Stunning. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13. november 2005 14:20 > To: [email protected] > Subject: GESO: Pentax tests > > http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Temp/ > > the first image is taken with an Optio S5z using the Pentax PF-CA1 > digiscoping adapter on a Pentax PF-100ED spotting scope with an XW14 > occular. the equivalent FOV is roughly that of a 3000mm lens. > > the remaining 3 were taken using the *istD, DA 16-45, and a Tiffen 87C IR > filter. i had to guess at zone focusing as there is no IR mark on the > lens. > > all have been converted to grayscale JPG. the IR originals aren't as > contrasty so i darkened them by reducing the gamma. the *istD seems to > have > a funny IR response with very long exposures as there was some severe > banding in one channel on the lowest part of the image. desaturating at > RAW > conversion time seems to fix that. > > Herb... > >

