Re: Well, it actually works

On 29/12/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly. I never met a camera I couldn't get used to. The grip on a > Speed Graphic sucks unless you have the flash attached:-). I found the bare P67 easier to grip than the K10D. It's not a case of just getting used to it, the K10D grip de

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

On 28/12/06, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Turner and Hooch? = slobber -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: style change

On 28/12/06, George Sinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The SR and low light performance of the K10d is leading me down the > path to a style change. > > I may have mentioned before that very early on it exposed a problem > with my technique. Somewhere along the line I had developed a bad > habit o

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

On 27/12/06, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course all that evidence is bullshit because the world did not exist > until I was born, and will cease to exist at my death. You'll note that generally the people issuing more concern over the perceived threat of global warming tend to eithe

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

On 26/12/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If human activity is indeed affecting the climate, as it may well be > doing, the change couldn't possibly be so substantial as to result in > serious year-to-year changes. All scientists will agree with that. > Weather comes and goes, and wh

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

On 25/12/06, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you (general you) ever thought about the fact that we here are this > list are so well off that we are only bothered by things that do not > affect us directly. The other 80% of the people in the world should have > it so good. I think that

Re: GFM: Nature Photography Weekend reminder - ONLY 10 DAYS TO GO

On 23/12/06, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I may be coming as well. Again I can't really do it 2007 but I wouldn't mind a London PDML meet around mid March 2007 if anyone is keen ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/

Re: Determining a Focal Length

On 23/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > nope, what you gave was impossible. > 18mm and 15mm are not possible (the > lengths you provided) because > Pentax APS always needs a lens 2/3 the length > of FF 35mm for same angle of view. I dont care what calculator > you used, it's wrong

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

On 23/12/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, I'm not abandonning film. Far from it. I intend film will > remain my primary medium for "serious" work (such as it is). > > At least, that's what I say now... So did I, but I'm sort of staying true to form, I still shoot my Mamiya

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

On 23/12/06, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today we have had 55 days of rain here. Off course it haven't poured down > every day, but it has rained. If it continues tomorrow we will touch the > 1920 record of raining. > Knarf is thinking DSRL. > > We do live in disturbing times. We are a

Re: Determining a Focal Length

On 23/12/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Smacking forehead! I've got f-calc on this machine. Thanks for the > reminder. I've got another handy one for you: http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/depth_of_field_calc.html -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-95

Re: Determining a Focal Length

On 23/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Basic trigonometry. God, even the numbers > are the easiest possible to calculate > (dont even need a calculator for that > baby). You need a 90 degree > lens horizontally to just cover > the object. The way to calculate f.l. > is to use sam

Re: Determining a Focal Length

On 23/12/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a photo I'd like to make, but the widest lens I have is still too > long as it forces me to include an undesirable object in the frame and I > don't want to mess around with cloning the object out of the scene. I will > need to borr

Re: Merry Christmas

On 23/12/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/22/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 01 110010 00100111 1101011 01110110110 1010110 1100110 101011 000101001 > > > > What brought on the change of heart? > > Not so much a change in heart, but with the new Pentax digit

Re: List greetings for the 22nd of December!

On 23/12/06, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No idea what HD stands for... High Definition.. whoops. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

Re: List greetings for the 22nd of December!

On 22/12/06, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since I turned off my computer last night, I got 838 *new* messages on > the Pentax-Discuss list! > > Eight Hundred Thirty Eight! > > Seems like a lot of Pentaxians had very little else to do last night! > I've no idea what was important or

Re: TV volume, was: My holiday greeting

On 22/12/06, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So what I want someone to invent is a little gadget that you can apply > to your TV > that keeps the volume absolutely at the same at all times once you have > adjusted it > to the level you can hear. If they can build rockets to go to the

Re: another *ist-D question

On 22/12/06, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ROTFLMAO. Groundhog day hey Dave? :-) We should be nice to each other this time of the year! -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/

Re: Official Full Frame Pentax Rumor - Technical Limitations of K

On 22/12/06, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How does focus distance affect the amount of sensor travel needed? It doesn't appreciably, focal length is the major scaling factor for translating body shake to sensor movement. Of course focal length can change slightly with as focus is br

Re: TV volume, was: My holiday greeting

On 22/12/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Every commercial I've ever produced (around one hundred) had to > conform to an audio level set by the networks. What happens when the > network techs load it on a cart is hard to say, but there is a > defined standard for the original. Simil

Re: Official Full Frame Pentax Rumor - Technical Limitations of K Mount?

On 22/12/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, you're missing something in your comparison. The mirror. SLR > wide angle lens designs are very different from RF designs. Leica SLR > lenses actually have one of the longest register distances and Canon one > of the shortest. And Leica

Re: My holiday greeting

On 22/12/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > graywolf wrote: > > >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> > >> 196 kbps files are supposedly the equal of broadcast FM stereo radio. > >> You can got to even higher bit rates for even better quality and > >> *variable* bit rate bor optimal file size/qualit

Re: Sd Cards

On 21/12/06, Leon Altoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 2 4 gig Ridata 150X cards for the K10D and they work fine. I > haven't been able to find a card reader locally that says it supports > the SDHC standard and the few that I have convinced the shops to let me > try don't work. So for the t

Re: Hoya - Pentax Merger?

On 22/12/06, John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And yet here you are, becoming a "doom sayer." I seriously doubt Pentax is > going away. It'll just be part of a larger company now, like Mercury is a > part of Ford. Pentax will continue to make cameras as they always have, > only now they h

Re: Pentax and HOYA merging

On 22/12/06, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the Samsung collaboration was to insulate Pentax from possible > complications from Sony's acquisition of Konica-Minolta's DSLR line. Not > a good thing to be dependent on a competitor as the sole source for your > imaging chips. > > M

Re: TV volume, was: My holiday greeting

On 22/12/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right. They're just increasing the average volume of the sound in > commercials, thereby increasing the perceived loudness. No by raising the average they are actually making it louder, if the sound pressure were measured by any integrating S

Re: Rechargable CR-V3 batteries for *ist-D

On 22/12/06, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My experience with NiMH, also relates to the total time since the batteries > were charged. > During my last trip to Denali, I would get around 1000 shots on a battery > charge. Those shots were taken in a 2 to 3 day span of time. > I can put

Re: Official Full Frame Pentax Rumor - Technical Limitations of K

On 22/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's +/-5mm by every reference I've seen, for both Pentax and Minolta > derivative-designs. I measured +/- 3mm clearance on the K10D for an expected working range of +/- 2.5mm -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(

Re: Pentax and HOYA merging

On 21/12/06, Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.hoya.co.jp/data/current/newsobj-368-pdf.pdf Very interesting, note in the table "13. Overview of the Integrating Companies (as of September 30, 2006, non consolidated basis)" under the heading "Major Business Partners" the two comp

Re: Sd Cards

On 21/12/06, Charles Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Thinking of buying the Pentax K10D but would like some clarification about > SD cards. Is the maximum card in the K10 D only 2 gig or is it possible to > use a 4 gig card. The K10D can utilize SDHCcards which are larger than

Re: Pentax and HOYA merging

On 21/12/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 21/12/06, K.Takeshita, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >October 1, 2007. > >Hoya issued a press release and while it says an equal partnering, actual > >merge format is consulted by UBS Security and Morgan Stanley, taking a form > >of Pentax consol

Re: Dpreview's D200 jpeg overall conclusion: same problem different

On 21/12/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, they're building a following. the K10 is the top selling DSLR > in Japan right now, and I suspect it's doing quite well elsewhere as > well. I don't think they're going to abandon all those users. Because > if they do go FF, they almost

Re: Discworld

On 21/12/06, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the CompactDrive PD6A - previous model to the PD70X. I have > tried it with both Transcend 2gb 150X cards and K10D raw files and it > works just fine. I'm quite sure my older model will not handle SDHC. > > If you are just looking for

Re: Dpreview's D200 jpeg overall conclusion: same problem different

On 21/12/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think they would have to change the mount if they go full frame. To > get decent results, they'll have to go to a larger diameter lens mount. > Be careful of what you wish for. It could come true. Who told you that? -- Rob Studdert HUR

Re: Continous Single Frame

On 21/12/06, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > Jack, with passage of time, roughly a year after I got it, my *istD > developed a strange habit. It would fire twice (and very rarely thrice) > although it was in single frame mode. I doubt that my trigger finger is > that shaky or tha

Re: poll: chime in if....

On 21/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A pity. My only interest in 35mm film would be for the Hasselblad > XPan, which I would think would be a natural for your panorama > interests. Now that's a full format. It's easy enough to crop down a FF 67 image, more flexibility as it'

Re: K10D sensitivity for least noisy images

On 21/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any camera manufacturer that allows a lowest ISO that does not > produce the best quality from a digital sensor is probably acting > foolishly... Didn't Minolta or someone else do that with the 6MP Sony sensors? -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILL

Re: Gourmets on PDML was: Please everyone set up an email filter

On 21/12/06, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Teflon has been removed from my kitchen except for one frying pan - > apparently the > gas affecting birds mainly when the teflon is fairly new... if you get a > pot or pan second hand > that has been used a lot it is ok... I'd sure like to k

Re: poll: chime in if....

On 21/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is that 24x65mm format or smaller? Smaller, I can't be bothered with the 35mm film holder in my Mamiya 7, I'd rather just shoot it FF ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

Re: Please everyone set up an email filter

On 21/12/06, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aluminium is good for cooking milk and milky stuff. But I use stainless for > my general cooking. > I use titanium pans for frying. Quite good pans really, but they are > delicate pets. My SO has killed one of them while dishing. That's her part

Re: My holiday greeting

On 21/12/06, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm very interested in music, and have been working with synthesized > music since the first Moogs in the late 60s. As a holiday present > for my friends I have created my version of Bach's Wachet Auf/ > Sleepers Awake and put it here for downloa

Re: poll: chime in if....

On 20/12/06, Mark Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...you've processed (or had processed) a roll of film recently Yep, over one hundred C41 35mm (FF :-) rolls this year. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.c

Re: RAW File Conversion - Workflow Question

On 20/12/06, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just wondering how others approach the RAW conversion/image processing > workflow. Is it best to, say, just adjust white balance in the RAW converter > and do the rest in Photoshop or is it more efficient to make full use of the > range of

Re: Dpreview's D200 jpeg overall conclusion: same problem differentattitude?

On 20/12/06, Michael Perham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, there is a bias. Also ...what gets to me is that when Phil responds to > the remarks about his reviews, and I concede some are unnecessarily harsh > and even rude, he sounds very much like a cantankerous old curmudgeon. I > don't know

Re: Please everyone set up an email filter

On 20/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your daily personal entertainment has got to be worth more > than that. John, you appear to make assumption that everyone else's mode of personal entertainment is the same as yours, given the tirade of responses here patently it's not for

Re: The Caveman!

On 20/12/06, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I never found Valentin to be so bad - he had some insightful comments > and usually deflected criticism with his wit, and not vulgarity. As > time went by, he seemed to grow disaffected with the list though... He still pops in to check out t

Re: The cause of the controversy

On 20/12/06, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/TV.html Now that's a TV, rather sparse inside though, great for the repair tech :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~d

Re: K10D Dust Removal

On 20/12/06, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I assumed that the sensor would 'lock down' somehow when not actively > engaged in SR. If it didn't - wouldn't shooting in the non-shake > reduction mode introduce a whole new set of vibration problems (with the > sensor vibrating in response

Re: Introducing myself..

On 19/12/06, SJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks, rob. in spite of this, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite, > i didn't get that idiom though :) Try here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsm/men.html :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Ho

Re: Introducing myself..

On 19/12/06, SJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wonder what happened to 'men at work'... 'down under' was quite a hit > during my college days... :) Not much for a while it seems, not eating their Vegemite I guess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_at_work -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel

Re: K10D Dust Removal

On 19/12/06, Patrick Genovese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Restricting shutter releases too? > > Good one :-) Answer ... No that would simply be ridiculous! Consider that whenever the power is off or between exposures the platform on which the CCD is fixed is free to clunk about in the body, so

Re: K10D Dust Removal

On 19/12/06, Patrick Genovese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My policy. Don't fix it unless it needs fixing... When i see dust > on the sensor it will get cleaned. Why put the system through > unnecessary wear & tear ? Restricting shutter releases too? :-) BTW the SR mechanism is active each a

Re: K10D Dust Removal

On 19/12/06, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the folks who have K10D's - how have you set the dust removal > setting? I originally set it to turn on with every power up, but that > seemed excessive and I wondered if the knocking of the sensor was > ultimately good for the AS mechanis

Re: K10D Dust Removal

On 19/12/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All I've ever done for my D was a puff of ear Is that a special trick you can share with us Paul :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publ

Re: Paul Stequest Will not stop sending me harrasing private emails

On 19/12/06, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ahhh! Father Ted, himself! I think you'll find it's Father Jack Hackett :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Jack_Hackett -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel

Re: OT (LOL) Any opinions on the Pentax Optio W20

On 19/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use an xD to CF card adapter for downloading to the Epson P2000 on > the road. ;-) Hmmm, didn't think of that, though the potential of borrowing an SD 2GB Extreme card is still a bit more appealling. > Yeah, I have all the bases covere

Re: OT (LOL) Any opinions on the Pentax Optio W20

On 19/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, didn't know that waterproof was important. I have the little Sony > DSC-U60 for that. > > I hate the xD cards too. But for the purposes I have in mind, one 1G > xD card is enough. The Sandisk reader reads the format so I don't > care t

Re: insights on lightroom

On 19/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A small thing, but it points out the huge importance of the > surrounding environment when you're editing a photograph... Absolutely, that's why I have my desktop set to be the same colour as my Photoshop background. -- Rob Studdert HUR

Re: Banding Issue - Suggestions

On 19/12/06, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, why do you think it may not be fully correctible? I'm sure the issue is far more hardware than software orientated myself so I don't expect firmware upgrades to make a significant difference. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel

Re: OT (LOL) Any opinions on the Pentax Optio W20

On 19/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For what it's worth, I've found the Fuji F30 to be the best compact > digital camera I've used to date. I hate the xD cards but nothing > else in the class puts out the quality of the Fuji F30 at ISO > 400-800. And it even works well at mo

Re: Paul Stequest Will not stop sending me harrasing private emails

On 19/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Who runs this list? So how long have you been posting here? No don't answer, just check the link at the bottom of each and every post. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: mighty chilly in hell today

On 19/12/06, Lucas Rijnders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dark tent. Is that what I think it is? Googling revealed mainly > glow-in-the-dark tent pegs (to freak out moles, no doubt) and ancient > photography equipment... Like a film change bag only larger generally. http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-HIGH-Q

Re: OT (LOL) Any opinions on the Pentax Optio W20

On 18/12/06, Jaume Lahuerta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is one of the few Pentax P&S recommended by my loved/hated French magazine > that is not particularly fond at Pentax so...it must be a really good camera > for its purpose. Thanks guys, it's looking like it has potential then. The followin

Re: Long exposure noise

On 18/12/06, John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Take a look at the sky in this pic. (it's a processed PIF, so you can open > it in photoshop if you want to see the exif info) > > http://www.neovenator.com/special/__IGP0101.jpg > > I was doing some city shots of San Francisco from Treasure Isl

Re: Time for a break ... (Time to do something with thelist ahmosphere?)

On 18/12/06, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Every week, it is promised for next week. I think it is Pentax's way of > punishing the country that produced Phil (this JPEG is soft) Askey. Yes, highly recommended (just).. LOL -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(

Re: Time for a break ... (Time to do something with thelist ahmosphere?)

On 18/12/06, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When? > When everybody who wants a K10D has got one ion their hands? ;-) Except for Pentax's favorite customers, our British friends ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home

Re: mighty chilly in hell today

On 18/12/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've spent the day cleaning, tossing scores of old software discs, as > well as configuring my new laptop and transferring data between systems > (My former primary system needs a rebuild anyways, so I'm doing backups > and file transfers in prep

Re: OT (LOL) Any opinions on the Pentax Optio W20

On 18/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, Phil Askey says ... > > Godfrey > [evil grin] Well he doesn't actually, that's why I'm asking the PDML heretics ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftd

Re: It's snowing in hell --OT

On 18/12/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would probably not care about television if I wasn't addicted to > football and baseball. However, I do enjoy films as well. And I hate > going to theaters. Since advertising is my main source of income, I > have to keep an eye on what's ou

OT (LOL) Any opinions on the Pentax Optio W20

Hi Team, Has anyone owned/used/tested/chewed the Pentax Optio W20, if so is there anything that stands out about it good or bad? Cheers, -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax use

Re: Time for a break ... (Time to do something with the list ahmosphere?)

On 18/12/06, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been thinking. > I really dislike the free spirit of the list being polluted. What is going > on is more than the regular friendly spirited flames. > > I assume this has happened before. So I'm asking the old timers. What did > you do to get

Re: It's snowing in hell --OT

On 18/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > there you go again with the dumb "no good programming" remarks. First of > all, > a good HDTV with a HD signal not o

Re: K10D review online

On 17/12/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your experiences mirror mine Ken. That's not to say that I don't think > RAW is good - it is. RAW is excellent at allowing a greater range in the > exposure, sure. But when printing to these sizes, that's it. At 13"X19" > the quality of the pics is d

Re: It's snowing in hell --OT

On 18/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dont see how a high quality moving pictures could > be "boring" to some how enjoys high quality **still** pictures. > Motion picturs can be an art form, and as such some of > them can be greatly more appreciated and enjoyed with > signifig

Re: OT - Something to lighten things up

On 18/12/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah he is, and Mike Johnston would hate him (Kyle's about the best cat > photographer going). LOL, yes, I remember his Hello Kitty M Leica ;-) > I highly recommend checking out his livejournal at > http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com > He posts

Re: K10D review online

On 18/12/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My printing method with the K10 is: > Open RAW file in ACR, and optimize as much as possible. > Open in Photoshop (ProPhoto RGB) , and crop/resize for printer. > Send to printer. > The results so far have been outstanding. > When I have my des

Re: January 2007 PUG

On 18/12/06, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is because you guys are all upside down . How about something > like "season's change"? The problem is that it really doesn't vary much locally,. it just goes from very warm to cool throughout the year, the trees all stay the same but the fli

Re: It's snowing in hell --OT

On 18/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are clueless. NTSC is boring, > HDTV is not and you dont have to > watch "TV SHOWS", there are HD > movie channels and sports, etc. So you're saying that a TV technology format is boring? Noise looks better on HDTV? -- Rob Studdert H

Re: It's snowing in hell --OT

On 18/12/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I applaud Graywolf's economical choice, but I disagree with Adam's > evaluation of HDTV. I have a 61 inch Pioneer plasma on the wall. > There's a lot of HD broadcast these days. Most of the time I'm > getting at least 15 HD channels over Dire

Re: It's snowing in hell --OT

On 18/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HDTV is better than SEX! There is treatment available. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer sinc

Re: OT - Something to lighten things up

On 18/12/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And, from the photography point of view, she'll be one of the subjects > in Kyle Cassidy's upcoming book Armed America. Now there's one interesting dude, I remember him from my LUG days. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110

Re: K10D review online

On 17/12/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on the printer hardware, doesn't it ? If the printer was top of > the range, I would hesitate to say yes. It's more the colour gamut of the ink, most printers are pretty damed good these days I just wonder how many are being under-utilized

Re: Official word about SDHC + PD70X

On 17/12/06, Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those who wanted to know ... > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: CompactDrive Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 17 déc. 2006 09:13 > Subject: [CompactDrive Support #HUW-66964-514]: Guest Enquiries for > CompactDrive Store >

Re: K10D review online

On 17/12/06, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't agree, as anyone who was @ GFM in 2005 will attest. I had a large > size portfolio of digital captures (13"X19") all in JPEG. The response to > the images was satisfying to me. No one questioned the capture mode. I don't dispute what

Re: OT: Notebook & External Monitor

On 17/12/06, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know someone here will know the answer to this. Last spring I bought a > Dell E1505 notebook. I got 1 GB of RAM, but took the integrated Intel > graphics rather than a separate graphic card. A mistake, I realize now. > I would like to add a

Re: K10D review online

On 17/12/06, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't that what the K100D is for, and rightly so. The K10D is aimed at > a higher audience. It was never expected to sell in such large numbers > for good reason. The K10D has general appeal, it's a relatively cheap camera that offers 10MP (

Re: K10D review online

On 17/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dont follow you, if you have to do this processing > at home with special ACR or Pentax sofware to open and print the > RAW files, then its not as "portable" or "universal" > a format as jpeg is which you can print directly > from the medi

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

On 17/12/06, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There was a thread about this a year or two ago. Someone made the > > comment that this sort of reaction was along the lines of eating a good > > meal and complementing the chef on their pots and pans. :-) > > Har! I seem to recall that it

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

On 17/12/06, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh God, another one. When you have used your camera for a couple of > months, and fully understood how it works, then please report your > problems. As it is, most problems reported so far have been by people who > were doing something wrong.

Re: K10D review online

On 17/12/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now I'm confused. As I understand it, Pentax files are generally agreed > to be softer than other manufacturers' - because there is less > processing applied in camera? So I would then assume that sharper DNG > files would have _more_ process

Re: January 2007 PUG

On 17/12/06, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adelheid, > > Might you swap October and November? There aren't any > fall colors around by 20 September for most of us, so > we would be mining our archives rather than shooting > for the topic. Yes as others have intimated it's very hard to s

Re: Time for a break ...

On 17/12/06, Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I offer my sincere apologies for the behaviour of the list lately. I went outside this evening fully expecting to see a full moon. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.s

Re: K10D review online

On 16/12/06, Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is only one thing that worries me - banding. I was disappointed > with the DS performance during some star trails shooting (I was stupid > enough to forgot my ME Super cable release at home so I was using > digital), so I wou

Re: K10D review online

On 16/12/06, Richard Bellavance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why would you hope such a thing ? > > First, what does it change in your life and in your photos ? Absolytely > nothing. > > Second, many people can't be bothered with post-processing their photos. > Yes, that entails tradeoffs and/or l

Re: K10D and Ring flash

On 16/12/06, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I prefer to use something until it is used up. I drive cars until the > wheels fall off. My 1989 Volvo 740 has 220,000 miles/354,000 km. My > wife's 1989 Isuzu Trooper has about the same. LOL, I retired my '89 Volvo 740 Estate a couple of y

Re: K10D diffraction limiting

On 15/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rob, > > Thought this article might be useful: > articleid=288> Thanks for that G. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Talk about a sellers market, go Alan

On 15/12/06, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Rob > the prices for normal primes and even Takumar M42 ones rise a lot here too. > 3 resellers I see often buy anything with the name Pentax on it here at > local auctions as well as on Ebay Switzerland. If you want to sell an old > body j

Re: Talk about a sellers market, go Alan

On 15/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 15 is still jail bait. Even "classic cars" have > to be at least 20 yrs old here in FL to > get a classic auto tag. And even thats > pushing the envelope in my opinion... LOL, I must admit I never expected any discussion on this thread to h

Re: SR Weirdness (Mine isn't working?)

On 15/12/06, Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's the second video that I've seen of the SR working. The sensor > moves around quite visibly. I just took a look at my own K10D, Bulb > setting, no lens mounted, and there is *no* sensor movement at all! I > hear a gentle buzzing, just

Re: K10D diffraction limiting

On 15/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The diffraction limits of optical lenses are > independent of focal length and absolute aperture. > Diffraction limits are inversely proportional to > f-ratio (f-stop) and the approx formula is 1500/f-ratio > in line pairs /mm. This means at

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