Re: Locked SD Card Problem

2007-03-08 Thread Tomasz Machnik
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:55:03 -0500 Doug Franklin (Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: I wonder if there's a way to set the card permanently in the unlocked position. Push it to the unlocked position. Very carefully, with a really sharp knife, carve of any

Re: Enablement

2006-03-30 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Cotty wrote: On 30/3/06, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed: But macro is indeed hard work. Fortunately I can often count on my friend's help - he is a very good and well known in Polish photo community macro photographer. Here are some of his works:

Re: MX screen in my istD

2006-02-01 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Thibouille wrote: Now, how did you do to have it cut exactly as it should? I booked a visit to my dentist friend - she said it's not a problem to cut the screen with her tools :) But I am still waiting for the donor, hesitating over my nice P30t... How to be sure that the prism will be

Re: MX screen in my istD

2006-02-01 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Powell Hargrave wrote: If you move your eye off centre the prism can black out. Wouldn't this happen if you move the prism off centre? You're right. I am over-enthusiastic :) tm

focusing screens - thickness?

2006-01-30 Thread Tomasz Machnik
I am sure it isn't a new idea, but I could not find any specific data in the archive. It is time to upgrade my DS with split-image/raster focussing screen ripped from an older (Pentax) body. There are some places on the Net offering s/i screens, but: 1. the cost is more than 10 donor

Re: focusing screens - thickness?

2006-01-30 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Don Sanderson wrote: Since the image is formed on the _top_ surface of the screen, thickness is not critical. That's right, I am just not sure if M series screens are thin enough to fit the tiny metal frame in DS. The only donor I have handy at the moment is a P30, unfortunately removing

Re: focusing screens - thickness?

2006-01-30 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Cory Papenfuss wrote: On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Patrick Schork wrote: so I bought the split-prism screen out of an old dead Minolta for $5. Do you remember which Minolta model was the donor? This may be useful for those thousands following you :) One thing to note... on these smaller

Re: *ist D or DS AF500FTZ for Weddings?

2005-09-15 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Adam Maas wrote: no DSLR can do that sort of metering, the sensor's reflectivity is not sufficiently predictable. Not predictable? There's just one sensor in a DSLR, fixed in its place, so it seems to be much easier to predict it's reflectivity, compared to a film camera, with so many

Re: LED lighting

2005-09-11 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Bertil Holmberg wrote: Does anyone have experience of LED lighting panels in photography? Although there are commercial products available, it should not be that difficult for the electronics buff to make a couple of panels quite cheap. White high intensity LEDs are avaialble for about

Re: Another Ques re: istDs

2005-08-21 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The DS retains all user settings through on/off power cycles and battery changes. I am not sure if exposure correction setting is a user setting, but it is one that gets lost on battery change. Can be quite painful when shooting in hurry when lighting requires some

Re: damaged PEF files

2005-06-23 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I'm going to copy them back to the SD put it back into the camera, to see if the camera might repair them. Don't. You will destroy the original data on your card. Something in this line happened to me once, with Ds. Files were not lost, they were correct size, but

Re: OT: Canon Powershot Pro-1 RAW files

2005-06-17 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Paul Stenquist wrote: Does anyone know if CTG is the correct suffix for this version of Canon RAW. Paul, As I recall from my short Dark Side time, the .ctg files are NOT the raw data - they are small files with some additional information. The RAW files should be .CRW, or something like

Re: OT: European Banking / Ebay Payment Question

2005-03-16 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Mark Cassino wrote: He's asked for my bank account number so he can do a wire transfer, but that sounds suspiscious to me and I'm not inclined ot give it out I am not sure about Italy, but in Poland wire transfer is the most popular method of payment for online auctions, surely the cheapest

Re: I have a wobbly monitor!

2005-03-08 Thread Tomasz Machnik
Alin Flaider wrote: Some sleepless wireless surfer in the neighborhood? ;o) Now seriously, you should look for any microwave generating appliance in the proximity of your place. Try change your monitor position, see if anything changes. Might be just a cell/wireless phone left nearby.