Re: A bit more about K10D, please read.

2006-12-29 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Gonz wrote: Download the latest camera RAW plugin from adobe, I had the same problem with the K100D. it won't change things a yota, because current (latest) Camera Raw plugin, version 3.6, does not support K10D (directly) and one has to use DNG files. The issue that Boris is seeing is

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 1/2/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got some samples I took in store with a Canon 5D and EF 17-40mm f4 L lens. At 17mm 40mm there is vignetting, but it's easily treatable in the RAW converter. I think this says more about the lens

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: B obviously hasn't looked at too many big Canon or Leica M8 produced images. http://www.pbase.com/cameras/canon/eos_5d (only currently 281942 sample images) and how many from wide lenses ? B. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: B obviously hasn't looked at too many big Canon or Leica M8 produced images. Leica M8 is croppped, although not APS. B. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The pertinent consideration of course is that the now defunct resolution sensors would have used a similar silicon area to those by which they were replaced. FF and APS sensors will always differ in price by at least the value of area of silicon

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So I take it your not a fan aft the 35mm full frame DSLR concept. I am not. Or maybe this whole Canon propaganda just started p**ng me off. I came from 6x7 (Pentacon Six) and see nothing special in 135 format, except maybe balance of speed and quality for

Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm afraid that your argument is purely speculative, there is no proof as yet that any Pentax 35mm lenses perform poorly on FF sensors. The whole thread is purely speculative ;-P I'm not saying never, but currently Pentax seems to be heading in

Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Digital Image Studio wrote: On 03/01/07, Bronek Kozicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And for those interested in best quality and high resolution, I'd suggest searching in ebay for 67 and 645 Pentax lenses - prices will soar later this year. And it is much less speculative prediction than

Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
P. J. Alling wrote: There is nothing that makes 24x36mm sweet spot except for Canon's marketing strategy and the huge supply of very good to brilliant existing lenses designed for that format. the point I was trying to make is that alghough these lenses loose their angle of view, they

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
P. J. Alling wrote: Your arguments are known. Your conclusions are suspect, and your mother dresses you funny. she does not ;-P and I'm not going to argue with you other points, as they might be true indeed. The fact is I'm just losing patience seeing discussion that could end up like

Re: Occupations

2007-01-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
I'm a software developer in investment bank based in London. Moved here from Poland 2 years ago with wife and son, my second son was born here (but that does not grant him British nationality, for those curious). I'm also member of C++ panel in BSI and a Microsoft MVP. B. -- PDML

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Digital Image Studio wrote: factor relative to FF 35mm ;-) keyword underscored. B. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-03 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Digital Image Studio wrote: On 03/01/07, Bronek Kozicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Digital Image Studio wrote: factor relative to FF 35mm ;-) keyword underscored. ...and? full frame is not a format name. It can be used as a format name only if supplemented

RE: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-03 Thread Bronek Kozicki
24x36mm, 35mm, 135 format, format frame. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bronek Kozicki Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 5:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-03 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D Your just arguing nomenclature. He's not the only person on list who argues nomenclature. I'd even hazzard a guess, without

Re: Monitor Calibration - help wanted

2007-01-12 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Brian Walters wrote: John Don't know if this will help but I find both the foillowing links useful, particularly the gamma charts in the first link. http://www.photoscientia.co.uk/Gamma.htm but pls. remeber to use gamma 2.2 , as this is the standard. Gamma 1.8 is used only by old Macs

Re: Monitor Calibration - help wanted

2007-01-12 Thread Bronek Kozicki
keith_w wrote: but pls. remeber to use gamma 2.2 , as this is the standard. For whom? For what? good question. You will find answer in Color Management by Bruce Fraser, Chris Murphy, Fred Bunting. In my (2nd) edition it is in chapter 6 . Needless to say, gamma 2.2 is recommended (there)

Re: 77 Ltd. vs FA*85

2007-01-13 Thread Bronek Kozicki
K.Takeshita wrote: 85 is of course the gem of pentax lenses but when I got a 77, I was beginning to find that use of 85 was not as versatile as 77 could. It all depends on how your friend intends to use it. If his nephew is young (small?) and active, 85 is unwieldy. Azlso on K10D, it is no

Re: Way OT: File conversion problem

2006-11-30 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Someone here confused Word with WordPerfect - these are entirely two different software products, from different vendors! Or actualy were, because I believe WordPerfect has not had upgrades for a looong time. B. Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: No, Microsoft Word v1.0 was released

Re: PESO-- Hell's Furnace

2006-12-01 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A wood chip burner at a lumber mill. It was cold. Probably -25C, plus a windchill dropping the temp to about -35C. I took three exposures before I couldn't take it anymore. Pentax DS w/FA77, 10 second exposure at f/9.5, ISO 200. DS is tough one,

Re: K10D image quality

2006-12-01 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Funny, a year ago it seemed a number of people here were of the opinion that a 10MP wasn't that big of a jump in resolution and one would not see a big increase in picture quality. I guess that's changed now that Pentax has a higher MP camera on the market. I

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-01 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Joseph Tainter wrote: Here is my first posted K10D image. It is very qd with no processing except for Auto Levels. I was just giving shake reduction a first try. Boy did I get a nasty surprise: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=21099553 Please, help me out

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-01 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Joseph Tainter wrote: Here is my first posted K10D image. It is very qd with no processing except for Auto Levels. ^^^ I only now noticed - here is culprit. Do not use ACR autolevels. Just say no. If you want auto look, shoot JPEG (or even better - RAW+ ). And another

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Paul Stenquist wrote: ACR works fine with K10D images as long as their saved as DNG format. there is subtle difference between being able to read and being able to render as intended by camera manufacturer. Sure, ACR can read DNG files from K10D, but seeing results I'm not convinced it renders

Re: k10d pop photo/ luminous landscape vs dpreview

2006-12-18 Thread Bronek Kozicki
dick graham wrote: All of you who are disappointed in the k10d because of the dpreview report I'd say to any and all of these who are disappointed in *camera* because of its very subjective *review* : there are plenty of JPEGs around - look at them, judge for yourself, trust your good

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-18 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Jens Bladt wrote: The K10D certainly isn't doing very well in comparison to others, like Sony, Nikon, Canon. I wonder why? because reviewer does not like its JPEG output - it does not have the same contrasty look as Canons or Nikon JPEGs. As simple as that. B. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Sd Cards

2006-12-21 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting Charles Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thinking of buying the Pentax K10D but would like some clarification about SD cards. Is the maximum card in the K10 D only 2 gig or is it possible to use a 4 gig card. you can use SDHC (High Capacity) card, as I understand not all 4GB cards are

Re: Official Full Frame Pentax Rumor (was Re: Dpreview's D200 jpeg overall conclusion: same problem different attitude?)

2006-12-21 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting Patrick Genovese [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't think that pentax will go down that route any time soon because... neither me, and I completly agree with your reasoning. Actually, I was going to write something similar, but you saved me the trouble ;) B. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Official Full Frame Pentax Rumor - Technical Limitations of K Mount?

2006-12-21 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Quoting Tom Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Im kinda' new here, but one of the things I picked up in passing is that the K-mount might be fundamentally incompatible with a full-frame DSLR? Or did I miss something? If I didnt, please explain to me what the issue is, as I was under the impression

Re: Sd Cards

2006-12-22 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Peter Loveday wrote: It also really makes me wonder why they do these silly incremental changes... 2G isn't enough? Lets revise the spec... but we'll only allow 32G, no one will ever need more than that why not just allow for umpteen terabytes and be done with it (at least for a few

Re: Camera Raw 3.7 is Here

2007-02-19 Thread Bronek Kozicki
On 19/02/07, Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I am going to reset my K10D to PEF format. you might want to test if profile embedded into ACR is good enough for your purposes - having used DNG you were using calibration stored in DNG by the camera, that is colours were exactly as