Re: PAW - Cute Kids Who I Don't Know

2004-09-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Well, no it really doesn't have The Knarf Look, it's way to sharp. Caveman wrote: Hey, it has The Knarf Look ! So it's not the camera, it's the photographer ! ;-) Nice capture, Frank. Wish you success with Photoshop, if you're adventurous, you'll be able to do some really cool things. -- I

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
If Espon and Chinon(Yoightlander), built a classic K mount digital body based on their Leica digital with the Bessaflex prism, (probably not as difficult as it might sound), I would bet Pentax would change their mind fairly quickly. Jim Apilado wrote: I recently had to replace my useable cell

Re: PESO: Rainbow Surfers

2004-09-16 Thread Boros Attila
JB On my way home from work, I drove by the local Yact Club, when the weather JB suddenly changed to rain. JB I came across these wind surfers: JB http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p7576484.html Very good shot! I much like the rainbow:) Attila

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Paul, I have tried it, I know exactly how easy it is to use, (and in many circumstances it is more than adequate), but it still pisses me off that the Camera was purposefully pprevented from fully using the K/M lenses. I understand exactly how John feels. It is the main reason that I don't

Kodak closes manufacturing plant and wholesale photo production lab in Oz

2004-09-16 Thread Peter Loveday
And so it continues http://au.news.yahoo.com/040916/2/qt1d.html Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday Director of Development, eyeon Software

Re[2]: PESO: Rainbow Surfers - vertical shot

2004-09-16 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Cotty, Thursday, September 16, 2004, 1:27:53 AM, you wrote: C Okay, I'll bite C http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/spare.html LOL! Seriously Cotty, you should start your own magazine sooner or laterg Attila

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Looks like it's Rob's point, especially since the late and in some quarters lamented MZ-D apparently had full K mount compatibility. Rob Studdert wrote: On 15 Sep 2004 at 19:24, Keith Whaley wrote: Ha, ha... I knew you'd say that... No disrespect meant, Rob. You have a background in

Re: PESO: The Land That Time Forgot....

2004-09-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
That's a very cool shot. Fred Widall wrote: This evening I noticed the sun was casting the shadows of my grandson's toy dinosaurs on the wall producing an interesting image. Hope you like it. http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall/dinos.html

Re: PAW - Cute Kids Who I Don't Know

2004-09-16 Thread Boros Attila
Hello frank, Thursday, September 16, 2004, 2:39:01 AM, you wrote: ft I've also decided to install Photoshop today, and this is my first ft attempt at doing anything with it - it sure is different from anything ft else I've tried, but it's obviously much more powerful as well. ft Better get one

Re: PAW - Nazgul

2004-09-16 Thread David Mann
On Sep 16, 2004, at 5:26 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: As it stands, it comes across as a snapshot of a place visited. That's pretty much all it was meant to be. As you said, the sky was all wrong. Unfortunately the weather was pretty nasty the entire week. Cheers, - Dave

Re: Kodak closes manufacturing plant and wholesale photo production lab in Oz

2004-09-16 Thread Boros Attila
PL And so it continues PL http://au.news.yahoo.com/040916/2/qt1d.html Very sad news;( Anyone knows how Fuji is doing? Attila

PAW: just a flower shot

2004-09-16 Thread Boros Attila
http://ns.atn.ro/~attila/album/view.php?i=6 This is also from the botanical garden. Perhaps someone who knows flowers better than me could confirm if it is really a Hibiscus as I think, or something else. Attila

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-16 Thread Ryan Lee
I swear I'm going to be checking the tradingpost online every day first thing in the morning from now! Quokka? lol! Cheers, Ryan PS. Where in WA are ya? - Original Message - From: Nenad Djurdjevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:18 PM

Re: BIIIIG prints - *istD style

2004-09-16 Thread Leon Altoff
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 19:30:00 -0400, Graywolf wrote: Repeatedly increasing or decreasing the size by about 10% until you have an image the size you want. -- Illinois Bill wrote: And the trick is? I tried this with Photoshop CS and I have to say I prefer the single step enlarged image to the

RE: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Alan Chan
There may be some truth to the perception, but the perception was created to fool the general public and to aid the business. By no mean the inner decisions were made based on ethical reasons. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan False, companies fortune's ride on public perception. When you

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread John Francis
Peter J. Alling mused: Paul, I have tried it, I know exactly how easy it is to use, (and in many circumstances it is more than adequate), but it still pisses me off that the Camera was purposefully pprevented from fully using the K/M lenses. I understand exactly how John feels. It is

[OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0409/04091605nikond2x.asp Velly intellesting - they've used CMOS sensor for the first time :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Alan Chan
I haven't heard any more logical arguments to date. Damn, I posted 2 technical reasons came to mind but both didn't show up. What's wrong with the list? Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan _ Powerful Parental Controls Let your

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Alin Flaider
No full frame as announced, yet what a disappointment. The day full 35mm frame gets back as a standard looks further than ever. The 12 MPixel on the APS senzor will stress the lens quality issue - I doubt any Nikon zoom will be sharp at that resolution. Also the analog white balance may

RE: PESO: Rainbow Surfers - vertical shot

2004-09-16 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
hahahaha - great one cotty! Tanya Mayer Photography Qld, Australia www.tanyamayer.com Ph +61 (07) 49831247 Mobile +61 0429831247 -Original Message- From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2004 4:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO:

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Alin Flaider wrote on 16.09.04 9:39: No full frame as announced, yet what a disappointment. The day full 35mm frame gets back as a standard looks further than ever. The 12 MPixel on the APS senzor will stress the lens quality issue - I doubt any Nikon zoom will be sharp at that resolution.

Technical reasons (Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Alan Chan
I can think of 2 technical reasons why the mechanical coupling was not employed in *istD *istDS. 1) Due to the unique design of the inner chassis (basically a few metal sheets screwed together), there is no space for the coupling ring because the lens mount was tightened onto the front metal

Re: Technical reasons (Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Alan Chan a écrit : I can think of 2 technical reasons why the mechanical coupling was not employed in *istD *istDS. No Alan, The design of the *ist DS is why the mechanical coupling was not employed in *istD *istDS. !! Michel

Early Pentax Flashes

2004-09-16 Thread Kevin Waterson
I am looking for an early Pentax flash to do rear curtain sync. Does the AF200T or do I need to go to the 240 for this? Currently I have the 360FGZ but it fires a pre-flash for focusing and I do no want this as it fires off all the other flashes and they do not recover in time for the main

Re: Early Pentax Flashes

2004-09-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Kevin Waterson wrote: I am looking for an early Pentax flash to do rear curtain sync. Does the AF200T or do I need to go to the 240 for this? Neither. You need an F (digitally controlled) flash. http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/technology/hot-shoe/index.html Kostas

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Antonio
Sarcasm Peter? On 15/9/04 11:43 pm, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Much as I hate to encourage bitching for bitching's sake.

Mounting Slides

2004-09-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Any suggestions / tutorials for mounting slides at home? Best way to trim the frames? Sources for plastic slide mounts? Thanks! Shel

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/9/04, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: Sure it's an educated guess but I'm educated. Mark, note that one down, mate ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Antonio
Given that pentax havnt sold a K or M lens for a number of years it wouldl not make much business sense to spend too much money supporting old gear either. There is nothing unethical about it. A. On 16/9/04 12:59 am, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pentax wants you to replace

Re: Early Pentax Flashes

2004-09-16 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neither. You need an F (digitally controlled) flash. http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/technology/hot-shoe/index.html Very useful, thanks for the link. From that I see the AF240FT should do it. Kind regards Kevin -

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Trying it is one thing. Using it every day is another. When you use it every day, it becomes second nature. You don't even realize you're doing it. After 8 months or so with the *istD, It feels just like an LX in ap priority mode when I use it with K or M lenses. My finger just pops the green

Re: PAW: just a flower shot

2004-09-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/9/04, Boros Attila, discombobulated, unleashed: http://ns.atn.ro/~attila/album/view.php?i=6 This is also from the botanical garden. Perhaps someone who knows flowers better than me could confirm if it is really a Hibiscus as I think, or something else. Attila Nice but needs a faster

Re: Early Pentax Flashes

2004-09-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neither. You need an F (digitally controlled) flash. http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/technology/hot-shoe/index.html Very useful, thanks for the link. From that I see the

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Sep 2004 at 14:31, Peter Loveday wrote: PS. *AR!* PPS. *ARGGGH!* Argh indeed! Not me either :( I bet Rob got it :) Nope, not me, I have two remaining LXen and I figure if I don't look I won't be tempted. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel

RE: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-16 Thread Don Sanderson
Actually, I don't. Does an ILX differ from a plain ole' LX? Don -Original Message- From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:28 PM To: PDML Subject: D*MNIT! A bargain hunter misses out. That's in Aussie dollars as well. We all know

Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
One question Paul: Once the exposure has been set and the aperture chosen, is it necessary to use the green button for subsequent exposures if they are all going to be at the same aperture and exp value? Shel From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trying it is one thing. Using it every day

OT - 650 jobs go as Kodak closes Melbourne plant

2004-09-16 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
From abc news: Kodak Australasia has announced plans to close manufacturing operations at its plant at Coburg in Melbourne's north. Six hundred and fifty workers will lose their jobs as a result of the shutdown. Union officials have been locked out of a meeting between Kodak management and

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-16 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
Ryan Lee wrote: I swear I'm going to be checking the tradingpost online every day first thing in the morning from now! Quokka? lol! PS. Where in WA are ya? Quokka: a type of marsupial that looks like a cross between a rat and a small kangaroo that lives on an island off the coast of Perth,

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Anders Hultman
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Once the exposure has been set and the aperture chosen, is it necessary to use the green button for subsequent exposures if they are all going to be at the same aperture and exp value? No. A press on the green button does a light metering that takes

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-16 Thread Frits Wüthrich
That is why it is such a good thing to post these auctions here on the list, so we all can decide to bid on these opportunities. On Thursday 16 September 2004 08:58, Ryan Lee wrote: FJW I swear I'm going to be checking the tradingpost online every day first FJW thing in the morning from now! FJW

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-16 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
Ryan Lee wrote: I swear I'm going to be checking the tradingpost online every day first thing in the morning from now! Quokka? lol! PS. Where in WA are ya? Quokka: a type of marsupial that looks like a cross between a rat and a small kangaroo that lives on an island off the coast of Perth,

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
No, it isn't necessary to press the green button for a subsequent shots at the same exposure. The camera will maintain the same shutter speed and aperture. When I'm shooting somewhere where the light is changing I hit the button before each shot. I've found that this becomes an almost

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15 Sep 2004 at 19:24, Keith Whaley wrote: Ha, ha... I knew you'd say that... No disrespect meant, Rob. You have a background in engineering, can you seriously imagine a reason why it wouldn't have been practical or economical to implement given it's

Re: istDs - bouquet

2004-09-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't give one whit about the frame rate (anything would be quicker than my TLR) or the lack of MLU (that's what the B setting and black velvet are for). Just to nit-pick: The MLU doesn't really make any difference at exposure times long enough to be

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0409/04091605nikond2x.asp Velly intellesting - they've used CMOS sensor for the first time :-) Still DX size sensor (1.5 FOV crop). I can hear the laughter and champagne corks popping at Canon...

Re: Queen Elizabeth Park gallery (complete)

2004-09-16 Thread Alan Chan
It has been replaced with a less shadow one now. I asked a few persons and they all think the new one is better. :-) Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Nice shots there Alan! I particularly like 36 (some sunlight and I would like it even more- the weather feels overcast..)and 37 (very

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Antonio
Well thats a bit of a turn around Greworld. Glad you finally realised it though. Mickey Mouse indeed. A. On 16/9/04 5:16 am, Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL! Just messing with trying to upgrade the mickey mouse operating system on my computer. Your comment hits the spot. -- Bruce

Re: An Enzo at the Dream Cruise

2004-09-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Bruce's comments got me to take a look at this shot, which I overlooked when it was first posted. It's a well done photo Paul, but the doesn't move me like earlier Ferraris. To my eye it's become a generic super sports car, lacking in the kind of style and panache of the older egg crate grille

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Sep 2004 at 5:42, Shel Belinkoff wrote: While making coffee this morning I was thinking that it's too bad digital is pretty much worthless for BW. Yes it will be great when there is no longer a technical advantage to shoot BW film. ;-) I don't

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Sep 2004 at 15:58, Alin Flaider wrote: BTW, Nikon made public its support for full-frame in a very original manner, with the announcement of F6. It'll be interesting to see how this goes with the small sensors in the digital line.

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Mark Roberts wrote on 16.09.04 18:09: And Chasseur d'Images is saying the Canon EOS 2D full-frame, 22 megapixel camera is coming soon. Maybe, but the price??? So far 11MPix 1Ds is almost twice as expensive as supposed price for D2X (about 4000-4500USD). So there is always trade off :-) --

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
ROTFLMAO Shel From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes it will be great when there is no longer a technical advantage to shoot BW film. ;-) I don't think there *is* a technical advantage any more. You have to come to GFM next year and see some of Tom VanVeen's black white prints

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 16.09.04 15:16: Someone must have made a mistake, it's not April 1st, I heard here years ago that the F5 would be the very last film F series body. LOL Maybe rumours that F6 will be able to accomodate digital back were true? PS I wonder if they could have squeezed in an

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Sep 2004 at 9:11, Mark Roberts wrote: I don't think there *is* a technical advantage any more. You have to come to GFM next year and see some of Tom VanVeen's black white prints from digital. They convinced me. I don't doubt they are great looking prints (and I'd love to see then in

Re: Mounting Slides

2004-09-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, Thursday, September 16, 2004, 11:38:36 AM, Shel wrote: Any suggestions / tutorials for mounting slides at home? Best way to trim the frames? Sources for plastic slide mounts? Thanks! Gepe make good plastic mounts that are very easy to use. I do it on a lightbox (there's a bumper

Re[2]: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Alin Flaider
Sylwester wrote: SP On the other hand you can say that with SP APS-C sensor you get better use of long lenses - not loosing resolution in SP case of D2X. If those long lenses can cope with the 88 lpm resolution of the 12 MP sensor. SP Really? Can you point to web page with this official

Re: Re[2]: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Alin Flaider wrote on 16.09.04 15:29: If those long lenses can cope with the 88 lpm resolution of the 12 MP sensor. Of course, that's why it is worth of waiting for real world tests :-) Mea culpa, I read the headlines backwards. In fact they announced new EF-S lenses:

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Sep 2004 at 23:11, David Nelson wrote: Remember Rob, the more of a success this camera is, the more chance you'll get your high end pentax DSLR. Tell your friends about it (-: Nice thought, but I can't flog Pentax to anyone I know with a clear conscience given their late track

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 16.09.04 15:32: Nice thought, but I can't flog Pentax to anyone I know with a clear conscience given their late track record. Let's hope *istDs will be breakthrough :-) I'll have to admit I've pointed most people towards the market leader. HAR! So it was you! ;-) --

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Sep 2004 at 23:30, Ryan Lee wrote: Still! It would need to have a shot of vodka jelly in its belly to be not worth AUD150 with a 50 1.7 (I'm guessing it was an M..).. Sure but after you finally got it back from CRK (3 months and several calls later and a lot poorer) you would then have

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, I don't think there *is* a technical advantage any more. You have to come to GFM next year and see some of Tom VanVeen's black white prints from digital. They convinced me. I don't doubt they are great looking prints (and I'd love to see then in person) but I think it really does

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Sep 2004 at 15:58, Alin Flaider wrote: BTW, Nikon made public its support for full-frame in a very original manner, with the announcement of F6. It'll be interesting to see how this goes with the small sensors in the digital line.

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Mark Roberts wrote on 16.09.04 18:47: BTW: Didn't the F5 have interchangeable prisms? Yes it had. -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread pnstenquist
It's not completely useless for BW. I've made some decent conversions and have printed them with some success on my Epson 2200. With a dedicated BW printer that uses a full set of grayscale inks, very good results are possible. I've seen some great inkjet BW prints in some pro portfolios.

Vacation at last!

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
OK, now it's time for me to unsub for my vacation time :-) Be nice for each other when I am away in Italy and... read you soon :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Re[2]: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Alin Flaider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sylwester wrote: SP On the other hand you can say that with SP APS-C sensor you get better use of long lenses - not loosing resolution in SP case of D2X. If those long lenses can cope with the 88 lpm resolution of the 12 MP sensor. The real test of

Re: Re[2]: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Mark Roberts wrote on 16.09.04 18:57: I'll bet that even if the predictions of the EOS 2D having 22 megapixels are wrong (I'm skeptical myself) Canon will apply the low noise technology from the 1D-II sensor to a new full-frame sensor and create an ultra-low-noise 11-12 megapixel camera that

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Sep 2004 at 15:51, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Mark Roberts wrote on 16.09.04 18:47: BTW: Didn't the F5 have interchangeable prisms? Yes it had. I thought that was an F series given? That's sad, probably impossible to do with all the gadgetry now housed in the prism. I used David Ns

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 16.09.04 16:07: I thought that was an F series given? That's sad, probably impossible to do with all the gadgetry now housed in the prism. I used David Ns Refconvertor on my *ist D last time we met up, I'd never tried one before, I appreciate my LX finders now :-) LX

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread pnstenquist
I've steered people to Pentax who are looking for a mid-priced DSLR. I simply tell them that they can find plenty of used lenses that are relatively inexpensive. That is a convincing argument for the *istD. On 16 Sep 2004 at 23:11, David Nelson wrote: Remember Rob, the more of a

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-16 Thread Ryan Lee
Lol! Owe me nothing- don't be silly ;-) Although if you must, please choose an item from my wishlist (the someday affordable version, not the sell my guitar then sell a kidney and beg them for a discount version): 1. AF 1.7x Converter (I sold my first one.. to finance other things..) 2. DA 14-65

Re: Technical reasons (Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Cotty
On 15/9/04, Alan Chan, discombobulated, unleashed: I can think of 2 technical reasons why the mechanical coupling was not employed in *istD *istDS. 1) Due to the unique design of the inner chassis (basically a few metal sheets screwed together), there is no space for the coupling ring because

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Juan Buhler
with the announcement of F6. It'll be interesting to see how this goes with the small sensors in the digital line. http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm Well, what would be *really* funny would be if the F6 took APS film... I think Nikon missed an opportunity both for

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Ryan Lee
That's hilarious! You should have got a picture of his reaction- digital of course.. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:47 PM Subject: Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Antonio
This place resembles speakers corner a little more each day. A. On 15/9/04 10:46 pm, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look, I'm a very big proponent of both backwards compatibility (in all things, not just cameras) and perhaps an even greater proponent of manual gear than most other

Re: An Enzo at the Dream Cruise

2004-09-16 Thread Stephen Moore
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Bruce's comments got me to take a look at this shot, which I overlooked when it was first posted. It's a well done photo Paul, but the doesn't move me like earlier Ferraris. To my eye it's become a generic super sports car, lacking in the kind of style and panache of the

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread keller.schaefer
If I remember correctly, operating the DOF preview lever around the shutter release does the same than the green button in manual on the *ist D (I usually use the green button however). So as the *ist Ds HAS DOF preview this COULD work similarly. If this worked like on the *ist D, the cheaper

Re: Vacation at last!

2004-09-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/9/04, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed: OK, now it's time for me to unsub for my vacation time :-) Be nice for each other when I am away in Italy and... read you soon :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek Have a good time Sylwek. You meeting up with Giancarlo? He is a charming

Re: Vacation at last!

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Cotty wrote on 16.09.04 16:34: Have a good time Sylwek. Thanks Cotty, I'll try my best :-) You meeting up with Giancarlo? He is a charming host Unfortunately not, but I plan to make one day meeting with Dario in Ravenna :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Vacation at last!

2004-09-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/9/04, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed: Unfortunately not, but I plan to make one day meeting with Dario in Ravenna :-) Have a great time, ciaiaiaaiaoiaaoiou, Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps

Mailing list problems

2004-09-16 Thread Brian Dipert
I'm hoping this makes it to the list; I'll check the archives later to see if it did. I haven't gotten digest postings since sometime Sunday. Emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] have not been responded to, nor have attempts to re-subscribe (via [EMAIL PROTECTED]). I'm still getting hundreds of emails per

Re: Vacation at last!

2004-09-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Cotty wrote on 16.09.04 16:39: Have a great time, ciaiaiaaiaoiaaoiou, Grazie molto! ;-) -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've steered people to Pentax who are looking for a mid-priced DSLR. I simply tell them that they can find plenty of used lenses that are relatively inexpensive. That is a convincing argument for the *istD. How about the viewfinder? Kostas

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: with the announcement of F6. It'll be interesting to see how this goes with the small sensors in the digital line. http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm Well, what would be *really* funny would be if the F6 took APS film... Thanks. I

Re: An Enzo at the Dream Cruise

2004-09-16 Thread Christian
Stephen Moore wrote on 9/16/2004, 10:29 AM: Shel Belinkoff wrote: When I was in my mid- to late-teens, I used to go down to Luigi Chinetti's shop in NYC a few Saturdays a month, and, for some reason, was allowed back in the shop area where the cars were repaired, and

Image sensor article

2004-09-16 Thread Brian Dipert
I've gotten indication that my previous post earlier this morning made it to the list ok, although I'm still not getting anyone's postings. Anyhoo, thought you all might be interested in my latest image sensor cover story in EDN: www.reed-electronics.com/ednmag/article/CA450596 Both my *ist D

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Steve Desjardins
Just a comment: I think the folks on this list really overestimate the importance of extreme wide angles. Most of the market for these kinds of cameras use mostly telephotos, so that concentrating the pixels into a smaller space is an advantage. The noise issue for the denser sensor remains, of

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Graywolf
Strangely enough my opinion is that they simply no longer make lenses that use that coupling, so they decided they did not need it in the camera. Many of us here on the list sound a lot like those folks who screamed because their car no longer came with a starting crank. Then the screaming

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-16 Thread Keith Whaley
Interesting food for thought. Thanks, keith Rob Studdert wrote: On 15 Sep 2004 at 22:46, Keith Whaley wrote: True. But one does need a memory card (and you note they did compact that area on this body...) Subtract a power source (battery volume) and LCD space... Perhaps the lens mechanical

Re: Kodak closes manufacturing plant and wholesale photo production lab in Oz

2004-09-16 Thread Graywolf
Digital seems to be the catch all excuse these days. Certainly they did not close the plant and put all those folks out of work because they can produce the product cheaper someplace else. That might piss off customers. With Kodak having dumped something around 100,000 jobs here in the US over

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-16 Thread Graywolf
No, Don, it is just that the double stroke L on the camera looks abit like IL. Some folks mistake it for ILX or 1LX, but they are all the same camera though there was a mid-stream upgrade to the shutter on them which Pentax usually fixed for free if you sent the early camera in for any kind

Re: OT - Canon mailing list?

2004-09-16 Thread Lon Williamson
And the Pentax virtues are? Christian wrote: Peter J. Alling wrote on 9/15/2004, 1:27 PM: I'm not a Canon weenie, just tell him to get a real camera. ha! Trust me, I've explained the virtues of Pentax ad nauseum

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-16 Thread Graywolf
Ooooh, a flame war. While I agree with you, Kostas, about posting auctions. I think we can equate top posters and bottom posters to top feeders and bottom feeders (grin). I read most of the messages on the list. I have no desire to read them again and again (even I do not have that much time

Re: OT - Canon mailing list?

2004-09-16 Thread Christian
Lon Williamson wrote on 9/16/2004, 11:49 AM: And the Pentax virtues are? This list for one! :-) Can't think of anym ore right now... :-P -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Keith Whaley
I think there's an inside joke, here... g keith Shel Belinkoff wrote: ROTFLMAO Shel From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes it will be great when there is no longer a technical advantage to shoot BW film. ;-) I don't think there *is* a technical advantage any more. You have to come to

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-16 Thread Alin Flaider
Sylwester wrote: SP EOS-1Ds has similar noise level to coming from the same SP era EOS-D60 or 10D despite having much bigger pixel pitch. I think they have the same pixel pitch. Servus, Alin

Film is dead, no one will bring out a new 35mm film camera

2004-09-16 Thread Graywolf
http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm He, he, told you so... -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: Film is dead, no one will bring out a new 35mm film camera

2004-09-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/9/04, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm He, he, told you so... Special order only? ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: Film is dead, no one will bring out a new 35mm film camera

2004-09-16 Thread brooksdj
On 16/9/04, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm He, he, told you so... Special order only? ;-) Cheers, Cotty I have all that on my D2h and use it in Av mode with single sensor

Film vs. Digital

2004-09-16 Thread Bill Owens
We've been keeping a record of our camera sales at the Wally World where I work. Since Sept 1, we've sold 1 PS film camera and 27 digicams. Bill

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