RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
Bucky and Gonz, The pixels turned out to be 'hot' rather than 'dead'. I ran a test through a little program called 'Dead Pixel Test' (freely available on the web). An image is taken with lens and viewfinder caps on and then run through the program. When I first ran an image, it showed 132 hot

AW: daddy-D

2004-03-13 Thread keller.schaefer
Another way would be (or have been) to incorporate the current 'green button' function into the shutter release, IOW to stop-down-and-meter in the instance before the shutter is released. This would add a small delay between pressing the shutter release and the actual shutter operation but would

*istD Remote assistant soon...

2004-03-13 Thread Rob Brigham
on Japanese site: http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/news/2004/200412.html Alta Vista translates that it will be available as a free download. March 18 for Windows. Mid April for Mac.

paw: Cave Stream

2004-03-13 Thread David Mann
Just a boring landscape, but it's on time this week :) Sorry if the colours look a little off... I scanned with the wrong film profile and tried correcting it by eye. http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/cgi-bin/paw.cgi?date=13-Mar-2004 Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

Refconverter M

2004-03-13 Thread keller.schaefer
The postman yesterday brought a nice Refconverter M to my door. A cute little thing... The manual says that once the diopter is set to match your eyes, the setting does not need to be altered when magnification is switched between 1x and 2x. This I think is either a mistake in the manual or the

FF Forgot this one

2004-03-13 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
For Free! The shell of a 645 135/4 macro. No optics. Just all the rear mechanics and outer focusing helicoid. Lots of nice small screws. Aperture bearing. And, what someone was asking for (last year!), a small pulling spring! REAR LENS CAP! Just a couple bucks for shipping it. Collin

Re: OT - Spain suffers

2004-03-13 Thread frank theriault
One of the most evil men in history, Stalin, said that the death of one person is a tragedy, however the death of thousands is a statistic (I'm paraphrasing here). When we're forced to deal with such irrational events as 200 dead in the recent attack in Spain, it's all to easy to forget that

Re: Gulls photos

2004-03-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Chris, according to your theory grin, I am starting on the second level then. Attila, wonderful birds. Second one is excellent. You got seeds is very, well, human-like. Cruising seems like a winner. Have you enlarged any of them? Boris

RE: OT: Cyclists only.

2004-03-13 Thread frank theriault
Hey, he's got a Canajan flag, too!! Kewl! I should get on of those things, Malcom (the tall bike, not a flag). What it would lack in real world (or any-world) stability, would be made up by the fact that I could look truck drivers in the eye, just before they run me into the curb. vbg

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Dr. Shaun Canning Subject: RE: *ist D Photos It would appear that the 'hot' pixels were noise, and as such the *ist D's noise reduction function should take care of most of the 'hot' pixels. The istD noise reduction isn't used for shutter speeds shorter

Re: Abusing Google again!

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
french military is kinda funny too, the first hit is Did you mean: french military defeats. HAR!!! WW - Original Message - From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:18 PM Subject: Abusing Google again! type the phrase miserable failure

Re: Re[2]: those tests

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boros Attila Subject: Re[2]: those tests I agree with you, doing the same. Right now I can't afford a DSLR which would replace my MZ-6. There is nothing wrong with getting prints the old-fashioned way, I even like the variety of films I can find, so I

Re: semi-OT: framing

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Mann Subject: semi-OT: framing Does anyone else here do their own framing? I'm after some tips regarding the glass. I was able to cut the large sheets (1220x920mm) to a more reasonable size, but cutting it to fit the frame was disastrous (it took

Re: So called pixel problems

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Chris Subject: So called pixel problems Hi Shaun,I would have thought you might just have a slightly soiled sensor looking at the flower shot and the others.If after printing the shots you see the spots a light swab clean should do the trick.I have had

Re: OT:Racing Movies-was:Pentaxc in the movies

2004-03-13 Thread frank theriault
Except for the 917K (in Gulf Mirage livery), I agree with you, Mike. Funny, but the CanAm Turbo 917 was one of the ugliest cars ever! Especially the last version (can't remember the exact model designation), in Sunoco colours, that Mark Donahue drove in CanAm, and in which he set the record

My PAW

2004-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
I saw this Brittish guy playing in the street on this cold winters day. http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p3264919.html Got him with my SONY F717 (5MP) at 200ASA 1/200 sec. F. 5.0. All the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt

OT: BW or Colour - Maybe a WOW?

2004-03-13 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Some of you may recall that I posted this to mixed reviews (being charitable g) several weeks or a month ago: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2111661 Any thoughts on seeing it in bw? http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2129161 You like better? Worser? Both equally

RE: WOW: Damaged Wedding Photo

2004-03-13 Thread Fred Widall
Kevin, Here's my recovery attempt. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2203546size=md If you'd like the full sized image just let me know. -- Fred Widall, Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL:

RE: OT: Cyclists only.

2004-03-13 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, frank theriault wrote: I should get on of those things, Malcom (the tall bike, not a flag). What it would lack in real world (or any-world) stability, would be made up by the fact that I could look truck drivers in the eye, just before they run me into the curb. vbg If

Re: semi-OT: framing

2004-03-13 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Bob W wrote: Take care with canned air. If you use it wrong you can spray propellant crap all over and it can be difficult to get it off. Canned air isn't *all* bad, though. Turn the cannister upside down, spray the propellant on paper, and it makes the paper transparent.

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread alex wetmore
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Dr. Shaun Canning wrote: Bucky and Gonz, The pixels turned out to be 'hot' rather than 'dead'. I ran a test through a little program called 'Dead Pixel Test' (freely available on the web). An image is taken with lens and viewfinder caps on and then run through the

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
Thanks William, but it really does appear to be working fine. I can live with 2 'hot' pixels out of 6.3 million. Cheers Shaun Dr. Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services Lawrence Way, Karratha, Western Australia, 6714 Mob: 0414-967 644 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.heritageservices.com.au

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
Thanks Alex, I'll try the extended test(s) tomorrow and see how it fairs. Cheers Dr. Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services Lawrence Way, Karratha, Western Australia, 6714 Mob: 0414-967 644 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.heritageservices.com.au -Original Message- From: alex wetmore

AW: Refconverter M

2004-03-13 Thread keller.schaefer
Yes manual is wrong or yes refconverter is defective?? Thank you anyway - now I at least know it is either of those two possibilities ;-) Sven -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Hal Sandra Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Samstag, 13. März 2004 14:22 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Surf's up...

2004-03-13 Thread Cotty
This is shocking until you examine further... http://www.snopes.com/photos/surfer.asp http://www.surfshooter.com/DolphinInfo.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: paw: Cave Stream

2004-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Actually it's nicely composed, not particularly boring. I like it. David Mann wrote: Just a boring landscape, but it's on time this week :) Sorry if the colours look a little off... I scanned with the wrong film profile and tried correcting it by eye.

Re: Abusing Google again!

2004-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
You want an explanation as to why that happens read this: http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/3296101 frank theriault wrote: I get Michael Moore. Followed closely by G Dubya. Now there's irony if I've ever seen it! vbg cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all

DA 16-45 samples, by Dominique Schreckling

2004-03-13 Thread John Mustarde
I found this message at Dpreview, and followed the links to a set of very nice travelog/vacation photos taken with Pentax gear by Dominique Schreckling. Many with shot the *istD and 16-45. Have a look, if you like pics of far away lands and want to see some DA 16-45 samples.

Re: OT:Racing Movies-was:Pentaxc in the movies

2004-03-13 Thread mike wilson
frank theriault wrote: But, there was something about the 917K (not the long-tailed version with the tailfins, the 917L - that was ugly, too) that really turns my crank. Just one of those things, I guess. I _might_ have agreed with you, except I think that peculiar lightblue/orange livery

Ok,this is my PAW:Flight

2004-03-13 Thread brooksdj
Hi all. This is the one i intended to submitt,and thanks for all the kind words on the Reining picture. It was taken at the farm we have our horses at(as are 80% of my shots.lol) with the D1 last fall.Have a series of them but it was hard to keep the AF on the small moving targets.Need

Re: OT: BW or Colour - Maybe a WOW?

2004-03-13 Thread brooksdj
Hi Frank. The colour one looks plain to me,nothing really snaps out.However the BW one makes it look a little more like a picture(dont ask me to explain that last comment,i'm not sure what i mean.lol)Seeing as how the shadows are not really dark black,a little more detail in that area might

Re: OT - Spain suffers

2004-03-13 Thread John Mustarde
My family and I are deeply saddened by the events in Spain. To Carlos and our other PDML family members from Spain, please know our thoughts and prayers, our sympathy and grief, are with you. It is so terrible, so destructive, so inhuman, and so incomprehensible. -- John Mustarde

RE: oi

2004-03-13 Thread Steve Desjardins
Remember, we've seen your feet . . . Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/12/04 10:45PM -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: OT - Spain suffers

2004-03-13 Thread Steve Desjardins
There was an unfortunate feeling of deja vu when I saw this on the news. All politics aside, I think we all have to wonder how this loss of life makes sense to anyone. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878

Re: SP1000 half-frame

2004-03-13 Thread graywolf
Both those statements were true. They were fun, I used to carry a Demi EE1.7 as a sort of a notebook camera. Loaded with Ilford's Autowinder film it had 144 shots available. It rode along in a pouch on my belt sort of like digitals do today. And 1/2 frame (actually it is single frame, normal

Re: Slightly OT: In the beginning...

2004-03-13 Thread Keith Whaley
An excellent tale by another man on the news beat. I see he was once affiliated with your parent organization. If I got the lineage right, anyhow. Yeah, small wonder he's plagued with back problems! Good read, Cotty! keith Cotty wrote: In the beginning, God made the photographer. God saw the

Re: OT - Test; am I bounced yet?

2004-03-13 Thread Keith Whaley
There was a notice in the Los Angeles Times Business section about Hotmail finally being back online. I didn't even know it was down! Microsoft said it had found the cause and hoped full service would be restored today. No hint of what the cause really was, however... keith frank theriault

OT: Spain suffers

2004-03-13 Thread Rfsindg
To Carlos and our other Spanish pdml readers, we send you our sympathy and condolences. None of these people deserved to have their lives cut short by the whim of some zealots. Frank said it well in a previous post. Regards, Bob S. Frank writes: When we're forced to deal with such irrational

PAW:Colorful Keys

2004-03-13 Thread David Madsen
Just a little goofing around with hand coloring a BW print. David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com

PAW: Snowdrop

2004-03-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
My Snowdrops are trying to bloom, but it's quite cold today. Here's a shot with the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro on *ist-D. It's at 1:2. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2203947 I placed a detail crop here. The reflection in the drop of water is kind of cool. The *ist-D's sharpness

RE: Cave Stream

2004-03-13 Thread David Madsen
I rather enjoy this shot. David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com -Original Message- From: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 1:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: paw: Cave Stream Just a boring landscape, but it's on time this

Re: OT: Cyclists only.

2004-03-13 Thread graywolf
Heck, Frank, get yourself an ordiary (Penny-Farthing) and watch the wrecks as they all forget they are driving in traffic and stare at you. (grin) -- frank theriault wrote: Hey, he's got a Canajan flag, too!! Kewl! I should get on of those things, Malcom (the tall bike, not a flag). What

Re: Refconverter M

2004-03-13 Thread Rfsindg
Sven, Bad news for you. The manual is correct, your converter has a problem. I just double checked. If you mount the converter and bring the ground glass into focus, it stays in focus as you switch from 1X to 2X. This is a very handy feature as you use it with macro work. You can use the

Re: Surf's up...

2004-03-13 Thread Keith Whaley
And that's just _one_ of the things making living here an enjoyable experience! For some years I lived high above a stretch of beach in Malibu, and saw dolphins regularly. Many beach birds, too, as you might imagine. . . g What the heck WAS that lens Kurt Jones was using?! keith whaley Cotty

PUG is down

2004-03-13 Thread zoomshot
http://www.pug.komkon.org/ Been down all afternoon.

RE: OT: BW or Colour - Maybe a WOW?

2004-03-13 Thread David Miers
B W works much better here I think. The bus is less distracting in this mode. You guys were right before about it needing to be there to tell the story, but if it could be toned down some. Maybe lighten the picture a bit to get better shadow detail and burn the bus. My focus is on what I

Re: FS: user KX, user ME, nice K50/1.4, SMC-T 35/3.5, adapter

2004-03-13 Thread bransky
The M42 adapter is sold. I wrote the post from work, and forgot to add that the KX has 2 translucent smudges at the bottom of the return mirror. It doesn't affect function as far as I am concerned, but it might be of concern to some. Sorry for not mentioning it earlier. Aaron

Re: Refconverter M

2004-03-13 Thread Hal Sandra Davis
Refconverter is defective. - Original Message - From: keller.schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:51 AM Subject: AW: Refconverter M Yes manual is wrong or yes refconverter is defective?? Thank you anyway - now I at least know it is either

PAW - Snow Crocus

2004-03-13 Thread Rfsindg
Tiny flowers at the front door this morning... http://members.aol.com/dontmailbob/PAW2.jpg Resized, and cropped top/bottom from a Sony S85 1meg jpg Regards, Bob S.

Re: Epson 2200, PS CS, *ist-D, Mac OSX 10.3.2

2004-03-13 Thread Kenneth Waller
IMHO, a great choice, I doubt you'll be dissatisfied (at least until you decide you gotta have larger print capability). Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Epson 2200, PS CS, *ist-D, Mac OSX 10.3.2 I decided to go for the Epson 2200

RE: OT: Cyclists only.

2004-03-13 Thread Malcolm Smith
Graywolf wrote: Heck, Frank, get yourself an ordiary (Penny-Farthing) and watch the wrecks as they all forget they are driving in traffic and stare at you. (grin) Stopping and starting them is the problem. I had one success out of three attempts at riding one twenty plus years ago (when I

Stripping PAW and WOW from subject

2004-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I've noticed that a number of messages have the PAW or WOW stripped from the subject line when comments are made about the photos. The idea of putting PAW and WOW into the subject line was to allow people to identify the messages and to perhaps filter them in their mail system. Would whoever is

Changing subject lines

2004-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Stripping PAW and WOW from subject I've noticed that a number of messages have the PAW or WOW stripped from the subject line when comments are made about the photos. The idea of putting PAW and WOW into the subject line was to allow people to identify the messages and to perhaps filter them in

RE: Stripping PAW and WOW from subject

2004-03-13 Thread Kevin Thornsberry
Shel, I noticed this on a recent post of mine. When I hit reply the WOW: at the beginning disappeared. I believe it is because the subject became WOW: Outlook stripped it out for me, I guess, with the same algorithm that keeps subject lines from becoming something like RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE:

WOW - Not really, just a test

2004-03-13 Thread Kevin Thornsberry
I'll reply to this and see if the WOW gets stripped.

RE: WOW - Not really, just a test

2004-03-13 Thread Kevin Thornsberry
OK. This seems to work better. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Thornsberry Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 3:32 PM To: PDML Subject: WOW - Not really, just a test I'll reply to this and see if the WOW gets stripped.

Re: Stripping PAW and WOW from subject

2004-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Interesting ... never though about that. Mabe on one's doing it then and some mail programs just make their own decisions for us. ;-)) Kevin Thornsberry wrote: Shel, I noticed this on a recent post of mine. When I hit reply the WOW: at the beginning disappeared. I believe it is because

Re: Stripping PAW and WOW from subject

2004-03-13 Thread Bob W
Hi, Saturday, March 13, 2004, 9:50:36 PM, Shel wrote: Interesting ... never though about that. Mabe on one's doing it then and some mail programs just make their own decisions for us. ;-)) if people would put it at the end of the subject, in lower case, then it wouldn't happen. It would

Re: Damaged Wedding Photo

2004-03-13 Thread Jostein
Here's my attempt: http://home.online.no/~jooksne/wow/wow3.html Cheers, Jostein - Original Message - From: Kevin Thornsberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 5:21 AM Subject: WOW: Damaged Wedding Photo WOWers, Here's a bit of a challenge.

Re: PUG is down

2004-03-13 Thread Jostein
To all of you who haven't bookmarked the AutoPug, here's the direct link. http://www.oksne.net/autopug/pugform.asp Cheers, Jostein - Original Message - From: zoomshot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 6:40 PM Subject: PUG is down

Re: OT: Spain suffers

2004-03-13 Thread Carlos Royo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: To Carlos and our other Spanish pdml readers, we send you our sympathy and condolences. None of these people deserved to have their lives cut short by the whim of some zealots. Frank said it well in a previous post. Regards, Bob S. Thanks again to all who have

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
Thanks Mark. I would have liked the 'in flight' shot to be a bit sharper, but you know how fast these little buggers move. It was more luck than good management. I'm pretty happy with the overall performance of the *ist D though, even if I do have a couple of 'hot' pixels. Cheers Shaun Dr.

Re: ye olde film v D debate

2004-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11 Mar 2004 at 9:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's really only one jump now to the highest equals 35mm film numbers I've seen, and there is no particular reason to stop there. Sure, there are supposed to be physical limits of the technology, but they said that about computers, too, and

Re: ye olde film v D debate

2004-03-13 Thread Mishka
Rob Studdert wrote: I believe that 14MP 35mm full frame image sensors when mature, will deliver quality that rivals all but the best films used under optimal taking conditions. After which point there isn't much point forging to higher pixel densities. and why exactly there isn't much point? is

Re: What gear is on your lust list ?

2004-03-13 Thread Margus Männik
Hi Tanya, I was thinking in US Dollars, sorry :( But here in Estonia the cheapest DVD burners go for 1300EEK (137AUD). Sure, those are DVD+R(W) writers. Quite good DVD+-R(W) is about 2000 EEK (210AUD). Check for NEC ND-2500, for example. But with used Pentax lenses the life is not so fun in

Re: ye olde film v D debate

2004-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Mar 2004 at 17:49, Mishka wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: I believe that 14MP 35mm full frame image sensors when mature, will deliver quality that rivals all but the best films used under optimal taking conditions. After which point there isn't much point forging to higher pixel

Re: Pentax advertising!

2004-03-13 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
When was that? (the name change). Unfortunately, I could only see a 300D advert, on Discovery. But if I go in the Pentax (Focus94, there is no such thing as Pentax Romania) store I can see several cameras - including the *istD - and a lot of lenses (most of them are Sigma, the only prime I can

@ Cord

2004-03-13 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
Just got back from my weekend trek to Cord. Gary has a couple of enlargers to dump. #1. Omega D2, head, base, upright. Wollensak lens. $50. This is the type that uses cones for lens mounting. #2 Beseler 23CII. Condenser and color heads. $150 Lots of acc's. A couple of boxes of goodies.

RE: OT: Cyclists only.

2004-03-13 Thread Aric
This is the bike I ride. http://www.haluzak.com/products/horizon.htm The feature which attracted me to this particular model is user X-Seam adjustment at the crank, not at the seat. (X-Seam is the distance from a wall to your heel, when sitting on the floor with back against the wall and legs

*ist D Pixel Comparison Test

2004-03-13 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
Hi guys, Anyone willing too take part in a little experiment with your *ist D? I know how you guys all love comparing lenses and gear from time to time, so hopefully a few of you might help me out. I want to compare the number of recorded 'hot' pixels with other owners to see if the results

Re: April PUG theme?

2004-03-13 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Cotty wrote: On 12/3/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Curves 8-D Oh boy. Cheers, Cotty ohoh :) annsan

Re: ye olde film v D debate

2004-03-13 Thread Mishka
Rob Studdert wrote: and why exactly there isn't much point? is it because 35mm quality is all anyone would ever need? like 640K of RAM? :) We were talking 35mm format. So what would be the advantage of providing more than 14MP density on a 35mm frame? You know that drawing an analogy to RAM

Re: ye olde film v D debate

2004-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Mar 2004 at 18:55, Mishka wrote: how about, to make 16x20 or bigger enlargements? i mean, using 35mm-sized gear,with all the bells and whistles? a lowly canon g2 makes decent 8x10 at iso 50. now, scale that density to 24x35mm sensor, and that would become 40x50! of course, assuming your

Re: *ist D Pixel Comparison Test

2004-03-13 Thread Bill Owens
That was my result too, from 1/30 through 2 sec no dead pixels, no hot pixels. Bill - Original Message - From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 7:19 PM Subject: Re: *ist D Pixel Comparison Test I tried out mine, following this thread.

Re: *ist D Pixel Comparison Test

2004-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14 Mar 2004 at 7:39, Dr. Shaun Canning wrote: Hi guys, Anyone willing too take part in a little experiment with your *ist D? I know how you guys all love comparing lenses and gear from time to time, so hopefully a few of you might help me out. For anyone who missed my post last month

Paw #5 - Pirate Jenny in Concert

2004-03-13 Thread frank theriault
Some of you may recall that a couple of weeks ago, I shot a very dim concert with available light, using Neopan 1600 pushed to 3200. I got back the 4x6 proofs today, and I'm not entirely dissatisfied. Made lots of mistakes to be sure, but I think (hope) I learned from them. My friend

Re: OT: Spain suffers

2004-03-13 Thread frank theriault
Carlos, As I sat at my favourite cafe this morning, with my usual weekend espresso and a newspaper, tears rolled down my cheeks, as I read of the incredible courage of your countrymen and women. Despite the all to real threat of further attacks, I read and saw photos of millions of Spaniards

Re: ye olde film v D debate

2004-03-13 Thread Mishka
Rob Studdert wrote: You can make a print as big as you like with a 4 pixel image, it depends upon your threshold of acceptability :-) done that -- you know, Black Square by Malevitch? -- that's an oversharpened 1 pixel BW image, and costs more money that i will ever see in my life :) Noise,

Re: *ist D Pixel Comparison Test

2004-03-13 Thread John Forbes
I have to say I breathed a sigh of relief, having recently imported the camera at a large discount against the going price in the UK. I might add that the large discount was AFTER paying all taxes and duties at the full rate. UPS made sure of that. John On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:23:17 -0500,

Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long

2004-03-13 Thread Tom Addison
--- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We were talking 35mm format. So what would be the advantage of providing more than 14MP density on a 35mm frame? You know that drawing an analogy to RAM capacities is entirely inappropriate in this case. Pass the coffee Time for maths!

Re: OT:Racing Movies-was:Pentaxc in the movies

2004-03-13 Thread frank theriault
Great shot of the 917K, John. It gets my blood going just looking at one! vbg Unfortunately, I can't pull up the Can Am one, but I do want to come back later and try again. What a brutal machine that was! Saw it race a couple of times at Mosport, both with the RC Cola colours, and the

Re: *ist D Pixel Comparison Test

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Dr. Shaun Canning Subject: *ist D Pixel Comparison Test Hi guys, Anyone willing too take part in a little experiment with your *ist D? I know how you guys all love comparing lenses and gear from time to time, so hopefully a few of you might help me out.

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Dr. Shaun Canning Subject: RE: *ist D Photos Thanks Mark. I would have liked the 'in flight' shot to be a bit sharper, but you know how fast these little buggers move. It was more luck than good management. I'm pretty happy with the overall performance of

Fw: So called pixel problems

2004-03-13 Thread Chris
- Original Message - From: Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dr. Shaun Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 12:08 PM Subject: Re: So called pixel problems Hi Shaun,This site is extremely helpful even though it is a Nikonians site it is about the same sensor and I think

Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tom Addison Subject: Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long Time for maths! Figure out what it needs to be for 40 lpmm, which more closely resembles what the finest lenses really churn out. William Robb

Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long

2004-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Mar 2004 at 19:12, William Robb wrote: Figure out what it needs to be for 40 lpmm, which more closely resembles what the finest lenses really churn out. That's easy *ist D delivers a system resolution with top end lenses of almost 45lpmm, a little more would be nicer but probably not

Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long

2004-03-13 Thread Mishka
finest lens resolve far more than that. even on film. difraction limited lens can get 100 lp/mm at at f5.6, 50% mtf. so the 40 lpmm is mostly limitation of the film, afaik. mishka William Robb wrote: Time for maths! Figure out what it needs to be for 40 lpmm, which more closely resembles what

Re: OT: Spain suffers

2004-03-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Mar 13, 2004, at 7:49 PM, frank theriault wrote: SPAIN WILL NOT STAND FOR ANOTHER ATTACK. Yes, Spain has stood tall in the war against terror. A war that won't be won with diplomacy, newspaper editorials, or UN debates.

RE: *ist D Photos

2004-03-13 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
Thanks William! Dr. Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services Lawrence Way, Karratha, Western Australia, 6714 Mob: 0414-967 644 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.heritageservices.com.au -Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2004 8:58 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long

2004-03-13 Thread graywolf
Come on now, Bill. He just did it for 36 lpm. 40 lpm is an overall system figure. The arial resolution of the lens is much higher, as is the film resolution. Folks have explained all this on the list over and over. Still we keep getting these outbursts of mumble-jumble. Tom gave the formula for

Re: *ist D Pixel Comparison Test

2004-03-13 Thread mapson
For anyone who missed my post last month its posted again below. A few *ist D owners sent me results, maybe you would like to add yours then I'll have enogh data to post a page of results. I have the pictures (BTW they look beautiful), when testing what should the values for hot and dead

Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: graywolf Subject: Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long Come on now, Bill. He just did it for 36 lpm. 40 lpm is an overall system figure. The arial resolution of the lens is much higher, as is the film resolution. Folks have explained all this on the

Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mishka Subject: Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long finest lens resolve far more than that. even on film. difraction limited lens can get 100 lp/mm at at f5.6, 50% mtf. so the 40 lpmm is mostly limitation of the film, afaik. Lens tests are

Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long

2004-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mishka Subject: Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long finest lens resolve far more than that. even on film. difraction limited lens can get 100 lp/mm at at f5.6, 50% mtf. so the 40 lpmm is mostly limitation of the film, afaik.

Re: *ist D Pixel Comparison Test

2004-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14 Mar 2004 at 12:46, mapson wrote: I have the pictures (BTW they look beautiful), when testing what should the values for hot and dead pixel threshold be? Default, hot threshold 60, dead 250 Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL

Re: Photographer a week (Aussies)

2004-03-13 Thread Albano Garcia
THANKS ROB!!! Some absolutely gorgeous photographs there! Regards Albano --- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10 Mar 2004 at 17:39, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Me Too! Trent is the partner of Narelle Autio who won the Leica Oskar Barnack award a couple of years back with her

Re: ye olde film v D debate, a bit long

2004-03-13 Thread Mishka
William Robb wrote: If you want to know what the lens will really do in a pictorial situation, toss the USAF chart, it's isn't worth the paper it's printed on. The best resolution test I have found is distant tree branches against the sky on a still day. William Robb you are entitled to your