Re: practical implication of flat fields -- Help needed.

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Igor Roshchin Subject: practical implication of flat fields -- Help needed. Hello everybody! I think I understand what flat field lens means. (e.g. per http://www.wisner.com/myth.htm ) My question: what is the _practical_ implication of the lens with a

Re: Rebates on K10Ds--it figures!

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: Rebates on K10Ds--it figures! Soft! I would have to have been in a coma AND had one foot over the threshold of deaths door to keep me from playing with my K10D. :-) For me, new gear is better than antibiotics chicken soup.

Re: PESO: Listen

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/3/2007 1:41:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually, I don't know if she was listening or waiting for a reply to something pithy, but her expression is rather intense. Shot with the K10, and A85mm f/1.4

Re: Peso: Th'ol Catfish Hole

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/3/2007 11:23:39 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A summer afternoon spent on that point across the creek with a bamboo pole, a jug cork bobber and a #2 tomato can of worms fresh from the garden, is a day that doesn't count against your life. Jack (in

Re: PESO: Listen

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: Listen http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/listen.html === That's a very nice shot. I like her hand. But it does appear to be excessively grainy. OTOH, I like it quite a bit. Thanks Marnie.

Re: Need a good monitor! (see post end for cliffnotes)

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/3/2007 8:11:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I currently have a Nec Multisync FE950 CRT based around the old Diamondtron NF series of tube. It's a great monitor. Sharp as a tack with beautiful color rendition, still as bright and sharp as the day I

Re: Judging Photos

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/3/2007 8:18:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: True, but then the 80's came along and wrecked everything, music wise. Dave = Sad, but true. MTV has a lot to answer for. Marnie aka Doe :-) -

Re: GESO - Hot Rods in the sun

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/29/2007 9:33:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.primelensphoto.com/car%20show/index.html -Brendan == Bit late, but better... well, whatever. :-) Some very nice shots! Crisp and colofrul. I especially like the steering wheel make

RE: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread Bob W
But I learned a few things. I have no momentum. As soon as the grade changes to up, I'm back in low gear. Cadence and spinning are the key things here. You need to learn to spin at about 85-90 rpm and change gear in time to maintain that cadence. It makes cycling much easier. You

OT: Card Reader for Linux

2007-05-04 Thread Brian Walters
Hi all Anyone out there using a multi-card reader under Linux? I've got a multi boot system (Windows XP/Ubuntu 6.1) and while I've got most peripherals working with Ubuntu, my el-cheapo, no-name card reader isn't recognised. I'm prepared to go out and buy a new one but I want to be sure it

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/05/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You shouldn't ever feel as though you're really pushing the pedals unless you're going up a long steep hill and you're already in bottom gear. LOL, just ask Frank ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours

Re: The Future of Pentax -- Great news!

2007-05-04 Thread David Mann
On May 4, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Cotty wrote: On 3/5/07, AlexG, discombobulated, unleashed: There will be two (2) you heard it, at least two new DSLR's coming out in the Fall, that will not conflict with the K100 or the K10D! For goodness sake. Meet the K1000D and the K1D. Or the K1D and

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread David Mann
On May 4, 2007, at 5:29 AM, graywolf wrote: For only a few hundred bucks you can save almost an ounce on your ride. I read in a book that if you're trying to reduce weight, a good laxative will save you several thousand dollars in bike-part upgrades. - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread David Mann
On May 4, 2007, at 3:09 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=PXPVwvf04K Now ~that's~ a freaking bike... Excuse me, I need to change my trousers. That bike is pornography. What ratio are you running on it? Now, enough of these pansy road bikes.

Re: OT: Card Reader for Linux

2007-05-04 Thread S J
hi brian, i am on slackware 11 (with the latest stable kernel) and using a multicard reader is no big deal really. you need to make an entry in /etc/fstab and then mount it like you would any other media (hard drives, cdrom etc.). i'd have thought that something like ubuntu would do it

Re: The Future of Pentax -- Great news!

2007-05-04 Thread Peter Fairweather
What about the *D or theKIst?? Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Card Reader for Linux

2007-05-04 Thread Brian Walters
Hi Subash Thanks for that - I'm not in a hurry so I'd appreciate any futher details when you have the time. Ubuntu picked up most of my peripherals automatically but not the reader. I thought about editing fstab but I'm a bit unsure of the correct syntax for the reader. I have done a bit of

800x533-_IGP7214.jpg

2007-05-04 Thread Roman
http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-_IGP7214.jpg After a long winter, green looks so refreshing. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

PESO - Wet Lands #2

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
Sorry, I was going to hold off on more PESOs until next week. Because I've felt that taken up a lot of bandwidth this week. But... The teacher liked most of my shots. Except he felt some had flat light and should be reshot. I am not so thrilled about that, as I don't like to slow down and

SD Cards Shintaro brand

2007-05-04 Thread jim
Picked up A shintaro brand SD card 2GB Extreme speed for $55 AU . Had 150X on the packet. Anybody heard or used one of these? I have tried continous shooting on my K10D saveing RAW PEF. fired off about 10 shots before slowing down. is this consistant with extreme III cards from sandisk? james

Re: PESO - Wet Lands #2

2007-05-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like this. Nice composition, interesting subject. Paul On May 4, 2007, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I was going to hold off on more PESOs until next week. Because I've felt that taken up a lot of bandwidth this week. But... The teacher liked most of my shots. Except he

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/5/07, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: Now, enough of these pansy road bikes. http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/enduro.jpg Nice. I nearly got discs. Do they get mudded up / need more servicing? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: The Future of Pentax -- Great news!

2007-05-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/5/07, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: Or the K1D and K0.1D. Dinner plate + hat = waiting :-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

OT: Your favorite Slide show/DVD/video/swiffer etc.with music/audio creater?

2007-05-04 Thread Jens Bladt
I have been using Wondershare Slide Show Builder. It's not very good. A am currently trying Pro Show Stadndard and ProShow Gold, which seem a lot better. It's easy to syncronize the show with the audio files - and the MPEG movies ca be played in Pover Point 2000. Which do you guys

Re: Antique car show in town, this year something different

2007-05-04 Thread David J Brooks
I found somew info on the web, and its Sept 15th. No show that weekend Whoo Hoo. I have 3, 2gig cards currently Dave On 5/3/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David J Brooks wrote: They have been allowed by town council to stage a mock battle. Man i hope they have it on an off

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread frank theriault
On 5/4/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 4, 2007, at 3:09 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=PXPVwvf04K Now ~that's~ a freaking bike... Excuse me, I need to change my trousers. That bike is pornography. What ratio are you running on it? 49

Re: OT: Your favorite Slide show/DVD/video/swiffer etc.with music/audio

2007-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Jens Bladt wrote: I have been using Wondershare Slide Show Builder. It's not very good. A am currently trying Pro Show Stadndard and ProShow Gold, which seem a lot better. It's easy to syncronize the show with the audio files - and the MPEG movies ca be played in Pover Point 2000. Which do you

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread frank theriault
On 5/4/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/5/07, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: Now, enough of these pansy road bikes. http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/enduro.jpg Nice. I nearly got discs. Do they get mudded up / need more servicing? I think one of the advantages of discs is

Re: PESO - Bird in heavy weather

2007-05-04 Thread frank theriault
On 5/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snipAnd a nice change from bikes.snip Say what? :-0 cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Your favorite Slide show/DVD/video/swiffer etc.with music/audio creater?

2007-05-04 Thread David Savage
I play the music with Windows Media Player and manually click through the images using XP's Picture Fax Viewer. I never had slide shows when I shot film, and I don't do them now. Cheers, Dave On 5/4/07, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been using Wondershare Slide Show Builder.

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread frank theriault
On 5/3/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect it depends on where you are. Greenwich here is a little bit of a cycling hub and I see all sorts of nice stuff locked and left unattended. I'm not too worried about leaving mine unattended - I have a secure lock and insurance. The bike's

Re: OT: Card Reader for Linux

2007-05-04 Thread Cory Papenfuss
On Fri, 4 May 2007, Brian Walters wrote: Hi Subash Thanks for that - I'm not in a hurry so I'd appreciate any futher details when you have the time. Ubuntu picked up most of my peripherals automatically but not the reader. I thought about editing fstab but I'm a bit unsure of the correct

Re: Peso: Th'ol Catfish Hole

2007-05-04 Thread Jack Davis
That shadow is one of a line of large trees, most of which are set a little further back. I remember thinking that I would have opened the scene slightly had the lens allow it. I indicated the lens was a 16~45, but just after uploading, remembered I'd changed to a A70~210 f/4. This is really a

Re: PESO - Wet Lands #2

2007-05-04 Thread Jack Davis
I think I like this somewhat better. The additional mothball fleet is well placed. While not major elements, the two Killdeer or Sandpipers, or (?) in the foreground are nice elements and the scene certainly looks wetter. Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I was going to hold off on more

Re: Rebates on K10Ds--it figures!

2007-05-04 Thread David Savage
On 5/4/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Man, you are going to think you've died and gone to heaven at GFM. Not long to go now. Although after my recent trip I'm not looking forward to the 17 hour flight from Singapore to Vancouver. But a good dose of camera therapy will perk me back

Re: Custom WB for istD etc question

2007-05-04 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 30/04/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, thats what i am doing,with the image editor, but, i was just curious why after the repair, and redoing the custom WB I'm not getting the same results. Dave, I have no answers to your questions however I did stumble across a page that I

Re: PESO: Another dog picture

2007-05-04 Thread David Savage
He's getting big fast. Weren't Jester Bella of a similar size not so long ago? Nice shot's of a couple of good looking animals. Cheers, Dave On 5/4/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/fellas/jester/mayday_dogs.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/5/07, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: I think one of the advantages of discs is that they stay much cleaner and mud-free than rim-brakes. That would be because of their location, some 14 inches from the ground. That's true but I discs can get scored if you get grit between

FS: 24-50 35-105 zooms, Super A P5 bodies

2007-05-04 Thread Joe Wilensky
A few items for sale. Photos available on request. * Pentax Super A body. EXC+ condition. This camera feels and operates like new. It's technically the exact same camera as the Super Program, but it somehow feels like a Super Program Limited in all black. I can include a standard Pentax strap,

Re: PESO: blah blah blah here, blah blah blah there

2007-05-04 Thread David Savage
On 5/3/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/3/07, Fernando Terrazzino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=482278166size=o I like it! Love the repeating pattern of the two pairs of conversationalists. Ditto. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Temptation...

2007-05-04 Thread David Savage
On 5/3/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I know it's a fine, unique lens, I wouldn't spend the money on something like that. I'd use it for a week and then forget I owned it. I do own it and in general I agree. But I find myself on occasion in very tight spots where the AOV

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Loveless
-- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some couriers here in Toronto ride pretty nice bikes. Most that do use New York style locks, made of large hardened-steel links locked with the above-mentioned small Kryptonite. Porno Stevie,

Re: 800x533-_IGP7214.jpg

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 800x533-_IGP7214.jpg http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-_IGP7214.jpg After a long winter, green looks so refreshing. That is refreshing. Very calm and pastoral. I think you have applied the sharpening a bit heavily,

Re: Judging Photos

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Judging Photos True, but then the 80's came along and wrecked everything, music wise. = Sad, but true. MTV has a lot to answer for. Blame the Aussies, they are the ones who foisted Men at Work and Dire

Re: PESO: Another dog picture

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: PESO: Another dog picture He's getting big fast. Weren't Jester Bella of a similar size not so long ago? Yup http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/fellas/page1/page1.html Nice shot's of a couple of good looking animals. Thanks

Re: PESO - Bird in heavy weather

2007-05-04 Thread wendy beard
On 5/2/07, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=307594 (my good site) K10D K-500/4,5 @ Manfrotto gimbal mount. Aperture not recorded, but I guess about f:8, 1/250s, 800 ISO. I was light on the contrast here. The idea was to keep the impact of

Re: PESO: Another dog picture

2007-05-04 Thread wendy beard
On 5/3/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you who are not on my Jester spam list. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/fellas/jester/mayday_dogs.html My, he's a good looking boy. Nice and trim too. Bella's a lot cuter though :-) Wendy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Custom WB for istD etc question

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Digital Image Studio Subject: Re: Custom WB for istD etc question Dave, I have no answers to your questions however I did stumble across a page that I though may be of interest to you and anyone else looking at IR shooting using Pentax DSLRs:

Re: PESO - Bird in heavy weather

2007-05-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On 5/2/07, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=307594 (my good site) K10D K-500/4,5 @ Manfrotto gimbal mount. Aperture not recorded, but I guess about f:8, 1/250s, 800 ISO. I was light on the contrast here. The idea was to keep the

Re: PESO - Wet Lands #2

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
Thanks, Paul. Marnie aka Doe :-) === I like this. Nice composition, interesting subject. Paul On May 4, 2007, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was shot the same time as the other one. It may actually be better than Wet Lands #1, although I liked #1's simplicity. Note

Re: SD Cards Shintaro brand

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: jim Subject: SD Cards Shintaro brand Picked up A shintaro brand SD card 2GB Extreme speed for $55 AU . Had 150X on the packet. Anybody heard or used one of these? I have tried continous shooting on my K10D saveing RAW PEF. fired off about 10 shots

Re: PESO - Wet Lands #2

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
Thanks, Jack. I think I am stupidly bothered by the bush on the left detracting from all the horizontal lines. But I have decided it is way too much trouble to remove. Only so much creative gardening I can do. It probably is better than the first shot I showed. It is considerably wetter,

Re: PESO: Another dog picture Now OT.

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: wendy beard Subject: Re: PESO: Another dog picture http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/fellas/jester/mayday_dogs.html My, he's a good looking boy. Nice and trim too. He doesn't get to go to the drive through very often. It helps with the youthful figure.

Re: SD Cards Shintaro brand

2007-05-04 Thread P. J. Alling
You get nine raw regardless according to the specifications for the camera. I'd hope that the K10d would do better with a high speed card. But then I don't have one yet. jim wrote: Picked up A shintaro brand SD card 2GB Extreme speed for $55 AU . Had 150X on the packet. Anybody heard or

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread P. J. Alling
David Mann wrote: (no Mark!ing this sentence out of context!). Mark! Where's the fun in that? David Mann wrote: I just got her back from a servicing and I plan to ride her extensively during the weekend Mark! David Mann wrote: On May 4, 2007, at 3:09 AM, frank theriault wrote:

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On May 4, 2007, at 1:34 AM, David Mann wrote: Excuse me, I need to change my trousers. That bike is pornography. Just an excitable boy... Now, enough of these pansy road bikes. http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/enduro.jpg Kind of the military humvee of bicycles ... a clean, mechanical

Re: PESO - Bird in heavy weather

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/4/2007 7:33:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 5/2/07, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=307594 (my good site) K10D K-500/4,5 @ Manfrotto gimbal mount. Aperture not recorded, but I guess

Re: Judging Photos

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/4/2007 7:56:40 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: True, but then the 80's came along and wrecked everything, music wise. = Sad, but true. MTV has a lot to answer for. Blame the Aussies, they are the ones who foisted Men at Work and

Re: Judging Photos

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Judging Photos True, but then the 80's came along and wrecked everything, music wise. = Sad, but true. MTV has a lot to answer for. Blame the Aussies, they are the ones who foisted Men at Work and Dire

FS Friday: Pentax and Vivitar zooms

2007-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
I have realized that I once again have too many lenses. Not too many for photographic purposes or too many from a philosophical point of view; I'm just talking about shelf space and domestic tranquility. So I'm offering up two very interesting items: A Vivitar 70-210 Series one - the second

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread Adam Maas
Cotty wrote: On 4/5/07, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: I think one of the advantages of discs is that they stay much cleaner and mud-free than rim-brakes. That would be because of their location, some 14 inches from the ground. That's true but I discs can get scored if

OT: A real tragedy

2007-05-04 Thread Norm Baugher
I heard about this yesterday, I'm still a bit in shock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6623895.stm Norm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Bird in heavy weather

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: PESO - Bird in heavy weather http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=307594 I was light on the contrast here. The idea was to keep the impact of the heavy weather. I think it's great. The bird really looks

Re: PESO: Another dog picture Now OT.

2007-05-04 Thread Doug Brewer
William Robb wrote: To bring this back on topic, do you own a bicycle? Have fun bill Welcome to the Peloton Discuss Mail List. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
I don't mean the stitching together part; I have PS books that tell me how to do that. And I am good enough with PS (Elements anyway) that I figure that part would not be a major problem. So how do you guys do panoramas anyway? Up until now I have not been tempted, but the other day I came

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread wendy beard
On 5/3/07, AlexG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway, I hope we can all sign on for this, (set goal, set plan, and stick to it by reporting progress). Who's in? I started on a plan in February, trying to get back into shape. Canada turned me into a lard-arse. Used to bike every day, then moved

Re: PESO: A Friday night in Sclessin

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/30/2007 12:59:14 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very, very nice. Are those people really not bothered by being near the smokestacks? The locals know that once the smokestacks will be gone, another great number of jobs

Re: OT: A real tragedy

2007-05-04 Thread frank theriault
On 5/4/07, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard about this yesterday, I'm still a bit in shock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6623895.stm I'll raise a glass in Rose's memory... thanks, Norm, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson --

Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
Tripod highly, highly recommended, though you can do without. A beanbag on a rock, fence-post or car door can suffice. A level is recommended - but you can pick up a small one at your local hardware store at $5.00 I'm sure. Number of pictures depends on your lens, of course, Overlap

Re: PESO: blah blah blah here, blah blah blah there

2007-05-04 Thread Fernando Terrazzino
Thanks Dave On 5/4/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/3/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/3/07, Fernando Terrazzino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=482278166size=o I like it! Love the repeating pattern of the two pairs of

Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How do you guys do panoramas anyway? In an ideal world, the camera will be on a perfectly leveled tripod, with the rotation point exactly under the rear nodal point of the lens. If your panoramic involves objects near to the

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread Adam Maas
frank theriault wrote: On 5/4/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 4, 2007, at 3:09 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=PXPVwvf04K Now ~that's~ a freaking bike... Excuse me, I need to change my trousers. That bike is pornography. What

Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mean the stitching together part; I have PS books that tell me how to do that. And I am good enough with PS (Elements anyway) that I figure that part would not be a major problem. So how do you guys do panoramas anyway? Well

Re: PESO - Wet Lands #2

2007-05-04 Thread Jack Davis
That bush doesn't bother me at all. One reason may be it's left side balance against the Convoy of mothball ships. The background hills however, do that very well on their own. Sandpipers was just one of my guesses. Sorry, I don't know. Their shape doesn't look unlike them..at least in this tiny

Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread frank theriault
On 5/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mean the stitching together part; I have PS books that tell me how to do that. And I am good enough with PS (Elements anyway) that I figure that part would not be a major problem. So how do you guys do panoramas anyway? Up until

How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread Walter Hamler
Marnie, I simply shoot with about 50% overlap from pic to pic. I have never used a tripod. I find it best to use a normal angle FL, ie, not an extreme WA as the distortion in the corners can lead to problems. If you do us a real wide lens just use more overlap. Another trick I learned is to

Re: Custom WB for istD etc question

2007-05-04 Thread David J Brooks
Interesting. I found this on a goggle search Randall Cipriano 05-02-2007, 08:10 AM Thanks Nestor. I always shoot RAW but I still set the custom WB. Except for the last image (I forgot to switch to RAW) which is a straight off the camera Jpeg (minus the bit of flaring I removed). I used a

Re: PESO - Bird in heavy weather

2007-05-04 Thread Tim Øsleby
Thank you all. This has been an interesting read. The picture has turned the tough guy, Mr. Robb into a poet. That speaks for itself ;-) I'm blushing :-) Anyway, you seem to have nailed what I was communicating. Now I'm going into the sunset looking for a place to set up my tipi for a night or

Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread David Savage
On 5/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mean the stitching together part; I have PS books that tell me how to do that. And I am good enough with PS (Elements anyway) that I figure that part would not be a major problem. So how do you guys do panoramas anyway? Up until

Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread David J Brooks
Check out Mark Roberts site. He has a tutorial, and it was part of his presentation at last years GFM Dave On 5/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mean the stitching together part; I have PS books that tell me how to do that. And I am good enough with PS (Elements

Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/4/2007 9:13:37 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I forget (or rather, never heard) the rest of what Mark said, but he showed lots of pretty pictures... cheers, frank = Like, you're real helpful, man. Marnie aka Doe (Carefully reading all

Re: Judging Photos

2007-05-04 Thread David Savage
On 5/4/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Judging Photos True, but then the 80's came along and wrecked everything, music wise. = Sad, but true. MTV has a lot to answer for. Blame the Aussies,

Re: Judging Photos

2007-05-04 Thread David Savage
On 5/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/4/2007 7:56:40 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: True, but then the 80's came along and wrecked everything, music wise. = Sad, but true. MTV has a lot to answer for. Blame

Re: Judging Photos

2007-05-04 Thread Adam Maas
David Savage wrote: On 5/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/4/2007 7:56:40 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: True, but then the 80's came along and wrecked everything, music wise. = Sad, but true. MTV has a lot

Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/4/2007 9:38:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Check out Mark Roberts site. He has a tutorial, and it was part of his presentation at last years GFM Dave == Will do. And thanks, William, Maris, and Mark. The scenes I showed, there was

Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread Fernando Terrazzino
Everyone, is pretty much talking about stiching images, but how about when your subject needs to be capture in an instant and you don't have a choice to shoot more that one photo (I'm think strong waves hitting a shoreline or animals/people moving). If you upsize a K10D file to double and crop

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread frank theriault
On 5/4/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're obviously in better shape than I, I'm running 44x16 right now, but I also have delusions of one day climbing the Bathurst St hill at Davenport on the way home. snip Me? Better shape than you? Was there ever any doubt? ;-) Seriously, I

Re: 800x533-_IGP7214.jpg

2007-05-04 Thread Fernando Terrazzino
Is that or where Roman lives, trees have an awful amout of halos ;-) On 5/4/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 800x533-_IGP7214.jpg http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-_IGP7214.jpg After a long winter,

Re: PESO - Wet Lands #2

2007-05-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/4/2007 9:23:54 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] oo.com writes: That bush doesn't bother me at all. One reason may be it's left side balance against the Convoy of mothball ships. The background hills however, do that very well on their own. Sandpipers was just

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread frank theriault
I've seen it before, but I can't recall if I commented on it. That's an amazingly good photograph, Frank. blush Thanks! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Another dog picture Now OT.

2007-05-04 Thread wendy beard
On 5/4/07, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William Robb wrote: To bring this back on topic, do you own a bicycle? Have fun bill Welcome to the Peloton Discuss Mail List. I did have one for 2 weeks until it met a white van http://www.beard-redfern.com/photos/peloton.jpg Wendy

Re: PESO - Red on Red

2007-05-04 Thread Tom C
I've felt I've responded to you enough before. I will only do it one more time. I am NOT trying to evoke emotions in all the photos. Some I want to be just documentation. I will intersperse some editorial shots between those that are documentation. Shooting just a good documentary shot

Re: Light Tent / Box

2007-05-04 Thread graywolf
Yes, Bill's right about that. One thing you can do is spray an little in a plastic lid, like from a small can of coffee, and then lightly apply just to the problem area with a Q-Tip or something. So it does not just go everywhere. Do check with the client before spraying willy-nilly. The light

Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway?

2007-05-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/5/07, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: You should have been at GFM last year to hear Mark's lecture on the subject. I was pretty much nodding off during most of it, Mark! (Not for the quotes file, just ratting on Frank). -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: OT - more bike stuff

2007-05-04 Thread AlexG
Well, that's not necessarily true. Somewhere on this intarweb I found a PDF copy of the Navy SEAL physical fitness manual and they say that you can lose a significant 'amount' (?) of cardio fitness within the span of two weeks if you don't train. Stop training for a month and you are right back

Re: 800x533-_IGP7214.jpg

2007-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Fernando Terrazzino Subject: Re: 800x533-_IGP7214.jpg Is that or where Roman lives, trees have an awful amout of halos ;-) Trees are just angels at rest. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: A real tragedy

2007-05-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/5/07, Norm Baugher, discombobulated, unleashed: I heard about this yesterday, I'm still a bit in shock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6623895.stm Ewe pervert. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Light Tent / Box

2007-05-04 Thread graywolf
Yeah, but once it is set up it is just a one click affair. BTW, windows/actions and automate/batch are two different things, but work together to process a whole bunch of files automatically. Setting up is as simple as opening the actions window, clicking on record, then doing the thing

Re: PESO: Another dog picture

2007-05-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/5/07, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Thanks Dave. He's pretty much everything I've wanted in a dog. You said the same thing about my cat. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: OT: A real tragedy

2007-05-04 Thread frank theriault
On 5/4/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ewe pervert. Don't get his goat; he's feeling sheepish enough already. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

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