Re: A Website (Hey, I'm trying)

2001-12-25 Thread Johan Schoone
In local.pentax, you wrote: I guess I'm going to try to learn as much as I can. Richard's site si quite stunning on my browser and screen. However I'm at 1280 x 1024, and my simple Click and Build looks good on my monitor as well. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a consistent standard? I suppose

Re: A Website (Hey, I'm trying)

2001-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Johan. Johan Schoone wrote: In local.pentax, you wrote: I guess I'm going to try to learn as much as I can. Richard's site si quite stunning on my browser and screen. However I'm at 1280 x 1024, and my simple Click and Build looks good on my monitor as well. Wouldn't it be nice if

Re: Epson Stylus C80 --- Opinions?

2001-12-25 Thread Steve Larson
Paul, the Ilford Fine Art paper, is that a glossy mat? Thanks for your help. Is the 6X7 getting a workout yet? Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 9:56 AM Subject: Re:

Re: Epson Stylus C80 --- Opinions?

2001-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Steve, Ilford Fine Art Paper looks like watercolor paper. It's thick, textured, and it leans toward the ivory. Prints are brilliant, rich, and deep. I don't think there's anything out there that compares. It's snowing and cloudy in Michigan today, which is nice for Christmas but not

PENTAX Spotmatics and ME light seal material

2001-12-25 Thread jmadams
Just thought I would pass this on for anyone interested. On visiting a new Richmond dollar store yesterday, I found what appears to be an ideal material for replacing the door seals on my PENTAX Spotmatics and ME 's. I went to find some coloured felt for my daughter, and saw sheets of 2mm black

Re: Epson Stylus C80 --- Opinions?

2001-12-25 Thread Steve Larson
Hi Paul, I`ll have to get some of that Ilford paper. It`s kind of chilly here too, 65 degrees ;) Sounds like you`re having fun with that new toy and the 400T, I`d shoot those people anyway, but at least you`ll have some good doggie pics. I envy your big negs! Aren`t the 400 speed films nice these

Re: Epson Stylus C80 --- Opinions?

2001-12-25 Thread Steve Larson
Hi Maris, thanks for sharing you knowledge, I appreciate it. I checked the Kodak website and the fine print on box, it doesn`t seem to say about dyes. I have some old HP photographic paper I`d like to try in the meantime, it won`t hurt the printer will it? I like satin paper too, not so much

Re: Epson Stylus C80 --- Opinions?

2001-12-25 Thread William Robb
Keep it fer sure. My team of C-80, HP Photosmart and my very limited abilities garnered an E in the print challenge. William Robb - Original Message - From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 11:13 AM Subject: Epson Stylus C80 ---

Re: Epson Stylus C80 --- Opinions?

2001-12-25 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Try the HP - it won't hurt the printer at all. Let me know how it works out as I have some left over, too, but I haven't tried it yet. For satin paper I like Ilford Classic Pearl - a soft sheen and it works well with the C80 even though it is said to be made for dye - my experience has shown

Re: Epson Stylus C80 --- Opinions?

2001-12-25 Thread Steve Larson
I bought the HP paper with high hopes for my HP 694C, but the hopes were soon vanquished. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 11:43 AM Subject: Re: Epson Stylus C80

Re: Epson Stylus C80 --- Opinions?

2001-12-25 Thread Carlos Royo
Steve Larson wrote: Hi Maris, thanks for sharing you knowledge, I appreciate it. I checked the Kodak website and the fine print on box, it doesn`t seem to say about dyes. I have some old HP photographic paper I`d like to try in the meantime, it won`t hurt the printer will it? I like satin

Re: metering landscapes (spot / incident)

2001-12-25 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Thanks to all. I really would like to take my Pentax V spotmeter along, but it's s big and heavy and won't fit in a pocket. Perhaps if somebody sells me an Pentax Digital Spotmeter ;-))) ? I am IMHO proficient in the use of spotmeter (although it's not colour calibrated by Zone IV or other

RE: Photoshop LE disappearing cursor and other limitations

2001-12-25 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
In the full version of 5, you first select an area of your image, then you go to 'edit', 'transform', and then 'perspective'. Frits Wüthrich Richard Seaman wrote: John, Thanks for responding. I'm using Photoshop LE v5.0, so I guess Adobe realized they'd made a boo-boo, and put the

Re: Epson Stylus C80 --- Opinions?

2001-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'd give the Kodak paper a try, Steve. Carlos apparently had good luck with it, and it was excelent on my Epson 1200, a little bitter in fact than the Epson Pro Glossy. You are using a different ink system, but give it a try since you have it. I'm quite sure it will prove better than the HP

Re: Epson Stylus C80 --- Opinions?

2001-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
It's certainly not difficult to focus. I'd have to do some side by side comparisons to know for sure, but I'd guess it's probably almost as good as an LX with a 20 series screen. Certainly not as good as an LX with a 60 series screen. Aaron can probably quantify the difference. Paul The 6X7

RE: Photoshop cursors (was: Re: PhotoShop, Wellington, Costa Rica)

2001-12-25 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
I lost the tip posted here some time ago in how to change the rubber stamp cursor into a cross. Can any one please send that again? I promise to store it better this time. Really, I promise... Frits Wüthrich Cotty wrote: Hi Rob, After the Tasmanian Devil - child that is my son had ripped

Re: metering landscapes (spot / incident)

2001-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Frantisek Vlcek wrote: 2) question - you all told me to use dome and point it AT camera. But that's for faces and such things, but landscapes are flat - there is not light from underneath like in 3D objects like faces - so wouldn't it be better to use the flat diffuser or dome but parallel

Re: Photoshop cursors (was: Re: PhotoShop, Wellington, Costa Rica)

2001-12-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Frits J. Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 3:02 PM Subject: RE: Photoshop cursors (was: Re: PhotoShop, Wellington, Costa Rica) I lost the tip posted here some time ago in how to change the rubber stamp cursor

PhotoFlair is there

2001-12-25 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
http://www.truview.com/download/demo/PhotoFlair.htm This was the software developed by NASA which was mentioned on this list for a while back, it is now available. Frits Wüthrich - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the

Re: OT: Out with a TLR

2001-12-25 Thread Grigolia
Frank, Our secret's out! Now everyone knows the REAL reason for moving up to medium format!!! Alexander Grigolia Arlington, Virginia - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit

Overwhelmed by technology

2001-12-25 Thread wendy beard
First of all let me wish you all a Merry Christmas! Now this is probably the wrong time to ask this because you're all probably sleeping off the christmas pud, mince pies, trifle and family sized tin of Quality Street. Me, I've just about the recovered from the traditional christmas morning

Re: Overwhelmed by technology

2001-12-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Wendy ... Merry Christmas to you, too. Don't feel so bad. I don't even understand your question. Pass the bubbly - I understand that! wendy beard wrote: First of all let me wish you all a Merry Christmas! Now this is probably the wrong time to ask this because you're all probably

Re: Please suggest either the A70-210 f4 or the M80-200 f4.5 zoom

2001-12-25 Thread Alan Chan
I`m interested in either these two lenses. Has anyone compared the two zooms? How do they compare optically? Any other suggestions for zooms of this range would be much appreciated. I'd pick the SMC PENTAX-A 70-210/4 for its speed and 'A' setting. Another lens worth to consider is the

Re: Shooting The Moon (Was Re: My wife just doesn't understand)

2001-12-25 Thread Bob Blakely
Four days to post! Maybe this is a record! Regards, Bob... Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost

Omega D2V Enlarger FS

2001-12-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Please contact me off list. I'd like to find a good home for this baby. It's in good condition. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the

Re: Photoshop cursors (was: Re: PhotoShop, Wellington, Costa Rica)

2001-12-25 Thread John Mustarde
There is a clever work-around for the disappearing cursor, at least in Photoshop 6. Problem: If the base image is at the RGB value 127,127,127, then the cursor (which is also the same RGB value) becomes invisible. This happens only at or near certain RGB values - at other background colors, the

Happy holidays

2001-12-25 Thread David A. Mann
Hi all, Hope you're all enjoying your holidays. I'm unsubscribing for a week or so while I cycle from Hanmer to Blenheim (taking either the 67 or some 35mm gear, depending on what fits). I will be spending some time up there with my partner's dad, and going to Wellington for a day to see

Re: PZ-1p review

2001-12-25 Thread David A. Mann
Gary L. Murphy wrote: I guess, like people, some objects are more photogenic than others, and the (P)Z-1p is one example of this... The Z-1p looks a lot better without that ugly 28-80 lens you see in most of the pictures. Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec)

Re: Shooting The Moon (Was Re: My wife just doesn't understand)

2001-12-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob Blakely Subject: Re: Shooting The Moon (Was Re: My wife just doesn't understand) Four days to post! Maybe this is a record! I dunno Bob, I am sure I read it last week. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe,

Re: Shooting The Moon (Was Re: My wife just doesn't understand)

2001-12-25 Thread Bob Blakely
Then it's deja vu... all over again! Regards, Bob... Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost

Re: Some recent pics (Oly E-10)

2001-12-25 Thread Len Paris
Hi Rob, I only saw one picture there. It looked like you shot some telephone wires in BW. URL wrong or incomplete? Len --- - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 7:23 PM Subject: OT: Some recent pics (Oly E-10)

Re: Happy holidays

2001-12-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hope you're all enjoying your holidays. Rather more than I expected to, actually. Nothing Pentax under the tree, but my youngest brother did give me a monopod! Oooh, this puppy is gonna be _useful!_. Had dinner at the home of my middle brother's in-laws, along with a large number of their

Re: Photoshop 5

2001-12-25 Thread mail7300
I just never had a good enough reason to spend the money to upgrade. Steve i am just curious... why you went for photoshop 5 when further versions are available ? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Photoshop Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001

Re: Please suggest either the A70-210 f4 or the M80-200 f4.5 zoom

2001-12-25 Thread bt
Thanks Allan I would like to mention that I already have the M zoom but it had fungus in it and I had it cleaned. I`ve done some test rolls with it and it appears to be as good as new but I would like another one as a back up. The M zoom is a slightly warm lens which I like. Right now since

Re: Happy holidays

2001-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (But she did have to tack on and master of none to someone else's Jack of all trades comment upon hearing that I'm a programmer/analyst, photographer, and musician. I may not be as good a photographer as I'd like to be yet, but it was certainly uncalled for

First Inkjet printing problem.

2001-12-25 Thread Paul Jones
Hi, Okay i've been making some prints with my new Canon S800 and the main problem i am having is with where the colours blend into another colours it appears that there is steps? It also happens when a certain colours changes brightness. It appears to be most prominent in the out of focus areas.