GESO: New book, old photos

[Juan Buhler]

Hello all,

I decided to compile some of my street photos taken between 2000 and
2004 in a book. I am going to try with Blurb (http://www.blurb.com).
It will be 8x10 inches, 62 pages, hardcover. The book is printing
right now. As soon as I get the first copy and verify that I'm happy
with the quality, I will post here again in case anyone wants a copy
:)

These are the pictures in the book, in the order they'll appear.

http://www.jbuhler.com/sp2000-2004/nbop.html

Comments very welcome--I will be able to revise the order of the
pictures and maybe the selection before making it final...

Thanks for looking,

j


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Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD

[Toine]

My setup is similar with one exception. I copy the files to the first
harddisc and the contents of this harddisc are synchronized daily with
dirsync to the second backup drive.
http://www.archersoft.com (it's only $ 24.95 and works perfectly).

Toine

On 4/22/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do yourself a huge favor:
>
> - Buy a pair of Seagate 500Gbyte external drives. I was at Fry's just
> yesterday ... in USB 2.0 only enclosures, these drives would cost
> $119 apiece; USB2/FireWire 400 enclosures and the price goes up to
> $190 right now.
>
> - Move all the data from the CDs/DVDs to one of the drives.
>
> - Copy the entire drive to the other.
>
> - Backup new data, as you generate it, to both drives.
>
> - Dismount, disconnect, and unplug the drives when not in use for
> backup.
>
> When they become outdated by 1Terabyte drives at the same price, buy
> another pair and move the data to them.
> etc
>
> It's the most efficient, easily maintained, reliable backup/archive
> system available today. You can get some low-cost backup software
> that will make doing this job fast, easy, consistent and efficient. I
> do this myself, have been for five years now. It works flawlessly and
> is FAR easier to maintain than mountains of CDs and DVDs. And it's
> fast enough to actually be useful.
>
> Godfrey
>
>
> On Apr 21, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
>
> > One of the things that was kicked around with the advent of digital
> > was
> >   the need to move data from one storage medium to another as they
> > become obsolete.
> >
> > A couple of days ago ago I decided to move the data off 69 CD's, which
> > held the "best" of my *ist-D shots for the first few months I had it,
> > before getting a DVD burner.
> >
> > I have to say - it was more of a hassle than I expected. I have a
> > spare
> > computer here and just fed it the CD's as I was working on the main
> > PC.
> > The CD's were about 5 years old and none of them were bad - but some
> > read fairly slowly, sometimes taking up to 15 minutes to copy onto the
> > hard drive, vs 3 to 5 minutes for most. A couple failed with CRC
> > errors
> > on the first attempt, but then copied successfully after taking
> > them out
> > and wiping them with a lens cleaning cloth.
> >
> > Now I have 42 gigs of files to burn onto a few DVD's.
> >
> > My main motivation for doing this was to make it easier to find some
> > images - these CD's had the original PEF's plus 16 bit final TIFF's on
> > them, and the files came together in a way that left room for only
> > 5 or
> > 6 images per CD, with a fair amount of wasted space on each disk.
> >
> > Over all though, it took hours to copy these files. Since it was a
> > background task on a machine that I just use for scanning and
> > streaming
> > NPR, it wasn't a major problem. But I have roughly 700 more CD's that
> > someday will have to be moved - if not onto DVD's then onto some
> > future
> > media.
> >
> > The thought of that makes me shudder...
> >
> > - MCC
> >
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> > Mark Cassino Photography
> > Kalamazoo, Michigan
> > www.markcassino.com
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Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50....FA43?

[Fernando Terrazzino]

The DA40 a "pretty decent little lens" now who is are the master of
understatement ;-)

Alex, there is nothing wrong with the DA40, to put it clear, provided
I don't need the speed, I've never regretted not taken with me my FA35
or my FA50.

In other words, if you can't get a sharp photo with the DA40, even at
2.8, you need to review your technique and or workflow. Come on, is a
Pentax prime, designed for digital and is a Limited

Your decision should be based on focal length and size vs. speed (and
price). You want speed get the 35/2, if you want small size get the
DA40. The 50 is a tad long for a normal but worth buying anyway.

I don't have the FA43 but if you can stretch your budget to that one I
heard lots of greats thing about it.

I suspect you'll be happy no matter with any of your options.

Cheers.

Fernando

On 4/21/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "AlexG"
> Subject: Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50FA43?
>
>
> > DA 40mm f/2.8 samples:
> >
> > http://computers.livedoor.com/series_detail?id=6025
> >
> > Can you guys check some of those sample pics out? They seem overly soft.
> >
>
> More like limited DOF from what I saw. The 40 is a pretty decent little lens
> providing you can live with it's size and speed. It's not at it's best wide
> open, but I haven't seen many lenses that are. I haven't used a 43/1.9
> enough to say if I like it or not, but most everything I have read about it
> has been praise.
> I believe Alan Chan thought it had some barrel distortion and kind of wonky
> bokeh with OOF specular highlights.
> I'm liking the F50/1.4 a lot on the K10.
>
> William Robb
>
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Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD

[AlexG]

Presumably so they aren't spinning for nothing, assuming they won't
power down on thier own.

MTBF for hard disks is reported to be greatly exagerated

On 4/22/07, Maris V. Lidaka Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I like your idea, but why "Dismount, disconnect, and unplug the drives when
> not in use for backup."?
>
> Maris
>
> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> > Do yourself a huge favor:
> >
> > - Buy a pair of Seagate 500Gbyte external drives. I was at Fry's just
> > yesterday ... in USB 2.0 only enclosures, these drives would cost
> > $119 apiece; USB2/FireWire 400 enclosures and the price goes up to
> > $190 right now.
> >
> > - Move all the data from the CDs/DVDs to one of the drives.
> >
> > - Copy the entire drive to the other.
> >
> > - Backup new data, as you generate it, to both drives.
> >
> > - Dismount, disconnect, and unplug the drives when not in use for
> > backup.
> >
> > When they become outdated by 1Terabyte drives at the same price, buy
> > another pair and move the data to them.
> > etc
> >
> > It's the most efficient, easily maintained, reliable backup/archive
> > system available today. You can get some low-cost backup software
> > that will make doing this job fast, easy, consistent and efficient. I
> > do this myself, have been for five years now. It works flawlessly and
> > is FAR easier to maintain than mountains of CDs and DVDs. And it's
> > fast enough to actually be useful.
>
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Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50....FA43?

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "AlexG"
Subject: Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50FA43?


>I guess that settles it.
>
> Given that I have the kit lens and will get the 50/1.4, no reason to
> get the da40, especially given the very variable pic quality.

Don't kid yourself about the 40, There is nothing wrong with it's picture 
quality.

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Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD

[AlexG]

As has been mentioned, magnetic storage is the way to go. And if
you're paranoid, redundant magnetic storage, like Raid 1.

Some of my earlier dvds are already unreadable, but I recently plugged
in a 12-year old computer and it booted right in to windows 95.
Good ole P100.



On 4/22/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Boris Liberman"
> Subject: Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD
>
>
> > Mark,
> >
> > Mark Cassino wrote:
> >> ...
> >> Over all though, it took hours to copy these files. Since it was a
> >> background task on a machine that I just use for scanning and streaming
> >> NPR, it wasn't a major problem. But I have roughly 700 more CD's that
> >> someday will have to be moved - if not onto DVD's then onto some future
> >> media.
> >>
> >> The thought of that makes me shudder...
> >
> > I am with Godfrey about this. I've an external 0.5 TB hard drive and I
> > am using EMC Retrospect software (that came with the HD) to weekly or
> > even more often back up all my hard drives. I've been shooting less than
> > you but in principle it is very similar solution. I've few tens of CDs
> > and less than ten DVDs but I've decided to not bother with smaller
> > media. After all, one good shoot and I can fill up the whole DVD...
>
> Based on Godfrey recommending this some time ago, I installed a 300gb drive
> into my computer for image and other data storage, and then bought an
> external enclosure with a 300gb drive installed as a back up to the internal
> drive.
> When I fill them up, I'll move on to another internal/external drive
> arrangement.
>
> William Robb
>
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Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50....FA43?

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "John Celio"
Subject: Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50FA43?


> William Robb wrote:
>> I'm liking the F50/1.4 a lot on the K10.
>
> That's my primary lens these days.  I always carry my DA 18-55 and 
> sometimes
> the 50-200, but I rarely use them.  The FA50 1.4 is the right size and the
> right speed for what I like to shoot.  If Pentax had an affordable, small,
> wider prime with a similar aperture (this being key) and I'd probably 
> never
> take it off.

If you can live with somewhat slower, the FA35/2 is quite nice, and similar 
in size.
The 31 is gorgeous, but substantially larger/heavier, and slower as well.

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Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD

[Maris V. Lidaka Sr.]

I like your idea, but why "Dismount, disconnect, and unplug the drives when 
not in use for backup."?

Maris

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> Do yourself a huge favor:
>
> - Buy a pair of Seagate 500Gbyte external drives. I was at Fry's just
> yesterday ... in USB 2.0 only enclosures, these drives would cost
> $119 apiece; USB2/FireWire 400 enclosures and the price goes up to
> $190 right now.
>
> - Move all the data from the CDs/DVDs to one of the drives.
>
> - Copy the entire drive to the other.
>
> - Backup new data, as you generate it, to both drives.
>
> - Dismount, disconnect, and unplug the drives when not in use for
> backup.
>
> When they become outdated by 1Terabyte drives at the same price, buy
> another pair and move the data to them.
> etc
>
> It's the most efficient, easily maintained, reliable backup/archive
> system available today. You can get some low-cost backup software
> that will make doing this job fast, easy, consistent and efficient. I
> do this myself, have been for five years now. It works flawlessly and
> is FAR easier to maintain than mountains of CDs and DVDs. And it's
> fast enough to actually be useful. 


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Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50....FA43?

[AlexG]

I guess that settles it.

Given that I have the kit lens and will get the 50/1.4, no reason to
get the da40, especially given the very variable pic quality. I have a
craptacular cxnon sd600 P&S (tiny) and i rarely even bring THAT with
me, so a tiny lens does not a go-everywhere dslr make, at least, not
for now.

So, order looks like k100d, 50/1.4, and a bunch of pec-pads.

good good?

On 4/22/07, John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> William Robb wrote:
> > I'm liking the F50/1.4 a lot on the K10.
>
> That's my primary lens these days.  I always carry my DA 18-55 and sometimes
> the 50-200, but I rarely use them.  The FA50 1.4 is the right size and the
> right speed for what I like to shoot.  If Pentax had an affordable, small,
> wider prime with a similar aperture (this being key) and I'd probably never
> take it off.
>
> John
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Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50....FA43?

[John Celio]

William Robb wrote:
> I'm liking the F50/1.4 a lot on the K10.

That's my primary lens these days.  I always carry my DA 18-55 and sometimes 
the 50-200, but I rarely use them.  The FA50 1.4 is the right size and the 
right speed for what I like to shoot.  If Pentax had an affordable, small, 
wider prime with a similar aperture (this being key) and I'd probably never 
take it off.

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Re: What the Hell? [was... Re: PDML.....R. I. P.]

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Bob Blakely"
Subject: What the Hell? [was... Re: PDML.R. I. P.]


> Did you guys have a good flame war and I missed it?
>
> Darn!

Made what we used to get into look like a 60 style love in, complete with 
the sitars and hookas.
Or so I've been told..

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Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Boris Liberman"
Subject: Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD


> Mark,
>
> Mark Cassino wrote:
>> ...
>> Over all though, it took hours to copy these files. Since it was a
>> background task on a machine that I just use for scanning and streaming
>> NPR, it wasn't a major problem. But I have roughly 700 more CD's that
>> someday will have to be moved - if not onto DVD's then onto some future
>> media.
>>
>> The thought of that makes me shudder...
>
> I am with Godfrey about this. I've an external 0.5 TB hard drive and I
> am using EMC Retrospect software (that came with the HD) to weekly or
> even more often back up all my hard drives. I've been shooting less than
> you but in principle it is very similar solution. I've few tens of CDs
> and less than ten DVDs but I've decided to not bother with smaller
> media. After all, one good shoot and I can fill up the whole DVD...

Based on Godfrey recommending this some time ago, I installed a 300gb drive 
into my computer for image and other data storage, and then bought an 
external enclosure with a 300gb drive installed as a back up to the internal 
drive.
When I fill them up, I'll move on to another internal/external drive 
arrangement.

William Robb


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Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD

[Juan Buhler]

I second Godfrey's advice.

I just got two WD Mybook 500GB drives. USB 2 + Firewire, ~$170 at Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136030

They are set up as one 500GB RAID volume, and have all my istD, K10D,
film scans, and images from various p&s cameras.

I do have some extra redundancy though: one 250 and one 180 drives
that used to have the same data are still there. Plus my 'keepers' are
in my ipod, which mostly lives at work. Plus in my spare time I'm
slowly making two sets of DVDs, and will leave one at work and the
other in my apartment in Argentina, just in case. Call me paranoid :)

j

On 4/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do yourself a huge favor:
>
> - Buy a pair of Seagate 500Gbyte external drives. I was at Fry's just
> yesterday ... in USB 2.0 only enclosures, these drives would cost
> $119 apiece; USB2/FireWire 400 enclosures and the price goes up to
> $190 right now.
>
> - Move all the data from the CDs/DVDs to one of the drives.
>
> - Copy the entire drive to the other.
>
> - Backup new data, as you generate it, to both drives.
>
> - Dismount, disconnect, and unplug the drives when not in use for
> backup.
>
> When they become outdated by 1Terabyte drives at the same price, buy
> another pair and move the data to them.
> etc
>
> It's the most efficient, easily maintained, reliable backup/archive
> system available today. You can get some low-cost backup software
> that will make doing this job fast, easy, consistent and efficient. I
> do this myself, have been for five years now. It works flawlessly and
> is FAR easier to maintain than mountains of CDs and DVDs. And it's
> fast enough to actually be useful.
>
> Godfrey
>
>
> On Apr 21, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
>
> > One of the things that was kicked around with the advent of digital
> > was
> >   the need to move data from one storage medium to another as they
> > become obsolete.
> >
> > A couple of days ago ago I decided to move the data off 69 CD's, which
> > held the "best" of my *ist-D shots for the first few months I had it,
> > before getting a DVD burner.
> >
> > I have to say - it was more of a hassle than I expected. I have a
> > spare
> > computer here and just fed it the CD's as I was working on the main
> > PC.
> > The CD's were about 5 years old and none of them were bad - but some
> > read fairly slowly, sometimes taking up to 15 minutes to copy onto the
> > hard drive, vs 3 to 5 minutes for most. A couple failed with CRC
> > errors
> > on the first attempt, but then copied successfully after taking
> > them out
> > and wiping them with a lens cleaning cloth.
> >
> > Now I have 42 gigs of files to burn onto a few DVD's.
> >
> > My main motivation for doing this was to make it easier to find some
> > images - these CD's had the original PEF's plus 16 bit final TIFF's on
> > them, and the files came together in a way that left room for only
> > 5 or
> > 6 images per CD, with a fair amount of wasted space on each disk.
> >
> > Over all though, it took hours to copy these files. Since it was a
> > background task on a machine that I just use for scanning and
> > streaming
> > NPR, it wasn't a major problem. But I have roughly 700 more CD's that
> > someday will have to be moved - if not onto DVD's then onto some
> > future
> > media.
> >
> > The thought of that makes me shudder...
> >
> > - MCC
> >
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> > Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Re: would you get this repair done?

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

I don't know what those lenses bring on the market right now, but I'd  
say don't repair it, state the condition honestly, and take what  
comes. If you have a minimum price you won't let it go for less than,  
put a reserve on it.

There's little point to putting $300 into a camera you want to sell  
and *might* get $300 for. You'll likely get more money selling  
everything piecemeal too.

G


On Apr 21, 2007, at 6:02 PM, Amita Guha wrote:

> Do you think I'd do better if I added, say, my Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 to
> the sale? I was going to sell my last 3 Pentax-mount AF lenses
> separately because I thought I'd get more money from them. However, I
> am selling the *istD as a kit with the grip, a handful of batteries,
> and whatever other odds and ends I have lying around. The remaining 3
> lenses are the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8, Sigma 10-20mm, and Tamron 90mm
> macro.
>
> Of course I'll disclose the condition of the camera in the auction if
> I decide not to do the repair. Thanks for all the help, guys!


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Re: PESO: Florida Lizzard

[David Savage]

That's an excellent shot. Well done.

And at this size I can't see any blur.

Cheers,

Dave

On 4/22/07, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This guy was very tame and allowed me pretty close with the 100mm f3.5
> Macro. iso 400, f/10, around 1/60th with SR on. His head is slightly soft or
> else he moved. The macro is proving to be useful but I need to hone my
> skills more.
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/FloridaLizzard.jpg
>
>
> Walt
>
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Re: items for sale

[David Savage]

The person who sent the message saying they had items for sale.

Dave

On 4/22/07, J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Who was it on the list that had some lens and other things for sale ?

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Re: Please, let this thread die: MSNBC Poll: Is...

[David Savage]

On 4/22/07, AlexG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Everytime someone posts a jab at this JCO guy, he gets all pissy and
> responds in kind.

Yes. He takes himself way too seriously.

I just don't think he understands the nature of the PDML & most of it's members.

Cheers,

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Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD

[Boris Liberman]

Mark,

Mark Cassino wrote:
> ...
> Over all though, it took hours to copy these files. Since it was a 
> background task on a machine that I just use for scanning and streaming 
> NPR, it wasn't a major problem. But I have roughly 700 more CD's that 
> someday will have to be moved - if not onto DVD's then onto some future 
> media.
> 
> The thought of that makes me shudder...

I am with Godfrey about this. I've an external 0.5 TB hard drive and I 
am using EMC Retrospect software (that came with the HD) to weekly or 
even more often back up all my hard drives. I've been shooting less than 
you but in principle it is very similar solution. I've few tens of CDs 
and less than ten DVDs but I've decided to not bother with smaller 
media. After all, one good shoot and I can fill up the whole DVD...

Boris


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Re: bags bags bags ... photos and review

[David Savage]

My 6 Milion Dollar Home does, so I think the 7 will have no problems.

This is my every day load out.





K10D with 77 Ltd
FA 50mm f1.4
DA 16-45mm f4
DA 10-17mm f3.5-4.5
F 1.7x AF adapter
AF 540 FGZ Flash
...with room left to carry the FA 31mm Ltd.

If I think I might need long glass I take out the flash and put the
FA* 80-200 f2.8 in it's place.

Cheers,

Dave

On 4/22/07, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Godfrey, do you think this bag would fit the K10D with a grip attached?
>
> Thanks,
> Amita
>
> On 4/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My "big kit" bag search has proven to be very successful.

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Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

I stopped using "protection" filters 25 years ago when I saw how much  
they cut image quality. I've only dropped a lens  once, a Nikkor 20mm  
f/3.5 AI-S that was two weeks old, and no filter or hood would have  
prevented the damage to the  lens' optical alignment that was caused  
(both filter and hood were on that lens at the time). It needed  
repair anyway.

Use good, rigid lens hoods and leave the extra glass behind. If you  
absolutely must use a protection filter, pitch those Quantaray things  
as far as you can and buy yourself a set of B+W MRC coated clear  
protection filters. And for heaven's sake, if you're going to use a  
filter, be *sure* you use a lens hood!

When you notice how much filters cost in flare, it will be when you  
get image ghosts across the best evening photos you've ever taken,  
and which cannot be made again. Ask me how I know this... ;-)

Godfrey

On Apr 21, 2007, at 5:56 PM, Amita Guha wrote:

> People tend to get into religious wars about this sort of thing. I'm a
> firm believer in filtering my lenses, but I think I'm the only person
> on the list who's ever dropped a camera on its front and had the UV
> filter shatter and the lens remain ok. :) I've never noticed a
> difference in quality, but I have started ponying up for the more
> expensive B+W Multicoated filters rather than the cheap Tiffens I
> started out with. That can add $50-$100 to the cost of each lens, but
> better that than scratching the lens or worse, IMHO.
>
> Amita
>
> On 4/21/07, Maris V. Lidaka Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I generally leave my UV filter on my lens.  My (aging) eyes don't  
>> see any
>> difference in image quality with or without the filter, but there  
>> are those
>> who disagree.
>>
>> Maris
>>
>> eric wrote:
>>> I learn something new every day on this list, it seems.  I'm  
>>> probably
>>> still a youngin' compared to most of you (rolling over to 27 in  
>>> about
>>> a month), and just started getting "serious" about photography late
>>> last year when I picked up a *ist-DL.  Wonderful camera, only
>>> complaint of sorts is the lack of a hard protective cover over the
>>> LCD, such as found on the Nikon D70.
>>>
>>> Anyways, in talking to my photography friends, most of which are my
>>> age or younger, I was always told to never leave the house without
>>> something capping the front element.  Skylight and UV filters are
>>> handy universal protectors.  Seemed like perfectly sound advice to
>>> me, considering I can't leave the bedroom without getting a spot  
>>> on a
>>> white shirt.  I can make it to the front door on a gray shirt.  I
>>> will have somehow put a scratch in the screen of a new PDA within
>>> minutes of taking it out of the box.
>>>
>>> So yeah, not having some sort of protection on the front of  
>>> something
>>> that has triple digits worth of investment in it does make me a bit
>>> uncomfortable.  It hadn't occured to me that these filters might be
>>> degrading image quality, although it does make perfect sense now  
>>> that
>>> I think about it.  But considering that I'm still working on the kit
>>> lens, and $300 is a HECK of a lot of money for me to drop on another
>>> lens, am I really going to see that much of a difference between
>>> filter and no filter?  I picked up a 3 pack of Quantaray filters
>>> (skylight 1A, polarizer, and UV).  I tend to leave the skylight one
>>> attached to the lens.  I've tried both with and without, and can't
>>> really see any real difference in quality, but then I've also been
>>> focusing more on learning the camera, than getting Ansel Adams level
>>> quality.


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Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Do yourself a huge favor:

- Buy a pair of Seagate 500Gbyte external drives. I was at Fry's just  
yesterday ... in USB 2.0 only enclosures, these drives would cost  
$119 apiece; USB2/FireWire 400 enclosures and the price goes up to  
$190 right now.

- Move all the data from the CDs/DVDs to one of the drives.

- Copy the entire drive to the other.

- Backup new data, as you generate it, to both drives.

- Dismount, disconnect, and unplug the drives when not in use for  
backup.

When they become outdated by 1Terabyte drives at the same price, buy  
another pair and move the data to them.
etc

It's the most efficient, easily maintained, reliable backup/archive  
system available today. You can get some low-cost backup software  
that will make doing this job fast, easy, consistent and efficient. I  
do this myself, have been for five years now. It works flawlessly and  
is FAR easier to maintain than mountains of CDs and DVDs. And it's  
fast enough to actually be useful.

Godfrey


On Apr 21, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:

> One of the things that was kicked around with the advent of digital  
> was
>   the need to move data from one storage medium to another as they
> become obsolete.
>
> A couple of days ago ago I decided to move the data off 69 CD's, which
> held the "best" of my *ist-D shots for the first few months I had it,
> before getting a DVD burner.
>
> I have to say - it was more of a hassle than I expected. I have a  
> spare
> computer here and just fed it the CD's as I was working on the main  
> PC.
> The CD's were about 5 years old and none of them were bad - but some
> read fairly slowly, sometimes taking up to 15 minutes to copy onto the
> hard drive, vs 3 to 5 minutes for most. A couple failed with CRC  
> errors
> on the first attempt, but then copied successfully after taking  
> them out
> and wiping them with a lens cleaning cloth.
>
> Now I have 42 gigs of files to burn onto a few DVD's.
>
> My main motivation for doing this was to make it easier to find some
> images - these CD's had the original PEF's plus 16 bit final TIFF's on
> them, and the files came together in a way that left room for only  
> 5 or
> 6 images per CD, with a fair amount of wasted space on each disk.
>
> Over all though, it took hours to copy these files. Since it was a
> background task on a machine that I just use for scanning and  
> streaming
> NPR, it wasn't a major problem. But I have roughly 700 more CD's that
> someday will have to be moved - if not onto DVD's then onto some  
> future
> media.
>
> The thought of that makes me shudder...
>
> - MCC
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Re: On Topic: enablement

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

You'll like it. A very nice lens, perhaps my favorite of the ones  
I've used so far (A35, A45, A120 Macro, A200).

G

On Apr 21, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote:

> Just ordered a Pentax-A 45mm F2.8 lens for my 645 from KEH.
> Whee!


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Re: bags bags bags ... photos and review

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

>> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/7MillionDollarHome/

From: Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Looks like a good solution, Godfrey. It's really
> similar in size to my Lowepro Nova 4.
>
> As much as I like the case...I like your lenses
> better!

LOL ... I'm fairly partial to them myself. ;-)

From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Amita Guha wrote:
>> Godfrey, do you think this bag would fit the K10D with a grip  
>> attached?
>>
> It certainly will, in fact it will hold a much larger camera. I use it
> with my F100 and EOS 10D, both with grips.

Yes. There's plenty of extra room in it the way I have it configured  
and with the junk I haul about. Dump some of the junk and two K10D 
+grip, with lens fitted, would drop right in, no problem.

From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Maris V. Lidaka Sr. wrote:
>> Sounds promising, though the 5 or 6 Million may be enough for me.  3
>> questions:
>>
>> Would it (and would the 5 Million or 6 Million) hold 1 digital  
>> camera (the
>> hoped-for Pentax K10D) with lens, 1 film camera (Pentax ZX-5N) plus 1
>> additional lens.  Additionally only instruction books, filters,  
>> film and SD
>> cards.
>>
>> How is the padding quality and construction quality (stitching,  
>> primarily,
>> at the seams) - as compared to Domke or Tamrac?
>>
>> Does it come with a pool? ;-)
> The 7 Million Dollar Home would easily. It certainly would hold the
> K100D, MZ-5n, several lenses, film, flash, filters and batteries  
> when I
> was shooting with that kit. The 6Mill should hold that kit as well,  
> the
> 5 might be a bit small.
>
> Construction is a step up from my Tamrac bag (Which is fairly well  
> made,
> the difference is really in the details, where Crumpler spent more  
> time)

I have a number of Domke/Lowepro/Tamrac bags. The Crumpler is on par  
with the Domke and Lowepros, the Tamracs are slightly less nicely  
finished. Nothing beats the Billingham or Fogg bags that I've seen,  
but then in the US they're hideously expensive.

I wanted lots of extra space. The 7Mill does that really well, and  
it's lighter (empty) than the Domke F803 while being more protective.  
They also did the intelligent thing of making the entire interior  
lining of the velcro loop material so it is very easy to position  
dividers and such any way that works best for you.

A great bag. The pool is heated. ;-)

G

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Re: PESO: Florida Lizzard

[Brendan MacRae]

Walt, at this size, the blur is not noticeable at all.

Nice shot. I like that you framed the left of the
image with the thorny plant. Better sense of place.

-Brendan
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> This guy was very tame and allowed me pretty close
> with the 100mm f3.5 
> Macro. iso 400, f/10, around 1/60th with SR on. His
> head is slightly soft or 
> else he moved. The macro is proving to be useful but
> I need to hone my 
> skills more.
> 
>
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/FloridaLizzard.jpg
> 
> 
> Walt
> 
> 
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Re: bags bags bags ... photos and review

[Brendan MacRae]

Looks like a good solution, Godfrey. It's really
similar in size to my Lowepro Nova 4.

As much as I like the case...I like your lenses
better!

;-]

-Brendan
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My "big kit" bag search has proven to be very
> successful.
> 
> I didn't want to just shoot pictures and say how
> much I liked the  
> Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home after I received it.
> I wanted to work  
> with it for a few days at least and figure out how
> best to configure  
> it, see how it did in the field. I've done that now
> and, let me tell  
> you, I'm very happy with this one.
> 
> A set of pictures of the bag set up as I use it for
> my equipment is  
> available at
>   
> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/7MillionDollarHome/
> 
> As you can see from pictures 1 and 2, it's not a
> small bag but it  
> remains trim and tidy looking. The top handle is
> handy for hefting it  
> in and out of the car, into the closet, and the
> accessory loops on  
> front and side are just right to take both my
> Lowepro and Tamrac  
> accessory pouches and stuff if I should feel I need
> to carry even  
> more junk.
> 
> I bought the bag specifically to fit what I consider
> a large kit.  
> And, on top of that, I wanted a bag that could carry
> all I wanted and  
> still be configured to work out of with ease in the
> field. Another  
> requirement was that it MUST be able to have the
> camera in it with  
> any one of my lenses fitted, and that there must be
> an individual  
> spot for each lens, minus the one on the camera, to
> make lens  
> changing easy and smooth.
> 
> The 7Mill is deep enough that I configured it to
> hold the lenses in  
> individual compartments on the bottom, underneath
> where I normally  
> rest the camera with one lens fitted for carrying.
> This leaves a  
> pretty big compartment to the side of that which
> fits my notebooks  
> and other junk. The front bellows pocket is easily
> able to hold all  
> the small miscellanea of blowers/card
> case/remotes/batteries and has  
> an inside security pocket as well. The mesh pocket
> in the top I'm  
> only using minimally at present for a microfiber
> lens cloth, there's  
> a lot more room up there for other small things
> (spare lens caps,  
> filter wallet, etc.)
> 
> A full load in the bag, for me, includes the
> following as you see it  
> in these pictures:
> 
> K10D body with one lens on it.
> DA14, DA21, FA28, FA43, DA70 lenses
> two spare  batteries
> wired remote
> Card wallet with IR remote, six 2G SD cards
> Blower bulb
> lens cloth
> Notebook, paperback novel, one-two magazines
> Epson P2000
> cell phone and journal in externally accessible
> pockets
> 
> The strap is threaded to put the adjusting ladder in
> front of me so I  
> can easily re-set how the bag hangs for walking vs
> working. I wear it  
> bandolier style on the left and shove it around to
> my back when  
> walking, pull it forward to work out of for lens
> changes and such.
> 
> I've taken it on four 1-2 hour shooting walks and
> I'm amazed. Despite  
> its much larger size, it does not feel substantially
> heavier or  
> bulkier than the Domke F803 Camera Satchel but it
> holds at least  
> twice as much ... and I still have space to jam more
> junk in as  
> needed. It's better padded too and protects the gear
> better. Working  
> out of it is a joy.
> 
> Hope that this info is useful to someone else
> looking for a similar bag.
> 
> best,
> Godfrey
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What the Hell? [was... Re: PDML.....R. I. P.]

[Bob Blakely]

Did you guys have a good flame war and I missed it?

Darn!

Regards,
Bob...

- Original Message - 
From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


> You can program you phone to do that.
>
> Norm Baugher wrote:
>> Who's going to play Taps?
>> Norm
>>
>> Cotty wrote:
>>
>>> With great regret it has been announced that the Pentax Discuss Mailing
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Image File Transfers - CD to DVD

[Mark Cassino]

One of the things that was kicked around with the advent of digital was 
  the need to move data from one storage medium to another as they 
become obsolete.

A couple of days ago ago I decided to move the data off 69 CD's, which 
held the "best" of my *ist-D shots for the first few months I had it, 
before getting a DVD burner.

I have to say - it was more of a hassle than I expected. I have a spare 
computer here and just fed it the CD's as I was working on the main PC. 
The CD's were about 5 years old and none of them were bad - but some 
read fairly slowly, sometimes taking up to 15 minutes to copy onto the 
hard drive, vs 3 to 5 minutes for most. A couple failed with CRC errors 
on the first attempt, but then copied successfully after taking them out 
and wiping them with a lens cleaning cloth.

Now I have 42 gigs of files to burn onto a few DVD's.

My main motivation for doing this was to make it easier to find some 
images - these CD's had the original PEF's plus 16 bit final TIFF's on 
them, and the files came together in a way that left room for only 5 or 
6 images per CD, with a fair amount of wasted space on each disk.

Over all though, it took hours to copy these files. Since it was a 
background task on a machine that I just use for scanning and streaming 
NPR, it wasn't a major problem. But I have roughly 700 more CD's that 
someday will have to be moved - if not onto DVD's then onto some future 
media.

The thought of that makes me shudder...

- MCC

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Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

[Mark Cassino]

Amita Guha wrote:
> People tend to get into religious wars about this sort of thing. I'm a
> firm believer in filtering my lenses, but I think I'm the only person
> on the list who's ever dropped a camera on its front and had the UV
> filter shatter and the lens remain ok. :) I've never noticed a
> difference in quality, but I have started ponying up for the more
> expensive B+W Multicoated filters rather than the cheap Tiffens I
> started out with. That can add $50-$100 to the cost of each lens, but
> better that than scratching the lens or worse, IMHO.

I once had my A* 200 fall front end first into a muddy trail. It was on 
a tripod just a few inches above the ground, and I had gotten the center 
of gravity just a little bit too far out.

I was glad it had a filter on it - the retractable hood just, well, 
retracted and the UV filter got a good glob of mud on it. I was much 
relieved to clean the filter vs having to clean the lens.

FWIW - Pentax SMC filters are excellent, though I just did a quick check 
on B&H and they seem to only list two. Maybe Pentax got out of the 
filter business...

- MCC


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Re: Disadvantage of no "A" setting on some manual lenses?

[Adam Maas]

William Robb wrote:
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Glen Berry"
> Subject: Disadvantage of no "A" setting on some manual lenses?
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> What would be the
>> disadvantage, for a DS user, to not having the "A" setting on the
>> aperture ring? I assume that shutter-priority and program-mode auto
>> exposure would be out of the question. Is there anything else I should
>> know about? Would I have to use "stop-down" metering with such an lens?
> 
> You will be using the "green button kludge", which is a hybrid 
> manual/automatic operation.
> You set the camera to manual, set the lens to the aperture you want, and the 
> camera will briefly stop the lens down for a meter reading, and then set the 
> shutter speed accordingly when you depress the green button.
> To get this function, you need to set the camera to allow shutter operation 
> with the lens set off A. I'm not sure of the exact wording in the camera 
> setup menu.
> You can see if it will work for the way you shoot by taking your A series 
> lens off the A setting and use it like a non A lens, using the green button 
> metering/auto shutter speed setting method for taking pictures.
> 
> It works well, providing you don't run out of metering range. Since the lens 
> is stopped down for metering, you can get wrong readings if the light gets 
> dim enough.
> 
> William Robb 
> 
> 

Substitute the AE-Lock button for the 'green button' on cameras other 
than the *istD and K10D.

-Adam

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Re: PUG Deadline tomorrow!

[John Francis]

On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 01:38:20PM -0400, Walter Hamler wrote:
> Thanks P.J., I managed to get a photo uploaded, but with great difficulty.
> It seems that no matter what I did when resizing a pic from the K10 that was 
> shot in JPEG Fine down to the required pixel size and then saving with a new 
> name, the file size was just barely exceeding the 75k size limit.
> The only way I could get it down was by using a very low quality level of 
> save and the image quality really was poor compared to the origonal.
> How do you all save images to that size and maintain at least a good looking 
> image?

Well, the first thing to do is make sure you strip off all the extraneous
metadata; that takes a big bite out of the 75k limit.  Do a "Save for Web"
rather than a "Save As" (or whatever equivalent commands your editior uses).


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Re: Disadvantage of no "A" setting on some manual lenses?

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Glen Berry"
Subject: Disadvantage of no "A" setting on some manual lenses?




>What would be the
> disadvantage, for a DS user, to not having the "A" setting on the
> aperture ring? I assume that shutter-priority and program-mode auto
> exposure would be out of the question. Is there anything else I should
> know about? Would I have to use "stop-down" metering with such an lens?

You will be using the "green button kludge", which is a hybrid 
manual/automatic operation.
You set the camera to manual, set the lens to the aperture you want, and the 
camera will briefly stop the lens down for a meter reading, and then set the 
shutter speed accordingly when you depress the green button.
To get this function, you need to set the camera to allow shutter operation 
with the lens set off A. I'm not sure of the exact wording in the camera 
setup menu.
You can see if it will work for the way you shoot by taking your A series 
lens off the A setting and use it like a non A lens, using the green button 
metering/auto shutter speed setting method for taking pictures.

It works well, providing you don't run out of metering range. Since the lens 
is stopped down for metering, you can get wrong readings if the light gets 
dim enough.

William Robb 


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Florida Lizzard

[Walter Hamler]

Thanks for the input Bob. We have both types here where I live, but I have 
noticed that the brown one is seemingly taking over by population. They seem 
very tame and especially when it is cold, like mid 30's, you can actually 
stroke them on the back and they won't move or try to escape.

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Re: bags bags bags ... photos and review

[Adam Maas]

It certainly will, in fact it will hold a much larger camera. I use it 
with my F100 and EOS 10D, both with grips.

-Adam


Amita Guha wrote:
> Godfrey, do you think this bag would fit the K10D with a grip attached?
> 
> Thanks,
> Amita
> 
> On 4/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My "big kit" bag search has proven to be very successful.
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Re: Disadvantage of no "A" setting on some manual lenses?

[Adam Maas]

Pre-A lenses (which lack the A setting) can only be used in Manual mode, 
with stop-down metering (metering readout via the DoF preview, or hit AE 
lock to get the camera to stop the lens down and set an appropriate 
shutter speed). Aperture priority will simply work wide open only. 
Program and Shutter priority will function the same as aperture priority 
does. You get Centre-weighted and Spot metering. TTL flash will not work.

You need to enable a Custom Function to get this to work.

-Adam


Glen Berry wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a Pentax DS, and I'm thinking of buying a used manual focus 28mm 
> lens for it. I already have a 50mm f2.0 manual focus lens and I like the 
> image quality and fast maximum aperture quite a lot.
> 
> My 50mm f2.0 lens has an "A" setting on the aperture ring. I leave the 
> lens set on this, and adjust aperture on the camera body. I like it just 
> fine that way.
> 
> However, I've noticed that some of the used 28mm lenses I've seen have 
> an "A" setting on their aperture rings and some don't. What would be the 
> disadvantage, for a DS user, to not having the "A" setting on the 
> aperture ring? I assume that shutter-priority and program-mode auto 
> exposure would be out of the question. Is there anything else I should 
> know about? Would I have to use "stop-down" metering with such an lens?
> 
> thanks,
> Glen
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Re: would you get this repair done?

[Amita Guha]

Do you think I'd do better if I added, say, my Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 to
the sale? I was going to sell my last 3 Pentax-mount AF lenses
separately because I thought I'd get more money from them. However, I
am selling the *istD as a kit with the grip, a handful of batteries,
and whatever other odds and ends I have lying around. The remaining 3
lenses are the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8, Sigma 10-20mm, and Tamron 90mm
macro.

Of course I'll disclose the condition of the camera in the auction if
I decide not to do the repair. Thanks for all the help, guys!

Amita

On 4/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, selling it "as is" you know it will likely fail at some point
> due to corrosion. So if you're going to sell it, you should disclose
> its condition, which will hurt the sale price. Completed auctions on
> *ist D "body only" are running around $250-300 at present.
>
> Godfrey
>
>
>
> On Apr 20, 2007, at 8:20 PM, Amita Guha wrote:
>
> > I have decided to sell my *istD, but it was due for a cleaning, so I
> > sent it to CO for a CLA. I mentioned that it had gotten some salt
> > spray on it and that the power switch was a little sticky as a result.
> > Their estimate is for $271, to "repair or replace internal electronics
> > and mechanisms due to corrosion" and "replacement of circuit boards
> > and/or image sensor". Basically it sounds like they're going to
> > rebuild the entire camera. Now I'm trying to figure out if it's worth
> > it to do the repair, since I only want to sell it anyway. What would
> > you guys do in my situation? The body seems to be working fine, except
> > for the stickiness.
>
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Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

[Amita Guha]

People tend to get into religious wars about this sort of thing. I'm a
firm believer in filtering my lenses, but I think I'm the only person
on the list who's ever dropped a camera on its front and had the UV
filter shatter and the lens remain ok. :) I've never noticed a
difference in quality, but I have started ponying up for the more
expensive B+W Multicoated filters rather than the cheap Tiffens I
started out with. That can add $50-$100 to the cost of each lens, but
better that than scratching the lens or worse, IMHO.

Amita

On 4/21/07, Maris V. Lidaka Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I generally leave my UV filter on my lens.  My (aging) eyes don't see any
> difference in image quality with or without the filter, but there are those
> who disagree.
>
> Maris
>
> eric wrote:
> > I learn something new every day on this list, it seems.  I'm probably
> > still a youngin' compared to most of you (rolling over to 27 in about
> > a month), and just started getting "serious" about photography late
> > last year when I picked up a *ist-DL.  Wonderful camera, only
> > complaint of sorts is the lack of a hard protective cover over the
> > LCD, such as found on the Nikon D70.
> >
> > Anyways, in talking to my photography friends, most of which are my
> > age or younger, I was always told to never leave the house without
> > something capping the front element.  Skylight and UV filters are
> > handy universal protectors.  Seemed like perfectly sound advice to
> > me, considering I can't leave the bedroom without getting a spot on a
> > white shirt.  I can make it to the front door on a gray shirt.  I
> > will have somehow put a scratch in the screen of a new PDA within
> > minutes of taking it out of the box.
> >
> > So yeah, not having some sort of protection on the front of something
> > that has triple digits worth of investment in it does make me a bit
> > uncomfortable.  It hadn't occured to me that these filters might be
> > degrading image quality, although it does make perfect sense now that
> > I think about it.  But considering that I'm still working on the kit
> > lens, and $300 is a HECK of a lot of money for me to drop on another
> > lens, am I really going to see that much of a difference between
> > filter and no filter?  I picked up a 3 pack of Quantaray filters
> > (skylight 1A, polarizer, and UV).  I tend to leave the skylight one
> > attached to the lens.  I've tried both with and without, and can't
> > really see any real difference in quality, but then I've also been
> > focusing more on learning the camera, than getting Ansel Adams level
> > quality.
>
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Re: bags bags bags ... photos and review

[Amita Guha]

Godfrey, do you think this bag would fit the K10D with a grip attached?

Thanks,
Amita

On 4/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My "big kit" bag search has proven to be very successful.

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Re: Disadvantage of no "A" setting on some manual lenses?

[P. J. Alling]

You can only use the lens in two modes.  AV in which case the camera 
never stops the lens down to marked aperture but always exposes wide 
open,  this does continuously set the correct shutter speed, (this is 
alright for "available darkness" shooting.  M mode where you set the 
aperture and meter using the "green button".  With the Ds this is 
accomplished with pressing the AE button, which stops down the lens to 
shooting aperture then sets the shutter speed for you, or holding the 
Off/On/DOF switch in the DOF position which stops the lens down while 
leaving the meter on.  You can then adjust the aperture and shutter 
speed to zero the meter.  You then take photos until the light changes 
enough to merit taking another meter reading.  It's a lot easier than it 
sounds either way.  The biggest disadvantage, aside from making an 
exposure a bit more complicated is that you may run out of the EV range 
of the meter.  Something you have to remain aware of.

Glen Berry wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Pentax DS, and I'm thinking of buying a used manual focus 28mm 
> lens for it. I already have a 50mm f2.0 manual focus lens and I like the 
> image quality and fast maximum aperture quite a lot.
>
> My 50mm f2.0 lens has an "A" setting on the aperture ring. I leave the 
> lens set on this, and adjust aperture on the camera body. I like it just 
> fine that way.
>
> However, I've noticed that some of the used 28mm lenses I've seen have 
> an "A" setting on their aperture rings and some don't. What would be the 
> disadvantage, for a DS user, to not having the "A" setting on the 
> aperture ring? I assume that shutter-priority and program-mode auto 
> exposure would be out of the question. Is there anything else I should 
> know about? Would I have to use "stop-down" metering with such an lens?
>
> thanks,
> Glen
>
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RE: Disadvantage of no "A" setting on some manual lenses?

[J. C. O'Connell]

You dont get any AE with non "A" or later lenses.
Manual only. You have to take a stop down meter reading/shutter
setting every time your lighting or aperture setting
changesIts not very good if you need to shoot
fast under a lot of varied lighting condtions.
(actully you can get AE with these lenses but only
if you use the maximum wide open lens aperture setting).
jco

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Hi,

I have a Pentax DS, and I'm thinking of buying a used manual focus 28mm 
lens for it. I already have a 50mm f2.0 manual focus lens and I like the

image quality and fast maximum aperture quite a lot.

My 50mm f2.0 lens has an "A" setting on the aperture ring. I leave the 
lens set on this, and adjust aperture on the camera body. I like it just

fine that way.

However, I've noticed that some of the used 28mm lenses I've seen have 
an "A" setting on their aperture rings and some don't. What would be the

disadvantage, for a DS user, to not having the "A" setting on the 
aperture ring? I assume that shutter-priority and program-mode auto 
exposure would be out of the question. Is there anything else I should 
know about? Would I have to use "stop-down" metering with such an lens?

thanks,
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Re: Florida Lizzard

[Bob Shell]

On Apr 21, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:

> Nice shot. Looks like he's about to pitch car insurance. :-)

Wrong lizard.  That's a gecko that sells insurance.

This guy looks like a brown anole, a ghastly Cuban invader that is  
displacing our native green anole (often called, incorrectly,  
chameleon.)

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High-end P&S (again) Oly SP-550 UZ

[Russell Kerstetter]

To revisited an often-visited topic...

A few weeks ago this topic came up again, which is also about the time
I started looking around for a high-end P&S for my dad.  I discussed
several of the cameras that were mentioned in the last thread, and I
pointed him to this article:

http://tinyurl.com/b3lun

The article mentions the Olympus C-8080, the current version of that
camera is the Olympus SP-550 UZ.

So we narrowed it down to the Olympus and the Panasonic DMC-LX2.

As far as his concerns are, they are the same, except the LX2 is
smaller and $100 less, while the 550 is larger and has a higher max
ISO of 5000.   And this is where my question comes in...  does anyone
here have any experience, good or bad, with this camera, and
specifically with this high ISO setting.  That feature is a major draw
for him, I just don't want him to buy it and *then* find out it's
crap.  He wants something small, but is willing to trade a little size
for not having to use flash.  Thanks.

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Disadvantage of no "A" setting on some manual lenses?

[Glen Berry]

Hi,

I have a Pentax DS, and I'm thinking of buying a used manual focus 28mm 
lens for it. I already have a 50mm f2.0 manual focus lens and I like the 
image quality and fast maximum aperture quite a lot.

My 50mm f2.0 lens has an "A" setting on the aperture ring. I leave the 
lens set on this, and adjust aperture on the camera body. I like it just 
fine that way.

However, I've noticed that some of the used 28mm lenses I've seen have 
an "A" setting on their aperture rings and some don't. What would be the 
disadvantage, for a DS user, to not having the "A" setting on the 
aperture ring? I assume that shutter-priority and program-mode auto 
exposure would be out of the question. Is there anything else I should 
know about? Would I have to use "stop-down" metering with such an lens?

thanks,
Glen

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Re: bags bags bags ... photos and review

[Adam Maas]

The 7 Million Dollar Home would easily. It certainly would hold the 
K100D, MZ-5n, several lenses, film, flash, filters and batteries when I 
was shooting with that kit. The 6Mill should hold that kit as well, the 
5 might be a bit small.

Construction is a step up from my Tamrac bag (Which is fairly well made, 
the difference is really in the details, where Crumpler spent more time)

-Adam


Maris V. Lidaka Sr. wrote:
> Sounds promising, though the 5 or 6 Million may be enough for me.  3 
> questions:
> 
> Would it (and would the 5 Million or 6 Million) hold 1 digital camera (the 
> hoped-for Pentax K10D) with lens, 1 film camera (Pentax ZX-5N) plus 1 
> additional lens.  Additionally only instruction books, filters, film and SD 
> cards.
> 
> How is the padding quality and construction quality (stitching, primarily, 
> at the seams) - as compared to Domke or Tamrac?
> 
> Does it come with a pool? ;-)
> 
> Maris
> 
> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
>> My "big kit" bag search has proven to be very successful.
>>
>> I didn't want to just shoot pictures and say how much I liked the
>> Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home after I received it. I wanted to work
>> with it for a few days at least and figure out how best to configure
>> it, see how it did in the field. I've done that now and, let me tell
>> you, I'm very happy with this one.
>>
>> A set of pictures of the bag set up as I use it for my equipment is
>> available at
>>   http://homepage.mac.com/godders/7MillionDollarHome/
>>
>> As you can see from pictures 1 and 2, it's not a small bag but it
>> remains trim and tidy looking. The top handle is handy for hefting it
>> in and out of the car, into the closet, and the accessory loops on
>> front and side are just right to take both my Lowepro and Tamrac
>> accessory pouches and stuff if I should feel I need to carry even
>> more junk.
>>
>> I bought the bag specifically to fit what I consider a large kit.
>> And, on top of that, I wanted a bag that could carry all I wanted and
>> still be configured to work out of with ease in the field. Another
>> requirement was that it MUST be able to have the camera in it with
>> any one of my lenses fitted, and that there must be an individual
>> spot for each lens, minus the one on the camera, to make lens
>> changing easy and smooth.
>>
>> The 7Mill is deep enough that I configured it to hold the lenses in
>> individual compartments on the bottom, underneath where I normally
>> rest the camera with one lens fitted for carrying. This leaves a
>> pretty big compartment to the side of that which fits my notebooks
>> and other junk. The front bellows pocket is easily able to hold all
>> the small miscellanea of blowers/card case/remotes/batteries and has
>> an inside security pocket as well. The mesh pocket in the top I'm
>> only using minimally at present for a microfiber lens cloth, there's
>> a lot more room up there for other small things (spare lens caps,
>> filter wallet, etc.)
>>
>> A full load in the bag, for me, includes the following as you see it
>> in these pictures:
>>
>> K10D body with one lens on it.
>> DA14, DA21, FA28, FA43, DA70 lenses
>> two spare  batteries
>> wired remote
>> Card wallet with IR remote, six 2G SD cards
>> Blower bulb
>> lens cloth
>> Notebook, paperback novel, one-two magazines
>> Epson P2000
>> cell phone and journal in externally accessible pockets
>>
>> The strap is threaded to put the adjusting ladder in front of me so I
>> can easily re-set how the bag hangs for walking vs working. I wear it
>> bandolier style on the left and shove it around to my back when
>> walking, pull it forward to work out of for lens changes and such.
>>
>> I've taken it on four 1-2 hour shooting walks and I'm amazed. Despite
>> its much larger size, it does not feel substantially heavier or
>> bulkier than the Domke F803 Camera Satchel but it holds at least
>> twice as much ... and I still have space to jam more junk in as
>> needed. It's better padded too and protects the gear better. Working
>> out of it is a joy. 
> 
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Re: Florida Lizzard

[Mark Cassino]

> Walter Hamler wrote:
>> This guy was very tame and allowed me pretty close with the 100mm f3.5
>> Macro. iso 400, f/10, around 1/60th with SR on. His head is slightly
>> soft or else he moved. The macro is proving to be useful but I need
>> to hone my skills more.
>>
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/FloridaLizzard.jpg


Nice shot. Looks like he's about to pitch car insurance. :-)

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Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

[Maris V. Lidaka Sr.]

I generally leave my UV filter on my lens.  My (aging) eyes don't see any 
difference in image quality with or without the filter, but there are those 
who disagree.

Maris

eric wrote:
> I learn something new every day on this list, it seems.  I'm probably
> still a youngin' compared to most of you (rolling over to 27 in about
> a month), and just started getting "serious" about photography late
> last year when I picked up a *ist-DL.  Wonderful camera, only
> complaint of sorts is the lack of a hard protective cover over the
> LCD, such as found on the Nikon D70.
>
> Anyways, in talking to my photography friends, most of which are my
> age or younger, I was always told to never leave the house without
> something capping the front element.  Skylight and UV filters are
> handy universal protectors.  Seemed like perfectly sound advice to
> me, considering I can't leave the bedroom without getting a spot on a
> white shirt.  I can make it to the front door on a gray shirt.  I
> will have somehow put a scratch in the screen of a new PDA within
> minutes of taking it out of the box.
>
> So yeah, not having some sort of protection on the front of something
> that has triple digits worth of investment in it does make me a bit
> uncomfortable.  It hadn't occured to me that these filters might be
> degrading image quality, although it does make perfect sense now that
> I think about it.  But considering that I'm still working on the kit
> lens, and $300 is a HECK of a lot of money for me to drop on another
> lens, am I really going to see that much of a difference between
> filter and no filter?  I picked up a 3 pack of Quantaray filters
> (skylight 1A, polarizer, and UV).  I tend to leave the skylight one
> attached to the lens.  I've tried both with and without, and can't
> really see any real difference in quality, but then I've also been
> focusing more on learning the camera, than getting Ansel Adams level
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Re: bags bags bags ... photos and review

[Maris V. Lidaka Sr.]

Sounds promising, though the 5 or 6 Million may be enough for me.  3 
questions:

Would it (and would the 5 Million or 6 Million) hold 1 digital camera (the 
hoped-for Pentax K10D) with lens, 1 film camera (Pentax ZX-5N) plus 1 
additional lens.  Additionally only instruction books, filters, film and SD 
cards.

How is the padding quality and construction quality (stitching, primarily, 
at the seams) - as compared to Domke or Tamrac?

Does it come with a pool? ;-)

Maris

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> My "big kit" bag search has proven to be very successful.
>
> I didn't want to just shoot pictures and say how much I liked the
> Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home after I received it. I wanted to work
> with it for a few days at least and figure out how best to configure
> it, see how it did in the field. I've done that now and, let me tell
> you, I'm very happy with this one.
>
> A set of pictures of the bag set up as I use it for my equipment is
> available at
>   http://homepage.mac.com/godders/7MillionDollarHome/
>
> As you can see from pictures 1 and 2, it's not a small bag but it
> remains trim and tidy looking. The top handle is handy for hefting it
> in and out of the car, into the closet, and the accessory loops on
> front and side are just right to take both my Lowepro and Tamrac
> accessory pouches and stuff if I should feel I need to carry even
> more junk.
>
> I bought the bag specifically to fit what I consider a large kit.
> And, on top of that, I wanted a bag that could carry all I wanted and
> still be configured to work out of with ease in the field. Another
> requirement was that it MUST be able to have the camera in it with
> any one of my lenses fitted, and that there must be an individual
> spot for each lens, minus the one on the camera, to make lens
> changing easy and smooth.
>
> The 7Mill is deep enough that I configured it to hold the lenses in
> individual compartments on the bottom, underneath where I normally
> rest the camera with one lens fitted for carrying. This leaves a
> pretty big compartment to the side of that which fits my notebooks
> and other junk. The front bellows pocket is easily able to hold all
> the small miscellanea of blowers/card case/remotes/batteries and has
> an inside security pocket as well. The mesh pocket in the top I'm
> only using minimally at present for a microfiber lens cloth, there's
> a lot more room up there for other small things (spare lens caps,
> filter wallet, etc.)
>
> A full load in the bag, for me, includes the following as you see it
> in these pictures:
>
> K10D body with one lens on it.
> DA14, DA21, FA28, FA43, DA70 lenses
> two spare  batteries
> wired remote
> Card wallet with IR remote, six 2G SD cards
> Blower bulb
> lens cloth
> Notebook, paperback novel, one-two magazines
> Epson P2000
> cell phone and journal in externally accessible pockets
>
> The strap is threaded to put the adjusting ladder in front of me so I
> can easily re-set how the bag hangs for walking vs working. I wear it
> bandolier style on the left and shove it around to my back when
> walking, pull it forward to work out of for lens changes and such.
>
> I've taken it on four 1-2 hour shooting walks and I'm amazed. Despite
> its much larger size, it does not feel substantially heavier or
> bulkier than the Domke F803 Camera Satchel but it holds at least
> twice as much ... and I still have space to jam more junk in as
> needed. It's better padded too and protects the gear better. Working
> out of it is a joy. 


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Re: PDML.....R. I. P.

[Scott Loveless]

I bet that iPhone would produce a real bugle, though.

P. J. Alling wrote:
> You can program you phone to do that.
>
> Norm Baugher wrote:
>   
>> Who's going to play Taps?
>> Norm
>>
>> Cotty wrote:
>>   
>> 
>>> With great regret it has been announced that the Pentax Discuss Mailing
>>> List has passed away after a long illness. Suffering from its outset
>>> with an unmoderated format had meant that any old lunatic could
>>> subscribe and cause mayhem amongst peaceful like-minded Pentax nuts.
>>> Gentle ribbing amongst participants often turned into purple-faced rage
>>> causing mass hemorrhage and vomiting. Eventually becoming too much, the
>>> structure simply started to break down until it collapsed earlier today
>>> under it's own weight in shame.
>>>
>>> A memorial service will be held over on Photo.net. Flowers by arrangement.
>>>
>>> Mourners may however stay subscribed for more of the same:
>>>
>>> The list is dead - long live the list!
>>>
>>>   
>>> 
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RE: Please, let this thread die: MSNBC Poll: Is...

[J. C. O'Connell]

This is really incredible,

Posting my name and that word in a subject heading/title/thread
and without any provocation whatsoever, is NOT BAIT, it's just a really
low, very cheap shot that is totally uncalled for and totally
inappropriate
in a public forum. Your characterization of it as "BAIT" is completely
off the mark and the suggestion that I should just say nothing
about that kind of thing makes YOU of the same persuasion of the
loser who did it. He's got the problem for doing so , NOT ME, for " not
letting
it slide"
jco


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Let me put it this way.

As a new person on the PDML I've only had access to the archives of
2006-2007... where I witnessed the largest flamewar in intarwebb
history.

Everytime someone posts a jab at this JCO guy, he gets all pissy and
responds in kind.

The jab shouldn't be posted in the first place as it's inappropriate
(though in this instance  I was kind of amused at the mock-headline.)
Inappropriate because YOU KNOW it'll cause trouble/flames.

Similarly, JCO should not take the bait, predictably, every single
freaking time. Not every post requires a response. Just have a beer and
let it slide, man.

We're all here because we like taking pictures with our Pentax gear.
That should be enough.

Alex

On 4/21/07, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Agreed, only a person of that persuation would
> do something like that, its unprecedented and
> it wasnt even provoked, it was just posted in
> "fun". A Real Sicko IMHO.
> jco
>
> -Original Message-
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> Of Lasse Karlsson
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:22 PM
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> Subject: Please, let this thread die: MSNBC Poll: Is...
>
>
> I think naming a thread with a list member's name and the word 
> "a*e" in the subject line is punching too far below the belt.
>
> I'm equally surprised with many list members' reactions to JCO:s posts

> as I am with JCO:s willingness to fight at such lenght for whatever 
> view or statement which has been challenged.
>
> Personally I can enjoy a good fight. And JCO:s a very good fighter. 
> Even
>
> when responding by calling names in capital letters I think he's 
> mostly right on the mark with it. Usually it has simply been called 
> for. And yes, I also enjoy seeing JCO being challenged. He mostly asks

> for it too.
>
> However, if these flames or threads get to be too much for many 
> members, or the list, to take, I think it's not fair pointing finger 
> at JCO only.
>
> Lasse
>
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Re: PDML.....R. I. P.

[P. J. Alling]

You can program you phone to do that.

Norm Baugher wrote:
> Who's going to play Taps?
> Norm
>
> Cotty wrote:
>   
>> With great regret it has been announced that the Pentax Discuss Mailing
>> List has passed away after a long illness. Suffering from its outset
>> with an unmoderated format had meant that any old lunatic could
>> subscribe and cause mayhem amongst peaceful like-minded Pentax nuts.
>> Gentle ribbing amongst participants often turned into purple-faced rage
>> causing mass hemorrhage and vomiting. Eventually becoming too much, the
>> structure simply started to break down until it collapsed earlier today
>> under it's own weight in shame.
>>
>> A memorial service will be held over on Photo.net. Flowers by arrangement.
>>
>> Mourners may however stay subscribed for more of the same:
>>
>> The list is dead - long live the list!
>>
>>   
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Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50....FA43?

[P. J. Alling]

It's a shortish telephoto/longish normal on the APS-C sensors used in 
the Pentax DSLR's.  It's nice that you can use it on a film SLR as well 
if you still have one.  I've often thought about getting an A or FA 35mm 
f2.0 for a fast normal, but I find that the 43mm fills that role just 
fine most of time.  It is however almost a full stop( 8/10 roughly),  of 
a stop slower than an f1.4 however.  Sometimes I miss that extra speed, 
but then I'd miss it in the 35mm f2.0 as well.

AlexG wrote:
> Hey guys
>
> After much deliberation I have decided to purchase the K100d. Despite
> all the glowing reviews, I cannot see enough benefit in the k10d for
> the extra 400 bucks given the kind of shooting I do.
>
> Though a k10d purchase is in the pipeline once the price drops a bit ;)
>
> I am going to order a couple of lenses. Having used an M42 50/1.4 it
> is a lens I cannot live without. Low-light silver bullet.
>
> I saw the DA 40mm f/2.8 limited on sale also.
>
> I did a search in the archives here. It does not seem to be very liked
> by this group. For every excellent picture I've seen with this lens,
> there have also been plenty of crap pictures posted (flickr) and f/2.8
> is pretty slow.
>
> What are the group's opinion on the lens? Like? Hate? Size is
> appealing of course but if the pictures will come out looking bad,
> then why bother?
>
> Instead of buying the two lenses, I can also get a 43mm/1.9. About the
> cost of both lenses put together, same-ish focal length and definitely
> 'fast'. They say this is THE lens to get, but I don't make purchase
> decisions based on a random comment posted on a random flickr photo.
>
> Some more help?
>
> I am ordering this weekend :)
>
> I really appreciate everything so far.
>
> Alex
>
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PESO: Florida Lizzard

[Walter Hamler]

We both are in FL. He was terrorizing my wife while she was planting Iris's 
under the Sago Palm :-)  She doesn't like creepy crawlers!

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On Topic: enablement

[Steve Sharpe]

Just ordered a Pentax-A 45mm F2.8 lens for my 645 from KEH.

Whee!

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Re: Please, let this thread die: MSNBC Poll: Is...

[AlexG]

Let me put it this way.

As a new person on the PDML I've only had access to the archives of
2006-2007... where I witnessed the largest flamewar in intarwebb
history.

Everytime someone posts a jab at this JCO guy, he gets all pissy and
responds in kind.

The jab shouldn't be posted in the first place as it's inappropriate
(though in this instance  I was kind of amused at the mock-headline.)
Inappropriate because YOU KNOW it'll cause trouble/flames.

Similarly, JCO should not take the bait, predictably, every single
freaking time. Not every post requires a response. Just have a beer
and let it slide, man.

We're all here because we like taking pictures with our Pentax gear.
That should be enough.

Alex

On 4/21/07, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Agreed, only a person of that persuation would
> do something like that, its unprecedented and
> it wasnt even provoked, it was just posted in
> "fun". A Real Sicko IMHO.
> jco
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Lasse Karlsson
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:22 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Please, let this thread die: MSNBC Poll: Is...
>
>
> I think naming a thread with a list member's name and the word "a*e"
> in
> the subject line is punching too far below the belt.
>
> I'm equally surprised with many list members' reactions to JCO:s posts
> as I
> am with JCO:s willingness to fight at such lenght for whatever view or
> statement which has been challenged.
>
> Personally I can enjoy a good fight. And JCO:s a very good fighter. Even
>
> when responding by calling names in capital letters I think he's mostly
> right on the mark with it. Usually it has simply been called for. And
> yes, I
> also enjoy seeing JCO being challenged. He mostly asks for it too.
>
> However, if these flames or threads get to be too much for many members,
> or
> the list, to take, I think it's not fair pointing finger at JCO only.
>
> Lasse
>
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RE: Please, let this thread die: MSNBC Poll: Is...

[J. C. O'Connell]

sorry persuasion! too bad my spell checker
had to be turned off
jco

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
J. C. O'Connell
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 7:08 PM
To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
Subject: RE: Please, let this thread die: MSNBC Poll: Is...


Agreed, only a person of that persuation would
do something like that, its unprecedented and
it wasnt even provoked, it was just posted in 
"fun". A Real Sicko IMHO.
jco

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Lasse Karlsson
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:22 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Please, let this thread die: MSNBC Poll: Is...


I think naming a thread with a list member's name and the word "a*e"
in 
the subject line is punching too far below the belt.

I'm equally surprised with many list members' reactions to JCO:s posts
as I 
am with JCO:s willingness to fight at such lenght for whatever view or 
statement which has been challenged.

Personally I can enjoy a good fight. And JCO:s a very good fighter. Even

when responding by calling names in capital letters I think he's mostly 
right on the mark with it. Usually it has simply been called for. And
yes, I 
also enjoy seeing JCO being challenged. He mostly asks for it too.

However, if these flames or threads get to be too much for many members,
or 
the list, to take, I think it's not fair pointing finger at JCO only.

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Re: Protection glass / filters, especially consumer glass

[eric]

I learn something new every day on this list, it seems.  I'm probably 
still a youngin' compared to most of you (rolling over to 27 in about a 
month), and just started getting "serious" about photography late last 
year when I picked up a *ist-DL.  Wonderful camera, only complaint of 
sorts is the lack of a hard protective cover over the LCD, such as found 
on the Nikon D70. 

Anyways, in talking to my photography friends, most of which are my age 
or younger, I was always told to never leave the house without something 
capping the front element.  Skylight and UV filters are handy universal 
protectors.  Seemed like perfectly sound advice to me, considering I 
can't leave the bedroom without getting a spot on a white shirt.  I can 
make it to the front door on a gray shirt.  I will have somehow put a 
scratch in the screen of a new PDA within minutes of taking it out of 
the box. 

So yeah, not having some sort of protection on the front of something 
that has triple digits worth of investment in it does make me a bit 
uncomfortable.  It hadn't occured to me that these filters might be 
degrading image quality, although it does make perfect sense now that I 
think about it.  But considering that I'm still working on the kit lens, 
and $300 is a HECK of a lot of money for me to drop on another lens, am 
I really going to see that much of a difference between filter and no 
filter?  I picked up a 3 pack of Quantaray filters (skylight 1A, 
polarizer, and UV).  I tend to leave the skylight one attached to the 
lens.  I've tried both with and without, and can't really see any real 
difference in quality, but then I've also been focusing more on learning 
the camera, than getting Ansel Adams level quality. 


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Re: Blogging soon...

[Doug Brewer]

On Apr 20, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote:

> On 20/04/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I can not imagine why anyone would want to do a blog. Of course I can
>> not imagine why my journal, when I was doing it, was getting 3000  
>> hits a
>> month either. Maybe I should do a podcast then thousands of people  
>> could
>> listen to me talk to myself...
>
> They obviously don't have HDTVs ;-)

I have two HDTV's. Nyah nyah nyah.

One is set up for our home movie watching, and so my wife can watch  
her shows.

The other is hooked to my Playstation 3. It also has surround sound,  
so I can watch capitalist running dog Blu-Ray DVD's if I want. Mostly  
I play Resistance: Fall of Man on it.

decadence r us
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RE: Please, let this thread die: MSNBC Poll: Is...

[J. C. O'Connell]

Agreed, only a person of that persuation would
do something like that, its unprecedented and
it wasnt even provoked, it was just posted in 
"fun". A Real Sicko IMHO.
jco

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Lasse Karlsson
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:22 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Please, let this thread die: MSNBC Poll: Is...


I think naming a thread with a list member's name and the word "a*e"
in 
the subject line is punching too far below the belt.

I'm equally surprised with many list members' reactions to JCO:s posts
as I 
am with JCO:s willingness to fight at such lenght for whatever view or 
statement which has been challenged.

Personally I can enjoy a good fight. And JCO:s a very good fighter. Even

when responding by calling names in capital letters I think he's mostly 
right on the mark with it. Usually it has simply been called for. And
yes, I 
also enjoy seeing JCO being challenged. He mostly asks for it too.

However, if these flames or threads get to be too much for many members,
or 
the list, to take, I think it's not fair pointing finger at JCO only.

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Re: Unsubscribing Soon

[Digital Image Studio]

On 22/04/07, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Paul
>
> I've tried Thunderbird but found it confusing - I've been using Eudora since 
> about 1995 and have become very comfortable in the way it works.  KMail seems 
> to operate in much the same way on Linux which is why I'll probably use it.

You could have the best of both worlds, set up a gmail account
specifically for PDML traffic and use your regular email package to
download the pre-filtered gmail mail stream.

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=1555

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Re: Florida Lizzard

[Maris V. Lidaka Sr.]

You've done well, grasshopper . . . er, lizard . . . er, Walt :-)

Maris

Walter Hamler wrote:
> This guy was very tame and allowed me pretty close with the 100mm f3.5
> Macro. iso 400, f/10, around 1/60th with SR on. His head is slightly
> soft or else he moved. The macro is proving to be useful but I need
> to hone my skills more.
> 
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/FloridaLizzard.jpg

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Re: Unsubscribing Soon

[Brian Walters]

Thanks Paul

I've tried Thunderbird but found it confusing - I've been using Eudora since 
about 1995 and have become very comfortable in the way it works.  KMail seems 
to operate in much the same way on Linux which is why I'll probably use it.


Cheers

Brian

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Quoting Paul Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Kmail supports IMAP, POP3 and SMTP.  Or try Thunderbird...it's
> supported 
> by Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
> 
> -P
> 
> Brian Walters wrote:
> > OK - I'll look into this.  I'm using a web based service
> (Bluebottle) for PDML.  I can't set up subject-based filters
> through the web interface but the service allows fetching mail via
> email clients like Eudora and (hopefully) KMail.
> > 
> > I'll experiment and see what happens.
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bags bags bags ... photos and review

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

My "big kit" bag search has proven to be very successful.

I didn't want to just shoot pictures and say how much I liked the  
Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home after I received it. I wanted to work  
with it for a few days at least and figure out how best to configure  
it, see how it did in the field. I've done that now and, let me tell  
you, I'm very happy with this one.

A set of pictures of the bag set up as I use it for my equipment is  
available at
   http://homepage.mac.com/godders/7MillionDollarHome/

As you can see from pictures 1 and 2, it's not a small bag but it  
remains trim and tidy looking. The top handle is handy for hefting it  
in and out of the car, into the closet, and the accessory loops on  
front and side are just right to take both my Lowepro and Tamrac  
accessory pouches and stuff if I should feel I need to carry even  
more junk.

I bought the bag specifically to fit what I consider a large kit.  
And, on top of that, I wanted a bag that could carry all I wanted and  
still be configured to work out of with ease in the field. Another  
requirement was that it MUST be able to have the camera in it with  
any one of my lenses fitted, and that there must be an individual  
spot for each lens, minus the one on the camera, to make lens  
changing easy and smooth.

The 7Mill is deep enough that I configured it to hold the lenses in  
individual compartments on the bottom, underneath where I normally  
rest the camera with one lens fitted for carrying. This leaves a  
pretty big compartment to the side of that which fits my notebooks  
and other junk. The front bellows pocket is easily able to hold all  
the small miscellanea of blowers/card case/remotes/batteries and has  
an inside security pocket as well. The mesh pocket in the top I'm  
only using minimally at present for a microfiber lens cloth, there's  
a lot more room up there for other small things (spare lens caps,  
filter wallet, etc.)

A full load in the bag, for me, includes the following as you see it  
in these pictures:

K10D body with one lens on it.
DA14, DA21, FA28, FA43, DA70 lenses
two spare  batteries
wired remote
Card wallet with IR remote, six 2G SD cards
Blower bulb
lens cloth
Notebook, paperback novel, one-two magazines
Epson P2000
cell phone and journal in externally accessible pockets

The strap is threaded to put the adjusting ladder in front of me so I  
can easily re-set how the bag hangs for walking vs working. I wear it  
bandolier style on the left and shove it around to my back when  
walking, pull it forward to work out of for lens changes and such.

I've taken it on four 1-2 hour shooting walks and I'm amazed. Despite  
its much larger size, it does not feel substantially heavier or  
bulkier than the Domke F803 Camera Satchel but it holds at least  
twice as much ... and I still have space to jam more junk in as  
needed. It's better padded too and protects the gear better. Working  
out of it is a joy.

Hope that this info is useful to someone else looking for a similar bag.

best,
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Please, let this thread die: MSNBC Poll: Is...

[Lasse Karlsson]

I think naming a thread with a list member's name and the word "a*e" in 
the subject line is punching too far below the belt.

I'm equally surprised with many list members' reactions to JCO:s posts as I 
am with JCO:s willingness to fight at such lenght for whatever view or 
statement which has been challenged.

Personally I can enjoy a good fight. And JCO:s a very good fighter. Even 
when responding by calling names in capital letters I think he's mostly 
right on the mark with it. Usually it has simply been called for. And yes, I 
also enjoy seeing JCO being challenged. He mostly asks for it too.

However, if these flames or threads get to be too much for many members, or 
the list, to take, I think it's not fair pointing finger at JCO only.

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Re: items for sale

[Lasse Karlsson]

From: "J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 8:04 PM
Subject: items for sale


> Who was it on the list that had some lens and other things for sale ?

It may be me you're asking about. I just sent you a message in private.

Thanks,
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Re: OT - I still want one :-)

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Excellent!

G

On Apr 21, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Cotty wrote:

> 


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Re: OT - please don't go OT

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Apr 21, 2007, at 7:49 AM, Sandy Harris wrote:

> On 4/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I'm  sorry JCO, or Sandy, whoever you are...
>>
> Last I checked, I was still Sandy. No idea who JCO is.
>
>> I  agree. I am pretty sure Sandy is a friend of Bruce's that I met  
>> at a
>> NorCal  meet. Nice lady.
>
> Wrong Sandy. Sandy can also be a short form for Alexander.
> I'm a fairly beefy aging hippy type with a bushy moustache.

Sandy,

Welcome. I've forgotten who or what a "JCO" is. Sadly, this  
mysterious entity seems to drive the PDML insane on regular occasion.

Since I installed appropriate mail filters, life with PDML is  
peaceful if occasionally punctuated by puzzling messages with  
references to great trauma being perpetrated. I just ignore them.

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Re: Lightroom - iMAC setup question

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Apr 21, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Jan van Wijk wrote:

> OK, I got my iMac-24 yesterday and am almost ready for the serious
> stuff now, like moving my photo work from Windows to the Mac  ...
>
> After playing for a while, trying stuff out, I decided to re- 
> install OS X
> since I felt uncomfortable with the single 700Gb system partition :-)
> A bit of a nightmare for backup and maintenance.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean. I don't partition my drives ...  
my startup drive is a single 500Gbyte volume.

I have one account with administrator privileges to maintain the  
system with. All application installs are made with this account, as  
well as system updates, etc, and I use Apple's Backup software (comes  
with the .Mac subscription) to back it up in its entirety.

I configure Backup for my personal work account to maintain all of my  
personal account data (organized correctly, it's all in the account's  
directory tree). I use a synchronizing utility (ChronoSync) to backup  
and archive my photo work (I don't want incremental backups on  
photos, I just want to synchronize the backup stores with the work  
drive).

I don't generally back up the operating system and applications. I  
have them all on their distribution masters and maintain a complete  
list of everything installed, along with installation tips and serial  
numbers as needed, as part of the administrator account.  
Occasionally, I do want a complete backup (like for when I'm up- 
sizing a hard drive or building an independent boot drive), and in  
those circumstances I use Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper (thanks  
Cotty!) to create that clone, everything except my personal work  
account normally.

I find one partition volumes to be FAR easier to manage and maintain  
then multiple partition volumes, assuming sensible backup software  
and good backup policy. The Mac OS X file system is extremely stable  
and reliable.

> Anyway, I now have a 150Gb systempartition and 450Gb data.
> On an external disk I have about 100Gb worth of RAW images,
> JPEGS and some TIFFS that I would like to use from Lightroom.
>
> The question is, what is the best way to organize that ?
> I wuld like Lightroom to make a copy of all those images,
> and store them on the data disk.
>
> Later I will add more RAW directly from SD-cards, so these need
> to be added to that same collection too.
>
> Should I copy the image data manually to that data disk,
> or is it better to let Lightroom handle that (import ??)

Lightroom has to Import the data, one way or another. You can copy it  
manually into whatever organization you want to use, or you can  
Import with a copy function to do the same thing. Importing can also  
do renaming, if you desire that..

In my personal directory, I created a directory named "Photos". In  
there, I create Lightroom libraries. Since I had a lot of work in  
place, and a good organization for it, prior to using Lightroom in  
the "Pictures" directory, I created my main working library in Photos  
then imported the existing work by reference, leaving the files where  
I had them.

For new work, coming in from external volumes or storage card, I use  
Import and copy to a new directory, named in keeping with my existing  
schema, with DNG conversion. For work coming off a card, I have  
Import also write an archive copy to the internal backup/scratch disk  
in another new subdirectory a folder named "Raw Imports".

Whenever I Import, I also have Lightroom generate the standard  
preview files. Saves time later.

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Re: PESO: Florida Lizzard

[ann sanfedele]

Walter Hamler wrote:

>This guy was very tame and allowed me pretty close with the 100mm f3.5 
>Macro. iso 400, f/10, around 1/60th with SR on. His head is slightly soft or 
>else he moved. The macro is proving to be useful but I need to hone my 
>skills more.
>
>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/FloridaLizzard.jpg
>
>
>Walt
>
>  
>
He is a sweet little lizard - is Florida Lizard his square name or was 
he jsut in Florida when you took the shot ? :)

ann

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Re: PESO: Florida Lizzard

[ann sanfedele]

p.s.
HIs head looks sharp to me..
, it's his body that looks soft from being out of focus I presume - not 
that you didn't already know that ;)

ann


Walter Hamler wrote:

>This guy was very tame and allowed me pretty close with the 100mm f3.5 
>Macro. iso 400, f/10, around 1/60th with SR on. His head is slightly soft or 
>else he moved. The macro is proving to be useful but I need to hone my 
>skills more.
>
>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/FloridaLizzard.jpg
>
>
>Walt
>
>
>
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OT: Re: Lightroom - iMAC setup question

[Jan van Wijk]

On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:25:09 +0100, Cotty wrote:

>Jan, I can't answer about Lightroom, but for backing up generally, I
>would HIGHLY recommend this:
>
>

Thanks Cotty, I saw a reference to that somewhere else too,
will check it out ...

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Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50....FA43?

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "AlexG"
Subject: Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50FA43?


> DA 40mm f/2.8 samples:
>
> http://computers.livedoor.com/series_detail?id=6025
>
> Can you guys check some of those sample pics out? They seem overly soft.
>

More like limited DOF from what I saw. The 40 is a pretty decent little lens 
providing you can live with it's size and speed. It's not at it's best wide 
open, but I haven't seen many lenses that are. I haven't used a 43/1.9 
enough to say if I like it or not, but most everything I have read about it 
has been praise.
I believe Alan Chan thought it had some barrel distortion and kind of wonky 
bokeh with OOF specular highlights.
I'm liking the F50/1.4 a lot on the K10.

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RE: external battery source for ist D

[J. C. O'Connell]

I would never go higher than stated, its
too risky. What you need is 6.5 volts
REGULATED DC with ~ 1 amp current capabilty
or the flash will take longer than normal
to charge. the problem with UNREGULATED
supplies is that they often have too much
voltage rise under no load or small loads
if they have good full load current capability.

I made a small 6.5 VDC regulator "box" that
goes between the higher voltage batteries
(9.6 VDC Nimh RC battery packs) and the
istDS, works great, and won't damage the
camera from too high a voltage. I would
give you my simple schematic but I wouldnt
want to be liable if something went wrong
for you so I wont.

jco

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
J
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 1:42 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: external battery source for ist D


Has anyone played with or used an external battery source for the ist 
D. The side of the came has a plug for external source and it says 
6.5 volts. Do you think 7.2 volts would be to much or the other way 
with a 6.0 volt external source even though it says 6.5 volts..The 
internal battery source is 6.0 volts.I am thinking of making a 
external source..Any thoughts ?  Joe


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OT - I still want one :-)

[Cotty]

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Re: Lightroom - iMAC setup question

[Cotty]

Jan, I can't answer about Lightroom, but for backing up generally, I
would HIGHLY recommend this:



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Re: ist D mirror hanging

[graywolf]

Also early istD's had that kind problem. IIRC the fix was to upgrade the 
firmware. Latest firmware should be on Pentax's website.

-graywolf


Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> Regardless, put in a set of known, good, fresh batteries.  It's the least
> expensive and easiest way to start the diagnosis process.
> 
> Shel
> 
> 
> 
>> [Original Message]
>> From: J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
>> Date: 4/21/2007 9:15:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: ist D mirror hanging
>>
>> The batteries are fully charged according to the icon on the display.
> 
>>> Sounds like bad batteries to me. I've had my D do similar things when
>>> the batteries were almost out of juice.
> 
> 
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Re: Unsubscribing for quite a while

[Pancho Hasselbach]

Cotty schrieb:

> Easy come, easy go ;-) Bye.

This should be easy go, easy come (back), I guess.

Markus, you neednt't stay on the list, but stay in Zurich, for the case 
I ever get there! I apreciated your photos. On which german list(s) will 
you be? I happen to read some from time to time.

Pancho

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Lightroom - iMAC setup question

[Jan van Wijk]

OK, I got my iMac-24 yesterday and am almost ready for the serious 
stuff now, like moving my photo work from Windows to the Mac  ...

After playing for a while, trying stuff out, I decided to re-install OS X
since I felt uncomfortable with the single 700Gb system partition :-)
A bit of a nightmare for backup and maintenance.

Anyway, I now have a 150Gb systempartition and 450Gb data.
On an external disk I have about 100Gb worth of RAW images,
JPEGS and some TIFFS that I would like to use from Lightroom.

The question is, what is the best way to organize that ?
I wuld like Lightroom to make a copy of all those images,
and store them on the data disk.

Later I will add more RAW directly from SD-cards, so these need
to be added to that same collection too.

Should I copy the image data manually to that data disk, 
or is it better to let Lightroom handle that (import ??)

Any thoughts appreciated ...

(private response OK too, may go too much OT here)

Regards, JvW

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Re: ist D mirror hanging

[J]

Ok Thanks, Like I said before the icon said that the batteries were 
fully charged. Anyway I took the rechargeable 3 volt batteries out 
and charged them, but in the meantime I put in four AA duracell 
batteries and the camera seems to be working..This is the first time 
the mirror have ever stuck. So I will see when I put the 3 volt bats 
back in..


At 03:46 PM 4/21/07, you wrote:

>- Original Message -
>From: "J"
>
>Subject: ist D mirror hanging
>
>
> > Has anyone had trouble with the mirror hanging up in a istD. I used
> > the camera 2 days ago and nothing was wrong, but today the mirror
> > hangs until I turn off the camera and the mirror goes back down.It
> > will not take a photo at all...Any thoughts
> > please..Joe
>
>I'm going to chime in on the side of bad batteries in any event, but
>especially if you are using NiMH batteries.
>
>William Robb
>
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Re: PUG Deadline tomorrow!

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Walter Hamler"
Subject: PUG Deadline tomorrow!


> Thanks P.J., I managed to get a photo uploaded, but with great difficulty.
> It seems that no matter what I did when resizing a pic from the K10 that 
> was
> shot in JPEG Fine down to the required pixel size and then saving with a 
> new
> name, the file size was just barely exceeding the 75k size limit.
> The only way I could get it down was by using a very low quality level of
> save and the image quality really was poor compared to the origonal.
> How do you all save images to that size and maintain at least a good 
> looking
> image?

The best way is to reduce the dimensions of the image. Dropping 10% of the 
pixels off the long end can make quite a difference in file size.

William Robb 


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PESO: Florida Lizzard

[Walter Hamler]

This guy was very tame and allowed me pretty close with the 100mm f3.5 
Macro. iso 400, f/10, around 1/60th with SR on. His head is slightly soft or 
else he moved. The macro is proving to be useful but I need to hone my 
skills more.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/FloridaLizzard.jpg


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Re: PDML Members' web pages

[Mark Roberts]

Mark Cassino wrote:

>Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> Spaghetti-code HTML? You're an amateur! Here's the site - with which 
>> many of us are probably familiar already - which I use as an example:
>> http://medfmt.8k.com/third/index.html
>> 
>LOL - I'm familiar with that site so it was a surprise to see it pop 
up. 
>Pretty badly designed, but as you not in another post - good content. 
At 
>least it had good content when the links worked.

I've archived almost the entire site onto my hard drive. I think I have 
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Re: ist D mirror hanging

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "J"

Subject: ist D mirror hanging


> Has anyone had trouble with the mirror hanging up in a istD. I used
> the camera 2 days ago and nothing was wrong, but today the mirror
> hangs until I turn off the camera and the mirror goes back down.It
> will not take a photo at all...Any thoughts
> please..Joe

I'm going to chime in on the side of bad batteries in any event, but 
especially if you are using NiMH batteries.

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Re: Unsubscribing Soon

[Mark Roberts]

Digital Image Studio wrote:

>On 21/04/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Me three I'm feeling bad that my post set the ball rolling on the
>> last one, as innocuous as it seemed to me.
>
>You started the thread but you weren't the catalyst for what followed.
>Don't feel bad, heck I broadened my knowledge in the process I'm sure
>between the BS you did too?

Correct on both counts. As long as JCO is on the list, this stuff is 
going to happen. I have killfiled him (months ago)  and the DVD thread 
(as of today), though I acknowledge that no one should *have* to filter 
that stuff.

And I learned that my parents can get the multi-region NTSC/PAL DVD 
player they want. They ordered it yesterday.

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Re: OT - please don't go OT

[Pancho Hasselbach]

Sandy Harris schrieb:
> On 4/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> I'm  sorry JCO, or Sandy, whoever you are...
>>
> Last I checked, I was still Sandy. No idea who JCO is.
> 
>> I  agree. I am pretty sure Sandy is a friend of Bruce's that I met at a
>> NorCal  meet. Nice lady.
> 
> Wrong Sandy. Sandy can also be a short form for Alexander.
> I'm a fairly beefy aging hippy type with a bushy moustache.

Picture, please!
Preferrably taken with a Pentax, of course ;-)

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Re: PESO: Peaches!

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Apr 21, 2007, at 9:04 AM, AlexG wrote:

> http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne? 
> id=350386817&context=set-72157594476842077&size=l
>
> I don't know why i like this picture so much. Maybe it's the rich
> color. In any case...

It's an good photo, Alex. Good forms, line and texture; nice  
tonalities and color.

Godfrey

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Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50....FA43?

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

I'm sure you'll enjoy your K100D. It will be interesting to see how  
long it takes for you to want the K10D.. ;-)

I have not been very interested in the DA40 Limited ... Not because  
it isn't a good performer or because it is 'only' f/2.8, but because  
I find it so thin on the camera that it is difficult for me to use  
the way I'd like (I do a lot of manual focus). On the other hand, it  
supports the full time manual focus feature and that would be nice to  
have on all my lenses.

In this focal length range, I've had the FA35/2 and FA50/1.4. Both  
are excellent lenses. But I found I wasn't using the FA50 very much  
after I bought the FA77 (replaced later with the DA70). I also found  
I wanted a little wider than the FA35 and bought the FA28. 28 seemed  
a bit of a reach from 70, wanted something more in the middle, and  
got the FA43 Limited ... sold the 35 and 50. I'm happier with the  
trio 28-43-70 than I was with 35-50-77.

The myth that I heard was that the FA43 wasn't terribly sharp wide  
open. I find this isn't true...

http://homepage.mac.com/godders/43WO.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/43WO-det.jpg

Another plus is that the DA21, FA43 and DA70 are all very close in  
size, weight and finish: they feel well balanced and comfortable on  
both the DS and K10D bodies.

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Re: Unsubscribing Soon

[David J Brooks]

Thats to bad Paul, but its good you received your message, i hope.

Try Gmail Paul. The filters work great, and my blood pressure is down
since finally fiquiring out how to block our buddy out there.

Come back soon, your a main influence here.

If not GFM then,??

Dave

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> important message from a potential employer today. The list is
> inundated with nonsense, and it's hard to sort through it all.
> Baiting JCO seems to be the game of choice for at least three or four
> people here. It's not a good thing. I'm beginning to think the list
> is a lost cause.
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external battery source for ist D

[Walter Hamler]

When I was trying to find a source for the Pentax AC adapter for my istDL, I 
ran across a device that has a cigarette lighter adapter (12vdc) into a 
controller that allowed the voltage to be changed from 2.5v to 12v in 
various steps. The output end had changable plugs with various adapters to 
allow use with mutliple devices. One of the adapters was the one I needed 
for the DL. The cost of the whole adapter was 4.50. So, I can plug it into a 
12 dc battery source and hook up to the camera for almost limitless shots or 
time. I used it primarily when hooking the camera up to my telescope for 
long exposure astrophotos. This prevented killing the internal batteries so 
quickly. I found this devive at a local surplus outlet but have also seen 
them at Radio Shack and the camera store. The camera store also have to 
versions the plug into wall outlets (115vac).

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Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50....FA43?

[Boris Liberman]

Well, it is difficult to describe. I suggest you go look on pbase.com or 
similar resource for sample pictures of both...

Boris

AlexG wrote:
> Hi Boris,
> 
> What do you mean by more interesting to work with?
> 
> Alex
> 
> On 4/21/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Alex, I've both FA 50/1.7 and 43 ltd. I suppose 43 ltd is way more
>> interesting to work with than FA 50/1.7. However, FA 50/1.4 is almost a
>> full stop faster. If you're into low light indoors photography, perhaps
>> getting both 43 and 50/1.4 could be a wise decision.
>>
>> If you're hard pressed to choose just one lens, I'd vote 43 ltd. However
>> I must say that I have planned to update from FA 50/1.7 (any takers?) to
>>   FA 50/1.4, so that I kind of digress.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Boris
>>
>>
>> AlexG wrote:
>>> Hey guys
>>>
>>> After much deliberation I have decided to purchase the K100d. Despite
>>> all the glowing reviews, I cannot see enough benefit in the k10d for
>>> the extra 400 bucks given the kind of shooting I do.
>>>
>>> Though a k10d purchase is in the pipeline once the price drops a bit ;)
>>>
>>> I am going to order a couple of lenses. Having used an M42 50/1.4 it
>>> is a lens I cannot live without. Low-light silver bullet.
>>>
>>> I saw the DA 40mm f/2.8 limited on sale also.
>>>
>>> I did a search in the archives here. It does not seem to be very liked
>>> by this group. For every excellent picture I've seen with this lens,
>>> there have also been plenty of crap pictures posted (flickr) and f/2.8
>>> is pretty slow.
>>>
>>> What are the group's opinion on the lens? Like? Hate? Size is
>>> appealing of course but if the pictures will come out looking bad,
>>> then why bother?
>>>
>>> Instead of buying the two lenses, I can also get a 43mm/1.9. About the
>>> cost of both lenses put together, same-ish focal length and definitely
>>> 'fast'. They say this is THE lens to get, but I don't make purchase
>>> decisions based on a random comment posted on a random flickr photo.
>>>
>>> Some more help?
>>>
>>> I am ordering this weekend :)
>>>
>>> I really appreciate everything so far.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
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Re: PESO -- Flamingos on parade! Addendum

[Jack Davis]

BTW, I hold the un-wind aided distance record of 327'.

Jack
--- Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Speaking of Penguins, here is something that works for me as a
> frustration and tension reducer.
> 
> Jack
> 
> http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf
> 
> --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > 
> > - Original Message - 
> > From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" 
> > Subject: Re: PESO -- Flamingos on parade!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > I don't own a lawn. Why would I want a lawn decoration?
> > > 
> > 
> > Put it on top of the telly in place of the penguin that exploded
> last
> > week?
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Re: Hot Shoe Tensile Strength

[Mark Cassino]

Walter Hamler wrote:
> Put some foam between the bottom of the flash and the top of the lens shade. 
> Just thick enough that you have to wedge it in place and that will take most 
> of the stress off.
> 
> Walt 
> 
> 
Thanks - that's a good idea. The flash has velcro around the end so I 
could probably use that to stick the foam in place.

Thanks again - sometimes the obvious solution is the one you don't see!

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Re: PESO: Peaches!

[Russell Kerstetter]

nice colors!  Did you manipulate this for the colors, or is this as shot?

Russ

On 4/21/07, AlexG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi guys, (Hope i used the peso prefix properly!)
>
> Heres a photo I took a little while back with my *ist DL and the 18-55
> kit lens. It is a crop.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=350386817&context=set-72157594476842077&size=l
>
> I don't know why i like this picture so much. Maybe it's the rich
> color. In any case...
>
> Please C&C to your heart's content!
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> -Alex
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Re: Peaches!

[AlexG]

Thanks Maris!

On 4/21/07, Maris V. Lidaka Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is excellent - perhaps because of the soft peach-colored reflections in
> the silver bowl.
>
> Maris
>
> AlexG wrote:
> > Hi guys, (Hope i used the peso prefix properly!)
> >
> > Heres a photo I took a little while back with my *ist DL and the 18-55
> > kit lens. It is a crop.
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=350386817&context=set-72157594476842077&size=l
> >
> > I don't know why i like this picture so much. Maybe it's the rich
> > color. In any case...
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Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50....FA43?

[AlexG]

DA 40mm f/2.8 samples:

http://computers.livedoor.com/series_detail?id=6025

Can you guys check some of those sample pics out? They seem overly soft.

On 4/21/07, AlexG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Boris,
>
> What do you mean by more interesting to work with?
>
> Alex
>
> On 4/21/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Alex, I've both FA 50/1.7 and 43 ltd. I suppose 43 ltd is way more
> > interesting to work with than FA 50/1.7. However, FA 50/1.4 is almost a
> > full stop faster. If you're into low light indoors photography, perhaps
> > getting both 43 and 50/1.4 could be a wise decision.
> >
> > If you're hard pressed to choose just one lens, I'd vote 43 ltd. However
> > I must say that I have planned to update from FA 50/1.7 (any takers?) to
> >   FA 50/1.4, so that I kind of digress.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Boris
> >
> >
> > AlexG wrote:
> > > Hey guys
> > >
> > > After much deliberation I have decided to purchase the K100d. Despite
> > > all the glowing reviews, I cannot see enough benefit in the k10d for
> > > the extra 400 bucks given the kind of shooting I do.
> > >
> > > Though a k10d purchase is in the pipeline once the price drops a bit ;)
> > >
> > > I am going to order a couple of lenses. Having used an M42 50/1.4 it
> > > is a lens I cannot live without. Low-light silver bullet.
> > >
> > > I saw the DA 40mm f/2.8 limited on sale also.
> > >
> > > I did a search in the archives here. It does not seem to be very liked
> > > by this group. For every excellent picture I've seen with this lens,
> > > there have also been plenty of crap pictures posted (flickr) and f/2.8
> > > is pretty slow.
> > >
> > > What are the group's opinion on the lens? Like? Hate? Size is
> > > appealing of course but if the pictures will come out looking bad,
> > > then why bother?
> > >
> > > Instead of buying the two lenses, I can also get a 43mm/1.9. About the
> > > cost of both lenses put together, same-ish focal length and definitely
> > > 'fast'. They say this is THE lens to get, but I don't make purchase
> > > decisions based on a random comment posted on a random flickr photo.
> > >
> > > Some more help?
> > >
> > > I am ordering this weekend :)
> > >
> > > I really appreciate everything so far.
> > >
> > > Alex
> > >
> >
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Re: PUG Deadline tomorrow!

[David Savage]

On 4/22/07, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks P.J., I managed to get a photo uploaded, but with great difficulty.
> It seems that no matter what I did when resizing a pic from the K10 that was
> shot in JPEG Fine down to the required pixel size and then saving with a new
> name, the file size was just barely exceeding the 75k size limit.
> The only way I could get it down was by using a very low quality level of
> save and the image quality really was poor compared to the origonal.
> How do you all save images to that size and maintain at least a good looking
> image?
>

Practice :-)

Cheers,

Dave

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Re: Peaches!

[Maris V. Lidaka Sr.]

It is excellent - perhaps because of the soft peach-colored reflections in 
the silver bowl.

Maris

AlexG wrote:
> Hi guys, (Hope i used the peso prefix properly!)
>
> Heres a photo I took a little while back with my *ist DL and the 18-55
> kit lens. It is a crop.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=350386817&context=set-72157594476842077&size=l
>
> I don't know why i like this picture so much. Maybe it's the rich
> color. In any case... 


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external battery source for ist D

[J]

Has anyone played with or used an external battery source for the ist 
D. The side of the came has a plug for external source and it says 
6.5 volts. Do you think 7.2 volts would be to much or the other way 
with a 6.0 volt external source even though it says 6.5 volts..The 
internal battery source is 6.0 volts.I am thinking of making a 
external source..Any thoughts ?  Joe


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PUG Deadline tomorrow!

[Walter Hamler]

Thanks P.J., I managed to get a photo uploaded, but with great difficulty.
It seems that no matter what I did when resizing a pic from the K10 that was 
shot in JPEG Fine down to the required pixel size and then saving with a new 
name, the file size was just barely exceeding the 75k size limit.
The only way I could get it down was by using a very low quality level of 
save and the image quality really was poor compared to the origonal.
How do you all save images to that size and maintain at least a good looking 
image?

Walt 


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items for sale

[J]

Who was it on the list that had some lens and other things for sale ?


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Re: Lens purchases... DA40/FA50....FA43?

[AlexG]

Hi Boris,

What do you mean by more interesting to work with?

Alex

On 4/21/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alex, I've both FA 50/1.7 and 43 ltd. I suppose 43 ltd is way more
> interesting to work with than FA 50/1.7. However, FA 50/1.4 is almost a
> full stop faster. If you're into low light indoors photography, perhaps
> getting both 43 and 50/1.4 could be a wise decision.
>
> If you're hard pressed to choose just one lens, I'd vote 43 ltd. However
> I must say that I have planned to update from FA 50/1.7 (any takers?) to
>   FA 50/1.4, so that I kind of digress.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Boris
>
>
> AlexG wrote:
> > Hey guys
> >
> > After much deliberation I have decided to purchase the K100d. Despite
> > all the glowing reviews, I cannot see enough benefit in the k10d for
> > the extra 400 bucks given the kind of shooting I do.
> >
> > Though a k10d purchase is in the pipeline once the price drops a bit ;)
> >
> > I am going to order a couple of lenses. Having used an M42 50/1.4 it
> > is a lens I cannot live without. Low-light silver bullet.
> >
> > I saw the DA 40mm f/2.8 limited on sale also.
> >
> > I did a search in the archives here. It does not seem to be very liked
> > by this group. For every excellent picture I've seen with this lens,
> > there have also been plenty of crap pictures posted (flickr) and f/2.8
> > is pretty slow.
> >
> > What are the group's opinion on the lens? Like? Hate? Size is
> > appealing of course but if the pictures will come out looking bad,
> > then why bother?
> >
> > Instead of buying the two lenses, I can also get a 43mm/1.9. About the
> > cost of both lenses put together, same-ish focal length and definitely
> > 'fast'. They say this is THE lens to get, but I don't make purchase
> > decisions based on a random comment posted on a random flickr photo.
> >
> > Some more help?
> >
> > I am ordering this weekend :)
> >
> > I really appreciate everything so far.
> >
> > Alex
> >
>
>
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Re: PESO -- Flamingos on parade!

[Paul Sorenson]

You could put it in a window box...

-P

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> On Apr 21, 2007, at 5:58 AM, Bob Shell wrote:
> 
>>> Folks with white hair must have set up an organization called "Lawn
>>> Flamingos Unlimited".
>> Hey, I resent that!  I've had white hair for years and I have never
>> in my life owned a fake flamingo, a garden gnome, fake geese, or any
>> of the other popular lawn decorations.
> 
> I don't own a lawn. Why would I want a lawn decoration?
> 
> G
> 
> 


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