Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-26 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 06:06:16 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For what it's worth, if anything, I agree with Frank. However, I thought *motherhood* was the second oldest profession. ERNR mother of two NPPA member

Re: Chimping????

2005-01-26 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 06:19:25 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't anyone who went through law school supposed to come out thinking like a LAWYER! or am I just too susceptible to John Houseman's authoritative voice? ERNR

Re: Pentax 50mm News

2005-01-26 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hmmm, I wonder when one qualifies for old fartiness? ;-) When one thinks one does, Marnie. So it's all up to you. ERNR

Re: Missing emails

2005-01-26 Thread ernreed2
I just went through the archives and found a LOT of interesting posts I hadn't seen before. Mostly I was checking for anything people might've replied to me (found one) but along the way I discovered some others. Well, I do hope whatever's going on is soon resolved. ERNR

Re: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread ernreed2
Quoting David S [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day to all PDML'ers, Allow myself to introduce...myself ;-) 'Morning, David! The name's David after a year of lurking in the archive I've finally plucked up the courage and subscribed. I've got to say, you certainly are a voluble lot. Here hoping

Re: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: We are going to have to start setting quotas for the number of Aussies on the list the are taking over (grin). Welcome aboard, David. Oh, Graywolf, it's not so bad. *Most* of them post in a language we all can understand ... :-) ERNR

Re: Digital grain and dogmatism

2005-01-24 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In a message dated 1/23/2005 11:58:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is art, and if the rules were so well defined then I'd be doing something else. j == Sorry, I worded what I said a bit too strongly. Didn't mean it quite the

Re: AW: AW: Digital anguish

2005-01-24 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Michael Heim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sure i could use a battery grip. But. We spoke about a travellers camera. I haven't bought one of the smallest cameras (srl), just to make it larger again with a battery grip. Battery grips are good for press photographers or other pro's, that have to

Re: PP: Digital Grain

2005-01-24 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Marnie, On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 02:44:40 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still I'd like the option to print a photo on a bumpy sort of paper. Trouble is, on my inkjet it probably wouldn't work. The ink probably would absorb unevenly and the

Re: PP: Digital Grain

2005-01-24 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Godfrrey has in no way demonstrated that he is another Antonio. His positions are politely and intelligently argued. I don't think the discussion should take this kind of personal turn. Paul I agree with Paul. I've seen Godfrey post in other places and he's never

Re: PP: Digital Grain

2005-01-24 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have the same problem with vinyl audiophiles Oh NO! (shakes head) It's been my observation that the only thing nastier than a film vs. digital flame war is a digital audio vs. analogue audio flame war that breaks out on a tangent to the film vs.

Re: Strange bedfellows

2005-01-23 Thread ernreed2
Quoting David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Oh yes, that reminds me. This may or may not have been posted here before... I just saw it mentioned in New Scientist magazine. http://www.dynamism.com/rolleiflex/ To each his own ...Cute toy, but I think I'll stick to the original ... :-) (well,

Re: MZ-S: what is a good price ?

2005-01-23 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: want to upgrade to the latest digital Pentax. The MZ-S is the best Pentax film body, period. You think so? Of 35mm film bodies, I would have thought the PZ-1p a contender for best, and the PZ-1 very, very close to it. I mention this in case it helps you

Re: MZ-S: what is a good price ?

2005-01-23 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm a new owner of the MZ-S, so I haven't got any final impressions yet, but I'd initially rank the PZ-1p and MZ-S at the top of the list. ...the PZ-1p is best for flash compensation, high top shutter speed (1/8000), and fast winding speed (3.5fps),

Re: PP: Digital Grain

2005-01-23 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Grain was once the nemesis of film photographers. Over the years, some came to incorporate it as part of a style or look. Tri-X, at its inception, was heralded as a high-speed film with minimal grain. For years, photographers worked to eliminate the grain. Yes,

Re: AW: Digital anguish

2005-01-23 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Michael Heim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I can absolutely recommend the *istD as a traveller's camera. You don't have to change the batteries too often, and if you have to, you can buy batteries in every shop. You have an even better availability of batteries than with other confentional

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-20 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Michael Heim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It depends an what kind of green tea you are using. But a cup of Tea certainly has more caffeine (or teaine) tha a chocolate bar. There's a good National Georgaphic about Caffeine. I think it came out a few weeks ago. Yes, the January 2005 issue. I

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-20 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Michael Heim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, the January 2005 issue. I seem to remember there's a table in there comparing caffeine content between different things. Incidentally, it seems the photographs in that article were all shot on d-d-d- digital.

Re: Which would you keep

2005-01-20 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: Black MX / winder. Super Program / winder. Which would you part with why? Which would you keep why? If one of them, the Super Program, as it can do what the MX can do and more,

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-20 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have never heard that coffee has ANY medical benefit. Hehehehe. And how was this related to photography, again? I shot a picture of some coffee beans with a Pentax last summer. If you want a connection. ERNR

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-20 Thread ernreed2
Quoting John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It started with a pic I took in Starbucks to accompany my shot of the dog waiting outside. Thats why it was While the dog waited... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3045485size=lg == I know, I know. I wasn't being serious.

Re: PESO: Mom at 90

2005-01-20 Thread ernreed2
I like it too, Marnie. I'm not so good at a detailed critique, so just count me as a Like it vote and continue reading for more useful commentary by others. :-) ERNR

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The MX is lighter, and smaller in many dimensions, than the Leica. The pentaprism makes it a somewhat larger camera in height, but otherwise the MX is a scosh narrower, about the same with, and only a tiny bit taller than the Leica because of the

Re: flash for *ist D

2005-01-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The 360 should funtion best with the *istD, since it supports the D's P-TTL. I have found, however, that my old 280 works well with my *istD when I use it in non-TTL automatic and simply set the proper distance on the back of the flash. I'm going

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: One of these days I have to get me an ME or ME Super. They seem to be going for a song and a dance right about now. I love the size of the M series bodies. Owning an LX and

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (and snipping for manageable length of reply) This isn't an argument, it's a discussion. Absolutely, just making sure we agreed on that. The LX is a fine camera, but it's just not my preferred camera for the reasons mentioned here and in other

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Prefer digital coffee, huh? I find this thread interesting. Let's see if I have this correct. The Ethiopians are shocked that we treat coffee as a beverage. I guess well brought up Japanese are shocked about how we treat tea. And no doubt the

Re: OT-Coffee Theory

2005-01-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bob Blakely wrote: Blue Mountain, Probably the best coffee I've ever had. I get it mail-order but at US$30 for 1/2 pound (225g), I don't get it very often. I figured out Starbucks wasn't serious about coffee when I discovered the manager

Re: Winter Rain

2005-01-18 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Phil McOrmond [EMAIL PROTECTED]: re Vancouver Island (- really Westerners) It is time to start building another ark! I also live on Vancover Island and the only problem (aside from the flooding) with all this rain is that I don't like to get the cameras wet. Have to do inside

Re: Semi-newbie question: MX or something else?

2005-01-18 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nah, you digital guys have eroded the prices. A good working black MX (not pretty) will go for about $85-100 now. A minty one is in the price range you mention. Prices are creeping back up at this time however. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-18 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: One of these days I have to get me an ME or ME Super. They seem to be going for a song and a dance right about now. I love the size of the M series bodies. Owning an LX and an MX, I have no desire to get another ME Super. I truly can't think of

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-18 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 21:58:49 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Owning an LX and an MX, I have no desire to get another ME Super. I truly can't think of anything they do that the LX

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-18 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [comments re LX and then] ... the MX is a more elegant piece of equipment designed for and excelling at straight ahead photography. The MX is the Pentax version of the Leica ... Isn't it very similar in size to the M-ajority of M-series Leicas? I

Re: OT: Essential resources...

2005-01-17 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Tim Sherburne [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello... During the time I've been on PDML, I've come to rely on three absolutely killer Pentax equipment resources: - Bojidar Dimitrov's K-Mount pages at http://www.BDimitrov.de/kmp/ - Stan Halpin's comment compendium at

Re: PAW: Puppy Parking

2005-01-17 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Pretty thin, thread-bare coat for 15 Deg F... no? Might want to buy him a down vest, eh? keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The high temperature in Michigan today hit about 15 Fahrenheit. That's something like minus ten to you C people. I drove

Re: Pentax Z-1

2005-01-17 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Trevor Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day All. I have just acquired a used Pentax Z-1. AKA the PZ-1 in the USA. I am looking for comments from people that have used this model as to the pro's con's of it. I've owned one for nine years. I've made remarks on the subject a few

Re: PAW: Puppy Parking

2005-01-17 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I guess that is because they no longer where wool uniforms. Since they now wear polyester, should we call them pills? Well, if you *need* a reason to call them that ... :-) ERNR

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - just so we can have the pleasure of your company some day. Magdalen - Maudlin Magdalene - Maudlin Caius - Keys Trottiscliffe - Trosley Slaithwaite - Slowit 'Slough it' Leicester - Lie sesster Birmingham -

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread ernreed2
Quoting mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I recently spent an enjoyable afternoon translating between Cockneys and Geordies. what's a Geordie ... ? (other than a blind man on Star Trek TNG) ERNR

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread ernreed2
Quoting mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bob W wrote: Mornington Crescent! I'm just waiting for the Poles to get involved - followed by a trip to casualty to get my tongue unknotted. Best one I've seen is a 13 letter word, 11 of which were consonants mike First you

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-15 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Magdalen College. Or even Magdalene College. Pronounced the same, but spelled differently. Ahh, but is it? In Oxford, it's Mawdlin ! My contribution: Milngavie. I'll offer Trottiscliffe and I'll raise you Slaithwaite

Re: PESO (heck, maybe PAW?): Compact Cars

2005-01-14 Thread ernreed2
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:47:05 -0500, Luigi de Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.livejournal.com/users/ouij It's at the top. Lucky I decided to bring my camera when I went out this morning! We have the same kinds of compact cars in Texas. I, too, have photographed them next

Re: PESO (heck, maybe PAW?): Compact Cars

2005-01-14 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anybody here aware that all SUV's are not large. Yes, sir! We have a Saturn Vue, which is my husband's primary vehicle. Unusually for a mother of children (plural) in this area, I normally drive a *car* -- a compact station wagon -- Saturn SW2. My

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

2005-01-14 Thread ernreed2
Quoting n/a [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Can't handle the image of a sizzling posterior, MIke? (GRIN) Actually I was referring to the climate, not to anything saliciousLOL I lived in FL for half my life, where it is LITERALLY that hot...9 months out of the year you can't sit down in a car

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

2005-01-13 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From what I recall, 420 started as a euphemism in San Rafael in 1971 and now everyone who wants to be cool uses the term. That, of course, makes it very uncool. FWIW, those who 420ed before September 1971 needed neither slang nor argot. We just

Re: SMC D FA 100mm Macro f2.8 (er, and hello)

2005-01-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting David Wheatley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Pentax-folk, I'm new to the list (so hello ...) and will bore you to death with what pentax gear I own/use/have owned/love/hate/dropped another time. Meanwhile, has anybody got any information about the new SMC-D FA 100mm macro lens?

Re: PESO: Rainbow in suburbia

2005-01-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Actually, Mark and I saw the Best Rainbows Ever on the way down to GFM. Where were we, southern Pennsylvania, or had we made it into West Virginia yet? Anyway, the brightest, most vivid (Mark aptly described them as electric) rainbows. Yes,

Re: PESO--The Girl Living in the Accountants Spare Room

2005-01-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If you can't see to focus, either get a camera that you can see out of, or get your eyes corrected enough to see. Bruce, I think that last remark might have been just a little bit unkind. ERNR

Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!

2005-01-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Luigi de Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The truth of it, frank, is that compact digicam viewfinders--Pentax ones included--suck. They don't show nearly enough of the frame, you have no idea what precisely you're focusing or metering on (no crosshairs, like the olympus film compacts),

RE: *istD EOL...

2005-01-11 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Alan wrote: There never was much wrong with Pentax AF anyway. (I'm not quite sure whose comment that was) I never found anything wrong with Pentax AF on the much-maligned PZ-1 and I thought the ZX-5n wasn't too bad either, though not good in

RE: Pentax 67 lens fitted to ZX-L.

2005-01-09 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Trevor Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day Frank. Cooee means call, phone, let u know etc etc etc Hooroo means good bye, seeya, byebye, pissenzeoffski, etc etc etc Hooroo. Regards, Trevor Australia My guess was going to be Cooee means Hey! Walk good. ERNR

Re: *istD EOL...

2005-01-09 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: AFAIK Pentax is still servicing LXen. Certainly were doing so around April/May of 2004, when mine paid them a couple of visits. ERNR

Re: Ebay Buying (was ok, who got it?)

2005-01-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Graywolf wrote: Knowledgable types ignor all those words that are suposed to create a buying frenzy such as Vintage, Rare, and Bargain. I'd remove VINTAGE from that group -- it just means (or should) (1) it is old and seller isn't sure of

RE: *ist D problem at ISO 1600?

2005-01-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Jerome Reyes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How does one know when the batteries are getting low besides having problems with the camera? Is there a battery test or check feature? I remember playing with a pre-production model a couple of years ago at GFM before the camera hit the market.

Re: Film is Dying, Chapter 3

2005-01-03 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone's brother-in-law ever right? Well, you're a woman and brothers-in-law are all, by definition, men. So no, they aren't ever right. :) Oh -- well. Didn't think of it *that* way. (I was thinking of the context in

Re: Film is Dying, Chapter 3

2005-01-03 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:09:58 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ERNR married to a man who's frequently right. If he monitors the PDML, he'll be framing that one! :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ He doesn't monitor the PDML. So I printed it for him.

Re: Film is Dying, Chapter 3

2005-01-03 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:05:13 -0500 From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Film is Dying, Chapter 3 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=Windows-1252;

Re: Hi folks...

2005-01-03 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm Morrighan aka Phantom Queen. I'll just say, Welcome! as I don't know much about screwmount stuff so can't answer your questions. No doubt you will hear from other list-members who *do* know about those particular instruments. ERNR

Re: PESO New Year's Day Walkaround

2005-01-02 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Handholding a nearly 500mm (35mm equivalent) lens at 1/250th? Geez, Paul, you've got pretty steady hands. Hence the nickname Steady Stenquist.

Re: PESO New Year's Day Walkaround

2005-01-02 Thread ernreed2
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: PESO New Year's Day Walkaround A good day to stay inside and watch NFL football. vbg I didn't think that was possible. I share your scepticism. I've never experienced a

Re: Film is Dying, Chapter 3

2005-01-02 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 17:59:53 -0500, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Sony hasn't signed on but it's typical for them to go it alone as with their memory stick.) snip I remember a convo I had with my then brother-in-law about 25 years

Re: January PUG is open

2004-12-31 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:19:12 +0100, Adelheid v. K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, The January PUG is available on my website AND on the komkon server. http://www.kirschten.de/PUG/05jan and http://pug.komkon.org As always,

Re: Who has an istDS?

2004-12-30 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 'sokay, Bill. There is a lot of that on the list (GRIN). The point I made, which everyone seemed to miss, was that really good photographers don't make a lot of worthless photos, and hardly ever screw up technically. I guess most of those who answered

Re: PESO at the zoo

2004-12-30 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Rebekah Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED]: this was at the zoo in San Antonio, really quite a nice zoo... Yep, we have a nice zoo; my family goes there frequently -- I think I've submitted at least three pics to PUG that were taken there. When did you visit? ERNR

Re: Strange

2004-12-30 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Peter Smekal wrote: I've seen a Pentax F-zoom 70-200 4-5.6 lens for sale, but I can't find any information about it. Bojidars comprehensive site shows a F-zoom 70-210 4-5.6, and a FA-zoom 70-200 4-5.6, but not a F-zoom 70-200. The same for

Re: PESO at the zoo

2004-12-30 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Rebekah Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED]: a few days before christmas, whats your favorite part? Not sure I have *a* favourite part, although I can rule out the Reptile House 'cause I can't go in there. Probably the Snow Leopard exhibit or the Jaguar, but I'm also partial to a lot of the

Re: Who has an istDS?

2004-12-29 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: working pros submitting for publication don't shoot negatives. Herb... - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 4:14 PM Subject: Re: Who has an istDS?

Re: CF cards at Costco

2004-12-28 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My Costco has half gig Sandisk CF cards for $49.95. They also have the Sandisk Ultra II half gig CF cards for $69.95. Amazon.com, however, has the 512 MB Sandisk Ultra II CF for $ 57.69 (free shipping!) I ordered one yesterday and it arrived at suppertime tonight.

Re: Robert Frank, cropped from London PDML

2004-12-27 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The general opinion was that the later work is rather difficult and perhaps too personal to Robert Frank to resonate with others in the same way as the photos of the 'The Americans' period. The Americans doesn't resonate with me ... (perhaps I am too young

RE: Instant Chimping - Do You Do It?

2004-12-24 Thread ernreed2
-Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 7:03 AM To: pentax list Subject: Instant Chimping - Do You Do It? Okay, seeing as there's so many quizes and questionnaires about, here's one: if you shoot a digital camera,

Re: PAW: Some people like big cats...

2004-12-24 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have a colleague whose wife breeds cats that are a mix of chervil and domestic cats. They can hit about 30 lbs. I'm not sure I trust cats that large ;-) I don't trust cats of any size...

Re: Off the survey and onto memory lane (Re: Quick Survey: Mechanical Camera Usage)

2004-12-24 Thread ernreed2
Now that the subject's been changed a little, I'll reminisce ... Many Christmases ago -- thirty-two of them, I suppose -- an aunt gave me a plastic box camera. Something along the lines of a Holga, I guess, though it was actually named Pokey. I know this fer sure because I still have the lens

Re: Quick Survey: Mechanical Camera Usage

2004-12-23 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Reading comprehension here on the list seems to be pretty bad. I thought you asked how many HAD NOT used fully manual cameras without even a built in meter. And you get all these I HAVE used such a camera answers. Oh well! You and me both*, Graywolf. I

Re: Last minute advice

2004-12-23 Thread ernreed2
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message - From: Graywolf Subject: Re: Last minute advice Sort of like 50mm being described as ordinatary even though hardly anyone uses them anymore, so they give a fairly uncommon angle of view. Funny thing, it's one

RE: safe Flash Sync Voltages

2004-12-20 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sorry I've been out in the cold too long and froze my brain.:-( Scratch MZ/ZX-5n, it doesn't have PC connection. (Doh!) ... By now you may have remembered that the PZ-1 didn't have a PC terminal either? I think you asked about that. I meant to say

Re: PESO - A Pair of Birds

2004-12-20 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Billy Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Also, any advice on a free image manipulation program for Windows would be great - my trial period for PSP ran out the day I got the DS and I need something to tide me over until the new year, when I can think about buying a real license. I'm using

Re: Pocket camera?

2004-12-16 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Peter Smekal [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, I am thinking about a small (pocket) camera as a christmas present. Any recommendations? It doesn't necessarily have to be a Pentax though. Built and optical quality is more important. Peter, Sweden You didn't say if you were thinking about

Re: [Autoreply]

2004-12-15 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In a message dated 12/15/2004 3:57:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If my experience is any guide he's probably an I.T. guy who provides computer tech support to doctors... -- Mark Roberts == Oh, a techie. Doe aka

A short whimper

2004-12-15 Thread ernreed2
So I got out my ZX-5n to show my dad while we were discussing cameras last night -- and the shutter isn't working. Tried different batteries and so on. Just a very unwholesome whirring sound whenever I powered the camera on or off. Got a repair quote today. But having to face reality and logic

RE: Girlfriend going Canon, help!

2004-12-14 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What sort of cards does the Canon take, and, if they aren't SD, how much would she spend on new cards in addition to the quoted price of body and similar lens? SD and CF cost about the same amount. The Dreb takes CF, which means she and Juan

Re: Santa's been by early.

2004-12-14 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Today I got a package in the mail from merry oldie England that I certainly was not expecting. In it was a clean Pentax M35/2.0. Now folks who have been paying attention must realize that that is my favorite Pentax lens of all time. It was a Christmas

Re: Girlfriend going Canon, help!

2004-12-14 Thread ernreed2
Quoting wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Pros for the *istDs: Small size Good build Nice looks Choice of digital media Name not as stupid as Rebel Cachet Pros for the DRebel: Availability Price I'd say the Pentax wins, wouldn't you :-) Y'know, Wendy, I'm a big-time Pentax

Re: Wow, I just won a million bucks.

2004-12-14 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu wrote: It could be worse. Most of the spam I get talk about increasing my breast size confused Alex Sarbu (in case you don't know, I *am* a male. No, I don't intend to change that grin) He, he... Personally, I'm

RE: Wow, I just won a million bucks.

2004-12-13 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nope, I'm still getting requests for help from the Nigerians. Same here. I know Nigeria has a very large population, but I think I'm well on the way to having heard from ALL of them. ERNR

Re: Girlfriend going Canon, help!

2004-12-13 Thread ernreed2
Juan Buhler wrote: My gf is ready to upgrade from her 5Mp Optio to a digital SLR. She wants more control, better lenses and the option to focus manually. She's not willing to shoot film, having had a digital camera for a while now. Of course, as any god-fearing PDML member and Pentax user

Re: BH

2004-12-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Peter Smekal [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, just wanted to hear your opinion about BH. Is their service comparable with KEH's (which I think is very, very good when it comes to reliability, speed, friendlyness and the like)? Peter, Sweden Can't speak to friendliness as it has been a

Re: OT PS Vintage photo phun

2004-12-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]: OK, here goes. My first attempt at digi-b/w. I've used Rob's action and used the film grain filter in CS. The file just didn't look right with digital smoothness, imho. The place is Mabry mill in the Blue Ridge mountains.

Re: Arsat f2.8 35mm tilt and shift

2004-12-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My-o-my ... The fix it in Photoshop serpent once again rears its ugly head. It's better to get your photos right at the time of exposure, not everyone uses Photoshop, and plenty of people don't scan negs, but, rather, make prints directly from

Re: Arsat f2.8 35mm tilt and shift

2004-12-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 13/12/04, Feroze, discombobulated, unleashed: Not everything can be fixed in photoshop. Scanning the negs to fix something is not the issue, its getting the shot right on the film that matters.. Which always tickles me when people say that they

Re: Minolta lenses...

2004-12-10 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Jason Randolph [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My father has recently purchased a used Minolta Maxxum 5000 AF to replace many functions he uses his K1000 for (the auto focus now appeals to him as he gets numb fingers). I am wondering if anyone on this list has any available lenses for sale since

Re: Survey:istD reliability

2004-12-10 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well to get a ratio, you'd need response from those who haven't had problems as well, I suppose? That's where my *istD is. No issues at all. I thought I might have some issues, although most of them seem to be disappearing as I get more used to the

Re: The official PDMLer Christmas shopping list

2004-12-09 Thread ernreed2
Mine: 1. FA 28/2.8 2. Strap FG (with pockets) 3. Memory: Larger hard drive for PC. 4. Memory: Larger external hard drive. 5. Memory: More RAM for PC. 6. Memory: CF cards for *ist D. 7. Memory: grey cells ... Oh, never mind. 8. I'm forgetting some stuff. I just know it. ERNR

Re: Digital grain (was Re: PESO My type of photographer)

2004-12-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If I want grain I shoot Tri-X. Hypothetically, if I were to *want* grain, I'd probably shoot TMZ. I can't, personally, think of a case in which I'd want grain. I see its presence in certain images as a necessary tradeoff for getting the images at all

Re: Pentax K8.4/f2.8 Fish-Eye

2004-12-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Arnold Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi everybody on the PDML, I have been silent for a while. Wich does not mean that I am out of Pentax. On the contrary: After considering the decision for a whole year, in August I bought an *ist D - which I enjoy! dada-dum-dum-dum, another one buys

Re: Digital grain (was Re: PESO My type of photographer)

2004-12-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jon Glass wrote: A purist is a person who drinks their coffee with only cream and sugar. ;-D I thought a purist drank his coffee black. (A purist also uses the proper non-gender specific pronoun in English as well). LOL!!! ERNR (language

Re: Photoshop CS Bargain Basement

2004-12-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyway, if my friend the Photoshop instructo is correct in his assertion that Adobe has sold about 1 in every 10 copies that are in use, (an I see no reason to doubt him), I don't see how you can argue that pirating isn't causing a problem. If they

Re: Is something wrong with my CF card?

2004-12-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Steve Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have a 512 MB SanDisk extreme II (IIRC) that only reads 39 photos when it is empty (with the ist D set to JPEG Large). When I put in a regular Sandisk 512 card, it reads 119 pictures left to take. So, is the card bad? Can I just re-format it in

Re: Need software suggestion for slide show w/ music

2004-12-07 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Steve Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does anyone have any suggestions for a relatively inexpensive software program that can create a slide show with music? I can't find it in Photoshop Elements 2.0 or MS Digital Image Pro v7.0? Also tried searching the archives, but could not find

RE: Need software suggestion for slide show w/ music

2004-12-07 Thread ernreed2
Quoting J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED]: MS-Powerpoint is made just for that! jco Steve Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions for a relatively inexpensive software program that can create a slide show with music? I can't find it in Photoshop Elements 2.0

RE: December Trivia Q No1.

2004-12-06 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: They are all but two (Inge, Cecil) male, it seemsI! Eve Arnold ...

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