Hmmm... my winder was purchased from a shop specializing in repairs,
and was used by the guy who owned it. Maybe he made mods to the winder.
My winder will not activate the meter if the winder itself is off.
Peter Alling wrote:
That's not how the manual says it should work, or for that matter the
If we can agree that professionals are whores, then the oldest
profession was represented _behind_ the camera in several shots.
My turn to duck. -Lon
Peter Alling wrote:
Please Ann, this is a family list. (Not that I didn't consider it).
At 09:35 AM 10/3/03 -0400, you wrote:
Was kinda
At 12:59 AM 10/4/2003 -0400, Butch Black wrote:
Congratulations Mark, Both are excellent shots. I may regret asking this but
was river shot on 35mm, MF or digital? (I'm guessing MF)
That was shot on 35mm, Kodak E100S, using the MZ-S and FA 20-35 f4. That
was actually one of the first shots (if
The previous thread posted by Thomas on this was slightly misleading. The
FZ1 is already out. This one is not:
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_440.html
There's another page with some pics:
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1002/pana2.htm
This looks interesting.
It's always the people, Bob.
Never the instrument people use to commit all manner of injustices. Yet,
the instrument of their mis-use gets the blame.
Nobody takes the blame anymore. Not my problem, man.
The very concept of personal resonsibility has been discarded by most.
Sorry, that touched a
- Original Message -
From: Stan Halpin
Subject: Where are the ist-D''s?
So I have been trying to separate out speculation and rumor from fact. In
what countries has the ist-D actually reliably been seen to exist? Within
the U.S., within what cities has it been seen to exist?
At 11:32 AM 10/4/2003 +0200, Boris Liberman wrote:
Congratulations.
But then again, is there a chance that the K 24/2.8 you enabled me
with was involved in river shot? Perhaps some of your Force passed on
me with it? vbg
Hi Boris -
Nope, that was shot with the 20-35 f4 zoom. I suspect that the K
Oh, you betcha!
While the nature photographer in me really appreciated the Monarch
cover, and congratulations for that (!) I was more deeply drawn to the
river image. Something fundamental working there, I think.
I once had a grandma, about which my mother used to say, take her on a
Sunday drive
Better keep your eyes peeled, I think I saw him headed South this
AM.
-Original Message-
From: Collin R Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: October 04, 2003 8:21 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Re: Cubs
The question remains:
What to do about that
Terrific shots, both, Mark. Well earned honors - congratulations!!
-Original Message-
From: Mark Cassino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: October 03, 2003 9:48 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:twowhoohoos
I gotta say it was a good day -
Looked at the mail and found the
What sort of uniqueness do you see with this one, vs. any other on
market right now?
Lukasz Kacperczyk wrote:
The previous thread posted by Thomas on this was slightly misleading. The
FZ1 is already out. This one is not:
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_440.html
From my limited look, the camera is compatable with the Adaptall II (A
series) mount.
William Robb
I know that the store I work for got a bunch in. That means they're
available in Manitoba (Winnipeg, Brandon), Saskatchewan (Regina,
Saskatoon) and Alberta (Calgary, Edmonton).
chris
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Stan Halpin wrote:
So I have been trying to separate out speculation and rumor from
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, William Robb wrote:
So I have been trying to separate out speculation and rumor from fact. In
what countries has the ist-D actually reliably been seen to exist? Within
the U.S., within what cities has it been seen to exist?
Canada, Regina (a mere two hour drive from
You could check out the ProMaster line of tripods - their SystemPro models
have a center post that detaches and expands into a monopod - and you end up
with both tripod and monopod. The series 1 can be had for about $165 with a
fairly substantial ball head, the series 2 for a little more. MSRP
- Original Message -
From: Chris Brogden
Subject: Re: Where are the ist-D''s?
Not necessarily, actually. For some unknown reason, we happened to get
one of the first shipments of D60s when they came out. We had people
phoning us from the US, UK, etc. about them.
I bet Pentax
Cotty is taking this oldest profession stuff a tad too
far, even for the English.. grin.
Cotty wrote:
I'll be dressed in a
Pentax vinyl skirt with embossed logo and pink high heels... There
will be a small swarm of fruit flies just above my head, and if pressed
for conversation will
checked mine once more. In al circumstances (winder of or on, camera of or
on) there is always metering when winder release is pressed. (newer type MX)
Regards, Hans B.
mail to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
Van: Lon Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Verzonden: zaterdag
On 4/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
The previous thread posted by Thomas on this was slightly misleading. The
FZ1 is already out. This one is not:
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_440.html
There's another page with some pics:
Peter Alling wrote:
Please Ann, this is a family list. (Not that I didn't consider it).
now you tell me...
annsan
At 09:35 AM 10/3/03 -0400, you wrote:
Was kinda surprised there were no shots of
world's oldest...
Nobody live in Vegas or Amsterdam?? :)
annsan - feeling silly this
I do like that focus ring feature.
But, if it uses Leica lenses, it's likely to be an expensive kit...
Small matter, as I already have a 5+ Mp camera that suits just fine! g
keith
Cotty wrote:
On 4/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
The previous thread posted by Thomas on this was
Stan Halpin a écrit:
During my two weeks away I had brief glimpses of the list, and since
returning I have been plowing through the accumulated messages. Obviously
there has been much discussion of the ist-D. So I had a discussion with my
local shop about where is MY ist-D, and he said that he
Second, if you're being abused it's not by words or by language, it's by
people.
Messing around with the language won't stop the abuse. If you want to stop
the
abuse you need to do something about the people.
--
Cheers,
Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or change their
I think there was some production changs along the way. Early winders
and cameras exhibited the mentioned behavior. Later ones did not. With
the winder shut off nothing lights when the button is pressed on the
later winders. I seem to recall that was not so on the earlier ones. My
current MX
No, Lon, yours has not been modified. I believe there were unannouced
changes made over the years of production. Pentax has done that often in
the past. This is one of those things where one can only talk about my
winder, and not 'the winders (grin).
Lon Williamson wrote:
Hmmm... my winder
Well, you ought to teach your kids these things. I wasn't and could not
understand why I was was being punished for calling one of my classmates
a horror*, which she was. We were about 10, and I didn't even know the
other word that sounds the nearly the same. I simply had never heard the
other
Okay, got a Canon Powershot A60 mainly for taking pictures of stuff to sell
on ebay. I mean for higher mp I am waiting for a DSLR (probably the *istD). I
got this as a toy for fun and for what I said above. (Over time going to try to
weed out some of the old junk around here, selling some of
graywolf a écrit:
I think there was some production changs along the way. Early winders
and cameras exhibited the mentioned behavior. Later ones did not. With
the winder shut off nothing lights when the button is pressed on the
later winders. I seem to recall that was not so on the earlier
Graywolf wrote:
Well, you ought to teach your kids these things. I wasn't and could not
understand why I was was being punished for calling one of my classmates
a horror*, which she was. We were about 10, and I didn't even know the
other word that sounds the nearly the same. I simply had never
At 12:59 AM 10/4/2003 -0400, Butch Black wrote:
Congratulations Mark, Both are excellent shots. I may regret asking this
but
was river shot on 35mm, MF or digital? (I'm guessing MF)
That was shot on 35mm, Kodak E100S, using the MZ-S and FA 20-35 f4. That
was actually one of the first shots (if
Talked to my boss at work yesterday. He has tickets to the Cubs.
He said folks were offering $10,000 for a Cubs World Series ticket,
should they go all the way.
He took his wife last night, but figured $20,000 would buy one hell of a
vacation.
Beautiful fall day here to win one in Wrigley...
Go
Have Windows ME.
Sorry to hear that.g
Neither card reader (both can use USB 1 version whatever, which I have) or
plugging camera directly into slot -- work. Says I am missing some DLLs. My ME
came installed on the computer. While I have some
Well done, Mark! Hope it'll be my turn soon.
Pat White
Congrat's Mark.
The cover shot looks marvy.You ARE the masterg
The pano looks good to me also,although maybe just a tad bright in the
sky portion.
I had good results from my fair entries too.A 1st,two 2nds a 4th and a 5th.No
news on the digital entries yet.
Good week for Pentax eh.:-)
Reposted because no one seemed to answer it:
I have another question for those who have the D and a 24mm or similar
wide prime; it would appear you can focus closer with the D than with a
standard film camera with the same lens. Has anyone figured out whether
or not their hyperfocal scale
on Windows Me, this should just work. try running Windows update in addition
to checking for updated drivers from Canon and from Memorex. Windows Me
should have everything it needs built in to read from a USB CF card reader.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1002/pana204.jpg
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1002/pana202.jpg
I knew it could be done.
C.
Marl is right. In fact the amount of shapening needed depends on the use
and final size of the image. So how can one setting fit all.
Mark Roberts wrote:
Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just got my new istD. First impressionit's SMALL! Very nice
design, and
A cheap way out is to simply by some material off the bolt at Wal-Mart
or some place like that. A cheap blanket works nice too, tends to hang
nicely. Rolls of background paper are only economical if you can buy
them locally (the shipping will kill you). Then if you have a lot of
money you can
How does it work? It must give good 110 negs... A pic of your
adaptor would indeed be fun to look at...
Andre
Hehe,
in fact I once have built a K/110 adaptor - I always wanted to post a
picture of this.
Looks funny with the 85 f/1.4 on it!
:-)
Thomas
--
Subject: OT: backdrop ?
Hi all,
Would anyone offer me some recommendation of good
sources of backdrops ? (Canada or US) When I was
trying to build a home studio I was sticker-shocked.
If anyone would guide me in the right direction I
would be greatly appreciated. I would need those big
- Original Message -
From: Cameron Hood
Subject: *ist D and the Hyper-focal scale
Reposted because no one seemed to answer it:
I have another question for those who have the D and a 24mm or similar
wide prime; it would appear you can focus closer with the D than with a
standard
- Original Message -
From: Robert James
Subject: Re: istD Settings
I just got my new istD. First impressionit's SMALL! Very nice
design, and I love the hyper programs like the PZ1p.
Question: So far, I like to set the sharpening setting at it's highest.
Do others feel the
Hi,
I think you're being naive about language. I support completely and
wholeheartedly all the causes you mention, but I do not agree that
they have progressed through the censorship of words or language.
Orwell used the idea of Newspeak, a highly restricted form of
language, because he thought
Say what? Where can I read about this?
keith whaley
Ryan K. Brooks wrote:
Other than it- it looks great. Maybe it'll replace my Konica Hexar AF
I'm on my fourth film with this camera, and I really love it - especially
the silent mode.
Indeed. I can shoot friends at a quiet table
It is not as good as the 24-35 (from what I've read here). I once
had the slightly different M version. It would pic the tone of the
surroundings because of flare. Fresh white snow, taken under the sun
(sun in the back), in a coniferous forest, was clearly greenish.
Pentax soon changed the
This isn't really a helpful tidbit but when my new digital camera arrived
(more about that in another post) I just plugged it into an open USB port
and XP recognized the camera and launched a file wizard that asked me what I
wanted to do with these files. Very nice indeed.
Cory Waters
took a lot
While we're on the subject of misdirected energy, this is the last I
have to say on the matter.
Bob
Of course, there is a danger of censorship. But I think language use actually
changes as culture changes. And people can push for cultural and language
changes. And I don't think everything goes
I thought about staging one. My favorite model would have been happy to
do it. (She has a sense of humor.) But I've been overwhelmed lately with
work and some paying photo jobs. Hope to gete back to the PUG this month.
Paul
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Was kinda surprised there were no shots of
Wow! Great shots Mark, especially the butterfly. Perhaps the best insect
photo I've ever seen. You've really nailed that macro technique.
Paul
Mark Cassino wrote:
I gotta say it was a good day -
Looked at the mail and found the current edition of American Entomologist,
sporting one of my
I worked as a drag racing crew chief in the seventies on a super fuel
funny car. I occasionally added 2% hydrazine to our nitromethane/alcohol
fuel mixture (90% nitromethane, 8% alcohol, 2% hydrazine). Our Chrysler
hemi powered Corvette set a few mph records with that mix. The best was
237 mph in
Cubs lose! Cubs lose!
Collin R Brendemuehl wrote:
The question remains:
What to do about that stinkin' south-sider in the PDML?
Make him use Nikon!
CRB
At 00:25 2003.10.04 -0400, you wrote:
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 23:22:08 -0400
From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CUBS WIN! CUBS
Well, after my issue with Wolf/Ritz.com, I took the initiative and bought an
Ist D from Camera Wholesalers, Inc. in Norwalk CT. (they had some left when
I last talked to them on Tuesday...)
Here's a shot from an RX-7 meet today at the race shop of the Famed Jim
Downing (wining-ist Mazda driver
Hi there!
I bought a brand new MZ-6 (ZX-L) about a month ago as a replacement
for my old PZ-10. So far I like it. The only problem I have
experienced while shooting on a sunny day was too much light entering
to my viewfinder (preventing me to read the exposure information). I
noticed that
J.H.C.!
237 mph in 6.35 seconds?
That's awesome _today_, according to ME!
Most Incredible!
Twice as fast as I 'drove' my old Piper Cub!
keith
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I worked as a drag racing crew chief in the seventies on a super fuel
funny car. I occasionally added 2% hydrazine to our
the Nikon manual says explicitly that if you are going to manipulate images
afterwards on the computer, you should either disable sharpening or use the
minimum level.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003
on 9/30/03 7:34 PM, Herb Chong at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
this past weekend, i finalized a deal to have a showing of some of my photos
at a restaurant that i frequent in New Paltz, NY, the Harvest Cafe
http://www.gunks.com/area/eats/harvest.htm. the current plan is to put up on
October 18
I agree with Mark and Bill. If you plan on doing any post processing you
should do the sharpening there and not in the camera. This is something that
I think Pentax got right on the *ist-D. A good workflow suggestion for
Photoshop, or any other image processing program, is to do all of your
haven't attempted those climbs yet with camera gear. my limbing friends are
too impatient to set up two sets of climbs at once. also, if it has been 20
years since you have been there, the number of climbers has quadrupled or
more. on a good weather weekend, you wait at every climb, even the 5.12+
Sorry, gang, I meant the Optio 33L. Too bad it lacks a viewfinder or I'd
get it. As it is, the competing Olympus model looks more attractive.
I previously wrote:
My wife has begun asking for a digital camera. She is a snapshooter, and
her needs are limited to 4 x 6 prints and low-res jpegs
Am I remembering right that JPEG format files re-compress each time they are
saved? In other words, saving the image on your CF card as a JPEG and then
transferring to the PC would be two steps of loss?
Cory
---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system
copying or moving files around between drives doesn't open the files for
editing.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 9:34 PM
Subject: OT: Jpeg Q
Am I remembering right that JPEG format files re-compress each
Up until I bought an Epson 925 printer this week I would have agreed. Now
I've got mixed feelings on this. This particular printer supports PRINT
image matching, and with jpg and tif images will use camera settings written
into the original image files by the camera at the time of exposure.
I would think that there would be no quality loss in this situation. You
are not opening and resaving the file, simply transferring from one place to
another. My understanding is that you only start losing quality when you
open, edit, then resave the file.
Bill
- Original Message -
On Saturday, October 4, 2003, at 07:53 AM, Stan Halpin wrote:
U.S. ?
Seattle?
New York?
I would appreciate any reliable information that might substantiate or
supplement the above.
I received email notification from BH in New York that the *ist-D was
in stock. But when I went to the store
Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks Guys.
CW
- Original Message -
From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: Jpeg Q
I would think that there would be no quality loss in this situation. You
are not opening and resaving
Am I remembering right that JPEG format files re-compress each time they are
saved? In other words, saving the image on your CF card as a JPEG and then
transferring to the PC would be two steps of loss?
No. Copying a JPEG file is just like copying any other file - lossless.
You could go
BTW, what post-season play are the (1) White Sox, (2) Toronto, and (3) Montreal
involved in? Hm
I'd call you names, but simple acknowledgment of your jealousy envy is
more fun.
:)
CRB
At 21:58 2003.10.04 -0400, you wrote:
From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cubs lose! Cubs lose!
Print Image Matching doesn't have anything to do with sharpening. it is only
color profile matching.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: istD Settings
Up until I bought an Epson
According to the manual, it keeps track of the sharpening done in camera.
Following is excerpt from Epson:
The solution is P.I.M. Using P.I.M, the camera saves the settings set by the
user prior to taking a photo. This is carried with the image and
subsequently instructs the P.I.M enabled
Wow I think there will be a good chance it will be my 1st digital. But the
question is, How much? :-)
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
The previous thread posted by Thomas on this was slightly misleading. The
FZ1 is already out. This one is not:
I have three of MX's all early versions with the metal film reminder
frame. There
must a difference in the winders. The documentation I have shows that the
winders
always turn on the meter weather the winder is on or not. Both winders I
own exhibit
this behavior. You wouldn't happen to know
Btw, the L label looks the same as Pentax MZ-L??
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Wow I think there will be a good chance it will be my 1st digital. But the
question is, How much? :-)
_
MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection
Well you answered my question, I think. That is unless someone else has
a MX winder that works like yours.
At 08:30 AM 10/4/03 -0400, you wrote:
Hmmm... my winder was purchased from a shop specializing in repairs,
and was used by the guy who owned it. Maybe he made mods to the winder.
My winder
It's possible that USB is disabled in the setup for your computer. If you know
how to get into the setup utility you will find this either under advanced
or hard
ware options, (or something similar). If USB is disabled when you enable
it and
reboot you computer WinME should, (and should is the
An eyecup for the M series cameras will work and block a lot more light
than any of the ZX/MZ eyecups.
At 02:16 AM 10/5/03 +0200, you wrote:
Hi there!
I bought a brand new MZ-6 (ZX-L) about a month ago as a replacement
for my old PZ-10. So far I like it. The only problem I have
experienced while
http://www.cameraquest.com/konhex.htm
Basically a fixed lens motordrive AF Leica w/ brains. And if you get
one of the models with the silent mode, it truly is. The motor drive
and shutter are extremely quiet.
Works a lot like a mini-Fuji GA645xx if you'ver used one of those.
I shoot a
If you change the image or change the compression settings they will. However
if you simply open an image and re-save it without changes the new file
should
be identical to the old one, at least if the package you are using
follows the
standard. Simply copying a file should, baring accident or
I bought white foamcore and made a folding screen of
sorts... 8 feet high and
3 feet side and back. Taped the corners and stashed it
away folding it like a fan.
Didn't cost much and makes a nice even light box... IF
you have a place to stash the foam core
it has the advantage of not getting
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