Re: Bodies Roll Call Results UPDATE 127

2001-10-18 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Z-1 is list favorite. There are 150 LX's but if you total all the variants of the (P)Z-1's and (Z)PZ-1p's, you get 154! Chaso Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net

Re: Bodies Roll Call Results UPDATE 127

2001-10-18 Thread Chaso DeChaso
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Chaso DeChaso Subject: Re: Bodies Roll Call Results UPDATE 127 Z-1 is list favorite. There are 150 LX's but if you total all the variants of the (P)Z-1's and (Z)PZ-1p's, you get 154! I suppose by this logic, you could

Pentax Digital NEWS! Part one

2001-10-22 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Wasn't there a time when Pentax actually cared about being a leader? Are they now content with always following (more and more distantly), at best offering products close to the others and cheaper? This would be sad. If they simply don't have the might to compete against N and C*

Powerpoint

2003-12-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Interesting take, blaming the misuse of software for a problem, rather than those who misued the software. Well said. I get to see quite a few ppt presentations at work and they never impress me. It has nothing to do with ppt itself - they're just bad presentations. Well, this

Re: Powerpoint

2003-12-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
reiterate that I do agree that there may well be some incompetence in terms of judgment errors. Chaso = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

Re: OT Non Pentax Rap Music Nonesense (was: Re: Vs: Vs: Re[3]: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff)

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
list, and not an interesting conversation list. = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/

RE: OT Non Pentax Rap Music Nonesense (was: Re: Vs: Vs: Re[3]: Me d format exhibit in Texas, great stuff)

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
pile of used lens wipes) BR -Original Message- From: Chaso DeChaso [mailto:chasodechaso;yahoo.com] I thought it was a list about how Nikon is better than Pentax. = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect

Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
photographs in courts. no they are not. they have no value whatsoever without a sworn statement from the photographer saying that the photograph accurately depicts what they saw when they were present at the scene to take the picture. Herb... = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap

Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
value in courts is what I am saying. they have identically the same value when accompanied by the sworn statement, that of the trust in the photographer. Herb = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do

Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Where was the part about the law? --- Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a trial attorney, I strongly disagree with your statement of the law. Chaso DeChaso wrote: I'm not arguing about the sworn statement part. When accompanied by a sworn statement, it possesses

law and image

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
that their authenticity is a source of controversy particularly in academic legal circles, and that therefore people must view them differently...people meaning judges, lawyers, juries, etc. (This is not a value judgment - as in, digital bad, film good.) = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap

Re: law and image

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
And so...? (Make a conclusion, if you will.) --- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23 Oct 2002 at 7:24, Chaso DeChaso wrote: This topic is being debated tremendously in legal circles with nothing approaching uncontested or universal agreement on the matter...which is odd

Re: law and image

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
under the law than traditional photographs. Chaso DeChaso wrote: This topic is being debated tremendously in legal circles with nothing approaching uncontested or universal agreement on the matter...[snip] Even if you love digital images, at least understand that their authenticity

Re: law and image

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
at all. Chaso DeChaso wrote: Can I cite coursework? The problem is I don't know a reference where the issue has been settled - and herein lies the non-existence of a standard. = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect

Re: Re[6 ]: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
you ever consider that choice? RSW not enough patience and not enough room. Herb. = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http

Re: OT Non Pentax Rap Music Nonesense (was: Re: Vs: Vs: Re[3]: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff)

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Gotcha, no death jokes. Too scary. --- Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not the sort of thing one generally makes jokes about, at least not on a civilized forum like this one. Chaso DeChaso wrote: You know of course that I was serious, right? No one could be joking

Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
; wide angles push apart, creating the illusion that a simple space is a great space, implying separation that never existed in the original; and film does its best to record colors, shadows, and light that only approximate what what we see. = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap

Re: Med format exhibit in Texas - but it ain't reality anymore than digital.

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
develop the initial recording into a visible image. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect

Re: Med format exhibit in Texas - but it ain't reality anymore than digital.

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
. [Cheers heard thoughout the PDML!] Take care- Chaso = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/

Re: law and image

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
diminishes its value as something closely tied to reality. Even CCTV images are ultimately going to depend on someone vouching for their authenticity. = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you

Re: OT Non Pentax Rap Music Nonesense (was: Re: Vs: Vs: Re[3]: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff)

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Would you believe...rude because scary? --- Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too rude. Chaso DeChaso wrote: Gotcha, no death jokes. Too scary. = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you

Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-23 Thread Chaso DeChaso
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many great philosophers have made that precise point. Chaso DeChaso wrote: All of these are excellent points (and beautifully stated, by the way) but most can also be applied to seeing - to how our eyes receive, alter, etc. what is around us. Consequently

Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-24 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Physical violence is not a rude topic unless it definitely results in murder. --- Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would never hurt YOU, but... Steve Desjardins wrote: I'm really sorry if we offended you - please don't hurt me . . . . = Chaso DeChaso Less is more

Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-24 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Was Daniel or someone else talking about refrigerator lights earlier? --- Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the light in my refrigerator stays on after I shut the door. Chaso DeChaso wrote: Physical violence is not a rude topic unless it definitely results in murder

Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-24 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Oppenheimer = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/

Re: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-24 Thread Chaso DeChaso
No problem - and very nice response. As it happens, my brain also rather hurts at the moment - I think I may have inadvertently tried to use it earlier - so I'm off for a while... [cheers heard 'round the pdml] --- Chaso DeChaso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chaso: makes murder joke Daniel: too

Re: Vs: OT: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff

2002-10-25 Thread Chaso DeChaso
If it had been, I'd have used Pentax sights. --- Raimo Korhonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I´m really glad that it was not you after all. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: Chaso DeChaso [EMAIL

pentax in the mags

2001-06-13 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Just in case it hasn't already been mentioned, I thought I'd pass along that this month's Petersen's Photographic (July 2001) has a feature on Eight Great Zooms - and the Pentax 17-28 Fisheye is one of them. As is typical for this magazine, there isn't much of substance to the article...no tests

Pentax - [small] size matters?

2001-09-07 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Something is bothering me a bit... I have heard repeated references to Pentax cameras vs. other brands in relation to admirably smaller size. For instance, the N F5 and C EOS-1V are decried as monsters and behemoths - as though, of course, we wouldn't one of those. And a post of

OT: test 3

2001-01-10 Thread Chaso DeChaso
test 3 __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, visit http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions.

OT: advice on selecting wedding photographer

2001-01-10 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Hello Pentaxers, I have three questions regarding employing a wedding photographer for my upcoming wedding: 1. What should I look for in a photographer? Are there any essential questions I should ask? Are there any warning signs of bad photographers? Of course, viewing the past work is

Where can one buy an LX2000?

2001-01-15 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Might anyone know a link for where to buy an LX2000? - I would prefer one new, if any are sitting around (one can still find new K1000's that were produced three years ago), but used would do. Were these produced in very limited numbers? What do/did they go for? Thanks, Chaso

Re: Are new LXs availalble? How much to rebuild one?

2001-01-16 Thread Chaso DeChaso
I find it almost impossible to believe that LXs are still available new in Japan and yet no NYC store has one on a website or in a photo magazine ad. I mean, I can find avant-garde Swedish existential jazz records that have been out of print for ten years on the internet, but not a new LX? I

Re: A primes guy seeks advice on a zoom.

2001-04-09 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Strange to be replying immediately to my own question but I just found references in the list, about five pages back on the site, to the new forthcoming 24-90 Pentax zoom. It looks like it's a little faster, for starters. I suppose not normally being interested in zooms, I had ignored these

Re:Give me a idea about 28-70

2001-05-02 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Hello, I faced a similar dilemma recently in my desire to supplement my primes with one decent consumer-level zoom, for point shoot purposes - the kind of shooting I do with an Olympus Stylus (I know, apples and oranges...). [Search for topics A primes guy seeks advice on a zoom and Tokina

Re: Z-1p (finally tried loved. Still available?)

2001-05-28 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Canislupus, I'm not sure where you are located, but the American version (PZ-1p) is still available at many major camera retailers in New York City. After seeing the disappointing specs (apart from apparently high build quality) of the MZ-S, I just bought another PZ-1p from BH for $480 USD.

OT: seeking advice on shooting a live music show in a bar.

2001-05-30 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Hello, I normally shoot still life (broadly defined) and, one might say, post-Modern architectural landscapes (including such favorite subjects as dilapidated industrial structures and transit vehicles), but I have the opportunity to take some shots of a live music performance as a favor to a

18-35 vs 20-35 questions

2004-05-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
- but what about on the ZX-50? (I assume I can use the FA on all three with full functionality except of course for the lack of AF on the K1000.) Thanks, Chaso = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo

Any no-mail option available for PDML?

2004-05-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Is there still a no-mail option for this list? Thanks, Chaso = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/

Pentax film future?

2004-05-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
I've been off the list for a while. Is there any news on any future Pentax film cameras? Is Paal still on the list? Chaso = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet

Re: Agfa: news straight from the source (fwd)

2004-05-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
our resources together and buy Agfa! Free film for us. Double the price for everyone else, except Nikon users. They are charged triple for the film. ;-) [Alejandro] = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect

OT: Montreal photo equipment shop recommendations

2004-06-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
I will be visiting Montreal this summer and was wondering whether anyone had any recommendations for camera shops to visit. I would be looking for new and used Pentax lenses, used Konica AR lenses, and possibly some other accessory-type stuff. Thanks, Chaso = Chaso DeChaso Less is more

Re: OT: Other Pentax News

2004-06-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Pentax Corp. (7750) aims to strengthen its endoscope business by teaming up with TeraRecon Inc. This is one instance where, given the choice, I would opt to use the model with smallest max aperture. Chaso = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect

Re: OT:The PDML is Dying

2004-07-15 Thread Chaso DeChaso
filed one member or another. That, of course, incites another venemous response. This is sick. I want no part of it. I think there are some photography sites on the internet where rational discussions of photographic topics can take place. I'm going to see if I can find one. paul Stenquist = Chaso

What are some Japan-only Pentax items?

2004-01-09 Thread Chaso DeChaso
there (since the PZ-1p cannot be found new in the US)? Anything else? (Myself I am not interested in digital but of course folks can post about that since it might interest others.) Thanks, Chaso = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do

Re: Is there an analog only Pentax list?

2004-01-09 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Is there some kind of Pentax discussion list that is just for analog and preferably the older, all manual cameras? Thanks. Rob ..list is leaning towards the digital side today... Christian Just today, huh? Not, say, since the moment the *ist-d was released...or perhaps announced?

OT: extended warrantees (defended)

2004-02-04 Thread Chaso DeChaso
cruel Lachesis. = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/

RE: D70 and digital kills real cameras

2004-02-05 Thread Chaso DeChaso
If we don't want something we will be able to tell the computer not to do it. [Len Paris] For a certain amount of time this will work, yes... = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your

20-35 -vs- 24 + 35

2004-12-30 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Hello I wonder if anyone can help me with a perhaps somewhat strange comparison. I am considering the FA 20-35mm f/4.0 AL versus the FA 35mm f/2.0 AL + FA 24mm f/2.0 AL IF. I know this is not exactly a fair comparison – the zoom would give me a much wider 20mm instead of 24mm and greater

Re: 20-35 -vs- 24 + 35

2004-12-31 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Thanks, everyone, for the responses. Not surprisingly, price aside, the 24 + 35 combination wins (apart from portability and getting out really wide at 20mm). The issue of indoor available-light photography is a serious one for me, as well as wishing to blur the background a bit at times with

Pentax filters getting harder to find?

2005-12-29 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Is it just me or are regular Pentax filters getting hard to come by? Unless I am missing something, neither B+H nor Adorama – nor even the Pentaximaging.com purchase section – has the standard 49mm UV filters. Adorama does not even list Pentax as one of the manufacturers of filters when you

Pentax-fit Voigtlander SL lenses

2005-12-29 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Does anyone have experience with any of these gorgeous new SL lenses from Voigtlander? For Pentax fit, it seems they currently make a 180/4 APO, 125/2.5 APO, 90/3.5 APO, and a 40/2 ASPH. (A few other of their lenses are either no longer available or only fit certain Nikons.) It is interesting

RE: Pentax filters getting harder to find?

2005-12-29 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Joseph Tainter wrote: Unless I am missing something, neither B+H nor Adorama– nor even the Pentaximaging.com purchase section has the standard 49mm UV filters. -- A quick glance at BH's site suggests that the only one missing is the one you are interested in -- 49 mm UV in black. I

Re: Re: Pentax filters getting harder to find?

2005-12-29 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Re: Pentax filters getting harder to find? Jim King Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:16:13 -0800 Chaso DeChaso wrote on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 at 05:04:02 -0800: (snip) Can someone recommend any good sources for Pentax filters? And does anyone know whether Pentax is getting out of filters altogether