RE: Looks like GFM has sold out

2006-02-12 Thread Malcolm Smith
frank theriault wrote: Passport photo? Tell me you didn't Frank http://photo.net/shared/portrait-bits.tcl?user_id=492668 LOL! Malcolm

Re: Flash meter recommedations

2006-02-12 Thread David Mann
On Feb 12, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Sekonic L-358 I believe spot metering attachments are available as accessories. The accessory is the L-358VF I think. I have one here but it's been ages since I actually used it. - Dave

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread David Mann
On Feb 12, 2006, at 7:28 AM, Kenneth Waller wrote: I can also understand guys who wouldn't use their best in less than ideal conditions but suppose you're out without your pristine lens the opportunity arises that requires its use. You just blew it. I agree with this. The best conditions

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread David Mann
On Feb 12, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Cotty wrote: SMC A*85mm 1.4 gets treated with the respect it deserves. The ceremony that precedes even the opening of the case that holds it takes four hours and a dozen virgins in goose-down thongs. So what was the ceremony before you modified its mount?

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Adam Maas
David Mann wrote: On Feb 12, 2006, at 7:28 AM, Kenneth Waller wrote: I can also understand guys who wouldn't use their best in less than ideal conditions but suppose you're out without your pristine lens the opportunity arises that requires its use. You just blew it. I agree with this.

Re: Pentax Glass on a Leica?

2006-02-12 Thread Gautam Sarup
Paul, Would be be able to tell me if you know any adapters for mounting R lenses? Thanks, Gautam On 2/11/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I know the R lenses can be adapted, but Shel was speaking of an M lens. Lenses designed for use with a bellows or the Visoflex housing

Re: Pentax Glass on a Leica?

2006-02-12 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 2/11/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, Cameraquest does not have something similar. The photo I presented was of a special 43mm lens made by Pentax in a Leica screw mount. [snip] Ah! Gautam

Super A and fill-in flash?

2006-02-12 Thread Vic Mortelmans
Hallo, I own the Super A (with TTL-flash) and the AF280T. The manual of this camera says: In metered manual mode, speeds slower than 1/125 sec. stay as are when the dedicated flash recycles. Choosing any slow speed, you can enjoy existing light photography with flash fill-in. So when I put

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Juan Buhler
On 2/12/06, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 12, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Cotty wrote: SMC A*85mm 1.4 gets treated with the respect it deserves. The ceremony that precedes even the opening of the case that holds it takes four hours and a dozen virgins in goose-down thongs. So what

Re: XP and SCSIS

2006-02-12 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Vuescan doesn't need the SCSI drivers for XP. In my case, the twain driver doesn't work for XP anymore, but Vuescan works fine, so I can still use my old scanner. On Thursday 02 February 2006 02:02, Butch Black wrote: FJW In a message dated 1/31/2006 1:53:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, FJW [EMAIL

Re: FOR SALE?

2006-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: NEW GUY HERE WITH A QUESTION, IS IT CONSIDERED BAD FORM TO OFFER TO OUR FELLOW PDML'ERS PENTAX EQU THAT I AM SELLING BEFORE I LIST IT ON E-BAY? I ALSO HAVE A LENS QUESTION IF I MAY. I CAME INTO OWNERSHIP OF A RIKENON 24-40MM,F2.8 ZOOM.

PDML FAQ

2006-02-12 Thread Cotty
Posted every Sunday (if Graywolf can remember) http://www.graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Looks like GFM has sold out

2006-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/2/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: http://photo.net/shared/portrait-bits.tcl?user_id=492668 cheers, frank That really is the most atrocious picture. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

RE: Super A and fill-in flash?

2006-02-12 Thread Jens Bladt
Yes, in a way. If the camera is set to underexpose by three stops - that's what it will do. The flash will then try to give enough light for F.8. If you are out doors, only the closest part of the image will get light enough for f8. The rest will be under exposed by three stops. In doors (short

Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/2/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Maybe I should shut down my g-mail account... Are you going to offer it to the list?? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/2/06, Cesar, discombobulated, unleashed: Cotty, Dude. Should I feel honored with the fact that you let me use the 85 while I was visiting? The honour was all mine. :Hmmm, maybe it was because I used it on your camera... I never thought about trying it out on my cameras... You have

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/2/06, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: Please post a picture of the virgins. Actually having a hard time finding any these days. No three wise men either. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/2/06, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: So what was the ceremony before you modified its mount? Must have been quite a spectacle. Just a quick dusting down with the goose down thongs ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/2/06, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: It was thirteen virgins then. Har! Actually, they're not virgins anymore ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: The thread that spread. was: Re: PESO: Church Door (we have a winner) With a

2006-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/2/06, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: You Brits seem to have raised being spanked by a middle aged lady to the point of religious experience. WW Sort of like life in the Robb household, no? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: The thread that spread. was: Re: PESO: Church Door (we have a winner) With a

2006-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/2/06, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: Most of my words were spent defending myself against misconstruals. I met misconstruals once. She was nice :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

OT: PAW 2006 - 01 - GDG

2006-02-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I've had my head down into working some projects lately and not been posting many pictures. Been working on a couple of new ideas ... This photo was taken hand-held with my pocket camera, the Panasonic LX1. It's an ISO 200 shot, mostly pretty hideously underexposed to obtain a very rough

Re: FOR SALE?

2006-02-12 Thread John Whittingham
I CAME INTO OWNERSHIP OF A RIKENON 24-40MM,F2.8 ZOOM. AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER ONE LISTED IN MY 4 YEARS ON EBAY CAN FIND NO INFO ON THE LENS, GOOD, BAD, OR OTHERWISE,I COULD REALLY USE SOME HELP. IF ANY OF YOU KNOW WHERE I MITE LOCATE THIS INFO OR KNOW OF THIS LENS YOURSELF,

Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Hi all, I need a batch text tool for adding copyright info to photos. So far I have been adding text by hand for each photo, but I miss a convenient tool for batch processing. I've got Photoshop 5 and Photoshop Elements v 2. I guess I could write a macro but am thinking that there may already

Re: Flash meter recommedations - OUTCOME

2006-02-12 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $400-500 Kevin If I thought I'd use it enough I'd get the Sekonic L558. So taking this to mind, I launched myself at eBay and came up the winner on this http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7587998373

Re: Flash meter recommedations - OUTCOME

2006-02-12 Thread David Savage
You should be happy with it. Dave On 2/12/06, Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one time, at band camp, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $400-500 Kevin If I thought I'd use it enough I'd get the Sekonic L558. So taking this to mind, I launched myself at eBay and

Re: Image quality in Photoshop

2006-02-12 Thread Lon Williamson
Check color spaces, monitor calibration (is it honored in Nikon Scan?), and how big the preview image is in NikonScan. This stuff is tricky at first, but does sort itself out when you are persistent. What works best for me is to keep scanner software as stupid as possible and do virtually all

Re: Re:Help on two issues

2006-02-12 Thread John Forbes
On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:42:04 -, Jim King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Manuel Magalhães wrote on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:29:41: Hi guys, getting out of lurking mode, 'cause I need some help from you. I want to buy a Konica Minolta dual scan IV, but because of Sony it is getting more

Re: FOR SALE?

2006-02-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
As many have noted, listing for sale items is fine. I would recommend against mounting that Rikenon lens on any Pentax camera until you have more information. Some Rikenon lenses have a pin that drops into a hole on the Pentax mount, preventing their removal. We once had a member resort to a

Re: OT: PAW 2006 - 01 - GDG

2006-02-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'm lost here, not quite sure what I'm looking at. A fence with reflectors? Doesn't do much for me. Paul On Feb 12, 2006, at 5:16 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I've had my head down into working some projects lately and not been posting many pictures. Been working on a couple of new ideas ...

RE: Super A and fill-in flash?

2006-02-12 Thread Don Sanderson
Jens, how do you 'let the flash believe that the ISO setting is higher'? I've always just stopped down a stop or two from what the flash recommends and compensated with shutter speed. I don't believe I've ever seen a flash whose sensor is linked to ISO in auto mode. Don -Original

Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Fred, I've got one around here that needs your surgery. This method looks much safer to me. No crumbs in the lens! Regards, Bob S. On 2/11/06, Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I've removed the excess K-mount flange collar from a number of Vivitar Series 1 gems of the 1970's, either

Re: Image quality in Photoshop

2006-02-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 Feb 2006 at 7:03, Lon Williamson wrote: Check color spaces, monitor calibration (is it honored in Nikon Scan?), and how big the preview image is in NikonScan. This stuff is tricky at first, but does sort itself out when you are persistent. Nikon Scan 4.0 can utilize custom monitor

Re: Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 Feb 2006 at 13:27, Lasse Karlsson wrote: Hi all, I need a batch text tool for adding copyright info to photos. So far I have been adding text by hand for each photo, but I miss a convenient tool for batch processing. I've got Photoshop 5 and Photoshop Elements v 2. I guess I could

Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery

2006-02-12 Thread Steve Larson
Hi Fred, Thanks, that one's a keeper! Steve - Original Message - From: Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 7:05 PM Subject: My Latest VS1 Surgery Well, I've removed the excess K-mount flange collar from a number of Vivitar Series 1

Re: PESO - Tony and Son

2006-02-12 Thread John Forbes
Works for me, too. There's a slightly surreal aspect to it. What is the chap standing by the steps up to? He has a somewhat maniacal look to him. The scene looks as though it should have been lit with gaslights. John On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:22:53 -, Keith McGuinness [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: PAW 2006 - 01 - GDG

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Parking garage?... Can you give us a clue what you're trying to do? ...before we savage the effort. Regards, Bob S. On 2/12/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm lost here, not quite sure what I'm looking at. A fence with reflectors? Doesn't do much for me. Paul On Feb 12, 2006, at

Re: PESO: Three Ladies

2006-02-12 Thread John Forbes
Amusing. The adults are wearing childish expressions, and vice-versa. John On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:14:33 -, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Paul, My portrait hat donned, this comes across as a fun, before the real shot, shot. It is kind of fun in a way, but probably not a

Re: Super A and fill-in flash?

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Vic, It's been a while since I've used the Super A, but doesn't it automatically set a 1/125 speed when you turn the AF280 on? Regards, Bob S. On 2/12/06, Vic Mortelmans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo, I own the Super A (with TTL-flash) and the AF280T. The manual of this camera says: In

Re: The thread that spread. was: Re: PESO: Church Door (we have a winner) With a

2006-02-12 Thread John Forbes
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:59:25 -, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: John Forbes Subject: Re: The thread that spread. was: Re: PESO: Church Door (we have a winner) With a Matron will put some ointment on. You're right. There's always a

Re: 2GB card has ceased to be :(

2006-02-12 Thread Joseph Tainter
Sorry to hear it. My Memorex 500 MB thumbdrive did the same last month -- just whimsically died, after about three years of use. fortunately the price for these things has come down a lot. I replaced it with a 1GB Lexar, which I hope will last longer. Joe

Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery

2006-02-12 Thread John Forbes
On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:55:47 -, Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Fred, Thanks, that one's a keeper! Yes, indeed. Fred, do you have a simple recipe for removing the pin from Ricoh lenses. Ideally a reversible operation, as the uncertain transexual said to his surgeon.

Re: FOR SALE?

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 12, 2006, at 12:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NEW GUY HERE WITH A QUESTION, IS IT CONSIDERED BAD FORM TO OFFER TO OUR FELLOW PDML'ERS PENTAX EQU THAT I AM SELLING BEFORE I LIST IT ON E- BAY? I ALSO HAVE A LENS QUESTION IF I MAY. I CAME INTO OWNERSHIP OF A RIKENON 24-40MM,F2.8

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 12, 2006, at 5:01 AM, Cotty wrote: We won't be ready to receive guests until the summer. Summer in England is a magical time. Agreed. I have actually managed to be there in the summer a few times when it wasn't raining. I used to commute to England when I was publishing a

Re: Flash meter recommedations - OUTCOME

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Shell
Good choice, Kevin. You'll love it. Bob On Feb 12, 2006, at 6:16 AM, Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $400-500 Kevin If I thought I'd use it enough I'd get the Sekonic L558. So taking this to mind, I launched myself at eBay and

Re: Looks like GFM has sold out

2006-02-12 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/11/06, Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: Frank better remember his bunny ears -- otherwise he'd just fade into the background Passport photo? Tell me you didn't Frank

GESO: Sydney loves ya

2006-02-12 Thread Derby Chang
Monica lives in New York now, but returns once in a while to play to a packed crowd. Reiterating on my Sigma recant, I think my pub dynamic-duo from now on will be the 77mm LTD and the 20/1.8 Sigma, space permitting. You need to be able to get close with the 20mm to make it useful, but the

Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On 2/12/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/2/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Maybe I should shut down my g-mail account... Are you going to offer it to the list? No. I've only got 99 invitations left, and you're not getting one of them. cheers, frank -- Sharpness

Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread Derby Chang
I didn't expect to win this, but I don't mind. The lens looks intriguing. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7587528629ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:AU:11 Googling hasn't come up with anything. Does anyone know who Tasmanex is? It can't be a live firing exercise in the Tasman

Re: Help on two issues

2006-02-12 Thread Manuel Magalhães
Jim King wrote: Manuel Magalhães wrote on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:29:41: Hi guys, getting out of lurking mode, 'cause I need some help from you. I want to buy a Konica Minolta dual scan IV, but because of Sony it is getting more difficult. In Europe the online shops where I find it are in

Re: Help on two issues

2006-02-12 Thread Manuel Magalhães
John Forbes wrote: On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:42:04 -, Jim King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Manuel Magalhães wrote on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:29:41: Hi guys, getting out of lurking mode, 'cause I need some help from you. I want to buy a Konica Minolta dual scan IV, but because of Sony it is

Re: OT: PAW 2006 - 01 - GDG

2006-02-12 Thread David Savage
Kinda looks like a block of apartments to me. I don't mean to be rude, but that looks like something taken with a camera phone in BW mode. Dave On 2/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had my head down into working some projects lately and not been posting many pictures.

Re: OT: PAW 2006 - 01 - GDG

2006-02-12 Thread David Savage
On 2/12/06, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Parking garage?... Can you give us a clue what you're trying to do? ...before we savage the effort. Regards, Bob I've already had my say. :-) Dave

Re: Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread Toine Kuiper
It looks almost identical to my 500 mm beroflex, probably uses a Tmount adapter. These lenses are often rebranded, no idea if Beroflex is the original name but Google has lots of hits with beroflex. On 2/12/06, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't expect to win this, but I don't mind.

Re: Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Shell
It's a generic Korean telephoto. If you buy a bunch they will engrave Changmanex on them! Performance is OK. I have one with the Cambron name on it. Bob On Feb 12, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Derby Chang wrote: I didn't expect to win this, but I don't mind. The lens looks intriguing.

Re: OT: PAW 2006 - 01 - GDG

2006-02-12 Thread John Forbes
I suspect that this is one of those pictures that looks great in print, but not so hot on screen. John On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:36:43 -, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/12/06, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Parking garage?... Can you give us a clue what you're trying

Re: Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 12, 2006, at 9:37 AM, Toine Kuiper wrote: It looks almost identical to my 500 mm beroflex, probably uses a Tmount adapter. These lenses are often rebranded, no idea if Beroflex is the original name but Google has lots of hits with beroflex. The same lens will be found with a wide

Re: Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread John Forbes
Tasmanex was a company that tried to clean up in the massive Tasmanian long lens market. They were very successful. After selling two lenses they reached total market saturation, and had to fold. John On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:55:32 -, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't

Re: Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't expect to win this, but I don't mind. The lens looks intriguing. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7587528629ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:AU:11 Googling hasn't come up with anything. Does anyone know who Tasmanex is? It can't be a

Re: Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread David Savage
LOL Dave On 2/12/06, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tasmanex was a company that tried to clean up in the massive Tasmanian long lens market. They were very successful. After selling two lenses they reached total market saturation, and had to fold. John

Re: Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 12, 2006, at 9:49 AM, John Forbes wrote: Tasmanex was a company that tried to clean up in the massive Tasmanian long lens market. They were very successful. After selling two lenses they reached total market saturation, and had to fold. I heard that they were bedeviled with

Re: Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 12, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: The notorious Cambridge Camera sold one under their Cambron name. I think a few of the other mail order houses had similar items. Mine is a Cambron, and isn't notorious at all. It just sits quietly on a shelf in my studio. BTW, the lens

RE: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Bob W
Bob, Rochester may be dreary, but you're on the way to the North Kent Marshes, which are a spectacular wetland/salt marsh habitat, and the setting of the opening scene of Great Expectations when Pip meets Magwitch in the graveyard at Cooling. It's very beautiful, and very important in

RE: Super A and fill-in flash?

2006-02-12 Thread Jens Bladt
I must admit that I most often use this technique when using a Metz flash. Many Metz flashes have the ISO scale connected to the electronics. Anyway, it's the oldest trick inthe book: Working the flash at higher ISO setting than the film, to reduce flash output. When the AF280T is NOT in

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread John Forbes
Whitstable's OK, too. The natives are tasty. John On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:05:51 -, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob, Rochester may be dreary, but you're on the way to the North Kent Marshes, which are a spectacular wetland/salt marsh habitat, and the setting of the opening scene of

RE: Super A and fill-in flash?

2006-02-12 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks Jens, makes sense. Don -Original Message- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:06 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Super A and fill-in flash? I must admit that I most often use this technique when using a Metz flash. Many

Re: Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 12, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: The notorious Cambridge Camera sold one under their Cambron name. I think a few of the other mail order houses had similar items. Mine is a Cambron, and isn't notorious at all. It just sits quietly on a

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 12, 2006, at 10:05 AM, Bob W wrote: Rochester may be dreary, but you're on the way to the North Kent Marshes, which are a spectacular wetland/salt marsh habitat, and the setting of the opening scene of Great Expectations when Pip meets Magwitch in the graveyard at Cooling. It's

RE: Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread Jens Bladt
Congratulation, Derby. The moon shot looks real nice. Probably a nice lens ;-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Derby Chang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 12. februar 2006 14:56 Til: Pentax Discuss Emne: Accidental ebay win I didn't expect to

Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery

2006-02-12 Thread Fred
I've got one around here that needs your surgery. This method looks much safer to me. No crumbs in the lens! Hi, Bob. Yes, I think this method (which involves removing just the aluminum collar assembly for surgery, which makes it very easy to keep any possibility of aluminum filings out of

Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery

2006-02-12 Thread Fred
Thanks, that one's a keeper! Hi, Steve. Good! However, I'm hoping that Rob might post a photo of his flange surgery - his neat procedure makes mine look ~even~ more crude than it is - g. (His looks like brain surgery performed by a brain surgeon, while mine looks like brain surgery performed

Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery

2006-02-12 Thread Fred
Thanks, that one's a keeper! Yes, indeed. Fred, do you have a simple recipe for removing the pin from Ricoh lenses. Ideally a reversible operation, as the uncertain transexual said to his surgeon. No, John, I've never had the opportunity (g) of having to defeat the dreaded Ricoh pin. Not

RE: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Bob W
Yes, indeed. Nothing's quite like that fresh sea taste trickling down your throat. That whole part of Kent is also something of a refuge for bizarre old customs. The great English photographer Tony Ray-Jones squeezed a lot of mileage out of it; he took some of his best photos in and around

Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery

2006-02-12 Thread Fred
Yes, I think this method (which involves removing just the aluminum collar assembly for surgery, [mercifully snipped] Hmmm... I'm not sure that assembly is the right term to use here, since it's a one-piece assembly. But I don't have a better word for it at the moment. Module seems a bit of

Re: Super A and fill-in flash?

2006-02-12 Thread Mat Maessen
There's a way of doing it with TTL flash metering as well, I've done this with my Metz. 1. Set the camera for the correct ISO for your film. Meter the scene, and choose your manual aperture and shutter speed (shutter speed has to be below flash sync speed). Leave the camera in metered manual

Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery

2006-02-12 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Yes, indeed. Fred, do you have a simple recipe for removing the pin from Ricoh lenses. Ideally a reversible operation, as the uncertain transexual said to his surgeon. I've managed to take the flange and Ricoh pin off a couple PK/A-R lenses. Once inside, it was a tiny screw that held the

Re: Super A and fill-in flash?

2006-02-12 Thread Vic Mortelmans
Hallo Bob, the higer spees are automatically reset to 1/125, but the lower speeds remain! To all others: thanks for the replies sofar. Seem to hold some good techniques, which I'll have to think over, before I understand them well... Groeten, Vic Bob Sullivan wrote: Vic, It's been a

Re: OT: PAW 2006 - 01 - GDG

2006-02-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 12, 2006, at 6:47 AM, John Forbes wrote: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/01.htm I suspect that this is one of those pictures that looks great in print, but not so hot on screen. Yes, thank you for your comment. What it's a picture of is my apartment building. But that's

Re: Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread Vic Mortelmans
Hallo, I would say: netpbm is exactly what you need, but it may be a bit low-level. For if you don't know it: it's a (huge) set of command-line tools that convert/edit/process/analyse images. Here's the documentation: http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/

Anyone uses GIMP?

2006-02-12 Thread Roman
There'se a freeware GNU Image Manupulation Program to work on your photos. Really great piece of soft with layers and many filters/addons available + ability to build own filters with convolution matrix feature. For Windows, MacOSX or Linux. See it http://www.gimp.org -- home

Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery

2006-02-12 Thread John Forbes
On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:39:32 -, Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, indeed. Fred, do you have a simple recipe for removing the pin from Ricoh lenses. Ideally a reversible operation, as the uncertain transexual said to his surgeon. I've managed to take the flange and

RE: Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I have a script which, AFAIK, can be called by an action and used in a batch process. Unfortunately, I don't know if it can be used with such early versions of Photoshop and Elements. If interested, let me know off-list, and I'll send the script to you. One thing, though - it places a border

RE: OT: PAW 2006 - 01 - GDG

2006-02-12 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Godders, It's clear to me what you're trying to do. Maybe that's because I've done similar things with film (often with Kodak's 2475 Recording Film) developed in Acufine. It's not too important what the structure is, although it might have been nice to know. I'd like to see the print when

Re: Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Sheesh! Y'need to be a computer programmer to understand this stuff. I couldn't even figure out what to download in order to get the program on my disk, much less how to use it. One thing seems apparent (speaking from computer-jargon overload and ignorance), this won't run in a batch file

Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery

2006-02-12 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Cory, Thank you. Can you remember if anything else came adrift when you removed the flange, or was it very straightforward? From bitter experience, I know that I'm much better at taking things apart than I am at putting them back together. Unfortunately, it depends on the lens from my

Re: Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:27:48 +0200, Lasse Karlsson wrote: I need a batch text tool for adding copyright info to photos. So far I have been adding text by hand for each photo, but I miss a convenient tool for batch processing. I wish the folks who write the firmware for the digital cameras

Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery

2006-02-12 Thread John Forbes
On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:00:22 -, Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cory, Thank you. Can you remember if anything else came adrift when you removed the flange, or was it very straightforward? From bitter experience, I know that I'm much better at taking things apart than I am

Re: Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: Batch text tool Sheesh! Y'need to be a computer programmer to understand this stuff. I couldn't even figure out what to download in order to get the program on my disk, much less how to use it. One thing seems apparent

Re: Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The script that I use does all that. The only info it needs wrt image size is the ppi info, and the user determines where the sig should be placed. Once those parameters are set, it doesn't matter if the image size is 500x300 or 1500 x 3000, the sig always ends up where you wnt it (I like lower

Re: Accidental ebay win

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 12, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: I was referring to Cambridge Camera being notorious, not the lens :) (Cambridge doesn't have the best reputation among the mail order places.) Oh, really? I hadn't heard. vbeg Bob

Re: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 12, 2006, at 10:30 AM, Bob W wrote: That whole part of Kent is also something of a refuge for bizarre old customs. The great English photographer Tony Ray-Jones squeezed a lot of mileage out of it; he took some of his best photos in and around Rochester. Interesting. I found the

RE: The Sacrifices

2006-02-12 Thread Bob W
From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] That whole part of Kent is also something of a refuge for bizarre old customs. The great English photographer Tony Ray-Jones squeezed a lot of mileage out of it; he took some of his best photos in and around Rochester. Interesting.

Re: OT: PAW 2006 - 01 - GDG

2006-02-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks Shel. Godfrey On Feb 12, 2006, at 8:46 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Godders, It's clear to me what you're trying to do. Maybe that's because I've done similar things with film (often with Kodak's 2475 Recording Film) developed in Acufine. It's not too important what the

Re: Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
If you just want to add the info for posting on the web, Porta (free) will add a watermark automatically when you generate the gallery. You choose the location on the image and the text to be added. http://www.stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/ -P Lasse Karlsson wrote: Hi all, I

Re: Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Do you mean put a copyright attribution into the image, or do you mean add IPTC metadata with copyright information? For the former, I use a script that I designed for Photoshop CS2. It adds a text layer with drop shadow, presenting the copyright data, as seen in the lower corner of this

Re: Anyone uses GIMP?

2006-02-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Last I looked, it only supported [EMAIL PROTECTED] data, which pretty much makes it useless for my needs. Godfrey On Feb 12, 2006, at 7:15 AM, Roman wrote: There'se a freeware GNU Image Manupulation Program to work on your photos. Really great piece of soft with layers and many filters/

Re: Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread Tom C
Don't know much about batch text tools but nice shot! http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/large/37O-half.jpg Tom C.

Pentax Has Finally Admitted...

2006-02-12 Thread Joseph Tainter
that it has discontinued all those lenses that we already knew were discontinued: http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/ Joe

Re: Pentax Has Finally Admitted...

2006-02-12 Thread John Forbes
On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:41:45 -, Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that it has discontinued all those lenses that we already knew were discontinued: http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/ Joe As ever, it is the omissions that are more interesting, and I am pleased to see

Re: Pentax Has Finally Admitted...

2006-02-12 Thread Joseph Tainter
http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/ P.S. Here's what I just posted on Dpreview: Understanding Pentax management is a little like understanding the North Korean leadership. It is smoke, mirrors, and misdirection -- when they bother to announce anything at all. Here's what I suspect is

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