Re: PESO: London
Thanks Marnie, Ryan and Paul for commenting. I'll take into account your cropping suggestion when the time to print comes. j -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog
Re: Digital anguish
On Jan 28, 2005, at 2:32 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: One of the first unit conversion examples I had to do in high school was convert the speed of light (c) into furlongs per fortnight. :-) Easy, just use the Google Calculator. Go into Google and type: light speed in furlongs per fortnight It can do some great stuff. It knows physics (1 gram in joules), and even time travel: http://www.google.com/search?q=1.21+GW+%2F+88+mph More info at http://www.google.com/help/calculator.html Cheers, - Dave (back in my day we had to use pocket calculators) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Re: Photos of Pentax *ist Ds with 67 f/5.6 500mm and others
On Jan 28, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Pedro Oliveira wrote: I recently bought a X-Pan panoramic kit for the Pentax 67. Where do you get these? I ask more out of curiosity now, because I'm now able to do a high-res scan of the centre of a 6x7 slide, so all I need to do is make a composition guide for the viewfinder (I'll just draw some lines on a piece of mylar). - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Re: PESO - Mr. Sun
Because of the face, I was initially tempted to say it's a coin (some Argentine coins had a sun just like that, the Sol de Mayo (the sun of May--May being the month of our revolution for independence). But I think the scale is bigger than that. Interesting image... j On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:17:22 -0700, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had this photo for a while and have some ideas for it. Try and guess exactly what it is. Comments, critiques, etc., are appreciated. Thanks. http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=275262 Tom C. -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog
Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
WOW. It's amazing how defensive this list gets. For a moment i almost thought I was on a Leica list. It's also amazing how much people here slam Ken Rockwell about not including facts, and then they themselves do not tell the facts. Some general info on Ken's site and this review in general (BTW ... I do not know him at all, but have read his site for years since I used to use Nikon MF and he has one of the better lens sections on the web) He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access to the istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even said his opinion might change if he uses one. His site is an opinion site, and he goes out of his way to make that perfectly clear. He also makes it perfectly clear what he is looking for in a camera and that he is ONLY judging cameras based on what he is looking for in a camera... If you read his pages... based on what he is looking for, the Pentax istDs does not cut it. FYI .. he gave the istD a favorable review when it was introduced, and personally uses Pentax spot meters. Hard to say he is anti pentax. = Jamie Walling __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
Re: Travelling *istD/DS (was:Digital anguish)
Hi, several cleft sticks OTOH, one's never really alone when one has one's towel Very Douglas Adams. What's a cleft stick? messengers used to carry their messages wedged in a stick which was partially split for the purpose. -- Cheers, Bob
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
Thanks, Jamie. I think we needed that :-) Jostein Quoting Jamie Walling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: WOW. It's amazing how defensive this list gets. For a moment i almost thought I was on a Leica list. It's also amazing how much people here slam Ken Rockwell about not including facts, and then they themselves do not tell the facts. Some general info on Ken's site and this review in general (BTW ... I do not know him at all, but have read his site for years since I used to use Nikon MF and he has one of the better lens sections on the web) He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access to the istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even said his opinion might change if he uses one. His site is an opinion site, and he goes out of his way to make that perfectly clear. He also makes it perfectly clear what he is looking for in a camera and that he is ONLY judging cameras based on what he is looking for in a camera... If you read his pages... based on what he is looking for, the Pentax istDs does not cut it. FYI .. he gave the istD a favorable review when it was introduced, and personally uses Pentax spot meters. Hard to say he is anti pentax. = Jamie Walling __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
On 28 Jan 2005 at 0:16, Jamie Walling wrote: He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access to the istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even said his opinion might change if he uses one. LOL, why then is the heading Pentax *ist DS *istDS Test Review My favourite quote from his site (http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/aboutrvw.htm) I had no idea that by 2002 my site would become the world's most trusted and popular source of technical information world wide through the Internet. I feel like Forrest Gump; I never asked for this fame, people just bestow it on me. Seriously funny stuff. 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
PESO: Barcelona (theme green)
Here is one of my pictures taken in January during a few days trip to Barcelona (just didn't fit this month's gallery theme blue!). Of course any comments are welcome. http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.htm l Henk
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
On 28/1/05, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: LOL, why then is the heading Pentax *ist DS *istDS Test Review My favourite quote from his site (http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/ aboutrvw.htm) I had no idea that by 2002 my site would become the world's most trusted and popular source of technical information world wide through the Internet. I feel like Forrest Gump; I never asked for this fame, people just bestow it on me. Seriously funny stuff. To be fair, he does also highlight the following: This entire site is my personal opinion based on what gear works or doesn't work for me and my particular style of photography. Sure, I'm biased: I'm reporting on what works well for me what I'm trying to do personally. How else could I give you the depth you deserve? I'm not doing this in a vacuum. I do this site for fun and don't charge anybody for anything. No camera makers are paying me or even loaning me anything. I buy and use the same equipment from the same places you do with my own hard earned cash, just like you. No one is buying me free lunch to alter my opinions. Can't slam the guy for being opinionated - we all have egos, some bigger than others. Ken's may be galaxy-class, but at least he states clearly that they are his opinions. What the heck ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: PESO: Barcelona (theme green)
Nice photograph! The l was missing : http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.html FJW FJW Henk FJW FJW FJW -- Frits Wüthrich
RE: PESO: Barcelona (theme green)
Don't know why the link is wrapped - should have extension .html http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.htm l Henk -Original Message- From: Henk Terhell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 January, 2005 9:49 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Barcelona (theme green) Here is one of my pictures taken in January during a few days trip to Barcelona (just didn't fit this month's gallery theme blue!). Of course any comments are welcome. http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.htm l Henk
Re: McCullin speaks
On 27/1/05, Powell Hargrave, discombobulated, unleashed: Definitely worth listening to. Even worth installing Real Audio. The new edition of RA isn't too bad. Once you have beat it into submission after installation it behaves civilly. A big improvement over earlier versions. OS X users will note that the beta version has expired and Real Audio Gold for OS X is now available. I use the free version which can be found here: http://www.real.com/ Top right 'FREE VERSION' button (not 'download now' button) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Ruminations... (resend)
On Friday 28 January 2005 01:45, frank theriault wrote: FJW On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:22:43 -0800 (PST), Godfrey DiGiorgi FJW (or Wendy herself) may want slides or something. Maybe she'll see the FJW light, and realize that real photographers shoot Tri-X, and that FJW digital will never replicate the real Tri-X look only joking, don't FJW everyone start yelling at me. I never liked the colours of Tri-X much. -- Frits Wüthrich
Re: PESO: Barcelona (theme green)
404 Not Found The requested URL /fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.htm was not found on this server. typefoutje in de link? On Friday 28 January 2005 09:48, Henk Terhell wrote: FJW Here is one of my pictures taken in January during a few days trip to FJW Barcelona (just didn't fit this month's gallery theme blue!). Of course FJW any comments are welcome. FJW FJW http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.htm FJW l FJW FJW Henk FJW FJW FJW -- Frits Wüthrich
Re: McCullin speaks
Don McCullin was on the radio at lunchtime today, talking about his life and his landscape photographs. The programme is repeated on Saturday: web page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/opencountry.shtml 2nd column, 'listen again' Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: PESO: The Moon
On 27/1/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: That was certainly easy. Now I can go downstairs and watch ER in a pain-free state. Another fan Frank? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: McCullin speaks
Don McCullin was on the radio at lunchtime today, talking about his life and his landscape photographs. The programme is repeated on Saturday: web page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/opencountry.shtml 2nd column, 'listen again' Excellent programme - very much worth listening to, especially if you're an old carmudgeon into film and landscapes, or an aspiring war photographer wondering about what baggage you might accumulate at the other end. If you're reading this in the archives and it's now gone from the website, email me for an mp3 file of it. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: PESO: Barcelona (theme green)
Notice that there is an 'l' missing at the end of the link (.html), that jumped to the following line in the original post. Regards from...Barcelona, quite cold these days, Jaume --- Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 404 Not Found The requested URL /fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.htm was not found on this server. typefoutje in de link? On Friday 28 January 2005 09:48, Henk Terhell wrote: FJW Here is one of my pictures taken in January during a few days trip to FJW Barcelona (just didn't fit this month's gallery theme blue!). Of course FJW any comments are welcome. FJW FJW http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.htm FJW l FJW FJW Henk FJW FJW FJW -- Frits Wüthrich __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access to the istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even said his opinion might change if he uses one. LOL, why then is the heading Pentax *ist DS *istDS Test Review That's still ~my~ question... Fred
Re: Travelling *istD/DS (was:Digital anguish)
John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty mused: OTOH, one's never really alone when one has one's towel No, no, no. You really need to know where your towel is. But you're never alone with a rubber duckie. (Jinnan tonix all round, number two!) Say, that John Francis is one hoopy frood! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Is Perntax the only one?
Thursday, January 27, 2005, 7:47:39 PM, Jens wrote: JB Thanks for the answers. To me it seems like there's an aperturering on the JB D70, shown in http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond70/page2.asp JB How far the backwards compatibility reaches, I don't know. I'll ask at the JB camera club next Tuesday. Unfortunately, Nikon dropped the aperture simulator on its all non-pro bodies, including the cheaper DSLRs (D100,D70). So you can mount a lens on D100 or D70 with an aperture ring, but you won't get any metering. For that, you would have to buy the expensive pro DSLRs (D1 D2). Or hack the lens adding the chip with contacts, then it works. There is not even a green button solution, so there Pentax is better. Good light! fra
Re: Is Perntax the only one?
Unfortunately, Nikon dropped the aperture simulator on its all non-pro bodies, including the cheaper DSLRs (D100,D70). So you can mount a lens on D100 or D70 with an aperture ring, but you won't get any metering. For that, you would have to buy the expensive pro DSLRs (D1 D2). Or hack the lens adding the chip with contacts, then it works. There is not even a green button solution, so there Pentax is better. Hmm interesting. Unfortunately this is impossible with pre-A pentax lenses due to the non-linear motion of the aperture lever. I assume, then, that Nikon lenses have always operated the same way as far as this goes (be it linear or non-linear? Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday Director of Development, eyeon Software
Re: OT: Chimping????
ft Well, not that I want to make a big deal (or in fact, any deal at all) ft about it, but I am still a lawyer. As one who has had a Bachelor of ft Laws degree (LLb) conferred upon him by an approved and accredited law ft school, I am a lawyer. Oh, poor chap. Can't you get rid of it ? ;-) Good light! fra
Re: Is Perntax the only one?
PL Hmm interesting. Unfortunately this is impossible with pre-A pentax lenses PL due to the non-linear motion of the aperture lever. PL I assume, then, that Nikon lenses have always operated the same way as far PL as this goes (be it linear or non-linear? Well, sorry for the Nikon excursion, but: No, Nikon was always somewhat chaotic in its system compatibility. Pentax is much easier to grasp. Nikon was non-linear, and used the little prongs (rabbit-ears) to connect to meter. Then came AI lenses, which had aperture simulator lever like everybody else. I *think* they were linear in motion, but I am not sure. To muddle the waters more, you could have the old non-AI had AI'd. But then it was still non-linear... There were no lenses like Pentax A. No few contacts until AF lenses which used CPU chip. But to make it even worse, there were original MF lenses which had the chip from the start. Called AI-P. And there are several generations of cameras and lenses which key information in different ways. Some lenses have drilled out keys or mechanical pins for telling the focal length (short normal long) for different programs. Some lenses have mechanical way of telling the body what the physical maximum aperture is, but mechanically, and there are like two bodies (!) which use this to have Matrix metering. Now, some lenses have body motor AF, some lenses have lens motor AF. Of course some older film bodies don't work with the USM af... About the only fully, all features compatible body was the F4. Which is still, according to many people, Nikon's best body ever. Designed by Italian designer house, it has several options of motor advance but you can always rewind the film by hand, et cetera. It even autofocuses with the 1st generation AF lenses, which were similar to what ME-F's AF 35-70/2.8 is... All in all, it makes the Pentax compatibility seem overly simple. Good light! fra
Re: Travelling *istD/DS (was:Digital anguish)
On 28/1/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Say, that John Francis is one hoopy frood! Nh, he's so unhip it's a wonder his bum doesn't fall off! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: KEH Q
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is it just me or does KEH not have ANY Autofocus primes anymore? That seems bad. I didn't see any either, but I assumed they'll be back some time. I've looked at KEH several times over the past week and seen radically different selections each time. (right now they only have a 50/1.7 in the AF primes section). This seems to indicate they're continually getting items in and moving them out almost instantly. I think whoever suggested that the success of the Pentax DSLR's is responsible for increased sales of Pentax AF lenses is on the right track. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ... On 28 Jan 2005 at 0:16, Jamie Walling wrote: He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access to the istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even said his opinion might change if he uses one. LOL, why then is the heading Pentax *ist DS *istDS Test Review My favourite quote from his site (http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/aboutrvw.htm) I had no idea that by 2002 my site would become the world's most trusted and popular source of technical information world wide through the Internet. I feel like Forrest Gump; I never asked for this fame, people just bestow it on me. Seriously funny stuff. The guy is seriously a twit. If his is the most trusted site on the internet, P.T. Barnum was wrong. The suckers are born faster than once a minute. William Robb
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ... This entire site is my personal opinion based on what gear works or doesn't work for me and my particular style of photography. Yup. And he can run a product test without actually testing the product, and base his opinions on a spec sheet and a few pictures. It's kind of like National Enquirer journalism for photographers. William Robb
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Cotty Subject: Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ... This entire site is my personal opinion based on what gear works or doesn't work for me and my particular style of photography. Yup. And he can run a product test without actually testing the product, and base his opinions on a spec sheet and a few pictures. It's kind of like National Enquirer journalism for photographers. William, I wish you'd stop sugar-coating this stuff and just tell us what you really think... ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Ruminations... (resend)
Original message Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:21:00 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd keep the MZ-S. It's not a bad idea to have one film camera in reserve. Just out of curiosity, Why is it a good idea to have a film camera in reserve? Christian (filmless for over a year and more than happy about it)
Re: PS CS raw converter question
According to this guy in the tutorial, the fixed upsizes (it changes according to the camera used) the convertor uses are the ones that gives better results, and supposedly that's why you don't get free upsizing possibilities in Raw converter. Regards Albano --- Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would it make sense to resize in increments in the RAW convertor then? rg Albano Garcia wrote: Hi Juan, I readed somewhere in the web (I think it was hidden inside the adobe website), a tutorial about PS Raw converter, and the author (an expert, user of PS for several years and tester for adobe) said the algorithms used in the converter were better than the used in bicubic in main PS (he mentioned the usual method of resizing in 10% increments), so he recommended using the converter to resize. Regards Albano --- Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is for the few PS experts we have in the list. When reading in a PEF file with the CS raw converter, do you ever use a higher resolution than the default of 3008x2008? Is there any advantage to this, ie is it any different than resizing the image up later if you have a reason to? j -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog = Albano Garcia Photography Graphic Design http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar http://www.flaneur.com.ar __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com = Albano Garcia Photography Graphic Design http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar http://www.flaneur.com.ar __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: PESO: Barcelona (theme green)
This guy for sure is from Argentina... Those who left the country in the recent years are worthy guys who went to Europe to show how usefull they can be for the country. Most work as living statues. Not precisely a country's pride... :-( Regards Albano (from Bs As, Arg) --- Henk Terhell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is one of my pictures taken in January during a few days trip to Barcelona (just didn't fit this month's gallery theme blue!). Of course any comments are welcome. http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.htm l Henk = Albano Garcia Photography Graphic Design http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar http://www.flaneur.com.ar __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
Yes he is very sarcastic. --- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28 Jan 2005 at 0:16, Jamie Walling wrote: He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access to the istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even said his opinion might change if he uses one. LOL, why then is the heading Pentax *ist DS *istDS Test Review My favourite quote from his site (http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/aboutrvw.htm) I had no idea that by 2002 my site would become the world's most trusted and popular source of technical information world wide through the Internet. I feel like Forrest Gump; I never asked for this fame, people just bestow it on me. Seriously funny stuff. 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 = Jamie Walling __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
Arca-Swiss app notes
Here's something you LXers might find useful: About a year ago I caught the Arca-Swiss QR virus, and had been looking for an appropriate camera body plate for my Winder LX. Really Right Stuff's recommended (and generic) B21 plate works very nicely with the LX body alone. It also fits the winder, but the problem with the winder is the pronounced leftwards offset of the tripod socket. RRS's recom- mendation, their B9, does not address the offset problem and also does not have a safety stop. RRS B21 B9: http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/body_plates/pentax/index.html Strictly on spec, I just bought Kirk's PZ-21 plate for the Nikon F3 with motor drive MD4. Fits just fine on the LX winder, just missing that small longitudinal bump. It lets you center the camera over the ball head the way it's supposed to be for best weight transfer. Kirk PZ-21: http://www.kirkphoto.com/newplate1p.html Down sides are two in number: 1. The plate covers up the battery holder release button - but that's why insert deity here created Allen wrenches. Besides, I've never had to change winder batteries in the field. 2. Kirk plates don't appear to have safety stops. I'm off to see a machinist friend about drilling and tapping an appropriate hole. Hope this helps someone, Stephen Moore
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
Because he calls everything he writes a review. Why take it so personally. --- Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access to the istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even said his opinion might change if he uses one. LOL, why then is the heading Pentax *ist DS *istDS Test Review That's still ~my~ question... Fred = Jamie Walling __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Is Perntax the only one?
Yes Nikon digital does not work with their MF lenses unless you add a chip to the lens (not factory supported by the way). It was actually that reason that sent me to get a 10D a year ago. It's amazing but the 10D actually has stop down metering with my old MF Nikon lenses (via adaptor), while the Nikons have no metering (but they do mount the lenses without an adaptor :) Honestly the only reason I am considering Pentax DSLR's is their use with MF lens. --- Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thursday, January 27, 2005, 7:47:39 PM, Jens wrote: JB Thanks for the answers. To me it seems like there's an aperturering on the JB D70, shown in http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond70/page2.asp JB How far the backwards compatibility reaches, I don't know. I'll ask at the JB camera club next Tuesday. Unfortunately, Nikon dropped the aperture simulator on its all non-pro bodies, including the cheaper DSLRs (D100,D70). So you can mount a lens on D100 or D70 with an aperture ring, but you won't get any metering. For that, you would have to buy the expensive pro DSLRs (D1 D2). Or hack the lens adding the chip with contacts, then it works. There is not even a green button solution, so there Pentax is better. Good light! fra = Jamie Walling __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com
Re: Is Perntax the only one?
Actually what you are talking about is new features Nikon added over the years to get more functionality out of the same lens mount. Things like P mode with no digital contacts, etc. As far as manual focus goes Nikon only has ever had two mounts. F mount and pre-F mount (i am not sure exact dates but we are talking early 70's here.. ). All F mount lenses will mount on all F mount cameras, period. Until Nikon introduced the N80, D100, D70 about two years ago all F mount lenses could mount on newer cameras and give you AP and manual metered modes. The only reason people are pissed at Nikon about lens mount compatability are the D100 and D70 i.e. no cheap Nikon DSLR that can use their old lenses (their pro bodies still have the aperature coupling). --- Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PL Hmm interesting. Unfortunately this is impossible with pre-A pentax lenses PL due to the non-linear motion of the aperture lever. PL I assume, then, that Nikon lenses have always operated the same way as far PL as this goes (be it linear or non-linear? Well, sorry for the Nikon excursion, but: No, Nikon was always somewhat chaotic in its system compatibility. Pentax is much easier to grasp. Nikon was non-linear, and used the little prongs (rabbit-ears) to connect to meter. Then came AI lenses, which had aperture simulator lever like everybody else. I *think* they were linear in motion, but I am not sure. To muddle the waters more, you could have the old non-AI had AI'd. But then it was still non-linear... There were no lenses like Pentax A. No few contacts until AF lenses which used CPU chip. But to make it even worse, there were original MF lenses which had the chip from the start. Called AI-P. And there are several generations of cameras and lenses which key information in different ways. Some lenses have drilled out keys or mechanical pins for telling the focal length (short normal long) for different programs. Some lenses have mechanical way of telling the body what the physical maximum aperture is, but mechanically, and there are like two bodies (!) which use this to have Matrix metering. Now, some lenses have body motor AF, some lenses have lens motor AF. Of course some older film bodies don't work with the USM af... About the only fully, all features compatible body was the F4. Which is still, according to many people, Nikon's best body ever. Designed by Italian designer house, it has several options of motor advance but you can always rewind the film by hand, et cetera. It even autofocuses with the 1st generation AF lenses, which were similar to what ME-F's AF 35-70/2.8 is... All in all, it makes the Pentax compatibility seem overly simple. Good light! fra = Jamie Walling __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
wow now you are comparing him to a journalist. I thin he would be inpressed since he does not consider himself one. --- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ... This entire site is my personal opinion based on what gear works or doesn't work for me and my particular style of photography. Yup. And he can run a product test without actually testing the product, and base his opinions on a spec sheet and a few pictures. It's kind of like National Enquirer journalism for photographers. William Robb = Jamie Walling __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
granted that you are comparing him to a BAD journalist ;) Again his site is an opinion site. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Dont take offense that his is different that your own. --- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ... This entire site is my personal opinion based on what gear works or doesn't work for me and my particular style of photography. Yup. And he can run a product test without actually testing the product, and base his opinions on a spec sheet and a few pictures. It's kind of like National Enquirer journalism for photographers. William Robb = Jamie Walling __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com
Scanning woes...
Hi, recently, I got access inhouse to a Nikon V ED, the 4000 dpi 35mm scanner. Although I prefer optical prints, I have to submit mostly digital files by now. Which is not a problem as I shoot digitally, but now I need to scan some of my older film. Before, I would have just had it printed A4 and submitted to the editor, and not care afterwards. Now, for various reasons, I have to scan it myself. Apart from usual quirks with the software (why it doesn't come with SilverFast!), I am having some problems with scanner noise, or grain aliasing. More than I excepted, but on that later. What more, I got these weird black speckles in the luminance channel, leaving me dumbfounded. Please see http://3web.dkm.cz/members/fotof/temp/lumaspeckles.tif for 100% 4000dpi sample (L channel only). USM does accentuate them a lot. Anybody knows what it might be? I always scan with any sharpening turned off. ICE on, and both GEM and ROC disabled (I found the GEM feature to hoover extremely). Most of the speckles can be removed by DustScratches filter, but at the expense of some specular detail, and it's just annoying to have to run another slow filter on the 16bit file... thanks for any suggestions. Good light! fra
Re: PAW:alien invaders
Still, a cool shot Paul! - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:49 PM Subject: Re: PAW:alien invaders I see what you mean. I'm going to go back and look at the RAW file on this one and see if I didn't oversaturate it or introduce too much contrast. The sky was becoming very stormy as I shot this, but I do see a bit of banding back there. Paul Nice shot Paul. I like how the way the edges of the alien spaceships reflect the light. The background looks a bit patchy/overprocessed though- not sure if it's my monitor or not.. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 12:01 PM Subject: PAW:alien invaders Alien invaders land on the beach at Santa Monica, California: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3071562size=lg
Re: Scanning woes...
Frantisek wrote: Hi, recently, I got access inhouse to a Nikon V ED, the 4000 dpi 35mm scanner. Although I prefer optical prints, I have to submit mostly digital files by now. Which is not a problem as I shoot digitally, but now I need to scan some of my older film. Before, I would have just had it printed A4 and submitted to the editor, and not care afterwards. Now, for various reasons, I have to scan it myself. Apart from usual quirks with the software (why it doesn't come with SilverFast!), I am having some problems with scanner noise, or grain aliasing. More than I excepted, but on that later. What more, I got these weird black speckles in the luminance channel, leaving me dumbfounded. Please see http://3web.dkm.cz/members/fotof/temp/lumaspeckles.tif for 100% 4000dpi sample (L channel only). USM does accentuate them a lot. Anybody knows what it might be? I always scan with any sharpening turned off. ICE on, and both GEM and ROC disabled (I found the GEM feature to hoover extremely). Most of the speckles can be removed by DustScratches filter, but at the expense of some specular detail, and it's just annoying to have to run another slow filter on the 16bit file... thanks for any suggestions. Good light! fra Grain aliasing is a problem. I much more than I had expected with my Minolta Scan Dual IV also. Especially with b/w film, it was horribly grainy compared with the optical prints. OTOH the very grainy Tmax3200 was as grainy as the optical print, so the size of the grain matters in this case. Your sample image does not work, so i cant comment on what it might be. Check the negs carefully though for stains or such. /Henri
Re: DA14mm f/2.8 quality (was: Pentax 50mm News)
As some of you may remember I´ve had some contact with the guy testing the *istDs for the major Norwegian photo magazine. It is not published yet so I wont tell you what he says, except that he likes it a lot (especially after getting some help with the manual :-) However, he has also looked the 14mm (initially he was going to borrow mine), and I think I can tell you what he thinks about it: He thinks it is great (he used the word formidable), especially to the price. He found almost no distortion and very little vignetting, which are the two most important feature to me. Sharpness is from acceptable to razor sharp. He also likes the compact size and maximum aperture and concludes that he would buy one if he had Pentax. While I don´t agree with him about everything I know that he takes the reviews very seriously, so even if he didn´t have the 14mm in an optical bench (he did with the 18-55) I think his view is fairly accurate. He has a few interesting remarks regarding the Ds and the 18-55, but I´ll have to get back to them when the review is published. DagT På 26. jan. 2005 kl. 02.56 skrev Godfrey DiGiorgi: Interesting. At f/8, the DA14mm's aperture is less than 2mm in diameter where the FA16-45 is at 2mm or greater. Perhaps you're seeing the onset of diffraction, reducing the resolution. How do they compare at f/5.6? I normally set aperture between f/4 and f/5.6 with the 14mm. Godfrey --- Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: at f8, my DA 14 is uniformly sharp across the field, but noticeably less so than the DA 16-45 at f8. the DA 16-45 and FA* 80-200/2.8 are about equal to my eyes, and i expect that the FA* 28-70/2.8 to be about the same. Herb... - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 8:08 PM Subject: Re: DA14mm f/2.8 quality (was: Pentax 50mm News) Less sharp ... in the center, at the edges, at what f/stops, etc, at what settings on the DA16-45? How are you comparing them? I find the DA14 satisfactorily sharp across the field wide open, but the corners are not as sharp as the center until f/4-5.6. Contrast is good throughout the range. Distortion seems to be very low. __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com
Re: Travelling *istD/DS (was:Digital anguish)
I can't help thinking it's a bit of a non-issue. I'd like to hear of people who have actually suffered problems due to moisture ingress. I've done some pretty nasty things to my cameras (P67,P645, SuperA, LX, MZ-S, Leica M, Mamiya, Oly E- 10) over the years and none have ever failed due to condensation problems. This may be a coinkydink,but just a few weeks after shooting the D2H in some heavy rain,the AF and metering acted up badly. A new AE board(warranty) from Nikon was needed. It may not have been the cause but i'm a bit paranoid now. Dave
Re: PESO: London
I found it a very interesting shot and a bit disturbing as I can't get a handle on what was going on between the couple. Their close proximity suggests familiarity but the body language does not suggest that they are about to kiss. That then brings questions about the hand on her face and her very upright posture with hands to her sides. Add that all this is happening in a public place. It makes me think there is a lot more going on between them. If the mark of a good photograph is one that makes you stop and think, then this is one good photograph. Butch
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
Jamie Walling wrote: WOW. It's amazing how defensive this list gets. For a moment i almost thought I was on a Leica list. You obviously don't hang out on the Leica list much. It's also amazing how much people here slam Ken Rockwell about not including facts, and then they We're not an authority publishing a supposedly hands on review. He reviewed a camera apparently a number of cameras authoritatively without ever having seen them. That's like doing anatomical drawings of an elephant after hearing rumors of such a beast. Totally dishonest. themselves do not tell the facts. Some general info on Ken's site and this review in general (BTW ... I do not know him at all, but have read his site for years since I used to use Nikon MF and he has one of the better lens sections on the web) For Nikon maybe. If he wrote a glowing review of a Nikon product, would I believe that either. Probably not. He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access to the istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even said his opinion might change if he uses one. He slammed it in a preview. He slammed Canon cameras in previews. _I don't care._ The most you can do in a preview is list features and give a first impression. He went a lot farther than that and regularly does so. It wasn't billed as a preview by the way, he bills it as a test review, and I quote: **Pentax *ist DS *istDS Test Review** He should get a new headline writer. Disclaimers on another page don't cut it either. By the way he now has a disclaimer on the main page for this review due to the hate mail he's received. It wasn't there before. His site is an opinion site, and he goes out of his way to make that perfectly clear. He also makes it perfectly clear what he is looking for in a camera and that he is ONLY judging cameras based on what he is looking for in a camera... Yes it is an opinion site. That becomes obvious when you read it. If you read his pages... based on what he is looking for, the Pentax istDs does not cut it. That's not his recommendation. He doesn't dismisses it just for himself, he dismisses it for everyone. Even if they are just starting out and don't have a large investment in other manufactures lenses. Even if I didn't own a bunch of Pentax lenses the *ist-Ds would be viable competition for the Rebel-D and the D70 which don't really cut it by his criteria either. (Ok, the Nikon cut it because it says Nikon on the prism housing, but then he had to ignore a lot of other things). FYI .. he gave the istD a favorable review when it was introduced, and personally uses Pentax spot meters. Hard to say he is anti pentax. I don't think anyone said he was anti Pentax. I believe the consensus was that he was in my words an opinionated idiot, but I'm just being judgmental, kind of like he is. = Jamie Walling __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
If you play to a large enough groups prejudices you can get delude yourself into anything. Rob Studdert wrote: On 28 Jan 2005 at 0:16, Jamie Walling wrote: He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access to the istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even said his opinion might change if he uses one. LOL, why then is the heading Pentax *ist DS *istDS Test Review My favourite quote from his site (http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/aboutrvw.htm) I had no idea that by 2002 my site would become the world's most trusted and popular source of technical information world wide through the Internet. I feel like Forrest Gump; I never asked for this fame, people just bestow it on me. Seriously funny stuff. 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 -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: PESO: Barcelona (theme green)
It wrapped the second time too. It's a nice shot by the way. Henk Terhell wrote: Don't know why the link is wrapped - should have extension .html http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.htm l Henk -Original Message- From: Henk Terhell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 January, 2005 9:49 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Barcelona (theme green) Here is one of my pictures taken in January during a few days trip to Barcelona (just didn't fit this month's gallery theme blue!). Of course any comments are welcome. http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.htm l Henk -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: Ruminations... (resend)
Yea, you're right just grays out on you. Frits Wüthrich wrote: On Friday 28 January 2005 01:45, frank theriault wrote: FJW On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:22:43 -0800 (PST), Godfrey DiGiorgi FJW (or Wendy herself) may want slides or something. Maybe she'll see the FJW light, and realize that real photographers shoot Tri-X, and that FJW digital will never replicate the real Tri-X look only joking, don't FJW everyone start yelling at me. I never liked the colours of Tri-X much. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: McCullin speaks
Quoting Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Don McCullin was on the radio at lunchtime today, talking about his life and his landscape photographs. The programme is repeated on Saturday: web page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/opencountry.shtml 2nd column, 'listen again' Excellent programme - very much worth listening to, especially if you're an old carmudgeon into film and landscapes, or an aspiring war photographer wondering about what baggage you might accumulate at the other end. I haven't listened to this, but I'll agree about the aspiring war photographer wondering about baggage remark based on Don McCullin's comments (and demeanour) in the film Dying to tell the Story. (Someone else in this thread mentioned McCullin being sad and that, too, was quite apparent in that film.) Interesting film -- I've watched it several times -- but a lot of sadness there, not only from McCullin. ERNR
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (regarding Ken Rockwell's site) It's kind of like National Enquirer journalism for photographers. That looks like one for the quote file! Excellent summary. ERNR
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
Jamie Walling wrote: He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access to the istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even said his opinion might change if he uses one. Where does it say that? He wrote this in Jan 2005 (two weeks ago). The *istDS was available to anyone way before that, and it was announced in Sept 2004. The specs have been around since then. rg
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
Also, here is the opinion from people who actually bought the camera, not just read the specs. It makes a big difference: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/read_opinions.asp?prodkey=pentax_istds Jamie Walling wrote: WOW. It's amazing how defensive this list gets. For a moment i almost thought I was on a Leica list. It's also amazing how much people here slam Ken Rockwell about not including facts, and then they themselves do not tell the facts. Some general info on Ken's site and this review in general (BTW ... I do not know him at all, but have read his site for years since I used to use Nikon MF and he has one of the better lens sections on the web) He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access to the istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even said his opinion might change if he uses one. His site is an opinion site, and he goes out of his way to make that perfectly clear. He also makes it perfectly clear what he is looking for in a camera and that he is ONLY judging cameras based on what he is looking for in a camera... If you read his pages... based on what he is looking for, the Pentax istDs does not cut it. FYI .. he gave the istD a favorable review when it was introduced, and personally uses Pentax spot meters. Hard to say he is anti pentax. = Jamie Walling __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
Re: Scanning woes...
HT Your sample image does not work, so i cant comment on what it might be. HT Check the negs carefully though for stains or such. Ooops wrong url :-( http://3web.dkm.cz/fotof/temp/lumaspeckles.jpg http://3web.dkm.cz/fotof/temp/lumaspeckles.tif Good light! fra
really OT: anagram site
I put Frank Theriault in and got: http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=frank+theriault My favorites: THE FRANK RITUAL URINAL ARK THEFT This could be a pug theme. I can envision a ritual comprising a tribe of Frank look-alikes dancing around a fire with urinals over their heads. vbg rg
FS: Pentax DA 16-45mm 4.0 ED AL
I have for sale the digital 16-45mm/4.0 ED AL zoom lens made by Pentax. It is in LN minus condition. Included are the end caps, original box, and hood. Very little use on this lens. Price $350USD plus your choice of shipping. Payment terms: Paypal non-credit card instant cash transaction, or money order/cashiers check. If interested please send Email. Thanks, Chad
Re: Scanning woes...
- Original Message - From: Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] What more, I got these weird black speckles in the luminance channel, leaving me dumbfounded. Please see http://3web.dkm.cz/fotof/temp/lumaspeckles.jpg Hi Frantisek, If it's any comfort to you, it's not a problem limited to the Nikon scanners. My results with a Minolta Dimâge scan dual and an Epson 1640SU are just the same. Dunno if it's chemstry or dust, but it's so close to film grain size that it doesn't really matter. I have never found any better way do deal with it than dustscratches or manual cloning of critical areas. Jostein
Re: Is Pentax the only one?
--- Jamie Walling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes Nikon digital does not work with their MF lenses unless you add a chip to the lens (not factory supported by the way). It was actually that reason that sent me to get a 10D a year ago. ... Honestly the only reason I am considering Pentax DSLR's is their use with MF lens. Similar for me, although it was just one of the reasons I sold off all my Nikon equipment in 2000-2001. I just didn't like the design of most of the modern Nikon bodies any more, as well as felt disenfranchised that they wouldn't allow any metering at all with my excellent old AI-S series lenses. Canon was my best alternative in 2001 as their EOS-IX body allowed full access to the EOS lens line and the film format was very close to the upcoming digital bodies' format. That let me become very comfortable with the 16x24mm format and which lenses worked for me, the move to the 10D was then smooth and easy. I became interested in the DS to get back the compact, light camera body and access to a range of high quality, compact, manual focus lenses ... similar to what I'd enjoyed working with using the Nikon FM for 20+ years. Godfrey __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
Re: really OT: anagram site
Frank's finally been immortalized PDML style. Completely OT. Gonz wrote: I put Frank Theriault in and got: http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=frank+theriault My favorites: THE FRANK RITUAL URINAL ARK THEFT This could be a pug theme. I can envision a ritual comprising a tribe of Frank look-alikes dancing around a fire with urinals over their heads. vbg rg -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
FS: SFXn camera, 28-80 SMC-F lens, case, manual
For sale: Pentax SFXn, EX+ condition. (Same exact camera as the SF1n). Includes the SMC-F 28-80mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom -- not the Pentax-F or Takumar-F cheaper zooms that often came with the SF bodies. Camera is in perfect working condition -- definitely a low-mileage body with minimal signs of use anywhere. Lens is in EX- condition and has a small mark (very small scratch or mark in the coating) near an edge on the front element which is not visible in the photos and should not affect pictures (it hasn't in the photos I have taken with it so far). Camera kit includes eyecup cover, hot shoe cover, cable release cover, along with everready case, strap and instruction manual. Also includes original manual (for the SF1n, but camera is functionally exactly the same). A nearly-new battery (2CR5) is included as well. Price: $150 for the kit. http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/SFXn_kit.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/SFXn_front.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/SFXn_flash.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/SFXn_rear.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/SFXn_mount.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/28-80_front.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/28-80_rear.jpg -- Joe Wilensky Editor, Cornell Chronicle Cornell News Service 324 Judd Falls Road Ithaca, NY 14853 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (607) 255-3630 phone/voice mail (607) 255-5373 fax http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle.html
MZ-S Small-down
Okay, here's my little dilemma. I want to small-up/simple-down for portability, which includes getting a hand strap (not a grip strap) for my MZ-S and swapping my FA 35mm f2.0 lens for the 43mm limited. I wish like heck that the new DA 40mm would work on the MZ-S but apparently it's not gonna. So . . . any advice, or willing swappers, understanding that the 43 would require a little boot from my side?
Re: Is Perntax the only one?
The Nikon compatibility thing is a myth. When they first went to internal meters they just added a coupling fork to the existing lenses, and you could have one added to your old lens. That started the compatibility myth. When they went to Auto-Indexed lenses for program exposure your old lenses could not be made to work in auto mode. The latest lenses have no aperture ring and will not work on older cameras (and vis versa for the low-end cameras). The old EPO pro service that made Nikon the preeminent photojournalist's camera has been gone for decades also, as least since Nikon took over the US marketing. Once someone learns something they think that never changes (especially with those who do not actually use the knowledge), but it does, it does. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Peter Loveday wrote: Unfortunately, Nikon dropped the aperture simulator on its all non-pro bodies, including the cheaper DSLRs (D100,D70). So you can mount a lens on D100 or D70 with an aperture ring, but you won't get any metering. For that, you would have to buy the expensive pro DSLRs (D1 D2). Or hack the lens adding the chip with contacts, then it works. There is not even a green button solution, so there Pentax is better. Hmm interesting. Unfortunately this is impossible with pre-A pentax lenses due to the non-linear motion of the aperture lever. I assume, then, that Nikon lenses have always operated the same way as far as this goes (be it linear or non-linear? Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday Director of Development, eyeon Software -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.4 - Release Date: 1/25/2005
Re: KEH Q
They sell about as fast as they make them. The problem with the D is they weren't making them very fast (I kind of think they were on quotas from Sony for the sensor). The DS seems to have plenty of assembly line capacity however. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Jens Bladt wrote: Peter. This is kind of good news isn't it? Are the *ist D's and *ist DS's really selling that well? Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 28. januar 2005 00:47 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: KEH Q KEH seems to sell primarily used equipment. The market for Pentax AF primes has skyrocketed since the introduction of the *ist-D and *ist-Ds. A lenses are much harder to find as well as are the more desirable FA and F zooms and the more or less Special K and M lenses. But the FA primes have become very scarce. cbwaters wrote: Is it just me or does KEH not have ANY Autofocus primes anymore? That seems bad. CW -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.4 - Release Date: 1/25/2005
(diverging OT) Re: Is Perntax the only one?
I can't be the only one who keeps reading this subject line as having to do with levies to pay for dragon-chow ... can I? -- Glenn
Re: Is Perntax the only one?
I consider being able to use manual focus lenses with the istd (s) an outstanding benefit to owning Pentax and an excellent reason to buy a digital SLR. Being able to (almost) seamlessly use 20+ year old lenses on the latest technology puts Pentax, IMHO, way ahead of the rest... Vic
Re: really OT: anagram site
Messages are being lost at a high rate. I got the response, but not the original again. rg Peter J. Alling wrote: Frank's finally been immortalized PDML style. Completely OT. Gonz wrote: I put Frank Theriault in and got: http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=frank+theriault My favorites: THE FRANK RITUAL URINAL ARK THEFT This could be a pug theme. I can envision a ritual comprising a tribe of Frank look-alikes dancing around a fire with urinals over their heads. vbg rg
Re: Travelling *istD/DS
I have just tried to find the definition of cleft stick through a google search. Bob's definition seems only to be used by computer folk. Strange, it seemed to be a way of indicating that the corrior was a messager and was not to be attacked (warrior society). The more common in a cleft stick means caught between two bad choices. So I have a feeling that the author's list of gear included a lot of bad choices (cleft sticks) rather than message sticks. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob W wrote: Hi, several cleft sticks OTOH, one's never really alone when one has one's towel Very Douglas Adams. What's a cleft stick? messengers used to carry their messages wedged in a stick which was partially split for the purpose. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.4 - Release Date: 1/25/2005
Re: McCullin speaks
Bob W wrote: Hi, Don McCullin was on the radio at lunchtime today, talking about his life and his landscape photographs. The programme is repeated on Saturday: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/opencountry.shtml It's here as a Real Audio file: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml Look for Open Book. Disclosure: I haven't checked the RA file because I don't have the player on my machine, and don't want it. Looks like the original was on last Saturday and you caught the repeat 8-(((
RE: MZ-S Small-down
Jeesh Mark... I wish I have a 43 to swap with your 35/2 If you wanna sell it, give me a shout... vbg Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Lindamood, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 1:41 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: MZ-S Small-down Okay, here's my little dilemma. I want to small-up/simple-down for portability, which includes getting a hand strap (not a grip strap) for my MZ-S and swapping my FA 35mm f2.0 lens for the 43mm limited. I wish like heck that the new DA 40mm would work on the MZ-S but apparently it's not gonna. So . . . any advice, or willing swappers, understanding that the 43 would require a little boot from my side?
6x7 Foam Replacement
Hello all... I've had my 6x7 for a few days now, and closer inspection reveals some questions about the foam on the body. Here's a few pictures: http://www.sherb.org/albums/67foam/ The foam around the back door and the pentaprism definitely need to be replaced, but the mirror bumper I'm not sure about. So, a few questions: Should the mirror light seal extend across the full width of the mirror housing? The tiny piece that's there appears to be in good condition. What is the thickness of the original foam on the penta prism? How about the thickness of the foam around the back door? It looks like micro-tools.com is the best place to get this stuff. Tim
Re: PESO: London
Thanks Butch. Actually I had the same feelings when I shot the picture. I saw them from about 30 meters, and shot a few frames as I was walking towards them. They kept the same position and expressions, which was strange. They disengaged a moment later and went in different ways, so I didn't think much of it afterwards. j On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:27:03 -0500, Butch Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found it a very interesting shot and a bit disturbing as I can't get a handle on what was going on between the couple. Their close proximity suggests familiarity but the body language does not suggest that they are about to kiss. That then brings questions about the hand on her face and her very upright posture with hands to her sides. Add that all this is happening in a public place. It makes me think there is a lot more going on between them. If the mark of a good photograph is one that makes you stop and think, then this is one good photograph. Butch -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog
Re: GFM?
I'm planning on itmight show up at Cotty's house though instead. HAR! Norm (looking for a van to sleep in) Cotty wrote: On 26/1/05, Bill Owens, discombobulated, unleashed: How many of you folks are planning on attending this year? Sadly impossible for me. Moving house. 2006 is a certainty though !
Re: My first GFM question
Hey, someone has to hold down the fort Norm Cotty wrote: On 27/1/05, Bill Owens, discombobulated, unleashed: You are correct, but the $85.00 is very inexpensive considering all it includes Bill's right - pay the 85 and enjoy it - the auditorium shows are really nice, and if you decide not to attend one or two (ahem) then that's cool. Norm and Gw will join you at Central for a drink ;-)
Re: ken rockwell reviews *ist DS (blind)
Mark Roberts wrote: Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That site is so misguided and full of itself that it's not even funny. I've just scanned through the site a bit more. Here's a great quote from his generally unfavorable report on the Canon 1Ds: Like most things from Canon I'll presume it works great. I have not played with one. I wanted to find some way of sterilising my monitor after visiting it. I feel dirty. But that's normal for Friday night.
flash units - *istDS
I have a Sunpak 383 flash unit which I've been using successfully on several cameras for a bit, but I am considering acquiring a Pentax dedicated flash unit as well to obtain use of P-TTL, second curtain sync, etc. Looking through the DS manual, it looks like the Pentax AF360FGZ supports all the functions of the DS the best, but it doesn't have the swivel head of the Pentax AF500FTZ unit, which is $100 more. I've also heard good commentary on the Sigma EF-500 DG Super unit, which sells for the same price as the AF360FGZ but has the swivel head and and power of the AF500FTZ unit. a) Does the Sigma support *all* the dedicated functions of the *istDS body? including rear curtain sync? b) What's the reliability and build quality of the Sigma flash unit been like? Thanks for any comments and insight! Godfrey __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
Re: (diverging OT) Re: Is Perntax the only one?
D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: I can't be the only one who keeps reading this subject line as having to do with levies to pay for dragon-chow ... can I? Guilty. 8-)
Re: Ruminations... (resend)
--- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok ok, sell the lot and get a 1D. You won't regret it. Cheers, Cotty The guy's a mind-reader. Or am I just so transparent vbg The thought is there in my mind. Truth is, the 20D is a pretty amazing camera for the price. Just thinking how many of those I can buy for the same money as a 1DMK2 Still trying to decide which would serve me better. One of those or an Epson 4000. Re: which camera is to go. Some good arguments. I haven't used the MZ-S since October, when I ran just one roll through it. Why keep it? otoh, there will be another Pentax dlsr along, there won't be another MZ-S So I decided in a totally random fashion that the *istD should go while it's still worth something. Then hubby had to throw in hs two penn'oth. Told me I could sell his MZ-5n and he'd keep the *istD. So - Minty MZ-5n with battery grip, manuals and boxes anyone? Wendy
Re: Scanning woes...
J If it's any comfort to you, it's not a problem limited to the Nikon J scanners. My results with a Minolta Dimâge scan dual and an Epson J 1640SU are just the same. J Dunno if it's chemstry or dust, but it's so close to film grain size J that it doesn't really matter. I have never found any better way do J deal with it than dustscratches or manual cloning of critical areas. Thanks :-) I usually don't take comfort in problems of others g, but you have comforted me that it is probably unavoidable. Not only is scanning slow, but one has to now run NeatImage or some other program to get it right :-( Good light! fra
Re: Pentax v Sigma Ultrawides shootout
Alright, your ten hours are up. Let's see some pics! :) Tim On 1/27/05 17:07, Cotty wrote: At the weekend (yes, *last* weekend) I managed to get out and do some flare tests with the Pentax K15mm 3.5 and the Sigma EX 14mm 2.8 - I've been processing the pics this evening and the results are interesting. But it's gone 1 am here and the web page will have to wait til tomorrow. More in 10 hours. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Is Perntax the only one?
I consider being able to use manual focus lenses with the istd (s) an outstanding benefit to owning Pentax and an excellent reason to buy a digital SLR. Being able to (almost) seamlessly use 20+ year old lenses on the latest technology puts Pentax, IMHO, way ahead of the rest... Vic Permanently fix K-mount adapters on your preferred M42 lenses and you go back another 30 years... What I call respect, others, from another point of view, would call it bad marketing! Pentax, the most ecological camera business? Andre
Re: KEH Q
Is it just me or does KEH not have ANY Autofocus primes anymore? That seems bad. CW They don't have any right now, although never have lots of them. Also noticed that the four 24-35mm they had before Christmas are gone. Andre
FS Friday
Hi Guys I have a couple things for sale. 1.Sunpak 622 super flash This is their big potato masher flash there is a slight scorch mark on the lens that does not affect light output or quality and it is missing the little bracket on the bottom that braces the battery compartment. $100 2. A set of Pentax non-coupled extension tubes $40 $5.00 ea shipping in US other countries at cost. M.O. unless I know you well then check OK. I can take and e-mail photos if you want. Butch
Re: McCullin speaks
Hi, I haven't listened to this, but I'll agree about the aspiring war photographer wondering about baggage remark based on Don McCullin's comments (and demeanour) in the film Dying to tell the Story. (Someone else in this thread mentioned McCullin being sad and that, too, was quite apparent in that film.) Interesting film -- I've watched it several times -- but a lot of sadness there, not only from McCullin. Have you any idea where I could get a copy of that documentary, please? No hits from amazon.com or .co.uk. I've seen several documentaries and films about DM, I've heard him speak a couple of times, and I 'accosted' him in the street once and we chatted for quite a long time. He's not as lugubrious in real life as he seems on film. In fact, he struck me as a very warm-hearted, friendly person, and witty. He was very kind to talk to me for such a long time, and seemed genuinely interested (except when I gushed with admiration, when he became very shy and modest). -- Cheers, Bob
RE: Photos of Pentax *ist Ds with 67 f/5.6 500mm and others
Hi Dave. I bought the Fotodiox (http://www.fotodiox.com) kit here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3860687820 With this kit you use 35mm film in a Pentax 6x7, 67 or 67II body. You make 18 pictures out of a 36 exp. 35mm film (you use the 220 film selector and pressure plate). That's the big advantage. If your intention is to make 24x66mm panoramic photos, you don't waste 120/220 film. With the kit you get also a panoramic viewfinder mask that disciplines the composition. You have a complete new approach to the subject with this mask, different than with simple lines (like the Z1P/PZ1P). And it is inexpensive (USD 98,00). Right now, Fotodiox is not selling this item on ebay but you can contact them via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I bought a second 6x7 (very early Mk I, non-MLU) body just to have the kit permanently on. This is my Hasselblad... Hope this helps, Dave. Pedro Oliveira Portugal -Mensagem original- De: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviada: sexta-feira, 28 de Janeiro de 2005 8:10 Para: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Assunto: Re: Photos of Pentax *ist Ds with 67 f/5.6 500mm and others On Jan 28, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Pedro Oliveira wrote: I recently bought a X-Pan panoramic kit for the Pentax 67. Where do you get these? I ask more out of curiosity now, because I'm now able to do a high-res scan of the centre of a 6x7 slide, so all I need to do is make a composition guide for the viewfinder (I'll just draw some lines on a piece of mylar). - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Re: PESO - Mr. Sun
Thanks Juan. I'll take interesting. :) Funny how subjective tastes are, or maybe it's because I experienced the excitement of seeing the image before taking the shot. My wife molds things out of concrete. This was a gold foiled plastic party wall ornament, about 16 diameter. The inside of the mold had been oiled, so the concrete would not stick. The concrete was rewet to help it cure and the form placed back on top. The water pooled up in droplets on the inside of the form. The shot was taken with on-camera flash to get some reflections back from the gold foil and water. I an hoping to blow it up very large, around 36 and have it printed on canvas. Tom C. From: Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Mr. Sun Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:12:21 -0800 Because of the face, I was initially tempted to say it's a coin (some Argentine coins had a sun just like that, the Sol de Mayo (the sun of May--May being the month of our revolution for independence). But I think the scale is bigger than that. Interesting image... j On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:17:22 -0700, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had this photo for a while and have some ideas for it. Try and guess exactly what it is. Comments, critiques, etc., are appreciated. Thanks. http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=275262 Tom C. -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog
RE: Photos of Pentax *ist Ds with 67 f/5.6 500mm and others
On 28 Jan 2005 at 21:38, Pedro Oliveira wrote: Hi Dave. I bought the Fotodiox (http://www.fotodiox.com) kit here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3860687820 With this kit you use 35mm film in a Pentax 6x7, 67 or 67II body. You make 18 pictures out of a 36 exp. 35mm film (you use the 220 film selector and pressure plate). That's the big advantage. If your intention is to make 24x66mm panoramic photos, you don't waste 120/220 film. So how do you rewind the 35mm film? The 35mm adaptor for my Mamiya 7 body includes a rewind crank. 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: Is Perntax the only one?
- Original Message - From: Jamie Walling Subject: Re: Is Perntax the only one? As far as manual focus goes Nikon only has ever had two mounts. F mount and pre-F mount (i am not sure exact dates but we are talking early 70's here.. ). All F mount lenses will mount on all F mount cameras, period. Until Nikon introduced the N80, D100, D70 about two years ago all F mount lenses could mount on newer cameras and give you AP and manual metered modes. The only reason people are pissed at Nikon about lens mount compatability are the D100 and D70 i.e. no cheap Nikon DSLR that can use their old lenses (their pro bodies still have the aperature coupling). You might want to consult with a fact checker on this one. There have been a myriad of incompatibilities with the F mount (which was introduced in 1959 IIRC), including lenses which couldn't be mounted at all and cameras that wouldn't work with the wrong series of lens. Your concept of recent might differ from mine. William Robb
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
- Original Message - From: Jamie Walling Subject: Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ... wow now you are comparing him to a journalist. I thin he would be inpressed since he does not consider himself one. You must be his wife if you read that into my comment. William Robb
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
- Original Message - From: Jamie Walling Subject: Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ... granted that you are comparing him to a BAD journalist ;) Again his site is an opinion site. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Dont take offense that his is different that your own. I take offense with people who fraudulently set themselves up as self styled experts, and then go about trying to influence people. A person who calls a hands off review of a product a test is, in my own humble opinion, a fraud. William Robb
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ... William, I wish you'd stop sugar-coating this stuff and just tell us what you really think... This is a family oriented list. William Robb
RE: Photos of Pentax *ist Ds with 67 f/5.6 500mm and others
You don't rewind the film. There are two options: 1 - you can use an empty film cassette that receives the exposed film and at the end you cut the film (watch out for the last one or two photos). 2 - Or you don't use the cassette, only the interior and at the end you use a changing bag to rewind manually the film. I use this second option as I don't want the film to pass 4 times through the 35mm cassette tissue. This way the film only passes 2 times through the tissue, the same as 35mm cameras, X-Pan and Mamiya 7 (great camera). For some this can be a disadvantage but, for my type of photography, it isn't. That is why I have a second 6x7 body for the X-Pan kit. Pedro Oliveira Portugal -Mensagem original- De: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviada: sexta-feira, 28 de Janeiro de 2005 22:48 Para: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Assunto: RE: Photos of Pentax *ist Ds with 67 f/5.6 500mm and others On 28 Jan 2005 at 21:38, Pedro Oliveira wrote: Hi Dave. I bought the Fotodiox (http://www.fotodiox.com) kit here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3860687820 With this kit you use 35mm film in a Pentax 6x7, 67 or 67II body. You make 18 pictures out of a 36 exp. 35mm film (you use the 220 film selector and pressure plate). That's the big advantage. If your intention is to make 24x66mm panoramic photos, you don't waste 120/220 film. So how do you rewind the 35mm film? The 35mm adaptor for my Mamiya 7 body includes a rewind crank. 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: Barcelona (theme green)
Nice shot Henk- pity the littlest kid is slightly obscured, but still a nice shot. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: Henk Terhell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:48 PM Subject: PESO: Barcelona (theme green) Here is one of my pictures taken in January during a few days trip to Barcelona (just didn't fit this month's gallery theme blue!). Of course any comments are welcome. http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.htm l Henk
Re: Pentax v Sigma Ultrawides shootout
And here it is http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare3.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...
Bingo. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Jamie Walling Subject: Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ... granted that you are comparing him to a BAD journalist ;) Again his site is an opinion site. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Dont take offense that his is different that your own. I take offense with people who fraudulently set themselves up as self styled experts, and then go about trying to influence people. A person who calls a hands off review of a product a test is, in my own humble opinion, a fraud. William Robb
Re: really OT: anagram site
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:24:12 -0600, Gonz wrote: Messages are being lost at a high rate. I got the response, but not the original again. Well, I don't know where they're getting lost for the rest of you, but I'm getting nearly 100%. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
Re: really OT: anagram site
a spiced sin nuts ox (from pentax discussion) Jostein - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:44 PM Subject: Re: really OT: anagram site Frank's finally been immortalized PDML style. Completely OT. Gonz wrote: I put Frank Theriault in and got: http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=frank+theriault My favorites: THE FRANK RITUAL URINAL ARK THEFT This could be a pug theme. I can envision a ritual comprising a tribe of Frank look-alikes dancing around a fire with urinals over their heads. vbg rg -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: Barcelona (theme green)
Love it, Henk! The little girl is in no WAY intimidated by this tall green personage! g The looks on the kid's faces are precious! Good shot! keith whaley Ryan Lee wrote: Nice shot Henk- pity the littlest kid is slightly obscured, but still a nice shot. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: Henk Terhell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:48 PM Subject: PESO: Barcelona (theme green) Here is one of my pictures taken in January during a few days trip to Barcelona (just didn't fit this month's gallery theme blue!). Of course any comments are welcome. http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/People/slides/IMGP2143small2.html Henk
Re: Pentax v Sigma Ultrawides shootout
Love that Pentax SMC 15mm f/3.5. Excellent lens! Crisp! keith whaley Cotty wrote: And here it is http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare3.html Cheers, Cotty
RE: really OT: anagram site
That's interesting. I never got the original, the response, or the response to the response! This is the first I've heard of this thread. Tried a search in the archives for anagram site, nada. Search for really OT:, also nada. Don -Original Message- From: Doug Franklin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 4:57 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: really OT: anagram site On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:24:12 -0600, Gonz wrote: Messages are being lost at a high rate. I got the response, but not the original again. Well, I don't know where they're getting lost for the rest of you, but I'm getting nearly 100%. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
