RE: A stupid custom function setting!
I agree, Don. But, I guess it's for checking the camera functions without making a lot af image files (repair or service purposes). Remember to turn this ON again. Remember to allways check the first photographs on the LCD screen (press info button twice). Lots of other things can go "wrong", like ISO setting, Contrast level, on-board sharpening, AE-program, exposure correction etc. etc. etc. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 17. april 2005 04:22 Til: PDML Emne: A stupid custom function setting! Because of the greater speed I started using a card reader last week instead of the ist-D's USB cable. I just came back in from shooting the sunset to find that my CF card was still in the reader! I just turned off the "shutter release w/o CF" custom function. This is set to ON by default, what a stupid default setting. The camera does warn you breifly on the LCD, but if you don't notice it you can just go on shooting all day. DOH! Don
Re: A stupid custom function setting!
Not only is the setting stupid, the default is even stupider. I did that once and found the setting and turn it to not letting me shoot without a card in. I bet most of us have learned the hard way. -- Bruce Saturday, April 16, 2005, 7:21:56 PM, you wrote: DS> Because of the greater speed I started using a card reader DS> last week instead of the ist-D's USB cable. DS> I just came back in from shooting the sunset to find that DS> my CF card was still in the reader! DS> I just turned off the "shutter release w/o CF" custom function. DS> This is set to ON by default, what a stupid default setting. DS> The camera does warn you breifly on the LCD, but if you DS> don't notice it you can just go on shooting all day. DOH! DS> Don
Re: Goldilocks and the three camera bags
At 10:02 PM 16/04/2005 , Amita wrote: > >Anyway, I'm now up to 7 camera bags. Only 5 steps left to go! Does the 12 step thing work with lenses? Cuz I'm almost there. Unless you count the old ones I no longer use. And the spare parts broken ones. And the... Ah hell forget it! There is no cure. Powell
Re: PESO PAW - Antique Movie Prop
That is just so beautifully awful... Shel Belinkoff wrote: Saw this as I was driving by a most unusual shop filled with odd antiques and old movie props and paraphernalia. This was leaning against a wall in the shop driveway, and I immediately turned around, parked the car, and grabbed a couple of shots with a little P&S I had with me. Some time later I went back when the light was more appropriate for the scene and got this rendition. It sure loses detail when scanned and resized. http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/prop.html Tech details: Pentax MX, K35/3.5 @ 5.6, Fuji Reala, Nikon Coolscan V, Photoshop CS, Springbank 21 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
Goldilocks and the three camera bags
You guys know how I bought a new Tamron bag for a trip. Last weekend, we were showing my inlaws around NYC, so I played tourist and carried the kit I plan to take to London. Turns out this bag is too narrow to comfortably carry all the lenses I want to carry. They all fit, but squeezing them in and out is a chore, and the bag itself is a bit uncomfortable to carry. The next day, I went back to my Lowepro Offroad. Everything fits in the bag, or on it, easily, but the thing is too awkward to carry for miles in a city. So the day after that, I went to B&H and picked up the Lowepro Off Trail 1, a belt bag. This bag has room for 1 body, 3 lenses and nothing else. I tried this bag for the first time today; we walked the length of Central Park and then some. Turns out the third time was a charm! I have easy access to the most important gear, and the weight of the batteries and image tank is in a backpack. I hadn't thought of splitting up the weight of the gear, but it did seem to make a difference. I had thought the Off Trail 1 looked small, but it fit the istD and the Tamron 28-75 with a neoprene neck strap (although it's tricky getting the neck strap in). Anyway, I'm now up to 7 camera bags. Only 5 steps left to go! Amita
Re: L plate for *istD
I think my last mail was not clear...but still I got the answer.. Conceptually, I wanted to know, whether rotating QR Platform(as in the case of RSS Pano clamp) is same as rotating ballhead system itself(as in the case of Acratech Ultima ballhead..). You answered my question in "since the rotation mechanism is on the top of the head, it can be leveled with the ball head lock and will rotate while maintaining the level. the Acratech head allows you to use standard tripod screw thread attachment to your camera. the rotating base is at the bottom of the head and will rotate about the axis of the tripod mount. in general, this will not be level unless you level the entire tripod.." I understand that I need L bracket, body plate, MPR rail, RSS pano head, Arca style QR platform.. Thank you verymuch Ramesh they are for different purposes. the RRS clamp replaces the camera attachment on your existing ballhead and changes you over to the Arca-Swiss style QR system. since the rotation mechanism is on the top of the head, it can be leveled with the ball head lock and will rotate while maintaining the level. the Acratech head allows you to use standard tripod screw thread attachment to your camera. the rotating base is at the bottom of the head and will rotate about the axis of the tripod mount. in general, this will not be level unless you level the entire tripod. depending on the type of tripod you have, this may be easy or hard. 5 or 10 degrees inaccuracy is not going to make a difference in a panorama stitching program.. you usually need to overlap 30-50% to get good results. if you read further on the RRS site on creating panoramas, or on other sites such as Panoramic.net or panoguide.com, you will see that you need a ballhead with a rotating base and a panoramic rotator in addition. attaching the RRS pano clamp permanently to the Acratech head, if that is the one you like, is what will work best. you will still need an L-bracket system, and ideally, you will want one with fore-aft movement too so that you can set the nodal point, which an L-Bracket on a panorama clamp will not let you do. Herb From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Subject: Re: L plate for *istD Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:35:12 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from host24.websitesource.com ([209.239.33.40]) by mc3-f35.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 16 Apr 2005 18:34:13 -0700 Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED])by host24.websitesource.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id j3H1YCBX010430;Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:34:12 -0400 X-Message-Info: LGjzam7y+Lti0wz7BfjgjGy2ugDIKuHgdB6Tskk2Edk= Resent-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:33:25 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: host24.websitesource.com: dbrewer set sender to [EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/159643 X-Loop: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Apr 2005 01:34:13.0448 (UTC) FILETIME=[8FA3B480:01C542ED] you would think so but it doesn't. it's how they do market research to see if there is enough demand for the lesser volume cameras to justify them making a plate. they made one for my Nikon Coolpix 5000, but they are not making any for the Coolpix 8400. i have to use a generic plate that is bigger than it needs to be by a lot. Herb - Original Message - From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: Re: L plate for *istD Even when placing online order for Universal L bracket, we are supposed to mention specific camera model. It means they may be having something specific to *itsD.
PESO PAW - Antique Movie Prop
Saw this as I was driving by a most unusual shop filled with odd antiques and old movie props and paraphernalia. This was leaning against a wall in the shop driveway, and I immediately turned around, parked the car, and grabbed a couple of shots with a little P&S I had with me. Some time later I went back when the light was more appropriate for the scene and got this rendition. It sure loses detail when scanned and resized. http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/prop.html Tech details: Pentax MX, K35/3.5 @ 5.6, Fuji Reala, Nikon Coolscan V, Photoshop CS, Springbank 21 Shel
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
But it can be parsed! Regards, Bob... "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory." From: "Norman Baugher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Somebody's done gone woke up Blakely Norm Bob Blakely wrote: Crap!
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
I feel your pain. Been there. Got the high blood pressure to prove it. I guess I am lucky. But then, someone, somewhere in the big cities does good work, or all the pros who use film would also be screaming. Now, I don't get persnickety about my proof prints, they're just a starting point. Being a hack, I go through a lot of film to get just a few acceptable shots. I don't mind paying a premium price to get 2 to 4 out of 20-30 reprinted the way I want - cropped exposure adjusted, dodged/burned in areas, etc. After all, it's only 2 to 4 prints out of 20-30 negs. Regards, Bob... "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory." From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> lucky you. i tried labs in boston (lots) and nyc (some). both, 1-hr type and "pro" labs. haven't seen one that would give me back a remotely reasonable set of prints. of course, if i were to order "custom" prints -- that's a different story. and a totally different price point. the way i see it, the lack of reasonably priced processing/printing basically forces digital down my throat. when i pay $20 to get a set of lousy 4x6s that would make me want to yell, an inkjet starts looking *very* attractive. oversharpened or not. best, mishka On 4/16/05, Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Y'a know, I'm sure there's a plethora of, well, let's just say "ordinary" labs out there that are running 35mm through the machines and just robot-like punching the buttons to select the machine's suggestion for correction, if any, to be applied to prints. No doubt some labs are stretching a little on their chemicals too. For some, it may be about money, for others it may be about apathy. There are also labs out there where they make every effort to insure that first of all, your negatives (positives) will be the best that can be produced, given what you tell them, and that the results will be uniformly excellent. I gave up on the small (1 hour type) labs long ago when my negs were just not up to snuff, and especially when I had some come back that looked like film that hadn't been in the hypo long enough. I gave up on the department mega Wal-Mart stores when I couldn't get decent printing. Right now, I gave up on the photography superstores like Samy's when I couldn't talk with the techs any more. Now I get everything done at Pro Photo Connection in Irvine, CA. They have an impressive big money client list with many of their sometimes famous photos on their walls and they want to keep it that way. Now, I'm a hack and they treat me the same as the big money clients! It's great to turn in a roll of 35, 120, 220 - whatever, and ask for whatever I want (within reason - push 1, push 2, pull 1, etc.) and have things turn out like I expected with perfect negatives and decent initial prints for proofs. It's also great to be able to mark off areas of a print for differing amounts of exposure and actually get what I want. They aren't cheap, but they are good and they are dependable. Regards, Bob... "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory." From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > So you cannot parse a short english sentence. > That's all. > > Mishka > >> > even more (by a huge margin) stuff that's produced from film >> > in the labs stinks. >> > so? >> >> So you are a bad printer. >> Thats all.
Re: Tan's Ride - our new site is Live!!
OK Tan I've made a donation. Happy now? Dave S On 4/16/05, Tan and Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Woohoo!! Guys and gals!! Remember our big ride across Australia that we are > doing for charity?? Well, after many late nights and lotsa teeth grinding, > the labour of love aka our new website is finally live as of about five > minutes ago!! > > Please support us guys and girls, this is a huge thing that we are doing and > our fundraising tally needs to go up!! Please visit our site, feel free to > view our blog and leave a comment, or if you feel really generous, you may > purchase items from the Gift Club or leave us an online donation through > Paymate with your credit card. By next week, we will have merchandise > available for purchase, so this is another way that you could help us!! > > All of the funds we are raising are being donated to two wonderful > children's charities and all of the information about the charities is > available on our site. > > I know that this is all off topic guys, but it is for a great cause and we > really could do with a hand!! Plus, all of the photos on the site were > taken by me with Pentax equipment! ;) > > The site can be found here: > > www.headwindsanddreams.com > > Thanks for looking and for your support, we can't wait to hear your > comments!! > > tan.:) > >
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
Somebody's done gone woke up Blakely Norm Bob Blakely wrote: Crap!
Re: Tan's Ride - our new site is Live!!
Tan, Stop your whining or I'm going to catch the next plane to Oz and whack you in the head with a piece of spaghetti! I saw your email and your website and will check it out time permitting. As you know, a few of us spend a great deal of time airborne and it's not always easy to get back to you ASAP. But I will, I promise Norm (get out of my van) B. Tan and Steve wrote: Thanks so much for taking the time to comment Markus! I must say I'm a little disheartened by the lack of support from list members.
Re: A stupid custom function setting!
Hi! Because of the greater speed I started using a card reader last week instead of the ist-D's USB cable. I just came back in from shooting the sunset to find that my CF card was still in the reader! I just turned off the "shutter release w/o CF" custom function. This is set to ON by default, what a stupid default setting. The camera does warn you breifly on the LCD, but if you don't notice it you can just go on shooting all day. DOH! But it also would show on the screen on top of the camera? Would it not? That is really painful. I managed to get away few times just because I bought two cards... Well, I decided to give away my Zenit ET camera and two lenses back in 1994 when I received a film from processing which wasn't exposed - I misloaded it. And so auto-all P&S got me :). My Fuji Discovery P&S never let me down in this department :). Boris
Re: GESO
Nice shots Cory. The C5 certainly is impressive in size & lifting capacity, but that Raptor is a fine looking aircraft. :-) Dave S On 4/17/05, cbwaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a gallery from today's trip to the Lockheed factory in Marietta, GA. > They have a family open house once a year and display some of the things > they've made over the years. The F22 and C130J are > That C5 can hold SIX tour busses (!) > We got to see a couple C130s that belong to Libya but have been parked here > in Georgia since they were constructed several years ago. Apparently, Mr. > Qadhafi ordered and paid for the cargo planes but he was placed on the > naughty list (WELL in advance of their designation as a member of the "AXIS > of EVIL") before they could be delivered. > > http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/b/cbwaters/lockheed/index.html > > Cory W > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 4/16/2005 > >
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
- Original Message - From: "Mishka" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor lucky you. i tried labs in boston (lots) and nyc (some). both, 1-hr type and "pro" labs. haven't seen one that would give me back a remotely reasonable set of prints. of course, if i were to order "custom" prints -- that's a different story. and a totally different price point. the way i see it, the lack of reasonably priced processing/printing basically forces digital down my throat. when i pay $20 to get a set of lousy 4x6s that would make me want to yell, an inkjet starts looking *very* attractive. oversharpened or not. I find it hard to believe that you can try that many labs and not get decent results from any of them. We had a guy floating around town here who badmouthed every lab in the area for giving crappy results. It turned out he couldn't expose a negative properly to save his life. William Robb
Re: GESO
- Original Message - From: "cbwaters" Subject: GESO Here's a gallery from today's trip to the Lockheed factory in Marietta, GA. They have a family open house once a year and display some of the things they've made over the years. The F22 and C130J are That C5 can hold SIX tour busses (!) We got to see a couple C130s that belong to Libya but have been parked here in Georgia since they were constructed several years ago. Apparently, Mr. Qadhafi ordered and paid for the cargo planes but he was placed on the naughty list (WELL in advance of their designation as a member of the "AXIS of EVIL") before they could be delivered. Did they refund his money? William Robb
Re: A stupid custom function setting!
- Original Message - From: "Don Sanderson" Subject: A stupid custom function setting! Because of the greater speed I started using a card reader last week instead of the ist-D's USB cable. I just came back in from shooting the sunset to find that my CF card was still in the reader! I just turned off the "shutter release w/o CF" custom function. This is set to ON by default, what a stupid default setting. The camera does warn you breifly on the LCD, but if you don't notice it you can just go on shooting all day. DOH! It was off by default on my camera. William Robb
Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Gone Again and a GFM note Well that's a good point although I think perhaps another answer for that may be to reduce the cost ... ? There are other answers, but you probably don't want to hear them. William Robb
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
lucky you. i tried labs in boston (lots) and nyc (some). both, 1-hr type and "pro" labs. haven't seen one that would give me back a remotely reasonable set of prints. of course, if i were to order "custom" prints -- that's a different story. and a totally different price point. the way i see it, the lack of reasonably priced processing/printing basically forces digital down my throat. when i pay $20 to get a set of lousy 4x6s that would make me want to yell, an inkjet starts looking *very* attractive. oversharpened or not. best, mishka On 4/16/05, Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Y'a know, I'm sure there's a plethora of, well, let's just say "ordinary" > labs out there that are running 35mm through the machines and just > robot-like punching the buttons to select the machine's suggestion for > correction, if any, to be applied to prints. No doubt some labs are > stretching a little on their chemicals too. For some, it may be about money, > for others it may be about apathy. There are also labs out there where they > make every effort to insure that first of all, your negatives (positives) > will be the best that can be produced, given what you tell them, and that > the results will be uniformly excellent. I gave up on the small (1 hour > type) labs long ago when my negs were just not up to snuff, and especially > when I had some come back that looked like film that hadn't been in the hypo > long enough. I gave up on the department mega Wal-Mart stores when I > couldn't get decent printing. Right now, I gave up on the photography > superstores like Samy's when I couldn't talk with the techs any more. Now I > get everything done at Pro Photo Connection in Irvine, CA. They have an > impressive big money client list with many of their sometimes famous photos > on their walls and they want to keep it that way. Now, I'm a hack and they > treat me the same as the big money clients! It's great to turn in a roll of > 35, 120, 220 - whatever, and ask for whatever I want (within reason - push > 1, push 2, pull 1, etc.) and have things turn out like I expected with > perfect negatives and decent initial prints for proofs. It's also great to > be able to mark off areas of a print for differing amounts of exposure and > actually get what I want. They aren't cheap, but they are good and they are > dependable. > > Regards, > Bob... > > "A picture is worth a thousand words, > but it uses up three thousand times the memory." > > From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > So you cannot parse a short english sentence. > > That's all. > > > > Mishka > > > >> > even more (by a huge margin) stuff that's produced from film > >> > in the labs stinks. > >> > so? > >> > >> So you are a bad printer. > >> Thats all. > >
Re: Where's Cotty?
Godfrey DiGiorgi mused: > > Land Rover has been owned by Ford for some years now. They're seem to > be doing quite well ... Ford's pushed their marketing nicely and there > are a ton of them on the road in my area. They've just announced the new models - everything from the "cheap" Freelander to a $90,000 supercharged Range Rover.
Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Quoting Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Well for one thing a passport now costs about $90. > > makes it difficult > > on the poor folk on the borders. > > > > I think it would be outrageous to require it at > > the Canadian orMexican > > border > > Well that's a good point although I think perhaps another answer for that may > be to reduce the cost ... ? > (yes, drastically) > > ERNR Now ya KNOW that ain't gonna happen :) (another good idea bound to be ignored) ann
Re: A stupid custom function setting!
This one time, at band camp, "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because of the greater speed I started using a card reader > last week instead of the ist-D's USB cable. > I just came back in from shooting the sunset to find that > my CF card was still in the reader! > I just turned off the "shutter release w/o CF" custom function. > This is set to ON by default, what a stupid default setting. > The camera does warn you breifly on the LCD, but if you > don't notice it you can just go on shooting all day. DOH! I am not sure why you are trying to achieve here? Are you shooting and have the images directly to a PC? Kind regards Kevin -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
Re: unsubscribe
D'oh On 4/17/05, WP Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
Quoting Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > It's of little interest to citizens of other foreign countries; > > > for them, passports are already required. I'm not sure whether > > > my resident alien card (aka green card) is sufficient; I always > > > use my passport, just to be sure. > > > > Back when I had a green card, it usually was sufficient. > > However, that was way before September 2001 ... Perhaps some things have > > already changed in that area. > > I personally do not see what is the big outcry about passports. You > intend to > > vote, you register to vote. You intend to drive a vehicle, you get a > driver's > > licence. You intend to travel to another country, you get a passport. > > Well for one thing a passport now costs about $90. > makes it difficult > on the poor folk on the borders. > > I think it would be outrageous to require it at > the Canadian orMexican > border Well that's a good point although I think perhaps another answer for that may be to reduce the cost ... ? (yes, drastically) ERNR
RE: PESO PAW - Fire Eating Drummer
> -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/firedrum.html > Nice snap, the plastic bucket drummer that often performs near my workplace never does anything this dramamtic. -- Peter Williams
RE: PESO: Others 2005 - 16p - GDG
> -Original Message- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It certainly does a lot nicer at a much larger size and on paper. > >>http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/16p.htm > Yes, you can see that there should be a rich niceness in things like the texture of the wood and the smooth finish of the hinge, it just doesn't quite come across on screen. I've had a number of my pics that would have been a great B&W print, lokk ordinary on-screen. -- Peter Williams
Re: IR with *istDS
Has anyone tried IR with the istDS? http://infrareddreams.com/how_to_shoot_ir.htm I took a quick pic with a remote control, and saw the IR light. Might go out an buy an 88A filter. I use Cokin's awesome infrared filter with my *istD, and it works wonderfully. It's nearly opaque to the human eye, and is usually a lot less expensive than screw-in type filters. See if you can find a local shop that carries it and give it a try sometime. I think you'll be pleased. I shot this vertical panorama with the Cokin filter: http://www.neovenator.com/gallery/files/d2/infra_01.html John Celio -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.newpixel.net AIM: Neopifex "Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and pretend I'm making a statement."
RE: PESO - Mungo Lunette
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Walters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This photo was taken several years ago at Mungo National Park > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~sgap/photos/paw/mungo-paw.html > I saw someone elses pics from Mungo recently, it's an amazing looking place, I really must visit it. The effect in your sky is very pleasing, particularly in conjunction with the colours and unusual nature of the geology. -- Peter Williams
Re: L plate for *istD
they are for different purposes. the RRS clamp replaces the camera attachment on your existing ballhead and changes you over to the Arca-Swiss style QR system. since the rotation mechanism is on the top of the head, it can be leveled with the ball head lock and will rotate while maintaining the level. the Acratech head allows you to use standard tripod screw thread attachment to your camera. the rotating base is at the bottom of the head and will rotate about the axis of the tripod mount. in general, this will not be level unless you level the entire tripod. depending on the type of tripod you have, this may be easy or hard. 5 or 10 degrees inaccuracy is not going to make a difference in a panorama stitching program.. you usually need to overlap 30-50% to get good results. if you read further on the RRS site on creating panoramas, or on other sites such as Panoramic.net or panoguide.com, you will see that you need a ballhead with a rotating base and a panoramic rotator in addition. attaching the RRS pano clamp permanently to the Acratech head, if that is the one you like, is what will work best. you will still need an L-bracket system, and ideally, you will want one with fore-aft movement too so that you can set the nodal point, which an L-Bracket on a panorama clamp will not let you do. Herb
RE: Anybody know what this is?
I'm pretty sure that this is a macro lens for photographing oscilloscope screens. I'm not sure what film format, but the fast lens speed is a give away. That shutter is a bit too big for any handheld 35mm camera and you wont get any sort of MF wide angle down to f1.5. The lenses come up for sale from time to time on eBay, usually minus the shutter which is a lot more useful than the lens. Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia -Original Message- From: DagT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:09 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: OT: Anybody know what this is? I found this when going through some old stuff that my parents didn´t want to keep. http://www.foto.no/diskusjon/images/154698.jpg DagT
RE: A stupid custom function setting!
As do I. I've done that myself, with both film and digital... > -Original Message- > From: cbwaters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cory Waters feels your pain. > > - Original Message - > From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Because of the greater speed I started using a card reader > last week > > instead of the ist-D's USB cable. I just came back in from shooting > > the sunset to find that my CF card was still in the reader! > > I just turned off the "shutter release w/o CF" custom function. > > This is set to ON by default, what a stupid default setting. > > The camera does warn you breifly on the LCD, but if you > > don't notice it you can just go on shooting all day. DOH! > > > > Don
Re: A stupid custom function setting!
Cory Waters feels your pain. - Original Message - From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:21 PM Subject: A stupid custom function setting! Because of the greater speed I started using a card reader last week instead of the ist-D's USB cable. I just came back in from shooting the sunset to find that my CF card was still in the reader! I just turned off the "shutter release w/o CF" custom function. This is set to ON by default, what a stupid default setting. The camera does warn you breifly on the LCD, but if you don't notice it you can just go on shooting all day. DOH! Don -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 4/16/2005
A stupid custom function setting!
Because of the greater speed I started using a card reader last week instead of the ist-D's USB cable. I just came back in from shooting the sunset to find that my CF card was still in the reader! I just turned off the "shutter release w/o CF" custom function. This is set to ON by default, what a stupid default setting. The camera does warn you breifly on the LCD, but if you don't notice it you can just go on shooting all day. DOH! Don
Re: Old and Wise
So that's a window? I like it but the haze effect (presumably the window) is a bit much. CW - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 2:38 PM Subject: PAW: Old and Wise Hi! Went to shoot some macro today. Very little luck with rather constant very soft but annoying breeze... My wife and daughter spotted this guy behind the window of the closed restaurant. Perhaps I will make a print and hand it to the owners... http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/9571234/ What do you say? Boris -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 4/16/2005
Re: Where's Cotty?
I always thought that British cars up through the 1960s and even early 1970s were the most fun and interesting cars in the world. Hence one of my perpetual problems: I tend to buy cars because I think they are interesting. Guess what happens then. When I was a kid in California in the 1960s, MG and Triumph were the cars to have. I did manage to get an MG 1100, which was a small sedan (a bit bigger than a mini) rather than a sports car, but a whale of a lot of fun to drive. But the Japanese and Germans won because the British cars weren't reliable. Same for Fiat in the U.S. market. On my MG, I once went through five fuel pumps in ten months. I finally got rid of it when the transmission went out -- at about 35,000 miles. But I still haven't learned to stop buying cars because they are interesting. Joe
RE: ist-D Focus Woes, More Info.
The DA is F4, I've since tried this same thing with the Tamron 28-75/2.8 and the Tamron SP 90/2.8 Macro. The 90 gave 100% predictable results, the 28-75 was about 80%. The 50s are what baffle me, I use manual focus lenses on the D all the time. Of course I miss every so often but I've found the Ds viewfinder far better than many manual focus bodies. I went out today and got a couple of 4ft "yardsticks", I'll try again tomorrow and see if I can find a pattern of any sort. The light we had today was such that I could easily see the DOF of the grass in the viewfinder, the results didn't match what I saw at all with the 50s. Focus was always way 'behind' what I thought it would be. Even on a tripod, with VERY careful focusing, the image was a surprise. And yet at a distance of 3ft or so all the lenses gave exactly the result I saw thru the viefinder when I did the ruler shots. In another test I shot a tape measure focusing on 7in with the 50/1.4. I repeated this several times. Here is the result: http://www.donsauction.com/pdml/7inches.jpg Perfect every time. Yet at 20-30 feet or so the results vary widely. I'm still baffled. Don > -Original Message- > From: Mark Cassino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 8:35 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: ist-D Focus Woes, More Info. > > > Hi Don - > > I just tried out my FA50 f1.7 and *ist-D, and they worked fine > together - I > ran a series of shots up along a 1 hour lab envelope (a nice > hi-res target > with the grid for reprints on it) and the lens/camera snapped into focus > each shot, differentiating a matter of inches each time. They all looked > sharp in the finder - but that finder is pretty small. > > If the camera focuses correctly with some lenses and not others, > I'd suspect > a problem with the lens. In my experience, the *ist-D autofocus with slow > lenses (like f5.6) is not so good, but it is very good with > faster lenses. > Your experience seems to be different - though, what is the > aperture of the > DA 16-45? Maybe you are just seeing the results of more DOF than > you get at > f 1.7 and f 4 with the FA 1.7 ??? > > - MCC > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, MI > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - Original Message - > From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PDML" > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:16 PM > Subject: ist-D Focus Woes, More Info. > > > > I'm not sure if I need a camera repairman or a psychologist > > but here goes. > > I tried A50/1.4, the FA50/1.7 and the DA 16-45 on a > > yardstick from about 3 feet away. > > Manual or autofocus were all spot on in 24 shots. > > > > > > I took the 2 AF lenses outside and took shots of the > > flowers, weeds, leaves etc. I found in the grass. > > The reason I chose these is that the grass shows clearly > > whether focus was right on, long, or short. > > It's a bright but overcast day so light is very even, > > speeds were between 1/125th and 1/500th. > > Shots at maximum aperture, AND the FA50/1.7 at 4.0. > > I kept the intended subject centered in the viewfinder > > to make it obvious what I was aiming at. > > > > Here's the score: > > FA50/1.7 at 1.7, 20 misses out of 24, almost all were > > focused long. (Past the intended point) > > > > FA50/1.7 at 4.0, 14 misses out of 24, again almost all > > were long. > > > > DA16-45/4.0 at 45/4.0, *2* misses out of 24, one was > > long, one was short. > > > > Again, all looked sharp in the viewfinder, if it was an > > obvious 'miss' I let the lens re-focus. > > OK, so the DA is my hero. ;-/ > > Any theories as to the extreme inconsistency in the > > FA50 (And A50) ??? > > > > And the main question:. > > HOW can a viewfinder lie, but only SOMETIMES?? > > > > Don (The Thoroughly Frustrated) > > > > PS: I have straight from the camera samples to prove > > I'm not just on "Happy Weed". ;-) > > > > >
GESO
Here's a gallery from today's trip to the Lockheed factory in Marietta, GA. They have a family open house once a year and display some of the things they've made over the years. The F22 and C130J are That C5 can hold SIX tour busses (!) We got to see a couple C130s that belong to Libya but have been parked here in Georgia since they were constructed several years ago. Apparently, Mr. Qadhafi ordered and paid for the cargo planes but he was placed on the naughty list (WELL in advance of their designation as a member of the "AXIS of EVIL") before they could be delivered. http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/b/cbwaters/lockheed/index.html Cory W -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 4/16/2005
Re: L plate for *istD
Acratech Ultimate Ballhead(AUB) has angle marks like RRS Pano clamp(PCL). Differance is in marking resolution, AUB has 5 degree and PCL has 2.5 degree markings. AUB is ~50$ more than PCL, but its ballhead. Can AUB do as good a job as PCL? Any thoughts are helpful. Thanks Ramesh From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Subject: Re: L plate for *istD Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:35:12 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from host24.websitesource.com ([209.239.33.40]) by mc3-f35.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 16 Apr 2005 18:34:13 -0700 Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED])by host24.websitesource.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id j3H1YCBX010430;Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:34:12 -0400 X-Message-Info: LGjzam7y+Lti0wz7BfjgjGy2ugDIKuHgdB6Tskk2Edk= Resent-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:33:25 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: host24.websitesource.com: dbrewer set sender to [EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/159643 X-Loop: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Apr 2005 01:34:13.0448 (UTC) FILETIME=[8FA3B480:01C542ED] you would think so but it doesn't. it's how they do market research to see if there is enough demand for the lesser volume cameras to justify them making a plate. they made one for my Nikon Coolpix 5000, but they are not making any for the Coolpix 8400. i have to use a generic plate that is bigger than it needs to be by a lot. Herb - Original Message - From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: Re: L plate for *istD Even when placing online order for Universal L bracket, we are supposed to mention specific camera model. It means they may be having something specific to *itsD.
Re: ist-D Focus Woes, More Info.
Hi Don - I just tried out my FA50 f1.7 and *ist-D, and they worked fine together - I ran a series of shots up along a 1 hour lab envelope (a nice hi-res target with the grid for reprints on it) and the lens/camera snapped into focus each shot, differentiating a matter of inches each time. They all looked sharp in the finder - but that finder is pretty small. If the camera focuses correctly with some lenses and not others, I'd suspect a problem with the lens. In my experience, the *ist-D autofocus with slow lenses (like f5.6) is not so good, but it is very good with faster lenses. Your experience seems to be different - though, what is the aperture of the DA 16-45? Maybe you are just seeing the results of more DOF than you get at f 1.7 and f 4 with the FA 1.7 ??? - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:16 PM Subject: ist-D Focus Woes, More Info. I'm not sure if I need a camera repairman or a psychologist but here goes. I tried A50/1.4, the FA50/1.7 and the DA 16-45 on a yardstick from about 3 feet away. Manual or autofocus were all spot on in 24 shots. I took the 2 AF lenses outside and took shots of the flowers, weeds, leaves etc. I found in the grass. The reason I chose these is that the grass shows clearly whether focus was right on, long, or short. It's a bright but overcast day so light is very even, speeds were between 1/125th and 1/500th. Shots at maximum aperture, AND the FA50/1.7 at 4.0. I kept the intended subject centered in the viewfinder to make it obvious what I was aiming at. Here's the score: FA50/1.7 at 1.7, 20 misses out of 24, almost all were focused long. (Past the intended point) FA50/1.7 at 4.0, 14 misses out of 24, again almost all were long. DA16-45/4.0 at 45/4.0, *2* misses out of 24, one was long, one was short. Again, all looked sharp in the viewfinder, if it was an obvious 'miss' I let the lens re-focus. OK, so the DA is my hero. ;-/ Any theories as to the extreme inconsistency in the FA50 (And A50) ??? And the main question:. HOW can a viewfinder lie, but only SOMETIMES?? Don (The Thoroughly Frustrated) PS: I have straight from the camera samples to prove I'm not just on "Happy Weed". ;-)
Re: L plate for *istD
you would think so but it doesn't. it's how they do market research to see if there is enough demand for the lesser volume cameras to justify them making a plate. they made one for my Nikon Coolpix 5000, but they are not making any for the Coolpix 8400. i have to use a generic plate that is bigger than it needs to be by a lot. Herb - Original Message - From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: Re: L plate for *istD Even when placing online order for Universal L bracket, we are supposed to mention specific camera model. It means they may be having something specific to *itsD.
Re: L plate for *istD
*ist D specific, it was for any camera that had one of their arca swiss mounting plates. Even when placing online order for Universal L bracket, we are supposed to mention specific camera model. It means they may be having something specific to *itsD. Thanks Ramesh From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Subject: Re: L plate for *istD Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:06:22 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from host24.websitesource.com ([209.239.33.40]) by mc8-f10.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:14:17 -0700 Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED])by host24.websitesource.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id j3GJ7vSP026803;Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:07:57 -0400 X-Message-Info: LGjzam7y+Lt8yD9LXMZzYWOf7NW2fgCazdWCVx9eU3s= Resent-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:07:21 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: host24.websitesource.com: dbrewer set sender to [EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/159592 X-Loop: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Apr 2005 19:14:17.0865 (UTC) FILETIME=[7C69C790:01C542B8] > And there is no reference to *istD compatible L bracket in Kirk site. Call them and tell them what you have and want. The L bracket I got was not *ist D specific, it was for any camera that had one of their arca swiss mounting plates. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 1:44 AM Subject: Re: L plate for *istD > Herb, > Thanks for sharing your experience. I have SLIK 700DX tripod & I > want to make sure RRS & works with my existing ball head. My QR plate looks > like this.. > http://www.thkphoto.com/products/slik/photos-t/SLIK_6125QUICK.jpg > > I think I need the fallowing, ls let me know if this is really the right > stuff... > 1) RRS Pano clamp ( PCL-1 3/8) & RRS Rails (MPR-CL II ) > 2) Kirk L bracket for *istd > > RRS Pano clamp comes in two versions PCL - 1 3/8 and 1/4"-20 version. > I think I should go for PCL - 1 3/8. > > And there is no reference to *istD compatible L bracket in Kirk site. > > Thanks > Ramesh > > > >From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >To: > >Subject: Re: L plate for *istD > >Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:28:56 -0400 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Received: from host24.websitesource.com ([209.239.33.40]) by > >mc3-f12.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 > >16:30:03 -0700 > >Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED])by host24.websitesource.com > >(8.12.10/8.12.10) id j3CNTttG017727;Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:29:55 -0400 > >X-Message-Info: LGjzam7y+LsUCii1ebEiQfCAQ40F1kQRHFHUBS8P+gw= > >Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:29:05 -0400 > >X-Authentication-Warning: host24.websitesource.com: dbrewer set sender to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f > >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 > >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 > >Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/158911 > >X-Loop: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >Precedence: list > >Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Apr 2005 23:30:04.0198 (UTC) > >FILETIME=[8DE35C60:01C53FB7] > > > >that's not just an L plate. i have the Kirk Photo Big L mentioned elsewhere > >and don't use it. it is designed for a much larger camera and sticks out > >way too far to the right when mounted. also, it blocks all of the normal > >access ports needed to change batteries, etc. the Really Right Stuff image > >you show requires an Arca Swiss plate mounted on the body. RRS doesn't make > >such a plate, but Kirk does for the *istD. i have a pair of the RRS > >panorama clamps and the RRS B-16 adapter plate to do highly accurate > >panoramas. the B-16 plate attaches and removes easily with no tools, while > >the Kirk Big L plate requires a hex key to install and remove. > > > >Herb > >- Original Message - From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: > >Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:12 AM > >Subject: L plate for *istD > > > > > >>How to mount the *istD on tripd in prortarit mode like this? > >>http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/pano/horiz/horiz_panos_L-plate.jpg > >> > >>I thought of using L plate. Pls let me know, if any company makes it. > > > >
Re: Enablement Dilemma
I have the Tamron 17-35. Preliminary shooting hints that this might just be a stunningly good lens. We'll see if further tests bear this out. I've done a series of comparison shots between the Tamron 17-35, Tokina 28-70, Pentax 24/2.0, Pentax FA28/2.8, Pentax F24-50 and Pentax FA24-90 at various focal lengths. I haven't had time to compile the results and probably won't before the end of the semester (got several major papers/projects I have to complete) but all the shots have been taken... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Where's Cotty?
On Apr 16, 2005, at 12:35 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: There is no "Rover" as a separate entity. Land Rover hasn't been part of the Rover group for some time. Uhhh, you're telling me, Rover as a CAR does not exist anymore? Nobody makes one? Of any kind? Same for Land Rover? Are they going to have to recall Cotty's? Oh dear! Hmmm. Next thing you'll be tryingto tell me is that there's no MG anymore! Soighhh. Good thing I've got several books describing (and picturing) those good ol' days, or all my memories would be gone! Land Rover has been owned by Ford for some years now. They're seem to be doing quite well ... Ford's pushed their marketing nicely and there are a ton of them on the road in my area. I have a Land Rover Freelander... http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/vehicles/fl.htm It's an excellent little beastie. Godfrey
RE: Tan's Ride - our new site is Live!!
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 07:15:52 +1000, Tan and Steve wrote: > >Thanks so much for taking the time to comment Markus! I must say I'm a >little disheartened by the lack of support from list members. I guess maybe >it is due to me not posting or contributing to Pentax related discussions as >regularly anymore as I am so busy with work, but I've always thought of the >people on the list as a kind of pseudo family - particularly those who I met >at GFM, and we have received precisely two responses from my post - one from >yourself and one from a very wonderful lurker who I have never met, but who >has given us a very generous donation!! So, at least we know that the >Paymate option works fine as this lurker is in the UK, but I really thought >there would be more interest from others, and especially the list >"regulars". Tan, The weekend is always a bad time to post to the list. I think most people go out and take pictures or something. I like the site. I was wondering how it was all going and was planning at waving at you as you rode past in Melbourne. We have a casual day at work every Friday with gold coin donations ($1 and $2 for those not in Australia) going to different charities. I'll put this one forward as one we can contribute to. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
Re: Pentax Sf-1
Hi Ann. I have the SF-1 which i bought used from Merkle Camera here in Toronto. Its the first main AF camera Pentax made,if you exclude the MF-1,(IIRC) but as Kenneth said in his post,its built like a tank,i find it has a great grip,but, its noisy as Heck. FPS rate is slow,if that is what you are looking for, and the view finder only shows basic info(thats why i bought a PZ-1)but if you want a decent AF camera,i will recommend it. Dave > > PRos, cons and age range please :) > > A friend of mine has one - i'll see it next week > but > wondered what I'll be looking at would like > opinions > from folks I know rather than some website > > T I A > annsan >
Re: Enablement Dilemma
On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 16:17:55 +0200, Patrick Genovese wrote: >I see your point but the 17-35 will be the only lens i've got that will >enable me to go wider than 24mm which means that at least for ultra wide >shots film will be my only option. > >OTOH if the Pentax is a lot better than the Tamron i'll go for the Pentax. Patrick, I have the 16-45 and it works well on film cameras down to 20mm before it vignettes. So if you are happy with 20 on the Pentax compared to 17 on the Tamron go for the Pentax. Or if you are interested in a second hand FA20-35 f4 let me know, it hasn't been used on film or digital since I got the 16-45. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
> Last weekend Nova Scotia. This weekend Kingston. > > See y'all Monday (maybe Sunday night). Still haven't caught up from > what I missed last weekend! > > BTW, it will please (or maybe scare!) the GFM folks to learn that I > finally got my Birth Certificate, so crossing the border may be a tad > smoother this year... > > cheers, > frank Maybe not. I 'll show you my passport, drivers license and FAC photos, and maybe neither one of us will be crossing into GFM. LOL Dave Brooks
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
Crap! Regards, Bob... "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory." From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Original Message - From: "Mishka" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor So you cannot parse a short english sentence. That's all. It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence.
Re: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
From: "John Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Haven't exactly dumped digital for film yet Rob, but this week I have been picking up the MZ-S loaded with B&W to go take some 'real' photos. Of course, Murphy's Law says I find myself totally uninspired so I haven't even finished one film yet! That's not Murphy's Law (If anything can go wrong it will). It's Sturgeon's Law (90% of everything is crap), or possibly Cole's Law (thinly sliced cabbage). Regards, Bob... "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory."
Re: IR with *istDS
Kodak IR film is better,but, Larry from Prescott does a decent job through filters and PS. Dave(still shooting HIE)Brooks > Here is an infrared page with the Ds mentioned in comparison with other > cameras and he also has some samples from the ds and tips. > http://www.jr-worldwi.de/photo/index.html?Pentax_ist_DS_ir_sensitivity.html > > > Greg Cooper > Edmonton, Alberta > Canada >
Not really topicful...
Okay, so I performed at an event called Marching Through Time (historical military reenactors of various periods and wars, from bronze-age Celts and the Roman Legion through WWII and Vietnam, all in one place, setting up demo camps and taking turns staging more active demos on the battlefield). When I wasn't playing, I got in a little shooting with the K1000, the K2, and the Holga. (Tomorrow (same event) I figure I'll substitute the Program Plus or the PZ-10 for the K1000, unless I decide to give an H1a some exercise for a change.) Note 1: _Remember_ that I've got a wide-angle in the bag when I notice I want a wide angle ... bringing it doesn't do any good if I forget I brought it. Note 2: The Nikon DSLR shooter was, oh jeez, _such_ a hottie (and smiling and friendly as she shot us, and had a cute accent) that I instantly decided to overlook the fact that she wasn't shooting Pentax (not that it made much difference, as she was gone again a moment later. *sigh*) Note 3: I thought it'd be cute to use my Holga to catch a shot of the fellow shooting something large and brand-new-looking and modern and sleek and fancy-seeming. Except that he kept noticing me out of the corner of his eye and moving "out of my way". When I got closer I noticed his sleek, black, brand-new looking camera was a Mamiya and he had 120 in it. He in turn noticed my Holga, and said, "Hey, I've heard of those! Where can I get one?" I was entertained. I didn't notice any other Pentax shooters. Maybe tomorrow. (Then again, there were a lot of wee digitals, too small to see what they were, and I know Pentax makes some damned teeny ones, so who knows, maybe one of the barely-larger-than-a-keyfrob digitals was a Pentax?) And now I am sooo tired.Zzzz. -- Glenn .
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
Y'a know, I'm sure there's a plethora of, well, let's just say "ordinary" labs out there that are running 35mm through the machines and just robot-like punching the buttons to select the machine's suggestion for correction, if any, to be applied to prints. No doubt some labs are stretching a little on their chemicals too. For some, it may be about money, for others it may be about apathy. There are also labs out there where they make every effort to insure that first of all, your negatives (positives) will be the best that can be produced, given what you tell them, and that the results will be uniformly excellent. I gave up on the small (1 hour type) labs long ago when my negs were just not up to snuff, and especially when I had some come back that looked like film that hadn't been in the hypo long enough. I gave up on the department mega Wal-Mart stores when I couldn't get decent printing. Right now, I gave up on the photography superstores like Samy's when I couldn't talk with the techs any more. Now I get everything done at Pro Photo Connection in Irvine, CA. They have an impressive big money client list with many of their sometimes famous photos on their walls and they want to keep it that way. Now, I'm a hack and they treat me the same as the big money clients! It's great to turn in a roll of 35, 120, 220 - whatever, and ask for whatever I want (within reason - push 1, push 2, pull 1, etc.) and have things turn out like I expected with perfect negatives and decent initial prints for proofs. It's also great to be able to mark off areas of a print for differing amounts of exposure and actually get what I want. They aren't cheap, but they are good and they are dependable. Regards, Bob... "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory." From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So you cannot parse a short english sentence. That's all. Mishka > even more (by a huge margin) stuff that's produced from film > in the labs stinks. > so? So you are a bad printer. Thats all.
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
Nonsense. > > "(That is) Nonsense!" is just as much a sentence as "Damn (you)" > > > Paul Stenquist mused: > > > > Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a > > complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer of > > the action is an understood "you." > > On Apr 16, 2005, at 10:08 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence. > > >>> > > >>> Nonsense! > > > > > >> At least you give more than one syllable to work with. > > > > > > Damn. > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > > > Bob > > > > > >
RE: unsubscribe
Spaeaking of dummies who send the whole digest... SORRY!!! **I MUST LEARN TO >SNIP -Original Message- > From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 5:40 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: unsubscribe > > > WP, go HERE: http://www.pdml.net/dbrewer/p4.html > And READ it. > 6th line down on the right. > > Don > > > -Original Message- > > From: WP Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 5:28 PM > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > > >
Re: RE:OT: Anybody know what this is?
This one has a shutter. It's not an enlarging lens. I have a Wollensak Raptor on my Speed Graphic., but it's nowhere near that fast or that wide. > The Wollensak Raptar was used as an enlarging lens. Note that there's an > area after the Wollensak name that's been blanked out. Check to see if it > say Dumont. > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: > > Date: 4/16/2005 9:34:23 AM > > Subject: Re: RE:OT: Anybody know what this is? > > > > It's certainly a shutter, with speeds from Time, Bulb, 1, etc, to 100. > > Not an action freezer. > > > > John > > > > On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:17:24 -0400, David Chang-Sang > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Looks like an old rangefinder lens - one of those old school lenses that > > > have the shutter in the lens itself. > > > > > > That's my guess - what do I win if I'm correct? :-) > > > > > > Cheers > > > Dave > > > > > >> -Original Message- > > >> From: DagT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:09 PM > > >> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > >> Subject: [pdml] OT: Anybody know what this is? > > >> > > >> > > >> I found this when going through some old stuff that my parents didn´t > > >> want to keep. > > >> > > >> http://www.foto.no/diskusjon/images/154698.jpg > > >> > > >> DagT > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 16/04/2005 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 16/04/2005 > >
Re: OT: Journey of Man
Fascinating. Thanks. John On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 01:47:54 +0800, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Very interesting Bob. Thanks for sharing. Dave S On 4/17/05, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Many of you are probably as fascinated as I am by human origins, so I'd like to post this animation which reconstructs the spread of people out of Africa, according to current theory. It seems to match the paths traced by Stephen Oppenheimer in his recent book. Warning: if you think it all started 6,000 years ago underneath an apple tree you might not want to look at this. http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/ -- Cheers, Bob -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 16/04/2005
Re: PESO - Mungo Lunette
On 16/4/05, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://members.ozemail.com.au/~sgap/photos/paw/mungo-paw.html Lovely. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: A 28-135/4 zoom opinions
I am evaluating this zoom and wondering if anyone out there has one and cares to share your feelings about it. I bought this lens a few years ago, later sold it. It's a good performer, not on par with the best primes through that focal length range, but very good nonetheless. A few years ago I spent a few nights up in Michigan's upper peninsula, and work mostly out of a kit consisting of an LX, the A 28-135, Vivitar Series 1 19-35, Tokina 100-300 f4 (constant aperture) and A 50 f1.4. I did break into the Pz-1p, and various other lenses ranging from a Sigma 14mm f 3.5 to the Pentax A* 400 f2.8, and F 18-28 fisheye zoom. But the bulk of the work was done with the A 28-135 f4. Some samples with this lens - http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/sf.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee03.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee02.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee33.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee34.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee36.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee50.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee06.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee07.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee11.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee12.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee13.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee14.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee15.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee16.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee51.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee21.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee22.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee09.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/skanee/skanee27.htm The only quibble I had with the lens design was that the macro function was at the wide end (kinda defeats the purpose of focusing closer) and it was easy to accidentally slip the lens out of normal shooting but not into macro, which would just result in unsharp images (but not so unsharp as to look incorrect in the finder.) I sold off the Vivitar, the A 28-135, and the Tokina. A large part of my intent with this kit was to have lenses that all used the same filter size (these all used 77mm filters.) these days I would use the FA 20-35, FA 28-105 pz, and Sigma 70-200 f2.8 or FA 80-320 to cover the same range. HTH - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
- Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" Subject: Re: Gone Again and a GFM note > Well for one thing a passport now costs about $90. makes it difficult on the poor folk on the borders. I think it would be outrageous to require it at the Canadian orMexican border Don't know about Washington, but I bet the mandarins in Ottawa are already trying to figure out how much of a cahs cow this will be. I expect the price of passports will increase when the demand for them increases. William Robb
Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
- Original Message - From: "John Forbes" Subject: Re: Gone Again and a GFM note Our resident ethnographer, Bob W, will correct me if I'm wrong, but the British army has traditionally consisted of German (Anglo-Saxon) men led by French (Norman) officers. So no wonder we stymied them. Trying to wage an expensive war on a far away continent with an unenthusiastic army probably didn't help. William Robb
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WP, go HERE: http://www.pdml.net/dbrewer/p4.html And READ it. 6th line down on the right. Don > -Original Message- > From: WP Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 5:28 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: unsubscribe > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > -- > > > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > pentax-discuss-d Digest Volume 05 : > Issue 805 > > > > Today's Topics: > > Re: PESO - Mungo Lunette [ Boris Liberman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: PESO: Others 2005 - 16p - GDG [ Boris Liberman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > PAW: Old and Wise [ Boris Liberman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > OT: Journey of Man[ Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > RE: PESO PAW - Fire Eating Drummer[ "Markus Maurer" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: OT: Journey of Man[ David Savage > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > RE: ist-D Focus Woes, Please Help![ "Don Sanderson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > RE: PESO: Others 2005 - 16p - GDG [ "Markus Maurer" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > RE: Old and Wise [ "Markus Maurer" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: PAW: Old and Wise [ Keith Whaley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: IR with *istDS[ "Greg Cooper" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Gone Again and a GFM note [ "John Francis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Em [ "John Francis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: Where's Cotty?[ "John Francis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: ist-D Focus Woes, Please Help![ "Peter J. Alling" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Demise of M/F [ Norman Baugher > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Just a couple of scanned shots f [ Norman Baugher > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Salgado speaks! [ Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: L plate for *istD [ "Kenneth Waller" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: PESO - Mungo Lunette [ "Kenneth Waller" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > RE:OT: Anybody know what this is? [ "Collin Brendemuehl" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Others 2005 - 16p - GDG [ "Kenneth Waller" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Where's Cotty?[ Keith Whaley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Em [ "William Robb" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > > > -- > > > > Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:31:32 +0200 > > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: Re: PESO - Mungo Lunette > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Hi! > > > > > This is the result. It's still not quite true to the original but > > > it's getting there. > > > > > > Comments, of course, are welcome. Click on the "i" icon for technical > > > and other info. > > > > > > > > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~sgap/photos/paw/mungo-paw.html > > > > Brian, technicalities aside, this is lovely picture. If you dislike the > > way this lab treats your films, you can always go to another one, but > > that's totally unrelated story. > > > > Clear winner here. > > > > Boris > > > > -- > > > > Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:35:43 +0200 > > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: Re: PESO: Others 2005 - 16p - GDG > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Hi! > > > > > Continuing work on a number of static, textural compositions ... > > > > > > http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/16p.htm > > > > > > Comments always appreciated. > > > > It looks quite textural on my screen... > > > > I should say I like it more than the previous one of the series you > > posted. However, I do remember it, so it wasn't bad at all anyway. > > > > You know, I realize you may have some kind of a goal with this series. > > I've seen only few shots and it feels like I see pieces of a > jigsaw that > > I still cannot see as a whole... I am fascinated... In my own peculiar > > way... > > > > Boris > > > > -- > > > > Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:38:14 +0200 > > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: PAW: Old and Wise > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Hi! > > > > Went to shoot some macro today. Very little luck with rather constant > > very soft but annoying breeze... > > > > My wife and daughter spotted this guy behind the window of the closed > > restaurant. Perhaps I will make a print and hand it to the owners... > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bo
RE: unsubscribe
It's always nice to send a complete digest to the list. You can't unsubscribe by sending messages to the list. Shel > [Original Message] > From: WP Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Date: 4/16/2005 3:29:31 PM > Subject: unsubscribe > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > -- > > > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > pentax-discuss-d Digest Volume 05 : Issue 805 > > > > Today's Topics: > > Re: PESO - Mungo Lunette [ Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: PESO: Others 2005 - 16p - GDG [ Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > PAW: Old and Wise [ Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > OT: Journey of Man[ Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > RE: PESO PAW - Fire Eating Drummer[ "Markus Maurer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: OT: Journey of Man[ David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > RE: ist-D Focus Woes, Please Help![ "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > RE: PESO: Others 2005 - 16p - GDG [ "Markus Maurer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > RE: Old and Wise [ "Markus Maurer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: PAW: Old and Wise [ Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: IR with *istDS[ "Greg Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Gone Again and a GFM note [ "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Em [ "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: Where's Cotty?[ "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: ist-D Focus Woes, Please Help![ "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Demise of M/F [ Norman Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Just a couple of scanned shots f [ Norman Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Salgado speaks! [ Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Re: L plate for *istD [ "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: PESO - Mungo Lunette [ "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > RE:OT: Anybody know what this is? [ "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Others 2005 - 16p - GDG [ "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Where's Cotty?[ Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Em [ "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > > > -- > > > > Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:31:32 +0200 > > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: Re: PESO - Mungo Lunette > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Hi! > > > > > This is the result. It's still not quite true to the original but > > > it's getting there. > > > > > > Comments, of course, are welcome. Click on the "i" icon for technical > > > and other info. > > > > > > > > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~sgap/photos/paw/mungo-paw.html > > > > Brian, technicalities aside, this is lovely picture. If you dislike the > > way this lab treats your films, you can always go to another one, but > > that's totally unrelated story. > > > > Clear winner here. > > > > Boris > > > > -- > > > > Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:35:43 +0200 > > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: Re: PESO: Others 2005 - 16p - GDG > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Hi! > > > > > Continuing work on a number of static, textural compositions ... > > > > > > http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/16p.htm > > > > > > Comments always appreciated. > > > > It looks quite textural on my screen... > > > > I should say I like it more than the previous one of the series you > > posted. However, I do remember it, so it wasn't bad at all anyway. > > > > You know, I realize you may have some kind of a goal with this series. > > I've seen only few shots and it feels like I see pieces of a jigsaw that > > I still cannot see as a whole... I am fascinated... In my own peculiar > > way... > > > > Boris > > > > -- > > > > Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:38:14 +0200 > > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: PAW: Old and Wise > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Hi! > > > > Went to shoot some macro today. Very little luck with rather constant > > very soft but annoying breeze... > > > > My wife and daughter spotted this guy behind the window of the closed > > restaurant. Perhaps I will make a print and hand it to the owners... > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/9571234/ > > > > What do you
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Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
Our resident ethnographer, Bob W, will correct me if I'm wrong, but the British army has traditionally consisted of German (Anglo-Saxon) men led by French (Norman) officers. So no wonder we stymied them. John PS: It's still the same today, after nearly a thousand years. We have generals with names like De la Billliere, and men with names like Miller. On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 18:03:34 -0400, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The French and Germans governments are trying to do something in law they were never able to do with military force, because the British always managed to stop them. Bob W wrote: Hi, [...] I personally do not see what is the big outcry about passports. You intend to vote, you register to vote. You intend to drive a vehicle, you get a driver's licence. You intend to travel to another country, you get a passport. Acquiring the appropriate documents to do certain things has been a fact of life, worldwide, for a very long time now -- and passports in particular are nothing new. [...] We're trying to do away with them in Yurp. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 16/04/2005
Re: A 28-135/4 zoom opinions
>> I am evaluating this zoom and wondering if anyone out there has one and >> cares to share your feelings about it. > Fred likes it. It has a great reputation. Indeed! (Hi, Bob.) I think it's a really neat lens. Despite its weight (which always seems to bother other people more than it bothers me), it's my favorite "walking around" lens. (For "light traveling", this lens, plus the A 20/2.8 and either the A* 300/4 or the F* 300/4.5, make up a kit that handles almost all situations.) It also makes a good "wedding lens" (although the f/4 speed is not ideal indoors if the light is dim). Although it ~is~ a zoom, I think it commends itself nicely for all-around use. (Of course, a pocketful of primes are always going to beat it...) I find that it is just as good as its sibling, the highly-touted (here on the PDML) A 35-105/3.5, and I gladly take the loss of a fraction of stop of speed in order to get the greater FL range (I no longer own any 35-105/3.5's). I've appended below a quote of a review of this lens (tested along with the Super A, Motor Drive A, and AF200T) from Amateur Photographer for August 6, 1983). Fred === "28-135mm must be the most versatile 'standard lens' around. Other examples of this focal length are on the way but Pentax were first on the scene." "The lens incorporates most popular wideangle and telephoto lengths, plus everything in between. The f/4 aperture is modest but quite good considering the range. It's a fairly large lens and very heavy, but feels comparatively well balanced on camera." "Focusing ring is large with a chunky grip, with minimum focusing distance of 1.7 m. Behind this, the zooming ring has a short throw (like the focusing ring) with a click stop at the 28mm setting. Turning past this click stop engages the 'macro' mode, which enables focusing down to under 8 in. Because the focal length at this setting is still wideangle, this isn't particularly close and well off true 1:1 macro." "Focusing and zooming controls on our sample were not particularly smooth; the zooming ring was also a little stiff. Despite this, the short twist required to zoom or focus makes for fast handling. Overall, the lens is built to a high standard." "Filter size of 77mm means more expensive filters - but this can't really be avoided if you want the range and decent working maximum aperture." "Handling is fast and generally as good as a lens of much shorter range. It matches well with the Super A body." "It's one thing to design a lens with such a long range, but quite another to build in good performance. here the Pentax comes as a pleasant surprise." "Definition was very adequate throughout, with edge performance lagging just a little behind the centre. Softness was evident at full aperture and one stop down (f/5.6) at the edge, but otherwise the lens will cope with most assignments on any type of film." "The 28-135mm lens is expensive but takes the place of three or four other lenses comfortably." "Overall Performance - Very Good" "Central Definition - Very Good" "Edge Definition - Good" "Image Contrast - Very Good" "Optical balance - Good" "Best Central Definition - f/8, f/11, f/16" "Best Overall Definition - f/11" "Best Edge Definition - f/11" ===
Small enablement
My Tokina AT-X 2.6-2.8/28-70mm came back from repair yesterday. It still didin't focus at infinity at 28mm - and it had a new wierd sound when focussing. I took it apart and found a loose screw inside :-(. And I couldn't fix the focus. So, bought a brand new one at ebay (NIB: 250 USD + shipping). Not a lot of money for a very sharp and fast AF zoom lens. It may not be the best focal length for the *ist D (42-105mm), but it certainly is an excellent lens, which I have often missed since January. I'll have it in a week or so - all the way from California. I just hope the Danish tax authoryties skip this one - 'cause they will add annother 100 USD :-( Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
RE: Enablement Dilemma
> Tamron SP AF17-35MM F/2.8-4 Di My husband wanted to get this lens for his Digital Rebel, and he did a lot of research on lenses in this range. It got great reviews from Canon users on the DPreview boards. He ended up trying multiple copies of both the Tamron and Sigma's offering in the same range. He says that with the Tamron, the problem was edge sharpness, and with the Sigma, he always had focusing problems. Of course, the Sigma could have had focusing problems because Canon puts the focusing mechanism on the lens and not the body like Pentax does. This all happened in December 2004. Nate thinks, from looking at reviews, that Tamron might have put out a bad batch of lenses early on. He ended up springing for the Canon 17-40mm, and he has no regrets. Apparently there are still people on the DPreview boards who swear by the Tamron. I understand your dilemma of wanting to put the lens on a film body. I only buy full-frame lenses, partly for that reason, but I think I'm in the minority on this list. Hope this helps, Amita
Re: Where's Cotty?
Cotty wrote: On 16/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: Uhhh, you're telling me, Rover as a CAR does not exist anymore? Nobody makes one? Of any kind? Same for Land Rover? Are they going to have to recall Cotty's? Oh dear! Land Rover is a separate company and belongs to a certain USA manufacturer !! Cheers, Cotty All of which is to say, no more black Rovers outside #10 Downing St, or parked in rows in nearby parking lots... I cherish many of those memories. Back when the UK was a force in the sports saloon industry. I lament all that being gone now... S...s..sob... keith
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
Help? John On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:36:52 +, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, that's the way the word "damn" is generally used. But any active verb that stands alone takes an understood "you" as the subject. Surely it's short for "May God damn you". The understood "you" is the object, whilst the good Lord is the subject. John On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:33:39 -0400, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a > complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer of > the action is an understood "you." > On Apr 16, 2005, at 10:08 AM, Bob W wrote: > >> Hi, >> > It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence. Nonsense! >> >>> At least you give more than one syllable to work with. >> >> Damn. >> >> -- Cheers, >> Bob >> > > > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 16/04/2005 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 16/04/2005
Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
The French and Germans governments are trying to do something in law they were never able to do with military force, because the British always managed to stop them. Bob W wrote: Hi, [...] I personally do not see what is the big outcry about passports. You intend to vote, you register to vote. You intend to drive a vehicle, you get a driver's licence. You intend to travel to another country, you get a passport. Acquiring the appropriate documents to do certain things has been a fact of life, worldwide, for a very long time now -- and passports in particular are nothing new. [...] We're trying to do away with them in Yurp. -- 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
closer & closer
I see the *istDS body on eBay for about $700 So ... what to part with? Anyone want a cherry KX with K55/1.8 & case for $150? (700-150 == 550) Now what else to part with
Re: Where's Cotty?
On 16/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: >Uhhh, you're telling me, Rover as a CAR does not exist anymore? Nobody >makes one? Of any kind? > >Same for Land Rover? Are they going to have to recall Cotty's? Oh dear! Land Rover is a separate company and belongs to a certain USA manufacturer !! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Where's Cotty?
On 16/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: >I read in today's paper of the imminent breakup of MG Rover. >Last large car maker in the UK. > >Sad that! >They said some 5000 will lose their jobs. > >Will Rover be able to survive on it's own? Sad but true. Longbridge is up in Birmingham - our ITV company covers it but not our bit - we're too far south. I only know what is in the public domain. Looks like saving it was well-intentioned, but to be honest, the directors didn't exactly hold back on pulling cash and commercially viable aspects out of it before the plug was pulled :-/ Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
Yes, that's the way the word "damn" is generally used. But any active verb that stands alone takes an understood "you" as the subject. > Surely it's short for "May God damn you". The understood "you" is the > object, whilst the good Lord is the subject. > > John > > On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:33:39 -0400, Paul Stenquist > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a > > complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer of > > the action is an understood "you." > > On Apr 16, 2005, at 10:08 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > > It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence. > > Nonsense! > >> > >>> At least you give more than one syllable to work with. > >> > >> Damn. > >> > >> -- Cheers, > >> Bob > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 16/04/2005 >
Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > It's of little interest to citizens of other foreign countries; > > for them, passports are already required. I'm not sure whether > > my resident alien card (aka green card) is sufficient; I always > > use my passport, just to be sure. > > Back when I had a green card, it usually was sufficient. > However, that was way before September 2001 ... Perhaps some things have > already changed in that area. > I personally do not see what is the big outcry about passports. You intend to > vote, you register to vote. You intend to drive a vehicle, you get a driver's > licence. You intend to travel to another country, you get a passport. Well for one thing a passport now costs about $90. makes it difficult on the poor folk on the borders. I think it would be outrageous to require it at the Canadian orMexican border ann > Acquiring the appropriate documents to do certain things has been a fact of > life, worldwide, for a very long time now -- and passports in particular are > nothing new. > Looks like they're planning to access some frequent-traveller alternate IDs > at the land borders in lieu of passports, anyway. > (OnT content: You can take the passport picture with a Pentax. I've done 'em > for all my immediate family and a friend or two.) > > ERNR
RE: Where's Cotty?
MG Rover was the remainder of British Leyland I believe, after Jaguar & some other bits were extracted from the group in the late eighties. British Leyland was formed I think when all the UK manufacturers were in trouble with the idea that together they could survive. MG Rover had some tie ins with Honda in the early nineties, before being sold to BMW who really wanted the Land Rover business. They made masseive losses on the rest of the group, so sold MG Rover for £10 to a rescue consortium of British wheeler dealers. BMW had already sold Land Rover to Ford after milking their knowledge of Off-Roaders, and Kept mini which is doing good business. MG recently has only been a badge for the 'sporty' Rovers, and there will be no more MGs, or Rovers unless or until someone buys the names. MG racing which was separate has also ceased most of its activities as I thibnk it depended on money from the main group. -Original Message- From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 April 2005 20:35 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Where's Cotty? John Francis wrote: > Keith Whaley mused: > >>I read in today's paper of the imminent breakup of MG Rover. Last >>large car maker in the UK. >> >>Sad that! >>They said some 5000 will lose their jobs. >> >>Will Rover be able to survive on it's own? > There is no "Rover" as a separate entity. > > Land Rover hasn't been part of the Rover group for some time. Uhhh, you're telling me, Rover as a CAR does not exist anymore? Nobody makes one? Of any kind? Same for Land Rover? Are they going to have to recall Cotty's? Oh dear! Hmmm. Next thing you'll be tryingto tell me is that there's no MG anymore! Soighhh. Good thing I've got several books describing (and picturing) those good ol' days, or all my memories would be gone! keith
RE: Tan's Ride - our new site is Live!!
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment Markus! I must say I'm a little disheartened by the lack of support from list members. I guess maybe it is due to me not posting or contributing to Pentax related discussions as regularly anymore as I am so busy with work, but I've always thought of the people on the list as a kind of pseudo family - particularly those who I met at GFM, and we have received precisely two responses from my post - one from yourself and one from a very wonderful lurker who I have never met, but who has given us a very generous donation!! So, at least we know that the Paymate option works fine as this lurker is in the UK, but I really thought there would be more interest from others, and especially the list "regulars". I was so excited to have the site up, and although I do understand that it was completely off topic, I rushed within 5 minutes of it going Live to send an email to the list to share my excitement with everyone! I am truly hoping that it is just a symptom of busy people leading busy lives and hopefully not one of people not caring about the kids we are trying to save. Anyways, thankyou so very much for taking the time to view the site and to offer your comments and support! I'm not sure why you are having problems with the font - we chose that font to give the site some quirkiness and to look appealing to kids and families. Due to the way we have done the template and to ensure that it always displays correctly, where ever you see the font, it is actually a jpg or gif that has been added rather than using text. So, I honestly have no idea why it would look soft or two small. My monitors are set to 1280 x1024, and these are the monitors that I put the site together on, and I view them really easily. In fact, I was concerned that it may have been two big in places on lesser resolutioned monitors. If you have any thoughts on how I may correct the problem, I would love to hear them - we really want it to be accessible and aesthetic to everyone viewing it (remember, we WANT them to hang around for a bit and hopefully leave a donation, or make a purchase!). Thanks again Markus, it is very much appreciated!! tan. :) Tanya Mayer Photography Brisbane, Qld, Australia www.tanyamayer.com Ph +61 (07) 3315 4549 -Original Message- From: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 16 April 2005 7:20 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Tan's Ride - our new site is Live!! Hi Tan Congratulation on your work and I wish you all the best with your project. I just had a first glance at the site and will comment in more detail later and have a look at the photos ;-). At first sight, I struggle to read the menu easily. It does indeed look good but the font are not very sharp here and a bit too small (for me) on my 2 monitors at 1280x960. Otherwise a very aesthetic site. greetings Markus >>Woohoo!! Guys and gals!! Remember our big ride across Australia >>that we are >>doing for charity?? Well, after many late nights and lotsa teeth grinding, >> >>www.headwindsanddreams.com >>tan.:)
Re: The Decline and Fall of the Photograph
I've always said that I only make pics for myself, and if someone else likes them, too bad. Looks like I got lucky! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
Hi, [...] > I personally do not see what is the big outcry about passports. You intend to > vote, you register to vote. You intend to drive a vehicle, you get a driver's > licence. You intend to travel to another country, you get a passport. > Acquiring the appropriate documents to do certain things has been a fact of > life, worldwide, for a very long time now -- and passports in particular are > nothing new. [...] We're trying to do away with them in Yurp. -- Cheers, Bob
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
Hi, Saturday, April 16, 2005, 8:27:16 PM, William wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Bob W" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor >> Hi, >> > It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence. Nonsense! >> >>> At least you give more than one syllable to work with. >> >> Damn. > At least you give more than two letters to work with. Si! -- Cheers, Bob
ist-D Focus Woes, More Info.
I'm not sure if I need a camera repairman or a psychologist but here goes. I tried A50/1.4, the FA50/1.7 and the DA 16-45 on a yardstick from about 3 feet away. Manual or autofocus were all spot on in 24 shots. I took the 2 AF lenses outside and took shots of the flowers, weeds, leaves etc. I found in the grass. The reason I chose these is that the grass shows clearly whether focus was right on, long, or short. It's a bright but overcast day so light is very even, speeds were between 1/125th and 1/500th. Shots at maximum aperture, AND the FA50/1.7 at 4.0. I kept the intended subject centered in the viewfinder to make it obvious what I was aiming at. Here's the score: FA50/1.7 at 1.7, 20 misses out of 24, almost all were focused long. (Past the intended point) FA50/1.7 at 4.0, 14 misses out of 24, again almost all were long. DA16-45/4.0 at 45/4.0, *2* misses out of 24, one was long, one was short. Again, all looked sharp in the viewfinder, if it was an obvious 'miss' I let the lens re-focus. OK, so the DA is my hero. ;-/ Any theories as to the extreme inconsistency in the FA50 (And A50) ??? And the main question:. HOW can a viewfinder lie, but only SOMETIMES?? Don (The Thoroughly Frustrated) PS: I have straight from the camera samples to prove I'm not just on "Happy Weed". ;-)
Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It's of little interest to citizens of other foreign countries; > for them, passports are already required. I'm not sure whether > my resident alien card (aka green card) is sufficient; I always > use my passport, just to be sure. Back when I had a green card, it usually was sufficient. However, that was way before September 2001 ... Perhaps some things have already changed in that area. I personally do not see what is the big outcry about passports. You intend to vote, you register to vote. You intend to drive a vehicle, you get a driver's licence. You intend to travel to another country, you get a passport. Acquiring the appropriate documents to do certain things has been a fact of life, worldwide, for a very long time now -- and passports in particular are nothing new. Looks like they're planning to access some frequent-traveller alternate IDs at the land borders in lieu of passports, anyway. (OnT content: You can take the passport picture with a Pentax. I've done 'em for all my immediate family and a friend or two.) ERNR
Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Gone Again and a GFM note I doubt that. The suggested rule will almost certainly be amended to exclude any additional requirements for Canadian citizens. The US auto industry immediately screamed foul when the passport requirement was suggested. Hundreds of truckloads of Canadian made auto components are delivered over the bridges into Michigan every day. No one wants to hamper that flow. What's more, Bush has come out in favor of lifting restrictions on Canadian beef. The US needs to maintain good trade relations with Canada. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the United States imports more foreign goods than any other country in the world. There are times when measures have to be taken to guard against dumping, but in general our trade regulations are quite liberal. The bureaucrats who originally proposed the passport requirements where thinking in terms of protecting the borders from terrorist infiltration. I doubt that anyone had protectionist intentions. Sorry, it's my suspicious nature. The problem with your trade regulations is that you have a system in place that allows you to not keep the deals you make. At some point, we'll just find trading partners that can be trusted. William Robb
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
- Original Message - From: "Bob W" Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor Hi, It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence. Nonsense! At least you give more than one syllable to work with. Damn. At least you give more than two letters to work with. William Robb
Re: Anybody know what this is?
- Original Message - From: "DagT" Subject: OT: Anybody know what this is? I found this when going through some old stuff that my parents didn´t want to keep. http://www.foto.no/diskusjon/images/154698.jpg Its a Wollensak Raptar 50mm f/1.5 lens in an Alphax shutter. It's probably out of a small (2 1/4 x 3 1/4) Graflex camera. William Robb
Re: Where's Cotty?
John Francis wrote: Keith Whaley mused: I read in today's paper of the imminent breakup of MG Rover. Last large car maker in the UK. Sad that! They said some 5000 will lose their jobs. Will Rover be able to survive on it's own? There is no "Rover" as a separate entity. Land Rover hasn't been part of the Rover group for some time. Uhhh, you're telling me, Rover as a CAR does not exist anymore? Nobody makes one? Of any kind? Same for Land Rover? Are they going to have to recall Cotty's? Oh dear! Hmmm. Next thing you'll be tryingto tell me is that there's no MG anymore! Soighhh. Good thing I've got several books describing (and picturing) those good ol' days, or all my memories would be gone! keith
Re: Others 2005 - 16p - GDG
Godfrey, my only comment for what its worth is that the inclusion of the background in the ULH corner is distracting. Perhaps it lends itself to something you're trying to convey, but taken as an image of a weathered wood fence and gate with hinge - its distracting. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:25 PM Subject: PESO: Others 2005 - 16p - GDG > Continuing work on a number of static, textural compositions ... > >http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/16p.htm > > Comments always appreciated. > > enjoy > Godfrey >
RE:OT: Anybody know what this is?
In that type of shutter, it looks like wide angle lens for a 2x3 (or thereabouts) press camera. It certainly has the age. Sincerely, C. Brendemuehl Caveat: This information should be viewed critically. It may merit as much technical excellence as a CBS news report. Sent via the WebMail system at mail.safe-t.net
Re: PESO - Mungo Lunette
Nice capture. Good exposure & composition. The sky looks somewhat unreal tho. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Brian Walters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 7:54 AM Subject: PESO - Mungo Lunette > I suppose this should be a PESMOS (Photo Every Six Months or So) but > I'll try to contribute more frequently in future.. > > This photo was taken several years ago at Mungo National Park in south > western New South Wales, an area of spectacular landforms and > historical importance. I was only there for two days, one of which > was a howling dust storm so I only managed a few photos. This is > about the best of them. > > I had it scanned to Kodak Photo CD format but the result was truly > awful - dark and murky with all of the colour leached out. I tried > to improve it in an image processing program with little success so I > forgot about it until I rediscovered it recently while looking for > another image on the CD. As my skills with Photoshop Elements are > gradually improving, I decided to have another go at restoring some > of the impact of the original slide. > > This is the result. It's still not quite true to the original but > it's getting there. > > Comments, of course, are welcome. Click on the "i" icon for technical > and other info. > > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~sgap/photos/paw/mungo-paw.html > > > Cheers > > Brian > > > > Brian Walters > Western Sydney, Australia > > >
Re: L plate for *istD
> And there is no reference to *istD compatible L bracket in Kirk site. Call them and tell them what you have and want. The L bracket I got was not *ist D specific, it was for any camera that had one of their arca swiss mounting plates. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 1:44 AM Subject: Re: L plate for *istD > Herb, > Thanks for sharing your experience. I have SLIK 700DX tripod & I > want to make sure RRS & works with my existing ball head. My QR plate looks > like this.. > http://www.thkphoto.com/products/slik/photos-t/SLIK_6125QUICK.jpg > > I think I need the fallowing, ls let me know if this is really the right > stuff... > 1) RRS Pano clamp ( PCL-1 3/8) & RRS Rails (MPR-CL II ) > 2) Kirk L bracket for *istd > > RRS Pano clamp comes in two versions PCL - 1 3/8 and 1/4"-20 version. > I think I should go for PCL - 1 3/8. > > And there is no reference to *istD compatible L bracket in Kirk site. > > Thanks > Ramesh > > > >From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >To: > >Subject: Re: L plate for *istD > >Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:28:56 -0400 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Received: from host24.websitesource.com ([209.239.33.40]) by > >mc3-f12.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 > >16:30:03 -0700 > >Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED])by host24.websitesource.com > >(8.12.10/8.12.10) id j3CNTttG017727;Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:29:55 -0400 > >X-Message-Info: LGjzam7y+LsUCii1ebEiQfCAQ40F1kQRHFHUBS8P+gw= > >Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:29:05 -0400 > >X-Authentication-Warning: host24.websitesource.com: dbrewer set sender to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f > >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 > >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 > >Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/158911 > >X-Loop: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >Precedence: list > >Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Apr 2005 23:30:04.0198 (UTC) > >FILETIME=[8DE35C60:01C53FB7] > > > >that's not just an L plate. i have the Kirk Photo Big L mentioned elsewhere > >and don't use it. it is designed for a much larger camera and sticks out > >way too far to the right when mounted. also, it blocks all of the normal > >access ports needed to change batteries, etc. the Really Right Stuff image > >you show requires an Arca Swiss plate mounted on the body. RRS doesn't make > >such a plate, but Kirk does for the *istD. i have a pair of the RRS > >panorama clamps and the RRS B-16 adapter plate to do highly accurate > >panoramas. the B-16 plate attaches and removes easily with no tools, while > >the Kirk Big L plate requires a hex key to install and remove. > > > >Herb > >- Original Message - From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: > >Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:12 AM > >Subject: L plate for *istD > > > > > >>How to mount the *istD on tripd in prortarit mode like this? > >>http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/pano/horiz/horiz_panos_L-plate.jpg > >> > >>I thought of using L plate. Pls let me know, if any company makes it. > > > >
Salgado speaks!
Hi, there's a very long feature about Salgado in the current edition of the New Yorker. Their website has a recording and slide show: http://www.newyorker.com/online/covers/articles/050418onco_covers_gallery -- Cheers, Bob
Re: Just a couple of scanned shots from my Honduran trip.
Cool stuff, but the colors seem a bit wanky on my monitor (not the lizard). Norm Cesar wrote: Before I sit down to go through another 14 rolls of film from my trip, I figure I would put up a couple of early scans. The two shots up at the moment are http://groups.msn.com/MyRugbyPictures/scannedhonduras.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=15 and http://groups.msn.com/MyRugbyPictures/scannedhonduras.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=16 Both shots should have been taken with the 77 Limited lens on an LX and a monopod. This lens has taken its share of use and travel in its life with me. This trip was just a bit much for it. Its focusing is loose. I just have to get up the courage to go into it - any hints? I really am going to scan, really!! César Panama City, Florida
Re: Demise of M/F
LOL. Just remember Cesar, if you're going to get a 6x7 make sure it's NOT a pretty one like Bob's, but rather one slightly brassed like mine... And I do not plan on modeling this year, I fear I've aged past my prime. Norm (get out of my van) B. Cesar wrote: Norm! Muito bem! I have not had the time, but I am still looking for a 6x7 kit to join you guys at GFMtn. I don't want to mooch from others (thanks Bob) this trip. I don't want people to avoid me - for that reason at least Hmmm, how many 35mm cameras would be a good deposit to use a 6x7??? Bowing to my superior in model shoot posing, César Panama City, Florida Norman Baugher wrote: HAR! That's my boy Verdade. Norm Bill Lawlor wrote: I saw a presentation a few months ago by Sebastao Salgado. When asked about digital he said "There is no black and white in digital. Converted color images don't compare with true black and white."
Re: ist-D Focus Woes, Please Help!
I don't suspect the mirror, autofocus is as dependent on the mirror as is manual focus. However the autofocus in Pentax cameras is below the mirror and follows a different light path than the view through the pentaprism. I suspect that the ground glass is in a different effective plane than the autofocus sensor and both are out of sync with the sensor. Paul Stenquist wrote: Hmmm. Well, the autofocus shots are a lot closer than the manual focus shots. Other than that, it's hard to draw many conclusions from this. I guess you should have your camera checked out. It seems to be causing you a lot of problems and aggravation. Since the autofocus shots are closer than the manual, I suppose the mirror is a suspect. Have you ever dropped the camera? Paul On Apr 16, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Don Sanderson wrote: http://www.donsauction.com/pdml/50web/index.htm This is a small gallery of 11 shots I took this morning. The last one (FocusPoint.jpg) shows the point I had the camera, in spot focus mode, aimed at. The first 5 (141-145.jpg) are manually focused shots taken with the A50/1.4 at 1/2000 and 1.4. The next 5 are taken with the FA50/1.7 at 1/2000 and 1.7. I allowed this lens to autofocus. Mounted on a solid tripod, on concrete, 2sec mirror prefire. Focus wanders all over. Technique the same for all, hold my hand in front of the 1.7 to de-focus, allow it to focus and shoot. The 1.4 I manually de-focused, re-focused and shot. Shot as large .jpg, cropped and 'auto-levels' in PS Elements. No sharpening in-camera or in PS. Gallery created in Elements. This seems to happen frequently with any 50mm or shorter lens, especially wide open. The problem is probably just more evident with shallow DOF. ***ALL of the shots looked sharp in the viewfinder!*** If they didn't because AF 'missed' I de-focused and tried again. Any ideas? I thought maybe the mirror wasn't returning properly each time, throwing the viewfinder image off, that doesn't look to be possible though. *HELP Don -- 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: Where's Cotty?
Keith Whaley mused: > > I read in today's paper of the imminent breakup of MG Rover. > Last large car maker in the UK. > > Sad that! > They said some 5000 will lose their jobs. > > Will Rover be able to survive on it's own? There is no "Rover" as a separate entity. Land Rover hasn't been part of the Rover group for some time.
Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor
"(That is) Nonsense!" is just as much a sentence as "Damn (you)" Paul Stenquist mused: > > Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a > complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer of > the action is an understood "you." > On Apr 16, 2005, at 10:08 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > Hi, > > > It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence. > >>> > >>> Nonsense! > > > >> At least you give more than one syllable to work with. > > > > Damn. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Bob > > >
Re: Gone Again and a GFM note
Keith Whaley mused: > > > > John Francis wrote: > > > William Robb mused: > > > >>That's just your country, and it isn't supposed to happen until 2006 IIRC. > > > By 2008. Although as the Pres. has just woken up to what it is he > > signed into law, and publicly stated he thinks it's a bad idea, I > > rather suspect that after the 60-day public review period called > > for in the legislation this provision will quietly get dropped. > > ??? > > I guess I'm going to have to read up on this little news item. > I've pretty much ignored all mention of it up to now, since I see no > imminent trips for me on the horizon, in either direction! > > You mean it simply won't be enforced? > Clarify what you believe please... The legislation (to make passports required at the US borders with Mexico and with Canada, instead of just a simple photo ID) specifically contains a requirement for a 60-day period for the public to comment. Presumably at the end of that time there will be another vote; I'd expect the (unpublicised) result to be that the proposal gets the 'no' vote, and is allowed to slide off into obscurity. It's of little interest to citizens of other foreign countries; for them, passports are already required. I'm not sure whether my resident alien card (aka green card) is sufficient; I always use my passport, just to be sure.
Re: IR with *istDS
Here is an infrared page with the Ds mentioned in comparison with other cameras and he also has some samples from the ds and tips. http://www.jr-worldwi.de/photo/index.html?Pentax_ist_DS_ir_sensitivity.html Greg Cooper Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Re: PAW: Old and Wise
Trouble connecting to Flickr... I'll try again later, just in case... keith whaley Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Went to shoot some macro today. Very little luck with rather constant very soft but annoying breeze... My wife and daughter spotted this guy behind the window of the closed restaurant. Perhaps I will make a print and hand it to the owners... http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/9571234/ What do you say? Boris
