Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

2004-08-12 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: Given that it has the same angle of view as a 21mm full frame lens why is it so much bigger and heavier than the FA20/2.8? I thought that the idea behind smaller image circle lenses was so that they could be lighter and smaller? APS-C sized

Re: Cracked Lens, exposure question, and a PESO

2004-08-11 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Jerome Reyes wrote: Oh, certainly! I know it would have. And yes, I know that such filters are a whole lot less expensive than new lenses (or front elements). So, yep, get in line and you can kick me in the butt right after I kick myself first. Whats worse, is that simply

Re: New lenses from Pentax

2004-08-09 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Gonz wrote: Bruce Dayton wrote: I have to say that I consider it great news. Choosing to support full frame, aperture ring and on top of that, picking some primes speaks very positively. These represent to me that they are looking beyond the first time buyer and

Re: 50 or 100 mm

2004-08-09 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Anders Hultman wrote: Exciting with the new lenses. Could someone please explain what the difference in focal length will mean for macro shots? I fully understand what difference it makes in regular shooting conditions, but wouldn't life size 1:1 magnification become 1:1

Re: Seriously OT: Canon S60 or Sony V1 ?

2004-08-02 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Caveman wrote: I definitely like the sliding cover method of protecting the lens/camera in the Oly, so I would like to see it in the digicam. Canon wins, very nice design for pocketable camera. However, I was attracted by the nightshot feature of the Sony. Now that's really

Re: MZ50 (or maybe 60) vs MZ5n viewfinder

2004-08-01 Thread alex wetmore
On Sun, 1 Aug 2004, graywolf wrote: You do not want to compare that 5n's viewfinder to a clean MX's. You would immediately sell the camera, and never take another photo for the rest of your life. When I got my MX (just CLA'd) I didn't use the ZX-5n for quite a long time. There were many

Re: CCD vs. CMOS

2004-07-24 Thread alex wetmore
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Cotty wrote: On 23/7/04, John Forbes, discombobulated, offered: Answer the question, please, Cotty. What's so good about CMOS? I don't know if anything is so good about it, but when I was looking into digital, I read that on the whole, CCDs are (were) supposed to be

Re: *istD settings

2004-07-23 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Kenneth Waller wrote: I've had my ist D for a few weeks like using it. However, I don't think I'll give up shooting slides any time soon. I've pretty much kept things simple by going with the default settings. I saw Tan's post where she talked about the settings for an

Re: *istD settings

2004-07-23 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: In his former life as a egzotic dancer alex wetmore wrote on 23.07.04 17:57: If you can afford the storage costs RAW is really the way to go. That's not only storage costs, but it is also time spent to convert all these RAWs with right settings

Re: using C1 DSLR

2004-07-23 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Larry Hodgson wrote: Hi Alex, You wrote: I use C1DSLR for my conversions. alex How do like C1DSLR? Have you compared it to the results from Photoshop? Is it worth the money? Please give some thoughts on your experience with this product. It is pretty good. I'm

Re: *ist D and Power sources

2004-07-19 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, DagT wrote: Some non-Pentax people have been praising the AA compatibility of the *istD as a great advantage with the camera. It is a major selling point for me. On vacations I don't want to carry one charger per device. Having more devices that can use a common AA

Re: *ist D and Power sources

2004-07-19 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, William Robb wrote: Sure, as long as you in fairly civilized areas I agree. But sometimes I go outdoors and stay there for some days and other times I travel to countries were charging is not readily available. In both cases AA batteries are available in any shop I

RE: *ist D and Power sources

2004-07-18 Thread alex wetmore
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Alex, are you using Auto focus? Flash? I am amazed that you can get so much! I assume that if you say 270, then you are shooting RAW? (As I do, and I can get 282 exposures) What the heck am I doing wrong?!?!? I use auto focus, but I don't

why i haven't switched to canon

2004-07-17 Thread alex wetmore
http://phred.org/~alex/pictures/pentax/reduced/d30-vs-istd.jpg On the left is a Canon EOS-D30 (with grip) and the 28-135IS lens (not sure on max apertures). On the right is the *ist D with the 16-45/4 lens (the largest one that I own). The Canon stuff is probably great, and there is no doubt

RE: *ist D and Power sources

2004-07-17 Thread alex wetmore
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Shaun, if anyone *has* come up with such a solution - I WANT IT! Try using the *istD with the Hitachi microdrive, no battery grip, and see just how long the batteries last! I use this setup and have no problem with filling up the drive

Re: Pentax is Dying?

2004-07-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Tom Reese wrote: demand has suddenly skyrocked and Pentax can't ship fast enough (yeah right) I think this might actually be the case for some of the popular lenses. I ordered my FA 35/2 in Feb or March and it showed up in April. During that time everyone showed it as

Re: PAW: New Macro Test

2004-07-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Steve Desjardins wrote: What's interesting is that you can actually make out the hexagonal pattern in the bokeh. BTW, these flowers are EVERYWHERE in Rockbridge county right now. They are lilies and this is the time of year for them. I shot this one on a hike two weeks

Re: Pentax is Dying?

2004-07-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Alan Chan wrote: there are probably other equally plausible explanations. I share your frustration. Maybe they have been in the process of replacing the FA lenses? Pentax usually isn't full of surprises. We heard about the DA lenses 4-6 months before they were released,

Re: OT:The PDML is Dying

2004-07-15 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Joseph Tainter wrote: It happens, I suspect, anytime Pentax goes too long with a new product for us to ponder, query each other about, and debate the merits of. We just got the DA 14/2.8 and the new Optio MX and there are rumors about the new digital SLR coming in the fall.

Re: PAW/PESO, Assateague pony #1

2004-07-13 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Jostein wrote: I like the C1 converter very much. Unlike the Photoshop CS converter, you can work with curves and levels directly at the conversion, and there are eyedropper tools for setting blackpoint and whitepoint. In all the images I have played with so far except

RE: civil discourse (was Re: PAW: Temptation of Eve, the three shot series)

2004-07-13 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: I second that, Tom. I would prefer to be able to see PDML stuff on the screen, even if there are children present, at work, the libraries etc., where I don't want do cause others to feel embarrassed. There was plenty of warning on these images. I was

Re: FA 28-70 f4

2004-07-09 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Robert Woerner wrote: Good price for new. BH was selling them for that a couple of years or so ago new. Don't know about Samys reputation as far as add on pricing. Beware. Based on my recent experiences (elements in two of these lenses delaminating from each other) I don't

RE: PAW: Lyle Lovett

2004-07-08 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Amita Guha wrote: Had friends over for watching Fireworks -- I'm getting to like shooting digital (borrowed friends) scary, eh? :) I got excellent firewroks shots near my apt. with the istD. I don't think I'll ever shoot them with film again. It was great not having to

Re: *ist D Metering Issue

2004-07-06 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Tom C wrote: I thought that in Hyper Program mode that the camera would only allow shutter/aperture values that resulted in a 'proper' exposure. In the first email you said: All were taken within a 60 second time span. All were taken with multi-seg metering and

PAW

2004-07-05 Thread alex wetmore
These are from a hike on Noble Knob near Mt Ranier that I took on Saturday July 3rd, 2004. Shot with the *ist D and DA 16-45/4 (I also carried my FA 35/2 and M 135/3.5 that day, but never used those). I like the texture in this one a lot:

Re: PAW

2004-07-05 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, John Mustarde wrote: On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 08:05:50 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Very good shots, there were enough photo ops on this one hike to last a month of Sundays. I enjoyed browsing this paw as much as any in the past year. But you left me wanting for info - who are the

Re: Just to be sure.. About DAs

2004-07-02 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Thibs wrote: These lens (DA ones) are really only usable on the IST-D right? Or are these like some Sigma/Tamron, optimized for digital but you can still use them for 24x36 ? I just hope Pentax will make Fas with the new focus mechanism of the DAs DA lenses have a reduced

Re: What % AF? (was Af speed of the *ist D)

2004-07-02 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Steve Desjardins wrote: I think it is important to remember that, AF or MF, it's still an SLR. If you use AF and everything you want looks nice and sharp, then you won't do better with MF. I use MF for since I like to do macro, and like the MF feel of the A lenses. (I'm

RE: Re:Selling Pentax 35mm gear (WAS RE: Beautiful SF1n kit, Voigtlander

2004-07-01 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: Because today good cameras are based on very sophisticated technology - AF-systems, Data Processing, Imaging-/Sensor Technology - as well as high quality lens design/lens making. Pentax may survive as a lens maker - if it can find corporate lens buyers. As

Re: some shots from the new Air and space Museum

2004-07-01 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Jim Apilado wrote: Thanks for these shots. What an awesome building. The Boeing 307 Stratoliner, I believe, crashed into Elliott Bay in Seattle, WA a couple of years ago. It had been restored and was flying back to D.C. They were able to repair the restoration and flew

Re: What's the best zoom(s) for M42?

2004-07-01 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Sid Barras wrote: Well, I'm getting less and less inclined to lug around the entire SMC tak prime lens collection these days... So, I'm wondering, to all the screwmount afficanados, I ask the question: The best (available, anyway-- I intend to seek and buy the lens) zoom

RE: What's the best zoom(s) for M42?

2004-07-01 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, J. C. O'Connell wrote: no way, the primes? 24 28 35 40 50 55 85 105 135 200 300 I assumed that one was carrying a selection of the primes in a set of increments, not everything. I don't see any reason to carry 35, 40, 50, and 55. 35 and 55 maybe. Likewise for

Re: The public and Pentax

2004-06-30 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Jim Apilado wrote: Konica and Minolta merged. Could Pentax merge with another company that has more name recognition, like Nikon? That might improve the stature of both companies. Konica's SLR line has been dead for years or decades. If that happened I expect that

RE: First smc-DA14/2.8 impressions

2004-06-29 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: That's right. Works great for my SONY. I hardly ever think of the missing viewfinder anymore. It works great - and even enlarges the image center for manual focusing. One of my favorite things about switching from the Sony DSC-F717 to my *ist D is that I

Re: Selling Pentax 35mm gear (WAS RE: Beautiful SF1n kit, Voigtlander Perkeo 120 folder)

2004-06-29 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Jeff Post wrote: I am wrestling with that same question, although it sounds as if you have far more gear then me. My largest investment is in a single lens. Since the *istD works with A* lenses, I do not expect them to depreciate considerably. The value of my

Re:Selling Pentax 35mm gear (WAS RE: Beautiful SF1n kit, Voigtlander

2004-06-29 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Jeff Post wrote: I have my sensors confused. I knew Sony made a 8 meg sensor, but I was thinking of the canon sensor. Yes, I know it is an evil word, but in a year I would be surprised if that canon 8 meg sensor isn't in a camera at the 10D price point. The

Re: wouldn't it be nice

2004-06-29 Thread alex wetmore
Every file format produced by the Pentax *ist D can be rotated losslessly. Whatever orientation a sensor produces could always be considered a best guess, and you could re-rotate it as you prefer afterwords. alex On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Herb Chong wrote: what happens when you use the remote

Re: DA16-45 underexposure very disappointing

2004-06-28 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Mark Stringer wrote: Dr. Heiko Hamann wrote: The 16-45 is told to underexpose one stop. I am very disappointed in my DA16-45 which I bought with my istD. I cannot count on it to produce useable photos. My first outing was to see my daughter at an equestrian event on a

Re: FA* 80-200/2.8 discontinued?

2004-06-25 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Alan Chan wrote: I keep reading this but there doesn't seem to have any objective evidence to prove the Pentax 2.8 zoom is superior. Not that I don't want to believe, but even what I consider the most believable results from photodo doesn't give that good score (and their

Re: FA* 80-200/2.8 discontinued?

2004-06-25 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: alex wetmore wrote: I would like to see a 40-140 or so DA telephoto which is smaller than the DA 16-45/4. Something with a 58mm filter size and perhaps the length (but wider) of the M 135/3.5 prime would be ideal in my mind, and I think

Re: FA* 80-200/2.8 discontinued?

2004-06-25 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Alan Chan wrote: The problem with the FA28-70/4 is that it was designed to have poor built quality. This is, of course doesn't matter if it didn't fall apart like some Sigma lenses do. In my experience with two FA28-70/4 lenses they self destruct after about 5 years. The

Re: FA* 80-200/2.8 discontinued?

2004-06-25 Thread alex wetmore
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: reputation of F-lenses comes from people seeing faded, peeling, dirty, poorly looked after specimens in second-hand shops. I guess the F-lenses don't stand up as well to abuse as earlier lenses but if you find a well-looked after, as-new, example I

Re: FA* 80-200/2.8 discontinued?

2004-06-24 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: Steve Desjardins wrote: I think we could see more of the f4 zooms. Pentax can make an opticaaly superior lens but keep the price down. Although, to be honest, a lesser 2.8 zoom at Tokina prices might serve them better. OTOH, slow zooms

Re: FA* 80-200/2.8 discontinued?

2004-06-24 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: I wrote: How about an f2.8 DA zoom that goes from 45-140? That would be the same as a 35mm 70-210 f2.8. I would buy that! alex wetmore wrote: Me too. I'd take an f4 version too. I'd love to see more high quality, one stop slower

Re: Any compact digitals with wide-angle lenses?

2004-06-18 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Chaso DeChaso wrote: Are there any compact digital point-and-shoots that have a wide-angle lens? It seems most are around 35-to-something or 38-to-something, equivalent. How compact? Nikon's 5000 had a 28mm equivelent lens. I don't know what the followup model is called

RE: SMC K 2.8/24mm

2004-06-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Andy Chang wrote: I have this lens and I think I paid around USD160 for it second hand Great lens, worth every penny for it! I believe that the A 24/2.8 has the same optics. Since most Pentax bodies no longer work with pre-A lenses as well as post-A lenses I would suggest

RE: SMC K 2.8/24mm

2004-06-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: I don't know which Pentax bodies, that will not work with K and M lenses, Alex??? They will allow work, but many won't meter properly. Sorry, I don't know the models of the exact film cameras which this is true for. When I bought my MZ-5n it was true of

Re: IS in Pentax *istD (was Re: canon vs pentax)

2004-06-14 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Nick Clark wrote: Is there any reason IS couldn't be implemented in software? You could produce a 5MP image from a 6MP sensor by using the extra pixels to shift the image. You'd need to measure the movement of the camera, which could be done using a sensor of some sort

Re: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-14 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Both my PZ-1 and my ZX-5n will show the aperture setting in the viewfinder if the aperture ring on an autofocus lens is set to other than A. AF lenses are different than the A lenses. The AF lenses have an extra contact which digitally communicates

Re: *istD Raw Converter

2004-06-11 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Mark Dalal wrote: I haven't really been playing close attention to the discussion on converting RAW files from the *istD. The little bit I have read has given me the impression that people aren't totally pleased with the Pentax converter and have been happier with the

Re: Giving up on the FA 28-70/4

2004-06-11 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, John Whittingham wrote: From: alex wetmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, John Whittingham wrote: Can someone explain the Giving up on the FA 28-70/4 subject to me, I have one in need of a clean (fungus) wouldn't want much for it, I'll keep it for spares

Re: Giving up on the FA 28-70/4

2004-06-11 Thread alex wetmore
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, John Whittingham wrote: This is all a little worrying when I have one fitted to my MZ-3 most of the time, it's nice to know the rest of the camera bag is full of Pentax A primes and a couple of Sigma primes. Just check it on a regular basis. Since this was a cheap lens to

Re: Giving up on the FA 28-70/4

2004-06-10 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, John Whittingham wrote: Can someone explain the Giving up on the FA 28-70/4 subject to me, I have one in need of a clean (fungus) wouldn't want much for it, I'll keep it for spares otherwise. http://www.mail-archive.com/pentax-discuss%40pdml.net/msg185702.html is my

Re: Giving up on the FA 28-70/4

2004-06-09 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Robert Leigh Woerner wrote: I doubt the manual focus feel is any different on the SMC version. Does the 28-70 f4.0 fare better in this area? I couldn't find the Takumar-F 28-80/3.5-4.5 that I own this morning to compare. I remember it being really really loose though.

Re: Camera backpack with drawers

2004-06-08 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Amita Guha wrote: Does anyone remember who made a camera backpack with front-loading lens drawers? I'm not talking about the Lowepro Trim Trekker. The interior was yellow. I thought it was Domke but I think I was wrong. Amita, still in search of the perfect camera backpack

Giving up on the FA 28-70/4

2004-06-08 Thread alex wetmore
Some folks might remember that I discovered two elements of my FA 28-70/4 were coming apart, making it unusable. I picked up a replacement on eBay and found that it is in the early stages of the same problem. It is being mailed back to the seller. Sadly there don't seem to be any great

Re: Giving up on the FA 28-70/4

2004-06-08 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Stan Halpin wrote: The FA 20-35/4.0 won't give you the same reach as the 28-70, even on the *ist-D, , but it is a nice lens. Worth looking at. I already own the 16-45/4.0, so I'm looking for something longer. I find the 16-45 to be my normal every day lens, and liked the

Re: baby-D wish/expect list

2004-06-07 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -at least 4MP. I'd expect the same 6MP sony sensor as the *istD. If there's a better sensor availible Pentax would be wise to upgrade the *istD with it and put the cheap, well-understood sony one in the baby. Nobody seems to be jumping on the

Re: tan is a dickhead...

2004-05-27 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 27 May 2004, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Am I missing something? Aren't USB cables, well ... universal? There are four cables here, two that came with different card readers, one that came with a USB hard drive, one that came with the Sony digicam ... oh, and another from some strange

RE: *istD in the (battle)field

2004-05-26 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 26 May 2004, Steve Desjardins wrote: I really like how you caught that shockwave in flame. I've never seen that before. A friend and I were curious about this picture. Was it taken with a flash? It looks like a preflash caught the mortar and then a long exposure caught some of the

Re: Zenitar 16/2.0 on istD, other istD questions

2004-05-26 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 26 May 2004, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Alex, you are wrng as Dpreview is. *istD has buffer for 6 frames no matter if RAW or JPEG. One thing is nowhere mentioned - you have to turn noise reduction off, as it apparently reserves some buffer space for image processing. After all N.R. is

RE: Take a wild guess

2004-05-25 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 25 May 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: Thanks for you reactions, all. You are of cource all right. DOF, colour cast, and frame format gave it away. The first one is from a Sony, the second from a Pentax. The correct exposure values are Sony: f6.3, 1/1250 sec Pentax: f8, 1/750 sec

PAW: a few DSC-F717 pictures

2004-05-25 Thread alex wetmore
After the conversation on the DSC-F717 I thought I would do a PAW with a few of my favorite photographs from that camera: http://phred.org/~alex/pictures/nz02/christchurch/botanical-gardens/reduced-800/butterfly-in-field.JPG or http://tinyurl.com/3d6zr

RE: a few DSC-F717 pictures

2004-05-25 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 25 May 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: I'm glad I'n not the only one with a F717. Your shots are very nice. I like your butterfly the best. It's brilliant. Perfect focus/DOF. I believe digital is better for close-ups (greater DOF due to smaller format) than landscapes, where resolution is

Re: Trip report

2004-05-24 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 24 May 2004, Rob Studdert wrote: On 23 May 2004 at 22:22, Christian Skofteland wrote: Funny how you didn't seem too impressed by the *ist D when I was there in October but now you seem very enthusiastic about it! Still not that pleased with the camera, more so the medium. It's doing

Re: Take a wild guess

2004-05-24 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 24 May 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: I took the same photograph twice: One of the photographs was shot with Pentax MZ-S and SMC FA 1.4/50mm on 200 ASA Fuji Superia, scanned on EPSON PERFECTION 3200 PHOTO. The other was shot with SONY DSC F717 at 200 ASA. Which one was made with a PENTAX?

Re: Truncated links (was Re: eBay Listings)

2004-05-22 Thread alex wetmore
On Sat, 22 May 2004, Doug Franklin wrote: On Sat, 22 May 2004 08:34:16 +0200, Anders Hultman wrote: Sorry if the link truncatees. I can't set my page width any higher. A handy tip is to place long links between and marks. Several e-mail programs then will recognize that it's one

Re: OT : Camera Fanny Pack (GFM)

2004-05-20 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 20 May 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone use one that they like? And why? I have a LowePro Offtrail that I like. It has two lens pouches which can hold one or two lenses each (you can stack two shorter primes into one). The main bag easily fits any Pentax SLR. The only thing that

Re: OT: Refrigerator Organization and Use

2004-05-19 Thread alex wetmore
Okay, so you all want fridge pictures. For some reason I actually have an assortment of these: This is my beer fridge from right after I added two taps to it: http://phred.org/~alex/pictures/beer/reduced/fridge-closed.jpg It now has two more and a drip tray. This is what it looks like when

Re: Future Practicality of Film

2004-05-18 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 18 May 2004, Mark Cassino wrote: No matter what digital camera you purchase, a better one will be coming along. Today's 6 megapixel DSLR's a nice, but digital will only get better and, if other digital revolutions can be used as a guide, they will get a LOT better a LOT faster. If a

Re: Future Practicality of Film

2004-05-18 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 18 May 2004, graywolf wrote: As I have mentioned before, I used to do a lot of event photography. If that is your thing then you can almost not afford not to go digital. However, strange as it may be, 80+% of the folks on this list seem to be landscape/nature photographers. Why in

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 17 May 2004, Antonio Aparicio wrote: John, nobody is bashing anyone. Calm down. We are just discussing the merits of one OS over another. They are just tools/machines. Clearly virus and spyware are more prevalent on the Windows OS thatn elswhere PRECISELY because of the design of that

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 17 May 2004, Cotty wrote: So anyway, looks like the MZ-S will be the last ever Pentax film SLR. * ist (not the *ist D) came out after the MZ-S by a couple of years, didn't it? alex

Re: Word on New Digitals?

2004-05-17 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 17 May 2004, William M Kane wrote: You're right about it being the better choice, but this is difficult for me to explain to her. The Canon comes with a lens for 999, while the Pentax is 1300 with the lens counting the rebates. The Canon comes with a pretty cheap lens though. If

Re: Seattle camera shops. Was: Washington State trip

2004-05-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Sun, 16 May 2004, Cycad wrote: The business part of my trip is at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Centre, and I assume I'll be staying nearby. Can you tell me which of these camera stores will be within walking distance? Glazer's and Optechs are within walking distance. Jim's would require

Re: Automatic Sensitivity Setting on *ist D

2004-05-14 Thread alex wetmore
On Sat, 15 May 2004, Peter Loveday wrote: Actually, my Canon S45 digicam has this Custom mode (the G3/G5 etc have more than 1 I think), which is also on the mode-dial. What a great feature I thought to start, I set it up so that mode was flash-disabled, ISO 400 (high as it goes), etc thinking

Re: kit selection

2004-05-13 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 13 May 2004, Butch Black wrote: I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. So I'm thinking of downsizing what I carry when I'm not shooting something specific. My current lineup: Z-1p, K1000, K 28/3.5, K 35/3.5, M 50/1.4, A 50/1.7, M 50/2.0, M 100/4.0 macro,

Re: Quick DA question...

2004-05-13 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 13 May 2004, Timothy Sherburne wrote: The advertised focal length of Pentax's DA zoom is 16mm to 45mm. Am I correct to assume that the lengths reflect the 1.5x conversion? In other words, I wouldn't end up with a 24-68 when paired with a *istD. The advertised focal length is the true

RE: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-12 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 12 May 2004, Shawn K. wrote: Thats a strange focal length. Nice that its a cosntant 2.8 though, could be good. 24-60mm is probably what they could acheive while keeping the lens small. It isn't a bad focal length, 35mm equivelent wide angle is pretty useful for most situations. I

Re: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-12 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 12 May 2004, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: on 5/12/04 5:26 PM, alex wetmore at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone still needs to make a 40-160/4 lens to pair up with the 16-45/4 so that only 2 lenses can be carried to cover a wide range of useful focal lengths. I would prefere something

RE: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-12 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 12 May 2004, Rob Brigham wrote: If I wasn't using RAW, I would be using jpg. You really cant tell a significant difference unless you need the advantage of 16 bit colour for manipulation. The biggest plus for RAW is not the lack of compression issues but the ability to adjust

Re: Photokina rumour mill has started...

2004-05-11 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 11 May 2004, JA wrote: 1. Swiveling LCD screen (for those self portraits, or low shooting angles) Why? There is no live preview on the screen (this is a D-SLR, not a point and shoot). alex

Re: Photomagazin Test

2004-05-11 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 11 May 2004, jtainter wrote: Cesar, this is just my inference from the number of people who have bought one, then complained on the list about something not working right. Just a few minutes ago, Steve complained about his spot autofocus not working properly. The observation is

PAW: moon

2004-04-25 Thread alex wetmore
Last night I got together with some friends and their telescopes. I brought along my *ist D. This was shot with a 1540mm f11 telescope (Orion Starmax or something) and the *ist D in prime focus (telescope acting as the primary lens). ISO 200, 1/10.

RE: PAW: moon

2004-04-25 Thread alex wetmore
be even better if we got outside of the city lights. alex On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Tom C wrote: Cool shot Alex! It's always been my aspirations to get into astrophotography, especially deep space objects. Tom C. From: alex wetmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: PAW: moon

2004-04-25 Thread alex wetmore
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Peter J. Alling wrote: Not as sharp as I would have hoped. indeed. This appears to be a very sharp photo. You can see a full resolution version at http://www.phred.org/~alex/pictures/moon/moon-bluesky-large.jpg It appears to me that the telescope was slightly out of

RE: CD-R lifetimes disputed

2004-04-23 Thread alex wetmore
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Markus Maurer wrote: Beside professional SCSI RAID Array's I do not consider IDE Raids with cheap onboard or PCI controllers or software RAIDS as useful and would not recommend it to any customer doing serious business and depending on it's data. This is a sweeping

Re: OT: New Gadgets, New Toys (Photo/CF Storage)

2004-04-22 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking into storage for my DSLR, so I can off-load pictures from a flash card in the field, wipe the card, and start over. I am realizing that shooting with a DSLR I will be shooting tons more photos than before and need a way to increase my

Re: Cropping or resizing 35mm and *istD images

2004-04-08 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Butch Black wrote: Alex wrote: It would be really nice if 8x12 inkjet photo paper was more widely available. I like this school of thought, but purchasing 13x19 paper and chopping it up just to make 8x12 prints isn't much fun. I agree. You do realize that you can

Re: Studio lights on a zero budget

2004-04-07 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Lasse Karlsson wrote: Primo: As mentioned earlier, my idea is to exchange the UV tubes for regular fluorescent tubes, or tubes best suited for photography. At the back of this unit it reads: Philips Type HP 3127F. 240w 6 x TLK 40w/09. The tubes themselves carry the

Re: A RAW question...

2004-04-06 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, danilo wrote: Alle 10:06, martedì 6 aprile 2004, Kevin Thornsberry ha scritto: OK. Thanks. My notebook has 2 PCMCIA slots and USB 1.1. I probably should be asking which of those two is faster. PCMCIA should be faster, there are PCMCIA card with FireWire / USB 2.0

Re: Q: Studio lights on a zero budget

2004-04-02 Thread alex wetmore
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Lasse Karlsson wrote: Today I ran into a second hand Philips UV-A fluorescent light unit. I seems to be one of those tanning machines. What made me interested in it, was 1) the wheeled type of metal construction (a simple one) which allows you to conveniently move it

Re: New *ist D review - Imaging Resource

2004-03-31 Thread alex wetmore
On 31 Mar 2004, Frits [ISO-8859-1] Wüthrich wrote: I just ran a test and I can NOT confirm the USB2 speed for the *ist D connected to a PC. This is what I did: I connected the *ist D with my PC by means of the Pentax supplied USB cable, and copied all 15 RAW images that I had on the flash

Re: New *ist D review - Imaging Resource

2004-03-31 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, William M Kane wrote: . . . so the question becomes, How many MB were the 15 RAW files? RAW files are 13mb. 13 * 15 = 195mb. alex

Re: why buy *istD

2004-03-17 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * They like the small size It's got competition there, if perhaps not equally-featured competition. I can also understand the desire for small size. My girlfriend really likes the *istD because it fits her hands well. I have a bit of trouble

Re: New firmware 1.11 for *ist D

2004-03-17 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Rob Studdert wrote: On 17 Mar 2004 at 15:25, Bill Owens wrote: I swear mine didn't until I reinstalled 1.11 OK mine works, I forgot that it only works in the M position (or did I?), my apologies. It only works in the M position. There is really no meaningful way for it

Re: New firmware 1.11 for *ist D

2004-03-17 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Bill Owens wrote: With my M100/4.0, when pressing the green button while in manual, the shutter speed is set for the proper exposure at the f stop you have selected. It's not like shooting with a Spotmatic. What I meant by it is like shooting with a Spotmatic is that you

Re: interesting lens from Sigma

2004-03-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Christian Skofteland wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0403/04031601sigmalenses.asp Depending on how good it is, it may replace my FAJ 18-35 How good do you think a slow 7x zoom will be? My guess: not very good. It will sell though, just like the 28-200 lenses

Re: no fate but what we make

2004-03-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps more people would buy it WITH compatability. I'd love to see the sales figures for the *istD, because I don't get the impression it is a runaway hit outside this list. I don't see what the *istD has to offer a first-time buyer that the

Re: no fate but what we make

2004-03-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Mar 16, 2004, at 6:11 PM, Steve Desjardins wrote: I think the 6MP APS senors will be with us for quite a while. I think they will last about as long as did the 64K computers with the sub 1 megahertz processors. Note that the biggest influence in

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