Selling pentax 35mm Trooper-subaru fan

2004-07-02 Thread Pentxuser
William: Get a Subaru it will put all the others to shame and run problem free for years and years... Vic Sooby fan Pentax Fan Don't confuse lower specs in some areas with mediocre. My freind's Mercedes Benz will only go 120 MPH, but another friend's Porsche will go 140. I guess the Benz

Re: some shots from the new Air and space Museum

2004-07-02 Thread David Mann
On Jul 2, 2004, at 10:36 AM, Cotty wrote: The SR-71 makes appearances at the RIAT, Oh man... you shouldn't have said that. I'd just about have to come over just to see that plane. I am truly fascinated by the SR71 and I'd love to actually see one. Getting to see one flying would be even

FW: Re:Selling Pentax 35mm gear (WAS RE: Beautiful SF1n kit, Voigtlander

2004-07-02 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
Did you try a Land Rover :-) Antti-Pekka --- Antti-Pekka Virjonen Computec Oy, Turku Finland Gsm: +358-500-789 753 www.computec.fi * www.estera.fi -Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: PAW - Homage to WES

2004-07-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Boris ... WES = W.Eugene Smith. Perhaps you'll find some time to look at some of his work. Shel [Original Message] From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Who (or what) is WES? Folks, have mercy, not everyone knows all the tastes of letter soup.

Re: off-brand lenses they didn't make

2004-07-02 Thread keller.schaefer
Zeiss even list the true focal length in their data sheets - the Planar 1.4/50 is 51.8 mm focal length! When I received my 24-90 I noticed that the long end was actually shorter than my M 2/85. In the 'communication' I then had with Pentax Europe about this, they admitted (regretted) that the

Re: Custom grips for LX

2004-07-02 Thread handmaid
Proud to be the owner of one of the six grips beautiful work! So am I, perhaps we should start a Custom LX Grip Owners' Club, I could be the UK representative. Where in the world are the other five located I wonder. AB -- Whatever you Wanadoo: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/ This email has

Re: off-brand lenses they didn't make

2004-07-02 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
ks When I received my 24-90 I noticed that the long end was actually shorter than ks my M 2/85. In the 'communication' I then had with Pentax Europe about this, I think it was discussed a lot on B.Dimitrov's site that lenses with some form of internal focusing (not moving the whole lens in/out,

Re: some M lens ruminations

2004-07-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: unbalanced on my dead MX, whereas the M150/3.5 isn't (not a problem for me since I'm a KX/LX user). It's not really M small. You must see the M80-200/4.5. I (inexperienced and weakling, mind) found it hard to hand-hold with the -5n and grip. I shoot

Re: Another novelty

2004-07-02 Thread Leon Altoff
On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:33:06 -0400, Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=37905item=3733428172rd=1ssPageName=WDVW For the true Pentax collector. :) At that price I'd consider buying it as a sort of fusion of my childhood and my present. My parents

Re: some M lens ruminations

2004-07-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, graywolf wrote: One of the strange things I have noticed is that some how the idea that the K lenses were a bit better than the M lenses, has somehow become they are a lot better. Exaggeration by people who go by what they read somewhere rather than their own experience I

Re: Another film vs digital comparison

2004-07-02 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 02.07.04 3:29, Arturo Medina-Chavez at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, FWIW http://www.oprit.rug.nl/otten/Comparison.html Found on the Canon FD mount forum Not sure how rigorous the test was conducted, but I found interesting that for 35mm film, two scan res were used, 3200 and

Re: OT: Off list for some days

2004-07-02 Thread Keith Whaley
Jens Bladt wrote: Hi all I'm going off list for some days. A friend from London is coming over for the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. I have booked tickets for 74 years old Ahmad Jamal (pianist with Miles Davis quailities) Saturday. I'll have to haul out my old Ahmad Jamal vinyl record and play it!

Re: Selling pentax 35mm Trooper-subaru fan

2004-07-02 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Subaru? That Japanese Beetle? My 91 Camry has 267,5xx miles on it, and still gets 32mpg. (Though I'm still working @ Honda RD!) Collin Sent via the WebMail system at mail.safe-t.net

Re: What's the best zoom(s) for M42?

2004-07-02 Thread Anthony Farr
Sid, The first generation of Vivitar Series1 lenses came in M42, and IIRC they were ES-II compatible. I have no idea if later generations of Series 1 had screwmount versions, though. Be aware that the original Series 1 35~85/2.8 is a varifocal zoom which needs refocusing whenever the focal

Re: Selling pentax 35mm Trooper-subaru fan

2004-07-02 Thread Tom Addison
--- Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subaru? That Japanese Beetle? My 91 Camry has 267,5xx miles on it, and still gets 32mpg. (Though I'm still working @ Honda RD!) Well since we're getting well off topic My Honda does 140mph and 38mpg BUT, not at the same time!! I love it

RE: Af speed of the *ist D

2004-07-02 Thread Jens Bladt
Sorry - wrong link! It's www.dpreview.com Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 2. juli 2004 10:30 Til: [EMAIL

RE: Af speed of the *ist D

2004-07-02 Thread Jens Bladt
Sorry - wrong link! It's www.dpreview.com Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. juli 2004 09:45 Til: [EMAIL

OT: A trivial copyright matter.

2004-07-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
Here's the background to this minor matter; from time to time I visit local car boot sales and on rare occasions I've seen boxes of 35mm colour slides for sale. Nearly all of these I have looked at, put down and walked on, but I suppose twice in 5 years I have made an offer on them (silly money,

Re: Z1-P repair looking for parts or part camera

2004-07-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Dr. Shaun Canning Subject: Re: Z1-P repair looking for parts or part camera Pentax have only recently ceased to support older bodies such as the KX and K2, and some parts are still around for them if you know where to look. Depends on where you live. In

Re: Selling pentax 35mm Trooper-subaru fan

2004-07-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Selling pentax 35mm Trooper-subaru fan William: Get a Subaru it will put all the others to shame and run problem free for years and years... I went with a Nissan truck. I need the larger size vehicle. Subarus are nice though. If

Re: Re:Selling Pentax 35mm gear (WAS RE: Beautiful SF1n kit, Voigtlander

2004-07-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Antti-Pekka Virjonen Subject: FW: Re:Selling Pentax 35mm gear (WAS RE: Beautiful SF1n kit, Voigtlander Did you try a Land Rover :-) No dealership here. William Robb

Re: PAW: The River

2004-07-02 Thread Lon Williamson
I agree, for what it's worth. Brian Walters wrote: snip.. Cotty mentioned cropping out the bush on the right. I see the point but I think the reflections at lower right are important. To me the impact is much reduced if they are missing.

Re: Another novelty

2004-07-02 Thread Stephen Moore
Hey! It's GREEN! ;-) Stephen gdr ___ Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=37905item=3733428172rd=1ssPageName=WDVW For the true Pentax collector. :)

Re: Custom grips for LX

2004-07-02 Thread Stephen Moore
Hmmm, we haven't heard from the Brotherhood lately... Stephen __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Proud to be the owner of one of the six grips beautiful work! So am I, perhaps we should start a Custom LX Grip Owners' Club, I could be the UK representative. Where in the world

Re: Selling Pentax 35mm gear (WAS RE: Beautiful SF1n kit, Voigtlander

2004-07-02 Thread Pål Jensen
Graywolf wrote: Rumor is that Nikon recruited the designer away from Pentax. I've even heard that from Pentax people, so I guess it may be true. REPLY: It is true. Pål

Re: some shots from the new Air and space Museum

2004-07-02 Thread Christian
I read abook along time ago called Thunderbolt by Bob Johnson. He had 28 kills during the war, all flying P-47s. At one point he was getting shot up by an FW190 but his plane kept flying. The German pilot hammered him with cannon fire, and confused that the plane didn't go down, came up

Opinions wanted: 16-45 vs. 20-35 vs. 24-90

2004-07-02 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Hi guys and gals, I'm in the mood to purchase a 16-45, but I'd like to hear some first hand experiences from those who own it and made a side by side comparison with at least one of the lenses above. I recall somebody said that the 16-45 is definitely sharper than the 24-90 at similar FL, is it

Re: Opinions wanted: 16-45 vs. 20-35 vs. 24-90

2004-07-02 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 02.07.04 16:54, Gianfranco Irlanda at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys and gals, I'm in the mood to purchase a 16-45, but I'd like to hear some first hand experiences from those who own it and made a side by side comparison with at least one of the lenses above. I recall somebody said

Re: FA 135 f2.8

2004-07-02 Thread jtainter
I'll do it tonight or tomorrow morning. What storage mode, ie., RAW, TIFF, ***L, etc? Well, I have a dial-up connection. I think unsharpened jpegs (***L) of around 100k will tell me what I need to know. Make that 100k jpegs of a small area of brick wall with lots of texture.. Appreciate it,

Re: FA 135 f2.8

2004-07-02 Thread Steve Desjardins
OK. I just crop it down to 100k or so. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/02/04 11:21AM I'll do it tonight or tomorrow morning. What storage mode, ie., RAW,

Re: PAW - Bridge

2004-07-02 Thread Keith Whaley
Looks like a first frame (probably #00) when I load a fresh film. You know, the one the printer carefully prints a 5x7 of, and dutifully sends it along with the rest! g keith whaley DagT wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2491774size=lg Comments are welcome :-) DagT

Re: Opinions wanted: 16-45 vs. 20-35 vs. 24-90

2004-07-02 Thread jtainter
Gianfranco, the DA 16-45 is a fine lens. I have tested it formally against the excellent FA 20-35. It is definitely in that class, and perhaps just a bit sharper than the 20-35. I have used the FA 24-90 but have not formally tested it. My impression is that the DA 16-45 is in the same class as

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #713

2004-07-02 Thread Steve Desjardins
Leaf, PhaseOne and Megavision all make 35 mm sized sensor backs at 6 and 11 MP. It may not make sense but its obviously marketable to pros for a considerable price. Of course these also make bigger sensors, but the biggest I found was about 45 x 45 mm, giving about 16 MP. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FA 135 f2.8

2004-07-02 Thread Keith Whaley
What is the ***L supposed to stand for? keith whaley Steve Desjardins wrote: OK. I just crop it down to 100k or so. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/02/04 11:21AM

Re: What % AF? (was Af speed of the *ist D)

2004-07-02 Thread graywolf
Fight automation every inch of the way, you mean? As for your eyes, I can see that AF is a great crutch. But crutches get in the way when you don't need them. All automation I have used was fine as long as you don't have to work around it. Once you do have to work around it, I feel it is more

Re: FA 135 f2.8

2004-07-02 Thread Steve Desjardins
What he said. ;-) I'm a lazy typist, and take any shortcut I can. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/02/04 12:03PM on 02.07.04 17:58, Keith Whaley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the ***L supposed to stand for? *** means best quality (lowest compression) JPEG, L stands for Large - max pixel size -

Just to be sure.. About DAs

2004-07-02 Thread Thibs
These lens (DA ones) are really only usable on the IST-D right? Or are these like some Sigma/Tamron, optimized for digital but you can still use them for 24x36 ? I just hope Pentax will make Fas with the new focus mechanism of the DAs Thanks Thibouille

Re: What % AF? (was Af speed of the *ist D)

2004-07-02 Thread Steve Desjardins
I think it is important to remember that, AF or MF, it's still an SLR. If you use AF and everything you want looks nice and sharp, then you won't do better with MF. I use MF for since I like to do macro, and like the MF feel of the A lenses. (I'm actually going to get the A50 2.8 macro as a

Re: Just to be sure.. About DAs

2004-07-02 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Thibs wrote: These lens (DA ones) are really only usable on the IST-D right? Or are these like some Sigma/Tamron, optimized for digital but you can still use them for 24x36 ? I just hope Pentax will make Fas with the new focus mechanism of the DAs DA lenses have a reduced

Re: What % AF? (was Af speed of the *ist D)

2004-07-02 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Steve Desjardins wrote: I think it is important to remember that, AF or MF, it's still an SLR. If you use AF and everything you want looks nice and sharp, then you won't do better with MF. I use MF for since I like to do macro, and like the MF feel of the A lenses. (I'm

Re: What's the best zoom(s) for M42?

2004-07-02 Thread Raimo K
Perhaps you would? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Frantisek Vlcek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: John C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 1:55 AM Subject: Re: What's the best zoom(s)

Re: What's the best zoom(s) for M42?

2004-07-02 Thread Raimo K
Usually, yes - but IMO my old 4.5/80-200 SMC Pentax-M was better than my 4.0/200 SMC Pentax-M. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: John C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday,

Re: M80-200 vs F70-210 ?

2004-07-02 Thread Raimo K
I would have thought - with the vast experience you have - that you would have noticed the characteristic peculiar to zoom lenses: when zooming the angle of view changes and with it the area measured by TTL exposure meter also changes and if the area measured is not uniformly lit or uniform in

Re: What % AF? (was AF speed of the *ist D)

2004-07-02 Thread Steve Desjardins
I didn't realize that. Great. I've resisted up until now . . . ;-) Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/02/04 12:48PM On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Steve Desjardins wrote:

RE: Opinions wanted: 16-45 vs. 20-35 vs. 24-90

2004-07-02 Thread That Guy
The 43 is widely known to be soft wide-open -That Guy -Original Message- From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Opinions wanted: 16-45 vs. 20-35 vs. 24-90 Interestingly - according to these tests FA*

Re: FA 135 f2.8

2004-07-02 Thread Keith Whaley
Of course! Isn't it always that way? Once you hear the answer, you feel stupid! I've been seeing that in the camera specs (my S4, for instance) for some time now, but when I saw it in conversation I didn't retrieve the memory. As tho' that's something new with me... hah. :-P Thanks, keith

Re: PAW - YASF (Yet another spring flower)

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! DZ The kinds of flowers in our yard have been pretty well covered with DZ excellent pictures posted to the list. I haven't seen a bleeding heart, DZ so I'll post this one DZ http://www.radix.net/~drzz/paw/bheart.html Sorry I am late. But I still want to take care of all of my PAW backlog.

Re: PAW- Beach

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! FW Here is one I made at the Zandvoort beach in the Netherlands last Thursday, ascensionday. FW http://www.wuthrich.cc/albums/Zandvoort/imgp0677.jpg FW *ist D and the 24-90mm lens. My feet in the cold water. I had FW to crop it a bit to get the horizon level. FW Finding Nemo: FW

RE: PAW: Quechee Gorge

2004-07-02 Thread Amita Guha
Dan, My favorite shot of this batch is the third one, with the rocks in the river prominent and the bridge in the far backgorund. My parents used to take me to Quechee Gorge when I was a kid. I never hiked down into the gorge, but I'd hang over the bridge. I once took a photo of the gorge looking

Re: PAW - Kathy and Her Niece

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! SB It was the summer of 1968, and I was living in a small apartment in San SB Francisco. Across the panhandle, on Cole Street , lived Dick and Kathy, SB the Haight-Ashbury's most middle class couple. I'd just gotten my SB Spotmatic ... my very first real camera. I'd had it for but a week

Re: PAW: Bloor Street Flower Vendors

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! ft My last PAW before GFM: ft http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2391935 ft I'd be especially interested to hear your thoughts, as I'm not sure about ft this one. Sometimes I like it, due to the geometry and proportions of it. ft Others, I hate it (hate's a strong word; dislike?)

Re: PAW - Exhausted

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! G Was at a Blue-Angels air show this weekend. Saw this toddler completely G pooped out from the heat and the long wait for the final show. She was G not the only one! Whew, it was hot. G http://home.austin.rr.com/randj/pics/imgp1638.jpg G Comments, suggestions, all welcome. I have only

Re: Z1-P repair looking for parts or part camera

2004-07-02 Thread Alan Chan
I remember they had the notice saying water damaged cameras won't be repaired when I was in their Vancouver office. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan No they still support the Z-1p here in Canada, they just said that it was water damaged and although there is only visible damage on the one

Re: PAW - Exhausted

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! G Here is one of the shots I got of the planes in a daredevil formation: G http://home.austin.rr.com/randj/pics/imgp1693.jpg Oh, you lucky son of a gun g... Great, just great. Hope all of them landed in one piece... Makes me dizzy just looking at it... Thumbs up. Boris

Re: PAW - Legacy

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! DN Got to witness something that I always think of as quite special - a DN mantid ovipositing (that means laying eggs... and an ootheca is an egg-case) DN Like many insects, these things generally exist in the winter only in DN the form of eggs tucked away somewhere safe - at this time of

RE: The public and Pentax

2004-07-02 Thread Alan Chan
Konica copiers are good. :-) Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan We tend to judge everything by camera products. Canon is so big to a good extent because of everything else they make, like copiers. Pentax might be a perfectly successful company and make almost nothing with cameras. Does

Re: PAW: Quechee Gorge

2004-07-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for your comments, Amita. Years ago, I tried the straight down shot as well, but my attempts gave no feel for how far down it is. In fact, I was shocked to read that it is only 163 feet from the bridge to the river; It always felt a lot higher, standing on the bridge. Yes, it was a

Re: PAW - Kathy and Her Niece

2004-07-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Shel: This is actually one of my favorite pictures from Dario Bonazza's Vintage Spotmatic page. ( http://www.aohc.it/picte.htm ). Actually, I think I like the other photo of the same two people in a more animated pose even better. Good to see your standards were as high 35 years ago as

Re: PAW - Exhausted

2004-07-02 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! G Was at a Blue-Angels air show this weekend. Saw this toddler completely G pooped out from the heat and the long wait for the final show. She was G not the only one! Whew, it was hot. G http://home.austin.rr.com/randj/pics/imgp1638.jpg G Comments, suggestions, all

Re: Z1-P repair looking for parts or part camera

2004-07-02 Thread Verge Scott
I could see that if I was asking for a warrenty repair but this was me paying for it, either way it doesn't matter know, I just have to order the part or find a parts camera, I was just checking here for someone with a parts camera before looking elsewhere. --- Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Pulitzer Prize

2004-07-02 Thread Rebekah Gonzalez
haven't seen that movie, please let me know if you remember that title. maybe it would be better to set your camera to delay and take a picture of yourself saving the man? ;-) Rebekah - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 02,

RE: PAW: Quechee Gorge

2004-07-02 Thread Amita Guha
When I went to Dartmouth, across the Connecticutt River from Quechee, it was all male, which made the isolation more intense. Interesting. My mother went to Colby Sawyer College, an all-female school. She tells me they used to bus the girls over to Dartmouth to socialize with the guys.

Re: What % AF? (was Af speed of the *ist D)

2004-07-02 Thread Tom Reese
Rob Studdert stopped shooting portraits of bugs long enough to write: I would estimate that I've employed AF for less than 2% of the images I've made with the *ist D and then only using the central focus spot. I find AF sucks generally (and I do own a few fast AF lenses). So what percentage of

Re: 6x7 'X' setting

2004-07-02 Thread brooksdj
Hi Steve. If you connect a flash to the camera, ie, the AF400T and plug it into the X socket on the side of the body,you can set the shutter speed dial to X (for 1/30 sync speed) or ,any speed slower than 1/60. If you find a 90 f2.8 LS lens the flash will sync from the shutter release on the

Re: PAW: Quechee Gorge

2004-07-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Ah, yes. I remember what we used to call Colby Junior College very well. It was the closest women's school to Hanover, except for a small nursing school in town. It was quite small, and difficult to get to and from there in the winter, but there was quuite a bit of visiting back and forth.

PAW: Pooch in a Pouch

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
Last of the dogs and their people series for now, anyway. I don't know why, but I think this one's funny: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2492691 Agree or not, I always like to hear your comments. I was shooting a bike race yesterday; the Ontario Criterium Championships here in

Re: PAW: Bloor Street Flower Vendors

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
--- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Lettin' ya know ... Shame on me - I am still before GFM in my time line... Frank, this is very good urban shot. The funny thing is that when I tried to resize my IE window so as to crop off the people on the left, it stopped working.

Re: PAW - Bridge

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
--- DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2491774size=lg Comments are welcome :-) DagT Dag, Another amazing photo!! This totally rocks. I mean, what's not to like? I like bikes; here's a bike. I like bridges; here's a bridge. I like interesting

Re: PAW: Quechee Gorge

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
--- Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quechee Gorge is one of my favorite places. Located in central Vermont (USA), near the New Hampshire border, it is where US 4 crosses the Ottauquechee River, 163 feet (54 meters) below. The highway bridge was originally a railroad bridge,

Re: Selling pentax 35mm Trooper-subaru fan

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
--- Tom Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Well since we're getting well off topic My Honda does 140mph and 38mpg BUT, not at the same time!! I love it almost as much as my cameras... Peace and love, Tom My Rossin Pista does 30 mph - 40 down a hill, but gets phenomenal mileage.

Re: some shots from the new Air and space Museum

2004-07-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
If you want to take a photo of the SR 71 in great lighting conditions you can always go to the display area just outside of Edwards AFB in California. In the middle of the desert on a concrete slab open to the elements, (read blazing sun), a pair of Blackbirds, just sitting there... If I can

Semi OT: Loene Carmen website

2004-07-02 Thread Derby Chang
My friend, singer and actress Loene Carmen has put up her website. A few of my pics are in the gallery section (invariably taken with either the FA50/1.4 or the FA*85/1.4 http://www.loenecarmen.com/ D

Re: Film or Digital?......Decisions, Decisions.....

2004-07-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 Jul 2004 at 1:58, Frantisek Vlcek wrote: I think it does. But who ever would like to shoot 144 frames at 3 fps? In sport situations (where this might be helpful), 3 fps is way too slow, and the AF of D70 can't keep up with sport anyway (I am using this camera BTW, along with, time to

Re: What % AF? (was Af speed of the *ist D)

2004-07-02 Thread Lewis Matthew
Same here. Maybe closer to 90%. Of course, it is 0% when I use my K2 g. Lewis which for me turns out to be 80%+ AF. Herb... - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:25 AM Subject: Re: What % AF? (was Af speed of the *ist

Re: Opinions wanted: 16-45 vs. 20-35 vs. 24-90

2004-07-02 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Giafranco, Hi Sylwek, I don't have DA 16-45/4 yet, but you could be interested in this link (just use translator like babelfish): http://www.pictchallenge.com/BxuREV7.html Thanks!! I was looking for something of that kind too. And I'm even able

Re: PAW: The River

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
--- Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day Cotty, Jens, Shel, rg, Tom, Peter, Boris Thanks for the comments - much appreciated. snip Brian, Having recently changed e-mails, I've got some posts that I can't reply to back on Hotmail (including your PAW), along with lots of comments re:

Re: Opinions wanted: 16-45 vs. 20-35 vs. 24-90

2004-07-02 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
jtainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gianfranco, the DA 16-45 is a fine lens. I have tested it formally against the excellent FA 20-35. It is definitely in that class, and perhaps just a bit sharper than the 20-35. I have used the FA 24-90 but have not formally tested it. My impression is that the DA 16-45

Re: Z1-P repair looking for parts or part camera

2004-07-02 Thread ernreed2
Alan commented: I guess it matters to Pentax because the potential problems are unknown for water damaged products. They might end up paying more than they like if anything went wrong with with the repair. The time required to troubleshoot might be too long as well. in response to: I

Re: some shots from the new Air and space Museum

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
--- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Smithsonian institution opened a new museum near Dulles Airport in Virginia in December last year. My new employer (without naming names, it's the largest online company in America) had an All hands meeting there last night. We basically had the

Re: A trivial copyright matter.

2004-07-02 Thread John Coyle
Yes Malcolm, I have. I intend to donate a collection of slides, negatives and memorabilia taken or collected in the 1960's onwards to an institute set up to maintain an historical archive of the location, and I have given them free and clear copyright in my will. As regards your own purchases, I

Re: OT: Off list for some days

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
Jens Bladt wrote: snip One of my favorites, Kieth Jarrett will be attending the festival next Friday! Guess this one is sold out already. Cheers Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt Keith Jarrett? KEITH FREAKING JARRETT??? Damn, I love that

Re: PAW - Homage to WES

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
--- Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: snipI wonder what other people see. Upward, definitely. keith I'm in the up camp. It's not just his body language, it's the flow of the photo. The railing and the stairway seem to naturally start at the bottom and

Re: PAW - Boy and Dog

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
Gonz wrote: Since there have been several People + Dog PAWs recently, I thought I would add to the chorus. http://home.austin.rr.com/randj/pics/imgp1529web.jpg Here is another one from the same set, but the darn background messed up what would have been a very cool pic with

Re: PAW: Waiting for the trailer

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/paw/shedrow.jpg Its not uncommon,if you don't own your own trailer,to spend many hours at a horse show than you need to. This family was up at 4am to ready their horse,and

FS: Items at auction

2004-07-02 Thread Rob Studdert
This lot might not be too interesting to bargain hunters but next weeks load may be... stay tuned. http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItemsuserid=distudio Cheers, Rob Studdert (eBay ID: distudio) http://members.ebay.com.au/aboutme/distudio/ PO Box 701 HURSTVILLE BC NSW

Re: FS: Items at auction

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
--- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This lot might not be too interesting to bargain hunters but next weeks load may be... stay tuned. http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItemsuserid=distudio Cheers, Rob Studdert (eBay ID: distudio)

For Sale Friday

2004-07-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I am selling a top quality macro lenses/bellows setup on ebay this week: http://jcoconnell.com/JCO_AUCT.HTM It's M42 but can easily be adapted to nearly any 35mm SLR/DSLR. Later, JCO J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL

Re: PAW: Waiting for the trailer

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
--- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mostly drivel, as usual PS: Just went back and looked again, and I noticed the crap on boots of the young lady on the right. Nice touch. I know you didn't put it there or anything, Dave, but it's just one of those details that reminds us that

Re: PAW/PESO - mushroom cloud

2004-07-02 Thread frank theriault
--- David Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day, Haven't posted a PAW for a while, so here's a PESO, just wondering what people think. I'm sort of in two minds about the image, but it's the result of a little project, thought posting it was better than nothing at all. So, without

Re: Film or Digital?......Decisions, Decisions.....

2004-07-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
Frantisek Vlcek wrote: LA True, but only in jpeg format. Do you know if when running at 3 fps LA the D70 will refocus and recalculate exposure between each shot? If I think it does. But who ever would like to shoot 144 frames at 3 fps? The same person who'd want to shoot 100ft of 35mm at

Re: PAW/PESO - mushroom cloud

2004-07-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
I must have missed the original post for this. This is a wonderful image. My offbeat comment is why should fungiphiles be embarrassed, we are looking at the creatures sex organ. frank theriault wrote: --- David Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day, Haven't posted a PAW for a while, so

Re: PAW: Pooch in a Pouch

2004-07-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
I must say this is the kind of photo we expect from Frank Theriault in his own inimitable style. Just looking at it makes me smile as well. frank theriault wrote: Last of the dogs and their people series for now, anyway. I don't know why, but I think this one's funny:

Re: PAW: Waiting for the trailer

2004-07-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Dave, Glad Frank commented on this pic. It's got a lot going for it, but it also has some problems. No comment on the value of the gate and post in the foreground. I don't think I like it from a compositional point of view, yet iIdo think it adds an element that contributes to the feel and

Re: reverse ekphrastic offensive

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! ein OK, after some time defending myself on the rich suburban mom thing ein (mosty pointing out that it was uttered in the gear/skill/results context ein not the pro/amateur/uses context) I figured I'd actually address the ein pro/amateur/uses thing by refering to a concept I bumped into in

Re: PAW: Shell

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! DM This week's image is from the beach. DM http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/cgi-bin/paw.cgi?date=22-May-2004 Dave, this is fantastic. I am very square at times g so I'd like to point out that three bright specks on the right above and on the side of the shell could be edited out. Otherwise,

Re: Gaurav's PAW #5: Indian Parliament house

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi GA http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2351011size=lg GA An ordinary scan of a picture taken just when I was getting interested GA in photography and had bought a camera from rec.photo.35mm.equipment. GA Scanned from a 4x6 print at 200 dpi. Comments on composition, lighting GA welcome

Re: PAW dragonfly

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! SK http://makeashorterlink.com/?O10332668 SK If this doesn't work try: SK http://www.bluehorizon3d.com/cgi-bin/IB3/ikonboard.cgi?s=af7ea03d84fdfa9ba39 SK 369a476bba910;act=ST;f=9;t=4;r=1 SK Let me know what you think! I should say I really like this one. Very geometric with nice bokeh. I

Re: PAW: A boy and his dog.

2004-07-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! DJM Thanks Boris! DJM I wish I could try again. The dog is long gone, and the boy is 31. At DJM the age show in the photo, it was rare to get one to slow down long DJM enough to get a photo, let alone both. They were sitting down looking DJM very nice, but when I grabbed the camera, they

Re: FS: Items at auction

2004-07-02 Thread Leon Altoff
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:27:30 -0400 (EDT), frank theriault wrote: --- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This lot might not be too interesting to bargain hunters but next weeks load may be... stay tuned. http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItemsuserid=distudio Would

Re: What's the best zoom(s) for M42?

2004-07-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Raimo K Subject: Re: What's the best zoom(s) for M42? Usually, yes - but IMO my old 4.5/80-200 SMC Pentax-M was better than my 4.0/200 SMC Pentax-M. I wonder what the deal was at the time with their 200mm f/4 lenses? I have the M200 f/4 and quite right, it

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