Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
I don't see that any spots are blown out, but a small adjustment in the highlights on the fender tops using the shadows/highlights Adjustment might help. Maris Bruce Dayton wrote: Shel, It looks pretty good. This is a tricky subject that has a wide range from black to white - looks like you

Re: OT - PAW - Tumbling

2005-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/05, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/reportage/images/pic40.html Very colourful, and I like the framing. My only problem with it is it makes me a bit queasy dizzy. g Very nice. Thanks Dave. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 16/9/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: On the way to a friend's house early this evening this bright yellow jewel stopped me in my tracks. http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/lotus.html Tech Details: istDS, A50/2.0 glass @ F4.5, 200 ISO ... Most interested in comments on

Re: Mac Photoshop CS2

2005-09-17 Thread David Mann
On Sep 17, 2005, at 1:52 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Hasn't happened to me. I still have CS installed too. I do always save files before switching to another account, but I tend to switch accounts relatively rarely. What version of Mac OS X are you using? 10.4.2 I switch accounts often

Re: Raving... :)

2005-09-17 Thread Cotty
Forgive me for putting a damper on this. I have an inherent dislike of panning and scanning still photos. If I watch a documentary, and the director has decided that he will have any still photos shot so the camera moves around and pics out detail, it puts me off. Especially when there isn't even

RE: OT: Historic documents in computer science

2005-09-17 Thread Bob W
I can't remember where I found it, but you can download it from here: http://tinyurl.com/78lx2 http://fonts.goldenweb.it/pan_file/l/it/font2/Dijkstra.ttf/d2/True_Type_Font s/c/d/default.html -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, I'd generally agree with you, however, in this case I was a bit more interested in depicting something graphic than in photographing a car - don't know how well that came across to you, but it works for me. Also, stepping back a bit to show a little more wing would have also shown some

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I see what Bruce is referring to, although the areas don't appear blown out on my screen, which is not properly calibrated at this point. I was working on this one with in a room with less than favorable light, and now that the room is more like normal, I can see where a little highlight

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks, Maris ... the conversion from RAW is what I meant. Shel [Original Message] From: Maris V. Lidaka Sr What do you mean by how the conversion looks? http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/lotus.html

RE: Optio 50 clone

2005-09-17 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
I did, Dario, and reported it to the list in July. Here is a part of my message then, responding to comments about the new Optio 60: The Optio 50 seems also interesting, 5Mp, rechargeable batteries, optical viewfinder, ...and very cheap. But, from what I have read, the camera is a very poor

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Bruce, There don't seem to be any completely blown areas on my screen, but I think I'll go back and actually measure the areas that might be questionable. Maris made a point about toning down some of the highlights, and that may help a bit, too. There looks to be quite a lot of room for

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: I was a bit more interested in depicting something graphic than in photographing a car I understand, and in that context it works perfectly. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Build Quality for 50mm/1.7 A

2005-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Is it at least as good as the M version? Solid feeling? Comments appreciated. Tks! Shel

RE: Build Quality for 50mm/1.7 A

2005-09-17 Thread Don Sanderson
Hi Shel, glad to hear the new DSLR is OK. The A50/1.7 is very little like the M version. More plastic, which is mostly evident in the feel of the aperture ring. Focus feel is OK and image quality is very good. On the D where you adjust aperture from the body it's a very pleasant lens to use. If

Re: Build Quality for 50mm/1.7 A

2005-09-17 Thread Fred
Is it at least as good as the M version? Solid feeling? Comments appreciated. Tks! No. The A 50's are not quite as nice to focus as are the M's (in my opinion). Plus, the A 50/1.7 specifically seems to have a weakness in the aperture ring design, where the plastic aperture ring sometimes

Re: Some Posting Suggestions

2005-09-17 Thread Tom Reese
David Savage offered the following advice: Try going to View - Current View - Group Messages by Conversation. I have Outlook Express 6, and by doing this it sorts the messages by thread. That worked. Thanks for the tip. Tom Reese

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
Without having a chance to play with it, I'd say the conversion is pretty darn close. The brightest highlights have tonal value, so they're not clipped. I might have tried to increase the brightness a little bit to bring ore life to the darker parts of the car in the center foreground. But as

Re: Build Quality for 50mm/1.7 A

2005-09-17 Thread Mishka
representing those some who like it -- been using one as a main lens for over 5 years, and imo, it's quite well built. very smooth, very solid (of course, not quite as solid as a super-tak). no problems whatsoever. very sharp. i would recommend it without any reservations. mishka On 9/17/05,

Major Enablement

2005-09-17 Thread Jay Taylor
Well, At least in my mind it is. I couldn't resist (this time) the opportunity to purchase an almost new FA 80-200 f2.8 zoom for my *istDS. I'm eagerly awaiting delivery in the next several days. It wasn't really in my plan, I'd been eyeing the shorter 28-70 f2.8 but figured that one might be

RE: Major Enablement

2005-09-17 Thread Don Sanderson
Hi Jay, that's a very nice shot, and dog. I have the F80-200/4.7-5.6, it's one of my favorite walk-around lenses. Very light, and the internal zoom is a feature I wish ALL of my lenses had. The best way to find an F1.7x is to check eekBay and KEH at least several time a day. They show up fairly

Re: SV: For the Collector who needs one of everything.

2005-09-17 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: IFAIR the endoscope is currently the main source of income for Pentax. If it's not #1, it's certainly right up there... I don't think Pentax appreciates being made the butt of a joke like that... Yes. Enough of the wisecracks. Sadly, I doubt we've reached the end of them

RE: SV: For the Collector who needs one of everything.

2005-09-17 Thread Don Sanderson
-Original Message- From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 8:47 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: SV: For the Collector who needs one of everything. Cotty wrote: IFAIR the endoscope is currently the main source of income for

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Nice work, Shel! And my favorite color too. :-) Godfrey On the way to a friend's house early this evening this bright yellow jewel stopped me in my tracks. http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/lotus.html

Re: Holiday and photography opportunity.

2005-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Ultimate-HippieVacation_W0QQitemZ5614695213 Bid now! Ordinarily, I get quite peeved at people who use the word ultimate without knowing what it means, namely last or final. (There's a place near me that proclaims itself the ultimate

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Boris Liberman
On the way to a friend's house early this evening this bright yellow jewel stopped me in my tracks. http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/lotus.html Tech Details: istDS, A50/2.0 glass @ F4.5, 200 ISO ... Most interested in comments on how the conversion looks. Talk about grinning one's

Re: Build Quality for 50mm/1.7 A

2005-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 17, 2005, at 5:03 AM, Fred wrote: Is it at least as good as the M version? Solid feeling? Comments appreciated. Tks! No. The A 50's are not quite as nice to focus as are the M's (in my opinion). Plus, the A 50/1.7 specifically seems to have a weakness in the aperture ring

PAW PESO - Ferrari

2005-09-17 Thread Adam Maas
Since Shel's started a theme for new digital owners, I figured I'd contribute this. It was across the street from the store I bought my D at, and is one of the first shots I took. Lens is an old Formula 5 28mm f2.8 with a Circular Polarizer, at f2.8

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread graywolf
A bit dark, did it on a Mac? If I increase my screen brightness to about 1.8 gamma it looks good. Anybody interested in hearing what Martin Evening, author of Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers has to say about 1.8 gamma grin. Shel Belinkoff wrote: On the way to a friend's house early

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
Shel uses a PC. On my Mac Cinema Display, running at 1.8, it looks a little dark in the shaded yellow areas. Paul On Sep 17, 2005, at 10:30 AM, graywolf wrote: A bit dark, did it on a Mac? If I increase my screen brightness to about 1.8 gamma it looks good. Anybody interested in hearing what

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread graywolf
On second thought maybe it looks about like how PS RAW likes to make it, I find that if I use auto for exposure it makes the image too dark for my taste. Maybe a bit of a midtone adjustment? As there is detail in both the highlights and shadows. Of course, since you say you monitor is not

Re: SV: For the Collector who needs one of everything.

2005-09-17 Thread graywolf
Anybody else notice that the folks who find this kind of thing funny are all bottom feeders, err... I mean bottom posters? They also clip attributions muttered under breath. GRIN --graywolf mike wilson wrote: Cotty wrote: IFAIR the endoscope is currently the main source of income for

Re: PAW PESO - Ferrari

2005-09-17 Thread Adam Maas
Thanks for the definitions, it was beginning to drive me batty. -Adam cbwaters wrote: What a beautiful car. Sad to see it penned-up. Peso - Picture every so often Geso- Galley E.S.O. CW - Original Message - From: Adam Maas To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, September

Re: Holiday and photography opportunity.

2005-09-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/17/2005 7:13:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Ultimate-HippieVacation_W0QQitemZ5614695213 Bid now! Malcolm == Not as good as the wedding dress, because this looks more staged. But cute. Marnie aka Doe

Re: Build Quality for 50mm/1.7 A

2005-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Ahh ... good point. No need to be too concerned about the aperture ring when used inthe DS, which is why I was looking into the lens in the first place. Might be cheap enuf to pick one up to replace the A 50/2.0, which is only a so-so performer. Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey

Re: Build Quality for 50mm/1.7 A

2005-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Fred, I was thinking of it for use in the DS, and as there are a number of other 50's here at Casa Belinkoff, this would be an addition to the group, not replacing any other lenses. I've been happy with the performance of the M50/1.7 - especially like its smaller size/weight compared to the

RE: Build Quality for 50mm/1.7 A

2005-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Don, Glad to see you here this morning. As noted elsewhere, I was thinking of it as a decent performing lens for the DS. Prices seem to be pretty reasonable, and since there are plenty of other 50mm optics here, the A 1.7 now seems like a good addition, esp for DS use. Perhaps at some point

Re: PESO -- Teenager in training.

2005-09-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/16/2005 9:39:42 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Teenager in Training. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_teintr.html Technical Info: Pentax *ist-D ISO 400 @ 1/125sec (Built in Flash) smc Pentax 28-200mm f3.8~5.6AL[IF] @ 200mm f5.6 ==

Re: PAW PESO - Lotus

2005-09-17 Thread Joseph Tainter
Re: http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/lotus.html Shel, maybe -0.5 EV. That would help the highights and still keep the yellow saturation. Joe

Re: Mac Photoshop CS2

2005-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 17, 2005, at 1:31 AM, David Mann wrote: Hasn't happened to me. I still have CS installed too. I do always save files before switching to another account, but I tend to switch accounts relatively rarely. What version of Mac OS X are you using? 10.4.2 I switch accounts often

OT Ultimate (Re: Holiday and photography opportunity.)

2005-09-17 Thread Juan Buhler
This is the main meaning of the word for me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_%28sport%29 and, just so this is not completely OT: http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/1875165/ (istD, taken by a friend, I'm the one in the pic) :) j On 9/17/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Mac Photoshop CS2

2005-09-17 Thread David Savage
Cool tip Godfrey. Thanks for posting it. Dave On 9/18/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Photoshop Tip of the day: The proper tonal curve (and color tone) for a photo will change depending upon the matte you want to place around it, as seen in this example I did with Boris

Re: Budapest For a Day

2005-09-17 Thread Joseph Tainter
I had the good fortune to spend 3-1/2 days there about a year ago. I love the city. What to see depends on their interests. Unfortunately, with only one day, there are really two cities to see, Buda and Pest, split by the Danube. Are they interested in photography? If they get a really

Re: Raving... :)

2005-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Cotty, I agree with you in overall sentiment. The John Burns effect is useful when used sparingly, can be very effective as a transition between themes in an orchestrated presentation or when using it to make a particular statement. Overuse of any effects is tiresome and becomes cliché

Re: Budapest For a Day

2005-09-17 Thread Juan Buhler
Even if time is tight, given the weather these days (I'm in Vienna now, I suppose it is not too different in Budapest) a great thing to do is to spend a few hours in the baths. I recommend the Szechenyi baths, they seem to be the ones frequented by locals. j On 9/16/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL

Re: Raving... :)

2005-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty, I agree with you in overall sentiment. The John Burns effect is useful when used sparingly, can be very effective as a transition between themes in an orchestrated presentation or when using it to make a particular statement. Overuse of any

PESO: A silly homage to Doisneau

2005-09-17 Thread Juan Buhler
This is not my kind of picture, as I don't think my photos usually work when the subjects are looking at me. But given all my attempts to shoot these guys in a way that resembled a certain picture by Doisneau failed. So: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbuhler/44044849/ (istD, FA35/2, a couple of

Re: Raving... :)

2005-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Moreover, I think Cotty is looking at this application ...in a way... that, frankly, never occurred to me. He's a professional videographer, so he naturally sees this as a limited version or real video. I see it as an enhanced version of a photo slide

Going to Italy

2005-09-17 Thread Juan Buhler
Hello, I was in the north of Poland yesterday. I was going to stay in Poland a bit longer, but since I wasn't shooting pictures that I liked too much, I decided to start heading back to Spain (from where my flight back to USA will leave on 1/10) a bit earlier. I will be in Venezia tomorrow, and

Re: OT - PAW - Tumbling

2005-09-17 Thread Albano Garcia
I really like it, cool shot! My answer is ot too, since I shoot Fuji pixels Regards Albano --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OT because it's not Pentax. http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/reportage/images/pic40.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
5-shot stitched pano taken from the top of the tower in the crumbling ruin of Montrichard Chateau on the river Cher. They let you ascend the tower only if you agree to do so at your own risk. We all had a go :) I did this shot hand-held, because I didn't have a tripod with me (traveling by

RE: PESO: A silly homage to Doisneau

2005-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Juan ... Nope, it's not your style, and it clearly shows. It's not a bad pic, but there's something off about it. The moment wasn't quite caught, there's a bit too much tension in the faces and postures of the subjects, not relaxed enough, not quite natural or capturing the who of the

Re: Budapest For a Day

2005-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Juan, That's a great suggestion, although it's probably not for my friends ;-)) I'll forward it to them anyway. Maybe they'll surprise me - and themselves LOL Shel [Original Message] From: Juan Buhler Even if time is tight, given the weather these days (I'm in Vienna now, I suppose

Re: PESO: A silly homage to Doisneau

2005-09-17 Thread Juan Buhler
Thanks for the comments Shel! I agree. Not my kind of pic, and not a kind i care to venture into anytime soon... They posed as I was trying to take a candid shot, and it turned out that that image was the best one. In any case, not too good, and not making my photoblog... Cheers, j On 9/17/05,

Re: Raving... :)

2005-09-17 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
If I can intrude. I'm actually a pretty big fan of Ken Burns, mostly because I am also a huge history buff and I think his historical documentaries are of high quality. I somewhat understand the integrity of the original and shame on derivative works argument, but most of his source

Re: Build Quality for 50mm/1.7 A

2005-09-17 Thread Toralf Lund
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Is it at least as good as the M version? Solid feeling? Comments appreciated. Tks! I'd say that it feels a bit more plasticy than the M-50. Also, as I think someone mentioned might happen: On mine the aperture ring has started causing some trouble; it sometimes

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 1:03 PM Subject: Another France photo 5-shot stitched pano taken from the top of the tower in the crumbling ruin of Montrichard Chateau on the river Cher. As

PESO: Vienna, 2005

2005-09-17 Thread Juan Buhler
OK, to make up for the earlier one, this one is more like what I shoot: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=240 (istD, FA35/2, 1/10s handheld to blur the people, will probably work much better when printed big) Sad story: that gentleman spent a while (maybe 30' or so) waiting in

Re: Vienna, 2005

2005-09-17 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 1:32 PM Subject: PESO: Vienna, 2005 OK, to make up for the earlier one, this one is more like what I shoot: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=240

Re: PESO: Vienna, 2005

2005-09-17 Thread David Savage
Very nice Juan. I love the dynamic static elements of this shot. Dave On 9/18/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, to make up for the earlier one, this one is more like what I shoot: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=240 (istD, FA35/2, 1/10s handheld to blur the

Re: Uncountable Digi Models

2005-09-17 Thread Toralf Lund
There seems to be a HUGE number of digital camera brands and thousands, if not billions LOL of models. I don't recall there ever being so many film camera brands and models. Is my memory failing? I think you can say that the digital camera market is still quite young. Seems to me that

Re: PESO: Vienna, 2005

2005-09-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! OK, to make up for the earlier one, this one is more like what I shoot: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=240 (istD, FA35/2, 1/10s handheld to blur the people, will probably work much better when printed big) Sad story: that gentleman spent a while (maybe 30' or so)

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Warning: Even at low JPEG quality setting, I could only get this one down to about 180 meg. Mark, you mean 180 Kb, don't you? Boris

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! 5-shot stitched pano taken from the top of the tower in the crumbling ruin of Montrichard Chateau on the river Cher. They let you ascend the tower only if you agree to do so at your own risk. We all had a go :) I did this shot hand-held, because I didn't have a tripod with me (traveling by

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Warning: Even at low JPEG quality setting, I could only get this one down to about 180 meg. Mark, you mean 180 Kb, don't you? Well, yeah, but what's a factor of 1000 amongst friends? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Pentax Lens Gallery, a dead project?

2005-09-17 Thread Don Sanderson
Is the Pentax Lens Gallery at http://phred.org/pentax/lensgal/ a dead project or is there still a way to contribute? I see it was once maintained by Valetin Donisa but all links to his pages no longer work. This is the sort of site that I like because it shows actual photo results for the

PESO: son in backyard

2005-09-17 Thread Vic Mortelmans
My first PESO... Two pictures at once, shot with different lenses. http://users.pandora.be/vicmortelmans/fts/050900_Toon/ http://users.pandora.be/vicmortelmans/fts/050900_Toon1/ I selected this ones because composition, light and focus appear very nice. I must admit these pictures are

Re: Holiday and photography opportunity.

2005-09-17 Thread mike wilson
Malcolm Smith wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Ultimate-HippieVacation_W0QQitemZ5614695213 Bid now! Nh. Looks like Frank is high bidder and I wouldn't want to spoil it for him. Bunny ears should go well with the dish and foil helmet. mike

Re: PESO: son in backyard

2005-09-17 Thread David Savage
I really like the first one Vic. He's a happy looking youngster. I thinks it's more likely that it's the different light quality, rather than the lens (although it is possible it's having some affect). BTW, both of those shots are very pixelated, try lowering the compression settings. Dave S

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Rick Womer
I love pix from European church towers! The towns are often so beautifully situated, and so attractive from above, that they're a real treat photographically. Love the distortion in this one, too. Just finished sorting my 28 rolls from June; gotta get some of them scanned and posted already!

Re: SV: For the Collector who needs one of everything.

2005-09-17 Thread mike wilson
graywolf wrote: Anybody else notice that the folks who find this kind of thing funny are all bottom feeders, err... I mean bottom posters? They also clip attributions muttered under breath. GRIN --graywolf mike wilson wrote: Cotty wrote: IFAIR the endoscope is currently the main source

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Jack Davis
Mark, Opened rather quickly for 180 meg. LOL IMO, extremely well done. I say this even though I'm clueless as to the PS expertise required. No way would I even detect the distortion. Beautiful upload. Jack --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5-shot stitched pano taken from the top of

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark, Opened rather quickly for 180 meg. LOL It's this new super-secret compression algorithm I've invented. Makes 180 meg open up as fast as 180k! IMO, extremely well done. I say this even though I'm clueless as to the PS expertise required. Arcsoft Panorama

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread David Savage
That's a impressive pano for hand held. Whenever I try it the end result is all over the place. Pretty town. Very nice. Dave On 9/18/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5-shot stitched pano taken from the top of the tower in the crumbling ruin of Montrichard Chateau on the river Cher.

Re: Build Quality for 50mm/1.7 A

2005-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 17, 2005, at 10:28 AM, Toralf Lund wrote: Some people claim that the A version is slightly better than the M optically, though. I haven't made any serious attempts at a real comparison myself... My understanding was that the 50/1.7 is the same, optically, through M-A-F-FA

RE: Back from France

2005-09-17 Thread Tim Øsleby
Like num one. Nothing wrong about being creative ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Pentax K 2.5/200mm

2005-09-17 Thread Jens Bladt
Not very long ago, someone posted a very nice shot (brown/yellow leaves) made with this lens. About the same time someone posted a messaage saying a lens like this was auctioned for a rather large price. I guess we were making jokes about the unfortunate buyer. What is it with this lens? Is it

Re: Build Quality for 50mm/1.7 A

2005-09-17 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: My understanding was that the 50/1.7 is the same, optically, through M-A-F-FA versions. The coatings may be different between M and A. I have no hard facts, just a suspicion I have read it in the PDML grapevine. Kostas

Re: Pentax Lens Gallery, a dead project?

2005-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 17, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Don Sanderson wrote: ... This is the sort of site that I like because it shows actual photo results for the different lenses rather than cold numbers or res charts. ... The biggest problem with these kinds of efforts is that the image quality you see on your

RE: OT: Historic documents in computer science

2005-09-17 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Bob W wrote: I can't remember where I found it, but you can download it from here: http://tinyurl.com/78lx2 Many thanks. Very nice. Kostas

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 17, 2005, at 10:03 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/montrichard.jpg Very nice job. Godfrey

Re: SV: For the Collector who needs one of everything.

2005-09-17 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, mike wilson wrote: Cotty wrote: IFAIR the endoscope is currently the main source of income for Pentax. If it's not #1, it's certainly right up there... I don't think Pentax appreciates being made the butt of a joke like that... Yes. Enough of the wisecracks.

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
All things considered, you did a very neat and nice job. I like the pano! Maris Mark Roberts wrote: 5-shot stitched pano taken from the top of the tower in the crumbling ruin of Montrichard Chateau on the river Cher. They let you ascend the tower only if you agree to do so at your own risk.

GESO: Crawling Zoom Gallery

2005-09-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
Last night saw another gallery crawl in Birmingham, Michigan. The gallery that has been showing some of my work was on the tour, so they asked me to come in and do some meet and greet. A jazz band parked out in front, and we had a good turnout. Lots of fun. I posted some pics for the owners,

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice shot, Mark. I love the way the light plays off the roofs of the houses in the foreground. Well composed. Paul --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5-shot stitched pano taken from the top of the tower in the crumbling ruin of Montrichard Chateau on the river Cher. They let you

Re: PESO: son in backyard

2005-09-17 Thread Bob Sullivan
Vic, You can send a bit bigger picture. This one suffers from the pixelation on the curves of your son's head. Regards, Bob S. On 9/17/05, Vic Mortelmans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My first PESO... Two pictures at once, shot with different lenses.

RE: PESO: Vienna, 2005

2005-09-17 Thread Manuel Magalhães
Hi Juan, Your travel diary with pictures deserves to be shown widely. This picture, in my opinion, is not below of some I saw in Magnum or in some books of HCB. It is a strong image that tells a whole story in a first, in a second and even in a third look. Thanks for shering wiht us, Manuel

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread John Forbes
Gorgeous picture, Mark. John On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 21:13:58 +0100, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice shot, Mark. I love the way the light plays off the roofs of the houses in the foreground. Well composed. Paul --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5-shot stitched

Re: SV: For the Collector who needs one of everything.

2005-09-17 Thread kwaller
This is so anal Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SV: For the Collector who needs one of everything. - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005

Re: son in backyard

2005-09-17 Thread kwaller
Both cute shots! They come across as visibly pixelized. Try larger file size or less compression. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Vic Mortelmans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: son in backyard My first PESO... Two pictures at once, shot with different lenses.

Re: Going to Italy

2005-09-17 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Hi Juan! I will be in Venezia tomorrow, and then will visit a few places in Italy, most probably around Toscana, for the next week or so. Any PDMLers in the north of Italy want to get together for a few birras? (I know it's a big country, but

Re: PESO: Lisa's Legs

2005-09-17 Thread brooksdj
Lovely geometry to the shot Glen. Love the motled colour. Good job. Dave Medium Size Version: http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/gallery/Stone_Legs_04.jpg Larger Version: http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/gallery/Stone_Legs_04b.jpg I'm interested

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Thanks to everyone for the comments on the France photo (even the people who made fun of me for getting the file size wrong). I've now got a web page up with more photos from the trip. Two warnings: There's 108 of them :) This is really more of a what I did on my vacation page than any kind of

PAW: Memorial

2005-09-17 Thread frank theriault
I don't think I've had a PAW for several weeks. Sorry, this is almost a week late. I wanted to post this on 9/11, but I couldn't get to my lab last weekend, and (as I've mentioned here before) with my new job, I can't get there weekdays. Taken in New York City:

Re: Another France photo

2005-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: 5-shot stitched pano taken from the top of the tower in the crumbling ruin of Montrichard Chateau on the river Cher. They let you ascend the tower only if you agree to do so at your own risk. We all had a go :) I did this shot hand-held,

Re: PESO: Lisa's Legs

2005-09-17 Thread Glen
Thanks, Dave. You're a man with impeccable taste. Apparently, there aren't many who can properly appreciate such a fine photograph. ;) take care, Glen At 02:39 PM 9/17/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lovely geometry to the shot Glen. Love the motled colour. Good job. Dave

Re: PAW: Memorial

2005-09-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice shot. I like the way you've included some environment. Nicely composed. I also like the edges of the negative. On Sep 17, 2005, at 7:05 PM, frank theriault wrote: I don't think I've had a PAW for several weeks. Sorry, this is almost a week late. I wanted to post this on 9/11, but I

Re: OT - PAW - Tumbling

2005-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/05, Albano Garcia, discombobulated, unleashed: I really like it, cool shot! My answer is ot too, since I shoot Fuji pixels Gracias Albano :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Budapest For a Day

2005-09-17 Thread Leon Altoff
Joseph Tainter wrote: Pest: St. Stephen's Cathedral has one of the most magnificent interiors I have seen anywhere. Here's a pic: http://pug.komkon.org/05may/stefndom.html I was in Budapest in 2002 when they were restoring the cathedral. it looks like they did a wonderful job, but at the

Re: PESO -- Teenager in training.

2005-09-17 Thread frank theriault
On 9/16/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Teenager in Training. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_teintr.html Technical Info: Love the nice tight framing! Great smile, the positioning of the fingers on the phone and the one pressing against her face is exquisite! The

Re: PESO: Vienna, 2005

2005-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/05, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=240 (istD, FA35/2, 1/10s handheld to blur the people, will probably work much better when printed big) Excellent work as usual. Well done. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

  1   2   >