Re: Cokin polarizer delaminated

2009-10-02 Thread Chris Stoddart
Luiz Felipe wrote: Just received a piece of no-good news. Unpacked my Cokin set and discovered my once lovely polarizer is de-laminating badly. Any clues to motive? Did this happen to anyone else?? Yes, this happened to my Cokin-P circular polariser. I'd bought it secondhand off ebay 'cos I

Re: keywords in LightRoom

2009-09-12 Thread Chris Stoddart
2009/9/11 Bob W p...@web-options.com: Why don't people eat badgers? 'cos they taste bloody terrible? :) Actually I think up until Tudor times we did eat badgers - but they're not susceptible to domestication and being higher up the food chain, not particularly common, so they were only

Re: September PUG is up

2009-09-02 Thread Chris Stoddart
Christine Aguila wrote: who is Chris Stoddart? Don't we have a Rob Stoddart on the list? 'tis I! Not a very prolific poster in the last few of years, but I have been subscribed since... well, long before Pentax had a DSLR anyway. I'm in the UK, sunny Sheffield to be exact. The other guy, I

Re: September PUG is up

2009-09-02 Thread Chris Stoddart
Bob W wrote: Admit it - you're Rob Studdert's evil twin, aren't you! Curses, you have seen through my disguise! Actually, how do you know that Rob's not MY evil twin, hmmm? Take a picture of your local Tesco - there is an architectural style called Supermarket Vernacular. It's an attempt

Pentax pictures are harsh and garish

2009-08-18 Thread Chris Stoddart
Hi folks, I haven't posted here in a long time (couple years maybe?), mostly 'cos my life and job got way too busy and I had a lot less time for photography (and much PDML reading). Recently things have got a lot better, and I am a lot more enthused about taking pictures again (and reading

Re: Pentax pictures are harsh and garish

2009-08-18 Thread Chris Stoddart
David J Brooks wrote: Buy a Hoya R72 filter and have some IR fun. I have a 89B equivalent filter already. After Ralf's IR post yesterday I am just looking at Lee 87 gel filters (suprisingly reasonably priced) and think I might well be taking up your suggestion :) Cheers, C. -- PDML

Re: PESO: more istDS IR

2009-08-17 Thread Chris Stoddart
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/18201202 Very nice Ralf. I did a couple of experiments myself a while back with the *istDS and an 89b filter. I had quite a few problems with flare and I seem to remember a bit of a hot spot in the middle of the sensor as

Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?

2007-08-09 Thread Chris Stoddart
On 8/9/07, David Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg area the name of the game? But I HATE the look of the camera. I have always liked the look of the Mamiya RF medium format cameras: I have a friend with one of these.

Re: A flag question for Canadians

2007-08-08 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, frank theriault wrote: Calling a person who speaks French (no matter where they reside) a Frog is akin to the above, IMHO. If the language referred to above is unacceptable, so is Frog. Such epithets have no place on this list (or anywhere else), IMHO. Except IMHO

RE: PESO:One more cloud.

2006-06-21 Thread Chris Stoddart
And if not there, then I'm absolutely sure the Cloud Appreciation Society would want it for their gallery and perhaps even picture of the month? http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org Chris On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Bob W wrote: They are amazing clouds. Have you considered sending the pictures

RE: Composing on screen vs. in viewfinder.

2006-04-12 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Tim Osleby wrote: My next idea is to spend the night in the hide, and see how the birds behave at sunrise. Getting up that early is against my nature, but it is worth a try. Tim, from many years ago I remember a bit of advice in a book by (I think,the British bird

Re: Composing on screen vs. in viewfinder.

2006-04-12 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:01:52 +0100, Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've heard that about baboons, monkeys and crows. Three people go into the maize lands two come out and the baboons who can't count past two are fooled and end up shot when they go into the field. This doesn't work.

WTB: istDS/istD

2006-03-20 Thread Chris Stoddart
Folks, I have a couple of projects coming up this summer where my trusty 67's will be more of a hindrance than a help. I am therefore looking to buy a used DSLR, and rather than go over to the other side, I was hoping that one of you might have a DS or D to sell? I'm in the UK and all we

RE: WTB: istDS/istD

2006-03-20 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Posted to the list a couple of days ago: Shel Thanks Shel, I've mailed him to see if it's gone yet. :-((( about your very scary-sounding accident though! Hope it's not as sore as you're expecting. Chris

Re: Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-14 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, mike wilson wrote: I am in the same boat as you regarding _my_ favourite prophecy novel. It postulates that the Reformation never occured and the world is still ruled by the Catholic church. _That_ prospect is scary. Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy

Re: OT: Capa Doc

2006-01-24 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Bob Shell wrote: Anyone who considers taking him seriously should read some independent accounts of his history. He used to hang out with Jack Parsons, who founded JPL in Pasadena, and blew himself up playing with rocket fuel in his garage. The Parsons bio Sex And

Re: OT - Konica Minolta Bows Out

2006-01-19 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not trying to be a doom sayer, and negative, but just wondering if things might go a little different from has been speculated about on this list. Recently. Ha! I'm glad you added 'recently' 'cos the only way things could go differently than is

Re: Carl Zeiss and the Future of Film

2006-01-18 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Film sales are declining more rapidly than any of the industry folks had thought it would as recently as three years ago. I have to weigh in; apart from in China where film sales are up dramatically (source Amateur Photographer magazine, UK).

Re: Re: OT - The Empirical Photographer

2005-12-19 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, mike wilson wrote: I paid for my copy on June 14/03. William Robb About the same as me. So has _anyone_ here received one? Sigh. Order acknowledged Friday 27th June 2003. Not a peep since. Chris

Re: PESO x3

2005-11-18 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Mark Roberts wrote: Yes, medium format prices are plunging. Just have a look through the eBay Pentax medium format category. I found a 645 with 120 film insert and 75mm lens for 375 USD buy it now price! I've always tried to buy my 6x7 stuff from ebay in the run-up to

Re: 6x7 shutter speed dial ring?

2005-11-16 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, William Robb wrote: I've seen them on eBay from time to time. I just checked, no part number on mine. The shutter speed ring is included equipment with the meter prism, it was not a seperate item. As such, it should have been included with the meter prism when you bought

Re: 6x7 shutter speed dial ring?

2005-11-16 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, frank theriault wrote: sound of customer wailing and pulling hair out Frank, I was visualising a world of pain opening up here myself :-) Thank heavens I managed to get one on ebay before I ended up emailing pictures of the 6x7 with big arrow pointing at the shutter

6x7 shutter speed dial ring?

2005-11-15 Thread Chris Stoddart
Hi, does anyone know where I can get one of those wee knurled rings that sits between the metering prism and the shutter speed dial on the 6x7? Or does anyone actually know what the part number for it is? I've mailed Pentax UK and they need a part number. They first sent me an exploded

Re: SV: Any reason not to buy a *istD?

2005-11-11 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Nov 10, 2005, at 10:52 AM, Christian wrote: I agree with you about getting close to the subjects and I try to do this in my own nature (bird) photography. After looking at Brandt's photos, I must say that you and I have VERY different ideas about photography and doing the subjects

Re: Re: SV: Any reason not to buy a *istD?

2005-11-11 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, mike wilson wrote: close to where Brandt presumably was with the camera. The the fall-off and vignetting would then mimic how your eyes would have seen the real thing. I also suspect this is not an effect you could duplicate easily with a 600mm lens? The Pentax 600/4 has

Patrick Lichfield dead.

2005-11-11 Thread Chris Stoddart
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4427752.stm For the browser-shy: Royal photographer Lord Lichfield has died at the age of 66 after suffering a major stroke. Chris

Re: Self Portrait?

2005-10-23 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005, Kenneth Waller wrote: Michelins - arg, like driving on grease Maybe on your E30s, but I can't say enough about my Michelin Pilot Sport 2's on my Boxster S. No, no, I am not dissing Michelins in general. I've had them on Peugoets and they were absolutely fine. It's

Re: Self Portrait?

2005-10-22 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, William Robb wrote: Neither of the BMW's that I have owned handled especially well in the wet Obviously ~ wrong tires... I'm not sure if I can blame the equipment. I have a bad habit of overdriving the conditions. But, I tried both Contis and

Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing

2005-10-21 Thread Chris Stoddart
You think you're harassed in the 'States? You guys aren't even born yet :-) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-1829289,00.html Chris

Re: Found on newsgroup: Air show photos

2005-09-21 Thread Chris Stoddart
http://www.mensamagazine.gr/Hellas/RedArrowsVeldesKonstantinos.html Hey that's Greece! The Greeks don't understand plane spotting or at least that's what they told us at that recent trial for spying of British plane spotters :-) Nice pics tho. Chris

Re: Re: Final SMP

2005-09-13 Thread Chris Stoddart
From: Tom Ivar Helbekkmo [EMAIL PROTECTED] I ordered my copy about three months ago, and got it within a week. Same for Lenses and the Light-tight Box, which I ordered about a month after that. Both good -- warmly recommended. Ah, but did you order it from Mike himself or did you

Re: Ashes (was: Rob Studdert)

2005-09-13 Thread Chris Stoddart
As the name implies... It's played for 1 day :-) Created in the late 70's for television. All the participating countries have nice bright colourful uniforms that look good on telly. And then there's 20:20 cricket - each side bats for just 20 overs (an over consists of 6 balls bowled). You

Charlie Waite on Grampian TV (UK)

2005-09-12 Thread Chris Stoddart
Did anyone see Carlie Waite's new series Seeing Scotland on Grampian TV last (Sunday) night? It's only available on terrestial/digital to people in Scotland. I got an email from LightLand explaining how to retune your Sky box to pick up Grampian and wondered if it was worth doing? I don't

Re: Final SMP

2005-09-12 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, Scott Loveless wrote: Looks like Mikey's calling it quits on the SMP articles. Has everyone got their copy of The Empirical Photographer? Has *anyone* got their copy of TEP yet??? From the web site it appears he's finally shipping in batches but I have still not got

Re: Rob Studdert

2005-09-12 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, David Savage wrote: I've been in a car that got so hot, the steering wheel melted to an oval shape. g No, no, that was a 1970's Austin Allegro - they CAME that shape from the factory :-) Chris

Re: up2date error

2005-09-07 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh, someone else who runs Fedora... Yes, it's a benign error. Just set gpgcheck=0 for the particular repository in question. It serves its purpose. might look at centOS. Oh I

Re: up2date error

2005-09-07 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, Chris Stoddart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh I am trying that on one of my servers. Been serving a RAID for about a month now with no problems. Looks and feels just like RHEL 4.1. The words 'RedHat' still pop up

Re: Wideangle enablement :)

2005-08-25 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Steve Jolly wrote: If you examine the filters carefully, you can see that they're slightly concave lenses rather than plain glass. (This is most obvious if you look at the reflection of a light source in them - you can see two images, one bigger than the other). I

Re: Re: Wideangle enablement :)

2005-08-25 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, mike wilson wrote: They don't need to have a curve on them to act as a lens. If a light ray is hitting them at an angle, it will be deflected by refraction. http://www.ps.missouri.edu/rickspage/refract/refraction.html Would make all the difference between a sharp and

Re: Wideangle enablement :)

2005-08-25 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Steve Jolly wrote: It's very very slight. I could only deduce it by looking at the reflection of a light fitting, as I described. At the very least the filter has to affect the focussing of the lens slightly, since its increased optical depth wrt the air it replaces

Re: Re: Wideangle enablement :)

2005-08-25 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, mike wilson wrote: Empiricism seems to be the only saviour here. Time to get 'em out! 8-) Yay, that's what we need - some tests! If everyone who's willing and owns a Mir-47K 20mm f/2.5 can take a picture with and without the clear filter on the back, then scan the two

Re: interior photography

2005-08-10 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Lucas Rijnders wrote: Hmmm, sounds that was more to protect their interests than yours: after all, they have to sell the other houses as well :o) In support of that theory: I've seen photo's for some _really_ expensive (EUR1.000.000 +) houses, and they were absolutely

Re: Excessive Photoshopping?

2005-08-02 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Bruce Dayton wrote: So, there is quite a number of people who are looking for portrait work where the image somewhat resembles them, but makes them look significantly better (and fake). I don't get much of their business and they would probably be dissapointed with my

Re: K15mm for House Interiors

2005-07-28 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Mishka wrote: NO! NO! NO! the filter is NOT an integral part of optical formula of MIR-47! just read the damn instructions! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I can't read Russian, but I gave the manual to a Russian colleague who told me he couldn't find a mention of

Re: Why Bumblebees Can't Fly

2005-07-26 Thread Chris Stoddart
Offered to the PDML as basis for another discussion: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/clumps.shtml And he mentions that old hoary chesnut about bumblebees not being able to fly - which really P's me off :-) I am sick of laymen quoting it to me to 'prove' how impractical

Re: K15mm for House Interiors

2005-07-26 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Vid Strpic wrote: I have one, not yet tried it on digital, but plain photos on 35mm film look nice. Have you also considered MIR-47 2.5/20? I just ordered one, it seems to be rectilinear lens... http://rugift.com/photocameras/mir_47_k_lens.htm On Tue, 26

Big up for Pentax in UK Sunday Times?

2005-07-26 Thread Chris Stoddart
Just a data point for you. Last week's UK Sunday Times 'Doors' section (technical and internet) had an article by a couple who had used digital cameras to record their trip to Burkina Faso for a forthcoming Bradt Travel Guide. They confess right from the beginning that they are inexperienced

Re: OT: UK tourist questions

2005-07-20 Thread Chris Stoddart
From: Paul Ewins [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are a variety of passes (e.g. National Trust) that give discounted entry to various attractions. If you used one, which was it and how useful was it? On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, mike wilson wrote: If you plan on going to many NT properties, join it.

Re: Kodak HIE advice please?

2005-07-14 Thread Chris Stoddart
I'd just like to say thanks to all the people who have offered ideas and suggestions as to why my HIE was fogged. My plan now is it try and eliminate at least some of the factors. Firstly I have bought a stainless steel tank, which should rule out the Patterson. Secondly I intend to do all

Re: Another car show

2005-07-14 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Boris Liberman wrote: By the way, is there a good car museum in London? One where they allow to take photos? Hi Boris, H, I don't think there is a dedicated car museum in London. The London Transport Museum will have buses and taxis, the Science Museum is bound to

Re: London Bombing update

2005-07-13 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, keithw wrote: To xray people going on public transportation, busses and trains, presents a terrible logistics problem. Busses worse than trains. To do it with high density, fast moving tube passengers is well nigh impossible, unless the entire system is essentially

Kodak HIE advice please?

2005-07-11 Thread Chris Stoddart
Guys, A colleague and I have both independently shot a roll of Kodak HIE film and both suffered fogging. We're trying to track down the cause and I was hoping there might be some collective experience on the list? We actually shot the rolls about a year apart, but apart from that everything

Re: Time to apply for press passes

2005-07-06 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Cotty wrote: Honestly, you lot. That's so British: we've had the games for all of half a day and already the downside's been dutifully highlighted. Reminds me that I grew up in the USA. No, no, I'm chuffed. The alternative (Paris) was just too horrible to contemplate.

RE: Time to apply for press passes

2005-07-06 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Bob W wrote: London subsidises the rest of Britain by up to £22 billion a year, according to the Mayor of London's office. Yes of course they do. You don't have to think very hard to see the circular nature of that argument though. London subsidises say, Cheshire, by

'A Digital Picture of Britain' BBC4, UK

2005-06-23 Thread Chris Stoddart
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this programme yet - have none of you been watching it? What do you think of it? If you don't know, it's on BBC4 Sundays immdiately after 'A Picture of Britain' with David Dimbleby on BBC2 and repeated a couple of times later in the week.

Re: 'A Digital Picture of Britain' BBC4, UK

2005-06-23 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Cotty wrote: I have only seen the one programme, the one you mention. Frankly I thought the idea of using a camera-phone was plain daft. They should be using the sort of gear that would be considered semi-pro (*ist D, 20D, D70 etc etc) because that's what most people who

RE: Interesting conversation yesterday

2005-06-07 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Bob W wrote: football (sorry, I just can't call it 'soccer' g). Bob, Don't be ashamed to call it 'soccer' on the grounds that the Americans have stolen 'football' for that daft dressing-up game they play :-) It's supposed to come from a public school contraction of

Re: New Big Toy - almost on topic...

2005-04-28 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: After years of research, I've found a car of the same model my father had in the Seventies: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3316523 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3316530 Ooooh, I haven't seen one of those in YEARS! I

Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya.

2005-04-27 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, William Robb wrote: The Queen provides a last resort to reign in an out of control situation in Parliament, or an out of control government. That's right, the Queen has almost no power except for the right to dismiss 'her' government and call for a general election.

Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya.

2005-04-27 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, John Francis wrote: frank theriault mused: But if England and Canada aren't democracies by your definition (since their constitutions prevent the majority from oppressing the minority), and they aren't republics (having a non-elected monarch),

Digital is dead... Was: Film is dead...

2005-04-26 Thread Chris Stoddart
For your perusal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4367459.stm If that report mentioned the word film, then half the PDML would be happy to tell me (at great length) how film was dead. Or is it just me being cynical? :-) Chris

Re: Digital is dead... Was: Film is dead...

2005-04-26 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Rob Studdert wrote: It simply says that their share price has fallen due to their lack of understanding of their market and hence the share markets reaction to their over enthusiastic profit predictions. Tsk, what fools they are; you'd think that with being in business

Re: Digital is dead... Was: Film is dead...

2005-04-26 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Rob Studdert wrote: Sure, you would think so but pandering to investment analysts by over inflating profitability has really only come into vogue of late and yes they obviously over-estimated their market. Actually one of the points I have to give you is that Jessops

Re: All this with a D70?

2005-02-25 Thread Chris Stoddart
Bob W wrote: They are good, competent photos, better than average, but really nothing special. It's standard English Tourist Board fare. Can I ask, without aiming this at Bob in particular, why do people tend to diss pictorialism as 'oh it's just a postcard'? No-one ever says 'oh it's just

Re: New K1000 owner

2005-02-10 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I gotta jump in and say What a load of crap. Leica owners have really gotten associated with this business of fondling their gear, collecting cameras rather than using them, and being just a bunch of image-craving dilettantes. This image goes

Re: OT: Rule Britannia!

2005-02-10 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Congratulations to all the UK members of the list on the impending marriage or the Heir-a-parent to the English throne! Why thank you! But collectively as a nation I think we were about 100 times more impressed by Ellen MacArthur breaking the

Re: OT: Car Enabled

2004-12-15 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, cbwaters wrote: Any other BMW owners out there? Congrats on the E36. Just keep 'em maintained and they last forever. I have had an 1990 E30 Touring since it was 3 years old. Sadly only the glacially slow and steady 318i. However, just coming up to 170K miles and the

Re: Christmas Project

2004-12-02 Thread Chris Stoddart
Pat, I tried something like this once about 20 years ago with an ME Super + winder, a 135/2.8 (not Pentax), tripod and a great long air release. The objective was to photograph siskins (Carduelis pinus, about the size of a fat sparrow) on a feeder whilst I was hiding in the house. Although

Re: OT: Re: Tangentially ... (Gas Guzzlers)

2004-10-28 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:54:17 -0700, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way, John Travolta owns and flies his own 707! Interesting tidbit, what? Yes, it's painted in 1960s Quantas colours isn't it? He's a 'roving ambassador' for good old Quaintarse, even to the extent of wearing a

Re: Word photo -- food for five senses

2004-10-27 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Bob W wrote: Ethiopian tradition claims that Menelik I, and the royal line which ended with Haile Selassie, was descended from the union between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon. I've been to the ruins of the supposed palace of the Queen of Sheba, just outside Axum -

Re: Russian lenses

2004-10-26 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Steve Jolly wrote: MC Mir-47 Pentax K 2.5/20 Lens I've got the MC Mir snip Contrary to my findings, other people have reported the lens to be very sharp - I *think* I've worked this one out: on many Pentax bodies (certainly M series bodies, with their large,

Re: Russian lenses

2004-10-26 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Frantisek wrote: Personally, I would think that the rear filters are almost surely part of the optical design, and should be there at all times. It's, I think, the more probable option (considering that most lenses that use rear or middle filters require them in place,

Re: All the hardware I need

2004-10-21 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: LF bodies: 4x5 Nakagoa wood field Collin, What's one of these? I've never heard of that maker before - I googled it and came up with one hit which was basically a for-sale advert mentioning it in passing - by you! :-) Got any pics/links? Chris

Re: Nagaoka Seisakusho Woodfield 4x5

2004-10-21 Thread Chris Stoddart
Bloody hell, isn't that a really lovely camera - and it's tiny! Completely destroys the myth of large format not being portable. Must be about the size of a Canon SLR?! One of my real regrets is I have never worked with large format and I am determined to give it a go before... well it's not

Re: PAW PESO - Spare some sex?

2004-10-20 Thread Chris Stoddart
LOL Where in Scandinavia have you been, Chris? Jostein, shuffles feet in embarrased manner Well actually I haven't, but I've heard... Well a friend of mine down the pub once said... And you know those programmes on the telly that poke fun at other countries tv adverts... And I have been to

RE: DS

2004-10-20 Thread Chris Stoddart
Out of interest, in the UK BestCameras are now offering the *istDS for £759.99 inc a 18-55mm lens. Says it's due Nov/Dec. http://tinyurl.com/3o2sp I think that compares with the UK pricing of the EOS 300D which is about the same with lens? £700-ish? Chris

Re: FA 35mm f/2 European prices please

2004-10-19 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Peter J. Alling wrote: Sorry but that depends on the country. A friend of mine who was living and working in Germany doing about the same job I was doing. When we compared wages, he was making about half what I was making. I was paying an effective tax rate of

Re: FA 35mm f/2 European prices please

2004-10-19 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, William Robb wrote: That will change from place to place. In Canada, for example, most provinces seem to have 10 days paid vacation, where I live, the number is 15 days. In the figure I mentioned (43 days paid vacation for Germans) also includes statutory days (Xmas Day

Re: FA 35mm f/2 European prices please

2004-10-19 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Keith Whaley wrote: Most Americans do NOT have 22 days of vacation! Something like 13 is more like it. The rest is sick leave allowance...usually 5 to 10 days. So Americans have lots of money and no time to enjoy it and the Europeans have no money but lots of time off.

Re: FA 35mm f/2 European prices please

2004-10-19 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: It takes one thing. Lower taxes. Give people the freedom to grow themselves and they will. Give them the opportunity to both succeed and fail and they'll always try harder. I think you also need an ingrained 'work ethic' which America and

Re: PAW PESO - Spare some sex?

2004-10-19 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Steve Desjardins wrote: A high school student is sitting at a PC in the library looking at this photo. A teacher walks by. What do you think happens? Well it depends. Moving roughly eastwards starting from you... USA: Teacher has hysterics and denounces the student to

Re: PAW PESO - Spare some sex?

2004-10-19 Thread Chris Stoddart
LOL Where in Scandinavia have you been, Chris? Jostein, shuffles feet in embrarrased manner Well actually I haven't, but I've heard... Well a friend of mine down the pub once said... And you know those programmes on the telly that poke fun at other countries tv adverts... And I have been to

Re: *ist D image quality-_Was -Stupid Question #999

2004-10-15 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, Anders Hultman wrote: And a non-digital photographer that spends those six hours in the darkroom, is he/she a photofinisher rather than a photographer? Yes of course. It's a recognised separate trade. Highly skilled one too with it's own professional societies. Many, many

Re: *ist D image quality-_Was -Stupid Question #999

2004-10-14 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, Graywolf wrote: If you are a pro you just charge for post-production work. If you spend 2 hours shooting a job, then 6 hours at the computer, and only charge for 2 hours you are a fool and deserve to be paid poorly. Of course that's what any pro will do, but it begs the

Re: The Magazine Wars strikes Oxford

2004-10-13 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Cotty wrote: On 12/10/04, Caveman, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www3.sympatico.ca/vdonisa/oxford.html You're dead meat Donut! What in Finagle's name is a Milf? Hoo-hoo, he's even deader meat when Cotty finds out! Chris

Re: Re: The Magazine Wars strikes Oxford

2004-10-13 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...And you know because? Don't use the mistyped into Google excuse - that's mine and I'm sticking to it. Had a Hell of a time explaining at work... I only first heard the word a few months ago. I overheard a 14 year old use it to a friend in

Re: 35 vs digi - Some points to ponder.

2004-08-26 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Gonz wrote: The operative word is HIGH QUALITY. They were rare back then, and they are rare today. I'm sure the selection is for the birds. Try to find a modern label, normal LP and you're SOL. Not arguing, but as a data point I got a catalogue through the post before

Re: 35 vs digi - Some points to ponder.

2004-08-26 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Gonz wrote: No real conclusions, but s/he makes drops the hint that people probably like the sound that results from the type of distortions that LP brings, hence the it sounds better to me argument is what it all boils down to. Maybe that's because the natural world

Re: OT Gangsters Was Re: Black and white

2004-08-25 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, John Forbes wrote: Didn't one of them die last year? Huge funeral with Victorian horse-drawn hearse. Very colourful. Hard to believe, but it was four years ago now. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/962612.stm Read it and you realise the Monty Python sketch wasn't satire,

Re: Aussie *ist D Prices

2004-08-25 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Trevor Bailey wrote: I did some pricing today with my local Photographic outlet. A Canon 300D is about $1700 AU with a Canon EF 24-85 zoom. A *ist D is about $2500 AU with a poxy Sigma 28-70 f2.8. I can see why the punters are flocking to the 300D. It only takes a

RE: Aussie *ist D Prices

2004-08-25 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: My feeling is that the 300D is a money-pinching instrument on behalf of Canon, a brutally downsized fill in the right Canon model. I hope that Graywolf was right in his comments the other day that the Baby-D will not be the same thing, though

Re: Ilford in trouble?

2004-08-24 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Frantisek wrote: Web search of most news websites didn't turn any hits on Ilford problems, though (using www.daypop.com). So hopefully, it's unsubstantiated. If it is true, I feel a crusade against digital cameras is in order ;-) Frantisek, Sadly it's from the website

Re: Ilford in trouble? (fwd)

2004-08-24 Thread Chris Stoddart
Argh, first attempt didn't show up??? Try again. Hmm, someone told a little white lie a while back to make a point it seems. Ah, you mean me. Well as someone who grew up in Macclesfield, Cheshire (check how close it is to Mobberley on a map, it's damn sight closer than Canada) I do know

Re: Ilford in trouble?

2004-08-24 Thread Chris Stoddart
Now the BBC gets in on the act: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/3591360.stm Chris

Re: Ilford in trouble? (fwd)

2004-08-24 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Keith Whaley wrote: Argh, first attempt didn't show up??? Try again. Actually, it did. Just a little late, so now we have two copies! g Sorry Keith (and everyone!) you don't need two copies of me! I still haven't got a copy of the first one myself. Chris

Re: Beeb 4 Oz snapper doco

2004-08-24 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Keith Whaley wrote: In looking thru the images on that site, I was particularly impressed with the one of Jacques H-L with Richard Avedon (1960!) At first, I thought I was looking at Richard preparing Jacques for a photo Richard was going to take—framing his head with

Re: Ilford in trouble?

2004-08-24 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Steve Jolly wrote: Anyone else care to join me in uninformed speculation? :-) I wouldn't dare after this. I'm afraid I am more with William Robb now; the digi-snappers are going to kill real photography. For those of you who know your history, it feels to me like the

Re: PESO: The Lake

2004-07-28 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Cotty wrote: I thought it pretty bizarre. Still do. Here ya go Frank: http://www.outwestnewspaper.com/london.html I think the guy is wrong about that particular bridge inspiring the nursery rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down - I think that was the Mk1 that this one

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

2004-07-27 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Tom C wrote: You obviously have much more experience here than I. I typically shoot in two veins... one might be a landscape where everything is at infinity... but I also like wide angles where everything from 1 ft. to infinity is in focus (speaking in 35m terms). How

Re: not particularly Re: Digital vs Film

2004-07-22 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, William Robb wrote: Why would anyone wrap a lemon around a lemon? Oooh, meow. Sharp claws there. Excellent :-) Chris

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