Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass

2005-10-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 5, 2005, at 10:35 PM, Tom C wrote: Taken this summer in Denali NP, Alaska. *ist D and Zenitar 16 f/2.8, RAW Not exactly sure why I like it, maybe perspective or muted tones... but putting it up for... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3647626 It's nice ... lots of nice

Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass

2005-10-06 Thread Tom C
Thanks. I agree about the rendering overall... I'm perplexed. Curious why you think it might be oversharpened. I did USM it, but I figured the broken rock in the foreground, would/should, being closer to the lens display a little more detail. This is one I wish I had on film. Tom C.

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Jostein
Don't, Shel. Like Kevin says, the harvesters will pick it up. The suggested method with a contact web-form is much more spam-proof. Another way of doing it is what the mail-archive.com has done. I don't know exactly how it is implemented, but it must work. I've had a total of only 3 spam

Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass

2005-10-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
USM has to be done very carefully on a high-frequency image like this. It can cause a harsh and jangly look in fine details at low rez for the web. I'd try again, sharpening selectively only on areas that need it. Godfrey On Oct 5, 2005, at 11:20 PM, Tom C wrote: Thanks. I agree about the

Re: Lunch!

2005-10-06 Thread David Mann
On Oct 5, 2005, at 6:59 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Taken this Monday on one of my shoots for the Nature Guides: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/images/fall2_22.jpg ist-D, F100/2.8 Macro, ISO 400 For some reason your website always times out for me... - Dave

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread David Mann
On Oct 6, 2005, at 6:31 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: Regarding domain names, I'd go with your name. I sometimes regret not having gotten juanbuhler.com--I still could, but I'm kind of used to jbuhler.com now. You could set up juanbuhler.com and make it automatically redirect to jbuhler.com. The

Starring Knarf

2005-10-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
While organizing my PC, I came a cross this magazine. Maybe someone could be interested in subscribing http://www.dariobonazza.com/provv/blur.jpg :-) Dario

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks Tom ... the first instance is what I thought Jack meant ... I must have missed the game he was playing later. Thanks - and yes, I've been very tired and stressed the past week or so. Shel [Original Message] From: Tom C You must be burning too much midnite oil Shel... :) He

Re: Starring Knarf

2005-10-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
You can also get a purist version: http://www.dariobonazza.com/provv/blurbw.jpg :-) Dario - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 9:29 AM Subject: Starring Knarf While organizing my PC, I came a cross

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I can't even read it once slow ... Shel [Original Message] From: Butch Black See sea shells at the sea shore at seeshels Say that fast five times

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-06 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Mark Roberts wrote on 06.10.05 3:12: Bah! What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, besides the roads... Education? Aqueducts? ;-))) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-06 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Tom C wrote on 06.10.05 4:37: P*ist? Too ambiguous :-))) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-06 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
P. J. Alling wrote on 06.10.05 4:41: It's like the * in *ist, it can mean anything you want it to, as long as it begins with P... Just like T*ist - for instance Tennisist? :-P -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass

2005-10-06 Thread Gasha
Wow! i would like to get there once in my life. Gasha Tom C wrote: Taken this summer in Denali NP, Alaska. *ist D and Zenitar 16 f/2.8, RAW Not exactly sure why I like it, maybe perspective or muted tones... but putting it up for... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3647626

Re: Starring Knarf

2005-10-06 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Dario Bonazza wrote on 06.10.05 9:29: While organizing my PC, I came a cross this magazine. Maybe someone could be interested in subscribing http://www.dariobonazza.com/provv/blur.jpg Beautiful! Can I pay for subscription using Masterblur card? ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good...

Re: Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-06 Thread mike wilson
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed PM 05:00:56 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: The slow and painful death of film. On Oct 5, 2005, at 7:08 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: Quite honestly, I have more trouble with digital print quality than

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread mike wilson
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed PM 05:16:59 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Setting Up a Web Site Hi gang ... I know a few of you have web sites where you display your photos and offer them for sale. I'd like to get some advice from y'all.

Pentax F 28 2.8

2005-10-06 Thread Charles Wilson
Dear All, I have an opportunity to buy this lens at a good price. Has anyone on the list had any experience with it. Will be using it on ist D Regards Charles Wilson Sydney Australia

Re: Re: Trip to Prague, any suggestions?

2005-10-06 Thread mike wilson
From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike is right, it has many tourists. It also has perhaps the most beautiful old city I have seen. For photography it wonderful to get a guide book and just wander the old city on the Danube's east side. On the west side of the Danube, you can see

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Herb Chong wrote: it's in another class well above the *istD. Thanks Herb. But why Nikon? Does it have the same upgrade path as Canon? Kostas

Re: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread mike wilson
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed PM 11:58:52 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks thanks, i didn't think of that until you reminded me. there is a certain 70's look to those. Herb... The minimalist look in environmental

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread David Mann
On Oct 6, 2005, at 8:03 PM, Jostein wrote: Another way of doing it is what the mail-archive.com has done. I don't know exactly how it is implemented, but it must work. Their system removes all email addresses entirely and presents button to press if you want to email the author. When

Re: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-06 Thread mike wilson
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/06 Thu AM 02:34:11 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Must be your batteries, I find that 2500mAh AA NiMH cells equalize the weight quite nicely. Not mine, so I don't know. Can't

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure how intelligent spam harvesters are these days... would they bother interpreting Javascript? Yes. At the most basic level they use a regex (regular expression) to match anything in the source code. Pattern

Re: PESO: A BW conversion attempt

2005-10-06 Thread John Forbes
It's always interesting when people tweak other people's photos. In this case I prefer the original; Godfrey's version seems much too bright, and it emphasises the slightly washed out highlights. Perhaps I need to look at the calibration of my monitor. JOhn On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:54:28

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Jostein
Quoting Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes. At the most basic level they use a regex (regular expression) to match anything in the source code. Pattern matching would be something like '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],}\.[\w]{2,6}$/iU' to match anything within the code that looks like an email

Re: Chilly PESO

2005-10-06 Thread David Savage
Thanks for that Herb. I didn't know it's name (if there was a sign, it was well truly buried in snow :-). I also didn't realise that it was so far from from the falls. We did a lot of driving that day, so my memory of distances between different places is a bit muddled. I didn't take any

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread John Forbes
They have an odd pricing structure, Juan. $30 for the first year, then $84pa. Not a way to encourage people to stay, but I suppose they are relying on inertia. John On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 06:31:27 +0100, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Shel, Coincidentally, I spent some time

Re: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-06 Thread mike wilson
From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/06 Thu AM 07:49:27 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Mark Roberts wrote on 06.10.05 3:12: Bah! What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, besides

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 5/10/05, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id26.html Christian you asked for it... LOL! I forgot how good it was ;-) ( I mean, your pic, of course) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 5/10/05, Herb Chong, discombobulated, unleashed: i wish i could mount the Limiteds on the body and use them. Nikon doesn't have anything equivalent to the 31 Limited. Pentax register: 45.46mm Nikon register: 46.50mm 1mm out! and going the wrong way. Well if I couldn't mill 1 mm off the

Re: Lunch!

2005-10-06 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 5, 2005, at 20:59, Mark Roberts wrote: Taken this Monday on one of my shoots for the Nature Guides: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/images/fall2_22.jpg ist-D, F100/2.8 Macro, ISO 100 Nice one, Mark! -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: script language=JavaScript type=text/JavaScript emUser = 'someuser'; emDomain = 'somedomain.com'; emLink = 'ieMail me.../i'; em = eUser + String.fromCharCode(32*2) + emDomain; document.write('A href=mailto:' + ep + '' + emLink +

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-06 Thread Herb Chong
Kirk made, but seems to have discontinued, the Ground Shot 2. Herb - Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:45 PM Subject: Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds Yep, and Greg Downing improved on it with

Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass

2005-10-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Hello. USM has to be done very carefully on a high-frequency image like this. It can cause a harsh and jangly look in fine details at low rez for the web. I'd try again, sharpening selectively only on areas that need it. I'd second that... It does look oversharpened some. -- Boris

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Herb Chong
i've been willing to pay the price for more than a year. Herb - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:13 AM Subject: Re: Fall in the Adirondacks At a price well above the *ist-D...

Re: Lunch!

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/10/05, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: For some reason your website always times out for me... That's what the spider's victims always say ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Herb Chong
let me think about it. manual focus and aperture Herb - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:21 AM Subject: Re: Fall in the Adirondacks Pentax register: 45.46mm Nikon register: 46.50mm

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
script language=JavaScript type=text/JavaScript emUser = 'someuser'; emDomain = 'somedomain.com'; emLink = 'ieMail me.../i'; em = eUser + String.fromCharCode(32*2) + emDomain; document.write('A href=mailto:' + ep + '' + emLink + '/A'); /script No, it will not pick it up till it is

Re: Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread mike wilson
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/06 Thu AM 10:21:54 GMT To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Fall in the Adirondacks On 5/10/05, Herb Chong, discombobulated, unleashed: i wish i could mount the Limiteds on the body and use them. Nikon doesn't have

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Some excellent shots, Christian. You're really getting a handle on the bird biz. And thanks for the info on this ground pod. Paul On Oct 5, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Christian wrote: - Original Message - From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October

*ist Ds Shutter actuations

2005-10-06 Thread Trevor Bailey
G'day All. Today I took possession of a Second hand *ist Ds. It's 9 months old. Got it from a bloke with money problems. $750 AUD for the body as well as a 1gig SD card. I've just now upgraded it to Firmware version 1.02. My question to the list is this: How does one find out the number of

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Kenneth Waller
Not only that, but we went to different schools together! Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks separated at birth. Herb. - Original Message - From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: Starring Knarf

2005-10-06 Thread Kenneth Waller
That's all wrong. The copy knarF gave me is blurry. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Starring Knarf You can also get a purist version: http://www.dariobonazza.com/provv/blurbw.jpg :-) Dario - Original Message - From: Dario

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-06 Thread Kenneth Waller
Thanks, Christian, as I said, just curious. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds - Original Message - From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05,

Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass

2005-10-06 Thread Kenneth Waller
I see a slight touch of oversharpening in the mountain siloutte against the sky in the URH area. BTW, Did the mountain appear during your visit did you make it to the Eileson visitor center area? I was there last fall they were preparing for a total rebuild as the structure had been damaged

Re: *ist Ds Shutter actuations

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/10/05, Trevor Bailey, discombobulated, unleashed: Today I took possession of a Second hand *ist Ds. It's 9 months old. Got it from a bloke with money problems. I didn't sell you anything! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/10/05, Herb Chong, discombobulated, unleashed: let me think about it. manual focus and aperture I'd have to practice first :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 5/10/05, Bob Shell, discombobulated, unleashed: Nikon was the camera of choice for pros in the USA for one reason, and one reason only, a man named Joe Ehrenreich. Ehrenreich was the best marketer who has ever come along in the photo industry. He was the first to think of giving camera

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Krisjanis Linkevics [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find the best method is mailing from a form on your site. I do this at http://www.wildcherry.com.au/index.php?p=contact This shows no email addresses to anybody as it is all kept hard coded into the script and never

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 5/10/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Bah! What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, besides the roads... Open aperture metering? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 5/10/05, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: Cotty has always been very clever. Not at all. Just satirical. I can't take anything seriously. Well, maybe money. If I had to. On second thoughts Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
shesellsseashellsbytheseashore.com :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: *ist Ds Shutter actuations

2005-10-06 Thread David Savage
Well obviously you don't have money problems. Dave (who has no problem at all with money. I quite like it in fact) vbg On 10/6/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/10/05, Trevor Bailey, discombobulated, unleashed: Today I took possession of a Second hand *ist Ds. It's 9 months old. Got

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-06 Thread Bob Shell
Yep. If someone wrote an accurate history of the photo industry in the USA it would be a lot more about the personalities than the products. Prominent names would be Joe Ehrenreich, Paul Klingenstein, Henry Froehlich, and a number of others. Henry is still living and is President of The MAC

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 5/10/05, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: Personally, I like using you last name somehow. You must be shelshocked. :) Tom C. Tom you hit the nail on the head: www.shelshocked.com Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-06 Thread Bob Shell
On Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 08:32 AM, Cotty wrote: Bah! What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, besides the roads... Open aperture metering? The Romans gave us the numbering for the Zone System. Bob

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 5/10/05, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: Oh well I can't resist this game... whattheshel.com ann ducks LOL Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass

2005-10-06 Thread Rick Womer
...or maybe it's nice for the rich colors, the browns and greens next to each other, or the way the sky didn't just go white. In any case, a very nice shot. Rick --- Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken this summer in Denali NP, Alaska. *ist D and Zenitar 16 f/2.8, RAW Not exactly sure

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread P. J. Alling
He's at the top of the current Nikon upgrade path. Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Herb Chong wrote: it's in another class well above the *istD. Thanks Herb. But why Nikon? Does it have the same upgrade path as Canon? Kostas -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run

Request

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
Once upon a time I had a link to a company in the USA that supplies zillions of types of small screws of the kind that hold lenses together (etc). They had a very comprehensive selection, with online ordering and so on. Can anyone recommend such a site? TIA Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Re: Starring Knarf

2005-10-06 Thread Albano Garcia
Mega-LOL!! Cool Albano --- Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While organizing my PC, I came a cross this magazine. Maybe someone could be interested in subscribing http://www.dariobonazza.com/provv/blur.jpg :-) Dario Albano Garcia Photography Graphic Design

Re: 50 years of photojournalism

2005-10-06 Thread graywolf
50 Years of war and misery, is what I would call it. Politics is more interesting and less annoying to me. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Mark Roberts wrote:

Re: Request

2005-10-06 Thread mike wilson
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/06 Thu PM 12:58:19 GMT To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Request Once upon a time I had a link to a company in the USA that supplies zillions of types of small screws of the kind that hold lenses together (etc). They had a very

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Cotty wrote: On 5/10/05, Herb Chong, discombobulated, unleashed: i wish i could mount the Limiteds on the body and use them. Nikon doesn't have anything equivalent to the 31 Limited. Pentax register: 45.46mm Nikon register: 46.50mm 1mm out! and going the wrong way. Well if I

Re: Starring Knarf

2005-10-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Still too sharp... Dario Bonazza wrote: While organizing my PC, I came a cross this magazine. Maybe someone could be interested in subscribing http://www.dariobonazza.com/provv/blur.jpg :-) Dario -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).

Re: Juan in Action: Siena mini-PDML pictures

2005-10-06 Thread graywolf
The girls in the third photo clearly speak Italian*. *Refers to an old joke about this Italian guy who lost his arms in an accident and could no longer talk. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: Hi

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Yes, but my point is that you're comparing two different cameras in two different classifications and finding the lower level camera wanting. As if it were the camera's fault. If I paid approximately $3000 for the *ist-D I'd expect considerably higher performance from it when capturing

Re: OT - Konolta to cease digi sales in Canada

2005-10-06 Thread graywolf
Hummm...? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- P. J. Alling wrote: Actually the Honeywell deal, was the other way around. Pentax wanted to get control of their own distribution in a major market. Without Pentax Honeywell

Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass

2005-10-06 Thread Jack Davis
Tom, It's inviting yet with a hint of foreboding that I find mysteriously interesting. Like the crescent horizon and the total volume of the scene. If I were playing with it in PS, I might give it a click of contrast to see if the separation of color plains added further interest. Actually, it

Re: OT: Lighting Advice Needed

2005-10-06 Thread graywolf
I used to use strobes for that kind of stuff. Safer, and does not help fade the artworks. One 45 degrees to either side of the camera. Slave or radio triggers help. Oh yes, and the Sunpacks I had a long time ago the slaved light would shut off every time it fired (why I have a couple of Norman

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
Pentax register: 45.46mm Nikon register: 46.50mm 1mm out! and going the wrong way. Well if I couldn't mill 1 mm off the back of a Limited, and stick a Nikon flange on, my name's not Dr Frankenstien. On 6/10/05, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: Don't you have something here

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/10/05, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: What is remove the Pentax mount, fashion a Nikon mount with new mounting holes, and add a 1mm spacer ring inbetween, using longer screws. That's very doable. What i would do is remove the Pentax mount, fashion a Nikon mount with new mounting

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Jack Davis
Well, Cotty, if I happen to have the same thought as you, I'll assign it to my good luck. Jack --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/10/05, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: Cotty has always been very clever. Not at all. Just satirical. I can't take anything seriously. Well,

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-06 Thread graywolf
OTOH, if you buy a new body, you just updated all your old lenses. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- William Robb wrote: If you have an original EOS lens, and buy a new lens, you have just updated your AF technology. If

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one time, at band camp, Krisjanis Linkevics [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find the best method is mailing from a form on your site. I do this at http://www.wildcherry.com.au/index.php?p=contact This shows no email addresses to anybody as it is all kept

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:47:48 +0200, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pentax register: 45.46mm Nikon register: 46.50mm 1mm out! and going the wrong way. Well if I couldn't mill 1 mm off the back of a Limited, and stick a Nikon flange on, my name's not Dr Frankenstien. On 6/10/05, P. J.

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Oct 2005 at 9:55, graywolf wrote: OTOH, if you buy a new body, you just updated all your old lenses. And if the lens was originally built using an optimised AF motor then it's ready to utilize whatever new AF technology is embedded in the new body. :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/10/05, Lucas Rijnders, discombobulated, unleashed: EOS (you know ;-) register is 44mm. So either Nikon _is_ going the wrong way, or your EOS mod isn't working :o) This is nothing to do with EOS. We are talking about putting a Pentax lens onto a Nikon camera. Further: better than having a

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Actually I think there is room in the Nikon body for the aperture lever. The problem is that the throat on the Nikon mount is smaller than the K mount, I have an NF t-mount that fits into a K mount opening, it doesn't turn to seat but it's very close. Cotty wrote: Pentax register: 45.46mm

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/10/05, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: Well, Cotty, if I happen to have the same thought as you, I'll assign it to my good luck. Please do. I said satire, not sarcasm. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/10/05, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: I have an NF t-mount that fits into a K mount opening, it doesn't turn to seat but it's very close. Ye gods. Bestiality! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Actually that's not a problem if you're going to replace the mount. The Pentax will just focus just slightly beyond infinity... P. J. Alling wrote: Actually I think there is room in the Nikon body for the aperture lever. The problem is that the throat on the Nikon mount is smaller than the

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Necrophilia actually, I was testing on a dead camera. Cotty wrote: On 6/10/05, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: I have an NF t-mount that fits into a K mount opening, it doesn't turn to seat but it's very close. Ye gods. Bestiality! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Fall in the Adirondacks Yes, but my point is that you're comparing two different cameras in two different classifications and finding the lower level camera wanting. As if it were the camera's fault. If I paid approximately

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Fall in the Adirondacks He's at the top of the current Nikon upgrade path. At least Nikon provides an upgrade path. We have to jump from rock to rock. William Robb

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/10/05, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: Necrophilia actually, I was testing on a dead camera. LOL You see, you quite like this tinkering lark. I'll bet you have a little collection of bits and bobs on your desk, and a good set of jeweller's drivers, all at hand ready for a good

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Bob Blakely
I have personally held an SMCA* 85/1.4 Lens that was modified for use on a Nikon. The approximately 1 millimeter was added to the back of the lens via a modified or constructed Nikon mount that was affixed to the back of the lens in place of the Pentax mount. The mount stuck out a little from

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Then you have a right to demand higher preformance. But then you bought your's a few years ago. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Fall in the Adirondacks Yes, but my point is that you're comparing two different cameras in two different

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Fall in the Adirondacks Yes, but my point is that you're comparing two different cameras in two different classifications and finding the lower level camera wanting. As if it were the camera's fault. The point is that Pentax

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:18:26 +0200, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/10/05, Lucas Rijnders, discombobulated, unleashed: EOS (you know ;-) register is 44mm. So either Nikon _is_ going the wrong way, or your EOS mod isn't working :o) This is nothing to do with EOS. We are talking about

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/10/05, Bob Blakely, discombobulated, unleashed: I have personally held an SMCA* 85/1.4 Lens that was modified for use on a Nikon. The approximately 1 millimeter was added to the back of the lens via a modified or constructed Nikon mount that was affixed to the back of the lens in place of

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, William Robb wrote: Three grand is about what I paid for my istD. I got a battery pack and cheap lens with it, but it was still three grand. Irrespective of what you paid, you are currently comparing a $1.2K camera to a $3K camera. Point taken about the upgrade path

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:34 AM Subject: Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds Kirk made, but seems to have discontinued, the Ground Shot 2. The only thing from Kirk I could find is this:

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:52 AM Subject: Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds Some excellent shots, Christian. You're really getting a handle on the bird biz. And thanks for the info on

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/10/05, Lucas Rijnders, discombobulated, unleashed: I gathered that. My point was that I think your reasoning was initially right, and now is wrong. You adapted a K-mount lens to an EOS body with a 1,46mm spacer, right? Correct sir. The registers are as follows: EOS register: 44mm

RE: Juan in Action: Siena mini-PDML pictures

2005-10-06 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Nice pictures Gianfranco. I visited Siena in the terrible 2003 summer (the hottest I have ever experienced) and I liked it even more than Florence (maybe I expected too much from Florence, or too little from Siena !). I recently had a couple of opportunities to met Juan in Spain, but

RE: Starring Knarf

2005-10-06 Thread Malcolm Smith
Dario Bonazza wrote: You can also get a purist version: http://www.dariobonazza.com/provv/blurbw.jpg LOL! Malcolm

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-06 Thread Jack Davis
No, no...don't read any sarcasm into that message. It was my clumsy attempt to compliment you. This has been scanned and, also, found clear of sarcasm. REALLY! Jack --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/10/05, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: Well, Cotty, if I happen to have the

Re: 50 years of photojournalism

2005-10-06 Thread E.R.N. Reed
David Mann wrote: I'm having trouble working out why I prefer PJ photos in black white. Does anyone else have this preference? Apparently plenty of people (though I am not one.) A certain PJ friend of mine once expressed it to me as sometimes color gets in the way. Does that resonate

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