Re: Norcal PDML meet - SF
Hey Bruce, you can put confirmed next to my name on that list, as well as a possible guest or two. I helped convert a coworker of mine over to Pentax (he bought the *istDL two-lens kit last week), and he and his girlfriend might be coming along. John Celio -- http://www.neovenator.com AIM: Neopifex Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and pretend I'm making a statement.
Re: OT: Vertigo, then and now
I totally agree. Thanks for sharing this Juan! I wasn't going to click on every link, but I couldn't resist. A.H. movies are most of my favorites, including Vertigo. Any movie starring Cary Grant or Audrey Hepburn are on my list as well. Charade is #1 (not Hitchcock). Followed by: North by Northwest and To Catch a Thief at a tie. The Birds, What Happened to Harry?, Rear Window, along with Vertigo, are in the top ten also. How to Steal a Million w/Peter O'Toole and Audrey is enjoyable also. I should have labeled this OT. Tom C. From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Juan Buhler pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Vertigo, then and now Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 22:46:08 -0700 Hello Juan, That is very cool to look at. It is amazing how much of it has remained similar after all these years. Looking forward to the get together! -- Bruce Tuesday, October 4, 2005, 8:18:59 PM, you wrote: JB I'm posting this here because it has some pictures of the area where JB the SF PDML meetup will happen this Saturday: JB http://www.basichip.com/vertigo/main.htm JB This guy photographed places from scenes in Hitchcock's _Vertigo_, in JB 2003. He did a great job of reproducing the angles and finding the JB right spots. All the pics involving Grant, Bush, Stockton, Sutter, JB Post, etc are the places where we'll be hanging out. JB Just thought you guys would like to see it. BTW, Vertigo is one of my JB favorite films. If you haven't seen it, you should. JB j JB -- JB Juan Buhler JB http://www.jbuhler.com JB photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
Pemtax 67 Cases
I haven't done a lot of research on this topic on my own, but have poked around on the web for half an hour. I'm looking for an aluminum hard side case that will safely accomodate a Pentax 67 with meter prism attached, and a standard 90 or 105mm lens. The kind with the pre-cut foam blocks that are removable to make a custom fit. Any leads, ideas, or experience? Thanks. Tom C.
Re: The slow and painful death of film.
On 4 Oct 2005 at 23:09, Tom C wrote: I take it this would not be the case were you to receive 'RAW' files vs. .jpg? Or is the processing totally geared towards .jpgs? This is one big reason why it would be great if DNG (or some similar scheme) was adopted as a de facto digital film by all the camera manufacturers. Print processing equipment could be designed to read and optimize (plus manual operator adjustment if required) DNG/RAW files. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Pentax 67 Cases
Spellin' corrected... I haven't done a lot of research on this topic on my own, but have poked around on the web for half an hour. I'm looking for an aluminum hard side case that will safely accomodate a Pentax 67 with meter prism attached, and a standard 90 or 105mm lens. The kind with the pre-cut foam blocks that are removable to make a custom fit. Any leads, ideas, or experience? Thanks. Tom C.
Re: Pentax 67 Cases
On 5 Oct 2005 at 0:28, Tom C wrote: Spellin' corrected... I haven't done a lot of research on this topic on my own, but have poked around on the web for half an hour. I'm looking for an aluminum hard side case that will safely accomodate a Pentax 67 with meter prism attached, and a standard 90 or 105mm lens. The kind with the pre-cut foam blocks that are removable to make a custom fit. Any leads, ideas, or experience? Thanks. Have you considered an ABS case like Pelican or UK? I'm just not that fond of ally cases, the ally is generally just a foil over some ply and most aren't dust or water proof either. http://www.pelican.com/cases/cases.html http://www.customcaseco.com/ukcases.html Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: Pentax 67 Cases
Quoting Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Spellin' corrected... I haven't done a lot of research on this topic on my own, but have poked around on the web for half an hour. I'm looking for an aluminum hard side case that will safely accomodate a Pentax 67 with meter prism attached, and a standard 90 or 105mm lens. The kind with the pre-cut foam blocks that are removable to make a custom fit. Any leads, ideas, or experience? Thanks. Tom C. In my previous job, we used to use Storm cases: http://www.stormcase.com/ ...to transport Panel PCs and sensitive camera gear around the world. These are like Pelican cases, but have a number of better features (benefits listed on their website). Turned out to be marginally cheaper than Pelicans too. Derby
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Rob Studdert wrote: What gets me is (if you've been watching the *ist D grip thread) that the *ist D sans grip is apparently too small for many people which is counter to the general Pentax DSLRs are great because they're small discussions. In addition to it being removable, the grip only adds to one dimension. And no, the slogan should be: PENTAX, because size matters. Kostas
Re: The slow and painful death of film.
On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, William Robb wrote: The customer is responsible for the resolution being great enough, the white balance being correct, the image compression not being too great, and the exposure being close to correct. Quite honestly, I have more trouble with digital print quality than with film print quality because of customer misintervention of the process. Yet another reason not to be bothered with digital, while still possible. Kostas
Re: OT: Vertigo, then and now
On 10/4/05, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any movie starring Cary Grant or Audrey Hepburn are on my list as well. Charade is #1 (not Hitchcock). Funny, I just saw Charade last night (I had seen it before, many years ago.) An interesting thing to note: Because of a technicality, this film fell out of copyright and is now public domain. It can actually be downloaded from the Internet Archive, here: http://www.archive.org/details/charade (go back to feature films for many other public domain works--including some early Hitchcock films like The Man Who Knew Too Much. rant Too bad copyright law doesn't have its original purpose anymore--it would be really interesting if post-1937 works were allowed to go into the public domain. /rant j -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
Re: PAW: The Love of my Life
Interesting shot, more interesting with the title. frank theriault wrote: Okay, I guess I love my kids more... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3777084size=lg vbg Comments are always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson ... and I thought I didn't have a life... (I'm getting to say this a lot lately.) -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Except, perhaps, you have one motor instead of one in each and every lens? Seems more sensible to me... And if you update the motor, you'll see an improvement for *all* lenses. If you have an original EOS lens, and buy a new lens, you have just updated your AF technology. Not really. You are still stuck with the same in-camera sensor system, aren't you? If you are using a 20 year old camera with the drive motor in the camera, you are stuck with that technology until you ditch the camera. Does it matter, anyway, where you put the motor? Aren't the most important factors in an AF system what the sensor does and how you process its data - and how fast you do it? The most important factor is how efficienty the overall system works. Lens driven AF is more efficient than body driven AF. I very much doubt that this holds as a general claim. - T
RE: ist D Battery Grip
I bought mine with the camera thinking the extra battery capacity might be useful but stopped using it because the extra size (height) meant the camera would no longer fit in the camera bags I use. I've never found the *ist-D hard to hold so the extra size wasn't a bonus for me. I've just returned after two months of traveling around the UK and France on holiday and I no longer have any tolerance for something that adds extra weight to my camera setup, so that is another mark against it. As it was, the battery life with 2100 and 2500 ah NiMh batteries meant that it would have been superfluous anyway. Paul Ewins
Re: Another Auction
I love the line No time wasters please! - Dave (among all that electronic junk I don't see a clock) On Oct 4, 2005, at 10:31 PM, Kevin Waterson wrote: If this one gets away from you, you may be able to travel back and get it. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/Other/ auction-36725938.htm Kevin -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
Pentax could do that, if they wanted to. Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote on 04.10.05 12:10: I am also wondering of it additonally ensures that the mount stays the same. Nikon mount negates this. You've got both - traditional screw type AF drive and possibility to use AF-S and VR lenses with the same mount. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Pemtax 67 Cases
On 5/10/05, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: have poked around on the web for half an hour. This has always been my intention, ever since I got internet hook-up. Unfortunately I can't think of one single instance where I actually kept to my intention ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: PAW/PESO: Nearly Naked
Frank, I'm surprised at you, there's a lot of detail and it's in focus. ;-) frank theriault wrote: I took my Yashicamat out for a walk a couple of weeks ago, for the first time in about 2 years. It was fun! This is one of my favourite shots of the one roll I took. Sadly, my primitive scanning techniques don't allow you to see the amazing detail in this print, but maybe you'll get a bit of an idea of it: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3777335 I must do this more often. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: OT - Konolta to cease digi sales in Canada
On Oct 5, 2005, at 4:52 PM, William Robb wrote: You can solve a lot of problems with a chainsaw. To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems. -- Homer Simpson
Re: OT - Konolta to cease digi sales in Canada
Actually the Honeywell deal, was the other way around. Pentax wanted to get control of their own distribution in a major market. Without Pentax Honeywell had nothing of any substance to sell... graywolf wrote: First Minolta bought Textronics which made them broke. Then Konica bought Minolta which probably made them broke. Wonder who will buy Konica now? GRIN OTOH, probably the only reason that they are not available in Canada is that the independent distributor went belly up. As soon as they find a new one they will most likely be back. This kind of thing happens in markets too small for the company to set up their own distributorship. Even in the US, remember when Honeywell was the Pentax distributor? When they went out of the photography business Pentax had to take over themselves. The US was too big a market to ignor. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- P. J. Alling wrote: Apparently Konolta is in worse shape than we thought. (Now here's something to start a stampede away from a brand name). Christian wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0510/05100302nokmdcs_4ca.asp Sales and distribution of Digital/35mm cameras, film scanners, binoculars, photo meters, and their accessories will however cease in Canada. What did the Canucks do this time? ;-) No soup for you! Christian -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: ist D Battery Grip
I thought you were already potty... Cotty wrote: On 4/10/05, Thibouille, discombobulated, unleashed: you WILL have to shit it off when using it in landscape mode for a while That would drive me potty! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
PESO Unintentional photos from my recent trip
It's been a long time between PESOs for me but here are three pics from my recent trip: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4645.jpg (~109kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4324.jpg (~58kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP3596.jpg (~116kB) Please comment if you desire but really I had very little part to play in the making of these pics apart from carrying the camera and bumping the shutter release :-) Oh and they were all shot with manual focus lenses. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: Optio60/S6
Lots of companies give different designations to items that are sold in different stores. My Photo printer is the HP7350s, if I had bought it in Wall Mart it would have been a HP7350w. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen two names for the same camera. The Pentax web site calls it the S6. But @ WalMart it's the 60. (And the local camera store aren't likely to sell it until the S45 units have sold.) Collin KC8TKA mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: OT: Lighting Advice Needed
From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here is what I am trying to figure out: 1. I have a pair of Smith Victor A100's bought on Ebay. The listing said that they would take up to a 500W bulb but the lights themselves list only bulb types for 250W. I emailed Smith Victor and they responded that the 500W light extends past my 10 reflectors which is why they don't recommend using them. Other than the need to be very careful that nothing touches the bulb, is there any reason why I can't use the bigger light bulb? You may have medium to long term problems because the extra heat may affect susceptible parts. Sorry I can't be more specific than that. 2. I want to use a dimmer switch to conserve the color of my tungsten lights between shots. Smith Victor recommends a DC-1 control but doesn't say how much wattage I can run through it. Can I use a heavy weight multiple outlet extension cord and put all 1000 Watts (both lights) through the same dimmer? amps = wattage divided by volts. Dimmers are usually rated by the power (wattage) they can control. You may find you are limited by the amount of current you are allowed to draw from a household outlet. In the UK (240Volt) this is 13amps. Your setup would draw about 4amps here. There, it will be more like 9. Don't use a wind-up extension without pulling all the wire off the reel. voice of experience You can start quite an exciting fire due to inductive effects melting the insulation. /voice of experience Can't help you with the rest. mike - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed AM 04:59:16 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... On 5 Oct 2005 at 6:48, DagT wrote: I was referring to the fact that the 1Ds mkII is about the same size and weight as the Pentax 67, not the use. What gets me is (if you've been watching the *ist D grip thread) that the *ist D sans grip is apparently too small for many people which is counter to the general Pentax DSLRs are great because they're small discussions. I noticed that. It's very interesting - I had hoped that the DSLR line would be even smaller than the film SLRs, as there was no film/film transport to accommodate. No doubt the extra batteries and electronics account for that. Still a disappointment. I also find that the D (not handled any of the others) is very oddly balanced. Much heavier on the left than the right. Which is not to inject a dose of politics into this thread. 8-) mike - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: RE: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed AM 05:03:23 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII Cool!... Leica? Tom C. No, it's a dog with a stick. From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Pentax Discuss pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 22:52:24 -0600 Just when you though I had wound down. This is a just a snapshot of my dog fetching a stick. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/vacation/IMGP0583.html William Robb - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
I think it has more to do with the *ist-D's built in grip, that the size of the camera. While I don't have any real gripes with the grip, I do sometimes wish it were deeper like the one on the Ds... Rob Studdert wrote: On 5 Oct 2005 at 6:48, DagT wrote: I was referring to the fact that the 1Ds mkII is about the same size and weight as the Pentax 67, not the use. What gets me is (if you've been watching the *ist D grip thread) that the *ist D sans grip is apparently too small for many people which is counter to the general Pentax DSLRs are great because they're small discussions. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
Supposedly... William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... PENTAX, Official camera of women, and men with small hands... Trying to be funny at 10:35 PM PDT. I know what they say about how foot size relates to other body parts, does hand size work the same way? William Robb -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII
You can't really get the scale of the Dog from this, looks like my Cocker with a much smaller stick... (He only Thinks he's a Rottweiler ). Bruce Dayton wrote: That's no stick, that's a tree! Nice shot. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
P. J. Alling wrote on 05.10.05 9:43: Pentax could do that, if they wanted to. They did. At least in patent filed a few years ago. I have even made a PDF from that patent, we called it KAF3 mount. It used current digital contact for communication and powerzoom contacts to provide voltage supply for USM and IS motors. But strangely Pentax has removed power zoom contacts in the newest cameras... -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
OT Digital NR experience PSCS2 vs NN and NI?
So has anyone compared the NR facilities in PSCS2 CR with the latest incarnations of Noise Ninja or Neatimage? I'm keen to hear if any of you think the PSCS2 CR NR is good enough to dispense with the need for other NR utilities.? (All with reference to post processing DSLR files) Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: PESO Unintentional photos from my recent trip
On 5/10/05, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4645.jpg (~109kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4324.jpg (~58kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP3596.jpg (~116kB) Please comment if you desire but really I had very little part to play in the making of these pics apart from carrying the camera and bumping the shutter release :-) Hmmm, what was Shel saying about wasted frames? ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Nikon lens to M42 body adapter...
Some of the third party K-M42 adapters stick out of the camera body, which doesn't help lens registration much. Genuine Pen tax adapters mount flush in the K mount and retain exact registration. keith_w wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 4, 2005, at 9:55 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: M42 and K-bayonet have the same register... Lens mount body flange-to-film plane measurement? ...and very similar to Nikon bayonet. That's why there are no adapters I know of that will allow infinity focus. There used to be a K-to-M42 adapter that did allow infinity focus. It contained one or more optical elements to make this work. ... Mark, or somebody, didn't leave his quote source intact, so I don't know to whom I should address this question, however... Are you telling me that when I attach Pentax' own M42 to K-mount adapter ring to my K-mount bodies, none of the M42 lenses I subsequently mount will actually be able to focus to infinity?! I was rather nonplused, but managed to ponder...I think that when such a situation occurs, I don't think I attach any M42 mount lens specifically to take scenics or other very long distance shots, nor did I blow any of them up to 11X14 or beyond, so I guess I never noticed. I think the poster is right, and *I* need to be more critical in my examination of my images! Perhaps I was fortunate that all settings in the past have utilized good light, combined with mid- or small diamater apertures, so I never noticed! keith It's generally a bad idea, though. The M42 mount is smaller diameter as well as the same register which makes it hard to make this without also putting a low-power teleconverter in such a mount. That's what Canon did for the FD-EOS converter ... and IMO it was a total waste of time. I've also wondered if the lens mount casting from a K1000 would bolt onto a Spotmatic. Those cameras were similar enough that it just might be the case. You'd be limited to stop-down metering, but you'd have an interesting conversation piece. Yup. Like the guy who adapted the Leica R bayonet mount to his Nikon F2 body. Hated the Leica R bodies, loved their lenses, and didn't care about Nikkor lenses... Godfrey -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: OT - Konolta to cease digi sales in Canada
On Oct 5, 2005, at 9:05 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Actually the Honeywell deal, was the other way around. Pentax wanted to get control of their own distribution in a major market. Without Pentax Honeywell had nothing of any substance to sell... Is that the same Honeywell that's currently valued at $31 billion (and was nearly sold in 2000 to General Electric for $45b)? Darn it, now I'm going to have to read Asterix and the Goths again... - Dave
Re: Optio60/S6
Bob Sullivan wrote: In general, the S3, S4, S5 had optical viewfinders. The S40 and S50 had no optical viewfinder. Regards, Bob S. No, all the cameras you mentioned have optical viewfinders. The main difference between the single-digit Optios and the two-digit models is power supply: two AA batteries for the S30/S40/S45/S50/S55/S60 and one Li-ion for the S/S3/S4/S4i/S5/S5i/S5n/S5z/S6. Optical viewfinder has been dropped within both families from latest models (S5n, S5z, S6, S45, S55, S60), sporting a larger LCD. Dario
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
I know what they say about how foot size relates to other body parts, does hand size work the same way? William Robb P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 2005.10.05 11:43:19: Supposedly... I've got really long fingers plus really large feet and no it doesn't :) I wish it would, though :), although my SO says it's exactly the right size :) Krisjanis
GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Herb
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
Krisjanis Linkevics wrote on 05.10.05 12:08: I've got really long fingers plus really large feet and no it doesn't :) I wish it would, though :), although my SO says it's exactly the right size :) After reading the last posts in this thread, I'am wondering whether first letter in PDML abbreviation really means Pentax? :-))) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
On 5/10/05, Herb Chong, discombobulated, unleashed: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Beautiful collection Herb. 0030, 96, and 124 stand out for me. So you *can* take pictures ;-) Excellent job, really nice. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: OT - Konolta to cease digi sales in Canada
William Robb wrote: You can solve a lot of problems with a chainsaw. I suppose so but I think dynamite is a more elegant solution. Tom Reese
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
I've got really long fingers plus really large feet and no it doesn't :) I wish it would, though :), although my SO says it's exactly the right size :) After reading the last posts in this thread, I'am wondering whether first letter in PDML abbreviation really means Pentax? :-))) Sylwek I meant the *istD :) she says it's purrfect. Wants one of her own. I have to constantly remind her that the gear really doesn't matter, that it's all about the operator :) Krisjanis
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
Krisjanis Linkevics wrote on 05.10.05 12:31: I meant the *istD :) she says it's purrfect. Wants one of her own. I have to constantly remind her that the gear really doesn't matter, that it's all about the operator :) Ah, so that's OK, I was thinking of foot size relates to other body parts as written by William :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII
Good grab. What lens did you use? The 300? Paul On Oct 5, 2005, at 12:52 AM, William Robb wrote: Just when you though I had wound down. This is a just a snapshot of my dog fetching a stick. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/vacation/IMGP0583.html William Robb
Re: Fall in the Adirondacks
Bloody hell, Herb... Now I either need to quit my job so I can spend enough time to even begin to get this good or sell all my camera gear and give up... Sheesh. Herb...Print, bind, sell in stores. Cory - Original Message - From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:20 AM Subject: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Herb -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/117 - Release Date: 10/3/2005
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
thanks, Cotty. it's all in the wrist. Herb - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:24 AM Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks Beautiful collection Herb. 0030, 96, and 124 stand out for me. So you *can* take pictures ;-) Excellent job, really nice.
Trip to Prague, any suggestions?
I am currently planning a trip to Prague at the end of October, any suggestions on what to see in addition to Saudek? Krisjanis
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Herb Chong wrote: http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Some really good pictures there, Herb, esp 2,3 and 10-13 But can we discuss 8? Does it tilt a bit to the right, was it intentional and what is the thinking behind it? Curious, Kostas
Re: Trip to Prague, any suggestions?
Sudek fra: Krisjanis Linkevics [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am currently planning a trip to Prague at the end of October, any suggestions on what to see in addition to Saudek? Krisjanis
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
it does tilt, but the camera was level according to the bubble level on top of the camera. the shoreline was receding as it's at an angle to the film plane. perspective only. i thought about it and left it tilted. Herb - Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:52 AM Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Herb Chong wrote: http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Some really good pictures there, Herb, esp 2,3 and 10-13 But can we discuss 8? Does it tilt a bit to the right, was it intentional and what is the thinking behind it? Curious, Kostas
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
Nice shot. Very pretty. The split frame works well here. Paul On Oct 5, 2005, at 6:20 AM, Herb Chong wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Herb
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
Oops. Didn't realize there was more than one. Yes, a lot of nice work here. I love number 4. Great shadow detail and well-controlled highlights. Good job. Paul On Oct 5, 2005, at 6:24 AM, Cotty wrote: On 5/10/05, Herb Chong, discombobulated, unleashed: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Beautiful collection Herb. 0030, 96, and 124 stand out for me. So you *can* take pictures ;-) Excellent job, really nice. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Fall in the Adirondacks
i'm regularly published in local magazines, and i have a show up about 8 months of the year at a local restaurant. it's fun, but so far, expenses far exceed income. at least my consumable expense is usually covered. it's like getting to Carnegie Hall, practice, practice, practice. Herb - Original Message - From: cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:41 AM Subject: Re: Fall in the Adirondacks Bloody hell, Herb... Now I either need to quit my job so I can spend enough time to even begin to get this good or sell all my camera gear and give up... Sheesh. Herb...Print, bind, sell in stores.
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... PENTAX, Official camera of women, and men with small hands... Trying to be funny at 10:35 PM PDT. I know what they say about how foot size relates to other body parts, does hand size work the same way? I think so. Then again, there is also a theory saying that big toys may be a compensation for small size in certain other areas... - T
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
very nice. i suppose a faster AF would have made it somewhat better, but still, very nice. best, mishka On 10/5/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Herb
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: P. J. Alling wrote on 05.10.05 9:43: Pentax could do that, if they wanted to. They did. At least in patent filed a few years ago. I have even made a PDF from that patent, we called it KAF3 mount. It used current digital contact for communication and powerzoom contacts to provide voltage supply for USM and IS motors. But what if the contacts were missing? Would you still be able to do AF the other way? But strangely Pentax has removed power zoom contacts in the newest cameras... Have they really removed it, or just used the KAF mount instead of KAF2? As far as I can tell, KAF2 has been used only for relative higher-end cameras; KAF ones have always been produced along with them. For instance, while the MZ-5n/MZ-3 and MZ-S have KAF2 mounts, the MZ-6 and below have KAF. - Toralf
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed AM 10:20:46 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Herb 7, 9 13 are like something out of the Pentax Annual. - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: Trip to Prague, any suggestions?
From: Krisjanis Linkevics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed AM 10:51:07 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Trip to Prague, any suggestions? I am currently planning a trip to Prague at the end of October, any suggestions on what to see in addition to Saudek? What else are you interested in? - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: PESO Unintentional photos from my recent trip
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a long time between PESOs for me but here are three pics from my recent trip: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4645.jpg (~109kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4324.jpg (~58kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP3596.jpg (~116kB) Please comment if you desire but really I had very little part to play in the making of these pics apart from carrying the camera and bumping the shutter release :-) Y'know, I looked at the first one and thought that's kind of Theriaultean. The second one sealed it. ;) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed AM 11:17:46 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks very nice. i suppose a faster AF would have made it somewhat better, but still, very nice. best, mishka No, quieter. It wouldn't scare the leaves so much. On 10/5/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Herb - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
Toralf Lund wrote: Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: P. J. Alling wrote on 05.10.05 9:43: Pentax could do that, if they wanted to. They did. At least in patent filed a few years ago. I have even made a PDF from that patent, we called it KAF3 mount. It used current digital contact for communication and powerzoom contacts to provide voltage supply for USM and IS motors. But what if the contacts were missing? Would you still be able to do AF the other way? But strangely Pentax has removed power zoom contacts in the newest cameras... Have they really removed it, or just used the KAF mount instead of KAF2? As far as I can tell, KAF2 has been used only for relative higher-end cameras; KAF ones have always been produced along with them. For instance, while the MZ-5n/MZ-3 and MZ-S have KAF2 mounts, the MZ-6 and below have KAF. - Toralf Umm, as far as I'm aware, the lower-end MZ's use a KAF2 mount without Power Zoom contacts. There's also a new data exchange protocol involved in the new mount. *ist D is definitely a KAF2 based mount, as it does the MTF program Line, which requires the KAF2 data protocol. -Adam
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
Toralf Lund wrote on 05.10.05 13:18: But what if the contacts were missing? Would you still be able to do AF the other way? Then they'd have problems supplying power to USM motor in the lens. Minolta has left power zoom contacts in their mount, and that's why they didn't have any problems implementing their SSM lenses. Have they really removed it, or just used the KAF mount instead of KAF2? As far as I can tell, KAF2 has been used only for relative higher-end cameras; KAF ones have always been produced along with them. For instance, while the MZ-5n/MZ-3 and MZ-S have KAF2 mounts, the MZ-6 and below have KAF. No. KAF2 specifications enable transferring MTF characteristics of a lens to the body. So even without power zoom contacts it is KAF2 (*istD has MTF program) but somewhat crippled. See here: http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/technology/K-mount/Kaf2.html -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
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Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip
Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 4, 2005, at 9:46 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: (Shooting JPEG in camera, however, is much more like shooting slide film.) i'll go along with that, although I've never shot jpegs with my *istD, only with a little PS. Paul My little PS does 'em much better than my *istD (which is just as well, but nevertheless, wrt the performance of the *istD, disappointing.)
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Herb Chong wrote: it does tilt, but the camera was level according to the bubble level on top of the camera. Thanks. at an angle to the film plane To the what? Kostas
Re: Trip to Prague, any suggestions?
I am currently planning a trip to Prague at the end of October, any suggestions on what to see in addition to Saudek? What else are you interested in? 1. picturetaking 2. exibitions 3. beer I'll be taking my SO, so we will probably be in tourist mode most of the time, but I will probably take my MF and/or LF gear so any pointers to scenic landscapes and/or cityscapes would be good. Also it would be good to know if there are any tourist attractions that are just too crowded and should be avoided at this time of year. I'm not much into people/street photography, best they get out of the frame fast and don't trip on the tripod on their way out. Krisjanis
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Re: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
fra: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] very nice. i suppose a faster AF would have made it somewhat better, but still, very nice. No, quieter. It wouldn't scare the leaves so much. But he would have had some extra ripples in the water from the ultrasonic sound waves .-) DagT
Re: PESO Unintentional photos from my recent trip
LOL. I really like the one with all the feet. Just so long as these are not better than the deliberate efforts g Dave Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a long time between PESOs for me but here are three pics from my recent trip: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4645.jpg (~109kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4324.jpg (~58kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP3596.jpg (~116kB) Please comment if you desire but really I had very little part to play in the making of these pics apart from carrying the camera and bumping the shutter release :-)
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
Adam Maas wrote: Toralf Lund wrote: Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: P Have they really removed it, or just used the KAF mount instead of KAF2? As far as I can tell, KAF2 has been used only for relative higher-end cameras; KAF ones have always been produced along with them. For instance, while the MZ-5n/MZ-3 and MZ-S have KAF2 mounts, the MZ-6 and below have KAF. - Toralf Umm, as far as I'm aware, the lower-end MZ's use a KAF2 mount without Power Zoom contacts. There's also a new data exchange protocol involved in the new mount. I'm just referring to Bojidar's page, here. See http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/MZ-ZX/index.html *ist D is definitely a KAF2 based mount, as it does the MTF program Line, which requires the KAF2 data protocol. OK... - T
Re: PESO PAW - A Link to Global Warming
On 10/4/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A QuikSnap made with the DS couldn't pass this by ;-)) http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/globalwarm.html A brave soul - obviously looking for a brick through the window! LOL A fun snap, Shel! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Have they really removed it, or just used the KAF mount instead of KAF2? As far as I can tell, KAF2 has been used only for relative higher-end cameras; KAF ones have always been produced along with them. For instance, while the MZ-5n/MZ-3 and MZ-S have KAF2 mounts, the MZ-6 and below have KAF. No. KAF2 specifications enable transferring MTF characteristics of a lens to the body. So even without power zoom contacts it is KAF2 (*istD has MTF program) but somewhat crippled. See here: http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/technology/K-mount/Kaf2.html Yeah. I knew that. What I was referring to was that according to other pages on that web site, many cameras introduced after KAF2 have KAF mount. But now I notice that the D cameras are all listed as having crippled KAF2... - T
Re: The slow and painful death of film.
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Film to print has a lot more variables controled by the lab. We can process the film well, or poorly. We can scratch the film, or otherwise mar the image in a great variety of ways. We can print it well, or poorly as well. Digital files are mostly finished images that get to have the start button pushed and not much else. If we try to make big changes to the colour or density, they can go pretty strange The reality is, I actually have less control with digital than with film by the time I am getting down to making prints. The customer is responsible for the resolution being great enough, the white balance being correct, the image compression not being too great, and the exposure being close to correct. Quite honestly, I have more trouble with digital print quality than with film print quality because of customer misintervention of the process. This is exactly what the lab manager said at the place I worked. C-41 processing gives everything a common, known foundation. For example, you only have one of two white balances: Daylight or tungsten. (And for 99.99% of the time that means daylight.) Big changes to color or density really are unworkable with 8-bit JPEG files. We had one customer who sent us a big batch of files to be printed and somewhere in the middle they had (accidentally) set their camera's white balance to fluorescent, giving everything a magenta cast. It's a nightmare for the lab because the average customer simply won't believe that it isn't the lab's fault. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: The slow and painful death of film.
- Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis Subject: Re: The slow and painful death of film. Quite honestly, I have more trouble with digital print quality than with film print quality because of customer misintervention of the process. Yet another reason not to be bothered with digital, while still possible. Lets not blame the failings of the customer on the technology. Most of the problems I see could be solved if they would read their owners manuals. William Robb
Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII You can't really get the scale of the Dog from this, looks like my Cocker with a much smaller stick... (He only Thinks he's a Rottweiler ). My Rottie thinks she is a Lhasa Apso. William Robb
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
- Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Except, perhaps, you have one motor instead of one in each and every lens? Seems more sensible to me... And if you update the motor, you'll see an improvement for *all* lenses. If you have an original EOS lens, and buy a new lens, you have just updated your AF technology. Not really. You are still stuck with the same in-camera sensor system, aren't you? Sure, but you have quite likely updated some of the control circuitry and are taking advantage of improvements in AF motor technology. If you have in camera AF, you are locked out of this. The most important factor is how efficienty the overall system works. Lens driven AF is more efficient than body driven AF. I very much doubt that this holds as a general claim. Two out of four camera companies disagree with you. William Robb
Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII Good grab. What lens did you use? The 300? HAR!! That was shot with my Optio 750, with a crop taken out of the center. I'm kinda scraping bottom for pictures.. Thanks for looking. William Robb This is a just a snapshot of my dog fetching a stick. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/vacation/IMGP0583.html William Robb
Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII
On 10/5/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just when you though I had wound down. This is a just a snapshot of my dog fetching a stick. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/vacation/IMGP0583.html William Robb Nice one! -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO: Sand Pile
On 10/4/05, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip but, like Frank (?) I was distracted trying to figure out what it was even though you have told us. snip Just to set the record straight, I didn't say I was distracted. I said I couldn't tell what it was, even after being told, but that it was still cool. It worked for me very well as an abstract design. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: OT: Vertigo, then and now
On 10/4/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm posting this here because it has some pictures of the area where the SF PDML meetup will happen this Saturday: http://www.basichip.com/vertigo/main.htm This guy photographed places from scenes in Hitchcock's _Vertigo_, in 2003. He did a great job of reproducing the angles and finding the right spots. All the pics involving Grant, Bush, Stockton, Sutter, Post, etc are the places where we'll be hanging out. Just thought you guys would like to see it. BTW, Vertigo is one of my favorite films. If you haven't seen it, you should. Cool link!! thanks, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
On 10/5/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... If you have an original EOS lens, and buy a new lens, you have just updated your AF technology. If you are using a 20 year old camera with the drive motor in the camera, you are stuck with that technology until you ditch the camera. William Robb If you have several Pentax AF lenses and a 20 year old camera, and buy a new body, you have just updated your AF technology. If you are using 20 year old lenses with the drive motor in the lens, you are stuck with that technology until you ditch them all. grin -- Best regards, Alex Sarbu
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
Except, perhaps, you have one motor instead of one in each and every lens? Seems more sensible to me... And if you update the motor, you'll see an improvement for *all* lenses. If you have an original EOS lens, and buy a new lens, you have just updated your AF technology. Not really. You are still stuck with the same in-camera sensor system, aren't you? Sure, but you have quite likely updated some of the control circuitry and are taking advantage of improvements in AF motor technology. If you have in camera AF, you are locked out of this. Yes, but in return for that, you are given the ability to take advantage of improved AF motor technology *with existing lenses* if you replace the body. The most important factor is how efficienty the overall system works. Lens driven AF is more efficient than body driven AF. I very much doubt that this holds as a general claim. Two out of four camera companies disagree with you. Logically that proves the choice is arbitrary, doesn't it? Furthermore, I suspect Canon chose in-lens motors because they had decided that there would be no mechanical coupling whatsoever between the lens an body, i.e. not based on AF considerations as such. May or may not have been a good idea; that's really a different discussion. - T
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:30:47 +0200, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Except, perhaps, you have one motor instead of one in each and every lens? Seems more sensible to me... And if you update the motor, you'll see an improvement for *all* lenses. If you have an original EOS lens, and buy a new lens, you have just updated your AF technology. Not really. You are still stuck with the same in-camera sensor system, aren't you? Sure, but you have quite likely updated some of the control circuitry and are taking advantage of improvements in AF motor technology. If you have in camera AF, you are locked out of this. Ehm, people update their camera's more often than their lenses, don't they? In that case you'd better put everything in-body: Buy a new cam, and all your lenses have updated AF... The most important factor is how efficienty the overall system works. Lens driven AF is more efficient than body driven AF. I very much doubt that this holds as a general claim. Two out of four camera companies disagree with you. Currently. That still does not prove an in-lens system is better in principle. As a simile, public radio shifted from wireless technology to wired and back at least two times in the last 100 years... -- Regards, Lucas
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
On 5 Oct 2005 at 13:30, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Then they'd have problems supplying power to USM motor in the lens. Minolta has left power zoom contacts in their mount, and that's why they didn't have any problems implementing their SSM lenses. These days it would be very easy to supply power and control all lens functions plus provide feedback using a pair of contacts, just line power over LAN (IEEE 802.3af). Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
Beautiful, Herb. It doesn't take great swaths of color to make autumn photos work! Wish I was up there... Rick --- Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Herb __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
On 10/5/05, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: at an angle to the film plane To the what? Kostas The ICP? (Image Capture Plane - that would cover both film and sensors) -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
On 10/5/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Beautiful... -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
Nice work Herb. Looks a lot like Michigan in the fall. A few of the first coupla images appeared on the verge of over sharpened. I'm a sucker for reed and water reflection shots. thanks for posting Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Herb PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
OT: Chilly PESO
G'day trendsetters, Last night I updated my version of PTGui http://www.ptgui.com I ended up spending the next 3 hours stitching everything and anything I could find putting it through it's paces. This is a very cool GUI for the Panorama Tools program. The auto control points feature is surprisingly accurate, and the blending is very good (It managed to make a decent pano of some shots where the exposure's were all over the place). Anyway, I stitched together 2 shots I took over 10 years ago when my Dad I were holidaying in Canada. It's nothing special, but II thought I'd share the results (~130k): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_011.htm Taken around the Athabasca Falls area of Jasper National Park in Alberta. As a young bloke who had only ever seen ice from the freezer, this spun me right out. (Truth be told, it still spins me out :-). To drag this back on topic, it was on that holiday when I got my first Pentax SLR. Enjoy. Dave
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
it's all in the wrist. I'll have to try it that way, I thought it was all in the finger. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks thanks, Cotty. it's all in the wrist. Herb - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:24 AM Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks Beautiful collection Herb. 0030, 96, and 124 stand out for me. So you *can* take pictures ;-) Excellent job, really nice. PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
Re: OT: Vertigo, then and now
That's pretty neat. It's good to see that not everything has been bulldozed over the years. Dave On 10/5/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm posting this here because it has some pictures of the area where the SF PDML meetup will happen this Saturday: http://www.basichip.com/vertigo/main.htm This guy photographed places from scenes in Hitchcock's _Vertigo_, in 2003. He did a great job of reproducing the angles and finding the right spots. All the pics involving Grant, Bush, Stockton, Sutter, Post, etc are the places where we'll be hanging out. Just thought you guys would like to see it. BTW, Vertigo is one of my favorite films. If you haven't seen it, you should. j -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
Rob Studdert wrote on 05.10.05 14:57: These days it would be very easy to supply power and control all lens functions plus provide feedback using a pair of contacts, just line power over LAN (IEEE 802.3af). Yes, but I'm not sure if contacts (other than powerzoom) on KAF2 mount can handle well enough high currents required by USM and/or IS motors during their start. -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
Re: OT: Chilly PESO
On 10/5/05, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day trendsetters, snip Anyway, I stitched together 2 shots I took over 10 years ago when my Dad I were holidaying in Canada. It's nothing special EVERYTHING about Canada is special... LOL , but II thought I'd share the results (~130k): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_011.htm Taken around the Athabasca Falls area of Jasper National Park in Alberta. As a young bloke who had only ever seen ice from the freezer, this spun me right out. (Truth be told, it still spins me out :-). Have you ever seen ice-climbing? These crazy guys are just like rock-climbers - you know, climbing up shear cliffs - except the do it up ~ice~! Frozen waterfalls, glaciers, stuff like that. Darwinism takes care of a couple of them each year. To drag this back on topic, it was on that holiday when I got my first Pentax SLR. Very cool pic, BTW. I've never seen Canada's West, and beautiful photos like yours serve to remind me that such a trip should be on my horizon. thanks, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
fra: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rob Studdert wrote on 05.10.05 14:57: These days it would be very easy to supply power and control all lens functions plus provide feedback using a pair of contacts, just line power over LAN (IEEE 802.3af). Yes, but I'm not sure if contacts (other than powerzoom) on KAF2 mount can handle well enough high currents required by USM and/or IS motors during their start. Both camera and lens has to be prepared for USM, so there is no reason why the contacts couldn't be adapted to handle the currents. The problem would be the risk for older equipment that isn't prepared to receive such currents, but as all new lenses have microprecessors identifying them that could be avoided in the camera by only applying the USM when it recognizes a USM lens. IS lenses could be a little different, depending on how camera dependent the solution is. DagT
Re: PESO Unintentional photos from my recent trip
On 10/5/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4645.jpg (~109kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4324.jpg (~58kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP3596.jpg (~116kB) Y'know, I looked at the first one and thought that's kind of Theriaultean. The second one sealed it. ;) Colour shots, Mark? g Other than that, there is a certain familiarity to these ones, isn't there? Well done, Rob! I like 'em. LOL cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
Really like this series - especially the abstract nature of 100 124. Where were these taken relative to Glens Falls (my best point of reference)? -P Herb Chong wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Herb
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
Herb, Enjoyed the crisp beautiful fall experience. Terrific! Shot with *istD..or? Thanks. Jack --- Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Herb __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: 50 years of photojournalism
On Oct 5, 2005, at 4:46 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/ in_pictures_50_years_of_photojournalism/html/1.stm Some intense photographs... Godfrey
Re: PAW/PESO: Nearly Naked
On 10/5/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, I'm surprised at you, there's a lot of detail and it's in focus. ;-) Sorry... LOL -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW/PESO: Nearly Naked
On 10/4/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Add my kudos to the list. This is a wonderful shot! Merci! -le knarf -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks
Very nice Herb. Whereabouts in the Adirondacks were you? (I live in the Albany area, and usually make it up there a couple of times a year) -Mat On 10/5/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the most part, hadn't even started to turn yellow yet. the skies were clear blue with a few wispy clouds at most. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Herb
Re: The slow and painful death of film.
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis Subject: Re: The slow and painful death of film. Quite honestly, I have more trouble with digital print quality than with film print quality because of customer misintervention of the process. Yet another reason not to be bothered with digital, while still possible. Lets not blame the failings of the customer on the technology. Most of the problems I see could be solved if they would read their owners manuals. No, I was replying as the customer. Did I need to know how the cylinder turned into pictures? No. Do I want to know? No. Do I have to know with digital? Yes. Do I cringe? Yes. I am not blaming digital. I am still not attracted by the workflow. It's great for ebay! Kostas
