Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-16 Thread David Mann
On May 17, 2004, at 2:16 AM, William Robb wrote: There is really no such thing as a "profile" in this instance. Really, find out what colour spaces the lab recognizes, and choose the one that is best for you. If they can't tell you, then the default profile to use is sRGB. In the case of my lab, th

Re: Racing Viper

2004-05-16 Thread John Francis
> > On Sun, 16 May 2004 23:06:03 -0400, frank theriault wrote: > > > [...] some of these guys actually have to have pretty good car > > handling skills to pull this stuff off! > > > > Good clean fun is what I now think (with lots of smoke, noise > > and burnt rubber smell, what else could it be?

RE: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Not to defend what, to some, may be poor design on Adobe's part, many of the "useless" tools have a very real function outside the realm of photo editing. Frankly, it's kind of neat to play around with those tools. Shel Belinkoff > [Original Message] > From: Shawn K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Half

Re: Racing Viper

2004-05-16 Thread John Francis
The two hot favourites were American big iron - the Viper, and a Pontiac GTO. But the other dozen or so entries were all the typical Japanese street cars. All that extra power didn't help, either - the eventual winner was neither of the two muscle cars. > So, this was actually a Drifting Comp

Re: Racing Viper

2004-05-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 16 May 2004 22:35:47 -0400, frank theriault wrote: > So, this was actually a Drifting Competition? I noticed someone > else mentioned that, but I thought they were joking! Yep. They had one at Road Atlanta about three weeks ago. The Japanese cars were not, for the most part, underpower

Re: PAW - "There heeere.."

2004-05-16 Thread Christian Skofteland
Bruce, thanks! Mark Cassino has really inspired me to improve my bug macros. I'm learning to balance the flash better with ambient light for more "natural" look. It's a steep learning curve, but I honestly think that the instant feedback from the D is helping me improve. consider: this was a "gr

RE: PAW - "There heeere.."

2004-05-16 Thread Shawn K.
ARGGH Their red demon eyes haunt me hahaha Nice shot. -Shawn -Original Message- From: Christian Skofteland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - "There heeere.." http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html 17-year

RE: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Shawn K.
Its piss poor, I feel ripped off, I wish I could return it and go back to PS7 which was the best program I owned. Maybe it's because I've never had trouble with the Adobe Software I use, like Illustrator, and Photoshop, but I feel PS CS is overpriced bloatware. when you get down to it, 750 dollar

Re: Racing Viper

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
So, this was actually a Drifting Competition? I noticed someone else mentioned that, but I thought they were joking! All the drifting I've seen (only on the tube) has been with little underpowered (compared to a freaking Viper!) slammed Japanese pocket rockets. I guess this is Drifting in the

Re: PAW - "There heeere.."

2004-05-16 Thread Christian Skofteland
Wow, frank, that was quick commenting! Thanks! Yes, I believe all insects have compound eyes. I think these might just have small lenses that all blend into one sphere. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL

"They're Heeeeer"-was: PAW - "There heeere.."

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
Hmph. I'd have never noticed. I gotta say, though, Christian, when I saw the subject line, before opening the post, I thought maybe it was a photo of some relatives (like a whole family of in-laws), pulling into your driveway in a minivan or something. Now ~that~ would have been scary!! sti

Re: Racing Viper

2004-05-16 Thread John Francis
The event is partially underwritten by Yokahama. I wonder why? The top cars get about five passes out of one set of t(i/y)res. > Does his brother in law work for Goodyear? He must have a deep discount for > race tires... > > > > -frank > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all pos

Re: PAW - "There heeere.."

2004-05-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hey Christian, Man, you're macro shots are getting better and better. This one is quite amazing in detail and color. Great shot! -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, May 16, 2004, 7:20:34 PM, you wrote: CS> http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html CS> 17-year periodical cicadas of "Bro

RE: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Shawn K.
Its absolutely absurd, and in actuality, using that much memory will slow the program down no matter what. Acessing the swap disk is orders of magnitude slower than main memory, and main memory is orders of magnitude slower than the CPU. So you see, using all that memory just slows everything dow

RE: PAW - "There heeere.."

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
That's just amazing detail, Christian! And, a lovely shot, too. Well, as lovely as a bug can be, I guess... Seriously, I like the way the back of the wing is soft, but the head, legs and thorax are nice and sharp. Weird looking eyes! Almost makes one forget they're compound eyes (they are co

RE: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Shawn K.
I'm going to be pissed, and in response to my being pissed, I wont be buying Photoshop in the future, that's what it amounts too. Ill probably send them an email too, and tell them what a POS program they have on their hands. I'm not old either (24) but really fucking bitter, yes, I'm sick of my h

PAW - "There heeere.."

2004-05-16 Thread Christian Skofteland
http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html 17-year periodical cicadas of "Brood X" have begun emerging and molting around the Washington, DC area. This one was shot in the woods around the National Zoo, where I was with my two daughters today. For those who crave details: *ist D, Sigma

RE: Revised link to Paw:My offering this week

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
Dave, First comment: Thank God your daughter takes after your lovely wife and not you in the looks department!Seriously, she's a lovely young woman. Okay, now the photo. Very, very strong photograph! I like the way the horse and your daughter are both looking the same way; nice symmetry

Re: Racing Viper

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
Does his brother in law work for Goodyear? He must have a deep discount for race tires... -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here's one of my Viper shots fro

Re: Point Pelee-Lots of big glass

2004-05-16 Thread frank theriault
We got Point Pelee. You got Buffalo. Sounds fair to me... -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Damn how'd we manage to let them keep that and not trade for so

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Henri Toivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >IMHO, Win ME is a complete disaster any way you look at it. If I have to >use a Win 9X based version i go with Win98SE. >Otherwise Win2k or WinXP is really the way to go today. > >Win ME is super-slow, super-buggy, super-unstable; super-crappy. That's p

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-16 Thread Anand DHUPKAR
Well, I have been running Windows ME - I got it preinstalled on my HP desktop. I have tried not many things with it - as I don't play around with many technical things. However, I tried HP Photosmart Scanner I have tried 932C deskjet printer I am using NikonView software I have tried many photo-e

Re: transporting my kit... GFM stuff

2004-05-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
TMP wrote: > > I am a little worried about bringing my kit overseas > > When I fly within Australia, I generally don't have any problems as I take > my Lowepro Nova 5 as carry-on luggage, and my laptop in my Targus Laptop > backpack, also as carry-on luggage. Then I usually take one suitcase

RE: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-16 Thread Amita Guha
> I've really never seen this discussed around here before. > So, what do you > think or prefer? Shoot alone or with groups? What's your > preference, if > you have one? I get a rush whether I'm alone or with a group. Other cameras don't distract me, and I like seeing other people's gear -

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
>>Well, I'm *considering* trying Windows ME on my laptop, because earlier >>versions of Windows won't run the Pentax Remote Assistant software for >>the ist-D and my ancient laptop won't run Win2k or later. >> HT> IMHO, Win ME is a complete disaster any way you look at it. If I have to HT> use a Wi

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
Mark Roberts wrote: HAR! Well, I'm *considering* trying Windows ME on my laptop, because earlier versions of Windows won't run the Pentax Remote Assistant software for the ist-D and my ancient laptop won't run Win2k or later. From what I've heard, Windows ME is fine when it works, but when it enc

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Norm Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I have some technical questions regarding Windows ME. I don't have it >>and so can't verify a few things. If anyone who has this operating >>system would be willing to answer some (Pentax-related) questions, I'd >>appreciate an off-list email. >> >No, but

Re: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
g> At first I started to agree with you, but upon further reflection I realized g> that my most enjoyable outings were with one or two other fellows. But we never g> actually shoot to gether, rather we go to the same area together then kind of g> split up and shoot, meeting up agin for lunch, or to

Re: OT: Mutton and Mouton-was: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
KW> Many books have been written on the battle and it's surrounding events. KW> Had Harold won that day, the history of the world would have been vastly KW> different today. But fortunately he didn't, fortunately because all of these alternative history fiction writers woould be out of business ;-

Re: Point Pelee

2004-05-16 Thread yhe
You are way off on this one, William! Point Pelee is at 42 degrees North, while San Francisco is at around 37.7 North. Cedar Rapids, Iowa is at the same latitude as Point Pelee, but nobody is interested in that:-) FYI, 42N divides Oregon and California. It's nice to know where I live (Iowa City)

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-16 Thread Norm Baugher
No, but I'm using a Pentax ME Super Norm Mark Roberts wrote: I have some technical questions regarding Windows ME. I don't have it and so can't verify a few things. If anyone who has this operating system would be willing to answer some (Pentax-related) questions, I'd appreciate an off-list email.

Re: OT: Help! with Stuffit

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
SH> Unstuffit is totally free, not licensed. It has been that SH> way from the beginning 15 years ago. The newer versions Unfortunately, the company seems to have taken a bad course now (see various comments on the 8.01 version and its bundling). You have to download Stuffit Standard (which is sh

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
On May 16, 2004, at 5:53 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: As Shawn K said: "its just bad design. And for the money it costs it shouldn't be that badly designed." I can't see where it's bad design. it runs great on my computer, and the RAW converter is awesome. It's the best thing that ever happened to di

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
I run PS CS on a dual processor mac G4 1.25 gigahertz, 1.5 gig RAM. I give the software 750 megabytes of memory. My primary scratch disk has 50 gig of open space, my secondary disk has 25 gig of space. In all operations I've encountered, the speed is very good. I've never had to wait. I don'

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread graywolf
Yes. 120V, 60 cycles. Bob W wrote: will your laptop work on American electricity? Do they have electricity on the mountain? -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: Test from Tan and f2.8 Normal Zooms

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
PJA> Having looked at the test, which was done on a D60 with an approximately PJA> APS sized sensor, I doubt very much I'd PJA> try either of these lenses on a full frame camera. Corner resolution PJA> must be absolutely abominable. Well, digital sensors do it differently from film. The Sigma in

Re: anyone know anything about this lens?

2004-05-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Sounds good. I've never seen it either, but it appears to be a nice lens. I'd like to give it a try, so I bought it. Paul On May 16, 2004, at 2:08 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: AFA I remember the guy who sold me the SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm had one like it to go with his SFX SF1n (Should have bought this

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread John Coyle
Tan, I wouldn't worry too much. On my trip back from Hong Kong, I carried my camera gear in a Lowepro, and in addition had another bag with duty-frees in it. On a trip to the UK, I had my camera bag and a laptop, and travelled both Qantas and Cathay Pacific without problems. The carry on rules a

Re: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
I myself prefer to work alone. I have had enough of the roughing between PJs trying to capture the same moment for their respective papers of e.g. a President shaking hands. Well, some PJs are friendly, and some are not. And of course any good photographer doesn't want to take the same photographs

Re: OT: Help! with Stuffit

2004-05-16 Thread Stan Halpin
On the Mac, Unstuffit is included in the System software. If you want a newer version, you just download it. The Unstuffit is totally free, not licensed. It has been that way from the beginning 15 years ago. The newer versions (last year or two) will uncompress just about any compression routi

Re: Pentax sales performance

2004-05-16 Thread KT Takeshita
On 5/15/04 6:14 AM, "Dr. Heiko Hamann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you know any information or sources on the regional distribution of > sales and income (Europe/America/Asia and especially Japan)? Hi Heiko, Following might be of interest to you. It is statistics published every month by CI

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
>> I would appreciate that. If there are separate profiles for matte WR> and >> glossy paper I would like to get hold of both. WR> There is really no such thing as a "profile" in this instance. WR> Really, find out what colour spaces the lab recognizes, and choose WR> the one that is best for you

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Bill Owens
> > > >> Dunno if this is a good or a bad strategy, but here's what I'll do: > > > >> All the photo gear and laptop goes in the carry-on, which will certainly > > > >will your laptop work on American electricity? Do they have > >electricity on the mountain? 120 volt, 60 cycle AC and 12 volt DC

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
No. What basically happens is that a product architecture is designed and coded and a product is built. It goes through several rounds of bug fixes, optimizations and updates. You see these as new versions which do make money for the software company. Somewhere along the way, it is decided that

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, STAN, discombobulated, offered: >every airline trip I have made in the last 5 years has >followed the one carryon rule. But it is a strange rule. If >you have a purse, that doesn't count. If you have a >briefcase with your laptop etc., that doesn't count. A >'carry-on' is a suitcas

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
>> Dunno if this is a good or a bad strategy, but here's what I'll do: > >> All the photo gear and laptop goes in the carry-on, which will certainly > >will your laptop work on American electricity? Do they have >electricity on the mountain? Only when the mountain is openMr Bond. Cheers,

Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
I have some technical questions regarding Windows ME. I don't have it and so can't verify a few things. If anyone who has this operating system would be willing to answer some (Pentax-related) questions, I'd appreciate an off-list email. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, JOSTEIN, discombobulated, offered: >My checked-in luggage will be one seriously stuffed backpack. If it weighs >more than the allowed, I guess I'll have to pay up there and then. > >Hey, this is GFM! What we need to bring, we bring. Leave out the half-baked ideas - there'll be a van l

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
>Photoshop CS sounds very much like a relatively new code base that now >needs some serious cleanup and optimizing. Forgive me for butting in here Bruce, as I know absolutely nothing about software creators or the business practices therewith entwined, but isn't that what all the usual round of up

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Stan Halpin
In most U.S. airports you relinquish control of the luggage and are not present when they inspect. In fact, in most instances you are not allowed to be present. So if they don't like the x-ray scan or have a slow day or you just happen to be the 1 out of x that gets a random inspection, then y

OT: Help! with Stuffit

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Dear Mac & Win friends, can you help me with StuffIt please? The dumb bastards at Alladinsoft, who created this piece of sh*t, require me to download the whole trial version (10MB) of StuffIt just to get the little Expander. All I want is to open some downloaded ICC charts which the poor unknowing

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
>> >Well, based on this discussion, and other things I've encountered, I >> >won't be upgrading to CS. Screw them if they can't hire software geeks >> >that know their ass from third base. > >> (Not bitter and twisted ;-) > >I'm entitled. I'm a senior software geek. :-) > >TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ Con

Re: PDML Virus Alert

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, GRAYWOLF, discombobulated, offered: >BTW, when you think of it, it almost has to come deliberately from someone on >the list. They would have to know that I am subscribed to the list, they >would >have to know how the list resets the mail. It is not the sort of thing e-mail >bomb so

RE: The best 28-70 f2.8 zoom?

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
RE: This is the one I have got (second from below): http://gt.preissuchmaschine.de/gt_frontend/main.asp?suche=tokina+2.6-2.8&x=3 7&y=7 They are excellent but kind of hard to find new anymore in Pentax mount. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddele

Re: Seattle camera shops. Was: Washington State trip

2004-05-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Sun, 16 May 2004, Cycad wrote: > The business part of my trip is at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Centre, and I > assume I'll be staying nearby. Can you tell me which of these camera stores > will be within walking distance? Glazer's and Optechs are within walking distance. Jim's would require tak

Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, GRAYWOLF, discombobulated, offered: >I think that 90 day thing is only the limit for the form for it to still >be on >your ebay page. I do belive you can actually post feedback virtually >forever. I >do know I responded to one more than a year later. Thanks Tom, I have some wrong in

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/16/2004 2:25:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Today, when people have newer and faster machines, nobody gives a rats ass. "So what if it uses 100mb more ram when I have 1024mb." Microsoft predicts that the next version of windows will have a _minimum re

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
"Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, 16 May 2004 22:24:34 +0200, Henri Toivonen wrote: > >> So you guys plan to be pissed about every version of new software that >> comes out until the end of times? :-) >> Gee, you guys must be pretty old and bitter. > >I do and I am, but what it

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 16 May 2004 22:24:34 +0200, Henri Toivonen wrote: > So you guys plan to be pissed about every version of new software that > comes out until the end of times? :-) > Gee, you guys must be pretty old and bitter. I do and I am, but what it boils down to is that it's going to determine where

Re: PDML Virus Alert

2004-05-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Jostein, I have received one such today just like that spoofing my address. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, May 16, 2004, 2:03:37 PM, you wrote: J> Interestingly, I have received two mail bounces today, of messages that have J> used my PDML address to spoof. J> Both of the messages were

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
Shawn K. wrote: The problem is Henri, is that Adobe hasn' done much to CS from where I'm sitting to warrant it needing all this memory. its essentially the same program, and thats how its always been with photoshop, the new versions are just tiny steps forward. And yet its suddenly horribly bloat

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread John Francis
> >Sounds like Adobe > have followed Microsoft's lead (perhaps even using the latest MS > tools) in creating slower, fatter versions of their software. I can write pretty good software, even using the Microsoft tools. You don't *have* to use everyth

Re: Concert Photos

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
These are very nice and sensitve/poetic photograps. Tecnically theres is a little to much white. Remember to use minus correction (-1 to -2) for concert shots, due to dark background, thus avoiding "panmcake faces". All the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt --

Re: MZ-3 problem

2004-05-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Unfortunately for looking for a reset button it's an MZ/ZX series body, no more controls than is necessary, classic interface. Right now it's been sitting with the batteries removed for about 16 hours. I think I'll let it go for a full 48. I think your probably right about there being a soleno

RE: Reply, antwort, svar etc

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Yeah, right :-). I was just getting tired of foreigners (especially from overseas) telling me, who live here, what Scandinavia is. It seems at least the PDML'ers in Denmark, Norway and Swenden share a mutual opinion on that matter. Try to accept it. please. All the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL P

Re: Point Pelee-Lots of big glass

2004-05-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Damn how'd we manage to let them keep that and not trade for something further north to keep those border lines nice and straight? frank theriault wrote: You're right, Tom, In fact, Point Pelee is the southernmost point of Canada (as well as Ontario). It's farther south than over 50% of the con

Re: Tokina 135/2.8

2004-05-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
I can only find a single reference to this lens, released in 1980, if it's the SL it's their mid level offering. It hasn't made to to cult status so it's probably just an avarage 135mm. That said most 135's were at least acceptable picture makers. The original price for this lens was $160.00 U

Re: OT: Mechanics/Geometry of DOF?

2004-05-16 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Whoops -- scale of the final image is way off (Visio did something unexpected when I saved it) -- ignore that detail for now, and I'll fix it later if the rest is good. -- Glenn

OT: Mechanics/Geometry of DOF?

2004-05-16 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
My brother asked me _why_ stopping down increases DOF, and I tried to draw diagrams to explain how I'd assumed it works ... Apparently I don't know the right questions to ask Google to get it to give me diagrams already made by other people, but hey, an excuse to fiddle around with Visio for a whil

Re: anyone know anything about this lens?

2004-05-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
Jens Bladt wrote: AFA I remember the guy who sold me the SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm had one like it to go with his SFX SF1n (Should have bought this one too). He said it was amzingly good. I belive Fotomagazin tested it and gave it very excellent grades (macro lenses often do well beacause of the testing

Tokina 135/2.8

2004-05-16 Thread Henri Toivonen
Okey, new question about a lens. :) I found a K-mount Tokina 135mm f/2.8 lens for a pretty small amount of money, in near-mint condition. But I can't really find much info about this lens. Here's a pic of it: http://images.tradera.com/484/5847484_1.jpg Anyone know this one, any good, is it worth

Re: OT: Mutton and Mouton-was: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Just remember the two reasons they lost were that the English army had just fought and defeated the Danes a couple of days earlier then force marched a couple of hundred miles to try to repel the Normans the English still might have won had the English King not had the extreme bad sense to get h

RE: anyone know anything about this lens?

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
AFA I remember the guy who sold me the SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm had one like it to go with his SFX SF1n (Should have bought this one too). He said it was amzingly good. I belive Fotomagazin tested it and gave it very excellent grades (macro lenses often do well beacause of the testing method, photograp

Re: Test from Tan and f2.8 Normal Zooms

2004-05-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Having looked at the test, which was done on a D60 with an approximately APS sized sensor, I doubt very much I'd try either of these lenses on a full frame camera. Corner resolution must be absolutely abominable. Joseph Tainter wrote: Thanks for the advice! tan. You are welcome. Just remember t

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 16 May 2004 16:19:56 +0100, Cotty wrote: > >Well, based on this discussion, and other things I've encountered, I > >won't be upgrading to CS. Screw them if they can't hire software geeks > >that know their ass from third base. > (Not bitter and twisted ;-) I'm entitled. I'm a senior so

RE: GFM Question

2004-05-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 16 May 2004 11:13:26 -0400, tom wrote: > Also, these pizzas are "half-baked". The pizza restaurant we get > them from cooks them halfway, so when we bake them they'll more > or less be fresh. Where is this place, Tom? There used to be a place in Richmond, VA, that did this, but I believe

RE: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 16 May 2004 10:38:53 -0400, Shawn K. wrote: > Whats the point of that??? Are you trying to say we can't be > pissed about [memory hogging inefficient software]? who cares > if thats why, all that matters is the state of things at the > moment, not the pathetic reasoning behind it. BINGO

Re: OT: Mutton and Mouton-was: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Keith Whaley
frank theriault wrote: 1066. William the Conqueror. He was French. Came across the Channel (that would be pre-chunnel, I believe), and defeated whoever was on the throne at the time, in the Battle of Hastings, Which was actually fought at Battle, 9 miles away from Hastings, truth be known...

RE: Test from Tan and f2.8 Normal Zooms

2004-05-16 Thread Joseph Tainter
Thanks for the advice! tan. You are welcome. Just remember to get me Cotty's autograph at GFM. To confuse matters further, Sigma is discontinuing their 28-70 f2.8 (or is it their 24-70 f2.8?) and bringing out a 24-60 f2.8, said to be designed for digital (but the image circle would work on a 35 m

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread graywolf
LOL! Cotty wrote: On 16/5/04, TROUBLE, discombobulated, offered: [snip] Just going back to carry-on weight, I really wouldn't worry too much because if for any reason (after you have checked in your hold baggage) someone later says 'excuse me mam, but that carry-on bag looks rather heavy' you

RE: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks, Dude! I kinda like it too. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. maj 2004 17:13 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding Dude, that's an awesome shot. The

Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread graywolf
There you go, Cotty. Start an online auction service of your own. Private sellers only. A high level of integrity. Then you only have to figure out how to attract the buyer's who only know about Ebay. There are several online auction sites, most of them seem pretty pathetic. And Ebay, the guys

RE: PDML Virus Alert

2004-05-16 Thread Shawn K.
Ive been getting these on a daily basis. Sometimes 5 or 6 a day. I've scanned my computer about a hundred times in the past week. -Shawn -Original Message- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:59 AM To: Pentax Discussion Malling List Subject: PDML Virus

Re: PDML Virus Alert

2004-05-16 Thread graywolf
Of course it is a spoof. But it is the first time I have ever gotten one coming in with pdml as the fake sender. I posted the heads up, so some unsuspecting list member would not get caught by one like it. BTW, when you think of it, it almost has to come deliberately from someone on the list. T

Re: PAW - That Darn Ball!

2004-05-16 Thread Norm Baugher
Absolutely fantastic! Norm Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's that ball again ... it's appeared in so many photos of the kids from the old neighborhood in San Francisco. http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/paw/boy_with_ball.html

Re: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-16 Thread graywolf
Darn, you are making me think again, Frank. At first I started to agree with you, but upon further reflection I realized that my most enjoyable outings were with one or two other fellows. But we never actually shoot to gether, rather we go to the same area together then kind of split up and shoo

RE: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Shawn K.
GIMP is free, but still clearly inferior to even PS CS. And its actually slower than PS CS too, at least, the windows version of it is. -Shawn -Original Message- From: Frantisek Vlcek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 6:30 AM To: Doug Franklin Subject: Re: OT: Photosho

RE: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread Shawn K.
Hi, A 50 Gig fire wire drive is not as fast as an IDE drive, much less a SCSI drive. I have a 15K RPM SCSI 160 drive and I still get problems with Photoshop hiccupping occasionally. -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 7:48 AM To: [

RE: GFM Question

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, TV, discombobulated, offered: >The best way to reheat pizza is with a commercial convection oven. It just >so happens we have access to the one in the GFM restaurant. > >Also, these pizzas are "half-baked". The pizza restaurant we get them from >cooks them halfway, so when we bake them

Re: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, FRANK THE WISE, discombobulated, offered: >I've really never seen this discussed around here before. So, what do you >think or prefer? Shoot alone or with groups? What's your preference, if >you have one? Hi Frankybaby I'm with you on this pal. I either work alone, or with no mo

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: Re: OT: Photoshop CS > Well, if one can afford an *istD, and Photoshop CS, then one should be able to > afford a new computer to run it on. > > Let's see, *istD, Photoshop CS, new computer, accessories. Yep those digital > cameras will cert

Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems] > I think that 90 day thing is only the limit for the form for it to still be on > your ebay page. I do belive you can actually post feedback virtually forever. I > do know I responded to one m

Re: PDML Virus Alert

2004-05-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: PDML Virus Alert > I just received an e-mail purported to be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a > subject of "Re: Your Software", and an attachment named "application.pif". > > If you get such a message do not open the attachment. > > There are

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread graywolf
Well, Tan, everyone is telling you how to carry all that stuff. I thought I would make another suggestion. Leave most of it at home. Stick the camera and one lens in the carry on, or just sling it around your neck. Bring the minimum of clothing (but remember GFM can be chilly in the summer). Do

Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, ANTONIONIO, discombobulated, offered: >Now that eBay is fast becoming a monopoly for online auctions, I would >like to see our governments impose some better regulation of how it >works - to protect both sellers and buyers far better than at present. >In the UK if they would just im

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, TROUBLE, discombobulated, offered: [snip] >I was wondering what you will be doing Cotty, Jostein etc? And also what >those who have done international travel in the past have done? > >It is kinda hard as I actually have to bring over 2 weeks worth of clothes >etc with me, as well as

Re: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-16 Thread Tom Reese
Frank Theriault thought about the phenomenon of a phalanx of photogs photographing at the same time and asked: "Shoot alone or with groups? What's your preference, if you have one?" I like to shoot alone. I can concentrate on my subject without distractions. I do occasionally take field trips wi

RE: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]

2004-05-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's not exactly true. I sold a lens or some such to a fellow in Oz, and he didn't leave feedback until well after to 90 day period. He didn't tell me how he did it, but it's there. Maybe he had to go through some eBay hoops, maybe he had to set the Kozmik Klok back a month or so, but the feed

Re: Revised link to Paw:My offering this week

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Spectacular bokeh - and a nice photograph: Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. maj 2004 12:04 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Revised link to Paw:My offering this week

RE: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding

2004-05-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Thank for the recommendation, Peter. :-) Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Peter Loveday [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. maj 2004 14:13 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: The Royal Danish Fairytale Wedding Yep, its pretty b

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