RE: Full Frame DSLR

2005-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14 Mar 2005 at 18:27, Peter Williams wrote: > I wondered about that method of reducing the angularity too. > I dismissed it as being counter to the trend Pentax have led > of reducing the bulk and size of DSLR bodies. > Maybe it is the answer to the problems though, it will be > interesting to

Re: Three more from NorCal

2005-03-13 Thread Marco Alpert
On Mar 12, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Marco first: welcome from my side second: nice b/w work, I like your style Thanks for the welcome Markus. I'm flattered that you think I actually *have* a style.:-) -Marco

Re: Three more from NorCal

2005-03-13 Thread Marco Alpert
On Mar 12, 2005, at 5:40 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I like all of these. Love the first one. Very graphic. You have a great eye. Thanks. Much appreciated. -Marco

Re: PESO - Co-observation

2005-03-13 Thread Marco Alpert
On Mar 13, 2005, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Both are very good Marco. I like the Norcal 4, and how the group seems to wrap around. Thanks Dave. Someone does not look happy though.:-) More than just one, I think.:-) -Marco

RE: Full Frame DSLR (two responses in one)

2005-03-13 Thread Peter Williams
> -Original Message- > From: John Celio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Nikon is not going 35mm CCD because it is pointless to do so. > Don't people want it not just for the increased pixel count, but so that their existing lenses work at their normal focal length compared to what they we

Re: Three more from NorCal

2005-03-13 Thread John Francis
Marco Alpert mused: > > On Mar 12, 2005, at 11:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Five is very surreal, sort of like the idea of what a building > > should be, rather than a real one -- like a child's drawing. Although > > the dot > > of reflection/light in the doorway bothers me a bit. > >

Re: Three more from NorCal

2005-03-13 Thread Marco Alpert
Thanks Kostas. I do think that the lines in 6 suffer from a bit of over-sharpening. (I think my next challenge is working on selective sharpening techniques.) -Marco On Mar 12, 2005, at 4:51 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: I like the composition, particularly of 6 and 7. I have a small proble

RE: Full Frame DSLR

2005-03-13 Thread Peter Williams
> -Original Message- > From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's more a matter of getting a larger register distance, so the > light doesn't strike the sensor at as much of an oblique angle. > I wondered about that method of reducing the angularity too. I dismissed it as being

Re: Three more from NorCal

2005-03-13 Thread Marco Alpert
On Mar 11, 2005, at 10:47 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: You're B&W rendering is excellent on all of them. The composition I most like is norcal7.htm. Thanks Godfrey. Much appreciated. This last week has really been a crash course on the Channel Mixer. -Marco

Re: Using the Super Program

2005-03-13 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Shel Belinkoff a écrit : I've been there (and have had the site bookmarked for some time) and I see no manual listed for a Super Program. Thanks to all who have suggested this site. That's the different naming in US - Europe: Super Program = Super A Program Plus = Program A You nedd the Super

Re: Three more from NorCal

2005-03-13 Thread Marco Alpert
On Mar 12, 2005, at 11:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Five is very surreal, sort of like the idea of what a building should be, rather than a real one -- like a child's drawing. Although the dot of reflection/light in the doorway bothers me a bit. Thanks Marnie. That's exactly how I saw it (altho

RE: Full Frame DSLR

2005-03-13 Thread Peter Williams
> -Original Message- > From: Bob Blakely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I've heard this before and dismissed it, but after some > cogitating, I can't > see why the 24x36 mm digital array needs a larger lens mount that > a 24x36 mm area of film. Hello pentax-ers, This is my first post a

Re: PESO:prepare for Easter

2005-03-13 Thread Pat K
Markus, Shot #1 has the look if infinite patience despite the indignity of the outfit. Our canine companions put up with quite a bit of human non-sense =). -Patsy Pat in SF --- Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have fun with a "false easter rabbit" shots and another: > > http://www.pho

Re: Using the Super Program

2005-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I've been there (and have had the site bookmarked for some time) and I see no manual listed for a Super Program. Thanks to all who have suggested this site. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Michel Carrère-Gée > See: > http://pentax-manuals.com/manuals/mf/mfmanuals.htm > > Michel >

Re: 645 -> 6x7

2005-03-13 Thread David Mann
On Mar 14, 2005, at 3:32 PM, Kevin Waterson wrote: Unless a digital 6x7 One of those would be nice. Only because I'd be waiting for some nice 67IIs to turn up on the secondhand market :) Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

RE: Full Frame DSLR (two responses in one)

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Canon is the King! If you want a pro-spec'ed camera, buy a Canon. How can this piss anybody off. You can buy what you want. I don't need a full frame camera and a HUGE computer. I just need a nice body for my nice, old Pentax lenses (I have 20). The *ist D is doing great. I just wish the AF was 5

Re: Using the Super Program

2005-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes, I know it was a loan, John perhaps I should have chosen the word more carefully. Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Er .. *loaned*, Shel - not *given*. I'd like it back some day ... > > I think I've still got the original manual - I'll take a

RE: GESO: The Gates

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Very well done. Thanks for sharing! Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 14. marts 2005 01:36 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: GESO: The Gates It took me a while, but I finally g

Re: Full Frame DSLR (two responses in one)

2005-03-13 Thread John Celio
You have no right to be pissed off, but you will piss off a number of people on this list by being a know-it-all. Oh but I do have a right to be frustrated. Do you know how many morons I have to deal with at work on a daily basis, who think Canon is the Lord God Almighty of cameras just because

RE: An eekBayers nightmare.

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Bad luck - and - hopefully not! Cheers Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 14. marts 2005 00:27 Til: PDML Emne: An eekBayers nightmare. Nothing could be worse on a Sunday afternoon

RE: Using the Super Program

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Congratulations Shel - great camera: "A" on the lens and "Auto" on the body means "All Auto". Turn the aperture ring away from "A" and you've got "Aperture Priority". Or - turn the body setting away from Auto (keep lens on "A") and you have "Shutter Priority" Or turn both away from "A"/"Auto" and

RE: Vivitar 28mm f2

2005-03-13 Thread Powell Hargrave
At 09:58 PM 13/03/2005 , JCO wrote: > >Even if you cant shoot wide open (too soft?) a faster lens >is still better because its easier to compose >and focus accurately than a slower one. The only disadvantage >is typically size and weight. True but I'm looking for a fast lens to use in low light.

Fwd: Flash with the PZ-1

2005-03-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
Neil, I'm forwarding your message to the PDML for a better answer than I can give. As I said, I don't use flash often with the PZ-1. I put on a Pentax flash (FTZ500) and fire away. I can't say that I really know how to do synchro-sunlight flash with the camera. I usually fool around with the f

Re: Full Frame DSLR (two responses in one)

2005-03-13 Thread John Celio
Do you have any idea how much profit Canon makes on their $8,000 35mm-frame digital SLRs? Honestly, I was sworn to secrecy by the Canon rep who trained me on some of their new products last week, but suffice to say, it's a large amount. None of the other companies make as much of a margin on th

Re: Full Frame DSLR (two responses in one)

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Oh, yes I agree with Rob. Except at this point I'd be starving for a month to pay for it. Rob Studdert wrote: On 13 Mar 2005 at 21:27, John Celio wrote: Do you have any idea how much profit Canon makes on their $8,000 35mm-frame digital SLRs? Honestly, I was sworn to secrecy by the Canon rep

Re: Full Frame DSLR (two responses in one)

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
I can think of a number of good reasons having to do with physics that make at least a full frame 35mm digital the holy grail of the camera industry. People on this list actually handled the Pentax MZ-D prototype. It never got beyond that stage so how could anyone know how horrible it is. Ther

Re: Totally OT: It's tax time!

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
I didn't take this test before but now that I have, they may think I have a sense of humor, but really I'm just obnoxious. Score 70. Ann Sanfedele wrote: Graywolf wrote: Well I scored very low. It said that I can't laugh at absurdity. Actually I find the absurd very funny. It is maliciousness

Re: PESO:prepare for Easter

2005-03-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/13/2005 3:08:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have fun with a "false easter rabbit" shots and another: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3194142 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3194137 used Equipment: Pentax SFXn Tamron 90mm Macr

RE: Vivitar 28mm f2

2005-03-13 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Even if you cant shoot wide open (too soft?) a faster lens is still better because its easier to compose and focus accurately than a slower one. The only disadvantage is typically size and weight. JCO -Original Message- From: Powell Hargrave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 1

Re: Full Frame DSLR (two responses in one)

2005-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Mar 2005 at 21:27, John Celio wrote: > Do you have any idea how much profit Canon makes on their $8,000 35mm-frame > digital SLRs? Honestly, I was sworn to secrecy by the Canon rep who trained > me > on some of their new products last week, but suffice to say, it's a large > amount. None

RE: Vivitar 28mm f2

2005-03-13 Thread Powell Hargrave
At 08:51 AM 13/03/2005 , Don wrote: > >Mine's rather large and heavy but quite nice at 5.6 or smaller. >Pretty soft above 4.0. Not so good. What's the point of a fast lens if it is too soft wide open. Powell

Re: Using the Super Program

2005-03-13 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Shel Belinkoff a écrit : The latest camera to grace Casa Belinkoff is the Super program, given to me by John Francis at the NorCal meeting last week. Couldn't find a decent manual for it on line. Can anyone give me a brief rundown on how it works. See: http://pentax-manuals.com/manuals/mf/mfma

Re: Full Frame DSLR (two responses in one)

2005-03-13 Thread John Celio
Ok, this thread is seriously pissing me off. One guy wrote: Then pigs can already fly. They may not have marketed it, but they built prototypes. They did that what 3 years ago now? If they could build prototypes 3 years ago what in the heck would make someone think they can not build them now. Yeah

Re: Totally OT: It's tax time!

2005-03-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/13/2005 8:58:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey, I only scored 40 and was likewise told I couldn't laugh at absurdity - and I bet they never heard of Ionesco. I was,frankly amazed... I think it must be a huge gender gap, Tom annsan, a former comic in

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/13/2005 12:30:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3193740&size=lg *istD, ISO 400, A400/5.6, f6.7 @ 1/750, handheld === My initial reaction was not to admire the shot, but... LOL. Marnie Nice shot too, t

Re: Totally OT: It's tax time!

2005-03-13 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Graywolf wrote: > > Well I scored very low. It said that I can't laugh at absurdity. Actually I > find > the absurd very funny. It is maliciousness that I do not find at all funny. > Some > people, apparently including the ones who wrote the test, can not tell the > difference. I do pity them, t

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/13/2005 2:39:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Most likely, but it should not have deleted the oridginal. Do you have the disc that came with your video card? I think AG actually adjusts the video card settings, but who knows how. The advantage of my wa

Re: OT: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:44:01 +, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Here's a test/study for an idle Sunday morning, designed to learn about sex > differences between > brains: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/add_user.shtml > > It turns out that I have a woman's brain. >

OT: ebay whirlwind (watching Pentax glass)

2005-03-13 Thread David Oswald
I noticed the other day an SMC Pentax-FA 20-35mm f/4 AL on eBay. I already own one of these, but know my brother-in-law would love one too. Tonight the auction ended. An hour before the end of auction it was going for $250, which seemed fantastic. ...15 minutes to go, $260. There was no chan

Re: Using the Super Program

2005-03-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
Shel, I love my Super Program. Put an A lens on it and put the lens at A and the camera in Auto - you have a tyro's camera - fully automatic P&S. Switch the lens out of A and it becomes an aperture priority camera like an ME. Switch the lens back to A and the selector switch to M(anual) and it be

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/13/2005 5:45:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: RAW conversion is really quite simple for the most part, and not very time conuming. Paul What he said. Marnie :-)

Re: Totally OT: It's tax time!

2005-03-13 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Bob W wrote: > > Hi, > > >>We all need to lighten up and be a little more gentle and find things to > >>make us smile, or ~ God forbid ~ actually laugh at ourselves! > >>Too few of us are capable of it anymore, and that's just plain sad. > > > yeah, especially women > > female tax collectors ar

Re: Justification for buying camera stuff

2005-03-13 Thread Phil McOrmond
Jens re horse pictures That would be a good idea but I have come to the conclusion that while I really like cameras and have several (over 4 dozen), I actually don't take very good pictures. I am more a camera collector than a photographer. But I am Ok with this (and my therapist says that

Re: OT: Who's got my brain? (Man/Woman Joke)

2005-03-13 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:42:48 -0800, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A fellow was in an auto accident and suffered brain damage. > > His doctor came to him and suggested a brain transplant. He said that he > could have a woman's brain for $200,000 and a man's brain for $500,000. > > W

Re: OT: Canada Geese

2005-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: OT: Canada Geese You know, we've been feeling sort of guilty about that whole silly "we're not going to join the Coalition of the Willing", and then the whole silly "we're not going to participate in Star Wars (oops, I mean outer

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank This is about as good a shot as I've ever seen of one of these wondrous waterfowl. Thanks for sharing it with us, and I'm humbled that my name connected with it by title. Hmmm, a former lawyer being proud

Re: OT: Canada Geese

2005-03-13 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:42:46 -0700, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank, we are returning the Canada Geese to you. Thanks for letting us > borrow them. > > Joe > No, Joe, really, we didn't lend them to you, we were ~giving~ them to you. You know, we've been feeling sort of guilty

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:10:22 -0500, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great Photo, (I'll bet Frank is waiting, with both barrels loaded, now). > You got that straight, me bucko! -frank - lover of many, if not most, animals... ... ... ...except Canada Geese!! -- "Sharpness is a bo

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 15:29:20 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3193740&size=lg > > *istD, ISO 400, A400/5.6, f6.7 @ 1/750, handheld > Paul, Terrific job of capturing this magnificent beast at the moment of take off. Is there anything

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:38:21 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Peter. Frank hasn't come out to play this weekend. > Paul Visiting my kids in Kingston. I saw Canada Geese there... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PESO - MT. Home

2005-03-13 Thread Mark Cassino
You just have to love a TLR. I've got a Mamiya C220 and a couple of lenses, but I've always wanted a smaller TLR with a fixed lens. That Ricohflex VII sure is a gem. I've heard of people converting them for 35mm film, but it kind of defeats the purpose of having a MF. Congrats on the new additio

Re: Full Frame DSLR

2005-03-13 Thread John Francis
It's more a matter of getting a larger register distance, so the light doesn't strike the sensor at as much of an oblique angle. (And, in particular, so that the angle doesn't vary as much from lens to lens; that's one significant contributor to chromatic aberration as you get away from the center

Re: Using the Super Program

2005-03-13 Thread John Francis
Shel Belinkoff mused: > > The latest camera to grace Casa Belinkoff is the Super program, given to me > by John Francis at the NorCal meeting last week. Couldn't find a decent > manual for it on line. Can anyone give me a brief rundown on how it works. > Thanks! > > Shel Er .. *loaned*, She

Re: PESO - MT. Home

2005-03-13 Thread Scott Loveless
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 22:02:42 -0500, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mt. Home is a big old graveyard across the street and a block down from my > house. Whenever I go there I leave with Bob Marley's "When my work is over" > song in my head. Unfortunately, it is a dead graveyard, in that th

PESO - MT. Home

2005-03-13 Thread Mark Cassino
Mt. Home is a big old graveyard across the street and a block down from my house. Whenever I go there I leave with Bob Marley's "When my work is over" song in my head. Unfortunately, it is a dead graveyard, in that they no long let new people move in (or so the folks I know who have plots there

RE: GESO: The Gates

2005-03-13 Thread Amita Guha
> Nice photos of a silly installation... Thanks! I agree about it being a silly installation, but people seemed to enjoy it... Amita

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread Mark Cassino
Great angle on the bird, Paul - excellent shot. Frank - best to wear a hat and good boots around these guys! :-) - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Re: 645 -> 6x7

2005-03-13 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need an adaptor to put 6x7 lenses onto the 645, and you lose lens > automation. My reason for asking was that if Pentax ever made a digital Full Frame for a 645 I would need to buy some lenses. Unless a digital 6x7

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Tom C
I'll try that. Thanks Rob. Tom C. From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)?? Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:02:12 +1000 On 13 Mar 2005 at 18:31, Tom C wrote: > So two questions to the m

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread Bruce Dayton
Now that is a cool angle! This is one of the better wildlife shots I have seen. Caught a real moment more like I might imagine it would be like to be there in formation. Nice shot! -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, March 13, 2005, 12:29:20 PM, you wrote: PS> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?

Re: Full Frame DSLR

2005-03-13 Thread Bob Blakely
I've heard this before and dismissed it, but after some cogitating, I can't see why the 24x36 mm digital array needs a larger lens mount that a 24x36 mm area of film. I'm an engineer, so don't you explain the physics to me. Regards, Bob... "A pict

Re: OT: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread Scott Loveless
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:29:07 +, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13/3/05, Don Sanderson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Cotty, you have the same brain as me > >You poor, poor man! > > LOL maybe we're twins.. > > Perhaps you're sharing one. Har! I'm 50 to the male side as we

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3193740&size=lg > > *istD, ISO 400, A400/5.6, f6.7 @ 1/750, handheld > "Steady" Stenquist lives up to his name again! Nice shot -- and the subject line (above) isn't bad either. ERNR

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Mar 2005 at 18:31, Tom C wrote: > So two questions to the masses shooting RAW. Aside from using a RAW > converter, do you find it that much more laborious to work with RAW as > opposed to .tif (I almost never ever shoot .jpg BTW)? And how often do you > find > that the RAW capture is sa

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread Joseph Tainter
Very nice, Paul. Joe

Re: GESO: The Gates

2005-03-13 Thread Scott Loveless
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:35:58 -0500, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It took me a while, but I finally got these things scanned: > > http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/434123 > > Amita Excellent! I love it. I really like the fisheye photos. Most of the time I don't like fisheyes, but yo

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread pnstenquist
RAW processing goes quite quickly once you've had some practice. I'm not familiar with all the converters, but with PSCS, you can set your default converter settings. So when you first open the RAW file, it's already close. Unless I'm working with difficult situations or bad exposures, RAW conve

Re: GESO: The Gates

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Nice photos of a silly installation... Amita Guha wrote: It took me a while, but I finally got these things scanned: http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/434123 Amita -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoo

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Tom C
Godfery wrote: There's a distinction between "image manipulation" and "image processing". Manipulating images has a negative connotation of changing things. I do only a little image manipulation, like compositing or cleaning up an unwanted element, etc. I spend most of my time in image processin

Re: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:29 PM Subject: PESO: Off to visit Frank > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3193740&size=lg Great shot, Paul! Christian

Re: GESO: The Gates

2005-03-13 Thread pnstenquist
Very nice, Amita. Thanks for sharing. One, six and ten are my favorites. Paul > It took me a while, but I finally got these things scanned: > > http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/434123 > > Amita >

RE: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Bill. Just had to get out of the house today. Damn winter just won't go away. Paul > I quite like it, too, Paul. Something I wish I'd done - it reminds me of > "Winged Migration." > > Bill Sawyer > Livonia, MI > -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Shel. I've been trying to get geese in flight for a while. I love the way their big fat bodies kind of hang below the wings. I'm amazed that they can fly at all. What was it that's supposed to happen when pigs fly? > Nope, on second thought, I think it's a great shot. In many respects

RE: Using the Super Program

2005-03-13 Thread Don Sanderson
Hard camera to be brief with, it does a lot! Here's a link to the manual: http://www.donsauction.com/pdml/Super_Program.pdf or from Pentax: http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/Super_Program.pdf Don > -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sund

Re: Using the Super Program

2005-03-13 Thread John Forbes
It runs the gamut from full manual to full program. If you set the aperture (off A), and leave shutter on Auto, you get Aperture priority. If you then set the shutter (by means of the two little buttons), you get full manual. If you then put the aperture on A you get shutter priority, an

Re: "ADAPTALL"?

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
I figured as much, after I posted... Jim Colwell wrote: Peter, Regarding [EMAIL PROTECTED] - it appears that the archive software used to make the digest at http://www.mail-archive.com/pentax-discuss@pdml.net replaces email addresses with [EMAIL PROTECTED]. The email addresses appear as orig

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Rick. I never owned an autofocus lens until last year, so I've had thirty years of practice. > Paul, that is remarkable, especially a > manually-focused, handheld shot! > > Rick > > --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3193740&s

RE: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Shel. Yeah, rabbit ears would be a tough job. Hmmm, I do have a rabbit pic around here somewhere. Probably the wrong angle and wrong perspective. Sounds like too much work :-) Paul > Y'know, Paul, I looked at the pic several times, and kept thinking > something was amiss. Then it dawned

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Peter. Frank hasn't come out to play this weekend. Paul > Great Photo, (I'll bet Frank is waiting, with both barrels loaded, now). > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3193740&size=lg > > > > *istD, ISO 400, A400/5.6, f6.7 @ 1/750, handheld > > > >

Using the Super Program

2005-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The latest camera to grace Casa Belinkoff is the Super program, given to me by John Francis at the NorCal meeting last week. Couldn't find a decent manual for it on line. Can anyone give me a brief rundown on how it works. Thanks! Shel

RE: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread william sawyer
I quite like it, too, Paul. Something I wish I'd done - it reminds me of "Winged Migration." Bill Sawyer Livonia, MI -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 7:28 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net; pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: PE

GESO: The Gates

2005-03-13 Thread Amita Guha
It took me a while, but I finally got these things scanned: http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/434123 Amita

Re: London PDML update

2005-03-13 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > New and improved with pics > > I'm afraid you have to update the page again and leave out the question mark after Gianfranco +1, because Veronica is coming! Whh!! Our schedule: arrival at Stanstead at 1345

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Ah, youth. Rick Womer wrote: Paul, that is remarkable, especially a manually-focused, handheld shot! Rick --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3193740&size=lg *istD, ISO 400, A400/5.6, f6.7 @ 1/750, handheld ___

Re: "ADAPTALL"?

2005-03-13 Thread Jim Colwell
Peter, Regarding [EMAIL PROTECTED] - it appears that the archive software used to make the digest at http://www.mail-archive.com/pentax-discuss@pdml.net replaces email addresses with [EMAIL PROTECTED]. The email addresses appear as originally typed in the Pentax-discuss-d digest that I get t

RE: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Nope, on second thought, I think it's a great shot. In many respects the best I've seen from you in a while. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Shel Belinkoff > Good shot! > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/pho

Re: PESO:prepare for Easter

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Cute. Markus Maurer wrote: Have fun with a "false easter rabbit" shots and another: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3194142 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3194137 used Equipment: Pentax SFXn Tamron 90mm Macro manual, mostly at F8 or F11 Pentax AF 280T TTL automatic setting

Re: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts

2005-03-13 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello David, You didn't mention the body you are going to use. I think that may have some impact on autofocus speed, along with the lens. I have the Tokina ATX AF version, but have not seen or used the Sigma so can't compare. The Tokina is internal focus and zoom so I would suspect that it woul

RE: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Y'know, Paul, I looked at the pic several times, and kept thinking something was amiss. Then it dawned on me: any goose visiting Frank needs a set of rabbit ears. I wish I were good enough with PS to add a set. Good shot! Shel > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: PESO - Portrait

2005-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hey, yours looks pretty good, and I like the presentation. I still prefer the tighter crop, but I prefer what you did to the background. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just got to looking at this thread. I liked what Shel did too, but I > preferred

Re: Hello to PDML and a question concerning the Tokina 75-300 AF

2005-03-13 Thread Jonas Schwab
Thanx to you both! And: Sorry, Don, for posting in your thread. Won't happen again. Greets, Johannes.

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Same suggestions I've received Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > When I was looking for a hardware colorimeter, I talked with the > graphics engineering folks at Apple and they suggested the > Gretag-Macbeth Eye One Display unit over the Colorvisi

Re: "ADAPTALL"?

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Jim Colwell wrote: Oops, contact me if you want the actual email addresses which appear as [EMAIL PROTECTED] in my last posting. You can reach me through the pdml "Reply via email" button, or get my email address from my site. Jim www.jcolwell.ca Funny I didn't have that problem. -- I can unde

Re: Movin' Up from the istD

2005-03-13 Thread John Coyle
I can't think of anything that I really _need_ that would make me want to change up: I don't do fast-action sport, and the quality is more than good enough for my stuff! I'm sure reading this thread will make me regret saying that... John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - Fr

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Great Photo, (I'll bet Frank is waiting, with both barrels loaded, now). Paul Stenquist wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3193740&size=lg *istD, ISO 400, A400/5.6, f6.7 @ 1/750, handheld -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks thr

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread Rick Womer
Paul, that is remarkable, especially a manually-focused, handheld shot! Rick --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3193740&size=lg > > *istD, ISO 400, A400/5.6, f6.7 @ 1/750, handheld > > _

Re: PESO:prepare for Easter

2005-03-13 Thread pnstenquist
Fun pics. I particularly like the second one. Sweet. Paul > Have fun with a "false easter rabbit" shots and another: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3194142 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3194137 > > used Equipment: > > Pentax SFXn > Tamron 90mm Macro manual,

RE: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Don. > Super shot Paul! > I tried some like that yesterday, > wanna see some wet fuzzy blobs in motion? :-( > Outstanding, belongs on a magazine cover. > > Don > > > -Original Message- > > From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:03 PM > > T

An eekBayers nightmare.

2005-03-13 Thread Don Sanderson
Nothing could be worse on a Sunday afternoon than having your ISP's web server go down so all of your pretty eBay pictures disappear, AND have the mail server go down at the same time so you can't answer any of the e-mails asking where the heck your pictures are! Been down for about 4 hours, did I

RE: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread Don Sanderson
Super shot Paul! I tried some like that yesterday, wanna see some wet fuzzy blobs in motion? :-( Outstanding, belongs on a magazine cover. Don > -Original Message- > From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:03 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject

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