Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Why is it worthless for the old 15mm lens? It should be a great *istD lens, although the field of view won't be as wide. paul On Sep 16, 2004, at 9:19 PM, Steve Larson wrote: and the old 15mm lens Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California Shel Belinkoff wrote: While making coffee this morning I was

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Steve Larson
and the old 15mm lens Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >> While making coffee this morning I was thinking that it's too bad digital > >> is pretty much worthless for B&W.

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Peter Loveday
eday Director of Development, eyeon Software - Original Message - From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 10:11 AM Subject: Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!) You put it the wrong way. It sh

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Caveman
You put it the wrong way. It should read: "It's too bad B&W is pretty much withless for digital". ;-) ;-) Shel Belinkoff wrote: While making coffee this morning I was thinking that it's too bad digital is pretty much worthless for B&W.

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Caveman
You put it the wrong way. It should read: "It's too bad B&W is pretty much worthless for digital". ;-) ;-) Shel Belinkoff wrote: While making coffee this morning I was thinking that it's too bad digital is pretty much worthless for B&W.

AW: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread keller.schaefer
You are right ... but it SOUNDS the same ;-) Sven -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. September 2004 20:27 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!) keller.schaefer mused

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread John Francis
keller.schaefer mused: > > If I remember correctly, operating the DOF preview lever around the shutter > release does the same than the green button in manual on the *ist D. No - the DOF preview lever also activates the metering circuitry (so you can check to see what the camera thinks the exposu

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Keith Whaley
I think there's an inside joke, here... keith Shel Belinkoff wrote: ROTFLMAO Shel From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes it will be great when there is no longer a technical advantage to shoot B&W film. ;-) I don't think there *is* a technical advantage any more. You have to come to G

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread keller.schaefer
If I remember correctly, operating the DOF preview lever around the shutter release does the same than the green button in manual on the *ist D (I usually use the green button however). So as the *ist Ds HAS DOF preview this COULD work similarly. If this worked like on the *ist D, the cheaper model

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Ryan Lee
That's hilarious! You should have got a picture of his reaction- digital of course.. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:47 PM Subject: Re: Use of Green Button (w

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread pnstenquist
It's not completely useless for BW. I've made some decent conversions and have printed them with some success on my Epson 2200. With a dedicated BW printer that uses a full set of grayscale inks, very good results are possible. I've seen some great inkjet BW prints in some pro portfolios. Howeve

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, >> I don't think there *is* a technical advantage any more. You have to >> come to GFM next year and see some of Tom VanVeen's black & white >> prints from digital. They convinced me. > I don't doubt they are great looking prints (and I'd love to see then in > person) but I think it really do

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Sep 2004 at 9:11, Mark Roberts wrote: > I don't think there *is* a technical advantage any more. You have to > come to GFM next year and see some of Tom VanVeen's black & white > prints from digital. They convinced me. I don't doubt they are great looking prints (and I'd love to see then in

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
ROTFLMAO Shel > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Yes it will be great when there is no longer a technical advantage to shoot B&W > >film. ;-) > > I don't think there *is* a technical advantage any more. You have to > come to GFM next year and see some of Tom VanVeen's black & whi

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Mark Roberts
"Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 16 Sep 2004 at 5:42, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >> While making coffee this morning I was thinking that it's too bad digital >> is pretty much worthless for B&W. > >Yes it will be great when there is no longer a technical advantage to shoot B&W >film. ;-

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
No, it isn't necessary to press the green button for a subsequent shots at the same exposure. The camera will maintain the same shutter speed and aperture. When I'm shooting somewhere where the light is changing I hit the button before each shot. I've found that this becomes an almost unconscio

Re: Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Anders Hultman
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Once the exposure has been set and the aperture chosen, is it > necessary to use the green button for subsequent exposures if they are > all going to be at the same aperture and exp value? No. A press on the green button does a light metering that tak

Use of Green Button (was Re: istDs - what a great camera!)

2004-09-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
One question Paul: Once the exposure has been set and the aperture chosen, is it necessary to use the green button for subsequent exposures if they are all going to be at the same aperture and exp value? Shel > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trying it is one thing. Using it every d