Re: Flash Question

2005-09-26 Thread Henri Toivonen
Shel Belinkoff wrote: What's a Guide Number and how does it work? Shel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guide_number /Henri

Re: anybody still shoot film?

2005-09-25 Thread Henri Toivonen
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sep 25, 2005, at 9:14 AM, mike wilson wrote: There comes a point in resolution when scanning film that all you're doing is resolving more emulsion defects too. At 2820ppi, I can see the grain clearly in ASA 100 film. Most of the benefit from 3000 ppi

Re: anybody still shoot film?

2005-09-23 Thread Henri Toivonen
Shoot film? Ofcourse, it's all I shoot. Mostly B/W. /Henri

Re: PUG Themes?

2005-09-01 Thread Henri Toivonen
Igor Roshchin wrote: Hi, everybody! I haven't been submitting that many pictures to PUG myself, but I thought I'd share my idea about the themes. Sorry if this idea is a bit stereotypical (or even extremely so): Latin phrases. Personally I'd suggest to chose from the following: ad hoc et

Re: I should know this ...

2005-08-27 Thread Henri Toivonen
Shel Belinkoff wrote: .. but I'm drawing a blank. How many megabytes are there in a gigabyte? (The world before morning coffee is very dark, indeed) Shel 1024 /Henri

Re: Wow, Canvas is dead (Was maybe film *is* dead!)

2005-07-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
Mark Roberts wrote: Digital isn't going to kill film any more than the automobile killed the horse and buggy. Plenty of people prefer horses. You can still buy and keep horses. Some people do. For fun, not for transportation as before. This will happen with film too. People will use it for

Re: lens and rental advice

2005-07-11 Thread Henri Toivonen
Badri A wrote: ..and shooting Fuji Sensia.. Any other suggestions/advice would be much appreciated! Thanks Badri I recently shot a roll of Sensia again. Man, I hate that film. It's grainy and unsharp. Colors can be okey sometimes, but more often not. Too bland when it comes to landskape.

Re: FS: 77mm lens

2005-07-08 Thread Henri Toivonen
Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: I have for sale, the following lens: Pentax FA77mm f1.8 Limited. Question: Is this manual or auto focus? Question: Is this SMC? Question: Will SWMBO free up the purse strings as recent

Re: Test shoot with my new Vivitar Series 1 70-210 Pentax 1,7x AF-converter

2005-07-06 Thread Henri Toivonen
pancho hasselbach wrote: Tim, this bokeh really looks enchanted, suits perfectly the title. Nice framing! Maybe the TC is also involved in producing it? Which version of the lens do you have? I haven't tried mine yet for bokeh on reflections, I have got the second version. pancho Heh,

Re: Enablement One-Scan Dual IV

2005-06-22 Thread Henri Toivonen
mike wilson wrote: From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/06/22 Wed AM 09:05:10 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Enablement One-Scan Dual IV On Jun 22, 2005, at 6:27 PM, mike wilson wrote: Unless you have MF to deal with, in which case the Multi is the way to go.

Re: Enablement One-Scan Dual IV

2005-06-21 Thread Henri Toivonen
Don Sanderson wrote: Finally replaced the Prime Film 1800 (POS) Scanner. Here's a scan of a frame of Kodak BW Pro (C41 BW): http://www.donsauction.com/pdml/Water.htm Scanned as BW Neg with no correction for the color mask. Levels adjusted in PS-CS, no sharpening. Original scan is 4384x2892,

Pentax *ist-DL

2005-06-01 Thread Henri Toivonen
I haven't seen this anywhere else, but someone found this on the swedish pentax site. It looks like another entry level model, targeted even lower than the DS. http://www.pentax.se/index.asp?url=http://www.pentax.se/default.asp?cat_id=491 6.1mpix, 2.8 frames/sec, 2.5 lcd, SD, PentaMIRROR,

Re: Pentax *ist-DL

2005-06-01 Thread Henri Toivonen
Henri Toivonen wrote: I haven't seen this anywhere else, but someone found this on the swedish pentax site. It looks like another entry level model, targeted even lower than the DS. http://www.pentax.se/index.asp?url=http://www.pentax.se/default.asp?cat_id=491 6.1mpix, 2.8 frames/sec, 2.5

Re: Pentax *ist-DL

2005-06-01 Thread Henri Toivonen
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote on 01.06.05 13:19: I think that's what Henri (the OP) suggested. I think his surname is Finnish :-) http://www.mail-archive.com/pentax-discuss@pdml.net/msg253937.html I think Paul knows better as he comes from polypeptide.SE ;-)

Re: Pentax *ist-DL

2005-06-01 Thread Henri Toivonen
Steve Jolly wrote: Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: I don't think the s had pentamirror, but I may be wrong. The DS has a pentaprism. However, according to the technical specs linked from that webpage*, so does the *istDL... S *assuming my attempts to interpret Swedish don't mislead me -

Re: Pentax *ist-DL

2005-06-01 Thread Henri Toivonen
Michael Bergstrom wrote: Eriksson Paulus wrote on 01.06.05 13:16: It means penta prism viewfinder. Thanks Paul!!! So aparrently this is not pentamirror as some suggested :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek Excepet that in the 'Tekniska

Re: Getting That Old Fashioned Glow

2005-05-31 Thread Henri Toivonen
Mark Cassino wrote: Hi Scott - I'll be interested to hear how the 35mm version of Classic Pan works out for you - I have only used the 120 version. BTW - this is the official Classic Pan website - http://www.classicpan.de/ Thanks for the comments on the photos - I have gobs that I have to

Re: So long AgfaPhoto

2005-05-28 Thread Henri Toivonen
DagT wrote: My reaction is the opposite. I find it interesting how different photographers interpret the same object. A really interesting competition would be to see 20 good photographers compete with pictures of the same boring object such as an ordinary chair. So I´m usually happy to

Re: semi OT - mystery polarizer - and wants

2005-05-24 Thread Henri Toivonen
Ann Sanfedele wrote: anyone know what this guy fits on??? http://users.rcn.com/annsan/mysterypolarizer.jpg it has no threads - just the outside gear notches that you see here. diameter is roughly 2 1/8 and say doesn't anyone have second hand 58mm pol for me? ann Cokin A Have one of

Re: stupid digital camera and filter questions

2005-05-19 Thread Henri Toivonen
Ann Sanfedele wrote: A little while back I asked a question that sounded really stupid because I had no way to attach filters to the digicam I had then... Now I can but do they work the same way? that is have the same effect? A red filter on my darkside PRO 1 and camera set to BW acheive the

Re: New Enablement.

2005-05-18 Thread Henri Toivonen
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: How about the $45 Pentax-F 35-70/3.5-4.5 Macro? ];-) Godfrey I got mine for free. /Henri

Re: Pentax 16-45/4 or Sigma 18-50/2,8

2005-05-18 Thread Henri Toivonen
Tim Øsleby wrote: I just looked the words up in my Oxford Advanced dictionary. -Discombobulated, found nothing. -Unleashed, something about letting a dog loose of its chains. Am I that wild? Something like a rhino in a China Store :-) Must be my Scottish blood (about one pint).

Re: ist-D at ISO 1600, worth it?

2005-05-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
Don Sanderson wrote: I just gave Neat Image a quick try with the default settings and Auto Profile. Good thing I was prepared, I am amazed! ;-) Don It's much better once you learn how to use all the settings and tweak it right. Really great program, that. /Henri

Re: impulse purchase

2005-05-14 Thread Henri Toivonen
frank theriault wrote: On 5/14/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I asked if it was for sale, the owner said $30. At that price, who can resist? I dunno when I'll shoot some film in it, but for $30 ... Godfrey feeling strangely archaic with this in my hand $30 for a

Re: Various Lens Results with DS

2005-05-13 Thread Henri Toivonen
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: So, it looks like the contents of my digital and film kits is now decided. It amazed me that the M75-150 was so good, comparatively speaking. But I'll take it. I was just thinking about selling mine. Maybe I won't then, since I'm thinking about getting a DS. /Henri

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-07 Thread Henri Toivonen
William Robb wrote: This brings up the interesting concept that the photo finisher should what the inside of your house looks like, and should automatically know what colour things are, given no references regarding it. Her exposure is off by a couple of buttons (too light), but there is

Re: MZ-S (WAS: Re: Camera prices on Ebay)

2005-05-07 Thread Henri Toivonen
Sylwiusz wrote: on 6.05.2005 14:13, Pål Jensen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure, the eyepiece is of plastic but isn't that true for all slr's made today? Eypiece in MZ-S is made of coated glass - I've checked this by knocking at that with metal screwdriver - produced sound couldn't come

Quick question of lenses

2005-05-05 Thread Henri Toivonen
Which one is better as a carryround normal zoom for my SFX: F35-70/3.5-4.5 FA28-70/4.0 AL /Henri http://stans-photography.info/BriefComments.html#28-70%20mm%20f/4.0%20FA%20AL

Re: film at 50C

2005-05-05 Thread Henri Toivonen
David Zaninovic wrote: Which film can resist heat the best ? How long could you leave it in the car at 50C before it is not usable any more ? I don't see anything in the spec for Fuji Reala about this. I am thinking about leaving one camera permanently in the car, you never know when you will

Re: Moral Dilemma

2005-05-03 Thread Henri Toivonen
Shaun Canning wrote: We are about to embark on a 3 week holiday in tropical Far North Queensland with wife and 8 month old son. Wife does not want me to take *ist D etc. What do I do? Do I: 1. Leave camera at home, 2. Leave wife and son at home, 3. Take son and leave wife, 4. Justify buying a

Re: Film is dead...

2005-04-25 Thread Henri Toivonen
Something that is dying/already dead is consumer color negative film. I work at a smallish minilab and development is down like, 70%. A couple of years ago, a good day we got in 30 rolls. A good day today is like over 5 rolls. I'm not sure how long we will be able to stay in business, because

Re: Film is dead...

2005-04-25 Thread Henri Toivonen
Man, am I the only one to think that this is *really sad*? It's not easy to get people to understand the consequences either. /Henri Mark Roberts wrote: Henri Toivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something that is dying/already dead is consumer color negative film. I work at a smallish minilab

About that 105/2.8

2005-04-20 Thread Henri Toivonen
I receieved that 105/2.8 that I thought I got dirt cheap today. The aperture blades are stuck at the smallest aperture, they won't nudge when I push the lever. Fun. Crap. Just like it wasn't enough that I had a harddrive failure yesterday, ofcourse the one with all of my pictures. Thank god I

Re: About that 105/2.8

2005-04-20 Thread Henri Toivonen
Alan Chan wrote: --- Henri Toivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But is there a slim chance that this is something I can fix myself? Or should I just send the crap back where it came from? From what you described, either something was broken or attempted repair was made. What lens is it btw

Re: About that 105/2.8

2005-04-20 Thread Henri Toivonen
I fixed the lens, the MX that I got with it was in better shape than my old one (except for some minor flaws) and everything seems okey now. I talked to the seller, and he agreed to give me a small refund because of the non-working condition of the stuff when I got them. So, in the end, I got a

Re: Stupid Computer Week.

2005-04-20 Thread Henri Toivonen
Yeah it was stupid computer week here too. Last night the computer just rebooted, and when it got back up, poof, F: was missing. Windows said it wasn't formatted. Ofcourse that was where I had all my pics, none were backupped. Thank god a program called 'GetDataBack' saved my ass, and I got all

Re: The K135/2.5 is here!

2005-04-19 Thread Henri Toivonen
Don Sanderson wrote: All the way from Sweden in only 10 days. This is a wonderful lens, thanks to all who recommended it! Easy to handle, very sharp and *beautiful* bokeh! I only had a few minutes to play with but it's already become a favorite. The flaws in the coating are very minor, I don't

Re: The K135/2.5 is here!

2005-04-19 Thread Henri Toivonen
Don Sanderson wrote: It's a shame it's broken Henri. It doesn't look as though it would be more difficult than any other Pentax prime to take this one apart and fix it. It would certainly be worth the effort, it's a very nice lens. Don The problem so far has been to get it open up back. The

Did I just make an insane deal?

2005-04-13 Thread Henri Toivonen
I just (1 minute ago) won an online auction, Pentax MX and a K105/2.8 stuck on it for the neat sum of 1358SEK + shipping. That makes about $200 incl. shipping. I'm planning on selling one of the MX'es I have, and maybe one of the 135's. I hope I did a good deal. I've read many people praise

Re: OT: Warning about Nigeria Buyer

2005-04-12 Thread Henri Toivonen
Richard Chu wrote: I just want to share a recent experience with everyone so that you folks are aware of this type of fraud. This type of fraud is very common. Be very cautious with any kind of shipment to Africa, especially Nigeria. Also, don't trust emails if you can't verify it's origin. The

Small enablement

2005-04-08 Thread Henri Toivonen
Got today a SMC-M 50/2, that I got pretty cheap. 50 SEK, thats about $7. Man is it small! Should take it out for some testing some day here. It looks pretty cute though on the MX. Also, I got 2 rolls of Kodak EIR infrared slide film. The only problem was, that they had been stored in the fridge

Re: K 2.8/105mm

2005-04-06 Thread Henri Toivonen
Jens Bladt wrote: FWIW here's the K 2.8/105mm compared to two zooms @ different f-stops. http://gallery37564.fotopic.net/p13529850.html Don't click on the thumbnail. Click on the Full Size button. Regards Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt What would a reasonable

Re: Da#@, I missed it!

2005-04-02 Thread Henri Toivonen
Don Sanderson wrote: Can't BELIEVE I missed this playing with res tests!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7503940914 Don :-( Hehe, I have one of those. Paid 350SEK, that's about $50 incl. shipping. /Henri

Re: Double enablement :D

2005-03-22 Thread Henri Toivonen
Saw those too. Lpfoto sometimes has some nice pentax lenses for nice prices. Too bad I usually don't have the money to order anything. :-/ /Henri I thought i would never get excited enough about getting new equipment that i´d need to share it with anyone. Well, i was wrong... Today i received

Re: Digital Equipment List

2005-03-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
John Celio wrote: So. I want to put together a list of all the digital lenses (both DA and D-FA), cameras and accessories that Pentax is making right now, or will have out in the near-ish future (35mm-based only). My plan is to put together a proposal for my boss to see if I can convince him

Re: AW: pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 #292

2005-02-21 Thread Henri Toivonen
Michael Heim wrote: Hey John Why have you stolen all the beautiful colors from your version of XP? Everything's gray on your pictures. Are you such a fan of win 98/nt? ;-) Michael The XP colors are terrible, and all those bells and whistles eat up ram like a pig. The first thing I do on a

Re: OT - Anti is Upped

2005-02-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
Cotty wrote: http://www.pma-show.com/review/canon/001_EOS_digital_rebel_xt.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ That page has been removed. /Henri

Re: OT - Anti is Upped

2005-02-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
Cotty wrote: On 17/2/05, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed: Anyway seems like a new Drebel will be killer DSLR... Ahh, with the greatest of respect Sylwek - a killer DSLR? In what sense of the word?? Cheers, Cotty At night, it will start to kill people. Don't forget, its

New lens at PMA

2005-02-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
http://www.pma-show.com/pentax/004_DA_50-200mm_lens.html /Henri

Re: list hiccups?

2005-02-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
Bruce Dayton wrote: Well, either the list is losing lots of messages or extremely quiet today. I'm only getting a few per hour. Wonder what all I am missing? Well, atleast my news about the new Pentax lens. http://www.pma-show.com/pentax/004_DA_50-200mm_lens.html Haven't seen the message over

Velvia 100

2005-02-10 Thread Henri Toivonen
Fuji has apparently released a new film, called Velvia 100 (not to be confused with 100F). According to the press release it has finer grain than 50, at twice the speed. Next year Velvia 50 will be gone from the shelves. /Henri

Re: Velvia 100

2005-02-10 Thread Henri Toivonen
Henri Toivonen wrote: Fuji has apparently released a new film, called Velvia 100 (not to be confused with 100F). According to the press release it has finer grain than 50, at twice the speed. Next year Velvia 50 will be gone from the shelves. /Henri Oops, forgot the url: http

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Henri Toivonen
Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's a shame that a whole generation of photographers will never know the joy of emulsions like Ektar 25, Panatomic-X, RG25, Agfa APX-25, and other similar emulsions. Shel That's what I'm feeling, as a newbie photographer. Started photographing a bit more seriously

Re: Fuji RDP Strangeness

2005-02-06 Thread Henri Toivonen
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Last night I tried scanning what I thought were some color negs, and the results were awful. Upon examining the strips carefully I noticed that there was no orange mask, so I thought that the film may have been slide film. Tried scanning as transparency, and the results

Re: Pentax ME SE

2005-02-06 Thread Henri Toivonen
Brian Walters wrote: G'day all I recently picked up a nice SE (Special Edition?) version of the ME on Ebeagh. It's in great condition apart from an exposure meter anomaly which I can live with for now. As far as I was aware, the only differences between this version and the standard ME were the

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Henri Toivonen
Mark Roberts wrote: Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure they have. The guy that owns JC Photo often posts over on the analog photography users group apug.com. apug.com appears to be the Asia Pacific Utilities Group :( It's dot org. /Henri

Re: Out Dated Color Neg

2005-02-04 Thread Henri Toivonen
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Last night I found a roll of Kodak RG25 in the back of the fridge. It's about three years out of date, iirc. What sort of results can be expected from this film? Fogged? Color shift? Other things? Do I need to tell the lab anything to adjust development? Shel Is it

Re: Scanning woes...

2005-01-28 Thread Henri Toivonen
Frantisek wrote: Hi, recently, I got access inhouse to a Nikon V ED, the 4000 dpi 35mm scanner. Although I prefer optical prints, I have to submit mostly digital files by now. Which is not a problem as I shoot digitally, but now I need to scan some of my older film. Before, I would have

Re: BW developing disaster.Help needed

2005-01-27 Thread Henri Toivonen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After much though tonight,i think what happened was we didi not have developer,but fix,so we fixed,stopped,fixed then washed. No developer means no images. Yes, if you just fixed twice you get a clear roll. Nothing can be done to save it now. /Henri

Re: SV: Do you have one of these?

2005-01-19 Thread Henri Toivonen
Jens Bladt wrote: I guess the Sweeds had lot of stuff made like this. The Sweedich Pentax website they once had a watch with PENTAX written on it. I never bought one though. I have a Pentax double key-ring - I use it to keep my Swiss Army Knife. Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A Dumb (I think) Film Scanning Question

2005-01-18 Thread Henri Toivonen
Don Sanderson wrote: Thanks Mike, I think I understand the process, what I'm trying to figure out is how the scanner in the store does what it does the way it does. ouch! I have a negative scanner, this was a How does it work? experiment gone awry. ;-) Just thought scanning some 6x6 would be nice.

Re: Pentax 1,000mm F8 K lens

2005-01-18 Thread Henri Toivonen
Andre Langevin wrote: Thanks for the data on the optical quality of the Pentax 1,000mm F8 lens. Would anyone know what one would one go for in mint condition with case? RW My guess is a buck for each mm (a general rule I've heard a few times)... Andre Wow, 28mm would make $28. Thats cheap!

Re: Pentax 1,000mm F8 K lens

2005-01-18 Thread Henri Toivonen
Andre Langevin wrote: And remember that wide-angles are reversed telephotos... So they PAY me $1/mm to get a wideangle? *grin* /Henri

Re: A couple of pictures

2005-01-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
Keith Whaley wrote: William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Keith Whaley Subject: Re: A couple of pictures I've never seen more than one sun dog in one image! Very interesting! I could of used a slightly wider lens than is on the 750. I was just able to get both. Furthermore, I

Do you have one of these?

2005-01-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
I found this at a swedish online auction, and now I proudly wear it on my jacket. http://www.bicekru.org/~eatfrog/pics/newpics/pentaxpin.jpg Only thing that bothers me is that on a distance it really looks like the gay pride rainbow, and I don't wan't to be sending out the wrong signals just

Re: Film may not be dead.....

2005-01-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
Rob Studdert wrote: On 16 Jan 2005 at 23:00, Frantisek wrote: ...but surely many people are helping it into the grave by saying it is all over the internet. If you are so happy with digital, why the need for voicing it so strongly? It's a tool, not religion. I think you are mislead if you

Re: Film may not be dead.....

2005-01-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
William Robb wrote: Digital is another step, a logical step, in that trend. It's evolution. William Robb Then this is my prediction: Soon everybody will use cameras that are integrated in our mobile phones, with lousy quality and sharpness, and maybe about 6mpix. ;-) Can't get any more convenient

Re: Introducing...

2005-01-09 Thread Henri Toivonen
Graywolf wrote: Actually as far as I know I started using the term MXen about 15 years ago on rec.photo.equipment.35mm to foil the Pseudo Engish Experts who insisted that MX's was incorrect (it is not). It did not take long, a couple of months, before I saw lots of people using 'Xen for all

Re: New toy has arrived

2005-01-07 Thread Henri Toivonen
David Mann wrote: About two weeks earlier than expected, my new film scanner (Minolta Multi Pro) arrived today. The only real complaints I have so far [snip] - Dave My scanner, a Minolta Scan Dual IV is just going on his way back to Minolta. Broke down after 2 weeks of small use. They say it'll

Re: WTB, Local, FS: Yes it's Fryday

2005-01-07 Thread Henri Toivonen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are alternatives to the #625 battery. Wein makes a replacement that is mercury free: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/product/96457/WE625/REG/437 Cheap and affordable too.. Cheers Dave You can also use Zink-Air batteries, for hearing aids. Very cheap, don't last very

Re: I'm Back with a new to me K1000 !!!

2005-01-03 Thread Henri Toivonen
Luigi de Guzman wrote: On Monday 03 January 2005 15:23, Jens Bladt wrote: A friend of mine has a young daughter, who wanted to try her dads old grammophone/record palyer. After having put the record on the turntable she wanted to place the pick up on the record and asked: Where does it start,

Broken Minolta SD4, Argh!

2005-01-03 Thread Henri Toivonen
Oooh, aahh, uuuhhhrrrggghhh. I'm so frustrated I just want to scream. A couple of hours ago I was scanning some slides, and then when I pressed the eject button to change the slides mounted, the scanner suddenly just made a quiet br sound and didn't push the slide-holder out. After that,

Re: Snow Shot

2004-12-29 Thread Henri Toivonen
Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: Unfortunately it's not a Pentax shot. http://www.photocritique.net/g/s?00Z0Yn The scan added some nice contrast to an otherwise dull, cloudy winter scene. The wife would like this one enlarged. I'll probably need to print @ a grade 3. Collin You impress at a

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just curious. Digital still can't do Infra-Red, right? One advantage film still seems to have. Doe aka Marnie Actually, it can. Different results with different cameras though. http://www.bicekru.org/~eatfrog/pics/newpics/IR-3.jpg

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
you need a cooled sensor. Henri Toivonen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just curious. Digital still can't do Infra-Red, right? One advantage film still seems to have. Doe aka Marnie Actually, it can. Different results with different cameras though. http://www.bicekru.org/~eatfrog/pics/newpics/IR

Re: SV: SV: Reasonable price for an LX? And K2?

2004-12-15 Thread Henri Toivonen
Joakim Johansson wrote: I agree with you, the price is a little bit high. But the prices in Sweden are higher than elsewhere, I really dont know why! /Joakim Sweden never was Pentax-country. Still isn't. That we have already found out at fotosidan, right? ;-) There aren't very many

Re: Two lenses, one great, one not so great.

2004-12-14 Thread Henri Toivonen
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Don Sanderson wrote: So, $15.50 for EX- with original metal hood, VMC skylight, Vivitar 2x and all 4 original caps isn't too bad? big grin Please stop this conversation, I need to work, rather than dream of going about with my K135/2.5

More film questions

2004-12-14 Thread Henri Toivonen
Hi again, while I was reading on about Efke's slow films I stumbled again upon a film that I read some good stuff about a while ago. The name of the film was Gigabitfilm and supposedly a techpan-like film with extreme resolution and minimal grain. I found a place in Germany (fotoimpex.de) that

Efke 25, 50, 100

2004-12-11 Thread Henri Toivonen
I'm a bit curious about these films, they are VERY cheap to order from Germany and I have read some comments that they are incredibly sharp with minimal grain. So I'm considering to buy a 10pack and try it out. Though I read somewhere something about limited red sensitivity and that you get a

Re: Efke 25, 50, 100

2004-12-11 Thread Henri Toivonen
Graywolf wrote: They are the same as the old Adox films. The are rather old fashioned, but if you like the old stule look, as many of us do, they are great. The 25 has finer grain than Panatomic did. The 100 has nothing special to recomend it over other 100 speed films but many of us used the

Re: Scanner: which one?

2004-12-09 Thread Henri Toivonen
I just ordered the Minolta Scan Dual IV yesterday, it wasn't very expensive and I have heard good things baout it. /Henri Thibs wrote: What about a Microtek ArtixScan 1800f. It is a film scanner but only 1800dpi. Or what about a Canon Canoscan 5200F (it is 2400x4800 dpi) ?

Re: Random PUG Thoughts

2004-12-02 Thread Henri Toivonen
mike wilson wrote: Henri Toivonen wrote: mike wilson wrote: Fred Widall wrote: Actually Frank and myself live at (approx) 43.5 N, 80.5 W so we're actually closer to the Equator than the North Pole. A couple of hours drive north of here on the way to a place called Tobermory, there's a road sign

Re: Random PUG Thoughts

2004-12-01 Thread Henri Toivonen
mike wilson wrote: Fred Widall wrote: Actually Frank and myself live at (approx) 43.5 N, 80.5 W so we're actually closer to the Equator than the North Pole. A couple of hours drive north of here on the way to a place called Tobermory, there's a road sign marking the 45th parallel. We do get lots

Re: M 50mm 1.4 Problem

2004-11-28 Thread Henri Toivonen
Thibs wrote: I got this lens from Ebay and quiclky put it on another purchase (also from Ebay) which were Ricoh bellow bellow+tubes+reverse adaptor 49mm (at 30euros total, not a bad price). I notice that after staying a couple hours reversed on the bellow, the front thing (not piece of glass,

Re: PSLR - more fireworks

2004-11-21 Thread Henri Toivonen
Fred wrote: A photo slightly less rarely Could we ~please~ not change from PAW ? If everyone does his/her own thing, it will make it more difficult for those of us who manage their list mail with filtering. Thanks for your consideration. Fred Agreed, I filter PAW etc. straight to the

Re: PSLR - more fireworks

2004-11-21 Thread Henri Toivonen
Paul Stenquist wrote: On Nov 21, 2004, at 4:23 PM, Henri Toivonen wrote: Agreed, I filter PAW etc. straight to the trash. Really? You don't want to see anyone's work? How odd. Not through mail. PDML is just too active for me to read and look through everything. So I get my picture-fix elsewhere

Re: Buying used lenses in Scandinavia

2004-11-12 Thread Henri Toivonen
Harri Haavisto wrote: Have good photos, though season in Finland is now very poor for photography (dark day round and no snow). Harri You shouldn't complain down there in Tampere, I'm living on the Swedish side of the border of Tornio, in Lappland! ;-) Here the sun goes down right about now, at

Re: Is this fungus?

2004-11-11 Thread Henri Toivonen
Peter Belak wrote: Would you say the description (opt. MINT-) was OK? Absolutely not. /Henri

Re: Idaho Skies Sunday Night

2004-11-08 Thread Henri Toivonen
Tom C wrote: I walked outside and noticed a weird sky Sunday evening, checked to see if a geomagnetic storm was in progress, and started shooting. Space weather sites categorized it as extreme. Here's a few quick picks. All were TIF's taken with the *ist D at ISO 400 and the FA 43/f1.9.

Re: Lunar Eclipse under way!

2004-10-27 Thread Henri Toivonen
I went out with my SFX and the MX, loaded the SFX with my consumer grade Tokina 70-210 and my consumer grade 2x Vivitar teleconverter. I don't expect sharp pictures, I'll be happy as long as there's SOMETHING on that roll. Sheesh, I freezed my butt off out there, it was -2 and the time here is

Re: Non K-mount portrait lenses

2004-10-26 Thread Henri Toivonen
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I know you asked about lenses other than K-mount, but ... I may give the M75-150 a go for a portrait. It's reasonably sharp and a good range, with optimum sharpness definitely from 80-120mm. Sincerely, C. Brendemuehl I got me one for portraits, it has a nice feel and

Re: Samples from today's shoot with the FA 80-320

2004-10-24 Thread Henri Toivonen
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Don Sanderson Subject: RE: Samples from today's shoot with the FA 80-320 I'll second that. I expect that by the time he gets on with it, the only person still reading will be some troll in Lapland. William Robb Something wrong with

Re: BW developers and Tri-x ??

2004-10-24 Thread Henri Toivonen
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: RE: BW developers and Tri-x ?? If you read what Bob said, and what I said earlier: there is no faster shutter speed on some cameras. The Leica is limited to 1/1000 second, and numerous Leica shooters prefer not to go

Re: MZ-S exposure compensation (WAS: Re: One Last Film Body Survey)

2004-10-22 Thread Henri Toivonen
Tom Reese wrote: Patrick asked: Let's say I want to under/overexpose a shot by 1/3 of a stop on an MZ-S how do you you do it ? You can get precise exposure adjustments by adjusting the ISO speed. For example, to give it just a little more light, adjust the ISO to 90 for ISO 100 slide film. Setting

Re: Sondage: fixe Lens for travel

2004-10-13 Thread Henri Toivonen
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: The Canonet G-III QL17 would be comparable to the SMC Pentax-M 40/2.8 but also sports a faster 40/1.7 lens. The Canonet 28 is either Auto or Aperture Preferred. No manual mode. And probably not as good as (but I've not compared shots) as the G-III or the Pentax.

Re: Sondage: fixe Lens for travel

2004-10-13 Thread Henri Toivonen
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: The Big Brother G-III QL17 is better, but harder to find, and more expensive. But definitely not uncommon. I find them regularly in thrift shops and have owned several over the years. Collin I should've added, over here. I have searched for one since i'd

Enabled: SMC-M 75-150/4

2004-09-22 Thread Henri Toivonen
So I wanted something a bit shorter than the 135, but longer than the 50 for my portrait shots. I checked the prices for 85's and 100's and they were really expensive (I'm poor!). But last week I stumbled upon this little zoom which range fits me perfectly. The comments on Stans page said it

Re: Mirror cleaning

2004-09-22 Thread Henri Toivonen
Sarbu Alexandru wrote: Hi there... Here I am again, quite sad this time... I don't know why, but I *had* to look my *new* ME Super to the wrong person. Of course, she thought the camera is *empty* so she stick a finger inside. Now there is a huge fingerprint, right on the mirror :sad grin: Can it

Re: Enabled? What?

2004-09-22 Thread Henri Toivonen
Jon M wrote: I've noticed that people tend to post Enabled:whatever when they aquire new equipment. That doesn't really match the definition of enabled I have in my head, is there some PDML-specific significance of this word? It means that someone has bought a new toy. :-) /Henri

Re: OT: Bill's NoLogo Strat-was: black cloaking tape

2004-09-13 Thread Henri Toivonen
frank theriault wrote: On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:59:32 +0200, Henri Toivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: IIRC, they were Japanese solid bodies; Did the more expensive ones have a neck-through-body design (a la B.C Rich)? I have a BC Rich under my bed, very nice

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