Re: Matjaz Roman PDML-ers

2002-10-24 Thread Matjaz Osojnik
Well, nice atmosphere, interesting conversation in English and Spanish, roman foodstuffs, sicilian wine, spirits from several European lands. which seemed to lower our self-control, as we eventually indulged ourselves in experiencing odd couplings, like this:

Re: law and image

2002-10-24 Thread frank theriault
Well, thank you, Dan! :-) Every so often, shadows of my past life are drawn out of dark quarters of my mind by memory triggers. I guess this thread is one of those triggers... BTW, my comments related to criminal trials, but the same rules of evidence regarding exhibits would apply to civil

Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-24 Thread frank theriault
I believe that's contrary to the Kyoto Treaty... :-) Norm Baugher wrote: I think the light in my refrigerator stays on after I shut the door. -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer

Re: B W recommendations

2002-10-24 Thread Bob Rapp
I found HC110 too grainy for my tastes and used D76 1:1 for normal work and Acufine 1:1 for speed enhancements. The Tri-X Acufine gave me some of the sharpest negatives from Tri-X than any other developer combination - although there was some grain clumping. For speed, I found the agitation

Re: Travel Kit

2002-10-24 Thread Bob Rapp
No problem at all... Although, I would leave the zoom behind. I have one and like it, but it is too long to fit my travel kit. Bob - Original Message - From: Francis Alviar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Travel Kit Would you be happy with the following lenses for a travel kit? 4 are

Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-24 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Chaso: makes murder joke Daniel: too, too rude of you. Chaso: OK, gotcha ...time passes... Daniel: makes violence joke Chaso: OK, I see, violence jokes are OK as long as it’s not murder Various people: me no get it, me brain hurt when me try to think. Me make joke instead. --- frank

SV: Inexpensive flash recommendation

2002-10-24 Thread arkibladt
The FTZ500 is brilliant! Best qualitity and (award winning) design, I've ever seen. Wait for it. You'll love it! Why do you need spot beam - shooting a lot in the dark? Metz and mabybe others have a SCA-adapter (Pentax dedicated) with a spotbeam - but it's more than 50USD. Try to check out second

Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-24 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Chaso, You're right, I obviously didn't get it. You're also right, my brain ~does~ hurt when I think. Also when I don't think. It pretty much hurts all the time, but maybe that's because I've been fighting a cold all week long, I dunno. On the up side, however, thanks for recognizing my

pdml problems again

2002-10-24 Thread Robert Soames Wetmore
The pdml digest is unreliable again and messages are spotty. This seems a regular occurrence. Digests have never been reliable. The website archive is continually failing or out of date. Does anyone have this much trouble on other groups? Does anyone have any suggestions for a better

Re: Re: Quality film scanner at an acceptable price?

2002-10-24 Thread Pål Jensen
Thanks for the replies so far. I've settled on an Epson 2100. With this printer, if the advertising is to be believed, I can start producing and perhaps selling home made, gallery quality fine prints. However, this leads to another question. Will a scanner like the new Epson GT-9800F produce

Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-24 Thread Chaso DeChaso
No problem - and very nice response. As it happens, my brain also rather hurts at the moment - I think I may have inadvertently tried to use it earlier - so I'm off for a while... [cheers heard 'round the pdml] --- Chaso DeChaso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chaso: makes murder joke Daniel:

Re: Re: Quality film scanner at an acceptable price?

2002-10-24 Thread Herb Chong
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the replies so far. I've settled on an Epson 2100. With this printer, if the advertising is to be believed, I can start producing and perhaps selling home made, gallery quality fine prints. However, this leads to another question. Will

Re: Marketing images through the WWW

2002-10-24 Thread Herb Chong
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I don't actuallly expect that if I put up a web site people will come rushing begging for my photograps. However, having a web site as a marketing vehicle for selling editorial (and other) photographs must certainly be a great strategy. In

Re: Marketing images through the WWW

2002-10-24 Thread Jostein
hi Pål, Have any of you with your own web pages had any success in selling images for stock use through the web? My site is a typical example of a non-promoted wepage. Sure, it's listed with Yahoo and the Nature Photo Index, but that doesn't account for much. Statistics say that there are

RE: Re: Quality film scanner at an acceptable price?

2002-10-24 Thread Rob Brigham
For 35mm you need a proper film scanner. For med fo, it should be fine - but you don't get ICE I think unless the 9800 is a major step forward. ICE is essential IMO to avoid literally hours of cleaning spots/scratches etc. I also find that flatbeds are not so good at getting the right colouring

Re[3]: Quality film scanner at an acceptable price?

2002-10-24 Thread Bruce Dayton
My experience with the 2450 (2nd one) has been much better. I find that the diffused light source in the lid seems to not show as much problems (dust, scratches, etc) in the image as my Minolta Scan Dual II film scanner. I suspect that Rob is right about needing a film scanner for 35mm, although

Re: Marketing images through the WWW

2002-10-24 Thread Rob Studdert
On 23 Oct 2002 at 17:49, Pål Jensen wrote: Have any of you with your own web pages had any success in selling images for stock use through the web? I've reading Ron Engh's Sellphoto.com and setting up my own web page seem temping as I have quite a few unique and saleable images.. For those

Re: 1 day to go: wide-angle zoom poll

2002-10-24 Thread Alan Chan
1.) FA20-35/f4 AL FA24-90/f3.5-4.5 IFAL FA*28-70/f2.8 AL 3.) FA*18-35/2.8 AL [IF] regards, Alan Chan _ Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp

Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-24 Thread Norm Baugher
I didn't take Daniel's comment as a violence joke... Chaso DeChaso wrote: Chaso: makes murder joke Daniel: too, too rude of you. Chaso: OK, gotcha ...time passes... Daniel: makes violence joke Chaso: OK, I see, violence jokes are OK as long as its not murder Various people: me no get it,

Fw: Trading LX's

2002-10-24 Thread William Robb
Hi, This arrived in my inbox. If anyone can help him out, please reply to him directly, I don't know if he is subscribed. Thanks William Robb - Original Message - From: Bob Lil Kasper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:54 PM Subject: Trading LX's

Re: Nikon 50's

2002-10-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: tom Subject: OT: Nikon 50's My sister has a N50 (I think) with some crappy zoom lens. I want to get her a 50. - Do the older non-af 50's work on this camera? It would appear not. - IS the AF 50/1.8 optically ok? I know it's got pretty crappy build

Re: Fw: Trading LX's

2002-10-24 Thread David Brooks
Just relay your Pentax Canada(Mississauga)story to him Bill:) Dave Begin Original Message From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:57:25 -0600 To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Bob Lil Kasper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: Trading LX's Hi, This arrived

Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff I believe that's contrary to the Kyoto Treaty... :-) They're smart. They didn't sign onto it. WW Norm Baugher wrote: I think the light in my refrigerator stays on after I

Re: Fw: Trading LX's

2002-10-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Brooks Subject: Re: Fw: Trading LX's Just relay your Pentax Canada(Mississauga)story to him Bill:) Which reminds me. LX #3 arrived home today. I took it out of the box, unwrapped it, removed the body cap, cocked the shutter and pushed the button. One

Metaphors (Was Re: A funny problem with digital)

2002-10-24 Thread Doug Franklin
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:59:55 -0500, Dan Scott wrote: On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at 11:13 PM, William Robb wrote: Sorry Ma'am, but this ones just a few beans short of a bowl of Chili A few fries short of a Happy Meal... Belt doesn't go through all the loops... Fell out of the

Re: B W recommendations

2002-10-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
tom wrote: I thought I was the only one with any sense ;) Neopan 1600 (only available in 35mm) Of course we were talking about medium format. For which Delta 3200 still seems to be the best choice for a 1600 film. I don't like Delta 3200 in 35mm. I think I'll give that Neopan a try.

RE: B W recommendations

2002-10-24 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:pnstenquist;comcast.net] tom wrote: I thought I was the only one with any sense ;) Neopan 1600 (only available in 35mm) Of course we were talking about medium format. Well, whoever was talking about Neopan 1600 wasn't...

Re: Metaphors (Was Re: A funny problem with digital)

2002-10-24 Thread Treena Harp
How about these? Not the brightest crayon in the box A few apples shy of a barrel Not the sharpest knife in the drawer And, here's one of my dear, departed dad's: He/She's so stupid, you could throw'em in the creek (prounced crik) and skim stupid for three weeks. - Original Message -

RE: Tropics

2002-10-24 Thread Shaun Canning
Thanks Bob. I am planning on stocking up on silica bags big time. How often do you need to recharge the bags in the oven (or however you dry them). Cheers Shaun Canning PhD Student Archaeology Department La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia, 3086. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 0414-967

Re: Tropics

2002-10-24 Thread Bob Rapp
Hi Shaun, The ones I have, I pinched from some electrical enclosures I was commissioning in QLD. They are rather large and the colour of the silica can be seen thru the bag. I monitor them often and dry them in the oven about twice a year. Cook then at 125 for about 30 minutes. Open the

Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-24 Thread Norman Baugher
That could be cheaper than the alternative I was contemplating - drilling a hole in the side of the fridge to mount the new Pentax DSLR in order to capture a 'real' image that would hold up in criminal court in case I was in breach of the Kyoto accord... Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce) wrote: I

RE: Fw: Trading LX's

2002-10-24 Thread Alan Chan
Send it to me and I'll get C.R. Kennedy here in Australia to fix it properly for you. Good luck! They couldn't even fix the MX. regards, Alan Chan _ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband.

RE: Tropics

2002-10-24 Thread Shaun Canning
ta Shaun Canning PhD Student Archaeology Department La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia, 3086. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 0414-967 644 -Original Message- From: Bob Rapp [mailto:bobrapp1;bigpond.com] Sent: Friday, 25 October 2002 03:25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: Quality film scanner at an acceptable price?

2002-10-24 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
The 2100 (and the older 2000P) use pigment inks which will help the prints to survive longer (ink color fading issues due to the light and gases like ozone). I'd recommend the 2100 to Pål if he thinks about selling his prints. I have the 2000P with CIS (continuous ink system) and 7500 Pro inks

Re: Travel Kit

2002-10-24 Thread Alan Chan
If there will be plenty of time to switch lenses, I'd leave the zoom at home. Otherwise, take the zoom and leave the 50 100. I would carry as few equipments as I could. regards, Alan Chan Would you be happy with the following lenses for a travel kit? 4 are primes and 1 is a zoom 28mm f/3.5

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