I didn't see anywhere that previous PESO's didn't apply, so I'll enter this in the cheap bastard challenge (photographical specs on page)
http://www.ee.vt.edu/~mythtv/PESO/4/ Software used includes -OS: Centos (RedHat Enterprise clone) Linux 4.4, custom 2.6.20 kernel -ICC Profiler for camera: LPROF (part of LCMS color management library) -RAW converter: DCRAW (to 16-bit ProRGB tiff) -Panorama tools: autopano-sift for automatic control point creation hugin for GUI pano fine-tuning pano pano-tools for warping/rendering pano into tiffs enblend for blending tiffs into one -Final adjustments: Cinepaint -Image resizer for web: ImageMagick -File transfer application: scp (part of openssh) -"HTML editor": vi Total cost of all software: $0.00 Cost of *ist-DS: $800 (2.2 years ago) Cost of K50/1.4: $9.95 (pawn shop) Cost of computer difficult to compute due to significant re-use of previous components.... roughly $600 2 years ago. Cheers, -Cory On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, John Coyle wrote: > Couldn't resist a challenge! > http://tinyurl.com/3dyzyg > > Technical data on the page > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 4:10 AM > Subject: Cheapskate Challenge > > >> I've been thinking lately about the cost of doing photography and >> finishing photographs for web publication. A recent, erm, thread got me >> steamed up enough to post this. Basically, how much can you accomplish >> without spending any more money than it cost you to obtain your >> hardware? First some assumptions and then the rules. >> >> Assumptions: >> 1. You have access to a computer with an operating system installed and >> a connection to the Internet. Said computer is capable of running photo >> editing software and displaying the images on a screen. >> 2. You have access to a working digital camera or a scanner that you >> can connect to the computer. >> >> The rules: >> 1. You can use the software that came with your computer. Your >> computer probably came with an OS installed. If it didn't, whatever OS >> is currently installed is fine. OSX, Windows, Linux, whatever. From >> what I understand, the Mac has some basic photo editing software >> installed by default. Most Linux distros do, too. All of this is fine. >> 2. You can use the software that came with your camera or scanner. If >> you had to buy a third party application to get your scanner or camera >> to talk to your computer that's fine, too. >> 3. Since most of us like to print photos from time to time, you can use >> the software that came with your printer. In my case the Epson R320 >> came with Elements 2.0, so that's allowed. >> 4. You can use any freely available software, open source or >> otherwise. e.g. - Irfanview, Lightzone for Linux, Picasa, the GIMP, >> etc. Trial versions, software that watermarks your photos until you pay >> for the real thing, etc. are not allowed. You should be able to use the >> software indefinitely (and legally, so no warez) without having to shell >> out extra cash. >> >> To sum up, if it came with your hardware, is absolutely necessary for >> operating your hardware, or is freely available (no strings attached) >> it's allowed. Nothing else. >> >> Within these limitation try to produce something you're proud to call >> your own. When discussing digital (or digitally scanned) photographs >> with someone who's never done it before, you should be able to show them >> the photo and say something like "All you need is your computer, your >> camera, and whatever software came with them." >> >> In an attempt to add some credibility to the challenge, I should state >> that I have submitted two photographs to the Pentax Gallery. One of >> them was accepted. I shot the photograph on a K100D, JPEG, and edited >> it with Picasa on a PC running Windows XP. It was a PESO a few weeks >> ago and can be seen here: >> http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5035527265195980162 >> >> If you're interested in playing along, simply post a link to your >> photo(s) in a reply to this message, or mark it as a Cheapskate >> Challenge photo in a separate thread. Let us know what software you >> used to process/edit the photo. Compare it to the software you would >> normally use. If you're not interested, I won't be offended. If you >> think I need to revise the assumptions or rules please let me know. If >> you think this is a ridiculous waste of time I'd like to hear about >> that, too. >> >> Have fun! >> >> -- >> Scott Loveless >> www.twosixteen.com >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- ************************************************************************* * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * * Electrical Engineering * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * ************************************************************************* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
