Re: PESO: My first K10D shots

2006-12-02 Thread David Savage
On 12/2/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! As mentioned previously I picked up my K10D today. After work I spent an hour familiarising myself dialing it in, I then headed down to the harbour to take it for a test spin. (Apologies for the lack of a proper web page. I'm tired

RE: CF/SD Adapter

2006-12-02 Thread Jens Bladt
I wrote about this here. My aim was to enable my Flash Trax (harddrive/card reader - CF slot only) ) to read SD my cards. For this purpose I believe the adapter is just fine. My photo dealer got hold of a couple og these adapters. Some of them smal enough to fit inside the camera. For the

Re: PESO: My first K10D shots

2006-12-02 Thread David Savage
Well I try :-) Thanks Jens. Dave On 12/2/06, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amazing quality. Congrats. Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-02 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Paul Stenquist wrote: ACR works fine with K10D images as long as their saved as DNG format. there is subtle difference between being able to read and being able to render as intended by camera manufacturer. Sure, ACR can read DNG files from K10D, but seeing results I'm not convinced it renders

Re: PESO: Two hours at f/8 - here's the link

2006-12-02 Thread Peter Lacus
Ralf, I am not sure about how serious are they but I quite like industrial (and similar) music sung in German. Have you heard (of) Laibach? Ramstein and Laibach are among the favourite groups of German neonazi and skinhead circles, so, irrespective of their musical qualities (if any), they

RE: Pink Floyd, etc.

2006-12-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
J. C. O'Connell wrote: That's funny, I have kept my 3000+ LP collection to listen to them ( although I do like the covers too ) because they definately sound better than CDs do with a good phono playback system They do. Ultimately, I needed the space and the funds bought an *ist D

Re: FS Friday: Books

2006-12-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/12/06, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: I recommend this book. If you enjoy good street photography as much as I me (I enjoy looking at it, I just can't do it to save my life :-), do yourself a favor pick up a copy. It's a very good quality book the photos look even better in

Re: K10D image quality

2006-12-02 Thread Peter Lacus
Mishka, The biggest screen out there is 4MP. if you mean by size, then I agree, otherwise I saw a 9MPix screen from IBM (targeted to medical applications). http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2001june/gee20010627006550.htm Cheers, Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread Peter Loveday
After a couple of days of playing, I love this camera. Its a joy to use, and pretty much all I had hoped it would be (if not more). I find it very easy coming from the *istD; its pretty close in operation. Its fast, and I'm very happy with the images I've seen from it so far. Thats not to

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread Cotty
Dave, I only lodge credit card details with Paypal, not bank info. My decision. It means if I accept a payment by Paypal, I can only use it to buy something else using Paypal. I cannot take the money as 'cash'. I decided not to lodge bank details after reading www.paypalsucks.com and am happy

Re: Late Friday arrival

2006-12-02 Thread Cotty
On 1/12/06, Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: My pusher would work late hours to hand out the pre-ordered items. They have a bad coke habit in Oslo ;-) It's been a nice day. Think I'll have a beer while the battery charge up. :-) Now that *is* celebrating - !! -- Cheers, Cotty

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread J and K Messervy
* I'm not always confident the SR is working. I can't hear it, and many tests I've done have been inconclusive. Sometimes the SR shot is less sharp than the regular one, but in other cases its vastly better. I'm not sure if I'm just not used to it, or if its not working reliably in my

Re: Late Friday arrival

2006-12-02 Thread Jostein Øksne
They have a bad coke habit in Oslo ;-) Mostly Pepsi max, really. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: K10D, EXIF and manual lenses - how stupid!

2006-12-02 Thread Rod Connan
Ralf 1.32 second problem - with a lightly used battery my K10d did give the 32 second shutdown - I used the battery the next day till it was almost flat and then charged it overnight - Bingo, I got sick of holding the button at one minute and the exposure did all post processing etc - sounds like

Re: OT: Epson 2200: printing on roll paper

2006-12-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: That's what I'm thinking. I'll try printing tomorrow. It will probably take four or five hours to make an 87 inch print. Without a third-party RIP, the Epson 2200 won't print longer than 40 inches. (Or at least it isn't *supposed* to.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K10D image quality

2006-12-02 Thread Mark Roberts
P. J. Alling wrote: 8.2 MP, 28.7mm x 19.1, 3:2 ratio, (close enough to APS-C and 35mm ratios), 1.3x crop factor with lenses designed for 35mm film. No, no, no. What you meant to say was: 8.2 MP, 28.7MM X 19.1, 3:2 RATIO, (CLOSE ENOUGH TO APS-C AND 35MM RATIOS), 1.3X CROP FACTOR WITH LENSES

Re: K10D image quality

2006-12-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/12/06, Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What have folks on the list done in that regard? I have my default settings tweaked a bit, but I haven't done any sort of full ICC calibration on the camera. Is it worth doing? Definitely, comparisons contrast/colour in uncalibrated systems

RE: Can a flash explode?

2006-12-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Dough thanks as wll, answers so fast as yours make reading the PDML so valuable for me! I had a big surprise today. After the big bangs yesterday I could not resist trying it again today and after first not showing the ready lamp the flash now works perfectly after having him let on for a few

RE: Can a flash explode?

2006-12-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi David thanks alot for your answer, that was very helpful for me. I deal a lot with electronics but have usually no idea whats *exactly* happening inside and could not repair anything. Now for the big surprise: Curiosity kills the cat (and me) one day: I tried again today with the flash and

RE: PESO-- Hell's Furnace

2006-12-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Pentaxians Thanks William, Charles and Dave for your stories. Charles, you got some nice memories from your adventure with the Niagara photos. I will have to think a bit more about my worst story but the one with the nearly exploding AF330FTZ flash yesterday is not bad as well ;-) greetings

RE: Pink Floyd, etc.

2006-12-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Bob thanks, I just googled for your LP and will read some more after the PDML mail... at: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/2507/mandrax.html greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Shell Sent: Friday,

Re: 16-50 f2.8

2006-12-02 Thread K.Takeshita
On 12/02/06 2:32 AM, Bruce Dayton, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I actually expect it to be an internal focus and zoom. Basically no external extension during zoom. That type of lens is ideal for serious work. No worries about change in balance or usage of filters, etc. And easier for weather

RE: PESO:High Fidelity 1984

2006-12-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Boris NAD was highly regarded at that time here and could have been a good choice for an amplifier at a resonable amount for me too. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 6:23 PM

Re: K10D battery mangement

2006-12-02 Thread K.Takeshita
On 12/01/06 11:31 PM, Mark Cassino, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really don't want it dying on me the next time I take it out, but then I don't want to run into any memory problems by charging it too soon. Is it safe to recharge it now - or should I make a point to snap away at the cats etc

Re: GESO - A few Winter Shots (with the K10D)

2006-12-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice. I like Swan Creek and the luggage rack. P)aul On Dec 2, 2006, at 12:54 AM, Mark Cassino wrote: Despite the bad weather (which never was as bad as predicted) I did my best to run the K10D through its paces today. Overall I'm quite happy. The snow fooled the camera's meter (as expected)

Re: OT: Epson 2200: printing on roll paper

2006-12-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks David, That solves one of my problems. I set up the roll paper printer. I'm all set to go now, but I can't get the printer to stop flashing the paper feed light. It thinks there's no paper in it. When I push the paper feed button, it tries to run the whole roll through. I've tried

Re: MZ-S winder is buzzing

2006-12-02 Thread David Harris
Tom One of my MZ-Ss started buzzing badly a month ago. I've put around 25 rolls through it since, with no problems. Dave - Original Message From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, 13 November, 2006 2:23:59 PM Subject: Re: MZ-S winder

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Bob. They do have a great relationship. When my mom walks down the hall with her walker, Grace helps her along. BTW, sorry for reposting the same shot. But it is a good example of relatively low noise at 1600. Paul On Dec 2, 2006, at 1:28 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Paul, I love the

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'm a verified Paypal member, and I've used it dozens of times for both domestic and foreign sales. No problems. Paul On Dec 2, 2006, at 1:59 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Dave, Just don't Paypal... There are all kinds of troubles with problem resolution. Paypal is reported to resolve many

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
With ACR, you can render an image any way you choose. The range of adjustment is considerable. I've now processed several hundred K10 DNGs with ACR. No problem achieving good results with any of them. Paul On Dec 2, 2006, at 4:44 AM, Bronek Kozicki wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: ACR works fine

Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread David Bliss
Peter Loveday wrote: * I'm not always confident the SR is working. I can't hear it, and many tests I've done have been inconclusive. Sometimes the SR shot is less sharp than the regular one, but in other cases its vastly better. I'm not sure if I'm just not used to it, or if its not

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Mark, I am not sure how it work for Americans, but since I don't live there and still have PayPal acct, all they know about my money is my credit card. It seems to be enough both in order to pay and to be paid. The last time I looked into it, about three or four years ago, you could

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks Bob. They do have a great relationship. When my mom walks down the hall with her walker, Grace helps her along. BTW, sorry for reposting the same shot. It is incredible, don't apologise. Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO:High Fidelity 1984

2006-12-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Hi Boris NAD was highly regarded at that time here and could have been a good choice for an amplifier at a resonable amount for me too. greetings Markus Markus, it is common (lifestyle) in Israel to buy a big TV and multi-speaker home theater sound system. I don't bother. My simple set

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread K.Takeshita
On 12/02/06 9:04 AM, David Bliss, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SR does not work unless you hold the shutter release half- pressed for a few seconds, until the SR (hand) icon shows in the lower left of the viewfinder. If you just fire the shutter all the way, no SR. Might explain the behavior

Re: FS Friday: Books

2006-12-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I recommend this book. If you enjoy good street photography as much as I me (I enjoy looking at it, I just can't do it to save my life :-), do yourself a favor pick up a copy. It's a very good quality book the photos look even better in print than on the web. Seconded. Thirded

RE: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
That sucks if its true, probably done to save battery charge.That should be able to be turned off and shoot at will with SR if you like IMHO. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Bliss Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 9:05 AM

December PUG is open

2006-12-02 Thread AvK
Hi folks, The december PUG is open now. Sorry to be late, didn't have an Internet Access. It can be viewed at the usual place. hhtp://pug.komkon.org I am going to put in the new themes asap. Suggestions are as always welcome. I am so busy right now, didn't have time to think. Best Adelheid

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread George Sinos
I know the SR's working. There's no way I can hand-hold a shot at 1/8th of a second without it. That said, it's not magic. You still need to concentrate on good technique and hold the camera as steady as possible. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 12/2/06, J and K Messervy [EMAIL

Re: GESO - A few Winter Shots (with the K10D)

2006-12-02 Thread George Sinos
Great work Mark. You've really captured the feel of the winter day. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 12/1/06, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite the bad weather (which never was as bad as predicted) I did my best to run the K10D through its paces today. Overall I'm

Re: GESO - A few Winter Shots (with the K10D)

2006-12-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! All shots were taken in DNG RAW mode. And they all all color shots (even if they don't look it.) The images are dated 12/106 on this page (for now they are the first 8) http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream04.htm More detailed comments about the days shoot can be

Re: CF/SD Adapter

2006-12-02 Thread George Sinos
Peter - I bought one of the no-name adaptors that was hanging on a peg at my local camera store. It was a Promaster or something like that. It does noticeably slow the write speed. I'm guessing it adds about 30% to the write time. I'm not to worried about it. I have plenty of CF cards. I

Re: December PUG is open

2006-12-02 Thread David Savage
Thank you Adelheid On 12/2/06, AvK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, The december PUG is open now. Sorry to be late, didn't have an Internet Access. It can be viewed at the usual place. http://pug.komkon.org I am going to put in the new themes asap. Suggestions are as always welcome.

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread David Savage
If you've got the camera switched on and it's swinging from you neck/shoulder etc. as your walking around, what's the point of having the camera constantly compensating for this movement when there is no need to. In operation it's not so bad. You just keep the shutter release half pressed and at

Re: 16-50 f2.8

2006-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That would be *VERY* nice ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: Bruce Dayton I actually expect it to be an internal focus and zoom. Basically no external extension during zoom. That type of lens is ideal for serious work. No worries about change in balance or usage of filters, --

RE: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
If that's the case, then SR is mostly useless for quick shooting ... sigh Shel [Original Message] From: David Bliss One thing that I didn't figure out until I'd read the manual ten or twelve times is that SR does not work unless you hold the shutter release half- pressed for a few

Re: K10D: Pourquoi Department

2006-12-02 Thread Michael Chan
Most everyone probably knows this already, but when I stumbled across it yesterday on the k10, I was quite happy, so I will share just in case one hasn't caught this yet; when you press the OK button the remaining shot counter in the viewfinder will switch to display the iso that the

RE: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I said you should be ABLE to turn off the few second delay for SR. I didnt mean that its on all the time. I meant you should be able to activate it constantly when you want to and be able to shoot instantly if needed without any half shutter presses or waiting a few seconds to shoot. Does the few

Re: K10D image quality

2006-12-02 Thread David Savage
On 12/2/06, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 02/12/06, Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What have folks on the list done in that regard? I have my default settings tweaked a bit, but I haven't done any sort of full ICC calibration on the camera. Is it worth doing?

Re: K10D battery mangement

2006-12-02 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Being a Lithium-Ion, it actually prefers to stay charged; so charge it whenever you like. You don't need to do deep cycle charging to avoid memory effect as you would with NiCad or NiMH batteries. Neither NiCd nor NiMH have appreciable memory effects for how they are used in consumer

Re: 16-50 f2.8

2006-12-02 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 08:11:40PM -0500, David J Brooks wrote: Anyone heard if its happining. I would love to get this lens and the K10d Dave Equine Photography in York Region The new lenses aren't due until March of next year. Realistically

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread David Savage
On 12/2/06, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I said you should be ABLE to turn off the few second delay for SR. I didnt mean that its on all the time. I meant you should be able to activate it constantly when you want to and be able to shoot instantly if needed without any half

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread David J Brooks
Good idea. We have a new bank in town now, so i could open an account with them. I assume you are given somesort of account number or id from paypal, so people can make a payment. Is that correct. Dave Quoting Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 12/1/06, Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GESO - A few Winter Shots (with the K10D)

2006-12-02 Thread Michael Chan
I particularly enjoy the Swan Creek shot. On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:54 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: Despite the bad weather (which never was as bad as predicted) I did my best to run the K10D through its paces today. Overall I'm quite happy. The snow fooled the camera's meter (as expected) and I wound

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread ann sanfedele
I guess I better hop in. I never buy anything using paypal - but I use it for selling . Like Amita, I set up a separate bank account for it, and the MINUTE anyone pays me I take the money out of paypal and put it in my associated account... the very rare times when I've had to issue a refund I

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread David Savage
Why set up an account with a completely different bank? Do you think the funds could be sucked out of your primary accounts? I'd recommend setting up a separate account with low fees/minimum balance amount as a temporary location transfer fund's in and out as, come in or need to go out. To

Re: GESO - A few Winter Shots (with the K10D)

2006-12-02 Thread Mark Cassino
Thanks, Brendan, and to all others who commented. Because of the very low contrast shooting under the cloudy day with the snow falling, all of these images got a significant boost to contrast and brightness when opening them up - and they held well! So far, I have no complaints about the K10D

Re: December PUG is open

2006-12-02 Thread ann sanfedele
Well, I guess I wasn't the only one who couldn't wrap their camera around the theme - or is it just the holidays interfering? I have one shot that fits on photo.net but in fact, but, alas, I didn't take it with a Pentax. I find fire scary so I'm not of a mind to photo it (fire trucks send me

Re: 16-50 f2.8

2006-12-02 Thread Michael Chan
I have been restraining myself from buying the 16-45 for months now, anticipating the weather-sealed lenses. I had not heard about a 16-50 2.8, which would likely be out of my budget range anyway, and with the rebate it's getting really difficult for me to control my LBA shakes. Is the

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
I find, for example, that when tracking Grace as she charges around the room, I can easily keep the shutter release in the halfway position, so I don't miss a beat. I would guess that's what the sports photogs do when shooting with their long Canon IS glass. Paul On Dec 2, 2006, at 9:49 AM,

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread Michael Chan
Yes, you are issued a user account id for paypal acts as the clearinghouse for the transaction on purchases or sales. If I recall correctly, Paypal initially verifies your checking account by making a small (5 cent or so) deposit to your checking account. Your account is then verified,

Re: The RAW report

2006-12-02 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Trouble is I don't have a way to convert to DNG since I don't run Winders or MacOS, and writing my own is pointless for the aforementioned reasons. LOL ... So why are you continuing on this thread when you obviously have no interest in using DNG format? I stopped (until now).

Re: PESO: Two hours at f/8 - here's the link

2006-12-02 Thread Bob Shell
On Dec 2, 2006, at 5:07 AM, Peter Lacus wrote: I'm sorry to hear this, but I am pretty sure that at least Laibach has nothing in common with such ideologies. They sung in German but they are from Slovenia (Laibach being German name of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia). I really like

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread Michael Chan
There isn't really any reason to do so as long as your checking accounts are insulated, but some people like the idea that if they get in a squabble with a financial institution over a sticky matter, it's easier to shut that account and move on without having to move _all_ accounts. I

RE: K10D Impressions...

2006-12-02 Thread Michael Perham
This is my first DSLR - the number of parameters one deals with in digital photography as opposed to film, is a bit daunting; that will take some getting used to before it becomes intuitive. Numerous comments on this and other forums have mentioned the slow auto focus of Pentax DSLRs, and

Re: OT: Epson 2200: printing on roll paper

2006-12-02 Thread Bob Shell
On Dec 2, 2006, at 7:03 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: That's what I'm thinking. I'll try printing tomorrow. It will probably take four or five hours to make an 87 inch print. Without a third-party RIP, the Epson 2200 won't print longer than 40 inches. (Or at least it isn't *supposed* to.)

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's not quite the same as quickly lifting the camera to the eye and making a quick street shot. In those situations there's little opportunity to do what you suggest. It may be possible to walk around with one's finger half-depressing the shutter all day, but that seems somewhat tiresome and

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's Adobe Camera Raw. You can try it in Photoshop or Elements. It was my understanding from some of your posts that you're using Elements. Did I misunderstand those earlier posts? Shel [Original Message] From: Bob Sullivan What is ACR? Where can I try it? Regards, Bob S. --

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread graywolf
Lots of answers, huh, Dave? I especially like the ones that say I have heard bad things about paypal so I don't use it, they seem the most emphatic. I have used paypal for several years. I do not do a lot of dollars through my account so just have the basic dealer setup where I can accept

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread Bob Shell
On Dec 2, 2006, at 5:44 AM, Cotty wrote: I only lodge credit card details with Paypal, not bank info. My decision. It means if I accept a payment by Paypal, I can only use it to buy something else using Paypal. I cannot take the money as 'cash'. I decided not to lodge bank details after

Re: Can a flash explode?

2006-12-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Markus, Sounds like you 're-formed' that old capacitor with a bang! I've had flash recycle times be slooow when the flash was idle for a year or more. I've loaded in new batteries and cycled the flash a few times, dumping all the stored power. After 4 or so cycles, the recycle time started to go

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread Bob Shell
On Dec 2, 2006, at 8:33 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm a verified Paypal member, and I've used it dozens of times for both domestic and foreign sales. No problems. I could have said the same until the middle of last year. Then some jerk in France claimed he didn't receive a shipment

RE: PESO - Forest for the trees

2006-12-02 Thread Bill Sawyer
Great shot, Ken. Like Mark, I would like to see a print. Paul, I ordered the camera from Amazon. I hope to have it Tuesday (after doing the UPS shuffle.) Then, I decided I couldn't live without the grip, so ordered that from Adorama. I just finished ordering Transcend SD cards from Newegg, and

RE: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I dont beleive you need to half press the shutter button to activate the meter on auto expose modes, its instant isnt it? i.e you can just shoot whenever you want, no waiting for meter or need for half shutter presses. No Pentax film camera ever needed you to half press the shutter on any auto

Re: The RAW report

2006-12-02 Thread David Savage
On 12/2/06, Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trouble is I don't have a way to convert to DNG since I don't run Winders or MacOS, and writing my own is pointless for the aforementioned reasons. LOL ... So why are you continuing on this thread when you obviously have no

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread graywolf
Your confirmed email address. It is a good idea to set up a separate email account for paypal. It has worked well for me. -graywolf David J Brooks wrote: Good idea. We have a new bank in town now, so i could open an account with them. I assume you are given somesort of account number or

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread Michael Chan
Shel, In my experience with the K10 so far, SR is active and ready as quickly or faster than focus is acquired, which should mitigate your concerns regarding the situation you are describing. Michael On Dec 2, 2006, at 8:01 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: That's not quite the same as quickly

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
I think you'll find the delay is far less than a few seconds. It seems to come up in less than a second. I think that by the time you've framed and focused, you'll have SR as well. And of course, you really only need it in daylight when shooting with long lenses. Paul On Dec 2, 2006, at 11:01

Re: 16-50 f2.8

2006-12-02 Thread Adam Maas
The 16-50 is one of the three announced DA*'s. These are the weather sealed lenses, so if it's out of your budget, so is weather sealing, at least from Pentax. The 16-45 is a very good lens. It's got some weaknesses (most notably the barrel on some units is a bit wobbly at full extension and

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, What is ACR? Where can I try it? Regards, Bob S. On 12/2/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With ACR, you can render an image any way you choose. The range of adjustment is considerable. I've now processed several hundred K10 DNGs with ACR. No problem achieving good results

RE: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Still sucks compared to not having to do half shutter presses and having the SR ready to go instantly by enabling it ahead of time. I really hate ANY half presses to take a picture. I dont mind it for metering or other features but to take a picture, I want to just press the button fast without

Re: OT: Epson 2200: printing on roll paper

2006-12-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, that's what I've found in my experiments this morning. I'm not going to print it at 40 inches. It would be only 5.5 inches high. Instead I'm cutting it into four pieces and making four 18 x 10.6 prints. I'll mat and frame each one individually. Hung together, it will still make a nice

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread Perry Pellechia
On 12/2/06, Peter Loveday [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * The MTF programme line still refuses to use all apertures on my primes (ie, no F1.4 on the FA50/1.4) That's what MTF prog. should do. It is choosing the aperture based on what gives the better (i.e., sharper) result. The MTF value for

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Shel, I'm using Photoshop Elements 5.0, but it's not opening the K10d RAW files. Is there something that I'm missing to get to ARC? Regards, Bob S. On 12/2/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's Adobe Camera Raw. You can try it in Photoshop or Elements. It was my understanding

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread David Savage
Shel, do you mainly manual focus? If you were to get into the habit of half pressing the shutter while raising the camera to your eye by the time it got there SR would be up and running. New features/technology sometimes require modifications to techniques. Dave On 12/3/06, Shel Belinkoff

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread Michael Chan
Graywolf is correct that Paypal is rather competitive in the points it charges versus my merchant account, and that they make things extremely convenient, plus have a (perhaps undeserved) level of trust with the general buying public that people may not have with a direct purchase method.

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
PayPal is great most of the time, but if there is a problem they don't give a damn. Bingo! Why I don't use it. Bob S. On 12/2/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 2, 2006, at 8:33 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm a verified Paypal member, and I've used it dozens of times for

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread Adam Maas
It's not instant, the meter comes on, grabs the first reading it can and uses that. This is common to most cameras that do AE. You don't notice as it does this as soon as the shutter passes the half-press point as you are depressing the shutter all the way. AE only takes a fraction of a

RE: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
The half shutter press is still sucky. If you have to do a half press or get no SR, I do not like it. I would rather have the option of turning on the SR in advance and being able shoot without any half presses needed. If the SR works properly, why wouldnt you use it all the time if it had no

Re: K10D Impressions...

2006-12-02 Thread Adam Maas
Michael Perham wrote: This is my first DSLR - the number of parameters one deals with in digital photography as opposed to film, is a bit daunting; that will take some getting used to before it becomes intuitive. Numerous comments on this and other forums have mentioned the slow auto

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-02 Thread Adam Maas
Are you shooting DNG or PEF format. Elements can only read DNG's from the K10D at the moment. -Adam Bob Sullivan wrote: Shel, I'm using Photoshop Elements 5.0, but it's not opening the K10d RAW files. Is there something that I'm missing to get to ARC? Regards, Bob S. On 12/2/06, Shel

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread David Savage
Then you believe wrong. As I said, the meter turns itself off after either 3, 10 or 30 seconds, at any exposure mode (M, Av, Tv, Sv, P etc) depending how you have the camera set up. The camera is still ready to shoot, the meter's just not on. The camera will fire at any time if you fully press

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Well, based on this comment and another, it may not be as slow as I understood it to be. IAC, I'll probably have a chance to try a K10 this coming week. I'm planning to et together with a couple of early adapters so I'll see for myself. Thanks! Shel [Original Message] From: Paul Stenquist

Re: Paypal for my sales

2006-12-02 Thread Mark Cassino
Boris Liberman wrote: Mark, I am not sure how it work for Americans, but since I don't live there and still have PayPal acct, all they know about my money is my credit card. It seems to be enough both in order to pay and to be paid. When I first signed up with PayPal they let you use a

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes - for the time being you'll need to use the DNG files until Adobe releases an updated Camera Raw, which they do frequently as new cameras come out. I'm not positive when the last release was, but I believe it was on October 31 or so, v3.6, but I don't know if it covers the K10D PEF files

Things I have recently learned

2006-12-02 Thread William Robb
Don't give your dogs home made dog buscuits in the evening if you want to sleep in the next morning.. The photofinishing game is kinda fun if you are working for real photographers. My K10 arrived yesterday, late morning. Back to bed now, the boy seems to have settled down again. William

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D As long as you keep the shutter half pressed after taking a shot SR stays on. If you take your finger of the shutter then you have to wait for SR to kick in again. It would be nice if it could be

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes - for now, all my lenses are manual lenses. From other comments it seems that with some adjustment to technique SR may work just fine. Thanks! Shel [Original Message] From: David Savage Shel, do you mainly manual focus? If you were to get into the habit of half pressing the

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread K.Takeshita
On 12/02/06 11:13 AM, Paul Stenquist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you'll find the delay is far less than a few seconds. It seems to come up in less than a second. I think that by the time you've framed and focused, you'll have SR as well. True. I do not have a K10D (yet!), but Canon IS

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell Subject: RE: Some random thoughts on my K10D Still sucks compared to not having to do half shutter presses and having the SR ready to go instantly by enabling it ahead of time. I really hate ANY half presses to take a picture. I dont

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