Re: EXIF data on TIF's

2007-03-15 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 12:47:39AM +, Eric Featherstone wrote: On 16/03/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm reviewing some of my photos for the Pentax Gallery that were shot as .tifs early on and find that there's no EXIF data. Is this normal behavior for .tifs out of the *ist D?

Re: Gallery Access

2007-03-15 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 09:34:56PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 05:09:21PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: Hey Dario, now you're not the only one with motorcycle racing photos in the gallery! :-P Are you sure those are permitted under the terms

Re: OT: Coffee Grinder

2007-03-16 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 02:31:24PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I have to replace my coffee grinder, so I'm asking everyone who may grind their own beans what grinder they may have and if they are satisfied with it. I want to get a burr grinder, not one with a rotating blade. I've had my

Windows shell extension to view thumbnails from PEFs

2007-03-17 Thread John Francis
There's a post in the dpreview forums linking to a web page http://www.idfoxx.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18662sid=6bbf1ecbb3a940a790f1363fecfe0730 announcing a Windows Shell Extension that lets the standard Windows file browser know how to extract thumbnails from .PEFs (and from a plethora of

Re: Windows shell extension to view thumbnails from PEFs

2007-03-17 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 12:28:55AM +0900, David Savage wrote: On 3/17/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a post in the dpreview forums linking to a web page http://www.idfoxx.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18662sid=6bbf1ecbb3a940a790f1363fecfe0730 announcing a Windows

Re: Camera destroyed, CF survives

2007-03-19 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 04:26:34PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 09:33:48PM +0900, David Savage wrote.. That bloke didn't think it all the way through did he? Make that: that bloke did not think at all, did he? He could well have qualified for a Darwin Award himself..

Re: Facts about the PDML's favorite photographer

2007-03-22 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 10:33:50AM +, mike wilson wrote: From: Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/22 Thu AM 04:00:25 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Facts about the PDML's favorite photographer Family List? PDML?? Adams family.

Re: One that got accepted

2007-03-22 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 09:43:50AM -0600, Tom C wrote: Did you guys realize that as of yesterday there's not a single entry in the Glamour/Fashion and Sports/Action categories? Really? I should get off my backside and submit one or two, then ... I've had an account since the gallery

Re: OT: high speed hijinks

2007-03-22 Thread John Francis
There's one around here - for a small commission I'll pick one up and deliver it for you. So if you've got a spare $1.3 million or so lying around ... On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 08:41:17PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holy hell that's fast! But wouldn't you know it, there isn't a Bugati

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 11, Issue 326

2007-03-24 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:21:03AM -0700, Jay Taylor wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Just took a look on Boz site to see what that looked like. Quite the monster! Enjoy it. :-) If you don't mind my asking, what does something like that cost these days? Godfrey Godfrey, I

Re: 645D Musings

2007-03-24 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 11:30:08AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: There are times that I have wished for a larger format than 35mm and even the formats on 120/220 film. For whatever reason - and the reasons varied at different times - I could not see getting and using a large format camera,

Re: My Pentax MZ-30 camera

2007-03-24 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 11:48:33AM -0700, Siddheshwar Lohar wrote: I have been using this MZ-30 camera (now its obsolete) of course since long. It started giving some message on its LCD when I switch it on. It shows me the message Av-- and keeps blinking, nothing happens, i cannot see any

Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

2007-03-24 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 11:39:17AM -0700, Rick Womer wrote: That link works! Very nice. I wonder--does the shake reduction let you shoot hand-held, or is the lens just too heavy? I'd never consider trying to use that lens hand-held; it's just too heavy (and too unwieldy). But I'd expect the

Re: OT: Wish Me Luck

2007-03-26 Thread John Francis
And that's the fault of the American legal system, not the British legal system ... While I wish you luck in your case, I think it's a great deal better to have a verdict based on the merits of the case, rather than on anyones ability to pay for lawyers. On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 08:41:13PM

Re: OT: Wish Me Luck

2007-03-26 Thread John Francis
It's not a travesty - it's a problem with two different systems interacting. If this were being tried in a UK court the legal aid system would provide a lawyer for the plaintiff, but it wouldn't necessarily provide a lawyer from the most expensive firm in town (or, at any rate, it wouldn't pay

Re: A disastrous farewell to film.

2007-03-28 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 04:34:44PM +0200, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry for you Peter but wonder what kind of insurance would cover such an accident. My camera insurance (Alte Leipziger Versicherung AG) covers theft, loss, and all kinds of

Re: test

2007-03-29 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 04:27:01PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling I ask myself the same question at the ATM, (stupid programmers...) Shel Belinkoff wrote: Shel Why in Hell should I have to Press 1 for English?!!! Speaking of stupid, did you know McDonalds has

Re: Final Four questions?

2007-03-29 Thread John Francis
You *are* out of the loop. San Jose was one of the host cities for the round of 16 this year, so the local media coverage was intense. On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 01:20:49PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I guess I'm outa the loop - never heard of it. Shel [Original Message] From: Bob

Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ?

2007-03-29 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 05:23:38PM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ? I never erase a card before putting it in the camera. I always just reformat the full card in camera. That has been my

Re: PESO: Whose Daddy?

2007-03-29 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:28:54AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/29/2007 4:26:26 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You missed it. Look again. Paul On Mar 29, 2007, at 7:11 PM, Jim Apilado wrote: An unusual title for the subjects. I might

Re: Friday For Sale

2007-03-29 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 03:29:14PM -0700, Bill Lawlor wrote: Battery Grip D-BG2 for K10D in like new condition. I only put it on the camera for a day, then decided it was not my style. All papers included. $100 . Grrr. My one arrived from BH today. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: bags bags bags

2007-03-30 Thread John Francis
Mine do (Pelican 1510 and 1620). I'm considering one more - a roll-around tool box from OSH. It doesn't have any internal fittings, so I'd need to put something together from all the other bags, inserts, etc., but it has the distinct advantage of being tough enough to stand on, making it

Re: OT Planes and cameras

2007-04-02 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 01:42:13PM -0400, Kenneth Waller wrote: Dave, if you've got half a day, you gotta go to Valley of Fire state park. About 70 miles north east of Vegas. Otherworldly! Its a small park but well worth the trip. Kenneth Waller Hmmm. I'm wending my way towards Vegas;

Re: OT Planes and cameras

2007-04-02 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 03:05:46PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote: A 16-45 and 50 200 going to be good enough for this Ken. I'm travelling light. I'm not :-) I've got the 80-200 as well as the K10D, *ist-D, 18-55, 10-17, 28-105 and a couple of 50mms. But I'm driving, not flying. -- PDML

Re: Please unenable me!

2007-04-14 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 11:13:55AM -0700, Juan Buhler wrote: On 4/14/07, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no easy way around this - the Leica M8 IS a lovely camera.? But it's not for the same work as a Pentax DSLR. Can you imagine shooting soccer game (with a 170-500mm zoom)

Re: Is it worth updating this..

2007-04-17 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 09:11:27AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: I'll put the list on my web site if we start compiling it here... Current home page: //http:www.panix.com/~johnf/ PAW Gallery://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Is it worth updating this..

2007-04-17 Thread John Francis
I'll put the list on my web site if we start compiling it here... I could mirror it (or even host it) on pdml.us, if you like. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPAL systemDVD's

2007-04-19 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 05:25:02PM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote: Ditto, for the new HD-DVD and BLuRay disc formats, no rentals available yet, even though these HD players have been out for over a year or more. HD-DVD and BluRay can both kiss my a$$. DRM'd to where they won't

Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equipthat can playPALsystemDVD's

2007-04-19 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 08:40:48PM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote: Sir, the typical Blu-Ray/HDDVD buyer is not going to still use an older HD set that doesnt have HDMI interface anyway, As good as they were, none of the older HD sets that dont have HDMI input are as good as the best HD

Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPALsystemDVD's

2007-04-19 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 08:47:38PM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote: you guys are not really with it, there are hundreds of networks showing 1000's of programs a month, so there still are tons of good shows, movies, and events available. NO, its not all good, probably mostly not good, but with

Re: Ground Cover Question

2007-04-20 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 12:46:55PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 4/20/2007 12:56:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Marnie I always carry a large white plastic sack folded in my photo bag outside pocket. I use it for wet ground and could

Re: OT - for those of you who have DVDequipthatcan playPAL systemDVD's

2007-04-20 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 08:13:08PM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote: It doesnt go out much and things like my PC and direcTV HDDVR are on batttery backup UPS anyway. wow. What's wow about that? I'm sure many of us use a UPS for our PCs; I've got one that's earmarked to be put on my

Re: OT - for those of you who have DVDequipthatcan playPAL systemDVD's

2007-04-20 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 06:37:36PM -0600, Tom C wrote: From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVDequipthatcan playPAL systemDVD's Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007

Re: PUG Deadline tomorrow!

2007-04-21 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 01:38:20PM -0400, Walter Hamler wrote: Thanks P.J., I managed to get a photo uploaded, but with great difficulty. It seems that no matter what I did when resizing a pic from the K10 that was shot in JPEG Fine down to the required pixel size and then saving with a new

Re: a flower for Shel - GDG

2007-04-22 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 06:20:19AM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I tend doubt that - can you substantiate your claim. In talking with people at a couple of labs here, they say the most popular subject they get are babies and - believe it or not - cats. You can even combine the two, and take

Re: color wheel photo project

2007-04-23 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 04:43:07PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote: Luka Knezevic - Strika wrote: would this perhaps do for green? http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o126/concavex/_IGP6182_2.jpg luka hmmm - a bit of a stretch - for our 6 shot wheel (or rectangle) start with those

Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

2007-04-23 Thread John Francis
That looks like the sort of explanation Calvin's dad would provide :-) On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 10:01:05PM +0100, Bob W wrote: It's photon residue, popularly known as 'light lint'. It's scientific Latin name is 'Floccus lucis'. The stuff that the filter stops from going into the lens has to

Re: Ordered Lightroom today

2007-04-23 Thread John Francis
I'd guess you have AMD processors. Intels (or the latest generation of AMDs) work fine with Lightroom, but earlier AMD chipsets lack one particular set of extended instructions. Unfortunately, Lightroom makes heavy use of those instructions. On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 08:57:25PM -0400, AlexG

Re: Making a small DNG or RAW file

2007-04-25 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 09:00:56AM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Perhaps I wasn't clear. What I want(ed) to know was if there is some way to generate a true raw file, in either a format like PEF or DNG either directly from the camera or by resizing the file in some editing software (without

Re: New Pentax software and K10D firmware

2007-04-26 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:39:46PM +0200, Dario Bonazza wrote: http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/support/ Thanks, Dario. Brief summary: It's the release of the Remote Assistant software for the K10D - this necessitates a firmware upgrade. Apart from that there's no new functionality (or, at

Re: M85mm f2.0 bokeh

2007-04-28 Thread John Francis
No he isn't. If you keep the same camera position, and the same aperture (not the same f-stop; the same aperture diameter), and you magnify the central portion of the image from the shorter focal length lens to the same final size as the image from the longer focal length lens the DOF will be

Re: Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop Album or PS CS2 Bridge to organize?

2007-04-30 Thread John Francis
Don't forget today is the last day for the $199 lightroom pricing On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 06:57:34AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 29, 2007, at 9:57 PM, Maris V. Lidaka Sr. wrote: I've now transferred my CDs to 2 external hard drives for storage and backup and it's time to

Re: Upcoming October PUG and ultimatum

2007-09-22 Thread John Francis
You don't get the heat. Small land masses (such as New Zealand or the UK) have weather that is dominated by ocean temperatures. That's why the UK doesn't have the same climate as Hudson Bay, and NZ is far more temperate than Mexico (or inland Australia). On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 04:07:03PM

Re: OT: Virgin, Creative Commons Flickr Lawsuit

2007-09-22 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 08:38:38AM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: David Savage wrote: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=76588 Short version: Australia's Virgin Mobile phone company ran an ad campaign using photos from Flickr that had been posted under Creative

Re: OT - Image repair

2007-09-23 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 10:40:31PM +0100, mike wilson wrote: John Graves wrote: Mike, If only the world worked the way we think it should. My brother found the obit in the Boston Public Library as a microfilm copy of the paper. The Library doesn't retain newspapers after they

Re: Pentax Gallery Resignation

2007-09-27 Thread John Francis
Gee thanks. Now how do I get this arrow out of my butt? Ob.Trivia - did you know that archery targets are called 'butts'? Do you know why? As far as the Pentax Gallery goes - I didn't submit originally for a couple of reasons; my first attempt didn't work (because I was trying to

Re: butts

2007-09-27 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 03:43:38PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sep 27, 2007, at 3:09 PM, John Francis wrote: Gee thanks. Now how do I get this arrow out of my butt? Ob.Trivia - did you know that archery targets are called 'butts'? Do you know why? I knew

Re: Pentax Gallery Resignation

2007-09-28 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 03:01:38PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote: Tom C wrote: On 9/28/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Some of us might think it's a lot of mystical droppings from the rear of a bull,snip Bob, You've got a way with words... ;-) cheers, frank I saw

Re: Sigma 14 mm vs Tamron 14 mm

2007-10-01 Thread John Francis
Add another voice in support of this lens for fun shots. I got a chance to borrow the predecessor - the F 17-28 - at a PDML meet back in the days of film, so When I got the K10D I also bought the DA 1-17. Here's a shot from a trip to Seattle last week:

Re: GESO: Kim and Tony's Wedding

2007-10-01 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 12:04:23PM +, mike wilson wrote: From: Evan Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/09/30 Sun PM 09:39:41 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO: Kim and Tony's Wedding My brother in-law Tony got married yesterday. It's hard to

Re: DA70 and 24x36 coverage

2007-10-02 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 08:18:49PM +0200, Boris Liberman wrote: Godfrey, I find it incredibly strange that Pentax produced DA 40 and DA 70 that cover full frame (presumably, but most probably so) obviously knowing it and not having advertised it in any way. Why? The lenses work just fine

Re: PESO - Two by Timmy's

2007-10-02 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 03:57:32PM -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote: The cups look like they are actually attached at some odd angle. For some reason, I'm reminded of the Daleks in the old Dr. Who series. Stuff just stuck onto inverted trash cans at odd angles.

Re: putting old lenses on digital cameras

2007-10-02 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 08:08:37PM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: The conversion is 1.6 times for the small Canon bodies, so take your 28, multiply by 1.6 and you have the equivalent in 35mm terms (Which is 45mm or so). And it's all because the sensor is smaller than a 35mm frame of film, not

Re: happiness is a CANTAX or an PENTON - thank you COTTY!

2007-10-03 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 11:50:59PM +0100, Cotty wrote: On 03/10/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: you can play with mine sometime if you like hey big fella that's the best offer I've had all day That doesn't surprise me in the slightest. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: The Hidden Bridge

2007-10-04 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 09:01:14AM -0500, Charles Robinson wrote: On Oct 4, 2007, at 0:18, John Celio wrote: Good point about the foreground. Someone else mentioned clearing the branches from the river. That idea both intrigues and repulses me. On the one hand, it might make the

Re: PESO: Transparent Vulture

2007-10-05 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 12:56:11PM -0700, Jack Davis wrote: Was visiting the local State Wildlife Area (Gray Lodge) earlier today. Nearly directly overhead sun lighting up the larger flight feathers of a California Turkey Vulture. (Considerable cropping).

Re: OT: Photographer Being Sued

2007-10-08 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 11:10:50AM -0400, graywolf wrote: The issue with copyrights, trademarks, and patents is that they have been ordained as property by law thus extending the same property rights to them. And because of that they have to be registered with the government before the

Re: OT: Photographer Being Sued

2007-10-08 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 10:23:09AM -0400, Rebekah wrote: I don't see how this guy making money off of the photographs could be considered damages. They certainly didn't lose any money just because he made some . . . That's the argument used to justify file sharing, software copying, etc. And

Re: PESO - macro flower

2007-10-09 Thread John Francis
In and out? I see it load at low resolution first, and then get replaced by the higher-resolution image. This is the usual way to show a progressive .JPG (it's just about the only reason for the format) On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 05:36:55PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Nice photo. Is it

Re: 2008 PUG themes - revised

2007-10-10 Thread John Francis
Err, no. He's quoting a Yule Tide carol. On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:33:43AM -0600, William Robb wrote: Perhaps it shouldn't, but you are trying to make your point by quoting a Christmas carol. William Robb - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless Subject: Re: 2008

Re: OT More problems for Roos

2007-10-10 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 01:42:37PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: Oh, how wonderful, maybe it'll start a war and they'll kill each other off, thus helping the with the population problem and bringing peace to the rest of us. That ought to be short. I doubt the

PESO - A shot from the NorCal Renaissance Fair(e)

2007-10-11 Thread John Francis
http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/RennFaire.jpg Not my usual style of shot at all, but I rather like it ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: GESO - Downtown I

2007-10-11 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 03:47:01PM -0600, Tom C wrote: A few shots from a short detour in downtown Dallas after work. Lot's of good architecture. Very little captured here. Not my normal stuff of course. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=358322 You need to

Re: Slightly OT: Right clicked images find there way home

2007-10-12 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 10:53:57AM -0400, graywolf wrote: Sad story, Dave. The only way I have found to keep people from stealing your images off the internet, is to not have them on the internet. Unfortunately the web was never intended to be secure, it was developed by academics for

Re: OT - of interest to PDA users...

2007-10-15 Thread John Francis
It's nothing to do with the age of the aircraft, and everything to do with choices made by the aircraft operator. Just what is provided in the way of services at each seat depends on what the operator specifies, but just about every aircraft being flown today could provide payphone service if

Re: Cut or Keep? A Question About Editing

2007-10-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 06:54:15PM -0700, John Celio wrote: How do you decide what to cut and what to keep when you've shot more than one good photo of a subject? Assuming you feel like all or most of the photos of said subject are good, how do you distance yourself from your personal

Re: OT Grand Rapids Michigan

2007-10-17 Thread John Francis
Indeed. In fact I'm thinking about getting a Garmin GPS unit that also incorporates an MP3 player, and which understands the audio book format. Mind you, I'll still buy some things on actual CDs - I'm too much of an old fogey to be entirely happy with electronic-only media delivery. And while

Re: SMCPA* 200/2.8

2007-10-17 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 03:00:02PM -0700, Bob Blakely wrote: I've tentatively decided to bu this lens as it is the perfect length and speed for shooting Hockey games from my preferred vantage point at the ice in Anaheim, CA (Ducks). Any comments regarding this lens would be greatly

Re: SMCPA* 200/2.8

2007-10-18 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 06:45:25AM +0100, Peter Fairweather wrote: The A* 200/2.8 was my first foray into good glass. I've still got it, and with the smaller sensor of the DSLRs it's getting a fair bit more use, especially paired with the AF 1.7x adapter Oddly enough I am thinking of

Re: PESO - Porsche in Motion

2007-10-18 Thread John Francis
As Paul says, Almost. To my eye it's a bit of camera shake (which is why the rear of the car is slightly blurred), plus the change in angle during the shot which makes the front of the car even more blurred than the rear). A K10D would help cut down on the camera shake :-) I assume the

Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s)

2007-10-19 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 03:46:48PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: A few days ago Mike J had a really interesting historical tale of camera marketing and product lines: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2007/10/in-the-early-19.html Apropos of nothing: I just love

Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s)

2007-10-19 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 12:21:49PM -0600, Tom C wrote: I can't see non-645 owners jumping to a 645D in masses. The 645D would be a low volume seller compared to a 24 x 36 FF body. . . That's a big assumption; I'm by no means convinced you are right. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s)

2007-10-19 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 10:06:18AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From what Adam has told us about the newest sensors, 12 megapixels with good noise characteristics might well be possible at 1.5. Could be. But every so often I look at what Nikon's getting from 12

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-18 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 07:25:12PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: pnstenquist I went on a Saab press junket to Sweden in 1981. Saab engineers demonstrated the Viggens short takeoff distance. It was truly amazing how quickly it got off the ground. The Swedish air force parked them in

Re: Lens purchase saga

2007-10-18 Thread John Francis
Remember the old maxim: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. It's standard practice for Adorama (and also for several other mail-order suppliers) to cancel an order if they are unable to fulfil the order within the originally-estimated timeframe. In

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-18 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 01:33:45PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 18, 2007, at 1:14 PM, frank theriault wrote: Can we talk about the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter? Please Bob? There's a plane that is gorgeous. The B-58 Hustler gives me goosebumps too. That was the most

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-18 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 04:14:26PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: On 10/18/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we talk about the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter? Please Bob? There's a plane that is gorgeous. The B-58 Hustler gives me goosebumps too. That was the most beautiful aircraft

Re: PESO - Sunit Viper

2007-10-21 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 12:33:04PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote: Adam Maas wrote: A Viper before sunset: http://flickr.com/photos/mawz/1673348246/ Larger/Direct link: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/1673348246_129bcc621a_b.jpg *istDS, 18-55 DA, ISO400, 1/[EMAIL PROTECTED] O -

Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s)

2007-10-21 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 07:48:17PM -0600, Tom C wrote: With the caveat regarding who knows about Pentax?... I'd take a full frame sensor that did very well between 200 - 400 ISO any day (ISO 800) w/b nice, over any sensor that had marginal high ISO performance at 1600 and above. I find

Re: Simply Shocking

2007-10-23 Thread John Francis
You get less electrons with 220v, but they're more excited. On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 04:51:50PM +0200, Thibouille wrote: We have 220 volts a well and we have two tiny little metal plugs. Weird... poor plugs... so many electrons... :D 2007/10/23, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Rick,

Re: OT Impressive image -- fires in So. California.

2007-10-23 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 06:43:36AM +0800, David Savage wrote: On 10/24/07, Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some people may have heard about new fires in Southern California. Fires are burning in Malibu, Orange County, and San Diego and county. Here is a very impressive picture:

Re: Starfighters Co.

2007-10-24 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 12:35:07AM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: Adam Maas wrote: There's only 2 flying Lanc's, 1 in the UK and one here in Canada, based out of Hamilton, about an hour west of Toronto. A beautiful bird, but small by todays standards. Yeah, I think there's only one

Re: OT Impressive image -- fires in So. California.

2007-10-24 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 01:45:19PM +0800, David Savage wrote: At 01:38 PM 24/10/2007, John Francis wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 06:43:36AM +0800, David Savage wrote: I was just wondering last night after seeing the latest reports. Do they (state land management department) do

Re: Starfighters Co.

2007-10-24 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 06:53:13PM +0100, mike wilson wrote: Adam Maas wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: Adam Maas wrote: If you want a great sounding bird, very little beats a Lancaster, with it's 4 Merlins. I've never been near a running Lanc, though I've seen them on static display

Re: Starfighters Co.

2007-10-24 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 05:39:36PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: On 10/24/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the B-25 only had 28 cylinders, while the Lancaster had 48. But it always seemed that the radials sort of rumbled while the v-12's sort of snarled. The one that always

Re: Seattle suggestions?

2007-10-24 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 04:59:07PM -0700, skye pdml wrote: both ferries leave from approx the same place (side by side) as can be shown at wsdot.wa.gov/ferries and are timed so that you can often take photos of the one ferry from the other ferry. Bainbridge ferry (35-40min?) takes less time

Re: Seattle suggestions?

2007-10-24 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 08:10:12PM -0400, John Francis wrote: http:///www.jfwaf.com/PAW Make that http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: Seattle suggestions?

2007-10-24 Thread John Francis
shots from the locks cruise (and a whole lot more besides) came on a single day I had to myself in Seattle after a business trip - as I wasn't prepared to get up in time for a 6:30am flight I had to take one at 8:30pm. Fortunately, as you can see, I had great weather. --- John Francis [EMAIL

Re: Today I was a naughty boy...

2007-10-25 Thread John Francis
Ain't that the truth! Some people probably aren't used to the shallow DOF of a f2.8 lens. What would they do with a f1.4? On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 02:15:40PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't remember a lens introduction that didn't result in complaints from the photographically

Re: PESO - The Barmaid

2007-10-25 Thread John Francis
That's a good question - it's always worth finding good beers. It appears that several of use like this type of capture: here's my contribution from July of this year: http://www.jfwaf.com/July2007/image.php?name=Trip01 (the pub is the World's Wonder in Kent, near Ashford) For a more

Re: Pentac Da 12-24 or Sigma 10 -20

2007-10-25 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 10:13:13AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 25, 2007, at 8:42 AM, William Robb wrote: ... A 14mm lens on an APS-C format camera isn't all that ultrawide. It's matter of accommodation and perspective. 91 diagonal degrees is pretty darn ultrawide to me, it's

Re: Today I was a naughty boy...

2007-10-25 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 10:24:01AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 25, 2007, at 8:44 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Oct 25, 2007, at 9:55, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Only thing I would nitpick about is that I think they should have put the zoom ring where the focus ring is and

Re: PESO - The Half-Victory Sign

2007-10-25 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 04:00:30PM -0400, Christian wrote: Jack Davis wrote: I've again picked up this thread and probably skipping over this comment offered by others, me too but it was always obvious to me that the V formed by holding up the middle and index fingers signified a V

Re: PESO: Rose

2007-10-25 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:59:51PM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for the lighting it was quite simple. I just put f/11 to put a background into dark, and 360 flash with the little white plate (it is called 'catch light' in the manual as I remember) brings the

Re: Halloween and the Curse of Cheap Glass

2007-10-26 Thread John Francis
I agree. I've got to get myself a decent tripod before I try again - my attempts show too much camera shake. On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:21:49AM -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote: Well, it is a better moon than I have ever done and I have even cheaper glass than you do for that kind of thing. Nice

Re: Halloween and the Curse of Cheap Glass

2007-10-26 Thread John Francis
Based on my (possibly faulty) recollection of my attempts - a 600 and a 2x is just about perfect for a 1.5x crop moon shot; you'd really want a little more for film. Stacking a 2x and a 1.4x would probably be about right, although that might add too much optical softness (as well as increasing

Re: OT Is this the fate of our childeren

2007-10-26 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 02:15:53PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote: Long rant. You've been warned. I think you may have missed the point, Dave. This is a jab at the unwashed masses who insist on using the internet. Having worked a variety of support jobs, from the lowly DSL help desk to

Re: Oops!

2007-10-27 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 02:17:43PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: Bob W http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7064879.stm What the heck is that thing carrying? It looks like some kind of crane-mounted platform; maybe it's used in places where it would be difficult to erect scaffolding?

Re: PESO: Self-Powered Transportation

2007-10-28 Thread John Francis
Yep. Grace looks quite happy, too. On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 06:17:36PM -0400, Bill Owens wrote: It's fantastic to see a child so happy. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 5:54 PM

Re: A Few Nov PUG Comments

2007-10-29 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 08:25:23PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Original message -- From: Thrainn Vigfusson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sheep would of course never climb a glacier on their own, since there is nothing to eat. That would probably stop me as

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