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> pentax-discuss-d Digest Volume 04 : Issue 352
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> Today's Topics:
> Re: A busy little fairygirl [ "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> Re: *ist D software update[ Frits =?ISO-8859-1?Q?W=FCthrich?= < ]
> Re: *istD for print photo [ "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: Mark's PAW[ Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> Support for big glass [ Don Herring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> OT - I WILL GET BROADBAND![ Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> Re: Support for big glass [ "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> Re: PAW: A good breakfast [ Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: A busy little fairygirl [ "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: Support for big glass [ Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: A busy little fairygirl [ "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: bokeh [ "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: A busy little fairygirl [ "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: *ISTD autofocus failing before b [ "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: Support for big glass [ "Steve Larson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: Support for big glass [ "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: A busy little fairygirl [ John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: Mark's PAW[ Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: Support for big glass [ John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: Pentax or Burst ? [ Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars [ Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> Re: PAW frozen lake [ Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> Re: Support for big glass [ "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> The lens remains the same?[ "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: Support for big glass [ "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars [ "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: Support for big glass [ "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> Re: Support for big glass [ Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
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> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 07:12:35 -0500
> From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Re: A busy little fairygirl
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> b) the viewfinder shows about 95% of what is being captured filling in the
> entire area. that's why it looks closer. your 50mm lens has the same FOV as
> as 75mm lens on a 35mm film body.
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> c) if you had shot RAW, you could have set white balance after the fact when
> converting from RAW to TIFF/Photoshop. you might not be able to organize
> your work with IrfanView if it doesn't support PEF files. TIFF files aren't
> worth using because they are large and have already been reduced to
> 8-bit/channel mode. if you do little manipulation of your images, then RAW
> isn't an advantage. if you may need to do some extensive color adjustment,
> especially if you don't know which ones you might do ahead of time, then RAW
> is your best bet. i don't think it is worth using 512M memory cards on the
> *istD in RAW mode. 1G cards are the minimum useful. don't bother with the
> Pentax software since you have Photoshop CS. use the CS File Browser
> instead.
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> Herb...
> - Original Message -
> From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 11:20 PM
> Subject: A busy little fairygirl
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> > b) In regards to the focal length multiplication thingy - it appears to me
> > that when I look through a 50mm lens with the *istD, the subject does
> indeed
> > look closer than if I look through the same lens on my MZ-6. Ryan seems
> to
> > think that this shouldn't be the case and that it should simply be that it
> > is a cropped version of what I see in the MZ-6 - I know that there has
> been
> > discussions about this in the past, but I didn't see them, so I was just
> > wondering what the general concensus of this is?
> >
> > c) I haven't shot in RAW as yet, as I have only just got the plug-in set
> up
> > etc (and I haven't even bothered to install the Photo Lab software, I'd
> > prefer to just stick with PS and Irfanview). BUT, I noticed that the
> files
> > are HUGMUNGO (and TIFFS are even bigger) and with 512mb cards I can only
> fit
> > 30 or so images on the card!! I was wanting to stay with 512mb cards just
> > to get around the possibility of losing too many images should a card
> fail,
> > but with only 30 or so images per card - this is totally impractical when
> > shootin
