OT:Tiny car excitement (Was: Talking about tiny cars)

2002-12-11 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Yesterday, I was waiting at a roundabout and noticed a Smart approaching with two, errr, voluptuous persons of a certain age on board. The driver had to brake hard (on high grip surface) for the last few feet of approach to the roundabout, due to unexpected actions from another road user.

Re: Sigma/Tamron vote no confidence in Pentax?

2002-12-11 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Alek wrote: How do you assess SP 500/8 Tamron? Sharp optics, easy to use hand-held (with resultant degradation of performance) small and light for the optical reach, cheap secondhand. IIRC, focuses oppositely to Pentax lenses. Very easy to dismantle and clean when filled with river water

Epson cartridge life

2002-12-11 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Belated Happy Birthday, Anne. You asked about using the cartridges until they go dry. Epson specifically advises against this. A charity I work with used the carts in its Photo EX until they went dry as a matter of course. After about 2 years, the heads needed replacing. Maybe linked,

OT: Cheap(er) film sanners

2002-12-12 Thread mike wilson
Hi, http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk has reduced the prices on its Minolta film scanners, as well as increasing the range available. No connection, except as satisfied customer. mike

Re: ZX5-N/MZ-S flash compensation

2002-12-12 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Question: Is this with a particular flash er, unit, or have you tried a few? mike

Re: Autobellows

2002-12-17 Thread mike wilson
Hi, The Pentax bellows system uses a double ended cable release to trip the shutter and close the diaphragm of the special bellows lens. This allows you to compose and focus, then take the picture without disrupting the setup and at the moment decided by you. On a camera without a cable release

OT: Polska (Was: A joke from Cotty)

2002-12-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Artur asked if anyone spoke Polish. My answer - male. Which doesn't read correctly without the proper characters. Mishka wrote: Rozmowiam troche -- zaraz slucham Czerwone Gitary :) So you have obviously never heard SBB, who would blow them off the stage. Przepraszam za pomylki. Me,

Re: OT: Printer repair information

2002-12-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Herb wrote: My Epson 1270 printer has died, Much more likely than what you are suggesting is that the belt is tired (euphemism for completely and utterly ed) and should be replaced. You can tell this if you are getting clicking or banging noises as the printer tries to operate.

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Paal wrote: I get offended when disinformation is posted. The MZ-S does have a two step shutter release. I have have no problems with the fact that not everybody like the MZ-S. After all, I've said from the day I saw the thing the first time that it wasn't for

Re: Shutter button feel (Was: Re: MZ-S Focus Lock)

2002-12-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi, John wrote: My MZ-S was purchased in September of 2001, and the shutter release is very light initially - no more than just taking up the slack rather than pushing on it. There is then a very definite resistance, at which it is easy to hold it while the system

FS Pentax digitals

2003-01-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk Optio 330, 430 EI-100 EI-2000. All Pentax factory refurbished stock, which may just mean new stuff repackaged. 330 = £180 430 = £250 100 = £70 2000 = £300 All plus VAT @ 17.5% for those who pay it. mike

Another MZ-S foible

2003-01-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Just got a roll back and the data imprinting is double exposed for half of the film. Can't remember if this is one I half used and then reloaded. It therefore might be as a result of incorrect loading. Anyone else? mike

Re: diffusion options for 280T

2003-01-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Mark D. wrote: I was wondering what people were using to diffuse the flash from the AF 280T. I couldn't find a Stofen unit made for it. Would the universal model fit? Are there other options that aren't bulky? The universal fits. I found that it tended to fall off

Re: diffusion for 280T

2003-01-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Forgot to mention my emergency diffuser. Take a translucent film tub. Discard cap, cut off the bottom. Slit from top to bottom. It now fits nicely into the grooves on the flash head which are meant for the AFT/AFW accessories. Kodak tubs give a warm glow, Fuji make people look like

Re: Marketing

2003-01-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Frankie Lee wrote: Not challenge the validity of this statement. But what Pentax could say if they make similar words!? In the UK, Pentax is running double page ads. On the left, a black page with a life size 6x4 of, say the Tour Eiffel or a cute child. On the right (paraphrased,

Re: MZ-S foible

2003-01-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Paal wrote: The MZ-S prints on rewind so the roll has to have been rewinded twice. Makes sense. The roll is doubled on the first part, with a blank frame where it stops. I will try to see if the doubled ones are overwritten with the same reading. This will be why Pentax developed the

Altoids - Was:Blah....

2003-01-09 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: I was once hit in the Altoids by a well placed boot. I thought they became Altoids after the boot. Before that, they were Baritoids m

Att. W.R.: C41 processing

2003-01-10 Thread mike wilson
Hi Bill, Remembering your recent posts about pushing C41, I have just come into posession of the Fuji publication Professional Data Guide number AF3-103E. This has a vast amount of film data in it. If you don't have this booklet and want to know anything that might be in it, please let me know.

C41 processing

2003-01-13 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Butch wrote: I have the data guide AF3-102E dated C.2001. In it with the exception of NPC and NPZ they all are listed as C-41/CN-16. NPZ was listed as CN-16X which I have no idea how it differs from regular CN-16. I was always under the impression that CN-16 and

Grotesquely off topic: Titanium welding in the UK

2003-01-13 Thread mike wilson
Hi, I've searched for this and can't find a source so I turn to the collective wisdom I need a small titanium welding job doing. Anyone know of a jobbing Ti welder? Might even be interested in one abroad, as the postage would be low. mike

Re: Photo Book Collecting

2003-01-14 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: Bob, can I apply to join your library? :-) quote Application requirement No 1. The putative lender shall leave a significant portion of their body as deposit against late return. unquote 8-))) mike

Re: Interesting Mac/PC in Photography thread at Rob Galbraith

2003-01-17 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bruce wrote: I haven't read everything yet, but do you have any idea why he chose a dual processor Mac and only a single processor PC? They make multiprocessor boxes I get the impression that he is assuming that the 3GHz PC is equivalent to the dual 1.25GHz Mac. mike

Re: long ramble to Cotty

2003-01-21 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: Hands up: who will be looking 'very closely' at the Pentax DSLR (assume 6MP at less than 1500 bucks) in the following categories: 1/ Where do I pre-order? 2/ I'm 99 percent sure I want one. 3/ Need to see it first, see if I really want one.

FRANK IN BIG LETTERS (was: OT-frank's post-was: Long ramble to Cotty)

2003-01-21 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: Oh, I gotta go to bed. Midnight nearly and I'm off to London with a mate tomorrow to do something so anoraky (geeky) that I dare not admit it here. If I can, I will post a pic later tomorrow ;-) IIRC, that would be the Star Trek convention... mike (King Rat)

Modularity (Was: Re: DSLR lifespan)

2003-01-22 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Mike J. wrote; The whole issue of hardware modularity is very non-trivial. You heard it here first: there will never be parts-modular digital cameras. They already exist. You change the lenses on the models based on film cameras. If there was one based on the F5 (is there?) it

UKPDML 2003?

2003-01-22 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Location: National Museum of Film, Photography Television, Bradford. Date: ?? June? Itinerary: ??? Plenty of culchah in Bradford and the Settle to Carlisle line is not too far away. Bags I don't organise, as I seem to have the kiss of death in this area of expertise. mike

Re: UKPDML 2003

2003-01-22 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Rob wrote: something more central Centre of the UK? Bardon Mill, about 35 miles from me... 8-) Cotty wrote: How about the coast? Naaa, we did that last year. 8- But seriously, folks, I was trying to be inclusive. If we go for Bradford, there is a major puller and we might

Re: UKPDML 2003

2003-01-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: Har = north east Britain suffers from occasional foul weather straight off the north sea, emptied from the bowels of Norway ;-) and believe it or not, it's called 'the Har'. Actually I think it's fog rather than rain, and my spelling may be loose, but

The Johnston theory (Was Re: OT: Obnoxious Sonofabitch Copyeditor)

2003-01-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Mike J wrote: The researchers finally determined that the same lack of judgment ability that actually made you _bad_ at the skill to begin with was actually the same deficiency that made you unable to see yourself clearly. this describes virtually every exponent of management that I've

Re: OT: O.S.C

2003-01-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Rob wrote: Grammar on the PDML does not matter unless we fail to convey our point. This is an informal discussion group. This happens quite frequently for me. There at least two posters whose work I do not read. Although they are apparently native English speakers, their posts

Re: Candid

2003-01-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Dan wrote: It's a good thing you're in London, rather than New York, or you would be dead twice by now! You haven't seen Bob in his weekend, just-back-from-covering-Vietnam mufti. Remember Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now? Bob makes him look positively innocent. mike

Re: Two Night photo questions

2003-01-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Jostein wrote: The trick of putting LX on Auto and manually firing the flash is an excellent trick. With a little practice, you can also walk around in the scene and literally spray-paint the scene with light. Using some pieces of colored cellophane (the cake

Re: ot: Two Night photo questions

2003-01-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Jostein wrote: (I was going to say stick men but that would certainly not be true in my case.) hehe... we'll reserve that one for Cotty and Rob, Won't we... Rob maybe, but Cotty says that he's big... =8-O mike

Re: Zoom 90 WR

2003-01-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, I endorse all of ERN's comments. If you can cope with the PS methodology of photography and can live with having little input to the process other than framing and choice of lighting, it is at least as good as others in the arena. Wearing glasses, I find the veiwfinder no worse than others.

UKPDML 2003

2003-01-30 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Rob wrote: OK, lets try and narrow down the dates for this. Sorry to go the other way but if we want to include our colonial G friends, maybe we should be looking at July or August. I am free most weeknds in June except the first. I will try to fit in with everyone else. If we are going

NiMH batteries (WAS: LX power pack)

2003-01-30 Thread mike wilson
Hi, The nearest I can find is a GP60AAHHB, which is a 2/3 AA size, 0.6Ah cell. Max charge 60mA for 14 hours. Manufacturer seems to be called either Green Charge or Green Power. The writing on the Ebay ones seems to be far eastern. mike

Re: PUG access.

2003-02-03 Thread mike wilson
Hi, WR wrote: I think it was Mike Wilson who had the most grief, perhaps he could shed some light. Never solved my problem but it's not quite the same one. I find that _some_ images of each gallery won't load. When I revisit the same gallery it is always the same images but it does not seem

re: PUG access

2003-02-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Feroze wrote: I get that often too, always the same pics that wont load. Herb's idea to use Netscape seems good. What are you using? Er, Netscape 4.61 8-) I've tried it with many options enabled/disabled but I still cannot access all images in many pages. This is usually only

Re: ten new cameras

2003-02-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Rob wrote: (expletive deleted) 10 new digitals in the next 4 months But Henry's original quote was: more than 10 new light weight and compact Pentax cameras I see this as more likely to be literally what it says - an overhaul of the Espio line. mike

Julia Margaret Cameron (Was Re: Women in Photography.)

2003-02-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Paul wrote: I saw an exhibition of her work last year, quite amazing what was achieved so early on. Having taken up the subject in middle age, when she was probably expected to settle into dowager-like somnolence, and dealing with an almost completely do-it-yourself process involving wet

Re: Pentax women

2003-02-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi, There was also the lurker Mary Jane from Krakow, Poland (just in case there's a Krakow, Texas) who moved to Colorado for a while. Don't know if she's still around. Speak now. m

Re: ten new cameras

2003-02-05 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Keith wrote: a red-headed flea's fine curly hair apart, and axially aligned within a gnat's gn** Having been educated on the cusp of metrication in the UK, I am unfamiliar with these measurements. Are they the same as a midge's pube? mike

Re: ten new cameras

2003-02-05 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Keith wrote: Except for the grin factor, yes. keith mike wilson wrote: Hi, Keith wrote: a red-headed flea's fine curly hair apart, and axially aligned within a gnat's gn** Having been educated

Re; Most panless way to learn X?

2003-02-06 Thread mike wilson
Cotty's emails are like buses - you wait ages for one and, when it comes, it's going to the wrong destination. 8- mike

Power lines (was Re: XP question)

2003-02-10 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Hi, Cotty wrote: We have 33kv lines in our streets, alongside the domestic supply of 230 volts. We like to live dangerously ;-) Even better than that, our (UK) national grid uses voltages of 400kV, 275kV and 132kV in above ground lines. In times of high demand, you can see the

Re: LX + Mecablitz

2003-02-12 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Peter S. wrote: Only one thing is odd: the automatic exposure check in the viewfinder works very erratic. It flickers for correct exposure when the reflector is tilted uppwards, not when its in 'normal position'. In the same position/distance to a possible motive that

Help needed: flower photographs

2001-09-18 Thread mike wilson
Hi all, I've been given (told I'm going to do!) an assignement. The local Red Cross is running a large flower display this weekend and they've asked yours truly to do some photos at the preview on Thursday evening. I know they would probably be happy with a blind person running around snapping

My flower shoot was....

2001-09-21 Thread mike wilson
...a fiasco. Didn't get there until dusk. Really, really gloomy; dark walls, carpets and ceilings, but plenty of mirrors. Displays of white lilies against it all. Dimly lit Christmas trees against large cabinets of brightly lit prcelain. Loads of people wandering around getting in the

OT: Leica Elmarit-M21mm v Voightlander 21mm f4

2001-09-26 Thread mike wilson
Hi, For all rangefinder fans; a comparison test of these two in the (UK) Amateur Photographer dated 28th September. For those unable to get hold of a copy, I will give a precis if you mail me off list. mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

OT (ish) Steam train photography

2001-10-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Francis Tang wrote: (snicker) ..two 6X7s and an KX mounted on a wooden bracket..two LXen with winders (or maybe they were actually motordrives) mounted side-by-side on a monopod.. (snack) This is a common technique when imaging [8-)] trains. The base photograph is a landscape, with the

PUG memorabilia

2001-10-05 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Do any of our Polish colleagues have access to Polska Unia Gospodarcza (a political party) paraphernalia? I would love a PUG umbrella! mike p.s. this does not suggest any level of support for the party concerned - I couldn't tell you what their policies are. - This message is from the

Archives

2001-10-18 Thread mike wilson
For those who are interested: The good news is that the archives are back up to date - displaying up to 17/October/2001. The bad news is that it's been done by losing/ignoring/otherwise not archiving any posts from 5/October to 17/October. Which brings me to another point: the archives are

Re: Spotted FS: MX underwater housing...

2001-10-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, This shop is reasonably local to me. If anyone wants further details, I could go and look at it one evening or at the weekend. mike Cotty wrote: 'Ikolite underwater housing with flash to fit Pentax MX...GBP 250' MPS Photographic, England 0191 232 3558

Re: Funny OT: Canon ad

2001-10-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi too, Bob Walkden wrote: Hi, no - that's Artist... My favourite definition of art: Lying with style - Ki Longfellow Stanshall (widow of Vivian) mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget

Re: Pentax teleconverters

2001-10-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Frits J. Wüthrich wrote: I see 1.4X-S and 1.4X-L converters on the web and was wondering what the differences are. S converters are optimised for lenses up to (and including) 300mm, L converters for longer ones. mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To

Re: Funny OT: Canon ad

2001-10-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Mark Roberts wrote: Viv Stanshall, one of the greats. Just heard a Public Radio interview with Niel Innes a couple of weeks ago. Gonna have to break out my old Bonzo albums now. Neil (i before e except after the N in Neil...) was in NY recently and will be in Chicago soon, I think. See

Re: Going Ballistic, Domke Style

2001-10-31 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Can it be washed? Does it get softer and more pliable with age? -- Going on experience with other articles the answers are; 1. Yes. In a washing machine or by hand. But that's for the nylon part of the article. Wouldn't like to comment on the parts made of

Re: Tamron SP 300mm f2.8

2001-10-31 Thread mike wilson
Hi, I saw a used, manual version of this lens in an adaptall mount, at a good price, at a local dealers. I'm tempted to buy it after reading a few reviews of it on photographyreview.com. Anybody out there know this lens, and can advise me one way or the other? I have one and it is excellent,

(OT?) Re: www.pdml.net - mail archive 20lags by 6 days

2001-11-09 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Mark Roberts wrote: As I understand it, the archive isn't intended to be an alternative way of keeping up with the list, but is supposed to be a repository for older posts. In the good old days (and also for a while at its present address) the archive was updated at frequent intervals

Re: Pentax Optio Digital Camera - YUH

2001-11-12 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: I have personally printed, on my own Epson Stylus Photo 700, A4-sized prints from Kodachrome 64 scanned onto Kodak Photo CD which are better, in my opinion, than R-type supposedly exhibition quality prints of the same slides produced by one of the leading

Re: Layers, Sharp Focus, and New-Fangled Color Film

2001-11-22 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Recent threads have got me to thinkin' about this new-fangled colour film. BW film generally has but one layer, and color film has three or four layers. Now, when one focuses, does all the light converge on one plane? This is something which has intrigued me

Re: Digital cameras are FREE

2001-11-22 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Mike Johnston wrote: But here's the real rub for your argument. IF you could see a full-color proof the size of your computer monitor for each shot you took, would you really need to print every single photograph you shot? If you could somehow preview your 24-exposure roll before you

Re: Help with LX metering issue

2001-11-22 Thread mike wilson
Hi Jaume, This is normal LX behaviour. Although it gives you a number in the viewfinder, in automatic mode it constantly reads the light reflected off the film and decides from that when the exposure should end. You can only change this and get the speed seen in the viewfinder by selecting

Re: A Battery of Questions ...

2001-11-26 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Don't know if anyone has done this yet (due to the lag between the archives and real time) but here is a list of some equivalent numbers for different button cell manufacturers. SR44 = 357, 7, 541, RW42 (nominally 1.55V) LR44 = B-LR44, A76, EPX76, RW82, KA76 (nominally 1.3V) Sorry I don't

Re: what I think of....[information]

2001-11-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Mike Johnston wrote: I disagree. Sometimes, it CAN hurt. Trivial but common example: a photographer makes the decision to throw the background in a portrait out of focus. Less information; better picture. I disagree, too. _Not_ less information - the same amount of information presented

Re: Remembrance Day pics and poetry up...

2001-11-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Michael Beacom wrote: On the subject of scanners. Does anyone have any experience with the Canoscan FS2720U or FS2710. Only the previous model, which I am not enamoured of.. If they have some software called Scancraft bundled with it, use the CD as a coaster - it will be less

Re: what I think of....[information]

2001-11-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Mark Roberts wrote: We're looking at different meanings of information here. In the technical (computer) sense, there's just as much information in out-of-focus parts of an image as in the sharp parts, but as far as a human being looking at it is concerned, there's less information

Re: OT: SUV's and the like

2001-12-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Kent Gittings wrote: The Renault doesn't meet North American clean air standards. And the Stag does? Its _oil_ leaks probably pollute more than the Renault, although it pains me to say it and it is not intended as a slur on the maintenamce regime of the Beards. Is there any way this

Re: MX/ME winders

2001-12-12 Thread mike wilson
Alan Chan wrote: One thing I don't like about the Winder MX is the plastic battery cover which seemed prone to break. Winder ME II doesn't have this problem. Oh yes, it does... Hamfist the barbarian - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

OT!Re: Packing film in clear bags for hand searching at airports

2001-12-13 Thread mike wilson
Paul Stenquist wrote: I fly frequently, and I always take my cameras and a load of film. I've been using lead bags for 25 years and have never had a problem. I frequently include a few rolls of T-Max 3200. The bag is always run through the carry on x-ray. I've never seen a touch of fogging.

OT: Re: OT posts

2001-12-13 Thread mike wilson
Kent Gittings wrote: Clot Bullseye! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: OT!Re: Packing film in clear bags for hand searching atairports

2001-12-14 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Aaron Reynolds wrote: Some friends of mine on a trip to New Orleans were pulled out of line for a nice long search of all of their belongings cuz their carry on had a lead lined bag in it (which was holding their videotapes for their camcorder -- are videotapes harmed by X-rays?).

OT!:Re: airport scanner film damage

2001-12-14 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Paris, Leonard wrote: There must be some reason X-Ray techs wear lead aprons in hospitals. Perhaps because they protect vital parts from X-Rays? If the X-Rays from airport scanners are strong enough to pass easily through these lead bags, there's a good chance that they are also

Re: Snow!

2001-12-17 Thread mike wilson
HI, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: I got out on the balcony to take the first shots even before dressing... What a liberal country Italy is! Where I am, this would guarantee you would not see snow for about five years. Pictures in today's newspapers of snow on Spanish beaches. Roll on

Re: Snow!

2001-12-17 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: Do you feel so outraged by pyjamas?? :-D Invention of the Devil. What the Inquisition was developed for. 8-))) m - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit

Re: Snow! (same here)

2001-12-18 Thread mike wilson
Hi, tom wrote: How I wish I had a window I was lying. My window looks out to a wall about 20 yards away. Everything else was true, though... Feel better? m - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't

Re: Rechargeable (2CR5) for PZ-1p

2001-12-20 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Doug Franklin wrote: For my crowd, it was a Bic lighter, forceps, a handful of pennies, and a willing flock of bats. You _can_ hear a bat squeal if you motivate him enough. :-) I've never understood this syndome. You meet a person that you find you have a lot of respect for in many

Re: VOT: Broadband warning for UK subscribers

2003-10-06 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Mark wrote: rant words /rant As you will see from the new address, my particular problems are mostly solved. Unlike the correspondent, I don't have any great contempt for the people at the sharp end. They seem to be doing their jobs as competently as possible under the circumstances. The

Re: M lenses

2003-10-08 Thread mike wilson
Hi, graywolf wrote: Plasticity may still have been essentially undefinable (smoothness, maybe?), but it was very noticeable on that big screen. Wonder if it is related to the similar smooth effect from large format, glass negatives of various types. Never seem to see this effect in modern

Re: If Pentax were like an automobile company ...

2003-10-08 Thread mike wilson
Caterham - small, nippy and bloody good fun. In fact, more like a motorcycle than a car... m Robert Gonzalez wrote: How bout: Toyota - good value, reliable, nothing in the high end Chevy - inexpensive, gets you there, conservative not innovative Chrysler - never the leader, good mix

Re: WTB in the future: 300mm f/2.8

2003-10-12 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Thomas Stach wrote: Well, why would I want to handhold it? As I described in my earlier post I'm planning to do aerosports shooting with it - very fast moving objects. A lot of shooting is done right overhead, I'm trying to capture fast objects in flight with some fps - it's sometimes

Re: Old lenses and *ist D

2003-10-13 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: Hi, Monday, October 13, 2003, 1:43:59 PM, you wrote: The only thing I can't figure out (not having seen a *istD) is how can one upload new software to it? Or any DSLR for that matter? Same way as you'd upload software to your washing machine. Devices like

Re: Has Pentax missed again?

2003-10-13 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Rob Brigham wrote: However, when I am taking more artistic stuff like landscapes etc (which is my passion) confusion If landscape is what trips your shutter, _why_ go digital and not large format? /confusion mike

Re: Has Pentax missed again?

2003-10-13 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Rob Brigham wrote: I have thought about it, honestly, for many years - but it just seems like too much of a pain in the a**e. I really like the look of the 645, didn't really like the 67 (sorry brothers), especially the finder. Its been a constant should I, shouldn't I situation. I

Re: I got my *ist D and I LOVE IT !!!

2003-10-14 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Jostein wrote: ... and here's the link. http://home.online.no/~jooksne/istd_aberr.htm There also seems to be some blue fringing on the vertical part of the railing, where it contrasts with the white foam of the stream. This is also visible on the top of the lower horizontal rail. mike

Re: Long exposure question

2003-10-16 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: If you've forgotten your Homburg then, as far as I remember, you can also use both the mlu and the self-timer on the LX. The one thing you _can't_ do on an LX. I remember being flabbergasted when I wanted to and realised I couldn't. The lever goes in opposite

Re: Long exposure question

2003-10-16 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Chris Brogden wrote: On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Bob Walkden wrote: The one thing you _can't_ do on an LX. I remember being flabbergasted when I wanted to and realised I couldn't. The lever goes in opposite directions for the two operations... well, what a lousy camera. Makes

Re: CLA for K50mm

2003-10-17 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: It is between certain groups of elements and the action of focussing can suck in / blow out miniscule amounts of dust in the air that must be able to move in and out of the lens, otherwise it would not work. Any lens acts like a small, slow pump - especially zooms. Which

Re: CLA for K50mm

2003-10-17 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: It is between certain groups of elements and the action of focussing can suck in / blow out miniscule amounts of dust in the air that must be able to move in and out of the lens, otherwise it would not work. Any lens acts

Re: Increasing the workflow.

2003-10-17 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: I'm serious. What sort of batteries? Are we talking rechargeable? Bought off the shelf? I have always been told that keeping batteries warm is the best way to keep em charged up! Something strange going on here... At the risk of teaching grannies Batteries 101 _New_

Re: Increasing the workflow.

2003-10-17 Thread mike wilson
Heaven forfend. An ecologist. Paul Eriksson wrote: A fellow chemist on the list? /Paul Not so strange. To a chemist. m _ Want to check if your PC is virus-infected? Get a FREE computer virus scan online from

Re: Increasing the workflow.

2003-10-18 Thread mike wilson
their normal shelf life is up to a decade. Very strange to grannies though. Now where's my walking frame? That'll be the Forth bridge sized one, then? PS, Mike - so nice to see you posting lots more. Gone are the days of: Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:56:38 +0100 From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: OT: Europe (was Re: Digital Camera Lens Optimization)

2003-10-18 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: From a British newspaper a hundred years ago: Storm in the English channel, the Continent is isolated Actually there was a newspaper headline during WWII mentioning that communications were down between England and France during the occupation and it went something

Re: We need a theme song!

2003-10-19 Thread mike wilson
Hi, tom wrote: -Original Message- From: Collin R Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I propose: Bei mir ist d schoen Any other ideas? Stop Your Sobbing - The Pretenders I can see clearly now for les freres It ain't heavy, it's my 67 with 600/4 for 110 owners Reet

Re: File size and capacity ?

2003-10-20 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Keith Whaley wrote: Okay, but... A saved size of 17.3 MB sounds like it didn't save in .jpg but RAW! Does Photoshop do something to an imported image that would account for that massive increase in file size? The poster said the file size of each downloaded and saved image file, I

Re: File size and capacity ?

2003-10-20 Thread mike wilson
I'm only as far as 101.5 8-) Keith Whaley wrote: Good explanation. I'm learning...day by day... keith mike wilson wrote: Hi, Keith Whaley wrote: Okay, but... A saved size of 17.3 MB sounds like it didn't save in .jpg but RAW! Does Photoshop do something

Re: Scanning 6x7's

2003-10-21 Thread mike wilson
Hi, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: David Madsen Subject: RE: Scanning 6x7's I use an Epson 2450 as well. Mine seems to be getting a little fog on the glass. I have tried to clean it but with not much success. Any ideas? Mine is doing the same thing. I am

Re: Flash on *istD

2003-10-22 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Definitely looks, to me, as if they have got the column headings reversed. A simple typographical mistake. Maybe your 360 has a typo in the LCD 8-) m Rob Brigham wrote: That would make sense, but I am sure the flash head reads 58mm when I have my 24-90 at 90mm. This agrees with the

Re: Re :OT: 80 Miles Per Hour

2003-10-22 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Alin Flaider wrote: mishka wrote: m and saw the signs speed limit strictly enforced, i realized new m york cops do have a sense of hunor. You meant honour, right!? ;o) Coming from a country struggling to rebuild its infrastructure, I shouldn't have been too shocked by the

Re: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

2003-10-22 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: The shot of the beetle drinking dew is, of course, much better on the wall than on a screen. There's still no substitute for a real exhibition! It should be up here by the end of the year, I think. Me too. When I first looked at it on the wall of the exhibition I

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