HAR!
William Robb wrote:
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From: Cotty
Subject: Re: Fw: wow!
and just in case there was any mistake:
a gin based drink containing quinine and a secret mixture of herbs
No mistake, it's a premixed gin and tonic that tastes like chicken.
William Robb
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Hi,
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, mike wilson wrote:
If you use a bag, it needs to be completely airtight, or there is no
point. It would be best if it was as empty of air as possible, too.
How do you achieve that?
Suck it 8-)
mike
Hi,
Keith Whaley wrote:
Err, let's see now. . .
A couple of ounces of Boodles in a tall glass,
I once saw some Dutch gin made by a company (allegedly) called Fock
Hink. Always wanted to ask for a Fock Hink gin and tonic but never got
the chance.
m
How should the image be processed to make it look good on all (or most)
screens? I don't want any blown highlights and I don't want the dark parts
to loose detail either.
anders
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http://anders.hultman.nu/
I think it is more important that the monitors are set to one
The first thing to do now that it stopped raining: wait untill it starts
to rain again, else you might be dissapointed about the results
On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 16:22, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I want to catch the rain falling in a photograph. My attempts at this
have all been failures. Any
Hi,
I've sort of been collecting photos of people and their bikes over the
last while, and I've started to get them printed. My first large print was
of this lovely looking couple I saw walking down the street. I asked if I
could take their photograph, we chatted a while, and I took three or
I hadn't heard of him either.
FWIW.
-frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Francesco Scavullo
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 23:21, Bruce Dayton wrote:
One interesting difference with the *istD (or any DSLR for that
matter) is that it has a narrower latitude than print film. Coupled
with the ability to quickly and cheaply test, more is explored on it
and it's behaviors than previous film
Hi,
you could follow the way of the Japanese master Hiroshige.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/paintingtheweather/csv/painting/shower.shtml
He scratched the printing block. You could scratch your negatives. g
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Cheers,
Bob
On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 16:22, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I want to catch the rain
I'd never order it unless I knew he had it! g
keith
mike wilson wrote:
Hi,
Keith Whaley wrote:
Err, let's see now. . .
A couple of ounces of Boodles in a tall glass,
I once saw some Dutch gin made by a company (allegedly) called Fock
Hink. Always wanted to ask for a Fock Hink
Hi,
I've sort of been collecting photos of people and their bikes over the
last while,
[...]
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2036662
And, of course, when I get the 8x10 back today, I notice that her expression
is wonderful, alright, but he has his eyes closed!! Damn it!
I
Nice shot Frank. Like Bob, I don't think it the eyes closed are too bad
either. Reminds me (weird mental links) of a less lonely version of that
image of James Dean walking down a New York street. Nice poses too. One
thing though.. the text reflection in the shop window, shouldn't it be
mirrored?
Hmm, I remember watching a TV ad selling a consumer grade vacuum sealer..
looked pretty nifty, but as I recall, they were using their own bags and I'm
not sure if a Ziploc bag would work with it. I imagine if I had one of
those, I'd be sealing all sorts of nonsense just for kicks!
Cheers,
Ryan
Very nice shot, Bob. . .
keith whaley
Bob W wrote:
Hi,
I've sort of been collecting photos of people and their bikes over the
last while,
[...]
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2036662
And, of course, when I get the 8x10 back today, I notice that her expression
is
Yup, end of/beginning of the year the monsoons will bring the occasional
shower. It's worse in December, and if you're lucky, you'll get a few
perfect days in January. One interesting thing is that a lot the shopping
centres in the city are connected, so if it rains, you'll still be able to
cover
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis
Subject: Re: It's Stopped Raining
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, mike wilson wrote:
If you use a bag, it needs to be completely airtight, or there is no
point. It would be best if it was as empty of air as possible, too.
How do you achieve that?
Put the
i'd say it was the lens. my shots were about the same.
Herb...
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From: Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:10 PM
Subject: More moon shots
Taking the lead from Rob, here are two shots of the moon from just
Interesting isn't it! It's one of those wonderful scraps of obscure trivia
I've found. I've somehow managed to find more info too! I Yahooed
[first and last letters and legible and scrambled]
http://au.search.yahoo.com/search/aunz?p=%22first+and+last+letters%22+and+legible+and+scrambledvc=
and was
even most is highly ambitious given how few people know even how a monitor
should be adjusted, even in the absence of any attempt to calibrate. you
also haven't run into the problem of really cheap monitors with strong color
casts, i bet.
Herb
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From: Anders
Bob, that's a nice shot, too.
I'd be interested in knowing what lens you used for that - there is a
remarkable amount of fall-off.
Quoting Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi,
I've sort of been collecting photos of people and their bikes over the
last while,
[...]
Hi,
Bob, that's a nice shot, too.
thanks.
I'd be interested in knowing what lens you used for that - there is a
remarkable amount of fall-off.
I don't know for sure which lens it was, but the chances are it was
an SMC A 70-210/4, and it was probably at f/4 or thereabouts. It was
evening
On 8 Jan 2004 at 20:28, Herb Chong wrote:
i'd say it was the lens. my shots were about the same.
I might try again as I did some tests today to determine optimum
aperture/lens/tc combos. The best combo was able to resolve the shank on a
0.6mm pin securing my test chart at 19.954m :-)
Rob
I checked one of the web sites, saw high of 30°, low of
21° and thought that looked about like it is here. It took
about 7 microseconds to realize that they were talking
celsius, I was thinking Fahrenheit...
I am disappointed to hear that I have to look out for
pickpockets (which also
As expected there is some pentax news at
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0401/04010901pentaxistdfw11.asp
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frank said:
I've sort of been collecting photos of people and their bikes over the
last while,
[...]
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2036662
then Bob said:
I collect photos in themes too, but I hadn't thought of bikes. Good idea,
thanks. I'll steal it. I do have a couple of
Thanks!!!
Kewl!
Stan
Ramesh Kumar wrote:
As expected there is some pentax news at
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0401/04010901pentaxistdfw11.asp
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While the digital images are sill on the card in the camera, one can check
the file properties, or more correctly the camera settings used when the
picture was taken. Once I download them to the computer (via X-drive) I
seem to lose all additional info. Only the picture itself survives.
Can
Thanks, Ryan,
No, the text in the window isn't a reflection. It's the name of the
establishment, painted on the window. Actually, it's the Stephen Bulger
Gallery, probably the pre-eminent gallery showing photography in Toronto
right now. I had only just come out of there a minute or two
Mine is updated :-)
Bill
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From: Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:19 PM
Subject: There is some pentax news in http://www.dpreview.com/
As expected there is some pentax news at
Hi Bob,
Now ~that's~ a wonderful photo!!
And, yes, you can steal my theme. I haven't registered it yet... vbg
Thanks for the thoughts on my photo.
cheers,
frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From:
Seeing that we were taken by the moon fever - I'll try my luck with 300mm
and 1.7TC. Last night the score was: Robert - 0 , clouds - 1 :-(
I have a basic telescope (refractor - Tasco 525 power telescope). Anyone
with experience and/or knowledge if I could marry it with the *istD? THEN I
will
So the prices of K/M lenses on eBay will surge once again? vbg Pentax must
receive enormous amount of complaints to make such decision.
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Friends, we have improved K-mount compatability.
Now, with the lens off A, putting the camera into manual and
Bill said (among other things):
It says M lenses, doesn't mention K.
I think when Pentax uses this language:
... SMC Pentax or SMC Pentax-M lenses that do not have an A position on the
aperture ring
the term SMC Pentax means the same lenses you mean by the term K. That would
seem consistent
Works just the same on K lenses...
stan
Bill Owens wrote:
It says M lenses, doesn't mention K. It's basically aperture priority with
the added step of pressing the green button. When it's pressed, the lens
stops down to the selected aperture, the shutter speed is selected, and the
lens opens
Sounds like K to me. Anyway, is there anything different
between the way the K and the M lenses work that might
cause the istD to reject one and not the other?
Not that I know of, but I'm not an expert, quite the opposite
This is pretty good news indeed ;-))
Yes indeed, makes my M macro,
At 10:32 PM 8/01/2004 -0500, you wrote:
Here is an example of EXIF info grabbed with the EXIF Viewer application...
[.]
That is exactly what I am after! :-D
(*)o(*)
Robert
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
It keeps the same shutter speed. It is as though you had set
the exposure manually. It sticks until you push the button
again.
stan
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
OK, now for the $64,000 question:
Once the ap and shutter speed have been set,
will the camera remember them for subsequent
exposures
Now I'm disappointed that I sold my 16mm Zenit ;-
Yes indeed, makes my M macro, Vivitar Series 1 70-210 3.5 (hey, only 1/2
stop slower that an 80-200 2.8 and a lot less expensive!), and Zenit 16mm
fisheye all compatible
OK, now for the $64,000 question:
Once the ap and shutter speed have been set,
will the camera remember them for subsequent
exposures until it's reset, or does the green button
routine have to be implemented for each exposure?
It remembers them until reset. If you change the aperture
Shel, to make you even sadder, since the ist D only uses the center of the
image circle, the distortion is considerably reduced. It's still obvious,
but not quite as severe.
Bill
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January
Now THAT is really good news. Thanks, Stan.
Stan Halpin wrote:
It keeps the same shutter speed. It is as though you had set
the exposure manually. It sticks until you push the button
again.
stan
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
OK, now for the $64,000 question:
Once the ap and shutter speed
I could not rank them. Wouldn't you have to test/try them to do that?
Of the bunch, I have tried the Sigma 15-30 (Nikon Mount on D100),
Phoenix 19-35 and Tokina 19-35. I ended up purchasing the Tokina. I
would expect the Pentax 16-45 and 20-35 to be better, but they are
more than 2X the price.
Seems to me that the ist D is now basically compatible with all past lenses.
Bill
On Thursday, Jan 8, 2004, at 18:35 America/New_York, mapson wrote:
calibrating all monitors in the world is a project beyond my wildest
dreams.
Sir Tony Hoare should have listed that as one of his Grand Challenges.
--jc
Ain't that a kick! LOL
Bill Owens wrote:
Seems to me that the ist D is now basically compatible with all past lenses.
Bill
I now no longer have to use an external meter with
my M lens, and get center weighted metering from the camera.
Bill
Or even matrix metering with Mark Roberts' low-cost mount
modification or Michel Carrere-Gee do-it-yourself Kapton taping.
Especially nice for wide-angles.
Andre
The release mentions HyperManual mode, but doesn't specify aperture
priority. If I stop an M or K lens down and press the green button, will
this give a correct shutter speed in both manual and aperture priority
modes? If it works for aperture priority, will the shutter speed vary
with the
Hi!
WR Friends, we have improved K-mount compatability.
WR Now, with the lens off A, putting the camera into manual and pressing the
WR green button will give the correct shutter speed.
WR EV comp im manual is a nice touch.
WR The ist D camera just got a whole lot better.
WR William Robb
Anyone
Wow. I don't care if I have to hit the button 5 times. It now
basically meters with M K lenses and I don't have to sell mine.
Woo hoo.
rg
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
OK, now for the $64,000 question:
Once the ap and shutter speed have been set,
will the camera remember them for subsequent
On Thursday, Jan 8, 2004, at 21:06 America/New_York, Stan Halpin wrote:
I am disappointed to hear that I have to look out for pickpockets
(which also influences how much camera gear I carry and how I carry
it.) I had thought Singapore was, if anything, too law abiding.
The locals will tell you
It only works in manual mode with basically aperture priority. Set the
aperture, press the green button and you've got the correct shutter speed
for center weighted metering (matrix is not available except on A lenses.
As long as the light is constant, the setting is fine, but does not
Yeah, C and N users, eat your hearts out! 8-)
Ain't that a kick! LOL
Bill Owens wrote:
Seems to me that the ist D is now basically compatible with all past
lenses.
Bill
It was clear enough in Melbourne, just a little cloud near the horizon.
First up I tried the SMCT 500/4.5 and 1.7AF TC which filled about half
the frame vertically. I took quite a few shots to establish whether I
needed to stop down at all and then popped inside to download. The
results were
Once again, it depends on the kind of photography you do. Metering for each
exposure can be a PITA for many photographers in numerous situations. Not having
to press the green button every time one wanted to make an exposure, and being
able to retain the last exposure info, would be important to
Dario Bonazza a écrit:
Keep watching Pentax websites :-)
Sorry, I cannot tell more, so please don't ask.
Dario Bonazza
Firmware 1.1 !!
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0401/04010901pentaxistdfw11.asp
http://www.pentaxusa.com/products/cameras/istd/istd_fw_110.htm
Michel
When using RAW or TIFF, can the camera record a JPEG as well?
Is this automatic or can it be controlled, and can the size of the JPEG
be controlled in either case?
How long does it take the camera to be ready to shoot after first
being turned on?
Tks!
Glad I stuck it out. Pentax heard the complaints and did something to
correct it.
Jim A.
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 21:59:57 -0600
To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: version 1.1
Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Also note:
1. You can turn the camera off, turn it back on, and the
previous setting is still there. Just like as though it were
a manual camera! It stays there until you press the green
button again or change the lens.
2. You can adjust the aperture (using the oldfashioned ring
around the
One of you guys with a 300baud modem is draging the Pentax site down and I
cant download!
Can someone send me the EXE file directly? Please
Sorry - I got the Mac version...
stan
Tiger Moses wrote:
One of you guys with a 300baud modem is draging the Pentax site down and
I cant download!
Can someone send me the EXE file directly? Please
So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now that it will
work better with the K and M lenses? I'm now giving it some thought.
shel
When using RAW or TIFF, can the camera record a JPEG as well?
No, it can only do one format at a time
Is this automatic or can it be controlled, and can the size of the JPEG
be controlled in either case?
Yes, via the control dial on the top left.
How long does it take the camera to be
Your response is seemingly contradictory. If the istD can only shoot one
format at a time, how can the size of the JPEG file be controlled manually
when using RAW or TIFF formats? Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you.
shel
Bill Owens wrote:
When using RAW or TIFF, can the camera record a JPEG
You get one of the three formats, take your pick. If you
pick RAW or TIFF, then use the Pentax or other software to
save as JPEG later if you like.
From turn on to ready-to-shoot? About 1/10 sec as near as I
can measure. In any case, too fast to worry about.
Stan
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
When
Black Pentax 43mm for Leica Thread Mount I'm drooling
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2977748116
I now no longer have to use an external meter with my M lens, and
get center weighted metering from the camera.
Or even matrix metering with Mark Roberts' low-cost mount
modification or Michel Carrere-Gee do-it-yourself Kapton taping.
That would be great. Has anyone actually tried this now
Seems to work fine.
Bill
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From: Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:30 AM
Subject: Re: version 1.1
I now no longer have to use an external meter with my M lens, and
get center weighted metering from the camera.
Or
This is great news!
Pentax seems to have implemented this function in a very
ingenious way: the camera automatically steps down
(dof preview) for a moment to meter at the correct aperture.
This is almost as good as having the full open aperture metering.
This update is an example which shows
At 12:14 AM 9/01/2004 -0500, you wrote:
You get one of the three formats, take your pick. If you pick RAW or TIFF,
then use the Pentax or other software to save as JPEG later if you like.
Did anyone find a significant difference in quality between TIFF, RAW and
the 'best' JPG while using
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