Re: My PAWs Weeks 1-3

2004-03-23 Thread Eactivist
I am reposting this because someone told me it didn't show up on the list. Sorry if you get duplicates. Okay, here are my first three PAWS (I may go up to week 12 like ERN, or just week 5). I haven't scanned for about two months and when I went to scan I found I had lost all my so

Re: A simple family snap ...

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Now THAT is a picture for preserving. Natural position, common expression, uncluttered surroundings. Everything that you want in a memory. Collin

Signature lines

2004-03-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
IMHO, all signature lines, whether politically inflamatory or just "cutsie," are to be avoided on a list such as this as an unnecessary waste of bandwidth.

FT lens

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Pentax-A 24/2.8 Excellent condition. Want Pentax-A 100/2.8 (not the macro version) in similar condition. TIA, Collin -- - "You can impress people at a distance, but you can only impact them up close." -- Howard Hendricks --

The nickle & diming has begun

2004-03-23 Thread Mark Roberts
(For non-US readers: The term "to nickel and dime" means to extract money in small increments that eventually add up to a lot.) I just heard that the new Nikon D-70, which, even though it is a *budget" DSLR, does cost about a thousand dollars, does NOT include the Nikon software for reading/conver

Re: Double Exposure:paw

2004-03-23 Thread brooksdj
Hi Boris. Thanks for the comments. Actually i did that placement on purpose,just to be a bit different. Yes the total with 2x converter would be 400mm.Not as large as i hoped but still pleasing. Dave > Hi! > > Dave, what strikes me as particularly pleasi

A simple family snap ...

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/alison-dad.html (JPEG, 200K) This is just a quick little "family snap" taken at Thanksgiving dinner a while back. Just found it today while going through some CD's, and sent a copy to Alison - it's her dad - and thought I'd post it here as well. s

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Lasse, I knew you'd respond with some invective and rough language. Please, try at least to tone it down. You can make the same point - even make it stronger - without resorting to such language as in this post and in your reply to another message. How all this political garbage got strewn all

Re: Lasse V. Collin, formerly Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Frits, I understand that list decorum is something to be attentive to. Hence this is, in my opinion, a suitable point relating to the framework of discussions. Are my current sig choices unacceptable as well? (see below) Where does one draw the line? If it the simple principle of civility, the

Re: Sigs (was Re[3]: My own DOF confusion)

2004-03-23 Thread Raimo K
OK, I see your point - but it is highly unnecessary to call somebody "a piece of shit" in front of the PDLM whether he has right wing opinions (or left wing) or not. There is an old fashioned word "proper" but the meaning escapes me... All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http:\

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Raimo K
That does not make him a Marxist - and he is not. I´d say he is a Saddamist. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http:\\www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, Ma

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Morgan Cooper wrote: > Of particular interest/confusion to you will be page 21 (that's page 23 of > the .pdf). That table will show you what your flash will illuminate for > your lens-length/aperture-setting/film-speed combination. You might find In the heat of the moment,

RE: OT: Travel Tips - Japan

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
Filmes in Japan are expensive so you might want to bring more, unless you want to try some of the Japanese only films (like Velvia 100, not Velvia 100F). If you don't speak or write Japanese, bring a calculator just in case you want to bargain when buying expensive photographic gears. Few years

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread John Francis
> > As long as other members attacks me personally on the list, I will defend my honor > on the list the way I see fit. "He started it" didn't even work in the school playground. Most people have moved on beyond that point. Learn from them.

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's a really cheap shot, and so far beneath you that it makes me wonder if I've misjudged you all these years. You know damned well that Lasse's going to respond in a similar way, further perpetuating this nonsense. Shame on you for pouring gasoline on the flames. shel graywolf wrote: > > Q

Re: Accident

2004-03-23 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
I think I've got a complete archive of the past few months; if nobody has beaten me to it, I can sift all the "PAW" messages into a file and mail it to you. -- Glenn

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: "M D Giess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Lasse, moderate it please. > Not agreeing with someone isn't an excuse for wild insults, and I personally > don't appreciate receiving such mail. It's not a matter of disagreement. The man accuses me publicly for having said that the U.S. got what it deserv

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, tom wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: M D Giess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I'm a bit unsure of what is meant re. shifting to manual (the > > second paragraph I've quoted), does this mean I can only ever > > use flash compensation in manual? > > Yes, I beli

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
I think that the last Pentax camera body that was really well sealed was the LX. The PZ-1p certainly is not, and I think that the MZ-S is not either. Actually the LX is not only the last sealed camera, but the ONLY one too in the entire Pentax history so it is quite unrealistic to expect Pentax

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I haven't followed the current dialog of diatribes, but Lasse made it to my list shortly after 9/11. Life is too short to waste time on nonsense. From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Congratulations, Lasse. You have just become the 4th person in my 18 > years of fooling around with my com

Re: Accident

2004-03-23 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Boris, Tuesday, March 23, 2004, 9:10:45 PM, you wrote: BL> Hi! BL> By accident I deleted all messages in my "Photographer A Week" folder. BL> If any of you have them somewhere in your mail, I would appreciate if BL> you forwarded them to me off-list. Bad news: I can't forward them to you,

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
This I know. It isn't an issue of the AF being the top notch, but given that F4 was the flagship at one point, and a LOT of people used it, the AF can't be *that* bad, all things considered. Because lots of people were using manual focus with the F4 back then. Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pba

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
Along with that, even though the FA 135/2.8 isn't a * lens, it is built like a tank much like the * lenses. It's a very good performer. The body is built like a tank, but the focusing mecnahism is not. It is loose and lacks precision for manual focus. Optically, it is inferior to the M135/3.5 ne

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
Well, if it is no sealed, then no way the MZ-S will be nearly as dust resistance as the LX. The dust & water will get inside the MZ-S from the dials in no time. Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan If your choice is Pentax then the MZ-S might be better. It doesn't have gaskets agains

RE: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
My dilemma is this: - should I stay with Pentax, or go with Nikon (I'm leaning towards a used F4) If I remember correctly, F4 was said to be the greatest manual focus camera ever. Yes, you read it correctly, I said manual focus. The first Nikon with good AF was F90 if I am not mistaken, and F90X

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread M D Giess
Lasse, moderate it please. Not agreeing with someone isn't an excuse for wild insults, and I personally don't appreciate receiving such mail. As others have asked repeatedly, please keep your comments on this matter outside of the mailing list. Thanks in advance Matt p.s. can the others invo

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Congratulations, Lasse. You have just become the 4th person in my 18 > years of fooling around with my computer, and talking to people around > the world, to be PLONKed! Thanks, Keith. It's an honor. Long overdue. Wish I had been the first, though. La

Re: Toward positive resolution

2004-03-23 Thread Bob W
Hi, Tuesday, March 23, 2004, 4:33:31 PM, quod Collin: > Toward the end of his life, George Truett was asked what he would do differently if > he had his life to live over again. He said, "I would have spent more time with a > few people." I know one like that. Towards the end of his life the

Accident

2004-03-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! By accident I deleted all messages in my "Photographer A Week" folder. If any of you have them somewhere in your mail, I would appreciate if you forwarded them to me off-list. Thanks. Boris

Re: {3a} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread brooksdj
Ok thanks Bruce.Its getting clearer.:-) I'm going to pick up a roll of slide film this afternoon and try your method plus a few others and will see,hopefully. I just picked up a slide roll that i tested a new/used off camera cord and module that i got through Chris Brogden.I did not test for f

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: M D Giess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Basically, shifting to manual mode shifts the compensation > calculation > > from the ambient meter to the ttl flash meter. > > > > > > > > If this is the case, then if I manually set the camera to > underexp

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Patrick Pritchard
On Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at 12:03 AM, tom wrote: It's been a few years, but iirc, it was pretty bad. It's nickname was the "best manual focus camera Nikon ever made." *WOW*. Yes, I have received other eMails regarding this off of the list, and I hear it repeatedly. I haven't done much resea

FS from "rec.photo.marketplace.medium-format"

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Ref: http://www.news2web.com/cgi-bin/dnewsweb.exe?cmd=article&group=rec.photo.marketplace.medium-format&item=11141&utag= "Subject: LN Pentax 645n bodies[2] 220 inserts [2] 75fa lens/55-110 FA zoom lens Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:09:17 -0500 From: "Dmanfish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: rec

Re: PAW - Tres Amigos Redux

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... I appreciate the feedback. Others have commented that they liked the first version better, as you may have read. That the photo can take several different crops is, perhaps, a good thing. IAC, I like working on different interpretations of photos ... there's often something more or

Re: PAW - Tres Amigos (The Chicklet Bandits)

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, It's great to know that the photo evoked some good memories for you. Here's a slightly different version: http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/tres-2.html I loved that area, and taking second and third class buses through Mexico was a wonderful experience. I really got to see life

Re: Re[2]: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread John Francis
> > From: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > One question though - I am going to have to work with my lens > > > stopped down due to the excess light. Probably in the realm > > > of f16. This totally sucks for portraitu

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread John Francis
> > Sven: > Thank you for a civil response. > Yes, the sig was provocative. Hopefully of thoughts and not just emotions. > But insulting or offensive? Hardly. You're wrong. But to explain how would be inappropriate for the list, So I'll refrain. Think about it yourself, and maybe you'll under

Re: Toward positive resolution

2004-03-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 6:33 PM Subject: Toward positive resolution > For the purpose of maintaining positive relationships on PDML, > a new sig is in place. Fine. Thanks. Lasse

Re: Lasse V. Collin, formerly Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread John Francis
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:57 AM > Subject: Lasse V. Collin, formerly Re: My own DOF confusion > > > > Lasse & Collin: > > Surely your dispute could be taken off-list? > > Thanks. > > No way. This is a list issue, and not a personal

Re: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
Dave, There are a few ways to go about this. First of all, the diffuser on the flash only softens the light, not weakens it (this is when TTL is used - the weaker light will be bumped up by the sensor), so that option is only when the flash itself is on manual. Since the PZ-1 doesn't have separa

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Dag T
I think I prefer reading Marx to define Marxism... DagT På 23. mar. 2004 kl. 16.07 skrev Collin Brendemuehl: To say that Hitler was not a Marxist is to not have studied him. He opposed religion in general, using Christians to oppose Jews and then secularizing the state, having the later goal of

PAW: Rainy day

2004-03-23 Thread Boros Attila
Hello, It seems that I still have to wait for Spring to come in my town. Last week I was walking on a narrow alley after the rain just stopped and thought to take some pics. When I was ready to press the shutter I heared that a car is approaching and waited for it to come into the picture. Here is

Toward positive resolution

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
>I opened a message by Collin. > >Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:28 PM >Subject: OT: Active image communication > >I got this slapped in my face: > > > >I asked him: > >"What's this crap doing on the PDML? >You sent it Collin. You explain. >Lasse" I didn't see that. But then, I get the

RE: muvo 4gb hitachi drive thingy...

2004-03-23 Thread zoomshot
-Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 March 2004 12:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: muvo 4gb hitachi drive thingy... does anyone know where i can get my hands on one of these? I want one badly! Anywhere in Australia? Anywhere in the U

Re: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread brooksdj
> Dave, > > One way to "think" of fill flash is that it is supplemental highlights > much like using a reflector or hair light or something. It is not the > main light that you would meter for. So basically, it would help > lighten shadows, put a sparkle i

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread M D Giess
Lasse (and, for that matter, Collin) Your point(s) is/are made, now can we move on please? thanks in advance Matt Quoting Lasse Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: "Lasse Karlsson" > > Subject: Re: My own DOF confusion > > > Who's spewing now? > >

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Brian Dipert
Collin, considering you don't even know how to correctly SPELL the word 'Buddha', I have some doubts as to your ability to intelligently discuss the topic. Enjoy the quote below == Brian Dipert Sacramento, California mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit me at http://www.bdiper

Sigs (was Re[3]: My own DOF confusion)

2004-03-23 Thread "Mike Ignatiev"
collin, you are a troll and a moron. shut up. and i am with lasse -- your sig had no place in pdlm. mishka -Original Message- From: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <...>

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: "Lasse Karlsson" > Subject: Re: My own DOF confusion > > Who's spewing now? > > Being compared to "Kirkland Ramsey", being called a "Scandinavian > twit" as well as getting my posts characterized as "childlike > extreme" and "spewing puss" by you only

Re: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
Tanya, forgot to mention that along with the flash itself, the camera's flash setting needs to be set to W HS - wireless and high speed. This is done by repeatedly pressing the flash button until the two symbols show up. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 23, 2004, 7:39:21 AM, you wrote:

More on DOF

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Actually, DOF is controlled primarily by the aperture opening IRRESPECTIVE of the focal length. A 1" diaphram opening on a 50mm lens gives the same DOF characteristic as a 1" opening on a 300mm lens. It's modified by lens design but defined by the opening size. That's why f1.4 on 50mm is close the

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
Hmm... I think his post are fine; but how can I instruct my mail client to filter out his signature? Alex Sarbu - Original Message - From: "Steve Jolly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:08 AM Subject: Re: My own DOF confusion > > Lasse: Agree

Re: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
Dave, One way to "think" of fill flash is that it is supplemental highlights much like using a reflector or hair light or something. It is not the main light that you would meter for. So basically, it would help lighten shadows, put a sparkle in the eyes, etc. It is not meant to be a main light

Re: UseFilm

2004-03-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! >> I've been trying to log in to UseFilm (www.usefilm.com) and for >> several days in a row something is quite wrong. It looks almost as WR> if >> they've sustained a major failure and are trying to recover. >> >> WR> " Dear Usefilmers, WR> We are updating the site. All donors still have the

Re: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Tanya, #7 - I'm not sure if you are totally understanding the high speed synch issue. P-TTL or TTL for that matter don't rely on camera modes (AV, TV, P, M), they rely on the amount of light coming into the camera. So you can set the camera manually if you choose and let the flash fire awa

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Lasse Karlsson" Subject: Re: My own DOF confusion > Who's spewing now? > Being compared to "Kirkland Ramsey", being called a "Scandinavian twit" as well as getting my posts characterized as "childlike extreme" and "spewing puss" by you only confirms my good

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
I opened a message by Collin. Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:28 PM Subject: OT: Active image communication I got this slapped in my face: "Keep an eye on the Left. They complain any time we go after any group that hates America. They were ambivalent about going after Al Queda & going into Afghan

Re: Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" Subject: RE: Re: My own DOF confusion > not trying to offend here, and I love many of the OT conversations that we > enjoy on list, however, IIRC, one of the most enforced rules is that of "no > religion, no politics and no something

RE: Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
not trying to offend here, and I love many of the OT conversations that we enjoy on list, however, IIRC, one of the most enforced rules is that of "no religion, no politics and no something else" (can't remember the "something else" part! lol). I really don't think that this conversation is doing

Re: Moving to PZ-1p

2004-03-23 Thread Joe Wilensky
Agreed -- that's my favorite thing about the PZ-1p. Not only can you dial in separate flash exposure compensation from the body, but this even works with the built-in flash -- perfect for outdoor fill in if that's where you find yourself in need of a tiny bit of flash illumination to lighten sh

Re: Lasse V. Collin, formerly Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread ernreed2
I said: > > Lasse & Collin: > > Surely your dispute could be taken off-list? > > Thanks. Lasse replied: > No way. This is a list issue, and not a personal dispute. I disagree, Lasse. Collin has been using that sig line for quite a while. Everybody has seen it by now. You're the only one who has

Re: Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
>Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:27:31 +0100 >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Fra: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> DagT: >> Yes, he is a Marxist. An avid follower of Hitler & Stalin. > >Interisting view. In our part of the world Hitler is put on the >extreme right, even >though he

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread M D Giess
Tom, many thnaks for your reply. My apologies for labouring the point slightly, but I've another question regarding the use of flash. > > The compensation dial always measures compensation from the meter. In other > words, the compensation isn't measured in relation to your settings, it's > set

Re: UseFilm

2004-03-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" Subject: OT: UseFilm > Hi! > > I've been trying to log in to UseFilm (www.usefilm.com) and for > several days in a row something is quite wrong. It looks almost as if > they've sustained a major failure and are trying to recover. > > " Dear U

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread William Robb
I see that Kirkland Ramsey is back, manifesting himself as a Scandinavian twit. Lasse, if you want to continue this to the childlike extreme that you seem capable of, may I suggest you enter into an offensive sig file battle, instead of just spewing your own brand of puss Here, I even did some ho

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Steve Larson
Hi, If fast AF is what you need, the Nikon F100 is faster than the F4 or F5. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: "Patrick Pritchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 6:15 PM Subject: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pent

Re[3]: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread "Mike Ignatiev"
was this a discussion from a different list? speaking of the subj, apparently, the "shallow DOF" term doesn't apply only to lenses. mishka > > Fra: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > DagT: > > Yes, he is a Marxist. An avid follower of Hitler & Stalin.

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: M D Giess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have one quick question to Tom, who kindly went through > quite a bit regarding flash: > >> I understand that I can manually set the camera 2 stops > underexposed > >> and set the flash exposure to 2 stops over, >

Re[2]: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread "Mike Ignatiev"
From: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > One question though - I am going to have to work with my lens > > stopped down due to the excess light. Probably in the realm > > of f16. This totally sucks for portraiture as it increa

RE: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Oooh, you mean slow sync flash! I use it alot, and yep, it does work great - I also find it great because it allows me to hand hold right down to 1/8 if needed due to the flash "freezing" the movement. BUT I am enjoying reading along this thread as I too have the same perplexing problems as

Re: Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread dagt
> Fra: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > DagT: > Yes, he is a Marxist. An avid follower of Hitler & Stalin. Interisting view. In our part of the world Hitler is put on the extreme right, even though he used the term socialist in the name of his national socialist party. He was nev

RE: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread brooksdj
Tom V suggested this when i shot my friends wedding last year. Set the shutter for less than the X sync speed(in this case SP was 125 so i shot in 60th and 30th)It allows for more ambient light in the picture and you lessen the black background,exposed subject problems. Worked very well.Only on

RE: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread brooksdj
You may want to look at the F90X. I bought on last year as a back up AF body for my D1,just incase it went down, i could still shoot film at my horse shows and salvage some sales. Its a nice camera,AF is fast and the body feels very rugged. I found a site on the web that had a comparison of the 90

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread M D Giess
Hi Morgan, many thanks for reply. > > I think there's something you're might be missing here... > > I shot a band for the second time under very similar circumstances two weeks > > ago. It was my first attempt at using a flash at all, and so I found and > read everything I could about it (whi

RE: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Thanks Matt and Rob - yep, I had thought about ND filters, and believe that I may have to add some to my list of purchases in preparation for this shoot. Rob - I will most definitely be doing some practice shoots prior to going out with this one. I also have another 4 weddings prior to this fashi

RE: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Dave, TV - what is "shutter drag" technique? Sounds interesting... tan. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2004 6:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:{3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash O. Would

Re: OT: OT

2004-03-23 Thread Keith Whaley
Hi Tom, When a topic degenerates into a two or three person shouting match, that's when I really appreciate my Netscape 7.1. I can activate my Kill Thread icon, and that stops all future posts with that same Subject line. keith whaley frank theriault wrote: Tom, It is not! cheers, frank Fr

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread M D Giess
Hi all First off, many thanks to those who offered advice. Apologies if this reply is misplaced, I am subscribed to the digest and it sometimes gets a bit confusing as to who replying and whee I should be replying to. I have one quick question to Tom, who kindly went through quite a bit regar

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Keith Whaley
Thank you, Boris... We needed a Sargent-at-Arms, before the name calling degenerates into a free-for-all, like the Korean or Japanese [what legislative body, council, assembly, ?] jumping over desks to get at each other... Time for cooler heads, gents. keith Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! LK> No

Re: May PUG

2004-03-23 Thread Jostein
You can find all the agreed themes by using the drop-down list for selecting gallery in the AutoPug submission form: http://oksne.net/autopug/pugform.asp Cheers, Jostein Quoting P Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What is the May PUG category? > Thanks. > > Pat in SF > > ---

Re: Moving to PZ-1p - flash considerations

2004-03-23 Thread John Forbes
I am not sure the AF360FGZ is the best flash for the Z1-P. The AF400FTZ and AF240FT were both designed to work with the Z1-P (or vice-versa), and are much cheaper to buy and to connect. The 400 is roughly the same power as the 360, and will also swivel (if that's important). The 360 offers wi

Re: PAWs Weeks 1-3

2004-03-23 Thread Eactivist
Okay, here are my first three PAWS (I may go up to week 12 like ERN, or just week 5). I haven't scanned for about two months and when I went to scan I found I had lost all my software settings. So everything scanned in blue and dark. I have made some adjustments, but still not quite there yet,

OT: UseFilm

2004-03-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I've been trying to log in to UseFilm (www.usefilm.com) and for several days in a row something is quite wrong. It looks almost as if they've sustained a major failure and are trying to recover. Anyone? Thanks. Boris

Re: Da 14 filter size

2004-03-23 Thread Herb Chong
i believe it says 77mm. - Original Message - From: "Larry Hodgson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:01 PM Subject: Da 14 filter size > What was the filter size on the new DA 14? I lost the link to the info.

Moving to PZ-1p

2004-03-23 Thread Clive evans
Anthony Interestingly I have just been going through the same thought process. for me to it has also been whether to stay with Pentax or go Nikon [for some reason Canon stuff is not for medon't know why?] Diiferent reasoning however,I don't think I want to [or can afford] to replace m

Re: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread mapson
Just my $0.02 (whats that in Aus?, about $0.03?) todays exchange US --> OZ USD United States Dollars 1.32776 0.753147 so US 2c = OZ 2.65c ;-) (*)o(*) Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Fill flash in low light - balanc

2004-03-23 Thread Morgan Cooper
> -Original Message- > From: M D Giess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I have a question regarding flash I'd like to ask.  I am taking photos of a >band in quite a small, dark venue and I usually just use a fast lens with high >speed film without flash.  I'm after a bit more quality (i.e. sm

Re: PAW3 - ice cream cone

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Great family snap, BOb. I love looking at friends' family pics. ;-)) Who cares that much about color or focus (certainly not Frank!) when you've got great memories. shel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Seeing Boris's daughter and the other kids in the PAW made me miss my youngest who > is away a

Re: Lasse V. Collin, formerly Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Raimo K
Lasse will get his medication right quite soon. All the best! Raimo K Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Lasse & Collin: > Surely your dispute could be taken off-list? > Thanks. > >

Re: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Sure ... nothing wrong with that, either. mapson wrote: > > >just my half thimble-full ... > > > >shel > > I feel what Tanya is going through. I would hate to leave the *istD at home > knowing I have it. > > BUT maybe it is possible to have 2 bodies. One for digital and a film one. > Digital f

Re: Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread dagt
> Fra: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > They really opposed overthrowing Marxists like Aristide and Saddam Hussein, et al. Saddam Hussein a Marxist? Wow, you really know a lot about political ideologies. Everybody else: Sorry! DagT

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread keller.schaefer
Collin, I feel it would be appropriate if you changed your sig to some short, brilliant, funny or weird thought, quote or whatever, as others do it. The way it is now, it is a list of very, very offensive statements - and I think that you are aware of that. In this sense it is not 'just your sig'

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