Re: *ist D sensor noise survey

2004-02-10 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Rob, On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:36:36 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: I'm interested in making an informal survey of the noise performance of our *ist D cameras. Anyone with access to a PC who has permission to run the little test app at http://www.starzen.com/imaging/deadpixeltest.htm can

RE: Earth Calling Pentax

2004-02-10 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, David Miers wrote: out to 24mm right? Thus on the *istD if the onboard flash covers an angle equivalent to 24mm in film, it covers the range of a 16mm lens. Or am I totally off base here? According to Boj, you are a bit: Coverage (lens' focal length): 18mm Me reading

Re: film vs digital for history

2004-02-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Saw a piece on ABC News (U.S.) about how some valuable images might be lost to history because of digital. A photo editor for a national magazine cited a case where a photographer took a picture of President Clinton hugging Monica Lewinsky. The news of

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread Chris Stoddart
AFAIK, the cameras in the UK face receding traffic. That is, they flash behind you, not in front. It's our Gatso cameras that go flash-flash as you speed by; the Truevelo and the SPECS infra-red systems almost always face the oncoming vehicle and you can't tell when they fire. Gatso is usually

Re: FS III

2004-02-10 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 00:42, Mark Cassino wrote: In light of some the recent discussion, I was tempted not to post these anymore, except on Friday. But then I figured, even if I'm _not_ breaking the rules, I may as well go ahead and post some more. So here we go: Mark, For Sale and Want To

Re: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Rob,They are now using speed cameras to get you coming towards them(Safe?)as well as the accepted norm of only taking the picture from behind. Regards Chris kennedy Apparently in Australia, but not in the UK. The thought is that a front- on shot will show

Re: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 10:59, Cotty wrote: On 10/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Rob,They are now using speed cameras to get you coming towards them(Safe?)as well as the accepted norm of only taking the picture from behind. Regards Chris kennedy Apparently in Australia, but not in the

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I think your living in a fairy world, John, if you don't believe a flash may startle an unsuspecting driver. And if there were some mishap as a result of the flash contributing to an accident, you can bet that the police are gonna look into it. The term contributory negligence comes to mind ...

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's my take on it ... but I'm an idiot when it comes to using flash. However, I'm less of an idiot when it comes to contributory negligence, and even if there was no death, just property damage, you can bet that the camera operator is gonna be called upon to make a contribution Cotty

Re: TOTALLY OT - chain letter - FUNNY!

2004-02-10 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Thanks Tanya for the tips. I wonder what I will be receiving with the mail. Perhaps even packages from Australia, who knows? On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 03:38, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Frits wrote: Tanya, Do you have any suggestions as to where I can get a piece of carton suitable for this?

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread Anders Hultman
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Cotty wrote: At night one or more flash units may be deployed to enhance the image taken of motorists committing an offence. These flash units can be deployed remote from the speed camera vehicle and triggered by infrared light emission.' Amazing - has there ever been

Re: film vs digital for history

2004-02-10 Thread Anders Hultman
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Jim Apilado wrote: A photo editor for a national magazine cited a case where a photographer took a picture of President Clinton hugging Monica Lewinsky. The news of their affair had yet to be revealed. The hug was captured by a photographer using film. Same thing

Re: *istD Manufacture

2004-02-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
It is a big place, isn't it? Our Australian sunflowers bloomed in January, perhaps they were a different variety. I'll have to look for one of my pics. It was quite a sight. I enjoyed what little I saw of Australia and hope to return some day. My only negatives were that they pour the drinks

Re: istD USB driver

2004-02-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Nenad Djurdjevic Subject: istD USB driver I have just purchased a *istD. Great camera and one that rendered my much loved Z1 obsolete immediately (it, the Z1, is for sale BTW). Only problem is I just tried to connect the *istD to my PC to download

Re: Earth Calling Pentax

2004-02-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Miers Subject: RE: Earth Calling Pentax Correct me if I'm wrong here, but a 16mm with a 1.5 conversion angle works out to 24mm right? Thus on the *istD if the onboard flash covers an angle equivalent to 24mm in film, it covers the range of a 16mm

FS: 105/2.8 (Was Re: SMC Pentax-A* 135mm 1:1.8 vs. Voigtlan der 125mm F2.5 SL

2004-02-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
Speaking of the SMCT 105/2.8, I have one for sale on ebay this week. It's at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? No reserve. Starts at $90. ViewItemitem=2986471253category=4688sspagename=STRK%3AMESSE%3AITrd=1 On Feb 9, 2004, at 11:30 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: The SMCT and SMCK 120's are

Digital trouble hits Camera shares

2004-02-10 Thread Rob Brigham
Esp Nikon Olympus apparently... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3474923.stm

Re: OT Epson 820 -- wrong colors coming up ack help!

2004-02-10 Thread Mark Dalal
From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm getting gray where yellow should be when I print and when I do nozzle check... Ann, The status monitor should tell you if you're low on yellow. If you were out, it wouldn't let you print. That I discovered the hard way. When I have stubborn clogs, I

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread Steve Jolly
John Francis wrote: As to how the police feel about it: the original example was a public road, outside an apartment block. While there's no way to predict how any particular police officer may choose to behave, I doubt if there's anything they could charge you with that would hold up in court.

Re: SMC Pentax-A* 135mm 1:1.8 vs. Voigtl„nder 125mm F2.5 SL

2004-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Feb 2004 at 10:07, Jan van Wijk wrote: It certainly looks worse, chromatic abberations are clearly vissible in the high contrast parts for the Pentax. On the sharpness issue I am not so sure though ... Take a close look at the CROP-1 and CROP-2 examples, and check the relative

Re: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Feb 2004 at 11:11, Frits Wüthrich wrote: That wouldn't work in the Netherlands, as the owner of the car is responsible anyway in case no specific driver can be blamed. The offence here is recorded against the driver and the driver loses point from their licence. By default the fine is

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Feb 2004 at 9:10, Cotty wrote: Amazing - has there ever been any incidents of accidents caused by an oncoming speed camera flash? It must be waiting to happen... 99% of vehicular accidents in Australia are speed related, keeps the plebs nodding OK and the revenue stream flowing. Rob

RE: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Rob Brigham
-Original Message- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The offence here is recorded against the driver and the driver loses point from their licence. By default the fine is attributed to the registered owner of the vehicle and to transfer the fine to an alternate

Re: OT Epson 820 -- wrong colors coming up ack help!

2004-02-10 Thread Keith Whaley
The nozzle check includes one black square and 5 colored squares, one of which is yellow, as I recall. See pg. 34 in your owner's manual to do a nozzle check, where it prints out those squares. From what you say, you already know that, but when you do it, all you get is a gray square, in lieu of a

Re: More UPS bashing-was:Buying from the US

2004-02-10 Thread Carlos Royo
frank theriault escribió: The only problems I've had with them have been with items shipped up from the US. UPS stinks here in Spain. I have decided that I will never buy anything from somebody in the US if they insist on shipping the goods using UPS. USPS (US Postal Service), on the other

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Shel wrote: I think your living in a fairy world, John, if you don't believe a flash may startle an unsuspecting driver. erm, I'll have you know that there is simply *nothing* wrong with living in a fairy world!?! I'm quite happy here thankyou very much, and I seem to think the more the merrier,

Re: OT Epson 820 -- wrong colors coming up ack help!

2004-02-10 Thread Keith Whaley
Mark Dalal wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm getting gray where yellow should be when I print and when I do nozzle check... Ann, The status monitor should tell you if you're low on yellow. If you were out, it wouldn't let you print. That I discovered the hard way.

Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Chris
In NSW they have measured distance monitored by RTA cameras set at specific distances mainly to monitor the truckies who are notorious for speeding.It works on average speeds and is mainly found on the major highways.Oh for the days when all you had to watch out for were the motorcycle cops and

Re: *istD Manufacture

2004-02-10 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Nope Paul, they would be the same sunflowers, it just depends on the weather. We have had great rains throughout QLD in the past month and nothing really for most of last year, so planting was held back in the hope of rain. Sooo, now that we have had so much rain and flooding over the past 3 to

Re: pentax as an innovator, and quality

2004-02-10 Thread Lon Williamson
Who needs them? I shoot in aperature priority with the Super. Almost always. Steve Desjardins wrote: Agreed. the buttons are the one thing I hate about my 645. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/02/04 07:31AM and those damn shutter speed buttons on the ME super and Super Program (which might have made

Some Pentax info consolidated

2004-02-10 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Just saw on a ng. http://www.finden123.com/Top/Arts/Photography/Cameras/35mm/Pentax/index.asp?bhcd2=1076417349

Re: *istD Manufacture

2004-02-10 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
lol! Don't hold back on my account Chris! You may have missed the post, but just last week, one of the other southern Aussie guys was posting about me being in Far North QLD and I corrected him - I was just kind of carrying on the joke with you! lol... BTW, I am nowhere near Quilpie either, lol!

Re: SMC F 1.7x AF Adapter Combos

2004-02-10 Thread Mark Roberts
John Mustarde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:03:17 -0500, you wrote: On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:14:42 +1000, Ryan Lee wrote: Just got one of these, and was wondering (from anyone who's got one or has used one before) what lens combos have been known to show good results. This

Re: film vs digital for history

2004-02-10 Thread Steve Desjardins
Quick fix: Don't delete images. This is an update of don't throw out the negatives. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: February alternative

2004-02-10 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Lovely shot ERN! And I agree that it suits bw, and with the extra chin in! lol... She's such a cutie! I agree about the chin, but not about the BW, for two reasons. One is that the subject (sorry Eleanor, not sure if she is your daughter),

Re: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: They also want to introduce a traffic control over a certain distance, so you are photographed at the beginning end the end of a specific distance of the motorway, so you get a fine if your average speed is over the limit. This seems to work a lot better

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: As to how the police feel about it: the original example was a public road, outside an apartment block. While there's no way to predict how any particular police officer may choose to behave, I doubt if there's anything they could charge you with

Re: Tripod collar or no collar?

2004-02-10 Thread Lon Williamson
A really cheap 4 section monopod with a small ballhead mounted on it works well and is not as fiddly if you need to re-compose. Anyone else ever try it this way? Try another test: Put a support of some sort from the camera body to a tripod leg, see if that doesn't do some good.

Re: film vs digital for history

2004-02-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quick fix: Don't delete images. This is an update of don't throw out the negatives. Right. Or as a wise man once said, The photographer's lack of discipline is independent of the camera. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Chris Stoddart
I believe that we have trials of that system here in the UK. Nottingham somewhere, if I'm not mistaken. What a scenario: the latest gizmo computes your average speed over a set distance, at known camera points, and so as you've been wildly overtaking those half a dozen cars doing 38mph in a

Re: 645/67/etc slide/film scanners

2004-02-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Brian Dipert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FYI a place called Publishing Perfection (www.pubperfect.com) has refurbished units of the Minolta Dimage Scan Multi, with 3 month warranties, for $299. I ordered one and am very pleased. They also have the Scan Multi II (ie Scan Multi with ROC and GEM

Re: OT: is he a photographer?

2004-02-10 Thread Jostein
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Cory back to editing my photos from last night. Bull-snot is amazingly stringy. You don't have to pull it off your lenses, I hope? :-) Jostein This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging

Re: My First 67

2004-02-10 Thread Steve Desjardins
Oh! I just got it. Steve the Blushing. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/10/04 12:13AM Chris wrote: Kevin,I have a Pentax Takumar Telephoto 300mm f4.-67

RE: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Rob Brigham
They have this SPECS on the M4 between Newport and Cardiff too. That is not the worst though. The mobile vans they have in Reading generate soo much money, and the police are limited in what they are allowed to spend the revenue on, that after the first month they gave £3million back to the

RE: 645/67/etc slide/film scanners

2004-02-10 Thread Rothman, Aric
I have considered one of these, but at it's maximum medium format resolution, it would produce only a 8.3 MP file for a 6x7 original, which is about two megapixels less than it can do with 35mm. Is there a noticeable difference between medium format and 35mm scans with this unit? I realize there

Re: SMC Pentax-A* 135mm 1:1.8 vs. Voigtlnder 125mm F2.5 SL

2004-02-10 Thread Robert Gonzalez
I noticed the same thing. Jan van Wijk wrote: On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:04:10 +1000, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Omg! Rob those results make the Pentax-A 135mm look like a piece of CRAP!!! It certainly looks worse, chromatic abberations are clearly vissible in the high contrast parts for the

Re: OT: is he a photographer?

2004-02-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Some time ago I was asked to help one of my fellow to photograph jewelry that his father makes. I searched for advise. One of the suggestion was to put it right on scanner... I have no answer to your original question though. Boris.

Re: Pentax DA 16-45 mm Lens

2004-02-10 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, zoomshot wrote: Got mine on Saturday, good sharpness and colour, this will now be my standard *ist D lens. It was mentioned on the list that the lens vignettes with the built-in flash from 16-28. Out of curiosity, does the flash indicator in the viewfinder flicker in these

RE: Pentax DA 16-45 mm Lens

2004-02-10 Thread Rob Brigham
I know - I was waiting to see how price compares elsewhere - they seem to be the only ones who have it. I still need to work out how to get the Flashtrax into the house unnoticed first though! I guess a lens might be easier as she probably (hopefully) wouldn't notice that it is new amongst all

RE: Pentax DA 16-45 mm Lens

2004-02-10 Thread zoomshot
-Original Message- From: Rob Brigham Sent: 10 February 2004 18:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Pentax DA 16-45 mm Lens I know - I was waiting to see how price compares elsewhere - they seem to be the only ones who have it. I still need to work out how to get the Flashtrax into

Re: Pentax DA 16-45 mm Lens

2004-02-10 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:58:53 + (GMT), Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: It was mentioned on the list that the lens vignettes with the built-in flash from 16-28. Out of curiosity, does the flash indicator in the viewfinder flicker in these focal lengths to warn you, as it does on the MZ-5n with the

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread John Francis
You know, this has gone an awful long way from my original observation that if you wanted to get sharp detail on the car it was a lot harder than arnie seemed to be suggesting, and that fill-flash would help in that case. Well, I for one am not interested in underwriting the cost of finding

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
LOL Indeed it has, but that's so often the case with many discussions on this (and other) lists. Just a natural dynamic of conversation. John Francis wrote: You know, this has gone an awful long way from my original observation that if you wanted to get sharp detail on the car it was a lot

Re: FS: 105/2.8 (Was Re: SMC Pentax-A* 135mm 1:1.8 vs. Voigtlan der 125mm F2.5 SL

2004-02-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I don't want to appear as a shill for you, but I feel that I must mention that this is a super-duper lens. I've owned this lens in several iterations, and all have been very satisfactory and produced great pics. And I highly recommend the 120/2.8 as well, the harder to find big brother to this

OT: Speed cameras (Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread Bob W
Hi, 99% of vehicular accidents in Australia are speed related, keeps the plebs nodding OK and the revenue stream flowing. motorists here have given the police a lot of stick over recent years for using the cameras as revenue-collection devices. So now they are mostly highly visible, which

Re: OT: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Imagine how much in fines that added up to!? I've been through the M62 and A616 ones - the cameras are quite distinctive and visible from a long way off. They can potentially also do some quite devious stuff. For example the threshold in a 50mph zone might

Re: Earth Calling Pentax

2004-02-10 Thread jtainter
Because of the extending barrel design, the retractable flash vignettes with this lens at focal lengths of 16 to 28 mm. Joe, Is that with or without the lens hood? Jostein, that is unfortunately without the hood. With the hood on one probably cannot use the rtf at any focal length. Joe

Re: *ist D sensor noise survey

2004-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Feb 2004 at 16:50, Jostein wrote: Quoting Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 0=Hot,2798,135,69 Hi, Rob, What was your threshold for hotness? 65? And the other threshold...? Hi Jostein, Default, 60/250 Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10

Re: *istD Manufacture

2004-02-10 Thread John Coyle
That's why country Ozzies talk with their mouths half-closed - keeps the flies out! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:35 PM Subject: Re: *istD Manufacture Nope

Re: Earth Calling Pentax

2004-02-10 Thread Mark Roberts
jtainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because of the extending barrel design, the retractable flash vignettes with this lens at focal lengths of 16 to 28 mm. Is that with or without the lens hood? Jostein, that is unfortunately without the hood. With the hood on one probably cannot use the rtf

Re: 645/67/etc slide/film scanners

2004-02-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Rothman, Aric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have considered one of these, but at it's maximum medium format resolution, it would produce only a 8.3 MP file for a 6x7 original, which is about two megapixels less than it can do with 35mm. Is there a noticeable difference between medium format and

Re: film vs digital for history

2004-02-10 Thread John Coyle
Interesting that the justice system should now be questioning the move to digital for evidence. For years, I understood that a (film-based) photograph would not be admitted unless the negative was also available to support any print offered to the court as part of an argument, or that an

RE: *ist D sensor noise survey

2004-02-10 Thread Jeff Jonsson
Ok, what about actual dead pixels? Mine seems to have a couple. Does anybody else see them, or should I be considering sending it back? Jeff. -Original Message- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 8:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: *ist D

Re: film vs digital for history

2004-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11 Feb 2004 at 8:22, John Coyle wrote: Interesting that the justice system should now be questioning the move to digital for evidence. For years, I understood that a (film-based) photograph would not be admitted unless the negative was also available to support any print offered to the

RE: *ist D sensor noise survey

2004-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Feb 2004 at 15:22, Jeff Jonsson wrote: Ok, what about actual dead pixels? Mine seems to have a couple. Does anybody else see them, or should I be considering sending it back? Doesn't sound so good, none of the six test results I've seen so far show dead pixels. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE

Re: Pentax DA 16-45 mm Lens

2004-02-10 Thread bucky
I've never used the RTF flash on any body I've ever had. I find them worse than useless Quoting Jan van Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:58:53 + (GMT), Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: It was mentioned on the list that the lens vignettes with the built-in flash from 16-28.

Re: *ist D sensor noise survey

2004-02-10 Thread Bill Owens
I show no dead pixels, but quite a few so called hot ones, but I can't see them in PS7 Bill - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 6:32 PM Subject: RE: *ist D sensor noise survey On 10 Feb 2004 at 15:22, Jeff

Re: film vs digital for history

2004-02-10 Thread Mark Roberts
John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting that the justice system should now be questioning the move to digital for evidence. For years, I understood that a (film-based) photograph would not be admitted unless the negative was also available to support any print offered to the court as

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread arnie
sometimes i need a flash to freeze the incredible speed this list goes off topic. its very entertaining From: John Francis You know, this has gone an awful long way from my original observation that if you wanted to get sharp detail on the car it was a lot harder than arnie seemed to be

Re: istD USB driver

2004-02-10 Thread cbwaters
You're going to want to have a card reader anyway. they make it much easier to work with the CF cards. Cory - Original Message - From: Nenad Djurdjevic I may have to get a card reader unless anyone knows where I can get a USB driver. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.

Re: *ist D sensor noise survey

2004-02-10 Thread Jostein
Hi, Rob. I don't have the camera with me tonight, but I have some results from yesterday with a 30s exposure at ISO 200. [DeadPixelText] Version=1.0 Description= FileType=TIFF NumBadPixels=4 0=Hot,2820,150,77 1=Hot,1865,209,67 Ambient temperature was 20-22°C, and the camera had been turned off

Re: OT: Fast BW Film

2004-02-10 Thread frank theriault
Thanks to everyone who replied. The best advice was from Shel and Tom (you alluded to it, Boris, and others may have mentioned it): Talk to my lab about it. I'll see what Robert recommends, and make sure I have some of that with me. My current thinking is to maybe go with Delta 3200, Neopan

RE: OT: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Rob Brigham
If you're flush with money then maybe best to avoid speeding in Finland... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3477285.stm Jussi Salonoja, the 27-year-old heir to a family-owned sausage empire, was given the £116,000 ticket after being caught driving 80km/h in a 40km/h zone! -Original

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: AFAIK, the cameras in the UK face receding traffic. That is, they flash behind you, not in front. I was going to say that they probably operate that way in Australia also, but then looking at Rob's link: There are a number of examples here, in NE England, where a camera

Re: Tripod collar or no collar?

2004-02-10 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Lon Williamson wrote: A really cheap 4 section monopod with a small ballhead mounted on it works well and is not as fiddly if you need to re-compose. Anyone else ever try it this way? Try another test: Put a support of some sort from the camera body to a tripod leg, see if that

Re: OT: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: Learned some interesting facts - there are nearly 300 speed cameras in the Thames Valley Police area, and in Oxfordshire alone, only 6 of these are loaded with recording cameras at any one time ... Fewer in Northumberland 8-) That's less than 10% of cameras (TVP

Re: film vs digital for history

2004-02-10 Thread frank theriault
Mark, I doubt that Australia, being a Common Law jurisdiction, like Canada, the US and England, would be any different than you described, Mark. Basically, ~any~ image is admissable; how likely it is that it's been manipulated or otherwise altered goes to the weight of that evidence, not

RE: *ist D sensor noise survey

2004-02-10 Thread Jeff Jonsson
I haven't done the test, I can actually see the two pixels in my images. They're stuck on, and appear as bright dots. The same two pixels in every image, at least those with dark enough subject matter that they can be seen. I have dead pixels in my Canon Powershot G1, but the canon manual actually

rexagon?

2004-02-10 Thread edwin
Anybody out there familiar with the rexagon 28/2.8 in M42 screwmount? (who made it, did it have other names, how's the optical quality, why do I find rexagon 28/2.8s in other mounts, etc) I've been accumulating some oddball 28s for my Spotmatics and I'm curious if this thing is worth the $40

Re: OT: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Herb Chong
they did a pilot project in Texas a few years back. gave up when all of the test cameras ran out. all of them were shot to bits. Herb... - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:35 PM Subject: Re: OT: Speed

OT: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Aric
So much for the punishment fitting the crime. Next thing you know, they'll be handing down longer prison sentences for people with long-lived ancestors. Shades of Harrison Bergeron. Aric -Original Message- From: Rob Brigham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Re: film vs digital for history

2004-02-10 Thread John Francis
I would imagine that for digital, the same scenario would be played out. As long as they aren't altered, and the photographer says they represent his recollection of the scene photographed, digital would, imho, be admissable. That's about the strength of it. The picture per se is *not*

Re: OT: Speed Cameras

2004-02-10 Thread Steve Jolly
Aric wrote: So much for the punishment fitting the crime. I don't see why fining someone a fixed fraction of their income (for example) instead of a fixed amount is a worse way of making the punishment fit the crime. Next thing you know, they'll be handing down longer prison sentences for

Re: What's the deal with FS items?

2004-02-10 Thread Peter Alling
There are no rules only guidelines. Some people get quit snippy when you ignore those guidelines. (Not that you should care). At 09:18 PM 2/8/04, you wrote: And while we are on the subject - what is the rule in regards to auctions? I see some people say we aren't supposed to link to unfinished

Re: istD USB driver

2004-02-10 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
Thanks to everyone who responded to my query. In the end I transferred the images in a rather complicated way but it worked: I plugged the CF card into to CF - PCMCIA adaptor which I had. I put this in my old Toshiba Libretto laptop and transferred it to my desktop PC via a network connection.

Displaying Digitals(Letter to the Editor)

2004-02-10 Thread Chris
Dear Sir,Eight months ago I exchanged my iBook for a full on HP2.53GHz-512mbSDRam-120Gb hard drive etc.etc.My reasons were that if you can't beat them join them.I was tired of trying to get drivers for the printers I wanted to get for Mac OS X.So I succumbed to the (D)evil empire.God I wish I had

Re: Pentax DA 16-45 mm Lens

2004-02-10 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
And with the AF-360 FGZ you don't have to take the hood off to take flash photos even at 16mm (unless the subject is very close to the camera). - Original Message - From: Jan van Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:27 AM Subject: Re: Pentax DA

Re: LX / MX Focusing Screen ID

2004-02-10 Thread Alan Chan
Actually I think it's the opposite. One of my sold MX had difficulty to fit any LX screens, but perfectly happy with MX screens. Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan The LX screen is slightly smaller than the MX screen. I'm not sure how much. You may be able to tell by comparison.

Re: test

2004-02-10 Thread Peter Alling
Seems not... At 03:05 PM 2/9/04, you wrote: Some jerk filled my inbox with huge attachments today, and I think I started bouncing e-mails. Just wanted to see if I've been stricken from the list yet. The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is

Re: taxi in motion

2004-02-10 Thread David Mann
On Feb 11, 2004, at 12:18, mike wilson wrote: There are a number of examples here, in NE England, where a camera is on a pole in the central reservation and is swivelled to cover either lane. In both instances, the camera takes the rear of the vehicle. No front number plates on motorcycles

Even further OT and a rant to boot (Re: OT: Speed cameras (Re: taxi in motion))

2004-02-10 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Even further OT because I'm not even going to mentioon the cameras... Bob W wrote: I heard on the radio today, as I was speeding home from work, that only about 7% of road accidents here are caused by the driver speeding. I can't find anything on the BBC website to back this up. But it's

Giclee prints

2004-02-10 Thread David Mann
Hi all, Has anyone here had Giclee prints made? There are a couple of places here that do them. They seem to be very expensive but are advertised as being the ultimate in quality. I've been giving a little thought to picking out a 6x7 slide to have drum scanned and printed, just to see what

FA 24-90 flash coverage

2004-02-10 Thread P Kong
For those Pentaxians who use the FA 24-90 w/ the built-in flash on the Zx-5n, do you experience vignetting? I don't have a 24-90 (yet) to try for myself. And yes, I do have the ability to use an accessory flash, but thought I'd toss out the question. Thanks. Pat in SF

Re: Giclee prints

2004-02-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Giclee is just a fancy French name for ink jet. There are a few great labs around here that to outstanding work on the Epson 9600. David Mann wrote: Hi all, Has anyone here had Giclee prints made? There are a couple of places here that do them. They seem to be very expensive but are

RE: OT: Fast BW Film

2004-02-10 Thread Peter Alling
The T Max should probably be rated closer to 1000. It becomes quite grainy at it's rated ISO and the contrast can become a problem. (I like high contrast images but there is a limit). I've read somewhere that it can be pushed to 12800, never tried it though since I don't have a meter that

Re: Giclee prints

2004-02-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://www.lightroom.com/lr_pages/giclee.html This page may be helpful. The lab is one that I use for my higher end inkjet work. David Mann wrote: Hi all, Has anyone here had Giclee prints made?

RE: OT: Fast BW Film

2004-02-10 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Peter Alling wrote: The T Max should probably be rated closer to 1000. It becomes quite grainy at it's rated ISO True, but after you've seen it at 12500, the grain at 3200 doesn't look bad at all. I'm quite willing to get 8x10 prints from it despite the grain. With one caveat: in my

Re: OT Epson 820 -- wrong colors coming up ack help!

2004-02-10 Thread Peter Alling
I've seen similar things happen with HP printers when you run out of just one color. (It doesn't last long though, if you're out of one you're just about out of them all). At 11:09 PM 2/9/04, you wrote: I'm getting gray where yellow should be when I print and when I do nozzle check... The simple

Friday night photo openings

2004-02-10 Thread Pat White
Late last Friday afternoon, my friend said Let's hit some photo shows!, so off we went. First to see his show at a cafe, in aid of Crystal Garden (www.savecrystalgarden.com) . Lots of excellent pictures of parrots, marmosets, butterflies, and flowers. Next to another cafe for one part of a show

Re: film vs digital for history

2004-02-10 Thread Peter Alling
Shel, It was just an example of film saving an image of an event the importance of which isn't realized until later. Where as Digital probably would not. Lighten up. At 01:16 AM 2/10/04, you wrote: One needn't use Bill Clinton's sexual exploits and personal affairs to justify film. Jim Apilado

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