645 verticality (was: Step Away From The Film!)

2003-12-09 Thread Andre Langevin
645 is a fine format, and the Pentax is one of the betterones. For myself, I didn't like 645 because of the way the negative sits in the film carrier. If you do portraits, it's great, but for landscapes it's a bit sucky. William Robb Wow! I thought the film was moving the other way to get

Re[2]: Mad Lenses on *ist D

2003-12-09 Thread Bruce Dayton
Dave, So where is middle earth? Bruce Monday, December 8, 2003, 10:48:31 PM, you wrote: DM Cotty wrote: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? DM Ummm, I haven't. ;) DM If I had one, I'd be very keen to use the 15mm. Then the

Re: Best *ist D pricing

2003-12-09 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Ok, Rob, here goes, this is what I've found so far: www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au :$2497 body only $2849 with 18-35mm www.dirtcheapcameras.com.au : $2516.80 body only $2860 with 18-35mm Photocontinental:

*istd autofocus woes

2003-12-09 Thread max mcrae
I was using my Pentax 100 f 2.8 macro lens with the *istd on the weekend, and was horrified to find that many shots of what I had taken on auto focus turned out to be so soft as to be useless. To make matters worse the shots were ones of my first ever encounter with a male Californian quail. I

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread mike wilson
Hi, William Robb wrote: Out here in Saskatchewan, we have an Elbow, an Eyebrow, and a Moose Jaw. If you want to go peace keeping without the bullets, you can visit Khandahar. We have a Biggar (though biggar than what, no one knows). Biggar then the one in Scotland that it is named after...

Re: SAFOX VIII problems? Can *istD test it? (link)

2003-12-09 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Are the focussing problems occuring using all AF sensor points, or does it also happens if only one is used, for instance the central one? -- Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Lewis Matthew
- Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 11:16 PM Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated) Isn't there a town on the Missouri River (it may also be in Illinois, I can't remember), called

Re: SAFOX VIII problems? Can *istD test it? (link)

2003-12-09 Thread Th. Stach
Frits Wüthrich schrieb: Are the focussing problems occuring using all AF sensor points, or does it also happens if only one is used, for instance the central one? -- Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the end, I concentrated my tests on the central sensor, but the outer ones have shown the

Re: Autofocus in perspective

2003-12-09 Thread brooksdj
Maybe everyone should repeat 10 times that the focus confirmation beep is not the final stage - your eyes give YOU the last word. Don't complain after the event that all your shots were no good because you used AF - look through the finder while you

Re: Theater collapse

2003-12-09 Thread brooksdj
You guys in Toronto taking pics of the theater for PUG? CRB This is why i wish my SO would take SOME interest in photography.She was on a bus charter and was parked about a block away.NO CAMERA.They were right beside the

Re: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One word of warning. If you come here you mustn't throw boomerangs in Kew Gardens. I did that earlier this year and nearly took some poor woman's head off. She was hiding behind a eucalyptus (honest) and the boomerang just seemed to seek her out. I never did

Re: Best *ist D pricing

2003-12-09 Thread Stan Halpin
My local store has an *ist-D on the shelf, it is priced at US$1550 without lens or grip. I can provide an email address for you or I can serve as middleman if anyone wuld like. This is not the cheapest you'll find, but it is real, not potential. Stan Halpin Traditionally, most of Australia's

Re: Re[4]: down in the darkroom

2003-12-09 Thread brooksdj
The first day that I had my *istD, I shot kids at a church dance. I set up the studio lights and themed backdrop. The kids basically expected to be able to look at the LCD. In fact, I brought a laptop and loaded the pictures on it. The kids came

Re: Step Away From The Film!

2003-12-09 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 645 is a fine format, and the Pentax is one of the betterones. For myself, I didn't like 645 because of the way the negative sits in the film carrier. If you do portraits, it's great, but for landscapes it's a bit sucky. ??? Could you elaborate? -- Mark

Re: WEBSITE freak out - HELP!!!!!

2003-12-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 00:14:19 -0500, Juey Chong Ong wrote: e.g. a font size of 10px is going to look smaller on a 96ppi display than a 72ppi display. This is one of my pet peeves and the easiest way except for using Flash to get me to go away. On my 19

Re: Moonshot with *ist D

2003-12-09 Thread Steve Desjardins
I kind of figured this, but the manual doesn't say anything about MLU, just 2 or 12 seconds. If I listen I think I can hear a MLU sound. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: Mad Lenses on *ist D

2003-12-09 Thread Mark Roberts
David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty wrote: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Ummm, I haven't. ;) If I had one, I'd be very keen to use the 15mm. Ah yes, I tried the *ist_D with my K15/3.5 at GFM in August. Nice combo!

Re: 645 verticality (was: Step Away From The Film!)

2003-12-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 645 is a fine format, and the Pentax is one of the betterones. For myself, I didn't like 645 because of the way the negative sits in the film carrier. If you do portraits, it's great, but for landscapes it's a bit sucky. William Robb Wow! I thought the

Re: Best *ist D pricing

2003-12-09 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Here's a good one, and only 1 day to go!! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2969813478category=30020 fairy. - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 11:26 PM Subject: Re: Best *ist D pricing My

Re: WEBSITE freak out - HELP!!!!!

2003-12-09 Thread Doug Franklin
On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 08:42:49 -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: I fully concur. Or even the relative size names like normal, smaller, small, larger, large, x-large, etc. The best way is to not set font size in either points *or* pixels: Use relative font sizes, either with size=xx% in style sheets

Re: Re[2]: Mad Lenses on *ist D

2003-12-09 Thread Bob Blakely
Half way between Upper Earth and Lower Earth which, apparently, is New Zealand. Regards, Bob... -- Veritas vos Liberabit From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] So where is middle earth?

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Stephen Moore
There's Newark (New Ark) Delaware and Pierre (Peer) S. Dakota Christian Skofteland wrote: much like Berlin, Maryland (pronounced BUR-lin)

Re: WEBSITE freak out - HELP!!!!!

2003-12-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: WEBSITE freak out - HELP! The best way is to not set font size in either points *or* pixels: Use relative font sizes, either with size=xx% in style sheets or with +/- settings in the FONT tag (font size=-1 or font size=+2,

Re: Step Away From The Film!

2003-12-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Step Away From The Film! 645 is a fine format, and the Pentax is one of the betterones. For myself, I didn't like 645 because of the way the negative sits in the film carrier. If you do portraits, it's great, but for landscapes

Re: 645 verticality (was: Step Away From The Film!)

2003-12-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Andre Langevin Subject: 645 verticality (was: Step Away From The Film!) 645 is a fine format, and the Pentax is one of the betterones. For myself, I didn't like 645 because of the way the negative sits in the film carrier. If you do portraits, it's great,

Re: ME Super SE

2003-12-09 Thread Joe Wilensky
The ME Super actually has a 1/125 manual speed, which is also its flash synch speed. It was an upgrade of the ME, which had a 1/100 manual speed and flash synch. From what I've read, the Super Program, although it is marked as having a 1/125 flash synch speed (though it doesn't work at all

Re: GFM Attendees (update II)

2003-12-09 Thread Jostein
Quoting tom [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jostein (NOR?) NOR is for Norway, yes... :-) Jostein This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

Not a lot of people know that

2003-12-09 Thread Rob Brigham
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7428 Well not me anyway!

Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?

2003-12-09 Thread graywolf
Very correct, Bill. This 35mm equivalent thing came about because there are (getting to be more, were)no standards for sensor size in digital cameras. And there needed to be some way to compare FOV (field of view) between various cameras. The problem is that folks try to use it to compare more

yesterday's Kodak press release

2003-12-09 Thread hchong
market analysts greet Kodak's latest reorg as another move to reduce the dependence of company revenue on film as consumers continue shift to digital and to ramp up support of digital technologies. Kodak's shares move higher after dropping over 30% in the past year. net sales of Kodak worldwide

Re: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Thanks for this information Bob! I have decided that this time, I'm not going to be able to stretch it to get to England. I have a wedding booked for June 12, so need to be back in plenty of time, and the thought of going there and missing the Summer Solstice by a matter of weeks is just too

Re: Step Away From The Film!

2003-12-09 Thread graywolf
That is just about what I have concluded. There are times when a 2mp digital would be very useful to me, but a 6mp DSLR is really just a replacement for my film cameras which do what I need them to do quite well, and sometimes better than digital would (slides and BW). It seems to me that is

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread graywolf
Not to be confused with Pur-rue (Peru), Ohio. -- Stan Halpin wrote: And then there is Pay'-rue (Peru) (Indiana) ... -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com You might as well accept people as they are, you are not going to be able to change them anyway.

RE: Autofocus in perspective

2003-12-09 Thread Alan Chan
For non-static subjects, I think AF is great. However, when very precise focus was required, I have found manual focus with split image is just a bit more accurate than AF in general. This is especially true with wide angle lenses. I guess it has largely to do with the fact that AF is based on

Re: ME Super SE

2003-12-09 Thread Fred
Only difference is the split focusing screen, and I was told that the early non-SE ME Supers didn't have quite as fast a shutter, but I'm not 100% sure about it. The only difference I am aware of is the diagonal (vs horizontal) split-image screen. Perhaps the didn't have quite as fast a

Re: ME Super SE

2003-12-09 Thread keller.schaefer
Zitat von Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ... One more nice thing about the ME Super is that it has the nicest sound of them all. It says 'chap' instead of the 'kachunk' of the LX... Yes, the ME Super I had was the best sounding of any Pentax I've used. I remember the sound as a wonderfully

Bizarre eBay offering

2003-12-09 Thread mike.wilson
Did any of us get this? A Katana would have been more appropriate http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2969470695category=4702 The mark of the zoom I like that 8-) mike

Re: WEBSITE freak out - HELP!!!!!

2003-12-09 Thread Juey Chong Ong
On Tuesday, Dec 9, 2003, at 00:28 America/New_York, Doug Franklin wrote: The browser will usually collapse multiple white space characters in a sequence down to a single one when it renders the page. That's true. I forgot about that. I was so busy looking at the source code (where I noticed the

Anyone want to try a PZ-1p / MZ-S trade?

2003-12-09 Thread Joe Wilensky
If these are indeed the waning days of film as the dominant medium in photography, I've been trying to decide how I want my film camera lineup to look. I have screwmount and MX/Super Program cameras for wonderful old-fashioned manual focus with older lenses, and I have an MZ-5n and a PZ-1p

Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?

2003-12-09 Thread keller.schaefer
But you are talking the subtle differences in resolution, bokeh and so on that differentiate one lens from another that otherwise project the same image onto a field, aren't you? Those differences aside (and aperture adjusted to the same DOF) a 75mm lens DOES project the same image on a 35mm film

re: GFM Update 3

2003-12-09 Thread Tom Reese
We're coming from New Jersey (near Atlantic City). I wish I could make the DC rendezvous. We'll be spending Thursday evening in Rockville MD but won't be getting there until around 10:00 or so. Tom Reese

M$ found a new cash cow

2003-12-09 Thread Frits Wüthrich
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0312/03120403microsoftisfat.asp Now M$ only has to get into the camera software. -- Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Selling of DA16-45 starts in January, 550 Euro

2003-12-09 Thread Dag T
And here: http://www.pentax.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=169 I´m a bit skeptical to the low weight, but the price is OK and I will prefer this to the 18-35. DagT På 9. des. 2003 kl. 19.04 skrev Rüdiger Neumann: Hallo here are the links about the DA16-45. It has a focus switch from AF to

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Robert Chiasson
- Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:12 PM Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated) Don't forget JU-ANITA, Kansas, kids and in Newfoundland there is a town called Heart's

Re: M$ found a new cash cow

2003-12-09 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Date: 09 Dec 2003 17:01:37 +0100 From: Frits =?ISO-8859-1?Q?W=FCthrich?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpreview.com/news/0312/03120403microsoftisfat.asp Now M$ only has to get into the camera software. There's an easy solution. We'll shortly see

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Dag T
På 9. des. 2003 kl. 19.22 skrev Robert Chiasson: - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't forget JU-ANITA, Kansas, kids and in Newfoundland there is a town called Heart's Content not too far from - (really) Dildo. But nothing odd about the pronounciation.

Re: M$ found a new cash cow

2003-12-09 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
FAT is a variation on the old CP/M file system, which was, iirc, like it's design, taken from Posix. (A subset of an older Unix.) It is unique and enforcing a patent is not a bad thing. Just a few years ago IBM did the same thing regarding the ISA bus and got Compaq, et. al., to shell out. As

Re: Best *ist D pricing

2003-12-09 Thread Frits Wüthrich
The EUR 2399 is with two local photoshops, both part of Combifoto. I do realize they are not the cheapest (I already had the remark from one of the salesguys that we could discuss the price when I mentioned the US and German pricing, but he was not able to meet the price) I don't need the lens,

Re: M$ found a new cash cow

2003-12-09 Thread John Francis
Don't be surprised to see someone come up with a new media format. For those companies that sell millions of units it will be worth it. No it won't. It will cost any company far more that $250,000 to implement a new media format.

Re: M$ found a new cash cow

2003-12-09 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's an easy solution. We'll shortly see cards coming unformatted. You'll format them via your PC. That FAT control is already paid for. No sense in paying twice. What about the devices that need to read it? Will

Re: Selling of DA16-45 starts in January, 550 Euro

2003-12-09 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Rüdiger Neumann wrote: Hallo here are the links about the DA16-45. It has a focus switch from AF to manual like the FA* lenses. http://www.digitalfotonetz.de/istD/istD_Newsmeldung/istd_newsmeldung.html (it is in german, use altavista)

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
hahahahahaha, those are too funny Ann! tan. - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:12 AM Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated) Don't forget JU-ANITA, Kansas, kids and in

Re: FILM DEAD ?

2003-12-09 Thread Tonghang Zhou
Dropped by a local photo store last weekend and saw people flocking at the new Leicas, 23 hundred a piece on sale at 10% off. Judging by the enthusiam at such shameful prices, it's hard to believe film is dead. Tonghang.

Re: Success of our PDML member

2003-12-09 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Matjaz Osojnik wrote: It is. BTW, there can be seen a second reflection of the cat from the double glass of the oven door. As are my knees visible there up on the sofa where I was taking the photograph from. Matjaž It is a terrifc shot , Matjaz - very sweet - but i don't see your knees.

Re: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
omigosh Cotty, is that supposed to be funny?!?!?! -10?!?!? In the very coldest time in our winter, it gets down to a very minimum of 2 degrees C at night time, but will always still get to around the 20-25 degrees C mark during the day. Rain I can handle, snow would be a novelty for a week or so,

Re: Vacation snaps with an Optio?

2003-12-09 Thread Mr. William M Kane
I believe it. The problem, though, with believing that every iPod comes with an 18 month battery is that it's simply not true. It happened in one case with one particular example of the model. Just like lens test reports, your results may vary. That being said, I'm not an apply employee,

Re: 645 verticality

2003-12-09 Thread Eduardo Aigner
Sorry, I wasn't as clear as i should have been. The film carrier in my postis the one in the darkroom. The film moves vertically in the camera, hencethe camera, as held normally, gives a horizontal perspective.Unfortunately, at least as far an I am concerned, when the film is in anenlarger,

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...or Hell, Norway Where, on the platform at the railway station, there is even a sign for gods-ekspedisjon . No cement company, though... Cheers, Jostein

Re: OT: PDML - Meeting in Germany?

2003-12-09 Thread Katrin
Hallo! I think the best way to collect all names and possible places and date is a forum... at least I tend to loose important emails and I think it's a better overview... so please look at that... http://46852.rapidforum.com/area=1topic=reverse=1 Of course I will post any date or place for a

Yay! For Mawell Australia...

2003-12-09 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
You guys might remember me posting how I dropped my gear on the road a few weeks back? Well, it was on the 22 November - so that makes it just over 3 weeks ago. Well, on the Monday immediately following the event, I sent my Tamron 28-200mm lens off to Maxwell Corp. Australia, in Lidcombe, NSW to

ME Super mirror jam fix?

2003-12-09 Thread Peter Nielsen
I recently acquired a Pentax ME Super with its mirror jammed in the up position. It can be pulled down manually, or via the small lever inside the lens mount, but just springs back up. This is my favourite model camera, and this specimen is in otherwise mint condition so I would dearly like to

RE: 645 verticality

2003-12-09 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Eduardo Aigner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.eduardoaigner.com.br Wow, great stuff. tv

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Lewis Matthew
Don't forget JU-ANITA, Kansas, kids and in Newfoundland there is a town called Heart's Content not too far from - (really) Dildo. But nothing odd about the pronounciation. annsan, who knows about KAYRO, too ...and near my old Indiana hometown there are two wide places in the road called

Re: OT: PDML - Meeting in Germany?

2003-12-09 Thread Thomas Stach
Hi Katrin, what do you think of this forum: http://digitalfotonetz.de/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=2 Lots of Pentax-users are already registered there, and they have a very Starkistdee thread! Greetinx, Thomas Hallo! I think the best way to collect all names and possible places and date is

Re: ME Super mirror jam fix?

2003-12-09 Thread Mat Maessen
Got my ME Super for free because it was in this condition. Sent it in for a CLA, and it came back working fine. According to the invoice for the repair, they replaced a bushing in the camera. Been working like a champ ever since. Probably just something stuck inside. -Mat Peter Nielsen wrote: I

Re: M$ found a new cash cow

2003-12-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0312/03120403microsoftisfat.asp Now M$ only has to get into the camera software. -- Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAT chance, huh? Jostein FAT32 chance ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

Re: Bizarre eBay offering

2003-12-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: An allusion to razor-sharp photos? No, the pun's too obvious. Cotty will come up with something better. Or maybe...Pentax's instrument of suicide? Aristocrats had swords. Perhaps this suggests photography for a privileged few. Pentax's final line of

Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?

2003-12-09 Thread graywolf
No, I am talking simple optics, and ignoring the difference in media. FOV is the only thing comparable. Magnification, DOF, resolution, etc. are all different, as I said there is really no comparison except for FOV. That is a convenience for comparing two different formats but not for anything

Re: M$ found a new cash cow

2003-12-09 Thread graywolf
Time to start using one of the unix-type filesystems. They are a lot more reliable anyway. Say, does that mean that if you format your card with the ext2 filesystem MS will have to refund your 25 cents? If everyone does that I can see bringing MS to its knees. Let's see, 22 billion, times

Re[2]: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Bruce Dayton
Down in southern Missouri nearer to Branson there is a teeny town called Tightwad - most interesting is there is a bank there - you guessed it, the Tightwad Bank. Bruce Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 1:29:39 PM, you wrote: Don't forget JU-ANITA, Kansas, kids and in Newfoundland there is a

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Don't forget JU-ANITA, Kansas, kids and in Newfoundland there is a town called Heart's Content not too far from - (really) Dildo. But nothing odd about the pronounciation. annsan, who knows about KAYRO, too Years ago in France, we stopped off in

Re: Peter Burian reviews the starkist...

2003-12-09 Thread Pat White
A few reviewers have mentioned that some evaluative metering systems, when metering a high-contrast scene, will tend to expose for the shadows, which may give an overall overexposure. I've noticed this with the MZ-S, and adjust accordingly when necessary. However, in the vast majority of

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
From the December issue of Rangefinder magazine - an article on Gary Gladstone's new book Passing Gas and Other Towns Along the American Highway. Towns mentioned -- Gas, Kansas - a sign at the entrance to the town says If you blink, you're gonna pass Gas. Zero, Montana Fleatown, Ohio

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Anders Hultman
Paul Sorenson: Some others Goofy Ridge Ding Dong Difficult Boring Toad Suck Surprise Pig There's a famous place in Sweden called Kräkångersnoret which probably meant something very poetic in the language of old times but now leads ones thoughts to the

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Bill Owens
Here in Gaston County, NC, we have Boogertown. Bill - Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated) From the December issue of Rangefinder

RE: An opportunistic mistake

2003-12-09 Thread frank theriault
Congrats, David, Now you're a professional photographer. Don't forget to claim it on your income tax vbg ciao, knarf The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL

Re: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: omigosh Cotty, is that supposed to be funny?!?!?! -10?!?!? In the very coldest time in our winter, it gets down to a very minimum of 2 degrees C at night time, but will always still get to around the 20-25 degrees C mark during the day. I understand. I

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
ROFLOL!! Just what WERE these people thinking?!!! tan. - Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 8:26 AM Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated) From the December issue of

RE: Luddite posting.

2003-12-09 Thread Malcolm Smith
Rob Studdert wrote: I see there has been an avalanche of responses thus far.. Maybe you can enlighten us to the reasons for your feelings? OK, reply as follows. There are many contradictions, but please allow this one off, as thinking out loud. I suppose the biggest thing you should

Re: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread frank theriault
You should move to Canada for a couple of years, just to experience some ~real~ cold. Last winter (a cold one by Toronto standards) we had several weeks where the morning temp was around -25, with a wind chill of around -40C. The daily highs were around -15C. One winter in Montreal (the

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Treena
Here's one for ya - Toad Suck, Ark. (pronounced as written). Home of the Toad Suck Daze festival. I have no idea if that has anything to do with licking toads. There's also Possum Grape. - Original Message - From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December

RE: Not a lot of people know that

2003-12-09 Thread frank theriault
Who knows, it could be a Jeopardy question some day... thanks, Rob, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Not a

Re: indoor zoom

2003-12-09 Thread arnie
anyone got the tokina 28-70 2.8 they want to part with? also hows the 28-80 2.8? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 11:12 PM Subject: Re: indoor zoom Cotty wrote If you need speed, you will need to spend the $$ on a

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread frank theriault
Here in Toronto, there's a law firm called Smart and Biggar. I always thought that was funny. Ironically, they aren't very big. I don't know how smart they are... regards, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert

This sounds like fun!

2003-12-09 Thread Bill Owens
Looks like I may fly up to Toronto on Monday April 1, have a beer or six with Frank. We'll return together on Tuesday, drink beer, eat barbecue, get PDML Central ready to go, and leave here noonish on Wednesday for GFM. Bill

Re: Autofocus in perspective

2003-12-09 Thread John Coyle
My experience is the same as yours Rob, maybe 1% AF failures, and that's with 5 years experience with AF cameras and two different models - three if I count my wife's Espio. It gets it dead right most of the time, and the few failures are generally in situations where I should have known better -

FS: Film

2003-12-09 Thread Bruce Dayton
If someone were to buy all the remaining film at these cheap prices it would cost $235.00. If someone wants all of it, I'll let it go for $175 plus shipping. Last call before the Ebayers take a shot at it. If you are shooting medium format, this is one cheap way to go! Here is a comprehensive

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 11:36:51 PM, you wrote: Oooo, Oooo, Oo: So now we're on to revolting place names, are we? On a different type of revolting, there's a place in Northern Ontario called Swastika. It's had it's name for something like a hundred years, and they've refused

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Bill Owens
There's also a Pumpkin Center, NC, Duck, NC, Amsterdam, VA, Snowflake, WV. Bill - Original Message - From: Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Treena [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 7:01 PM Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated) Hi, Tuesday,

Free or trade

2003-12-09 Thread cbwaters
I have this bar I found at work a while ago that has a tripod attachment screw on one end and a flash shoe with no contacts on it on the other end. Probably came from a Sony Betacam set-up. I have no use for it as yet and wonder if anybody else does. Free to the first geek who wants it. Unless

Re: Free or trade

2003-12-09 Thread Bill Owens
Sounds like just what I'm looking for. A way to use the AF360 off camera wireless. I'll take it. Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 7:22 PM Subject: Free or trade I have this bar I found at work a while ago that

FS: ball head

2003-12-09 Thread Amita Guha
I'm selling the Bogen/Manfrotto 486 ball head that I got in July. Turns out it's too big for my monopod, so I'm selling it. Adorama, where I bought it, sells it for $50.80. I've only used it a handful of times and it's in great condition, so I'll sell it for $40 plus shipping. I'd also do a trade.

Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?

2003-12-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: keller.schaefer Subject: Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor? But you are talking the subtle differences in resolution, bokeh and so on that differentiate one lens from another that otherwise project the same image onto a field, aren't you?

Re: M$ found a new cash cow

2003-12-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Frits Wüthrich Subject: M$ found a new cash cow http://www.dpreview.com/news/0312/03120403microsoftisfat.asp Now M$ only has to get into the camera software. Well, they do own the patents on the FAT system. If they want to keep it theirs, they have to

Re: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread graywolf
I remember temps like that when I was stationed in Kansas (Forbes AFB), only they were F rather than C. But then it was much colder in the old days, why I remember walking to school in snow up to my knees, now it hardly gets over my ankles. (grin) frank theriault wrote: You should move to

Re: This sounds like fun!

2003-12-09 Thread graywolf
All fools day? How appropriate. -- Bill Owens wrote: Looks like I may fly up to Toronto on Monday April 1, have a beer or six with Frank. We'll return together on Tuesday, drink beer, eat barbecue, get PDML Central ready to go, and leave here noonish on Wednesday for GFM. Bill -- graywolf

Re: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Bill Owens
-40C and -40F are the same. Bill - Original Message - From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 8:02 PM Subject: Re: GFM Attendees (updated) I remember temps like that when I was stationed in Kansas (Forbes AFB), only they were F rather

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

2003-12-09 Thread Kenneth Waller
Top these: Climax, Intercourse Blue Balls - all in Pennsylvania. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated) - Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: OT:Weird place

Re: Autofocus in perspective

2003-12-09 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Dec 2003 at 10:09, John Coyle wrote: My experience is the same as yours Rob, maybe 1% AF failures, and that's with 5 years experience with AF cameras and two different models - three if I count my wife's Espio. It gets it dead right most of the time... I'm sure that the lens speed and

Re: FILM DEAD ?

2003-12-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tonghang Zhou Subject: Re: FILM DEAD ? Dropped by a local photo store last weekend and saw people flocking at the new Leicas, 23 hundred a piece on sale at 10% off. Judging by the enthusiam at such shameful prices, it's hard to believe film is dead.

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