Re: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses?

2005-02-08 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 12:07:40AM +0100, Jens Bladt wrote.. Many brand names have been reused as names for products that have nothing to do with the original brand/manufacturer. Trading companiers, that have no production anymore or have no real realations with the original brand buy old

Re: teleconverters

2005-02-08 Thread John Whittingham
I have mainly zooms. It's sort of useless exercise in futility to put a teleconverter on a zoom, right? Or not? The Sigma EX converters were actually optimised for a zoom lens originally, the 70-200 f/2.8 EX. John -- Original Message --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: NorCal PDML Outing

2005-02-08 Thread John Francis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mused: In a message dated 2/7/2005 10:17:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The first outing was a Muir Woods and Pt. Reyes. There was another at Pt. Reyes as well, yes? Shel Yup, last year. I got some half-way decent shots. I think

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread John Francis
Royal Gold 25 was another pretty nice Kodak emulsion, too. Some claimed it was the consumer version of the Pro Ektar 25. It's been discontinued for around five years, though. Guess what I'm planning to put in my MZ-S for our field trip :-) Bruce Dayton mused: That has got to be one of the

Re: NorCal PDML Outing

2005-02-08 Thread John Francis
Bruce Dayton mused: John, I'll put you on the list. I really hope that you'll be able to make it. So is Sonoma too far away for everyone or should we put that on the list of potential places? Bruce The last two trips have been North of the Golden Gate; why don't we try for

Re: NorCal PDML Outing

2005-02-08 Thread John Francis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mused: wild flowers on Mt. Diablo (not sure how many there are in early March) Not really a plausible NorCal PDML meet, but apparently the high rainfall means there will be some spectacular desert blooms in Death Valley this year. I'm seriously considering taking two or

Re: PESO - Jet Trail

2005-02-08 Thread Keith Whaley
You're right, Bruce. Also called a sweet gum. I have one in my back yard, with a double trunk. Lovely all year 'round, but in the fall, it's spectacular! keith whaley Bruce Dayton wrote: Thanks, I believe the tree is called a Liquid Amber.

Re: teleconverters

2005-02-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Well, I'm selling off my Canon gear and have both the 70-200/4L and 300/4L IS as well as the 1.4x Extender II. If you're interested in any of those bits, let me know. Godfrey --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sheesh, my parade is rained on. But thanks for the info. Sigh. One of these days

RE: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses?

2005-02-08 Thread keller.schaefer
Porst is not my primary brand of interest but I still think that what has been said do far does not do this name justice. Porst certainly is one of the great names in the German photo industry since the twenties, although he - to my knowledge - never actually made cameras. However, he had many,

Re: PESO - Jet Trail

2005-02-08 Thread Cotty
On 7/2/05, Bruce Dayton, discombobulated, unleashed: I was playing baseball with my son as the son was starting to go down. I ran in the house and got the camera and two lenses. This shot was taken with the *istD and Tokina ATX 400/5.6 AF handheld - working on those techniques that Steady

RE: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses?

2005-02-08 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, keller.schaefer wrote: Porst is not my primary brand of interest but I still think that what has been said do far does not do this name justice. Any comments on the Porst 55/1.2? What is its provenance, given that it was not them who made it? Thanks, Kostas

Re: NorCal PDML Outing

2005-02-08 Thread Pat K
John, Very nice panorama of the Japanese Friendship Garden. Can you tell us how that was done? Pat in SF --- John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a gallery I put together after the first PDML trip to Nuir Woods: http://www.panix.com/~johnf/gallery/muir.html Here's a page I've

Re: NorCal PDML Outing

2005-02-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
--- John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wouldn't suggest trying to photograph *inside* the museum. But it's in a public park, which doesn't require anything special. Hmm, I'm not sure about the public park business. Far as I'm aware, the grounds are all owned by the museum. Regardless,

Re: PESO - Jet Trail

2005-02-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice shot. The foreground silhouette is a nice way of making it more interesting. It looks quite sharp and steady to me. Good work. Paul On Feb 7, 2005, at 11:57 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Where I live (Sacramento, California), we don't get beautiful snowy winters - mostly just fog and rain. But

Re: RE: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread m.9.wilson
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/02/08 Tue AM 12:27:57 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Copyrighting Public Space? I'm not a lawyer, but it seems to me that you cannot stop someone from photographing outside in a public area. If it were truly on private grounds,

Re: PESO - Jet Trail

2005-02-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
Ah, one of my favorite shade trees. They're quite prevelant on the east coast where they're known as Liquidumbar or Sweet Gum. Unfortunately, they're not hardy enough for Michigan. Paul On Feb 8, 2005, at 1:38 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Thanks, I believe the tree is called a Liquid Amber. -- Best

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Mat Maessen
I haven't been photographing long enough to mourn those two, but I am still mourning the passing of Supra/Royal Gold 100. Very nice film, that... Anybody still got a few rolls in the fridge? :-) -Mat On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 03:28:08 -0500 (EST), John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Royal Gold 25

RE: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses?

2005-02-08 Thread keller.schaefer
Kostas, probably a 6-element Cosina lens as it was offered by Porst together with Cosina made cameras. I have found only one other reference to a 1.2/55 lens and that points towards Vivitar - but Vivitar never made lenses themselves. According to the Vivitar lens numbering code, a 9 as the first

RE: FA 50 f1.4 est mort. Vive FA 50 f1.4!

2005-02-08 Thread Pål Jensen
Joseph wrote: I wonder if it will take Pentax 8 to 10 years to bring out a full series of D FA primes. It can't be good for their business if they do. I wonder how many of Pentax's 300 RD employees (thanks to Alan Chan for that figure) are working on D FA lenses? REPLY: Ken Takeshita more

Pentax Pro DSLR (WAS: RE: Spotted on another group ...)

2005-02-08 Thread Pål Jensen
Jens wrote: I doubt Pentax will aim at a pro-level DSLR. I Pentax wanted to, they would have manufactured the full frame MZ-D. I guess what we might see from Pentax will be a 8-10Mp prosumer DSLR. Pretty much like the *ist DS, but with more MP's. REPLY: In my opinion they have to. The MD-S

Pentax Software Update

2005-02-08 Thread Cotty
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05020808pentax_softwareupdate21.asp Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Shel Belinkoff
And guess what I found in the fridge a few weeks ago: that roll of RG25 you gave me at Sears Point a couple of years back ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: John Francis Royal Gold 25 was another pretty nice Kodak emulsion, too. Some claimed it was the consumer version of the Pro Ektar

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Shel Belinkoff
It's a shame that a whole generation of photographers will never know the joy of emulsions like Ektar 25, Panatomic-X, RG25, Agfa APX-25, and other similar emulsions. Shel [Original Message] From: Mat Maessen I haven't been photographing long enough to mourn those two, but I am still

Re: PESO: Bizarre Architecture...

2005-02-08 Thread Albano Garcia
Better later than never :-) Thanks for comments. I think he didn't smoked anything, he was simply crazy... Regards Albano --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/2/2005 5:17:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Albano Garcia wrote: Hi gang, This is a

RE: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I believe the reason that the recent Kodak 25 speed emulsions were discontinued was they were able to make signifigant improvements in the 100 emulsions to the point that the 25 was obsolete and they were unable to make the corresponding improvements in the 25's so goodbye 25. The films that came

RE: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Its also a shame that the great photographer of the past generations never got a chance to use the great emulsions of TODAY. There are far more great films today that ARE available that werent back in the day than great films of the past that arent available today. Im not saying nothing from the

RE: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The great photographers of the past who haven't had a chance to use contemporary emulsions are dead. They won't miss the new emulsions. Shel [Original Message] From: J. C. O'Connell Its also a shame that the great photographer of the past generations never got a chance to use the great

RE: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I think the reason is in great part because of the huge prevalence of slow-speed zoom lenses that practically required faster film. Had Kodak wanted to improve slower speed emulsions they could have. The money, however, was elsewhere. Shel [Original Message] From: J. C. O'Connell I

Re: Pentax Pro DSLR (WAS: RE: Spotted on another group ...)

2005-02-08 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Pål Jensen wrote: Pentax is still a venerable SLR manufacturer but the large potential for Pentax is only there if they offer in due course a complete line-up. Pål, When you write something, I always make a point of reading it. I don't know what you mean by line-up, but

PESO: Through a Zurich restaurant window

2005-02-08 Thread Rick Womer
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3102193 Last January my wife and I had lunch in the old section of Zurich, and this was the scene through the window. There are some hazy reflections from the glass; it's too bad Photoshop doesn't have a polarizing filter! I took it with my 33L

Re: Pentax Pro DSLR

2005-02-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
All I can say is that if Pentax releases a new DSLR with the size, ergonomics and design integrity of the *ist DS, uprated to a more robust build spec, with improved speed and performance, and with the same or better image quality, I'll be beating down their door to buy it. I like the camera, the

Re: PESO: Through a Zurich restaurant window

2005-02-08 Thread Kenneth Waller
it's too bad Photoshop doesn't have a polarizing filter! Why not try using a polarizer with your 33L? I occasionally use one with my Optio. After the fact, I suppose you could clone out the reflections in PS Nice capture by the way. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Rick Womer

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Henri Toivonen
Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's a shame that a whole generation of photographers will never know the joy of emulsions like Ektar 25, Panatomic-X, RG25, Agfa APX-25, and other similar emulsions. Shel That's what I'm feeling, as a newbie photographer. Started photographing a bit more seriously

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 07:10:22AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote.. It's a shame that a whole generation of photographers will never know the joy of emulsions like Ektar 25, Panatomic-X, RG25, Agfa APX-25, and other similar emulsions. Go and buy some Efke 25 or Efke 50. They are *neat*... --

Re: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses?

2005-02-08 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: Wilko Bulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arca Swiss, not Acra Swiss. Be careful about spilling words, I'd say... nietsoJ

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
J. C. O'Connell wrote: I think the current film Bright Sun (100, damn tacky name). is most likely as good as any 100 they ever made and probably matches those old 25s too. No, it doesn't Bill

PAW: Enter?

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
Yeah, I know, the title hoovers. If you can do better (which you undoubtedly can), any suggestions will gratefully be considered. In the meanwhile, let me know what you think: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3102348size=lg Utilizing the rather narrow dof at f1.2 vbg... cheers,

Re: PESO: Through a Zurich restaurant window

2005-02-08 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Kenneth. Holding my polarizer in front of the 33L made the shutter speed way to slow to hand-hold; the day was much darker than the photo shows. --- Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's too bad Photoshop doesn't have a polarizing filter! Why not try using a polarizer with

Re: NorCal PDML Outing

2005-02-08 Thread John Mullan
I just realized that I didn't sign my name to the note indicating an interest in the gathering. I'm John. John C. Mullan Exit Realty Advantage (707) 837-7111 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:42 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Mat Maessen
thebright sun 100 film is the Gold 100 emulsion. Not the same as Royal Gold/Supra 100, which were ostensibly replaced by Royal Supra 200. Having shot all three films, the RS200 may be a technically better film in terms of resolution, but it renders colors differently, and has quite a bit more

Re: A few PUG Comments

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 10:10:16 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Blue Girl by Frank Theriault Interesting shot. Red and blue. I like the streaky overlay on the girl -- makes it a semiabstract portrait and it makes you take a second look. snip Thanks, Marnie! vbg

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Graywolf
One of the things that I notice people doing is letting the cops make law. We fought a war to prevent that and other things. But we are letting the cops make all kinds of laws that have no existance except in their minds. Unfortunately us little people do not have the funds to fight back and get

Re: teleconverters

2005-02-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well, I'm selling off my Canon gear ... Oh, my goodness! After sadly seeing a few PDMLers go over to the dark side, it's so refreshing to hear of the reverse happening!! ;-) ERN

Re: NorCal PDML Outing

2005-02-08 Thread Mark Erickson
Bruce, I've been lurking too long--put me on the list, too. I'm in Sacramento (East Sac, to be exact). Regarding location, I propose that we go somewhere interesting (of course), but also slightly exotic. SF itself is interesting, but it is so over-photographed that I don't consider it

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Graywolf
You have that one right, Cotty. If you use a tripod, you are defacto a commercial photographer,unless you are in a college town where you then are a student doing an assignment(grin). If you do not use a tripod you are a obviously only a snapshooter. BTW many cities do have anti-tripod laws on

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Graywolf
per Dr Wayne Dyer. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Tom C wrote: RULE # 1: NEVER TAKE A 'NO' ANSWER FROM SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SAY 'YES'. WOOF. Tom C. From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: PESO - Jet Trail

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:57:38 -0800, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where I live (Sacramento, California), we don't get beautiful snowy winters - mostly just fog and rain. But sometimes, the clouds and sun work together to provide some really nice sunsets. I was playing baseball with

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Yves Caudano
At 00:13 8/02/2005, you wrote: In Namur (Belgium), where I live, I think we are not allowed to publish night pictures of the citadel and of the bridges on the rivers nearby (all public space and the city landmarks) because the artist who designed the lighting claims he has a copyright on it.

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Tom C
Yeah, him as well. :) Tom C. From: Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Copyrighting Public Space? Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 12:22:52 -0500 per Dr Wayne Dyer. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Tom C
OK PDML Police, it's time to turn this guy in! Both very beautiful pictures, Yves. Yeah, that decision is ridiculous. Just think if God copyrighted the night sky. Tom C. From: Yves Caudano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Copyrighting

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-02-08 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/25/2005 4:36:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, k [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I will add to this resend, that you are equating universal object truth with external reality. A common mistake. I'm intrigued. Since you brought it up, what's the difference?

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Copyrighting Public Space? OK PDML Police, it's time to turn this guy in! Both very beautiful pictures, Yves. Yeah, that decision is ridiculous. Just think if God copyrighted the night sky. There are two aspects of copyright that have to

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Tom C
William Robb wrote: snipped I submit that if you are stopped from photographing a publicly owned artifact which resides on public property, and you are photographing from a public place, then you are living in a dictatorship, no matter what you may happen to think about your government, and the

Re: NorCal PDML Outing

2005-02-08 Thread John Francis
Godfrey DiGiorgi mused: --- John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wouldn't suggest trying to photograph *inside* the museum. But it's in a public park, which doesn't require anything special. Hmm, I'm not sure about the public park business. Far as I'm aware, the grounds are all

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Raimo K
Back in the USSR. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:11 PM Subject: Re: Copyrighting Public Space? One of the

Re: teleconverters

2005-02-08 Thread jtainter
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=searchQ=b=197b=29a=65_437shs=ci=278ac=Submit.x=16Submit.y=9Submit=Go - Bruce, these are all the older models, not the new models from Kenko and Tamron that Jens referred us to with this link:

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-02-08 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/8/2005 9:49:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you confusing belief with reality maybe? What we perceive, what we believe, and what is reality may be 3 different things. But it would be very strange to think there is no reality without a perception

Re: NorCal PDML Outing

2005-02-08 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/8/2005 10:20:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not sure I'd want to visit Alcatraz this early in the year. == Truthfully, I really wouldn't either. The beginning of March, the weather is likely still to be too iffy to be that near the water. Or

Re: PAW: Enter?

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
You're right, the shot is interesting, but the title hoovers... frank theriault wrote: Yeah, I know, the title hoovers. If you can do better (which you undoubtedly can), any suggestions will gratefully be considered. In the meanwhile, let me know what you think:

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Tom C
Graywolf wrote: One of the things that I notice people doing is letting the cops make law. We fought a war to prevent that and other things. Which war was that? I thought most wars fought are to prevent abroad what is implicitly sanctioned at home. :) Police, prosecutors, judges are all part

Re: PESO: Through a Zurich restaurant window

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
Frank will like it. The flare doesn't really detract much from the photo. It might have been better with a polarizer, or it might just have been different. I think it evokes a time a place quite nicely as it is... Rick Womer wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3102193 Last January

Re: PAW: Enter?

2005-02-08 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/8/2005 8:53:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3102348size=lg Utilizing the rather narrow dof at f1.2 vbg... cheers, frank === I like it, frank. The context, the framing, etc. BUT... in this case I'd

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:13:48 -0500 (EST), D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I'm behind on my list reading so I don't know whether this has already been discussed, but just in case it hasn't ... : http://newurbanist.blogspot.com/2005/01/copyrighting-of-public-space.html

Re: PAW: Enter?

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:37:36 -0800 (PST), Bourgeois Marnie opined: I like it, frank. The context, the framing, etc. BUT... in this case I'd like *something* in focus -- either the screen, the hand, or the girl. Sorry. LOL. The right edge of the screen is more in focus than much of the rest

Re: PAW: Enter?

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:36:42 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're right, the shot is interesting, but the title hoovers... I know it hoovers. I didn't ask you to merely confirm that. I asked if anyone had any suggestions as to a better (non-hoovering) title. vbg Thanks

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/8/2005 10:41:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, in answer to the initial question, Wimmer should have been allowed to photograph the Bean. They really can't stop him. Whether he can then publish or sell those photos is a whole different issue, but

Re: PAW: Enter?

2005-02-08 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... Saw your recent PAW when cruising the archives. Interesting idea but perhaps the execution is a bit flawed. It would be nice to see what's on the computer screen. I tried to raise the info in PS but couldn't :-((. The narrow focus was a good idea, but the focus is, imo, a bit

Re: PESO: Through a Zurich restaurant window

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 07:57:32 -0800 (PST), Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3102193 Last January my wife and I had lunch in the old section of Zurich, and this was the scene through the window. There are some hazy reflections from the glass;

Re: PAW: Enter?

2005-02-08 Thread Bob W
Hi, Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 4:51:47 PM, frank wrote: Yeah, I know, the title hoovers. If you can do better (which you undoubtedly can), any suggestions will gratefully be considered. here's a few: http://archive.salon.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html In the meanwhile, let me know what

Re: PESO: Through a Zurich restaurant window

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:38:51 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank will like it. Am I that predictable? g -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Bob W
Hi, In Namur (Belgium), where I live, I think we are not allowed to publish night pictures of [...] I find very disturbing that it is not allowed to take pictures of the main cityscape at night. there is a world of difference between publishing pictures, and simply taking pictures. --

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Ryan Brooks
Yup. I've got family members who worked at Kodak. Ektar was killed due to cost/line consolidation. What a wonderful film. Royal Gold 25 was equivalent. (still got several hundred rolls of APX25 in 35 and 120 in the fridge, though) -Ryan -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff

Re: PAW: Enter?

2005-02-08 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/8/2005 10:51:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: here's a few: http://archive.salon.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html In the meanwhile, let me know what you think: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3102348size=lg Nice picture. -- Cheers,

Re: teleconverters

2005-02-08 Thread Bruce Dayton
Joe, Sorry, I didn't realize that you were talking about the newer Pro versions. My understanding is that only the Sigmas are available in Pentax mount and the Sigmas only fit certain lenses. If you don't need AF in the converter, KEH has a couple of 2X-L's for about $160. Bruce Tuesday,

Re: PESO - Jet Trail

2005-02-08 Thread Rolling Red
Beautiful! I am such a city girl, who often looks at vistas wondering: pretty, so what..? I think your pictures start answering my question. cheers, On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:57:38 -0800, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1130.htm ISO 400, 1/1500 @

PESO: Saturday

2005-02-08 Thread Juan Buhler
Last Saturday I spent some time in Chinatown in San Francisco (it helps that I live about six blocks from it,) enjoying the crowds and the new year celebrations. http://www.jbuhler.com/photoblog/index.php?showimage=2 (ist D @ISO800, FA35/2) BTW, I shot a bit that day with the Industar 50/3.5, a

Re: PESO - Jet Trail

2005-02-08 Thread Juan Buhler
That is an excellent interpretation of a jet trail, Bruce. I really like it. Very good eye. j On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:57:38 -0800, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where I live (Sacramento, California), we don't get beautiful snowy winters - mostly just fog and rain. But sometimes, the

PAW/PESO: The Tim Hamel Trio

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
Bike courier by day, jazz band leader by night: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3102712size=lg I was going to wait a couple of days on this one, but since a couple of people (quite accurately) noted my missed focus on the last one, I thought I'd show that I can, from time to time at

Re: PAW: Enter?

2005-02-08 Thread Juan Buhler
It seems like I'm still losing messages--I only saw the answers to this, never your initial post, Frank. I like this one a lot. As Shel says, maybe the focus could be a bit better, but it doesn't bother me too much. The way she's out of focus and the computer is in focus makes the picture, I

Re: NorCal PDML Outing

2005-02-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
lol ... I love taking pictures in fog and just after rain. Cold doesn't bother me too much, as long as I'm prepared for it. But then again, I am the person who would prefer to live on an island in the Irish Sea. ;-) Regards the Egyptian, it's probably an ok place to shoot as long as you don't

Re: PESO: Saturday

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:24:15 -0800, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last Saturday I spent some time in Chinatown in San Francisco (it helps that I live about six blocks from it,) enjoying the crowds and the new year celebrations. http://www.jbuhler.com/photoblog/index.php?showimage=2

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:56:48 +, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is a world of difference between publishing pictures, and simply taking pictures. Precisely! Another thing to remember, is that the laws vary (often significantly) from country to country, and often even within a

OT: Film is dead

2005-02-08 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
But Costco is running a special on film and slide scanners: http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?prodid=10039838whse=topnav=cat=s=1

Re: Day at the beach.Funny Paw

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:16:26 +0100, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The real reason salt melts ice is that the affinity of water to salt ions is greater than the affinity towards other water molecules. So the salt grabs the water away from the ice crystal grid. So there...:-) Thank you,

Re: Day at the beach.Funny Paw

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 19:11:19 +0100, Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Marnie, it apparently lowers the temperature snow and ice melts, as IIRC salt water has lower freezing point. Apart from that, it damages water reserves, is not much good for the environment and destroys your leather

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread mike wilson
Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's a shame that a whole generation of photographers will never know the joy of emulsions like Ektar 25, Panatomic-X, RG25, Agfa APX-25, and other similar emulsions. But Shel, you haven't been paying attention this last few years. All those effects can be emulated in

Re: PESO -- Canon Girl Becomes Coffee House Girl

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 13:48:26 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems the subject of a couple of my latest pesos has gotten a job at the local coffee house... So Cannon Girl has become Coffee House Girl. The main purpose for this image is to see what I can do with my Vemer

PAW PESO - Trombone

2005-02-08 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Frank's pic of the trumpet player reminded me of a photo of a trombonist. This guy's a member of a jazz band comprised of older, retired guys who play various venues around the Bay Area, mostly outdoors and off the back of their old, restored truck. Here's the trombonist:

Re: NorCal PDML Outing

2005-02-08 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/8/2005 11:49:42 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: lol ... I love taking pictures in fog and just after rain. Cold doesn't bother me too much, as long as I'm prepared for it. But then again, I am the person who would prefer to live on an island in the Irish

Re: PAW/PESO: The Tim Hamel Trio

2005-02-08 Thread Rolling Red
It's a nice setup, but I wish the bottom of the trumpet head didn't scrape the lower frame. Be it either more in, or more obviously cut. A wider lens would accentuate the frontal trumpet in your face effect. But, that's only me.. On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 14:38:26 -0500, frank theriault [EMAIL

Re: PESO - Falls

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:53:14 -0800, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I took my daughter, Erin, out shooting Saturday afternoon. We went somewhere that neither of us had been before. Quite a pretty area and we had a good time. I'll try to post some of hers soon (have to scan them - she

Re: PAW PESO - Trombone

2005-02-08 Thread Shel Belinkoff
BTW, the trumpet player is blind ... I may put up another little snap as I know Paul might like a better shot of the old truck. Yes, I deserved that one, but then, I'm so bourgeois LOL Shel [Original Message] From: frank theriault I wish the background were a bit more in focus, and the

Re: PAW PESO - Trombone

2005-02-08 Thread Keith Whaley
The heck with the pictures... I'd love to HEAR them! g What a team! keith Shel Belinkoff wrote: Frank's pic of the trumpet player reminded me of a photo of a trombonist. This guy's a member of a jazz band comprised of older, retired guys who play various venues around the Bay Area, mostly

Re: PESO -- Cat Portrait

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 14:27:41 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just in case some of you thought I only shot portraits of girls and dogs, here's something a little different, or not depending on your point of view... http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_catportrait.html

Re: PESO: Saturday

2005-02-08 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/8/2005 11:26:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.jbuhler.com/photoblog/index.php?showimage=2 (ist D @ISO800, FA35/2) BTW, I shot a bit that day with the Industar 50/3.5, a 39mm mount film for the very first Zenit SLRs. There's something about

Re: OT: Film is dead

2005-02-08 Thread Tim Sherburne
There doesn't seem to be many reviews of the PrimeFilm 3650U on the net. Anyone have personal experience with it? Tim On 2/8/05 12:00, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: But Costco is running a special on film and slide scanners:

Re: PAW/PESO: The Tim Hamel Trio

2005-02-08 Thread Keith Whaley
A fastidious man... nice separation on those eyelashes... g Oh, and the OOF areas are clean...what lens did you use? keith Rolling Red wrote: It's a nice setup, but I wish the bottom of the trumpet head didn't scrape the lower frame. Be it either more in, or more obviously cut. A wider lens would

Re: PESO - Falls

2005-02-08 Thread Keith Whaley
frank theriault wrote: On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:53:14 -0800, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I took my daughter, Erin, out shooting Saturday afternoon. We went somewhere that neither of us had been before. Quite a pretty area and we had a good time. I'll try to post some of hers soon (have

Re: OT: Film is dead

2005-02-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Film has always been dead. I have yet to see any film alive Godfrey __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: PESO: Saturday

2005-02-08 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Juan, I like this shot. The timing is just right with the little girl looking right at you with the mom oblivious to the scene. I kinda wish the guy right behind them wasn't there, but then the timing would have been off. Lens looks like it performs well, too. I'm curious if you use AF

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