RE: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)

2005-01-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Yes. ...what they all will say, in order to sell. Don't believe everything you read in an ad! I guess tracking describes the currently available AF functions better than locking. What they mean by locking is simply focus or obtain focus confirmation. But focus confirmation just indicates that

Re: photo printing rant

2005-01-16 Thread Alan Chan
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway, it is possible that the Wal-Mart has a terminal that sends to the lab, but it looks the same as the kiosk. One thing with the Noritsu labs, they are most comfortable working with sRGB files, so get used to that colourspace. Yeah, here in

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
IPTC stands for International Press Telecommunications Council you can modify this information by using the File-File Info menu item in Adobe Photoshop 5.5. It's probably the same in later versions but I don't know that for sure. Image-Information menu item in IrfanView 3.xx brings up a file

RE: PAW PESO - Puppy in a Box

2005-01-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Maybe the guy on the bike http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/pib.html is looking at the puppy in a box http://www.jbuhler.com/html/es00-0026.html There's defenitely somthing to be seen in that mirror. Jens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt

RE: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)

2005-01-16 Thread Jens Bladt
I'd love to be around on the day they invent a camera you can point at the centre forward at the beginning of a soccer game, give you focus confirmation and then stay focused on the guy for the rest of that half. I suppose true locking will require some kind of 3D focusing system combined with

Re: PAW PESO - Puppy in a Box

2005-01-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 2:11:59 AM, Shel wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/pib.html There's a bit of a back story to this little snap. I'm sure you can find it within the photo which was made with a 1937 Leica and collapsible 50mm Elmar (f3.5) of the same vintage. Very

PESO: Berkeley, 2002

2005-01-16 Thread Juan Buhler
Had to go to my archives for this: http://photos3.flickr.com/3418918_00970a25ef_o.jpg (just a snap, but to follow up on some other PESO PAW posted earlier today--gues who's the guy in the mirror) :-) -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My contribution: Milngavie. Now that you Britons have had your fun, how about letting the REST of us know the rest of the story. Mullguy or Millguy :-) Kostas (not British technically, but I take it as a compliment :-)

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 2:11:24 AM, Graywolf wrote: It wasn't a secret, MS bragged about it. They claimed it would help them serve you better (with potatoes and gravy, I guess). But it continues, in XP there are about a hundred services running as default. Many of them can be turned

Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)

2005-01-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/1/05, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed: I handled one of the very first five Canon D1's, when they first came to Europe (2001?) at a Canon presentation in Cork, Ireland. It had 45 focus points. The viewfinder was totally covered with focus points - they lit up like the neon lights of

Hi!

2005-01-16 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi, I just want to show a sign of life, as my last post is some time ago. The reason is that I have to cope with some major private problems and changes in my life. But I'm - at last - still reading the PDML ;-) and hope to put my life in order in the next weeks. Nevertheless - I have added a

Re: Cool Macro Photograph

2005-01-16 Thread Cotty
On 15/1/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/peso/Amarylis.html Stunning! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread Cotty
On 15/1/05, Dave Kennedy, discombobulated, unleashed: That's 2 comments suggesting I sell the film. Wow. I would find that difficult making the jump from film to digital cold turkey. hmmm You'd be surprised. I wonder how many DSLR owners have picked up a film camera and actually used it

Re: PESO--Untitled

2005-01-16 Thread Keith Whaley
Hi Peter... Isn't this the image that needed a little touchup to get rid of the specular highlights in the dog's eyes? Where moisture resting on his lower lids reflected bright light reflections? keith Peter J. Alling wrote: Still learning to use the *ist-D. I'm experimenting with Flash I

RE: istD aperture control busted

2005-01-16 Thread Jens Bladt
It might just be dust or moisture (condensed water), due to rapidly changing temperatures. Perhaps some of that contact spray that radio mechanics use will solve the problem. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: William Robb

Re: PESO: Berkeley, 2002

2005-01-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/1/05, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: http://photos3.flickr.com/3418918_00970a25ef_o.jpg (just a snap, but to follow up on some other PESO PAW posted earlier today--gues who's the guy in the mirror) Obviously Shel. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Ringo's Pentax (was: Re: Honeywell/Pentax spotted)

2005-01-16 Thread John Celio
In A hard day's night Beatles film, Ringo is using a camera which obviouslt is Pentax/Honeywell (dunno which one?).. and a black one (so it is a pro camera, right? :o) with that... This is something I've been wondering myself for quite some time now. I even tried to take screenshots from my

Re: PESO: Friday at a bar

2005-01-16 Thread Cotty
On 15/1/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: We're just going to have to disagree. I agree. I mean, er Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PAW PESO - Puppy in a Box

2005-01-16 Thread Jerome Reyes
Yes ... why are you confused, and about what are you confused? Well, with the exception of the occassional flocking at GFM, I tend to think of the members of the list as separate entities... so initially it seemed a bit odd (twilight zone-ish, even) that the two galleries would overlap... and in

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! DK What do I do with it? DK Currently I have: DK PZ-1, MZ-10 bodies. DK 28-70/4 FA DK 70-210/4.5-5.6 F-SMC DK 50/1.7F DK 28-200 FA DK 105/2.8 Kiron Macro DK 400/5.6 Sigma APO DK 1.7x AF Teleconvertor DK Manfrotto Tripod. DK My ideas : DK 1) Hold onto it save towards an *istD. Because I

Speaking of Pentax M42 bodies.....

2005-01-16 Thread Brian Walters
I know we aren't supposed to mention current auctions but this one's too good to miss. I had to check my calendar to make sure it isn't 1 April... Anyone care to place a bid??? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=15240item=3867736019rd=1 Cheers Brian

Re: PAW -- Cape Hatteras

2005-01-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! J Dear gang, Dear Jostein :). J I would very much like to hear your opinions on the picture at the link. J Please look at the image first, before you read on. J http://www.oksne.net/paw/hatteras-mosaic.html To my utter amazement - each time I tried to load this one up in my office it came

Re: Ringo's Pentax (was: Re: Honeywell/Pentax spotted)

2005-01-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/1/05, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: In A hard day's night Beatles film, Ringo is using a camera which obviouslt is Pentax/Honeywell (dunno which one?).. and a black one (so it is a pro camera, right? :o) with that... This is something I've been wondering myself for quite some

Re: Film may not be dead.....

2005-01-16 Thread John Celio
So it was written: And, just a small point - the hippies left in 1970, many moving to Marin County to take up the straight life. Surprisingly - or maybe not so surprising - many of the long-haired, dope-smoking, brown-rice-and-veggie-eating, Mario Savio following hippies I knew in 1967 are now

Re: SMC D FA 100mm Macro f2.8 (er, and hello)

2005-01-16 Thread John Celio
I have never heard it was crap. In fact, I have done a few shots with it and it is not bad at all. The real issue is that the build quality is that of a $100 lens (ballpark cost). It is also 1:2 unless used with a matched closeup filter. If one is looking for a cheap, decent macro, it is a good

Re: Speaking of Pentax M42 bodies.....

2005-01-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/1/05, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: I know we aren't supposed to mention current auctions but this one's too good to miss. I had to check my calendar to make sure it isn't 1 April... Anyone care to place a bid??? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?

Re: Film may not be dead.....

2005-01-16 Thread John Celio
You know I am beginning to wonder if I would be wasting money to go to school...I can't afford to go to someplace like UC, and the two junior colleges out here seem to be stuck in the dark ages in so far as photography goes. You ought to check out Diablo Valley College, over in Pleasant Hill

Re: Film may not be dead.....

2005-01-16 Thread John Celio
I wish I'd gotten in on this thread days ago, before I had 600+ posts to sift through. The following opinions are based on my short time (2.2 years) working at a camera shop. With that in mind ... C-41 film will die (as a marketable item). ...Processing will be too expensive to maintian.

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, Magdalen College. Or even Magdalene College. Pronounced the same, but spelled differently. Ahh, but is it? In Oxford, it's Mawdlin ! My contribution: Milngavie. I'll offer Trottiscliffe and I'll raise you Slaithwaite Looks like I'm done. I'll be

Re: Speaking of Pentax M42 bodies.....

2005-01-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 11:06:47 AM, Brian wrote: I know we aren't supposed to mention current auctions but this one's too good to miss. I had to check my calendar to make sure it isn't 1 April... Anyone care to place a bid???

Re: PAW PESO - Puppy in a Box

2005-01-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I thought about doing just that ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/pib.html There's a bit of a back story to this little snap. I'm sure you can find it within the photo which was made with a 1937 Leica and collapsible 50mm

Re: Hi!

2005-01-16 Thread Keith Whaley
Welcome back, Heiko! I managed to spend some time visiting your site. Very interesting indeed. Was that Venus transit your efforts entirely? Impressive! What was the telescope? keith whaley Dr. Heiko Hamann wrote: Hi, I just want to show a sign of life, as my last post is some time ago. The

Re: Hi!

2005-01-16 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi Keith, on 16 Jan 05 you wrote in pentax.list: Was that Venus transit your efforts entirely? Impressive! What was the telescope? Thanks. I don't have a professional astronomic equipment. I have used my Russian 1000mm mirror lens - the MC MTO-11CA (see http:// www.russianoptics.com/page6.html)

Question about *ist D

2005-01-16 Thread Don Williams
Hi all, I've been concentrating of microscopy for a couple of years now and have not done any normal photography. I have a question for the '*ist D' experts. Will the camera work without a lens attached? In other words if I put it on a microscope, in place of a Pentax film body, will it

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
My best solution has been having a firewall. It reports to me which application is trying to get out. And who may be trying to get in. Collin You impress at a distance, but you impact a life up close. The closer the relationship the greater the impact. Howard Hendricks

Re: PAW -- Cape Hatteras

2005-01-16 Thread Chan Yong Wei
I don't care too much for the moasic effect on the sky itself; the uneven blocks don't really do anything for me. But I like how the lighthouse et al look; it looks very artistic and seems to amplify the towering effect of the lighthouse. Good work, and keep at refining this technique :) On

Re: Hi!

2005-01-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-01-16, at 11:48, Dr. Heiko Hamann wrote: I just want to show a sign of life, as my last post is some time ago. The reason is that I have to cope with some major private problems and changes in my life. But I'm - at last - still reading the PDML ;-) and hope to put my life in order in the

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - just so we can have the pleasure of your company some day. Magdalen - Maudlin Magdalene - Maudlin Caius - Keys Trottiscliffe - Trosley Slaithwaite - Slowit 'Slough it' Leicester - Lie sesster Birmingham - Bumminem How about Cholmondeley, then? -- Mark

Re: PESO: Cool Macro Photograph

2005-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/peso/Amarylis.html Tech data: Bellows Takumar 100mm f/4 at f/16 mounted to the Bellows A. Pentax istD, 200iso, 8 seconds, NR on. I tweaked the RAW file very slightly, cropped the tiniest bit, applied a gentle unsharp mask,

Lights, Camera, ACTION!

2005-01-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Just discovered Action Central, a site for downloading Photoshop actions. Maybe there's something here for you ... http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm Shel

RE: Speaking of Pentax M42 bodies.....

2005-01-16 Thread Don Sanderson
I was a little xfused for a moment, but I get it now! Don -Original Message- From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 5:52 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Speaking of Pentax M42 bodies. Hi, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 11:06:47 AM,

Re: photo printing rant

2005-01-16 Thread brooksdj
Wendy said a lot more than this:-) Photo finishing here is just getting worse! I had just prepared an 8x10 for an agility friend. It was a photo I had taken in September of Jake, a Belgian Tervuren. Only a month later, the dog died. I don't consider

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Spyware takes advantage of documented hooks into the Browser and OS that Microsoft designed in for their own use Spyware doesn't necessarily have to even do that; spyware functions can be deliberately built in to commercial software. Turbo Tax, IIRC,

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Why? Do you find that shooting digital affords better final quality prints? Are most of your photos destined for the web or email in some way, bypassing prints in most instances? If you make prints, how large are they? (Did you send my high quality BW print yet?) Do you prefer digital because

Re: Question about *ist D

2005-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been concentrating of microscopy for a couple of years now and have not done any normal photography. I have a question for the '*ist D' experts. Will the camera work without a lens attached? In other words if I put it on a microscope, in place of a

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Jon Glass
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 05:40:46 -0800, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Peter ... Holy Crap! I went to the File Info (IPTC) in PS and there is a LOT of information requested. I'm sure that not all is required, but there's no way I'm going to start adding all that information (or

RE: photo printing rant

2005-01-16 Thread Kevin Thornsberry
Have you considered one of the online services like EZ Prints? -Original Message- From: wendy beard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 3:03 PM To: pentax-discuss Subject: photo printing rant Photo finishing here is just getting worse! I had just prepared an 8x10

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote: (I've always disliked processing film - B-O-R-I-N-G), or don't want to spend the time traveling to and from the lab to get the film processed. Don't you do mail order in the US? I get a 36exp-colour film processed, printed twice at 6x4 and a CD for

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread mike wilson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kostas Kavoussanakis mused: On Sat, 15 Jan 2005, Cotty wrote: On 15/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Magdalen College. Or even Magdalene College. Pronounced the same, but spelled differently. Ahh, but is it? In Oxford, it's Mawdlin ! My contribution:

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Magdalen College. Or even Magdalene College. Pronounced the same, but spelled differently. Ahh, but is it? In Oxford, it's Mawdlin ! My contribution: Milngavie. I'll offer Trottiscliffe and I'll raise you Slaithwaite Looks like I'm

RE: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)

2005-01-16 Thread Jens Bladt
I wouldn't be sure the D1 would focus/refocus at the same object every time! Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. januar 2005 14:22 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: *istD AF

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I'd NEVER send my film out to be processed by mail order! While I find processing film to be boring, my BW generally gets done right here so I can have control, no matter how much it pains me to do it, and the local pro labs handle my color so I can talk with them about how I want the processing

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread Mishka
Because if your heater stops working, you have a warranty to replace/fix it, and if it causes a lot of damage, you can sue the manufacturer. Because if your heater goes down, your library upstairs doesn't disappear? Along with your tax papers... Because I cannot hijack you heater and use it to

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread Mishka
that's pretty much all one can do, anyway. short of switching to a different OS. best, mishka On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 08:03:43 -0500, Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My best solution has been having a firewall. It reports to me which application is trying to get out. And who may be

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread Mishka
AFAIK, Bob's the normal definition of bug. What Peter says is... basically it says a lot about the company he worked at. best, mishka On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:21:20 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a software engineer, the definition we used was that a bug that didn't cause

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
I used my Leica iiif once. When I did my first shoot with the digital, I took my 6x7 along, but it never came out of its case. Paul On Jan 16, 2005, at 5:56 AM, Cotty wrote: On 15/1/05, Dave Kennedy, discombobulated, unleashed: That's 2 comments suggesting I sell the film. Wow. I would find that

Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)

2005-01-16 Thread Herb Chong
this is the reason for my original comments. i know the 1D can do this. i've seen the photographic results. Herb - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 5:48 AM Subject: Re: *istD AF performance (was

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Peter ... Holy Crap! I went to the File Info (IPTC) in PS and there is a LOT of information requested. I'm sure that not all is required, but there's no way I'm going to start adding all that information (or even a good portion of it) to every photo. That's just too much time and work. Do

Re: PESO: Cool Macro Photograph

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling Subject: Re: PESO: Cool Macro Photograph Very nicely done. Thanks Peter. bill...

Re: Cool Macro Photograph

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Cool Macro Photograph Stunning! Thanks Cotty. b...

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis Subject: Re: Decisions...Decisions... On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote: (I've always disliked processing film - B-O-R-I-N-G), or don't want to spend the time traveling to and from the lab to get the film processed. Don't you do

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: Decisions...Decisions... Why? Do you find that shooting digital affords better final quality prints? Are most of your photos destined for the web or email in some way, bypassing prints in most instances? If you make prints, how

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Decisions...Decisions... I wonder how many DSLR owners have picked up a film camera and actually used it since acquiring the digital? It's not that I can't - but I just don't want to. I have, when I need my 15 to act like a really wide

Re: photo printing rant

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Alan Chan Subject: Re: photo printing rant Yeah, here in Vancouver I have tried some labs and finally settled with, you know what, Costco in Richmond. Despite the ridiclous low price, the digital print quality is very good. In fact, they are more predictable

Re: PESO: Cool Macro Photograph

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: PESO: Cool Macro Photograph http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/peso/Amarylis.html Amaryllis? Yup. Did I spell it wrong? William Robb

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: Re: Fighting Spyware But then, when my central heating goes wrong I don't have the faintest idea what to do. Why should computers be any different? You got central heating over there? WOW!!! WW

Re: PESO: Cool Macro Photograph

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: PESO: Cool Macro Photograph Very nice, Bill. I like the way you framed it. I'm guessing that lily didn't grow in Canada vbg. How did you light it? Paul We bought an Amaryllis kit from Wal-Mart just around the end of November. Quite

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Graywolf Subject: Re: Fighting Spyware , in XP there are about a hundred services running as default. I just counted. Fifty-four running on my machine at the moment, including two that I am actually using for something. Norton bloats out the running processes

Re: Cool Macro Photograph

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jeff Tokayer Subject: Re: Cool Macro Photograph Megapixel.net had this image as their photo of the month http://www.megapixel.net/html/galleries/covers/images/ann-decamp.jpg That one is way nicer than mine. It looks like the photographer actually lit the

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 3:26:49 PM, Mishka wrote: Because if your heater stops working, you have a warranty to replace/fix it, and if it causes a lot of damage, you can sue the manufacturer. Same thing applies to software and computers. They are not exempt from consumer law. Because

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 2:37:46 PM, Mark wrote: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Spyware takes advantage of documented hooks into the Browser and OS that Microsoft designed in for their own use Spyware doesn't necessarily have to even do that; spyware functions can be

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 2:44:57 PM, Mark wrote: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - just so we can have the pleasure of your company some day. Magdalen - Maudlin Magdalene - Maudlin Caius - Keys Trottiscliffe - Trosley Slaithwaite - Slowit 'Slough it' Leicester - Lie sesster Birmingham

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, But then, when my central heating goes wrong I don't have the faintest idea what to do. Why should computers be any different? You got central heating over there? WOW!!! WW don't get carried away - it's just an example. Doesn't mean we actually have it! -- Cheers, Bob

RE: Question about *ist D

2005-01-16 Thread David Wheatley
I've been concentrating of microscopy for a couple of years now and have not done any normal photography. I have a question for the '*ist D' experts. Will the camera work without a lens attached? In other words if I put it on a microscope, in place of a Pentax film body, will it take pictures

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, Don't you do mail order in the US? I get a 36exp-colour film processed, printed twice at 6x4 and a CD for 9.75 (around 18-20 dollars, I would say), incl. stamps and what have you. I have done cheaper (but not as good) in the past. Kostas The man who recommended mail-order procecssing

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis Subject: Re: Decisions...Decisions... Don't you do mail order in the US? I get a 36exp-colour film processed, printed twice at 6x4 and a CD for 9.75 (around 18-20 dollars, I would say),

Re: OT - Latest Old camera

2005-01-16 Thread Fred Widall
http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall/htdocs/Cameras/wunsche.html A couple of images of the camera are available at the above URL. I photographed it next to a 35mm film canister, a 120 film spool, and the spool which was in it to give some idea of its size. I found some screws with which to fix the

Re: PESO--Untitled

2005-01-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
No, that was taken with the on camera flash. This was using the AF280T with a softbox. No highlights to remove, also he had a slightly different expression, this one is much more pathetic in my opinion. I think he's getting tired of being a test subject. Keith Whaley wrote: Hi Peter...

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread Stan Halpin
On Jan 16, 2005, at 8:55 AM, mike wilson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kostas Kavoussanakis mused: On Sat, 15 Jan 2005, Cotty wrote: On 15/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Magdalen College. Or even Magdalene College. Pronounced the same, but spelled differently. Ahh, but

Re: Speaking of Pentax M42 bodies.....

2005-01-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Hey five bucks AU it might be worth the bid. There was a time when Asahi didn't own rights to the Pentax brand world wide. Pentacon did IIRC. This could be one of those [in]famous non-Asahi Pentaxs. Brian Walters wrote: I know we aren't supposed to mention current auctions but this one's too

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
It's a standard for use in by the Newspaper business, I doubt every publication uses everything, most probably only use some of it, but it's available, and standardized. I'll bet a fair amount is automagically filled in by special software used when various editors manipulate the images prior

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I shoot a fair amount of color these days ... there's a place for digi here, but the reasons may not be the same as for other people. Shel [Original Message] From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shel, I don't think digital is going to be a good choice for much of what you do. There are

Re: Fighting Spyware

2005-01-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
I've worked for a lot of crappy companies, and from what I've seen of most commercial software there are a lot more. The bottom line rules, if your lucky. If you're not then the IPO rules... Mishka wrote: AFAIK, Bob's the normal definition of bug. What Peter says is... basically it says a lot

Re: Pentax Mz5-n service manual?

2005-01-16 Thread alkos
Alan Chan, at T=0612.03 : Are you sure you want to do that? How are you going to print those tiny letters on the dial? Sure. They are not just painted - rather engraved a little. There is no problem to paint the whole dial black and then fill them with silver or white paint. But how to

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread Graywolf
Without even looking I can imagine Shel's response to this (grin). Most folks who still do serious BW would respond similarly. If you shoot nothing but lab processed 35mm color negative, then yes get a DSLR, you will never pick up a film camera again. Me, I can not see a digital camera

RE: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
why not do C41 at home too? Its quick, cheap, easy, and wont get mishandled. I have been doing my own for about a year now and would do any labs again. I used to think is was hard, I was wrong. I do 85 deg. F so all you have to do is warm up the bottles for a few mins befor processing. Results are

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
I don't fill out all the boxes, but I use file info. For example, sometimes I want to know what from what PEF file a shot was converted. The history category of file info provides that info. And of course the camera data box provides as much info as is available through metadata. When shooting

Re: Speaking of Pentax M42 bodies.....

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling Subject: Re: Speaking of Pentax M42 bodies. Hey five bucks AU it might be worth the bid. There was a time when Asahi didn't own rights to the Pentax brand world wide. Pentacon did IIRC. This could be one of those [in]famous non-Asahi

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell Subject: RE: Decisions...Decisions... why not do C41 at home too? Its quick, cheap, easy, and wont get mishandled. I have been doing my own for about a year now and would do any labs again. I used to think is was hard, I was wrong. I do 85

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread Norm Baugher
I'll see your Slaithwaite and raise you an Edinburgh. Norm Bob W wrote: I'll offer Trottiscliffe and I'll raise you Slaithwaite

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Correction: I didn't explain myself clearly. you can't add info to camera data, so I list the stop on the first pate of file info, usually in the description box. On Jan 16, 2005, at 12:27 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I don't fill out all the boxes, but I use file info. For example, sometimes I

Re: Question about *ist D

2005-01-16 Thread Don Williams
Thanks Dave, Now all I have to do is find the money. Don David Wheatley wrote: I've been concentrating of microscopy for a couple of years now and have not done any normal photography. I have a question for the '*ist D' experts. Will the camera work without a lens attached? In other words if I

PDML Mini-FAQ

2005-01-16 Thread Graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html Link posted every Sunday (if I remember). -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005

RE: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
There are three bottles, Developer, bleach-fix, and stabilzer-wetting agent. The kit I have been using is a powder kit from freestyle photo supply and goes by the Arista brand name. the 85 deg processing times are easy. developer - 6.5 min (constant agitation) bleach-fix - 10 min (intermittant

Re: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Over the past 2-3 years, I've moved all my photography to digital cameras. Reason: I get better quality this way, and can produce more work 80% of my photography is BW. I'm printing the best BW I've ever done now. It is much much more facile to render BW in Photoshop than in the darkroom.

Re: OT - Latest Old camera

2005-01-16 Thread Graywolf
14x9 that would be 5.5x3.5 or postcard size. The film that had that size negative was 122. The old Kodak 3A cameras also used that size. The only place I know that sells 122 is http://www.central-camera.com/films4classics.asp. Very expensive, but might be worth it just to see how the camera

RE: Decisions...Decisions...

2005-01-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_prod.php?cat_id=1001pid=708 The 1 quart capacity is at least 400 square inches which is about 8 rolls of 135-36 film. JCO -Original Message- From: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:42 PM To:

Re: 135mm lenses - quality ?

2005-01-16 Thread Fred
Any Pentax 135mm you replace it with will be an improvement. [and] It's much better than the A 2.8/135mm (4 elements) which I previously have owned and sold. The A 135/2.8 is indeed an exception to the above generalization. When speaking of good 135's, I might suggest keeping an eye out for

Re: Hi!

2005-01-16 Thread Joseph Tainter
Welcome back, Heiko. I hope that the personal problems that you referred to will be resolved to your benefit. Joe

Re: Ringo's Pentax (was: Re: Honeywell/Pentax spotted)

2005-01-16 Thread John Celio
This the pic? http://george-hari.tripod.com/aharddayshelp/id23.html Scroll down to the last shot. Nope, the one in the movie was all black. I mean, it may not have been actually his, since at one point it falls into a river, and I'm sure he wouldn't want to ruin one of his own cameras. I've

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