Hi all,
My dearly-loved Unix accound is going away... No more elm... I must join
the world of Microsoft... I too will start sending e-mails with senseless
attachments...
The point of this message, however, is to inform you all that along with
the account I am going to lose my present e-mail
Hi,
I'd like to congratulate Dan on seeing that shot. I've walked past it
a thousand times and stupidly never seen it - a case of familiarity
breeding blindness, perhaps.
As for the perspective, well you'd need a much longer lens to bring
the clock tower further forward, you'd also need to be a
I'd go for option 3.
regards,
Alan Chan
Last year,I got MZ50 and 28-80 len,but I am't satisified the len, so i sold
out the len and want to buy a new 28-70(80) len.Several choices are in
front of me.but I am 't sure which one fits me. I want to select one that
has the greatest resolving
Pentax hardly rates :-)
Could that be Pentax cameras were so good, no man-known-scale could really
represent their true quality?
regards,
Alan Chan
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On Tuesday, May 01, 2001 3:58 PM, tom [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
This is truly a kick-ass PUG, and I commend everyone.
These are exceptional:
SNIP
- Golden Rain by John Coyle, Australia
SNIP
tv
Thanks Tom - this has always been one of my (self-assessed) personal bests too!
On Tue, 1 May 2001 16:36:03 +0200, Lasse Karlsson wrote:
Hi all,
These are my comments to the pictures that were picked out for me to comment on this
month.
I hope I will do justice to the pictures, the techniques and the shooters in my
comments. (If not, I don't mind at all, the shooters or
Thanks for the comments Maris. My processor in Brazil, a very well know 30 yr.
pro photographer, liked the photo as well but wasn't keen on the tree. His
thought was that it kind of just comes out of nowhere. I personally liked it
because it breaks up the balance and puts something in a boring
Hi all,
Thanks for the comments.
I took a bit more of a look around the web today and found that the Duoscan
T1200 only does 600x1200 dpi (I thought it was 1200 in both directions). I'd
really like at least 1200x1200.
That's when I found Agfa's Arcus 1200 which is only slightly more
I use Sistan on anything I want to last. I'll let you know in 25yrs. how
it's working :)
Norm
Thanks for the Sistan tip Aaron
William Johnson wrote:
I have the first half of the article in front of me
(not sure if I ever read the second part) but he does
state that using either selenium
aaahhhggg STOP TEMPTING ME
William Robb wrote:
They also have a used Pentax 6x7 with 90mm leaf for US$450.00.
Someone should snap it up, thats a great rig to use.
William Robb
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Thanks for the kind words Daphne. You should try BW, great medium. Also,
any comments, be it negative or positive, are always appreciated by me...
Norm
Daphne wrote:
can I still offer one even though I'm no 'appointed commentator' ?
well it isnt really a comment, i just wanted to voice out
Rebecca Lane, Ouch!
You have managed to capture what was apparently a significant moment in
this event and an expressive response from the offended party, who was
apparently kicked in the stomach or thereabouts. That's a good start. As
I think you realize, the picture is a bit soft: It lacks
Wow, what a great collection of images. I found an incredible about of
them extraordinary. Below are my favorites, in no particular order:
Right Margin, Paris, 1998 by Juan Buhler (nice composition)
Daniil. Study Of Character by Alexey Tikhonov (wow)
From the Mont-Blanc summit by Yves
John Mustarde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When my A50/1.7 aperture got stuck, it was because one of the metal
tabs inside the aperture ring, at the A button, had come loose. This
loose piece of metal prevented the ring from turning through all the
stops. So I removed the offending piece of metal,
Hi,
this autumn I'll be going to Nepal and I'll be climbing up to Kala Patar
(5500m/18000ft high) with expected temperatures around
-10 to 0 degrees Celsius.
Anyone know if the MZ-5N will work at these temperatures?
I also have an MX, maybe its save to take that just in case.
Frank
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Hi,
I'm thinking about getting an MZ-5N, but I have a nice collection of
manual lenses:
Pentax MX
K 28mm f3.5
M 50mm f1.7
M 100mm f4.0 macro
K 135mm f2.5
A 35-105mm f3.5
What would be a nice lens to get with the MZ-5N? The standard zooms like
28-70 or 35-80 overlap with the lenses I have, so
helen davis wrote:
I've learned that Shopping Cart and Card Service
International would bump the sight installation cost
by $1200 and my monthly fees by $50.
Is webspace no longer a part of one's ISP agreement anymore!
I get 5megs of space w/ my ISP account. I purchased an
That looked to be just the lens for $450. At least that's how I read it.
Doug
At 6:46 PM -06004/30/01, William Robb brandished a favorite crayon and scribbled:
They also have a used Pentax 6x7 with 90mm leaf for US$450.00.
Someone should snap it up, thats a great rig to use.
William Robb
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Hello,
I faced a similar dilemma recently in my desire to
supplement my primes with one decent consumer-level
zoom, for point shoot purposes - the kind of
shooting I do with an Olympus Stylus (I know, apples
and oranges...). [Search for topics A primes guy
seeks advice on a zoom and Tokina
I own the Sigma 24mm f2.8, and while it is quite sharp and has a stellar
minimum focussing distance, it is a little on the flarey side. That
said, it is at least a pleasing flare. :)
I'm happy with it, enough that if I purchase another 24mm lens it'll be
when I can afford the FA* 24mm f2.0.
Recently Frank Wajer wrote:
K 28mm f3.5
M 50mm f1.7
M 100mm f4.0 macro
K 135mm f2.5
A 35-105mm f3.5
What would be a nice lens to get with the MZ-5N? The standard zooms like
28-70 or 35-80 overlap with the lenses I have, so ???
Well, a 28-80 zoom is actually missing, but what would be
Frits and Lasse asked about the prize for the Newton contest. First
prize is Newton's big book, Sumo, while second prize is 4 "monographs of the
grand masters". They haven't arrived so far, but I expect to see them any
day now. Third prize (awarded to three people) is a copy for each of
John Francis wrote:
Dan Motyola: Different Times. Is a different perspective achievable?
I'd like to try and make the clock tower a little larger in the frame,
by using a longer focal length from a bit further back (and a bit
higher off the ground). I don't know if that's possible,
Bob Walkden wrote:
I'd like to congratulate Dan on seeing that shot. I've walked past it
a thousand times and stupidly never seen it - a case of familiarity
breeding blindness, perhaps.
As for the perspective, well you'd need a much longer lens to bring
the clock tower further forward,
Norman Baugher wrote:
Thanks for the Sistan tip Aaron
No prob, I'm just an Agfa pimp. ;)
-Aaron
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Hi Frank, I've been using the MZ-5n at -10 Celsius with no problems
at all, autofocus and even integrated flash comprised. What I strongly
suggest are a couple of lithium spares - battery life more than halves
at cold. I also advise against the alkaline AAs as they drop very
quickly.
My dearly-loved Unix accound is going away... No more elm... I must join
the world of Microsoft... I too will start sending e-mails with senseless
attachments...
Boz, for Finagle's sake, it doesn't need to be like that! There *is* an
alternative...
Cotty
Recently Steve Cottrell wrote:
My dearly-loved Unix accound is going away... No more elm... I must join
the world of Microsoft... I too will start sending e-mails with senseless
attachments...
Boz, for Finagle's sake, it doesn't need to be like that! There *is* an
alternative...
Since you've got the A35-105,
perhaps add a 24/2AL and a FA50/1.4.
Then send me the others. I'll take good care of them. ;^)
Collin
Frank wrote:
Hi, I'm thinking about getting an MZ-5N,
but I have a nice collection of manual lenses:
Pentax MX
K 28mm f3.5
M 50mm f1.7
M
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From: Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: May 2, 2001 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: SMC-K Pentax 105mm f/2.8
That looked to be just the lens for $450. At least that's how
I read it.
Right you are. It's still a great lens. I don't know if they are
Recently Chris Brogden wrote:
There's always web-based mail. Purpleturtle.com, for example, is
structured like hotmail but they donate 20% of their advertising revenue
to sea turtle conservation. I'm sure there's other good ones out there,
too.
Well, at the very minimum I need a way of
-10 to 0 degrees C isn't even cold. The camera will be fine.
Todd
At 01:25 PM 5/2/01 +0200, you wrote:
Hi,
this autumn I'll be going to Nepal and I'll be climbing up to Kala Patar
(5500m/18000ft high) with expected temperatures around
-10 to 0 degrees Celsius.
Anyone know if the MZ-5N will
You don't hawve to join the world of MS LookOut!, there are lots of good
email clients out there for windows that aren't gaping security holes. I
recommend you look at Eudora.
Todd
At 09:14 AM 5/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
Recently Steve Cottrell wrote:
My dearly-loved Unix accound is going
Kodak PC Polycontrast III says Kodak Professonial Paper on the back, ore
you sure it's not BW paper?
Todd
At 11:10 PM 5/2/01 +0800, you wrote:
I recently got interested in b/w photography and went
on to shoot a few rolls of Tri-X. When the prints are
out (I got them from labs since I don't do
I found the font to be smaller than most websites, but I didn't find any
problems reading it. If you have a smaller monitor or are using a high
resolution I could see problems.
Todd
At 02:10 PM 5/2/01 -0400, you wrote:
Not sure if you are kidding or not - I found the font to be of normal
The AF280T is still listed on Pentax USA's web.
http://www.pentax.com/products/accessories/accessory.cfm?accessoryType=Flashes
Regards,
Bob...
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In the carboniferous epoch
we were promised perpetual peace.
They swore if we gave up our weapons
that the wars of the
I increased my font size. This worked. Now I have returned the font to the size I had
before and which works on all other web pages that I view.
Thank you.
Regards,
Bob...
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In the carboniferous epoch
we were promised perpetual peace.
They swore if we gave up our
Todd Stanley wrote:
You don't hawve to join the world of MS LookOut!, there are lots of good
email clients out there for windows that aren't gaping security holes. I
recommend you look at Eudora.
Not everybody is happy with Eudora, though. My wife has to use it at
work (it's the standard
Actually it is the other way round. With A lenses you have program AE, shutter
priority AE (both with full readouts) and aperture priority AE and metered manual
(without aperture shown in the viewfinder). With non-A lenses you have aperture
priority AE and metered manual (but the aperture will
OK, here are my commants for the may PUG, wich was again a remarkable
collection of images ...
Paul Stenquist, April Morning
Well, this is my kind of picture!
I like the way you can see the sun almost shining through the delicate leaves of the
flowers.
Also, the thin green gras make a
Bucky wrote, in response to my earlier comments:
Perhaps. Perhaps not. The expression of opinion does not
necessarily equate to expertise.
I really like a lot of Shel's work, and I suspect he's got a fair amount
of formal artistic training
You don't hawve to join the world of MS LookOut!,
there are lots of good
email clients out there for windows that aren't
gaping security holes. I
recommend you look at Eudora.
Todd
Pegasus is a pretty good e-mail client and it's free. Free
Agent should work pretty well as an e-mail
Boz said:
My dearly-loved Unix accound is going away... No
more elm... I must join
the world of Microsoft... I too will start sending
e-mails with senseless
attachments...
Oh, really? I use Microsoft Outlook. Am I sending e-mails with
sensless attachments? Or are they just plain
don't you have anything better to do? Go read something relevant.
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Douglas Forrest Brewer
Ashwood Lake Photography
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.alphoto.com
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Kelvin Ang wrote:
I recently got interested in b/w photography and went
on to shoot a few rolls of Tri-X. When the prints are
out (I got them from labs since I don't do them
myself), I'm surprised they are printed on Kodak
Professional Paper. I thought it could be due to that
the lab is
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For what it may be worth, I thought I would add some comments on my personal
favorites from the May PUG.
My clear favorite is Gianfranco Irlanda's The Jewel. It has an abstract beauty
about it, even before I realized what it was. Then, I was awed by the creativity of
even conceiving of a photo
Todd wrote:
- -10 to 0 degrees C isn't even cold. The camera will be fine.
It's cold enough for me! There's no use if my camera's work, but my fingers
are frozen! Just for the record (and totally off topic, sorry!), in my town
the coldest is has gotten in the past ten years is 3 degrees
Hi,
From: Tanya Russell Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Amongst other things, Tom wrote the following:
Post a photo you feel good about and let me tell you it was amateurish,
something just barely worthy of a beginner photographer, and of little or
no
significance. Then tell me what it felt like
Interestingly enough, my ZX-5n and my ME Super, both had an operational life
of approximately 20 minutes at -25 degrees F.
Had to take photos of product for an insurance investigation in an ice cream
freezer. Despite keeping the cameras against my body for warmth, they ceased
to function after
On 2 May 2001, at 21:05, Jan van Wijk wrote:
OK, here are my commants for the may PUG, wich was again a remarkable
collection of images ...
Rob Studdert, Acoustics
An unusual place for photography I guess!
But a very nice image capturing the mood amongst this group.
Must have been
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Jan van Wijk wrote:
One thing I find distracting in this image in the longer term is the unsharp flower
in
the lower left corner. It draws my attention too much. I would prefer to have some
more DOF
to have this flower sharp, or maybe to move the frame up a bit to get it out of the
Bob Walkden wrote snipped
People get emotionally involved in their photographs, as we can see, and
this means that their own judgement is not necessarily the best. This is
something I've experienced myself quite a lot, and I personally value the
emotional detachment that other people's
Crease Cam 1 by Chris Mitchell
This was among my favorite shots this month, and I don't know anything
about cricket. (I tried to watch it on TV when I was working in
Australia, but couldn't figure out what was going on.:-)
In any case, I find this shot very compelling. The athletes face is
Moss Corner, Mosport, 1973 by Frank Theriault.
I love motorsports and motorsport photography, and this is an excellent
example of the art. I'm not familiar with the Praktica LTL, but I
suspect that it's manual focus, which makes this shot all the more
commendable. Are you certain that the
On Wed, 2 May 2001 at 02:04:31 -0500 (EST), Bojidar Dimitrov
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My dearly-loved Unix accound is going away... No more elm... I
must join the world of Microsoft... I too will start sending
e-mails with senseless attachments...
Oh, no, you won't! Because you will go
Thanks, Paul. I'm glad you liked it. More reaction below:
PAUL STENQUIST wrote:
Moss Corner, Mosport, 1973 by Frank Theriault.
I love motorsports and motorsport photography, and this is an excellent
example of the art. I'm not familiar with the Praktica LTL, but I
suspect that it's
Do not fear, there are plenty Linux based Accounts around, so you need not
worry about having to go over to Microcrap.
LUGs such as Vancouver Linux User Group(VanLUG) could point you in the right
direction as to where to find good Linux Internet Providers.
James
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Mark Dalaleiflex wrote ...
I was surfing through Stan Halpin's website (contemplating the purchase of a
couple of lenses) when I came across this amusing typo:
Bill Cassleblad - . . . it is a very good lens as far as I can tell. . .
Uh, Mr. Cassleblad, is there something we should know
These PUG pictures are great. They prove that the list members do
exist in real life, not just email accounts.
But I wish people would provide more info about how they determined
the exposure and any lighting consideration. That would differentiate
the pics from postcards, and make for more
Wow, I finally picked up my first LX. Probably 7/10 condition. I checked
it out in person, not intending on buying it (I was looking at screw mount
stuff) and just the feel of it made me crazy! It instantly reminded of my
first photography, using a Spotmatic. I just had to have it.
- Original Message -
From: Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: May 2, 2001 9:17 PM
Subject: My first LX!
Wow, I finally picked up my first LX.
Congratulations. I like the LX so much, I bought three. Others
like them more, and have as many as five!!.
- What is
Jan van Wijk wrote:
Bill Casselberry, Hummer
Another nature picture, now including a hard to catch bird too.
It must be quite difficult to get enough DOF to get the flowers sharp,
and still use a fast enough shutter-time to freeze the birds motion ...
Yes, I believe I was
A 100/2.8
FA 100/3.5
Tamron SP 90/2.5 (manual)
Which one is optically the best for portrait photography?
Please advise.
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