Re: The Thingy in the istDS
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/27 Tue PM 11:03:32 GMT To: PDML PDML@pdml.net Subject: The Thingy in the istDS I've been using the istDS for about two years and today I noticed a little thingy in the flash attachment. It looks like it's designed to cover and protect the contacts. That's pretty cool. This is my second DS, and I don't recall this protection cover being on the first camera. Is this a standard item, or maybe an optional piece that was installed by the original owner of my second camera, which I bought used? Standard fitment in most new cameras of quality. Even my Zenits had one. The one for the Z1-p was a most bizarre shape, due to the location of the shoe. The DL/2 has cutouts on the locating rails (in fact, on one side the rail is almost completely missing) to save a farthing's worth of plastic. I think you can get a Leica one made in precious metal and set with gemstones. It's an optional extra on the Paris Hilton Sex Tape Commemorative model. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.
On 27/3/07, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: Newegg has this drive for $85 right now. BTW: Is there a trivial way in the Mac to duplicate the existing main drive? I'm tempted to upgrade my 12 PB drive with 160GB, but I wouldn't want to start from a blank OS X install if I don't have to. I'll check disk utility tonight when I get home... I used to use Carbon Copy Cloner, but saw the error of my ways ;-) I have used SuperDuper for years and it backs up perfectly, never faulted. Support is swift and first class, Highly recommended. http://www.shirt-pocket.com/ http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html -- 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: SDHC cards
That's theory. In practice there can be some differencies, look at Nikon D80 results: http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-8531 On 27.03.2007, at 18:10 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Until very recently, Sandisk only offered up to the Ultra II cards (66x) in 4Gbyte SDHC compatible format, where the faster Extreme III cards max'ed out at 2Gbyte. Now they are offering the Extreme III cards in this format. I have not seen any reviews of the Extreme III SDHC as yet, but I would expect that they meet the Extreme III performance specifications, which rates them at up to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read/Write (133x). Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests
From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed AM 01:11:26 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests Hi Bruce Thanks, it's a bit your style, not :-) I was too afraid to go into the tropical rooms inside the botanical garden because of the high humidity of the air but would have loved to take more photos of exotic plants and flowers. I once tried in the Masoala hall in the Zurich zoo -- http://www.zoo.ch/index.php?id=967L=3but but my eye glasses and lenses where immediately very wet and I didn't want to put my photo equipment at risk. While the K10D should stand a sudden change in tropical climate I wonder if there is a good way to protect unsealed lenses against humitity? Greetings Markus Even unsealed lenses would only be affected if you expanded their volume, pulling the warm, moist air into the cold interior. If the lens is one that remains dimensionally stable in zoom and focus, you only have the front element to worry about. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Battery life on K10D
Thanks Godfrey. Battery loading in the car could be handy sometimes... Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:43 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D On Mar 27, 2007, at 7:10 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: Is this third party charger only for the Pentax K10D accu or does it work with other accu brands as well? It's a CTA charger for the NP400 battery: here's a link to it on CompUPlus.com. http://tinyurl.com/38sag3 I usually stick the battery on charge and leave it sit on the power for a while after the charge light goes out. Typically, the charge light goes out when the battery has achieved 85-90% charge on most of these types of chargers. Godfrey -- 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: Battery life on K10D
I've never been able to shoot more than 400 pix per battery charge, 350-370 being my usual score with LCD auto-review turned off and using flash very very litle or not at all. Not bad, but far from over 1,000 shots as some are getting here. I own three batteries (the one which came with the camera and two aftermarket) and all of them work the same and last the same. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
A disastrous farewell to film.
Yesterday was sunny and springlike in Scotland, so I decided to burn up some of my last rolls of Velvia. I had some film in my PZ-1 and an LX with a partly used roll in it, so I packed a bag and headed into the hills. There is a lovely glade with photogenic waterfall near us and I set up the tripod at the top to take some shots. The PZ-1 was loaded with some 400 ASA stuff and I snapped a few shots with that ahead of doing some slow speed shots of the water. I was about to reload the PZ-1 with Velvia when I decided that I'd rather use the slow exposure settings of the LX, so put the PZ-1 down, opened the LX back and stared blankly at the half finished roll of Velvia that was already in it. Doh!! I reloaded the LX, set up the tripod, put my F28mm f/2.8 on it and started shooting. I then decided I wanted to go a little wider, so went back to the bag and picked up the FA* 24mm f/2. I walked back to the tripod, slipped, kicked the tripod with LX and lens attached towards the waterfall, made a despairing grab for the assemblage and only succeeded in sending the 24mm after it. Trying not to cry, I looked down and saw that both lends and tripod / body / lens were stuck against rocks in the water, so I waded out across the slippery rocks above the waterfall and managed to retrieve all the kit. By this stage my appetite for photography had vanished, so I went home, put the soaking bits on the central heating boiler to dry out and went to read my insurance policy. I've just looked at the kit and the damage report isn't as bad as I thought. The LX looks fine, and the shutter is working in both manual and electronic modes, and although I got nothing out of the meter this morning, much to my amazement it seems to be working perfectly now. The finder is still a bit misty inside, and I need to check the alignment, but this 25 year old body seems to have survived a 20 foot fall plus partial immersion in a mountain stream for 5 minutes very well. Even more amazingly, the 28mm also appears to have escaped unscathed! I put it on the PZ-1 this morning and it stopped down and autofocused perfectly. No damage to any glass either. The 24mm is slightly less well off. Mechanically and optically still perfect, stops down OK, but autofocus is not functioning and my istDL can't get any sense out of it in terms of aperture readings etc. My initial despair has receded somewhat, and it seems that all the insurance company has to do is cough up for a repair job on the 24mm. Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: About to buy a 645N.........
The two inspire me to a very different style of photography. Since getting an istDL, I've found myself using it in a much less thoughtful mode, using the digital experience to take several shots of the subject with varying exposures, angles, focal lengths etc. When I use my 645 I find myself spending far longer taking a photo and making sure that I have exactly the shot I want before I press the shutter. There is probably a trade of between satisfaction (from the 645) against error proofing and convenience (with digital) for me. I do tend to switch between the two, depending on what I'm doing and where I'm going Peter Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Hey, are you trying to grab my shopping cart? ;-) Seriously ... I love working with the 645 but I still toss and turn over whether to actually buy one. I've hardly looked at it in months. The K10D, on the other hand, is happily collecting 300-400 photos per week for me. Good luck with it. And enjoy the couch. ;-) G On Mar 27, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: So there I was, shopping cart loaded with a 645N and a couple of primes, credit card number keyed in, taking one more glance at everything just to make sure it was right. All I had to do to take my first small step into Bill Robb's big world of enablement suckiness was to click the link that said yer sleeping on the couch for the next month, buddy. Then it happened. My moment of clarity was rudely dismembered by a streak of temporary insanity, the fruits of which arrived today. Kicking and screaming, folks. Kicking and screaming http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/ photo#5046677360417974786 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A disastrous farewell to film.
From: Peter Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] My initial despair has receded somewhat, and it seems that all the insurance company has to do is cough up for a repair job on the 24mm. So do you want congratulations or commiserations? I'm glad I wasn't there. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Anyone a member of NAPP?
I buy the magazine from time to time. It's quite expensive if you're not a member -- around $10 if memory serves me. But it's very informative. Paul On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/27/2007 3:09:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Joining the NAPP is worth it just for the magazine subscription and the great tutorials that you can get, sometimes discounted, sometimes only if you're a member. Plus there are discounts on books and other such things. Definitely worth the $90.00 or so to join. Shel == Thanks, Shel. Funny, I think may have asked this question before. And you were the only one that answered before. Or a similar question -- about two years ago. Maybe. Senior moment. Thx again. Marnie aka Doe :-) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.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: Pentax Gallery Strangeness
Yes, they're hard to predict, but they're overall mix looks good. In the hard to predict category, I submitted both of the trailer park images I showed here a month or so ago. The one where the woman looks somewhat posed in the lawn chair was accepted. That one was not well liked here. The shot where she is leaning on the railing of her porch and looking wistfully into the distance was rejected. That one was liked here. However, the former is a 6x7 image with lots of detail. The latter is a 35mm shot that has a more gentle look. Both were submitted as BW. Paul On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: I still can't quite decide when they are going to accept and reject. Many of mine that were well liked here were rejected and many that were not as well thought of have been accepted. What makes it really tricky is deciding what to submit - since you can't accurately guess what will be accepted, it is hard to figure out what to submit. The nearest I can come up with is that they are going for a Geographic type look. So, if the shot is very strong, there is a better chance. If it is subtle, probably not. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 6:18:22 PM, you wrote: WH I uploaded two more recent shots. The flower and the bee (Spring Bee) and WH the couple in the Corvette. Someone suggested the Corvette in the Lifestyles WH Gallery, which I did. WH It was rejected, but the flower/bee was accepted. Go figure. They must have WH a ton of flower/insect pics already!! :-) WH Walt -- 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:A24mm+K10D tests
I've frequently taken cameras and lenses from a dry air conditioned house into a steamy 95 degree F garden. Yes, the front element fogs up. I just let the camera rest until the fog clears before shooting. Never saw any evidence of lasting damage. Paul On Mar 28, 2007, at 4:11 AM, mike wilson wrote: From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed AM 01:11:26 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests Hi Bruce Thanks, it's a bit your style, not :-) I was too afraid to go into the tropical rooms inside the botanical garden because of the high humidity of the air but would have loved to take more photos of exotic plants and flowers. I once tried in the Masoala hall in the Zurich zoo -- http://www.zoo.ch/index.php?id=967L=3but but my eye glasses and lenses where immediately very wet and I didn't want to put my photo equipment at risk. While the K10D should stand a sudden change in tropical climate I wonder if there is a good way to protect unsealed lenses against humitity? Greetings Markus Even unsealed lenses would only be affected if you expanded their volume, pulling the warm, moist air into the cold interior. If the lens is one that remains dimensionally stable in zoom and focus, you only have the front element to worry about. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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: A disastrous farewell to film.
If your insurance will pay for it, have the LX checked out as well. Misalignment is a distinct possibility. Paul On Mar 28, 2007, at 6:32 AM, Peter Jordan wrote: Yesterday was sunny and springlike in Scotland, so I decided to burn up some of my last rolls of Velvia. I had some film in my PZ-1 and an LX with a partly used roll in it, so I packed a bag and headed into the hills. There is a lovely glade with photogenic waterfall near us and I set up the tripod at the top to take some shots. The PZ-1 was loaded with some 400 ASA stuff and I snapped a few shots with that ahead of doing some slow speed shots of the water. I was about to reload the PZ-1 with Velvia when I decided that I'd rather use the slow exposure settings of the LX, so put the PZ-1 down, opened the LX back and stared blankly at the half finished roll of Velvia that was already in it. Doh!! I reloaded the LX, set up the tripod, put my F28mm f/2.8 on it and started shooting. I then decided I wanted to go a little wider, so went back to the bag and picked up the FA* 24mm f/2. I walked back to the tripod, slipped, kicked the tripod with LX and lens attached towards the waterfall, made a despairing grab for the assemblage and only succeeded in sending the 24mm after it. Trying not to cry, I looked down and saw that both lends and tripod / body / lens were stuck against rocks in the water, so I waded out across the slippery rocks above the waterfall and managed to retrieve all the kit. By this stage my appetite for photography had vanished, so I went home, put the soaking bits on the central heating boiler to dry out and went to read my insurance policy. I've just looked at the kit and the damage report isn't as bad as I thought. The LX looks fine, and the shutter is working in both manual and electronic modes, and although I got nothing out of the meter this morning, much to my amazement it seems to be working perfectly now. The finder is still a bit misty inside, and I need to check the alignment, but this 25 year old body seems to have survived a 20 foot fall plus partial immersion in a mountain stream for 5 minutes very well. Even more amazingly, the 28mm also appears to have escaped unscathed! I put it on the PZ-1 this morning and it stopped down and autofocused perfectly. No damage to any glass either. The 24mm is slightly less well off. Mechanically and optically still perfect, stops down OK, but autofocus is not functioning and my istDL can't get any sense out of it in terms of aperture readings etc. My initial despair has receded somewhat, and it seems that all the insurance company has to do is cough up for a repair job on the 24mm. Peter -- 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 Thingy in the istDS
I use the strap pocket from the MZ-S (strap I use on the istD) to keep mine in when I use a shoe mounted flash. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:09 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The Thingy in the istDS Nikons get them too, dunno about Canons. I tend to lose them the first time I use a flash. -Adam Thibouille wrote: Pretty standard on all Pentax camera I saw news which means P30T/Z1/SFX/istD/K10D at least ;) 2007/3/28, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've been using the istDS for about two years and today I noticed a little thingy in the flash attachment. It looks like it's designed to cover and protect the contacts. That's pretty cool. This is my second DS, and I don't recall this protection cover being on the first camera. Is this a standard item, or maybe an optional piece that was installed by the original owner of my second camera, which I bought used? 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - old car but fresh air
Hi been very busy at work lately so little time to post images. Anyway, this is my latest PESO http://www.pbase.com/kiwibiologist/image/76297366 taken in the carpark at work. Not a very carefully constructed picture but one I thought you guys in the North might like. This pic says two things about New Zealand: 1. We hang onto our cars for a long time - this looks to be about a 20 year old car (Ford Laser aka Mazda 323) 2. The air is pretty clean and we don't use salt on the roads. Not sure that you would get lichens to grow in most of the Northern Hemisphere - or perhaps you do? Let's see your lichenmost car shots! Alastair -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Thingy in the istDS
Humm. I don't remember mine with them, unless they are still in the boxes. Both istD cameras are now missing said cover though.:-) Dave On 3/27/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nikons get them too, dunno about Canons. I tend to lose them the first time I use a flash. -Adam Thibouille wrote: Pretty standard on all Pentax camera I saw news which means P30T/Z1/SFX/istD/K10D at least ;) 2007/3/28, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've been using the istDS for about two years and today I noticed a little thingy in the flash attachment. It looks like it's designed to cover and protect the contacts. That's pretty cool. This is my second DS, and I don't recall this protection cover being on the first camera. Is this a standard item, or maybe an optional piece that was installed by the original owner of my second camera, which I bought used? 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 -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - Neglected
Hi, I spent an afternoon in some private gardens at Mt Wilson recently. On the way out I found this old fountain and grabbed a couple of so-so, blurry snaps. My excuse is it was dark in there, the light was waning, and I on 2 knee trying to focus, hold everything still and not topple over. I was sitting here tonight thinking I might as well toss them out, when I decided to make the one half-decent shot look as old as the fountain. I sorta like the end result, but I'd welcome constructive criticism. Here it is: http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/76297420 Thanks! Peter in Western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: Outside Zabar's, New York City
A recent panorama shot made out of 3 photos with the Pentax A24mm (and it's barrel distortions ) can be seen here: Zurich very early in the morning, view from the bellevue at lake Zurich : Nice shot Markus! It reminds me that I did shoot a late dusk shot of Orlando many years ago, but that was on film with a 645. Maybe I will dig it out and play with it some more ;-) How did the lens distortions play with the stitching process? Do you have to correct manually or does the software handle it ok? Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Neglected
Evidently you are very well versed in PhotoShop, Peter ;-). I kinda like what I see though I think I might want to see a slightly less edited variant. Boris On 3/28/07, Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I spent an afternoon in some private gardens at Mt Wilson recently. On the way out I found this old fountain and grabbed a couple of so-so, blurry snaps. My excuse is it was dark in there, the light was waning, and I on 2 knee trying to focus, hold everything still and not topple over. I was sitting here tonight thinking I might as well toss them out, when I decided to make the one half-decent shot look as old as the fountain. I sorta like the end result, but I'd welcome constructive criticism. Here it is: http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/76297420 Thanks! Peter in Western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Thingy in the istDS
Bill Owens wrote: I use the strap pocket from the MZ-S (strap I use on the istD) to keep mine in when I use a shoe mounted flash. That is about the best thing about the strap that came with the MZ-S. Since I tend to keep the camera on for long periods of time, with heavy lenses attached, I prefer the foam straps, and those two pockets are the biggest loss in the strap swap. I'm disappointed that the digital SLR bodies came with a pocketless strap, in a way. Since I switch to the foam straps, though, I'd like to find one of those with similar pockets. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT Photoshop question
Sorry to ask this again gang, as i know i have done so last year, but, What is the procedure to make an out line of an object. I didi this last year for the camera out line for the GFM hats, and now want to do same for a guitar outline. I have downloaded a generic picture of an acustic guitar, and i know i need to select all,then inverse and pick stroke. I set it at 3 pix, but when i went to delete the coloured image nothing happens. What step am i missing. I think it was one of the Oz members that guided me through this last year. Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - old car but fresh air
It also seems that you grow lichen on steel... ;-) On 3/28/07, Alastair Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi been very busy at work lately so little time to post images. Anyway, this is my latest PESO http://www.pbase.com/kiwibiologist/image/76297366 taken in the carpark at work. Not a very carefully constructed picture but one I thought you guys in the North might like. This pic says two things about New Zealand: 1. We hang onto our cars for a long time - this looks to be about a 20 year old car (Ford Laser aka Mazda 323) 2. The air is pretty clean and we don't use salt on the roads. Not sure that you would get lichens to grow in most of the Northern Hemisphere - or perhaps you do? Let's see your lichenmost car shots! Alastair -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT Photoshop question
Here you go Dave: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/CO/Misc_011.htm The principal is the same. Cheers, Dave On 3/28/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry to ask this again gang, as i know i have done so last year, but, What is the procedure to make an out line of an object. I didi this last year for the camera out line for the GFM hats, and now want to do same for a guitar outline. I have downloaded a generic picture of an acustic guitar, and i know i need to select all,then inverse and pick stroke. I set it at 3 pix, but when i went to delete the coloured image nothing happens. What step am i missing. I think it was one of the Oz members that guided me through this last year. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Battery life on K10D
I think i reported about 400 when mine died a week or two ago, but i misinformed you. It was more around 280. However it was the first charge and battery was in the camera from mid December to second week of March, so it probably lost a bit sitting around at times. I also wondered if it might pick up, as my D200 batteries didi this at first, low number of shots , but after a few charges are producing about double when used and abused, not used a bit and then sitting. Dave On 3/28/07, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never been able to shoot more than 400 pix per battery charge, 350-370 being my usual score with LCD auto-review turned off and using flash very very litle or not at all. Not bad, but far from over 1,000 shots as some are getting here. I own three batteries (the one which came with the camera and two aftermarket) and all of them work the same and last the same. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests
Very nice. I don't have the A24, just the A28, but i'll be taking that lens to Vegas next month. Several of the hotels have very nice gardens and i'll need the extra stop or two. The SR on the K10D should helpa aswell. Dave On 3/27/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Pentaxians A first sample with the A24mm in low light on the K10D handheld at F 2.8 1/30 sec ISO 400. I will reshoot these photos in the botanical garden of Zurich with the A50mm macro and a monopod soon but still like this one so far. http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/botan24mm1.jpg (270KB) Greetings Markus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT Photoshop question
Thats it Dave. I forgot step 4 to fill the object. Dave On 3/28/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here you go Dave: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/CO/Misc_011.htm The principal is the same. Cheers, Dave On 3/28/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry to ask this again gang, as i know i have done so last year, but, What is the procedure to make an out line of an object. I didi this last year for the camera out line for the GFM hats, and now want to do same for a guitar outline. I have downloaded a generic picture of an acustic guitar, and i know i need to select all,then inverse and pick stroke. I set it at 3 pix, but when i went to delete the coloured image nothing happens. What step am i missing. I think it was one of the Oz members that guided me through this last year. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax Gallery Strangeness
I agree. Seems they go for the highly juiced. I've shamefully found myself nudging the hue/saturation slider, ever so slightly, while questioning my moral discipline. 8-/ Jack --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still can't quite decide when they are going to accept and reject. Many of mine that were well liked here were rejected and many that were not as well thought of have been accepted. What makes it really tricky is deciding what to submit - since you can't accurately guess what will be accepted, it is hard to figure out what to submit. The nearest I can come up with is that they are going for a Geographic type look. So, if the shot is very strong, there is a better chance. If it is subtle, probably not. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 6:18:22 PM, you wrote: WH I uploaded two more recent shots. The flower and the bee (Spring Bee) and WH the couple in the Corvette. Someone suggested the Corvette in the Lifestyles WH Gallery, which I did. WH It was rejected, but the flower/bee was accepted. Go figure. They must have WH a ton of flower/insect pics already!! :-) WH Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Thingy in the istDS
Why not just sew a pocket on? Cheers, Dave (For the record I leave the hot shoe cover off.) On 3/28/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill Owens wrote: I use the strap pocket from the MZ-S (strap I use on the istD) to keep mine in when I use a shoe mounted flash. That is about the best thing about the strap that came with the MZ-S. Since I tend to keep the camera on for long periods of time, with heavy lenses attached, I prefer the foam straps, and those two pockets are the biggest loss in the strap swap. I'm disappointed that the digital SLR bodies came with a pocketless strap, in a way. Since I switch to the foam straps, though, I'd like to find one of those with similar pockets. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)
http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-IMGP8963.jpg ^^^ Is this the human bone fragment? Ideas appreciated... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Anyone a member of NAPP?
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I've been thinking of joining for a while. Haven't gotten to it yet. I just had a look at their web site. Educational membership! Woo hoo! Ten dollar discount... Well, better than a sharp stick in the eye, as they say. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: A disastrous farewell to film.
I'm sorry for you Peter but wonder what kind of insurance would cover such an accident. At least here in Switzerland there exists no insurance for that since it was your own camera equipment and no third party was involved. Greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Jordan Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:33 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: A disastrous farewell to film. Yesterday was sunny and springlike in Scotland, so I decided to burn up some of my last rolls of Velvia. I had some film in my PZ-1 and an LX with a partly used roll in it, so I packed a bag and headed into the hills. There is a lovely glade with photogenic waterfall near us and I set up the tripod at the top to take some shots. The PZ-1 was loaded with some 400 ASA stuff and I snapped a few shots with that ahead of doing some slow speed shots of the water. I was about to reload the PZ-1 with Velvia when I decided that I'd rather use the slow exposure settings of the LX, so put the PZ-1 down, opened the LX back and stared blankly at the half finished roll of Velvia that was already in it. Doh!! I reloaded the LX, set up the tripod, put my F28mm f/2.8 on it and started shooting. I then decided I wanted to go a little wider, so went back to the bag and picked up the FA* 24mm f/2. I walked back to the tripod, slipped, kicked the tripod with LX and lens attached towards the waterfall, made a despairing grab for the assemblage and only succeeded in sending the 24mm after it. Trying not to cry, I looked down and saw that both lends and tripod / body / lens were stuck against rocks in the water, so I waded out across the slippery rocks above the waterfall and managed to retrieve all the kit. By this stage my appetite for photography had vanished, so I went home, put the soaking bits on the central heating boiler to dry out and went to read my insurance policy. I've just looked at the kit and the damage report isn't as bad as I thought. The LX looks fine, and the shutter is working in both manual and electronic modes, and although I got nothing out of the meter this morning, much to my amazement it seems to be working perfectly now. The finder is still a bit misty inside, and I need to check the alignment, but this 25 year old body seems to have survived a 20 foot fall plus partial immersion in a mountain stream for 5 minutes very well. Even more amazingly, the 28mm also appears to have escaped unscathed! I put it on the PZ-1 this morning and it stopped down and autofocused perfectly. No damage to any glass either. The 24mm is slightly less well off. Mechanically and optically still perfect, stops down OK, but autofocus is not functioning and my istDL can't get any sense out of it in terms of aperture readings etc. My initial despair has receded somewhat, and it seems that all the insurance company has to do is cough up for a repair job on the 24mm. Peter -- 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 - old car but fresh air
Hi Alastair Well seen! I can't help I only have some photos of good looking (red) cars :-) Greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alastair Robertson Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 1:40 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - old car but fresh air Hi been very busy at work lately so little time to post images. Anyway, this is my latest PESO http://www.pbase.com/kiwibiologist/image/76297366 taken in the carpark at work. Not a very carefully constructed picture but one I thought you guys in the North might like. This pic says two things about New Zealand: 1. We hang onto our cars for a long time - this looks to be about a 20 year old car (Ford Laser aka Mazda 323) 2. The air is pretty clean and we don't use salt on the roads. Not sure that you would get lichens to grow in most of the Northern Hemisphere - or perhaps you do? Let's see your lichenmost car shots! Alastair -- 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:A24mm+K10D tests
That's good to know Paul. So maybe I just was not patient enough to wait for the acclimatization. I will therefore try it at the botanical garden in Zurich, it's less tropical than the Masoala hall in the zoo. Greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:57 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests I've frequently taken cameras and lenses from a dry air conditioned house into a steamy 95 degree F garden. Yes, the front element fogs up. I just let the camera rest until the fog clears before shooting. Never saw any evidence of lasting damage. Paul On Mar 28, 2007, at 4:11 AM, mike wilson wrote: From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed AM 01:11:26 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests Hi Bruce Thanks, it's a bit your style, not :-) I was too afraid to go into the tropical rooms inside the botanical garden because of the high humidity of the air but would have loved to take more photos of exotic plants and flowers. I once tried in the Masoala hall in the Zurich zoo -- http://www.zoo.ch/index.php?id=967L=3but but my eye glasses and lenses where immediately very wet and I didn't want to put my photo equipment at risk. While the K10D should stand a sudden change in tropical climate I wonder if there is a good way to protect unsealed lenses against humitity? Greetings Markus Even unsealed lenses would only be affected if you expanded their volume, pulling the warm, moist air into the cold interior. If the lens is one that remains dimensionally stable in zoom and focus, you only have the front element to worry about. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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: A disastrous farewell to film.
In a message dated 3/28/2007 3:53:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Peter Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] My initial despair has receded somewhat, and it seems that all the insurance company has to do is cough up for a repair job on the 24mm. So do you want congratulations or commiserations? I'm glad I wasn't there. What he said. Both. :-) Marnie aka Doe ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Anyone a member of NAPP?
In a message dated 3/28/2007 6:14:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I've been thinking of joining for a while. Haven't gotten to it yet. I just had a look at their web site. Educational membership! Woo hoo! Ten dollar discount... Well, better than a sharp stick in the eye, as they say. === Yes, I am thinking of waiting until the summer when I will be a student again. Marnie aka Doe :-) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests
Thanks David The SR surely gives me much more photo opportunities in low light than I ever had with a film body. Still a monopod is a good addition and less to carry than a tripod. I liked the Takumar-A 28mm on the K10D too so far but the A24mm wider angle will be better for suited for street photography for me. Greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:06 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests Very nice. I don't have the A24, just the A28, but i'll be taking that lens to Vegas next month. Several of the hotels have very nice gardens and i'll need the extra stop or two. The SR on the K10D should helpa aswell. Dave On 3/27/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Pentaxians A first sample with the A24mm in low light on the K10D handheld at F 2.8 1/30 sec ISO 400. I will reshoot these photos in the botanical garden of Zurich with the A50mm macro and a monopod soon but still like this one so far. http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/botan24mm1.jpg (270KB) Greetings Markus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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: Anyone a member of NAPP?
Joined NAPP for the magazine when I purchased Photoshop a few years ago. Has been a great investment. The information for the most part seems to be of good quality, and my command of Photoshop features continues to benefit from the tutorials. Have recovered a large portion of the investment from promotional discounts such as free shipping from BHPV which has been a major savings for me in recent years as my active camera inventory grew from 1 to 7. Otis Wright Paul Stenquist wrote: I buy the magazine from time to time. It's quite expensive if you're not a member -- around $10 if memory serves me. But it's very informative. Paul On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/27/2007 3:09:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Joining the NAPP is worth it just for the magazine subscription and the great tutorials that you can get, sometimes discounted, sometimes only if you're a member. Plus there are discounts on books and other such things. Definitely worth the $90.00 or so to join. Shel == Thanks, Shel. Funny, I think may have asked this question before. And you were the only one that answered before. Or a similar question -- about two years ago. Maybe. Senior moment. Thx again. Marnie aka Doe :-) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.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: Anyone a member of NAPP?
Only 7. Dave On 3/28/07, Otis C. Wright, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joined NAPP for the magazine when I purchased Photoshop a few years ago. Has been a great investment. The information for the most part seems to be of good quality, and my command of Photoshop features continues to benefit from the tutorials. Have recovered a large portion of the investment from promotional discounts such as free shipping from BHPV which has been a major savings for me in recent years as my active camera inventory grew from 1 to 7. Otis Wright Paul Stenquist wrote: I buy the magazine from time to time. It's quite expensive if you're not a member -- around $10 if memory serves me. But it's very informative. Paul On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/27/2007 3:09:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Joining the NAPP is worth it just for the magazine subscription and the great tutorials that you can get, sometimes discounted, sometimes only if you're a member. Plus there are discounts on books and other such things. Definitely worth the $90.00 or so to join. Shel == Thanks, Shel. Funny, I think may have asked this question before. And you were the only one that answered before. Or a similar question -- about two years ago. Maybe. Senior moment. Thx again. Marnie aka Doe :-) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.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 -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: About to buy a 645N.........
Actually, if anyone thinks they'll want the digital when it comes down the tubes... I've noticed on ebay that NOW is a very good time to buy lenses. Prices are good. After it comes out, they won't be. Marnie aka Doe ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Anyone a member of NAPP?
In a message dated 3/28/2007 6:44:45 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Joined NAPP for the magazine when I purchased Photoshop a few years ago. Has been a great investment. The information for the most part seems to be of good quality, and my command of Photoshop features continues to benefit from the tutorials. Have recovered a large portion of the investment from promotional discounts such as free shipping from BHPV which has been a major savings for me in recent years as my active camera inventory grew from 1 to 7. Otis Wright === Thanks, Otis. Marnie aka Doe :-) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT Photoshop question
Your welcome. Cheers, Dave On 3/28/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thats it Dave. I forgot step 4 to fill the object. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A disastrous farewell to film.
On 28/3/07, Markus Maurer, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm sorry for you Peter but wonder what kind of insurance would cover such an accident. At least here in Switzerland there exists no insurance for that since it was your own camera equipment and no third party was involved. How odd - you can't insure against accidental damage? For my TV gear I pay a grand a year for accidental damage, public liability, and employer's liability - and the stills gear is included. Even on non- professional policies, accidental damage is an absolute - else why have insurance? -- 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: A disastrous farewell to film.
On 28/3/07, Peter Jordan, discombobulated, unleashed: I walked back to the tripod, slipped, kicked the tripod with LX and lens Look on the bright side, at least you didn't kick the bucket ;-) -- 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: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)
On 28/3/07, Roman, discombobulated, unleashed: http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-IMGP8963.jpg ^^^ Is this the human bone fragment? Ideas appreciated... Looks like a funny bone to me. -- 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: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)
I see a small red fibre. Get it to trace. Dave On 3/28/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/3/07, Roman, discombobulated, unleashed: http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-IMGP8963.jpg ^^^ Is this the human bone fragment? Ideas appreciated... Looks like a funny bone to me. -- 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 -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax Gallery Strangeness
In a message dated 3/28/2007 6:13:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I agree. Seems they go for the highly juiced. I've shamefully found myself nudging the hue/saturation slider, ever so slightly, while questioning my moral discipline. 8-/ Jack No different, I am sure that many photographers did for years to sell to magazines. I mean, there was a reason for Velvia, you know. Marnie aka Doe ;-) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
More in the Chinese viewfinder screens
Had the replacement for my Chinese viewfinder screen in the mail today. The first one they had sent me was one of a whole batch that had apparently turned out a little wide and they replaced it rather swiftly. This one not only fits perfectly, now, but they've added the little nose found on the original Pentax screens and which makes handling so much easier. Overall, I'm very pleased with it. 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: Anyone a member of NAPP?
I used to be a member, but I let it lapse in January. I liked the magazines very much but hardly ever had time to view the tutorials on the site. Now I only have dial-up at home I probably wouldn't have the patience to sit and look at the videos. Member benefits were less for me, not living in the US. I would have like to take advantage of the free shipping from BH :-) Wendy On 3/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: National Association of Photoshop Professionals -- they are having a seminar in SF next month I might go to. I don't need to be a member for that. But I also notice on their web page that they have PS TV with flash or something videos that have little lessons and/or tips and tricks. I am getting more and more into studying PS (with a book), and I wonder if anyone is a member and/or has seen their TV thingees. In other words, have you gotten anything out of being a member? And if not a member, but you've used their site, have you gotten anything out of that? Thanks, Marnie aka Doe ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.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: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)
On 28/3/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: I see a small red fibre. Get it to trace. LOL Yea, better dust for eptheel...epithleeli...epiltheel...oh hell. Fingerprints. -- 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: The Thingy in the istDS
Actually they they're not saving money. Starting with the M series of cameras, that I'm aware of at least, (maybe earlier, I seem to remember something similar on the ESII, but I don't have one available to look at right now). Pentax incorporated a switch in the hot shoe, usually on the right side which interrupted power flow to the electrical contacts when a flash was not mounted. The rational for this was that a user wouldn't shock themselves when using a flash attached to the PC connection, which was possible with a number of cameras IIRC. That switch is missing on the *ist D, which has a PC connector, (probably the same function is done electronically), and though it doesn't serve the same function since the Ds doesn't have a PC connector, the the switch is present on the Ds. The cutout is to keep from stressing the spring on that switch. mike wilson wrote: From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/27 Tue PM 11:03:32 GMT To: PDML PDML@pdml.net Subject: The Thingy in the istDS I've been using the istDS for about two years and today I noticed a little thingy in the flash attachment. It looks like it's designed to cover and protect the contacts. That's pretty cool. This is my second DS, and I don't recall this protection cover being on the first camera. Is this a standard item, or maybe an optional piece that was installed by the original owner of my second camera, which I bought used? Standard fitment in most new cameras of quality. Even my Zenits had one. The one for the Z1-p was a most bizarre shape, due to the location of the shoe. The DL/2 has cutouts on the locating rails (in fact, on one side the rail is almost completely missing) to save a farthing's worth of plastic. I think you can get a Leica one made in precious metal and set with gemstones. It's an optional extra on the Paris Hilton Sex Tape Commemorative model. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)
trace here: It turns out it isn't red fibre, but a red hair. Of the short curly variety. It's been sent for DNA for testing Cheers, trace On 3/28/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see a small red fibre. Get it to trace. Dave On 3/28/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/3/07, Roman, discombobulated, unleashed: http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-IMGP8963.jpg ^^^ Is this the human bone fragment? Ideas appreciated... Looks like a funny bone to me. -- 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 -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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: SDHC cards
Yes, cameras rarely meet the card's maximum rated speed. I've also never found a reader that permitted the maximum rated read speed either. That's been true forever. On this chart, which BTW only shows up to 2G capacity Extreme III not the 4G Extreme III SDHC, the Extreme III are the fastest. I would like to see a timing test which measured read speed in a good card reader... Godfrey On Mar 28, 2007, at 12:42 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: That's theory. In practice there can be some differencies, look at Nikon D80 results: http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-8531 On 27.03.2007, at 18:10 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Until very recently, Sandisk only offered up to the Ultra II cards (66x) in 4Gbyte SDHC compatible format, where the faster Extreme III cards max'ed out at 2Gbyte. Now they are offering the Extreme III cards in this format. I have not seen any reviews of the Extreme III SDHC as yet, but I would expect that they meet the Extreme III performance specifications, which rates them at up to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read/Write (133x). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Anyone a member of NAPP?
In a message dated 3/28/2007 7:19:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I used to be a member, but I let it lapse in January. I liked the magazines very much but hardly ever had time to view the tutorials on the site. Now I only have dial-up at home I probably wouldn't have the patience to sit and look at the videos. Member benefits were less for me, not living in the US. I would have like to take advantage of the free shipping from BH :-) Wendy Thanks, Wendy. Hmmm, free shipping from BH, that might make the whole thing worth it. Marnie aka Doe :-) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Shel Why in Hell should I have to Press 1 for English?!!! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Opinions of DA 40?
Well, I ordered the DA 50-200 from Adorama. It was in stock when I ordered, but they tell me that now it's out, and I'll have to wait. Probably that rebate thing. I'd also like a fast prime. Something for stealth photography, as when I want to do street photography, i.e. unaware people shots. Something shorter than a long zoom -- less conspicuous. Guess one couldn't get much shorter than the DA 40. Opinions? Focus good? Any focus fall off? CA? Whatever? What would the crop factor on this one be on digital? Come out to about 55mm? TIA, Marnie aka Doe ;-) Course if I do order it, it is bound to go out of stock just when I do. ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)
It could be a bone fragment, (human or or other mammal). It could be a piece of Plaster of Paris, or concrete, (Portland Cement), hard to tell from a photograph. It looks very warn and weathered. Roman wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-IMGP8963.jpg ^^^ Is this the human bone fragment? Ideas appreciated... -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: test
In a message dated 3/28/2007 7:47:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Shel Why in Hell should I have to Press 1 for English?!!! == Because you're a PC kinda guy. Marnie ;-) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Opinions of DA 40?
I like long lenses for candid unaware people street shots. The further away you are the easier it is to go unnoticed. 40mm would be way too short for me, even on APS format... jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:40 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Opinions of DA 40? Well, I ordered the DA 50-200 from Adorama. It was in stock when I ordered, but they tell me that now it's out, and I'll have to wait. Probably that rebate thing. I'd also like a fast prime. Something for stealth photography, as when I want to do street photography, i.e. unaware people shots. Something shorter than a long zoom -- less conspicuous. Guess one couldn't get much shorter than the DA 40. Opinions? Focus good? Any focus fall off? CA? Whatever? What would the crop factor on this one be on digital? Come out to about 55mm? TIA, Marnie aka Doe ;-) Course if I do order it, it is bound to go out of stock just when I do. ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.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: Opinions of DA 40?
60mm equivalent, not fast at all (f2.8), almost too small (don't expect to use the manual focus much), excellent optics. I'd much rather get the 35/2 or the 43/1.9 Limited as a fast prime in that range, they're a stop or more faster, and large enough to handle well. -Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I ordered the DA 50-200 from Adorama. It was in stock when I ordered, but they tell me that now it's out, and I'll have to wait. Probably that rebate thing. I'd also like a fast prime. Something for stealth photography, as when I want to do street photography, i.e. unaware people shots. Something shorter than a long zoom -- less conspicuous. Guess one couldn't get much shorter than the DA 40. Opinions? Focus good? Any focus fall off? CA? Whatever? What would the crop factor on this one be on digital? Come out to about 55mm? TIA, Marnie aka Doe ;-) Course if I do order it, it is bound to go out of stock just when I do. ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Opinions of DA 40?
In a message dated 3/28/2007 7:48:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I like long lenses for candid unaware people street shots. The further away you are the easier it is to go unnoticed. 40mm would be way too short for me, even on APS format... jco = On, the whole, I agree, but it's a toss up. A longer lens is also a lot more noticeable. Marnie ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A disastrous farewell to film.
Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry for you Peter but wonder what kind of insurance would cover such an accident. My camera insurance (Alte Leipziger Versicherung AG) covers theft, loss, and all kinds of accidental damage, practically every conceivable kind of mishap with the only exception of simply forgetting the camera on a train or elsewhere (literally liegengelassen). Further conditions: no coverage if stolen from the car between 11 pm and 7 am, and the gear must not be visible from outside of the vehicle (and even this latter condition is waived for rented cars). When I dropped my 6x17 panorama camera in France, over Xmas, they paid the repair after I simply faxed them a copy of the price estimate from Nikon. No further questions asked. In fact, I had the money on my account even before Nikon had completed the repair. 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: A disastrous farewell to film.
- Original Message - From: Peter Jordan Subject: A disastrous farewell to film. My initial despair has receded somewhat, and it seems that all the insurance company has to do is cough up for a repair job on the 24mm. Send everything in for repair anyway. Water inside the camera will eventually cause rust, and a camera that stops working. Same with the lens. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Opinions of DA 40?
The DA 40 doesn't strike me as being fast enough for general use. It's supposed to be the same optical formula as the M 40 and I've gotten very good results with that on an ME as a stealth combination, but it will have a very different character on a digital body. The M is sharp enough on FF and the DA is supposed to be better on APS, (and is said to cover the 24x36mm format). The crop factor gives it the AOV of a 60mm on 35mm. I tend to use the 43ltd. for the same purpose on the *ist-D/Ds. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I ordered the DA 50-200 from Adorama. It was in stock when I ordered, but they tell me that now it's out, and I'll have to wait. Probably that rebate thing. I'd also like a fast prime. Something for stealth photography, as when I want to do street photography, i.e. unaware people shots. Something shorter than a long zoom -- less conspicuous. Guess one couldn't get much shorter than the DA 40. Opinions? Focus good? Any focus fall off? CA? Whatever? What would the crop factor on this one be on digital? Come out to about 55mm? TIA, Marnie aka Doe ;-) Course if I do order it, it is bound to go out of stock just when I do. ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)
It looks like Jimmy Hoffa's knee. On 3/28/07, Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-IMGP8963.jpg ^^^ Is this the human bone fragment? Ideas appreciated... -- 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: Opinions of DA 40?
In a message dated 3/28/2007 7:54:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 60mm equivalent, not fast at all (f2.8), almost too small (don't expect to use the manual focus much), excellent optics. I'd much rather get the 35/2 or the 43/1.9 Limited as a fast prime in that range, they're a stop or more faster, and large enough to handle well. -Adam === Well, faster than I currently have, which I think the fastest is 3.5 at some focal lengths on one of my zooms. Thanks for the input, Adam, I will give those a thought. Marnie aka Doe ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Opinions of DA 40?
In a message dated 3/28/2007 7:57:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The DA 40 doesn't strike me as being fast enough for general use. It's supposed to be the same optical formula as the M 40 and I've gotten very good results with that on an ME as a stealth combination, but it will have a very different character on a digital body. The M is sharp enough on FF and the DA is supposed to be better on APS, (and is said to cover the 24x36mm format). The crop factor gives it the AOV of a 60mm on 35mm. I tend to use the 43ltd. for the same purpose on the *ist-D/Ds. === Thanks, Peter. Marnie aka Doe ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: test
Because having to press 9 followed by # would be even more annoying. Cheers, Dave On 3/28/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shel Why in Hell should I have to Press 1 for English?!!! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests
Can't remember _ever_ taking a camera to a warmer outdoors in the daytime. 8-) From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed AM 10:56:33 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests I've frequently taken cameras and lenses from a dry air conditioned house into a steamy 95 degree F garden. Yes, the front element fogs up. I just let the camera rest until the fog clears before shooting. Never saw any evidence of lasting damage. Paul On Mar 28, 2007, at 4:11 AM, mike wilson wrote: From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed AM 01:11:26 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests Hi Bruce Thanks, it's a bit your style, not :-) I was too afraid to go into the tropical rooms inside the botanical garden because of the high humidity of the air but would have loved to take more photos of exotic plants and flowers. I once tried in the Masoala hall in the Zurich zoo -- http://www.zoo.ch/index.php?id=967L=3but but my eye glasses and lenses where immediately very wet and I didn't want to put my photo equipment at risk. While the K10D should stand a sudden change in tropical climate I wonder if there is a good way to protect unsealed lenses against humitity? Greetings Markus Even unsealed lenses would only be affected if you expanded their volume, pulling the warm, moist air into the cold interior. If the lens is one that remains dimensionally stable in zoom and focus, you only have the front element to worry about. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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 - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Opinions of DA 40?
On 3/29/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tend to use the 43ltd. for the same purpose on the *ist-D/Ds. I use the FA 50mm f1.4. Sometimes that f1.4 aperture is the difference between getting the shot and getting a blurry mess. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)
From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed PM 02:21:57 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels) trace here: It turns out it isn't red fibre, but a red hair. Of the short curly variety. It's been sent for DNA for testing Cheers, trace Sounds like it could be Mark's bone. On 3/28/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see a small red fibre. Get it to trace. Dave On 3/28/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/3/07, Roman, discombobulated, unleashed: http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-IMGP8963.jpg ^^^ Is this the human bone fragment? Ideas appreciated... Looks like a funny bone to me. -- 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 -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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 - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests
Everything's air conditioned in the American Southland. mike wilson wrote: Can't remember _ever_ taking a camera to a warmer outdoors in the daytime. 8-) From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed AM 10:56:33 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests I've frequently taken cameras and lenses from a dry air conditioned house into a steamy 95 degree F garden. Yes, the front element fogs up. I just let the camera rest until the fog clears before shooting. Never saw any evidence of lasting damage. Paul On Mar 28, 2007, at 4:11 AM, mike wilson wrote: From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed AM 01:11:26 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests Hi Bruce Thanks, it's a bit your style, not :-) I was too afraid to go into the tropical rooms inside the botanical garden because of the high humidity of the air but would have loved to take more photos of exotic plants and flowers. I once tried in the Masoala hall in the Zurich zoo -- http://www.zoo.ch/index.php?id=967L=3but but my eye glasses and lenses where immediately very wet and I didn't want to put my photo equipment at risk. While the K10D should stand a sudden change in tropical climate I wonder if there is a good way to protect unsealed lenses against humitity? Greetings Markus Even unsealed lenses would only be affected if you expanded their volume, pulling the warm, moist air into the cold interior. If the lens is one that remains dimensionally stable in zoom and focus, you only have the front element to worry about. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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 - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: test
I ask myself the same question at the ATM, (stupid programmers...) Shel Belinkoff wrote: Shel Why in Hell should I have to Press 1 for English?!!! -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Neglected
That light patch on the top right coming down near the fountain really commands my attention. It makes it so that I have trouble really picking out the subject. I suspect the white sloppy border makes this feel even worse. This one doesn't work for me. -- Bruce Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 5:08:48 AM, you wrote: PM Hi, PM I spent an afternoon in some private gardens at Mt Wilson recently. On PM the way out I found this old fountain and grabbed a couple of so-so, PM blurry snaps. My excuse is it was dark in there, the light was waning, PM and I on 2 knee trying to focus, hold everything still and not topple over. PM I was sitting here tonight thinking I might as well toss them out, when PM I decided to make the one half-decent shot look as old as the fountain. PM I sorta like the end result, but I'd welcome constructive criticism. PM Here it is: PM http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/76297420 PM Thanks! PM Peter in Western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax Gallery Strangeness
This may sound funny, but in some respects, it almost feels like there is a ratio - at least when you have submitted a fair number. I'm running about 50% right now and that seems to hold steady. I'm wondering if those who have submitted more than 20 are seeing anything like that. -- Bruce Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 3:45:27 AM, you wrote: PS Yes, they're hard to predict, but they're overall mix looks good. In PS the hard to predict category, I submitted both of the trailer park PS images I showed here a month or so ago. The one where the woman looks PS somewhat posed in the lawn chair was accepted. That one was not well PS liked here. The shot where she is leaning on the railing of her porch PS and looking wistfully into the distance was rejected. That one was PS liked here. However, the former is a 6x7 image with lots of detail. PS The latter is a 35mm shot that has a more gentle look. Both were PS submitted as BW. PS Paul PS On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: I still can't quite decide when they are going to accept and reject. Many of mine that were well liked here were rejected and many that were not as well thought of have been accepted. What makes it really tricky is deciding what to submit - since you can't accurately guess what will be accepted, it is hard to figure out what to submit. The nearest I can come up with is that they are going for a Geographic type look. So, if the shot is very strong, there is a better chance. If it is subtle, probably not. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 6:18:22 PM, you wrote: WH I uploaded two more recent shots. The flower and the bee (Spring Bee) and WH the couple in the Corvette. Someone suggested the Corvette in the Lifestyles WH Gallery, which I did. WH It was rejected, but the flower/bee was accepted. Go figure. They must have WH a ton of flower/insect pics already!! :-) WH Walt -- 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 Thingy in the istDS
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed PM 03:20:51 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: The Thingy in the istDS Actually they they're not saving money. Starting with the M series of cameras, that I'm aware of at least, (maybe earlier, I seem to remember something similar on the ESII, but I don't have one available to look at right now). Pentax incorporated a switch in the hot shoe, usually on the right side which interrupted power flow to the electrical contacts when a flash was not mounted. The rational for this was that a user wouldn't shock themselves when using a flash attached to the PC connection, which was possible with a number of cameras IIRC. That switch is missing on the *ist D, which has a PC connector, (probably the same function is done electronically), and though it doesn't serve the same function since the Ds doesn't have a PC connector, the the switch is present on the Ds. The cutout is to keep from stressing the spring on that switch. True for the DL/2. Will have to check the Z when I get home - about seven minutes from now. mike wilson wrote: From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/27 Tue PM 11:03:32 GMT To: PDML PDML@pdml.net Subject: The Thingy in the istDS I've been using the istDS for about two years and today I noticed a little thingy in the flash attachment. It looks like it's designed to cover and protect the contacts. That's pretty cool. This is my second DS, and I don't recall this protection cover being on the first camera. Is this a standard item, or maybe an optional piece that was installed by the original owner of my second camera, which I bought used? Standard fitment in most new cameras of quality. Even my Zenits had one. The one for the Z1-p was a most bizarre shape, due to the location of the shoe. The DL/2 has cutouts on the locating rails (in fact, on one side the rail is almost completely missing) to save a farthing's worth of plastic. I think you can get a Leica one made in precious metal and set with gemstones. It's an optional extra on the Paris Hilton Sex Tape Commemorative model. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - old car but fresh air
Rust aplenty, but no, I have never seen something like this. Made me chuckle. -- Bruce Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 4:40:02 AM, you wrote: AR Hi AR been very busy at work lately so little time to post images. Anyway, AR this is my latest PESO AR http://www.pbase.com/kiwibiologist/image/76297366 taken in the carpark AR at work. AR Not a very carefully constructed picture but one I thought you guys in AR the North might like. This pic says two things about New Zealand: AR 1. We hang onto our cars for a long time - this looks to be about a AR 20 year old car (Ford Laser aka Mazda 323) AR 2. The air is pretty clean and we don't use salt on the roads. Not AR sure that you would get lichens to grow in most of the Northern AR Hemisphere - or perhaps you do? Let's see your lichenmost car shots! AR Alastair -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Opinions of DA 40?
In a message dated 3/28/2007 8:10:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 3/29/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tend to use the 43ltd. for the same purpose on the *ist-D/Ds. I use the FA 50mm f1.4. Sometimes that f1.4 aperture is the difference between getting the shot and getting a blurry mess. Cheers, Dave === Well, that is an option, too. Thanks, Dave. Yup, that is why I want a fast one, because often people shots are in low light (indoors). Marnie aka Doe :-) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: A disastrous farewell to film.
From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed PM 01:28:59 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: A disastrous farewell to film. I'm sorry for you Peter but wonder what kind of insurance would cover such an accident. At least here in Switzerland there exists no insurance for that since it was your own camera equipment and no third party was involved. Greetings Markus It is unlike the Gnomes to miss an opportunity like that. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Jordan Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:33 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: A disastrous farewell to film. Yesterday was sunny and springlike in Scotland, so I decided to burn up some of my last rolls of Velvia. I had some film in my PZ-1 and an LX with a partly used roll in it, so I packed a bag and headed into the hills. There is a lovely glade with photogenic waterfall near us and I set up the tripod at the top to take some shots. The PZ-1 was loaded with some 400 ASA stuff and I snapped a few shots with that ahead of doing some slow speed shots of the water. I was about to reload the PZ-1 with Velvia when I decided that I'd rather use the slow exposure settings of the LX, so put the PZ-1 down, opened the LX back and stared blankly at the half finished roll of Velvia that was already in it. Doh!! I reloaded the LX, set up the tripod, put my F28mm f/2.8 on it and started shooting. I then decided I wanted to go a little wider, so went back to the bag and picked up the FA* 24mm f/2. I walked back to the tripod, slipped, kicked the tripod with LX and lens attached towards the waterfall, made a despairing grab for the assemblage and only succeeded in sending the 24mm after it. Trying not to cry, I looked down and saw that both lends and tripod / body / lens were stuck against rocks in the water, so I waded out across the slippery rocks above the waterfall and managed to retrieve all the kit. By this stage my appetite for photography had vanished, so I went home, put the soaking bits on the central heating boiler to dry out and went to read my insurance policy. I've just looked at the kit and the damage report isn't as bad as I thought. The LX looks fine, and the shutter is working in both manual and electronic modes, and although I got nothing out of the meter this morning, much to my amazement it seems to be working perfectly now. The finder is still a bit misty inside, and I need to check the alignment, but this 25 year old body seems to have survived a 20 foot fall plus partial immersion in a mountain stream for 5 minutes very well. Even more amazingly, the 28mm also appears to have escaped unscathed! I put it on the PZ-1 this morning and it stopped down and autofocused perfectly. No damage to any glass either. The 24mm is slightly less well off. Mechanically and optically still perfect, stops down OK, but autofocus is not functioning and my istDL can't get any sense out of it in terms of aperture readings etc. My initial despair has receded somewhat, and it seems that all the insurance company has to do is cough up for a repair job on the 24mm. Peter -- 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 - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Anyone a member of NAPP?
Is the maghazine available up here in stores Wendy, or do yoiu know. Dave On 3/28/07, wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used to be a member, but I let it lapse in January. I liked the magazines very much but hardly ever had time to view the tutorials on the site. Now I only have dial-up at home I probably wouldn't have the patience to sit and look at the videos. Member benefits were less for me, not living in the US. I would have like to take advantage of the free shipping from BH :-) Wendy On 3/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: National Association of Photoshop Professionals -- they are having a seminar in SF next month I might go to. I don't need to be a member for that. But I also notice on their web page that they have PS TV with flash or something videos that have little lessons and/or tips and tricks. I am getting more and more into studying PS (with a book), and I wonder if anyone is a member and/or has seen their TV thingees. In other words, have you gotten anything out of being a member? And if not a member, but you've used their site, have you gotten anything out of that? Thanks, Marnie aka Doe ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.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 -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)
On 3/28/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/3/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: I see a small red fibre. Get it to trace. LOL Yea, better dust for eptheel...epithleeli...epiltheel...oh hell. Fingerprints. Epi-thing-a-me-bobs is dust, ie skin cells Cheers, Dave (CSI junkie) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A disastrous farewell to film.
- Original Message - From: Markus Maurer Subject: RE: A disastrous farewell to film. I'm sorry for you Peter but wonder what kind of insurance would cover such an accident. At least here in Switzerland there exists no insurance for that since it was your own camera equipment and no third party was involved. Any all inclusive insurance plan should cover that sort of accident. Frankly, any plan that doesn't isn't worth buying. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Opinions of DA 40?
On 3/28/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/29/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tend to use the 43ltd. for the same purpose on the *ist-D/Ds. I use the FA 50mm f1.4. Sometimes that f1.4 aperture is the difference between getting the shot and getting a blurry mess. I'll pass that on the Frank. vbg Dave B Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests
I left a pleasant 23 degree C office and stepped out into a 46 degree C furnace where I spotted this flower: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_003.htm I wasn't worried about the camera, I was willing my ride home to hurry up :-) Cheers, Dave On 3/28/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't remember _ever_ taking a camera to a warmer outdoors in the daytime. 8-) From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed AM 10:56:33 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests I've frequently taken cameras and lenses from a dry air conditioned house into a steamy 95 degree F garden. Yes, the front element fogs up. I just let the camera rest until the fog clears before shooting. Never saw any evidence of lasting damage. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax Gallery Strangeness
There may have been a reason, Marnie, but there was never an excuse for it. 8~O Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/28/2007 6:13:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I agree. Seems they go for the highly juiced. I've shamefully found myself nudging the hue/saturation slider, ever so slightly, while questioning my moral discipline. 8-/ Jack No different, I am sure that many photographers did for years to sell to magazines. I mean, there was a reason for Velvia, you know. Marnie aka Doe ;-) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Opinions of DA 40?
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Opinions of DA 40? Excellent little optic, but it is VERY small and quite slow. Heres a shot I took with mine: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/reuben.html Exif data is intact on the file, and hopefully, I spelled gray correctly in the coding. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A disastrous farewell to film.
At least you didn't break a leg ... a pain in the wallet is easier to bear than a pain in the arse. :-) I lost two Leica II cameras in similar incidents. One fell into the Pacific Ocean from 26,000 feet and the other tumbled down the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico, breaking into bits as it went. Not a huge financial loss but an emotional one as those were the first Leica cameras I'd bought for myself... It sounds like you'll be able to recover things, however. Have all of it serviced... G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: test
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: test Why in Hell should I have to Press 1 for English?!!! Because you live in a multicultural society which embraces and welcomes people from different cultures, and allows them to live within society as free and contributing members of your population. It's one of the great things about America. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests
OK, that has the 'punch' the Pentax Gallery is looking for. This really jumps out at you. Nice shot, BTW. -- Bruce Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 8:19:17 AM, you wrote: DS I left a pleasant 23 degree C office and stepped out into a 46 degree DS C furnace where I spotted this flower: DS http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_003.htm DS I wasn't worried about the camera, I was willing my ride home to hurry up :-) DS Cheers, DS Dave DS On 3/28/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't remember _ever_ taking a camera to a warmer outdoors in the daytime. 8-) From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/28 Wed AM 10:56:33 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests I've frequently taken cameras and lenses from a dry air conditioned house into a steamy 95 degree F garden. Yes, the front element fogs up. I just let the camera rest until the fog clears before shooting. Never saw any evidence of lasting damage. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Thingy in the istDS
I personally can't believe that Shel didn't know that cameras come with hot shot covers and that there's been this much conversation over something that must cost under .10 to manufacture. Tom C. From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: The Thingy in the istDS Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:49:23 -0500 Humm. I don't remember mine with them, unless they are still in the boxes. Both istD cameras are now missing said cover though.:-) Dave On 3/27/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nikons get them too, dunno about Canons. I tend to lose them the first time I use a flash. -Adam Thibouille wrote: Pretty standard on all Pentax camera I saw news which means P30T/Z1/SFX/istD/K10D at least ;) 2007/3/28, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've been using the istDS for about two years and today I noticed a little thingy in the flash attachment. It looks like it's designed to cover and protect the contacts. That's pretty cool. This is my second DS, and I don't recall this protection cover being on the first camera. Is this a standard item, or maybe an optional piece that was installed by the original owner of my second camera, which I bought used? 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 -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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: Pentax Gallery Strangeness
I've stopped submitting anything for the time being. Tom C. From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery Strangeness Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:12:23 -0700 (PDT) I agree. Seems they go for the highly juiced. I've shamefully found myself nudging the hue/saturation slider, ever so slightly, while questioning my moral discipline. 8-/ Jack --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still can't quite decide when they are going to accept and reject. Many of mine that were well liked here were rejected and many that were not as well thought of have been accepted. What makes it really tricky is deciding what to submit - since you can't accurately guess what will be accepted, it is hard to figure out what to submit. The nearest I can come up with is that they are going for a Geographic type look. So, if the shot is very strong, there is a better chance. If it is subtle, probably not. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 6:18:22 PM, you wrote: WH I uploaded two more recent shots. The flower and the bee (Spring Bee) and WH the couple in the Corvette. Someone suggested the Corvette in the Lifestyles WH Gallery, which I did. WH It was rejected, but the flower/bee was accepted. Go figure. They must have WH a ton of flower/insect pics already!! :-) WH Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- 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: Pentax Gallery Strangeness
I'm 4 for 5 Dave On 3/28/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may sound funny, but in some respects, it almost feels like there is a ratio - at least when you have submitted a fair number. I'm running about 50% right now and that seems to hold steady. I'm wondering if those who have submitted more than 20 are seeing anything like that. -- Bruce Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 3:45:27 AM, you wrote: PS Yes, they're hard to predict, but they're overall mix looks good. In PS the hard to predict category, I submitted both of the trailer park PS images I showed here a month or so ago. The one where the woman looks PS somewhat posed in the lawn chair was accepted. That one was not well PS liked here. The shot where she is leaning on the railing of her porch PS and looking wistfully into the distance was rejected. That one was PS liked here. However, the former is a 6x7 image with lots of detail. PS The latter is a 35mm shot that has a more gentle look. Both were PS submitted as BW. PS Paul PS On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: I still can't quite decide when they are going to accept and reject. Many of mine that were well liked here were rejected and many that were not as well thought of have been accepted. What makes it really tricky is deciding what to submit - since you can't accurately guess what will be accepted, it is hard to figure out what to submit. The nearest I can come up with is that they are going for a Geographic type look. So, if the shot is very strong, there is a better chance. If it is subtle, probably not. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 6:18:22 PM, you wrote: WH I uploaded two more recent shots. The flower and the bee (Spring Bee) and WH the couple in the Corvette. Someone suggested the Corvette in the Lifestyles WH Gallery, which I did. WH It was rejected, but the flower/bee was accepted. Go figure. They must have WH a ton of flower/insect pics already!! :-) WH Walt -- 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 -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax Gallery Strangeness
Yep, about 50%. Tom C. From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery Strangeness Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:03:34 -0700 This may sound funny, but in some respects, it almost feels like there is a ratio - at least when you have submitted a fair number. I'm running about 50% right now and that seems to hold steady. I'm wondering if those who have submitted more than 20 are seeing anything like that. -- Bruce Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 3:45:27 AM, you wrote: PS Yes, they're hard to predict, but they're overall mix looks good. In PS the hard to predict category, I submitted both of the trailer park PS images I showed here a month or so ago. The one where the woman looks PS somewhat posed in the lawn chair was accepted. That one was not well PS liked here. The shot where she is leaning on the railing of her porch PS and looking wistfully into the distance was rejected. That one was PS liked here. However, the former is a 6x7 image with lots of detail. PS The latter is a 35mm shot that has a more gentle look. Both were PS submitted as BW. PS Paul PS On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: I still can't quite decide when they are going to accept and reject. Many of mine that were well liked here were rejected and many that were not as well thought of have been accepted. What makes it really tricky is deciding what to submit - since you can't accurately guess what will be accepted, it is hard to figure out what to submit. The nearest I can come up with is that they are going for a Geographic type look. So, if the shot is very strong, there is a better chance. If it is subtle, probably not. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 6:18:22 PM, you wrote: WH I uploaded two more recent shots. The flower and the bee (Spring Bee) and WH the couple in the Corvette. Someone suggested the Corvette in the Lifestyles WH Gallery, which I did. WH It was rejected, but the flower/bee was accepted. Go figure. They must have WH a ton of flower/insect pics already!! :-) WH Walt -- 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: Opinions of DA 40?
yes a longer lens itself is more noticable than a shorter lens itself, but it's nowhere near as noticeable as a much closer photographer using a shorter lens! jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:50 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Opinions of DA 40? In a message dated 3/28/2007 7:48:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I like long lenses for candid unaware people street shots. The further away you are the easier it is to go unnoticed. 40mm would be way too short for me, even on APS format... jco = On, the whole, I agree, but it's a toss up. A longer lens is also a lot more noticeable. Marnie ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.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: Opinions of DA 40?
On Mar 28, 2007, at 7:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I ordered the DA 50-200 from Adorama. It was in stock when I ordered, but they tell me that now it's out, and I'll have to wait. Probably that rebate thing. I'd also like a fast prime. Something for stealth photography, as when I want to do street photography, i.e. unaware people shots. Something shorter than a long zoom -- less conspicuous. Guess one couldn't get much shorter than the DA 40. Opinions? Focus good? Any focus fall off? CA? Whatever? What would the crop factor on this one be on digital? Come out to about 55mm? TIA, Marnie aka Doe ;-) Course if I do order it, it is bound to go out of stock just when I do. I have no experience shooting with the DA40 Limited. I handled it at the store and found the focusing ring to be just a bit too thin for my taste. I suspect it would be fine with a real lens hood fitted (hate that little flat disk...) and presuming that you weren't going to do much manual focusing with it. From all reports and examples I've seen, it is quite sharp and produces very nice results. AF with it is supposedly amongst the very fastest available. The focal length of this and the 43 Limited proves to be a long normal ... nice for people pictures and such in the middle range, or tighter compositions at a still comfortable distance. Can't believe all the hooey about it not being fast enough for general use ... IMO, f/2.8 is just fine even for a lot of low light shooting, particularly with good, clean ISO 800 available. I remember doing available light street photography with ASA400 film and a Elmar 35mm f/3.5 on a Leica IIc body ... no slow shutter speeds or flash available. Get real. A faster lens is, of course, a nice thing in a pinch. The FA35/2 and FA43/1.9 are both excellent. BTW: I've often found gear available through Amazon.com at the 18th Street Photo retailer that wasn't available elsewhere. They seem good folks ... One time, when the only example of a lens they had in stock had a crushed box, they called to apologize and ask if it was all right. I decided not to take it, waited for the next one, and the compensated by giving me an additional discount on another item I was looking at. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Thingy in the istDS
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: The Thingy in the istDS I personally can't believe that Shel didn't know that cameras come with hot shot covers and that there's been this much conversation over something that must cost under .10 to manufacture. We had more converstion over the aperture simulator thingie, and apparently, it costs nothing William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests
Thanks Bruce. I didn't even consider this shot for the Pentax Gallery. I think I'll give it a go and see what happens. Cheers, Dave On 3/28/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, that has the 'punch' the Pentax Gallery is looking for. This really jumps out at you. Nice shot, BTW. -- Bruce Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 8:19:17 AM, you wrote: DS I left a pleasant 23 degree C office and stepped out into a 46 degree DS C furnace where I spotted this flower: DS http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_003.htm DS I wasn't worried about the camera, I was willing my ride home to hurry up :-) DS Cheers, DS Dave DS On 3/28/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't remember _ever_ taking a camera to a warmer outdoors in the daytime. 8-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Thingy in the istDS
Believe what you will ... Shel [Original Message] From: Tom C I personally can't believe that Shel didn't know that cameras come with hot shot covers -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Opinions of DA 40?
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: Opinions of DA 40? AF with it is supposedly amongst the very fastest available. It's AF speed is very quick, I don't formally test this stuff, but my feeling is it is the fastest focusing lens that I own. Can't believe all the hooey about it not being fast enough for general use ... IMO, f/2.8 is just fine even for a lot of low light shooting, particularly with good, clean ISO 800 available. A faster lens is, of course, a nice thing in a pinch. The FA35/2 and FA43/1.9 are both excellent. I feel 2.8 is slow for a short prime, anything slower than f2 is a slow lens in this range. However, it is very small, and as maximum aperture increases, so does size. I would have been happier with a bit more size and a half stop faster. Both the 21 and 70 are nice sized lenses and have the extra half stop of speed. The 40 is a very usable lens though. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Neglected
I like what you've done but I wish the fade out surround wasn't so uniform. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Neglected Hi, I spent an afternoon in some private gardens at Mt Wilson recently. On the way out I found this old fountain and grabbed a couple of so-so, blurry snaps. My excuse is it was dark in there, the light was waning, and I on 2 knee trying to focus, hold everything still and not topple over. I was sitting here tonight thinking I might as well toss them out, when I decided to make the one half-decent shot look as old as the fountain. I sorta like the end result, but I'd welcome constructive criticism. Here it is: http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/76297420 Thanks! Peter in Western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Opinions of DA 40?
On Mar 28, 2007, at 8:59 AM, William Robb wrote: I feel 2.8 is slow for a short prime, anything slower than f2 is a slow lens in this range. However, it is very small, and as maximum aperture increases, so does size. I would have been happier with a bit more size and a half stop faster. Both the 21 and 70 are nice sized lenses and have the extra half stop of speed. The 40 is a very usable lens though. The DA21 Limited is an f/3.2 lens, Bill. :-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
