Re: ¿¿ 400mm f5.6 ?? (Bird lens)

Thanks for cluing me in on that! I've been dreaming about that lens for a long time but I guess I wasn't very well informed about it's actual capabilities. Regards, Francis Kamiel Wanrooij wrote: Hi, Regarding the 500/4.5 from Pentax. I have the lens (there is one for sale in the

¿¿ 400mm f5.6 ?? (Bird lens )

Hi every one! Is there any one on the list who owns (or used to own) a Pentax K 400mm f5.6? If there is I would be so obliged if you could tell me some things about it, namely, how sharp it is wide open, and whether or not it has noticeable CA (wide open). I have found one relatively cheap

Re: I toot just toot won toot toot !?

Christian wrote: Congrats. And nice boat! Can you tell me the details? Designer/Builder, age, construction, length, etc? (I'm kinda a nut for traditional sailboats). It's a 62' strip planked (red ceder on yellow ceder) double ender built on a variation of Herrshoff's Marco polo

Re: I toot just toot won toot toot !?

Christian wrote: Congrats. And nice boat! Can you tell me the details? Designer/Builder, age, construction, length, etc? (I'm kinda a nut for traditional sailboats). It's a 62' strip planked (red ceder on yellow ceder) double ender built on a variation of Herrshoff's Marco polo lines

Re: I toot just toot won toot toot !?

Christian wrote: F Mckenty wrote: It's a 62' strip planked (red ceder on yellow ceder) double ender built on a variation of Herrshoff's Marco polo lines in 1973. She sails wonderfully and has very little room below deck to live in (that is something that almost all boats that are both

Re: I toot just toot won toot toot !?

Huh? F David Savage wrote: Congratulations Francis! Now you need the bumper sticker: F.I.G. J.A.M. Cheers, Dave On 1/19/07, F Mckenty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Horn blowers anomalous would like to introduce it's new member: sir Francis Pentaxshooter Proudfoot Mckenty! I just

Re: I toot just toot won toot toot !?

Kenneth Waller wrote: Congratulations Francis !!! Thanks! Feels great doesn't it. Looks pretty nice to me. What were the entry requirements regarding the images? Yachting in general or?? Kenneth Waller They weren't very specific, I think that the basic idea was photos of

Re: I toot just toot won toot toot !?

Thanks every one! The other two that I entered (which on reviewing maybe aren't that good either :) ) are here: http://islandlight.ca/showphoto.php?image_id=212 http://islandlight.ca/showphoto.php?image_id=213 Thanks for looking, Francis ann sanfedele wrote: Actually, I'd like to see the

I toot just toot won toot toot !?

Horn blowers anomalous would like to introduce it's new member: sir Francis Pentaxshooter Proudfoot Mckenty! I just received a call from the assistant editor of Pacific Yachting magazine informing me that I had just won first place in their annual photo contest. I completely lost it when I was on

Re: PESO -- Faux Lighthouse

When I first opened this, the bottom third of the picture (with the rather dark water and distracting railing) was cropped off by my browser making it somewhat pano like, and I REALLY liked it. I think this (with it scrolled so you can't see the bottom:)) is one of the best peso's I've seen of

Re: OT: Occupations?

Anyone care to share? I used to mow lawns and weed gardens until I resolved that I was going to stop killing innocent plants for money, so now I sell photos at a local market and through a few small retailers as well as shooting the occasional job for a friend. I'm only 18 though, and

Re: Christmas enablement? + Sigma EF-500 DG super questions

Scott Loveless wrote: My mother-in-law gave me a Domke F-5XB shoulder bag. Anyone else get any photo goodies? I got a Lowepro slingshot 200AW and a Sigma EF-500 DG super (both things that I desperately wanted). Now I'm wondering if there is a way I can trigger the new flash wirelessly

Re: Christmas enablement? + Sigma EF-500 DG super questions

Adam Maas wrote: You'll need another flash to do wireless TTL. Good news is that a AF360FGZ costs the same as a SU-800 or ST-E2 and is also a flash. Bad news, it's not all that cheap. HSS needs TTL, which means A or later lenses. -Adam Thanks for the info. Using the AF360FGZ Can

Re: Christmas enablement? + Sigma EF-500 DG super questions

As far as I'm aware you can fire only the off-camera flash with the 360(you'll still get a preflash from the 360 though, that's how it communicates) -Adam Cool. Thanks for your help, Francis www.islandlight.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

geso thethingsweEat

is the going rate for this kind of a job? Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day. Sincerely, Francis (also known as F Mckenty) www.islandlight.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: geso thethingsweEat

Digital Image Studio wrote: Great softboxes :-) Any idea how much light you lose in them? I seem to recall about three stops but I'm not certain. They weren't bought for that purpose but they looked so perfect that I nabbed them, before they were filled with trash, and was so impressed by

Re: GESO = $water_abstracts['Reflections_reloaded'];

and Ubuntu for programming and web applications. It works, but it's a pain having to switch back and forth all the time. -- Cheers, goodbye, best wishes and have a wonderful day. Francis, Frank, Franswa, F Mckenty and affiliates. www.islandlight.ca ps. Sorry for dragging this thread out