Dave Miers wrote:
I suppose the biggest thing you should take into
consideration is that
when
people look at your picture, they're not looking at your
darn camera.
No-one
will give a stuff about the camera that took the picture except the
photographer.
I assume you were not
Hi,
Bob Walkden wrote:
Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 11:12:13 PM, you wrote:
snip
licking toads. There's also Possum Grape.
Your mention of the word 'Grape' reminds me that a lot of streets with
names like Grape Lane and Grub Lane used to be where gentlemen went to
swive whores (as the poet
From the Pentax.com press release:
Coupled with a simple, functional design and the elimination of an
aperture ring, this new mechanism considerably improves the camera's
operability.
They are talikn about the new Quick Shift Focus System, however, the
sentence also implies, that Pentax is
From the Pentax press release:
Coupled with a simple, functional design and the elimination of an
aperture ring, this new mechanism considerably improves the camera's
operability.
They are talikn about the new Quick Shift Focus System, however, the
sentence also implies, that Pentax is trying
My hunch is NOT.
Bruce
Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 11:28:10 PM, you wrote:
AS (Togehter with the renouncement of an aperture ring, this (the Quick
AS Shift Focus System) leads to considerably improved easo of operation of
AS the camera).
AS Shall we never again see a new Pentax lens with
For anyone who's interested: About the Singh-Ray Gold Blue polariser, I
just emailed them asking about whether they had 82mm filter sizes and the
answer was that they haven't managed satisfactory results with it at that
size.. So I suppose that'd eliminate quite a few of the Sigma wide options,
Just wondering if anyone's had any experience with this lens.. Any comments?
Rgds,
Ryan
I currently use a Cokin Blue/Yellow Polarizer in P size. The holders
go out to 82mm. Less chance of vignetting on *istD.
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 12:01:40 AM, you wrote:
RL For anyone who's interested: About the Singh-Ray Gold Blue polariser, I
RL just emailed
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, frank theriault wrote:
I'm not sure how they came up with that name. I know some First Nations
tribes considered the Swastika a good luck symbol (ironic, since it wasn't
very lucky for the Nazis), but it may be that the name is German, I don't
know.
The word swastika
The Straight Dope on swastikas:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_156.html
:)
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
On 10 Dec 2003 14:06:54 +0100, Frits Wthrich wrote:
I have had it in Intercourse. We stayed the night there. Not too far
from Allentown where we lived from 1994-1996. Only Pennsylvania Dutch is
not Dutch et all, it is more a German dialect.
The Dutch in Pennsylvania Dutch is a bastardization
At 10:12 AM 12/9/2003 -0700, you wrote:
An allusion to razor-sharp photos?
No, the pun's too obvious. Cotty will come up with something better.
Pentax-Z, mark of the Zoom - ? - smacks of Zorro if you ask me... The Z
that stands for Zorro you know...
- MCC
-
Mark Cassino Photography
Stan Halpin wrote: You don't know these guys. At 10:00pm they will just be
warming up!
I shutter to think what might happen.I hope nothing too negative. I guess
you'll justhave to wait and see what develops.Tom Reese
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9 Dec 2003 at 15:09, mike.wilson wrote:
Did any of us get this?
A Katana would have been more appropriate
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2969470695category=4702
Finally a pointed Pentax promotion...
Who says Pentax
At least high-speed. In latest issue of ,
then at
iso1600 Superia was much better, having
significantly smaller grain than noise in both cameras.
As we can see, no technology is perfect and so film has still some serious
advantages over digital :-)
Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have heard of a number of people deciding against the MZ-S and buying
old Z1Ps instead on the basis that the MZ-S is not a sensible future
path. And despite my love of the camera and dislike of the Z1, I have
to admit they are right. However, the Z1 does
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At least high-speed. In latest issue of , then at
iso1600 Superia was much better, having
significantly smaller grain than noise in both cameras.
As we can see, no technology is perfect and so film has still some serious
advantages over digital :-)
I use the 1600
Mark Roberts wrote:
If my local stores are anything to go by, there won't be film available
to load into them before long. Well, good film, at least. There'll
*always* be Kodak Max 400.
Gosh, where do you live? I can buy any quantity of any film I want here in
the Detroit area. That may be
US Mercury Head Dime.
http://www.coinfacts.com/denominations/types/dimes/mercury_head_dimes.html
Regards,
Bob...
--
Veritas vos Liberabit
From: Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[...]
I would have thought it more likely to have come along
with the fasces
Thanks for the recommendations but they aren't much use to me without
URLS for the web pages.
Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's a subjective short list. All are photoshop
plugs unless otherwise noted. I've used all of these,
and others as well. These are my pick:
Color
I'll look around and see if I can't post a few.
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 12:25:33 AM, you wrote:
RL Any images to show, Bruce?
RL :)
RL Ryan
RL - Original Message -
RL From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RL To: Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RL Sent:
- Original Message -
From: Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I take what you say with the spirit it's intended, but I find with
digital,
most of the 'magic' has gone; all the poor shots simply won't be saved.
I didn't save my poor shots when I shot transparency film. Right into the
Interesting test. Must be just like lens tests (varying differences).
I am looking at an 8X10 printed on a Fuji Frontier that I shot at
1600 ISO and it looks much better than anything I have ever shot on
Superia 1600 from a grain perspective. In fact, I was very suprised
by how good it was.
Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
If my local stores are anything to go by, there won't be film available
to load into them before long. Well, good film, at least. There'll
*always* be Kodak Max 400.
Gosh, where do you live?
Pittsburgh. Only two really serious photo
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:41:15 +
From: Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And the Nazi symbol was, sadly enough, taken from The Cross in an attempt
to build an identification with Christianity.
It's older by several thousands of years than the Christians' use of the cross.
--
Cheers,
Hello Kostas,
Samys is a good store. I have mail ordered from them on several
occasions and have had very good luck. If your brother is in CA right
now, one advantage to using Adorama or BH is that you will not pay
sales tax.
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 5:28:05 AM,
Digital is nowhere near film in the large format
arena. I'm getting close to 200 megapixels scanning
4X5 film. Once they come up with affordable sensors approaching
this number, maybe THEN film will be dead.
J.C.
- Original Message -
From: Kevin Waterson
Subject: Re: M$ found a new cash cow
This one time, at band camp, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, they do own the patents on the FAT system.
I thought the original patent had expired and the only patents remaining
- Original Message -
From: Arnold Stark
Subject: DA16-45: No aperture rings any more?
Shall we never again see a new Pentax lens with aperture ring?
No point of having one on this lens. OTOH, if they stop making cameras with
the aperture simulator coupling, they will probably stop
-Original Message-
From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At least high-speed. In latest issue of , then at
iso1600 Superia was much better, having
significantly smaller grain than noise in both cameras.
As we can see, no technology is perfect
På 10. des. 2003 kl. 16.40 skrev William Robb:
- Original Message -
From: Kevin Waterson
Subject: Re: M$ found a new cash cow
This one time, at band camp, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Well, they do own the patents on the FAT system.
I thought the original patent had expired and
I think that most folks acknowledge that there are cases where film is
better. The observation/fear is that either these cases are uncommon or
that most don't care about the extra quality. Film will be available
for a long time bu the price of using it could go way up.
Steven Desjardins
I think the plan is obvious. Let's suppose that Pentax stops producing
FA lenses today and only continues with FAJ and DA lenses. The current
stock of FA lenses will last a few years and then there will be the used
market. The MZ-S will not be Pentax's main film SLR much longer,
whether or not
tom schrieb:
-Original Message-
From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At least high-speed. In latest issue of , then at
iso1600 Superia was much better, having
significantly smaller grain than noise in both cameras.
As we can see,
On 10/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
So where is middle earth?
Wellington, affectionately known as Wellywood. Peter Jackson's home
town. Capital of New Zealand. Home of the Embassy Theatre which is
where I'm going to see a certain movie early next year. We've reserved
the best seats
Yep, Kay Row is in Illinois.
So am I, as a matter of fact.
Len
---
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 23:16:42 -0500
Wow! What kind of a camera are you using? I regularly use Walmart to print
from my *ist D and D60 and I use the largest jpeg size with them when I do
so. No problems at all.
Len
---
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
From: wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Well just don't budge an inch, then. Hold your ground and never make the
switch. That'll teach 'em! ;-)
Len
---
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?
Date: Mon, 8
Same pronounciation in Berlin, New Hampshire.
Christian Skofteland wrote:
much like Berlin, Maryland (pronounced BUR-lin)
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Bruce Dayton wrote:
Samys is a good store. I have mail ordered from them on several
occasions and have had very good luck. If your brother is in CA right
now, one advantage to using Adorama or BH is that you will not pay
sales tax.
Thanks. Will (or would one expect
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Bruce Dayton wrote:
Samys is a good store. I have mail ordered from them on several
occasions and have had very good luck. If your brother is in CA right
now, one advantage to using Adorama or BH is that you will not
I live in a village in Scotland and my home address gives much amusement to
locals when people try to pronounce it.
I live in a place called Haugh of Urr. Prize to any correct
pronunications.
In Scotland, it seems that the local like confusing foreigners with strange
pronunciations of place
Looking at some of the products they've had to sell (or to be more accurate
the products they haven't had to sell:- 2 year wait for *istD, LX Mk 2 etc),
there must be a distinct shortage of Japanese sales reps now!!!
Peter
- Original Message -
From: Dr E D F Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 11:56 AM 12/10/03, throwing caution to the wind, Peter Jordan wrote:
I live in a village in Scotland and my home address gives much amusement to
locals when people try to pronounce it.
I live in a place called Haugh of Urr. Prize to any correct
pronunications.
um...hoover?
Culzean Castle
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Monterey CA Pentax dealers?
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:28:05 + (GMT)
Hi,
My brother offered to buy me the Reverse Ring Light Holder K and he is
currently in Monterey. Any dealers there or in
On 10 Dec 2003 at 9:46, Mark Roberts wrote:
Pittsburgh. Only two really serious photo shops here. The one near me
has cut back on film *drastically* - from three film fridges to one. And
that one's only 1/3 full. And it's mostly color neg for the wedding
photographers (those who still shoot
From: Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: OT: Wierd place names
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:24:43 -
Peter Jordan wrote:
I live in a place called Haugh of Urr. Prize to any correct
pronunications.
I love this one :-)
Hawk of Urry
On 10 Dec 2003 at 10:37, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Digital is nowhere near film in the large format
arena. I'm getting close to 200 megapixels scanning
4X5 film. Once they come up with affordable sensors approaching
this number, maybe THEN film will be dead.
Try 67 on a good scanner, ~95.5M
Hi,
Peter Jordan wrote:
In Scotland, it seems that the local like confusing foreigners with strange
pronunciations of place names.
Milngavie (Mul guy)
Culzean Castle (Cull ain)
Islay (I la)
Kilmacolm (Kill ma comb)
Kirkcudbright (cur coo bri (short i))
Followed closley by
No not an *istD but rather just a plain and simple FA
50mm f/1.4 lens. I think I'm the only remaining
person on this list who hasn't own or has owned one of
these.
Excellent build quality and super smooth focusing
ring. Can't wait to see the photos. This will come
in handy for taking holiday
Rob Studdert wrote:
If Pentax hadn't lead us up the garden path with pre-releases
such as the MZ-D many of us wouldn't own Pentax kit now.
I definitely wouldn't.
Oh; sure you would, Rob
... nobody would buy it from you so you'd still own it
by default. Could
On 10 Dec 2003 at 13:25, Bruce Dayton wrote:
Steve,
My FA80-320 is acting kind of like that. Put it on the *istD and it
behaves like it were an M lens. I tried cleaning the contacts to no
avail. I have found that if I put some pressure on the aperture ring
right near the lens release
Rob Studdert wrote:
Try 67 on a good scanner, ~95.5M Pixels at 4000dpi so files
are just short of 600MB at 48b/p
Yeah, but who in their right mind would care enough for
that level of detail in an image these days? Surely
noone would be willing to pay the extra costs
Interesting. I get the Av readout if I press the lens release and turn
it just a hair in the release direction. Of course, I also got a
reading of 1.2 which makes me suspicious g
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX:
On 10 Dec 2003 at 14:06, Bill D. Casselberry wrote:
Rob Studdert wrote:
If Pentax hadn't lead us up the garden path with pre-releases
such as the MZ-D many of us wouldn't own Pentax kit now.
I definitely wouldn't.
Oh; sure you would, Rob
... nobody would buy it from you so
On 10 Dec 2003 at 14:16, Bill D. Casselberry wrote:
Yeah, but who in their right mind would care enough for
that level of detail in an image these days? Surely
noone would be willing to pay the extra costs incurred
over a 6mpxl image from a consumer DSLR. Exception may
be made for the
Anyone tried this combo?
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Christian wrote:
I never said I was more confident or that I had more ability
behind the lens.
I think you'll find *I* did. For the most complementary reasons.
I did write that my biggest problem was
composition. How do you go from why you keep all your
photos to what you really want
Hell, Rob, at $6-7K, I know I wouldn't have been able to afford it.
Besides, look at all the problems Contax had to go through with that
chip. I think Pentax was wise to drop it. Later on, when Foveon
produces a full frame chip, or when Sony makes a nice full frame chip,
we'll probably have one,
On 10/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
So where is middle earth?
Wellington, affectionately known as Wellywood. Peter Jackson's home
town. Capital of New Zealand. Home of the Embassy Theatre which is
where I'm going to see a certain movie early next year. We've reserved
the best seats
this was the second lens i bought. first time i used it, it shocked me how
much better it was.
enjoy.
arnie
- Original Message -
From: Francis Alviar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax Discuss List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 5:05 PM
Subject: new toy
No not an
Actually, Tom,
It ~was~ colder when you were a kid. And, when I was a kid, too (that would
be a few years after you... g).
I just read something in the paper the other day about the average winter
temps in Southern Ontario, Canada being about 2 degrees celsuis warmer than
they were 40 years
I'm like you, Dave,
I never throw out a shot. Why? Well, there's the pack rat thing. There's
also the I might change my mind and like it some day thing.
Sort of like this:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1969124size=lg
My developer, Robert is always making fun of how I can get
Interesting comment about Meteor, Paul.
My brother in law has Meteor do prints from his slides through a local shop
in Novi. He was recently told by the local shop that Meteor will no longer
do this kind of work. The last time I was over at Meteor, the lobby was
mostly empty. I thought they were
I'm currently using a 7 year old Epson Stylus Photo to print 4X6 mainly,
with the occasional 8X10. For the more serious images, I'm using a 2000P
by Epson getting Archival Quality prints up to 13X19.
Just did a gallery show with 35 images done on the 2000P and the viewers
were blow away by what
One of the real big pluses for me of digital over Medium Format was
the price/cost of film/developing. It gets very expensive. On the
digital side, I can at least practice and experiment without so much
cost.
Bruce
Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 2:53:32 PM, you wrote:
RS On 10 Dec 2003 at
I played around with the contact to no avail. I did try a very tight
rubber band around the aperture ring. That works! Seems like maybe
inside there is a spring or something that pushes out just enough to
break contact?
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 3:09:24 PM, you
The architectural use of the swastika can even be seen in Toronto!
At 193 Yonge Street, to be exact. The old Ryrie Building (right across from
the Eaton Centre, for any locals reading this). It's an older office
building (by our standards), probably about 120 years old. It has
thankfully
The biggest problem there is that most of the people making claims have an ax to
grind. We have temperture records going back only to 1865 or so. The next best
record is core samples from trees, but that only goes back a thousand years or
so except for a few species that are limited to isolated
Darnit! You post this after I've spent all my holiday money...
Oh well, I'll have to check again in January...
-Mat
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
Anyone want a Pentax SpotmeterV for $130 + shpg.
Local shop (Cord) has 4 available.
Generally good condition.
Hi
Been lurking for a while, mainly on the archive, but thought I'd join in this one.
I think the MZ-S is a one off classic like the LX. The *ist is the first film camera
in the new range, and the MZ series is probably at an end, along with any possibility
of new lenses with an aperture ring.
Tom,
I'll leave my personal beliefs and politics out of it (many of you can guess
where I stand anyway g)
But, Global Warming (see, I've capitalized it this time, to signify it's
importance g) is not much ado about nothing.
That the earth's climate has warmed up since we've been keeping
i have a new FA 80-320 that works fine without such problems. it could be a
QC issue.
Herb...
- Original Message -
From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: Problem with FA 50
Steve,
My
What exactly is your point, Tom? vbg
-frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All fools day? How appropriate.
--
Bill Owens wrote:
Looks like I may fly up to Toronto on
Mine is one relatively old. I got it perhaps 5-6 years ago new. It
has worked fine until recently. Rather than a QC issue, more
likely a build/design issue. I would guess the problem is related to
age. It has been very lightly used, but has always seemd fine until I
put it on the *istD.
Tom Reese wrote:
Stan Halpin wrote: You don't know these guys. At 10:00pm they will just be
warming up!
I shutter to think what might happen.I hope nothing too negative. I guess
you'll justhave to wait and see what develops.Tom Reese
geez, a worse punster than moi! :)
cute, tom
annsan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Christian Skofteland wrote:
I didn't save my poor shots when I shot transparency film.
Right into the
trash! How has the magic gone? What's magic about keeping
crappy pictures?
Pack rat here.I keep
I bet 200 Mpixels at 3200 dpi from 4x5 looks
better than ANY scan from 67, so you try that!
JCO
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com
On 10 Dec 2003 at 20:08, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
I bet 200 Mpixels at 3200 dpi from 4x5 looks
better than ANY scan from 67, so you try that!
What as a 4x5 print? Explain your logic?
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT) +10 Hours
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: Leonard Paris
Subject: Re: down in the darkroom
Wow! What kind of a camera are you using? I regularly use Walmart to
print
from my *ist D and D60 and I use the largest jpeg size with them when I do
so. No problems at all.
I think that either she took
- Original Message -
Subject: OT:Inkjet printer recommendations
I was wandering what people are using for printing photographs. At our
last get-
together Christian has some nice prints, which he claimed were printed
with a
cheap printer, I am not sure what he was implying about the
I care. With large format scans you can enlarge/print
much larger and also crop the hell out of the image if
desired and still end up looking better than any 6mpixel
image given a large enuff print. Sure at 4x6 you wont
notice but I dont make 4x6 prints anymore.
I recently made some 11X17
- Original Message -
From: Nick
Subject: RE: DA16-45: No aperture rings any more?
One possibility is the release of an APS film SLR to complement the
digital range. It could use the DA lenses after all.
Not likely, all the film manufacturers are getting out of APS film.
OTOH, this
- Original Message -
From: Dag T
Subject: Re: M$ found a new cash cow
I don't know. How long does a patent last?
Until recently in the US: 17 years from granting date.
Usually: 20 years from filing date.
And they can be renewed, right?
William Robb
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: Film is not dead :-)
Digital is nowhere near film in the large format
arena. I'm getting close to 200 megapixels scanning
4X5 film. Once they come up with affordable sensors approaching
this number, maybe THEN film will be
- Original Message -
From: Rob Studdert
Subject: RE: Film is not dead :-)
On 10 Dec 2003 at 20:08, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
I bet 200 Mpixels at 3200 dpi from 4x5 looks
better than ANY scan from 67, so you try that!
What as a 4x5 print? Explain your logic?
Personally, I think a
It could be the oil got the contact springs and impair the connection. The
other side of the lens mount is quite greasy.
Yours regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Interesting. I get the Av readout if I press the lens release and turn
it just a hair in the release direction. Of
4x5 FILM scan, print size is up to you...
Of course, the bigger the print, the more
obvious it becomes that 4x5 crushes 67.
JCO
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com
F/FA lenses have different design from A lenses. If the lens has not been
dropped or disassembled before, it is highly unlikely the 'A' contact was
broken or distorted. I guess it could be the oil.
Yours regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
I played around with the contact to no
why? I cant see film dying until digital can
match or exceed every film application. Large
format film photography will be the last thing
for digital capture to meet. Until then, LF film
will be king of quality as it is now.
Another possible reason is that the connectivity of your *istD's contacts
(inner springs pins) aren't very good. As a result, if the lens being
mounted also has less than good connection, the camera won't be able to read
the lens properly. It happened to my P50 before and some lenses worked,
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:47:10 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was wandering what people are using for printing photographs.
My Epson 820 does what I consider to be a very good job. The unit
itself was cheap, but good paper and Epson ink cartridges aren't.
Using Epson ink on Kodak Ultra
I guess it would have to be my Tele-Takumar 300/6.3... I have a shot of it
on my MZ-S from a couple of years ago...
Cesar
Panama City, Florida
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 2:58 PM
--
-- Okay, here's a poser for you
I have made the reservations... cannot fit a trip to NYC on this one - I
have to be back in time to meet my sister flying in from NYC...
I will be arriving in Baltimore, MD on Tuesday (16) about noon. I depart on
Thursday (18) morning.
As always interested in meeting PDMLers.
The Screwmount
Doug,
You just cannot let her go can you?
Did you invite her?
Cesar
Panama City, Florida
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Doug Brewer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 4:10 PM
--
-- At 03:44 PM 12/8/03, throwing caution to the wind, Mark
-- Roberts wrote:
--
People are already shooting large format digital. They use multiple
scanners on the back of a large format camera and then tile the results
on a computer. It looks pretty good, and it will only get better. But
regardless of how good digital becomes, some will still shoot film.
That extra
I have been to Duck. The last time was probably about 1994.
I still have a few T-shirts from there. It always causes people to comment
on them.
I think I once posted a link to a shot taken of me at a balloon festival
wearing one of those shirts...
César
Panama City, Florida
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I gave the A* 400 f2.8 and 1.7x AF adapter a whirl one day last week,
shooting at the birds around my feeders. For random pot shots at birds, not
even trying to get close, I'm very impressed with the image quality. Can't
wait to do some serious birding with it.
Some sample from the half hour I
I only have the A* 200 F4. I shot a leaf footed bug on a house plant a few
weeks ago using my standard macro setup, and the results looked very
promising. But I just found that bug between the window panes - won't have
a chance to do any others for at least another 4 months, unless I can find
The subject line says it all...
I'll buy you a drink at GFM.
cheers,
frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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67 today, yes today -- arrrggh
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