Hi John thanks for the nice report and you seem to be a wonderful source of information for any digital workflow and equipment now! Of course you will tell us how you got the * lenses, will you ;-) greetings Markus
>>-----Original Message----- >>From: John Celio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 8:15 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Holy crap, too much >> >> >>Hey all. Back in the day (some number of months ago), I was marginally >>active around here. Today, I hadn't looked at my PDML mailbox in >>so long, >>there were over 10,000 unread messages. What the heck happened? >> >>I changed jobs. Well, sorta. I'm still working at the same camera shop, >>but now I'm not on the sales floor. I run the digital lab. This entails >>large printing (I get to use the Epson Stylus Pro 9600, which can >>print up >>to 44" wide by however long you want (which ROCKS!)), lots and lots of >>scanning, photo restoration, laminating, and mounting. I'm also >>the store's >>in-house graphic artist, which means I make graphics, signage, and ads. >>Compared to the relative chaos of retail sales, my new position is a lot >>less stressful, but takes a lot more energy. >> >>To bring Pentax into this post, I've been meaning to mention some awesome >>enablement I've recently aquired: >> >>smc M(star) 300mm f4 >> >>and >> >>smc 500mm f4.5 >> >>Of course, a couple weeks after getting these lenses (no, I won't >>tell you >>how I got them. suffice to say it was legal, but you'd all kill >>me if you >>knew the story) I accidentally cracked the LCD screen on my *ist. The >>screen itself still worked, but the hard plastic over it was >>cracked when I >>tossed something too close to the camera. $185 to fix the damn thing. >>Karma? Almost makes me want to consider believing... >> >>So I've been shooting a lot of film these days. The Nikon >>CoolScan 8000ED >>in my lab has come in handy very much here. I swear, if I could >>afford it, >>I'd buy two of those scanners. Nothing I've seen from any other film >>scanner (and I've used Epson, KonicaMinolta, and Canon scanners, both >>film-dedicated and flatbed) comes close to the quality of the >>Nikon 8000ED. >>The software's a bit of a pain in the butt at times, but it's worth the >>hassle. >> >>Just for fun, here are a couple shots taken with the M(star) 300mm: >>http://www.neovenator.com/special/barker.jpg >>http://www.neovenator.com/special/people.jpg >> >>and one with the A 28mm 2.8: >>http://www.neovenator.com/special/bri_dessert.jpg >> >>So anyway, these days I don't have a whole lot of energy for much after I >>get home from work, but I'm trying to get back into the PDML habit, >>especially with all the shooting I've been doing lately on my days off. >>It's as if not having my digital around has made me want to shoot *more*, >>for some weird reason. >> >>Got a major deadline at work tomorrow, so I've gotta hit the hay. >> >>John Celio >> >>-- >> >>http://www.neovenator.com >> >>AIM: Neopifex >> >>"Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and pretend I'm making a >>statement." >> >>
