Re: PESO - Fairy Bower Falls

2007-04-03 Thread J and K Messervy
Photobucket name Sherman? Rick P.S. I've read you're having a drought. Did you remember to turn the water off at the end of your shoot? ;-) --- J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a 30 (!) shot panorama (5 rows of 6 shots). Each shot was taken at 55mm focal length

Re: PESO - Fairy Bower Falls

2007-04-03 Thread J and K Messervy
you use for the stiching process? On 4/1/07, J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a 30 (!) shot panorama (5 rows of 6 shots). Each shot was taken at 55mm focal length and the stitched image was a little over 1gb and equivalent to 123 megapixels! This has been heavily resized

PESO - Fairy Bower Falls

2007-04-01 Thread J and K Messervy
This is a 30 (!) shot panorama (5 rows of 6 shots). Each shot was taken at 55mm focal length and the stitched image was a little over 1gb and equivalent to 123 megapixels! This has been heavily resized obviously but I'll be printing this about 60cm by 35cm when I've got the money. These

Re: PESO - Fairy Bower Falls

2007-04-01 Thread J and K Messervy
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J and K Messervy Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 12:24 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Fairy Bower Falls This is a 30 (!) shot panorama (5 rows of 6 shots). Each shot was taken at 55mm focal length

Wedding shoot...deposit?

2007-03-14 Thread J and K Messervy
I'm going to be shooting a wedding in October. We've agreed on a price, but how much should I charge for a deposit? I'm thinking 50% but is that too high? Thanks James M -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Wedding shoot...deposit?

2007-03-14 Thread J and K Messervy
between 10-20% on signing of the contract. Cheers, Dave At 04:06 PM 14/03/2007, J and K Messervy wrote: I'm going to be shooting a wedding in October. We've agreed on a price, but how much should I charge for a deposit? I'm thinking 50% but is that too high? Thanks James M -- PDML Pentax

I love EBay!

2007-03-03 Thread J and K Messervy
I had my Sigma 10-20 EX DC lens on Ebay for sale. The auction ended this evening and I got $40 MORE than I bought the lens for new! I'll be buying a da70 limited and DBG2 shortly. :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: I love EBay!

2007-03-03 Thread J and K Messervy
: Re: I love EBay! I have one for my Nikon mount. I really like the lens Dave On 3/3/07, J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had my Sigma 10-20 EX DC lens on Ebay for sale. The auction ended this evening and I got $40 MORE than I bought the lens for new! I'll be buying a da70

Ridiculous prices

2007-03-01 Thread J and K Messervy
I would dearly love an FA77 f1.8 limited lens and keep an eye out for them on Ebay. In terms of quality and rendering, from photos I've seen on the net, the DA70 limited comes a distant second. I found an ebay auction today here in Australia for an unused (the buyer says new, it's not) FA77

Re: GESO

2007-02-25 Thread J and K Messervy
Awesome! I wouldn't say that it was plain luck that you got those shots; the contrast between the deep blue sky lit up by the lightning and the tungsten city lights must have required some foresight. How long were you out there? On 2/24/07, J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've

GESO

2007-02-23 Thread J and K Messervy
We've had a lot of thunderstorms in the last two weeks and I've spent a lot of time and effort trying to get some good lightning shots. I've been frustrated by being in the wrong spot, just missing shots, having the wrong settings, etc. Well, last night we had a ripper of a lightning display

Re: GESO

2007-02-23 Thread J and K Messervy
by the exif data that your stop was f8 and the ISO was 160. Paul On Feb 23, 2007, at 9:26 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Feb 23, 2007, at 5:29 PM, J and K Messervy wrote: Well, last night we had a ripper of a lightning display and I finally found myself in the right place at the right time

Re: GESO

2007-02-23 Thread J and K Messervy
if the conditions are right. What was the vantage point? Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: We've had a lot of thunderstorms in the last two weeks and I've spent a lot of time

Re: Forgive my ignorance, but what use is Lightroom?

2007-02-22 Thread J and K Messervy
with it. Godfrey On Feb 21, 2007, at 11:13 PM, J and K Messervy wrote: I've just installed my free copy of Lightroom. My normal workflow involves Raw Converter, Adobe Bridge, ACR and Photoshop CS2. I organise all of my pics through Adobe Bridge and launch ACR and CS2 from

FS Friday

2007-02-22 Thread J and K Messervy
I've currently got 4 lenses on Ebay. Vivitar 400mm f5.6 telephoto Vivitar 24mm f2 (made by Kiron as discussed on the list) Pentax smc-m 50mm f1.7 Sigma 10-20mm EX DC zoom - as new. Find the auctions here. http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZlight_scapes_ausQQhtZ-1 Cheers James M -- PDML

Forgive my ignorance, but what use is Lightroom?

2007-02-21 Thread J and K Messervy
I've just installed my free copy of Lightroom. My normal workflow involves Raw Converter, Adobe Bridge, ACR and Photoshop CS2. I organise all of my pics through Adobe Bridge and launch ACR and CS2 from there. That works well for me. Being offered something for free, I naturally checked it

Vivitar 24/2 value?

2007-02-17 Thread J and K Messervy
As nice a lens as it is, I don't have a lot of use for it, so I plan to sell my Vivitar 24/2. Can those in the know give me an indication of the kind of price I should expect it to go for? http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/ShermanHJ60/Camera%20gear%20for%20sale/Vivitar24_2_.jpg

Re: Vivitar 24/2 value?

2007-02-17 Thread J and K Messervy
and K Messervy wrote: As nice a lens as it is, I don't have a lot of use for it, so I plan to sell my Vivitar 24/2. Can those in the know give me an indication of the kind of price I should expect it to go for? http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/ShermanHJ60/Camera%20gear%20for%20sale

Bargain!! :)

2007-02-16 Thread J and K Messervy
He had a think and answered: $200 (Australian) Well, I bought it. The list of gear: 1x Pentax Super A body 1x SMC Pentax-A 50mm f1.7 1x Pentax winder MEII 1x Pentax K1000 body 1x SMC Pentax-M 50mm f1.7 1x Metz 45 CT-4 flash unit with camera bracket and an assortment of flash sync cords 1x

Re: Bargain!! :)

2007-02-16 Thread J and K Messervy
Hmm, I seem to have lost half of my post The beginning of the story is a colleague told me he had some old Pentax gear and would I be interested. he brought it in to work today and I had a look. I quickly asked him what he wanted for it He had a think and answered: $200 (Australian)

Re: Bargain!! :)

2007-02-16 Thread J and K Messervy
starts with 22 (Kiron-made) it's easily worth what you payed in its entirety. -Adam J and K Messervy wrote: He had a think and answered: $200 (Australian) Well, I bought it. The list of gear: 1x Pentax Super A body 1x SMC Pentax-A 50mm f1.7 1x Pentax winder MEII 1x Pentax K1000 body 1x

Re: Bargain!! :)

2007-02-16 Thread J and K Messervy
AM Subject: Re: Bargain!! :) That's definitely Kiron-made. And the Kiron 24/2 is a gem. -Adam J and K Messervy wrote: The serial number the Vivitar 24/2 is 22000584 and it's in lovely condition. - Original Message - From: Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO - First Day of School

2007-02-06 Thread J and K Messervy
Thanks mate. I manage fine with my 50mm macro lens which is manual focus. What's bothering me with the 1.7 is the camera's focus indicator says the focus is right, but subsequent viewing on the computer shows a slightly oof shot. Hopefully practice will make perfect. - Original Message

PESO - First Day of School

2007-02-05 Thread J and K Messervy
Our four year old (I'm nearly five Dad!) had her very first day of school yesterday. This was captured in an unguarded moment with the M50mm f1.7 wide open. I have also softened it a bit in photoshop. http://tinyurl.com/2leo5e Comments and critique welcome. Cheers James Messervy --

Re: PESO - First Day of School

2007-02-05 Thread J and K Messervy
Thank you Bruce. It's certainly a shot I'll treasure. - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 8:54 AM Subject: Re: PESO - First Day of School A very poignant moment caught. I like your

Re: PESO - First Day of School

2007-02-05 Thread J and K Messervy
It's a lovely lens, although I am finding that I can't trust the K10's focus indicator and I really can't judge focus through the viewfinder very well, so getting sharp focus is proving frustrating. - Original Message - From: Peter Lacus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: combat photography

2007-02-03 Thread J and K Messervy
And that's the best use for Nikon gear I've ever heard suggested! I recall reading somewhere that the F5 would stop a bullet. Might have been hype. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in

Re: PESO[s] BW Conversions...

2007-01-31 Thread J and K Messervy
They look great! One thing I've struggled with is finding a BW conversion technique that I can get consistent, pleasing results with. Can you give a link to the site you mention please? - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

PESO - Daddy long legs

2007-01-28 Thread J and K Messervy
I found this specimen in the bathroom today and took a few shots with the macro lens and wireless, off camera flash. Bouncing the flash off the floor tiles the spider was on gave it this fragile, made of glass look. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/ShermanHJ60/DaddyLongLegs.jpg Cheers

77mm f1.8 ltd

2007-01-27 Thread J and K Messervy
I've heard nothing but praise for this lens and have to say that the sample pics I've seen taken with it are lovely. I'm doing more portraits (mainly of my kids) lately and am also considering doing my first wedding this year, so a fast, short telephoto is something I'd love to get. The

Re: P-TTL Wireless?

2007-01-25 Thread J and K Messervy
Mine's working fine in P-TTL with 540 flash - Original Message - From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 4:37 AM Subject: P-TTL Wireless? Having loaded the K10D firmware, I've been checking wireless flash using the

Asked to do a wedding.

2007-01-24 Thread J and K Messervy
I have been asked whether I'd be interested in photographing the wedding of the brother of an acquaintance. Now, I'm a very keen amateur and have been really into photography for about 15 months. I'm really thrilled to have been asked (the request was based on my work in my online gallery),

Re: OT- eBay

2007-01-23 Thread J and K Messervy
I've noticed that ALL sellers I've dealt with wait unti I've left feedback before they will. I consider it to be feedback blackmail in a way. You know that you will get negative feedback if you leave negative feedback. On the three occasions I've sold something, I've made a point to leave

Re: K10D pre-release firmware 1.10 now wireless flash

2007-01-22 Thread J and K Messervy
As far as I can tell, yes. - Original Message - From: Patrick Genovese [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:20 PM Subject: Re: K10D pre-release firmware 1.10 now wireless flash For those who have installed the latest K10D

Re: PESO - Repose

2007-01-21 Thread J and K Messervy
computer desktop? Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J and K Messervy Sent: 21. januar 2007 04:47 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Repose Since upgrading my K10D's firmware

Re: K10D ordered and paid!

2007-01-20 Thread J and K Messervy
Bah...you can see your son anytime. Even better, buy the K10D and then lay the guilt on your son for not coming to visit you. :) - Original Message - From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 9:11 AM Subject: RE:

PESO - Repose

2007-01-20 Thread J and K Messervy
Since upgrading my K10D's firmware with the unofficial version on Friday evening, I've been experimenting with wireless flash. This shot had the AF540 on a high shelf above and to the right of shot, firing into the cornice for bounce. I used the built in flash for very subtle fill. Converted

Re: PESO - Repose

2007-01-20 Thread J and K Messervy
- Repose Apparently as intended, it is very soft. Can't make out fine detail so must ask, are those water droplets on the beautiful subject? I'm looking forward to installing the firmware soon. Thanks for the peek. Jack --- J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since upgrading my

Re: PESO - Repose

2007-01-20 Thread J and K Messervy
the photo after bw conversion but before Photoshop softening? Thanks. Boris J and K Messervy wrote: Since upgrading my K10D's firmware with the unofficial version on Friday evening, I've been experimenting with wireless flash. This shot had the AF540 on a high shelf above and to the right

Re: K10D pre-release firmware 1.10 now wireless flash

2007-01-19 Thread J and K Messervy
? 2) Shutdown if exposure exceeds 32s ? Regards Patrick On 1/19/07, J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have zero patience and willpower, so the new firmware is in. Wireless flash works a treat! - Original Message - From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: Re: K10D pre-release firmware 1.10 now wireless flash]

2007-01-19 Thread J and K Messervy
It works in Program mode. James - Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:59 AM Subject: [Fwd: Re: K10D pre-release firmware 1.10 now wireless flash] I sent this a while ago, but it seems to have disappeared into

Re: K10D pre-release firmware 1.10 now wireless flash

2007-01-19 Thread J and K Messervy
I should clarify that adjust the iso in P mode is via the front e dial while holding the ok button. - Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 9:58 AM Subject: Re: K10D pre-release firmware 1.10 now wireless flash J

Re: K10D pre-release firmware 1.10 now wireless flash

2007-01-18 Thread J and K Messervy
I have zero patience and willpower, so the new firmware is in. Wireless flash works a treat! - Original Message - From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 11:18 AM Subject: Re: K10D pre-release firmware 1.10 now

Re: PESO - Comet McNaught

2007-01-17 Thread J and K Messervy
Lol, or a small one for that matter. - Original Message - From: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:43 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Comet McNaught On 17/01/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never

PESO - Comet McNaught

2007-01-15 Thread J and K Messervy
I shot this in the back yard this evening (About 1/2 and hour ago actually) with the 600mm mirror lens and 2x teleconverter. That hill is 2 suburbs away (about 3km). This was a 76 second exposure with the wireless remote. I only closed the shutter when the comet disappeared behind the hill.

Re: PESO - Comet McNaught

2007-01-15 Thread J and K Messervy
Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I shot this in the back yard this evening (About 1/2 and hour ago actually) with the 600mm mirror lens and 2x teleconverter. That hill is 2 suburbs away (about

PESO - what bird is this?

2007-01-09 Thread J and K Messervy
This is one of my first shots with the Sigma 600mm mirror lens I bought from Ebay. Was shot on the K10D with AF540FGZ flash with everything on full manual. http://tinyurl.com/yhyn37 I don't know what kind of bird it is, but they're about the size of a sparrow or finch and they're enjoying

Re: PESO - what bird is this?

2007-01-09 Thread J and K Messervy
- From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:57 PM Subject: Re: PESO - what bird is this? Very nice, even with the donut shaped bokeh. Which Sigma did you get? J and K Messervy wrote: This is one of my first shots

K10D with AF540FGZ

2007-01-04 Thread J and K Messervy
I received my flash the other day and have been playing with it a bit indoors and out. First impressions are good, however the exposure results in P-TTL are a little disappointing. I'm finding that for a shot indoors of my kids or similar at quite close range, bouncing off the white ceiling,

Re: K10D with AF540FGZ

2007-01-04 Thread J and K Messervy
easy enough to do. - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:13 AM Subject: Re: K10D with AF540FGZ - Original Message - From: J and K Messervy Subject: K10D with AF540FGZ I received

Re: K10D with AF540FGZ

2007-01-04 Thread J and K Messervy
and 400. My flash photos this way are as near perfect as I could want. -Brendan --- J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received my flash the other day and have been playing with it a bit indoors and out. First impressions are good, however the exposure results in P-TTL

Re: Winter's finger

2007-01-02 Thread J and K Messervy
Beautifully spotted and composed Bruce. - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 11:27 AM Subject: Winter's finger Taken on a recent outing in Utah. They do have snow there. Pentax K10D,

GESO - NYE soccer match

2007-01-01 Thread J and K Messervy
We went to see a soccer match on Sunday evening and I tried the K10D out at high iso and with a very ordinary cheapie Sigma 70-210. I'm quite happy with the results. http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/ShermanHJ60/Football/ Happy New Year to all! James Messervy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Occupations?

2007-01-01 Thread J and K Messervy
I'm what's commonly referred to here in Australia as a Pube. That is a Public Servant (known as Civil Servant in some other parts of the world). I work for the Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services. James - Original Message - From: Mike Hamilton [EMAIL

Re: A bit more about K10D, please read.

2006-12-29 Thread J and K Messervy
Mine is the same, but as the images look right, I'm not too bothered. - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:00 AM Subject: A bit more about K10D, please read. Hi! First of, indeed my

Re: Sd Cards

2006-12-21 Thread J and K Messervy
You can use SDHC cards which I believe go up to 4 gig. - Original Message - From: Charles Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:29 PM Subject: Sd Cards Dear All, Thinking of buying the Pentax K10D but would like some clarification about SD

Re: Enablement - I finally have a superwide!

2006-12-21 Thread J and K Messervy
More than happy to mate. It'll pobably take a while to get here, but I'll post a few shots when it does. - Original Message - From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:00 PM Subject: RE: Enablement - I finally

Sigma 600mm mirror lens?

2006-12-19 Thread J and K Messervy
Has anyone had experience with the Sigma 600mm f8 mirror lens? I'm looking at getting one for when I need the reach of a super tele. From what I can gather, they're reasonably sharp and just have slightly odd bokeh. Seems to be good value. James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: chime in if....

2006-12-19 Thread J and K Messervy
Yep, I've got two rolls of 120 Velvia 50, one mostly exposed and one ready to go. :) - Original Message - From: Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:16 PM Subject: poll: chime in if ...you've processed (or had processed) a

Enablement - lens advice

2006-12-17 Thread J and K Messervy
I should hopefully have a little money to spend on lenses and a flash soon. I currently have the Pentax 18-55 kit lens, Sigma 70-210 f4.5-5.6 zoom (cheap and a little nasty), Sigma 50mm f2.8 manual focus macro and Vivitar 400mm f5.6 (cheap, nasty and soft). What I'd like is a decent telephoto

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

2006-12-16 Thread J and K Messervy
The sky is falling, the sky is falling! cried Chicken Little. or so goes the children's tale. I got tired of listening to all these 'nervious nellies'. I got tired of looking at movies of shaking sensors. I've got the sensor cleaner turned off, so I don't feel any shaking, or more

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

2006-12-16 Thread J and K Messervy
and K Messervy wrote: The sky is falling, the sky is falling! cried Chicken Little. or so goes the children's tale. I got tired of listening to all these 'nervious nellies'. I got tired of looking at movies of shaking sensors. I've got the sensor cleaner turned off, so I don't feel any

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

2006-12-16 Thread J and K Messervy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:27 PM Subject: Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work... James, My apologies. I hope your camera isn't broken, and you're just mis-interpreting your results. Regards, Bob S. On 12/16/06, J and K

Re: SR Weirdness

2006-12-15 Thread J and K Messervy
Yes, I used manual mode and sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. - Original Message - From: Lawrence Kwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:45 PM Subject: Re: SR Weirdness On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, J and K Messervy wrote: I

Re: SR Weirdness

2006-12-14 Thread J and K Messervy
I just tested my camera and more often than not, the sensor does not move. This backs up my experience when trying out SR in photos. I got the impression it wasn't working much of the time. Turns out it isn't. :( I really DON'T want to send it away for warranty repair as it's my only

Re: K10D iso 1600

2006-12-09 Thread J and K Messervy
the picture could enable me. And I'm not referring to the noise performance of the camera. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J and K Messervy Sent: 8. desember 2006 10:24 To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO Christmas lights

2006-12-09 Thread J and K Messervy
Yep, lovely shot. - Original Message - From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 9:04 AM Subject: Re: PESO Christmas lights Wonderful! --- mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

K10D iso 1600

2006-12-08 Thread J and K Messervy
Considering I very rarely shot above iso 400 with my istDL, I'm very pleased with the high iso performance of the K10. This is my 3 month old daughter this evening at iso1600 http://tinyurl.com/ygp2wc And here's a 100% crop http://tinyurl.com/y8mrn7 DNG convereted in ACR and that's it.

Re: K10D iso 1600

2006-12-08 Thread J and K Messervy
+1100, J and K Messervy wrote: Considering I very rarely shot above iso 400 with my istDL, I'm very pleased with the high iso performance of the K10. This is my 3 month old daughter this evening at iso1600 http://tinyurl.com/ygp2wc Cute little girl! And here's a 100% crop http://tinyurl.com

Re: K10D at low speeds

2006-12-08 Thread J and K Messervy
This was one of my first shots with the K10D. Outside in late afternoon light. ISO 100 and no noise removal at all. Shot as DNG and converted to PSD in ACR. Then levels, curves, rezize down and very slight smart sharpen and that was it. No noise that I can see and the sharpness and punch

Re: K10D WB system observations

2006-12-08 Thread J and K Messervy
I'm doing the child care centre's graduation Christmas concert for the kids going to kindy next year. No biggie, they just asked me to take the photos and I might make a few dollars pocket money. I really wanted to have an AF540FGZ for this as my Sigma flash won't work properly with the K10D.

Re: Don't mention the Ashes

2006-12-05 Thread J and K Messervy
hehehehe, what a match. The English made the mistake of being negative today. They needed to score some runs. - Original Message - From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: OT: Don't mention the

Re: OT: Don't mention the Ashes

2006-12-05 Thread J and K Messervy
For our American friends, I could explain cricket, but it'd take about 100,000 words and I'm just not going to type all night. Imagine a slow moving baseball game that goes for 5 days and you'd be getting sort of close. :) - Original Message - From: Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: peso - art imitating death

2006-12-03 Thread J and K Messervy
was like? Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is a bronze sculpture of a wrecked jetty in the sculpture gardens of the National Gallery in Canberra, Australia. I'm glad of the sealed

Re: K10D w/FA 200 F4 Macro

2006-12-03 Thread J and K Messervy
Lovely shot. on my monitor it looks a little dark, but that's probably my monitor rather than your exposure. - Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 3:15 PM Subject: PESO: K10D w/FA 200 F4 Macro

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread J and K Messervy
* I'm not always confident the SR is working. I can't hear it, and many tests I've done have been inconclusive. Sometimes the SR shot is less sharp than the regular one, but in other cases its vastly better. I'm not sure if I'm just not used to it, or if its not working reliably in my

peso - art imitating death

2006-12-02 Thread J and K Messervy
This is a bronze sculpture of a wrecked jetty in the sculpture gardens of the National Gallery in Canberra, Australia. I'm glad of the sealed body on the K10D as the mist was getting into everything. http://tinyurl.com/uonnk Cheers James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: peso - art imitating death

2006-12-02 Thread J and K Messervy
, December 03, 2006 2:53 PM Subject: Re: peso - art imitating death Nice. In camera B/W filter or converter later? And how? -Brendan --- J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a bronze sculpture of a wrecked jetty in the sculpture gardens of the National Gallery in Canberra

Re: K10D image quality

2006-12-01 Thread J and K Messervy
Read the post. There's been no processing of either file. I'll take the k10d shot over the muddy, red dl shot any day. - Original Message - From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:47 PM Subject: RE: K10D image

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2006-12-01 Thread J and K Messervy
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Difinitive answer on Sigma flashes and K10D?

2006-11-27 Thread J and K Messervy
I have a Sigma EF500 DG ST flash that I use for all of my flash photography at present. I am saving for a Pentax AF540 but am concerned that I may need to find the funds for the Pentax sooner. I've been asked by my daughter's child care centre to take the group photos of the preschoolers

Re: K10D in Australia

2006-11-27 Thread J and K Messervy
Damn you! :) I rang the store I ordered through this arvo and they said they'd just received a stock delivery. I thought YES! until they said they'd unpack and go through the order tomorrow and would I like to ring back about lunchtime tomorrow? I even went in there to beg, but they just

Did Winston churchill know JCO?

2006-11-25 Thread J and K Messervy
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. - Sir Winston Churchill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: AOL Gallery (was Re: Flickr camera stats)

2006-11-25 Thread J and K Messervy
It's those ten extra bits rattling around in there. They're discarded when the 22 bit ADC produces 12 bit raw files. I believe there's a little canister in the body that holds the discarded bits. That's what you can hear rattling. When full, you'll have to remove the canister to empty the

Re: OT: AOL Gallery (was Re: Flickr camera stats)

2006-11-25 Thread J and K Messervy
Ummm, yeah, I'm not sure how that happend... Oops - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: Re: OT: AOL Gallery (was Re: Flickr camera stats) In a message dated 11/25/2006 7:46:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL

Re: My First K10D BW

2006-11-24 Thread J and K Messervy
fablious, as my 4yo would say. Great shot! - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 1:07 PM Subject: Re: My First K10D BW - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re:

First scanned slides from the P67

2006-11-23 Thread J and K Messervy
I've had a few Velvia 50 trannies from the 67 scanned (low res 4mb tiff). Here are two of them, all I've done is crop, curves and smart sharpen. I just love the colour and sharpness of the originals, obviously some of that gets lost in the scan. Silhouette http://tinyurl.com/tgz72 Harbour

Re: First scanned slides from the P67

2006-11-23 Thread J and K Messervy
: Friday, November 24, 2006 4:31 AM Subject: Re: First scanned slides from the P67 That's what I thought too. Tom C. Harbour lights would really be a stunner without that thing-a-ma gig on the LH side. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: P67 + Velvia 50 = WOW!

2006-11-18 Thread J and K Messervy
the film at ISO 64 or more. -Brendan --- J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A few people told me that I'd be blown away when I finally got some colour transparencies deveoloped from the P67. Well, I shot two and a bit rolls of Velvia 50 in Sydney on Sunday night, Monday morning

Re: P67 + Velvia 50 = WOW!

2006-11-18 Thread J and K Messervy
it normally right --- ie you are overexposing by approx 1/3 stop correct ? rgds Patrick On 11/18/06, J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When reading up about the film, I noticed that it was almost universally rated at around 40 or so by pros. Judging by the almost flawless exposures I

P67 + Velvia 50 = WOW!

2006-11-17 Thread J and K Messervy
A few people told me that I'd be blown away when I finally got some colour transparencies deveoloped from the P67. Well, I shot two and a bit rolls of Velvia 50 in Sydney on Sunday night, Monday morning andWOW! Under the 8X magnifying loupe I bought, the detail, sharpness and colour are

Re: Bad news

2006-11-08 Thread J and K Messervy
This post scared the hell out of me. I was sure it was going to be a news story about how the K10D release and shipment was being delayed further. Phew! - Original Message - From: Peter Loveday [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, November 08,

Re: My first digital pic (Was: Oh how times have changed)

2006-11-03 Thread J and K Messervy
single frames using a video camera. Paul On Nov 2, 2006, at 11:11 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Nov 2, 2006, at 6:10 PM, J and K Messervy wrote: I borrowed The Medium Format Advantage by Enrst Wildi from the local library the other day and it is very informative. The book was published

Re: Wacom Graphire pen

2006-11-03 Thread J and K Messervy
I use a Wacom tablet. It's absolutely essential for fine selections or other detail work. Much more comfortable and precise than usinng the mouse. - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 8:30

Re: Wacom Graphire pen

2006-11-03 Thread J and K Messervy
04, 2006 9:36 AM Subject: Re: Wacom Graphire pen On 11/3/06, J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use a Wacom tablet. It's absolutely essential for fine selections or other detail work. Much more comfortable and precise than usinng the mouse. How much does a decent one run

Re: PESO: November Moon

2006-11-03 Thread J and K Messervy
Good idea, well executed. I like the differentness of it. - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 9:59 AM Subject: Re: PESO: November Moon Very nice. I love the color and the birds.

Simplified zone exposure system for colour transparency

2006-11-02 Thread J and K Messervy
I've loaded the P67 with Velvia 100F and plan to take some shots over the weekend. I'm still in the learning stage with the camera and metering prism. I've been googling exposure systems, etc and it seems a modified zone system should work pretty well. Basically, it seems the advice is that

Re: Simplified zone exposure system for colour transparency

2006-11-02 Thread J and K Messervy
Pretty close. If there are white clouds in the sky, meter them and presume Zone VII Why not use the meter prism? William Robb I can use the meter prism, but it's a bit of an unknown. I thought this could give me better control, considering slide film's narrow range. I'm also mainly

Re: Simplified zone exposure system for colour transparency

2006-11-02 Thread J and K Messervy
for colour transparency - Original Message - From: J and K Messervy Subject: Re: Simplified zone exposure system for colour transparency I can use the meter prism, but it's a bit of an unknown. I thought this could give me better control, considering slide film's narrow range

Oh how times have changed

2006-11-02 Thread J and K Messervy
I borrowed The Medium Format Advantage by Enrst Wildi from the local library the other day and it is very informative. The book was published in 1995. I've just reached the chapter on Digital Imaging and Medium Format and it is almost quaint. I quote: Image processing programs run faster

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