Re: POW Page
The scans are saved in TIFF or PSD format, which I then converted to JPEG for the web. In what way(s) is XAT better than other methods? Doug Franklin wrote: > > The size may be the result of how I saved the picture to a JPEG. In > > Photoshop there's a way to define the quality, and I chose medium, which > > yielded a file of a smaller size than high quality. Perhaps for the web > > I can get by with a lower setting, which may yield a smaller file size, > > although still with 600x400 dimensions. I'll try it and see what > > happens. > > Go to http://www.xat.com and get an evaluation copy of their XAT Image > Optimizer. Then, save your scans as BMP or TIFF or PNG or some other > lossless compression format, and let XAT convert the images to JPEG. > It does a much better job than the "Save as JPEG" option of any program > I've tried, including PhotoShop 6. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Picture of MZ-6
>Interesting that the MZ6 has 1/3 stop bracketing control whereas the higher >model MZ-S doesn't. The strange ways of Pentax.. Pentax has been proving strange on decision making. But 1/3 stops compensation can always be done by altering the ISO setting. regards, Alan Chan _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: POW Page
Thanks ... suggestion taken and correction made. Doug Franklin wrote: > only thing I noticed was that the four of them disagreed about where to > put the "Back" and "Next" buttons. Two browsers put them on the same > line as as the caption, and two put them on the next line, centered > horizontally. You might want to put the buttons in a paragraph of > their own (...) so the page gets rendered more consistently > across browsers. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: POW Page
William Robb wrote: > Hmmm,.. Funny html. Why did you put a header tag in when you > have no style sheet? What's a header tag (the title?)? What's a style sheet? > You are missing a W3C declaration [...] What's a W3C declaration and how will it improve what one sees on the screen? > Also, if you move the tag to the end of the page, just > before the tag, then all of the letters will be the > same font. Good tip! I think I did it right this time. If you don't mind checking, I'd appreciate it. Actually, I'll send you the code privately and if you want to show me a better, simpler way of doing things, I'd love to learn. > Can you see detail on the > front top edge of the trailer > or is it my monitor? Yes, but just barely. However, there's more detail in the neg and the original scan. I need more practice with Photoshop techniques. > I am not seeing enough detail > in the deep shadow at the bottom > of the trees. Does this show up > better on the print? Never made a print of this one, but there's lots of detail in the original scan and plenty showing on my monitor. > I like that you are between the ends of the internet. I'll be moving to a better neighborhood shortly, once the new highway is built . -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax AF viewfinders
To me, I think the magnification of the current Pentax viewfinders are way too low. This makes manual focus a punishment. Personally, I don't care of they are 100% or not. regards, Alan Chan _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
That sounds pretty neat Steve. I was to Maine when I was a kid. I still think it would be a neat place to live because of the isolation. If you do any astrophotography, I'd like to see it. Tom C. - Original Message - From: "Steve Sharpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 10:04 PM Subject: Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis > At 9:21 PM -0600 10/27/01, aimcompute wrote: > >What kind of telescope do you have Steve? Astronomy is a hobby of mine on a > >par with photography, except I don't have the hardware. I live in a primo > >dark-sky location, virtually no neighbors, about 4500' elevation, have a > >flat spot on the edge of a drop-off about 50 yards from the house and would > >love to set up an observatory, dome and all, sometime. > > I have four telescopes. :^) > > The one I use the most is a 10" Meade Starfinder newtonian that I > bought two years ago. For planets and astrophotography I have a > Celestron 5 (one of the old orange ones). My home made 8" newtonian > serves only as a back up now, and I keep the 50mm Tasco refractor > that my parents bought me thirty years ago out of sentimentality. > > To be honest you don't need much equipment to enjoy astronomy. A good > pair of binoculars would be sufficient. My (East German vintage) > Zeiss 7X50s probably see more use than my telescopes! > > I live about five miles outside of a small town on the Maine coast. > It's on a hillside in a small subdivision (ten houses now). When the > neighbours turn their door lights off it is very dark. I have > pondered an observatory for many years. They are expensive, though. > This summer I built the next best thing: a 6' high wooden board fence > enclosing a 10' square section of my property. I hinged the top 3' of > each side so I could fold them down and see the sky down to the > horizon when needed. Now, I can observe in privacy, sheltered from > the wind and the local lights. It's probably the best astronomical > investment I have ever made. > > Astronomy is my primary hobby...photography would be #2. > -- > Steve > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
At 9:21 PM -0600 10/27/01, aimcompute wrote: >What kind of telescope do you have Steve? Astronomy is a hobby of mine on a >par with photography, except I don't have the hardware. I live in a primo >dark-sky location, virtually no neighbors, about 4500' elevation, have a >flat spot on the edge of a drop-off about 50 yards from the house and would >love to set up an observatory, dome and all, sometime. I have four telescopes. :^) The one I use the most is a 10" Meade Starfinder newtonian that I bought two years ago. For planets and astrophotography I have a Celestron 5 (one of the old orange ones). My home made 8" newtonian serves only as a back up now, and I keep the 50mm Tasco refractor that my parents bought me thirty years ago out of sentimentality. To be honest you don't need much equipment to enjoy astronomy. A good pair of binoculars would be sufficient. My (East German vintage) Zeiss 7X50s probably see more use than my telescopes! I live about five miles outside of a small town on the Maine coast. It's on a hillside in a small subdivision (ten houses now). When the neighbours turn their door lights off it is very dark. I have pondered an observatory for many years. They are expensive, though. This summer I built the next best thing: a 6' high wooden board fence enclosing a 10' square section of my property. I hinged the top 3' of each side so I could fold them down and see the sky down to the horizon when needed. Now, I can observe in privacy, sheltered from the wind and the local lights. It's probably the best astronomical investment I have ever made. Astronomy is my primary hobby...photography would be #2. -- Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Russian spotting scope adapter
Doug Franklin wrote: > > Hi Isaac, > > On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:29:02 -0400, Isaac Crawford wrote: > > > (http://www.surplusshed.com/list.cfm?Category=Telescopes)has them for > > $12! Now I have an excuse for looking at cheap screw mount lenses of > > varying focal length... > > Have you tried them on K mount lenses with the M42-K converter? I thought about this too, but then I realized that you can't put a K mount lens on a screw mount body, and that's basically what I'd be doing. So you can't do it... On the bright side, I have a couple of lenses that I couldn't sell that I was wondering what to do with, and now I know! Isaac > > TTYL, DougF > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Yellowstone Stuff - was October PUG Kudos
I was amazed that in Banff and Jasper this summer there were a number of campgrounds that were hardside only. I'd never heard of it before... I'll have to check out those Idaho-side CG. Saw black bears twice in Canada. Jenny Lake is very nice. Jackson Hole is a great place if you're not camping. It's about 2 hours to Yellowstone from there. I'd personally love to combine a Ski-Jackson/Shoot-Yellowstone trip for several days. Tom C. - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 8:41 PM Subject: Re: October PUG Kudos > - Original Message - > From: "Steve Larson" < > Subject: Re: October PUG Kudos > > > > Hi Tom, thanks for taking time to comment, and the nice words. > > I like your shot this month very much, especially the > rainbow, > > pretty lucky to have that geyser go off when you were there. > I`ve > > got take my wife and daughter to Yellowstone. > > Maybe Paul Stenquist will tell us exactly what his shot was > of, I`ve > > been dying to know myself. > > Yellowstone is nice, but I would stay elsewhere. Jenny Lake in > the Tetons used to be a very nice place to camp (tents only), > but I don't know if it still is, and there are some nice > forestry service campgrounds just outside the west entrance, > which I think are actually in Idaho. Sometimes the bears are > uppity and the officials insist that all accomodations have hard > sides, especially on the Idaho end. > > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: The whole kit-- sticky mirror fixed for $20
I have the whole kit. Every finder made for the LX. I usually use the FA1W but I use the others enough to justify them. I usually bring along one or two depending on the type of photography I'm doing The magni eyepiece and the action eyepiece are excellent for close-up work . On another LX matter. I was recently experienceing the sticky mirror syndrome with one of my LX. Took in into a local camera store that I trust and they replaced the rubber bumbers for 20 bucks. It's never worked better... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
What kind of telescope do you have Steve? Astronomy is a hobby of mine on a par with photography, except I don't have the hardware. I live in a primo dark-sky location, virtually no neighbors, about 4500' elevation, have a flat spot on the edge of a drop-off about 50 yards from the house and would love to set up an observatory, dome and all, sometime. Tom C. - Original Message - From: "Steve Sharpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 9:07 PM Subject: Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis > >Anyhow, doggone it, there was no chance to see the aurora. Now, over the > >next two days when there's a possibility, we're in for clouds, rain and > >maybe snow. If a hole would open up and I could just get it snowing with > >the aurora in the background... > > I was out earlier this evening doing some telescopic observing. I > thought I saw some flickering to the north but with the bright moon > and my new neighbour's lights I couldn't be sure. > > -- > > Steve > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
insect macro photos
Christian, Very nice photos! I especially like the Io Moth caterpillar, that guy's real photogenic: http://photography.skofteland.net/insects/insect08.htm As you probably saw from my website, caterpillars have become a real favorite of mine; all the photos up there were taken this last summer. The incredible variety, colors and patterns of them amaze me. The Chinese Mantid is pretty cool, too: http://photography.skofteland.net/insects/insect10.htm I just got a similar photo of a mantis a couple of weeks ago, I'll turn it into wallpaper some time in the next few months. The photos of the mosquito drinking blood from your arm were pretty amusing. This sort of photo taking must be a characteristic of insect macro photographers - perhaps it's an ability to see beauty everywhere, even where other people only see a "bug". When I innocently put some of the insect wallpapers onto my PC at work, some of my female colleagues were appalled, and no amount of explanation of their beauty or interesting behavior would convince them otherwise! I have photos of a tick crawling up my arm, but I must admit I didn't wait until it started feeding before removing it! Richard. home phone: (1)(847) 244 5463 home page: www.richard-seaman.com >Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 19:26:55 -0400 >From: "Skofteland, Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: insect macro photos > >Thanks Richard! I haven't had a chance to look at all of them yet but > >they look pretty cool. > >Here's mine: >http://photography.skofteland.net/insects/index.htm > >Christian Skofteland _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
>Anyhow, doggone it, there was no chance to see the aurora. Now, over the >next two days when there's a possibility, we're in for clouds, rain and >maybe snow. If a hole would open up and I could just get it snowing with >the aurora in the background... I was out earlier this evening doing some telescopic observing. I thought I saw some flickering to the north but with the bright moon and my new neighbour's lights I couldn't be sure. -- Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: BMP vs. TIF
On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:50:28 -0600, Joseph Tainter wrote: > Yes, PhotoPaint 8 will open an 8-bit BMP file but not an 8-bit TIF file. > Comparing the two, I find that the BMP file is about 25 mb and the TIF > file about 29 mb. So is the BMP file losing some information that is in > the TIF format? I'm not sure. I'd have to see the tags in the TIFF file and the header for the BMP file. 4MB is a pretty big difference. Not big enough to explain a difference in 8-bit versus 12-bit (per component) color. Too big to be (easily) explained by "ancillary" information, like notes put in by the photographer, etc. > Is there a good reason not to save my scans in BMP rather than TIF? Well, there are a number of technical reasons, but if you're not distributing the images, probably not any practical ones. Technically, TIFF will be more widely supported and it supports a much larger variety of image types than BMP. For example, TIFF can easily handle 12-bit per component color and CMYK while BMP can't. TIFF readers might have trouble with it, but it's no problem to represent it in the TIFF data stream. TTYL, DougF - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: October PUG Kudos
- Original Message - From: "Steve Larson" < Subject: Re: October PUG Kudos > Hi Tom, thanks for taking time to comment, and the nice words. > I like your shot this month very much, especially the rainbow, > pretty lucky to have that geyser go off when you were there. I`ve > got take my wife and daughter to Yellowstone. > Maybe Paul Stenquist will tell us exactly what his shot was of, I`ve > been dying to know myself. Yellowstone is nice, but I would stay elsewhere. Jenny Lake in the Tetons used to be a very nice place to camp (tents only), but I don't know if it still is, and there are some nice forestry service campgrounds just outside the west entrance, which I think are actually in Idaho. Sometimes the bears are uppity and the officials insist that all accomodations have hard sides, especially on the Idaho end. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: October PUG Kudos
Thanks Steve... I wish I could have found the neg. I had the print handy though. Yellowstone is an unearthly place and it's only about 5 hours away. I hope to get there this winter. Definitely take your family! Tom C. - Original Message - From: "Steve Larson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 7:59 PM Subject: Re: October PUG Kudos > Hi Tom, thanks for taking time to comment, and the nice words. > I like your shot this month very much, especially the rainbow, > pretty lucky to have that geyser go off when you were there. I`ve > got take my wife and daughter to Yellowstone. > Maybe Paul Stenquist will tell us exactly what his shot was of, I`ve > been dying to know myself. > Steve Larson > Redondo Beach, California > > - Original Message - > From: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 12:40 PM > Subject: October PUG Kudos > > > Tom wrote: > > > > > > I've finally gotten thru the October PUG and have the following comments. > > This one was exceptionally good. > > > > " Air & Water - Durham " by David Dixon, UK > > It seems all-sky shots don't garner much attention (as my Red Sky at Dawn) > > but I like them nevertheless. They contain lots of variation in light and > > nice textures. Good shot with an ethereal feeling. > > > > " Coming... " by Edward Kreis, Latvia > > Great shot with a lovely balance too it, and certainly a sense of > > foreboding. I want to say more but can't think of the words. I think the > > perspective of the lamps leading one off to the horizon is great. > > > > " Sun and Fog, Big Sur " by Dick Jones, USA > > Nice composition. I wish there was a little more detail in the foreground > > cliff, but I'm sure it was difficult lighting. Impressive. > > > > " Diamond " by Steve Larson, USA > > That's beautiful Steve. Wins the "Abstraction Award" for the month. > > > > " Hell's Engine " by Paul Stenquist, USA > > I don't know what you did to accomplish this, but I love it. I can see > that > > there's an engine and the flames. What are the white globes? > > > > " Dune du Pilat " by Jaume Lahuerta, Spain > > Jaume, what a beautiful shot and composition. It's hard to find the > words. > > > > " Manchac Pushboat " by Kevin Thornsberry, USA > > Great sky, nice silhouette. Quite beautiful. > > > > " Water Power " by John Coyle, Australia > > Yep - this image conveys RAW POWER. Good job. > > > > " Ions... " by Michel Adam, Canada > > It's amazing. Good use of the wide-angle. Cool, cool, cool. Chances for > > aurora tonight, but it's started clouding up here. > > > > " Volcano " by Mark Dalal, USA > > OK Mark. I haven't been paying much attention to the other comments. I > > like it. What the heck is it? I've got some guesses but don't want to > look > > stupider than normal. Nice effect on your signature., BTW. > > > > " Water Colours " by Hans-Bernhard Beykirch, Germany > > Very nice abstract. > > > > " Something Fishy " by Leon Altoff, Australia > > Quite comical and interesting. It reminds me of the aquarium in > Clearwater, > > Florida where the stingrays cruise by the edge of the tank and raise a > > fintip out of the water and wave at you to get your attention or be > petted. > > > > " White Sands After Rain " by Ann Sanfedele, USA > > I like it Ann. It has a serene quality about it. I also like that it's > not > > what it appears to be. Good catch. > > > > " Delaware Water Gap Fall Foliage Reflections " by Richard Seaman, New > > Zealand/USA > > My favorite of the month. It took my breath away when I first saw it, and > > still does! Excellent. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: POW Page
- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 11:12 AM Subject: POW Page > Hi ... > > I just put together my first web page to display a "Picture of the Week" > photo. It's pretty simple, but perhaps nothing too fancy or complicated > is needed just to show a picture. Be that as it may, I'd like some > comments, especially WRT how fast/slow the page loads for you and any > thoughts you may have regarding layout, coding, etc. Looking forward to > your comments. Thanks! > > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow.html Hmmm,.. Funny html. Why did you put a header tag in when you have no style sheet? You are missing a W3C declaration, which is pretty much a formality most of the time. Also, if you move the tag to the end of the page, just before the tag, then all of the letters will be the same font. On my machine, the default font is Comic Sans MS, which looks a bit odd with Arial. I am not sure if this is something I would have photographed, though I quite like the composition. Can you see detail on the front top edge of the trailer or is it my monitor? It looks a bit burned out here. That is a lovely stand of Pampass grass, I suspect I would have been drawn to it, and missed the picture you got. I am not seeing enough detail in the deep shadow at the bottom of the trees. Does this show up better on the print? I like that you are between the ends of the internet. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
Hi Steve, My wife was being checked into the hospital last Monday night for a neck/spinal operation (unknown to us at the time) that was done noon on Tuesday. You'd have never believed the week before we were dancing in the tiki bars on the beach in Florida. She's home and doing fine. Anyhow, doggone it, there was no chance to see the aurora. Now, over the next two days when there's a possibility, we're in for clouds, rain and maybe snow. If a hole would open up and I could just get it snowing with the aurora in the background... Tom C. Original Message - From: "Steve Sharpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 8:20 PM Subject: Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis > At 10:17 AM -0600 10/27/01, aimcompute wrote: > >You're going to be on aurora lookout tonight and tomorrow, right? > > > > There was a decent aurora last Monday October 22nd. I managed to get > a few photos of it. It was the nicest display I've seen since that > impressive one in April. Unfortunately, in the meantime two new > houses have gone in across the street from mine and so my formerly > pristine northern horizon is now somewhat light polluted. > -- > > Steve > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
At 10:17 AM -0600 10/27/01, aimcompute wrote: >You're going to be on aurora lookout tonight and tomorrow, right? > There was a decent aurora last Monday October 22nd. I managed to get a few photos of it. It was the nicest display I've seen since that impressive one in April. Unfortunately, in the meantime two new houses have gone in across the street from mine and so my formerly pristine northern horizon is now somewhat light polluted. -- Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: insect macro photos
Nice shots Richard, and nice and big, so I can really gawk at them. I can`t show you mine yet, still trying to find a good (free) host. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: "Richard Seaman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 4:12 PM Subject: insect macro photos > Christian, Patrick, > > OK, guys, if I show you mine will you show me yours? > > http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/index.html#insects > > I'd love to see macro photos from you guys and any other PDMLers! How about > returning a URL and letting us all have a look! > > Richard. > > home phone: (1)(847) 244 5463 > home page: www.richard-seaman.com > > >From: "Skofteland, Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: Real DOF > > > >Insect are some of my favorite subjects. So far 1x is all I've been >doing > >in the field. I am going to attempt some 2x when I get some issues >worked > >out. I'd be really interested in seeing the 7x aphid shot! > > > > > >Christian Skofteland > > > > > >>-Original Message- > >>From: Patrick White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> > >> I've got a dandy 7X shot of an aphid where I used all > >>of the above > >>mentioned techniques. > >> > >>later, > >>patbob ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few photos from my trip
Juan J. Buhler writes: > About the page itself, I think simple is good. I could live without the > inscriptions around each image, and maybe replace the double frame with a > single one, black or dark grey. I'll see what I can do :) I put the filmstrip bits there because I thought they'd look interesting (they're just static gif files so the numbers don't signify anything). It took a sh*tload of work in Photoshop to generate one for each film type, in each format, and portrait/landscape orientation. And I've only done the slide films I use so far :) Before I do more of them I'll fiddle with the layout a bit. I'll save myself lots of work (while having wasted lots more) if I get rid of them. > Nice clean and commented HTML, BTW. Are you writing your own scripts to > generate it? Sort-of. I'm working on keeping all the picture info in a database which reads a relatively-intelligent scripted HTML file and spits out the page with all the info on it, including a link to the image file. In this case I decided to use static pages to save pasting massive URLs together. So I stuffed all the relevant details into my development/test database, then did a lookup, clicked "view page souce" on the result, pasted the whole lot into a new file and hand-massaged it to remove a few irrelevant bits and make it all work from a single directory. It sounds like lots of work but hand-writing the pages from scratch would have taken longer. Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few photos from my trip
Gianfranco Irlanda writes: > The wet, cold atmosphere of the first one is impressive. The whole problem I experienced in that area was trying to convey the enormous vertical scale of the place. The wide-angle lens just compresses everything down to fit on the film. What you see in the frame just about covers your entire field of view. The view in the opposite direction to this photo is also impressive (I'll scan it later). > I had no problems receiving the pages. > I like the layout, what I don't like is the grey frame around > the shots. I think it's overflowing (am I correct?). Probably a > overall light (very light) grey background would fit better the > purpose. Thanks for the opinion. I've played with a uniform background but I decided that the page as a whole looks far better with something to frame the photo. At the time I was not able to come up with a scheme that worked well without it. I might play with the colours a bit; at the moment I think the frame is too dark and the pure-white background may be a bit too bright. The page also seems to look a bit sparse (particularly if you maximise your window) so I might look into that as well. Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few photos from my trip
Mark Roberts writes: > img src="Fujichrome Provia 100F-6x7-top-landscape.gif > img src="Fujichrome Provia 100F-6x7-bottom-landscape.gif" Interesting. They work from here using IE5. What browser are you using? I think the spaces might be causing problems (technically they should be %20's). I have renamed the files "filmtop.gif" and "filmbottom.gif" respectively so you can see if they work now. Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 15 f:3.5 - 400 f:5.6 - Bellows - etc.
Martin Trucco writes: > - Pentax-M 15 f:3.5. With both caps. Built-in filters. Rectilinear (not a > fisheye lens). Is there such a thing? I thought there was only the screwmount, K and A versions. Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: I need a new printer
Anand DHUPKAR writes: > what is picoliters ? > how is it defined ? Its a metric thing. 'pico' is a prefix meaning 10 to the power of -12, or 0.0001 (similar to 'kilo' meaning 1000 as in kilometre). So a picolitre is that many litres of ink. In other words, a very small drop :) Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: I need a new printer
- Original Message - From: "Anand DHUPKAR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 2:01 PM Subject: Re: I need a new printer > what is picoliters ? > how is it defined ? A picoliter is a millionth of a millionth of a liter. So, the smaller the number of picoliters the dot is, the smaller the dot will be. At least that is how it was explained to me. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Picture of MZ-6
Interesting that the MZ6 has 1/3 stop bracketing control whereas the higher model MZ-S doesn't. The strange ways of Pentax.. - Original Message - From: "Andreas Wirtz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 6:26 AM Subject: Picture of MZ-6 > Where can I see photo of new Pentax MZ-6 camera? > > Thanks in advance! > > Andreas Wirtz > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Re[2]: Pentax AF viewfinders
If I recall correctly, the slide shooters would criticize 100% viewfinders because slide mounts were not 100%, so of course they would see things in the finder that were cut off by the mount. I had an old guy (I read his obituary yesterday, in fact) cursing my at the time brand new Nikon F2s because it had an accursed 100% viewfinder. For myself, I would rather have the full frame finder accuracy and a removable screen that I could draw crop lines onto. In fact, that was exactly what I did with my F2s and F3hp. It hasn't seemed to be a viable option with the Pentaxes, even the LX has a pretty sloppy viewfinder. William Robb - Original Message - From: "Bob Walkden" Subject: Re[2]: Pentax AF viewfinders > Hi, > > how on Earth did they try to justify such as stupid argument? > > --- > > Bob > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Saturday, October 27, 2001, 4:24:17 PM, you wrote: > > > Believe it or not, 100% viewfinders used to take a certain > > amount of criticism too, years ago. Mainly from people that > > used the full frame to compose their pictures and then found > > that they couldn't print them on 8 X 10" paper without cropping. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts
I have a Minolta Scan Dual connected to a Mac and had nothing but trouble with Vuescan. Most of the time it wouldn't run and when it did the results were no better than the original software. Had less problem with my 1640SU but didn't find the results any better there. Anybody else have this type problem or have any clues? FYI: Mac G4/400, 512Meg ram, scanners on individual scsi cards, no other programs running - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: PUG: D. Glenn A., Osojnik, Waller
Lasse Karlsson wrote: > "Where There's Smoke", by Glenn Arthur Jr, USA > > I like the general impression of the picture. The silhouettes of the > fire fighters with there helmets contrasted against the dramatic > background reminds me of some wartime pictures. They - the fire > fighters - are inherently perceived as some sort of peace time > "soldiers" or "heroes", and as such provide dramatic secenes just by the > nature of their work. #blink# _Thank_you_; I've been trying to put my finger on just what it was that made me want to _take_ that shot in the first place, and you just nailed it! The hero aspect was easy, but that soldier parallel has been flitting elusively around the back of my brain for months -- since about four minutes before I opened the shutter for that frame -- without my being able to say what it was. I just knew that it reminded me of something important, and that it was important that it be silhouettes. > However, when playing around with the picture I ended up preferring a > much tighter crop than the one submitted. I cropped it below the top > wire and imediately to the left of the trunk of the tree, leaving the > far left figure out of the frame. I'll try your crop and see if I like it better. I did have some trouble deciding how to crop it. > In my web and image browser the picture also comes across slightly too > bright. Oops. I wonder if that'll be the case with my November submission as well. I've been trying to make things look reasonable on all of my monitors (but the Mac has been down for a few weeks), and I may not have the right compromise yet. Thanks for letting me know. > Anyway, it's a well captured scene, whatever cropping you'd prefer. Thank you! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 300mm Lens
>I was contemplating getting a 300mm Lens. I use LXs and MXs so I >was thinking of getting a manual focus lens. There is an SMC M >300mm f4 on ebay right now that I was thinking of bidding on. I was >also thinking of getting a 2x tele-converter to use in conjunction with >it. I wanted to get some opinions on the variations of 300mm lenses >(excluding the the f2.8, too big and too expensive), what is the best >and how much do they go for? Is the A better then the M? Are they >compatible with a 2x converter and can you get good results with >that combination. >Also a 300mm sold on ebay a while back, it was listed as a >Greenstar, what is Greenstar? IMO the best Pentax slow 300mm is the SMC PENTAX-F* 300/4.5 ED [IF] which comes with a tripod collar. This is the only one with tripod collar so far. If you plan to put a 2X TC on a 300mm without a tripod collar, the vibration might be too much to be useful. The current FA* is optically identical to the F* but without a tripod collar. regards, Alan Chan _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts
thanks a lot. i have been kind of putting lot of efforts on improving the scan quality with hp software, shall try vuescan. i appreciate your response. >From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts >Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:00:49 -0700 > >Anand, > >I used to have the HP s20. I started with HP's software and changed to >VuieScan. The results were much improved, especially with slide film. I >can't say enough good things about Vuescan. The nicest thing is you can >download it for free and try it out. It will put marks in your images so >they aren't usable, but you can see how good it is. I did side by side >comparisons between it and the HP software and was converted. > >I have since switched to a Minolta Scan Dual II and find the same thing. >Vuescan is great! > >Bruce Dayton > > >- Original Message - >From: "Anand DHUPKAR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 1:14 PM >Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts > > > > mark, i must say your pictures are too good. > > you surely have a good camera sense and good eye too. > > > > have a question on scanner. i am using hp s20 so won't be able to >compare > > directly. however, are you saying there is substantial difference by >using > > vuescan ? > > > > minolta's software won't be able to give you those results ? > > > > thanks in advance > > anand > > > > > > > > >From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: "pentax-discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts > > >Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 00:20:16 GMT > > > > > >>Does anyone have any particular do's and don'ts for using this > > >>particular model scanner. I bought one recently and need any help I > > >>can get. > > >>-- > > >>Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 > > >>Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail > > > > > >I have a Dimage Scan Dual and use it quite a bit. I recommend > > >that you buy the latest version of Ed Hamrick's VueScan (available > > >at http://www.hamrick.com) and use it to do the scans. Like most > > >low-cost scanners, the Dual shows quite a bit of noise in dark > > >regions of scanned slides. VueScan allows you do set up single- > > >pass multi-scanning, which samples each point multiple times > > >and saves the average. This really, really, really improves the > > >output. > > > > > >The images in the pages below were all shot on Kodak E100VS and > > >scanned with my Minolta Scan Dual scanner using VuesScan and > > >a multi-scanning factor of 4. Almost all of these pictures have > > >lots of dark areas in them. The VueScan output was much, much > > >better than the best I could get with the Minolta software. > > > > > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/pidgeonpoint/pidgeonpoint.html > > > > > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/muirbeach/muirbeach.html > > > > > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/rodeobeach/rodeobeach.html > > > > > >--Mark > > >- > > >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > > > > > > _ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few photos from my trip
good ones, i have to mention it to you. i, however, feel that in highlights, there should be some 'sparkle' >From: "David A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: A few photos from my trip >Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 22:58:36 +1300 > >Hi all, > > I've put three photos from my trip online just as teasers until I get >around to >scanning more. The three URLs are (in the order I took the pictures): > >http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/homer.html >http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/milford.html >http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/catlins.html > > The picture files range from 50 to 150k so please be patient while they >load. > > All were taken using a Pentax 67 and 45mm f/4 lens. > > In addition to the content feel free to comment on the pages themselves. >They're a preliminary version of what my new site will eventually look >like, and I >would appreciate feedback on the look (too simple? too bright?) and the >functionality (ie does it work in your browser?). I was previously working >with >400-pixel-wide images but these are 600 wide, with the filmstrip .gif's >modified >appropriately. > >Cheers, > > >- Dave > >David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) >http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > >"Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, > while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts
Anand, I used to have the HP s20. I started with HP's software and changed to VuieScan. The results were much improved, especially with slide film. I can't say enough good things about Vuescan. The nicest thing is you can download it for free and try it out. It will put marks in your images so they aren't usable, but you can see how good it is. I did side by side comparisons between it and the HP software and was converted. I have since switched to a Minolta Scan Dual II and find the same thing. Vuescan is great! Bruce Dayton - Original Message - From: "Anand DHUPKAR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 1:14 PM Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts > mark, i must say your pictures are too good. > you surely have a good camera sense and good eye too. > > have a question on scanner. i am using hp s20 so won't be able to compare > directly. however, are you saying there is substantial difference by using > vuescan ? > > minolta's software won't be able to give you those results ? > > thanks in advance > anand > > > > >From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "pentax-discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts > >Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 00:20:16 GMT > > > >>Does anyone have any particular do's and don'ts for using this > >>particular model scanner. I bought one recently and need any help I > >>can get. > >>-- > >>Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 > >>Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail > > > >I have a Dimage Scan Dual and use it quite a bit. I recommend > >that you buy the latest version of Ed Hamrick's VueScan (available > >at http://www.hamrick.com) and use it to do the scans. Like most > >low-cost scanners, the Dual shows quite a bit of noise in dark > >regions of scanned slides. VueScan allows you do set up single- > >pass multi-scanning, which samples each point multiple times > >and saves the average. This really, really, really improves the > >output. > > > >The images in the pages below were all shot on Kodak E100VS and > >scanned with my Minolta Scan Dual scanner using VuesScan and > >a multi-scanning factor of 4. Almost all of these pictures have > >lots of dark areas in them. The VueScan output was much, much > >better than the best I could get with the Minolta software. > > > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/pidgeonpoint/pidgeonpoint.html > > > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/muirbeach/muirbeach.html > > > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/rodeobeach/rodeobeach.html > > > >--Mark > >- > >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: POW Page
Thanks for the feedback, Paul. The next thing is to learn how to set up links to subsequent and previous pages. I found a way to do it but I'm not sure if it's the best and most efficient way to link pages. It's fun, though ... PAUL STENQUIST wrote: > The page loads quite rapidly. And I like > the simplicity and the grey background. It's > like a good mat. It let's the photograph be > the focal point. And this is certainly a > most worthy photo. Very emotive and > compelling. (We Detroiters are actually > quite partial to abandoned imports, rotting > away in a field.) Excellent scan as well. Bravo. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: BW Developers-Grain differences
you also need to check what grade paper you are using. i forgot those things now - i used to do lot of b&w printing some 15 years back, however, one thing is sure - you change the grade of paper, you get totally different picture. grade of paper, dilution of chemistry, freshness of chemistry ... all count. some points from my side. anand >From: "RH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: BW Developers-Grain differences >Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 23:57:13 -0400 > >Hi all, >I have a question for all of you B/W chemical experts. I am printing >pictures >at home and at school using enlargers both with 50mm lenses. At home I use >ilford universal paper developer and at school they use some kind of kodak >developer. > >Now,I printed some pictures at home of the same negative I used at school >and >there is noticeably more grain in the picture. Will different developers do >this? Is ilford a large grain developer or something? Could it have >anything >to do with the enlarger, at school I have a much larger one, but when >focused >on my 8x10 paper, both my one at home and the one at school are roughly the >same height off of the paper. > >Any ideas? >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts
mark, i must say your pictures are too good. you surely have a good camera sense and good eye too. have a question on scanner. i am using hp s20 so won't be able to compare directly. however, are you saying there is substantial difference by using vuescan ? minolta's software won't be able to give you those results ? thanks in advance anand >From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "pentax-discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts >Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 00:20:16 GMT > >>Does anyone have any particular do's and don'ts for using this >>particular model scanner. I bought one recently and need any help I >>can get. >>-- >>Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 >>Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail > >I have a Dimage Scan Dual and use it quite a bit. I recommend >that you buy the latest version of Ed Hamrick's VueScan (available >at http://www.hamrick.com) and use it to do the scans. Like most >low-cost scanners, the Dual shows quite a bit of noise in dark >regions of scanned slides. VueScan allows you do set up single- >pass multi-scanning, which samples each point multiple times >and saves the average. This really, really, really improves the >output. > >The images in the pages below were all shot on Kodak E100VS and >scanned with my Minolta Scan Dual scanner using VuesScan and >a multi-scanning factor of 4. Almost all of these pictures have >lots of dark areas in them. The VueScan output was much, much >better than the best I could get with the Minolta software. > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/pidgeonpoint/pidgeonpoint.html > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/muirbeach/muirbeach.html > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/rodeobeach/rodeobeach.html > >--Mark >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: D. Glenn A., Osojnik, Waller
Lasse, I really appreciate your thoughtful comments. Ken Waller - Original Message - From: Lasse Karlsson Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 1:57 PM Subject: PUG: D. Glenn A., Osojnik, Waller > Hi all, and the photographers commented on below. snip,snip,snip... > "Presque Isle Kettles" by Ken Waller, USA > This is too a classic photographical motif. (Even maaybe "a classic > American motif", or am I mistaken?). It's like in the music world when > you have another go at a classic 12-bar blues structure, or in jazz have > another go along the chord structures of "I Got Rhythm" or "All the > things You Are". While some commentators may think that this is not > good, since "it has been done before", I always like to see what someone > can do as far as a new interpretation of a classic theme goes. I like your take on seeing what someone can do with a classic theme. To listen to some people, you'd think that once a "classic" is first shown, no one else can improve on it, so I guess they'd have us not capturing those "classics". > The color balance, as well as the balance of highs and lows, are good. > (The lack of reflexes would make me beleive that a polarizing filter was > being used, but it has not been mentioned). I might have used a polarizer, I just don't remember. > The vertical panorama crop comes with the territory so to speak, and > that's fine. But I did ask myself whether there were any disturbing > elements immediately to the left, or I may have wanted the upper turn > more completely included in the frame. I was shooting down into the water (from a small suspension bridge) and the left hand river bank detracted from the image. I could have included more vertical but that would have meant including more horizontal. > The decisive (successful) element to my eyes is the final bottom burst > or shower og water which gives you a feeling that your feet may get wet. > Because of this I would have preferred that your copyright notice be > more discreetly placed elsewhere. Agreed. > On the whole a good example of well "crafted" picture taking and a > conscious, well trained eye. I worked this scene for about an hour and got several acceptable images. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: POW Page
Hi Bob ... Thanks for your comments. The size may be the result of how I saved the picture to a JPEG. In Photoshop there's a way to define the quality, and I chose medium, which yielded a file of a smaller size than high quality. Perhaps for the web I can get by with a lower setting, which may yield a smaller file size, although still with 600x400 dimensions. I'll try it and see what happens. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Shel, > It loads fast enough although I was surprised to see it was an 80K file. I > am used to getting 16 bit color into a 50K file for the PUG, so I'm surprised > to see a 600x400 pixel black and white be quite that large. There are > definitely less shades of black than there are color shades. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: I need a new printer
what is picoliters ? how is it defined ? >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: I need a new printer >Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 10:44:52 -0600 > >My beloved Epson Stylus Color 740 has met a rather ugly demise, >and I am in the market for a new (but inexpensive) printer. I >like the Epson C80 for a few reasons, which I will list: It does >a large enough paper size for my needs (8.5x11, is that A4 to >you Euros?) and has a fairly good printing speed. It used >individually repaceable colour cartridges which are fairly >reasonabley priced, and the inks are Epsons "Durabrite" inks, >which they say are colorfast for 70 years (certain conditions do >apply). It also is a 3 picolitre dot size, which is very small. >Any comments on this printer would be appreciated, along with >comments about potential competitors in the same class of >equipment. >Thanks >William Robb >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: POW Page
Shel, The page loads quite rapidly. And I like the simplicity and the grey background. It's like a good mat. It let's the photograph be the focal point. And this is certainly a most worthy photo. Very emotive and compelling. (We Detroiters are actually quite partial to abandoned imports, rotting away in a field.) Excellent scan as well. Bravo. Paul Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > Hi ... > > I just put together my first web page to display a "Picture of the Week" > photo. It's pretty simple, but perhaps nothing too fancy or complicated > is needed just to show a picture. Be that as it may, I'd like some > comments, especially WRT how fast/slow the page loads for you and any > thoughts you may have regarding layout, coding, etc. Looking forward to > your comments. Thanks! > > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow.html > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Boy on Porch
the earlier was good one. quite good details ... applying lipsticks. in this one, i found details are missing, i found overall this one is a bit flat one. >From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Pentax List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Boy on Porch >Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:52:33 -0700 > >Here's another scan I made yesterday. My apologies for the quality of >this stuff, I've not even gotten close to understanding Photoshop ... > >http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/boy_on_porch.jpg > >When I saw this boy standing on his porch watching events in the street, >I just hat to put the camera to my eye. > >Comments welcome, of course. >-- >Shel Belinkoff >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
October PUG Kudos
I've finally gotten thru the October PUG and have the following comments. This one was exceptionally good. " Air & Water - Durham " by David Dixon, UK It seems all-sky shots don't garner much attention (as my Red Sky at Dawn) but I like them nevertheless. They contain lots of variation in light and nice textures. Good shot with an ethereal feeling. " Coming... " by Edward Kreis, Latvia Great shot with a lovely balance too it, and certainly a sense of foreboding. I want to say more but can't think of the words. I think the perspective of the lamps leading one off to the horizon is great. " Sun and Fog, Big Sur " by Dick Jones, USA Nice composition. I wish there was a little more detail in the foreground cliff, but I'm sure it was difficult lighting. Impressive. " Diamond " by Steve Larson, USA That's beautiful Steve. Wins the "Abstraction Award" for the month. " Hell's Engine " by Paul Stenquist, USA I don't know what you did to accomplish this, but I love it. I can see that there's an engine and the flames. What are the white globes? " Dune du Pilat " by Jaume Lahuerta, Spain Jaume, what a beautiful shot and composition. It's hard to find the words. " Manchac Pushboat " by Kevin Thornsberry, USA Great sky, nice silhouette. Quite beautiful. " Water Power " by John Coyle, Australia Yep - this image conveys RAW POWER. Good job. " Ions... " by Michel Adam, Canada It's amazing. Good use of the wide-angle. Cool, cool, cool. Chances for aurora tonight, but it's started clouding up here. " Volcano " by Mark Dalal, USA OK Mark. I haven't been paying much attention to the other comments. I like it. What the heck is it? I've got some guesses but don't want to look stupider than normal. Nice effect on your signature., BTW. " Water Colours " by Hans-Bernhard Beykirch, Germany Very nice abstract. " Something Fishy " by Leon Altoff, Australia Quite comical and interesting. It reminds me of the aquarium in Clearwater, Florida where the stingrays cruise by the edge of the tank and raise a fintip out of the water and wave at you to get your attention or be petted. " White Sands After Rain " by Ann Sanfedele, USA I like it Ann. It has a serene quality about it. I also like that it's not what it appears to be. Good catch. " Delaware Water Gap Fall Foliage Reflections " by Richard Seaman, New Zealand/USA My favorite of the month. It took my breath away when I first saw it, and still does! Excellent. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few photos from my trip
"David A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/homer.html > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/milford.html > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/catlins.html Hi David, It works without problem with me on Opera for Windows. The first one is my favorite. About the page itself, I think simple is good. I could live without the inscriptions around each image, and maybe replace the double frame with a single one, black or dark grey. Nice clean and commented HTML, BTW. Are you writing your own scripts to generate it? j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Re[2]: Pentax AF viewfinders
No accounting for it, just that it happened. The 24 x 36 format of 35mm just didn't fit an 8 x 10" print format, while you could get 4 x 5 negatives to fit the format precisely. Folks were using a lot of 4 x 5 cameras back then. It was normal to see the press shooting 4 x 5. See, I told you I'm an old guy. Len --- - Original Message - From: "Bob Walkden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lbparis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 12:17 PM Subject: Re[2]: Pentax AF viewfinders > Hi, > > how on Earth did they try to justify such as stupid argument? > > --- > > Bob > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Saturday, October 27, 2001, 4:24:17 PM, you wrote: > > > Believe it or not, 100% viewfinders used to take a certain > > amount of criticism too, years ago. Mainly from people that > > used the full frame to compose their pictures and then found > > that they couldn't print them on 8 X 10" paper without cropping. > > > Len > > --- > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Bellows - 400 f:5.6 - 15 f:3.5 for sale (links).
Hi all, As some people noted, the links for the 400mm. lenses were not working. Now they do. I've also loaded in my page the links for the 15 3.5 lens (www.martintrucco.com.ar/15A.jpg, www.martintrucco.com.ar/15B.jpg) because in only a while I've got lots of peple interested on it. Thanks to all Martin www.martintrucco.com.ar - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Lens Fungus and Irradiated Mail - Is the Sky Falling?
I saw a news report of a company in Vancouver BC, Canada who has, what was referred to as the largest facility in North America at this time for this sort of thing. The company has had some dialogue with Canadian and US postal services and in the report they specifically mentioned that film going through the process would be ruined. From the news reports this kind of system, is still not capable of handling the high speed processing that the automatic mail handling equipment employs. So I don't think we will be seeing any kind of process on a mass scale any time soon. Perhaps at strategic destination locations, but not in the general mail sorting equipment. Cheers, Mike. Cheers, Mike. Shel Belinkoff wrote: >Has irradiation, of the type proposed to be used by the USPS, been shown >to cause problems with film? If so, what problems? Or is this another >"internet-sky-is-falling" worry based on assumption rather than fact or >even anecdotal evidence. What's being proposed is not X-rays, which can >sometimes cause problems, but something other. > >Eric Lawton wrote: > >>I was reading the news regarding >>the USPS begining to irradiate our >>mail and I got to thinking about >>the problems that would cause when >>sending undeveloped film through the mail. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 300mm Lens
Goeff, There are three 300mm f4 manual focus Pentax lenses that you will see. The original K lens says 300mm f4 and has a longer straight barrel like the 400mm f5.6. The M*-300mm f4 and A*-300mm f4 are identical mushroom shaped lenses and a bit smaller than the K 300mm f4. I doubt that there is any difference between the two except for the A operating capability. They work well with the A2X-S teleconverter. The greenstar or simply star * lenses are of special, higher quality. The M*300 was the first such lens designated this way. The next lenses manufactured were the A series and many of the * lenses are in this series. A*300/4, A*135/1.8, A*85/1.4. I purchased a copy of the A*300/4 for $500 a couple of years ago. Anything less would be a bargain for either the A or M*300/4. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I was contemplating getting a 300mm Lens. I use LX’s and MX’s so I was thinking of getting a manual focus lens. There is an SMC M 300mm f4 on ebay right now that I was thinking of bidding on. I was also thinking of getting a 2x tele-converter to use in conjunction with it. I wanted to get some opinions on the variations of 300mm lenses (excluding the the f2.8, too big and too expensive), what is the best and how much do they go for? Is the A better then the M? Are they compatible with a 2x converter and can you get good results with that combination. Also a 300mm sold on ebay a while back, it was listed as a Greenstar, what is Greenstar? >> - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Russian spotting scope adapter
This topic comes up from time to time so I thought I'd share this info with all y'all... I just received a couple of adapters that turn screw mount lenses into spotting scopes. You can't change the eye piece, I'm guessing that it's a 10mm. That means that you'd divide the focal length of the lens by 10mm and you'll get the magnification. The adapter is all metal and the optics appear to be fully coated (if not multicoated). The views I'm getting with them are sharp sharp sharp! The best views come when the lens is stopped down a little, but I'll try it lower light later on tonight. Surplus shed (http://www.surplusshed.com/list.cfm?Category=Telescopes)has them for $12! Now I have an excuse for looking at cheap screw mount lenses of varying focal length... Isaac - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Attention CANADIANS (MZ-s)
I got one of the first 6 MZ-S's to come into western Canada. I have had absolutely no problems of any sort I have in the past used Pentax's service centre in Vancouver to complete a CLR on an LX. Quick turnaround and excellent service... but that was a few years ago. I have only had local service people do minor things since. I believe Pentax Canada have a good reputation for service... and a new MZ-S is not likely to require any service for some time anyway. Cheers, Mike. Nicolas Colarusso wrote: >Hi > >Are there any Canadians who have purchased an MZ-s in >Canada. I would like to know if any of you have had >any problems with it and if you have had problems how >did Pentax Canada take care of it.I really appreciate >your responses. Thank you >Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > >. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax Digital NEWS! Part one
IMHO for a high end digital SLR camera to sell in sufficient quantities to be viable, you have to crack the PJ market. This is where this type of camera is most used and useful. And, this is where Nikon and Canon rule. As digital SLR camera's become more mainstream and start to replace 35 mm, the market might be right for Pentax to enter... but at this time I think they should concentrate on the P&S market where Pentax does extremely well. Their present Optio 330 and upcoming Optio 430 are good examples. Cheers, Mike. Chaso DeChaso wrote: >Wasn't there a time when Pentax actually cared about >being a leader? Are they now content with always >following (more and more distantly), at best offering >products close to the others and cheaper? This would >be sad. If they simply don't have the might to >compete against N and C* anymore, at least >they could do one thing really well - in the digital >realm, this could have been the full-frame CCD SLR. > >Is Pentax to become the next Contax, who was fifteen >(or however many) years late with autofocus? Maybe >Pentax will release a fantastic digital SLR in 2016 >when almost nobody remembers who Pentax is. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: POW Page
Shel, It loads fast enough although I was surprised to see it was an 80K file. I am used to getting 16 bit color into a 50K file for the PUG, so I'm surprised to see a 600x400 pixel black and white be quite that large. There are definitely less shades of black than there are color shades. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I just put together my first web page to display a "Picture of the Week" photo. It's pretty simple, but perhaps nothing too fancy or complicated is needed just to show a picture. Be that as it may, I'd like some comments, especially WRT how fast/slow the page loads for you and any thoughts you may have regarding layout, coding, etc. Looking forward to your comments. Thanks! http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow.html >> - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
PUG: D. Glenn A., Osojnik, Waller
Hi all, and the photographers commented on below. I am very, very sorry for being this late with my comments this month. I have had a very busy, and a rather stressful time for most of this month, and more or less been "off-list" most of the time. Had I known it would take this long I would of course have notified earlier. However from day to day I hoped to be able to send my comments, but at the same time I didn't want to just make some quick notes just for the sake of it. These are my comments. "Where There's Smoke", by Glenn Arthur Jr, USA I like the general impression of the picture. The silhouettes of the fire fighters with there helmets contrasted against the dramatic background reminds me of some wartime pictures. They - the fire fighters - are inherently perceived as some sort of peace time "soldiers" or "heroes", and as such provide dramatic secenes just by the nature of their work. However, when playing around with the picture I ended up preferring a much tighter crop than the one submitted. I cropped it below the top wire and imediately to the left of the trunk of the tree, leaving the far left figure out of the frame. I am not saying this necessarily makes the picture better (by doing so I may have taken away elements that are important to you Glenn). But it did bring up the "soldiers" and their current dramatic environment much closer to my attention. In my web and image browser the picture also comes across slightly too bright. Anyway, it's a well captured scene, whatever cropping you'd prefer. "The Sea", by Matjaz Osojnik, Slovenia I seem to recall someone suggesting another crop and symmetry to this picture. I like it fine just as it is. The assymetrical character sort of gives my mind more "space", and allows it to wander a bit, than had it been perfectly symmetrically arranged. However, I do think that a motif like this, very simple (not sure of the connotations of this word in English, no pejorative intended) and clean, can be cropped and arrranged in many different ways without necessarily being compromised quality wise. To me they may simply end up as being different pictures, not necessarily better or worse (although you could spoil it too of course...). I must admit too, that one of my initial impressions of it was like: "Fine, the great empty space to the left can be used for (any type of) commercial or information messages. Not sure whether the artist would like any such heresy be done to his picture though :). Concerning the rendition of the water surface, there are two opposite wishes in my mind. On the one hand I wouldn't mind getting a clearer, "closer", rendition of the water surface - I don't know whether the original allows for this; on the other hand I don't mind the the water being just a blue surface, since there is a general formalistic(?) touch to the whole picture. (By this I mean that I haven't perceived Matjaz wanting to really depict a subjective experience of any dramarical boat ride, but rather using the elements for a more formal depiction of elements.) It is simply what I'd call "a nice picture", however trivial it may sound. "Presque Isle Kettles" by Ken Waller, USA This is too a classic photographical motif. (Even maaybe "a classic American motif", or am I mistaken?). It's like in the music world when you have another go at a classic 12-bar blues structure, or in jazz have another go along the chord structures of "I Got Rhythm" or "All the things You Are". While some commentators may think that this is not good, since "it has been done before", I always like to see what someone can do as far as a new interpretation of a classic theme goes. The color balance, as well as the balance of highs and lows, are good. (The lack of reflexes would make me beleive that a polarizing filter was being used, but it has not been mentioned). The vertical panorama crop comes with the territory so to speak, and that's fine. But I did ask myself whether there were any disturbing elements immediately to the left, or I may have wanted the upper turn more completely included in the frame. The decisive (successful) element to my eyes is the final bottom burst or shower og water which gives you a feeling that your feet may get wet. Because of this I would have preferred that your copyright notice be more discreetly placed elsewhere. On the whole a good example of well "crafted" picture taking and a conscious, well trained eye. Thanks, Lasse - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re[2]: Pentax AF viewfinders
Hi, how on Earth did they try to justify such as stupid argument? --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Saturday, October 27, 2001, 4:24:17 PM, you wrote: > Believe it or not, 100% viewfinders used to take a certain > amount of criticism too, years ago. Mainly from people that > used the full frame to compose their pictures and then found > that they couldn't print them on 8 X 10" paper without cropping. > Len > --- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 300mm Lens
Hi, the green star lenses are premium lenses that Pentax do using low-dispersion glass or some other special optics. They are identifiable by the green '*' after the M or A, as in SMC Pentax M* 300mm... In this instance the M* and A* lenses are identical except for the auto aperture setting on the A* lens. They are relatively small and lightweight compared to the ordinary 300mm lenses, and of very high build quality. In fact, it is quite hand-holdable. Optically they are fine. I had one and had no complaints whatsoever. Some people reckon the normal lenses are rather better optically. The * lenses tend to command a premium price. Mine was quite serviceable with an A2X-S teleconverter, although of course the viewfinder became quite dark which could make focusing tricky. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Saturday, October 27, 2001, 4:09:04 PM, you wrote: > Hi, > I was contemplating getting a 300mm Lens. I use LXs and MXs so I > was thinking of getting a manual focus lens. There is an SMC M > 300mm f4 on ebay right now that I was thinking of bidding on. I was > also thinking of getting a 2x tele-converter to use in conjunction with > it. I wanted to get some opinions on the variations of 300mm lenses > (excluding the the f2.8, too big and too expensive), what is the best > and how much do they go for? Is the A better then the M? Are they > compatible with a 2x converter and can you get good results with > that combination. > Also a 300mm sold on ebay a while back, it was listed as a > Greenstar, what is Greenstar? > Thanks, > Geoff > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
POW Page
Hi ... I just put together my first web page to display a "Picture of the Week" photo. It's pretty simple, but perhaps nothing too fancy or complicated is needed just to show a picture. Be that as it may, I'd like some comments, especially WRT how fast/slow the page loads for you and any thoughts you may have regarding layout, coding, etc. Looking forward to your comments. Thanks! http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow.html -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
aimcompute wrote: > You're going to be on aurora lookout tonight and tomorrow, right? Unlikely. I've already seen the pictures. :) Bob - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
You're going to be on aurora lookout tonight and tomorrow, right? Tom C. - Original Message - From: "Robert Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 10:05 AM Subject: Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis > aimcompute wrote: > > > Thanks Robert. That was interesting. > > > > I find it interesting that a spacecraft captured this on film. I didn't > > know they had film cameras on unmanned spacecraft. Maybe they beam the > > digital image down and then project it on to film? Maybe it's not on film. > > Also, it appears it was an extremely clear evening on that side of the > > world. Not a cloud in the sky. > > Quite likely that BBC used the phrase "captured on film" figuratively. > > Also likely, I think, that the image was cleaned up electronically to > eliminate distracting eliminate like cloud cover. > > Or who knows, the whole thing may have been created electronically based > on someone's imagination. :) > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
aimcompute wrote: > Thanks Robert. That was interesting. > > I find it interesting that a spacecraft captured this on film. I didn't > know they had film cameras on unmanned spacecraft. Maybe they beam the > digital image down and then project it on to film? Maybe it's not on film. > Also, it appears it was an extremely clear evening on that side of the > world. Not a cloud in the sky. Quite likely that BBC used the phrase "captured on film" figuratively. Also likely, I think, that the image was cleaned up electronically to eliminate distracting eliminate like cloud cover. Or who knows, the whole thing may have been created electronically based on someone's imagination. :) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few photos from my trip
Hi David, Nice shots. My choice goes to the first and the third ones. The wet, cold atmosphere of the first one is impressive. I had no problems receiving the pages. I like the layout, what I don't like is the grey frame around the shots. I think it's overflowing (am I correct?). Probably a overall light (very light) grey background would fit better the purpose. Gianfranco - Original Message - From: David A. Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 11:58 AM Subject: A few photos from my trip > Hi all, > > I've put three photos from my trip online just as teasers until I get around to > scanning more. The three URLs are (in the order I took the pictures): > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/homer.html > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/milford.html > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/catlins.html > > The picture files range from 50 to 150k so please be patient while they load. > > All were taken using a Pentax 67 and 45mm f/4 lens. > > In addition to the content feel free to comment on the pages themselves. > They're a preliminary version of what my new site will eventually look like, and I > would appreciate feedback on the look (too simple? too bright?) and the > functionality (ie does it work in your browser?). I was previously working with > 400-pixel-wide images but these are 600 wide, with the filmstrip .gif's modified > appropriately. > > Cheers, > > > - Dave > > David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > > "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, > while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield > - Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few photos from my trip
I particularly like the Catlins Coast waterfall (I need to scan some I took of Tangle Falls in Alberta. There were more twists and turns then you could count). Just one comment. I find that the film type in the border somewhat distracts from the image itself. Also, IMO, the grey border may take away some of the "punch" because contrast is not as great with the white background. Just my thoughts. Tom C . - Original Message - From: "David A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 3:58 AM Subject: A few photos from my trip > Hi all, > > I've put three photos from my trip online just as teasers until I get around to > scanning more. The three URLs are (in the order I took the pictures): > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/homer.html > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/milford.html > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/catlins.html > > The picture files range from 50 to 150k so please be patient while they load. > > All were taken using a Pentax 67 and 45mm f/4 lens. > > In addition to the content feel free to comment on the pages themselves. > They're a preliminary version of what my new site will eventually look like, and I > would appreciate feedback on the look (too simple? too bright?) and the > functionality (ie does it work in your browser?). I was previously working with > 400-pixel-wide images but these are 600 wide, with the filmstrip .gif's modified > appropriately. > > Cheers, > > > - Dave > > David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > > "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, > while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Funny OT: Canon ad
Also a lie, eh? Tom C. - Original Message - From: "Robert Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 12:05 PM Subject: Re: Funny OT: Canon ad > Juan J. Buhler wrote: > > > Full page ad in Nov. Scientific American: > > > > "Nothing screams AMATEUR like a third party lens" > > > > "For best results, use a Canon lens on a Canon camera" > > > Same ad appears in current (November) Shutterbug. > > I assume it means that their lens sales are suffering from the > interesting new offerings from third-party vendors. (E.g., Sigma 15-30, > Tamron 24-135, Tokina 24-200, etc.) > > Bob Harris > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax AF viewfinders
Believe it or not, 100% viewfinders used to take a certain amount of criticism too, years ago. Mainly from people that used the full frame to compose their pictures and then found that they couldn't print them on 8 X 10" paper without cropping. Len --- - Original Message - From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 9:00 AM Subject: Re: Pentax AF viewfinders > Erik wrote: > > > One of the things I've noticed with the modern AF cameras is the overall > > degeneration of the viewfinders compared to mechanical cameras. The image is > > smaller, less bright, and they never cover the entire image area (neither > > does the MX, but it shows more than the MZ cameras). At least not the Pentax > > ones. Why is it so difficult to put a decent viewfinder on the newer models? > > I've compared of course the LX, but also MX, with the MZ-3 and MZ-S and the > > difference is apparent. I just don't get it. > > > Erik, > You ought to search the archives for some of my rantings and ravings on this > subject. It's a real weakness of cameras IMHO, modern AF cameras especially, > and not just Pentaxes. > > --Mike > www.37thframe.com > - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: BW Developers-Grain differences
Not sure about the enlarger types, I have a Durst 606 at home, the school has besselers, they are huge and have bellows that the negative carrier goes into, they are brand new,I am not sure of the model number. - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 1:00 AM Subject: Re: BW Developers-Grain differences > - Original Message - > From: "RH" < > Subject: BW Developers-Grain differences > > > > Hi all, > > I have a question for all of you B/W chemical experts. I am > printing pictures > > at home and at school using enlargers both with 50mm lenses. > At home I use > > ilford universal paper developer and at school they use some > kind of kodak > > developer. > > > > Now,I printed some pictures at home of the same negative I > used at school and > > there is noticeably more grain in the picture. Will different > developers do > > this? Is ilford a large grain developer or something? Could it > have anything > > to do with the enlarger, at school I have a much larger one, > but when focused > > on my 8x10 paper, both my one at home and the one at school > are roughly the > > same height off of the paper. > > I doubt if the developer/paper combination would cause this. You > didn't mention if you are using the same paper at home as at > school. > There are a couple of other things more likely. First, are both > enlargers the same type of light source? A diffuser source will > show less apparent granularity than a condensor source, all else > being relatively equal. > Also, you could also have a much better lens at home than what > the school has. > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts
Very nice indeed Mark! I downloaded Hamrick Vuescan yesterday and am going to give it a try today. Thanks for the examples. Tom C. - Original Message - From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax-discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 6:20 PM Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts > >Does anyone have any particular do's and don'ts for using this > >particular model scanner. I bought one recently and need any help I > >can get. > >-- > >Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 > >Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail > > I have a Dimage Scan Dual and use it quite a bit. I recommend > that you buy the latest version of Ed Hamrick's VueScan (available > at http://www.hamrick.com) and use it to do the scans. Like most > low-cost scanners, the Dual shows quite a bit of noise in dark > regions of scanned slides. VueScan allows you do set up single- > pass multi-scanning, which samples each point multiple times > and saves the average. This really, really, really improves the > output. > > The images in the pages below were all shot on Kodak E100VS and > scanned with my Minolta Scan Dual scanner using VuesScan and > a multi-scanning factor of 4. Almost all of these pictures have > lots of dark areas in them. The VueScan output was much, much > better than the best I could get with the Minolta software. > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/pidgeonpoint/pidgeonpoint.html > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/muirbeach/muirbeach.html > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/rodeobeach/rodeobeach.html > > --Mark > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
Thanks Robert. That was interesting. I find it interesting that a spacecraft captured this on film. I didn't know they had film cameras on unmanned spacecraft. Maybe they beam the digital image down and then project it on to film? Maybe it's not on film. Also, it appears it was an extremely clear evening on that side of the world. Not a cloud in the sky. Tom C. - Original Message - From: "Robert Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 4:40 AM Subject: OT: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis > From a BBC News story: > > "Red and green lights dance in the sky above the North and South poles. > The two lights - the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis - appear to be > a mirror image of each other." > > "It is the first time Northern and Southern Lights brightening at the > same time at opposite ends of the Earth have been captured on film." > > > At: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1621000/1621406.stm > > Bob Harris > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
300mm Lens
Hi, I was contemplating getting a 300mm Lens. I use LXs and MXs so I was thinking of getting a manual focus lens. There is an SMC M 300mm f4 on ebay right now that I was thinking of bidding on. I was also thinking of getting a 2x tele-converter to use in conjunction with it. I wanted to get some opinions on the variations of 300mm lenses (excluding the the f2.8, too big and too expensive), what is the best and how much do they go for? Is the A better then the M? Are they compatible with a 2x converter and can you get good results with that combination. Also a 300mm sold on ebay a while back, it was listed as a Greenstar, what is Greenstar? Thanks, Geoff - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
