RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
Now, kind sir, would you please explain what Copse means? Similar, but not exactly the same as, spinney. 8-))) Small group of trees. Copse in London translates as 'Luxury development of flats or houses available shortly'. Malcolm So the same as meadow, ancient woodland and flood plain, then? Goodness me, no: Meadow = slip road Ancient Woodland = bypass Flood Plain = industrial area Hey! I live in a floodplain! This is brought home to me quite regularly when I walk along the side of the river when there's a very high tide lapping over the berm - which is at the height of the 1st floor windows of the nearest houses... I hope this thing works: http://wwp.greenwichengland.co.uk/tourism/barrier.htm Bob
Re: Pentax 100-300
Brian, I think of it as a good value for money lens. I don't use it a lot and didn't pay a lot. It does nicely enough what I do use it. Cheers, Gautam On 2/18/06, Brian Dipert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's $99.95 right now at BH. Thoughts on this lens, folks, both in absolute terms and considering the price? == Brian Dipert Senior Technical Editor: Mass Storage, Multimedia (audio, displays, 2-D and 3-D graphics, and still and video imaging), PCs and Peripherals EDN Magazine: http://www.edn.com My blog: http://www.edn.com/briansbrain 5000 V Street Sacramento, CA 95817 (916) 760-0159, fax (781) 734-8038 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit me at http://www.bdipert.com
Re: Pentax 100-300
I have the F100-300, even at 300 mm is not bad. It shows some CA at 300mm which is easily fixed with adobe camera raw. Price/performance is excellent. A stitch from several shots: http://www.bmt.tue.nl/panorama/Goor_30dec2005/default.htm On 2/19/06, Brian Dipert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's $99.95 right now at BH. Thoughts on this lens, folks, both in absolute terms and considering the price? == Brian Dipert Senior Technical Editor: Mass Storage, Multimedia (audio, displays, 2-D and 3-D graphics, and still and video imaging), PCs and Peripherals EDN Magazine: http://www.edn.com My blog: http://www.edn.com/briansbrain 5000 V Street Sacramento, CA 95817 (916) 760-0159, fax (781) 734-8038 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit me at http://www.bdipert.com
SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files
Hello, I am currently planning to ruin my funds and go superwide with my DS. The choice is very limited, actually two lenses, SMC-DA 12-24/4 and Sigma 10-20/4-5.6 are available on the market (I don't want DA 10-17 Fisheye, at least I don't want it now :). The big advantages of Pentax are SMC coating, 24mm, and constant f4 aperture. Sigma goes wider, is darker (5.6), but much cheaper... So, it'time now to check the picture quality :). I found interesting comparison of superwide lenses (for Nikon, but Sigma is here): http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/nikon_articles/nikkor/af/wide_angles_shootout/index.html I am impressed by Sigma's sharpness at the frame edge: http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/nikon_articles/nikkor/af/wide_angles_shootout/chromatic_aberration.html As far as I know some of PDMLers have DA 12-24 - my question is, if they can share some RAW (pef or dng) files, so I can judge them by myself. If so, please send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - one ~10Mb file per email should be OK. Thanks in advance Jerry
Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
On 19/2/06, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html That's a very nice photo. If I were you I'd rotate it slightly to make the horizon straight, then make a big print. Thanks Dave. The distant hill is actually inclining upwards to the left. I know what you mean though. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Attn Don Williams
Don, I tried replying to your post off list but it was bounced back at me 'access denied'... The original message was received at Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:41:19 -0800 (PST) from smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - email deleted (reason: 554 pne-smtpin2-sn2.hy.skanova.net Service not available - access denied) - Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to mta.inet.fi.: 554 pne-smtpin2-sn2.hy.skanova.net Service not available - access denied 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable Final-Recipient: RFC822; email deleted Action: failed Status: 5.5.0 Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 554 pne-smtpin2-sn2.hy.skanova.net Service not available - access denied Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:41:20 -0800 (PST) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Attn Don Williams
Hi Cotty, That's very strange. It may be something local -- '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' -- is in order and is my main email client. But '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' works as well. There are a hell of a lot of Don Williams' in the world. D Cotty wrote: Don, I tried replying to your post off list but it was bounced back at me 'access denied'... The original message was received at Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:41:19 -0800 (PST) from smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - email deleted (reason: 554 pne-smtpin2-sn2.hy.skanova.net Service not available - access denied) - Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to mta.inet.fi.: 554 pne-smtpin2-sn2.hy.skanova.net Service not available - access denied 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable Final-Recipient: RFC822; email deleted Action: failed Status: 5.5.0 Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 554 pne-smtpin2-sn2.hy.skanova.net Service not available - access denied Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:41:20 -0800 (PST) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- Dr E D F Williams __ http://www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/index.htm http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Added Print Gallery - 16 11 2005
Re: Another stacked set
Hi again Rob, I took another look at that stack. http://www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/HOLD/401-452.jpg Much of what you interpreted as chromatic aberration is the phase contrast halo. Phase contrast is an imaging method that uses 1/4 wavelength 'out of phase' illumination to enhance very small changes in refractive index of a specimen. The colour is unpredictable because not only does the phase change, the wavelength does as well. There are several filters in the lightpath and changes in the voltage on the lamp also complicates matters. There are too many variables to control. This specimen would be impossible to image with phase contrast if it were not empty. The protoplasm would simply make it too thick to image and the whole thing would be a brightly illuminated blob with nothing at all to be seen. If phase contrast interests you there is a very good explanation of it on the Nikon microscopy website. The condenser provides a mixture of light with a 1/4 wave 'out of phase' component. This is imaged with an objective that converts it back to 'in phase' packets. But that's an oversimplification. Its done with phase rings, or annuli if you like, in the optics. The problem is that thick specimens don't image properly. Thin ones do. The bacteria in the picture -- dark small and sausage shaped -- show up very well. In normal bright field most bacteria are practically invisible and are usually stained. Incidentally there are quite a few stacks to be seen in the crystal pictures on my website -- under the red 'Prints' button. I can't say which ones off hand but those without 'out of focus parts' are probably stacks. D -- Dr E D F Williams __ http://www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/index.htm http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Added Print Gallery - 16 11 2005
RE: Pentax 100-300
Some very nice panoramas you have, Toine. I like the class-room ones a lot. Well done! I kinda like the Spiffy viewer too, although the images are rather large (needy). All the best Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Toine Kuiper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. februar 2006 09:22 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Pentax 100-300 I have the F100-300, even at 300 mm is not bad. It shows some CA at 300mm which is easily fixed with adobe camera raw. Price/performance is excellent. A stitch from several shots: http://www.bmt.tue.nl/panorama/Goor_30dec2005/default.htm On 2/19/06, Brian Dipert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's $99.95 right now at BH. Thoughts on this lens, folks, both in absolute terms and considering the price? == Brian Dipert Senior Technical Editor: Mass Storage, Multimedia (audio, displays, 2-D and 3-D graphics, and still and video imaging), PCs and Peripherals EDN Magazine: http://www.edn.com My blog: http://www.edn.com/briansbrain 5000 V Street Sacramento, CA 95817 (916) 760-0159, fax (781) 734-8038 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit me at http://www.bdipert.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006
RE: Poll: Best Photo Ever (comments)
Thanks Dave. What OS and browser are you using? I just threw that page together with some quick dirty xml/xsl/css that I played with a couple of years ago and never bothered to finish. It hasn't been extensively tested at all. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2006 04:30 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Poll: Best Photo Ever (comments) On Feb 18, 2006, at 10:39 PM, Bob W wrote: Thanks. I thought it might be quite interesting to show the picture next to one of her younger daughter, also one of my favourite photos, and which has a certain similarity of composition: http://www.web-options.com/ss.xml I like the photos a lot, even though they overlap in my browser. - Dave http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/ http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
Cotty, that's a superb photo. It captures the rolling downland beautifully, with the characteristic copses on top. I'm immediately reminded of quite a famous photo by Bill Brandt of a very similar scene, but without the farm and in black and white. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2006 08:42 To: pentax list Subject: Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse On 19/2/06, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html That's a very nice photo. If I were you I'd rotate it slightly to make the horizon straight, then make a big print. Thanks Dave. The distant hill is actually inclining upwards to the left. I know what you mean though. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
RE: Update on D FA 50 F2.8 Macro
Can't argue with that! Quite nice. It instantly evoked a memory-smell. We had roses in a vase recently and several were yellow. They smelled the best and were quite strong. I swear I was smelling it again the instant I saw your shot. Cool how that happens. Thanks! Here's an early photo: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3537/display/5022625 Joe
Re: SV: Misteries of Ken Rockwell
On 2006-02-18, at 23:55, Jens Bladt wrote: I hope the others are right. *ist D, DS and DS2 offers 0.95, the *ist DL 0.85 magnification ikon DX2 offers 1.0, D1X 0.8 You're not right ;-) Nikon D2X has 0.86x magnification but 100% coverage. So it should have similar size to the viewfinder in Pentax D/Ds -- Best regards Sylwek
Re: Anyway to do this faster
Hi Gang, I was about to order a copy of Real World Camera Raw and thought that, as long as I'm ordering one book, I may want to order another book or two. Are there any other highly recommended books on camera raw that might be worth having, and what might they offer that Fraser's book doesn't. Thanks! Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Bruce Fraser's book is, to date, the definitive work on RAW workflow automation with Photoshop CS and CS2. Scott Kelby's books are light on this topic, at best. Be sure to get the version of the book that matches your version of Photoshop ... CS and CS2 differ considerably with respect to use of the file browser or Bridge, Camera Raw and automation functionality.
Re: Update on D FA 50 F2.8 Macro
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Joseph Tainter Here's an early photo: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3537/display/5022625 Joe, that's gorgeous. Seconded. With all due respect to Mike Johnston g, I like flower shots when they're done well, that is, almost to the point of their becoming abstract. Great work. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Good parenting
- Original Message - From: Derby Chang Subject: OT: Good parenting Oh dear, Parents find lost digital camera, but declines to return it because their child likes it. http://lostcamera.blogspot.com/2006/02/camera-unlost-but-not-quite-found.html The extra kicker about the memory cards is incredible. The owner of the camera would be well advised to tell their insurance company that the camera they had lost (and I presume had claimed for) was found, and let them go after it. William Robb
PAW - Load Here
First of all, I know I my activity on this list has tailed off of late. I've been quite busy at work, and so my surfing time is not what it used to be g. I've not been able to comment on as many PAWs and PESOs as I'd like to, but I've saved them all, and hope to be able to catch up over the next week or two. Here's my offering this week: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4139374 cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
On 2/17/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the other hand, why should an absence of external purpose be bleak? It's liberating. It means we get to decide how we want to live and what we want to do with our lives. Strangely enough, we usually come to the same conclusion as people who think there's a purpose, namely to care about children and family, and to try to help other people and make the world a better place. But we've come to the conclusion because we've thought it through, not because God has told us to and we'll go to hell if we don't do as we're told. We are condemned to be free Yeah, baby, existentialism rules! frank thrusts hand in the air, thumb, index finger and pinky extended cheers, frank The Rebel theriault -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW - Load Here
I like it. Can't say why exactly, but I do g Dave P.S. Alternate title suggestion Streetcar named Mike :-) On 2/19/06, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First of all, I know I my activity on this list has tailed off of late. I've been quite busy at work, and so my surfing time is not what it used to be g. I've not been able to comment on as many PAWs and PESOs as I'd like to, but I've saved them all, and hope to be able to catch up over the next week or two. Here's my offering this week: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4139374 cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
RE: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
We are condemned to be free Yeah, baby, existentialism rules! frank thrusts hand in the air, thumb, index finger and pinky extended cheers, frank The Rebel theriault You must immediately change your surname to Meursault, and go outside. Salut (with a Gallic shrug), Bobus
Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
On Feb 18, 2006, at 5:02 PM, John Forbes wrote: There must be a past. Otherwise, you wouldn't have had a present. John False logic. Bob
Re: PAW - Load Here
Frank, First of all, I know I my activity on this list has tailed off of late. I've been quite busy at work, and so my surfing time is not what it used to be g. I've not been able to comment on as many PAWs and PESOs as I'd like to, but I've saved them all, and hope to be able to catch up over the next week or two. Here's my offering this week: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4139374 I readily admit - I am reading yet another book on composition. I am not sure how much I learn, but it does make me stop and think deeper. What I see is that I've much to learn from you. Here's why: 1. Two men - one on the platform and one in the train - they look to me like two stages of the same process - boarding the train. You see, they wear the same *tonal* kind of clothes and *amazingly to me, that I see it now* the backpack's form is similar to that of coat or whatever piece of cloth the man on the platform holds. 2. The sequence of a person sitting just beneath the sign, the blurred moving person and person further to the right has same transitional properties, very similar to what I described above. Together 1 and 2 give me a sense of frozen moment yet a process in development, a motion of sorts. Further, the play of bright lamp and brighter-than-train floor smoothly let me enter the frame... All together - marvelous piece... I wish someone would analyze my photos like I just did for you bg... Frank, how's your trip across the pond going? I am rather afraid you cancelled it :-(. Boris -- Boris
FS - Having missed the Friday
Hi! I've decided to try for 31 Ltd lens... So I am selling some stuff I gather I won't be needing: 1. M 50/1.4 2. Vivitar Macro Focusing TC (7 element) 3. Sigma 18/3.5 (KA mount) If you're interested please make me an offer off-list. -- Boris
Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
On Feb 18, 2006, at 6:48 PM, Bob W wrote: Right. The paper questioning the out of Africa premise was published within the last month or so. If I recall correctly, it was published in Nature, a properly peer-reviewed journal of high integrity. I can probably find the reference if you care. Yes, please. I'd be interested to see that. Thanks, Bob It may take me a while digging through e-mails to find the one that brought this to my attention. Meanwhile, here are some of my bookmarks on this subject that may prove interesting: http://www.crystalinks.com/africacreation.html http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050516/firsthuman.html http://www.historyplace.com/pointsofview/not-out.htm http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/ 2002/07/0703_020704_georgianskull.html FWIW, I have always thought that the out of Africa theory was a house of cards built on quicksand. I had a spirited argument about this with Loius Leakey back in the 70s. Leakey wanted his own discoveries to be the beginnings of man far too much, in my opinion. I don't think he was objective about it. Bob
Re: OT: Good parenting
On Feb 19, 2006, at 1:13 AM, Derby Chang wrote: Parents find lost digital camera, but declines to return it because their child likes it. http://lostcamera.blogspot.com/2006/02/camera-unlost-but-not-quite- found.html The extra kicker about the memory cards is incredible. Over $ 300 is grand larceny. He's an idiot for not going to the police with jurisdiction over the place where he lost the camera. They are the ones to deal with the Canadians, not him. Bob
Smooth Focising
I have found that my new SMC-A 3.5 35-105mm has a lovely smooth focusing mechanism. I don't think I ever had a lens that smooth before. Not even much less used lenses. Why is that. What has changed? Is it made differently from others? I never reall understood what smothe focusing was all about - until now. I wish all my lenses were smooth like this one ;-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006
Re: Good parenting
On Feb 19, 2006, at 9:34 AM, William Robb wrote: The owner of the camera would be well advised to tell their insurance company that the camera they had lost (and I presume had claimed for) was found, and let them go after it. Good thought! Let the lawyers get involved and these people will be sorry they were ever born! Bob
RE: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
Thanks, Bob. I shall enjoy looking at those. Can't say I've ever met a Leakey, but I do have a friend called Lucy...g -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2006 15:53 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy On Feb 18, 2006, at 6:48 PM, Bob W wrote: Right. The paper questioning the out of Africa premise was published within the last month or so. If I recall correctly, it was published in Nature, a properly peer-reviewed journal of high integrity. I can probably find the reference if you care. Yes, please. I'd be interested to see that. Thanks, Bob It may take me a while digging through e-mails to find the one that brought this to my attention. Meanwhile, here are some of my bookmarks on this subject that may prove interesting: http://www.crystalinks.com/africacreation.html http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050516/firsthuman.html http://www.historyplace.com/pointsofview/not-out.htm http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/ 2002/07/0703_020704_georgianskull.html FWIW, I have always thought that the out of Africa theory was a house of cards built on quicksand. I had a spirited argument about this with Loius Leakey back in the 70s. Leakey wanted his own discoveries to be the beginnings of man far too much, in my opinion. I don't think he was objective about it. Bob
RE: Smooth Focising
What other Pentax manual focus lenses do you have? In my experience most of the good ones have very smooth focusing. One in particular that springs to mind is the M 50/1.4. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2006 16:02 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Smooth Focising I have found that my new SMC-A 3.5 35-105mm has a lovely smooth focusing mechanism. I don't think I ever had a lens that smooth before. Not even much less used lenses. Why is that. What has changed? Is it made differently from others? I never reall understood what smothe focusing was all about - until now. I wish all my lenses were smooth like this one ;-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk
Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
On Feb 19, 2006, at 11:54 AM, Bob W wrote: Thanks, Bob. I shall enjoy looking at those. If I find any more I'll post. I'll also continue to look for the e- mail that alerted me to the paper. Can't say I've ever met a Leakey, but I do have a friend called Lucy...g Well, I can say that I met him, but can't say that I liked him. Very closed minded person. Bob
RE: Smooth Focising
Yeah, I'll second that on the M50/1.4 - when I bought my LX, the shop had one and I asked them to get it out of their showcase... I put it on the camera and it was love at first twist of that focusing ring. :) So easy to turn yet well damped and smooth. --- Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What other Pentax manual focus lenses do you have? In my experience most of the good ones have very smooth focusing. One in particular that springs to mind is the M 50/1.4. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2006 16:02 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Smooth Focising I have found that my new SMC-A 3.5 35-105mm has a lovely smooth focusing mechanism. I don't think I ever had a lens that smooth before. Not even much less used lenses. Why is that. What has changed? Is it made differently from others? I never reall understood what smothe focusing was all about - until now. I wish all my lenses were smooth like this one ;-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Lasse
Hi Lasse. Yes, I am the previous jeepgirl that you remember. Sandy, Sandra, Sam, Jeepgirl, BooBoo, Blubicon, any of the above or version there of is ok with me. I am mostly Sandy though. Sami is mine. She is such a precious bundle of joy. I don't see how I can think about her and hate anything at the same time. Your caption describes her perfectly. It is so very cold out today and she brought me her coat and cried because I said it was to cold to go out. In the end she won. We call the coat she was wearing a Serpa coat. I am not sure if that was the correct name for it or not. I bought it at a store in St. Louis called Children's place. I have given up on being unsafe. I such a precious cargo to carry with me now. I tend to get crabby with unsafe drivers. :) Yes the horrid sailboat picture was mine. I have given up on filters for now. Maybe someday I will play with them but for now i want nature simply in it's best form. :) Thank you for the comments. sandy http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/698154 From: Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: I Hate Valentines Day Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:44:57 +0200 From: Sandra Hermann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:07 AM Subject: Re: I Hate Valentines Day Well I am a lady and ladies generally stop aging at a certain age.I don't know how we do it we just do. ;) I think maybe I might have found a new reason to like valentines day though. I posted a new picture. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/698154 Hi there, jeepgirl! (or Sandra, if you prefer). I guess Sami is your own girl(?). Congratulations! I immediately read the caption Hello world! I'm here and I'm getting ready for you! :-). Great picture, which brings a smile to every viewer. Btw. what do you call exactly that kind of coat? Also, I looked at the other pictures. I like them because you are picking subjects that are simple and plain, yet in a way that not everyone does. (I still clearly recall one of your very first submissions to the PUG (God, I hope I don't get you mixed up with somebody else... :-) ) when you still had to go over to your mom's to get it scanned - a photo of a sailing(?) boat/ship, a murky undefined yellowish/brownish picture that didn't even look like a photo. (Maybe that's exactly why I remember it so well, along with a few other pictures that I also liked.) I thought you had a mind of your own and I liked the pictures I saw.) You were asking for comments, the only thing I'd like to say is - go out and shoot a lot more, just the way you like it yourself, without thinking about how a good picture is supposed to look like. Then tell us when you've uploaded them. If anything I could also encourage you to be daring, not always putting the subject in the center of the picture, look for depths into the picture. Are you still making local roads unsafe and go shooting heads of snakes? :-) Thanks, Lasse
RE: PESO: Hiding From the Cold x 2
Not my typical kind of shots, but I can see why both have appeal as people shots. Tom C. From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Hiding From the Cold x 2 Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:41:17 -0500 I stopped in at Starbuck's this afternoon and took a few pics while I drank some burnt-bean coffee. (I'm not wild about their brew, but the local store is full of photo ops.). Plenty of people in the store as it was 12 degrees F outside. Of the two pics I shot, I prefer this one rendered as a high contrast BW: .http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4136905size=lg The other I like better in color: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4136912 Both are with the FA 50/1.4. The BW is f1.7 @ !/90th. The color pic is f3.5@ 1/90th. Both are ISO 400. Paul
Re: SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files
I don't buy Sigma lenses due to the problems I've had with Sigma in the past. The DA12-24 would be my choice of those two, but I personally prefer the DA14/2.8. Here's a page with DA14 examples: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/14mm-examples/ The JPEGs are full resolution and processed with Camera Raw mostly at its defaults. No additional post processing has been applied. There is a RAW file, in DNG format, downloadable if you want to fool with it yourself. I like this lens a lot. It was the motivation for why I purchased a DS in the first place, it was the only new lens I bought with the camera, and it has not disappointed me at all. I use it quite a lot. Godfrey On Feb 19, 2006, at 12:42 AM, Jarek Dabrowski wrote: Hello, I am currently planning to ruin my funds and go superwide with my DS. The choice is very limited, actually two lenses, SMC-DA 12-24/4 and Sigma 10-20/4-5.6 are available on the market (I don't want DA 10-17 Fisheye, at least I don't want it now :). The big advantages of Pentax are SMC coating, 24mm, and constant f4 aperture. Sigma goes wider, is darker (5.6), but much cheaper... So, it'time now to check the picture quality :). I found interesting comparison of superwide lenses (for Nikon, but Sigma is here): http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/nikon_articles/nikkor/af/ wide_angles_shootout/index.html I am impressed by Sigma's sharpness at the frame edge: http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/nikon_articles/nikkor/af/ wide_angles_shootout/chromatic_aberration.html As far as I know some of PDMLers have DA 12-24 - my question is, if they can share some RAW (pef or dng) files, so I can judge them by myself. If so, please send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - one ~10Mb file per email should be OK. Thanks in advance Jerry
Re: Smooth Focising
After a CLA, my A50/1.4 has a VERY nice smooth focusing feel. It felt a bit loose before the CLA, and I know I've heard a lot of people complain about that. My 35-105/3.5 isn't bad, but a CLA would probably make it even better. -Mat On 2/19/06, Jon Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I'll second that on the M50/1.4 - when I bought my LX, the shop had one and I asked them to get it out of their showcase... I put it on the camera and it was love at first twist of that focusing ring. :) So easy to turn yet well damped and smooth. --- Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What other Pentax manual focus lenses do you have? In my experience most of the good ones have very smooth focusing. One in particular that springs to mind is the M 50/1.4. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2006 16:02 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Smooth Focising I have found that my new SMC-A 3.5 35-105mm has a lovely smooth focusing mechanism. I don't think I ever had a lens that smooth before. Not even much less used lenses. Why is that. What has changed? Is it made differently from others? I never reall understood what smothe focusing was all about - until now. I wish all my lenses were smooth like this one ;-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Good parenting
On Feb 19, 2006, at 8:34, William Robb wrote: Oh dear, Parents find lost digital camera, but declines to return it because their child likes it. http://lostcamera.blogspot.com/2006/02/camera-unlost-but-not-quite- found.html The extra kicker about the memory cards is incredible. The owner of the camera would be well advised to tell their insurance company that the camera they had lost (and I presume had claimed for) was found, and let them go after it. I thought that was the best advice of all the ideas I read on there. That, and getting As It Happens involved. They'd have a FIELD day with this one! -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org
Re: Anyway to do this faster
Bruce Fraser's book is the definitive RAW workflow resource to date. I have looked at every Photoshop book that I see for RAW coverage, and so far none come up to Real World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS and the updated version for CS2. Be sure to buy the edition that covers the version of Photoshop you are using ... there are significant differences between CS and CS2. I have also been reading Real World Photoshop CS2 and Real World Color Management, 2nd Edition which Fraser collaborated on. I find them very readable and useful. Godfrey On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:25 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I was about to order a copy of Real World Camera Raw and thought that, as long as I'm ordering one book, I may want to order another book or two. Are there any other highly recommended books on camera raw that might be worth having, and what might they offer that Fraser's book doesn't. Thanks!
Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
On 19/2/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: that's a superb photo. It captures the rolling downland beautifully, with the characteristic copses on top. I'm immediately reminded of quite a famous photo by Bill Brandt of a very similar scene, but without the farm and in black and white. Why thank you very much sir. I am indebted. I did try it in black and white, but thought it a bit cliched coming from me. Coming from Brandt, it would be a masterpiece. In the end I settled for colour as I found the subtle hues of the earth caught in the light quite appealing. I'm not at my happiest with landscapes as when I get one the way I like it, it always looks like someone else's work ! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: SV: Misteries of Ken Rockwell
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: On 2006-02-18, at 23:55, Jens Bladt wrote: I hope the others are right. *ist D, DS and DS2 offers 0.95, the *ist DL 0.85 magnification ikon DX2 offers 1.0, D1X 0.8 You're not right ;-) Nikon D2X has 0.86x magnification but 100% coverage. So it should have similar size to the viewfinder in Pentax D/Ds -- Best regards Sylwek The only 1.0x viewfinder on the market today that I'm aware of is the Cosina Voightlander R3a. The D2x, D2Hs, EOS 1Ds and EOS 1D all have 100% finders IIRC. -Adam
Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
Excellent! Perfect! Cool! Did I say excellent yet? Peradventure, you did some additional compositions that you'd share? Tom C. On 2006-02-18, at 11:01, Cotty wrote: We've been so busy moving house, and then there's the day job, I haven't shot anything at all of worth since before Christmas. I was a few minutes early on my way to a job, and passed this scene. I waited 15 minutes and shot half a dozen frames but the light was shite. 90 minutes later, returning from the job, I found it slightly better. http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html
Re: Smooth Focising
All my new Pentax FA and DA lenses, with the exception of the FA135/2.8 IF, have very nice, very smooth focusing feel with just a touch of resistance for manual use. The 135's focusing ring feels a bit loose, annoying as it is such a good lens otherwise. My older M and A series Pentax lenses have from mediocre to excellent focusing feel. The ones that are mediocre in feel need a CLA as they should all be excellent. For example, the M85/2 was so stiff when I got it as to be nearly unusable. I had it cleaned and lubricated ... it became superb. Godfrey (On the basis of the good manual focusing feel, excellent performance, and additional functionality of the DA and FA lenses I've acquired for the *ist DS, I've now sold most of my older Pentax lenses. The only A series lens I intend to keep is the A50/2.8 Macro as it suits my needs/desires for macro capability very well. I also sold the black MX body, which I owned for a year and never used. Two DS bodies and the range of lenses from 14mm to 300mm, with a 2x-S teleconverter, is more than I need, and I'm putting the money returned into other equipment needs/desires. :-)
Re: Viewfinder accessories Q
On Feb 17, 2006, at 8:24 AM, Larry Levy wrote: I offer an alternative: There is a Seagull Right Angle Viewfinder from China. Yes, I'd forgotten about that one. I'm usually skeptical of the Seagull products as my past experience with Seagull lenses on their TLR cameras was pretty negative, but my friend in Gloucester bought one for his *ist D and has been happy with it. It's certainly priced right! Godfrey
Re: PESO: Hiding From the Cold x 2
Hi! I stopped in at Starbuck's this afternoon and took a few pics while I drank some burnt-bean coffee. (I'm not wild about their brew, but the local store is full of photo ops.). Plenty of people in the store as it was 12 degrees F outside. Of the two pics I shot, I prefer this one rendered as a high contrast BW: .http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4136905size=lg The other I like better in color: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4136912 Both are with the FA 50/1.4. The BW is f1.7 @ !/90th. The color pic is f3.5@ 1/90th. Both are ISO 400. Paul, the color one is well not bad... The b/w one is excellent. Are you sure they serve only coffee in Star Bucks? Boris
Re: Anyway to do this faster
Thanks so much, Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Bruce Fraser's book is the definitive RAW workflow resource to date. I have looked at every Photoshop book that I see for RAW coverage, and so far none come up to Real World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS and the updated version for CS2. Be sure to buy the edition that covers the version of Photoshop you are using ... there are significant differences between CS and CS2. I have also been reading Real World Photoshop CS2 and Real World Color Management, 2nd Edition which Fraser collaborated on. I find them very readable and useful. Shel Belinkoff wrote: I was about to order a copy of Real World Camera Raw and thought that, as long as I'm ordering one book, I may want to order another book or two. Are there any other highly recommended books on camera raw that might be worth having, and what might they offer that Fraser's book doesn't.
Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
Cotty wrote: We've been so busy moving house, and then there's the day job, I haven't shot anything at all of worth since before Christmas. I was a few minutes early on my way to a job, and passed this scene. I waited 15 minutes and shot half a dozen frames but the light was shite. 90 minutes later, returning from the job, I found it slightly better. http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ yeah - don't know what the light was before but this light is lovely to my eye. what a stark place. ann
RE: Smooth Focising
Well, let's see. A- 2.8/20mm, M 2.8/35, M 1.7/50, A 2.8/28, K 2.5/135, M 4/200, K 2.8/150, M* 4/300, M 4/75-150 - and perhaps a few more. None of them are smoth as the A 3.5/35-105mm. I had a A 1.4/50mm once (got the FA version instead) - it was quite smooth too. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. februar 2006 18:02 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: RE: Smooth Focising What other Pentax manual focus lenses do you have? In my experience most of the good ones have very smooth focusing. One in particular that springs to mind is the M 50/1.4. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2006 16:02 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Smooth Focising I have found that my new SMC-A 3.5 35-105mm has a lovely smooth focusing mechanism. I don't think I ever had a lens that smooth before. Not even much less used lenses. Why is that. What has changed? Is it made differently from others? I never reall understood what smothe focusing was all about - until now. I wish all my lenses were smooth like this one ;-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006
Re: PESO: Hiding From the Cold x 2
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! I stopped in at Starbuck's this afternoon and took a few pics while I drank some burnt-bean coffee. (I'm not wild about their brew, but the local store is full of photo ops.). Plenty of people in the store as it was 12 degrees F outside. Of the two pics I shot, I prefer this one rendered as a high contrast BW: .http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4136905size=lg The other I like better in color: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4136912 Both are with the FA 50/1.4. The BW is f1.7 @ !/90th. The color pic is f3.5@ 1/90th. Both are ISO 400. Paul, the color one is well not bad... The b/w one is excellent. Are you sure they serve only coffee in Star Bucks? Yeah, y'know, I was wondering about that, too. I don't drink coffee at all, and I've found a few things to eat and drink in the Starbucks (plural) 'round here. g ERNR
Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
I agree. I'd frame and hang this one. Very well done. Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: On 2006-02-18, at 11:01, Cotty wrote: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html Wow! What a beatiful composition of trees on the hill and buildings below. Toned colours add much to the overall atmosphere. Very well done Cotty!
Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
Malcolm Smith wrote: mike wilson wrote: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html The sky is beautifully captured. Ever so slightly better indeed. Now, kind sir, would you please explain what Copse means? Similar, but not exactly the same as, spinney. 8-))) Small group of trees. Copse in London translates as 'Luxury development of flats or houses available shortly'. Malcolm So the same as meadow, ancient woodland and flood plain, then? m
IR filters
The recent IR thread got me curious about IR and digital. Is there a Cokin equivalent to the Hoya R72? 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: Pentax USA email address
Shel Belinkoff wrote: That's exactly the address I wanted. He, thorough someone that he knows, offered some suggestions and i wanted to contact him directly for clarification. Thanks. See, even your feeble sense of humour can provide useful information. Shel And when I try to teach people something they laugh at me. I think I'm getting the hang of this, now.. [Original Message] From: mike wilson Mike, if you'd be kind enough to send or post the address of the Canadian guy, I'd appreciate it. There seems to be plenty of DS2's in Canada and I have a couple of questions re: warranty. I'm afraid it was my pitiful sense of humour at work. The addresses I have are for Marco, who asked for pictures recently. For what they are worth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
mike wilson wrote: Now, kind sir, would you please explain what Copse means? Similar, but not exactly the same as, spinney. 8-))) Small group of trees. Copse in London translates as 'Luxury development of flats or houses available shortly'. Malcolm So the same as meadow, ancient woodland and flood plain, then? Goodness me, no: Meadow = slip road Ancient Woodland = bypass Flood Plain = industrial area Malcolm
RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html yeah - don't know what the light was before but this light is lovely to my eye. what a stark place. Ann, it's chalk downland - the same stuff as the White Cliffs of Dover. It was once the bottom of an ocean, and the hills rise and swell like the ocean. The chalk, as you probably know, is the remains of trillions of little creatures that died over millions of years. The soil is very thin on top, and of course drains easily, so it can have the feeling of a desert when you're out in that landscape. But it's the same landscape in which you find places like Stonehenge and Avebury, where early Britons made their living. Excellent walking territory. Cotty has really done it justice with that photo. Bob
Re: Misteries of Ken Rockwell
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: Misteries of Ken Rockwell He's not using his mouth. As usual. Nor his brain. William Robb He's definitly got an orifice. Not sure about the organ.
Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
Bob W wrote: Now, kind sir, would you please explain what Copse means? Similar, but not exactly the same as, spinney. 8-))) Small group of trees. Copse in London translates as 'Luxury development of flats or houses available shortly'. Malcolm So the same as meadow, ancient woodland and flood plain, then? Goodness me, no: Meadow = slip road Ancient Woodland = bypass Flood Plain = industrial area Hey! I live in a floodplain! This is brought home to me quite regularly when I walk along the side of the river when there's a very high tide lapping over the berm - which is at the height of the 1st floor windows of the nearest houses... I hope this thing works: http://wwp.greenwichengland.co.uk/tourism/barrier.htm Bob It's been used a total of 30-odd times, of which 14 are in the last five years. Does that tell you anything? m
Jazz Portraits
From today's Kansas City Star... http://www.kansascity.com/multimedia/kansascity/archive/starmag/ Starmag_02192006_md/index.htm The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/living/13899769.htm (c) 2006 Kansas City Star and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.
Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR
I thought I would come out of lurk mode long enough to show off my new toy, what I believe to be the world's smallest full-frame 35mm SLR. http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncamikey/101750740/ I have had the *ist about two years now, and love it. After I saw the reports from Mark Lindamood and others that the DA 40mm will work on 35mm (despite what Pentax says), I knew I had to get one eventually. It arrived from Adorama on Friday. My Flickr photostream shows how this body/lens can fit into my pocket, and a couple of test shots that clearly show no vignetting. 40mm is a lovely focal length -- I can understand why it was so popular on some rangefinders. *UncaMikey
RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
mike wilson wrote: Hey! I live in a floodplain! This is brought home to me quite regularly when I walk along the side of the river when there's a very high tide lapping over the berm - which is at the height of the 1st floor windows of the nearest houses... I hope this thing works: http://wwp.greenwichengland.co.uk/tourism/barrier.htm Bob It's been used a total of 30-odd times, of which 14 are in the last five years. Does that tell you anything? A vast stretch of Waltham Abbey has been built on, which was former floodland (and much is now Sainsbury's vast southern area depot on the edge of the M25) and over the last few years, parts of the town which hadn't seen floods before or for about a century got flooded - no connection there, eh? I'd swap your car for a boat Bob! Some of the folk up the road who sail on the Essex coast, found their boats on the drive sailable during those last events...:-( Malcolm
Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR
Cute little body, but the lack of compatibility with non-A lenses kills it for me. --- Unca Mikey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought I would come out of lurk mode long enough to show off my new toy, what I believe to be the world's smallest full-frame 35mm SLR. http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncamikey/101750740/ I have had the *ist about two years now, and love it. After I saw the reports from Mark Lindamood and others that the DA 40mm will work on 35mm (despite what Pentax says), I knew I had to get one eventually. It arrived from Adorama on Friday. My Flickr photostream shows how this body/lens can fit into my pocket, and a couple of test shots that clearly show no vignetting. 40mm is a lovely focal length -- I can understand why it was so popular on some rangefinders. *UncaMikey __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Update on D FA 50 F2.8 Macro
Joseph, although the picture is lovely and I like shooting roses too, I think you oversharpened this one. The petal edge on the right looks very unnatural to me. And WRT your testing and comparison of D-FA and FA 50/2.8 macro, how did you judge focus? Which body did you use? Did you focus by the screen, did you use focus confirmation in the finder, did you vary distances slightly? I have experienced deviations between the screen image and the final picture in the past, so I don't trustlens sharpness tests that don't take this into account, too. I do not want to say that you did sloppy testing. I just want to propose that the tested lenses might be even better, if you don#t trust the image on the focusing screen too much. Pancho Joseph Tainter schrieb: Here's an early photo: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3537/display/5022625 Joe
ist D question
Why would an ist D underexpose only when in manual mode? (I'm toying with bidding for one on eBay that reportedly has this problem). Rick __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: hallmark collection
Thanks - this is the print I saw. The entire Hallmark collection is now at the Nelson-Atkins museum in KC. The museum is currently being expanded, the new space will include a continuing/changing exhibit from this collection. Currently they are showing 31 prints as teasers. From http://www.nelson-atkins.org/ ... Celebrating a Grand Gift: The Hallmark Photographic Collection Through April 30 - Gallery 208 The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has announced its acquisition of the complete Hallmark Photographic Collection, considered the most broad-ranging and important private collection of American photography. Thirty-one pieces are on display. The collection spans the entire history of photography, from 1839 to the present, with works by such renowned pioneers and masters as Southworth Hawes, Carleton Watkins, Timothy O’Sullivan, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Alfred Stieglitz, Dorothea Lange, Harry Callahan, Lee Friedlander, Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman. Stan On Feb 18, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Derby Chang wrote: Anyone in Kansas City? For the poster who liked Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother, a print is in this collection. I remember seeing selections of the Hallmark collection when it toured here. Quality. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/18/arts/design/18phot.html? _r=18hpiboref=slogin http://tinyurl.com/bvfu8 (free registration required) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc
Re: ist D question
If they're using K/M or M42 lenses in manual for exposures longer than about 1/2 second, I found the D's meter to underexpose. It gets less accurate when there's little light. -Adam Rick Womer wrote: Why would an ist D underexpose only when in manual mode? (I'm toying with bidding for one on eBay that reportedly has this problem). Rick __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR
On 19/2/06, Unca Mikey, discombobulated, unleashed: I thought I would come out of lurk mode long enough to show off my new toy, what I believe to be the world's smallest full-frame 35mm SLR. http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncamikey/101750740/ That is the ugliest thing I have seen in a long while! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
Hey! I live in a floodplain! This is brought home to me quite regularly when I walk along the side of the river when there's a very high tide lapping over the berm - which is at the height of the 1st floor windows of the nearest houses... I hope this thing works: http://wwp.greenwichengland.co.uk/tourism/barrier.htm Bob It's been used a total of 30-odd times, of which 14 are in the last five years. Does that tell you anything? I know - I've seen it. One of these days the water will get smart, and go round it. When the gates are up it's quite eerie on the river. The water is flat calm, with nothing moving. Very strange atmosphere. Bob
Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
On 19/2/06, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: Peradventure, you did some additional compositions that you'd share? Ack - you wanna see the damned contacts?? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse
I'm blushing. Seriously, thanks for the plaudits. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR
Unca Mikey wrote: I thought I would come out of lurk mode long enough to show off my new toy, what I believe to be the world's smallest full-frame 35mm SLR. http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncamikey/101750740/ I have had the *ist about two years now, and love it. After I saw the reports from Mark Lindamood and others that the DA 40mm will work on 35mm (despite what Pentax says), I knew I had to get one eventually. It arrived from Adorama on Friday. My Flickr photostream shows how this body/lens can fit into my pocket, and a couple of test shots that clearly show no vignetting. 40mm is a lovely focal length -- I can understand why it was so popular on some rangefinders. *UncaMikey It's small, but my MX with a 50mm f2 is smaller (And the 40mm M would be tiny) -Adam
Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
Interrested? Got the latest one and there are quite a number of lenses tested. There's discussion about this on dpreview forum but if you wish I could scan the sheets? Of course, comments are in french but could be still useful. So, will I scan? -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
Yes, please! (ou, oui s'il vous plait!) Rick --- Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interrested? Got the latest one and there are quite a number of lenses tested. There's discussion about this on dpreview forum but if you wish I could scan the sheets? Of course, comments are in french but could be still useful. So, will I scan? -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ... __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
On 2006-02-19, at 22:45, Thibouille wrote: So, will I scan? Yes, please be so good for us :-) -- Best regards Sylwek
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
you will. best, mishka On 2/19/06, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, will I scan? -- Thibouille
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:14 PM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: On 2006-02-19, at 22:45, Thibouille wrote: So, will I scan? Yes, please be so good for us :-) Excuse me for being a bringdown and all. But can anyone say copyright? Bob
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
you mean fair use? best, mishka On 2/19/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But can anyone say copyright? Bob
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:34 PM, Mishka wrote: you mean fair use? best, mishka Fair use is quoting a small portion of an article for the purposes of critique or review. The only fair use exemption for complete articles is narrowly defined for bona fide educational institutions. Copying and distributing a complete article, or other copyright protected work, is a violation of copyright law, even if no financial gain is involved. I live by the copyrights on my works, so it really bothers me to see copyright treated in a cavalier manner, particularly on a photography list. What's wrong with those interested getting their own copies of the magazine so the authors can make their livings? Bob
Re: ist D question
On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 01:14:14PM -0800, Rick Womer wrote: Why would an ist D underexpose only when in manual mode? (I'm toying with bidding for one on eBay that reportedly has this problem). Rick It probably wouldn't. But it's quite possible that, if the user is trying to use the green button trick to meter with older pre-A lenses stopped down to small apertures, that the camera is being asked to meter at a light level that falls outside the specifications of the meter cell. Would that lead to overexposure or to underexposure?
RE: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
If it's legal to put them on the web it woluid be very nice :-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Thibouille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. februar 2006 22:46 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images Interrested? Got the latest one and there are quite a number of lenses tested. There's discussion about this on dpreview forum but if you wish I could scan the sheets? Of course, comments are in french but could be still useful. So, will I scan? -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ... -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006
Diane Arbus in BCN
If any of you is going to visit Barcelona until mid
May, there is a big exhibit of Diane Arbus work
('Diane Arbus Revelations').
It is showed in CaixaForum building and the entrance
is free.
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RE: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
You might put them in a secret place that requires a pasword. It's easy to make a pdf-file with a pass word. You might call it somethin cryptic - and let us know :_)) Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Mishka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. februar 2006 23:34 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images you mean fair use? best, mishka On 2/19/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But can anyone say copyright? Bob -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
It would be legal for Thibouille to retype just the numeric ratings from the lens tests. But scanning the pages, or retyping the opinions comments (except for brief excerpts for the purpose of a critique) is not. On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 11:50:44PM +0100, Jens Bladt wrote: If it's legal to put them on the web it woluid be very nice :-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Thibouille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. februar 2006 22:46 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images Interrested? Got the latest one and there are quite a number of lenses tested. There's discussion about this on dpreview forum but if you wish I could scan the sheets? Of course, comments are in french but could be still useful. So, will I scan? -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ... -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
I regard that as even worse than just openly publishing them - it's a tacit admission that you know you're doing something wrong. On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 11:53:10PM +0100, Jens Bladt wrote: You might put them in a secret place that requires a pasword. It's easy to make a pdf-file with a pass word. You might call it somethin cryptic - and let us know :_)) Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Mishka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. februar 2006 23:34 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images you mean fair use? best, mishka On 2/19/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But can anyone say copyright? Bob -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 02/17/2006
RE: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
I bough it last Friday (I can found it quite easily in Barcelona). I am glad that they liked 'my' A50/1.4, even more than the FA also tested. They also liked 'my' FA35/2 and 18-55 kit lens. By the way, what does 'dénicher' mean? (in the A50/1.4 text) --- Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Interrested? Got the latest one and there are quite a number of lenses tested. There's discussion about this on dpreview forum but if you wish I could scan the sheets? Of course, comments are in french but could be still useful. So, will I scan? -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ... __ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: If it's legal to put them on the web it woluid be very nice :-) Regards It's legal for Chasseur d'Image to put them up on their web site. Anyone else would need their permission to do so. Do they normally post their tests on their site? Bob
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:56 PM, John Francis wrote: It would be legal for Thibouille to retype just the numeric ratings from the lens tests. But scanning the pages, or retyping the opinions comments (except for brief excerpts for the purpose of a critique) is not. Correct. But if you like the work this magazine does, you should support it by buying the magazine. Doing proper lab tests costs money, and the only way they can make money and do more tests is if you buy the magazine. I've seen Chasseur on some US news stands, and I am sure you can order copies. Bob
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:57 PM, John Francis wrote: I regard that as even worse than just openly publishing them - it's a tacit admission that you know you're doing something wrong. Yep. Bob
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
Good point Bob. Problem is, I've never been able to find Chasseurs d'Images in Philly; I've only ever found it in Europe. Maybe he could email us the tables off-list? Rick --- Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:14 PM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: On 2006-02-19, at 22:45, Thibouille wrote: So, will I scan? Yes, please be so good for us :-) Excuse me for being a bringdown and all. But can anyone say copyright? Bob __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Jazz Portraits
Quoting Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From today's Kansas City Star... http://www.kansascity.com/multimedia/kansascity/archive/starmag/ Starmag_02192006_md/index.htm The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/living/13899769.htm (c) 2006 Kansas City Star and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved. These are wonderful. Large format, but spontaneous. D
Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
John Forbes wrote: On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:01:36 -, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most of the most highly regarded scientists, politicians, and heros of all sorts prior to the 20th century and many in the 20th century believed in God. These include Isaac Newton, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln... I'm sure we could keep going. Many consider themselves too enlightened for that now. I wonder what changed? Tom C. It's called Enlightenment. You mean Endarkenment. John
Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images
On Feb 19, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Good point Bob. Having been in the photo magazine biz for a long time I know the frustrations of doing good lab tests. Back in the early 90s when we were doing PhotoPRO magazine we did some real lens tests. Cost a bundle, and got us mostly grief from manufacturers when their stuff scored poorly. Problem is, I've never been able to find Chasseurs d'Images in Philly; I've only ever found it in Europe. I don't know about Philly, but I've seen it in NYC and I think in some other US cities. I'd look for it at news stands in French neighborhoods, if there are any in Philly. I used to pick it up and read it now and then. Maybe he could email us the tables off-list? Just the tables might qualify under fair use. Bob
Re: Best Photo Ever
From those I've posted, either as PESO's or in the PUG, this is a really old one that I still think is one of my best non-people shots: http://pug.komkon.org/99oct/Catch.htm Now I'll have to go find a people one... John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:53 PM Subject: Poll: Best Photo Ever My Anti-Valentines day post the other day got me thinking (a rare occurance to be sure). There, I posted this photo: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5806/2203/1600/haley.jpg which happens to be my favourite photo of mine. It's a close race, actually, because until I took that one a couple of years ago, this one was my fave: http://urbancaravan.com/graphics/asian_girl.jpg It's still a close call, but I think the first one is currently my favourite. Now, given the general mediocrity of the thousands and thousand of frames that I've taken over the years, picking a favourite, or a few favourites may not be such a huge problem g. How about you? Do you have a favourite among the many photos you've taken? If so, can you post it? I think it might be interesting to see how personal favourites might differ from what I perceive as the style of that photographer. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: IR filters
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Re: ist D question
John Francis wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 01:14:14PM -0800, Rick Womer wrote: Why would an ist D underexpose only when in manual mode? (I'm toying with bidding for one on eBay that reportedly has this problem). Rick It probably wouldn't. But it's quite possible that, if the user is trying to use the green button trick to meter with older pre-A lenses stopped down to small apertures, that the camera is being asked to meter at a light level that falls outside the specifications of the meter cell. Would that lead to overexposure or to underexposure? Underexposure, from experience. -Adam
Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
On 2/19/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You must immediately change your surname to Meursault, and go outside. Sadly, I'm probably more of a Clamence. We're both ex-lawyers; I became a bike messenger, he became a drunk, we're both judge-penitents. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR
Cotty wrote: On 19/2/06, Unca Mikey, discombobulated, unleashed: I thought I would come out of lurk mode long enough to show off my new toy, what I believe to be the world's smallest full-frame 35mm SLR. http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncamikey/101750740/ That is the ugliest thing I have seen in a long while! Cheers, Cotty I broke into paroxysms of laughter, Cot, ol' friend! On the other hand, I didn't' know it was so SMALL! H. keith
Re: SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files
Godfrey DiGiorgi napisał(a): I don't buy Sigma lenses due to the problems I've had with Sigma in the past. The DA12-24 would be my choice of those two, but I personally prefer the DA14/2.8. Here's a page with DA14 examples: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/14mm-examples/ Thanks - I've seen these photos already - but I still want it wider than 14mm. I used to have 20mm on 35mm film, and I always wanted to go wider with my DS, so probably I'll stick with Sigma (today a Polish Pentax mailing-list member posted some examples (raw and jpg) from his lens, and they rather convinced me to buy it. Redars, Jerry
Re: SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files
Jarek Dabrowski wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi napisał(a): Why does that not surprise me? (Just kidding, G. ol' pal... I found it impossible to pass up a good straight line!) [...] keith
Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR
I checked the dimensions and it seems that the MX and some other M-series bodies are smaller than the *ist. The biggest issue is the depth of the camera bodies as far as being able to slip them into a pocket. I've been able to slide the MX into a large shirt pocket. Can't do that with the *ist because it's thicker. The *ist is quite a bit lighter, however. Shel Unca Mikey said I thought I would come out of lurk mode long enough to show off my new toy, what I believe to be the world's smallest full-frame 35mm SLR. http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncamikey/101750740/ [Original Message] From: keith_w I didn't' know it was so SMALL! H. keith
Fair use, intimidation, and copyright (was Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images)
This thread reminds me of something that happened a few years ago. Klaus Schroiff of the Photozone website (www.photozone.de) used to have a wonderful compilation of lens tests. His tables included ratings from Color Foto, Popular Photography, and Chasseur d'Image magazines and included pretty much every Pentax lens that was current at the time and most of the third party offerings. Fair use or not, I believe that one or more of the magazines threatened him into pulling the list off of the web. So it looks to me like the photography magazines are as tweaky about their product (lens ratings) as the lens makers are about theirs (the lenses themselves). By the way, I think that fair use is a concept specific to United States copyright law and legal precedent. What are the rules in Europe? --Mark
Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE
On 2/18/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip. While incidents were recorded with almost all makes, they were most common with Audi, due apparently to the close placement of accelerator and brake pedals and perhaps to a large number of numb owners. I agree with that, Paul. Pedal placement, stupid drivers who don't want to admit to their insurance companies that they made a mistake, and a third factor: A litigious society, contingency fees, and lawyers who will take anything to trial if they see dollar signs at the end of the road. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files
On Feb 19, 2006, at 4:26 PM, keith_w wrote: Jarek Dabrowski wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi napisał(a): Why does that not surprise me? (Just kidding, G. ol' pal... I found it impossible to pass up a good straight line!) If I knew what it meant, would I be offended? ;-) Godfrey
