RE: Working on an opportunity

2005-06-06 Thread Bob W
Looks like it might be Fulham who are touring. http://www.soccerhall.org/news/2005/MLSAll-StarGameAnnounced_382005.htm Fulham is the club that Mohammed al-Fayed owns. He is also the owner of Harrods. http://www.fulhamfc.com/ You might want to get bit of practice in before you go to the match,

Re: PESO PAW - Mexican Church Interior

2005-06-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Bruce, I think the scene was darker, but I'm trying to remember back to 1969. I made three shots of the scene, bracketed a bit, and decided to print the neg that I did to see a specific effect and to explore and express a certain feeling and interpretation. Shel [Original Message] From:

Re: PESO: This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread Cotty
On 5/6/05, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: I shot a car this morning for a magazine article. It's an extremely rare '66 Plymouth Belvedere HP2. This was the car that Chrysler built to convince NASCAR that the hemi was a production engine. It was a very basic car with vinyl bench

Re: Working on an opportunity

2005-06-06 Thread Cotty
No idea if it will come to fruition, but there's a major league soccer all-star type of game here in July. I'm going to try to get a sideline press pass Would 300mm be enough for soccer? 400mm? Would a zoom be more suitable? What range? Collin If you need some inspiration ;-)

Re: Digital MZ-5n

2005-06-06 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
P. J. Alling wrote on 05.06.05 23:55: A marketers decision is more likely, (Is the Nikon or Canon default the same I wonder?) In the Nikon default is front wheel for aperture, back for shutter. But you can change it easily in custom functions and/or change function of one of the wheels to

cheap Ist-D IMO

2005-06-06 Thread Thibouille
Ist-D is at 850 euro body only at www.digital-shopping.fr if anybody's interested. Ist-Ds is at 750 euro BTW. Hope it helps someone :) -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX and KR-10x ...

Re: Focusing screens - NOT MX, LX

2005-06-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, John Whittingham wrote: From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 17:38:19 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: Focusing screens - NOT MX, LX Kostas (*really* happy with the panorama lines in the Z-1p, sans voir the results

PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread Wigwam Jones
Not sure what PESO stands for, but I get the idea that if one wants to share a photo with the group, this is the way to do it. Please correct me if I'm actually asking to be debagged and radished instead. I am a strange guy, I bought my *ist DS so I could mount my classic M42 lenses on it and

Re: Focusing screens - NOT MX, LX

2005-06-06 Thread Alan Chan
--- Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interestingly enough, Boz does not have the one that came with my Z1-p, FM-60 (page 112 of the manual). Can't tell the difference from FP-60, by the way. FM-60 has the spot meter circle, but FP-60 doesn't. Alan Chan

Re: Focusing screens - NOT MX, LX

2005-06-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Alan Chan wrote: FM-60 has the spot meter circle, but FP-60 doesn't. Thanks. I should be able to read the description :-) I don't have the manual and Pentax's PDF does not display the screen look properly. Not that I am not happy it exists... Kostas

RE: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread Don Sanderson
PESO = Picture Every So Often. You got it right, the pic too. Great shot!! Don -Original Message- From: Wigwam Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 4:43 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game Not sure what PESO

RE: PESO PAW - Mexican Church Interior

2005-06-06 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Shel A good and interesting photo for me. Assuming how full of rich (gold) colors the church is I would like to see a comparison in color to your b/w shot. I think I would prefer color here... greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread Scott Loveless
On 6/6/05, Wigwam Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure what PESO stands for, but I get the idea that if one wants to share a photo with the group, this is the way to do it. Please correct me if I'm actually asking to be debagged and radished instead. I am a strange guy, I bought my *ist

Re: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread mike wilson
From: Wigwam Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/06/06 Mon AM 09:42:36 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game Not sure what PESO stands for, but I get the idea that if one wants to share a photo with the group, this is the way to do it. Please

Re: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread Cory Papenfuss
I am a strange guy, I bought my *ist DS so I could mount my classic M42 lenses on it and use it like my Bessaflex TM in digital. So far, it I, too, am strange in that regard. I originally justified the -DS purchase because of my old P-30T Pentax and the two or three mediocre lenses I had

Re: Lensbaby

2005-06-06 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Wigwam Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears that there are TWO different lenses - the magazine article did not specify. One is a 'cheap and cheerful' 3-element focus-free lens designed to emulate the older consumer camera lens quality, the other is a

Re: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread Chan Yong Wei
On 6/6/05, Wigwam Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a strange guy, I bought my *ist DS so I could mount my classic M42 lenses on it and use it like my Bessaflex TM in digital. So far, it seems to be just what I was after. I also have other bad habits - I do not have any Microsoft products,

Re: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread cbwaters
Wigwam, Welcome to the list! PESO = picture every so often. Several people were doing the PAW thing (picture a week) but I just couldn't produce anything that I'd show off anywhere near that often s... This one has some great elements but just doesn't complete the package for me. The

Re: This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread cbwaters
Excellent as always Paul. How long have you been a Mopar guy? CW - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:11 PM Subject: PESO: This morning's shoot I shot a car this morning for a magazine article. It's

Re: Re: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread mike wilson
From: cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/06/06 Mon PM 12:51:16 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game Wigwam, Welcome to the list! PESO = picture every so often. Several people were doing the PAW thing (picture a week) but I just couldn't

Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Had a nice chat with a Canon 1D owner @ a graduation party yesterday. We had a good talk about lenses on the various digital bodies. He also culled out kept film lenses that gave acceptable digital results. He's become an avid Tamron user on digital, for half or less the price of the Canon

Re: Retrieving bad files

2005-06-06 Thread Frantisek
Sunday, June 5, 2005, 7:51:09 PM, Jens wrote: JB Hi Paul JB I have no idea. I normally just delete the files when they are stored. JB The cards work great. No problems. It's the files retrieved from the card - JB in my portable harddrive, which I can't seem to open or read. Twice within JB one

RE: PESO: This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Shel. I love 'em too. I wish I had bought one twenty years ago :-) Paul Ahhh ... one of my favorite cars - a hemi in any basic 2-door sedan - a Q-ship - photographed using one of my favorite lenses. A nice way to read the evening mail ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From:

Re: Spotmeter enabled, and a question.

2005-06-06 Thread Frantisek
Sunday, June 5, 2005, 9:43:41 PM, Shel wrote: SB The Zone VI mods add some baffling and additional flare resistance, SB although, to be honest, I've not observed any flare with non modified SB meters. Me neither (the optics are very simple), but sometimes when metering right next to a bright

RE: PESO PAW - Mexican Church Interior

2005-06-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
This church was not full of gold colors. There was never a color shot made. You're out of luck ... Shel [Original Message] From: Markus Maurer A good and interesting photo for me. Assuming how full of rich (gold) colors the church is I would like to see a comparison in color to your

Re: PESO: This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Cotty. Yes I have a couple hundred static. I shot 3.5 gigs of RAW. I'll post some more in the days to come. The engine and interior are showroom new as well. Probably worth a peak for those who like such things. For now, my home computer is down. Why? That's a real long story that

Re: Digital MZ-5n

2005-06-06 Thread Christian
With the 20D when you are in full manual mode the rear dial does aperture and the front shutter. in Av the front does aperture and the rear dial does exposure compensation. in Tv the front does shutter and the rear is exposure compensation. At least that's how i have mine setup. It works well,

Re: This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks. I'm not sure I'm a Mopar guy. My only fun car is a 55 Chevy. But I've been involved with Mopars since 1971, first as a funny car crewchief, later as a magazine journalist for a number of buff books, and finally as a writer for the Dodge advertising agency. Perhaps that makes me a Mopar

Re: 'Graphics (was: Re: Buffer speed)

2005-06-06 Thread Frantisek
Hi, thanks for the responses. I would like the focal plane shutter version, exactly for reasons JCO writes (use of cheap barrel lenses, I already have one apochromatic barrelled longfocus lens which would be great for tight portraits, and some super-fast LF lenses are cheap to get in barrel).

Re: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread pnstenquist
Nice shot, Wiggy. Looks like that ball is going to right field. Nice framing. I like the way the catcher's mitt intrudes. And you just nailed the moment. Makes it a fun photo. I love that old Vivitar 200. I've owned one for 30 years. Mine has a lot of cleaning marks that resulted from many

Re: 'Graphics

2005-06-06 Thread Frantisek
Hi Tom, thanks a lot for your post. It sums the things I wanted to know nicely. And yes, I am most interested in using 9x12cm film, not the rollfilm backs. According to what I gathered now, I would be best served with a Speed with the top rangefinder (because of the interchangeable cams).

RE: PESO: This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
It's a little ironic that you should post this pic when you did. Just the day before I was reminiscing about what was essentially the Dodge version of this car. My first serious girlfriend lived next door to a Dodge dealer, and he brought home a 1964-65 (I believe) Dodge Coronet 2-door sedan, the

Re: Re: 'Graphics

2005-06-06 Thread mike wilson
From: Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/06/06 Mon PM 02:14:48 GMT To: Graywolf pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: 'Graphics Hi Tom, thanks a lot for your post. It sums the things I wanted to know nicely. And yes, I am most interested in using 9x12cm film, not the rollfilm

RE: PESO: This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread pnstenquist
If it was a '64 or '65, it would have been a not intended for highway use race hemi. Those cars had the ram manifold and 12.5:1 compression. Although they were rated at 425 horsepower to keep the government at bay and the sanctioning bodies in the dark, they actually put out around 600

Re: This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread Christian
I like the early muscle cars like this one. I'm more of a Ford Mustang guy though. I had a '65 289/4bbl (not HiPo) with Pony interior, factory air, RallyPac and a vinyl roof. It also had the optional seatbelts no the optional driver's side mirror. sadly, the frame starting behind the doors all

Re: [OT] Gmail invitation needed ?

2005-06-06 Thread Yuri Korobkov
http://isnoop.net/gmail/

Re: This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Christian, Thanks for the comments and the Mustang update :-). Yes, the web pic is a bit oversaturated. I processed it for printing and then just downsized the result and plunked in in my photo net pabe. To get the pop I like from the Epson, I have to oversaturate a bit on the screen.

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 9:03 AM Subject: Interesting conversation yesterday Had a nice chat with a Canon 1D owner @ a graduation party yesterday. Anyway, he like to shoot sports.

Re: PESO - This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Christian, The colors are nicely saturated on my monitor, but far from garish or overly saturated. My friend Tom had a HiPo pony car and we used to run it at the drags in Westhampton, LI. I'd crew for him, and we'd have a great time. I think the 'stang may have been a prettier car than the

Re: Lensbaby

2005-06-06 Thread Frantisek
Look here: http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/1336 article on lensbabies in use. Frantisek

RE: PESO: This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes, it did have the ram manifold. Here's a little Mopar trivia for you. The little slant six of that era could be hot rodded like crazy from the Chrysler parts bin with such parts as cams, special pistons, and ram manifolds that would take either a 4bbl or multiple single or 2-bbl crabs. Some

RE: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Nice shot, love the glove protruding into the frame. Perhaps in the future you can make the pic smaller si it'll fit on a screen without the viewer having to scroll up and down so much. Shel [Original Message] From: Wigwam Jones http://www.cameramentor.com/jpg/baseball_001.jpg

Re: 'Graphics

2005-06-06 Thread Frantisek
mw What about the Mamiya press? It doesn't take 9x12cm (5x4 for you UK Imperial measures guys g)... But thanks :) Frantisek

Re: PESO PAW - Mexican Church Interior

2005-06-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I wish I were, Peter ... but thanks for the kind words ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: P. J. Alling Shel, you're a master printer. It shows in your photoshop work.

RE: Pentax *ist-DL

2005-06-06 Thread Steve Desjardins
American Defense Spending g [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/02/05 6:53 PM Alternatively, we could cherry-pick different bits from different countries: Italian economic policy British social policy Turkish human rights policy French foreign policy Swedish tax policy -- Cheers, Bob -Original

Re: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Wigwam, Having just shot over 8,000 little league action shots, I can relate. Rather than spot metering, you can use Center Weighted and find something of reasonable reflectance to kind of simulate an ambient reading. Use the grass or something. Usually the lighting is not going to change

Re: Ist-D won't format my CF.

2005-06-06 Thread Thibouille
My D is at Pentax Belgium for repair (hopefully warranty does exists). The kind woman said she asked for a complete check-up as well (as the memory card problem). Have to live without D for a couple weeks now :( -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX and

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Christian wrote: - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 9:03 AM Subject: Interesting conversation yesterday Had a nice chat with a Canon 1D owner @ a graduation party yesterday.

Re: Vixen VX2 k-mount body for astro photography

2005-06-06 Thread Fred
does anybody here know the Vixen VX2 body? I looked into it a few years ago, Markus, back when I was doing a bit of astrophotography. I forget who it was made by (Cosina? Voigtlander? Ricoh?), but I finally decided that it was unlikely to perform better than the LX, so I never actually ended up

Re: [OT] Gmail invitation needed ?

2005-06-06 Thread mike wilson
Yuri Korobkov wrote: http://isnoop.net/gmail/ I am so not going to click that 8-)

Re: PESO Spot on

2005-06-06 Thread Albano Garcia
It's the main hall of a big theater, sunday afternoon. Thanks for your comments Albano --- Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very nice! Where was this taken, and what were the circumstances? There is something of an air of mystery about it. One might crop out the left quarter and

RE: PESO Spot on

2005-06-06 Thread Albano Garcia
100% found. I was in this hall viewing a photo exhibition and saw the kids playing. So I kept there waiting for them to be under the spot lights. Took several pics, this one is my favorite Regards, Albano --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good work with the light, Albano ... nicely

Re: 'Graphics

2005-06-06 Thread mike wilson
Frantisek wrote: mw What about the Mamiya press? It doesn't take 9x12cm (5x4 for you UK Imperial measures guys g)... But thanks :) Frantisek I'm sure I've seen somewhere that you can get ones with sheet film backs. It's not here: http://digilander.libero.it/clabo/mamiya/ although it's

Re: 'Graphics

2005-06-06 Thread Graywolf
There is a guy in Flordia (USA) who modifies the Mamiya Universal Press to take the Polaroid 545 backs. It will presumably also take a 4x5 (9x12) film holder. However it will not allow a full 4x5 image as the body opening is not big enough for that. For a roll film camera I love the MUP, and

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 09:03:44AM -0400, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Anyway, he like to shoot sports. Especially baseball. What he likes to get is the ball coming off the bat, and 5fps isn't fast enough for him. Hmmm. I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll have to sy it again: You can't

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread DagT
På 6. jun. 2005 kl. 18.40 skrev John Francis: On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 09:03:44AM -0400, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Anyway, he like to shoot sports. Especially baseball. What he likes to get is the ball coming off the bat, and 5fps isn't fast enough for him. Hmmm. I've said it before, and

Re: Digital MZ-5n

2005-06-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/6/05, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: With the 20D when you are in full manual mode the rear dial does aperture and the front shutter. Same on the 1D but you can select the inverse as well. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/6/05, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: This shot was with the LX (pretty sure the winder was on, but there are no before or after shots on the negative strip so I know it was a single press of the shutter button): http://www.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?album=12pos=0 NICE shot

Re: Spotmeter enabled, and a question.

2005-06-06 Thread Graywolf
Calumet bought out Zone VI years ago. The modified Pentax Digital Spotmeter is here: http://tinyurl.com/888ma Once again Ebay buyers are proven crazy. The new one goes for $580 and they are willing to pay $800 for a used one. Oh well. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof ==

Re: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread pancho hasselbach
I think you did well the way you did, otherwise it would have probably got to bright. The base already looks a bit burned. I like the dirty trousers, and the stuff in the background, that gives a real look. Pancho Wigwam Jones wrote: (..) I should have used spot-metering, in retrospect. Oh

Re: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/6/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: Nice shot, love the glove protruding into the frame. Perhaps in the future you can make the pic smaller si it'll fit on a screen without the viewer having to scroll up and down so much. Agreed. What I do is drag the pic onto my desktop and

Re: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game

2005-06-06 Thread Wigwam Jones
Thank you very much for the kind words! In answer to your question, yes, I was shooting from the stands. I will be trying to get onto the field in the future, though. In response to the comments about the image size, I will attempt to make the images smaller in future. No telling what size

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
I'll certainly agree with you on the timing aspect. If this guy is blindly holding down the shutter button, I'll bet his keeper rate is low and he mostly misses the shot he is after. I can say that lots of practice of the exact timing you are trying to achieve is very helpful - one is to get

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?album=12pos=02 Nice, but is that what he had in mind? I visualised Collin's initial email with the ball much closer to the bat (possibly deformed, does this ball deform

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 #1318

2005-06-06 Thread mike
Anybody who likes 60's Dodges/Plymouths and Linux is cool with me ;) On Monday 06 June 2005 10:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message has been processed by Brightmail(r) AntiVirus using Symantec's AntiVirus Technology. Unknown.data was not scanned for viruses because too many

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread pnstenquist
In days long gone when I shot a lot of drag racing, I frequently tried to time shots. I soon learned that if I saw it in the viewfinder, I didn't get it. The mirror, of course, has to be up at the opportune moment. Another interesting aside: When airbags were a big deal in cars, every

Re: PESO - This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] My friend Tom had a HiPo pony car and we used to run it at the drags in Westhampton, LI. Is that far from Illinois? :-) Christian

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Another interesting aside: When airbags were a big deal in cars, every manufacturer wanted to show them opening. We shot them with a camera that did two thousand frames per second. That's right, 2000/second. The camera screamed for each

PAW PESO PIC - Mary Hill's Kitchen Ceiling

2005-06-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I sent this to a friend who was interested in what another friend had done when remodeling her kitchen. Thought I'd post it here as well just for grins ;-)) http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/ceiling.html Made with the little Sony DSC-S85 Shel

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:52 PM Subject: Re: Interesting conversation yesterday http://www.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?album=12pos=2 NICE shot Christian. You *sure* you didn't PS

Re: PESO - This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Shel. Was that New York National Drag Strip in Center Moriches where you raced in the sixties? That track was just about ten miles from Westhampton. Although I think I remember that there was once another track way out there on the island. In fact, it was called Island Dragway if I remember

Re: PAW PESO PIC - Mary Hill's Kitchen Ceiling

2005-06-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/6/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: I sent this to a friend who was interested in what another friend had done when remodeling her kitchen. Thought I'd post it here as well just for grins ;-)) http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/ceiling.html Seen it! Cheers, Cotty

Re: Spotmeter enabled, and a question.

2005-06-06 Thread Andre Langevin
As colors don't relect the same amount of light, Pentax lists the exposure compensation needed for each color. I translated the names into real color patch (with pencils) with the needed compensation and taped it on the meter. Andre

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread pnstenquist
A classic baseball shot. Love it. Impeccable timing of course. Paul - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:52 PM Subject: Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 06:48:34PM +0200, DagT wrote: A good and prepared photographer can react in 1/10 second. If you're prepared, and the action is predictable, you can do a great deal better than that. As most here know, I spend quite some time photographing cars travelling at a high

Re: Buffer speed (Re: Why choose *ist DL over Nikon or Canon competitors?)

2005-06-06 Thread wendy beard
--- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Higher resolution is fine, but I'm baffled by the need for a faster buffer. I spot the potential picture, get ready, and take it. If it's a moving or changing subject I wait for the right moment, near as I can guess, and press the button. I

Re: PAW PESO PIC - Mary Hill's Kitchen Ceiling

2005-06-06 Thread pnstenquist
Interesting shot. Nice kitchen. I suppose that you want to communicate a sense of place for the friend who is interested in seeing the other friend's kitchen so the loose frame is best here, but you might consider cropping some off the top and right for photo fun. By the way, can those pans be

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello John, So an interesting follow on question is: Obviously practice is critical to your timing. Do you find, given practice, that some bodies do much better for you than others? If so, which ones? Seems that there are two different issues at play - one is shutter lag and the other is how

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 1:34 PM Subject: Re: Interesting conversation yesterday A classic baseball shot. Love it. Impeccable timing of course. Paul Thanks, Paul. Good seats helped too! Christian

Re: PAW PESO PIC - Mary Hill's Kitchen Ceiling

2005-06-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Paul, You're right on both counts wrt the crop. Yes, the pans can be reached without a stool. I was prone on the floor when shooting this one. Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Interesting shot. Nice kitchen. I suppose that you want to communicate a sense of place for

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread John Francis
I haven't done serious experimentation, but if I knew I was going to be trying stuff like this I would take the camera bodies with the fastest fps, because they usually have the shortest shutter lag. It's a great deal easier with digital, because you can see when you got it right, but even with

RE: Vixen VX2 k-mount body for astro photography

2005-06-06 Thread Markus Maurer
Thanks Fred greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 5:56 PM To: Markus Maurer Subject: Re: Vixen VX2 k-mount body for astro photography does anybody here know the Vixen VX2 body? I looked into it a few years ago, Markus,

RE: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Bob W
You shouldn't be reacting to a baseball pitch (or a bowler bowling in cricket). You know where the ball is, and can predict where and when the bat and ball will make contact (if at all). Anybody with decent hand/eye coordination should be able to get the shot. -- Cheers, Bob -Original

RE: PESO Spot on

2005-06-06 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Albano It was worth the wait, I like it ;-) Would be interesting to see if denoising the grain in the darker parts would help or destroy to much details. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Albano Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 6:03 PM To:

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
John, I've found that the soft releases can provide a greater amount of control. I use 'em on just about all my camera bodies. The best ones seem to be those made by Tom Abrahamsson for the Leicas, which fit a number of Pentax and other camera bodies as well. Shel [Original Message] From:

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread DagT
In predictable situations, and as you say most situations are more or less predictable (I should have written (less than 1/10s), I don´t mind having a short shutterlag. Most slr´s are acceptable once the AF is turned off. You always have to learn how a camera responds, and doing this you

Re: Ist-D won't format my CF.

2005-06-06 Thread John Dallman
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thibouille) wrote: Doesn't work. It reads and formats without problem under WinXP. Then put it into the camera. Tells me it is not formated and refuse to format it itself. I think it's this problem with XP:

RE: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Bob W
As far as I understand it, trap focus assumes that the action is going to go over a predictable position. I don't think that's very likely in top-flight football (sorry, I just can't call it 'soccer' g). The only thing that's predictable about football is that England will never again win a

RE: PAW PESO - Laurie on a Sunny Afternoon

2005-06-06 Thread Leon Mlakar
The way you set the shot suggests you're not after the portrait but after an atmosphere/mood/feeling. There was never any intention of making a portrait, certainly not in a traditional sense. There are very little visual clues to indicate what mood. It's a kind of ambiguous. Rather,

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread DagT
Yes, As I just wrote to John Francis I should have written less than 1/10s when the situation is predictable. Learning how you camera responds is important, and having a sufficiently short shutterlag. I´m usually not interested i when the next exposure comes, as it is too late anyway. DagT

RE: Working on an opportunity

2005-06-06 Thread Bob W
I'll use those for inspiration - I'm shooting a 9-year-old girls' tournament in a few weeks. Should be fun! -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 June 2005 08:34 To: pentax list Subject: Re: Working on an opportunity No idea if it

RE: Vixen VX2 k-mount body for astro photography

2005-06-06 Thread Wigwam Jones
Vixen VX2 is made by Cosina of Japan, which also makes the current Voigtlander-branded family of rangefinders and SLRs in Leica Screw Mount and M42 (Pentax Screw Mount) respectively. They also make and sell a 'Voigtlander' branded P/K mount SLR which greatly resembles the Vixen VX-2 - to the

RE: Vixen VX2 k-mount body for astro photography

2005-06-06 Thread Wigwam Jones
Oh, and I forgot - Cosina is Phoenix brand too. All same-same. Here's an interesting link: http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?print_page=ysection_id=2article_id=774page_number=1preview= You can kinda tell I'm a nut for this Cosina stuff. Sorry. Best, Wiggy ---Original Message---

RE: PESO: This morning's shoot

2005-06-06 Thread Leon Mlakar
Hi Paul, I like this one. Replace the baseball cap with a hat and there you are: a nice the commercial ad for a car from that era. At least I think that's how commercial ads looked in the sixties/seventies. Cheers, Leon -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL

awaiting the GFM returns

2005-06-06 Thread cbwaters
Anybody else who can't wait to hear the stories about this year's GFM? Photos too, of course... I didn't get to go. It seems we've sold our house and have a bunch of things to take care of before we move (not to mention we are suddenly saving like mad). But, having gone last year, I really

*ist DS / Ref Converter Questions...

2005-06-06 Thread Mitch Conant
Greetings: Has anyone seen this particular Ref Converter? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=29968item=752044 9926rd=1ssPageName=WDVW#ebayphotohosting) If so, do you know if it will fit on an ME/MX or an *ist DS? All we have to go on is the eBay listing is the fact that it

RE: *ist DS / Ref Converter Questions...

2005-06-06 Thread Jens Bladt
This is the one I have: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/4773833/ It does fit the K1000, but not Super A. The good thing about this model is, that it may be possible to adjust or change the connection (use an old eye piece for your camera model) to fit your camera model. Jens Bladt

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] The most important thing, for me, is a camera with a very positive shutter release. Unfortunately this is one area where I feel Pentax lag behind others; both the Nikon D100 and the Canon 20D have a far crisper release than

RE: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Bob W wrote: The only thing that's predictable about football is that England will never again win a major championship. And nobody wants to focus on that. Whereas you clearly saw Greece coming last year :-) Even what you say above is not predictable. Which is why we watch

Re: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Christian wrote: nope not a big deal, but it may screw up the URL for the original shot of the hit. :-( http://www.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?album=12pos=0 Nice, I like that. Thanks Christian. K

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