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
Re: Willy the Springer Spaniel
I like it a lot, Paul. Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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
Thanks Bill. He's my best pal. I like it a lot, Paul. Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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
I'll get the link right sooner or later :-) http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=88 Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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: 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 PS'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: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 vbg. 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?
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 ... LOL 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?
It's slang for Wal-Mart. Bill - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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 ... LOL 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: 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: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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=1036message=12418969
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?ViewItemitem=3876253977 Don
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
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: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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=1036message=12418969
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
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: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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: 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 g 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?ViewItemitem=3876253977 Don
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: 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 BW). 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: 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
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 BH 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: 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: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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 g 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?ViewItemitem=3876253977 Don
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
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: 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 vbg. 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
