PAW--FisheyeWaterFall Redux

2004-03-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
Having taken a few suggestions I re-photographed my second PAW here it is along with the URL of the first for anyone who might be interested. http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_FisheyeWaterfall2.html http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_FisheyeWaterfall.html

Re: M42 lens on K mount

2004-03-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
No it doesn't work with all M42 lenses some of the lenses have flanges that are too narrow. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Don Subject: Re: M42 lens on K mount It's fine, mine is the same way. I ended up permanently mounting the adaptor to the lens and

Re: Unwilling sitters: Was PAW - Session 1

2004-03-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
If someone is unwilling then they're hardly sitting for a portrait in my opinion, but I could be wrong. Simon King wrote: Peter J. Alling asked; Have you had un-willing adult sitters? Haven't we all? My wife and most of my family would rather never be in a photograph, and my kids

Re: Unerase/undelete

2004-03-10 Thread Boros Attila
Hello mapson, Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 4:01:22 AM, you wrote: m I just erased the HD drive which had photos. I made a copy of all of them, m except for about 100 ;-( m Would anyone know a good (preferably freeware or shareware - so I could get m it without probs) program that enables to

Re: PAW: guitar

2004-03-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
That's a very strong composition. I like it. Amita Guha wrote: I'm taking a graphic design course, and last week's homework was to take an object and portray it 50 different ways. Not necessarily a photography assignment, but what else was I going to do? I borrowed Nate's Canon 300d and shot at

Polarizer and rotating front element (was: Re[2]: PAW: City Hall Tower)

2004-03-10 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Boris, BL Now you tell us grin... You make perfect sense to me then. I tried BL similar things myself but eventually I grew dissatisfied with this BL kind of shots. Naturally it is me speaking. Here is one example BL http://boris.isra-shop.com/photos/35/against-the-rules.htm where I got BL

Re: PAW: City Hall Tower

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Well, my lines are between your lines that are between other's lines grin... It was taken intentionally on an overcast day. So it is not a snapshot, neither was taken on a trip, it is right here in Oradea;) I wanted to take it on an overcast day to eliminate some very unpleasant shadows.

Re: What gear is on your lust list ?

2004-03-10 Thread John Forbes
Sigma sell their lenses in all the main mounts, and generally at rather lower prices than Pentax. They are therefore likely to sell far more, and have far greater economies of scale. I suspect that they sell anywhere from twenty to a hundred times as many of any particular lens as the Pentax

Re: XP-2

2004-03-10 Thread mike.wilson
Hi, Clint wrote: Shel the reason I might not continue to use XP-2 is the contrast does not look right. I dont know if the kodak brand film would be better, alot of the blame might be on me for not using filters. Just a thought the whole folder is located here: Who did your scans, Clint? At

Re: Polarizer and rotating front element (was: Re[2]: PAW: City Hall Tower)

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Attila, thanks for your word about my photo. I recently bought an F 70-210/4-5.6 lens that also has rotating front element. I do have 49 mm polarizer but this is my first such lens. I've no idea how would I use polarizer on it. Perhaps pre-focusing, switching to manual focus if necessary

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread John Forbes
I would agree that, in practice, the necessity to blow up a *ist D image may not matter if you are using a lens with very high resolution. However, not all lenses, especially zooms, exhibit superb resolution, and in such cases I am sure that the difference will be observable. The only way to

Re: What gear is on your lust list ?

2004-03-10 Thread Herb Chong
doesn't make the Sigma lens higher in quality than what Pentax sells at a slightly higher price point. people who own other Sigma lenses can tell you, the prices reflect pretty close to absolute quality differences even between vendors. Herb - Original Message - From: John Forbes

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Mar 2004 at 10:37, John Forbes wrote: I would agree that, in practice, the necessity to blow up a *ist D image may not matter if you are using a lens with very high resolution. However, not all lenses, especially zooms, exhibit superb resolution, and in such cases I am sure that the

Re: Teleconverter question

2004-03-10 Thread alexanderkrohe
From: Don Herring [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am planning to get a 1.4-S teleconvertor, mainly to use with my A* 300/4. Can this particular converter be used with a 500/4.5 screw mount (with the screw mount adapter of course)? Yes it can. Also the L-converters (2x-L, 1.4x-L) do work with this

Re: XP2

2004-03-10 Thread Sas Gabor
Hi, I use this film regularly, most of my recent BW shots (think of 35mm cameras; in MF I pefer more traditional ones like FP4, APX or Fortepan) was XP2s. I'd say that XP2 is a very special film. As others mentioned, it has probably the widest exposure latitude of all films available today,

Re: 120 film darkroom q

2004-03-10 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mark Cassino I usually do a 1 minute pre-soak before developing. With 120 film the pre-soak water comes out dark indigo blue. I peel the film off the paper and cut the end with the adhesive on it - at first I thought I must of left some paper

Re: What gear is on your lust list ?

2004-03-10 Thread John Forbes
That's a different point entirely. How they choose to price their products is up to them; my point was that if they make enough they can afford to produce high quality at low prices. John On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 06:30:24 -0500, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: doesn't make the Sigma lens

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread Bill Owens
Oh yes, the technical issues are much more important that actually going out and taking photos. Bill JC, Thanks for backing up your assertions with your modeling approach and assumptions. Now we can debate the merits of technical issues rather than point fingers and talk past each other.

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Mar 2004 at 7:41, Bill Owens wrote: Oh yes, the technical issues are much more important that actually going out and taking photos. If you sort out the technical issue before you go out taking photos you'll be in for less of a surprise/disappointment when you come back :-) Cheers,

Re: 120 film darkroom q

2004-03-10 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Mark Cassino wrote: I usually do a 1 minute pre-soak before developing. With 120 film the pre-soak water comes out dark indigo blue. I peel the film off the paper and cut the end with the adhesive on it - at first I thought I must of left some paper in there, but it doesn't look like it

RE: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread J. C. O'Connell
If you dont mind the technical stuff your just a point 'n shooter! JCO J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Rob, On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:43:12 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: Has anyone here proven that DA lenses are designed to be sharper than their FF 35mm equivalents? My take on the DA lens revolution was that they are designed to only cover an APS sensor (and secondarily designed to extract more

Re: Polarizer and rotating front element

2004-03-10 Thread Kenneth Waller
Using a polarizer on a rotating front element (like the 70-210mm F): It's not rocket science here - # 1 - compose/focus # 2 - adjust polarizer for effect # 3 - set exposure # 4 - readjust polarizer, if necessary # 5 - check exposure # 6 - take the photo Somewhat awkward but doable. Ken

Re: Polarizer and rotating front element (was: Re[2]: PAW: City Hall Tower)

2004-03-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: Polarizer and rotating front element (was: Re[2]: PAW: City Hall Tower) Hi! Attila, thanks for your word about my photo. I recently bought an F 70-210/4-5.6 lens that also has rotating front element. I do have 49 mm polarizer

Re: 120 film darkroom q

2004-03-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: 120 film darkroom q I usually rinse a couple of times to get rid of most of the blue dye, but it's more superstition than anything else ;) I've never noticed any problems when I've forgotten to do it. Pre rinsing is a good

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell Subject: RE: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution If you dont mind the technical stuff your just a point 'n shooter! Wrongo me boy. It's not so simple as that. There is not giving a rats fart about technical stuff at all (The point and

Re: M42 lens on K mount

2004-03-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling Subject: Re: M42 lens on K mount No it doesn't work with all M42 lenses some of the lenses have flanges that are too narrow. I don't have a lot of M42 lenses, the 17mm Tak is the only one I have with a wide enough flange to allow this, were

RE: first post XP-2 and PAW

2004-03-10 Thread David Madsen
Exactly. When I first commented on the photo I wanted to see more detail in the highlights. I haven't totally changed my mind, but I do see how the highlights give it a somewhat haunting image, which works in this photo. David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com

Re: PAW--FisheyeWaterFall Redux

2004-03-10 Thread danilo
Alle 08:45, mercoledì 10 marzo 2004, Peter J. Alling ha scritto: Having taken a few suggestions I re-photographed my second PAW here it is along with the URL of the first for anyone who might be interested. http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_FisheyeWaterfall2.html

Re: OT: PayPal

2004-03-10 Thread graywolf
I like the clarification. As long as the claim is made withing 30 days of the purhase. I thought that they didn't want to hear about the problem before 30 days because the item may still show up. So their policy is that they will do nothing before 30 days is up, and they will do nothing after

Re: Polarizer and rotating front element

2004-03-10 Thread graywolf
It is not that the polarizer doesn't work, it is just that you have to adjust it everytime you change focus. I use polarizers to control reflections, not to make the sky look like a crayon drawing. I sometimes think that if some aliens landed and looked through a couple of books of photographs

Re: What gear is on your lust list ? Recommendations? 70-210

2004-03-10 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Andre Langevin wrote: Assuming that we are talking budget lenses here, Pentax M80-200/4.5 or F70-210/4-5.6, is the general wisdom. The A70-210/4 is more expensive, though it's supposed to be a lot better than the other two. Kostas A lot better? I remember having seen

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread Mark Erickson
Oh yes, the technical issues are much more important that actually going out and taking photos. Bill Well, the is the Pentax-Discuss Mail List as opposed to the Photography-Discuss Mail List :-) Seriously, your point is well taken. Besides, many of us lens-heads enjoy discussing the

Re: Tokina 80-400 AT-X

2004-03-10 Thread Andre Langevin
Does anyone have any experience with this lens? Is it any good? Steven Desjardins A bit off-topic but Tokina makes a dedicated low-power achromatic close-up lens, the CUP 840, which is also a cheaper alternative to the Pentax T-226 ($60. instead of $110.) Both have about 0,5 diopter power.

Re: Tokina 80-400 AT-X

2004-03-10 Thread Andre Langevin
...also the A200/2.8 and 200/2.5 with a 77-72 step-down ring. Andre

RE: OT: Germans and credit cards (was Re: What gear is on your lust list ?

2004-03-10 Thread Adelheid v. K.
The German Word for it is: Bankeinzug or Lastschrifteinzugsverfahren which is a veeery long word g. The idea behind it is to avoid the costs that credit card companies charge. If I give somebody my account data and give him or her the written permission to charge my account, this person has only

Re: What gear is on your lust list ? Recommendations? 70-210

2004-03-10 Thread Andre Langevin
I too would opt for the F, but I have even heard people (outside the list) say the F is not a patch on the A. Outside the list... hmm... does it count? Perhaps they are wrong, or they have different criteria to me. Kostas I heard such praise for the F (the Pentax, not the Takumar) that I bought

RE: PAW: guitar

2004-03-10 Thread Amita Guha
From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Amita Guha posted: http://www.beyondthepath.com/photos/paw/2004-03-07.html That looks familiar, so it's probably a brand I know. It's not Yamaha (at least it doesn't match mine). Who made it? Oh yeah, I like the photo BTW. Thanks!

RE: PAW: guitar

2004-03-10 Thread Amita Guha
Definitely. It certainly makes me want to go spank the plank. Spank the plank...hehe...gotta remember that one. I'm glad you guys all liked the shot. Thanks for the comments! :) Amita

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread Bill Owens
My comment was meant to say that there are some people here who are more concerned with technical issues than they are with taking pictures. Bill - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:42 AM Subject: RE: *ist

Re: *istD sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread edwin
From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] could be because they are stuck with the 45.5mm flange registration and they are designing even shorter focal length zoom lenses, the retrofocus factor is kicking their ass. The only way they will ever get maximum performance from a APS sensor system

PAW - Applying makeup

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! It is an old Jewish holiday known as Purim where among other things parents dress their kids in carnival clothes and then kids celebrate. I wonder whether any of these two work. I wonder which is better. I wonder what you might want to say... Technically it is Agfa 200, FA 50/1.7 somewhere

Re: What gear is on your lust list ? Recommendations? 70-210

2004-03-10 Thread Andre Langevin
Oops, it should have been read as: I had the A 70-210 for a while many years ago...

DA lenses

2004-03-10 Thread edwin
Somebody was wondering why the DA-type lenses seem to be so big when the whole idea was supposedly to make them small. Nikon guys have the same question about DX lenses. I think the answer is that the DA lenses are smaller than they would be if they were not DA. Does anybody make a 16-45 that

Re: *istD sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] could be because they are stuck with the 45.5mm flange registration and they are designing even shorter focal length zoom lenses, the retrofocus factor is kicking their ass. The only way they will ever

Re: PAW: guitar

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I must say this is among the most original shots I've seen. The geometry is well thought through. Though usually this is called composition, but to my sense of beautiful it appeals more like a geometrical drawing. Everything is flawless about this picture. It deserves to be enlarged and used

Re: OT: Germans and credit cards (was Re: What gear is on your lust list ?

2004-03-10 Thread Bob W
Hi, thanks - 'Lastschrift' was the word I was struggling for and couldn't remember. At eToys we were going to put Lastschrift onto the site, so people could just type in their account details, and we would charge the account. Very open to abuse. -- Cheers, Bob Wednesday, March 10, 2004,

Re: PDML Members websites list update

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Thanks! Boris

Re: OT: Germans and credit cards (was Re: What gear is on your lust list ?

2004-03-10 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Bob W wrote: thanks - 'Lastschrift' was the word I was struggling for and couldn't remember. At eToys we were going to put Lastschrift onto the site, so people could just type in their account details, and we would charge the account. Very open to abuse. ... sounds like folks might

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Scoff and Quaff... Well, straight to my favorites it goes... Wonder how many little linguistic jokes are there in Harry Potter books... Quidditch?! (Ditch a quid?!) Never mind. Boris

RE: PAW: guitar

2004-03-10 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Amita Guha answered: From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] That looks familiar, so it's probably a brand I know. It's not Yamaha (at least it doesn't match mine). Who made it? Thanks! It is actually a Yamaha F335. Big fat dreadnought. I've had it for a year and I still

Re: First PAW -- Boys watching their friend use a bow and arrow

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Frank's analysis is extensive and exhaustive... grin There is one thing that I particularly would think needs fixing. You see, without the title or the story it is not that easy to see that the left-most boy actually shoots with bow and arrow. Which I humbly think wasn't your original

Re: PAE #?

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! TMP The tree to the left looks a bit strange due to it actually being taller TMP than the skyscrapers, for me, it puts the perspective out a little. Maybe TMP (I'm not sure where you were standing), you could have moved a little more TMP to the right to not include the tree in the frame?

Re: PAW: Last one from San Francisco

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! You donate but then you do not expect anything in return... Rac Tsadaka... If I am not mistaken there Judaic law has very specific rules about that. For instance, one has to give to charity at least a very certain part of their income... Boris P.S. Tsadaka in Hebrew means Charity which

Re: PAW: Last one from San Francisco

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! g Yes, I know many people who have a giving mentality. Quite a few of those are g jews. And yes there are those with a give-me mentality, even to the point they g are taking from the needy. Unfortunately, I know some of those also. The best g kind of people, to my mind, are the ones who give

Re: PAW -- Applying Makeup

2004-03-10 Thread bransky
-- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:54:22 +0200 From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi! It is an old Jewish holiday known as Purim where among other things parents dress their kids in carnival clothes and then kids celebrate. I wonder whether any of these two work. I

Re: PAW - Applying makeup

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! It seems I neglected to mention that the makeup is being applied by my wife to our daughter g... Hope no-one was overly confused here... Boris

Re: PAW - Applying makeup

2004-03-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Nice family shot, Boris. Color works much better for this. Good exposure, nice use of Depth of Field. Do you have more shots of the situation. Just wondering of there's one without your wife's hand covering your child's face. shel Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! It is an old Jewish holiday

OT: Epson 2200 mac osx 10.3 and PhotoShopCS

2004-03-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
My old printer is on its last legs. It's an Epson 1200 and it has produced more than 1000 12 x 18s. It's not printing very well with OS X 10.3 and Photoshop CS. I think the drivers haven't been uptdated beyond system 10.1, which is quite diffferent. Since it's a clunker anyway, I'm thinking of

Re: PAW - Applying makeup

2004-03-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! SB Nice family shot, Boris. Color works much better for this. SB Good exposure, nice use of Depth of Field. Do you have more SB shots of the situation. Just wondering of there's one SB without your wife's hand covering your child's face. Shel, I have few more but it takes at least 30-40

RE: PAW: guitar

2004-03-10 Thread Amita Guha
From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Out of curiosity, how old is your FG335? (I'm pretty sure I've played one and liked it ... which would explain the striping looking familiar. And yeah, I could tell it was a dreadnaught from the shape of the waist. ;-) ) I got

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread Steve Jolly
It's quite hard to go out and take photos on a mailing list. Personally I'd choose to take photos in the real world and discuss technical issues online. :-) S Bill Owens wrote: Oh yes, the technical issues are much more important that actually going out and taking photos.

Re: Polarizer and rotating front element

2004-03-10 Thread Steve Jolly
You can see skies that look very much like those obtained with a polarizer if you go to a high enough altitude. See http://www.tagne.com/photoinfo.php?id=t01 for example. S graywolf wrote: It is not that the polarizer doesn't work, it is just that you have to adjust it everytime you change

Re: PAW - KW's third

2004-03-10 Thread brooksdj
Looks just like Western Canada,except for the hilss.LOL Nice shot Ken.I like the effects the rolling hills give it.The lone elevator looks very errie. Pleasing colours too. Dave Please check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html

Re: WOW:No picture,but need advice

2004-03-10 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Snow is definitely cool so a warm filter is appropriate along WITH exposure compensation. I do 2 stops for bright snow. Doing 1.5 with an 80A should be suitable. Along this vein, I've used the 80A with weddings to keep the blues out of gowns. Some labs print too straight for me and I've

Re: PAW - Applying makeup

2004-03-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Great! I'd love to see more ... ;-)) Your daughter looks like quite a charmer. Boris Liberman wrote: Shel, I have few more but it takes at least 30-40 minutes to scan and edit so that on one evening I can do at most 3 or so scans... I will be posting more...

Re: CLA for 35mm/f2 SMC-M (also, opinions between 35mm f2 and 35mm f2.8?)

2004-03-10 Thread Andre Langevin
Can anyone recommend a reputable place for Pentax repair that could take a look at my 35mm lens. There is some oil on the blades and the aperture just does not seem as snappy as it should be. I live in the Twin Cities, but am assuming I'll have to mail it somewhere for repair. This is a pretty

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Mar 2004 at 8:58, Gonz wrote: Not proven, but there is some empirical evidence. Some of those PS digitals have very tiny sensors, but lenses to match the proper image circle. If you calculate the resolution of those lenses, then they come out quite high. Getting back to DA lenses

Re: PAW - Applying makeup

2004-03-10 Thread Paul Jones
Hi Boris, Nice shot, but the hand on the back of the childs neck gives me the impression that she is being forced to wear the makeup. I cant pick between the b/w or colour, they both seem to work well. Regards, Paul Hi! SB Nice family shot, Boris. Color works much better for this. SB Good

RE: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread J. C. O'Connell
FF 35mm is more than 50% wider angle of coverage compared to *istD sensor, that is HUGE for a given focal length but not anywhere near the difference a tiny PS sensor would be. that would be mega-HUGE. JCO J.C.

Post Yamaha Guitar feelings on this subject.

2004-03-10 Thread Lon Williamson
Yamaha Guiars have almost nothing to do with Pentax. All of you hell-bent on describing soundhole rosettes please use the new subject. \ Out of curiosity, how old is your FG335? (I'm pretty sure I've played one and liked it ... which would explain the striping looking familiar. And yeah, I

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread graywolf
And that is perfectly all right. There are some that are more interested in having one of everything Pentax ever made, that is all right too. If I had the money I would probably own hundreds of cameras, but I would not take a lot more photos than I would now if I had the money. And again that

RE: PAW: guitar

2004-03-10 Thread David Madsen
I should photograph the back of the caustic guitar at my house (left here by a friend) that has a rather big 'dent' in the back from being used to hit it's owner's brother in the head. Definite imperfections. David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com -Original

RE: PAW: guitar

2004-03-10 Thread David Madsen
Spell check failed me. It should be an acoustic guitar, not a caustic guitar. Or maybe it should. David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com -Original Message- From: David Madsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 3:40 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #544

2004-03-10 Thread edwin
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:49:31 -0500 From: Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CLA for 35mm/f2 SMC-M (also, opinions between 35mm f2 and 35mm f2.8?) Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii ; format=flowed Can anyone

Re: dorkily enabled

2004-03-10 Thread Lon Williamson
Do NOT knock the KX until you've tried. it. KX can be had with a range-finder split image screen, but the small microprism is very useful. Pulling out the wind lever to meter is a GOOD thing. Smack it back, push that cute little shutter button almost all the way down, and wait for the moment

Re: What gear is on your lust list ? Recommendations? 70-210

2004-03-10 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Lon Williamson wrote: These lenses all have failings. Too big, or One Touch, or too expensive to serve as standbys. Who makes an acceptable, reasonably flare resistant, small, manual focus, 70/80-200/210 for not much money? I thought that historically One Touch and MF

Re: What gear is on your lust list ? Recommendations? 70-210

2004-03-10 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Andre Langevin wrote: I too would opt for the F, but I have even heard people (outside the list) say the F is not a patch on the A. Outside the list... hmm... does it count? Dunno. If they (re)join, will the F get a constant aperture or a metal barrel? :-))) Kostas

Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread Lon Williamson
And she takes good shots without knowing what she wants to know. I think we probably agree more than not, Rob. Rob Studdert wrote: Strangely Tan seems quite interested in the technicalities, at least that's the impression I got during our conversations, am I right Tan?

Re: Fairygirl's first attempt at concert pix...

2004-03-10 Thread Christian
Holy crap Tan! I was expecting blurry subject movement and lots of odd angles. I should know better than to not expect the best from your shots! Your favorites are good, but this on is amazing too! http://www.tanyamayer.com/shannonnoll/pages/ShannonNoll15.html Christian - Original Message

Re: OT: A tax question for EU residents

2004-03-10 Thread Bob W
Hi, Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 11:21:27 PM, Rob wrote: If I shipped a used camera from Australia that was purchased new (with tax paid) from a vendor inside the EU to an EU member country would it attract a second round of tax? it's not clear to me what the order of events has been. Here

Re: PAW: guitar

2004-03-10 Thread mike wilson
I thought maybe it plays sharp all the time. David Madsen wrote: Spell check failed me. It should be an acoustic guitar, not a caustic guitar. Or maybe it should. David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com -Original Message- From: David Madsen

RE: Fairygirl's first attempt at concert pix...

2004-03-10 Thread frank theriault
As David said, Holy crap are those good! I took concert piccies a couple of weeks ago, and got back the contacts and they blow, compared to those. For some reason the singer really liked them (can't figure out why), and 4x6 proofs will be back on Friday (she wanted me to order them - go

sensor size economics

2004-03-10 Thread edwin
From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] The full frame question boils down to economics. Of course, this question has been argued to death in this and other forums. A FF Pentax would probably cost much more than most people here could afford, this just to be able to break even. Even then, I don't

Re: CLA for 35mm/f2 SMC-M (also, opinions between 35mm f2 and 35mm f2.8?)

2004-03-10 Thread graywolf
Shel's list is on my site. When I entered Pentax repair in google it was the 5th item that came up. http://graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pentax_repair_shops.html -- Andre Langevin wrote: Can anyone recommend a reputable place for Pentax repair that could take a look at my 35mm lens. There is some

Re: First PAW -- Boys watching their friend use a bow and arrow

2004-03-10 Thread frank theriault
Boris, Despite my extensive and exhaustive analysis, I think that the proper cropping did wonders. Did you see Lasse's re-work of the image on those WOW threads? Along with cleaning things up, he cropped out the right hand boy, and enlarged the image. It really worked well! I've long since

Re: dorkily enabled

2004-03-10 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The K2 is clearly the more evolved camera, with a number of relocated controls and a different shutter-speed-dial design. It does sort of point out how the K series are essentially evolved spotmatics (along the lines of the Metallica prototypes and such) and the real

Re: first post XP-2 and PAW

2004-03-10 Thread frank theriault
...and in the process, Shel learned I'm still right, and frank's dead wrong! LOL! -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

RE: first post XP-2 and PAW

2004-03-10 Thread frank theriault
...of course, I'd ~never~ say that I like blown out highlights in someone else's photo, just because I've taken so many photos with the highlights inadvertantly blown out by overexposure, after which I've pawned off the print as artsty. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2069022 Uh,

Re: PAW and WOW

2004-03-10 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Whats wrong with a PC as long as you don't run Windows on it? On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 00:31, Rob Studdert wrote: On 10 Mar 2004 at 17:36, Lon Williamson wrote: It amazes me that Pentax shooters can be Techno folks. LOL, next you'll say you're surprised we don't all use Mac's joke Cheers,

RE: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread Mark Erickson
Jens, Interesting result. As you mentioned in your text, your scanner may be the limiting factor for your MZ-S = Fuji Superia = Epson 3200 flow. The imaging system in the scanner probably isn't sharp enough to capture all of the detail in the film. I have an Epson 2450 (the older version

Re: PAW: City Hall Tower

2004-03-10 Thread frank theriault
Attila, I didn't mean to discourage you - quite the contrary; I hope you go out and take many more photos of buildings or whatever you want to take photos of. They should turn out the way you want them to, not the way I want them to. If you're satisfied with them, that's all that really

Re: OT: Epson 2200 mac osx 10.3 and PhotoShopCS

2004-03-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Paul, I don't have one, and I don't use a Mac. I hope this is helpful ;-)) But a good friend does use a Mac with the newer OS, and he also uses the Epson 2200. He's happy, and believe me, were he not, I'd know about it. We did some printing at his place not too long ago, and the results

Re: PAW and WOW

2004-03-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Lon ... I don't understand your comment about smackin' me with a backhoe. Is that anything like gittin' whupped upside the haid with a 2x4 that's been soakin' in creosote for dang near a month? If so, thet sukka's sure gonna hurt some LOL Anyway, I'm glad you like the PAW and the WOW (which

RE: first post XP-2 and PAW

2004-03-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Mar 2004 at 18:09, frank theriault wrote: ...of course, I'd ~never~ say that I like blown out highlights in someone else's photo, just because I've taken so many photos with the highlights inadvertantly blown out by overexposure, after which I've pawned off the print as artsty.

Re: Fairygirl's first attempt at concert pix...

2004-03-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Tan - Two and fifteen - both have the makings of album covers. Paul - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:16 PM Subject: Fairygirl's first attempt at concert pix... So I went to

Re: PAW and WOW

2004-03-10 Thread Cotty
On 10 Mar 2004 at 17:36, Lon Williamson wrote: It amazes me that Pentax shooters can be Techno folks. LOL, next you'll say you're surprised we don't all use Mac's joke Cheers, Rob Studdert Whats wrong with a PC as long as you don't run Windows on it? Frits Wüthrich LOL.

RE: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution

2004-03-10 Thread J. C. O'Connell
not only that, but use the best film and digital settings, i.e. ISO 50 not ISO200. jco J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com

RE: CLA for 35mm/f2 SMC-M (also, opinions between 35mm f2 and 35mm f2.8?)

2004-03-10 Thread Alan Chan
I had the A35/2.8 few years ago. It was good lens optically, although not razer sharp. There are some mechanical optical differences between the M A so their parts aren't that interchangable. Make sure the aperture spring of the M is in good condition. Regards, Alan Chan

RE: first post XP-2 and PAW

2004-03-10 Thread frank theriault
Rob, That is so freaking wild! I like that a lot. thanks, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] I saw a documentary on a young Sydney photographer Trent Parke a week

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