Shop Pro to
print PIM images? I'm a bit confused at this stage, as you might
guess...
-Original Message-
From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 20 October 2003 17:11
To: PDML
Subject: *istD and P.I.M.
I'm currently printing some *istD photos using P.I.M. via
I've posted 2 of the photos from last night's softball game, one full frame
and one 100% crop. Taken with the *istD at ISO 3200 through a Tamron 75-300
and using manual white balance set from the ambient light.
http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?albumlist=2
Bill
PIM also requires a camera that supports it, but if I'm not mistaken you're
okay there.
Bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: *istD and P.I.M.
In Photoshop, the plug-in is accessed through the
Bill wrote:
I've posted 2 of the photos from last night's softball game, one full
frame
and one 100% crop. Taken with the *istD at ISO 3200 through a Tamron
75-300
and using manual white balance set from the ambient light.
http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?albumlist=2
Hi
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From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: As promised
Bill wrote:
I've posted 2 of the photos from last night's softball game, one full
frame
and one 100% crop. Taken with the *istD at ISO 3200 through a Tamron
Ah, this is a church league, they can't be seen drinking on the field.
Besides, in North Carolina it's illegal to have open alcoholic beverages in
public places. We're still a century or two behind the times here.
Bill
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From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
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Cory
- Original Message -
From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:34 PM
Subject: *istD @ 3200
I shot about 45 frames of a church league softball game tonight using
manual
white balance and ISO 3200. I'll post
This all reminds me of a group that was popular in the UK during my brief
stint there many years ago: The Dubliners.
Bill
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From: Bucky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 10:23 PM
Subject: RE: *ist 35mm
Makes me think of the
This is pure speculation on my part, but it appears to me that the *ist 35mm
is a sort of hybrid between 35mm and digital. Approximately the same size,
same mount, LCD on the back and other features similar to the *istD. Almost
like the Pentax engineers started with somewhat of an idea of
While camping this past weekend, I found my NiMh battery charger dead on one
side. I stopped by a small camera store in Moneta, VA and asked if he had
any chargers. I ended up with a Pentax AA/9V charger, along with 4 1800 Mah
batteries for a very reasonable $25.00. I didn't know Pentax had
Nope, Chinese import.
Bill
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From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 8:21 AM
Subject: RE: Anyone else seen one of these?
Must be a Japanese import if it is black!
-Original Message-
From: Bill Owens
The Computer shows the files to vary in size by as much as one MB from
about
1.9 - 3.02.
C onfused ry
And when these same files are opened in Photoshop, they show 17.3 MB.
Bill
Yep!
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From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: File size and capacity ?
Bill Owens wrote:
The Computer shows the files to vary in size by as much as one MB from
about 1.9 - 3.02
That's one thing that's very cool about film cameras: you upgrade the
sensor by using an improved film, which is why my 30-year-old 6x7 is able
to produce state-of-the-art, 2003, 160Mb images. Who knows what films
will
be out in five years? Medium-grained 3200-speed, ultrafine-grained
For relatives coming down, I often send them photos of key turn offs to
follow with a map, as the motorway near me (M25) has resulted in many
new
roads which a map doesn't show.
Malcolm, you photograph motorway exits?
I'd like to see your collection ;-)
I took a couple of pictures of a
Who's going to protect her from tv. He needs an assistant.
Bill
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From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: New to the list
On 20/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Adelheid is coming
I shot about 45 frames of a church league softball game tonight using manual
white balance and ISO 3200. I'll post some tomorrow, along with some full
size crops. Noise is obvious, but to me no worse than film grain. I was
shooting using a Tamron 75-300/4.0-5.6 in aperture priority wide open
There are 3 camera shops in town, but I don't know if any of them rent
equipment. Charlotte Camera, Biggs Camera and Camera World. If you'd like,
I'll give them a call tomorrow and see what I can find out for you.
Nearest looney bin or insane asylum would be here in Gastonia.
Bill
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Recently I updated the desktop machine to XP home edition, and someone here
helped me getting the PUG images to come up on the screen. Now I've got the
same problem with the laptop. I get the PUG page with names, but no images.
I've verified that all the settings under internet options are the
Of course!
All PDML'ers are welcome, we're tired of being outnumbered by the
competition.
Bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:57 PM
Subject: RE: GFM gear
Are Pentax-using teetotallers going to be welcome at NPW?
You're speaking of course of the lovely Jessica?
Bill
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From: Cesar Matamoros II [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:02 PM
Subject: RE: GFM gear
Awesome response!
One of my favorite shots from GFM is my shooting a
Yeah, we've been saying that for 95 years now :-(
Bill
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From: Francis Alviar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax Discuss List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:36 AM
Subject: re: Da Cubbies
Man that's heartbreaking what happened to the Cubs.
Not a
If you have a need to shoot in really low light
Out of curiosity, I just set the *istD to ISO 3200, dialed in +2 stops of
exposure compensation, and the camera delivered it. ISO 12800?
Bill
Hmmm, first he takes my bed, now he is going to be taking non-nature
shots.
Good thing I don't have a girlfriend... :-)
Look on the bright side. You've still got a bed, and be thankful he's not
taking your bed and girlfriend at the same time
Definitely looking forward to the what looks to be
exposure at ISO 3200? It'd
only be
ISO 12800 if you got the same shutter speed/aperture combination after
dialing
in the +2 stops as without dialing in +2.
Quoting Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
If you have a need to shoot in really low light
Out of curiosity, I just set
cars at Road Atlanta tomorrow and Saturday :)
BTW, I've only the two 256 MB cards so I'll be editing on the fly I guess.
I *did* buy some of that film stuff though ..
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From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:59 AM
IIRC, the European and North American plates are separating at about 1
inch/year, and the Rocky Mountains are still growing due to subduction of
the Pacific plate beneath the Western North American plate. Pal, correct me
if I'm wrong.
Bill
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From: Jostein [EMAIL
All Pentax autofocus cameras support snap in focus.
Bill
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From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: Is my MZ-6 a plastic toy? (was: Has Pentax missed again?)
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:51:30
I've done a few test shots at ISO 3200 in the *istD. As you say, if you
need the speed, the noise is not that objectionable, and really no worse
than grain in film.
Bill
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From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Just went out on the front porch and took this shot with the *istD.
Camera on manual, ISO200, f/11, 1/500 per Gossen Digisix meter.
http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=42
Comments?
Bill
If you want a driver for your computer, the printer I'll be bringing is an
Epson 925.
Bill
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From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 5:54 AM
Subject: GFM gear (was: Re: *IstD price in Italy)
On 14/10/03,
See why I don't usually do critiques?
Yes, because no one can do anything that meets your expectations
It's the moon. I posted this to show how much less distortion there is
using just the center of this lens instead of full frame.
Bill
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From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: Zenit 16mm
At close range, there's still considerable distortion, but you're right, for
things such as distant landscapes it makes a passable 24mm lens. The only
other lenses I have that could be considered wide are a 24-50 Sigma and the
28-105 PZ Pentax. On the other end though, my 75-300 Tamron and 500
I'm curious about the DA lenses too. Figure the Zenit will serve until they
become available.
Bill
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From: alex wetmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: Zenit 16mm Fisheye *istD
On Wed, 15
They may have had lens
compatibility in the past, but never grip compatibility!
Nor remote cable compatibility. ZX-5n, MZ-S and *ist's all 3 use different
remote cables.
Bill
I'll be pushing it. Going camping in the mountains, but won't return until
late Sunday.
Bill
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From: Chris Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:23 PM
Subject: 5 days to pug deadline
5 days to pug deadline. So all of
' something alright...
vbg
cheers,
frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think this is Pulitzer Prize writing! :-)
Bill
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From
: Re: I got my *ist D and I LOVE IT !!!
No, I make unsharp masking in Photoshop, not in camera.
Dario
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From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: I got my *ist D and I LOVE IT !!!
Have you
Shucks Cotty, I didn't even need to do the test. I've printed numerous
photos using large, fine jpg and am quite pleased with the results, at least
up to 8.5x11. I must admit thought, that I use the P.I.M. plug-in in
Photoshop 7 so that I'm printing exactly what the camera saw.
Bill
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Dear *istD users,
I have a question about *istD, hope somebody can clear
it.
When you pick a focus point, does SPOT meter area also
change?
No.
I think camera must be recording info like aperture
shutter speed.
Does camera record information about focus point used
for that
And I plan on having a printer to print some of these digi files.
Bill
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From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: *IstD price in Italy
On 14/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Sounds
I can't it in the manual either but the Epson 925 printer included software
for using P.I.M. and the *istD definitely supports it. I do all my digicam
printing now via P.I.M.
Bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 10:16 PM
Sounds like me talking.
Bill
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From: Ryan Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: I got my *ist D and I LOVE IT !!!
Hello Everybody,
I just got to say I LOVE MY *ist D !!!
The image quality is
Fair enough. My attitude is that I'm the expert on composing the shot,
there's a geek in a coat somewhere who's the expert on making a print.
I've got my job, he's got his.
tv
Tom,
In your position I would do the same thing. Since I'm doing my own
printing, I find it's often easier to
of a new printer... I can't find any mention of the Ist D on PIMs
site either...
CW
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From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: is d Ist D?
I can't it in the manual either but the Epson 925
:56 PM
Subject: Re: I got my *ist D and I LOVE IT !!!
- Original Message -
From: Bill Owens
Subject: Re: I got my *ist D and I LOVE IT !!!
Well, if I were to nitpick, I'd complain that the on/off switch is too
close
to the tv wheel since I tend to end up turning the tv wheel
Have you changed the sharpness in the camera to maximum from medium?
Bill
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From: Dario Bonazza 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: I got my *ist D and I LOVE IT !!!
Jostein,
I always apply USM at 100%
You would gain P-TTL metering and lose considerable power changing to the
360FGZ.
Bill
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From: Bucky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax Peepl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 8:21 PM
Subject: *ist D flash
I gather that the new *ist D also has a new flash
The main times I would need to do
something different would be in the garages and the dusk/night portions
of the Petit le Mans. Occasionally some other shots, too, but they'd
be under much less stressful circumstances.
TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
Under these circumstances you would PROBABLY get
I agree to a point. I've seen mass media ads for Canon and Olympus, but
few, if any, for Nikon, and very, very few, and then only PS for Pentax.
Bill
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From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: Has
*istD has a stainless steel chassis... vs a plastic chassis for Canon
D100, S2, Sigma, 10D and Digital Rebel have a plastic chassis
*istD has a MUCH larger and a spectacular viewfinder..vs all other DSLRs
*istD features glass pentaprism, like 10D has, better than Rebel's
penta-mirror
Just trying to show why the *istD costs considerably more than the digital
Rebel.
Bill
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From: Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: *istD vs. Digital Rebel
*istD has a stainless steel chassis...
Not to worry, Robert. Lots of people here whine about everything Pentax
does.
Bill
Pentax has produced a fantastic digital camera, and at $1500 ($1700 some
places) US, is priced about right. I don't like all this whining on the
list re non-A lenses. If you haven't bought a new lens since
The *ist would not be an upgrade. The *istD would be.
Bill
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From: arnie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: ist 35mm
Joe
i own a zx-5n and i'm pretty happy with it. the mount doesn't affect me
because
It may be a good investment, but IMHO the ZX-5n and 35mm *ist are so similar
in features as to not make it worthwhile to consider it an upgrade, more of
a replacement. Again, this is just my personal opinion.
Bill
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From: Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
Personally, I don't care either. The camera is nice, though not perfect. I
have plenty of lenses to use, and if I can't use a few of my K/M lenses,
so
what?
I went through many years as a photographer with just a 50mm lens, and did
some of my very best work with it.
I still have a few
Taken with a 100/4.0 M Macro in manual at f8, metered with handheld meter.
No manipulation other than resizing
http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=41
Bill
09 October USA
Bill
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From: zoomshot [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:08 AM
Subject: *ist D Survey
So how many do we actually have?
Please state when and where obtained;
19th September - London
Ziggy
Also, see if you can find the Adobe P.I.M. II plug in. It will allow you to
basically load what the camera saw in PS 67, as long as you save in TIF or
JPG.
Try this link for starters:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supAdvice.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yesnoteoid=17769cookies=no
Bill
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If the previous link doesn't help, try this one:
http://www.printimagematching.com/
Bill
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From: zoomshot [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 2:34 PM
Subject: *ist D and Adobe colour space
Changed the colour format on the
I didn't post the photo for critique, just to prove that proper exposure is
possible with other than A lenses on the *ist D. The 8 1/2 x 11 borderless
print looks fine to my eye.
Bill
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From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday,
It arrived about 2 hours ago. Needless to say, I've got a lot of learning
to do, but I have found that it works fine in manual with my non A lenses
and an external meter.
Bill
Anybody else having a problem getting the date/time to stay in memory? I've
followed the instructions in the manual, yet when I turn the camera off and
back on, the date and time return to the initial settings of 01/01/03 for
date at 00:00 for time.
Bill
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From: Bill Owens
Subject: *ist D date and time
Anybody else having a problem getting the date/time to stay in memory?
I've
followed the instructions in the manual, yet when I turn the camera off
and
back on, the date and time return to the initial settings of 01/01/03
Oh but it has. The railroad has come and gone at Boone. The East Tennessee
and Western Carolina Railroad ran from Johnson City to Boone from 1916 until
1940, and, believe it or not was called Tweetsie back then because of the
shrill whistle:
I think I've got one. Bought it at the Discovery Store in Baltimore several
years ago. All plastic with a kind of triangular shaped, detachable lens
hood between the mirrors. The viewer is folding plastic and can store a
few photos in it. Sound right? If it's the same one, yes, it's a fun
Well, with the Optio S, that offers only jpeg, I download the original file
to either my hard drive or CD. If I want a print, I do any sizing,
cropping, or any other manipulation I decide I want. I then print the
manipulated file, then close it without saving. If I think I might want an
They cannot work in Av mode. There's no aperture ring on the lens.
Bill
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From: Peter Hillerström [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: MZ-6/ZX-L with FAJ lenses?
The manual, which I've downloaded, uses
Aperture is indeed transmitted digitally to the camera by the F/FA
lenses, so use of aperture set on the lens would have been perfectly
possible with the *istd. But P deliberately invalidated this
functionality through software, as it is forcing its users to abandon
the
I guess I've used the DOF preview button on my other two bodies more than
I
knew, miss it here. Camera could very well do this but I don't know how
yet.
If you're using a A lens, look through the viewfinder and push the on/off
switch away from the camera. Works the same way as the MZ-S
Bill
HOW 'BOUT THEM CUBBIES!!!
Up until I bought an Epson 925 printer this week I would have agreed. Now
I've got mixed feelings on this. This particular printer supports PRINT
image matching, and with jpg and tif images will use camera settings written
into the original image files by the camera at the time of exposure.
I would think that there would be no quality loss in this situation. You
are not opening and resaving the file, simply transferring from one place to
another. My understanding is that you only start losing quality when you
open, edit, then resave the file.
Bill
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According to the manual, it keeps track of the sharpening done in camera.
Following is excerpt from Epson:
The solution is P.I.M. Using P.I.M, the camera saves the settings set by the
user prior to taking a photo. This is carried with the image and
subsequently instructs the P.I.M enabled
I don't see the 330 on the Pentax web site. Looks like it's been replaced
by the 33L. Have you considered the Optio S?
Bill
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From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 12:41 PM
Subject: Optio 330?
My wife has
Hot water is no problem. Croissants may be. We usually have sausage, eggs,
and canned biscuits for breakfast. Canned biscuits because they're easy to
store and bake in the Coleman oven.
Bill
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From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
For shame, for shame.
You left out the Red Man chewing tobacco :-)
Bill
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From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: OT - Speaking of tea
On 3/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Hot water
CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!
Were you shooting in auto exposure or manual exposure mode? The exposure
appearing the same would seem to mean that the either the shutter speed or
ISO changed for the second exposure. As for DOF, were you shooting
something near, or far away?
Bill
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From: [EMAIL
The one nice thing is the RAF are always very accommodating, unlike the
Army who are a major PITA, and give us tea and biscuits. That's what I
call civilised.
If you want tea on GFM, bring your own. Coffee for us in the morning, and
sweet iced tea (usually from Lipton or Luzianne tea bags)
The radio call speed bird would signify it was a British Airways Concorde.
Whereas most airlines use the company name and flight number, for example
United 1234, British Airways uses speedbird, as in Speedbird 1234.
Just a bit of useless information.
Bill
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From: Jim
I like that story, and it's probably true.
BTW, the term flight level begins at 18,000 feet. Up until that altitude,
altimeters are set to closest local setting, but above 18,000 altimeters are
set to standard pressure of 29.92.
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Probably not, unless the SR-71 had a transponder turned on.
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: OT:No camera=first Concord siting
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
JJ tells of some
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From: Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:28 PM
Subject: RE: OT:No camera=first Concord siting
Hi John
(You mean high flashpoint
Thanks, I did mean that; my fingers thought differently.
Interesting stuff about
Hi!
SK I'd be interested in seeing what the breakdown of the PDML is by, say;
SK Sex, age, country, annual income, special interests etc.
SK Might throw up some surprises or challenge some assumptions.
SK Cheers,
SK Simon
May be. But I think that any breakdown of PDML is really quite
I haven't even received my *ist D yet, but I've pretty much decided against
the battery grip. It makes sense on the MZ-S where it will pay for itself
fairly quick due to the ability to use AA batteries. However, if the *ist D
comes anywhere near its specification of ~450 exposures per set of
When I'm in a football stadium and don't have room to set up a monopod.
Plus a monopod is better for sports than a tripod.
Bill
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From: Anand DHUPKAR [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: Making monopod out of
Cant you just use manual settings with M lenses
or does the camera have no lever to stop down
the lens during exposure?
When our local Pentax rep was in town a couple of weeks ago, I tried this
with the M100 Macro. I set the aperture ring to f8.0, looked into the front
of the lens and tripped
Another way of saying the same thing. If a portion of your image takes up
16mm from top to bottom on an APS size sensor, it will fill the frame. On a
24.mm sensor, that same portion of your image will still take up 16mm in
height, but there will be 8mm of space above or below that same portion
Change the 350 to 300 and you'll be there.
Bill
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From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I am using a 200m lens and the crop will
I'm quite pleased with my $90.00 Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5. Only 1/2 stop
less, and I can live with the zoom creep for the difference in price :-)
Bill
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From: Stephen Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:43 PM
Subject:
I've picked up 2 Sandisk 256 Mb cards, but I'm not overly concerned with
speed.
Bill
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From: Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: compact flash memory cards
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:50:18 -0700, Paul
We'd love to see as many PDML'ers there as possible. Just keep in mind that
the past 2 years have been sold out. When 165 attendees have paid their
fee, no others will be accepted.
Bill
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From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September
I'm considering an additional printer to use mobile. Our son and his wife
are members of a hot air balloon crew and I've come up with the idea of
taking photos of/for paying passengers and having prints available for them
at the end of their ride. I already have the lap top with Photoshop and
Not the end of backwards compatibility, just lenses designed for use with 6
Mp digital SLR's
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Peter Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: Introducing the remarkable new Pentax *Ist D
It
I guess my age is showing, but since I date back to the period when there
was no such thing as a meter in or on a camera, much less TTL metering, I
can't understand why so many here are complaining about having to use either
open aperture metering, or the even simpler method of using a separate
IIRC the *ist D has a clean function in the menu.
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Chris Brogden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: *ist D
I think many DSLRs have something like this built in. You can clean the
sensor
I know the feeling!
An external meter with my Zenit 16, M100 Macro and 500mm mirror.
My Sigma 24-50, FA28-105PZ and Tamron 70-300 are all A series. Looks like
I'm okay from 24 to 750.
Bill
- Original Message -
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It is for cleaning the sensor. Maybe I can be of more help when mine
arrives.
Bill
- Original Message -
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: *ist D
- Original Message -
From: Bill Owens
Subject
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