Re: Scanning

2007-01-01 Thread David Mann
On Jan 2, 2007, at 6:53 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Yeah, an Imacon Flextight would be wonderful. But $5000 for the > cheapest one puts it well out of my budget, never mind the time it > takes to use it. > > Results I've seen from the Epson V700 are pretty good. $500 is a lot > closer to afforda

Re: Newer sensors

2007-01-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Brian Dunn" Subject: Newer sensors > > ( I also kind of wish that DA lenses had aperature rings, but that's > me... ) Trust me, you don't. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
On 1/2/07, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "it might be shit to you but it's my bread and butter" Har! That's just lovely. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread John Forbes
OK. Thanks for the clarification. Incidentally, I am also one of those who think that the 18-35 is not a bad lens given its price. John On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:26:53 -, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Very well, John, now that you have thoroughly explained yourself I

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-01 Thread Brian Walters
OK Recently retired civil engineer - spent most of my working life designing sewage treatment plants. (Hey to repeat an oft quoted phrase in the industry - "it might be shit to you but it's my bread and butter".) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters West

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-01 Thread SJ
On 1/2/07, Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been reading this list for nearly 8 months now, and I'm aware of > some of your occupations... however some of you are a mystery to me. > I'm not sure if that's on purpose or not... :) [...] > Anyone care to share? hi mike, when i join a

Newer sensors

2007-01-01 Thread Brian Dunn
> I indeed hear more and more rumors about upcoming FF sensors and cameras. When photographing weddings and some stage productions, dynamic range is much more important than total resolution or full frame. We've seen flower girl dresses made of semi-reflective material which really blasts the

Re: Occupations?

2007-01-01 Thread J and K Messervy
I'm what's commonly referred to here in Australia as a Pube. That is a Public Servant (known as Civil Servant in some other parts of the world). I work for the Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services. James - Original Message - From: "Mike Hamilton" <[EMAI

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
On 1/2/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "David Savage" > Subject: Re: OT: Occupations? > > > > > > > Marine draughtsman in a naval architecture/marine consultancy firm > > > > Here's some shots of one of our latest projects: > > > >

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-01 Thread John Coyle
Formerly (long ago) an accountant, now trying to retire but having a computer consultancy business which still just keeps on going! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - > On 1/2/07, Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've been reading this list for nearly 8 month

Xmas and New Year

2007-01-01 Thread Don Williams
Hi all, I'm back. I have just realised that while I sent a card to some members individually I neglected the group as a whole because I was 'off list' for a while. So I've posted my sad little card here for those interested enough to look: http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/OddsAndEnd

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "David Savage" Subject: Re: OT: Occupations? > > > Marine draughtsman in a naval architecture/marine consultancy firm > > Here's some shots of one of our latest projects: > > >

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
On 1/2/07, Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been reading this list for nearly 8 months now, and I'm aware of > some of your occupations... however some of you are a mystery to me. > I'm not sure if that's on purpose or not... :) > > Anyway, just for a starting point, I'm a elementar

OT: Occupations?

2007-01-01 Thread Mike Hamilton
I've been reading this list for nearly 8 months now, and I'm aware of some of your occupations... however some of you are a mystery to me. I'm not sure if that's on purpose or not... :) Anyway, just for a starting point, I'm a elementary special education teacher, presently substitute teaching as

Re: Noisy New Year (blue channel noise issue)

2007-01-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "John Celio" Subject: Noisy New Year (blue channel noise issue) > Welcome to 2007! > > *sigh* > > I hate to give fuel to the doomsayers and eternal pessimists (read: the > seeming majority of DPReview's forum users and a few guys here), but I > think > there'

Re: Been away

2007-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Bruce, My condolences for your loss. Happy New Year to you and your family. 2007 is going to be great. :-) Godfrey On Jan 1, 2007, at 9:19 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > Just a quick note to let you all know that I have been relatively gone > from the list for the past 3 weeks. My Mother-In-Law pa

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: More rumors ... (and happy New Year) >I should rephrase that, the amount > of overcoverage needed for AS is small > relative to the size of the image > circle or diagonal on a FF sensor. I realize this will vary from lens to len

Re: Scanning

2007-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Yeah, an Imacon Flextight would be wonderful. But $5000 for the cheapest one puts it well out of my budget, never mind the time it takes to use it. Results I've seen from the Epson V700 are pretty good. $500 is a lot closer to affordable... Godfrey On Jan 1, 2007, at 8:30 PM, Paul Stenquis

RE: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I have to comment here on focal lengths. The further they get away from "normal", the less often I use a given lens, and this is very true of super teles and super wides. Its not that they dont come in handy at times and are necessary to have and fun to utilize at times, its just that I don't use t

Re: Pentax on Today Show

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
On 1/2/07, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 2, 2007, at 6:46 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > Up here in Chicago, when the pipes are threatening to freeze, be let > > the faucets trickle a little bit of water. The warmer ground water > > keeps the pipes from freezing. > > We might get s

Re: Software upgarading was More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
On 1/2/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I resemble that remark - upgraded to Netscape 7.0 too... > I'm getting nagging email from FIrefox taht I should upgrade to 1.5.0.9 > > Any reason I should or shouldn't? There is no difference that the user will notice. I recommend updating it.

Re: Noisy New Year (blue channel noise issue)

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
I have to agree the noise in the blue channel is bloody awful. I haven't done any night shooting with the K10D yet, but going by the pictures I made at the family Christmas dinner, all of which required suppression of the blue channel noise (using the reduce noise filter in PS CS2). Admittedly I w

Re: Sensor Cleaning

2007-01-01 Thread Brian Walters
Rob What sort of compressor do you use? Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 02/01/07, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Same here - I've only cleaned the DS twice using the

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
Most of my pano's are in the 3 -6 shot range also, here's a 4 shot example: Pano head used And an 18 frame 360 degree one made by just rotating the tripods head (before I had the pano head): T

Been away

2007-01-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
Just a quick note to let you all know that I have been relatively gone from the list for the past 3 weeks. My Mother-In-Law passed away suddenly on December 9th so I have been out to the viewing/funeral and then back to be with Father-In-Law for the holidays. Being all alone, he was in need of ou

Re: 2006 PDML quotations list: Part 2

2007-01-01 Thread Brian Walters
"bible of Pentaxian erudition"?? Sound like an early attempt for the 2007 list. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Excellent again. Thanks for compiling this bible of Pentaxian > eruditio

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Very well, John, now that you have thoroughly explained yourself I see *exactly* what you mean. So I shall try to respond. > That is not the right question. The question is, how do I know that you > require more than the choice of three focal lengths provided by the FA Ltd > lenses? We

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D > - What I said above is an opinion that this topic has been discussed > ad nauseam in the past and that *it* was too stupid for me to > participate in further. I had participated in it early on an

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "J. C. O'Connell"Subject: RE: More rumors ... (and happy New Year) > You really missed the entire point of my post, > It was in reference to a FF camera, Godders doesn't believe in vapourware. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net htt

Noisy New Year (blue channel noise issue)

2007-01-01 Thread John Celio
Welcome to 2007! *sigh* I hate to give fuel to the doomsayers and eternal pessimists (read: the seeming majority of DPReview's forum users and a few guys here), but I think there's a problem with my K10D. I never saw long-exposure noise like this in my *istD. Here are three versions of the s

Re: Software upgarading was More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread Mat Maessen
On 1/2/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm getting nagging email from FIrefox taht I should upgrade to 1.5.0.9 If you're already running an older 1.5.0.x version of firefox, yes you should. It's only bug fixes, no functionality changes. -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread Kenneth Waller
I've had pretty much the same experience - I've shot panos both on a leveled tripod & handheld & have experienced no problems getting panoramaker to stitch them together. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Walter Hamler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Do it yourself pano head

RE: A better bounce card

2007-01-01 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Dave the shops open again after tomorrow and I will have a look for some test material. Thanks for the links, thats interesting for me. BTW does anybody have some good examples of second curtain flash photos or some ideas with what motives it would work well? I saw Cotty's soccer photos once b

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread ann sanfedele
David Savage wrote: >LOL > >Grow up Ann :-) > >Dave > NEVER! ann > >On 1/2/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Dave - really - you need to keep it clean here... >> >>ann >> >>David Savage wrote: >> >> >> >>>Here's a prototype I made based on my horizontal pano head: >>>

Re: Software upgarading was More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread ann sanfedele
Joseph Tainter wrote: >It's eat your hat time again. I think we have plateaued (?) with regard >to DSLR functionality, and further improvements will be incremental. >Certainly nothing like the leap from the *ist D to the K10D. > >John > >- > >I hope you are right, John. > >I try to resist c

Re: SMC-A 70-210 F4 on Pentax DSLRs?

2007-01-01 Thread John Coyle
In a word - excellent. Sharp, easy to focus, bright enough in the viewfinder: some might find it a little front-heavy. Comments based on using it on the *istD. HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" Sent: Sunday,

RE: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread Markus Maurer
It is a very good idea just to say what you wanted to say on the PDML :-) Markus >Well, the intent was to say "I want no further participation in this >BS". I only posted it since I had been involved at the beginning of >the thread, felt everything that needed to be said was said, and >thoug

Re: GFM Registration is OPEN!

2007-01-01 Thread Kenneth Waller
# 305 here. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: GFM Registration is OPEN! > I'm 308. > Paul > On Jan 1, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Cotty wrote: > >> On 1/1/07, Stan Halpin, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> #253... >>> stan >> >> If your

Re: happy new year

2007-01-01 Thread David Mann
On Jan 1, 2007, at 5:57 AM, William Kane wrote: > OMG, Time machines are the new wave of the future? Some of us are just a couple of stops faster. - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax on Today Show

2007-01-01 Thread David Mann
On Jan 2, 2007, at 6:46 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Up here in Chicago, when the pipes are threatening to freeze, be let > the faucets trickle a little bit of water. The warmer ground water > keeps the pipes from freezing. We might get some sun tomorrow. I think I've seen it twice in two weeks.

RE: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Dave since I only will make flat panoramas made out of 3-6 shots and not 360 degree round ones I would love to see the difference in a panorama with and without nodal point adjustment of the camera for my requirements . Has anybody a link or selfmade panoramas with a comparison? Gratulations for

Re: Christmas cookie recipe

2007-01-01 Thread David Mann
On Jan 2, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > You must really live in the sticks. That joke is at least twenty > years old Well this _is_ the internet... where everything is either porn, a hoax, porn, a scam, porn, an old joke, or porn. - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Scanning (Was Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D)

2007-01-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
For several years, I scanned all my 6x7 transparencies and negs on an Epson 3200. The results were nice. I sold quite a few as stock and many to magazines. When I went to visit my friend the other day, he asked me to bring some transparencies that I had confidence in regarding sharpness and

Re: A better bounce card

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
On 1/1/07, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Lawrence! > The "perfect flash" solution is in sight now for me :-) > greetings Given all the DIY flash talk, some might find these interesting from the DPReview Lighting Technique forum:

Re: A bit more about K10D, please read.

2007-01-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
I too find the Camera Raw defaults are certainly close enough to work with. In tonality, exposure, and temperature, I prefer to make my own decisions. Paul On Jan 1, 2007, at 9:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > They go in > >~Library/Application Support/Adobe/Camera Raw/Settings/ > > (The ~

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
My bad. "Misinformed" was a poor choice of words. You are correct. I guess what I meant was that those of us who have embraced APS-C don't care what the full frame options might be. APS-C works for us. But again, you're point is correct, and I was defending it here as well as your right to

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
LOL Grow up Ann :-) Dave On 1/2/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave - really - you need to keep it clean here... > > ann > > David Savage wrote: > > >Here's a prototype I made based on my horizontal pano head: -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailm

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread Jim Apilado
I, too, am satisfied with the results I get from *ist D. I like to read the material from Pentax users who can't wait to move up to the latest toy. Jim A. > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 19:38:21 -0800 > To: "Pentax-Discu

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
One needn't upgrade a DSLR if it's providing the desired results. In fact, since I'm mostly just making snap shots these days, I was wondering of I really need the K10D. I sure want one, and will probably get one, but thus far I've not done any DSLR work that makes the 10D necessary. Shel > [

Re: PESOs: Corrales, New Mexico, Today

2007-01-01 Thread ann sanfedele
Joe _ I love the snow with all the red clay... makes me "homesick" for that area - I guess the Taos Ski area is in great shape :) The first one is my fave but not for any aesthetic reasons Just because it is a beautiful scene. The third one is the one I'd have chosen to put in show, were these

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
And your right often hand held is fine. Where hand held falls down in my experience is when there are close in foreground objects. Parallax error becomes a serious PITA in the these situations. Meaning extra time in front of the computer manually selection control points (I use PTGui for stitching

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread ann sanfedele
Dave - really - you need to keep it clean here... ann David Savage wrote: >Here's a prototype I made based on my horizontal pano head: > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
Basically by trial and error. Here's the process I used as recommended to me by Rob: I hung a plumb bob from a light fixture (actually a piece of string with a QR plate tied to the end), Set up tripod about 1-2m back from the string, correctly leveled, so that when the camera is mounted the stri

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread Scott Loveless
On 1/1/07, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's eat your hat time again. I think we have plateaued (?) with regard > to DSLR functionality, and further improvements will be incremental. > Certainly nothing like the leap from the *ist D to the K10D. > > John > > - > > I hope you are

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread Joseph Tainter
It's eat your hat time again. I think we have plateaued (?) with regard to DSLR functionality, and further improvements will be incremental. Certainly nothing like the leap from the *ist D to the K10D. John - I hope you are right, John. I try to resist computer upgrades. But the system for

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 1, 2007, at 6:43 PM, K.Takeshita wrote: > I did not think it was directed to anyone specific :-). I'm glad for that. > But by calling a thread stupid, I just felt that some people might > have been > offended and did not think there was any need to stir up a pod > which was > relativ

Re: PESOs: Corrales, New Mexico, Today

2007-01-01 Thread Joseph Tainter
Joseph Tainter wrote: > Good thing the K10D is sealed. Comments welcome: > > http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/535671/display/7559971 > > http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/535671/display/7559976 > > http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/535671/display/7559977 > > Joe J

Re: A bit more about K10D, please read.

2007-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
They go in ~Library/Application Support/Adobe/Camera Raw/Settings/ (The ~ takes you to the user-specific Library folder, not the system- wide library folder.) but in all honesty these .xmp calibrations cause some very odd conversion results in Camera Raw v3.6 with K10D files on my system.

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
On 1/2/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 1, 2007, at 5:58 PM, Ken Takeshita wrote: > > > On 1/1/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It's sad to see this whole stupid "FF vs APS-C" horsepucky again be a > >> bazillion message thread. Two misnomers make a rel

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread Ken Takeshita
On 1/1/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > an often > repeated topic where the specifics of the discussion have been > repeated at least twelve times over within the past year BTW, this thread has morphed into FF/APS-C stuff at some point from a different subject as the thread title

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread K.Takeshita
On 1/01/07 9:31 PM, "Godfrey DiGiorgi", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not an attack upon you. I did not think it was directed to anyone specific :-). But by calling a thread stupid, I just felt that some people might have been offended and did not think there was any need to stir up a pod which wa

Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread Walter Hamler
"Curious, How do you accurately determine the nodal point on the lens, especially the zooms, in order to position the camera correctly on the head? jco" Actually, I have shot quite a bit of stuff to stitch together and have done them all handheld. Surprisingly I have never had a problem getting t

January 2007 PUG is open

2007-01-01 Thread Harald Rust
John, Thanks for the kind comment. Also much appreciation to Adelheid for putting the gallery together. Harald John wrote: Harald Rust's "Endless Sea and Sky" breathes new life into a frequently photographed subject. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of sp

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 1, 2007, at 5:58 PM, Ken Takeshita wrote: > On 1/1/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's sad to see this whole stupid "FF vs APS-C" horsepucky again be a >> bazillion message thread. Two misnomers make a religious battle it >> seems. >> >> I'll just take pictures and to h

RE: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Curious, How do you accurately determine the nodal point on the lens, especially the zooms, in order to position the camera correctly on the head? jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 9:23 PM To: P

Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread P. J. Alling
AIIEEee. Not Ken Rockwell! Scott Loveless wrote: > On 1/1/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Which is why i have not read a DP review thread in 12 months. >> >> i Prefer to ask those actally using the product what its like.:-) >> >> > This guy has a gre

RE: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I wasnt "misinformed", I was just stating the obvious, and thats that a 43mm/1.9 on FF would be better than a 28mm/2 on APS most likely. How can you argue with that simple concept or opinion? And where's the " misinformed opinion" part you are referring to? jco -Original Message- From: [E

Re: Christmas cookie recipe

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
A good joke is funny no matter how old it is. :-) That's the 3rd time I've seen it this holiday season and it's cracked me up every time. Dave On 1/2/07, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You must really live in the sticks. That joke is at least twenty years old > ... glad to see that

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
It sure ain't pretty (the vertical arm that is). Made from scrap in about half an hour. The 'L' bracket has since been black anodised and works great with the horizontal pano head. Cheers, Dave BTW, If anyone is interested in an 'L' bracket for their K10D let me know. On 1/2/07, Paul Stenquist

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Ah, the beginning of a flame war. No need to disparage JCO here. He was merely stating an opinion, however misinformed it might be. Who was it who just said: "It's sad to see this whole stupid "FF vs APS-C" horsepucky again be a bazillion message thread. Two misnomers make a religious battle i

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Ditto. Not to mention that the aforementioned expressed his opinion prior to dismissing the thread as stupid. Paul On Jan 1, 2007, at 8:58 PM, Ken Takeshita wrote: > On 1/1/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's sad to see this whole stupid "FF vs APS-C" horsepucky again be a >>

RE: Christmas cookie recipe

2007-01-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
You must really live in the sticks. That joke is at least twenty years old ... glad to see that you're recycling though Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bob Shell > Christmas Cookie Recipe > > > 1 cup of water > 1 tsp baking soda > 1 cup of sugar > 1 tsp salt > 1 cup of brown sugar > l

RE: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread J. C. O'Connell
You really missed the entire point of my post, It was in reference to a FF camera,and that a 43mm on FF would be same as 28mmDA lens on aps. I dont need to buy or use a pentax DSLR to know that, and you obviously dont know what the hell you are reading, because a 43mm would not be too long on FF se

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice. Not pretty, but nice. I may copy your design. Paul On Jan 1, 2007, at 8:44 PM, David Savage wrote: > Here's a prototype I made based on my horizontal pano head: > > > > And here's some info about the pano head & "L" bracket I made: >

Re: A bit more about K10D, please read.

2007-01-01 Thread Mike Hamilton
I know this is a bit old now, but can anyone help me find the location for camera profiles in Mac OS X? I've searched but to no avail. Thanks a million. MIke > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David Savage > > G'day Boris > > C:\Docu

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Ah, my mail filters were disabled for a few hours during a system cleanup and this nonsense was received... On Jan 1, 2007, at 10:04 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > So you want a fast normal APS lens? (28/2DA)? > On FF, you can get a killer 50mm F1.4 > for much less money thats twice as fast. > He

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread Ken Takeshita
On 1/1/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's sad to see this whole stupid "FF vs APS-C" horsepucky again be a > bazillion message thread. Two misnomers make a religious battle it > seems. > > I'll just take pictures and to hell with trying to discuss it. 1. This is a perfectly leg

Re: k10d infrared

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
On 1/2/07, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 02/01/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I checked with Lifepixels about converting one of my istD's, but they > > don't refit and Pentax for some reason. > > Yes I noticed, however if given the filter dimensions I'm s

Re: Sensor Cleaning

2007-01-01 Thread skye
On 1/1/07, William Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 1, 2007, at 7:02 PM, skye wrote: > > > On 1/1/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This was on an *ist-D. Reading one of the translated interviews > >> here on > >> the K10D, I noted that a reference was made to coating the s

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
Here's a prototype I made based on my horizontal pano head: And here's some info about the pano head & "L" bracket I made: Today or tomorrow I'm going to gather the material

Re: Sensor Cleaning

2007-01-01 Thread William Kane
On Jan 1, 2007, at 7:02 PM, skye wrote: > On 1/1/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This was on an *ist-D. Reading one of the translated interviews >> here on >> the K10D, I noted that a reference was made to coating the sensor >> with a >> special anti-dust coating. I made a note

RE: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I should rephrase that, the amount of overcoverage needed for AS is small relative to the size of the image circle or diagonal on a FF sensor. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. C. O'Connell Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 8:24 PM To: '

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread Adam Maas
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > It's sad to see this whole stupid "FF vs APS-C" horsepucky again be a > bazillion message thread. Two misnomers make a religious battle it > seems. > > I'll just take pictures and to hell with trying to discuss it. > > G > At least we aren't talking about the 48mm

RE: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread J. C. O'Connell
the magnitude of the image correction lateral movement needed is very small relative to the size of the image circle "overcoverage" needed. I doubt many high quality pentax lenses dont already have the necessary, albeit small, "overcoverage" to do the job. jco -Original Message- From: [EMA

Re: k10d infrared

2007-01-01 Thread Peter Loveday
> If I do do it I will record the process and make it available to others > :-) Hmm interesting idea, I might give it a go also down the track. Hey, how about coming up with a way to seperate the colour filter array from the sensor? That'd be nice :) - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: GFM Registration is OPEN!

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
Me too. Dave (#250) On 1/2/07, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They verified my purchase of two registrations this afternoon and I > was order #274. > Regards, Bob S. > > On 1/1/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, I seem to remember that. But they continue to take >

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: More rumors ... (and happy New Year) >I dont believe that FF digital precludes > body integrated image stabilization. It will if the usable image circle isn't big enough to cover the sensor deflection. Offhand, what is the usab

RE: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Both canon and nikon are bad examples to compare to Pentax because they already have much higher spec models at the top of thier lines. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 6:52 PM To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: 2006 PDML quotations list: Part 2

2007-01-01 Thread Tom Reese
From: David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I need a life. Take Frank's. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: 2006 PDML quotations list: Part 2

2007-01-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tom Reese" Subject: Re: 2006 PDML quotations list: Part 2 > From: David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> I need a life. > > Take Frank's. What makes you think he has one to take? William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.

Re: Sensor Cleaning

2007-01-01 Thread skye
On 1/1/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This was on an *ist-D. Reading one of the translated interviews here on > the K10D, I noted that a reference was made to coating the sensor with a > special anti-dust coating. I made a note to myself to be sure to check > that the K10D sensor was

Re: GFM Registration is OPEN!

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
I suspect these order numbers aren't dedicated to the full participant registrations. There are quite a lot of other things you can order. Cheers, Dave On 1/2/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I noticed a slight problem you guys are going to have. There are only > 165 seats in the audit

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks, now I can sleep. Paul On Jan 1, 2007, at 8:01 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > I dont believe that FF digital precludes > body integrated image stabilization. > jco > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > Paul Stenquist > Sent: Mon

OT: happy new year ... the 2006 roundup

2007-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
A bit of animation so those without broadband might not want to try it. It's noisy so turn your sound down. http://www.JibJab.com/nuckin_futs?jjeid=nuckin-reg Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-01 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I dont believe that FF digital precludes body integrated image stabilization. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 5:32 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: More rumors ... (and happy New

Re: GFM Registration is OPEN!

2007-01-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
They verified my purchase of two registrations this afternoon and I was order #274. Regards, Bob S. On 1/1/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, I seem to remember that. But they continue to take > registrations. Maybe they have a different plan? On the other hand, > the lowest nu

Re: GFM Registration is OPEN!

2007-01-01 Thread David Savage
On 1/2/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/1/07, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Registered at about 8 AM Central time with order #274. > > 258 here, anyone earlier? #250 Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > - Original Message - > From: "John Forbes" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> If every other manufacture brings out a FF body Pentax will as well or >>> they _will_ _die_. Simple as that. >> >> But the others won't. Simple as that. >> >> And

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
It's sad to see this whole stupid "FF vs APS-C" horsepucky again be a bazillion message thread. Two misnomers make a religious battle it seems. I'll just take pictures and to hell with trying to discuss it. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pd

Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread Scott Loveless
On 1/1/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which is why i have not read a DP review thread in 12 months. > > i Prefer to ask those actally using the product what its like.:-) > This guy has a great website: http://www.kenrockwell.com/ -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Sho

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