Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-08 Thread Ryan Brooks
Ryan Brooks wrote: Just picked up the M8. First impressions (pictures will have to wait until tomorrow): First test pics here: www.hack.net/m8 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Ryan Brooks
Just picked up the M8. First impressions (pictures will have to wait until tomorrow): - Really solid. - Very nice user interface (mechanical and software)... especially the menus. Super easy to navigate and work with; everything is very obvious. - Lowest ISO is 160 (1/8000th top shutter

Re: Monument Valley - the follow-up

2006-10-30 Thread Ryan Brooks
Tom Reese wrote: We had a good time and it was a worthwhile stop on our tour since we were going through there anyway. I don't know that it's worth a visit by I definitely recommend it in combination with the National Parks that are within a day's drive. I've been there three times

Re: Dealing with eBay vendors. Was: Re: The JCO survey

2006-10-24 Thread Ryan Brooks
Shel Belinkoff wrote: My experience with JCO was not a pleasant one, and, because of that, I will not do business with him again. As an eBay buyer - especially one dealing with a fellow list member - I don't want confrontational and accusatory emails. Sh!t happens, and there's no reason not

Re: OT computer help

2006-10-18 Thread Ryan Brooks
Actually, make sure you get a CardBus reader instead; physically compatible with PCMCIA, but much faster transfers. (A USB2.0 reader will be much faster than just a normal PCMCIA reader.) -Ryan Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: OT: Netscape 7.1 - ann's new computer blues

2006-10-18 Thread Ryan Brooks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (1) Can I get that or older versions as a free download? Someone wrote (on our list) I could download 7.1 and I can't find that email now I want to start using my road runner email account but would definitely not like to use outlook. thanks

Re: OT: Netscape 7.1 - ann's new computer blues

2006-10-18 Thread Ryan Brooks
j wrote: Ann, why not use Eudora for your e-mail and Opera for your browser. I have been using them both for a long,long timeJ Eudora is also switching to Thunderbird: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7305911803.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: File size of scanned 6x7 neg

2006-10-18 Thread Ryan Brooks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a mate telling me a high res drum scan of a 6x7 neg would only be 10MB in TIFF format. Surely it would be in the hundreds of MB neighbourhood wouldn't it? Yes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Scanner question

2006-10-12 Thread Ryan Brooks
Gonz wrote: I have alot of Kodachrome slides taken with my trusty ME-Super all the way up to my PZ-1. I have been attempting to scan these with my Epson 4990, which is a pretty decent scanner from what I've read. But the slides always seem to scan very dark, even though I can put them on

Re: The JCO survey

2006-10-09 Thread Ryan Brooks
Boris Liberman wrote: Third. On 10/9/06, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: second Here here. Go ahead and add $100 to the MSRP for this function, Pentax. I guess we're past the only three people care point. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: 50/1.4 or 1.2 for the DSLR Bodies

2006-09-16 Thread Ryan Brooks
You are getting more DOF with the 70mm though.. it would be nice if it was faster to make up for this. -R Adam Maas wrote: At f2.4, the 70 is about perfect for me. Essentially the same length and speed as the legendary Nikon 105 f2.5, which is a superb portrait lens. -Adam Bob Sullivan

Re: English K10D brochure

2006-09-15 Thread ryan brooks
Is it the official camera of the Internet though? On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Christian wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: That's damned near the slickest brochure I've ever seen from pentax. I'm tempted to ask who are these people and what did they do with the real Asahi?.

Re: A caution about aging technology

2006-09-13 Thread Ryan Brooks
Scott Loveless wrote: On 9/12/06, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: On 9/11/06, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cory Papenfuss wrote: I've got a couple machines that I expect to climb in value over the next 10 years, but they're working

Re: A caution about aging technology

2006-09-13 Thread Ryan Brooks
Cory Papenfuss wrote: I've got a 4-processor Onyx with RealityEngine2 here that I'd love to sell... Space-heater? ;-) No kidding! I measured the draw and decided not to run it at home. Neat system, was better in a colo where I didn't have to pay for power. -- PDML

Re: Does this mean what I think it means?

2006-09-13 Thread Ryan Brooks
Adam Maas wrote: No, you're changing the conversion curve and levels. ISO is normally set at the ADC stage. No, it's set by the amplifier(s) before the A/D. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: K10D available at Amazon (pre-order)

2006-09-13 Thread ryan brooks
For fun, I added it to my cart and got a much earlier delivery date. -R On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: But November 20 availability. Sigh. On Sep 13, 2006, at 9:45 PM, Gonz wrote: For those who tried to get it at BH and were not able: http://tinyurl.com/jg7aj rg -- PDML

Re: OT Why CF is still viable storage media

2006-09-12 Thread ryan brooks
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Interesting. Is it not also true that the CF to PC card adapters are basically passive adaption? The PCMCIA specification is very adaptable. Yes, it is not true. PCMCIA is more like ISA, so an adapter would have electronics. -- PDML

Re: Press Release out on Steve's Digicams

2006-09-12 Thread Ryan Brooks
Charles Robinson wrote: ..for those of you who haven't already read the PDF file circulating around. http://www.steves-digicams.com/pr/pentax_09132006_k10d_pr.html?AType=0 Great camera! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT Why CF is still viable storage media

2006-09-11 Thread Ryan Brooks
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sep 11, 2006, at 8:02 PM, Matt Kelch wrote: Doesn't CF use a modified IDE interface? That might be a large part of why its still around. I'm not sure about CF using or being a modified IDE. It is. In fact, there are even passive adapters for CF-IDE

Re: PESO -- Moon 09-08-2006

2006-09-10 Thread Ryan Brooks
Kenneth Waller wrote: Kind of hard to miss the focus on a moon shot, it's infinity Agreed. But if the lens was focused short of infinity ? Or past infinity, which most long lenses will do. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Estimated File Size K10D

2006-09-09 Thread ryan brooks
On Sat, 9 Sep 2006, Mark Roberts wrote: This limit is believed to be 4 per pixel? Who believes this and why? I do. It's all about the well size, Rob posted the chart earlier. -R -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: K10D Resolving power

2006-09-08 Thread Ryan Brooks
Jack Davis wrote: This is why I ask for a review. Glad I did! More bits doesn't lower noise or increase dynamic range (unless you're talking about s/n electrically- which isn't applicable here). As Rob pointed out, full well capacity of these sensors is 65k electrons, so anything more

Re: K10D Resolving power

2006-09-08 Thread ryan brooks
in film. I'm sure this will be figured out eventually, but it's been this way for a long time- interesting time to be alive, that's for sure. Whatever the next sensor technology is, I wonder if more dynamic range will mean more film look. -R --- Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack

Re: Anyone running this....

2006-09-07 Thread ryan brooks
I've been using one; works great for native apps... still prefer the G5 for photoshop and any MS Office work. Absolutely flies w/ CaptureOne compared to the G5. -R On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, David J Brooks wrote: Any one here running the new Mac desktops with the dual chips. If so, any comments.

Re: Anyone running this....

2006-09-07 Thread ryan brooks
The team at Apple predicted this result as far back as 1999 (maybe a little earlier ... that's when I became involved in the effort) and much of Mac OS X's inner workings were architected to provide a good degree of processor independence and a reasonable schema for moving forward through a

Re: K10D

2006-09-01 Thread ryan brooks
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Doug Franklin wrote: Digital Image Studio wrote: Even two seconds may not be long enough for a large heavy well damped rig, think very low frequency oscillations as a function of depressing the shutter. Two seconds is /not/ enough when I'm trying to get moon photos

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread ryan brooks
I'll take 5 years and $500. On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, John Forbes wrote: On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:29:25 +0100, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Large format digital backs won't always be too expensive. I can see a tiled back of APS-C sensors selling for less than 2K in a couple of years.

Re: K10D

2006-09-01 Thread ryan brooks
You absolutely need a drive at that magnification and shutter speed. On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Doug Franklin wrote: ryan brooks wrote: I would think that at that kind of focal length you would need a drive to compensate for the Earth's rotation. What shutter speed are you using? I wouldn't

Re: K10D

2006-09-01 Thread ryan brooks
At 1/30th of a second, at your focal length, the moon will move through about 40 sensor pixels. (this is back of the envelope- I'll do it again tomorrow). -73s, n9ybx On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Doug Franklin wrote: ryan brooks wrote: You absolutely need a drive at that magnification

Re: Thick Mats (US)

2006-08-30 Thread ryan brooks
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Nielsen Bainbridge sells 8-ply museum matts in precut sizes. It's a This is something that has always confused me. Does 8-ply just mean thick or are there actually 8-lines within the cut that are visible? -Ryan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT My ibook won't turn off

2006-08-29 Thread ryan brooks
You can always hold the power button down for a few seconds to force a power off. The filesystem is journalling by default, so you won't hurt anything. (I assume you've already tried to kill anything still running). -R On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, David J Brooks wrote: Sent a bunch of files to

Re: OT: Anyone see Brick?

2006-08-29 Thread ryan brooks
Thanks for the recommendation. An English friend recommended a BBC film called Shooting the Past- hard to describe, and certainly English, but hits home- recommended. -R On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Russell Kerstetter wrote: www.brickmovie.net If you havn't, and you like film noir/detective films

Thick Mats (US)

2006-08-29 Thread ryan brooks
, but they've gone and changed my favorite frame (for the worse, of course)- but I'm hooked on the thick mats. Im just looking for a normal white core, with a white face. Thanks for any pointers, Ryan Brooks -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Thick Mats (US)

2006-08-29 Thread ryan brooks
Thanks- it looks like Crescent Select 3/32 is what I'm after. -Ryan On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, William Robb wrote: Crescent Select is a thick board. Any online supplier shoild have it. http://www.americanframe.com/catalog/matboard/matboard.html?-session=sAFshop:184888CE1443e0133Brkyp359F8B

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The '1.5x crop' sensor format was chosen as a reasonable compromise Nah, not chosen. Dictated by economics. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Adam Maas wrote: The only complaints about crop factors and telephoto's I've run acros are about 85's. Not many people are happy that their uber-pricey portrait tele's are now too long for general use and the 50's don't have the bokeh of those 85's. The biggest complainers seem to be the

Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
graywolf wrote: Internet paths are a drunkard's walk. One email may go directly from a to b, another may go from a to z to h to g to y to k to e to r to b. Obviously the first message would arrive sooner than the second. It works amazingly well unless some server along the way accepts the

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Paul Stenquist wrote: Huh? On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: The difference of a 50mm crop of a ~31mm lens versus a 50mm full-frame shot. My complaint is about normal lengths, ala 50mm. A 31mm perspective is fine, but the 31mm focal length doesn't look normal

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: The only complaints about crop factors and telephoto's I've run acros are about 85's. Not many people are happy that their uber-pricey portrait tele's are now too long for general use and the 50's don't have

Re: Tonal gradation in shadows - The $67 Question?

2006-08-18 Thread Ryan Brooks
Anthony Farr wrote: My point is that the profile needs to be applied before the data enters the digital domain, early in the a/d conversion. It needn't matter that the voltage rise is squared (if that's what you mean) as the brightness rises, as long as it's a constant and predictable

Re: Tonal gradation in shadows - The $67 Question?

2006-08-18 Thread Ryan Brooks
Anthony Farr wrote: Oh. I see. Why? Because, you've obviously figure out something that electrical engineers and physicists have missed for 20 years. Congrats! -Ryan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Tonal gradation in shadows - The $67 Question?

2006-08-17 Thread Ryan Brooks
Anthony Farr wrote: You need to click the DETAILS tab under the image to show the caption. PhotoNet would rather show you an advertisement when the page first loads. What the scales show is that an unmanipulated linear greyscale produced by a digital camera has considerably darker shadows

Re: Tonal gradation in shadows - The $67 Question?

2006-08-17 Thread Ryan Brooks
It's all about how our eyes see versus how sensors see. The sensor may technically be correct, but I want to photograph things the way that I see. Me too. But the data coming from the _physics_ of the CCD is linear. Nothing you can do about that unless you change the sensor technology.

Re: Tonal gradation in shadows - The $67 Question?

2006-08-17 Thread Ryan Brooks
. References: http://www.normankoren.com/digital_tonality.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_correction -R -R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Brooks Sent: Friday, 18 August 2006 1:22 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Tonal gradation in shadows - The $67 Question?

2006-08-17 Thread Ryan Brooks
Anthony Farr wrote: Yet another observation. Every time anyone adjusts curves or tweaks the levels in Photoshop, what they are really doing is changing their digital image from a linear rendition to a non-linear rendition. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Even before

Re: OT (Very) A question for electronics gurus

2006-08-16 Thread Ryan Brooks
Digital Image Studio wrote: On 16/08/06, Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ya got a tough on there- I can't find it either. I found some vague references such as: http://www.hqew.com/stock/searchic.asp?keyword=ULA2G131E2 It may be custom, or it may just be a few mosfets

Re: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-15 Thread Ryan Brooks
Mark Roberts wrote: Charles Robinson wrote: On Aug 15, 2006, at 15:59, Cotty wrote: I suppose if you have shale reduction in the body, then it would allow the photographer to buy a cheaper, slower lens and hand-hold at a slower speed. And it would simplify the task of

Re: OT (Very) A question for electronics gurus

2006-08-15 Thread Ryan Brooks
Digital Image Studio wrote: On 16/08/06, Peter Loveday [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't find reference to it in any databook or online resource. Is there any other marking, or manufacturer? Is it possible its a programmable gate array chip of some sort? ULA is a common abbreviation

55-100mm 67 Zoom for trade

2006-08-14 Thread Ryan Brooks
I love this lens, but I think I'd prefer a prime because of size. It's a truly amazing optic, but I'd like to see if anyone would like to trade a late 55mm prime + cash? for it. It's in perfect shape, with the hood, caps and a Pentax SMC filter. Contact via private email, Thanks! -Ryan

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Ryan Brooks
Gun control argument thread in 3.. 2... 1... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Perhaps OT: Recommended PS for under $200?

2006-08-11 Thread Ryan Brooks
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The Fuji F30 I ordered just arrived. I haven't read the instruction manual yet to figure out the settings and options, but on first glance and a couple of quick snaps with it, it is fast responding, the image quality looks excellent at ISO 200 and 400, and it fits

Re: Wanting to Move to Digital

2006-08-10 Thread Ryan Brooks
Tom C wrote: Mr. Robb wrote: There aren't a lot of 24x36mm DSLRs out there, so get used to the new format. There's alot! Maybe only one model. ;-) Tom C. Current: 5D, 1DsM2 Not-current: 1Ds, DCS-14n and -14c -Ryan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Toyota hybrid-electric drive system

2006-08-07 Thread Ryan Brooks
graywolf wrote: Electric motors and generators are about 30% effective. 30% of 30% is about 10%, so regenerative breaking gets back is about 10% max! That is better than a kick in the pants*, but not much. RB is mostly a feature that cost little to implement and sounds good in the

Re: OT Monument Valley Utah / Arizona need advice

2006-08-02 Thread Ryan Brooks
Tom Reese wrote: I'm putting a tour together and Monument Valley is one of the places we want to visit. I understand that we'll need to rent a 4 WD vehicle and hire a tour guide? Does anyone have any advice they'd care to pass along? Just show up at the visitor center and hire a local

Re: Alternatives to iphoto for jpg viewer

2006-08-01 Thread Ryan Brooks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think someone asked this a while back, but i can find nothing on it. I'm not a fan of iphoto to do customer slideshow views on my ibook, don't like having to load into a folder and then load into iphoto. Can anyone recommend a viewer other than PS browser, for

Re: OT: Windows Question

2006-07-26 Thread Ryan Brooks
Joseph Tainter wrote: Here's another question for those on the list who are more PC-knowledgeable than I am. Apologies to everyone else. My two-month-old Dell laptop has acquired the odd quirk of showing the message End Program...System Shell Extension...End Now when I shut it down. I

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-20 Thread Ryan Brooks
Bob W wrote: I would expect we'd be advised by that Moslem pdml'er as to local customs if it affected him/her. Let's try it. I have converted to Islam. I no longer wish to see any photographs that depict human beings. Please do not post any more to the list, otherwise I could get

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-20 Thread Ryan Brooks
frank theriault wrote: On 7/20/06, Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a religion where pictures of cats aren't allowed? Johnstonism I tried to join, but I never got the book. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: SV: 21mm limitted is a jewel ...

2006-07-18 Thread Ryan Brooks
Some images taken of the 21mm on the *istD: http://www.dfsee.com/gallery/pentax.php Anything through instead of on ?:-) -Ryan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Great Egret

2006-07-17 Thread Ryan Brooks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well done. Nice detail in the highlights, good bokeh. Like it. Paul What's up with the area to the left of the bird? Distracting... something cloned out? -- Original message -- From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] At least I

Re: PESO - Great Egret

2006-07-17 Thread Ryan Brooks
Ryan Brooks wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well done. Nice detail in the highlights, good bokeh. Like it. Paul What's up with the area to the left of the bird? Distracting... something cloned out? right that is. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: Aperture

2006-07-16 Thread Ryan Brooks
Doug Brewer wrote: Godfrey and anyone else, I've been sorely tempted to try out Aperture for my Mac at home, as it looks to be a pretty good program. Have any of you run it through any sort of testing? thanks, Doug I've used it on and off in the original version (1.0) and a

Re: OT Rome/London

2006-07-14 Thread Ryan Brooks
skye wrote: On 7/14/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 14/7/06, skye, discombobulated, unleashed: still not interested in photographing road kill, graffiti or the misery of the human condition. That about wraps it up for London then -- hah! Rubbish. I

Re: Epson P-4000 image tank

2006-07-13 Thread Ryan Brooks
Amita Guha wrote: Does anyone here have any experience with the Epson P-4000 image tank or its predecessor? I think I might finally buy one. Right now I'm trying to figure out if the battery is removable. I'd love to hear from anyone who has it or has used one. Thanks, Amita I've got

Re: Epson P-4000 image tank

2006-07-13 Thread Ryan Brooks
Amita Guha wrote: Thanks, Ryan! How often do you recommend recharging the batteries? I am looking at taking it on a 2-week trip abroad, and both my husband and I will be using it, and maybe transferring about 3-4 GB to it daily. I should also say the Epson is built like a tank; feels

Re: Epson P-4000 image tank

2006-07-13 Thread Ryan Brooks
Amita Guha wrote: Thanks, Ryan! How often do you recommend recharging the batteries? I am looking at taking it on a 2-week trip abroad, and both my husband and I will be using it, and maybe transferring about 3-4 GB to it daily. From microdrives or something solid state?If the

Re: Epson P-4000 image tank

2006-07-13 Thread Ryan Brooks
Amita Guha wrote: On 7/13/06, Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amita Guha wrote: Thanks, Ryan! How often do you recommend recharging the batteries? I am looking at taking it on a 2-week trip abroad, and both my husband and I will be using it, and maybe transferring about 3-4 GB

Re: Flash Question

2006-07-13 Thread Ryan Brooks
Christian wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: I'm sorry to hear that. I'm even sorrier to see you use obsolete as a verb. 8-) Ah, a holdover from my days in Components Engineering, I'm afraid. I'm probably scarred for life! As long as you don't use architect as a verb... As

Re: GESO: 31 ltd and 17-28 FE on film

2006-07-11 Thread Ryan Brooks
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Here are few shots to support my anti-rant earlier today... 31 Ltd: http://boris.isra-shop.com/temp/005A.jpg http://boris.isra-shop.com/temp/012A.jpg http://boris.isra-shop.com/temp/024A.jpg You should post these to the Leica board, everyone would comment

Re: GESO: 31 ltd and 17-28 FE on film

2006-07-11 Thread Ryan Brooks
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Here are few shots to support my anti-rant earlier today... 31 Ltd: http://boris.isra-shop.com/temp/005A.jpg http://boris.isra-shop.com/temp/012A.jpg http://boris.isra-shop.com/temp/024A.jpg You should post these

Re: New K bodies listed on B

2006-07-09 Thread Ryan Brooks
Adam Maas wrote: Most electronic goods are shipped by sea in containers. Pentax cameras fall into that category, as does most of Canons stuff. Only expensive, low volume sales items would be shipped by air (Like a Canon 1Ds or Hasselblad H2D, and the former likely gets sent by sea anyways,

Re: Self-publishing site and Juan's book

2006-06-30 Thread Ryan Brooks
Jaume Lahuerta wrote: I am not sure if this has been discussed, sorry if it has, but I found it really interesting: The other day I discovered this site that let’s you publish a photo book and share the benefits with them: http://www.lulu.com BTW, I discovered it looking to ‘our’ Juan

Re: Pentax *ist DL RAW file

2006-06-23 Thread Ryan Brooks
Jens Bladt wrote: Dear list Does DL have special/new RAW-file formats. My Phase One LE won't rede the RAW-files Regards Bladt They are exactly the same, except for the camera identifier :-). Capture One, et al will read them now, but you need the latest version, which is a free download.

Re: K10D Tidbits

2006-06-20 Thread Ryan Brooks
It's possible to do even better than that - if the motion detectors include accelerometers then the stabilization logic could smooth out wobbles while maintaining the same average pan rate. The motion sensors are accelerometers. That's really all they could be. I'd love to see that, and

Re: On subject of flare.

2006-06-18 Thread Ryan Brooks
Paul Stenquist wrote: I won't use a filter on any lens, not matter how valuable, unless I require filtration. I figure there's not much point in buying superior lenses and then shooting through a piece of inferior glass. Even if the filter is of optimum quality, it's adding an unnecessary

Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode)

2006-06-15 Thread Ryan Brooks
Bob Rapp wrote: Correct me if I am wrong. jpeg files are compressed 8-bit image files. Tiff (from the camera) are 8-bit image files that have not been compressed. RAW contains 12-bit information from each sensor site that can be converted to 16-bit TIFF in a raw converter

Re: OT LOL - What's a Firewall?

2006-05-12 Thread Ryan Brooks
P. J. Alling wrote: It blocks malicious, and sometimes not particularly malicious, contact from the web Not web... let's say Internet. It's been suggested that I install a fire wall, but I don't really know what one is or how they work. So, what's a fire wall, how does it work, what are the

Re: PESO: Puffin telling lies

2006-05-09 Thread Ryan Brooks
Ah, Puffins now. Here's my version: http://www.rkbrooks.com/albums/rkb/Puffin.jpg -Ryan I have no problem imagining the bird on the right telling a hell of a fishing story: It was _this_ large. http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=235384 *istDS, Tokina AT-X 150-500/5,6 @

Re: OT: out-of-focus photo on Reuters' web site

2006-05-07 Thread Ryan Brooks
DagT wrote: No, the photographer used DOF correctly to lead our attention to the person in the background. DagT Ditto here. The story was the CIA guy, not the President. Excellent timing on the shot too- sums things up well. -Ryan Den 7. mai. 2006 kl. 19.47 skrev Igor Roshchin:

Re: More OS wasr stuff

2006-05-02 Thread Ryan Brooks
graywolf wrote: Interesting. Last night I rolled back all the XP Pro automatic updates back to mid December. Now my computer seems to run faster and my Internet connection is measurably faster (3x by the tests on broadband.com), and I am getting more PDML posts too. However I still have the

Re: Local Gas Prices

2006-05-02 Thread Ryan Brooks
Powell Hargrave wrote: On 2006-04-29 20:21, Bob W wrote: Sure. In that case, North America is tiny compared with Europe. As long as you forget everything except Maryland. Check the globe or an area-true map to compare north america vs. africa... - Martin I find a globe works

Re: batteries discharging quickly in *istD

2006-04-30 Thread Ryan Brooks
Anyway, thanks for the help, everyone! I think I will stick with NimHs for now. It's still more economical than LIs. I just need to find the best place to buy good ones online. I've had great luck here: http://www.thomas-distributing.com/ Really good info. -Ryan Thanks, Amita

Re: web page

2006-04-29 Thread Ryan Brooks
graywolf wrote: Mark is probably running the XP webserver option on his system. It comes with XP Pro but is not automatically installed. He'd have to install a lot more than that to run Gallery, Methinks he's running something else called gallery. Gallery doesn't generate static html

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Ryan this is a real and dangerous misunderstanding of the purpose of Raid technology IMHO. Raid keeps your system running if one drive fails at a time but would not help against software corruption, (user) deletion of files, fire, theft and many more. greetings

Re: List Question

2006-04-26 Thread Ryan Brooks
Tom C wrote: I, as many others are having problems receiving all the messages fron the list, often not my own. I'm not blaming this on any of the PDML list inner workings. Is is in general aggravating. I am curious though... Sometimes I'll reply to an existing PDML e-mail in order to have

Re: Funny Money

2006-04-25 Thread Ryan Brooks
Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: A few years ago I worked with a man from Scotland. When he'd go down to London they'd give his money a close visual inspection. Hold it up to the light. Make sure it's real. (This is apparently a common insult to the Scots.) So when he got a bill in return the

Re: OT: FTP program

2006-04-24 Thread Ryan Brooks
Butch Black wrote: Hi Guys; Any recommendations on an FTP program, preferably shareware or freeware. I could have used one a few weeks ago. I doubt that I would use it often so I don't want to spend much money on it. Butch note to self. Never assume that because is educated that they will

Re: Strange Fringe

2006-04-22 Thread Ryan Brooks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What caused this phenomenon? Is it simply an effect of the petals being out of focus? Yeah- I think so. I think the out of focus (and esp. in front of the focus) area is just plain strange looking. Very shallow depth of field, but since you captured that in

Re: photography from an airplane and unsharp mask

2006-04-18 Thread Ryan Brooks
2. When do you use sharp/unsharp filters in the PS or other software? (any hints on how to judge a reasonable level?) Keep in mind your target. Sharpening for the web is different than sharpening for a printer, for example. I believe some of the sharpening plug-ins available keep this

Re: Rebate Offer Scumbags

2006-04-07 Thread Ryan Brooks
Rick Womer wrote: Sooo...I bought a 16-45 to go with my ist D. Sent in the form, the receipt, and the bar code from the box as instructed. Today I get an email from the Express Group Rebate Service Center alleging that I did not include the bar code, therefore they won't send my rebate.

Re: OT: Why big negs

2006-03-31 Thread Ryan Brooks
No moire, the tranny is held just out of contact with the glass in a plastic frame. It's actually Newton Rings that you're getting when you touch the glass with the negative. -R

Re: OT: Why big negs

2006-03-30 Thread Ryan Brooks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out the link. Look at the hikers on the mountain's ridge. http://groups.google.com/group/rec.photo.equipment.large-format/browse_frm/thread/1ce1471b125dc7d9/31020ee691ea0e6f?hl=en#31020ee691ea0e6f And given some recent ng discussion, many seem

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Adam Maas wrote: The one sad thing about teh digital PS market is there is no replacement for a Yashica T4 or Oly XA. I'd love a pocketable PS with a moderately fast wide-angle (24-28 equivalent) prime. If it had decent ISO 200 and 400 performance I suspect it would find its way into many

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Adam Maas wrote: The one sad thing about teh digital PS market is there is no replacement for a Yashica T4 or Oly XA. I'd love a pocketable PS with a moderately fast wide-angle (24-28 equivalent) prime. If it had decent ISO 200 and 400 performance I suspect it would find its way into many

Re: WTB - 18-55mm

2006-03-15 Thread Ryan Brooks
I'm considering an EF 16-35 2.8L but can't afford it unless I sell some other gear, or maybe some pics...more on that soon! Good news on Alamy?

Re: OT - Adobe Lightroom

2006-03-14 Thread Ryan Brooks
Aaron Reynolds wrote: So if I understand all this correctly, if I wanted to run Aperture on my old G4 dual 867, the best upgrade I could make would be a kickass video card? No. You need a new computer. The minimum requirements are a 1.8GHz G5, which is dog slow running aperture. You

Full-frame blasphemy

2006-03-13 Thread Ryan Brooks
http://www.hack.net/cottied.jpg -Ryan

No green buton, AE-L button

2006-03-08 Thread Ryan Brooks
On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an A* lens: - Set M mode - Frame picture (make attempt at composition) - Pick aperture (choose how much pudding around subject :-) - Stop down with DOF preview and hold - Adjust wheel to appropriate exposure (indicated by 0.0 in finder). - (still

Re: No green buton, AE-L button

2006-03-08 Thread Ryan Brooks
K. Brooks wrote: Adam Maas wrote: Ryan Brooks wrote: On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an A* lens: - Set M mode - Frame picture (make attempt at composition) - Pick aperture (choose how much pudding around subject :-) - Stop down with DOF preview and hold - Adjust wheel

Re: No green buton, AE-L button

2006-03-08 Thread Ryan Brooks
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Maybe it will if you update the firmware? Been there, no firmware from Pentax. Shel [Original Message] From: Ryan K. Brooks With an A* lens, you can just set the lens to A, and adjust aperture on the body with the wheel and +/- button. With a K or

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