RE: GFM envy

2004-06-12 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Gianfranco, I still have to get some digitals up. Too busy to give them justice and put up a true webpage. There are a bunch at my msn site though. let me take a peek and see if I can put up a URL. Like Frank, I took quite a few with film. I will be picking them up on Monday if I cannot get

Re: GFM Pix: No Bunny Ears, Guaranteed!

2004-06-12 Thread John Francis
Peter J. Alling remarked: Frank, I'm surprised, some of these are really quite good. That's a little harsh, isn't it? :-)

Re: pics

2004-06-12 Thread Bruce Dayton
Ryan, Thanks for the comments. I suspect if you hung around the lion area for quite a while perhaps you would get a better shot. They don't seem like they like to move around too much. I was shooting with the longest lens I have (K 300/4) and there were some guys there with some real bazookas

Re: Takumar 135/2.5 (Bayonet) any good?

2004-06-12 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Hey Frank, There is no need for shouting or foul language. If you cant debate a point like and adult, do us all a favour, dont debate it at all. The subject is photography and Pentax lenses and I will stop debating a point when I decide that I dont want to debate it anymore thank you very

Re: OT:For my fellow Reagan fans.

2004-06-12 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Now you have blown it. This doesn't belong on the list anymore than the other accusations. President speeches offend me. Please do not do so. Thanks fra

Re: Takumar 135/2.5 (Bayonet) any good?

2004-06-12 Thread Ryan Lee
Antonio, who wrote: Hey Frank, There is no need for shouting or foul language. If you cant debate a point like and adult, do us all a favour, dont debate it at all. also wrote (to Christian): What a load of rubish. You are just being contrary because I said it was a dog. Antonio, there

Re: Developing tanks (yes, it's not digital!)

2004-06-12 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Saturday, June 12, 2004, 5:08:14 AM, Butch wrote: BB We actually use chlorine bleach in water to clean the stabilizer tanks if BB they get too scummy with algae. I agree with Mike that changing the water BB regularly would be the best option. How hard is draining and refilling the BB water bath

Re: Takumar 135/2.5 (Bayonet) any good?

2004-06-12 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Ryan, Christian and I differ as to our judgement of the lens. I state my views clearly and leave others to make their own. There is no need for shouting or foul language. If I think someone is talking rubish I will tell them, that is different. There is plenty of room for disagrement and

Re: Takumar 135/2.5 (Bayonet) any good?

2004-06-12 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Chrissy, I thought we were debating a point about a lens, not having an argument. Why is it that when I make valid points in a debate, points that go without response, I then either get criticised for being off topic or in this instance arguing! Given the company the 135mm is in a $20

Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Jens Bladt
I need to make a withdrawal from the PDML wisdom bank, please. I am getting the impression, that is is getting harder to get decent film development these days. Is this true? I know my digital images are very sharp due to the smaller format/better DOF. But I also know that film images can be

Yellowing on a 50 1.4 SMC Tak ROFL!!

2004-06-12 Thread Ryan Lee
This probably has been posted before, but I was browsing the uk.rec.humour newsgroup (needed a break from the troll activity at aus.photo and rec.photo.equipment.35mm) and trust finding this link.. http://www.hermes.net.au/bayling/repair.html Cheers, Ryan

Re: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Jens, I have noticed this too. I dont think pro-labs help much either, it depends on the lab. Personally I have found a lab near me that works for me and just stick with them. I get the impression that with the move to digital, the old optical process is not getting the attention it deserves.

Re: Yellowing on a 50 1.4 SMC Tak ROFL!!

2004-06-12 Thread John Whittingham
Excellent!!! I bet you couldn't sell that one on eBay LOL John Whittingham Technician -- Original Message --- From: Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:29:38 +1000 Subject: Yellowing on a 50 1.4 SMC Tak ROFL!! This probably has been

Re: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Herb Chong
shoot some ISO 50 print film and compare the results when processed in a professional lab with your *istD results. be sure you are comparing prints at the same sizes. Herb... - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 6:26

Re: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Bob W
Hi, I have noticed this too. I dont think pro-labs help much either, it depends on the lab. Personally I have found a lab near me that works for me and just stick with them. I get the impression that with the move to digital, the old optical process is not getting the attention it

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/6/04, GONZ, discombobulated, offered: Great snaps Cotty. Love the one with the alien and the bridge. You're commentary made my laugh, you are a natural comedian. Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. Are you doing it next year again? Thanks. I just think that sometimes we take things

GFM: Nature Photos

2004-06-12 Thread Eactivist
Well, if you aren't heartedly sick of them by now, here are some of my GFM nature photos. Nothing fantastic, though I did get shots of all the animals. But the whole time I was, I was wishing for longer glass. Some images will be slightly familiar by now. ;-)

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/6/04, CORY, discombobulated, offered: Cotty gets the award for the best snap of me so far. Only problem is, he placed me in a grouping where my piddly little 70-210 zoom looks simply pitiful next to those HUGE lenses. Hence 'small but perfectly formed' ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ ||

FS (late--sorry)

2004-06-12 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
Pentax-F 50/1.7 $75 Used but in very good condition

Re: GFM Pix: No Bunny Ears, Guaranteed!

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
Got back my first GFM roll today. Discovered that I suck as a landscape/nature photog, so I'll spare you the grief. These were taken the first day, so many of the contingent had yet to arrive. They were also taken with the MX, and since I used the LX as the flash cam, no night (ie: party

RE: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
Spectacular, Cotty! I'm glad you put Tan to my left (right, on the screen), for the one where I'm looking out the corner of my eyes. Whatta hoot!! Great stuff. Thanks for posting them. Thanks mate - much appreciated. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

RE: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
Great people shots. Lots of fun. Thanks for sharing. Paul Cheers Paul. You on coarse for next year? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: Tanja versus Britney Spear

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/6/04, FRANK, discombobulated, offered: I'd take Tan over that Spears chick any day of the week. I bet Britney can't handle an *istD like our Tanja!! She's My Type of Girl!! LOL Uh oh, better put some bromide in his tea. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Re: Testing

2004-06-12 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 2:04 AM Subject: RE: Testing Lasse, Is it me, or have you been away. It's you. You have been away. To Grandfather Mountain. That was in the U.S. of A. Remember? It was only last week. Kinda

RE: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/6/04, FAIRYGIRL, discombobulated, offered: Cotty, those are fantastic shots, it feels like I am still there. I can't believe that I am a world away from everyone yet again... I love those papped shots of tv, they are so funny. And that one of him looking like he is about to punch me, we

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
Thanks for sharing - it brings out much of the fun that was there and even a few things I missed out on. Bruce You're welcome Bruce. I'm sorry if i didn't post everyone, there were some shots that were utter bollocks and I digitally ripped them to shreds ! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Re: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Yes, completely optical/chemical process is what works best for me. I had some pics done at Snappy Snaps in London last time I was there and they were awfull. If they were scanning the negs and then priting that explains it. I would have to differ therefore with you view that quality has gone

RE: Tanja versus Britney Spears

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
A second reading reveals that Cotty was replying to Treena, not Tanja. Oh well, just substitute appropriate names where necessary, and substitute Pentax for *istD (since I don't know if Treena has one). Or, better yet, just ignore my earlier post. Now that I think of it, just ignore all my

Re: Takumar 135/2.5 (Bayonet) any good?

2004-06-12 Thread Ryan Lee
Antonio, Ryan, Christian and I differ as to our judgement of the lens. I state my views clearly and leave others to make their own. There is no need for shouting or foul language. If I think someone is talking rubish I will tell them, that is different. There is plenty of room for

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi Cotty, You're shots are really good. And motivating... I must admit that I've seen the pictures and read the stores of all you lucky GFM attendants with envy ;-) I'd love to do it again next year, although I might just arrange a different format, involving my own transport and slower agenda.

ISTD in-camera corruption of RAW images

2004-06-12 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi all, I have shot almost a thousand RAW images now with the *ISTD, and noticed that a few images turned out to be corrupted when trying to process them. You can't tell this from looking at the preview on the camera, probably because that uses the embedded JPG data rather than the real RAW data

Re: Takumar 135/2.5 (Bayonet) any good?

2004-06-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Of course. I meant to say the M 135/3.5. On Jun 12, 2004, at 1:56 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: The SMC 2.5/135mm is not an M, it's a K. Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 12. juni 2004

RE: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Jens Bladt
Hmmm I might jsut do that - except I don't have a *ist D. (I bought a MZ-Z, a scanner and a SONY DSC F717 (appr. same cost as a *ist D body) instead. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GFM: Nature Photos

2004-06-12 Thread Peter J. Alling
Most of these are very nice, it's really hard to get good animal photos even if they're more or less captive. I especially like the otter... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, if you aren't heartedly sick of them by now, here are some of my GFM nature photos. Nothing fantastic, though I did get

Re: GFM Pix: No Bunny Ears, Guaranteed!

2004-06-12 Thread Peter J. Alling
By now Frank knows most of what I say is tongue in cheek. John Francis wrote: Peter J. Alling remarked: Frank, I'm surprised, some of these are really quite good. That's a little harsh, isn't it? :-)

Re: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Bill Owens
At our lab we still process considerably more film than digital prints, although our minilab is digital (Fuji Frontier 375). I would guess that close to half of the film we process though is from one time use cameras, which will probably keep 400 and 800 ISO films profitable for film makers for

RE: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Jens Bladt
... and I might wait for the new baby *ist D this autumn - like the D70 it might even be better (image quality) than some more expensive models! I guess Pentax has to do something about the sharpness issue, which a lot of reviews (and some PDML'ers) seem to be complaining about. 'Hmmm I

Re: GFM Pix: No Bunny Ears, Guaranteed!

2004-06-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
John Francis wrote: Peter J. Alling remarked: Frank, I'm surprised, some of these are really quite good. That's a little harsh, isn't it? :-) JOhn, I laughed so loud at your one liner as I browsed the GFM stuff I worry I might have awoken the sleeping Scrabble star in my livingroom.

Re: GFM: Nature Photos

2004-06-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, if you aren't heartedly sick of them by now, here are some of my GFM nature photos. Nothing fantastic, though I did get shots of all the animals. But the whole time I was, I was wishing for longer glass. Some images will be slightly familiar by now. ;-)

Re: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Robert Leigh Woerner
My lab is using Fuji Frontier exclusively because they aren't willing to expend resources maintaining their optical equipment. The Frontier is new and they get better contract support right now. I would guess that using the Frontier makes their life easier also??? For the most part I like the

Re: SV: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Antonio Aparicio
By optical I mean shining a light through a negative to get a print rather than priting a scanned negative from a digital file. Antonio On 12 Jun 2004, at 16:17, Jens Bladt wrote: Thanks, but There's no optical process - just chemistry (film development only). Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Bill Owens
- Original Message - From: Robert Leigh Woerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 10:45 AM Subject: Re: Film and Development The enhanced look good very well be due to the person operating the machine. I quite often adjust the exposure on my

Re: Developing tanks (yes, it's not digital!)

2004-06-12 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
WR Jobo wants you to buy their biocide. Usual marketing :) I am pretty much immune. WR If you can still get old style C-41 stabilizer, a wee bit of that WR will do it (it's formadehyde). WR Of course, it smells awful and is relatively toxic. WR I just put a very small amount of chlorine

voigtlander, cosina, vivitar

2004-06-12 Thread Ryan Lee
Spurred by Rob Studdert's fantastic results with his 125 f2.5 Voigtlander Cosina Apo Lanthar, I thought of reading up on what else Voigtlander offered. Amongst the cheaper lenses, I noticed the 19-35 3.5-4.5 Ultragon was coated with VMV or Voigtlander's own coating www.voigtlander.com. Also, I

Re: Takumar 135/2.5 (Bayonet) any good?

2004-06-12 Thread Christian Skofteland
Tony; Do you even read my e-mails? I said it was a good lens for $30 not $20. Furthermore I'd buy another one for $30 if I was so inclined before spending $135 - $165 on ebay for the K or $45-$65 for the M. The cost of the lens is a function of Market value not quality. The lens in question

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps As idiosyncratic as we have come to expect.which _is_ a compliment... The alien does it for me... mike

Re: GFM: Nature Photos

2004-06-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/12/2004 7:42:20 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You know, there are quite a few lovely shots there Marnie - even if you did use a dark side camera. :) annsan - Hehehehehehe. Thanks. Wait until you see Jostein's animal pics. I hope he puts

Re: GFM: Nature Photos

2004-06-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/12/2004 7:25:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Most of these are very nice, it's really hard to get good animal photos even if they're more or less captive. I especially like the otter... - Thanks! Yup, it is. I like the way they eat. They

Re: GFM: Nature Photos

2004-06-12 Thread Bill Owens
The bears were especially hard to shoot. They were moving around a lot. And they were very dark against bright/light grass. I'll be curious to see if anyone got some decent shots of them. (Don't think I've seen any on PDML yet. They were in the trees a lot.) Marnie aka Doe :-) Well, here's

Re: Developing tanks (yes, it's not digital!)

2004-06-12 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Frantisek Vlcek wrote: presently, changing the water is a PITA, because of placement of the tank (I don't have that much space where it is now) nearly on floor, and the drain is of course the lowest point. When I manage to put it elsewhere, it will not be such a big problem. It is

Re: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
BW Of course, they are not up to the best standards of professional BW hand-made prints (chemical or digital), but in my opinion and BW experience the quality of standard prints has improved significantly BW since the introduction of digital mini-labs. I have a different opinion. Both the

Re: Yellowing on a 50 1.4 SMC Tak ROFL!!

2004-06-12 Thread mike wilson
Ryan Lee wrote: This probably has been posted before, but I was browsing the uk.rec.humour newsgroup (needed a break from the troll activity at aus.photo and rec.photo.equipment.35mm) and trust finding this link.. http://www.hermes.net.au/bayling/repair.html The pitiful thing is that, if he'd just

Re: GFM: Nature Photos

2004-06-12 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://members.aol.com/eactivist/GFMNature/Pages/gfm5.html You have vegetarian otters in the USA? mike

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
You're shots are really good. And motivating... I must admit that I've seen the pictures and read the stores of all you lucky GFM attendants with envy ;-) Bugs Ny, thanks Doc. /Bugs All the more incentive to try and come along next year. We could do with a doctor in the house - you could

OT: DDD ( Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
I get a lot of quotes and captions from films, the Ewoks obviously being Star Wars. There's bonus points if anyone knows what film this line is from: these things always travel in pairs. Debbie Does Dallas? -- Cheers, Bob Nope. Give you a clue - it's a Woody Allen film.

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/6/04, PAUL MOTORMA STENQUIST, discombobulated, offered: I hope so. This year I was in the midst of a disaster, which I haven't quite resolved yet. But I hope to be ready and able by next May. Paul If you do, what kinda car you planning on turning up in :-D There are *fantastic* venues

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
I thought about this. The GFM habitats are really special places, and in some ways far removed from a 'zoo' setting. They harbour animals that have been injured or are not fit to return to the wild for whatever reason. Keeping animals confined goes right against my grain and I really don't

Zoom lens shading

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
Okay folks, here's a gen-u-ine question with gen-u-ine Pentax content. In Washington I was able to crack my pile (blecch) and get to grips with a new lens, the Canon 24-70 2.8 - and immediately I noticed it did one thing which surprised me. At 70mm, the lens is compact (LOL) and at it's 'normal'

Re: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
I think some cameras oversharpen. The *ist-D seems just about right when set to maximum sharpness. For those images where more sharpness is desired, the RAW converter in PhotoShop CS does a beautiful job, probably better than any in-camera software could do. Paul On Jun 12, 2004, at 10:26 AM,

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/6/04, STEVE DJ, discombobulated, offered: - The 18 ft lens definitely captures the ambiance of the crowd - Good shot of Mark. - I too enjoyed the phrase Cougar Enrichment. It sounds so much better than Get the cameras ready we're gonna throw out the raw meat. Nicely done. Thanks Steve,

Re: DDD ( Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Christian Skofteland
Everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask Chrissy - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] I get a lot of quotes and captions from films, the Ewoks obviously being Star Wars. There's bonus points if anyone knows what film this line is from:

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread graywolf
Wow, is that slow, it took almost 4 seconds to load. (glad I ain't on a 300 baud connection though). Cotty wrote: http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps Warning - one large page with 43 pics (non larger than 60k), dial-uppers: go make a nice hot cup of tea-earl-grey-hot while it loads. -- graywolf

Re: Regular programming

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
Its amazing boys and girls. Set up a couple of filters and suddenly fully 1/3 of the content of the PDML, all of it apparently randomly generated noise, judging from a cursory QC inspection, goes straight to the bit bucket. It's a beautiful thing. William Robb Bill, I am shortly unsubbing

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
HI Cotty, If I drive that many miles, it will be in my daily driver, which at the moment is a PT Cruiser. My 55 Chevy gets only about 1000 miles per year. It's hard enough to keep it looking new at that rate. But I bet it would be a nice place to shoot some cars. I always have a tough time

RE: Nature Photos

2004-06-12 Thread Jostein
Hi Marnie, There are many nice shots in there. If you got some longer glass, it looks like you'd have to take a few steps backwards before shooting...:-) I'm reluctant to show any more of mine now. Thanks for sharing. Jostein -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: GFM 2004 links and postings.

2004-06-12 Thread Jostein
Thanks for compiling the links, Malcolm, and for including my site...:-) See below. From: Malcolm Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Marnie http://members.aol.com/eactivist/gfm/gfm.html Mark R http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gfm2004.htm Jostein http://www.oksne.net Cotty

RE: Yellowing on a 50 1.4 SMC Tak ROFL!!

2004-06-12 Thread TMP
HAR! tan. -Original Message- From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 13 June 2004 1:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Yellowing on a 50 1.4 SMC Tak ROFL!! Ryan Lee wrote: This probably has been posted before, but I was browsing the uk.rec.humour newsgroup

Re: GFM: Nature Photos

2004-06-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/12/2004 8:23:16 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=82 Bill Definitely shows up better against rock than grass. Marnie aka Doe :-)

Re: GFM: Nature Photos

2004-06-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/12/2004 8:34:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You have vegetarian otters in the USA? mike --- That puzzled me. But both the otters and cougar were eating some kind of melon. (I tried to keep the melon out of the shots because I thought it

Re: SV: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Peter J. Alling
Jens, I work the same way you do. I haven't been able to find a lab that consistently develops my negatives without scratches, water spots, or embedded crud showing up in the emulsion. Sadly this more than anything else is driving me to investigate digital, at least for color. (If the BW

Re: ISTD in-camera corruption of RAW images

2004-06-12 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Rob, On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:53:31 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: I have found 3 out of the 1000 I have sofar that have this corruption, all have been shot using SanDisk 1Gb or Sandisk Ultra 512Mb cards. In all cases it may have been a shot from a short sequence, so the in-camara buffer

Re: reagan cortege

2004-06-12 Thread Dag T
Well, it may have been stupid, but it made him angry enough to steal the email address. Sorry :-) DagT På 12. jun. 2004 kl. 18.32 skrev Anthony Farr: Hey, you can insult a guy, but that was just idiotic, sorry man. Regards, Anthony Farr -Original Message- From: Dag T [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Regular programming

2004-06-12 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its amazing boys and girls. Set up a couple of filters and suddenly fully 1/3 of the content of the PDML, all of it apparently randomly generated noise, judging from a cursory QC inspection, goes straight to the bit bucket. It's a beautiful thing. Yes it is. William Robb

Re: GFM Pix: No Bunny Ears, Guaranteed!

2004-06-12 Thread Eactivist
I can actually live with the photo you posted of me, frank. :-) Nice ones, all around. But want to see more. Marnie aka Doe

Re: GFM Pix: No Bunny Ears, Guaranteed!

2004-06-12 Thread frank theriault
Most? (besides, John put a smiley on it) -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] By now Frank knows most of what I say is tongue in cheek. John Francis wrote: Peter J.

Re: GFM Pix: No Bunny Ears, Guaranteed!

2004-06-12 Thread frank theriault
Marnie, MUCH more next week. If for no other reason, to piss of those who are tired of GFM chatter. vbg Glad you liked. g cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: GFM Pix: No Bunny Ears, Guaranteed!

2004-06-12 Thread Peter J. Alling
Just wanted to clarify things, what with the current unpleasantness on the list, (it would be difficult to even dignify it by calling it a flame war). frank theriault wrote: Most? (besides, John put a smiley on it) -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The

Re: GFM Pix: No Bunny Ears, Guaranteed!

2004-06-12 Thread Peter J. Alling
Besides, sometimes I make heartfelt comments, really... ;-) frank theriault wrote: Most? (besides, John put a smiley on it) -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] By

Re: Vivitar 24/2

2004-06-12 Thread Sas Gabor
Hi, Henri Toivonen wrote: I got an offer to buy a Vivitar 24/2 for about $40 Can anyone tell me some info about it? Is it any good? I have a SMC-M 28/3.5 I use as my wide-angle prime, and I'm thinking of getting an even wider one. I had a Vivitar 24/2, then a Kiron 24/2, and now an SMC-A

Re: GFM Pix: No Bunny Ears, Guaranteed!

2004-06-12 Thread frank theriault
Yes, Peter, We live in strange and troubling times... vbg cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just wanted to clarify things, what with the current

RE: GFM 2004 links and postings.

2004-06-12 Thread Malcolm Smith
Marnie wrote: Oops, sorry, I was mucking around last night and changed the url. http://members.aol.com/eactivist/GFMPeople/ http://members.aol.com/eactivsit/GFMNature/Pages/ Not consistent, I know. I am trying to revamp my site. Right now the index to eactivist pulls up only PAWs and I

Re: GFM reflections

2004-06-12 Thread graywolf
Ahh, I just convinced the others that your position is no longer needed (grin). No, actually, I only fit into the incorporate bored room. I want to thank you again for the darkroom stuff. It was far more than I expected. If you bought it new you must have had it since college. I did not

GFM 2004 links as at 12th June.

2004-06-12 Thread Malcolm Smith
Marnie: http://members.aol.com/eactivist/GFMPeople/ http://members.aol.com/eactivist/GFMNature/Pages/ Mark Roberts: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gfm2004.htm Jostein: http://www.oksne.net Cotty: http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps Graywolf:

SV: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread Butch Black
Thanks all for your participation in my film problem. But - I am NOT TALKING ABOUT PRINTS. It's exclusively about unsharp negs. Some of them look as if they were developed in the dishwasher along with the pots, plates, cups, knives and forks. I never order prints from negs anymore. I take

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
graywolf wrote: They also spend some time playing with the animals. Tossing them balls, toys, etc. Makes life a bit more interesting for the animals, and brings them up so the visitors can seem them. These animals are all about 80% tame, though AnnSan and I saw a bit of a spat between a

RE: canon vs pentax

2004-06-12 Thread Jens Bladt
Or Mercedes vs. Volkswagen. I'm not saying which car is to be copmpared to which camera brand. But in my country 85% of all taxies (professional cars) are from Mercedes Benz. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread graywolf
They were probably talking about all those PDML'ers they saw hanging around. Damn, useless photographers, and them with the Pentax's are the worse of the lot. -- Ann Sanfedele wrote: Oh yeah, guys, the bird songs I so ineptly tried to capture on my mini recorder turned out to be the eagles! all

Re: ISTD in-camera corruption of RAW images

2004-06-12 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Paul, On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 10:03:05 -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: I do own an *ist-D, and the software works fine whether it identifies the lens or not. In fact, with K or M lenses, it does not identify the lens, and, quite obviously, it can't. I've shot about 5000 RAW images and have not

Re: GFM reflections

2004-06-12 Thread graywolf
Oops! Sorry! Even a note on the monitor does not seem to help. Meant as an off list comment. Please, pretend you never saw it unless your name is Stan. -- graywolf wrote: Ahh, I just convinced the others that your position is no longer needed (grin). No, actually, I only fit into the

Re: GFM: Nature Photos

2004-06-12 Thread Bruce Dayton
When I was there, they fed the otters, fish. And no, it was not very clean and neat, but the otters really went for it. Bruce Saturday, June 12, 2004, 8:52:35 AM, you wrote: Eac In a message dated 6/12/2004 8:34:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, Eac [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eac You have

Re: Takumar 135/2.5 (Bayonet) any good?

2004-06-12 Thread Jon M
Wow, this discussion sure took off. Those of you who gave your opinion of the lens in question based on your experience, thank you. Those who dislike the lens will probably be happy to hear I've decided not to buy it, instead I found a SMC Pentax-M 135/3.5 cheaper than the Takumar was. I really

Re: Takumar 135/2.5 (Bayonet) any good?

2004-06-12 Thread Peter J. Alling
Jon M wrote: Wow, this discussion sure took off. Those of you who gave your opinion of the lens in question based on your experience, thank you. Those who dislike the lens will probably be happy to hear I've decided not to buy it, instead I found a SMC Pentax-M 135/3.5 cheaper than the Takumar

Re: ISTD in-camera corruption of RAW images

2004-06-12 Thread Herb Chong
i have had this happen only when the batteries run out during a sequence. this is because i am unable to tell when the batteries are actually low or whether the camera's power indicator says they are low. if you are using an external card reader, i would most suspect a problem with your reader.

Re: Zoom lens shading

2004-06-12 Thread Herb Chong
the DA 16-45 works the way yours does. no other Pentax zoom i tried works that way. the Sigma 24-70/2.8 gets longer when zooming wider. Herb - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 11:34 AM Subject: Zoom lens

Re: canon vs pentax

2004-06-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jun 12, 2004, at 2:18 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: Over the years, Pentax may well have put out more, and the interoperability across generations has only recently been compromised. In what way? With the new firmware, the K and M lenses can be used on the *ist D with what amounts to ap priority

Re: Takumar 135/2.5 (Bayonet) any good?

2004-06-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jun 12, 2004, at 3:22 PM, Jon M wrote: instead I found a SMC Pentax-M 135/3.5 cheaper than the Takumar was. Congratulations. That's a very sharp and contrasty lens. Probably one of the best bargains in Pentax land. Ditto that a 200/4 you want. The M 200/4 is also very good, although it

Re: DDD ( Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/6/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, offered: Everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask Chrissy Bingo. Cigar? BTW - - Chrissy ?? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps

Re: Cotty's GFM pics

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/6/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, offered: If I drive that many miles, it will be in my daily driver, which at the moment is a PT Cruiser. My 55 Chevy gets only about 1000 miles per year. It's hard enough to keep it looking new at that rate. But I bet it would be a nice place to

RE: reagan cortege

2004-06-12 Thread Cotty
More stupid comments from his highness the king of stupid. (LOL) Dag T Blimey, it takes a fair bit to rattle a Norwegian's cage! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread George Sinos
Butch and all you other guys that run labs: I've received some pretty dirty stuff back from the local discount place, but never anything optically fuzzy. I've since moved my business to another place. Help me understand, since I've only developed black and white negs and color slides at home.

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