Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Bruce, et al ... I made a mistake. I thought the 14mm x 21mm sensor was larger than the one in the D bodies. I retract my comments about it being a good idea. Shel Am I paranoid or perceptive? [Original Message] From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Kevin Waterson

Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread John Celio
Hey y'all, after putting together the Spin Doctors gallery I posted earlier, I decided I'm never going to post many photos if I don't make it faster and easier to do. So, I have a question: Are there any programs out there that will help you set up a complete gallery on your own website? I

Re: PESO - Neve Tzedek series #1

2005-10-03 Thread Michael Spivak
Hi Boris Some more info about the neighborhood it was founded by Rotshild himself. it's been the REALLY beginning of Tel-Aviv and it's REALLY different from the whole spirit we know now. When you walk there between the older houses you feel different... it's amazing how the place can bring you

Re: PESO - Neve Tzedek series #1

2005-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hello Boris ... I know a little about Neve Tzedek - about its history and unique character. This photo shows nothing of the place, shows not one iota of what the area is about, captures nothing of its character or history. It's a nice pic - somewhat graphical in quality - but it could be from

Re: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello John, I use BreezeBrowser Pro for my galleries. Works very quickly and easily. After it generates, all you have to do is ftp it up to your site. Here is a sample of a gallery: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/index.htm On top of that, it is a full photo organizer with many other features.

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Mishka wrote on 03.10.05 2:25: There are no fast and light normal lenses for APS bodies. There's Sigma 30/1,4. Nikon has it's AIS 35/1,4 (althought usable with metering only on D1 and D2 series) and Minolta has AF 35/1,4 too. 35/2 is a very nice lens on Pentax DSLRs too and is small and light.

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Shel Belinkoff wrote on 03.10.05 4:25: Pentax buys their sensors from Sony, iirc. Sony has just announced, or released, a new camera, the DSC-R1, which uses a Sony-made, 10mp CMOS sensor with the dimensions of 14mm x 21mm. The camera has a retail price of $1,000.00. Seems like Pentax might

RE: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-03 Thread Gautam Sarup
Ann, One more voice... Very nice. Particularly liked your photograph in the Toledo bus station. Gautam -Original Message- From: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:10 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: GESO: stuff from my bus/train

Re: Re: UK readers, Kodak Cleaning Solution?

2005-10-03 Thread mike wilson
From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/02 Sun PM 11:56:53 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: UK readers, Kodak Cleaning Solution? Everclear. 95% ethanol. Available at your local liqueur store. It has the advantage that if the light fails you can use it to get

Re: Adobe camera raw 3.2

2005-10-03 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Glen wrote on 03.10.05 1:26: I just bought the download version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 yesterday, and I notice it includes Camera Raw version 3.2. (Elements 4.0 is so new, that it isn't on the shelves of any of the retailers that I checked with, but you can buy it direct from Adobe

Re: Dust on Your Sensor

2005-10-03 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I use a Giottos Rocket hand-bulb blower most of the time and it does a great job. I use the Visible Dust Sensor Brush for when the sensor is particularly dirty. So far, I've needed to use the Sensor Brush once. Godfrey On Oct 2, 2005, at 9:00 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Over in the LeiCanon

Re: PESO - follow up 3 skimmers skimming (OT - not Pentax)

2005-10-03 Thread mike wilson
From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/03 Mon AM 02:25:27 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO - follow up 3 skimmers skimming (OT - not Pentax) http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id32.html The first two are new and show the birds with the lower beak in the

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 Oct 2005 at 9:18, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Treating it thi way, I could say that there's no 600/2.8 for FF at all, while you get this FOV with 400/2.8 on APS-C cameras. The same apply to other long lenses. Something for something. Ah, bad argument, you can always crop a shot tighter but

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 03.10.05 10:03: Ah, bad argument, you can always crop a shot tighter but try to crop one wider :-) Of course :-) But bear in mind that in case of crop equipped cameras you get sweet spot from WA lenses - no more soapy and fuzzy corners, as it is clearly visible in samples

Re: PESO - Neve Tzedek series #1

2005-10-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I know a little about Neve Tzedek - about its history and unique character. This photo shows nothing of the place, shows not one iota of what the area is about, captures nothing of its character or history. It's a nice pic - somewhat graphical in quality - but it could be from anywhere -

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread dagt
Mishka wrote on 03.10.05 2:25: There are no small and light and reasonably fast wides (similar to 24/2.8 and 20/2.8) for APS bodies. From what I've seen I'm not sure if I would have been satisfied with the quality of those primes on a full frame dslr anyway. If they have to reconstruct

Re: Difference between F and FA lens?

2005-10-03 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:45:46 +0200, Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Fred, I should have looked at mine. I took the name directly from Boz's site. You are correct, it DOES NOT say ED on the lens. stock, still in the box, and it never seemed to live up to the reputation that some wanted

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Stitching software? LOL Shel [Original Message] From: Rob Studdert Ah, bad argument, you can always crop a shot tighter but try to crop one wider :-)

Re: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd prefer this program feature complete page template customization, so I can make the resulting pages look like any other page on my site. Sounds like all you need is a simple script/class to display the thumbnails on a page

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Toralf Lund
Rob Studdert wrote: On 2 Oct 2005 at 17:57, Toralf Lund wrote: Always glad to amuse ;-) [ ... ] [ ... ] no more issues over scratched films blamed on my perfectly clean camera bodies and no more bad print crops etc. I guess I've been lucky in this respect... I've had my fair

RE: PESO - follow up 3 skimmers skimming (OT - not Pentax)

2005-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I like the first (topmost) of the three best. They're all nice shots, though ... Shel [Original Message] From: Christian http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id32.html

Re: Back from vacation: Lessons learned

2005-10-03 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, John Coyle wrote: Dave, do you think the problem might be your metering mode? I would expect the use of averaged metering to cause this type of problem, and have been successful with the same sort of set-up (*ist-D and AF330FTZ) using spot metering. This seems to

Re: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread David Oswald
IrfanView along with IrfanView Thumbs will do it. You can batch convert your photos to the proper dimensions and create thumbnailed web galleries all in one step. Then just FTP it to your website. See http://www.irfanview.com John Celio wrote: Hey y'all, after putting together the Spin

RE: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread Henk Terhell
John, Jalbum (www.jalbum.net) is a gallery generator which is freeware. It is easily adjusted to your preferred lay-out. My gallery with jalbum is at www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum Henk -Original Message- From: John Celio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 October, 2005 8:15 AM

Re: PESO - Neve Tzedek series #1

2005-10-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Some more info about the neighborhood it was founded by Rotshild himself. it's been the REALLY beginning of Tel-Aviv and it's REALLY different from the whole spirit we know now. When you walk there between the older houses you feel different... it's amazing how the place can bring you

Re: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread mike wilson
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/03 Mon AM 08:50:35 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Stitching software? LOL Shel Knitting software might be a better analogy (even bigger LOL) [Original Message] From:

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Mishka
On 10/3/05, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mishka wrote on 03.10.05 2:25: There are no fast and light normal lenses for APS bodies. There's Sigma 30/1,4. not according to sigma -- there's 28/1.8, and it weights a pound Nikon has it's AIS 35/1,4 (althought usable with $500 and

Re: OT: Back in Lake Charles after Rita the Ravager

2005-10-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Sid, Good to hear you are safe and more or less sound... Bob S. On 10/3/05, Sid Barras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi pentax gang, I'm back in Lake Charles, actually been back 5 days now, but I also have a phone line that works with my modem now too. Still no electricity. But I'm much more

Re: OT: Brand new silver LX

2005-10-03 Thread Kenneth Waller
Sure looks like you'll get excellent exposure with it. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Brand new silver LX As I mentioned here a few months ago, I just bought a brand new silver LX. I'm bringing it to the SF PDML next week so you guys

Re: PESO - follow up 3 skimmers skimming (OT - not Pentax)

2005-10-03 Thread Kenneth Waller
All excellent Christian! Looks like the workshop was well worth it. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - follow up 3 skimmers skimming (OT - not Pentax) http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id32.html The first two are new and show

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Tom Reese
Shel asked: I've not been reading all the messages in this thread, so maybe I missed something about this. Pentax buys their sensors from Sony, iirc. Sony has just announced, or released, a new camera, the DSC-R1, which uses a Sony-made, 10mp CMOS sensor with the dimensions of 14mm x 21mm.

Re: Pentax Future? The future of DSLR cameras....

2005-10-03 Thread Bob Shell
On Sunday, October 2, 2005, at 06:38 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: I think this is mainly due to everyone but Canon relying on an outside source for sensors. I know that Nikon has a D2h type body, but it is really designed for a specific use - still not like the 20D. The crux of the problem

advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread Frank Wajer
Hi all, I'm not yet ready to dump my analog camera and buy a digital camera (for example a ist-ds). In fact I want to wait for the istD2 and hope it has an aperture coupler so I'll be able to use my K/M lenses as I'm used to. However, the prices of prints is getting outrageous, about six times

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Bob Shell
On Sunday, October 2, 2005, at 10:25 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Seems like Pentax might do well to take advantage of this sensor if they can, and if Sony's putting out a camera for $1,000.00 it seems that the sensor price might be reasonable enough for Pentax to come out with a very

Daily Update-Pentax Petition and Petition Survey

2005-10-03 Thread Don Sanderson
1394 hits on the web page and 158 submissions so far. Still trickling in. Tell everyone to go to: http://www.donsauction.com/Pentax and take _THE_ Pentax Wishlist survey. Or, contact me at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for comments/suggestions/praise/butt chewing. Thanks! Don

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Toralf Lund
John Forbes wrote: I suspect Toralf is alluding to the fact that more than half of the human beings who have ever lived are still alive today. As they haven't yet died, we cannot be certain that they will. (This is very worrying.) Exactly ;-) I just wish that everyone on this list

Re: PESO: Early Autumn

2005-10-03 Thread frank theriault
On 10/2/05, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=193957 Just a little picture for you to criticize in my absence (I'm going away for work for some days). The title translates something like Early Autumn. I'm trying to keep it simple, playing

Re: OT: Brand new silver LX

2005-10-03 Thread frank theriault
On 10/2/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I mentioned here a few months ago, I just bought a brand new silver LX. I'm bringing it to the SF PDML next week so you guys can check it out, but for the rest, you can look at this page: http://tinyurl.com/8r6fm :) You fooled me again!

Re: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Hey y'all, after putting together the Spin Doctors gallery I posted earlier, I decided I'm never going to post many photos if I don't make it faster and easier to do. So, I have a question: Are there any programs out there that will help you set up a complete gallery on your own website? I

Re: OT: Back in Lake Charles after Rita the Ravager

2005-10-03 Thread keith_w
Sid Barras wrote: Hi pentax gang, [...] Well, I'm blathering on. More to follow, and more to the point, pics for pentax people to peruse.. Sid PS: Mark, I saw your post-- a South Louisiana pdml gathering sounds great. I'm sure we have a few fellows within the Houston to New Orleans

Re: OT: Back in Lake Charles after Rita the Ravager

2005-10-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/10/05, Sid Barras, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi pentax gang, I'm back in Lake Charles, actually been back 5 days now, but I also have a phone line that works with my modem now too. Still no electricity. But I'm much more fortunate than about 50% of the population here in Calcasieu

Re: PESO - follow up 3 skimmers skimming (OT - not Pentax)

2005-10-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id32.html The first two are new and show the birds with the lower beak in the water. Now Mike's explanation makes illustrated sense ;-). I don't hate you, I really don't... Hate is wasted emotion... Note to self - Don't Hate Christian... ;-)

Re: PESO - follow up 3 skimmers skimming (OT - not Pentax)

2005-10-03 Thread frank theriault
On 10/2/05, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id32.html The first two are new and show the birds with the lower beak in the water. Comments always appreciated. Thanks All three are wonderful, the first one's the best. I like the blue water, the

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/10/05, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed: I don't mind the pessimism in general so much myself. What can get me a bit worked up, is the continuous assertion that Pentax will always be one step behind because they are a smaller company than some of their competitors, that Canon will

Re: OT: Brand new silver LX

2005-10-03 Thread David Savage
LOL Juan mate, that's the second time I've fallen for that. Dave On 10/3/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I mentioned here a few months ago, I just bought a brand new silver LX. I'm bringing it to the SF PDML next week so you guys can check it out, but for the rest, you can look

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Cotty wrote on 03.10.05 14:37: Just yesterday, I advised a colleague to dump the EOS 350D he had borrowed, and go play with an *istDs. He wasn't happy with the 350 and assumed all DSLRs at this price point were going to be the same. He's on his way to try the Ds :-) Let us know what happened

Re: OT: Brand new silver LX

2005-10-03 Thread danilo
go vespa go!! brm popopopoopoopopop ;) Danilo vespa px 2001 edition 151cc.

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread Gasha
Hi, i'm using my Epson 3170 for medium format film and for 35mm too. So far it is good for my needs. And it was cheap - around $250 Gasha Frank Wajer wrote: Hi all, I'm not yet ready to dump my analog camera and buy a digital camera (for example a ist-ds). In fact I want to wait for the

Re: PESO - Neve Tzedek series #1

2005-10-03 Thread frank theriault
On 10/3/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I recently went for a shoot to Neve Tzedek. Neve Tzedek is The First neighborhood of Tel Aviv. That is the city was founded just there... This is extremely fascinating place. Here is one shot from a little series I shot there. Hebrew

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Toralf Lund
Cotty wrote: On 3/10/05, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed: that Canon will always make the best cameras because they have more money to spend on RD etc. I just don't think this is the case. In fact truly great products often come from more minor players, and the highest amount of

Re: OT: Back in Lake Charles after Rita the Ravager

2005-10-03 Thread frank theriault
On 10/3/05, Sid Barras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi pentax gang, I'm back in Lake Charles, actually been back 5 days now, but I also have a phone line that works with my modem now too. Still no electricity. But I'm much more fortunate than about 50% of the population here in Calcasieu

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 Oct 2005 at 11:05, Toralf Lund wrote: Possibly. The main issue with DVDs is really that there isn't one common format. A bit annoying. I settled on DVD-R since it's the more prevalent media standard. What I was referring to, is that the main risk with CD storage according to people

Re: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
I mainly use BreezeBrowser - it has lots of features and an array of templates that are customizable if you can fake your way through a little html/java. At about 80USD it's a good deal. Another option I use if I want something just quick dirty is Porta -

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-03 Thread frank theriault
On 10/2/05, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I keep adding to this random order due to photo.net but my laziness, too http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=518950 A couple are from bus or train window - all digital - sorry, not ist What a wonderful gallery! (so far - I

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread Frank Wajer
Hi again, how about the Konica Minolta Dimage scan dual IV? Looks like a nice scanner to me? Anyone use this one? Frank

Re: OT: Brand new silver LX

2005-10-03 Thread Juan Buhler
On 10/3/05, danilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Danilo vespa px 2001 edition 151cc. Cool! The new PXs are not legal here in California--2-stroke over 50cc are only allowed if vintage... So it's 4-stroke engines for me. j -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Frank Wajer wrote on 03.10.05 15:12: how about the Konica Minolta Dimage scan dual IV? Looks like a nice scanner to me? Anyone use this one? You'd better look for Elite II because it has hardware based dust and scratches removal (ICE) - it saves a lot of time. Dual IV does it via software and

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... I don't mind the pessimism in general so much myself. What can get me a bit worked up, is the continuous assertion that Pentax will always be one step behind We just have to

Re: Re: UK readers, Kodak Cleaning Solution?

2005-10-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: Re: UK readers, Kodak Cleaning Solution? Same in the UK. So the better option is to buy a bottle of the best vodka you can find, drink most of it, forget about cleaning the lens and go take pictures. They will look superb.

Re: UK readers, Kodak Cleaning Solution?

2005-10-03 Thread Bob Shell
On Monday, October 3, 2005, at 09:18 AM, William Robb wrote: Same in the UK. So the better option is to buy a bottle of the best vodka you can find, drink most of it, forget about cleaning the lens and go take pictures. They will look superb. Clean lenses are over rated anyway. I've

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread P. J. Alling
I'd not worry about the aperture coupler, the *ist-Ds2 is unlikely to have new mechanical features, it's mostly the *ist-Ds electronics in a *ist-DL body shell. Frank Wajer wrote: Hi all, I'm not yet ready to dump my analog camera and buy a digital camera (for example a ist-ds). In fact I

Re: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread Christian
Try coppermine Photo Gallery. It uses PHP, MySQL and apache to create thumbnails and intermediate images. http://coppermine-gallery.net/index.php Christian - Original Message - From: John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:15 AM

Re: OT: Back in Lake Charles after Rita the Ravager

2005-10-03 Thread pnstenquist
Good news. We were starting to worry about you. The first reports suggested only minimal damage in Lake Charles, but as the days went by a much more disturbing picture emerged. Hope you get everything back together real soon. Paul Sid, Good to hear you are safe and more or less sound... Bob

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Technically advanced and feature rich don't always translate to best. Best is what does the job. Sometimes a lesser product that has what you need is the best. Toralf Lund wrote: John Forbes wrote: I suspect Toralf is alluding to the fact that more than half of the human beings who

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Double Traitor. Cotty wrote: On 3/10/05, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed: I don't mind the pessimism in general so much myself. What can get me a bit worked up, is the continuous assertion that Pentax will always be one step behind because they are a smaller company than some of

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Adam Maas
DALSA has a full-frame sensor, so does Kodak. In fact the older DALSA FF 6MP sensor was in the CONTAX N Digital and the MZ-D, they currently offer a 11MP Sensor. -Adam Bruce Dayton wrote: The reality is that everyone but Canon has done this, because no one else has a full frame sensor. All

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Adam Maas
Tom Reese wrote: Shel asked: I've not been reading all the messages in this thread, so maybe I missed something about this. Pentax buys their sensors from Sony, iirc. Sony has just announced, or released, a new camera, the DSC-R1, which uses a Sony-made, 10mp CMOS sensor with the dimensions

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread pnstenquist
Rob noted: As I indicated archiving my digital images takes me no more than 45 mins per 4.7GB of data, that's acceptable to me and the cost is minimal. I've been archiving with the new LaCie 16X DVD burner. With Titanium Toast 6, it can pack 4.7 gigs onto a DVD in about ten minutes. For

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Bob W wrote: as much as I hate to line up with the crowd, I agree with both. Heaven forefend! I don't know which name kept going through my head more: Robert Frank, or Edward Hopper. WOw - well, um, frankly (ohoh pun alert) I'm awfully glad to have someone think of Hopper - I'm a big fan.

Enablement: Photo Vest

2005-10-03 Thread Jens Bladt
Surprise! I got my vest with the Canon-logos today. That is amazingly fast. I ordered it Friday from Hong Kong! How do they do this?? Well, I paid 30 USD for shipping - still THAT IS FAST - 3 days!! It is actually a copy of the well known (ebay) Fotodiox Deluxe Pro Photo Vest from Illinois, USA.

Re: Viewfinders

2005-10-03 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 2, 2005, at 23:54, John Francis wrote: But that's not relevant. The complaint was that the *ist-D didn't have the same brightness, or the same magnification, as the MX. That's not so - at the same magnification, the viewfinder images appear equally bright. Obviously at the same

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread Adam Maas
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Frank Wajer wrote on 03.10.05 15:12: how about the Konica Minolta Dimage scan dual IV? Looks like a nice scanner to me? Anyone use this one? You'd better look for Elite II because it has hardware based dust and scratches removal (ICE) - it saves a lot of time. Dual

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread Adam Maas
Frank mentioned the D2 not the DS2. The D2 might have full mechanical coupling, but I do consider that unlikely. -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: I'd not worry about the aperture coupler, the *ist-Ds2 is unlikely to have new mechanical features, it's mostly the *ist-Ds electronics in a *ist-DL

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Reese wrote: Pentax is reportedly making their own sensors. That should give them a price advantage with their new digital SLRs. Since when. Over a year, at this point. Pentax is an Optics company not a semi-conductor company, but does not have

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip (and stuff re bw)

2005-10-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: On 10/2/05, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I keep adding to this random order due to photo.net but my laziness, too http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=518950 A couple are from bus or train window - all digital - sorry, not ist

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, P. J. Alling wrote: Frank Wajer wrote: I'm not yet ready to dump my analog camera and buy a digital camera (for example a ist-ds). In fact I want to wait for the istD2 and hope it has an aperture coupler so I'll be able to use my K/M lenses as I'm used to. I'd not worry

Re: PESO - Cape May teaser (OT - not Pentax)

2005-10-03 Thread frank theriault
On 10/1/05, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Black skimmer: errr. ummm. skimming http://photography.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?pos=-27 or if the above link isn't working or is taking too long: http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id32.html Comments always

RE: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Henk Terhell wrote: John, Jalbum (www.jalbum.net) is a gallery generator which is freeware. Back in May when I asked I got similar answer and picked JAlbum. Only used it once, and quite happy I was about it. Seemed fairly customisable as well. Kostas

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm beginning to think that the Ds2 is the D2 at this point. I expect a new body and new name for a truly upgraded body, sorry. Adam Maas wrote: Frank mentioned the D2 not the DS2. The D2 might have full mechanical coupling, but I do consider that unlikely. -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: I'd

Re: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread graywolf
Photoshop CS2 will generate a photo gallery. You get several choices of styles. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- John Celio wrote: Hey y'all, after putting together the Spin Doctors gallery I posted earlier, I decided I'm

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread graywolf
Stitch, stitch, stitich... But that is not always the same grin. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Rob Studdert wrote: On 3 Oct 2005 at 9:18, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Treating it thi way, I could say that there's no

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Cotty wrote: On 2/10/05, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed: The Chongites think that Pentax might pull out of photography. snip The sensible thing is just to forget the whole issue. ...and pretend it doesn't exist. First of all, can I kindly ask that you drop

RE: Difference between F and FA lens?

2005-10-03 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Joseph Tainter wrote: I love mine too (on film). But the standard disclaimer comes from Dario: http://www.dariobonazza.com/t04p13e.htm -- I recall suggesting to Dario that I thought he might have focusing problems with his F 70-210 in this test, that that the

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread Tim Sherburne
I'm on the precipice of enablement for one of these. I'll be interested to see what others say. Comments in the PDML archives are generally positive. t On 10/3/05 6:12, Frank Wajer wrote: Hi again, how about the Konica Minolta Dimage scan dual IV? Looks like a nice scanner to me? Anyone

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread graywolf
So, they are up an operational? You are correct, eventually all serious digital camera makers will have to have their own fab capability or they will not be able to compete with Canon. And BTW, for those who say Pentax can not afford a fab (I do not agree with that. Venture capital is always

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Bob Shell
A better way to put it would be to say that no one but Canon has a reasonably priced full frame sensor. The Dalsa one has a much higher price, and the Kodak is stratospheric. Bob On Monday, October 3, 2005, at 10:05 AM, Adam Maas wrote: DALSA has a full-frame sensor, so does Kodak. In fact

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread Frank Wajer
I'd not worry about the aperture coupler, the *ist-Ds2 is unlikely to have new mechanical features, it's mostly the *ist-Ds electronics in a *ist-DL body shell. I was thinking about the D2 not the DS2. Frank Frank Wajer wrote: Hi all, I'm not yet ready to dump my analog camera

Re: PESO: On My Way Home

2005-10-03 Thread frank theriault
On 10/2/05, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was walking home from work yesterday, on a beautiful autumn afternoon, and came upon this fella soaking up the last rays of the sun: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3773799 Technical: Pentax Optio 33L, -1.7 stops exposure

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread R.C.Booth
Frank, I use a Minolta Dimage IV and am very pleased with it. However I would advise looking for a scanner with Digital Ice software bundled with it. The Dimage does not but I have purchased LaseSoft Imaging's SilverFast software which does an excellent job. If I was to do it again I would

Re: PESO - follow up 3 skimmers skimming (OT - not Pentax)

2005-10-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
I concur with Frank - the one you showed us first was technically well done, but didn't grab me much. The first in the series does. Nice work! -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 3, 2005, 5:37:16 AM, you wrote: ft On 10/2/05, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: advice for filmscanner

2005-10-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Frank, If you are shooting 35mm only and mostly print film rather than slides, it would be a good choice. I have used the Scan dual II for several years and am happy with it's price/performance. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 3, 2005, 6:12:06 AM, you wrote: FW Hi again, FW

Re: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread Tim Sherburne
Hey John... You didn't mention a platform, but I you're on the Mac, might I suggest Galerie: http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/galerie.htm It's free and works very well with iPhoto. You can create your own templates, and the author and other users have created quite an extensive library

Re: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Photoshop v 7 and CS also have the gallery feature. The galleries can be modified, and even templates taken from other galleries can be used if you know what you're doing. Shel [Original Message] From: graywolf Photoshop CS2 will generate a photo gallery. You get several choices of

RE: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-03 Thread Butch Black
Nice series Ann. I particularly liked bus stop in Redmond Ca. and morning coffee. I liked the space needle but think it could use a bit of contrast. Try using the black eyedropper on the needle if you are using PS, Elements, or most of the other image editing programs. Butch

Re: Viewfinders

2005-10-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Charles, I have to partially agree with you. The size of the image in the old MX, ME Super, LX and such are truly wonderful. Buy my experience with using slower lenses with them rather sucks. They are too grainy and darken too quickly compared to the D - When I put a 3.5 or slower lens

Re: Super Takumar vs. SMC Takumar

2005-10-03 Thread Andre Langevin
Some Super-Takumar are multicoated but they are uncommon. They were the last batch of Super-Takumar before the lens mechanism was updated for open aperture metering. Super-Takumar and single-coating lenses are now prefered by some japanese photographers for black-and-white. And today you

Re: PESO - Neve Tzedek series #1

2005-10-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I like the exposure and the composition. I think my problem is that I don't know what the heck I'm looking at. Having the posted notice explained by you is good, the those things on the wall are unfamiliar to me. Not knowing what they are or what they're for leaves me looking at the

RE: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-03 Thread Derek
Nice summary Tom. Derek And here I think is a key item in this discussion I'd like to bring to peoples attention. I'm not picking on Jens here, I promise. He wrote: I am in fact a very proud owner of a *istD and a MZ-S. The thing is, I'm a proud owner of Pentax equipment as well. No

Re: PESO: On My Way Home

2005-10-03 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Frank! That branch bothered me a bit, too, but the photo lost something when I cropped it out, or reduced the contrast enough to preserve its detail. Rick --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/2/05, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was walking home from work

Re: Pentax Logo DIY

2005-10-03 Thread Stephen Moore
Bruce Dayton wrote: Hello Tom, I'm in. Make that two for me. Is this the rare occasion when a me too post isn't looked askance at? Put me in for a couple or three. Stephen Moore

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