Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread John Francis
Juan Buhler mused: On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:36:00 +0930, Peter Loveday [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems to me they could allow another mode also; when in 'P', it could stop the lens down when you press shutter (which it has to anyway) and take an instantaneous reading at that point. [...]

Re[2]: PAW: just a flower shot

2004-09-17 Thread Boros Attila
http://ns.atn.ro/~attila/album/view.php?i=6 This is also from the botanical garden. Perhaps someone who knows flowers better than me could confirm if it is really a Hibiscus as I think, or something else. mw Sure is. The shirt I'm wearing is covered in them. National flower of mw Malaysia,

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread John Francis
Peter J. Alling mused: Yes your perfectly right your post is rubbish, and a not to the point. The moderator would kick you out of the debate. Pot? Meet kettle.

Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread Graywolf
The wind kind of woke me up and I came down to check the online weather. I thought some of you might be interested, I doubt that it will be big news on TV. It's strange, but these hurricanes this year seem to want to drop a lot of water here in the mountains. Winds aren't bad, gusts to 50 or

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
Ah, but I was using ridicule, I quit the debate but you never noticed. John Francis wrote: Peter J. Alling mused: Yes your perfectly right your post is rubbish, and a not to the point. The moderator would kick you out of the debate. Pot? Meet kettle. -- I can understand why mankind

Re: PAW: Action in Denali

2004-09-17 Thread Bob W
Hi, Wolves have gotten a bad rap as being aggressive around humans. I have read in several places that there has never been a documented case of a healthy wolf attacking a human. [...] tell that to Grandma Riding Hood... g -- Cheers, Bob

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Bob W
Hi, Friday, September 17, 2004, 3:24:58 AM, Paul wrote: The M digital is also two years away, according to the article. Will ten megapixels still be competitive in two years? Apparently, Leica is betting that it will be. They're probably right, but it's all a crapshoot now. they said 'at

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Bob W
Hi, Using pigeons instead of a mobile phone? No pigeons, but no mobile or cell phone either. The great advantage of pigeons over cell phones is that when you hold them up to your ear to talk, pigeons will sometimes also peck the wax out. The trouble is that the mouthpiece can be a bit

update on my ist D's status

2004-09-17 Thread Ryan Lee
I rang CR Kennedy to check when I was going to get my ist D back (sent it in for AF inaccuracy with the Sigma 28-70 2.8 DF, and battery depleted message when connecting to the laptop with battery grip) and they told me they were waiting for a part. I asked which part and they told me they were

Re: Back home, after Ivan.

2004-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 16/9/04, Cesar Matamoros II, discombobulated, unleashed: In a nutshell - I am still standing :-) Nice one Cesar. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

RE: update on my ist D's status

2004-09-17 Thread Alan Chan
I have 2 friends who own D70. Both using original Nikkors. One with AF issue (the samples he showed me were really bad), and the other with misaligned pictures (found out when using grid screen). Looks like both Canon Nikon low end DSLRs have quite a bit of QC issue as well, or worse. Alan

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Anders Hultman
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Graywolf wrote: reindeer meat? Humm...? Me thinks you have your tribal lore mixed. Tribal lore? Over here you can buy reindeer meat at the supermarket. anders - http://anders.hultman.nu/ med dagens bild och allt!

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread John Forbes
I believe you, Shel! John On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:49:57 -0700, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Forbes asked these questions. I couldn't pass this up responding. Are you still wearing the clothes you bought 30 years ago? Some ... certainly many items are twenty years old, and many

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Frantisek
JB (*) Except when I have to impress the girls: once, I pointed to a JB light pole a few feet away, I told the girl who was with me (who was JB using her own M6) that I was going to focus on it without looking, did JB so and handed her the camera. Dead on. This was the first and last JB time I was

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Frantisek
I will be curious how the qualities of Leica lenses translate to to digital. I don't so much mean the sharpness but the nice gradations. It would be nice to have one, but for now, I am stocking on film for my beaten leica ;) I won't be able to afford it anyway. fra

Re: Chinon 135 f2.8

2004-09-17 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Robert Woerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: Is the Chinon 135 f2.8 K-mount any good? Bokeh, etc.I bought one today REAL inexpensive. I'm going to try it out this week and am curious about other users impressions. It was appealing because it is light, bright and CHEAP. Hi Robert, I own one that I

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Frantisek
SB Well, you thought wrong. Of course, I'm the exception on this list, I'm SB sure. SB Shel and I'm not kidding about all of this stuff. Shel, you are my hero! :) Good light! fra

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread John Forbes
Peter, My use of the word rubbish was intemperate, and I apologise. Although I replied to your post, I wasn't meaning to single you out. I was aiming at all those who argue so vehemently against using the Green Button; many of whom haven't even tried it. I have to say that I thought it was a

Re: PESO - FireShow

2004-09-17 Thread Frantisek
Thanks for the comments! I am a bit curious if it is too much cryptic, or if the subject is recognizable (it's a fireshow, after all). What do you think? Kenneth, you did guess wrong ;-) It's few performers doing a fire performance - basically fire breathing, juggling, etc. The group is from

RE: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-17 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Frits Wuthrich wrote: I am happy I got someone excited tonight! It was mid-afternoon if I recall correctly. Kostas :-P

Re: [OT] Nikon bites with 12MPix D2X

2004-09-17 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Sep 17, 2004, at 3:17 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Yep. The 6-megapixel APS and 11 megapixel full-frame are very close indeed. OK, you won ;-) BTW - informaton about 22MP FF from Canon is simply fake :-) http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1020message=10298732 -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: PESO - FireShow

2004-09-17 Thread Frantisek
oops, the right URL is http://fotof.wz.cz/fireshow Frantisek

Re: Boxes for batteries

2004-09-17 Thread John Forbes
http://www.inanycase.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?store_code=Iscreen=PRODproduct_code=1020-BATTCOMBO On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:32:51 +1000, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Sep 2004 at 21:26, Les Anthis wrote: Mine go in a pocket of their own on the side of the camera bag. So no worries.

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Alan Chan
Just like shopping. g Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan The fact that it's only $10.00 is not a good argument in itself, because if you go down that road, there are dozens of other things that are only $10.00 and soon you've got a $5,000 camera.

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Herb Chong
only $10 at the assembly line means only $100 at the sales counter. Herb... - Original Message - From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 6:04 AM Subject: Re: istDs - what a great camera! When manufacturing anything, there are a million

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Keith Whaley
No, no, Rob, the problem's mine! I just don't have a Rolls Royce (or Ferrari, or Lamborghini) mindset, is all! I have a keen appreciation for some of the overpriced (my word) objects in the world, and were I feelthy rich, I would likely avail myself of one or more! But, I do recognize that a

Re: Boxes for batteries

2004-09-17 Thread mike wilson
Rob Studdert wrote: On 16 Sep 2004 at 21:26, Les Anthis wrote: Mine go in a pocket of their own on the side of the camera bag. So no worries. so what happens when you short out a NiCad? (or NiMH as that's what I carry) You get a lot of heat generated in the cell and likely in the shorting load

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Caveman
Especially while waiting the professional flagship. ;-) Rob Studdert wrote: BTW There's nothing wrong with knitting as a hobby/pastime :-)

Re: istDs - bouquet

2004-09-17 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Mark Roberts wrote: Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mark Fair point about the 1/2 - 1/30. I use B and black velvet (to block out all extraneous light) when shooting still lives with strobes 25 ISO film. Would there be any point in using this technique with

Re: update on my ist D's status

2004-09-17 Thread Leon Altoff
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:49:16 +1000, Ryan Lee wrote: I rang CR Kennedy to check when I was going to get my ist D back (sent it in for AF inaccuracy with the Sigma 28-70 2.8 DF, and battery depleted message when connecting to the laptop with battery grip) and they told me they were waiting for a

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Herb Chong wrote: only $10 at the assembly line means only $100 at the sales counter. This could mean either of two things: - The MZ-50 would have been $100 cheaper than the MZ-10 (that the closest in spec with a lever I think) - The lever and associated gear is not

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 16/9/04, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: I've never bracketed more than a stop with any camera. If I couldn't come within a stop in my calculations, i would forget about photography and take up knitting. Paul You've just reminded me Paul, I must send you back that lovely

Sears multicoated primes: Are they XR Rikenons, or Rikenon Ps?

2004-09-17 Thread paul . stregevsky
I recently ordered a Sears Auto 1.7 MC lens. I've also seen a Sears Auto 1.4 MC lens. Neither has a P (program) setting. I know that these are made by Rikenon. My question is, are these multicoated versions of the XR 50mm lenses (which were single coated)? Or non-P versions of the Rikenon P

Re: Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread Jon M
I hope it doesn't get too bad for ya up there. I decided to flee the hills to avoid the boredom and inconvenience of possibly being without power that would result in *gasp* no PDML! :) I imagine it has dumped a ton of rain on Cullowhee, predictions Wednesday were saying 20 or so. I'm back in

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-17 Thread Ryan Lee
Almost forgot to reply to this one.. sorry! Nenad, I'm in Brissie. Same country but I think the flight over from Perth is about as long as Perth-Singapore. I've been to Perth a couple of times and quite like it; the place has a good feel to it. Remember one night a friend and I put on skates at

Re: Deegetal Schmeedgital

2004-09-17 Thread Jostein
Hm... With the recent woes over the absence of the DA 14 and FA 16-45 lenses from the market, and the diminishing range of the Pentax lens lineup (where did the FA*80-200/2.8 go?), I would say Pentax' problem is the other way around. Making a couple of nice digicams isn't enough. There has to be

Re: *istD lens quiry - Error

2004-09-17 Thread Fred
I didn't read your post properly, and have just posted some pics take with the 70-210 f4-5.6. Sorry. Hi, John. I was able to get to the thumbnail page ( http://www.johnforbes.homechoice.co.uk/lenses/f4-5.6fl70-210.html ), but I couldn't get the actual full-size images to appear (but I might

Re: update on my ist D's status

2004-09-17 Thread Ryan Lee
I thought it was a bit rash too, considering I've heard a lot of good stuff about the 50 and 100 Sigma Macros, and I know that the 28-70 2.8 can produce reliably outstanding results on a film body. However, Wally probably was getting a bit frustrated after taking a beating on the dpreview forums

Re: Cell-phone alternative in the making - was istDs - what a great camera! Warning: High cuteness factor

2004-09-17 Thread Ryan Lee
That may fit in the 'ugly but adorable' definition, but somehow cute just isn't right.. :) Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 12:00 AM Subject: Cell-phone alternative in the making - was istDs -

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Kenneth Waller
Had a reindeer sausage sandwich in downtown Anchorage last week, m. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: istDs - what a great camera! They eat quite a bit of Reindeer in Alaska as well these days. Anders Hultman wrote: On Fri,

Re: Cell-phone alternative in the making - was istDs - what a great camera! Warning: High cuteness factor

2004-09-17 Thread Kenneth Waller
Yeah, but can you take photos with them. Where do you put the batteries? Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cell-phone alternative in the making - was istDs - what a great camera! Warning: High cuteness factor In the interests of

Re: *istD lens quiry - Error

2004-09-17 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Fred wrote: I was able to get to the thumbnail page ( http://www.johnforbes.homechoice.co.uk/lenses/f4-5.6fl70-210.html ), but I couldn't get the actual full-size images to appear (but I might be doing something wrong, too - g). I probably was doing the same something

Re: Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread DagT
By the way: According to a meteorologist the last remnants of Frances dropped by in Norway this week. He still had some rain left... DagT På 17. sep. 2004 kl. 16.38 skrev Jon M: I hope it doesn't get too bad for ya up there. I decided to flee the hills to avoid the boredom and inconvenience of

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Caveman
Does Joe Sixpack ever eat elsewhere than chez McDonalds ? Oh, yes, I forgot, there's sixpack chinese food at the supermarket too and I hear you guys downthere have great pizza delivery services. Anders Hultman wrote: I have a Swedish friend that was an exchange student in the US once, and they

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Ryan Lee
You'd be able to have so much fun with those sorta people! You have to eat the reindeer if not they eat you, really. Their teeth are much sharper in real life.. :) Ryan Anders Hultman wrote: I have a Swedish friend that was an exchange student in the US once, and they didnt't believe

RE: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Then the aperture sensing cam must be about a dollar part, not ten because many $150 cameras had it. Secondly, even if the cam made the istD SELL for a $100 more, it would be well worth it in terms of value added TO ME and would pay for itself on the first good K/M lens it restored full function

Re: *istD lens quiry - Error

2004-09-17 Thread John Forbes
This is really frustrating. I use Opera, and have the same problem. However, it works in IE (for me). I've checked and double-checked but can't see what's wrong. Which browser are you using? As a work-around, here is the first one:

Re: *istD lens quiry - Error - Fixed

2004-09-17 Thread John Forbes
It's now working. The thumbnail page was referencing my hard drive instead of the web server. John On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:37:31 +0100, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is really frustrating. I use Opera, and have the same problem. However, it works in IE (for me). I've checked

Re: Deegetal Schmeedgital

2004-09-17 Thread Jim Apilado
Amen to what you wrote. Jim A. From: Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:28:01 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Deegetal Schmeedgital Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:26:32 -0400 In the good old days of

RE: Back home, after Ivan.

2004-09-17 Thread Steve Desjardins
Glad to hear it. You folks have had a rough couple of months, and Jeanne is still coming. The remnants of Ivan are getting here now, but that will mostly be rain and flooding. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540)

Re: Image sensor article

2004-09-17 Thread Martin Trautmann
On 2004-09-16 08:03, Brian Dipert wrote: I've gotten indication that my previous post earlier this morning made it to the list ok, although I'm still not getting anyone's postings. Anyhoo, thought you all might be interested in my latest image sensor cover story in EDN:

Re: Back home, after Ivan.

2004-09-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Behind Jeanne are Karl, Isis and Javier. . . Steve Desjardins wrote: Glad to hear it. You folks have had a rough couple of months, and Jeanne is still coming. The remnants of Ivan are getting here now, but that will mostly be rain and flooding.

RE: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Jens Bladt
I am amazed that a company from a small county like the one, I live in - Denmark - has participated in developing the digital backs for Leica R8 and R9. Danish Imacon has developed these backs, in cooperation with Kodak. It seems like Denmark has now become a player in the world market for

RE: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Why be amazed? Are the people of your country dullards, ignorant, stupid? Do they lack technical skills and ability? Are they by and large illiterate? Shel From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am amazed that a company from a small county like the one, I live in - Denmark - has participated

Re: Deegetal Schmeedgital

2004-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I'd take issue with the initial premise. The quality of a camera body is, and has always been, an important consideration and a strong factor in obtaining and making quality photographs. Lens alignment to the film plane is important, so the lens mount on the body and the mechanics of lens

Re: *istD AE mode for K M lenses

2004-09-17 Thread Steve Jolly
How would the simple calculation to estimate the aperture work? And what would be the advantage of the method over the *ist-D's current support for pre-A-series lenses? S Gonz wrote: I proposed this deep in another thread, but the idea might be feasible as a firmware fix. All you photo

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Jostein
From: Anders Hultman [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a Swedish friend that was an exchange student in the US once, and they didnt't believe him when he said that we actually have live reindeer here. They thought that it was some kind of fairy tale animal only used for pulling Santa's sleigh. And

Re: Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread Jostein
From: DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] By the way: According to a meteorologist the last remnants of Frances dropped by in Norway this week. He still had some rain left... Yup. Grumpy guy. Diluted my coffee. Jostein

Re: Deegetal Schmeedgital

2004-09-17 Thread Caveman
We were discussing SLRs, Shel. Last time I checked a K1000 was perfectly capable of holding a lens in the proper position in front of the film plane. Shel Belinkoff wrote: I'd take issue with the initial premise. The quality of a camera body is, and has always been, an important consideration

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Keith Whaley
Seems to me that was an uncalled for response, Shel... His first statement expressed surprise because (I gather) Denmark has not demonstrated it's abilities in the past for supplying designs or products for the digital industry. The second comment you peeled out was his expresson that he

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Jostein
Shel, What's so wrong about being proud of one's own country? I think it's pretty impressing that TWO of the most prestigious companies in digital photo are Danish. Imacon is one, PhaseOne is the other. Jostein, of the country that gave the world the paper clip and the cheese razor... LOL -

Re: Deegetal Schmeedgital

2004-09-17 Thread Kenneth Waller
I'll take your statement one step farther state that what matters is the image produced with either film or pixels. -Original Message- From: Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sep 17, 2004 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Deegetal Schmeedgital In the good old days of film, what

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Jostein
From: Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does Joe Sixpack ever eat elsewhere than chez McDonalds ? Then serve the man a mcRudolph burger. Jostein

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 18/9/04, Ryan Lee, discombobulated, unleashed: Other good memories include coffee on the cliff at Cottesloe :-O Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread Graywolf
Apparently the poor guy did not do so well. They had some pretty bad flooding over in Avery County (where GFM is, next one to the west of Watauga where Boone is), but they are saying Ivan has pretty well broken up. Still danger of tornados and heavy rain, but he will not make it to Norway,

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Caveman
I definitely love their Little Siren. Some years ago some vandals sledgehammered it, I hope they still keep them hanged by their balls in a dark cold damp cell. Jostein wrote: Shel, What's so wrong about being proud of one's own country? I think it's pretty impressing that TWO of the most

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread John Forbes
I suspect Jens means that as Denmark's population is less than 2% of that of the USA, less than 5% of Japan, 7% of Germany and 9% of the UK, they are at something of a disadvantage. Odd that you should read anything else into his statement. John On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:14:00 -0700, Shel

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread DagT
Yup, and distributed over a population being about as large as a medium US city is very impressing. Sorry Shel, that was not very nice. DagT På 17. sep. 2004 kl. 18.44 skrev Jostein: Shel, What's so wrong about being proud of one's own country? I think it's pretty impressing that TWO of the most

Re: Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/04, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: By the way: According to a meteorologist the last remnants of Frances dropped by in Norway this week. He still had some rain left... DagT That much water mate - must be a she! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Re: Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread Graywolf
Well, Ivan apparently won't. BTW, I thought Frances was a she. It is so hard to keep track since they went politically correct. Much easier when they were all furious women. Of course, if they simply had used Frank, or Fran it would have been easy to tell. Bureaucrats! -- Jostein wrote: From:

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Christian
Caveman wrote on 9/17/2004, 12:53 PM: I definitely love their Little Siren. Mermaid -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]

HPQ and EK?

2004-09-17 Thread John L
I've seen some thinking aloud that HP/Compaq might be interested in Eastman Kodak. Definitely NOT saying this is true, more based on trading patterns that some notice and pure speculation. EK is supposed to have their annual meeting in NY next week. But thought I'd throw it out there for

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/04, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: I think it's pretty impressing that TWO of the most prestigious companies in digital photo are Danish. Imacon is one, PhaseOne is the other. Don't forget Carlsberg. Well, you need your digits to hoist the glass Cheers, Cotty ___/\__

Re: *istD lens quiry - Error

2004-09-17 Thread Graywolf
Did you guys wait long enough. Even on cable they took almost a minute to open. -- Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Fred wrote: I was able to get to the thumbnail page ( http://www.johnforbes.homechoice.co.uk/lenses/f4-5.6fl70-210.html ), but I couldn't get the actual full-size

Re: Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread John Forbes
The telling is in the spelling. John On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:56:34 -0400, Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, Ivan apparently won't. BTW, I thought Frances was a she. It is so hard to keep track since they went politically correct. Much easier when they were all furious women. Of course, if

Re: Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread John Francis
Jostein mused: From: DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] By the way: According to a meteorologist the last remnants of Frances dropped by in Norway this week. He still had some rain left... Yup. Grumpy guy. Diluted my coffee. Jostein Frances is a gal, not a guy.

Re: Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread Butch Black
Just for the record. Frances spelled with an es is female, Francis spelled with an is is male. Butch

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-17 Thread Ryan Lee
There once was a bloke named Cotty Cottage cheese, he ate a lot'ty But cut down- for once, slow Did he navigate Cottesloe To find a usable potty.. ;-) Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Not at all rancorous or negative. I was surprised that Jens was surprised. My comments meant to reflect that the people of his country are certainly quite capable. Can't imagine how you misread that, but be that as it may, it was never my intention to be negative. Shel [Original Message]

Re: Back home, after Ivan.

2004-09-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
How terrible! John Forbes wrote: It's good that Ivan has not caused as much mayhem in America as feared. However, spare a thought for some who were not so lucky. http://www.caymannetnews.com/2004/09/738/imagination.shtml John

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Keith Whaley
Okay then, asked and answered. I'll take it that I misunderstood and drop it at that. Thanks for the clarification. keith Shel Belinkoff wrote: Not at all rancorous or negative. I was surprised that Jens was surprised. My comments meant to reflect that the people of his country are certainly

Re: *istD lens quiry

2004-09-17 Thread Fred
Data is in the EXIF files. All were taken at either 70mm or 210 at different aperture/speed combinations metered by the camera. The images are showing OK now, John. However, could you simply ~tell~ us the apertures used? Thanks. Fred

OT - HitchHiker's Guide NEW SERIES

2004-09-17 Thread Cotty
This will definitely be of interest on this list ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/ Airing on BBC Radio 4 Tuesdays from this coming week. Listen online via above site Best Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps

Re: Back home, after Ivan.

2004-09-17 Thread ernreed2
John Forbes posted: It's good that Ivan has not caused as much mayhem in America as feared. However, spare a thought for some who were not so lucky. http://www.caymannetnews.com/2004/09/738/imagination.shtml Thanks for that link; I found it sobering. I'm still hoping to hear news of my

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 18/9/04, Ryan Lee, discombobulated, unleashed: There once was a bloke named Cotty Cottage cheese, he ate a lot'ty But cut down- for once, slow Did he navigate Cottesloe To find a usable potty.. There was a young Aussie called Ryan Whose roar was that of a lion His Pentax overdosed Became

Photokina

2004-09-17 Thread Caveman
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/photokina2004/ Seems that the Nikon booth is the most interesting one.

Re: Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/04, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: OK, OK, it was my mistake. Repent, repent. In order to avoid such terrible mistakes in the future I will only write in Norwegian from now on... Det blir faktisk langt færre feil på den måten. :-) Hey, I know some really nice Norwegian blokes:

Re: *istD lens quiry

2004-09-17 Thread John Forbes
They're on the thumbnail page now. I was trying to be clever and respond very quickly to a request for information on the lens. In my haste I managed to get the wrong lens, miscode the HTML, and shoot two pics at f8 instead of one at f8 and one at f5.6. Ah, well. I've now replaced the

Paw:Next year...Iggstock

2004-09-17 Thread brooksdj
http://www.caughtinmotion.com/paw/joejoel-2.jpg I'll set this up. I have several friends in the area who's kids are all about the same age(11-13) and chum around most days. This was taken a few weeks ago at my buddies house ,not far from

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-17 Thread DagT
På 17. sep. 2004 kl. 20.25 skrev Cotty: On 18/9/04, Ryan Lee, discombobulated, unleashed: There once was a bloke named Cotty Cottage cheese, he ate a lot'ty But cut down- for once, slow Did he navigate Cottesloe To find a usable potty.. There was a young Aussie called Ryan Whose roar was that of a

Re: Ivan and the mountains

2004-09-17 Thread DagT
På 17. sep. 2004 kl. 20.28 skrev Cotty: On 17/9/04, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: OK, OK, it was my mistake. Repent, repent. In order to avoid such terrible mistakes in the future I will only write in Norwegian from now on... Det blir faktisk langt færre feil på den måten. :-) Hey, I know

Re: D*MNIT!!!!! A bargain hunter misses out.

2004-09-17 Thread Caveman
What, no spotted dick joke ? ;-) DagT wrote: There was an old cotty from otty who was missing his very nice spotty it fell in the sea and whatever did he but put it into his potty OK I don´t know English, so I invented a couple of words :-) DagT

Re: Back home, after Ivan.

2004-09-17 Thread John Forbes
Of course, you're a Jamaican. Did you ever visit Cayman? The main island is seldom more than about 10 feet above sea level. It is not impossible for it to be completely submerged in a bad hurricane. In 1910, or thereabouts, a hurricane killed 10% of the population. Not a nice place to be

Re: Back home, after Ivan.

2004-09-17 Thread Caveman
A caiman from Cayman Ate a jamaican Then spit back all the bones And arranged them in cones John Forbes wrote: Of course, you're a Jamaican. Did you ever visit Cayman? The main island is seldom more than about 10 feet above sea level. It is not impossible for it to be completely submerged in a

Re: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Graywolf
No, but most of that kind of stuff seems to be made where the answer to those questions would be yes. -- Shel Belinkoff wrote: Why be amazed? Are the people of your country dullards, ignorant, stupid? Do they lack technical skills and ability? Are they by and large illiterate? Shel From:

Re: OT - HitchHiker's Guide NEW SERIES

2004-09-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I hope that the whow will make it to the US as well. Cotty wrote: This will definitely be of interest on this list ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/ Airing on BBC Radio 4 Tuesdays from this coming week. Listen online via above site Best

Re: *istD AE mode for K M lenses

2004-09-17 Thread Gonz
Well when you press the green button, the aperture would stop down to its mechanical setting, a meter reading would be taken, which would allow the system to calculate the aperture based on the current ISO setting and the ratio of the EVs stopped down and wide open. Now you save the value of

Re: OT - HitchHiker's Guide NEW SERIES

2004-09-17 Thread Keith Whaley
Who? keith whaley Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I hope that the whow will make it to the US as well. Cotty wrote: This will definitely be of interest on this list ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/ Airing on BBC Radio 4 Tuesdays from this coming week. Listen online via above site Best

Re: istDs - what a great camera!

2004-09-17 Thread Anders Hultman
Ryan: You'd be able to have so much fun with those sorta people! You have to eat the reindeer if not they eat you, really. Their teeth are much sharper in real life.. Another friend of mine used to tell those sorta people that she attended not only the car wash but also the reindeer wash when she

RE: Leica Goes Digital

2004-09-17 Thread Jens Bladt
Shel and others. I'm amazed because Denmark never really produced any photographic equipment before (It's all German, Japanese, Taiwan, Korea or Sweedish -and some American) or any other well known fine mechanical/electronics, except maybe for some hearing aid stuff. We are kind of famous for

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