Re: Color Film processing at home

2003-12-26 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Yep. I should have written 'my first Ektachrome' -- and yes I took the reel outside into the bright sun for the reversal exposure. I've just looked at that file and the image is actually not too bad. The slide has faded a bit, of course, and is not as bright as it was. I remember it being much

RE: Epson 3200 (was: New Scanner)

2003-12-26 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Update: I tried scanning a 8x10 negative again but this time lying the negative down with a small gap towards the rear of the flatbed like someone suggested earlier. Works fine! I can now do panoramic 4x9 scans from 8x10 negs and trannies no problem. I have no idea why Epson designed the

Re: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Anthony Farr
- Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] (snip) - Original Message - To be fair to Arnie, he did say it was the full size image, just as it came off the camera. You had no excuse to not know what you were getting into when you clicked the link. William

Re: Santa dropped by ...

2003-12-26 Thread David Mann
Shel Belinkoff wrote: I hope you all got something that puts a little joy in your heart ... My partner got me two tickets to see Billy Connolly in February. And three bottles of various spirits. That might do the trick :) I got her a couple of Muppet 25th anniversary figurines from

Re: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Anthony Farr
Arnie, Now that I've mown the lawn (you can ~hear~ a Sydney lawn grow in summer, 2cm a day sometimes), pushed my son on his swing for awhile, eaten a juicy mango over the kitchen sink, and made an espresso coffee to sip at the computer, I've had a better chance to look at your shot. Apart from

Re: Santa dropped by ...

2003-12-26 Thread Anthony Farr
And for me Santa left an analog video capture card with VCD/DVD editing software. Now I can get some of those old family videos onto disc, or make them into email attachments :) regards, Anthony Farr - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] and left a brick of

Re: Santa dropped by ...with the 31mm Limited lens ..lovely!!

2003-12-26 Thread Anthony Farr
And there's still no MZ-Sn or MZ-Sp. Let alone an MZ-X. Maybe we'll see the *ist-X (vbg) regards, Anthony Farr - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: William R. (snip) as Pentax often likes to upgrade camera bodies usually in

Vs: A quick *ist D comment.

2003-12-26 Thread Raimo Korhonen
Yep, it works: I have been doing this for some time now and it is a good interim solution. And the lab I use scans slides as well if you order the processing done (in a different lab) so that the film is left uncut. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at

Vs: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Raimo Korhonen
You need a very ancient lens to have any uncoated elements. Ditto for filters. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: Anthony Farr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Hippos way OT

2003-12-26 Thread Dr E D F Williams
That dam, by the way, has been home to a mother hippo and a succession of calves. Its a mile long and about a quarter mile wide when full. I stocked it with Large Mouth Bass, the moment it was full, and the fishing was very good until the first drought struck. She (the hippo) went away, but came

Re: Memory Cards

2003-12-26 Thread Cotty
On 25/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Well the day has finally arrived I opened my piggy bank and with the Christmas money I have enough to buy the ist D. But one problem should I buy 2 x 1 gig memory card or just a single 2 gig memory card. Any advice would be appreciated. Have a good New

Re: Pentax and 10 MP DSLRs...

2003-12-26 Thread Cotty
On 25/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Thanks for sharing Cotty! Nice cat. Oh, nice family too... I look at the cat first as well, Stan ;-) Happy holidays to you too sir! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps

OT: Problem installing Ink tanks for Canon S9000 printer

2003-12-26 Thread Cotty
On 25/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I bought Canon S9000 and it came with canon ink tanks. Ink tanks have orange color handle at the bottom. Thickness of these orange handles are sligtly bigger than Ink tank. My problem is following. I when I place the ink tanks on Printer HEAD, two

Re: A quick *ist D comment.

2003-12-26 Thread John Coyle
No, Shel, I don't mix them up normally. I would use PS5LE for colour and other image manipulation, but usually resize using IrfanView or VuePrint. I find,particularly for the PUG, that it is hard in PS5LE to get a suitable file size while retaining quality. Incidentally, I downloaded the trial

Re: A quick *ist D comment.

2003-12-26 Thread Cotty
On 25/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: My wife saw some guy at Walmart pick 168 pics out of about 700 on a CF card to get printed. This impressed quite a bit and has changed some of her reluctance aobut dgitial cameras. BTW, the price of a 4x6 was that same as a film print. ...which works

Re: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: To *ist D owners / broadband internet subscribers, I still have a dial-up connection and won't be changing soon. AFAIK many other list-members also still dial-up. How about downsizing an image before web-publishing it. If you need to show something at

RE: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread Malcolm Smith
William Robb wrote: Consumer products are all about not holding their value, anyone who buys into them knows it and accepts it. It's been that way with computers, video cameras, VCR's, American automobiles and most any other consumer product out there. But people still go out and buy the

RE: Memory Cards

2003-12-26 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bruce Dayton wrote: Partly depends on whether you are going to shoot raw or not and whether you need to get alot of images on one card. Shooting Changing of cards may or may not be a problem for you. I personally would lean toward 2 - 1gb cards. Price is more on your side. I'm

RE: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread Malcolm Smith
Paul Stenquist wrote: Well that's good, it works for you. The people who buy my images want 40 meg files, so the *ist D can;t deliver that. Of course those of us shooting film are working in digital as well. All of the images I deliver are digital files and the workflow is constantly

RE: A quick *ist D comment.

2003-12-26 Thread Malcolm Smith
John Coyle wrote: Both Shel and Malcolm have not mentioned the combination of film and digital which I find most convenient - shoot on film and have it scanned at the time of development. I may be lucky in having a very high-quality one-hour lab within two minutes drive (or ten-minutes

RE: Pentax and 10 MP DSLRs...

2003-12-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/spare.html Super family photo. How did you get your cat to sit on the stool? Our cat 'Kevin' would have required glue to be sat when required! LOL. Actually another PDMLer wrote to me off list mentioning this. The cat is

Re: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: On the other hand if I'm forewarned regarding image size I'm likely to take the time to DL the image if the content is of interest. In some recent *ist D image examples such as the demonstrations of hot pixels there would have been little point in the

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread Herb Chong
i walk by a 40 foot by 6 foot poster at Grand Central Station in NYC every weekday, close enough to touch it. it changes every few weeks depending on the advertiser of the day. undoubtedly it was shot on medium format or larger. you will have a hard time convincing me that it has more real

RE: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread Malcolm Smith
Herb Chong wrote: the rest of this conversation included the caveat that if you can meet the resolution requirements. Herb, Ah, yes. Perception over possibility. Malcolm

Re: Santa dropped by ...

2003-12-26 Thread brooksdj
and left a brick of Ektachrome E100G and a brick of E100GX, plus a neat book, The Tao of Photography. I hope you all got something that puts a little joy in your heart ... Sure did. Received,from my sister, a neat little train set on a railroad

AutoPug update v1.1

2003-12-26 Thread Jostein
Hi, gang. The submission form has seen it's first update. Not much of a change, just a radio button that lets you select which part of the gallery you want your image displayed in; Themed or Open. The address is as usual; http://www.oksne.net/autoPug/pugform.asp Cheers, Jostein

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread John Francis
Sigh. You really can't understand you are wrong, can you? Here's an extremely simple example. On the table in front of you are two yellow objects. The first sensor sees these two objects as the same colour, because they both elicit the same response from the red and green channel. But the

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread Lon Williamson
I seem to remember some famous Photoshop type who developed actions, not plugs, to give a certain dSLR the Velvia look. Shel Belinkoff wrote: I believe there are. I'll try to find them in the next few days. I know I saw one for BW film, and, should it be of any help, there are profiles for

RE: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Len Paris
Trying to herd cats again? The beauty of the web is that we can do as we wish with our websites, whether someone likes it or not. If one is putting up digital pictures to demonstrate the performance of a camera or lens, full rez is the only way to go. A lot is lost using high compression jpegs.

Re: Color Film processing at home

2003-12-26 Thread Lon Williamson
What modifications are necessary for the aquarium heater? William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: Color Film processing at home A couple of people I know (one from this list) suggested filling an insulated picnic cooler with water of the appropriate

RE: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Len Paris
Correct! And, every browser I have ever used has a stop button, so you are not committed to downloading the whole image when you click the link. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 To be fair to Arnie, he did say it was the full size image, just as it came off the camera. You had no

Re: AutoPug update v1.1

2003-12-26 Thread Steve Larson
Good job Jostein! Thanks for your efforts! Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 7:42 AM Subject: AutoPug update v1.1 Hi, gang. The submission form has seen it's first

RE: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Len Paris
However, as many PDML list members have said in the past, not all coatings are equally effective. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 -Original Message- From: Raimo Korhonen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 2:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Vs:

Re: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
LOL I dare not post this to the Leica list for fear of being burnt alive: recently I was comparing a couple of Leica 90mm lenses and observed a lot of flare in certain situations. Curious, I tried the same scene using a Pentax 85mm and a Pentax 105mm lens, and the flare was no longer an issue.

Re: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Anthony Farr
Jostein, That (a reflection off the sensor) could only happen if the rear element had a concave external surface. According to exif data, Arnie was using a 50mm lens at f1.4, and AFAIK none of those has a concave surfaced rear element. If the source of the reflection was the sensor, then any

RE: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Len Paris
I have done similar tests too. Even Zeiss lenses fall a bit short of the best Pentax multicoating. Zeiss and Pentax jointly developed multicoating but, obviously, their developments diverged at some point and Pentax has enjoyed more success in their Ghostless coatings. Don't get me wrong, Zeiss

Re: OT: Problem installing Ink tanks for Canon S9000 printer

2003-12-26 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Cotty, Thanks for description. I was able to do it. Thanks Ramesh --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 25/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I bought Canon S9000 and it came with canon ink tanks. Ink tanks have orange color handle at the bottom. Thickness of these orange handles

Re: A quick *ist D comment.

2003-12-26 Thread Jim Apilado
A friend's husband received a Canon A80 for Christmas. She thought the CF card could only take 32 pictures! Film is so much easier to figure out, I told her. Jim A. ..which works admirably until you discover that the CF card is 32MB in size ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread graywolf
Anyone ever seen a drawing where the car was leaning foward with eliptical wheels. Very common in the 20's and 30's, also in cartoons. Guess where the artists got that idea? Yep, from large format photos shot with a focalplane shutter camera like the old 5x7 speed graphics. I understand Norman

Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I was wondering how many of you are into photography for fun or do you do it for profit? I fall into the fun category. I used to shoot weddings for money, but I gave it up years ago I find now I like to take my time and shoot what I want, not having to sell my time for money from clients who

RE: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I was wondering how many of you are into photography for fun or do you do it for profit? Both. I fall into the fun category. I used to shoot weddings for money, but I gave it up years ago I find now I

RE: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread David Madsen
For me it is somewhat like a drug addiction. I started out taking pictures for pleasure and after a while I started selling my time to support the habit. Now I do it because I need the money. I still enjoy it, but I never seem to have the time or the money to do the projects I would like to

Re: another istD issue - image download size

2003-12-26 Thread George Sinos
I have a web site where I display photos for family and friends. These folks have a great variety of equipment and connection speeds. For photos I chose a site that would let me easily accommodate everyone with a minimum of set up work by me. You can see my photo pages at

Dynamic Range

2003-12-26 Thread Bob Blakely
May I suggest that in most (if not all) cases where the term dynamic range has been used, we photographers should be using the terms range, in stops (light variation across the scene) or latitude, in stops (ability to handle or record light variation). Regards, Bob...

Re: AutoPug update v1.1

2003-12-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Just tried it and got this: -- start quote Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0005' Invalid procedure call or argument: 'Left' /autopug/includes/serverPaths.inc, line 5 -- end quote I am running MSIE 6.0 SP 1 from within Win 98 (*not* SE) with Hebrew Support. I've made my submission

Re: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! JCOC I was wondering how many of you are into photography for JCOC fun or do you do it for profit? I fall into the fun category. JCOC I used to shoot weddings for money, but I gave it up years ago JCOC I find now I like to take my time and shoot what I want, not JCOC having to sell my

Re: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Jostein
Quoting Anthony Farr [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Some film emulsions are quite shiny yet ghosting off the film hasn't been observed AFAIK. However a CCD as in the *istD is surfaced with tiny lenslets and is unlikely to act as a mirror. While I haven't seen one with my own eyes, photos of sensors I

Re: Santa dropped by ...with the 31mm Limited lens ..lovely!!

2003-12-26 Thread Francis Alviar
Congratulations! Santa dropped by really early this year (about 3 weeks early) with just a FA 50mm f/1.4. Now I'm excited to see what the Tax-Refund Bunny will be bringing me next year. Hopefully it's a *istD. Take care all. Francis M. Alviar

Re: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread John Francis
I was wondering how many of you are into photography for fun or do you do it for profit? I fall into the fun category. I guess you'd have to call mine 'fun' - I certainly don't make a living from it. But sometimes it's not fun, either. I mostly shoot for motorsports.com If I commit to

Re[2]: Memory Cards

2003-12-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Malcolm, I can only recommend what I am using. 2 Lexar 512mb 40x WA cards and 2 Simpletech 256mb cards. All have worked fine. I got the Simpletech's from Sam's Club some time ago for use in the digi PS's and the Lexars from the local camera store where I got the *istD. HTH, Bruce

Re: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Photography is a hobby for me, but I try to make enough money at it to defray the expense. Once I retire from my day job I might try to substantially increase my photography income. Paul Stenquist On Dec 26, 2003, at 12:00 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: I was wondering how many of you are into

Re: another istD issue

2003-12-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: my apologies to all those that cant or dont have broadband. just so you all can join in the fun i posted a small copy of the picture at www.xdstech.com/istd/imgp0382resize.jpg its 600x401 and 15.6 kb Thanks Arnie. Nice pic - I like it. I have

OT - well I'll be a....DPReview fan...

2003-12-26 Thread Cotty
They say you learn something new every day. I just found out that DPReview is a British web site. Slap my ass and call me (Aunt) Sally... Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads

Re: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread Jim Apilado
I make some money doing weddings. I truly enjoy teaching photography at a community college. When I got started in photography I never dreamed I would make money at it or teach others about photography. Jim A. From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 26

Toronto PDMLrs -- great Boxing day deals

2003-12-26 Thread Peter Spiro
I was at Henry's outlet store on Queen (just west of the main store) this morning. They have a bunch of Pentax equipment on sale, including a demo MZ-S for CDN$700. They had only one of those, but several brand new MZ-7 bodies for $140. I'm not very much into film nowadays, so I didn't want

Re: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was wondering how many of you are into photography for fun or do you do it for profit? I fall into the fun category. I used to shoot weddings for money, but I gave it up years ago I find now I like to take my time

New job and Ritz Camera

2003-12-26 Thread Christian
I just changed jobs this week and started working for a software company = in Washington, DC. Just around the corner there is a One-Hour MotoPhoto and across the = street is the biggest Ritz Camera store I've ever seen. Surprisingly, for a Ritz, it is well stocked with high-end gear and more =

I´m off

2003-12-26 Thread Raimo Korhonen
Hi all, I´m off to Estonia. A week of relaxation - I hope - in a spa with the wife. Updated the site a bit - if anyone is interested. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho

RE: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I was wondering how many of you are into photography for fun or do you do it for profit? I fall into the fun category. I used to shoot weddings for money, but I gave it up years ago I find now I like to take my time and shoot what I want, not having

Re: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread Bill Owens
I was wondering how many of you are into photography for fun or do you do it for profit? I fall into the fun category. I used to shoot weddings for money, but I gave it up years ago I find now I like to take my time and shoot what I want, not having to sell my time for money from clients

Re: Pentax starts to develop their own CMOS...

2003-12-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Dec 2003 at 15:55, Alan Chan wrote: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20031226-0002-nkn-ind It's a bit vague, I couldn't see a reference to Pentax? Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread John Francis
if the output space isn't capable of seeing the difference, and many printers have a much more limited gamut in the critical areas that matter to people than any input space, then the print will look the same from both sources. Herb Still clutching at straws? Just admit you were

Re: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread David S.
J. C. O'Connell wrote: I was wondering how many of you are into photography for fun or do you do it for profit? I fall into the fun category. I used to shoot weddings for money, but I gave it up years ago I find now I like to take my time and shoot what I want, not having to sell my

Birthday

2003-12-26 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Gleaned from the laptop (not mine) that I'm typing on at this moment: dec 26 - Leopold Mannes,1899-8/11/1964 Kodachrome film co-developer -- Glenn

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread Bill Owens
I think we have a few techno-nerds here who are overly concerned with nit picking details. If I take a photo with my *ist D, size and crop in PS, and print it on my Epson printer and the results suit me, I could give a rat's a** about micro managing the hardware/software I'm using. Bill

RE: New job and Ritz Camera

2003-12-26 Thread Butch Black
Congrats on the new job. Ritz has a few pro oriented stores in their chain. Usually it came from their buying out a high end dealer or local chain. They were usually good as long as the original owner and/or staff remained. But Ritz has no viable working plan for their high volume stores, so once

Pentax Product Placement

2003-12-26 Thread frank theriault
Just got back from Christmas with the kids and ex. Today, we went to a movie. It was Cheaper By The Dozen. It was okay for what it was. But, this isn't a film review. Early in the movie, Steve Martin's character takes a family portrait. They show a quick look at the camera. I'm sure it's

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
BINGO! Bill Owens wrote: I think we have a few techno-nerds here who are overly concerned with nit picking details. If I take a photo with my *ist D, size and crop in PS, and print it on my Epson printer and the results suit me, I could give a rat's a** about micro managing the

Re: Pentax starts to develop their own CMOS...

2003-12-26 Thread Juey Chong Ong
On Saturday, Dec 27, 2003, at 07:55 Asia/Singapore, Alan Chan wrote: Get translated here: http://www.excite.co.jp/world/url/ Interesting translation! ...A pen tack also aims at competitive power strengthening, and plunges into the technical research of CMOS. --jc

RE: New job and Ritz Camera

2003-12-26 Thread Bill Sawyer
Didn't they buy a big West Coast store - Camera World or some such? I wonder how they are doing under the new management? -Original Message- From: Butch Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 26, 2003 8:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: New job and Ritz

Snowmom

2003-12-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
We rarely get snow in this part of California, and when we do, it's not even enough to make a snowball, much less a snow man. Lately I've been seeing a lot of inflatable snow people around. Today this one caught my eye and I grabbed a quick snap. Maybe some of you who get real snow will be

Re: C41 Black and White contrast problem

2003-12-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: James Commins Subject: C41 Black and White contrast problem Has anyone experienced this contrast problem and found a solution. I've had great results from both Kodak and Ilford C41 black and white films when processed at a local 1 hour lab and printed

Re: C41 Black and White contrast problem

2003-12-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
I would think that within the spectrum of Ilford's twelve filters you could find one that afforded appropriate contrast. However, I haven't had much experience printing C41 BW. Good old fashioned BW yields great results, why go with the C41? That's for people who don't have a darkroom or a

Re: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
Most of my involvment in photography these days is for money; either shooting or assisting. Right now I like the challenge of having to get the shots, because someone is paying you to do so. It's very different than shooting for friends, family or even second shooter. The pressure is greater, but

Re: C41 Black and White contrast problem

2003-12-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Or who are looking for a specific effect ... and I've heard it scans better than regular BW. But y'know, the scans my friend george and I made from HP5+ and Agfa APX 100 sure didn't look like they had any problems: 4000dpi on a Nikon Coolscan 4000 something or other. Paul Stenquist wrote: Good

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread John Francis
I think we have a few techno-nerds here who are overly concerned with nit picking details. If I take a photo with my *ist D, size and crop in PS, and print it on my Epson printer and the results suit me, I could give a rat's a** about micro managing the hardware/software I'm using. Didn't

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
It actually started earlier than that ... the film response thing was a response to something Herb said. John Francis wrote: I think we have a few techno-nerds here who are overly concerned with nit picking details. If I take a photo with my *ist D, size and crop in PS, and print it on

Re: C41 Black and White contrast problem

2003-12-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Well, James, are you getting too much contrast, too little contrast, or are just unable to match what the lab results. - Original Message - From: James Commins Subject: C41 Black and White contrast problem Has anyone experienced this contrast problem and found a solution.

Re: C41 Black and White contrast problem

2003-12-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Why's that Bill ... never tried it so I've not a clue. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: James Commins Subject: C41 Black and White contrast problem It isn't possible to match the range in a single exposure, and may not be possible with split contrast exposure either.

Re: C41 Black and White contrast problem

2003-12-26 Thread graywolf
I have not used the current C41 BW films. However, back in the 80's I used XP1 extensively. I never had real problems with it, but most of the other photographers I talked with did. Had a lab once comment that my XP1 negs were the most consistant he had ever seen from the film. All I ever did

Re:OT - Chinese Ducks-was: Happy Holidays to All

2003-12-26 Thread frank theriault
I've always wondered, Now that we no longer call the capital of The People's Republic of China by it's colonial name of Peking, and now call it Beijing, must we do the same for the duck? Is it now Beijing Duck? Just curious. BTW, Ann and Paul (and all other list members who celebrate

Re: C41 Black and White contrast problem

2003-12-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: C41 Black and White contrast problem Why's that Bill ... never tried it so I've not a clue. Colour paper has a different Dmin, Dmax and characteristic curve than black and white paper, and the paper base isn't the same colour

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: What do you think? It actually started earlier than that ... the film response thing was a response to something Herb said. And the entire conversation is completely pointless. If you want an picture that looks like it was shot

Re: Pentax and 10 MP DSLRs...

2003-12-26 Thread frank theriault
I heard that! -frank vbg The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] And the hat is almost as cute as Frank's bunny ears.

RE: Pentax and 10 MP DSLRs...

2003-12-26 Thread frank theriault
That's one fat Mother of a cat!! Thanks for sharing, Cotty. You all might see some Theriault family holiday pics next week, by the time I get to the lab, then wait a couple of days, pick them up, yadda, yadda, yadda... The joys of film. g cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of

RE: New job and Ritz Camera

2003-12-26 Thread frank theriault
Congrats on the new job, Christian (assuming this to be an upward re-assignment, that is...) g cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Santa dropped by ...with the 31mm Limited lens ..lovely!!

2003-12-26 Thread Ryan Lee
lol! - Original Message - From: Francis Alviar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 4:13 AM Subject: Re: Santa dropped by ...with the 31mm Limited lens ..lovely!! Tax-Refund Bunny

RE: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2003-12-26 Thread frank theriault
Interesting question, J.C., because it makes me think (which makes my brain hurt, but I digress...). I guess I do it for fun. I certainly don't make a profit from it. But, you know what? As much fun as I get from it, I think it goes way deeper than that for me. I'm going to sound all stupid

Re:OT - Chinese Ducks-was: Happy Holidays to All

2003-12-26 Thread frank theriault
I meant to say We had turkey, though... The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip Turkey, though, which I suppose is Dickensian, as Scrooge does send over a turkey to the

Re: Santa dropped by ...with the 31mm Limited lens ..lovely!!

2003-12-26 Thread William R.
Hi, Strange I didn`t get William Robb`s message in my mail so this will answer to William R. and Anthony Farr. Point taken but maybe it`s because film is now last priority regarding updating film cameras and I fully agree that Pentax is a conservative company. What Pentax often does is

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Dec 2003 at 10:56, John Francis wrote: There is absolutely no way to reproduce this result as a post-process step, because all you have is the measurement made by the first sensor, which produced identical results for the two objects. Anyone know where I can DL a post process

Re: Santa dropped by ...with the 31mm Limited lens ..lovely!!

2003-12-26 Thread William R.
Congratulations to you too! The FA 50mm f1.4 lens is one of my most favourite lens and it`s so small with lovely smooth background blur when used wide. Great value indeed. Undoubtedly digital is your next gift from the bunny. Cheers William From: Francis Alviar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: Pentax starts to develop their own CMOS...

2003-12-26 Thread Alan Chan
ƒyƒ“ƒ^ƒbƒNƒX is Pentax in Japanese. When got translated (improperly), it would appear pen tack. Yours regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20031226-0002-nkn-ind It's a bit vague, I couldn't see a reference to Pentax

A King is born (again)

2003-12-26 Thread Simon King
Hi All, I've been unsubscribed for a while, so a belated Merry Christmas to all. Our second child, Joshua King, was born on Friday 28th November. After an initial scare with not breathing well, both mother and son are doing fine. We're now on to sleepless nights and more than double the nappies.

Re:OT - Chinese Ducks-was: Happy Holidays to All

2003-12-26 Thread Alan Chan
Believe it or not, Peking Beijing are the same in Chinese writing (although the Chinese Communists made a mess and invented the Simplified Chinese writing, and distorted the usage of many Chinese words along the way), just different pronunciation. Peking is Cantonese, Beijing is Mandarin.

Re: Santa dropped by ...with the 31mm Limited lens ..lovely!!

2003-12-26 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, William R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations to you too! The FA 50mm f1.4 lens is one of my most favourite lens and it`s so small with lovely smooth background blur when used wide. Great value indeed. Undoubtedly digital is your next gift from the

Re: A King is born (again)

2003-12-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! SK Hi All, SK I've been unsubscribed for a while, so a belated Merry Christmas to all. SK Our second child, Joshua King, was born on Friday 28th November. After an SK initial scare with not breathing well, both mother and son are doing fine. SK We're now on to sleepless nights and more than

Re: OT - well I'll be a....DPReview fan...

2003-12-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! C They say you learn something new every day. I just found out that C DPReview is a British web site. C Slap my ass and call me (Aunt) Sally... Holmes, for cripes sakes, how did you figure it out? Boris (momentarily Watson)

Re: New job and Ritz Camera

2003-12-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Congratulations! So you're a progammer like me, are you not? Boris

Pentax parts for old cameras on eBay

2003-12-26 Thread Alan Chan
Just to let you guys know that the seller americaneagle_camera has many new parts for old cameras which have not been supported. Yours regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2

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