FS Friday: Kenko auto extension tube set

2004-11-05 Thread Scott Nelson
Set of 3 K-mount extension tubes: 12mm, 21mm and 36mm. All are in pristine condition, except for the lettering which is rubbing off on the 12mm and 21mm tubes. They have all 7 FA series electrical contacts, but no AF actuator so the only thing you lose using the tubes is AF. 3 tubes stacked go

Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX

2004-11-05 Thread John Whittingham
Not sure what you mean by that. What does faking stop down metering to do a test have to do with handheld metering? Well if you cannot trust open aperture metering and feel it nescessary to use the lens stopped down for accuracy then who's to say how the camera would perform when set to the

Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX

2004-11-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
It's not a matter of faith. Checking and calibrating one's equipment negates the need for faith. It's not that I don't trust open aperture metering ... I'm just trying to see if there's any significant difference in results between open aperture and stopped down readings, which is actually

Pentax sponsors roundworld trip

2004-11-05 Thread m.9.wilson
Hi, From the website: http://www.longwayround.com/lwr.htm Click on Partners then sponsors. Site is a bit Flashy and my be slow to load on dialup. mike - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/

[PAW] A bridge in Luzern

2004-11-05 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
http://www.republika.pl/sylwekp/PAW/Luzern.jpg Beautiful woodden bridge in Luzern, Swiss at the sunset. Comments are as always welcome :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek

PESO: Red alternative I

2004-11-05 Thread dagt
I had so many Red photos (and I know I didn't PUG the easiest one) that I've decided to PESO some of them as well. Here's the first of them: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2852939size=lg Comments are welcome, as always. DagT

RE: *ist DS and continuous autofocus

2004-11-05 Thread Leon Altoff
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:01:56 +0100, Jens Bladt wrote: I wonder if anybody really uses AF-C, except for clip-zoom-mode/power-zoom-work, perhaps? Jens I use continuous AF when photographing my children on fast moving rides. That's about it, but it works well for that. Leon

Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread m.9.wilson
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: frank theriault They (the dogs, that is) were docile as little kitty cats. This has been my experience with the breed as well. Number one in the UK biters (number of bite incidents, severity not counted)league

Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
At 22:15 2004.11.04 -0500, you wrote: Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 20:56:47 -0600 From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Fred Widall Subject: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt) Pitbulls are about to become an endangered species in Ontario. Our provincial

Re: OT: Yankee elections

2004-11-05 Thread Frantisek
ft Did I say that? ft It actually sounds like a fairly lucid, level-headed comment. ft Couldn't have been me... ft LOL Hi Frank, of course it wasn't you, I was just spindoctoring your message a bit ;-) Good light! fra

'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
Can't build an army but they can build lenses! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=4688item=3850915731rd=1 [ I thought at this price nobody would mind me posting it. : ) ] Collin You impress at a distance, but you impact a life up close. The closer the relationship the greater

Re: Last-minute political camera fun

2004-11-05 Thread Lon Williamson
Then he's really hurt, poor tyke. Paul Stenquist wrote: Frank has come down firmly on both sides of the fence vbg.

Re: 'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: Can't build an army but they can build lenses! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=4688item=3850915731rd=1 Why would anyone (other than a collector, but then again it's in well-used cond) prefer this lens to Pentax's SMC

Re: *ist DS and continuous autofocus

2004-11-05 Thread Frantisek
JB I wonder if anybody really uses AF-C, except for JB clip-zoom-mode/power-zoom-work, perhaps? Depends on shooting style. I use cont.AF all the time, but with AF activated by a back button instead of the shutter release. Actually it was sport shooters who probably insisted on the secondary AF

Re: USAF target and resolution tests

2004-11-05 Thread Mishka
i saw the image. i haven't say that there was no clipping only because it was a grey day. but what i meant, was something different: you you have a low contrast day, you can have your histogram shifted to the right (overexposed), and still have no clipping of highlights. and at the same time,

Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX

2004-11-05 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not that I don't trust open aperture metering ... I'm just trying to see if there's any significant difference in results between open aperture and stopped down readings, which is actually incidental to the original intent of comparing two lenses

Re: PAW: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Statistics suggest that the proportion of dangerous pit bulls is quite high, at least in some parts of the US. That is reason to be concerned. The proportion of dangerous red sports cars is quite low. On Nov 4, 2004, at 10:54 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul

Re: pentax/nikon sync cords compatible?

2004-11-05 Thread Lon Williamson
I seem to remember that someone found out that certain Canon synch cords are compatible. Mark in Michigan, mebbe? Alan Chan wrote: Only the centre contact is located the same. It means you can fire the flash, but no extra communication, no auto zoom, no ttl or anything else. Just plain manual

Re: USAF target and resolution tests

2004-11-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
My gray day histograms were not clipped. I bracketed each shot by half stops and the middle one looked best on most shots. The histograms generally were far from the shadow end, and the highlight end had a few spikes from some of the white sky highlights but the meat of the curve was

Re: 'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread Frantisek
KK Why would anyone (other than a collector, but then again it's in KK well-used cond) prefer this lens to Pentax's SMC offerings? Why would anyone (other than a collector) prefer Pentax's SMC offerings to Nikon glass? grin, duck run Simply, people prefer different things because of their

Re: 'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Frantisek wrote: KK Why would anyone (other than a collector, but then again it's in KK well-used cond) prefer this lens to Pentax's SMC offerings? Why would anyone (other than a collector) prefer Pentax's SMC offerings to Nikon glass? grin, duck run (I have a few but

RE: USAF target and resolution tests

2004-11-05 Thread J. C. O'Connell
This isnt that complicated. Digital sensors have dynamic range just like film does. At some point they clip at higher light levels and at some point they just produce noise at lower light levels. THAT is the dynamic range of the sensor itself and it doesn't matter what the bit depth of the A/D is

Re: PAW: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/11/04, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: Statistics suggest that the proportion of dangerous pit bulls is quite high, at least in some parts of the US. That is reason to be concerned. The proportion of dangerous red sports cars is quite low. Of course, you could maybe have a red

Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX

2004-11-05 Thread Lon Williamson
Yep. Get the old, non-auto K tube set. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Is there a way to use a K-mount lens on the K, M, or LX bodies with stop down metering instead of having to use open aperture? Shel

Re: PAW: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: PAW: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt) Statistics suggest that the proportion of dangerous pit bulls is quite high, at least in some parts of the US. That is reason to be concerned. Sure, statistics can be made to say

Re: USAF target and resolution tests

2004-11-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell Subject: RE: USAF target and resolution tests What I was referring to about specialized films is that super low contrast films could have a greater DYNAMIC RANGE than digital for extremely contrasty scenes and super high contrast films could

Re: USAF target and resolution tests

2004-11-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: RE: USAF target and resolution tests I just know what I've seen and what the experts have shown and told me. Shel, what we actually see on paper is not germaine unless we can come up with the correct technocrap to back it up. Real life

Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread m.9.wilson
From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/11/05 Fri PM 02:42:45 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt) Yes, if it's not per capita of the dog population, then it's exactly what one would expect, since Golden Labs are very common in

Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Doug Franklin
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 9:27:01 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Number one in the UK biters (number of bite incidents, severity not counted) league Golden Labrador. Alsatian, Dobermann, Pit bull, Rottweiler - none of them in the top ten. Just curious if that ranking is in total number

Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread m.9.wilson
From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/11/05 Fri PM 02:03:39 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt) On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 9:27:01 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Number one in the UK biters (number of bite

Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, if it's not per capita of the dog population, then it's exactly what one would expect, since Golden Labs are very common in most countries. On Nov 5, 2004, at 9:03 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 9:27:01 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Number one in the UK biters (number of

Re: *ist DS and continuous autofocus

2004-11-05 Thread Matjaz Osojnik
Yep. I second that. Separate AF button is great. With it, camera focuses when I want it, and only when I want it. Matjaž JB I wonder if anybody really uses AF-C, except for JB clip-zoom-mode/power-zoom-work, perhaps? Depends on shooting style. I use cont.AF all the time, but with AF

Re: 'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OK maybe you dunno but Angenieux was one of thse brands (like Leica lens eg) which are just excellent everywhere. A 28-70mm 2.8 was excellent at 28 at 2.8 as well as as 70mm. No distortion, no vignetting... nothing. They ran out of business 'cos... well not enough people to buy these I guess.

Re: 'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread Keith Whaley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK maybe you dunno but Angenieux was one of thse brands (like Leica lens eg) which are just excellent everywhere. A 28-70mm 2.8 was excellent at 28 at 2.8 as well as as 70mm. No distortion, no vignetting... nothing. True, but... this particular one is a bit of a dog,

Re: USAF target and resolution tests

2004-11-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
I should add that I sharpened to 62 in the RAW converter. I may have added a bit of unsharp mask after conversion. Paul On Nov 5, 2004, at 8:11 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: My gray day histograms were not clipped. I bracketed each shot by half stops and the middle one looked best on most shots.

Re: 'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, totally agree, I just assumed that maybe not everyone knew about Ang?nieux ;) - Message Initial - De : Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoy? : Vendredi , Novembre 5, 2004 02:33 PM A : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: 'dem French [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK maybe you

Re: PAW: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Christian
William Robb wrote on 11/5/2004, 9:31 AM: snip lots of things about dogs, etc Thanks Bill. I was just composing something along the same lines no need to send it now. -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Keith Whaley Subject: Re: 'dem French Used to be top of the line, perhaps, but it's been abused along the way, hasn't it. Not worth it. Optically, an FA50/1.4 will probably outperform it under any given criteria as well. The Anginieux lenses were very good

Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Doug Franklin Subject: Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt) On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 9:27:01 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Number one in the UK biters (number of bite incidents, severity not counted) league Golden Labrador. Alsatian,

Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt) Yes, if it's not per capita of the dog population, then it's exactly what one would expect, since Golden Labs are very common in most countries. Just to be pendantic, there is no

Re: PAW: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Christian Subject: Re: PAW: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt) William Robb wrote on 11/5/2004, 9:31 AM: snip lots of things about dogs, etc Thanks Bill. I was just composing something along the same lines no need to send it now. Yer welcome.

Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt) Pit bulls were bred from bull terriers as fighting dogs (hence pit) and are, as a breed, not one I would contemplate as a pet. But they are not, by nature, agressive towards

Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Christian
William Robb wrote on 11/5/2004, 10:01 AM: Just to be pendantic, there is no recognized breed Golden Lab. Golden Retriever. Yellow Lab. William Robb Once again, Bill you beat me to the punch! -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: USAF target and resolution tests

2004-11-05 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Here is a good page by a guy who ran tests. http://www.path.unimelb.edu.au/~bernardk/tutorials/360/technical/hdri/ He puts the dymanic range of reala color film at about 15 stops. So that is dramatically better than 11 you state and I have read some of the current DSLRs are actually about 9 which

Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Christian
William Robb wrote on 11/5/2004, 10:10 AM: Pit bulls were bred from bull terriers as fighting dogs (hence pit) and are, as a breed, not one I would contemplate as a pet. But they are not, by nature, agressive towards people. No, they were bred to be aggressive towards other dogs.

Astia 100F vs *ist D

2004-11-05 Thread David Zaninovic
Anybody knows what is the range of Fuji Astia 100F ? I find that Astia has low enough contrast for me so I would like to compare that with *ist D. Did anybody use Astia before *ist D ? What are the differences ? - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX

2004-11-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Whittingham Subject: Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX Well if you cannot trust open aperture metering and feel it nescessary to use the lens stopped down for accuracy then who's to say how the camera would perform when set to the exposure reading from

Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX

2004-11-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Recently I came across an article about exposure in which a class of 15 people were given lessons on how to make proper exposures. Each of the people brought their own cameras, which ranged from decent amateur models to very expensive professional models. They all metered the same scene at the

Re: USAF target and resolution tests

2004-11-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Over the last few years I've seen numerous things photographic that were said, here and elsewhere, to not be possible. I don't understand a lot of the techno-jargon, but I do believe my eyes and experiences. Recently Rob Studdert provided a pointer to a page that explained some of what we are

RE: USAF target and resolution tests

2004-11-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
OK ... sounds convincing ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] This isnt that complicated. Digital sensors have dynamic range just like film does. At some point they clip at higher light levels and at some point they just produce noise at lower light

Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX

2004-11-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks ... it's not that big a deal that I'll want to get another camera for this little project. I suspect that you're correct wrt the difference in exposure between the two methods. Believed that all along, but since the gist of the project is to compare two lenses with the same optical

Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Bill Owens
If people would take a half day and learn about what makes dogs tick, there would be fewer problems. William Robb AMEN ! Bill

Re: 'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread Keith Whaley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, totally agree, I just assumed that maybe not everyone knew about Ang?nieux ;) I understand. However, almost anyone who has been keenly aware of who makes what in the 35mm camera industry over the past 40 years or so, ought to know of Angenieux. They had quite a

Re: PAW: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Kenneth Waller
Wouldn't it make more sense to ban the people who ruin dogs rather than the dogs themselves? Using the car/accident analogy, wouldn't it also make more sense to ban the people that drive the cars that get into accidents? Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: William Robb [EMAIL

Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Bill Owens
Many people have the same opinion of Rotties, Dobermans and German Shepherds. All of these dogs I've ever met, have basically been big babies. Bill

Re: Digital slide show - Sandisk Digital Photo Viewer

2004-11-05 Thread Kenneth Waller
FWIW, I just purchased 2 of the Sandisk Digital Photo Viewers from PCMall.com @ 19.98 each, including shipping. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Digital slide show - Sandisk Digital Photo Viewer On 4 Nov 2004 at 23:25, Kenneth Waller

Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread m.9.wilson
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt) Pit bulls were bred from bull terriers as fighting dogs (hence pit) and are, as a breed, not one I would contemplate as a pet.

Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread m.9.wilson
From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/11/05 Fri PM 03:28:49 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt) I'm dogless now, losing both my German Shorthaired Pointer and White German Shepherd to disease, but it still pisses me off when I

Re: Re: Digital slide show - Sandisk Digital Photo Viewer

2004-11-05 Thread m.9.wilson
From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/11/05 Fri PM 04:03:27 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Digital slide show - Sandisk Digital Photo Viewer FWIW, I just purchased 2 of the Sandisk Digital Photo Viewers from PCMall.com @ 19.98 each, including shipping. Do these

RE: USAF target and resolution tests

2004-11-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Well, John, it's time for another aspirin too many graphs and charts and logs of this and that. However, one paragraph stood out amongst all the techo talk: Before I go any further I should point out that this test is only going to produce a theoretical result.

Re: PAW: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes, and it's done frequently and in many jurisdictions. Too many moving violations or accidents and one's license is suspended or revoked. Shel [Original Message] From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wouldn't it make more sense to ban the people who ruin dogs rather than the dogs

Re: 'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
They have closed anyway... maybe the reason why already huge price became, well, astronomical ones? Go figure... - Message Initial - De : Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoy? : Vendredi , Novembre 5, 2004 03:58 PM A : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: 'dem French [EMAIL

Re: [PAW] A bridge in Luzern

2004-11-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice shot. I love that bridge. It burned down a decade ago, just after we had visited there. It was reconstructed because of its beauty and its use as a symbol of Luzern. The photo is a bit dark on my monitor, but I suspect that is my problem. Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:

RE: USAF target and resolution tests

2004-11-05 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Well since you are a tinker type I suggest you go out and take some pictures with a really good lens of a really high contrast scene using a DLSR and a wide range film and SLR and find out for yourself. If you do not have access to really good film printing, just inspect the negatives I have

Re: 'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, William Robb wrote: Optically, an FA50/1.4 will probably outperform it under any given criteria as well. The Anginieux lenses were very good in their day, but that day is long gone now. Yes, but it won't mount on a Spottie. I was wondering about a comparison with

Something you probably wanted to hear for a long time

2004-11-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Just some minutes ago I got my dirty hands on *istD of my own. Wow! Hurray! I cannot believe it. Well, expect more news from me then... Feel free to respond ;). -- Boris mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Bob W
Hi, Sorry to hear that. Agreed about training. Worst thing to happen here was revoking the law requiring dog licences. too bloody right. They should have put the price up enough to pay for the dogshit to be cleaned up and DNA-tested to identify the dog and its owner, who could then be

Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Christian
Bob W wrote on 11/5/2004, 11:45 AM: Hi, Sorry to hear that. Agreed about training. Worst thing to happen here was revoking the law requiring dog licences. too bloody right. They should have put the price up enough to pay for the dogshit to be cleaned up and DNA-tested to

Re: RAW convertors question

2004-11-05 Thread Jostein
The PhaseOne C1 Raw converter has an option for selecting colour space for output, and one of the options is generic gray scale. It will output a 16 bit grayscale image. I cannot vouch for the maths behind it, though. Jostein - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Something you probably wanted to hear for a long time

2004-11-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Congratulations Boris. The fun begins :-). I'm working at home today, but it's a nice sunny day, so I may just have to pack my *ist D and a couple of lenses and go to town for an hour or two. Paul On Nov 5, 2004, at 11:38 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Just some minutes ago I got my dirty hands

Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Caveman
I suggest living room, and using a Cat bulldozer to push it there. Christian wrote: Ever since then if I find dog crap in my yard I put it on the owner's doorstep. Maybe next time I'll put it in their mailbox.

Re: OT: Travel suggestions

2004-11-05 Thread Ryan Lee
And Cotty is the name on your passport. :-P Ryan - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 3:38 AM Subject: Re: OT: Travel suggestions If you're people ring Buckingham, they'll be in for a shock - or

Re: OT: Travel suggestions

2004-11-05 Thread Ryan Lee
Thanks for the suggestion Daniel. The folks of a friend of mine are in Dublin- he was already prepping to furnish me with a flurry of addresses, but I just finalised where I'll be. Paris over the new year. Top of my list, Montmarte! :-) The travel agent was telling me it'd be more worth it to

RE: Something you probably wanted to hear for a long time

2004-11-05 Thread Malcolm Smith
Boris Liberman wrote: Just some minutes ago I got my dirty hands on *istD of my own. Wow! Hurray! I cannot believe it. Excellent! I remember mine was brilliant fun. Malcolm

Re: [PAW] A bridge in Luzern

2004-11-05 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Daniel J. Matyola wrote on 05.11.04 17:29: Nice shot. I love that bridge. It burned down a decade ago, just after we had visited there. It was reconstructed because of its beauty and its use as a symbol of Luzern. Thanks. It was indeed burned down, but both ends remained original, so that

Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Sid Barras
Greetings All, To add my 2 cents to the discussion: And to further illustrate how far pittbull hysteria can go-- My oldest daughter has 3 pitt bulls. All of them are big (very big, in fact) cuddly lapdogs. She somehow got involved in the pitt bull rescue organization here in Lake Charles. I

Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: Hi, Sorry to hear that. Agreed about training. Worst thing to happen here was revoking the law requiring dog licences. too bloody right. They should have put the price up enough to pay for the dogshit to be cleaned up and DNA-tested to identify the dog and its owner, who could

RE: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Malcolm Smith
Sid Barras describes how to become a multi-millionaire by breeding pitt bulls: Here's the rub: when my in-laws found out we had gotten a dog, they were happy-- until Grandma found out it was a pitt bull. Immediately, she told us we had to get rid of the dog. Or else she would never come

Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX

2004-11-05 Thread John Francis
William Robb mused: - Original Message - From: John Whittingham Subject: Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX Well if you cannot trust open aperture metering and feel it nescessary to use the lens stopped down for accuracy then who's to say how the camera would

Re: Re: Digital slide show - Sandisk Digital Photo Viewer

2004-11-05 Thread Kenneth Waller
Mike, the literature states it uses NTSC PAL formats. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: Digital slide show - Sandisk Digital Photo Viewer From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/11/05 Fri PM 04:03:27 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread John Francis
mike wilson mused: Bob W wrote: Hi, Sorry to hear that. Agreed about training. Worst thing to happen here was revoking the law requiring dog licences. too bloody right. They should have put the price up enough to pay for the dogshit to be cleaned up and DNA-tested to

FW: SMC Pentax 24/2.8 (K)

2004-11-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
Hi folks, I have for sale an SMC Pentax 24/2.8 (so, K-mount, but before the M-Series) very clean optically, with original caps. There is some brassing, but nothing too drastic. There is no internal dust and of course no fungus, scratches or anything. The aperture ring clicks very positively and

FA: Cobra AF750 flashgun

2004-11-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
It is my auction and it ends next Thursday. It includes the dedicated bracket (which, cleverly, has an AF beam on the module sitting on the hotshoe). Dedicated for Pentax AF (see listing in the description. Other Pentax AF cameras may be covered too, I will investigate with Cobra on your

Re: pentax/nikon sync cords compatible?

2004-11-05 Thread Alan Chan
I don't think it's Canon because their 4 data contracts are located on one side only while Pentax's data contracts are located around the centre contract. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan I seem to remember that someone found out that certain Canon synch cords are compatible. Mark in

Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Bob W
Hi, And to further illustrate how far pittbull hysteria can go-- [...] when she was a little girl, she saw a playmate mauled by a pitt bull. [...] An illustration over how far people can take hysteria over a breed of dog. I never had anything for or against these dogs, but now I am

Re: PAW: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)

2004-11-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: Okay, the EE thing is a joke - it's actually somewhat blasphemous to have a photo of mine mentioned in the same breath as The Master, but who better to blaspheme but me? vbg. Comments are always welcome - indeed, they are encouraged. Here's the chance for everyone

Re: OT: Travel suggestions

2004-11-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Paris is very enjoyable, although the locals aren't as friendly as in Prague, Amsterdam, Scandanavia or Italy. Learn the Metro (subway). It is very convenient and very useful. Don't miss the Louvre, the Eifel Tower, Notre Dame and the usual sights. Walk around the left bank a lot. Many

Re: Something you probably wanted to hear for a long time

2004-11-05 Thread Steve Desjardins
Great. Go out, take few thousand pictures, and tell us what you think g Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/5/2004 11:38:30 AM Hi! Just some minutes ago I got my

SV: Digital slide show - Sandisk Digital Photo Viewer

2004-11-05 Thread Jens Bladt
The sell it on line... http://www.sandisk.com/retail/dpv.asp Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Stan Halpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 5. november 2004 05:45 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Digital slide show - Sandisk

Re: Astia 100F vs *ist D

2004-11-05 Thread Jack Davis
David, Astia 100F specs at: http://www.fujifilm.com/jsp/fuji/epartners/bin/RAP100FAF3-149E_1.pdf Should be a good test. Fuji claims an RMS granularity factor of 7 ..lowest of any slide film. Looking forward to your test results. Jack David Zaninovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Anybody knows what

PESO - My first pano

2004-11-05 Thread Christian
Some people have asked about the lake I live on. This was shot 11/2/2004 and shows a small portion of the lake. My house would be out of the frame on the near right. warning ~130KB http://www.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?album=10pos=0 click the image to view the 2000x563 image The

Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX

2004-11-05 Thread Gonz
Exactly. I'm curious myself. I trust the open aperture metering, but I'm also curious how much of a delta there is between that and the fixed aperture metering. Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's not a matter of faith. Checking and calibrating one's equipment negates the need for faith. It's not

Re: Stop Down Metering on K, M, LX

2004-11-05 Thread Gonz
John Whittingham wrote: Not sure what you mean by that. What does faking stop down metering to do a test have to do with handheld metering? Well if you cannot trust open aperture metering and feel it nescessary to use the lens stopped down for accuracy then who's to say how the camera would

Re: 'dem French

2004-11-05 Thread Andre Langevin
They have closed anyway... maybe the reason why already huge price became, well, astronomical ones? Go figure... Angenieux stil makes a lot of lenses but for cine and scientific purposes. Andre

Re: FA77/1.8 update

2004-11-05 Thread Andre Langevin
Would Pentax (or any qualified technician) be able to upgrade the old 77mm with the new gear? Do you have the name of someone at Pentax who is knoeledgeable about this kind of things (part #...) ? Andre

Re: FA77/1.8 update

2004-11-05 Thread Sam Jost
Old 77mm? New 77mm? Did I miss something? Whats the difference? Sam - Original Message - From: Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 10:01 PM Subject: Re: FA77/1.8 update Would Pentax (or any qualified technician) be able to upgrade the

PESO: A fracion of a Rainbow

2004-11-05 Thread Jens Bladt
As I was walking towards the beach to watch the rainbow it started disappearing. The clouds began to cover the sun. That's when I saw what can be described as fraction of a rainbow. Pentax *ist D, SMC Pentax M*4.0/300mm http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p8887114.html Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL

Re: PESO - My first pano

2004-11-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Beautiful lake and a nice panorama shot. You obviously planned it well. I'd love to see it with half as much sky, more lake, more contrast and more saturation. Paul On Nov 5, 2004, at 3:36 PM, Christian wrote: Some people have asked about the lake I live on. This was shot 11/2/2004 and shows a

Re: [PAW] A bridge in Luzern

2004-11-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Beautiful shot. Great framing and composition. It appears a bit dark and moody on my monitor as well, but the light wood planking is brilliant in the sun and rich in color. I like the juxtaposition of that against the more somber elements. Paul On Nov 5, 2004, at 11:29 AM, Daniel J. Matyola

Re: PESO - My first pano

2004-11-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/11/04, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: Some people have asked about the lake I live on. This was shot 11/2/2004 and shows a small portion of the lake. My house would be out of the frame on the near right. warning ~130KB http://www.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?album=10pos=0

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