This message arrived in my inbox a few minutes ago:
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Stupid question. I've read that an M lens on the *ist will only meter
wide open. If the camera can't talk to the lens, how does it know what
wide open is? and if its reading the light coming through the lens, why
won't
I got it too along with this one:
- Original Message -
From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:18 PM
Subject: RE: Good-bye Pentax (was: Pentax needs USM and IS)
Yeah, whenever I go into the big photo stores in my town (Jessops or
I've got four film holders containing eight sheets of HP5+,
and need to come up with a way to pay for developing. Wh!
-- Glenn
I've been using a Yankee tank with FP4/HP5 in ID11 quite successfully.
It's a bit slow to fill with chemicals but BW isn't
I've been trying to collect some SMC Takumar screwmount lenses and
the ones I
have used thus far are very good and feel wonderful in use.
Tactile
photography...
Bob S.
Which ones have you got? I have a Spotmatic from 30 odd years ago (I
still use it extensively especially for travelling;
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0310/03102704sigmasd10.asp
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT) +10 Hours
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/
Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Five images can bee seen here:
http://home.mindspring.com/~skofteland/id10.html
The four animals were shot at the Melbourne Zoo (which may explain the funky
backgrounds and bokeh) and the water lilies were shot in my in-laws' garden
pond. There are some odd out-of-focus highlights on the rear
Hi,
I got a message from b [EMAIL PROTECTED] that had a .pif file
attached.
The address is fairly obviously spoof but it might be worth folks
checking their machines just in case.
mike
Basically it's the same 3.3 MPixel with improved sensitivity and
dynamic range. And they reverted to microlenses in order to
achieve it. Maybe Kodak will do the same with their 14MP CMOS and
its catastrophic noise above 400 ASA. Too bad, I was hoping the
industry managed to overcome
What is the Sigma SA mount ... please someone?
Don
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Updated: August 15, 2003
- Original Message -
From: Alin Flaider [EMAIL
on 25.10.03 22:32, Jostein at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The *istD is very similar to all other DSLRs I have seen in that it does not
handle well with gloves on. The buttons and wheels are simply too small to
be felt and properly pushed with gloves on. IOW, it's a challenge to use it
properly
Well up here we have -35C with wind. What about that?
Don
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Updated: August 15, 2003
- Original Message -
From: Sylwester Pietrzyk
I've also just received a message apparently from Rob Brigham.
This had a .scr attachment and interestingly enough went to an e-mail
address I had stopped using for PDML messages a couple of months ago.
If you've sent out a neat screen saver Rob, sorry, but I suspect it's really
a virus.
Peter
graywolf wrote:
Actually, I think, most modern commercial labs use some variation
of laser printing (and not a very high res one, either) on photographic
paper these days (Fuji Frontier, etc).
The lab I use has a pair of Agfa D-Labs (a -2 and a -3). They print at
400ppi continuous tone.
They seem to imply it'll be available in other mounts as well.
A 18-50mm of just 245g could be of interest for d*isters.
It will be interesting to see how the reduced image circle lenses
will appear in the so called sports finder of the Sigma digital
slrs, as the viewfinder shows the
Sigmas very own mount, it is similar to a K mount ( at
least the rear caps fit both ) but thats just the
flange part.
--- Dr E D F Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote: What is the Sigma SA mount ... please
someone?
Don
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Don wrote:
DEDFW Well up here we have -35C with wind. What about that?
I wonder what modern Pentax can be operated (assuming it's
functional) at -50 real feeling !?
I managed to use mine, for short periods of time, at -20C, -30C rf.
But I suspect it's as far as it goes.
Servus,
Here are some SD10 samples I think are pretty good.
http://www.pbase.com/rickdecker
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
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The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE*
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
I keep my camera under my clothing when its very cold and pull it out only
to take a picture. The metal cameras cool fast and I try to get things done
quickly. However, last winter I was out taking pictures of snow covered
trees in -30C for up to half an hour at a time. The camera worked well -- a
Nope - didn't send nothing here.
Received a message with an attachment which got quarantined here from
Brendan RE: Toronto PDML people... though.
Looks like somebody has some thing nasty going on...
-Original Message-
From: Peter Jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 27 October
SMC-M 28/3.5
This is regarded as one of the best pentax lenses, possibly
the best 28mm. Condition is excellent, flawless in every way.
Perfect class, no dust inside either. Comes with both caps
and Hoya UV filter.
SMC 50/1.4 (52mm filter ring)
This is the K version, not the M version. So it
Full review on imaging resource:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/SSD10/SD10A.HTM
-Original Message-
From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 27 October 2003 09:35
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT: Sigma SD10, preview and samples
Here are some SD10 samples I
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Paul wrote:
What do you actualy do with 4 x MZ-50s?
And why the MZ-60 after it/them?
Kostas (also with an MZ-50 and some others, but not two same ones :-)
on 27.10.03 10:35, Dr E D F Williams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I keep my camera under my clothing when its very cold and pull it out only
to take a picture. The metal cameras cool fast and I try to get things done
quickly. However, last winter I was out taking pictures of snow covered
trees
G'day Paul.
1 is fitted with 28-200 has BW print film.
1 is fitted with 28-200 has colour print film.
1 is fitted with 100-300 has colour print film.
1 is fitted with 100-300 2X convertor has colour print film.
The MZ-60 has a 28-300 and colour print film.
The SF10 with Pentax 28-80 is on
I've looked at the .pif file that was attached to the message I got. Its an
encrypted program that Will not run under DOS there are no messages or
signatures the only recognisable text is ANAL which is indicative of the
kind of thing it is I guess. I've erased it now.
Don
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I've looked at the .pif file that was attached to the message I got. Its an
encrypted program that Will not run under DOS there are no messages or
signatures the only recognisable text is ANAL which is indicative of the
kind of thing it is I guess. I've erased it now.
Don
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Somebody posted something about this program. I downloaded
it this morning and its great and very easy to use ... so far.
Don
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Updated:
10.2 MPixels...
i am wondering how long before their marketoids start
calling it 40.8 MPixels (after all, one *could*
interpolate around the pixels oh wait, why stop at
40.8? let's call it 160!)
sheesh...
mishka
Hmm.. I suppose everyone has their own niche. Multiple bodies I get.. but
with multiple same-focal length lenses? Doesn't that kinda slap the whole
interchangeable lens concept around a bit? Unless you're *always* shooting
multiple camera setups.. :)
Rgds,
Ryan
From: Trevor Bailey [EMAIL
Initially Foveon specified 3.3 MPix in the marketing papers. Later,
although it was obvious it delivered results at least as good as
6 MPix mosaic sensors, it was still classified among 3 MPix cameras
in commercial catalogues, tutorials, even reviews.
So it's the market and it's MPix
Of course its a lens aberration. But I think she thought that it could
be corrected post capture. And what I replied was that I didn't think
that the software could do something like this. Although if you knew
exactly the what the aberrations were for this particular lens sample,
you might
- Original Message -
From: Butch Black [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 12:17 PM
Subject: RE: my ist-D samples
Nice images, especially the water lilies.
Thanks!
I too noticed the highlights on
the rear Lillie and thought they looked like
dont forget that the 1.5X cropping factor just magnifies
the abberations over what you would see with the same
resolution sensor seeing the whole lens circle. i.e.
you are zooming in on the flaws with a APS sensor
The alternative is to go with interchangable lens rangfinder designs, which
would be the digital equivalent of the Leica M cameras.
Unfortunately, rangefinder designs are somewhat limited in what focal
lengths are usable becuase of limitations in viewfinders.
A zoom rangefinder is certainly
So sensitive when YOU are the one under the microscope! I note you did not
show the same restraint with the other poster, who posted a warning from which
many people on this list could be expected to benefit.
Being unable to pay the seller is completely different from simply backing out
On page 11 we can see that there is a feature called high speed sweep
for preventing smear that is used when taking full resolution
pictures. Page 9 mentions that to get the low smear properties that
you need to close the cameras mechanical shutter, perform a vertical
register sweep, then open it
JCO wrote:
dont forget that the 1.5X cropping factor just magnifies
the abberations over what you would see with the same
resolution sensor seeing the whole lens circle. i.e.
you are zooming in on the flaws with a APS sensor
Good point. And the best argument for a full framed sensor.
Not
Earlier I wrote:
I have seen a lot of Photoshop books in the past 5 years, but IMO there
is only one worth having: Adobe Photoshop For Photographers by Martin
Evening.
It is not only easily readable, but the information on its pages can be
retrieved at the reader's own pace. By this I mean that
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: What DSLR Improvements I'd Like To See
dont forget that the 1.5X cropping factor just magnifies
the abberations over what you would see with the same
resolution sensor seeing the whole lens circle. i.e.
you are zooming in on
AFAIK, K2 MLU is not cancellable. Nor does it stop down the
lens. The KX does both.
Michel Carrère-Gée wrote:
Lon Williamson a écrit:
The MX does not prefire the mirror.
The finger flick technique works, though, on most MXen.
I don't think you should use an MX when you want Ultimate
Stability.
When I last posted that live preview caused an increase in shutter
lag I had a few people who doubted this. Here is the design book ...
That just shows that some particular chip designs have this problem.
It doesn't mean that it's an inherent problem if you use CCD sensors.
As I pointed
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, John Francis wrote:
When I last posted that live preview caused an increase in shutter
lag I had a few people who doubted this. Here is the design book ...
That just shows that some particular chip designs have this problem.
It doesn't mean that it's an inherent
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, John Francis wrote:
As I pointed out, CCD TV cameras work just fine, so it's obviously
possible to have a live-preview CCD SLR which adds less than 1/60 of
a second to the shutter lag - something you'd be hard put to detect.
On the other hand, CCD TV cameras are just 0.3
3. I'd like a full frame sensor if it has the same pixel density as
the
current APS sensor. You would then still have the magnification
effect with telephotos, just that you could achieve it by cropping.
That's what the current full-frame sensors in the Canon 1Ds Kodak
14N are.
I want it
On 27 Oct 2003 at 10:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW, even though the eBay feedback rant was somewhat of a non sequitur,
feedback on eBay *does* list whether the member was the seller or buyer in the
transaction in question.
..and many eBayers do leave positive feedback to indicate a
My prediction? Color film will be hard to find in 5 years. BW will be hard to
find in 10 years. And film will be pretty much gone in 25 years. The only real
hope is that the internet makes it posible for someone to cater to a very small
world wide niche market. The good side of this? I will
i thought about this too and... nah... can't be.
2000x3000 pixels x 1.5 factor = 3000x4500, quite a bit less than
a good scanner resolution (4000x6000), and i haven't seen much
abberation there.
can it be that the sensor has just surface, while the film emultion
has some thickness, that averages
Previously written:
What I find really interesting and hard to predict is how film will
continue at this point. I agree that RD money will be cut severely and
that the number of available emulsions will plummet. In the end though,
I think it will be profitable to produce film for quite a while,
Hi guys,
A friend of mine want to know if there are any good sites comparing 4000 PPI
35mm film scans output to A3 printer to a good minilab print (11x14 or
12x18). Also, any feedback on 6x7 negs scanned on an Epson 2450 versus 35mm
scanned with a 4000 PPI film scanner.
Butch
Each man had only
Hi Guys,
I'm going to be at the PhotoPlus expo at the Javits this Thursday. I will
try to be down at the food court around 12:30 if anyone wants to meet,
compare notes etc.
Butch
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.
Hermann Hesse (Demian)
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, John Francis wrote:
As I pointed out, CCD TV cameras work just fine, so it's obviously
possible to have a live-preview CCD SLR which adds less than 1/60 of
a second to the shutter lag - something you'd be hard put to detect.
On the other hand, CCD TV cameras are
Graywolf wrote:
My prediction? Color film will be hard to find in 5 years.
BW will be hard to find in 10 years. And film will be pretty
much gone in 25 years. The only real hope is that the
internet makes it posible for someone to cater to a very
small world wide niche market. The good
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, John Francis wrote:
For a more down-to-earth example the Canon PowerShot cameras (from the
3.3Mp G1 to the 5Mp G5) have effectively no shutter lag if pre-focussed,
and have a live LCD display at all times. If a 5Mp point-and-shoot can
do it, I have a hard time believing
I'm glad that Brian Dipert wrote:
What I blame Ebay for was a system that so easily enables accounts to be
hijacked, and allows those accounts (and other accounts listing identical,
obviously fraudulent auctions) to remain active weeks or months after
complaints are received.
At first, I was
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=30075item=2958598808
About 3 hours left if you need one.
I used it with my 300mm a few times and it works quite well.
JCO
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL
Faster sensors
Full Frame sensors
Higher resolution sensors
K mount compatable
LOWER PRICE
i often find the absense of mirror in a TLR a huge help,
when shooting handheld. to me, a mirror in a dslr would be
about as useful as horsewhip in a car (it *can* be useful --
occasionally g)
besides, who needs manual focus when you can have 2^32 AF zones?
mishka
All in all, it seems to me
I just saw on TV that gateway has a 5Mpixel
digital PS for $249.99
I think 35mm film's days are really numbered.
Why does a DSLR cost $1250.00 more WITHOUT
a lens???
JCO
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
I just saw on TV that gateway has a 5Mpixel
digital PS for $249.99
I think 35mm film's days are really numbered.
Why does a DSLR cost $1250.00 more WITHOUT
a lens???
The CCD in a DSLR has about 10x the surface area (23.4mm by 15.6mm vs
7.2mm by
i feel my FA 24-90 f 3.5-4.5, a highly regarded lens here, has too much
chromatic abberation to be used more than necessary. this is on film and not
on the *ist. i feel that my FA* 24 f2.0, an even more highly regarded lens
here, has more than i feel is acceptable for a lens belonging to the FA*
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, graywolf wrote:
And as far as Ebay's feedback it is already BS because 90+% of transactions
should be rated neutral: e.g. no problems, no complaints, but nothing special.
Just to jump in here... to my mind, if I purchase an item off eBay and it
arrives in the advertised
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Alin Flaider wrote:
Initially Foveon specified 3.3 MPix in the marketing papers. Later,
although it was obvious it delivered results at least as good as
6 MPix mosaic sensors, it was still classified among 3 MPix cameras
in commercial catalogues, tutorials, even
It may be that CCD TV cameras can operate so fast because:
1. The res is not so high (800x600 or less)
2. It sends out the analog signal directly to the output without
conversion (A to D conversion is slow if you want good quality)
Since digital camcorders have to do a A/D conversion (lower
That cant be right or CANON couldnt be selling
the 6Mpixel rebel digital for 999.99 retail.
JCO
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com
Hey again Cott..
If the powerbook's in the mail already, I hope you've insured it :) Actually
just commenting on this statement here, I use PS7 and PSP8, and have to say
that PSP's file-browser feels more well-developed to me.. Definitely not
saying PSP more powerful, just that I figure it's
I just saw on TV that gateway has a 5Mpixel
digital PS for $249.99
Why does a DSLR cost $1250.00 more WITHOUT
a lens???
Without knowing the features and the specs of the Gatweay camera,
as well as its build quality, the quality of the lens, and the
resuktant image quality, there's no way
Thanks for doing these tests, Jostein. I look forward to future
installments.
The posted images aren't large enough, to my eyes, to see color
fringing. I'm not questioning that it is there, I just cannot tell how
bad it is. For the lenses with chromatic abberation, can you estimate
what size
Do you always have to speak in absolutes and caps?
CANON MAKES THEIR OWN CHIPS.
TV
-Original Message-
From: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
That cant be right or CANON couldnt be selling
the 6Mpixel rebel digital for 999.99 retail.
JCO
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From: jmb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: my ist-D samples
Enjoyed the pictures! Do you find the operation
of the dslr to be
similar in feel
and speed to an equiv f slr? How easy or hard
is RAW and
Are you using the right batteries?
Alkaline A76 will have no life.
Regards, Bob S.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a Program Plus (Program A) wich show allway 'low battery'
(000 blinking).
Has anyone a service manual for it ?
I don't know if
- the electronic is broken
- the
- Original Message -
From: mishka
Subject: Re: What DSLR Improvements I'd Like To See
i often find the absense of mirror in a TLR a huge help,
when shooting handheld. to me, a mirror in a dslr would be
about as useful as horsewhip in a car (it *can* be useful --
occasionally g)
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: 5 Mpixel price breakthough
That cant be right or CANON couldnt be selling
the 6Mpixel rebel digital for 999.99 retail.
The Canon sensor is a CMOS, which apparently is much less expensive to
produce.
It wouldn't surprise me at
- Original Message -
From: Comcast Mail
Subject: Re: 5 Mpixel price breakthough
Gateway's 5 megapixel model is a rebadged Argus DC3810. The review of this
particular model can be found here:
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/argus/dc3810-review/index.shtml
While cheap, the camera
Thanks to everyone for the ebay info. It was very helpful. By the way, I
work a few blocks away from the biggest camera store here in Edmonton, and I
often walk over on lunch breaks. I had been wanting to try some medium
format but the price scares me, anyway a guy working at the store had an old
I owned a couple mamiya C33s and all 7? of the lens sets for
about a dozen years until I sold them for the Pentax 67 system.
The bodies never let me down and the lenses were all excellent
but not quite as good as the superb P67 lenses in terms of contrast.
I used them mostly for BW with great
I wrote:
I was out at Office Depot today and saw a variety of paper trimmers, ranging
from about $10 to about $100, made by Fiskars, Rotatrim Xacto.
After reading the input from the list, I went back to Office Depot this
weekend. I ended up w/ a $10-ish X-acto Personal paper trimmer. It's
Robert Gonzalez wrote:
5. Full frame sensor? Nope, don't think that is important to me.
Cm'on don't you want to use your 15mm rectilinear in all its glory!! :)
That one's reasonably important to me, because I do have a 15mm. For the
time being I'd be happy to keep my trusty old K2 for the
Yes. But add to this the difficulty my ISP is having right now. TeliaSonera
(previously known as Telecom Finland) is having serious problems. Old
messages are arriving here in batches of a dozen or so each day. Two minutes
ago six arrived, originally sent on the Oct 15, 16, 17 and 18. One subject
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