Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-30 Thread Stan Halpin
Shel - I am joining the discussion late as I am just back from a 4-day holiday trip down to Eureka Springs. I shot about 500 images with my ist-D. Meg added 8-10 with the Optio. If that were slide film, I would have "paid for" one of my two 512mB cards. In the month or so I have had the ist-D, I ha

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Cotty" Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > On 28/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > > >> lol! so I take it that you're not married then William? > > > >Twenty wonderful years so far, and I love her

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-29 Thread Len Paris
How do we know his wasn't a "shotgun" wedding? Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > -Original Message- > From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 9:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > lol! so I take it that you're not married then William? Twenty wonderful years so far, and I love her more now than I did when I married her. William Robb

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2003-11-28 Thread John Francis
> > Of course you do, John. That is obvious to us here on the list. Yep. It's obvious that several other people could have a lot to learn, too, if only they were smart enough to recognise the fact. As a recent study underlined, the last people to recognise their own shortcomings are the trul

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread Keith Whaley
Herb Chong wrote: > > i've been getting the distinct feeling for the past couple of months, the > ones that are shooting are the ones talking about shooting and photography, > and the ones that aren't, are talking about everything else. And, somehow, you manage to do a lot of both! keith whale

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "mike wilson" Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > William Robb wrote: > > > > I can hardly wait to take my large format out after a couple of years of > > disuse and see if I can still set it up... > >

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2003-11-28 Thread Mark Roberts
"Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i've been getting the distinct feeling for the past couple of months, the >ones that are shooting are the ones talking about shooting and photography, >and the ones that aren't, are talking about everything else. You ain't seen nuthin! Head over to the rec

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2003-11-28 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: > > I can hardly wait to take my large format out after a couple of years of > disuse and see if I can still set it up... That's your bio. taken care of, then. Myself, I have the visage and physique of a Greek God, PhD's from two separate universities and I'm still only 1

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "John Francis" Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > > > > Some of us have been into photography for a long long time. > > After 50 years or so you don't need to practice a lot. > > After only 48 years I f

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread John Francis
> > Some of us have been into photography for a long long time. > After 50 years or so you don't need to practice a lot. After only 48 years I find that I've still got things to learn, even in the areas where I consider myself reasonably competent.

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2003-11-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi Tanya, Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist wrote: > > Hi there Mike! > > Many thanks for your suggestions. The primary reasons I have never taken to > processing > my own films are aged 12 mths, 4 and 6. Almosy everyone else seems to disagree with me, too. Nothing new there. I understand

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread Cotty
On 28/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >i've been getting the distinct feeling for the past couple of months, the >ones that are shooting are the ones talking about shooting and photography, >and the ones that aren't, are talking about everything else. That's us sorted then Frank! I wish I wa

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread Herb Chong
mber 28, 2003 11:37 AM Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > Some of us have been into photography for a long long time, Herb. After 50 years > or so you don't need to practice a lot. > > The interesting thing about these discussions is that most of us do not mention &g

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2003-11-28 Thread graywolf
Some of us have been into photography for a long long time, Herb. After 50 years or so you don't need to practice a lot. The interesting thing about these discussions is that most of us do not mention our specific needs when making comments about digital. TV would lose sales in the market he is

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread Herb Chong
PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 7:27 AM Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >it seems the ones that shoot the least complain the most. > > Ooh, *there's* one for my collection of PDML quotations!

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2003-11-28 Thread graywolf
y to see now that there are a few ladies here though - I feel much more "at home"! ;-) Sorry, totally off topic guys, better get back to the subject at hand, or I'll be making enemies already! tan.x. - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: &

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
- Original Message - From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 5:43 PM Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale " Well, if you go digital, I would recommend you just offer digital proofing as your standard p

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread Mark Roberts
"Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >it seems the ones that shoot the least complain the most. Ooh, *there's* one for my collection of PDML quotations! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread Herb Chong
it seems the ones that shoot the least complain the most. Herb - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 12:42 AM Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > Sheesh, Her

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2003-11-28 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Tom, your website is fantastic! Your work is beautiful! > Very contemporary and classic... Thanks. > > To answer your question - QLD is short for Queensland, > the sunny state that I live in in Australia

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2003-11-28 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 1:33 PM Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale > > -Original Message- > > From: Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > My main stumbling block is

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Paul Ewins
> Strangely enough sheet film had already gone to where >advanced amateurs and fine arts photographers are the pretty much the only ones >using it even before digital became a major market contender, so digital will >not make the inroads there that it will in the smaller formats. I'd have to ag

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Sheesh, Herb, everyone has different points of reference. To some you may be a rank amateur that practices far too little and couldn't make a quality print if you sold your soul to the devil. People have other things to do in their lives - raise a family, put bread on the table, keep a roof over

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2003-11-27 Thread Herb Chong
y say they take take their photography seriously, but they don't seem to. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 11:09 PM Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > Th

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Bill Owens
;Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 11:01 PM Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > Maybe some people just enjoy taking a few snaps a month, don't want to spend > time practicing, and much prefer other plea

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Bill Owens
rogden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 10:40 PM Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Pat White wrote: > > > It's funny that digital photography supporters keep saying that there > > a

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Maybe some people just enjoy taking a few snaps a month, don't want to spend time practicing, and much prefer other pleasures. Perhaps photography means something different to them than it does to you ... Herb Chong wrote: > in addition to all this, if you are a little bit serious about photogra

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Chris Brogden
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Pat White wrote: > It's funny that digital photography supporters keep saying that there > are no processing costs in filmless photography. That's only true if > you only want digital files, to email or look at on your monitor. If > you want prints, you still have to pay for

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: Pat White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > It's funny that digital photography supporters keep saying > that there are no > processing costs in filmless photography. > Who said that? tv

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > My main stumbling block is the fact that I am in the > country and country > people tend to like things > "on paper". Most turn their nose up in disgust at the idea > of photographs > being on

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist wrote: > > > > > Also, my nearest photolab is 3 hours away and currently I > send EVERYTHING > > away, which to a very impatient > > woman, is an absolute nightmare. Digital, in

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread tom
I'm up to 9 gigs. tv > -Original Message- > From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 7:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > > > > Never enough > > >>And how many cards do people have? > >> > >> > > > >

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2003-11-27 Thread J. C. O'Connell
http://jcoconnell.com -Original Message- From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 10:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > > U

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2003-11-27 Thread John Francis
ROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 3:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > > > > > > If you're happy with your digital camera, great! Just don't keep saying > the > > pictures are free. > &

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2003-11-27 Thread Paul
Never enough And how many cards do people have?

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2003-11-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Bruce ... You've brought up an interesting point that I was mulling over while making a few photos earlier. There's this discussion going on about the "cost" of working with film v working with digital, and, depending on what one wants to throw into the argument (buying a scanner, a printer

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >And how many cards do people have? 3 cards 1 @ 256 MB 2 @ 512 MB would like more but don't need them. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Ma

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > > I would bet however that most of the used medium format you are seeing on the > market is not being dumped by pros but by amateurs like us here on the list who > can n

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist
>I am not totally full of myself... I promise *hides head sheepishly*... > >;-) > >tan.x. > >- Original Message - >From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 7:51 AM >Subject

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2003-11-27 Thread frank theriault
one seems quite happy to have you back. cheers, frank "Rider of Bicycles" "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-T

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist
RAM/Win 98 being able to handle that large a file size! It struggles with Photoshop 7.0 as it is! hohum, yet another upgrade to think of... - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 9:02 AM

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist
Sorry guys, really, I am not totally full of myself... I promise *hides head sheepishly*... ;-) tan.x. - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 7:51 AM Subject: Re: An observation re Pe

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist
really be wearing a good seat into my computer chair these days - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 7:51 AM Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale Hi, Tanya Mayer - Photo

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2003-11-27 Thread graywolf
Most pros gave up in house processing long ago. Because processing is an $8.00 and hour job. A $100 an hour photographer would be a fool to waste his time on it. -- mike wilson wrote: Hi, Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist wrote: Also, my nearest photolab is 3 hours away and currently I send

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread graywolf
If you are going to make money with it lease a digital. The lease payments are 100% deductable (at least in the US). Why tie up your capital? And by the time the lease runs out there will be a better camera available anyway. -- Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist wrote: This is a very interestin

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread graywolf
I would like to see the reletive price breakdown for 10 wall hanger images. Not for 1000 throwaways. (grin) -- Shel Belinkoff wrote: You have but one memory card? Using MedF, right? The numbers would, of course, be quite a bit different with 35mm, of course. It certainly works out well for

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist wrote: > > Also, my nearest photolab is 3 hours away and currently I send EVERYTHING > away, which to a very impatient > woman, is an absolute nightmare. Digital, in this instance, would be > absolute bliss. Why do you not process your own? At the most, £

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread John Francis
> > You have but one memory card? Using MedF, right? The numbers would, of course, be > quite a > bit different with 35mm, of course. It certainly works out well for you, that's for > sure. I've got two 1GB microdrives, at $175 each, for a total of $350. That's comparable to the cost of one

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist
an.x. - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 11:55 PM Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > While most of the news photogs have gone that way. And most of the high-end big > city c

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Len Paris
e's no place like 127.0.0.1 > -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 2:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > > > How much film could you buy for

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Pat White
It's funny that digital photography supporters keep saying that there are no processing costs in filmless photography. That's only true if you only want digital files, to email or look at on your monitor. If you want prints, you still have to pay for them. For the working pro, printing only the

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Herb Chong
riginal Message - From: "Chris Brogden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale > SLRs will take longer to go. There's still a huge market for cheap > entry-level SLR

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2003-11-27 Thread wendy beard
- Original Message - From: graywolf > Camera maker's have to be glad for digital right now > or they would have very few sales as folks hang on waiting for better times. I > mean how likely is someone who just got laid off along with 2500 of his > co-workers to go out and but a new high-e

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Chris Brogden
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My prediction: Things will eventually quiet down. Digital will be a > strong influence in our society and one that will continue to grow. Film > will still be around and co-exist with digital for many many years. > Eventually film cameras will start t

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Herb Chong
better than medium format. it's going to become niche even faster than 35mm. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Chris Stoddart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 5:35 AM Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

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2003-11-27 Thread J. C. O'Connell
l.com -Original Message- From: Chris Stoddart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 5:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale JCO wrote > > I disagree. Film will die in 35mm and medium format because > digital will soon be

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Chris Stoddart
JCO wrote > > I disagree. Film will die in 35mm and medium format because > digital will soon be better. I see it just like what happened > to the home movie market in the 70's. video cameras quickly > killed them and you dont see too many people shooting super-8 > film now do you? Those cameras a

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread Mark Stringer
mentality is pushing this to happen. -Original Message- From: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 1:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale I disagree. Film will die in 35mm and medium format because digital

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread J. C. O'Connell
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 12:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale I think the whole digital thing has to be put in perspective. It IS taking off. People are trading in their film cameras to get money to buy digit

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mark Stringer" Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale > Digital is useful and may serve some commercial purposes well but there is a craft to photography. Digital still does not surpass a good film negative and print. Not even close t

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-26 Thread Herb Chong
rom: "Mark Stringer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:41 PM Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale > Color did not replace B&W. Bayonet mount did not replace screwmount. Who is going to want these used DSLR&#

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-26 Thread Mark Stringer
edium format camera. I will always have my digital camera. I like the technology but... Really, Chicken Little, the sky is not falling... -Original Message- From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 6:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: An observation

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Lasse Karlsson" Subject: An observation re Pentax for sale > I noticed an unusually high number of Pentax 67 and 645 items for sale on a Swedish second hand online store yesterday. > > Is this a sign of the times? > And in that case, what does the sign tell u

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-26 Thread graywolf
Well, remember digital is not the only reason that photo equipment prices are down. The economy kind of sucks, but should be getting better at this point. My experience is that photo equipment prices lag the economy by a couple of years so there should be another couple of years of good buys out

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-26 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: Mark Stringer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I disagree. I see no point in buying an *istD to take B&W > photographs. They will never replace silver. Hmm. I had a full-on commercial darkroom, which I ditched within a month of going digital. In my case digit

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-26 Thread Mark Stringer
I disagree. I see no point in buying an *istD to take B&W photographs. They will never replace silver. -Original Message- From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

RE: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-26 Thread J. C. O'Connell
the sign is : advanced DSLRs will obsolete both 35mm AND medium format film cameras in no time at all. It will take some time to equal 4X5 and 8X10 film formats but I wouldnt be surprised if digital matches those in the very long run too. jco -

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-26 Thread Keith Whaley
You mean, I can finally decide to go Medium Format, if I want? Reasonably priced? After I got an LX and an MX and an Optio S4? I thought heaven was already here! keith whaley Dario Bonazza 2 wrote: > > Lasse wrote: > > > I noticed an unusually high number of Pentax 67 and 645 items for sale

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-26 Thread Dario Bonazza 2
Lasse wrote: > I noticed an unusually high number of Pentax 67 and 645 items for sale on a Swedish second hand online store yesterday. > > Is this a sign of the times? Yes, I believe so. > And in that case, what does the sign tell us? That if you are interested in that stuff, and wait a little