RE: scanning

2002-12-24 Thread Jos from Holland
Hi Marcello, in what sense the BW scans are not right? I use the Minolta Scan Speed with the software that came with it. I always thought my scans were okay. Jos

RE: HELP,HELP (testing flash sync)

2002-12-25 Thread Jos from Holland
Dear William, Like others pointed out, your problem has, most probably, to do with the fact that the shutter speed must be slow enough to have the way to the negative completely free at the moment the flash appears. You can test this as follows: take a picture without film, with the flash on, in a

RE: Minolta Dimage Scan Speed. Comments wanted.

2003-01-11 Thread Jos from Holland
Hi Lasse, I have the scan speed. I bought it about a year ago from a shop nearby, upgrading to Nikon (same story as you!). I was told (and I believe) it was not used for more than 50 films. So in fact it was brand new and I got full garantee. I use it with the original software. This software is

RE: Service manual scumbag

2003-01-12 Thread Jos from Holland
Hi Mark, How are you sure they are your manuals? Did you Mark them in a way? Some of the manuals I bought in a normal shop, I could scan and sell, I guess? Anyhow I'm glad with your service on your web! Your scan quality is so much better than the poor quality of a professional(?) company like

RE: Col or mono with digital (was: Re: I want to start a WAR)

2003-01-13 Thread Jos from Holland
Indeed you gain flexibility, decide later if it has to be B+W or colour. And also the kind of filtering: if you take a colour shot with the intention to get finally B+W, you decide on the filtering in the digital darkroom. This will work for most filters except ofcourse for pola filters and

RE: Col or mono with digital (was: Re: I want to start a WAR)

2003-01-13 Thread Jos from Holland
Your right Herb, and I'm quite sure that in future digital camaras will have a switch to select infra red modes I hope that it will show the beautifull combination of infra red sensitivity plus grain and the halos as is given now by the Kodak infra red film. Greetings, Jos -Oorspronkelijk

How to search PDML archive, is it complete?

2003-01-28 Thread Jos from Holland
Dear group, Last year I had a question to the list about assembling a SMC-A 50/1.7. I received a lot of good replies and even pictures showing the assembling. Due to a computer crash last year I have lost the mails in my personal archive. I didnot worry to much because I thought to find every

RE: Massive Attack Seems Likely WTC

2001-09-17 Thread Jos from Holland
, the young soldiers leaving america at the beginning of that war showed the same enthousiasme as the boys I see now on television.. Regards, Jos from Holland - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit

RE: SMC F 70-210

2001-09-30 Thread Jos from Holland
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens Gary L. Murphy Verzonden: zondag 30 september 2001 16:44 Aan: Pentax Users Group Onderwerp: SMC F 70-210 What would be a good price for the above lens in excellent shape I recently paid 80 EURO in Holland.

RE: TTL multiflash with METZ

2001-11-20 Thread Jos from Holland
circuit to extract two trigger pulses from the Z-1 pulse: one corresponding with the first curtain and one corresponding with the second curtain. In this way I could have contrast control with two automatic flashguns, controlling their light output independently (without TTL). Jos from Holland. Len

RE: stupid Pentax flash system... any workaround?

2001-11-20 Thread Jos from Holland
that this is not nice, the work around is to isolate this contact. It will be the same contact on your camera.(See Boz side to know wich contact it is) If you try this I am interested to hear from you if the TTL in your camera still functions with this contact isolated. - Hope this helps, Jos from Holland

RE: Implications for optics WAS: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-08 Thread Jos from Holland
I would say the manufacturer can program such information about the geometric distortion into the lens, so it would be transferred to the camera while using it, just like we have now with other lens data. Frits Wüthrich from the UK at the moment. Good point, Frits, but an (additional)adjustment

RE: Flash question...

2001-12-13 Thread Jos from Holland
Tom wrote: I was under the impression the rays just bounced off the plane at the angle they came in at (angle of incidence?). The bounce doesn't spread them out any more, though I guess a stucco style ceiling might do a little of that. The light *is* more spread out because it's traveling

RE: Infrared Photo

2001-12-13 Thread Jos from Holland
. the same for very cloudy days. I hope this is of help to you. Best regards, Jos from Holland - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

help to re-assemble SMC-A 50/1.7

2002-10-19 Thread Jos from Holland
Dear group, About one year ago a disassemble my smc-A 50/1.7 because the diafragma ring moved a bit stiff. Now I want to assemble the lens again, but I donot remember how to put it together again:-( I always thought I was quite handy, but now my self confedence got a crack... Please advice :-)

RE: Please suggest either the A70-210 f4 or the M80-200 f4.5 zoom

2001-12-26 Thread Jos from Holland
to photographe small children or small animals moving around in the room. Before you know they are too close and out of focus. In these cases 1.1 or 1.2m is much more convinient. Greetings, Jos from Holland (Jos bought his first Pentax in the seventies. Now uses MX, ME-super and Z-1 and recently a Minolta

RE: Who manufactured Revue 400/4.5 ?

2001-12-28 Thread Jos from Holland
aperture. I got the lens together with a ROWI gun type of shoulder fix that is fully adjustable for convinient shooting. I hope there is somebody in the list who can tell mesomething more about the manufacturer. Greetings, Jos from Holland

RE: (2): What are you planning on photographing this weekend?

2002-03-14 Thread Jos from Holland
Bill wrote set the aperture/shutter speed yourself. f11@1/125th (or f16@1/60th, or f8@1/250th, etc) These take use of a #25 red filter into account - so your main concern will be framing up images that will hopefully have strong IR reflectance and such.

RE: Why Convert a Pentax Spotmeter V.....

2002-04-24 Thread Jos from Holland
There is one offered at www.marktplaats.nl in nieuw condition for only 275 Euro! Greetings, Jos from Holland (Jos bought his first Pentax in the seventies. Now uses MX, ME-super and Z-1 and recently went digital with a Minolta Scan Speed) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Make your own goldenMX?

2002-04-27 Thread Jos from Holland
Reading discussions on those goldplated LXs. I just wondered. If you take a black MX, take off the paint on the top and bottom part, polish the copper real shiny, put a nice yelow leather in the middle wouldend it look nice?. Did somebody try this? Greetings, Jos from Holland (Jos

RE: Winder MX batery compartment

2002-05-02 Thread Jos from Holland
No, the construction is poor. Mine is already broken, I use a piece of tape to close it. I am still thinking if I could fix it with a better construction Greetings, Jos. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens £ukasz Kacperczyk Verzonden:

What about SMC-F 17-28 fisheye?

2002-06-15 Thread Jos from Holland
not try the lens yet.Some pictures? Greetings, Jos from Holland - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

RE: What about SMC-F 17-28 fisheye?

2002-06-15 Thread Jos from Holland
In fact, I am not sure it is a fish eye type. The person is not selling it like that. he does not know much about lenses., but in a test in a magazin I saw about SMC-F 17-28/ 3.5-4.5 being a fish eye. maybe there is also a rectangular version? Jos from Holland. -Oorspronkelijk bericht

Re: K10D, AF button question

2007-12-24 Thread Jos from Holland
Dear Boris. When doing macro, sometimes the camera changes focus in the wrong way. If I dont want that, I auto focus till focus is okay, than I press AF and than I shoot. Boris Liberman wrote: Har! On Dec 24, 2007 3:41 PM, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Boris, this

Re: Pentax LX, auto/TTL flash and slow speeds

2008-03-09 Thread Jos from Holland
The Pentax Flashgrip has a switch called slow sync, it disables the forced sync speed. Greetz Jos Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Most Canon flash units are pretty much limited to working with the Canon bodies. You might consider a Metz flash unit with an interchangeable dedicated module that

Re: White Balance Problem

2008-03-21 Thread Jos from Holland
Interesting thread! A few things I like to contribute: * No machine can fully compete with the AWB in our brains. A person sitting under a green sunshade might get a greenish skin colour, our brain knows about this effect and corrects for it. The greenish skin colour might

Re: One lens only...

2008-04-08 Thread Jos from Holland
One lens only? I would take the widest I have: the 18-55 kitlens, I can always crop later but never expend! Missing an opportunity is much worse for me than not having the best optical quality Greetz, Jos Steve Desjardins wrote: To Serve and Diffract. Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: K20 and manual aperture lenses- JUST TWEEK HER

2008-05-10 Thread Jos from Holland
Right! That's the way I do it with simple K-Bayonet lenses. Works perfectly for me (K10D and DS) Jos J. C. O'Connell wrote: THIS IS ALL MOOT, I HAVE FOUND WITH K AND M LENSES TO JUST ESTIMATE EXPOSURE BASED ON YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OR USE GREEN BUTTON AND THEN TWEEK FSTOP OR SHUTTER SPEED

Re: Manual flash contol on Pentax DSLRS?

2008-06-03 Thread Jos from Holland
Further to what was said: The two flasguns were triggered at a different moment in time, one at the leading edge of the sync pulse and the second at the trailing edge (this is in fact rear curtain sync) In this way the light output of each gun could be measured and controlled independently.

Re: Last call for the July PUG

2008-06-25 Thread Jos from Holland
Scott, when is the gate closing? I'm still trying to improve my workflow to create a digital negative of my Tmax negative using K10D with SMC-M 50/1.7 and bellows and Pentax slide copier If gate closes very soon I will have to send what I've got till now. Greetz, Jos Scott Loveless wrote:

Re: Last call for the July PUG

2008-06-25 Thread Jos from Holland
Thx for the extra time. I will send it in this evening. Depending on where you are on the globe: maybe you still can close this evening (your evening ) :-) Greetz , Jos Scott Loveless wrote: Jos from Holland wrote: Scott, when is the gate closing? I'm still trying to improve my workflow

Work flow to convert a BW film negative to a digital file for PUG

2008-06-26 Thread Jos from Holland
Dear Group, I have lot of film material (negatives and slides) that I want to convert to digital. I have a good Minolta film scanner, at that time I paid more for it than a K20D costs :-). It delivers good quality but it takes far to much time to be used on larger quantities of

Re: Work flow to convert a BW film negative to a digital file for PUG

2008-06-26 Thread Jos from Holland
in my set up and click, I could even make a footswitch to do it faster :-) Jos Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Jun 26, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Jos from Holland wrote: ... This worked for me. Suggestions for quality or speed improvements are most welcome ... I used to scan a lot of film

Re: Work flow to convert a BW film negative to a digital file for PUG

2008-06-26 Thread Jos from Holland
. That being said, a high quality film scanner will undoubtedly do a better job, and I doubt that you'd spend any more time at it. The setup here has to be quite time consuming. -- Original message -- From: Jos from Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Group

Re: Sensor resolution V focal length..........

2008-06-28 Thread Jos from Holland
On top: if lens resolution (number of line per mm) is in same order of magnitude as the number of pixels / mm on the sensor. The lens has the huge advantage the the lines can be at any place even diagonally, but the pixels have discrete position making the pixels/mm much less effective, this

Re: Sensor resolution V focal length..........

2008-06-28 Thread Jos from Holland
combination. i.e. using a shorter lens and cropping a 14mP sensor image wont be as good as using a longer lens and NOT cropping a 10mP sensor image. JC OCONNELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jos from Holland Sent

Re: Why to buy a K20D?

2008-06-30 Thread Jos from Holland
For sensor it makes no difference if you have high iso setting with low light and aperture wide open or bright sun with small aperture. Both cases sensor receives little light and noise contriutes significantly Amplification does not improve signal to noise ratio, because both are amplified

Re: Why to buy a K20D?

2008-07-01 Thread Jos from Holland
Nobody reacted on this one. This should be checked in the sensor spec. Is that available? I would not be surprised if certain sensors can be set in a mode for higher sensitivity, sacrificing on other characteristics. Jos Toralf Lund wrote: since the sensor itself has a fixed sensitivity.

Re: July PUG is up

2008-07-10 Thread Jos from Holland
Thanks Mark and others, I knew it was a good shot, that's why I went through the trouble of digging through old negatives and the hastle of copying. I feel flattered by your words! Its a great pug, many contributions covering the subject Jos Mark Roberts wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: It's

Re: this is exquisite work

2008-07-26 Thread Jos from Holland
Very moving, I recognice the feelings, The idea behind the display presentation works very nice for me. Display in my windows explorer is not perfect, but also not blocking the experience My dad and I are in a similar situation, I take pictures now and then nicely sharp. This guy's

Re: K20D shutter button question (update)

2008-08-05 Thread Jos from Holland
Right, I have the same experience. I noticed that I press the button till the camera reacts with focussing etcetera and not so much till I feel the presure point. Maybe the presure point is just redundant in modern DSLRs? Jos Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The shutter release on my K10D similarly has

Re: See the world without distortion

2008-08-06 Thread Jos from Holland
I think it is just a trick to simplify lens design? My very first box camera (Agfa Click or maybe it was Clack) had the 6x9cm film positioned in a curved way. Greetz, Jos Bob W wrote: This is quite interesting: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7543987.stm It's about a means of putting

Re: Next year's PUG

2008-08-22 Thread Jos from Holland
My suggestions: Detail self-portrait Cheese! Animal Bird Technical Marriage Birth Funeral Dark Light Smile Death Macro Hand (for the nudity guys) Foot (again for the nudity guys) Greetz, Jos Scott Loveless wrote: Hey, gang. Since Bill got the ball rolling on this we can all blame him. I

Re: Next year's PUG

2008-08-22 Thread Jos from Holland
Give self portrait a second thought. Many painters make self portraits not only because of lack of money to pay a model... For me: Taking a picture gives a kick It gives a kick to be subject in a photograph Looking at a picture you took gives a kick Looking to a picture with you as the subject

Does focus screen ME-super or Program-A fit MX?

2008-09-21 Thread Jos from Holland
Dear group, I have a broken ME super and a broken Program-A, bothh with good screen. And a good MX with damaged screen. Can I swap screens? do they have the same dimensions??? Greetz, Jos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Flashgun for *istDS: Pentax 500FTZ or Sigma EF-500 DG super

2005-06-19 Thread Jos from Holland
Visiting Singapore a few weeks ago, I thought it a nice opperunity to buy a TTL flash for my *istDS. Some internet reviews made me think the Sigma EF500 DG super could be a nice possibility. In the shops, they had Sigma for Cannon, Sigma for Nikon, but Pentax: no sir, Pentax?. I held the

RE: Flashgun for *istDS: Pentax 500FTZ or Sigma EF-500 DG super

2005-06-19 Thread Jos from Holland
or Sigma EF-500 DG super Jos from Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Visiting Singapore a few weeks ago, I thought it a nice opperunity to buy a TTL flash for my *istDS. Some internet reviews made me think the Sigma EF500 DG super could be a nice possibility. In the shops, they had Sigma

RE: Flashgun for *istDS: Pentax 500FTZ or Sigma EF-500 DG super

2005-06-19 Thread Jos from Holland
fill flash. Very handy. Don -Original Message- From: Jos from Holland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 12:46 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Flashgun for *istDS: Pentax 500FTZ or Sigma EF-500 DG super High speed sync, in which situation can

RE: Flashgun for *istDS: Pentax 500FTZ or Sigma EF-500 DG super

2005-06-19 Thread Jos from Holland
Conclusion sofar: It seems that the Sigma is not wireless controlled by the DS, an important plus over the 500FTZ is gone. It seems that high speed sync works, but no one indicated that the flash /available light ratio improved at higher than real sync speed, and that is what I want to have

RE: Flashgun for *istDS: Pentax 500FTZ or Sigma EF-500 DG super

2005-06-19 Thread Jos from Holland
500FTZ or Sigma EF-500 DG super Jos from Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Mark, I know you work with this flash and are happy with it, that was one of the reasons I've put this flash on my list. I did and do not want to offend people that have this flash. It's not a matter

RE: Flashgun for *istDS: Pentax 500FTZ or Sigma EF-500 DG super

2005-06-21 Thread Jos from Holland
I feel the same.:-( I am afraid that the DS does not have the hard ware to communicate wireless with a flash. Cannot be solved with SW. Maybe hardware add-on exists, maybe Metz? Jos -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Joaquim Carvalho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thibouille wrote: Yes

RE: Flashgun for *istDS: Pentax 500FTZ or Sigma EF-500 DG super

2005-06-21 Thread Jos from Holland
Yes, that is what Pentax proposes in the manual, but I think it a bit crazy to buy a second flash just for the use as transmitter/receiver. It makes the camera also unnecessairy bulky. I would rather look for a wireless off-camera flash connection. Just a connection cable without the cable part!

RE: Flashgun for *istDS: Pentax 500FTZ or Sigma EF-500 DG super

2005-06-21 Thread Jos from Holland
I work in a simular way, but that is more in studio condition. Than the TTL is not important. Certainly not important now being digital. I can see what I get immediately. Think I can sell my flashmeter as well. The histogram function of the DS is better than a sophisticated flashmeter. The IR

RE: PESO: Sigma Super + magnifier + high speed synch

2005-06-21 Thread Jos from Holland
I have no doubts when a flash magnifier is used: with the light concentrated in a small area as needed for 500mm lens , the guide number of the flash goes up sharply, combined with the fact that the frog is at short distance (4 meters in this case)means the flash can over power the available light

RE: Any dutch list members?

2005-07-22 Thread Jos from Holland
Hi Pal, I'm Dutch, but about Yachts I only know that it is jacht in Dutch:-) Jos -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Pål Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:06 PM Aan: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Onderwerp: Any dutch list members? A shot in the

RE: contrast control flash question

2005-07-28 Thread Jos from Holland
The main thing is that the body must measure the light of the two flashes independently. Therefor one flash is fired and controled at the beginning of the time the shutter is open (first curtain sync) and the second flash is fired and controlled at the end of the open shutter time (second curtain

RE: flash needed

2003-07-21 Thread Jos from Holland
. greetings, Jos -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Matt Bevers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:30 PM Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: flash needed On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 06:24 AM, Jos from Holland wrote: Buy Swivel head that goes around (almost 360

Re: RAW software

2009-04-03 Thread Jos from Holland
John Graves wrote: I am still using PSE3. I am limited to adobe Camera Raw 3.6 (which I have installed)by PSE3. I have not seen any picture processing tools in any of the subsequent PSE or Camera Raw releases that warrant their purchase. It appears that the subsequent Camera Raw releases

Re: dng vs pef wasRe: Open source RAW software

2009-04-03 Thread Jos from Holland
Bran Everseeking wrote: what are the benefits and drawbacks of pef vs dng? Every camera brand and often every camera model has its own type of RAW -- 20 years from now all software can open DNG but probably not all RAW, certainly not of brands that existed in the past..) Greetz, Jos --

Re: dng vs pef wasRe: Open source RAW software

2009-04-03 Thread Jos from Holland
Hi Fernando, Don't you need then SW that understands PEF (of the specific camera)???' Fernando wrote: You can convert PEF to DNG after the fact, if that ever happens. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Jos from Holland jos_from_holl...@onsnet.nu wrote: Bran Everseeking wrote: what

Re: dng vs pef wasRe: Open source RAW software

2009-04-03 Thread Jos from Holland
from Holland jos_from_holl...@onsnet.nu wrote: Hi Fernando, Don't you need then SW that understands PEF (of the specific camera)???' Fernando wrote: You can convert PEF to DNG after the fact, if that ever happens. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Jos from Holland jos_from_holl...@onsnet.nu

Re: More RAW software

2009-04-06 Thread Jos from Holland
Nick, If you download the free SmartCurve you get what you want. It integrates in PSE under the filter tab. For me it doubles the value of PSE. By changing the curve you can adapt contrast, gamma, local gamma etcetera. I even use it for pseudo-solarisation effects and to make positives of my

Re: Trading resolution for depth of field

2009-04-08 Thread Jos from Holland
Exactly! Thats why people with poor eyesight are lucky: they have a larger COC and get more DOF for free! Matthew Hunt wrote: And that's what determines depth of field: The appearance of sharpness. Every derivation of DOF begins with that criterion. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Trading resolution for depth of field

2009-04-09 Thread Jos from Holland
hifis...@gate.net -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Derby Chang Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 5:43 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Trading resolution for depth of field Jos from Holland wrote: Exactly! Thats why

Re: EVFs ...

2009-05-13 Thread Jos from Holland
Wrong argument Godfrey, with such low lighting ratios, the contrast of the scene is dominantly determined by the white to black ratio of the subject, this will be a lot higher otherwise it would result in a very dull picture, it can be higher than even the human eye can cover. Did I

Re: Second best bird

2010-02-02 Thread Jos from Holland
Beautifull photos..Thx for posting And I donot care at all if they are real wildlife or tame models. :-) Some of the eyes show a nice spark of light, I guess the on camera flash? Greetz, Jos Bob W wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8487031.stm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Feature wishlist

2010-02-17 Thread Jos from Holland
Sorry Larry, but no autofocus system will be able to guess by itself which part of the scene you want in focus. One day you want the singer in focus, next day you want the mike in focus. Future sytems, but not in the near future, will do this by reading your mind. Till than its better to use

Re: Feature wishlist

2010-02-17 Thread Jos from Holland
it might be viable but I doubt anyone will pay the premium beyond the rudimentary version that they had - which incidentally worked so well i never caught onto why they dropped it cheers ecke 2010/2/17 Jos from Holland jos_from_holl...@onsnet.nu: Sorry Larry, but no autofocus system will be able

Re: Does focus screen ME-super or Program-A fit MX?

2008-09-22 Thread Jos from Holland
never tried. I believe the ME and MX have similar sized screens, (the ME just doesn't have the handling tab), so it might fit in the screen frame in the MX. I haven't a clue about the Program A. Jos from Holland wrote: Dear group, I have a broken ME super and a broken Program

Re: Sony full frame A900, where's Pentax?

2008-10-21 Thread Jos from Holland
Yes, but only sharper at the point of focus.. The system with smaller sensor will show a larger depth of focus... The depth of focus is best compromised for my photography at a size somewhere in between APS-C and FF (24x36) Greetz Jos JC OConnell wrote: At a given Mpixel sensor, FF

Leonard Cohen concert, how to make my camera look normal?

2008-11-06 Thread Jos from Holland
Last sunday at Leonard Cohen concert in Oberhausen (I enjoyed it very, very much). As always: taking pictures not allowed. There was a risk that I had to hand-over my camera at the entrance (as happend to me at Pinkpop concerts) so I decided not to take my K10D, but only my DL and a suitable,

Re: Leonard Cohen concert, how to make my camera look normal?

2008-11-06 Thread Jos from Holland
Charles, which camera did you use? Was it normal ? :-) Jos Charles Robinson wrote: On Nov 6, 2008, at 12:55, Jos from Holland wrote: I was not allowed to take any more pictures, because that was not a normal camera. In other words: That looks like a camera which could conceivably take

Re: Leonard Cohen concert, how to make my camera look normal?

2008-11-06 Thread Jos from Holland
the only 'normal' camera I would let pass. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Jos from Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last sunday at Leonard Cohen concert in Oberhausen (I enjoyed it very, very much). As always: taking pictures not allowed. There was a risk that I had to hand-over

Re: Leonard Cohen concert, how to make my camera look normal?

2008-11-07 Thread Jos from Holland
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jos from Holland Sent: 06 November 2008 18:56 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Leonard Cohen concert, how to make my camera look normal? Last sunday at Leonard Cohen concert in Oberhausen (I enjoyed it very, very much). As always: taking pictures

Re: Leonard Cohen concert, how to make my camera look normal?

2008-11-07 Thread Jos from Holland
Ai, I did not think of that possibility, I have a 110 and a 70mm with it! From the other hand, 400 ASA was not enough w/o shake reduction. And I never liked 400ASA on 35mm. On 110 400ASA could look like kingsize confetti! But using the camera would have been fun! Jos John Sessoms wrote: I've

Re: Leonard Cohen concert, how to make my camera look normal?

2008-11-07 Thread Jos from Holland
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jos from Holland Sent: 07 November 2008 17:53 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Leonard Cohen concert, how to make my camera look normal? Yes, he is great. One of my sons liked it so much, he went to four concerts within a few weeks, different

Re: November PUG is up

2008-11-14 Thread Jos from Holland
Thanks Scott, for the work done! All are nice, but the four that work best for me are: -- The little bird by David Brooks -- Red Umbrella by Jaume Lahuerta -- Høst (= Autumn I guess?) by Toralf -- Lake Mathieson and Fox Glacier by Peter McIntosh Thanks all for posting! Greetz Jos

Re: FA 1.4/50mm tested by DPReview

2008-11-15 Thread Jos from Holland
What about depency of eyesight quality? People with reduced eyesight will always enjoy deeper depth of field? :-) Maybe we just have to accept that there is only one subject to lens distance sharp and we are lucky we can choose that point ourselfs (or leave it to the camera) Greetz, Jos

Re: Black MX goes for 12 Euros.

2009-09-27 Thread Jos from Holland
Nice one to make your goldplated MX: take the caps off, remove the remaining paint and give to one of those companies for a thin (or thick if you are rich) gold layer. Greetz, Jos Chris Mitchell wrote: These were once highly prized over the silver ones as I recall (scroll down to see the

Re: Thoughts on Trailing Curtain Sync

2010-07-03 Thread Jos from Holland
Hi John, I think it could be done in _software_ to make it work for any flash, but it would require a bit complicated menu to give the camera the required information about P-TLL or center contact only or expected burn time. In the Z-1 time I measured burntime of several flashes at hand, they

Re: Thoughts on Trailing Curtain Sync

2010-07-03 Thread Jos from Holland
Last sentence should be read as: I donot know if my K20 has the same info in the _flash trigger pulse_. Jos from Holland wrote: Hi John, I think it could be done in _software_ to make it work for any flash, but it would require a bit complicated menu to give the camera the required

Re: Thoughts on Trailing Curtain Sync

2010-07-03 Thread Jos from Holland
John, maybe it tells the flash digitally through the communication line that it has to use the trailling edge of the triggerpuls of the camera for triggering the flash (that would be the same principle as on the Z-1) If it works like that, your adapter board will be very simple :-) Greetz,

How to see number of clicks in K10d

2009-06-16 Thread Jos from Holland
Dear group, How was it to see the number of clicks a K10d had during its life? Thx Jos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

What is difference between Data back FG, FI and FJ??

2009-03-03 Thread Jos from Holland
Dear Group, BOZ's website mentions three data backs for the MZ / ZX camera's: FG, FI and FJ Does anyone know the difference? I have one on a MZ-50, it has no type marking, but it seems to fit without problems on a MZ-5 and the pictures on BOZ's site all look the same to me. Also I cannot see

Re: What is difference between Data back FG, FI and FJ??

2009-03-03 Thread Jos from Holland
will work on the MZ-6 as well. Dario - Original Message - From: Jos from Holland jos_from_holl...@onsnet.nu To: Pentax-Discuss List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:40 PM Subject: What is difference between Data back FG, FI and FJ?? Dear Group, BOZ's website mentions three

Re: How many watt-seconds is the AF-540?

2009-12-26 Thread Jos from Holland
Indeed the true way to compare flash light output is the amount of energy in the flash of light. This is independend of the way the light is directed, bundeled or difused. The basic principle of this kind of flash guns is: 1. The voltage of the battery is boosted to a high voltage on a

Re: I'm done with models

2009-12-30 Thread Jos from Holland
Nice picture! Painters in the old days solved your problem by making self-portraits. I can recommend that. Greetz, Jos William Robb wrote: I've had it. Too high maintenance. Too frustrating. Too much drama. This past year has been incredibly frustrating for me. I had wanted to hone some of my

Re: Picasa: RAW looks better than JPEG (K200D)

2010-03-20 Thread Jos from Holland
I used to work that way. I always thought that in case of the RAW I was looking to a picture converted to Jpeg by Picase. There was a clear difference in the two pictures, but I do not remember which one was best. Nowedays I shoot in raw, save the out of camera raw on a external disk, work

RE: PUG is loaded... and new themes please

2005-09-03 Thread Jos from Holland
Thank you, Cotty, When I discovered that I had the wrong theme, somebody on the list suggested that also dry Martini is not that dry! Jos Intriguing by  Jos van der Hijden I like the contrast between the water and the metalwork, the way it slices through the water and the light on it.

RE: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread Jos from Holland
and many days for many Palestinians. Jos -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Godfrey DiGiorgi Verzonden: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 4:35 PM Aan: PDML Onderwerp: Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel Why do you admonish Boris

RE: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread Jos from Holland
unfortunately he is right Jos -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 6:14 PM Aan: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Onderwerp: Re:Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel Ignore this

Re: Cannot handle mixed files with Picasa or Rawshooter?

2006-01-22 Thread Jos from Holland
Thanks to all, so far, I us e Photoshop7 for serious work, but this one cannot use RAW plugin. I will try Irfanview, but I fear that user interfacing will not compare to Rawshooter. Maybe I want too much: I want a mixed file handler, with the user interface of RAWSHOOTER and for free (or

Re: Cannot handle mixed files with Picasa or Rawshooter?

2006-01-23 Thread Jos from Holland
You're right, Patrick, I downloaded the latest Picasa, it can handle the mixed files. I used it on the 150 mixed files I had in my camera I found it quick and easy to do picture selection. I did cropping and shadow and high light correction, good enough to have a slide show for demo to friends

Re: Pentax in Discovery channel on 101 building of Taipei

2006-01-23 Thread Jos from Holland
hihi, maybe that will depend on how the cutter thinks about Pentax Jos frank theriault wrote: On 1/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip So if you watch the DISCOVERY program on the 101 building of Taipei: the guy with the DS is me! Cool! I'll watch for it -

Re: SV: *ist DL2

2006-01-25 Thread Jos from Holland
I think that is the final direction it will go if technology allows: using the sensor itself for the viewfinding. It still has some problems, but the advantages would be great like: Get rid of mechanical things like moving mirrors Easier to keep dust away from sensor Swivable display allows

Re: older flashes with K10, Pentax's response

2007-03-02 Thread Jos from Holland
No! No! Do _not_ measure with a cheap volt meter! Many cheap voltmeters are not very high ohmic. As a result it will load the trigger voltage point of the flash, reducing the measured voltage. This is specifically true for the flashes with high voltage, they mostly have a high impedance input

Pentax K5 does not recognize Sigma 8-16 lens

2013-06-07 Thread Jos from Holland
Dear group, I aquired the Sigma 8-16mm lens for use on my K5. I noticed that the camera does not show any lens name in the metadata info in Lightroom (version 4.4) and the focal length is only mentioned down to 10 mm, 9 and 8 is blank. Camera SW version is 1.14, (the latest) Is this a camera

Re: Pentax K5 does not recognize Sigma 8-16 lens

2013-06-07 Thread Jos from Holland
to show the correct focal length, but who know when that will be, it's been an issue for a couple of years. Lightroom will probably correct itself on the next point release (if there is one before LR5 is released). On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 6:39 AM, Jos from Holland jos_from_holl...@onsnet.nu wrote

Re: Pentax K5 does not recognize Sigma 8-16 lens

2013-06-07 Thread Jos from Holland
: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jos from Holland Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 6:39 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Pentax K5 does not recognize Sigma 8-16 lens Dear group, I aquired the Sigma 8-16mm lens for use on my K5. I noticed that the camera does not show any lens

Re: Flash purchase question(s)

2013-06-25 Thread Jos from Holland
I have very much the same feeling as Zos, I have the Metz 58AF-2 and prefer it over the Pentax 540, that I owned once. I prefer it because of the last status memory after switch off and because it can operate in auto mode with sensor on the flash, this mode works very well in situations we

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