Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?
Brendan, I used to have the FA28-105/3.2-4.5 AL IF. Never had any issues with focusing. Several people told me that they had problems with that lens, but mine worked flawlessly. Godfrey On Aug 26, 2006, at 6:51 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't own this lens, but I have a number of FA lenses, and they all autofocus very well on both of my *ist D cameras. You can read a lot of things on dpreview that aren't necessarily true. A lot of wonky users over there. Paul My thoughts exactly. Anyway, I just wanted to check here to make the guy feel a little better. AF should work fine according to everything I've seen (including the *ist DL manual). -Brendan __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
It seems that link no longer works. Bob Shell wrote: Is it real or is it Photoshop? www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php? attachmentid=31924d=1156557449 -- -- Its easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same qualities they do. Cats are irresponsible and recognize no authority, yet are completely dependent on others for their material needs. Cats cannot be made to do anything useful. Cats are mean for the fun of it P. J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please
Godfrey, As I was trying to say, following your advice would mean I'd have to get myself an *istDxxx or something like that. I'm still on film, there's only two PS digis around here (whereas one of them is an Oly C-5050, which isn't PS only). Thel lens arrived yesterday, I'll try it and if it's as good as expected I surely won't regret spending some money on an appropriate hood. Pancho Godfrey DiGiorgi schrieb: On Aug 25, 2006, at 11:40 AM, Pancho Hasselbach wrote: A wideangle hood for 67mm filter thread might be quite bulky, and, as you say, of little use on the long end, but I think the original hood is a little better due to the tulip form. ... I wasn't thinking of a wideangle hood. A lens hood for a normal lens on a 35mm camera, which is what the standard hoods from Kalt are made for, will work fine for a 24mm lens on the DS. I use Kalt standard lens hoods for everything down to the FA20-35 with no vignetting. Same for the 28-105 ... it worked at least as well as the standard Pentax hood (designed for 35mm format again). For best results at the long end, a bit of a snoot would do well to extend it. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lenshood-lineup-1845.jpg Tulip shaped hoods are a compromise too. ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The what is an *istD worth watch
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: You're right. Just looked again. It's now at $540 with almost two days to go. Five bids. Most of them from Europe. I warned the top bidder that shipping was about $50. Apparently, that's okay with him. He has customs and VAT to worry about. My (probably conservative, has to be said) rule of thumb for the UK is 33% on the purchase + PP; digital cameras may not have import duties though, they didn't last I checked, so only VAT. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=180020779578 Kostas (trimmed the URL a bit) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT: Cameras on film Topaz
I was watching Hitchcock's Topaz last night and noticed a 6x7 (?) and what looked like a bayonet 35mm. Any idea what these were? Just curious, Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Any lens hood is a compromise on a zoom lens at some point or another. A tulip shaped hood gives a little more coverage than a barrel shaped hood, but only in a four-pronged shape that has edges which must be oriented correctly or you get vignetting. And it's harder to fit a hood cap with a more complex lens hood shape. Sorry, I need to process your statement a bit: are you saying that a tulip hood in principle gives more protection than a barrel hood but is harder to design, so results in reality vary? Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?
The same kind of fault happened to me with my D and three different samples of genuine smc Pentax-F 70-210 zoom lenses. From 70 to about 135, everything works fine. Past 135 up to 210 you cannot make AF work properly, irrespectively of environment light, subject contrast, etc. It doesn't hunt, it just focuses much nearer than the subject is, while the AF confirmation LED lies telling everything's OK. Of course, those F 70-210 autofocus well on my MZ-S and MZ-5 at any focal length. Of course, my D autofocuses well with any other lens I've tried since. AFAIK, the F 70-210 is the only lens having AF problems with my D (or my D only has AF problems with the F 70-210, if you prefer) so I just stopped fiddling with such a useless combo. Since for most of my work (night shots, concerts and the like) I truly don't need a slow maximum speed of F5.6, I ended up buying a Sigma 70-200 F2.8 instead: wonderful lens and perfect AF at any f-stop and any focal length :-) Dario - Original Message - From: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 4:30 AM Subject: Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues? On 27/08/06, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My thoughts exactly. Anyway, I just wanted to check here to make the guy feel a little better. AF should work fine according to everything I've seen (including the *ist DL manual). I know a user who has had to send his *ist D (and lenses) back for service as it refused to correctly focus with particular genuine Pentax lenses (some LTD), so it definitely can happen. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO -- Good Intentions + Bad Plan =
There's a very good set of photos of the effects of Katrina by Thomas Dworak on Slate at the moment http://todayspictures.slate.com/20060825/ -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: 26 August 2006 15:59 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO -- Good Intentions + Bad Plan = I'm not going to say you're wrong, anything is possible in Louisiana, but if anyone is still living in a tent this long after Katrina they probably deserve it. A lot of the relief money that was handed out in the immediate aftermath was spent on necessities such as booze, firearms and strippers, when it was meant for food and shelter. In other words it a choice not a necessity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Coolscan (again)... don't try this at home
Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They can leave the factory with film on the mirror and lens. Not sure they leave the factory like this but I've had this with practically all my scanners: film, flatbed, Nikon and Epson, various models. I've seen the same effect on the insides of the windows in new cars. My father kept complaining that there was always some kind of mess on them insides after he had quit smoking. The cuplrit is the same in both cases. It's the softening agents gassing out of new plastics. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: SNAFU
Perfectly normal operation at the Seraing (Belgium) coking plant: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/6506220 Comments and suggestins as always most welcome. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO: SNAFU
Ralf, fascinating picture again! I can smell the NOx from my screen. Henk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralf R. Radermacher Sent: 27 August, 2006 11:17 AM To: Pentax Mailingliste Subject: PESO: SNAFU Perfectly normal operation at the Seraing (Belgium) coking plant: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/6506220 Comments and suggestins as always most welcome. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The what is an *istD worth watch
On 27/8/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis, discombobulated, unleashed: He has customs and VAT to worry about. My (probably conservative, has to be said) rule of thumb for the UK is 33% on the purchase + PP; digital cameras may not have import duties though, they didn't last I checked, so only VAT. This is very hit and miss in the UK. I had a lens arrive from the states once with a value of 650 bucks written on the customs label and it just landed on my doorstep. Another time something arrived for just over a hundred dollars and I had to pay another 30 or so to receive it! Each time it was used photo gear. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO: SNAFU
that's very good. Most of your industrial photos leave me cold - it's just not my kind of subject matter - but this one is very effective and interesting. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralf R. Radermacher Sent: 27 August 2006 10:17 To: Pentax Mailingliste Subject: PESO: SNAFU Perfectly normal operation at the Seraing (Belgium) coking plant: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/6506220 Comments and suggestins as always most welcome. Ralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Coolscan (again)... don't try this at home
On 27/08/06, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure they leave the factory like this but I've had this with practically all my scanners: film, flatbed, Nikon and Epson, various models. I've seen the same effect on the insides of the windows in new cars. My father kept complaining that there was always some kind of mess on them insides after he had quit smoking. The cuplrit is the same in both cases. It's the softening agents gassing out of new plastics. Very true, I expect with scanners it depends a lot on how long they have sat around and in what conditions prior to purchase. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: photoshop elements 3.0 and opacity.
Very Nice. Enjoyed the blog and the picture of Sami. If you wanted to work on it some more, you might remove some of the background distractions behind the type. Use your clone tool and extend the grass, the pavement and the trees to cover the blue, yellow and green thingamajiggies that are seen back there. But overall I like the result. Paul On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:13 AM, Sandra Hermann wrote: http://blubicon.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk
On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:12 AM, David Mann wrote: My brother-in-law spent some time as a cycle courier in London and he's told me a couple of interesting stories. While I'd love to get paid to ride a bike all day, I don't fancy doing so in the middle of any city. Last time I was in London I took a cab to a central destination. The cabbie pulled over to the curb, I paid him, and when I opened the door to get out a bike courier slammed right into it and went head over heels through the air over the door. Good thing my arm was out of the way! He got up, dusted himself off, and then proceeded to curse a blue streak at me, as if his idiocy was somehow my fault. I just went on my way and left him and the cabbie arguing over who was going to pay to fix the bike. Once in New Orleans I was about to get out of a cab under one of those hotel verandas with multiple cab lanes. I opened the door and was about to step out when an impatient driver tried to zip around the cab way too fast and completely took the door off. Getting out of cabs appears to be a dangerous thing for me. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
Works fine if you fix the like break. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/o94t9 Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 2:51 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: It seems that link no longer works. Bob Shell wrote: Is it real or is it Photoshop? www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php? attachmentid=31924d=1156557449 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
That doesn't work either. I get: Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator Dave On 8/27/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Works fine if you fix the like break. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/o94t9 Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
Bob Shell wrote: Works fine if you fix the like break. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/o94t9 Both that link and the original give me Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT: Anyone have 24MB of web space free?
I made some quick and dirty lens comparison shots last week (DA16-45 vs A20/2.8 and A24/2.8) but I have no time to pare them down nor a place to put them temporarily for DL. So does anyone have 24MB of web space free that would be willing to host a zip file full of JPGs? Please let me know if you could host them for a few days so that anyone interested can check them out. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The what is an *istD worth watch
Cotty wrote: On 27/8/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis, discombobulated, unleashed: He has customs and VAT to worry about. My (probably conservative, has to be said) rule of thumb for the UK is 33% on the purchase + PP; digital cameras may not have import duties though, they didn't last I checked, so only VAT. This is very hit and miss in the UK. I had a lens arrive from the states once with a value of 650 bucks written on the customs label and it just landed on my doorstep. Another time something arrived for just over a hundred dollars and I had to pay another 30 or so to receive it! Each time it was used photo gear. Same thing here in Croatia. Sometimes they leave you alone, sometimes you have to pay pure luck. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], IRC:[EMAIL PROTECTED], /bin/zsh. C|NK -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
Must be a problem with your system. Both work just fine for me. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 8:24 AM, David Savage wrote: That doesn't work either. I get: Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator Dave On 8/27/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Works fine if you fix the like break. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/o94t9 Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: CF v SD Cards
On 24/08/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excellent. look forward to seeing the results. I'll have to see how much displacement my barrel shows when I have time. I know there is some. The 12-24, on the other hand, doesn't extend very far and shows virtually no movement. It's apparently a completely different design. I made some quick and dirty comparisons between my DA16-45/4, A20/2.8 and A24/2.8 on Friday, the DA isn't as bad as I recalled but it does have some strange characteristics that I'm at odds with. Sharpness wise the DA seems a pretty competent performer however it does also exhibit purple/green CA which on the skyline is a lot more noticeable than either of the primes at any aperture (though the A24 exhibits some red/green CA). The DA also exhibits a strange tendency to stretch the corners of the frame far more than the fixed lenses (the fixed lenses do tend towards some barrel distortion but not significantly). In any case since I have little spare time at the moment I've made the test image files available as full res jpgs in a 24MB zip file at: http://home.exetel.com.au/loveday/DAZoomTest.zip Many thanks for the web space Peter. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
On 27/08/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Must be a problem with your system. Both work just fine for me. Neither link works for me either, but nor am I a member of the board. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
vacation
Hi guys Not that I've been particularly active on the list recently but I'm going on vacation and un-subbing for a week. See you after Labor day (US Holiday) Hopefully will have some pictures Play nice :) Butch -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
Neither work for me either, and I am a site member, perhaps they live on in yur browser cache? -Adam Bob Shell wrote: Must be a problem with your system. Both work just fine for me. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 8:24 AM, David Savage wrote: That doesn't work either. I get: Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator Dave On 8/27/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Works fine if you fix the like break. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/o94t9 Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk
Bob Shell wrote: On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:12 AM, David Mann wrote: My brother-in-law spent some time as a cycle courier in London and he's told me a couple of interesting stories. While I'd love to get paid to ride a bike all day, I don't fancy doing so in the middle of any city. Last time I was in London I took a cab to a central destination. The cabbie pulled over to the curb, I paid him, and when I opened the door to get out a bike courier slammed right into it and went head over heels through the air over the door. Good thing my arm was out of the way! He got up, dusted himself off, and then proceeded to curse a blue streak at me, as if his idiocy was somehow my fault. I just went on my way and left him and the cabbie arguing over who was going to pay to fix the bike. You don't look before you open a door into traffic? Bikes don't stop instantaneously nor can they always avoid the door opened in their face. Unless this was the curb-side door of the car, you were entirely at fault here (If it was the curb-side door, everything changes and the cyclist was doing something extremely stupid). If a car had taken the door off what would you say? Don't open doors into traffic unless you look first. Once in New Orleans I was about to get out of a cab under one of those hotel verandas with multiple cab lanes. I opened the door and was about to step out when an impatient driver tried to zip around the cab way too fast and completely took the door off. Getting out of cabs appears to be a dangerous thing for me. Bob The second story however is entirely the cabbie's fault. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
Last night I also found the links not to work, but was able to find the pics and info by manually navigating to the RFF News forum and reading the thread there (and I'm not a member). Trying the same thing now, it appears that that thread has disappeared there. -Marco On Aug 27, 2006, at 6:58 AM, Adam Maas wrote: Neither work for me either, and I am a site member, perhaps they live on in yur browser cache? -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)
P.S. A Stereo Realist and a Fuji Instax -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Farr Sent: Saturday, 26 August 2006 10:59 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting) These are cameras, some mine and others belonging to employers, with which I've burned film or memory, in no particular order. I have some others which are either inheritances or curiosities, but which I haven't used. Pentax 6x7 Pentax SP1000 Pentax ME Super Pentax Super A Pentax P30t Bronica ETR Mamiya RB67 ProS Mamiya Press Hasselblad ELM Rolleiflex TLR w Schneider 75/2.8 Linhof Technika 45 Linhof Technika 23 Toyo View 4x5 Monorail Sinar 4x5 Monorail Arca Swiss 4x5 Monorail Horseman 4x5 Monorail Nikkormat FT2 Nikon F Nikon FM Nikon FM2 Nikon FE Nikon FE2 Nikon F801 Fuji 35mm Microfilm camera Klimsch Commodore 40in x 40in graphic arts camera De Vere 8x10 vertical copy camera with 4x5 back Agfa Optima 1035 Some Instamatics A no-name SVGA digicam Fujifilm 2800Z Fujifilm S7000 Regards, Anthony Farr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Loveless Sent: Thursday, 24 August 2006 4:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting) On 8/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same guy. I'll debate you when I think you're attacking Pentax unfairly. But that's just to help maintain list equilibrium. If I'm a fan of any camera, I guess it would be Leica thread mounts, but I'm a user for the most part. I've owned and used two Nikons, five Mamiyas, two Leicas, one Speed Graphic, one Minolta, one Canon and two Fujis in addition to ten or so Pentax. I blame list enablement for the large number of Pentax tools:-). Paul I've used a handful of Pentax cameras (M42 and K mount), a Mamiya TLR, Crown Graphic, a couple Polaroids that take the peel-apart film, one Canon (and I gave it away), and a few point and shoot digitals. But there's always been a Pentax in the bunch. So I guess I've never really switched systems. At one time I blamed Bill Robb for my enablements. Now, however, I think part of the blame goes Mike Johnston. What have you used? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
6 X 7 and 645 instruction manuals
Doing some office cleaning this weekend and stumbled across these in one of my filing cabinets. Thought I should offer them here first before putting on eBay. Pentax 6 X 7 instruction manual (mirror lockup version). Like new. Pentax 645 instruction manual. (I have two, one like new, on scuffed on cover and some pages). If you're interested in either or all, make me an offer. They go on eBay on Tuesday otherwise. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: SNAFU
Makes me cough. ;-) Jack --- Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perfectly normal operation at the Seraing (Belgium) coking plant: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/6506220 Comments and suggestins as always most welcome. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)
In a message dated 8/27/2006 7:34:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: P.S. A Stereo Realist and a Fuji Instax I probably should test that my Stereo Realist still works, while there is still a lab around that can handle it. Did they use ordinary 35mm film? That's sort of what I remember, but not sure. Then two slides are put into a special slide holder thingee. Correct? Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
Adam Maas wrote: Neither work for me either, and I am a site member, perhaps they live on in yur browser cache? That's probably what's happening. -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)
Yes, a standard 35mm cassette will fit, with no special loading requirements. That Realist sorely tested my honesty as it was an unloved orphan at the workplace - nobody would have missed it, and yet I found it to be a fine piece of machinery. If I had one today there is no question that I'd be shooting film regularly. Regards, Anthony Farr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 28 August 2006 12:50 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting) In a message dated 8/27/2006 7:34:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: P.S. A Stereo Realist and a Fuji Instax I probably should test that my Stereo Realist still works, while there is still a lab around that can handle it. Did they use ordinary 35mm film? That's sort of what I remember, but not sure. Then two slides are put into a special slide holder thingee. Correct? Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk
I always get out on the curb side. I would never get out on the other side unless there was a compelling reason and I looked carefully. This idiot was trying to zoom past the cab in the foot or so of space twixt cab and curb. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Adam Maas wrote: You don't look before you open a door into traffic? Bikes don't stop instantaneously nor can they always avoid the door opened in their face. Unless this was the curb-side door of the car, you were entirely at fault here (If it was the curb-side door, everything changes and the cyclist was doing something extremely stupid). If a car had taken the door off what would you say? Don't open doors into traffic unless you look first. Once in New Orleans I was about to get out of a cab under one of those hotel verandas with multiple cab lanes. I opened the door and was about to step out when an impatient driver tried to zip around the cab way too fast and completely took the door off. Getting out of cabs appears to be a dangerous thing for me. Bob The second story however is entirely the cabbie's fault. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Re: Digital Leica M8?
I know about the RD-1, of course. $3000 is still too much for a 6 MP camera... j On 8/26/06, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Juan Buhler wrote: The viewfinder alone is the reason I've been shooting more film lately. But at $5000, it will be hard for me to justify. I'll most probably just get a K10D for now. Maybe Epson/Cosina will put out something similar and cheaper... j They did. The RD-1/RD-1s. Only $3000. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler Check out my book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk
Ah, in that case I apologize for my assumption. That was a classic case of why Couriers make life difficult for other cyclists (And everyone else). -Adam Bob Shell wrote: I always get out on the curb side. I would never get out on the other side unless there was a compelling reason and I looked carefully. This idiot was trying to zoom past the cab in the foot or so of space twixt cab and curb. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Adam Maas wrote: You don't look before you open a door into traffic? Bikes don't stop instantaneously nor can they always avoid the door opened in their face. Unless this was the curb-side door of the car, you were entirely at fault here (If it was the curb-side door, everything changes and the cyclist was doing something extremely stupid). If a car had taken the door off what would you say? Don't open doors into traffic unless you look first. Once in New Orleans I was about to get out of a cab under one of those hotel verandas with multiple cab lanes. I opened the door and was about to step out when an impatient driver tried to zip around the cab way too fast and completely took the door off. Getting out of cabs appears to be a dangerous thing for me. Bob The second story however is entirely the cabbie's fault. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Coolscan (again)... don't try this at home
--- Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 27/08/06, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody for taking your Coolscan 9000 apart? http://www.marginalsoftware.com/LS8000Notes/cleaning_the_optics_of_the_ls.htm 8000 perhaps? http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/P3074553.jpg They can leave the factory with film on the mirror and lens. -- I'll bet. Same thing happens to SLR mirrors over time as well. -Brendan __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?
Thanks, Godfrey. -Brendan --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan, I used to have the FA28-105/3.2-4.5 AL IF. Never had any issues with focusing. Several people told me that they had problems with that lens, but mine worked flawlessly. Godfrey On Aug 26, 2006, at 6:51 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't own this lens, but I have a number of FA lenses, and they all autofocus very well on both of my *ist D cameras. You can read a lot of things on dpreview that aren't necessarily true. A lot of wonky users over there. Paul My thoughts exactly. Anyway, I just wanted to check here to make the guy feel a little better. AF should work fine according to everything I've seen (including the *ist DL manual). -Brendan __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
K100D Review and Commentary by Mike Johnston
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/totally.shtml Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Anyone have 24MB of web space free?
You can hand them to me, I'd happily post the file on my web site (and look at the tests!). Patrice Digital Image Studio a écrit : I made some quick and dirty lens comparison shots last week (DA16-45 vs A20/2.8 and A24/2.8) but I have no time to pare them down nor a place to put them temporarily for DL. So does anyone have 24MB of web space free that would be willing to host a zip file full of JPGs? Please let me know if you could host them for a few days so that anyone interested can check them out. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?
--- Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The same kind of fault happened to me with my D and three different samples of genuine smc Pentax-F 70-210 zoom lenses. From 70 to about 135, everything works fine. Past 135 up to 210 you cannot make AF work properly, irrespectively of environment light, subject contrast, etc. It doesn't hunt, it just focuses much nearer than the subject is, while the AF confirmation LED lies telling everything's OK. Of course, those F 70-210 autofocus well on my MZ-S and MZ-5 at any focal length. Of course, my D autofocuses well with any other lens I've tried since. AFAIK, the F 70-210 is the only lens having AF problems with my D (or my D only has AF problems with the F 70-210, if you prefer) so I just stopped fiddling with such a useless combo. Since for most of my work (night shots, concerts and the like) I truly don't need a slow maximum speed of F5.6, I ended up buying a Sigma 70-200 F2.8 instead: wonderful lens and perfect AF at any f-stop and any focal length :-) Dario Thanks, Dario. It seems to be an issue with the digitals and certain F and FA lenses. It's the first I'd heard of it but makes me warry of the new camera (K10D). Hopefully the K series digitals won't have these compadibilty issues since no one's mentioned the issue on the K cameras yet. But, they're brand new, so it's too early to tell. -Brendan __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk
On Aug 27, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Adam Maas wrote: Ah, in that case I apologize for my assumption. That was a classic case of why Couriers make life difficult for other cyclists (And everyone else). -Adam No apology needed. I should have written my post more clearly. I was sorry the young man scraped his elbows and shins, and sorry his bike was demolished, but just pleased as punch that he didn't hit my arm or some other part of me. I didn't have time to wait to see how he and the cabbie resolved it, but both were using some choice words. There appeared to be no damage to the tank - er - London cab. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Coolscan (again)... don't try this at home
--- Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They can leave the factory with film on the mirror and lens. Not sure they leave the factory like this but I've had this with practically all my scanners: film, flatbed, Nikon and Epson, various models. I've seen the same effect on the insides of the windows in new cars. My father kept complaining that there was always some kind of mess on them insides after he had quit smoking. The cuplrit is the same in both cases. It's the softening agents gassing out of new plastics. Ralf Exactly right, Ralf. It gets especially bad in new cars with faux leather seats. The off-gassing clouds the windows big time when they sit in the sun. -Brendan __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Good Intentions + Bad Plan =
Bob, I thought Thomas Dworzak's photos were hit miss. We here in the USA have all been indundated by nightly video of the misery and squallor of those who could not or did not evacuate the city of New Orleans. I liked the interactive essay by Larry Towell much better. It put a real scale to the destruction and upheaval of the whole area. Regards, Bob S. On 8/27/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a very good set of photos of the effects of Katrina by Thomas Dworak on Slate at the moment http://todayspictures.slate.com/20060825/ -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: 26 August 2006 15:59 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO -- Good Intentions + Bad Plan = I'm not going to say you're wrong, anything is possible in Louisiana, but if anyone is still living in a tent this long after Katrina they probably deserve it. A lot of the relief money that was handed out in the immediate aftermath was spent on necessities such as booze, firearms and strippers, when it was meant for food and shelter. In other words it a choice not a necessity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk
Was that the kerbside door, or the roadside door? It's normally considered polite (and sensible) to look behind you before you open the roadside door. If it was the kerbside door then the cyclist probably got what he deserved. An experienced cyclist should of course allow more than a door's width when he passes a car, but it's not always possible in London traffic. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Shell Sent: 27 August 2006 13:08 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:12 AM, David Mann wrote: My brother-in-law spent some time as a cycle courier in London and he's told me a couple of interesting stories. While I'd love to get paid to ride a bike all day, I don't fancy doing so in the middle of any city. Last time I was in London I took a cab to a central destination. The cabbie pulled over to the curb, I paid him, and when I opened the door to get out a bike courier slammed right into it and went head over heels through the air over the door. Good thing my arm was out of the way! He got up, dusted himself off, and then proceeded to curse a blue streak at me, as if his idiocy was somehow my fault. I just went on my way and left him and the cabbie arguing over who was going to pay to fix the bike. Once in New Orleans I was about to get out of a cab under one of those hotel verandas with multiple cab lanes. I opened the door and was about to step out when an impatient driver tried to zip around the cab way too fast and completely took the door off. Getting out of cabs appears to be a dangerous thing for me. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
Nope. I cleared the cache and both still work. The tinyurl address would not have been cached, anyway, because I only made it today when I saw the post about the full URL not working. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Adam Maas wrote: Neither work for me either, and I am a site member, perhaps they live on in yur browser cache? -Adam Bob Shell wrote: Must be a problem with your system. Both work just fine for me. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 8:24 AM, David Savage wrote: That doesn't work either. I get: Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator Dave On 8/27/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Works fine if you fix the like break. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/o94t9 Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Bob W wrote: Was that the kerbside door, or the roadside door? It's normally considered polite (and sensible) to look behind you before you open the roadside door. If it was the kerbside door then the cyclist probably got what he deserved. An experienced cyclist should of course allow more than a door's width when he passes a car, but it's not always possible in London traffic. Kerbside, or curbside as we Yanks would say. I wouldn't get out on the other side unless I was forced to for some reason. I don't like dodging cars in London. Habits are hard to break, so after almost getting hit on my first trip to England years ago, I started making a habit of looking both ways before crossing a street, since my natural habit from the USA is to look the wrong way. I am extra cautious about traffic when in England, particularly when I am the one driving!!! Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk
Kerbside, or curbside as we Yanks would say. I wouldn't get out on the other side unless I was forced to for some reason. I don't like dodging cars in London. Habits are hard to break, so after almost getting hit on my first trip to England years ago, I started making a habit of looking both ways before crossing a street, since my natural habit from the USA is to look the wrong way. I am extra cautious about traffic when in England, particularly when I am the one driving!!! I know. The first time I ever drove in France I found myself on a collision course with someone and was cursing at swearing at the idiot for driving on the wrong side of the road, flashing his lights at me, when it dawned on me who the idiot was. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
still Invalid attachment specified...notify administrator Regards, Bob S. On 8/27/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope. I cleared the cache and both still work. The tinyurl address would not have been cached, anyway, because I only made it today when I saw the post about the full URL not working. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Adam Maas wrote: Neither work for me either, and I am a site member, perhaps they live on in yur browser cache? -Adam Bob Shell wrote: Must be a problem with your system. Both work just fine for me. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 8:24 AM, David Savage wrote: That doesn't work either. I get: Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator Dave On 8/27/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Works fine if you fix the like break. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/o94t9 Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
Same here, invalid... -Brendan --- Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: still Invalid attachment specified...notify administrator Regards, Bob S. On 8/27/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope. I cleared the cache and both still work. The tinyurl address would not have been cached, anyway, because I only made it today when I saw the post about the full URL not working. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Adam Maas wrote: Neither work for me either, and I am a site member, perhaps they live on in yur browser cache? -Adam Bob Shell wrote: Must be a problem with your system. Both work just fine for me. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 8:24 AM, David Savage wrote: That doesn't work either. I get: Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator Dave On 8/27/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Works fine if you fix the like break. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/o94t9 Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re:
Rob, If still needed, - it can be done here. Contact me off the list. Igor Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:44:56 -0700 Digital Image Studio wrote: OT: Anyone have 24MB of web space free? I made some quick and dirty lens comparison shots last week (DA16-45 vs A20/2.8 and A24/2.8) but I have no time to pare them down nor a place to put them temporarily for DL. So does anyone have 24MB of web space free that would be willing to host a zip file full of JPGs? Please let me know if you could host them for a few days so that anyone interested can check them out. -- Rob Studdert -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: still Invalid attachment specified...notify administrator Regards, Bob S. OK, I downloaded it and put the damned thing in my PESO folder. Here it is: http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Bob W wrote: I know. The first time I ever drove in France I found myself on a collision course with someone and was cursing at swearing at the idiot for driving on the wrong side of the road, flashing his lights at me, when it dawned on me who the idiot was. You should try driving in the US Virgin Islands. They drive on the proper side of the road, that is the left-hand side just as you Brits and Aussies do, but all the cars are US mainland issue with the steering wheels on the left. Weird, illogical, and dangerous. I've always found driving in the UK easier because having the steering wheel on the opposite side acts as a reminder that I'm not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
M8 Digital
Weird how this list works. I downloaded the supposed M8 Digital image, tweaked it to have some shadow detail, and posted it on my web site in my PESO file at: http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg I sent a note saying so. That note has not shown up on the list, but another that I answered well after that has shown up already. Anyone know why the server can't keep posts in order? If this list was on Yahoo, I'd take stuff like this for granted, but we're not yahoos here. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Full Frame/Canon
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The '1.5x crop' sensor format was chosen as a reasonable compromise Nah, not chosen. Dictated by economics. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: M8 Digital
Bob Shell wrote: Weird how this list works. I downloaded the supposed M8 Digital image, tweaked it to have some shadow detail, and posted it on my web site in my PESO file at: http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg I sent a note saying so. That note has not shown up on the list, but another that I answered well after that has shown up already. Anyone know why the server can't keep posts in order? I just checked the timestamps in the headers and it seems the list server *does* keep them in order (indeed, I received them in order - this second post came well after your first one). It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from the list server, passing through the swirls and eddies of the Internet on their way to you... -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Full Frame/Canon
Adam Maas wrote: The only complaints about crop factors and telephoto's I've run acros are about 85's. Not many people are happy that their uber-pricey portrait tele's are now too long for general use and the 50's don't have the bokeh of those 85's. The biggest complainers seem to be the Canon users (but Canon 85 f1.2L's are ridiculously expensive). -Adam My complaint is about normal lengths, ala 50mm. A 31mm perspective is fine, but the 31mm focal length doesn't look normal at all to me. -Ryan 1dsm2 and istD user -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
The past is another country.
They do things differently there*. But apparently the mobile phones are much the same. I found the time travel option on my digital camera menu today, so I thought I'd give it a try: http://www.web-options.com/Extras/ It seems to work ok. Cheers, H G Bob *L P Hartley The Go-Between -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: M8 Digital
On 8/27/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from the list server, passing through the swirls and eddies of the Internet on their way to you... Maybe the tubes are clogged. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: M8 Digital
On 8/27/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from the list server, passing through the swirls and eddies of the Internet on their way to you... Swirls and eddies? Those are class 5 rapids out there. With rabid alligators in the water. :-) -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:25 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: Any lens hood is a compromise on a zoom lens at some point or another. A tulip shaped hood gives a little more coverage than a barrel shaped hood, but only in a four-pronged shape that has edges which must be oriented correctly or you get vignetting. And it's harder to fit a hood cap with a more complex lens hood shape. Sorry, I need to process your statement a bit: are you saying that a tulip hood in principle gives more protection than a barrel hood but is harder to design, so results in reality vary? Yes. The degree of extra protection is often compromised by a less- than-efficient design to the point that it's a toss up between a short but effective at shorter focal length settings hood and a tulip shaped hood that does a slightly better job at longer focal lengths. I find that tulip shaped hoods tend to be a lot less convenient in use so usually just fit a decent short standard hood for good flare protection with short focal lengths and make do with a shorter than optimal hood at longer focal lengths. Of course, I'm only using one zoom lens at this point (the 20-35) so a standard hood works with reasonable effectiveness across the board. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The past is another country.
That option is on page 235 of my cameras reference manual, but for some reason it will not print out anything beyond page 234. Therefore I have been unable to figure out how to use it. Niffy photos, Bob. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob W wrote: They do things differently there*. But apparently the mobile phones are much the same. I found the time travel option on my digital camera menu today, so I thought I'd give it a try: http://www.web-options.com/Extras/ It seems to work ok. Cheers, H G Bob *L P Hartley The Go-Between -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please
No question: for a film SLR, buy the Pentax standard hood. It's the most convenient in use. I tested the 24-90 briefly and bought the 28-105/3.2-4.5 instead due to the difference in price, but after a while I found that the 28-105's shortcomings when wide open at the longer tele settings would have been worth the price for the 24-90. (Not to say the 28-105 is a poor performer, it's just not at its best wide open past 70mm.) The 24-90's gain in field of view at the wide end would be useful, it's improved wide open performance at the long end gives it much more capability for me. I have since sold the 28-105/3.2-4.5 and have the 24-90 on my shopping list, but I don't really think I'll buy one because I'm finding that sticking with primes from 50mm and up works fine for me. Godfrey On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:17 AM, Pancho Hasselbach wrote: Godfrey, As I was trying to say, following your advice would mean I'd have to get myself an *istDxxx or something like that. I'm still on film, there's only two PS digis around here (whereas one of them is an Oly C-5050, which isn't PS only). Thel lens arrived yesterday, I'll try it and if it's as good as expected I surely won't regret spending some money on an appropriate hood. Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?
I would bet that it's an issue particular to specific lenses used with the *ist D series bodies. The DSLR bodies, at least until the K series came out, seem to have somewhat more sensitive/finicky servo drive motors and AF sensing algorithms. Lenses vary, unit by unit, in the friction of their drive system and the quality of their connections, etc. Some particular lenses seem to be just out of the sweet spec range that operate without issues. From all reports I've heard so far, the K100D's AF servo is much more positive and higher powered in operation, which should mean that variances in the lenses will no longer be so much of an issue. I wouldn't worry too much about the K10D ... if it proves to have *at least* the K100D's improved AF performance, it will be no problems. Godfrey On Aug 27, 2006, at 9:09 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote: Thanks, Dario. It seems to be an issue with the digitals and certain F and FA lenses. It's the first I'd heard of it but makes me warry of the new camera (K10D). Hopefully the K series digitals won't have these compadibilty issues since no one's mentioned the issue on the K cameras yet. But, they're brand new, so it's too early to tell. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Anyone have 24MB of web space free?
I have space if you're still looking. Let me know. Godfrey On Aug 27, 2006, at 5:41 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote: I made some quick and dirty lens comparison shots last week (DA16-45 vs A20/2.8 and A24/2.8) but I have no time to pare them down nor a place to put them temporarily for DL. So does anyone have 24MB of web space free that would be willing to host a zip file full of JPGs? Please let me know if you could host them for a few days so that anyone interested can check them out. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: M8 Digital
Internet paths are a drunkard's walk. One email may go directly from a to b, another may go from a to z to h to g to y to k to e to r to b. Obviously the first message would arrive sooner than the second. It works amazingly well unless some server along the way accepts the message and then crashes before sending it on. To prevent that from causing a problem mail-servers send it out along several paths, and after it arrives the final mail-server says I already have that message, you may delete it. I have seen messages that have gone all the way around the world to get to a point a few miles away. That it normally only takes a few minutes is mind boggling. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob Shell wrote: Weird how this list works. I downloaded the supposed M8 Digital image, tweaked it to have some shadow detail, and posted it on my web site in my PESO file at: http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg I sent a note saying so. That note has not shown up on the list, but another that I answered well after that has shown up already. Anyone know why the server can't keep posts in order? If this list was on Yahoo, I'd take stuff like this for granted, but we're not yahoos here. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?
From all reports I've heard so far, the K100D's AF servo is much more positive and higher powered in operation, which should mean that variances in the lenses will no longer be so much of an issue. I wouldn't worry too much about the K10D ... if it proves to have *at least* the K100D's improved AF performance, it will be no problems. Godfrey That's good to know. You would figure that touting the K series' backwards compatibility Pentax would have these issues straightened out. -Brendan On Aug 27, 2006, at 9:09 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote: Thanks, Dario. It seems to be an issue with the digitals and certain F and FA lenses. It's the first I'd heard of it but makes me warry of the new camera (K10D). Hopefully the K series digitals won't have these compadibilty issues since no one's mentioned the issue on the K cameras yet. But, they're brand new, so it's too early to tell. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Full Frame/Canon
On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The '1.5x crop' sensor format was chosen as a reasonable compromise Nah, not chosen. Dictated by economics. They could have chosen several different sized sensors in this size/ price class by the economics, including 4/3 and maybe even 1/3x. Choices were available. Choosing the 1.5x or 16x24mm sensor size was a choice for commonality of format proportions, sensible engineering from the lens design, and economics. Personally, I'd have preferred a 4:3 proportion sensor. It would have fit my work from full frame to square to more oblong better, on average, with less overall waste of area for making my average crop. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Full Frame/Canon
Economics are certainly a factor in the choice of that sensor size, but it was, nevertheless, a choice. And it seems to have become the industry standard. That will lead to more development and better quality. Paul On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The '1.5x crop' sensor format was chosen as a reasonable compromise Nah, not chosen. Dictated by economics. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PS CS2 OT
I went to print some business cards with CS2 and discovered none of the Picture Package options would format them correctly. Last time I printed a batch I was using PS7. Has the Picture Package changed? Thanks, Bill Lawlor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Full Frame/Canon
Huh? On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: My complaint is about normal lengths, ala 50mm. A 31mm perspective is fine, but the 31mm focal length doesn't look normal at all to me. -Ryan 1dsm2 and istD user -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Help buying a darkroom
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:33:07 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm interested in buying a used darkroom. I've come across what seems to be a good deal. I'm sure some of you have more knowledge of this sort of thing than I do. for sale: Besler 23CII enlarger with Zone VI cold light head. Zone VI compensating enlarger timer with footswitch. Rodagon 80mm lens. Nikon 50mm lens. Peak grain focuser. Negative carriers. Saunders 4-blade easel. Cascade archival print washer. Gra Lab print timer. Zone VI film washer. Three sizes of developing trays. Film loading bag. Sundries: steel tongs, thermometers, jugs, funnel, stir rod, print squeege, graduates, hand-colouring pencils, negative sleeves, film hangers, canned air, anti-static cloth, and more. $900. obo Thats about $800USD. Assuming everything is in good condition (the photos indicate that it is all fairly new), is that a good value? I'm sure that I could knock $100 or so off the price, too. I don't know if this particular outfit is good value, but I know that I paid €25 for a very large Vivitar colour enlarger with a 50mm nikkor that is said to be very good, and €50,- for a collection of the other stuff (developing tanks, trays, grips, spools, beakers etc, etc.). Most of that is Paterson, and in very good condition. I think you can piece together a good darkroom under $100,-, these days :o) -- Regards, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The past is another country.
Outstanding. Excellent compositions. Thanks for sharing. Paul On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Bob W wrote: They do things differently there*. But apparently the mobile phones are much the same. I found the time travel option on my digital camera menu today, so I thought I'd give it a try: http://www.web-options.com/Extras/ It seems to work ok. Cheers, H G Bob *L P Hartley The Go-Between -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?
On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:46 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: ... You would figure that touting the K series' backwards compatibility Pentax would have these issues straightened out. If the issue is variances in individual lens' characteristics, it's hard to build in surety that *all* examples work perfectly even if compatibility for all series is supported. None of the lenses I've used with the *ist DS have had any problems, and they have been K, M, A, F, FA, and DA series Pentax lenses (as well as the Zenitar-K 16/2.8 FE). Haven't gotten anything yet that was too far out of spec for my two bodies, I guess. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Full Frame/Canon
On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: The only complaints about crop factors and telephoto's I've run acros are about 85's. Not many people are happy that their uber-pricey portrait tele's are now too long for general use and the 50's don't have the bokeh of those 85's. The biggest complainers seem to be the Canon users (but Canon 85 f1.2L's are ridiculously expensive). My complaint is about normal lengths, ala 50mm. A 31mm perspective is fine, but the 31mm focal length doesn't look normal at all to me. I'm not sure what you're saying, Ryan. If you're using a 16x24mm sensor and fit a 35mm lens, you get the same field of view as you do with a 50mm lens fitted on a 24x36mm film body. That implies the same perspectives as well, since perspective is a function of distance. A 31mm lens is a little wider than that film 'normal' but is still within the range of normal. What about the 31mm focal length doesn't look normal to you on your *ist D? Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: M8 Digital
On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: I just checked the timestamps in the headers and it seems the list server *does* keep them in order (indeed, I received them in order - this second post came well after your first one). It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from the list server, passing through the swirls and eddies of the Internet on their way to you... Why, then, does this only happen on this list and not on the others I am on? Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: Renory
The Port de Renory at the river Meuse and, in the background, the Ougrée blast furnace plant of Cockerill Sambre (Arcelor). Renory (Liège), Belgium. http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=1611448ref=sectionrefid=7 Comments and suggestions as always most welcome. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk
Bob Shell wrote: Habits are hard to break, so after almost getting hit on my first trip to England years ago, I started making a habit of looking both ways before crossing a street, since my natural habit from the USA is to look the wrong way. I don't know if it's true, but one of my colleagues in England told me some years ago that looking the wrong way and stepping out into traffic was the #1 reason for injury among US tourists in England. Luckily, I've never trusted any driver but myself, and him only occasionally, so I always look both ways even here. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please
Godfrey DiGiorgi affirmed: No question: for a film SLR, buy the Pentax standard hood. It's the most convenient in use. That's what I'll do as soon as the test film returns. I tested the 24-90 briefly and bought the 28-105/3.2-4.5 instead due to the difference in price, but after a while I found that the 28-105's shortcomings when wide open at the longer tele settings would have been worth the price for the 24-90. (Not to say the 28-105 is a poor performer, it's just not at its best wide open past 70mm.) The 24-90's gain in field of view at the wide end would be useful, it's improved wide open performance at the long end gives it much more capability for me. I have since sold the 28-105/3.2-4.5 and have the 24-90 on my shopping list, but I don't really think I'll buy one because I'm finding that sticking with primes from 50mm and up works fine for me. Godfrey If a certain amount of primes was a reason against buying this zoom, I might not have bought it. I'm still pretending to be a photgrapher, not a collector, and use nearly every lens I own every now and then, some more, some less (Only one prime on the sale list at the moment, M 3.5/135, for being one of three 135 I own; jealous of your FA 135, BTW). For 180 EUR, with warranty from a regular dealer, I could not resist; this was the lowest price I've ever seen for this lens, and might be for a long time. I used the 24-90 today indoors at a little birthday party, and was very fond of the zoom range, especially on the wide end I could fit anything in the frame if necessary, which was not always possible with A35-105 or FA 4/28-70. As I don't think I will need very big enlargements of these social pictures a zoom is better to me to get the moment, than a prime (that I might have to change) to get the perfect frame. Anyway, as I've got lots of bodies, I might use zooms _and_ primes without changing lenses ;-) And sometimes it's challenging to get by with just one prime. Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: M8 Digital
graywolf wrote: Internet paths are a drunkard's walk. One email may go directly from a to b, another may go from a to z to h to g to y to k to e to r to b. Obviously the first message would arrive sooner than the second. It works amazingly well unless some server along the way accepts the message and then crashes before sending it on. To prevent that from causing a problem mail-servers send it out along several paths, and after it arrives the final mail-server says I already have that message, That is absolutely NOT how email delivery works. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Full Frame/Canon
Paul Stenquist wrote: Huh? On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: The difference of a 50mm crop of a ~31mm lens versus a 50mm full-frame shot. My complaint is about normal lengths, ala 50mm. A 31mm perspective is fine, but the 31mm focal length doesn't look normal at all to me. -Ryan 1dsm2 and istD user -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)
Folks, today in the train, I finally got it. The misterious feature of upcoming K10D will be a sensor with an aspect ration near 4x5, like the 6x7 has. As Pentax people lately like weird numbers, it'll be something like 27x23mm, which is close to the 69x56mm ration of 6x7. This will make prints in the classic 10x12 format possible without a crop. As a side effect, the sensor will be a little larger, giving a smaller crop factor. Of course, DA lenses have all been designed to fully cover this weird and unique sensor from the very beginning. But if I told you this, I had to kill you. So keep this secret, please, will you. Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Full Frame/Canon
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: The only complaints about crop factors and telephoto's I've run acros are about 85's. Not many people are happy that their uber-pricey portrait tele's are now too long for general use and the 50's don't have the bokeh of those 85's. The biggest complainers seem to be the Canon users (but Canon 85 f1.2L's are ridiculously expensive). My complaint is about normal lengths, ala 50mm. A 31mm perspective is fine, but the 31mm focal length doesn't look normal at all to me. I'm not sure what you're saying, Ryan. If you're using a 16x24mm sensor and fit a 35mm lens, you get the same field of view as you do with a 50mm lens fitted on a 24x36mm film body. That implies the same perspectives as well, since perspective is a function of distance. A 31mm lens is a little wider than that film 'normal' but is still within the range of normal. What about the 31mm focal length doesn't look normal to you on your *ist D? It appears to be a crop of a wide angle lens, which it is. In particular, informal head and shoulders shots look a bit odd if I'm close to the subject. The shoulder may seem enlarged if I'm taking a profile, for example. Whereas a 50mm would compress this distance more. I thought I would be at home with the 31mm limited on the D, but using a wide angle lens to achieve a normal-length crop is a bit wonky to me. I still like it, I wish I was using a 50mm focal length instead of a 31mm lens cropped. -R -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: CF v SD Cards
Thanks. much appreciated. I made some quick and dirty comparisons between my DA16-45/4, A20/2.8 and A24/2.8 on Friday, the DA isn't as bad as I recalled but it does have some strange characteristics that I'm at odds with. Sharpness wise the DA seems a pretty competent performer however it does also exhibit purple/green CA which on the skyline is a lot more noticeable than either of the primes at any aperture (though the A24 exhibits some red/green CA). The DA also exhibits a strange tendency to stretch the corners of the frame far more than the fixed lenses (the fixed lenses do tend towards some barrel distortion but not significantly). In any case since I have little spare time at the moment I've made the test image files available as full res jpgs in a 24MB zip file at: http://home.exetel.com.au/loveday/DAZoomTest.zip Many thanks for the web space Peter. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Full Frame/Canon
I have to admit that my SMC-F 28/2.8 on my D (more or less 42mm) doesn't like normal at all, it does indeed feels like WA. Even my FA 50/1.4 look more normal on my D than my 28... weird. Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Canon v Sony
But awfully ugly they are! I agree Canons or feels plastic as a plastic lighter.. So Oly,Pentax and Nikons have ok (or better) bodies. 2006/8/27, Douglas Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --- Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, KM/Sony is even worse IMO... The A100 has disappointing image quality, but I think the body itself is not bad. Not really special, but certainly not bad. It is a reasonable size, seems comfortable to hold and fairly well-built. I have only played with it a little but it's OK. I think it is a lot nicer than the 300D or 350D and probably the 400D too. These bodies are my absolute least favorite modern D-SLR bodies, except maybe for some of Olympus' odd creations (e.g. the E-300 which is about as pleasant to hold as a brick). They are cheaply made and have maddeningly poor ergonomics. This is, of course, done entirely on purpose. Aside from speed, the only reasons to buy a 10D, 20D or 30D over a 300D, 350D or 400D respectively are build quality and ergonomics. I don't like the ergonomics of my 20D, but I can live with them. I don't think I could shoot with a 300/350/400D, the ergonomics would drive me mad! I will take any entry level body from Pentax, Nikon or KM/Sony before these awful Canons. New Doug __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
Thanks Bob, Looks like an expensive way to use your Leica glass! ...I guess that's nothing new. Regards, Bob S. On 8/27/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: still Invalid attachment specified...notify administrator Regards, Bob S. OK, I downloaded it and put the damned thing in my PESO folder. Here it is: http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The past is another country.
Bob, At first, I thought you were the lad in the first photo putting on his cap. Then I thought maybe it was your dad as a boy. When I got to Winston Churchill (?) entering down stairway into the Admiralty Offices (?), I got somewhat confused. The last image of the guy sitting and dialing his cell phone really has me disoriented. Could you show me how to do this with my Pentax? Regards, Bob S. On 8/27/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They do things differently there*. But apparently the mobile phones are much the same. I found the time travel option on my digital camera menu today, so I thought I'd give it a try: http://www.web-options.com/Extras/ It seems to work ok. Cheers, H G Bob *L P Hartley The Go-Between -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Coolscan (again)... don't try this at home
Digital Image Studio wrote: On 27/08/06, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody for taking your Coolscan 9000 apart? http://www.marginalsoftware.com/LS8000Notes/cleaning_the_optics_of_the_ls.htm 8000 perhaps? http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/P3074553.jpg They can leave the factory with film on the mirror and lens. They both look better built than my Craposcan 2700F. I think I've at least had the covers off everything interesting I've ever owned, except occasionally the ones that are really well designed to prevent ingress by being snap-together. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Full Frame/Canon
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: It appears to be a crop of a wide angle lens, which it is. In particular, informal head and shoulders shots look a bit odd if I'm close to the subject. The shoulder may seem enlarged if I'm taking a profile, for example. Whereas a 50mm would compress this distance more. I thought I would be at home with the 31mm limited on the D, but using a wide angle lens to achieve a normal-length crop is a bit wonky to me. I still like it, I wish I was using a 50mm focal length instead of a 31mm lens cropped. ??? I don't know how you can tell the difference. The lenses' rendering qualities might be slightly different with respect to out of focus elements and rectilinear correction, but with regard to field of view and perspective: if the field of view is the same, the perspective will look the same. A 31mm field of view on the *ist D is not equivalent to a 50mm field of view on 24x36mm format, for that you need a 35mm lens on the *ist D for the closest match. I don't have a 35mm film body to do a direct comparison myself, but looking at my older 35mm film work with 50mm lenses and comparing them to the *ist DS fitted with a 35mm f/2 lens, there is *no* difference in field of view of any significance and the perspective is identical. Please post a pair of photographs that illustrate what you're seeing. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Full Frame/Canon
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Thibouille wrote: I have to admit that my SMC-F 28/2.8 on my D (more or less 42mm) doesn't like normal at all, it does indeed feels like WA. Even my FA 50/1.4 look more normal on my D than my 28... weird. Again, please post a couple of comparison photographs showing what you mean. Obviously, 28mm on the D is a wide normal, not equivalent to a 50mm lens on 35mm film. A 35mm lens on the D should look *identical* to a 50mm lens rendering on film. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: M8 Digital
Read the path lists from a large bunch of emails and get back to me on that. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Ryan Brooks wrote: graywolf wrote: Internet paths are a drunkard's walk. One email may go directly from a to b, another may go from a to z to h to g to y to k to e to r to b. Obviously the first message would arrive sooner than the second. It works amazingly well unless some server along the way accepts the message and then crashes before sending it on. To prevent that from causing a problem mail-servers send it out along several paths, and after it arrives the final mail-server says I already have that message, That is absolutely NOT how email delivery works. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?
None of the lenses I've used with the *ist DS have had any problems, and they have been K, M, A, F, FA, and DA series Pentax lenses (as well as the Zenitar-K 16/2.8 FE). Haven't gotten anything yet that was too far out of spec for my two bodies, I guess. Godfrey In light of that, it would seem to be a fairly rare event to suffer these focus issues. -Brendan __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: The past is another country.
Could you show me how to do this with my Pentax? I only have the instructions for the Olympus, but the Pentax isn't likely to be much different - they're probably based on the same patent. Instruction for the time travelling mode. Warning: do not use for present travelling across many distant. Do not using it alone in the shower, and not to be drunk please. May contain nuts for external application only. Travelling mode in time is not a toy. For Christmas only. All parts changing and disassemblage of adults only. Please put the buttery in the buttery box and disengage engagement assembler. Turn right then left to starboard 3 degrees. Push the switch with electricity caution voltage. Let time pass in one direction or another. Do not touch your body with vibrating contact. Do not touch partners body while writhing. Freely control speed with spring pedal sprocket please. When replicate and foldaway buckle application, decelerant status you are disembarking. Remember which time from you came. Then go back there in reverse order. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Sent: 27 August 2006 22:24 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The past is another country. Bob, At first, I thought you were the lad in the first photo putting on his cap. Then I thought maybe it was your dad as a boy. When I got to Winston Churchill (?) entering down stairway into the Admiralty Offices (?), I got somewhat confused. The last image of the guy sitting and dialing his cell phone really has me disoriented. Could you show me how to do this with my Pentax? Regards, Bob S. On 8/27/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They do things differently there*. But apparently the mobile phones are much the same. I found the time travel option on my digital camera menu today, so I thought I'd give it a try: http://www.web-options.com/Extras/ It seems to work ok. Cheers, H G Bob *L P Hartley The Go-Between -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Renory
Beautiful, Ralf. Much more serene than the last one. Moody, but not gloomy. Very sharp, too, lots of detail. Very nice. -Brendan --- Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Port de Renory at the river Meuse and, in the background, the Ougrée blast furnace plant of Cockerill Sambre (Arcelor). Renory (Liège), Belgium. http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=1611448ref=sectionrefid=7 Comments and suggestions as always most welcome. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K100D Review and Commentary by Mike Johnston
Nice review. Although, deep down in my psyche, I still rankle about the compatibiltiy of older K-mount lenses, I did get kind of get use to the extra step using my *ist D. I like the anti-shake feature of the K100. The price seems right, too. Don't know If I will spring for the K100 or even the more advance model coming out later this year. My *ist D and I get along well. Jim A. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/totally.shtml Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: The past is another country.
Thanks Paul - I appreciate the compliment. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: 27 August 2006 20:57 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The past is another country. Outstanding. Excellent compositions. Thanks for sharing. Paul On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Bob W wrote: They do things differently there*. But apparently the mobile phones are much the same. I found the time travel option on my digital camera menu today, so I thought I'd give it a try: http://www.web-options.com/Extras/ It seems to work ok. Cheers, H G Bob *L P Hartley The Go-Between -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Re: PESO - no lighthouse here
looks like Colorado between Colorado Springs and Denver close! it's near sulphur springs, west and a little north of Denver http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=enclient=safariq=sulphur+springs+80451ie=UTF8oe=UTF-8z=9ll=39.835959,-105.339661spn=1.100919,1.95282om=1 are from this area? I live in Broomfield, in NW Denver russell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital Leica M8?
On 27/8/06, Bob Shell, discombobulated, unleashed: OK, I downloaded it and put the damned thing in my PESO folder. Here it is: http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg Oooh. :-) needs some sort of robust LCD cover though.. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
