Re: PESO (well not really) No Fun Allowed

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
P. J. Alling wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Norm Baugher wrote: Only one you left off was Rabbit Ears... Updated: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pdmlrules.jpg I'm shocked that you would take my oh so ordanary image and abuse it in this way :-P Just wait. There's still over two

RE: Macro Lenses

2007-03-14 Thread J. C. O'Connell
of course 1:1 or 1:2 is achieved at same distances, but the whole point of that paragraph of my post is you dont need 1:1 or 1:2 to get same photo as you would with 35mm, you only need 1:1.5 or 1:3 so your working distance is longer by approx 50% for same type of photo (same object/framing), this

Enablement: smc-Takumar 50mm f/4 macro w/ extension tubes

2007-03-14 Thread Mike Hamilton
All I can say is wow. This is my first Takumar, and I'm simply amazed at the build quality of this lens. It (and the extension tubes) are in like new condition. Nary a scratch on the body or glass. Even the cases are in like new condition! I've sold my Sigma 70-300 zoom to pay for this, and I

RE: Macro Lenses

2007-03-14 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I say there is more requirements than just a possible high magnification to a TRUE macro lens. Its got to be optimized for those high mags to be a true macro in my opinion, not just a BTW, heres some high mag settings on the focus rings for you to play with type deal jco -Original

RE: Smallest safe flash for the K10D to trigger old slave flashes

2007-03-14 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Jens I have a AF200S but the Metz 20BC6 is smaller and lighter too and works safely on the K10D . It has only one automatic mode at F 5.6 if that matters. I did not have the time to test slave flashing with the K10D, remember I'm still on week number two with it :-) I started with the lens

RE: GFM headcount

2007-03-14 Thread Bill Owens
Will Knarf be able to produce proper documentation this time? Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:20 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GFM headcount We're going to have a

Re: BW or color?

2007-03-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks, dashing Annsan. Paul On Mar 14, 2007, at 6:05 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Dashing through the list -- i say COLOR ann Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm having a tough time deciding which way to go on this one: BW: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5716008 Color:

RE: The Perfect Bag

2007-03-14 Thread Markus Maurer
In certain areas of Zurich I prefer a simple plastic bag for my camera ;-) I agree, a photographer needs several different bags. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:07 PM To:

RE: Enablement: smc-Takumar 50mm f/4 macro w/ extension tubes

2007-03-14 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Mike I'm sure that you will love the results. It may be a bit hard (dark) to focus the macro lens on a DSLR. I love some other Takumar M42 lenses as well, mainly the 35mm 3.5 and the 85 mm 1.8. Today I really missed a wide fixed lens on the K10D, reminds me that I have to test the Tamron SP

Re: GFM headcount

2007-03-14 Thread David J Brooks
One only hopes Bill. Sighh:-) Dave On 3/14/07, Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will Knarf be able to produce proper documentation this time? Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, March 14,

Re: GFM 2007

2007-03-14 Thread David J Brooks
On 3/14/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/14/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/14/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine depends if i can keep up with Mark. He is in another time zone sometimes during that ride down. We'll be able to keep

RE: GFM headcount

2007-03-14 Thread Bob W
Don't they put a yellow tag through Canadians' ears when they first enter the US? -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Owens Sent: 14 March 2007 22:39 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: GFM headcount Will

Re: GFM headcount thus far

2007-03-14 Thread David J Brooks
On 3/14/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty wrote: On 14/3/07, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: Tom Reese and Susan hey Tom, you bringing any Darkside gear? hilk hilk I don't know about Tom, but I got my darkside rebel and might bring the pro-1 too.

Re: The Perfect Bag

2007-03-14 Thread Brian Walters
As others have said there is no perfect bag. I have 3 (all Lowepro - not because they're any better than the others; two came with cameras I bought on Ebay and I kept them). For my basic walking around bag the Lowepro Nova 1 holds the DS with 16-45 zoom attached plus a 80-320 zoom and some

Re: GFM headcount

2007-03-14 Thread David J Brooks
Just the left one Dave On 3/14/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't they put a yellow tag through Canadians' ears when they first enter the US? -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Owens Sent: 14 March 2007

Re: Enablement: smc-Takumar 50mm f/4 macro w/ extension tubes

2007-03-14 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 04:31:05PM -0600, Mike Hamilton wrote.. All I can say is wow. This is my first Takumar, and I'm simply amazed at the build quality of this lens. It (and the extension To a certain extent: the older the nicer the build quality. I have some pre-Spotmatic M42 Takumars

RE: Enablement: smc-Takumar 50mm f/4 macro w/ extension tubes

2007-03-14 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Welcome to the world of Pentax's pinnacle of lens series production. Now you know why I want a true M42 DSLR. To use those classics! BTW, this is a superb performance lens in the macro range, but nothing special at infinity, dont judge it by that jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: The DA 50~200

2007-03-14 Thread Adam Maas
The SMC-A 70-210 f4 typically sells used for nearly the price of a new 50-200 DA, the latter is a far less expensive lens, and pretty much a match in performance (apart from the variable aperture). -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: why not? those lenses were never expensive and a APS version

Re: GFM headcount thus far

2007-03-14 Thread Cotty
On 14/3/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: I hope someone will let me use their adobe photoshop 5.0 and has or can let me load my canon software on their machine so I can actually participate in the contest. Why would you need to load Canon software on someone's machine? I have

GFM Trails

2007-03-14 Thread David J Brooks
Last year, i meakly ventured out from the park along the Parkway for photos. I say meakly, cause i get SO turned around on that road. Any way, i'd like to hit a few of the easier trails for animals, bugs etc. Can we get together for a planning session Friday. I;m sure they have info in the

RE: Enablement: smc-Takumar 50mm f/4 macro w/ extension tubes

2007-03-14 Thread J. C. O'Connell
the beginning of the decline in build quality started with the very late SMC takmars (not to be confused with the earlier, Super-Multi-Coated takumars. IMHO, the Super-Multi-Coated takumars were the pinnacle of Pentax's lens production in terms of build quality. By the time they switched to K

Re: PESO:High flyer

2007-03-14 Thread Cotty
On 14/3/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: it's a bit like this photo by Eve Arnold: http://tinyurl.com/36q9gs I prefer Markus'. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: Enablement: smc-Takumar 50mm f/4 macro w/ extension tubes

2007-03-14 Thread Mike Hamilton
On 3/14/07, Wilko Bulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 04:31:05PM -0600, Mike Hamilton wrote.. All I can say is wow. This is my first Takumar, and I'm simply amazed at the build quality of this lens. It (and the extension To a certain extent: the older the nicer the

RE: The DA 50~200

2007-03-14 Thread J. C. O'Connell
if the 70-210/4.0 A lens, which is no longer avail new, sells for nearly the price, (LESS) than the new 50-200, the 50-200 is NOT a far less expensive lens than the 70-210/A lens, it not even less expensive at all than the 70-210/A, it's MORE expensive. jco -Original Message- From:

T-max 100 professional - 120

2007-03-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Got box of five rolls, but it is out dated... box is stamped 0581 003 02/2004 Is this of any use to anyone? I grabbed it at a local thrift in a moment of weakness... I seem to remember shooting out of date tri-x and managed to get fair negs out of it if I upped the contrast factors. but this

Re: BW or color?

2007-03-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks, dashing Annsan. Paul sweet talker! a On Mar 14, 2007, at 6:05 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Dashing through the list -- i say COLOR ann Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm having a tough time deciding which way to go on this one: BW:

Re: The DA 50~200

2007-03-14 Thread Adam Maas
Since the 70-210 sells USED for nearly the NEW cost of a DA 50-200, the DA's used cost is likewise much lower than the 70-210 A. -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: if the 70-210/4.0 A lens, which is no longer avail new, sells for nearly the price, (LESS) than the new 50-200, the 50-200 is NOT a

Re: T-max 100 professional - 120

2007-03-14 Thread P. J. Alling
I think if you simply develop if for a slightly longer time you'd get reasonable results. I wouldn't mind trying them, of course I'll be re-spooling them for 620. ann sanfedele wrote: Got box of five rolls, but it is out dated... box is stamped 0581 003 02/2004 Is this of any use to

RE: The DA 50~200

2007-03-14 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Not really, because the current secondary market has at least some 70-210/A lenses available (nearly 100% USED) but there are hardly ANY 50-200/DA available except for NEW at a price higher than the 70-210/As are selling for. Your argument might make sense in the future but for right now the

Re: GFM headcount

2007-03-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: GFM headcount Just the left one They did my right one. Maybe it's some sort of code to let them know you came in on a cattle truck, rather than the cattle car section of an airplane. William Robb Don't they put a yellow tag

Re: GFM Trails

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: Last year, i meakly ventured out from the park along the Parkway for photos. I say meakly, cause i get SO turned around on that road. Any way, i'd like to hit a few of the easier trails for animals, bugs etc. Can we get together for a planning session Friday. I;m sure

PESO: Night panorama.

2007-03-14 Thread Jens Bladt
Please take a look at the K10D night panorama: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/421406950/ Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.10/720 - Release Date: 03/12/2007 19:19

Lightroom crashing my PC

2007-03-14 Thread Bob W
Over the last few days I've had some problems where LR crashes my whole PC. It seems to happen during long-running processes, such as importing, and uploading to the website. That is, when the progress meter is shown in the top left. It crashes when the process is running, and I try to do

Re: Please help me sleep tonight

2007-03-14 Thread Doug Franklin
Tim Øsleby wrote: Forgetting anniversaries, like the important anniversary for the-first-time-we-jumped-over-a-dog-shit on the pavement, /That/ is a classic. :D -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: The Perfect Bag

2007-03-14 Thread Doug Franklin
Juan Buhler wrote: I also have a smaller Domke FX5B bag, same canvas material, which is the one I use when not travelling. I can fit a body and 3 or 4 lenses in it. For me, I've never had an occasion where I wanted a bag that my Domke F-2 did a bad job. Even when I don't want to carry much

Re: GESO: summer Shakespeare - high ISO and a little built in flash

2007-03-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
You used a flash at a theater production?!! Bob S. On 3/14/07, Alastair Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All Another GESO - but not one of my usual subjects. http://www.massey.ac.nz/~aroberts/hamlet/content/index.html Last Sunday I went to an outdoor production of Hamlet put on by a

RE: Lightroom crashing my PC

2007-03-14 Thread Tim Øsleby
There are a few tricks you can do. First take a look at your hard drive. Lightroom is pretty disk intensive, so make sure you have lot of free space. Unless the drive is enormous I'd say it needs at least 20% free space. Another thing is making sure the Render Standard-Sized Previews is

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Jack Davis
Finally successful in uploading 17 images. Saving the final image for the web made the difference..Thanks, Bruce. May find I can't resist having more scans made. I'll be watching the development of this gallery before deciding. In any case, I now have 9 remaining awaiting Review, so may yet have

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Did everyone know that the beta version of the Pentax Gallery is operational now? http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/index-flash.jsp? It's flash-only at the moment. (Hope they have an HTML version before too long or the search engines won't be able to index it.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: The DA 50~200

2007-03-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Wait till the DA* 60-250 comes out and the market will be flooded with DA 50-200 lenses at bargain prices. Paul On Mar 14, 2007, at 7:44 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: Not really, because the current secondary market has at least some 70-210/A lenses available (nearly 100% USED) but there are

RE: GRNVO (Gallery Really Not Very Often)

2007-03-14 Thread Tim Øsleby
You don't need faster glass, because you make very good use of what you have. Tim Typo Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cbwaters Sent: 12. mars 2007 15:26 To: Pdml@pdml.net Subject: GRNVO (Gallery

Re: PESO: Night panorama.

2007-03-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice. Dramatic photo, well rendered. Paul On Mar 14, 2007, at 7:50 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: Please take a look at the K10D night panorama: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/421406950/ Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by

Re: The DA 50~200

2007-03-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
And of course it's an autofocus lens, and it incorporates the invaluable DA focus shift feature, which basically gives you the advantages of both: manual focus and autofocus. On Mar 14, 2007, at 7:12 PM, Adam Maas wrote: The SMC-A 70-210 f4 typically sells used for nearly the price of a new

Re: The Perfect Bag

2007-03-14 Thread John Celio
Most people who like the sling bags seem to go gaga for the Lowepro Slingshot 200 AW. Ah, but that's not the sling style I've come to like. The Crumpler bag I have is a lot more like a messenger bag, but with a laptop slot. I'm pretty sure it wasn't really made for camera gear (no padded

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread David Savage
At 10:08 AM 15/03/2007, Mark Roberts wrote: Did everyone know that the beta version of the Pentax Gallery is operational now? http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/index-flash.jsp? Cool! Hey I'm listed under Artists. When did I become an artist? vbg Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Lightroom crashing my PC

2007-03-14 Thread Mat Maessen
On 3/14/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the last few days I've had some problems where LR crashes my whole PC. It seems to happen during long-running processes, such as importing, and uploading to the website. That is, when the progress I've seen similar problems in a PC that has a bad

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice. Still a little wonky though, but I guess that's to be expected. I've had 19 photos accepted, but my page shows anything from 3 to 17, varying from one click to the next. But the PDML is well represented. However, we have to get busy. WE CAN DO MORE! Paul On Mar 14, 2007, at 9:08 PM, Mark

Re: The Perfect Bag

2007-03-14 Thread Joseph Tainter
There is no such thing as the perfect bag. Real Photographers have at least 10 camera bags, each of which is configurable in at least 10 unique ways. - Right. I have a backpack, two shoulder bags, a shoulder/back sling bag, and two belt packs. And I am always looking for better ones. They

RE: The Perfect Bag

2007-03-14 Thread David Savage
At 06:02 AM 15/03/2007, Bob W wrote: There is no such thing as the perfect bag. Real Photographers have at least 10 camera bags, each of which is configurable in at least 10 unique ways. True! Ask any woman why she has so many handbags, and you'll get a similar answer. g,dr Cheers, Dave P.S.

Aperture control of DA 40mm on LX

2007-03-14 Thread André Langevin
I have been out for for more than a year but checking the posts once in a while. Same great list with plenty of cues and clues! On an LX, can we close the aperture of DA 40mm to approximate f8 by pressing the lever half way AND take a photo without damage to either camera or lens? Andre --

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread P. J. Alling
Have you been stripping in your spare time? David Savage wrote: At 10:08 AM 15/03/2007, Mark Roberts wrote: Did everyone know that the beta version of the Pentax Gallery is operational now? http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/index-flash.jsp? Cool! Hey I'm listed under Artists.

Re: Aperture control of DA 40mm on LX

2007-03-14 Thread P. J. Alling
No. That doesn't even seem remotely possible. André Langevin wrote: I have been out for for more than a year but checking the posts once in a while. Same great list with plenty of cues and clues! On an LX, can we close the aperture of DA 40mm to approximate f8 by pressing the lever half

Very old Hit film

2007-03-14 Thread John Celio
At an antique/flea market I stumbled upon last sunday, I found a box of six rolls of panchromatic Hit film. Here's a box just like it on eBay, for illustrative purposes: http://tinyurl.com/2vedp3 Hit cameras are tiny little novelty items from just after the end of WWII

Re: Macro Lenses

2007-03-14 Thread Mishka
magnification on a digital sensor is a moot point anyway. how do you measure it? suppose you have 24x36mm (FF) sensors: one is 2x2 pixels and one is 20MP. does it make any sense to compare 1:1 mag images made on them? best, mishka On 3/14/07, John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But you

Re: GFM headcount thus far

2007-03-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Welll I got software with the Canon through which I load the pics - don't have a card reader, actually I did need it on my old dell -- maybe I don't need it on the XP and with Elements 5.0 but it includes a raw viewer and converter - although now I'm using the raw converter in elements 5.0

Re: T-max 100 professional - 120

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Cassino
Depending on how it has been stored it should be fine. I shot out seeveral rolls of old T-Max 100 (35mmm format) in the last few years, some of which were 5-6 years out of date. They were stored in a freezer though, and were fine. It it spent the last year on the back seat of a car parked in

Re: Very old Hit film

2007-03-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
I would soup it in D-76 straight up for 9 minutes at 70 degrees F. If it's outdated, that will pump it up a bit. If it's in good condition, it will be just slightly overdeveloped, and you'll be able to print it nicely by using a 1 paper or 1 filter with multigrade paper. Paul On Mar 14, 2007,

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Jack Davis
No. I didn't. Thanks, Mark. Jack --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did everyone know that the beta version of the Pentax Gallery is operational now? http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/index-flash.jsp? It's flash-only at the moment. (Hope they have an HTML version before too

Re: Very old Hit film

2007-03-14 Thread ann sanfedele
John -- of course when I read your subject line what passed through my mind first was - um - It happened one Night or the 39 Steps :) ann John Celio wrote: At an antique/flea market I stumbled upon last sunday, I found a box of six rolls of panchromatic Hit film. Here's a box just like

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Brian Walters
So am I but I think it probably means bull-artist. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hey I'm listed under Artists. When did I become an artist? vbg Cheers, Dave

Re: PESO: I'm invisible...

2007-03-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Juan Buhler wrote: Interesting what happens when something interesting is going on behind you. You can be really close and stillnot be seen: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=727 (K10D, 16-45/4 at 16mm) All comments appreciated! j nice grab, Juan - but I think that little

Re: PESO: I'm invisible...

2007-03-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Peter Lacus wrote: Hello Markus, I would not call it a masterpiece because of the cut off feet and the distortions in the background and the ugly car on the right side but the expression on the faces and the moment itself are indeed very well seen and captured. Somehow the critics on some of

Re: Very old Hit film

2007-03-14 Thread David Savage
At 11:59 AM 15/03/2007, ann sanfedele wrote: John -- of course when I read your subject line what passed through my mind first was - um - It happened one Night or the 39 Steps :) ann Me too, but the films were Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti Star Wars...you know...classics. g Dave

Re: T-max 100 professional - 120

2007-03-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Sounds promising - although I bought it only to pass on to someone else __ I dont have a camera to shoot 120 with and I cant work in the darkroom anymore anyway. I'd ship it to anyone who wanted it for the cost of shipping first class and $3.00 for the five rolls in the original box. Or bring

Re: PESO: I'm invisible...

2007-03-14 Thread Juan Buhler
On 3/14/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=727 nice grab, Juan - but I think that little girl on the far left made you, so you were only partly invisible :) You might be right, Ann. I *think* she's looking past me, but it wouldn't be

Re: T-max 100 professional - 120

2007-03-14 Thread P. J. Alling
Ann, I guess this didn't get to the list before, but I'd be interested. (I'm always looking for old 120 film to re-spool to 620 to use in my Medalist II). ann sanfedele wrote: Got box of five rolls, but it is out dated... box is stamped 0581 003 02/2004 Is this of any use to anyone? I

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks, Godders - a wealth of useful info as always :) ann writes exchangeable image file on the black board 100 times. but but is there a industry buzz word for the stuff I type in myself when I save a file regardless of the type I save it as, that can be read when you view a photo in

Re: GESO: summer Shakespeare - high ISO and a little built in flash

2007-03-14 Thread Alastair Robertson
yes Bob, a lot of people were, including a press photographer who took hundreds with a full sized flash gun. Certainly I wouldn't in normal theatre but this was more like street theatre with the audience almost part of the set. The little built in flash dialed in to -2ev is a pretty light flash.

Re: Lightroom crashing my PC

2007-03-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hmm. Can't say I've seen that at all. But I'm running Mac OS X, not Windows. I import without making previews, then tell the library to make 1:1 previews. Last one I did was to import an entire old 80G hard drive's archive, 17,000 or so exposures. Took the G5 somewhere around five hours

Re: The Perfect Bag

2007-03-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Most definitely I am *not* a real photographer. Then again I *am* a professional programmer. So here is my answer. Currently I have (just one bag) *LowePro Orion Trekker II* bag which I absolutely love. It is plain backpack with bottom half for photo gear (camera with lens and up to 4 small

RE: Lightroom crashing my PC

2007-03-14 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Bob did you check your harddisk for errors and delete temporary files too? For a cleanup www.ccleaner.com has a nice tool and you can check your autostart entries as well. Does the windows event log tell you anything? greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The Perfect Bag

2007-03-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sounds like your sling style Crumpler bag is almost identical to my Timbuk2 Commute XL. It works well, but I'd like a little more opening at the top and a little more dedicated compartmentalization for the camera gear. I'm almost to the point of designing and building my own... ON the

Velbon sherpa tripod question

2007-03-14 Thread Peter McIntosh
Hi guys, Just bought a Velbon Sherpa 250R tripod. It's got all the features I've been looking for, at a price that suits both my budget and financial controller... :-) One of its features is the legs can be splayed at 3 different settings, allowing the tripod to be set quite low. Trouble

RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Markus Maurer
Amazing and beautiful and my congratulations to all the PDML members (Paul, Kenneth, Bruce, Walt an more) that have entries there. I just had a glance at the premiere collection so far. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark

Re: Aperture control of DA 40mm on LX

2007-03-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 14, 2007, at 7:18 PM, André Langevin wrote: I have been out for for more than a year but checking the posts once in a while. Same great list with plenty of cues and clues! On an LX, can we close the aperture of DA 40mm to approximate f8 by pressing the lever half way AND take a

Re: Lightroom crashing my PC

2007-03-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Bob, my LightRoom crashed several times like a program would normally crash - displaying this standard dialog and then just close. It never made my whole PC hang. However I usually run LR alone - nothing else is running at the same time. Also I have asked my brother (a professional sys. admin)

Re: The Perfect Bag

2007-03-14 Thread Paul
I have one of these Crumpler Bags http://www.crumplerbags.com/Cart/index.php?catId=22 Fits a good range of stuff and you can fit a 15 MacBook Pro in withour their sleave. Boris Liberman wrote: Most definitely I am *not* a real photographer. Then again I *am* a professional programmer. So

Re: Macro Lenses

2007-03-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Mishka, Magnification in macro work means the ratio of the size of the subject to the size of the format. 1:1 on a Pentax DSLR images a 16x24mm area. G On Mar 14, 2007, at 7:39 PM, Mishka wrote: magnification on a digital sensor is a moot point anyway. how do you measure it? suppose you

RE: Very old Hit film

2007-03-14 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi John You could ask Gene M. on www.photo.net in the classic camera section. He find lots of old cameras with exposed film inside and develops it. He has a very entertaining website as well at http://westfordcomp.com/holga/index.html. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: Wedding shoot...deposit?

2007-03-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Scott Loveless Subject: Re: Wedding shoot...deposit? I had a few customers who tried to stiff me on the last 50%, including two couples who's prints and negatives I destroyed before they could change their mind about paying as an object lesson in not

Re: Aperture control of DA 40mm on LX

2007-03-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: André Langevin Subject: Aperture control of DA 40mm on LX I have been out for for more than a year but checking the posts once in a while. Same great list with plenty of cues and clues! On an LX, can we close the aperture of DA 40mm to approximate f8 by

RE: Macro Lenses

2007-03-14 Thread J. C. O'Connell
NOPE, magnification in macro or actually any photo, macro or otherwise, is the ratio of the actual object size to the lens image size of that actual object, PHOTOGRAPHIC FORMAT IS NOT A FACTOR WHATSOEVER in the magnification expression or calculation ! ! ! jco -Original Message- From:

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 14, 2007, at 8:42 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: but but is there a industry buzz word for the stuff I type in myself when I save a file regardless of the type I save it as, that can be read when you view a photo in photoshop and is recognized as a caption by places like my smugmug.

Re: The Perfect Bag

2007-03-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Another Crumpler bag I saw that looked interesting was the Crumpler Daily series: http://www.intro2020.co.uk/pages/crumpler21.htm Of course, the US Crumpler distributor's site is utterly impenetrable and impossible to find anything on, but the 370, 490 and 600 all look promising. G On

Re: Macro Lenses

2007-03-14 Thread Peter Lacus
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I quite like the look of my 50 and 28 mm F series. exactly, I too like my F50/1.7 and IMHO only Limiteds and everything pre-A are nicer looking. Actually it was the first AF lens I've bought to see what about AF is. I still prefer to focus it manually

Wedding shoot...deposit?

2007-03-14 Thread J and K Messervy
I'm going to be shooting a wedding in October. We've agreed on a price, but how much should I charge for a deposit? I'm thinking 50% but is that too high? Thanks James M -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: Pentax Gallery Submissions

2007-03-14 Thread Jens Bladt
Some very nice shots Walter. I like the frozen color pix a lot as well. Regards 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] vegne af Walter Hamler Sendt: 14. marts 2007

Good deal on a camera bag

2007-03-14 Thread Lawrence Kwan
Especially if you are in Canada. Henry's has this Lowepro Rezo 190AW on sale at C$29 (US$24.7). And before March 31st, you get free shipping in Canada! http://www.henrys.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PageDisplay?dest=frames.jspcurrency=CADstoreId=10001 BH is selling this same bag for US$69.95.

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-14 Thread Lawrence Kwan
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Jim King wrote: On Mar 13, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: How is it on eye-relief? I'd buy one if it doesn't make it harder to see the whole field of view with glasses on. I have one of these magnifiers and found it to be a bit of a problem with glasses. I

Re: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-14 Thread Thibouille
I never ever experienced any scrathes with my D screen. When I did put protection on my ist-D, I couldn't read the screen properly (it was already quite small if it become unreadable..) so I scrapted it. I see no particuliar reason to protect the LCD of the K10D. 2007/3/14, Markus Maurer [EMAIL

Re: Macro Lenses

2007-03-14 Thread Thibouille
I forgot to add that the FA 100/3.5 Macro is a 1:2 lens. If I'm not mistaken older version of the Tamron 90 Macro were 1:2 as well (1:1 with matched adapter). 2007/3/13, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have few experience with macro lenses 'cos I only own two: * Tamron SP 70-210 3.5-4 Macro

RE: a NEW Pentax-A 28mm f/2 lens just sold on Ebay ...

2007-03-14 Thread Henk Terhell
See Yoshihiko's site: http://www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/lens_test/pentax_28-30.html Henk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pawel Bartuzi Sent: 13 March, 2007 8:36 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: a NEW Pentax-A 28mm

RE: Enablement: O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup

2007-03-14 Thread Markus Maurer
Thanks Thibouille. Did you get my quick report of the Ricoh KRx-10 film body, you asked for it? greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thibouille Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:40 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re:

Re: Wedding shoot...deposit?

2007-03-14 Thread David Savage
I don't know how it works in the wedding game but in the industry I work in it's usually between 10-20% on signing of the contract. Cheers, Dave At 04:06 PM 14/03/2007, J and K Messervy wrote: I'm going to be shooting a wedding in October. We've agreed on a price, but how much should I charge

Re: Macro Lenses

2007-03-14 Thread Toine
I have the M100/4 macro. Cheap and tack sharp. Bokeh could be better. Toine On 3/13/07, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need a macro lens. Don't want to spend the bucks for the latest Pentax AF, for that matter I think I would prefer a MF version. KEH has some 100mm f/4 in different

RE: Macro Lenses

2007-03-14 Thread Brian Walters
Green I must be colour blind as well as liking ugly looking lenses :-) They look dark grey to me (although I was in the military as well - but I try to block that memory out as much as possible) I do use the Fs on the DS occasionally but I find the DA 16-45 has pretty much

RE: PESO:light

2007-03-14 Thread Markus Maurer
Thanks again Godfrey, Jack and Peter for looking and commenting. I wished for some more DOF with such close-ups Jack but maybe I can now start taking macros from a greater distance and then crop the photo later, the K10D's 10MP should give me some reserve for cropping. That would increase DOF. Any

Re: Wedding shoot...deposit?

2007-03-14 Thread Bong Manayon
That seems to be standard. Google wedding contracts and a lot of them starts off with 50%. The other issue is when you collect the other half; but I guess that depends on where you come from. Bong On 3/14/07, J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to be shooting a wedding in

Re: Wedding shoot...deposit?

2007-03-14 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 06:06:53PM +1100, J and K Messervy wrote.. I'm going to be shooting a wedding in October. We've agreed on a price, but how much should I charge for a deposit? I'm thinking 50% but is that too high? Depends whether you expect an early divorce.. :-P Wilko -- PDML

Re: Wedding shoot...deposit?

2007-03-14 Thread J and K Messervy
Thanks mate. - Original Message - From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:10 PM Subject: Re: Wedding shoot...deposit? I don't know how it works in the wedding game but in the industry I work in it's usually

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