Re: Leica digital back no longer vapourware

2005-05-16 Thread Gonz
Anti-Aircraft. Replaces errant jets and jet trails with realistic sky color based on the current background. Rob Studdert wrote: On 14 May 2005 at 8:21, Bob W wrote: AA filter? Does that prevent Leica photographers taking photos like Ansel Adams? If not, what actually is an AA filter?

Re: PESO - Waiting

2005-05-17 Thread Gonz
Beautiful. Marco Alpert wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso16.html Comments (of any variety) welcomed. -Marco

Re: PESO: Cat on a Boat on a Trailer

2005-05-19 Thread Gonz
Shouldnt the title be Flea on a Cat on a Boat on a Trailer? Don't you see that flea on his left ear? lol. I like it frank. rg frank theriault wrote: When I was in Nova Scotia last month, I got a rare opportunity to take a walk at dusk with my eldest daughter, Anne. Now that she's quite grown

Re: Monopod height increase

2005-05-25 Thread Gonz
LOL. Awesome. It sounds like you're ready to start producing and selling these custom extensions for tall men. Did the cats like the show? rg Cotty wrote: Very slack at work so far today and the weather is nice so I've been out on the patio with the gear. I took a few shots of birds with

Re: June PUG is open

2005-05-31 Thread Gonz
Thank you Adelheid, a fine collection as usual. rg Adelheid v. K. wrote: Hi folks, The June PUG is available on my website AND on the komkon server. http://www.kirschten.de/PUG/05jun and http://pug.komkon.org Cheers Adelheid

Re: If you don't mind scrolling...

2005-05-31 Thread Gonz
Mark Roberts wrote: It's a 360-degree panorama of a Neolithic stone circle near Penmaenmawr, Wales. It's known locally as the Druid Circle, but it actually predates the Druids by roughly a thousand years(!) Its because its the site of the last known landing of Princess Vespa's craft before

Re: Looking for Photo Publishing Software

2005-06-02 Thread Gonz
Henk, I really like your gallery. I esp like Italian contrasts in the people folder. It is a fantastic photograph that would benefit greatly from a tight crop. rg Henk Terhell wrote: Kostas, I use jalbum, see http://jalbum.net/ It is easy to learn and there are plenty of lay-outs to

pentax 85mm soft

2005-06-02 Thread Gonz
Anyone on the list have one of these? Do you have sample pics you could share? How does it compare to using a soft filter or mist filter? TIA rg

Re: pentax 85mm soft

2005-06-02 Thread Gonz
Yea, too bad they don't make a 50mm soft. How do they even do the effect to begin with? Thanks Bruce, rg Bruce Dayton wrote: Boris has my old one. I sold it to him back when I was shooting medium format. I can say that I have not been able to fully duplicate the effect it has with

Re: multiple item enablement

2005-06-02 Thread Gonz
Amita Guha wrote: Also, I'm flying tomorrow and I might have a chance to shoot some deer, Amita Are they in season? rg

Re: pentax 85mm soft

2005-06-02 Thread Gonz
I looked through Boz's site, and it appears that there are several versions of this lens. Are there more desirable ones from the available selection? The K sounds interesting in that its a wysiwyg, i.e. as you change the aperture to control the softness, you see the result in the viewfinder,

Re: pentax 85mm soft

2005-06-03 Thread Gonz
Thank you Boris, that answers my questions. I want one. rg Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Boris has my old one. I sold it to him back when I was shooting medium format. I can say that I have not been able to fully duplicate the effect it has with filters or post processing. It would be on my

Re: Since 85mm soft lenses were mentioned recently... And lens prices, too...

2005-06-03 Thread Gonz
Sign me up too! rg Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Toralf Lund wrote: I expect to get one - the FA variant - in the post in a couple of days. Paid NOK 1000,- for it. That would be about 125 euros, I believe. Quite reasonable, don't you think? Very. If you find another

Re: PAW PESO PIC - Mary Hill's Kitchen Ceiling

2005-06-06 Thread Gonz
I remember seeing this before. rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: I sent this to a friend who was interested in what another friend had done when remodeling her kitchen. Thought I'd post it here as well just for grins ;-)) http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/ceiling.html Made with the little

Darn, missed this one...

2005-06-06 Thread Gonz
http://tinyurl.com/ak4zg Must admit tho, was quite pricey even for a black one. Would've had to done some serious dancing for the treasury dept. ;) rg

Re: GFM Animals in Habitat Shots

2005-06-09 Thread Gonz
I like em Frank. Very sharp. The bokeh on that lens seems rather rough though. rg frank theriault wrote: A couple of the cougar: Looking Aloof: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3440167size=lg and, Before His Morning Coffee:

Re: Professional Courtesy

2005-06-13 Thread Gonz
P. J. Alling wrote: You're no Old West Judge, I'd a' hanged them. (In Texas the old Gent could have shot them on the spot). keithw wrote: Oh yeah, no questions asked either. Tresspassin is a shootin offense here, keeps this kind of thing from happening. rg

Re: *ist D discontinued ?

2005-06-13 Thread Gonz
not an inconvenience in the studio. Paul On Jun 13, 2005, at 4:49 PM, Gonz wrote: Yes, this is especially true with a studio flash setup. I find that I frequently have to stop down to f8 or f11 when using my studio flashes @ ISO 200, and for portraits, that is unacceptable. rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: I'd

Re: Posted GFM winners and recent work, comments welcome

2005-06-14 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Charles. Once again,i was very glad to have met you at GFM thius year. For some reason i can only open the winning picture. Folks, the web does not do this or the other pictures on his site justice. My mouth dropped when i saw Charles' shots projected on that

strange AF lens for K-mount man focus bodies

2005-06-15 Thread Gonz
http://tinyurl.com/bcv59 Anyone ever seen one of these before? Its got its own power source and AF circuitry. rg

Re: OT: peace

2005-03-24 Thread Gonz
Here is one I got the other day. The Brothel Two Irishmen were sitting at a pub having beer and watching the brothel across the street. They saw a Baptist minister walk into the brothel, and one of them said, Aye, 'tis a shame to see a man of the cloth goin' bad. Then they saw a rabbi enter the

Re: Red Eye Repair

2005-04-01 Thread Gonz
Here's a ps that my wife took of my niece: http://www.g0nz.com/images/ksnake.jpg But beware, its 2Mb. rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: Great, Dave. One or two would suffice. I was surprised to find that after 35+ years of photography there's not a single pic of mine with red eye. I guess that's what

Re: Red Eye Repair

2005-04-01 Thread Gonz
Ok, I uploaded a much more compressed version 130K. Its the same location but replace ksnake with ksnake2 http://www.g0nz.com/images/ksnake2.jpg have fun rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: Thanks, Gonz, but the file's way too big for a comfortable download. I'm on a slow, dial-up connection. Shel

PESO: pug redux

2005-04-04 Thread Gonz
I didnt like the way the bw conversion went with my PUG entry, I redid it here with a different approach, its a little brighter. Comments and critiques welcome. http://www.g0nz.com/images/womex.jpg Thanks, rg

Re: PESO: pug redux

2005-04-04 Thread Gonz
Thanks for your comments John. I know, that's the hardest thing to manage. Those gold teeth really shine bright! rg John Francis wrote: On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 01:15:26PM -0500, Gonz wrote: I didnt like the way the bw conversion went with my PUG entry, I redid it here with a different

Re: PESO: pug redux

2005-04-04 Thread Gonz
- looks as if you missed focus on 'em by a scosh. Still, there's a nice feeling to the image overall. Work on the teeth. Shel [Original Message] From: Gonz I didnt like the way the bw conversion went with my PUG entry, I redid it here with a different approach, its a little brighter

PESO: Shy smile

2005-04-04 Thread Gonz
Another one from my recent trip to a village in Mexico: http://www.g0nz.com/images/girlsmile.jpg Tried it in BW, and the color was so much better. Comments welcome. Thanks, rg

Re: PESO: Shy smile

2005-04-05 Thread Gonz
Thanks Frank, and all who commented. I really like this photo, and wish I had taken more, but it was one of those one-shot deals pretty much. rg frank theriault wrote: On Apr 4, 2005 9:29 PM, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another one from my recent trip to a village in Mexico: http

Re: No 135/2.5 today!

2005-04-05 Thread Gonz
Dang, I bought an ME with this lens last year for about $120. Some guy emailed me later asking if I would sell him the lens for my final bid + $10. I told him that it was the lens that I was after, not the ME body. Anyone wanna buy an ME (black) body? LOL. rg Don Sanderson wrote:

Re: P-DFA 100mm f2.8

2005-04-06 Thread Gonz
From those examples, the DFA100 looks sharper and contrastier than the F100. rg Johannes Schwab wrote: Shaun Canning schrieb: Has anybody compared the SMCP-D FA 100mm F2.8 to the standard (or old) SMC FA 100mm f2.8 macro, particularly when using the *ist D? Cheers Hello Shaun, here is one

Re: PESO: Shy smile

2005-04-07 Thread Gonz
this, as well. The expression on her face say I really like being photographed!And those bright eyes reveal a bit more than the photographer intended - a self portrait! Excellent photograph of a superbly chosen subject. On Apr 5, 2005 4:34 PM, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Frank, and all who

Re: Something Different

2005-04-07 Thread Gonz
Nice pic. Similar to a PUG entry. See http://pug.komkon.org/04feb/wet.html. My daughter's btw, which is why I remembered. rg Kenneth Waller wrote: Check out - http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Coments - yea, nay or otherwise Thanks Kenneth Waller

Re: PESO: Shy smile

2005-04-07 Thread Gonz
Mark Roberts wrote: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Scott for commenting. Yes, you can certainly see my outline in her eyes. Its really noticeable in a 100% picture. Even tho she appeared shy, she did not turn away when I approached for a picture, but looked right at the camera

Re: PESO: Shy smile

2005-04-07 Thread Gonz
Mark Roberts wrote: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Scott for commenting. Yes, you can certainly see my outline in her eyes. Its really noticeable in a 100% picture. Even tho she appeared shy, she did not turn away when I approached

PESO: I'm watching you

2005-04-08 Thread Gonz
http://www.g0nz.com/images/sleepymanmx.jpg This fellow likes to watch people go by near a church in a small village in Mexico. He was keeping his eye on me, I had been snapping pics all around him when I thought that maybe he wasnt looking and I snapped this. But when I looked closer, I

Re: PESO: I'm watching you

2005-04-08 Thread Gonz
Thanks for commenting Bruce, I'm gonna try to get a 100% crop and see if I can enhance it a little. rg Bruce Dayton wrote: I like the BW angle in this particular photo. With your explanation it becomes more intriguing to me. I am looking close and think I can detect his eyes upon me. Without

Re: PESO: I'm watching you

2005-04-08 Thread Gonz
the photo feel more alive and interesting. It's a good photo, perhaps more in its potential than its actualization. Right now I'm liking it more than when i started this message. Shel [Original Message] From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: 4/8/2005 7:24:17 AM Subject

Re: OT: Warning about Nigeria Buyer

2005-04-12 Thread Gonz
Putting a brick in a box and slapping the FEDEX Label otta do it. rg Richard Chu wrote: I just want to share a recent experience with everyone so that you folks are aware of this type of fraud. I advertised a digital camera for sale in the Recycler.com, which I believe is a southern California

Re: About that K135/2.5.......

2005-04-19 Thread Gonz
The background looks almost like a painting. Beautiful. Makes me want to take mine out for a ride. rg Don Sanderson wrote: I could carry just this one lens for a month and never get tired of it! http://www.donsauction.com/pdml/SB2.htm Hey Shel, is that a real photograph? ;-) Don

Re: Cornwall

2005-04-20 Thread Gonz
that seagull is like so photoshopped and u know it. just admit it like a man. Cotty wrote: Spent a week meandering along the Cornish coast, England. http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/cornwall.html Botanists and engineers alike will find the Eden Project interesting:

Re: PAW PESO - Passengers on a Cable Car

2005-04-24 Thread Gonz
Nice shot. I would like the composition more if only the 4 passengers on the right were in. The guy on the left only detracts from what otherwise would be a great composition. Technically, I like the tonality except for the rightmost woman's jacket, which seems to have gotten washed out or

Re: PAW PESO - Adjusted Passengers on a Cable Car

2005-04-25 Thread Gonz
somewhat. What do you think, Gonz? Other comments? Modified photo: http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/cable1a.html Original photo: http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/cable1.html Shel

Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya.

2005-04-26 Thread Gonz
luben karavelov wrote: When I was young (15 years old, in the end of communist regime) everybody's wish was to emigrate is US. Now nobody here (bulgaria) intends the emigrate in US. luben Thats good, isn't it? I hope it means the rest of the world is getting better, and not just that the

Re: Widest area viewfinder

2005-04-27 Thread Gonz
Wasnt the LX close to 100% coverage? I think thats the closest one IIRC. rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: OK, I admit it, I'm lazy today and don't feel like pulling out all my camera bodies to check this. Which of the following cameras shows more of the image caught on film when looking through the

Re: PAW PESO - Another Durned Cat Mailbox

2005-04-28 Thread Gonz
I like it, cute pic, nice bokeh. Did u try other angles? This is they way i like cats to be, i.e. inanimate objects. I think cats are cool, but they are too destructive of our habitat, killing too many birds and small mammals. BTW, both links work for me. rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: Another in

Re: PESO:The Dance?

2005-04-28 Thread Gonz
I like it, the tree on the left looks like it has two arms outstreched toward the other tree. And the trees behind them look as if they are part of it in some way, like an ancient dance between women on one side, men on the other, it even looks like they have one of those ridiculous wigs they

Re: My First Magazine Cover!

2005-04-28 Thread Gonz
Congrats Wendy! That is an awesome picture. I'm sure it would have been even more spectacular had it been taken with an *istD. ;) Kidding aside tho, it really is worthy of a front cover, its a spectacular shot taken at precisely the right moment. rg wendy beard wrote: Not one to blow my own

Re: PESO: Willy Chillin'

2005-04-28 Thread Gonz
Great capture. Nice lighting too. rg Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm really liking the 70-210/3.5 Vivitar Series 1. In fact, I ebayed an original lens cap and hood for it. I shot this at 210 mm the other night while I was watching tv. The light is from the Sigma 500 Super bounced off the ceiling.

Re: eek! *Ist D problem...

2005-04-29 Thread Gonz
Try the higher voltage lithium batteries like the ones that came with the camera. Are you running it with a micro-drive CF card, or solid state? That can also drain the batteries faster. Using the flash can do the same thing. rg Tan and Steve wrote: Hi guys and gals, Just home from a

epson 4990

2005-04-29 Thread Gonz
This appears to be the latest pro-sumer scanner from epson. I was looking to get the previous generation epson 4870, but then this popped up. Anybody here heard anything about it or tried one? I'm curious as to how well it does with slides, since I have alot of chromes I want to scan and so

Re: May PUG is open

2005-05-01 Thread Gonz
Thank you for your efforts. rg Adelheid v. K. wrote: Hi folks, The May PUG is available on my website AND on the komkon server. http://www.kirschten.de/PUG/05may and http://pug.komkon.org Cheers Adelheid

Re: Gallery Show, No Pentax

2005-05-04 Thread Gonz
Yea these threads have a magical way of turning into tapestries. Mark Roberts wrote: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/4/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, he was rather frayed. Anyway, shall we cut this particular strand? If we don't, I'll have to string someone up! I knew I

Re: Professional Printer among us

2005-06-30 Thread Gonz
How did u get such a DR? Grad filter or flash, or what? rg Bruce Dayton wrote: Recently, I had the chance to have Larry from Prescott, of the list, produce a large print for me. The image was this one: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/pinnacles_0100.htm I have to say, that he did a marvelous

Re: Professional Printer among us

2005-06-30 Thread Gonz
Dynamic Range. I would have not expected such a scene with the bright sky and the ground to be captured without some type of trick, such as a grad-filter, dual images @ different exposures and post processing to merge, or a flash. rg Bruce Dayton wrote: DR? What is that?

Re: PESO: A street photography cliche

2005-07-06 Thread Gonz
Brilliant! True world class. Funny too! rg Juan Buhler wrote: Most street photographers in the last 10 years or so have taken the picture of two or maybe more people talking on a cellphone. This is my take on it: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=160 (ist D, A35-70/4) Just

Re: Your Favorite Pentax Camera

2005-07-06 Thread Gonz
It would have to be the *istD, no contest. I've never taken so many pictures in my life, and satisfying ones at that. I probably have taken more pictures with it than all my other cameras combined. And I have 8 other pentaxes, including some other favorites: the MX and ME-Super. The whole

Re: OT: London Horror

2005-07-07 Thread Gonz
Please, can we keep politics out of such a horrible tragedy? rg Graywolf wrote: Still if our governments were truely making war on terror those guys would be to busy ducking and dodging to do things like that. Instead we have some politicians' personal agenda. I am glad everybody I know

Re: OT: London Horror

2005-07-07 Thread Gonz
I mean people putting their own political spin on this event using this thread. Not the external political climate that may have lead to this tragedy or 9/11. Its pathetic really. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Gonz Subject: Re: OT: London Horror Please, can we

Re: A new poll: Your first pentax?

2005-07-08 Thread Gonz
ME-Super 1980. Friend had a Nikon FM2 with the legendary 50 1.4 that he let me borrow for a weekend, but I could not afford the combo. The ME-Super with a 50 1.4 was lighter, filled with more features, and less expensive. Sid Barras wrote: The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good

Re: Hey Gonz! About Six Flags ...

2005-07-10 Thread Gonz
Hey, we could have a CENTEX Pdml gathering. Has there ever been such a thing? I know Chad is also from the hill country, and there was a pdmler from Pflugerville. The pentax/get-in-free dates are July 14,28 and Aug 4,18. We might go again on Aug 4. The July dates are probably not going to

Re: Major Tactical Error

2005-07-11 Thread Gonz
Sorry to hear that, I hope u feel better. In TX its easy to register to carry (a weapon) as long as you dont have a criminal record, and thugs here generally have to think twice before attempting to do what was done to you in baltimore. D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: Note to self: if I'm ever

Re: How D + grip use batteries

2005-07-11 Thread Gonz
They may claim it works this way, but I have frequently resorted to removing the grip when the battery depleted indicator comes on and either run with the in-camera batteries or switch the batteries from the grip to the body, and get quite a few more pics out of them. So they are not

Re: Marble to Chrystal Mill

2005-07-13 Thread Gonz
You shouldnt have any problem with 4wd. We went up to marble in a rented car, and were advised not to go up to Crystal unless we had a jeep because of the current road conditions, apparently there had been a rock fall or something, its normally a rough road and you've also got to deal with

Re: LF: Lightning tips and observed DS oddity?

2005-07-14 Thread Gonz
I like this guys website on lightning photography. I've had trouble in the past with too much city light. A dark rural location is best. http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/ltgph.html rg Dave Kennedy wrote: Had a lightning storm roll through the area around dusk last night. Generally we get

Re: Sigma 500mm f7.2 MF

2005-07-15 Thread Gonz
Now you have to send us the pictures that you mentioned! rg Paul Stenquist wrote: Your new housing plan sounds great. I assume Corona is a Tucson suburb? And your son's house is in the same area? It's nice to have kids with .. CLIP .. Paul On Jul 14, 2005, at 9:47

Re: PESO - Blissful ignorance

2005-07-26 Thread Gonz
Beautiful shot. BTW, your text has it Bubmle bee. rg Jostein wrote: I told this girl she wasn't supposed to fly away. At least she stayed long enough for a pose. :-) http://www.oksne.net/paw/humle.html Jostein

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Gonz
Frank Wajer wrote: Yep. I saw it four or five days ago. Been watching it all week. Please don't mention ebay auctions on the list. Paul sorry, I didn't know this was pdml policy. Now go say 10 Hail MX's and 10 Our FA85*'s. Frank Hi all, just saw an A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay. This lens

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-07-27 Thread Gonz
Tom Reese wrote: Malcolm Smith wrote: Tom Reese wrote: I just don't buy this argument. eBay has enough people looking at their auctions that a few PDMLers won't make any difference. That lens isn't mislisted under Kowa medium format or something where it's hard to find. Anyone who does

Re: on the road again aka I'll be everywhere, man, I'll be everywhere

2005-07-29 Thread Gonz
Sounds like fun Ann. Enjoy your trip. Take lots of pics. rg Ann Sanfedele wrote: I haven't even really been here - got a glimpse of a couple of Peso's and see that one W Robb won the 600 - I hope it gets to him before I do (aug 10) maybe he will let me take a few shots with it. So here is

Re: Let's give Frank a nickname (was Re: PESO: NInja (Redux))

2005-07-29 Thread Gonz
PlayBunny BlurBoy seLXy Butch Black wrote: frank theriault wrote: As far as nicknames, no I don't have one. Rabbit. Tom Reese I think we should start a contest to give Frank a nickname. Keeping in mind the nicknames of his friends (Pirate Jenny, Ninja, Porno) my suggestion

Re: Let's give Frank a nickname (was Re: PESO: NInja (Redux))

2005-07-29 Thread Gonz
Guess I must have missed that post. Is anyone else seeing the missing post problem again? rg P. J. Alling wrote: I suggested fuzzy bunny before but I think we should just shorten that to fuzzy... Gonz wrote: PlayBunny BlurBoy seLXy Butch Black wrote: frank theriault wrote: As far

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-08-01 Thread Gonz
LOL! William Robb wrote: Enough of this shit already. I bought a fucking lens. It was expensive. Mind your own god damned business. Regards William Robb - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb Do an eBay search on the bidder's

Re: Excessive Photoshopping?

2005-08-01 Thread Gonz
Wow. How horrific can you make a face look? They look like they belong in the recycle bin. rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://beckycarter.com/color.html This is absurd! Shel

Re: Excessive Photoshopping?

2005-08-01 Thread Gonz
How do they do that anyway? Its a strange effect. Is it the healing brush or something? Its not blurry, just plasticky. rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://beckycarter.com/color.html This is absurd! Shel

Re: Enough Already!

2005-08-03 Thread Gonz
Well, I cannot contest what he likes, use what equipment you feel comfortable with and lets you concentrate on the image and moment you want to capture. I do contest however, his obsession with the technical aspects of the equipment and especially the lens choice. While it is true that there

Re: Enough Already!

2005-08-03 Thread Gonz
: Gonz Well, I cannot contest what he likes, use what equipment you feel comfortable with and lets you concentrate on the image and moment you want to capture. I do contest however, his obsession with the technical aspects of the equipment and especially the lens choice. While it is true

Re: Enough Already!

2005-08-03 Thread Gonz
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Quality and the fingerprint of a lens are often very personal choices, and subtle differences may decide one's preference in choosing a lens. If you've not spent some time using a Leica you may not know, understand, or appreciate the difference between it and an SLR. If

Re: Hey Gonz! About Six Flags ...

2005-08-07 Thread Gonz
I dont know. Why dont you stop by again and we'll let you know. :) rg Cesar wrote: E.R.N. Reed wrote: Gonz wrote: Hey, we could have a CENTEX Pdml gathering. Has there ever been such a thing? I know Chad is also from the hill country, and there was a pdmler from Pflugerville. San

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-09 Thread Gonz
Another great flash system was used by the inventor of flash, Doc Edgerton. He once took a picture of Cambridge, MA at night from a plane. The power was so great it melted the giant quartz xenon tube he had made for that purpose. The tube and the picture are on display down the hall at MIT

Re: Another day at the office

2005-08-09 Thread Gonz
Size does matter rg Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RAF Brize Norton this morning. Snapped through a bus window by friend and colleague Barry Clack, a freelance photographer from Oxford, on his Nikon D2X, so this is OT I suppose ;-) I'm a big bloke, but *that's* a big

Re: PESO: Countdown to the Dream Cruise

2005-08-09 Thread Gonz
Paul, that pic is simply outstanding. Thanks for sharing. rg Paul Stenquist wrote: Two weeks to the Dream Cruise and traffic is building on Woodward Avenue. Must have been several thousand enthusiast type cars of various genres out tonight. In two weeks there will be 50,000 or so. But there

Re: More Frankencam

2005-08-10 Thread Gonz
Now is there an opposite version, or would that be problematic for the optics, being that the canon glass has a larger diameter? Cotty wrote: I've enabled myself with one of Mr Rolfo's adapters: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=26054item=7535484070 and will be testing it

Re: OT - Upping the anti

2005-08-10 Thread Gonz
I can't imagine what Pentax engineers must feel like when they see something like this. Cotty wrote: Speculation or a leak? web page: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/62649 PDF download in Spanish: http://alex.netfun.ro/Canon5D-specs.pdf Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: OT - Upping the anti

2005-08-10 Thread Gonz
Christian wrote: - Original Message - From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:37 PM Subject: Re: OT - Upping the anti I can't imagine what Pentax engineers must feel like when they see something like this. Hard for them

OT: Darwin award candidate

2005-08-10 Thread Gonz
How do you nominate a guy for the Darwin award? This guy is definitely prime material. http://tinyurl.com/dz23e rg

Re: More Frankencam: That's it! Frank's nickname!

2005-08-10 Thread Gonz
Cotty wrote: On 10/8/05, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: (or, more properly, Dr. Knarfenstein) I think you've created something here. ITS ALIVE! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: FA 50mm 1.4 Lens

2005-08-11 Thread Gonz
This guy is selling 3 @ $269.99 each on ebay using buy it now. http://tinyurl.com/8pmo3 rg John Graves wrote: Is the FA 50mm 1.4 gone or has production has been cut back. Everyone seems to be OOS of the lens. John G

Re: clever virus attack (OT)

2004-03-03 Thread Gonz
I got the same thing. It comes from email harvesters that found our email address on the PUG site. I traced it to some computer in Poland. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: today I got this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear user of Mindspring.com, Your e-mail account has been temporary

Re: PAW #3: The Anti-Fur Protest

2004-03-04 Thread Gonz
I love it. I really like the dangling hand, it looks like part of the bike in the background, at first I thought it was some wierd bike stand. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2183396 I know, the bikes in the background really distract from the hand in

Re: Martha Stewart

2004-03-06 Thread Gonz
JM pontificated: A little further back in the newspaper there is another list of crooks, published every day. The same names show up day after day after day. This list of crooks is much longer than the list of drunk drivers. Most everyone on the list really is a crook, potentially a

Re: *istD, Muvo-2 and Hitachi 4gb Microdrive

2004-03-09 Thread Gonz
I'm getting mine from Dell in May, supposedly. I guess I missed the original window for getting them early. Can you try an experiment for me? Turn the drive mode on continuous, and see how many pics you can take in 1 minute. Thanks, rg zoomshot wrote: I just got my Nomad Muvo 2 and

Re: Martha Stewart

2004-03-09 Thread Gonz
All bad apples. Hah hah hah hah hah hah. Really John, the hyperbole is a bit over the top. John Mustarde wrote: On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 23:34:30 -0600, you wrote: Gimme a break. That is a gross oversimplification and generalization of some problems with a couple of bad apples. Two

Re: RAW Conversion comparison

2004-03-11 Thread Gonz
Interesting. I do see the edge difference. I also see a general difference in the color balance. The pentax version looks more saturated to me, maybe a little warmer also. rg Rob Brigham wrote: I have been reading many people sceptical about the differences in the quality produced by the

Re: OT: Can you discriminate between grays?

2004-03-11 Thread Gonz
I remember reading about this a couple of years ago in a scientific journal. The cover image was freaky like this. Our eyes/brain do alot of processing that may leave information in an ideal state for abstract recognition, but its not prepared to do lower level comparisons of

Re: RAW Conversion comparison

2004-03-12 Thread Gonz
John Francis wrote: OK - here's as close to the RAW sensor data as you are likely to get. http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/pef1127.jpg The only processing done here to go frow raw sensor data to RGB is: o Fill in missing sample values (average of closest neighbours) I'm wondering, do you

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Gonz
Shaun, Hate to point out problems, but you seem to have a bad sensor. I noticed several shots that consistently showed stuck/hot pixels, especially the dragon fly stills. There are at least three distinct bright dots on those pictures, which may be each composed of one or more stuck/hot

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Gonz
I'm sorry, in my haste to warn you about the stuck pixels, I forgot to say that the pics are really nice. I especially like the shot of the tandem-flys, how did you manage to get that shot!!! rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi gang, Here are the results of my first foray into the bush with an

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Gonz
Shaun, Hate to point out problems, but you seem to have a bad sensor. I noticed several shots that consistently showed stuck/hot pixels, especially the dragon fly stills. There are at least three distinct bright dots on those pictures, which may be each composed of one or more stuck/hot

Re: *ist D Photos

2004-03-12 Thread Gonz
I'm sorry, in my haste to warn you about the stuck pixels, I forgot to say that the pics are really nice. I especially like the shot of the tandem-flys, how did you manage to get that shot!!! rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi gang, Here are the results of my first foray into the bush with an

Re: PAW - Tres Amigos (The Chiclet Bandits)

2004-03-22 Thread Gonz
That is so cool! I wish you would remember the names of the dusty small towns that you came from, my grandparents are from that general area! The pic evokes so many memories of going down there to visit relatives. Celaya was the big town, then closer by was Salvaterria, and Acambaro. My

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