Re: OT: Strewth (was Re: Tan's Travelogue

2004-06-15 Thread Otis Wright
Every time I see this, it for some reason reminds me of the Stoned Crow, a wine bar in Crows Nest (Sydney). Anyone happen to know if it is still in business? Otis Wright Malcolm Smith wrote: Cotty wrote: What about 'stone the crows' ?? Why crows?

Re: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread John Coyle
Jens, I only have the A70-210/4 zoom, and it shows the aperture in the Auto setting only. Off auto, just the shutter speed. HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:08 PM Subject: RE:

Re: Two snapshots

2004-06-15 Thread Ryan Lee
Thrilling! My camera's seen a lot of water action, and it's had more than a couple of brushes with a wet fate. It's always harrowing.. Waist deep- impressive.. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:53 PM Subject:

Re: PAW Art or entomology?

2004-06-15 Thread Bob W
Hi, I was just glancing through Elliot Erwitt's massive compilation, Snaps on the weekend. I really must get that book. I've always liked him, now I love him. I'm with you on this one. I have the book - it's great. Lots of fuzzy shots, for one. For another, he called it Snaps as a

Re: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread Scott Nelson
This is correct. I have a MZ-5n and I understand it is normal behavior. It would theoretically be possible for the body to compute the aperture based on the stop down coupler and the A contacts (which give max/min aperture info). However, I believe this is not done because the stop down coupler

Re: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread keller.schaefer
Nenad, as explained below, the seventh pin makes the difference between 'A' and 'F' in this respect. http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ has all this and much more - not quite easy to find, though. From the main page you select 'Technology' on the left, then 'K-Mount Evolution, Features and Operation'.

Re: GFM: Leaving USA

2004-06-15 Thread David Mann
On Jun 14, 2004, at 11:30 PM, Jostein wrote: My FA* 400/5.6 slid off the tripod mount and hit the paved road. It has developed a distinct color fringing and a focus problem at close distances. I think the trunk of the lens has been irrepairably bent. Oh no :( I hope it isn't too costly for you.

Re: List problems

2004-06-15 Thread mike.wilson
Hi, PJA wrote: Sometimes my e-mail client hiccups, especially when there are a large number of e-mails on the server. When it does that the server never receives acknowledgment that the e-mails were received. If that happens I'm guaranteed to receive duplicates. I usually know when that's going

RE: OT: Strewth (was Re: Tan's Travelogue

2004-06-15 Thread Jostein
-Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] What about 'stone the crows' ?? Why crows? Um... cleptoparasites? nice word, at least...:-) Jostein

Re: Art or Entomology?

2004-06-15 Thread mike.wilson
Hi, Shel wrote: I recently had a discussion with a couple of photographers, the subject of which was how Photoshop relates to Photography. Is an image that has been extensively adjusted in Photoshop still a photograph, or has it somehow morphed into something else? Is there a line somewhere

Re: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread alexanderkrohe
William Robb wrote: When the lens is off A, the electrical contacts are disabled, and the lens has no electrical communication at all with the camera. It's not just AF cameras. The Super Program is the same way. This is right only for A-lenses. When the aperture ring is set off A the

Re: PAW Art or entomology? Oh no philosophy!

2004-06-15 Thread David Nelson
Shel, I'm not well read in matters photographic, but you started me thinking. I hope you take these comments in the spirit they were meant - I'm interested, trying to put forward my ideas, wondering how they strike you. The way I see my photography is that I'm recording beauty. Of course,

Re: PAW Art or entomology? Oh no, philosophy!

2004-06-15 Thread mike.wilson
Hi, David wrote: The way I see my photography is that I'm recording beauty. Of course, there's the issue that beauty is subjective. To me, a fly's compound eye, or a hairy caterpillar sitting on a stem, is beautiful, as well as interesting - and when I photograph such a thing I try and capture

Art confiscated by FBI

2004-06-15 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Apparently the FBI confiscated an art exhibition and subpoenaed eight authors. http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/storyprint.asp?StoryID=256845 http://www.caedefensefund.org/ OMG, what next?!? That's just plain crazy. Good light, Frantisek Vlcek

Re: canon vs pentax

2004-06-15 Thread Herb Chong
i don't see why it would, esp if IS is done in the body. Herb... - Original Message - From: Peter Loveday [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 11:54 PM Subject: Re: canon vs pentax Hmm, so... does IS/VR somehow require USM?

RE: Pining for the Law-was: PAW: Venus - of course - and Shawn

2004-06-15 Thread Jostein
-Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I pine for the fjords! interestingly, spruce never made it to the fjords from Russia before the climate changed in the medieval age, so pine is in fact all you get there. Coniferously, Jostein

Re: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread Jim Colwell
My MZ-5N finder shows lens aperture setting for all 'manual' and 'A' aperture ring positions, for both SMCP-A 50/1.7 and SMCP-FA 28-70/4 Jim www.jcolwell.ca

OT: Art confiscated by FBI

2004-06-15 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Sorry. I rant about it and now I do the same mistake. My previous message should have been marked OT. I must have been really tired when sending it, unthinking. What a fool you are, Frantisek! Now you had probably started just another political debate... never! No way this was a political

Re: canon vs pentax

2004-06-15 Thread Alan Chan
Hmm, so... does IS/VR somehow require USM? That depends I think. The reason is that both the mechanical aperture linkage AF shaft require specific spaces inside the Pentax lenses. They are straight phyically, and cannot be bended out of the way and still expected to work. For this reason, the

Re: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread John Whittingham
What even in manual and aperture priority modes? John John Whittingham Technician -- Original Message --- From: Jim Colwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 07:49:15 -0300 Subject: Re: A-lenses aperture indication My MZ-5N finder shows lens

Re: List problems

2004-06-15 Thread Keith Whaley
TMP wrote: Hey graywolf! That's what I thought it was, but how is it that it only just started happening now? I didn't change any settings when I went away or anything... tan. -Original Message- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2004 12:11 PM To: [EMAIL

RE: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread Alan Chan
The very same question was asked in the past, and yes, it is technically possible to make a KA or later camera which can display the chosen aperture with 'A' lens when it is not set to 'A'. I found this out when I was using my Metz 40MZ3i flash with M135/3.5 (masked the mount to simulate 'A'

Re: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread Jim Colwell
correction, sorry: the SMCP-A 50/1.7 lens shows aperture setting in the MZ-5N finder for the 'A' position, but not at manual settings. The SMCP-FA 28-70/4 lens shows aperture in the MZ-5N finder for both 'A' and manual settings. I'll make a quick table of some other results and sent it soon.

Re: A-lenses aperture indication - quick tests

2004-06-15 Thread Jim Colwell
here is a summary of some different lens/body combinations A = lens aperture ring set to 'A' position M = lens aperture ring set to a manual position Y = camera shows aperture setting in finder N = camera does not show aperture setting in finder SuperProgram body SMCP-FA 28-70/4 A:Y

Re: Art confiscated by FBI

2004-06-15 Thread Mark Gosdin
Peter, You've hit it on the head. Once the FBI got involved there's almost no way to sort the problem out without going to court. Once a competent Judge gets a look at this case ( No guarantee of the Judge being competent either. ) the case will get tossed and the FBI will be reprimanded for

RE: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread David Miers
I know the ZX-M manual describes this. It says that the camera will know where the aerator ring is at in FA lens or newer. Older A lens that are not autofocus will not show the aperture reading in the digital display. I'm not sure that all Pentax autofocus cameras will not support this or what

RE: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks John. I guess my outfit isn't faulty afterall. I just find it funny, that this only works with autofocus lenses (this doesn't really have anything to do with focusing(!). I thought that A and FA lenses had the same KAF-mount contacts. Apparently they don't!! Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL

Re: PAW Art or entomology? Oh no philosophy!

2004-06-15 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Good points ... allow me to respond interspersed. [Original Message] From: David Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not well read in matters photographic, Nor am I but you started me thinking. That's always good LOL The way I see my photography is that I'm recording beauty. Of course,

Re: GFM 2004 links as at 14th June.

2004-06-15 Thread wendy
The following message was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 14 Jun 2004 23:41:06 -0400. From: frank theriault Thanks, Malcolm, for compiling them. I hope you're able to keep doing it, and by the time everything's posted, it will make a tremendous souvenir for those of us who were

RE: IS in Pentax *istD (was Re: canon vs pentax)

2004-06-15 Thread Tom Reese
Alan Chan wrote: To achieve IS/VR/AS, the camera or the lens must be able to detect their own movement, and obviousely *istD doesn't have any. For this reason, the firmware idea doesn't work. Alan, I don't know why the camera or lens would have to detect movement. That would require some type

Re: GFM enabled

2004-06-15 Thread Tom Reese
Cory wrote: I'm looking for a tripod now. I've come to realize, if I had a good one instead of this crappy Wal-Mart tripod, I might actually use it more. And who doesn't need to use a tripod more? Who said Frank? Sh! So, I'm looking at the Bogen 3001. I don't have anything heavy to hang off

Re: List problems

2004-06-15 Thread graywolf
Beats me. Just seems to happen sometimes. -- TMP wrote: Hey graywolf! That's what I thought it was, but how is it that it only just started happening now? I didn't change any settings when I went away or anything... tan. -Original Message- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: List problems

2004-06-15 Thread graywolf
Then that is not your problem. Read the first line again. It is a troubleshooting question. The problem you are having is either with your mail client, ISP, or possibly the list server is messed up. However if it is the list server, everyone would be having the problem. -- frank theriault

Re: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
On the AF330FTZ and AF360FGZ, the usable scale distance varie when aperture varie

Image Tank

2004-06-15 Thread Jens Bladt
Hi all I just received a Vosonic VP300 X-drive Pro Image Tank with 9.5mm 2? 40GB HD and MP3 Player. It accepts eight different RAM cards, so I can use it for my future *ist D/Baby *ist D as well as most other cameras. It's very nice - looks like it's very good quality. The small bag, that goes

Re: Venus - of course - and moron boy

2004-06-15 Thread Anthony Farr
William, I'll join the chorus and say we need you to stay. One of your size twelve slippers to my behind when I neglect to be considerate is the medicine I need when I get too full of myself. If PDML didn't have the diversity of strong opinions that is has, it would be a pointless place. On

Fox PAW

2004-06-15 Thread Tom C
I was driving near our home on Friday and came across 2 Red Fox pups along with their mother. The mother walked away, trying to lead me from the pups. I got a few pictures that day, but the pups were in the den and only sticking their heads out. I went back the next day at the same time time

Re: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess my outfit isn't faulty afterall. I just find it funny, that this only works with autofocus lenses (this doesn't really have anything to do with focusing(!). I thought that A and FA lenses had the same KAF-mount contacts. Apparently they don't!! The FA

Re: GFM enabled (31 LTD!!!!)

2004-06-15 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm Cory and I have a gear problem. snip I hit Ebay as soon as I got home and have bought a FAJ 18-35. I was using the DA16-45 for most of my shots during the weekend but my darned mid-western conscience made me give it back... VERY nice lens BTW but just

Re: IS in Pentax *istD (was Re: canon vs Pentax)

2004-06-15 Thread KT Takeshita
On 04.6.15 11:16 AM, Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan, I don't know why the camera or lens would have to detect movement. That would require some type of accelerometers and would be a finicky cludge IMO. I do not pretend to know much about how they achieve IS effect, but I remember

Re: OT: Strewth (was Re: Tan's Travelogue

2004-06-15 Thread Anthony Farr
Otis, The Stoned Crow is still trading, according to the current Sydney Yellow Pages. regards, Anthony Farr - Original Message - From: Otis Wright rusty.@att.net Every time I see this, it for some reason reminds me of the Stoned Crow, a wine bar in Crows Nest (Sydney). Anyone

Re: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread John Francis
Alexander wrote: Apart from (the) 7th digital read-out pin there is another difference between A and F/FA lenses. The A contact of the F/FA lenses does not retract when the aperture ring is set off A. So all contacts seem to remain connected even when the lens is set not to A. Although

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Albany Pentaxians? Buffalo Pentaxians?

2004-06-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I'll get to Buffalo Wed the 23rd and am staying over the 24th (I think) Next stop Albany before I get collected to go Old Chatham... Best of all possible worlds one of you Albany area guys would lend me a couch for Friday night the 25th - or could recommend cheap but ok digs for that night.

Re: canon vs pentax

2004-06-15 Thread edwin
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:04:46 -0400 From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: canon vs pentax Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Jun 12, 2004, at 2:18 PM, Jens Bladt

Re: Image Tank

2004-06-15 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/15/2004 8:44:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all I just received a Vosonic VP300 X-drive Pro Image Tank with 9.5mm 2? 40GB HD and MP3 Player. It accepts eight different RAM cards, so I can use it for my future *ist D/Baby *ist D as well as most other

Re: Fox PAW

2004-06-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Cute kit! Tom C wrote: I was driving near our home on Friday and came across 2 Red Fox pups along with their mother. The mother walked away, trying to lead me from the pups. I got a few pictures that day, but the pups were in the den and only sticking their heads out. I went back the next

Re: IS in *istD

2004-06-15 Thread edwin
From: Nick Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there any reason IS couldn't be implemented in software? You could produce a 5MP image from a 6MP sensor by using the extra pixels to shift the image. You'd need to measure the movement of the camera, which could be done using a sensor of some sort in

Re: PAW Art or entomology?

2004-06-15 Thread Steve Desjardins
Nicely done. As for the art part, a photograph can elicit a purely sensual response like food that tastes good or music that is pleasing to the ears. Some combinations of color, detail, geometry, etc. are simply pleasing to the eye. Some may also trigger memories. OTOH, some photos make a

Re: PAW - Flower

2004-06-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Steve Desjardins wrote: Being too lazy to build an entire website, I will release these slowly: http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/ and the PAW action ought to make Shel happy ;-) Wow - that was weird! (the bw to color thing - how you do that? flower - rhododendron (aside to graywolf - hehe)

Re: Image Tank

2004-06-15 Thread Tom C
Marnie, Where did you get your Vosonic in the US? Tom C. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Image Tank Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:37:18 EDT In a message dated 6/15/2004 8:44:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all I just

Re: PAW: The Art Show Opening

2004-06-15 Thread Steve Desjardins
Interesting. It definitely conveys the at a reception, unwinding with a drink, talking to someone I find attractive feeling. It's a visually compelling shot as well. I wondered about the extreme contrast however, so I down loaded it and fiddled in PS. The histogram is really funny - almost

Re: PAW Art or entomology?

2004-06-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! RS Another PAW from me, my *ist D and the now infamous Voigtlander 125: RS http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2444650size=sm RS Comments and criticisms welcome as always, Rob, I think that this is artful way to represent the greatest artist of them all - Mother Nature. I've read

OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-15 Thread Steve Desjardins
I used to watch Thunderbirds as a kid. I also think I built a plastic model of every damn one of those things. Now that brings back memories. BTW, Cotty, there is a course in our English dept on fantasy literature and it includes some SciFi. After many animated conversations in the gym, my

Traveller's questions

2004-06-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Later this summer I am going to be travelling. I have some questions (how can I not? g) 1. Is photography officially allowed inside the airport buildings? 2. Is photography officially allowed on the planes? I am thinking of likes of ME Super, M 50/1.4 for possible low light and some 400 ASA

RE: IS in *istD

2004-06-15 Thread That Guy
It's rather amazing how much you CAN'T do to correct flaws in a photographic image by computer. Unsharp mask, for example, does not in fact correct for bad focus--it just compensates for it by increasing local contrast. If an image is out of focus, data is lost, and cannot be recovered by any

Re: PAW Art or entomology?

2004-06-15 Thread Bob W
Hi, I've read comments Shel posted and I can at least say that I hope I comprehend what he is saying. I still would vote art in this very case. I am always intrigued by this question. So, once we have attached the label 'Art' - what then? What shall we do with it? -- Cheers, Bob In the

Re: Traveller's questions

2004-06-15 Thread Bob W
Hi, 1. Is photography officially allowed inside the airport buildings? That varies from country to country. Even in countries where it is allowed you should take sensible precautions. If you take photographs of security-related material don't be surprised if you miss your flight. 2. Is

Re: canon vs pentax

2004-06-15 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Subject: Re: canon vs pentax as to keep people with good old Pentax lenses from selling them in disgust and buying Canon. Sure, that would be the same Canon that completely abandoned their user base once already? At least Pentax doesn't have that in their

Re: Art confiscated by FBI

2004-06-15 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling Subject: Re: Art confiscated by FBI Looks like a case of over zealous law enforcement. Once started these take on a life of their own since it's an axiom that no civil servant can ever admit to having made a mistake. Building contractors

Re: IS in Pentax *istD (was Re: canon vs Pentax)

2004-06-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/6/04, KEN T, discombobulated, offered: I do not pretend to know much about how they achieve IS effect, but I remember reading an article somewhere which said that the Canon style in-lens IS has two small gyros to detect X/Y axis movement, and the required lens shift amount is computed and

Re: GFM 2004 links as at 14th June.

2004-06-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/6/04, WENDY, discombobulated, offered: The oficial event photographer didn't fare much better and seems to have made countless photos of Tan's very fuzzy butt! (very strange). Of course, we're talking about the Belgian Tanja, not the Aussie one (tee, hee). Not that they could ever be

RE: ISTD in-camera corruption of RAW images

2004-06-15 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Rob, On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:58:17 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: Very interesting, which tool did you use to test the card? My own, 'DFSee' :-) I am a one-man data-recovery company, developing and selling a multi-platform data analysis and recovery tool (for DOS, Windows-NT/2000/XP and OS2).

Re: PAW .... Kaboom! and Man Waiting for Ketchup

2004-06-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jun 15, 2004, at 5:00 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: man waiting for ketchup I really like these shots. The color, the composition, and the framing are great. And they tell a story. I also am quite fond of the Leica. Is it an M3 with the meter? Great shots, great story. Sometimes a man waiting

Re: Traveller's questions

2004-06-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/6/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, offered: Later this summer I am going to be travelling. I have some questions (how can I not? g) 1. Is photography officially allowed inside the airport buildings? 2. Is photography officially allowed on the planes? I am thinking of likes of ME

RE: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread Alan Chan
I thought that A and FA lenses had the same KAF-mount contacts. Apparently they don't!! F/FA lenses have a chip inside them while A lenses don't. They look the same, but work differently. Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan

Re: GFM 2004 links as at 14th June.

2004-06-15 Thread graywolf
Darn, Ann, I watched you make that shot. Amazing how you can turn the ordinary into the extrordinary. Somehow, I do not think that one would work quite so well in color. -- Ann Sanfedele wrote: Malcolm Smith wrote: frank theriault wrote: Thanks, Malcolm, for compiling them. I hope you're able

Re: IS in *istD

2004-06-15 Thread graywolf
Several I believe. An interesting thing is that historically Pentax has invented all kinds of camera technology, then licensed it to a competitor before using it themselves. I think it comes from them being primarily an engineering company rather than a marketing company. Note that the Nikon

OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/6/04, STEVE DJ, discombobulated, offered: BTW, Cotty, there is a course in our English dept on fantasy literature and it includes some SciFi. After many animated conversations in the gym, my colleague invited me to do 3 or 4 lectures on some books of my choosing. I've now done this for

Tell me about this Velbon

2004-06-15 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Hi all, Today I was helping a friend clearing out an apartment. He gave me some stuff. Among other things a Velbon tripod, maybe a 1970:s model. The model is a Velbon SE-4. I haven't done much shooting with a tripod, and what I've already got is lightweight stuff. This seems to be a pretty stable

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
Considering what they did to the Wild Wild West, and that was only a TV show, I think I'll close my mind unless someone I trust tells me I should do otherwise. Gonz wrote: I saw the previews of I Robot recently. I don't know what to make of it. On one hand I'm happy that major studios have

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
Bob W wrote: Hi, Tuesday, June 15, 2004, 8:57:05 PM, Gonz wrote: I saw the previews of I Robot recently. I don't know what to make of it. On one hand I'm happy that major studios have finally taken up an Asimov classic SciFi story and made a movie out of it. On the other hand, I'm afraid of

Re: PAW Art or entomology?

2004-06-15 Thread Tom Reese
Shel Belinkoff wrote: I recently had a discussion with a couple of photographers, the subject of which was how Photoshop relates to Photography. Is an image that has been extensively adjusted in Photoshop still a photograph, or has it somehow morphed into something else? Is there a line

Manual for a Sunpak flash

2004-06-15 Thread Lasse Karlsson
A friend gave me a Sunpak flash unit today. It was like new in box. It looks like an 1970:s--early 1980:s auto model. Does tilt and swivel. The designation is Sunpak Auto 300. It didn't however come with a manual. It's pretty self explanatory, but still I was wondering if there was any place on

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-15 Thread Tom C
Yeah, I'd love to see a Foundation mini-series. I too have long been a Gerry Anderson fan... UFO, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett, The Bishop... Clifford D. Simak wrote some great science fiction too... like Way Station. Tom C. From: Jim Apilado [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-15 Thread Tom C
one way of translating the Arabic words 'al-Qaida' is 'the Foundation'. Some people have claimed that Osama bin Laden is an Asimov fan. This article says that the Aum terrorists in Japan were certainly inspired by his books. http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,779530,00.html

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
Damn, you were lucky, at College, I signed up for a course called History Through Science Fiction, the required reading included Bellamy, for his book Looking Backward and all of the most politically correct of SF authors, the most readable of which was Verne. When I asked why we weren't

Re: GFM 2004 links as at 14th June.

2004-06-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
graywolf wrote: Darn, Ann, I watched you make that shot. Amazing how you can turn the ordinary into the extrordinary. Somehow, I do not think that one would work quite so well in color. -- Thanks, Tom - I guess that means you like it :) I took a similar one in color - but didn't want

Re: Manual for a Sunpak flash

2004-06-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
Craig Camera is always a good source to search for manuals. He does list the Sunpak Auto 300 as available. http://www.craigcamera.com/ib_sunpak.htm Paul - Original Message - From: Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 4:45 PM Subject:

Re: GFM 2004 links as at 14th June.

2004-06-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
This has the look and feel of a 1940's or 1950's National Geographic shot. (I've always liked those). Ann Sanfedele wrote: Malcolm Smith wrote: frank theriault wrote: Thanks, Malcolm, for compiling them. I hope you're able to keep doing it, and by the time everything's posted, it will

RE: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-15 Thread Yefei He
Who's directing the film? It may end up the same disaster as Hollywood's Solaris -- Average movie goers got bored by it, fans of Tarkovsky's version despised it, and fans of Stanislaw Lem's book hated it ( many of them felt Tarkovsky's version fell short as well ). But since Will Smith is

Re: canon vs pentax

2004-06-15 Thread Peter Loveday
Hmm, so... does IS/VR somehow require USM? I would think it requires at least internal power in the lens. Humm..? But so did power zoom, didn't it? Indeed, good point And the powerzoom contacts are, of course, not present on the *istD Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday Director of

Re: Manual for a Sunpak flash

2004-06-15 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Thanks a lot, Paul, for trying to help out. However, I forgot to mention that I am practising the art of strictly zero budget living (except for food, rent, electricity, telephone, internet)... and was just thinking if someone kmew if Sunpak had a download site or if there'd be some other free

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-15 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Dunno, but I loved Solaris - the whole visual/sound experience really did it for me. In contrast I got bored by the Tarkovsky version! I Robot will be another Will Smith, men in black, wild wild west, hollywood film for kids. A. On 16 Jun 2004, at 00:15, Yefei He wrote: Who's directing the

Re: IS in *istD

2004-06-15 Thread Peter Loveday
Note that the Nikon D2H seems to be using a Pentax designed autofocus system. Just out of interest, is there any actual evidence of this (other than the fact it looks to be the same)? Not that I'm saying you're wrong, I was just interested if there had been any sort of announcement about it or

Re: GFM 2004 links as at 14th June.

2004-06-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Peter J. Alling wrote: This has the look and feel of a 1940's or 1950's National Geographic shot. (I've always liked those). Ann Sanfedele wrote: annsan writes: Here is one more - if I can get all my chorse done before I depart I'll do an HTML instead of the sep jpgs...

GFM: Dans l'Objectif du Lapin Demente

2004-06-15 Thread frank theriault
Got back a coupla rolls o' colour today. These are all the arm's length self-portraits plus vicitm(s). None left out, no cropping: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=405579 Now ~that's~ photography, as well as art! How could they not be? vbg I'll scan some more non-self portraits

Casio/Pentax

2004-06-15 Thread Nick Clark
I was idly browsing in a camera shop window earlier when a small digicam caught my eye. It had a 3X optical Pentax SMC lens, but was a Casio Exlim camera! I didn't know those two had tied up. I knew Pentax and HP had collaborated in the past. Nick

Re: GFM: Dans l'Objectif du Lapin Demente

2004-06-15 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Amazing what a good camera can produce. Antonio On 16 Jun 2004, at 00:27, frank theriault wrote: Got back a coupla rolls o' colour today. These are all the arm's length self-portraits plus vicitm(s). None left out, no cropping: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=405579 Now ~that's~

E-mails Purportedly from Me

2004-06-15 Thread frank theriault
I've been alerted by a list member that he received an e-mail from a Knarf.theriault, with the subject line changes (or something like that), with an attachment. If you receive one, please be aware it's not from me. I've not sent out any such e-mail recently, if ever. My guess is that it may

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-15 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Yefei He Subject: RE: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled But since Will Smith is doing the action, maybe average movie goers will like I Robot. There was action in I Robot? William Robb

Re: PAW: Venus - of course - and Shawn

2004-06-15 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Hi Shawn, I've got a suggestion, or a question for you. Unless I got things mixed up, this sad development of threads directed at you, or from you, started with your comment on Reagan. . As it turned out you got a lot of flake for it (and as far as I'm concerned your comment didn't call for

Re: GFM: Dans l'Objectif du Lapin Demente

2004-06-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
Frank, You may be insane. But then again, I begin to think sanity is overrated. frank theriault wrote: Got back a coupla rolls o' colour today. These are all the arm's length self-portraits plus vicitm(s). None left out, no cropping: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=405579 Now

Re: E-mails Purportedly from Me

2004-06-15 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Frank My guess would be that there is a virus on ther server - which would also explain the problems I and others have had of late. Antonio On 16 Jun 2004, at 00:37, frank theriault wrote: I've been alerted by a list member that he received an e-mail from a Knarf.theriault, with the subject

RE: Tell me about this Velbon

2004-06-15 Thread Jens Bladt
I don't know this model. I have two or three Velbon tripods. Mine are not from a professional seriese - so I don't throw them arround. But they are quite sturdy, light and can serve for manyyears (I have one 20 years old) if treated carefully. I have one I like vrey much with a tiltable collumn

RE: PAW - Flower

2004-06-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Jun 2004 at 5:25, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: The cool colour thingy didn't happen for me! No fair... Nor me using IE, then I tried Mozilla and Netscape and it did. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pics

2004-06-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 15 Jun 2004 at 11:20, Bruce Dayton wrote: Thanks Dave, for perservering through two posts to make those comments. When I saw those fences and fields, I asked my friend (the driver) to quickly stop the car so I could get the shots. I think he was minorly annoyed, but oh well... Ah the

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-15 Thread Butch Black
Yeah, I'd love to see a Foundation mini-series. I too have long been a Gerry Anderson fan... UFO, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett, The Bishop... Clifford D. Simak wrote some great science fiction too... like Way Station. Tom C. I Robot is coming out shortly. Do you think it will be any good?

Re: Traveller's questions

2004-06-15 Thread Hal Sandra Davis
Great rig! But Where are you going? - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:19 PM Subject: Traveller's questions Hi! Later this summer I am going to be travelling. I have some questions (how can I not? g)

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