date:20040527

Interesting how much we all get involved with this list.  Though I am slow
to catch up with the list lately, I do often go over all the messages to
make sure I do not miss anything.

This is indeed a family that I would sorely miss if ever it came to it.

'Family' showing up here - mainly to visit the parents - starting tomorrow.
I have a four-day weekend.  Starting to think what film I should have
loaded...

No idea how long I have been here - I do remember The Who,

César
Panama City, Florida

-Original Message-
From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:11 PM

Thanks Jostein!

Woohoo! I just landed in Brisbane!  (Checking in via my laptop)...

Flying out to Tokyo in the morning (about 9 hours time), it's all very
exciting!  Don't any of you go talking about me ok, cause I'll be listening!

tan.

-Original Message-
From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 25 May 2004 10:59 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: I'm outta here...



Bon voyage, Tan!

Jostein
(4 nights to go)

Quoting Tanya Mayer Photography <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>
> Title says it all! See you all very soon!
>
> tan.

RE: I can't wait

Collin,

If ever you do unload that film, keep me in mind.  Though most of my
shooting is digitally nowadays, film is 'for keeps' for me...

Wondering if I will ever make it back to Wright-Patterson some day,

Cesar
Panama City, Florida

-Original Message-
From: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:25 PM


The current istD price is < $1300 with lens, mail order.
As we see a new cheapie @ < $600 next year and the nice one
maintaining that $1500-price-class prsence,
then used istD units should start going pretty cheap.

But what will I ever do with those 200+ rolls of (mostly) Kodak & (some)
Fuji film in my basement?  Anyone want a film bargain?  You can have 100
rolls (100/200/400 assorted qty) for $35.  I'll keep some "just in case".

Collin

---

'Tautology is'

RE: Will I ever use my MX again?

Thomas,

In your instance, I would have to say that you will not use your MX again.

I do shoot to capture the moment as you do.  But more often than not, I also
try very hard to make sure that the exposure is correct.  I think this is
where we differ a lot.

The best praise I have ever received was from a few photo lab technicians
who comment that they rarely ever have to correct my exposures (other than
to take into account machine anomalies).  And if they do, once it is dialed
in with the first shot, it is consistent throughout the roll.  This is
something I take into my digital shooting too.  I do not want to spend any
of my time color correcting my shots in front of the computer.  I prefer to
only consider cropping.

I still shoot film.  Just yesterday I shot digitally to confirm exposure for
my 'little sister's' bridal portraits, but shot the real shots with my 645n.
For my travels I will always shoot film.

As for using manual focus, I tend to use my AF cameras in manual focus quite
a bit.  It usually depends on the situation.  The bridal portraits I took
yesterday was mostly in AF.

Contemplating taking M42 for my next trip after GFMtn,

César
Panama City, Florida

-Original Message-
From: Haller, Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 10:41 AM

Hi all you crazany PDML folks! :-)

Just a quick note from an old Pentax lover, who acquired a C*n*n 10D and
wonders if he will ever use his Pentax film equipment again.


Sorry this was so long, the point was the question I find myself asking
myself, "Will I ever use my film cameras again?

- ThomasH

RE: Will I ever use my MX again?

John,

Tsk, tsk, tsk.  Actually, I thought the same thing you did :-)

Cesar
Panama City, Florida

-Original Message-
From: John Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:10 PM

Thomas,

Are you selling your Pentax lenses?

John


"Haller, Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi
all you crazany PDML folks! :-)
...
I have a bag of Pentax MX cameras and a bunch of "M"
lenses that I used to
use to take pictures.

RE: Will I ever use my MX again?

I have shot with Pentax and Nikon in terms of autofocus, and though it may
be true that Pentax may be a little slower, I find that I use manual focus
with the *ist D as often as when I used the D1X and D1H.

It is a question of taste perhaps, I find myself relying on AF at times and
finding out that I should have used mf and gotten the shot I wanted.

Most often my sport shots are with the manual focus A* 300/4.

Cesar
Panama City, Florida

-Original Message-
From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:05 PM

Maybe it's just Pentax autofocus, but I find when you begin to depend
upon it, it lets you down.

Amita Guha wrote:

>>Lately I have even been able to do manual focusing in the
>>viewfinder, which is no-where near as bright and clear as the
>>MX, but with practice I can now focus manually which is still
>>necessary to get the focus where _I_ want it sometimes.
>>
>>
>
>I'm finding that I still prefer to focus manually a lot with the istD,
>although it might be just a lack of experience with AF on my part. My
>favorite viewfinder is the one in the Super Program.
>
>
>
>

Re: what would you do?

2004-05-27 Thread Pentxuser

I'll play too
15, 16, 20, 24, 28, 30, 35, 40, 50, 85, 100, 120, 135, 200, 300, 400...
Vic

Re: tan is a dickhead...

Just about every digital camera I've seen has a different connector on 
the camera end of the USB cable.
The connection is universal the connector isn't.

Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Well, I've learned something ... OK Tan, Mark ... why is it that way?  Does
the Pentax have some unique features that require a special USB cable, or
is it just some money-grabbing ploy?  Do other cameras have unique
universal cables (hmmm, that sounds strange 
Shel Belinkoff
 

[Original Message]
From: Tanya Mayer Photography <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 5/27/2004 3:00:07 PM
Subject: RE: tan is a dickhead...
Thanks heaps Bill!
Yep, Shel - the USB cable that is used on the *istD is camera specific

Re: Negative scan to photo?

Markus Maurer wrote:
> 
> Hi Dave and all others responding
> I should have clarified my question a bit more:
> If I scan color negatives with a flatbed scanner - not a specialized
> negative scanner with matching software -
> how do I correct the orange layer?
> Can that be done with imaging software, the normal twain driver does no
> conversion
> on the Epson flatbed scanner here?

You cant scan negs without the transparancy
attachment to the flatbed..
you need the light from the top as well as the
bottom - is that the problem ?
the orange gets corrected to real color using the
proper hardware and settings.
i'm using an Epson 1640sup and it works fine.

Am I missing something here?

ann

> I see the "invert" command for b/w negatives in Photoshop and others.
> thanks
> Markus
> 
> > standard positive image.  In  the case of a raw file the color levels will
> > need to be adjusted since no editing has been done by the scanner
> > Dave
> >

Re: Night shots on the beach

Dario Bonazza wrote:
> 
> Hi Ann,
> 
> There is a reason for that big www.dariobonazza.com (which usually I don't
> put in pictures published in my website). Since the pictures have been
> published upon request of some people attending that event (now linking them
> to other people), I wanted to remind those folks that they have to think
> about using the pictures. I've been asked permission to publish the pictures
> in a kite club website, and I'm trying to claim some kind of property on
> images in case somebody else will think to do something like that without
> asking.
> I know that it won't be enough a safe way for protecting pictures, but I
> only want to remind people in good faith.
> 
> Dario

Dario, I understood that fully, it is just the
COLOR of the www - not the size...
it really detracts from your photos... you could
even make the sig a little biger,
but closer in color to what is in the photograph -
and always on the left hand side.
Keeping the image fairly small helps, too... 

> 
> (no, they are not famous performers)

Good - no I feel less ignorant :)

best,
ann

> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Night shots on the beach
> 
> > Dario Bonazza wrote:
> > >
> > > Since there was not a single comment, not even a dislike one, I'm afraid
> I
> > > issed the magical formula. Here it is:
> > >
> > > "Commentswelcome"
> > >
> > > Dario
> > >
> > Dario, the shots are lovely - I like the first one
> > the best and the
> > people shots are certainly good photojournalism -
> > I hope they are
> > not famous because i don't recognize any :)
> >
> >
> > but one thing - I'd make the copyright notice less
> > noticeable - the yellow jumps out at you and is
> > distracting.
> >
> > annsan
> >

Re: GFM weather

Cotty wrote:
> 
> >> >Oh yes, the record wind speed on the summit is 194 mph.
> >> >
> >> >Bill
> >>
> >> Damn, I sure would like to try some a that there chili!
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>   Cotty
> >>
> >LOL Cotty, you wag!
> >
> >I think I may um pass on the chili
> >
> >annsan
> 
> ;-)
> 
> yeah but no but yeah but are you going to try some of Bill's Brew(TM) - I
> gather that it takes the edge if the cold at night...
> 
> Cheers,
>   Cotty
> 

You fergettin' I don't drink, eh?
coffee, tea, herbal tea, tomato juice, water and
very rarely a soda pop... thats me..
One sip of anything stronger and I'd fall off the
mountain 

a



> ___/\__
> ||   (O)   | People, Places, Pastiche
> ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps
> _

RE: Will I ever use my MX again?

2004-05-27 Thread David Miers

Minolta does a lot of yapping about their great autofocus, but I honestly
can't tell much difference between it and my Pentax autofocus.  In fact many
times the Pentax performs better especially in dim light.

-Original Message-
From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Will I ever use my MX again?

Maybe it's just Pentax autofocus, but I find when you begin to depend
upon it, it lets you down.

Amita Guha wrote:

>>Lately I have even been able to do manual focusing in the
>>viewfinder, which is no-where near as bright and clear as the
>>MX, but with practice I can now focus manually which is still
>>necessary to get the focus where _I_ want it sometimes.
>>
>>
>
>I'm finding that I still prefer to focus manually a lot with the istD,
>although it might be just a lack of experience with AF on my part. My
>favorite viewfinder is the one in the Super Program.
>
>
>
>

RE: Mirror foam on MX

2004-05-27 Thread David Miers

I ordered the bumpers from Pentax for my PZ-1 and used double sided 3M tape
cut to a small sliver to install them.  The idea of any liquid type glue in
a camera is scary to me!  That was almost 2 years ago and they are fine.  In
the case of my PZ-1 I ripped it trying to change the focus screen, but I
would wonder about the rest of the seals if one is bad?  The outside seals
for the film door are no problem, but aren't there some other ones around
the shutter or something?  Walmart used to sell a felt that has an adhesive
back to it in sheet for like $1.  Those work great for film door seals.  I
think it was my K1000 and a Sears(Ricoh) that I redid both film doors in
this manner.

Dave

-Original Message-
From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 7:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mirror foam on MX

Well with the foam bad you can chip the mirror if you keep using it. Note:
Personal experience talking here.

However it is a $5 do-it-yourself fix. Basically a 1.5mm wide by 3mm thick
piece
of foam the width of the mirror. Pentax USA still had the mirror bumper in
stock
a year ago. Your local Pentax distributor may still have them too. But you
can
cut a piece of foam to fit. The foam sold by places like

http://www.micro-tools.com/docs.htm

is softer then the Pentax stuff, mouse pad foam is harder. Contact cement
works
fine.

--

Henri Toivonen wrote:

> So, I've been playing around with my "new" MX.
> Cleaned it and inspected every aspect of it.. And I found that the foam
> that softens the mirror blow has really gone old. It falls off when I
> touch it (Why did I have to go and touch it?!).
>
> Is this bad? Should I start to figure something out to replace that
> foam? It sure does give a pretty loud CLACK when the mirror flies up.
>
> /Henri
>
>

--
graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: unsubscribe

2004-05-27 Thread William Robb


- Original Message - 
From: "Peter J. Alling" Subject: Re: unsubscribe


> I'd bet Canon, most Nikons I've examined require some intelligence to 
> actually use.

Shh, van Veen might hear you.

William Robb

Re: Interesting article about Pentax in Australia

2004-05-27 Thread Alan Chan

Or simply because Sigma is more famous than Pentax.
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Because there is a higher profit margin on Sigma lenses?
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RE: tan is a dickhead...

2004-05-27 Thread tom

Well, if you can wait till Saturday there's bound to be something around
here that will work. 

> -Original Message-
> From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:47 PM
> To: Net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: tan is a dickhead...
> 
> 
> yes, i am!  here i was thinking i was little miss organised, 
> finally got myself set up in my hotel room, here in LA, got 
> online, organised my clothing/suitcases etc and then thought 
> "i'll go and update my online travel journal and download 
> some of the pics i have in my camera..."
> 
> Anyone hazard a guess at what I left behind in Australia?
> 
> Yep, that's right, my *istD USB cable!!  Then I had another 
> brainwave and thought, oh, its ok, I have a pcmcia card 
> reader in my lappy - but of course, tan has been using only 
> the 4gb hitachi microdrive and it won't fit in the pcmcia card!!
> 
> g!
> 
> So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of 
> me until I get my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that 
> they will be bringing to GFM?
> 
> tan.
> 
> 
>

eBay Auctions

2004-05-27 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning

My auctions for the Tokina ATX-PRO f2.8 lenses finishes tomorrow.



Cheers

Shaun

Re: Negative scan to photo?

Epson's Twain software should give you a positive image when scanning a 
color neg. Make sure you select transparent and color negative when 
scanning.
Paul
On May 27, 2004, at 8:16 PM, Markus Maurer wrote:

Hi Dave and all others responding
I should have clarified my question a bit more:
If I scan color negatives with a flatbed scanner - not a specialized
negative scanner with matching software -
how do I correct the orange layer?
Can that be done with imaging software, the normal twain driver does no
conversion
on the Epson flatbed scanner here?
I see the "invert" command for b/w negatives in Photoshop and others.
thanks
Markus

standard positive image.  In  the case of a raw file the color levels 
will
need to be adjusted since no editing has been done by the scanner
Dave

Re: Interesting article about Pentax in Australia

Because there is a higher profit margin on Sigma lenses?
--
John Coyle wrote:
Then why on earth do Kennedy's fail to market Pentax lenses with the
cameras.  Every 'package' they promote has Sigma lens rather than Pentax!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
- Original Message -
From: "Leon Altoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 5:53 PM
Subject: Interesting article about Pentax in Australia

According to this article
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/26/1085461801250.html
Australia makes up 5 to 10 % of Pentax's world wide sales.  And the
managing director of CR Kennedy is on the board of Pentax in the US.

Leon
http://www.bluering.org.au
http://www.bluering.org.au/leon



--
graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: tan is a dickhead...

2004-05-27 Thread Mark Roberts

"Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Anyone hazard a guess at what I left behind in Australia?
>
>Yep, that's right, my *istD USB cable!!

Tan, there'll be about a dozen of us with ist-D cameras at GFM and most
of us will have USB cables on hand. You can borrow mine if need be.

When I was racing motorcycles, I typically had to leave for a weekend of
racing right after work on Friday, with packing done late on Thursday
night in near panic. I learned to do "triage" packing: You divide
everything into three categories:
1 - Stuff that's absolutely irreplaceable. Motorcycle, for example ;-)
2 - Stuff that can be procured (purchased/borrowed) on site, but with
great expense and/or difficulty.
3 - Stuff that can be procured on site with relative ease or can be done
without if necessary.

The USB cable ranks somewhere between categories one and two. Relax and
enjoy the rest of your trip. :)

-- 
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com

Re: tan is a dickhead...

2004-05-27 Thread alex wetmore

On Thu, 27 May 2004, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> Am I missing something?  Aren't USB cables, well ... universal?  There are
> four cables here, two that came with different card readers, one that came
> with a USB hard drive, one that came with the Sony digicam ... oh, and
> another from some strange purchase ... and they all work interchangeably.
> Does the Pentax have a unique cable?

There are two types of mini-USB connectors.  One that about 90% of
devices use, and one that about 10% of devices use.

Guess which one Pentax went with?

The common one is small and flat.  The uncommon one is small and round.

alex

FS Bulk Plus-X

2004-05-27 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl

2 Plus-X, dated 02/04, refrigerated.
$30 each, includes shipping in US.
(more for shpg overseas)
Collin

RE: PAW dragonfly

2004-05-27 Thread Shawn K.

True Rob, I'm not disappointed with it at all really, it's just not quite
hand-hold able for extreme Macro shots unless the light is really quite
good.  Also the build quality kind of gets to me.  But, its so darn good
otherwise none of that really matters.

-Shawn

-Original Message-
From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 7:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: PAW dragonfly

On 27 May 2004 at 17:56, Shawn K. wrote:

>  that Tamron is really a special lens.  It's
> not perfect, my biggest gripe is that when you get near 1:1 reproduction
the
> amount of light entering the lens drops off significantly. I guess this is
> common to many Macro lenses, but, it's actually even worse with this lens
> because of the barrel design.

You might resolve your biggest gripe with the lens if you consider what is
happening when you focus 1:1. At 1:1 the lens elements are moved far from
the
focal plane so the light gathering area at the focal plane is receiving only
a
small percentage of the entire image circle projected by the lens, hence the
reduction in apparent brightness. So don't be disappointed macro lenses all
behave similarly.

Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT)  +10 Hours
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/
Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

Re: Mirror foam on MX

2004-05-27 Thread Alan Chan

It is bad. The worst part is, if it sticks to the plastic focus screen, it 
will leave permanent mark. If you intend to replace the foam yourself, 
remove the screen first. The foam should be 3mm thick and can be found on 
eBay.

Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
So, I've been playing around with my "new" MX.
Cleaned it and inspected every aspect of it.. And I found that the foam 
that softens the mirror blow has really gone old. It falls off when I 
touch it (Why did I have to go and touch it?!).

Is this bad? Should I start to figure something out to replace that foam? 
It sure does give a pretty loud CLACK when the mirror flies up.
_
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Re: C1 RAW Workflow v3.5, with Pentax Raw support

On 28 May 2004 at 7:49, Peter Loveday wrote:

> Either way, I don't have a problem with the cost.
> 
> I have no feel for how good this software is yet, not having used it.  But it
> seems unlikely they could market a product that does nothing but raw conversion
> and have it be as bad as Photoshop CS's raw convertor.  If it is good, it is
> worth paying for in its own right.  Would I pay $250 for a good sharp lens to
> improve my image quality, or a good tripod?  Hell yes.. Because its a software
> tool, rather than a piece of physical equipment, seems to somehow devalue it. 
> As far as I'm concerned, if it can improve the quality of a picture, then its a
> tool like any other.  And I can garruntee no one will be offering me an upgrade
> on my lens to something faster or better for $50 next year, either :)

What I have a problem with is what can only be construed as deliberate under 
engineering or disabling so as to provide a path to future revenues. The *ist D 
stinks of this a little.


Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT)  +10 Hours
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/
Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

Re: Interesting article about Pentax in Australia

On 28 May 2004 at 10:20, John Coyle wrote:

> Then why on earth do Kennedy's fail to market Pentax lenses with the
> cameras.  Every 'package' they promote has Sigma lens rather than Pentax!

I guess Smega lenses offer a higher profit ratio? If that's not a conflict 
nothing is, but hell it's been that way for years in Oz. 

I read a little self promotion and scare mongering in the article too, I bet 
they aren't so pleased they offered to match OS prices now. I made them match a 
the regular web price for a *ist D from a big Japanese retailer and I factored 
in all reasonable costs (to which they didn't disagree). But they still umm'd 
arr'd and procrastinated over the final deal, then they tried to make me feel 
bad by suggesting that it was a special never to be repeated deal and they I 
shouldn't talk to any other photos or dealers. And all the time I could have 
bought it from Japan at the same price retail without any great hassle.

Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT)  +10 Hours
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/
Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

Re: tan is a dickhead...

2004-05-27 Thread Herb Chong

they have a Mini USB connector on the camera end. not common yet.

Herb
- Original Message - 
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: tan is a dickhead...


> Am I missing something?  Aren't USB cables, well ... universal?  There are
> four cables here, two that came with different card readers, one that came
> with a USB hard drive, one that came with the Sony digicam ... oh, and
> another from some strange purchase ... and they all work interchangeably.
> Does the Pentax have a unique cable?

Re: Need help w/portrait

2004-05-27 Thread Joseph Tainter

Thanks, everyone. Great tips. I'll file these away.
Joe

Re: Interesting article about Pentax in Australia

2004-05-27 Thread John Coyle

Then why on earth do Kennedy's fail to market Pentax lenses with the
cameras.  Every 'package' they promote has Sigma lens rather than Pentax!

John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
- Original Message -
From: "Leon Altoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 5:53 PM
Subject: Interesting article about Pentax in Australia


>
> According to this article
> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/26/1085461801250.html
> Australia makes up 5 to 10 % of Pentax's world wide sales.  And the
> managing director of CR Kennedy is on the board of Pentax in the US.
>
>
>
>  Leon
>
> http://www.bluering.org.au
> http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
>
>

RE: Negative scan to photo?

2004-05-27 Thread Markus Maurer

Hi Dave and all others responding
I should have clarified my question a bit more:
If I scan color negatives with a flatbed scanner - not a specialized
negative scanner with matching software -
how do I correct the orange layer?
Can that be done with imaging software, the normal twain driver does no
conversion
on the Epson flatbed scanner here?
I see the "invert" command for b/w negatives in Photoshop and others.
thanks
Markus


> standard positive image.  In  the case of a raw file the color levels will
> need to be adjusted since no editing has been done by the scanner
> Dave
>

Re: PAW 1 - Hummingbird

On 27 May 2004 at 10:47, Tom C wrote:

> My first PAW is at this address...
> 
> http://eseephoto.com/album.php?albumid=42ab2b214219fe005b2d&1085674794
> 
> Let me know if you can access it... I don't know if it's password protected or
> not.  Thanks.
> 
> *istD w/smc FA 28-200 @ 200
> 1/350 sec
> f/6.7
> JPEG best
> Saved as .psd and unsharp masked in Photoshop before saving again as a .jpg

Very nicely executed, the only improvement it may have benefited from would 
have been a little light reflected on the birds underside, have you tried 
lightening it up a little in PS?

Cheers,


Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT)  +10 Hours
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Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

Re: tan is a dickhead...

2004-05-27 Thread Peter Loveday

It's a right pain that my other MP3 player and the *istD and many other
devices still choose proprietary sockets though - just makes no sense
whatsoever, except that they make extra money out of expensive
cabling
Indeed.  There are three standard USB connectors:
   USB-A: this is what goes in to the 'host', ie computer
   USB-B: goes in to the peripheral device.. most printers have this type
   USB-mini B: A much smaller connector, for mobile devices.
My Canon S45 has a USB mini-B, nice and standard.  Pentax in their wisdom 
decided against going for something standard, and then stuck the video out 
on the same connector as USB.  Oh well.

Love, Light and Peace,
- Peter Loveday
Director of Development, eyeon Software

Re: Need help w/portrait

As an alternative that may be easier, you can apply the gaussian blur 
overall, then just erase the lips and eyes on the blur layer.
Sometimes I don't erase completely, but instead set the eraser at 75% 
or so.
On May 27, 2004, at 7:44 PM, Butch Black wrote:

Joe wrote :
I was going to print an enlargement for her. Is there anything I can 
do in
Photoshop to make her think her skin looks as smooth as it actually is?

Make a duplicate layer (ctrl J), use either clone or healing brush in 
both
lighten and darken modes to smooth out the light and dark parts (also 
good
for bags under eyes) then apply gaussian blur, a little heavy, (view at
100%) use the history brush to apply the blur to just the skin (not 
eyes or
lips) then adjust the opacity of the level to where it looks natural. I
usually bring the opacity down till it just stops looking blurred then 
drop
another 5%.

If you run into problems e-mail me a copy large enough to print and 
I'll be
glad to give it a try.

Butch
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.
Hermann Hesse (Demian)

Re: tan is a dickhead...

BTW, Tan, that word is a fighting insult in the US no matter whatever it means 
in OZ.

--
Rob Brigham wrote:
Actually I believe the Muvo is a standard 'mini-usb' socket - same as my
Flashtrax and a coule of other USB devices I have.  About half of all
MP3 players use this socket.  To be honest I don't understand why we
have full size USB device sockets when mini-USB seems to do the same
job...
It's a right pain that my other MP3 player and the *istD and many other
devices still choose proprietary sockets though - just makes no sense
whatsoever, except that they make extra money out of expensive
cabling
The others are right - if you need to upload pics before you get meet
with someone who has a cable then bgo buy a USB card reader for $5-10
somewhere.
You are not a dickhead for forgetting something like that, I thought you
were going to say you forgot the camera or possibly the flash card -
that's what I would call a dickhead, that or Cotty forgetting the beer
or something!

-Original Message-
From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 27 May 2004 22:58
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: tan is a dickhead...

Thanks heaps Bill!
Yep, Shel - the USB cable that is used on the *istD is camera 
specific - as is the one that I use for my Muvo mp3 player.  
I have a universal one (such as that you are referring to) 
with me, and also the one for my Muvo, but my *istD cable is 
happily sitting at home in his little USB port attached to my 
PC back in Australia!

And I don't care what any of you say - I AM a dickhead for 
doing that! lol. btw, I think that as Aussies, we probably 
use the term in a much lighter sense that you guys in the US 
do.  When I said that, it was totally tongue-in-cheek, as are 
most comments that Aussies make! lol.

So funny, on the flight from Japan today there was about 12 
young US Navy recruits and they kept saying "oh, you Arssees, 
you r accent is so cute!" I just know that I am going to have 
to give you all a crash course on how to say the word Aussie. 
Think Ozzy Osbourne, and you should be able to say it 
correctly...  Repeat after me... OZ-ZZIE... Just like mozzie 
(mosquito), lol...

tan.  (i think i am a bit delirious - gonna try and get a 
couple of hours sleep before the Madonna concert tonight!!)

-Original Message-
From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 28 May 2004 7:25 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: tan is a dickhead...
You will be welcome to use my *ist D cable (if I know where 
it is) on GFM. I use only a card reader and CF cards.

Bill
- Original Message -
From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Net [EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:46 PM
Subject: tan is a dickhead...

yes, i am!  here i was thinking i was little miss 
organised, finally 

got myself set up in my hotel room, here in LA, got online, 
organised 

my clothing/suitcases etc and then thought "i'll go and update my 
online
travel
journal and download some of the pics i have in my camera..."
Anyone hazard a guess at what I left behind in Australia?
Yep, that's right, my *istD USB cable!!  Then I had another 
brainwave 

and thought, oh, its ok, I have a pcmcia card reader in my 
lappy - but 

of course, tan has been using only the 4gb hitachi 
microdrive and it 

won't
fit
in the pcmcia card!!
g!
So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of 
me until I 

get my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that they will be 
bringing to
GFM?
tan.





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RE: tan is a dickhead...

On 28 May 2004 at 1:35, Anders Hultman wrote:

> The cables that came with my Sony P&S camera, my Sony Minidisc player and
> the X-Drive all look the same and can be used interchangeably.

Ahh, thanks, interesting info, a web page with pic and interchangeability info 
would be quite handy me thinks.

On my last trip I didn't envisage requiring the USB cable for my X-Drive as I 
had no PC and  I had 80GB free (so I thought). After driving some 1000km I 
suddenly remembered that I had dumped my music library on it whilst doing some 
system maintenance so I only had about 15GB free. Thankfully it was enough 
space however if I knew what other cables connected to it I could have found a 
computer shop some place and borrowed a suitable cable in order to free up my 
drive space.

I felt like a bit of a dickhead :-)

Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT)  +10 Hours
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Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

Re: Mirror foam on MX

Well with the foam bad you can chip the mirror if you keep using it. Note: 
Personal experience talking here.

However it is a $5 do-it-yourself fix. Basically a 1.5mm wide by 3mm thick piece 
of foam the width of the mirror. Pentax USA still had the mirror bumper in stock 
a year ago. Your local Pentax distributor may still have them too. But you can 
cut a piece of foam to fit. The foam sold by places like

http://www.micro-tools.com/docs.htm
is softer then the Pentax stuff, mouse pad foam is harder. Contact cement works 
fine.

--
Henri Toivonen wrote:
So, I've been playing around with my "new" MX.
Cleaned it and inspected every aspect of it.. And I found that the foam 
that softens the mirror blow has really gone old. It falls off when I 
touch it (Why did I have to go and touch it?!).

Is this bad? Should I start to figure something out to replace that 
foam? It sure does give a pretty loud CLACK when the mirror flies up.

/Henri

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RE: Need help w/portrait

2004-05-27 Thread Butch Black

Joe wrote :

I was going to print an enlargement for her. Is there anything I can do in
Photoshop to make her think her skin looks as smooth as it actually is?

Make a duplicate layer (ctrl J), use either clone or healing brush in both
lighten and darken modes to smooth out the light and dark parts (also good
for bags under eyes) then apply gaussian blur, a little heavy, (view at
100%) use the history brush to apply the blur to just the skin (not eyes or
lips) then adjust the opacity of the level to where it looks natural. I
usually bring the opacity down till it just stops looking blurred then drop
another 5%.

If you run into problems e-mail me a copy large enough to print and I'll be
glad to give it a try.

Butch

Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.

Hermann Hesse (Demian)

Re: *ist USb cable

2004-05-27 Thread Rfsindg

Tanja,

Same USB cable as what comes with the Muvo?  Same as my Sony?
Looks a bit like this, but on a tiny end...

!  !
!  !
! /  \ !

Regards,  Bob S.

Tanja writes:

> So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of me
> until I get my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that they
> will be bringing to GFM?

Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

I rather like that better than the regular color or B&W.

Bruce


Thursday, May 27, 2004, 2:56:07 PM, you wrote:

SB> http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/outside-desat.html

SB> Shel Belinkoff


>> [Original Message]
>> From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>> Yeah, slight desaturation of the image might be just the ticket.  Care
>> to take a stab at yours?

Pentax cable

2004-05-27 Thread Mark Dalal

From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Am I missing something?  Aren't USB cables, well ... universal?  There are
> four cables here, two that came with different card readers, one that came
> with a USB hard drive, one that came with the Sony digicam ... oh, and
> another from some strange purchase ... and they all work interchangeably.
> Does the Pentax have a unique cable?

The connector to computer is USB but the connector to the camera is unique.
That's how it is on my brother's Optio S4 that I'm borrowing.

Mark

RE: tan is a dickhead...

Thanks heaps Bill!

Yep, Shel - the USB cable that is used on the *istD is camera specific - as
is the one that I use for my Muvo mp3 player.  I have a universal one (such
as that you are referring to) with me, and also the one for my Muvo, but my
*istD cable is happily sitting at home in his little USB port attached to my
PC back in Australia!

And I don't care what any of you say - I AM a dickhead for doing that! lol.
btw, I think that as Aussies, we probably use the term in a much lighter
sense that you guys in the US do.  When I said that, it was totally
tongue-in-cheek, as are most comments that Aussies make! lol.

So funny, on the flight from Japan today there was about 12 young US Navy
recruits and they kept saying "oh, you Arssees, you r accent is so cute!" I
just know that I am going to have to give you all a crash course on how to
say the word Aussie.  Think Ozzy Osbourne, and you should be able to say it
correctly...  Repeat after me... OZ-ZZIE... Just like mozzie (mosquito),
lol...

tan.  (i think i am a bit delirious - gonna try and get a couple of hours
sleep before the Madonna concert tonight!!)


-Original Message-
From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 28 May 2004 7:25 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: tan is a dickhead...


You will be welcome to use my *ist D cable (if I know where it is) on GFM.
I use only a card reader and CF cards.

Bill

- Original Message -
From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Net [EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:46 PM
Subject: tan is a dickhead...


>
> yes, i am!  here i was thinking i was little miss organised, finally got
> myself set up in my hotel room, here in LA, got online, organised my
> clothing/suitcases etc and then thought "i'll go and update my online
travel
> journal and download some of the pics i have in my camera..."
>
> Anyone hazard a guess at what I left behind in Australia?
>
> Yep, that's right, my *istD USB cable!!  Then I had another brainwave and
> thought, oh, its ok, I have a pcmcia card reader in my lappy - but of
> course, tan has been using only the 4gb hitachi microdrive and it won't
fit
> in the pcmcia card!!
>
> g!
>
> So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of me until I get
> my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that they will be bringing to
GFM?
>
> tan.
>
>
>

RE: tan is a dickhead...

Hey trevor!

what's with the septic tanks thingy?

tan. (the drongo)

-Original Message-
From: trevor_e_bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 28 May 2004 7:37 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: tan is a dickhead...



G'day Tanya
Mate... You are not a dickhead... A Drongo maybe.. but not a dickhead.  :-)

Have fun with the Septic Tanks

Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor
Grafton

- Original Message -
From: Tanya Mayer Photography <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, May 28, 2004 6:46 am
Subject: tan is a dickhead...

> 
> yes, i am!  here i was thinking i was little miss organised, 
> finally got
> myself set up in my hotel room, here in LA, got online, organised my
> clothing/suitcases etc and then thought "i'll go and update my 
> online travel
> journal and download some of the pics i have in my camera..."
> 
> Anyone hazard a guess at what I left behind in Australia?
> 
> Yep, that's right, my *istD USB cable!!  Then I had another 
> brainwave and
> thought, oh, its ok, I have a pcmcia card reader in my lappy - but of
> course, tan has been using only the 4gb hitachi microdrive and it 
> won't fit
> in the pcmcia card!!
> 
> g!
> 
> So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of me 
> until I get
> my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that they will be 
> bringing to GFM?
> 
> tan.
> 
> 
>

Re: Darkroom or Digital for beginners

I thought this was at the elementary school or Junior High level. I do not think 
the question would have even been asked at the college level. And many HS have 
darkroom facilities nowadays, and the students would be expected to understand 
normal care with darkroom chemicals, I mean they work with much more dangerous 
stuff in chemistry class, so that would not be a problem.

--
Peter J. Alling wrote:
If someone is taking a formal photo course I would presume that they 
have already moved beyond P&S and disposables.
Anyone who is just looking for some pointers to make their snapshots 
better doesn't need a full blown course, and if they
do they are probably hopeless in any case.  (Damned I'm feeling nasty 
this morning).

graywolf wrote:
I would think a basic course could be taught with machine processing 
at the local minilab, letting the kids use whatever camera is 
available to them including disposables. There is enough to learn 
about the basics of lighting and composition that it would easily take 
up a one semester class. One could easily explain to them how shutter 
speed and f-stop affected the DOF and motion blur even if they had no 
direct control over it. Though it would be nice if a decent manual 
camera was available for the kids to try out their learning on, if 
even only under supervision, and have some experience in case they 
decide they wished to pursue photography farther. I actually feel that 
darkroom or computer graphics work should be held back for a more 
advanced course.

We tend to forget that you do not need all those advanced features to 
learn the basics.




--
graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/outside-desat.html

Shel Belinkoff


> [Original Message]
> From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Yeah, slight desaturation of the image might be just the ticket.  Care
> to take a stab at yours?

Re: GFM Question

Dotty wrote:

e can eat it, it's only civilised to warm the bugger up first.
I've never tried toasting a Twinkie.
 

Deep fried is the way to go...
Yet.

Cheers,
 Cotty
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Re: K1000 and flash question for a friend

If it is an auto flash she can just set the ASA on it at twice the film speed. 
She may need to use slower film so that she can set the shutter speed to 1/60 of 
a second at the f-stop the flash says to use though.

--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Hi Guru's.
A horse friend that i talk to via email a bit has a K1000(shes a reformed P&Ser) and is
having troubles 
with the shadows on her horse portrait shots.I suggested fill flash then realized i have
no experience 
with the K1000 in this regards.
So,before she emails back and ask's what i mean,what would be a good way to do fill flash
with a 
K1000 and i believe she has a cheap flash,make unknown.

I'm thinking meter scene then tape a piec of kleenex over the flash to dampen a bit.
Film is drug store, iso 200 or 400.
Any tips i can pass on.
Dave

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Re: tan is a dickhead...

2004-05-27 Thread trevor_e_bailey


G'day Tanya
Mate... You are not a dickhead... A Drongo maybe.. but not a dickhead.  :-)

Have fun with the Septic Tanks

Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor
Grafton

- Original Message -
From: Tanya Mayer Photography <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, May 28, 2004 6:46 am
Subject: tan is a dickhead...

> 
> yes, i am!  here i was thinking i was little miss organised, 
> finally got
> myself set up in my hotel room, here in LA, got online, organised my
> clothing/suitcases etc and then thought "i'll go and update my 
> online travel
> journal and download some of the pics i have in my camera..."
> 
> Anyone hazard a guess at what I left behind in Australia?
> 
> Yep, that's right, my *istD USB cable!!  Then I had another 
> brainwave and
> thought, oh, its ok, I have a pcmcia card reader in my lappy - but of
> course, tan has been using only the 4gb hitachi microdrive and it 
> won't fit
> in the pcmcia card!!
> 
> g!
> 
> So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of me 
> until I get
> my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that they will be 
> bringing to GFM?
> 
> tan.
> 
> 
>

Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

Yeah, slight desaturation of the image might be just the ticket.  Care
to take a stab at yours?

Bruce

Thursday, May 27, 2004, 1:43:02 PM, you wrote:

SB> Hi Bruce ...

SB> One of the things that bugged me about the color photo is that they fellow
SB> has nice, rosy cheeks.

SB> There's a fellow in one of the Leica forums who has been posting  nicely
SB> desaturated color photos.  Another approach to consider, perhaps.  Here's
SB> an example:

SB> http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/11/68015.html?1085544257

SB> BTW, talking to one's self is a sign of approaching dotage.  Welcome to the
SB> club! 

SB> Shel Belinkoff

>> [Original Message]
>> From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>> What I was trying to say was that the color image here almost looks
>> hand tinted - because of the particular colors.  Any way you look at
>> it, B&W or color, it is a nice image.

>> Thursday, May 27, 2004, 1:26:34 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> BD> Hello Shel,
>>
>> BD> Yeah, quite a difference in the conversions.  After looking at them,
>> BD> somehow the strong colors seem to add to the picture for me.  The B&W
>> BD> is good, but like I said, you rarely see something like this in color.
>> BD> The color of the clothing and building really work well here. Usually
>> BD> There is too much in the clothing and buildings are too pastel -
>> BD> almost like it was hand tinted.
>>

Re: tan is a dickhead...

2004-05-27 Thread Bill Owens

You will be welcome to use my *ist D cable (if I know where it is) on GFM.
I use only a card reader and CF cards.

Bill

- Original Message - 
From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Net [EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:46 PM
Subject: tan is a dickhead...


>
> yes, i am!  here i was thinking i was little miss organised, finally got
> myself set up in my hotel room, here in LA, got online, organised my
> clothing/suitcases etc and then thought "i'll go and update my online
travel
> journal and download some of the pics i have in my camera..."
>
> Anyone hazard a guess at what I left behind in Australia?
>
> Yep, that's right, my *istD USB cable!!  Then I had another brainwave and
> thought, oh, its ok, I have a pcmcia card reader in my lappy - but of
> course, tan has been using only the 4gb hitachi microdrive and it won't
fit
> in the pcmcia card!!
>
> g!
>
> So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of me until I get
> my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that they will be bringing to
GFM?
>
> tan.
>
>
>

Re: tan is a dickhead...

Am I missing something?  Aren't USB cables, well ... universal?  There are
four cables here, two that came with different card readers, one that came
with a USB hard drive, one that came with the Sony digicam ... oh, and
another from some strange purchase ... and they all work interchangeably. 
Does the Pentax have a unique cable?   

Shel Belinkoff


> [Original Message]
> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 5/27/2004 2:06:36 PM
> Subject: Re: tan is a dickhead...
>
> I think she means the USB cable that plugs into the camera. That's 
> going to be hard to find, although B&H might have one. Still, I agree. 
> She's not a dickhead.

Re: tan is a dickhead...

2004-05-27 Thread Eactivist

In a message dated 5/27/2004 1:48:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of me until I get
my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that they will be bringing to GFM?

tan.
---
Don't you have to be male to be a dickhead? ;-)

With all those *istDs coming I would think there will be a camera-specific 
USB cable coming too. Definitely flash card readers with USB cables, etc. I'll 
have one of those along, anyway, just in case.

No worries.

Marnie aka Doe

Re: tan is a dickhead...

Another option would be to pick up a 1 gig flash card. You can by one 
at Samy's on Venice Blvd. and Arthur Kenney. Just a hop, skip and jump 
from the airport and a few blocks east of Venice Beach.
Paul
On May 27, 2004, at 4:46 PM, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:

yes, i am!  here i was thinking i was little miss organised, finally 
got
myself set up in my hotel room, here in LA, got online, organised my
clothing/suitcases etc and then thought "i'll go and update my online 
travel
journal and download some of the pics i have in my camera..."

Anyone hazard a guess at what I left behind in Australia?
Yep, that's right, my *istD USB cable!!  Then I had another brainwave 
and
thought, oh, its ok, I have a pcmcia card reader in my lappy - but of
course, tan has been using only the 4gb hitachi microdrive and it 
won't fit
in the pcmcia card!!

g!
So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of me until I 
get
my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that they will be bringing 
to GFM?

tan.

Re: Future Practicality of Film

Lon's awake. Somebody get him breakfast.

>Shh! don't stir things uyp.
>
>Lon Williamson wrote:
>
>> LOL Antonio, he's NOT kidding.
>>
>> William Robb wrote:
>>
>>> - Original Message - From: "Antonio Aparicio"
>>>
 And you sir are being abusive.
>>>
>>> You haven't seen abuse directed at you yet.




Cheers,
  Cotty


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Re: tan is a dickhead...

I think she means the USB cable that plugs into the camera. That's 
going to be hard to find, although B&H might have one. Still, I agree. 
She's not a dickhead.
Paul

On May 27, 2004, at 4:52 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Go buy one in a local store.  They're cheap ;-))  And it's always good 
to
have a backup.

BTW, I'd never think of you as a dickhead 
Shel Belinkoff
Anyone hazard a guess at what I left behind in Australia?
Yep, that's right, my *istD USB cable!!  Then I had another brainwave 
and
thought, oh, its ok, I have a pcmcia card reader in my lappy - but of
course, tan has been using only the 4gb hitachi microdrive and it 
won't
fit
in the pcmcia card!!
g!
So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of me until 
I get
my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that they will be bringing 
to
GFM?
tan.

Re: unsubscribe



>This wasn't to imply that you couldn't use intelligence with a Canon, 
>just that it wasn't required.

Thus is true. As tardiness is not a prerequisite to owning a Pentax :-)


Cheers,
  Cotty


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Re: What is the recommended CF card?

I prefer my 1 gig lexar 40X to my 1 gig sandisk. The lexar is a bit 
faster. I reported a problem with the lexar card reader and system 
10.3.3 (mac), but lexar has since released a new driver that corrects 
it. I'm using USB 1 for downloads (I plan to upgrade to 2 or firewire 
soon) but even over USB 1 downloads are okay -- around 15 minutes for a 
full card. I tried it once with another card reader on USB2. I think it 
came in around 6 minutes. To download my Sandisk card I've had to use 
the camera. The Lexar card reader (the cheap one that comes with the 1 
gig card) doesn't see it. I have a Sandisk reader for USB 2 that sees 
all my cards. I'm eventually going to use that one.
On May 27, 2004, at 2:23 PM, Mark Stringer wrote:

What is currently the thinking on a CF card?  1 gig fast, I guess?  I 
read in the archives someone had a problem with lexar standards and 
downloads from microdrives were over an hour (?)

Re: Need help w/portrait

2004-05-27 Thread Mark Dalal

From: "jtainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> I rephotographed her in the shade without the flash, at f4.0. This is much
better. And this time I didn't add unsharp mask. Please suggest what else I
should do before I make some prints.

One thing you may consider is creating a second layer in Photoshop and
applying a blur to her skin. I don't have it handy but I'm sure this
technique has been covered in several of the photo mags.

If you can do a reshoot, there's a second option. If you have a 50/1.7 or
1.4 (with *istD), shoot her in open shade with that about f2 making sure to
only focus on the eyes. The majority of her skin will out of focus and
rendered pretty smoothly.

> I suppose one should always be prepared for such an occasion -- lights,
bouncers, reflectors, backdrops, and assistants, all on hand at all times.

Exactly! What were you thinking??? 

Mark

Re: GFM Question

On 27/5/04, MAD DOG WILLIAMSON, discombobulated, offered:

>The Brits are known to ladle leftover Yorkshire Pudding into the
>pits left behind by removing olives from Pizza.
>
>Y'all have been forewarned.
>
>Cotty wrote:
>>>I'll bring a jar of olives. You can add them to your pizza in the back of
>>>the van, just don't let anyone see you do it.
>> 
>> 
>> You ain't seen nuthin yet...

LOL, Lon that's nuts. I hate Yorkshire pud. But I have been known to do a
few odd things food-wise. I'm sure that in a gross-out contest, most
Americans would have me beat...

I'm pretty good at toasting almost anything this side of solid. I'm not
finicky over heat sources either. Kippers on tubular headers? Good
breakfast after an hour on the road early-doors. You get the picture. If
one can eat it, it's only civilised to warm the bugger up first.

I've never tried toasting a Twinkie.

Yet.

Cheers,
  Cotty

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RE: tan is a dickhead...

Go buy one in a local store.  They're cheap ;-))  And it's always good to
have a backup.

BTW, I'd never think of you as a dickhead 

Shel Belinkoff

> Anyone hazard a guess at what I left behind in Australia?
>
> Yep, that's right, my *istD USB cable!!  Then I had another brainwave and
> thought, oh, its ok, I have a pcmcia card reader in my lappy - but of
> course, tan has been using only the 4gb hitachi microdrive and it won't
fit
> in the pcmcia card!!
>
> g!
>
> So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of me until I get
> my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that they will be bringing to
GFM?
>
> tan.
>

Re: GFM weather



>> >Oh yes, the record wind speed on the summit is 194 mph.
>> >
>> >Bill
>> 
>> Damn, I sure would like to try some a that there chili!
>> 
>> Cheers,
>>   Cotty
>> 
>LOL Cotty, you wag!
>
>I think I may um pass on the chili
>
>annsan

;-)

yeah but no but yeah but are you going to try some of Bill's Brew(TM) - I
gather that it takes the edge if the cold at night...



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Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

Hi ...

Been playing around with monochromatic versions as well.  See subsequent
message and a couple of examples (neither of which are satisfactory - just
Q&D conversions)

A cloaking device?Might be a good idea ;-))

Shel Belinkoff


> [Original Message]
> From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 27/5/04, SHEL, discombobulated, offered:

> >I had to meet someone in downtown Berkeley yesterday afternoon.  While
> >waiting for her I caught these two people sitting and talking outside
the 
> >Shattuck Theater (where I later saw Supersize Me).
> >
> >http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/outside.html
>
> 2nd pic is BRILLIANT.
>
> Surely a mono candidate?
>
> Superb Shel. How the hell do they not see you stood 6 feet in front of
> them?? Romulan Cloaking Device or what??

tan is a dickhead...


yes, i am!  here i was thinking i was little miss organised, finally got
myself set up in my hotel room, here in LA, got online, organised my
clothing/suitcases etc and then thought "i'll go and update my online travel
journal and download some of the pics i have in my camera..."

Anyone hazard a guess at what I left behind in Australia?

Yep, that's right, my *istD USB cable!!  Then I had another brainwave and
thought, oh, its ok, I have a pcmcia card reader in my lappy - but of
course, tan has been using only the 4gb hitachi microdrive and it won't fit
in the pcmcia card!!

g!

So, my poor kids aren't going to be able to see any pics of me until I get
my hands on a cable.  Anyone have a spare that they will be bringing to GFM?

tan.

Re: last call for June 3rd PDML meeting

On 27/5/04, tv, discombobulated, offered:

>If you've already rsvp'd you should have just gotten an email from me
>confirming. If you're still interested in attending the DC PDML outing on
>June 3rd at Marrakesh, and you haven't rsvp'd, now would be the time...so
>far we've got 11 people coming, including Tanya and Cotty, assuming his
>plane is on time and Tanya hasn't killed me yet.

Oh I'll be there. Amazing what a call to an airline's PR dept can do if
the press are travelling!


Cheers,
  Cotty


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Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

Hi Bruce ...

One of the things that bugged me about the color photo is that they fellow
has nice, rosy cheeks.

There's a fellow in one of the Leica forums who has been posting  nicely
desaturated color photos.  Another approach to consider, perhaps.  Here's
an example:

http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/11/68015.html?1085544257

BTW, talking to one's self is a sign of approaching dotage.  Welcome to the
club! 

Shel Belinkoff


> [Original Message]
> From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> What I was trying to say was that the color image here almost looks
> hand tinted - because of the particular colors.  Any way you look at
> it, B&W or color, it is a nice image.

> Thursday, May 27, 2004, 1:26:34 PM, you wrote:
>
> BD> Hello Shel,
>
> BD> Yeah, quite a difference in the conversions.  After looking at them,
> BD> somehow the strong colors seem to add to the picture for me.  The B&W
> BD> is good, but like I said, you rarely see something like this in color.
> BD> The color of the clothing and building really work well here. Usually
> BD> There is too much in the clothing and buildings are too pastel -
> BD> almost like it was hand tinted.
>

Re: Need help w/portrait

For a light afternoon moment, here's her reaction to my second take:

"That's a great picture!  I feel like I was photographed by that Scuvolli guy.  Or is 
it Scuvollo?
Thanks so much!"
Joe

Re: Will I ever use my MX again?

On 27/5/04, DARIO, discombobulated, offered:

>Bottled Cotty wrote:
>
>> Thomas, why did you decide on the 10D? I would have thought you would
>> have gone for the *ist D with a bag of Pentax bottles already in your
>> possession...
>
>Then, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>
>
>> Probably not. But if you had bought an *istD instead of that Canon, 
>> you'd still be using your Pentax lenses.
>
>Hey gang, the guy wrote:
>"But then my brother lent me his 10D, with a couple of lenses."
>
>Hence, there's still a (faint?) possibility he'll end up buying a *ist D!
>
>Dario

Well-spotted, Dario. This is true. There's hope for the man yet ;-) If
not, I can soon put him straight about how to adapt his SMCs to EOS !


Cheers,
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Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

On 27/5/04, SHEL, discombobulated, offered:

>I had to meet someone in downtown Berkeley yesterday afternoon.  While
>waiting for her I caught these two people sitting and talking outside the 
>Shattuck Theater (where I later saw Supersize Me).
>
>http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/outside.html

2nd pic is BRILLIANT.

Surely a mono candidate?

Superb Shel. How the hell do they not see you stood 6 feet in front of
them?? Romulan Cloaking Device or what??


Cheers,
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RE: Gaurav's PAW #5: Indian Parliament house

2004-05-27 Thread frank theriault

Another late comment (sorry, Guarav),
I generally like this one, but I'm a bit of a sucker for "though the window 
or door" shots.

Is that actually a monkey, or is it a part of the wrought iron grating?  
It's cool, either way.

The only thing I might say, is that rather than the dome being centred in 
the door, partially covered by the grating on the right hand side of the 
door, had you been able to move a bit to the left, the dome would have been 
a bit more visible, maybe.

OTOH, it may have been impossible to do so, or maybe you just like it better 
this way.  It's no big thing to me, just a thought.  I'd have liked to see 
it the other way for comparison, I guess is what I'm saying.

But, all in all, an interesting and well executed photo.
thanks,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist 
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer



From: "Gaurav Aggarwal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Gaurav's PAW #5: Indian Parliament house
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 11:38:32 +0530
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2351011&size=lg
An ordinary scan of a picture taken just when I was getting interested
in photography and had bought a camera from rec.photo.35mm.equipment.
Scanned from a 4x6" print at 200 dpi. Comments on composition, lighting
welcome inspite of the poor scan etc.
Gaurav

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RE: Will I ever use my MX again?

On 27/5/04, AMITA, discombobulated, offered:

>Not to mention the fact that the 10D is monstrously large compared to
>the istD...
>
>> Probably not. But if you had bought an *istD instead of that Canon, 
>> you'd still be using your Pentax lenses.

Oddly enough Amita, and with all due respect, this is something I prefer.
But then again, I'm rather big, in fact Galaxy Size(TM)...


Cheers,
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Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

Pretty bad when you reply to your own reply.

What I was trying to say was that the color image here almost looks
hand tinted - because of the particular colors.  Any way you look at
it, B&W or color, it is a nice image.

-- 
Best regards,
Bruce


Thursday, May 27, 2004, 1:26:34 PM, you wrote:

BD> Hello Shel,

BD> Yeah, quite a difference in the conversions.  After looking at them,
BD> somehow the strong colors seem to add to the picture for me.  The B&W
BD> is good, but like I said, you rarely see something like this in color.
BD> The color of the clothing and building really work well here. Usually
BD> There is too much in the clothing and buildings are too pastel -
BD> almost like it was hand tinted.

Instructions for Making Photographs

Found among papers in the Cammie G. Henry Archive:
Guidelines for Pictures to the WPA (Works Progress administration)
 
http://www.sonc.com/wpa.pdf

(Pointer from another list)

Shel Belinkoff

(caution: long rambling post to come - worse than usual)
So, my friend Jennifer:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2355455
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=397377
and her group are playing at something called the Distillery Jazz Festival
here in Toronto tonight, despite the fact that what they play isn't really
jazz (but most acts at jazz festivals these days don't actually play
jazz...). This fest is a completely gentrified, yuppy-fest in a trendoid
restored and renovated area of town. A few good local acts, nothing
international of note, mostly an excuse to go drink very expensive beer and
spend $30 to watch a few good local interesting bands.

Jennifer is doing a show with two modern dancers that they've been working
on for over 6 months. It will, at the very least be quite interesting, at
best it will be amazing. The music, I know, will be up to her usual
standard.

She wanted me to shoot it, and I said I would. Unfortunately, she said it
was unlikely that I could get a free pass, which I understood, since this
wasn't "her" show, and it was up to the organizers, and neither of us
expected they'd give a free pass to anyone.

Well, turns out she did it, and I'm now sort of the band's "official photog"
(a free one, but one none the less). I was actually going to bail, as much
as I hated to miss it, because that $30 is going to come in handy at GFM
, but when I heard I got a pass, I was happy.

Plus, they gave me permission to shoot any other band playing tonight, along
with non-band activities (ie: crowd shots and the like), and they'll want
to look at my proofs afterward with a view to using them for promo of next
year's fest. So, who knows what might come of this. I mean, it's no big
deal, but one never knows...

So, bought a bunch of Neopan 1600, batteries for the flash (for the outside
milling crowd shots), and I'm going to give the SMC f2.5 135mm a good work
out tonight (I just bought it from Shel, and this is the second time I've
used it). Since this is quite the big production, I'm expecting the
lighting to be orders better than what I'm used to in the smokie bars that
I'm used to shooting her in.

Should be fun. Full report to follow...
cheers,
frank

"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

Hello Shel,

Yeah, quite a difference in the conversions.  After looking at them,
somehow the strong colors seem to add to the picture for me.  The B&W
is good, but like I said, you rarely see something like this in color.
The color of the clothing and building really work well here.  Usually
There is too much in the clothing and buildings are too pastel -
almost like it was hand tinted.

-- 
Best regards,
Bruce

Thursday, May 27, 2004, 12:17:33 PM, you wrote:

SB> Hi Bruce ...

SB> I was going to convert to B&W ... it actually looked pretty good with a
SB> simple greyscal flip in PS - but decided to get some feedback, see if
SB> anyone cared for the colors.  I usually "see" in B&W, and am often
SB> distracted by color, or am not the best judge of its use in photographs.
SB> The top one's my first choice as well.

SB> Here's the same photo in color and with two conversion techniques.  The
SB> conversions were just quickies, but the differences are pretty clear.

SB> http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/outside-conv.html

SB> Thanks for taking time to comment.

SB> Shel Belinkoff

>> [Original Message]
>> From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: 5/27/2004 11:26:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley
>>
>> Shel,
>>
>> I really like this - especially the top one.  There is a kind of
>> rough, raw look that I don't see very often.  It is a kind of shot
>> that is typically shot in B&W.  However, the colors work quite well
>> here.  You certainly have a great eye for this type of work.
>>
>> Keep it up and keep sharing please.
>>
>> Thanks,

>>
>> SB> http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/outside.html

RE: how to identify the GFM attendees


I'll be the one sitting there using match sticks to keep my eyes open...

tan. (from LA!)

-Original Message-
From: Cesar Matamoros II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 26 May 2004 11:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: how to identify the GFM attendees


-Original Message-
From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 7:46 PM


- Original Message -
From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >Correction about César: he'll be driving a convertible, *towing* a large
> >trailer full of Pentax gear.
>
> A convertible with the top down. In 40 degree* weather. ;-)

And trying to evade North Carolina State troopers 8-)

Bill

I guess I will have some explaining to do on GFMtn...

Hmmm, maybe I will take Cory up on his offer :-)

César
Panama City, Florida

P.S.  Finally take a break from the 'world'.

RE: PAW dragonfly

2004-05-27 Thread jaalmanza

Amazing shot Shawn.  I especially like the triangle affect between the 
dragonfly body and the plant stem.  I was considering buying that Tamron 
90mm lens.  I bought the Sigma 105mm instead and I'm quite happy with it.

Anyhow, my only "optional" comment is to burn the green background just a 
tad.

BTW, I can't participate in your poll on your discussion list. Can this be 
changed?  My username is jaalmanza.

hasta la vista,

Alejandro


> http://www.bluehorizon3d.com/cgi-
bin/IB3/ikonboard.cgis=e95891695bbf0bdba6dc7d9563113c89;act=ST;f=9;t=4
> 
> that link should work Frank.

RE: PAW: Woody Guthrie

2004-05-27 Thread frank theriault

Again, apologies for being so late commenting on this one.  As I've 
mentioned before, I don't delete PAWs if I get behind (if I do, it's an 
accident), and I do try to comment on every one, eventually.

I was intrigued, looking at the subject line of this one for the last week 
or so.  I wondered if it were a restored vintage photo or something.  Now 
that I read the body of your post, Gonz, I do recall hearing of the play;  
sounds really interesting.  Hopefully it will end up on the road and in 
Toronto some day.  I don't know as much about him as I should, but I really 
admire his music, politics and life.

And, to find that you mention me in the same sentence as him is an 
(undeserved) honour.  Funny, but my roomate made an offhand comment about me 
being like the "Miles Davis of photographers" - again undeserved - but I 
knew what she meant.  I've thought that what I do is sort of like jazz - 
improvising and interpreting, but I like the Woody Guthrie thought about as 
much, because of the human element of it.

Anyway, thanks.  And, as for mentioning me in the same breath as Shel, well, 
I'll talk to you later about ~that~ one!  

So, the photo (I figured I better get around to that ).  Like it a lot.  
You really captured a moment there!  Off kilter and all, he really looks 
like a teetering drunk on the top of a freight car (riding the rails has 
long been a fantasy of mine - one that will go unfulfilled I'm afraid).  If 
I hadn't known it was a play, I'd have chastized you for the obvious 
photoshopping of the background , but one way or the other, you're right, 
it looks cool.  Comp is just wonderful, as is exposure.

All in all, a terrific photograph, Gonz!  Thanks for posting it and allowing 
me to ramble on a bit...  

BTW, are there any copyright issues that you know of?  In other words, did 
you ask permission to take photos?  I always ask, and more often than not, 
they say no (I always respect them).  Once, an usher kept giving me the evil 
eye during intermission, because some jerk took a flash photo, and usher 
thought it was me (after he said "no").  I actually went up to him and told 
him it wasn't me, and showed him that I didn't have a flash, and I wouldn't 
have used one at a performance, but I don't think he believed me.  I mean, 
why would I ask, and then not respect their wishes.  Anyway, just curious if 
you asked.

cheers,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist 
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer



From: Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PAW: Woody Guthrie
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 22:26:44 -0500
Well, not a pic of him But a pic of a play about him.  For those who 
don't recognize the name, Woody Guthrie was a folk song composer that wrote 
songs about everyday life in small town America mainly during the 
depression, he is kind of a musical version of photographers like Shel & 
Frank, capturing special moments, but in music instead of pictures.  Here 
is a nice bio:

http://www.woodyguthrie.org/biography.htm
and here is a pic of a very interesting scene in the play when he is 
supposed to be on top of a train inebriated.  I liked the backdrop and the 
resultant silhouette:

http://home.austin.rr.com/randj/pics/_IGP0599-web.jpg
Comments, critiques, OT discussion, etc., welcome.
Gonz

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Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

Nice shots Shel, a little slice of life...
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I had to meet someone in downtown Berkeley yesterday afternoon.  While
waiting for her I caught these two people sitting and talking outside the 
Shattuck Theater (where I later saw Supersize Me).

http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/outside.html
Shel Belinkoff

Re: PAW 1 - Hummingbird

2004-05-27 Thread jaalmanza


> My first PAW is at this address...
> 
> http://eseephoto.com/album.php?albumid=42ab2b214219fe005b2d&1085674794
> 
> Let me know if you can access it... I don't know if it's password 
> protected or not.  Thanks.

Tom, 

The page is asking me for username and password.

~Alejandro

Re: I'm outta here...

But what if we say nice things?  Oh, yes I forgot where I was...
Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
Thanks Jostein!
Woohoo! I just landed in Brisbane!  (Checking in via my laptop)...
Flying out to Tokyo in the morning (about 9 hours time), it's all very
exciting!  Don't any of you go talking about me ok, cause I'll be listening!
tan.
-Original Message-
From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 25 May 2004 10:59 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: I'm outta here...

Bon voyage, Tan!
Jostein
(4 nights to go)
Quoting Tanya Mayer Photography <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
 

Title says it all! See you all very soon!
tan.
   




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Re: Trolls

2004-05-27 Thread Lon Williamson

I think a lot of us rile a few feathers before we settle into
PDML.  I can remember posts of mine that did.  Give Antonio some
time.
Paul Stenquist wrote:
On May 18, 2004, at 6:59 PM, graywolf wrote:
They completely ignore the fact that if no one was interested the 
thread would die.

Exactly. Everyone wanted to contribute to the thread. But most didn't 
like what Antonio was saying. That made him the bad guy. Lets forget 
this whole mess and start over. Mr. Aparicio was only guilty of 
defending is position against overwhelming opposition. And he did a 
reasonably good job of it.

PAW 1... again

2004-05-27 Thread Tom C

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2394287
Tom C.

Re: Future Practicality of Film

2004-05-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola

Shh! don't stir things uyp.
Lon Williamson wrote:
LOL Antonio, he's NOT kidding.
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: "Antonio Aparicio"
And you sir are being abusive.
You haven't seen abuse directed at you yet.

Re: unsubscribe

This wasn't to imply that you couldn't use intelligence with a Canon, 
just that it wasn't required.

Cotty wrote:
On 27/5/04, THE ALLINGATOR, totally and utterly discombobulated, offered:
 

I'd bet Canon, most Nikons I've examined require some intelligence to 
actually use.
   

Couldn't be a Pentax user, they're not subscribed yet.
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Re: Need help w/portrait

Bruce Dayton wrote:

Are you going to show us any examples, or do we just have to go on
your descriptions?  As a rule, diffused light is better than bright
sun.


Bruce, I am at my office now and don't have your e-mail. If you can send it to me I'll 
send you a jpeg of the one she likes. It's very ad hoc: bad lighting, bad background, 
but it shows her smiling with her award and she was pleased.

Sorry, I don't have a web site. I may have to do something about that. I need only 48 
hours in a day.

Thanks, Bruce.

Joe

Re: GFM Question

2004-05-27 Thread Lon Williamson

The Brits are known to ladle leftover Yorkshire Pudding into the
pits left behind by removing olives from Pizza.
Y'all have been forewarned.
Cotty wrote:
I'll bring a jar of olives. You can add them to your pizza in the back of
the van, just don't let anyone see you do it.

You ain't seen nuthin yet...

RE: What is the recommended CF card?

2004-05-27 Thread Mark Stringer

I saw that page, good work. I have been pricing the sandisk trying to get a look at 
total cost.  Certainly a high performance card is preferred?

-Original Message-
From: Timothy Sherburne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 1:45 PM
To: Pentax Discussion List
Subject: Re: What is the recommended CF card?

Are you looking just at raw write performance? Some research I did on this
yielded a page and performance database by Rob Galbraith:

His chart indicates SanDisk's Extreme 1GB and Ultra II 1 GB as having the
fastest write times.

t

On 5/27/04 11:23, Mark Stringer wrote:

> What is currently the thinking on a CF card?  1 gig fast, I guess?  I read in
> the archives someone had a problem with lexar standards and downloads from
> microdrives were over an hour (?)
> 
> 
>

Re: What is the recommended CF card?

2004-05-27 Thread Timothy Sherburne

Are you looking just at raw write performance? Some research I did on this
yielded a page and performance database by Rob Galbraith:

His chart indicates SanDisk's Extreme 1GB and Ultra II 1 GB as having the
fastest write times.

t

On 5/27/04 11:23, Mark Stringer wrote:

> What is currently the thinking on a CF card?  1 gig fast, I guess?  I read in
> the archives someone had a problem with lexar standards and downloads from
> microdrives were over an hour (?)
> 
> 
>

Re: GFM weather

Cotty wrote:
> 
> >Oh yes, the record wind speed on the summit is 194 mph.
> >
> >Bill
> 
> Damn, I sure would like to try some a that there chili!
> 
> Cheers,
>   Cotty
> 
LOL Cotty, you wag!

I think I may um pass on the chili

annsan



> ||   (O)   | People, Places, Pastiche
> ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps
> _

Re: What is the recommended CF card?

Hello Mark,

I have 3 Lexar 512mb 40x WA cards and one Dane Electric 512mb nothing
special card.  Using the supplied Jumpshot reader from Lexar to
download to the computer, there is a minor speed increase compared to
the Dane-Electric using a Sandisk reader.

However, in camera (*istD), there is a very marked difference in write
speed to the card.  I only use the Dane-Electric as a last resort.
The buffer writes seem to be 2-3x faster on the Lexars.  That can mean
the difference between missed shots and not.

HTH,

Bruce


Thursday, May 27, 2004, 11:23:54 AM, you wrote:

MS> What is currently the thinking on a CF card?  1 gig fast, I
MS> guess?  I read in the archives someone had a problem with lexar
MS> standards and downloads from microdrives were over an hour (?)

What is the recommended CF card?

2004-05-27 Thread Mark Stringer

What is currently the thinking on a CF card?  1 gig fast, I guess?  I read in the 
archives someone had a problem with lexar standards and downloads from microdrives 
were over an hour (?)

Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

Shel,

I really like this - especially the top one.  There is a kind of
rough, raw look that I don't see very often.  It is a kind of shot
that is typically shot in B&W.  However, the colors work quite well
here.  You certainly have a great eye for this type of work.

Keep it up and keep sharing please.

Thanks,

Bruce


Thursday, May 27, 2004, 9:58:58 AM, you wrote:

SB> I had to meet someone in downtown Berkeley yesterday afternoon.  While
SB> waiting for her I caught these two people sitting and talking outside the
SB> Shattuck Theater (where I later saw Supersize Me).

SB> http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/outside.html


SB> Shel Belinkoff

RE: Can anyone identify these?

2004-05-27 Thread Jens Bladt

Tanya, I still believe the third one is a macro converter. Punt it on a
camera + and lens (50mm), and you will see how it works. The two Sigma
lenses may be quite good...:-)


Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt


-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: William M Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 24. maj 2004 17:28
Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emne: Re: Can anyone identify these?


I think the seller does not know much if anything about camera
equipment.  They are clearly labeled as brands other than Pentax, yet
he still thinks they are Pentax.  He mentions they are clean, and have
no Fungus, but I am assuming you asked him specifically about them.
I'd say chances are decent that his approximation of the quality of the
lenses and equipment would not match up with your experienced eye.

IL Bill
On May 24, 2004, at 1:20 AM, TMP wrote:

>
> Just got this from the seller, what do you guys think?
>
> "I will Answer your Questions as best as I Can, as I do not know alot
> about
> lenses .I will tell you what is written on them and where it is on
> them They
> are clean and Fungus free from what I can see they have there covers
> and
> padded bag,.
> the biggest lense has SIGMA written on it on side with multi-coated f =
> 75~300mm nothing written on lense,.
> The smaller lense has outside of lense multi-coated SIGMA super wide
> II ,
> 1:2.8  f ~24mm.
> And other which looks like smaller lense is like one end attaches to
> camera
> and then lense attaches on to it has witten on side 2x Kax Macro
> teleplus
> mc7 then distances starting from 1:1  going up to 0.45m/50mm in green
> then
> white below 1:1.5  00/ 50mm that is all i can tell you I think they are
> Pentax lenses i have to brochures with Pentax accessories in it that
> came
> with lenses."
>
> tan.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: TMP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, 22 May 2004 8:14 PM
> To: Net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Can anyone identify these?
>
>
>
> Could be an absolute bargain!
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
> ViewItem&category=4688&item=38138826
> 17&tc=photo
>
> tan.
>

Re: Need help w/portrait

Joe,

Are you going to show us any examples, or do we just have to go on
your descriptions?  As a rule, diffused light is better than bright
sun.

-- 
Best regards,
Bruce


Thursday, May 27, 2004, 11:09:27 AM, you wrote:

j> I rephotographed her in the shade without the flash, at f4.0.
j> This is much better. And this time I didn't add unsharp mask.
j> Please suggest what else I should do before I make some prints.

j> I suppose one should always be prepared for such an occasion --
j> lights, bouncers, reflectors, backdrops, and assistants, all on
j> hand at all times.

j> Thanks,

j> Joe

RE: I can't wait

2004-05-27 Thread Mark Stringer

I order from NewEgg freguently. Is the DA16-45 a good lens?  If it is I would like to 
get the rebate.  But as we get into June the rebate begins to look like a non issue.

-Original Message-
From: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:13 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: I can't wait


Nate tells me he got the body alone for a great price on Newegg.com, a
reputable dealer, if anyone wants to check that out.

> -Original Message-
> From: Timothy Sherburne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 1:04 PM
> To: Pentax Discussion List
> Subject: Re: I can't wait
> 
> 
> 
> Okay, so Adorama's kit price betters B&H's by nearly $50. 
> Oddly enough, the body alone is $150 more than at B&H.
> 
> t
> 
> On 5/27/04 9:53, Mark Stringer wrote:
> 
> > Just wondering, I thought maybe there was something new.  istD with 
> > lens after rebate at Adorama is $1429.  You were not far off.  Sid 
> > Barras was asking about a source at $799 that most did not 
> approve of.
> > 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 11:50 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: I can't wait
> > 
> > 
> > Wasn't that the discussion last week about pricing?
> > (correct me and slap me really, really hard if I misrepresented 
> > something)
> > 
> > Collin
> > 
> >> From: Mark Stringer
> >> Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 09:39:57 -0700
> >> 
> >> Where can I get one for less than $1300 with lens?
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > 'Tautology is'
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Sent via the WebMail system at mail.safe-t.net
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
>

RE: Darkroom or Digital for beginners

2004-05-27 Thread Butch Black

I don't remember from the original post how old the students are, nor the
economic strata the community or town is in. Also, what is the goal of the
class? A class to foster photography as a creative outlet for kids will have
different needs compared to one geared to photojournalism, or classic
portraiture.

I got started in photography when my next door neighbor showed his son and
me how to develop and print B&W negs. Once learned, I was hooked. However, I
think the reality is that most of those kids will never own a serious film
camera. So my vote goes to emphasizing the digital darkroom. If they have
the money to also set up a wet darkroom, so much the better, but not at the
expense of the digital one. If they are looking to build a photography
curriculum then classes in B&W and classic portraiture would be helped by a
wet darkroom.

I do agree that unless the class is strictly a "let's develop your eye"
class, they need to have a camera that can be run in a mode other then
program. Fully manual would be best, although you can accomplish the same
thing with a camera that allows AV and/or TV modes. My experience as a
photofinisher makes me believe that the majority of people taking pictures
have absolutely no clue what is going on and are lost if they don't have a
program mode. To learn photography you need to have a basic understanding of
what the various functions do in regards to the final image and how changing
those functions will change the image. This, IMHO, requires an adjustable
camera.

So my suggestion for setting it up. A decent film scanner, 6(+) color
printer, SLR's shooting slide film, Adobe Photoshop. I'm suggesting slide
film because it will show good or bad exposure better and it makes it easier
to decide which ones to scan and print. If there is an E-6 lab in town, see
if they will give a student discount for class members.

Butch

Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.

Hermann Hesse (Demian)

Re: Need help w/portrait

I rephotographed her in the shade without the flash, at f4.0. This is much better. And 
this time I didn't add unsharp mask. Please suggest what else I should do before I 
make some prints.

I suppose one should always be prepared for such an occasion -- lights, bouncers, 
reflectors, backdrops, and assistants, all on hand at all times.

Thanks,

Joe

RE: Will I ever use my MX again?

2004-05-27 Thread Haller, Thomas

Hello again!

To respond to some responses...

> "Why did you pick the 10D..."
>
I didn't pick the C*n*n 10D, my brother lent it to me and I haven't given it
back! He wasn't really using it, and he liked my pictures so much he's
letting me keep it for as long as I keep using it. With it he lent a 16-35mm
L lens and a 35-300mm cheapo which turns out to take fine pictures racked
out to 300mm. And the IstD wasn't out yet, either. I was thinking of getting
a C*n*n S50 at the time so he lent me his 10D to "play with digital" to see
if I would like it.

> "Are you selling..."
>
No, no, no, I'm not selling my MXs or M lens, at least not yet. They have
way to much sentimental value, and for what I've paid for the stuff I'd not
get back any appreciable percentage of what I paid, so why bother. I don't
or didn't plan on not using the Pentax stuff, I've got two "ready to go"
camera bags, one filled with my day-to-day Pentax stuff and the other with
the 10D gear, but when I consider what I would have to go through to get a
picture, I grab the bag with the 10D in it every time.

> "PhotoCD sucks..."
> 
No argument from me! I was thinking my transition to digital would be a nice
slide-scanner, but I kept reading about problems with Kodachrome slides and
some wouldn't do B+W well and so forth. So I waited and waited... I still
want to get one to turn all my old slides into digital files, but I can
never spare the money. (It must be those darn ink cartridges!!)

Thanks for listening!

- ThomasH

Need help w/portrait

Well, its not really a portrait. A woman in our lab received an award today, so I 
recorded the presentation with the *ist D and DA 16-45. The rtf flash was all I had 
available. Now she is afraid that her skin looks blotchy in the photo. (Her skin is 
actually quite smooth, but you know how it is.)

I was going to print an enlargement for her. Is there anything I can do in Photoshop 
to make her think her skin looks as smooth as it actually is?

Help me out here, gang.

Darn these sharp Pentax lenses.

Thanks,

Joe

Re: Pentax MX battery problem

2004-05-27 Thread Pat White

Well, there ya go, Henri!  Congrats on your new (to you) camera!

Pat White

last call for June 3rd PDML meeting

2004-05-27 Thread tom

If you've already rsvp'd you should have just gotten an email from me
confirming. If you're still interested in attending the DC PDML outing on
June 3rd at Marrakesh, and you haven't rsvp'd, now would be the time...so
far we've got 11 people coming, including Tanya and Cotty, assuming his
plane is on time and Tanya hasn't killed me yet.

tv

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