Re: AW: Manual Focus Pentax Glass on istD

2005-02-21 Thread Peter J. Alling
In engineering parlance you ...pulled it out of your a**... William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Juan Buhler Subject: Re: AW: Manual Focus Pentax Glass on istD I don't have an LX, but love the viewfinder in my MXs. I wonder how much would a DSLR with a viewfinder that is as

Re: Aaaarrrrrrrggghhhhh!!!

2005-02-20 Thread Peter J. Alling
Shouldn't that be handbag holder... Tanya and her handbag wrote: hehe, is this better Frank? lol... tan. :) Tanya Mayer Photography Brisbane, Qld, Australia www.tanyamayer.com Ph +61 (07) 3315 4549 Mobile +61 0437831247 -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: R: PreBay Spotmatic outfit

2005-02-20 Thread Peter J. Alling
Because they mellow with age... Actually there's a short explanation here. http://www.aohc.it/info08e.htm The cure seems to be to expose the lens to UV light. Leaving in in direct sunlight with the caps off so that the light streams through the elements for a time seems to be enough. Nicola

Re: PESO: Roasting Marshmallows, Canadian Style

2005-02-20 Thread Peter J. Alling
I think these come with separate rear filters. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Frank. Something wrong with your LX its producing bent lines.vbbg Love this one.The family in the centre and the background curves all work fine together. This one actually started me thinking(oh oh)A lense like

Re: More Damn Flower Pictures (MDFP?)

2005-02-20 Thread Peter J. Alling
Now that really is silly looking. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: David Mann Subject: Re: More Damn Flower Pictures (MDFP?) I was expecting to see the *istD attached to your 6x7 bellows. Dave, since you asked...

Re: PESO: For Francis

2005-02-20 Thread Peter J. Alling
It was only scorched, which is why it's painted White today, otherwise it might be known as the Stone House... (or variations there of...). William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: For Francis It's nice *we* can finally blame *you guys* for

Re: PESO - Big Dress Day

2005-02-20 Thread Peter J. Alling
mike wilson wrote: snip I thought the Kazimierz, Krakow subtitle to the picture was quite enough clue 8-) Anyway, I see nothing wrong with naming a child with an unusual name. They only have to endure vicious spitefulness through infant and primary school. After that, it's plain sailing. And

Re: PESO - Rufus

2005-02-20 Thread Peter J. Alling
I'm sure you've heard this a lot by now but... Link? John Francis wrote: I know - it's a cat picture. He might be fluffy, but I wouldn't describe him as 'cute'. Technical details: *ist-D @ ISO 200, FA 28-105/f4-f5.6 @ 65mm, 1/250 @ f8 Shot in RAW, imported to Adobe Elements 3.0 using ACR, and

Re: A vision of Godfrey

2005-02-20 Thread Peter J. Alling
Innocent! That thing looks like a battering ram. Military equipment with protruding ordinance looks more innocent. Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: You think Guzzis are ugly? Not me, not any of them ... well, except for one or two. My MZs can knock them into a cocked hat...

Re: More Damn Flower Pictures (MDFP?)

2005-02-20 Thread Peter J. Alling
Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20/2/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/istD_6x7bellows.jpg Damn! What are you, the Howard Hughes of cameras??? From the looks of that he's the Mikhail Kalashnikov of

Re: PESO: For Francis

2005-02-20 Thread Peter J. Alling
If they were that efficient we'd all be in jail by now. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: Re: PESO: For Francis If you decide to do it again within the next 4 years, please let me know. I'll stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you. Watch it Bob, the department of

Peso -- Check the oil with that fillup sir?

2005-02-20 Thread Peter J. Alling
http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_cyowtfs.html Technical Data Pentax *ist-D ISO 200 @ 1/50sec smc Pentax-FA 20-35mm f4.0 @ f16. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that

Re: Pentax Business News

2005-02-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
Creative Accounting. Derby Chang wrote: Joseph wrote: http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/news/2005/20050210.pdf That's really interesting. The company certainly has turned around in the last three years (9 billion yen loss in 2002 to 2 billion yen profit last year). So why can't I buy the

Re: KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses

2005-02-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
The 600mm Solid Cat was manufactured by Perkin Elmer. Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: --- Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah the Leica R 600mm mirror lens in a Minolta one indeed... Hmm. I was always under the impressiong that that particular lens was made by Vivitar ... Vivitar made an

Re: A vision of Godfrey

2005-02-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
Gee, it would be nice to have a link, since if there was an original it didn't get to my mailbox. Jim Hemenway wrote: Ah! So that's what Godfrey looks like... 6th row, last column. :-) Jim -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the

Re: Photo Essay - Hunt Ban

2005-02-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
He could try to arrest all of the scofflaws, but he'd soon run out of handcuffs. Jim Hemenway wrote: I like this bunch of photos... well done along with an interesting story. I'm unclear on the concept though. If using more than two dogs is now illegal, why are there so many. And, why isn't the

Re: Rebel XT

2005-02-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
Large buffer for fast shooting, 8mp to make somewhat larger prints, (also allows for more cropping). Small size with a good grip, oh wait the *ist-Ds already has that. The first two items. On the other hand it's not enough better than the *ist-D or Ds to make it worth the hassle of changing

Re: PESO: Roasting Marshmallows, Canadian Style

2005-02-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
Or just stubborn about it. frank theriault wrote: On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:16:37 -0600, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter Subject: Re: PESO: Roasting Marshmallows, Canadian Style Nice, Frank. Here we think of roasting marshmallows as a

Re: PESO: Maiden Hair

2005-02-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
I like it, I'm not even sure why. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maiden Hair grass is an interesting plant in that it looks better dead than alive. After a few months of frigid temperratures, it's flowers puff up and becomne quite pretty. I used it to test the Sigma EF-500 DG Super flash. This is

Re: 'nother PESO

2005-02-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
You're right, this is just way too much information, (damn more nightmares). frank theriault wrote: On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:59:27 -0700, Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and nibble at screaming children Who wouldn't? Joe I've gotten in trouble whenever I've tried to do that.

Re: PESO - Big Dress Day

2005-02-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
Be honest Frank, of course you would, any time you have a chance. frank theriault wrote: On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:04:13 +, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stand corrected. Slip of the finger, as I _do_ know how to spell it. She is Polish. m Well, you should have told us from the

Re: PAW PESO - Obey!

2005-02-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
Interesting. I like it. (You don't need me to tell you the exposure and scanning are dead on). Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/obey.html Junk? Profound? Intriguing? Bland? LOL I don't know just a quick little snap of a scene that caught my attention.

Re: unsubscribing

2005-02-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
Jostein, we care, we care... Jostein wrote: Dunno if anyone cares,but...:-) Will be back in 10 days' time. See you guys. Cheers, Jostein This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- I can understand why

Re: Sid's gettin enabled soon-- *istD, *istDS, or wait for *istDn?

2005-02-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
If they are like most other companies they probably hired a fulfillment house to handle it for them. These places are usually run on a very tight budget and the only way for them to make a profit is to run as lean as possible. This can lead to very spotty operations. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: PESO - Big Dress Day

2005-02-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/02/18 Fri AM 02:21:07 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Big Dress Day On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:39:02 +, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: addiction...

2005-02-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
Bwahahahahahah.. Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: You're all evil. I was up there on an errand again this morning and stopped back into the store. They threw in a used Nikon HN-1 metal lens hood and several used Pentax back caps as extras, dropped the price $50. I took it. Sheesh, I own too many

Re: FA 50mm 1.4 back on BH list

2005-02-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
There's a rational for keeping the 1.7. The instructions that come with the Autobellows M states that the M 1.7 50mm has a flatter plane of focus than the 50 f1.4. Since all the 1.7's have the same basic optical formula as all of the 1.4's as well. You could assume that the 1.7 would give

Re: OT: What is the significance of the number 1443?

2005-02-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
I think you're reading more into this than there is. Bob W wrote: Hi, I divert all my junk mail into a separate folder, and periodically check to make sure there isn't any real mail in there, before I flush it away. I have noticed for a long time that the spam subjects often contain the number

Re: Sid's gettin enabled soon-- *istD, *istDS, or wait for *istDn?

2005-02-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
A major manufacturer with an existing relationship will have pre-production copies and specifications for design and testing. If Sony is going to have the chip in quantity soon then their major customers already have something to work with. John Francis wrote: Mark Roberts mused: Alin

Re: AF500FTZ vs. AF360GFZ on an *ist-Ds

2005-02-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
After the recovery post how could we ever forget... Steve and Tanya wrote: hey Paul! yep, i's alive hehe, glad that you all seem to remember me! tan. :) Tanya Mayer Photography Brisbane, Qld, Australia www.tanyamayer.com Ph +61 (07) 3315 4549 Mobile +61 0437831247 -Original Message-

Re: IstD vs IstDS

2005-02-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
Since I like my camera bodies to have identical controls I'd veto the *ist-Ds as it seems to have significant handling differences if you use it in anything other than in green program mode. In addition it uses CF cards as opposed to SD cards, which will complicate your life with another

Re: PESO: Roasting Marshmallows, Canadian Style

2005-02-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
Lots of context. frank theriault wrote: I had this printed up for today, because I thought the PUG theme for March was BW (as mentioned in another thread). I've now decided that, while it's an okay shot, I'll wait until closer to March 20 to decide what I'm going to submit. Since it's hanging

Re: OT: What is the significance of the number 1443?

2005-02-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
Just what we need, second rate numerology to find the answer to life, now if only we knew the question... Mishka wrote: nah, much simpler, really: 1443 = 1442+1 - , moving 1 to the first position, 11442 - 2442 which is 42 reversed and 42. 42! 42!! 42!!! i bet, those are coded emails sent by

Re: OT - Anti is Upped

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
Canon also put the mode control dial where the shutter speed dial used to go to give it a more analog appearance, removed the information LCD, since who needs information if the camera is going to think for you after all. (The best of all possible worlds). Still the 8mp is a slight improvement,

Re: OT - Ante is Upped

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
DPReview quotes $899.00. Still doesn't excite me I'd have to use Canon glass, which is expensive if it's good. Shel Belinkoff wrote: I just read the article, and while some of the technical stuff eludes me as to its value or just what it all means, the camera sure looks tempting. Interesting

Re: OT - Anti is Upped

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
Ooooh, they must be serious it's black. Cotty wrote: http://www.pma-show.com/review/canon/001_EOS_digital_rebel_xt.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- I can understand why mankind hasn't

Re: M42 adaptor

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
- From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 7:11 AM Subject: Re: M42 adaptor Aside from the obvious superiority of the coatings on the SMC Takumars, not all M42 lenses have an auto manual switch, which will be necessary if you want to use

Re: *ist-Ds price drop

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
This could mean one of two things, 1.) They don't have an upgraded replacement to compete with the new Canon D-Rebel XT and they've decided to compete on price alone, or 2.) they have a replacement coming and they want to blow out the old stock and make room before they have to sell them for

Re: *ist-Ds price drop

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
So you're voting for number 2. It's more hopeful than 1. Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Peter J. Alling wrote: This could mean one of two things, 1.) They don't have an upgraded replacement to compete with the new Canon D-Rebel XT and they've decided to compete on price alone

Re: M42 adaptor

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
Powell Hargrave wrote: At 09:11 PM 16/02/2005 , you wrote: Aside from the obvious superiority of the coatings on the SMC Takumars, not all M42 lenses have an auto manual switch, which will be necessary if you want to use the lenses at any aperture other than their maximum. One way around

Re: LL-60 Screen for istD

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
I've been looking for a way to order this, I too prefer a grid screen and this looks like it's the closest we may get. Unfortunately Pentax USA doesn't seem to be importing them. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Simon King Subject: RE: LL-60 Screen for istD Hi William,

Re: M42 adaptor

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:38 PM Subject: Re: M42 adaptor When's the last time you used an M42 lens? I don't think so. Raimo K wrote: Auto/manual switch is not needed

Re: unsubscribe

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
A bit more clever than the usual... John wrote: going back to slep.. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke

Re: Spotmatic SP Flash

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
Vivitar 2000 flash units have them, nothing special, just a medium power flash, that tilts, for under $14.00. I've bought two and I wasn't even upset when one of them bit the dust, literally... Butch Black wrote: Hi Rodney. Any flash with a sync cord will work. The trick is finding a flash

Re: More Damn Flower Pictures (MDFP?)

2005-02-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
You're a cruel man Robb... William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: More Damn Flower Pictures (MDFP?) What are you using for a macro rig? ist-D and SMC-F 100/2.8 Macro Check this: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/istD_bellows.html William Robb --

Re: PESO -- Beanery Baby Revisited

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
There should be but I wasn't very successful. I'm still working on it. I was exposing for his face which was illuminated primarily by room light. I'm finding that even RAW is a lot like shooting slides. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Peter, Nice capture, although there sure are a lot of fried

Re: New From Pentax...

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Cheap 'n nasty, but in a good way... - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7:33 PM Subject: Re: New From Pentax... On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:00:26 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I make

Re: PESO -- Beanery Baby Revisited

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Message] From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: 2/16/2005 7:59:34 AM Subject: Re: PESO -- Beanery Baby Revisited There should be but I wasn't very successful. I'm still working on it. I was exposing for his face which was illuminated primarily by room light. I'm

Re: *istDS built-in flash overexposure problem

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
John you're right and you're wrong. If the lens tells the body the focus distance, that would be usefully for helping calculate the flash duration, disabling TTL flash with lenses that don't support sending distance information to the body has two purposes, and one is the sale of new lenses,

Re: Rear lens caps

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Yes, any k mount rear lens cap will fit on any k mount lens.however there are two basic types of rear lens mount one with a flange which covers the A contact the other without. It's would be better to use the version with the flange on A contact lenses. Isaac wrote: Hello, I was wondering if

Re: PESO - moturary detail

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
They sound ugly and painful... Mark Roberts wrote: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah - maybe I'll sign up for accordion lesions... You can get a doctor to remove those, you know... -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks

Re: *istDS built-in flash overexposure problem

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
, that simply isn't the case. As I said, people are far too fast to accuse Pentax of deliberately disabling bodies for the sole purpose of selling new lenses. Peter J. Alling mused: John you're right and you're wrong. If the lens tells the body the focus distance, that would be usefully for helping

Re: My Latest Enablement

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
He can get a 12mm for the LX as well... Shel Belinkoff wrote: Well, there's a 12mm for the Leica LOL Shel [Original Message] From: frank theriault It's an addiction, really. When I got my 24-48mm zoom, I thought, man, who needs anything wider than this? Then I bought Chang-Sang's Vivitar

Re: List Down?

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
It got to my mailbox. Bruce Dayton wrote: Not sure if this shows up on the list or not. If you are able to read it, please respond to my email address rather than the list, as I have not seen any list traffic since this morning. Thanks, Bruce -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up

Re: PAW: Taking the Bloor Train Home

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Now that brings to mind a whole bunch of images I didn't need just before bed... Brian Walters wrote: Frank Nicely done - who needs a waist level finder? What happened after the shutter went off? Did you have an unpleasant encounter with the broom handle??? Cheers Brian

Re: M42 adaptor

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
M42 lenses work perfectly with an adapter. Isaac wrote: I saw the reply to my question about the use of Leica lenses. Do you have the same problem with the M42 lenses as well? I notice they are quite inexpensive these days and wouldn't mind adding a few if they would work correctly. -- I can

Re: My Latest Enablement

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Actually it's image circle is a tad smaller than that required to cover an APS sized sensor. The Vemer/Spiritone/Sigma 12mm is just about right. (Thought the Peleng is probably a sharper lens). Tim Sherburne wrote: You could always try the partial frame 8mm Peleng fisheye. Although it doesn't

Re: PAW: Taking the Bloor Train Home

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Frank, I'm surprised at you, this is wonderfully focused. It's a great composition by the way. frank theriault wrote: This poor kid could hardly keep his eyes open. vbg Taken with the LX at waist level (I'm not taking a photo, I'm just fixing something on the camera, just ignore me, I'm not

Re: PESO -- Beanery Baby Revisited

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
I'd like to thank everyone who commented. It looks like one of the main features of the two images escaped everyone. Here's a hint, they were taken about 8 months apart. frank theriault wrote: On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:02:03 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For anyone who

Re: M42 adaptor

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Aside from the obvious superiority of the coatings on the SMC Takumars, not all M42 lenses have an auto manual switch, which will be necessary if you want to use the lenses at any aperture other than their maximum. Isaac wrote: Good to know. Is there any reason to buy the Pentax over one of the

Re: My Latest Enablement

2005-02-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
. Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://www.muellerworld.com/peleng/ Shel [Original Message] From: Peter J. Alling Actually it's image circle is a tad smaller than that required to cover an APS sized sensor. The Vemer/Spiritone/Sigma 12mm is just about right. (Thought the Peleng is probably a sharper

Re: I thought Pentax lenses were supposed to be getting expensive?

2005-02-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
There's no accounting for e-bay. In fact looking at the lens I'd not be inclined to bid particularly high. A sellers description can inspire confidence or not. This did not. mike.wilson wrote: Slightly dusty and not the most desirable version but still

Re: slide exposure?

2005-02-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
Francis wrote: At 10:21 AM 2/15/2005 -0700, you wrote: For a short non-technical answer... I typically let the meter determine exposure unless I'm shooting in unusual lighting/circumstances where I know better than the meter, for instance shooting a subject in a snow covered scene or with

Re: A* 200/2.8 on eBay

2005-02-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
Shel, I would love to have gotten this from you, but any reasonable offer would have been well beyond my current budget. --Peter Shel Belinkoff wrote: Since no one here wanted to pay my asking price, I put the lens on eBay today with a lower starting bid. Have fun or not ;-))

Re: OT - Cotty is dead. Long live Cotty!

2005-02-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
I think touched would be more like it... Cotty wrote: http://memorial.petalert.com.au/memorial.php?uid=95 I'm really choked. Arf. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- I can understand why

Re: OT - Cotty is dead. Long live Cotty!

2005-02-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: OT - Cotty is dead. Long live Cotty! http://memorial.petalert.com.au/memorial.php?uid=95 I'm really choked. Nasty little Eskimo. The world is a better place without the little

PESO -- Beanery Baby Revisited

2005-02-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
For anyone who remembers my earlier PAW Beanery Baby http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_Beanery_Baby.html I was in the local coffee shop, (The Beanery, get it), and I caught this, not quite as interesting and shot with the *ist-D in color not Tri-X but still interesting...

Re: PESO -- Beanery Baby Revisited

2005-02-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
Damn, must have erased it. It'll be back soon. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling Subject: PESO -- Beanery Baby Revisited For anyone who remembers my earlier PAW Beanery Baby http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_Beanery_Baby.html No picture. William

Re: PESO -- Beanery Baby Revisited

2005-02-15 Thread Peter J. Alling
It's there now. Peter J. Alling wrote: Damn, must have erased it. It'll be back soon. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling Subject: PESO -- Beanery Baby Revisited For anyone who remembers my earlier PAW Beanery Baby http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_

Re: Test

2005-02-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
This did. Bruce Dayton wrote: Testing - none of my posts seem to be coming through. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime.

Re: Welcoming myself

2005-02-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
Oh, well I stand, well actually sit, corrected... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not show tunes, but Gilbert and Sullivan. (Which may be even worse). [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: New guy posts to say hello

Re: Welcoming myself

2005-02-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
I should have realized that... John Forbes wrote: Gilbert would not have rhymed dance with Penzance! John On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:18:37 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not show tunes, but Gilbert and Sullivan. (Which may be even worse). [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: test

2005-02-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
Now you should know better than that. Nicola Griffanti wrote: Test don't reply, thanks Nicola Griffanti -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during

Re: Welcoming myself

2005-02-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
A bit like athletes foot... Cotty wrote: On 14/2/05, Will Dimmit, discombobulated, unleashed: Actually, I was just thinking how nice it was to have stumbled upon to what seems to be a vibrant, closely knit community - with a sense of humor to boot. I was (~am) a long time Minolta guy, and

Re: Welcoming myself

2005-02-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
That's good. Better than mine, damn... William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Welcoming myself Wil, I only stopped by for some advice about a motor drive for an MX in 1998. These guys and gals kinda grow on you. Venereal warts do the same thing, something you

Re: PESO - Backlit

2005-02-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
That's a very nice image the back lighting worked wonderfully. Bruce Dayton wrote: I was trying to decide to post this or not. But all this talk of macro lenses pushed me over the edge. Taken two days ago as I saw the sun shining through the daffodils. Pentax *istD, Tamron SP 90/2.8 Macro AF,

Re: Welcoming myself

2005-02-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
You sure, I've heard that peat bogs stop deterioration of bodies, the evidence will never go away... Cotty wrote: On 14/2/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Wil, I only stopped by for some advice about a motor drive for an MX in 1998. These guys and gals kinda grow on you.

Re: LL-60 screen for istD

2005-02-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
OK, so where, and how much? William Robb wrote: Resend. sorry. I have just aquired one of the above mentioned screens. Installation was easy, imaging putting a screen into an LX, only smaller. Here is a view through the istD viewfinder of the screen. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/ll-60.jpg

Re: Detroit PDML Outing

2005-02-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
I don't know why you have to work on it Frank, you already are very proficient at taking fuzzy shots... frank theriault wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:21:49 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, this sounds like a Toronto/Detroit international PDML outing. We have to work on

Re: PESO -- Untitled 2

2005-02-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
I was going to include a possible patriotism warning but didn't think it necessary. frank theriault wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:32:37 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I had a very unproductive day. I usually shoot a bunch of useless photos, if I have nothing better

Re: K-1000 Question

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Yes. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Is it true that later K-1000 cameras were built outside of Japan (China?) and the later K-1000 bodies use some plastic parts while the earlier ones were all metal? Shel -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks

Re: SMC Pentax-F 4-5.6/70-210mm vs. Tokina RMC 4.5/80-200mm

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
I get the message No Such Photograph. Jens Bladt wrote: I made two similar shots with these two lenes. The difference is not all that obvoius. Considering I paid 300 USD for the Pentax lens and only a fraction of this for the (MF) Tokina lens, it's not all that bad, is it?

Re: PESO: Automaton

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
mike wilson wrote: Peter J. Alling wrote: Yet you use the metric system, how strange... mike wilson wrote: Peter J. Alling wrote: My God, they're all driving on the wrong side of the road! Ryan Lee wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3107166size=lg We didn't get beaten by Napoleon

Re: PESO: Automaton

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
But he uses a whip and at least some might enjoy that. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: PESO: Automaton We got beaten by De Gaulle 8-((( I feel your pain. We got beaten by Cretien William Robb -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war.

Re: PESO: Bank

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
I don't know if this works for me, there's some kind of unnatural feeling about it, like the grain is wrong. The composition is alright though. Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/bank.jpg Taken yesterday while I was out strolling around on my lunch break. ist-D, FA*80-200/2.8

Re: LX Malfunction

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Sounds like my problem when I tripped over my dog and dropped my LX onto the road from a couple of inches after cradling it all the way down. It still hurts to look at the scrapes. Luckily everything still works on the camera, except the prism interchangeability, which was a problem sometime

Re: GFM Photo Weekend.

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
You should be very afraid. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: GFM Photo Weekend. Billy Boy, I am ~so~ looking forward to meeting you. That's Dave, you and me - three Canadians. Must be a record, eh? Thats like a half dozen who have told me

Re: Peso - Afterglow

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Not exactly what I expected, but it's a good newspaper shot. mike wilson wrote: Hi, As we seem to have a small theme going of pictures taken on the road, here's one I made earlier. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/channel/50/extra/new/display/2593239 mike -- I can understand why mankind

New From Pentax...

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
I make no comment... http://www.pma-show.com/pentax/003_istDS.html -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke

Re: New Pentax DSLR announced!

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Damn, I didn't see this before I posted. Nevermind. David Nelson wrote: Well that got your attention didn't it? It's the *ist DS Silver, identical functionally to the normal black *ist DS. HAR! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05021306pentax_istdssilver.asp Will a silver limited lens look good

Re: Welcoming myself

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Nice job getting the ISO 3200 noise out. (You don't want to know what my e-mail client's spell checker suggests for Dimmit). Will Dimmit wrote: Hi. I'm new to the list (48hrs our so now). Just thought I'd introduce myself and share a music (rock rather than jazz) photo. This was taken

Re: PESO: It's a wrap

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Ann, it's a nicely executed photo, in spite of the fact that I generally see Christo's work to be more than a bit silly. Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3117510 Comments, as much about the subject as my photo, welcome :) Pentax K-X - tri-x - grabbed it. annsan

Re: New From Pentax...

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Now it really does compete with the Rebel D, (they're both silver)... William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling Subject: New From Pentax... I make no comment... http://www.pma-show.com/pentax/003_istDS.html That should attract the consumers who want an amateur camera

PESO -- Untitled 2

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Well I had a very unproductive day. I usually shoot a bunch of useless photos, if I have nothing better to do. All I saw that caught my eye was this. Taken with the 28-200mm FA which on a film body is just so-so but really finds it's mark on the *ist D. I bet it would be great on a DS as

Re: Welcoming myself

2005-02-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Not show tunes, but Gilbert and Sullivan. (Which may be even worse). [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Poor Will! He's going to think he's stumbled into a nut-house (OTOH, maybe he has! g). You realize that WAS the idea? Let him have a very clear view

Re: Mono inkjets from digital

2005-02-11 Thread Peter J. Alling
Cotty wrote: snip Anyway, off to do some more mono prints. Substandard and proud of it ;-) I think that this belongs on that memorable quote list. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- I

Re: AW: AW: Low power despit of new batterie (istD)

2005-02-11 Thread Peter J. Alling
It sounds like there's something defective in your camera. I haven't seen any behavior like this when my batteries get low enough my camera just shuts down with a batteries exhausted message. Michael Heim wrote: The stange thing is: the batteries ARE new. I had the smae behaviour with tho old

Re: PESO: Automaton

2005-02-11 Thread Peter J. Alling
Yet you use the metric system, how strange... mike wilson wrote: Peter J. Alling wrote: My God, they're all driving on the wrong side of the road! Ryan Lee wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3107166size=lg We didn't get beaten by Napoleon. 8-) -- I can understand why mankind

Re: New K1000 owner

2005-02-11 Thread Peter J. Alling
That would depend on what you were trying to accomplish, wouldn't it? Graywolf wrote: I always understood that there are Leica users, and Leica collectors. You do not want to invite both to the same party. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Another PESO

2005-02-11 Thread Peter J. Alling
Very nice. Joseph Tainter wrote: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3342/display/2582715 The subject is also the mission at Carmel, California. This is a companion to the one I posted a few days ago. Comments welcome. Joe -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war

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