Re: Another one bites the dust.

2006-05-05 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 5/4/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heck, this frees me up to do all sorts of meaningfull things. Like get my basement cleaned out and build a darkroom and sauna. That's great. Wish I could have a darkroom but apartments have too little room as it is. Cheers, Gautam

Re: Another one bites the dust.

2006-05-04 Thread Gautam Sarup
I hope that your immediate plans work out well and that you are able to work meaningfully in photography again if you choose. Cheers, Gautam On 5/2/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of you know, the life of a photofinisher has changed dramatically over the past couple of years.

Re: PESO! - Qrendi Parish Church, Malta

2006-05-04 Thread Gautam Sarup
The color version does work much better, doesn't it? Georgeous. Cheers, Gautam On 5/4/06, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Patrick, I really like the color version--much more of a sense of presence somehow, certainly more warmth. Lots of details (especially in the paintings) pop out that

Re: PESO! - Qrendi Parish Church, Malta

2006-05-03 Thread Gautam Sarup
Patrick, This is a nice photograph but the vertical columns seem to be slightly bow shaped. Maybe that's the way they are, maybe I need new glasses. Cheers, Gautam On 5/3/06, Patrick Genovese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comments/Critique are most welcome.

Re: May PUG is open

2006-05-02 Thread Gautam Sarup
Lots of photographs I liked this month. What I'd like to see in a larger size: No Title by Kenneth Waller. How did this happen: Green by Adelheid Funny: Thinking Green by Joseph Tainter Cheers, Gautam On 5/1/06, AvK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, the May PUG is open. It can be found at

Re: PESO - i

2006-04-28 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 4/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, but some of still don't know what it is! Well, we'll just have guess this one. A gorilla? Doesn't seem like a chimp for some reason. Cheers, Gautam

DA70 (old news?)

2006-04-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
I came across this article on a Pentax lens expected in October. http://www.photoscala.com/node/view/1265 Cheers, Gautam

Re: gESO: What we've seen so far

2006-04-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
I must agree. Cheers, Gautam On 4/25/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not too big a fan of the web page myself either. But that's just a minor nit. You have beautiful photos in that set! An excellent eye. Thank you for sharing. Godfrey On Apr 25, 2006, at 9:57 PM, Francis

Re: PESO - Guys and Phones

2006-04-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
Very interesting composition Shel. Cheers, Gautam On 4/25/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/2cellguys.html Made using the istDS and the K135/2.5 - converted in PS CS using double Hue/Sat technique Shel

Re: Good Program to Download - Check Windows Security

2006-04-24 Thread Gautam Sarup
The legendary Steve Gibson has an interesting story of his own experiences. http://www.grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm He has some security tools on his site too. Cheers, Gautam On 4/23/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html I've been using this free

Re: OT Re: Good Program to Download - Check Windows Security

2006-04-24 Thread Gautam Sarup
I'm not sure he claims to be an expert. He certainly knows more than I do and he's done some interesting stuff. Cheers, Gautam On 4/24/06, Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gautam Sarup wrote: The legendary Steve Gibson has an interesting story of his own experiences. Legendary he may

Re: PESO -- Connecticut Zen II

2006-04-24 Thread Gautam Sarup
I like it more with much of the space at the bottom cut out bringing the rocks to the front. Perhaps a centimeter of grass at the bottom edge. It fills the frame better to my eye. Cheers, Gautam On 4/24/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: New and improved with URL included...

Re: PESO - i

2006-04-24 Thread Gautam Sarup
Dag, A wonderful photograph but what is this? Cheers, Gautam On 4/24/06, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=232428 Comments are welcome. DagT

Re: OT - I'm back Monterey Trip

2006-04-23 Thread Gautam Sarup
Welcome back. Hope your mom gets better. Stick around. Cheers, Gautam On 4/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll try to be brief. Or as brief as I can be. :-) Mom had a colostomy operation a week ago. She's been home about two days. Seems to be doing okay. But the big

Re: Mamiya is history

2006-04-21 Thread Gautam Sarup
tweet the corporation? Indeed, let's tweet the corporations. Tweet software too. Cheers, Gautam On 4/21/06, Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_entrurl=http%3a%2f%2fdc.watch.impress.co.jp%2fcda%2fother%2f2006%2f04%2f21%2f3690.html

Re: Composing on screen vs. in viewfinder.

2006-04-19 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 4/11/06, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is a psychological thing. Anybody who knows a good shrink ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) On the dumb side but better than nothing: http://www.manifestation.com/neurotoys/eliza.php3 Cheers, Gautam

Re: OT - Eiffel Tower

2006-04-16 Thread Gautam Sarup
Given that the thread on the Eiffel Tower has morphed into a thread on Vegas, I though this might serve as a unifying image: http://static.flickr.com/36/119233767_787bc66308.jpg Cheers, Gautam On 4/15/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill, I used to be a cab driver, and there were

Re: Mammatus Clouds

2006-04-16 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 4/14/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: watching Dumbo and the Ah! An old favourite. Cheers, Gautam

Re: PESO: Through a windshield dirtily

2006-04-16 Thread Gautam Sarup
I like it. Unusual perspective. I think it would have been nicer if the car had been on the road and there had been some indication that it was in motion (though not blur.) Cheers, Gautam On 4/15/06, Powell Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was given about 25 feet, 8 meters of very expired,

Re: Outdated Kodachrome 64 slide film any good?

2006-04-14 Thread Gautam Sarup
Markus, Here are some K64 photographs for you to look at. They were scanned on a Canon 8400F with VueScan using the Kodachrome setting that it has. Beyond that I haven't done any editing. The colors on the originals are much better. http://static.flickr.com/30/62716350_c9fc7d224c.jpg

Re: Outdated Kodachrome 64 slide film any good?

2006-04-14 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 4/13/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it's been refrigerated, it will be just fine. Kodachrome starts life as a BW film (more or less). The colour dyes are added during processing. It is a remarkably stable film. So you could then stop processing at some stage and get BW

Re: OT: Eadweard Muybridge

2006-04-11 Thread Gautam Sarup
trivia Muybridge was born Edward Muggeridge. He later changed his name to Muybridge. The horse photography was evidently to settle a bet with Leland Stanford (of Stanford University fame.) Among his achievements, other than those Tom mentioned, is that he took several panoramic photographs of

Re: Google Earth (speaking of pictures)

2006-04-06 Thread Gautam Sarup
Jack, While you're at it, try this too: http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ Cheers, Gautam On 4/5/06, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just learned of this site yesterday, (http://earth.google.com/). Pulled up a freebie and played with it for a bit. It's an satilite collage of

Re: PESO - By the Tyne

2006-04-04 Thread Gautam Sarup
The colours and the technical aspects are just wonderful. Cheers, Gautam On 4/3/06, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As Mike Wilson has already mentioned, we spent Saturday evening strolling along the river Tyne. Here's one shot from the session, with the blue arc of the Millenium Bridge in

Re: OT - Eiffel Tower

2006-04-03 Thread Gautam Sarup
I like enough of Louis Sullivan and Wright to have taken tours around Chicago. And I like the Empire State Building. Cheers, Gautam On 4/1/06, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:18:44 +0100, Gautam Sarup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's right here for people who

Re: Keeping a lens level

2006-04-02 Thread Gautam Sarup
Thanks Jostein The 80-320 changes length still this is the best solution there is. Cheers, Gautam On 3/30/06, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I use this device for macro rigs. It's a good help when you need to balance a heavy rig. However, if

Re: OT - Eiffel Tower

2006-04-01 Thread Gautam Sarup
It's right here for people who haven't seen it: http://static.flickr.com/41/81262041_a936315f02.jpg Cheers, Gautam On 4/1/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The building is not quite in North Beach. It's actually on the edge of Chinatown, and very close to the Financial District.

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-30 Thread Gautam Sarup
Godfrey, IMO, better the man who hasn't studied all these things and doesn't have to doubt his eyes when he opens them in the morning. Anyway, so much for all that. Cheers, Gautam On 3/29/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 29, 2006, at 8:19 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Sad in

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-29 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 3/29/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Science today studies much that isn't real. That's a 19th century definition. Bob Bob, I'd say that if the mystics want to change the definition of science they can't. Science is still (and always will be) the study of reality. The study of

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-29 Thread Gautam Sarup
Godfrey, I've heard the term used more and more in software. I guess it's part of the general trend in the US (*) culture towards using important sounding words rather than simple words that are seen as well, simple (and coherent.) This is the same trend that brought us travesties such as

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-29 Thread Gautam Sarup
that bodies, soap and water and non-existent or their existence is debatable. Cheers, Gautam On 3/29/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gautam Sarup wrote: Science is still (and always will be) the study of reality. I have always thought that science was a *method* of study, rather than

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-29 Thread Gautam Sarup
Collin, That's a fantastic observation. I would go further and state that mankind has benefited greatly in Aristolelian eras. Cheers, Gautam On 3/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Modern philosophy, since the Enlightenment, has been based on Kant's view of reality, with

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-29 Thread Gautam Sarup
Doesn't mean he's wrong! On 3/29/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that is your considered opinion, you are not well-educated in the study of Philosophy. Godfrey On Mar 29, 2006, at 10:15 AM, graywolf wrote: The systematic study of the structure and behavior of the

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-29 Thread Gautam Sarup
metaphysics and epistemology), not science. Godfrey On Mar 29, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Gautam Sarup wrote: I'd say that if the mystics want to change the definition of science they can't. Science is still (and always will be) the study of reality. The study of non-reality if such a thing

Keeping a lens level

2006-03-29 Thread Gautam Sarup
I have a fairly good tripod (a Slik butI can't remember the model number) which has a pan-tilt head. The problem is that it's difficult to keep long lenses level. The longest I have a 80-320 zoom and the front end of the lens sags when mounted on the tripod and left along. Is there some decent

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-29 Thread Gautam Sarup
I'm sure TomC can comment quite well on this himself but on this I agree with him. Too much of modern knowledge is just back-space. Cheers, Gautam On 3/29/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My statement, quoted below, was With these statements, you demonstrate little study of

Re: Keeping a lens level

2006-03-29 Thread Gautam Sarup
Thank you, Bill, Ralf and Tom. This is just the thing I need. There will be an enablement in the family soon. Cheers, Gautam On 3/29/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Ralf R. Radermacher Subject: Re: Keeping a lens level Gautam Sarup [EMAIL

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-28 Thread Gautam Sarup
Bob Shell wrote: On Mar 26, 2006, at 2:41 PM, graywolf wrote: Modern scientists claim there is an underlying reality whatever our perceptions. Not all modern scientists claim, or believe, that. Bob Science by definition is the study of reality. The study of non-reality is

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-28 Thread Gautam Sarup
Right Tom. Actually, it begs the questions what the hell are we talking about? Ultimately, the anti-reality argument ends up denying the evidence our senses give us by saying that we can no longer trust either our perception, experiments or theories. Take this line of argument to it's final

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
Or else, we all live in the same reality but have different experiences. Experience changes the knowledge we have and often how we evaluate things but not what exists as such. Cheers, Gautam On 3/26/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 26, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
Kevin, I see things as you do. I spend 8-10 hours a day in front of a computer and I greatly enjoy that. However, for recreation I prefer to stay away. Cheers, Gautam On 3/25/06, Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In recent times, I seem to have lost the joy of photography. What

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that increasing the accuracy of measurement of the position of a particle decreases the accuracy with which it's momentum can be determined at the same instance and vice versa. Simply stated: - More accurate measure of position implies less accurate

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
On a PC running Windows at that. :) On 3/26/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty wrote: On 26/3/06, Gautam Sarup, discombobulated, unleashed: I spend 8-10 hours a day in front of a computer and I greatly enjoy that. Mark! Come on now. I'm not putting anything that perverted

Re: Rollei

2006-03-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
Sorry to hear that. Gautam On 3/25/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My first attempt at a Powerpoint slide show. Apologies to those who can't access it. All pictures were shot with Pentax cameras and lenses. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/rollei.pps William Robb

Re: crop factor vs. telephoto factor

2006-03-25 Thread Gautam Sarup
Adam, Using the diagonal as the standard one would expect the normal for a 8x10 frame to be about 325mm while the practical standard as you mentioned is only 210mm. That's approx. only 65% of the diagonal. Do you know where the large difference comes from? Cheers, Gautam On 3/23/06, Adam Maas

Re: crop factor vs. telephoto factor

2006-03-25 Thread Gautam Sarup
Heh! PDML is like that. Everytime I've asked a question there's been a deluge of answers. It's also the only place I guess where people get emotional over aperture rings and the like. :) Cheers, Gautam On 3/25/06, Russell Kerstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well, i think that my question was

Re: OT: My New Market

2006-03-25 Thread Gautam Sarup
Congratulations. cheers, Gautam On 3/25/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If we have any Pentaxians in high demo Dallas/Ft. Worth zips, you'll probably be getting the first volume of Home magazine in the mail. I have an article in the mag titled The Flora and the Fantasy. I

Re: Which high speed film for indoor shots ? was:RE: How do you select your camera for the day? was

2006-03-23 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 3/23/06, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gautam thanks a lot for your samples. The second one looks horrible here, maybe removing the color cast did that, You're right, my attempt at Photoshop resulted in strange blotches. As can be seen my skills are rudimentary. I'll try to

Re: Which high speed film for indoor shots ? was:RE: How do you select your camera for the day? was

2006-03-22 Thread Gautam Sarup
Hi Markus, This is Ilford Delta 3200 shot at 3200 and developed in Rodinal (at home - perhaps a lab would do better.) http://static.flickr.com/39/84732059_1ef2d6103d_b.jpg And this is Superia 1600. (Not much Photoshopping except I tried to correct the colour cast.)

Re: CRASH! Always Wear Your Seat Belt ...

2006-03-20 Thread Gautam Sarup
Sorry to hear about that. Hope you're getting over what aches and pains this might have caused. Gautam On 3/20/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was slowly driving to a friend's house up in the Berkeley Hills. A woman, seemingly impaired in some way, drove into my lane and crashed

Re: PESO: An IR shot

2006-03-18 Thread Gautam Sarup
Paul, Ominous looking but nice. Cheers, Gautam On 3/18/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I fooled around a bit today with a 49mm Hoya R72 filter and the FA 35/2. Here's a shot of a church seen through winter trees. I think I'm going to enable myself with a 77mm version of that

Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend

2006-03-13 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 3/13/06, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See my other posts. The F-22 has already stood up for duty, and taken the mantle of deadliest aircraft in service from the Su-35. Very good. I'd hoped it would not be too long coming. However, because of other advantages the US has (AWACS, the

Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend

2006-03-13 Thread Gautam Sarup
and developed while I was looking through a viewfinder. Been interesting! Thanks! Jack --- Gautam Sarup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/12/06, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Understand that the F-15 is about the baddest think in the air. True? Jack Not right now. The USAF needs

Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend

2006-03-12 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 3/12/06, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Understand that the F-15 is about the baddest think in the air. True? Jack Not right now. The USAF needs an update. The SU30s and 31s are probably the best planes in the air right now (and for my taste, the most beautiful.)

Re: which camera to buy?

2006-03-08 Thread Gautam Sarup
A flame war isn't what I wanted when I asked the question. (Please note the intentions were pure. :) Actually, the change is technology is giving me quite a few questions. On the one hand, going digital appears to be inevitable at some point. On the other, I like slides and digital appears to

Re: Re: which camera to buy?

2006-03-08 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 3/8/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any reports of Z-1ps with this failure out there? They are, what 15yo by now? Kostas, Mine is still much in perfect shape. But then, there are ancient lenses on which the aperture ring still works too. I guess reliability isn't the

Re: *istDS meets Konica Hexanon

2006-03-07 Thread Gautam Sarup
Well, at least I'm impressed. :) Cheers, Gautam On 3/7/06, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I don't know if anyone else will find this interesting or useful, but I did - and unexpected as well. I have a small Konica SLR system which includes several Hexanon lenses and a

Re: OT - The Danger of eBay!

2006-03-07 Thread Gautam Sarup
Hmm. Perhaps there is a market for a camera with eBay mode: http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?section_id=5article_id=1806 Cheers, Gautam On 3/7/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why am I not surprised? http://www.auctions-registration.com/ebay/ Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Re: which camera to buy?

2006-03-07 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 3/7/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Be real. The fact is that this is the way all the modern cameras, new Panasonic L1 excepted, are being designed. If you don't like it, you're out of luck because you won't be able to buy anything in the future that works the way you like.

Re: OT: aquariums

2006-03-06 Thread Gautam Sarup
in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: Gautam Sarup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28. februar 2006 08:24 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: aquariums Tom, I'm leaning more and more towards taking

Re: Do you chimp?

2006-03-05 Thread Gautam Sarup
guitars and violins like magic wands and expect them to produce sound. TTYL, Gautam On 3/5/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/3/06, Gautam Sarup, discombobulated, unleashed: Don't think I ever saw Russell Crowe pretending to play music but I have seen some others trying hopelessly. Violin

Re: OT can your camera do that?

2006-03-04 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 3/3/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting. Where did this information come from? Photo.net. Maybe if it had been at the bottom of a fjord but I'm extremely sceptical. Could have been in a sealed container. There must be some conditions attached. Still, I found it

Re: Do you chimp?

2006-03-04 Thread Gautam Sarup
Don't think I ever saw Russell Crowe pretending to play music but I have seen some others trying hopelessly. TTYL, Gautam On 3/3/06, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You mean, like, Russell Crowe? Gautam Sarup wrote: Hah! Actors do equally strange things with musical instruments

Re: Do you chimp?

2006-03-03 Thread Gautam Sarup
Hah! Actors do equally strange things with musical instruments. On 3/2/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's funny how fashions change. I just visited the outlaws and, for my sins, had to endure about 20 minutes of one of our worst ( is there a good one?) television soaps. Part of

OT can your camera do that?

2006-03-03 Thread Gautam Sarup
From another list: My Leica I A was rescued from the sea - been down a long time during WW II - and it only took a general clean up - and a chemical clean of the lens - and new curtains - to get it back in working order.

Re: Kodak KAF 10010 Sensor

2006-03-02 Thread Gautam Sarup
Jack, The strangeness may be because perhaps you installed Acrobat Reader and installed Photoshop after that. To see the file better start Acrobat and open the pdf file from the application - File - Open - select the file you want. Let me know how it goes. Gautam On 3/2/06, Jack Davis wrote:

Re: OT: aquariums

2006-03-01 Thread Gautam Sarup
. Definately take your fastest lens with you. -Lon Gautam Sarup wrote: Tom, I'm leaning more and more towards taking the Provia and pushing it as you suggest. I have a few more questions by now: 1. What lenses? I don't have too many choices. The fastest Pentax lens I have is a 50

Re: OT: aquariums

2006-02-27 Thread Gautam Sarup
it, the subjects are moving as well. That's why I suggested something that can be pushed significantly Tom C. From: Gautam Sarup [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: aquariums Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:51:39 -0800 Thanks

Re: PESO - Bat Ray

2006-02-27 Thread Gautam Sarup
Hey Bruce, This helps. Since I don't have any digital gear I'll have to try pushing Provia 400F to 3200 as TomC recommended. Better get the DOF I guess than open the lens up and get a faster shutter speed. Though those decisions will have to wait till I get to see the inside of the place.

Re: PESO - Stumped

2006-02-27 Thread Gautam Sarup
Way out groovy, Dude! :) Cheers, Gautam On 2/26/06, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Something different. All comments solicited, yeah, nay, and/or otherwise. What would you do differently? Thanks in advance

Re: PESO: Steve

2006-02-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
Paul, On my low-res monitor I had to scroll to see the whole of the image. At one point there was an effective crop from a little above the eye- brows to the bottom of the picture. Made it look very powerful to my eyes. Cheers, Gautam On 2/25/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A

OT: aquariums

2006-02-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
I'm planning a trip to the Monterey aquarium and would like advice on what slide film to use. The only colour film I use regularly is K64 and that's likely to be too slow. Suggestions will be appreciated. Cheers, Gautam

Re: OT: aquariums

2006-02-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
lighting once and everything came out green. Cheers, Gautam On 2/26/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gautam Sarup wrote: I'm planning a trip to the Monterey aquarium and would like advice on what slide film to use. The only colour film I use regularly is K64 and that's likely

Re: OT: aquariums

2006-02-26 Thread Gautam Sarup
Thanks Adam. K200 is still on the market. I am getting tempted to try some E6 films though. Cheers, Gautam On 2/26/06, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike wilson wrote: Gautam Sarup wrote: I'm planning a trip to the Monterey aquarium and would like advice on what slide film

Re: Anti-Shake?

2006-02-25 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 2/25/06, Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would not buy it without SR. In fact I do not own a digital camera and a camera need a another feature than simply digotal in order to tempt me. I'm happy with film. Mind you, if someone stole all my gear I would certainly not buy film cameras

Re: PESO: Steve

2006-02-25 Thread Gautam Sarup
Paul, Very nice. Cheers, Gautam On 2/25/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A profile. The venerable K 85/1.8 on the *istD. f1.8 @ 1/60th, ISO 400. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4159763

Re: Question: Should I buy an ist D?

2006-02-23 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 2/23/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I change the autofocus spot manually in respect to what I'm shooting. [...] Paul, That makes sense. Unfortunately, on the MZ-S you have to push a little switch and rotate a knob. That was too difficult for me to manage especially given the

Re: Question: Should I buy an ist D?

2006-02-22 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 2/21/06, John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I find 45 focus points laughable: the CPU must spend a huge amount of time analysing the optimum focus distance from all those inputs! I may be missing something there though and I'd be happy for someone to explain the benefits to me...

Re: Photographing the Jellies

2006-02-22 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 2/22/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your input. I believe that I can make better photos than the fellow who put up that gallery, and that I'll be able to get better shots, and better quality shots. Nothing like a little hubris first thing in the AM, eh LOL 'Tis

Re: PESO - Angry Sea

2006-02-20 Thread Gautam Sarup
Bruce, Nice pic. but I'm glad we cancelled our Monterey plans this weekend. :) Cheers, Gautam On 2/20/06, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over this weekend I took the family down to Monterey, CA to see the beach and aquarium. The big issue was the forecast. There was supposed to be

Re: Pentax 100-300

2006-02-19 Thread Gautam Sarup
Brian, I think of it as a good value for money lens. I don't use it a lot and didn't pay a lot. It does nicely enough what I do use it. Cheers, Gautam On 2/18/06, Brian Dipert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's $99.95 right now at BH. Thoughts on this lens, folks, both in absolute terms and

Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-15 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 2/15/06, Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in fact, religious intolerance has always been limited to western christians and islami The Hindus too. All religious groups that manage to get their paws on power behave the same way. Faith is the antithesis of reason and force is the only way it

Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-15 Thread Gautam Sarup
Hey Frank, No offense taken. It was just a matter of fact reply. I think people who get offended or demeaned by things that happened centuries ago should wake up. Cheers, Gautam On 2/15/06, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/14/06, Gautam Sarup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/14

Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-14 Thread Gautam Sarup
Marnie, Firstly, I didn't mean to come across as aggressive though I might have. Secondly, there's a lot more to prices and wages than safety laws. As an example, computer programming is a safe occupation. Having worked in this profession in multiple countries I do not find a difference in

Re: Is 3 mm worth the extra $1000.00

2006-02-14 Thread Gautam Sarup
Boris, http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=11013 Simply great. Cheers, Gautam On 2/13/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, I bought 43 Ltd and 77 Ltd from fellow PDMLer last year... They are quite *amazing*. Suffices to say, I've put my FA 50/1.7 to the shelf and haven't

Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-14 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 2/14/06, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It ruled the part of the world that mattered... It was a different part that mattered then... Cheers, Gautam

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

Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-12 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 2/11/06, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Outsourcing is a natural consequence of globalization. The fact is that if we averaged the resources of the world among its population, our nice American standard of life would not be sustainable. Juan, What prevents the rest of the world from

Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-12 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 2/12/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm. You might want to read some of John Gray's books. He torches the comfortable idea that we are on an irresistible path towards liberal democracy. Unfortunately. It's not comfortable or irresistable but it's not non-existent either. For example:

Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-12 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 2/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip The path of globalization tends to lead downward to the lowest common denominator. [snip] How so? Cheers, Gautam

Re: Pentax Glass on a Leica?

2006-02-10 Thread Gautam Sarup
Camera Quest has something similar. Said to fit all M bodies except the M6 TTL. Bummer. I'd actually be more interested if it were possible to use Leica lenses on Pentax bodies. Cheers, Gautam http://www.cameraquest.com/adaptslrRFM.htm On 2/9/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You

Re: PESO - Fjord Liner

2006-02-05 Thread Gautam Sarup
Boris, I like this more than the other one you posted recently because the liner created a center of interest for me and the rest of the picture falls very well around it. Congratulations on getting a really good one. Cheers, Gautam On 2/5/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi!

Re: I'm an idiot

2006-02-04 Thread Gautam Sarup
Mike Wilson: AFAIR, the Z1-p does not use IR for film measurement. and Dave Brooks: My GFM roll of HIE was shot using my PZ-1, 28-105 and #25 Red.. So there is hope for me yet. Thanks. I'll probably process that roll next week. Cheers, Gautam

Re: ot back in the saddle again

2006-02-04 Thread Gautam Sarup
On 2/4/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Epiglottitis with Laryngitis Not one my favourites. Glad you're better. Cheers, Gautam

Re: question about chromes

2006-02-04 Thread Gautam Sarup
Ann, My favourite after trying out a few is Kodachrome 64. Takes about 2 weeks for processing though. Cheers, Gautam On 2/4/06, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI gang, I've hardly been here - though didn't actually unsub - but it looks like I might have a job where I will need to

Re: OT: Prayer for my Daughter

2006-02-03 Thread Gautam Sarup
Jay, I hope your daugher has a swift recovery. Best Wishes, Gautam On 2/2/06, Jay Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PDML'ers, Please say a prayer for my daughter Nicole. Some of you may remember the photos I usually post of my grandson; she is his Mom. She was admitted to the hospital this

Re: PESO - People of the dune

2006-02-02 Thread Gautam Sarup
Definitely a Yeah! I like the intersecting lines of the dunes and the people to add the scale. Not sure about the trees at the top. Cheers, Gautam On 2/1/06, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html All comments

Re: I'm an idiot

2006-02-02 Thread Gautam Sarup
Scott, You're not the only one around. I have a roll to which I've done exactly the same thing in a PZ-1p. Tell me how the results turn out. Cheers, Gautam On 2/2/06, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I've had this roll of HIE in the fridge for a while and finally decided to expose

Re: PESO: no name

2006-02-01 Thread Gautam Sarup
Thanks Godfrey. Cheers, Gautam On 2/1/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 31, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Gautam Sarup wrote: http://static.flickr.com/42/81380197_98d51dd376_b.jpg It's a bit too much of a jumble for me. Too many intersecting and disturbing masses, some in focus

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