Re: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Dec 2004 at 14:29, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: BTW, rectilinear is a distortion, not the lack of it. It's done to produce an effect which is not natural to either the human eye's vision characteristics or to normal lens designs. Sorry I'll have to respectfully disagree on this one.

Re: E6 with JOBO

2004-12-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Zaninovic Subject: Re: E6 with JOBO Forget it, my wife would kill me if the whole house got the formaldehyde smell, I ordered D with 16-45 instead. I would love to play with chemicals but I don't have a separate room to do it and doing it in the

Re: PESO: Sunset in Santa Monica

2004-12-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
You make a lot of sense, Frank. I hadn't thought of that, but you're absolutely correct. Thanks for looking and commenting. Paul On Dec 2, 2004, at 4:46 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 21:56:45 -0500, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the park above the palisades just

Re: PESO

2004-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 22:27:36 -0500, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank is going to want to borrow those ears. Thanks for the smile. Paul Paul, No need: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2928096 vbg cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri

Re: PESO

2004-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 21:20:18 -0600, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/rolleireindeer.jpg OK, it's a horrible waste of resources, and is a shamelessly bad snapshot. However, that is a 110 pound Rottweiler in the picture William Robb I'm not

Re: PESO - Moonrise over Assawoman Bay

2004-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:24:14 -0600, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm surprised that the PC Nazis haven't gotten hold of that name yet. William Robb Ah, but if they tried to do anything about it, the Aboriginal PC Police would have to jump in to prevent their heritage-appellations

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In BW we can affect contrast and gray-level representation of color with the use of filters. Some on the camera, some on the enlarger. What I'm thinking of is really a question about the raw format. Is it truely raw, the simple captured sensor

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Patrick Genovese
Leon, In Photoshop under the Adjustments menu there is an option for Photo filter Is this feature available in Photoshop CS only ? Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:17:48 -0500, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: In BW we can affect contrast and gray-level representation of

Re: Filter question

2004-12-02 Thread Graywolf
Instead of two you mean? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Shel Belinkoff wrote: If God had wanted us to use cameras, we'd have all been born with one.

Re: PESO - Urban Farmer

2004-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:53:00 -0800, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wasn't able to get this image into the PUG this month, so I'll have to share it this way. This shot was taken several years ago out back behind the house my wife grew up in. What makes it so interesting, is that this

Re: Next Pentax DSLR?

2004-12-02 Thread Graywolf
Look for a upscale model in the late spring. If they have not changed their plans that is. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Joakim Johansson Subject: Next Pentax DSLR? Hi

RE: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread Don Sanderson
I'm not sure I understood all of that, but I believe it qualifies you for the PDML Weekly Big Word Award! ;-) Don -Original Message- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 5:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Anyone notice this?

Re: Changing metering modes in Ds?

2004-12-02 Thread Patrick Genovese
I seriously doubt that there is anything that can hold a candle to the 5n when it comes to the sheer simplicity and intuitiveness of the user interface. I can simply place my hands on the top plate blindfolded and know: metering mode drive mode whether the shutter speed is set to A or

RE: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-02 Thread Jens Bladt
I don't know the *ist DS, just it's older s*isDer, but this would apply nicely to the *ist D too, IMO: It turns on instantly. It focuses very fast and the shutter lag is unnoticeable. Even using flash I could shoot pretty much at will Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PESO: ist D black and white

2004-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 22:58:44 -0800, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My name is Juan and I am a Tri-X user. Slowly, I am getting familiar with the ist D as a street camera. Today I went out shooting, trying to forget that it is a digital camera that takes color, and thinking as I usually

Re: Some really neat northern lights photos

2004-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 09:03:44 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.iww.is/art/shs/pages/thumbs.html My sister just sent me this link.Photos are stunning,so i thought i'd share. Dave Another reason to move to Iceland (along with the fact that Bjork

RE: EC with TTL Flash on ist D?

2004-12-02 Thread Jens Bladt
It does. Z-1/Z1p did too. I don't understand all this exposure failure talk about the TTL-flash and the *ist D. My *ist D works pretty much exactly like any other TTL-flash system I have used (Super A, PZ-1/PZ-1p and MZ-S). I have noticed small diffrerences depending on which FLASH I use. My

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Dec 2004 at 13:17, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: What I'm thinking of is really a question about the raw format. Is it truely raw, the simple captured sensor data. If it is, are there techniques in place to allow later treatment of the data as though it were the original light, making

Re: PESO: Damp fall morning

2004-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:41:36 -0500, cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After a week of rain every day what did we do? You guessed it, we went camping... We must have been living right because after it rained on us setting up on Friday night (in the dark), it was pretty nice the rest of our

Re: My *ist-DS and SMCP-DA 18-55mm just arrived...

2004-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 16:14:59 -0500 (EST), Fred Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My *ist-DS and SMCP-DA 18-55mm just arrived... whopppe. Xmas came early this year. First impressions, feels quite heavy and solidly built, large handgrip feels good. Controls appear to be pretty straight

Re: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Dec 2004 at 16:22, William Robb wrote: I think that they are shooting at much higher shutter speeds these days, but NTSC lockes them into a frame rate. I have noticed for quite some times that sports broadcasts tend to have a rather unpleasant jumpiness about them. It has pretty much

RE: EC with TTL Flash on ist D?

2004-12-02 Thread Don Sanderson
Jens, have you tried this in Manual mode with an M lens on the D? I'll look around in the setup and see what I can find. I saw NO exposure difference over 5 stops! Don -Original Message- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 5:21 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: Next Pentax DSLR?

2004-12-02 Thread Tim Sherburne
Geez, that's old news. :) http://www.dpreview.com/news/0110/01102401pentaxdslrnomore.asp Would've been nice though. t On 12/2/04 15:30, Patrick Genovese wrote: Would dreaming of the MZ-D be too much to wish for from Pentax ? Just think about it. The MZ-S' ergonomics with updated

Re: Next Pentax DSLR?

2004-12-02 Thread Tim Sherburne
Here's the first press release about it: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0102/01021106pentaxdigitalslr.asp t On 12/2/04 15:50, Tim Sherburne wrote: Geez, that's old news. :) http://www.dpreview.com/news/0110/01102401pentaxdslrnomore.asp Would've been nice though. t On 12/2/04

Re: Next Pentax DSLR?

2004-12-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Tim Sherburne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geez, that's old news. :) http://www.dpreview.com/news/0110/01102401pentaxdslrnomore.asp Would've been nice though. Still would be with a different sensor... :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: E6 with JOBO

2004-12-02 Thread John Francis
William Robb mused: - Original Message - From: David Zaninovic Subject: Re: E6 with JOBO You may be right... I just ordered D with the 16-45 for around $1350 after rebate. It will pay for itself after one year in film and processing savings. I will also shoot more as I

RE: EC with TTL Flash on ist D?

2004-12-02 Thread Don Sanderson
Just to make sure it wasn't lack of caffiene this morning, I tried this again. This time at f8/150th, ISO 400, 10ft (3 Meter) distance. Built in flash, Manual mode, f8 set via aperture ring. The histogram at -3.0 EC is virtually identical to the one at +3.0 EC. Wierd! Don -Original

Re: Enabled.... hmmm

2004-12-02 Thread Mishka
i'd easily pay a few times that. but they are really hard to get by. the last one i saw on ebay went for $1500, iirc. so, yeah, you guys are disgrace to the human race! i only wish i could join you there :) best, mishka On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:48:33 +0100 (CET), Frank Wajer [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: OT - interesting book on ebay...

2004-12-02 Thread Nick Clark
I'd second that thought for those of us reading the messages offline on the train on a PDA (as now) or laptop. Is it worth saving the message to use the link later, or delete it and never know what we're missing. I generally take the latter route thinking life's too short, but then wonder about

Re: A Shore shot

2004-12-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
Hi Cory Not in Jersey anymore In Michigan... Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 6:58 PM Subject: Re: A Shore shot M home Cory not in Michigan anymore - Original Message -

RE: enabled twice over!

2004-12-02 Thread Amita Guha
-Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I only saw four or five pics, and while I do think some may have been better suited to a rectilinear lens, clearly Amita was experimenting a bit (674 pics seems to indicate that), No no no, those photos

Re: Fw: Epson Printer (Sylus Photo)

2004-12-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
Jens sorry to hear of your problems with the Stylus Photo. I've had one since around 97 and have done thousands of prints with it and it still keeps chugging along. Paid around $300 USD for it, a complete ink change runs me about $35 USD. One thing I learned along the way was to always shut it

Re: E6 with JOBO

2004-12-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Francis Subject: Re: E6 with JOBO I'd bet that for the majority of slides shot over the last decade the prime use is to make a digital scanned image. A digital image capture device removes two steps from the process (developing and scanning), not to

Re: OT: attn Canadians Word Wars on CBC News World December 5 10!]

2004-12-02 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My favorite part, is, of course, when the run the credits :) - but in the TV version they go too fast that's why somebody created VCRs ... ERN

Re: Changing metering modes in Ds?

2004-12-02 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My feeling all along and after handling a DS in the store yesterday is that those who are happy with something less than the MZ-5n, will be happy with the DS. Basically people who are going to leave it on one of the program modes and not change much of

Re: Changing metering modes in Ds?

2004-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Well, there's always the Pentax MX, various K-series cameras, the Leica ... Of course, these cameras don't have modes perhaps that's why they're so simple and intuitive. Shel [Original Message] From: Patrick Genovese [EMAIL PROTECTED] I seriously doubt that there is anything that can

Re: PESO - Moonrise over Assawoman Bay

2004-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, I've looked at this several times and apart from it doing nothing to move me, or interest me - it looks like a million other similar shots seen in tourist brochures - I realized that my biggest objection is the moon. It has no detail. Just seeing a big, white, overexposed disk in the sky

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
At 10:17 AM 02/12/2004 , C. Brendemuehl wrote: In BW we can affect contrast and gray-level representation of color with the use of filters. Some on the camera, some on the enlarger. What I'm thinking of is really a question about the raw format. Is it truely raw, the simple captured sensor

Re: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread Herb Chong
they do lots of computer processing. there are delays now to precent the wardrobe malfunction, etc. Herb - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 5:22 PM Subject: Re: OT: Anyone notice this? I think that they

Darkroom Equipment Aquisition

2004-12-02 Thread William Robb
Good score tonight. A girl I work with has a bunch of darkroom stuff that belonged to a friend's grandmother that she wants to unload. A lot of the stuff was deja vu all over agian, with stuff that I hadn't seen in over 3 decades, however there were some interesting items. A whole stack of

Re: Changing metering modes in Ds?

2004-12-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: Changing metering modes in Ds? Well, there's always the Pentax MX, various K-series cameras, the Leica ... Of course, these cameras don't have modes perhaps that's why they're so simple and intuitive. I always liked poor

Re: EC with TTL Flash on ist D?

2004-12-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jens Bladt Subject: RE: EC with TTL Flash on ist D? I don't understand all this exposure failure talk about the TTL-flash and the *ist D. Shot within 20 seconds or so of each other.. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/PDMLtemp/ This is typical of how

Re: Changing metering modes in Ds?

2004-12-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
I have had ZX-10's - it is more capable than those. Almost like a film *ist, except that the film *ist has most of the dedicated switches. Probably a ZX-7. Electronically it can do most things (metering modes, continuous AF, wireless flash, etc), but must use menus to select all those things

Re: Fw: Epson Printer (Sylus Photo)

2004-12-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
I have to put my 2 cents worth in praise of Epson's printers. Until recently I was using an 880 that I bought a couple years ago for less than 100USD. It's held up admirably for both text and photos with just a little cleaning maintenance and is still running off a print server as a network

Re: E6 with JOBO

2004-12-02 Thread John Francis
William Robb mused: - Original Message - From: John Francis Subject: Re: E6 with JOBO I'd bet that for the majority of slides shot over the last decade the prime use is to make a digital scanned image. A digital image capture device removes two steps from the

Re: Next Pentax DSLR?

2004-12-02 Thread John Francis
Mark Roberts mused: Tim Sherburne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geez, that's old news. :) http://www.dpreview.com/news/0110/01102401pentaxdslrnomore.asp Would've been nice though. Still would be with a different sensor... :) And lenses with aperture rings ...

Re: Changing metering modes in Ds?

2004-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Straight ahead for BW LOL I didn't realize these were modes. Shel [Original Message] From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Changing metering modes in Ds? Well, there's always the Pentax MX, various K-series cameras, the Leica ... Of course, these cameras don't have

RE: Darkroom Equipment Aquisition

2004-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's some cool sh!t, Bill. I recall using some of that gear way back when I was just learning modes ;-)) Had A Beseler 45MCRX (I believe that was the model number) set up for wall projection. We'd play Blowup every now and then LOL Anyway, congrats on the purchase. I really do hope you get

Re: Fw: Epson Printer (Sylus Photo)

2004-12-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Paul, Since so many are piping up for Epson, I guess I better add to the naysayers. I have had Canons, Epsons and HPs for photo quality printing. I owned three different Epsons. What I will say positive about them is that the expensive ones seem to do quite well. My first was fairly

Re: Darkroom Equipment Aquisition

2004-12-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: RE: Darkroom Equipment Aquisition I really do hope you get around to setting up a nice darkroom. I am really downsizing the amount of space I am giving over to the darkroom. I am hopefully going to fit it into a 5 8 x 9' 6 (inside

Re: PAW missed the PUG deadline

2004-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 22:54:30 -0800, Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi comments and critiques welcome www.photosynth.ca/photo/f/bird-splash.html Francis I think it's sort of fun. There's something about the bird's body position, the way he's looking at the wave, that strikes me as

Re: OT Sharpening for D-Lab 2 Prints

2004-12-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 30 Nov 2004 at 16:58, Bruce Dayton wrote: Now I am going to have to do a little experimenting. I'll let you know of my findings. One thing I do recall is that the D-Lab prints at 400 dpi rather than the common 300 dpi of the Frontiers. Hi Bruce, I tried to send you an email off list

Re: I'm back

2004-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:19:50 +1300, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, As expected I was away for longer than I expected (sorry if that's confusing). We were only moving across town but it's still been pretty hectic and I'm totally exhausted. I didn't know on Friday that the

Re: Some really neat northern lights photos

2004-12-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:53:58 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My understanding is that Iceland is about the most inaptly named country in the world. Greenland is perhaps a bit less aptly named Named by the same people, right? The way I

Re: Changing metering modes in Ds?

2004-12-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:19:54 -0800, Tim Sherburne wrote: I don't have experience with those other models, but changing the metering mode on the MZ-S rocks. One knob right on the top. In fact, the placement of the knob makes it almost too easy: I've accidentally bumped it into another mode a

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:15:05 -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's terrible. Desaturating an image is the WORST way to make a BW conversion. How does desaturating the image compare to converting to CIE*Lab format and taking only the Luminance channel? TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: Darkroom Equipment Aquisition

2004-12-02 Thread Graywolf
Glad for you, Bill. Waiting seems to be what 4x5 has to do. It is waiting around here too, but it is my health it is waiting upon. Speaking of my health, for those who may be interested (can't imagine why), they have finally come up with a theory. See my latest journal entry for more.

Re: Christmas Project

2004-12-02 Thread Chris Brogden
? I think I missed something here. I don't own a 15mm, though I'm always happy to try out equipment other people want to send me. :) Chris On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:32:58 +0100, Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, you are quite advenurous. Aren't you afraid of them - ehm - marking your 15mm

Re: Christmas Project

2004-12-02 Thread Chris Brogden
Er... scratch that. I'm an idiot. Chris On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 22:01:36 -0600, Chris Brogden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ? I think I missed something here. I don't own a 15mm, though I'm always happy to try out equipment other people want to send me. :) Chris On Wed, 1 Dec 2004

Re: Darkroom Equipment Aquisition

2004-12-02 Thread Graywolf
Put the sauna in the back yard. That is where my grandfather had it. Had a big (compared to me, I was ten or eleven when he died) wooden barrel to take a dip in after the sauna. You had to break the ice first in the winter (Finns are crazy). graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof ==

Re: EC with TTL Flash on ist D?

2004-12-02 Thread Graywolf
What's this? I can't believe my lens. Wow! Oh, I'm supposed to be setting the exposure. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt Subject: RE: EC with TTL Flash on ist D?

Winter Shots

2004-12-02 Thread Illinois Bill
Hey gang, Thought I'd post a link to a couple of my recent winter pics that I'm proud of. Don't know the difference between a PAW or a PESO as I haven't been keeping up on that, so didn't know quite what to label the subject. Comments/Criticism welcome.

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Dec 2004 at 22:56, Doug Franklin wrote: On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:15:05 -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's terrible. Desaturating an image is the WORST way to make a BW conversion. How does desaturating the image compare to converting to CIE*Lab format and taking only the Luminance

Re: EC with TTL Flash on ist D?

2004-12-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Graywolf Subject: Re: EC with TTL Flash on ist D? What's this? I can't believe my lens. Wow! Oh, I'm supposed to be setting the exposure. Right. This stupid calender is being both lots of fun, and at the same time, one of the dumbest things I have ever been

Re: E6 with JOBO

2004-12-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 19:25:40 -0600, William Robb wrote: I expect you are right, but I also have heard that it is easier to get good quality scans from negative film. Hmmm. I suspect that may be based on the type of photos you usually take. For me, slide films work better for one simple

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:10:29 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: Using the Luminance channel only in Lab format gives exactly the same result as converting to grayscale. OK. I'm a bit dense tonight. Is that good or bad? Desaturating (in PS) without adjusting the other sliders gives a completely

Re: EC with TTL Flash on ist D?

2004-12-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:42:15 -0600, William Robb wrote: You will note the exposure is correct in one of the four pictures. I could live with two of the exposures. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: OT Sharpening for D-Lab 2 Prints

2004-12-02 Thread John Francis
Rob Studdert mused: If you (or anyone else) would like a copy please let me know, it's about 4.5MB. Yes please.

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Dec 2004 at 23:17, Doug Franklin wrote: OK. I'm a bit dense tonight. Is that good or bad? Good and bad :-) I always felt that the CIE*Lab Luminance channel was a better rendition than desaturation, but what the heck do I know. :-) Well it's definitely closer to the colour/luminance

Re: Fw: Epson Printer (Sylus Photo)

2004-12-02 Thread John Francis
Bruce Dayton mused: My Canon experience was pretty good overall and my HP experience has been similar. I currently have an HP 7960 and frankly can't tell the difference in output quality between it and the various Epsons that I have seen. I've got the HP 9650, which looks pretty good to

Re: Next Pentax DSLR?

2004-12-02 Thread Patrick Genovese
Hey, I did say with updated electronics it is just that the MZ-S handles so beautifully, although there would be a couple of small tweaks that can make it even better. I wouldn't touch a camera with the original Philips CCD that Pentax planned for the MZ-D i beleive that the same ccd was used

Re: OT Sharpening for D-Lab 2 Prints

2004-12-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Yes, I would like a copy. Just go ahead and send it to my email account. I'll probably have my lab print it too. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, December 2, 2004, 8:26:06 PM, you wrote: RS On 30 Nov 2004 at 16:58, Bruce Dayton wrote: Now I am going to have to do a little experimenting.

Re: Fw: Epson Printer (Sylus Photo)

2004-12-02 Thread John Francis
John Francis mused: Bruce Dayton mused: My Canon experience was pretty good overall and my HP experience has been similar. I currently have an HP 7960 and frankly can't tell the difference in output quality between it and the various Epsons that I have seen. I've got the HP 9650,

Re[2]: OT Sharpening for D-Lab 2 Prints

2004-12-02 Thread Butch Black
Alin wrote: Strange, I thought there is nothing to focus about lasers, after all those are in-phase, rectilinear beams with extremely low dispersion!? Could it be the so called focus procedure is rather an alignment process to insure the three laser spots overlap? Servus, Alin That is

Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-02 Thread Francis Tang
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 12:25:45 -0700, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3. With an investent in Pentax lenses, it doesn't really matter what a reviews says or how much a reviewer says one product is better than another... I'm don't have the money to dump my current system and start over, or invest

Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Francis Tang Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com Seriously, for me there's not much reason to stick to Pentax for a non-fullframe dSLR that cannot use M-series lenses. My istD does just fine with M lenses. YMMV William Robb

Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-02 Thread Francis Tang
*gasp*! Could this be true? Noone in Singapore can confirm whether M-series lenses work okay with the *ist-DS (okay, I presume the DS is not so different from the D wrt lens compatibility). The brochure for the DS only lists K-A and newer lenses as being compatible. So, how well does it work

RE: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-02 Thread Andy Chang
My istDs does just fine too with K and M lenses Andy -Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com - Original Message - From: Francis Tang

RE: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-02 Thread Andy Chang
Francis, Here is a copy of the email I posted a couple of days ago... ** I got my Ds tonight... it's a little gem. It cost me around USD833 body only in Taiwan. I don't know whether this info has been posted before, so I'll post it again.

Re: Next Pentax DSLR?

2004-12-02 Thread Patrick Genovese
Would dreaming of the MZ-D be too much to wish for from Pentax ? Just think about it. The MZ-S' ergonomics with updated electronics most of the suff from the *IST-D bigger buffer faster frame rate better AF finder... Maybe we'll get luck who knows ! Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Patrick Genovese
Here's a little trick that i picked up i've found that in some situations it works even better than the channel mixer. The concept is similar to channel mixer except that you get more 1. Create a new adjustment layer for levels or curves, lets call this layer A. when the layer or curves dialog

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Doug ... It's easier for me to show you than it is for me to explain it: http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/gallery/index.html The pics should be self explanatory. Shel [Original Message] From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:15:05 -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

Re: Changing metering modes in Ds?

2004-12-02 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have had ZX-10's - it is more capable than those. Almost like a film *ist, except that the film *ist has most of the dedicated switches. Probably a ZX-7. Electronically it can do most things (metering modes, continuous AF, wireless flash, etc),

Re: Some really neat northern lights photos

2004-12-02 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:53:58 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My understanding is that Iceland is about the most inaptly named country in the world. Greenland is perhaps a bit less aptly named

Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-02 Thread Jon Glass
On Dec 3, 2004, at 6:45 AM, Andy Chang wrote: My istDs does just fine too with K and M lenses And, I presume, M-42 lenses are just the same, so you can go back to those ancient, beautiful Takumar lenses from the Spotmatic era. Not bad for the digital age. . . -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Close, but not exactly exactly - at least according to my experience and as seen in the little gallery I just put up: http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/gallery/index.html Shel [Original Message] From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using the Luminance channel only in Lab format gives

Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-02 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Francis Tang [EMAIL PROTECTED]: *gasp*! Could this be true? Noone in Singapore can confirm whether M-series lenses work okay with the *ist-DS (okay, I presume the DS is not so different from the D wrt lens compatibility). The brochure for the DS only lists K-A and newer lenses as

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Dec 2004 at 22:17, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Close, but not exactly exactly - at least according to my experience and as seen in the little gallery I just put up: http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/gallery/index.html True it isn't exact the same, the colours render to gray in similar

Re: Next Pentax DSLR?

2004-12-02 Thread Patrick Genovese
Was that mentioned offically anywhere ? Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look for a upscale model in the late spring. If they have not changed their plans that is. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- William Robb wrote: -

Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-02 Thread John Francis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mused: Quoting Francis Tang [EMAIL PROTECTED]: *gasp*! Could this be true? Noone in Singapore can confirm whether M-series lenses work okay with the *ist-DS (okay, I presume the DS is not so different from the D wrt lens compatibility). The brochure for the DS

Re: Can you do this in digital?

2004-12-02 Thread Cotty
When I was looking for a decent method to convert GRB to mono, I came across this a while back: Author unknown - -- Recently at ImagingUSA2003 in Las Vegas, Gary Rogers of R9 (the brains behind Septone) showed us one of the

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