Re: Any news for Kansai Airport?

2011-03-11 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Mar 11, 2011, at 13:13 , Roman Melihhov wrote: > How did it survive the earthquake? The main buildings are still there, but the ramp equipment, private planes, and the car park as well as the runway were all hit by the Tsunami. I think the runway just needs cleaning of debris before it is

Re: any news?

2003-08-23 Thread Lon Williamson
Amen to that. Inkjets have an amazing ability to make the oddball pixels disappear. They are quite good at reproducing small scratches, though, in my experience. I have the same problem with the way inkjets are now reviewed. People examine them with loupes and complain about dithering, and so fort

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2003-08-22 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
The character of a print from a digital source is improved greatly by the use of Genuine Fractals. Used properly I've seen some outstanding 6MP 16x20 prints and used improperly I've seen some pathetic 8x10 prints. In b&w film I've seen some great prints from Neopan 1600 printed with a diffusion he

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2003-08-22 Thread Cotty
>>> Ha! I made a 12 x 18 from an *ist-D image yesterday. Perhaps I should >>> sell prints ;-) >> >>May I disagree a little bit[1] about the quality of the picture in >>question? It may of course be the quality of my screen, but it seems >>to me that the whiter of the grey rocks are dithered crudely

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2003-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> They're blown-out highlights which have been exaggerated somewhat by >> unsharp masking. > >Sorry, is that (masking) post-shot manipulation in photoshop or sth? >Or is this integral to the blow-up proces

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2003-08-22 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Mark Roberts wrote: > They're blown-out highlights which have been exaggerated somewhat by > unsharp masking. Sorry, is that (masking) post-shot manipulation in photoshop or sth? Or is this integral to the blow-up process? Yours cluelessly, Kostas

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2003-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >May I disagree a little bit[1] about the quality of the picture in >> >question? It may of course be the quality of my screen, but it seems >> >to m

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2003-08-22 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Mark Roberts wrote: > Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >May I disagree a little bit[1] about the quality of the picture in > >question? It may of course be the quality of my screen, but it seems > >to me that the whiter of the grey rocks are dithered crudely

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2003-08-22 Thread Steve Desjardins
Damn, and I thought I had that sweatshirt on my lap . . . . Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/21/03 07:05PM >>> >Thanks for posting the images, can't wait to ho

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2003-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Ha! I made a 12 x 18 from an *ist-D image yesterday. Perhaps I should >> sell prints ;-) > >May I disagree a little bit[1] about the quality of the picture in >question? It may of course be the quality o

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2003-08-22 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Mark Roberts wrote: > Ha! I made a 12 x 18 from an *ist-D image yesterday. Perhaps I should > sell prints ;-) May I disagree a little bit[1] about the quality of the picture in question? It may of course be the quality of my screen, but it seems to me that the whiter of the g

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2003-08-21 Thread Cotty
>Thanks for posting the images, can't wait to hold a *ist D in my hands >and try it out, including getting an enlargement. Frits old boy, from what we've been reading here lately, you hold that *ist D in your hands and you'll definitely get an enlargement. :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (

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2003-08-21 Thread Frits Wuthrich
Thanks Mark. Is that $1699 the street price? Thanks for posting the images, can't wait to hold a *ist D in my hands and try it out, including getting an enlargement. Frits On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 20:04, Mark Roberts wrote: > Frits Wuthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I have been un-subscribed

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2003-08-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Frits Wuthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have been un-subscribed due to my move since 27 July. Is there any >news since then? >How about the *ist D ? Oh, a bit :-) Supposed to be hitting the streets (in the U.S.) next month. Price of $1699 for camera body, $1899 with the 18-35 zoom. A few of

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2003-08-21 Thread zoomshot
-Original Message- From: Frits Wuthrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 August 2003 16:07 To: Pentax-Discuss Subject: any news? I have been un-subscribed due to my move since 27 July. Is there any news since then? How about the *ist D ? Frits Official release date 29/08/12, shippi

Re: any news about the pentax digital slr?

2002-07-12 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
That would be interesting since no-one I've ever spoke with has indicated this is possible, due to the small distance to work with. R On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, happyness wrote: > any news any news? > i am tired of waiting for it > a friend has located a guy who can make an adaptor to make ka mount