Re: Help: *ist D remote selfmade

2004-08-16 Thread Leon Altoff
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 02:30:52 -0700 (PDT), Hans Imglueck wrote: Hi all, I tried to do as is described bellow, but the 2.5mm stereo plug does not fit - it is to thick. What do I wrong? How thick is the original romote plug? Hans, I am half way through making one of these. The problem is -

PAW - Looking Around Repost

2004-08-16 Thread John Power
I cropped it a bit from the previous post per suggestion. Now the focus is on the little girl. Any comments? Thanks, John Power Racehorse in the desert http://www.solutns.com/jpeg/corinne.emma2.jpg

Re: Coca-cola develop a new k-mount lens for Pentax cameras

2004-08-16 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Antonio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=1306788forward=main pfft, no aperature ring... Kevin -- __ (_ \ _) ) | / / _ ) /

Re: PAW: Lazy wolves

2004-08-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Nicely done. (Very doglike). Hans Imglueck wrote: Hi, http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2614769size=lg Please find the details under the Details button! Comments are welcome! Regards, Hans. _ 23a mail

RE: Coca-cola develop a new k-mount lens for Pentax cameras

2004-08-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
Things go better with coke Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: David Madsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Coca-cola develop a new k-mount lens for Pentax cameras Gives new meaning to Have a Coke and - Smile! -Original Message- From: Antonio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PAW -- Sign of the Times

2004-08-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Here is a sign I found on the streets of San FRrancisco last week: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2615535size=md WARNING!!! This photograph is Explicit and quite graphic. It may offend some viewers on this list! Dan M

Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Amita Guha
I have a website client who wants me to take portraits of the staff of his law firm for the website. We will probably have a group shot that looks something like this http://www.dardeno.com/profile.php as well as individual portraits. Will I be ok using the istD and its popup flash, or should I

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/8/04, Amita Guha, discombobulated, offered: I have a website client who wants me to take portraits of the staff of his law firm for the website. We will probably have a group shot that looks something like this http://www.dardeno.com/profile.php as well as individual portraits. Will I be

Re: PAW -- Sign of the Times

2004-08-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/8/04, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, offered: Here is a sign I found on the streets of San FRrancisco last week: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2615535size=md WARNING!!! This photograph is Explicit and quite graphic. It may offend some viewers on this list! Dan M

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
10 years ago I would have said no, popup flash or even a shoe flash wouldn't be good enough. I've seen enough stuff passed off as professional work that today I don't know. For formal portraiture I personally would use at least two lights, a primary and a modeling light. On the other hand this

Re: PAW - Looking Around Repost

2004-08-16 Thread frank theriault
--- John Power [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I cropped it a bit from the previous post per suggestion. Now the focus is on the little girl. Any comments? Thanks, John Power Racehorse in the desert http://www.solutns.com/jpeg/corinne.emma2.jpg John, I didn't see the previous

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread frank theriault
--- Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a website client who wants me to take portraits of the staff of his law firm for the website. We will probably have a group shot that looks something like this http://www.dardeno.com/profile.php as well as individual portraits. Will I be

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

2004-08-16 Thread Antonio
Sorry Bob W, I meant Bob B. My mistake. You always behave as a perfect gentleman. Antonio On 16/8/04 8:51 am, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, From: Antonio [EMAIL PROTECTED] In fact I am starting to get a feel for who the abusers are on this list (you, Tom C, Greyworld, Peter Alling,

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

2004-08-16 Thread Antonio
Ah you trollers, forever seeking attention. Antonio On 16/8/04 9:47 am, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can I join? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread William Robb
If you can't manage a set of lights, then use window light and reflectors. If neither is possible, use off camera flash via an extension cord to the PC socket. The pop up flash is useless in this application. William Robb

Re: Coca-cola develop a new k-mount lens for Pentax cameras

2004-08-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Kenneth Waller wrote: Things go better with coke Kenneth Waller Hey - that's my (subject) line ! I did _not_ borrow this camera to take the picture of Trey Wright :) fun stuff. annsan -Original Message- From: David Madsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Coca-cola develop a

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Amita Guha wrote: I have a website client who wants me to take portraits of the staff of his law firm for the website. We will probably have a group shot that looks something like this http://www.dardeno.com/profile.php as well as individual portraits. Will I be ok using the istD and its

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Amita, You are going to have to possibly contend with three different issues with the popup flash. 1) redeye - may be unavoidable - Shoe flash or bigger lights will solve the problem - may have to do some editing to remove the redeye 2) harsh lighting - unkind to blemishes/wrinkles - shoe

naming conventions on smc-DA

2004-08-16 Thread Martin Trautmann
Hi all, is there any official or reasonable convention how to name the new familiy of digital lenses? The official sites use e.g. DA lenses / DA-lenses smcDA, smc-DA, Pentax smc DA smc PENTAX-DA, smc Pentax-DA, Pentax smc DA (probably P for Pentax in smc P-DA). The latest macros show smc

Re: What would a pro buy - survey?

2004-08-16 Thread CRB
I'd rather invest the money in marketing in order to grow a business. Equipment is not success and assets are not success. The only way to attain success is persistent hard work. Nothing less. (At least not in a generally free economy.) The equipment I've got now would be more than enough

Re: Lessons fro a pro

2004-08-16 Thread Jostein
I saw the humor in the link from Wheatfield too, Dave. Sometimes unintended humor is the best, though. There's such a striking parallell between Antonio's logic and my own! Example: Any mail from Antonio to PDML *becomes* trash mail on my computer. Excellent logic, really. You got to give him

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

2004-08-16 Thread John Francis
I'm pretty sure that the only reason I got left off his little hate list is because I switched his posts to the bit-bucket far earlier than the list of honorees below. You've apparently abused Antonio, I think just because you exist, so when is since he's been subscribed to the list I would

Re: naming conventions on smc-DA

2004-08-16 Thread John Francis
Hi all, is there any official or reasonable convention how to name the new familiy of digital lenses? The Pentax Browser software currently identifies the 16-45 as smc PENTAX-DA 16-45mmF4ED AL While that may change at any time (the lens names come from a config file), I'd assume

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread ernreed2
frank said: BTW, the sample group portrait that you provided us, the old guy in the middle looks like he's constipated. I'd say, try to have your subjects avoid that look. Okay, I'm just trying to be funny. I have no suggestions at all for you. I'll go away now... g Trying to be funny

Re: New Project, Need Help!

2004-08-16 Thread Steve Desjardins
Calumet sells a Pentax body cap with a laser cut pinhole for about $30. (In case anyone was taking this seriously ;-)

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Don't you think they want seperate portraits? By the way - ther group photo looks like 2 pairs of twins - and the father on one of the twin pairs :-) Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt:

RE: naming conventions on smc-DA

2004-08-16 Thread Henk Terhell
On the box it is SMC PENTAX DA ZOOM 16-45mm F4 ED AL So more or less the same Henk Terhell -Original Message- From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 August, 2004 6:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: naming conventions on smc-DA Hi all, is there any

RE: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Amita Guha
One thing I know, yours will be a hell of a lot better than that stilted photo! Thanks for the vote of confidence. :) Still, I asked the client what his budget is for this, since since I don't feel confident doing this indoors and we might have to hire someone else. Why not take them

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

2004-08-16 Thread Antonio
DonĀ¹t worry Norm, you were included amongst the few others, along with the other sheep (Coty, Don Co.) By the way, what is it with you guys and Penis size? Antonio On 16/8/04 2:15 am, Norman Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't forget me, you little prick. Norm From: Antonio [EMAIL

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

2004-08-16 Thread Antonio
Sorry - never heard of you. A. On 16/8/04 9:59 am, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me too. Allright, not so frequently ;-) Not only that, but I'm a traitor too :-P -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

2004-08-16 Thread Antonio
Sorry - never heard of you. A. On 16/8/04 9:59 am, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me too. Allright, not so frequently ;-) Not only that, but I'm a traitor too :-P -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Jerome Reyes
Amita, If you have a hotshoe flash with bounce capabilities, and a ceiling that is low enough, then I think that this is your best bet (or at least your best bet with minimal set-up). And beyond that, my only suggestion is to take advantage of the fact that you are shooting ditigal! Try it. If it

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread frank theriault
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank said: BTW, the sample group portrait that you provided us, the old guy in the middle looks like he's constipated. I'd say, try to have your subjects avoid that look. snip Trying to be funny (and succeeding) but he IS right about that guy's look,

RE: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Amita Guha
The plan is to do both group shots and individual photos... -Original Message- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 1:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Corporate portraits Don't you think they want seperate portraits? By the way -

RE: New Project, Need Help!

2004-08-16 Thread Don Sanderson
Blast you sir! Now you've gone and done it! You went and made me actually start thinking. ouch I was just practicing to be stand-by comic relief for the next time Frank gets miffed at us. ;-) OK. I'll bite, how *does* one decide how far from the film plane the pinhole in a pinhole camera should

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread b_rubenstein
Unless you know exactly the look that the firm is looking for, then you have to be prepared to handle some range of lighting. Since it's a law firm they will probably want something in the tradition/formal style. The pop up flash is useless for anything other than fill - forget that. A shoe

Re: New Project, Need Help!

2004-08-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Don Sanderson Subject: RE: New Project, Need Help! Blast you sir! Now you've gone and done it! You went and made me actually start thinking. ouch I was just practicing to be stand-by comic relief for the next time Frank gets miffed at us. ;-) OK. I'll

Re: New Project, Need Help!

2004-08-16 Thread frank theriault
From: Don Sanderson Subject: RE: New Project, Need Help! Blast you sir! Now you've gone and done it! You went and made me actually start thinking. ouch I was just practicing to be stand-by comic relief for the next time Frank gets miffed at us. ;-) Hey, you can be funny while

Re: New Project, Need Help!

2004-08-16 Thread graywolf
The focal-length of a pinhole is equal to the distance from the film plane. The f-stop is equal to the focal-length divided by the diameter of the pinhole. If the hole is too big, the image is too defused to use. Too small and you do not get enough light. There is an optimum size for a given

two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread Christian
http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=199 http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=200 -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PAW - Bride's Day

2004-08-16 Thread frank theriault
--- John Power [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, here is one more. (I'll clean off the other text this time.) Would have been nice if this window had drapes on it, but I did the best I could with inside/outside light. An assistant held a white reflector to the left of the bride.

Re: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/8/04, Christian, discombobulated, offered: http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=199 http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=200 -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pics here: http://www.dpreview.com/ Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

RE: New Project, Need Help!

2004-08-16 Thread Don Sanderson
Sorry Frank, I'm just not ready for that yet. Well now, wait a minute, if the bunny ears go with the title... Nah, you're too darn good at it, afraid you'll have to keep it a while longer. ;-) IMHO you're a pretty darn good photographer too. Don -Original Message- From:

Re: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/8/04, Cotty, discombobulated, offered: On 16/8/04, Christian, discombobulated, offered: http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=199 http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=200 -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pics here: http://www.dpreview.com/ Hey that

RE: New Project, Need Help!

2004-08-16 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks Tom, I'll go look at some. It'll give something to do till I get rid of this wretched Cold turned Flu! Don -Original Message- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Project, Need Help! The

Re: PAW - Looking Around

2004-08-16 Thread frank theriault
--- John Power [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is a PAW. Don't think I sent in more than one this week. :) http://www.solutns.com/jpeg/corinne.emma.jpg Of course we might move the flowers a little farther from the little girl's face, and I might work on it in Photoshop. But it was

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, Monday, August 16, 2004, 4:36:59 PM, Amita wrote: I have a website client who wants me to take portraits of the staff of his law firm for the website. We will probably have a group shot that looks something like this http://www.dardeno.com/profile.php as well as individual portraits.

RE: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread Jens Bladt
IMO a camera of the 750Z class should have a flash shoe, and preferably a 2.0 lens :-/. Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. august 2004 19:58 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: two

Re: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread frank theriault
--- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=199 http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=200 -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Interesting. The 750Z will have more megapixels than the top of the line DSLR? A bit of a

RE: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Maybe so. But this doesn't look to bad (over sharpened) to me: http://www.fotokritik.dk/visstort.html?pic=91083 Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Brendan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. august 2004 22:02 Til: [EMAIL

Re: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/8/04, frank theriault, discombobulated, offered: Interesting. The 750Z will have more megapixels than the top of the line DSLR? A bit of a marketing conundrum? Looks like two nice cams, though. cheers, frank Yeah but Frank, because of the sensor size, even a 3MP D30 will blow away the

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

2004-08-16 Thread Tom C
You guys better stop picking on Antonio, now. He sued his parents and had them thrown in jail. Tom C. From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy? Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 06:30:17 -0600 I was going to

RE: PAW - rainydaybouquet

2004-08-16 Thread Tom C
I like it Ann. The purist in me does not like the plastic wrapper. OTOH, it has a lacelike effect which complements the flowers. I'd probably like to see a little more of the wrapper... it depends if you intended to convey that this was an arranged boquet or purely flowers. Pretty. Tom C.

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

2004-08-16 Thread Gonz
Same here. I have to empty the trash all the time, it gets full of ***nio posts. John Francis wrote: I'm pretty sure that the only reason I got left off his little hate list is because I switched his posts to the bit-bucket far earlier than the list of honorees below. You've apparently

Re: Pentax 1Q news FY-05

2004-08-16 Thread Gonz
Thats scary! And how do they suppose they are going to get x% of the digtal camera market, I forgot what the quote was? I dont know what is going to save them from getting out of the DSLR business. Only their pride and the cachet of having a DSLR will keep them making them. John Francis

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
John Francis wrote: Does anyone haave a clue about the K-mount acompatibility of the expected new 900 USD Baby *ist D? Jens Prediction: exactly the same as the *ist-D. There's no reason not to include the stop-down metering mode introduced with the firmware upgrade. On the other hand, I

Re: PAW - rainydaybouquet

2004-08-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Tom C wrote: I like it Ann. The purist in me does not like the plastic wrapper. OTOH, it has a lacelike effect which complements the flowers. I'd probably like to see a little more of the wrapper... it depends if you intended to convey that this was an arranged boquet or purely flowers.

RE: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Jerome Reyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] And beyond that, my only suggestion is to take advantage of the fact that you are shooting ditigal! Try it. If it doesn't work, try something else. a... the beauty of instant feedback. There's this really bad

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Aug 16, 2004, at 8:25 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: Does anyone haave a clue about the K-mount acompatibility of the expected new 900 USD Baby *ist D? No, not yet anyway :-) But rumours are telling about very low price - at least German Color Foto magazine wrote an article about predicted price of

Re: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Aug 16, 2004, at 8:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. and a flip-out LCD screen. As it is, it would make a worthy successor to the 555, I think. But even better if it had what you suggest. Well ERN, you're absolutely right :-) 555 is a very good digicam in its class. Two of my friends who

Re: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Aug 16, 2004, at 8:23 PM, frank theriault wrote: Interesting. The 750Z will have more megapixels than the top of the line DSLR? A bit of a marketing conundrum? Just a marketing blah, blah. 7MPix on small-nail-sized CCD won't make any wonders for image quality :-) At least in terms of

Re: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Keith Whaley Subject: Re: two new digicams... I noticed they did carefully leave out the aperture range... f/2.8-f/4.6 Its in the specifications at the bottom of the page. Not bad for a 5X zoom lens. A hot shoe would be nice, although I expect there are 3

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jens Bladt Subject: RE: Baby s*ist*er D Perhaps you are right, John. However, the Baby s*ist*er D should be even more aimed at people with several K-mount lenses and an insufficient budget/no need for the built-quality - of the *ist D! If they couldn't

Re: Sigma 18-50mm 1:3.5-5.6 DC

2004-08-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Aug 16, 2004, at 9:42 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: Does anyone know this lens? My friend has bought it for *istD. It seems to be quite decent especially considering its price tag. Many people around are quite content with it too. -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread Jim Apilado
If the baby had full compatibility with K and M mounts lenses, it would be a slap in the face to all those who paid good money for the *ist D and had lots of older lenses. If the baby did have full compatibility I would get one. Jim A. From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: PAW - rainydaybouquet

2004-08-16 Thread Tom C
As I think further about it... if the same bouquet was viewed entirely through a rainspotted wrapper...as in lay flat rainspotted wrapper across the top of the bouquet... that might be very very nice... Tom C. (taking a break from abusing Antonio) From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Aug 16, 2004, at 10:02 PM, Brendan wrote: The D70 really does not outperform the D100 in regards to image quality! The images are oversharpened and have lots of artifacts and moire problems. For consumers they would prefer this over photoshop sharpening hence why the D70 is a big hit! Nah, you

Re: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Aug 16, 2004, at 8:31 PM, frank theriault wrote: A compact camera with a 5x zoom, and you want it to be f2.0? Okay... That's perfectly possible in small CCD digicams and it happened allready in even 7x zoom lens :-) Look here: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscf828/page2.asp -- Best

Re: PAW -- Sign of the Times

2004-08-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Aug 16, 2004, at 5:51 PM, Cotty wrote: Hey, someone's been messing with adapters on that camera Just a pity they didn't show this RebelX with K 50/1.2 mounted ;-) -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
tom wrote: -Original Message- From: Jerome Reyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] And beyond that, my only suggestion is to take advantage of the fact that you are shooting ditigal! Try it. If it doesn't work, try something else. a... the beauty of instant feedback. There's

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
I'm of the opinion that the interface will be more like the *ist film camera. That one has no HyperManual mode - ie: no green button. Basically is it much closer to a SuperProgram but only has one dial. When in manual mode you have to hold in a button while spinning the dial for aperture and the

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/8/04, tom, discombobulated, offered: And beyond that, my only suggestion is to take advantage of the fact that you are shooting ditigal! Try it. If it doesn't work, try something else. a... the beauty of instant feedback. There's this really bad moment when you're reviewing

September PUG theme

2004-08-16 Thread frank theriault
Realized that the 20th fast approacheth, so I better start thinking about next month's PUG offering. I look, and the theme is mystery. Sheesh! Mystery? What the hell am I going to do with that one? Of course, I could submit almost anything, and someone's bound to ask themselves, Why the hell

Re: PAW -- Sign of the Times

2004-08-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/8/04, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, offered: Hey, someone's been messing with adapters on that camera Just a pity they didn't show this RebelX with K 50/1.2 mounted ;-) Well actually I can get better quality using a Pentax lens onto an EOS body (SMC aside) than by fitting FDs

Re: PAW - The Red Chair

2004-08-16 Thread Gonz
No, no, I know... to be like HCB and leave the 35mm uncropped! Ann Sanfedele wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: Because I could. Because I liked the spatial relationship created by so doing. Because the image is as much a graphic as a photograph of a red chair. Because I sometimes like a lot of space

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The person this camera is aimed at likely won't have a clue about the compatability issues revolving around 30 year old lenses, and won't care. The camera (vapourware admitedly) will be aimed squarely at the digital Rebel market. I've heard that it will use

RE: What's up with the P30t?

2004-08-16 Thread Thibouille
Honestly I see the P30t has a very good cheap learning camera. Even now it is not that bad. It can work in any mode except TV. The absence of TTL is a non issue when learning IMO, if you learn photography you need to learn flash too, don't you? Moreover it has a DOF preview (and no the Z1 has

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm of the opinion that the interface will be more like the *ist film camera. That one has no HyperManual mode - ie: no green button. Basically is it much closer to a SuperProgram but only has one dial. When in manual mode you have to hold in a button while

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread Dario Bonazza
Bruce Dayton wrote: I'm of the opinion that the interface will be more like the *ist film camera. That one has no HyperManual mode - ie: no green button. I really think that it will be just as crippled as the *ist Film body - basically no pre-A lenses at all, except for those that stop

Re: September PUG theme

2004-08-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
I think he's got it. frank theriault wrote: Realized that the 20th fast approacheth, so I better start thinking about next month's PUG offering. I look, and the theme is mystery. Sheesh! Mystery? What the hell am I going to do with that one? Of course, I could submit almost anything, and

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread ernreed2
JCO posted: I think the lighting in the sample portrait at http://www.dardeno.com/profile.php can be easily duplicated using a PZ-1p with a AF500-FTZ bounced off the ceiling or through a diffuser combined with the RTF flash. I'm not sure how you'd do that with the *ist-D because I've

RE: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread ernreed2
Frank quoted and posted: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well that's only 1/2 stop faster than the 550's (5x) zoom's maximum, and technology improves all the time (doesn't it?) Eleanor, I didn't realize that such lenses were that fast. f2.8 is fairly impressive for such a small

Re: Mexican food in Hawaii (was PAW - Eat Here or We'll Starve!)

2004-08-16 Thread Gonz
Must be a different Joyce Chen from the one(s) in Boston. I met Joyce Chen at one of her restaurants in Boston, and the food was unbelievably good. There were quite a few chinese people in the restaurant as well. She is survived by her daughter Helen, who I think is still running the

Funny Auction for *ist D and DA 16-45

2004-08-16 Thread Joseph Tainter
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=30020item=3831265582rd=1 Note the closing price and what isn't included: software cd, box, manual. Was this, both literally and figuratively, a steal? Joe

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread ernreed2
Mr Robb said, among other things: The camera (vapourware admitedly) will be aimed squarely at the digital Rebel market. One hopes (without much encouragement) that the amount of advertising will also compare ... ERN

Re: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread ernreed2
Mr Robb quoted Mr Whaley and then replied, thus: I noticed they did carefully leave out the aperture range... f/2.8-f/4.6 Its in the specifications at the bottom of the page. Not bad for a 5X zoom lens. Seems they're using the same lens from the 450, 550, 555. FWIW, I think it's a very

RE: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

2004-08-16 Thread ernreed2
From: Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now that would be an interesting discussion. For the moment they're about same price same size, with the prosumers having fixed lens and high sensor noise as main disadvantages. But there's a conceptual difference there. Electronic viewfinders vs. optical

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

2004-08-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Caveman wrote: Ha ! You caught me redhanded An hour ago I was in the business of recording the shutter sound of my LX, uploading it to the Canon S60 and assigning it as shutter sound. Now my PS sounds like an LX ;-) And I even can adjust the volume ;-) Caveman, You have too much timeon

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

2004-08-16 Thread Brendan
I'd love to see a TTL finder but with out the moving mirror, no slap, no blacked out finders, I wonder if they could put the sensor in the finder? --- Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that would be an interesting discussion. For the moment they're about same price same size, with the

Re: Bogen 3421 gimbal head

2004-08-16 Thread Jim Colwell
[second post, first one sent at 6:31 pm did not show in digest] Tom, I have one for use with my SMC Pentax 500/4.5. I keep a 3272 QR plate on the lens, and I find that it provides good solid support (the QR plate is also a good grip for those infrequent 500/4.5 hand-held shots). There is

Re: PESO -- Miniature

2004-08-16 Thread cbwaters
Very nice. Captures the concentration very well. Cory - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 9:35 PM Subject: PESO -- Miniature http://members.aol.com/greenfalc1/ISTD1103.jpg Personally, I rather like it. Thought I'd see if

Re: two new digicams...

2004-08-16 Thread Caveman
The Sony is that big because they wanted to make it long and fast. At the long end it's 200/2.8 equivalent. Compared with the FA 200/2.8 it ain't that big however. If you keep decent at the long end (not so long or not so fast) you'll get something like the Canon Powershot G3 or Pro1. William

Re: Corporate portraits

2004-08-16 Thread Butch Black
Hi Amita I agree with the idea of an outside portrait if possible. If not, I'd rent a small studio flash set up with umbrellas. Try BH and Alkit for rentals. Don't forget to rent a flashmeter if you go with the flash idea. Butch

Re: PESO -- Miniature

2004-08-16 Thread Caveman
I like it too. However, could someone be so kind to fill me in with what PESO, PAW, WOW and whatever mean ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://members.aol.com/greenfalc1/ISTD1103.jpg

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

2004-08-16 Thread Caveman
Great, now you have to learn how to use the C1 and C2 modes and you're all set up! Just don't bother with the Auto-Portrait-Sports-Landscape-Slow Shutter-Whatever modes (although the Night one comes handy when in a hurry, otherwise you'll need to fiddle a lots of settings in order to emulate

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
I've thought about who the baby D will be aimed at and if they intend to sell to the Digital Rebel market they'll also have to get their cameras into mass Merchandisers like Wal-Mart, Circuit City and Best Buy, and I have it on good authority that they'll never get into Wal-Mart. [EMAIL

Frontier 375 musings

2004-08-16 Thread Bill Owens
Yesterday at work I had the opportunity to correct a typical Joe Sixpack shot of a birthday cake with white icing taken under fluorescent lighting w/o flash, a fairly common shot. I was surprised that with the color and level adjustments available with the 375 I was able to actually get the icing

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

2004-08-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Brendan Subject: Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...) I'd love to see a TTL finder but with out the moving mirror, no slap, no blacked out finders, I wonder if they could put the sensor in the finder? And you are going to look through

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

2004-08-16 Thread Bill Owens
I bought my Optio S from www.walmart.com Bill - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Baby s*ist*er D I've thought about who the baby D will be aimed at and if they intend to sell to the

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

2004-08-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Aug 2004 at 20:24, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Brendan Subject: Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...) I'd love to see a TTL finder but with out the moving mirror, no slap, no blacked out finders, I wonder if they could put the sensor

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