Re: free? LX Grip A
Frantisek Vlcek schrieb: I just found this poor orphaned LX Grip A (the brown plastic that you cut yourself to your hand shape), already sandpapered so it fits to most hands... long after I sold my LX. Seeing it silly to sell it, I will exchange it for a nice BW print of reasonable size, from a fellow PDMLer :) I would not want these new-fangled RC papers, and god forbid you from trying to smuggle me this Digital BW print :-) No, I would not give my treasured LX Grip A for just that! And thirty years later, with you being famous (oops, I shouldn't have disclosed my true intentions)... :) Good light, Frantisek Vlcek Hehe, that's a cool idea, I'd like to agree with! What's reasonable size? 20x30cm or 50x60cm? What kind of subject would you like? I'd like to do some BW printing again, as I've got 'tons' of ORWO fiberbase paper in my cellar! Greetings, Thomas
Re: PAW and introduction
Hi! Welcome and be ready for a ride of your life... Lovely creature. You definitely seem to know your way in macro photography. Thanks for posting. And welcome again... Boris (from finally somewhat sunny Israel)
RE: GFM
On 27/2/04, TANYA THE SKINT disgorged: Cotty, I am yet to book flights but there is plenty of availability around the dates that I want. I am looking at flying in around the 27th May - tv has some work around the 30th that I was going to tag along for and generally just check things out for the week before GFM. Was hoping to squeeze a trip to NY in too. I will be flying out on the Monday immediately following GFM (7th June), and have to fly to LA first to get a connection to Australia, so times will depend on that. Love to share a cab on the way BACK to the Airport if that works out though... Of course, this all depends on $$$ and if I manage to get there or not, just got a HUGE phone bill (au$2k - no kidding! this includes my web hosting etc, but it is still very scary to see it on paper like that!), so unless I win the lotto in the next few weeks or can convince someone (ie a magazine or publication etc) to sponsor me things aren't looking to great In that case I'll pay for the cab ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
Re: PAW - Tanja
Hi! wb (Tanja wasn't really a willing subject, but suffered in silence, for my art) Art demands sacrifices as old saying roughly translated by me goes... Without really knowing what does it mean exactly cheesy in this context I suppose I should say that I really like this one. You know, this image belongs to great many others that I saw on PAW and on PUG that are both good and irreproducible by me... Therefore I am taking this one as a lesson. Thanks! Boris P.S. If you'd like please define cheesy, but please do it off-list. Thanks in advance.
Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests
On 27/2/04, AN F1 NUT disgorged: Here is a selection of *ist D pictures I took yesterday: http://www.dariobonazza.com/f1_04e.htm Dario Bonazza Very nice, Dario. Forgive me, I don't recall your background. Do you shoot for money or are these for pleasure? In what capacity were you at the track? Just curious, Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
Re: PAW - Happy Daze (just for Wendy)
Hi! Stan, this is not really a critique but rather a question/request. Do you have the photo of this dog's owner shot at the same time? I am really curious to see a man/woman dazing away g. I trust it you shot it at longest focal length, didn't you? Boris
Re: PAW: Lake Michigan wetlands
Hi! PS Never thought I had anything good enough for PUG postings, but PAW got me PS out of *lurker* mode. Constructive criticism appreciated. PS http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/washingt.htm PS Paul Welcome to visible mode, Paul g... Fascinating photo. It looks a little surreal to me. And the sun is a little too white. Overall it does not seem to work for me, but don't take it too seriously. As Bruce has said - it is definitely worthy stuff for PUG. And since PUG is not judged gallery - feel free to submit your work for PUG... I am for one would be waiting for it. The more people show their work on PUG the better. BOris
Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests
Astonishing for me - ISO800! Now the reality shows: the low sharpening of the *istD - often criticized - is a big advantage. A stronger sharpening would have increased the noise, too. Cheers, Heiko Just as a point of information, the sharpening can be set in these DSLR cameras to the desired level. I keep sharpening set to low - I am much happier deciding if and how much to sharpen a pic later on the monitor Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
Re: PAW (early this week)
Hi! Excellent image for car enthusiast. I used to be involved in driving news group soon after I bought my car. But I never had a chance to drive anything faster than Ford Focus. I have only one frowny comment g... David, if you wanted it to be a real riddle why you allowed the Ferrari Horse be in the frame? Arguably it would be far worse without the horse but then the riddle has a hint... g Often I walk by the car that I like to shoot but haven't done yet. May be I should, some day. Thanks! Boris
Re: The Local Pentax SLR Conundrum
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I have SOME good news, and it's not that I saved on my car insurance by switching to Geico. It's that I actually saw an Optio 550 on display a couple of weeks ago. In Wolf Camera, of all places. Price had gone down since I bought mine, too. I'd hope so, given that the 550 has been discontinued for a while now. :) The 555 is pretty similar, though. chris
Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests
Hi Cotty, on 27 Feb 04 you wrote in pentax.list: Just as a point of information, the sharpening can be set in these DSLR cameras to the desired level. Yes, but the highest level of sharpening that the *istD offers, sharpens less than Canon's normal or even low setting. I keep sharpening set to low - I am much happier deciding if and how much to sharpen a pic later on the monitor I like my *istD's pictures most with sharpening set to high. But that might simply be the same as your low-setting ;-) Cheers, Heiko
Re: Provia Processing Problem?
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:00:17 +0100, you wrote: Hi This part of the film has not been exposed or not developed. I suggest it is caused by: 1) Missing emulsion on this part of the film (film makers error) or has been scratched off before exposing. 2) You accidently sckratched the emulsion off, or grease was applied on to the film before prosessed, preveneting processing in stis spot. I'd vote for grease! All the best Jens Bladt I've got it. It's drool. Greasy drool. The film technician was sneaking a snack on the job, complaining vehemently to a co-worker about the low pay and terrible work conditions and why the heck did they make so-and-so the new assistant manager, and got himself so worked up that some greasy burrito drool dribbled down his chin and onto your film. He saw the greasy drool gob quivering on the film strip, so he shook it and waved it around trying to sling drool off, but it only spread further, so he mashed the whole mess into the developer before anyone could see what he'd done. Than explains the triangular shape - the drool hit the film and spread out by centrifugal force and action of surface tension of the liquid. Any more mysteries to be solved, just give me a call. -- Cactus Jack Warm and Dry in the Valley of the Sun www.photolin.com www.photolin.com/payanon/payanon.htm No More Pay, Pal © 2004 John Mustarde Don't Ebay, pal, No more Pay, pal, Hey Hey-ah, Good Bye. Don't Ebay, pal, No more Pay, pal, Na, Na-aaa, Good Bye.
Re: PAW: Gray Day
It's not a scan. *istD on ***L Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/26/04 07:30PM i pushed it a fair bit in Photoshop CS and used a couple of other filters. what did you use to scan the original? if you scanned in 16-bit mode, i bet you could push the saturation more before funny effects happen. Herb - Original Message - From: Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 4:05 PM Subject: Re: PAW: Gray Day There is surprisingly little color and the sky gets noisy quickly. If I really push the saturation, I get something artistic. If there was a little more detail, like a fence of something, this would make a good silhouette.
Re: PAW - Lake
I like it. You have a nice mix of really pure symmetry with non-symetical elements (like the partial symmetry of the bank to the left of the frame and the non-reflected foreground branches. I think it would be stronger with in a less contrasty print - I'd like to see some detail in the two large dark trees, wich just look like dark shapes on my monitor. But the flow of the lines - especially the diagonal formed by the bank at the left, combined with the static reflections, works well. - MCC At 09:53 PM 2/26/2004 +0100, you wrote: Hi! What do you think? http://www.desertrose.de/fotopage/paw_bw_bergsee.jpg It's from one of my few attempts in the darkroom... the print looks much better and is sharper... my scanner isn't very good... -_- bye Katrin ** - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
Re: PAW and introduction
very cool looking insect, and nicely captured! - MCC At 05:09 PM 2/27/2004 +1100, you wrote: G'day fellow Pentaxians, Here's a photo I took just then for my first PAW - it's a beetle with some pretty spectacular pectinate antennae (possibly a /Peisarthrius /species). http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/beetle.jpg Taken with an old tamron 90mm (52B) and 2x TC, ISO 200, f/9.5, 1/125, inbuilt flash for fill. Constructive criticism? I'm a soon-to-be uni student from Sydney, with an interest in insects, frogs and other animals and nature. Recently got the *ist D, have used the K1000 a tiny bit, but have mainly been a digital user, using the Kodak DC4800 for a few years. For my macro I'm currently using the above lens (saving up for the pentax FA* 200mm f/4 ED(IF) macro which by all accounts is an awesome lens, although I'm sure the earlier A* version would keep me happy (-:), or bellows and a 50mm f/2 for mucking round with flies' eyes. Also saving for a flash. Hope to participate in PAW and maybe PUG (looking out for some insects to do portraits of (-:) Thanks for reading, David // - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner
- Original Message - From: Michel Carrère-Gée Subject: Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner (and 1.8/55, screw, normal or reverse) + Pentax Slide-Copier Its good ! Are you able to get full frame with that? Not full frame, approximately 20x30mm with 1.4/50mm Thats the problem I have been having with the set up, since it is designed for the full 35mm frame. I managed to get full frame, but it took a lot of trying. William Robb
Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner
Do you remember which setup gave you the full frame? I have also spent an evening juggling with 35, 40, 50 and 55 mm lenses, reverse rings and extension tubes and did not find a good setup (using the x1 slide copier). I thought the only way would be to use the slide holder that attaches to the bellows (that I don't have). Sven Zitat von William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message - From: Michel Carrère-Gée Subject: Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner (and 1.8/55, screw, normal or reverse) + Pentax Slide-Copier Its good ! Are you able to get full frame with that? Not full frame, approximately 20x30mm with 1.4/50mm Thats the problem I have been having with the set up, since it is designed for the full 35mm frame. I managed to get full frame, but it took a lot of trying. William Robb
Re: A Quick Snap: Road Runner Burrito
What did you order? Norm Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/roadrunner.html (195K Progressive JPEG) Comments or derisive laughter welcome. I liked the colors.
Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner
- Original Message - From: keller.schaefer Subject: Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner Do you remember which setup gave you the full frame? I have also spent an evening juggling with 35, 40, 50 and 55 mm lenses, reverse rings and extension tubes and did not find a good setup (using the x1 slide copier). I thought the only way would be to use the slide holder that attaches to the bellows (that I don't have). Sven From back to front: istD, short extension tube to allow mounting of the bellows past the prism extension, bellows, 77mm lens, +1 close up lens, slide duplicator. I made a temporary bellows to go from the duplicator to the lens, as the built in bellows wasn't quite long enough. If I hadn't been using the slide duplicator, it would have been easy, since slide placement could go pretty much any distance required, but then there are the difficulties of precise registration. I will, at some point, get a longer mount for the slide duplicator fabricated, since the only problem with the set-up is that the duplicator needs to be farther from the lens to make up for the smaller format. William Robb
Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long
Hi David, Comments interspersed: I have been taking some college courses at our local university and all of the computers in the graphics dept are Mac. They are only running OS 9.1 or 9.2...can't remember for sure. As I understand this is pretty outdated for today. Correct. Bear that in mind. As a long time windows user I find myself in an environment that is quite different. I'm trying to keep an open mind, but this type of system seems very much lacking as compared to windows. Non sequitur. If I drove a Ferrari Formula 1 car for a long time, and then sat in a US-style Funny car drag racer, I would be pretty bewildered. However, I would not climb into it without first learning where all the controls were. That's just me. Both cars go very fast, but do things in a different way. The drag racer might argue that the F1 car was lacking because it won't go as fast. The F1 supremo might argue that the drag racer won't turn corners. They both are cars and they both drive, but they're both different. Now please all, I'm not trying to start a war here, but really need to understand some basics here about Macs in a way that I can compare it to PC. No need to compare it to a PC. Start afresh. One thing you've got to remember: Macs are really very simple - they have to be because a lot of people that us them aren't as - how should I put this - adept with all the techno gobbledy-gook as a lot of PC users are. Graphics artists (for example) are more interested in creating there work and having access to it than figuring out how to navigate a baffling storage method. On a Mac, when you want to access a CD, you put the CD in the drive and it's icon appears on the desktop in front of you. There's no such thing as A, B, C or D drives. You look on the desktop (called the Finder) and there it is. Anyway, onto your questions... Where files are kept and going by default seems to be a mystery to me for the most part. What sort of files are you referring to? Files that are created? Like when you open MS Word or AppleWorks and write a letter to the bank? Okay - let's say you did just that. You open MS Word and start a new document called 'Letter to the bank'. You write it, and save it. When you save it, you are given the option of WHERE you want to save it to (both OS 9 and OS X), or you can leave the default setting which entirely depends on the application. Most apps default to a folder called 'Documents' (OS X) which is in the Home folder - where all the user data is stored. This works, but quite soon, that Documents folder is going to get pretty full with a lot of crap that you've saved, so this is where you get to be really creative and make a brand new folder. You can do that straight from the 'Save' window - and even decide where you want to keep this new folder, and the millions of other folders that you will create over time. You can save them straight onto the desktop, or put them anywhere you like (9 and X). I like seeing a lot of my folders right on my desktop, so often I'll just drag and drop straight in (tip: click and drag a file and hover over a closed folder, and it will pop open so you can then drag over another folder within, and hover there again, and it will open up again, and drop it in, or carry on). Or you can keep all your folders completely hidden out of site. On OS 9 you create your folders on the computer's hard drive icon on the desktop. Same in OS X, but you can hide the hard drive icon by deselecting 'hard drive' in the 'show these items on desktop' in the FinderPreferences (top left on the menubar in Finder). Then you would have a completely clear desktop, and all your folders would be hidden. See below on how to navigate to them... I wish I could find a simple tool such as windows explorer to see and understand the file structure on the hard drive. In OS X, any open window can do this. To open a window in OS X on the desktop, simply go to the menubar at the top (in the Finder) and open the File menu - first choice down: New Finder Window. A good shortcut is 'Command' + 'N'. The 'Command' key is the 'Apple' key with the strange squiggly shape on it, first left of the space-bar. In OS X, you can go anywhere from here. In X.3, the window is much more configurable, with an area for aliases at left as short cuts. In any OS X window you can select Icon View, List View, or Directory View, so you can navigate your way anywhere on the computer from this one open window. Better, you can have it so that as you navigate your way through the strata of folders, each new window opens in your existing window, rather like a web browser, complete with forward and back buttons. This makes things very easy to retrace your steps, and is not as clunky (IN MY OPINION) as Windows Explorer. Possibly such a tool is disabled since it is a school system? Unlikely. To navigate your way around OS 9, is much more of a folder- opening exercise. It is very outdated now, and as you surmise, time-
Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests
On 27/2/04, DOCTOR HEIKO disgorged: Just as a point of information, the sharpening can be set in these DSLR cameras to the desired level. Yes, but the highest level of sharpening that the *istD offers, sharpens less than Canon's normal or even low setting. Interesting. Do you have any references to substantiate this? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
RE: FS Friday
Hi all Having got the MZ-S and saving for the *ist D, I have (finally) decided to sell these very nice Pentax items to the highes bidders. I'll be offering the items on ebay in a while, and I thought you'd like to know! Bodies: Pentax P50 (P5), excellent condition Pentax P30n (P3n),excellent condition Pentax Z1 (PZ1), excellent condition Lenses: SMC M 1.7/50mm, cery good condition SMC A 1.4/50mm, excellent condition SMC A 4-5.6/35-80mm (Standard lens for MZ-M), very good condition SMC M 2.0/85mm, good condition SMC M 2.8/105mm, very good condition SMC A 2.8/135mm, excellent condition Anyone intersted, please email me off list, to ask questions or give me an offer. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Photographs will be posted shorly at www.fotopic.net (search for bladt and you'll find af gallery called Cameras FS. I'll be selling all of my Exakta (35mm) stuff as well... All the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: mike.wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 27. februar 2004 12:12 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: NFS Friday: Z-70 (PZ-70) Hi, This camera has been for a brief swim. Unfortunately, before I could stop him, the owner turned it on to see if it was still working. After the fireworks subsided, it became obvious that it wasn't.. It has been thoroughly dried out, just in case - no such luck - so there is no corrosion internally. The top plate has some scratches and the over for the RTF is missing. The plastic lens mount is cracked across the motor drive hole. There is a fully functional data back attached and there is a manual. Just to be perfectly clear: this camera DOES NOT WORK. It may be repairable. It is free to anyone who wants it. Postage at cost, free packaging. Please contact off list. mike
Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests
dpreview showed this in their testing Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:43 AM Subject: Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests On 27/2/04, DOCTOR HEIKO disgorged: Just as a point of information, the sharpening can be set in these DSLR cameras to the desired level. Yes, but the highest level of sharpening that the *istD offers, sharpens less than Canon's normal or even low setting. Interesting. Do you have any references to substantiate this? Cheers, Cotty
Re: A Quick Snap: Road Runner Burrito
WE ate next door at the sushi place ... Norm Baugher wrote: What did you order? Norm Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/roadrunner.html (195K Progressive JPEG) Comments or derisive laughter welcome. I liked the colors.
Re: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner
Not full frame, approximately 20x30mm with 1.4/50mm I tried two new tests: - with SMC 2/55mm: almost full frame - with SMC 4/100 Macro-Bellows: I replaced the tube of Slide-Copier by a steel tube, I can do full frame. (diameter 12mm, lenght 25cm; original is 13mm diameter, 8.5mm lenght) Michel
Re: PAW
Awww. Nice shot Bill. The face just ozzes love.:-) It looks very sharp on my monitor. Dave Here's my first weekly PAW image. http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=66 Bill
Re: PAW -- Elton and Friend
Other than the drain pipe in the background,i like it Dave(cat person:-))Brooks Ok I figured I'd contribute to this and I would like feedback however there are a few things I don't want to hear. One is that the subject is too dark or the background is too washed out or the contrast is too high. Suffice it to say I tried to repair all of those things and this was the best I could do after scanning. The print is much better. I also don't want cat people saying I don't like it it's a dog. Other than that rip away. http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_Elton__Friend.html I drink to make other people interesting. -- George Jean Nathan
Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests
Hi Cotty, on 27 Feb 04 you wrote in pentax.list: On 27/2/04, DOCTOR HEIKO disgorged: LOL Yes, but the highest level of sharpening that the *istD offers, sharpens less than Canon's normal or even low setting. Interesting. Do you have any references to substantiate this? Hm, I don't have a D60 to compare ;-) but I remember to have read something like taht in the web. At least Phil Askey writes: -- Image softness One niggle however must be the soft appearance of images from the camera, this I put down to two distinct areas. Firstly the lack of pin- sharp crispness (even when deliberately stopping down the lens) reminds me of the results we got from Nikon's D100 (which uses the same sensor). Secondly it does look to me as though Pentax has chosen to take a hands- off approach when it comes to sharpening, choosing to avoid sharpening artifacts and enhanced noise by keeping the in-camera sharpening algorithms to a lower level than we are perhaps used to seeing. I would have preferred Pentax to offer more latitude of adjustment of the in- camera sharpening. -- (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxistd/page15.asp) Michael Reichmann says: -- The Sharpening Issue In late October as this is being written, and during the few weeks that the *ist D has been on the market, there has been discussion on some Net discussion forums about the camera's images being soft. Nonsense. Pentax has wisely avoided oversharpening images in the camera. When properly sharpened they leave nothing to be desired. Once again beginners and the uninformed are confusing resolution with sharpening. -- (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pentax-istd.shtml) Steve writes: -- The in-camera image sharpening is very low on the normal setting and only just a little bit sharper when the hard setting is used. For my tastes I ended up using a good amount of Photoshop's USM (unsharp mask) to my final images to get the look I was used to from my Nikon D100. I imagine that Pentax has kept the in-camera sharpening low to help reduce the apparent image noise, especially in the lower contrast shadow areas. -- (http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/istd_pg7.html) But again - this is no direct comparison. I think it would be the best, if yousent me your D60 and I will make some comparisons ;-) Cheers, Heiko
Re: PAW
Thanks Dave. This was taken with the *ist D and 28-105 PZ at whatever focal length I needed to get the framing I wanted. Guess I could look it up in the exif data, but I'm too lazy. It was sharpened with Nik sharpener pro. Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 5:31 AM Subject: Re: PAW Awww. Nice shot Bill. The face just ozzes love.:-) It looks very sharp on my monitor. Dave Here's my first weekly PAW image. http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=66 Bill
PAW
Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure. Rip it apart folks. William Robb
Re: PAW - Neapolitan Shoeshine
I like this one,Gianfranco. Something about the stillness and sharpness of the subject and the blurry people in motion,work for me. Your title is very approprate.It looks as if he has stopped time to have his small work break..:-) Dave Hi everybody, I'd like to hear some comments about this one: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2147246 I'm not sure if I like it or not... The man is a shoeshine, he works (worked? not sure I saw him recently) along one of the shopping streets in Naples. I took few pictures of his hands at work and a couple of portraits too. There's another one I prefer for his expression, but there something I like about this shot that I'm not able to catch... Ciao, Gianfranco = To read is to travel without all the hassles of luggage. ---Emilio Salgari (1863-1911) __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools
Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long
I will delete most of Cotty's excellent well-balanced reply. I do need to add two suggestions. 1. David, re: the deleted 'icon'. Whether it is a deleted file, folder, application, or alias, it was not deleted. It was moved to the Trash. It is probably still there. Open the Trash, click and drag the 'icon' back to the desktop or anywhere else. See Cotty's suggestions on where to place things. 2. WRT the 'sluggish' behavior of the Mac: a. OS-X.3 is definitely worth the investment, both for ease of use and for speed. I am a few years behind Cotty in making the conversion, it was not painless, but it was worth it. b. It is criminal to use OS9.1; OS9.2 is far more stable and faster and it is a simple process to download and install the upgrade. c. Using OS9.x and earlier Mac systems, you periodically need to do something called cleaning the desktop folder. Think of it like flushing the cache on a web browser. To do this on the Mac, you hold down a special key combination during start-up. I never remember the combination - check the help menu. Personal computers I have used include PDP-8, Osborne, Commodore 64, 10-15 Intel-based systems running DOS and successive versions of Windows, about 8 different Macs and clones starting with the Mac+, System 3.0 I believe. I use both at the office, primarily a Mac. (A docked Powerbook.) The day my office tells me that I can no longer use a Mac as my primary work machine is the day I resign/retire. I cannot imagine any job being worth the pain of being forced to put up with a Windows system. It is not just the OS that is the issue, it is that people who design for the Mac more often design usable programs that don't treat the user as though they were an idiot. But both systems work, and ultimately it comes down to what you are comfortable with. Stan Cotty wrote: Hi David, Comments interspersed: I have been taking some college courses at our local university and all of the computers in the graphics dept are Mac. They are only running OS 9.1 or 9.2...can't remember for sure. As I understand this is pretty outdated for today. Correct. Bear that in mind.
Re: PAW
Looks like that 28-105 is a nice piece of glass. Dave Thanks Dave. This was taken with the *ist D and 28-105 PZ at whatever focal Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 5:31 AM Subject: Re: PAW Awww. Nice shot Bill. The face just ozzes love.:-) It looks very sharp on my monitor. Dave Here's my first weekly PAW image. http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=66 Bill
FS: ME Super; winder II; SFXn; F28-80; AF201Sa; accessories
Hi folks, I have the following items for sale. I expect them to be mainly of interest to those of you based in the UK, so I list the prices in UK pounds; we can work something out if you are not based here, I am sure. Please note the following: - Prices include shipping in the UK. - Classification is as per ffordes: https://secure.ffordes.com/shop/descriptions.htm - If the items are not as described, I will take them back for a full refund. - I will spare you singing the praises of the designs involved, but please contact me if you want to chat about reasons to buy them (or why I am selling them). If interested, please mail me off-list. ME Super £70 *New* foam and mirror bumper. Cosmetically EXC+ (some brassing, some scratches on the base-plate but that's all really). With - boxed Eyecup M; - older strap; - and tatty manual. ME Winder II £20 With tatty manual Cable release £5 - The type that screws on the shutter of the ME Super and others. Flash Pentax AF 201Sa £30 - Boxed. With Lumiquest diffuser (velcros for it attached to the flash) SFXn £90 Mint- (I can't see what keeps me from classing it as Mint, to be honest) With: - all trim; - mint, original ever-ready case; - original strap; - original cap; - tatty manual and good brochure. Pentax F28-80/3.5-4.5 macro £55. --- Opt Mint- (excellent front element; some dust inside) Mechanically Mint - (some zoom creep, but that's no surprise in these lenses). Cosmetically Mint (plastic rules :-) With both Pentax caps of correct era. Buy at this price and get a free Skylight 1B or UV(0) filter. Pentax cable release F £20 -- For SFXn and MZ (probably most AF Pentax, actually) Asahi Pentax leather case £15 - From the Spottie era. Some scratches but hinges perfect. Foam on sides needs replaced, but fine red corduroy upholstery. Extremely good condition for age. Kostas
Re: PAW
Hi Bill, I'd love to see your pictures. Unfortunately, your hosting site doesn't allow my browser (Netscape) to see them. The pics just don't come up at all. That means in order to see your pics I have to use another browser. Kind of a PITA. Just thought you might want to know that at least some versions of Netscape do not work on your chosen site. shel Bill Owens wrote: Here's my first weekly PAW image. http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=66 Bill
Re: PAW
Nothing to rip IMO. Granted it's different, but I like it. Bill - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: PAW Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure. Rip it apart folks. William Robb
Re: PAW - seated @ 1/4
I don't know why but i really like these type of night time sky line shots. I really like the coloured reflections from the buildings in the water.The people in motion give it that hustle-bustle feel. Dave I haven't posted a pic for a while and I've been subterranean all this week (don't ask) so I can really only submit something from last week. The pic contains all the EXIF data that PS7 preserves and the lens was the A20/2.8, I was seated and just took some shots of the crowd buzzing around me prior to the movie screening. http://members.ozemail.com.au/~audiob/temp/imgp1792m.jpg Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
PAW - sunset
Hi! I know sunsets are cliche and so on. But this one I think is a little different. http://boris.isra-shop.com/photos/basic-zoom/sunset.htm My site is back up so I am posting the proper link... All comments are most welcome. Thanks in advance (even if you'd beat me to dust g). Boris
Ebay LX
I think he'll be hanging on to this one just a bit longer http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3800614403category=15240
Re: PAW - Neapolitan Shoeshine
Hi! GI Hi everybody, GI I'd like to hear some comments about this one: GI http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2147246 GI I'm not sure if I like it or not... The man is a shoeshine, he GI works (worked? not sure I saw him recently) along one of the GI shopping streets in Naples. I took few pictures of his hands at GI work and a couple of portraits too. There's another one I prefer GI for his expression, but there something I like about this shot GI that I'm not able to catch... GI Ciao, GI Gianfranco Gianfranco, this is how I read this shot. This is an old fellow, who's lost some of his eyesight (the glasses are quite strong, obviously) and who's having a little pause in the midst of modern and should I say crazy like a beehive city... His blue jeans only enforce that impression. They are so out of fashion... You bought a good camera and a good lens on the flea market, that's for sure. I tend to like it as it has style, essence, something that makes it more than just a shot... Do I make sense to you? Boris
Re: PAW: Keeping Warm
Hey , this looks like three PAWS. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW: Keeping Warm I'm sure its been said a 100 times before,but this shot is just pufect.g Great shot,thanks for sharing.Gotta show the SO and daughter. Dave All these winter scenes are making me, and my furry friends, very cold. This one was sent to me by a friend, and I just had to share it with everyone here. http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/keepwarm.html Ken Waller PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
Re: PAW: Gray Day
Hi! SD Here's my first attempt at this (W. Robb embarrassed me into figuring SD out how to post this at WL ;-). Until I get Frontpage installed, I'm SD using Word to make a webpage. Unfortunately, it doesn't look as sharp SD on the web: SD http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/ I have only one word for this one - flat. The light was flat, but that was beyond your control probably. But the scene is also flat. Well, my wife does not fully agree with me here, but she admits that still there is certain degree of being flat here. I suppose 70 mm on *istD gives effective 105 mm. So perhaps that's the reason. Nonetheless, this shot is lacking something... Just my cents. Boris
Re: PAW: Gray Day
Hi! Oops. I suppose I was looking at the cropped and otherwise corrected version. I couldn't get to the original one... Just to make sure it is understood of which image I am rambling... Boris
Re: PAW: Hot Hot Hot
Hi! RS http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2157559 Rob, I admit that my appetite experienced a surge up when I saw this. So I suppose it is quite successful. grin Boris
Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?
Looks like a few have problems with barrel distortion. Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon
Re: My PAW (Week 2) - Street at night
Hi! AC http://ecoli.idv.tw/photo/street.jpg AC This one was taken last year when I first got my Olympus 5050. Never AC tried a proper night scene before so I got on top of the roof of my AC office and took this pic. Andy, this is excellent. It reminds me of some views I have from my office window. But please accept it as a compliment. Thanks! Boris
Re: PAW Pastoral at 420mm
Hi! JM Here's a bit of pastoral color: JM http://www.photolin.com/misc/BOT032a.jpg JM Taken at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona USA in March JM of last year. We were walking a path through the wildflower area, JM then around a blind corner came upon two ladies painting in the shade JM a few yards ahead. I had my usual big lens with teleconverter on a JM monopod, so that's why the DOF is small and the background is smooth. JM Shot for fun, but comments welcome anyway. I agree with Lon. It is my favorite too. I suppose *this* is an example of good bokeh so that whenever one's asking about bokeh, they should be shown this photograph. What was that lens you used? grin BOris
Re: PAW
I liked that one. There is some strange sense of humor at work here. A bit weird. A small objection to the pink colour. DagT På 27. feb. 2004 kl. 16.41 skrev William Robb: Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure. Rip it apart folks. William Robb
PAW: Guitar String Post
Hey Folks, Here's one I need some help on. I'm wondering if I should crop it tighter. There's an element in the middle left side of the photo I'm wondering if I should clone out. Ditch it altogether and try again? http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2167370 Thanks, Mark
Re: San Diego by night
Hi! Ib I read a few books and watched postings to try learn the tricks of doing Ib these long night exposures. Ib Amateur as I am, but eager to learn from the myriads of those clearly less Ib amateur than I, I'd love Ib to receive your advice on what to do better. Ib Weather was muggy, temperature mid-50's (bl...y cold for San Diego), PZ-1P Ib with (old) Takumar Ib 135mm F2.5, and velbon tripod, F8 for ~8secs on Fujicolor 200 Ib http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2157930 Ib I also wanted to tell those who may venture to this area, that this was just Ib so easy to get to, behind the Il Fornaio restaurant on Coronado, is a path Ib with splendid views of downtown SD just waiting to tickle your silver cells. Ib All comments welcome. Ib Thanks Ib Ian This old Takumar is a good lens, ain't it? g... I think you did very well, or should I say you're less amateur than me? g Oh well, my wife just found a bad misprint in above sentence... Time to sign off for today... Anyway, the view is splendid and the execution is precise. Boris
PAW: Shel-inspired
Hey Folks, One more for the week. This one was inspired by Shel. He sent me a similar shot and decided to try it also. This shot was taken while driving (with both hands on the wheel). It's the craziest one of all the frames I took. Hope you enjoy: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2167376size=lg Mark
Re: PAW: The Hug...
Hi! FW Thanks for the kind comments. Kelly, my model, is a very cute FW two year old with wonderful facial expressions - plus she enjoys FW being photographed and is happy to sit still long enough for the FW shot. She featured in my entry to February's PUG, and again for FW March. Fred, you hereby have my compliments and admission of envy. My 2.5 years old daughter never sits still to be photographed... You'd see her on my Feb's PUG though. Boris
Re: PAW: Guitar String Post
Hi Mark ... You've got a good idea here, but I think this shot fails to make the cut. Apart from the element you'd like to clone out, the object in the background is very distracting. It looks like another guitar string post. Softer bokeh might get it to work a little better, or maybe going the other way, with greater DOF ... m, not so sure about that, but you might want to give it a try. Also, positioning the camera lower might allow the front post to block out the rear post. Might be an option. BTW, I did something similar with piano strings a while back. If I can find the disk, maybe I'll post a pic or two here and you can help me out with some suggestions. Mark Dalal wrote: Hey Folks, Here's one I need some help on. I'm wondering if I should crop it tighter. There's an element in the middle left side of the photo I'm wondering if I should clone out. Ditch it altogether and try again? http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2167370 Thanks, Mark
RE: My PAW (Week 2) - Street at night
Thanks Boris! Working has taken most of my time so I sometimes go up to the roof and look around to see what's going on around the office building grin Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 2:11 AM To: Andy Chang Subject: Re: My PAW (Week 2) - Street at night Hi! AC http://ecoli.idv.tw/photo/street.jpg AC This one was taken last year when I first got my Olympus 5050. Never AC tried a proper night scene before so I got on top of the roof of my AC office and took this pic. Andy, this is excellent. It reminds me of some views I have from my office window. But please accept it as a compliment. Thanks! Boris
Re: PAW - Neapolitan Shoeshine
You mean for brown, white pink shoes?
Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
Of course the alcohol boils off before the water so you're actually diluting the stuff. Call yourself hard ;) Nick -Original Message- From: Cotty[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24/02/04 15:17:50 Dahhh. You're all a bunch of wusses. I take a glass, boil the rest of the water out until there's a skanky crisp lining of essence of Scotch, collect buckets of the stuff, mash it into shape with a pestle and mortar, cram it into a syringe and inject straight into the jugular! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: SUN 24/2.5 lens
Your welcome. Andy Chang wrote: Peter, Thank you ever so much Time for reading now grin Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SUN 24/2.5 lens You can find a great deal of data on 3rd party manufacture lenses on this site http://medfmt.8k.com/third/ I did a quick search but couldn't find anything about the SUN brand name although there were a number of f 2.5 24mm lenses from a variety of manufactures listed. You might be able to narrow it down based on other characteristics such as filter size. Andy Chang wrote: Hi guys, Has anybody heard of or used a 24/2.5 lens for Pentax under the brand name SUN? My friend's lens collection has this particular lens and I couldn't find any useful information on the Net. Cheers Andy
Re: SUN 24/2.5 lens
The only Sun lens I owned was a 60-135/3.5 zoom, back in the early 80s. It was horrible, producing soft images with an unappealling greenish cast. I gave it away, with a suitable warning. I think Sun was a lesser-known 3rd-party brand back then, but I hadn't heard or seen the name in at least 15 years. Pat White
PAW Arizona Landscape
Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again with the D. Comments welcome. http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2589664/Original Larry from Prescott
Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long
On 27/2/04, STAN DA MAN disgorged: c. Using OS9.x and earlier Mac systems, you periodically need to do something called cleaning the desktop folder. Think of it like flushing the cache on a web browser. To do this on the Mac, you hold down a special key combination during start-up. I never remember the combination - check the help menu. Yup, that's Command + Option on startup until a window asks 'Do you want to rebuild the desktop'? then release and click yes. It asks for each HD and each partition. BTW cheers Stan :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests
On 27/2/04, EHH WHAT'S UP DOC? disgorged: LOL Yes, but the highest level of sharpening that the *istD offers, sharpens less than Canon's normal or even low setting. Interesting. Do you have any references to substantiate this? Hm, I don't have a D60 to compare ;-) but I remember to have read something like taht in the web. At least Phil Askey writes: [snip] Excellent resources Heiko! Thanks very much. I haven't been paying attention ;-) How about popping over to London in May and we'll buy you some decent beer and you can check out my in-camera sharpening ? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
Re: PAW
On 27/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure. Rip it apart folks. William Robb Bill, that's a beautiful pic. I really like it. Needs the bottom of the mirror though to be perfect IMO. Wonderful colour. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
Re: PAW - Hat and Beard
On 27/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I'm trying to get mySO to let me grow mine like that,but no luck so far.g Other than the bright engine people have mentioned, its a great shot,Cotty. Dave Okay, in an effort to steer away from car threads and abstain from beer threads, here's some dude with a hat: http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/reportage/images/pic4.html Many thanks Dave. I have reinstated it with a looser crop now :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
PAW: Bonnie's Piano (Homage to Mark LOL
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/pianostrings.html Saw some nice patterns in the piano strings. This is one of the QuikSnaps® I took while hanging around Bonnie's place. It's not as sharp as I'd like since the exposure was long and I had no tripod, but you might like the pattern made by the strings nonetheless. shel
Re: NFS Friday: Z-70 (PZ-70)
On 27/2/04, WOULD LOSE HIS HEAD IF NOT SCREWED ON disgorged: It's gone. Mike, honestly - you only just had it. Now where were you? You popped into the kitchen to make a cup of tea, then you went into the bog... Is it down the back of the settee? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
Re: PAW Arizona Landscape
Larry, What great colors! Super shot. Unfortunately, I suspect the web and my monitor don't do it the justice it deserves ... and it still looks great! You clearly got it right! shel Larry Hodgson wrote: Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again with the D. Comments welcome. http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2589664/Original Larry from Prescott
Re: PAW
Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William Robb wrote: Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure. Rip it apart folks. I liked that one. There is some strange sense of humor at work here. A bit weird. A small objection to the pink colour. I really like it! I think it would work even better in BW. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: PAW: Shel-inspired
Mark Dalal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One more for the week. This one was inspired by Shel. He sent me a similar shot and decided to try it also. This shot was taken while driving (with both hands on the wheel). I'm not even going to *ask* what you pressed the shutter button with. It's the craziest one of all the frames I took. Hope you enjoy: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2167376size=lg Pretty cool shot, though. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?
- Original Message - From: Lon Williamson Subject: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion? Looks like a few have problems with barrel distortion. Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon The A20mm f/2.8 seems good. I tend to be pretty sensitive to barrel distortion, and I have used the 20 pretty extensively ove rthe past few months with the home reno pictures, and nothing has jumped out at me. William Robb
Re: PAW Arizona Landscape
Wow! Very nice. Looks like you captured this in perfect light. You must have staked out the shot earlier - composition is great and the sky cooperated. Great job! Bruce Friday, February 27, 2004, 10:59:37 AM, you wrote: LH Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 LH before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again LH with the D. LH Comments welcome. LH http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2589664/Original LH Larry from Prescott
Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long
I couldn't hep but notice, in the latest flare-up of Mac advocacy, that once again one of the purported strengths of the Mac is that you don't have to understand the inner workings to be able to use the machine sucessfully. Oddly enough the same argument can be applied to cameras, but the suggestion is generally treated with derision.
Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?
In my experience, if you try to avoid vertical lines at the left and right edges of the scene, you'll love it. I know that sounds logical, but you'd be surprised. If you keep thinking of what emphasizes the barrel distortion, and stay away from it, you'll like it a lot more. . . Keep it level as possible, stay away from vertical lines. . .nice shots. keith whaley William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Lon Williamson Subject: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion? Looks like a few have problems with barrel distortion. Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon The A20mm f/2.8 seems good. I tend to be pretty sensitive to barrel distortion, and I have used the 20 pretty extensively ove rthe past few months with the home reno pictures, and nothing has jumped out at me. William Robb
Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long
Hi, If anyone can simply give me an answer to some of the questions I've raised or direct me to a primer that will help me understand the Mac's better I'd greatly appreciate it. these 2 books might be useful: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321168895/103-4897021-8602210?v=glance -- Cheers, Bob
source of scrap parts?
As part of my plan to learn to repair old pentax stuff, I just got a Spotmatic SP, a Spotmatic F, and an SMCT 300/4.0 from KEH in as is condition. Both bodies were inop, although I have yet to find anything wrong with the F. The SP mirror and aperture stopdown hangs up at slow shutter speeds although the shutter appears to work properly at all speeds. I was going to loot the SP for screws to replace some missing screws in an SPII of mine, but they aren't the same. Here's the real killer. The 300 was labeled aperture inop, and the aperture is truly messed up. I suspect that even if I can't figure that out my repair guru can. It's also missing the rear light baffle. I was hoping that I might be able to cobble together an SMC 300 from this broken 300 and my own non-SMC 300/4, but the full-aperture metering lug and follower mean that the light baffle isn't the same. Looking at my 300 S-T the light baffle looks like a rather complex part--not something that I'd want to get machined on a prototype basis! Where might I find a source of junker lenses and bodies from the screw-mount period besides KEH and ebay? The 300 I just bought is physically battered but the glass appears clean, so it'd be worth trying to repair if I can conjure up parts somehow. I've also got an SMC20/4.5 with front element and filter thread damage--again, about 75% of a working lens that could be resurrected with a lucky find somewhere. Yeah, I could just get a working 300, but that's a more expensive solution. DJE
Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?
På 27. feb. 2004 kl. 20.39 William Robb: - Original Message - From: Lon Williamson Subject: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion? Looks like a few have problems with barrel distortion. Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon The A20mm f/2.8 seems good. I tend to be pretty sensitive to barrel distortion, and I have used the 20 pretty extensively ove rthe past few months with the home reno pictures, and nothing has jumped out at me. I agree that the A20 f/2.8 is quite good, and the 28 f/2.0 too. I had an M 24 2.8 that had too much for my taste. DagT
Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?
Keith Whaley wrote: In my experience, if you try to avoid vertical lines at the left and right edges of the scene, you'll love it. I know that sounds logical, but you'd be surprised. Judging by Wheatfield's HomeRenovation Updates there were very few true vertical lines left by the contractor, thus eliminating the edge problems w/ wide angles at the source. !8^DBill - Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the Oregon Coast http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?
Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon The A20mm f/2.8 seems good. I tend to be pretty sensitive to barrel distortion, and I have used the 20 pretty extensively ove rthe past few months with the home reno pictures, and nothing has jumped out at me. I agree that the A20 f/2.8 is quite good, and the 28 f/2.0 too. I had an M 24 2.8 that had too much for my taste. DagT The best one is the 28mm f3.5 (K-series) It has 0.5% distorsion. The Pentax normal lenses (and most others normal lenses also) have about 1%. A 28mm usually has more than that. The Distagon 28/2.8 for example has 2%. The Pentax 28mm f3.5 lens is slow but extremely well corrected for distorsion. Andre
Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long
Actually John, I think that you need to know a fair amount about any complex mechanism to best make use of it. Be it a camera or a computer or a form of operating system or an application or utility. DOS/Windows (and CPM before them) have just made different assumptions about the user than the Apple/Mac designers have. At the risk of being inflammatory, and please recognize that this is my personal opinion, not stated as a Fact: I believe that MS engineers believe that the world is separated into two classes: total idiots, and geeks. They grudgingly make allowance for the idiots, but don't really expect anyone without a certificate of geekdom from the MS magic kingdom to get underneath the surface. Apple/Mac on the other hand seems to assume that all users are geniuses who can grasp the whole beauty of the system, who really want to explore many ways of doing things, who are seeking to find themselves and will use the computer as a tool to help themselves along the way. The 'ease of use' is only skin deep; you have to know much about the system to be able to take advantage of it. I bet there is a large portion of the Mac using population who have never 'rebuilt' their desktop. They can get by, but sooner or later they will buy a new machine because the old one 'is slowing down.' As though electronic devices slowed down the way mechanical ones do. In summary, both systems take work to understand and use properly and effectively, the Windows approach calls for a lower minimal necessary knowledge level but a larger step to move from almost total incompetence to reasonably effective user. Macs are a bit harder to understand at first sight, but mastery of a few simple consistent concepts will quickly move you to more effective use. IMHO. Stan John Francis wrote: I couldn't hep but notice, in the latest flare-up of Mac advocacy, that once again one of the purported strengths of the Mac is that you don't have to understand the inner workings to be able to use the machine sucessfully. Oddly enough the same argument can be applied to cameras, but the suggestion is generally treated with derision.
6x7
I love it when things come together... Yesterday the postal service jeep pulled up into the driveway and the mail carrier brought two packages. One was the 6x7 system I bought from a list member, which includes the 6x7 w/ MLU, standard (non-ttl) finder, and a 105 f2.4 and 150 f2.8 lens. The other package held the 55 f4 I bought off ebay last week. I had some Tri-X 120 on hand, so after reading through the manual, I loaded up the camera. It was late afternoon so I popped over the the graveyard down the street to stake some test exposures. Working with the 6x7 is certainly a more methodical, slower paced process than either 35mm or digital. Once I had 10 shots, I came home, mixed up some chemistry (it's been months since I did some BW developing) and processed the roll. I scanned them on a Microtek scanner - not very good (especially since it has no film holders so the negs have to lay right on the glass.) But, marginally OK for web use. The scans are much softer than the negs viewed through a loupe. A couple of out-takes: http://www.markcassino.com/paw/6702.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/paw/6704.jpg I was a little concerned about the 55 f4, since I bought the 6x7 55 f4, not the 67 55 f4. The lens I have seems to get really mixed reviews on the internet, but my preliminary tests show it to be right on par with the 105 f2.8. Did not get much chance to use the 150... While I was processing the Tri-X the UPS truck stopped by and left a box full of 120 film on my front porch. Earlier in the week I was pleasantly surprised to find that Reala is very reasonably priced, so I ordered 10 rolls, plus some T-Max 100 and just a couple of rolls of slide film. Can't wait to get going with this! - MCC - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
Re: PAW Arizona Landscape
Really lush colors and textures - great shot! - MCC At 11:59 AM 2/27/2004 -0700, you wrote: Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again with the D. Comments welcome. http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2589664/Original Larry from Prescott - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
Re: PAW - sunset
I really like including just a sliver of land at the bottom of the frame with the sky fading off into the darkness. Really makes me feel like the night is pressing in... - MCC At 07:45 PM 2/27/2004 +0200, you wrote: Hi! I know sunsets are cliche and so on. But this one I think is a little different. http://boris.isra-shop.com/photos/basic-zoom/sunset.htm My site is back up so I am posting the proper link... All comments are most welcome. Thanks in advance (even if you'd beat me to dust g). Boris - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
Re: Pentax F 35-135/3.5-4.5
I bought this lens some time ago on ebay for a paltry $50, thinking I could get a good walking around lens with a fabulous focal range, but it is worth about that much. It is quite soft. I guess it has its uses. I used it to take my PUG entry for Feb, but only because I happened to have that lens at the time, otherwise I would have used a 135mm prime. rg alex wetmore wrote: How is this lens (or the A version)? I'm wondering about pairing them up with the 16-45/4 and a fast normal lens (probably 35/2) as my normal carrying kit for the *ist D. The Pentax lens gallery points out that the A version is soft in the corners. Is the F any better? On Boz's site it looks like it has the identical design. alex
Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?
the A20 f/2.8 is quite good, and the 28 f/2.0 too Which 28/2 ? The K 28/2 or the M/A 28/2 ? Fred
Re: NFS Friday: Z-70 (PZ-70)
I think it fell out of the hole in me trouser pocket. I'm really, really sorry. Cotty wrote: On 27/2/04, WOULD LOSE HIS HEAD IF NOT SCREWED ON disgorged: It's gone. Mike, honestly - you only just had it. Now where were you? You popped into the kitchen to make a cup of tea, then you went into the bog... Is it down the back of the settee? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
Re: NFS Friday: Z-70 (PZ-70)
Oh, you mean the hole that you er, the hole that is er, I mean, oh - *that* hole! On 27/2/04, MIKE THE MECHANIC disgorged: I think it fell out of the hole in me trouser pocket. I'm really, really sorry. Cotty wrote: On 27/2/04, WOULD LOSE HIS HEAD IF NOT SCREWED ON disgorged: It's gone. Mike, honestly - you only just had it. Now where were you? You popped into the kitchen to make a cup of tea, then you went into the bog... Is it down the back of the settee? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
Re: A Quick Snap: Road Runner Burrito
Shel, Just so you know, I was laughing at your comment that you ate next door at the Sushi place, and not at the Burrito place. I thought that was funny. Don't know why, but I did. Look forward to seeing your sunset shot of that sign. Should look good. Just have a few more sakes first, so you get the same tilt... vbg cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: A Quick Snap: Road Runner Burrito Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:00:54 -0800 Hi Frank ... I tried a straight ahead shot, but it didn't seem as interesting as this with the tilt. Of course, five sakes at the sushi bar may have had some influence here LOL I want to go back some time later in the evening to catch magic hour and see if I can grab a sunset in the window. The building faces to the west. IAC, that time of day may produce some nice hues with those colors. Thanks for laughing ;-)) frank theriault wrote: Rotfl! I like the colours. I also like the tilt to the right. It's just enough to make it interesting... -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: A Quick Snap: Road Runner Burrito Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 06:59:47 -0800 WE ate next door at the sushi place ... Norm Baugher wrote: What did you order? Norm Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/roadrunner.html (195K Progressive JPEG) _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcommpgmarket=en-caRU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
Re: PAW Arizona Landscape
On 27/2/04, LARRY disgorged: Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again with the D. Comments welcome. http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2589664/Original Larry from Prescott Truly a gorgeous landscape. Well done Larry - excellent. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
RE: 6x7
Pretty impressive for outakes that are much softer than the negs in the loupe! I guess you're now in the Brotherhood, eh Mark? cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 6x7 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:36:00 -0500 I love it when things come together... Yesterday the postal service jeep pulled up into the driveway and the mail carrier brought two packages. One was the 6x7 system I bought from a list member, which includes the 6x7 w/ MLU, standard (non-ttl) finder, and a 105 f2.4 and 150 f2.8 lens. The other package held the 55 f4 I bought off ebay last week. I had some Tri-X 120 on hand, so after reading through the manual, I loaded up the camera. It was late afternoon so I popped over the the graveyard down the street to stake some test exposures. Working with the 6x7 is certainly a more methodical, slower paced process than either 35mm or digital. Once I had 10 shots, I came home, mixed up some chemistry (it's been months since I did some BW developing) and processed the roll. I scanned them on a Microtek scanner - not very good (especially since it has no film holders so the negs have to lay right on the glass.) But, marginally OK for web use. The scans are much softer than the negs viewed through a loupe. A couple of out-takes: http://www.markcassino.com/paw/6702.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/paw/6704.jpg I was a little concerned about the 55 f4, since I bought the 6x7 55 f4, not the 67 55 f4. The lens I have seems to get really mixed reviews on the internet, but my preliminary tests show it to be right on par with the 105 f2.8. Did not get much chance to use the 150... While I was processing the Tri-X the UPS truck stopped by and left a box full of 120 film on my front porch. Earlier in the week I was pleasantly surprised to find that Reala is very reasonably priced, so I ordered 10 rolls, plus some T-Max 100 and just a couple of rolls of slide film. Can't wait to get going with this! - MCC - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com - _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/viruspgmarket=en-caRU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
RE: PAW
I think it's pretty freaking cool! I think it might look even cooler in bw. But, still, it's pretty cool right now. cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:41:09 -0600 Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure. Rip it apart folks. William Robb _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
Re: PAW
No, no, no (I say that with respect and love, Boros g) Simple is good. At least in this case it is. Maybe that's why I said earlier that it might work in BW, because that would be even simpler - no colours. Strip away everything superfluous, and get to the essence of the mirror and the hook. In black and white, the photograph can't use the crutch of pretty colours to prop up ordinary composition. And, colours won't obscure the strength of this wonderful composition. If you put a hat or coat on it, it won't be a coat hook. It will be the thing holding up the hat or coat. Sorry to go on and on, but I really like this photo. cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Boros Attila [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:51:44 +0200 Very simple and elegant composition. Maybe too simple, but I like it. But I would try putting something on that hanger, maybe a hat or a coat. Attila WR Something a little different today. WR http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html WR And quite boring, I am sure. WR Rip it apart folks. WR William Robb _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcommpgmarket=en-caRU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
Re: 6x7
That's right, I guess we should welcome Mark into the brotherhood. Welcome Mark [secret shutter shake]! Norm frank theriault wrote: I guess you're now in the Brotherhood, eh Mark?
Re: 6x7
Nice pics, Mark. I love 6702. Great definition. I wouldn't split hairs over the difference in the two 55mm lenses. It's probably inivisible to the naked eye. I've been playing with my *istD for a couple of weeks now, but you just motivated me to get the 6x7 out. For handheld cameras it doesn't get much better than that. (I qualify my comment with much better because I can hand hold my 4x5 Speed Graphic as well.) But Pentax 6x7 is a great system. Paul On Feb 27, 2004, at 3:36 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: I love it when things come together... Yesterday the postal service jeep pulled up into the driveway and the mail carrier brought two packages. One was the 6x7 system I bought from a list member, which includes the 6x7 w/ MLU, standard (non-ttl) finder, and a 105 f2.4 and 150 f2.8 lens. The other package held the 55 f4 I bought off ebay last week. I had some Tri-X 120 on hand, so after reading through the manual, I loaded up the camera. It was late afternoon so I popped over the the graveyard down the street to stake some test exposures. Working with the 6x7 is certainly a more methodical, slower paced process than either 35mm or digital. Once I had 10 shots, I came home, mixed up some chemistry (it's been months since I did some BW developing) and processed the roll. I scanned them on a Microtek scanner - not very good (especially since it has no film holders so the negs have to lay right on the glass.) But, marginally OK for web use. The scans are much softer than the negs viewed through a loupe. A couple of out-takes: http://www.markcassino.com/paw/6702.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/paw/6704.jpg I was a little concerned about the 55 f4, since I bought the 6x7 55 f4, not the 67 55 f4. The lens I have seems to get really mixed reviews on the internet, but my preliminary tests show it to be right on par with the 105 f2.8. Did not get much chance to use the 150... While I was processing the Tri-X the UPS truck stopped by and left a box full of 120 film on my front porch. Earlier in the week I was pleasantly surprised to find that Reala is very reasonably priced, so I ordered 10 rolls, plus some T-Max 100 and just a couple of rolls of slide film. Can't wait to get going with this! - MCC - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
RE: PAW - sunset
Awesome!! -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - sunset Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:45:16 +0200 Hi! I know sunsets are cliche and so on. But this one I think is a little different. http://boris.isra-shop.com/photos/basic-zoom/sunset.htm My site is back up so I am posting the proper link... All comments are most welcome. Thanks in advance (even if you'd beat me to dust g). Boris _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/viruspgmarket=en-caRU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
Re: PAW - sunset
Ditto. frank theriault wrote: Awesome!!
PAW: tasteful nudity
I'm quite pleased with this shot. It was done by candle light with the Pentax 6x7 and 105/2.4 lens. It displays full rear nudity, but I doubt that any adults would consider it offensive. I've posted it here because I think it's a nice example of what can be done with unusual lighting. Of course one candle would not have been sufficient here, but six served quite nicely. I'm going to delete his photo tomorrow, but I think most will enjoy seeing it in the meantime. Paul http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2168146size=lg
Re: PAW: Gray Day
it's too bad you didn't shoot RAW, there is enough room to boost the saturation a lot without too much artifacting in the sky. even if there is, much of the resulting chroma noise can be removed with a good noise filter. send me the original and i'll see what i can do. Herb... - Original Message - From: Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:15 AM Subject: Re: PAW: Gray Day It's not a scan. *istD on ***L
Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests
the Pentax RAW conversion software offers more sharpening than the camera does. Herb - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:43 AM Subject: Re: *ist D Formula 1 tests Yes, but the highest level of sharpening that the *istD offers, sharpens less than Canon's normal or even low setting. Interesting. Do you have any references to substantiate this?
Re: PAW: tasteful nudity
On 27 Feb 2004 at 19:10, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm quite pleased with this shot. It was done by candle light with the Pentax 6x7 and 105/2.4 lens. It displays full rear nudity, but I doubt that any adults would consider it offensive. I've posted it here because I think it's a nice example of what can be done with unusual lighting. Of course one candle would not have been sufficient here, but six served quite nicely. I'm going to delete his photo tomorrow, but I think most will enjoy seeing it in the meantime. Paul http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2168146size=lg I like it, the only negative distraction (to me) are the hard lines caused by the lighting of her hand. A little a more light on the lower legs would have been good too but not necessary. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
warming polarizer and print film?
All, I've been using Kodak Portra 400UC for snapshots lately and am pretty happy with its color palette. I'm thinking about using it as a general travel film and am wondering how it responds to filtering (as compared to slide film). I have a bit of experience with filtration (e.g., ND Grads, polarizers, etc) and chromes, but I don't know much about how print film responds, particularly to warming filters. Can anyone comment on what kind of differences I might expect compared to, say, Velvia or E100VS? Thanks, Mark
Re: PAW: tasteful nudity
Nicely done, I agree with Rob, the hand doesn't seem to fit itdon't like the tan line as well. Norm Rob Studdert wrote: I like it, the only negative distraction (to me) are the hard lines caused by the lighting of her hand. A little a more light on the lower legs would have been good too but not necessary.
