Re: anybody still shoot film?

2005-09-23 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
Hi, You don't know me. I'm new to the list.a reformed lurker. I remember you from before though, so I guess I can say welcome back. . As I said when I introduced myself, to the group, I'm a snap-shot shooter, shoot film mostly unless I want immediate gratification or to e-mail the

Re: A favour to ask.

2005-09-22 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
I tried all 4 of the links and they loaded in maybe 5-10 seconds. Not forever, but kind of long-ish. The peso page came up in front of Outlook express where I'm reading the mail from. Then the second time I went to the link, I didn't see the page, because it loaded alright, but was behind

Re: Orphaned Power Zoom Lenses

2005-09-21 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
No, I have a PZ-1, and a MS-Z and recently gave my (now) daughter-in-law my old PZ-20. I use the power zoom all the time and think it the bee's knees, but most people think its a power hog and not much else. I never have used the functions for zoom tracking on the PZ-1 though. Tried it once

Re: Raving... :)

2005-09-17 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
If I can intrude. I'm actually a pretty big fan of Ken Burns, mostly because I am also a huge history buff and I think his historical documentaries are of high quality. I somewhat understand the integrity of the original and shame on derivative works argument, but most of his source

Re: PESO -- Teenager in training.

2005-09-16 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
A tad cool (blue)on my screen. J,W,L. -- Original Message - From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 12:02 PM Subject: SV: PESO -- Teenager in training. Very nice shot. Kind dull, though. I'd consider giving it some auto levels.

Re: PESO: Lisa's Legs

2005-09-14 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
I like the idea of abstraction, texture, and so on, the problem is that this particular abstraction seems to not say stone statue so much as Pompeii or as Frank said, burn unit. Don't know if the texture is too large or the color is the issue, but yea, its disturbing J.W.L. - Original

Re: What Ever Happened to Chrome? was: Being There

2005-09-13 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
Funnily enough the first Pentax I bought -- an H3, was bought because it was more versatile for slides than the Rolleiflex T that was my other choice. As a mostly snapshot, family diary sort of shooter, the thing that killed slides for me was children, and grandparents wanting copies/prints/and

Re: PESO - Dimples X 2

2005-09-11 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
Definitely number 2. The gravitas of the very young is quite appealing. The out of focus forground works in this case, althought traditionally it isn't supposed to. Nice job. J. --- Original Message - From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday,

Re: Brooklyn Mail Order Photo Stores

2005-09-10 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
Classic New Yorker cartoon caption, Dog seated at PC, On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog. J.W.L. - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 9:53 PM Subject: Brooklyn Mail Order Photo Stores

Re: Brooklyn Mail Order Photo Stores

2005-09-10 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
Classic New Yorker cartoon caption, Dog seated at PC, On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog. J.W.L. - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 9:53 PM Subject: Brooklyn Mail Order Photo Stores

Re: I'm back, did I miss anything?

2005-09-09 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
Three days and only 9786 exposures? I compute that as 150 an hour not counting sleep time? I must be missing something here. J.W.L. - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:09 AM Subject: Re: I'm back,

Re: [OT]First compact digicam with APS sized CMOS...

2005-09-08 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
This is the most right-handed camera since the Speed Graphic. J.W.L. - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [OT]First compact digicam with APS sized CMOS... Oh, well... must be

Re: Pentax winder me II - who had used?

2005-09-06 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
I used mine quite a lot until I bought a PZ-20 and sort of retired it. The only complaint was that the way I held the camera, I was putting one thumb in the middle of the back for support, and it tended bow the back and spring the latch, causing it to open in the middle of a roll. Really why

Re: Re: EuroEnglish (Was: Same lenses ...)

2005-09-05 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
- Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 5:37 AM Subject: Re: Re: EuroEnglish (Was: Same lenses ...) From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/09/05 Mon AM 11:15:37 GMT To:

Re: EuroEnglish (Was: Same lenses ...)

2005-09-04 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
Upper midwest American, the language of Reagan and Cronkite, that's the true pure non-accent. J.W.L. Injecting a smiley there, because it's a troll for sure as my Geordie father-in-law would surely have said. J - Original Message - From: Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bob W

Fw: The Nature of Film's Final Throws

2005-08-25 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
I suppose it depends on the break-even level of the process, and the mechanical complexity of the process. Some industrial processes are just lost. I've often thought that the alternative process folks would eagerly jump on reproduction Autochrome plates, but I don't see it happening. On

Fw: The Nature of Film's Final Throws

2005-08-25 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
I suppose it depends on the break-even level of the process, and the mechanical complexity of the process. Some industrial processes are just lost. I've often thought that the alternative process folks would eagerly jump on reproduction Autochrome plates, but I don't see it happening. On