RE: PAW: Pentax Samba 2004, shot with SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm

2004-07-06 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks, Don. This focal length is great for sports, street events, theatre and concerts etc. It's a very good lens - but slow (4-5.6) - if you can live with the small aperture it's a brilliant choise. I paid almost 300 USD for mine 5 yeras ago in near mint condition, which was considered cheep. I

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread Jim Apilado
My allergies are acting up. Jim A. From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 22:18:22 -0600 To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 00:18:24 -0400 Rip it apart...

RE: Teleconverter Crap

2004-07-06 Thread Jens Bladt
Teleconverters are about weight and bulk, not about cost. If you travel through Africa on a motorbike to take photograps, it's a good idea to carry some nice 2.8 high quality lenses along with a teleconverter. Then you can leave maybe 2 or 3 heavy lenses at home. But using the converter with a

OT: Minilab question

2004-07-06 Thread Ryan Lee
I was about to pick up some photo CDs from my one hour lab and found out that their machine broke down. I asked to look at my negs and they looked a bit dusty. A question for anyone who's worked in a minilab- does the typical machine (Kodak Express) used to scan negs to transfer them to CD have

Re: PAW - Not everyone sells their stuff on eBay

2004-07-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I've been refused entry to Israel due to my fanily's connection with Meyer Lansky. Shel [Original Message] From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] I almost wish to challenge you to come to Israel and try your magic here. At least I would get to meet you in person g... big friendly grin

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread Jostein
Hi, Bill. On composition, I'd say that the tree is damn well placed. It breaks the horizontal lines nicely. The top of the tree is exactly enough into the sky area, and the trunk is rooted well in the foreground. To my taste, the composition becomes even tighter if you take away enough of the

Re: Happy 4th July!

2004-07-06 Thread John Francis
It's a nice story, but it has absolutely no basis in fact. (For a start, the English brandish two fingers, not just one.) The business about cutting off bow fingers as the origin of the English flicking a V seems to be quite well attested. I have seen it mentioned by professional

OT Strange eBay ad

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Studdert
A latent photographer trying to break free of the bindings of an eBay existence maybe or a frustrated ex-govt employee? In any case it's the weirdest eBay ad I've come across for a while :-) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=4688item=3825994568 Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE

RE: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread Simon King
Hi Tom, I've always used a very soft brush to remove dust from my lenses. The thing is, dust is all there ever is as I always have a filter on all of my lenses except for occasional studio shots. I guess it was something I heard/learnt when I started, but it means that all I ever have to clean

Re: 6x7 'X' setting

2004-07-06 Thread David Mann
On Jul 6, 2004, at 1:31 AM, William Robb wrote: One thing to note, the shutter speed dial is quite easy to knock off it's setting if you have the speed adaptor ring mounted (I think it only came with the meter prism though). Check you shutter speeds frequently if you are using the speed ring. And

Re: 6x7 'X' setting

2004-07-06 Thread David Mann
On Jul 6, 2004, at 2:00 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: Based on some bad past experiences with cameras, kinda makes you wonder why all cameras with rotating shutter speed dials didn't have a lock on them, at least a lock for the X position at a minimum. Many cameras had a lock on the Auto setting.

RE: OT Strange eBay ad

2004-07-06 Thread Paul Ewins
That's the former gooeyduck who appears to have got somebody else to do all the things that were annoying to him. Seems to deal mostly in less-than-mint stuff. I bought a spotmeter from him once, a bit dinged but worked fine. Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia -Original Message- From: Rob

Re: PAW: Milford

2004-07-06 Thread David Mann
On Jul 6, 2004, at 4:30 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: DM http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/cgi-bin/paw.cgi?date=13-Jun-2004 I'd rather you pointed your camera a little down to show us more of the river and less of clouds... You know, river would lead into the shot, so to say. It's not a river, it's the

OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Antonio Aparicio
For those on the list who beleive windows is safe:  Hackers sent a chill across the Web last week when they engineered a way to take over Microsoft-designed Web servers [IIS] to spread a virus onto Windows PCs. The virus was planted on Windows computers when they visited Web sites that had been

SV: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Jens Bladt
Thankas for the info. What is ISS? Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Antonio Aparicio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 6. juli 2004 11:17 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data;

Re: OT Strange eBay ad

2004-07-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
Typical Marv Olsen. I've met such style for years. I bought from him (Marv aka Gooeyduck) or her (Pat) a few times, with good satisfaction. Dario - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:13 AM Subject: OT Strange eBay

Re: SV: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Antonio Aparicio
No idea. Antonio On 6 Jul 2004, at 11:21, Jens Bladt wrote: Thankas for the info. What is ISS? Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Antonio Aparicio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 6. juli 2004 11:17 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: OT:

RE: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Brigham
IIS is an 'Internet Information Server' - a web server running microsoft software to host the websites. -Original Message- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 July 2004 10:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SV: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data;

Re: PAW 08: After the rain at night

2004-07-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
I'm still amazed by the excellent capability of getting low light pictures with the *ist D, so this picture was only meant to show that. No supposed art in it, not at all. Dario - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,

Re: PAW 07: Before the rain at evening

2004-07-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
Yes, I realized that after posting my message. However, from the technical point of view I truly wasn't completely pleased with the result, so I had to point out that. Judging it as a picture (the reason for PAW), it can be appreciable. Now I like it better than right after shooting it. Thanks

Re: SV: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Jul 2004 at 11:21, Jens Bladt wrote: Thankas for the info. What is ISS? Microsofts integrated Internet Information Services servers, web, ftp etc for NT http://www.microsoft.com/iis Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
I think that any lens cleaning fluid which contains surface detensioning agents (surfactants) is to be avoided. In plain speech, that's your typical dishwasher agent, and such concotions using it in cleaner form sold for higher prices. Why? Because surfactants are notorious for sticking on any

RE: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Brigham
The Russian web server at the centre of a serious net security problem has been shut down. From the BBC: When visited by unwitting web users the server exploited loopholes in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and opened a backdoor into compromised PCs. When first discovered, the security problem

RE: Teleconverter Crap

2004-07-06 Thread John Whittingham
Teleconverters are about weight and bulk, not about cost. If you travel through Africa on a motorbike to take photograps, it's a good idea to carry some nice 2.8 high quality lenses along with a teleconverter. I couldn't agree more, (especially being a motorcyclist myself) maybe a 80- 200

Re: A Day at the (Bike) Races

2004-07-06 Thread Lon Williamson
Hard not to have focus with a 19mm lens. Frank shoulda shook the camera a bit to get the classic FT look. Wink. David Nelson wrote: Wow frank, these seem to be in focus! q-: I like the stop sign one too.

Re: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread Alan Chan
I don't know what the exact ingredients are but Kodak Len Fluid smells like ammonia while some unknown lens fluid (those I used many many yrs ago) smells like alcohol. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan I think that any lens cleaning fluid which contains surface detensioning agents

Re: PAW: Sustenance and Symbol

2004-07-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Frank. I appreciate the comments. I agree that the bread appears underexposed. That was my intention, but it may have been a poor choice. I can easily change that and perhaps I will. Again, thanks for the feedback. Paul On Jul 5, 2004, at 10:57 PM, frank theriault wrote: --- Paul

Re: PAW - Not everyone sells their stuff on eBay

2004-07-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I've been refused entry to Israel due to my fanily's connection with Meyer Lansky. Shel, please contact me off-list. I need an explanation. Thanks. Boris

Re: PAW: Lady Stirling

2004-07-06 Thread Frits Wüthrich
I thought it would indicate Stirling (silver), as the lady is not in her teens anymore and has silver hair. On Monday 05 July 2004 22:05, Keith Whaley wrote: FJW FJW John Forbes wrote: FJW FJW Stirling is a fine old burgh in Scotland. No doubt there was/is a Lord FJW Stirling, and Lady

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread Tom Reese
William Robb sought punishment for past sins by writing: Rip it apart... http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/IMGP3990.jpg; I think the shot works. One lonely small stand of trees in a vast empty space. The shape of the trees does make me want to move them to the right side of the frame so

RE: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread Tom Reese
Simon King wrote: I thought everyone had a UV or Skylight on when venturing outside, and only took them off to put on another filter. I don't usually use those filters anymore. Someone a while back asked why would you spend $$$ on a top quality lens and then take pictures through a $10 piece of

RE: PAW: Pentax Samba 2004, shot with SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm

2004-07-06 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks Boris, Actually I spend enough time on the KMP site that I've downloaded a local copy to my machine to make it faster to browse. I also look at the Pentax Lenses Review site quite often: http://home.att.net/~alnem/html/pentax_zooms.html They don't mention the Takumar F 4-5.6/70-210 but do

Re: PAW: Waiting for the trailer

2004-07-06 Thread brooksdj
Sorry Frank.I read your comments but neglected to reply. Thanks for the nice comments and boost. Dave --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Ann. I needed that today.:-) Dave

Re: Pentax slogan

2004-07-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/7/04, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, offered: Canon advertises on TV: Canon 300D: Digital photography - not just for professionals. Brilliant slogan isn't it? Pentax might consider something like: Pentax *ist D: The beauty of advanced, digital photography - small, light and elegant. Jens

Re: F, FA and FAJ??

2004-07-06 Thread Jostein
F: First generation of AF lenses from Pentax. Design is usually gray and with a plasticky look to them. FA: Second, and still current, generation. Designed in either silvery grey or black. FAJ: Introduced with the *istD. Lacks the traditional aperture ring. Aperture must be selected from

Re: F, FA and FAJ??

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Jul 2004 at 7:02, Don Sanderson wrote: Does anyone know if there is a clear cut distinction between these different Pentax AF lens designations, or perhaps a site that lists the differences? Also what is the difference between SMC and SMCP? Search and you will find:

Re: Pentax slogan

2004-07-06 Thread cbwaters
Pentax Digital...Smaller than the rest. Pentax...The official camera of the digitally undersized. Pentax...When you want a camera that costs a bit more. Pentax...Our lenses are quirky. Pentax...you can use ALL* of your old lenses. *mostly Pentax...Got AAs? Cory feeling silly this morning

RE: Pentax knowledge

2004-07-06 Thread Jens Bladt
Hi Don I'm not even close to being an expert. But I guess SMC and SMCP is the same (Super Multi Coated - SMC and Pentax) are registered trad marks. Take a good look at this site: http://www.bdimitrov.de/ It's Bojidar Dimitrov's Homepage eksplaining a lot of Pentax related stuff. Cheers Jens

Re: A small presentation, comments welcome!

2004-07-06 Thread cbwaters
Ryan, Some interesting photos there. I like the human interest type the bestthe ones with a lone knight putting on his armor... The overpowering inevitability of modern life in the background is a bummer though. Next time they should hold the event in the woods somewhere. Cory -

Re: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Anders Hultman
Mark Roberts: There are plenty of (poorly designed) web sites that won't work if you have scripting (JavaScript) turned off, but I can't remember ever finding one that wouldn't work because I had Active-X turned off. Some webmail systems. anders - http://anders.hultman.nu/

Re: After Theriault's visit all we need is myrrh

2004-07-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't myrrh a burial spice? Well according to Monty Python's Life of Brian (my standard reference for information on Christianity) it's an ointment. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Pentax knowledge

2004-07-06 Thread John Forbes
SMCP indicates a Pentax lens, and therefore a K mount, whilst SMCT indicates a Takumar, and therefore a screw mount. Although there are some K mount Takumars, they don't have SMC, so can't be called SMCT. John On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:04:31 +0200, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Don

Re: Happy 4th July!

2004-07-06 Thread Steve Desjardins
For most of my life I assumed that this was the typical phallic gesture. I saw the Long Bow version on one of those little pre-commercial snippets on the History Channel. Even they claimed it had no proven basis in fact. If, however, there was an English gesture that made a V, maybe this was a

SMC lenses

2004-07-06 Thread Jens Bladt
Pentax K mount lenses are (as far as I recall by heart): Older manual K-mount lenses are SMC: K (or no letter) made for K1000, K2, KX etc M are made for MX, ME, Me Super, LX etc. M* are compact and light lenses (that's what it says in the small books, that came with the lenses) A have

Re: Pentax slogan

2004-07-06 Thread Tom Reese
Cotty wrote: During the recent Wimbledon Tennis Championship, Venus and Serena Williams' father was often seen in close-up on TV using what looked like a 300D. I'll bet that was given to him. Probably a sneaky way of inserting more advertising into the telecast. Wasn't Canon buying

Re: Pentax slogan

2004-07-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: During the recent Wimbledon Tennis Championship, Venus and Serena Williams' father was often seen in close-up on TV using what looked like a 300D. I'll bet that was given to him. Canon: People will use our cameras if we give 'em away free. ;-) -- Mark

Re: Pentax slogan

2004-07-06 Thread John Forbes
I think you've hit the nail on the head with regard to the advertising slogan. John On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:34:25 -0400, Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty wrote: During the recent Wimbledon Tennis Championship, Venus and Serena Williams' father was often seen in close-up on TV using what

RE: PAW: Lady Stirling

2004-07-06 Thread Amita Guha
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:03:51 +0200, Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought it would indicate Stirling (silver), as the lady is not in her teens anymore and has silver hair. Yes! That's what I was meant, even though the spelling of sterling on the boat was the wrong one.

Re: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Jostein
Many web-based applications like web publication solutions, document management systems, etc. Typical office applications. But note that Javascript and ActiveX are different technologies entirely. You can deactivate ActiveX and still be able to run javascripts. Jostein Quoting Anders Hultman

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Jostein, I think the arrogance and abuse (yet again) is all yours. Not to mention the flames. All I did was pass on the information. Cmon Jostein, any other product would be pulled from the market on safety grounds by now, not to mention trade descriptions/not fit for the purpose for which it

Re: Happy 4th July!

2004-07-06 Thread John Forbes
There are two V-signs. The normal one, indicating disrespect (to put it mildly) is made with the back of the hand facing away from the gesturer. The Churchillian one, indicating victory, is made with the back of the hand facing towards the gesturer. Of course, if Churchill were making the

RE: Zenitar fisheye on istD

2004-07-06 Thread Amita Guha
The fisheye affect of the A16/2.8 on the *ist D is somewhat diminished, it just looks like an ultra-wide with really bad barrel distortion, I suspect the Zenitar would deliver a similar image. Thanks, Rob. I figured as much. I went ahead and bought it. It'll give me a reason to use my

Re: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many web-based applications like web publication solutions, document management systems, etc. Typical office applications. But note that Javascript and ActiveX are different technologies entirely. You can deactivate ActiveX and still be able to run javascripts.

RE: Teleconverter Crap

2004-07-06 Thread John Whittingham
A 2.8/300mm Pentax cost app. a months salery here - I could buy a nice, used car for that! I have the SMC M* 4/300mm - it's actually excellent, but is lacking the AF of cource. Jens That's the trouble I'm too sensible I'd probably go for the car option too. I had a 300 f4 'K' for some time

RE: Pentax slogan

2004-07-06 Thread Jens Bladt
This is truly a winner, Tom. Or: We just love Pentax cameras so much, we want to keep them to our selves. (But if you insist, we could be persuaded to sell you one). Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Tom Reese [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: A small presentation, comments welcome!

2004-07-06 Thread Ryan Lee
Hi Cory, Thanks for being the first to review them! I myself would be quite hard-pressed to find a favourite photo or type, there was just so many things to shoot! I'm relooking at what I put up, and flavour of the moment is 00990023.jpg (an action shot), just because I don't usually shoot action

Re: Film Scanner

2004-07-06 Thread Mark Dalal
--- Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not happy with lo-res scans on CDs and the labs want an outrageous price for hi-res scans. Thinking about getting a Pacific Imaging 3650 Pro - Anyone have any experience or insights into this? From what I've read, the Pacific Image and SmartDisk

Re: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Jul 2004 at 9:52, Mark Roberts wrote: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many web-based applications like web publication solutions, document management systems, etc. Typical office applications. But note that Javascript and ActiveX are different technologies entirely. You can

Re: what is a reasonable price for an SMC A 100 2.8 macro?

2004-07-06 Thread Pentxuser
I can vouch for the Kiron. I think it is one of the best 100 mm macros ever made both in lens quality and build quality. I'm not sure why anyone, accept collectors or Pentax fanatics which we have plenty of here, would pay the exhorbitant amount for the Pentax A 2.8 when they can get the Kiron

Re: Sigma 12-24

2004-07-06 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
TG 15-30, there is no chance of using any filter on the front lens cover ring. TG it vignettes noticeably until zoomed to at least the 20mm mark with just the TG ring attached. not being able to use a filter is limiting, but not as TG limiting as it could be. With the 15-30, I found the ring

Re: After Theriault's visit all we need is myrrh

2004-07-06 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
MR Well according to Monty Python's Life of Brian (my standard reference MR for information on Christianity) it's an ointment. But isn't it a dangerous animal ;-) ? Best regards, Frantisek Vlcek

dcpdml outing #13

2004-07-06 Thread tom
Since Bill's son has moved to the area he is eligible for conditional membership in the DCPDML. This calls for beer, pizza and a vote. Where - The Original Ledo's In College Park, MD When - Sunday July 25th, 12:30 Let me know if you can come. tv

Re: Raw Converter/CS

2004-07-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Steve, PSCS works extremely well on my computer. It's every bit as fast as PS6 was. I'm running it on a Mac G4 dual processor 1.25. I have a 200 gig firewire drive and the 70 gig drive that came with the computer. I keep at least 5 gig free on the 70 gig drive and 30 gig on the firewire

Re: Film Scanner

2004-07-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
While not familiar with the Pacific Imaging scanner, I've used a few others before deciding on the Nikon. I'd pretty much agree with Mark wrt his choices, although I think the Nikon does a somewhat better job than the Minolta if you're looking for ultimate sharpness and work with conventional BW

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Jostein
Please, antonio, Quote my arrogant statements. And since you say again, please quote my previous arrogant statements too, if you can. I'd like to learn from my mistakes. Jostein Quoting Antonio Aparicio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jostein, I think the arrogance and abuse (yet again) is all yours.

OT: Fourth of July

2004-07-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://www.njagyouth.org/Liberty_.htm

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Grow up Jostein. Take your trolling elsewhere. I am not interested. Antonio On 6 Jul 2004, at 16:42, Jostein wrote: Please, antonio, Quote my arrogant statements. And since you say again, please quote my previous arrogant statements too, if you can. I'd like to learn from my mistakes. Jostein

*istD anti-aliasing?

2004-07-06 Thread Jostein
Gang, After a chat with a pentax guy today, I got the impression that the *istD doesn't use much firmware antialiasing, but rely on a softening filter in front of the CCD to avoid jagged edges. Does anyone have any other info on this? Jostein

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Jostein
Quoting Antonio Aparicio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Grow up Jostein. Take your trolling elsewhere. I am not interested. Ahem. Ok. Sorry I bothered you. Bring my greetings to your alter Apparitions, that Guy and El Gringo. Humbled. Jostein

Re: SMC lenses

2004-07-06 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Jens Bladt a écrit : Pentax K mount lenses are (as far as I recall by heart): Older manual K-mount lenses are SMC: K (or no letter) made for K1000, K2, KX etc M are made for MX, ME, Me Super, LX etc. M* are compact and light lenses (that's what it says in the small books, that came with the

RE: *istD anti-aliasing?

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Brigham
Isnt this the way they (DSLRs) all work? Except the full frame Kodak jobbie which has no AA filter (and has problems with moire etc as a result I believe). -Original Message- From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 July 2004 15:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: *istD

Re: *istD anti-aliasing?

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Jul 2004 at 16:53, Jostein wrote: Gang, After a chat with a pentax guy today, I got the impression that the *istD doesn't use much firmware antialiasing, but rely on a softening filter in front of the CCD to avoid jagged edges. Does anyone have any other info on this? There is

Re: After Theriault's visit all we need is myrrh

2004-07-06 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Mark Roberts wrote: When Frank Theriault stopped here on his way back to Toronto (from GFM), he left us a package in incense. Some really nice Tibetan stuff. So last night the SO and I were sitting on the patio having a glass of wine when I suggested we burn some of the Frank incense. Which

Re: F, FA and FAJ??

2004-07-06 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks guys, I figured it was fairly simple. I've looked around Boz's site quite a bit and didn't find the F, FA, FAJ description. Must have passed over it. Figured SMCP was as you describe but I'm old enough to have learned that it's better to look dumb than be ignorant! Thanx Again Don

RE: *istD anti-aliasing?

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Brigham
From Kodak: The DCS Pro 14n does not have an anti-aliasing filter. Consequently, the DCS Pro 14n yields images that are sharper than most other digital SLR cameras. The resolution of the Pro 14n is so high that aliasing artifacts are generally not an issue for most applications. And No, the

RE: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread El Gringo
I am in no way related to Antonio Apparicio... I also use a WINDOWS computer, so that connection is lost. el gringo

PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse

2004-07-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
This'll be my last presentation, at least for quite some time. For those who have cared to look, you may have seen one or another of these photos before, but not in this presentation. I'm trying a somewhat new approach to making a portrait, using more than one image to convey an overall feeling

RE: *istD anti-aliasing?

2004-07-06 Thread Jostein
Thanks, Rob, I too suspected most DSLR's except the Kodaks to be that way. Not having seen how a 6 Mpix image would look without anti-aliasing, it makes me wonder. Nikon has apparently implemented a middle way with D70, doing some of the anti-aliasing in software instead. Here's a quote from

RE: *istD anti-aliasing?

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Brigham
It seems they are constantly looking for ways to use weaker AA filters in order to improve sharpness. The trade-off is processing power/time. Either you slow the image processing significantly by doing some of the AA in firmware, or you only do the extra AA in the RAW conversion software. I

Re: dcpdml outing #13

2004-07-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/7/04, tom, discombobulated, offered: Since Bill's son has moved to the area he is eligible for conditional membership in the DCPDML. This calls for beer, pizza and a vote. Where - The Original Ledo's In College Park, MD When - Sunday July 25th, 12:30 Let me know if you can come. Yeah I

Re: what is a reasonable price for an SMC A 100 2.8 macro?

2004-07-06 Thread Fred
I'm not sure why anyone, accept collectors or Pentax fanatics which we have plenty of here, would pay the exhorbitant amount for the Pentax A 2.8 when they can get the Kiron for a fraction of the price... Perhaps, except that the A 100/2.8 Macro was not always so dear - that is to say that

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! aw I like the texture in this one a lot: aw http://phred.org/~alex/pictures/hiking/noble-knob/reduced/IMGP3665.jpg This is the best one. So I think at least. It has this abstract feel and this wonderful color and sharpness. I really like all about it. Well seen. aw There are a lot of

Re: PAW: Lady Stirling

2004-07-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:03:51 +0200, Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought it would indicate Stirling (silver), as the lady is not in her teens anymore and has silver hair. AG Yes! That's what I was meant, even though the spelling of sterling on AG the boat was the

Re: 43 Limited

2004-07-06 Thread Fred
I've never had a lens hood reduce my elements, and I don't think I want it to - paid a lot for those elements. Har! Fred

Re: F, FA and FAJ??

2004-07-06 Thread Joe Wilensky
I mean distance the lens is focused at, not focal length. Joe Joe Wilensky wrote: I think FA lenses also transmit the distance the lens is focused at, which can influence the multi segment metering in some situations and also the smart program decision the cameras make (at least for cameras

Re: 43 Limited Pre-computer?

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
Pål Jensen wrote: All optical design are about compromises. Particularly very small lenses. The 43 Limited was designed in the old fashioned way without computer (well, mostly) in order to get that pre computer look from the images the lens produce. This explains the high distortion. I may be

Re: Happy 4th July!

2004-07-06 Thread Bob W
Hi, Tuesday, July 6, 2004, 2:41:23 PM, John wrote: There are two V-signs. The normal one, indicating disrespect (to put it mildly) is made with the back of the hand facing away from the gesturer. The Churchillian one, indicating victory, is made with the back of the hand facing towards

Re: 43 Limited

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
Yeah, I knew someone would say something like that. :) Tom C. From: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 43 Limited Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:19:35 -0700 I've never had a lens hood reduce my elements, and I don't think I want it to - paid a

RE: SMC lenses

2004-07-06 Thread Jens Bladt
Right. I can find no other M* than the 4/300mm in my little lens books. Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 6. juli 2004 20:31 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: SMC lenses M* are

RE: SMC lenses

2004-07-06 Thread John Whittingham
True. John John Whittingham Technician -- Original Message --- From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:02:00 +0200 Subject: RE: SMC lenses Right. I can find no other M* than the 4/300mm in my little lens books. Jens Jens Bladt

Re: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse

2004-07-06 Thread Steve Jolly
That's a very unique effect, Shel, and a very beautiful set of photos. I'd be very interested to see the same principle applied to an adult subject. I like the way the last photo answers the how did you do that? question, too... Don't stop :-) S On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

RE: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse

2004-07-06 Thread El Gringo
The first and last shots are fantastic IMO. It's all a touch pretentious though... The whole drama of This'll be my last 'presentation', etc. I'd prefer an interpretive title as well, rather than the pretentious title it has, the title doesn't really identify me with him. Why five minutes??

RE: I think i need a metering course.long

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
I have noticed some disturbing... to me, anomalies in metering on the *ist D. I have not take the time to analyze my results. What I've noticed is somewhat different from your experience. WHat I describe occurred while in matrix metering. 1. On one series of shots I bracketed using the EV

RE: F, FA and FAJ??

2004-07-06 Thread Jens Bladt
Also this info is used by Z1/Z1-p for Power Zoom functions, like the zoom clip mode and image size track mode. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Henri Toivonen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 6. juli 2004 20:31 Til: [EMAIL

RE: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
In case this didn't go through... many others have since... Very nice picture Bill. What magazine did you say you found this in? ;) I love the sky, muted color pallette, and division of elements in the frame. It has a real sense of isolation and strangely makes me feel as if I'm there myself.

Re: Happy 4th July!

2004-07-06 Thread John Forbes
Thanks for that Bob. The newsreels were before my time! John On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 19:44:34 +0100, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Tuesday, July 6, 2004, 2:41:23 PM, John wrote: There are two V-signs. The normal one, indicating disrespect (to put it mildly) is made with the back of the hand

Re: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread John Forbes
I remember reading about a newspaper that removed and threw away the lens caps before issuing new cameras to its team. However, that was before SLRs, and it was all too easy to take a wonderful shot with the lens cap firmly in situ. John On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 19:36:23 +0100, Bob W [EMAIL

RE: A small presentation, comments welcome!

2004-07-06 Thread Jens Bladt
Lots o very nice shots - and some really great ones as well. Looks like you all had a very nice day to remember. The downside of it all is the hard work after the shots are taken, isn't it :-) I'm still working on shots I took the last week of April! All the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL

Re: 43 Limited Pre-computer?

2004-07-06 Thread Pål Jensen
Tom wrote: So how images from a particular lens can have a pre-computer look versus an 'absence of computer look' is simply beyond me. An how that can be blanketly stated, considering all the variables that will go into producing an image, is even more beyond me. Computers are used in

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread Norm Baugher
I like it, slammed my head into the monitor trying to get into the scene Norm William Robb wrote: Rip it apart... http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/IMGP3990.jpg William Robb

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