Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Jay Taylor
Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom! I had been dreaming about the FA*600/4 ever since I started shooting birds, but a good guy who lives in my region just happened to put this fine lens up for sale since he wasn't shooting

RE: SMC-K 4/45-125mm

2007-03-24 Thread Jens Bladt
So it does, William. I'm not sure if this is normal or caused by the scratches, though. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af William Robb Sendt:

RE: Meeting in Venice

2007-03-24 Thread Jens Bladt
Nice photographs and event, Dario. Thanks for sharing. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Dario Bonazza Sendt: 16. marts 2007 14:55 Til:

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Peter Lacus
Jay, I decided that I might as well go for it and if it didn't work out I could always sell it. Even though f5.6 is not as fast as I would prefer and a zoom would not be as sharp as a prime, I figured the flexibility of having the wide zoom range could come in handy and the chances

RE: SMC-K 4/45-125mm

2007-03-24 Thread J. C. O'Connell
like any other lens, its probably normal to be very slightly softer wide open, which is what I see based on those two photos. I doubt those very few scratch marks are making the difference... jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jens Bladt

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice shot, although a little crispy looking. Perhaps oversharpened a bit? John Francis gets great results with this lens on his *istD. Paul On Mar 24, 2007, at 4:04 AM, Jay Taylor wrote: Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom! I

Re: PESO:low water level

2007-03-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice one. The moody light, fog and silhouetted bicyclist combine well here. Good work. Paul Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Pentaxians this PESO and 11 more, some new ones, made it to the Pentax Gallery today an extremly low water level on the river Sihl and a bike :-)

Re: Off Topic (Nikon) having handled D80 and Nikkor 18-200/3.5-5.6 VR

2007-03-24 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Boris, On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:43:52 +0200, Boris Liberman wrote: Godfrey, this time I am thinking more about a reduced circle lens, such as Tamron 18-200, or 18-250 or even Sigma 18-200... I bought the Tamron 18-200 over a year ago, but have hardly used it. It's auto-focus did not work very

Gallery Access

2007-03-24 Thread Walter Hamler
My count is 26. If you refresh my page, you'll get a different count every time. It dies on a file that has been apparently corrupted when they uploaded it. I've told them several times. I suppose they'll correct it eventually. Not important. But my point is that the gallery is still very

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Jay, On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:04:00 -0700, Jay Taylor wrote: Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom! Congrats, very nice find! Even though f5.6 is not as fast as I would prefer Right, I think the 5.6 is to slow to make it

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Christian
Jay Taylor wrote: Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom! Nice lens! You'll have a blast with it. Oh yeah, this puppy is pretty heavy. I'm hoping my tripod (Benro 1327) is stout enough as well as the Wimberley Sidekick

Re: PESO - Windmills of the Mind

2007-03-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
In addition, Marnie first thought they were windmills, which they were but only in _her_ mind. Glad you liked the shot, Ann, and thanks for jumping in and saving me from additional typing LOL http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/silos.html Shel [Original Message] From: ann sanfedele [EMAIL

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Congratulations. Mega enablement indeed. Be sure to show us more pictures. The one you showed is very good indeed. Boris Jay Taylor wrote: Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom! I had been dreaming about the FA*600/4 ever

Re: Off Topic (Nikon) having handled D80 and Nikkor 18-200/3.5-5.6 VR

2007-03-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 24, 2007, at 5:27 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote: [... ultra zooms ...] It WOULD be a great one-lens solution for traveling, but sofar I have always chickened out on really using it in favor of better quality ones (often the limited primes :-) Exactly ... I fantasize about having a one lens,

Re: Pics from Japan PIE other tidbits of Pentax news (from Ken)

2007-03-24 Thread mike wilson
Thibouille wrote: ** First the pics: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/other/2007/03/22/5892.html *Note the *working* 645D. Note also that the little huh button? (not the correct word I know) to open memory card door id the same as the K10D. I suppose it would mean the 645D will have the

PESO: Spring Morning

2007-03-24 Thread Walter Hamler
This is what I awoke to this AM in my backyard. Color or BW?? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/SpringSunriseweb.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/SpringSunrisewebBW.jpg Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Just took a look on Boz site to see what that looked like. Quite the monster! Enjoy it. :-) If you don't mind my asking, what does something like that cost these days? Godfrey On Mar 24, 2007, at 1:04 AM, Jay Taylor wrote: Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax

PESO - Napa Train Station

2007-03-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Last Sunday Marnie and I took a drive to Napa, and as you may know from some of her posted pics, we came across this old, abandoned train station. It's interesting to note - at least for me, anyway - that I photographed this very same station on my first ever trip to Napa in 1968. I'm sure that

Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Walter Hamler
Jay, I cannot access the link. All I get is Forbidden. Strange, as others seemingly have been able to see it. Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread David Savage
10 cornia's, 1 kidney half a liver. Cheers, Dave On 3/24/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just took a look on Boz site to see what that looked like. Quite the monster! Enjoy it. :-) If you don't mind my asking, what does something like that cost these days? Godfrey On

Re: Off Topic (Nikon) having handled D80 and Nikkor 18-200/3.5-5.6 VR

2007-03-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
It would be nice if the convenient option would also be amongst your best lenses ... Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Exactly ... I fantasize about having a one lens, minimum weight/size kit for traveling convenience, but when it comes down to going on a trip, I always

Re: PESO: Spring Morning

2007-03-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Delightful. Definitely color, perhaps a wee bit brighter in the midrange. A push up on the middle of the rgb curve would give you that. Would a tiny bit of counterclockwise rotation help here? Not sure. Paul On Mar 24, 2007, at 9:38 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: This is what I awoke to this AM

Re: Pics from Japan PIE other tidbits of Pentax news (from Ken)

2007-03-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Any info on size, weight, sensor? I like the idea that there appears to be two tripod mounts - bottom and side. Or am I mistaken on that? Shel ** First the pics: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/other/2007/03/22/5892.html *Note the *working* 645D.

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Rick Womer
Jay, I'm told I'm forbidden to view the link. Rick --- Jay Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom! I had been dreaming about the FA*600/4 ever since I started shooting birds, but a good

Re: Pics from Japan PIE other tidbits of Pentax news (from Ken)

2007-03-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
Size and weight are more or less like the film version. Kodak 31-megapixel sensor. Compare sensor size with the one of the K10D: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/parts/image_for_link/86843-5892-9-1.html Dario - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: Off Topic (Nikon) having handled D80 and Nikkor 18-200/3.5-5.6 VR

2007-03-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
lol ... Well, if I decide that I can take just one lens like I often did with the Hasselblad 903SWC, it was definitely also my best lens and pretty convenient... ;-) G On Mar 24, 2007, at 7:55 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: It would be nice if the convenient option would also be amongst your

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread David Savage
Works for me. Nice picture Jay. Cheers, Dave On 3/24/07, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jay, I'm told I'm forbidden to view the link. Rick --- Jay Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto lens. The

PESO: Spring Morning

2007-03-24 Thread Walter Hamler
Delightful. Definitely color, perhaps a wee bit brighter in the midrange. A push up on the middle of the rgb curve would give you that. Would a tiny bit of counterclockwise rotation help here? Not sure. Paul Thanks Paul.. I will try the suggestions. Of course a lot is always lost in a web

Re: Pics from Japan PIE other tidbits of Pentax news (from Ken)

2007-03-24 Thread Christian
Shel Belinkoff wrote: I like the idea that there appears to be two tripod mounts - bottom and side. Or am I mistaken on that? Yep two tripod mounts. If you put a QR plate on each one, it makes flipping between vertical and horizontal very easy and maintains the balance on the tripod. The

Re: Pics from Japan PIE other tidbits of Pentax news (from Ken)

2007-03-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I think we discussed this at some point in the past month. Based on Pentax releasing a new D-FA 55 mm lens, it looks like it will be a 1.2x crop on 645 format, which means the current lens range would need to be extended by one more wide to achieve the same maximum FoV as the Pentax 645

Re: Pics from Japan PIE other tidbits of Pentax news (from Ken)

2007-03-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, So, about what are the dimensions of the 645 and about how much does it weigh? How big is it compared to a K10D? I wish I had a pay grade for the 645D to be outside of LOL Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi I think we discussed this at some point in the past month. Based

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
Me too. not available on this server.(?) Jack --- Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jay, I'm told I'm forbidden to view the link. Rick --- Jay Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Christian Subject: Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6 I just found out how expensive these long lenses are... The lens itself is pricey, but then you need some pretty expensive accessories (gimbal mounts, etc) if you don't already have them! When I

Re: SMC-K 4/45-125mm

2007-03-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jens Bladt Subject: RE: SMC-K 4/45-125mm So it does, William. I'm not sure if this is normal or caused by the scratches, though. Regards It's an older lens, from a time when designs weren't quite as good. I'd bet its pretty normal. Unless the front

Simga f4.0 Mirror lens

2007-03-24 Thread J
Does anyone know anything about this lens. It is a big mirror lens.A local person has one for sale in brand new shape with case,Pentax mount ? Thanks Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread P. J. Alling
The lens seems to be very good on digital. Jay Taylor wrote: Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom! I had been dreaming about the FA*600/4 ever since I started shooting birds, but a good guy who lives in my region just

Re: PESO: Spring Morning

2007-03-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Snap judgment, it works better in color. Walter Hamler wrote: This is what I awoke to this AM in my backyard. Color or BW?? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/SpringSunriseweb.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/SpringSunrisewebBW.jpg Walt -- Entropy

Re: PESO - Mustard Fields Forever

2007-03-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/23/2007 12:13:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/forever.htm Marnie, that's an awesome photo! It doesn't have a single focal point or main subject. No compositional elements at

OT Rename4mac etc

2007-03-24 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks to Cotty for the link to renamer4mac. It works just like ckremname on my PC, except for 1 small extra step. No big deal. Now, if i can find a mad4mac web page maker. I tried iview last fall but wasn't to fond of it. Mind you it was a version for the PC. Anyone have something i they use,

Re: Pics from Japan PIE other tidbits of Pentax news (from Ken)

2007-03-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Here's a page of specifications: http://www.floatograph.com/645v.html It's bigger than a K10D by a healthy bit, but not so big as to be unmanageable for hand held shooting. Kind of a lot to carry around much, however. Godfrey On Mar 24, 2007, at 8:46 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi,

Re: PESO - Mustard Fields Forever

2007-03-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/23/2007 1:35:07 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That works well, but I would prefer it to have less blur in the foreground. Martin Scorsese often uses the effect of filling the entire frame with a single colour - he did it very effectively with red

Re: Pics from Japan PIE other tidbits of Pentax news (from Ken)

2007-03-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/24/2007 8:51:28 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's a page of specifications: http://www.floatograph.com/645v.html It's bigger than a K10D by a healthy bit, but not so big as to be unmanageable for hand held shooting. Kind of a lot to carry

Re: Pics from Japan PIE other tidbits of Pentax news (from Ken)

2007-03-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
DREAMI'd buy the digital version in a heartbeat/DREAM That's what happens when you're in an active REM state LOL Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Here's a page of specifications: http://www.floatograph.com/645v.html It's bigger than a K10D by a healthy bit, but not so

Re: OT Rename4mac etc

2007-03-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
Dave - You might look at JAlbum. There is a version compiled for Windows only and a cross-platform version that requires Java...and it's free. http://jalbum.net/ Paul David J Brooks wrote: Thanks to Cotty for the link to renamer4mac. It works just like ckremname on my PC, except for 1

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
Very nice subject composition although I agree with Paul - it does have an extra crispy look to it. FWIW I have a used Gitzo 1410 tripod for sale, that I've used with my 600mm FA - it'll handle all the 35 mm stuff you can put on it medium/large format gear to boot. If interested contact me

Re: PESO:low water level

2007-03-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
Very nice subject composition, but I find the blank sky a real distraction for me. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO:low water level Nice one. The moody light, fog and silhouetted bicyclist combine well here. Good work.

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
I just found out how expensive these long lenses are... The lens itself is pricey, but then you need some pretty expensive accessories (gimbal mounts, etc) if you don't already have them! Same here! I spent almost another third of the cost of my new 600mm FA on tripod, head backpack

Re: Spring Morning

2007-03-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
Honestly Walter, neither one work for me. They both make nice scenes but my eyes keep wandering around looking for something to concentrate on. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Spring Morning This is what I awoke to this AM in

Re: PESO - Napa Train Station

2007-03-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice work Shel. I like them both for the simple graphic nature color. Both have the look of crafted images. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Napa Train Station Last Sunday Marnie and I took a drive to Napa, and as you may

Re: Pics from Japan PIE other tidbits of Pentax news (from Ken)

2007-03-24 Thread Mark Roberts
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] I like the idea that there appears to be two tripod mounts - bottom and side. Or am I mistaken on that? You're not mistaken - Pentax has done that with the 645 ever since the original version of 1984. Very useful. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Napa Train Station

2007-03-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Ken, Thanks for looking and for your comments. What do you mean by crafted images? Shel [Original Message] From: Kenneth Waller Nice work Shel. I like them both for the simple graphic nature color. Both have the look of crafted images. - Original Message - From: Shel

Re: PESO - Mustard Fields Forever

2007-03-24 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/forever.htm Marnie, that's an awesome photo! It doesn't have a single focal point or main subject. No compositional elements at all, really. It just *is*. Zen

Re: Gallery Access

2007-03-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
There were some problems with my images in that the description were mixed up for several of them I advised Carolyn she acknowledged they were working on that. In a day or two all was fine. My page show 44 images they all show. Most are in landscape wildlife. I only wish they'd supply

Re: Gallery Access

2007-03-24 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Paul, On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:46:13 -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: My count is 26. If you refresh my page, you'll get a different count every time. It dies on a file that has been apparently corrupted when they uploaded it. Hmm, corrupted in their database you mean ? You may be able to

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 11, Issue 326

2007-03-24 Thread Jay Taylor
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Just took a look on Boz site to see what that looked like. Quite the monster! Enjoy it. :-) If you don't mind my asking, what does something like that cost these days? Godfrey Godfrey, I actually managed to hang onto both my kidneys for the time being. But I

Re: PESO - Mustard Fields Forever

2007-03-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/24/2007 10:09:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm a great believer in what I'd call the Blink (http://www.gladwell.com/blink/) theory of photo interpretation: An immediate first impression of wow means a lot more than all the analysis,

Re: Spring Morning

2007-03-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/24/2007 9:50:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Honestly Walter, neither one work for me. They both make nice scenes but my eyes keep wandering around looking for something to concentrate on. Kenneth Waller == What he said. Marnie aka Doe

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Jay Taylor
Walter Hamler wrote: Jay, I cannot access the link. All I get is Forbidden. Strange, as others seemingly have been able to see it. Walter, Not sure why you can't connect to the link, but here is the address to my PBase site where you can view it:

Re: PESO - Napa Train Station

2007-03-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
What do you mean by crafted images? IMO - Crafted image = a well thought out, planned executed image, more than a mere photo; the work of an educated photographer taking the time to consider all the parameters. the effects on the final image. It a term I've come to appreciate am just

Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Walter Hamler
Walter, Not sure why you can't connect to the link, but here is the address to my PBase site where you can view it: That's better! Thanks Jay. They all look great to me, especially the woodpecker. That will be a nice addition to the lens stable. Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re:Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Jay Taylor
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Just took a look on Boz site to see what that looked like. Quite the monster! Enjoy it. :-) If you don't mind my asking, what does something like that cost these days? Godfrey Godfrey, I actually managed to hang onto both my kidneys for the time being. But I

Re: PESO - Napa Train Station

2007-03-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
Shel, I really like both of these. Especially the tonal range in the wider shot. There's horizontal, vertical and oblique angles everywhere but the framing seems to contain everything without it looking busy. -Brendan --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last Sunday Marnie and I took a

OT: 'Puter Help! (WinXP, USB problems)

2007-03-24 Thread John Celio
Help! My USB ports have pretty much stopped working. The only device they'll recognize is my old Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer. It start a couple nights ago, when the computer pretty much froze while I was trying to shut it down. I had to shut it down by holding down the power button til

Re: OT: 'Puter Help! (WinXP, USB problems)

2007-03-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/24/2007 10:50:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My USB ports have pretty much stopped working. The only device they'll recognize is my old Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer. It start a couple nights ago, when the computer pretty much froze while I

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 11, Issue 326

2007-03-24 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:21:03AM -0700, Jay Taylor wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Just took a look on Boz site to see what that looked like. Quite the monster! Enjoy it. :-) If you don't mind my asking, what does something like that cost these days? Godfrey Godfrey, I

Re: Simga f4.0 Mirror lens

2007-03-24 Thread P. J. Alling
I've never seen one, it's considered a cult classic. It's supposed to be close focusing, sharp and contrast for a mirror tele. IIRC the lens mount isn't interchangeable so it will only work on the camera it's made for. (I don't know that last part for sure however). You can read a bit about

Re: OT: 'Puter Help! (WinXP, USB problems)

2007-03-24 Thread P. J. Alling
John Celio wrote: What version of windows are you using? Help! My USB ports have pretty much stopped working. The only device they'll recognize is my old Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer. It start a couple nights ago, when the computer pretty much froze while I was trying to shut it down.

Re: PESO - Napa Train Station

2007-03-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks so much. So glad you enjoyed the pics. Shel Why in Hell should I have to Press 1 for English?!!! [Original Message] From: Brendan MacRae I really like both of these. Especially the tonal range in the wider shot. There's horizontal, vertical and oblique angles everywhere but the

645D Musings

2007-03-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
There are times that I have wished for a larger format than 35mm and even the formats on 120/220 film. For whatever reason - and the reasons varied at different times - I could not see getting and using a large format camera, even a small large format camera, like a 4x5. With the possible coming

Re: PESO - Napa Train Station

2007-03-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I'm coming to appreciate the term as well. It's certainly sounds more appealing than Nice capture or Good grab. Shel [Original Message] From: Kenneth Waller What do you mean by crafted images? IMO - Crafted image = a well thought out, planned executed image, more than a mere photo;

Re: Simga f4.0 Mirror lens

2007-03-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Heck when I recommend reading maybe I should actually read it. The lens uses a T mount so it should fit any camera. Lets correct some English shall we. contrast should be contrasty You can read a bit about the *Sigma 500mm f4.0 Ultratell* at Monaghans 3rd party 35mm lens megasite. The

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Rick Womer
That link works! Very nice. I wonder--does the shake reduction let you shoot hand-held, or is the lens just too heavy? Rick --- Jay Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Hamler wrote: Jay, I cannot access the link. All I get is Forbidden. Strange, as others seemingly have been

Re: OT: 'Puter Help! (WinXP, USB problems)

2007-03-24 Thread John Celio
What version of windows are you using? XP Pro on an Alienware laptop (about three and a half years old now) John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: 'Puter Help! (WinXP, USB problems)

2007-03-24 Thread John Celio
First I would suspect your USB card inside your computer has worked loose a bit. But then I don't know if you have a USB card. But cards can work loose and cause major problems. I forgot to mention my computer is a laptop, so the USB ports (I believe) are connected directly to the

My Pentax MZ-30 camera

2007-03-24 Thread Siddheshwar Lohar
I have been using this MZ-30 camera (now its obsolete) of course since long. It started giving some message on its LCD when I switch it on. It shows me the message Av-- and keeps blinking, nothing happens, i cannot see any other message and cannot click the shutter button. If you need more

Re: OT: 'Puter Help! (WinXP, USB problems)

2007-03-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/24/2007 11:46:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tried that. Tried three days, five days, and a week back, but every time it came back saying System restore unsucessfull, no changes were made to your system between that date and now. The only

Re: 645D Musings

2007-03-24 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 11:30:08AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: There are times that I have wished for a larger format than 35mm and even the formats on 120/220 film. For whatever reason - and the reasons varied at different times - I could not see getting and using a large format camera,

Re: OT: 'Puter Help! (WinXP, USB problems)

2007-03-24 Thread Vid Strpic
John Celio wrote: First I would suspect your USB card inside your computer has worked loose a bit. But then I don't know if you have a USB card. But cards can work loose and cause major problems. I forgot to mention my computer is a laptop, so the USB ports (I believe) are

Re: My Pentax MZ-30 camera

2007-03-24 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 11:48:33AM -0700, Siddheshwar Lohar wrote: I have been using this MZ-30 camera (now its obsolete) of course since long. It started giving some message on its LCD when I switch it on. It shows me the message Av-- and keeps blinking, nothing happens, i cannot see any

Re: My Pentax MZ-30 camera

2007-03-24 Thread Mike Hamilton
On 3/24/07, Siddheshwar Lohar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been using this MZ-30 camera (now its obsolete) of course since long. It started giving some message on its LCD when I switch it on. It shows me the message Av-- and keeps blinking, nothing happens, i cannot see any other message

Re: My Pentax MZ-30 camera

2007-03-24 Thread Carlos Royo
Siddheshwar Lohar escribió: I have been using this MZ-30 camera (now its obsolete) of course since long. It started giving some message on its LCD when I switch it on. It shows me the message Av-- and keeps blinking, nothing happens, i cannot see any other message and cannot click the

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 11:39:17AM -0700, Rick Womer wrote: That link works! Very nice. I wonder--does the shake reduction let you shoot hand-held, or is the lens just too heavy? I'd never consider trying to use that lens hand-held; it's just too heavy (and too unwieldy). But I'd expect the

Zero Image

2007-03-24 Thread Bob W
Hi, has anybody tried one of these yet? http://www.zeroimage.com/web2003/EntryPage/entryFrameset.htm They sell them (next to the Holgas, Lomos and Leicas) at the Photographers' Gallery in London, and they're not at all expensive. I'm tempted by the 4x5 version. -- Regards, Bob -- PDML

RE: PESO - Napa Train Station

2007-03-24 Thread Bob W
Nice lens that. The barrel looks strangely flat, as if it's a piece of cardboard or something. The picture are nicely taken - well crafted, as someone said - and convey a sense of emptiness well. However, the station doesn't feel abandoned to me. It looks as though perhaps it's maintained as a

Re: PESO - Mustard Fields Forever

2007-03-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
Fri Mar 23 15:32:09 EDT 2007 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Mar 23, 2007, at 12:11 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Eactivist at aol.com wrote: http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/forever.htm Marnie, that's an awesome photo! It doesn't have a single focal point or main subject. No

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Jay Taylor
Rick Wormer wrote: That link works! Very nice. I wonder--does the shake reduction let you shoot hand-held, or is the lens just too heavy? Rick Rick, I'm a pretty big guy with decent size arms. I tried it once, but it started wearing on me after just a few shots. I haven't tried it with

Re: Zero Image

2007-03-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
A friend of mine in Lost Angeles has one of them and was working with it a couple of years ago. I think it's the same camera. His was the 120 film version with the very short lens. Produces some beautiful stuff. Godfrey On Mar 24, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Bob W wrote: Hi, has anybody tried

Re: OT Printing wows with the 2400

2007-03-24 Thread David J Brooks
So i played around again to day. Rainy and sty so what better thing to do.:-) Snag still when setting the epson profiles, then i realized i had not unzipped the profiles i downloaded during installation, they were still on the desktop. All i was getting was epson rgb etc. Using those and

Re: PESO - Napa Train Station

2007-03-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 24, 2007, at 7:51 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Last Sunday Marnie and I took a drive to Napa, and as you may know from some of her posted pics, we came across this old, abandoned train station. It's interesting to note - at least for me, anyway - that I photographed this very

Re: GESO - Air Show

2007-03-24 Thread David J Brooks
Don't fell to bad, our helicopter hit our boat, so we're down to 3 guys in the army, if they don't call in sick. On 3/19/07, Bong Manayon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I realized that since I joined back I haven't really posted any photos. Anyway some favorites from a recently concluded

Re: enablement and PESO: baby elephant

2007-03-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
On Mar 21, 2007, at 7:41 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/IMGP5086w2.jpg Thank everybody who looked at the image! Many more thanks for the kind words (unfortunately - almost no real critique ...). Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 24, 2007, at 10:26 AM, Jay Taylor wrote: If you don't mind my asking, what does something like that cost these days? I actually managed to hang onto both my kidneys for the time being. But I did have to sell off my Tokina 400 AT-X, Pentax FA 50/1.4, Pentax K 500/4.5 and 645K adapter

Re: PESO - Napa Train Station

2007-03-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice. What Ken said. On Mar 24, 2007, at 2:29 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: What do you mean by crafted images? IMO - Crafted image = a well thought out, planned executed image, more than a mere photo; the work of an educated photographer taking the time to consider all the parameters.

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Speaking of mega-enablement: I'm looking for an FA*300/2.8 Just in case anyone knows of or finds one for sale. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: enablement and PESO: baby elephant

2007-03-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 24, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/IMGP5086w2.jpg Thank everybody who looked at the image! Many more thanks for the kind words (unfortunately - almost no real critique ...). Well, what sort of real critique were you looking for? - There's

Re: OT Printing wows with the 2400

2007-03-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
The 2400 will print on premium luster (along with velvet fine art, my favorite Epson paper) or premium semigloss with no bronzing. You might see a bit of bronzing on premium glossy. Paul On Mar 24, 2007, at 3:54 PM, David J Brooks wrote: So i played around again to day. Rainy and sty so what

Re: OT: 'Puter Help! (WinXP, USB problems)

2007-03-24 Thread P. J. Alling
XP pro does a pretty good job of handling USB. Unlike some earlier versions of Windows. It may well be a hardware problem. John Celio wrote: What version of windows are you using? XP Pro on an Alienware laptop (about three and a half years old now) John --

Re: OT: 'Puter Help! (WinXP, USB problems)

2007-03-24 Thread mike wilson
John Celio wrote: First I would suspect your USB card inside your computer has worked loose a bit. But then I don't know if you have a USB card. But cards can work loose and cause major problems. I forgot to mention my computer is a laptop, so the USB ports (I believe) are connected

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
Mark, You are probably aware that BH presumably accepting orders, but just in case: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=SearchA=detailsQ=sku=7is=REG I guess you are looking for a used one at a lower price. Igor Sat Mar 24 16:23:47 EDT 2007 Mark Roberts wrote: Speaking of

Re: Simga f4.0 Mirror lens

2007-03-24 Thread J
Well I have it and did a couple of shots with it. I will post shortly to http://www.photo.net/photos/jddxn Just a couple of quick shots with the ist D..Joe At 02:38 PM 3/24/07, you wrote: Heck when I recommend reading maybe I should actually read it. The lens uses a T mount so it should fit

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