Re: PESO: Dual Flash with *istDS
Thanks Boris I hope to do a bit more experimenting with the setup next weekend. Cheers Brian +++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia Quoting Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I should say I really like the way the light came out here. My wife likes it too. It really works very well with dark background. Boris
Re: London PDML
frank theriault wrote: On 7/18/05, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A final one. 8-) http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3407/display/3555157 We have to know! Who's who? -frank ps: great photo, BTW. Thanks. English wife is the one who can't sit still long enough for her photo to be taken.
Re: London PDML
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3407/display/3555157 ROTFL! Unfortunately, I can't show this to Vera until Sunday. Link stored! Has the English wife acknowledged this? :-) You don't think I'm going to _show_ it to her, do you? 8- Jewish wife is laffing loud and clear. Her Jewish husband is rolling on the floor... Mike, you really produced a hit this time! 8-)
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
Rob Studdert wrote: On 18 Jul 2005 at 17:35, Jon M wrote: Say you wanted to bring an SLR and 1-3 lenses with you on a mountain biking trip... how would you do it, and what sort of body/lenses would you bring? Just how tough IS pentax equipment? A Pentax LX and a set of fast A series primes are as tough as any camera reasonably should be. I would use the M series lenses. Smaller, lighter and without uneccessary fripperies. 8-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
RE: PESO - Crack, Boom, Splash
Did you know that a lot of Alaskan glacial ice is exported to Japan to be used in drinks. That's supposedly because the ice is thousands of years old, untainted by pollution and contemporary chemicals. We had some, and regardless of taste or lack of pollution, it's kind of neat to say that you drank a 10,000 yo glass of water ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: Tom C Those moments at the glacier were a first in a lifetime experience and I intend them not to be the last. It was amazing, the power pent up in those rivers of ice. Glad the colors looked right. I converted from RAW and did what my brain told me looked right with regard to saturation.
Re: rags
On Jul 18, 2005, at 6:11 PM, Tom Reese wrote: I agree that the magazine leaves a lot to be desired. I subscribe because it's cheap. It's worth a buck an issue just to look at the ads and the occasional useful article. They could improve it a lot if they got rid of that digital crap. G Of course, then they probably couldn't sell it... they'd be out of business in a month or two. No great loss. Godfrey
[OT] Sony and KM DSLR alians
It seems that Pentax will soon become really, really small DSLR producer: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071902kmsony.asp -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
Re: [OT] Sony and KM DSLR alians
It seems that Pentax will soon become really, really small DSLR producer: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071902kmsony.asp -- Balance is the ultimate good... Judging from what happened in the PDA market and how Sony behaved when it went in... I am not too impressed. Though it probably means some interesting development in the short term... Still, I think it does not prevent Sony to merge with Pentax if so they desire... Your signature seems to apply very well here ;-). -- Boris
RE: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
Hi Jon do you really have the time to use SRL equipment fully during biking? Maybe just a cheap Point and shoot camera with a 35-40mm lens would be good enough. It does not mind dirt and shake and you will get one nearly for free on auctions. If it fails, not a lot is lost and it fits in a pocket. I have a Konica C35 AF which even accepts filters and a manual Olympus XA and both take quite good photos. Just an idea greetings Markus -Original Message- From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 4:37 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions? The old S1 lenses are general very well built. If the 24-48mm is anything like the 35-85mm you couldn't do much better. Jon M wrote: The old Series 1 lenses are pretty tough? I have a 24-48/3.8 - I could probably get by with just that and maybe a telephoto lens. --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Say you wanted to bring an SLR and 1-3 lenses with you on a mountain biking trip... how would you do it, and what sort of body/lenses would you bring? Just how tough IS pentax equipment? From a couple of months ago: Friend of my friend has accidentally left his *istD on the roof of his car and didn't noticed it till he drove 0.5 km. By that time 1.5 tons weighting car overran it... See how it looks here: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/26424/display/2774542 Lens is completely destroyed, but *istD survived and is still working having only a few scratches on its bottom :-) I'd bring an ist-D and the FA 28/2.8 AL for one lens. Next choice would be the Vivitar 70-210 Series 1 or the Pentax FA 50/1.4 or A 20/2.8, depending what kind of shooting I was planning on. I have a Tamrac Velocity 7 bag that I'd use for this kind of travel. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
RE: PESOs: More Rehearsal Pix
Hi Frank and Boris as most of us will guess, Frank certainly hides the best shot for the August PUG! (vbg) So I look at these PESO just as appetizers for the feast to come. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:46 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESOs: More Rehearsal Pix Hi! Here's two more that I took of my daughter Claire's rehearsal last week for Anne of Green Gables (the musical). Dance Class: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3548881size=lg and, Take Five: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3548885size=lg Comments are always welcome. Thanks in advance. The first one does not do it for me. I guess the technique that you used, Frank, albeit very fine and well executed, does not really catch my eye here... However, the second one is marvelous. Hard Day's Night... It really works... One of the few cases where the main subject shows her back to the audience, while it just works... But then again, I can relate much more to Take Five rather than to Dance Class myself... ;-) Boris
Re: [OT] Sony and KM DSLR alians
Boris Liberman wrote on 19.07.05 9:54: Judging from what happened in the PDA market and how Sony behaved when it went in... I am not too impressed. Though it probably means some interesting development in the short term... Yup, that was very interesting. They had the fastest growing PDA sales among any producer and they finally dropped production of Palm OS based Clie handhelds :-/ Growing DSLR sales pushed Sony to create such a alliance if they want to stay one of the major players in digital photography. I think they didn't choose either Canon or Nikon because these were too competitive brands on digital market and they didn't come to any agreement. So Sony choosed not so popular, but third largest lens mount and with some promising technologies for future (AS, SSM). Still, I think it does not prevent Sony to merge with Pentax if so they desire... If... So far it is official annoucement, so it is not likely that they'll suddenly change their mind. Your signature seems to apply very well here ;-). I'd like it to be so :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
On 19 Jul 2005 at 7:17, mike wilson wrote: I would use the M series lenses. Smaller, lighter and without uneccessary fripperies. 8-) The fripperies are no less than a virtual necessity for use on digital bodies so I'm all M'ed out these days. In any case most of my favoured lenses either weren't available as M series or if they were they migrated virtually unchanged. I expect that the migrated A series lenses also benefited from improved multi-coating (given my past tests). Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
RE: PESO - Crack, Boom, Splash
Hi Tom I agree with others that this is a great photo taken just in time. I enjoyed it. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:19 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Crack, Boom, Splash
Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/07/19 Tue AM 08:16:44 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions? On 19 Jul 2005 at 7:17, mike wilson wrote: I would use the M series lenses. Smaller, lighter and without uneccessary fripperies. 8-) The fripperies are no less than a virtual necessity for use on digital bodies so I'm all M'ed out these days. In any case most of my favoured lenses either weren't available as M series or if they were they migrated virtually unchanged. I expect that the migrated A series lenses also benefited from improved multi-coating (given my past tests). Is digital the best option for harsh conditions? mike - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
Re: [almost OT] medium format russian camera
From: danilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/07/19 Tue AM 08:43:54 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: [almost OT] medium format russian camera Hi all,I know we are supposed to talk about pentax here, but I hope you'llforgive me if I talk about some east-european camera for once... This summer I'll go on vacation in the east. I mean the East of the Europe.Namely I'll go in Budapest (my flight will land there, btw do someoneknows some, economical, place to rest?) and then I'll move on in tothe North.From Budapest I'll move on to Bratislava then to Brno and the places around it.Then it's the turn of Praha, from which I'll move to Krakow and theplaces around it.From there I'll take a night train to Gda?sk, on the Baltic (?) sea,after then I'll be in Warsaw to take the filght back to home... If anyone has some advice for some un-missable place, please feel freeto suggest it to me, as the trip plan can still be modified... ;)The trip will be from the 3th of august up to the 23th (yes too fewdays, but this is what I can do... :( Far too few. I will be in Krakow and other parts of Poland between 01/08 and 10/08. I'll send you my mobile number offlist so you can contact me if you wish. Back to topic: I've seen those russian stereo camera (the Sputnik one). It seems to be an 6x6 medium format camera...It seems a metal brick, at the first glance (maybe it still seems itafter the first one...;) My question here is:What is the name of the film it uses? I mean is the 120 right for it?Sorry for the noob question, but I've never even touched a MF camerabefore, hence I've never investigate so much about other film otherthen the 35mm... btw: My father has an old Durst enlarger which, I understand, is alsoable to work with MF films (is it right?, well I know I may supply amodel number or similiar, but it is far from me...)He used to use it with the film he exposed with the small pentax MX(just to remain a little bit In topic..) Thank you all for any advice on it,And if it happens that you are a collector/owner of such a camera (thestereo sputnik) please advice me on what to check on it before buyone... Thanks,Danilo. (hope this is english, or at least understandable spaghetti-english ;) - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
Re: [almost OT] medium format russian camera
120 film. check for light leaks and film transport problems. also, replacing internal baffling would be helpful. unfortunately, stereo sputnik is pretty much the only game around (besides rollei that costs a few kilo$) best, mishka On 7/19/05, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: danilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/07/19 Tue AM 08:43:54 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: [almost OT] medium format russian camera Hi all,I know we are supposed to talk about pentax here, but I hope you'llforgive me if I talk about some east-european camera for once... This summer I'll go on vacation in the east. I mean the East of the Europe.Namely I'll go in Budapest (my flight will land there, btw do someoneknows some, economical, place to rest?) and then I'll move on in tothe North.From Budapest I'll move on to Bratislava then to Brno and the places around it.Then it's the turn of Praha, from which I'll move to Krakow and theplaces around it.From there I'll take a night train to Gda?sk, on the Baltic (?) sea,after then I'll be in Warsaw to take the filght back to home... If anyone has some advice for some un-missable place, please feel freeto suggest it to me, as the trip plan can still be modified... ;)The trip will be from the 3th of august up to the 23th (yes too fewdays, but this is what I can do... :( Far too few. I will be in Krakow and other parts of Poland between 01/08 and 10/08. I'll send you my mobile number offlist so you can contact me if you wish. Back to topic: I've seen those russian stereo camera (the Sputnik one). It seems to be an 6x6 medium format camera...It seems a metal brick, at the first glance (maybe it still seems itafter the first one...;) My question here is:What is the name of the film it uses? I mean is the 120 right for it?Sorry for the noob question, but I've never even touched a MF camerabefore, hence I've never investigate so much about other film otherthen the 35mm... btw: My father has an old Durst enlarger which, I understand, is alsoable to work with MF films (is it right?, well I know I may supply amodel number or similiar, but it is far from me...)He used to use it with the film he exposed with the small pentax MX(just to remain a little bit In topic..) Thank you all for any advice on it,And if it happens that you are a collector/owner of such a camera (thestereo sputnik) please advice me on what to check on it before buyone... Thanks,Danilo. (hope this is english, or at least understandable spaghetti-english ;) - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
Re: PAW: Handlebars and a Moustache
Excellent. I really like this one. Great tonal range. Nice composition. And it's entertaining. What more could one ask for? Good work. Paul On Jul 19, 2005, at 12:36 AM, David Savage wrote: LOL You have caught a couple of genuine characters quite nicely. Dave On 7/19/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3552569size=lg In NYC there's a great bike shop called Trackstars. They only sell trackbikes and track specific components. My buddy, Tofu (ex of Toronto, now a messenger in London) was thrilled to buy a set of steel Keirin-approved bars for only $40US. We went to the shop with Brooks, a former courier who now teaches. He's the Ontario track matched sprint champ, and won the sprints at the Messenger Championships in New York. I didn't realize until I saw the neg that both of them have handlbars on their faces LOL. That story really doesn't have anything to do with the photograph, at least not whether it's a good or bad one, or whether you'll enjoy it or not. I rather like it as a stand-alone-don't-need-a-story photo. Your comments are welcome, of course. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Is there a new Canon FF??
funny how all of a sudden, $2k has become dirt cheap. i would say, Nikon F5-cheap or Leica cheap... best, mishka On 7/19/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! It might not be so simple! What if Pentax announced a $1500 (or $2K) successor to the istD with 12mp on an APS-sized sensor, but in-camera image stabilization? Then half of the PDML would be dead from a heart attack from the shock. :) Then the other half would be enabled with dirt cheap *istD's that would function perfectly and still produce excellent images... Boris
Re: [almost OT] medium format russian camera
Thank you both, Mike, I fear we will not be in the same town at the same time... but thank you for your kind propose... If we change our trip timeline, I surely will call you... Mishka, thanks for the advices, I'll be carefull about light leaks ( as soon as I understand what it is :) and the other problems you mentioned... Danilo.
Re: [OT] Sony and KM DSLR alians
i remember the prior rumor being that Sony would buy Pentax. it isn't a merger when Sony is a lot more than 10x the size of Pentax. it does mean, however, that there will be more price pressure sooner in the DSLR market. i figure 1-1.5 years at most before the DSLR market saturates. if by then Pentax isn't profitable in the digital camera business, it never will be. Herb... - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 3:54 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Sony and KM DSLR alians Judging from what happened in the PDA market and how Sony behaved when it went in... I am not too impressed. Though it probably means some interesting development in the short term... Still, I think it does not prevent Sony to merge with Pentax if so they desire...
Re: Is there a new Canon FF??
Boris is implying that a used *istD will be selling for $500 or less. Herb... - Original Message - From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:25 AM Subject: Re: Is there a new Canon FF?? funny how all of a sudden, $2k has become dirt cheap. i would say, Nikon F5-cheap or Leica cheap...
Re: Is there a new Canon FF??
Mishka, please re-read my statement... I am putting it in for the reference... Then the other half would be enabled with dirt cheap *istD's that would function perfectly and still produce excellent images... Or, it could be I misunderstood you ;-). P.S. The Lims rule! -- Boris
Re: [OT] Sony and KM DSLR alians
Herb, I meant merger in a Dilber manner... Perhaps I did not emphasize it enough... My apologies... On 7/19/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i remember the prior rumor being that Sony would buy Pentax. it isn't a merger when Sony is a lot more than 10x the size of Pentax. it does mean, however, that there will be more price pressure sooner in the DSLR market. i figure 1-1.5 years at most before the DSLR market saturates. if by then Pentax isn't profitable in the digital camera business, it never will be. Herb... - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 3:54 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Sony and KM DSLR alians Judging from what happened in the PDA market and how Sony behaved when it went in... I am not too impressed. Though it probably means some interesting development in the short term... Still, I think it does not prevent Sony to merge with Pentax if so they desire... -- Boris
Re: London PDML
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] shared: A final one. 8-) http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3407/display/3555157 Lovely! I'm still laughing! :-) Ciao, Gianco _ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Re: Coke bubbles in anger over picture
Paul Stenquist wrote: Of course. And all the drugs that come from those places are really just a figment of our imagination. It's another US-led conspiracy aimed at discrediting all those peace-loving Marxists. No one is denying that the drugs are coming in. I agree with many others who believe that they should be legalized and sold at a pharmacy. The gangsters would lose most of their business and the profits could pay for the rehab centers. Tom Reese
Re: Re: [almost OT] medium format russian camera
From: danilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/07/19 Tue AM 10:36:02 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: [almost OT] medium format russian camera Thank you both, Mike, I fear we will not be in the same town at the same time... but thank you for your kind propose... If we change our trip timeline, I surely will call you... I have to visit Warszawa at some time but don't know when, yet. Maybe.. Mishka, thanks for the advices, I'll be carefull about light leaks ( as soon as I understand what it is :) and the other problems you mentioned... Danilo. - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
Re: PESO - Crack, Boom, Splash
Incredible timing. Awesome shot. Now I'm going to have to add Iceburgs to the must-see things in our trip to Newfoundland this year. Thanx for sharing. dk On 7/18/05, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a trip to Alaska 2 weeks ago. This is Holgate Glacier calving in the Kenai Fjords National Park. The name describes the sounds as it occurs. Imagine the crack of a lightning bolt with no flash. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3552323 Tom C.
Re: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera
Pål Jensen wrote: Tom wrote: I finally switched to my 200mm lens (the longest autofocus lens I have) and that didn't do any better. The camera couldn't focus fast enough to handle the job. This is the first situation I've run into where my MZ-S couldn't handle the job. Strange. My MZ-S has no problem focusing birds in flight with both my 200 and 600mm lenses. The MZ-S is definietly faster than SAFOX V, used in the 645N. According to Andy Rouse, the wildlife photographer, his Pentax 645NII gets just as many keepers as the AF on his EOS-1v. I'm sure my technique could be improved but I'm not sure how. My 600mm lens is the f/5.6 manual focus one. I started by prefocusing the lens to a distance that I thought would give me a good shot, putting the camera in focus AFS mode then I held the shutter button down and tracked the birds from left to right or right to left hoping one would come into focus and trigger the shutter. It just didn't happen. The birds were flying too fast and I couldn't keep that center AF sensor on them long enough to trip the shutter. I felt like one of those WWII gunners trying to hit the enemy planes zooming by. My Manfrotto 3421 head really helped that illusion: http://www.adorama.com/BG3421.html?searchinfo=bogen%203421item_no=2 but may have been part of the problem. I then tried holding the shutter button down, tracking the birds and focusing at the same time thinking that would improve my chances but the shutter never fired that way either. That's when I went to the 200/4 AF lens. The birds only took a couple seconds to fly across my field of view and the lens couldn't focus fast enough to get the shot before the subject was gone. I've used my SO's Canon USM lenses and, in my experience, they focus much faster than the Pentax system. I've been thinking about a Canon body to lighten our load on our motorcycle trips anyway. If I had a Canon body then we'd only have to carry lenses for one system instead of two. This experience just added another reason to pick one up. Tom Reese
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/18/05, Jon M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The old Series 1 lenses are pretty tough? I have a 24-48/3.8 - I could probably get by with just that and maybe a telephoto lens. I have that same lens, and it's been to the shop several times for aperture problems. I love the lens, but it seems not that durable - mind you, it's only like a 25 year old lens, and I do tend to bang it around a lot. My VS1 70-210 which I got used about 18 months ago looks like it's been put through the spin cycle - scratches, dings and paint worn off all over - yet it performs great. I guess my point is that sample to sample variation, and unknown histories of old lenses make it hard to predict how durable they'll be at this stage in their careers. Compounding this is the fact that the various Series 1 lenses were made by a variety of different manufacturers. Some were apparently built better than others. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera
You have to use servo AF something that rules out trap focus. The main challenge is to keep the moving subject in the focus bracket something thats very difficult. A Canon won't help in this regard. Pål - Original Message - From: Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:58 PM Subject: Re: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera Pål Jensen wrote: Tom wrote: I finally switched to my 200mm lens (the longest autofocus lens I have) and that didn't do any better. The camera couldn't focus fast enough to handle the job. This is the first situation I've run into where my MZ-S couldn't handle the job. Strange. My MZ-S has no problem focusing birds in flight with both my 200 and 600mm lenses. The MZ-S is definietly faster than SAFOX V, used in the 645N. According to Andy Rouse, the wildlife photographer, his Pentax 645NII gets just as many keepers as the AF on his EOS-1v. I'm sure my technique could be improved but I'm not sure how. My 600mm lens is the f/5.6 manual focus one. I started by prefocusing the lens to a distance that I thought would give me a good shot, putting the camera in focus AFS mode then I held the shutter button down and tracked the birds from left to right or right to left hoping one would come into focus and trigger the shutter. It just didn't happen. The birds were flying too fast and I couldn't keep that center AF sensor on them long enough to trip the shutter. I felt like one of those WWII gunners trying to hit the enemy planes zooming by. My Manfrotto 3421 head really helped that illusion: http://www.adorama.com/BG3421.html?searchinfo=bogen%203421item_no=2 but may have been part of the problem. I then tried holding the shutter button down, tracking the birds and focusing at the same time thinking that would improve my chances but the shutter never fired that way either. That's when I went to the 200/4 AF lens. The birds only took a couple seconds to fly across my field of view and the lens couldn't focus fast enough to get the shot before the subject was gone. I've used my SO's Canon USM lenses and, in my experience, they focus much faster than the Pentax system. I've been thinking about a Canon body to lighten our load on our motorcycle trips anyway. If I had a Canon body then we'd only have to carry lenses for one system instead of two. This experience just added another reason to pick one up. Tom Reese
Re: PESOs: More Rehearsal Pix
On 7/19/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first one does not do it for me. I guess the technique that you used, Frank, albeit very fine and well executed, does not really catch my eye here... However, the second one is marvelous. Hard Day's Night... It really works... One of the few cases where the main subject shows her back to the audience, while it just works... But then again, I can relate much more to Take Five rather than to Dance Class myself... ;-) Thanks, Boris, and everyone else for your comments. FWIW, I noticed that for Take Five, I told Photo.net that I used my LX. In fact, all three photos in that folder were taken with my MX. It's now been rectified, and I'm sure that no one even noticed. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Monument AM
Boris, I didn't see the movie, but I believe I remember trailers for a sand worm type theme. Yes, I agree 'tis a tad snug on the left. Too lazy to change lenses, so made a choice in favor of the sunny side. Jack --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! This is an attempt to depict the grand sweep and sweltering intensity of this place. Soft detail gladly allowed in this case. http://www.photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=48 Where is the Sand Worm? Show us the Worm? :-)... Mesa humbly thinking it is rather tight on the left... Boris Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Re: Re: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera
From: Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/07/19 Tue AM 11:58:35 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera Pål Jensen wrote: Tom wrote: I finally switched to my 200mm lens (the longest autofocus lens I have) and that didn't do any better. The camera couldn't focus fast enough to handle the job. This is the first situation I've run into where my MZ-S couldn't handle the job. Strange. My MZ-S has no problem focusing birds in flight with both my 200 and 600mm lenses. The MZ-S is definietly faster than SAFOX V, used in the 645N. According to Andy Rouse, the wildlife photographer, his Pentax 645NII gets just as many keepers as the AF on his EOS-1v. I'm sure my technique could be improved but I'm not sure how. My 600mm lens is the f/5.6 manual focus one. I started by prefocusing the lens to a distance that I thought would give me a good shot, putting the camera in focus AFS mode then I held the shutter button down and tracked the birds from left to right or right to left hoping one would come into focus and trigger the shutter. It just didn't happen. The birds were flying too fast and I couldn't keep that center AF sensor on them long enough to trip the shutter. If it's any consolation, I found a similar problem using the autofocus 600/4 at Duxford two (three!) years ago. As the day unfolded, I got better at it but tracking is definitley an art and is something that digital capture would be useful in training someone for. I felt like one of those WWII gunners trying to hit the enemy planes zooming by. My Manfrotto 3421 head really helped that illusion: http://www.adorama.com/BG3421.html?searchinfo=bogen%203421item_no=2 but may have been part of the problem. I then tried holding the shutter button down, tracking the birds and focusing at the same time thinking that would improve my chances but the shutter never fired that way either. That's when I went to the 200/4 AF lens. The birds only took a couple seconds to fly across my field of view and the lens couldn't focus fast enough to get the shot before the subject was gone. I've used my SO's Canon USM lenses and, in my experience, they focus much faster than the Pentax system. I've been thinking about a Canon body to lighten our load on our motorcycle trips anyway. If I had a Canon body then we'd only have to carry lenses for one system instead of two. This experience just added another reason to pick one up. Tom Reese - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
On 19 Jul 2005 at 8:29, mike wilson wrote: Is digital the best option for harsh conditions? What else is there? Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: Coke bubbles in anger over picture
- Original Message - From: Tom Reese Subject: Re: Coke bubbles in anger over picture No one is denying that the drugs are coming in. I agree with many others who believe that they should be legalized and sold at a pharmacy. The gangsters would lose most of their business and the profits could pay for the rehab centers. I heard a thing on a CBC progam called Ideas on night about this. The person being interviewed figured that if cocaine was made legal, the crack problem would disappear overnight, the street price of a days supply of addiction would drop to the point where a mimimum wage earner could afford the habit, the secondary crime problems (armed robbery, BE) related to coke use would pretty much go away, and the addiction rates would rise slightly as more people were willing to experiment and get hooked. Also, by decriminalizing the product, one could set up legal rehabs to help people get off the stuff if they so desired, which right now they can't really do effectively. He made a very convincing arguement for, if not legalizing, at least decriminalizing the stuff. Do we have any Dutch list members who can comment on their experiment with decriminalizing pot use? William Robb
Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions? On 19 Jul 2005 at 8:29, mike wilson wrote: Is digital the best option for harsh conditions? What else is there? If you look hard enough, film is still available. I realize it's getting to be scarce, but it's still out there. William Robb
Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/07/19 Tue PM 12:39:50 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions? On 19 Jul 2005 at 8:29, mike wilson wrote: Is digital the best option for harsh conditions? What else is there? Depends on your outlook. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
On 19 Jul 2005 at 6:53, William Robb wrote: If you look hard enough, film is still available. I realize it's getting to be scarce, but it's still out there. What, like Kodak 800 Max? Just joshing of course, seriously though the price of film and processing is pretty steep in my locale. It's a shock handing over the cash for film more than processing but then again I generally only have my films DD processed and sleeved. I don't even know if I'd use my 67 for static vistas if my digi-cam wasn't so damned slow (talking multi-row panos + bracketing) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
Oh, c'mon Rob ... speaking as a lone voice crying in the wilderness of the digital landscape (my apologies to Edward Abbey), I'd not consider taking a DSLR (certainly not as the only choice) into some of the places and on some of the journeys I've been. But then the question was about harsh conditions, not remote and harsh conditions. All the paraphernalia that people seem to carry with them when shooting digital (cards, batteries, downloading devices, sensor cleaning stuff, even computers) would really be a hindrance when travelling close to the ground. In my mind a simple, strong mechanical camera that can be operated without batteries if necessary and a few lenses that lack features is the way to go. BTW, I read a lens review some time ago in which five or six lenses were compared, and one was given poor marks for not having a full range of features. For the longest time I couldn't figure out what features a lens needs, or could have, beyond the ability to focus. Shel From: Rob Studdert On 19 Jul 2005 at 8:29, mike wilson wrote: Is digital the best option for harsh conditions? What else is there? Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Heat Escape!
Must get out of this Sacramento Valley for at least, a few days. (my wife's orders). This is the 6th or 7th day of temps of, at least, 100F with no relief in sight. Record is 15 days, I believe. If you spend a typical summer in this valley, you'll have no fear of Hell. Taking all equipment 'calibers' and heading to the coast. Never gotten a Redwood image I thought much of, so will try it again. I'll be primarily (as the expression goes) looking for my reaction. Later, Jack Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
I have a small bag that strapped on to the handlebars and sometimes carried a camera in it. I padded the inside of the bag and fiddled a bit with the attachments to make it a little more secure. Shel [Original Message] From: Jon M Another question that was posed in my original email was how would you transport the equipment? I'll have a Camelbak, so no backpacks... I *could* add a cargo rack to the bike, but I don't know how well that would hold up, and I'm not too sure I'd even want the camera fastened to the bike. Is there not any kind of camera bag made for extreme usage? I might have to engineer something myself.
Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
On 19 Jul 2005 at 6:14, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Oh, c'mon Rob ... speaking as a lone voice crying in the wilderness of the digital landscape (my apologies to Edward Abbey), I'd not consider taking a DSLR (certainly not as the only choice) into some of the places and on some of the journeys I've been. But then the question was about harsh conditions, not remote and harsh conditions. Remote and harsh, I guess I'd have some reservations but film isn't that harsh friendly either. A push bike trip I think the *ist D would suffice, the finder on a M camera would probably be jarred out of adjustment :-) All the paraphernalia that people seem to carry with them when shooting digital (cards, batteries, downloading devices, sensor cleaning stuff, even computers) would really be a hindrance when travelling close to the ground. Sure but so would 180 rolls of film (equivalent capacity of RAW files on my autonomous external storage device). I suspect a pocket full of large memory cards would be as robust if not more so than films too. Anyone who shot film and didn't process on location doesn't need a PC when shooting digital and sensor cleaning isn't the delicate clean room drama it's often made out to be either. In my mind a simple, strong mechanical camera that can be operated without batteries if necessary and a few lenses that lack features is the way to go. It may be know but I suspect it won't be either the easy or the preferred option in too short a space of time. BTW, I read a lens review some time ago in which five or six lenses were compared, and one was given poor marks for not having a full range of features. For the longest time I couldn't figure out what features a lens needs, or could have, beyond the ability to focus. Don't know what that's about, as long as my lenses have an aperture ring I'm generally happy, though I'd be happier if it actually worked on the new cameras! Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
Lens features would perhaps be autofocus, transmission of MTF data and other information, power zooms, image stabilization, and maybe a few other such things (leather grip, a sound card, coffee maker adapter?) Shel [Original Message] From: Rob Studdert BTW, I read a lens review some time ago in which five or six lenses were compared, and one was given poor marks for not having a full range of features. For the longest time I couldn't figure out what features a lens needs, or could have, beyond the ability to focus. Don't know what that's about, as long as my lenses have an aperture ring I'm generally happy, though I'd be happier if it actually worked on the new cameras!
Re: Philly PDML GESO
Thanks, Bruce. You are most certainly correct that the photos are too small. My original scans were low res. These were edited slightly (crop, shadows, highlights, saved for the web) and then uploaded. I tried enlarging them to at least 600 pixels on the longest side, but they look pretty bad. Regardless, you can find them here: http://twosixteen.com/gallery/index.php?list=18 I'll try to do a proper scan sometime soon. Thanks for looking. On 7/19/05, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Scott, There appears to be some nice shots in there. I sure wish they were just a little bigger. On my monitor, 19, it is really hard to see the details that I think are there. Any way to show some bigger ones? -- Best regards, Bruce -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- You have to hold the button down -Arnold Newman
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
The harsh conditions are the conditions of riding an on/off road bicycle ... that's not particularly harsh, there's nothing any more fragile about a DSLR that wouldn't also affect a film SLR in those conditions. Both would survive just fine if packed properly for the endeavor. If I carry a simple mechanical film camera, I need to carry film to use in it. 36 shots takes up 1.5 cubic inches of storage. If I carry a Pentax *ist DS, I can fit 97 RAW image files on a storage card device the size of a postage stamp, and a single set of AA lithium batteries will run 1300 exposures. Carry four 1G storage cards, a spare set of batteries, and save images in RAW format when appropriate: you need nothing else, and have room for 2000 photographs. That's much more compact than carrying film and it isn't subject to the kind of damage that film would be if you're mountain biking in hot climates. Godfrey On Jul 19, 2005, at 6:14 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Oh, c'mon Rob ... speaking as a lone voice crying in the wilderness of the digital landscape (my apologies to Edward Abbey), I'd not consider taking a DSLR (certainly not as the only choice) into some of the places and on some of the journeys I've been. But then the question was about harsh conditions, not remote and harsh conditions. All the paraphernalia that people seem to carry with them when shooting digital (cards, batteries, downloading devices, sensor cleaning stuff, even computers) would really be a hindrance when travelling close to the ground. In my mind a simple, strong mechanical camera that can be operated without batteries if necessary and a few lenses that lack features is the way to go. BTW, I read a lens review some time ago in which five or six lenses were compared, and one was given poor marks for not having a full range of features. For the longest time I couldn't figure out what features a lens needs, or could have, beyond the ability to focus. Shel
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
Another question that was posed in my original email was how would you transport the equipment? I'll have a Camelbak, so no backpacks... I *could* add a cargo rack to the bike, but I don't know how well that would hold up, and I'm not too sure I'd even want the camera fastened to the bike. Is there not any kind of camera bag made for extreme usage? I might have to engineer something myself. Back when I rode bicycles a lot (early 1980s, before my hip gave out), I used to carry a Nikon F2 with two lenses in the equivalent of a small Pelican box, bolted onto a custom bracket that fitted behind the seat. Light, dust- and water- proof. Get a box large enough to allow 1-1.5 of sponge padding in all directions around the equipment components you want to carry. Never had a problem with any of the equipment I carried this way. Modern MX bicycles with suspension probably give the equipment a somewhat better ride than my Cinelli Criterium racer did on pavement. Godfrey
Stage photography
A local rock band has asked me to photograph an indoor performance for them. I will have at least some access to the stage itself during the performance. They are mostly interested in monochrome photos to be potentially used for album art/propaganda/advertising, but I'm planning on bringing a second body for the occasional color shot. Most likely I'll employ the MX for the majority of the show, and the *ist for color and telephoto shots. I have a shoe mounted strobe for each body. Would anyone have any recommendations for film, technique, other gear, etc.? Thanks in advance. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- You have to hold the button down -Arnold Newman
Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
fra: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 19 Jul 2005 at 7:17, mike wilson wrote: I would use the M series lenses. Smaller, lighter and without uneccessary fripperies. 8-) The fripperies are no less than a virtual necessity for use on digital bodies so I'm all M'ed out these days. In any case most of my favoured lenses either weren't available as M series or if they were they migrated virtually unchanged. I expect that the migrated A series lenses also benefited from improved multi-coating (given my past tests). Is digital the best option for harsh conditions? It's not any worse than any mordern camera with lots of electronics. Maybe even better since you dont have that many moveable parts inside or places where the light may get in. On the other hand, I prefer the LX under such conditions... DagT
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
On 07/19 06:53, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Back when I rode bicycles a lot (early 1980s, before my hip gave out), I used to carry a Nikon F2 with two lenses in the equivalent of Sweet! We were in the same era I guess. I was racing as a junior with Mike McCarthy and George Hincape back east. I'm ex Cat3. Started riding again 2 years ago. Gonna get my Master40+ next year. Tonight, I'm going to a club race here in SoCal, dang it, I have to start as Cat5. When the heck did they start having a Cat5?!! Last camera I used on a bike was an Ansco Pix Panoramic. Don't want the weight. Here's some bad scans: http://www.maquiling.org/archives/cat_big_bear.php I did use to carry my F2 and lenses around Manhattan when I was a photo assistant. Have messenger bag, will travel! So when are you going to sell that Superwide? That's what I want to carry on a bike! -- Eric
Re: Stage photography
On 19 Jul 2005 at 9:54, Scott Loveless wrote: A local rock band has asked me to photograph an indoor performance for them. I will have at least some access to the stage itself during the performance. They are mostly interested in monochrome photos to be potentially used for album art/propaganda/advertising, but I'm planning on bringing a second body for the occasional color shot. Most likely I'll employ the MX for the majority of the show, and the *ist for color and telephoto shots. I have a shoe mounted strobe for each body. Would anyone have any recommendations for film, technique, other gear, etc.? Do you really need to shoot BW at all? Are you going to be personally printing the BW or will they be sent out for print? All my stage work I now shoot using the *ist D with great success. Some images I post process as BW others the colour makes the shot and I don't have to fart about with two cameras in the heat of the action. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: [almost OT] medium format russian camera
Of the places you mentioned, I've only been to Praha. It is a wonderful city, with many sights to enjoy and photograph. The food is good and relatively inexpensive, the beer is the best in the world, and there are many good music concerts in interesting venues. Make sure you allocate enough time for this great and enjoyable city.
Pentax Profits Fall 42%
i was going to wait until tonight, but DPreview already broke the story. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071903pentax_profitsfall.asp. if you read the original, you will see that although Pentax sold 10% more digital cameras, it lost more money. with Panasonic paired up with Olympus and now Sony with Konica-Minolta, there's no major Japanese electronics company left to partner with. Herb...
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
On 19 Jul 2005 at 10:13, Herb Chong wrote: i was going to wait until tonight, but DPreview already broke the story. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071903pentax_profitsfall.asp. if you read the original, you will see that although Pentax sold 10% more digital cameras, it lost more money. with Panasonic paired up with Olympus and now Sony with Konica-Minolta, there's no major Japanese electronics company left to partner with. Bummer, lets hope that they get out that sub $4k 645D in time :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Oh, c'mon Rob ... speaking as a lone voice crying in the wilderness of the digital landscape (my apologies to Edward Abbey), I'd not consider taking a DSLR (certainly not as the only choice) into some of the places and on some of the journeys I've been. But then the question was about harsh conditions, not remote and harsh conditions. I'm jumping in late but I thought I'd add my two frames worth. My circumstances are a little different because I travel by motorcycle instead of bicycle but there are some similarities. My biggest concern is volume rather than weight but they're pretty much the same thing. My strategy is to take two cheap zoom lenses. I take a wide angle to normal zoom for scenics and a normal to telephoto zoom for wildlife. I have taken a K-1000 because they're almost bulletproof and later my ZX-5N because it had the spot meter and autofocus capability. The lenses and body go into zip lock plastic bags and they get placed into a small well padded camera bag that also goes into a plastic bag. I do make room for a polarizing filter. Tom Reese
Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/07/19 Tue PM 01:14:36 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions? Oh, c'mon Rob ... speaking as a lone voice crying in the wilderness of the digital landscape (my apologies to Edward Abbey), I'd not consider taking a DSLR (certainly not as the only choice) into some of the places and on some of the journeys I've been. But then the question was about harsh conditions, not remote and harsh conditions. All the paraphernalia that people seem to carry with them when shooting digital (cards, batteries, downloading devices, sensor cleaning stuff, even computers) would really be a hindrance when travelling close to the ground. In my mind a simple, strong mechanical camera that can be operated without batteries if necessary and a few lenses that lack features is the way to go. BTW, I read a lens review some time ago in which five or six lenses were compared, and one was given poor marks for not having a full range of features. For the longest time I couldn't figure out what features a lens needs, or could have, beyond the ability to focus. Shel aperture ring? 8-) From: Rob Studdert On 19 Jul 2005 at 8:29, mike wilson wrote: Is digital the best option for harsh conditions? What else is there? Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
Re: Stage photography
From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/07/19 Tue PM 01:54:46 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Stage photography A local rock band has asked me to photograph an indoor performance for them. I will have at least some access to the stage itself during the performance. They are mostly interested in monochrome photos to be potentially used for album art/propaganda/advertising, but I'm planning on bringing a second body for the occasional color shot. Most likely I'll employ the MX for the majority of the show, and the *ist for color and telephoto shots. I have a shoe mounted strobe for each body. Would anyone have any recommendations for film, technique, other gear, etc.? Depends on the precise conditions (might be worth going to a previous event to get an idea) but Ilford delta 3200, fast lenses and no flash seem to be the preferred parameters. mike - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Herb Chong wrote on 19.07.05 17:13: with Panasonic paired up with Olympus and now Sony with Konica-Minolta, there's no major Japanese electronics company left to partner with. H... there is still big Fuji with their own CCD technology. -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
On Jul 19, 2005, at 6:56 AM, Eric Maquiling wrote: On 07/19 06:53, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Back when I rode bicycles a lot (early 1980s, before my hip gave out), I used to carry a Nikon F2 with two lenses in the equivalent of Sweet! We were in the same era I guess. I was racing as a junior with Mike McCarthy and George Hincape back east. I'm ex Cat3. Started riding again 2 years ago. Gonna get my Master40+ next year. Tonight, I'm going to a club race here in SoCal, dang it, I have to start as Cat5. When the heck did they start having a Cat5?!! LOL .. I was never a bicycle racer, but I used a bike as my primary vehicle for a couple of years while I lived in Santa Cruz, CA. I got into bicycling to get my legs into shape for fencing while I was going to the university there; no money inspired my need for cheap transportation. A bicycle and a motorcycle were it for some time. http://www.maquiling.org/archives/cat_big_bear.php Some neat photos! Thanks for posting them. So when are you going to sell that Superwide? That's what I want to carry on a bike! Um, sorry: sold that some time ago. I think I used some of the money to finance the Pentax *ist DS purchase last December. Godfrey
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Let's hope we get to live until the end of the next fiscal year. Hopefully then the news will be somewhat better... *big bummer* -- Boris
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
- Original Message - From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] H... there is still big Fuji with their own CCD technology. Fuji already produce dSLRs for the Nikon mount. Jostein
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Jostein wrote on 19.07.05 16:47: Fuji already produce dSLRs for the Nikon mount. Yes, but there is no alliance between Fuji and Nikon. Just Fuji uses their camera body (F80) just like Kodak did for their DCS-14/n. -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
On Jul 19, 2005, at 7:42 AM, Tom Reese wrote: My circumstances are a little different because I travel by motorcycle instead of bicycle but there are some similarities. My biggest concern is volume rather than weight but they're pretty much the same thing. My strategy is to take two cheap zoom lenses. I take a wide angle to normal zoom for scenics and a normal to telephoto zoom for wildlife. I have taken a K-1000 because they're almost bulletproof and later my ZX-5N because it had the spot meter and autofocus capability. The lenses and body go into zip lock plastic bags and they get placed into a small well padded camera bag that also goes into a plastic bag. I do make room for a polarizing filter. On motorcycle trips, my standard kit was a Nikon FM or FE2 body + 20/50/85 primes, 70-300mm zoom, or a Leica M + 24/35/75 primes. Each component wrapped in a Domke wrap, carried in a Domke F5 Hip and Shoulder bag, which was then carried on the bike in a waterproof, padded tailbag fitted to the passenger section of the seat (I don't normally carry a passenger). The F5 has enough room for the camera bits, a few rolls of film and other small miscellany; film stock was packed separately. I'm not riding much at all anymore (matter of fact, I decided to sell the bikes now as I'm just completely unmotivated to deal with them at present), but were I to go on a trip, I'd carry the *ist DS plus 14, 20-35 and possibly one other lens (either a fast, longer prime or the 28-105) the same way. Godfrey
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Wait a moment. Pentax is still profitable, right? It is just that its profit decreased??? Fuji already produce dSLRs for the Nikon mount. Right :-(. -- Boris
Re: Major Enablement :-)
Don't worry, Boris. I have plenty to retaliate with already. But I'll save it for later... snigger Jostein - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:35 AM Subject: Re: Major Enablement :-) Hi! I heard it was a rocky shore until you got them between your toes. Mighty, indeed. 8-))) Mike, you realize that when you come here and post some pictures, Jostein might as well retaliate? ;-) Boris
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Wait a moment. Pentax is still profitable, right? It is just that its profit decreased??? Pentax as a company made money last year. the imaging products division, which includes digital cameras, lost more money so far this year than it did the year before. if you read other reports around this announcement, you will see that Pentax forecasts the imaging products division to remain about the same net sales out through 2010. also, in the long version of the news article, you will see that Pentax is now planning to reduce by 300 employees total over 2 years and transfer 100 people from the imaging products division to the optical components and health products divisions while at the same time increasing new model introductions from 2/yr to 3/yr. you ought to be asking yourself at this time what's wrong with this picture?. Herb
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Wait a moment. Pentax is still profitable, right? It is just that its profit decreased??? Pentax as a company made money last year. the imaging products division, which includes digital cameras, lost more money so far this year than it did the year before. to be a little more clear, Pentax's profits dropped 42% to the point where it lost a little money this past quarter. they figure they are still going to make money by the end of the current fiscal year. Herb...
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Herb, I am not asking what's wrong. I'd rather be guessing that Pentax may be making another mistake... Darn, I just invested serious money in lenses again... -- Boris
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
So, what has that got to do with Pentax making or losing money? The quality and usefulness of the lenses won't change along with the company's fortunes. Shel [Original Message] From: Boris Liberman I am not asking what's wrong. I'd rather be guessing that Pentax may be making another mistake... Darn, I just invested serious money in lenses again... -- Boris
Re: Major Enablement :-)
Jostein wrote: Don't worry, Boris. I have plenty to retaliate with already. But I'll save it for later... snigger Jostein =8-O - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:35 AM Subject: Re: Major Enablement :-) Hi! I heard it was a rocky shore until you got them between your toes. Mighty, indeed. 8-))) Mike, you realize that when you come here and post some pictures, Jostein might as well retaliate? ;-) Boris
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Oh, no, Shel. You've got it all wrong. Once the nabobs of negativism have proclaimed something dead, it immediately loses all value and functionality. In an effort to spare yourself any future agony you must go now to trade in all your Pentax gear for Nikon or Canon, because those two brands will be around until the end of time itself. Jump ship, Shel. The water's fine. g On 7/19/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, what has that got to do with Pentax making or losing money? The quality and usefulness of the lenses won't change along with the company's fortunes. Shel [Original Message] From: Boris Liberman I am not asking what's wrong. I'd rather be guessing that Pentax may be making another mistake... Darn, I just invested serious money in lenses again... -- Boris -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- You have to hold the button down -Arnold Newman
Re: Heat Escape!
Hello Jack, Have a good trip. I can relate to the heat thing as I am in the middle of it too. I look forward to seeing what you get in the redwoods. One of my favorite places to go. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, July 19, 2005, 6:14:26 AM, you wrote: JD Must get out of this Sacramento Valley for at least, a JD few days. (my wife's orders). JD This is the 6th or 7th day of temps of, at least, 100F JD with no relief in sight. Record is 15 days, I believe. JD If you spend a typical summer in this valley, you'll JD have no fear of Hell. JD Taking all equipment 'calibers' and heading to the JD coast. JD Never gotten a Redwood image I thought much of, so JD will try it again. I'll be primarily (as the JD expression goes) looking for my reaction. JD Later, JD Jack JD JD Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page JD http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
So what else is new ? Shel [Original Message] From: Scott Loveless Oh, no, Shel. You've got it all wrong.
Re: Coke bubbles in anger over picture
They should be sold at the equivalent of a liquor store. Pharmacies have a different purpose altogether. Tom Reese wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: Of course. And all the drugs that come from those places are really just a figment of our imagination. It's another US-led conspiracy aimed at discrediting all those peace-loving Marxists. No one is denying that the drugs are coming in. I agree with many others who believe that they should be legalized and sold at a pharmacy. The gangsters would lose most of their business and the profits could pay for the rehab centers. Tom Reese -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
On 19/7/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: I would use the M series lenses. Smaller, lighter and without uneccessary fripperies. 8-) I had some unnecessary fripperies once, but they were only small so I chucked them back in. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
I go out on my bike with a bumbag containing a 1D and EF 20mm 1.8 and never had a problem. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Boy, for a minute there I thought I was reading DPReview forums grin. I'm with Shel here - your current equipment still works just as it did yesterday before the news - just move forward. Things will continue to change over time. At the point in time when you need to make major decisions, look ahead and make your best decision. But for the time being don't sweat it. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, July 19, 2005, 8:30:30 AM, you wrote: SL Oh, no, Shel. You've got it all wrong. Once the nabobs of negativism SL have proclaimed something dead, it immediately loses all value and SL functionality. In an effort to spare yourself any future agony you SL must go now to trade in all your Pentax gear for Nikon or Canon, SL because those two brands will be around until the end of time itself. SL Jump ship, Shel. The water's fine. g SL On 7/19/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, what has that got to do with Pentax making or losing money? The quality and usefulness of the lenses won't change along with the company's fortunes. Shel [Original Message] From: Boris Liberman I am not asking what's wrong. I'd rather be guessing that Pentax may be making another mistake... Darn, I just invested serious money in lenses again... -- Boris
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
They are going to a.) Stop producing so many PS cameras, which they are losing money on, and b.) Produce more lens components in the optical components division and sell them, (internally), to the imaging products division. This may be being done to make the imaging products division look more profitable or less profitable. That last is your choice. I'm not making any guesses. Herb Chong wrote: Wait a moment. Pentax is still profitable, right? It is just that its profit decreased??? Pentax as a company made money last year. the imaging products division, which includes digital cameras, lost more money so far this year than it did the year before. if you read other reports around this announcement, you will see that Pentax forecasts the imaging products division to remain about the same net sales out through 2010. also, in the long version of the news article, you will see that Pentax is now planning to reduce by 300 employees total over 2 years and transfer 100 people from the imaging products division to the optical components and health products divisions while at the same time increasing new model introductions from 2/yr to 3/yr. you ought to be asking yourself at this time what's wrong with this picture?. Herb -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
På 19. jul. 2005 kl. 16.37 skrev Sylwester Pietrzyk: Herb Chong wrote on 19.07.05 17:13: with Panasonic paired up with Olympus and now Sony with Konica-Minolta, there's no major Japanese electronics company left to partner with. H... there is still big Fuji with their own CCD technology. Why Japanese, why not develop their cooperation with Kodak further. DagT http://dag.foto.no
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
Say you wanted to bring an SLR and 1-3 lenses with you on a mountain biking trip... how would you do it, and what sort of body/lenses would you bring? -Jon Myers. I'd go for an MX body (or KX) with M-lenses (small, light but all-metal) in a small padded fanny bag. 1 lens: 40/2.8 or 35/2.8 2 lenses: 28 and 50 3 lenses: : 28/3.5, 50/1.7 and either 85/2 or 100/2.8 Plus a close-up filter for occasional macro Andre
Re: [OT] Sony and KM DSLR alians
Actually, this seems to be the culmination of those Sony to take over Pentax rumors. What it turned out to be is that Sony was looking for a DSLR manufacture to produce a DSLR for Sony to sell, not to take over a company. So it looks like they made their deal with K-M. Shakespeare wrote about this in the 1600's, Much Ado About Nothing. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Boris Liberman wrote: It seems that Pentax will soon become really, really small DSLR producer: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071902kmsony.asp -- Balance is the ultimate good... Judging from what happened in the PDA market and how Sony behaved when it went in... I am not too impressed. Though it probably means some interesting development in the short term... Still, I think it does not prevent Sony to merge with Pentax if so they desire... Your signature seems to apply very well here ;-). -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.2/52 - Release Date: 7/19/2005
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
That's what I was thinking. DagT wrote: På 19. jul. 2005 kl. 16.37 skrev Sylwester Pietrzyk: Herb Chong wrote on 19.07.05 17:13: with Panasonic paired up with Olympus and now Sony with Konica-Minolta, there's no major Japanese electronics company left to partner with. H... there is still big Fuji with their own CCD technology. Why Japanese, why not develop their cooperation with Kodak further. DagT http://dag.foto.no -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
I've seen the Pelican boxes online, and they sure look nice... Lowepro even makes an insert for some of them. The bike in question is indeed full suspension, but that doesn't mean a smooth ride. Imagine riding down a stairway... yeah, I do that. Do y'all think a hardcase with one of those Lowepro inserts would provide sufficient cushioning for negotiating rock gardens (almost as rough as stairways)? If so, I could probably get a seatpost-mounted rack that goes over the rear wheel to fasten it to. Here's the bike in question if anyone cares: http://jon.beigetower.org/bike/khs%20006.jpg Now has clipless pedals and is about to receive a driveline update. --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Back when I rode bicycles a lot (early 1980s, before my hip gave out), I used to carry a Nikon F2 with two lenses in the equivalent of a small Pelican box, bolted onto a custom bracket that fitted behind the seat. Light, dust- and water- proof. Get a box large enough to allow 1-1.5 of sponge padding in all directions around the equipment components you want to carry. Never had a problem with any of the equipment I carried this way. Modern MX bicycles with suspension probably give the equipment a somewhat better ride than my Cinelli Criterium racer did on pavement. Godfrey Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Re: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera
Truth and humor. Amen. On 7/16/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No , Boris - now I'm over reacting. Buzz off! I'm sick and tired of people telling me that I should be using new technology. That I can learn to love it. That I should embrace it. That I'll get used to it. That it will help my photography. I don't want to learn to love it. The technology doesn't do anything for me. I like old cameras. I don't like fancy whiz-bang features, modes, and programs. I don't use flash. I don't give a rat's ass about frame rates or Hyper this and Programmable that, as nice as those features may be (BTW, the Rollei TLR had a Hyper Mode back in the sixties LOL). Leave me the f*** alone wrt to the stuff YOU like. When I decide I want something newer, I'll get it and use it. I will get a DSLR at some point, but perhaps not for the reasons others here have. Y'know, I asked three simple questions about how a specific camera worked, and by the time the day was done there were half a dozen people telling me what I should do, and that the camera I asked about was wrong or right for me. That I'd love or hate it. I'm borrowing the camera for a specific feature for a solution to a specific situation because my digi is under the weather with a wobbly tripod mount. If a friend on the list didn't offer the loan of her 5n I'd be using the LX for the project. I don't want an autofocus camera. Can you understand that? I don't want a plastic camera. I like the heavy metal cameras and the old lenses that I use. When it came time to buy a second Leica I bought an old one for about the same price as a new one. BECAUSE I LIKE IT. The latest lens I bought for the Leica is seventy years old. Neither you nor anyone will convince me to buy or use something that does not give me pleasure and the kind of photographic experience I want until I decide I'm ready for it. Don't you think that, after all these years, and all the money I've spent on gear that if I wanted something other than what I have, I would have already purchased it. So, for the last time - F*CK technologically advanced cameras. I don't need them for the kind of photography I do. I'm not a macro shooter, I don't make close-ups of flowers and rocks, when shooting landscapes or scenics I don't need auto anything, just a sturdy tripod, good light, and some film. And just to put things in perspective, I also recently purchased a well-regarded auto focus lens, because it's suitable to me needs and works great when used manually. If you, and others, like your Captain Whiz-Bang cameras that's fine. They fill a need for you. They don't for me. I like old things. I like my 30+ year old, all metal, wood, and leather, comfortable-for-my-fat-ass Mercedes and my even older, 100% original Cadillac convertible with real leather interior an tail fins. I like my denim shirts faded and frayed at the collar. Most of the furniture in my house is antique. My coffee mug is almost 40 years old - I don't want a new one, and heaven help the house keeper should she break it. I've worn the same belt buckle almost every day since 1968. I love it. I don't care for change. I like the way old things look and feel. I like how they make me feel. In a word, comfortable. And now I'm gonna watch a 1940's movie on my 20+ year old non-cable ready TV set, and enjoy some non-microwave pocorn. Shel -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- You have to hold the button down -Arnold Newman
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
DagT wrote: På 19. jul. 2005 kl. 16.37 skrev Sylwester Pietrzyk: Herb Chong wrote on 19.07.05 17:13: with Panasonic paired up with Olympus and now Sony with Konica-Minolta, there's no major Japanese electronics company left to partner with. H... there is still big Fuji with their own CCD technology. Why Japanese, why not develop their cooperation with Kodak further. I suspect that the collapse of the Japanese real estate bubble has hurt Pentax quite a bit. Someone a while back said that most of Pentax's market is Japan itself. The Japanese economy is struggling because their real estate bubble burst leaving a lot of people with a crushing debt burden. They are trying to pay off their debts and that doesn't leave much for camera purchases. The information regarding the Japanese economy came from some news show I watched but it is widely reported on the net if you care to look further. Tom Reese
RE: PESO - Crack, Boom, Splash
On the cruise they fished a chunk of ice out of the water and used it for drinks. We had Margaritas made with glacial ice. Tom C. From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO - Crack, Boom, Splash Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:45:31 -0700 Did you know that a lot of Alaskan glacial ice is exported to Japan to be used in drinks. That's supposedly because the ice is thousands of years old, untainted by pollution and contemporary chemicals. We had some, and regardless of taste or lack of pollution, it's kind of neat to say that you drank a 10,000 yo glass of water ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: Tom C Those moments at the glacier were a first in a lifetime experience and I intend them not to be the last. It was amazing, the power pent up in those rivers of ice. Glad the colors looked right. I converted from RAW and did what my brain told me looked right with regard to saturation.
Re: PESO - Crack, Boom, Splash
Thanks Dave. When I heard the crack of the ice I just started firing. I was pleased that I had caught a big chunk in freefall and not just the splash into the water. Tom C. From: Dave Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Crack, Boom, Splash Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:01:58 -0400 Incredible timing. Awesome shot. Now I'm going to have to add Iceburgs to the must-see things in our trip to Newfoundland this year. Thanx for sharing. dk On 7/18/05, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a trip to Alaska 2 weeks ago. This is Holgate Glacier calving in the Kenai Fjords National Park. The name describes the sounds as it occurs. Imagine the crack of a lightning bolt with no flash. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3552323 Tom C.
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
And what do lost of profits from D-PS sales which is happening to everyone have to do with DSLR's that folks here on the list are interested in. In fact according to the link you posted the result will be rather favorable to the enthusists here as they say they will be developing and selling more DSLR versions. You ought to change your list name to Chicken Little, but I guess we do need a resident anti-Pentax troll like you just in case something real happens somewhere sometime. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Herb Chong wrote: i was going to wait until tonight, but DPreview already broke the story. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071903pentax_profitsfall.asp. if you read the original, you will see that although Pentax sold 10% more digital cameras, it lost more money. with Panasonic paired up with Olympus and now Sony with Konica-Minolta, there's no major Japanese electronics company left to partner with. Herb... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.2/52 - Release Date: 7/19/2005
Re: MZ-5n is Here (was: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera)
I picked up the Mz-5n on Saturday, when I had a chance to run a roll of film through it. Cute little camera, handles pretty well, and it may be a fun thing to play with. However, here's the question: I got it in order to use the auto bracketing feature. Does anyone know how to set that feature and make it active? Thanks, Shel
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Hi! Wow, someone figured that out? The sky is falling, Boris, we better sell all our Pentax gear and buy cannons. I figure my MX''s will soon be obsolete because of all this. GRIN! No, the sky went falling when my wife agreed I'd buy two Limiteds :-)... In fact, I've read the article, the news item, the responses here, and responses on DPReview forums. Now I am thoroughly confused. That's because I do *know* that when such reports come out, the stuff written *between* the lines is what really *matters*... But I think I told you and others that my eyes are rather weak... Darn it, well, if I win a lottery perhaps I'll tour the Pentax Land, because without proper intonation, I am misunderstood, again ;-). Now, anyone willing to sell me a 31 Limited real cheap? I need to complete my collection... wink wink Boris
Re: MZ-5n is Here (was: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera)
You set the bracketing mode using the drive switch. On the side of the camera where the rewind nob would be is the drive switch. It's the lower dial. You can set bracketing to 1/2 or 1, (half or full stops but you probably figured that out). Shel Belinkoff wrote: I picked up the Mz-5n on Saturday, when I had a chance to run a roll of film through it. Cute little camera, handles pretty well, and it may be a fun thing to play with. However, here's the question: I got it in order to use the auto bracketing feature. Does anyone know how to set that feature and make it active? Thanks, Shel -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: MZ-5n is Here (was: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera)
Just move the switch in the left dial (the exposure compensation one) to the 1 or 1/2 position. It is the same switch than the auto-shutter and continuous shooting mode. Once the switch is there, when you shoot, the camera will fire three times with the indicated bracket. Just this, no menus, but also no viewfinder indication IIRC (I am not at home and I rarely use it, although I previously though I was going to use it a lot). It is the MZ-5/5n/3 'philosophy'. Hope this helps, Jaume --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: I picked up the Mz-5n on Saturday, when I had a chance to run a roll of film through it. Cute little camera, handles pretty well, and it may be a fun thing to play with. However, here's the question: I got it in order to use the auto bracketing feature. Does anyone know how to set that feature and make it active? Thanks, Shel __ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
On Jul 19, 2005, at 9:27 AM, Jon M wrote: I've seen the Pelican boxes online, and they sure look nice... Lowepro even makes an insert for some of them. The bike in question is indeed full suspension, but that doesn't mean a smooth ride. Imagine riding down a stairway... yeah, I do that. Do y'all think a hardcase with one of those Lowepro inserts would provide sufficient cushioning for negotiating rock gardens (almost as rough as stairways)? If so, I could probably get a seatpost-mounted rack that goes over the rear wheel to fasten it to. You might need a bit more and slightly softer padding than I would use for even rough/dirt street riding to protect the mirror mechanism and shutter of any SLR from that kind of pounding. Film or digital is inconsequential in this regard, really: these components are delicate in any SLR (same goes for the optical/ mechanical coupling in an RF camera too). Older cameras with a moving needle meter movement might have problems, any camera with solid state metering electronics should fare about the same. A lighter camera will probably do better ... less mass to cushion. I don't know how much shock-absorbtion the Lowepro inserts provide, but their cases are pretty convenient. I used to use the close-cell foam inserts that you picked out cubes to form fit the pieces ... only carried a couple of pieces at a time so I normally just took them out of the box to take pictures without need for a separate carrying bag, but I used to use the handlebar bag as a temporary shoulder bag for when I wanted to go for a walk away from the bike. I've never done much off-road dirt riding, either bicycle or motorcycle, but basically the same ideas hold for street and dirt road riding: try to isolate the equipment from impact loads, use foam padding to help decrease and soften the jarring as well as minimize high frequency vibration. I've carried so many cameras on so many trips, just keeping these things in mind, and have never had a problem. Godfrey
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
The sky is falling, Boris ... What, again? I just fixed that. Godfrey
Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
No, no, Tom, you have to look at these things in isolation (GRIN). The state of the external economy has nothing to do with it. Pentax is doomed, doomed, I say. Pentax will go belly up and all our Pentax equipment will dissolve into puddles of goo. Our relentless resident APT has been predicting this for years now. BTW, it has been reported here by myself, Pal, and others for insider rumors that Pentax is acquiring their own FAB capability. Think what that kind of purchase will do to short term profits. Think of what that means to Pentax's view of their our future. Another thing to think about is that their imaging division produces a lot of stuff other than cameras much of it never seen nor heard of here in the US. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Tom Reese wrote: DagT wrote: På 19. jul. 2005 kl. 16.37 skrev Sylwester Pietrzyk: Herb Chong wrote on 19.07.05 17:13: with Panasonic paired up with Olympus and now Sony with Konica-Minolta, there's no major Japanese electronics company left to partner with. H... there is still big Fuji with their own CCD technology. Why Japanese, why not develop their cooperation with Kodak further. I suspect that the collapse of the Japanese real estate bubble has hurt Pentax quite a bit. Someone a while back said that most of Pentax's market is Japan itself. The Japanese economy is struggling because their real estate bubble burst leaving a lot of people with a crushing debt burden. They are trying to pay off their debts and that doesn't leave much for camera purchases. The information regarding the Japanese economy came from some news show I watched but it is widely reported on the net if you care to look further. Tom Reese -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.2/52 - Release Date: 7/19/2005
Re: MZ-5n is Here (was: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera)
OK, so then what? I push the shutter release and I only get one exposure. I tried holding the shutter release down, figuring the film would auto advance and make the bracketed exposures, but that didn't change anything. So, once again, how do I get the auto bracket feature to work. Could the camera be broken? The continuous shooting thing works. Shel [Original Message] From: Jaume Lahuerta Just move the switch in the left dial (the exposure compensation one) to the 1 or 1/2 position. It is the same switch than the auto-shutter and continuous shooting mode. Once the switch is there, when you shoot, the camera will fire three times with the indicated bracket.
Re: Best equipment for harsh conditions?
Pentax Equipment is reasonably tough, but no camera or lens is made to hit rock at high velocity. I'd take one of the smallest cameras I have, either an LX, MX or ME Super - probably the LA as I have five of them and they are the most weather proof camera there is outside of underwater gear. As to lenses, this depends on you. I'd take my A50/2.8 Macro and my A35-105/3.5. I have a Pelican case that will hold one small 35mm camera with normal size lens and my A35-105/3.5. I think it's a 1200. I'd lash/bungee the case to a sturdy carrier on the bike and put one of those small carabineers where the padlock lock goes to insure there's no way the case will open to spill the contents even if I take a bad spill. That's just me, your style and risk assessment may be different. Pelican cases are wonderful. Even the airlines can't mar your equipment when they're inside these ultra sturdy cases. Regards, Bob... - The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing. - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister of finance to French King Louis XIV From: Jon M [EMAIL PROTECTED] Say you wanted to bring an SLR and 1-3 lenses with you on a mountain biking trip... how would you do it, and what sort of body/lenses would you bring? Just how tough IS pentax equipment?
Terminology (PhotoShop) Question.
Hi! Say I have two layered image - the original layer, and the high pass unsharp mask that I am about to apply... What is the difference between Flatten Image and Merge Visible options in Layer menu of my Elements 3? Thanks in advance. Boris
Re: MZ-5n is Here (was: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera)
Never mind. I figured it out. The camera was in manual mode. Changing it to A allowed the auto bracketing. Thanks! Shel [Original Message] From: Shel Belinkoff OK, so then what? I push the shutter release and I only get one exposure. I tried holding the shutter release down, figuring the film would auto advance and make the bracketed exposures, but that didn't change anything. So, once again, how do I get the auto bracket feature to work. Could the camera be broken? The continuous shooting thing works. Shel [Original Message] From: Jaume Lahuerta Just move the switch in the left dial (the exposure compensation one) to the 1 or 1/2 position. It is the same switch than the auto-shutter and continuous shooting mode. Once the switch is there, when you shoot, the camera will fire three times with the indicated bracket.
Re: MZ-5n is Here (was: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera)
Try making three exposures ... on one of my film cameras that had the autobracket feature, I could set an option for whether I wanted it to auto-fire all three or whether I wanted each one to fire only when I pressed the shutter release. Don't know the MZ-5n specifically. How about hunting up an instruction manual? Godfrey On Jul 19, 2005, at 10:24 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: OK, so then what? I push the shutter release and I only get one exposure. I tried holding the shutter release down, figuring the film would auto advance and make the bracketed exposures, but that didn't change anything. So, once again, how do I get the auto bracket feature to work. Could the camera be broken? The continuous shooting thing works. Shel [Original Message] From: Jaume Lahuerta Just move the switch in the left dial (the exposure compensation one) to the 1 or 1/2 position. It is the same switch than the auto-shutter and continuous shooting mode. Once the switch is there, when you shoot, the camera will fire three times with the indicated bracket.
Re: MZ-5n is Here (was: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera)
Shel, I just tried it out on mine. You have to keep the shutter button depressed, otherwise the camera won't take the subsequent exposures. Shel Belinkoff wrote: OK, so then what? I push the shutter release and I only get one exposure. I tried holding the shutter release down, figuring the film would auto advance and make the bracketed exposures, but that didn't change anything. So, once again, how do I get the auto bracket feature to work. Could the camera be broken? The continuous shooting thing works. Shel [Original Message] From: Jaume Lahuerta Just move the switch in the left dial (the exposure compensation one) to the 1 or 1/2 position. It is the same switch than the auto-shutter and continuous shooting mode. Once the switch is there, when you shoot, the camera will fire three times with the indicated bracket. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
