Cardinal in a damaged (as of this morning) tree, by the window.
Just far enough away that I want more magnification than the
28-135 zoom; well short of the minimum focussing distance of the
400/5.6. I have a screwmount bellows with me, but no K-mount
extension tubes. Pretty, pretty bird, could
D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
I went to Radio Shack to buy parts to build myself a cable release
for the *istD. They had submini phone plugs, but only mono, not
TRS, and it turns out that shorting ring to sleeve keeps the
autofocus constantly activated (which I presume costs battery life).
On Jun 4, 2008, at 0:44, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
But you can buy the Canon Remote Switch RS-60E3 from BH Photo for
$25 that works perfectly as a replacement for the $40 Pentax CS-201,
or go to Ebay and find the same thing made in China for $4.
I personally wouldn't waste the time to make one.
I went to Radio Shack to buy parts to build myself a cable release
for the *istD. They had submini phone plugs, but only mono, not
TRS, and it turns out that shorting ring to sleeve keeps the
autofocus constantly activated (which I presume costs battery life).
And they didn't have cheap IR LEDs
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.
I went to Radio Shack to buy parts to build myself a cable release for the
*istD. They had submini phone plugs, but only mono, not TRS, and it turns
out that shorting ring to sleeve keeps the
autofocus constantly
I've seen off-brand shutter release units on ebay for less than ten bucks.
Paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D. Glenn Arthur Jr.)
I went to Radio Shack to buy parts to build myself a cable release
for the *istD. They had submini phone plugs,
J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wondered:
never really thought about it 'cause I aint into AF but do ANY AF
systems stay active once the shutter opens? Why?
I don't know where the AF sensors are, but I'm betting that they're
in the prism ... if I'm right (sanity check anyone?) then AF can't
[EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
I've seen off-brand shutter release units on ebay for less than ten bucks.
#blink# Well that certainly changes my cost-benefit analysis.
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The AF sensors are on the floor of the mirror box.
The metering sensors are in the prism housing.
--- D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know where the AF sensors are, but I'm
betting that they're
in the prism ... if I'm right (sanity check anyone?)
then AF can't
be
On 6/3/08, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
I've seen off-brand shutter release units on ebay for less than ten bucks.
#blink# Well that certainly changes my cost-benefit analysis.
Look for a remote shutter release for a Canon Digital Rebel. Works
fine
Yep, they're the same. The one i bought was tagged as for both Canon and Pentax.
Paul
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From: Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 6/3/08, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
I've seen off-brand shutter
The cable remote release is just a two circuit switch. One switch
turns on the meter and focusing system, the other trips the shutter.
But you can buy the Canon Remote Switch RS-60E3 from BH Photo for
$25 that works perfectly as a replacement for the $40 Pentax CS-201,
or go to Ebay and
Why not use a mail/web place like mpix? A friend of mine had some
prints made from them and they did a great job.
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 6, 2008, at 9:20 PM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Unless you have time to do some serious testing, I would beg off on
this one. Shooting
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From: David J Brooks
Subject: Re: Argh! Lost my lab!
And Brother Aaron was the only reliable develop source i had. My
attempts were horrible as was DNT in Markham.
I'm starting to think I should rebuild my darkroom just to give you guys
decent quality BW
processing
What happened to Aaron? Is he out of the photography business?
I do my own BW, but I wouldn't want to dev for others, my process is
a little quirky.
-Adam
On 3/7/08, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And Brother Aaron was the only reliable develop source i had. My
attempts were
And Brother Aaron was the only reliable develop source i had. My
attempts were horrible as was DNT in Markham.
Dave
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not only is your lab gone, but so is HIE unless you can find some
older stock or have some in the freezer.
- Original Message -
From: David J Brooks
Subject: Re: Argh! Lost my lab!
And Brother Aaron was the only reliable develop source i had. My
attempts were horrible as was DNT in Markham.
I'm starting to think I should rebuild my darkroom just to give you guys decent
quality BW
On 3/7/08, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm starting to think I should rebuild my darkroom just to give you guys
decent quality BW
processing..
Yes, yes you should!
-Mat
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I finally have a vehicle again (after an unlicensed, drunk car thief
totalled my car and some of my neighbours' cars a year ago), and a
friend asked me to shoot her wedding in May (I need to crawl through
the list archives for old threads about what it's reasonable to
charge so as to still be
If there is a Costco near you and you are a member I would say give them a try.
I am having a wonderful experience with my local store, but there
seems to be a lot of variations from store to store.
The prices cannot be beat and , at least here, they will work with you
to suit your needs.
Walt
D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
So ... I searched online for photo labs in/near Baltimore, and so
far I'm finding a whole lot of one-hour services in drug stores
(*cringe*), one that looked promising until I dug deeper and saw
that they don't develop film, only scan it and make digital prints
(so
Unless you have time to do some serious testing, I would beg off on
this one. Shooting a friends wedding and working with labs you've
never worked with before? It's a recipe for disaster. And the loss of
a friend.
Paul
On Mar 6, 2008, at 8:54 PM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
I finally have a
Not only is your lab gone, but so is HIE unless you can find some
older stock or have some in the freezer. Discontinued last fall by
Kodak.
-Adam
On 3/6/08, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I finally have a vehicle again (after an unlicensed, drunk car thief
totalled my car and
Glenn-
Try Walmart, Scott recently suggested it and I second that vote.
Here's the archive link:
http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2007-October/095710.html
I just had some developed and it turned out beautiful. Isn't Velvia great?
rg2
On 3/6/08, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rebekah wrote:
http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2007-October/095710.html
Ooh, boy, that thread's a can of worms.
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Outstanding results, with quick turnaround.
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- Original Message -
From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Argh! Lost my lab!
I finally
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,
Henri,
Obviously, you need to get the slide out - mechanically!
This sounds like a projector jam followed by the scanner shutdown.
Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 03:39:12 +0100, Henri Toivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oooh, aahh, uuuhhhrrrggghhh. I'm so frustrated I just want to scream.
I need help with a filter using a regular expression in v3. I have tried many many
times and failed completely. I think I am following the rules but The Bat does not
seem to follow them.I am not experienced in PERL so hope I am just being very ignorant.
I want to find any posts that have any of
- Original Message -
From: Kevin Waterson
Subject: Re: ARGH!!
*istD replacement?
What is it rumoured to be replaced with?
1mp Lomo.
WW
Cotty wrote on 20.08.04 10:07:
You guys are nuts.
I use a 2 year old D60 and I am continually amazed at the quality of the
prints I can make.
Exactly Cotty. Most people are like a children Here it is - the newest toy.
I want it mummy!!!. Let's start to treat cameras like a tools, not toys.
Bigger and better(?) comes with a price Brendan.lol
It took me almost 5 months to get decent settings fiqured out on the D2H. Zero days on
the
D1.:-)
I'm very close to the money for the *istD now. As long as the camera comes with, or i
can
still get, the
latest firmware to allow usage of my M
: ARGH!!
Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:45:25 -0400
Why is it the Day after I finally get a *istD the 20D
comes out, and watch a Pentax *istD replacement at
Photokina! Now I really wish someone really did do
digital film
As Tim Allen has already proved: TOOLS ARE TOYS!
JCO
-Original Message-
From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 10:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ARGH!!
- Original Message -
From: Sylwester Pietrzyk
Subject: Re: ARGH
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Sylwester Pietrzyk
Subject: Re: ARGH!!
Exactly Cotty. Most people are like a children Here it is - the
newest toy. I want it mummy!!!. Let's start to treat cameras like
a tools, not toys.
But cameras are toys to the majority
--- Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
So, if I'm not making money with them, it's mere
hobby use?
I'm very capable with my tools, and for whatever
infrequent use they get,
they're indispensible to me...
Same with my cameras. No, I do not use them every
day, nor do I make any
- Original Message -
From: Keith Whaley
Subject: Re: ARGH!!
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Sylwester Pietrzyk
Subject: Re: ARGH!!
Exactly Cotty. Most people are like a children Here it is - the
newest toy. I want it mummy!!!. Let's start
Antonio wrote:
I think if you are buying Pentax gear at the moment you can pretty much
expect it to be not leading edge. For that you would have to go Canon or
Nikon.
For the moment, yes. However, if the promised 645D is released early next year it
will make anything from Nikon and Canon
--- Pål_Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip On the other hand, a person I spoke with today
refuse to believe in this camera until he sees it in
spite of the fact that the information is provided
by Pentax boss. He even suggested he might have been
drunk while uttering these promises :o)
C'mon. When you're not a pro, there's this thing called the family
album. You don't need it, but you want to have it. You can't suspect
the millions of buyers of disposable cameras to have bought shiny toys
to play with. Those cardboard boxes were just tools used to get to the
purpose -
Drink more beer?
Norm
frank theriault wrote:
I think there's a lesson in there for all of us...
I just bought an ME Super and now I find out there is a Super
Program..aaarhhh
Norm
Caveman wrote:
HAR ! I just got the Canon S60 last week. Now there's a S70. I can
feel your pain. ;-)
--- Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Drink more beer?
Norm
Don't mind if I do. Thanks for the offer.
-frank
=
When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die. -- Jean-Paul I even looked ugly
when HCB took my photo Sartre
Frank you still owe me a beer!
--- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Drink more beer?
Norm
Don't mind if I do. Thanks for the offer.
-frank
=
When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.
-- Jean-Paul I even looked
- Original Message -
From: Caveman
Subject: Re: ARGH!!
C'mon. When you're not a pro, there's this thing called the
family
album. You don't need it, but you want to have it. You can't
suspect
the millions of buyers of disposable cameras to have bought shiny
toys
to play
Good one Norm
Dave
I just bought an ME Super and now I find out there
is a
Super
Program..aaarhhh
Norm
Caveman wrote:
HAR ! I just got the Canon S60 last week. Now there's a S70. I can
feel your pain. ;-)
DagT
Anyway, there will be competition...
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0408/04081701hasselbladimacon.asp
I wouldn't put any kind of money into this project (or anything involving Leica).
Hasseblad built their reputation sometimes in antiquity (along with Leica) on merrits
unknown and
Hi,
It's a common misconception that drunks are liars, or
to be more concise, that when people are drunk what
they say isn't true.
In fact, the contrary is true. When people are drunk
their usual social filters are down, and they tend to
be much more honest than when they're sober.
I
frank theriault wrote:
[...]
Keith,
Point taken.
But, at some point, isn't one (at least temporarily)
satisfied, whether it's with your Snap-On or or your
Pentax tools? If what you own serves your purpose
well, must you replace what you have, or get the
latest
Hi,
in vino veritas
In Cervisio Felicitas
that sounds like a quote from Homer...
Mmm, Duff!
--
Cheers,
Bob
Children and drunk people speak the truth - Dutch proverb
On Friday 20 August 2004 17:03, frank theriault wrote:
FJW --- Pål_Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FJW snip On the other hand, a person I spoke with today
FJW refuse to believe in this camera until he sees it in
FJW spite of the fact
On 20 Aug 2004 at 19:50, Pål Jensen wrote:
I wouldn't put any kind of money into this project (or anything involving
Leica). Hasseblad built their reputation sometimes in antiquity (along with
Leica) on merrits unknown and irrelevant by folks today and only remembered by
those old enough to
HAR ! I just got the Canon S60 last week. Now there's a S70. I can feel
your pain. ;-)
Brendan wrote:
Why is it the Day after I finally get a *istD the 20D
comes out, and watch a Pentax *istD replacement at
Photokina! Now I really wish someone really did do
digital film!
On 19 Aug 2004 at 21:45, Brendan wrote:
Why is it the Day after I finally get a *istD the 20D
comes out, and watch a Pentax *istD replacement at
Photokina!
Photokina 2005? Don't hold your breath.
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT) +10 Hours
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brendan posted:
Why is it the Day after I finally get a *istD the 20D
comes out, and watch a Pentax *istD replacement at
Photokina! Now I really wish someone really did do
digital film!
Ah, well. I am content, personally. Canon can introduce anything they want --
I'm still happy with my
Rob Studdert wrote:
Photokina 2005?
Ulan Bator 2007.
This one time, at band camp, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why is it the Day after I finally get a *istD the 20D
comes out, and watch a Pentax *istD replacement at
Photokina!
Photokina 2005? Don't hold your breath.
*istD replacement?
What is it rumoured to be replaced with?
Itself.
Kevin Waterson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why is it the Day after I finally get a *istD the 20D
comes out, and watch a Pentax *istD replacement at
Photokina!
Photokina 2005? Don't hold your breath.
*istD replacement?
What is
Well the 20D has a darker finder, and smaller as per
mr luminous, so I feel alot better now ( really I do )
thats enough for me :D
--- Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Itself.
Kevin Waterson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Rob Studdert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why
Pentax will never compete with the likes of Canon. Pentax is in a league of
its own. It must be a lonely.
Jim A.
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:45:20 -0400 (EDT)
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