Re: PESO ^

2005-02-26 Thread Bob W
Hi, Depends what colour your walls and furniture is. I think it's a wonderful shot, but it's gotta match the decor (not that I'd know what matches and what doesn't). If I decorated a place, everything would be either black or white, that way I'd know my photos would work. vbg I saw a TV

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread David Mann
On Feb 26, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Alan Chan wrote: I am afraid there is a bad news. Vuescan is known to have streaks when using Minolta scanners. I thought it could calibrate around that sort of thing (much like the Minolta software does). I downloaded the trial version for use with my Multi Pro but

Re: Look what I scored.....

2005-02-26 Thread Cotty
On 25/2/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Thanks Cotty. At least you don't hate me for it. Not at all. I have two black MXs - a beater shelf dust collector and a mint user :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Ryan Lee
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 megapixels. Thoughts? Rgds, Ryan

Re: Look what I scored.....

2005-02-26 Thread Steve Jolly
William Robb wrote: At least you don't hate me for it. I've stopped hating you now, and am merely jealous. :-) Congrats. S

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread Rob Smith
From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am afraid there is a bad news. Vuescan is known to have streaks when using Minolta scanners. My Minolte Elite has the same issue as well, particular with the blue channel. What I have found is that the mirror inside the scanner has some spots which the

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread Alan Chan
--- David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought it could calibrate around that sort of thing (much like the Minolta software does). I downloaded the trial version for use with my Multi Pro but the trouble is, the trial version doesn't have all of the features - so I can't properly

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread John Whittingham
SilverFast does a good job too, but I prefer Vuescan's algorithms. And Vuescan is cheaper, can handle a ton of different scanners if you decide to move to a different scanner at some point. I use it to drive both a Minolta SDII and an Epson 2450. I had a look at Silverfast but didn't like

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread John Whittingham
Thanks Alan I've not noticed any streaks yet but I've only scanned around 20 negs, one particularly old negative did produce what I presumed was a scratch. If there are spots on the mirror I would assume the streaks would be horizontal across the scan? If this is the case then I think it was a

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread John Whittingham
That's very reassuring to know, thanks Bruce. John -- Original Message --- From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alan Chan pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:57:49 -0800 Subject: Re: Alternatives to vuescan I've got over 5,000 scans on my Scan Dual II, so my

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread John Whittingham
I suspect something else could be the problem. When I first got the Scan Dual II, I ran the MInolta software. I wasn't satisfied with it, it both tended to crash frequently and my scans weren't particularly sharp. I'm finding the results with Vuescan much better than the supplied software

RE: Australian Spot Meter Repair

2005-02-26 Thread Trevor Bailey
G'day Kev. Mate, Have you tried f16 camera repair in Clontarf, Brissie? I hear good things about his work. Especially on Pentax gear. Hooroo. Regards, Trevor Grafton -Original Message- From: Kevin Waterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 26 February 2005 1:33 PM To:

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread Alan Chan
--- John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If there are spots on the mirror I would assume the streaks would be horizontal across the scan? Yes, and it can be fixed with the Single Row Marquee Tool in Photoshop, before the image was rotated in anyway. = Alan Chan

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread Alan Chan
--- John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm finding the results with Vuescan much better than the supplied software with much better facilities for fine adjustment, colour rendering appears to be significantly better also. Indeed, especially for colour negatives. = Alan Chan

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread John Whittingham
Thanks Alan, I'll be keeping an eye open for any streaking. John -- Original Message --- From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 04:30:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Alternatives to vuescan --- John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread John Whittingham
Indeed, especially for colour negatives. I've not got to slides yet, I guess that will be the real test, greater dynamic range required from the hardware. John

Re: FS Friday - FA* Lenses and more....

2005-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling Subject: Re: FS Friday - FA* Lenses and more Federation Credits Can we just settle on a currency and get this auction under way? William Robb

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread John Whittingham
I am afraid there is a bad news. Vuescan is known to have streaks when using Minolta scanners. Did you experiment with the infrared cleaning filter? John

Re: PESOs: My Brother's Wedding

2005-02-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, Nice memories of a special day. I didn't look at the whole gallery, now or with the original post. I think it is a better practice to edit before you post. I know this is just for your relatives, but I'd only show the best. You are a fantastic photographer if you edit... and just a

RE: Glass viewfinder optics for the SF1n(Follow-Up)

2005-02-26 Thread Don Sanderson
I got the viewfinder with the uncoated glass installed in the SF1n last night and the result is, well, interesting. The image is now much brighter and very much sharper. The interesting part is with the uncoated glass the out of focus highlights tend to take on a 'star like' quality. It's almost

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread mike wilson
Ryan Lee wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 megapixels. Thoughts? Does it take Pentax glass?

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Alin Flaider
The too small viewfinder denies the other main reason for operating a DSLR. No true spot meter either. Certainly not the camera to switch systems for. Servus, Alin Ryan wrote: RL http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ RL Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g

Re: Look what I scored.....

2005-02-26 Thread Graywolf
HAR! Only in Cotty's World... graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Cotty wrote: On 25/2/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Thanks Cotty. At least you don't hate me for it. Not at all. I have two black MXs - a beater

Back from Dubya Putin summit

2005-02-26 Thread Frantisek
Hi, short account of what I was doing last few days... yesterday night I arrived back home from the summit of Bush and Putin (RF's president, for anybody so uninformed to not know!), which took place for few days in Slovakia's capital Bratislava. I was one of the thousand or so

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
--- John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe the maximum resolution is 2438 dpi which results in max. 3504 x 2336 about 8.18 million pixel, not the best but it's free :) Hmm. My calculator spreadsheet says that a 24x35mm frame scanned at 2438ppi nets an image 2304x3455 pixels in

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
--- Alin Flaider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The too small viewfinder denies the other main reason for operating a DSLR. No true spot meter either. Certainly not the camera to switch systems for. I have heard this thing about Canon having no true spot meter so many times... It's incorrect.

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread John Whittingham
Hmm. My calculator spreadsheet says that a 24x35mm frame scanned at 2438ppi nets an image 2304x3455 pixels in size, or 7.6 Mpixel. Something's off by a little bit somewhere... ;-) Never calculated it just reading from the manual, shouldn't that be 24mm x 36mm ? RAW is really the name of a

Re: Back from Dubya Putin summit

2005-02-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 26, 2005, at 9:56 AM, Frantisek wrote: .. (flames offlist please g) That goes double for you young fellow.

colour shift under big lighting

2005-02-26 Thread Frantisek
Hi, what would be the safe shutter speed to avoid the colour and contrast shift under high intensity lighting? Always when I am shooting some event lit by something like that, I get incosistent colours in a burst of frames. I hope it's not the camera (elsewhere it worked fine, and

Re: FS Friday - FA* Lenses and more....

2005-02-26 Thread Fred
I'll give you a buck for the whole lot, ok? (I'll go $1.50) I'm in for $2.25. Heck, I'll even bid that in US$ 4.50 in euros. 5 Quatloos See - it's just like eBay - mention an auction here and the auction bids start skyrocketing... Fred

Re: FS Friday - FA* Lenses and more....

2005-02-26 Thread Fred
I consider it up to the seller of an item to establish a price. I agree, you're turning this into an 'off eekbay' auction. At least let us know what you'd 'like to get' so we know where reasonable might lie. Do some research on eBay, it'll give you real world numbers as to what this stuff

Re: Back from Dubya Putin summit

2005-02-26 Thread Fred
yesterday night I arrived back home from the summit of Bush and Putin (RF's president, for anybody so uninformed to not know!), ...then who's Bush? Fred

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Ryan Lee
Of course I wasn't suggesting it was the camera to switch systems for. Like I'd be that bold! I'm suggesting that DSLR manufacturers need to stay somewhat competitive in emerging markets as well. This newcomer is pretty much the same size (and lighter) as the ist DS, and at 8mp, and cheaper than

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Peter J. Alling
mike wilson wrote: Ryan Lee wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 megapixels. Thoughts? Does it take Pentax glass? No, but it does have a mirror prism. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war.

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Peter J. Alling
8mp isn't enough of an improvement in resolution over 6mp to make much difference, especially as there will be an increase in noise at higher ISOs. This will have to be removed by software which will probably cost quality. If it's the usual Canon construction for their lower end cameras the

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
--- John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm. My calculator spreadsheet says that a 24x35mm frame scanned at 2438ppi nets an image 2304x3455 pixels in size, or 7.6 Mpixel. Something's off by a little bit somewhere... ;-) Never calculated it just reading from the manual, shouldn't

APS Sensor Size

2005-02-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I have seen APS sensors described as APS C and APS H What'd the difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? Shel

Re: Back from Dubya Putin summit

2005-02-26 Thread Frantisek
yesterday night I arrived back home from the summit of Bush and Putin (RF's president, for anybody so uninformed to not know!), F ...then who's Bush? I don't know ;-) Good light! fra

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Frantisek
GD I have heard this thing about Canon having no true spot meter GD so many times... GD It's incorrect. Even the Canon 10D has a limited area metering GD mode which is virtually identical in size to what Pentax calls a GD spot meter. If you read the instruction booklets for both GD cameras and

RE: APS Sensor Size

2005-02-26 Thread J. C. O'Connell
It think its C= classic = 1.5:1 aspect, H=HDTV = 16:9 = 1.78:1 aspect. Don't know the dimensions or if these designations only refer to aspect ratios. JCO -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 12:08 PM To:

Look what I scored - now FS !

2005-02-26 Thread Jens Bladt
For 300 USD I got this on a local auction: 1 chrome MX with a 35-105 Tokina (perhaps for me :-) 1 chrome ME with a 200mm Pentax lense (don't know which) and a Osram Studio flash (for sale) 1 chrome MG with a SMC-M 1.2/50mm and a Hanimex flash (for sale) Any pre-ebay offers on these cameras, with

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Jim Apilado
I own a Canon EOS RT that has the same mount as the Canon digitals. There is a special adapter you can get that will allow the use of older M42 Super Takumar and SMC Takumar lenses. Jim A. From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005

Re: APS Sensor Size

2005-02-26 Thread Peter J. Alling
APS C is aps Classic, more or less the same ratio as 35mm film (35mm ~ 24x36mm, APS-C ~ 16x24)). APS-H is the HDTV format on APS thats ~ 16x30, the other APS format is panoramic which is 10x30mm. As far as I now there aren't any Digital cameras that have a Panoramic sensor. I doubt that there

Back from Dubya Putin summit

2005-02-26 Thread Joseph Tainter
I didn't know that this was your profession. Quite an opportunity despite the discomfort. In the future you'll (partly) forget the discomfort and just have some good stories to tell. Joe

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Peter J. Alling
And your point? Jim Apilado wrote: I own a Canon EOS RT that has the same mount as the Canon digitals. There is a special adapter you can get that will allow the use of older M42 Super Takumar and SMC Takumar lenses. Jim A. From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-26 Thread Joseph Tainter
Question for Mark Cassino: Re: My conclusion was that a low resolving lens with low CA and high edge sharpness - which is what my tests showed the ATX 400 to be - will create an image with clean edges and a high degree of _apparent_ detail. Mark, I have this lens and am interested in your

RE: Opinions about Sigmas

2005-02-26 Thread Joseph Tainter
I am interesting about 4.0/100-300 Popular Photography reviewed this lens a few years ago. Like many of their lens reviews, one has to read between the lines. At 300 mm. it has peripheral softness. One has to stop down to f16 to get edge-to-edge sharpness at 300 mm. Clearly this requires a

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Ryan Lee
I've had the ist D but am now I'm shooting a 20D, I dare say the 20D at 1600 looks -much- better than the ist D at 800. Would love an explanation- I'm quite happy to go with what works.. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

RE: APS Sensor Size

2005-02-26 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I bet as HDTV becomes the norm the standard TV screen is 16:9, there will be WAY MORE H format digicams because digital photos look pretty nice on a HDTV ( My 34 SONY HDTV does digital photo display and slide shows via a memory stick slot). JCO -Original Message- From: Peter J. Alling

RE: Opinions about Sigmas

2005-02-26 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I don't see why it requires a tripod. Even at F5.6 you could get fast enough shutter speeds with SLOW film in daylight. JCO -Original Message- From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:08 PM To: pdml Subject: RE: Opinions about Sigmas I am

Re: APS Sensor Size

2005-02-26 Thread John Francis
Shel Belinkoff mused: I have seen APS sensors described as APS C and APS H What'd the difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? The true meaning of these designations is only appropriate when used to refer to the differing aspect ratios on APS cameras. In the DSLR world,

Re: Back from Dubya Putin summit

2005-02-26 Thread Frantisek
Saturday, February 26, 2005, 6:28:32 PM, Joseph wrote: JT I didn't know that this was your profession. Quite an opportunity JT despite the discomfort. In the future you'll (partly) forget the JT discomfort and just have some good stories to tell. Thanks. I don't do news regularly, so it was

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Peter J. Alling wrote: And your point? The point has to be don't top post. Otherwise, Jim answered tongue-in-cheek the question Does it take Pentax glass? below. Kostas Jim Apilado wrote: I own a Canon EOS RT that has the same mount as the Canon digitals. There is a

Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA

2005-02-26 Thread Powell Hargrave
On DPReview Pentax forum Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA [English Part1] http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=12418969

Re: APS Sensor Size

2005-02-26 Thread Jim Apilado
That would be cool to get an Xpan Hasselblad with a panoramic APS sensor. Jim A. From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:37:46 -0500 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: APS Sensor Size Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net

Announcement, Pentax Style

2005-02-26 Thread Joseph Tainter
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=12418979 That's the best translation, but follow the other links also. It looks like (a) the APS-C sensor is here for a while, and (b) there will be more DA lenses, including limiteds. Joe

RE: Opinions about Sigmas

2005-02-26 Thread Joseph Tainter
I don't see why it requires a tripod. Even at F5.6 you could get fast enough shutter speeds with SLOW film in daylight. JCO -Original Message- From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:08 PM To: pdml Subject: RE: Opinions about Sigmas I am

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Peter J. Alling
Ask someone else for a lecture on information theory and wave physics, I don't have the inclination to explain in what amounts to cocktail party banter. Sorry, I just don't want to type that much and sadly I'd need more math than I'm currently capable of. It may look better but is it really,

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Peter J. Alling
Actually I top and bottom post, the toung in cheak answer was mine. Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Peter J. Alling wrote: And your point? The point has to be don't top post. Otherwise, Jim answered tongue-in-cheek the question Does it take Pentax glass? below. Kostas

Re: Opinions about Sigmas

2005-02-26 Thread Raimo K
But if it´s sharp at f:16 only? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 9:06 PM Subject: RE: Opinions about

Re: APS Sensor Size

2005-02-26 Thread Peter J. Alling
You sure? Jim Apilado wrote: That would be cool to get an Xpan Hasselblad with a panoramic APS sensor. Jim A. From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:37:46 -0500 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: APS Sensor Size Resent-From:

Re: Advice needed - *istD versus *isDS

2005-02-26 Thread Jim Hemenway
Hello Sven: Your message was lost in my inbox, which until today held over 500 messages. I apologize for not replying to you for so long. As you might know, I went ahead with the *ist DS because it's less expensive than the D and it has all of the features which I wanted. As it turns out, for

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Peter J. Alling
That should be tongue... (sometimes I should pay attention to the spell checker...) Peter J. Alling wrote: Actually I top and bottom post, the toung in cheak answer was mine. Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Peter J. Alling wrote: And your point? The point has to be don't

Mea Culpa!

2005-02-26 Thread Jim Hemenway
Mea Culpa, I meant to send that message to Sven off list. I didn't want to bore everyone with so many non-Pentax photos. All this cleaning up of my email is making me groggy... I'm sorry! Jim

Re: Alternatives to vuescan

2005-02-26 Thread John Whittingham
Processing color negatives to RGB positives ... well, you have to invert it, remove the crossover mask per the particular film's profile, then gamma correct it. I'll let Vuescan do that for me. ;-) Yes me too, I'm more than pleased with the 48 bit TIFFs I'm getting, just a little more fine

Re: Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA

2005-02-26 Thread Keith Whaley
To me, it sounds like a sound philosophy, which seems typical of how Pentax has grown over the last several years... Thanks for the post. I think it's important. keith whaley Powell Hargrave wrote: On DPReview Pentax forum Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA [English Part1]

Re: Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA

2005-02-26 Thread Fred
Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA We have to grow this seeded pyrene. I wonder if it's lost in the translation, or... ...and wants to harness sushi and the lens for inside seals now. Oh-oh - I see the *ist D/DS analogue of the sticky mirror starting to form... All joking aside, it was an

Wednesday's *isd DS photos

2005-02-26 Thread Jim Hemenway
Still trying out the camera. These were taken, with various Pentax AF lenses, this past Wednesday on Maine's southern coast. http://hemenway.com/Nubble-Feb23/index.htm Jim

FS: A Great Saturday

2005-02-26 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
5x7 Speed Graphic. Goerz lens. f/p shutter works! With case, keys, focusing cloth. pics on request. $400 ZX-M Ex. cond. $75 Tominon 21mm screw mount lens with Pentax S/M adapter. $125 + shipping PayPal. Collin - It is a serious thing to live in a society of

Re: APS Sensor Size

2005-02-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I have seen APS sensors described as APS C and APS H What's the difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? Here's the whole scoop regards APS film formats vs the similar sized DSLR sensor formats. format: proportion - dimensions - diagonal - --- ---

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
--- Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not to sound nitpicky, but a true spot meter for me would have to be smaller than 6mm circle. In the nikons, the spot is about the size of the focusing brackets, 2.3mm (even less with the high-end 1-digit bodies). The 1D... canons are the same. That's a

AC Adaptor for *ist-D/*ist-Ds

2005-02-26 Thread Simon King
Hi All, Has anyone bought an AC power adaptor for their *ist-D/s? If so, I'd appreciate it if you could let me know what is power rating (output amperage) is. TIA, Simon

Re: Advice needed - *istD versus *isDS

2005-02-26 Thread William Robb
I realize this wsn't meant to be posted to the list, but this portfolio is worth having a look at. William Robb http://www.hemenway.com/Castle_in_Maine http://www.hemenway.com/NorthOfBoston/ http://www.hemenway.com/Fruitlands/ http://www.hemenway.com/More-Maine/

Re: [Norton AntiSpam] Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA

2005-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Powell Hargrave Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA On DPReview Pentax forum Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA [English Part1] http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=12418969 The first two sentences, if the

Re: Wednesday's *isd DS photos

2005-02-26 Thread Fred
Still trying out the camera. These were taken, with various Pentax AF lenses, this past Wednesday on Maine's southern coast. http://hemenway.com/Nubble-Feb23/index.htm C'mon, Jim, you can do better than just various Pentax AF lenses, can't you? Other than the obvious 43 Ltd label, what

Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-26 Thread Mark Cassino
From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Joe - Question for Mark Cassino: Re: My conclusion was that a low resolving lens with low CA and high edge sharpness - which is what my tests showed the ATX 400 to be - will create an image with clean edges and a high degree of _apparent_ detail. Mark,

Re: colour shift under big lighting

2005-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Frantisek Subject: colour shift under big lighting I have assumed that it's due to lighting flicker, and that a slower shutter speed might solve the problem? Like with photographing TV? If yes, what would be the good shutter speed? I hope it's not

Re: Wednesday's *isd DS photos

2005-02-26 Thread pnstenquist
Nice. The first 20mm shot is my favorite. Paul Still trying out the camera. These were taken, with various Pentax AF lenses, this past Wednesday on Maine's southern coast. http://hemenway.com/Nubble-Feb23/index.htm Jim

Re: colour shift under big lighting

2005-02-26 Thread Bill Owens
It seems to me that now days, a high fps rate is more important than learning how to use your equipment properly. Bill Something I have noticed over the past while is a change in the way photojournalists shoot at these types of events. I remember not too many years ago, watching a famous head

Re: AC Adaptor for *ist-D/*ist-Ds

2005-02-26 Thread Gonz
I heard on Dpreview about a compatible ac adapter, so I bought it online for about $12, its a Lenmar acon6, and it works just fine. It supplies 2100ma @ 6.5vDC and its a regulated DC switching supply. Unless you are paranoid about getting the exact 3000ma one from Pentax, this one should

Re: colour shift under big lighting

2005-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bill Owens Subject: Re: colour shift under big lighting It seems to me that now days, a high fps rate is more important than learning how to use your equipment properly. Perhaps this is the correct way to use them, in that situation. However... Watching

Re: colour shift under big lighting

2005-02-26 Thread Frantisek
WR Now, they seem to be shooting nearly continuous high speed captures. WR I was watching the Prince and Miss Camilla on the news the other day, WR and I couldn't see any way in hell that the photo boys weren't WR getting multiple flash bursts happening on the same frame. Har, in a few years we

Re: APS Sensor Size

2005-02-26 Thread mike wilson
Shel Belinkoff wrote: I have seen APS sensors described as APS C and APS H What'd the difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? I've never seen sensors described this way. It's always been _print_ formats and the different shapes and sizes all come from crops of the original

Re: colour shift under big lighting

2005-02-26 Thread Juan Buhler
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:59:29 -0600, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, they seem to be shooting nearly continuous high speed captures. I was watching the Prince and Miss Camilla on the news the other day, and I couldn't see any way in hell that the photo boys weren't getting multiple

Re: Look what I scored - now FS !

2005-02-26 Thread mike wilson
Jens Bladt wrote: SMC-M 1.2/50mm Do you really mean this? mike

Re: colour shift under big lighting

2005-02-26 Thread Bob W
Hi, Perhaps this is the correct way to use them, in that situation. However... Watching it on TV is annoying enough. It's a bit of a surprise that celebrities and public figures don't snap more often. not a good idea to bite the hand that feeds them. -- Cheers, Bob

RE: Opinions about Sigmas

2005-02-26 Thread
Thank you. I have found two examples of this Tamron by one of our local dealers and will try them shortly I hope. Very interesting lens with IF and fast AF as I see. Does it true that the focus point of this lens is shifting during the zooming? Does it true that the

Re: Look what I scored - now FS !

2005-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: Look what I scored - now FS ! Jens Bladt wrote: SMC-M 1.2/50mm Do you really mean this? It's a very rare lens. I bet Jens was encouraged by the other auction to put this lens out there for us to bid on. I bid 7 William Robb

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Feb 2005 at 11:44, Peter J. Alling wrote: 8mp isn't enough of an improvement in resolution over 6mp to make much difference, especially as there will be an increase in noise at higher ISOs. Regardless it makes a world or difference as a sales and marketing lever, especially to those

Re: colour shift under big lighting

2005-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: Re: colour shift under big lighting not a good idea to bite the hand that feeds them. I think of it more of a symbiotic relationship. Something like mutual parasitism. William Robb

RE: Look what I scored - now FS !

2005-02-26 Thread Jens Bladt
No, sorry, my fingers are tired. It's a common 2.0 :-(. But the 4/200mm (K or M) should be worth a few bucks. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 27. februar 2005 00:46 Til:

Re: Look what I scored - now FS !

2005-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jens Bladt Subject: RE: Look what I scored - now FS ! No, sorry, my fingers are tired. It's a common 2.0 :-(. False advertising. I withdraw my bid. g William Robb

FS: One more thing

2005-02-26 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
Tamron Fotovix with lens for 35mm AND the 6x8 upgrade kit with lens neg slide carriers. All in Ex. or LN condition. Use it to picture your slides negs to video. $150 for PDML + shipping PayPal Collin - It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods

RE: Opinions about Sigmas

2005-02-26 Thread Amita Guha
I compared the Tamron and Sigma offerings in this range, and aside from the fact that the Tamron samples were just better, the Sigma was bigger and slightly more expensive. I've had the Tamron 28-75 Di for a month now and I couldn't be happier with it. Amita -Original Message- From:

Re: colour shift under big lighting

2005-02-26 Thread Mark Cassino
Are you shooting digital or film? If digital - do you have Auto White Balance on? When I fist shot swim meets with the *ist d I set it to AWB, figuring that it could make better sense of the colors in the pool than I could. The first batch of photos came out all over the place - water ranged

RE: Opinions about Sigmas

2005-02-26 Thread Amita Guha
-Original Message- From: Gianfranco Irlanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not familiar with the wide angle lenses of the EX series This is where Sigma has really impressed me lately. My Sigma 15mm fisheye is tack sharp, and so is their 20mm f/1.8 prime. I like the low light

Re: colour shift under big lighting

2005-02-26 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: I was watching the Prince and Miss Camilla on the news the other day, and I couldn't see any way in hell that the photo boys weren't getting multiple flash bursts happening on the same frame. Is this not where TTL scores - it will cut your flash and use the opposition's?

Re: colour shift under big lighting

2005-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: colour shift under big lighting Is this not where TTL scores - it will cut your flash and use the opposition's? You may still get incorrect exposure but it will not be so bad as if you got the whole double burst. Also, although it

Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?

2005-02-26 Thread Herb Chong
Canon's 1D Mk2 is a lot cleaner than the 1D that it replaced at the same ISO, despite having pixels half the linear dimension. there's more to it than that. Herb - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 26,

Shutter shutdown

2005-02-26 Thread Derby Chang
An interesting article from yesterdays Sydney Morning Herald. It isn't easy being a street photographer these days. The Rex Dupain anecdote is rather sad. http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/02/25/1109180112027.html (you might need to do the free registration) D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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