I wish the Av wheel was on the front of the camera to be operated by the
index finger with the Tv wheel on the back, operated by the thumb.
Hmm. So that would be at least eight different variations; Av or Tv on the
front wheel, plus choice of direction for each of the two controls. I think
I
Ryan Lee a écrit:
Salut Michel!
Yep that link's better. I just checked it out- I must say I don't understand
anything on that page, but for the record, the stuff you made looks really
neat. The clip for the flash looks metal though.. is it?
Yes it's an old full metal clip. There is no problem
I came across this discussion group during a search. I was hoping that
there were a few users of the Super-Takumar lenses, but can't find anything
much in the archives.
Could anyone kindly point me in the right direction.
Regards
This is a really useful tip. I'm downloading 'The Bat' as I write this, but
would appreciate your comments when you have evaluated it.
Regards
At 01:45 AM 26/10/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 00:01:18 +0100
From: Harold Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re[2]:
Mailwasher is my choice. Same sort of thing, but it lets you 'bounce'
spam - those sending spam messages think it never reached you.
-Original Message-
From: Francis Ebury [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 25-Oct-03 23:21
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V03 #1290
Mailwasher is my choice. Same sort of thing, but it lets you 'bounce'
spam - those sending spam messages think it never reached you.
Not true, usually. The normal result of mailwasher (or other post-
delivery anti-spam tools) is that the poor innocent third party whose
mail identity is
På søndag, 26. oktober 2003, kl. 08:12, skrev John Francis:
Mailwasher is my choice. Same sort of thing, but it lets you 'bounce'
spam - those sending spam messages think it never reached you.
Not true, usually. The normal result of mailwasher (or other post-
delivery anti-spam tools) is that
Does anyone know where Kodak process Kodachrome sent to their UK lab?
I can remember a good few years ago that they closed down processing in
Wimbledon and moved it somewhere else, (France?).
I'm not a regular Kodachrome user, but fired off a few reels last week, and
sent them away. They are
Hi!
I am putting my reply in between the lines...
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 00:20:34 -0600
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For me, the function of a digital camera, whether an SLR or
otherwise, is to
take advantage of the new photofinishing technology.
Scanning film for digital printing is, to
On 25/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Except if Canon fixes its exposure problem it means the whole front on
digital technology moves forward.
Can someone please tell me what this 'exposure problem' is?
Cheers,
Cotty
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On 26/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Actually Cotty, I just double-checked with myself.. He confirmed he
*doesn't*. But he promised he'd learn if you bought him one ;)
Believe me - you do. You just don't realise it!
Cheers,
Cotty
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Hi,
Sunday, October 26, 2003, 7:45:50 AM, you wrote:
Does anyone know where Kodak process Kodachrome sent to their UK lab?
I can remember a good few years ago that they closed down processing in
Wimbledon and moved it somewhere else, (France?).
I'm not a regular Kodachrome user, but fired
Hi,
Sunday, October 26, 2003, 6:20:33 AM, you wrote:
This is a really useful tip. I'm downloading 'The Bat' as I write this, but
would appreciate your comments when you have evaluated it.
A lot of people on this list use The Bat!, including me. It's very
good.
--
Cheers,
Bob
I came across this discussion group during a
search. I
was hoping that
there were a few users of the Super-Takumar lenses, but can't find anything
much in the archives.
Could anyone kindly point me in the right direction.
Regards
Hi
Thanks for the translation Michel.. I'm sure all the information will come
in handy one day. I don't think I'm going to venture into making my own just
yet though, but I might sometime down the road.
Cheers,
Ryan
From: Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ryan Lee a écrit:
Salut Michel!
Just as you know you've set aside some money in your budget to post me one
so I can prove you're correct ;) And I'm sure you realise it- and will act
on it first thing tomorrow. When I snap my fingers, you will awaken. 3, 2,
1..
Snap,
Ryan
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Actually Cotty, I just
Some here have screwmount lenses and are pretty knowledgeable, plus this is a
friendly list. Ashai Pentax Historical Society run by Dario
Bonnanza(spelling) in Italy is probably the best source.
I've been trying to collect some SMC Takumar screwmount lenses and the ones I
have used thus far
-Original Message-
From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 25/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Except if Canon fixes its exposure problem it means the
whole front on
digital technology moves forward.
Can someone please tell me what this 'exposure problem' is?
I don't have
Yes, Brain, I think so. It's Sunday and we missed church again? (INSANE GRIN)
Cotty wrote:
On 24/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
The other camera is for my daughter's 19th birthday. We visited her last
weekend in college and she complained about the price of developing her
prints in
Actually, I think, most modern commercial labs use some variation of laser
printing (and not a very high res one, either) on photographic paper these days
(Fuji Frontier, etc).
John Francis wrote:
This one time, at band camp, tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Photo labs do every kind of printing.
Then there is your problem.
You have a FF (flat-field) lens that is intended for glass mounted slides. A CF
(curved-field) lens is for regular slide mounts where the film tends to curl a
bit. Easiest way to check this out is to buy a small box of glass slide mounts
and remount some of your
Webster falls and church pics are impressive.
Ramesh
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi guys, threw some images up on a new website. Much
better viewing than my
old (very slow one)
If you're looking for something to do, check 'em out
here
And of course, in a post to the thousands of members of PDML, I misspelled
the name of my own website.
It is: http://www.georgesphotos.net
The .com flavor is registered to some other George with photos still under
construction.
I edited the quote below to avoid additional confusion.
See
On 26/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Except if Canon fixes its exposure problem it means the whole front on
digital technology moves forward.
Can someone please tell me what this 'exposure problem' is?
Having to use Canon lenses for making exposures.
You seem to have found a work
On 26/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
to capture Newton's favourite apple plucker.
hey watch who yer insultin there!
Cheers,
Cotty
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- Original Message -
From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Subject: OT: Expensive Time-Sink
I've got four film holders containing eight sheets of HP5+,
and need to come up with a way to pay for developing. Wh!
The nice thing about sheet film is it can be tray processed.
Pick up some
On 26/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Then a few minutes ago I happened to catch an item on BBC News 24
about recharging mobile (cell) phone batteries by running them under
the tap (faucet). It seems that the boffins (scientists) in the back
room (laboratory) have found a way of harnessing
On Sunday, Oct 26, 2003, at 14:05 America/New_York, George Sinos wrote:
Has anyone, sent an email to the makers of Capture One
http://www.phaseone.com, encouraging them to add the *istD to
supported cameras for their raw conversion software? They've said
they are watching the market to
I can't get to the gallery. Seems that your web page is missing a bit.
Len
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
-Original Message-
From: George Sinos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: *istD output?
what effect all of
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Francis Ebury) wrote:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M42
Having just joined it, that's ClubM42
---
John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Sunday, October 26, 2003, 3:47:49 PM, you wrote:
For me, the
_major_ drawback to digital is the dependence on batteries, as I
sometimes find myself in situations where a purely mechanical device is
a better option. Can't see that one being solved.
well, what with recent
OMG! A dear friend dragged her boyfriend up north (relative
to NC, that is) to meet a bunch of her older friends, and my
house was one of the stops, and we got to camera geeking, and
suddenly I've got a 4x5 camera in my hands! Until he needs
it back, which is probably going to be a couple
Hi,
Sunday, October 26, 2003, 9:07:25 PM, you wrote:
Could one of the users of the Bat very kindly tell me how to
pre-process my mail on the server?
what do you mean by 'pre-process'? What do you actually want to do?
--
Cheers,
Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What I see is a bunch of con men conning each other. He cheated you. Both of you
cheated Ebay. You tried to cheat other Ebay users. And somehow Ebay is at fault.
Also, I don't remember seeing your name on the list before. This message, did
you just sign up so you could spam they list with your
OK, I've read through the last few digests and learned all about how the
*istD feels, who would like which knobs in different places and so. Don't
you guys take pictures with those things?
Naah - why would we do that?
Actually my other half has me fairly busy this weekend, so I can't get
On Sunday, Oct 26, 2003, at 14:05 America/New_York, George Sinos wrote:
What's your opinion on the Pentax Photo Browser and Photo Laboratory
software?
Photo Browser is adequate, but that's not my primary browser software.
Photo Lab could be much better. They should look at Capture One as an
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, John Francis wrote:
OK, I've read through the last few digests and learned all about how the
*istD feels, who would like which knobs in different places and so. Don't
you guys take pictures with those things?
Naah - why would we do that?
I'm taking some photographs,
the low end labs do the same. the difference between low and high is
resolution and paper handling. Lightjet 5000 machines typically can handle
up to 60 inches wide.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003
I just gotta comment:
1. It's good that those with some discretionary funds buy early, They
partially finance the better camera everyone else will buy 3-5 years
form now. Nonetheless, many purchasers of DSLRs (Canon or Pentax) seem
very happy with them and the image quality, which is all that
Actually the current Interstate Highway System started out as the National
Defense Highway System. Ike had learned the hard way how hard it was to move men
and equipment long distances in Europe during WWII and the US has two coasts to
defend 3500 miles (nearly 6000 kilometers) apart. The
1. It's good that those with some discretionary funds buy early, They
partially finance the better camera everyone else will buy in 3-5 years
That already happened, of course. The original DSLRS (such as the Kodak)
were horrendously expensive - I believe the high-end model was $25,000
Then
I will try with Cf lens. And just for sake of testing
I will try few glass mounted slides.
Thanks you verymuch
Ramesh
--- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Then there is your problem.
You have a FF (flat-field) lens that is intended for
glass mounted slides. A CF
(curved-field) lens is for
In your situation, Dave, you may just have to consider your printers a short
term investment. It might be best to use the cheapest that will do the job and
replace them every few months. I know of none that are designed for a dusty
environment, and even if they are some sealed printers made
Gang,
I have tried to sum up some experiences from the first two days of shooting
with the *istD and various lenses on a webpage:
http://home.online.no/~jooksne/istd/aberration.html
No big images, but lots of crops. Shouldn't load too slowly, though.
There's a big table in there which will be
After much to-and-froing, my own Canon/Epson/HP decision finally
got resolved in favour of HP. It's only six-colour (not their
latest eight-ink unit), but the biggest difference there would
be if I did a lot of black-and-white printing.
The single biggest factor was my fear of printheads
if you sell your prints, you have to make the choice in the other direction.
you can't reprint for someone, even a good friend, if the image is in a
frame.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 6:30 PM
Hello MyHosting,
Sunday, October 26, 2003, 9:07:25 PM, you wrote:
M Could one of the users of the Bat very kindly tell me how to
M pre-process my mail on the server?
M Regards
M mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1) From the toolbar select Account.
2) From the dropdown menu select
There is just no good automagic way of doing multiple, off camera flashes.
With studio flashes you: get a meter, use a digital camera (even a PS) to
check a histogram (you can check this with a PS by uploading the file into
PS), or shoot many, many rolls of film. If your shooting a subject, and
All,
I was doing some still-life and macro shooting with my MZ-S this morning
with a couple of big lenses. I wanted to do some aperture bracketing to
experiment with different depths of field, and I caught myself wishing that
my MZ-S had an aperture wheel!
So perhaps hou should consider
Someone posted:
Someone made a solar powered 35mm compact some time ago. Not successful
but, as you say, the technology just needs developing.
I seem to remember that Ricoh had an SLR back in the 1980s that was solar-
powered. All I know about it, I saw in the pages of Popular (or
OK, I've read through the last few digests and learned all about how the
*istD feels, who would like which knobs in different places and so. Don't
you guys take pictures with those things? For cryin' out loud, it's not
like you have to wait for the processing
Here is a link to some early
Hi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Was it something I said? 8-) I am optimistic that the present
difficulties will be dealt with. I am not sure they will be dealt
with in a manner beneficial (both financially and photographically) to
me.
mike
Well, there is that. :-)
No. Not
Steve,
Do you use an e-mail address other than the one which ends '@wlu.edu'? Could
you please contact me off list.
Many thanks,
Malcolm
Well I have 3 major problems with current DSLR's.
1. Price, needs to be 1/2 of current.
2. Price, needs to be 1/2 of item 1.
3. Price, needs to be 1/2 of item 2.
When they meet those criteria I will difinately buy one, probably used.
(just a little bit tongue in cheek)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mishka,
I think that you, like graywolf misread what this gentleman wrote.
He did not blame ebay, and even admits in his article that he was to
blame for circumnavigating around ebay's security. He does indicate
he is upset at Ebay's disability to help him in this situation, but
does not
That's true. The *ist D manual seems to suggest that the extreme north
is not a good climate for this camera. It's made for more temperate
climates. However, that said, I feel that Jostein has more experience
working under those conditions than most of us.
Len
* There's no place like
The cut-film tank that I paid $10.50 on eBay for should be arriving any
day soon...
I've been doing the same thing with my new 4x5 press camera the last
couple of weeks... once I get the tank I can actually load film into the
holders and try it out for real. :-)
-Mat (the sucking sound you
Mark Erickson wrote:
All,
I was doing some still-life and macro shooting with my MZ-S this morning
with a couple of big lenses. I wanted to do some aperture bracketing to
experiment with different depths of field, and I caught myself wishing that
my MZ-S had an aperture wheel! Nutty, huh?
In
I don't know how its happened, but I am once again so enabled I don't dare
show the wife how many cameras I own.
A spotmatic Sp, a spotmatic SP II, a Spotmatic F, A sweet golden ES, An even
sweeter chrome ES II, a just as pleasant ES II black, a K2 chrome, a K2
chrome, a K2 black, a K2 black, a K2
- Original Message -
From: Robert Gonzalez
Subject: Re: What DSLR Improvements I'd Like To See
2. Better software for chromatic aberrations This is where I am really
ignorant. But it seems to me that good interpolation (?) software might
distribute
the results of chromatic
John,
After my last two Epsons kept clogging, I finally went the HP route
too. I have been much happier with overall usage of this printer
(7350 - six color) including feel (touch) of the prints and their
hardiness. Once dry, they seem to be nicer than the Epson prints -
this is all using the
Metamerism is still an issue with the 2200, But proper
profiling will reduce the effect dramatially
--- Juey Chong Ong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday, Oct 24, 2003, at 14:34 America/New_York,
Ramesh Kumar wrote:
I too was looking at 2000P and its goes cheap on
ebay.
2000P has
- Original Message -
From: Brendan
Subject: Re: A3 printer recommends please
Metamerism is still an issue with the 2200, But proper
profiling will reduce the effect dramatially
I am curious about this statement. I had thought metamerisation was purely a
function of how the colour
It is but when there is a serious colour cast to begin
with, good profiles remove this and reduce the effect.
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Brendan
Subject: Re: A3 printer recommends please
Metamerism is still an issue with the 2200,
Hi,
Bob Walkden wrote:
well, what with recent breakthroughs in nanotechnology you never know.
If you want something that works, rain or shine, then we need to
combine the past with the present, and shrink it.
A small waterwheel attached to the side of your camera could generate
plenty
I've added 12 more underwater images from the Great Barrier Reef.
http://home.mindspring.com/~skofteland/
Comments are always welcome.
thanks
Christian Skofteland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
G'day Sid.
I know the feeling, Mate.
I started out with 1 MZ-50. I now have 4 x MZ-50, 1 x MZ-60, 1 x SF10, 1
x SFX and 1 x SFXn.
Where it will end, I don't know. I am lucky that the MZ series cameras
are a bit like Glock pistols...They all look the same. So if I only have
one out of the cupboard
What do you actualy do with 4 x MZ-50s?
Trevor Bailey wrote:
G'day Sid.
I know the feeling, Mate.
I started out with 1 MZ-50. I now have 4 x MZ-50, 1 x MZ-60, 1 x SF10, 1
x SFX and 1 x SFXn.
Where it will end, I don't know. I am lucky that the MZ series cameras
are a bit like Glock
I've done a little ebaying and so far things have gone well. In the spring I
received a camera body from the UK and it didn't match the description. The
seller refunded me £30 without any argument and I have a working body with a
few scratches and a ding on the baseplate for about £15. I now have
Hi, Ramesh
I will look into each lens more closely as time allows.
For this first test I used only two apertures.
How much each lens needs to be stopped down is indeed an interesting
question.
Another is how much diffraction will impact the quality when stopped down
fully.
More later.
Jostein
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