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------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain pentax-discuss-d Digest Volume 05 : Issue 70 Today's Topics: RE: Pentax 1,000mm F8 K lens [ "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: moving on - with the *istDS [ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: PESO: This might bring a smile [ Mat Maessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: *ist ds review [ Billy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: Whil [ Billy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: *istD storage [ DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: Whil [ Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] RE: flash for *ist D [ "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: *istD storage [ Frantisek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: *ist ds review [ Luigi de Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: OT-Coffee Theory [ "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] RE: flash for *ist D [ "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: *istD storage [ Tim Sherburne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: moving on - with the *istDS [ Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: Finally - enabled [ "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] AW: flash for *ist D [ "Michael Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] AW: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: Whil [ "Michael Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: OT-Coffee Theory [ Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] RE: The Great Gray Owl invasion [ Andre Langevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:49:26 -0500 From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> Subject: RE: Pentax 1,000mm F8 K lens Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit fwiw, I bought one on ebay for about $700 three years ago, then I got a M42 Tak version (no smc) about a year later for about $550, and then I sold the SMC K version for about $900. I prefer the M42 version as it's a manual lens anyway, fits more cameras, and the lack of SMC doesn't really mean much on a 5 element lens. What I could have done in hindsight was kept the SMC version and swapped the rear mounts so I would have had a frankenlens, SMC PENTAX, with M42 mount. Never occurred to me until now.... JCO -----Original Message----- From: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 12:20 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax 1,000mm F8 K lens >On Jan 19, 2005, at 1:58 AM, Cotty wrote: > >>I'm sure Peter in Sunny Brighton used to have one for sale. He might >>even still have it. > >Stop it, you're making me feel guilty :) > >It was me who pointed out a very large Pentax-labelled trunk case >while waiting in line for Photographica to open for dealers. > >I don't see it on his website: perhaps he kept it for shooting, >ummm, wildlife on Brighton beach. > >Cheers, > >- Dave > >http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ I am pretty sure Peter sold it on eBay some time after he offered it twice on the PDML. Not sure how much it sold, but quite less than a grand if I remember well. Andre ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:40:02 -0500 (EST) From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: moving on - with the *istDS Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rob Studdert mused: > > On 19 Jan 2005 at 12:40, Michael Heim wrote: > > > So in some situations the *istD seems to have problems with older lences, > > not optimised for digital cameras. > > Maybe you should check that your lens mounts are clean, I've had no problems > with older lenses and metering on the *ist D. I wouldn't expect a dirty lens mount to cause this kind of problem; I'd be much more inclined to suspect a sticky aperture diaphragm on the lens, so it doesn't stop down fast enough. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:48:36 -0500 From: Mat Maessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: This might bring a smile Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kind of scary that both animals are members of the same genus and species, and yet so vastly different. Great shot. -Mat On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:11:41 +0000, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > William Robb wrote: > > Or not. > > We had a couple of friends over last night. > > They brought one of their dogs. > > Here is Rollei trying to figure out just exactly what it is. > > > > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/peso/P0246small.html > > A bijou snackette? > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:56:37 +0000 From: Billy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: *ist ds review Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:13:38 +0000 (GMT), Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you put it in M mode and flick the AE-L button to get the same > "Hyper-manual" mode as in the -D. You may also need to set a function > to enable this. > > More from the owners :-) As Kostas said, you set a custom function to allow the shutter to be released on older lenses, put the camera in manual mode, stop down as you would normally and then hit the AE-L button (I think the DoF preview works as well) to stop down momentarily and meter. It then sets the shutter speed to the correct speed for the exposure it determines. So, afaik the same as the *ist-D, apart from the colour of the button. You also don't need any new firmware - the standard DS firmware does this out of the box. I think the metering modes are also restricted to centre and spot, but that seems to be a fairly standard restriction as far as I have seen so far. billy -- Billy Abbott Photography - http://www.cowfish.org.uk/paw/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:00:10 +0000 From: Billy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:44:23 -0500, Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Make no mistake substances used ceremonially in high concentrations are not > beverages they are magical drugs. Sounds like coffee in my office...and we do refer to it as a magical drug. And even when we don't make it ourselves it's served to us with great reverence on a small raised podium at the end of an "altar" by someone in an aproned uniform...a link to masonic ritual maybe? :) billy -- Billy Abbott Photography - http://www.cowfish.org.uk/paw/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:03:22 +0100 From: DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: *istD storage Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I have: 1GB Lexmark 80x with WA 1GB Sandisk Extreme 1GB Sandisk Ultra II The two first have approximately the same speed (9s per RAW image), while the Ultra II is slightly slower. DagT Pĺ 19. jan. 2005 kl. 18.38 skrev Ken Hauck: > I remember seeing *istD benchmarks of compact flash > card read performance a while back but I didn't save > the reference. I'm thinking of getting either a > Lexmark 80x card with Write Acceleration or a SanDisk > Ultra or Extreme. I would like suggestions on what > will give the best performance. I'm using a SanDisk > standard 1GB card now and tired of waiting for the > buffer to flush after a several shots in quick > succession. > > Thanks in Advance! > Ken > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > http://my.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:15:46 +0000 From: Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, > On the other hand, Coca-Cola *is* intended to be consumed as a beverage. > BTW, I found the Ethiopian coffee article very interesting. Thanks to whoever > (Bob W?) shared it. > Wonder if devout Rastafarians find party-use of marijuana offensive? I don't think so. Coffee doesn't have any religious significance with Ethiopians, so it's not like ganja for rastas, and disrespecting is not, as someone supposed, like pissing in a mosque. Perhaps the nearest equivalent to their ceremony might be something like passing the port round after a formal dinner, or enjoying single malts, or vintage wine with friends, then finding out that people swig it from paper cups in brown bags while walking to work in the morning. It's difficult to find a modern European equivalent because we have all but dispensed with that level of formality and ritual on a daily basis. -- Cheers, Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:49:29 +0100 From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> Subject: RE: flash for *ist D Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Intersting problem. I just briefly tested 4 TTL-flashes on the *ist D at 200-400-800 ASA (same speed and F-stop) : AF500FTZ Metz 32 CT3 Metz 32 Z-2 Pentax AF280T The two first gave me the same problem as described by Micahael; brighter image, when the ISO setting is turned up. The two next flashes didn't. They gave me correct exposure, regardless of the ISO setting at all three settings. Other than that, I think the AF 500 FTZ works quite well with the *ist D. Red AF assist light and all. That's odd, isn't it? Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. januar 2005 16:24 Til: pdml Emne: Re: flash for *ist D Michael, TTL flashes do not seem to work consistently well with digital SLRs. Some people get good results some of the time, at some ISO settings but not others, with some exposure compensation, etc. The reason is that TTL measures light off the film plane. Of course, a dslr does not have a film plane, so light has to be measured off the sensor. The sensor does not have the same reflectivity as film, so exposures are often inaccurate. P-TTL fires two flashes. The first measures the light bouncing off the shutter to determine the exposure. The second flash illuminates the subject for the photograph. The AF 360 and the Sigma models with P-TTL are both good. The Sigma is more powerful and the head swivels. The Pentax covers a wider angle (24 mm. film/16 mm. dslr) without having to add a diffuser. As for the exposure problems that you noted in another post, try center-weighted metering rather than program metering and see if the results are better. Joe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:50:39 +0100 From: Frantisek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ken Hauck <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> Subject: Re: *istD storage Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ken, try looking in www.robgralbraith.com Good light! fra ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:58:30 -0500 From: Luigi de Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: *ist ds review Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wednesday 19 January 2005 11:34, Dave wrote: > This may have been covered, but can anyone describe how functional this > camera is with a manual K mount lens? I know the *istD has some sort of > button, green I think that was enhanced via firmware for this. Surf on over to my livejournal to see how functional my *istDS is with a manual K-mount 50mm f/1.4 Rikenon. To use manual lenses, you must enable the custom function that permits the shutter to fire when the aperture ring of the lens is not set to "A". You get centreweighted metering when you press the AE-lock button: the camera will briefly stop down to the taking aperture, set a recommended shutter-speed, and open up again. Essentially, you get a digital spotmatic when you mount a manual K- or M- lens. -Luigi http://www.livejournal.com/users/ouij > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tim Sherburne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:10 AM > > To: Pentax Discussion List > > Subject: Re: *ist ds review > > > > > > > > That sneaky guy, it looks like he published his final review yesterday. > > > > t > > > > On 1/19/05 5:47, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > > I don't recall seeing this in the list; apologies if it's a duplicate. > > > > > > http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/istds.html > > > > > > Kostas ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:00:24 -0800 From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> Subject: Re: OT-Coffee Theory Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Everyone has different tastes. Mine is definitely not for Starbucks coffee. I'm almost 58 years old now and have been drinking coffee since I was perhaps eight years old, when my dad would bring home fresh ground 8 O'clock Coffee from the A&P. (That's The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company to you young'uns. - No, it did not stunt my growth.) My favorite coffees are pure Kona or Blue Mountain, but they are quite expensive and rarely available from coffee houses, though some independents will have Blue Mountain on occasion or will order the beans for me. Sometimes I can convince them to put several small crystals of sea salt in with the grounds when they brew it. Starbucks over roasts their beans, and they do it for good fiscal reasons. The over roasted beans have a longer shelf life and have fewer problems in shipping. Over roasting produces a darker and more acrid coffee with somewhat less caffeine. A darker look and an acrid taste does not equal a rich flavor. Good beans, properly roasted and brewed properly at the right temperature with the right flow, produce a rich, flavorful, highly drinkable, non acrid taste. FYI, Starbucks is not in the business of selling coffee any more than Kodak was ever in the business of selling cameras. They are in the business of selling lattes, mochas and various other made up drinks with Italian sounding names. These are drinks with coffee in them, but with so much extra stuff that the taste of the actual coffee is more like a condiment than the main course. As to Starbuck's coffee requiring an "acquired taste", keep in mind that anything that tastes like crap can become an acquired taste, even to the point that you may believe that you can't live without it. This explains Scot's (or scotch to some) whiskey. You may ask, "well how do you explain the great popularity of Starbuck's?" First, they have the best marketing since MacDonald's, and second, The common lemming effect. "Everyone thinks it's good so it must be good and if I say I don't like it, then I will betray my immaturity as a coffee connoisseur so I will drink it until I acquire a taste for it and when I finely get to the point where it no longer gags me, I'll tell everyone it's an 'acquired' taste thereby showing my sophistication regarding the world of gourmet coffee." I am currently typing this from "It's A Grind" where the coffee is smooth, rich and flavorful and where the wireless internet is totally free. Regards, Bob... ----------------------------------------- "Don't be a lemming!" - R. Blakely From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Bob aptly noted: >> > It's an American peculiarity to equate high popularity with high >> > quality. >> >> Well, I can't dispute that. Popularity proves nothing. Witness McDonalds, >> Coca-Cola, and Budweiser. But as a lifelong coffee drinker who consumes >> upwards of a quart a day, I still contend that Starbucks is more >> drinkable than most. However, I didn't like it at first. The dark roast >> is definitely an acquired taste. I continued to drink ti because I found >> the one Starbucks that i frequent a pleasant place to spend an hour or >> two. Now I enjoy their coffee. Although I must add that I can make better >> coffee at home with Sumatra beans that I purchase in bulk and a simple >> coffee press. In any case this has wandered far off topic, and I'm sure >> it's taking far too much space. >> Paul >> > > You're right, Paul, this is getting more than a bit OT, but that never > stopped me before! <g> > > I'm far from an expert in coffee (or anything for that matter <g>), > but I'll tell you (and everyone else) something. If you want good > coffee, buy green beans and roast them yourself. It's quite easy, > doesn't take all that long, and one learns a bit about the whole > coffee roasting thing. I can't tell beans from one country or region > to another. But, there's nothing as good as coffee from fresh (as in > 5 minutes ago) roasted beans, freshly ground, brewed properly in a > French Press coffeemaker. > > cheers, > frank > > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:10:14 +0100 From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> Subject: RE: flash for *ist D Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ...I just made an interesting discovery. I switched the red light SCA 374/2 AF adapter on the "faulty" Metz 32 CT3 flash, with a regular SCA-372 adapter. Then the problem was gone. The same adapter was used on the previous test with the Metz 32 Z-2, which performed fine. I even tryed annother SCA 374/2 AF adapter to make sure this wasn't out of order. Same result. This leads me to this conclusion: Red light AF-Assist don't work right with the *ist D! It may cause the TTL to malfunction. To some extend, at least. Even the "faulty" AF500FTZ has a built-in red light AF-assist. The (correctly working) AF280T doesn't. I have no scientific proof for this (I haven't got a clue about electronics...), but it still strikes me as a plausible explanation. All the best Jens Intersting problem. I just briefly tested 4 TTL-flashes on the *ist D at 200-400-800 ASA (same speed and F-stop) : AF500FTZ Metz 32 CT3 Metz 32 Z-2 Pentax AF280T The two first gave me the same problem as described by Micahael; brighter image, when the ISO setting is turned up. The two next flashes didn't. They gave me correct exposure, regardless of the ISO setting at all three settings. Other than that, I think the AF 500 FTZ works quite well with the *ist D. Red AF assist light and all. That's odd, isn't it? Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. januar 2005 16:24 Til: pdml Emne: Re: flash for *ist D Michael, TTL flashes do not seem to work consistently well with digital SLRs. Some people get good results some of the time, at some ISO settings but not others, with some exposure compensation, etc. The reason is that TTL measures light off the film plane. Of course, a dslr does not have a film plane, so light has to be measured off the sensor. The sensor does not have the same reflectivity as film, so exposures are often inaccurate. P-TTL fires two flashes. The first measures the light bouncing off the shutter to determine the exposure. The second flash illuminates the subject for the photograph. The AF 360 and the Sigma models with P-TTL are both good. The Sigma is more powerful and the head swivels. The Pentax covers a wider angle (24 mm. film/16 mm. dslr) without having to add a diffuser. As for the exposure problems that you noted in another post, try center-weighted metering rather than program metering and see if the results are better. Joe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:11:52 -0800 From: Tim Sherburne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Pentax Discussion List <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> Subject: Re: *istD storage Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit For some reason, he took the Pentax scores off. I'm not sure why, and I couldn't find an archive. Tim On 1/19/05 11:50, Frantisek wrote: > Hi Ken, > > try looking in www.robgralbraith.com > > Good light! > fra > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:21:29 -0600 From: Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: moving on - with the *istDS Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This could happen if you didn't have the lens in the "A" setting. Or if it didn't have one and you didn't press the manual exposure button. rg Michael Heim wrote: > A word to the *ist D. Last fall i was travelling trought ecuador with my > *istD and i've taken some two or treeethousand (!) pictures. > Together with the lence offered together with the body (18-35 mm), > everything worked well and i'm quite happy to have bueyed the camera. > together with my older 28-200 lence, i saw an interresting effect. > sometimes the exposure didn't work correct. the pictures were too bright > and i had to go down by manual correction by about two steps. i think to > remember that this only hapenned with big zoom. > So in some situations the *istD seems to have problems with older lences, > not optimised for digital cameras. > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:21:01 -0800 From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Finally - enabled Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII He didn't see the camera ... I was way in the back of the crowd, he was up front near the podium. It was dark, no flash was used. I was surprised that the camera disturbed him, although earlier that evening I grabbed a couple of shots at a photo exhibition, and caused a bit of a disturbance. Two shots and I put the camera away. I'd not realized how loud it was until then. Shel > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I wonder if that person would've "heard" the camera had he or she not also > *seen* it. I can hear a Leica M shutter from across a room -- if I know it's > there and I'm listening for it! > I mean, I agree that the LX is louder than some other cameras (Pentax Ms, > Leica Ms, Pentax ZXs and anything with a properly-functioning leaf-shutter) > but in the situation you describe, it seems to me there was more going on. > Or, if the person was standing very close to you. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:31:49 +0100 From: "Michael Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> Subject: AW: flash for *ist D Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit For the AF500 that means: forget it. Right? -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Januar 2005 21:10 An: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Betreff: RE: flash for *ist D ...I just made an interesting discovery. I switched the red light SCA 374/2 AF adapter on the "faulty" Metz 32 CT3 flash, with a regular SCA-372 adapter. Then the problem was gone. The same adapter was used on the previous test with the Metz 32 Z-2, which performed fine. I even tryed annother SCA 374/2 AF adapter to make sure this wasn't out of order. Same result. This leads me to this conclusion: Red light AF-Assist don't work right with the *ist D! It may cause the TTL to malfunction. To some extend, at least. Even the "faulty" AF500FTZ has a built-in red light AF-assist. The (correctly working) AF280T doesn't. I have no scientific proof for this (I haven't got a clue about electronics...), but it still strikes me as a plausible explanation. All the best Jens Intersting problem. I just briefly tested 4 TTL-flashes on the *ist D at 200-400-800 ASA (same speed and F-stop) : AF500FTZ Metz 32 CT3 Metz 32 Z-2 Pentax AF280T The two first gave me the same problem as described by Micahael; brighter image, when the ISO setting is turned up. The two next flashes didn't. They gave me correct exposure, regardless of the ISO setting at all three settings. Other than that, I think the AF 500 FTZ works quite well with the *ist D. Red AF assist light and all. That's odd, isn't it? Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. januar 2005 16:24 Til: pdml Emne: Re: flash for *ist D Michael, TTL flashes do not seem to work consistently well with digital SLRs. Some people get good results some of the time, at some ISO settings but not others, with some exposure compensation, etc. The reason is that TTL measures light off the film plane. Of course, a dslr does not have a film plane, so light has to be measured off the sensor. The sensor does not have the same reflectivity as film, so exposures are often inaccurate. P-TTL fires two flashes. The first measures the light bouncing off the shutter to determine the exposure. The second flash illuminates the subject for the photograph. The AF 360 and the Sigma models with P-TTL are both good. The Sigma is more powerful and the head swivels. The Pentax covers a wider angle (24 mm. film/16 mm. dslr) without having to add a diffuser. As for the exposure problems that you noted in another post, try center-weighted metering rather than program metering and see if the results are better. Joe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:45:02 +0100 From: "Michael Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> Subject: AW: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Drinks are often related with ceremonies. Remember the brits with their afternoon tea, the asian or north african tea ceremony (for example in Tunisia). I think in none of these Countries, the ceremony is related to religion. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Januar 2005 20:16 An: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Betreff: Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited Hi, > On the other hand, Coca-Cola *is* intended to be consumed as a > beverage. BTW, I found the Ethiopian coffee article very interesting. > Thanks to whoever (Bob W?) shared it. Wonder if devout Rastafarians > find party-use of marijuana offensive? I don't think so. Coffee doesn't have any religious significance with Ethiopians, so it's not like ganja for rastas, and disrespecting is not, as someone supposed, like pissing in a mosque. Perhaps the nearest equivalent to their ceremony might be something like passing the port round after a formal dinner, or enjoying single malts, or vintage wine with friends, then finding out that people swig it from paper cups in brown bags while walking to work in the morning. It's difficult to find a modern European equivalent because we have all but dispensed with that level of formality and ritual on a daily basis. -- Cheers, Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:02:27 -0800 From: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT-Coffee Theory Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bob Blakely wrote: > Everyone has different tastes. Mine is definitely not for Starbucks > coffee. I'm almost 58 years old now and have been drinking coffee since > I was perhaps eight years old, when my dad would bring home fresh ground > 8 O'clock Coffee from the A&P. (That's The Great Atlantic and Pacific > Tea Company to you young'uns. - No, it did not stunt my growth.) My > favorite coffees are pure Kona or Blue Mountain, but they are quite > expensive and rarely available from coffee houses, though some > independents will have Blue Mountain on occasion or will order the beans > for me. Either or both are excellent coffees. I always take home some Kona coffee when we go to the Islands. > Sometimes I can convince them to put several small crystals of > sea salt in with the grounds when they brew it. What does that do to it? [...] > As to > Starbuck's coffee requiring an "acquired taste", keep in mind that > anything that tastes like crap can become an acquired taste, even to the > point that you may believe that you can't live without it. This explains > Scot's (or scotch to some) whiskey. That's "whisky," Suh! Scotch malt whisky. Thanks be Starbucks doesn 't serve (and ruin) good whisky too! You may ask, "well how do you > explain the great popularity of Starbuck's?" First, they have the best > marketing since MacDonald's, and second, The common lemming effect. > "Everyone thinks it's good so it must be good and if I say I don't like > it, then I will betray my immaturity as a coffee connoisseur so I will > drink it until I acquire a taste for it and when I finely get to the > point where it no longer gags me, I'll tell everyone it's an 'acquired' > taste thereby showing my sophistication regarding the world of gourmet > coffee." I am currently typing this from "It's A Grind" where the coffee > is smooth, rich and flavorful and where the wireless internet is totally > free. > > Regards, > Bob... Keith Whaley Member, "Friends of the Classic Malts ." ;¬) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:09:53 -0500 From: Andre Langevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: The Great Gray Owl invasion Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Nice shots! Reminds me of a case mentionned on TV last week, of a Grey Owl that attacked a series of people in a small town. Still far from Hitchcock scene though... But always puzzling to find aggressive behaviour in normally non-agressive animals. Andre -------------------------------- End of pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 Issue #70 ********************************************
