- Original Message -
From: Anders Hultman
Subject: *istD file size
How big is a typical JPEG file from the *istD, using the highest
quality
setting?
Mine seem to be 2.0-2.5mb on average.
William Robb
Looking in my folder of (unmodified) *istD files, it averages out to 2MB.
Most (almost all) were ISO 200, you can expect larger files from higher ISO
settings.
The files vary from 251k (yes, its nearly black :) and 4.6MB
PEF (raw) files tend to be around 13MB. Unforuntately Pentax chose not
when my batteries run low, it just stops working, although it may die in the
middle of exposure, in which case, i have to take the batteries out and then
replace them. this runs the risk of corrupting the images on the card.
i have done some experiments with my batteries and various chargers and
Hi Joe.
I have the same problem when i used the kiosk at a local Shoppers Drug Mart.They look
ok,but not
great.I had the colour space on the D2H set at Adobe RGB and the lab uses sRGB,which
Bill
Robb noted
could be part of the problem.
I then discovered FutureShops lad here in Toronto.
Much
HEY! I noticed that BW coffee cup shot. Lay off! That's
Frank's territory you just nosed into. Grin.
TMP wrote:
So, I posted this in another thread, but it appears that it hasn't come
through, so here it is once again, without further ado
Tan's Travel Journal...
K must have a black rewind crank, hence it can be either original or S.
Only a view of the top plate (shutter speeds and/or designation) can tell
which one.
Dario Bonazza
- Original Message -
From: Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 18,
Herb Chong asked:
have you used any Canon IS equipment, particularly their binoculars? you
still haven't said anything that says a pendulum isn't an accelerometer. it
measures acceleration and does something. the gyros inside Olympus equipment
for IS also measure acceleration and does something.
My mistake. I also have an F2. I hadn't heard Domke was out of
business. Of course, even if they are, BH may take years to run out
of inventory.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Canon IS systems are described in detail at:
http://www.canon.com/technology/t_seihin/tech_dvcam.html
Under Variable Angle Prism one can read:
When the camera shake occurs, it is detected by the vibration sensor,
and the optimum correction value is calculated by the microcomputer.
With the
The photo is very tightly framed and cropped. How exactly you would crop
it? Why do you want to see more of the man? What would more of his body
add to the photograph? If you crop out some of the space above him, you
will lose some or all of the woman. How do you reconcile that? Maybe you
-Original Message-
From: Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...but while we're on the subject, what sort of an advertising slogan is
Reliable gear for your travels (IIRC) ?
Reliable gear for your Adventures it was the Steve Irwin Crocodile Hunter campaign.
Christian
on 18.06.04 15:09, Shel Belinkoff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The photo is very tightly framed and cropped. How exactly you would crop
it? Why do you want to see more of the man? What would more of his body
add to the photograph? If you crop out some of the space above him, you
will lose
Try out Mozilla Firefox 0.9 if you like using web browsers other than IE
to view all those images taken with Pentax cameras.
It is very slick, and very fast...
Cheers
Shaun
She's not holding a bowl, Sylwek, just walking out of the museum, out of
the frame.
I was wondering how many people would notice her, if I should have made the
photograph so she'd be more obvious, but that, I think, might have
detracted from the mood.
Well, glad you finally saw her ;-)) Thanks!
Hi Joe.
I have the same problem when i used the kiosk at a local Shoppers Drug
Mart.They look
ok,but not
great.I had the colour space on the D2H set at Adobe RGB and the lab uses
sRGB,
The first photos I printed from my *ist D had a terrible cyan cast to them.
At the time I had the camera
On 18 Jun 2004 at 11:33, Dario Bonazza wrote:
I believe pictures 3 to 4MB reported by others here, have been re-saved at
highest Photoshop quality (12) after some balance. When I do that (and I
often do something like that) they also reach 3 MB or more.
2.57MB average over 369 files (in
Well, when both devices use different colour spaces and you do not
_convert_ between them their colour will be different.
Just either set up both to the same colour space, or shoot in
AdobeRGB, do the editing (if any) and than _convert_ to sRGB (which is
the colour space _assumed_ by Frontier and
Dario Bonazza a écrit :
K must have a black rewind crank, hence it can be either original or S.
Only a view of the top plate (shutter speeds and/or designation) can tell
which one.
Yes, not K; original or S, but very cheap.
I believe that the salesman did not know what it sold; and perhaps the
And the most subtle part of this thread is that the subject line has two
colons. ;-O
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Tom!
At last, I've probably understood the issue of the F 70-210 quality.
I was wrong when thinking the lens is a dog at longer focal lengths.
(because if you focus carefully, performance is good)
I was right when thinking the lens is a dog at longer focal lengths.
(because if you shoot AF,
Hi all,
In my effort of understanding (guessing?) something better about the *ist D,
I'll ask all *ist D owners to post the main part of the serial No. of the
camera they own, together with date of purchase.
The two cameras I used and tested are both 5646*** (tested October 2003).
Mine is
Actually, I think that big lens is my Tokina 70-200 f2.8, so she was
just was just fondling. It's nearly impossible to actually hold that
lens on the *istD by the camera body since the balance is so off. In
most of those shots, she's actually resting the lens on her leg, and in
29 you can see
I think Cesar is crying and Tan is laughing
Norm
From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is just about the cutest shot I've yet to see from gfm -
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2452756
tv
In a message dated 6/16/2004 11:06:08 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
That first adaptation Dune is one of the worst examples of that. The
second adaptation is much better, but misses the mark by a wide margin.
The all time worst, though, might be Stephen King's The Stand.
I've been looking for exactly this sort of gadget to help handhold
my FA* 80-200. BH has both kinds in stock for $39.95:
Home - Cameras Photo Gear - Body Lens Accessories -
Battery Holders Grips - Voightlander
Alan Chan wrote:
Cosina makes one (if it's similar) for their Voigtländer line of
Hello,
I have already seen some samples from DA 16-45 and it was very good
experience. This lens is sharp loosing just a little in corners and has very
good contrast. It is certainly better than FAJ 18-35 that I have been
testing for a while. I am almost ready to buy it, but I'd like to ask one
- Original Message -
From: Frantisek Vlcek
Subject: Re: Question: Minilab processing of digital files
Well, when both devices use different colour spaces and you do not
_convert_ between them their colour will be different.
Just either set up both to the same colour space, or shoot
5706*** November (replaced the original one I bought in September)
Christian
-Original Message-
From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jun 18, 2004 10:52 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: *ist D survey
Hi all,
In my effort of understanding (guessing?) something better about the
-Original Message-
From: Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...but while we're on the subject, what sort of an advertising slogan is
Reliable gear for your travels (IIRC) ?
Reliable gear for your Adventures it was the Steve Irwin Crocodile Hunter
campaign.
Christian
Well, not
Not exactly new - they claimed them as redesigned for digital.
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/news/105f28_exdg.html
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/news/50f28_exdg.html
Seems more like a marketing blah, blah :-) On the other hand they wrote
Super Multi Layer (SML) coating reduces the
I haven't run into this problem, as far as I can tell, with my SMC-F
70-210. I have consistently enjoyed the results from this lens.
Here's a handheld shot at 210mm (exposure was 1/750, I believe,
aperture closed down a bit from wide open). Camera was PZ-1p.
So, yours (april 2004) is older than the ones you tested 6 months yarlier,
in October 2003.
That's not all that odd. Some dealers sell their stuff faster than others
:-) Or did they come from the same dealer?
Jens
Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-Oprindelig
Anyone know this lens?
All the best
Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
This presumes something that is in conflict with the original
poster's question.
The requirement is that the files go straight from the camera to the
photolab.
I don't know about Fuji, but Noritsu doesn't allow changing colour
space (at least not on the machine I operate), and as far as I
FV Just either set up both to the same colour space, or shoot in
WR This presumes something that is in conflict with the original
WR poster's question.
WR The requirement is that the files go straight from the camera to the
WR photolab.
Hi Bill, and what then I am talking about on the first line
5706*** October
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: *ist D survey
5706*** November (replaced the original one I bought in September)
Christian
-Original Message-
From: Dario
Those tested came from the Italian importer. Mine was shipped by the
importer to the dealer upon my request of buying one. If older, it was old
stock of Italian importer.
My survey is to understand which numbers are older (not sure the lower the
older :-).
Dario
- Original Message -
Hi,
Chaso DeChaso wrote:
Does anyone have any opinions on Konica Chrome R-100
color slide film?
I've been using a lot of the 200ASA SRM. Accurate exposure but rather a
cool appearance. Might be because it's outdated8-)
By the way, I use Konica Centuria print film lately -
a local
John Whittingham a écrit :
Hi all
Anyone have a Sigma 16mm f/2.8 fisheye lens they would care to sell in Pentax
K or preferably KA 1980's model, cash waiting. Wanted one for a very long
time.
The most common fish-eye available today is the (good) Zenitar 2.8/16mm.
See ebay.
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Chaso DeChaso wrote:
Are there any compact digital point-and-shoots that
have a wide-angle lens? It seems most are around
35-to-something or 38-to-something, equivalent.
How compact?
Nikon's 5000 had a 28mm equivelent lens. I don't know what the
followup model is called
Some of my earliest memeories of reading were (aside from school books
or Dr. Seuss) were Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. Of course, now I feel
really old and it's Marnie's fault.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/18/04 11:21AM
In a message dated 6/16/2004 11:06:08 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 17/6/04, FRA, discombobulated, offered:
It must have been enjoyable at the GFM. I hope I at least get to see some of
the PDML people who drink warm beer and put *gasp* milk into perfectly good
tea thus spoiling it, crackling dry humour while at it... or the other ones
from the continent. The
This is just about the cutest shot I've yet to see from gfm -
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2452756
tv
I'll second that.
Cheers,
Cotty
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Shaun Canning wrote:
Try out Mozilla Firefox 0.9 if you like using web browsers other than IE to
view all those images taken with Pentax cameras.
However be careful if you are upgrading from 0.8. I've heard a few tales
of woe involving incompatible extensions and bookmarks
On 17/6/04, ROTTIE ROBB, discombobulated, offered:
Give me time to digest this, as find this thread very intestine :
Cotty, Aren't you already on the Digest?
William Robb
Yes boss, but not for long - broadband access now at t-minus 6 days and
counting
Cheers,
Cotty
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- Original Message -
From: Cotty
Subject: Re: OT: Other Pentax News
Yes boss, but not for long - broadband access now at t-minus 6 days
and
counting
I don't know if dealing with you in real time will be a blessing or a
curse..
WW
5706*** Nov 2003
Malcolm
Ricoh Caplio Wide (28mm).
Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: alex wetmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 18. juni 2004 19:21
Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emne: Re: Any compact digitals with wide-angle lenses?
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004,
I do like the shot of me with that huge lens though. But tv informs me that
I'm holding it wrong!
Any camera with a weighty lens attached should be held so that the lens
is placed in the palm of the left hand. This offers several benefits:
1. the weight of the cam/lens combo is taken by the
So, yours (april 2004) is older than the ones you tested 6 months yarlier,
in October 2003.
Hey - people are using DSLRs here that are older than 6 months?? I
thought they were useless after this length of time???
Cheers,
Cotty
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- Original Message -
From: Cotty
Subject: Re: SV: *ist D survey
So, yours (april 2004) is older than the ones you tested 6 months
yarlier,
in October 2003.
Hey - people are using DSLRs here that are older than 6 months?? I
thought they were useless after this length of time???
Marnie aka Doe Been reading sci-fi since I was 12 years old.
Late starter, eh? I had access to my father's _huge_ collection of pulp
mags from a very early age. All consigned to oblivion in the interests
of tidiness... 8-(
mike
Started about 13 or so. It was a fabulous
H!
LOL
You just had to slide that one in, eh Cotty?
-frank
I made a video with an endoscope once but it was absolute shit.
Cheers,
Cotty
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Hi!
SB All well and good, but your comment begs the question: Why wouldn't you
SB make the photograph?
Sure, I can give you the answer. I suppose I wouldn't see the
resulting photograph in my mind's eye. I wouldn't notice this as an
opportunity for taking a shot. It wouldn't have grabbed my
5688*** Early January 2004.
-Original Message-
From: Jan van Wijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 12:30 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *ist D survey
Hi Dario,
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:40:16 -0400 (GMT-04:00), Christian wrote:
In my effort of understanding
Hi,
Frantisek Vlcek wrote:
If that's true, I will just have to make my own. I am getting a good supply
of (technical!) super-heavy-grade hemp cloth so be prepared to see
some Stoned (TM) camera bags at next EuroPDML ;-)
Are these going to be for sale?
mike
this is getting a little too gross...
CW
Oh Waters, it don't take much do it! I'm well versed in the gross-out
stakes, with many years of practise. Remember - I never grew up.
Cheers,
Cotty
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In a message dated 6/18/2004 9:52:17 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Personally, I find the Dune and Foundation series and SiaSL to be
more politico-sociological than SciFi; they just happen to be set in
the far future.
TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
--
I wouldn't
Well, what do you all expect?
I *am* just a puny little girl remember?
And I have never really had the chance to hold a, erm, lens that big before!
(and Steve is right btw, if you look at number 29, and you'll see how close
tom is to me, there is no way that lens would focus at that distance.
Yeah. I want a Stoned Vlcek V2. Maybe in Olive . . . .
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/18/04 01:14PM
Hi,
Frantisek Vlcek wrote:
If that's true, I will
Hi,
This is not an entirely new problem, tho' it's been a long while since it's
come up on the list. There were a few of us that experienced similar
problems with ZX-5n and FA28-70/4 and perhaps other lenses. I recall that
one as I have that combination, and, at close focussing distances, the
5775 June 04 oddly, if it is later in production, the software version was 1.00 not
1.10 when I upgraded to 1.11
-Original Message-
From: Dario Bonazza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 9:52 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: *ist D survey
Hi all,
In my
Hey Folks,
Just switching over to another email address.
Mark
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Do you Yahoo!?
Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard.
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Marnie,
Speaking of David Brin, I read the first Uplift novel (SunDiver) on
the way to/from GFM. Just picked up the second and third novels. He
is quite good.
Bruce
Friday, June 18, 2004, 11:31:53 AM, you wrote:
Eac In a message dated 6/18/2004 9:52:17 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Eac [EMAIL
My wife's out of town for 10 days... I am getting ready to purchase an Epson
2200. Someone please stop me. Help!
BTW, Last weekend I pointed out to her that I had purchased the the *istD
and showed it to her. She hadn't noticed it (I thought). I told her I had
purchased it in February
12 heh? This makes for an interesting question. Can you remember the first SF
you ever read, when, and what was it. Me: Space Ship Under the Apple Tree I
haven't a qlue who the author was. I would guess I was about 7.
By the time I was 12 I had read every SF in the Detroit Public Library plus
5689 - Feb 2004, bought in Australia...
tan.
-Original Message-
From: Jan van Wijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, 19 June 2004 2:30 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *ist D survey
Hi Dario,
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:40:16 -0400 (GMT-04:00), Christian wrote:
In my effort
I keep seeing the MC Zenitar but have a test on the Sigma 16mm that rates the
lens as good as their 24mm lens, very good indeed! Speaking optically of
course.
John
John Whittingham
Technician
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From: Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
In a message dated 6/18/2004 12:15:55 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
12 heh? This makes for an interesting question. Can you remember the first SF
you ever read, when, and what was it. Me: Space Ship Under the Apple Tree I
haven't a qlue who the author was. I would guess I
They probably thought you were strange because they had Earl Grey right there.
Most Americans who drink tea at breakfast (fairly rare I admit) use milk and
sugar in it. And by the way, you could have bought your Fiddler's Elbow right
here in Boone. Those colonials, so provincial. is the British
Not 5% of any fellow Americans with which I'm familiar take their tea
white...
Unless they might live on our northeast coast.
Proper tea drinkers drink it strong and neat, just like their whisky...
keith
graywolf wrote:
They probably thought you were strange because they had Earl Grey right
I recently had a cup of Earl Grey, hot, at a local restaurant, and not only
did I use milk and sugar, but GASP... even added a few drops of lemon juice.
Quite good actually.
Bill
I amused the canteen staff at breakfast on the Sunday morning - I took
my
big mug with me and while all and
My wife had me look for one several months ago. I was surprised to find
that the last compact/pocket digital that went as wide as 28mm was the
1.3MP Canon PowerShot A50, which was introduced 5 or 6 years ago.
The Ricoh G4 Wide had also recently been annnounced at the time, but with
no plans to
Hi,
here in Boone. Those colonials, so provincial. is the British model. About as
real an idea today as the British Empire.
That's the trick! Fight stereotype with stereotype!
--
Cheers,
Bob
5645bought (USA) as soon as they ebecame available.
- Original Message -
From: Tom C
Subject: Epson 2200
My wife's out of town for 10 days... I am getting ready to purchase
an Epson
2200. Someone please stop me. Help!
Unfortunately, you are over the age of 18.
William Robb
- Original Message -
From: John Whittingham
Subject: Re: Sigma 16mm f/2.8 fisheye c1980's
I keep seeing the MC Zenitar but have a test on the Sigma 16mm that
rates the
lens as good as their 24mm lens, very good indeed! Speaking
optically of
course.
Just buy the Zenitar. It is much
- Original Message -
From: Mark Dalal, Ph.D.
Subject: test
Hey Folks,
Just switching over to another email address.
Just got another degree as well from the looks of it.
William Robb
- Original Message -
From: Tom C
Subject: Re: Epson 2200
I'm got just enough knowledge to be dangerous in this area...
This is a wide open question, to which the answer is obvious, but
why did
you find it a waste? I assume you felt that it did not accurately
profile
your monitor
Yes boss, but not for long - broadband access now at t-minus 6 days
and
counting
I don't know if dealing with you in real time will be a blessing or a
curse..
WW
Har, I suppose the only difference will be that I could respond a bit
quicker when online. The big difference to me will be
Peter J. Alling wrote:
I can't think of one that was even memorable enough to dislike. The new
US slogan Pentax, the official digital camera of the internet, is so
pretentious.
So what?
Is that a bad Anglo-Saxon word?
If they have so been declared by others, it's a fait accompli. Nothing
to be
They probably thought you were strange because they had Earl Grey right
there.
Most Americans who drink tea at breakfast (fairly rare I admit) use milk and
sugar in it. And by the way, you could have bought your Fiddler's Elbow
right
here in Boone. Those colonials, so provincial. is the
Not 5% of any fellow Americans with which I'm familiar take their tea
white...
Unless they might live on our northeast coast.
Proper tea drinkers drink it strong and neat, just like their whisky...
One word to describe that, and it starts with B and ends with ollocks.
Cheers,
Cotty
Hi,
Bob W wrote:
I am entirely unfamiliar with the digital camera market. Does anybody
have any suggestions, please, for something like that - probably a
ps - that's cheap and can produce reasonable quality prints (when required)
up to about 4x6 (10x15cm).
You can get the recently discontinued
I recently had a cup of Earl Grey, hot, at a local restaurant, and not only
did I use milk and sugar, but GASP... even added a few drops of lemon juice.
Quite good actually.
ARGH
Cheers,
Cotty
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carry on.
checked
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Cotty wrote:
They probably thought you were strange because they had Earl Grey right
there.
Most Americans who drink tea at breakfast (fairly rare I admit) use milk and
sugar in it. And by the way, you could have bought your Fiddler's Elbow
right
here in Boone. Those colonials, so
5751*** (Bought March 2004)
Dario Bonazza wrote:
Hi all,
In my effort of understanding (guessing?) something better about the *ist D,
I'll ask all *ist D owners to post the main part of the serial No. of the
camera they own, together with date of purchase.
The two cameras I used and tested are
Cotty wrote:
Not 5% of any fellow Americans with which I'm familiar take their tea
white...
Unless they might live on our northeast coast.
Proper tea drinkers drink it strong and neat, just like their whisky...
One word to describe that, and it starts with B and ends with ollocks.
Cheers,
what makes you think that the Canon system or any other IS system in a
modern camera isn't backed by the same set of electronics? the Olympus
gyroscopes are much too tiny to control the moving element themselves and
feed into an electromechanical system just like the Canon and Minolta ones
do. why
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:57:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chaso DeChaso [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Any compact digitals with wide-angle lenses?
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Are there any compact digital point-and-shoots that
have a
Hi, all.
*ist D S/N 5706.xxx
Version 1.0
November 2003
This camera was lent to me by the importer for testing purposes only.
Pedro Oliveira
AOHC nr. 246
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De: Dario Bonazza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviada: sexta-feira, 18 de Junho de 2004 15:52
Para: [EMAIL
On 18 Jun 2004 at 15:17, Keith Whaley wrote:
Peter J. Alling wrote:
I can't think of one that was even memorable enough to dislike. The new
US slogan Pentax, the official digital camera of the internet, is so
pretentious.
So what?
Is that a bad Anglo-Saxon word?
If they have
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The requirement is that the files go straight from the camera to the
photolab.
I don't know about Fuji, but Noritsu doesn't allow changing colour
space (at least not on the machine I operate), and as far as I can
tell, only recognizes sRGB
It isn't so much
Hi William
Do you have the Zenitar? Would you rate it as good as the camera
manufacturers own lenses?
I want the 180 degree fisheye, not circular and the Zenitar fits the bill
nicely, just concerned about the optical quality and some of the feedback of
the eBay dealers that sell them. Could
On 18 Jun 2004 at 16:52, Dario Bonazza wrote:
Hi all,
In my effort of understanding (guessing?) something better about the *ist D,
I'll ask all *ist D owners to post the main part of the serial No. of the camera
they own, together with date of purchase.
5687***
December 2003
Australia
On 19 Jun 2004 at 0:02, John Whittingham wrote:
Do you have the Zenitar? Would you rate it as good as the camera
manufacturers own lenses?
Hi John,
I don't own and haven't used the Zenitar but I would be very surprised if it
was a good as its Pentax equivalent. The Pentax A16/2.8 Fisheye
Hi,
Pride is nothing to be ashamed about.
I remember my old father-in-law thought poorly of anyone who displayed
pride, justified or not.
Ahhh well...
The French have 2 words for pride: fierte, which has a positive spin,
and orgeuil which has a negative spin.
Pride is one of the deadly
Rob Studdert wrote:
On 18 Jun 2004 at 15:17, Keith Whaley wrote:
Peter J. Alling wrote:
I can't think of one that was even memorable enough to dislike. The new
US slogan Pentax, the official digital camera of the internet, is so
pretentious.
So what?
Is that a bad Anglo-Saxon word?
If they
Hi,
You can get the recently discontinued versions of the Optio series
remarkably cheaply (compared to their new price) at various outlets.
Although the cost may appear excessive (~£200 for 3Mp) at first, it at
least allows for the possibility that some shots might be qualitatively
good
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