Re: free? LX Grip A

2004-02-27 Thread Th. Stach
Frantisek Vlcek schrieb: I just found this poor orphaned LX Grip A (the brown plastic that you cut yourself to your hand shape), already sandpapered so it fits to most hands... long after I sold my LX. Seeing it silly to sell it, I will exchange it for a nice BW print of reasonable size,

Re: PAW and introduction

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Welcome and be ready for a ride of your life... Lovely creature. You definitely seem to know your way in macro photography. Thanks for posting. And welcome again... Boris (from finally somewhat sunny Israel)

RE: GFM

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, TANYA THE SKINT disgorged: Cotty, I am yet to book flights but there is plenty of availability around the dates that I want. I am looking at flying in around the 27th May - tv has some work around the 30th that I was going to tag along for and generally just check things out for the

Re: PAW - Tanja

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! wb (Tanja wasn't really a willing subject, but suffered in silence, for my art) Art demands sacrifices as old saying roughly translated by me goes... Without really knowing what does it mean exactly cheesy in this context I suppose I should say that I really like this one. You know, this

Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, AN F1 NUT disgorged: Here is a selection of *ist D pictures I took yesterday: http://www.dariobonazza.com/f1_04e.htm Dario Bonazza Very nice, Dario. Forgive me, I don't recall your background. Do you shoot for money or are these for pleasure? In what capacity were you at

Re: PAW - Happy Daze (just for Wendy)

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Stan, this is not really a critique but rather a question/request. Do you have the photo of this dog's owner shot at the same time? I am really curious to see a man/woman dazing away g. I trust it you shot it at longest focal length, didn't you? Boris

Re: PAW: Lake Michigan wetlands

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! PS Never thought I had anything good enough for PUG postings, but PAW got me PS out of *lurker* mode. Constructive criticism appreciated. PS http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/washingt.htm PS Paul Welcome to visible mode, Paul g... Fascinating photo. It looks a little surreal to me.

Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
Astonishing for me - ISO800! Now the reality shows: the low sharpening of the *istD - often criticized - is a big advantage. A stronger sharpening would have increased the noise, too. Cheers, Heiko Just as a point of information, the sharpening can be set in these DSLR cameras to the desired

Re: PAW (early this week)

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Excellent image for car enthusiast. I used to be involved in driving news group soon after I bought my car. But I never had a chance to drive anything faster than Ford Focus. I have only one frowny comment g... David, if you wanted it to be a real riddle why you allowed the Ferrari Horse be

Re: The Local Pentax SLR Conundrum

2004-02-27 Thread Chris Brogden
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I have SOME good news, and it's not that I saved on my car insurance by switching to Geico. It's that I actually saw an Optio 550 on display a couple of weeks ago. In Wolf Camera, of all places. Price had gone down since I bought mine, too.

Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests

2004-02-27 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi Cotty, on 27 Feb 04 you wrote in pentax.list: Just as a point of information, the sharpening can be set in these DSLR cameras to the desired level. Yes, but the highest level of sharpening that the *istD offers, sharpens less than Canon's normal or even low setting. I keep sharpening set to

Re: Provia Processing Problem?

2004-02-27 Thread John Mustarde
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:00:17 +0100, you wrote: Hi This part of the film has not been exposed or not developed. I suggest it is caused by: 1) Missing emulsion on this part of the film (film makers error) or has been scratched off before exposing. 2) You accidently sckratched the emulsion off, or

Re: PAW: Gray Day

2004-02-27 Thread Steve Desjardins
It's not a scan. *istD on ***L Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/26/04 07:30PM i pushed it a fair bit in Photoshop CS and used a couple of other filters. what

Re: PAW - Lake

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Cassino
I like it. You have a nice mix of really pure symmetry with non-symetical elements (like the partial symmetry of the bank to the left of the frame and the non-reflected foreground branches. I think it would be stronger with in a less contrasty print - I'd like to see some detail in the two

Re: PAW and introduction

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Cassino
very cool looking insect, and nicely captured! - MCC At 05:09 PM 2/27/2004 +1100, you wrote: G'day fellow Pentaxians, Here's a photo I took just then for my first PAW - it's a beetle with some pretty spectacular pectinate antennae (possibly a /Peisarthrius /species).

Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner

2004-02-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Michel Carrère-Gée Subject: Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner (and 1.8/55, screw, normal or reverse) + Pentax Slide-Copier Its good ! Are you able to get full frame with that? Not full frame, approximately 20x30mm with 1.4/50mm Thats

Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner

2004-02-27 Thread keller.schaefer
Do you remember which setup gave you the full frame? I have also spent an evening juggling with 35, 40, 50 and 55 mm lenses, reverse rings and extension tubes and did not find a good setup (using the x1 slide copier). I thought the only way would be to use the slide holder that attaches to the

Re: A Quick Snap: Road Runner Burrito

2004-02-27 Thread Norm Baugher
What did you order? Norm Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/roadrunner.html (195K Progressive JPEG) Comments or derisive laughter welcome. I liked the colors.

Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner

2004-02-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: keller.schaefer Subject: Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner Do you remember which setup gave you the full frame? I have also spent an evening juggling with 35, 40, 50 and 55 mm lenses, reverse rings and extension tubes and did not find a good setup

Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
Hi David, Comments interspersed: I have been taking some college courses at our local university and all of the computers in the graphics dept are Mac. They are only running OS 9.1 or 9.2...can't remember for sure. As I understand this is pretty outdated for today. Correct. Bear that in mind.

Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, DOCTOR HEIKO disgorged: Just as a point of information, the sharpening can be set in these DSLR cameras to the desired level. Yes, but the highest level of sharpening that the *istD offers, sharpens less than Canon's normal or even low setting. Interesting. Do you have any

RE: FS Friday

2004-02-27 Thread Jens Bladt
Hi all Having got the MZ-S and saving for the *ist D, I have (finally) decided to sell these very nice Pentax items to the highes bidders. I'll be offering the items on ebay in a while, and I thought you'd like to know! Bodies: Pentax P50 (P5), excellent condition Pentax P30n (P3n),excellent

Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests

2004-02-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
dpreview showed this in their testing Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:43 AM Subject: Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests On 27/2/04, DOCTOR HEIKO disgorged:

Re: A Quick Snap: Road Runner Burrito

2004-02-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
WE ate next door at the sushi place ... Norm Baugher wrote: What did you order? Norm Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/roadrunner.html (195K Progressive JPEG) Comments or derisive laughter welcome. I liked the colors.

Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner

2004-02-27 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Not full frame, approximately 20x30mm with 1.4/50mm I tried two new tests: - with SMC 2/55mm: almost full frame - with SMC 4/100 Macro-Bellows: I replaced the tube of Slide-Copier by a steel tube, I can do full frame. (diameter 12mm, lenght 25cm; original is 13mm diameter, 8.5mm lenght)

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread brooksdj
Awww. Nice shot Bill. The face just ozzes love.:-) It looks very sharp on my monitor. Dave Here's my first weekly PAW image. http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=66 Bill

Re: PAW -- Elton and Friend

2004-02-27 Thread brooksdj
Other than the drain pipe in the background,i like it Dave(cat person:-))Brooks Ok I figured I'd contribute to this and I would like feedback however there are a few things I don't want to hear. One is that the subject is too dark or the background is

Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests

2004-02-27 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi Cotty, on 27 Feb 04 you wrote in pentax.list: On 27/2/04, DOCTOR HEIKO disgorged: LOL Yes, but the highest level of sharpening that the *istD offers, sharpens less than Canon's normal or even low setting. Interesting. Do you have any references to substantiate this? Hm, I don't have a D60

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Bill Owens
Thanks Dave. This was taken with the *ist D and 28-105 PZ at whatever focal length I needed to get the framing I wanted. Guess I could look it up in the exif data, but I'm too lazy. It was sharpened with Nik sharpener pro. Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

PAW

2004-02-27 Thread William Robb
Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure. Rip it apart folks. William Robb

Re: PAW - Neapolitan Shoeshine

2004-02-27 Thread brooksdj
I like this one,Gianfranco. Something about the stillness and sharpness of the subject and the blurry people in motion,work for me. Your title is very approprate.It looks as if he has stopped time to have his small work break..:-) Dave Hi everybody,

Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long

2004-02-27 Thread Stan Halpin
I will delete most of Cotty's excellent well-balanced reply. I do need to add two suggestions. 1. David, re: the deleted 'icon'. Whether it is a deleted file, folder, application, or alias, it was not deleted. It was moved to the Trash. It is probably still there. Open the Trash, click and

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread brooksdj
Looks like that 28-105 is a nice piece of glass. Dave Thanks Dave. This was taken with the *ist D and 28-105 PZ at whatever focal Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004

FS: ME Super; winder II; SFXn; F28-80; AF201Sa; accessories

2004-02-27 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
Hi folks, I have the following items for sale. I expect them to be mainly of interest to those of you based in the UK, so I list the prices in UK pounds; we can work something out if you are not based here, I am sure. Please note the following: - Prices include shipping in the UK. -

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Bill, I'd love to see your pictures. Unfortunately, your hosting site doesn't allow my browser (Netscape) to see them. The pics just don't come up at all. That means in order to see your pics I have to use another browser. Kind of a PITA. Just thought you might want to know that at least

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Bill Owens
Nothing to rip IMO. Granted it's different, but I like it. Bill - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: PAW Something a little different today.

Re: PAW - seated @ 1/4

2004-02-27 Thread brooksdj
I don't know why but i really like these type of night time sky line shots. I really like the coloured reflections from the buildings in the water.The people in motion give it that hustle-bustle feel. Dave I haven't posted a pic for a while and I've

PAW - sunset

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I know sunsets are cliche and so on. But this one I think is a little different. http://boris.isra-shop.com/photos/basic-zoom/sunset.htm My site is back up so I am posting the proper link... All comments are most welcome. Thanks in advance (even if you'd beat me to dust g). Boris

Ebay LX

2004-02-27 Thread Norm Baugher
I think he'll be hanging on to this one just a bit longer http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3800614403category=15240

Re: PAW - Neapolitan Shoeshine

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! GI Hi everybody, GI I'd like to hear some comments about this one: GI http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2147246 GI I'm not sure if I like it or not... The man is a shoeshine, he GI works (worked? not sure I saw him recently) along one of the GI shopping streets in Naples. I took

Re: PAW: Keeping Warm

2004-02-27 Thread Kenneth Waller
Hey , this looks like three PAWS. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW: Keeping Warm I'm sure its been said a 100 times before,but this shot is just pufect.g Great shot,thanks for sharing.Gotta show the SO and daughter. Dave

Re: PAW: Gray Day

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! SD Here's my first attempt at this (W. Robb embarrassed me into figuring SD out how to post this at WL ;-). Until I get Frontpage installed, I'm SD using Word to make a webpage. Unfortunately, it doesn't look as sharp SD on the web: SD http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/ I have only one word

Re: PAW: Gray Day

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Oops. I suppose I was looking at the cropped and otherwise corrected version. I couldn't get to the original one... Just to make sure it is understood of which image I am rambling... Boris

Re: PAW: Hot Hot Hot

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! RS http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2157559 Rob, I admit that my appetite experienced a surge up when I saw this. So I suppose it is quite successful. grin Boris

Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Lon Williamson
Looks like a few have problems with barrel distortion. Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon

Re: My PAW (Week 2) - Street at night

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! AC http://ecoli.idv.tw/photo/street.jpg AC This one was taken last year when I first got my Olympus 5050. Never AC tried a proper night scene before so I got on top of the roof of my AC office and took this pic. Andy, this is excellent. It reminds me of some views I have from my office

Re: PAW Pastoral at 420mm

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! JM Here's a bit of pastoral color: JM http://www.photolin.com/misc/BOT032a.jpg JM Taken at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona USA in March JM of last year. We were walking a path through the wildflower area, JM then around a blind corner came upon two ladies painting in the

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Dag T
I liked that one. There is some strange sense of humor at work here. A bit weird. A small objection to the pink colour. DagT På 27. feb. 2004 kl. 16.41 skrev William Robb: Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure.

PAW: Guitar String Post

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Dalal
Hey Folks, Here's one I need some help on. I'm wondering if I should crop it tighter. There's an element in the middle left side of the photo I'm wondering if I should clone out. Ditch it altogether and try again? http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2167370 Thanks, Mark

Re: San Diego by night

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Ib I read a few books and watched postings to try learn the tricks of doing Ib these long night exposures. Ib Amateur as I am, but eager to learn from the myriads of those clearly less Ib amateur than I, I'd love Ib to receive your advice on what to do better. Ib Weather was muggy,

PAW: Shel-inspired

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Dalal
Hey Folks, One more for the week. This one was inspired by Shel. He sent me a similar shot and decided to try it also. This shot was taken while driving (with both hands on the wheel). It's the craziest one of all the frames I took. Hope you enjoy:

Re: PAW: The Hug...

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! FW Thanks for the kind comments. Kelly, my model, is a very cute FW two year old with wonderful facial expressions - plus she enjoys FW being photographed and is happy to sit still long enough for the FW shot. She featured in my entry to February's PUG, and again for FW March. Fred, you

Re: PAW: Guitar String Post

2004-02-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Mark ... You've got a good idea here, but I think this shot fails to make the cut. Apart from the element you'd like to clone out, the object in the background is very distracting. It looks like another guitar string post. Softer bokeh might get it to work a little better, or maybe going the

RE: My PAW (Week 2) - Street at night

2004-02-27 Thread Andy Chang
Thanks Boris! Working has taken most of my time so I sometimes go up to the roof and look around to see what's going on around the office building grin Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 2:11 AM To: Andy Chang

Re: PAW - Neapolitan Shoeshine

2004-02-27 Thread Bob Blakely
You mean for brown, white pink shoes?

Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)

2004-02-27 Thread Nick Clark
Of course the alcohol boils off before the water so you're actually diluting the stuff. Call yourself hard ;) Nick -Original Message- From: Cotty[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24/02/04 15:17:50 Dahhh. You're all a bunch of wusses. I take a glass, boil the rest of the

Re: SUN 24/2.5 lens

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
Your welcome. Andy Chang wrote: Peter, Thank you ever so much Time for reading now grin Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SUN 24/2.5 lens You can find a great

Re: SUN 24/2.5 lens

2004-02-27 Thread Pat White
The only Sun lens I owned was a 60-135/3.5 zoom, back in the early 80s. It was horrible, producing soft images with an unappealling greenish cast. I gave it away, with a suitable warning. I think Sun was a lesser-known 3rd-party brand back then, but I hadn't heard or seen the name in at least

PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Larry Hodgson
Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again with the D. Comments welcome. http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2589664/Original Larry from Prescott

Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, STAN DA MAN disgorged: c. Using OS9.x and earlier Mac systems, you periodically need to do something called cleaning the desktop folder. Think of it like flushing the cache on a web browser. To do this on the Mac, you hold down a special key combination during start-up. I

Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, EHH WHAT'S UP DOC? disgorged: LOL Yes, but the highest level of sharpening that the *istD offers, sharpens less than Canon's normal or even low setting. Interesting. Do you have any references to substantiate this? Hm, I don't have a D60 to compare ;-) but I remember to have read

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure. Rip it apart folks. William Robb Bill, that's a beautiful pic. I really like it. Needs the bottom of the mirror though to be perfect IMO.

Re: PAW - Hat and Beard

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I'm trying to get mySO to let me grow mine like that,but no luck so far.g Other than the bright engine people have mentioned, its a great shot,Cotty. Dave Okay, in an effort to steer away from car threads and

PAW: Bonnie's Piano (Homage to Mark LOL

2004-02-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/pianostrings.html Saw some nice patterns in the piano strings. This is one of the QuikSnaps® I took while hanging around Bonnie's place. It's not as sharp as I'd like since the exposure was long and I had no tripod, but you might like the pattern made by the

Re: NFS Friday: Z-70 (PZ-70)

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, WOULD LOSE HIS HEAD IF NOT SCREWED ON disgorged: It's gone. Mike, honestly - you only just had it. Now where were you? You popped into the kitchen to make a cup of tea, then you went into the bog... Is it down the back of the settee? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Larry, What great colors! Super shot. Unfortunately, I suspect the web and my monitor don't do it the justice it deserves ... and it still looks great! You clearly got it right! shel Larry Hodgson wrote: Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William Robb wrote: Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure. Rip it apart folks. I liked that one. There is some strange sense of humor at work here. A bit weird. A small objection

Re: PAW: Shel-inspired

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Dalal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One more for the week. This one was inspired by Shel. He sent me a similar shot and decided to try it also. This shot was taken while driving (with both hands on the wheel). I'm not even going to *ask* what you pressed the shutter button with. It's the

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Lon Williamson Subject: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion? Looks like a few have problems with barrel distortion. Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon The A20mm f/2.8 seems good. I tend to be pretty sensitive to barrel distortion,

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Bruce Dayton
Wow! Very nice. Looks like you captured this in perfect light. You must have staked out the shot earlier - composition is great and the sky cooperated. Great job! Bruce Friday, February 27, 2004, 10:59:37 AM, you wrote: LH Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon

Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long

2004-02-27 Thread John Francis
I couldn't hep but notice, in the latest flare-up of Mac advocacy, that once again one of the purported strengths of the Mac is that you don't have to understand the inner workings to be able to use the machine sucessfully. Oddly enough the same argument can be applied to cameras, but the

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Keith Whaley
In my experience, if you try to avoid vertical lines at the left and right edges of the scene, you'll love it. I know that sounds logical, but you'd be surprised. If you keep thinking of what emphasizes the barrel distortion, and stay away from it, you'll like it a lot more. . . Keep it level as

Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long

2004-02-27 Thread Bob W
Hi, If anyone can simply give me an answer to some of the questions I've raised or direct me to a primer that will help me understand the Mac's better I'd greatly appreciate it. these 2 books might be useful:

source of scrap parts?

2004-02-27 Thread edwin
As part of my plan to learn to repair old pentax stuff, I just got a Spotmatic SP, a Spotmatic F, and an SMCT 300/4.0 from KEH in as is condition. Both bodies were inop, although I have yet to find anything wrong with the F. The SP mirror and aperture stopdown hangs up at slow shutter speeds

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Dag T
På 27. feb. 2004 kl. 20.39 William Robb: - Original Message - From: Lon Williamson Subject: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion? Looks like a few have problems with barrel distortion. Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon The A20mm f/2.8 seems good. I tend to be pretty

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Keith Whaley wrote: In my experience, if you try to avoid vertical lines at the left and right edges of the scene, you'll love it. I know that sounds logical, but you'd be surprised. Judging by Wheatfield's HomeRenovation Updates there were very few true vertical lines left

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Andre Langevin
Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon The A20mm f/2.8 seems good. I tend to be pretty sensitive to barrel distortion, and I have used the 20 pretty extensively ove rthe past few months with the home reno pictures, and nothing has jumped out at me. I agree that the A20 f/2.8 is quite good, and

Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long

2004-02-27 Thread Stan Halpin
Actually John, I think that you need to know a fair amount about any complex mechanism to best make use of it. Be it a camera or a computer or a form of operating system or an application or utility. DOS/Windows (and CPM before them) have just made different assumptions about the user than the

6x7

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Cassino
I love it when things come together... Yesterday the postal service jeep pulled up into the driveway and the mail carrier brought two packages. One was the 6x7 system I bought from a list member, which includes the 6x7 w/ MLU, standard (non-ttl) finder, and a 105 f2.4 and 150 f2.8 lens. The

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Cassino
Really lush colors and textures - great shot! - MCC At 11:59 AM 2/27/2004 -0700, you wrote: Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again with the D. Comments welcome.

Re: PAW - sunset

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Cassino
I really like including just a sliver of land at the bottom of the frame with the sky fading off into the darkness. Really makes me feel like the night is pressing in... - MCC At 07:45 PM 2/27/2004 +0200, you wrote: Hi! I know sunsets are cliche and so on. But this one I think is a little

Re: Pentax F 35-135/3.5-4.5

2004-02-27 Thread Robert Gonzalez
I bought this lens some time ago on ebay for a paltry $50, thinking I could get a good walking around lens with a fabulous focal range, but it is worth about that much. It is quite soft. I guess it has its uses. I used it to take my PUG entry for Feb, but only because I happened to have

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Fred
the A20 f/2.8 is quite good, and the 28 f/2.0 too Which 28/2 ? The K 28/2 or the M/A 28/2 ? Fred

Re: NFS Friday: Z-70 (PZ-70)

2004-02-27 Thread mike wilson
I think it fell out of the hole in me trouser pocket. I'm really, really sorry. Cotty wrote: On 27/2/04, WOULD LOSE HIS HEAD IF NOT SCREWED ON disgorged: It's gone. Mike, honestly - you only just had it. Now where were you? You popped into the kitchen to make a cup of tea, then you

Re: NFS Friday: Z-70 (PZ-70)

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
Oh, you mean the hole that you er, the hole that is er, I mean, oh - *that* hole! On 27/2/04, MIKE THE MECHANIC disgorged: I think it fell out of the hole in me trouser pocket. I'm really, really sorry. Cotty wrote: On 27/2/04, WOULD LOSE HIS HEAD IF NOT SCREWED ON disgorged: It's gone.

Re: A Quick Snap: Road Runner Burrito

2004-02-27 Thread frank theriault
Shel, Just so you know, I was laughing at your comment that you ate next door at the Sushi place, and not at the Burrito place. I thought that was funny. Don't know why, but I did. Look forward to seeing your sunset shot of that sign. Should look good. Just have a few more sakes first, so

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, LARRY disgorged: Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again with the D. Comments welcome. http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2589664/Original Larry from Prescott

RE: 6x7

2004-02-27 Thread frank theriault
Pretty impressive for outakes that are much softer than the negs in the loupe! I guess you're now in the Brotherhood, eh Mark? cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL

RE: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread frank theriault
I think it's pretty freaking cool! I think it might look even cooler in bw. But, still, it's pretty cool right now. cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread frank theriault
No, no, no (I say that with respect and love, Boros g) Simple is good. At least in this case it is. Maybe that's why I said earlier that it might work in BW, because that would be even simpler - no colours. Strip away everything superfluous, and get to the essence of the mirror and the

Re: 6x7

2004-02-27 Thread Norm Baugher
That's right, I guess we should welcome Mark into the brotherhood. Welcome Mark [secret shutter shake]! Norm frank theriault wrote: I guess you're now in the Brotherhood, eh Mark?

Re: 6x7

2004-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice pics, Mark. I love 6702. Great definition. I wouldn't split hairs over the difference in the two 55mm lenses. It's probably inivisible to the naked eye. I've been playing with my *istD for a couple of weeks now, but you just motivated me to get the 6x7 out. For handheld cameras it doesn't

RE: PAW - sunset

2004-02-27 Thread frank theriault
Awesome!! -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - sunset Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:45:16 +0200

Re: PAW - sunset

2004-02-27 Thread Norm Baugher
Ditto. frank theriault wrote: Awesome!!

PAW: tasteful nudity

2004-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'm quite pleased with this shot. It was done by candle light with the Pentax 6x7 and 105/2.4 lens. It displays full rear nudity, but I doubt that any adults would consider it offensive. I've posted it here because I think it's a nice example of what can be done with unusual lighting. Of

Re: PAW: Gray Day

2004-02-27 Thread Herb Chong
it's too bad you didn't shoot RAW, there is enough room to boost the saturation a lot without too much artifacting in the sky. even if there is, much of the resulting chroma noise can be removed with a good noise filter. send me the original and i'll see what i can do. Herb... - Original

Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests

2004-02-27 Thread Herb Chong
the Pentax RAW conversion software offers more sharpening than the camera does. Herb - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:43 AM Subject: Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests Yes, but the highest level of

Re: PAW: tasteful nudity

2004-02-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 27 Feb 2004 at 19:10, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm quite pleased with this shot. It was done by candle light with the Pentax 6x7 and 105/2.4 lens. It displays full rear nudity, but I doubt that any adults would consider it offensive. I've posted it here because I think it's a nice example

warming polarizer and print film?

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Erickson
All, I've been using Kodak Portra 400UC for snapshots lately and am pretty happy with its color palette. I'm thinking about using it as a general travel film and am wondering how it responds to filtering (as compared to slide film). I have a bit of experience with filtration (e.g., ND

Re: PAW: tasteful nudity

2004-02-27 Thread Norm Baugher
Nicely done, I agree with Rob, the hand doesn't seem to fit itdon't like the tan line as well. Norm Rob Studdert wrote: I like it, the only negative distraction (to me) are the hard lines caused by the lighting of her hand. A little a more light on the lower legs would have been good too

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