Re: Would this be a custom enamel/paint job?
Collin R Brendemuehl a écrit : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3807434472&category=15240 Nice looking, though. CRB Another ? Not K1000 labelled ... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3806025838
RE: OT:Parcel delivery.
William Robb wrote: > They have decided that it is more profitable to screw up and lose the > delivery. Their insurance coughs up the replacement cost, and in all > likelyhood they will "deliver" the replacement. > It's called profiting from ones mistakes, and they have elevated it > to a business model. There is a Douglas Adams quality to this statement! Malcolm
RE: Predictions, anyone?
What Pentax willcome up with at Christmas has already left the "drawing table" (autocad or whatever) and is on the way to prototyping, testing etc. NMo need to get or give advice. That train has left already, I believe. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. april 2004 00:13 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Predictions, anyone? I agree but the prediction was for "This Christmas" as in 8 months from now. Pentax will come up with new DSLRs in the future, I'm sure. But with their track record of being slow I wouldn't "predict" anything in that area for this Christmas. (and my "more P&S" comment should have been: "More DIGITAL P&Ses"). Christian - Original Message - From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:07 PM Subject: Re: Predictions, anyone? > If Pentax were only planning more P&Ss, they would surely not have made > the big investment in the *ist D, and the new digital lenses. > > They are clearly planning to be in the digital SLR market, and with > APS-sized sensors. > > John > > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:19:39 -0500, Christian > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > have there been any reviews on the 8700? 8MP and a tiny sensor > > Seems > > to me, there have been problems with other cameras (noise at anything but > > the lowest ISO and chromatic aberrations) with this combination... > > > > I predict only more P&Ses from Pentax... > > > > Christian
RE: Predictions, anyone?
Most people use zooms anayway. With non changeable lenses you get almost zero dust on the CCD. So what's the point of changeable lenses. Woun't they be history shortly? I mean, they change camera features, CCD's, format etc. all the time anyway! So why not ditch changable lenses? BEfor you get a chance to build a full system, the Camera will be obsolete or old news! Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 31. marts 2004 23:01 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Predictions, anyone? The Nikon 8700 seems to set a new standard. Nice lens, compact design. 8mp! Modest price. Just lacks the integerchangable lens. I guess they hope to sell it to those shopping for the little Canon (or even their cheapie) but perhaps wanting to trade interchangable lenses for a more durable body. It's really a nice unit. And the istD seems to be around the $1200 price range (online). So what will Pentax show this Christmas? A) Nothing, as always B) $500 fixed-lens P&S C) Seriously dropping the istD price to soak the Pentax buyer market D) Other ___
RE: Memories are made of this
> I want to add more memory to one of my machines. How can I > determine what type of memory is needed? There seeems to be > many types. Also, what about "speed?" Need the speed be > the same as what's currently installed? > > shel If you have documentation for your motherboard, it should say what kind of memory it needs and how it can be installed (older machines sometimes needed memory sticks in pairs, for example, and newer ones can often FIT more memory than they can actually use) Failing that, I'd take one of the chips out and take it to a computer store and have them tell you what the heck it is. There are a couple of different sizes and a lot of different technologies (DDR, SDRAM, etc) and you normally need an exact match to work. Sometimes computers can accept several different kinds (sizes or technologies) and need to be configured in BIOS for this. Usually memory that is faster than specified will work, although I don't know how MUCH faster will work. 100 used to work fine at 66, and 133 at 100, but I don't think they promise any greater difference. Note that the memory that is IN the machine already may in fact be faster than the motherboard spec if the motherboard was an old design and the newer, faster memory was cheaper or easier to find at the time the machine was assembled. This is all assuming PC. For Mac, it should be a bit easier (less variation) but more expensive and possibly harder to find. I know nothing about the inside of a Mac, whereas I build PCs from parts. DJE
Re: PAW Another Cut Re: PAW -- Church on Branford Green
As opposed to those non-crass commercial reasons? -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So my choices were made for crass commercial reasons. _ Free yourself from those irritating pop-up ads with MSn Premium. Get 2months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
cesar's toys
. The plan is to carry the *ist D and an LX (I will probably > take my original one - white cobra) as camera bodies. Lenses will be FA* > 24/2, FA Limited 31/1.8, K 50/1.2, and FA Limited 77/1.8. Film will be slide > probably 50 ISO. The 645n will stay at home. Since I do not have anything > wider than a 28 in my screwmount I will not be taking along any M42 gear... > Though the 85/1.9 would be tempting. What has the 85/1.9 got that the 85/1.8 does not? I know it is a different optical design so I'll believe that some property is better, but I understood the 85/1.8 to be a better design (plus of course there was a K version). Those 85/1.9s are still pretty expensive, or I'd buy one and find out for myself. Unfortunately, the Takumar lens line was fairly weak wider than 28. This may be true of other brands of the time, too. I didn't get the impression that the K-mount line was all that strong wider than 28, with the exceptions of A/FA20, K18. Realistically, while Canon and Nikon may have a few better lenses sub-28, nobody has really good ultrawides with the exception that most companies seem to make a good 20. > This is how I have been travelling around lately. With the intense sun > during most of my shooting I have relied on an external light meter for both > cameras. As a matter of fact I have not had the batteries in my LX for > quite some time. Just out of curiosity, wouldn't a K1000 be almost as good as a batteryless LX? A lot of the nifty LX features involve the meter and flash circuitry. I've got a lot of Spotmatics that I run batteryless, because they are cheaper than any modern camera that can be run batteryless (and not real impressive WITH the battery, compared to a modern camera). DJE
Re: PAW Another Cut Re: PAW -- Church on Branford Green
It's sepia toned in Photoshop. I'm planning to print it and it's much easier to get phony toned prints right on an ink jet without special gray inks than phony b&w which explains that choice. I like the composition on #1 better as well but in a print it's much easier to get pre-cut 8x10 openings in 11x14 matting then something closer to full frame like 8x12. So my choices were made for crass commercial reasons. (Besides has anyone ever seen 8 1/2 x 12+ paper for ink jets??? I never have). frank theriault wrote: I like #1 better. The tinting or whatever on #2 isn't to my taste. And, I like seeing a bit more steeple as in #1. They're both good, though. I just prefer #1 is all. Since you asked... cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW Another Cut Re: PAW -- Church on Branford Green Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 12:52:47 -0500 I'd like to thank everyone who commented. There weren't many but the way I operate with the PDML is to delete most every message immediately after reading to keep from hopelessly clogging my mailbox, so unfortunately I can't thank everyone individually. I wasn't as happy with this image as I liked so I've tried a something a bit different which is available here. http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_BranfordGreen2.html frank theriault wrote: Peter, I like it. It seems to have a very timeless feel to it; there are no visual cues that this wasn't taken 100 years ago, or 150 years ago, except of course that they didn't have TriX then . I like the framing - chopping off the top of the spire is in"spired" (couldn't resist). I probably would have left it in, to the detriment of the strengh of the photo. Your composition tends to emphasize the horseman and coach. It looks like ad copy for a horse and buggy service - couldn't you see this in a Wedding Magazine or something? All very simple but effective. Well done! cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW -- Church on Branford Green Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 01:52:36 -0500 I took this on a dull gray day a couple of years ago. I need to do something about the sky, (I think). Well anyway it's shot in B&W (Tri-X) http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_BranfordGreen.html As always comments are appreciated. _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines _ http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: PAW at last
In a message dated 4/2/2004 11:14:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello PDML ... I am still in the process of making my PAW submissions to be good looking web pages. Meanwhile, I am posting it kind of raw... So here goes: http://boris.isra-shop.com/local/paw/tails.jpg Kodak TMAX 400 developed in Ilford. Not by me though. Almost no retouching... Takumar Bayonet 125/2.8 probably at f/11 or f/16. My trusty ME Super... What do you say? Thanks. Boris P.S. I guess I'd have to mention it explicitly - I want to hear all the comments, not necessarily just the good ones. Well, Boris, afraid this one of those times that I have to say -- this one doesn't do much for me. (You did say you want honest) I can't really see what is in the tree, although I see a tail hanging down. And the other monkey -- well, basically the shot is not close enough. Also I am surprised it's in B&W. It would be (and animal pics in general) are usually a lot more interesting in color. So it's too distant and the contrast is too sharp (sunlight, shadow) for it to really show the animals clearly. Ergo, I don't get much out of it. Marnie aka Doe So, is that reaction acceptable? ;-)
Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver
I'm quite certain he was the artist. I'd seen him on that corner before, carving his figurines with a paring knife. In the second shot: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2253677 you can seen the flecks of soap on his fingers, and around the cuticle of one of his fingernails. I agree, the carvings are crude. I certainly wasn't presenting them as great art, or even art all. Maybe they are art, maybe not, but that's not the point. I was more interested that someone who seemed to me to be a poor tortured soul wanted me to look at and photograph a work that was obviously important to him. I'd seen this man many times prior to taking this photo. Oddly, I've gone back to that corner and others near there since I took these, hoping to chat with him again, and maybe take a few more photos, but I've not seen him since. It's been a year now, and I've wondered what happened to him. I hope he's okay. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 20:54:29 +0300 Are you sure this man was the artist? I doubt it -- looking at his hands. But this has nothing to do with the picture. The sculpture, if carved soap can be described as such, is not so great either. But again that's not the point. Or is it? I apologise for these words, but they say what I see. Don _ STOP MORE SPAM with the MSN Premium and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: Would this be a custom enamel/paint job?
The number of people who don't read instructions then complain when they screw things up is amazing. Herb Chong wrote: 2 months after that, there was a letter to the editor complaining from some guy that he took a paintbrush to his camera and ruined it by getting paint into all the mechanisms. he didn't read the very introduction that said if you plan to do this yourself, you have to disassemble the camera first. Herb - Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 12:45 PM Subject: Re: Would this be a custom enamel/paint job? Based on what I can see it's a custom job. Modern Photography had an article on just how to do this in an issue from about 20 years ago. The K1000 would have been a perfect model to work with.
Rechargeable CR-V3 Batts
For those who don't already know,especially in Oz,Delkin have released a rechargeable version of the lithium CR-V3 (RCR-V3) battery.The Australian Distributor is Baltronics.Contact Kelly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] These may be more expensive at the outset but over the long run should turn out to be a better investment. See Steves review at http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/rcrv3.html My main concern is longevity of the battery whilst in the camera.Any way read the the reviews and form your own opinion. Regards Chris Kennedy
Re: New *ist D review - Imaging Resource
Actually, there are ways to do things like this. It is very common for applications to read every 8th pixel of a JPEG to make a thumbnail, or display a rough image quickly. Due to the way JPEG compression works, by doing DCT based compression on 8x8 blocks, a value for each 8th pixel is actually present. This is commonly called the "DC component" for the block. It is usually in YUV colourspace, of course, so a conversion needs to be done to RGB, but thats trivial. Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday Director of Development, eyeon Software - Original Message - From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 9:40 AM Subject: Re: New *ist D review - Imaging Resource > JPEG compresses data. you don't know what the nth pixel is until you > decompress enough of the file to find it. some other formats do row level > lossless compression, so you can figure out which row to decompress, but > that is all. > > Herb > - Original Message - > From: "vr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 4:59 AM > Subject: Re: New *ist D review - Imaging Resource > > > > how is that? > > you can give an order to address and read every 4th pixel from file.. > > > > what do you think modern databases work like where ypou can get desired > > bits from huge file in seconds if the file is indexed?? > > > > though to be faster or more reasonable compared to readin everything the > > gap should not be every 4th pixel, but much wider.. > > >
RE: PAW Another Cut Re: PAW -- Church on Branford Green
I like #1 better. The tinting or whatever on #2 isn't to my taste. And, I like seeing a bit more steeple as in #1. They're both good, though. I just prefer #1 is all. Since you asked... cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW Another Cut Re: PAW -- Church on Branford Green Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 12:52:47 -0500 I'd like to thank everyone who commented. There weren't many but the way I operate with the PDML is to delete most every message immediately after reading to keep from hopelessly clogging my mailbox, so unfortunately I can't thank everyone individually. I wasn't as happy with this image as I liked so I've tried a something a bit different which is available here. http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_BranfordGreen2.html frank theriault wrote: Peter, I like it. It seems to have a very timeless feel to it; there are no visual cues that this wasn't taken 100 years ago, or 150 years ago, except of course that they didn't have TriX then . I like the framing - chopping off the top of the spire is in"spired" (couldn't resist). I probably would have left it in, to the detriment of the strengh of the photo. Your composition tends to emphasize the horseman and coach. It looks like ad copy for a horse and buggy service - couldn't you see this in a Wedding Magazine or something? All very simple but effective. Well done! cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW -- Church on Branford Green Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 01:52:36 -0500 I took this on a dull gray day a couple of years ago. I need to do something about the sky, (I think). Well anyway it's shot in B&W (Tri-X) http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_BranfordGreen.html As always comments are appreciated. _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines _ http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: Criticism - was PAW: Dinosaur, too
- Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" Subject: Re: Criticism - was PAW: Dinosaur, too > Now this is going to far... I would like to apologize for the absurd amount of apologizing going on. WW > > frank theriault wrote: > > > I'd like to apologize for Cotty's apology... > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > >> From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> I feel I must apologise also.
Re: Different films, different results
- Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" Subject: Re: Different films, different results > Thanks, now when someone tells me to add or subtract a button I'll have > some idea of how > make the adjustments. If you are trying to match a monilab output, see if the operator will make you a ring around set of prints. Many labs have it built in as part of the colour set-up. William Robb
RE: Some paw thoughts
I think those are great ideas, Dave. What province haven't you worked in? cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Some paw thoughts Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 15:15:56 US/Eastern Just had a brain storm(damn that hurts.lol)for a series of paw's. I have worked in 9 of the 10 Canadian Provinces, and have been to the UK,Denmark and Sweden for vacations and the Middle East for over seas work. Just thought i'd post a PAW from the provinces,vacation shots etc. What say ye.Good idea? Dave _ MSN Premium with Virus Guard and Firewall* from McAfee® Security : 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
GIMP
>>Alle 17:32, mercoledì 31 marzo 2004, Frits Wüthrich ha scritto: >> I don't like the GIMP very much. My experience is not based on the >> version 2 release though, but on older versions, and only on Linux. >> 16 bit per colour is not supported, no colour management, awkward user >> interface, although one might get used to it, a lot of tools don't have >> a preview for the effects I'm running GIMP 1.2 under linux and windowsME, and photoshop 3.0 and 5.5 under windows3.1 and MacOS 8.5 respectively. I run photoshop 7 in MacOS 9.? at work. The GIMP 1.2 user interface is fairly similar to photoshop 3.0, and appears to have been modeled on it. Photoshop has changed a lot, often for the worse. For what I do, Photoshop 3 was more convenient than 4,5,or 5.5. PS7 seems to have restored a sane UI for photoshop, but I haven't seen CS. It is pro color management that keeps me from using GIMP for work. I've got some nifty curves/levels presets that do about 90% of my digital darkroom work for me, and if you can do things like that in GIMP I haven't figured out how. The lack of proper preview for many tools is an annoyance. GIMP 2.0 may have improved this. GIMP 1.0 did not have dodge and burn, which was a real problem. GIMP 1.2 does not have brush-size cursors (as far as I can tell) which is also a real problem. GIMP 1.2 DOES have some features that I really wish photoshop had--programmable hot keys, for example (PS3 key bindings were changed in PS5, and if you can change them back I haven't figured out how) and scripting interfaces (which photoshop just recently has, although it has always had a powerful macro ability). GIMP also runs on *nix, and is free. These two features explain why I have not bought a version of photoshop since my student discount went away. The cost of PS plus the cost of an operating system to run it in exceeds the cost of a good digital P&S and approaches the cost of a DSLR, or a bag full of lenses. >Thank you, I really want to know what a PhotoShop user miss in The GIMP, >you >have pointed out three non-present features (sry, awkward UI isn't a >missing >features for me ;) ). >I'm going to check out if you are right or if, meanwhile, they have >implemented them... GIMP 2.0 appears to be primarily revamped UI and changes under the hood. I don't know how much additional functionality it has, other than a text tool that is now more like photoshop 5+ than photoshop 3. I recently read a posting, on Rob Galbraith's forums I think, saying that you could run Photoshop 7 under WINE in Linux. Can anybody confirm this? I've got a source of PS7, and it won't offend my ethics to get a free copy of a product that Adobe no longer sells. Last I looked photoshop was one of those applications that gave WINE real trouble, and through PS5 just didn't really work in the WINE environment. DJE
Re: New K Mount DSLR
>Yeah, I don't think there is any profit to Pentax in producing a Baby D. >Not >really. No point in competing with C, they wouldn't capture much of >the >potential 300D market. And they've already dropped the *istD to be more >competitively priced for a mid to upper end DSLR. More optios, sure. And >maybe a >second generation *istD... someday. Or a MF equivalent. Be nicer if they >did one or >both of those anyway. There's a lot more customers for a $1000 DSLR than a $1500 (or so) one, judging from the flood of people buying Canon 300Ds. Personally, I might buy a $1000 Pentax DSLR to put my screw-mount lenses on (if it were slightly more capable than the canon 300D) If that's the *istD in a year, great, but I doubt that they can drop the price THAT much while the camera is still viable in the market. If they don't get another viable DSLR to market, well, maybe I should get that 300D after all. >Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 07:31:19 -0500 >From: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: New K Mount DSLR >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >On the top of the page is a drop-down >where you can get their "April Fools?" >explanation. But it was just too >close to what is practical to be a >really good joke. It might be doable. It MIGHT be doable, but probably not with any of the current APS-sized chips. DSLRing a film SLR seems to cost something like $750-1000. Sure, you could put a smaller, cheaper chip (something from a P&S, for example) in there, with minimal buffer, no screen, etc and possibly get a K-mount DSLR out for maybe $500. I'm not sure who'd want such a thing. Image quality would be low (P&S levels of noise, few megapixels), the crop factor would be even worse than the current 1.5x (since there ISN'T a 3MP-ish APS size sensor unless you could get the original Nikon D1/D1h chips really cheap somewhere), and the screen on the back is one of the major appeals of digital for most users. A $500 digital P&S would likely be a better camera. I know people seem to think that it just HAS to be possible to put out a cheap DSLR. Looking at the $1000 Nikon and Canon cameras, which are in many ways really cheap and cheesy, I don't think it is yet. The fact that P&S digitals and film SLRs have gotten really cheap doesn't seem to matter. The BATTERY ALONE on some of the high-end DSLRs is more expensive than a cheap SLR or DP&S. DJE
Re: PAW - Escaped Flamingos
I was going to make that joke in my first post, but decided to play straight man to you. LOL -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: PAW - Escaped Flamingos Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 18:38:48 -0800 I decided to put it on the left wall... _ http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
RE: PAW at last
H... I don't want to get into trouble again , but really, this doesn't do much for me. For starters, I think the image is too small, but even beyond that, it just really seems to need sharpening. Maybe this has to do with the fact that you didn't do much re-touching, but on my monitor, the whole thing seems pretty soft. To me there are too many distractions in this photo. The that rope, the bright bush on the right, the rocks at the bottom: they don't add to the photo, but rather draw my attention away from the subjects. I'm not sure what kind of mammals they are (ring tailed lemurs? - only guessing because of the tails) but they are too small in the frame, and I really had to look closely to pick them out, and then figure out what they were. The one on the top is difficult to find at all. The mammal at the bottom seems to be in a rather interesting position, but it's so small that it's tough to tell what it's doing. It's too bad you didn't have a longer lens, so you could have "zoomed in" on that bottom one; I think that would have been an interesting photo. The moment was right, but you just couldn't get in there to capture it with sufficient detail, I'm afraid. As is, this one doesn't work for me. Boris, I'm glad you posted yesterday saying that you don't mind when I criticise your photos.You've produced some tremendous photos on this list - amazing portraits, and that one at the restaurant taken with the soft lens (I really liked that one!), but this one just isn't my cup of tea. Sorry, but as always, I've got to be honest. cheers, 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 at last Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 21:18:13 +0200 Hello PDML ... I am still in the process of making my PAW submissions to be good looking web pages. Meanwhile, I am posting it kind of raw... So here goes: http://boris.isra-shop.com/local/paw/tails.jpg Kodak TMAX 400 developed in Ilford. Not by me though. Almost no retouching... Takumar Bayonet 125/2.8 probably at f/11 or f/16. My trusty ME Super... What do you say? Thanks. Boris P.S. I guess I'd have to mention it explicitly - I want to hear all the comments, not necessarily just the good ones. _ STOP MORE SPAM with the MSN Premium and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: PAW - Escaped Flamingos
I decided to put it on the left wall... I'm glad you like it ;-)) frank theriault wrote: > Seriously, I think that's a cool image. Interesting comp, vivid colours. > It would look good on the right wall.
Re: ONLY - Pug April is available on my website
Thanks, Gianfranco, I've been working on my street photography... cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Gianfranco Irlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yours is, in fact, a great shot (that's street photography for sure!) and I like it a lot. Ciao, Gianfranco = To read is to travel without all the hassles of luggage. ---Emilio Salgari (1863-1911) __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ _ MSN Premium with Virus Guard and Firewall* from McAfee® Security : 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: I got my *istD
Dear Ramesh Kumar's Boss, Are you aware that he spends all his time at work checking out PDML? He's probably doing that right now. You might as well send him home for the day, he wants to play with his new toy, and probably isn't getting any work done anyway. cheers, a concerned friend from another country "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Ramesh Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: I got my *istD Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 14:43:32 -0800 (PST) --- Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So what are you doing sending e-mails? Go out and > have fun ;-) > I am still at work to make some money so that I can buy lens:-) Ramesh > > - Original Message - > From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:05 PM > Subject: I got my *istD > > > > Today I got my *istD from KEH and need to try. > > > > Ramesh > > > > > > __ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ > > > __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ _ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: PAW #8 (the sequel) Angel of Soap was: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver
Frank, this is a much more interesting image to me (than soap carver). Not exactly sure why, other than you have isolated and simplified to a less complicated image. I know exactly what you want me to concentrate on, what you're calling my attention to. Isolate & simplify is my credo for my photography so that's probably why I have this view. Your exposure and soft focus compliment the "crudeness" of the artists carving. Welll done. It would be more powerful IMHO by omitting some of the black RH side. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 6:35 PM Subject: PAW #8 (the sequel) Angel of Soap was: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver > Here's the companion piece to yesterday's PAW. Comment on it if you want > (always like to hear comments ), or comment on them as a pair. > > I'm at a loss to explain the light drop-off on the right, but maybe it works > anyway? > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2253677 > > cheers, > frank > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > >From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver > >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:49:37 -0500 > > > >Took this one about a year ago, but I'm just getting it printed up for the > >first time: > > > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2251211 > > > >This is kind of part one of two - another print from the same session is > >ready tomorrow. > > > >I always like comments, suggestions and critiques. Thanks! > > > >cheers, > >frank > > > >"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > >pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > >_ > >Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* > >http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht tp://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > > > > _ > MSN Premium: Up to 11 personalized e-mail addresses and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=htt p://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines >
Re: Would this be a custom enamel/paint job?
2 months after that, there was a letter to the editor complaining from some guy that he took a paintbrush to his camera and ruined it by getting paint into all the mechanisms. he didn't read the very introduction that said if you plan to do this yourself, you have to disassemble the camera first. Herb - Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 12:45 PM Subject: Re: Would this be a custom enamel/paint job? > Based on what I can see it's a custom job. Modern Photography had an > article on just how to do this in an issue from about > 20 years ago. The K1000 would have been a perfect model to work with.
Re: PAW - Portage Glacier "Macro" - Week of 3/29/04
Mark, thanks for taking the time to look and comment. As you have seen, there's more going on in this image than "Ice Flower" making it less abstract. That was one reason to post this to see how others reacted to this more complicated image. I used "macro" in the title to throw viewers off a little. To me that's part of an abstract, trying to remove the photographed item from its context. I have no idea the actual size of the viewed scene but I can tell you that I was on a boat at least several hundred feet from the ice and used a 300mm with a 1.4 xs convertor. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:44 AM Subject: Re: PAW - Portage Glacier "Macro" - Week of 3/29/04 > Nice composition and lighting - I especially like the crackled / marbled > effect on the backlit piece of ice. The circle also serve as centers of > interest that pull the composition together. It's a good shot but my > personal preference is for your "Ice Flower" shot, which moved just a notch > or two more in the direction of an abstract, which I think kicked it up a > level in aesthetics. > > As for being a macro - this looks freakin' huge to me! Was it some tiny > little thing? > > - MCC > > At 07:20 PM 3/30/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >Taken @ Portage, Alaska, hand held from a tour boat to reduce vibrations. > >Any idea as to the magnification? > > > >Comments - likes/dislikes - what would you have done differently? > > > >http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > > > >Thanks in advance for taking the time. > > > >Kenneth Waller > > - > > Mark Cassino Photography > > Kalamazoo, MI > > http://www.markcassino.com > > - > >
Re: Predictions, anyone?
Reminds me of the butcher that backed into his meat grinder and got alittle behind in his work. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "John Mustarde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Predictions, anyone? > Prediction: > > Pentax DSLR with built-in endoscope. > > Camera name: *Ouch. > > Will kick competition in the you-know-what. > > > -- > 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: OT:PS colour -3 choices ?
Capture is the default RAW editor if you have it installed. if you don't, double clicking should just open the viewer. select a file and right click on it. you can export to JPEG or TIFF or edit using any one of a number of programs under Edit using other programs... once you open a RAW file in another program, you can't save it back as a RAW file like you can in Capture. you have to save in some other format. i don't know why you would want to save in RAW anyway. the Capture editor has a bunch of things that are Nikon model-specific that are useful, but nearly everything else is very weak compared to even low end image editing programs. if you have Photoshop CS, there are very few things that you care about in Capture other than remote control. i paid for my Capture 3.5 and used it extensively until Photoshop CS came out. now, i use Capture only when i need to tweak some of the model-specific controls. Herb - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:55 AM Subject: Re: OT:PS colour -3 choices ? > I thought Capture was the raw editor. > I opened up the browser software(nikons)and when i clicked on a thumbnail it went to start > the > Capture program,but its past due 30 days. > Looks like i'm missing something here.I would like to use raw for my personal stuff and > the jpgs can still > be my onsite choice.
RE: Would this be a custom enamel/paint job?
The seller hasn't made it clear whether it was a custom made. By saying "rare", people would think it mean "original" by Pentax, not custom made. I'd say the seller was trying to trick people here. Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Why is it fishy? He says right in the description that as far as he knows "Pentax never made these", so this means it has to be a custom. _ http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: I got my *istD
--- Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So what are you doing sending e-mails? Go out and > have fun ;-) > I am still at work to make some money so that I can buy lens:-) Ramesh > > - Original Message - > From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:05 PM > Subject: I got my *istD > > > > Today I got my *istD from KEH and need to try. > > > > Ramesh > > > > > > __ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ > > > __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/
Re: POW: Oh Deer, Not a Cow
Lovely shot, Steve. It could be sharper, but I notice that this is RAW, and hasn't been sharpened. I like the creamy bokeh. Great pose by the boid. I don't think I'd so much with it (but those sorts of things aren't my forte), I like it as is. thanks, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: POW: Oh Deer, Not a Cow Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:52:01 -0500 One more time, complete with URL: http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/ Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/31/04 02:41PM >>> My first try at this new aspect of our list. I was walking along the river and encountered this deer. I had my *ist D and A50 1.7 (think short tele). I was going to crop and sharpen, etc., but I am curious how others would treat this. This is straight out of the camera, just reduced in size. It's as close as I could get before it bolted . _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: PAW - birds and long lenses
Are those guys having sex or something? Is that the way dragonflies do it? Yeah it's very strange. I forget the entire sequence but I'm sure you'll agree it's quite kinky (-: Anyway, that's a great shot! And, the bokeh is not bad at all. Ta Realise I might have sounded a bit defensive about the mirror lens - sorry bout that - I'm always grateful of your critique. Just singing the praises (of the lens) I guess. I've forgotten who it was who kindly showed the results of a photoshop effort on the baza ring blur(http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/), but I reckon the result is very nice - only flaw is the halo around the bird (which could presumable be avoided with a more careful photoshopping. Thanks! David I know that mirror lenses, with all their inconveniences, are a very cost effective way to do long. So, I wasn't criticizing your decision to use one. You obviously use yours well. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW - birds and long lenses Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 19:45:26 +1000 Frank, Yep you're right - I knew I'd get a comment on that (-: And you're also right, I personally don't mind the doughnuts. Or maybe I just accept them because of all the other benefits of this lens. My response is - give me a fairly sharp 500mm that focuses down to 1:3 (letting you get images such as this: http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/dragonfly.jpg from 2 metres away), is about 15cm (1/2 a foot) end to end, is light and goes anywhere without a sherpa, costs less than $200US used, and above all can be handheld... and I'll gladly use it q-: Chris - I've never seen one before - in the area or otherwise! I've been told that they are moderately common in Sydney suburbia, and know that they saw a couple on a recent fauna survey in Lane Cove NP. David "Not a bird guy" Nelson _ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
RE: PAW - Escaped Flamingos
Well, photos don't lie, do they? If you say that's what happened, I accept that, Shel. Seriously, I think that's a cool image. Interesting comp, vivid colours. It would look good on the right wall. 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: PDML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PAW - Escaped Flamingos Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:54:26 -0800 Went for a stroll through the neighborhood yesterday, and I frightened these two flamingos, for they jumped off their pole perches and started to soar through the air. I was fortunate to have been carrying my digicam, otherwise I'm sure no one would have believed such a thing. http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/escaped.html _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: PAW - birds and long lenses
Peter, I thought so; and, Yes. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW - birds and long lenses Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 13:19:36 -0500 I think the answer is yes, and do you always think about sex Frank? _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: Criticism - was PAW: Dinosaur, too
I'd like to apologize for Cotty's apology... "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I feel I must apologise also. _ MSN Premium: Up to 11 personalized e-mail addresses and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: Q: Studio lights on a zero budget
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Lasse Karlsson wrote: > Today I ran into a second hand Philips "UV-A" fluorescent light > unit. I seems to be one of those tanning machines. > > What made me interested in it, was 1) the wheeled type of metal > construction (a simple one) which allows you to conveniently move it > about, 2) Six 40w (totalling 240W) fluorescent tubes fitted into a > box, mirrored to direct the light out of it; 3) the fact that there > seems to be levers to adjust the light power; 4) the fact that this > box fairly easily could be lowered or raised or turned into various > angles to direct the light in desired directions; 5) the assumption > that maybe some sort of simple reflector screen probably could be > fitted to it instead of the lights; 6) the price of some $15 US; > > Now the fluorescent tubes fitted to it are ones aimed at tanning. > (They are UV-lights, right?) There was a warning sign about using it > (carefully read the manual before using etc) - I guess there is a > risk about getting burned or maybe your eyes might get hurt etc. If the ballast is not compatible with other types of bulbs then it is really easy to change the ballast. It sounds like those are standard 48" 40W ballasts though, and a normal shop bulb will probably work. > Right or wrong I thought these tubes may be interchangeable with other types of > tubes which might be more useful for photographing purposes. > I was thinking that this whole thing may come handy for home studio use, for > producing light maybe in portrait shooting or table top shooting, or to be used for > reflectors. > I am well familiar with how film reads fluorescent light. It probably reads high quality bulbs better. Flourescent bulbs have something called the CRI (color rendering index), where closer to 100 is closer to how our eyes see sunlight. I don't know how well they do with colors for film. Typical flourescent bulbs have a very low CRI, but there are high quality bulbs available with 92 CRI or better. Regular flourescent bulbs have spikes at wavelengths of red, green, and blue to make something which looks sort of white. The high CRI bulbs put out a much more even mix of wavelengths. You'll find the most information on the net about flourescent bulbs by reading about aquariums. That is how I learned about them. alex
Re: Q: Studio lights on a zero budget
Hi, Lasse Karlsson wrote: My question is: 1) Generally, how does the idea sound to you, who may know a bit more about these types of lights than me? Sounds OK to me. 2) Do you think those tubes can be replaced with other types of fluorescent tubes of same power? Any reason not to? Yes. If you check the starters and chokes, you may find that you can put higher power tubes in. There are various "light types" of tubes, too. 3) Would it's power adjustment capabilities work just as well with other types of tubes? Not sure from your description. Fluorescents generally do not work well at reduced outputs. Maybe better to build something that selectively removes tubes from the circuit, if that is not what is already there. 4) Am I possibly missing something else? Whatever you do, DO NOT use it with the UV tubes in without proper UV eye protection. Even a short exposure (and reflected off something at that) can cause eye problems, even with old tubes that do not tan well any more. These problems may not show up immediately. The problems may be permanent. Better to be safe. This looks like an excellent idea to pick up high intensity lighting for a very reasonable price. mike
Q: Studio lights on a zero budget
Today I ran into a second hand Philips "UV-A" fluorescent light unit. I seems to be one of those tanning machines. What made me interested in it, was 1) the wheeled type of metal construction (a simple one) which allows you to conveniently move it about, 2) Six 40w (totalling 240W) fluorescent tubes fitted into a box, mirrored to direct the light out of it; 3) the fact that there seems to be levers to adjust the light power; 4) the fact that this box fairly easily could be lowered or raised or turned into various angles to direct the light in desired directions; 5) the assumption that maybe some sort of simple reflector screen probably could be fitted to it instead of the lights; 6) the price of some $15 US; Now the fluorescent tubes fitted to it are ones aimed at tanning. (They are UV-lights, right?) There was a warning sign about using it (carefully read the manual before using etc) - I guess there is a risk about getting burned or maybe your eyes might get hurt etc. Right or wrong I thought these tubes may be interchangeable with other types of tubes which might be more useful for photographing purposes. I was thinking that this whole thing may come handy for home studio use, for producing light maybe in portrait shooting or table top shooting, or to be used for reflectors. I am well familiar with how film reads fluorescent light. However, sooner or later I will buy me a digital SLR, probably the D*ist as the price comes down. Having learned a bit about setting white balance I was thinking that fluorescent light may be a lesser issue with digitals. My question is: 1) Generally, how does the idea sound to you, who may know a bit more about these types of lights than me? 2) Do you think those tubes can be replaced with other types of fluorescent tubes of same power? Any reason not to? 3) Would it's power adjustment capabilities work just as well with other types of tubes? 4) Am I possibly missing something else? Thanks, Lasse
Re: PAW at last
On 2/4/04, BORIS discumbobulated: >So here goes: > >http://boris.isra-shop.com/local/paw/tails.jpg > > >What do you say? Is Thing 2 saying to Thing 1: ' Look here my dear chap, I'm sorry about the head, but you left me no alternative after you ran me through with a fish' ??? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
Re: Criticism - was PAW: Dinosaur, too
I feel I must apologise also. >And apologies from me for not expressing myself as well as I might have >done with my first post. > >John > >On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 11:47:58 -0500, frank theriault ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Now that the maelstrom has died down, a few thoughts. >> >> I think maybe I could have said the same thing to Francis in a more >> gentle way. I think I might have been a bit more constructive. I >> really liked Ken's suggestion of saying one way I might thing the photo >> could be improved. I kind of tried doing that, but looking back, I >> don't think I was as explicit as I could have been. >> >> Second, I've had off-list convos with both John and Francis, and >> everything's cool there. Apologies (from me) where they should be, and >> explanations where they should be, and I think everyone's happy, or at >> least understanding of different positions. >> >> And, finally, my one liner "because I feel like it" to John wasn't >> really very nice, and I apologize to John and the list for that. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
Re: Different films, different results
> - Original Message - > From: "Peter J. Alling" > Subject: Re: Different films, different results > > > > Now here's a question how do the button adjustments relate to > Photoshop > > adjustments? I've had this > > discussion with a local photo finisher but he had no clue. On the Noritsu, the colour channels are set at 6.8% for a 1 button increment, the density channels are set at 14.1%. William Robb
Re: A weekend to just get away...
> > Plans for the weekend? Anyone? > Keeping rain drops off the 90 LS :-) Dave > César > Panama City, Florida >
Some paw thoughts
Just had a brain storm(damn that hurts.lol)for a series of paw's. I have worked in 9 of the 10 Canadian Provinces, and have been to the UK,Denmark and Sweden for vacations and the Middle East for over seas work. Just thought i'd post a PAW from the provinces,vacation shots etc. What say ye.Good idea? Dave
Re: OT: Photoshop question
If you're describing what I think you are, yes. But, the neat thing is that you can create your own preferences for every tool, and never have to enter info in the menu or fiddle with brushes, etc., again. Did you know there's even a "preset manager?" shel Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > > I just noticed that now! I am assuming you mean the little drop down menu on > the left and when I click on the arrows it says "4x6, 5x7" etc.? > Coool... > > tan. > > -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 3 April 2004 1:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Photoshop question > > But do you know that you can set presets for various tools, > and never have to set them again for those parameters? > > Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > > > Do you know what Shel, after almost 4 years using PS, I only just worked > out > > that you COULD set a crop aspect ration about a month ago! I used to do > > exactly what Sven was worrying about doing! > > > > An assistant at my lab put me straight though, and boy does it make life > > easier! lol... > > > > tan.
A weekend to just get away...
Things have slowed a bit here at work - woohoo - thought I would just chime in. Have I been missed? Ummm, don't answer that :-P I have not commented on any shots, just too backlogged. Not that anyone would notice my comments though - I am in the shadow of the bunny ears :-) Plans for the weekend? Anyone? I am headed to the 12th annual World of Nations Festival in Jacksonville, Florida (http://www.coj.net/Departments/Neighborhoods/Special+Events/World+of+Nation s/Default.htm) in the wee hours tomorrow morning. Getting the VIP treatment too. Rental car is paid for. Meeting with our pyrotechnics person for lunch. We will get to tour the fireworks barge! He will give us access to the festival along with the VIP tent that overlooks the festival. The day should culminate with a grand fireworks display. He is putting us up in a hotel for the evening. Heading back here Sunday morning though... Should be a nice getaway. I do not want to carry along too much stuff since I will be at the site until 10 p.m. The plan is to carry the *ist D and an LX (I will probably take my original one - white cobra) as camera bodies. Lenses will be FA* 24/2, FA Limited 31/1.8, K 50/1.2, and FA Limited 77/1.8. Film will be slide probably 50 ISO. The 645n will stay at home. Since I do not have anything wider than a 28 in my screwmount I will not be taking along any M42 gear... Though the 85/1.9 would be tempting. This is how I have been travelling around lately. With the intense sun during most of my shooting I have relied on an external light meter for both cameras. As a matter of fact I have not had the batteries in my LX for quite some time. It made a difference with the shots using the *ist D during the air show last weekend. My latest PUG entry was also metered externally. It is interesting to see the looks from people as you use the meter. Rambling over, back to work, César Panama City, Florida
Anyone with Bessaflex experience?
Has anyone here actually seen or handled a Bessaflex? You know, the Voigtlander (Cosina) SLR that takes M42 screwmount lenses? http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtFlexTM.htm Thanks, Mark
Re: I got my *istD
Congratulations! But you're too late. It's not enough to have the camera. You're no longer cool unless you've got the *ist D AND the new ultra wide lenses AND a hacked MUVO drive AND you're going to GFM... ;) Good light to ya, Cory - Original Message - From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:05 PM Subject: I got my *istD > Today I got my *istD from KEH and need to try. > > Ramesh > > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.648 / Virus Database: 415 - Release Date: 4/1/2004
FS: Reduced
1. Super Program with A50/2. Modest ding on top of prism housing. Functions fine. $70 shipped in US. $75 to Europe & CA. Others email. 2. Mask/shade set. Includes several masks and a flexible arm. The arm has a foot for shoe mounting and hold the masks/shade by your lens as you bend it into position. Sometimes more practical than a hood, esp. with w/a lenses < 28mm. $12 shipped in US. $15 to Europe & CA. Others email. 3. Busch Pressman 'D' 4x5 body. Includes 2 lens boards. (1 homemade) Has a working rangefinder. In "user" condition. I paid $125 for it 2 months ago, but want that wood field now. 2 film holders included! $120 shipped in US. $120 to Europe & CA. Others email. PayPal preferred. Collin -- - "It is only when you are asked to believe in Reason coming from non-reason that you must cry Halt. Human minds. They do not come from nowhere." C. S. Lewis --
RE: April PUG
> I would like to be the first to say that IMO, of all the good > ones, Amita Guha's 'Over the river...' is a truly great > photograph. Why, thank you, Sven. Glad you like it! :) Amita
I'm back
Hi guys, I've been off the list for a while now, partly because I've been busy building a new website, and partly because I needed to reboot my computer! I stopped receiving messages from the list on Monday and it never occurred to me that Outlook wanted to be rebooted. Go figure! :) So now I see that the April PUG is up and I'm having a lot of fun looking at the entries. This month I might even comment on a few! Oh, and I will be in DC the weekend of April 9th if anyone wants to get together. I already emailed TV on this but I thought I'd mention it onlist as well. It's good to be back!f Amita
Re: I got my *istD
So what are you doing sending e-mails? Go out and have fun ;-) Christian - Original Message - From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:05 PM Subject: I got my *istD > Today I got my *istD from KEH and need to try. > > Ramesh > > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ >
PAW at last
Hello PDML ... I am still in the process of making my PAW submissions to be good looking web pages. Meanwhile, I am posting it kind of raw... So here goes: http://boris.isra-shop.com/local/paw/tails.jpg Kodak TMAX 400 developed in Ilford. Not by me though. Almost no retouching... Takumar Bayonet 125/2.8 probably at f/11 or f/16. My trusty ME Super... What do you say? Thanks. Boris P.S. I guess I'd have to mention it explicitly - I want to hear all the comments, not necessarily just the good ones.
I got my *istD
Today I got my *istD from KEH and need to try. Ramesh __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/
Re: New K Mount DSLR
how is it bizarre? They are completely different... - Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 1:11 PM Subject: Re: New K Mount DSLR > Now this is just bizare > > http://hem.passagen.se/ebcpecz/Images/auto110_camera.jpg > > http://www.telescopesa.za.org/Rugift/zenitkm.jpg > > Christian wrote: > > >It's not a 110. It's a Zenit-KM according to the site. > >http://www.telescopesa.za.org/CatalogRugiftCamerasZenit.htm > >
RE: MUVO Experiences? (WAS: RE: OT: Photoshop question)
It worked, It worked!! I now have a 512mb mp3 player AND a 4gb microdrive in my *istD! Yay!! Thanks heaps Rob... And now at 4.14am, and with a wedding in about 6 hours, I'd better get some beauty sleep! night all and thanks again for all of your help Rob! tan. -Original Message- From: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 3 April 2004 3:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MUVO Experiences? (WAS: RE: OT: Photoshop question) >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 01:52:59 +1000 >From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >BTW, I should have said - you will need a STRONG eeny weeny star screw >driver (phillips head). I had to buy 3 separate jewellers/precision >screw >driver kits before I found one that would both fit AND was strong >enough to >unscrew the little buggers! > >tan. Over time I've destroyed several of those cheap sets with chrome handles that come in the little plastic boxes for $2. Worthless things. The Stanley set is about $7 or so @ Walmart or Sears and is very solid. I've taken out some tough screws with 'em. Collin -- - "It is only when you are asked to believe in Reason coming from non-reason that you must cry Halt. Human minds. They do not come from nowhere." C. S. Lewis --
Re: PAW - birds and long lenses
I think the answer is yes, and do you always think about sex Frank? frank theriault wrote: So, Dave, Are those guys having sex or something? Is that the way dragonflies do it? Anyway, that's a great shot! And, the bokeh is not bad at all. I know that mirror lenses, with all their inconveniences, are a very cost effective way to do long. So, I wasn't criticizing your decision to use one. You obviously use yours well. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW - birds and long lenses Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 19:45:26 +1000 Frank, Yep you're right - I knew I'd get a comment on that (-: And you're also right, I personally don't mind the doughnuts. Or maybe I just accept them because of all the other benefits of this lens. My response is - give me a fairly sharp 500mm that focuses down to 1:3 (letting you get images such as this: http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/dragonfly.jpg from 2 metres away), is about 15cm (1/2 a foot) end to end, is light and goes anywhere without a sherpa, costs less than $200US used, and above all can be handheld... and I'll gladly use it q-: Chris - I've never seen one before - in the area or otherwise! I've been told that they are moderately common in Sydney suburbia, and know that they saw a couple on a recent fauna survey in Lane Cove NP. David "Not a bird guy" Nelson _ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: New *ist D review - Imaging Resource
> > > > John Francis wrote: > > > > not to display some of the pixels if they were available, and there's > > no reasonable way to get some of the pixels from an image without > > getting all of them (except, as noted, if it were a progressive JPEG). > > > > how is that? > you can give an order to address and read every 4th pixel from file.. No you can't. You have to read all the pixels into memory. If you then choose to ignore 3/4 of them that's your choice, but you've still transferred all of them over the slow datapath (external media to local memory), which is where most of the time is spent. (You can, of course, start reading at the top row of your zoomed-in view of the image, and stop reading once you've got to the bottom row. But you're going to have to read all the pixels on each of those rows, including the ones off-sceen to the left or right of your chosen view) > what do you think modern databases work like where ypou can get desired > bits from huge file in seconds if the file is indexed?? Database indices do a lot more than just calculate record offsets. But they have a memory-resident table that tells them which of the blocks to read in from the (slow) external media in order to get the record they want. The index just stops them having to read every one of the many millions of records in sequence (and perform certain simple checks); once they get a record they will read all of it. > though to be faster or more reasonable compared to readin everything the > gap should not be every 4th pixel, but much wider.. Yes. Much, *much* wider. Larger than the block size of the storage media, which is never going to be the case for these image files. > i guess > > viljar
Re: New K Mount DSLR
Now this is just bizare http://hem.passagen.se/ebcpecz/Images/auto110_camera.jpg http://www.telescopesa.za.org/Rugift/zenitkm.jpg Christian wrote: It's not a 110. It's a Zenit-KM according to the site. http://www.telescopesa.za.org/CatalogRugiftCamerasZenit.htm - Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 12:33 PM Subject: Re: New K Mount DSLR I thought for sure that everyone who saw the picture would know that it was a photoshopped Pentax 110 SLR. I guess not all of us have seen or held the real thing...
Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver
Are you sure this man was the artist? I doubt it -- looking at his hands. But this has nothing to do with the picture. The sculpture, if carved soap can be described as such, is not so great either. But again that's not the point. Or is it? I apologise for these words, but they say what I see. Don ___ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery See Extra Pages 'The Cement Company from HELL!' Updated: August 15, 2003 - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:21 PM Subject: Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver > Yes, it is disturbing. Homelessnes is one of those issues that is so > complex that I don't know how to deal with it personally. > > This poor fellow obviously was dealing with many issues. Couldn't really > tell if there are/were substance abuse issues, but certainly he was > suffering from a major mental illness. My guess is that the artistic > release of carving is something that he requires. He really liked telling > me about his sculptures, explaining that they were like sculptures "from the > renaissance" over and over. > > Anyway, thanks for taking the time to comment. > > cheers, > frank > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > >From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver > >Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:01:23 -0500 > > > >Frank, > > > >Interesting photograph, but IMO, somewhat disturbing. This appears to be a > >homeless person with a lot of artistic talent. It's a shame to see someone > >with such talent living under such circumstances. > > > >Bill > > > > > >- Original Message - > >From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:49 PM > >Subject: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver > > > > > > > Took this one about a year ago, but I'm just getting it printed up for > >the > > > first time: > > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2251211 > > > > > > This is kind of part one of two - another print from the same session is > > > ready tomorrow. > > > > > > I always like comments, suggestions and critiques. Thanks! > > > > > > cheers, > > > frank > > > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > >pessimist > > > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > > _ > > > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* > > > > >http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht tp://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > > > > > > > > > > > > _ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > >
Re: PAW #8 (the sequel) Angel of Soap was: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver
I can't decide which is a stronger statement. The first image tells more of the story, but the second give plenty of inference. The background fade from gray to black, (well sort of anyway), adds interest in the second image in my opinion. frank theriault wrote: Here's the companion piece to yesterday's PAW. Comment on it if you want (always like to hear comments ), or comment on them as a pair. I'm at a loss to explain the light drop-off on the right, but maybe it works anyway? http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2253677 cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:49:37 -0500 Took this one about a year ago, but I'm just getting it printed up for the first time: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2251211 This is kind of part one of two - another print from the same session is ready tomorrow. I always like comments, suggestions and critiques. Thanks! cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines _ MSN Premium: Up to 11 personalized e-mail addresses and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
PAW Another Cut Re: PAW -- Church on Branford Green
I'd like to thank everyone who commented. There weren't many but the way I operate with the PDML is to delete most every message immediately after reading to keep from hopelessly clogging my mailbox, so unfortunately I can't thank everyone individually. I wasn't as happy with this image as I liked so I've tried a something a bit different which is available here. http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_BranfordGreen2.html frank theriault wrote: Peter, I like it. It seems to have a very timeless feel to it; there are no visual cues that this wasn't taken 100 years ago, or 150 years ago, except of course that they didn't have TriX then . I like the framing - chopping off the top of the spire is in"spired" (couldn't resist). I probably would have left it in, to the detriment of the strengh of the photo. Your composition tends to emphasize the horseman and coach. It looks like ad copy for a horse and buggy service - couldn't you see this in a Wedding Magazine or something? All very simple but effective. Well done! cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW -- Church on Branford Green Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 01:52:36 -0500 I took this on a dull gray day a couple of years ago. I need to do something about the sky, (I think). Well anyway it's shot in B&W (Tri-X) http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_BranfordGreen.html As always comments are appreciated. _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: Would this be a custom enamel/paint job?
Based on what I can see it's a custom job. Modern Photography had an article on just how to do this in an issue from about 20 years ago. The K1000 would have been a perfect model to work with. Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3807434472&category=15240 Nice looking, though. CRB
Re: New K Mount DSLR
It's not a 110. It's a Zenit-KM according to the site. http://www.telescopesa.za.org/CatalogRugiftCamerasZenit.htm - Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 12:33 PM Subject: Re: New K Mount DSLR > I thought for sure that everyone who saw the picture would know that it > was a photoshopped > Pentax 110 SLR. I guess not all of us have seen or held the real thing...
Re: Criticism - was PAW: Dinosaur, too
And apologies from me for not expressing myself as well as I might have done with my first post. John On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 11:47:58 -0500, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now that the maelstrom has died down, a few thoughts. I think maybe I could have said the same thing to Francis in a more gentle way. I think I might have been a bit more constructive. I really liked Ken's suggestion of saying one way I might thing the photo could be improved. I kind of tried doing that, but looking back, I don't think I was as explicit as I could have been. Second, I've had off-list convos with both John and Francis, and everything's cool there. Apologies (from me) where they should be, and explanations where they should be, and I think everyone's happy, or at least understanding of different positions. And, finally, my one liner "because I feel like it" to John wasn't really very nice, and I apologize to John and the list for that. This should end the thread. cheers, 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Criticism - was PAW: Dinosaur, too Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 14:49:21 +0400 Hi! It took me some time until I got to the Frank's message and some others. You know, I am at work with cup of good green tea after lunch. Most of my e-mail is by now at my home PC... Anyway. Here is my opinion. I think Frank does a tremendous job and puts to this a lot, like a real lot, of effort into it. It would be a great shame if he would be put down or discouraged because of some of his comments. You know, at times I don't agree with him and with other people who comments on PAWs. But that's natural, isn't it? I humbly and personally think that Frank is one of the most pleasant people to be in disagreement with. If you know what I mean . Anyway, personally, I try to comment on as many PAWs as I possibly can. Still I try to adhere to a rule that if I don't quite like some image and I cannot really point out what is wrong or suggest how to improve it, then I normally don't say a word. However, the level of PDML PAW is considerably higher than your average photo sharing web site. So I am trying very hard to still comment as much as I can. Though I am not saying that I never broke that rule ... It would be a huge shame if such talks would pop up like this one did. Let us have fun, not flame wars... Just my cents... Boris _ STOP MORE SPAM with the MSN Premium and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
Re: New K Mount DSLR
I thought for sure that everyone who saw the picture would know that it was a photoshopped Pentax 110 SLR. I guess not all of us have seen or held the real thing... Collin Brendemuehl wrote: On the top of the page is a drop-down where you can get their "April Fools?" explanation. But it was just too close to what is practical to be a really good joke. It might be doable. CRB -- - "I gave in, and admitted that God was God." C. S. Lewis --
RE: MUVO Experiences? (WAS: RE: OT: Photoshop question)
>Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 01:52:59 +1000 >From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >BTW, I should have said - you will need a STRONG eeny weeny star screw >driver (phillips head). I had to buy 3 separate jewellers/precision >screw >driver kits before I found one that would both fit AND was strong >enough to >unscrew the little buggers! > >tan. Over time I've destroyed several of those cheap sets with chrome handles that come in the little plastic boxes for $2. Worthless things. The Stanley set is about $7 or so @ Walmart or Sears and is very solid. I've taken out some tough screws with 'em. Collin -- - "It is only when you are asked to believe in Reason coming from non-reason that you must cry Halt. Human minds. They do not come from nowhere." C. S. Lewis --
Re: New *ist D review - Imaging Resource
In Photoshop you are up to 5 interlaced images. Well version 5.5 at least. Rob Brigham wrote: Yeah, but jpg doesn't record pixels like that. What you suggest could work with a bitmap, but a jpg is different. Don't ask me the techie details, but I think of it as recording a start position, colour value, then the number of adjacent pixels of that colour. So building up a picture means it is necessary to decode the whole file. Progressive jpgs obviously work a bit differently - perhaps recrding 2 images with alternate rows in each image, then interlacing them? Anyways, what you say is not easy or perhaps even possible for a standard jpg... -Original Message- From: vr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 April 2004 11:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New *ist D review - Imaging Resource John Francis wrote: not to display some of the pixels if they were available, and there's no reasonable way to get some of the pixels from an image without getting all of them (except, as noted, if it were a progressive JPEG). how is that? you can give an order to address and read every 4th pixel from file.. what do you think modern databases work like where ypou can get desired bits from huge file in seconds if the file is indexed?? though to be faster or more reasonable compared to readin everything the gap should not be every 4th pixel, but much wider.. i guess viljar
Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver
Yes, it is disturbing. Homelessnes is one of those issues that is so complex that I don't know how to deal with it personally. This poor fellow obviously was dealing with many issues. Couldn't really tell if there are/were substance abuse issues, but certainly he was suffering from a major mental illness. My guess is that the artistic release of carving is something that he requires. He really liked telling me about his sculptures, explaining that they were like sculptures "from the renaissance" over and over. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to comment. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:01:23 -0500 Frank, Interesting photograph, but IMO, somewhat disturbing. This appears to be a homeless person with a lot of artistic talent. It's a shame to see someone with such talent living under such circumstances. Bill - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:49 PM Subject: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver > Took this one about a year ago, but I'm just getting it printed up for the > first time: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2251211 > > This is kind of part one of two - another print from the same session is > ready tomorrow. > > I always like comments, suggestions and critiques. Thanks! > > cheers, > frank > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > _ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > > _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver
So Peter, Send it along! Post the url to your improvements. I'd be happy to see 'em. The darkness of his face is something I wasn't sure about when I saw it on the contact, but printed up to 8x10, it's not so bad. You can see more detail that the scan. I'd be interested to see if your PS version is closer to the print. Thanks for your comments. It was funny, but he asked me if I wanted to take a photo. Then he averted his eyes that way, and wouldn't look directly at me. He looked at me while I was talking, but not with the camera in front of my face (I tried talking with the camera up there, but it didn't work). I don't like to tell my subjects what to do (they participated in the process by "posing" the way they want to - just a silly personal thing), so I shot him the way he obviously wanted to be shot. thanks, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 02:10:46 -0500 It's an interesting image, makes one think. I found it a bit dark though. I opened it in photoshop and lightened it a bit and added a touch more contrast. Brought out more detail in the subjects face, (I could see his eyes, while leaving detail in the carving). _ STOP MORE SPAM with the MSN Premium and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: Ignoring:PS colour -3 choices ?
Color management is supposed to help manage different devices, if the color spaces of your scanner, monitor and printer have the "same" calibrated color space what you see on your monitor will closely approximate what comes out of the printer. Butch Black wrote: If I choose to ignore colour space,what is happening then.? Dave I believe that it's a guessing game as to how PS is seeing the color. I quickly opened a couple of image but could not see any real difference opening them in Adobe 1998 or do not color manage. I didn't try printing any to see if there was a difference there. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)
AW: Photoshop question
Now that works VERY nice - thank you! Sven -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Freitag, 2. April 2004 17:15 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: Photoshop question Sven, when you click on the cropping tool, the menu bar above will change. All you have to do is type in your required dimensions and your resolution there. ie it says "width" and "height" and resolution. For eg, for a 5x7, just type in "5 in" in the width, "7 in" in the height, and say "300" in the resolution and use the drop down menu to choose your preferred measurement ie pixels per inch, or per cm. When you go to crop the image, it will show a box as you drag the mouse but you won't be able to deviate from the dimensions that you entered above. The second option is to use the image/image size tool and when you type in your new dimensions select "constrain proportions" but that is only for resizing and not actually for cropping. Hope this answers your questions! tan. -Original Message- From: keller.schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Photoshop question I have a question regarding Photoshop - I hope it is not too silly... If I want to crop an image but wish to retain a (or arrive at a) certain aspect ratio - how can I do this? If I select a frame to crop to, I will most certainly change the aspect ratio a little bit (even if I try not to) which will then lead to prints of slightly different size. Don't shout, if the answer is all to obvious, just laugh at me... Thanks, Sven
RE: PAW #6 Feather
Dag, You blow me away as usual. Is that tremendous detail, or what? I'm glad you told us it's a feather, because I might not have known otherwise. A wonderful abstract work. Art found in the mundane; art made so by the eye and composition of the photgrapher. thanks, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PAW #6 Feather Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:08:14 +0200 I've been trying to limit the PAW to pictures taken the last few days. I almost didn't make it this week, but then I found this yesterday: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2254584&size=lg DagT _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
RE: PAW -- Church on Branford Green
Peter, I like it. It seems to have a very timeless feel to it; there are no visual cues that this wasn't taken 100 years ago, or 150 years ago, except of course that they didn't have TriX then . I like the framing - chopping off the top of the spire is in"spired" (couldn't resist). I probably would have left it in, to the detriment of the strengh of the photo. Your composition tends to emphasize the horseman and coach. It looks like ad copy for a horse and buggy service - couldn't you see this in a Wedding Magazine or something? All very simple but effective. Well done! cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW -- Church on Branford Green Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 01:52:36 -0500 I took this on a dull gray day a couple of years ago. I need to do something about the sky, (I think). Well anyway it's shot in B&W (Tri-X) http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_BranfordGreen.html As always comments are appreciated. _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: PAW - birds and long lenses
So, Dave, Are those guys having sex or something? Is that the way dragonflies do it? Anyway, that's a great shot! And, the bokeh is not bad at all. I know that mirror lenses, with all their inconveniences, are a very cost effective way to do long. So, I wasn't criticizing your decision to use one. You obviously use yours well. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW - birds and long lenses Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 19:45:26 +1000 Frank, Yep you're right - I knew I'd get a comment on that (-: And you're also right, I personally don't mind the doughnuts. Or maybe I just accept them because of all the other benefits of this lens. My response is - give me a fairly sharp 500mm that focuses down to 1:3 (letting you get images such as this: http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/dragonfly.jpg from 2 metres away), is about 15cm (1/2 a foot) end to end, is light and goes anywhere without a sherpa, costs less than $200US used, and above all can be handheld... and I'll gladly use it q-: Chris - I've never seen one before - in the area or otherwise! I've been told that they are moderately common in Sydney suburbia, and know that they saw a couple on a recent fauna survey in Lane Cove NP. David "Not a bird guy" Nelson _ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
RE: OT: Photoshop question
Shel said: "PS can be a bit daunting at first, especially with simple things that are not obvious." Do you know what Shel, after almost 4 years using PS, I only just worked out that you COULD set a crop aspect ration about a month ago! I used to do exactly what Sven was worrying about doing! An assistant at my lab put me straight though, and boy does it make life easier! lol... tan.
RE: Memories are made of this
Depends what you have at the moment really. http://www.crucial.com/ has a helpful configurator - this might give you your answers and their memory is very good. > -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 April 2004 16:19 > To: PDML > Subject: OT: Memories are made of this > > > I want to add more memory to one of my machines. How can I > determine what type of memory is needed? There seeems to be > many types. Also, what about "speed?" Need the speed be the > same as what's currently installed? > > shel > >
RE: Would this be a custom enamel/paint job?
Why is it fishy? He says right in the description that as far as he knows "Pentax never made these", so this means it has to be a custom. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/02/04 01:29AM >>> This camera looks fishy for 2 reasons: 1) The silver winding lever should be black. 2) The hot shoe clamp should be silver while the thin metal cover should be black. Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3807434472&category=15240 > >Nice looking, though. _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
OT: Memories are made of this
I want to add more memory to one of my machines. How can I determine what type of memory is needed? There seeems to be many types. Also, what about "speed?" Need the speed be the same as what's currently installed? shel
RE: Photoshop question
Sven, when you click on the cropping tool, the menu bar above will change. All you have to do is type in your required dimensions and your resolution there. ie it says "width" and "height" and resolution. For eg, for a 5x7, just type in "5 in" in the width, "7 in" in the height, and say "300" in the resolution and use the drop down menu to choose your preferred measurement ie pixels per inch, or per cm. When you go to crop the image, it will show a box as you drag the mouse but you won't be able to deviate from the dimensions that you entered above. The second option is to use the image/image size tool and when you type in your new dimensions select "constrain proportions" but that is only for resizing and not actually for cropping. Hope this answers your questions! tan. -Original Message- From: keller.schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Photoshop question I have a question regarding Photoshop - I hope it is not too silly... If I want to crop an image but wish to retain a (or arrive at a) certain aspect ratio - how can I do this? If I select a frame to crop to, I will most certainly change the aspect ratio a little bit (even if I try not to) which will then lead to prints of slightly different size. Don't shout, if the answer is all to obvious, just laugh at me... Thanks, Sven
Re: OT: Photoshop question
Hi, Sven ... Just set the aspect ratio in the menu bar, both for the crop tool and the marquee tool. If you plan to crop a lot using that aspect ratio, you can create a preset shape/ratio/size for the tool. If you need specifics on how to do this, i.e., if you can't figure it out yourself or find the info in the PS help section, drop me a line off list. PS can be a bit daunting at first, especially with simple things that are not obvious. shel belinkoff "keller.schaefer" wrote: > > I have a question regarding Photoshop - I hope it is not too silly... > > If I want to crop an image but wish to retain a (or arrive at a) certain aspect > ratio - how can I do this? If I select a frame to crop to, I will most > certainly change the aspect ratio a little bit (even if I try not to) which > will then lead to prints of slightly different size.
Re: Photoshop question
learn something new every day... - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: Re: Photoshop question > Set the crop tool to a fixed aspect ratio. > > William Robb > - Original Message - > From: "keller.schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:54 AM > Subject: OT: Photoshop question > > > > I have a question regarding Photoshop - I hope it is not too > silly... > > > > If I want to crop an image but wish to retain a (or arrive at a) > certain aspect > > ratio - how can I do this? If I select a frame to crop to, I will > most > > certainly change the aspect ratio a little bit (even if I try not > to) which > > will then lead to prints of slightly different size. > > > > Don't shout, if the answer is all to obvious, just laugh at me... > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sven > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.648 / Virus Database: 415 - Release Date: 4/1/2004
RE: BG 10 Grip and FPS on MZ-S
I've found I rarely use mine as it adds so much bulk it makes the MZ-S too much like a Canon GigantiCam. I only really got it to go with the IR remote control as Pentax forgot to include that functionality on the body. Also I didn't want to buy yet another cable release. But I have bought that cable release anyway as I much prefer the feel of the camera without the BG10. I might give it another go, but will probably end up putting it on eBay. Nick -Original Message- From: "Jens Bladt"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 01/04/04 07:29:42 To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: BG 10 Grip and FPS on MZ-S Feroze Oh, yes! It's simply brilliant! I'll surtainly recommend it too. It's ergonomicly brilliant and great value for money. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Feroze Kistan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 31. marts 2004 23:11 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: BG 10 Grip and FPS on MZ-S oh and the infrared and better handling. On the whole its paid for itself just from the savings on the batteries. I recommened it without reservation. Later Feroze - Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:33 PM Subject: RE: BG 10 Grip and FPS on MZ-S > Yep. > It's just battery compartment for AA battreries. And of cource you get a > vertical realease button too. But no more fps. > Jens > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: Feroze Kistan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 30. marts 2004 00:05 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Re: BG 10 Grip and FPS on MZ-S > > > Hi Robert, > > Never heard that rumour before, but it dosn't work like that on my MZS+BG10. > I only get to use cheaper batteries. > > Later > Feroze > > - Original Message - > From: "Robert & Leigh Woerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:39 PM > Subject: BG 10 Grip and FPS on MZ-S > > > > I've read somewhere(can't find it) that the fps rate improves to about 4 > on > > an MZ-S equipped with BG10 grip and lithium batteries. Can anybody > confirm > > this with own experience > > > > TIA, > > > > Robert (Woerner Bros.) > > > > > > > > > >
Re: Photoshop question
Set the crop tool to a fixed aspect ratio. William Robb - Original Message - From: "keller.schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:54 AM Subject: OT: Photoshop question > I have a question regarding Photoshop - I hope it is not too silly... > > If I want to crop an image but wish to retain a (or arrive at a) certain aspect > ratio - how can I do this? If I select a frame to crop to, I will most > certainly change the aspect ratio a little bit (even if I try not to) which > will then lead to prints of slightly different size. > > Don't shout, if the answer is all to obvious, just laugh at me... > > Thanks, > > Sven > > > > >
OT: Photoshop question
I have a question regarding Photoshop - I hope it is not too silly... If I want to crop an image but wish to retain a (or arrive at a) certain aspect ratio - how can I do this? If I select a frame to crop to, I will most certainly change the aspect ratio a little bit (even if I try not to) which will then lead to prints of slightly different size. Don't shout, if the answer is all to obvious, just laugh at me... Thanks, Sven
FS Friday: Motherboard and CPU
Epox 8KTA+ motherboard and AMD Athlon 1GHz CPU. $60.00 plus shipping. Been my main system until about a month ago. Quite Photoshop capable :) The bargain price is because only one of the three SDRAM slots on the motherboard work. The other two work fine and you can stick a gig of memory in there. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: PAW - Portage Glacier "Macro" - Week of 3/29/04
Nice composition and lighting - I especially like the crackled / marbled effect on the backlit piece of ice. The circle also serve as centers of interest that pull the composition together. It's a good shot but my personal preference is for your "Ice Flower" shot, which moved just a notch or two more in the direction of an abstract, which I think kicked it up a level in aesthetics. As for being a macro - this looks freakin' huge to me! Was it some tiny little thing? - MCC At 07:20 PM 3/30/2004 -0500, you wrote: Taken @ Portage, Alaska, hand held from a tour boat to reduce vibrations. Any idea as to the magnification? Comments - likes/dislikes - what would you have done differently? http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Thanks in advance for taking the time. Kenneth Waller - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
Re: Predictions, anyone?
I have to reply on this one. I have no doubt at all that Pentax will produce a low end digital The only question is when it will come out. This is THE market. The *ist D was needed first for reputation and trial technology reasons, but they will make much more money on the low end camera, Canon or not. After all, Pentax produces cheap film SLRs to compete with the Rebel, and that's a lot more of a losing battle than the DSLR market. IMHO, of course . . . Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/02/04 02:45AM >>> In a message dated 3/31/2004 2:49:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think we'll see the Baby D by Xmas along with some more optios. IOW, I agree with Bill. Steven Desjardins Yeah, I don't think there is any profit to Pentax in producing a Baby D. Not really. No point in competing with C, they wouldn't capture much of the potential 300D market. And they've already dropped the *istD to be more competitively priced for a mid to upper end DSLR. More optios, sure. And maybe a second generation *istD... someday. Or a MF equivalent. Be nicer if they did one or both of those anyway. Marnie aka Doe
RE: Ignoring:PS colour -3 choices ?
I have this on order at the moment based on the Luminous Landscape recommendation: "An excellent new book has just crossed my desk. It's Tim Grey's Color Confidence - The Digital Photographer's Guide to Color Management. It is clearly written. beautifully illustrated and contains everything that a photographer needs to know about this oft-times confusing subject." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0782143164/qid%3D1079646139/sr%3D 2-1/ref%3Dsr%5F2%5F1/104-3772011-2039149 Don't know if anyone knows any others... > -Original Message- > From: Otis Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 April 2004 14:47 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Ignoring:PS colour -3 choices ? > > > Are there any good detailed reference texts on color management that > you would recommend. > > Thanks in advance. > > Otis Wright > > Herb Chong wrote: > > >not necessary. it is necessay to enable color management by having a > >chosen working space in Photoshop and converting everything that is > >tagged with a known color space to that one on input. if a > file isn't > >tagged with a color space and it's from a digital camera, you can > >assume that it is sRGB. sRGB is an IEC standard. the > different types of > >sRGB given by a camera are to tell it how to modify the > captured color > >before saving in sRGB in the file on the memory card. if your camera > >supports it, Adobe RGB is a wider gamut color space and gives better > >results when printing although it looks flatter on the > screen. if this > >is the case, your working space in Photoshop should be Adobe > RGB. if it > >isn't your working space should be sRGB. one of the problems with > >Paintshop Pro is that ir assumes sRGB and provides no means > to map from > >anything else to sRGB. another is that it provides no means > to perform > >even a rough calibration of your monitor. if you can calibrate your > >monitor independently of Paintshop Pro, it can do proper color > >management on printing. Photoshop Elements and Picture > Window Pro are > >two of the lower end programs that do adequate color management for > >display while you are working. > > > >Herb... > >- Original Message - > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:35 AM > >Subject: Re: Ignoring:PS colour -3 choices ? > > > > > > > > > >>So it's best then if you can have the camera color space set to the > >>same color space as PS? And would sRBG on a camera be the > same as sRBG > >>in a > >> > >> > >Photoshop? > > > > > >>(Hope that's the right color space acronym.) Is it > standardized enough > >>to > >> > >> > >be > > > > > >>the same? Or about the same? > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
Re: OT:Parcel delivery.
- Original Message - From: "Malcolm Smith" Subject: RE: OT:Parcel delivery. > > This parcel delivery business really baffles me. It wasn't that long ago > when the adverts of the various companies reflected what happened in real > life - you pay the company to deliver it for an agreed fee upfront > (excluding customs or duties where applicable), they take care of it and > deliver it to the door and hand it to the recipient on receipt of a > signature. They have decided that it is more profitable to screw up and lose the delivery. Their insurance coughs up the replacement cost, and in all likelyhood they will "deliver" the replacement. It's called profiting from ones mistakes, and they have elevated it to a business model. William Robb
Re: Ignoring:PS colour -3 choices ?
Are there any good detailed reference texts on color management that you would recommend. Thanks in advance. Otis Wright Herb Chong wrote: not necessary. it is necessay to enable color management by having a chosen working space in Photoshop and converting everything that is tagged with a known color space to that one on input. if a file isn't tagged with a color space and it's from a digital camera, you can assume that it is sRGB. sRGB is an IEC standard. the different types of sRGB given by a camera are to tell it how to modify the captured color before saving in sRGB in the file on the memory card. if your camera supports it, Adobe RGB is a wider gamut color space and gives better results when printing although it looks flatter on the screen. if this is the case, your working space in Photoshop should be Adobe RGB. if it isn't your working space should be sRGB. one of the problems with Paintshop Pro is that ir assumes sRGB and provides no means to map from anything else to sRGB. another is that it provides no means to perform even a rough calibration of your monitor. if you can calibrate your monitor independently of Paintshop Pro, it can do proper color management on printing. Photoshop Elements and Picture Window Pro are two of the lower end programs that do adequate color management for display while you are working. Herb... - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:35 AM Subject: Re: Ignoring:PS colour -3 choices ? So it's best then if you can have the camera color space set to the same color space as PS? And would sRBG on a camera be the same as sRBG in a Photoshop? (Hope that's the right color space acronym.) Is it standardized enough to be the same? Or about the same?
OT: Neat camera
I finally found a modest-priced 4x5 wood field camera. At least even modest-priced as a used unit. Horseman Woodman. Rather pretty as well. But I still have to save up for it. Hope it's still there when I'm ready. :( CRB -- - "I gave in, and admitted that God was God." C. S. Lewis --
Re: Infamous UPS
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Leon posted: >> UPS is wonderful. In America. Once you go beyond that you have >> problems. ... > >Their reputation IN the USA isn't great either. Perhaps he meant "Uninterruptible Power Supply"? ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: OT:PS colour -3 choices ?
I thought Capture was the raw editor. I opened up the browser software(nikons)and when i clicked on a thumbnail it went to start the Capture program,but its past due 30 days. Looks like i'm missing something here.I would like to use raw for my personal stuff and the jpgs can still be my onsite choice. Dave Just wonmdering if Tiff would be just as good > you don't need Capture to convert from RAW. > > Herb > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 8:47 AM > Subject: Re: OT:PS colour -3 choices ? > > > > Hi Butch. > > I'm shooting Raw + Jpeg mode.My 30 day trial Capyure 4 is expired,so i was > printing a few > > from the > > Jpgs. > > The camera has 2 sRGB settings,one for portraits and one for landscapes > and the Adobe RGB > > for all > > round shooting. > >
Re: Predictions, anyone?
>Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 05:28:52 -0700 >From: John Mustarde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Prediction: > >Pentax DSLR with built-in endoscope. > >Camera name: *Ouch. > >Will kick competition in the you-know-what. > >-- >Cactus Jack Accompanied by the ad cam-pain: "Where ist it?" "What ist it doing to me?" "You want to see my ist?" (Suitably pronounced in German or English.) :) CRB -- - "I gave in, and admitted that God was God." C. S. Lewis --
Re: Infamous UPS
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 21:34:33 CST, you wrote: >Leon posted: >> UPS is wonderful. In America. Once you go beyond that you have >> problems. ... > >Their reputation IN the USA isn't great >either. One of the many hats I wear at work requires I keep an eye on the shipping performance of several major carriers we use, which includes thousands of shipments per month ranging from one package to full truckload quantities. Rest assured every shipper loses or destroys or damages or delivers to wrong address at least 2% of all shipments. There are really no exceptions - all carriers are about as good (or bad, depending on how one looks at it.) Sometimes the poor performance will spike up over 5% per month for a carrier, but generally they stay in the 2% - 3% range for what we call carrier errors. So if one ships enough packages, the law of averages says there will be a plenty or horror stories for everyone. Today we are preparing a rush replacement order - we shipped 64 cartons on a pallet, when they arrived at the customer most were soaked with oil. 30-weight, looks like. Somewhere between one and ten gallons. How in the heck could that have happened. So when selecting a carrier, look for the things that make them easy to live with, such as easy reimbursement for lost/damaged insured packages, or low cross-border fees. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com
Re: Would this be a custom enamel/paint job?
3) The AOCo logo on pentaprism shouldn't be white. There's a guy over here in Italy doing such things. You can also get green, blue or any other color finish for customizing your camera. Dario Bonazza - Original Message - From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:29 AM Subject: RE: Would this be a custom enamel/paint job? > This camera looks fishy for 2 reasons: > 1) The silver winding lever should be black. > 2) The hot shoe clamp should be silver while the thin metal cover should be > black. > > Regards, > Alan Chan > http://www.pbase.com/wlachan > > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3807434472&category=1524 0 > > > >Nice looking, though. > > _ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=htt p://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines >
Re: New K Mount DSLR
On the top of the page is a drop-down where you can get their "April Fools?" explanation. But it was just too close to what is practical to be a really good joke. It might be doable. CRB -- - "I gave in, and admitted that God was God." C. S. Lewis --
Re: Predictions, anyone?
Prediction: Pentax DSLR with built-in endoscope. Camera name: *Ouch. Will kick competition in the you-know-what. -- 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: Infamous UPS
Many of their packages arrive crushed. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:34 PM Subject: Re: Infamous UPS > Leon posted: > > UPS is wonderful. In America. Once you go beyond that you have > > problems. ... > > Their reputation IN the USA isn't great > either. > >
