mike wrote:
mw ...and not something I want to meet on a dark night. I thought it was
mw quite brave of the photographer to follow them.
Not necessarily. Wild boars living near human communities (feeding
from crops, etc.) are not that wild anymore. Rather shy, retreating
at humans approach
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. So, do
Since I lost an A 50/2.8 auction on ebay last night, I thought
maybe the FA 50/2.8 would be a good choice, since I have one
available locally.
The A 50/2.8 Macro is a very different lens than the apparently
optically identical F and FA 50/2.8 Macros. The A is a lovely lens
to use (if you like
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, frank theriault wrote:
Okay, here goes. First, a disclaimer. Here in Canada, the Criminal Code
only makes it an offense to operate a ~motor~ vehicle while your ability to
do so is impaired by alcohol or drugs. So, you can't fly a plane, pilot a
motor boat,
What
On 22/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
In my hands, the *ist D's behavior is indistinguishable from a regular SLR
with respect to shutter lag - it fires instantly upon pressing the release,
provided you have the focus set. I would not have bought it were it
otherwise.
This is an
On 22/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
*I've had this problem before and I have not yet figured out how to
solve it.
Elements (1) seems to create jpegs that AOL cannot read or something. Every
time I go to upload them, AOL crashes. So I had to open them and resave them
with Microsoft Photo
On 22/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
How many spouses are coming to GFM?
Nope.
Cheers,
Cotty
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tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Steve Desjardins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes. We'll actually both get there on Thursday and claim a tent spot.
I was just curious if anyone else was treating their wife
(of hubby if applicable) to the joy of our company.
I might talk #7 into coming
I've had an Epson 3200 for a month or so now, and ever since, I haven't
use the lab to do a print. Scan straight off neg, tweak and print on the
inkjet.
It scans rollfilm beautifully. Only gripe I have, the holder for MF only
allows you to do one frame at a time (the 4x5 holder is on the same
Nice report Marnie.Photos come out nice on my computer too.
Bruce,just wondering what you use for backpack and tripod.I have the Manfrotto
028 for the MF and am looking into backpacks.
Dave
I finally have some pictures from the Northern
California PDML
From the background you describe, I think you would hate the 300D, its cy build
quality and lack of manual control. The 10D and *istD seems to be so close as far as
performance goes for that not to be your decider.
With the 10D you get better built magnesium body, Image stabilisation (if
It's off to GFM for my father-in-law's first visit to the mountain. Weather
permitting I'll get some landscapes with the *istD. Starting to cloud up
here, but so far the wind here in the flatlands isn't too bad. Yesterday it
was windy enough that the road from the museum to the top would have
how is this lens vs the sigma 24-135mm
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From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: wide angle tele lens
on 10/22/03 6:56 PM, arnie at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
list
i need a wide angle
Welcome Tyrone.
You'v found the right placeg
Try this link in regard to your starkistD questions.
Its the mail archive's,scroll back a bit and you can find some threads on the D and
lenses
and
experiments by several others.
http://www.mail-archive.com/pentax-discuss%40pdml.net/
I have the
on 22.10.03 19:11, Rob Brigham at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That would make sense, but I am sure the flash head reads 58mm when I
have my 24-90 at 90mm.
And it should read 58mm as soon as you reach 58mm on 24-90, because then
head of 360 must be zoomed to 85mm equivalent. Going past 58mm, let's
Ah, OK I get it now. I knew I managed to come to an understanding first
time round - it just escaped me this time.
The display on the flash is showing the real 35mm lens setting. So at
24 it shows 24 (but actually zooms to 36), at 58 it shows 58 (but
actually zooms to 85) but that is the limit
I'm playing around with unsharp mask and wondering what people are using as
a starting point. It's a little hard to see the effects on the photos I've
tried so far.
Cory
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on 23.10.03 14:52, Rob Brigham at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah, OK I get it now. I knew I managed to come to an understanding first
time round - it just escaped me this time.
I had just different approach to this matter ;-) Anyway great - I managed to
explain what was on my mind ;-)
You
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm playing around with unsharp mask and wondering what people are using as
a starting point. It's a little hard to see the effects on the photos I've
tried so far.
First question: What size (in pixels) image are you working with?
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and
That's a wise words of the experienced man. Naturally, the best tool
depends on the job in hand. And even more naturally, it would be
illogical to assume that one brand has all the best tools for all
the jobs.
LOL I just sold a photo made with a 4mp PS digital - it happened
to be the
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, William Robb wrote:
I also use a rotary trimmer for finish trimming.
Of the two, I prefer the rotary, as it can shave a very thin slice off the
edge of the print.
I'll second that. The Rotatrim I've used is phenomenal. It's seen
frequent use for over 5 years and the
On 23/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
I think the list has discussed paper cutters before, but I can't seem to find
the posts in the archives. My trimming needs are rather modest: trimming 8x10
out of an 8.5x11 sheet, trimming 3-4x6s out of an 8.5x11 sheet, trimming
2-5x7s
out of... you
Ah, I didn't read down that far.
The 24-90 is very nice actually, but just a shame its not as wide as it
used to be. I have the Sigma 17-35 ex for that, and will look at the DA
lens if it is really small and good.
I have a new(second hand) FA 50 1.4 which is almost the only lens I use
day to
Hello, Rob!
Thanks for your rather thorough reply. I've a couple of questions at
this point: What do you mean by possibly unsolvable AF problems for
the 10D, and also, what do you mean by (semi)compatibility of
K-mount lenses? Thanks.
Kind regards from Palermo,
Tyrone
You also get a
The FA 24-90 is very good. I haven't tried the Sigma 24-135, but I have
used the Pentax side-by-side with the Tamron 24-135. The Tamron is good,
but the Pentax has better sharpness, color, and flare control.
Joe
See
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1028message=6442468
and some of the replys. Look almost anywhere on the web and find
references to the Canon focus problems. Some say it is a lot of fuss
about nothing - possibly they got lucky in the samples they got? Who
knows, but there is
A law that is not enforced is not a law. Strangely enough that is a valid
defense in court. Selective enforcement is even worse as it leads to charges of
discrimination. That is the one thing that is actionable against federal, state,
and local governments by federal law, though it helps if you
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.
Hi,
Alin Flaider wrote:
mike wrote:
mw ...and not something I want to meet on a dark night. I thought it was
mw quite brave of the photographer to follow them.
Not necessarily. Wild boars living near human communities (feeding
from crops, etc.) are not that wild anymore. Rather
Hello Cory!
Unsharp mask can be a complicated subject to discuss on a mailing list
as there are so many variables both in terms of how one sharpens the
photo, the degree of sharpening (i.e., sharpness, pixel, and threshold
settings), the subject and detail of the image as well as its
contrast
Here are the readouts for the FAJ 18-35mm and a AF500FTZ:
Lens says Flash says
18mm24mm
24mm35mm
28mm35mm
35mm50mm
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From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jostein wrote:
cheers,
J*st-ein
We'll tell Vera. 8-)
Ops...
J.
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From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oooh!! Welcome to the new brotherhood!
thanks, mate.
Jostein
A common AF configuration setting for Canon users is to use a custom function
(4 I think) to move AF start from the shutter release button, to a button on
the back of the camera (AF ??). If you want AF, you hold the button on the
back of the camera until it focuses, and it stops trying to focus
http://www.dantestella.com/technical/digital.html
I really enjoyed reading this one
On Wednesday, Oct 22, 2003, at 19:55 America/New_York, Dave Miers wrote:
It would really be better for my wallet
if this camera had more malfunctions.
Well, sometimes it hangs and you have to reboot.
But so does my Olympus.
And some computers...don't drag me into an OS war, please!
--jc
Sometimes the lens defects in the slide projector's lens can make
a good slide (taken with a good camera lens) look bad. So, do
you know for sure that the slide image itself is soft at the
edges? (Have you checked the slide with a loupe?)
You may be right, this could be due to projector. I
Hey Cory!
I second what Tyrone advised, that's how I do sharpening in Photoshop,
switch to Lab color, switch to the Lightness channel, then use USM at
settings like Tyrone suggested. You can vary the amount and I've heard some
advise that if the picture is already fairly sharp you can get more
Dave,
I use a LowePro Photo Trekker Classic. In it I have a P67II body/AE
prism + wood handgrip, 55/4, 75/4.5, 90/2.8LS, 120/3.5 soft, 165/2.8,
165/4LS, 300/4, Tube Set, light meter, filters and odds and ends. A
wonderful pack that seems made for the stuff I need to fit in.
---
Bruce
... and not to mention, are you looking at the images at 100% magnification?
Jostein
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From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003
If I focused sharply on the center of the image, the edges and
corners were out of focus. If I focused on the corners, then the
center was out of focus.
And, Ramesh, I forgot to suggest trying to see if this is a factor
with your slide projection disappointments. Try rocking the focus
back
Hi Pat,
For the letter size paper you mention I use a inexpensive Fiskar Rotary
trimmer that I bought at Costco.
You still have to pay attention to how you hold the attached cutter head and
hold the paper securely or you can get the same corner cutting problem that
you usually see on the knife
mike wrote:
mw was approaching. Similarly, if you have been trying to find a nice
mw place to give your kids a drink but some oik with a camera keeps
mw following you..
Now I don't pretend I can think like a boar but first I would reckon
the oik's size, second I'd count the camera
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, William Robb wrote:
I also use a rotary trimmer for finish trimming.
Of the two, I prefer the rotary, as it can shave a very thin slice off the
edge of the print.
I'll also go with a rotary trimmer. I use an inexpensive Dahle cut cat,
works fine
Butch
Each man had only
Hi,
Thursday, October 23, 2003, 5:17:36 PM, you wrote:
http://www.dantestella.com/technical/digital.html
I really enjoyed reading this one
I'm surprised you were able to. You'd think someone working in a
visual medium would know better than to put bright white text on a
black background,
If memory serves me correct the D60 Canon had problems with shutter lag and
the next one in the series after that. I'm not that up on Canon equipment
however. My source was a photojournalist at a local newspaper in the town I
lived in.
Dave Miers
Which earlier Canons would this be? I've
Har! That does it! It's now a wanna be Pentax G.
Dave Miers
If it makes you feel better, they moved the lens release and took the
registration dit off the 18-35mm lens.
I don't like that so much.
William Robb
Adorama is shipping *istD and grip.
Fantastic camera
Burt
60 Hz is very low, Bob.
I can very well imagine your problems; my previous screen didn't support any
higher refresh rates. In the end I developed a chronic headache.
Usually, the graphics card in the PC support higher refresh rates than the
screen. Try to set it as high as the screen will allow.
Just done a series of 16X12 prints for a friend on Ilford Gallerie Smooth
Gloss. WOW. You could knock me down with a feather. The paper quality is
superb and the pics GLOW. Apologies - I don't often use caps. It really
is stunning stuff. Epson just lost a customer.
The Pearl is nice but not
Just done a series of 16X12 prints for a friend on Ilford Gallerie Smooth
Gloss. WOW. You could knock me down with a feather. The paper quality is
superb and the pics GLOW. Apologies - I don't often use caps. It really
is stunning stuff. Epson just lost a customer.
The Pearl is nice but not
The microdrives aren't here yet, but I've got a 256M CF card
stolen from my Canon PS (it can live with 128M).
Yeah - I'll bet that the Canon PS won't be seeing a lot of use over
the next few days... ;-)
Fred, K1FW
The refresh rate is 60Hz. I don't know if that's high or low.
That's low. Minimum specs for workplace monitors in some parts
of the EU is 72hz. I have my home monitor set to 85Hz.
60Hz with a low-persistence phosphor will cause flicker. Even
worse is if you are using the system in a
Hi,
Cotty wrote:
Just done a series of 16X12 prints for a friend on Ilford Gallerie Smooth
Gloss. WOW. You could knock me down with a feather. The paper quality is
superb and the pics GLOW. Apologies - I don't often use caps. It really
is stunning stuff. Epson just lost a customer.
Isn't
Hello Bob,
60 hz is quite low. At that rate, your peripheral vision is going to
pick up all kinds of jitters. Minimum should be 72, preferrably
higher than that if your video card and monitor can handle it.
---
Bruce
Thursday, October 23, 2003, 1:25:32 PM, you wrote:
BW Hi,
BW Thursday,
Hi,
Thursday, October 23, 2003, 10:14:35 PM, you wrote:
60 Hz is very low, Bob.
I can very well imagine your problems; my previous screen didn't support any
higher refresh rates. In the end I developed a chronic headache.
Usually, the graphics card in the PC support higher refresh rates than
I found some info on the web a while ago pertaining to using USM on Kodak
Photo CDs. It basically recommended viewing @ 100% , in Lab mode, Lightness
channel. The amount (amount controls the strength of the filter) recommended
was 100, the radius (radius control how many pixels in from the color
Bob,
Being an LCD, 60 is the normal refresh rate. I viewed the website on
an LCD also, but did not get bothered as much as you. I suspect that
the small size of pixels on your screen may make the phenomenon more
noticeable than on mine. 1600X1200 on a 15 is quite small pixels. I
viewed on
In my opinion, it should be closer to 72 Hz.
Mine performs well at that speed.
60 Hz is right at the edge of being a visible flicker...
keith whaley
Bob Walkden wrote:
Hi,
Thursday, October 23, 2003, 7:57:36 PM, you wrote:
Bob,
Sounds like the refresh rate on your monitor is low.
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BTW tv, eat your heart out, BBQ for lunch.
Dang.
tv
having spent a little while this weekend playing with a Digital Rebel (aka
300D) that a friend bought, i think its build quality is significantly
higher than the average PS digital camera and that is what will matter. if
i wasn't already committed to Pentax, i would not hesitate to get a 300D to
i have abandoned Unsharp Mask completely. it adds apparent sharpness based
on knowing nothing about the image and not using any physical model of how
light works in a lens. this means it puts edges where there aren't supposed
to be edges and doesn't increase contrast like a proper sharpening
On 23 Oct 2003 at 16:08, Keith Whaley wrote:
In my opinion, it should be closer to 72 Hz.
Mine performs well at that speed.
60 Hz is right at the edge of being a visible flicker...
The frequency of the light emanating from a back lit LCD is many times the
display refresh rate unlike a CRT
I bought my *istD from a local camera store. They didn't have the grip.
I ordered the grip from Adorama. It will be here Monday. Whoopee!
Len
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003
On 22 Oct 2003 at 17:26, William Robb wrote:
It seems about as fast as the LX.
With an autofocus lens on it, it is a bit slower, as it needs to secure
focus first.
That's fast, the LX was 46ms from recollection, mainly due to the hybrid mecho-
electric shutter and on-the-fly exposure control.
Same as me, Cotty. No discernible shutter lag on my D60.
Len
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
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From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 3:43 PM
To: pentax list
Subject: Re: *ist D shutter delay?
On 23/10/03, [EMAIL
Very kewl John Francis! Congratulations!
Len
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
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From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 3:36 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: It's arrived!
The nice FedEx lady just dropped off a
I imagine this is what they wrote when they came out with the 35mm format.
digital is in its infancy, everyone understands that. to predict its death
now is ridiculous. what will they say when standard digital is a 50mp sensor
with 20 stops of tolerance and 1 tb (terabyte) cards cost $25? granted
The microdrives aren't here yet, but I've got a 256M CF card
stolen from my Canon PS (it can live with 128M).
Yeah - I'll bet that the Canon PS won't be seeing a lot of use over
the next few days... ;-)
You think? But it's got the 256MB card back, anyway; the microdrives
turned up a
All true, but to clarify, my comment re 60 Hz referred to the refresh
rate on a CRT, not an LCD.
keith
Rob Studdert wrote:
On 23 Oct 2003 at 16:08, Keith Whaley wrote:
In my opinion, it should be closer to 72 Hz.
Mine performs well at that speed.
60 Hz is right at the edge of being
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From: Fred
Subject: Re: FA 50/2.8 Macro
Sometimes the lens defects in the slide projector's lens can make
a good slide (taken with a good camera lens) look bad. So, do
you know for sure that the slide image itself is soft at the
edges? (Have you checked
- Original Message -
From: Rob Studdert
Subject: Re: *ist D shutter delay?
On 22 Oct 2003 at 17:26, William Robb wrote:
It seems about as fast as the LX.
With an autofocus lens on it, it is a bit slower, as it needs to secure
focus first.
That's fast, the LX was 46ms from
Just done a series of 16X12 prints for a
friend on Ilford
Gallerie Smooth
Gloss. WOW. You could knock me down with a feather. The paper quality is
superb and the pics GLOW. Apologies - I don't often use caps. It really
is stunning stuff. Epson just
AFAIR you print using a Canon S9000, right?
If that's
true, I can only hope
that the Smooth Gloss is more archival trhan the Pearl - I use a S900, and
my prints on the Smooth Pearl faded after a few days laying in a room - no
direct sunlight. The black
Hu.I have several prints on Canon paper and Ilford semi gloss and
pearl that are well
over 1
1/2 years old and now loss in quality with the S800.(My test strips)
I offer a 10 year quaranty with all my digital prints,no one has taken me
up yet.
Is it possible then that there's something
Marnie aka Doe wrote:
I am waiting for *istD version II, a software upgrade, a hardware upgrade,
etc.
REPLY
My experience with some software publishers (i.e., those in Seattle) says
version 3.0 is usually OK. If Pentax is following the Gospel according to
Bill the II version might not do it.
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was thinking about the 300D, but have decided against it. It will not
do manual well enough. I am not totally clear on all the features, but
it seems it sets aperture for one and that is hard or impossible to
override. I wouldn't like that.
Actually, the 300D (Rebel Digital in Canada) has full manual, aperture
priority, shutter priority, program, and full auto modes, just like film
SLRs do. It's missing a spot meter and flash exp. comp., but that's about
it.
chris
Hmmm. Misunderstood what I read then. Or maybe most of the posts I
- Original Message -
From: Lukasz Kacperczyk
Subject: Re: OT - Ilford Gallerie
Is it possible then that there's something wrong with my printer (don't
think so) or the inkset that came with the printer? I'm telling you - my,
previously, almost neutral bw prints turned red (and I
Also there are curved field lenses for paper or plastic mounted slides, and flat
field lenses for glass mounted slides. If you have the wrong one you will have
edge sharpness problems with your projected slides. Also if a non-glass mounted
slide is kept in the film gate too long the slide will
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, John Francis wrote:
Thanks everyone that replied to this post so quickly! They were very
positive answers since I had heard that the earlier Canons also suffered
from shutter lag.
Which earlier Canons would this be? I've never heard any complaints of
shutter
Hi Pat,
You wrote;
I was out at Office Depot today and saw a variety of paper trimmers
The Bigger the better. Here's a wee beastie that will solved all your
requirements... the Powermax 1250
http://www.plasma-cutter.com/hypertherm.htm
Cheers,
Simon
On 23 Oct 2003 at 23:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
D30. Lotta guys said you couldn't shoot action with it.
.. and the rest said they could make 16x20 prints that were indistinguishable
from 35mm film :-)
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
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D30. Lotta guys said you couldn't shoot action with it.
I will admit that most of the D30 users I know did switch to D60s
as soon as the new model came out. But several people did manage
to shoot action with the D30 quite succesfully.
I assume the same sort of tricks that let me use a
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