Re: Using GPS to location-tag images

2008-01-26 Thread David Dixon
Stan Halpin wrote: Thanks Mark. Given that Derby and you had produced two possible solutions, I just did a Google to see if there might be others out there. ... 2. http://www.prairie.mb.ca/product/pg-photolink.php ... 3. http://oregonstate.edu/~earlyj/gpsphotolinker/ ... Now I just

Re: Well.. I did my best (comet photo)

2007-01-13 Thread David Dixon
Charles Robinson wrote: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/images/imgp5058b.jpg Did anyone else manage to finally see this elusive thing? Good effort Charles! Much better than my attempt - got a brief look at the comet on the 11th, but the weather here in NE England was not too clement.

Re: K10D with AF540FGZ

2007-01-05 Thread David Dixon
J and K Messervy wrote: I received my flash the other day and have been playing with it a bit indoors and out. First impressions are good, however the exposure results in P-TTL are a little disappointing. I'm finding that for a shot indoors of my kids or similar at quite close range,

Re: A problem of reassembly

2006-05-08 Thread David Dixon
Ann Sanfedele wrote: William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: David Dixon Subject: Re: A problem of reassembly Place the filter up to your eye, and look at yourself in a mirror. If the camera-side is nearest you, you will be able to see the reflection of your eye. If the camera

Re: A problem of reassembly

2006-05-07 Thread David Dixon
John Francis wrote: I was out shooting yesterday, and my polarizing filter fell off the front of the lens and onto the path. Fortunately the glass didn't break, but it did pop out of the filter holder, leaving me with three pieces to reassemble - holder, glass and retaining clip. My problem is

*istD built-in flash - update

2005-12-16 Thread David Dixon
A few weeks ago I mentioned that my the built-in flash on my *istD had failed 18 months after purchase (and outside the 1 year guarantee). Well, I wrote a polite letter to the retailer's head office (Jacobs - a smallish chain of UK photo shops) asking them to repair it since the problem was

Re: *istD and built-in flash

2005-11-01 Thread David Dixon
released for sale) and had it repaired under warranty. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon David Dixon wrote: Reading about Don's problems with his *istD and built-in flash has prompted me to write. My *istD developed a similar problem while using the built-in flash

*istD and built-in flash

2005-10-30 Thread David Dixon
Reading about Don's problems with his *istD and built-in flash has prompted me to write. My *istD developed a similar problem while using the built-in flash - no charging, coupled with apparent draining of the batteries and refusal to trip the shutter. The flash charging circuitry is obviously

Re: trap focus with AF lenses

2005-06-16 Thread David Dixon
Doug Franklin wrote: On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:10:36 +0100, David Dixon wrote: can't check if this actually works at the moment, but I think you can do this on certain AF bodies [...] I don't know about any others, but it works just fine on my ZX-5 and MZ-S. You need a custom electronic

Re: trap focus with AF lenses

2005-06-15 Thread David Dixon
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I know it works with manual-focus lenses just fine. But to use the feature with AF lenses, what's needed? Cover the AF data pin on the mount? Disallow engaging the AF mechanical connection? Anything else? Collin, I can't check if this actually works at the

Re: Photo micrography

2005-04-28 Thread David Dixon
Don Williams wrote: I had hoped to hear from anyone in the group who has an *ist D attached to a compound microscope. I'd like to know if the shutter vibration is a serious drawback. I know the mirror can be fired in advance to help reduce this problem. But with a selection of other Pentax

Re: Pixmantec Rawshooter 2005 - my review

2005-04-25 Thread David Dixon
Frantisek wrote: DD of priority or for deletion during a slideshow. My only niggles at the DD moment are that there's no direct access to curves (although the DD highlight/shadow contrast sliders and appearance selector appear to DD apply pre-set curves), and that the converted images look

Re: Pixmantec Rawshooter 2005 - my review

2005-04-24 Thread David Dixon
Dario Bonazza wrote: I wrote: Except that even with shadow contrast at it lowest, the shadows can still be pure black! And I even tried setting exposure compensation (up to +3!), but black areas still remain deep blacks, while both the straight in-camera jpeg and the file converted using

Re: Need Flexible Flash Bracket

2004-07-25 Thread David Dixon
Joseph Tainter wrote: Can anyone recommend an affordable flexible flash bracket that will flex forward for macro shots? I don't want to spend $160 for the one that Wimberly offers. Any advice on this, or other solutions, appreciated. Joe My solution was a cheap medium-format flash grip from

Re: Anybody shooting auroras?

2003-10-31 Thread David Dixon
mike wilson wrote: It's been cloud as anything here (NE England) for the last three days, so no joy. Looking good for tonight, so, for sure, there will be nothing. mike I hate to say this Mike, but in Durham (about 15 miles away from you?) we've had two fantastic nights of aurora - Wednesday

Re: Who else has admired the eclipse?

2003-05-31 Thread David Dixon
! Hopefully they'll come out better than my '99 attempts, when all my pics of totality were hugely underexposed ... David Dixon Alin Flaider wrote: This is particularly addressed to our friends in the northern Europe who were in the position to see and photograph this annular sun eclipse

Re: functional difference pz-1p/pz-1?

2003-02-16 Thread David Dixon
-weighted So, all our (P)Z-1s work the same, but are probably set up differently? David Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David, To clarify, you tried the experiment below. You mounted a K or M lens and checked metering without and with Spot? You got significantly different reading using Spot? Can

Re: Pinhole Question

2002-05-11 Thread David Dixon
at maximum - a T2 mount or M42-to-PK mount both move the aperture coupler and ensure this is the case. David Dixon - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http

Re: Pentax K 300mm f/4

2002-05-06 Thread David Dixon
modest distances - at 4m, the view is ~20% wider than the Pentax. Hope this helps, David Dixon - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Moon Jupiter - photo

2002-02-12 Thread David Dixon
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Re: a shot in the dark - OT re: the bodies in the night sky

2002-01-27 Thread David Dixon
Not Saturn, but Jupiter, with at least 3 of its 4 bright moons visible, in a line to the lower left (towards the moon when you saw it). A few hours earlier (6pm UK time) the moon actually passed in front of Jupiter (for those in the N of UK) - an amazing site, and for once it wasn't cloudy

Re: more scanner problems...

2002-01-08 Thread David Dixon
I've had this problem with an Epson 1200 photo when scanning negatives. The transparency unit has a narrow window above the main scanning area which is kept clear and used to calibrate the CCD before scanning to minimise any banding. If a piece of dust or hair got in here, I ended up with a

Re: My PUG comments: David Dixon RK

2001-06-17 Thread David Dixon
Gianfranco, Many thanks for your comments: Durham Cathedral by David Dixon, UK As you state, this shot may be better classified as a landscape, or, maybe, as 'architecture in landscape'. The strenght of the shot is in its colors: I think the autumn trees become very well the buildings

Re: May PUG comment: Frog by David Dixon

2001-05-03 Thread David Dixon
Many thanks Jostein for commenting on my submission, and thank you also to those who have taken the time to pass comment. Had this been mine, I would have cropped away the foreground that is visibly out of focus. Probably up to the small area on the left edge with no duckweed. I've tried out