Re: OT -- Handedness (was RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D))

2004-06-10 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Treena asked: Rather less strange is that I like to fight Florentine -- with a sword in each hand. [...] but how do you swing from chandeliers with both hands full like that? I have an extraordinarily talented mouth. innocent look My, this thread took an interesting turn ...

Re: OT -- Handedness (was RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D))

2004-06-10 Thread Treena
I'm guessing probably not ;) [flutters eyelashes] Well, when I have three cameras with me, they each get to the end of the roll at about the same time, if that's what you're asking. ;-) But for anything other than cameras I probably turn in a more satisfying^H^H^H^Hactory

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-09 Thread Dario Bonazza
At the same time, I suppose. Dario I'm a weirdo. I use my right eye for video and my left eye for stills. Pfft. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-09 Thread Cotty
How did you know? At the same time, I suppose. Dario I'm a weirdo. I use my right eye for video and my left eye for stills. Pfft. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-08 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Okay Steve, Did you make that up because you have met me? :-) I think I have some nice shots of the two of you, separately though. I will post it to you offline if they do not make a webpage, Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: Steve Desjardins [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Papa-D

2004-06-07 Thread Steve Desjardins
I've never used the P.-1P but I do use only the central sensor on the *istD. I've heard that the P.-1P had a AF bigger motor, so it could very well be faster. The central sensor of the *istD is a cross sensor, however, so that should mean less camera titling. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/04/04

Re: Papa-D

2004-06-07 Thread Bill Owens
: Papa-D I've never used the P.-1P but I do use only the central sensor on the *istD. I've heard that the P.-1P had a AF bigger motor, so it could very well be faster. The central sensor of the *istD is a cross sensor, however, so that should mean less camera titling. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06

Re: OT -- Handedness (was RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D))

2004-06-07 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Rather less strange is that I like to fight Florentine -- with a sword in each hand. I don't coordinate the two blades as well as I'd like (I'm not la Cuisinarte, alas); it's more that I like being able to change hands at will without having to transfer the sword from one hand to the

Re: OT -- Handedness (was RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D))

2004-06-07 Thread Treena
dominant (was Papa-D)) Rather less strange is that I like to fight Florentine -- with a sword in each hand. I don't coordinate the two blades as well as I'd like (I'm not la Cuisinarte, alas); it's more that I like being able to change hands at will without having to transfer the sword

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-06 Thread Doug Franklin
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:22:55 -0500, Treena wrote: I'm right-handed but left-eye dominant. It hasn't been terribly important with cameras, but on the shooting range it does make a pronounced difference. I really don't think camera-users notice it much, but when you're trying to sight down a

Re: Papa-D

2004-06-05 Thread Lon Williamson
Herb, don't these guys need to let that long glass settle down after a shot? Is a drive _that_ much better than a winder for a long 600 and TC on a tripod? Herb Chong wrote: Snip... another hardware statement Morris makes is that a camera body without full auto at 5fps or higher is also a

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Norm Baugher wrote: I'm left eyed dominant as well, as I found to my surprise, never even noticed it. I'm curious if it's 50/50 or is it predominately right-eyed? I'm left-eyed, mostly left-handed, more or less right-footed, and have mixed hemisphere-dominance (which means that despite what my

Re: Papa-D

2004-06-05 Thread Herb Chong
: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 8:42 AM Subject: Re: Papa-D Herb, don't these guys need to let that long glass settle down after a shot? Is a drive _that_ much better than a winder for a long 600 and TC on a tripod?

Re: OT -- Handedness of Things (was Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D))

2004-06-05 Thread graywolf
I think you probably hit the nail on the head there. D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: As a leftie, I say it's not. Maybe it's just plain broken for everyone, right-handed or left-handed alike? -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: Papa-D

2004-06-04 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 04.06.04 13:59, Rob Studdert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What? and then not have the shutter work if the centre focus point isn't OK, two switches for me two. H... I am almost sure that my bodies have never required focus confirmation to make shutter work... but: - I could have special

Re: Papa-D

2004-06-04 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 Jun 2004 at 14:10, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: on 04.06.04 13:59, Rob Studdert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What? and then not have the shutter work if the centre focus point isn't OK, two switches for me two. H... I am almost sure that my bodies have never required focus

Re: Papa-D

2004-06-04 Thread John Mustarde
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 07:17:04 -0400, you wrote: what has happened is that my readings on people who actually do what i am trying to and are making a living at it say the same thing. if you have the basics down, stop playing with wannabe hardware and get what it takes to get the job done reliably,

Re: Papa-D lust

2004-06-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl Subject: Re: Papa-D lust Fortunately, Acros is still there. It will likely outlive all the rest, and I strongly hope so. Now if only they'd cut it in 8x10! This has long been my complaint with Fuji. They don't support the low volume

Re: Papa-D lust

2004-06-04 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
- Original Message - From: William Robb Subject: Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 06:49:07 -0700 - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl Fortunately, Acros is still there. It will likely outlive all the rest, and I strongly hope so. Now if only they'd cut

Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Norm Baugher
I'm left eyed dominant as well, as I found to my surprise, never even noticed it. I'm curious if it's 50/50 or is it predominately right-eyed? Norm Rob Studdert wrote: I'm a left eye'd shooter, I can't use the button on the back, it's as wasted on me as the vertical shutter release on the grip.

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 Jun 2004 at 10:06, Norm Baugher wrote: I'm left eyed dominant as well, as I found to my surprise, never even noticed it. I'm curious if it's 50/50 or is it predominately right-eyed? Norm I don't know about the norm (har) but I was very right eye/right hand dominant until I suffered lens

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Rob Studdert wrote: Out of interest the following article tends to dispel the concept of eye dominance: I shoot equally badly with either eye. Kostas

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Norm Baugher
Yeah, but it still doesn't explain when the eye ~centers~ on something. Norm Rob Studdert wrote: I don't know about the norm (har) but I was very right eye/right hand dominant until I suffered lens damage a few years back which made accurate focussing impossible. The switch to the left eye was

RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Malcolm Smith
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: I shoot equally badly with either eye. Hey! I resemble that remark! I know I favour my right eye, but this demands a test. What if I take better photographs with my left eye(?)another sleepless night ahead :-) Malcolm

Re: Papa-D

2004-06-04 Thread Joseph Tainter
John wrote: Frame rate depends on how fast you can clock the data out of the sensor and reset the chip. I'm trying to understand this, John. Doesn't it depend on buffer size? Or processor speed? Or speed of writing to the card? If it depends only on how fast you can get data out of the chip, and

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Bob W
Hi, Friday, June 4, 2004, 4:06:30 PM, Norm wrote: I'm left eyed dominant as well, as I found to my surprise, never even noticed it. I'm curious if it's 50/50 or is it predominately right-eyed? Norm I always used my left eye until I bought my first Leica M. It was quick and easy to start

Re: Papa-D

2004-06-04 Thread Joseph Tainter
Got it, John. Thanks. As for autofocus: For my purposes (emphasis) the *ist D's autofocus is far inferior to that of the PZ-1p. Joe

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
I used my right eye for twenty five years until it became so far sighted that it couldn't focus. Then I learned to use my left eye, which happens to be near sighted, with my LX and 67. I sometimes had to wear a patch on my right eye or put my thumb over it to keep it closed. Then I bought the

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Treena
as with point-n-shoot viewfinders. (I had to learn to shoot left-handed, too. I'm too near-sighted in my right eye to make it work!) - Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 1:30 PM Subject: Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D) Unless

RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Trevor Bailey
Christian wrote:. what's really difficult for me is that I am right handed, but because of my left eye dominance I have to shoot rifles left handed which becomes very awkward. G'day. My mate lost his right eye to a magpie attack a few years ago. He, like me shoot Full-bore rifles in

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread David Mann
On Jun 5, 2004, at 3:06 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: I'm left eyed dominant as well, as I found to my surprise, never even noticed it. I'm curious if it's 50/50 or is it predominately right-eyed? I shoot with my left eye... not for any particular reason. Sometimes if the sun is annoying me or I'm

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread David Mann
On Jun 5, 2004, at 9:03 AM, Bob W wrote: What I don't get on with are cameras with important controls on the back. My nose gets in the way. The Z-1p is annoying in that regard. My nose is always hitting the exposure compensation or meter mode buttons. Cheers, - Dave

Papa-D lust

2004-06-03 Thread edwin
I don't want to wait that long for a better DSLR than the *ist-D. Ditto. I want a ten megapixel camera very soon. Without it, Pentax is a non-player. Perhaps they're listening. Paul And Nikon, KonicaMinolta, Leica, Contax, and Sigma. Canon, Kodak, and Fuji are the only companies with a

Papa-D

2004-06-03 Thread edwin
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 20:24:05 -0400 From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: big glass and converters Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit weather resistant body at least and at

Re: Papa-D

2004-06-03 Thread John Francis
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] weather resistant body at least and at least a few lenses, 5fps or higher frame rate with at least 10 pictures on the fly, and more megapixels. 6 megapixels is fine for magazine work but more is always better, other things being equal. if Pentax is