Imagesensor cleaning kit - Pentax

[Brendan MacRae]

Has anyone used the dedicated Pentax sensor cleaning
kit?

Is it worth the $35 and shipping.

-Brendan



 

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Re: Semi-OT: Vivitar 258HV

[Adam Maas]

As a note, all 285HV's are safe on modern cameras, the non-HV models are 
dangerous.

-Adam


Nick Wright wrote:
> For you (other) manual camera fans who might not have seen this yet, I
> thought I'd mention that Vivitar has reintroduced their 285HV flash
> units. They are selling brand new for just under $100 currently. And
> they have trigger voltages of less than 6 volts, which means they are
> safe to use on modern cameras too! Just got mine in the mail the other
> day. In fact, I was so fed up with Canon's crazy ETTL I sold my $300
> Canon unit the day I heard the 285s were back!
> 
> And to put a vaguely Pentax spin on this post ... I'm curious if
> Pentax's PTTL system is any good? A quick scan through the archives
> found at least one person who wasn't so thrilled. I'd like to hear
> more. Thanks!
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Re: Semi-OT: Vivitar 258HV

[Adam Maas]

Bruce Dayton wrote:
> My issue with the pre-flash technique is that people who tend to blink
> can be a real problem.  The pre-flash starts them into the blink and
> you end up with shots with their eyes not fully open.  I believe all
> brands have the same problem.
> 
> For weddings I was shooting TTL with the *istD and now shooting Auto
> on the flash with the K10D - using my AF400T's for the time being.  I
> use the AF360FGZ's during the day for daylight fill flash.
> 

Some cameras are faster than others for the preflash. I'm one of the 
people who has the eyeblink issue, and from experience, a Canon 1 series 
or Nikon D2 or D200 is fast enough that I won't react fast enough, the 
lower-end models are slower at going from preflash to flash and I've 
blinked by the time the flash fires.

-Adam

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Re: GESO

[Jan van Wijk]

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:29:01 +1100, J and K Messervy wrote:

>Well, last night we had a ripper of a lightning display and I finally found 
>myself in the right place at the right time and managed to grab six keepers! 
>I'm a happy man!
>
>http://tinyurl.com/2cw8oq

Fantastic shots!

Congrats ...

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Re: GESO

[Cotty]

On 24/2/07, J and K Messervy, discombobulated, unleashed:

>
>Well, last night we had a ripper of a lightning display and I finally found 
>myself in the right place at the right time and managed to grab six keepers! 
>I'm a happy man!
>
>http://tinyurl.com/2cw8oq
>
>comments, critiques...all welcome.

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Re: Ah ... a new lens

[Cotty]

On 23/2/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:

>http://www.gdgphoto.com/image/godfrey-2007-pentax-2086.jpg
>
>enjoy

I didn't enjoy that.  ;-)

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Re: PESO: Rue Chale NEW URL!

[Ralf R. Radermacher]

I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/8052619

I've applied some small changes and re-loaded the picture .The new URL
is:

http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/8054477

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RE: GESO

[Bob W]

Excellent - very impressive.

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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of J and K Messervy
> Sent: 24 February 2007 01:29
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: GESO
> 
> We've had a lot of thunderstorms in the last two weeks and 
> I've spent a lot 
> of time and effort trying to get some good lightning shots.  
> I've been 
> frustrated by being in the wrong spot, just missing shots, 
> having the wrong 
> settings, etc.
> 
> Well, last night we had a ripper of a lightning display and I 
> finally found 
> myself in the right place at the right time and managed to 
> grab six keepers! 
> I'm a happy man!
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/2cw8oq
> 
> comments, critiques...all welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> James Messervy 
> 
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Re: Leica Camera AG - R System

[Margus Männik]

As usual, your news are couple of years late... Digital Back R was 
introduced, hmmm, summer 2003.

BR, Margus


Roman wrote:

>http://www.leica-camera.us/photography/r_system/
>
>For film & digital. It's shoots on film and with digital back - it's 
>DSLR in seconds.
>
>
>  
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Re: Semi-OT: Vivitar 258HV

[Paul Stenquist]

If the flash trigger voltage doesn't affect the camera the first  
time, it's not likely to do so the second or third time. "Sparingly"  
is the same as "all the time."
Paul
On Feb 23, 2007, at 11:19 PM, Bong Manayon wrote:

> I have used my "old" 285HV with the 20D & *istDS without any problems.
>  I know about the voltage thing so I do it sparingly.  A newer 285
> with a lower voltage is good news.
>
> On 2/24/07, Nick Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> For you (other) manual camera fans who might not have seen this  
>> yet, I
>> thought I'd mention that Vivitar has reintroduced their 285HV flash
>> units. They are selling brand new for just under $100 currently. And
>> they have trigger voltages of less than 6 volts, which means they are
>> safe to use on modern cameras too! Just got mine in the mail the  
>> other
>> day. In fact, I was so fed up with Canon's crazy ETTL I sold my $300
>> Canon unit the day I heard the 285s were back!
>>
>> And to put a vaguely Pentax spin on this post ... I'm curious if
>> Pentax's PTTL system is any good? A quick scan through the archives
>> found at least one person who wasn't so thrilled. I'd like to hear
>> more. Thanks!
>>
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Re: PESO: Swan panorama

[Toine]

The effect you noticed is probably a side effect from stitching shots
from a long focal length lens.
This image is stitched from 5 shots. What you see is a field of view
from a 100 mm lens and the depth of field from a 320 mm lens. I was
sitting on the ground to reduce camera shake which shows more out of
focus foreground.
Stitching was done in PS CS3 beta which makes the stitching and
blending process very easy.

On 2/23/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I noticed that FA 80-320 sometimes has this strange property of
> rendering the third dimension of the image (one perpendicular to the
> film/sensor plain) in a way that makes you think you're looking at a
> miniature. This seems to be very pronounced here.
>
> Well done!
>
> Boris
>
>
> Toine wrote:
> > Cygnus cygnus actually. From Wikipedia: The Whooper Swan (Cygnus
> > cygnus) is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Old World
> > counterpart of the North American Trumpeter Swan.
> >
> > http://leende.net/peso/swanpano.htm
> >
> > Stitched (and cropped) from 5 shots, istD, FA 80-320 @ 320, 1/640 f9.0
> > 400 ASA, monopod
> >
> > Toine
> >
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Re: Photo.net Observation

[Paul Stenquist]

The pics with the most hits on my pages are the two most highly rated:
"Birmingham Gentleman" with 26,000 hits and "Snowdrops" (a flower pic  
that has been up much longer) with 49,000 hits.
Paul
On Feb 23, 2007, at 11:41 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:

> Tom C wrote:
>
>> Strange.  Many individual photos are untitled.  Maybe it's because  
>> they're
>> in folder of a particular name, like Alaska.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom C.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> The photo of mine that has gotten the most hits has the names of the
> people in it as it's title.
>
> Alfred Butts is one of them.  (The inventor of Scrabble)  It is far  
> from
> the "best" photo
> I've shown on the site.
>
> ann
>
>
>>
>>
>>> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
>>> Subject: Re: Photo.net Observation
>>> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:47:56 -0500
>>>
>>> Like some said, it can be due to search engines picking up on the
>>> title. I've also found that the first shot in a folder gets more
>>> views than any other. Don't know why. Pics that make it into the
>>> "highest rated" gallery get a lot of hits.
>>> Paul
>>> On Feb 23, 2007, at 7:34 PM, Tom C wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
 No of course not. :-)  Each photo displayed on photo.net has a
 number of
 times viewed field, that they suppposedly maintain.

 The PESO I displayed yesterday now has a count of 37, which seems
 reasonable.  But 700+ on photos that have no value to anyone but
 myself, is
 weird.

 Tom C.




> From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Re: Photo.net Observation
> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:26:14 -0800 (PST)
>
> I gather you have purchased search words to "get" people to  
> look at
> your photos. 
> I went through that, and about $300 a month, for a year and a half
> before it sank in that I wasn't making a profit. Actually, my wife
> was
> good enough to point it out.
> Price/hit kept going up and my 'grandfathered in' lower price just
> didn't get them enough attention.
> OST, you're possibly not talking about website hits.(?)
>
> Jack
> --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>> When looking at the Number of Times Viewed statistic for some  
>> of my
>> photos,
>> I'm surprised. Many photos that are of no interest to anyone  
>> other
>> than
>> family or friends, have no title, and are mere snapshots, are
>> showing
>> up as
>> having been viewed 700+ times.  That seems quite high to me.
>>
>> I can understand it if it was a photo I asked for a critique  
>> on, or
>> if it
>> was one I posted as a PESO, but the ones in question are not.
>>
>> I'm wondering if some sort of automated crawler exists that  
>> could be
>> inflating the numbers.  The images I'm referring to have been out
>> there
>> about two years.  I can undertsand that number of hits if random
>> individuals
>> came across the gallery and clicked on ones they liked.  But I  
>> can't
>> believe
>> 700+ random individuals would click on those I've described.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Tom C.
>>
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Re: Semi-OT: Vivitar 258HV

[Paul Stenquist]

I've been using the Pentax 540 FGZP-TTL flash  on the K10D. I shot a  
wedding (about 300 frames) without a single blink. I also shot that  
exercise class the other night, again without blinks. Exposures were  
good. However, I shoot mostly candids and rarely tell anyone to look  
at the camera.
Paul
On Feb 24, 2007, at 2:00 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:

> My issue with the pre-flash technique is that people who tend to blink
> can be a real problem.  The pre-flash starts them into the blink and
> you end up with shots with their eyes not fully open.  I believe all
> brands have the same problem.
>
> For weddings I was shooting TTL with the *istD and now shooting Auto
> on the flash with the K10D - using my AF400T's for the time being.  I
> use the AF360FGZ's during the day for daylight fill flash.
>
> -- 
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>
>
> Friday, February 23, 2007, 7:46:31 PM, you wrote:
>
> NW> For you (other) manual camera fans who might not have seen this  
> yet, I
> NW> thought I'd mention that Vivitar has reintroduced their 285HV  
> flash
> NW> units. They are selling brand new for just under $100  
> currently. And
> NW> they have trigger voltages of less than 6 volts, which means  
> they are
> NW> safe to use on modern cameras too! Just got mine in the mail  
> the other
> NW> day. In fact, I was so fed up with Canon's crazy ETTL I sold my  
> $300
> NW> Canon unit the day I heard the 285s were back!
>
> NW> And to put a vaguely Pentax spin on this post ... I'm curious if
> NW> Pentax's PTTL system is any good? A quick scan through the  
> archives
> NW> found at least one person who wasn't so thrilled. I'd like to hear
> NW> more. Thanks!
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Re: DA* instead of DFA* : an idea why ?

[Thibouille]

Yeah they might but I still find that a bit strange (not that it is
unusual for Pentax).
They did introduced DFA and DFA serie is (was?) supposed to have a
clear caracteristics...
Might indeed be a message: No FF.

2007/2/24, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 2/23/07 8:10 PM, "Mark Roberts", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have heard that this is nothing more than a change in nomenclature,
> > not in the coverage area of the lens.
>
> I am not aware of change in nomenclature but you might know something we
> don't.  At these FLs, there is no reason to deliberately make the image
> circle smaller for the telecentric reason.  So, they may have unified the
> nomenclature simply as Digital Auto.  I might be able to find out.
>
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Re: K10D service menu/focus system adjust

[Thibouille]

No unfortunately.
If one could unlock Iso 50/3200 ... ;)

2007/2/24, Michel Carrère-Gée <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> David Savage a écrit :
> > When you go into the hidden service menu it has this list:
> >
> > DEBUG MODE 
> > ...
> > LENS ROM LOAD from FILE
> > LENS ROM SAVE to FILE
> > LENS ROM READ/WRITE
> > ...
> >
> Debug mode can read/write on LENS ROM ?
> Somebody has a sample ?
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Re: Rue Chale

[Ralf R. Radermacher]

William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Would you mind sharing your technique for this sort of work?

Nothing special. A sequence of shots with varying exposure times,
usually from 30 or 20 to 0.7 secs. The lot loaded into Photomatix Pro
(http://www.hdrsoft.com/index.html) and treated using the automatic
mode. The rest is ordinary tone corrections in PS as with any other
digital picture.

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Re: PESO: Rue Chale NEW URL!

[Ralf R. Radermacher]

Ralf R. Radermacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've applied some small changes and re-loaded the picture .

And yet again. Sorry for the confusion.

The definite URL is:

http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/8054617

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[Bob W]

... have Canon pitch at you, have the shrapnel, blood and body parts
cleaned from your Canon, thrill the frontliners with your photos of
kittens and puppies, ...

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Re: Imagesensor cleaning kit - Pentax

[K.Takeshita]

On 2/24/07 2:58 AM, "Brendan MacRae", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Has anyone used the dedicated Pentax sensor cleaning
> kit?
> 
> Is it worth the $35 and shipping.

I have had no chance of using this, but I was looking for it here.
There have been a few reports of actual use in Japan and they are all
reporting it works well.  But they equally reporting that the price is a bit
steep :-).

It is apparently made of silicon rubber (or something, but don't take my
word) which is just sticky enough to lift dust/specks which cannot be shaken
off by usual DR motion.  The tip is square, covering the area of 1/4 or 1/6
of sensor (actually low pass filter) size.  So if you go over the surface
systematically 4 times (or 6 times, I do not remember which), you can cover
the whole area.

Since Pentax Service Centres (at least in Japan) are using this when users
bring their camera in, I suppose it is another proof that it works.  In
fact, I understand that Pentax created this for their own use first.

As I said, price is rather ...
But I suppose it is a matter of cost vs benefit.
As for me, so far, conventional puffing method has been sufficient but you
never know when you need "sticky lift" to get rid of stubborn dust:-)  When
you need it, you need it.

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Re: DA* instead of DFA* : an idea why ?

[Paul Stenquist]

That message was already sent loud and clear with DA lenses replacing 
the out of production FA lenses.
Paul
On Feb 24, 2007, at 5:38 AM, Thibouille wrote:

> Yeah they might but I still find that a bit strange (not that it is
> unusual for Pentax).
> They did introduced DFA and DFA serie is (was?) supposed to have a
> clear caracteristics...
> Might indeed be a message: No FF.
>
> 2007/2/24, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> On 2/23/07 8:10 PM, "Mark Roberts", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> I have heard that this is nothing more than a change in nomenclature,
>>> not in the coverage area of the lens.
>>
>> I am not aware of change in nomenclature but you might know something 
>> we
>> don't.  At these FLs, there is no reason to deliberately make the 
>> image
>> circle smaller for the telecentric reason.  So, they may have unified 
>> the
>> nomenclature simply as Digital Auto.  I might be able to find out.
>>
>> Ken
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Re: K10D service menu/focus system adjust

[David J Brooks]

I can't get those drag racing channells anymore.

Hrumphh

Dave

On 2/10/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I did bookmark it, and I'll probably print it tomorrow when I'm
> on my desktop system. Good to know, as you say. Watching
> Winternationals drag racing qualifying now, so I'm on my laptop. Lots
> of plus 330 mph passes. Good stuff.
> Paul
> On Feb 10, 2007, at 10:01 PM, David Savage wrote:
>
> > The beauty of this software adjustment is if you dial in tot much/too
> > little focus compensation (it's a bar scale in um steps BTW), it's
> > easily undone.
> >
> > But as I said, I'm not planning to fool with it, but it's good to know
> > how to do it should I want to.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > On 2/11/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I would want to rig a very sophisticated test rig before I tried
> >> anything like that. It would have to include a precise scale and an
> >> absolutely solid mount for the camera. However, my focus seems to be
> >> quite precise, so I don't plan on trying this. Proceed with extreme
> >> caution.
> >> Paul
> >> On Feb 10, 2007, at 9:36 PM, David Savage wrote:
> >>
> >>> That is so cool.
> >>>
> >>> I think I might have a slight front focus issue. But at the moment
> >>> it's not big enough a problem for me to go fooling with it.
> >>>
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> >>> On 2/11/07, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Re: DA* instead of DFA* : an idea why ?

[K.Takeshita]

On 2/24/07 7:13 AM, "Paul Stenquist", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> That message was already sent loud and clear with DA lenses replacing
> the out of production FA lenses.

And I noted that the 645D lens 55mm/2.8 is designated DFA.

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Re: Semi-OT: Vivitar 258HV

[David J Brooks]

I used the 285HV with my D1 for indoor horse shows for 2 years, then
bought the sb80dx.

Worked well for the jumping. Had to fiddle with out put for
presentation shots for some reason.

Dave

On 2/24/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As a note, all 285HV's are safe on modern cameras, the non-HV models are
> dangerous.
>
> -Adam
>
>
> Nick Wright wrote:
> > For you (other) manual camera fans who might not have seen this yet, I
> > thought I'd mention that Vivitar has reintroduced their 285HV flash
> > units. They are selling brand new for just under $100 currently. And
> > they have trigger voltages of less than 6 volts, which means they are
> > safe to use on modern cameras too! Just got mine in the mail the other
> > day. In fact, I was so fed up with Canon's crazy ETTL I sold my $300
> > Canon unit the day I heard the 285s were back!
> >
> > And to put a vaguely Pentax spin on this post ... I'm curious if
> > Pentax's PTTL system is any good? A quick scan through the archives
> > found at least one person who wasn't so thrilled. I'd like to hear
> > more. Thanks!
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Re: Save for web problem

[graywolf]

Well, I have about decided upon the following proceedure:

Starting with a ProphotoRGB, 16bit, 10x7.5 inch image
Resample, Bi-cubic Sharper, 72ppi or 100bpi
Convert to sRGB
Convert to 8 bit
Save for web

That should keep the quality as high as reasonably possible.

Now to see if I can work up a script to do that automatically. I had 
been intending to work on that when ever I got a hold of one of those 
round tuit things anyway . Just need to add a couple of steps.

It really seems to be the conversion from 16 bit Prophoto that was the 
problem. I did not have it when using 16 bit Adobe98, so there must be 
some kind of glitch in Adobe's SFW script. Maybe the simplest thing 
would be going back to Adobe98.

Now anyone want to tell me why Thunderbird will not let me paste in 
stuff except as a quote? That started a few upgrades back. Whatever 
happened to software that worked the way you expected it to? Don't 
remind me, it never existed and probably never well.

-graywolf


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> I would definitely advise against saving a jpg from a Pro Photo file  
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Re: Save for web problem

[David J Brooks]

I'vee been noticing that with my SFW stuff to.

Thnaks for the tips.

Dave

On 2/23/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That did not fix it, nor did converting to SRGB, but strangely
> converting to 8 bit first looks like maybe it has. Humm? I thought I
> have been using 16 bit all along? Maybe Adobe has hired some of those
> experts at writing self-modifying code from MS?
>
> Thanks to all who have commented, and I welcome any other suggestions.
>
>
> Rick Womer wrote:
> > Tom,
> >
> > I had the same problem a year ago.  Checking the "ICC
> > Profile" box on the "Save for Web" window fixed it.
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Re: GESO

[David J Brooks]

Well done.

Dave

On 2/23/07, J and K Messervy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We've had a lot of thunderstorms in the last two weeks and I've spent a lot
> of time and effort trying to get some good lightning shots.  I've been
> frustrated by being in the wrong spot, just missing shots, having the wrong
> settings, etc.
>
> Well, last night we had a ripper of a lightning display and I finally found
> myself in the right place at the right time and managed to grab six keepers!
> I'm a happy man!
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2cw8oq
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> comments, critiques...all welcome.
>
> Cheers
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Re: Save for web problem

[Paul Stenquist]

That's what I do. You still have to go through the same process if you 
are in Adobe 98. SRGB is a must do.
Paul
On Feb 24, 2007, at 7:47 AM, graywolf wrote:

> Well, I have about decided upon the following proceedure:
>
> Starting with a ProphotoRGB, 16bit, 10x7.5 inch image
> Resample, Bi-cubic Sharper, 72ppi or 100bpi
> Convert to sRGB
> Convert to 8 bit
> Save for web
>
> That should keep the quality as high as reasonably possible.
>
> Now to see if I can work up a script to do that automatically. I had
> been intending to work on that when ever I got a hold of one of those
> round tuit things anyway . Just need to add a couple of steps.
>
> It really seems to be the conversion from 16 bit Prophoto that was the
> problem. I did not have it when using 16 bit Adobe98, so there must be
> some kind of glitch in Adobe's SFW script. Maybe the simplest thing
> would be going back to Adobe98.
>
> Now anyone want to tell me why Thunderbird will not let me paste in
> stuff except as a quote? That started a few upgrades back. Whatever
> happened to software that worked the way you expected it to? Don't
> remind me, it never existed and probably never well.
>
> -graywolf
>
>
> David Mann wrote:
>>
>> I would definitely advise against saving a jpg from a Pro Photo file
>> without converting to sRGB first.
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Re: PESO - Boris, Week 7

[David J Brooks]

Lovely shot. Focus is good, like the catch lights in the eys.
Conversion is good.

Dave

On 2/23/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16807&full=1
>
> I really think title is unnecessary here.
>
> I am pondering the possibility of making a little gallery starring baby
> Idan. I seem to have enough material ;-).
>
> Please be brutal and honest as usual.
>
> Boris
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Re: PESO - Mores Creek Overlook

[David J Brooks]

On 2/23/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kenneth Waller wrote:
>
> >Tom -
> >
> >I've always liked Idaho, your images are just reinforcing my thoughts.
> >Another really good image. Wouldn't change a thing.
> >
> >Some will probably ask for a reference as to scale.
> >
> >Kenneth Waller
> >
> well he could paste in a little bitty figure ...

Lets me out.

Nice shot Tom. I agree with Godfrey, composition is great, just seems
a tad harsh, on my NOW calibrated monitor.:-)



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>
> ann
>
> >
> >- Original Message -
> >From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: PESO - Mores Creek Overlook
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5631607&size=lg
> >>
> >>
> >>Tom C.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: DA* instead of DFA* : an idea why ?

[Thibouille]

OK, but why then taking efforts to produce DFA 50 and 100 Macro? Weird.
And BTW, if what and the pics stays as it is, the 55 for 645 is not
marketed as DFA but as DFA645 (well that's what's written on it).

So DFA would go the way of the dodo just FAJ? Time will tell.

2007/2/24, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> That message was already sent loud and clear with DA lenses replacing
> the out of production FA lenses.
> Paul
> On Feb 24, 2007, at 5:38 AM, Thibouille wrote:
>
> > Yeah they might but I still find that a bit strange (not that it is
> > unusual for Pentax).
> > They did introduced DFA and DFA serie is (was?) supposed to have a
> > clear caracteristics...
> > Might indeed be a message: No FF.
> >
> > 2007/2/24, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >> On 2/23/07 8:10 PM, "Mark Roberts", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have heard that this is nothing more than a change in nomenclature,
> >>> not in the coverage area of the lens.
> >>
> >> I am not aware of change in nomenclature but you might know something
> >> we
> >> don't.  At these FLs, there is no reason to deliberately make the
> >> image
> >> circle smaller for the telecentric reason.  So, they may have unified
> >> the
> >> nomenclature simply as Digital Auto.  I might be able to find out.
> >>
> >> Ken
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Re: Imagesensor cleaning kit - Pentax

[Thibouille]

In the latest issue of Chasseur d'Images, they test the effectiveness
of the Antidust from different vendors. Basically their conclusion is:
it doesn't work too well except for Olympus.
All the others work to some extend but a lot less effective then Olympus.

Of course one can wonder how to really test this kind of stuff.

2007/2/24, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 2/24/07 2:58 AM, "Brendan MacRae", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone used the dedicated Pentax sensor cleaning
> > kit?
> >
> > Is it worth the $35 and shipping.
>
> I have had no chance of using this, but I was looking for it here.
> There have been a few reports of actual use in Japan and they are all
> reporting it works well.  But they equally reporting that the price is a bit
> steep :-).
>
> It is apparently made of silicon rubber (or something, but don't take my
> word) which is just sticky enough to lift dust/specks which cannot be shaken
> off by usual DR motion.  The tip is square, covering the area of 1/4 or 1/6
> of sensor (actually low pass filter) size.  So if you go over the surface
> systematically 4 times (or 6 times, I do not remember which), you can cover
> the whole area.
>
> Since Pentax Service Centres (at least in Japan) are using this when users
> bring their camera in, I suppose it is another proof that it works.  In
> fact, I understand that Pentax created this for their own use first.
>
> As I said, price is rather ...
> But I suppose it is a matter of cost vs benefit.
> As for me, so far, conventional puffing method has been sufficient but you
> never know when you need "sticky lift" to get rid of stubborn dust:-)  When
> you need it, you need it.
>
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Re: DA* instead of DFA* : an idea why ?

[Paul Stenquist]

The DFA50 and 100 macro were early products, probably developed  
before final decisions had been made in regard to future directions.  
And the film *ist was still quite new then. Support was probably  
considered mandatory. That is no longer the case.
Paul
On Feb 24, 2007, at 8:10 AM, Thibouille wrote:

> OK, but why then taking efforts to produce DFA 50 and 100 Macro?  
> Weird.
> And BTW, if what and the pics stays as it is, the 55 for 645 is not
> marketed as DFA but as DFA645 (well that's what's written on it).
>
> So DFA would go the way of the dodo just FAJ? Time will tell.
>
> 2007/2/24, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> That message was already sent loud and clear with DA lenses replacing
>> the out of production FA lenses.
>> Paul
>> On Feb 24, 2007, at 5:38 AM, Thibouille wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah they might but I still find that a bit strange (not that it is
>>> unusual for Pentax).
>>> They did introduced DFA and DFA serie is (was?) supposed to have a
>>> clear caracteristics...
>>> Might indeed be a message: No FF.
>>>
>>> 2007/2/24, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
 On 2/23/07 8:10 PM, "Mark Roberts", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have heard that this is nothing more than a change in  
> nomenclature,
> not in the coverage area of the lens.

 I am not aware of change in nomenclature but you might know  
 something
 we
 don't.  At these FLs, there is no reason to deliberately make the
 image
 circle smaller for the telecentric reason.  So, they may have  
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[Roman]

http://www.pixmania.com/
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Re: Ah ... a new lens

[Bob Sullivan]

Godfrey,
Couldn't you find a lens that wasn't limited?!!
I'm sure your photography will suffer from it's limitations.
And it has that aperture thing nobody use anymore!
Regards, Bob S.
(PS enjoy the 3 dimensional renderings from the 43...)


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Re: PESO - Boris, Week 7

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Boris Liberman"
Subject: Re: PESO - Boris, Week 7


> Bill, if you mean the built-in flash, then you're wrong. I used AF 220
> flash (the only I have now) with this universal flash diffuser thing I
> constructed after the video was published on the list ;-).

Yes, flash on camera. I suppose as opposed to flash in camera, which would 
be the built in.
The diffuser seems to work though.
>
> William Robb wrote:
>> Boris, you've spawned again!!!
>>>From my POV, there is nothing right with this shot.
>> It has a baby in it, and it appears to be flash on camera.
>> He's a cute little guppy though, he's doing something constructive, the
>> framing is good, and the monochrome conversion is pleasing.
>> Well done.
>
> What is it "to spawn" please?
>

It's how fish make little fish.

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Re: PESO: Cacti

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/20/2007 6:56:17 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Taken in the cactus  garden of the Huntington
Arboretum, outside Los Angeles, this past  October.

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5623755

ist  D, FA 16-45, ISO 800, RAW, 1/500 @ f/8, via ACR
and PE4.

Your comments  most  welcome.

Rick

http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW


===
That's  very nice. The light, of course, makes it.

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Re: PESO -- Mill Dam

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/22/2007 12:12:49 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Forgot the  important part:
>  http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5628202&size=lg
My missing  URL:

http://www.mindspring.com/~morephotos/PESO_--_milldam.html

P.  J. Alling wrote:
> One more B&W conversion.
>
> An  abandoned water mill dam on a tributary to the Connecticut  river.
>
> Equipment:  Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm  f4.0 [AL].
>
> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally  ignored.

===
This has potential. But is a little busy for me.  Not sure what I would do to 
improve it, though.

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Re: Peso No Service

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/22/2007 9:23:12 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  writes:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5630338

Shot this  last Sunday. Man the wind was cold.:-)

This is an abandoned Mennonite  Church, built around 1860's. Back in
the early 70's the government of Canada  expropriated  a huge amount of
land, to build an airport East of  Toronto. Public expression was
great, and the deal cancelled, however non of  the land owners got the
property back. Many houses and buildings were boarded  up or rented
out. Many have been contemned since and will be torn  down.
Last services were held in 1974.

I hate to admit this, but i was  invloved wth the survey of the lands,
but was glad the airport was shut  down.

Submitting this as a sad state of affairs in southern  Ontario.

Enjoy.

K10D, Zenitar 16mm f2.8 dng converted to tiff,  auto levels and
sharpened.I now the big headstone is a distraction, but i'll  go back
for a resoot soon. Not a lot of places to shoot this with out crap  in
the way.

Dave

=
Huh. Interesting shot. But my  feeling is it's not as good as it could be. 
Another angle, or closer or  something would be a bit more intriguing I would 
bet. But  interesting.

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Re: PESO:Reading friends

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/22/2007 9:30:34 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Markus Maurer wrote:
>  Another scene  from the same youth place in Zurich when the kids made a  
flea
> market last year in October:
> 
> Reading  friends
> 
>  http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/friends.jpg
> 
> 
>  greetings
> Markus

===
Good capture. But faces seem a  little dark. A little lighter on the faces 
would make them more of the focus of  the picture. Good capture though -- good 
people shots are hard to get and their  friendship adds interest.

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Re: PixMania.com anyone?

[Jaume Lahuerta]

Yes, in Spain, twice.
No problem.
Here, in Barcelona, you can even buy certain items in a physical store.

- Mensaje original 
De: Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Para: pdml@pdml.net
Enviado: sábado, 24 de febrero, 2007 15:05:08
Asunto: PixMania.com anyone?

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Re: PESO -- Connecticut River View

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/20/2007 7:31:11 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well, I've grown  annoyed with B&W conversions, some work well, some you 
can't get  anywhere with.  So here's something completely different.  A  
horizontal  landscape.

http://www.mindspring.com/~morephotos/PESO_--_ctriverview.html

Equipment:  Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 [AL]

As usual comments are  welcome but may be totally ignored.


Another good one,  Peter. Although I am not sure the top branches add 
anything.

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Re: PESO - dim bulb

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/23/2007 5:44:42 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The best of a few  attempts at this.


http://www.primelensphoto.com/bulb.jpg

K10D  + A*85mm f1.4, Av mode, ISO 100, f11, +2EV,
1/180, (2X)540 flashes + manual  white balance.

Comments  welcome.

-Brendan
==

Hehehehehe. Hey, cool, I like  that. Seems a bit white white, though, I'd 
probably darken it just a tad. I do  not understand how you got a flicker in 
the 
light when it wasn't connected to  anything, though. Now that is way cool.

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Re: PESO - Mores Creek Overlook

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In a message dated 2/22/2007 5:57:06 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  writes:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5631607&size=lg


Tom  C.

===
Oh, oh, oh. Pretty, pretty, pretty. Another  winner.

Okay, you are now on officially my hate list. You've been posting  way too 
many outstanding photos lately.

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Re: PixMania.com anyone?

[Carlos Royo]

Roman escribió:
> http://www.pixmania.com/
> Anyone had experience purchasing from PicMania.com in Europe?
> 

Hi Roman:
I bought my +ist DS from them. Delivery was fast, and I didn't have any 
problems, but it is the only experience I've had with that shop so far.

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Re: PESO - Soft Lights - GDG

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/22/2007 11:08:29 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On Feb 17, 2007, at  2:43 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> 
>> I enjoyed the PAW #6 photo  a lot ... enough that I assembled a little
>> set of six images on the  theme. Thought you might like to see
>> them ... these are presented  with the flash-based Autoviewer:
>>
>> http://www.gdgphoto.com/softlights/
>>
>> The prints are quite  lovely ... all on Velvet Fine Art paper in a
>> very gentle warm  toning. :-)
>>
>> Comments, critique, and the usual flinging  of tomatoes always
>> appreciated.
>>
>>  enjoy,
>> Godfrey

===
Uh. I didn't like the cupboard  one much in the first place. I think when you 
first showed it someone said you  were trying too hard and I concur. What I 
mean is, *I* could shoot these. No  problemo. Going for the Zen, no cluttered 
look, lots of white space, etc. I  really could shoot these. Lots of us could.

To me, Godfrey, these come  too much from a mental space, too deliberate, too 
cut and dried, and not from  your gut and I think you shoot better from your 
gut. Unless, of course, you  never shoot from your gut. :-) But I suspect that 
you do. Leave the mental  exercises for others, you do just fine shooting 
like you instead of shooting  like someone else.

Just my .02. This kind of advice is worth about that,  anyway.

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Re: PESO: Rue Chale NEW URL!

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In a message dated 2/24/2007 1:52:55 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  wrote:

>  http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/8052619

I've  applied some small changes and re-loaded the picture .The new  URL
is:

http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/8054477

Ralf

==
Uh,  the first url and this one, I get no photo loading. And I do like 
looking at  your photos.

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Re: PESO -- today's snowfall

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In a message dated 2/20/2007 12:39:10 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
47F today in Harrisburg,  PA.  Still had a little snow  falling.

http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5033717102781003650


=
Don't  much care for this, doesn't do anything for me. But I do like the 
first one, the  one before flower fairy. Little girl at tree -- very, very 
nice. I 
hadn't seen  it before.

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Re: Ah ... a new lens

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

... Limitations expand Art ...
:-)

thanks Bob!

G

On Feb 24, 2007, at 6:14 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

> Godfrey,
> Couldn't you find a lens that wasn't limited?!!
> I'm sure your photography will suffer from it's limitations.
> And it has that aperture thing nobody use anymore!
> Regards, Bob S.
> (PS enjoy the 3 dimensional renderings from the 43...)
>
>
> On 2/23/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> http://www.gdgphoto.com/image/godfrey-2007-pentax-2086.jpg
>>
>> enjoy
>> G
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Re: Ah ... a new lens

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Feb 24, 2007, at 12:47 AM, Cotty wrote:

>> http://www.gdgphoto.com/image/godfrey-2007-pentax-2086.jpg
>> enjoy
>
> I didn't enjoy that.  ;-)

Can't be helped. Stiff upper lip and all that, eh?

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Re: PAW 2007 - 08 - GDG

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In a message dated 2/21/2007 10:18:54 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Took this on my walk today  along with about a dozen others. This was  
the only one that fit this  particular aesthetic..

http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/08.htm

Comments, critique,  and the usual rotten tomatoes all  welcome.

enjoy
Godfrey

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Re: PESO - Lonesome Pine

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In a message dated 2/23/2007 2:25:07 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Tom C wrote:
> Another  shot from last week.
> 
>  http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5601462
> 
> Tom  C.

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Very nice, you hateful person, you.

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Re: PESO; A dog picture

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In a message dated 2/20/2007 2:06:14 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
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Subject: PESO; A dog  picture

This one is of  Jester.
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/fellas/jester/jstr1914.html

Both  were shot with the K10 and M50/1.4 lens.
I expect around f/4.

Have  fun

William Robb

==
Nice shot. On my monitor, though,  his face is a little too dark, a little 
too much in shadow, to be seen clearly.  And his face is the interest. So I'd 
use hightlight/shadows and lighten it just  a tad. Just a tad.

Marnie aka Doe  (Sigh, still want a god, but  gotta move first and get a 
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Re: GESO

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/23/2007 5:30:32 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We've had a lot of  thunderstorms in the last two weeks and I've spent a lot 
of time and effort  trying to get some good lightning shots.  I've been 
frustrated by being  in the wrong spot, just missing shots, having the wrong 
settings,  etc.

Well, last night we had a ripper of a lightning display and I  finally found 
myself in the right place at the right time and managed to  grab six keepers! 
I'm a happy  man!

http://tinyurl.com/2cw8oq

comments, critiques...all  welcome.

Cheers
James Messervy 

===
Whoa, totally  great sky. Very, very nice shots. You probably framed the best 
one, but I like  #4 too, the portrait orientation one with the big lighted 
building in front,  too.

Great gallery.

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Re: PESO - Aubrey

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/21/2007 6:58:58 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just testing out the  SR a bit.  My daughter was laying on the floor
with one of those  'looks'

Pentax K10D, K 200/2.5, Handheld
ISO 1600, 1/30 sec @  f/2.5

http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4364a.htm

Comments  welcome

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A little noisy, but shake  reduction appears to work. :-) Cute kid, of 
course, cute look, good  timing.

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RE: PixMania.com anyone?

[Tim Øsleby]

I'm waiting for them to shuffle my gods. 

Right now it is in Brussel, yesterday it was in Paris. I'd like it to move
in my direction, but transportation has its mysterious way. If you see a
happy enablement message from me soon, then shipping was ok. 


Tim
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Roman escribió:
> http://www.pixmania.com/
> Anyone had experience purchasing from PicMania.com in Europe?
> 

Hi Roman:
I bought my +ist DS from them. Delivery was fast, and I didn't have any 
problems, but it is the only experience I've had with that shop so far.

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RE: GESO: Snowdrops

[Tim Øsleby]

I like the compositions, and the motif is sweet. 

But, the WB seems to be bouncing everywhere. At my (bad) CTR I find
different colour cast in every one of them. 

Besides this it is a sweet little gallery. 


Tim
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157594540548807/

Comments are welcome
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Re: PESO -- Mill Dam

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/22/2007 9:04:52 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It is ,but I  clambered 20 feet down a  90° slope to get the shot. I'll 
be damned if  I'm going to risk falling into freezing water and not show 
the shot to  someone.

Rick Womer wrote:
> Somehow this strikes me as cluttered,  Peter.
==
Hehehehehe. Okay, I know how that feels. Hehehehehe.  Not snow, but other 
things.

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Re: PESO -- today's snowfall

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In a message dated 2/20/2007 5:18:08 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I =thought= something  didn't look right about that
pic, and I was trying to think of a tactful way  to ask
you what it was.

My  sympathies!

Rick


Aha, ditto (didn't look right).  And ditto (sympathies).

Marnie aka Doe :-(  

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Re: PESO: Rue Chale NEW URL!

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In a message dated 2/24/2007 3:20:33 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ralf R. Radermacher  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've applied some small changes and  re-loaded the picture .

And yet again. Sorry for the  confusion.

The definite URL  is:

http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/8054617

Ralf

==
Aha,  finally got it.

Hmmm, not as fantastic as some of yours, but it still has  interest. And 
being a color gal, I still prefer your color shots, but with this  one B&W is 
probably better. I do like the road curving around, but I think  when you 
capture 
just the plant/machinery it has more punch. Still, a nice  shot.

Just my .02.

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RE: Ah ... a new lens

[Tim Øsleby]

I'm not happy for you, but I hope you are. 
(Smiley needed?)

BTW. What happened to the 20-35, still using it?


Tim
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http://www.gdgphoto.com/image/godfrey-2007-pentax-2086.jpg

enjoy
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Re: GESO

[Doug Brewer]

On Feb 23, 2007, at 8:29 PM, J and K Messervy wrote:

> We've had a lot of thunderstorms in the last two weeks and I've  
> spent a lot
> of time and effort trying to get some good lightning shots.  I've been
> frustrated by being in the wrong spot, just missing shots, having  
> the wrong
> settings, etc.
>
> Well, last night we had a ripper of a lightning display and I  
> finally found
> myself in the right place at the right time and managed to grab six  
> keepers!
> I'm a happy man!
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2cw8oq
>
> comments, critiques...all welcome.
>
> Cheers
> James Messervy

Very nice job, James.

And K.

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Re: PixMania.com anyone?

[Doug Brewer]

On Feb 24, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote:

> I'm waiting for them to shuffle my gods.

um, Mark?

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Can I Offer A Lens For Sale or Trade Here?

[Tom Simpson]

Hi:

Pretty much what the subject line says. I have a lens or three that I 
would like to find a new home for, and would like to try trading here first.

Is that in line with the list rules, or not? If not, then I will shut up 
and move on with my day. :-)

-Tom
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PESO - Old Barn

[Eactivist]

Taken on the high road to Taos. I spotted this  barn, loved it, pulled off 
and spent about 5-10 minutes taking various shots. I  could easily have spent 
30-45 minutes, but I was in rather a hurry.

I've  been playing with the B&W conversion routine built-in to Elements 5, 
and  converting is not really my forte. I add my own fiddling to what is 
built-in, so  I'd appreciate any input on the B&W  conversion.

http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/oldbarn.htm

I  think this is the best shot of what I got, okay, but a bit busy. I don't 
think I  ever got the best angle on it.

Comments, welcome.

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RE: PESO:Reading friends

[Tim Øsleby]

Funny. The girl at the right looks so much like my cousin did twenty years
ago.
You have caught a precious moment, but the faces are a little too dark, IMO.


Tim
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Another scene  from the same youth place in Zurich when the kids made a flea
market last year in October:

Reading friends

http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/friends.jpg


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Re: Can I Offer A Lens For Sale or Trade Here?

[K.Takeshita]

On 2/24/07 11:03 AM, "Tom Simpson", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Pretty much what the subject line says. I have a lens or three that I
> would like to find a new home for, and would like to try trading here first.
> 
> Is that in line with the list rules, or not? If not, then I will shut up
> and move on with my day. :-)

Hi Tom,

By all means.  This is the best source to try out selling your Pentax gears
for a very obvious reason.  In fact, over the years, I sold quite a bit of
Pentax lenses and AFAIR, all of them went to good hands of list members (I
am not an eBay'er anyway :-).  I rather want my gears to go to someone here
than total strangers.  And you usually get a fair appraisal of your gear
here.  Also, I offered (at least in my mind) good prices for list members.
It works both ways :-).
There seems to be a rule or two in posting For Sale here (like Friday is a
"preferred" day of the week etc, and I do not remember the reason for it)
and people are usually trying to stick to that rule but I am not sure how
strictly it is enforced.

Just my personal experience.

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RE: PixMania.com anyone?

[Tim Øsleby]

Goods is the gods of modern society, didn't you know ;-)

Note my new signature.

Tim Typo


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On Feb 24, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote:

> I'm waiting for them to shuffle my gods.

um, Mark?

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Re: PESO: Rue Chale NEW URL!

[P. J. Alling]

No confusion, the fotocommunity website knew it was wrong...

Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
> Ralf R. Radermacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   
>> I've applied some small changes and re-loaded the picture .
>> 
>
> And yet again. Sorry for the confusion.
>
> The definite URL is:
>
> http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/8054617
>
> Ralf
>
>   


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Re: PESO - Old Barn

[Jack Davis]

I think you chose the 'only' angle, which was one that had to include
the fence. I'm sure some thought had to, also, involve the amount of
the side structure to allow.
Excellent choices!

Jack
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> Taken on the high road to Taos. I spotted this  barn, loved it,
> pulled off 
> and spent about 5-10 minutes taking various shots. I  could easily
> have spent 
> 30-45 minutes, but I was in rather a hurry.
> 
> I've  been playing with the B&W conversion routine built-in to
> Elements 5, 
> and  converting is not really my forte. I add my own fiddling to what
> is 
> built-in, so  I'd appreciate any input on the B&W  conversion.
> 
> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/oldbarn.htm
> 
> I  think this is the best shot of what I got, okay, but a bit busy. I
> don't 
> think I  ever got the best angle on it.
> 
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Re: Can I Offer A Lens For Sale or Trade Here?

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/24/2007 8:22:02 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There seems to be a rule  or two in posting For Sale here (like Friday is a
"preferred" day of the week  etc, and I do not remember the reason for it)
and people are usually trying  to stick to that rule but I am not sure how
strictly it is  enforced.

Just my personal  experience.

Ken

===
This is not a list where anything  is enforced. :-)

As far as I understand it Friday was settled on just to  keep the list from 
being cluttered up with sales all the time. Seemed one day a  week worked best. 

However, literally one can sell whenever one wants,  though weekends are 
good. So just put FS in the subject line, FS Saturday.  

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Re: DA* instead of DFA* : an idea why ?

[P. J. Alling]

We don't know what Pentax had planned, or what may have changed.  We do 
know they are having a very hard time keeping up with demand.   The K10 
is a breakout best seller and there is a shortage of every used lens 
that will work with it, because new lenses are hard to find.  That 
demand seems to even extend to many that are not optimal.  Pentax seems 
to be concentrating on getting out the most profitable lenses to try to 
meet demand, while still keeping some of the promises on the road map.

Thibouille wrote:
> OK, but why then taking efforts to produce DFA 50 and 100 Macro? Weird.
> And BTW, if what and the pics stays as it is, the 55 for 645 is not
> marketed as DFA but as DFA645 (well that's what's written on it).
>
> So DFA would go the way of the dodo just FAJ? Time will tell.
>
> 2007/2/24, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>   
>> That message was already sent loud and clear with DA lenses replacing
>> the out of production FA lenses.
>> Paul
>> On Feb 24, 2007, at 5:38 AM, Thibouille wrote:
>>
>> 
>>> Yeah they might but I still find that a bit strange (not that it is
>>> unusual for Pentax).
>>> They did introduced DFA and DFA serie is (was?) supposed to have a
>>> clear caracteristics...
>>> Might indeed be a message: No FF.
>>>
>>> 2007/2/24, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>   
 On 2/23/07 8:10 PM, "Mark Roberts", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 
> I have heard that this is nothing more than a change in nomenclature,
> not in the coverage area of the lens.
>   
 I am not aware of change in nomenclature but you might know something
 we
 don't.  At these FLs, there is no reason to deliberately make the
 image
 circle smaller for the telecentric reason.  So, they may have unified
 the
 nomenclature simply as Digital Auto.  I might be able to find out.

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RE: GESO: Snowdrops

[Tim Øsleby]

I like the compositions, and the motif is sweet. 

But, the WB seems to be bouncing everywhere. At my (bad) CTR I find
different colour cast in every one of them. 

Besides this it is a sweet little gallery. 


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Re: PESO - Old Barn

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 2/24/2007 8:36:32 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think you chose the  'only' angle, which was one that had to include
the fence. I'm sure some  thought had to, also, involve the amount of
the side structure to  allow.
Excellent choices!

Jack
===
Thanks, Jack. :-)  Yeah, that is what I was going for.

I guess I couldn't pull up all the  weeds to make it less busy. Hehehehehehe.

Marnie aka Doe  

===

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> Taken on the  high road to Taos. I spotted this  barn, loved it,
> pulled off  
> and spent about 5-10 minutes taking various shots. I  could  easily
> have spent 
> 30-45 minutes, but I was in rather a  hurry.
> 
> I've  been playing with the B&W conversion  routine built-in to
> Elements 5, 
> and  converting is not  really my forte. I add my own fiddling to what
> is 
> built-in,  so  I'd appreciate any input on the B&W  conversion.
>  
> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/oldbarn.htm
>  
> I  think this is the best shot of what I got, okay, but a bit  busy. I
> don't 
> think I  ever got the best angle on  it.
> 
> Comments, welcome.
> 
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Re: Leica Camera AG - R System

[Adam Maas]

R6.2 is spare.

-Adam

P. J. Alling wrote:
> I don't think that they've ever been accused of building spare 35mm SLRs. 
> 
> Charles Robinson wrote:
>> On Feb 23, 2007, at 15:45, Thibouille wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> AFAIK the Leica R digital back is out of business ...
>>>
>>> 2007/2/23, Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>> 
 http://www.leica-camera.us/photography/r_system/

 For film & digital. It's shoots on film and with digital back - it's
 DSLR in seconds.

   
>> Is it considered heretical to say that a Leica assembly looks like  
>> something ugly, unweildy, and non-user-friendly?
>>
>> The TOP view of that camera, especially, makes it look like something  
>> I'd never ever want to use.  I thought Leica was known for their  
>> spare, efficient, jewel-like assembly.  This thing looks like a big  
>> pig with a lot of parts just glued on to the outside!
>>
>> (I don't mean literally glued, but still - yow, it's a mess!)
>>
>>   -Charles
>>
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Re: PESO - dim bulb

[Brendan MacRae]

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I do  not understand
> how you got a flicker in the 
> light when it wasn't connected to  anything, though.
> Now that is way cool.
> 
> Marnie aka Doe :-)  
> 

Believe it or not, it was plugged in. I rigged a wire
and a dimmer to it but they were carefully hidden.

;-]

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Re: PixMania.com anyone?

[P. J. Alling]

The price for the K10D seems to be amazingly low and when when compared 
to what they're asking for a *ist-DL it seems down right incredible.

Roman wrote:
> http://www.pixmania.com/
> Anyone had experience purchasing from PicMania.com in Europe?
>
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RE: GESO: Snowdrops

[Tim Øsleby]

I like the compositions, and the motif is sweet. 

But, the WB seems to be bouncing everywhere. At my (bad) CTR I find
different colour cast in every one of them. 

Besides this it is a sweet little gallery. 


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Re: Save for web problem

[P. J. Alling]

What version are you using?  I'm not having any trouble with 1.5.0.7, 
which is only a couple of minor rev.s out of date.

graywolf wrote:
> Well, I have about decided upon the following proceedure:
>
> Starting with a ProphotoRGB, 16bit, 10x7.5 inch image
> Resample, Bi-cubic Sharper, 72ppi or 100bpi
> Convert to sRGB
> Convert to 8 bit
> Save for web
>
> That should keep the quality as high as reasonably possible.
>
> Now to see if I can work up a script to do that automatically. I had 
> been intending to work on that when ever I got a hold of one of those 
> round tuit things anyway . Just need to add a couple of steps.
>
> It really seems to be the conversion from 16 bit Prophoto that was the 
> problem. I did not have it when using 16 bit Adobe98, so there must be 
> some kind of glitch in Adobe's SFW script. Maybe the simplest thing 
> would be going back to Adobe98.
>
> Now anyone want to tell me why Thunderbird will not let me paste in 
> stuff except as a quote? That started a few upgrades back. Whatever 
> happened to software that worked the way you expected it to? Don't 
> remind me, it never existed and probably never well.
>
> -graywolf
>
>
> David Mann wrote:
>   
>> I would definitely advise against saving a jpg from a Pro Photo file  
>> without converting to sRGB first.
>> 
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Re: Imagesensor cleaning kit - Pentax

[Brendan MacRae]

--- Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> In the latest issue of Chasseur d'Images, they test
> the effectiveness
> of the Antidust from different vendors. Basically
> their conclusion is:
> it doesn't work too well except for Olympus.
> All the others work to some extend but a lot less
> effective then Olympus.
> 
> Of course one can wonder how to really test this
> kind of stuff.
> 
> 2007/2/24, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On 2/24/07 2:58 AM, "Brendan MacRae",
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone used the dedicated Pentax sensor
> cleaning
> > > kit?
> > >
> > > Is it worth the $35 and shipping.
> >
> > I have had no chance of using this, but I was
> looking for it here.
> > There have been a few reports of actual use in
> Japan and they are all
> > reporting it works well.  But they equally
> reporting that the price is a bit
> > steep :-).
> >
> > It is apparently made of silicon rubber (or
> something, but don't take my
> > word) which is just sticky enough to lift
> dust/specks which cannot be shaken
> > off by usual DR motion.  The tip is square,
> covering the area of 1/4 or 1/6
> > of sensor (actually low pass filter) size.  So if
> you go over the surface
> > systematically 4 times (or 6 times, I do not
> remember which), you can cover
> > the whole area.
> >
> > Since Pentax Service Centres (at least in Japan)
> are using this when users
> > bring their camera in, I suppose it is another
> proof that it works.  In
> > fact, I understand that Pentax created this for
> their own use first.
> >
> > As I said, price is rather ...
> > But I suppose it is a matter of cost vs benefit.
> > As for me, so far, conventional puffing method has
> been sufficient but you
> > never know when you need "sticky lift" to get rid
> of stubborn dust:-)  When
> > you need it, you need it.
> >
> > Ken
> >

Thanks Ken, thanks Thibault. I think I'll give it a
shot. I have a couple of stubburn dust spots that
blowing and shaking aren't going to cure it seems.

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Re: Can I Offer A Lens For Sale or Trade Here?

[Cotty]

On 24/2/07, Tom Simpson, discombobulated, unleashed:

>
>
>Hi:
>
>Pretty much what the subject line says. I have a lens or three that I 
>would like to find a new home for, and would like to try trading here first.
>
>Is that in line with the list rules, or not? If not, then I will shut up 
>and move on with my day. :-)


Hi Tom,

List FAQ:




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Re: Can I Offer A Lens For Sale or Trade Here?

[P. J. Alling]

Sure what are they.

Tom Simpson wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Pretty much what the subject line says. I have a lens or three that I 
> would like to find a new home for, and would like to try trading here first.
>
> Is that in line with the list rules, or not? If not, then I will shut up 
> and move on with my day. :-)
>
> -Tom
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Re: PESO - Old Barn

[Paul Stenquist]

Nice shot. I like the composition and framing. Can't comment on the  
conversion, because I'm looking at it on my laptop with sun streaming  
in the window.
On Feb 24, 2007, at 11:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Taken on the high road to Taos. I spotted this  barn, loved it,  
> pulled off
> and spent about 5-10 minutes taking various shots. I  could easily  
> have spent
> 30-45 minutes, but I was in rather a hurry.
>
> I've  been playing with the B&W conversion routine built-in to  
> Elements 5,
> and  converting is not really my forte. I add my own fiddling to  
> what is
> built-in, so  I'd appreciate any input on the B&W  conversion.
>
> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/oldbarn.htm
>
> I  think this is the best shot of what I got, okay, but a bit busy.  
> I don't
> think I  ever got the best angle on it.
>
> Comments, welcome.
>
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Re: PESO - Old Barn

[Cotty]

On 24/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed:

>
>http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/oldbarn.htm
>
>I  think this is the best shot of what I got, okay, but a bit busy. I don't 
>think I  ever got the best angle on it.
>
>Comments, welcome.

Hey Marn, that's not half bad. Yeah, works nicely for me, well done girl!

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Re: PESO - Old Barn

[P. J. Alling]

Nice tonal separation.  Not too busy.  It would look better larger I think.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Taken on the high road to Taos. I spotted this  barn, loved it, pulled off 
> and spent about 5-10 minutes taking various shots. I  could easily have spent 
> 30-45 minutes, but I was in rather a hurry.
>
> I've  been playing with the B&W conversion routine built-in to Elements 5, 
> and  converting is not really my forte. I add my own fiddling to what is 
> built-in, so  I'd appreciate any input on the B&W  conversion.
>
> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/oldbarn.htm
>
> I  think this is the best shot of what I got, okay, but a bit busy. I don't 
> think I  ever got the best angle on it.
>
> Comments, welcome.
>
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Re: PESO - Boris, Week 7

[Cotty]

>>
>> What is it "to spawn" please?
>>
>
>It's how fish make little fish.

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Re: PESO -- Mill Dam

[P. J. Alling]

As I said in my Rick Wormer, I know it's busy.  But I risked life and 
limb to get this shot and I was damned well going to post it.  I'll tell 
a little more of the story, (I didn't want to before because I didn't 
want to seem to be whining).  While clambering down the 90° slope, (well 
a little exaggeration there, more like 80-85° slope), I slipped on a 
patch of ice and thought I'd be swimming, well at least wading, in icy 
water for sure.  However the monopod I was carrying got jammed behind a 
rock and stopped me from slide/falling to the bottom by punching me in 
the ribs, hard, they still hurt more than a week later.  Yep, I was 
going to show this shot somewhere.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 2/22/2007 12:12:49 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>   
>> Forgot the  important part:
>>  http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5628202&size=lg
>> 
> My missing  URL:
>
> http://www.mindspring.com/~morephotos/PESO_--_milldam.html
>
> P.  J. Alling wrote:
>   
>> One more B&W conversion.
>>
>> An  abandoned water mill dam on a tributary to the Connecticut  river.
>>
>> Equipment:  Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm  f4.0 [AL].
>>
>> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally  ignored.
>> 
>
> ===
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> improve it, though.
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Re: PESO -- Mill Dam

[Paul Stenquist]

It's a nice scene and a good composition, but it lacks tonal  
separation. Try working on the conversion. You might be able to do a  
lot more with it. How does the color version look? That's another  
possibility.
Paul
On Feb 24, 2007, at 12:13 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:

> As I said in my Rick Wormer, I know it's busy.  But I risked life and
> limb to get this shot and I was damned well going to post it.  I'll  
> tell
> a little more of the story, (I didn't want to before because I didn't
> want to seem to be whining).  While clambering down the 90° slope,  
> (well
> a little exaggeration there, more like 80-85° slope), I slipped on a
> patch of ice and thought I'd be swimming, well at least wading, in icy
> water for sure.  However the monopod I was carrying got jammed  
> behind a
> rock and stopped me from slide/falling to the bottom by punching me in
> the ribs, hard, they still hurt more than a week later.  Yep, I was
> going to show this shot somewhere.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> In a message dated 2/22/2007 12:12:49 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>>> Forgot the  important part:
>>>  http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5628202&size=lg
>>>
>> My missing  URL:
>>
>> http://www.mindspring.com/~morephotos/PESO_--_milldam.html
>>
>> P.  J. Alling wrote:
>>
>>> One more B&W conversion.
>>>
>>> An  abandoned water mill dam on a tributary to the Connecticut   
>>> river.
>>>
>>> Equipment:  Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm  f4.0 [AL].
>>>
>>> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally  ignored.
>>>
>>
>> ===
>> This has potential. But is a little busy for me.  Not sure what I  
>> would do to
>> improve it, though.
>>
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Re: Semi-OT: Vivitar 258HV

[Bruce Dayton]

That is one big difference - I usually have to shoot some formal/posed
shots where they are aware of the camera.  Sometimes I can use my
studio lights, but sometimes I have to use flash.

I'm certainly considering picking up a 540FGZ and trying it out.  I
will need faster recycle times, however.

-- 
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Saturday, February 24, 2007, 2:35:03 AM, you wrote:

PS> I've been using the Pentax 540 FGZP-TTL flash  on the K10D. I shot a
PS> wedding (about 300 frames) without a single blink. I also shot that
PS> exercise class the other night, again without blinks. Exposures were
PS> good. However, I shoot mostly candids and rarely tell anyone to look
PS> at the camera.
PS> Paul
PS> On Feb 24, 2007, at 2:00 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:

>> My issue with the pre-flash technique is that people who tend to blink
>> can be a real problem.  The pre-flash starts them into the blink and
>> you end up with shots with their eyes not fully open.  I believe all
>> brands have the same problem.
>>
>> For weddings I was shooting TTL with the *istD and now shooting Auto
>> on the flash with the K10D - using my AF400T's for the time being.  I
>> use the AF360FGZ's during the day for daylight fill flash.
>>
>> -- 
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>> Friday, February 23, 2007, 7:46:31 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> NW> For you (other) manual camera fans who might not have seen this
>> yet, I
>> NW> thought I'd mention that Vivitar has reintroduced their 285HV  
>> flash
>> NW> units. They are selling brand new for just under $100  
>> currently. And
>> NW> they have trigger voltages of less than 6 volts, which means  
>> they are
>> NW> safe to use on modern cameras too! Just got mine in the mail  
>> the other
>> NW> day. In fact, I was so fed up with Canon's crazy ETTL I sold my
>> $300
>> NW> Canon unit the day I heard the 285s were back!
>>
>> NW> And to put a vaguely Pentax spin on this post ... I'm curious if
>> NW> Pentax's PTTL system is any good? A quick scan through the  
>> archives
>> NW> found at least one person who wasn't so thrilled. I'd like to hear
>> NW> more. Thanks!
>>
>> NW> --
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>> NW> http://www.phojonick.com/
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Re: DA* instead of DFA* : an idea why ?

[Bruce Dayton]

Was in my local camera store yesterday and talking with a couple of
the clerks there - actually fairly knowledgeable - very big Nikon shop
- they felt that Nikon would not be releasing a FF body anytime soon,
if at all.

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Saturday, February 24, 2007, 2:38:07 AM, you wrote:

T> Yeah they might but I still find that a bit strange (not that it is
T> unusual for Pentax).
T> They did introduced DFA and DFA serie is (was?) supposed to have a
T> clear caracteristics...
T> Might indeed be a message: No FF.

T> 2007/2/24, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> On 2/23/07 8:10 PM, "Mark Roberts", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > I have heard that this is nothing more than a change in nomenclature,
>> > not in the coverage area of the lens.
>>
>> I am not aware of change in nomenclature but you might know something we
>> don't.  At these FLs, there is no reason to deliberately make the image
>> circle smaller for the telecentric reason.  So, they may have unified the
>> nomenclature simply as Digital Auto.  I might be able to find out.
>>
>> Ken
>>
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Re: PESO -- today's snowfall

[Scott Loveless]

On 2/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In a message dated 2/20/2007 12:39:10 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 47F today in Harrisburg,  PA.  Still had a little snow  falling.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5033717102781003650
>
>
> =
> Don't  much care for this, doesn't do anything for me. But I do like the
> first one, the  one before flower fairy. Little girl at tree -- very, very 
> nice. I
> hadn't seen  it before.
>
> Marnie aka Doe :-)
>
Thanks, Marnie.  The car photo wasn't meant to be serious.  The photo
of Megan and the tree is one my own favorites, as well.

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RE: PESO - Lonesome Pine

[Tim Øsleby]

I've just made a new hate list, with of ten names,

Tom C.
Tom C.



Tim Typo
Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian)
 

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Another shot from last week.

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5601462

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Re: PESO - Boris, Week 7

[Boris Liberman]

Bill, if you mean that I hmmm procreated again, then you're wrong. It is 
written on the page there that this is a first born son of my co-worker.

Boris

P.S. In my (programming) world - "spawn" is a term sometimes used in 
order to denote a process giving birth to another process.

William Robb wrote:
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Boris Liberman"
> Subject: Re: PESO - Boris, Week 7
> 
> 
>> Bill, if you mean the built-in flash, then you're wrong. I used AF 220
>> flash (the only I have now) with this universal flash diffuser thing I
>> constructed after the video was published on the list ;-).
> 
> Yes, flash on camera. I suppose as opposed to flash in camera, which would 
> be the built in.
> The diffuser seems to work though.
>> William Robb wrote:
>>> Boris, you've spawned again!!!
>>> >From my POV, there is nothing right with this shot.
>>> It has a baby in it, and it appears to be flash on camera.
>>> He's a cute little guppy though, he's doing something constructive, the
>>> framing is good, and the monochrome conversion is pleasing.
>>> Well done.
>> What is it "to spawn" please?
>>
> 
> It's how fish make little fish.
> 
> William Robb 
> 
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Re: Semi-OT: Vivitar 258HV

[Paul Stenquist]

The recycle time for the 540 FGZ is fairly good with fresh batteries,  
and since the Nimh maintain a good charge for quite a while that  
works okay. I tried it with AAs, and that was a no go. I'm probably  
going to get the Pentax Power Pack III. Although right now, if I had  
to shoot another wedding without the power pack, I'd probably go with  
the AF 400T and the battery 2. There's nothing wrong with that  
combination, and while I can attest that the 540 FGZ provides good  
exposures, the AF 400T on auto does rather well.
Paul
On Feb 24, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote:

> That is one big difference - I usually have to shoot some formal/posed
> shots where they are aware of the camera.  Sometimes I can use my
> studio lights, but sometimes I have to use flash.
>
> I'm certainly considering picking up a 540FGZ and trying it out.  I
> will need faster recycle times, however.
>
> -- 
> Bruce
>
>
> Saturday, February 24, 2007, 2:35:03 AM, you wrote:
>
> PS> I've been using the Pentax 540 FGZP-TTL flash  on the K10D. I  
> shot a
> PS> wedding (about 300 frames) without a single blink. I also shot  
> that
> PS> exercise class the other night, again without blinks. Exposures  
> were
> PS> good. However, I shoot mostly candids and rarely tell anyone to  
> look
> PS> at the camera.
> PS> Paul
> PS> On Feb 24, 2007, at 2:00 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
>
>>> My issue with the pre-flash technique is that people who tend to  
>>> blink
>>> can be a real problem.  The pre-flash starts them into the blink and
>>> you end up with shots with their eyes not fully open.  I believe all
>>> brands have the same problem.
>>>
>>> For weddings I was shooting TTL with the *istD and now shooting Auto
>>> on the flash with the K10D - using my AF400T's for the time  
>>> being.  I
>>> use the AF360FGZ's during the day for daylight fill flash.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>>
>>> Friday, February 23, 2007, 7:46:31 PM, you wrote:
>>>
>>> NW> For you (other) manual camera fans who might not have seen this
>>> yet, I
>>> NW> thought I'd mention that Vivitar has reintroduced their 285HV
>>> flash
>>> NW> units. They are selling brand new for just under $100
>>> currently. And
>>> NW> they have trigger voltages of less than 6 volts, which means
>>> they are
>>> NW> safe to use on modern cameras too! Just got mine in the mail
>>> the other
>>> NW> day. In fact, I was so fed up with Canon's crazy ETTL I sold my
>>> $300
>>> NW> Canon unit the day I heard the 285s were back!
>>>
>>> NW> And to put a vaguely Pentax spin on this post ... I'm curious if
>>> NW> Pentax's PTTL system is any good? A quick scan through the
>>> archives
>>> NW> found at least one person who wasn't so thrilled. I'd like to  
>>> hear
>>> NW> more. Thanks!
>>>
>>> NW> --
>>> NW> ~Nick Wright
>>> NW> http://blog.phojonick.com/
>>> NW> http://www.phojonick.com/
>>>
>>>
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Re: DA* instead of DFA* : an idea why ?

[Mark Roberts]

Thibouille wrote:

>OK, but why then taking efforts to produce DFA 50 and 100 Macro? 

Those were the same glass as the old FA 50/2.8 Macro and FA 100/2.8 
macro.

We'll certainly see bigger sensors within 2 years. There's simply no 
way to avoid getting killed in the pixel race otherwise. When the time 
comes, Pentax will make lenses for the new sensor size (if necessary). 
In the meantime, relax and enjoy the great glass that's becoming 
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Pentax 645 + Carl Ziess Jena lenses?

[Jens Bladt]

Have any of you guys experiences with this?
I'm thinking about getting a 645 body for my excellent Pentacon Six lenses
(CZ Jena and Schneider-Kreuznach).
Regards

Jens Bladt

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Re: DA* instead of DFA* : an idea why ?

[Paul Stenquist]

On Feb 24, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

>
> We'll certainly see bigger sensors within 2 years. There's simply no
> way to avoid getting killed in the pixel race otherwise.

Perhaps, but it's far from a certainty. To date, only Canon has gone  
to a larger sensor. And Nikon and Pentax continue to get better  
results with the smaller sensor. What's more, Pentax still seems to  
be planning to go large sensor in medium format. I wouldn't bet on  
any sensor to large for the DA lenses.
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Re: Leica Camera AG - R System

[John Celio]

Just curious: Considering this was news years ago, what prompted you to post 
about it?

At my last job, we were a major Leica dealer for the Bay Area.  Most of our 
Leica sales were for the M series stuff, but we had a very dedicated base of 
R users, including a couple employees.  The people who used Rs, especially 
the last two models, swore by them: they're built like a tank, they're big 
but comfortable, they have all the features one needs, etc.  A couple years 
before the shop closed, we were in the process of designing a Leica Boutique 
to be built inside the store.  Camera West, down in Monterey, has a 
beautiful Leica Boutique (the first, I believe) that I saw around the time 
Reed's was planning theirs, and it blew me away.  It's heaven for Leica 
users, and apparrently Leica was working with a very small number of camera 
shops around the country to build more boutiques like it.  Sadly, Reed's 
boutique never happened.

Quick on-topic note: towards the end, Reed's was working on a deal with 
Pentax to become a major Pentax dealer.  It didn't happen either, but wow, 
it would have been a dream come true for me.

I loved the M cameras, but I can understand that people would want Leica 
optics with the accuracy of an SLR.  I figure a rangefinder wouldn't be 
ideal for shooting portraits, for instance.

Two or three of our more well-off customers ordered the Digital Module R.  I 
got to hold an R9 with the module attatched for about 10 seconds, not enough 
time to form an opinion, but I thought it was kinda nice.  Hefty, sure, but 
that's the R series for you.

It's too bad the DMR is no longer in production.  I hope Leica comes up with 
something new to keep the R series going.  Perhaps a digital-only R10, but 
smaller and lighter, to attract new users?

John

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Subject: Leica Camera AG - R System


> http://www.leica-camera.us/photography/r_system/
>
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Re: Pentax 645 + Carl Ziess Jena lenses?

[Adam Maas]

Should be doable. I know adaptors are available for Mamiya M645's, and 
the Pentax isn't all that different in register.

-Adam


Jens Bladt wrote:
> Have any of you guys experiences with this?
> I'm thinking about getting a 645 body for my excellent Pentacon Six lenses
> (CZ Jena and Schneider-Kreuznach).
> Regards
> 
> Jens Bladt
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Re: Leica Camera AG - R System

[Adam Maas]

I think if Leica was really smart, they'd redesign the few R lenses that 
don't clear the mirror on the 5D so that they were safe to mount, and 
then release a Leica-made REOS adaptor. The money is in the lenses and 
the R glass is rather popular these days with those willing to give up 
AF and open aperture metering to get truly world-class ultra-wides on 
EOS. R lenses would likely be more popular than they are if it wasn't 
for the fact that mirror clearance is more of an issue with R lenses 
than with C/Y or OM lenses (Which are the other two truly popular 
options, Nikon users having tended to go Nikon for digital).

-Adam


John Celio wrote:
> Just curious: Considering this was news years ago, what prompted you to post 
> about it?
> 
> At my last job, we were a major Leica dealer for the Bay Area.  Most of our 
> Leica sales were for the M series stuff, but we had a very dedicated base of 
> R users, including a couple employees.  The people who used Rs, especially 
> the last two models, swore by them: they're built like a tank, they're big 
> but comfortable, they have all the features one needs, etc.  A couple years 
> before the shop closed, we were in the process of designing a Leica Boutique 
> to be built inside the store.  Camera West, down in Monterey, has a 
> beautiful Leica Boutique (the first, I believe) that I saw around the time 
> Reed's was planning theirs, and it blew me away.  It's heaven for Leica 
> users, and apparrently Leica was working with a very small number of camera 
> shops around the country to build more boutiques like it.  Sadly, Reed's 
> boutique never happened.
> 
> Quick on-topic note: towards the end, Reed's was working on a deal with 
> Pentax to become a major Pentax dealer.  It didn't happen either, but wow, 
> it would have been a dream come true for me.
> 
> I loved the M cameras, but I can understand that people would want Leica 
> optics with the accuracy of an SLR.  I figure a rangefinder wouldn't be 
> ideal for shooting portraits, for instance.
> 
> Two or three of our more well-off customers ordered the Digital Module R.  I 
> got to hold an R9 with the module attatched for about 10 seconds, not enough 
> time to form an opinion, but I thought it was kinda nice.  Hefty, sure, but 
> that's the R series for you.
> 
> It's too bad the DMR is no longer in production.  I hope Leica comes up with 
> something new to keep the R series going.  Perhaps a digital-only R10, but 
> smaller and lighter, to attract new users?
> 
> John
> 
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> To: 
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:22 PM
> Subject: Leica Camera AG - R System
> 
> 
>> http://www.leica-camera.us/photography/r_system/
>>
>> For film & digital. It's shoots on film and with digital back - it's
>> DSLR in seconds.
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Re: Pentax 645 + Carl Ziess Jena lenses?

[Scott Loveless]

There are adapters available.  This is the first one I found after a
quick google search.  Ebay item number 170028746628.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentacon-Kiev-88CM-Lens-to-Pentax-645-Body-Adapter-NEW_W0QQitemZ170028746628QQihZ007QQcategoryZ30059QQcmdZViewItem


On 2/24/07, Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have any of you guys experiences with this?
> I'm thinking about getting a 645 body for my excellent Pentacon Six lenses
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> Regards
>
> Jens Bladt
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