Re: PESO - Mail

2005-03-19 Thread Bruce Dayton
Ok, ok, I grew up in Utah and know what snow is (at least I used to). But yeah, that thing is certainly safe from snow plows around here. Bruce Friday, March 18, 2005, 6:06:56 PM, you wrote: WR - Original Message - WR From: Rick Womer WR Subject: Re: PESO - Mail Pity the snowplow

Weekend WTB. ;)

2005-03-19 Thread David Oswald
I hope that a WTB post isn't against the list's charter. If so, I apologize. I'm looking for a few lenses on the used market (aren't we all?). SMC Pentax-FA 35mm f/2 AL SMC Pentax-FA 135mm f/2.8 I'm also interested in an AF500-FTZ flash. ...I guess that'll do it for now. If I manage to get my

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/18/2005 11:38:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Therefore I can perhaps say I do have a color calibrated mind instead of the computer. :-) Cheers, Bedo. = Hmmm, hold on, checking... nope. Although my mind is pretty color calibrated, it doesn't

Re: PESO - On the bridge

2005-03-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/18/2005 9:28:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/OnTheBridge2.jpg It's still not a great shot, but I think that this is much better. This stuff with people in it is hard! :-) Much, much better, IMHO. Yup, people is

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/18/2005 4:26:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3207780size=lg I sort of felt stupid for saying I liked after seeing others' reactions. But taking a second look, nope, going against the stream, I still

Re: OT: European Banking / Ebay Payment Question

2005-03-19 Thread Jostein
ROTFLMAO Jostein - Original Message - From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 3:34 AM Subject: Re: OT: European Banking / Ebay Payment Question From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, March 18,

Re: Nowe szkla DA i DFA

2005-03-19 Thread Frantisek
Na raze, Frantisek ft Personally, I think they're sending love letters to each other. ft Not that there's anything wrong with that... ft g ft cheers, ft frank Oh Frank, come on, don't be jealous ;-) Good light! fra

Re: PESO - Mail

2005-03-19 Thread Bob W
Hi, What's that game where drunken teenagers ride around in cars, with the passengers swinging at passing mailboxes with baseball bats? Is it called Mailbox Baseball? I spent the hot summer of 1976 working on a building site in Bordeaux, and living in a Foyer des Jeunes - a kind of youth

Re: PESO - Mail

2005-03-19 Thread Bob W
Hi, Pity the snowplow that hits that sucker! You might have to explain to Bruce what a snowplow is. William Robb LOL. Actually, he's not a native Californian, so he knows. I, on the other hand... Hehehehe. Marnie Good one. In England we spell it 'snoughplough'. --

pretty far OT: Recorder concert in Baltimore, MD, US

2005-03-19 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
In case any Maryland PDMLers fancy a bit of music and have free time tomorrow ... Tomorrow, Sunday, 20 March, at 3:00 PM, I'll be performing with a recorder ensemble at First Unitarian Church in Baltimore, MD. The church web site lists this as an early music concert, but in addition to the

RE: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Shel a good crop and adjustment of the original, I like the photo this way. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 3:52 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

RE: Taking photos in the Swiss alps - seeking for advice

2005-03-19 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Jack thanks for pointing me to the new Kodak Ultra Color film, I will try a roll of it and the Reala before the real adventure starts with some flower close-up shots. There is garden shop near my home with a park and wonderful flowers and plants where I can freely take photos. On the other

RE: PESO -- Portrait 1

2005-03-19 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Peter nice framing and moment but unsharp and realy ugly Copyright notice (remove the shadow there)... greetings Markus I decided to use a few prime lenses on the *ist-D just to see how they preformed. The oft maligned smc P-M 85mm f2.0 was mounted on the *ist-D when Canon/Coffee house girl

Re: Weekend WTB. ;)

2005-03-19 Thread Quasi Modo
Add another who's interested in the FA 35/2. Thanks, Alex On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:11:48 -0800, David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope that a WTB post isn't against the list's charter. If so, I apologize. I'm looking for a few lenses on the used market (aren't we all?). SMC

Could anybody explain this?

2005-03-19 Thread Alan Chan
Guys I have discovered a weird problem which I cannot come up with any explanation so I need some guidance. Some recent shots have revealed that about 1/5 on the right-hand side of the picture is blurrier than on the left-hand side under normal shooting condition (aperture f11 for all samples).

Re: Could anybody explain this?

2005-03-19 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Hi Alan, I can confirm that I make the same observations that you're reporting. I have no explanation. However, if someone had cut out the blurry part and asked me what's up? I would have said that from my experience it looks like blur from camera movement or shake. This led me to ask myself,

Re: Could anybody explain this?

2005-03-19 Thread Alan Chan
--- Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know - I don't - the facts about the shooting, shutter speed and possible camera movement, which may completely eliminate.the grounds for my questions. Hi Lasse, I forgot to mention, all shots were done on tripod with 2s mirror pre-fire so

Re: FS Friday: Tokina AT-X 270AF PRO II 28-70mm f2.6-2.8

2005-03-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would love to have the Pentax 28-70/2.8...except that I'm really attached to the extra 4mm at the wide end of the 24-90 (and, of course, I don't have the discretionary income!). Neither do I... yet. Hence the sale of the Tokina and a few other

Re: PESO: Greg on Sax

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like this. The composition works with the out of focus guitar player balancing the prominent sax man on the left. The light is extremely hard and direct. That combined with the high contrast gives you a look. It's reminiscent of old Speed Graphic flash pictures. However, I have to wonder how

Re: RE: Taking photos in the Swiss alps - seeking for advice

2005-03-19 Thread Bernd Scheffler
Markus wrote: Nobody advised me to carry the A-28mm 2.8 or M-35mm 3.5 with me when I have the A 24mm so far. Will I not miss the gap between 24mm and 50mm (or 35mm when I carry the 35-70mm A/4 zoom too) for landscapes. I wonder if I should use a 28mm too for more normal wide views.

Re: Could anybody explain this?

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
I downloaded one of these and opened it in photoshop. I find it somewhat soft at both edges and quite sharp in the middle. I suppose one edge might be somewhat softer than the other, but it's a minimal difference. I don't think anything is wrong. It seems to be just the characteristics of the

Re: Could anybody explain this?

2005-03-19 Thread Jostein
Just a hunch, I don't have any hard knowledge on this I think one issue with wide-angles is that the all optical elements have to be properly centered. I know one German photo journal used to test this when doing MTF tests. Maybe a slight misalignment of an element could cause what you

OT: HTML/JS help

2005-03-19 Thread Frantisek
Hi, sorry to ask this on PDML, but there are some pretty technical people here. And it's concerning photography, at least the showing of photographs on the web :-) Please reply off-list to not clutter the list, thank you. I am redesigning my website, handcoding mostly, and my

Re: PESO -- Portrait 1

2005-03-19 Thread Bob Sullivan
Peter, You focused on the tip of her nose! Try the eyes next time. That lens has a very short depth of field wide open. (Your contributing to the urban legend about one of my favorite lenses.) Regards, Bob S. On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:35:17 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: Could anybody explain this?

2005-03-19 Thread Keith Whaley
Jostein wrote: Just a hunch, I don't have any hard knowledge on this I think one issue with wide-angles is that the all optical elements have to be properly centered. I know one German photo journal used to test this when doing MTF tests. Maybe a slight misalignment of an element could

Re: PESO - Mail

2005-03-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I think I was impressed with how light that lens felt given its physical dimensions. Looks like it can produce an acceptably sharp image as well. For a big zoom, it seems like a good option. IIRC, G. said it was not too expensive, either. Shel [Original Message] From: Bruce Dayton Yes,

RE: PESO -- Portrait 1

2005-03-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Focus, Peter, focus. This pic is OOF. Y'gotta get those eyes sharp in a portrait. The extra compression over a standard portrait focal length doesn't seem to work well here, but 'twas good to try it. Shel [Original Message] From: Peter J. Alling The oft maligned smc P-M 85mm f2.0 was

Paw: Sigma 300 F4 test

2005-03-19 Thread brooksdj
Took this one Sturday March 12, 2005, at the farm. It was a very o/c day with snow. The duck and Trumpeter Swans were good,as they were in snow and some sun, but i just like the looks of this one. Shot in raw, PS El 3 converted to Tiff then a minor saturation tweak then SFW.

Re: Rebel XT vs *ist D.

2005-03-19 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Logically, I think it should be compared to the DS, not the D. Marnie aka Doe ;-) I don't own a Ds. I can only compare to what I've got. Christian

Re: Rebel XT vs *ist D.

2005-03-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/19/2005 6:17:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Logically, I think it should be compared to the DS, not the D. Marnie aka Doe ;-) I don't own a Ds. I can only compare to what I've got. Christian --- LOL. Well, there

Re: PESO: Greg on Sax

2005-03-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/18/2005 8:18:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3208164size=lg I actually cropped a bit vbg. Personally, I think it's the strongest photo of that session, but I'd really like to hear your thoughts. It's times

Re: OT: HTML/JS help

2005-03-19 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:42:16 +0100, Frantisek wrote: (using 'array' in JS), but how to make the title name of the randomly selected photo differenciated from the rest of the list (e.g. bold) while changing the image link so clicking on the image would take the viewer to the

Re: Could anybody explain this?

2005-03-19 Thread Jostein
I don't think the concrete slab is any different from the cherry tree photos, but they're difficult to compare because of the different size of detail. In the cherry tree pics, the softness is most evident in minute detail like the foreground grass. In the concrete slab pics, there's a bit

Re: Paw: Sigma 300 F4 test

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice. Good color, and it appears to be quite sharp. Paul On Mar 19, 2005, at 8:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Took this one Sturday March 12, 2005, at the farm. It was a very o/c day with snow. The duck and Trumpeter Swans were good,as they were in snow and some sun, but i just like the

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hmmm, hold on, checking... nope. Although my mind is pretty color calibrated, it doesn't know specific RGB numbers. So guess that little trick won't work for me. ;-) Oh, well. Thanks for expounding. Use Adobe Gamma to get your screen

Re: Rebel XT vs *ist D.

2005-03-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Christian Subject: Re: Rebel XT vs *ist D. I don't own a Ds. I can only compare to what I've got. Go out and buy a Ds. You know you want one. William Robb

Re: DNG vs PEF

2005-03-19 Thread Fred Widall
I just did a couple of quick tests with PEF files generated by my *istDS. The PEF files are approx 10Mb in size. Converting them to DNG (converter v2.4), with loseless comprerssion, reduces that to approx 6Mb. Converting them to PEF, but embedding the PEF, increases the size to approx 16Mb.

Re: Rebel XT vs *ist D.

2005-03-19 Thread Cotty
On 19/3/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Go out and buy a Ds. You know you want one. Hmm. Christian?? ;-] Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PESO -- Portrait 1

2005-03-19 Thread Jim Hemenway
H... a pretty girl. That may be the problem in that you forgot to focus on the eye closest to you. ;-) Jim On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:35:17 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I decided to use a few prime lenses on the *ist-D just to see how they preformed. The oft maligned smc P-M

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/19/2005 7:12:16 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Use Adobe Gamma to get your screen close, then with it still open, open a picture in photoshop and fine tune the screen until the image in photoshop looks correct. This may or may not agree with Adobe

Re: Shadow play

2005-03-19 Thread Rick Womer
It's an interesting photo, and I love shadows. The top half of the image is -very- dark, though, and somehow that darkness seems to bleed over onto the photographer (his dark hair doesn't help!). I would be tempted to play with this a bit in PS to open up the top a bit, and introduce some

Re: More DA Limiteds

2005-03-19 Thread Sung Nee
The 40 is so restricted in its usefulness The normal lens is the most versatile lens on earth.

Re: DNG vs PEF

2005-03-19 Thread Frantisek
FW Is the loss of some metadata worth a 40% reduction in storage costs ? FW Well I guess that's a decision each of us will make for ourselves. FW I think it is, but I'm still using CDR rather than DVD for my archiving. IIRC somebody here looked into the files, and found out that the PEFs have

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread John Forbes
I agree with you, Marnie. Shel's version makes for a more powerful image, but the orginal told more of a story, which I think was the point here. And I like the OOF guy, too. John On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 03:33:51 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/18/2005 4:26:59 PM Pacific

Re: FS: Pentax FA 24-90/3.5-4.5 Lens

2005-03-19 Thread John Forbes
Having recently bought a lens from Chad, I can vouch for the quality of his gear, and his patience in dealing with my rather complicated payment arrangements. John On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:09:10 -0600, Chad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have for sale a Pentax FA 24-90 /3.5-4.5 IF AL lens.

Re: PESO - Mail

2005-03-19 Thread Bruce Dayton
Yes, lightness, manual focus feel, speed and a usable f4 were all quite important. The price was reasonable considering what it is. I suspect that the issue of no AF brings the price down. For me, that is a non issue for it's intended use. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, March 19, 2005,

Re: for the curious ... FA135/2.8 vs Takumar 135/2.5 comparison

2005-03-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Always possible. I didn't use a magnifier, I was focusing on the features in the center of the image. Godfrey On Mar 18, 2005, at 6:28 PM, David Nelson wrote: Good work for doing the test - I love seeing this sort of thing... one thing I'll point out though is that it appears that focus wasn't

Re: More DA Limiteds

2005-03-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 19, 2005, at 8:02 AM, Sung Nee wrote: The 40 is so restricted in its usefulness The normal lens is the most versatile lens on earth. And for a *istD/DS, that would be something in the range of 28-35mm. A 28/2 would be perfect for me. Godfrey

Re: Rebel XT vs *ist D.

2005-03-19 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't own a Ds. I can only compare to what I've got. Go out and buy a Ds. You know you want one. Actually, I have about as much interest in the Ds as I do in having my wisdom teeth put back in my mouth and removed

Re: Rebel XT vs *ist D.

2005-03-19 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 10:24 AM Subject: Re: Rebel XT vs *ist D. On 19/3/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Go out and buy a Ds. You know you want one. Hmm.

Re: PESO - Mail

2005-03-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
[A70-210/4 Macro] According to the repair tech, it's a beautifully made lens too. I paid $100 through Ebay for mine, then paid him another $100 to repair it (one of the guide bushings and retaining screws for the zoom control had come loose and fallen out). It was worth it. There was another

AF lenses for astrophotography?

2005-03-19 Thread Amita Guha
Is it possible to use an AF lens in the cold and damp for long periods of time without damaging the electronics? I want to get rid of an MF lens I don't like and never use, and the only reason I can think of to keep it is for astrophotography. I was thinking of using the Sigma 20mm EX for this

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread John Forbes
This version certainly gives the picture a lot more more ooomph, but for my taste the crop on the guitarist is too tight. It's that right arm that's making the music, and if we can't see it, the guy becomes rather irrelevant. This is a pity, because although he may not be in focus, to me

Re: More DA Limiteds

2005-03-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 19, 2005, at 9:53 AM, William Robb wrote: The normal lens is the most versatile lens on earth. And for a *istD/DS, that would be something in the range of 28-35mm. A 28/2 would be perfect for me. Have you tried the 31? It's big and heavy, but is an excellent lens. Yes, I had the 31

Re: AF lenses for astrophotography?

2005-03-19 Thread Jostein
Amita, Damp weather is not a threat to the lens. As long as it's not left out in the rain you'll be ok. :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:10 PM Subject: AF lenses for astrophotography? Is it

Re: OT: HTML/JS help

2005-03-19 Thread John Francis
Frantisek mused: Hi, sorry to ask this on PDML, but there are some pretty technical people here. And it's concerning photography, at least the showing of photographs on the web :-) My immediate impression is that you're using the wrong tool: instead of a client-side (JavaScript)

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Why don't you present your version and we can see how it looks. There's a balance between information, information that's implied, and the overall balance and symmetry in a photograph itself that sometimes has to be maintained. Shel [Original Message] From: John Forbes This version

PESO-October Roses

2005-03-19 Thread David Volkert
I humbly introduce my first PESO. This was taken way back in October and I finally got around to working on it this last week. Camera Info: Pentax *ist D Pentax 28-70mm F/4 @ 65mm F/7.1 1/125 iso 200 Photoshop processing: Noise ninja, Nik Color Effects brilliance/warmth, Highpass filter

RE: PESO-October Roses

2005-03-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's a lot of fancy work with filters, plug-ins, and such. Too bad we can't see the result of all that digital magic. Care to post a link to the pic LOL Shel [Original Message] From: David Volkert I humbly introduce my first PESO. This was taken way back in October and I finally got

Re: PESO-October Roses

2005-03-19 Thread Christian
David Volkert wrote on 3/19/2005, 3:09 PM: I humbly introduce my first PESO. This was taken way back in October and I finally got around to working on it this last week. Camera Info: Pentax *ist D Pentax 28-70mm F/4 @ 65mm F/7.1 1/125 iso 200 Photoshop processing: Noise

WTB - Tokina AT-X 90mm 2.5 macro

2005-03-19 Thread Cotty
Looking for a Tokina AT-X 90mm 2.5 macro in PK. I already have one but a friend of my wife wants one. Condition: prefer a user rather than mint, limited budget. Thanks Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

any further comments on the FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 AL IF ?

2005-03-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Comments on Stan's Pentax site are limited on this lens, I'd like to know more about it. I'm enjoying the mixture of F series modest-aperture zooms and faster A series primes. :-) Godfrey

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/19/2005 10:00:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/frankpic2.html There are certainly many ways to interpret a scene. Shel = Now that looks good! ;-) Without losing either guy. I felt frank had the shot in

Re: DNG vs PEF

2005-03-19 Thread John Francis
Frantisek mused: FW Is the loss of some metadata worth a 40% reduction in storage costs ? FW Well I guess that's a decision each of us will make for ourselves. FW I think it is, but I'm still using CDR rather than DVD for my archiving. IIRC somebody here looked into the files, and found

RE: RE: Taking photos in the Swiss alps - seeking for advice

2005-03-19 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Bernd only two lenses sounds good, but without filters? You must have been shooting in the morning or evening then, right? At the moment I mostly use the Tamron 90mm, maybe I should limit myself on the first trip on that and the Pentax A24mm to not get lost in too much choice of material...

RE: Sigma 300 F4 test

2005-03-19 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Bruce A nice picture , I like the composition. The fence has a kind of interesting artificial look for me, don't know why. Have your drink and show us the swans after that ;-) greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March

Re: Could anybody explain this?

2005-03-19 Thread Alan Chan
--- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded one of these and opened it in photoshop. I find it somewhat soft at both edges and quite sharp in the middle. I suppose one edge might be somewhat softer than the other, but it's a minimal difference. I don't think anything is wrong.

Re: Could anybody explain this?

2005-03-19 Thread Alan Chan
--- Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think one issue with wide-angles is that the all optical elements have to be properly centered. I know one German photo journal used to test this when doing MTF tests. Maybe a slight misalignment of an element could cause what you observe? That's what

Re: More DA Limiteds

2005-03-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: More DA Limiteds On Mar 19, 2005, at 8:02 AM, Sung Nee wrote: The 40 is so restricted in its usefulness The normal lens is the most versatile lens on earth. And for a *istD/DS, that would be something in the range of 28-35mm. A

Re: More DA Limiteds

2005-03-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mar 19, 2005, at 8:02 AM, Sung Nee wrote: The 40 is so restricted in its usefulness The normal lens is the most versatile lens on earth. And for a *istD/DS, that would be something in the range of 28-35mm. A 28/2 would be perfect

RE: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Well, thanks ... but as was pointed out in another message, it doesn't tell the whole story that I think Frank was trying to convey (F and I were talking off list). However, I did another fiddle last night that I sent to Frank directly as it was late and I was tired and cranky, and didn't feel

Re: FS: Pentax FA 24-90/3.5-4.5 Lens

2005-03-19 Thread Chad
Thanks John. Hope you are getting some use out of that lens. :) Chad On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:16:32 -, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having recently bought a lens from Chad, I can vouch for the quality of his gear, and his patience in dealing with my rather complicated payment

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread John Forbes
Shel, I actually liked Frank's original framing of this picture, and wouldn't wish to change it. It works for me. I think that you, with your superior Photoshop skills, are able to do a lot to improve the presentation of the image (if that's a suitable word) to produce an excellent final

Re: Kiron 28mm/2 : opinions?

2005-03-19 Thread Juan Buhler
Thanks Andre and Peter. Looks like it was a good buy. I love the M28/3.5, but I wanted something like this to take out at night... j On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:07:39 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't actually handled one but *Robert Monaghan's 3rd party lens megasite

Re: any further comments on the FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 AL IF ?

2005-03-19 Thread Pat K
Hi Godfrey, I have this lens (didn't bring it to the NorCal meet). Don't know if these are the comments you are looking for but: I really enjoy it for 75% of my casual, walk around, shooting needs on a ZX-5n. I purchased it to replace the FA28-70/4 because it is longer at the tele-end. I prefer

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread John Forbes
Element that should of course read that element. J On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:58:57 -, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shel, I actually liked Frank's original framing of this picture, and wouldn't wish to change it. It works for me. I think that you, with your superior Photoshop skills,

Re: More DA Limiteds

2005-03-19 Thread Thibouille
At least because it looks much beter on a K1000 or similar... OK, not a good reason ;) On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:40:55 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 19, 2005, at 9:53 AM, William Robb wrote: The normal lens is the most versatile lens on earth. And for a *istD/DS,

Re: GESO: NorCal Meet (with Bride)

2005-03-19 Thread Keith Whaley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/17/2005 9:30:17 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I wrote: BTW you are very goot at naming your pictures... obviously it should read good. :-| Bedo. Sounded like Dutch or German to me! I'm used to hearing

OT: HTML/JS help

2005-03-19 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
Time to use CSS. There's a good reference at www.devguru.com Basically, set a class for the titles. a.title { color: position-abolute: top 55px left 200px; } In JavaScript you can then set the objects color to another value as needed. This will do what you want. Collin At 10:38

PESO October Roses featuring the url

2005-03-19 Thread David Volkert
I humbly introduce my first PESO. This was taken way back in October and I finally got around to working on it this last week. Camera Info: Pentax *ist D Pentax 28-70mm F/4 @ 65mm F/7.1 1/125 iso 200 Photoshop processing: Noise ninja, Nik Color Effects brilliance/warmth, Highpass filter

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread Graywolf
That is not so any more, Marnie. You have learned a little something over the past few years (grin). However being new sometimes allows a fresh way of looking at photos. What Shel proposes is the age old way of eliminating distracting backgrounds in BW photography. In this case it would

Re: FS: Pentax FA 24-90/3.5-4.5 Lens

2005-03-19 Thread John Forbes
I haven't had a chance to do too much with it yet, partly because when I first got it I didn't know how to get it to work on the D! I was convinced it was possible, but didn't know about the clutch. Eventually all was clear. John On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:09:10 -0600, Chad [EMAIL PROTECTED]

OT: Pantone Color Vision Spyder

2005-03-19 Thread Kenneth Waller
I just received this offer from Pantone. I've had the Color Vision Spyder for several years find it well worth what I spent for it. Their closeout price is $77 USD!!! If you're serious about getting your monitor and print agreeing in color, this is one way to achieve that end (@ a very cheap

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
While I tend to agree with you, there are a few points that may merit more discussion. First, as to my Photoshop skills - they really are rudimentary. To call them superior in any way surprises me, although I have to admit feeling OK about it ;-)) Oh, I don't see presenting your interpretation

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/19/2005 1:33:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That is not so any more, Marnie. You have learned a little something over the past few years (grin). However being new sometimes allows a fresh way of looking at photos. What Shel proposes is the age old

Re: PESO-October Roses

2005-03-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
Lovely invisible roses. David Volkert wrote: I humbly introduce my first PESO. This was taken way back in October and I finally got around to working on it this last week. Camera Info: Pentax *ist D Pentax 28-70mm F/4 @ 65mm F/7.1 1/125 iso 200 Photoshop processing: Noise ninja, Nik Color Effects

Re: PESO October Roses featuring the url

2005-03-19 Thread Peter Lacus
David, Photoshop processing: Noise ninja, Nik Color Effects brilliance/warmth, Highpass filter sharpening, converted to black and white using some process I found online a while back, burned in some of the pedals, and added film grain. http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/6767390/

Re: More DA Limiteds

2005-03-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: More DA Limiteds Yes, I had the 31 Limited. It's truly an excellent lens, but I don't see why such a lens should be double the size and 50% heavier than a 35/2. I sold it because I found that its size and weight put me off

Re: Pantone Color Vision Spyder

2005-03-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Kenneth Waller Subject: OT: Pantone Color Vision Spyder I just received this offer from Pantone. I've had the Color Vision Spyder for several years find it well worth what I spent for it. Their closeout price is $77 USD!!! For that price, I wouldn't have

PESO: Candles in the studio

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
I photographed some candles this afternoon. They were shot with the SMC Pentax 135/2.5 on the *istD. I decided to try this two ways. Once with a lot of depth of field and consistently sharp images, the other with very limited depth of field and diminishing sharpness. One is at f22, 20 seconds,

PESO: The splendour and the misery of Berlin

2005-03-19 Thread Peter Lacus
http://www.misenet.sk/Berlin/ Bedo.

Re: PESO: The splendour and the misery of Berlin

2005-03-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Peter Lacus Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] PESO: The splendour and the misery of Berlin http://www.misenet.sk/Berlin/ Good thing Caveboy seems to have left the list William Robb

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread Eactivist
P.S. That is not to say, frank, (see my previous comments re this pic, where forehead was specifically mentioned) that I think out-of-focus works every time. Because I still think Taking the Bloor Train Home was one of your best shots to date. IMHO, standard disclaimers re just my opinion,

All of Pentax Japan 35mm lenses

2005-03-19 Thread Powell Hargrave
From Pentax Japan's Japanese site - Babelfish translation. Japanese Yen = 0.009551 US Dollar US Dollar = 104.700 Japanese Yen View the list using a fixed width font. Powell Last Update : 2005/3/18 Focal length - brightness

Re: All of Pentax Japan 35mm lenses

2005-03-19 Thread Joseph Tainter
Trouble is, you have to go to Japan to get some of these. I called BH to tell them that the FA 300 f4.5 was still listed on Pentax Japan's web site, and to ask if they could get me one. The guy I talked with said that since Pentax USA doesn't list it, they can't get it. Joe

Re: PESO: The splendour and the misery of Berlin

2005-03-19 Thread Peter Lacus
William Robb wrote: Good thing Caveboy seems to have left the list May I ask you why, William? Seems I don't getting the picture once again. :-( Bedo.

Re: DNG vs PEF

2005-03-19 Thread Rob Studdert
On 19 Mar 2005 at 10:12, Fred Widall wrote: Is the loss of some metadata worth a 40% reduction in storage costs ? Well I guess that's a decision each of us will make for ourselves. I think it is, but I'm still using CDR rather than DVD for my archiving. I'm not pleased that Pentax botched up

test, do not read.

2005-03-19 Thread William Robb
You failed

Re: PAW: Lee and Tim, Blowing

2005-03-19 Thread John Forbes
My comments interspersed: On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:13:40 -0800, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I tend to agree with you, there are a few points that may merit more discussion. First, as to my Photoshop skills - they really are rudimentary. To call them superior in any way

Re: Rebel XT vs *ist D.

2005-03-19 Thread Rob Studdert
On 19 Mar 2005 at 11:53, Christian wrote: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA (sorry, couldn't type without busting out laughing) Apparently it's therapeutic (I don't mean waiting for Pentax) LOL Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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