It's all relative. If you are used to classic interface of LX, then MZ-S
would be easier to master and use. But Z-1P is excellent camera too, after a
while it is as easy to use as MZ-S and for some even easier. I like very
good, contrasty and HP type viewfinder, build quality, electronic DOF
on 04.11.03 21:07, mike wilson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Agreed. The 1p also has body (not flash unit) flash compensation, a
boon for fill flash work.
P-TTL (which uses matrix metering in conjunction with distance, aperture and
other infos) with AF360FGZ makes fill flash breeze - it is
I wouldn't be surprised to find that there's at least
one minilab that can print full-frame-with-borders on
8x10 paper, but I haven't run into one set up to do
that.
Actually, I think most minilabs could be set up to do that, some easier then
others. However, the added maintainence and problems
Having once held John's MZ-S, all I can say is that it is a very fine camera.
Haven't held the PZ-1, but if money were no object I'd definitely get the
MZ-S.
My .02 -- based on nothing much -- except some random fondling. ;-)
Marnie aka Doe Well, except the fact that it's not an old camera,
Not an endearing review. He covers all the relevant points I think, both
good and bad, but seems to do so from an unfavourable predisposition. Cant say
any of his facts are incorrect, but everything seems tinged with bias, and I
don't agree with many of his handling complaints which is purely
Yes, hold the button... My MZ-6 can take bulb exposures up to 8 hours, and
Pentax seems to think I can hold the button that long. I can't even keep
the remote in the proper direction, as my hand don't have a tripod socket
;-)
The cable can be locked, and it can activate the meter/AF (by
Hi Marnie,
The Zenitar is a great lens, not only for the price. It does
show a wonderful color rendition and a very good sharpness (when
stopped down, of course). The flare control is *almost* on the
same league of a SMC lens. Well built, although you may
experience sample variations. When I
It isn't serious review. For example this text:
...
This is a Nikon oriented design seen on N/80 derived bodies (including
the Fuji S2 and Kodak 14N), and I dislike it.
...
Typical Canon guy...
Gasha
Brendan wrote:
He has been to pro canon for some time now, some
things he bashes the pentac
Hope this helps.
Ciao,
Gianfranco
Yup. Sure does.
Thx!, Marnie aka Doe :-)
Hey Robert,
How much are you selling it for? We might be able to use it for the lens
pass around!
Chris.. how much (or little) does it have to cost to be feasible?
Rgds,
Ryan
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From: Robert Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November
Saw it in the Pentax shelf of the most decent photo dealer (Photo
Continental) in Brisbane and thought I'd play with it since I had my 5n with
me. Monster of a lens and didn't realise it wasn't internal focus. Felt like
it spent a lot of time hunting, but 500 (or 1000 with a 2x), I figure, would
the pictures were taken from at most 15 feet away
arnie
- Original Message -
From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: ist d underexposure
I am using the ist D with the 360fgz, and all my indoor pictures are
Doesn't it seem like a re-flash, performed by the customer, would be a
logical thing to try before requiring the camera be sent cross-country?
Just thinking...
Cory Waters
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From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 1:51
Hey John,
I dropped into PC today to pick up a case for my velbon mountain chaser
tripod.. very disappointed! It wasn't black (like it is on the supplier's
site)! It was green and very cheesy looking, so I gave it a miss. But
anyway, if you walk in all the way and turn right, you'll find the film
Advantages of each:
PZ-1p
---
1/250 flash sync (MZ-S is 1/180)
Aperture control from body
Higher fps rate
Flash compensation from camera body
Faster max shutter speed
Longer battery life
MZ-S
---
More rugged build quality
Maybe I shouldn't say anything here, since of the three discussed I have only a
PZ-1. I've handled a PZ-1p and an MZ-S once each, and read a lot about them.
But for what it's worth, here goes:
The only thing that makes me consistently wish I had the PZ-1p rather than the
PZ-1 is the exposure
edwin posted, among many other things:
The more I think about the idea of perfect exposure the more I think it
is an almost useless, unattainable concept.
The initial comment was that despite the supposed exposure latitude of
negative films, an exposure a half stop off of perfect would
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From:
Subject: OT: Zenitar Fish Eye?
I've been think about getting a Zenitar fish eye (16mm). Screwmount, it
would
work on my Canon Elan 7e (with the adapter that I already got for the
Super
Tak 35mm 3.5). Evidentially higher priced/better fish eyes have a lot
Sounds like you were in P-TTL mode and the 2 400W heads fired on the
pre-flash. Matter of fact, if you saw the flash through the viewfinder, you
were in P-TTL mode and were seeing the pre-flash.
Bill
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From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Marnie,
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 01:12:49 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been think about getting a Zenitar fish eye (16mm). [...]
Complete waste of time or not?
I have one and I've been very happy with the prints I get from it. It
does have a lot of distortion, but it's a fisheye so I
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
They didn't. The wheels in the Z1p and the *istD perform identical
functions.
Jostein must know something I don't!
:-)
Sorry about that.
should have checked instead of taking from the top of my head.
Jostein
It is definitely a fun lens, and often quite useful. I got mine to use with
the MZ-S, and yes, there is considerable distortion, but I expected that.
For landscape shots without a lot of foreground detail, the distortion is
barely visible. On the *ist D, the distortion is tamed considerably since
I'm still convinced that the image quality delivered by the *ist D is not up
to my expectations, and that's a major issue, as the electronic film (aka
sensor) cannot be changed/improved over the time, as it happens with film
cameras.
So far, despite trying several lenses on the *ist D, none
Hi!
I have one and love it..
here are some sample pics
http://photography.desertrose.de/div/gallery1.html
the snowy one, the one with the banana trees, the two with the parking
house and the the bw on and the one with the donkey... the scans are a
bit poor, my scanner is not so good, the prints
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, John Francis wrote:
I am using the ist D with the 360fgz, and all my indoor pictures are
terribley underexposed. anyone have a similar experience? or know of a
solution?
Silly question, but: were you close enough for the 360 to provide enough
illumination at the
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Gasha wrote:
It isn't serious review. For example this text:
...
This is a Nikon oriented design seen on N/80 derived bodies (including
the Fuji S2 and Kodak 14N), and I dislike it.
...
Typical Canon guy...
Well, to be fair, he doesn't say that it's a bad design, just
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
Now I'm wondering (idle curiosity) which approach is more common at
other labs when a customer asks for full frame 8x10 -- deliver 8x12,
deliver 8x10 with borders, or point out that 8x10 from 35mm is a crop
and ask for clarification.
Speaking
I can't remember who, but someone asked why my statement below made sense to
me.
I couldn't put my finger on it (so to speak) until now (other than the fact
that it just felt right).
Here's my explanation. My last cameras were an LX and MX. With those
cameras I used my right thumb to turn the
I've been think about getting a Zenitar fish eye (16mm).
Complete waste of time or not?
Hi,
I have owned the Zenitar (K-mount) and it's a good lens for the money,
if you are able to get it for a good price, of course, and get one
that has a good build quality.
However, the lens is a very
Any correlation with the MZ-S oddness thread, i.e., underexposure with
360 flash units?
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Take the price of the lens and divide by the number of people in the
pass-around. It occurred to me recently that if the last person on the
pass-around shipped it directly to the winner, instead of back to me
first, then I wouldn't have to factor that shipping in. And if we buy the
lens from a
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, William Robb wrote:
I had one for a while. I found it to be quite sharp, and surprisingly,
not overly flarey. I thought the colour rendition was a bit garish, it
might fit in well with Canon lenses in this regard. I found a good deal
on a Super Takumar 17mm fisheye, and
Anyone interested in one of these? Only need to use it once in a while,
and its pretty expensive so would lend itself nicely to something like
this.
May or may not be cost effective to cross continent borders, but I guess
anyone in Europe would suit me. Let me know if anyone is interested and
I
Hi,
Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 1:28:13 PM, you wrote:
As I recall, the comment provoking much of that was that HCB could eyeball
perfect exposure, and then someone said with bw film experienced photographers
could get close enough to make printable images.
I'm nowhere near the age,
This I am in on! my 2200 would thank you for this!
--- Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone interested in one of these? Only need to use
it once in a while,
and its pretty expensive so would lend itself nicely
to something like
this.
May or may not be cost effective to cross
The combination of the MZ-S with the 360FGZ gives excellent flash
capabilities. Why there isn't a 500FGZ is one of those little mysteries
only Pentax understands.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
Marnie,
You and me both. I don't put any faith into opinions expressed by Mr.
Reichman. He is way too biased and uneven. He brings up a few good
points, but draws conclusions that he shouldn't and let's personal
biases ruin a good review.
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Wednesday, November 5,
On 5/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Sorry about that.
should have checked instead of taking from the top of my head.
Oh it wasn't the top of his head he was talking from !!
;-)
Cheers,
Cotty
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I set sharpening to the highest setting in-camera.
The software is necessary if you shoot RAW and want to convert to jpeg or
tiff (Photoshop can't read Pentax RAW format)
Christian
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From: Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday,
On 5/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
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
The current (December 2003) issue of Hooked on the Outdoors magazine contains
my Oct. 1998 Cumberland Falls moonbow photograph.
I never heard of this magazine until its director of photography emailed me a
couple of months ago to ask about using that photo -- he'd found it on my
website.
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The current (December 2003) issue of Hooked on the Outdoors magazine contains
my Oct. 1998 Cumberland Falls moonbow photograph.
I never heard of this magazine until its director of photography emailed me a
couple of months ago to ask about using
I actually had my hand on one of the AA holders. Unfortunately, for now,
the seller won't sell the AA holder without the other, the one that holds
the older battery type. I'll be patient and hope one turns up on eBay or at
a swap meet.
Thanks for the info.
Jim A.
From: Andre Langevin [EMAIL
David if you don't want to ruin your new glasses, order the rubber eyecup
for your 67 viewfinder. I think mine was only $6.99Cdn, ordered by a local
shop from Pentax. Its inner edge fits under the removable metal ring, and
the eyecup helps when viewing without glasses also.
Pat White
Cool ERNR!
Way to go! Could you give your website address so we can go look at the
shot?
Congratulations! Will you get any pennies for the shot or just eternal
gratitude and public exposure?
- THaller
Way to go :-)
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The current (December
2003) issue of Hooked on the
Outdoors magazine contains
my Oct. 1998 Cumberland Falls moonbow photograph.
I never heard of this magazine until its director of
photography emailed me a
couple of months ago to ask about using
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Dave Miers wrote:
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
If anyone at Pentax reads the PDML, they must find this kind of stuff very
discouraging. The 'Win an MZ-S, Lens, and Flash' promo has been going on
for around two years, long before any *ist models were released. Also, one
camera kit a year wouldn't clear out most PDMLers' camera shelves, never
That;s a good point. I never use RAW with the E-10, and probably won't
with the istD
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hallo Dario,
you have done a good job on *istD to S2 comparision.
It is not obvious on your home page, what camera gives the more natural
colors as the colors are very different, you should at that. It would be
also nice, if you can inform about the sharpness, contrast and color setings
on the
Hi,
Cotty wrote:
I think there is an excellent market for a whole range of lens hoods for
a whole range of lenses used on a whole range of APS DSLRs. Go for it!
Naaah. I think pimping, running numbers or manufacturing ketamine is
more my style =8-O
I _do_ think it might be worth grabbing
On 5 Nov 2003 at 9:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unfortunately most of the primes on this list are older optical designs,
primarily because pentax hasn't made a lot of new ultrawides I assume.
The 15/3.5 design apparently isn't great (nor is the equivalent Nikkor),
the 20/4.5 is generally
If you have the red-eye reduction function turned on, the pre-flash will
trigger the slaves in your studio strobes. Turn that off and you should be
fine.
Paul
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From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:59 AM
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
Ok so i read a bit of the PZ-1 manual at lunch(Bwaa haaa h,i really do
use
these things)and
the daylight sync flash has me concered,again,sorry folks.
It basically staes that in ttl auto the camera will set a speed between 250 and 60
according to ambient
light.But no more details.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been think about getting a Zenitar fish eye (16mm). Screwmount, it would
work on my Canon Elan 7e (with the adapter that I already got for the Super
Tak 35mm 3.5). Evidentially higher priced/better fish eyes have a lot less
distortion, etc., etc.
But it might
Excellent(in Mr. Burns voice lol)
Dave
The current (December 2003) issue of Hooked
on the Outdoors magazine contains
my Oct. 1998 Cumberland Falls moonbow photograph.
I never heard of this magazine until its director of photography emailed me a
couple
Cool ERNR!
Way to go! Could you give your website address so we can go look at the
shot?
http://members.aol.com/ernreed/Page3.htm
the moonbow is second from the bottom (fourth image down)
Congratulations! Will you get any pennies for the shot or just eternal
gratitude and public exposure?
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, [iso-8859-1] Rüdiger Neumann wrote:
You complain at the results with the RAW files. At a german user forum
somebody has done a test with the Pentax Photo Lab and GENZO, a free RAW
format converter.
Here you can see the results in form ot two different pictures:
I stopped paying attention to this thread and it just grew out of
control.
Thanks for the comments. I think my own taste in photos is more off
center than most. I also find cemeteries an irresistible subject,
especially old ones.
For the Americans in the group (and the trivia fans among the
The PZ-1 does utilize the ambient light reading along with TTL flash
-- but in the situation you describe, the straight shot of a person
under a tree would likely come out with too much flash on the
subject, at least for most people's tastes.
With the PZ-1, you can adjust flash compensation
http://members.aol.com/ernreed/Page3.htm
the moonbow is second from the bottom (fourth image down)
Congratulations! Will you get any pennies for the shot or just eternal
gratitude and public exposure?
Supposed to get a number of pennies, which I really hope will arrive in time
to
help with
So I ended up trying several old and new lenses on the *ist D. A wide
selection of results is visible here:
http://www.dariobonazza.com/t04p7e.htm
http://www.dariobonazza.com/t04p8e.htm
http://www.dariobonazza.com/t04p9e.htm
http://www.dariobonazza.com/t04p10e.htm
I won't comment here, as any
On 5 Nov 2003 at 13:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey, Katrin, I remember those banana trees! Kewl shot.
thanks ^_^
I know that I posted them some time ago, but since you asked about
the zenitar...
I didn't have much time recently, but I hope I find the time to give
the zenitar a bit
Hallo,
nice test. It seems, that the 24-90 is overall a very good performer, far
better than the 18-35 at 24. The color is a bit blueish, at 24 it is the
sharpest lens, even better than than the FA2/24. Also at 90 it give very
good results compared to the others.
I think the reason is, that the
D. Glenn Arthur wrote:
First, Google for anomalous reflectance. I've read about
the effect on film before, and apparently there are certain
fabric/dye combinations that are a real PITA for catalog
photography because of it. (Or maybe you don't have to, since
you already have a handle on the
Dave,
Unless the camera can set flash exposure compensation like the 1p then
you will have to do it the old fashioned way. Basically set to manual
mode, meter and set your camera settings. Then use standard exposure
compensation so that the flash will fire less than needed for full
exposure.
All,
Check out this posting over at photo.net:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=006R06
Interesting
--Mark
Yeah, that's the jobbie. Its not that it is amazingly expensive, just expensive for
something that you only use once in a while. Also, I have an LCD at home and want the
version which works with that, plus I want to calibrate the printer - so £300 for
something I use maybe once a year (if
Hello Dario,
It is much appreciated by me. Not having committed to any particular
DSLR direction yet, the more info about my choices, the better. I am
unfettered with compatability with any particular system at this stage
so can really look at it objectively.
Thanks for all your hard work.
After shooting a lot of pictures with short focal length lenses on the *ist
D today, I partially changed my mind, so I can correct myself here below.
DJE wrote:
15/3.5 A
20/4.5 SMC Takumar
20/2.8 Zeiss Jena Flektogon
24/2.8 A
24/2 FA*
18-35 FAJ
24-90 FA
28-70/4 FA
Unfortunately
As for the gripes he has with it, he might have read my post to the list a
week ago.
Still haven't sold mine tho...:-)
Jostein
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Pictures at: http://oksne.net
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- Original Message -
From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Butch Black wrote:
Previously written;
Speaking from the clerk's POV, I always ask for clarification. People
phrase things in different ways, and I have no idea if they're referring
to using the full frame of the negative or the paper.
Of course where it gets fun is
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Steve Desjardins wrote:
I've read a lot lately about how the ist D undersharpens images. What
(in a nutshell) is the best procedure then, e.g., increase in-camera
sharpening, use photoshop, etc?
Given the relatively little control availible in-camera, photoshop is
I sent this privately to Dario, but might as well send it public as well. ---
I'm kind of the same opinion, re expectations. But not having seen anything
else but what is on this list (photographs, that is), it's nice having
confirmation.
I.E. I am going to wait a little longer for future
Hi,
Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 10:18:04 PM, you wrote:
Yeah, that's the jobbie. Its not that it is amazingly expensive, just expensive for
something that you only use once in a while. Also, I have an LCD at home and want
the version which works with
that, plus I want to calibrate the
Rüdiger Neumann wrote:
It is not obvious on your home page, what camera gives the more natural
colors as the colors are very different, you should at that.
The *ist D is better balanced. That's evident in studio shots, and less
evident in outdoors, where the true colors were somewhere in
On 5/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
BTW, did you go to SRB for the mutant mount or was it just a local
engineer?
SRB, though it's still not ready after 2 weeks. You can't hurry genius ;-)
Cheers,
Cotty
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||=|
We know that NPC was working on one, Pentax did
announce that they were working on a digital solution
for the 645, well lets hope it will at least compare
with the existing MF digital backs as the *istD does
with it's DSLR brothers.
--- Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All,
Check out
Hi,
Cotty wrote:
On 5/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
BTW, did you go to SRB for the mutant mount or was it just a local
engineer?
SRB, though it's still not ready after 2 weeks. You can't hurry genius ;-)
I imagine they get a lot of Frankencamera work 8-}
Just off to water the
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 5 Nov 2003 at 9:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unfortunately most of the primes on this list are older optical designs,
primarily because pentax hasn't made a lot of new ultrawides I assume.
The 15/3.5 design apparently isn't great (nor is the
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Walkden) wrote:
I assume that the original, 35mm coverage, lenshoods could now be
significantly extended and not impinge on the APS-sized-chip image?
Yup.
I don't think you'll get very rich. 35mm becomes 52mm, 50mm becomes
75mm etc.
Thanks Ryan - wonder how I missed them!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
- Original Message -
From: Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: Anyone want to buy a film fridge?
Hey John,
I dropped into PC today to pick up a
Thank you, Pat,
Hopefully, Pentax will read the initial post in this thread (mine). Kripes,
after reading over and over again how lousy Pentax' PR departments are in
the Western (if not the whole) World, here they do a Good Thing, and get
slagged for it.
Go figure...
I'm glad you and I are
nothing reads Pentax RAW format except Pentax software, yet. i'm not holding
my breath. i shoot RAW most of the time. 12-bit versus 8-bit means i have
more room for working with images that aren't perfect or need to be improved
with some editing. i shoot JPEG only when speed is more important than
Uh oh... g
No WAY I'm going to guess on THIS one!
keith
frank theriault wrote:
No, Keith,
~I'm~ getting married. Cotty will be the Best Man (we'll have to think of a
more appropriate term to describe him, though). I'm marrying a List Member,
but I can't say who at this time. All
From what I can gather, there's going to be a foreign invasion at the 2004
GFM NPW.
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: GFM - looks like I will be there
Cotty wrote:
Just when
Everytime I walk out of the house with a camera around my neck, I play a
little game. I guess the exposure, set the camera accordingly, and then
see how it meters. I'm rarely off by more than a stop; usually I'm withing
1/2 stop.
And, I'm truly not saying that to brag; quite the contrary.
Congrats!!
And with a lowly PS, to boot!
cheers,
frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 5 Nov 2003 at 16:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They are still not great compared to 50mm lenses.
Nikon's aren't either, nor are Canon's likely to be. It's just not as
easy to make a good 20mm as it is to make a good 50mm, and certainly not
easy to to it small and inexpensive (nikon's
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, Keith,
~I'm~ getting married. Cotty will be the Best Man (we'll have to think of a
more appropriate term to describe him, though).
Suggestions please...
;-)
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
No, Keith,
~I'm~ getting married. Cotty will be the Best Man (we'll have to think of a
more appropriate term to describe him, though). I'm marrying a List Member,
but I can't say who at this time. All will be revealed in the fullness of
time...
vbg
cheers,
frank
Uh. Boy, this list can
Thanks Herb, I'll probably end up with the 70-200 2.8 as fun as the 50-500
would be to have.
Rgds,
Ryan
- Original Message -
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: played with the Sigma 50-500 today
the lens is
Sounds like a friend of mine. She was trying to fit a horizontal photo of a
flower into a predefined vertical space. If she cropped it to fit vertically
part of the flower was cut off. If she cropped it to fit horizontally it was not
tall enough for the space. If she changed the aspect ratio it
And I bet they don't get a sudden Aha! experience from that which tells them
why their wedding photographer wanted so damn much money to do it for them either.
--
Chris Brogden wrote:
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, John Dallman wrote:
As an ex-clerk, the saddest customers were the ones who'd worked out
He's probably just afraid Canon will take the 1Ds loaner away from him. (grin)
Matjaz Osojnik wrote:
Brendan wrote, re Luminous Reichmann:
He has been to pro canon for some time now...
Suppose the only reason he likes *any* Pentax cameras is that Canon
doesn't do medium format?
Yeep, that is
-Original Message-
From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, Keith,
~I'm~ getting married. Cotty will be the Best Man (we'll
have to think of a
more appropriate term to describe him, though).
Suggestions please...
;-)
-Original Message-
From: Chris Brogden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Almost as sad are the people who bring in their wedding
albums with 100
photos marked with post-it notes (wanting different sizes
and crops, of
course), lay down a massive fricken pile of negatives, and
expect the
For the record, definitely not me.
So that narrows things down how much?
Keith posted:
Uh oh... g
No WAY I'm going to guess on THIS one!
keith
frank theriault wrote:
No, Keith,
~I'm~ getting married. Cotty will be the Best Man (we'll have to think of a
more appropriate
Frank posted:
Congrats!!
And with a lowly PS, to boot!
cheers,
frank
True story: The first night, I took the PZ-1 and found a number of logistical
difficulties in using it for this shot. So I chose the WR-90 the next night,
largely because of the Bulb Timer mode, but also because it's
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