Do the happy dance!

2006-11-16 Thread Paul Ewins
Just had a P67 55 f4 turn up in the post. It was an eBay purchase that cost me AUD$250 (around US$190). Apart from small scratches in the paintwork it is in fantastic condition. I think I'm going to have to shoot some rolls of 120 this weekend! I've now got the 55, 75 (and 75 shift), 105, 135

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread John Francis
It's an AF 500 FTZ - a TTL flash. I know the *ist-D is supposed to have problems with flash photography, but I've had fairly good luck with the 500. But I guess I'll have to start thinking about getting a 540 - the 500 won't be a lot of use on a K10D. On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 09:08:23PM

Re: PESO - A cloud study

2006-11-16 Thread Boros Attila
Hello John, I think it has a lot of potential, and I also would like to see some darkening beneath the cloud as Rick said. I tried to make a quick adjustment to show what I'm talking about http://ns.atn.ro/~attila/cloud.jpg Did you shot this in RAW format? I would try to bring out as much

Re: I'm 37

2006-11-16 Thread David Mann
On Nov 16, 2006, at 12:53 PM, Bob W wrote: Better get used to it. 35 is a man's prime, so I've stayed there for years. 35 is also a woman's prime, come to that. Sorry Bob but 35 is divisible by 5. 31 or 37 might be more suitable. Having recently turned 10, I guess I'm past my prime. -

RE: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flattering pic of an icon. Is that built-in flash or? just the healthy glow you get from having a few billion dollars in the bank. LOL! -Brendan

Re: OT: I'm 37

2006-11-16 Thread David Mann
On Nov 16, 2006, at 2:34 PM, John Celio wrote: I turned 28 last month. Please don't tell me I'm the youngest member (aside from Cotty's inner child). I stopped counting at 24... - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread David Mann
On Nov 16, 2006, at 6:18 PM, Bob W wrote: just the healthy glow you get from having a few billion dollars in the bank. All that money and he still hasn't bought a tie. Nice to see he's got some sense. - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusingon*istDS?)

2006-11-16 Thread John Whittingham
Hi Shel That's good to know. I've never experienced that, but then, rarely do I use filters. Do you know if that happens on other lenses, such as the 15mm/3.5? Not sure about other lenses, the only reason I know is Paul Stregevsky (former PDML member) contacted me regarding a Sigma 16mm

Re: Do the happy dance!

2006-11-16 Thread David Mann
On Nov 16, 2006, at 8:52 PM, Paul Ewins wrote: I've now got the 55, 75 (and 75 shift), 105, 135 and 165 and that is really more than enough. I take it you haven't used the 45 yet. Trust me, you want one. The old 300 is a nice lens, too. I've taken some of my favourite photos with it.

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread SJ
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:53:02 -0500 John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] being a computer history museum, i hope there is a footnote somewhere there about statements like 640k ram is enough for anyone and the internet is just a passing fad... :)) Hardly. See, for example:

OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread Dario Bonazza
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0611/06111603nikond40handsonpreview.asp Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: [OT] Computer geeks: Hardware help requested

2006-11-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/11/15 Wed PM 10:47:49 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: [OT] Computer geeks: Hardware help requested John Francis wrote: Nowadays I don't think it's worthwhile putting your own system together unless you want

RE: [OT] Computer geeks: Hardware help requested

2006-11-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/11/15 Wed PM 11:33:40 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: [OT] Computer geeks: Hardware help requested No, you don't. You look more like an I have the boxes here somewhere guy ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just

Re: road trip time

2006-11-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Heya running like mad the past couple of days. almost ready to take off in the morning, about a day later than I'd hoped but so it goes. yup, i'll be priusing. will let you know how it does. ;-) I'll likely not want to stop until I get to Nevada by the time I get out of here, but if I do

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread Boris Liberman
I am not a Nikonian, but how many lenses are there with AF motor in the lens compared to grand total number of Nikon lenses that could be mounted on this camera? This is not a trolling question, merely my curiosity. On 11/16/06, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusingon*istDS?)

2006-11-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, John Whittingham wrote: element. I've had a MIR 20mm as well, neither the MIR or Tokina seemed as good as the K 18mm IMHO and apparently both are longer than their stated focal length, although I cannot confirm this. I think the K18 is also more of a 19; I seem to have

Re: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list?

2006-11-16 Thread Cotty
On 15/11/06, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: I jumped in recently because I'm getting tired of this shit. Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list?

2006-11-16 Thread Cotty
On 15/11/06, J. C. O'Connell, discombobulated, unleashed: This is all getting to be a little too much Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusingon*istDS?)

2006-11-16 Thread John Whittingham
I think the K18 is also more of a 19; I seem to have read this on the list at some point. Yes, I think you may be right there. To be honest I rarely use anything wider than 24mm on film unless I need to. Each year I have to shoot large groups on people at work and occasionally I need

RE: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread Bob W
just the healthy glow you get from having a few billion dollars in the bank. All that money and he still hasn't bought a tie. Nice to see he's got some sense. - Dave You don't need a tie when you're the 500lb gorilla in the room Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread Bob W
That's great news. It means our Kenny can do a hands-off review of a real camera instead of a hands-off review of vapourware. That's got to be progress, surely. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dario Bonazza Sent: 16

RE: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread Bob W
John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just thought I'd share this one - a quick snap I took a few hours ago at the Computer History Museum. http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/BillAndJohn.jpg being a computer history museum, i hope there is a footnote somewhere there

Re: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list?

2006-11-16 Thread Lon Williamson
If I keep the camera at a constant distance from the subject, I agree with you. But if the subject has the same magnifaction in the finder, I don't. You haven't mentioned that yet in this new diatribe. -Lon J. C. O'Connell wrote: I never said it was always a problem, I said its harder to

Re: Metz flash repair in australia

2006-11-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/11/16 Thu AM 06:53:29 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Metz flash repair in australia I have several metz 45 CT series flashes and like most of them in the world, the battery packs are dead and no longer hold

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread Don Williams
Very interesting. In 1978 I bought a system HP 2000 (running RTE III) for my Institute. It cost $175 000 and had a 15 mbyte hard drive the size of a washing machine, a reel to reel tape drive, a paper tape reader and 196 kbytes of memory. To do a 256 x 256 FFT -- masking -- and back TTF took

Re: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list?

2006-11-16 Thread keith_w
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list? I sold my 105 some time ago. I could try it with a 90. But I would never focus any lens at f8. What's the point? Whats the point of 90% of the traffic

Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusingon*istDS?)

2006-11-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, John Whittingham wrote: Yes, I think you may be right there. To be honest I rarely use anything wider than 24mm on film unless I need to. Each year I have to shoot large groups on people at work and occasionally I need something as wide as the K 18mm. I think it's great

Re: Metz flash repair in australia

2006-11-16 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do it yourself... An example: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//pentax_nicd_pack/ Sadly I tried, but the result was a damaged battery holder. The base of the Metz battery pack is very fragile. Kind regards Kevin --

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread John Forbes
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:01:02 -, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just thought I'd share this one - a quick snap I took a few hours ago at the Computer History Museum. http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/BillAndJohn.jpg being a computer

Re: Enablement - Sort of

2006-11-16 Thread John Whittingham
I picked up an MZ-5n today, sadly, it was a replacement for my MX under warranty, as the MX had tripped over the Lemon clause in its extended warranty due to my repeated attempts to get the metering on/off switch repaired (the last attempt came back 'No Trouble Found' when the meter is

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip a 15 mbyte hard drive Looks like you win the my computer was less capable than yours argument by about 9 orders of magnitude. 8-) http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html - Email sent from

Re: Enablement - Sort of

2006-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
sadly, I no longer have the MX. -Adam John Whittingham wrote: I picked up an MZ-5n today, sadly, it was a replacement for my MX under warranty, as the MX had tripped over the Lemon clause in its extended warranty due to my repeated attempts to get the metering on/off switch repaired (the

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
Not necessarily, I did my first serious work on a Fox Z80. No drives, 4K of RAM, all programming was via keying in hand-assembled hex. Rather nice embedded training system. I was glad when I started to do PLC work though, far easier to work with. Nowadays I smack spammers for a living and

RE: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list?

2006-11-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
No, you're mistaken, I did mention that already in the thread. I not only stated all else being equal a bunch of times, I also stated the zoom example ( focus on your subject at longest setting and then zoom to desired focal length- which is focusing at same distance), I also specifically stated

RE: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list?

2006-11-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
WR is the one who snapped with his totally uncalled for fuckface comment posts. That's snapping. He ought to be the one being filtered or banned, not me. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of keith_w Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:50 AM

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Don Williams Subject: Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum Very interesting. In 1978 I bought a system HP 2000 (running RTE III) for my Institute. It cost $175 000 and had a 15 mbyte hard drive the size of a washing machine, a reel to reel tape drive, a paper

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
He did that when it leaked 2 weeks ago. -Adam Bob W wrote: That's great news. It means our Kenny can do a hands-off review of a real camera instead of a hands-off review of vapourware. That's got to be progress, surely. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
That's a major issue. While all but one DX lens is AF-S (The 10.5mm fisheye isn't), the only low-budget lenses that are AF-S are the 18-55's and the 55-200. Because the lowest-end of the film Nikons have never supported AF-S, all the other low-budget lenses are screwdriver AF, even 3rd party

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
Dario Bonazza wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0611/06111603nikond40handsonpreview.asp Dario I'm conflicted on this. It's got some nice upgrades: ISO3200, 9 RAW buffer, SDHC support, improved VF [95% at .8x pentamirror instead of the .75x of the D50,D70 and D100] and the self-timer

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/11/16 Thu PM 01:18:15 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum Not necessarily, I did my first serious work on a Fox Z80. No drives, 4K of RAM, all programming was via keying in

Re: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list?

2006-11-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hmmm another comment that has slipped through my filter. OK, I can't let this pass as, iirc, JCO made this comment several times: J. C. O'Connell wrote: Lastly I use the zoom example because its the easiest and fastest way to make the comparison, changing primes makes for a

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread P. J. Alling
_our_ Kenny, puleeze, don't pull him over to our side. Bob W wrote: That's great news. It means our Kenny can do a hands-off review of a real camera instead of a hands-off review of vapourware. That's got to be progress, surely. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list?

2006-11-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Of course, JCO has the option to filter or not respond to posts as well ... Shel [Original Message] From: keith_w Wouldn't it be better to just filter all messages from him? Might help maintain your sanity. You guys keep baiting him, and then get pissed when he snaps back. Plonk him

RE: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
.. equipped with a specially designed 3x 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens ... Phew - that's quite a mouthful. Shel [Original Message] From: Dario Bonazza http://www.dpreview.com/news/0611/06111603nikond40handsonpreview.asp -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread P. J. Alling
So Nikon has released a budget body and has no budget lenses that are fully compatible. Interesting marketing move. Adam Maas wrote: That's a major issue. While all but one DX lens is AF-S (The 10.5mm fisheye isn't), the only low-budget lenses that are AF-S are the 18-55's and the 55-200.

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
Well, they do have the two 18-55's and the 55-200. But nothing else. And the 70-300G is a better deal than the 55-200 (cheaper, more range, similar performance, but unusable as a MF lens due to having the worst focus ring ever put on a lens). -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: So Nikon has released

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
beats me, ask Don, he had one, not me ;-) -Adam mike wilson wrote: From: Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/11/16 Thu PM 01:18:15 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum Not necessarily, I did my first serious work on a Fox Z80. No

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread frank theriault
On 11/15/06, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just thought I'd share this one - a quick snap I took a few hours ago at the Computer History Museum. http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/BillAndJohn.jpg That's a lot of money standing there!! ;-) Terrific shot. -frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manualfocusingon*istDS?)

2006-11-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
How is one able to tell what the exact focal length of a given lens is? Or, more precisely, how do we, without appropriate testing equipment, make that determination? As an aside, Leica marks the exact focal length of some of their lenses on the lens barrel. Even though the lenses are the same,

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
Well, it does cut down on 3rd party lens sales. Only Sigma makes AF-S-compatible lenses (HSM) and their cheapest HSM lens is the 30mm f1.4, which isn't exactly low-budget. -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: But you get my drift. Adam Maas wrote: Well, they do have the two 18-55's and the 55-200.

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread P. J. Alling
But you get my drift. Adam Maas wrote: Well, they do have the two 18-55's and the 55-200. But nothing else. And the 70-300G is a better deal than the 55-200 (cheaper, more range, similar performance, but unusable as a MF lens due to having the worst focus ring ever put on a lens). -Adam

Re: I'm 37

2006-11-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
On 11/16/06, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having recently turned 10, I guess I'm past my prime. There are 10 kinds of people, aren't there? :-) Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Do the happy dance!

2006-11-16 Thread frank theriault
On 11/16/06, Paul Ewins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just had a P67 55 f4 turn up in the post. It was an eBay purchase that cost me AUD$250 (around US$190). Apart from small scratches in the paintwork it is in fantastic condition. I think I'm going to have to shoot some rolls of 120 this weekend!

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread P. J. Alling
It also cuts down on the after market lens sales for Nikon, and makes it a poor choice as a backup body for the less well heeled professionals. Now if Nikon had a raft of budget AIS lenses available it might be a different story. As an aside, the Ken Rockwell® non review of the D40, set off

Re: PESO - waves

2006-11-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks for all the nice words, folks. Bruce, the scene was quite chilling but not really angry. Waves weren't more than up to 1 meter high. :-) Seriously, the weather was quite nice and the sun was setting, so the colours were definately there. The shot is two stops underexposed, and further

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread P. J. Alling
That should be AF-S not AIS, I should really read these things before I hit send. It also cuts down on the after market lens sales for Nikon, and makes it a poor choice as a backup body for the less well heeled professionals. Now if Nikon had a raft of budget AIS lenses available it might be a

Re: PAW 2006 - 33 - GDG

2006-11-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
nice shot. My thoughts were the same as Boris'. I suspect that hint of peach colour in the sky towards the sunrise was stronger in real life than on the photo? Jostein On 11/4/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another from my trip to the IoM ... Early morning, I managed to get

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: snip a 15 mbyte hard drive So what precise use _is_ a 15millibyte hard drive? grin My favorite misuse of metric prefixes, which, as a runner, I see all the time, is K for k. I get lots of entry forms for 5K races. I tell them that I never go running when it's that

RE: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens formanualfocusingon*istDS?)

2006-11-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
If you have a reference lens ( like the ones marked by leica ) , you can compare the relative magnification of a very distant object of the test lens vs the reference lens and use that ratio as the coefficent of the ratio of two focal lengths to calculate. jco -Original Message- From:

RE: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list?

2006-11-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Sure I can explain this, I already have as a matter of fact. What you are talking about below is the ABILITY to focus accurately, not the ease at which you could do it. Like I said earlier, the wider lenses take more concentration, more time to achieve a confident result, are easier to make a

Re: PESO: more 6x17

2006-11-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
Ralf, Once again a great shot. I have only one complaint about this pic. In fact it's a bit of a complaint about all your pics... For being such a heavy industry area, it looks far too pretty. :-) Btw, your work reminds me of the work of Knut Bry on the factories in Nikel, Russia. Jostein On

Re: PESO -- The Mackenzie Barn

2006-11-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
That looks cold with the frost even growing on the wall planks... I like the muted colours and, as you say, the way it blends in with the equally frosted trees. Jostein On 11/16/06, Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/?p=153 Taken at a friend's farm on the

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

2006-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
With no battery compatibility, it's already mostly useless as a backup body. -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: That should be AF-S not AIS, I should really read these things before I hit send. It also cuts down on the after market lens sales for Nikon, and makes it a poor choice as a backup

Re: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to the list?

2006-11-16 Thread Tom C
A list is only as good as the composite of it's members. I've joined a number of other lists recently. Frankly I'm amazed how worthwhile they are and how next to worthless this one has recently become. Tom C. From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread Don Williams
It was used for holding the micro data calculated during processing density arrays (FFT) on microbes and virus particles. One of the HP (25000um) drives would be more suitable these days of course. D Adam Maas wrote: beats me, ask Don, he had one, not me ;-) -Adam mike wilson wrote:

Re: PESO - The Bluesmann and his Tools (My first public show)

2006-11-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
Very damp and intense moment there. Beyond the little nits on the thumb and stuff, you have a real winner there, Tim. Congrats! Jostein On 11/15/06, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been working on some photos for a mini rock photo show. It was a seminar for rock festivals, and I was

LCD Monitor Questions

2006-11-16 Thread Tom C
Some monitors claim to be capapble of displaying 16.7 million colors while others claim 16.2 million. 8-bit vs. 6-bit as I understand it. Any REAL difference in actual use? I see some monitors that have virtually identical specs... hard to compare and decide. Any real difference between:

PESO - Surface

2006-11-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! This time I am going for something slightly more abstract. http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=15698 Any comments will be appreciated. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO; Winter Berries

2006-11-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
nice shot. Looks like a Guelder-rose: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viburnum_opulus Jostein On 11/15/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5209774size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Photos from me... semi-OT

2006-11-16 Thread ann sanfedele
I, for one, enjoyed this tour very much, David but then I'm very partial to cute froggies :) ann David Nelson wrote: G'day, If anyone remembers me and is interested in what I've been doing for a little while, photography-wise and to some extent writing-wise, have a look at my photoblog:

Re: PESO -- The Mackenzie Barn

2006-11-16 Thread Rick Womer
I like it. Pity about the modern electrical box, though; it's a distracting element. Rick --- Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/?p=153 Taken at a friend's farm on the weekend. Pentax *ist DS w/ 77ltd, 1/1500 @ f/6.7 Comments, critiques, bricks,

Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manualfocusingon*istDS?)

2006-11-16 Thread Gonz
You know the dimensions of the sensor, you can put up a tape measure on a wall and take a picture at a fixed distance (to the focal plane), see what the magnification ratio is by looking at the picture and seeing what the resultant height of the image is, use the ratio to compute your focal

Re: PESO - Nice Soothing Winter Landscape ?

2006-11-16 Thread ann sanfedele
Nailed it, Ken - Love the early snows with glowing aspen. ann Kenneth Waller wrote: This PESO is being posted in response to David's Savage's request. Hope it fills the bill. Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Taken in southern Utah on Boulder Mountain

Re: PESO - Surface

2006-11-16 Thread Jack Davis
Boris, Think I'd like even more as an abstract if the left side tile where not raised. Lack of scale information adds intrigue. Jack --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! This time I am going for something slightly more abstract. http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=15698

Re: PESO - waves

2006-11-16 Thread ann sanfedele
Scares the hell out of me I think I needs some seasick meds :) You really captured the quality of danger in the ocean - not sure if that was your intent - you may be braver than I am ann Jostein Øksne wrote: http://www.oksne.net/paw/waves.html All kinds of comments/critique/flames

Re: PESO - The forest through the trees

2006-11-16 Thread ann sanfedele
I like this a lot, Bruce It could work as a book illustration - has a kind of Maurice Sendak quality to it I'd be interested in seeing the almost black and white color shot. ann Bruce Dayton wrote: Not my usual kind of shot. The lighting really caught my attention. Pentax *istD, DA

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread ann sanfedele
That should make the papers, John Terrific photo journalism shot I think ann John Francis wrote: Just thought I'd share this one - a quick snap I took a few hours ago at the Computer History Museum. http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/BillAndJohn.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: PESO - Surface

2006-11-16 Thread Tom C
Striking! Tom C. From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Surface Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:11:33 +0200 Hi! This time I am going for something slightly more abstract.

Re: PESO - The forest through the trees

2006-11-16 Thread frank theriault
On 11/13/06, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not my usual kind of shot. The lighting really caught my attention. Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4 @ 45mm ISO 800, 1/30 sec @ f/6.7, handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3831bw.htm Comments welcome I think it's a tremendous photo,

Re: PESO - Quintessential Fun!

2006-11-16 Thread ann sanfedele
Boris, I have to say I can't get into this one -- I think it is because the motion of the child and the background are at kinda the same speed - so it all mushes together. I keep trying to focus looking at it. I think if there were less contrast amoung the elements in the background it might

Re: PESO - waves

2006-11-16 Thread frank theriault
On 11/15/06, Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.oksne.net/paw/waves.html All kinds of comments/critique/flames welcome. Thanks for looking. I love seascapes. I can almost feel the wind, the saltspray on my cheeks. I can feel the power of the sea. Great shot, Jostein!!

Re: PESO; Winter Berries

2006-11-16 Thread frank theriault
On 11/14/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 14, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5209774size=lg That's very nice, I like the simple composition and clean colors rendering. I think Godfrey sums up what I'd say about it.

Re: PESO - Surface

2006-11-16 Thread frank theriault
On 11/16/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! This time I am going for something slightly more abstract. http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=15698 Any comments will be appreciated. I love it -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: LCD Monitor Questions

2006-11-16 Thread Jack Davis
Tom, I believe that very question was answered by Godfrey a couple days ago. Must be in the archives. As I remember it, the superior appearance afforded by the 16.7M is obvious to the eye. Jack --- Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some monitors claim to be capapble of displaying 16.7 million

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 10:41:41AM -, Bob W wrote: just the healthy glow you get from having a few billion dollars in the bank. All that money and he still hasn't bought a tie. Nice to see he's got some sense. - Dave You don't need a tie when you're the 500lb

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 01:36:00PM +, mike wilson wrote: From: Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip a 15 mbyte hard drive Looks like you win the my computer was less capable than yours argument by about 9 orders of magnitude. I can play at that game. The first computer I

Re: LCD Monitor Questions

2006-11-16 Thread Tom C
If so, it wasn't the one I asked. While I have no doubt that an 8-bit monitor is technically superior to a 6-bit monitor, since no picture contains anywhere near 16 million colors, I would bet huge amounts that an individual could not tell simply by looking at the image on two side by side

Re: PESO - Quintessential Fun!

2006-11-16 Thread frank theriault
On 11/13/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=15682 All comments welcome! Thanks. That photograph is pure joy One of your best (and you've had many terrrific ones). (of course, I ~would~ love it, wouldn't I?) vbg cheers, frank --

Re: PESO -- The Mackenzie Barn

2006-11-16 Thread Brian Walters
That's a really interesting image - it almost looks like a monochrome image with some brown colour added. I agree with the comment about the modern electrical fittings - I tried cropping them out but I don't think the composition works as well as the original. Cheers Brian

Re: LCD Monitor Questions

2006-11-16 Thread Mat Maessen
On 11/16/06, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some monitors claim to be capapble of displaying 16.7 million colors while others claim 16.2 million. 8-bit vs. 6-bit as I understand it. Any REAL difference in actual use? I think the biggest place you'll see the difference in is in color gamut.

RE: PESO - The Bluesmann and his Tools (My first public show)

2006-11-16 Thread Tim Øsleby
No comments so far. I'd better post a bait post. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Øsleby Sent: 15. november 2006 19:13 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: PESO - The Bluesmann and his

Re: PESO - a gathering at the museum

2006-11-16 Thread John Francis
The papers used a shot of Bill in a tux later that evening at the Tech museum. I was shooting for the Computer History Museum, though, and my shot works far better for them: the other person in the picture is John Toole, CEO of the CHM. On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 01:16:36PM -0500, ann sanfedele

Re: PESO: how to take pictures of kids

2006-11-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Juan, have you traveled to Australia recently? ;-) Thumbs up! Boris Juan Buhler wrote: Nowadays, the only way to take pictures of kids in the street is when you are sure the parents won't see you: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=633 (just kidding btw--always make sure

Re: PAW 2006 - 36 - GDG

2006-11-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Pulling some older photos up for a project, I found this one from the Windmere Aviation Museum in the UK that I took last year. It's made a splendid 11x14 print...!! http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/36.htm Comments, critique, flames all appreciated. Fascinatingly

Re: PESO: Autumn Berries

2006-11-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5209774size=lg Paul, can you please re-shoot it with just a bit of snow for Winter Berries? I really like it. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Frozen in Time

2006-11-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Not an origonal idea obviously, as I saw a similar pic here. It made me want to try my on. Was in NC this past week and the leaves were in abundance, so tried my luck. I like the result very much, so a big thanks to the origonal poster here!

Re: PESO- merge to HDR

2006-11-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I've decided to really try to come to grips with the 32bit hdr function in photoshop CS2. the tricky part is working the curve when converting back down to 16 bits. It's very easy to get awful results and quite hard to get good results. This was shot Sunday evening at Darling

Re: PESO - Surface

2006-11-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
Nice one, Boris. :-) Jostein On 11/16/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! This time I am going for something slightly more abstract. http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=15698 Any comments will be appreciated. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: more 6x17

2006-11-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Things are beginning to settle with the new 617. I hope I have now made all mistakes which can be made. The 90 mm Grandagon was apparently faulty (lack of sharpness in the corners) and has been replaced by a 8/90 mm Nikkor. I've sure had a few good lenses in my time, the 85 and 250 mm

Re: PESO - Toronto by Night

2006-11-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! A slightly trite city skyline shot http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/296936246/ K100D, 16-45 [EMAIL PROTECTED], 20 seconds at f8 and ISO 200. large version for non-Flickr types: http://static.flickr.com/103/296936246_cabe325514_b.jpg Trite or not - but it is pleasant to look at.

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