Re: OT Histogram tutorial

2004-01-04 Thread Leon Altoff
On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 08:38:22 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: A good histogram tutorial for those listers new to digital imaging: http://www.bayphoto.com/Instructions/Histogram.htm Rob, Thanks for the link, I need to explain this to people sometimes. Did you notice the left handed SLR in the

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-04 Thread P Kong
At 05:02 PM 1/2/2004, Tanya wrote: WHAT a fantastic way to wake up in the morning, I came to my 'puter and literally laughed my way through breakfast. You guys are so hilarious, and have just increased my motivation to get to GFM about 10-fold... This one of the reasons I hang around this list.

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

2004-01-04 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Firstly, let me say that this has got to go down as the best response ever to a thread on PDML. Thank you SO much Chris for your detail and thought that has gone into this, it must have taken you for EVER. Every point has been noted and is

RE: Extension tube K

2004-01-04 Thread Andy Chang
Fantastic!!! Thanks a lot!!! I think I'll give it a try with TTL cameras first. Cheers Guys!!! Andy -Original Message- From: John Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 10:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Extension tube K Andy, the basic formula for

Re: Polarizer pictures, which is better, and why?

2004-01-04 Thread Herb Chong
under average circumstances, you should not be able to tell any difference at all. a very slight difference in color would have been the most i would have expected, and i suspect that a minor variation in the camera's auto white balance to be the main cause of that. the differences should be more

RE: Extension tube

2004-01-04 Thread Andy Chang
Thank you Ian, Your advice is most welcomed and hopefully I can make good use to those extension tubes. It is more of an experiment than a sort of have-to-use basis since I have purchased a 100/2.8 macro to do most of my macro work. And it has served me exceptionally well. I'm fairly new to macro

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

2004-01-04 Thread Herb Chong
Tanya, same thing as what Arnie says, but even more. you have to figure your break even rate, what you need to run your business and stay open. cost of materials is a small portion of that total and that is entirely billed to your clients. you have obvious business expenses like equipment,

Re: *ist D finder magnification

2004-01-04 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Sven, on 04 Jan 04 you wrote in pentax.list: I still wonder, why they don't make those finders a bit larger. Would this really require a very large prism - or do the manufacturers just find it unimportant? How wonderfull if the *ist D had a ME-Super-sized finder image... Yes, but the ME

Re: PUG January is open

2004-01-04 Thread Bob W
Hi, Sunday, January 4, 2004, 7:36:15 AM, you wrote: Me too - just on the list the other day, I noticed that I had used the words their, they're and there in *their* wrong contexts! I was almost going to post an apology for it too, but decided to swallow my pride for once and just accept

RE: PUG January is open

2004-01-04 Thread J. C. O'Connell
someone please refresh my memory of the url for the pug please? JCO J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread Steve Jolly
Ann Sanfedele wrote: scanning color Kodak 100 gold negs - arrrggh! Are you using the official Epson plastic negative holder? I have a Perfection 1660 and haven't had any problems scanning colour negatives of any description, although Fuji tend to come out slightly better than Kodak. S

RE: PUG January is open

2004-01-04 Thread P Kong
At 02:57 AM 1/4/2004, JCOwrote: someone please refresh my memory of the url for the pug please? It's at http://pug.komkon.org/ Pat in SF

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Keith Whaley
Good call. . . If you've ever been where a gaggle of geese figured you as a terratorial interloper, and tried to crowd you off their space, the analogy works. g keith whaley Ryan Lee wrote: Had the cricket on as background noise and I heard something I haven't heard in a while: gaggle of

Re: diy light table

2004-01-04 Thread brooksdj
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] burst forward and uttered: Spot-on again Tom. I didn't read the question properly - my apologies. Perhaps if I had phrased it better, my apologies for that. Kind regards Kevin Nor did I,sorry. But the portable light

AW: *ist D finder magnification

2004-01-04 Thread keller.schaefer
I don't know about the Canons but neither a Nikon F100 nor F5 would be an alternative - they both have a .7 finder magnification. Does anybody know how cameras with digital viewfinders (like the Minolta A1) compare to this? Sven -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Heiko Hamann

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Ryan Lee
I've had violent ducks believe my fingers held bread when it long ran out. I think I get the picture :-) But hmm.. I forgot what it is for ducks- it's not flock is it.. sheesh. Oh and a long time ago in Trafalgar Square when they were still selling birdseed for 25p, a friend of mine discovered he

Re: New to list

2004-01-04 Thread brooksdj
Hello! I am new to this list and new to photography. I have a feeling this is not the list for me - from the messages I've been reading you all seem very experienced. Maybe I need to find a list for beginners? Thanks so much, jasmine Hi

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-04 Thread brooksdj
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. Thanks a lot Naomi I dabble in this once in while in the spring and or fall in

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Tom Reese
Ryan Lee wrote: Had the cricket on as background noise and I heard something I haven't heard in a while: gaggle of photographers. Gotta prefer it to mob or hoarde or swarm.. that isn't very alliterative though. How about phalanx of photogs or flock of photographers? Tom Reese

Re: *ist D finder magnification

2004-01-04 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Sven, on 04 Jan 04 you wrote in pentax.list: I don't know about the Canons but neither a Nikon F100 nor F5 would be an alternative - they both have a .7 finder magnification. I didn't care of the magnfication but of the viewfinder size: the viewfinders of the F100 and F5 are quite big and

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Ryan Lee
Nup! I still like gaggle. If one's a stickler for that little bit of cadence, how bout a photogaggle of photographers? But then again, just 'photogaggle' would suffice wouldn't it? I think phalanx sounds too anatomical and flock sounds too Heidi.. Hmm.. a farm of photographers. No no! Gaggle!

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Ann Sanfedele wrote: mike wilson wrote: Hi, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Scanning BW negs -- no problem Scanning flatbed prints and objects - no problem scanning slides - no problem but, but, but.. scanning color Kodak 100 gold negs - arrrggh! Going to

Hello, a bit about me part2

2004-01-04 Thread William R.
Hello everyone, I`ve tried posting about myself last friday when I saw a couple of you do so and it has occured to me that it would be nice that I make a little introduction about myself. However for some strange reason it didn`t go through and so here I go agian. My name is William Robert

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-04 Thread mapson
At 07:32 AM 4/01/2004 +, you 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. 1. you need a tripod (or other sturdy, stable

Re: Thanks for the Welcome!

2004-01-04 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 11:43:28AM -0800, Jasmine wrote: One thing I would like to get is a flash-thingy. Are they hard to find? Expensive? (and yes, I said flash-THINGY - I have a fine command of the English language, thank you very much!) You already received a lot of good advice. I

Re: diy light table

2004-01-04 Thread Pentxuser
Here is a link to my homemade light table. I did not make it a friend of mine did , but it might be good for some ideas... Vic P.S. You have to scroll down to the bottom to see it... http://hometown.aol.ca/pentxuser/200lens.html

Re: BreezeBrowser 2.8

2004-01-04 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Now that I have the *ist D and installed the try-out version of BB, it shows the images from Pentax RAW format rather blue. It might improve with the next version. I'll keep an eye on it. On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 09:32, Bruce Dayton wrote: My first look at it seems that it only supports viewing

Re: PUG January is open

2004-01-04 Thread Bill Owens
But he did take a lesson from Dan Quayle. No e on potato. Bill - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 1:47 AM Subject: Re: PUG January is open If you are eating stakes graywolf, you'd wanna watch out

Re: PUG January is open

2004-01-04 Thread Bill Owens
That would be a homonym. Bill - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:17 AM Subject: RE: PUG January is open Steak and stake ain't a typo or a mispelling now is it? Theres a term for words that sound the

Re: laptop question...

2004-01-04 Thread Pentxuser
I fear a long thread is about to begin but I have to say it again for Tanya's sake. I use both systems. I use Macs, my daughter uses a PC IBM clone. The PC works. There are some advantages to owning a PC over a Mac but for people who are not computer literate, who want a machine that works

RE: hello again

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Robert, I've been on the list for several years (feels like an eternity, with all the abuse I put up with here). Either you left just before I came around, or I forget you. Likely the latter. Either way, welcome back! cheers, frank, Toronto, Canada The optimist thinks this is the best

RE: Hello, a bit about me part2

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
Hi, William, I'm a Canadian living in Canada (Toronto). What part(s) of Canada are you from? I'm pretty much a Pentax guy (Spotmatics, MX, LX) with an old Yashica Mat (just for fun), and a Leica CL/40mm Summicron C (that's all the Leica I can afford, but I love it dearly). Sounds like

Re: Introductions, introductions...

2004-01-04 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 02:58, Mark Roberts wrote: Don't complain. I'm living in a country full of... Americans! My sympathy Mark. -- Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: January PUG Comments Part I

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
Holy crap, Herb, That makes all the difference in the world! It's not that the yellows are brighter or more vibrant, but that I can see many more yellow tones in the animal. It's kind of like more contrasty, but not really. Just much more yellow information in there, if you know what I

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

2004-01-04 Thread Rfsindg
Tanya, A few thoughts after 58 spins around the sun on this rock... I've seen Moms do rotten things to daughters, often out of jealousy. You can't change who your relatives are, so you'll have to live with it. Just remember that you've got what she hasn't, and really wants. Keep working and

Re: Aperture sensing lug on Fujinon?

2004-01-04 Thread Robert Chiasson
You would now *have* infinity focus because the lens would be seated properly. Going the other way is no problem, i.e. putting a SMC Tak on a Fujica body - at least it works for me, except that the Fujicas feel like garbage compared to a Spottie or Rolleiflex body. -- Robert - Original

Re: Re[2]: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-04 Thread Robert Chiasson
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 8:23 AM Subject: Re: Re[2]: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful And here I thought the flash circuit was simple and mostly mechanical... Though I'll agree that

RE: PUG January is open

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
Homonyms? The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PUG January is open Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 02:17:06 -0500

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

2004-01-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! One of the *most* interesting threads here on PDML while I've been a member. I am sorry that I am joining a little late. Yeah, I suppose so. I just feel guilty being paid to have fun, but I guess movie stars do it all the time and they earn alot more than i could ever conceive of! lol

Re: Thanks for the Welcome!

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
What ~exactly~ are you driving at, Pieter? vbg -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Pieter Nagel [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip Flash is a tool, mostly used as a weapon that makes one look more flashy and

Re: Thanks for the Welcome!

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
But, seriously, I agree with you, Pieter. Despite my earlier advice to Jasmine about flashes, when I got back into photography several years ago, after my hiatus, I didn't use a flash for about 2 years. Not out of choice, just because I didn't have one. It did force me to learn to use

Re: January PUG Comments Part I

2004-01-04 Thread Herb Chong
when i look at the image on the web site using Internet Explorer 6 and compare to the source image in Photoshop CS, the source is more saturated and there isn't a greenish tinge to the image. the entire anemone should be shades of orange and no other color. the only difference between what is on

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

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Tanya, I'm not a pro. I don't know anything about being a pro. So take what I'm about to say with a grain of salt. Besides, Chris seems to be doing a fine job of providing advice, much better than I could. But what you said below scares me. Is it not normal practice to get the money

Re: Polarizer pictures, which is better, and why?

2004-01-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 11:03 PM Subject: OT: Polarizer pictures, which is better, and why? . I want some honest opinion here. Anyone? It looks like the B+W is the stronger polarizer, but judging

Re: *ist D finder magnification

2004-01-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: keller.schaefer Subject: AW: *ist D finder magnification Nice work - and makes the *ist D look a little better when compared to its competitors rather than to film cameras (and this looks like a major disadvantage of the Olympus E1 system, too). I still

Re: New to list

2004-01-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: New to list See? Again, I'm making nice to the newbies, and I get slagged for it! I'm taking my toys and going home. I don't think I want to play with you guys anymore. Ahh Frank, I forgot the smileys again. William Robb

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

2004-01-04 Thread Herb Chong
Tanya, isn't there an Australian professional photographers association? you should be using them as a resource too. random Google gives me Accredited Professional Photographers Australia as an organization. then there is http://www.acmp.com.au/ who should know who the wedding photographers

Re: PUG January is open

2004-01-04 Thread graywolf
No, es is added. As it is in most words that end with O. -- Steve Larson wrote: But the e is added when pluralized. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 8:51 AM Subject: Re:

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread Ann Sanfedele
mike wilson wrote: Hi, Ann Sanfedele wrote: mike wilson wrote: Hi, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Scanning BW negs -- no problem Scanning flatbed prints and objects - no problem scanning slides - no problem but, but, but.. scanning color Kodak

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Tom Reese wrote: Ryan Lee wrote: Had the cricket on as background noise and I heard something I haven't heard in a while: gaggle of photographers. Gotta prefer it to mob or hoarde or swarm.. that isn't very alliterative though. How about phalanx of photogs or flock of photographers?

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Ann, I have the Epson Perfection 1650. It seriously sucks for neg scans and I loathe the day that I bought the thing. For print scanning it is great, but I shouldn't have been such a tight-wad and spent the extra 500 or so bucks to get a neg scanner. I

Re: Pentax's dSLR future?

2004-01-04 Thread Steve Desjardins
The funny thing is that I suspect the reasoning surrounding dropping the aperture ring control may have partly been a function of the move to make this body as small as possible. Anyone who actually owns a *ist will well know that you have to set the lens in the A position before it's mounted,

Re: OT: News about Nachtwey and Weisskopf

2004-01-04 Thread Kenneth Waller
A recent Time Magazine (The Person of the Year Issue) has a full story on the incident. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: News about Nachtwey and Weisskopf Thanks for posting that ... very much ON topic as far as I'm

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Steve Jolly wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: scanning color Kodak 100 gold negs - arrrggh! Are you using the official Epson plastic negative holder? I have a Perfection 1660 and haven't had any problems scanning colour negatives of any description, although Fuji tend to come out slightly

New kid in town : Introductions .. again

2004-01-04 Thread Ian bromehead
Well after seeing Nick and Steve both present themselves, and given that its new Year, I'd better do the same. Hello everyone, I'm Ian. Currently expatriated to San Francisco working for HP, I was born in Rotherham S. Yorkshire, and lived in Lyon, France from 1984-2000. Which makes me a heinz

Re: (PUG idea..) and Smithsonian entries

2004-01-04 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Ryan Lee wrote: (snip snip) PS. I'm sure there are a couple of others in it too.. just wait til sometime in February- someone's going to post a yeah it was a total surprise, I didn't think I'd win.. didn't you know I entered it too, Ann? Hey, IF they say that in February it would indicate

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread Steve Jolly
Ann Sanfedele wrote: The holders just hold the neg in place, I can't image it would affect color They also hold the negs away from the all-important first centimetre of the glass, which the scanner uses to calibrate itself when in transparency mode. Put *anything* in this region and it's

Re: Bowl photos and chat

2004-01-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! ft Cory, ft The photo you called 10 zig is as good a football shot as one will ever see! ft It's terrific! That's as good as anything you'll ever see on the cover of ft Sports Illustrated; it's that good! ft You mentioned the lens. Was it taken with the *ist D? Whatever it was ft

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Ann Sanfedele wrote: gotcha :) indeed 8-) It was because I had been using Vuescan for a while, when it went all funny on me. I switched back to the original scanner software and, I think because I had been having so much trouble with colours for a few days, I completely missed that it

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-04 Thread Jostein
Steve wrote to Thrainn: Denim might not be too great an idea - cotton soaks up water like a sponge, and water resistant sprays wear off quite quickly in my experience. A better plan might be to start with water-proof material - cut up a cheap plastic raincoat or something? Thrainn, Denim is

GFM Panoramic

2004-01-04 Thread Bill Owens
The wife and I went to GFM yesterday for lunch. I went on up to the top and took these shots with the *ist D. There are 8 images stitched together using PT Assembler in the final. It looks pretty good printed on Epson 8 inch wide roll paper and 34 inches long:

Re: New Year's Resolution

2004-01-04 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mine is 3600 dpi Thankyouverymuch :-P Your welcome. I think I'll settle for 365 dpy... Jostein :-)

Address change

2004-01-04 Thread Stan Halpin
1. For those who have me listed in their address book, please note that my primary email address is changed; I will be receiving mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. Also note the new address for the old Lens Info site: http://stans-photography.info This will also be the address of the new site when

Re: New Year's Resolution

2004-01-04 Thread Bill Owens
It's 366 dpy for 2004 :-) Bill - Original Message - From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:34 PM Subject: Re: New Year's Resolution - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mine is 3600 dpi

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've had violent ducks believe my fingers held bread when it long ran out. I think I get the picture :-) But hmm.. I forgot what it is for ducks- it's not flock is it.. Quackpack? Jostein

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jan 4, 2004, at 12:29 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Needs to be more photo-oriented - hmmm a pose of photographers? How about a bunch of poor people? vbg Speaking of language and typos, I wrote a message about panning last night while I was falling asleep. I kept nodding off after every few

Re: New kid in town : Introductions .. again

2004-01-04 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Ian, Welcome aboard. Nice to have another NorCal body on the PDML. Stayed tuned for another PDML get together for our area. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, January 4, 2004, 10:00:30 AM, you wrote: Ib Well after seeing Nick and Steve both present themselves, and given that its Ib new

Re: GFM Panoramic

2004-01-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Beautiful view, nice shot. Makes me want to go there. Who knows what the spring will bring? Paul On Jan 4, 2004, at 2:33 PM, Bill Owens wrote: The wife and I went to GFM yesterday for lunch. I went on up to the top and took these shots with the *ist D. There are 8 images stitched together

Re: January PUG Comments Part III

2004-01-04 Thread Jostein
Glad you liked it, Frank. Thanks for the kind words. And a huge thanks for taking time to comment all the pictures so well. Cheers, Jostein - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Party Time! by Jostein Oskne: Here's another shot where bird's faces seem to take

Re: Address change

2004-01-04 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 14:39:56 -0500, Stan Halpin wrote: Thanks to Doug (?) who suggested pair.com as a possible web hosting site. So far they are very good to work with, very responsive to questions. For a little bit lower cost per month I have vastly increased my storage and my allowable

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread Jostein
Ann, I have the 1640 too. While I haven't scanned the Gold 100 film, I have used it a lot with Portra 400 VC which scans quite nicely. One problem I have run into sometimes is that adjustments from previous scans sticks. So I have to reset the box by clicking either the Reset or Auto button to

Re: laptop question...

2004-01-04 Thread Mr. William M Kane
Ok quick! Tell me the name of 1 native windows program that automatically imports and catalogs your pictures from a digital media source. It allows you to catalog the pictures in your own virtual folders (not actual folders), using an XML file. This way a picture can be in 3 folders, and

Re: New Year's Resolution

2004-01-04 Thread Jostein
Oh, bugger. I'll be late as usual, then. Hope I catch the plane to GFM.. Jostein - Pictures at: http://oksne.net - - Original Message - From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 8:41 PM

January PUG Comments Part IV

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
Man oh man! I just quickly looked at the main page of PUG, and I've barely made a dent in this month's offerings! Big gallery! Better get cracking: Cormorants, Lake Awassa Ethiopia, 1988 by Bob Walkden: Cropped and composed just about perfectly, this shot would be wonderful if it were only

RE: January PUG Comments Part III

2004-01-04 Thread zoomshot
Frank, Your comments are much appreciated. I watched him for about an hour, will post the rest of the series when I get the time. Many thanks, Ziggy -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 January 2004 16:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: January

Lens comments website

2004-01-04 Thread Geheim
Hello all, I've been away from this list for a extended period of time. I have just recently started to read it again. I have a question. Does a website exist that lists comments from PDML members on different Pentax mount lenses. I recall of one such site a long time ago, but have lost track. I

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Steve Jolly wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: The holders just hold the neg in place, I can't image it would affect color They also hold the negs away from the all-important first centimetre of the glass, which the scanner uses to calibrate itself when in transparency mode. Put *anything*

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #27

2004-01-04 Thread Stan Halpin
Ian, he IS right. Buy, read, study Shaw's Closeups in Nature. Go try some macro shots. Then go back and read Shaw again. He is an extremly good writer, one who is effective at getting his ideas across. Stan Ian bromehead wrote: Andy I am just as gullible as you, ... The guy I bought them from

Re: Panning-was: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
I haven't shot racecars for a long time, but I got my practice as a teenager at Mosport. One thing I did learn and remember is that both Doug and Paul are right: it's all in the followthrough! Keep following the subject well after you snap (sorry, s-q-u-e-e-z-e) the shutter release. Makes

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Steve Jolly wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: The holders just hold the neg in place, I can't image it would affect color They also hold the negs away from the all-important first centimetre of the glass, which the scanner uses to calibrate itself when in transparency mode. Put *anything*

Re: PUG January is open

2004-01-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Me too - just on the list the other day, I noticed that I had used the words their, they're and there in *their* wrong contexts! I was almost going to post an apology for it too, but decided to swallow my pride for once and just accept that I am

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: So, they are geese? How about a pantheon of photographers (are they gods)? No, I got it a murder (crows) of paparazzi. GRIN Where I work, it's a focus of cameramen, a whinge of reporters, an assembly of editors, and the collective noun for soundmen is not

Re: Hello, a bit about me part2

2004-01-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: My name is William Robert and I`m from Canada now living in Hong Kong. I`m into photojournalism and documentary photography. Presently I`m working on a book about life here in Hong Kong and I have a long ways to go before I finish. I`m not a

Re: diy light table

2004-01-04 Thread Cotty
On 3/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] burst forward and uttered: Spot-on again Tom. I didn't read the question properly - my apologies. Perhaps if I had phrased it better, my apologies for that. Kind regards Kevin Hey - I'm the Brit here - I can apologise better

Re: Some waaaaay cool photos

2004-01-04 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 03:56:09PM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: Taken by a robot on Mars! http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/rover-images/jan-04-2004/images-1-4-04.html Its mission is to find life, right? They should have send Lewis the robot photographer we discussed a while ago. That robot was

Re: Printing XP2 - weirdness

2004-01-04 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The negatives look pretty normal to me (errors in technique notwithstanding ;-) ), but the prints look extremely odd. I've tried to point out the weirdness in the captions. Overall, the dark areas have come out looking almost solarised - areas that are

Re: Re[2]: laptop question...

2004-01-04 Thread Mr. William M Kane
Bruce et al., Mea culpa, maybe I was spouting a bit there. My posting had been made just after seeing that Tanya was looking for a laptop (for one reason) to use to project pictures while at the wedding reception coupled with the posting I copied that said pc's and macs could do exactly

Re: PUG January is open

2004-01-04 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Nothing wrong with that graywolf - I lrv(ed) Buffy. Actually, was just looking at the series on DVD on Ebay... tan. - Original Message - From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 2:26 AM Subject: Re: PUG January is open Watching too

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
graywolf said: So, they are geese? How about a pantheon of photographers (are they gods)? No, I got it a murder (crows) of paparazzi. GRIN DEFINITELY a pantheon of photographers, but only if it allows for godESSES too! lol tan.

Re: Pentax's dSLR future?

2004-01-04 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 Jan 2004 at 12:34, Steve Desjardins wrote: This explains a lot. I had no idea what you meant when I first read this because I have never had any problem pressing the A-lock button on the end. I also have no trouble removing my CF card, although I can easily see how someone might. My

Re: Re[2]: laptop question...

2004-01-04 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 Jan 2004 at 12:27, Bruce Dayton wrote: Get a life you guys - go take some pictures - Tanya already said that Mac's are non-existent where she is. The PC people have been far more restrained this time around. We know it's as futile as trying to justifiably criticize the *ist D :-) Rob

RE: January PUG Comments Part IV

2004-01-04 Thread Bill Sawyer
Thank you, Frank - I'm flattered!! Being the photographer, I can nit-pick the shot with such things as I wish the falling snow were more obvious, that I were a few steps to the left, etc. I was deliberately looking to demonstrate the winter coat of these animals, and how that changes their

Re: Re[4]: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-04 Thread Robert Chiasson
Because the module just set the camera to synch speed when the flash recycled. Billy Gates and confusers are smarter than *you*! :) -- Robert - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert Chiasson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 4:25 AM

Re: Panning-was: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-04 Thread John Francis
I don't know about 1/30th for racecars ... It's impressive as all get-out if you can manage it. I've never got quite that slow, but I have shot several at 1/60, and even one reasonable shot at 1/45. One of the regulars from a few years ago used to consistently do shots at 1/20 or slower. A

Re: January PUG Comments Part III

2004-01-04 Thread Ryan Lee
Thanks for your thoughts Frank! About blown out whites and underexposed shadows, other than available lighting conditions, I'm guessing the 2 stop overexposure and the cross-processing added to it as well. About sharp enough, I'm pretty happy with it, but I might have lost some shooting at 2.8. I

Re: Thanks for the Welcome!

2004-01-04 Thread Ryan Lee
lol Piet! Do it again! Haha it tickles! Again again! - Original Message - From: Pieter Nagel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 2:46 AM Subject: Re: Thanks for the Welcome! Can you do that beam thingy again, mate?

January PUG Comments Part V (I think it's up to V)

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
Packers won in OT! Right now, I'm a cheesehead (only North Americans will know what that means, but I doubt many will disagree in any event g). Time to do a few others, until I make supper (it's my turn to make it tonight) Fluffy by Fred Widall: First off, a great job on cropping. I love

Re: Printing XP2 - weirdness

2004-01-04 Thread Steve Jolly
Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: Anyways, my question is: is this normal, or should I be asking for reprints? :-) I guess you should. My thanks to you and William for the advice; I've sent the lab a snotty email and I shall expect a grovelling reply from them tomorrow. ;-) S

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

2004-01-04 Thread Anders Hultman
frank theriault: Maybe a few of the pros on this list can enlighten me. For a commercial job like Tanya's doing, what's the industry norm? Payment or part payment up front? Or complete the work and then invoice? And wait. And hope you get paid. Here in Sweden, the norm for basically all

Re: Some waaaaay cool photos

2004-01-04 Thread Steve Jolly
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/rover-images/jan-04-2004/captions/image-6.html I see lots of tyre tracks and a big yellow arrow - proof of an ancient Martian one-way system, perhaps? It's definitely ancient - just look at those pot-holes... S Bob W wrote: Hi, Dogs in space! Over here we're

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