God, Rob!
Couldn't but note how so much like suburban Sydney the image
is.Rockdale,Kogorah,Rose Bay.
Chris Kennedy
Yes, it is a bit stiff - but if use your thumb only it moves better.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-Alkuperäinen viesti-
Lähettäjä: Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Päivä: 18.
POP Really liked the *istD it seems most who try it,
even those with 10D's really like the *istD. I should
have been the first to break the news here since I
read it before it hit print or online.
--- Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pz-1 is nice, but it doesn't suit my needs, plus I
already have the baby Pz-1 the PZ-20 :D . I got the
*ist since I can load it up with AA's I had to look
long and hard to get batteries for my PZ-20 already.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan.
No wonder you never answered our emails.
I
This may be a naive question. I recently started using my first AF 35mm
SLR, a ZX-L. Before that I'd been using a Super Program.
I don't have any AF lenses yet, and even when I do, I'll still be using
other MF lenses for a long time. Since the ZX-L's focusing screen doesn't
have a split-image, I
Sorry, the subject line should have been Focus-Assist and AF Flashes.
Greg
This may be a naive question. I recently started using my first AF 35mm
SLR, a ZX-L. Before that I'd been using a Super Program.
I don't have any AF lenses yet, and even when I do, I'll still be using
other MF lenses
JCO
Will use it for flash tests in the main, can't quite see how a canon
digital will a]accept my Pentax mount lenses or b] sync with my flashes, I
already have a Polaroid 195 which does b] not a], of course I could buy *st
D..
I figure a used NPC proback will be a LOT
Hi!
Greg, ZX-L (MZ-6) is also my first modern camera, Zenit ET being its
predecessor grin. So I think I can be of some help for you.
So, I'm considering switching to a flash with infrared AF
illumination.
I'm clear on how that helps with an AF lens. My question is -- does
it
also help with
Graywolf
Thanks
I have just found a nice 422 with Pentax module,as my 280 seems to have
become unreliable, as theshoehcontacts will be the same I should be able to
use it on the battery grip and get round the cable incompatibility?
Now if some one can give me fooolproof method for
why would you need to use the same lenses to test flash ratios?
There are many digicams that have standard PC sync or hot shoes
which can be easily adapted
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Greg wrote:
GL I'm clear on how that helps with an AF lens. My question is -- does it
GL also help with the camera's focus-assist feature?
Greg, sorry to disappoint you - the focus assist red beam of the
flash only works in AF mode. As soon as you switch to manual focus
the assist beam is
- Original Message -
From: W Robb
Subject: RE: K/M on *istD
I think by now most everyone knows that the ists cannot fully support pre A,
K mount lenses.
The new software is a huge improvement, in that there is now a functional
way to use
We should all write a Thank you Pentax letter - this is simply brilliant!
JEns
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 18. januar 2004 08:53
Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emne: Re: (2)K/M on *istD
- Original
Dave,
There is nothing wrong with those three M lenses.
They can deliver sharp results.
How is the camera's focus accuracy?
Regards, Bob S.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It may just be the M lenses i have( 50,135 and 150) ARE soft lenses.
I'll second the stiff but smooth observation. I must admit that I
find the two dials on the *ist D (which I'm told is like the PZ-1P) a
lot easier to use. OTOH, I never used that dial on the MZ-S much
anyway, whereas it seems the *ist D uses them for everything.
Steven Desjardins
Department of
- Original Message -
From: David Mann
Subject: Re: PUG Deadline Approaching
I guess I'll have to hang on to the PC until I get my hands on a decent
film scanner. Maybe an *ist-D with a slide duplicator would do the
trick.
I have been doing a lot of slide duping with the istD of
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: (2)K/M on *istD
Other than me getting in my truck and driving a fair distance to look at
the *istD or even
the
D100,which will be most responsesghave you or anyone
Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the ones recommended are the double element types from either Nikon or
Canon. i don't know if anyone else makes them that are easily obtainable.
they are more expensive than ordinary single element closeup lenses.
Herb...
Minolta and Sigma are quite common
Hi
Are you guys saying, that Pentax Bellows adn slide copier A will not work
with *ist D
Regards
Jens
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 18. januar 2004 15:48
Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emne: Re: PUG Deadline Approaching
- Original Message
I used a Minolta FS2900 for a few years. It used the first version of
Digital Ice. IMO, it was excellent. The only effect I saw on sharpness
was in the areas where it interpolated to cover up dust or scratches. If
you get a few scraches and dust specs together, it can have a pretty
Congrats, Frank! Fire up that mat cutter!
- MCC
At 09:20 AM 1/16/2004 -0500, you wrote:
Well, I shouldn't say another, that does sound a bit pretentious, as I
really haven't had much in the way of shows, other than a few cafes, but
what the hell, a show's a show. This one's really cool,
- Original Message -
From: Jens Bladt
Subject: RE: PUG Deadline Approaching
Hi
Are you guys saying, that Pentax Bellows adn slide copier A will not work
with *ist D
No, I don't know where you read that.
However
Because of the prism overhang, you want to put a short
At 08:31 AM 1/18/2004 -0600, you wrote:
have you or anyone else tried shots
with the M lenses
on it.If so
how do you feel the picture quality was.
I was able to do a few snowflake sessions over the last week, and used a
50 mm f4 M macro reverse mounted on bellows and tubes with the *ist-D. I
Thanks William
It seems to be similar to the problems (mounting) the bellows on my PZ1.
Regards
Jens
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 18. januar 2004 16:33
Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emne: Re: PUG Deadline Approaching
- Original Message -
Frank, I am happy you tried this eyes-gym and have succeeded! Perhaps it it
is a good sort of gym when it is really too cold to do anything outside the
house. Thank you for the awards (two awards ... I am almost blushing ...)
Best
Bernd
---original message
a.. From:
Don't know Bob. Is this something a quality repair shop should be sought out for and
have
them check
or is there something i can do.
Dave
Dave,
There is nothing wrong with those three M lenses.
They can deliver sharp results.
How is the camera's focus
Repaire shop, imo ... sometimes the mount on the camera body
needs adjustment.
The lenses are fine lenses wrt sharpness.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is this something a quality repair shop should be sought out for and have
them check
or is there something i can do.
Hi,
I have it on good authority that it is an Egyptian goose [Alopochen
aegyptiacus] . Certainly looks right.
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azegoose.html
Apparently beginning to be a bit of a nuisance in the UK.
mike
Here's what I recall from John Shaw's books about mixing TCs
and tubes:
Putting together lens-TC-Tube-Body:
Less magnification but more working distance than
Putting together lens-Tube-TC-Body.
This makes sense if you think about it. A tube closest to body means
that the TC has already
Strange, they state the disadvantage of the *ist D is the higher price
then the competition, and as competition they mention the Nikon D100 at
a street price of $1500 and the Olympus E1 at a street price of $1800.
On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 17:18, Rob Brigham wrote:
It does not seem likely that all three lens are defective. However below are a
couple of ways to check them and the camera out.
1. Simple check. Load slide film. Set lenses to infinity. Take photos of distant
objects. Get film processed. Look at distant objects with 10x loupe. If they are
not
Hello Andre,
I have found that the dial is designed to pull rather than push.
While holding the camera, you thumb can comfortable reach the dial.
Set the thum slightly off-center and pull gently and you will find the
dial moves rather easily. If you push against it, it is almost as if
the camera
JCO
so when i'm doing an interior with six slaved 283s and my 18mm or 28mm
shift I will be able to see on a digital camera exactly how the final
picture will look?
Clive
I'm doing a friend's second wedding as the primary photographer.
I've checked the church; it's light enough for me to focus at
f4, even f5.6, in a pinch. I have KX, MX, SuperProgram bodies,
and will use the Supers due to TTL flash (a brace of AF280Ts).
I have the tele and wide adapters for the
If you know the judges are using a projector, I think you should, too.
Use what they use.
Mark Cassino wrote:
An thoughts on this? I've read conflicting opinions - some people
advocating that viewing a projected image gives you more insight on the
composition, others advocating that you
You and Robb are turning into _smug_ sob's,
I must say. Real Photographers scan, dammit.
Grin. -Lon
Dag T wrote:
Scanning, what scanning?
Folks get scanning.
It's Wet outside and this month's theme
Cheers
Adelheid
Hi
Your plan seems great. But I would use two bodies. Ome for
close-ups/people/portraits - one for context photographs.
And - I would use a rangefinder with a silent shuitter...
Regards
Jens
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Lon Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 18. januar 2004 20:42
- Original Message -
From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: *ist-D - jpg, tiff or raw?
When I take the same image using the three modes, then compare the
results (having converted the raw file using
Hi
When you choose using jpegs, you compress in the shooting situation, you
loose some of the scenery. No way back. This should only (IMHO) be used when
storing caoasity uis an issue. You can allways compress in the computer. Buy
a HUGE cf card. Or buy a portable storing device. Shoot RAW and do
Yeah, but in the field, a bellows setup is a P I T A to carry around.
I have the Pentax bellows 100mm bellows lens and have never used it in the
field.
Instead I carry a C***n 500D and the N***n 5 6T aux (filter like) lenses
to use with my usual lenses. I've never A - B'd the results but I
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3072607754category=50606
I know I'm violating PDML etiquette but I think this is interesting enough
that I'll take the heat.
Tom Reese
Hello Lon,
I'm not as prolific at shooting weddings as Tom, and probably have a
more traditional style, but here goes:
As to lens choices, your hunch is pretty good. I find that even a
28mm lens is stretching it for a group shot with no distortion. 35mm
is wide enough and back up a bit if you
Dave,
Do the yardstick/ruler thing as a test.
...Get a yardstick.
Lean it against the wall at a 45 degree angle.
(bottom out 25 inches from wall, top resting on the wall)
Put your camera on a tripod and focus on the 18 inch mark.
Use the lens wide open so you have shallow depth of field.
Develop
On 18 Jan 2004 at 10:46, Mark Cassino wrote:
I don't think all K and M lenses will stack up. Nor all A and FA lenses
either
If they can deliver up to 46lpmm then lack of sharpness won't be an issue, CA
might be however. Nice flakes BTW, are you finding the additional
exposure/contrast
Are you suggesting that the istd automatically sharpens the
files? That would really suck. Can the sharpening be
overridden, and set for 0 sharpening?
The in camera TIFF and JPEG file should have been subjected to the same amount
of sharpening before saving (and subsequent JPEG
On 18 Jan 2004 at 17:12, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Are you suggesting that the istd automatically sharpens the
files? That would really suck. Can the sharpening be
overridden, and set for 0 sharpening?
A degree of sharpening can't be avoided, it's an integral part of the Bayer
interpolation.
- Original Message -
From: Lon Williamson
Subject: Re: Upcoming wedding, need shooting advice, lenses
Do the automated 1 hour machines that _print_ from negative film
scratch and spot it as much as the _developing_ machines do?
Any machine is capable of damaging film.
Do yourself
erm Ryan, what IS that in his pants?!?!? It looks mighty unnatural to have
a butt shaped like that! lol...
cool shot btw...
tan.
-Original Message-
From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 19 January 2004 10:49 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
Jim said:
My standard equipment for a wedding are two Leica M2's, a Pentax LX (or
PZ1-p) and a 645 Pentax (for formal poses)
Lenses are a 35mm Summicron f2 for the Leicas, a 40mm and 105 for the
Pentax LX, and the 75 or 55 Pentax 645 lenses.
Strobes are the Sunpak 444, 280T (backup), and the
Do the automated 1 hour machines that _print_ from negative film
scratch and spot it as much as the _developing_ machines do?
Not as much, no - there are no nasty sharp crystals of processing
chemicals drying out on the rollers and film guides.
But I've had film scratched by a print-only
- Original Message -
From: Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I used the Nikon Close-up lenses for quite some time. They really do
give
very good results.
Christian
Indeed, and easily obtained, even on eBay. But made for 52mm filter
size, so a step-up is necessary. No big deal.
I hate using zoom lenses because they are not very fast. I work alone and
have become very proficient in the use of my equipment. I lost a few jobs
because I couldn't convince some clients that I could do the job just using
35mm film so I got a Pentax 645. If clients want digital I post all of
lol Tanya! I'm *guessing* it's padding.. Oh btw! On the other 90% of the
photo there's this steep descent down stairs and that fella whose b*tt you
were staring at is going down on a bike! ;-)
Ry
- Original Message -
From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yesterday I attended a friend's wedding. I took along the D and a couple of
lenses and flash. I was pretty much in snap-shooter mode taking pictures
of my ex-coworkers, friends, the wife, etc. and having a grand old time.
At the beginning of the event I decided to replace an old set of Lithium
Hi, Keith,
No, I have no need for a data back. But, thanks anyway. Sounds like an FS
Friday thing to me. Surely someone here would want one.
Sound's like you got your LX around the same time I did. I don't find it
that big or heavy. Around the same size as my Spotmatics, more or less.
That is a freaking amazing shot!!
Are those ~stairs~ he's riding down? Back when I had a mountain bike, I'd
fly down one or two flights of no more than 10 in front of some of the
office buildings here in town, but nothing like that. Hope all his fillings
are in tight. g
Did you take that
I don't get it.
-frank
g
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Pentax made vcrs?
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004
Well, it figures that Tanya would focus in on ~that~ portion of the photo,
eh?
I'm pretty sure you're right, Ryan. It looks like underneath his gnarly
loose-fitting shorts he's wearing real bike shorts (you know, the tight
spandex ones). They have what's known as a chamois (although they've
I think they make scanners and lenses for eyeglasses...
-frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nikon, Nikon, sounds familiar... is that a camera?
(snip)
Ditto.
On Jan 17, 2004, at 8:08 PM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: K/M on *istD
I felt pretty much the same way about 35mm as you do. The work I do is
better suited to larger film as well.
Truthfully, I think most of the people on this list
Your HP USB scanner should work fine on your Mac. Just get the right
driver from the HP internet site.
Paul
On Jan 18, 2004, at 12:15 AM, David Mann wrote:
William Robb wrote:
Don't need no scuzzy scanner.
My SCSI scanner is out-of-commission at the moment as the PCI SCSI
card from my PC
Christian Skofteland wrote:
20 frames later (I was using AF, the camera was set for 3sec review and
every few shots I would hit the play button to show someone a goofy picture)
the batteries were dead.
You should get a lot more than that. My father's istD with 2200mAh
NiMH's seems to run
exactly
Christian Skofteland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night
Christian Skofteland wrote:
20 frames later (I
mike wilson wrote:
Hi,
I have it on good authority that it is an Egyptian goose [Alopochen
aegyptiacus] . Certainly looks right.
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azegoose.html
Apparently beginning to be a bit of a nuisance in the UK.
mike
annsan sez:
Looks right indeed I didn't
Tanya,
I think you've paid far too much attention to the shape of this
gentleman's backside vbg, but to clarify I might add that competitive
bicycle riders have a certain amount of padding in that area. On the
other hand, he might have a condition that requires him to wear
Depends.
Paul
On
No credit due my way Frank.. I found it in the aus.bicycle newsgroup under
the topic MTB'er descends stairs :). The fella who posted it there said it
was from this thread on bikeforums.net
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=26701page=19pp=15
and discussion in the newsgroup mentioned it
I am not a 'wedding pro' by any means, but I have shot several weddings over
the past few years. The last wedding I shot I did with two cameras with one
lens on each. It was a Mamiya C330f with am 80mm f2.8 and an MZ-S with an
FA 100mm f2.8 macro. I used the Pentax for some tight shots, the
I've shot 300-400 frames on a set on 2000 Mah NiMH and still had them
showing good.
There are times though, that they LCD will show dead, but turning the camera
off and back on resets it to full. I think it has something to do with the
current draw when transferring from the buffer to the CF
On 18 Jan 2004 at 22:39, Bill Owens wrote:
I've shot 300-400 frames on a set on 2000 Mah NiMH and still had them
showing good.
There are times though, that they LCD will show dead, but turning the camera off
and back on resets it to full. I think it has something to do with the current
draw
Hey Rob, I ended up with 4 sets. They work great in my AF360FGZ too :-)
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night
On 18 Jan 2004 at 22:39,
Hi Mark ...
Can you choose to clean or not clean those areas?
Ed Hamrick has an IR based dust removal system in Vuescan that I think
works quite well. Much better than FARE, and you can configure the
promgram to show you what areas are detected as defects by the IR so you
can see what will
What's the deal with the NiMHs?
Christian Skofteland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
We use 2 types of NiMhs that we got for our *istD.
One came with the charger (GP2100), the other we purchased afterwards
(Energizer - 21mAh).
Usually a set of GPs goes in the camera and E's go in the grip. We took
Boris wrote:
I think that potentially you could fit ZX-L with other focusing screens,
such as that of MZ-M, which is known to have split image, etc. However, I am
afraid that in such a case you would totally lose spot metering. Notice,
that if you take off the lens and point the camera on the
I have found that the dial is designed to pull rather than push.
While holding the camera, you thumb can comfortable reach the dial.
Set the thum slightly off-center and pull gently and you will find the
dial moves rather easily. If you push against it, it is almost as if
the camera fights you.
We use 2 types
I mean 2 brands!
of NiMhs that we got for our *istD.
One came with the charger (GP2100), the other we purchased afterwards
(Energizer - 21mAh).
That is 2100mAh, of course!
Writing while half-asleep doesn't help! ;-D
(*)o(*)
Robert
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Frank,
Congratulations! Awesome!
I hope you will still talk to us little people at GFMtn :-)
I have been tempted to compile a portfolio of shots that I truly enjoy of
mine. You and other stories like it may cause me to start it. Not that I
would be showing it off, more for friends who do
Welcome back Brendan!
You wrote:
I'm in Trinidad right now, with the Pz-20, the MZ-3
died a *ist, non D on the way, nothing much new other
than that.
What, no exotic new models yet? Two contacted me just last week (one
artist's, one fashion), and I did a shoot with the artist's model
Proxar is indeed a nice sounding word and would make a good generic
name for CU lens, better than Kleenex for facial tissues...
Hi Andre, I am sorry for the confusion but here in Czech republic,
being so close to both East and West Zeiss, the usual name for
close-up lenses in Proxar among old
not interested as I have a 165 super angulon but
you might want to list the max aperture as they
made f9.5 and f12.5 versions.
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com
Minolta and Sigma are quite common also.
The Sigma is now discontinued. I have one and I'm quite pleased with it.
It's a 58mm thread and works nicely on my 200mm f/4.0 for the 645.
They're probably still to be found on eBay.
Mark Roberts
The Sigma (1,5 or 1,6 diopter) can also be found in 52mm
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