You can definitely pull down a highlight in the PS CS RAW converter. It
offers far more flexibility that Photo Lab.
On May 24, 2004, at 5:43 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 24 May 2004 at 10:23, Jan van Wijk wrote:
Dod you adjust exposure in the Photoshop-CS RAW converter,
or did you use another one
Very good! It occurs to me that I'd have an easier time climbing over
shore rocks with feet like that! grin
Anyhow, it's well composed and executed. The cloudy WB worked out fine.
Do tell me what the equivalent f/l that 125mm lens gives on the *ist-D.
Good choice, regardless!
keith whaley
Rob
hi Antonio
I haven't read the rest of the 34 digests I have in my inbox, so someone
may have already repeated what I've said
I have both the 85 and the 77. Without a doubt from the time I only had
the former, the 85 was my flat out fave lens. Beautifully creamy, fast
to manual or auto
The Baby D could be really good. From all I have read, the D70 has some
improvements over the D100.
Prediction (no insider info here, just speculation):
Same as *ist D:
Imaging electronics and sensor, maybe even a new sensor although still
6 MP
same AF (after all, the low end film *ist has the
You guys may or may not find this hard to believe
-
but there have to be more people than me who are
reading both
the CGP (pro games players, aka, scrabble list)
and PDML...
First one wise as Scrabbler starts talking about
baked ladies and we learned
that it is short for bare naked ladies
Thanks Derby, always nice to hear another opinion on this. I have a
feeling that I will one day have to buy both!
Antonio
On 24 May 2004, at 13:02, Derby Chang wrote:
hi Antonio
I haven't read the rest of the 34 digests I have in my inbox, so
someone may have already repeated what I've said
Anders Hultman wrote:
J. C. O'Connell:
there is a web site called tinyurl.com that converts long links
into little ones, havent tried it but I have seen and used the
tinyurl redirection links.
Competitor shorl.com makes even shorter links.
It's also run by a couple of friends of mine
Not to mention horrible ties!
Peter J. Alling wrote:
Geez, first horrible puns, now horrible visual puns.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Just couldn't help myself ...
http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/digitize.jpg
Shel Belinkoff
How about some auto bracketing and combining the two shots in photoshop?
This is a way to extend the latitude of the shot as long as there is
minimal movement. I did this once with a landscape just to see if I
could, and it worked fine, although I just used exposure comp for the
second shot.
Nice shots! I'm going to try and get some at our local minor league
team (Salem Avalanche) IF I ever get down there (about 1 hour away).
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Still not that pleased with the camera, more so the medium.
It's doing the job however I am still shitty about the AOV
limitations.
I know what you mean, Rob. This issue hasn't been as much of a problem
for me yet as I thought it would be, but I've only had the istD for a
couple of weeks.
On 24 May 2004 at 8:46, Steve Desjardins wrote:
How about some auto bracketing and combining the two shots in photoshop?
This is a way to extend the latitude of the shot as long as there is
minimal movement. I did this once with a landscape just to see if I
could, and it worked fine,
On 24 May 2004 at 4:02, Keith Whaley wrote:
Very good! It occurs to me that I'd have an easier time climbing over
shore rocks with feet like that! grin
Anyhow, it's well composed and executed. The cloudy WB worked out fine.
Thanks Keith, it's nice when it all comes together in a photo
Do
On 24 May 2004 at 6:40, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I would just clone some of the other fur to cover the highlight. It
appears to be a bald spot or some other abnormality. Isn't it close to
pure white and lacking in detail to the naked eye?
It was literally where the sun was reflecting directly
Rob,
Which version of PS are you using. The latest version, CS, has a neat tool
that might be helpful. It's the Shadows/Highlights tool.
Check put Katrin's site for openers: http://www.digitalretouch.org/
Shel Belinkoff
I have been using a dedicated application HDRShop to perform this
- Original Message -
From: TMP
Subject: RE: Can anyone identify these?
Just got this from the seller, what do you guys think?
Sounds like he is selling a few pieces os Sigma equipment.
William Robb
I will Answer your Questions as best as I Can, as I do not know
alot about
On 24 May 2004 at 6:41, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Rob,
Which version of PS are you using. The latest version, CS, has a neat tool that
might be helpful. It's the Shadows/Highlights tool.
Hi Shel,
I'm still using PS7, CS is a little far off on the horizon for me at the
moment. Isn't
Thanks for the info Mark. I'll take a look and see if I can't get it
figured out.
Thanks again,
William in Utah.
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From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: K2 Problem
William Johnson [EMAIL
On May 24, 2004, at 9:50 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
I'm still using PS7, CS is a little far off on the horizon for me at
the
moment. Isn't Shadows/Highlights tool functionally equivalent to
applying an s-
shaped curve?
Mark Cassino and I were discussing the Shadows/Highlights tool vs
Curves just
No, it's not at all like curves, or even related to curves, nor is it a
functional equivalent. Believe it or not, it's more closely related to the
healing brush, at least wrt the math behind it.
Shel Belinkoff
[Original Message]
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rob,
Which
On Mon, 24 May 2004, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 23 May 2004 at 22:22, Christian Skofteland wrote:
Funny how you didn't seem too impressed by the *ist D when I was there in
October but now you seem very enthusiastic about it!
Still not that pleased with the camera, more so the medium. It's doing
As Eleanor suggested, the Optio 33 LF does indeed have a flip out LCD.
It's slightly smaller than the G2, and weighs less, but it's nearly 1MP
down. Does anyone have an Optio 33LF and would like to share their
opinions if this camera?
The 330, also 3Mp, has a flip out but it only flips so
On 23/5/04, STAN, discombobulated, offered:
When I went onto eBay a few minutes ago, (to check on the
Optio 33LF that Cotty is going to buy for surreptitious pics
of ladies on the street)
LOL. Prices here range from £147 through £229 new. I'm not sure I'm going
to buy - maybe. I will have to
Gianfranco Irlanda wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On a totally unrelated note, I managed to find a 28/2.0 M at
my local
camera repair place for $150. Cosmetically, it looks like it
has been
sandblasted, but the glass is immaculate. Given that KEH
normally lists
these
Rob,
pg 84 step 3, in the manual, makes no mention of exposure compensation for multiple
exposures. In the MZ-S and the PZ1P, which also have multiple exposure capabilities,
there is no mention about exposure compensation for multiple exposures either and if
you simply shoot multiples in these
I'm really not as grumpy as I look in Paul's photo.
Ken Waller
-Original Message-
From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Michigan PDML
Wooo Hooo! The Michigan PDML had a great outing today. We met at
McDonald's and packed down a few egg mcmuffs, before descending on the
I believe that the way the *ist D handles multiple exposures is
entirely different from film. We're all discussing how it should be
calculating 1/2 the exposure for the first shot and the other 1/2 the
exposure for the second shot . . .
. . . what if the *ist D is a far more simple beast?
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 00:04:50 +0200
From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: New Pentax DSLR's?
Shawn wrote:
So it still might be in Pentax's interest to do
everything they
can to gain a foothold in those markets by releasing
a high-end SLR.
Way too late for
Rob, nice capture. I especially like the pose and the harmony of the background colors
and the colors of the birds. Minor nit - cutting off the tail of the foreground bird.
Ken Waller
-Original Message-
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PAW Pelicans
Just put up a shot as
On 24 May 2004 at 11:30, Kenneth Waller wrote:
Rob,
pg 84 step 3, in the manual, makes no mention of exposure compensation for
multiple exposures. In the MZ-S and the PZ1P, which also have multiple exposure
capabilities, there is no mention about exposure compensation for multiple
exposures
Apparently, when you dial in the number of multiple exposures, the software
compensates the actual exposure depending on the number dialed in.
Ken Waller
-Original Message-
From: William Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Multiple exposures with the *istD
I believe that the way the
Rob,
in response to ...In what circumstances would you be likely to use the multiple
exposure function
on the *ist D? I've been shooting multiples on film where I do a sharp focus and
then a soft focus, also leaves on flowing water and multiples as I zoom the lens, you
know artsey
I am getting everything twice so I am subscribing thru
a different email address.
We had a nice red-headed woodpecker visiting our bird feeder this
weekend, but I couldn't get a shot of him, as he was too skittish.
This morning I went outside to look for him, and found this character
resting quietly on my lawn, within 15 feet of the rear deck:
No one could possibly be.
Kenneth Waller wrote:
I'm really not as grumpy as I look in Paul's photo.
For me, use of multi-exposure would be either to add a moon or some
such into the sky (different exposure, view, etc) or to make a collage
in a portrait (different view). Neither seems to make sense for
simple image merging that is being discussed.
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Monday, May 24, 2004,
alexanderkrohe wrote:
I don't think it is too late. I think if they
release a high end film SRL it will be a niche product
(for minorities) and not a mass product. Its sales
number won't be that much affected by rising DSLR
sales.
If Pentax had such an idea (and they probably had it some
I took the same photograph twice:
One of the photographs was shot with Pentax MZ-S and SMC FA 1.4/50mm on 200
ASA Fuji Superia, scanned on EPSON PERFECTION 3200 PHOTO. The other was shot
with SONY DSC F717 at 200 ASA.
Which one was made with a PENTAX?
The camera is available, it is the DA 16-45 that is backordered. This lens has been
hard to get from the start. (It is, though, a fine lens and worth waiting for.)
For reasons that I am trying to understand, Pentax has suddenly lost the ability to
produce enough lenses to meet demand. The DA
On Mon, 24 May 2004, Jens Bladt wrote:
I took the same photograph twice:
One of the photographs was shot with Pentax MZ-S and SMC FA 1.4/50mm on 200
ASA Fuji Superia, scanned on EPSON PERFECTION 3200 PHOTO. The other was shot
with SONY DSC F717 at 200 ASA.
Which one was made with a PENTAX?
Nope. I just cut and pasted, feathered and flattened. Of course, on my
landscape I was fixing the blown out sky, which was an easy paste.
Still, you could just paste in the parts with the blown out details.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA
Awesome!
Norm
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
We had a nice red-headed woodpecker visiting our bird feeder this
weekend, but I couldn't get a shot of him, as he was too skittish.
This morning I went outside to look for him, and found this character
resting quietly on my lawn, within 15 feet of the
If they are both uncropped, the format ratio gives it away. The ...284 image
being from the Sony, the ...285 from film.
Jostein
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From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 6:44 PM
Subject: Take a wild guess
I took the same
In reply to Rob:
I'd use multiexposure for astro and other low light conditions where slow
movement might cause a blur. Eg. forest plants that would move even in
slight breeze. And the occational time-lapse...
Jostein
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From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Just looking at the bokeh I would say pic 2 is the pentax 50mm 1.4
A.
On 24 May 2004, at 18:44, Jens Bladt wrote:
I took the same photograph twice:
One of the photographs was shot with Pentax MZ-S and SMC FA 1.4/50mm
on 200
ASA Fuji Superia, scanned on EPSON PERFECTION 3200 PHOTO. The other
was
Also, the 50/1.4 does have an f stop at 6.7, but rather 6.6. ;-)
A.
On 24 May 2004, at 19:18, Antonio Aparicio wrote:
Just looking at the bokeh I would say pic 2 is the pentax 50mm 1.4
A.
On 24 May 2004, at 18:44, Jens Bladt wrote:
I took the same photograph twice:
One of the photographs was shot
oops, that should be does NOT have and f stop
On 24 May 2004, at 19:26, Antonio Aparicio wrote:
Also, the 50/1.4 does have an f stop at 6.7, but rather 6.6. ;-)
A.
On 24 May 2004, at 19:18, Antonio Aparicio wrote:
Just looking at the bokeh I would say pic 2 is the pentax 50mm 1.4
A.
On 24 May
Sid,
I can't speak to the metering. I've had strange metering, but not as wacky as your.
A new aperture resistor fixed it and the part wasn't expensive as part of a CLA.
The infinity focus issue is another manifestation of 'sticky mirror syndrome' to be
cleaned up with a CLA. Ask ENReed,
Thanks Mike. The 33LF screen orientates just like the G2 screen, so the
33LF would be a good choice. I'm just concerned about the size and weight
- it certainly weighs considerably less than a G2 but isn't as small as I
thought it might be
Being too lazy at this time to go back to the
On 24/5/04, THE ALLINGATOR, discombobulated, offered:
Yea, whatever you do don't clone Cotty.
I shall visit you in the small hours and stick a bat up your night-dress.
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps
Has there been a survey in the past about what lens istD owners are shooting? How did
the popular lens fair in the istD change?
I'm curious as to how much pleasure my present lens favorites will bring if I had to
shoot them on an istD. Will I like my FA24 as a 36mm as much as I do shooting
In regard to Pentax's problems supplying lenses, it is also worth noting that Sigma
seems unable to supply its 12-24, which many dslr owners are interested in. My lab has
had a standing order for one with Adorama since early February.
Is there something about these new lenses that makes them
Generally, the mother drops them off in a safe place while she wanders
about to browse. I watched one off and one from morning to early
evening one Saturday a few years ago. About an hour before sunset,
three does passed about 20 feet from where the fawn was hiding, then one
turned around,
I lied a little (very, very little) about the f-stops. And I can asure you,
that the FA 1.4/50mm can give you an f-stop (? step) called 6.7 (between 5.6
and 8) according to my PZ-1 LCD.
Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Antonio
Perhaps it is how it rounds up the numbers? - I have always thought
that the stop between 5.6 and 8 was 6.6.
A.
On 24 May 2004, at 22:43, Jens Bladt wrote:
I lied a little (very, very little) about the f-stops. And I can asure
you,
that the FA 1.4/50mm can give you an f-stop (? step) called 6.7
alexanderkrohe wrote:
Serving only a niche market would certainly be not
profitable enough.
Niche markets usually allow higher gain per item, hence can be profitable,
but not for a company the size of Pentax. A smaller company (Cosina, Leica,
and so on) could fit a niche market.
OTOH by
Cotty wrote:
Thanks Mike. The 33LF screen orientates just like the G2 screen, so the
33LF would be a good choice. I'm just concerned about the size and weight
- it certainly weighs considerably less than a G2 but isn't as small as I
thought it might be
Everyone has been spoiled by the S
Hi,
Monday, May 24, 2004, 6:37:50 PM, Shel wrote:
Just curious ... what's awesome about this photo? Is it that it's a
fawn?
not just any old fawn, but a new-born lawn fawn at dawn!
--
Cheers,
Bob
Thanks for the enlightening responses on my CA question.
I have a follow-up. When someone says that a specific lens has CA problems on the *ist
D, do they mean that it shows color fringing, or just overall softness, or both?
(E.g., some posts have said that the FA* 24 has CA problems on the
In article
[EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (jtainter) wrote:
In regard to Pentax's problems supplying lenses, it is also worth
noting that Sigma seems unable to supply its 12-24, which many dslr
owners are interested in. My lab has had a standing order for one with
Adorama since
In article
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Stringer) wrote:
Has there been a survey in the past about what lens istD owners are
shooting? How did the popular lens fair in the istD change?
I'm curious as to how much pleasure my present lens favorites will
bring if I had to
I wrote:
Certainly they need mass-produced articles. But as any
other better camera producer they don't just sell
stand-alone products, they do sell camera systems
(including a range of cameras from high-end to basic
level). Will they support a full-range system in the
future ? A
jtainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
some posts have said that the FA* 24 has CA problems on the *ist D,
but I haven't noticed it.)
Neither have I.
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
I believe it is. My MZ-S and PZ-1 says 6.7!
Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Antonio Aparicio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 24. maj 2004 22:51
Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emne: Re: Take a wild guess
Perhaps it is how it rounds
Pentax obviously must support the sale of the probably large amount of film
related products - lenses etc. - that are already in production, in stock or
at the retailers. I guess the *ist is an example of such policies.
Other than that I too believe Pentax will/should conduct tremendous efforts
Annsan wrote:
Tom, you will then recognize me as the only other
insane person :)
annsan
From now on dubbed anninsan
Dario
(truly missing not to be there)
Someone on the list posted links showing Frank Gehry Buildings (in Europe I
think) a few days ago. I'd really like to get this link again, please.
Thanks a lot.
Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
From: Dario Bonazza
Subject: Re: New Pentax DSLR's?
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 14:39:18 -0700
I wrote:
OK, this is what you will do, if you were Pentax.
This is also what I
would
have done in the past, if I was Pentax (a high end
film SLR is not the
niche
product I'd market today). If
Just thought I'd add a comment as I passed through the lobby here. Just
got a Calumet catalogue a few days ago. They're pushing digital gear very
strongly. Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Kodak ... all listed. Conspicuous by its
absence is the pentax lineup.
Shel Belinkoff
As a counterpoint, I
On 24 May 2004 at 15:26, jtainter wrote:
Thanks for the enlightening responses on my CA question.
I have a follow-up. When someone says that a specific lens has CA problems on
the *ist D, do they mean that it shows color fringing, or just overall
softness,
or both? (E.g., some posts have
On 24 May 2004 at 22:09, mike wilson wrote:
Everyone has been spoiled by the S series, with the Sliding lens
group. Nothing is as small as those, with the same functionality.
A friend of mine has the new Sony DSCT1 and and two others have the new Optios
and I'm afraid IMHO it beats the
On 24 May 2004 at 19:17, Jostein wrote:
In reply to Rob:
I'd use multiexposure for astro and other low light conditions where slow
movement might cause a blur. Eg. forest plants that would move even in
slight breeze. And the occational time-lapse...
The sorts of suggestions you made are
On 24 May 2004 at 15:26, Mark Stringer wrote:
Has there been a survey in the past about what lens istD owners are shooting?
How did the popular lens fair in the istD change?
I'm still not as settled as I was with my full frame lens line-up and that's
after shooting over 4000 images.
I'm
I think the seller does not know much if anything about camera
equipment. They are clearly labeled as brands other than Pentax, yet
he still thinks they are Pentax. He mentions they are clean, and have
no Fungus, but I am assuming you asked him specifically about them.
I'd say chances
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/franks_cat.html
shel
I posted eleven shots from our weekend get together. The shots of the
PDML folks with their cameras were shot on the Leica iiic with Summaton
35/3.5. (Hey, I had film in it.) The shots of the wildlife and of Ken
and Bill at the pub were shot with the *ist D. The first shot, that of
Ken Waller
Maybe Pentax 666, a Devilishly good 6 Megapixel compact!
Thanks,
Albert
Seems like the Optio 555 is discontinued. Any replacement news ?
Antti-Pekka
Hi Jens
Well - eyerone else seems to think that the p4681284.html is the digital and who
am I to disagree? The second photo doesn't seem to have the same amount of
definition as the first which suggests it's been subject to more processing.
Out of curiousity, what's your opinion of the Epson
Albert F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Seems like the Optio 555 is discontinued. Any replacement news ?
Maybe Pentax 666, a Devilishly good 6 Megapixel compact!
And why not? After all, Lucifer means bringer of light!
;-)
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
their stated main business now is CD/DVD pickup lenses, upper mid range PS
digital cameras, entry/mid level DSLRs, and medical optics. PS digital
cameras and medical optics are the only place where most analysts are
optimistic.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL
i mean color fringing. that is what i notice and it is annoying on film. on
the *istD it isn't as annoying because of the lesser FOV.
Herb
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From: jtainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 5:26 PM
Subject: Follow-up Question on
I always thought it'd be grumpier.. Maybe it's broken spirited and now just
takes the assorted bunny ears and reindeer antlers as an unchangeable part
of life..
:-)
Ryan
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:21
On 24 May 2004 at 15:26, Mark Stringer wrote:
Has there been a survey in the past about what lens istD owners are
shooting?
How did the popular lens fair in the istD change?
I've always used a lot of lenses. I generally carry 13 with my *ist D
kit. Current heavy users include the K 50/1.4, the
- Original Message -
From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Re: istD et al price availabiity
Just thought I'd add a comment as I passed through the lobby here.
Just
got a Calumet catalogue a few days ago. They're pushing digital
gear very
strongly. Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Kodak ... all
I do note a family resemblance.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/franks_cat.html
shel
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