Re: On-line printing services

2005-08-23 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Yes its Adorama. I have used Adorama their Matte printing is excellent. Even BW is good. Now they have 25% discount on all prints. I am planning to submit 100s of prints this wek..:-) bye Ramesh From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To:

Slik Pro 614 CF Carbon Fiber Tripod

2005-08-02 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I want to buy Slik Pro 614 CF Carbon Fiber Tripod BH Adorama have this on out-of-stock for long time. Even google search is not yeilding dealers list. I am looking for a list of online-camera stores to inquire about this tripod. If anybody has online-camera-stores list let me know. I tried

Understanding tripod spec sheet

2005-07-11 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Tripod specification says Maximum Height w/o Column Extended 46.1 Is this the perpedicular height when legs are spread? If not, when spread, maximum height will be less than 46.1 Pls clarify.. Thanks Ramesh

Scratches on filters

2005-07-05 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I have few question about Graduated Neutral Density . I use Cokin's Graduated Neutral Density filter and it gets scratched easily. I heard that Lee's Graduated Neutral Density filters are scratch resistant because its made of glass. Do you use Hard edged or soft edgedGraduated Neutral Density

Re: Scratches on filters

2005-07-05 Thread Ramesh Kumar
-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Jul 2005 14:57:00.0335 (UTC) FILETIME=[CBF9A3F0:01C58171] Ramesh Kumar wrote: I have few question about Graduated Neutral Density . I use Cokin's Graduated Neutral Density filter and it gets scratched easily. I heard that Lee's Graduated Neutral Density filters are scratch

LCD display as Viewfinder

2005-06-18 Thread Ramesh Kumar
In *istD, is it possible to use LCD display as viewfinder while composing the frame? Thanks Ramesh

Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long

2005-05-01 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I change the mode to 8-bit before printing. Paul On Apr 30, 2005, at 2:14 PM, Ramesh Kumar wrote: I tried once 20% extrapolation. good conversion What you mean by this? I use ImageSize option in PS without any layers..is that not efficient? Thanks Ramesh From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long

2005-05-01 Thread Ramesh Kumar
:49.0785 (UTC) FILETIME=[8D97BA90:01C54DF3] - Original Message - From: Ramesh Kumar Subject: Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long I assume you also do resampling.. what method you use for resampling? In the Photoshop RAW converter, you have the option of upsizing during

Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long

2005-04-30 Thread Ramesh Kumar
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Apr 2005 13:33:17.0374 (UTC) FILETIME=[2ACB1DE0:01C54D89] On Apr 29, 2005, at 10:32 PM, Ramesh Kumar wrote: I used to get 5300x3400 pixels from 35mm scans and never worried about printing on 13x19' paper. I do not have that luxury with *istD, and miss

Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long

2005-04-30 Thread Ramesh Kumar
) FILETIME=[3410C520:01C54D94] On Apr 29, 2005, at 7:32 PM, Ramesh Kumar wrote: I used to get 5300x3400 pixels from 35mm scans and never worried about printing on 13x19' paper. I do not have that luxury with *istD, and miss it. To reach 35mm pixel freedom..:-), I may have to do few upgrades. I

Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long

2005-04-29 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I will be changing to Canon once they come with something more than 20D at affordable price. Pixel count. I used to get 5300x3400 pixels from 35mm scans and never worried about printing on 13x19' paper. I do not have that luxury with *istD, and miss it. To reach 35mm pixel freedom..:-), I may

Re: L plate for *istD

2005-04-21 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Today, I got L bracket from Kirkphoto for *istD. Its 5 x 3.25 is size. It does not look big and does not block any control. It says BL-2 SHORT L-Bracket Thanks Ramesh From: Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: L plate for *istD

Re: L plate for *istD

2005-04-16 Thread Ramesh Kumar
and replaced with another one that has an Arca-Swiss clamp on it, it may not be sturdy enough to hold the weight of the camera and the panorama attachments. Herb... - Original Message - From: Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 1:44 AM

Re: L plate for *istD

2005-04-16 Thread Ramesh Kumar
bracket in Kirk site. Call them and tell them what you have and want. The L bracket I got was not *ist D specific, it was for any camera that had one of their arca swiss mounting plates. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net

Re: L plate for *istD

2005-04-16 Thread Ramesh Kumar
- Original Message - From: Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: Re: L plate for *istD Even when placing online order for Universal L bracket, we are supposed to mention specific camera model. It means they may

Re: L plate for *istD

2005-04-16 Thread Ramesh Kumar
. i have to use a generic plate that is bigger than it needs to be by a lot. Herb - Original Message - From: Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: Re: L plate for *istD Even when placing online order for Universal L

Re: L plate for *istD

2005-04-15 Thread Ramesh Kumar
a hex key to install and remove. Herb - Original Message - From: Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:12 AM Subject: L plate for *istD How to mount the *istD on tripd in prortarit mode like this? http://www.reallyrightstuff.com

Re: Suggestion regarding flash

2005-04-12 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Thanks for helping to decide. I will go with Metz Mz4i Regards, Ramesh From: Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Ramesh Kumar pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Suggestion regarding flash Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 02:54:07 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from host24

L plate for *istD

2005-04-12 Thread Ramesh Kumar
How to mount the *istD on tripd in prortarit mode like this? http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/pano/horiz/horiz_panos_L-plate.jpg I thought of using L plate. Pls let me know, if any company makes it. Thanks Ramesh

Suggestion regarding flash

2005-04-08 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Till now I avoided buying a flash. Now, I need to take pictures in my friend's family event. Its a small event where DSLR is fine. I will be shooting within 10-15feet. So I need a flash. And I would like buy a good once for all, can sepnd till 350usd. Pls suggest me a flash keeping in mind.

Re: what's your favorite Pentax macro?

2004-04-20 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I have FA50mm FA100mm macro. I favour the latter becuase its longer focal length helps in macro work. Ramesh --- Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pentax glass experts, It looks like I might finally be able to buy a macro lens soon. I was wondering, what's your favorite Pentax (or

Re: Bit selection for Pentax RAW file?

2004-04-17 Thread Ramesh Kumar
--- Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are you ultimately going to do with the images? If you will print them, or have them printed, the output device will print them at 8 bits. I will archive PEF file. I will import temporarily when its needed. Some numbers for a sample image

Re: Bit selection for Pentax RAW file?

2004-04-16 Thread Ramesh Kumar
pops up with options to select bit setting, color space, DPI. In this case, I created action using File/Open. May be this PS CS thing. Thanks Ramesh --- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Apr 2004 at 18:13, Ramesh Kumar wrote: Hi, I am using Adobe7 to convert PEF files

Re: Bit selection for Pentax RAW file?

2004-04-16 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Sorry my initial mail said PS7 that is wrong, I use PS CS. Ramesh --- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Apr 2004 at 22:30, Juey Chong Ong wrote: btw, what do you use to convert PEF to TIFF in Photoshop 7? I had to upgrade to Photoshop 8 to get the Adobe RAW Plug-in to

good site

2004-04-11 Thread Ramesh Kumar
A good site and photos are taken using Pentax gear. http://www.blevinsphoto.com/equipment.htm Do not whether he is list member Thanks Ramesh __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

Have I got really bad piece()?

2004-04-04 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I ran http://www.starzen.com/imaging/deadpixeltest.htm on my *istD and following are the results( shown against Results in the dialogbox). I am running 1.11 firmware and shot with lens cap on. Test1 uses TIFF Test2 is RAW. I have doubts 1) Why am I getting so many dead pixels? 2) Why are H/D

Re: Have I got really bad piece()?

2004-04-04 Thread Ramesh Kumar
10=Hot,10,0,207 Result: 0/6MB I have sent the files to Rob. Thanks Ramesh --- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4 Apr 2004 at 17:37, Ramesh Kumar wrote: I ran http://www.starzen.com/imaging/deadpixeltest.htm on my *istD and following are the results( shown against Results

Re: Have I got really bad piece()?

2004-04-04 Thread Ramesh Kumar
- Original Message - From: Ramesh Kumar Subject: Have I got really bad piece()? I ran http://www.starzen.com/imaging/deadpixeltest.htm on my *istD and following are the results( shown against Results in the dialogbox). I am running 1.11 firmware and shot with lens cap

Re: Have I got really bad piece()?

2004-04-04 Thread Ramesh Kumar
--- Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: File created by the tool says BadPixels are 100. I kept camera in manual mode and changed the shutter speed. Thanks Ramesh --- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You haven't really indicated how many hot or dead pixels you have, and at what

Re: Have I got really bad piece()?

2004-04-04 Thread Ramesh Kumar
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Ramesh Kumar Subject: Re: H Define bad (hot, dead, or a combination). At what speeds are you testing? Have you also tested at higher speeds, less than1/15 second? no i have not tested 1/30 Ramesh

Re: Have I got really bad piece()?

2004-04-04 Thread Ramesh Kumar
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And most importantly, have you taken one of these files and put it onto your computer screen to see if you can even see the problem? William Robb Good question, I had not observed the photos closely, just went with the conclusion of s/w. I

I got my *istD

2004-04-02 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Today I got my *istD from KEH and need to try. Ramesh __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/

Re: I got my *istD

2004-04-02 Thread Ramesh Kumar
--- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what are you doing sending e-mails? Go out and have fun ;-) I am still at work to make some money so that I can buy lens:-) Ramesh - Original Message - From: Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday

Re: Wideangle lens choice

2004-03-27 Thread Ramesh Kumar
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, as you suggested, I am leaning towards 17mm third party pre-owned MF lens. making excellent lenses. I have an older Tokina 17mm, not an excellent lens, but certainly passable. A friend has an older Tamron 17 that is very good indeed. Are you

RE: Wideangle lens choice

2004-03-26 Thread Ramesh Kumar
--- Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Pentax 15mm is not a particular sharp lens which is crucial for DSLR. Thank you, Pentax 15mm goes off my list and reduces confusion. Regards, Ramesh Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan I am planning to buy *istD and so looking

Re: Tamron SP AF28-75mm F/2.8

2004-02-15 Thread Ramesh Kumar
As usual good response. noticeably better flare control than the Tokina. Light-fall-off control is better as well. This really puts me in dilemma:-). I was leaning towards Tokina because its optically good and 28-80mm. When using with my yet to own!! *istD it goes up to 160mm which is a

Re: Tamron SP AF28-75mm F/2.8

2004-02-15 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Yes it's 1.5 not 2.0. It made mistake. --- Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The *istD's focal-length multiplier isn't 2 is it? I thought it was more like 1.5... S Ramesh Kumar wrote: As usual good response. noticeably better flare control than the Tokina. Light-fall-off

There is some pentax news in http://www.dpreview.com/

2004-01-08 Thread Ramesh Kumar
As expected there is some pentax news at http://www.dpreview.com/news/0401/04010901pentaxistdfw11.asp __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the Signing Bonus Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus

Re: My first *ist D gallery

2004-01-05 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Nice images and colors look natural. Did you do any tonal correction, color correction, sharpening? Thanks Ramesh --- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Team, I finally managed to get out in the bush for a few hours yesterday to test shoot with my new *ist D and I've just finished

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-01 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I have few... Buy *istD, *istFilm or its next generation, Sigma 70-200 f2.8, Tokina 28-80 f2.8. At present, I spend too much editing the film scans. With the help of *istD I should be saving some time. I need to start selling photos online. Ramesh --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Problem installing Ink tanks for Canon S9000 printer

2003-12-26 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Cotty, Thanks for description. I was able to do it. Thanks Ramesh --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 25/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I bought Canon S9000 and it came with canon ink tanks. Ink tanks have orange color handle at the bottom. Thickness of these orange handles

OT: Problem installing Ink tanks for Canon S9000 printer

2003-12-25 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Its a very basic question, this is my printer. I bought Canon S9000 and it came with canon ink tanks. Ink tanks have orange color handle at the bottom. Thickness of these orange handles are sligtly bigger than Ink tank. My problem is following. I when I place the ink tanks on Printer HEAD, two

Re: Tokina 28-80 F2.8 ATX PRO

2003-12-18 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Thanks for detailed mail Ramesh --- Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Joe, How can you tell if you got one from a bad batch? It doesn't sharpens up when you use smaller apertures at some focal lengths or what? I noticed on some shots I had taken in Paris that there was

Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF

2003-12-17 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I am thinking of buying Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF. I have read this lens is better than Tokina Tamron. I would like to hear from the users of this lens. Buying Pentax is ruled out because of the hefty price. Thanks Ramesh __ Do you

Re: Konica Minolta?

2003-12-17 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Konica bought Minolta --- Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw an ad on TV last night for a camera and the logo on the ad was the usual Minolta globe, but the name was Konica Minolta. Who bought who? Bill __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity

Re: Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF

2003-12-17 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I forgot to say HSM. Did you use HSM version or non-HSM version? I read reviews at photo.net. Few people said that HSM facility will be used incase of Minolta body. Is HSM going to work on MZ-5n *istD(for future)? Thanks for detailed review. Ramesh --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

RE: Looking for Tokina ATX AF 28-80 f2.8

2003-12-15 Thread Ramesh Kumar
- From: Ramesh Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 6:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Looking for Tokina ATX AF 28-80 f2.8 Pls let me know if anybody wants to sell this lens. Thanks Ramesh __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your

Looking for Tokina ATX AF 28-80 f2.8

2003-12-14 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Pls let me know if anybody wants to sell this lens. Thanks Ramesh __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Re: Business with Vintage Visuals in CA

2003-12-13 Thread Ramesh Kumar
two years back i purchased pentax a24mm f2.8 lens from them. deal went smoothly. ramesh --- jmb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Has anyone done business with Vintage Visuals? http://www.vintagevisuals.com/pentax.htm?cfA3F3228E=YTMyNzk5ODpnb29keWVhcmludGVybmV0OqJKiZ/98ZXDhMY9w68UcM= John

RE: OptioS brightness issues

2003-11-11 Thread Ramesh Kumar
, as the brightness varies considerable depending on the angle at which I look at the LCD. -Original Message- From: Ramesh Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 11 november 2003 20:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OptioS brightness issues Even my OptioS behaves

Re: OptioS brightness issues

2003-11-11 Thread Ramesh Kumar
While using Photocol I adjusted for 90. I use Photoshop 6 Ramesh --- Juey Chong Ong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, Nov 11, 2003, at 14:55 America/New_York, Ramesh Kumar wrote: Even my OptioS behaves same way. My monitor is calibarted using ColorVision SPY and I do follow CMM. I

RE: PUG November is open

2003-11-01 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Hope I had the samething when I am behind the cameravgb Thanks Ramesh --- David Madsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ramesh, you have very good taste. David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com -Original Message- From: Ramesh Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: PUG November is open

2003-10-31 Thread Ramesh Kumar
My favourites are http://pug.komkon.org/03nov/dreamypug.html http://pug.komkon.org/03nov/kikipug.html http://pug.komkon.org/03nov/d4.html http://pug.komkon.org/03nov/bug_600.html http://pug.komkon.org/03nov/nupsstad.html http://pug.komkon.org/03nov/stairpug.html

Re: PhotoShop - memory requirements

2003-10-30 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Let me tell my experience with PS. I started with PS6 and 256MB ram, 1Ghz machine. PS speed depends on the file size. I was working with 25Mb file. PS was very very slow and unsable. I updgraded to 512MB, the situation improved a lot. I have both PS7 PS6. PS7 is hogs memory, becomes too slow

Re: OT: Sharpening for priniting purpose

2003-10-29 Thread Ramesh Kumar
of factors involved here. If something isn't right, your prints will be mush. Paul Ramesh Kumar wrote: I does not have any experience in printing. Just started printing using friends Canon printer. I have already printed 3 photos of 11x15 size(2 marco and 1 landscape). Macro

Re: Vic's New Website

2003-10-26 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Webster falls and church pics are impressive. Ramesh --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, threw some images up on a new website. Much better viewing than my old (very slow one) If you're looking for something to do, check 'em out here

Re: FA 50/2.8 Macro

2003-10-26 Thread Ramesh Kumar
and cheaper in the long run. Ramesh Kumar wrote: its FF lens Ramesh --- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does the Kodak lens say CF or FF on it? -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com You might as well accept people as they are, you are not going to be able to change them anyway

Re: FA 50/2.8 Macro

2003-10-24 Thread Ramesh Kumar
My slides are plastic mounted. In my case, expensive projectors and lenses does not seem to solve all the problems!! I have Apollo lens and Kodak Select lens. With Appollo lens, its hard to focus on anything. Kodak Select lens is very sharp but has poor-edge sharpness problem. Kodak Select lens

setting aperture in OptioS?

2003-10-24 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Is there a way to set the aperture in OptioS? Like Av funcationality. It always seems to be in 2.8 Thanks Ramesh __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

Re: FA 50/2.8 Macro

2003-10-24 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Need to see whether it is CF or FF Thanks Ramesh --- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does the Kodak lens say CF or FF on it? Ramesh Kumar wrote: My slides are plastic mounted. In my case, expensive projectors and lenses does not seem to solve all the problems!! I have Apollo

Re: FA 50/2.8 Macro

2003-10-23 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Recently I started observing the sharpness in edges during projection. I found that sharpness reduction in the edges is apparently, on some cases it is too obvious. Sometimes the lens defects in the slide projector's lens can make a good slide (taken with a good camera lens) look bad.

Re: FA 50/2.8 Macro

2003-10-22 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I have this macro lens. I use this for landscape photography too. Recently I started observing the sharpness in edges during projection. I found that sharpness reduction in the edges is apparently, on some cases it is too obvious. I was not comparing the test charts and they were mostly landscape

Get rid of 50mm macro

2003-10-21 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I have two macros 50mm 100mm. I do not use macro feature of 50mm and using it as regular lens. I am planning to replace this with some non-macro 50mm lens or Tokina 28-80/mm f2.8 zoom. By doing this, am I loosing anything other than macro feature? Thanks Ramesh

Incident meter info needed

2003-10-17 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Hi, I need to improve my ability to judge the tonality. I mostly do landscape work I use spot meter more. I am planning to buy a Incident meter and practice metering things around me. This may improve my tonality judging skills and one day I may be able judge the tonality of distant

OT: ColorVision Spyder sale for 70$

2003-10-17 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Spyder sales is going on for 120$. If you subtract manufacturer rebate of 50$, final price comes to 70$ http://www.calumetphoto.com/syrinx/ctl?PAGE=Controllerac.ui.pn=home.Homesl=0 Thanks Ramesh __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web

Re: ist 35mm

2003-10-14 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I am user of MZ5n. This weekend while doing landscape photography, camera kept on hunting and was not able to use AF. I was using 100mm lens. I too feel I need better AF and *ist is a good choice. But I will wait till the next generation of *ist. Next generation of *ist may have good viewfinder,

Metering reflections

2003-10-13 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Here is a scenario. Assume you are shooting a reflection of sunlit tree; reflection is occupying full frame. Water is dark except for the reflection. When I spot meter for dark subject, I do -2 stops to get %18gray. Going back to above scenario, If I SPOT meter the reflection of sunlit tree,

RE: Metering reflections

2003-10-13 Thread Ramesh Kumar
--- josvdh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Ramesh Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Here is a scenario. Assume you are shooting a reflection of sunlit tree; reflection is occupying full frame. Water is dark except for the reflection. When I spot

Slide film advise

2003-10-08 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I normally use Kodak E200 Fuji Velvia 50. I feel Kodak E200 bit too flat Velvia too slow. I am looking for 200 or 400 film with more saturation than E200. Here are my options. Using Provia 200 or Sensia 200, can I get more saturation that Kodak E200? Using Provia 400 or Sensia 400, can I get

Pentax 35-135ish lens?

2003-10-07 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I was looking for AF lens in the range of 35-135ish. During this I found Pentax has so many versions in the 28-80ish range but none in 35-135sh range. Instead of churning out the same thing again and again, Why can't pentax come out with new focal length range? Any idea how much work it takes

RE: Pentax 35-135ish lens?

2003-10-07 Thread Ramesh Kumar
mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Ramesh Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: dinsdag 7 oktober 2003 19:44 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Pentax 35-135ish lens? I was looking for AF lens in the range of 35-135ish. During this I found Pentax has

Re: Pentax 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5 AL IF

2003-10-01 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Boris wrote: It would be odd to expect from a 100 mm macro lens to be well suited for landscape. IMHO, the only truly universal lens is 50 mm which you might want to get. But then you have 24/2.8 that I think is suite for landscapes. I got mine just two days ago, so I couldn't try it. But I surely

Making monopod out of tripod

2003-10-01 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I can remove centre column of Slik 700DXPro tripod. Planning to use it as monopod. I thinks its bit short. total lenght from bottom to top of the head comes to 24inches. Has anybody tried using this way? Thanks Rsmesh __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free,

Pentax 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5 AL IF

2003-09-29 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I am planning a hiking trip in fall and I want to reduce the my lens weight. I want to replace my 50mm/2.8 macro 100mm/2.8 macro with Pentax 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5 AL IF. I neither need macro capability and nor the speed. And I will be using Pentax 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5 between 30-100mm. Taking in

Re: *ist D and slide copying

2003-09-28 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Pls share the output. I am curious to see how it is compared to scanner output. Thanks Ramesh --- Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I've just made the adaptor that makes my AutoBellows A appear to be an f1.0 A lens set to A when attached to my *istD. After about 2 minutes

Re: I haven't got *Ist D

2003-09-28 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Its hard to resist the temptation to buy. I hardly shoot b/w Nov March; during this snowy period I do not travel much because I do not have big tire pickup. I will wait for second generation of *istD, let Pentax fix bugs. Thanks Ramesh --- Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just reading

Re: Question about MZ-5n

2003-09-25 Thread Ramesh Kumar
This is my experience with MZ-5n I purchased my MZ-5n in 98. Recently its flash spring broke. Recently I found that its metering needs calibration. Pentax asked $180 to fix this. Thanks Ramesh --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! My co-worker is willing to sell me his MZ-5n

Re: Another one bites the dust

2003-09-20 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Online shops eBay may be affecting the retail shop business. I am also interested in buying in local shops but I find their prices ridiculously high compared to eBay. eBay beats even BH. Me and my friends always use online shops except for film processing. Thanks Ramesh --- J. C. O'Connell

Re: Tripods usage with DSLR

2003-09-19 Thread Ramesh Kumar
boost ISO, as if it were aperature or shutter, to continue to handhold. My apologies. If every dumb post I've made on PDML were emblazed on bronze, people would spit on me. PackToooye! (fer example).-Lon Ramesh Kumar wrote: Predicting the light condition of the subject

Re: Tripods usage with DSLR

2003-09-18 Thread Ramesh Kumar
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The same can be said with film. You can put a faster film in the camera (or dial up the ISO with the intention of push processing) until you get a shutter speed you think you can hand hold. Predicting the light condition of the subject is difficult,

Re: istD with old lenses and/or extension tubes

2003-09-17 Thread Ramesh Kumar
However, one could by a cheap short extension tube get rid of the coupler in it and use it with a lens. You will lose infinity focus though but your lens will be intact. Few days back, Mark had posted a review of *istD. In that review author expressed similar solution. Thanks Ramesh ---

Tripods usage with DSLR

2003-09-17 Thread Ramesh Kumar
*istD or any equivalent DSLR seems to reproduce decent outputs at higher ISO(say 400+) speeds. In outdoor photography, for an amature photographer, if the focal length of the lens is less than 135mm, I think tripod may not be a real necessicity. This comes as big relief for me because I need

Re: *istD vs. Optio 550

2003-09-09 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Nuetral graduated filter is a great tool for landscape photography; you can not use such filters with Optio55 and you can use it with *istD. Ramesh --- Dowell,Jackie [Burlington] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to decide which of these 2 digitals would be most cost-effective to buy

Re: *istD images posted

2003-09-07 Thread Ramesh Kumar
You say no software modification, Was the camera's inbuilt sharpening enabled? Anyway great macro shots. Thanks Ramesh --- Harold Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A Japanese owner of a Pentax *istD has just posted some unmanipulated images on the following website, they have been taken with

Re: Metering problem in Mz-5n

2003-09-07 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Just followup. I did a metering test using OptioS and Mz-5n; found that latter overexposes by 2 stops. Thanks Ramesh --- Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Mz-5n is 4 years old and seems to overexpose the slides latley. Today I showed to local shop guy, he did compare metering using his

Re: more wide angle filter stuff

2003-09-05 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I searched for MARUMI in ebay and found couple of hits. MARUMI is not listed in famous US based online-shops but its available in eBay. Thanks Ramesh --- Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Kostas and Sylwester... My hood doesn't have a front thread, and I'm having a hard time

Re: Rectangular filters

2003-09-03 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I use P series square filter with 24mm. Here are some results. 1) square filter holder + square filter + circular polarizer resulted in vignetting. 2) square filter holder + square filter did not have vignetting. 3) square filter + circular polarizer did not have vignetting. In this method, I

Re: More serious competition for *ist-D - Kiss Digital/300D

2003-08-27 Thread Ramesh Kumar
My most expensive lens is Tamron 300mm/2.8 and paid 700usd. I spent 1500usd on my Nikon LS-4000 scanner. There are set of people who can not spend 1.5K on camera body. There are another set of people(like me), who can spend money but it takes long time convince themselves. One year back, I

Re: optio s

2003-08-22 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Recently I brought OptioS. This is my first ps camera including film digital and felt really uncomfortable using controls and useless viewfinder. Manual focus: I feel very uncomfrable using LCD screen during the focussing. AF is not reliable. Controls: To change some of the values, you need to

Virus for digicams

2003-08-22 Thread Ramesh Kumar
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OptioS Win2003

2003-08-16 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I was trying to connect OptiosS to my PC and came to know that OptioS does not have USB drivers for Win2003. Driver install program ends with a message indicating incompatible OS. Anybody got OptioS working with Win2003? Thanks Ramesh __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!

bad experience with Kodak lab

2003-07-19 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Hi I had bad experience with Kodak. I got back 3 (2 slides + 1 print) rolls processed from Kodak. My local camera shop uses Kodak lab for developing; slides are marked as developed by Kodak. Slide film One roll of slide had horiztoal scratch on each film. Scratch ran parallel to longer edge.

Re: Tripod question

2003-06-15 Thread Ramesh Kumar
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every serious professional photographer that I have ever read about uses a ball head That is what made me think about ballhead. Thanks Rameh __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

Re: Tripod question

2003-06-15 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Pal wrote: Light ballheads are sturdier than light pan/tilt heads simply because theres more material going into a pan/tilt head. Thanks for technical explanation. Thanks for everybody for responding. Regards Ramesh __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now

Re: Which macro lens would you buy

2003-06-15 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I started with Pentax FA 50mm macro and then added Pentax FA 100mm macro. My suggestion is you can start directly with 100mm macro and for most of the people 100mm may be enought for macro work. You may not need 200mm macro. Coming brand I think Pentax or Sigma. No need to tell; Pentax is really

Re: Which macro lens would you buy

2003-06-15 Thread Ramesh Kumar
I was referring to f2.8 verions. --- Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I started with Pentax FA 50mm macro and then added Pentax FA 100mm macro. My suggestion is you can start directly with 100mm macro and for most of the people 100mm may be enought for macro work. You may not need

Tripod question

2003-06-13 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Hi, I am planning replace my existing tripd with corbon fibre tripod, so was thinking about the ball heads. I have few doubts about them. Are there any advantages in using ballhead instead of pan-tilt style ones? Which is more stable? Thanks Ramesh __ Do you

Re: Tripod question

2003-06-13 Thread Ramesh Kumar
some xyz ball head). Thanks Ramesh --- Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I am planning replace my existing tripd with corbon fibre tripod, so was thinking about the ball heads. I have few doubts about