Re: Corporate portraits
Unless you know exactly the look that the firm is looking for, then you have to be prepared to handle some range of lighting. Since it's a law firm they will probably want something in the tradition/formal style. The pop up flash is useless for anything other than fill - forget that. A shoe mount flash with an Omnibounce (it looks like something like that was used for that sample) is only acceptable if there are light colored walls, ceiling and some ambient light to work with. That's a lot of ifs to walk into, so you really need more. Individual portraits can be done very nicely with a single shoe mount type flash fired into an umbrella. Just set the umbrella 15º-30º off camera axis and center of the umbrella 1'-2' above the subject's eyes, with it angled down a bit. (You want some shadows/modeling and catchlights in the eyes.) For groups you set the umbrella close to side of the camera so that one person doesn't cast shadows on another. You have to check for even sided to side and front to back lighting. You'll need a stand, a bracket to hold the umbrella and flash (Bogen 2908 ?), a 45 umbrella, PC to shoe adapter (with 1/4-20 threaded bottom) and a PC cord to connect the camera to the flash adapter. With an hour or two of experimentation with the set up you should be able to get some very nice pro results. BR From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a website client who wants me to take portraits of the staff of his law firm for the website. We will probably have a group shot that looks something like this http://www.dardeno.com/profile.php as well as individual portraits. Will I be ok using the istD and its popup flash, or should I use a hotshoe flash, or do I simply need a bigger setup than what I have?
Re: OT:The PDML is Dying
My knowledge of German is limited to subtitles in old war movies, but it only looks like what you wrote means something like Nikon rules all. I don't think that putting that in German makes it offensive; although I do understand the inference. So no offense taken, no apologies needed. It might be potentially less offensive, and more accurate, to just state, Pentax Sucks BR From: Anthony Farr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruce R. still lurks here as you've discovered, but we don't hear so much Nikon uber alles as we once did. Since, and without checking my mail to see if anyone actually has taken offence, I realised that I had unintentionally alluded to a repugnant ideology. I only meant it as an expression of superiority like Nikons Are the Champions, Nikon the Brave, or My Nikons Right or Wrong. My unreserved apologies go to Bruce Rubenstein, or anyone else who was offended by the spectre of National Socialism. I must try to be more careful with my choice of words. regards, Anthony Farr
Re: OT:The PDML is Dying
Piss off. From: Butch Black Bruce R. came and went.
RE: Wedding Photography website
Brian, A couple of comments: I wouldn't charge the way you do, because it looks complicated and the clients don't know how much they are going to be billed in the end. State what they are going to get and how much it will cost. For instance: Engagment Session - 2 hrs + x# y sized prints for $ZZZ. Weddings would be, say, 4 or 8 hrs of coverage, with minimum # proofs (for each) + CD and a price for each. Then give a price for overtime. When you are putting up pictures for marketing, as opposed to on-line proofing, I would suggest tighter editing. Do not put up multiple, similar shots or weak shots. BR
RE: Scanning C41 BW Question
I've scanned Ilford XP2 and Portra 400BW on a HP S20 and Canon 4000. The Portra has an orange mask. If you use a scanner that uses an infared channel for dust and scratch removal, scanning the film in color mode enable DS removal. I scanned the Ilford in BW, color and positive modes, and the end results were pretty much the same. FWIW: The Portra scans very well with a very nice tonal range and very little grain, much nicer than the Ilford. BR
Re: Bruce lives ! (was re: Pentax discsuss etc etc)
I take a look at about every third digest. Most of the threads sound like a bunch of drunks rambling about nothing to do with photography. Quite a few threads sound like a bunch of drunks rambling about cameras. The rest just sound like a bunch of drunks rambling to their friend Harvey. While crawling around the Pentax Pub I swiped a pretzel off the bar, and thought I owed you all something in return. Since NYC is one big toxic dump, none of the cicadas made it out here, so I'm acting as proxy. BR From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wow, after all this time this huge bug crawls out of the ground and starts making a deafening shrill noise. And the cicadas are out as well! ;-)
Re: AF
With moderate focal length lenses and aperatures, zone focusing works dandy, and millions of in focus action shots have been taken like this. This has just about nothing to do with the current state of sports photography. Since the EOS system came out the look has been long lenses, wide open with shallow DOF. There are very few people who can follow focus fast moving action with a 300/2.8 lens wide open. Last century's gear was fine for last century's pictures, but not so great for this century's action shots. BR From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can't speak to specific frames per second, so I'll just describe the situation. During WW II WES photographed a burial at sea. He got off at least three frames (that's all I've ever seen, maybe that's all he got) from the time the shrouded body slipped out of the slider ~before~ it hit the water. Focus was darned good, too. I'd say that he was getting off as many frames per second as can be gotten with a typical Pentax winder ... maybe about 3 fps or so.
Re: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...
Well, you've got your hands full. Here's a few thoughts to kick around. You have to do something to control the light to keep the tonal range within the dynamic range of your recoring media (digital or film). If you don't there will be no such thing as proper exposure. Two things to use to do this are a large diffusion screen/panel and reflectors. A diffusion screen is a large piece of thin white fabric or translucent plastic (a shower curtain works), stretched over a frame. The screen is paced between the sun and the subject to soften and reduce the intensity. PVC pipe is good because you won't have to glue all the connections so you can break it down for transportation. You'll need a panel that is at least 1 x 2 meters in size. The other thing you need is a reflector to open up shadows and give nice catch lights in the eyes. White and, or gold, would be good. Again, large is good: a square meter would be an appropriate size. If you're wondering how you're going to work all! this by yourself, you aren't. You will need an assistant on this shoot, for this and several other things. Exposure: If you shoot digital record in RAW mode, since this will give you the best chance of touching things up latter. Use a handheld incident meter and work in manual exposure mode. Once you get the exposure right (checking histograms and such) you only have to change settings if the light changes. Your assistant can keep tabs on the light with the meter. Reflected light readings will vary with every outfit change, and throw things off. You will also keep the backgrond looking consistent from shot to shot with manual. Between now and the shoot get in as much time as you need to get the technical issues resolved doing test shots and experimenting. Your shooting schedule will go right down the toilet if you have to solve major technical problems in real time. Somebody, besides you, will have to do kid wrangling to make sure kids are in the right outfits, look good and be ready to be shot at the right time. Kids who are waiting to be shot will have to be kept ammused and comfortable. Make sure there will be enough folks around to take care of things so that you can concentrate on shooting. Good Luck. BR
Re: Do Smarter Cameras make Dumber Photogs?
On the Pentax Digress Mailing List? HAA! The nest step in this thread will be that the Bard was Un-American because he didn't belong to the NRA, and smart bombs took the thrill out of war. BR From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] We'll try again with my own opinion of the Bard and his work left out. Lets see if anyone gets the point of the post this time (other than Shel).
Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #289
Uh ya, and people don't die as dead as they used to either. Most combat vets don't talk about actual combat experience, especially with people who weren't in it, because they know that most people wouldn't understand. I think you've watched too many movies. BR From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course, the next argument as rebuttal will be that in the middle ages men engaged in hand to hand combat, and the wars of the 20th century couldn't compare for thrills and excitement. That may be true ... and that also implies that the march of technology has diminished the war experience.
Re: Do Smarter Cameras make Dumber Photogs?
You've confused technician/camera operator with photographer. Photographers make visually compelling images. Many full time working photographers just have enough technical knowledge to get what they want. (Many of them don't even have that and hire assistants/camera operators to handle the technical details). I know first hand of photographers that still do things all manual and it's not because they think that manual is better, but because they aren't interested or are intimidated by modern auto cameras. So, if you think that getting a properly exposed, in focus image recorded makes you a great photographer, it doesn't; it makes you a competent technician. BR From: Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ah now, the *real* question is whether or not the availability of smarter cameras increases or decreases the number of people who want to learn how to become good photographers. :-)
Re: When did did zooms come as a standard lens option?
Early 1980's. The first standard zooms were variable aperture 35-70's. AE made it much easier to use variable aperture lenses. Mfg's were able to offer zooms that were only a little bigger and heavier than 50mm primes. They were bought by amateur shooters. This was the era when makers were trying to sell SLRs that could be used by anybody. There were several cameras that couldn't be used in manual mode, or the meters didn't work in manual mode. Most makers sell what people buy. BR From: Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] A question I have wanted to ask for a while. When I first bought my MXs 20 years + ago, the choice offered was simple; a camera body or a 50mm lens option (or whatever lens you wanted).
Re: Photographing Rain
Rain, down where you would be photographing it, will be pretty much falling at a constant velocity. Gravity (constant acceleration) is only for the case of objects falling in a vacuum. In a fluid (air) an equilibrium is reached between the force of gravity and drag. The velocity the object reaches is know as terminal velocity. To get the rain drops to show up well you have to light them. You dont need flash, but you do need light. Have the light come from the side so it doesnt reflect straight back, or light up the foreground. A high powered flash light might even do. BR From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] I want to catch the rain falling in a photograph. My attempts at this have all been failures. Any suggestions for getting those raindrops on film? Is there an ideal shutter speed? Or might the speed be relative to the intensity of the rain? Do raindrops always fall at the same speed (thinking of early experiments with falling objects, gravity)?
RE: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my high-horse... with a thump.
In the local VFW hall? BR From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll do that. On a Tuesday. In February . tv
RE: Re[2]: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my high-horse... with a
...and the thing you're doing wrong is charging too little. Low end pricing gets you low end clients. Weekend warriors shooting $500 weddings are going to attract riff-raff clients who basically want something for nothing. This is why, as a shooting on the side guy, I only freelance for studios atart at midrange pricing. Don't even have to deal with PITA MOBs, because it's the BG that arrange things and sign the contract. Even if the folks are contributing, you're working for the person that signs the contract. At the end of most weddings we get thanks, hugs and a check. BR From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Weddings are fun. Unless you're hired by rednecks, twits, or morons, people are going to be on their best behavior, treat you well, and give you cake. - If you get hired by rednecks, twits or morons it's your own damn fault.
Re: wedding photography...ugh!
http://www.montezucker.com/portfolio.html There is a link on Monte's site to Joe Zeltsman, which doesn't work, but this one does: http://web.archive.org/web/20020606223814/http://www.zuga.net/freelessons/port rait.shtml#Joe%20Zeltsman Everything you wanted to know about how to take pictures that look like your parent's wedding album. Especially if your parents were married circa 1950. BR From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] LOL What we see of his work is what he wants us to see. Do we know of what his more personal portfolio is like?
Re: 180mm lens for Pentax 35mm
Unless you are intending to do macro, don't get a macro. There have been several version of the Nikon 180/2.8. They are wonderful for people and give great out of focus backgrounds. The MF ones aren't very expensive used. (you could probably get one with a matching body for $500) The throat dia. is smaller than the K mount. One possible problem is that the flim plane to lens mount flange distance is, I think, greater on Nikons. If it is, you would lose infinity focus without something something fancy. BR From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, I'm leaning more towards a simpler lens - just a plain old tele, no AF, no magic elements. Sheesh, how boring L
Re: Nikon to stop selling film cameras in Japan...
That appears to be a bit of mis-reporting. Nikon says they are getting out of the COMPACT film camera business not the film SLR business. They also reported a significant profit over the same quarter last year. The newspaper (Nihon Keizai Shimbun) said Nikon will halt all development of 35mm compact cameras for the domestic market (meaning Japan) from this point on and end shipments to stores starting in the fiscal year that begins next April. that quote comes from: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/ 57012/1/.html - Eliis Vener
Re: And now: the *ist D vs. the EOS 300D!
Dave does this for money. The idea is to shoot at latge apertures with shallow DOF to separate the subject from the background. Zone focusing means you're a hobbiest that can't afford the right gear. Sure they took pictures in the old days, but not the ones they take today. BR From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would think most of your horse shots could be done with zone focusing, I mean you know where the fence is, right? Sometimes I wonder how anyone ever took a photograph back in the old days.
Re: And now: the *ist D vs. the EOS 300D!
Dave does this for money. The idea is to shoot at latge apertures with shallow DOF to separate the subject from the background. Zone focusing means you're a hobbiest that can't afford the right gear. Sure they took pictures in the old days, but not the ones they take today. BR From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would think most of your horse shots could be done with zone focusing, I mean you know where the fence is, right? Sometimes I wonder how anyone ever took a photograph back in the old days.
Re: Shooting baskteball game. Help needed.
Few, if any photographers come anywhere near eye level to most NBA players... BR From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] But direct flash at eye level on the playing floor would be a definite no-no in my book..
Re: PZ-1 vs MZ-S
In manual mode, the F100 N80 control the aperture with the index finger and sp with the thumb. This can be switched, via a custom function, on the F100. BR From: Dave Miers [EMAIL PROTECTED] I only have minoltas and the PZ - ZX pentax line to compare this too, but if I were take a guess here it may be an industry standard that the index finger controls the shutter with the thumb controlling the aperature as the aforementioned products lines conform to this standard.. Maybe someone can tell me if canon and nikon also conform to this standard as well.
Re: *ist D shutter delay?
A common AF configuration setting for Canon users is to use a custom function (4 I think) to move AF start from the shutter release button, to a button on the back of the camera (AF ??). If you want AF, you hold the button on the back of the camera until it focuses, and it stops trying to focus after you release it. So what folks do is let it AF on the subject and then fine tune manually. BR From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist D shutter delay?
Re: Auxiliary power supply for the *ist D
NO, NO, NO! The Turbo batteries have a high voltage output (~300 V). One of their Bantam (low voltage) batteries and a cable with the right connector would be the thing. see: www.qtm.com BR From: max mcrae [EMAIL PROTECTED] I noticed on a review site that the *IstD has a 6.5V input socket. Could it be powered with a Quantum TurboZ power pack?
Re: Old lenses, *istD, and the Pentax Mad Scientists
This is not true. The only lens like this is the very cheap zoom that was introduced along with the 300D. All their other lenses are fully EF compatible. BR From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canon's solution to this, is to make dedicated wide-angles for the models with less than full-size chips. With rear elements that protrude further into the camera house than ordinary lenses. Because the mirror is smaller, there's room. They have even ensured that those lenses are physically incompatible with any full-size chip/film cameras.
RE: correct exposure
Real professional wedding photographers do lots of metering with and use studio strobes. For all but the receptions shots we meter just about everything. During the reception we check flash exposures periodically. We also probably charge 10x what you do. You get what you pay for. BR From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] I stand by my reply. His post makes no sense. You cant really do studio strobes at weddings and receptions. His teachers must be the stupid jerks.
Re: correct exposure
Sure, but you're not selling a baggie of exposed film like JCO does. BR From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] I use my studio strobes (alien Bees) for formals at all the weddings I shoot. I wouldn't want to use a little flash on a bracket for that kind of stuff. -- Content-Type: text/plain pentax-discuss-d Digest Volume 03 : Issue 1212 Today's Topics: RE: correct exposure [ J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: *istD vs. Digital Rebel [ Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: *istD vs. Digital Rebel [ Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: CF tripods[ Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] RE: correct exposure [ J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: Old lenses and *ist D [ Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: correct exposure [ William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] pentax optio 550 [ Sean Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: pentax optio 550 [ William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] RE: Has Pentax missed again? [ Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: Puzzled over lack of comments [ Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: Has Pentax missed again? [ William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] RE: Has Pentax missed again? [ J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] RE: correct exposure [ J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] RE: correct exposure [ tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: correct exposure [ William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re[2]: correct exposure [ Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: correct exposure [ Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] RE: Has Pentax missed again? [ Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Hand-holding 300/2.8 [ John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] SMCP FA 28-80 3.5-4.7 Power Zoom len [ Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] *istD image flaws?[ Bucky [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: correct exposure [ John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Gretag Macbeth colo(u)r checker [ John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: *istD image flaws?[ Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] -- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:25:48 -0400 From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: correct exposure Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yes, with TTL, you are going to change the ISO, not the stop. But the problem will be the same if you dont change the ISO. A predominately white gown shot will tend to underexpose with TTL as it gets tricked by high reflectance.. BAD! JCO J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com -Original Message- From: Bob Blakely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: correct exposure If you use TTL, and it works properly, the exposure will not change when you change the stop. Regards, Bob... Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women? -Martin Luther From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] That would only happen if you are using manual (fixed power) flash flash meter. If you use TTL or Non-TTl auto flash, the brides dress is not going to overexpose. Much more likely, it will underexpose due to reflectance being high. Thus opening up a stop gives some insurance against that problem. From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: J. C. O'Connell Subject: RE: correct exposure What planet are you guys from?? Mars. Everybody knows that CN film has about 4 stops overexposure latitude and only about 1 under. Always overexpose to be safe. 1 stop over sounds perfect to me and that is what I did routinely for my weddings. Results were beautiful. You have to watch the overexposure thing with white dresses. If the global exposure for the scene is correct, the white dress will likely be pushing Zone VIII, which is 3 stops of overexposure latitude gone already. -- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:38:32 -0400 From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *istD vs. Digital Rebel Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit the Mini is carryable. Herb - Original Message - From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
Re: feature for digital camera
It depends on what scenic is for you. There's a little of everything here. What are you looking for? BR From: arnie [EMAIL PROTECTED] p.s. I have a few days off now, anyone know of some scenic places to take pictures around NYC?
RE: Has Pentax missed again?
This is not true because it ignores the difference between price and value. Price is established when you sell something. Value is what it is worth to you. A computer or DSLR may have a low resale price, but still be perfectly capable of producing perfectly adequate work. A 6mp DSLR that produces excellent images today, will still do so 5 years from now. BR From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bottom line is if you buy a DSLR, you better use it and use it alot. It will not be worth much in say 5 yrs, even MINT. Sorta like computers in that respect.
Re: Has Pentax missed again?
This is interesting perception of Canon, because it means folks have a short memory. Ignoring the Kodak/Nikon/Canon DSLRs for the moment, The Nikon D1 was out well before the Canon D30. Canon was playing catchup to Nikon in the begining (at least a year). Now things are back to the status quo with Canon being a step ahead of Nikon. BR From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] In fact, I think the whole DSLR market has been leaded by Canon since the very beginning. Everyone has been playing catch-up game.
Re: M lenses
VOLUME! The time period when M lenses were sold coincides with the Pentax's K mount body sales peak: ME, ME Super, MX K1000. BR From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, here's a question for those of you with broader experience of pentax lenses (I've used K, M, and A*)--are the M lenses the low-water mark of pentax optics? I would think either that or sales volume accounts for their prevalence on the used market.
Re: Old lenses and *ist D
AI lenses are more than 25 years old. What's real funny is that when Nikon stuck it to buyers with the N80 (the earlier, couplingless models were entry level), every one here squealed with delight. Now that Pentax has stuck the hot poker, where the sun never shines, lots of fokls are going, it doen't bother me at all. HA! BR Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 12:39:26 -0600 From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, no other Japanese 35mm camera maker is offering full compatability with 20 year old lenses either. Nikon lenses must be AI modified, or they won't work right on the very top end models that do offer some backwards compatability.
Re: 300D first impressions
The photographer I work with (who skipped the AF generation of cameras) now goes around at events with his 10D and a dumb grin, mumbling, This is too easy. BR From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pretty much everyone loves their first DLSR. It's not that much of a reflection of how good it is, but how cool DSLR's are.
Re: Portrait Lens Question
DOF is dependent on the set aperture and focal length of the lens only. This is why a 50mm lens has the same DOF, for a given f-stop, on a film or partial frame DSLR. BR From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] FOV at the same magnification scale should be equal with 35mm and *istD when using the sme lens. *istD will have greater DOF than 35mm at equal distance to subject. But then you will see just a part of image seen on 35mm frame, thus you will have to make the distance between you and the subject greater to maintain equal magnification scale. Am I right?
Re: Monday Night Football
No. Did they run out of footballs? BR From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone see that FA 300/2.8?
Re: Evaluating Photographs
That's silly. There are no qualifications needed to comment on photographs. All you have to do is write down how you felt or experienced looking at it, and maybe why. This isn't judging a photo competition where you have to look for all sorts of arcane details. BR From: Kathleen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I love looking at all of the PUG monthly photos, but I do not feel qualified to comment on the photos insofar as offering praise, criticism, or suggestions for improvement.
Re: More serious competition for *ist-D - Kiss Digital/300D
People have gotten spoiled by just how cheap cameras have become in the last 30 years. If one were to use inflation adjusted, constant dollars, or how long, on average, one would have to work to pay for a camera you'd see how inexpensive they've become. 1000, 2003 dollars wouldn't pay for a 1973 Spotmatic. That Canon's price is around a week's pay for the average person, and a lot less for many. BR Robert Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $1000 may not be alot of money to those accustomed to getting semi-pro or pro equipment, but to a typical beginner, it is alot of money.
re: Pentax lenses vs. the world?
Pal, do you even read things on this list? There always seems to be at least one thread of having looked for months for some particualr lens, that are easy to get in some other brand. Yes, there were millions of Pentax lenses made, but of the K mount MF lenses sold in NA, probably over 90% were 50mm. Pentax was a value camera here, and few people invested in a lot of OEM lenes. 15 minutes of looking on US e-bay tells the story. Try to find a 105/2.8 K mount Pentax. Now look for a Nikon AI 105/2.5. It doesn't matter how many Pentax 105's were made, there aren't any for sale. Not in Norway Bruce From: Audun Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pentax lenses aren't rare. They are among the most common out there. I believe that many a sitting on their Pentax lenses. There are about 26 million Pentax lenses made. If you want to include medium format lenses (that can be used on Pentax 35mm bodies) you can add another 700 000 (approx). In comparison, Canon have made 20 million. Pål - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 28mm/3.5 shift lens: worth getting?
You can get better results in PS than you did. Using Transform/Distort, you can work all 4 corners independently. It helps to us use guide lines for setting the verticals. When I correct perspective distortion I not only pull the top corners up and out, I usually have to work one corner in and down. Not only do the verticels have to be straight up and down, but the vanishing lines have to look right. There is no simple formula for making it look right. The one thing you can't do in PS, than you can with a real view camera, are the swings for changing DOF. From: Mishka this is what i was talking about (comments are welcome) http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/ignatievmatterccbrandeisedu /vwp?.dir=/Boston+2002 .src=bc.dnm=22.jpg http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/ignatievmatterccbrandeisedu /vwp?.dir=/Boston+2002 .src=bc.dnm=22---1.jpg - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax and Minolta on Life Support
I didn't write that. I only passed it along, including the reference to the full article. It was written by someone in the US, regarding the US market. Right now the US and Canada make up almost 50% of the entire world market for digital cameras. No camera company is going to be in the forefront of anything only having good sales in Northern Europe. From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l?= Audun Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax and Minolta on Life Support Bruce wrote:. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Biggst Digital Camera Maker is ....
From Photo International - http://www.photointer.com/pageset/page5.html Sanyo to Scale up Digital Camera Production to 10 Million This Year Sanyo Electric, the largest OEM supplier of digital still cameras, is turning up its sleeve to increase its production to the 10 million unit line. New assembly lines will be built at the company's overseas factories in China and Indonesia for doubling the production of low-to-middle class cameras. The company currently produces digital still cameras at four sites, one in Osaka, Japan, one in Masan, Korea, one in Bogor, Indonesia and one in Dongguan, China. Annual production capacity of both Chinese and Indonesian factories combined is well over 3 million units. Sanyo plans to step up the capacity to 6 million units. The Japanese factory in Osaka and Korean factory in Masan are able to roll out 2 million units each. The Dongguan factory in China has reportedly commenced producing digital cameras at an annual rate of 1 million in May. There is only one assembly line currently operating. Sanyo will install a few more assembly lines at the factory and increase parts procurement from local suppliers from 20% to 30%. In Indonesia, Sanyo will increase its assembly line from four to five to six lines, as required to meet the growing demand in China. Sanyo became the largest producer of digital still cameras in 2000, rolling out 4.5 million units. Annual production will climb to 6 to 7 million units in 2002. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax lenses vs. the world?
This would also seem to be the definition of masochist. It feels sooo good when I stop banging my head against the wall! It's not like Pentax is the only company that makes/made decent lenses and bodies. If you're into the joy of collecting, then this is satisfying. If, on the other hand, you just want a decent piece of gear at a reasonable price, it's a PIA. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] One reason many Pentax users covet their lenses as they do is simply because the finest Pentax lenses are not a dime-a-dozen as they are with other makes. This gives us the feeling that when we are able to acquire a good lens, say the 20mm f2.8 vs. the more commom f4, we want to dance. . Pentaxians are a diehard group. Period. We look at our gear and hear strains of sometimes it feels like you and me against the world. Along with all of the other reasons for choosing Pentax lenses one cannot be amazed at one's luck to come across a K85 f1.8 (at any price) or a 50mm 1.2 for less than $250. Were the best gear found all over the place we wouldn't think of Pentax the same way. Who else but a Pentax user would spend years searching for a particular lens? - - Brendan MacRae - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax and Minolta on Life Support
Those were models that neither HP or Pentax sell anymore. It would appear that their joint venture has gone the way of spats. From: Raimo Korhonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] But Pentax makes the H-P cameras. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Pentax and Minolta on Life Support
An excerpt from, THE REVOLUTION IN PHOTO MARKETING, PART II - The Darker View, from: http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0206/editorial.htm Pentax and Minolta are on life support. Olympus, although strong now is relying on other manufacturers to produce their products and has little of their own technology or engineering in their cameras, although it is rumored that they will have a new camera with dedicated lenses on the market in the fall. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: What is the most quiet body?
The listed weight difference is a bit less than 300 g (255g). This is without batteries though; the MZ-S uses those little toy ones and the F100 uses AA. With batteries the difference is more. Unless, of course, you don't like little toy batteries, and you get the battery grip for the MZ-S. The the size,weight and cost of the two cameras even up. I still think that comparing the two cameras is an apples ond oranges situation: they are two very different cameras for different types of users. From: Sylwester Pietrzyk ...And F100 has over 300 g of weight more than MZ-S... it costs a solid couple of bucks more, and it still lacks some nice features of MZ-S: wirelles flash as a standard, MRC, leaving film leader out after rewinding, reading exposure information for each frame requires expensive add-ons (software for PC)... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
War Photographer being shown in NYC
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 - TUESDAY, JULY 2 2 WEEKS Showtimes: 1:15, 3:15, 6, 8, 10 http://www.filmforum.com/warphotographer.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Q-Lab
There are labs that adhere to Kodak's quality guidelines for processing E-6 film. There are a number of things that they are supposed to do if they want to advertize themselves as being a Q-Lab. If you go the the Profesional area of Kodak's web site you can find out what the guidelines are and there is also a Q-Lab locator. From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] On the boxes of some recently purchased Kodak Ektachrome there's a statement that says that for optimum results the film should be processed at a Q-Lab? What's a Q-Lab? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Most Durable Pentax Body
K1000 - A couple of months ago I sold a K1000 that I bought new in 1978, never gave me a problem, never had it serviced and still worked fine when sold. A MX I bought new in 1980 had the flash sync contacts go twice and the meter finally died. Program Pluses get a little flakey in the aperture tracing resistor. LX's have to be serviced every so often. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax Cameras with Servo or Continuous
The MZ/ZX cameras DO NOT have servo/continuous (same thing) AF capability. Predictave AF is not the same thing (which is all MZ/ZX cameras have). Aside from being able to keep a moving subject in focus, without firing the shutter, servo/continuous mode also changes the shutter release from focus priority (the camera has to think the subject is in focus before releasing the shutter) to release priority (the camera will fire the shutter when it is depressed all the way). It's the difference between getting an almost perfect focus picture at the right instant, and getting an almost perfect focus picture (moving subject with a MZ/ZX) after the moment has come and gone. From: Chris Brogden In single shot mode, you're correct. In continuous shooting mode, my MZ-5n works a bit differently, though it may be a bit of a stretch to call it servo AF. If I hold the shutter button down, the camera will focus continually while it shoots as fast as it can, up to 2fps. So after it takes a shot, I don't have to press the shutter button again to get it to focus. I just hold it down, and the camera keeps focusing. chris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT Ritz Camera?
Ritz and Wolf were owned by 2 cousins. Wolf was about to go bankrupt (owed Kodak $50,000,000), and was bought out by Ritz. US trade news can be found here: http://www.photointer.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Why zoom lenses? (WAS: Film for graduation)
I think there is a lot more to this than just, convenience vs. sharpness and weight/cost. There is a greater range of look and shooting conditions that I can do with fast, prime telephotos than with slower zooms. The flexibility of greater control of DOF and lower light levels is more important to me than adjustable focal length. This is due, in large part, to having shot a long time and knowing what I like in an image and what I don't. I have 180/2.8 85/1.8 primes and a 70-300-4/5.6 zoom, and I use the primes much more. Now I don't always carry both of them. I usually have a 50/1.8 and a 28-105 zoom with me, so I don't take the 85 unless I know I'm going to need/want it. A 80-200/2.8 zoom would be handy, but they weigh way more than the 180/2.8 (45oz vs. 25 oz). The 70-300 is pretty much only used for zoos and a light camera bag. I have found that over time I can get by with fewer lenses (for shooting, rather than collecting) than when I was finding my style. (Note to newer members on the list: If you're confused about when did Pentax start making 180/2.8 50/1.8 lenses, they didn't. Most of my shooting is now done with Nikon, because used, AF 180/2.8 85/1.8's are common, and you can buy both for under $600. ) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: AA's is AA's
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Urban legendAA's are AA's, they are all 1.5v and that is all your camera, or anything else using that battery, cares about. Power usage is determined by the device, not by the battery as it will deliver only what the device requires..no more. Where batteries differ is in amp hours which is a measure of how long they will deliver their voltage. Jerry in Houston This is not entirely true. Circuits that charge up may have a very low initial impedance, so the rate they charge is determined by the current sourcing capability of the battery. Batteries which can deliver more current, charge faster, and possibly overheat components. If one were to measure the battery voltage, under a heavy load (10 ohm resistor), a Nicad, NiMH and lithium would measure higher than an alkaline. This is why flashes recycle faster with Nicads/NiMH/Lithiums than alkalines. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Camera Problems. Please Help!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or you could borrow a flash meter and run some of the tests without burning film ... Careful! If the metering is done by measuring the light reflected off the film, and there is no film in the camera you will get an erroneous reading. The pressure plate is less reflective/lighter than film. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Contax N Digital - spec changes
One problem with full sized imaging chips, that does sound plausable, is related to the geometry of the sensor cells. They are somewhat like photon buckets with a certain depth. If light doesn't come straight in it is blocked by the walls of the bucket. This becomes a significant factor towards the edge of the chip since the light rays coming from the lens are at an angle. This was the reason given for significant light falloff for an early Kodak DSLR with a full sized chip. The only way to avoid the problem would be to use a larger diameter lens, or apply some sort of transform function to the chip output. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Statue of Liberty Recommendations
Newark is too far inland, and too far North. Probably around Bayone. The best thing to do is get a map and draw a line through the Statue of Liberty and extending from an accesable point in NJ to Manhattan. A few things to keep in mind: - The statue faces into the bay (southeast) so you will have to be of it south to get a side view. - Best light will be very early morning so the stature is front lit with the skyscrapers side lit with warm light. - You will be miles from Manhattan and pretty far from the statue so you will need a clear, dry (low humidity) day, a long lens and a solid tripod. For a simpler, postcard shot, take a Circle Line cruise ship around Manhattan. A nice sunny day, some white puffy clouds, 100mm lens, fine grained film and you've got it made. From: Tiger Moses [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guys, where do I need to go to get a view of Lady Liberty with a nice view of NYC behind her, you know the classic image. Do I need to be in Newark or what? Trying to plan a summer roadtrip - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax Program Plus - Latest
The P30t is plastic and rubber on the outside and metal on the inside. The grey paint on the top plate tends to wear on the edges. Functionally, the cameras are pretty similar. The Program Plus was a more expensive camera and it shows in a number of areas: better finish, better viewfinder less vibration, among others. One thing the P30t does have is AE lock (button marked ML). This is a very handy feature for AE cameras. Neither camera seems to sell for very much these days, but I think a PP is worth more. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Sorry
Sorry about including an entire digest in a response. I'll try to do this when I'm more awake. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
OT: Items for sale - including an LX
Before putting these items up for auction, I am offereing them here: LX Body $350 This LX is in good cosmetic condition and excellent mechanical condition. Its not a beauty queen, but it doesnt look like its been used for vacation pictures in Tora-Bora either. There are some minor dings in the prism and on the bottom plate. The camera was serviced by Pentax several years ago and has not been used very much since then. There are no symptoms of sticky mirror, the mirror box is in perfect alignment and the meter and shutter speeds are accurate. All this camera needs to go is film and a lens. Included is the original strap, strap connecting lugs, grip B and a body cap. The serial number starts with 528XXX, so the meter turns on by pressing the prism release button and the ISO goes to 3200. Note: This is not that body that I had repair problems with Pentax Colorado. Shipping $8 Pictures: http://home.att.net/~b_rubenstein/lx-front.jpg http://home.att.net/~b_rubenstein/lx-back.jpg http://home.att.net/~b_rubenstein/lx-top.jpg http://home.att.net/~b_rubenstein/lx-bottom.jpg Genuine Pentax K to Screwmount Adapter $20 The adapter is mint, in its original package with instructions. Shipping $1.50 http://home.att.net/~b_rubenstein/k-mount-ad.jpg Pentax 1.7x AF Adapter $100 This is the adapter that enables AF with MF lenses, and acts as a 1.7x tele-extender. The condition is somewhere between Excellent+ and Mint- (its very good). It comes with the original caps. Shipping $4 http://home.att.net/~b_rubenstein/af-adap.jpg Tokina KA 24mm f2.8 lens $75 This is a KA mount lens, so it supports Program and Shutter AE modes. The glass is perfect, focus smooth (but backwards), aperture blades clean and snappy (all 5 of them). Cosmetics are between Excellent+ and Mint- Shipping $4 http://home.att.net/~b_rubenstein/tok-24.jpg Payment/shipping: I accept Pay Pal (preferred), Money Orders and Cashiers checks. Personal Checks, will be accepted, but will have to clear first. I ship via USPS with insurance. US sales are less complicated and preferred but I will also deal with Canadian buyers. Listed shipping costs are for US sales only. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Jacob Riis
Just to be slighty tedious, Riis Park is not in Far Rockaway. It's just over the Marine Park Bridge, and due south of Brooklyn. I got dragged off to that place every weekend for years in the late 60's. Well before one of the sections of the beach went topless... From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] And more importantly, Riis Park on Far Rockaway had a nude beach back in the eighties. Great photo ops. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Grid lens question
What is needed is a viewfinder screen with a grid etched on it. Your problem is that the p30t does not have user interchangeable screens. It might be possible to have a technician replace your screen with a grid screen for a Pentax MX or LX. The way to do it, without a grid screen, is: - mount the camera on a tripod (should do this anyway) - measure the hight of the center of the picture, and set the hight of the camera so that the center of the lens is the same height - layout a centerline from the center of the picture to the tripod and center the camera over it. This will get the camera pointed straight at the picture. Then all you have to worry about is lighting the picture so there are no reflections and using a film with neural, accurate color (Fuji Reala or NPH/Kodak NC 160). From: Laurie Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I am an artist who takes slides of my paintings with a P30t and Pentax SMC 50mm Macro Lens. I have heard there is a lens or filter with a grid screen that makes it very easy to square the image. Does anyone know what it is called and which one would fit my camera and where I could find one? I've looked on photo equipment sites on the web but nothing like it comes up. Thanks, Laurie - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Wide Angle lenses
If you're worried about a 24/2 being a brick, I don't think that you want a F5. The thing to remember about used Nikon equipment is that although there is a great deal out there, it's not cheap. However, there are many lenses which are rare for Pentax and common for Nikon, and these are quite a bit cheaper than Pentaxes (I can't believe the prices for 85/1.8 105/2.8 Pentax lenses. Nikon 85/1.8 105/2.5's can be had for under $200.) BTW, the A24/2.8 is just about the same size and weight as a 50/1.4; it's also very good. From: TM [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ron- Thanks. Money is definitely a consideration in this whole thing- sorry to say, but if it were not a consideration, I'd have a bunch of Nikons- FM-3, F5, F100 and a ton of lenses. Heresy, I know, but the much greater availability of Nikon equipment, especially for rental makes it possible to use a 300mm f2.8 for a weekend, if I really need one. :-) I don't have any AF bodies, but I may get one in the future- the ZX-5n looks really nice. Size and weight are relatively unimportant- the FA24/2.0 isn't a huge brick, is it? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Split Image Or Not Split Image
Ha! I assume you're refering to the Nikon F4. If so you should really take a look through a sub $500 AF camera viewfinder. They may be ok for framing, but not too great for focusing. From: Bolo [EMAIL PROTECTED] As far as AF screens go, the only one I can judge is the matte in my F4. That thing is so bright that I don't find myself wishing for a focus aide at all. And, if I do, I can use the (closer, on-target, farther) AF indicator as a rangefinder. I assume that most AF viewfinders are equally as bright and usable. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Zeiss and Pentax coatings, lenses (similarities, differences)
If you over generalize, then yes, IF = floating element. In the case of Nikon, they refer to a floating element design, for wide angles, as Close-Range Correction (CRC). It's intended to improve performance of the lens when focused close. Aside from the single CRC element the lens focuses like a regular one. The IF lenses move groups of elements (and the group changes from one lens design to another) for basic focus. From: Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] Actually, though, it is not clear in my mind, but wouldn't IF lenses be, in effect, lenses that have floating elements (inasmuch as one or more elements move relative to the other elements when focusing)? Or, to put it another way, couldn't the term be applied to any lens that moves elements (or groups of elements) differentially, compared to other elements (or groups)? Fred - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Henri Cartier-Bresson
He drove me nuts in the Adams documentary with his pedantic, pontification. I did like the quote of HCB, regarding Adams and Weston, The world is going to hell, and they're taking pictures of rocks and trees. From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annsan sez I think Szarkowski loves his own rhetoric too much. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: War Photographer
Thanks for the post Bob. I think James Nachtwey is the best photojournalist working today, and one the all time greats. According to the web site the movie will be released here (US) in June 2002. From: Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: War Photographer Hi, a rough translation from an article in French Photo, April 2002: In the skin of James Nachtwey. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photoshop question
Yes, it's done with auto levels. You can either select what you want to be black, grey, white, or key in explicit values for these tones. For inkjet printing I set black to 10,10,10 (RGB) and white to 245,245,245 to keep things in the printer's tonal range. If I want thing to be a bit warm I might key white to 245, 240, 230. From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Photoshop question I dont have photoshop but was wondering if it has a feature i would like: Auto color balance- This would involve putting the cursor on a known gray object ( white shadows would work) and clicking the mouse, the program would then automatically adjust the red, green blue, to make that area (and the rest of the pic, to neutral gray. It sure would save time rather than manually adjusting the individual color channels. Does photoshop have this?? JCO - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: pro or hobby
Well, the usual definition of a pro is someone who derives all, or a major portion, of their income from selling/licensing photographic images that they've made. Everyone else is an amateur. Using any other metric than percentage of income gets things into semantic quicksand quickly. Hey, I am still waiting for that definition of what an amateur photographer is. Ciao, Graywolf - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Studio Band info
I'm not sure that 2.8 lenses will do it. Fixing color balance in PS isn't cheating. As much as we all like to get it right in the camera, don't get carried away with being macho about it. Doesn't the D1 have a max ISO setting of 1600? That should get you plenty of grain. I suspect the 35-70 will be most useful. Hi Bruce.I have the 35-70 and 80-200 f2.8 for the D1.The head band guy is a PS wiz and will fix anything he said i'll take. Told him,pride comes in here,i want t do a bang up job,not a shoot and fix. I plan to take the D1 fer ser(valley talk there)and some 800-1600.Make depends on the re mails from now until noOn SAT.fUJI OR kODAK Opps Vodka taking hold Dave Get the award winning ISP, ATT WorldNet Service http://download.att.net/webtag - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax gear FS (moving to Canon)
Outside of the US the A2e was sold as the EOS 5. The one difference between them is that the 5 had a meter scale in the viewfinder, rather then just the +/- indicators. Camera stores sold quite a few grey market EOS 5's for this reason. Get the award winning ISP, ATT WorldNet Service http://download.att.net/webtag - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Studio Band info
Well, if you have a fast prime, the D1 will be easiest since you can set the white balance, turn up the gain and see what you're getting. Fuji 800 (NPZ) is probably the film of choice. Any filter to balance it to tungsten light will eat too much light. Shoot it straight, and fix it in printing (easiest in PS). Good luck. Get the award winning ISP, ATT WorldNet Service http://download.att.net/webtag - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: An interesting evening - sorry, long
I think that by looking back only to 1990 you miss the sea state change started by Minolta with the first fully integrated AF in 1985. Not only did the Minolta 7000 start the AF revolution (yes I know about the Pentax ME- F and the Nikon F3-AF), but also introduced a whole new interface. Since the controls only worked electronics, designers weren't tied to mechanical controls: everything was switches and encoders. That camera didn't have a single knob on it, everything was a push button. (The whole world had gone digital crazy. This was also the era of numeric displays on car dashboards.) It was also close to the begining of plastic blob cameras. Ever since that time camera makers have been refining the camera interfaces to make them more efficent to use and support new capabilities. Canon was one of the first to have a fairly standard control interface across their models (the Rebels, and everyone elses bottom of the line entry level cameras, differ by only having a single control dial). Nikon wandered around, with different controls on different models, until the F5. The F100 and N80 are very similar to it, particularly in the way that AF sensors are selected. Everyone liked that control concept so much they copied it (Canon, Minolta and Contax). Now, Minolta started this off by being on the leading edge of new technology. They got so carried away with this that they became loaded down with fluff (remember function/personality cards?). When Canon introduced the EOS line, they not only took the technology lead from Minota, but finally had a chance to make big inroads into Nikon's pro market. (AF leveled the playing field. Nikon was burnt by this so bad that when digital photography looked like the next hot thing they jumped on it ahead of Canon and had a DSLR a couple of years ahead of them.) Judging Canon's technology by the Rebel, sort of misses everything they've done. Most of the entry level SLRs are the same: the maker recycles the last model with a fresh look and some new feature, but they don't change much. Those cameras are driven by low cost and a fancy looking spec sheet. So what did Pentax do? They made cameras that seemed a lot like everyone elses with a feature or two they could call their own: power zoom Hyper Programs for instance. All the market progress they made in the 70's, they lost in the late 80's and early 90's. Pentax took good advantage of the analog retro backlash with the ZX- 5. The problem is though, that it's hard to be retro and contemporary at the same time. By keeping the controls 1960's simple you just can't support all the newer types of controls. Right after the ZX-5 came out everyone else had gone back to dials and knobs, where it made sense, and most of the modern SLRs are pretty straight forward to use. Now, in the areas that Pentax is different than other makers, they are in sort of a retro-niche. If DSLR's turn out to be big in amature photography, will get whacked as hard as they did when AF redefined SLRs. Get the award winning ISP, ATT WorldNet Service http://download.att.net/webtag - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Fast Med Telephoto needed...
Portland is like every other place in North America: you can't rent Pentax 35mm gear. If you really want a lens like this for the night, plan on renting a body to go with the lens. Nikon and Canon both have good 70/80 - 200/2.8 zooms. A sharper, lighter Nikon lens is the 180/2.8. Canon has a 200/?? (something fast). For a stage performance I would probably first look at Canon to get an IS lens. Just make sure that you are comfortable with the body, regardless of brand. You should feel right at home with a MF Nikon body. Get the award winning ISP, ATT WorldNet Service http://download.att.net/webtag - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
