Sometimes its great, my 300mm 2.8 becomes an incredibly fast & sharp 450
2.8! But many times its a pain in the a$$; at the wide end, I'm having
trouble with a good walking around lens. I have a gap between very wide
(15-30 zoom, 15 fisheye) and med wide (28 ) and then to normal (50). My
28 i
rg
Kevin Waterson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Robert Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah, I was thinking of getting either that (FA35/2) or the 16-45 DA
lens. My 28 & 50 mm are M lenses, so either I have to use them in
manual mode, which means a little more hassle and le
ot:
65Kbytes:
http://home.austin.rr.com/randj/pics/mush3.jpg
frank theriault wrote:
Hi,
I've determined that I'll comment on each entry this month. I'll likely
do it 1/2 dozen or so at a time, over the course of the next day or so.
So, in order of appearance, here goes:
"
I've had alot of trouble with the AF360FGZ. It underexposes. I have to
compensate *ALOT*. As much as +2 sometimes. Its really bad when I use
it to do bounce flash, which I prefer. I took some family portraits
recently and I had to play with it for a long time before I got the pics
with a d
Heiko Hamann wrote:
Hi Frits,
That makes me wonder, too. Any physicists here to explain? I simply
can't imagine, why the CCD's reflectivity should change with the ISO
value.
I'm not a physicist, but I am an electrical engineer by training, and
the CCD's sensistivity/ISO setting does not
Stay out of addictive photograpy discussion groups and get out there
taking pics:)
rg
Wow. I don't care if I have to hit the button 5 times. It now
basically meters with M & K lenses and I don't have to sell mine.
Woo hoo.
rg
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
OK, now for the $64,000 question:
Once the ap and shutter speed have been set,
will the camera remember them for subsequent
exposu
n RAW files stored per card. I'll test it anyways to see how they
stack up against each other.
rg
Mark Roberts wrote:
Robert Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah, I knew that FAT16 wasted more space than FAT32 for lots of small
files, and of course it had a much smaller limita
Welcome to the list Rebekah. I may be wrong, but I don't think there's
a whole lot of "young blood" in this list. Occasionally, you might
feel like "fresh blood" in the midst of sharks, but its usually not mean
spirited. Folks here are pretty passionate about Photography in general
and Pent
Are there any scanners that work well with Kodachrome? I posed this
question to Kodak and they sent me this lame list of old Kodak scanners
that are no longer made.
rg
Alan Chan wrote:
My Minolta Scan Elite F-2900 does a terrible job on scanning Kodachrome,
and it uses cold-cathode fluorescen
I love the display in the hallway. His water going "up hill" trick was
amazing.
rg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark,
Doc Edgerton was an early electrical engineer, in Dynamo Engineering I
believe. He developed the flash to help freeze the spinning machinery for a good
look. In the hall outsid
They list the lens at $429, so if thats the real price for the combo,
that would put the body at sub $1K. Must be an error.
rg
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
Just 1324$ in such a fantastic set... It's a steal!
http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=details&sku=IPXISTDK
Well, first of all, I am amazed at the subjects that get discussed here
in pdml. Somehow the list got onto a thread a very short time ago about
taxing British citizens to finance the BBC.
As if the list is all prescient, all of a sudden the BBC is big world
news due to the scathing commentary
I was just browsing B&H's site pricing the popular Pentax 28-105 zoom.
But wait, there's three of them:
Price: $ 199.95
Zoom Wide Angle SMCP-FA 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5 AL IF Autofocus Lens
Price: $ 357.00
Zoom Wide Angle SMCP-FA 28-105mm f/4-5.6 Autofocus Lens
Price: $ 189.95
Silver Zoom Wide Angle-Te
Thanks everyone for your input. Sounds like the 24-90 will work best
with the *istD, which is what I'm looking to get a general purpose zoom
for. I have the F 35-135, but I'm not too thrilled with the image
quality and will probably sell it after I get a better zoom.
rg
Dr. Heiko Hamann wrot
Thank you. Very much appreciated. Its a fabulous month.
rg
Adelheid v. K. wrote:
Hi *,
the February PUG is ready to go.
Another month with great pics.
Cheers
Adelheid
URL:
http://pug.komkon.org/
--
About resizing your pics:
To make the procedure easier I am going to
The results look great. I cant help but feel that this picture has a
50's look to it. I wonder what it would look like if you "modernized"
it a bit, perhaps by bringing back the rose in color?
rg
Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
Ok, so you all know that I'm not shooting digital with Pentax, but
Very interesting. Makes me realize that there's alot more to all of us
here than the impressions left through PDML messages! Esp liked reading
your journal and your meanderings. I'll have to drop you a note
sometime on my thoughts around these.
rg
graywolf wrote:
Been finally doing things t
I agree wholeheartedly. And I'm still trying to get used to the idea
that I can take as many pictures as I want and not have to worry about
the cost. But when I remember, I shoot, check exposure, look at the
composition, re-compose, re-shoot, experiment, etc. Then I get very
quick feedback t
Does anyone here have the *istD grip that can check on something for me?
I noticed that one of the pins on my grip that connect to the body is
shorter than the others. I want to know if mine is defective or this is
normal.
I've been having problems with the grip such as it showing that it has
Whew! Thanks all who responded. I guess the shorter pin is normal. I
need the grip for a shoot today and I thought I was going to have to
deal with a potentially flakey grip.
Bruce Dayton wrote:
One of my pins is shorter also. It seems that when the power switches
between the body and grip, t
Take the brightest lens you have. I've done this type of thing and 1.4
is almost a must. If you have the 50mm 1.2, then thats a good one for
this type of thing. Otherwise you get alot of blur. And 1600 film is
good, a little grainy but good.
frank theriault wrote:
In a couple of weeks, I'll
I noticed the same thing.
Jan van Wijk wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:04:10 +1000, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
Omg! Rob those results make the Pentax-A 135mm look like a piece of CRAP!!!
It certainly looks worse, chromatic abberations are clearly vissible
in the high contrast parts for the
As others have mentioned, cost is not always justification for getting a
DSLR. But if someone wants to go that route, then there are other
"intangibles" that can be considered "cost". For example, what is the
value of being able to switch ISO or white balance on the fly? Or, what
is the valu
And what monitors the cameras monitoring the speed cameras? More cameras?
:-D
Frits Wüthrich wrote:
We now have cameras to monitor the speed cameras, so the shooter can be
fined as well.
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 01:30, Herb Chong wrote:
they did a pilot project in Texas a few years back. gave up
I have the 35-135, its a bit too soft for me. I seldom use it on the
*istD, because it also shows alot of CA on that camera. It is very
versatile as a "walking around" lens however.
rg
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Mar
Had a big 'ole Southern Shrimp fest this past weekend.
Pic with *istD, M50 1.4, don't remember the rest of details
http://home.austin.rr.com/randj/pics/shrimp-web.jpg
rg
I have an F35-135, I don't know if its the same optical formula as the
A35-135, but mine is very soft optically.
rg
Andre Langevin wrote:
Well, I have repeatedly heard on the PDML that A35-105mm was one of
the best zooms made by Pentax. Although optically, not mechanically.
Some comments (ma
I heard that the same drive, taken from Creative's MuVo2, works with
cameras, this on dpreview also.
rg
alex wetmore wrote:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello guys,
It seems that the new (next to come for Frenchies) Apple Ipod Mini has a
big secret inside :
It contents a real Hi
spoon if she saw me doing that - and I'm not talking when I was a kid!
cheers,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Robert Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTE
Definitely the 308, cant tell if its the GTS or GTB though.
David Mann wrote:
Hi all,
I think my first PAW was Saturday so this one's a few days early.
The recent car discussions reminded me of some slides I shot a few years
ago. This week's photo is a mystery - try and guess which model car i
Hmm.. that adds up to 100.1%. That doesn't leave much room for the rest
of us. LOL!
rg
graywolf wrote:
99 and 44/100ths talk. The other 0.66% are scared. And the rest of us
are too old. (grin)
Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
OMG - no wonder my poor hubby worries about me and "that bloody
pho
Ft. Worth is about 5 hours or so from San Antonio. That's quite a
"visit". LOL.
rg
Cesar Matamoros II wrote:
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 10:47 PM
From: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cord tells me th
I bought this lens some time ago on ebay for a paltry $50, thinking I
could get a good walking around lens with a fabulous focal range, but it
is worth about that much. It is quite soft. I guess it has its uses.
I used it to take my PUG entry for Feb, but only because I happened to
have that
wn with.
I don't think I had a camera that night. I may have to look back and see if
I did...
Cesar
Panama City, Florida
-Original Message-----
From: Robert Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 6:49 PM
Thanks Frank, I love your commentary. It was a fun...hic
Rob Studdert wrote:
On 2 Mar 2004 at 14:42, Robert Gonzalez wrote:
Does a CCD suffer from reciprocity failure also? If so, are the curves
published anywhere?
I believe that they are pretty linear from their minimum exposure time
(determined by the matrix read speed) out to lengthy
Herb...
- Original Message -
From: "Robert Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: Film Reciprocity failure and high/low shutter speeds
Does a CCD suffer from reciprocity failure also? If so, are the curves
published anywhere?
LOL. Since when has Pentax had any marketing savvy? I wouldn't be
surprised if they had no one in marketing at all.
Andy Chang wrote:
Or probably just want everybody gagging for it this may be a
marketing plot.
-Original Message-
From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Se
Just to add to the compensation:
Another Pentax girl, found on photo.net
WARNING WARNING WARNING NUDITY!!!
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2469966
WARNING WARNING WARNING NUDITY!!!
rg
Juan Buhler wrote:
Just to compensate a little bit...
http://photos4.flickr.com/4191624_c63f1f23b3_o.jp
Henk Terhell wrote:
This month's PUG with theme "Blue" is a very nice one. Because of its
quality and the absence of much discussion sofar, I will try to comment.
But please keep in mind that, whereas some of the pictures may be at
professional level, my views are not at all.
Bluebirds: these jets
etting is also attractive.
Bluebirds by Robert Gonzalez
Great shot! Hard to get, I've tried many times. The ability to clearly
see the pilots makes it even better.
Thank you Tom. I tried several times, and with this one I got lucky. I
can enlarge it to the point where the pilots are ver
Thanks Ann. The "ice" photo is actually a waterfall with a slow shutter speed.
The boat came right up to the waterfall and it was quite dark alongside the
cliff.
Thanks, Robert
> On Feb 5, 2018, at 2:31 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
>
> I'm loving these - now - but when I first clicked on one yo
Awesome. I hope we can have a beer or two and catch up.
Thanks, Robert
On Dec 14, 2017, at 2:37 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
>> On 13 December 2017 at 22:33 Rob Studdert wrote:
>>
>>
>> Robert give me a buzz any time on 0418-166-870 (locally) if you need
>> help or would like to catch up, best
GNU's not Unix
Thanks, Robert
> On Dec 28, 2017, at 5:04 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
>
> what Ken said - no fake gnus here
> ann
>
>> On 12/27/2017 8:42 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
>> Nice capture Alan,
>>
>> I assume that this is all the Gnus that is fit to print
>>
>> Kenneth Waller
>> http://www
like to catch up over a
beer or two. We are pretty flexible as long as it's near a train or bus stop. 😊
Thanks, Robert
> On Dec 16, 2017, at 6:38 AM, Robert Gonzalez wrote:
>
> Awesome. I hope we can have a beer or two and catch up.
>
> Thanks, Robert
>
> On
ack
> door).
>
> Anyway - enjoy the rest of your stay and safe travelling.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Brian
>
>
>> On 28 December 2017 at 16:32 Robert Gonzalez wrote:
>>
>>
>> Here in Sydney. We've been busy with the local sights so far. Tonight goi
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