Re: FID (Film is Dead)
Malcolm Smith wrote: John Sessoms wrote: I use both digital and film. I do so because -BOTH- fill some desire, some need I have for capturing an image. And I'm not alone. You're not, but at times you'd think you were. I know that when I use a film camera where other people are using cameras, I'm usually (read 99% of the time) the only film user. I also don't particularly like the comments that some folk make about 'updating to digital' to me as though I'd never heard of such a thing and or imagined film might be a choice for me. Or maybe it is that unusual now? I like being different. 8-) WRT being told about digital, I've started explaining, as you would to a child, that I have big hands and therefore couldn't possibly consider downsizing. A real dinosaur user of slide film; yet I love the wait for my processed film to return. At the same time I love my *ist D as a replacement for colour print film and the million and one other uses I'm sure I said I'd never use it for - and have and never regretted. There is still one film camera I'd like, but strangely in this digital world, prices of film cameras haven't plunged to nothing yet by some way. I'd also like a K10D - but other than 'would like one', I can't think of a convincing reason to get one, although I suspect the K10D will slip in price first! I was looking at the Samsung version yesterday. Just over £400 with the 18-55. _Much_ more robust and serious-looking (if you get my drift) that the equivalent-priced competition. So here we are in the latter part of 2007 and still film and digital have a home here. I suspect how long it remains so will be more down to supply and cost of slide film. Ditto. I have taken the precaution of laying in a few years' supply and buying a processor. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Norm's Due
My cell phone went off at some ungodly hour but by the time I reached it downstairs it had diverted to ansaphone. Norm, you are so gonna get your come-uppance mate. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Norm's Due
Congratulations Norm! How many weeks? Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recently Enabled
On Aug 9, 2007, at 2:42 AM, David Savage wrote: The one on the left is the FA* 300mm f4.5 the other is the FA* 200mm f2.8. I have that 200 and the F* version of the 300. Both are very nice lenses :) - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital. Solutoin: medium format. But what? Hasselblad makes the sexiest gear I've ever seen. But I can't afford it even used. I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg area the name of the game? But I HATE the look of the camera. It sounds like it requires a tripod bigger than God and MLU for every shot. Flash sync sucks at only 1/30. No hotshoe for my level. Pluses: waist-level finder (apparently not a great one). 645: less neg. fixed prism -- no WL finder looks more like a hassy :) data imprinting (a must) less need for mlu/tripods/etc focus confirm on manual lenses uses 67 lenses Maybe a 645D in the future -- yeah right. So: Which should I get? Is the cost in image size worth all the other benefits of the 645? Or should i skip MF and go straight to a 4x5 view camera? Or should I go to a 6x6 view camera with the idea of robbing a bank for a digital back? But only P67/P645 will play with my existing bodies... Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, or tips appreciated. I really wanted a waist-level finder... Thanks, david -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
On 8/9/07, David Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg area the name of the game? But I HATE the look of the camera. I have always liked the look of the Mamiya RF medium format cameras: http://www.mamiya.com/cameras.asp?id=1id2=24 I don't know if they have all the features your after, but it's a sweet looking camera :-) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: YACCP...
IIRC, the PESO term emerged around May 2004. Just before Adelheid and I met up at Newark Airport for our Eastern USA Grand Tour. But as much I would like to take credit for coining it, I'm pretty sure I didn't... If Shel wasn't the culprit, I'd wager a bet that it was some other North American. Preferrably one with a weak spot for acronyms. Collin Brendemuehl, maybe? Tom Cakalic? William Robb? Anyone with time to spare could look in the archives, I guess... :-) Jostein 2007/8/8, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In a message dated 8/8/2007 6:44:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think PESO has been current on a couple of the Leica groups for some time, (though it's possible that Jostein coined it anew here). Shel Belinkoff introduced PAWs to this list, taking it from the Leica list/group. I am not sure who coined PESOs, might have been Jostein (I thought it was frank, actually). Anyway, someone said they didn't want to do PAWs (one a week) so they would do PESOs (every so often). And most took it up. PAWs are too much work. :-) It's quite possible that PESO went from here back to them, rather than the other way around. Marnie aka Doe - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: FID (Film is Dead)
mike wilson wrote: I like being different. 8-) WRT being told about digital, I've started explaining, as you would to a child, that I have big hands and therefore couldn't possibly consider downsizing. LOL! Taking still, rather than motion film (via the proper equipment or mobile 'phone handsets) probably sets anyone apart as different anyway! I was looking at the Samsung version yesterday. Just over £400 with the 18-55. _Much_ more robust and serious-looking (if you get my drift) that the equivalent-priced competition. I hadn't looked at the prices of Pentax or rivals for some months until this morning, given your comments above. I've been very surprised at what's out there and particularly surprised at the current K10D prices. I think my flexible friend may be tempted to become a little more brittle. This was a very bad thing to do this morning. Ditto. I have taken the precaution of laying in a few years' supply and buying a processor. Sounds a good move and savings on bulk film purchase. I'd do the same if I had any space left at all in the freezer/house. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
what flash unit for the K10D?
Having waited half a year for a new Metz flash unit having P-TTL, the announced dedicated Mecablitz 58 AF-1 with USB is not offered anywhere around here. The Metz SCA system is no longer useful for P-TTL. My current Metz TTL unit, which I have to use in A-mode on the K10D, gives many miss hits and is not very useful for fill-in flash. Sigma doesn't show the K10D P-TTL on their lists. So that leaves only the Pentax AF 540FGZ or the 360FGZ to choice from? Henk -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Mews, Stony Creek
2007/8/7, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: cognoscenti: Those who know Those who know the scent, aka mr. Bean: Vote Bean - You nose it makes sense? cognesnotty: The stringy material that forms in the nasal passages of Those who know. Cognocementi: The same material three weeks later. Duh. :-) Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
On 8/9/07, David Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg area the name of the game? But I HATE the look of the camera. I have always liked the look of the Mamiya RF medium format cameras: I have a friend with one of these. It's seriously light next to my P67 and hence much more portable. The only drawbacks seem to be: 1) it's a rangefinder so you are not looking through the lens (and all that that implies from parallax probs to trying to use ND grads) 2) lenses aren't as cheap or common secondhand as P67 ones I'd have one as a travel medium format if I could justify the cost of the lenses (Robert White in the UK is selling off new kits for 950 GBP +tax http://www.robertwhite.co.uk). Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
On 2007-08-09, at 09:46, David Bliss wrote: Which should I get? Is the cost in image size worth all the other benefits of the 645? Or should i skip MF and go straight to a 4x5 view camera? Or should I go to a 6x6 view camera with the idea of robbing a bank for a digital back? But only P67/P645 will play with my existing bodies... Ask yourself if you really need enlargments as big as it is possible from 67? If not - take 645 which will be still huge improvement over 35 mm (2.7 x bigger frame area), and will act like a just big SLR (it is no bigger and heavier than pro 35 mm SLRs like Nikon F5) and it is perfectly handholdable (mirror shock is very, very nicely damped, much better than in Mamiya 645 bodies see test here: http://luminous- landscape.com/reviews/cameras/645-mlu.shtml). And last but not least - 35 mm lens considered as the best in MF - Jostein has tested it and despite being MF glass it was about as good as FA 31 Ltd. More you'll find here: http://medfmt.8k.com/ http://www.kcat.zaq.ne.jp/p645/index.html (Japanese only...) http://luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/645nii.shtml Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: what flash unit for the K10D?
The Sigma 500 Super is compatible with the K10D but not particularly reliable. The Pentax AF 540 FGZ is a solid performer. An external battery pack is also available. Paul On Aug 9, 2007, at 5:53 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: Having waited half a year for a new Metz flash unit having P-TTL, the announced dedicated Mecablitz 58 AF-1 with USB is not offered anywhere around here. The Metz SCA system is no longer useful for P-TTL. My current Metz TTL unit, which I have to use in A-mode on the K10D, gives many miss hits and is not very useful for fill-in flash. Sigma doesn't show the K10D P-TTL on their lists. So that leaves only the Pentax AF 540FGZ or the 360FGZ to choice from? Henk -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
You can get high speed flash synch with either of the Pentax 67 leaf shutter lenses (165/4LS and 90/2.8LS). The camera works well handheld. I've shot at 1/30th of a second with mine, no problem. You would want a solid tripod for serious work. It is a big camera. On the other hand, a 645 might be a better investment if Pentax really does introduce a digital 645. Both can be purchased for peanuts now as there are far more sellers than buyers. Paul On Aug 9, 2007, at 3:46 AM, David Bliss wrote: So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital. Solutoin: medium format. But what? Hasselblad makes the sexiest gear I've ever seen. But I can't afford it even used. I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg area the name of the game? But I HATE the look of the camera. It sounds like it requires a tripod bigger than God and MLU for every shot. Flash sync sucks at only 1/30. No hotshoe for my level. Pluses: waist-level finder (apparently not a great one). 645: less neg. fixed prism -- no WL finder looks more like a hassy :) data imprinting (a must) less need for mlu/tripods/etc focus confirm on manual lenses uses 67 lenses Maybe a 645D in the future -- yeah right. So: Which should I get? Is the cost in image size worth all the other benefits of the 645? Or should i skip MF and go straight to a 4x5 view camera? Or should I go to a 6x6 view camera with the idea of robbing a bank for a digital back? But only P67/P645 will play with my existing bodies... Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, or tips appreciated. I really wanted a waist-level finder... Thanks, david -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
David Bliss wrote: So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital. Solutoin: medium format. But what? Hasselblad makes the sexiest gear I've ever seen. But I can't afford it even used. I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg area the name of the game? [ ... ] Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, or tips appreciated. Personally, I must say I'm tempted to get one of the MF cameras from eastern Europe, just for fun. A Pentacon Six, perhaps, although if one likes Hasselblads, maybe the Kiev 66 will seem nicer. Not sure if those are any good for the use you intend, but then again, buying one on eBay isn't really a great investment, if you know what I'm saying... - T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: what flash unit for the K10D?
Having waited half a year for a new Metz flash unit having P-TTL, the announced dedicated Mecablitz 58 AF-1 with USB is not offered anywhere around here. I'm waiting for one of these too. I'll likely get a 58AF-1 P/S when they actually show up. Does anyone else have one of these yet? The Metz SCA system is no longer useful for P-TTL. My current Metz TTL unit, which I have to use in A-mode on the K10D, gives many miss hits and is not very useful for fill-in flash. The Metz SCA 3702M2 is P-TTL compatible. If you can find one yet. Note though, you do need certain flashes for it to work. Firstly, it needs to be SCA 3002 system, and possibly only certain models in that range. I have a 54MZ-4, which I understand is supported, as well as 50MZ-5 and 40MZ-1 which are both not (as they are SCA 3000). If in doubt, check with Metz. Sigma doesn't show the K10D P-TTL on their lists. I wouldn't personally look at a Sigma flash; too many issues with compatibility. Though as I understand it they do worth with the K10D now. So that leaves only the Pentax AF 540FGZ or the 360FGZ to choice from? The big killer (for me personally) with the Pentax units is the lack of 'A' mode on K10D (or other PTTL(/TLL?) cameras). This may or may not be important to you. Love Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
David Bliss wrote: I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg area the name of the game? But I HATE the look of the camera. You won't be able to see it when your eye's at the viewfinder ;-) It sounds like it requires a tripod bigger than God and MLU for every shot. Pretty much. SOme people report success with hand-holding, but I wouldn't if I were going to make critically-shatp, big enlargements (and isn't that the major reason for going to MF?) Flash sync sucks at only 1/30. You can get leaf shutter lenses for both the 67 and 645. No hotshoe for my level. Pluses: waist-level finder (apparently not a great one). 645: less neg., fixed prism -- no WL finder looks more like a hassy :) data imprinting (a must) less need for mlu/tripods/etc focus confirm on manual lenses uses 67 lenses Maybe a 645D in the future -- yeah right. So: Which should I get? Is the cost in image size worth all the other benefits of the 645? You'd have to be making *really* huge enlargements to see any difference due to the negative size, IMO. This shouldn't be a major consideration. Or should i skip MF and go straight to a 4x5 view camera? They're really different animals, I think. (Get both!) Seriously, I love my Pentax 645. You can get one quite inexpensively. And if the 645D does appear (and it looks like it's likely), all your 645 lenses will instantly double in value! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: DA Lenses, Entrance Pupil
The poster also posted this: Please take note that for six shots and 17 mm, the NPP is some millimeters backwards from the shown position. To put it simply: the NPP is about fixed from 10 mm (four shots around) to 17 mm (six shots around). On 8/9/07, Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found this on the panotools list: http://michel.thoby.free.fr/Tokina_10_17/NPP-Tokina.jpg On 8/8/07, jon carver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I've been using a couple DA lenses in panoramic shots and was hoping to compare the results of my experiment to determine the location of the entrance pubil of two lenses: DA 40 f/2.8 Limited DA Fisheye Zoom 10-17 I'm using a K10D and Nodal Ninja. The 40 seems to like a 62mm offset from the rot. axis and the Fisheye (@17mm) seems to like a 90mm offset. Has anyone out there using these lenses in pano's found similar results? TIA, -Jon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: DA Lenses, Entrance Pupil
I found this on the panotools list: http://michel.thoby.free.fr/Tokina_10_17/NPP-Tokina.jpg On 8/8/07, jon carver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I've been using a couple DA lenses in panoramic shots and was hoping to compare the results of my experiment to determine the location of the entrance pubil of two lenses: DA 40 f/2.8 Limited DA Fisheye Zoom 10-17 I'm using a K10D and Nodal Ninja. The 40 seems to like a 62mm offset from the rot. axis and the Fisheye (@17mm) seems to like a 90mm offset. Has anyone out there using these lenses in pano's found similar results? TIA, -Jon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: what flash unit for the K10D?
On 8/9/07, Peter Loveday [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The big killer (for me personally) with the Pentax units is the lack of 'A' mode on K10D (or other PTTL(/TLL?) cameras). This may or may not be important to you. Can't you just put the camera in manual mode an set the flash to it's A mode? I have the AF540FGZ, but I've not tried using it this way. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recently Enabled
David Mann wrote: On Aug 9, 2007, at 2:42 AM, David Savage wrote: The one on the left is the FA* 300mm f4.5 the other is the FA* 200mm f2.8. I have that 200 and the F* version of the 300. Both are very nice lenses :) I agree. The FA* 200/2.8 is the sharpest lens I've ever owned, and the F* 300/4.5 doesn't suffer too badly in comparison to it, either. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Norm's Due
He's going for a world record, me thinks Dave On 8/9/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My cell phone went off at some ungodly hour but by the time I reached it downstairs it had diverted to ansaphone. Norm, you are so gonna get your come-uppance mate. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
I agree with Paul, it can be handheld quite well, and the LS lernses will allow greater flash. Aaron Reynolds has shown me several hand held large enlargements that are unbelievable sharp. Dave On 8/9/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can get high speed flash synch with either of the Pentax 67 leaf shutter lenses (165/4LS and 90/2.8LS). The camera works well handheld. I've shot at 1/30th of a second with mine, no problem. You would want a solid tripod for serious work. It is a big camera. On the other hand, a 645 might be a better investment if Pentax really does introduce a digital 645. Both can be purchased for peanuts now as there are far more sellers than buyers. Paul On Aug 9, 2007, at 3:46 AM, David Bliss wrote: So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital. Solutoin: medium format. But what? Hasselblad makes the sexiest gear I've ever seen. But I can't afford it even used. I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg area the name of the game? But I HATE the look of the camera. It sounds like it requires a tripod bigger than God and MLU for every shot. Flash sync sucks at only 1/30. No hotshoe for my level. Pluses: waist-level finder (apparently not a great one). 645: less neg. fixed prism -- no WL finder looks more like a hassy :) data imprinting (a must) less need for mlu/tripods/etc focus confirm on manual lenses uses 67 lenses Maybe a 645D in the future -- yeah right. So: Which should I get? Is the cost in image size worth all the other benefits of the 645? Or should i skip MF and go straight to a 4x5 view camera? Or should I go to a 6x6 view camera with the idea of robbing a bank for a digital back? But only P67/P645 will play with my existing bodies... Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, or tips appreciated. I really wanted a waist-level finder... Thanks, david -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: what flash unit for the K10D?
Henk Terhell wrote: Having waited half a year for a new Metz flash unit having P-TTL, the announced dedicated Mecablitz 58 AF-1 with USB is not offered anywhere around here. The Metz SCA system is no longer useful for P-TTL. My current Metz TTL unit, which I have to use in A-mode on the K10D, gives many miss hits and is not very useful for fill-in flash. Sigma doesn't show the K10D P-TTL on their lists. The lists must be outdated. I use the Sigma EF500 DG Super with my K10D with excellent results. I believe the latest versions even support off-camera wireless operation, though I haven't looked into getting mine updated since I almost never need that capability. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Warning! No lifegaurd on duty!
I assume that's not sand in the foreground Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Looking for a way to cool off, I found this, taken a couple of winters ago. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20notonduty.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-D/smc Pentax 20-35mm f4.0 AL As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- cognoscenti: Those who know cognesnotty: The stringy material that forms in the nasal passages of Those who know. -- Free pop3 email with a spam filter. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/5 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recently Enabled
Well, that makes two Dave's that I officially hate. :-) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Aug 9, 2007, at 2:42 AM, David Savage wrote: The one on the left is the FA* 300mm f4.5 the other is the FA* 200mm f2.8. I have that 200 and the F* version of the 300. Both are very nice lenses :) - Dave -- Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/4 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - Blues Singer
My PESO Jazz Trumpeter was of my friend Tim Hamel. Like every jazz guy I know, he plays in several bands, some jazz, some not. The aforementioned photo of Tim was taken as he was playing in Laura Hubert's band. She's a wonderful Blues/Jazz singer (note I put blues first) based here in Toronto. I hope her sense of humour comes out in this photo: http://tinyurl.com/28msse http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RrnLQbMIuBI/AiY/gXHLKIX4h6Q/s1600-h/aug_8+002.jpg Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recently Enabled
On 8/8/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just thought I'd share a pic of my 2 latest acquisitions: http://picasaweb.google.com.au/OzSavage/Misc/photo?authkey=TrIZRqTedfw#5096302903933877682 Now all I need is some clear weather to give them a good workout. Binoculars for Marty Feldman? cheers, frank ps: seriously, that's some serious glass. congrats. -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recently Enabled
On 09/08/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. The FA* 200/2.8 is the sharpest lens I've ever owned, and the F* 300/4.5 doesn't suffer too badly in comparison to it, either. I love my FA*200/2.8 and I suspect David loved my lens too, thankfully now he has his very own ;-) If the F8200/4.5s weren't so damned expensive now I'd have picked one up, my A*300/2.8 is just too big and heavy most of the time. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I really really hate my Epson or...
Bruce Dayton wrote: My experience with Epson printers (4 of them) is that the expensive ones are marvelous. The cheap ones are crap. I threw out two cheap ones behaving pretty much like yours (only I got about 1 year out of them first). So I concur to throw it out and then decide what to replace it with. If you are not willing to spend at least $400 for a new one, get an HP or Canon instead. I concur. I threw an Epson 820 out, which had replaced another Epson. Mostly clogging ink problems. I eventually ended up with a Canon PIXMA iP3000 bubble jet printer, and couldn't be happier! First time I'd ever used a bubble jet printer. Most happy fella! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recently Enabled
frank theriault wrote: On 8/8/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just thought I'd share a pic of my 2 latest acquisitions: http://picasaweb.google.com.au/OzSavage/Misc/photo?authkey=TrIZRqTedfw#5096302903933877682 Now all I need is some clear weather to give them a good workout. Binoculars for Marty Feldman? cheers, frank Oooo! Good one, Frank! B-) keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Mews, Stony Creek
On 8/7/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/stonycreek/mews.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. I like the photo. Nice choice of focal length, I like the muted colours. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recently Enabled
On 8/9/07, keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: On 8/8/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just thought I'd share a pic of my 2 latest acquisitions: http://picasaweb.google.com.au/OzSavage/Misc/photo?authkey=TrIZRqTedfw#5096302903933877682 Now all I need is some clear weather to give them a good workout. Binoculars for Marty Feldman? cheers, frank Oooo! Good one, Frank! B-) keith LOL You guy's are doing a good job of making me feel young :-) I had to google Marty Feldman to figure that one out. Cheers, Dave. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: what flash unit for the K10D?
I have used my twice-updated Sigma on my K10D, on-camera and wirelessly, without problems so far. Rick Henk Terhell wrote: The lists must be outdated. I use the Sigma EF500 DG Super with my K10D with excellent results. I believe the latest versions even support off-camera wireless operation, though I haven't looked into getting mine updated since I almost never need that capability. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
- Original Message - From: David Bliss Subject: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else? So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital. Solutoin: medium format. But what? Hassy and Rollei lenses are about the best you can get, many of them surpass the best 35mm format lenses for resolution. The Pentax 645 lenses are very good indeed, 6x7 lenses are not showing the high resolution numbers, but the bigger neg makes up for a lot of that. I have 11x14 prints from 6x7 negs hanging beside prints from 4x5 negs (shot with good Nikkor lenses), and can't really tell any difference. I think at 16x20 or larger you might see the 4x5 advantage. The 6x7 is noisy, but not shaky. You can balance an American nickel on the focusing screen of a leveled 6x7 and trip the shutter, no mirror lock up used, without knocking the coin over. It's that smooth. I think Scott Loveless has a video on his website proving it. I never really missed a high sync speed, even using the 6x7 as a wedding camera. There are always workarounds that can be used. A friend of mine shoots with Hasselblad. I did some prints for him when I was running my custom darkroom and was very impressed with the sharpness of the negatives. The lenses are pretty incredible. The 6x7 waist level finder is about on par with every other waist level finder I have seen, better than some, not as good as some, about as good as most, but certainly usable, and the prism finders are very good indeed. You can also get a chimney finder for the 6x7 that works very well. Consider what you will be doing with the camera. If you are shooting in the studio, you won't miss the high sync speed (on the 6x7), but if you are going to insist on trying outdoor fill flash, you will either curse the thing from time to time, or will seek out the LS lenses to allow high sync speeds, and then curse the slow operation. The 645 is only a stop faster for shutter sync, IIRC, while the Hassy will sync up to 1/500 with all lenses. If you are primarily a landscape photographer, consider giving medium format a pass altogether, and go straight to large format. I find getting sufficient depth of field to be easy with 4x5, sometimes impossible with 6x7, and while I haven't used a 645 for many years, I don't think that it would be all that much better in this regard, the lenses aren't that much shorter for any given AOV. You will find that the 645 wants to be on a tripod sooner than a 6x7, though both are more handholdable than 35mm or digital. If you are doing your own printing, you might not like how 645 negs run through an enlarger (I don't). If you are buying a camera based on looks over performance, then consider a wood field camera, they look gorgeous, and actually perform fairly well, whough not as well as a monorail (which are not gorgeous). William Robb Hasselblad makes the sexiest gear I've ever seen. But I can't afford it even used. I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg area the name of the game? But I HATE the look of the camera. It sounds like it requires a tripod bigger than God and MLU for every shot. Flash sync sucks at only 1/30. No hotshoe for my level. Pluses: waist-level finder (apparently not a great one). 645: less neg. fixed prism -- no WL finder looks more like a hassy :) data imprinting (a must) less need for mlu/tripods/etc focus confirm on manual lenses uses 67 lenses Maybe a 645D in the future -- yeah right. So: Which should I get? Is the cost in image size worth all the other benefits of the 645? Or should i skip MF and go straight to a 4x5 view camera? Or should I go to a 6x6 view camera with the idea of robbing a bank for a digital back? But only P67/P645 will play with my existing bodies... Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, or tips appreciated. I really wanted a waist-level finder... Thanks, david -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Cabbagetown Cat
On 8/8/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: love it ann Ann, Ken, Thanks! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recently Enabled
What have Mr Brooks Mr Mann done to earn that? ...oh...you mean... Cheers, Dave On 8/9/07, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, that makes two Dave's that I officially hate. :-) Cheers Brian Quoting David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Aug 9, 2007, at 2:42 AM, David Savage wrote: The one on the left is the FA* 300mm f4.5 the other is the FA* 200mm f2.8. I have that 200 and the F* version of the 300. Both are very nice lenses :) - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
William Robb wrote: The 6x7 is noisy, but not shaky. You can balance an American nickel on the focusing screen of a leveled 6x7 and trip the shutter, no mirror lock up used, without knocking the coin over. It's that smooth. I think Scott Loveless has a video on his website proving it. I never really missed a high sync speed, even using the 6x7 as a wedding camera. There are always workarounds that can be used. William Robb I went ahead and threw it up at pdmlpug.org. Seems like a decent enough place to keep it. http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=12 -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
What are you going to use it for? If landscape, then take a look at one alternative you can do right now: http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/gigapixel.htm On 8/9/07, David Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital. Solutoin: medium format. But what? Hasselblad makes the sexiest gear I've ever seen. But I can't afford it even used. I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg area the name of the game? But I HATE the look of the camera. It sounds like it requires a tripod bigger than God and MLU for every shot. Flash sync sucks at only 1/30. No hotshoe for my level. Pluses: waist-level finder (apparently not a great one). 645: less neg. fixed prism -- no WL finder looks more like a hassy :) data imprinting (a must) less need for mlu/tripods/etc focus confirm on manual lenses uses 67 lenses Maybe a 645D in the future -- yeah right. So: Which should I get? Is the cost in image size worth all the other benefits of the 645? Or should i skip MF and go straight to a 4x5 view camera? Or should I go to a 6x6 view camera with the idea of robbing a bank for a digital back? But only P67/P645 will play with my existing bodies... Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, or tips appreciated. I really wanted a waist-level finder... Thanks, david -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Jazz Trumpet revisited
In a message dated 8/8/2007 12:57:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's Godfrey's rendering of the PESO that I posted a few days ago: http://tinyurl.com/2chjnt http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RrocN7MIuFI/Ai4/AteeVPuAhNU/s1600- h/tim_hamel-gdg.jpg I like it - hope you do to. Thanks, Godfrey! Comments on this cleaned up version are welcome. cheers, frank = I like it better with the lines in back (ceiling, walls), but I would have cropped off more of the ceiling which I think Godfrey has done. It works to cover up the noise, if that is what you want. Marnie - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recently Enabled
On 8/9/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What have Mr Brooks Mr Mann done to earn that? Must be a Nikon thing.:-) Dave ...oh...you mean... Cheers, Dave On 8/9/07, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, that makes two Dave's that I officially hate. :-) Cheers Brian Quoting David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Aug 9, 2007, at 2:42 AM, David Savage wrote: The one on the left is the FA* 300mm f4.5 the other is the FA* 200mm f2.8. I have that 200 and the F* version of the 300. Both are very nice lenses :) - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Mews, Stony Creek
In a message dated 8/9/2007 7:17:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 8/7/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/stonycreek/mews.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. I like the photo. Nice choice of focal length, I like the muted colours. cheers, frank Ditto, though I might crop the left a bit too, my eye goes to it. Distracting. Actually, I am not quite sure what I am looking at. It looks like high, high density living. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Warning! No lifegaurd on duty!
In a message dated 8/8/2007 12:26:53 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Looking for a way to cool off, I found this, taken a couple of winters ago. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20notonduty.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-D/smc Pentax 20-35mm f4.0 AL = I think the pole sort of ruins it. BTW, I hope you drop your sig, I find it very unpleasant. Marnie - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: POG - Minority review
In a message dated 8/7/2007 2:25:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Effectively it actually isn't democracy at all, because only a minority is allowed to vote. The minority that happens to be the first 10 (or so) to review one particular photo. Those who frequently log on and cast votes will have much more influence than the occasional submitter. All of this will radically change WHICH images are selected. I can't see how it is supposed to be a good and purposeful sifting, but maybe I'm overly skeptic. Anyone care to speak up for the other side? Best, Jostein === No. I don't like it either. I don't have that many Pentax photos, so I didn't plan on submitting. Now that I am taking more with Pentax, I also don't plan on submitting, though the idea crossed my mind. 1. I don't consider myself good enough. 2. I think peers would say I am not good enough. That makes me unhappy. 3. But mostly I don't feel like giving away my images, and I have no need to do that to bolster up Pentax. (I don't want to get into a copyright discussion here, I am aware I would retain copyright. But I want to pick and choose where I display my own photos, and right now I just do it on my own site and I am happy with that. Actually I have stopped updating my gallery, because I now want to stick a copyright notices on my pics and I need to figure out how to do it.) Also I am a two system person, and I like my Canon stuff just as much as my Pentax stuff, or more, and I am not big brands names anyway -- in any venue, that is why I don't feel I need to bolster up Pentax. Many really, when this gallery started, contributed just to do that. So since #3 is my primary motivation, I am not totally sure how much the peer review has turned me off. I know the peer review has turned me off, but not sure how much. Sharing PESOs on list is different, nothing stops me showing them on list. People like them or they don't. shrug But I can still show them, no judges or peers are around saying I can't. I guess I have to add in all honestly, I have never liked contests or anything that remotely approaches a contest in a creative venue. This applies to things that are not photography-related at all. I am somewhat famous for having this attitude (or I was once, no longer, because it's been years since I voiced it) in completely different Net venue. I think competitiveness can stifle creativity. Marnie aka Doe - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Blues Singer
I like. Shows the happy side Dave On 8/9/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My PESO Jazz Trumpeter was of my friend Tim Hamel. Like every jazz guy I know, he plays in several bands, some jazz, some not. The aforementioned photo of Tim was taken as he was playing in Laura Hubert's band. She's a wonderful Blues/Jazz singer (note I put blues first) based here in Toronto. I hope her sense of humour comes out in this photo: http://tinyurl.com/28msse http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RrnLQbMIuBI/AiY/gXHLKIX4h6Q/s1600-h/aug_8+002.jpg Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
David Bliss wrote: So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital. Solutoin: medium format. But what? Different MF cameras are best for different applications. You can really help the various camera/photo experts around here if you provide more information. For example: o) What kind of photography do you want to do with a MF camera? Street? Landscape? People? In the studio? Outside? Action? Still life? o) What focal lengths do you want to use? Really wide angle? Wide angle? Normal? Short tele? Long tele? o) How important are interchangeable lenses? o) How important are interchangeable backs? o) How fast do you want to work? o) What style of interface do you want/need? Waist level? SLR? Rangefinder? View Camera? o) Is autofocus important to you? o) How cost-sensitive are you? For example, if you want a system with a variety of lenses and SLR handling, then you'll want to consider the Pentax 645N and Mamiya 645AF systems. If compactness and lens interchangeabity are important and a rangefinder interface is ok, then you can look at the Mamiya 6/7/7II and Bronica RF645 systems. If you want a studio system, then all kinds of systems fit the bill (Hassy, Bronica, Mamiya Pentax 645 or 67, Rollei, etc.) and on, and on, and on. Refine you needs/desires and the dizzying variety of choices will narrow down to something reasonable --Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Blues Singer
In a message dated 8/9/2007 6:05:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My PESO Jazz Trumpeter was of my friend Tim Hamel. Like every jazz guy I know, he plays in several bands, some jazz, some not. The aforementioned photo of Tim was taken as he was playing in Laura Hubert's band. She's a wonderful Blues/Jazz singer (note I put blues first) based here in Toronto. I hope her sense of humour comes out in this photo: http://tinyurl.com/28msse http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RrnLQbMIuBI/AiY/gXHLKIX4h6Q/s1600- h/aug_8+002.jpg Comments always welcome. cheers, frank = It does. :-) I'd lighten it a tad, but not much. Nice shot. Marnie aka Doe - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: what flash unit for the K10D?
Mark, I've been putting off using my 2 year old Sigma DG Super on my K10D, thinking it had to be updated. How old is your unit? I understand there is an update available from Sigma but haven't sent mine in yet. Is wireless usage the only feature you're aware of that's missing when used on the K10D? Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: what flash unit for the K10D? Henk Terhell wrote: Having waited half a year for a new Metz flash unit having P-TTL, the announced dedicated Mecablitz 58 AF-1 with USB is not offered anywhere around here. The Metz SCA system is no longer useful for P-TTL. My current Metz TTL unit, which I have to use in A-mode on the K10D, gives many miss hits and is not very useful for fill-in flash. Sigma doesn't show the K10D P-TTL on their lists. The lists must be outdated. I use the Sigma EF500 DG Super with my K10D with excellent results. I believe the latest versions even support off-camera wireless operation, though I haven't looked into getting mine updated since I almost never need that capability. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO 2007 - 33e - GDG
In a message dated 8/8/2007 4:44:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The theme continues to develop ... http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/33e.htm Comments, critique, etc always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com = Almost too much going on, actually, my eye bounces around. But I like it. I like what she is wearing. :-) I like it more than I've liked some of your other cafe life shots. Seems real slice of life. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: YACCP...
In a message dated 8/9/2007 1:59:40 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IIRC, the PESO term emerged around May 2004. Just before Adelheid and I met up at Newark Airport for our Eastern USA Grand Tour. But as much I would like to take credit for coining it, I'm pretty sure I didn't... If Shel wasn't the culprit, I'd wager a bet that it was some other North American. Preferrably one with a weak spot for acronyms. Collin Brendemuehl, maybe? Tom Cakalic? William Robb? Anyone with time to spare could look in the archives, I guess... :-) Jostein == Too much trouble for me (searching archives). Shel could have introduced PESOs at the same time he introduced PAWs. But I have a vague memory someone on list came up with. OTOH, I could be totally wrong. It could have been GESO that was coined by someone on list. Boy, sometimes memories hoover, huh? Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I really really hate my Epson or...
In a message dated 8/8/2007 5:38:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Who knows. I'm just really really mad at this printer right now. Cory who needed to make like three prints for his daughter for a homework assignment on the first day of school and failed miserably. I had a 925 for years, mine apparently clogged less than many others' do. It helps (almost required) to print a print at least once a month. I liked mine a lot and recently sold it on ebay (well about 4-5 months ago). The person who bought it from me was so worried it would arrive to him completely clogged and unusable, that I promised I would make sure it wasn't before I sent it. I had been sitting around for about 5-6 months since I bought my Epson R1800 (which I really love, more than I really liked my 925), so he was right to worry. But since I had had no major problems with the printer, I plowed forward. I thought I'd be able to clear the heads (head cleaning, then nozzle check) in about 4-5 tries. It took me closer to 10 tries (almost despairing near the end that it wasn't going to work), then it was fine. I kept at it because I really had had no major problems with it and it was a sturdy printer. Now I try to use my Epson R1800 on a regular basis, much more regularly than I used the 925. I also don't turn it off except when I rarely turn my computer off. It runs a head charging that uses ink every time it is powered up. Not turning it off has seemed to help a lot. Marnie aka Doe :-) BTW, the buyer was totally pleased. - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Yea for me!
So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. This is the first time I've ever displayed my work outside of circles of friends, the pdml, and my website. Overall I would say it was a fun experience. There was some good work being exhibited (and some so not so good stuff, too). I was a bit disappointed that I didn't get my printer dialed for b/w in time for this competition. I had a b/w landscape that I had wanted to enter but that will have to wait for the next show. PS - Kudos again to David Miller of ColorVision who helped check my profile for the Epson Luster paper. I was able to dial in a good profile with his help that I used for all three prints. -Brendan Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Mews, Stony Creek
I't actually a converted Garage/Stable. 6 bays, now, (probably), two apartments. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/9/2007 7:17:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 8/7/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/stonycreek/mews.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. I like the photo. Nice choice of focal length, I like the muted colours. cheers, frank Ditto, though I might crop the left a bit too, my eye goes to it. Distracting. Actually, I am not quite sure what I am looking at. It looks like high, high density living. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- cognoscenti: Those who know cognesnotty: The stringy material that forms in the nasal passages of Those who know. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT: Nature, red in tooth and claw
Lion vs buffalo vs crocodile - who wins? Some of the most incredible wildlife footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me!
Congrats! Can we see the images? Syb 2007/8/9, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. This is the first time I've ever displayed my work outside of circles of friends, the pdml, and my website. Overall I would say it was a fun experience. There was some good work being exhibited (and some so not so good stuff, too). I was a bit disappointed that I didn't get my printer dialed for b/w in time for this competition. I had a b/w landscape that I had wanted to enter but that will have to wait for the next show. PS - Kudos again to David Miller of ColorVision who helped check my profile for the Epson Luster paper. I was able to dial in a good profile with his help that I used for all three prints. -Brendan Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Rocky Cove, Hornby Island, British Columbia
In a message dated 8/8/2007 1:07:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/2007/08/08/rocky-cove-hornby-island-bc/ Another photo from my trip to Vancouver Island. This one is from Hornby Island, a small island that's so typical of the west coast. Lots of quaint shops, famers markets, and old bearded men in little Toyota trucks. I really feel as though I hit my stride on this trip. So much, in fact, that I feel a little photographically exhausted, even 3 weeks later! :) Comments, critiques welcome! Enjoy. Mike I think you did too. :-) That is really, really nice, Mike! I would hang that on my wall, no problem. Lovely. Marnie aka Doe - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Norm's Due
Hey, the Icelanders said it was only 9:30pm. I didn't realize they were referring to New York time... Norm Cotty wrote: My cell phone went off at some ungodly hour but by the time I reached it downstairs it had diverted to ansaphone. Norm, you are so gonna get your come-uppance mate. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me!
Congratulations! Excellent to hear! G On Aug 9, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: FID (Film is Dead)
On the other side of the coin ... I know all the *Pros* have gone digital - but so have all of the *IDIOTS*. Had a woman at my mini-lab yesterday wanting to know if I had gotten one of the kiosks fixed. To my knowledge it wasn't broken, but who knows with the help I have; so I asked her what problem she had, and she told me the kiosk was printing all of her pictures yellow. That kiosk doesn't print anything, it's just an order station - she'd downloaded images from her memory card to be printed on the Noritsu QSS-3300. She showed me the pictures. There was one of four women playing miniature golf at the beach. One of the women in the group had that sunless tan that comes out of a bottle bleached blond hair. The customer complained the printer had turned the woman's hair yellow, because the woman really has red hair; and her skin was an un-natural orange color. I pointed out that all of the others in the photo didn't look yellow, and that the sky was a natural blue, the golf lanes were green, the reds were red, and the whites were white - that if the color was shifted it would be shifted for everything in the photo. And I pointed out that all of the photos would have the same color shift, that the printer couldn't just shift color for one person in one photo and not color shift anything else. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. She then showed me some photos of a family get-together taken in somebody's living room. It's pretty obvious she had the white balance set for daylight and was taking pictures indoors under incandescent light. I tried to explain she needed to set the camera's white balance for the light. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. I tried to show her that in her other outdoor photographs there was no color shift and explained that if the printer was printing yellow, ALL of the pictures; all of the colors would be shifted toward yellow. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. She insisted on resubmitting the entire order, complaining she was on her lunch break and didn't have time to do it and I'd better get it right this time. I said yes ma'am and let it ride. We don't do anything to digital images submitted through the order kiosk. WYSIWYG. I checked 'em as they printed out though. The redhead is still blond, and her tan still came out of a bottle. I've been running the lab for about 6 months now, and I've only had one complete idiot come in with film. I get at least one a day with digital. On a good day, I won't get more than one, but I don't have many good days. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Moving Up to MF: 67 or 645? Or something else?
The difference between enlargability/quality between 645 and 6x7 formats is far less than the difference between either and 35mm, or either and 4x5. The Pentax 6x7 is a very bulky kit to carry around and, for me, requires a very sturdy tripod. The Pentax 645 is much more suitable for hand-held work and, to me, much easier to use a modest light/ medium-weight tripod. It's doubly easy to use with a light/medium weight tripod because Pentax thoughtfully fitted both bottom and side mounting points on the body, which means that the camera can be used over the center of the tripod legs without the strength needed to flip it on its side for both portrait and landscape compositions. The design of this camera is outstanding. If you want long or wide lens selections, there's more available at lower prices for the 645 kit right now than for the 6x7. I had Hasselblad SLR and SWC, Rolleiflex TLR and SLR, Mamiya 645, Fuji RF and AF, and Zeiss Ikon Ikonta medium format cameras in the past. A year ago I got interested to use some medium format equipment again and I was loaned a P645, 4 lens kit. I found the P645 a wonderful camera in use and the lenses I've used on it are right up to snuff with the others, if not better. I particularly love the A35/3.5 and A45/2.8 lenses. (BTW: you know who you are, please get in touch as I would like to return your camera ... I've lost your shipping information. thanks) One example photo: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/large/39-half.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/large/19b-half.jpg (Both with the A35/3.5.) A couple of months ago someone locally heard that I enjoyed using the P645 and offered me a 2 lens kit (A45 and A75) with two film magazines, remote release cord, case, hoods ... ie, a complete kit ... for $400. I turned it down: as much as I like using it, I simply will not use it very much at all. He then dropped the price for the kit to $200. At that price, I couldn't resist, so I now have a two lens P645 kit for when/if I feel like working with it. The only downside, and I hear ya on this, is the lack of a waist level finder. I've been considering adding a Zigview LCD finder attachment for that purpose ... or a right angle finder. The added bonus of the P645 is that if you buy a couple of these nice lenses and the P645D comes out, you will have immediate access to using them on a 22-39Mpixel digital body... Godfrey On Aug 9, 2007, at 12:46 AM, David Bliss wrote: So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital. Solutoin: medium format. But what? Hasselblad makes the sexiest gear I've ever seen. But I can't afford it even used. I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg area the name of the game? But I HATE the look of the camera. It sounds like it requires a tripod bigger than God and MLU for every shot. Flash sync sucks at only 1/30. No hotshoe for my level. Pluses: waist-level finder (apparently not a great one). 645: less neg. fixed prism -- no WL finder looks more like a hassy :) data imprinting (a must) less need for mlu/tripods/etc focus confirm on manual lenses uses 67 lenses Maybe a 645D in the future -- yeah right. So: Which should I get? Is the cost in image size worth all the other benefits of the 645? Or should i skip MF and go straight to a 4x5 view camera? Or should I go to a 6x6 view camera with the idea of robbing a bank for a digital back? But only P67/P645 will play with my existing bodies... Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, or tips appreciated. I really wanted a waist-level finder... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Norm's Due
Cotty wrote: My cell phone went off at some ungodly hour but by the time I reached it downstairs it had diverted to ansaphone. Norm, you are so gonna get your come-uppance mate. Don't be too ahrd on him, Cotty I encouraged him :) annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: what flash unit for the K10D?
None of the work I do with a flash unit requires any kind of dedicated operation, so I use a Sunpak 383, a Nikon SB-30 and a pair of Paterson EFlash panel strobes. Along with a good flash meter, a remote cord, etc. ;-) But yeah: if you're going to want to use the dedicated capabilities, stick with the Pentax flash units. Godfrey On Aug 9, 2007, at 2:53 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: Having waited half a year for a new Metz flash unit having P-TTL, the announced dedicated Mecablitz 58 AF-1 with USB is not offered anywhere around here. The Metz SCA system is no longer useful for P-TTL. My current Metz TTL unit, which I have to use in A-mode on the K10D, gives many miss hits and is not very useful for fill-in flash. Sigma doesn't show the K10D P-TTL on their lists. So that leaves only the Pentax AF 540FGZ or the 360FGZ to choice from? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Rocky Cove, Hornby Island, British Columbia
Mike Hamilton wrote: http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/2007/08/08/rocky-cove-hornby-island-bc/ Another photo from my trip to Vancouver Island. This one is from Hornby Island, a small island that's so typical of the west coast. Lots of quaint shops, famers markets, and old bearded men in little Toyota trucks. I really feel as though I hit my stride on this trip. So much, in fact, that I feel a little photographically exhausted, even 3 weeks later! :) Comments, critiques welcome! Enjoy. Mike Mike - that's lovely! BTW do you every go to Cortez Island? my ex (Bob Sanfedele) and his third wife have a place there called Healing Waters _ they rent houses and have kayaks... We are still in touch now and then and I visted there back in 1993 beautiful spot. annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A* 85/1.4, A* 135/1.8
From: Adam Maas John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling Cotty thought enough of the A*85 to cruelly disfigure one to mate it with his Canon... I've always wanted the 135mm f1.8, it would make a wonderful ~200mm, (as preforming the roll of), on an APS digital camera. However at those prices I guess I just have to settle for my 135f 2.5 and put up with the exposure inconvenience. Who was it recently announced they were going to make lenses in the K-Bayonet? They were already making them in the Nikon mount. ZN and now ZK ... Anyway, they also make the lenses for the Sony Alpha, and one of those lenses *IS* a 135mm f/1.8, so maybe that one will be available in a Pentax K-mount some time in the future. The ZA lens line for Sony Alpha is not the same as the ZF/ZS/ZK line. The ZA's are AF lenses and the selection is quite limited (a couple of short tele primes and one zoom), the ZF-derived lens line covers a much wider range and are all MF. Understand all that. Still, if there is a demand ... I reiterate so maybe ... some time in the future. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Lens choice help required
From: Adam Maas Cotty wrote: Guys, it's Nikon related, so don't waste your time here ;-) The knowledge of The List i far and away a better repository than asking on DPR, so here goes: A friend has a Nikon D80 - what options are there for a nice wide angle lens on this camera? It can be old, manual focus, or new, Nikon or non- Nikon. It's for landscapes, so assuming a 1.5X crop factor, I would guess something in the 12 to 20mm focal length would be appropriate? Any and all answers gratefully received. Off list if you prefer, so we don't annoy folk (now there's a thought :-) Thanks Nikon 12-24 is the best option, but the Tokina 12-24 is half the price (and the same basic design as the Pentax, but Tokina's QC is worse). OTOH, in my experience, their customer service is a damn sight better. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT: Sony quietly has added two new cameras to the Alpha line was:[Re: A* 85/1.4, A* 135/1.8]
From: P. J. Alling What John said about Sony Alpha Lenses peaked my curiosity, I'm sure our fastidious friends in Quebec would point out it's piqued ... ;-D Interestingly, the same word means not only to provoke or arouse [as to curiosity], but also to cause resentment [which I hope this does not]; a sudden outburst of anger; a type of fabric; and to take pride [in oneself]. Thanks. I didn't know that before. ... and then thanks again - this inadvertently led me to some music I'd lost. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FID (Film is Dead)
I have this theory. Back in the old days (what, 3-4 years ago?) when you got serious about photography you loaded up your camera with film. You went out and found something to photograph, you set up your camera, then you sat around relaxing until the light was where you wanted it. Back in the darkroom you stood looking at nothing, all there was were your calm thoughts, the soft buzz of the timer, every minute or so you inverted your developing tank, then went back to contemplating nothing. As a result photographers tended to be calm contemplative folks with an intact sense of humor. Now there is digital. You go out with your digital camera snapping, snapping, snapping. Running here, running there, snapping, snapping, snapping. Oh God my 4gb card is not big enough, My 500gb hard drive is full, my mouse is too slow As a result you are all hyped up, tense, angry, and any sense of humor you ever had is shattered into sharp threads. But it is exciting. So film photography is like pot, whereas digital photography is like crack. Remember, like all generalities, it does not apply to individuals, only to groups. Anyway that is my theory, and it is certainly worth every penny you paid for it. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- John Sessoms wrote: On the other side of the coin ... I know all the *Pros* have gone digital - but so have all of the *IDIOTS*. Had a woman at my mini-lab yesterday wanting to know if I had gotten one of the kiosks fixed. To my knowledge it wasn't broken, but who knows with the help I have; so I asked her what problem she had, and she told me the kiosk was printing all of her pictures yellow. That kiosk doesn't print anything, it's just an order station - she'd downloaded images from her memory card to be printed on the Noritsu QSS-3300. She showed me the pictures. There was one of four women playing miniature golf at the beach. One of the women in the group had that sunless tan that comes out of a bottle bleached blond hair. The customer complained the printer had turned the woman's hair yellow, because the woman really has red hair; and her skin was an un-natural orange color. I pointed out that all of the others in the photo didn't look yellow, and that the sky was a natural blue, the golf lanes were green, the reds were red, and the whites were white - that if the color was shifted it would be shifted for everything in the photo. And I pointed out that all of the photos would have the same color shift, that the printer couldn't just shift color for one person in one photo and not color shift anything else. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. She then showed me some photos of a family get-together taken in somebody's living room. It's pretty obvious she had the white balance set for daylight and was taking pictures indoors under incandescent light. I tried to explain she needed to set the camera's white balance for the light. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. I tried to show her that in her other outdoor photographs there was no color shift and explained that if the printer was printing yellow, ALL of the pictures; all of the colors would be shifted toward yellow. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. She insisted on resubmitting the entire order, complaining she was on her lunch break and didn't have time to do it and I'd better get it right this time. I said yes ma'am and let it ride. We don't do anything to digital images submitted through the order kiosk. WYSIWYG. I checked 'em as they printed out though. The redhead is still blond, and her tan still came out of a bottle. I've been running the lab for about 6 months now, and I've only had one complete idiot come in with film. I get at least one a day with digital. On a good day, I won't get more than one, but I don't have many good days. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Sony quietly has added two new cameras to the Alpha line was:[Re: A* 85/1.4, A* 135/1.8]
Of course my spell checker makes no distinction... John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling What John said about Sony Alpha Lenses peaked my curiosity, I'm sure our fastidious friends in Quebec would point out it's piqued ... ;-D Interestingly, the same word means not only to provoke or arouse [as to curiosity], but also to cause resentment [which I hope this does not]; a sudden outburst of anger; a type of fabric; and to take pride [in oneself]. Thanks. I didn't know that before. ... and then thanks again - this inadvertently led me to some music I'd lost. -- cognoscenti: Those who know cognesnotty: The stringy material that forms in the nasal passages of Those who know. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: what flash unit for the K10D?
Kenneth Waller wrote: Mark, I've been putting off using my 2 year old Sigma DG Super on my K10D, thinking it had to be updated. It does. I had mine updated to work with the K10D, but the original update didn't enable off-camera wireless. Apparently they can now update for that as well but I haven't bothered because I don't use that feature. How old is your unit? I got it the moment they made one available for Pentax. (The AF540 FGZ wasn't available at the time and the 360 wasn't powerful enough for my needs.) I understand there is an update available from Sigma but haven't sent mine in yet. When I sent mine in they wouldn't tell me how much it would cost beforehand but they did do it free. I suspect they've been bitten by people sending in failed/damaged units for updates trying to get free repairs. (I worked in the electronics repair business for years. I could tell you stories...) Is wireless usage the only feature you're aware of that's missing when used on the K10D? The first units wouldn't even expose correctly on the K10D and the first update fixed that. There was a second update after Pentax introduced the AF540 FGZ, to enable wireless off-camera P-TTL. Current units should include both capabilities and updates should take care of both issues but there may be a few units on dealers' shelves that lack the second upgrade, though if you buy from a high-volume dealer like BH I don't think that would be an issue. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me!
Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. Congratulations! Now show us the photos. So we can hate you, of course ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FID (Film is Dead)
graywolf wrote: So film photography is like pot, whereas digital photography is like crack. Mark! -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me!
In a message dated 8/9/2007 9:40:56 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. This is the first time I've ever displayed my work outside of circles of friends, the pdml, and my website. Overall I would say it was a fun experience. There was some good work being exhibited (and some so not so good stuff, too). I was a bit disappointed that I didn't get my printer dialed for b/w in time for this competition. I had a b/w landscape that I had wanted to enter but that will have to wait for the next show. PS - Kudos again to David Miller of ColorVision who helped check my profile for the Epson Luster paper. I was able to dial in a good profile with his help that I used for all three prints. -Brendan == Cool. Congrats! Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I really really hate my Epson or...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/8/2007 5:38:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Who knows. I'm just really really mad at this printer right now. Cory who needed to make like three prints for his daughter for a homework assignment on the first day of school and failed miserably. Now I try to use my Epson R1800 on a regular basis, much more regularly than I used the 925. I also don't turn it off except when I rarely turn my computer off. It runs a head charging that uses ink every time it is powered up. Not turning it off has seemed to help a lot. Marnie aka Doe :-) BTW, the buyer was totally pleased. - I keep my R220 on all the time,too - and seldom turn off the computer - Maybe I should not tempt providence, but it works beautifully most of the time occassionally I need to do a head clean. I wish I had one with a wider carriage though ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Nature, red in tooth and claw
Incredible indeed! I saw it on CNN yesterday. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 12:28 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: OT: Nature, red in tooth and claw Lion vs buffalo vs crocodile - who wins? Some of the most incredible wildlife footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I really really hate my Epson or...
ann sanfedele wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/8/2007 5:38:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Who knows. I'm just really really mad at this printer right now. Cory who needed to make like three prints for his daughter for a homework assignment on the first day of school and failed miserably. Now I try to use my Epson R1800 on a regular basis, much more regularly than I used the 925. I also don't turn it off except when I rarely turn my computer off. It runs a head charging that uses ink every time it is powered up. Not turning it off has seemed to help a lot. Marnie aka Doe :-) BTW, the buyer was totally pleased. - I keep my R220 on all the time,too - and seldom turn off the computer - Maybe I should not tempt providence, but it works beautifully most of the time occassionally I need to do a head clean. I wish I had one with a wider carriage though ann Our 320 (very similar to your 220) stays on all the time, too. We print photos infrequently and often have to clean the print heads every time we use it. The laser printer died a couple months ago and we haven't replaced it, so the 320 is getting a lot more use than usual. We haven't had to clean it since. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: FID (Film is Dead)
So film photography is like pot, whereas digital photography is like crack. and people who do both are what? Crackpots, I suppose... -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 09 August 2007 18:52 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: FID (Film is Dead) I have this theory. Back in the old days (what, 3-4 years ago?) when you got serious about photography you loaded up your camera with film. You went out and found something to photograph, you set up your camera, then you sat around relaxing until the light was where you wanted it. Back in the darkroom you stood looking at nothing, all there was were your calm thoughts, the soft buzz of the timer, every minute or so you inverted your developing tank, then went back to contemplating nothing. As a result photographers tended to be calm contemplative folks with an intact sense of humor. Now there is digital. You go out with your digital camera snapping, snapping, snapping. Running here, running there, snapping, snapping, snapping. Oh God my 4gb card is not big enough, My 500gb hard drive is full, my mouse is too slow As a result you are all hyped up, tense, angry, and any sense of humor you ever had is shattered into sharp threads. But it is exciting. So film photography is like pot, whereas digital photography is like crack. Remember, like all generalities, it does not apply to individuals, only to groups. Anyway that is my theory, and it is certainly worth every penny you paid for it. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- John Sessoms wrote: On the other side of the coin ... I know all the *Pros* have gone digital - but so have all of the *IDIOTS*. Had a woman at my mini-lab yesterday wanting to know if I had gotten one of the kiosks fixed. To my knowledge it wasn't broken, but who knows with the help I have; so I asked her what problem she had, and she told me the kiosk was printing all of her pictures yellow. That kiosk doesn't print anything, it's just an order station - she'd downloaded images from her memory card to be printed on the Noritsu QSS-3300. She showed me the pictures. There was one of four women playing miniature golf at the beach. One of the women in the group had that sunless tan that comes out of a bottle bleached blond hair. The customer complained the printer had turned the woman's hair yellow, because the woman really has red hair; and her skin was an un-natural orange color. I pointed out that all of the others in the photo didn't look yellow, and that the sky was a natural blue, the golf lanes were green, the reds were red, and the whites were white - that if the color was shifted it would be shifted for everything in the photo. And I pointed out that all of the photos would have the same color shift, that the printer couldn't just shift color for one person in one photo and not color shift anything else. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. She then showed me some photos of a family get-together taken in somebody's living room. It's pretty obvious she had the white balance set for daylight and was taking pictures indoors under incandescent light. I tried to explain she needed to set the camera's white balance for the light. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. I tried to show her that in her other outdoor photographs there was no color shift and explained that if the printer was printing yellow, ALL of the pictures; all of the colors would be shifted toward yellow. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. She insisted on resubmitting the entire order, complaining she was on her lunch break and didn't have time to do it and I'd better get it right this time. I said yes ma'am and let it ride. We don't do anything to digital images submitted through the order kiosk. WYSIWYG. I checked 'em as they printed out though. The redhead is still blond, and her tan still came out of a bottle. I've been running the lab for about 6 months now, and I've only had one complete idiot come in with film. I get at least one a day with digital. On a good day, I won't get more than one, but I don't have many good days. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
Browsing Ebay on my search for extremities, I found this thing. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190137806062ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Storesrefitem=280134626351itemcount=4refwidgetloc=closed_view_itemrefwidgettype=osi_widget Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of images did you produce? Cheers. Syb -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay for digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Digital projectors
OK, folks I am about to assist a friend in making the leap to a digital projector for powerpoint business presentations. I have no doubt I can figure out how to hook one up and make it work using the IB. But he also needs advice on what to buy, and I don't have a clue. He doesn't have a lot of money, so we're talking below $ 1,000 in price, way below if possible. A friend recommended the Epson 76C, and it looks like those can be had for just under $ 600. How many here own such projectors? Are there specific pitfalls to look for in picking one over another? Brands to avoid? Thanks Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: what flash unit for the K10D?
On Thursday 09 August 2007 11:53, Henk Terhell wrote: Having waited half a year for a new Metz flash unit having P-TTL, the announced dedicated Mecablitz 58 AF-1 with USB is not offered anywhere around here. The Metz SCA system is no longer useful for P-TTL. My current Metz TTL unit, which I have to use in A-mode on the K10D, gives many miss hits and is not very useful for fill-in flash. Sigma doesn't show the K10D P-TTL on their lists. So that leaves only the Pentax AF 540FGZ or the 360FGZ to choice from? Henk technikdirekt.de ask 310 euro's for it, plus 22 for shipping to NL, and it is 'coming soon' whatever that means. You are not the only one waiting. -- Frits Wüthrich -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital projectors
Bob, Per my presentation training last January, a digital projector should be chosen based on its lumens rating, which is dependent upon the size of the audience you are planning to use it for. up to 50 - 1000-1500 lumens 100-150 - 2500 lumens or more 250 or more - 3500-5000 lumens or more, multiple screen projection system Beyond that, specifics of the unit that you should be cognizant of are - what are the video interface requirements of your laptop/computer - what is the reputation of the particular unit with respect to your computer hardware make/OS - where is the nearest service/support depot for the unit you have in mind etc. Beyond that ... well, there my expertise is at an end. I usually borrow units when I need one. Good ones are just too expensive to buy... Godfrey On Aug 9, 2007, at 1:21 PM, Bob Shell wrote: OK, folks I am about to assist a friend in making the leap to a digital projector for powerpoint business presentations. I have no doubt I can figure out how to hook one up and make it work using the IB. But he also needs advice on what to buy, and I don't have a clue. He doesn't have a lot of money, so we're talking below $ 1,000 in price, way below if possible. A friend recommended the Epson 76C, and it looks like those can be had for just under $ 600. How many here own such projectors? Are there specific pitfalls to look for in picking one over another? Brands to avoid? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Nature, red in tooth and claw
And you thought you had a hard day at the office graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bill Owens wrote: Incredible indeed! I saw it on CNN yesterday. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 12:28 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: OT: Nature, red in tooth and claw Lion vs buffalo vs crocodile - who wins? Some of the most incredible wildlife footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me!
Congrats ! So when you gonna post em so we can see for ourselves? Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Yea for me! So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. This is the first time I've ever displayed my work outside of circles of friends, the pdml, and my website. Overall I would say it was a fun experience. There was some good work being exhibited (and some so not so good stuff, too). I was a bit disappointed that I didn't get my printer dialed for b/w in time for this competition. I had a b/w landscape that I had wanted to enter but that will have to wait for the next show. PS - Kudos again to David Miller of ColorVision who helped check my profile for the Epson Luster paper. I was able to dial in a good profile with his help that I used for all three prints. -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Nature, red in tooth and claw
I saw it on a national channel (ABC?) last night I believe. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Nature, red in tooth and claw Incredible indeed! I saw it on CNN yesterday. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 12:28 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: OT: Nature, red in tooth and claw Lion vs buffalo vs crocodile - who wins? Some of the most incredible wildlife footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? I bought mine new several years ago have used it with both film digital bodies. What kind of images did you produce? Mainly wildlife, but I've also taken scenic's with it. It is a fabulous lens! Its also very heavy requires a sturdy tripod (I use a Gitzo 1548 CF). I use mine with a gimbal head (Kirk - King Cobra), which greatly aids in its use negates the weight effect for composition. Can't imagine using a lens this big heavy without a gimbal head. To use it in the field I utilize a backpack case (made by Kinesis) to haul it around. I have a number of images taken with the 600, posted on the Pentax Gallery - you can access the site query that lens to see some of the results. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF Browsing Ebay on my search for extremities, I found this thing. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190137806062ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Storesrefitem=280134626351itemcount=4refwidgetloc=closed_view_itemrefwidgettype=osi_widget Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of images did you produce? Cheers. Syb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FID (Film is Dead)
- Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: RE: FID (Film is Dead) On the other side of the coin ... I know all the *Pros* have gone digital - but so have all of the *IDIOTS*. They were idiots shooting film a few years ago, now they have more complications in their life, and more possiblities available to them to show their idiocy. Photography used to be relatively easy for the thinking impaired. The camera loaded itself with film, and all they had to do was point the thing in the general direction of the subject and push the button. The vagaries of the viewfinder would take care of ensuring the subject was in the frame,and the inherently forgiving nature of print film would ensure that they got a printable image. All that changed with digital. Customers didn't have to run a print order station, they didn't have to set white balance, or file size/quality, hue/sturation/contrast or do any of the other stuff that they now are forced to do if they want prints. They used to work with a very forgiving media, now they are working with a media that forgives very little, and they are doing the bulk of your job for you as well. They aren't necessarily idiots, they are ordinary people who have been fed a pack of lies by the industry, and now expect you, as a representative of that industry, to come through for them. Digital is supposed to be better, everyone says it is so. Digital TV, digital audio, digital whatever, it's all sold on a bill of lading that says it is better. You can't expect a person to know jack shit about your kiosk, or what part of the food chain it inhabits. The kiosk can go out of whack and start sending corrupt files to the printer, BTW. I've seen it happen with both a CT-2 print station and a Kodak print station sending work to a Noritsu 3101. You also can't expect the customer to know that her friend is the wrong colour because of a failure in the image sensor of her camera. She knows what her friend looks like, and she wants her friend to look that way in her pictures. In this case, it sounds like she has a closed mind, but if the sneering attitude you displayed in your post is representative of the way you dealt with the situation, it isn't likely she would be listening to what you had to say anyways. Your best be with this type of customer is, after education fails, to ask them to try a different lab with that particular file and see if they can do better. Just be prepared to have them come back and rub your nose in it if the other lab does manage to pull a better print. One of the advantages I had with customer service was my vague resemblance to Dr. Phil giving me instant credibility, and my ability to talk to them without talking down to them ensured that their tendency was to listen to what I had to say. I still got to deal with the idiots, but at least they walked away from my counter as happy, smiling idiots. William Robb Had a woman at my mini-lab yesterday wanting to know if I had gotten one of the kiosks fixed. To my knowledge it wasn't broken, but who knows with the help I have; so I asked her what problem she had, and she told me the kiosk was printing all of her pictures yellow. That kiosk doesn't print anything, it's just an order station - she'd downloaded images from her memory card to be printed on the Noritsu QSS-3300. She showed me the pictures. There was one of four women playing miniature golf at the beach. One of the women in the group had that sunless tan that comes out of a bottle bleached blond hair. The customer complained the printer had turned the woman's hair yellow, because the woman really has red hair; and her skin was an un-natural orange color. I pointed out that all of the others in the photo didn't look yellow, and that the sky was a natural blue, the golf lanes were green, the reds were red, and the whites were white - that if the color was shifted it would be shifted for everything in the photo. And I pointed out that all of the photos would have the same color shift, that the printer couldn't just shift color for one person in one photo and not color shift anything else. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. She then showed me some photos of a family get-together taken in somebody's living room. It's pretty obvious she had the white balance set for daylight and was taking pictures indoors under incandescent light. I tried to explain she needed to set the camera's white balance for the light. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. I tried to show her that in her other outdoor photographs there was no color shift and explained that if the printer was printing yellow, ALL of the pictures; all of the colors would be shifted toward yellow. She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. She insisted on resubmitting the entire order, complaining she was on her lunch break and didn't have time to do it and
Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
- Original Message - From: syb vis Subject: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF Browsing Ebay on my search for extremities, I found this thing. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190137806062ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Storesrefitem=280134626351itemcount=4refwidgetloc=closed_view_itemrefwidgettype=osi_widget Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of images did you produce? I think that's the one Ken Waller has. It seems to work well for him. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
William Robb wrote: From: syb vis Browsing Ebay on my search for extremities, I found this thing. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190137806062ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Storesrefitem=280134626351itemcount=4refwidgetloc=closed_view_itemrefwidgettype=osi_widget Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of images did you produce? I think that's the one Ken Waller has. It seems to work well for him. True. Although I'm hard pressed to think of any lens that *doesn't* seem to work well for him... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
New additions to my freeware page
I've added a couple of interesting new items to my free software page. Check 'em out and see if they might be of use to you... Under Miscellaneous Freeware application to create colour ICC profiles for scanners: http://www.robertstech.com/software.htm#sipc Under Digital Camera Utilities DNG-enabled RAW Image Format To TIFF converter: http://www.robertstech.com/software.htm#driftt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Norm's Due
On 9/8/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: I encouraged him :) I heard!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
FS: Kiron A 105mm F2.8 Macro
My decision has been made. I choose to sell my Kiron 105mm f/2.8 macro lens. Kiron has built this fantastic Macro Lens with a Pentax-A mount. So even DSLR's like K10d, or IST*DS will work flawlessly with this one. The glass, and blades, and exterior of the lens are all in excellent condition. It comes with original box, manual and caps. Will ship internationally; payment via paypal or (EU-residents) IBAN-money transfer. I will sell this lens to the highest bidder. You can bid via a pm. More infos needed? Check: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographers-marketplace/10300-fs-kiron-105mm-f2-8-macro.html Bidding closes 24 hours after posting this message. Winner will be anounced publicly. -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Norm's Due
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Norm's Due On 9/8/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: I encouraged him :) I heard!! Hey Norm! What's Cotty's phone number? I'm several hours later than you are.. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
I think that's the one Ken Waller has. It seems to work well for him. True. Although I'm hard pressed to think of any lens that *doesn't* seem to work well for him... Why Mark. I'm blushing. A high complement coming from you. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF William Robb wrote: From: syb vis Browsing Ebay on my search for extremities, I found this thing. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190137806062ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Storesrefitem=280134626351itemcount=4refwidgetloc=closed_view_itemrefwidgettype=osi_widget Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of images did you produce? I think that's the one Ken Waller has. It seems to work well for him. True. Although I'm hard pressed to think of any lens that *doesn't* seem to work well for him... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Gallery Format Tweeked, input requested was[Re: GESO -- Stony Creek]
In a message dated 8/8/2007 9:01:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nicely done gallery - no nits to pick. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f == Ditto. Marnie :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me!
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. Congratulations! Now show us the photos. So we can hate you, of course ;-) Thanks! You guys have seen them already. One is a macro shot of an orchid with water droplets the other a landscape on the Yuba river. -Brendan Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New additions to my freeware page
On 10/08/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've added a couple of interesting new items to my free software page. Check 'em out and see if they might be of use to you... Under Miscellaneous Freeware application to create colour ICC profiles for scanners: http://www.robertstech.com/software.htm#sipc Under Digital Camera Utilities DNG-enabled RAW Image Format To TIFF converter: http://www.robertstech.com/software.htm#driftt Thanks for the update, there are some interesting little tools and utilities in there. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
CS3 vs. CS2
Hello All, If you have Photoshop CS3, what features and improvements do you enjoy over CS2 while working with photos? Thank you, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: CS3 vs. CS2
- Original Message - From: Igor Roshchin Subject: CS3 vs. CS2 Hello All, If you have Photoshop CS3, what features and improvements do you enjoy over CS2 while working with photos? The RAW converter is improved, and bridge seems to work faster as well, so they seem to have streamlined the program a bit. OTOH, I can't get the darned thing to give me a workspace that I like. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me!
Thanks, Godfrey. -Brendan --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations! Excellent to hear! G On Aug 9, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545469 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me!
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool. Congrats! Marnie aka Doe :-) Thanks! -Brendan Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
For those who are thirsty for 16-50/2.8
I saw some people crying about unavailability of 16-50/2.8. As of this moment, it seems to be in stock at BH: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=ShowProductis=USAQ=O=sku=485180 HTH, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
