Re: reagan cortege

2004-06-13 Thread Dag T
Stop pretending to be me. DagT På 13. jun. 2004 kl. 17.37 skrev Dag T: You play with fire, you get burned. It's not like you didn't ask for it you damn fool idiot. Do you think you can just insult people without consequences??? YOu're a bigger idiot than anyone on this list if you think thats

Re: PAW: Venus - of course

2004-06-13 Thread Dag T
Thanks! This is, in fact a little bit more complicated. In stead of a pin hole I used a monocular to project the image to the floor. It makes the process a bit more simple, but the principle is the same. DagT På 11. jun. 2004 kl. 18.02 skrev Gonz: That is awesome! I remember as a kid seeing

Re: PAW: Venus - of course - and Shawn

2004-06-13 Thread Dag T
Thanks, to you and all the rest of you who have taken the time to comment. Because of Shawns use of my email address I will be quite for a while. With the kids I don´t have much time anyway. But to those who are uncertain of what was me, I never use a space between the g and the T in the

Re: reagan cortege

2004-06-12 Thread Dag T
Well, it may have been stupid, but it made him angry enough to steal the email address. Sorry :-) DagT På 12. jun. 2004 kl. 18.32 skrev Anthony Farr: Hey, you can insult a guy, but that was just idiotic, sorry man. Regards, Anthony Farr -Original Message- From: Dag T [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: reagan cortege

2004-06-12 Thread Dag T
På 12. jun. 2004 kl. 23.18 skrev Cotty: More stupid comments from his highness the king of stupid. (LOL) Dag T Blimey, it takes a fair bit to rattle a Norwegian's cage! Cheers, Cotty Especially since this is one of Shawns fake emails. :-) DagT

Re: reagan cortege

2004-06-11 Thread Dag T
My g... how pathetic. It reminds me of some really bad B-movie. This isn´t barbaric. The barbarians had a civilization, but you don´t. DagT På 11. jun. 2004 kl. 03.28 skrev Shawn K.: You'd break your leg kicking my hard ass tough guy. I've fought tougher than you before, and would welcome a

PAW - -Cup and Candle

2004-06-02 Thread Dag T
While everybody else is at GFM... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2411256size=lg DagT

Re: PAW: Drop

2004-05-18 Thread Dag T
På 15. mai. 2004 kl. 08.11 skrev Boris Liberman: Hi! dcn Being bored on the train dcn http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2360305size=lg My wife's response: so what's the point? (loosely translated from Russian g). DT The point of making the picture? DT Because I like these small details

Re: PAW: Drop

2004-05-18 Thread Dag T
I hear both of you. Yes I realize that it is not perfect, but that´s where the comments come in. I need to find out what it is. Thanks both of you for taking your time to tell me what you think. DagT På 15. mai. 2004 kl. 08.33 skrev TMP: I hear you Frank. I WANT to love this one, but there

Re: PAW: Drop

2004-05-18 Thread Dag T
Maybe the same that I did when I made it :-) Actually, a friend of mine reacted by interpreting it like this. It has been raining, but now the sun is coming. I want to get outside, but I can´t. ...which is pretty close to the truth. OK, the idea needs more work, but as someone likes it, maybe

Re: PAW: Drop

2004-05-14 Thread Dag T
Hi På 14. mai. 2004 kl. 15.55 skrev Boris Liberman: dcn Being bored on the train dcn http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2360305size=lg My wife's response: so what's the point? (loosely translated from Russian g). The point? What point? :-) That´s at least two questions. The point of

Re: infinitycameras.com

2004-05-12 Thread Dag T
Take a look at this: http://www.resellerratings.com/seller_info.pl?seller_id=2684 DagT På 12. mai. 2004 kl. 19.06 skrev Timothy Sherburne: Hello all... Can anyone vouch for the integrity this outfit? Not to get everyone too excited, but they have *ist-D bodies for $1020. No DA lenses from

Re: how gravity works...

2004-05-10 Thread Dag T
På 10. mai. 2004 kl. 14.14 skrev Cotty: Also, could an anti-gravity drive work by simply blocking that exchange of gravitons. Stay tuned for further announcements. :) Possibly. But what would you build the blocking screen from? Easy.

Re: PAW #10 - First cooperation

2004-05-10 Thread Dag T
Thanks! And of course, we will continue playing. DagT På 7. mai. 2004 kl. 22.28 skrev Boris Liberman: Hi! Dag, your son should be encouraged. He has a point here g... Let us see more of fruits of your cooperation. The start is quite promising. g Boris ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: PAW #8 Play

2004-05-10 Thread Dag T
På 8. mai. 2004 kl. 21.08 skrev Boris Liberman: Dag, you're very creative. Thank you :-) Sometimes I think I should concentrate more on one theme Nonetheless g, I do think that foot (yours?) in the right bottom corner does not belong... Well, I don´t think I agree. I liked the small hint of

Re: PAW: Do not disturb

2004-05-10 Thread Dag T
På 7. mai. 2004 kl. 19.10 skrev Ann Sanfedele: Dag T wrote: I hate hotel rooms... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2342795size=lg :-) DagT Me too! However, I have a kinda charming counterpart to yours - that is, probably something you would find more appealing and shot

Re: PAW: Do not disturb

2004-05-10 Thread Dag T
På 7. mai. 2004 kl. 22.05 skrev Boris Liberman: Hi! Dag, this photo leaves me indifferent. I don't travel much and hence I don't have any particular feelings towards hotels and rooms therein g... So I suppose I should say this photo does not work for me... That´s OK, I can understand why...

Re: PAW: Do not disturb

2004-05-10 Thread Dag T
you with despair and emptiness, then that's what you caught in this photo. Great shot!! Thanks, with three small children at home I hate going away, especially to this kind of places, so I guess I succeeded. Thanks! From: Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: Saturday Survey

2004-04-25 Thread Dag T
På 25. apr. 2004 kl. 01.19 skrev Mark Roberts: OK, here's a new question: What camera or lens have you bought that you regretted purchasing? I'll go first because my answer will startle you at first: Pentax A20/2.8 (Now the other shoe drops). because now that I have an ist-D I wish I'd

Re: where is the crossing line ?

2004-04-25 Thread Dag T
To me that line is nonexistent. Photos have been altered in the dark room from the beginning. Also, any decision you make before or during the exposure is a manipulation, as I have illustrated in this folder of unmanipulated photos: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=366144 So

Re: Pentax A20/2.8 Query

2004-04-25 Thread Dag T
It is a great lens. Here´s some examples: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=83826 http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=72128 http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=71919 http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=71209

Re: Pentax A20/2.8 Query

2004-04-25 Thread Dag T
/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=71209 which I REALLY like quite a bit. It seems to have just the elements I'm looking for in order to make a comparison to my 20mm and 18mm Thanks! Dag T wrote: It is a great lens. Here´s some examples: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi

Re: PAW - Just some kids hanging out

2004-04-24 Thread Dag T
I really like this. Relaxed, some of them just ignore you others give you a smile, but they really just let you be. DagT På 24. apr. 2004 kl. 19.46 skrev Shel Belinkoff: Perhaps you remember this gang from an earlier pic. Here they are again, hanging out on the sidewalk in San Francisco's

Re: OT - Rare Alert: a Mac virus!

2004-04-18 Thread Dag T
På 18. apr. 2004 kl. 16.23 skrev Cotty: http://www.intego.com/news/pr40.html Cheers, Cotty Thanks, Cotty. Both Mac users have been alerted. -- John Mustarde LOL. So there's someone other than me! Cheers, Cotty Sure, me too Thanks for the information! DagT

Re: PAW #7 Easter paw

2004-04-18 Thread Dag T
Thank you Paul, Frank, Tanya and everybody else for your kind comments! Glad you liked it. DagT På 18. apr. 2004 kl. 14.14 skrev Paul Stenquist: I like the dark background, and the rich color. Great composition and framing. From: Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: PAW #8 Play

2004-04-18 Thread Dag T
Thanks for your comment! The reason for letting the detail be in the image was almost exactly what you describe. I´ve always learnt to remove everything but the main object, but sometimes this leaves esthetic, but empty pictures. So I wanted too leave some clues about the place and

Re: HAPPY EASTER!!

2004-04-11 Thread Dag T
På 11. apr. 2004 kl. 19.00 skrev frank theriault: All you regulars know what's coming vbg: http://www.nrg666.com/pdml/portraits/pages/FrankTheriault.htm So Where are the eggs? Happy easter to you to! DagT

Re: April PUG - comments - looooong

2004-04-11 Thread Dag T
: Re: April PUG - comments - long On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 22:58, Dag T wrote: The April PUG has drowned in Easter Holiday (at least in Norway), PAW and a link that is hard to find, so I think it is my turn to go through the list. Here it is: http://www.kirschten.de/PUG/04apr/ We´ll se how far I

Re: April PUG - comments - looooong

2004-04-11 Thread Dag T
På 10. apr. 2004 kl. 09.05 skrev Boris Liberman: Hi! DT Boris Liberman - In the sand DT Strange curves in the sand. I don´t really understand it, but that DT doesn´t matter. I think it would hav been better if the curves in the DT background had been repeated in the plant front. Or maybe

Re: April PUG - comments - looooong

2004-04-11 Thread Dag T
På 9. apr. 2004 kl. 23.11 skrev Tanya Mayer Photography: In regards to Dag T's PUG pic, Jostein wrote: You're damn good with shapes, Dag. This one is no exception. I saw something in your shot that... erm... does not belong on a family list, and of course it's all in my dirty mind...:-) I am

Re: April PUG - comments - looooong

2004-04-11 Thread Dag T
På 11. apr. 2004 kl. 16.34 skrev frank theriault: Dag, First of all, thanks for taking the time to comment on all of the PUG images this month. I know, it's quite an undertaking! Somebody´s got to do it :-) And, thanks for commenting on my photo. It was really quite tongue-in-cheek, but I

April PUG - comments - looooong

2004-04-08 Thread Dag T
The April PUG has drowned in Easter Holiday (at least in Norway), PAW and a link that is hard to find, so I think it is my turn to go through the list. Here it is: http://www.kirschten.de/PUG/04apr/ We´ll se how far I get. Herb Chong - Mistaya Canyon Beautiful, I see the shape of a woman in

PAW #7 Easter paw

2004-04-08 Thread Dag T
My wife bought them yesterday... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2271481size=lg DagT

Re: PAW #6 Feather

2004-04-05 Thread Dag T
Thanks, again! DagT På 2. apr. 2004 kl. 19.10 skrev frank theriault: Dag, You blow me away as usual. Is that tremendous detail, or what? I'm glad you told us it's a feather, because I might not have known otherwise. A wonderful abstract work. Art found in the mundane; art made so by

Re: PAW #6 Feather

2004-04-05 Thread Dag T
Well, I don´t think I agree.. Too close will loose the contrast between the straight line and the curve. But it is, of course, a matter of taste. Marnie would like to see more of the feather, not less :-) DagT På 3. apr. 2004 kl. 02.36 skrev Kenneth Waller: Photographically (exposure

Re: PAW #6 Feather

2004-04-05 Thread Dag T
Thanks, glad you liked it!. DagT På 5. apr. 2004 kl. 19.59 skrev Boris Liberman: Hi! Dag, first I was watching it load. And thinking to myself - well, another excellent macro, but nothing more. And then came the bottom piece with the background. And then I thought to myself - now, that's quite

Re: One more PAW

2004-04-05 Thread Dag T
Well, the first impression is the trees in the foreground. I think I would have tried to use the foreground more in the composition. Find some lines that point at the building, past the trees. The other option is to go closer. There are lots of interesting reflections here, and the outline

Re: PAW #5 - Sludd

2004-03-28 Thread Dag T
På 28. mar. 2004 kl. 19.48 skrev Boris Liberman: DT which is the Norwegian word for a pleasant mix of rain and snow: DT http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2231042size=lg Mokryj Sneg - Wet Snow is the Russian term. Sounds wet, even in Russian. Dry snow is nice, you can brush it off

PAW #5 - Sludd

2004-03-25 Thread Dag T
which is the Norwegian word for a pleasant mix of rain and snow: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2231042size=lg DagT

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Dag T
I think I prefer reading Marx to define Marxism... DagT På 23. mar. 2004 kl. 16.07 skrev Collin Brendemuehl: To say that Hitler was not a Marxist is to not have studied him. He opposed religion in general, using Christians to oppose Jews and then secularizing the state, having the later goal of

Re: DOF and angle of view or focal length (long)

2004-03-22 Thread Dag T
One problem is that if the CoC is much less than the usual number today, 0.035mm, the diffraction limit comes into play. With a CoC at half this value, 0.017mm, you will never achieve a sharp image with the aperture set at 22. DagT På 22. mar. 2004 kl. 17.18 skrev Peter J. Alling: The

Re: PAW#4: Kid

2004-03-22 Thread Dag T
På 22. mar. 2004 kl. 20.49 skrev Boris Liberman: Hi! DT I´ve got three of them, so I get some pictures of them. Boys will DT never be as cute as Shels daughter, but... Substituting Shel for Boris... g Sorry about that :-) DT http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2217012size=lg Dag, I

PAW#4: Kid

2004-03-19 Thread Dag T
I´ve got three of them, so I get some pictures of them. Boys will never be as cute as Shels daughter, but... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2217012size=lg DagT

Re: PAW#4: Kid

2004-03-19 Thread Dag T
Oooops! DagT :-) På 19. mar. 2004 kl. 20.03 skrev Shel Belinkoff: Hey ;-)) I don't have a daughter ... Dag T wrote: I´ve got three of them, so I get some pictures of them. Boys will never be as cute as Shels daughter, but... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2217012size=lg DagT

Re: PAW#4: Kid

2004-03-19 Thread Dag T
I was thinking of Boris... På 19. mar. 2004 kl. 20.15 skrev Dag T: Oooops! DagT :-) På 19. mar. 2004 kl. 20.03 skrev Shel Belinkoff: Hey ;-)) I don't have a daughter ... Dag T wrote: I´ve got three of them, so I get some pictures of them. Boys will never be as cute as Shels daughter

Re: PAW #6: Tough Boy

2004-03-19 Thread Dag T
Great shot! I like the expression as well as the balance you´ve obtained from the background and the things on the table. DagT På 19. mar. 2004 kl. 02.13 skrev frank theriault: Shooting from the hip. Uncropped I couldn't get the scan to come anywhere close to the print, for some reason.

Re: OT: Mac OSX 10.3.3 and card readers

2004-03-18 Thread Dag T
Do you use a firewire or USB card reader? DagT På 18. mar. 2004 kl. 14.21 skrev Paul Stenquist: Hi Cotty, It seems that only Lexar card readers have a problem with 10.3.3. I did repair the disk permissions. I spent an hour on the phone with an apple tech and he took me through a whole range

Re: OT: Mac OSX 10.3.3 and card readers

2004-03-18 Thread Dag T
reader tonight. I think the problem is restricted to Lexar. Dag T wrote: Do you use a firewire or USB card reader? DagT På 18. mar. 2004 kl. 14.21 skrev Paul Stenquist: Hi Cotty, It seems that only Lexar card readers have a problem with 10.3.3. I did repair the disk permissions. I spent an hour

Re: PAW#4: Just something I found....

2004-03-12 Thread Dag T
, Dag. It pays to keep your eyes open, doesn't it? And then, to have a camera with you! cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: PAW #3 - Winter

2004-03-07 Thread Dag T
at composition - taking the seemingly mundane, and making it look interesting in a photo. Stark, but that's why it's beautiful. thanks, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply

Re: What gear is on your lust list ?

2004-03-07 Thread Dag T
På 7. mar. 2004 kl. 18.19 skrev Mark Erickson: So what's on your list? Always: A 15mm (especially after letting one chance go last year) A 135 1.8 After getting the *istD I have started thing about AF lenses, so: 31, 43 and 77mm (all black, of course :-) DA 16-45 DA 14 DagT

Re: PAW #3 - Winter

2004-03-06 Thread Dag T
Does it matter :-) It is a tree and a round table with about 50cm snow on top of it... DagT På 6. mar. 2004 kl. 09.17 skrev Tanya Mayer Photography: DagT, cool pic, but what the heck is it?? tan. -Original Message- From: Dag T [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 6 March 2004 4

Re: PAW #3 - Winter

2004-03-06 Thread Dag T
had placed there! I am amazed, what a thought provoking, technically superb (nothing blown out ANYWHERE, amongst all of that white!), and creative shot. Thanks so much for sharing it Dag T. LOVE it! tan. -Original Message- From: Dag T [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 6

Re: PAW #3 - Winter

2004-03-06 Thread Dag T
På 6. mar. 2004 kl. 19.57 skrev Boris Liberman: Hi! DT I shouldn´t, because I haven´t had time to look at your photos, but I'd say you should. You know, if privilege of putting a shot to PAW would depend on how many other's shots one looked at and commented, then we'd be in big trouble...

Re: PAW #4 - Haley's Ring

2004-03-06 Thread Dag T
Hey, I suspected that. I like the tones and intensity of the image. The hand is very good! DagT På 7. mar. 2004 kl. 00.13 skrev frank theriault: Paul, Go back and look again. You've missed something that I think is obvious (it's why the ring thing might raise some questions). If you

Re: photography as art

2004-03-05 Thread Dag T
På 5. mar. 2004 kl. 06.48 skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Had to think about that for a bit. But then it came to me that the guys who make catalog sketches and such are considered artists. So why not photographers? Maybe because of the perception that anybody can do

Re: Hockney on photography

2004-03-05 Thread Dag T
I see it this way: A photograph, video, newspaper story, book or story is a statement made by human beings. The statements are no more reliable than the person that made them. I agree with you in that digital is a good thing, because it makes the manipulative aspects of a photograph more

Re: Are Canon owners really this stupid?

2004-03-05 Thread Dag T
På 6. mar. 2004 kl. 00.44 skrev Cotty: On 5/3/04, MARK ROBERTS FOR IT IS HE disgorged: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3800946535 Maybe some people really need the manuals? The people bidding on this need a manual to tell them how to drink a glass of water without drowning. Oh

PAW #3 - Winter

2004-03-05 Thread Dag T
I shouldn´t, because I haven´t had time to look at your photos, but http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2186930size=lg DagT

Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Dag T
På 1. mar. 2004 kl. 11.51 skrev Cotty: Fra: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dag, that is so cool. Thanks :-) I wish I could do shots like that. Why can't you? DagT You know what I mean. I suppose I possibly could, but I think that most photographers settle into making pics they feel most

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Dag T
I liked that one. There is some strange sense of humor at work here. A bit weird. A small objection to the pink colour. DagT På 27. feb. 2004 kl. 16.41 skrev William Robb: Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure.

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Dag T
På 27. feb. 2004 kl. 20.39 William Robb: - Original Message - From: Lon Williamson Subject: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion? Looks like a few have problems with barrel distortion. Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon The A20mm f/2.8 seems good. I tend to be pretty

Re: PAW (... )

2004-02-24 Thread Dag T
Yes, it is in Oslo. You can see the Royal Castle hidden in the fog. Thanks! DagT På 24. feb. 2004 kl. 15.20 skrev Albano Garcia: I like it. I like the pano crop. Where it is? Norway? Regards Albano --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, here's another one.

Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)

2004-02-23 Thread Dag T
Glenmorangie is great among the smoother ones, but usually I prefer Lagavulin. DagT På 23. feb. 2004 kl. 20.51 skrev Shel Belinkoff: O! I like Glenmorangie, and also Springbank 21 or 25. Yu! Keith Whaley wrote: An Islay (Lagavulin) is just a wee bit intense for me. I'll have a

Re: OT: Canon and Nikon and Curmudgeons

2004-02-22 Thread Dag T
I´ve always thought that they were used to hide the extent in which we were talking about other brands. Search for Nikon in the PDML archive and the number of hits is probably less than half of what i could be :-) DagT På 22. feb. 2004 kl. 18.49 skrev frank theriault: Can we spell out

Re: A few photos.

2004-02-22 Thread Dag T
På 22. feb. 2004 kl. 20.48 skrev Malcolm Smith: This is a REAL car http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2153283size=lg Hey, my mom had one of those in ´69. She still remembers driving into the gas station and hearing the guy commenting on the engine: Nice little thing you got

Re: PAW Sherwood Island

2004-02-20 Thread Dag T
Nice, quite landscape. I think the tree on the right draws a little to much attentions but the soft light works well. DagT På 19. feb. 2004 kl. 21.24 skrev Butch Black: I'm in Here is a winter image I took a week or so ago. http://www.usefilm.com/image/310763.html

Re: Dag's bikes (was Re: OT: Not sure about this one)

2004-02-20 Thread Dag T
På 20. feb. 2004 kl. 17.28 skrev Gianfranco Irlanda: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=6637 http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=6264 The second one, however, with the circular pan lines, well, I'm not sure about it yet.

Re: PAW - Neapolitan Shoeshine

2004-02-20 Thread Dag T
I like this one, the look and light on his face and the balance between where he looks and the light parts of the background works for me. Reminds me of Naples, except that the real thing is more chaotic... DagT På 20. feb. 2004 kl. 17.04 skrev Gianfranco Irlanda: Hi everybody, I'd like to

Re: Lens Cleaning Problem - Volatile Liquids

2004-02-20 Thread Dag T
På 20. feb. 2004 kl. 19.02 skrev Andre Langevin: The glass of a lens should be about the same Moh's hardness as quartz, 7, since it's predominately quartz. I have no idea about the hardness of coatings, but aren't they only a few molecules thick? Bill Pentax says its SMC coating is harder than

Re: PAW

2004-02-20 Thread Dag T
På 20. feb. 2004 kl. 20.16 skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I humbly submit a small action picture. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/flyingpoodle.jpg William Robb Boy, that poodle is really flying! Kewl. It´s a UFP (Unidentified Flying Poodle) DagT

Re: OT: Not sure about this one

2004-02-19 Thread Dag T
Thanks! I think I agree with you in which of my pictures is the best. The second got a little too messy because of the hard light in the woods. By the way: the circular lines were made by panning with a 24mm (actually the A 24-50 @ 24). I think I´ll try the same with a 20mm some time,

Re: OT: Not sure about this one

2004-02-18 Thread Dag T
På 18. feb. 2004 kl. 23.18 skrev frank theriault: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2142532 Sometimes I like it. Others, I think it's horrible. If you have an opinion, feel free to share. I like it. Maybe because it reminds me of something:

Re: Two new Pentax products to be announced today

2004-02-12 Thread Dag T
På 12. feb. 2004 kl. 16.25 skrev Dario Bonazza: However, what about a decent performer over 45mm? Why the hell Pentax has not still introduced a DA 50-150 f/4 or the like? Do they assume we have to buy Sigma/Tamron? I find this amazing! I don´t. It is not as difficult or expensive to make

Re: Two new Pentax products to be announced today

2004-02-12 Thread Dag T
På 12. feb. 2004 kl. 19.37 skrev Dario Bonazza: Dag T wrote: På 12. feb. 2004 kl. 16.25 skrev Dario Bonazza: However, what about a decent performer over 45mm? Why the hell Pentax has not still introduced a DA 50-150 f/4 or the like? Do they assume we have to buy Sigma/Tamron? I find

Re: does anyone have experience with high speed freezing the action photograp...

2004-01-23 Thread Dag T
På 23. jan. 2004 kl. 07.54 skrev mike wilson: Bob W wrote: I'm speaking from a position of almost total ignorance here, but surely a bullet is travelling 2 or 3 times faster than sound? Over the short distances involved is it really possible to do this? It's possible to get bullets that travel at

Re: Cameras in the Snow-was: Digital good

2004-01-22 Thread Dag T
The camera would probably take it anyway. Some years ago we made a small ski jump in a slope, and as grown up kids we started making more or less stupid tricks, so my contribution was to take a photo of the ski jump from the jumpers point of view. I made two mistakes, the first was

Re: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread Dag T
På 20. jan. 2004 kl. 19.55 skrev Bob W: Hi, most of the flying saucer photos have been fake snapshots and the remainder have been what? When even the photographer thinks it´s for real. Not all fakes are intentional. DagT

Re: OT: I've become my Parents-was:PUG Deadline Approaching

2004-01-17 Thread Dag T
we had one of them motors on the antenna that could rotate it to get the best reception! I think my kids thought I was bullsh**ing them! cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Dag T [EMAIL

Re: Freezing BW Film

2004-01-16 Thread Dag T
If that was true most of my films would have cracked, not only from freezing during storage, but some of them also from use in similar temperatures. There is, however, a story of a Norwegian expedition to Antarctica where they used an LX being modified to roll the film the opposite way around

Re: PUG Deadline Approaching

2004-01-16 Thread Dag T
Scanning, what scanning? :-) DagT På 16. jan. 2004 kl. 19.07 skrev Adelheid v. K.: Folks get scanning. It's Wet outside and this month's theme Cheers Adelheid

Re: TC and Tubes for macro

2004-01-13 Thread Dag T
På 13. jan. 2004 kl. 11.42 skrev Boris Liberman: Hi! I have never done that but my brain tells me to put TC between extension tube and the lens. However, the Pentax TC manual mentions they were not designed for macro works. I second that. The TC (I have MC) I think is/was? constructed

Re: What would you do with a 24x36 digital chip?

2004-01-10 Thread Dag T
Computer prizes has fallen partially because they have put more into the same silicon area. This will not work with digital cameras. The rest of the digital cameras is similar to the analog cameras so there is not much to gain there. DagT På 10. jan. 2004 kl. 00.33 skrev Leonard Paris: It

Re: What would you do with a 24x36 digital chip?

2004-01-10 Thread Dag T
På 10. jan. 2004 kl. 04.29 skrev Rob Studdert: On 9 Jan 2004 at 23:42, Dag T wrote: I agree, the cost of high quality silicon wafers per area has been constant for decades. More than doubling the area will increase the prize, as well as the demand for calculating power, memory, speed etc

Re: Some *istD questions

2004-01-10 Thread Dag T
The raw converter lets you choose between 8bit and 16bit TIFF formats. DagT På 10. jan. 2004 kl. 03.36 skrev Shel Belinkoff: Paul, CS doesn't yet support pentax RAW. Pentax uses a CCD sensor. Like you, I wasn't too interested in the istd until the new lenses could readily be used. Don't know

Re: What would you do with a 24x36 digital chip?

2004-01-10 Thread Dag T
for quite a while, the prices of digital cameras has been decreasing quite nicely over time, as well. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 -Original Message- From: Dag T [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 1:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What would you do

Re: version 1.1

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
Very nice! There´s an M* 300mm for sale here for about $350. Maybe I can buy it now :-) DagT På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 04.59 skrev William Robb: Friends, we have improved K-mount compatability. Now, with the lens off A, putting the camera into manual and pressing the green button will give the

Re: Two Things That P***ed Me Off Today!

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
Ask the producer for a new firmware update... DagT På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 09.34 skrev Ryan Lee: Ahh.. I thought it was a banner between the lampposts/phone poles. :-) Need to recalibrate my eyes.. Regards, Ryan

Re: A low end Pentax DSLR coming this year

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
It´s not surprising, as C and N does the same. I would have bought the *istD anyway, as I hated the plastic 300D. DagT På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 09.54 skrev Alan Chan: Another Pentax DSLR will be released this year at 1/2 the price of the *ist D. The new model will be made of plastic to reduce

Re: version 1.1

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
I used the card, and date and time was preserved. DagT På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 13.46 skrev Stan Halpin: I downloaded direct to the camera instead of putting the installer on a CF card and putting that to the camera. Date - time and all other settings were preserved. Stan Thomas Stach wrote:

Re: Lens for *istD

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
There is. Such things as noise/sensitivity considerations and diffraction limits. DagT På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 15.00 skrev keller.schaefer: A full frame DSLR would just not fit into this picture - and there is no reason to believe that APS sized sensors cannot be developed further to achieve

Re: *istD question

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
Yes, and the Pentax Photo laboratory save in 16 bit TIFF which Photoshop is able to handle. DagT På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 18.07 skrev J. C. O'Connell: Does the istD RAW file contain 36 bit color images and if so, can they be converted to 48 bit TIFFS for use in photoshop? JCO

Re: digital imaging question

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
I always try to stretch the scale so that the image contains both areas being close to the lightest and darkest values. Anything else will often seem grey. It´s the same thing I do in the darkroom, it is done by controlling both contrast and the overall exposure. In Photoshop I use the

Re: digital imaging question

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
for that? On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 19:04, Dag T wrote: I always try to stretch the scale so that the image contains both areas being close to the lightest and darkest values. Anything else will often seem grey. It´s the same thing I do in the darkroom, it is done by controlling both contrast and the overall

Re: digital imaging question

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
? I certainly do. JCO -Original Message- From: Dag T [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I rarely do anything during scanning. Only of the slide is particularly difficult, but Provia 100F is a very easy film to scan with the Minolta Elite II, so it doesn´t happen often. As I scan in 16bit Photoshop

Re: What would you do with a 24x36 digital chip?

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 23.23 skrev Jostein: - Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] 35mm K-bayonet why would you put it in anything else? Until only a few hours ago I thought exactly the same thing, but then someone (in another thread) pointed out that the cost of a FF

Re: Polarizers...

2004-01-08 Thread Dag T
På 7. jan. 2004 kl. 22.56 skrev Tanya Mayer Photography: Just a question in regards to polarizers... Can someone explain to me the difference between a circular and linear polarizer? Could I use a linear polarizer on my Oly which has internal AF ie. the lens doesn't rotate? A circular

Re: *ist D: hooray!

2004-01-08 Thread Dag T
skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bloody hell. Don't tell me i need to clear another enablement with my Beloved Wife! Quoting Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think the 16-45 was scheduled today or something like that... DagT P 8. jan. 2004 kl. 16.20 skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ah, yes. When is this firmware

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-08 Thread Dag T
På 8. jan. 2004 kl. 17.16 skrev Kostas Kavoussanakis: On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, mike.wilson wrote: Kostas wrote: Which bits does one mop (and therefore check for condensation)? It was me. I put the lens cap on before going inside. All surfaces were beaded with moisture immediately and I spent about

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-03 Thread Dag T
På 3. jan. 2004 kl. 20.53 skrev mike wilson: Hi, Jostein wrote: Quoting Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like this type of cold. It is easy to get sufficient clothing (usually around here there is no wind when the temperature creeps below -20), the air is dry and extremely clear

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