2003-07-30 Thread Jostein
On 30 Jul 2003 at 8:51, Chris Stoddart wrote: I think Iceland is very expensive full stop :-( Absolutely astounding place tho - I only stopped over for a day and I'd love to go back. No, I didn't spot Bjork :-) Chris Iceland is very expensive. Even for a Norwegian...:-) Also, it has

Re: PDML World Party (was: Re: PDMLers to RV in Scotland)

2003-07-30 Thread Jostein
On 29 Jul 2003 at 19:01, Doug Franklin wrote: I can live with fall instead of spring. In fact, I think I'd prefer it. And anything within reasonable S-bahn distance of Brussels, Eindhoven, Arnhem is fine with me, too. The reason is I would like to put the World PDML Party on one end of a

Re: Letter from Scotland - Day 5

2003-07-30 Thread Cotty
Oh gosh, now that he's married, there goes the trip to GRM 04 :-) Bill You must be joking Bill - see my other thread. I have secret slush fund set up to cover costs. Er, I *had* a secret slush fund set up Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: Letter from Scotland - Day 5

2003-07-30 Thread Cotty
Seriously thought Cotty, congratulations and we hope to see the whole family at GFM 04 Hell, no! Can't clutter up the place with family. Can't have kids hanging on demanding attention and food and Gameboys and whatnot while trying to get some serious photography done. A man's gotta do what a

Re: Barcelona

2003-07-30 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Bob, I kind of walked into that one, didn't I? vbg cheers, frank Bob Walkden wrote: Addis Ababa then! -- Cheers, Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert

RE: flash compensation?

2003-07-30 Thread tom
The other thing that seems counterintuitive about the whole exposure scenario is that 2nd curtain sync would allow more ambient to hit the sensor then in 1st curtain sync. At longer shutter speeds the difference would be an entire stop, more or less. tv

Re: flash compensation?

2003-07-30 Thread Mark Roberts
tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another problem with the whole exposure scenario (I think) is that there would be an artificial weighting of objects on the side of the frame that the curtains start from. In other words, the metering wouldn't quite be center weighted since the flash would always be

Re: Letter from Scotland - Day 5

2003-07-30 Thread Bill Owens
Could we send them to the bear habitat and let them play with the bears? :-) Bill - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Letter from Scotland - Day 5 Seriously thought Cotty,

Re: Need advice from the wedding photogs-- PLease!

2003-07-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Sid Barras Subject: Need advice from the wedding photogs-- PLease! Sid; I presume the 35-105 is not a constant aperture zoom? If it isn't, then your backgrounds will be all over the place exposure wise as you zoom the lens back and forth, if you are using

Re: PDML World Party (was: Re: PDMLers to RV in Scotland)

2003-07-30 Thread Doug Franklin
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 00:03:18 +0200, Jostein wrote: On 29 Jul 2003 at 19:01, Doug Franklin wrote: [...] I would like to put the World PDML Party on one end of a trip to the battlefields of Operation MARKET-GARDEN (the movie A Bridge Too Far). Do you have any idea on how to pull this one

Re: flash compensation?

2003-07-30 Thread Mark Cassino
At 11:13 AM 7/30/2003 +0200, you wrote: I've been reading about flash compensation on this list but it's not clear to me what it means. I also cannot find anything in the manual of my MZ-5n. Is it the same as fill-flash with the flash at lower output so it won't completely fill in the shadows?

Re: Congrats to Cotty!!!

2003-07-30 Thread Pat White
Congratulations and best wishes, Cotty! Pat White

Re: Need advice from the wedding photogs-- PLease!

2003-07-30 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
35/2, 50/1.7 and 35-105 on the PZ1. If you can MF well the 35-105 would be most useful, otherwise stick to the AF primes. A zoom is most useful at the reception, but that is also where AF is most useful. Small groups the 50, big groups the 35. Portra UC is the film. Putting the flash on a

Re: Congrats to Cotty!!!

2003-07-30 Thread T Rittenhouse
You mean the jerk has been living in sin all this time? HAR! Congrats to the bunch of you; bride, groom, and the kids. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:19 PM

Re: Need advice from the wedding photogs-- PLease!

2003-07-30 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
Variable aperture zooms - Robb said he didn't like them because the background exposure changes as you change focal length. True for aperture ring controlled lenses, but not body controlled ones. I set my 28-105/3.5-4.5 to f8, via the body control, and that's what it will always shoots at. BR

Re: Need advice from the wedding photogs-- PLease!

2003-07-30 Thread Caveman
Karl Mengele aka Bruce Rubenstein wrote: Variable aperture zooms - Robb said he didn't like them because the background exposure changes as you change focal length. True for aperture ring controlled lenses, but not body controlled ones. I set my 28-105/3.5-4.5 to f8, via the body control, and

RE: DC PDML #9

2003-07-30 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
And no it was not due to the Dogfish :') -- -Original Message- -- From: T Rittenhouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 4:35 PM -- -- You appear to have developed a list to starboard. -- -- Ciao, -- Graywolf -- http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto -- -- --

RE: OT: A Leica for Cesar

2003-07-30 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
You see, it is not just women who like the look of the new skins :-) César Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:30 AM -- -- Ugh.. the lizard skin looks horrible but I'd be more worried -- about

RE: A Leica for Cesar

2003-07-30 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Frank, Definitely an eye catcher!!! And it comes with two backs so you can minimize the skinning :-) It does bring to mind that I have considered taking one of my screwmount cameras and getting one of them re-skinned. The question is with which one? Thanks for the link - got the gears

RE: Odd request

2003-07-30 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
ROFLOL!!! César Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:43 PM -- -- -Original Message- -- From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- -- Late next month I'll be receiving radioactive seed --

RE: *ist D News

2003-07-30 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Wouldn't it mean that you would not get peoples hopes up - i.e. Pentax tells me the *ist D will have a certain feature and the final camera does not... Stating that the specifications are subject to change without notice will not make me feel any better. Everyone would put out the same

RE: PDML World Party (was: Re: PDMLers to RV in Scotland)

2003-07-30 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-- -Original Message- -- From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 6:18 PM -- -- On 25 Jul 2003 at 19:18, Doug Franklin wrote: -- -- OK, based on Jostein's response, and Mr. Cotty, and some -- of the other -- meanderings here on the PDML, I hereby propose

Re: Congrats to Cotty!!!

2003-07-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Welcome to the club, Cotty very big broad winky grin. Optio S is not bad at all. Now we demand more pictures, don't we? I've got some pictures from my M 35/2.8. Man, it's a great lens, at least my instance of that class grin. I'll post some later. Nevertheless, my congratulations to the

RE: PDML World Party (was: Re: PDMLers to RV in Scotland)

2003-07-30 Thread ernreed2
Cesar posted: As the, as some have pointed out, roving PDML ambassador I will feel obligated to attend this. Name the place and time and I will try my best to get there. I think perhaps the person best qualified to suggest time and place would be -- Cesar ..

Re: Congrats to Cotty!!!

2003-07-30 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Hi Cotty, Aino and I have been married for 30 years. Are you going to manage something like that? But perhaps you should start counting from the beginning. Good luck and a long happy life together. Give the lass a hug for me. Don ___ Dr E D F Williams

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V03 #755

2003-07-30 Thread Dr E D F Williams
You have far too much free time Mr Whaley. D ___ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 - Original Message - From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30,

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