Hi, Shel
Thanks for the information. I'm in the same condition as Ken - I'm spoiled
by K28F3.5 (not M) lens also ;o) And I'm looking for the same quality in
other focal lengths... It's interesting, but it seems that all good lenses
Pentax made in prior autofocus era (maybe except FA* and Limited
Also you replace the print heads each time you buy a
new cartridge. Epson printer cartridges are cheaper
because the print heads are built into the printer.
But when they wear out, it is apparently cheaper to
buy a new printer than get them repaired. So each has
it's disadvantages. I have an HP pr
Perhaps even worse, when I was growing up, exactly a block away (same relative
position on a parallel street) lived another family, same surname, with a
spelling variation (theirs being a more common spelling than ours). They had a
boy, a year younger than I, with the same first name. The mothe
Has anyone else tried this new paper from Epson? I read about it in a
recent edition of Shutterbug and was impressed enough to order a pack. I've
only done one 8x10 with it so far but it seems to be a really good choice.
It's a semi-gloss paper and detail seems to be even better than with Premiu
You can download Photoshop Elements for trial for free - I think its
sharpening will meet your needs.
PSP and CorelPaint's screens and properties are similar to Photoshop's but I
really don't know how to describe the differences. Corel is probably most
similar. I think you can download a trial
Thanks for your imput on various imageing software
programs. I have access to various photoshop versions
through the University where I teach. I presently use
Picture Window Pro 2.5, but it's sharpening tool has
resisted my attepts to use it with very much subtlty.
I have read reviews about Pho
>I have noticed that my MX ,bought used,does not quite make infinity
>on focusing,I have tried the lenses in my LX and they are OK.I have
>tried reseating the focussing screen to no avail.any ideas?
>A service is in order I suspect.
>Ian
There are 2 possible reasons:
1) The position of the MX sc
Maybe you can find a cheap $49 flatbed scanner with a
decent graphics program bundled with it.
Most any digicam or scanner comes bundled with some
sort of graphics program. Last year I ended up with an
extra copy of Photoshop LE, which I donated to a PDML
guy's daughter.
--
John Mustarde
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In 1989 I was at Tokyo's Haneda airport and was checking in my hand luggage.
I was carrying a martial arts kit bag which had a portable chin up bar
strapped to the outside of it. This was an extendable metal tube with
rubber pads at each end that could be jammed into a doorframe by unscrewing
it
On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 13:43:47 -0400, Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
>http://www.geocities.com/thombell/history.html
>
>I found this fascinating.
>May some others will as well.
If you found this interesting you may enjoy visiting
www.thebigcamera.com.au which has has a good history of photography on
i
I think I missed some e-mails, however, there was some discussion on 13%
grey or 18% grey. Would someone explain that part to me a bit ?
More importantly, is there any book which would explain the zone system ?
Thanks in advance.
Anand
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Ed,
It is not a coincidence that printers are priced very low. The goal of the
companies is to sell *ink cartridges*.
Few people consider the price of ink when purchasing a printer. Each
company, by selling their product secure a steady income in accessories such
as ink cartridges.
Welcome to the
"Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anybody out there have any suggestions where I might be able to
>find the ink cartridges for less money, or some sort of refill kit? If
>I can't find them less expensive than this, it might be cheaper to trash
>the printer the next time it runs out of ink!
T
I just got back from my local Best Buy, where I handed over $41.00
stinking dollars for a stinking replacement color cartridge for my
wife's stinking Lexmark Z11. With rebates and discounts, there were
three Epson printers there I could have bought new (with ink included!)
for just an additional $
> More like 60 days late actually. A 21 year old Australian man was
> sentenced to 60 days in jail two days ago (Sept 19) after joking that he
> had a bomb at Toronto Pearson International Airport:
When it's happened over here in the UK they tend to get the full body cavity
search and a night at
konica 3200 has also been discontinued. the best big grain film i ever
shot
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Micrographx Picture Publisher. Current version is about $50 at CompUSA.
Supposedly pretty much equal to Photoshop in power, but it is hard to find
tutorials on it.
--graywolf
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Bob...try Photoshop Elements...it's good and a lot less money.
John Mustarde wrote:
>
>
>> I like the current version, 6.0, best. Second choice is
>> the 5.0 and 5.5 version, which are very similar. I was
>> comfortable with 4.0. The 3.5 version is just too old
>> now.
>>
>> As you probably
mmm "El Tigre"?
taly
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From: tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: Reply Part III: Confessions of an old timer
> At 09:11 AM 9/22/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >tv wrote:
> >
> > > I figured 'J.T. Gray
Corel PhotoPaint (the CorelDRAW Suite includes it) and Paint Shop Pro (PSP),
not to mention the Gimp.
Maris
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From: "Robert Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Photoshop Recommendations
| Joh
Paint Shop Pro - I have used it quite extensively and found it adequate. I
found that when they upgraded from 5.03 to 6 that a few of the tools I used
most were changed for the worse. They are now on version 7.
Picture Window Pro - I have been working with an eval copy of it and
generally like
After looking a bit on the web for the official time I am a bit confused.
For west coast USA what time is the equinox? I'm guessing it to be 3:05 pm.
Does that sound right to everyone in the know?
Bruce Dayton
Sacramento, CA
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One other positive aspect that I haven't seen mentioned is that there is
never any need to finish out a roll or throw part of a roll away. You take
4 shots, if that is all you need, you can immediately get them. You no
longer worry or care about the length of the roll. The size card I use in
mi
David,
As I said before, I haven't tested them all under such conditions.
Therefore, what I said about their capability to meter at dim light shoud
better be accepted with a grain of salt... :-)
You have mentioned (ME of some sort,MZ5n,PZ-1p or LX) four VERY different
cameras. Each one of them ha
Cotty,1 wordShrubery
(5 hours to go and still raining)
Dave
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Sent: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 12:48:43 +0100
To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Equinox Panic
>Cotty,stay away from those vicious kept left signs.Watch out,
> Friends,
I dont't know, but I think I'm ready for Photoshop.
(PC version) The thing is, which version? I can pick
up earlier versions for $50-60. I would be using it
for "darkroom" jobs on scanned Bk&Wt and the
occasional color print. No web page stuff, just
single images. Any ideas? TIA
Re
Welcome to the list John.
I shoot horses mostly and try to sell the pic'sa at the next show.So far
i fiqure i'm in the hole quite a bit.LOL.Seriously,at best i cover expenses
and market the pictures by word of mouth and carrying a binder of shots
and letting people look at them(and my web site).Oc
Gary ...
Thanks for posting that. I hope everyone on the list gets involved to
one degree or another.
"Gary L. Murphy" wrote:
>
> Campbell's is donating a can of soup (up to 5 million) to area food
> banks just by clicking on a helmet at their website. Click on this
> link.
>
> http://www.chu
Jody wrote:
> I was talking about the fish, although I do know of
> the haircut. People talk about "stunned mullets",
> perhaps because when you hit the fish on the head
> after catching it, it becomes stunned.
Or maybe just being caught is stunning enough. Imagine being yanked out of
your hous
Campbell's is donating a can of soup (up to 5 million) to area food
banks just by clicking on a helmet at their website. Click on this
link.
http://www.chunky.com/click_for_cans.asp
Later,
Gary
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Another interesting aspect of digital shooting is that you can "choose" the
"length" of your "roll of film." I can buy a 32, 64, or 128MB SmartMedia
card for my camera, for instance. Shooting at the maximum pixel count in
Super-High-Quality (lowest level of JPEG compression), you get 27 shots on a
Mark C. wrote:
> I'm totally with you on this, Mike. I bought a 3 mp digital about a month
> ago, and just relish the freedom to walk around and shoot whatever. You
> can shoot hundreds of pics in a day, get the results instantly, see what
> works and what doesn't. The instant feedback and abi
"Tom Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Zero Meridian. Z for short. Zulu phonetically
...and one hour east of Zulu is time zone Alpha, then Bravo, Charlie
and so on.
-tih
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At 09:11 AM 9/22/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>tv wrote:
>
> > I figured 'J.T. Gray' would be some clever reference to something or
> > someone else
>
>
>No, it was "L.T. Gray."
>
>Say it. Hint: Spanish word.
See, I knew there was *something* there
tv
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Aaron effused:
>> I WILL TOTALLY BUY THIS LENS. Please, I am holding
>> the money in my
>> outstretched hand. How much? How much?
Eight thousand dollars. Send me the money now and I will send you the lens
just as soon as it is available.
Such a deal!
--Helpful Mike
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tv wrote:
> I figured 'J.T. Gray' would be some clever reference to something or
> someone else
No, it was "L.T. Gray."
Say it. Hint: Spanish word.
--Mike
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Mark R. wrote:
> in last month's Popular Photography that one of their
> monthly reader's photos had artificially enhanced grain that was achieved by
> shooting a normal slide, projecting it onto *sandpaper*
Why in the world wouldn't someone just choose a film with a grain pattern he
liked and l
Hard to say. :) I'd be interested in seeing how a slow speed film with
the grain filter would compare to a faster film in terms of quality. I'd
have to know how the grain enhancer would affect the look of the
image. Might not be a huge difference.
chris
On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Shel Belinkoff w
PUG folks:
anyone use/have opinions on the konica hexar silver?
a neighbor has offered me his 1yr old 30mm/f2 point and shoot and though i've
read a number of reviews, i was wondering if others on this NG had any
hands-on expereince.
as always, thanks for sharing.
be well
robo
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In a message dated 9/22/01 6:34:09 AM Central Daylight Time,
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<< I am interested in photographing some animal competitions, my intention
would be to take shots of people competing and then to try and sell the
photos to these people. I am wondering if any one on th list
This is a typical Nikon/Pentax finding. All my Nikons have always
metered about 1/2 stop under all my modern Pentaxes (older Pentaxes -
pre multi-pattern - seem to be closer to Nikons). The Nikons expose
slide films much more accurately, while the Pentaxes expose negative
films a little denser,
>Cotty,stay away from those vicious kept left signs.Watch out,
>theres a penquin on the tele.
>
>Dave
Don't, Dave. You'll start me off...
Nih.
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Hi fellow pentax users,
I have been following the list via the web for quite a while and have finakky descided
to subscribe. My main gear i use is a PZ1p, 28-70/2.8 and 80-200/2.8
I am interested in photographing some animal competitions, my intention would be to
take shots of people competing
Eduardo.
Thanks for that information.I'd like to add one more body to the
Lowepro but can't make up my mind.Right now is between
an ME of some sort,MZ5n,PZ-1p or LX. so your reply is helpful.
Decisons,desicions
I think i maay try some Kodak Select 1000 in the K1000 for the
beer tent shoot.
Dave
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>The Mz-M screen is so better than older split-screens I used I am
>wondering about possibility of putting it into my K2DMD. It doesn't
>have interchangeable screens though, and I don't know if one has to
>remove whole mirror box to get at the screen or not. Anybody tried it?
>The tab would have t
Umm, Chris, might not the grain enhancer degrade things a bit -
probably more than a good quality ND filter, don'tcha think?
Chris Brogden wrote:
>
> True enough. Some may not be partial to using a faster film, especially
> with the attendant degradation from the ND filter, but that could work
Jody writes:
> What time in NZ? Probably 23rd or 24th, but my brain
> hurts too.
I think it works out to about 11am tomorrow (Sunday). Looking at the themes
page we're allowed two hours on either side anyway.
Its better for us than the last equinox which I think fell around 5:00 on a
Sunda
First, I have to give credit where its due. So thanks to John and
Alan, from who I got the idea (John, how is the spotmetering in your
modified ZX5n/MZ5n with the MZ/ZX-M screen? Does it work ok or not?).
Thanks also to Gianfranco, Alan and Bob S. who measured their screens
for me :)
AFAIK durin
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