On 29/11/05, Thrainn Vigfusson, discombobulated, unleashed:
I finally got around to subscribing to photo.net and uploading some photos.
Some of them have appeared before in various PUG gelleries. I would
appreciate if anyone with some time on their hands would comment on
them. The
gallery is
On 28/11/05, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed:
aside to Cotty - see this has dramatic lighting
but still lets us see the
person, doesn't hide her, the shot is about her,
not about frank.
well except for a bit of theraultian blur of
course
Ahh, that's how it's done. I have often
Hi again Ann
I think that as a photographer you have to work through a variety of
styles and preferences along the way, and Newman was trying something
different. Obviously not all his work is the same. Later, he did lots of
stuff with the sitter as part of a larger design incorporating props
In a message dated 11/28/2005 5:35:48 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Quotes
The camera's only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.
[info][add][mail]
Ken Rockwell, Your Camera Does Not Matter, 2005
Your equipment DOES NOT affect the quality of your
On 28/11/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed:
The day that someone can show me that one platform is inherently better
than another is the day I'll eat my Stetson.
I ate my hat in 1998 ;-)
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|
In a message dated 11/29/2005 12:09:27 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As my wife often says, if everybody was the same, the world would be a
boring place!
Cheers,
Cotty
==
I found the images interesting, Cotty. And if it were a man's hands I would
be tempted to
Adam Maas wrote:
You are talking for 1.5 MB (MegaBytes) files (JPEGs) that are 6.1 MP
(MegaPixels) compressed images. JPEG is not lossy compression, so the
details and artifacts depends on the compression level. The final size
of the file also depends on amount of details in the image.
Best
I can agree with you regarding the computer. You can get sufficient power from
an old and cheap computer. My 3 years old iMac with 800MHz processor and 512MB
RAM handled 60MB scans in PS CS without much problem.
But, you make some strange assumptions regarding the camera requirements. As I
In a message dated 11/28/2005 10:02:37 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Geez, Marnie, I can hardly store the 10K slides I
have, and I only keep about 1/4 of what I shoot. When
I go digital and shoot raw, hard disk space and DVDs
will present the same problem!
On 11/29/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ken Rockwell the master of the hands on hardware review, (in which he
admits that he's never even seen the hardware).[...]
Isn't that a hands off hardware review?
--
Best regards,
Alex Sarbu
Thrainn,
very nice pictures of fascinating landscapes. Herdubreid, I read about
this mountain in novels...
Henk
-Original Message-
From: Thrainn Vigfusson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 29 November, 2005 1:14 AM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: New Gallery at photo.net
I
In a message dated 11/28/2005 6:17:40 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Frank's $6000 figure was
disingenuous posturing for not going digital. my system didn't cost $6000,
including the *istD. if he had just stayed with just saying he didn't like
digital or didn't want to
In a message dated 11/28/2005 10:19:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A bowl of fruit is already an object. You can't objectify it, you can
merely portray it as an object.
People are more than their physical selves. If you choose to
photograph or otherwise portray them
In a message dated 11/28/2005 12:07:21 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm very pleased you like the result!
Regards
Jens
Well, it's always flattering when others play with one's images (that goes
for everyone else who did it too.) :-)
Thanks! Marnie aka Doe
In a message dated 11/28/2005 3:51:35 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Check out
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html
All comments solicited
Yeah, nay, and/or otherwise
What would you do differently?
Thanks in advance
Kenneth Waller
===
Mark Erickson wrote:
All,
Last spring I participated in a workshop at the Gladding, McBean terra
cotta foundry in Lincoln, CA. The facility is an amazing piece of
living history--it's been in continuous operation for more than 125
years and supplies many different kinds of terra cotta
Never ever trust your HDD or DVD!
These ultra modern things are made to be SOLD, no to WORK for you.
In my office, i have large amount of dead HDD laying around.
IMHO, the safest way to store pictures is to print them on paper.
Gasha
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So you are anticipating, I think,
On 29/11/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed:
Unsharpness in one of the reasons why I still use film, especially
medium format.
Mark!
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com
_
This one is really cool!
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3705187
Gasha
Henk Terhell wrote:
Thrainn,
very nice pictures of fascinating landscapes. Herdubreid, I read about
this mountain in novels...
Henk
In a message dated 11/29/2005 1:26:23 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Never ever trust your HDD or DVD!
These ultra modern things are made to be SOLD, no to WORK for you.
In my office, i have large amount of dead HDD laying around.
IMHO, the safest way to store pictures is
In a message dated 11/28/2005 7:47:29 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Tact has never been one of my strong suits.
People seem to like me ayway.
William Robb
==
Of course, you could just be fooling yourself.
Marnie aka Doe ;-)
Hi Jack,
Eastern Yosemite Ntl Pk?
yes, just along the Tioga Road...
Bedo.
Hi Godfrey,
I like it. The rendering leaves somewhat to be desired, though:
blackpoint is off, leaving the blacks a little muddy.
thank you. I hope the blackpoint issue is fixed now:
http://www.misenet.sk/USA/OPb.html
Please let me know what do you think...
Bedo.
Windows and Mac utilize memory differently. Photoshop CS may work well on
a Mac with the memory you've described, but it may not run well on a
Windows machine with similar memory - and then again, it might. Depends on
how the memory, scratch disks, paging file are configured.
Shel
You meet the
Hi Marnie,
It's not that bad. Very pretty. Unfortunately it doesn't display well on a
black background because the lake gets sort of lost. Be better displayed on gray
or something.
thank you. As I said earlier, it's not good technically - the slide was
underexposed, black point is off and
Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Eight months and one baby baby daughter later I finally have a small gallery
together. The two panoramic shots were taken with a Widelux F6, but the
others were all taken with my Pentax LX and either my SMC-A 28mm F2.8 or
SMC-A 200mm F4 Macro.
I know. The previous PC I used at work had the same data, but chrashed each
time I tried to load pictures larger than 40MB
DagT
fra: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Windows and Mac utilize memory differently. Photoshop CS may work well on
a Mac with the memory you've described, but
I think that most DSLR of today have 12bits per channel, not 16, never 32.
but you are right for the rest. 4 more bits open you a world of other color
2^8 = 256 combinations
2^12 = 4096 combinations
and this is for each channel (RBG)
the total is
256*256*256 = 16.777.216 of possible rendered
Wasn't it:
3 feet ~= 1 meter ??
(school was some times ago)
Danilo
Good commercial pros? IPhoto? None of them.
On Nov 28, 2005, at 11:24 PM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: Why I
Haven't Yet Switched
The advertising biz is probably about ninety percent mac on the
creative side. In my experience,
Very nice. Love the color and tonality of the downtown Reykjjavik shot.
Paul
On Nov 29, 2005, at 4:38 AM, Gasha wrote:
This one is really cool!
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3705187
Gasha
Henk Terhell wrote:
Thrainn, very nice pictures of fascinating landscapes. Herdubreid, I
On Nov 28, 2005, at 10:37 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
I guess Apple doesn't have such a mental hold on people outside the
US or
alternately there are much more capable computer engineers
elsewhere. I worked
along side the publishing and pre-press industries long enough to
draw my own
Bob Shell wrote:
Simple solution. Make parents who want to put unaccompanied
children on airplanes buy three seats and put the child in the middle.
Don't they have luggage racks on planes anymore?
Malcolm
Peter Lacus wrote:
Hi Godfrey,
I like it. The rendering leaves somewhat to be desired, though:
blackpoint is off, leaving the blacks a little muddy.
thank you. I hope the blackpoint issue is fixed now:
http://www.misenet.sk/USA/OPb.html
Please let me know what do you think...
Bedo.
danilo wrote:
Wasn't it:
3 feet ~= 1 meter ??
(school was some times ago)
Danilo
Roughly speaking...
Certainly good enough for gaining perspective on magnitude.
keith whaley
In a message dated 11/29/2005 1:15:12 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Too much empty space
on the left?
Marnie aka Doe
==
Er, on the right. Dyslexia strikes again.
Marnie ;-)
Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't they have luggage racks on planes anymore?
What about those boxes used for pets?
Come to think of it, the Spartans were really clever people. They kept
all those noisy stinking brats at some remote place in the woods until
they were legal.
Ralf
--
I'll be unsubbing shortly for what I hope is a very short period.. I have
an appointment at Duke University Medical Center. Assuming of course I can
tolerate the pain during a 21/2-3 hour drive. I would also appreciate your
prayers that the surgery schedule can be set and that I can resume
Bob Shell wrote:
On Nov 28, 2005, at 8:05 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
I, as well as every full-time career professional photographer I've
ever met, just happen to use Mac.
It's a given, just as Windows is for engineers and cubicle workers.
I feel compelled to comment here.
The Mac user
In a message dated 11/28/2005 4:11:13 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Interestingly enough, I've been reading a thread on another, normally
sensical, forum about a teacher who slept with her 14 year old student
and had people saying it's perfectly all right for her to do so
- Original Message -
From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Actually it is high-end video editing where Macs are predominant. If you
go out to California and visit any of the companies doing FX and CGI work
for the motion picture industry you will only see Macs.
Maybe as
In a message dated 11/29/2005 3:49:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'll be unsubbing shortly for what I hope is a very short period.. I have
an appointment at Duke University Medical Center. Assuming of course I can
tolerate the pain during a 21/2-3 hour drive. I would
Marnie wrote:
I'll be unsubbing shortly for what I hope is a very short
period.. I have an appointment at Duke University Medical
Center. Assuming of course I can tolerate the pain during a
21/2-3 hour drive. I would also appreciate your prayers that
the surgery schedule can be set
You're right. I've worked on animated television commercials at high
end rendering farms, including RGA, Rhythm and Hues, and Digital
Domain. The animation was done on Unix SUN workstations. (I think
that's the right terminology. I'm not a techy :-). RGA had to rent some
higher end machines
On 29 Nov 2005 at 3:52, keith_w wrote:
Bob Shell wrote:
On Nov 28, 2005, at 8:05 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
I, as well as every full-time career professional photographer I've
ever met, just happen to use Mac.
It's a given, just as Windows is for engineers and cubicle workers.
On 29 Nov 2005 at 6:18, Bob Shell wrote:
Actually it is high-end video editing where Macs are predominant. If
you go out to California and visit any of the companies doing FX and
CGI work for the motion picture industry you will only see Macs. I
only have been involved in the
On 29 Nov 2005 at 3:28, keith_w wrote:
Technically this new image is crisper, and much colder. Even the
perspective seems to have changed! I do like it a lot, but it might as
well not be the same, for the vast difference I feel from it.
Amazing how the entire emotional impact has shifted,
Hi Keith,
http://www.misenet.sk/USA/OPb.html
Amazing how the entire emotional impact has shifted, just by [what did
you call it?] manipulating the blackpoint?
hehe, I think I was cheating this time but I'm glad you liked it... :-)
IMHO Godfrey with blackpoint is off meant that gray scale
- Original Message -
From: Malcolm Smith
Subject: RE: OT: latest pedonoia story
Bob Shell wrote:
Simple solution. Make parents who want to put unaccompanied
children on airplanes buy three seats and put the child in the middle.
Don't they have luggage racks on planes anymore?
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would tend to agree. Basically. Good equipment does not a good
photographer
make. And some very good photographers have used primitive (by our
standards)
equipment.
Bad equipment is limiting.
Someone mentioned that excellent photos
- Original Message -
From: Paul Stenquist
Subject: Re: Why I Haven't Yet Switched
Good commercial pros? IPhoto? None of them.
That's a relief.
William Robb
In a message dated 11/29/2005 3:49:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'll be unsubbing shortly for what I hope is a very short period.. I have
an appointment at Duke University Medical Center. Assuming of course I can
tolerate the pain during a 21/2-3 hour drive. I
This MF film scanner can be had at a price from Amazon of no more than a
decent DSLR ($1800). So I wonder if I should buy this one and rather
postpone switching to digital cameras about five years or so. I'm in fact
quite happy with film and my LX, MZ-S and 645NII fit my needs perfectly. The
That's ~8% too small -- quite a bit. I
metre = ~39.3701 inches.
D
danilo wrote:
Wasn't it:
3 feet ~= 1 meter ??
(school was some times ago)
Danilo
--
Dr E D F Williams
___
http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams
See feature: The Cement Company from Hell
So with all this pedonoia nonsense floating about, two days ago I met
up with my brother for lunch in his small town (West Nyack). Went
into a hippy-dippy dessert lunch restaurant, sitting in the back
room. Five-six tables. In the corner of the room are these two young
women with a little
Pål Jensen wrote:
I have tried a Nikon Coolscan 5000ED and I noticed than on the back
it said 100-240V. Does this mean that a scanner bought from the US
(110V) can be plugged directly into the mains in Europe (230V) without
any modification except replacing the power cord? The saving buying
On 29 Nov 2005 at 4:55, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Sometimes I wonder about the sanity of the world at large. Sometimes
I just know, shake my head, and keep on doing what I do.
Great theory so long as the insanity doesn't land you in the clink.
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel
On Nov 29, 2005, at 4:46 AM, Pål Jensen wrote:
This MF film scanner can be had at a price from Amazon of no more
than a decent DSLR ($1800). So I wonder if I should buy this one
and rather postpone switching to digital cameras about five years
or so. I'm in fact quite happy with film and
On 29 Nov 2005 at 13:46, Pål Jensen wrote:
This MF film scanner can be had at a price from Amazon of no more than a
decent DSLR ($1800). So I wonder if I should buy this one and rather
postpone switching to digital cameras about five years or so. I'm in fact
quite happy with film and my
On 11/28/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 11/28/05, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Heard this on the radio this morning.
http://seven.com.au/news/worldnews/124920
Maybe they shouldn't let young boys travel alone?
(although as a single father, I know that's not
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/28/2005 6:17:40 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Frank's $6000 figure was
disingenuous posturing for not going digital. my system didn't cost $6000,
including the *istD. if he had just stayed with just saying he didn't like
On Nov 29, 2005, at 6:00 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
Sometimes I wonder about the sanity of the world at large. Sometimes
I just know, shake my head, and keep on doing what I do.
Great theory so long as the insanity doesn't land you in the clink.
;-) I keep an eye on self-preservation and my
frank theriault wrote:
On 11/28/05, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
Taken with the mighty super-multi-coated Takumar 300mm/f4 and 6x7 with
no MLU. Still pretty sharp (although it is a 30s exposure, so I guess
mirror slap isn't that critical).
On Nov 29, 2005, at 5:04 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
...Regular low costs are an easier burden than a high up front cost
even for someone not on a fixed income. ...
Sorry, i run my finances a little differently. At the peak of my film
photography, I was spending $2800/year, more or less, on film
Love the photos Mark. Very nice work.
The website's fancy frippery and animated graphics does little to add
to their presentation, in my opinion.
Godfrey
On Nov 28, 2005, at 5:40 PM, Mark Erickson wrote:
All,
Last spring I participated in a workshop at the Gladding, McBean
terra cotta
On 11/28/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Making children afraid of anything is stupid and irresponsible. Teaching
children caution, awareness, and the ability to exercise good judgment is
far more important.
You are absolutely right, Shel.
A year or two ago, I was walking with my
Quite a lot of very nice photographs! Thanks for putting them on
display.
Godfrey
On Nov 28, 2005, at 4:13 PM, Thrainn Vigfusson wrote:
I finally got around to subscribing to photo.net and uploading some
photos.
Some of them have appeared before in various PUG gelleries. I would
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:24:50 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote:
The BS that Kenny wrote represents a truly blinkered view and
is effectively misinformation that helps no one, particularly
those less well informed, I guess that's what bothers me most.
That's the only view a wannabee like Kenny could
Key word - seem...
VBG
Tact has never been one of my strong suits
Actually, one of my stronger suits is a nice 2 piece, dark blue with narrow
grey stripes.
Kenneth Waller
(who just couldn't resist)
-Original Message-
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: My first PESO
Hi Kenneth,
Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html
the color is gorgeous, dark areas at the top bottom don't bother me
too much, but I found the stems growing from water to be distracting
somehow.
bedo.
On Nov 29, 2005, at 4:34 AM, Peter Lacus wrote:
http://www.misenet.sk/USA/OP.html
http://www.misenet.sk/USA/OPb.html
Amazing how the entire emotional impact has shifted, just by [what
did you call it?] manipulating the blackpoint?
hehe, I think I was cheating this time but I'm glad you
From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/11/29 Tue AM 11:44:52 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Unsubscribing for awhile
I'll be unsubbing shortly for what I hope is a very short period.. I have
an appointment at Duke University Medical Center. Assuming of course I can
Jack,I don't know much about 20x30 prints.A jpeg of 2000x3000 pixels and a RAW
shot of 2000x3000 pixels have thesame number of pixels in the end, 6 million.
Each one of these pixelshas a Red color attributed to it and each color code
(R,G, or B?)takes up a bite. Pretty quickly you can see
this is one of the reason why I'm subscribed here:
lot of good pics!
I like most (but I reserve the right to change my mind later)
Upptyppingar mountain
and
Tire tracks
but they are all great images, to my eyes (the sunset is stunning, and
iceland has incredible colors)
Other reasons are:
-
Note the quotes around hands on denoting the ironic usage...
Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu wrote:
On 11/29/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ken Rockwell the master of the hands on hardware review, (in which he
admits that he's never even seen the hardware).[...]
Isn't that a
You guys need to be objective.
kenneth Waller
-Original Message-
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: My first PESO
I object to your objection...
David Mann wrote:
On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:04 AM, William Robb wrote:
Seems to me that any portrayal of someone/thing is an
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/28/2005 7:47:29 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Tact has never been one of my strong suits.
People seem to like me ayway.
William Robb
==
Of course, you could just be fooling yourself.
Marnie aka Doe ;-)
Oh he *is*
I like it also. They're the kind of clouds I'd like to carry around in my back
pocket and pull out when
I'm faced with a cloudless sky.
Looks like a cover from a Mark Robert's magazine.
Kenneth Waller
(Never saw the original post)
-Original Message-
From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL
On 29 Nov 2005 at 0:00, Kenneth Waller wrote:
You guys need to be objective.
Apparently the only objective needed to produce a great photograph objectifying
the subject or not is that from a Holga :-)
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT) +10 Hours
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bill -
All the best wishes that your surgery will be successful and you'll be
back here soon.
-P
Bill Owens wrote:
I'll be unsubbing shortly for what I hope is a very short period.. I
have an appointment at Duke University Medical Center. Assuming of
course I can tolerate the
Pixel peeing in pixel peeping without the third p.
G
On Nov 28, 2005, at 3:52 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
What is pixel peeing?
For shooting JPEG with the DS, the contrast and sharpness are
substantially reduced. and I think the camera is set to reduced
saturation
as well. This allows a
I would also appreciate your
prayers that the surgery schedule can be set and that I can resume some
semblance of normality.
You got'em Bill.
Kenneth Waller
-Original Message-
From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Unsubscribing for awhile
I'll be unsubbing shortly for what I
Nikon scanners are that worth!
Gasha
Ryan K. Brooks wrote:
Pål Jensen wrote:
I have tried a Nikon Coolscan 5000ED and I noticed than on the back
it said 100-240V. Does this mean that a scanner bought from the US
(110V) can be plugged directly into the mains in Europe (230V) without
any
Or not...
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Pixel peeing in pixel peeping without the third p.
G
On Nov 28, 2005, at 3:52 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
What is pixel peeing?
For shooting JPEG with the DS, the contrast and sharpness are
substantially reduced. and I think the camera is set to reduced
No need to ask Sir.
Dave
-Original Message-
From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Unsubscribing for awhile
I'll be unsubbing shortly for what I hope is a very short period.. I have
an appointment at Duke University Medical Center.
Sorry, but I've had very little exposure to a Holga. ;)
Kenneth Waller
-Original Message-
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: My first PESO
On 29 Nov 2005 at 0:00, Kenneth Waller wrote:
You guys need to be objective.
Apparently the only objective needed to produce a
I slept well last night and in a better mood generally. Your demanded
answer is appreciated.
Thanks!
Jack
--- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 28 Nov 2005 at 18:54, Jack Davis wrote:
I'll work on being meaningful. In the meantime I'd love to feel
content with an answer to what I
Jack,
Not sure I understand your question.
A 6.1 Megapixel image can be represented in files of varying size
depending upon the pixel depth as well as how much and what type of
compression you apply. A 1.5M JPEG rendering might have substantial
compression artifacts, or it might have very
Jens,
Thanks for your comments. The reason for all the
fuzz is that my Metz 45CL-4 with SCA 372
produces inconsistent exposures with the *ist D,
but not with my LX or Super A. I want a set-up
that is as consistent with the *ist D as it is
with my film cameras.
If the SCA 3702 merely adds a
More like 3 Feet 3.6 inches ~ 1 meter...
More than enough to very annoying over 100 yards, (or meters if you prefer).
danilo wrote:
Wasn't it:
3 feet ~= 1 meter ??
(school was some times ago)
Danilo
--
When you're worried or in doubt,
Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Hi, all.
Does anyone have any opinions on the Sigma 28-105/2.8-4 ?
I'd like a faster autofocus 28-105 than the Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 or
either of the FA 28-105/4-5.6's (although the 28-105/3.2-4.5 is marginally
faster than the others). (This would be for use on an *ist DS.)
However, I'm
On Nov 29, 2005, at 1:24 AM, Gasha wrote:
Never ever trust your HDD or DVD!
These ultra modern things are made to be SOLD, no to WORK for you.
In my office, i have large amount of dead HDD laying around.
I feel that's probably a little too paranoid, but in some ways I
agree. In 20+ years
On 11/29/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I gather Norm does some modelling now and again.
I've witnessed it personally. It's not pretty.
That tree will never be the same...
LOL
-frank
--
Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hi Mark,
I thought these shots were absolutely
captivating.
Two comments:
First, the results are superb but I wondered why
you didn't just use black and white film? g
Second, I found the site difficult to navigate as
the lower bar with the thumbnails changed length
according to whether the
Thanks, Godfrey. Hopefully, information from this highly learned group
will seep into a small aperture ('prox f/320) somewhere and force it's
way into my reality.
Your explanation is seriously helpful.
Jack
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jack,
Not sure I understand your
On 11/28/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My bullshit meter just pinned.
Sorry Frank, but that is pompous crap.
I'm flattered that you read my posts.
-frank
--
Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
On Nov 29, 2005, at 5:29 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
... Our nearby university, and my alma mater, Virginia Tech just
recently
built a supercomputer by interconnecting some humongous number of
high-end desktop machines. They used Macs for this project in spite
of the higher costs, primarily
Bob,
Your in-depth answer does it for me. I'll archive it and make it a
frequent study.
Thanks!
Jack
--- Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jack,I don't know much about 20x30 prints.A jpeg of 2000x3000 pixels
and a RAW shot of 2000x3000 pixels have thesame number of pixels in
the end, 6
I don't know the Sigma lens in question at all. I no longer even look
at Sigma products, however, having been burned too frequently in the
past by them.
However, I'd be very skeptical of there being any substantive
improvement between it and the Pentax 28-105/3.2-4.5. If you want a
Mark,
It's sad what I'm missing by not being more connected to SVPAC. Their
sponsored PS learning workshops, for example, would obviously be time
well spent.
Jack
--- Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All,
Thanks for the feedback (both positive and negative). The digital
lith
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