OT Lousy Printing Follow Up

2004-01-02 Thread Peter Jordan
I posted about some lousy digital printing at my local (UK) Jessops store. The saga has continued. I took the prints back shortly before Christmas and was greeted at the desk by some youth with the magnificent title Acting Assistant Manager on his badge. I vaguely recognised him as someone in my

The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, so now that I have p*ssed Cotty off with another of my enormous Aussie posts, just wanted to share with you all the strangest thing that just happened... I just got a booking from an Englishman, who phoned me from, wait for it Sultanate of Oman!! I had to Google to even find out where in

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, I'll play too... These are just my photography related ones, you should see my personal list... 1. To complete my calendar and see it for sale in every newsagent/Target/Kmart/Angerson Robertson Bookworld in Australia... 2. To get my books setup properly so that the tax man doesn't hunt me

Re: scary stuff with win 98...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ta Ryan... tan. - Original Message - From: Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 5:56 PM Subject: Re: scary stuff with win 98... Tanya, I think you meant to post this to the list but you only replied to me. Here's forwarding it. For the

Re: Happy new Year from a new list member (Charles Braswell)

2004-01-02 Thread Jostein
Hi, Charles! Welcome into the light. :-) Cheers, Jostein Quoting Charles Braswell Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi everyone. My name is Charles Braswell Jr and I've decided to join the list today after lurking for quite a while. I've been checking the posts daily for around a year and a half and

Re: Hello

2004-01-02 Thread Jostein
Hi, Nick. I can vaguely remember the start of the gallery too. Seems like ages. Welcome back. Best, Jostein Quoting Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've made a couple of posts in the past few weeks but realised I haven't introduced (or reintroduced!) myself. My name is Nick Clark and I'm based in

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For anyone who takes the time to look through them, thankyou so much! I have these questions to ask, if you were offered these to show off a product of your own, would you be happy with them, or am I just kidding

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Naomi van der Lippe
Hi Bob The last photographs I did in the dark (of which one succeeded) I used your everyday Kodak gold and it was 200 ASA. I have heard the higher the speed of the film, the better your chances of taking successful photo's. (Any suggestions are welcome). I am thinking of taking photo's of

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Naomi van der Lippe
Hi Steve Thanks for the link!!! Naomi -Original Message- From: Steve Jolly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Evening / night photography http://home.earthlink.net/~kitathome/LunarLight/moonlight_gallery/technique/

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I am totally nervous that I won't be able to live up to this couples high expectations... Bah, I have seen your work, you will do fine. Kind regards Kevin -- __ (_ \

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Naomi van der Lippe
Hi Tom Long time no hear!!! Subjects I was thinking of doing were photo's of the moon (I purchased a 500 mm lens), subjects in front of the moon (bare tree branches, etc); moving vehicle lights; the stars when in the desert (we are going to Namibia) with a very long exposure; full moon

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Naomi van der Lippe
-Original Message- From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 5:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Evening / night photography -Original Message- From: Naomi van der Lippe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Good morning, good evening, good day all

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Naomi van der Lippe
Hi Tom (again) Forgot to mention the gear - Pentax MZ50 with an array of lenses: shortest 35 - 80 mm and longest the one that goes to 500 mm. I have got a tripod as well as shutter release cable. Thanks again Naomi -Original Message- From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Naomi van der Lippe
Hi Steven Will scour our book shops for the guide this weekend, thanks for the info. I am a complete amateur with photography and a bigger idiot when it comes to technicalities re photography! Please tell me more about the LX. Thanks Naomi -Original Message- From: Stephen Moore

Re: Pentax ist-D AC Adapter

2004-01-02 Thread Harri Haavisto
With *Ist I've used Olympus AC -adapter (C-6AC?) purchased same time as my old Camedia C-2020z with succes(though I havent actually checked if it uses batteries or not). Harri Haavisto

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-02 Thread Cotty
On 1/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Tanya posted, among many other things: and i know who looks better in a skirt... vbg Who wears a skirt when taking photographs?? Do nappies (diapers) count? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Cotty
Anyone make one this year that relates to photography? If so, would you care to share it with us? Yup. I'm going to produce illustrated articles for magazine use, see how I go. I've got 6 subjects lined up at the moment and I just need the resolution to see them through. One will be about the

RE: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Naomi van der Lippe
For an amateur like me: PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE, submit a few images again, oh and of course PRACTICE!!! Bestest Naomi -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 12:56 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: Photographic New Years

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, I SO didn't need THAT mental picture just before going to sleep... Cotty, I blame you if I have nightmares tonight! vbg tan. ERN wrote: Tanya posted, among many other things: and i know who looks better in a skirt... vbg Who wears a skirt when taking photographs?? To which, Cotty

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Cotty said: snip...and I just need the resolution to see them through. Bloody whinging Poms, never happy, I thought that 6mp should be plenty of resolution for you... vbg tan.

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Ok, so now that I have p*ssed Cotty off with another of my enormous Aussie posts, just wanted to share with you all the strangest thing that just happened... Tan, I wasn't pissed off with long posts - just all the quoted text from gazillions of earlier

Re: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 12:15:41PM +0200, Naomi van der Lippe wrote: Hi Bob The last photographs I did in the dark (of which one succeeded) I used your everyday Kodak gold and it was 200 ASA. I have heard the higher the speed of the film, the better your chances of taking successful

Re: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 12:22:14PM +0200, Naomi van der Lippe wrote: Re the stars photo - I would love to be able to recreate photo's where the shutter stays open for a period of time with the starts creating almost a circle effect. If you actually *want* the starts to streak and circle, I

RE: Solar filter Baader filters

2004-01-02 Thread Mark Stringer
I have made Baader filters for my telescope. They work very well. They are very tough but check thoroughly before each use. Do not use if even the tiniest pinhole appears. -Original Message- From: Pieter Nagel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 10:14 AM To:

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Kevin, I can't believe that you actually went through them ALL! Thankyou so much for your encouraging comments. This most certainly was my first attempt at this type of shoot. Previous to this, anything I have shot that was even remotely commercial, has always had people in it, and was

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Christian Skofteland
- Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] The props used were at the clients request (except for the basket, wheat and chair which I added myself), to tie in with the country theme. My favourites are found on these pages...

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Leon Altoff
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 18:14:25 +1000, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Hi guys and gals, Warning - loong, fairygirl post to follow... (grab yourself a cuppa before reading...) We are all getting used to this, and you write well so don't worry about it. workwear for on the land. I have been

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! TMP 5. To purchase a big flat screen LCD monitor... Tanya, you're not going to use it for photo editing, are you? Boris

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Mainly for showing proofs to my clients Boris, but probably for photo editing too, I have a window that site right behind me and I really need a non-reflective surface to work from... Is this a no-no? I can feel another lesson for fairygirl coming on... tan. Hi! TMP 5. To purchase a big

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Leon wrote a really detailed, and most appreciated reply which included: Is there a reason for using manual focus? Yeah, a couple really - I am still getting used to the feel of the autofocus on the Olympus - it feels very different to any of my Pentax bodies, and as I am unfamiliar with it, I

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
ok, so I set myself up for that one, I really should have anticipated the whip jokes... At least that one was G-rated... Hardy, har, har! tan. Christian, the smart-arse, said:Now, how does this tie in with Children's clothing? Keeping them in-line are you? VBG

Re: Pentax ist-D AC Adapter

2004-01-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: D-AC10 Input 100-240v - 50/60Hz 800mA Output 6.5v 3000mA (6.5Vcc 3000mA) Well 6.5Vcc is a bit ambiguous, isn't it? ;-) I assume it's supposed to be 6.5Vdc? 3 Amps (3000mA) sounds *very* generous. I'll bet it doesn't require anywhere near that much (it

Re: Happy new Year from a new list member (Charles Braswell)

2004-01-02 Thread Lon Williamson
frank theriault wrote: I think we should go raid the Canon and Nikon encampments and TP them at about 2:00 am (they'll have been asleep for about 5 hours by then anyway). ignore theriault, he's an idiot grin. -Lon

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Herb Chong
if you are doing anything color critical, LCD panels generally are problematic because they change color when you look at them from different viewing angles. the width of the acceptable angle depends on how much you pay. if you are the only one looking that is one thing because you can view from

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-02 Thread Mark Roberts
John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe the FA lenses also incorporate aperture-sensing encoders on the inner mechanism, so it is possible for such a lens to accurately report aperture setting over the digital communication pin. I fully expect to see a future Pentax body that relies on

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Keith Whaley
frank theriault wrote: I normally don't make New Years resolutions. I did this year, though. Anyone make one this year that relates to photography? If so, would you care to share it with us? Okay! I resolve to get my old hard drive installed in my brand new computer, and get the whole

Battery grip FG/ battery life

2004-01-02 Thread Ryan Lee
I just had a curious thing happen with my battery grip. My 5n has been on a break for a couple of weeks, after shooting about 3 or 4 rolls. On a couple of occasions, I've forgotten to switch it off as well, sometimes for just an hour or two, once overnight. Anyway, I was quite disappointed to see

Re: scary stuff with win 98...

2004-01-02 Thread Lon Williamson
Sounds like you have Explorer set, via ViewFolderOptionsView, to show invisible files. A file marked invisible will appear faded so that you can see, at a glance, the difference. The c:\ and windows directory are both common places for such files to be put. This therefore may not be a problem

Re: Happy new Year from a new list member (Charles Braswell)

2004-01-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Charles Braswell Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone. My name is Charles Braswell Jr and I've decided to join the list today after lurking for quite a while. I've been checking the posts daily for around a year and a half and have enjoyed the posts and links to so many interesting topics. I'm

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Ok, I SO didn't need THAT mental picture just before going to sleep... Cotty, I blame you if I have nightmares tonight! vbg tan. ERN wrote: Tanya posted, among many other things: and i know who looks better in a skirt... vbg Who wears a skirt when

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Cotty said: snip...and I just need the resolution to see them through. Bloody whinging Poms, never happy, I thought that 6mp should be plenty of resolution for you... vbg tan. I did walk straight into that one didn't I. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ ||

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Leon Altoff
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 22:44:14 +1000, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Is there a reason for using manual focus? Yeah, a couple really - I am still getting used to the feel of the autofocus on the Olympus - it feels very different to any of my Pentax bodies, and as I am unfamiliar with it, I didn't

Re: A New Year's present to all of you...FROM all of you!

2004-01-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: I've been keeping a collection of my favorite quotations from PDML posts for a couple of years (at least). Now seems like a good time to share it with everyone. Enjoy! Definitely fun, Mark! I left in my favorites below : When

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Christian
The response was G rated but the original thoughts were not Christian - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] ok, so I set myself up for that one, I really should have anticipated the whip jokes... At least that one was G-rated... Hardy, har, har!

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-02 Thread Peter Belak
Hi Bruce, BD I bought a film *ist as a backup to my *istD. Overall, it is quite BD nice and has enough features. Pretty usable overall. Certainly not BD an MZ-S by any stretch of the imagination, but at 1/3 cost, there are BD not very many features on the MZ-S that it is lacking. could you

Re: Pentax ist-D AC Adapter

2004-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jan 2004 at 7:54, Mark Roberts wrote: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: D-AC10 Input 100-240v - 50/60Hz 800mA Output 6.5v 3000mA (6.5Vcc 3000mA) Well 6.5Vcc is a bit ambiguous, isn't it? ;-) I assume it's supposed to be 6.5Vdc? 3 Amps (3000mA) sounds *very* generous. I'll

Re: Pentax ist-D AC Adapter

2004-01-02 Thread Leon Altoff
On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 07:54:48 -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: D-AC10 Input 100-240v - 50/60Hz 800mA Output 6.5v 3000mA (6.5Vcc 3000mA) Well 6.5Vcc is a bit ambiguous, isn't it? ;-) I assume it's supposed to be 6.5Vdc? Make sure you get the polarity correct.

Re: Battery grip FG/ battery life

2004-01-02 Thread Chris Brogden
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Ryan Lee wrote: Quite amused by those inbuilt battery life testers, I picked up each (presumably dead) battery and pressed the designated points as hard as I could to see if I could get a green mark to light up, and the strangest thing- the first battery was dead flat,

RE: Happy new Year from a new list member (Charles Braswell)

2004-01-02 Thread frank theriault
Chris, I kind of walked right into that one, didn't I? vbg -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Chris Brogden [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, frank theriault wrote: Hi, Charles, The

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread frank theriault
Hmmm. See, now I had a different mental image on that one, Chris. I was thinking winging as in slang for throwing. Not being familiar with this ever so quaint Aussie slang, I have no idea what a pom is, but in my mind, I'm thinking pom-poms, like the fuzzy things cheerleaders flail about. So

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Bob W
Hi, 'winjing' is correct. The phrase is usually 'bloody whinging Pommie bastards' though. Australians pronounce 'bastards' wonderfully. That's why we whinge so much - we just love to listen to their cute little accent. -- Cheers, Bob Friday, January 2, 2004, 4:25:53 PM, you wrote: On Fri,

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cotty asked: Who wears a skirt when taking photographs?? Do nappies (diapers) count? I think that'd be a separate category. [ponders a bit] Oh. Oh my. I've done that, too. Hallowe'en costume a couple of years ago -- nappies (do you have any idea how many diapers one has to layer atop one

RE: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread frank theriault
Tanya, What are you talking, not exactly art? Horsehockey! (as Colonel Potter of M*A*S*H used to say) That's great stuff, IMHO. No wonder your client was thrilled. I'd have been, too. Great work! cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread frank theriault
Being the font of arcane knowledge that you are, Bob, What does Pom (or Pommie, or whatever) mean? What does whinging mean? Just so I don't have to keep thinkiing about Tanya in that cheerleaders outfit (not that it's a bad mental image, I'm just starting to feel a bit guilty about it is

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Chris Brogden
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, frank theriault wrote: Hmmm. See, now I had a different mental image on that one, Chris. I was thinking winging as in slang for throwing. Not being familiar with this ever so quaint Aussie slang, I have no idea what a pom is, but in my mind, I'm thinking pom-poms, like

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tanya, Tanya, Tanya, Tan, Tan, Tan, Dear, sweet, innocent, naive little fairygirl, English accent? Sounded like he was talking from a million miles away? Did he mention 20 million dollars that he needs you to help him get out of a Nigerian bank? --

RE: Happy new Year from a new list member (Charles Braswell)

2004-01-02 Thread Chris Brogden
Not so much walked as jumped off a trampoline through a plate-glass window... but yeah, same idea. :) chris On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, frank theriault wrote: Chris, I kind of walked right into that one, didn't I? vbg -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The

RE: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Tanya, Tanya, Tanya, Tan, Tan, Tan, Dear, sweet, innocent, naive little fairygirl, English accent? Sounded like he was talking from a million miles away? You recently (despite his protestations to the contrary) pissed off that vengeful bastard Cotty?

can you read me now?

2004-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
If any of you guys are on Road runner in NY, or rcn and know what is going on between them could you write me ? I can't get through to RCN on the phone and all my mail to people one Road Runner (nyc.rr.com) bounces with a security block... I get a hot link to go to to check it out -- I don't

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Otis Wright
Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For anyone who takes the time to look through them, thankyou so much! I have these questions to ask, if you were offered these to show off a product of your own, would you be happy with

Re: OT: Film refrigeration/ film loading

2004-01-02 Thread Ryan Lee
Hejsan Dag..What about any condensation? I'd imagine you're not living somewhere as humid? There was noticeable moisture on the canister, but I gave it a quick wipe, crossed my fingers and am hoping for the best.. Regards, Ryan - Original Message - From: Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
frank theriault wrote: Tanya, That's great stuff, IMHO. No wonder your client was thrilled. I'd have been, too. I suspect that her client was thrilled more due to getting so much work from her on a project budgeted for four rolls of film - hopefully they will see

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peter Jordan commented: Although around here men have been seen in skirts, (they call them kilts, but if it looks like a skirt, call it one). *shrug* Context context context. According to clothing taxonomy, dictionary definitions, fashion history ... a kilt is a type of skirt. A type of

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Peter Jordan
Vengeful, no; but wicked sense of humour? vbg - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 4:50 PM Subject: RE: The weirdest booking ever... On 2/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Tanya, Tanya, Tanya,

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Chris Brogden
I was surprised to find the budget so low. You'd think the photography budget for advertising/promotional needs would be a lot greater. You have some great shots there, Tanya. I don't like some of the chair/grass ones as much, possibly because the position of the camera and the angle of view

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-02 Thread Peter Jordan
This may be technically correct, but I wouldn't suggest standing in the centre of Glasgow or Edinburgh and shouting it out loud. Not unless you want to be hear the traditional Scottish farewell, Pick your window. (a rough translation of this is please choose how you wish to leave this room) :-)

Re: PUG January is open

2004-01-02 Thread Dag T
På 1. jan. 2004 kl. 03.30 skrev Tanya Mayer Photography: Lovin' Fly by Dag Thrane - it is one of those shots that really makes me want to know the how and whys of how it was made. What is the fly sitting on? Is it a reflected surface? etc etc... Thanks! The fly is sitting on a newly

Re: Photodisks Failing

2004-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Rob Studdert wrote: On 2 Jan 2004 at 14:04, Nick wrote: This is really scary with the move to digital only imaging. At least with film you have the original as backup, even if you do lose any post manipulations. This means that every year you'd have to copy the CDs created a couple of

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Mark Roberts wrote: Did he mention 20 million dollars that he needs you to help him get out of a Nigerian bank? Why do I get rememberences of Goldie Hawn in Protocol from Tanya's post of some upcoming Arab Emirate bigwig's upcoming nuptials??? !8^D Bill

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Naomi van der Lippe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Tom Long time no hear!!! Subjects I was thinking of doing were photo's of the moon (I purchased a 500 mm lens), subjects in front of the moon (bare tree branches, etc); snip I think Peter covered things

Nick's pics

2004-01-02 Thread Nick
Thought you might like to see some of my pictures: http://www.edmontoncameraclub.co.uk/nickclark/page.html Click on a image to get a bigger one and some information. I'd welcome some comments. This is actually part of Edmonton Camera Club's website: http://www.edmontoncameraclub.co.uk/ of which

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Bob W
Hi, really? Don't you have schools up there in Canadia? 'whinging' is one of those strange practices involving pomegranates that gets priests defrocked, and is illegal even between consenting adults in the USA's Bible Belt states. Surgeons on ships taking convicts to Australia used to engage in

Re: OT: Film refrigeration/ film loading

2004-01-02 Thread Dag T
It can be very humid inside houses heated by fire and candles. I never take it out of the camera when going from cold to hot and humid environments. There´s not much humidity inside the camera so it works OK. It´s like keeping the film in its box until it is warm after taking it from the

Re: HNY

2004-01-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: HNY Unlike a local university chemical engineering department, that managed to construct a fully working petroleum catalytic cracker (scaled down but still about five storeys high) in the middle of

Re: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 12:53:20PM -0500, tom wrote: I think I took this with a pz-1p and 20-35/4, probably shot on Delta 3200 at 1600 at f/4. I would guess from the light trails the shutter speed is about 1/30. I just rested the camera on a ledge, set the camera in AV mode and bracketed.

Re: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think Peter covered things pretty well, but here are some examples of night shotsthese were done way back in the day. http://www.bigdayphoto.com/cityscapes/the-strip.htm I think I took this with a pz-1p and 20-35/4, probably

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread tom
Ha! That was sort of what I was going for...I made a print for my boss back when I had one tv -Original Message- From: Pieter Nagel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 1:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Evening / night photography On Fri, Jan 02,

RE: PUG January is open

2004-01-02 Thread Leonard Paris
I haven't been able to view the PUG for the last few months. I get no pictures. Only the names of the folks that submitted pictures. I assume that means I have too much security running on my system and it's treating the pictures like popup ads, or somesuch. IE 6 and NS 7 both have same

RE: Nick's pics

2004-01-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
Nick wrote: Thought you might like to see some of my pictures: http://www.edmontoncameraclub.co.uk/nickclark/page.html Click on a image to get a bigger one and some information. I'd welcome some comments. Very much like the shot of the new Lloyds Building - well it is to me, but I used to

Re: PUG January is open

2004-01-02 Thread Bill Owens
Are you running Zone Alarm Pro? I had the same problem and the fix was somewhere in the ZA settings. Bill - Original Message - From: Leonard Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 5:38 AM Subject: RE: PUG January is open I haven't been able to

Re: Just one tip

2004-01-02 Thread Charles Braswell Jr
I hope you will permit me to add to this thread. When shooting with the camera on a tripod (and always use a tripod when you can) don't let the tripod cramp your photographic vision. Take the camera off the tripod and walk around looking at the subject from different perspectives and angles

BMP Scans

2004-01-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Last week I asked about the value of getting scans done in BMP format, and it was suggested by some that I pass on that option. Well, I decided to see for myself how the whole experience would shake out, and since the lab received only a test roll, there wasn't much to be lost but a little time.

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread John Francis
I don't think it would be a lesson though. Our company bought a couple of 17 flatscreens for our purposes. Or may be it was 15. It does not really matter. They were on a mid-cheap band of the spectrum g. So we got them installed and calibrated. You know, setting brightness and stuff.

Re: Photodisks Failing

2004-01-02 Thread Chris Brogden
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well, but, no one would leave their film in direct sunlight, Rob (I just jumped into this in the middle - so I may be missing something) I think paper and film are a lot easier to care for and handle than discs... I need them to be because I'm

It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread frank theriault
It's stopped raining. The sun is now out. It's 8 degrees celsius. I'm grabbing my LX and going to take some photos. see ya, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer

Re: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 01:18:15PM -0500, Christian wrote: - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think Peter covered things pretty well, but here are some examples of night shotsthese were done way back in the day. [snip] Tom Van Veen is no longer allowed to

Re: Photodisks Failing

2004-01-02 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 12:42:50PM -0500, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I think paper and film are a lot easier to care for and handle than discs... I need them to be because I'm such a klutz. Despite having recently embraced an *istD, I must say this for film: One day when I'm old and gray and

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Pieter Nagel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh, wait a minute, he is human after all! Don't worry, Thom is not infallible: He misspelt my name wrong. Usually I just let it slide, but with a surname of Dutch origin it is unforgivable that Thom van

Re: Photodisks Failing

2004-01-02 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 12:46:00PM -0600, Chris Brogden wrote: [snip] People argue against digital archiving by bringing up the longevity of glass plates, daguerrotypes, dried beaver skins, etc., Beaver skins? Hah! And if your CD's should fail, could you at least *wear* them in the winter,

OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread Christian
http://www.12hoursatthepoint.org/03/photos.htm The guy who shoots this event uses a Canon F1n. The night shots are hideous. BTW, the red RX-7 in the second and third shots is the car I crewed for last year. The 2004 event is scheduled for June 4-5... What a dilemma this makes! Christian

Re: can you read me now?

2004-01-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If any of you guys are on Road runner in NY, or rcn and know what is going on between them could you write me ? I can't get through to RCN on the phone and all my mail to people one Road Runner (nyc.rr.com) bounces with a security block... I get a hot

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread John Francis
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: So, this is incredibly weird because - a) he was calling from the Middle East! b) he has no budget and said that money is no object So... did you tell him about your newly-created Sultan's Special, for the low low price of $40,000?

Re: BMP Scans

2004-01-02 Thread ernreed2
Shel posted (snip long description of substandard scans): While I've not had this problem with the pro lab that I use, his mess leads to the question of how to reduce the possibility of this happening again, with any lab. I was thinking of including a calibration frame on the first frame

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread graywolf
Ah, the young are so eager. Mine was to actually make a print with that enlarger I bought last May. Done. As I suspected the column roller is worn to the point where I can not get the enlarger into alignment. There are no parts available for that old DeJur. And, of course, there are no machine

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Mat Maessen
graywolf wrote: Ask me about my 94 cent print washer. So, how about that 94 cent print washer? -Mat

Re[2]: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Peter, I only have a ZX-10 to compare with. The sound of the *ist is louder than the ZX-10. It is a much more confident sound (solid - less cheesy), but is louder. If stealth is important, the ZX-10 is the better choice (lot less features). I can't really say how loud the ZX-10 is

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Chris Brogden wrote: On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Mark Roberts wrote: Pity it's (like all film cameras) being overshadowed by things digital. Pity, also, that it's a cripple mount. Happy New Year, Kostas Argh...

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread graywolf
Chris Brogden wrote: HEAR! HEAR! -- Are you reading this, Tanya? :) There's more to setting a price than the value of the materials, or the rates set by others. I can buy and cook a pretty good steak for well under $10.00 CAN. I can buy a steak from a mediocre steak house for about

Re: Photodisks Failing

2004-01-02 Thread Steve Jolly
Rob Studdert wrote: If properly stored the media life should be far greater than 3-7 years. Kodak have done some pretty rigourous accelerated-aging studies on their own CDRs and came up with an estimate of 217 years average lifetime. A copy of the report is online at

RE: Nick's pics

2004-01-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
Hi Nick, Lloyds Building - yes it's looking a bit old these days, especially being so close to the new guerkin building. I really must refresh my memory and take a few rolls of film of it and what was the Nat West building in St. Mary Axe off Leadenhall Street. Actually, most of the immediate

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