Re: PAW: Gone Fishing

2004-05-16 Thread David Mann
Several replies in one: On May 15, 2004, at 10:44 PM, Frantisek Vlcek wrote: Here in the small web version, the fisherman is however too hidden in the bushes' background. I would like more if he was in front of the open area without bushes, but maybe that would be too much formal. Dunno, it might

Re: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread David Mann
On May 16, 2004, at 11:41 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: OK, I can see that, but then, since all that memory is loaded, shouldn't that cover making a number of adjustments? Loading the 40mb file uses 640mb of memory, but after a few adjustment layers and some healing brush activity, I'm over 1gb of

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
It used to be that the cost of photoshop was a barrier for me, it now appears that not only is money an issue, but the bloatware that photoshop has become, is another barrier for me. Sounds like Adobe have followed Microsoft's lead (perhaps even using the latest MS tools) in creating slower,

RE: PAW:The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks, Boris. I can't see exactly which point is more or less sharp. the window, the couple, the rug. The balcony is maybe 300 feet away from me or more. In the unpleasently clear light of the rear view mirror, I now see, that I shold have chosen a better aperture instead of choosing 1/1000 sec.

Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Thanks for the info. Sorry to hear about your experiences. I find that on the whole eBay is very good but the feedback system needs revising as it does not work as intended but rather becomes an excercise in mutual back scratching, with neither party willing to leave negative feedback when it

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, I was wondering what you will be doing Cotty, Jostein etc? And also what those who have done international travel in the past have done? you might have to bite the bullet and pay the excess baggage allowance. I have travelled several times with excess weight, and not been charged, so it's

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Antonio Aparicio
I dont think the check the hand baggage weight, but more check to see if it is the corect size, i.e. not a suitcase! One trick you may like to consider is to leave your camera around your neck with a lens on and your laptop in its bag. As soon as you clear customs, put the camera in the bag.

Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread Anthony Farr
The solution is simply implemented, but eBay would have to WANT to do it. Feedback should be blind until both buyer's and seller's have lodged it. When both feedbacks are in they should be locked in and only then revealed. It wouldn't stop sociopaths from posting unwarranted bad feedbad, but it

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Dario Bonazza
Bob wrote: Another option is to dispense with the laptop altogether, and come to an arrangement with somebody at GFM to let you transfer pictures from your camera to CDs, or some smaller device. I'll second that. I glady did the same for a US friend coming to Italy some time ago and I find it

Re: PAW - Macbeth2004

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
ft Lovely lighting! That's what struck me first, was the lighting. ft Then, I noticed the way everyone who's kneeling is looking in the same ft direction, and that the robe of the character standing is flowing in the ft direction that the kneelers are looking. ft Very nice symmetry and

RE: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Shaun Canning
Tan, If your budget will stretch for it before the GFM trip, get yourself a Doskocil or Pelican hard case. They are dustproof, waterproof, just about everything proof. They can go through the baggage handler's barrage no sweat. I have a Doskocil case which is roughly the same size as a Pelican

Re: F2.8 Normal Zoom

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
j f2.8. The latter is okay, but tests as less sharp than the 28-80. j It is also of the extending barrel design, which I guess is a j design that cuts costs and lets manufacturers crow about how short j their lenses are. j Joe Hi Joe, I know pretty sure that the new 28-70 2.8 isn't of extending

Digital vs. Film (again)

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Digital or film - it's not all that important. These two shots were made with Pentax MS-S/SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm on 1600 Fuji Superia scanned to 5MP and SONY DSC F717 (5MP) at 800 ASA on the same occation. I know my scanner (EPSON 3200 Photo) isn't all that good for negs, but not exactly bad

RE: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Interesting, Bob. What does Plantagenet mean? All the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. maj 2004 11:17 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding Hi,

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
DM I would appreciate that. If there are separate profiles for matte and DM glossy paper I would like to get hold of both. Today I am getting wedding proofs from them, so I will ask. DM My friend uses Profile Prism, which first profiles your scanner then DM uses that to profile your printer. I

RE: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread TMP
Har! lol. tan. -Original Message- From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 16 May 2004 7:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding Hi, Sunday, May 16, 2004, 9:49:14 AM, Jens wrote: while! Maybe we should set up some kind of swopping

Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread Anthony Farr
- Original Message - From: Anthony Farr [EMAIL PROTECTED] (snip) Feedback should be blind until both buyer's and seller's have lodged it. (snip) Don't yo'u jus't hat'e i't whe'n peopl'e us'e apo'straphe's inappropriatel'y. regard's, Anthon'y F'arr

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Sunday, May 16, 2004, 7:34:53 AM, Doug wrote: DF On Sat, 15 May 2004 21:05:11 -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: However, and this blew me away, someone said that throwing more memory at CS is a waste of time. DF Well I though that CS was supposed to be a complete rewrite. DF Apparently it has even

RE: The best 28-70 f2.8 zoom?

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Very intersting Tanya. It seems that the Tokina is clearly sharper (looks like I made the right choise :-). According to www.Photodo.com the SMC FA 2.8/28-70mm is just slightly better, but at 3 times the cost. And a got a good deal, since some other guy swopped it for the Pentax after just one

Re: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, Sunday, May 16, 2004, 11:17:48 AM, Jens wrote: Interesting, Bob. What does Plantagenet mean? All the best It is old French for hawthorn. It is the name of the family who became the monarchs of England after the Normans. Matilda, the daughter of William the Conqueror, married Geoffrey

Re: Kodak BW color negative

2004-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Frantisek Vlcek Subject: Re: Kodak BW color negative MR I have just made a batch of prints from Kodak C-41 BW film in my home darkroom and I *love* the results. Hi Mark, I guess it comes back to that it is very hard reproducing another's results

Re: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
The scratch disk may well be the single most important factor in running PhotoShop, more important perhaps than processor speed. Like I said before, a fast 50 gig or so chunk of firewire drive will make PhotoShop fly. It's wort the investment. Paul On May 15, 2004, at 6:00 PM, Shawn K. wrote:

Paw:My offering this week

2004-05-16 Thread brooksdj
Taken at my daughters first official A horse show Saturday. I say official as she has done the odd show just for something different in the past,however this year she is making a serious run at the big time.Her division will not go

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
The only reason I felt that I had to have Photoshop CS was the RAW converter. After using it for a couple of months, I could never go back to the Pentax software. In terms of fine tuning the image before conversion and the quality of the results, there is simply no comparison. For an *ist D

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Tanja, I frequently take my cameras on overseas flight. I sometimes bring a dozen lenses and an *istD body in a hard Pelican case. The Pelican cases provide very good protection. However, I always carry it on. When the airlines say one piece of carry on, they mean in addition to a briefcase

Re: Point Pelee-Lots of big glass

2004-05-16 Thread Pentxuser
Is the migration over? Perhaps I should drive out there tomorrow. It's only about an hour drive. Paul No Paul the Migration continues all through May. If you are only an hour away you really should check it out. I am about three hours away, But there were photogs there from Seattle, British

Re: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Peter Loveday
Yep, its pretty big news over here. First Australian to ever marry into royalty, etc. I was lucky enough to get to Denmark (and also Sweden and Norway) a couple of years ago on holiday. Had a wonderful time, and would highly recommend it to anyone. Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday

Re: Paw:My offering this week

2004-05-16 Thread Dario Bonazza
page not found Dario - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 9:52 AM Subject: Paw:My offering this week Taken at my daughters first official A horse show Saturday. I say official as she has done the odd show just for

Re: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Keith Whaley
And, without my having to read The Last of The Plantagenets, how did a French king/duke/whatever, become a monarch in England? I know it's a bit convoluted, but in a few sentences...? keith whaley Bob W wrote: Hi, Sunday, May 16, 2004, 11:17:48 AM, Jens wrote: Interesting, Bob. What does

SV: The best 28-70 f2.8 zoom?

2004-05-16 Thread Pentxuser
I agree 100 per cent. The Tokina ATX lenses are second to none. In Fact, I am seriously considering buying an 80-200 F2.8 and a 20-35 Tokina ATX. Vic One should consider/remember that sharpness, resolution, distortion etc. isn't everything. What is important is to get the right shots - to be

Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
I was just reading the thread started by Vic, about bird shooting at Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada. He mentioned 3 or 4 guys with big white lenses coming along, scaring the birds, then going on their way, leaving Vic to his solitary waiting game. It got me to thinking (I'm in an introspective

RE: PAW: Sign of the Times ?

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Fred, As you likely recall, I used to live in Kitchener/Waterloo, so such signs aren't unfamiliar to me. They are certainly unique to the area, though, especially north of Waterloo, where the Old Order Mennonites tend to have farms. I'm guessing that Home Depot is north end of Waterloo,

RE: PAW02: Vancouver guy

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
Who the hell cares about Ray? What about the one on the right! vbg Seriously, I love this photo. Ray has the Wrinkles of Wisdom, it seems. That old weatherworn face has been beautifully captured. And, the juxtaposition of the old man and the lovely young woman is quite lovely. Love the

Re: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Herb Chong
William the Conquerer invaded and knocked out the Saxon kings. he's Norman and that's northwestern France. they were willing to marry other Normans and a lot of them were still in France at the time. Herb - Original Message - From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: PAW03: Spoleto

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
Certainly a different take from Gianfranco's, but quite beautiful. Lovely lighting. Nice geometry. You're right, it would make a nice post card (that's meant as a compliment, BTW g) Hand held or 'pod? cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist

Re: Point Pelee-Lots of big glass

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
You're right, Tom, In fact, Point Pelee is the southernmost point of Canada (as well as Ontario). It's farther south than over 50% of the continental US landmass. Who'da thunk it, eh? cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

RE: The best 28-70 f2.8 zoom?

2004-05-16 Thread ernreed2
Jens said: I see Mr. Spiro is selling his 28-70mm F4 - a very good value for money lens. It got excellent reviews when it came out some years ago. I have one, and it deserved the excellent reviews. Mine doesn't get much use any more, though, since -- as Jens noted -- f/4 is a bit slow for

RE: PAW:The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
My friend is a bike courier in Copenhagen (do you know Kasper, Jens? g). I've gotten several e-mails from him cursing this wedding: heavy security, closed streets, that sort of thing. Good shot, for what it is. I mean, without press credentials, you couldn't get very close. So, given what

RE: Soap Box Derby Dietikon Switzerland May 2 2004 - some photos

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
There's some great captures here, Markus! Kids smiling, kids concentrating. I like that you concentrated on the human element rather than the actual racing. Sometimes the action is away from the track. Well done!! thanks, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.

RE: Racing Viper

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
Cory, Sorry this took so long to comment on, but I like it a lot! Nice sharp car, great colours (despite your comments), nice pan. Great framing (car's right where it should be...) It's a classic racing photo, and a very well done one at that. thanks, frank The optimist thinks this is the best

Re: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-16 Thread Dario Bonazza
I'm with you Frank. I don't feel so much comfortable shooting in groups. Too distracted, and with few exceptions my pictures turn out just acceptable to ugly. Dario - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 2:25 PM

OT: Mutton and Mouton-was: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
1066. William the Conqueror. He was French. Came across the Channel (that would be pre-chunnel, I believe), and defeated whoever was on the throne at the time, in the Battle of Hastings, thus becoming King of England. It's why in English, the animals have English names (cows, pigs, sheep),

Re: Paw:My offering this week

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
Me too: error 404 Very contrasty, Dave. Too much so for my taste, I'm afraid. g -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] page not found Dario - Original Message -

Re: PAW03: Spoleto

2004-05-16 Thread Dario Bonazza
Hi Frank, Placed on my car's top Dario - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 2:42 PM Subject: RE: PAW03: Spoleto Certainly a different take from Gianfranco's, but quite beautiful. Lovely lighting. Nice

Re: PAW03: Spoleto

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
A... A quadropod, then? vbg cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Frank, Placed on my car's top

Revised link to Paw:My offering this week

2004-05-16 Thread brooksdj
Revised link: Taken at my daughters first official A horse show Saturday. I say official as she has done the odd show just for something different in the past,however this year she is making a

Re: Image stacker and *ist D

2004-05-16 Thread George Sinos
Earlier Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about his first attempt using Image Stacker with the *istD and provided this example: http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=75 Bill - Is the Image Stacker you mention a stand alone program or are you using the

RE: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Thank for the recommendation, Peter. :-) Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Peter Loveday [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. maj 2004 14:13 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding Yep, its pretty

Re: Revised link to Paw:My offering this week

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Spectacular bokeh - and a nice photograph: Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. maj 2004 12:04 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Revised link to Paw:My offering this week

RE: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's not exactly true. I sold a lens or some such to a fellow in Oz, and he didn't leave feedback until well after to 90 day period. He didn't tell me how he did it, but it's there. Maybe he had to go through some eBay hoops, maybe he had to set the Kozmik Klok back a month or so, but the

Re: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-16 Thread Tom Reese
Frank Theriault thought about the phenomenon of a phalanx of photogs photographing at the same time and asked: Shoot alone or with groups? What's your preference, if you have one? I like to shoot alone. I can concentrate on my subject without distractions. I do occasionally take field trips

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, TROUBLE, discombobulated, offered: [snip] I was wondering what you will be doing Cotty, Jostein etc? And also what those who have done international travel in the past have done? It is kinda hard as I actually have to bring over 2 weeks worth of clothes etc with me, as well as

Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, ANTONIONIO, discombobulated, offered: Now that eBay is fast becoming a monopoly for online auctions, I would like to see our governments impose some better regulation of how it works - to protect both sellers and buyers far better than at present. In the UK if they would just

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread graywolf
Well, Tan, everyone is telling you how to carry all that stuff. I thought I would make another suggestion. Leave most of it at home. Stick the camera and one lens in the carry on, or just sling it around your neck. Bring the minimum of clothing (but remember GFM can be chilly in the summer).

Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: graywolf Subject: Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems] I think that 90 day thing is only the limit for the form for it to still be on your ebay page. I do belive you can actually post feedback virtually forever. I do know I responded to one more

Re: PDML Virus Alert

2004-05-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: graywolf Subject: PDML Virus Alert I just received an e-mail purported to be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of Re: Your Software, and an attachment named application.pif. If you get such a message do not open the attachment. There are two things

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: graywolf Subject: Re: OT: Photoshop CS Well, if one can afford an *istD, and Photoshop CS, then one should be able to afford a new computer to run it on. Let's see, *istD, Photoshop CS, new computer, accessories. Yep those digital cameras will certainly

Re: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, FRANK THE WISE, discombobulated, offered: I've really never seen this discussed around here before. So, what do you think or prefer? Shoot alone or with groups? What's your preference, if you have one? Hi Frankybaby I'm with you on this pal. I either work alone, or with no more

RE: GFM Question

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, TV, discombobulated, offered: The best way to reheat pizza is with a commercial convection oven. It just so happens we have access to the one in the GFM restaurant. Also, these pizzas are half-baked. The pizza restaurant we get them from cooks them halfway, so when we bake them

RE: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Shawn K.
GIMP is free, but still clearly inferior to even PS CS. And its actually slower than PS CS too, at least, the windows version of it is. -Shawn -Original Message- From: Frantisek Vlcek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 6:30 AM To: Doug Franklin Subject: Re: OT:

RE: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Shawn K.
Hi, A 50 Gig fire wire drive is not as fast as an IDE drive, much less a SCSI drive. I have a 15K RPM SCSI 160 drive and I still get problems with Photoshop hiccupping occasionally. -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 7:48 AM To:

Re: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-16 Thread graywolf
Darn, you are making me think again, Frank. At first I started to agree with you, but upon further reflection I realized that my most enjoyable outings were with one or two other fellows. But we never actually shoot to gether, rather we go to the same area together then kind of split up and

Re: PAW - That Darn Ball!

2004-05-16 Thread Norm Baugher
Absolutely fantastic! Norm Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's that ball again ... it's appeared in so many photos of the kids from the old neighborhood in San Francisco. http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/paw/boy_with_ball.html

Re: PDML Virus Alert

2004-05-16 Thread graywolf
Of course it is a spoof. But it is the first time I have ever gotten one coming in with pdml as the fake sender. I posted the heads up, so some unsuspecting list member would not get caught by one like it. BTW, when you think of it, it almost has to come deliberately from someone on the list.

RE: PDML Virus Alert

2004-05-16 Thread Shawn K.
Ive been getting these on a daily basis. Sometimes 5 or 6 a day. I've scanned my computer about a hundred times in the past week. -Shawn -Original Message- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:59 AM To: Pentax Discussion Malling List Subject: PDML

Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread graywolf
There you go, Cotty. Start an online auction service of your own. Private sellers only. A high level of integrity. Then you only have to figure out how to attract the buyer's who only know about Ebay. There are several online auction sites, most of them seem pretty pathetic. And Ebay, the guys

RE: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks, Dude! I kinda like it too. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. maj 2004 17:13 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding Dude, that's an awesome shot.

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread graywolf
LOL! Cotty wrote: On 16/5/04, TROUBLE, discombobulated, offered: [snip] Just going back to carry-on weight, I really wouldn't worry too much because if for any reason (after you have checked in your hold baggage) someone later says 'excuse me mam, but that carry-on bag looks rather heavy'

RE: Test from Tan and f2.8 Normal Zooms

2004-05-16 Thread Joseph Tainter
Thanks for the advice! tan. You are welcome. Just remember to get me Cotty's autograph at GFM. To confuse matters further, Sigma is discontinuing their 28-70 f2.8 (or is it their 24-70 f2.8?) and bringing out a 24-60 f2.8, said to be designed for digital (but the image circle would work on a 35

Re: OT: Mutton and Mouton-was: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Keith Whaley
frank theriault wrote: 1066. William the Conqueror. He was French. Came across the Channel (that would be pre-chunnel, I believe), and defeated whoever was on the throne at the time, in the Battle of Hastings, Which was actually fought at Battle, 9 miles away from Hastings, truth be

RE: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 16 May 2004 10:38:53 -0400, Shawn K. wrote: Whats the point of that??? Are you trying to say we can't be pissed about [memory hogging inefficient software]? who cares if thats why, all that matters is the state of things at the moment, not the pathetic reasoning behind it. BINGO!

RE: GFM Question

2004-05-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 16 May 2004 11:13:26 -0400, tom wrote: Also, these pizzas are half-baked. The pizza restaurant we get them from cooks them halfway, so when we bake them they'll more or less be fresh. Where is this place, Tom? There used to be a place in Richmond, VA, that did this, but I believe

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 16 May 2004 16:19:56 +0100, Cotty wrote: Well, based on this discussion, and other things I've encountered, I won't be upgrading to CS. Screw them if they can't hire software geeks that know their ass from third base. (Not bitter and twisted ;-) I'm entitled. I'm a senior software

Re: Test from Tan and f2.8 Normal Zooms

2004-05-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Having looked at the test, which was done on a D60 with an approximately APS sized sensor, I doubt very much I'd try either of these lenses on a full frame camera. Corner resolution must be absolutely abominable. Joseph Tainter wrote: Thanks for the advice! tan. You are welcome. Just remember

RE: anyone know anything about this lens?

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
AFA I remember the guy who sold me the SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm had one like it to go with his SFX SF1n (Should have bought this one too). He said it was amzingly good. I belive Fotomagazin tested it and gave it very excellent grades (macro lenses often do well beacause of the testing method,

Re: OT: Mutton and Mouton-was: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Just remember the two reasons they lost were that the English army had just fought and defeated the Danes a couple of days earlier then force marched a couple of hundred miles to try to repel the Normans the English still might have won had the English King not had the extreme bad sense to get

Tokina 135/2.8

2004-05-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
Okey, new question about a lens. :) I found a K-mount Tokina 135mm f/2.8 lens for a pretty small amount of money, in near-mint condition. But I can't really find much info about this lens. Here's a pic of it: http://images.tradera.com/484/5847484_1.jpg Anyone know this one, any good, is it worth

Re: anyone know anything about this lens?

2004-05-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
Jens Bladt wrote: AFA I remember the guy who sold me the SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm had one like it to go with his SFX SF1n (Should have bought this one too). He said it was amzingly good. I belive Fotomagazin tested it and gave it very excellent grades (macro lenses often do well beacause of the

OT: Mechanics/Geometry of DOF?

2004-05-16 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
My brother asked me _why_ stopping down increases DOF, and I tried to draw diagrams to explain how I'd assumed it works ... Apparently I don't know the right questions to ask Google to get it to give me diagrams already made by other people, but hey, an excuse to fiddle around with Visio for a

Re: OT: Mechanics/Geometry of DOF?

2004-05-16 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Whoops -- scale of the final image is way off (Visio did something unexpected when I saved it) -- ignore that detail for now, and I'll fix it later if the rest is good. -- Glenn

Re: Tokina 135/2.8

2004-05-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
I can only find a single reference to this lens, released in 1980, if it's the SL it's their mid level offering. It hasn't made to to cult status so it's probably just an avarage 135mm. That said most 135's were at least acceptable picture makers. The original price for this lens was $160.00

Re: Point Pelee-Lots of big glass

2004-05-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Damn how'd we manage to let them keep that and not trade for something further north to keep those border lines nice and straight? frank theriault wrote: You're right, Tom, In fact, Point Pelee is the southernmost point of Canada (as well as Ontario). It's farther south than over 50% of the

RE: Reply, antwort, svar etc

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Yeah, right :-). I was just getting tired of foreigners (especially from overseas) telling me, who live here, what Scandinavia is. It seems at least the PDML'ers in Denmark, Norway and Swenden share a mutual opinion on that matter. Try to accept it. please. All the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL

Re: MZ-3 problem

2004-05-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Unfortunately for looking for a reset button it's an MZ/ZX series body, no more controls than is necessary, classic interface. Right now it's been sitting with the batteries removed for about 16 hours. I think I'll let it go for a full 48. I think your probably right about there being a

Re: Concert Photos

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
These are very nice and sensitve/poetic photograps. Tecnically theres is a little to much white. Remember to use minus correction (-1 to -2) for concert shots, due to dark background, thus avoiding panmcake faces. All the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread John Francis
Sounds like Adobe have followed Microsoft's lead (perhaps even using the latest MS tools) in creating slower, fatter versions of their software. I can write pretty good software, even using the Microsoft tools. You don't *have* to use everything

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
Shawn K. wrote: The problem is Henri, is that Adobe hasn' done much to CS from where I'm sitting to warrant it needing all this memory. its essentially the same program, and thats how its always been with photoshop, the new versions are just tiny steps forward. And yet its suddenly horribly

Re: PDML Virus Alert

2004-05-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Jostein, I have received one such today just like that spoofing my address. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, May 16, 2004, 2:03:37 PM, you wrote: J Interestingly, I have received two mail bounces today, of messages that have J used my PDML address to spoof. J Both of the messages were

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 16 May 2004 22:24:34 +0200, Henri Toivonen wrote: So you guys plan to be pissed about every version of new software that comes out until the end of times? :-) Gee, you guys must be pretty old and bitter. I do and I am, but what it boils down to is that it's going to determine where

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 16 May 2004 22:24:34 +0200, Henri Toivonen wrote: So you guys plan to be pissed about every version of new software that comes out until the end of times? :-) Gee, you guys must be pretty old and bitter. I do and I am, but what it boils down to

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/16/2004 2:25:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Today, when people have newer and faster machines, nobody gives a rats ass. So what if it uses 100mb more ram when I have 1024mb. Microsoft predicts that the next version of windows will have a _minimum

Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, GRAYWOLF, discombobulated, offered: I think that 90 day thing is only the limit for the form for it to still be on your ebay page. I do belive you can actually post feedback virtually forever. I do know I responded to one more than a year later. Thanks Tom, I have some wrong

Re: Seattle camera shops. Was: Washington State trip

2004-05-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Sun, 16 May 2004, Cycad wrote: The business part of my trip is at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Centre, and I assume I'll be staying nearby. Can you tell me which of these camera stores will be within walking distance? Glazer's and Optechs are within walking distance. Jim's would require

RE: The best 28-70 f2.8 zoom?

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
RE: This is the one I have got (second from below): http://gt.preissuchmaschine.de/gt_frontend/main.asp?suche=tokina+2.6-2.8x=3 7y=7 They are excellent but kind of hard to find new anymore in Pentax mount. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig

Re: PDML Virus Alert

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, GRAYWOLF, discombobulated, offered: BTW, when you think of it, it almost has to come deliberately from someone on the list. They would have to know that I am subscribed to the list, they would have to know how the list resets the mail. It is not the sort of thing e-mail bomb

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
Well, based on this discussion, and other things I've encountered, I won't be upgrading to CS. Screw them if they can't hire software geeks that know their ass from third base. (Not bitter and twisted ;-) I'm entitled. I'm a senior software geek. :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ Consider yourself

OT: Help! with Stuffit

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Dear Mac Win friends, can you help me with StuffIt please? The dumb bastards at Alladinsoft, who created this piece of sh*t, require me to download the whole trial version (10MB) of StuffIt just to get the little Expander. All I want is to open some downloaded ICC charts which the poor unknowing

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Stan Halpin
In most U.S. airports you relinquish control of the luggage and are not present when they inspect. In fact, in most instances you are not allowed to be present. So if they don't like the x-ray scan or have a slow day or you just happen to be the 1 out of x that gets a random inspection, then

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
Photoshop CS sounds very much like a relatively new code base that now needs some serious cleanup and optimizing. Forgive me for butting in here Bruce, as I know absolutely nothing about software creators or the business practices therewith entwined, but isn't that what all the usual round of

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, JOSTEIN, discombobulated, offered: My checked-in luggage will be one seriously stuffed backpack. If it weighs more than the allowed, I guess I'll have to pay up there and then. Hey, this is GFM! What we need to bring, we bring. Leave out the half-baked ideas - there'll be a van load

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