Re: Bob W - Lions B/Days.

2004-06-02 Thread Bob W
Hi, Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 6:01:40 AM, Malcolm wrote: Bob W wrote: You can all sing Happy Birthday to me (June 2nd)! I can't make it to Washington, but I will be driving round the safari park at Woburn, taking photographs of the lions. Happy Birthday! Best not to celebrate by being

Re: Almost done

2004-06-02 Thread Cotty
http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw? action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=79 Be a darling, Bill. Bring the pool :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: PAW - Green Heron

2004-06-02 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 31.05.04 22:03, Christian Skofteland at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, it's another bird http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id19.html Well, Christian, in one word: re-ve-la-tion! -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: KR Lens Stuck on IST-D

2004-06-02 Thread Cotty
Ok, the crappy Sears lens that Tanya bought has managed to get stuck on her D. The aperture ring says KR, and it has an (A)P marking. Suggestions? tv Angle grinder. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps

Re: Re: In transit to GFM -- Some pics online.

2004-06-02 Thread Cotty
But are you a lumberjack... This is correct. I have printed out the words to the song. I'll make sure it gets recorded :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: Bob W - Lions B/Days.

2004-06-02 Thread Ryan Lee
Happy birthday Bob! I hear if you give the Woburn lions your camera and poke them with a stick, they'll be more than happy to help you take a photo if you want to be in one :) Mine's coming soon too.. June 18th.. no mountain, no lions, no mountain lions.. sigh.. Cheers, Ryan - Original

Re: Almost done

2004-06-02 Thread John Francis
http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw? action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=79 Be a darling, Bill. Bring the pool :-) How do you know he hasn't got one in there somewhere? I was pretty impressed at some of the options available now for tailgate cooking, etc. But eventually I gave in

Re: KR Lens Stuck on IST-D

2004-06-02 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi tom, on 02 Jun 04 you wrote in pentax.list: Where exactly is the pin? AFAIK this pin stucks into the AF-cluth of the camera. I know of a case, where the *istD owner managed to remove a stuck Ricoh lens himself. So it should be possible - but be carefull! Don't try to cut the pin as metal

Re: SV: PAW: Street Portraiture

2004-06-02 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Hi Jens, nice portrait! At first glance the background seemed too simple for me, but it contrastes nicely with her eyes. Although for my taste the blurring is too much, you have captured her expression very nicely. One point, though - I do like more portraits with some background

Re: Pt. Pelee birds

2004-06-02 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Hi, so even though the lack of really long big glass, you did get close enough to the little buggers ;-) Best regards, Frantisek Vlcek

Re: Almost done

2004-06-02 Thread Bill Owens
If I were a North Carolinian instead of a Virginian, I would have a large piece of plastic to line the truck bed and turn it into a pool. Bill - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 3:23 AM Subject: Re: Almost

PAW - Historic Picture (at least for me)

2004-06-02 Thread Dan Zaharevitz
After almost 15 years of marriage I've finally taken a picture of my wife that she actually likes! http://www.radix.net/~drzz/paw/karen1.html It's probably not my favorite, but who am I to argue? Besides, I have great new argument: See it took a camera that cost more than $1200 to capture all

Re: Pro uses pop-up flash!

2004-06-02 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
I do not use it much, but time to time, it comes handy. I didn't like the slow recycle time, though. One does have to watch for it. But I do carry a flash even with the Leica (a small Vivitar). In fact, I think the best flash for Leica is the AF160, the one which is not square shaped but sort of

spot meters

2004-06-02 Thread Kevin Waterson
Is there a Asahi and a Honeywell meter 1 degree meter? Kind regards Kevin -- __ (_ \ _) ) | / / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \) \_||_|

Re: Bob W - Lions B/Days.

2004-06-02 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob W wrote: You can all sing Happy Birthday to me (June 2nd)! I can't make it to Washington, but I will be driving round the safari park at Woburn, taking photographs of the lions. Happy Birthday, Bob! Have fun, but not too close... Ciao,

Re: KR Lens Stuck on IST-D

2004-06-02 Thread Lon Williamson
Before sawing, see if you can go in through the front of the lens and remove things. With extreme luck, you might be able to salvage the lens. Gonz wrote: Hack saw. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, the crappy Sears lens that Tanya bought has managed to get stuck on her D. The aperture ring says

Re: In transit to GFM -- Some pics online.

2004-06-02 Thread Steve Desjardins
Oddly enough, this actually came up yesterday. Debbie was assembling our collection of food that doen't need refrigeration for GFM and Spam was a possibility. We settled on PBJ and some fruit. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540)

RE: KR Lens Stuck on IST-D

2004-06-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Hell NO!.That lens deserves to DIE!! J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com -Original Message-

PAW - Caged worker

2004-06-02 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
My last PAW: http://fotof.wz.cz/paw Hi, I finally managed to put my malformed (and recently almost exploded) computer into something slightly more akin to order. As I am lagging behind in work and PAWs, and not yet having restored most of the disks, I submit just an old picture with

RE: spot meters

2004-06-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I do believe there is. Coincidentally, I read yesterday that Pentax has discontinued production of the Spotmeter. :-(( Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 6/2/2004 4:06:49 AM Subject: spot meters Is there a Asahi and a

RE: Canon Digital Rebel Hacked Into Almost-10D

2004-06-02 Thread Amita Guha
http://www.bahneman.com/liem/photos/tricks/digital-rebel-tricks.html These folks claim to have cracked the firmware in the Canon Digital Rebel to unhide a menu and some other tweaks that restore most of the functionality of the 10D to the DigiRebel. Nate says he's been running these hacks

Hot and cold pixel test?

2004-06-02 Thread Brian Dipert
Folks, could someone remind me where I can find that utility that'll analyze a TIFF file and identify any bad pixels on the *istD sensor? Thanks in advance! == Brian Dipert Technical Editor: Mass Storage, Memory, Multimedia, PC Core Logic and Peripherals, and

Re: Hot and cold pixel test?

2004-06-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Brian Dipert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, could someone remind me where I can find that utility that'll analyze a TIFF file and identify any bad pixels on the *istD sensor? Thanks in advance! There's Dead Pixel Test: http://www.starzen.com/imaging/deadpixeltest.htm Listed on my compendium of

Re: Only -PUG June is available on my website

2004-06-02 Thread Norm Baugher
Oh Bob, stop bitching vbg Norm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adelheid, I hope the submission process gets better soon.

RE: PAW: From my recent trip to Northern AZ, and Southern UT.

2004-06-02 Thread Jeff Jonsson
The FAJ had no problems with vignetting that I could see. There was maybe 1/4 of the image overlap. It was all handheld. If the folks on the list have never looked at or used Panavue ImageAssembler, ($64 from www.panavue.com) let me tell you it's the absolute bomb. I tried lining up the 4 shots

Re: Canon Digital Rebel Hacked Into Almost-10D

2004-06-02 Thread jaalmanza
You read Slashdot.org don't you? ;-) ~Alejandro http://www.bahneman.com/liem/photos/tricks/digital-rebel-tricks.html These folks claim to have cracked the firmware in the Canon Digital Rebel to unhide a menu and some other tweaks that restore most of the functionality of the 10D to the

Re: Pentax to focus on digital?

2004-06-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
Hasn't anyone noticed that these rumors seem to be from the same source? Mike Nosal wrote: Imaging Resource has picked up on an item from Denis Klimovich's Russian-language Penta Club website, from Pentar, the Russian Pentax distributor: 28/04/2004: Due to the rapid expansion of the worldwide

Re: Pentax digital camera on eBay ...

2004-06-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
All I have to say is WOW, and look at how reasonable the price is... Joe Wilensky wrote: Look! We all missed Pentax's first digital SLR, released way back in ... 1988 or so? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=31388item=3819292783rd=1 I hear it's full frame and everything!

Re: KR Lens Stuck on IST-D

2004-06-02 Thread Bob W
Hi, Glad your camera got fixed Of course this WOULD happen AFTER we visited all of the museums, monuments and many other scenes itching to be photographed today, courtesy of the Van Veen Whirlwind Tour of Washington DC. So, I will be returning to Australia with exactly ONE photo of myself

FS: Pentax SMC-F 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom

2004-06-02 Thread Joe Wilensky
I neglected to include the SMC designation in the description of this lens! For sale: Pentax SMC-F 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom This is a compact autofocus zoom with a good range that dates from the SF1/SFX era. It replaced the larger but highly regarded and different formula A zoom of the same

GFM Ping

2004-06-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Subscribing with traveling email account - pinging to see if all is working. Plan to catch a 6am flight which means I have to be on the road at 4:15am. Bruce

Caribbean Mail Order

2004-06-02 Thread Tom C
Does anyone remember the name of the mail-order only store in the Caribbean that sells Pentax MF equipment? I wanted to get their latest price list. Thanks. Tom C.

Re: GFM Ping

2004-06-02 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/2/2004 12:09:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Plan to catch a 6am flight which means I have to be on the road at 4:15am. Bruce -- Ditto, but 4:20. Can I blame you for this outrageous hour, BTW? :-) (Bruce and I and his friend are meeting up

Re: Caribbean Mail Order

2004-06-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
http://www.caymancamera.com/ -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 12:12:21 PM, you wrote: TC Does anyone remember the name of the mail-order only store in the Caribbean TC that sells Pentax MF equipment? I wanted to get their latest price list. TC Thanks. TC Tom C.

CliffordRoss R1 Project

2004-06-02 Thread Hal Davis
CliffordRoss.com, R1 Project. Check it out! Subscribing with traveling email account - pinging to see if all is working. Plan to catch a 6am flight which means I have to be on the road at 4:15am. Bruce

PAW - -Cup and Candle

2004-06-02 Thread Dag T
While everybody else is at GFM... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2411256size=lg DagT

Re: PAW - -Cup and Candle

2004-06-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Dag, I'm not there yet, so I will comment. This is pretty cool! I really like the round pattern in the square one along with the dark and light pattern. It really grabs at you. You have a great eye for the unusual and I think you really picked this one out well. -- Best regards,

Re: Pentax SMC-F 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom

2004-06-02 Thread Mark Dalal
Joe, Isn't this is a 4-5.6? Mark - Original Message - From: Joe Wilensky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: FS: Pentax SMC-F 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom I neglected to include the SMC designation in the description of this lens! For

Pentax plans to focus on digital

2004-06-02 Thread Cliff Nietvelt
From PhotoZone: http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1086134375.html If this is true, I will be selling my Pentax 35mm equipment (MZ-S, Z1p, F-300mm f4.5, etc) very soon. I will keep people posted when I do (though I am not a regular contributer to this list). Cliff = Cliff Nietvelt

Re: Pentax plans to focus on digital

2004-06-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Cliff, Pentax being the first to spell out reality, I would think that the others are right behind. On top of that, the film manufacturers and labs are rapidly moving in the same direction. Film will become a much more expensive proposition barring BW. With that in mind, what is your

RE: KR Lens Stuck on IST-D

2004-06-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/6/04, tv no Tan no tv no Tan no tv no Tan oh hell's bells, discombobulated, offered: Ashlee is such a lovely lady and we have been shopping, eating, and even swapping clothes! Yeah I wouldn't mind a bit of that myself BTW, Cotty, I am getting kinda comfortable in my new sofa bed, so I am

Re: GFM Ping

2004-06-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
Read you 5x5. Bruce Dayton wrote: Subscribing with traveling email account - pinging to see if all is working. Plan to catch a 6am flight which means I have to be on the road at 4:15am. Bruce

Re: Pentax SMC-F 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom

2004-06-02 Thread Joe Wilensky
Yes, sorry -- it's an f/4.-5.6, as the photo shows. Joe On Jun 2, 2004, at 4:32 PM, Mark Dalal wrote: Joe, Isn't this is a 4-5.6? Mark - Original Message - From: Joe Wilensky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: FS: Pentax SMC-F 35-105mm

Re: PAW - -Cup and Candle

2004-06-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
I didn't know what to think when I first looked at it, but the subtlety grows on you. It's a really good idea and well executed. Dag T wrote: While everybody else is at GFM... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2411256size=lg DagT

Marrakesh Express

2004-06-02 Thread Bob W
Hi, Up and at em tomorrow morning, on the Heathrow bus at 10am ish, airborne about 3pm I believe. I must be one of the last to leave on this pilgrimage. It would be REALLY nice if I could have a shower after the flight as I don't thing they would take kindly to having to evacuate the

Photo shops in Berlin (used)

2004-06-02 Thread Pedro Oliveira
Hi. A friend of mine is going to Berlin this month. Could someone advise some good and reliable shops in Berlin that sells used Pentax gear? Thanking in advance. Pedro Oliveira Portugal

Re: PAW - -Cup and Candle

2004-06-02 Thread Keith Whaley
Especially lonely, with no chairs and only one cup! keith whaley Dag T wrote: While everybody else is at GFM... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2411256size=lg DagT

Re: PAW - -Cup and Candle

2004-06-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jun 2004 at 23:13, Dag T wrote: While everybody else is at GFM... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2411256size=lg I can see a triptych coming on :-) Well spotted (as per usual). Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Pentax plans to focus on digital

2004-06-02 Thread Alan Chan
After giving some thought, I don't see the point to dump my Pentax gears just because they won't make film SLRs anymore (and I won't buy them anyway). I'll be perfectly happy if my F/FA lenses keep mounting on any future DSLRs with AF/AE. :-) Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan

Re: Pentax plans to focus on digital

2004-06-02 Thread Gonz
Next you will see a Time magazine bearing the cover: Film is Dead Bruce Dayton wrote: Hello Cliff, Pentax being the first to spell out reality, I would think that the others are right behind. On top of that, the film manufacturers and labs are rapidly moving in the same direction. Film will

Re: CliffordRoss R1 Project

2004-06-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jun 2004 at 19:21, Hal Davis wrote: CliffordRoss.com, R1 Project. Check it out! Hmm I see a lot of self aggrandizing (gotta love his little link to work methods :-). There was a link to an article posted to the list last week some time where I believe this photographer encouraged a naive

Re: GFM Ping

2004-06-02 Thread graywolf
How awful for you guys. Me? I been there and came home again, I have to work at my volunteer job in the morning. Bill has PDML Central set up waiting for the rush. The Pentax Rep has toys for everyone to play with. The program will be excellent. The weather is georgeous. It looks like this will

Pie chart

2004-06-02 Thread Butch Black
Hi; I need to make a 6 color pie chart. Is there any easy way in Photoshop (7) to evenly segment the pie and color the segments? Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)

Re: Pentax plans to focus on digital

2004-06-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cliff Nietvelt Subject: Pentax plans to focus on digital From PhotoZone: http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1086134375.html If this is true, I will be selling my Pentax 35mm equipment (MZ-S, Z1p, F-300mm f4.5, etc) very soon. I will keep people

RE: Pie chart

2004-06-02 Thread Amita Guha
I need to make a 6 color pie chart. Is there any easy way in Photoshop (7) to evenly segment the pie and color the segments? If you have Excel, I think you can get it to generate pie charts based on data in a spreadsheet.

RE: PAW - Historic Picture (at least for me)

2004-06-02 Thread Butch Black
A devastatingly beautiful woman. To improve upon near perfection like that you would need a superior portrait lens like the Pentax SMCP-A* 300/2.8. (Hope this helps) Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)

Re: Pie chart

2004-06-02 Thread Tanya Mayer
Butch, I know this isn't the answer you were after, but it would be much easier to just do it in Excel... tan. Butch Black writes: Hi; I need to make a 6 color pie chart. Is there any easy way in Photoshop (7) to evenly segment the pie and color the segments? Butch Each man had only

Re: Caribbean Mail Order

2004-06-02 Thread Joseph Tainter
Has anyone dealt with them or heard stories? Are they honest? Thanks, Joe

Re: Pentax plans to focus on digital

2004-06-02 Thread Cliff Nietvelt
Hi Bruce I have thought of getting out of Pentax anyway for many reasons (lack of AF teleconverters, etc.) anyway, but this may be the straw that breaks the mule's back. No doubt I will be adding or switching to digital in the future, but Pentax is always slow to the market. Their current

Re: Pentax plans to focus on digital

2004-06-02 Thread KT Takeshita
On 6/2/04 8:40 PM, Cliff Nietvelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: with Canon or Nikon, there are plenty of EOS 1n's, 3's, 1V's, F5's, F100's kicking around (used new), But they do not have PDML ;-). Ken

Re: Pentax plans to focus on digital

2004-06-02 Thread Andre Langevin
National Geographic hasn't switched over to digital yet... Cliff Still on Kodachrome and developping their own films (K-14 process) I've been told. Andre

Re: Pentax plans to focus on digital

2004-06-02 Thread Cliff Nietvelt
No they use E-6 films more than anything have been for years --- Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: National Geographic hasn't switched over to digital yet... Cliff Still on Kodachrome and developping their own films (K-14 process) I've been told. Andre = Cliff

Re: Pentax plans to focus on digital

2004-06-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
All Pentax lenses from the introduction of the K-mount work quite well on the *ist D. So in fact, you have a broader choice of glass than you have with any digital camera -- at a much lower price. You will stop loving film once yøu start shooting digital. Trust me. It happens. Paul On Jun 2,

Re: Pentax plans to focus on digital

2004-06-02 Thread Herb Chong
it takes longer for some people to realize that. FWIW, i haven't found any formal announcement from Pentax supporting the article quoted in DPreview though. OTOH, it's pretty obvious that it has to happen sooner rather than later for the mass market camera manufacturers. cachet collectors brands

E. Tennessee

2004-06-02 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
There's a good chance this Fall that I'm going to have a free weekend by myself to out shooting. So I'll make it a 3-day weekend, and would like to go to E. Tennessee. Maybe Va/WVa/whatever road I want to take. Time for some 4x5 maybe 8x10. For anyone who knows that country, what would be your

Re: Pie chart

2004-06-02 Thread Norm Baugher
3.1415926? Norm Butch Black wrote: Hi; I need to make a 6 color pie chart. Is there any easy way in Photoshop (7) to evenly segment the pie and color the segments?

RE: Pie chart

2004-06-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Create one in excel and do a screen capture and import into photoshop. jco -Original Message- From: Norm Baugher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pie chart 3.1415926? Norm Butch Black wrote: Hi; I need to make a 6

Yay! New scanner on the way!

2004-06-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Just wanted to share my excitement ... today I ordered a new, Nikon Coolscan ;-))) No more borrowing computer and scanner time. I can now annoy you with even more pictures LOL Shel Belinkoff

Re: Yay! New scanner on the way!

2004-06-02 Thread Mark Dalal
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just wanted to share my excitement ... today I ordered a new, Nikon Coolscan ;-))) No more borrowing computer and scanner time. I can now annoy you with even more pictures LOL Congrats Shel! Which one did you get? Mark

Re: Pie chart

2004-06-02 Thread trevor_e_bailey
G'day Butch. Mate, I would do the Pie chart in EXCEL. screen capture it and import the capture into photoshop. Reasonable easy to do. Hooroo. Regards, Trevor Grafton Australia - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, June 3, 2004 10:33 am Subject: Re: Pie

Re: Yay! New scanner on the way!

2004-06-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The Coolscan V ... really went back and forth between it and the 5000, but since I have access to Imacons, I figured the V would work just fine while learning and gaining experience. Y'know mark, I feel like I'm becoming a contemporary kinda guy. You recall my old machine - I recall the groan

Re: Yay! New scanner on the way!

2004-06-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
Shel, you're never an annoyance. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Just wanted to share my excitement ... today I ordered a new, Nikon Coolscan ;-))) No more borrowing computer and scanner time. I can now annoy you with even more pictures LOL Shel Belinkoff