good deal :o) On 9/7/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Capsaicin is the chemical, Capsicum is the plant genus. > > > Tom C. > > > > >From: Rebekah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: Metering Question > >Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:32:57 -0400 > > > > >Totally OT - Chocolate covered jalapenos. Now there's a combination to > >be > > >marketed! Sounds like a winner combining the 'feel good' chocolate > >effects and >the endorphines produced by the capsaicin burn. > > > >whoa, bad idea! It's hard to start eating spicy stuff because you > >don't want to feel the burn when you come off the endorphine high...if > >choclate was included, you'd get so fat so fast...man...I think it's > >capsicum by the way... > > > > > >rg2 > > > > > >On 9/7/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Totally OT - Chocolate covered jalapenos. Now there's a combination to > >be > > > marketed! Sounds like a > > > winner combining the 'feel good' chocolate effects and the endorphines > > > produced by the capsaicin > > > burn. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > > >From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > > >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > > >Subject: Re: Metering Question > > > >Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:49:37 -0700 > > > > > > > >No one here says it would be easier. Further, no one cares if you > >choose to > > > >hand hold because you find it easier. That's your business. > > > > > > > >I question the idea that it's "...almost impossible to frame correctly > >when > > > >using a tripod." ... and shooting a train was your example. This may be > > > >true > > > >for you and/or with the gear with which you tried it, but a tripod, as > >in > > > >all tripods, seems pretty broad. > > > > > > > >I have an excellent Gitzo pan head for use with my movie camera. Works > > > >pretty damn good. Control is excellent. I've never put any of my Pentax > > > >gear > > > >on it though. > > > > > > > >Regards, > > > >Bob... > > > >-------------------------------------------------------- > > > >"Life isn't like a box of chocolates . . > > > >it's more like a jar of jalapenos. > > > >What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow." > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Glen Tortorella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > >I have done it many times. It is much easier when holding the camera > > > > > with one's hands. > > > > > > > > > > Glen > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 7, 2007, at 3:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> I have no idea what you're asking. You said the movie folk make it > > > > >> look easy. I tried to explain that while it may look easy in the > > > > >> finished product, it takes a lot of work to get there. Nothing > > > > >> more. Peter attempted to make the same point. When shooting with a > > > > >> camera on tripod with a movie head or any head, you don't get a > > > > >> chance to frame before you shoot -- assuming you haven't hired a > > > > >> train and crew to work with you. You make your best guess and try > > > > >> to keep the train in frame as it roars by. That's easier when > > > > >> you're handholding. Been there, done that. > > > > >> Paul > > > > >> -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > > > >> From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >>> You keep the train in frame the "frame" of your choice until you > > > > >>> pass the > > > > >>> point of shutter trip. You can know where that point is whether > > > > >>> you hand > > > > >>> hold or use a tripod. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Regards, > > > > >>> Bob... > > > > >>> -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >>> "Life isn't like a box of chocolates . . > > > > >>> it's more like a jar of jalapenos. > > > > >>> What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow." > > > > >>> > > > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > > > > >>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>>> And the movie folk get as many takes as they want. "Okay, back > > > > >>>> her up and > > > > >>>> do it again." > > > > >>> > > > > >>> And you don't - and the difference between your hand holding and > > > > >>> letting a > > > > >>> movie head hold the weight of the camera and reduce vibration > > > > >>> is... what? > > > > >>> > > > > >>>> Not to mention that they can get their frame and focus with the > > > > >>>> train > > > > >>>> parked. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> And you THINK you can't - and the difference between your hand > > > > >>> holding and > > > > >>> letting a movie head hold the weight of the camera and reduce > > > > >>> vibration > > > > >>> is... what? > > > > >>> > > > > >>>> G[e]nerally, they mark the lens for different focus points along > >the > > > > >>>> track, and as the train moves with the camera rolling, the camera > > > > >>>> assistant "pulls focus." > > > > >>> > > > > >>> And you don't have this convenience - and the difference between > > > > >>> your hand > > > > >>> holding and letting a movie head hold the weight of the camera and > > > > >>> reduce > > > > >>> vibration is... what? > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> -- > > > > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > >>> [email protected] > > > > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> -- > > > > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > >> [email protected] > > > > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > >[email protected] > > > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >[email protected] > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >
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