Re: Vivitar extension tubes

2001-11-14 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
| to operate, has a focusing collar that's designed like the K-mount | lenses, with a nice serrated rubber grip. It's a joy to use and is | capable of very fine adjustments. Quite possibly a better solution in | many situations than extension tubes. | | Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. wrote

Re: Windows GIMP questions

2001-11-14 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
GIMP is a graphics program like PhotoShop, Corel PhotoPaint, Paint Shop Pro, etc. It is good, it is free, and it will run under Linux. Make a Google search and you will find their website. Maris - Original Message - From: Anand DHUPKAR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: Vivitar extension tubes

2001-11-13 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
And having compared the two side-by-side, can you tell us specifically what the differences are in the fit and finish? And, more importantly, what the differences are in the resulting image? Maris - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: OT:free sites to post pictures??

2001-11-12 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Be sure to install the 6.01 upgrade, unless your CD install disk is already 6.01 as mine was. A number of bugs were fixed by the upgrade. Maris - Original Message - From: aimcompute [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 2:33 PM Subject: Re: OT:free

Re: PUG Stuff

2001-11-09 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
FYI, the website says sychronicity Maris - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 9:37 AM Subject: PUG Stuff | Well, here we are, a mere 10 days away from the next gallery | cutoff. | If you have

Re: 2001 All-Ford Nationals at Carlisle

2001-11-04 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
The thumbnails show up, but clicking on them at any of the optional resolutions does not work. Maris - Original Message - From: Richard Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 9:53 AM Subject: 2001 All-Ford Nationals at Carlisle | I just posted

Re: I need a new printer

2001-10-26 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
It was probably me - I have and love the C80. There is a review at http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg//c80/review.html And a $30 rebate through Halloween. Maris - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 7:45 PM Subject:

Re: Applying Lipstick

2001-10-25 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Please take no offense, but she looks like the girl in the movie Natural Born Killers. Good photo! Maris - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:27 PM Subject: Applying Lipstick | I borrowed a

Re: Applying Lipstick

2001-10-25 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Slhel - don't use contrast and brightness! Use levels and curves. Set your white point and your black point, either with the levels control or the curves control, and you can then use curves to adjust the contrast better within the image. Contrast and Brightness shift EVERTHING - curves

Re: LS 2000 Corel PhotoPaint 8

2001-10-23 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
It's very unusual and I don't know the cause. Why is the black border there in the first place? Your crop seems to be off. Try opening with Conversions Plus and resaving as a TIFF and see what happens. The effects tools are usually grayed out only when the image is in 16-bit mode, if that

Re: CDs for Photo Storage

2001-10-21 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
You should be find with any brand your CD-RW manufacturer recommends. Kodak Gold have been recommended in other newsgroups but I understand they are no longer made unless you stumble upon a stored supply. Kodak GoldSilver should be fine. I've been using Fujifilm 700MB 16X CD-Rs on my Plextor

Re: homade photo cd.

2001-10-19 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Easy CD Creator 4 works find for me. Alternately, buy Laplink and transfer direct from the old to the new, or install your old hard drive as a second hard drive on the new computer for free. Maris - Original Message - From: jeepgirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday,

Re: Good source for IR film?

2001-10-03 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Yes Maris - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 2:42 PM Subject: Good source for IR film? | Hi, gang | Some friends and me want to try IR, but the film is not available in my | country. | What could be a good source to

Re: SMACK wins!!!!!!!

2001-10-02 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Congratulations! Maris - Original Message - From: Gianfranco Irlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:26 AM Subject: SMACK wins!!! | Hi everybody! | I've just received the official confirmation: my short film | Smack has won the first

Re: Just bought a HP Photosmart S20

2001-10-02 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
I think it works *very* well when it comes to results. Maris - Original Message - From: Paul Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:21 PM Subject: Re: Just bought a HP Photosmart S20 | Go to www.hamrick.com | | It has a crappy user interface,

October PUG

2001-10-01 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
The October gallery is, without exception, excellent. Special comments: David Dixon - Air Water - Durham - a fantastic sky, and a fantastic shot of that sky, David Edward Kreis - Coming . . . - another fantastic sky, and I like the lightposts on the left. Dick Jones - Sun and Fog, Big Sur -

Re: OT - Photoshop sucks (IMHO)

2001-09-29 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Jody, Maybe you should uninstall and reinstall. PhotoDeluxe (I have the Business Edition) will open most typical GIF, PNG, JPG and TIF files, and will save in the same formats - use File-Save As-Other But you're right, its workspace is lousy - if you go to the store, I suggest you get Adobe

Re: OT: Photoshop Recommendations

2001-09-22 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
You can download Photoshop Elements for trial for free - I think its sharpening will meet your needs. PSP and CorelPaint's screens and properties are similar to Photoshop's but I really don't know how to describe the differences. Corel is probably most similar. I think you can download a trial

Re: If you don't now own a Mac, better get one (from Forbes Magazine

2001-09-19 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
That's plenty. I hope you find the problem. Maris - Original Message - From: Mark D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 1:06 AM Subject: Re: If you don't now own a Mac, better get one (from Forbes Magazine | From: Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. [EMAIL

Re: More Film Advice

2001-09-19 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
I would stay with the Fuji 400 and/or try out Kodak Supra 400 - the RG 1000 does not look to hot. Maris - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:24 PM Subject: More Film Advice | Howdy, folks, | | Well,

Re: Digicams and 35mm--Warning! Long post

2001-09-19 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Latin - translated it is and you Generally used in reference to Caesar who is reputed to have said Et tu, Brutis - colloquially, 'even you, Brutus' Maris - Original Message - From: Anand DHUPKAR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:51 PM

Re: Piezography

2001-09-19 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Piezography, essentially, is a set of black/graytone inks which replace the colored inks in an Epson printer. The inks are available at http://www.inkjetmall.com/store/piezographyBW.html and there is information there as well. MIS is their primary competitor from what I have read, and there are

Re: If you don't now own a Mac, better get one (from Forbes Magazine

2001-09-18 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
A shot in the dark Mark, but I kept crashing too until I added more memory. How much do you have now? Maris Lidaka - Original Message - From: Mark D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 9:55 PM Subject: Re: If you don't now own a Mac, better get one

Re: Picture of the Week

2001-09-15 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
A gorgeous scene - and your colors came out so well! Maris - Original Message - From: Paul Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 4:40 AM Subject: Picture of the Week | Hi, | | Here is my picture of the week. | I was on holidays last week so

Re: Bombing Japan - private

2001-09-12 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Do we really want to debate this again? Maris - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:31 AM Subject: Re: Bombing Japan - private | Lasse: | | I believe that, while the targets were not named, warnings

Re: NYC digital photos by Chinatown resident

2001-09-12 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Thank you, Joe. He has memorialized this tragedy well. Maris - Original Message - From: Joe Wilensky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 1:41 PM Subject: NYC digital photos by Chinatown resident | Anyone interested in checking out an amateur

Re: Photo for comments

2001-09-09 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Then you are better than I gave you credit for. Keep up the good work! Maris - Original Message - From: Juan J. Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 2:26 PM Subject: Re: Photo for comments | Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. writes: | | Good photos

Re: More London eye shots (Re: This moths PUG photos that work for me)

2001-09-04 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Nice shots - nice composition. But they're too dark! Maris - Original Message - From: Jostein Xksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 6:08 AM Subject: More London eye shots (Re: This moths PUG photos that work for me) | Tim, Rex, and the rest

Re: Pentax SMC-FA 80-320mm F/4.5-5.6

2001-08-28 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
I have the lens and I am pleased with it. I have not tested it as I probably should have and as most on this list would, but some images taken with it are posted at http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=116698 (the lens used is listed in the individual photo details - these are of course

Re: picking black and white print film

2001-08-26 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Excellent site - thank you. Maris - Original Message - From: Cory or Brenda Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 7:43 AM Subject: Re: picking black and white print film | I have used Tri-X with good results. I do NOT like the kind-of BW films |

Re: Personal gallery update, comments will be appreciated

2001-08-26 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
You have some cute kids. Maris - Original Message - From: Tim S Kemp To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 5:39 PM Subject: Personal gallery update, comments will be appreciated www.timkemp.net uploaded my favorite five frames from my first full film... be kind I know

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