Re: lens tests (Pentax and others as well)

2007-04-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 23, 2007, at 6:06 PM, AlexG wrote: Pardon my ignorance? Why do you say Photodo is misleading? - Because I find the test results there inaccurate based upon my use of lenses that they've tested. - Because their graphs don't make much sense. - Because people take their word as some kind

Re: Just for the hell of it!

2007-04-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
Hi Graywolf, Maybe the appropriate definition is more versatile rather than better. I think of digital as being far more versatile than film. More versatile means there are more chances it can better suit someone's needs (about shooting and editing pictures). That's my case for sure. For a

Re: OT: (sorta) Exposure Plot

2007-04-24 Thread Brian Walters
Hmmm Sounds like just the tool for obsessive/compulsives (Hey - that's me!)!! Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day All, I came across a link to this little application and thought

Re: Another 85mm f2.0 SMC-M image - Fungi?

2007-04-24 Thread mike wilson
From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/04/24 Tue AM 01:48:52 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: Another 85mm f2.0 SMC-M image - Fungi? Heres a more conventional looking image not showing any bokeh problems I took with this lens today:

RE: More 85mm f2.0 smc-M bokeh - the photo

2007-04-24 Thread Minelli Flavio
I'm jumping in without knowledge of preceeding messages on this thread so forgive me if I'm repeating somone else's words. I have this lens, even if I didn't use it (as the rest of my photo gear) for a long time. My guess is that the simplicity of the lens design, including only 5 optical

Re: Ordered Lightroom today

2007-04-24 Thread Thibouille
Lack of SSE2 (AthlonXP and previous and first generation Sempron but also Intel Pentium 3) will be dead slow but... it works. I used a trial of Lightroom (because I had nothing for this on my parents computer) to convert about 50 photos I just took (RAW of course) to Jpeg to put on a CD so they

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-24 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 24/04/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use coated filters, but my cleaning warning, as I'm sure you understood, was for those who would do harm to the lens element coatings. I suspect that you severely underestimate the robustness of modern lens coatings. -- Rob Studdert

RE: PESO: Tall shadows

2007-04-24 Thread Minelli Flavio
Reminds me of some shots by Moholy-Nagy. More room around the subjects would be nice, but I guess that's nearly impossible, in S. Marco Square... A bit too contrasted for my taste, but the choice depends on the planned use and/or personal taste. Agree about cloning out the shadows in the lower

Re: More 85mm f2.0 smc-M bokeh - the photo

2007-04-24 Thread David Savage
Nice. I have heaps of shots of these things: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP3380.jpg http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP3363.jpg (that sugary syrup tastes really nice) http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP3354.jpg And this should impress Mark, this one

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-24 Thread eric
Doug Franklin wrote: Digital Image Studio wrote: I suspect that you severely underestimate the robustness of modern lens coatings. I quit worrying so much about the robustness of the front element coatings when I saw the Pentax demonstration of crushing out a cigarette on the

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-24 Thread Doug Franklin
Digital Image Studio wrote: I suspect that you severely underestimate the robustness of modern lens coatings. I quit worrying so much about the robustness of the front element coatings when I saw the Pentax demonstration of crushing out a cigarette on the front element like it was an ashtray.

Re: PESO: Tall shadows

2007-04-24 Thread Jack Davis
Maybe it's the impression you were going for, but the entire scene appears to be overly bright. Always must add; at least, on my monitor. Jack --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you're mistaking lack of detail from being mostly out of focus, with lack of detail from being

Re: Paw LV-5

2007-04-24 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks I had to lighten the shadow in the one face a bit but the sun was very harsh as you may imagine in the desert.:-) Dave On 4/24/07, Fernando Terrazzino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Dave, Why is not a great picture? I like it very much, I have this feeling that you capture the essence

Re: Silent AF280T (and Super A dial lock removal)

2007-04-24 Thread jim
Ahh yes. you did my trick, tho I also bent the little spring so the ball wouldn't go back in properly. On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:41:26 +0200, Vic Mortelmans wrote: First, to my own fault, I lost the little ball (what did you expect?). Actually, I still have it, but it dropped into the inside of

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-24 Thread Jack Davis
I can only hope. ;) Jack --- Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 24/04/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use coated filters, but my cleaning warning, as I'm sure you understood, was for those who would do harm to the lens element coatings. I suspect that you

Re: PESO: Tall shadows

2007-04-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
Yes, it's very high contrast, but that's fully intentional, for making the subjects look like shadows and the shadows look like subjects. I was also tempted to call that pic highshadows, as opposed to highlights ;-) I agree those half-shadows on the bottom were disturbing, hence I've cloned

Re: lens tests (Pentax and others as well)

2007-04-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 23, 2007, at 6:06 PM, AlexG wrote: Pardon my ignorance? Why do you say Photodo is misleading? - Because I find the test results there inaccurate based upon my use of lenses that they've tested. - Because their graphs don't make much sense. - Because people take

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-24 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 24/04/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can only hope. ;) Lifted directly from a post I made re lens cleaning Nov 2000: In an except from the Leica Fotographie International magazine 6/99 page 37 the following can be found: The resistance and adhesive power of the outer layer is so

Re: Silent AF280T (and Super A dial lock removal)

2007-04-24 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 24/04/07, Vic Mortelmans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The better solution would then be to fix the lock button in pushed position with some glue, thus getting rid of the lock 'feature' and still keeping advantage of the position stop. This is exactly what I did many many years ago. -- Rob

RE: GESO: Frecce Tricolori

2007-04-24 Thread Minelli Flavio
Hello Dario! Nice pictures. I did try some of that in the past. I think that the biggest problem, given you don't have any technical problem (as a photographer, I mean) is that the planes are usually rather far and thus saturation of the images is less then optimal. Airshows are usually held in

RE: GESO: Frecce Tricolori

2007-04-24 Thread Minelli Flavio
The definition is truly impressive. At what ISO and shutter speeds did you shoot them? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dario Bonazza Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:24 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO: Frecce Tricolori This

Fortune's greatest photos

2007-04-24 Thread Scott Loveless
Ran across this at cnn.com this morning. The first photo, by Margaret Bourke-White, is very powerful in my opinion. There's also a color photograph by St. Ansel. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0704/gallery.f500_photos.fortune/index.html -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com --

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Rob, A few years ago I did something like that using a damaged SMC filter. I couldn't see any scratches or abrasions, even when using a magnifier. However, I did ruin a 20mm Super Tak by cleaning it with Kodak lens tissue. although I couldn't see the scratches. When I brought the lens in for a

Re: PESO - Low Bow

2007-04-24 Thread Rick Womer
Very nice and very unusual! What do you think about a little more contrast or saturation in the foreground? Rick --- Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About 1/10 mile from home I rounded the corner and was treated to this. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5886737size=lg Tom

PAW - Different Worlds

2007-04-24 Thread frank theriault
Here it is using Juan's Googlemap thingie: http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=lESYwdjzwI And, in case there are problems with that, here (it doesn't look so good here, I don't think) on photo.net: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5868797 Comments welcome. thanks, frank --

Re: PESO: Tall shadows

2007-04-24 Thread Rick Womer
Wonderful shot, Dario! It is almost abstract. Rick --- Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, it's very high contrast, but that's fully intentional, for making the subjects look like shadows and the shadows look like subjects. I was also tempted to call that pic highshadows, as

K10D is TIPA's best expert DSLR 2007

2007-04-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
http://www.tipa.com/awa_2007.lasso Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-24 Thread Jack Davis
No, I don't care to run the test. (LoL) Well, this gives me even more hope. Jack --- Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 24/04/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can only hope. ;) Lifted directly from a post I made re lens cleaning Nov 2000: In an except from the

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-24 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 24/04/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob, A few years ago I did something like that using a damaged SMC filter. I couldn't see any scratches or abrasions, even when using a magnifier. However, I did ruin a 20mm Super Tak by cleaning it with Kodak lens tissue. although I

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-24 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 24/04/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I don't care to run the test. (LoL) Well, this gives me even more hope. Nearly 20 years of regular cleaning the front element of my A16/2.8 fisheye and later my A15/3.5 (both of which can't be protected using a screw on filter) with all and

Re: More 85mm f2.0 smc-M bokeh

2007-04-24 Thread Christian
J. C. O'Connell wrote: I apologize, MARK! -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-24 Thread Jack Davis
So far as you can tell.(?) Jack --- Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 24/04/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I don't care to run the test. (LoL) Well, this gives me even more hope. Nearly 20 years of regular cleaning the front element of my A16/2.8 fisheye and

Re: GESO: Frecce Tricolori

2007-04-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
ISO 200 at 1/1000 sec. Tuly impressive definition? Would you like to see some Venice rooftops taken from S.Marco tower with my DA 12-24 at 12mm? See there: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/IMGP1653.jpg Warning: 9 MB to download! Sorry for the heavy watermark, but there are ongoing talks for

Sunny spring time 2 you

2007-04-24 Thread Roman
http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-_IGP9160.jpg Wish you lovely spring green time. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Fortune's greatest photos

2007-04-24 Thread David Savage
Thanks for posting that Scott These 2 really stood out to me: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0704/gallery.f500_photos.fortune/2.html http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0704/gallery.f500_photos.fortune/13.html Cheers, Dave On 4/24/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GESO: Frecce Tricolori

2007-04-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
I wrote: ISO 200 at 1/1000 sec. Answering Flavio's question, that's re. the planes, not the rooftops. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Low Bow

2007-04-24 Thread Tom C
Thanks Rick I appreciate the feedback. As far as the foreground goes, to me at least on my monitor, it looks pretty realistic as is. Tom C. From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Low

Re: PESO - Low Bow

2007-04-24 Thread Tom C
Thanks Jack, That's what I thought also. ;-) Tom C. From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good thing you carry the D on your commute. Interesting bow position together with a nicely lit and complimentary sky. The total composition is well assembled. Jack --- Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: More 85mm f2.0 smc-M bokeh - the photo

2007-04-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Simplicity of design should make no real difference in Bokah. Minelli Flavio wrote: I'm jumping in without knowledge of preceeding messages on this thread so forgive me if I'm repeating somone else's words. I have this lens, even if I didn't use it (as the rest of my photo gear) for a long

Re: Fortune's greatest photos

2007-04-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: Ran across this at cnn.com this morning. The first photo, by Margaret Bourke-White, is very powerful in my opinion. There's also a color photograph by St. Ansel. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0704/gallery.f500_photos.fortune/index.html A classic. I saw a

Re: More 85mm f2.0 smc-M bokeh

2007-04-24 Thread Thibouille
Thibouille, I'm not sure what you started, or what might be going on. Remember, I completely filter at least one boob from my email universe entirely so that it remains peaceful here. Noise like that isn't worth expending any thought on. Well.. as usual :'( Yeah I will end doing the same.

Re: Fortune's greatest photos

2007-04-24 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage wrote: Thanks for posting that Scott These 2 really stood out to me: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0704/gallery.f500_photos.fo rtune/2.html Oh yeah! That one really stood out to me, too! I wonder if it's a deliberate Lewis Hine homage? I can't imagine it wasn't at

Signed up for school

2007-04-24 Thread David J Brooks
Just received my confirmation email for the Portrait and Lighting course i registered for on Monday. Its a bit of a drive to Georgian College in Barrie, but its summer, so the Hwy 400 closures should be minimal. Only place i could fine a class. May 7 to June 12. I'll miss the one during GFM, but

Re: PESO -- -- The fast moving unknown waitress.

2007-04-24 Thread David Savage
Very natural, and the mood outweighs the technical deficiencies. Cheers, Dave On 4/24/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is my response to Graywolf's challenge for a photo I wouldn't have taken except for shooting digital I knew this was going to be out of focus, and suffer from

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-24 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm sorry, I don't hate any of my lenses that much... Digital Image Studio wrote: On 24/04/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can only hope. ;) Lifted directly from a post I made re lens cleaning Nov 2000: In an except from the Leica Fotographie International magazine 6/99

Re: PESO -- -- The fast moving unknown waitress.

2007-04-24 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
Earthlink must not like me - Page not found in Firefox, Opera and IE. I give up. Maris P. J. Alling wrote: Once again, I tried the link here and it works fine. I was having some trouble connecting a while ago but that seems to have cleared up now. Maris V. Lidaka Sr. wrote: Page not

RE: PAW - Different Worlds

2007-04-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank, For the most part, I like the idea. The Asian woman in the background adds a lot to the photo. Framing is a little too tight on the right, and the slight tilt bothers me. Not enough to be real interesting, too much not to be annoying. Shel [Original Message] From: frank

Re: nice DA40 example picture ...

2007-04-24 Thread David Savage
On 4/24/07, AlexG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Call me crazy, OK Crazy. I'm Dave! Pleased to meet you. Cheers, Dave ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: GESO: Frecce Tricolori

2007-04-24 Thread Minelli Flavio
Wow! I knew I was way behind, but I didn't realize HOW MUCH... How do you rate this lens with regards to distortion? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dario Bonazza Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 4:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject:

Re: PAW - Different Worlds

2007-04-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Relatively high ISO I'd assume. Different worlds but the same really... frank theriault wrote: Here it is using Juan's Googlemap thingie: http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=lESYwdjzwI And, in case there are problems with that, here (it doesn't look so good here, I don't think) on

Re: PESO: not my usual thing (showing orig pic)

2007-04-24 Thread David Savage
On 4/24/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: This is what came to my mind: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/AS_DSv.jpg I almost automatically thought of capillaries heart scans. I know, weird huh?! Cheers, Dave Not so weird , really the branches

PESO - It Wasn't Funny The First Time

2007-04-24 Thread Eactivist
Yes, back already from mini-trip. Didn't find many poppies, so came home. Will be pretty busy over the next several weeks though. Anyway... I took a trip last Fall, late, to Disneyland and to visit a cousin in LA. I also met up with Keith from PDML for a few hours on the same trip. I had

Re: PESO -- -- The fast moving unknown waitress.

2007-04-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Sorry. Send me your IP address and I'll e-mail a complaint to customer service. Maris V. Lidaka Sr. wrote: Earthlink must not like me - Page not found in Firefox, Opera and IE. I give up. Maris P. J. Alling wrote: Once again, I tried the link here and it works fine. I was having

Re: Just for the hell of it!

2007-04-24 Thread David Savage
On 4/24/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, just for the hell of it. The general opinion here is that digital is better than film, so how about everyone posting a photo that they took with digital that they feel they could not, or would not, have done with film. I have hundreds of shots

Re: GESO - Ryan Oliver Sextet at the Rex

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Frank, my faves are the last one and one before the last. They seem to be quite alive to me. Boris frank theriault wrote: Okay, I've posted a crapload today, but it's been a while, right? I figure I'm entitled. My buddy Tim Hamel has his own group, but like most jazz guys, plays with

Re: PAW - Boo!

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
LOL! frank theriault wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5868563 Comments always welcome! cheers (and thanks), frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Sunny spring time 2 you

2007-04-24 Thread David Savage
On 4/24/07, Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-_IGP9160.jpg Wish you lovely spring green time. Thanks, but it's heading on to winter here. :-) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Alley

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
I may be not in the proper mood, but to me it does not look particularly attractive or interesting. This seems to be very good example of excellent technique, but beside that, it does not touch me. Hope you don't mind. Boris Brendan MacRae wrote: Taken the other day when I was trying to

Re: PESO - Homestead #2

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Fascinating. I read just a few of the comments and they seem negative. Me is totally different story. I really *like* this photo. I cannot say why really. I just feel captivated. Boris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recap: I showed the side of my great grandfather's homestead (California gold

Re: PESO - It Wasn't Funny The First Time

2007-04-24 Thread Jack Davis
Soon as I saw the shot, I wanted to go home. ;-) Optio did good! Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, back already from mini-trip. Didn't find many poppies, so came home. Will be pretty busy over the next several weeks though. Anyway... I took a trip last Fall, late, to Disneyland and

Re: OT - PESO - 1950s darkroom

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Fascinating indeed. Way cool. I wish I had a box of photos such as this one ;-). Boris Christian wrote: My dad in his darkroom (self portraits) somewhere around 1957 (he was 22ish). http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic/af70brGLOS2f4K3nV1HBLLFUs9l88ejHd9dRv4xQp5Fd3Ig=_f.jpg

Re: PAW - Different Worlds

2007-04-24 Thread Fernando Terrazzino
Hi frank, I like the concept. I know that you don't have PC @ home, but I like it better in BW, the boy and the woman's clothing renders to black making it contrast with the rest of the scene (or maybe I'm nostalgic of Frank's BW stuff ;-) ). The framing looks good to me. Cheers Fernando On

Re: PESO: Peaches!

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Alex, not to dissuade you in any way, however it seems to me you got distracted why taking the shot. It feels almost like you set out to photograph the peaches but then saw something else, the spoons or the vessel where the peaches are and then finally someone pushed your hand a bit too far to

Re: GESO: New book, old photos

2007-04-24 Thread Fernando Terrazzino
Hi Juan, Nice selection. I've already seen most of them in your website. I'm just wondering, when you decide on how to order these photos in your book, do you use some system? like select the ones you consider better and scatter them between the others or just sort them chronologically. Just

Re: K10D is TIPA's best expert DSLR 2007

2007-04-24 Thread Bertil Holmberg
Thanks Dario! http://www.tipa.com/awa_2007.lasso Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO -- Flamingos on parade!

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
I think more emphasis should be put on the stop sign ;-). Boris P. J. Alling wrote: Yet another PESO, (at least something here is on topic today). Photographed in their natural habitat, a bit early in the season though...

Re: PESO - Let there be Light

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
And there was light, and G-d thrown the light, day was good... (Hope I did not mess up the translation...) Coolio. Boris Tom C wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5885529 Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K10D is TIPA's best expert DSLR 2007

2007-04-24 Thread Scott Loveless
That is very cool. I couldn't find anything on the TIPA site specifying the cameras they compared in the expert class, but I would imagine it may have included the D80 or D200, 30D, Fuji S5 and other cameras in the ~$1000-$2000US range. High praise indeed. On the other hand, the Best

Re: PAW - Different Worlds

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
You seem to be getting back to your usual self, Frank. Good stuff!!! ;-). Boris frank theriault wrote: Here it is using Juan's Googlemap thingie: http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=lESYwdjzwI And, in case there are problems with that, here (it doesn't look so good here, I don't

Re: PESO: A night in the bare mountain

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Ralf, this is one of your stronger works. I say so because usually you show us a techno-nocturnal image of some isolated plant. Here there is this fusion between the plant and the street below it. It makes me want to stand before the big print and just look, look, and look into it. Boris

Re: lens tests (Pentax and others as well)

2007-04-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
It's my opinion. You don't have to agree with me. MARK ! Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: lens tests (Pentax and others as well) On Apr 23, 2007, at 6:06 PM, AlexG wrote: Pardon my ignorance? Why do you say Photodo is

Re: PESO - Low Bow

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Never saw a bow that low... ;-) Boris Tom C wrote: About 1/10 mile from home I rounded the corner and was treated to this. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5886737size=lg Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Tall shadows

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
It sure works for me. Excellent, Dario. Boris Dario Bonazza wrote: Taken from the S.Marco tower in Venice, looking down at the passers-by in S.Marco Square: http://www.dariobonazza.com/misc/misc18e.htm Apart from the obvious increased contrast and BW conversion, the picture has been

Re: PESO - Homestead #2

2007-04-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/24/2007 9:05:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Fascinating. I read just a few of the comments and they seem negative. Me is totally different story. I really *like* this photo. I cannot say why really. I just feel captivated. Boris ===

Re: Just for the hell of it!

2007-04-24 Thread Fernando Terrazzino
I'd had never wasted film on this one ;-) http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=470866780size=o On 4/23/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, just for the hell of it. The general opinion here is that digital is better than film, so how about everyone posting a photo that they took with

Re: PAW 2007 - 20 - GDG

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
You most definitely succeeded. Surreal indeed. Let me tell you that this one seems to be just a bit stronger than your other works. Boris Godfrey.Christian wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I was out for my Saturday morning walk in Guadalupe River Park, San Jose, this time carrying camera

Re: PESO - Low Bow

2007-04-24 Thread Fernando Terrazzino
Hi, I like this one Tom, composition and colors. I agree with Rick, a version with more contrast might look good too. Fernando On 4/24/07, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very nice and very unusual! What do you think about a little more contrast or saturation in the foreground? Rick

Re: PESO 2007 - 20a - GDG

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Godfrey, may I suggest that you add a bit of vignetting to this image. It seems to really ask for some probably even heavy vignetting. Boris Christian wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Another from my walk in the park this past Saturday, adding to the Tree collection I've been building:

Re: PESO: Florida Lizzard

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
(in a stuttering kind of voice, a-la Harry Potter's first movie hero) Fascinatingly sharp subject. Boris Walter Hamler wrote: This guy was very tame and allowed me pretty close with the 100mm f3.5 Macro. iso 400, f/10, around 1/60th with SR on. His head is slightly soft or else he moved.

Re: RE: Just for the hell of it!

2007-04-24 Thread David J Brooks
I have been doing some shooting with this set up, the last 2 weeks or so. Its pretty neat. My only concern is on very sunny days, like in Vegas, it was hard to see if the setting i had for Tv and Av were blinking or not. But thats my only complaint. It seems to give a pretty go exposure to.

Re: Just for the hell of it!

2007-04-24 Thread Fernando Terrazzino
Loved those Paris shots Ann. On 4/23/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Toine wrote: Digital isn't better than film.It's a lot easier and in theory cheaper. In fact thanks to digital I started shooting again. The dark room was a disaster and shooting color pos. or neg. was even

Re: PESO - It Wasn't Funny The First Time

2007-04-24 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
I took the kids to Disneyworld many, many years ago - didn't even go on one ride: I let the kids do their waiting and riding. They didn't seemed to mind. The Optio is good - I have the Optio 555 and it, too, does well. Saving for the Pentax K10D meanwhile. Maris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: PAW 2007 - 20 - GDG

2007-04-24 Thread David J Brooks
As soon as you mentioned tripod and planes, i had a funny feeling i new what you'd be up to.:-) I like this one. Almost an IR effect, in the trees and i like the hydro lines there. Dave On 4/23/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was out for my Saturday morning walk in Guadalupe

Re: PESO -- Flamingos on parade!

2007-04-24 Thread David J Brooks
On 4/21/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That should be realms not helms, (damned spell checker). NelsonHa Ha/Nelson Dave P. J. Alling wrote: These proud birds used to be hatched in Connecticut, USA, then migrate through out the world. Somehow their nesting grounds have moved to

Re: Just for the hell of it!

2007-04-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Someone has way too much time on their hands. David Savage wrote: On 4/24/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, just for the hell of it. The general opinion here is that digital is better than film, so how about everyone posting a photo that they took with digital that they feel they

Re: Signed up for school

2007-04-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sounds cool! I'm just about decided to sign up for the second stage of the Professional Practice for Exhibiting Artists course I took last year. It concentrates on learning how to promote and manage artist-business relationships with galleries, publications, etc. Fun stuff, eh? A course on

Re: K10D is TIPA's best expert DSLR 2007

2007-04-24 Thread P. J. Alling
I was going to mention that until I remembered the Epson RD-1s. Still available I believe. Scott Loveless wrote: That is very cool. I couldn't find anything on the TIPA site specifying the cameras they compared in the expert class, but I would imagine it may have included the D80 or D200,

Re: PESO: A night in the bare mountain

2007-04-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Sclessin seen from the top of an old mine dump. http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/8689239 Very interesting. Almost three photos presented as one, and it works beautifully. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

K10D......no AF in remote mode!

2007-04-24 Thread John Whittingham
Hi guys I've been trying remote control mode in the FN menu, I have AF in remote mode enabled in the custom menu, using FA lenses. Using the Pentax remote or a universal long range one I cannot get the camera to AF before taking the shot, am I missing something? Is the camera faulty? I don't

Re: K10D......no AF in remote mode!

2007-04-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Whittingham Subject: K10D..no AF in remote mode! Hi guys I've been trying remote control mode in the FN menu, I have AF in remote mode enabled in the custom menu, using FA lenses. Using the Pentax remote or a universal long range one I cannot

Re: PESO - Homestead #2

2007-04-24 Thread wendy beard
I quite like it too, Boris, so you're not alone :-) Wendy On 4/24/07, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fascinating. I read just a few of the comments and they seem negative. Me is totally different story. I really *like* this photo. I cannot say why really. I just feel captivated.

Re: K10D is TIPA's best expert DSLR 2007

2007-04-24 Thread Scott Loveless
I don't think it's in production anymore. Besides, TIPA isn't going to give a 2007 award to to a 3 year old digital rangefinder any more than they would give one to an *istD. So I'm sticking by my Leica Award theory. g -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com/ -- Original message

Re: Another gem from Kennieboy's treasure cove

2007-04-24 Thread Peter Jordan
Yes, but think of the hours of endless pleasure he gives us all. I think he is a national treasure who should be preserved for all time. Shall I order a tank and some formaldehyde? Peter William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Another gem from

Re: Signed up for school

2007-04-24 Thread David J Brooks
I got the info from a friend of a friend, who took it last fall. Its apparently a layed back approach. Instructor basically asked what they wanted to try, instead of a structure lesson. Sounds like we can experiment quite a bit. Once i feel comfortable with it, and get the basics down., I'll

Re: PAW - Different Worlds

2007-04-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
There's something quite subtle and humorous about this one, frank. I also think it would render better as monochrome, but it's darn neat as is. The googlemap display worked well. G On Apr 24, 2007, at 6:57 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=lESYwdjzwI

Re: K10D......no AF in remote mode!

2007-04-24 Thread John Whittingham
Dumb question, you do have the AF switched on don't you? William Robb Hi William Yes switched on, but in C-AF (continuous), could that be causing it? I'm away from the camera right now. John

Re: PESO -- Flamingos on parade!

2007-04-24 Thread frank theriault
On 4/20/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yet another PESO, (at least something here is on topic today). Photographed in their natural habitat, a bit early in the season though... http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_flamingosonparade.html What's with the neckties? cheers,

Re: K10D......no AF in remote mode!

2007-04-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 24, 2007, at 10:43 AM, John Whittingham wrote: I've been trying remote control mode in the FN menu, I have AF in remote mode enabled in the custom menu, using FA lenses. Using the Pentax remote or a universal long range one I cannot get the camera to AF before taking the shot,

Boris (PESO) - Week 15

2007-04-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=17401full=1 I thought I might call it An optical formula ;-). Have your honest and brutal say, please. Thanks. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Tall shadows

2007-04-24 Thread Bruce Dayton
That is my sentiment as well. -- Bruce Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 11:29:39 AM, you wrote: GD very striking, I like it. GD I'd rather it were right side up, however. With only that change it GD becomes stronger. GD Godfrey GD On Apr 23, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Taken from the

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