Re: ist D stuff

[William M. Kane]

In my experience the PCMICA card slot reads cards about as quickly as 
USB1.1.  Just my experience.

I have a PCMICA card reader, the cord for the *istD, a USB card reader 
(mine is a USB1.1 computer), and a firewire card reader.  I use the 
firewire card reader at home, and the remaining three are usually 
traveling with me when I use the *ist D.

IL Bill
On Aug 22, 2004, at 6:06 PM, Ryan Lee wrote:
Hmm, I was thinking of using the PC card slot in my laptop- anyone 
know how
that compares with using a card reader? I've got firewire and USB1.1.. 
It's
so exciting! Planning a massive enablement very sooon..

:)
Ryan
- Original Message -
From: "David Madsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 2:16 AM
Subject: RE: ist D stuff

Ryan,
I bought an aftermarket A/C adapter but have found I don't use it.  I
use a USB2 card reader that transfers a 1gig card in about 8 minutes, 
as
opposed to the 35 minutes that USB1 takes.  If you have a USB2 port
spend the $20 or less that a USB2 reader will cost.

-Original Message-
From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 7:39 AM
To: PDML
Subject: ist D stuff
Just checking with you ist D'ers- I noticed the a/c adapter is sold
separately. Did any of you not end up purchasing the a/c adapter at 
all,
choosing to transfer images solely using CF card readers/ PC card
adapters etc? Any grumbles with that routine?

Also, I was just wondering if the ist D charges with the a/c adapter
plugged in (like laptops do..), or do you usually charge your 
batteries
externally?

Thanks,
Ryan

Re: OT - File loss & recovery

[William M. Kane]

Frank,
   I just had a hard drive accident while on a boat trip on Lake 
Michigan . . . long story short, an entire days worth of shots 
(approximately 230) were lost from the hard drive, and I had already 
formated the 2 cards I had used to take these shots.  I shot some 
pictures onto each of these cards before discovering the loss.  After 
worrying for a few days, I finally arrived home, downloaded one of the 
pieces of software that lets you 'undelete' and found about 75% of my 
pictures remained on the cards (because I stopped shooting on them as 
soon as I discovered the loss).

   My summary:  I believe that the card just clears the FAT and resets 
the two directories that it needs.

IL Bill
P.S.  Unfortuanatly, I still lost at least 5 good pictures that I was 
contemplating having blown up.  I can probably get the pictures again, 
but not without considerable cost.

On Jul 30, 2004, at 9:08 AM, Frantisek Vlcek wrote:
Thanks!
I will try it out when I return from the weekend.
BTW, how does a digital SLR format the card? Does it just erase the
FAT, or does it do a complete format? It seems quick so it would just
erase the FAT or something. I am looking at the possibility of
unformating a formatted card (for PJing, when the officer wants your
card, and you can play it down to just formatting it)
Frantisek

Hubble Photoshop Plugin Re: We're back home, photos later

[William M. Kane]

Speaking of the Hubble, a new Photoshop plugin was released that allows 
users to make their own photos from the Hubble data . . . .

http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0412.html
IL Bill
On Jul 26, 2004, at 5:25 PM, Bill Owens wrote:
We returned home from an extremely enjoyable weekend with our son and 
his
wife in Maryland.  We were able to tour both the Goddard Space Flight 
Center
and the US Naval Academy, and the Goddard tour was by far the best.  
One of
the most interesting things I learned there was that the Hubble 
telescope's
camera is only 16 megapixels.  IMO, if 16 is good enough for NASA, 
then 6 is
enough for me :-).  They will be updating both the software and camera 
in
2007, but nothing definite about the new camera yet.  Also, future 
Hubble
updates will be done remotely from Goddard instead of sending 
astronauts to
do the work.

Bill

Re: SMC-A 1:3.5 35-105--As great as it's supposed to be?

[William M. Kane]

This is interesting:
   I bought my specimen of this lens from a gentleman who took very  
good care of his equipment, and there were no signs of damage to the  
lens.  My lens has NEVER maintained focus throughout a zoom.  Are you  
sure it's supposed to do so?

Il Bill
On Jul 27, 2004, at 9:29 PM, Alan Chan wrote:
I would like to add that if the focus did change when zoom, don't be  
tempted to have it serviced afterward because it is a complex lens to  
work with (and I think most technicans won't bother to spend enough  
time to calibrate it properly). Besides, this lens appears on eBay  
regularly.

Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Thanks Alan, that gives me a couple of good questions to ask the  
seller.

Don
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Re: OT: Paypal Class Action

[William M. Kane]

Interestingly enough I received one also . . . mine arrived later at  
night, after 10:00 Central time zone . . . this must indicate how many  
people PayPal has to notify.

IL Bill
On Jul 27, 2004, at 9:25 PM, Alan Chan wrote:
I just got one this afternoon but haven't had the time to see what it  
was.

Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OT: Paypal Class Action
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 09:07:01 +1000
I just received a bizarre email from Paypal stating that I might be  
entitled
to a claim in a class action. Anyone else get the same one? If it's a  
hoax,
it looks really well thought out..

Regards,
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Re: Vivitar 70-210/4.5

[William M. Kane]

Henri,
   The Series 1 that's a cult classic in this range is the 90-210 /3.5 
Flat Field Macro . . . I don't know anything about this zoom you got 
for $40.

IL Bill
On Jul 23, 2004, at 9:20 AM, Henri Toivonen wrote:
So I got a deal on a lens, a Vivitar 70-210/4.5 MC Macro for like, $40.
But - is this a Series 1 lens? It's not on the cult classics page and 
it's hard to find information about this lens.

Anyone know something, worth the money?
I don't want to buy another crappy lens, I already have a Tokina 
70-210/4.5 that's so-so.

/Henri

Re: Polite Request re Image Displaying

[William M. Kane]

Cotty,
   I can agree with this request.  Whenever I design a website, or even 
just a page, I try and constrain it to 800 on the horizontal dimension. 
 I realize the majority of internet users have this setup.

IL Bill
On Jul 13, 2004, at 7:05 AM, Cotty wrote:
Can I make a very polite request? If you post a pic on a website,
especially your own, is there any chance that you could offer users the
option of viewing the full picture at an absolute maximum physical size
of about 1000 pixels by 700 pixels? In fact I would personally go no
bigger than 800 by 600.
The reason for this is that when seen on a monitor that does not 
support
a screen size larger than 1024 x 768 (as my computers don't) then one 
is
looking at only a large portion of the pic, and scrolling is required.

A number of users view the internet on screens only supporting 800 x 
600
- although these are becoming less common now.

Sites like Photo.net offer a choice of viewing sizes, which is 
excellent.
If I open a page with a pic on and I can't see the entire shot, then
frankly I'm not fussed, and close it again. That may be fine and you 
may
not care one jot what i think or do, but I would suggest that if you 
are
after maximum exposure when posting a pic, by posting it overly large,
you are not getting it.

HTH and thanks and sorry

Cheers,
  Cotty
___/\__
||   (O)   | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps
_

AF-500 FTZ

[William M. Kane]

Hey all,
   I have a question for the 500 FTZ users . . . how long does yours 
take to charge up on full batteries?  I've tried using fresh Alkalines 
and fresh Lithium,s, but it takes nearly 2 min to charge each time.  Is 
this normal? What am I doing wrong?

IL Bill

Re: Fast Woman

[William M Kane]

Nah, she's going fast with the earings straight down, she's just not 
accelerating :-)

IL Bill
On Jun 21, 2004, at 4:56 PM, Bob Blakely wrote:
Cute. For that really fast look... the her earrings could be straight 
back
instead of dangling straight down.

HAR!
From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

One of the summer's big automotive events in Southeast Michigan is the
Gratiot Cruise. Second only to the Woodward Dream Cruise in size and
scope it draws thousands of nice cars. This young lady was driving a 
67
Chevy II with a 7 liter Chevy engine that sounded like a good 500
horsepower at minimum. Note the tell-tale tach right in front of her
face. The license plate read "Too Bad." Fun stuff. I pulled up the
reportedly useless mini flash on my *ist D and pointed my FA 28-105
through the window. It was probably at 105.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2463298&size=lg

Re: FS - Pentax BIG Glass

[William M Kane]

I really don't want to know, but how much does one of those puppy's run?
On Jun 22, 2004, at 5:55 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
model=A%2CK%2DTELEPHOTO)

Future PUG idea?

[William M Kane]

Hey gang,
   Maybe this is an odd idea for some of you, and some of us won't be 
able to participate . . . but:

   How about a PUG Theme (or some WOW like thread) for *ist D users.  
Idea is this.  Everyone posts there x-numbered picture from their *ist 
D . . . say maybe their 4321st picture?  The number shouldn't be too 
high to start with, since some people don't have THAT many pictures . . 
.

Any takers?
Bill

Re: Vivitar's KA/R mount...

[William M Kane]

Had trouble with my Vivtar 80-180 Flat Field zoom on the LX and the 
*ist D.  I had to file down the flange on it to a more appropriate 
size.  After that, it worked just fine on both cameras.

IL Bill
On May 28, 2004, at 10:45 AM, Timothy Sherburne wrote:
Hello all..
I need to draw on your collective wisdom: Are there any Pentax K-mount
bodies that will not accept a Vivitar KA/R lens? The specific lens in
question is Vivitar's Series 1 19-35/3.5-4.5 zoom.
Thanks!
Tim

Re: Can anyone identify these?

[William M Kane]

I think the seller does not know much if anything about camera  
equipment.  They are clearly labeled as brands other than Pentax, yet  
he still thinks they are Pentax.  He mentions they are clean, and have  
no Fungus, but I am assuming you asked him specifically about them.   
I'd say chances are decent that his approximation of the quality of the  
lenses and equipment would not match up with your experienced eye.

IL Bill
On May 24, 2004, at 1:20 AM, TMP wrote:
Just got this from the seller, what do you guys think?
"I will Answer your Questions as best as I Can, as I do not know alot  
about
lenses .I will tell you what is written on them and where it is on  
them They
are clean and Fungus free from what I can see they have there covers  
and
padded bag,.
the biggest lense has SIGMA written on it on side with multi-coated f =
75~300mm nothing written on lense,.
The smaller lense has outside of lense multi-coated SIGMA super wide  
II ,
1:2.8  f ~24mm.
And other which looks like smaller lense is like one end attaches to  
camera
and then lense attaches on to it has witten on side 2x Kax Macro  
teleplus
mc7 then distances starting from 1:1  going up to 0.45m/50mm in green  
then
white below 1:1.5  00/ 50mm that is all i can tell you I think they are
Pentax lenses i have to brochures with Pentax accessories in it that  
came
with lenses."

tan.
-Original Message-
From: TMP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, 22 May 2004 8:14 PM
To: Net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can anyone identify these?

Could be an absolute bargain!
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
ViewItem&category=4688&item=38138826
17&tc=photo

tan.

Re: how to identify the GFM attendees

[William M Kane]

Speaking of North Carolina State Troops . . .
http://www.26NCCog.org
On May 23, 2004, at 6:45 PM, Bill Owens wrote:
- Original Message -
From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Correction about César: he'll be driving a convertible, *towing* a 
large
trailer full of Pentax gear.
A convertible with the top down. In 40 degree* weather. ;-)
And trying to evade North Carolina State troopers 8-)
Bill

Re: A couple pics...

[William M Kane]

Sean,
   If you don't mind my asking, what software are you using for this  
forum?  I'd love to set up a similar forum or two for my classes .. .

IL Bill
On May 22, 2004, at 5:35 PM, Shawn K. wrote:
here are some pics of my sister:
http://www.bluehorizon3d.com/cgi-bin/IB3/ikonboard.cgi? 
s=a19f3f68eb3431e7f72
72ed206a7d7b5&act=ST&f=9&t=1&st=&&#entry1

Hope you don't mind the shameless attempt to draw people to the  
board..  ;)

-Shawn

Refconverter M

[William M Kane]

Hello all,
   A month or two back, I posted to the list, asking if the 
Refconverter M could be mounted to the *ist D.  I'm happy to report 
back now, that I have obtained and tested this item on my own *ist D.  
One of the concerns was that the M series cameras had a smaller 
viewfinder (or at least the viewfinder and the information contained 
there-within).  As it turns out, the M Refconverter is able to see all 
information in the viewfinder of the *ist D, which I believe is due to 
the smaller size.

   As a side note, this was a purchase from ebay, which I believe I got 
a good deal on.  Upon arrival, I found that the refconverter had been 
dropped during it's life, and had a crack in it when viewed from the 
nonbusiness end of the Refconverter.  However, when viewed from the 
business end, the crack is not visible, and it is a perfectly 
acceptable user model.  I attribute this to the great manufacturing of 
Pentax.

IL Bill

Re: FS Friday: Some Neat Items

[William M Kane]

Joe,
   I'm interested in the Arsat lens . . . does it act as an M or an A 
lens?  Have you tried it on the *ist D?  Is the k-mount permanantly 
attached, or does it screw off like the pentax m-42 to K adapter?

IL Bill
On May 20, 2004, at 9:21 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote:
Well, the time has come to part with some fine gear that I am just not 
using. It will be like watching the kids leave home. With regret I 
offer the following. All prices are U.S. and do not include shipping 
(which will be at cost).

FA PowerZoom 28-105 F4.0-5.6. This is one of my favorites, but I have 
two. (The other one will be taken, as the saying goes, from my cold, 
dead hands.) It's a wonderful, sharp lens, and the best 28-105 that 
Pentax had made. It's large and a bit heavy on MZ/ZX bodies, wonderful 
on the (P)Z-1 or 1p. Ex or EX+ by KEH standards. KEH sells them for 
$126. This one is $100. It is truly a lot of lens for $100.

Pentax AF 400T turnip-masher flash, with bracket. GN 130 (in feet). 
This is a big, professional flash, that tilts, swivels, and twirls in 
all directions. If you can't illuminate your subject with this, wait 
until daylight. Can also be used to club spouses who change the 
settings on color-calibrated monitors. EX or EX+. KEH sells them from 
$189 to $205. Yours for $150.

Sigma 70-300 AF APO Macro F4.0-5.6. This is the apochromatic version, 
and it yields quite sharp images. The macro capability if quite handy. 
KEH has one in EX+ for $133. This one is like new with original box, 
bag, shade, papers, all for $100.00

Olympus Varimagni Right Angle Finder. This one fits Pentax cameras (at 
least since the PZ-1p, including the *ist D). It has 1.2 and 2.5x 
magnification, and shifts between landscape and portrait mode. I'd 
keep it, but since I wear glasses it is just too difficult for me. 
$125, or make me a reasonable offer.

And the surprise: Arsat 35 mm. F2.8 shift/tilt in K-mount. This one 
came directly from the factory in the Ukraine (where the K-mount 
attachment was put on specifically to fill my order) and is still in 
like new condition. Here's your chance to own a genuine tilt/shift 
lens for a fraction of the price of a Japanese one. It is sharp, 
sturdy, and well made. These go for over $400 on eBay. Yours for $300, 
or make me a reasonable counteroffer.

If interested please contact me off-list at:
jtainter at mindspring dot com
In a few days anything not sold will go to KEH.
Thanks,
Joe

Re: Pentax Takumar 4.5/500 lens

[William M Kane]

Mel,

   Check out http://www.keh.com if you really want to sell it.  It's 
tough to tell you what to do with it, as I don't know your photography 
style.  I bought mine (which is the K mount incarnation of this lens), 
for $500 and considered it a steal in it's condition.  At least shoot a 
little film through it before deciding on selling it.

IL Bill
On May 11, 2004, at 12:54 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey everyone, newbie here with a request for advice.  I've been given a
screwmount Pentax Takumar 4.5/500 lens, serial number 3788992, in good
working order.  Should I try to find an individual buyer, contact 
antique
camera dealers, sell this lens through Ebay, or not bother trying to 
sell it
at all?  The lens have no clouding or crazing but does have one small
"snowflake" of fungus, it's still got both end caps (the metal one has 
been
slightly dented along the edge and the plastic one is cracked but still
useable), everything works great on it, it's got the original case with
original shoulder strap but has got some wear and tear on it, and the 
lens
itself has a few pock marks in the plastic areas and body.

What do yall think, keep for nostalgia cuz it's not worth anything, 
sell
through Ebay, sell to an individual, or sell through a camera shop?  
So far
I've only had one shop respond to my inquiries with an offer for $150 
for
the whole thing.  Is this a fair amount?

Mel Darnell

Re: HELP!!! *ist D!

[William M Kane]

David,

   THANK YOU!!  I went ahead and recharged my rechargeables, and 
moved all of the alkalines off into a pile.  The rechargables just 
finished recharging and I tossed them right into the grip . . . low and 
behold, the camera is now fine.  That gave me quite a start.  I guess 
the thing to do is to buy another set or two of rechargables, adn 
always have them ready.

Back to photography,
IL Bill
On Sunday, April 25, 2004, at 09:57 AM, David Madsen wrote:
It could be the batteries.  I tried using fresh alkaline AAs once and 
it
gave me the depleted power signal.  Yesterday I changed the 
rechargeable
batteries and got the no juice signal, put in a different set and it 
worked
fine.  I put the first set on the charger and they were dead.  I had 
charged
them but they died while waiting to be used, I guess.  So I'd say try
another set of batteries, but not alkalines, and see if it helps.

David Madsen
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.davidmadsen.com
-Original Message-
From: William M Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 8:41 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HELP!!! *ist D!
ACK

I was out shooting this morning and on my last picture, the *ist D
told me that the "Battery Depleted", so I went in, grabbed some fresh
AA's and put them in both the grip and the body . . . it still
complained about low batteries, so I ran out to the local market and
picked up a pair of 2016 button batteries.  It's still telling me it
has low batteries.
Anyone know if this is a glitch that can be fixed easily, or am I
going to have to send my *ist D in for service?
AH

IL Bill

Re: HELP!!! *ist D!

[William M Kane]

Markus,

   Unfortunatly there is no way to reset the defaults in the current 
condition.  The camera will only blink the empty battery symbol at me.  
None of the buttons, or dials work :-(

Thanks though,

Bill
On Sunday, April 25, 2004, at 10:26 AM, Markus Maurer wrote:
Hi William
is there a way to reset the camera to it's defaults - you would loose
personal settings?
just guessing, that's what I have to do with computer equipment 
sometimes
:-)
Markus

I was out shooting this morning and on my last picture, the *ist D
told me that the "Battery Depleted", so I went in, grabbed some fresh
Anyone know if this is a glitch that can be fixed easily, or am I
going to have to send my *ist D in for service?

Re: Flowers

[William M Kane]

Dof, wrong link:

http://www.kanescience.com/personal/_flowers/index.html

Flowers

[William M Kane]

Hey gang,

   Took some pictures this week of the flowering things in Illinois . . 
. here's my page to share:

http://www.kanescience.com/personal/flowers/index.html

   comments always appreciated

IL Bill

Re: OT - Rare Alert: a Mac virus!

[William M Kane]

Cotty,

   Thanks for the warning.  I finally decided it might be worthwhile to 
download the free Virex program that comes with the .mac account.  
Interesting that the virus appears to simply serve as a warning of an 
open pathway . . . though only if you download mp3's.

IL Bill
On Friday, April 16, 2004, at 03:51 PM, Cotty wrote:
cottycam

Re: PAW: Cadet at Cannon

[William M Kane]

The sun is in an interesting position . . . I like the way that the 
shadow of the flag falls on the building in the background . . . I 
might like to see if I could get the the shadow higher on the building 
. . . . of course, this means that the sun would have to be directly 
behind you and not overhead . . .

Do they fire the cannon AT the building?  It looks like it's pointed 
that way . . .
On Saturday, April 17, 2004, at 09:29 AM, Steve Desjardins wrote:

As I have mentioned before, Virginia Military Institute is right next
door to Washington and Lee.  I was over there yesterday while they were
parading, and caught this:
http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/

As always, comments are welcome.  In this case, however, feel free to
comment about any shot of this kind (a military parade) because they do
this every day and I can go back and shoot more anytime.  They fire the
cannons every day at 5, and it always startles me if I'm walking to my
car at that time.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: right angle finder

[William M Kane]

Frits,

   Just 'won' one on ebay for 120, after bidding upwards of 200 on 
another just a few days before.  I'd say that Bob's prices below fall 
in to the expected range.

IL Bill
On Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at 07:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Frits,
Prices for the Spotmatic/K1000 finders are cheap ($30-$50?).
For an M or A finder (the ones with the 1X-2X switch),
I'd say anything under $70 is cheap and over $150 expensive.
$110 to $130 is a real bargain on the new price of $200+.
Regards,  Bob S.
What is a reasonable price for a right angle finder on eBay?
--
Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: omg ... I feel like Tanya!!!

[William M Kane]

Shel,

   Looking in my own windows system now.  It looks like the driver that 
my cd-rom is running is cdrom.sys in the Windows\System32\Drivers\ 
folder.  Looks like it is also running imapi.sys, redbook.sys and 
storprop.dll.  Just FYI, my windows machine is a compaq laptop running 
XP pro.

   Hope this is helpful, and if it isn't, try Rob Studdert's suggestion 
from 9:51 this a.m.  Appears hopeful to me.

IL Bill
On Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Did that (update drivers), doesn't work.  But, I would like
to know what drivers should be available.  I could then run
Win on another machine, grab the drivers, and copy over to
the broken machine.
William M Kane wrote:
Whoops,

Looks like I didn't read closely enough.  There are 2 drives, and
windows just says the drivers don't exist?  hmmm, that sounds odd.  I
don't know off hand what the drivers are for the CD tray (and I'm on 
my
mac, otherwise I'd check) . . .

The drives should be in the hardware profile, and should be 
labeled
as having the wrong drivers (last I checked it was a red x or 
something
like that over the icon.  You might want to go in there and see if
clicking on the "update driver" button works . .

IL Bill
On Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 09:45 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Bill ...

It's hard for me to imagine that both would "die"
simultaneously, but what do I know for sure.  One is a new
drive.  Windows recognizes the drives but says the drivers
for them don't exist, suggests some solutions
(uninstalling/reinstalling) that don't work.  If Windows
didn't recognize the drives, would they be listed in the
hardware profiles with a yellow arrow or some such through
them?
I'll look at the BIOS again, although I'm sure it recognizes
the drives.
William M Kane wrote:
Shel,

I hate to tell you this, but CD drives do die.  When they die,
windows won't display them.
Of course, it could be that you or someone deleted the 
appropriate
drivers for them, but they should be somewhere in the Windows\system
folder where you're not likely to traverse, and new software will 
not
usually do such a thing.

Have you watched your bios as the computer boots up?  Does the
bios
recognize the CD drive?
IL Bill
On Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 09:06 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
My computer  no longer recognizes the CD reader/player or
the CD burner drives.  Checking the system it seems that the
drivers for these drives have "disappeared," either by an
inadvertent erasure, becoming corrupt, or damaged by the
recent installation of a new program.
I don't know what the drivers are, so I can't find them on
installation software and reload them.
Any thoughts to how this problem can be solved, other than
to make a long trip to the computer repair shop?
I do have two other computers that can read CD's, so, if I
knew what drivers to look for, I might be able to copy them
to a transfer medium (like my camera's memory card) and
upload them to the damaged computer through the card reader.
shel (feeling so "down under")

Re: NEW_PUG - questions

[William M Kane]

There seems to  be an argument over how to pay for the webspace . . .

. . . Faction A wants the PDML users to donate.
. . . Faction B wants users of PUG to donate.
. . . Faction C wants users of PUG to be charged to submit.
Personally, I see choice C as too overbearing.  The whole idea behind 
the PUG is that anyone can submit, and there are those who would find 
submitting money in any form on a monthly basis to be a pain in the 
a$$.  We American's and Europeans have a variety of ways to do this as 
it seems our banks talk to each other nicely, but others do not.  THIS 
IS NOT THE PHILOSOPHY OF PUG (imho).

Choices A & B are both good choices.  They allow the users of PUG to 
also be the payers of it.  Additionally I think if we select them both, 
then we'll have revenue coming out of our ears.  Just remember, the 
idea of this is not to be making money.  PUG should be non-profit, or 
it might cause people taxation problems.  So my suggestion is to have a 
page for PUG Benefactors with a listing of names and perhaps even 
ranking them by contribution amount.  Then have the information on how 
to donate funds to PUG.  Anyone can donate and they can donate at any 
time of year.

Just my .02
IL Bill
P.S.  I can be counted on for a small donation once this is all decided.

P.P.S.  Doesn't it seem strange the decision was put up to an entire 
group of individuals?  I think we've lost sight of who is making the 
decision that governs the PUG.  Who is that right now?  The 
PUGmiesters? 
 

Re: Photoshop RAW image import problem

[William M Kane]

Chad,

   I'm getting the same results as you are using Photoshop Elements 2.0 
and the Photoshop Plugin on my Mac.  You are using CS, so it doesn't 
seem that Photoshop is the common problem . . .

   What OS are you using?

IL Bill
On Sunday, April 4, 2004, at 01:42 PM, Geheim wrote:
Hello,

I have experimenting with using RAW format with my *IST D. I have run 
into a
problem. When I import the image from the CF card into Photoshop CS 
using
the Pentax Plug-in I  get a very distorted image. Using the plug-in I 
can
view the image just fine. When I hit the import button, or select 
import
from the drop down menu, to bring it into PS it distorts the image.

Here is a sample: http://www.weatherfootprint.com/Rawimport.jpg

I know I do not take the best  pics in the world, but they are better 
than
this. :)

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Chad

Re: New K Mount DSLR

[William M Kane]

shouldn't that say april fools at the bottom of that page?
On Thursday, April 1, 2004, at 04:51 AM, zoomshot wrote:
	http://dp-now.com/archives/000691a.html

Don't you just love the RAW format;

 .RUS

Regards,

Ziggy

Re: New *ist D review - Imaging Resource

[William M Kane]

Which means they were moving at .92 MB/s with the USB cable connected 
to the camera.

and

3.14 MB/s with the USB 2.0 6 in 1 reader.

On Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at 05:49 PM, alex wetmore wrote:

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, William M Kane wrote:
. . . so the question becomes, How many MB were the 15 RAW files?
RAW files are 13mb.  13 * 15 = 195mb.

alex

Re: Slide Dup for *ist D

[William M Kane]

Problem is, I don't have the money for a slide scanner.  I'm not 
satisfied with the pain/time/results from my flatbed scanner.  I'm 
imagining that this can be done for pennies on the dollar of what a 
slide/film scanner is worth.

IL Bill
On Sunday, March 21, 2004, at 06:33 AM, Hal & Sandra Davis wrote:
Film/slide scanner. Many out there. Minolta and Nikon have been 
pointed out
on this list.
- Original Message -
From: "Bill Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: Slide Dup for *ist D


Possibly,

My own interest in this project is that I have literally hundreds 
if
not thousands of slides my dad took (Kodachromes).  They are a 
treasure
for the family, and I want to find a way to turn them digital to put
them on DVD's along with home movies which I am transfering to digital
also . . .

IL Bill
On Friday, March 19, 2004, at 11:05 AM, Nick Clark wrote:
I've yet to fathom the need for a slide duplicator for a digital
camera. Isn't a film scanner better?
Nick

-Original Message-
From: "William Robb"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 19/03/04 03:03:00
To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slide Dup for *ist D
- Original Message -
From: "J. C. O'Connell"
Subject: RE: Slide Dup for *ist D

get a bellows then you have adjustable magnification.
Isn't that easy John.
Trust me on this.
Though I don't hold out much hope for the  slide holder 1X K.

William Robb

Re: Slide Dup for *ist D

[William M Kane]

Extension needed is very little.  Any more than 12 mm and it racks out  
of focus . . .
On Thursday, March 18, 2004, at 06:51 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:

get a bellows then you have adjustable magnification.
jco
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-Original Message-
From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Slide Dup for *ist D


- Original Message -----
From: "William M Kane"
Subject: Slide Dup for *ist D

Hey all,

Just received my Slide Holder 1x . K from eBay . . . the seller
has
more (or at least I saw another listed by him) . . . very nice
purchase
. . . brand new in the box,  it even had the plastic bag around it
still!
Anyhow, as I am looking through this I'm imagining there is a
good
chance that this item could be used on the *ist D as a slide copier
. .
. Basically here's the setup:

Camera + 12 mm extension + Reverse Adapter K 52mm + Slide Holder 1x
K
This gives you a mag of 1.00 on a 35 mm system.

Unfortunately we need a lower magnification, and my mind isn't
working
too well right now . . . I figure we either need a lower mag lens
or
higher mag lens, but can't get my brain around the reversed lens .
. .
do we want a 35 mm or an 85 mm lens reversed?  I don't have either
in
the 52 mm filter range . . .

So for all you math/lens majors, what lens do we need?
I am pretty sure you are going to need a combination of a longer
focal length lens, and more lens extension from both the camera and
the slide.
I still haven't managed a good slide duping system for the ist D, so
if you could report on your experimrnts that would be grand. You
could probably use a step down ring on the reverse adaptor and take
the lens down to 49mm. If there is a bit of vignetting, it isn't
going to matter much, as the format will still be inside the
projected circle.
William Robb

William Robb

Slide Dup for *ist D

[William M Kane]

Hey all,

   Just received my Slide Holder 1x . K from eBay . . . the seller has 
more (or at least I saw another listed by him) . . . very nice purchase 
. . . brand new in the box,  it even had the plastic bag around it 
still!

   Anyhow, as I am looking through this I'm imagining there is a good 
chance that this item could be used on the *ist D as a slide copier . . 
. Basically here's the setup:

Camera + 12 mm extension + Reverse Adapter K 52mm + Slide Holder 1x K

This gives you a mag of 1.00 on a 35 mm system.

Unfortunately we need a lower magnification, and my mind isn't working 
too well right now . . . I figure we either need a lower mag lens or 
higher mag lens, but can't get my brain around the reversed lens . . . 
do we want a 35 mm or an 85 mm lens reversed?  I don't have either in 
the 52 mm filter range . . .

So for all you math/lens majors, what lens do we need?

IL Bill

Digital Photo Frame

[William M Kane]

Hey gang,

   After reading the latest Popular Science, I think I figured out what 
I'm going to do over the summer . . . build myself my own digital photo 
frame.  Looks like most of my junk parts computers are going to come in 
handy and get stripped down . . . .

Check out the link:  
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computers/article/0,12543,600198,00.html

IL Bill

Refconverters

[William M Kane]

Hey gang,

   According to Boz's site, the Refconverter M and Refconverter A are 
the same thing, only the window on A is a little wider to allow for the 
side LCD's in the A cameras . . .

  . . . has anyone taken an M converter and cut out a little of the 
plastic to make it the same size as an A?  Anyone know if this is 
possible to do?

IL Bill

Re: Semi OT: Heavy Tripod Head Support

[William M Kane]

Don't think I'd know the first thing about building a gimbal, though 
the idea sounds fairly intruiging to me.  I'll have to look around for 
instructions . . . if you happen to see the instructions again John, 
I'd appreciate a link.

IL Bill
On Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at 06:32 AM, John Mustarde wrote:
On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:54:21 -0600, you wrote:

John,

   I do realize at horizontal that the 3265 head performs nicely with
the 3 kg lens, however, I'm not shooting horizontally due to the high
incidence of 'things' in the way of the moon (trees, houses, etc).
Consequently I have to shoot at angles greater than 30 degrees much of
the time.  The tension adjustment is a good point though . . . very
nice, when shooting at higher angles I had it dialed up all the way
though :-(
Why not build a gimbal just for high-angle shooting? Seems like a few
hardware store items and angle iron would do the trick.  I'm sure I
saw a home-made one on a web search awhile ago.  Plus I think there is
a cheap gimbal (<$50) out there somewhere, maybe even Bogen.


--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com

Semi OT: Heavy Tripod Head Support

[William M Kane]

Howdy again,

   I need some advice from the crowd again.  I'm contemplating 
purchasing a new tripod head, but want to see what everyone says first.

   First off, my current tripod head is the Bogen 3265.  I think it's 
refered to as the pistol grip ball head.  It suits most of my needs for 
lighter lenses, but doesn't suit my needs for my heavier lenses.

   Mostly, I'm looking for a head that will hold up to the weight of my 
K 500 4.5 . . . 3300 g, approximately, plus the camera to deal with.  
I'm considering the Bogen 410 head . . . the geared head.  From the 
specs, it will withstand the weight of the lens, but I haven't seen one 
in person, and am not likely to, as all the shops around my neck of 
town are consumer type of shops.

   My questions:

1.  Does the 410 head allow one to quickly move the lens around, or is 
it one of those slow dial in types?  I'm mostly interested in the lens 
for shooting the moon with the 500, although I also like to shoot 
wildlife, so if I could adopt it for dual purposes . . .

2.  Does anyone else know of a head that would be suitable for my main 
purpose?  The problem with the 3265 is that it's not rated for this 
massive of a lens, and when I try and position anything in the 
viewfinder it slips away when I let it go . . .

Thanks for your input
IL Bill

Re: PAW: PUG mistake

[William M Kane]

Steve,

   Interesting portrait . . . what's that "halo thingie" to the right 
of her head?  What alumni magazine was this, the subject sounds 
interesting to me.

IL Bill
On Monday, March 1, 2004, at 12:39 PM, Steve Desjardins wrote:
I guess I messed up with my PUG submission.  It was this

http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/

This image was actually not heavily manipulated.  It is sharpened a bit
and solarized using the filter in Picture Publisher, but this effect 
can
be done in a darkroom as well.  It was the picture in the alumni
magazine for an article on a new course called "Unfinished Science".

Re: Which Star Wars character is this?

[William M Kane]

Shel,

  This is Yoda, the Jedi Master.  Judging from the picture, I'd 
estimate it's a model used in Empire Strikes Back.

   What's the story behind the photo?

IL Bill
On Sunday, February 29, 2004, at 11:39 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/dsc00040.jpg

Yoda?  Jedi?  I'm not too familiar with all the Star Wars
characters ...

Re: Testing the QuikSnap® Page

[William M Kane]

works fine in Safari

On Saturday, February 28, 2004, at 10:11 PM, Mark Dalal wrote:

From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd

like some testers please.  Just a few pics for now.

http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/

Works fine with Netscape 7.1

Mark

OT Re: Do Smarter Cameras make Dumber Photogs?

[William M Kane]

Otis,

   I know this is getting a bit off topic, but I need to step up on the 
soap box here:

   Yes, the "school system" is churning out many students who can't do 
what is described below, and I will be the first to admit that.  
However, what you described is not just a matter of learning the "three 
R's" . . . it goes well beyond that . . . it is called work ethic.  Now 
a work ethic can be started to be taught in school, but it is one of 
those things that is reinforced if not totally taught at home.  If 
parents and communities don't stand up and help the school system teach 
this, the USA will continue on the same trend it's on.  We can't stand 
up at the polls and demand "no child left behind", but then turn around 
the next day and complain that the taxes are too high, and we need to 
cut school funding. . . . we also can't place total blame on the school 
systems.  Look at the leading countries (academically) cultures and 
you'll see that the learned behaviors we seek are not taught in toto in 
the schools.

   Otis, I hope you do not think I am attempting to flame you.  I'm 
just trying to vent some steam and perhaps share some of my 
understanding with the general public.

IL Bill
On Sunday, February 15, 2004, at 02:30 PM, Otis Wright wrote:
I'm afraid we in the US will see a lot more of this.  Our school 
systems in the USA are turning them out by
the tens of thousands.  They are taught they never get anything wrong 
and that they'll get excellent pay
for just showing up. And they wonder why the jobs are going 
overseas  I know, not that simple, but it plays into the same 
arena.   In any given week, I have a least three such encounters.  
And, in the same week, I'll deal with twice as many overseas support 
personnel who bust their but to get it right---not always easy, but 
most of the time the job gets done and when there is trouble they work 
at it if you work with them instead of giving you useless info.

Otis

Shel Belinkoff wrote:

I had lunch at a local restaurant and the bill was $15.00
and change.  I gave the woman at the register a $100.00
bill.  The change should have been $84.00+ but I was given
$64.00+  shortchanged by $20.00. Bringing this to the
attention of the cashier, I was told the amount of change I
received was correct. That's what the computer in the
register said.  I asked her to do the math, to subtract
$85.00 from $100.00.  She looked at me like I was from outer
space, and insisted that the computer was right.  She either
could not do the math (a likely probability) or believed
whatever "the computer" told her (also a strong
possibility).  We had to call the restaurant manager to get
the math right and for me to get the correct change. Sheesh!
graywolf wrote:

But it is rocket science. There is simple arithmetic involved. Much 
better to
use a camera with a built in auto calculator so you don't even have 
to think
about the numbers, much less how to use them. That is really why no 
one wants to
use public transportation you know. Too hard to count your change 
for the fare.

Re: Do Smarter Cameras make Dumber Photogs?

[William M Kane]

Now you've hit on something I can agree with graywolf.  I can't tell 
you how many of my students can't estimate what 750/150 is, much less 
half of 750 . . . I blame calculators . . .

. . . of course there is nothing wrong with USING a tool.  Tools are 
there to make our lives simpler, and easier.  BUT when we don't know 
how the tool works, what do we do without the tool?

   I for one, am glad I know how a calculator works, and know how a 
camera works.  A friend recently asked me if it was possible to take 
photos as good as mine with a fully auto camera.  I said sure, but it's 
going to be extremely hard . . . of course she was talking about an 
Olymp*s SLR . . . ack!

IL Bill
On Sunday, February 15, 2004, at 12:11 PM, graywolf wrote:
I remember a science fiction story. Some undisclosed time in the 
future there was a University Mathematics Professor who was dismissed 
as a charlatan because he claimed he had discovered a way to do long 
division without an electronic calculator which everyone knew was 
imposible.

Do they still teach long division in school? Not so silly a question, 
even when I was in highschool they had dropped teaching how to extract 
roots. Use a slide rule or a table they said.

--
graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com
"You might as well accept people as they are,
you are not going to be able to change them anyway."

Re: D: Displaying Digitals

[William M Kane]

Graywolf,

   Sorry if my inquiry on how to deal with this problem somehow made 
you feel myself of others were being 'whiny' about the dealing with 
difference between Mac and PC general screen profiles.

   The truth is that I'm not "Graphically Knowledgable" enough and was 
requesting some POSITIVE advice on how to deal with the problem.  I was 
hoping there was a 'simple' solution that someone might have been able 
to help me with, like perhaps lighten each photo by x%, etc.  Perhaps 
there was even a plugin or useful tool for people who have to deal with 
this problem.  Obviously I'm not the only one who is experiencing this.

IL Bill

On Sunday, February 8, 2004, at 02:32 PM, graywolf wrote:

Well, Windows does use the common standard for the internet. Hey, 1 
point for Billy, 10 million points for whoever else.

Seems to me that all those "Graphically Knowledgeable" MAC users would 
know to set the profile for the media involved. Or at least quit 
whining when their pics look like crap to most of the people who look 
at them.

--

Bruce Dayton wrote:
Seems the simplest approach is to acknowledge that only a small
percentage of viewers are using Macs.  So either most users will see
your pictures poorly or you can make them look proper on a PC and then
only a small percentage (exact ratio could be argued) will see them
poorly.
It surely would have been nice of Bill Gates to pick the common
standard in the beginning.  Oh well, such is life.
--
graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com
"You might as well accept people as they are,
you are not going to be able to change them anyway."

D: Displaying Digitals

[William M Kane]

Hey gang,

I've been playing around this week with a new printer on a PC in my 
house (a Canon i860).  Now then, I have only viewed the images from my 
*ist D on my Mac, and have been extremely happy with them.

   Now that I'm looking at them on the PC, I note that they are dull, 
and appear too dark.  Has anyone else noticed something like this?  Is 
this a product of the Mac having a different gamma setting?  How have 
YOU learned to deal and cope with this?

   BTW, I'm speaking mainly with regard to publishing for the web.  
Most of my pictures are printed on good paper on my own Canon i560 (the 
'older printer' in the house).

Thanks,
IL Bill

Re: *istD grip... arghhh

[William M Kane]

Robert,

   Just took the D-BG1 Grip off my *ist D . . . one pin is definitly 
about half the height of the others.  It's the one in the middle row on 
the left side as I look at it from the back.

IL Bill
On Saturday, February 7, 2004, at 12:41 PM, Robert Gonzalez wrote:
Does anyone here have the *istD grip that can check on something for 
me?  I noticed that one of the pins on my grip that connect to the 
body is shorter than the others.  I want to know if mine is defective 
or this is normal.

I've been having problems with the grip such as it showing that it has 
no battery power left when the grip is connected, but then if I remove 
the grip, the battery power goes back up to full.  This despite the 
fact that both the grip and the body have fully charged batteries.  
When I put the grip back on, it shows full still.  I'm wondering 
whether this shorty little connection pin is to blame.

rg

"get a grip of yourself man!"

Re: OT: Another Sign of the Apocalypse

[William M Kane]

Yet another sign of the Apocalypse:

   I have just gotten mounted in my room a permanent projector . . . 
admidtly, it's a cheap one, but it gets the job done, and by the start 
of the next school year a Smart Board will be attached to the wall for 
use with it . . . who says that computer projection technology is too 
complex for teachers :-D

IL Bill
On Wednesday, February 4, 2004, at 09:04 PM, Jim Apilado wrote:
Until I retired last May, as the AV coordinator for my high school,
computer projection was just too complex for most of the teachers.  
The main
problem was the setup procedures.
I had lots of Ektagraphic Kodak Carousels available for use - and they 
were
used  many times.

Jim A.

From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 17:25:50 -0500
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OT: Another Sign of the Apocalypse
Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resent-Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 17:26:16 -0500
Seems to be the theme of the afternoon:

I met a colleague on campus and I walked with him to the media center
in the library.  He needed a slide projector.  He told the student at
the desk and she comes back with a computer projector.  After several
minutes of unproductive conversation, he shows her a slide from the
little pack he has with him.  She thinks its really neat but expresses
the opinion that it must cost a lot to actually have these things 
made.
I am laughing and generally being unhelpful, so he says "yes, but
nothing is too good for my students".  We finally go with her into the
back and locate the elusive Kodak Carousel.

I'm going to ask my daughter (17) tonight if she's ever had a slide
show during her high school career.  Now that I think about it,
everything I've seen there, including pictures during sports awards
night, has been computer projection.

Re: *ist D and CF Formating

[William M Kane]

Stan,

   I've actually had iPhoto "delete photos from source" and have come 
up with a completely empty card . . . I've also manually deleted the 
files through finder (and hitting empty trash) before ejecting the CF 
and sticking it in my camera . . . same results, completly empty CF 
that is readable by the camera.

   That being said, the camera must use a standard to write files with 
. . . but what is that standard, and what exactly is the MS-DOS format 
that the Mac offers?

IL Bill
On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 08:00 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
I did one quick test, not all four. OS-X, 10.3.2. Formatted a CF 
(SanDisk 512 Ultra) as Mac OS Standard. *ist-D said "card is not 
formatted."

So I formatted the card in the *ist-D.

I am not sure the point of this. I would not expect the camera to use 
the computer's file system; I am just pleased that the computer is 
clever enough to recognize and deal with the camera's own native file 
system.

A more interesting test might be to allow iPhoto or other photo 
management system to "delete photos from source after downloading?" I 
expect that you will wind up with a perfectly fine empty card with 
camera-specific formatting preserved...if not, then a re-format 
doesn't take very long.

Stan

William M Kane wrote:

Ok gang:
   Here's my test:  I've been swapping my FujiFilm 128 MB card (el 
cheapo buy from Best Buy) in and out of the mac and *ist D to check 
how the format affects the *ist D.  I used the Disk Utility to Erase 
the CF with each of the following formats.  The following is a 
listing of format types, and the response from the *ist D.
Mac OS Extended:  "This card is not formatted"
Mac OS Standard: "This card is not formatted"
UNIX File System: "This card is not formatted"
MS-DOS File System: "This card is not formatted"
H.
Popped the card into the *ist D, and formatted it using the OSD . . . 
and the card works fine.
I found this activity to be fairly interesting.  Any other Mac users 
willing to try this?  I'm using Mac OS 10.2.8
IL Bill

Re: OT: This is cold.

[William M Kane]

Joe,

   I just got back from a trip in Michigan a few weeks back.  We were 
on the lake, and had plenty of lake effect snow.  I'd guess temps went 
down to the 10's and I had the camera out the whole time . . . no 
problems.

IL Bill
On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 07:25 AM, Joseph Tainter wrote:
"I hadn't heard that about the LCD. Do you know how much cold
it can take?"
Not sure, but one of the photo mags recently had a profile of a nature 
photographer working in the far north in temps like you described. He 
said that he keeps his Canon dslr inside his jacket to keep the lcd 
from freezing, taking the camera out only to shoot.

Made me a little worried about using the *ist D in the winter.

Joe

Re: Încredible eagle shot!!!

[William M Kane]

Sylwek,

   I don't care what Shel says.  I laughed so hard!  That was the 
highlight of my day!  Maybe that's a comment on my day, or my week, but 
that was GREAT!!

Thanks so much,
IL Bill
On Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 09:51 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
http://www.pbase.com/image/25524341
Couldn't imagine better composition and level of details ;-
--
Best Regards
Sylwek

Re: (CHEAP) Microdrives

[William M Kane]

How can creative labs sell a 4GB microdrive and their music player for 
so cheap?

On Monday, January 26, 2004, at 04:44 AM, danilo wrote:

looking for a cheap (big) microdrive?
have you seen this?
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1023&message=7308713

ciao,
Danilo.

Re: Vivitar Lens

[William M Kane]

Fred et al,

I got a chance to use my modified (flange removed) 90-180 FF zoom 
on the *ist D on my recent trip to MI.  I used it on a monopod to take 
some pictures.  I posted 80% compression 800 x 600 jpgs on my website.  
If anyone is interested in examining full size pictures, please let me 
know.

   I first used it to take pictures of small flower buds I found on a 
tree.  Pictures were taken on a monopod (using the tripod socket of the 
lens of course).  I found that leaving the tripod collar just loose 
enough to allow me to rotate the camera to be very useful.  I am not 
extremely happy with the focusing, but I think this is due to my own 
shivering due to the slight chill created by lake effect winds.  
Pictures 986 + 987

   I then came upon a group of skiers (actually some young friends of 
mine).  They were cross-country skiing and had found a slight downward 
slope they were using for "downhill" skiing.  I still had the 
camera/lens/monopod set up, and used it to squeeze off several pictures 
of the skiing.  I am very happy with these photos.  Pictures 995-1013

IL Bill
http://www.kanescience.com/personal
On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 06:32 PM, Fred wrote:

Thanks for your help.  Thanks to the pictures and instructions, I
have just ground off the necessary bits of extra flange using a
dremmel, and have maintained the condition of my lens.  I guess
this mod means it's no longer Like New, but fits great on the *ist
D now.
Sounds good, Bill.  Let us know how well the lens ends up doing on
the *ist D when you have had a chance to use it a bit.
Hmmm...  135-270/4.5 macro...  (1:1 at 270mm ???)  

Fred

bunched up undergarments

[William M Kane]

test

don't do what the subject says

Re: A*200/4 Macro manual?

[Mr. William M Kane]

On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 05:42 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:

On 13 Jan 2004 at 18:54, Mark Cassino wrote:

Just dug into the box my A* 200 f4 macro came in and found a manual
entitled "Pentax 35mm Interchangeable Lenses."  It is not specific to 
the
200 f4 - it covers all A and A* lenses, plus a few K lenses (like the 
500
f4.5 and reflex zoom 400-600, etc).  There are a couple of pages 
devoted to the
4 macro lenses covered - the A 50 f2.8, A 100 f2.8, A 100 f4, and A* 
200 f4.
Thanks Mark,

I've actually got a copy of this manual, many thanks for the offer. 
I'm a
little disappointed that the near superfluous housing for the RTF on 
the *ist D
prevents the A*200/4 macro from rotating much past horizontal :-(

Cheers,


Rob,

   I don't understand what you are saying above.  Are you saying the 
A*200/4 is unusable on the *ist D?  How?

IL Bill

Re: A bizarre ebay experience.

[Mr. William M Kane]

My question may be:  Is there a hack in the ebay system that allows 
"buyers" to trick ebay into thinking they won a BIN when it wasn't BIN?

Second question:  Did you examine the headers of the email to be sure 
they came from ebay?

IL Bill
On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 04:00 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I'm the seller. And I'm scrupulous :-). My complaint is that ebay 
accepted a "buy it
now" bid, and this was not a buy it now auction.

"Rothman, Aric" wrote:

If you get no satisfaction, would you share the eBay ID of the seller?
It's good to know from who to say away.
There is a serious flaw in the feedback system at eBay.  Unscrupulous
sellers can hold you as a feedback "hostage."  That is to say, they 
will
not supply feedback to a completed transaction until you do.  That 
way,
they can retaliate with negative feedback if they swindle you and you
leave negative feedback for them.

One eBay seller (and sizeable brick and mortar dealer) is Zeff Photo. 
 Last time
I checked, they have 100% positive feedback.  They shouldn't.  I 
purchased
a Bronica EC with lens from them, and paid immediately using a method 
they would
accept.  That should equate to immediate positive feedback for me.  I 
held
up my end of the transaction.  The camera and lens has several 
immediately obvious
defects not disclosed, and it locked up after a few shutter triggers.
I obtained return authorization and had it shipped back via FedEx.  I 
was
contacted a few days later and was informed the damage was due to 
RETURN trip
to Zeff, and I would have to make a claim.  Since I am not aware of 
any temporal
anomalies in the vicinity which would cause damage manifest a few 
days earlier
to have a cause several days later, I was skeptical, to say the least.

Long story short, I got a refund, but not for the significant 
shipping charges
accumulated during the whole ordeal.  Their eBay guy told me I was 
"lucky" and he
was "doing me a favor."  Some favor, to the tune of $45 lost to 
unnecessary shipping
expense

Zeff Photo has a good reputation, but the guy
who managed the eBay department did not give me a square deal, and he 
engages in
this feedback withholding strategy I describe. I am in feedback limbo 
with them.

Aric

-Original Message-
From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:45 PM
To: pentax discuss
Subject: OT: A bizarre ebay experience.
I'm very POed at ebay. Among other items, I listed a Spotmatic Motor
Drive camera and 50mm lens on ebay the other night. I set a
first bid of
$375 and did not specifiy a buy it now price or a reserve.
Last night I
received a notice that the camera had been purchased on a buy
it now bid
by someone in Japan. I have tried replying to the ebay message to
indicate that there is some kind of mistake. I've filed a report with
their mediation service, and I've written the purported
buyer. All to no
avail. I've heard from no one, and my auction has been down for 
almost
20 hours. What's more, a list member had hoped to purchase the camera
and had planned to bid on the last day. I don't know how to resolve
this.

Re: Vivitar Lens

[Mr. William M Kane]

Fred,

  Thanks for your help.  Thanks to the pictures and instructions, I 
have just ground off the necessary bits of extra flange using a 
dremmel, and have maintained the condition of my lens.  I guess this 
mod means it's no longer Like New, but fits great on the *ist D now.

IL Bill
On Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 03:15 PM, Fred wrote:
Putting together a bag for my ist D (this may be interesting to
those with film & vivitar lenses), and was trying out various
lenses. Trying to put on my Vivitar Series 1 90-180mm Flat Field,
I found the flange at the back of the lens to be too long.

I know someone had cut this flange down, but don't remember who,
and don't remember their description/web page on doing it. Can
anyone give me a hand here?
I love the ol' VS1 lenses.  (And, now with V.1.1 of the *ist-D's
firmware out there, they're gonna be used a lot digitally, too.)
Here's from a previous post:
A PDMLer wishes to buy my Vivitar 90-180/4.5 Macro Zoom. He
wishes to know: Can the 90-180/4.5 be used "safely" on an MZ-S
without filing down the lens's unusually long rear extension?

My personal opinion is that the potential problem (of the excess
baffle material on the "original" line of K-mount VS1 lenses) is not
too difficult to fix (takes perhaps a half hour) and therefore
should be considered to be a mandatory routine procedure before
using any of these old gems on a newer body.

I once had to have my Super Program's aperture mechanism repaired
when the 90-180 got stuck on it. I may have inserted the lens
carelessly, the same way I damaged my Rikenon 50/1.4P: by trying
to wiggle it onto the body "blind" while the body was mounted on a
tripod, too high for me to see the red alignment dot.

I have used several of the first generation VS1 lenses (with their
"extra-generous" baffle extension on the K-mount flange) on several
different bodies (including a Super Program) without any trouble.
The clearance when inserting one of these into an LX, however, is
quite small, and I think that any of these lenses should be modified
before using on an LX.

As for the newer autofocus bodies, I think that it is simply not
worth "playing games" here - the "operation" should be performed
without even trying to judge how the lens and body will fit
together.

[from another thread]  Here are some image links illustrating the
removal of this flange:

First, here are two VS1 35-85/2.8's, the left one of which shows
the extra baffle, while the right one has been modified -
 .

Lacking access to a bench grinder, I resort to simply cutting of the
excess baffle material with a hacksaw (but leaving the protective
"hump" near the coupling lever, as in jen-you-wine Pentax K-mounts).
(Another PDML-er reported using a thin file for this procedure.)  I
don't try to remove the baffle entirely, but I leave about a mm or
two of it still sticking out (since trying to remove all of it would
tend to scar up the face of the K-mount flange, and removing it
entirely is not really necessary, anyway).  I then smooth off the
remaining edge of the baffle with a fine-toothed file and finally I
touch up the exposed (shiny) metal edge of the remaining baffle area
with a black "magic marker" (for a little flare prevention).

It is important, of course, to mask off completely the rest of the
lens when the extra baffle is being removed from the lens (since
you don't want any little aluminum filings "adding" to the lens'
innards - ) -
 .

It is also possible to ~carefully~ remove the K-mount flange from
the lens and then remove the extra baffle after masking off only
the flange -
 .

Fred

KEH does it again

[Mr. William M Kane]

Alright,

   Just received a box from KEH, and boy, am I happy!  Three items were 
in the box, all in condition that I consider absolutely wonderful.

First off, I got a case for my 500/4.5.  This was said to be in "Ugly" 
condition.  The cap on my last one had come off, and I couldn't see 
transporting the lens safely inside of the case because of that.  The 
new case looks great, and looks like it will take a 15 min latch fix to 
make it useable.

Second, a "BGN" AF500FTZ flash.  The only thing BGN about this is some 
tape residue where someone must have attached a bounce to it.  So for 
close to half the price of a new flash, I get a slightly used one that 
works and looks great (after I clean the residue with some alcohol).

Finally, my first Auto Focus lens.  I went cheap, and was looking for 
something under $50, just to test out the AF on my *ist D (my other 
lenses and cameras are manual only).  Recieved the FA 35-70/3.5-4.5 in 
supposed BGN condition.  As far as I can tell this means that it comes 
without caps.  Zoom, aperture look great, AF works fine, and the glass 
looks like it's never been touched.

Another satisfied customer!

IL Bill

Re: *ist D image noise examples

[Mr. William M Kane]

An interesting comparison chart . . . but there is one problem:

The ist D doesn't do ISO 3200 and yet they are reporting values for it. 
 Shouldn't they be reporting 3200 as "N/A"?  A quick scan of the text 
doesn't indicate why.

IL Bill

P.S. I'm not trying to argue that the ist D has lest noise than the 
competition, I'm just questioning the last set of data on those graphs.
On Sunday, January 11, 2004, at 01:54 AM, Jens Bladt wrote:

see: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxistd/page13.asp

Regards, Jens

Re: Vivitar Lens

[Mr. William M Kane]

Just try and pry it out of my cold dead hands!  This is the lens I 
bought for a song . . . only $75 USD!!

Il Bill
On Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 04:15 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
"Mr. William M Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hey gang,

   Putting together a bag for my ist D (this may be interesting to
those with film & vivitar lenses), and was trying out various lenses.
Trying to put on my Vivitar Series 1 90-180mm Flat Field, I found the
flange at the back of the lens to be too long.
   I know someone had cut this flange down, but don't remember who, 
and
don't remember their description/web page on doing it.  Can anyone 
give
me a hand here?
Nope. 'fraid not. You'll just have to sell the lens Bill!

I might take it off yer hands for a couple of bucks!

--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com

FS: 67 Remote Battery Cord

[Mr. William M Kane]

Hi all,

   I have a 67 Remote Battery Cord that's doing nothing.  I bought it a 
while ago when I was thinking of doing 67, and forgot about it when I 
sold my 67 stuff.  I never used it.  Comes in a very worn box.  Make me 
an offer.

IL Bill

Vivitar Lens

[Mr. William M Kane]

Hey gang,

   Putting together a bag for my ist D (this may be interesting to 
those with film & vivitar lenses), and was trying out various lenses.  
Trying to put on my Vivitar Series 1 90-180mm Flat Field, I found the 
flange at the back of the lens to be too long.

   I know someone had cut this flange down, but don't remember who, and 
don't remember their description/web page on doing it.  Can anyone give 
me a hand here?

IL Bill

ist D report

[Mr. William M Kane]

Hello all,

   I just downloaded and installed the update for *ist D 1.10.  When 
you follow the instructions and push on the green button, the aperture 
closes down to that which you have set, and the camera sets the 
appropriate shutter speed.  Then, it opens the aperture and waits for 
you to do anything (i.e.  recomposing the shot will require remetering 
(hitting the green button))

IL Bill

Re: Re[2]: laptop question...

[Mr. William M Kane]

Bruce et al.,

   Mea culpa, maybe I was spouting a bit there.  My posting had been 
made just after seeing that Tanya was looking for a laptop (for one 
reason) to use to project pictures while at the wedding reception 
coupled with the posting I copied that said pc's and macs could do 
exactly the same things . . .

   I was attempting to give Tanya (and others) an insight on a piece of 
software for the mac, and probably sounded alot like a zelot while 
doing so.  If so, I apologize.  I'm a little behind in my readings, and 
found that most of the posts simply said something to the extent of a 
pc can do what a mac can, and wanted to offer up some actual positive 
mac advice.

   Keeping this post on topic with PDML, I just made a purchase that I 
may regret (pocketbook wise), an *ist D may be on it's way to me this 
week along with the grip and batteries.

Bill

On Sunday, January 4, 2004, at 02:27 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote:

Why is it whenever we say that we shouldn't have flame wars about PC
vs Mac that all the Mac zealots chime in anyway?  Don't you guys know
how to control yourselves?  Or does that come with not knowing how to
operate a computer?
Get a life you guys - go take some pictures - Tanya already said that
Mac's are non-existent where she is.  The PC people have been far more
restrained this time around.
--
Best regards,
Bruce


Sunday, January 4, 2004, 12:00:57 PM, you wrote:

MWMK> Ok quick!

MWMK> Tell me the name of 1 native windows program that 
automatically
MWMK> imports and catalogs your pictures from a digital media source.  
It
MWMK> allows you to catalog the pictures in your own virtual folders 
(not
MWMK> actual folders), using an XML file.  This way a picture can be 
in 3
MWMK> folders, and not take up any more disk space than 1 picture.  
Not only
MWMK> that, but once the pictures are on your disk, it can play a 
slideshow
MWMK> of these pictures with any music file on your computer.

MWMK> The mac native program?  iPhoto.

MWMK> IL Bill - mac convert

MWMK> P.S. - there is no such program native to windows XP

MWMK> On Saturday, January 3, 2004, at 11:15 AM, Amita Guha wrote:

I wondered if there's something about Macs that make them
good for that
application, ie:  quickly editing then sending jpegs back to the
paper/magazine immediately after the game.
I doubt it. There's really nothing a Mac can do that a Windows 
machine
can't do just as well. Maybe years ago that was true, but not 
anymore.

Amita

Re: laptop question...

[Mr. William M Kane]

Ok quick!

   Tell me the name of 1 native windows program that automatically 
imports and catalogs your pictures from a digital media source.  It 
allows you to catalog the pictures in your own virtual folders (not 
actual folders), using an XML file.  This way a picture can be in 3 
folders, and not take up any more disk space than 1 picture.  Not only 
that, but once the pictures are on your disk, it can play a slideshow 
of these pictures with any music file on your computer.

   The mac native program?  iPhoto.

IL Bill - mac convert

P.S. - there is no such program native to windows XP

On Saturday, January 3, 2004, at 11:15 AM, Amita Guha wrote:

I wondered if there's something about Macs that make them
good for that
application, ie:  quickly editing then sending jpegs back to the
paper/magazine immediately after the game.
I doubt it. There's really nothing a Mac can do that a Windows machine
can't do just as well. Maybe years ago that was true, but not anymore.
Amita

Re: Happy New Year!!

[Mr. William M Kane]

and Happy New Year from IL Bill "The Other Other William, well, kinda"

On Thursday, January 1, 2004, at 12:26 AM, William R. wrote:

Happy New Year William from the other William... and Happy New year to 
everyone cheers!


From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Happy New Year!!
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 00:07:54 -0600
It's just past midnight in Saskatchewan, and I am sipping on 
Champagne that
I made using the traditional method.
Happy new year, one and all.

William Robb

_
No masks required! Use MSN Messenger to chat with friends and family. 
http://go.msnserver.com/HK/25382.asp

Re: rare?

[Mr. William M Kane]

I like how it says you can even put a roll of film in it to take  
pictures . . . what kind of idiot would write that about a demo camera  
with a clear shell?

   Just a note, we have seen camera's like this before on this list.  I  
forgot EXACTLY who used it (salesmen or tradespeople), but it's  
basically a novilty camera that could be shown to potential customers  
to show the internal workings of the camera.  I know this was done with  
several models, including the 110.

IL Bill
On Saturday, December 27, 2003, at 04:31 AM, Ryan Lee wrote:
Just noticed this (not mine) on eBay and it's not on Boz's site- any
collectors amongst us?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/ 
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2974387008&category=15240

Cheers,
Ryan

Re: Memory Cards

[Mr. William M Kane]

Personally, I would go for 2 x 1 gig cards.  My experience is that a 
card will sometimes become corrupt and need a computer to reformat it.  
That way you always have a 'backup' card that isn't full.

IL Bill
On Thursday, December 25, 2003, at 03:09 PM, Charles Wilson wrote:
Well the day has finally arrived I opened my piggy bank and with the
Christmas money I have enough to buy the ist D.  But one problem 
should I
buy 2 x 1 gig memory card or just a single 2 gig memory card.  Any 
advice
would be appreciated.  Have a good New Year all.

Regards

Charles

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

[Mr. William M Kane]

Hell is in Michigan
On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 04:26 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
From the December issue of Rangefinder magazine - an article on Gary
Gladstone's new book "Passing Gas and Other Towns Along the American
Highway."
Towns mentioned --

Gas, Kansas - a sign at the entrance to the town says "If you blink, 
you're
gonna pass Gas."

Zero, Montana

Fleatown, Ohio

Nuttsville, Virginia

Rough and Ready, Pennsylvania

Fearnot, Pennsylvania - these two are close together - a 1930's 
newspaper
headline "Fearnot man marries   Rough and Ready woman"

Hell, Michigan

Intercourse, Alabama - (there's one in Pennsylvania, too)

French Lick, Indiana

Some others
 Goofy Ridge
 Ding
 Dong
 Difficult
 Boring
 Toad Suck
 Surprise
 Pig
- Original Message -
From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

hahahahahaha, those are too funny Ann!

tan.

- Original Message -
From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)


Don't forget JU-ANITA, Kansas, kids

and in Newfoundland  there is a town called Heart's Content not too 
far
from -
(really)  Dildo.

But nothing odd about the pronounciation.

annsan, who knows about KAYRO, too

Re: Vacation snaps with an Optio?

[Mr. William M Kane]

I believe it.

The problem, though, with believing that every iPod comes with an 18 
month battery is that it's simply not true.  It happened in one case 
with one particular example of the model.  Just like lens test reports, 
your results may vary.

That being said, I'm not an apply employee, nor do I have interest in 
apple stock.  I simply think the iPod is the way to go for me, and with 
this new information, I'll be sure to buy an extended warranty, or 
purchase it with one of my credit cards that extends manufacture's 
warranty.

Thanks for the interesting link,

Il Bill

On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 09:19 PM, Chris Brogden wrote:

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Cotty wrote:

'Save a bundle on memory cards the next time you take your digital
camera with you on vacation. When your card is full, simply transfer 
the
images to your iPod via the handy Belkin Media Reader . The 40GB iPod
holds 20,000 images (the equivalent of 160 256MB memory cards), the 
20GB
iPod holds 10,000 (80 cards) and the 10GB model holds 5,000 (40 
cards).
'




Check this out:

http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/

chris

Re: Vacation snaps with an Optio?

[Mr. William M Kane]

Another problem with buying a new gadget for a trip is this:  Usually 
the people who purchase them, as intelligent as they may be, do not 
have a chance to learn the new gadget.  They do not know all the 
features, quirks, or let downs.  They do not know how it behaves or 
operates.  In my experience, this results in poor results, bad feelings 
and a disgruntled gadget owner.  They may feel as if they wasted their 
money and use the new gadget far less often in the future.

My .02, adjusted for inflation.

IL Bill
On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 04:32 AM, Herb Chong wrote:
the person who is intending to use any P&S camera for their primary 
camera
on a 6 month vacation to exotic scenic locations isn't going to do any 
such
thing. they may shoot a few hundred frames to a thousand frames the 
whole
trip and the camera had better be hassle free. they are the same 
people for
whom if there were no digital cameras would consider 10 rolls of film 
on
such a trip a huge number of photos.

Herb...
- Original Message -
From: "Chris Brogden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: Vacation snaps with an Optio?

So what are you trying to say?  That there's no electricity in Tibet 
and
India to charge a laptop?  Or that you can't buy memory cards there?  
If
any memory card is for sale there it'll be CompactFlash, the kind 
that the
Optio 33L uses.  Ditto with the AA batteries it uses.  Or buy enough 
CF
cards before you go... they'll certainly take up less room than 200 
rolls
of film.

Re: Vacation snaps with an Optio?

[Mr. William M Kane]

Ah,

   My bad.  I recalled seeing on the Apple website that there were "no 
moving parts", and now that I go back and read carefully, they are 
talking about the interface, not the parts inside.  Looking into the 
tech specs, they do indeed quote that these have hard drives in them.

   At any rate, it doesn't change my mind about purchasing one for use 
as I outlined below.

Bill
On Sunday, December 7, 2003, at 11:17 PM, John Francis wrote:
William,

Here's a thought, instead of getting a portable HD which has 
moving
parts, get yourself an iPod.  20 GB will run you $400.  You can buy an
adapter that will read media cards (Belkin media card adapter runs
$100).  Now you have a portable musics system, are able to download
your pictures from CF cards, and from my understanding there are no
movable parts inside of these things.
Apple would disagree with you.

According to the main apple web site, the iPod contains either
a 10, 20 or 40 gb hard drive.
Think about it:  a 1 GB solid-state compact flash card costs $200 or
so - a 2GB over twice that.  Is it really likely that apple can sell
you an order of magnitude more solid-state memory for that price?

Re: GFM Attendees (updated)

[Mr. William M Kane]

Uh oh,

   I've heard rumors that if XXX Pentax users get together in the same 
place that the space/time continum will collapse in on itself . . . 
let's keep it to 29 or under guys :-)

IL Bill

P.S.  Wouldn't it be great to get 60 LX users together in the same 
place at the same time?
On Sunday, December 7, 2003, at 09:09 PM, Bill Owens wrote:

- Original Message -
From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pdml" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 9:36 PM
Subject: GFM Attendees (updated)
Looks like in excess of 20 attending, and maybe closer to 30.  Have 
there
ever been that many PDML'ers together in one place at the same time 
before?

Bill

Re: Vacation snaps with an Optio?

[Mr. William M Kane]

William,

   Here's a thought, instead of getting a portable HD which has moving 
parts, get yourself an iPod.  20 GB will run you $400.  You can buy an 
adapter that will read media cards (Belkin media card adapter runs 
$100).  Now you have a portable musics system, are able to download 
your pictures from CF cards, and from my understanding there are no 
movable parts inside of these things.

IL Bill
On Sunday, December 7, 2003, at 08:18 PM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: "Chris Brogden"
Subject: Re: Vacation snaps with an Optio?

Unfortunately, that's not going to work unless they plan on having 
very
few keepers, and low res ones at that.  A 3MP p&s digital will 
produce a
3MP .jpg file somewhere in the range of 1-2MB, give or take.  Many 
email
services limit your attachments to around 2MB, for the simple reason 
that
files that large take a long time to send and receive.  Even upgraded
Yahoo and Hotmail accounts only offer 10MB of mailbox storage.  If 
they
have access to computers (presumably with CD-RW drives), perhaps they
could burn CDs.  Mail a copy, keep a copy.
I just saw a 30 gig portable hard drive for what seemed pretty 
reasonable,
under 300 dollars, I think.
Are these things worth it?

William Robb

test

[Mr. William M Kane]

Messages not getting through, testing

Re: 5 Mpixel price breakthough

[Mr. William M. Kane]

Perhaps the Rebel doesn't have a quality sensor in it?

IL Bill
On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 06:43 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
That cant be right or CANON couldnt be selling
the 6Mpixel rebel digital for 999.99 retail.
JCO
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-
   J.C. O'Connell   mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   http://jcoconnell.com
--- 
-

-Original Message-
From: alex wetmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 6:49 PM
To: pentax discuss
Subject: Re: 5 Mpixel price breakthough
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
I just saw on TV that gateway has a 5Mpixel
digital P&S for $249.99
I think 35mm film's days are really numbered.

Why does a DSLR cost $1250.00 more WITHOUT
a lens???
The CCD in a DSLR has about 10x the surface area (23.4mm by 15.6mm vs
7.2mm by 5.3mm).  Big chips cost much much more to make because they
get lower yields.
The last thing that I found said that the sensor in the Pentax *ist D
and Nikon D100 cost about $700 each in quantity.
alex

Re: Ebay

[Mr. William M. Kane]

Mishka,

   I think that you, like graywolf misread what this gentleman wrote.  
He did not blame ebay, and even admits in his article that he was to 
blame for circumnavigating around ebay's "security."  He does indicate 
he is upset at Ebay's disability to help him in this situation, but 
does not blame them for his actions.

   Instead, I think the thrust of his argument is the fact that when 
you attempt to change email addresses on ebay, a confirmation email is 
ONLY sent to the new email address.  This means that any hacker who 
happens upon your password, or obtains it by some means can easily 
hijack your account without your knowledge.  It seems to me that this 
is what he is most upset with.  A simple second email that would not 
cost Ebay one more penny can help to prevent account hijackers.

Just my .02 on the subject,
IL Bill
On Sunday, October 26, 2003, at 05:57 PM, mishka wrote:

...so, you wanted to screw ebay (early termination of an auction), and 
when you got screwed instead -- what, writing an
article blaiming ebay for that? sheesh...

of course, i did that myself, namely, contacting the sellers outside 
ebay, when/if the items were not sold.
but to count on ebay for protection -- that would have been really 
stupid.

best,
mishka

Re: x processing EPJ/photo.net/canon users

[Mr. William M. Kane]

ryan,

   you have critics because what you have posted is a piece of art.  My 
experience is that when people like something that they are less likely 
to comment on it, but when they don't like it they'll let you know!  
Just my experiences, and  sociological point of view.  Personally, I 
think it's a shame to focus on the negatives like that.

   BTW, I really like the picture.  but then again, I'm a plant person.

IL Bill
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 08:07 AM, Ryan Lee wrote:
So I tried x-processing some Ektachrome EPJ 160T, and came up with a 
shot a
quite like here:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1843166
the tech details are on the page, but the thing I'm a bit annoyed with 
is
that despite me loving the result, noone else seems to share the 
sentiment
(judging by the measly ratings). I like the blown out highlights (dare 
I say
bokeh..) and the saturated colours amongst other things. So what's 
wrong
with it?

For a moment I thought maybe it was just a bad photograph and hours of
staring at the screen and the photo had made it look better in my 
mind. Then
in a conspiracy theory mode I thought it was Canon users snubbing a 
Pentax
user, and I checked, and yes! all the bad ratings were done by damn
Canoners! So I went to check one of my better pics:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1659027

and though the majority of non Canoners were more lenient, it so 
turned out
that some Canon users gave good ratings too- but.. Canon users 
accounted for
more than 95% of the names of people who even bothered to give a 
rating. We
all know photonet's P.Greenspun doesn't have many good things to say 
about
the Pentax camp, but could it be it's just one huge undercover Canon
society?

How do we curb this infestation!

Rgds,
Ryan
PS. All in jest.. nothing against Canonites.. just a bit confused with 
my
photo's rating that's all :( didn't think it was that bad..

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V03 #1256 Unsubscribe

[Mr. William M. Kane]

I know what I was thinking . . .

On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 10:14 AM, Paul Eriksson wrote:

About the little white tanktop sitting next to him?  

/Paul


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> Dear me...

What was he thinking?
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Re: We need a theme song!

[Mr. William M. Kane]

We'll miss you Warren.  Now perhaps you'll get some sleep.

IL Bill
On Sunday, October 19, 2003, at 06:51 PM, Bucky wrote:
No, the late great Warren Zevon.

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Sent: 19-Oct-03 16:43
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: We need a theme song!


"Poor, poor, pitiful me" - Linda Ronstadt

Butch

Re: OT: Problems with Flash Card Reading

[Mr. William M. Kane]

Marnie,

   If windows is mounting either of the 2 devices correctly, you should 
see an additional disk drive when you look at "my computer".  I imagine 
if it's reading them as removable drive mediums, that you're just not 
looking for it there . . .

IL Bill
On Sunday, October 5, 2003, at 12:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter Alling wrote:

It's possible that USB is disabled in the setup for your computer.  
If you
know
how to get into the setup utility you will find this either under 
advanced
or hard
ware options, (or something similar).  If USB is disabled when you 
enable
it and
reboot you computer WinME should, (and should is the operant word),
recognize new
hardware and install the native drivers for it.  Then plugging in a USB
device will
enable the native drivers for that device if it is supported.

reply:

Nope. I use one USB for my scanner. The other one for the printer. The 
front
one I change by unplugging and replugging (got two scanners and now 
the card
reader).

Still haven't solved this one yet. I took off the Windows Update 
feature from
my start bar a couple of years ago (thinking it was just more stupid M$
advertisement or advancement) -- do'h! ;-). But I found it in the help 
section.
Went to site, downloaded DirectX and a general ME upgrade. Something 
barfed.
Can't update file 1% from 2%. (Wish the parameters had showed). And it 
was not
clear what other files to download. Most of the upgrades seemed to do 
with IE.
And since I use AOL's IE that was not helpful.

Reinstalled card reader software. Nope.

The problem seems to be that the card reader, and the camera if 
plugged into
the USB, seem to be seen as removable drive mediums. Once I got the 
camera
icon in the Windows explorer window. But I've never gotten the card 
reader to
appear as a card reader icon (which according to info. with card 
reader I should).

Frustrating. Still playing with it.

Maybe someone has Windows ME? If so, could you contact me privately? I 
could
write down the name of the dlls that I appear not to have and maybe 
you could
sent them to me in a zip file by email. That might work. Anyway, if 
so, please
contact me.

I am a bit stumped.

Marnie aka Doe   Or a lot. :-)

Re: Macro lenses

[Mr. William M. Kane]

still not getting any pictures.  I see little boxes with question marks 
in Safari, and when I switch to Explorer (v5.2.2), I get boxes with 
stop signs in them . . .

Is this just me on the mac?  I have a PC I can look at them with, I 
just thought it would be nice to know it's not working.

IL Bill
On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 01:14 PM, Keith Whaley wrote:
Hi Fred,

How long should it take before those changes take effect, if you know?
I still can't open the site, two hours after reading this message.
No hurry. Just leave a message with "OKAY!" in it!  

keith

Fred wrote:

There are no  tags present on this page
http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/v358528/.

If an opening body tag  is placed immediately after your 
tag and a closing body tag () is placed immediately before the
closing HTML tag then I think all should be fine as there is nothing
complex on the page.

However there are also unclosed  paragrapgh tags which might
muck things up - " a paragraph should be formatted like
this."
Thanks for the tip, Joel.  I didn't pay any attention to the HTML
(obviously).  Guilty as charged.
I threw a couple body tags in (which may be all that Bill will
need).  As for the  tags, those are the older (and probably
obsolete) style, but I don't think that they should be a problem.
Try it again, Bill?

Fred

Re: R.I.P. II

[Mr. William M. Kane]

Sorry to hear about your loss Doug.  That's a tough decision to have to 
make, but I'm sure that Dexter agreed with you.

IL Bill
On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 09:32 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:
A little before 1 this morning, we had our beloved dog Dexter 
euthanized. He had begun internal bleeding, and was in a lot of pain, 
so we felt this was best for him. He went peacefully, after 13 
wonderful years as part of our family.

Here is a portrait I did of him back when we lived in Tennessee:

http://www.alphoto.com/dex.jpg

Rest easy, my friend.

Re: Macro lenses

[Mr. William M. Kane]

Pictures don't come up.  Using PowerBook w/ Safari
On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 09:39 AM, Fred wrote:
It is good you remind people of that baffle. It was not a pleasant
experience when I first mounted the 35-85 on the LX, I couldn`t
get it back off without a little force. It ever so slightly bent
that upper mirror box metal. After that though, all the VS1`s I
have with the baffle mount and unmount easily. It must be less
than a mm that is needed to file off.
I've taken most of the flange off several ol' VS1 lenses.  Sometimes
I've removed the K-mount from the lens first, and sometimes I've
performed the "circumcision" (so to speak - ) while the K-mount
was still on the lens.  Of course, careful masking is needed in
either case, to keep those pesky aluminum filings out of where they
shouldn't ought to be...
I do have a couple of relevant "surgery photos" of the procedure
being performed on a couple of VS1 35-85/2.8's (shot, appropriately
enough, with a VS1 90-180/4.5 Flat Field Zoom, which was originally
designed by Vivitar for surgical photography - ) on an
embarrassingly primitive VS1 35-85/2.8 page () at
http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/v358528/ .
Fred

Re: Macro lenses

[Mr. William M. Kane]

H,

   I don't recall having a problem mounting this lens . . .  of course 
my LX has been out of action for a while, and I haven't used it . . . 
I'll have to check on this when I get home . . . wouldn't want to ruin 
the lens or camera, thanks for the heads up!

IL Bill
On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 10:14 PM, Fred wrote:
The 90-180 ...[snip...  Perfect compliment to the LX.
Agreed, except I found that the LX is one body (and this is not true
of all K-mount bodies) that requires shaving off the excessive
old-style K-mount baffle that is found (until it is removed) on some
of the original VS1 gems.
Fred