Re: Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/02 Sun PM 10:11:03 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed > > On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, mike wilson wrote: > > > The PUG works excellently because it oonly opens the one new window, which > > continu

Re: Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/02 Sun PM 09:41:51 GMT > To: "pentax list" > Subject: Re: D'oh > > On 2/4/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Don't do *UV* filters. > >Couldn't get by without the occasional polarizer, myself... > > Yah, I'll give you that. >

Re: DL TTL flash madness

2006-04-02 Thread Adam Maas
Expect it not to. Pre-flash based TTL and Auto-Thyristor flash are both more reliable with Digital than plain TTL. It's remarkable that TTL ever worked with the *ist's (the only other recent DSLR to support TTL flash was the Fuji S2 Pro, all others use a pre-flash based system like E-TTL, iTTL,

RE: PESO: Remake - Aristocrat in red

2006-04-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Tim Maybe I misunderstood you but what has all this "photoshopping" to do with your original bird project? I strongly dislike the way you have choosen here and hope you have read my last post ;-) greetings Markus >>-Original Message- >>From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent:

Focus confirmation on the SFXn at F8

2006-04-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi all to my surprise the Pentax SFXn gives me focus confirmation with the SP Tamron F8 mirror lens. A feature that should only work with lenses faster than F4 I thought ;-) greetings Markus

Re: Wide Angle advice for *ist-DS

2006-04-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Why? What advantage do you see that the 70/2.4 has over the 77/1.8? Size, perhaps? Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > > SMC Pentax-FA 77mm f/1.9 Limited > > Pros: Image quality, build quality, convenient focal length. > > Cons: What amateur can honestly justify its price t

Re: Wide Angle advice for *ist-DS

2006-04-02 Thread David Oswald
Thanks for your remarks Godfrey; always informative. I think I'll start working toward getting the DA14/2.8 and eventually a DA70/2.4Ltd (when available). The latter sounds absolutely ideal. Where does it fall on the roadmap? A couple people have mentioned that I ought to just get my use ou

RE: Wide Angle advice for *ist-DS

2006-04-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I can't speak to your idea of value or address your budgetary concerns. However, the 77 Ltd is a great lens, it works beautifully on the DS, and is worth every penny you'll pay for it. It's the first auto focus lens I've ever used, and the first I've used on the DS. Go for it! As for price, ther

RE: DL TTL flash madness

2006-04-02 Thread Jens Bladt
Crippled or not. If the new 10 MP Pentax body doesn't support ordenary TTL flash, I won't be buying it. I have too many flashes - I guess 7 or 8 TTL flahses, one of which is a Metz 60-CT2. Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailt

Re: Wide Angle advice for *ist-DS

2006-04-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 2, 2006, at 8:02 PM, David Oswald wrote: But where I'm always feeling a need is in my non-zoom lenses. First, I don't have anything that I would consider to be in the range of wide angle, mounted on the *ist-DS. I've considered the following options, but have been hesitant to jump

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread David Mann
On Apr 3, 2006, at 12:53 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: http://www.stenquist.com/Paul/Paul.htm It looks nice but takes far too long to load. The background pic crawled in. Being a 260kb animated gif, I'd say that the file is too big. The other page backgrounds were similarly large. For this

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread David Mann
On Apr 3, 2006, at 3:08 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks for the input. I don't know why the opening sound is so flaky. Can any of you web gurus guess why a sound effect would play on some browsers/systems and not on others? Nature's way of telling you not to put sound into web pages. Mak

Re: Wide Angle advice for *ist-DS

2006-04-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Apr 2006 at 20:02, David Oswald wrote: > SMC Pentax-FA 20mm f/2.8 AL >Pros: Compact. Wide-ish angle. Not prohibitively expensive. >Cons: Used on a DSLR, it's not really all *that* wide. I don't believe that this lens has AL elements, it's a pretty old design, it's the same formula

Re: Wide Angle advice for *ist-DS

2006-04-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "David Oswald" Subject: Wide Angle advice for *ist-DS SMC Pentax-FA 20mm f/2.8 AL Pros: Compact. Wide-ish angle. Not prohibitively expensive. Cons: Used on a DSLR, it's not really all *that* wide. I get no use at all from my 20 on the digital. I

Re: Remake - Aristocrat in red

2006-04-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
I like the increased sharpness of the bird. Compositionally, it still has issues that distract from the image - bird merging with mountain line and inclusion of water @ the bottom. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Tim Øsleby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, April 02

Wide Angle advice for *ist-DS

2006-04-02 Thread David Oswald
I currently have the following assortment of lenses: Zooms: SMC Pentax-DA 16-45 f/4 ED AL SMC Pentax-FA 28-105 f/3.2-4.5 IF AL SMC Pentax-FA 80-320 f/4.5-5.6 Single focal length: SMC Pentax-FA 28mm f/2.8 AL SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4 SMC Pentax-FA 135mm f/2.8 IF I find that my zooms get a workout

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Plus, the act of removing and installing a filter may, in and of itself, change the focus somewhat. Perhaps a better test might be to use a film camera, so the entire frame can be used. I'm pretty much with Godders about using filters. Long ago I stopped using UV and Skylight filters for "prote

Re: PAW - Cruizin' By

2006-04-02 Thread Joseph Tainter
Bruce wrote: Shot at Monterey Aquarium - not sure how I'd feel in open water having one of these guys swimming so close. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2938.htm -- As a 16 or 17 year old kid, I was diving off Santa Cruz Island (southern California), and got ahead of my dive part

Re: Another one bites the dust

2006-04-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Camera managed to survive, so that's a plus. I have a junk SMC F 35-80 you're welcome to. Eric said something about the helicoil not being so good. Regards, Bob S. On 4/2/06, cbwaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > T.V. having left us a while ago, I guess I feel the need to take over his > roll as

Re: Rebate posted today

2006-04-02 Thread William Robb
From; Dave Kennedy Sun, 02 Apr 2006 18:37:21 -0700 Pentax Canada doesn't seem to be big on rebates.They figure they have me, and that's enough.William Robb

Re: Another one bites the dust

2006-04-02 Thread Steve Sharpe
I remember the time my cat - suffering from a bladder infection - took a leak on top of my camera bag. The contents survived. The bag did not. -- Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] •

Re: Rebate posted today

2006-04-02 Thread Dave Kennedy
US only. Sigh I was hoping that that the DA14/2.8 might be a little sooner than originally expected. Pentax Canada doesn't seem to be big on rebates. dk On 4/1/06, Cesar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Savage wrote: > > >On 4/2/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Aaaar

Re: PESO: Remake - Aristocrat in red

2006-04-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
I think it is much better. Nice work - EXCEPT - the white line around the bottom of the wings and body has to go! Not sure how it got there. If you can't get rid of it by changing your PS technique then go to 400% and clone it out with a small brush. Powell >I have done a makeover on the Arist

Another one bites the dust

2006-04-02 Thread cbwaters
T.V. having left us a while ago, I guess I feel the need to take over his roll as chief Pentax equipment destroyer. In today's episode, we again featured the *ist D but this time with a different leading lady. My SMC-F 35-80 lens was actually broken in half! The D suffered a dislodged flash and

Re: Bailing out.

2006-04-02 Thread Doug Franklin
Bob W wrote: Don't forget Mill either. Well, dammit, I guess I'm going to have to post the whole thing. :-) Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable. Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table. David Hume could out consume Wilh

RE: PESO - Minimalism

2006-04-02 Thread Tim Øsleby
Don't listen to Bob, he is full of it ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -Original Message- > From: Bob Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 2.

Re: PESO - Minimalism

2006-04-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 1, 2006, at 10:14 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=12858 What do you say? Nicely done. Godfrey

Re: PAW - Solitary Protester

2006-04-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 1, 2006, at 12:25 PM, frank theriault wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4285748 Good shot, Frank. Full of character and expression. Godfrey

PESO: Remake - Aristocrat in red

2006-04-02 Thread Tim Øsleby
I have done a makeover on the Aristocrat in red picture. http://www.foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=228580 This is a sandwich of three different exposures, all from the same standpoint, and from the same "session". The result is a "new" head ;-) and a improved(?) composition. This

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 2, 2006, at 4:24 PM, Cotty wrote: What sort of test did you have in mind? I've got the Pentax 77mm and 112mm filters, and one prime and one zoom that take those filter sizes. But I probably don't have a tripod that's good enough to produce meaningful test results. Basically, on a

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Jack Davis
...mirror up and enough light for a sorta fast shutter. J --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/4/06, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >What sort of test did you have in mind? > >I've got the Pentax 77mm and 112mm filters, and one prime and one > zoom > >that take those filte

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/4/06, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: >What sort of test did you have in mind? >I've got the Pentax 77mm and 112mm filters, and one prime and one zoom >that take those filter sizes. But I probably don't have a tripod that's >good enough to produce meaningful test results. Basicall

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 10:41:51PM +0100, Cotty wrote: > On 2/4/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Don't do *UV* filters. > >Couldn't get by without the occasional polarizer, myself... > > Yah, I'll give you that. > > Some guys did some tests over on a Canon list recently and the

Re: LONDON PDML SPRING 2006

2006-04-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/4/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >So, anyway, a PDML. I will mull over a suitable place and time. Is anybody >up for a weekend one, or do you prefer a weekday evening? We have a number >of bank holidays on the horizon - one of those might be suitable. The >location needs to be reasona

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread keith_w
Cotty wrote: On 2/4/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Don't do *UV* filters. Couldn't get by without the occasional polarizer, myself... Yah, I'll give you that. Some guys did some tests over on a Canon list recently and the shots with filters on were not as sharp as those wi

Re: Doll House (some houses are way too pink)

2006-04-02 Thread keith_w
Roman wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20060331154927 The second I saw this disturbing PINK house I knew I gotto do something about it. I'm not a demolition expert, although I aim and shoot and practice street shooting allot... The actual reason was testing for lense performance at f/8

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, mike wilson wrote: The PUG works excellently because it oonly opens the one new window, which continuously loops the images. Not on IE6 over XP SP2. I get as many windows as clicks. Kostas

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread John Coyle
Yep, been there, done that! I've lost two or three Hoya filters that way, and a couple of times it's been because the retaining ring has unscrewed through friction with my clothing (I always carry the camera with the lens pointing into my body - it feels better balanced that way), and the first

Re: Daylight Savings, Aussie (well, NSW and VIC) digital cameras

2006-04-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/4/06, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: >I like taunting foreigners over the internet... Is that why you bait the yanks? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/4/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >Don't do *UV* filters. >Couldn't get by without the occasional polarizer, myself... Yah, I'll give you that. Some guys did some tests over on a Canon list recently and the shots with filters on were not as sharp as those without. I'd like to

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Paul, probably I repeat something as I haven't read all the replies, my bed is calling for me, nevertheless just a few thoughts. Nothing weird on Mozilla 1.7.12, but I have sound never on, so I don't know if it works. Unnecessary anyway, IMHO. I hate windows subsequently popping up. If it w

RE: PESO: Greenhouse in infrared

2006-04-02 Thread Fred Widall
Thanks for all the kind comments. I was out shooting some more infrared this morning. This time I used the DA18-55mm lens in autofocus mode. I was a little surprised that autofocus worked, but it sure makes life easier when the viewfinder is almost completely dark. It was a cloudless morning

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks for the comments. I don't want accolades. i didn't build the site :-). Your comments are very helpful. I'll pass them along to my web designer/daughter/supplier of free labor. Generally, this site will be used only by potential employers and clients who have the url through other communic

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
Paul, I know, when asked for comments, I tend to provide more criticism than accolades. So, sorry for this in advance, and I hope it will be helpful to you. 1. When I first opened the web-site, - I only saw the background image and I was able to scroll down to where the background image was sta

Re: OT: Advice on Anaheim and San Diego, California

2006-04-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for all the advice and tips! Dan

Re: PESO - Cruizin' by

2006-04-02 Thread Christian
keith_w wrote: Bruce Dayton wrote: Shot at Monterey Aquarium - not sure how I'd feel in open water having one of these guys swimming so close. Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4 @ 16mm, Handheld ISO 3200, 1/10 sec @ f/4.0 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2938.htm Comments welcome Mako shark? A

Re: Daylight Savings, Aussie (well, NSW and VIC) digital cameras

2006-04-02 Thread keith_w
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "keith_w" Subject: Re: Daylight Savings, Aussie (well, NSW and VIC) digital cameras Okay. What do you save your silly game time for? I like taunting foreigners over the internet... William Robb Like Chris Matthews* says, "Te

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Ditto. A UV filter to protect a lens is counterproductive. On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:57 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 2, 2006, at 9:15 AM, Cotty wrote: Has this ever happened to you? Sportin' a new Hoya Super HMC Pro UV filter. Walk around town doin' stuff, hoping for some good street shots

Re: PESO - Minimalism

2006-04-02 Thread Christian
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=12858 What do you say? I'd say you succeeded in making a very cool image. Nicely done. I'd really like to see the "original" if that's possible. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Bob, No problem. Thanks for the kudos on the photos, but they're not mine. This is my advertising website, not photography. (In real life, I'm an advertising hack.) The site is aimed at a very narrow audience of headhunters and creative directors. They will know exactly what it is. They app

Re: Daylight Savings, Aussie (well, NSW and VIC) digital cameras

2006-04-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "keith_w" Subject: Re: Daylight Savings, Aussie (well, NSW and VIC) digital cameras Okay. What do you save your silly game time for? I like taunting foreigners over the internet... William Robb

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 08:59:56PM +1000, Derby Chang wrote: > > Has this ever happened to you? Sportin' a new Hoya Super HMC Pro UV > filter. Walk around town doin' stuff, hoping for some good street shots, > but none eventuate. Come home, and find the lens sans filter. > > Screw those filters

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed I agree. But I don't know if my daughter knows how to fix that:-). You know what they say about free help :-)) Take the "target =_blank" tag out of subsequent page links will do it. I think Charles me

Re: Daylight Savings, Aussie (well, NSW and VIC) digital cameras

2006-04-02 Thread keith_w
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Bob Sullivan" Subject: Re: Daylight Savings, Aussie (well, NSW and VIC) digital cameras I noticed last week that my camera was never re-set from daylight savings time. Well, it is correct now! Regards, Bob S. Har!!! In Saskatche

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Charles! That's the kind of help we need. On Apr 2, 2006, at 11:53 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Apr 2, 2006, at 7:53, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about everone:-). My

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
I agree. But I don't know if my daughter knows how to fix that:-). You know what they say about free help :-)) Paul On Apr 2, 2006, at 11:50 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed But, after the third new page opened in

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Paul, When I launched it on XP and Firefox 1.5 - the sound didn't come on like you described. It turns out that I didn't have a quicktime plugin - that is probably the cause of the sound issue. I thought it loaded a bit slow even over DSL and was kind of surprised how big the page was for

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Doug Brewer
Is is time for the filters/no filters argument again? man, I gotta pay more attention to the schedule. On Apr 2, 2006, at 1:45 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty wrote: On 2/4/06, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed: Has this ever happened to you? Sportin' a new Hoya Super HMC Pro UV filt

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Jack Davis
Still shooting only film. I'd have difficulty doing without a polarizer or ND graduated. I have, forever, removed the UV/daylight when the light angle made it seem like a good idea or if the scene were "special" to the point where I didn't want two additional dispersion surfaces in the way. Jack

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >On 2/4/06, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> >>Has this ever happened to you? Sportin' a new Hoya Super HMC Pro UV >>filter. Walk around town doin' stuff, hoping for some good street shots, >>but none eventuate. Come home, and find the lens sans filter. >> >>Screw those

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm with Bob on this. I never want sound from a web page unless I request it specifically. The animation graphics here are cute once but tiresome. Imagine a prospective client going to the site several times in the course of discussing you with colleagues and having to sit through the sim

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 2, 2006, at 9:15 AM, Cotty wrote: Has this ever happened to you? Sportin' a new Hoya Super HMC Pro UV filter. Walk around town doin' stuff, hoping for some good street shots, but none eventuate. Come home, and find the lens sans filter. Screw those filters on tight, kids. Better so

Re: OT: Why big negs

2006-04-02 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:53 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The question is, how much resolution do you need for your output print? The few 4x5 negs I've scanned on the Epson make very nice 16x20 inch prints. I'm sure quality drum scans would be even better, but there is a point of diminishing retur

Re: LONDON PDML SPRING 2006

2006-04-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 2, 2006, at 9:17 AM, Cotty wrote: Cotty is The Stig! You *are* joking. I'm at least a foot too tall to be a racing driver. And I have more intelligence. Hmm. Dan Gurney was taller than you are, I think he's done all right. And he's pretty smart too... Godfrey

Re: OT: Why big negs

2006-04-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Even film scanner vs Epson 2450 flatbed scanner shows the film scanner to be superior, as can be seen by clicking on this comparison of scanning a Minox 8x11mm negative with Minolta Scan Dual II vs Epson 2450: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/scannercmp/ The question is, how much resolutio

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Jack Davis
Even better solution - use the problem as an excuse to buy a new lens, with metal filter threads, and be careful not to screw them on too tightly. Jack --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/4/06, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > >Has this ever happened to you? Sportin' a n

RE: LONDON PDML SPRING 2006

2006-04-02 Thread Bob W
> -Original Message- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 April 2006 17:16 > To: pentax list > Subject: Re: LONDON PDML SPRING 2006 > > On 2/4/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Did I? > > It came to me in a dream ! > I dreamt the other night that I was walking

RE: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Paul forgot to say that I have no sound as well here with Avant Browser (based on IE 6) under Windows XP. greetings Markus >>-Original Message- >>From: David J Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 4:13 PM >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>Subject: Re: OT: Websi

RE: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Paul I agree with Dave's comment about navigation, a close button and home button should be added at least to each subsite. The background picture starts repeating itself here at a resolution of 1280x960, which does not look good. The grey text looks nice but is hardly readable on high resolutio

Re: LONDON PDML SPRING 2006

2006-04-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/4/06, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: >Cotty is The Stig! You *are* joking. I'm at least a foot too tall to be a racing driver. And I have more intelligence. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: LONDON PDML SPRING 2006

2006-04-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/4/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >Did I? It came to me in a dream ! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/4/06, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed: > >Has this ever happened to you? Sportin' a new Hoya Super HMC Pro UV >filter. Walk around town doin' stuff, hoping for some good street shots, >but none eventuate. Come home, and find the lens sans filter. > >Screw those filters on tight, kid

PAW - Cruizin' By

2006-04-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Please forgive if this already came through. I didn't see it show up or in the archives. Shot at Monterey Aquarium - not sure how I'd feel in open water having one of these guys swimming so close. Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4 @ 16mm, Handheld ISO 3200, 1/10 sec @ f/4.0 http://www.daytonphoto.com/P

Re: OT: Why big negs

2006-04-02 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Actually, I'll probably have the same image scanned on a 3200 and on my Sprintscan from b&w 6x7 in a few weeks. I'll ask the photographer if I can use samples to demonstrate the difference between the two machines. (He has a 3200 that he uses to proof his work, and then I do the scans for the

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed But, after the third new page opened in as many clcks, I stopped looking. I hate that. YMMV. I did that with the PUG, on the theory it encourages browsing the entire gallery using

Re: Daylight Savings, Aussie (well, NSW and VIC) digital cameras

2006-04-02 Thread Bob Shell
On Apr 2, 2006, at 11:20 AM, William Robb wrote: Har!!! In Saskatchewan, we don't play those silly games with the time. Good to know you do one thing right there. ;-) Bob

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Bob Shell
Maybe I'm just an old fogey, Paul, but I find web sites with sound effects just annoying. I'm usually listening to music when I'm browsing. I'd prefer a button to turn the sound off. I don't like the main page at all, since I can't tell what it's supposed to be. The photos in your portfo

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Charles Robinson
On Apr 2, 2006, at 7:53, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about everone:-). My daughter made a website for my advertising portfolio. I'm hoping to show it to some headhunters nex

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "mike wilson" Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed But, after the third new page opened in as many clcks, I stopped looking. I hate that. YMMV. I did that with the PUG, on the theory it encourages browsing the entire gallery using the image page navi

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread mike wilson
Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about everone:-). My daughter made a website for my advertising portfolio. I'm hoping to show it to some headhunters next week, but I'm not sure if i

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >http://www.stenquist.com/Paul/Paul.htm I get a nice (large) opening image, but no sign of links to anything else (and nothing happens if I click on the main image).

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Derby Chang" Subject: D'oh Has this ever happened to you? Sportin' a new Hoya Super HMC Pro UV filter. Walk around town doin' stuff, hoping for some good street shots, but none eventuate. Come home, and find the lens sans filter. Rejection. It happe

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looks good on Firefox 1.5. Everything opened as it should - sound on the opening page OK, all the Quicktimes that I played worked well. I echo Dave's feelings on the navigation. I don't like to have a lot of windows open and would prefer navigating the site with forward/back buttons and dire

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks for the input. I don't know why the opening sound is so flaky. Can any of you web gurus guess why a sound effect would play on some browsers/systems and not on others? Car guy? Yes, I'm afraid so. Although it was a good thing at one time, it can be a negative, particularly when the car b

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, No sound with opening page here on microsoft internet explorer. Most of the stuff played fine on my DSL line, only a few had pauses. You really are a car guy! Regards, Bob S. On 4/2/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know mu

Mark Roberts

2006-04-02 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Apparently both of your accounts are bouncing mail from me now. Got any more? -Aaron

Re: OT: Why big negs

2006-04-02 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Apr 2, 2006, at 9:01 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I would agree with that. Although compared to even a drum scan of a 6x7 neg, the Epson scan of a 4x5 is superior. Yow -- that must've been a lousy drum scan! My biggest issue with the 3200 is image noise. Like I said before in this thread,

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread David J Brooks
Hi Paul. Opening page loaded fine. No typing sound. I'm using the ibook OSX right now though i'll check it on windows a bit later. However, and maybe i didi not wait long enough, but the contact, portfolio and resume pages did not load. A sub window popped up then nothing. As a say after seein

RE: PAW - Solitary Protester

2006-04-02 Thread Manuel Magalhães
It's a nice shot indeed, but the funniest thing is that I was wondering the same thing, and plus the possibility of duck feathers jacket! Manuel -Mensagem original- De: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviada: sábado, 1 de Abril de 2006 21:38 Para: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Assun

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Jack Davis
Not since disposing of an early A-28~80 one-touch with "plastic" lens barrel and limited filter threads. Attaching a filter was a constant threading frustration. Lost a couple through impatience, mainly. Jack --- Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has this ever happened to you? Sportin'

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread David Savage
On 4/2/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more > about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about > everone:-). My daughter made a website for my advertising portfolio. > I'm hoping to show it to some headhunte

Doll House (some houses are way too pink)

2006-04-02 Thread Roman
http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20060331154927 The second I saw this disturbing PINK house I knew I gotto do something about it. I'm not a demolition expert, although I aim and shoot and practice street shooting allot... The actual reason was testing for lense performance at f/8.0 that is opt

Re: OT: Why big negs

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
I would agree with that. Although compared to even a drum scan of a 6x7 neg, the Epson scan of a 4x5 is superior. Paul On Apr 2, 2006, at 8:40 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Having seen one neg scanned on both a Heidelberg drum scanner and on an Epson, I'd suggest that a 4x5 neg scanned on a high-en

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Sorry. Should have mentioned that this is NOT dial-up friendly beyond the opening page. On Apr 2, 2006, at 8:53 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about everone:-). My daughter ma

OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about everone:-). My daughter made a website for my advertising portfolio. I'm hoping to show it to some headhunters next week, but I'm not sure if it works on PC browsers

Re: PESO: Queen For A Day (a different frame)

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Boris, As I said in an earlier reply, I cropped the shot, because it looked unbalanced. Here's the next frame. She's posing now. Perhaps not as much fun as when she was preening. But she does still show that big toothy grin. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4288507 On Apr 2, 2006

Re: OT: Why big negs

2006-04-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Having seen one neg scanned on both a Heidelberg drum scanner and on an Epson, I'd suggest that a 4x5 neg scanned on a high-end drum scanner would deliver ~superb~ results, and that results from an Epson are a few steps below superb. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist > My Epson

Re: PESO: Queen For A Day

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
I hadn't had a coney in almost a year, but I had two yesterday. I think I'll wait at least another year before indulging again. But they were good in that sloppy coney way. Of course the truly good ones are too messy to pick up and eat and require a fork :-). Paul On Apr 2, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Sa

Re: OT: Why big negs

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
My Epson 3200 has a film holder for 4x5, so moire is not a problem. I'm sure the newer Epsons come similarly equipped. I've scanned 4x5 at 3200 dpi, and the results are superb. Paul On Apr 2, 2006, at 6:10 AM, David Mann wrote: On Apr 1, 2006, at 12:05 AM, Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: There ar

Re: D'oh

2006-04-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Darn... > Has this ever happened to you? Sportin' a new Hoya Super HMC Pro UV > filter. Walk around town doin' stuff, hoping for some good street shots, > but none eventuate. Come home, and find the lens sans filter. > > Screw those filters on tight, kids. I noticed few times that a filter would

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