Re: My dog, my pal (Was Willy the Springer Spaniel)
Outside of a dog a book is mans best friend, inside of a dog it's too dark to read. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, a dog is truly man's best friend. A buddy of mine once met a woman he wanted to marry, but she insisted that he give up his dog. He agonized over it for a while, and in the end he gave up the woman and kept the dog. He put it this way: "I just kind of figured that you can sleep with a dog, but you can't kennel a wife." I think that says it all . I feel the same about our 2 mutts: http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?Page=1 Just a snap with the Optio MX and direct flash. Bill Thanks Bill. He's my best pal. -- 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
Flash Triggers and *ist D
Has anyone used a radio flash trigger with the *ist D. I have to use flahlight to trigger our studio equipment (Courtnay). A cord doesn't work. I heard that some digital cameras must have the current reversed (people seem to buy a hot shoe adapter that does this). Has anyone had this problem. My *ist D will trigger lots of other flashes! Annother solution might be to buy a radio trigger. They seem to be more reliable than photo light slave cells, anyway. Regards Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
Re: Shutter shutdown
All I can say is thank god I don't live in Australia, even with security it hasn't gotten that bad here yet. Derby Chang wrote: An interesting article from yesterdays Sydney Morning Herald. It isn't easy being a street photographer these days. The Rex Dupain anecdote is rather sad. http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/02/25/1109180112027.html (you might need to do the free registration) D -- 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: SMCP-A 50/1.4 for US $224.49 ! Think I'll get rich.
Sorry, I do not get it. I am not a pinhole photography fan but it´s not laughable. Price is not high, either. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 7:34 AM Subject: Re: SMCP-A 50/1.4 for US $224.49 ! Think I'll get rich. It's a good lens, true, but that's nuts. On the subject of auctions, I had a good laugh at this one: http://tinyurl.com/62qhx My apologies to anyone who was watching it Dave S On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:48:06 -0600, Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I love my A 50/1.4's, but holy cow! Maybe I'll sell my 4 and get rich. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3876253977 Don
Uh oh...What's going on here?
I'm a brand new convert to Pentax, having just purchased an *ist DS as my first DSLR and have been trying to acquire a few of the suddenly oh-so-hard-to-get primes. Thursday evening I got home to find an FA 135mm f/2.8 had arrived from B&H and yesterday morning shot a few quick pictures of a tree in our front yard before heading off to work (no artistic intent - just wanted to see if it was basically functioning). I didn't get a chance to download them until this evening and was somewhat disturbed to see the amount of color fringing (or whatever it is) at the high contrast transitions between branches and the sky. Example here: http://www.alpert.com/marco/temp/ Any insights as to whether this is typical or not, or if it is indicative of a problem with the lens (or camera) would be much appreciated. Frankly, I'm still pretty much a novice at the digital stuff and I'd love to find I've done something stupid. Thanks. -Marco
Re: Alternatives to vuescan
--- John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you experiment with the infrared cleaning filter? If you mean ICE, then yes. The scratch removal feature of Vuescan has no impact to the streaking problem. = Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan __ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: Alternatives to vuescan
--- John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've not got to slides yet, I guess that will be the real test, greater > dynamic range required from the hardware. I have found the Minolta software produces better results for slides than Vuescan, while Vuescan does a lot better for negatives (colour or B&W). But I have never got any IT8 to calibrate the Vuescan so maybe I am missing something. However, for my scanner (oldest Elite), if the slides look a little dark, the scans will be too dark and useless. That's one reason I am not too keen on shooting slides. Perhaps the latest scanners (Nikon 5000 & Minolta 5400) will do better? Too bad Vuescan doesn't solve the streaking issue or I will buy the 5400. = Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
Re: PAW: Willy the Springer Spaniel
Hi Paul ... Were it not for john's post containing the URL, I'd have never seen this snap. It is clear that you have a close bond with the ol' guy. Good capture. There is something about the pic that bothers me. The distinction between the black fur of Willy and the red background seems - for lack of a better word - artificial. It doesn't seem quite natural - it's too defined, if that makes any sense. Could that be a result of using the flash? Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3152929
Re: SMCP-A 50/1.4 for US $224.49 ! Think I'll get rich.
It's a good lens, true, but that's nuts. On the subject of auctions, I had a good laugh at this one: http://tinyurl.com/62qhx My apologies to anyone who was watching it Dave S On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:48:06 -0600, Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love my A 50/1.4's, but holy cow! > Maybe I'll sell my 4 and get rich. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3876253977 > > Don > >
Re: Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA
given that the *istD is discontinued, they have to release a digital body above the *istD and below the 645 replacement really soon now to keep the mid range. those are the people who both have lots of older lenses and are likely to want to buy more lenses. BTW, the newest D2X shots are a lot better than the prototype ones from last fall. Herb... - Original Message - From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 12:05 AM Subject: Re: Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA That's not how I read the postings. It looks to me as though the next thing to come is a high-pixel-count digital body for the "professional" market that will take the 645 lenses. Then we'll probably see a follow-on model or two for the existing *ist-D range. From other reports the most likely next release will be a lower-end model, below the DS, trying to grab the entry-level marketplace (sub-$650). If we do see a *ist-Dn, it's still going to be aimed at what Pentax see as the *ist-D market - the low end. Perhaps we'll get 8MP, but I doubt we'll see 12MP (just as well, if the first reports of high-ISO noise are correct).
Re: PAW: Willy the Springer Spaniel
On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 02:19:58AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've struggled to get a decent picture of Willy for quite some time. > Yesterday I got him to sit still on the stairs for a few moments. He's > getting on in years now, but he's still quite handsome. Shot him with the FA > 50/1.4 at f8 and a single flash bounced off the ceiling. (This is one of the > nice things about the Sigma EX-500 DG Super. The head rotates, so you can do > a ceiling bounce in vertical position.) Willy is here: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3152929 PAW, indeed! I like it. A portly, aged, gentleman, but still one with some dignity.
Re: Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA
That's not how I read the postings. It looks to me as though the next thing to come is a high-pixel-count digital body for the "professional" market that will take the 645 lenses. Then we'll probably see a follow-on model or two for the existing *ist-D range. From other reports the most likely next release will be a lower-end model, below the DS, trying to grab the entry-level marketplace (sub-$650). If we do see a *ist-Dn, it's still going to be aimed at what Pentax see as the *ist-D market - the low end. Perhaps we'll get 8MP, but I doubt we'll see 12MP (just as well, if the first reports of high-ISO noise are correct). One piece of good news, for the enthusiast market, is that Hyper modes seem to be here to stay. And as Pentax have apparently noticed that their buyers seem to have quite a few existing lenses, and are eschewing cheap zooms, we could get a few new nice primes - maybe even more 'limited' lenses. Who knows - we may even see the return of the aperture simulator coupling. (Personally, though, I rather doubt that). On the other hand, the APS-C sensor is the design centre for the moment. While Pentax do see a possible market niche between the *ist-D and the high-end model, it's not likely that we'll see anything for that sector in the next 12 months. That's where I'd expect to see a 12MP sensor. That's also where I'd expect to see a sensor larger than APS-C, although I think that's even further away (after all, releasing a digital camera body that doesn't work perfectly with a fairly new DA lens is risky). Herb Chong mused: > > if we can believe them, then 12MP camera based on the same sensor as the > Nikon D2X seems strong possibility. the *istD announcement happened not a > long time after the D100 announcement. > > Herb... > - Original Message - > From: "Powell Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:57 PM > Subject: Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA > > > > On DPReview Pentax forum > > > > Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA [English Part1] > > > > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=12418969 > > > > > >
RE: Willy the Springer Spaniel
Great shot Paul, those eyes! (OK, go ahead and shoot, if you HAVE to.) ;-) Getting a Bassett Hound to hold still isn't quite as hard: http://www.donsauction.com/pdml/Beau_Yawn_Web.jpg Getting one to wake up is more challenging. ;-) Don > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 8:20 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: PAW: Willy the Springer Spaniel > > > I've struggled to get a decent picture of Willy for quite some > time. Yesterday I got him to sit still on the stairs for a few > moments. He's getting on in years now, but he's still quite > handsome. Shot him with the FA 50/1.4 at f8 and a single flash > bounced off the ceiling. (This is one of the nice things about > the Sigma EX-500 DG Super. The head rotates, so you can do a > ceiling bounce in vertical position.) Willy is here: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3152929 >
SMCP-A 50/1.4 for US $224.49 ! Think I'll get rich.
I love my A 50/1.4's, but holy cow! Maybe I'll sell my 4 and get rich. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3876253977 Don
Re: Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA
if we can believe them, then 12MP camera based on the same sensor as the Nikon D2X seems strong possibility. the *istD announcement happened not a long time after the D100 announcement. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Powell Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:57 PM Subject: Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA On DPReview Pentax forum Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA [English Part1] http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=12418969
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
It's slang for Wal-Mart. Bill - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 10:25 PM Subject: Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition? Wally World? Do you work at an amusement park - something like Sea Worrld? Is it a place that's just local? Never heard of Wally World. Can't help but think of Leave it To Beaver ... Don't mean to offend, it's just a funny name ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: Bill Owens Unfortunately you're correct. At the Wally World where I work, I have a few photos taken with my Optio MX.
pixmantec Rawshooter
Downloaded the pixmantec RAWshooter. On paper, it seemed good. Support for *istDS and has an eyedropper tool for grey/white balance. And version 1.0 is 100% free. But it seems to have a problem reading DS-flavoured PEFs; they are confused with *istD files so they come out looking like one of those "cross your eyes and you see 3D dolphins" pictures. Seems to be a known problem they promise to fix. Hope so. This proggie looks promising. Their forums are a little flaky too (doesn't seem to work with Firefox). http://www.pixmantec.com/products/rawshooter_essentials.html D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
Wally World? Do you work at an amusement park - something like Sea Worrld? Is it a place that's just local? Never heard of Wally World. Can't help but think of Leave it To Beaver ... Don't mean to offend, it's just a funny name ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bill Owens > Unfortunately you're correct. At the Wally World where I work, I have a few > photos taken with my Optio MX.
Re:My dog, my pal (Was Willy the Springer Spaniel)
Yes, a dog is truly man's best friend. A buddy of mine once met a woman he wanted to marry, but she insisted that he give up his dog. He agonized over it for a while, and in the end he gave up the woman and kept the dog. He put it this way: "I just kind of figured that you can sleep with a dog, but you can't kennel a wife." I think that says it all . > > I feel the same about our 2 mutts: > > http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?Page=1 > > Just a snap with the Optio MX and direct flash. > > Bill > > > Thanks Bill. He's my best pal. > > > > > >
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
On 26 Feb 2005 at 11:44, Peter J. Alling wrote: 8mp isn't enough of an improvement in resolution over 6mp to make much difference, especially as there will be an increase in noise at higher ISOs. Regardless it makes a world or difference as a sales and marketing lever, especially to those new to the market. Unfortunately you're correct. At the Wally World where I work, I have a few photos taken with my Optio MX. Several 4x6's printed on the Fuji 375 and an 8x10 printed on my Epson 925. When Joe and Jane Sixpack start gushing over the 4-6 Mp P&S's, I ask them how many prints larger than 8x10 they're going to print or how much they're going to crop. I then show them the results from the 3 Mp Optio. Most are suitably impressed. My next project will be to shoot the same scene with the Optio and the *istD and see if there is any visible difference at 8x10. Bill
Re: Willy the Springer Spaniel
I'll get the link right sooner or later :-) http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=88 Bill - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 9:44 PM Subject: Re: Willy the Springer Spaniel Thanks Bill. He's my best pal. I like it a lot, Paul. Bill - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 9:19 PM Subject: PAW: Willy the Springer Spaniel > I've struggled to get a decent picture of Willy for quite some time. > Yesterday I got him to sit still on the stairs for a few moments. He's > getting on in years now, but he's still quite handsome. Shot him with > the > FA 50/1.4 at f8 and a single flash bounced off the ceiling. (This is > one > of the nice things about the Sigma EX-500 DG Super. The head rotates, > so > you can do a ceiling bounce in vertical position.) Willy is here: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3152929 > >
Re: Willy the Springer Spaniel
I feel the same about our 2 mutts: http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?Page=1 Just a snap with the Optio MX and direct flash. Bill Thanks Bill. He's my best pal.
Re: Willy the Springer Spaniel
Thanks Bill. He's my best pal. > I like it a lot, Paul. > > Bill > > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 9:19 PM > Subject: PAW: Willy the Springer Spaniel > > > > I've struggled to get a decent picture of Willy for quite some time. > > Yesterday I got him to sit still on the stairs for a few moments. He's > > getting on in years now, but he's still quite handsome. Shot him with the > > FA 50/1.4 at f8 and a single flash bounced off the ceiling. (This is one > > of the nice things about the Sigma EX-500 DG Super. The head rotates, so > > you can do a ceiling bounce in vertical position.) Willy is here: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3152929 > > > > > >
Re: Willy the Springer Spaniel
I like it a lot, Paul. Bill - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 9:19 PM Subject: PAW: Willy the Springer Spaniel I've struggled to get a decent picture of Willy for quite some time. Yesterday I got him to sit still on the stairs for a few moments. He's getting on in years now, but he's still quite handsome. Shot him with the FA 50/1.4 at f8 and a single flash bounced off the ceiling. (This is one of the nice things about the Sigma EX-500 DG Super. The head rotates, so you can do a ceiling bounce in vertical position.) Willy is here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3152929
Re: colour shift under big lighting
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" Subject: Re: colour shift under big lighting Is this not where TTL scores - it will cut your flash and use the opposition's? You may still get incorrect exposure but it will not be so bad as if you got the whole double burst. Also, although it looks as if it would be impossible to miss getting excess flash, you are talking about exposure times of considerably less than a second, which will cut down the chances quite a lot. I dunno Mike. In one of the clips I saw recently, there were at least a half dozen of them, all firing continuous bursts. It's bound to happen. Agreed. And some, if not most, of those will be goners. I've had it happen to me once, which is amazing in itself. I took a picture from the back of the church with no flash, probably a 1/8 second exposure, and someone in the mosh pit decided to take a picture at some point within that 1/8 second. The more I think about it, the more I agree with you that if you manage to coincide well, your shot is probably kaput. So the question is: how often does it happen? If it was usual, then I would assume that the picture agencies would be trying to curb numbers of photographers at events. m
PAW: Willy the Springer Spaniel
I've struggled to get a decent picture of Willy for quite some time. Yesterday I got him to sit still on the stairs for a few moments. He's getting on in years now, but he's still quite handsome. Shot him with the FA 50/1.4 at f8 and a single flash bounced off the ceiling. (This is one of the nice things about the Sigma EX-500 DG Super. The head rotates, so you can do a ceiling bounce in vertical position.) Willy is here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3152929
Shutter shutdown
An interesting article from yesterdays Sydney Morning Herald. It isn't easy being a street photographer these days. The Rex Dupain anecdote is rather sad. http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/02/25/1109180112027.html (you might need to do the free registration) D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
Canon's 1D Mk2 is a lot cleaner than the 1D that it replaced at the same ISO, despite having pixels half the linear dimension. there's more to it than that. Herb - Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 11:44 AM Subject: Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition? 8mp isn't enough of an improvement in resolution over 6mp to make much difference, especially as there will be an increase in noise at higher ISOs. This will have to be removed by software which will probably cost quality. If it's the usual Canon construction for their lower end cameras the feel will just be yucckie.
Re: colour shift under big lighting
- Original Message - From: "mike wilson" Subject: Re: colour shift under big lighting Is this not where TTL scores - it will cut your flash and use the opposition's? You may still get incorrect exposure but it will not be so bad as if you got the whole double burst. Also, although it looks as if it would be impossible to miss getting excess flash, you are talking about exposure times of considerably less than a second, which will cut down the chances quite a lot. I dunno Mike. In one of the clips I saw recently, there were at least a half dozen of them, all firing continuous bursts. It's bound to happen. I've had it happen to me once, which is amazing in itself. I took a picture from the back of the church with no flash, probably a 1/8 second exposure, and someone in the mosh pit decided to take a picture at some point within that 1/8 second. William Robb
Re: colour shift under big lighting
William Robb wrote: I was watching the Prince and Miss Camilla on the news the other day, and I couldn't see any way in hell that the photo boys weren't getting multiple flash bursts happening on the same frame. Is this not where TTL scores - it will cut your flash and use the opposition's? You may still get incorrect exposure but it will not be so bad as if you got the whole double burst. Also, although it looks as if it would be impossible to miss getting excess flash, you are talking about exposure times of considerably less than a second, which will cut down the chances quite a lot. m
RE: Opinions about Sigmas
> -Original Message- > From: Gianfranco Irlanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm not familiar with the wide angle lenses of the EX series This is where Sigma has really impressed me lately. My Sigma 15mm fisheye is tack sharp, and so is their 20mm f/1.8 prime. I like the low light performance of both. I was kind of down on Sigma lenses before because I had a couple of cheap ones that weren't so great, but I'm glad I gave them another chance. I'm thinking about getting the 135-400mm for birding, but this 70-200 f/2.8 sounds intriguing... Amita
Re: colour shift under big lighting
Are you shooting digital or film? If digital - do you have Auto White Balance on? When I fist shot swim meets with the *ist d I set it to AWB, figuring that it could make better sense of the colors in the pool than I could. The first batch of photos came out all over the place - water ranged from yellow-green to deep aqua blue. When I went back I realized that there were three kinds of lighting - fluorescent, sodium vapor, and incandescent in the water. Since I travel around and visit different pools, the lighting is always different. So, I just do some test shots when I get on site, set the white balance to the best setting (I go for blue water) and then shoot everything like that. If the images are a bit off I pull up a representative exposure, adjust the levels to get the colors on the mark, and then save the adjustment curve and have an action load all the images, apply that curve, and save them. That takes care of all but the worst, and those I just deal with one by one. Even with the white balance locked to one setting, I do notice when I open RAW files that the tint setting varies - usually not by much, but 10 to 15 points. Color temp seems to be consistent. So maybe changing lights and AWB caused the problem... or maybe you were shooting film under constant lighting, in which case I'd suggest that all politicians are chameleons and you simply caught them in the act of changing their colors... - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: "Frantisek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 10:56 AM Subject: colour shift under big lighting Hi, what would be the safe shutter speed to avoid the colour and contrast shift under high intensity lighting? Always when I am shooting some event lit by something like that, I get incosistent colours in a burst of frames. I hope it's not the camera (elsewhere it worked fine, and it's on manual settings now auto WB), but the flickering of the light which either changes in spectral emmission or changes intensity. I noticed it again on the B-P summit, where outdoor events were either fully lit or filled in by big floods, frame to frame the colours shift a bit, with some contrast change as well. I have assumed that it's due to lighting flicker, and that a slower shutter speed might solve the problem? Like with photographing TV? If yes, what would be the good shutter speed? I hope it's not camera's problem... Thanks! Good light! fra
RE: Opinions about Sigmas
I compared the Tamron and Sigma offerings in this range, and aside from the fact that the Tamron samples were just better, the Sigma was bigger and slightly more expensive. I've had the Tamron 28-75 Di for a month now and I couldn't be happier with it. Amita > -Original Message- > From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 3:22 PM > To: Ã ÃÃ > Subject: Re: Opinions about Sigmas > > > Hello Ð, > > You should consider the Tamron 28-75/2.8 DI lens. It is > reasonable price and optically very good. I have it and am > very pleased with it. I have heard that the Sigma offering in > that range is not that good. > > Food for thought... > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Wednesday, February 23, 2005, 11:23:13 AM, you wrote: > > ÐÐ>I use MZ-S and I am in reflection about the new lenses and > ÐÐ> second body also. I now about the EX 2.8/70-200 but also I am > ÐÐ> interesting about 4.0/100-300 and some normal and wide-angle. > ÐÐ> Because FA 2.8/28-70 and 2.8/80-200 are now too expensive > for me (if > ÐÐ> new) and well used are very rare here in Russia. And FAJ > 18-35 has a low optical quality. > ÐÐ>In this case I try to find a good AF lenses with moderate > ÐÐ> prices. > > ÐÐ>Sincerely yours > ÐÐ>Arthur Grokhovsky > > ÐÐ>P.S. Does it true, that all FA lenses are discontinued now? > > ÐÐ>-Original Message- > ÐÐ> From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ÐÐ> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:37 PM > ÐÐ> To: pentax list > ÐÐ> Subject: Re: Opinions about Sigmas > > ÐÐ>You don't > ÐÐ>say what system you are on but I suppose we must assume > ÐÐ> Pentax (as this > ÐÐ>is supposed to be a Pentax list, ahem) in which > case I would always > ÐÐ>advise a Pentax lens. Consider a well used Pentax > 80-200 2.8 ? If > ÐÐ>availability is an issue, then the Sigma EX's will > do. They > ÐÐ> are *not* SMC > ÐÐ>however.. > > > > > ÐÐ>Cheers, > ÐÐ> Cotty > > > ÐÐ>___/\__ > ÐÐ>|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ÐÐ>||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com > ÐÐ>_ > > > > > > >
FS: One more thing
Tamron Fotovix with lens for 35mm AND the 6x8 upgrade kit with lens neg & slide carriers. All in Ex. or LN condition. Use it to picture your slides & negs to video. $150 for PDML + shipping PayPal Collin - It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree helping each other to one or other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never met a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it s with immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry , snub, and exploit - i mmortal horrors or everlasting splendors." - C S Lewis
Re: Look what I scored - now FS !
- Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: RE: Look what I scored - now FS ! No, sorry, my fingers are tired. It's a common 2.0 :-(. False advertising. I withdraw my bid. William Robb
RE: Look what I scored - now FS !
No, sorry, my fingers are tired. It's a common 2.0 :-(. But the 4/200mm (K or M) should be worth a few bucks. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 27. februar 2005 00:46 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Look what I scored - now FS ! Jens Bladt wrote: > SMC-M 1.2/50mm Do you really mean this? mike
Re: colour shift under big lighting
- Original Message - From: "Bob W" Subject: Re: colour shift under big lighting not a good idea to bite the hand that feeds them. I think of it more of a symbiotic relationship. Something like mutual parasitism. William Robb
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
On 26 Feb 2005 at 11:44, Peter J. Alling wrote: > 8mp isn't enough of an improvement in resolution over 6mp to make much > difference, especially as > there will be an increase in noise at higher ISOs. Regardless it makes a world or difference as a sales and marketing lever, especially to those new to the market. 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: Look what I scored - now FS !
- Original Message - From: "mike wilson" Subject: Re: Look what I scored - now FS ! Jens Bladt wrote: SMC-M 1.2/50mm Do you really mean this? It's a very rare lens. I bet Jens was encouraged by the other auction to put this lens out there for us to bid on. I bid 7 William Robb
RE: Opinions about Sigmas
Thank you. I have found two examples of this Tamron by one of our local dealers and will try them shortly I hope. Very interesting lens with IF and fast AF as I see. Does it true that the focus point of this lens is shifting during the zooming? Does it true that the quality of this lens is very different from one example to another? Also what is the opinion about the Sigma 1.8/20 in comparison to Pentax 4.0/20-35? I also have found both lenses in our stores and I am in doubt about the optical quality. Thank you. Sincerely yours, Arthur Grokhovsky -Original Message- From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:22 PM To: Артур Гроховский Subject: Re: Opinions about Sigmas Hello Артур, You should consider the Tamron 28-75/2.8 DI lens. It is reasonable price and optically very good. I have it and am very pleased with it. I have heard that the Sigma offering in that range is not that good. Food for thought... -- Best regards, Bruce
Re: colour shift under big lighting
Hi, > Perhaps this is the correct way to use them, in that situation. > However... > Watching it on TV is annoying enough. It's a bit of a surprise that > celebrities and public figures don't snap more often. not a good idea to bite the hand that feeds them. -- Cheers, Bob
Re: Look what I scored - now FS !
Jens Bladt wrote: SMC-M 1.2/50mm Do you really mean this? mike
Re: colour shift under big lighting
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:59:29 -0600, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, they seem to be shooting nearly continuous high speed captures. > I was watching the Prince and Miss Camilla on the news the other day, > and I couldn't see any way in hell that the photo boys weren't > getting multiple flash bursts happening on the same frame. Now, that kind of situation is a great oportunity to steal flash: http://photos2.flickr.com/2085193_1fe64c523c.jpg I always wonder why photogs don't do that when given the oportunity. It's free lighting, and more interesting that an on-camera flash. j -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog
Re: APS Sensor Size
Shel Belinkoff wrote: I have seen APS sensors described as "APS C" and "APS H" What'd the difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? I've never seen sensors described this way. It's always been _print_ formats and the different shapes and sizes all come from crops of the original negative that were encoded electronically on the negative strip by the camera at taking - if it had the capability. mike
Re: colour shift under big lighting
WR> Now, they seem to be shooting nearly continuous high speed captures. WR> I was watching the Prince and Miss Camilla on the news the other day, WR> and I couldn't see any way in hell that the photo boys weren't WR> getting multiple flash bursts happening on the same frame. Har, in a few years we will become videographers ;-) Cotty beware! And multiple flash bursts from several photogs do happen. Fortunately my DSLR is only 3 FPS so I have to think more while shooting ;-) Good light! fra
Re: colour shift under big lighting
- Original Message - From: "Bill Owens" Subject: Re: colour shift under big lighting It seems to me that now days, a high fps rate is more important than learning how to use your equipment properly. Perhaps this is the correct way to use them, in that situation. However... Watching it on TV is annoying enough. It's a bit of a surprise that celebrities and public figures don't snap more often. William Robb
Re: AC Adaptor for *ist-D/*ist-Ds
I heard on Dpreview about a compatible ac adapter, so I bought it online for about $12, its a Lenmar acon6, and it works just fine. It supplies 2100ma @ 6.5vDC and its a regulated DC switching supply. Unless you are paranoid about getting the exact 3000ma one from Pentax, this one should fit the bill for alot less money. I think Pentax wants like $70 for theirs. Simon King wrote: Hi All, Has anyone bought an AC power adaptor for their *ist-D/s? If so, I'd appreciate it if you could let me know what is power rating (output amperage) is. TIA, Simon
Re: colour shift under big lighting
It seems to me that now days, a high fps rate is more important than learning how to use your equipment properly. Bill Something I have noticed over the past while is a change in the way photojournalists shoot at these types of events. I remember not too many years ago, watching a famous head bobbling through a crowd on TV, that the photographers shot in fairly short bursts, or even single shots. Now, they seem to be shooting nearly continuous high speed captures. I was watching the Prince and Miss Camilla on the news the other day, and I couldn't see any way in hell that the photo boys weren't getting multiple flash bursts happening on the same frame. I don't know if this is relevent or not. William Robb
Re: Wednesday's *isd DS photos
Nice. The first 20mm shot is my favorite. Paul > Still trying out the camera. These were taken, with various Pentax AF > lenses, this past Wednesday on Maine's southern coast. > > http://hemenway.com/Nubble-Feb23/index.htm > > Jim > > >
Re: colour shift under big lighting
- Original Message - From: "Frantisek" Subject: colour shift under big lighting I have assumed that it's due to lighting flicker, and that a slower shutter speed might solve the problem? Like with photographing TV? If yes, what would be the good shutter speed? I hope it's not camera's problem... Something I have noticed over the past while is a change in the way photojournalists shoot at these types of events. I remember not too many years ago, watching a famous head bobbling through a crowd on TV, that the photographers shot in fairly short bursts, or even single shots. Now, they seem to be shooting nearly continuous high speed captures. I was watching the Prince and Miss Camilla on the news the other day, and I couldn't see any way in hell that the photo boys weren't getting multiple flash bursts happening on the same frame. I don't know if this is relevent or not. William Robb
Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)
From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Joe - Question for Mark Cassino: Re: "My conclusion was that a low resolving lens with low CA and high edge sharpness - which is what my tests showed the ATX 400 to be - will create an image with clean edges and a high degree of _apparent_ detail." Mark, I have this lens and am interested in your observations. Would you please define your terms, though? What do you mean by low resolving? I am having trouble understanding how a lens with "high edge sharpness" can be "low resolving." Here's an example: a long time ago I did a comparison of the Tokina ATX 400 f 5.6 vs the Pentax 500 f4.5 (screwmount version.) I set up an "eye chart" of ever diminishing numbers, letters, punctuation marks etc. Then I set up the lenses so the magnification was the same, shot the chart, and compared the results, I was using Kodachrome 25. When I looked at a large simple letter, like a 16 pt. capital 'I' at high in a high res scan, I was disappointed to see noticeable chromatic aberrations with the Pentax 500mm. There was a clear magenta blur to one side and a clear yellow blur to the other. The same character with the Tokina had virtually no CA - it came very close to going from black to white (I think there was a very little bit of yellow fringing.) But then I looked at smaller characters, and found that the Tokina did not resolve them as well as the 500mm. So, for example, an small '@' sign was just a black circle with the Tokina, albeit with crisp edges. The same figure was still discernable as an '@' sign with the 500mm, even though it was fringed with magenta. Similarly, when you evaluate film (or digital sensors) you look at acuatance (edge sharpens / edge definition), resolution (the ability to display fine detail) and grain / noise (I'd refer you Ansel Adams' "The Negative" for more on that.) I think that in evaluating lenses, the same concepts of acuatance and resolution come into play. (Obviously, grain or noise is not an issue with lenses.) I don't know why, but when speaking of lenses 'sharpness' seems to be used as opposed to 'acuatance.' Anyhow, sharpness looks at the ability to render a change in contrast abruptly - the quicker, the better. Resolution measures the ability to capture fine detail - you can almost think of it as the 'amount' of info captured. The two are clearly related in that high sharpness is needed for high resolution, but high sharpness does not guarantee high resolution. The same is true of film, and there are films with lower resolving power but higher acuatance that can produce a sharp image, but one lacking in fine detail. According to Photodo, at f8 the Tokina scores the same as the FA 400 f5.6. It is weaker than the Pentax wide open. I had the Sigma for a short period of time, and traded it for the Tokina. To be honest, I'm basing my perceptions on the Sigma more on what I've heard and read about it, than based on my actual (and very limited) use of it. So, the two lenses may be closer in performance than I think. But, looking at Photodo, the Sigma actually does somewhat better in the overall weighted average at f8 (0.77 vs 0.73). There are some real limits on the usefulness of the weighted average info on Photodo. It's a shame they pulled the raw MTF charts from their site. But if you compare the weighted averages at 10, 20, and 40 lpm, the Sigma does do better in these. You'd expect a lens that has low resolution and high sharpness to do well at the low lpm figure, and then drop off quickly at the higher lpm figures. The Tokina does that, though not radically worse than the Sigma. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: Wednesday's *isd DS photos
> Still trying out the camera. These were taken, with various Pentax AF > lenses, this past Wednesday on Maine's southern coast. > http://hemenway.com/Nubble-Feb23/index.htm C'mon, Jim, you can do better than just "various Pentax AF lenses", can't you? Other than the obvious 43 Ltd label, what were the other lenses? [Some of us like to know this sort of stuff - .] As for the Nubble Light, I think I've usually seen it (ins't that the one that's not too far up the coast from the state line?) in warmer months of the year - looks good in your shots. Fred
Re: [Norton AntiSpam] Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA
- Original Message - From: "Powell Hargrave" Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA On DPReview Pentax forum Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA [English Part1] http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=12418969 The first two sentences, if the translation is accurate regarding the Pentax corporate philosophy, kind of explains some of what we have found baffling about Pentax. William Robb
Re: Advice needed - *istD versus *isDS
I realize this wsn't meant to be posted to the list, but this portfolio is worth having a look at. William Robb http://www.hemenway.com/Castle_in_Maine http://www.hemenway.com/NorthOfBoston/ http://www.hemenway.com/Fruitlands/ http://www.hemenway.com/More-Maine/ http://www.hemenway.com/Monadnock http://www.hemenway.com/AFewMore/ http://www.hemenway.com/Odds-n-ends/ Here's some of my 11x14 photos, made with a big old 11x14 camera. The film is that size, so the following photos are actually larger than your monitor. With some browsers, you can click on the photo and you'll then see it much larger. http://www.hemenway.com/DarkDayAcadia/ http://www.hemenway.com/Fruitlands-11x14/ http://www.hemenway.com/11x14/images/TwistedTree-Symmar-S-360mm.jpg http://www.hemenway.com/CharlesRiverProtar590.jpg http://www.hemenway.com/NubbleIslandLighthouse.jpg http://www.hemenway.com/USS-Salem-Schneider360.jpg http://www.hemenway.com/11x14/images/SwampMaple-Ronar420mm.jpg
AC Adaptor for *ist-D/*ist-Ds
Hi All, Has anyone bought an AC power adaptor for their *ist-D/s? If so, I'd appreciate it if you could let me know what is power rating (output amperage) is. TIA, Simon
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
--- Frantisek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not to sound nitpicky, but a "true spot meter" for me would have to be > smaller than 6mm circle. In the nikons, the spot is about the size of > the focusing brackets, 2.3mm (even less with the high-end 1-digit > bodies). The 1D... canons are the same. That's a difference. In actual > use, the 2.3mm on my nikon is just about right in many situations. I > wouldn't like a meter with larger "spot". I agree ... it's a nomenclature issue. Actually, for me a "spot meter" is a very specific thing ... A meter with an field of view of 1 degree. All of what Nikon, Canon, Pentax, etc call a "spot" meter are actually "limited area" metering patterns. The higher end Canon and Nikon models support something closer to a small spot for reading; there's no real difference between what the D/DS are doing compared to the Canon 10D/20D, etc. Godfrey __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
Re: APS Sensor Size
> I have seen APS sensors described as "APS C" and "APS H" > What's the difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? Here's the whole scoop regards APS film formats vs the similar sized DSLR sensor formats. format: proportion - dimensions - diagonal - --- --- APS-C: 2:3 - 16.7x25.1mm - 30.12mm APS-H: 9:16 - 16.7x30.2mm - 34.5mm APS-P: 1:3 - 9.5x30.2mm - 31.65mm FourThirds: 3:4 - 13.5x18mm - 22.5mm Canon "APS-C": 2:3 - 15x22.5mm - 27.04mm Nikon/Pentax/Minolta "APS-C": 2:3 - 15.7x23.5mm - 28.3mm APS-C film format is close but not the same as the "APS-C" sensor formats. Godfrey __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
FS: A Great Saturday
5x7 Speed Graphic. Goerz lens. f/p shutter works! With case, keys, & focusing cloth. pics on request. $400 ZX-M Ex. cond. $75 Tominon 21mm screw mount lens with Pentax S/M adapter. $125 + shipping PayPal. Collin - It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree helping each other to one or other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never met a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it s with immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry , snub, and exploit - i mmortal horrors or everlasting splendors." - C S Lewis
Wednesday's *isd DS photos
Still trying out the camera. These were taken, with various Pentax AF lenses, this past Wednesday on Maine's southern coast. http://hemenway.com/Nubble-Feb23/index.htm Jim
Re: Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA
> Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA "We have to grow this seeded pyrene." I wonder if it's lost in the translation, or... "...and wants to harness sushi and the lens for inside seals now." Oh-oh - I see the *ist D/DS analogue of the sticky mirror starting to form... All joking aside, it was an encouraging interview, I thought. (But what do I know...) Fred
Re: Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA
To me, it sounds like a sound philosophy, which seems typical of how Pentax has grown over the last several years... Thanks for the post. I think it's important. keith whaley Powell Hargrave wrote: On DPReview Pentax forum Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA [English Part1] http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=12418969
Re: Alternatives to vuescan
> Processing color negatives to RGB positives ... well, you have > to invert it, remove the crossover mask per the particular > film's profile, then gamma correct it. I'll let Vuescan do that > for me. ;-) Yes me too, I'm more than pleased with the 48 bit TIFFs I'm getting, just a little more fine tuning and I'm away :) I'll save the RAW flies as well for possible future use, storage really isn't a problem these days. Best regards, John
Mea Culpa!
Mea Culpa, I meant to send that message to Sven off list. I didn't want to bore everyone with so many non-Pentax photos. All this cleaning up of my email is making me groggy... I'm sorry! Jim
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
That should be tongue... (sometimes I should pay attention to the spell checker...) Peter J. Alling wrote: Actually I top and bottom post, the toung in cheak answer was mine. Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Peter J. Alling wrote: And your point? The point has to be "don't top post". Otherwise, Jim answered tongue-in-cheek the question "Does it take Pentax glass?" below. Kostas Jim Apilado wrote: I own a Canon EOS RT that has the same mount as the Canon digitals. There is a special adapter you can get that will allow the use of older M42 Super Takumar and SMC Takumar lenses. Jim A. From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:09:01 -0500 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition? Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:56:46 -0500 mike wilson wrote: Ryan Lee wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 megapixels. Thoughts? Does it take Pentax glass? No, but it does have a mirror prism. -- 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 -- 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 -- 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: Advice needed - *istD versus *isDS
Hello Sven: Your message was lost in my inbox, which until today held over 500 messages. I apologize for not replying to you for so long. As you might know, I went ahead with the *ist DS because it's less expensive than the "D" and it has all of the features which I wanted. As it turns out, for the older lenses, I've only used my fisheye screwmount. I find the modern lenses quicker and easier to use although the AF takes a little getting used to. > I remember your name from the medium format "other brand camera" > list and I keep a bookmark for your site to show other people > how nice landscape photograpy can be and how beautiful your > country is. Thanks for the compliment. I need to update my website, the photos on the main page don't show any of my stuff from the last two years, here's some of them if you're interested and have the time: http://www.hemenway.com/Castle_in_Maine http://www.hemenway.com/NorthOfBoston/ http://www.hemenway.com/Fruitlands/ http://www.hemenway.com/More-Maine/ http://www.hemenway.com/Monadnock http://www.hemenway.com/AFewMore/ http://www.hemenway.com/Odds-n-ends/ Here's some of my 11x14 photos, made with a big old 11x14 camera. The film is that size, so the following photos are actually larger than your monitor. With some browsers, you can click on the photo and you'll then see it much larger. http://www.hemenway.com/DarkDayAcadia/ http://www.hemenway.com/Fruitlands-11x14/ http://www.hemenway.com/11x14/images/TwistedTree-Symmar-S-360mm.jpg http://www.hemenway.com/CharlesRiverProtar590.jpg http://www.hemenway.com/NubbleIslandLighthouse.jpg http://www.hemenway.com/USS-Salem-Schneider360.jpg http://www.hemenway.com/11x14/images/SwampMaple-Ronar420mm.jpg Best Regards, Jim Hemenway keller.schaefer wrote: Hello Jim, welcome to this list (if I may say so, as I currently contribute hardly anything). I remember your name from the medium format "other brand camera" list and I keep a bookmark for your site to show other people how nice landscape photograpy can be and how beautiful your country is. As for the *ist D and the Ds ... I have the *ist D and I am very happy with it. I have also tried the Ds. The differences between both are marginal if you look at how easily both can be operated, all in all. Using M or K lenses is easy on both - I use them a lot. I use only one M42 lens on the D, a 50 mm Macro Takumar which works fine as well. Something that took me a while to realise: If you have time ... you don't need ANY metering with a digital (SLR). Just select exposure according to your best guess and give it a try, check and correct if necessary. One last thing that has not been mentioned I think, is that there is no vertical grip for the Ds (and will not be, as there are no contacts). I always have the grip mounted to the D as it really improves the handling. Also, the D has no "picture modes"... Best Regards, Sven Keller Zitat von Jim Hemenway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Re: APS Sensor Size
You sure? Jim Apilado wrote: That would be cool to get an Xpan Hasselblad with a panoramic APS sensor. Jim A. From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:37:46 -0500 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: APS Sensor Size Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:25:31 -0500 APS C is aps Classic, more or less the same ratio as 35mm film (35mm ~ 24x36mm, APS-C ~ 16x24)). APS-H is the HDTV format on APS thats ~ 16x30, the other APS format is panoramic which is 10x30mm. As far as I now there aren't any Digital cameras that have a Panoramic sensor. I doubt that there are any that have an APS-H sized sensor. BTW all of these are only approximated by digital manufactures, the ratios of the sensors are not quite the same as APS or 35mm and the sensor size is a bit smaller than APS-C as well, (though not much smaller), Pentax for example is actually 23.5x15.7. Shel Belinkoff wrote: I have seen APS sensors described as "APS C" and "APS H" What'd the difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? Shel -- 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 -- 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: Opinions about Sigmas
But if it´s sharp at f:16 only? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pdml" Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 9:06 PM Subject: RE: Opinions about Sigmas I don't see why it requires a tripod. Even at F5.6 you could get fast enough shutter speeds with SLOW film in daylight. JCO -Original Message- From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:08 PM To: pdml Subject: RE: Opinions about Sigmas "I am interesting about 4.0/100-300" Popular Photography reviewed this lens a few years ago. Like many of their lens reviews, one has to read between the lines. At 300 mm. it has peripheral softness. One has to stop down to f16 to get edge-to-edge sharpness at 300 mm. Clearly this requires a tripod. That weakness dissuaded me from being interested in it. J. C., please note that I specified 300 mm at f16. If you can hand-hold that and get a sharp image, you are a better man than I am. Joe
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
Actually I top and bottom post, the toung in cheak answer was mine. Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Peter J. Alling wrote: And your point? The point has to be "don't top post". Otherwise, Jim answered tongue-in-cheek the question "Does it take Pentax glass?" below. Kostas Jim Apilado wrote: I own a Canon EOS RT that has the same mount as the Canon digitals. There is a special adapter you can get that will allow the use of older M42 Super Takumar and SMC Takumar lenses. Jim A. From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:09:01 -0500 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition? Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:56:46 -0500 mike wilson wrote: Ryan Lee wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 megapixels. Thoughts? Does it take Pentax glass? No, but it does have a mirror prism. -- 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 -- 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 -- 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: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
Ask someone else for a lecture on information theory and wave physics, I don't have the inclination to explain in what amounts to cocktail party banter. Sorry, I just don't want to type that much and sadly I'd need more math than I'm currently capable of. It may look better but is it really, if you think so that's fine, Canon's software hit your sweet spot. Ryan Lee wrote: I've had the ist D but am now I'm shooting a 20D, I dare say the 20D at 1600 looks -much- better than the ist D at 800. Would love an explanation- I'm quite happy to go with what works.. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 2:44 AM Subject: Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition? 8mp isn't enough of an improvement in resolution over 6mp to make much difference, especially as there will be an increase in noise at higher ISOs. This will have to be removed by software which will probably cost quality. If it's the usual Canon construction for their lower end cameras the feel will just be yucckie. Ryan Lee wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 megapixels. Thoughts? Rgds, Ryan -- 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 -- 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: Opinions about Sigmas
I don't see why it requires a tripod. Even at F5.6 you could get fast enough shutter speeds with SLOW film in daylight. JCO -Original Message- From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:08 PM To: pdml Subject: RE: Opinions about Sigmas "I am interesting about 4.0/100-300" Popular Photography reviewed this lens a few years ago. Like many of their lens reviews, one has to read between the lines. At 300 mm. it has peripheral softness. One has to stop down to f16 to get edge-to-edge sharpness at 300 mm. Clearly this requires a tripod. That weakness dissuaded me from being interested in it. J. C., please note that I specified 300 mm at f16. If you can hand-hold that and get a sharp image, you are a better man than I am. Joe
Announcement, Pentax Style
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=12418979 That's the best translation, but follow the other links also. It looks like (a) the APS-C sensor is here for a while, and (b) there will be more DA lenses, including limiteds. Joe
Re: APS Sensor Size
That would be cool to get an Xpan Hasselblad with a panoramic APS sensor. Jim A. > From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:37:46 -0500 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: APS Sensor Size > Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:25:31 -0500 > > APS C is aps Classic, more or less the same ratio as 35mm film (35mm ~ > 24x36mm, APS-C ~ 16x24)). > APS-H is the HDTV format on APS thats ~ 16x30, the other APS format is > panoramic which is 10x30mm. > As far as I now there aren't any Digital cameras that have a Panoramic > sensor. I doubt that there are any that > have an APS-H sized sensor. BTW all of these are only approximated by > digital manufactures, the ratios of the > sensors are not quite the same as APS or 35mm and the sensor size is a > bit smaller than APS-C as well, (though not much > smaller), Pentax for example is actually 23.5x15.7. > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >> I have seen APS sensors described as "APS C" and "APS H" What'd the >> difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? >> >> >> Shel >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > 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 > >
Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA
On DPReview Pentax forum Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA [English Part1] http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=12418969
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Peter J. Alling wrote: > And your point? The point has to be "don't top post". Otherwise, Jim answered tongue-in-cheek the question "Does it take Pentax glass?" below. Kostas > Jim Apilado wrote: > > >I own a Canon EOS RT that has the same mount as the Canon digitals. There > >is a special adapter you can get that will allow the use of older M42 Super > >Takumar and SMC Takumar lenses. > > > >Jim A. > > > > > > > >>From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >>Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:09:01 -0500 > >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >>Subject: Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition? > >>Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >>Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:56:46 -0500 > >> > >>mike wilson wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Ryan Lee wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ > Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 > megapixels. Thoughts? > > > >>>Does it take Pentax glass? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>No, but it does have a mirror prism. > >> > >>-- > >>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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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: Back from Dubya & Putin summit
Saturday, February 26, 2005, 6:28:32 PM, Joseph wrote: JT> I didn't know that this was your profession. Quite an opportunity JT> despite the discomfort. In the future you'll (partly) forget the JT> discomfort and just have some good stories to tell. Thanks. I don't do "news" regularly, so it was indeed a good opportunity. And I didn't mind the discomfort - it's what makes it more exciting when the photo moment comes ;-) - and I am still young enough. Although the summit isn't the best example, if one wants good pictures, he has to endure all sorts of discomforts. I wrote it just, well, to describe the situation - you are waiting for a long time for something which than takes just few minutes or seconds. And that still makes it exciting to me, with good talks afterwards... Good light! fra
Re: APS Sensor Size
Shel Belinkoff mused: > > I have seen APS sensors described as "APS C" and "APS H" What'd the > difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? The true meaning of these designations is only appropriate when used to refer to the differing aspect ratios on APS cameras. In the DSLR world, APS C is used to refer to those cameras with a 1.5 or 1.6 crop factor, while APS H is used as shorthand for the lower-magnification, but still not "full frame" cameras, such as the Canon EOS-1D (not the 1Ds). While the terminology isn't precise, it's a reasonable way to indicate how large an image circle is required to avoid vignetting.
RE: Opinions about Sigmas
I don't see why it requires a tripod. Even at F5.6 you could get fast enough shutter speeds with SLOW film in daylight. JCO -Original Message- From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:08 PM To: pdml Subject: RE: Opinions about Sigmas "I am interesting about 4.0/100-300" Popular Photography reviewed this lens a few years ago. Like many of their lens reviews, one has to read between the lines. At 300 mm. it has peripheral softness. One has to stop down to f16 to get edge-to-edge sharpness at 300 mm. Clearly this requires a tripod. That weakness dissuaded me from being interested in it. For wide angle, I highly recommend the FA 20-35 f4. You will pay a lot for it, but you will never regret it. Joe
RE: APS Sensor Size
I bet as HDTV becomes the norm & the standard TV screen is 16:9, there will be WAY MORE H format digicams because digital photos look pretty nice on a HDTV ( My 34" SONY HDTV does digital photo display and slide shows via a memory stick slot). JCO -Original Message- From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 12:38 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: APS Sensor Size APS C is aps Classic, more or less the same ratio as 35mm film (35mm ~ 24x36mm, APS-C ~ 16x24)). APS-H is the HDTV format on APS thats ~ 16x30, the other APS format is panoramic which is 10x30mm. As far as I now there aren't any Digital cameras that have a Panoramic sensor. I doubt that there are any that have an APS-H sized sensor. BTW all of these are only approximated by digital manufactures, the ratios of the sensors are not quite the same as APS or 35mm and the sensor size is a bit smaller than APS-C as well, (though not much smaller), Pentax for example is actually 23.5x15.7. Shel Belinkoff wrote: >I have seen APS sensors described as "APS C" and "APS H" What'd the >difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? > > >Shel > > > > > -- 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: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
I've had the ist D but am now I'm shooting a 20D, I dare say the 20D at 1600 looks -much- better than the ist D at 800. Would love an explanation- I'm quite happy to go with what works.. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 2:44 AM Subject: Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition? > 8mp isn't enough of an improvement in resolution over 6mp to make much > difference, especially as > there will be an increase in noise at higher ISOs. This will have to be > removed by software which will > probably cost quality. If it's the usual Canon construction for their > lower end cameras the feel will just > be yucckie. > > Ryan Lee wrote: > > >http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ > >Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 > >megapixels. Thoughts? > > > >Rgds, > >Ryan > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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: Opinions about Sigmas
"I am interesting about 4.0/100-300" Popular Photography reviewed this lens a few years ago. Like many of their lens reviews, one has to read between the lines. At 300 mm. it has peripheral softness. One has to stop down to f16 to get edge-to-edge sharpness at 300 mm. Clearly this requires a tripod. That weakness dissuaded me from being interested in it. For wide angle, I highly recommend the FA 20-35 f4. You will pay a lot for it, but you will never regret it. Joe
Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)
Question for Mark Cassino: Re: "My conclusion was that a low resolving lens with low CA and high edge sharpness - which is what my tests showed the ATX 400 to be - will create an image with clean edges and a high degree of _apparent_ detail." Mark, I have this lens and am interested in your observations. Would you please define your terms, though? What do you mean by low resolving? I am having trouble understanding how a lens with "high edge sharpness" can be "low resolving." I'm not questioning your observations, just trying to understand what you mean. According to Photodo, at f8 the Tokina scores the same as the FA 400 f5.6. It is weaker than the Pentax wide open. Thanks, Joe
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
And your point? Jim Apilado wrote: I own a Canon EOS RT that has the same mount as the Canon digitals. There is a special adapter you can get that will allow the use of older M42 Super Takumar and SMC Takumar lenses. Jim A. From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:09:01 -0500 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition? Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:56:46 -0500 mike wilson wrote: Ryan Lee wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 megapixels. Thoughts? Does it take Pentax glass? No, but it does have a mirror prism. -- 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 -- 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
Back from Dubya & Putin summit
I didn't know that this was your profession. Quite an opportunity despite the discomfort. In the future you'll (partly) forget the discomfort and just have some good stories to tell. Joe
Re: APS Sensor Size
APS C is aps Classic, more or less the same ratio as 35mm film (35mm ~ 24x36mm, APS-C ~ 16x24)). APS-H is the HDTV format on APS thats ~ 16x30, the other APS format is panoramic which is 10x30mm. As far as I now there aren't any Digital cameras that have a Panoramic sensor. I doubt that there are any that have an APS-H sized sensor. BTW all of these are only approximated by digital manufactures, the ratios of the sensors are not quite the same as APS or 35mm and the sensor size is a bit smaller than APS-C as well, (though not much smaller), Pentax for example is actually 23.5x15.7. Shel Belinkoff wrote: I have seen APS sensors described as "APS C" and "APS H" What'd the difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? Shel -- 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: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
I own a Canon EOS RT that has the same mount as the Canon digitals. There is a special adapter you can get that will allow the use of older M42 Super Takumar and SMC Takumar lenses. Jim A. > From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:09:01 -0500 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition? > Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:56:46 -0500 > > mike wilson wrote: > >> Ryan Lee wrote: >> >>> http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ >>> Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 >>> megapixels. Thoughts? >> >> >> Does it take Pentax glass? >> >> > No, but it does have a mirror prism. > > -- > 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 > >
Look what I scored - now FS !
For 300 USD I got this on a local auction: 1 chrome MX with a 35-105 Tokina (perhaps for me :-) 1 chrome ME with a 200mm Pentax lense (don't know which) and a Osram Studio flash (for sale) 1 chrome MG with a SMC-M 1.2/50mm and a Hanimex flash (for sale) Any pre-ebay offers on these cameras, with or without glass? If I can make a buck it's fine, if not I geuess they are still nice cameras :-) Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 26. februar 2005 18:04 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Alternatives to vuescan --- John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm. My calculator spreadsheet says that a 24x35mm frame scanned > > at 2438ppi nets an image 2304x3455 pixels in size, or 7.6 > > Mpixel. Something's off by a little bit somewhere... ;-) > > Never calculated it just reading from the manual, shouldn't > that be 24mm x 36mm ? Typo on my part, the spreadsheet is correct. If you got the numbers from the scanner specification sheet, that's more accurate as the scanner's maximum scannable area is likely not exactly 24x36mm. > > RAW is really the name of a format type, a "RAW file" means a > > different thing for every device that can create it. Vuescan > > simply encode the metadata and sensor data into a very simple > > TIFF format. If you analyze a Pentax .PEF file, it also is > > essentially a TIFF file with embedded metadata, a couple of JPEG > > low rez renders, and the sensor data in a tagged structure. > > Right, so a raw file might have any file extension (propriety) > depending on the device that created it. When looking at the files > yesterday at work it was just (obviously) an exact scan of the negative (when > viewed with Photoshop CS) no rotation or anything. I tried inverting to > give me a positive and that gave me an image that would require a lot of > editing, I'm missing something...yes? Vuescan's RAW has minimal metadata (he generates the processing parameters by analyzing the scan data on the fly) and the sensor data is basically just a row x column matrix of RGB pixel data with linear gamma, that's typically what scanners produce as straight output. Processing RAW output from B&W negative scans means doing the inversion required and then adding the gamma curve conversion to what our eyes like to see... relatively simple to do. Processing RAW output from color positives is somewhat trickier as color positives have a higher gamma than negatives to begin with. Processing color negatives to RGB positives ... well, you have to invert it, remove the crossover mask per the particular film's profile, then gamma correct it. I'll let Vuescan do that for me. ;-) Godfrey __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
RE: APS Sensor Size
It think its C= classic = 1.5:1 aspect, H=HDTV = 16:9 = 1.78:1 aspect. Don't know the dimensions or if these designations only refer to aspect ratios. JCO -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 12:08 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: APS Sensor Size I have seen APS sensors described as "APS C" and "APS H" What'd the difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? Shel
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
GD> I have heard this thing about Canon having no "true spot meter" GD> so many times... GD> It's incorrect. Even the Canon 10D has a "limited area metering" GD> mode which is virtually identical in size to what Pentax calls a GD> "spot" meter. If you read the instruction booklets for both GD> cameras and look at the meter patterns, you'll find that Pentax' GD> spot is about a 5.5mm circle, the 10D's limited area is about GD> 6.5mm. Not to sound nitpicky, but a "true spot meter" for me would have to be smaller than 6mm circle. In the nikons, the spot is about the size of the focusing brackets, 2.3mm (even less with the high-end 1-digit bodies). The 1D... canons are the same. That's a difference. In actual use, the 2.3mm on my nikon is just about right in many situations. I wouldn't like a meter with larger "spot". :-) Good light! fra
Re: Back from Dubya & Putin summit
>> yesterday night I arrived back home from the summit of Bush and Putin >> (RF's president, for anybody so uninformed to not know!), F> ...then who's "Bush"? I don't know ;-) Good light! fra
APS Sensor Size
I have seen APS sensors described as "APS C" and "APS H" What'd the difference. Are there other APS sensor size designations? Shel
Re: Alternatives to vuescan
--- John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm. My calculator spreadsheet says that a 24x35mm frame scanned > > at 2438ppi nets an image 2304x3455 pixels in size, or 7.6 > > Mpixel. Something's off by a little bit somewhere... ;-) > > Never calculated it just reading from the manual, shouldn't > that be 24mm x 36mm ? Typo on my part, the spreadsheet is correct. If you got the numbers from the scanner specification sheet, that's more accurate as the scanner's maximum scannable area is likely not exactly 24x36mm. > > RAW is really the name of a format type, a "RAW file" means a > > different thing for every device that can create it. Vuescan > > simply encode the metadata and sensor data into a very simple > > TIFF format. If you analyze a Pentax .PEF file, it also is > > essentially a TIFF file with embedded metadata, a couple of JPEG > > low rez renders, and the sensor data in a tagged structure. > > Right, so a raw file might have any file extension (propriety) > depending on the device that created it. When looking at the files > yesterday at work it was just (obviously) an exact scan of the negative (when > viewed with Photoshop CS) no rotation or anything. I tried inverting to > give me a positive and that gave me an image that would require a lot of > editing, I'm missing something...yes? Vuescan's RAW has minimal metadata (he generates the processing parameters by analyzing the scan data on the fly) and the sensor data is basically just a row x column matrix of RGB pixel data with linear gamma, that's typically what scanners produce as straight output. Processing RAW output from B&W negative scans means doing the inversion required and then adding the gamma curve conversion to what our eyes like to see... relatively simple to do. Processing RAW output from color positives is somewhat trickier as color positives have a higher gamma than negatives to begin with. Processing color negatives to RGB positives ... well, you have to invert it, remove the crossover mask per the particular film's profile, then gamma correct it. I'll let Vuescan do that for me. ;-) Godfrey __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
8mp isn't enough of an improvement in resolution over 6mp to make much difference, especially as there will be an increase in noise at higher ISOs. This will have to be removed by software which will probably cost quality. If it's the usual Canon construction for their lower end cameras the feel will just be yucckie. Ryan Lee wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 megapixels. Thoughts? Rgds, Ryan -- 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: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
mike wilson wrote: Ryan Lee wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 megapixels. Thoughts? Does it take Pentax glass? No, but it does have a mirror prism. -- 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: Hmm.. ist DS competition?
Of course I wasn't suggesting it was the camera to switch systems for. Like I'd be that bold! I'm suggesting that DSLR manufacturers need to stay somewhat competitive in emerging markets as well. This newcomer is pretty much the same size (and lighter) as the ist DS, and at 8mp, and cheaper than most of the 6.3mp's around now (the ist DS is slightly cheaper, but people often go "it's a hundred dollars more, but it's 2 megapixels more!"), it's definitely going to be very tempting to an SLR virgin. Not to mention the price is list price, it often comes out cheaper doesn't it? I think it's exciting news because unlike with the 20D, it looks like this is a direct assault on the competition's strong markets (ist D, ist DS, D70). I also think it's pretty astute of Canon not to shoot themselves in the foot like Nikon did with the D70 making the D100 more or less obsolete (the 350D has an 8.0mp sensor, while the 20D still hangs on to its 8.3mp). Bottom line, I want to know which battle Pentax (actually Nikon too for that matter) will choose to fight. Can they take on the 20D? I'm not even sure they've got the scale to take on the 350D in terms of price! I'd much rather see a 10mp "ist Dx" than them cut the ist ds price in half.. Thoughts? Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "Alin Flaider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ryan Lee" Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 12:07 AM Subject: Re: Hmm.. ist DS competition? > > The too small viewfinder denies the other main reason for operating > a DSLR. No true spot meter either. Certainly not the camera to > switch systems for. > > Servus, Alin > > Ryan wrote: > RL> http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos350d/ > RL> Canon 350D: About the same dimensions as the ist DS, 60g lighter, and 8 > RL> megapixels. Thoughts? > > >
Re: Back from Dubya & Putin summit
> yesterday night I arrived back home from the summit of Bush and Putin > (RF's president, for anybody so uninformed to not know!), ...then who's "Bush"? Fred
Re: FS Friday - FA* Lenses and more....
>>> I consider it up to the seller of an item to establish a price. >> I agree, you're turning this into an 'off eekbay' auction. At least let >> us know what you'd 'like to get' so we know where "reasonable" might >> lie. Do some research on eBay, it'll give you real world numbers as to >> what this stuff is bringing. Agreed. > Can we just settle on a currency and get this auction under way? ;-) Fred
Re: FS Friday - FA* Lenses and more....
> I'll give you a buck for the whole lot, ok? (I'll go $1.50) >>> I'm in for $2.25. Heck, I'll even bid that in US$ >> 4.50 in euros. > 5 Quatloos See - it's just like eBay - mention an auction here and the auction bids start skyrocketing... Fred
colour shift under big lighting
Hi, what would be the safe shutter speed to avoid the colour and contrast shift under high intensity lighting? Always when I am shooting some event lit by something like that, I get incosistent colours in a burst of frames. I hope it's not the camera (elsewhere it worked fine, and it's on manual settings now auto WB), but the flickering of the light which either changes in spectral emmission or changes intensity. I noticed it again on the B-P summit, where outdoor events were either fully lit or filled in by big floods, frame to frame the colours shift a bit, with some contrast change as well. I have assumed that it's due to lighting flicker, and that a slower shutter speed might solve the problem? Like with photographing TV? If yes, what would be the good shutter speed? I hope it's not camera's problem... Thanks! Good light! fra
Re: Back from Dubya & Putin summit
On Feb 26, 2005, at 9:56 AM, Frantisek wrote: .. (flames offlist please ) That goes double for you young fellow.
Re: Alternatives to vuescan
> Hmm. My calculator spreadsheet says that a 24x35mm frame scanned > at 2438ppi nets an image 2304x3455 pixels in size, or 7.6 > Mpixel. Something's off by a little bit somewhere... ;-) Never calculated it just reading from the manual, shouldn't that be 24mm x 36mm ? > RAW is really the name of a format type, a "RAW file" means a > different thing for every device that can create it. Viewscan > simply encode the metadata and sensor data into a very simple > TIFF format. If you analyze a Pentax .PEF file, it also is > essentially a TIFF file with embedded metadata, a couple of JPEG > low rez renders, and the sensor data in a tagged structure. Right, so a raw file might have any file extension (propriety) depending on the device that created it. When looking at the files yesterday at work it was just (obviously) an exact scan of the negative (when viewed with Photoshop CS) no rotation or anything. I tried inverting to give me a positive and that gave me an image that would require a lot of editing, I'm missing something...yes? John
