RE: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-28 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> mike wilson
> On 28/10/2011 01:47, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> >> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J.
> Matyola  wrote:
> >>> I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this
> PESO,
> >>> and let me know what breed they think the particular animals
> pictured
> >>> might be.
> >>>
> >>>
> http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963
> &entry=154
> >>>
> > Thanks to all for you comments on the image and your suggestions as
> to
> > the breed.  I think that they are indeed Watusi.  Strange indeed,
> > especially in New Jersey, the land of dairy cows.
> 
> I believe those beasts usually provide sustenance by being bled.  Cows
> are too valuable to eat.
> 

Not in New Jersey.

The Maasai and Watutsi, and some Ethiopia tribes, bleed their cattle from
the neck and mix the blood with milk. Early European travellers to Ethiopia,
such as James Bruce, claimed that the Ethiopians, meaning the Amhara, cut
slices from the beasts and ate them raw. They do indeed today eat raw beef
(kitfo), but it's more like steak tartare - raw minced beef mixed with
spices - and I believe they kill the animals first.

Here are some nice pictures of cattle:




Looking at them, and thinking about the Euro, one wonders who has the
correct definition of wealth.

Bob



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Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
This is New Jersey.  We only bleed taxpayers.
Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:39 AM, mike wilson  wrote:
> I believe those beasts usually provide sustenance by being bled.  Cows are
> too valuable to eat.

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Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-28 Thread mike wilson

On 28/10/2011 01:47, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Thanks to all for you comments on the image and your suggestions as to
the breed.  I think that they are indeed Watusi.  Strange indeed,
especially in New Jersey, the land of dairy cows.


I believe those beasts usually provide sustenance by being bled.  Cows 
are too valuable to eat.




On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:00 PM, frank theriault
  wrote:

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:

I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO,
and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured
might be.

http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=154

I would also appreciate any comments on the image itself.



Cool looking animals whatever they may be.  Nice photo of them, too.


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Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks to all for you comments on the image and your suggestions as to
the breed.  I think that they are indeed Watusi.  Strange indeed,
especially in New Jersey, the land of dairy cows.

Dan
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola



On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:00 PM, frank theriault
 wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  
> wrote:
>> I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO,
>> and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured
>> might be.
>>
>> http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=154
>>
>> I would also appreciate any comments on the image itself.
>
>
> Cool looking animals whatever they may be.  Nice photo of them, too.
>
> cheers,
> frank
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Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-27 Thread mike wilson

On 27/10/2011 05:27, P. J. Alling wrote:

On 10/26/2011 8:22 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J.
Matyola wrote:

I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO,
and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured
might be.

http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=154


I would also appreciate any comments on the image itself.

Pretty sure its not Cotty

i thought that Cotty had small almost unnoticeable horns.


That's Godfrey.  Although I seem to remember a faint red tinge

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Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread P. J. Alling

On 10/26/2011 8:22 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:

I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO,
and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured
might be.

http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=154

I would also appreciate any comments on the image itself.

Pretty sure its not Cotty

i thought that Cotty had small almost unnoticeable horns.


Dave

Thanks,
Dan Matyola

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Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread John Sessoms

From: frank theriault

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:

I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO,
and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured
might be.

http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=154

I would also appreciate any comments on the image itself.


Cool looking animals whatever they may be.  Nice photo of them, too.

cheers,
frank


Possibly Ankole aka watusi cattle?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gbv=2&biw=1442&bih=864&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Ankole+cattle&btnG=Search&oq=Ankole+cattle&aq=f&aqi=g1g-S3&aql=1&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=3794l3794l0l5524l1l1l0l0l0l0l186l186l0.1l1l0

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Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
The horns look like an African breed, the coloring is similar to a Texas 
Longhorn.  Could be a cross between the two.


-p

On 10/26/2011 7:22 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:

I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO,
and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured
might be.

http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=154

I would also appreciate any comments on the image itself.


Pretty sure its not Cotty

Dave


Thanks,
Dan Matyola

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Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO,
> and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured
> might be.
>
> http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=154
>
> I would also appreciate any comments on the image itself.

Pretty sure its not Cotty

Dave
>
> Thanks,
> Dan Matyola
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Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, October 26, 2011 4:40 PM, "Daniel J. Matyola"
 wrote:
> I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO,
> and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured
> might be.
> 
> http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=154
> 


I'm not familiar with cattle breeds but Googling "cattle large straight
horns" suggests Ankole-Watusi:

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/ankolewatusi/index.htm




> I would also appreciate any comments on the image itself.


Good job. Nicely balanced composition although it would have been
improved if you could have moved slightly to avoid the grass in front of
the face of the nearest beast.



Cheers

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Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO,
> and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured
> might be.
>
> http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=154
>
> I would also appreciate any comments on the image itself.


Cool looking animals whatever they may be.  Nice photo of them, too.

cheers,
frank


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PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO,
and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured
might be.

http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=154

I would also appreciate any comments on the image itself.

Thanks,
Dan Matyola

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-02-08 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 February 2011 20:46, Leon Altoff  wrote:
> Sam,
>
> Did you ever actually find an iPhone app?  I have an Android phone and
> after searching eh market for "data collection" found several apps
> that could be used for this with drop down lists and all sorts of
> features.  If you found something good for the iPhone let us know
> which app you ended up using.  (For teh Android I would probably just
> use "Form Builder" for this, though I would use ODK for larger data
> collection needs)

Very handy little app Leon, thanks for the pointer.

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-02-04 Thread Leon Altoff
Sam,

Did you ever actually find an iPhone app?  I have an Android phone and
after searching eh market for "data collection" found several apps
that could be used for this with drop down lists and all sorts of
features.  If you found something good for the iPhone let us know
which app you ended up using.  (For teh Android I would probably just
use "Form Builder" for this, though I would use ODK for larger data
collection needs)

Leon

> From: Sam
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I
>> thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting
>> down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out
>> if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how
>> to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat
>> joking here)).
>>
>> So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've
>> been looking, but my google-Fu is weak.
>>
>> thanks, Sam
>>
>> PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a
>> while.  I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty.

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Sam L
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Darren Addy  wrote:
> I think several responders lost sight of the fact that the original
> poster is shooting with film.
>
> I also think that most shooting logs (like Kenny-boy's three versions:
> http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/exposure-log.htm ) leave off an
> important part of the equation (if learning is your goal). That is the
> METER'S RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE. If you are shooting every shot with the
> meter's recommended exposure, then you haven't learned the basics of
> photography yet. To truly learn, one should record the meter's
> recommended exposure and then how much you over or under exposed (and
> why). The same is true when evaluating other's shots. While the
> shutter speed, aperture and ISO provide some useful information, it is
> not as useful as knowing also what the meter's recommended exposure
> was for that scene (and metering mode).


True.  Obviously when I shoot with the K-x, the camera records the
ap/shutter etc for me.

And Igor those are good examples of good things to learn from the
photo settings.

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Sam L
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> You might also look for a database manager. I see a couple that look
> promising for this kind of stuff. I just downloaded "General DB" and
> will start experimenting with it. There's also "FM Go" from FileMaker
> that looks interesting.
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Thanks Godfrey,

I'll give those a look, too.


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Igor Roshchin



With respect to the original question, - I wonder if one can
just take a photo of the scene with iPhone and attach a note/voice memo
to that.


2011/1/30 Bob W :
>
> To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information
> down
> after the event, and especially why they publish this information with
> their
> pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked
> at a
> photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and
> I've
> no idea what to do with the information when people provide it.
>

It doesn't happen too often, but such occasions happen time to time:
1. I'd like to figure out what shutter speed was used to either freeze or
blur the motion to get the effect seen in the photo.
Some examples: waterfalls, water splash, dancer's motion blur -
to know what is the critical value of the shutter speed.

2. I'd like to figure out what aperture provides reasonable DOF for
practical situations that I encounter on the dance floor.
Or I'd like to see what aperture provides enough separation between
the foreground and the background, or what aperture is needed to 
have both in a reasonable focus at the same time.



Igor


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Scott Loveless
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob W, discom-BOB-W-lated, issued forth with:
>
> he's excited by the phrase 'has a nice woody'.
>
> /twink/

No, sorry.  It's /gone/.

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking filmphotos?

2011-01-31 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 02:05:15PM -0500, Ken Waller wrote:
> 
> Kenneth Waller
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> 
> - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling"
> 
> Subject: Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when,
> taking filmphotos?
> 
> 
> >"..the engineers were smart enough to put the data imprint in
> >between the frames. "  Where you could cut it in half and make it
> >unreadable...
> 
> Not true IIRC, the imprinting is done between the sprocket holes.

Yep.  Of course by the time I got my MZ-S I was shooting Provia 100F,
so getting the slides mounted meant I couldn't read the info anyway.

I believe there was an option to print everything on a frame at the
end of the film (so you could lose everything at one swell foop).


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RE: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Bob W
> >
> >> Stop saying "wink".  It's frightfully tinny sounding.  Now "yawn"
> has
> >> a nice woody tone to it.  Could you have your involuntary spasms do
> >> that, instead?
> > Actually ///jerkjerk   my knee's going now
> 
> Are you /sure/ it's your knee?
> 

he's excited by the phrase 'has a nice woody'. 

/twink/

B


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking filmphotos?

2011-01-31 Thread Doug Franklin

On 2011-01-31 14:05, Ken Waller wrote:


- Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling"

Subject: Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking
filmphotos?



"..the engineers were smart enough to put the data imprint in between
the frames. " Where you could cut it in half and make it unreadable...


Not true IIRC, the imprinting is done between the sprocket holes.


It is between the sprocket holes on the MZ-S.

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread P. J. Alling

On 1/31/2011 3:14 PM, Cotty wrote:

On 31/1/11, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:


Stop saying "wink".  It's frightfully tinny sounding.  Now "yawn" has
a nice woody tone to it.  Could you have your involuntary spasms do
that, instead?

Actually ///jerkjerk   my knee's going now


Are you /sure/ it's your knee?


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Cotty
On 31/1/11, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Stop saying "wink".  It's frightfully tinny sounding.  Now "yawn" has
>a nice woody tone to it.  Could you have your involuntary spasms do
>that, instead?

Actually ///jerkjerk   my knee's going now

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when,, taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread John Sessoms
That's the age-old problem with trying to make things "idiot proof". As 
soon as you manage it, the universe produces a better idiot.



From: "P. J. Alling"

"..the engineers were smart enough to put the data imprint in between
the frames. "  Where you could cut it in half and make it unreadable...

On 1/31/2011 11:31 AM, John Sessoms wrote:

> From: Bruce Walker

>> On 11-01-30 5:38 PM, Bob W wrote:

>

>>> > And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it

>>> strikes me

>>> > as a classic example of techno overkill.

>> Me too.  Much easier to simply use a camera that records this info
>> automatically, like any of Pentax' digital models, old or new. :-)

>
> If memory serves, the original poster is trying out a Spotmatic he
> inherited. I don't think it records EXIF data.
>
> I have a vague recollection that one of Pentax's later film cameras
> could be made to imprint this information on the film, and the
> engineers were smart enough to put the data imprint in between the
> frames.
>
>



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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread John Sessoms

From: Darren Addy

I think several responders lost sight of the fact that the original
poster is shooting with film.

I also think that most shooting logs (like Kenny-boy's three versions:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/exposure-log.htm ) leave off an
important part of the equation (if learning is your goal). That is the
METER'S RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE. If you are shooting every shot with the
meter's recommended exposure, then you haven't learned the basics of
photography yet. To truly learn, one should record the meter's
recommended exposure and then how much you over or under exposed (and
why). The same is true when evaluating other's shots. While the
shutter speed, aperture and ISO provide some useful information, it is
not as useful as knowing also what the meter's recommended exposure
was for that scene (and metering mode).


Good point. Wish I'd thought of that. Might have helped me to learn faster.

I recorded aperture/shutter speed to look at later along with the 
photos, but I can see how it would have been more useful if I'd also 
recorded what aperture/shutter speed the camera was telling me to use so 
I could make a better comparison.



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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread John Sessoms

From: Boris Liberman

On 1/31/2011 12:38 PM, Cotty wrote:

> sorry boris - you are quite correct. apologies (written with phone glued
> to ear waiting for an answer)

Sure thing. Thankfully I am the only Boris in the motley crew. If it
were several of us - that might have been funnier still.

Boris


Hmmm? Maybe we can change Cotty's name to Natasha.


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking filmphotos?

2011-01-31 Thread Ken Waller


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http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - 
From: "P. J. Alling" 
Subject: Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking 
filmphotos?



"..the engineers were smart enough to put the data imprint in between the 
frames. "  Where you could cut it in half and make it unreadable...


Not true IIRC, the imprinting is done between the sprocket holes.



On 1/31/2011 11:31 AM, John Sessoms wrote:

From: Bruce Walker

On 11-01-30 5:38 PM, Bob W wrote:



> And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it
strikes me
> as a classic example of techno overkill.

Me too.  Much easier to simply use a camera that records this info
automatically, like any of Pentax' digital models, old or new. :-)


If memory serves, the original poster is trying out a Spotmatic he 
inherited. I don't think it records EXIF data.


I have a vague recollection that one of Pentax's later film cameras could 
be made to imprint this information on the film, and the engineers were 
smart enough to put the data imprint in between the frames.



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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Jim King
John Sessoms wrote on Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:47:27 -0800

> Seems like if you really wanted to get in the spirit of the thing, you'd just 
> carry a little pocket notebook and a pen and write them down. Probably less 
> of a distraction from photography than fiddling with the iPhone.

...or use a Pentax MZ-S; it can record this info on the negative outside of the 
image area.  Of course, a notebook and pens are a bit less expensive!

Regards, Jim
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread John Sessoms

From: Larry Colen

On Jan 30, 2011, at 11:34 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:


Cotty, you gotta be badly discombobulated. I did not participate
in this thread until I saw your message full of slashes and words
written together without spaces between them...

/shrugs/

Boris, don't mind Cotty, he's just taking the piss.



Or hitting the sauce.


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread P. J. Alling
"..the engineers were smart enough to put the data imprint in between 
the frames. "  Where you could cut it in half and make it unreadable...


On 1/31/2011 11:31 AM, John Sessoms wrote:

From: Bruce Walker

On 11-01-30 5:38 PM, Bob W wrote:


> And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it 
strikes me

> as a classic example of techno overkill.

Me too.  Much easier to simply use a camera that records this info
automatically, like any of Pentax' digital models, old or new. :-)


If memory serves, the original poster is trying out a Spotmatic he 
inherited. I don't think it records EXIF data.


I have a vague recollection that one of Pentax's later film cameras 
could be made to imprint this information on the film, and the 
engineers were smart enough to put the data imprint in between the 
frames.



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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Darren Addy
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:31 AM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> I have a vague recollection that one of Pentax's later film cameras could be
> made to imprint this information on the film, and the engineers were smart
> enough to put the data imprint in between the frames.

I don't think that Pentax was first in this, but it was available on the MZ-S

"Data Imprinting
One of the great new features of this camera is the edge-of-film data
imprinting, which can be turned on or off. The film roll sequence
number (from 1-99), ISO film speed, and data imprinting brightness are
printed on the edge of the leader at the beginning of the film.
Exposure mode, metering mode, shutter speed and aperture values,
exposure compensation value and whether auto-bracketing or multiple
exposure have been used are recorded at the edge of the film for each
exposure in a location between the film sprockets. This is done "on
the fly" as the film is wound, through use of a small single-digit
light-emitting diode array to the top right of the format opening.
This is very accurate in image placement--very impressive. The
brightness of the letter imprinting can be set."

-source: http://shutterbug.com/equipmentreviews/35mm_cameras/0502sb_pentax/

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Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread John Sessoms

From: Bruce Walker

On 11-01-30 5:38 PM, Bob W wrote:



> And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it strikes me
> as a classic example of techno overkill.

Me too.  Much easier to simply use a camera that records this info
automatically, like any of Pentax' digital models, old or new. :-)


If memory serves, the original poster is trying out a Spotmatic he 
inherited. I don't think it records EXIF data.


I have a vague recollection that one of Pentax's later film cameras 
could be made to imprint this information on the film, and the engineers 
were smart enough to put the data imprint in between the frames.



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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread John Sessoms

From: eckinator

totally what bob said - always published aperture and speed in my
posterous for those who care but never knew why
cheers
ecke



That one's easy. I started the blog as a school assignment, and the 
instructor told us we had to include that information in the captions.



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RE: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when, taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread John Sessoms

From: "Bob W"

Doesn't the iPhone have a simple "voice memo" app?

>
> Yes it does. That's an option. Of course, with DSLRs you can often
> record the voice memo directly onto the exposed frame - I could do this
> with the 1DmII. With, film the correct procedure would be to jot down
> the info onto a notelet and photograph it on an adjacent frame to the
> actual frame of the scene ;)

the problem there is that you then have to write down the 2nd exposure
details and photograph them; then write done those details and, well, you
can probably see where this is going.

To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information down
after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their
pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a
photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've
no idea what to do with the information when people provide it.

The only value that I know of in having this information is when I write it
down before I take the photograph, as part of a trial or test plan. For
example, I want to understand a bit more about the Voigtlander 75mm lens I
bought a couple of months ago, so I have planned a series of shots, and
noted down the apertures I want to use to test different things. I'll use
these as my script, noting alongside them what I want to know, and later
when the shots are done make notes of what actually happened. This has value
to me, whereas wandering around doing general photography, then noting the
technicals never has.



When I applied myself to systematically learning photography, having 
that kind of information helped me begin to understand my equipment and 
how it would perform. Lens trials wouldn't tell me how the combination 
of camera, lens & film was going to work out in the real world.


I needed to have that kind of information for the photos I was making 
with the equipment I had so I could understand what I was doing with 
that equipment.


Once I got my film developed, looking at the photos and reviewing the 
aperture & shutter speed (and ISO/ASA) information began to give me a 
feel for when I needed to override the camera's recommended exposure. 
Having that information to review is how I learned when to over/under 
expose to get the images I want.


Not just that. It's the only way that worked for me to really ingrain 
the understanding of how aperture controls D.O.F. and shutter speed 
controls motion. You need to not only understand it generally, but to 
understand it intimately for the equipment you use.




And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it strikes me
as a classic example of techno overkill.

B



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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Darren Addy
I think several responders lost sight of the fact that the original
poster is shooting with film.

I also think that most shooting logs (like Kenny-boy's three versions:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/exposure-log.htm ) leave off an
important part of the equation (if learning is your goal). That is the
METER'S RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE. If you are shooting every shot with the
meter's recommended exposure, then you haven't learned the basics of
photography yet. To truly learn, one should record the meter's
recommended exposure and then how much you over or under exposed (and
why). The same is true when evaluating other's shots. While the
shutter speed, aperture and ISO provide some useful information, it is
not as useful as knowing also what the meter's recommended exposure
was for that scene (and metering mode).

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Boris Liberman

On 1/31/2011 12:38 PM, Cotty wrote:

sorry boris - you are quite correct. apologies (written with phone glued
to ear waiting for an answer)


Sure thing. Thankfully I am the only Boris in the motley crew. If it 
were several of us - that might have been funnier still.


Boris

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Sam L  wrote:
> I like the digital pen suggestion and the list manager app suggestion.
> I'll probably stick with the plain old notepad app on the iphone.  I
> suppose this whole
> iphone thing _is_ terribly technologically overkill for the problem at
> hand, but it just so happens that I actually
> carry this thing every where I go (to a fault!).  Carrying an
> additional journal and pencil would be 2 more things
> to schlep around.
>
> I was thinking some more about what I hoped to gain by noting this
> stuff down and I came up with 2 answers:
> 1)  I want to be able to look at a photo and be able to learn from my
> mistakes (primarily if the DoF is good or not).
> 2)  I want to get a better feeling for my different lenses.  I've got
> a handful of normals, a couple longs, and a couple
> wides.  I'll never remember which lens I used for a given photo unless
> I take a note.

You might also look for a database manager. I see a couple that look
promising for this kind of stuff. I just downloaded "General DB" and
will start experimenting with it. There's also "FM Go" from FileMaker
that looks interesting.
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Scott Loveless
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Cotty  wrote:
> On 31/1/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>. I did not participate in this
>>thread until I saw your message
>
> sorry boris - you are quite correct. apologies (written with phone glued
> to ear waiting for an answer)
>
> wink my eye's better now ;-)

Stop saying "wink".  It's frightfully tinny sounding.  Now "yawn" has
a nice woody tone to it.  Could you have your involuntary spasms do
that, instead?

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Cotty
On 31/1/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed:

>. I did not participate in this
>thread until I saw your message

sorry boris - you are quite correct. apologies (written with phone glued
to ear waiting for an answer)

wink my eye's better now ;-)

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RE: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Bob W
> I store info on my BlackBerry because I usually have my phone but can
> never find a pen on the fly. Pad and pen: two things. Phone: one thing.
> The pad and pen just have a higher entropy.

<http://www.filofax.co.uk/store/organiserdetails.asp?sizeId=1&rangeId=98&dsi
zeId=1>



> -Original Message-
> From: Cotty 
> Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net
> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:24:19
> To: pentax list
> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Subject: Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when
> taking,
>   film photos?
> 
> On 30/1/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
> >> You'd be surprised Boris - in some appa entering data is faster than
> >> doing it with pad and pen /winkwinkwink/
> 
> Apologies///winkwinkwink should read:
> 
> You'd be surprised Boris, in some instances entering data on an iPhone
> is faster than doing it with paper and pen...
> /winkwinkwinkwink (got one os those annoying muscle spasms on
> my
> eyelid right now.)



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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Boris Liberman

On 1/31/2011 9:59 AM, Larry Colen wrote:


On Jan 30, 2011, at 11:34 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:


Cotty, you gotta be badly discombobulated. I did not participate in
this thread until I saw your message full of slashes and words
written together without spaces between them...

/shrugs/


Boris, don't mind Cotty, he's just taking the piss.


Larry, Cotty is generally a very cool guy (saying that having met him in 
person), but sometimes discombobulation takes the better of him...


Boris

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Larry Colen

On Jan 30, 2011, at 11:34 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

> Cotty, you gotta be badly discombobulated. I did not participate in this 
> thread until I saw your message full of slashes and words written together 
> without spaces between them...
> 
> /shrugs/

Boris, 
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Cotty, you gotta be badly discombobulated. I did not participate in this 
thread until I saw your message full of slashes and words written 
together without spaces between them...


/shrugs/

Boris


On 1/30/2011 6:24 PM, Cotty wrote:

On 30/1/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed:


You'd be surprised Boris - in some appa entering data is faster than
doing it with pad and pen /winkwinkwink/


Apologies///winkwinkwink should read:

You'd be surprised Boris, in some instances entering data on an iPhone
is faster than doing it with paper and pen...
/winkwinkwinkwink (got one os those annoying muscle spasms on my
eyelid right now.)

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Sam L
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:34 PM,   wrote:
> I store info on my BlackBerry because I usually have my phone but can never 
> find a pen on the fly. Pad and pen: two things. Phone: one thing. The pad and 
> pen just have a higher entropy.

Yes.  My point exactly!

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Sam L
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Bob W  wrote:
>> ... To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information 
>> down
>> after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their
>> pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a
>> photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've
>> no idea what to do with the information when people provide it. ...
>
> Once upon a time I used to log film, aperture and shutter data as an
> educational tool. I stopped doing it pretty quickly and never did it
> again.
>
> Nowadays I post "tech info" with my photos to flickr for the benefit
> of the photo equipment geekery that people like to see, but I strip it
> from metadata (unless I'm posting an image to answer a metadata
> question) and never post it to photos I put in my portfolio website. I
> never look at it on others' photos either.


I like the digital pen suggestion and the list manager app suggestion.
I'll probably stick with the plain old notepad app on the iphone.  I
suppose this whole
iphone thing _is_ terribly technologically overkill for the problem at
hand, but it just so happens that I actually
carry this thing every where I go (to a fault!).  Carrying an
additional journal and pencil would be 2 more things
to schlep around.

I was thinking some more about what I hoped to gain by noting this
stuff down and I came up with 2 answers:
1)  I want to be able to look at a photo and be able to learn from my
mistakes (primarily if the DoF is good or not).
2)  I want to get a better feeling for my different lenses.  I've got
a handful of normals, a couple longs, and a couple
wides.  I'll never remember which lens I used for a given photo unless
I take a note.

Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions.

---
Sam

PS, I do have and use a K-x, but I thought it would be fun to use the
old taks on their original bodies and
experience a nice big view-finder.

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread drd1135
I store info on my BlackBerry because I usually have my phone but can never 
find a pen on the fly. Pad and pen: two things. Phone: one thing. The pad and 
pen just have a higher entropy. 
-Original Message-
From: Cotty 
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To: pentax list
Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
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film photos?

On 30/1/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed:

>> You'd be surprised Boris - in some appa entering data is faster than
>> doing it with pad and pen /winkwinkwink/

Apologies///winkwinkwink should read:

You'd be surprised Boris, in some instances entering data on an iPhone
is faster than doing it with paper and pen...
/winkwinkwinkwink (got one os those annoying muscle spasms on my
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Larry Colen

On Jan 30, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Bob W wrote:
> 
> To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information down
> after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their
> pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a
> photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've
> no idea what to do with the information when people provide it.
> '

I never did either, until I started critically looking at photos, and trying to 
figure out how they were done, or how they could be done better.


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Bob W  wrote:
> ... To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information down
> after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their
> pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a
> photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've
> no idea what to do with the information when people provide it. ...

Once upon a time I used to log film, aperture and shutter data as an
educational tool. I stopped doing it pretty quickly and never did it
again.

Nowadays I post "tech info" with my photos to flickr for the benefit
of the photo equipment geekery that people like to see, but I strip it
from metadata (unless I'm posting an image to answer a metadata
question) and never post it to photos I put in my portfolio website. I
never look at it on others' photos either.

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Stan Halpin

On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
> 
> I greatly appreciate seeing exposure details in order to learn. While 
> examining shots I admire and want to learn from, I mentally reverse-engineer 
> the shot; how might I have taken that? Where's the light? Was flash used?  
> What lens would have given this DoF and FoV?  How would I have set the 
> exposure controls?  Then I inspect the EXIF to see how close my guesses were.
> 
> 
>> And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it strikes me
>> as a classic example of techno overkill.
> 
> Me too.  Much easier to simply use a camera that records this info 
> automatically, like any of Pentax' digital models, old or new. :-)
> 
> -bmw
> 

MZ-S?

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
There is something else to consider.
One should not just journal the technical data.
Additional notes can add to an image -- recent weather
and other information can add to the context of the picture.
Technical data should be only a small part of the journal.

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>-Original Message-
>From: Bruce Walker [mailto:bruce.wal...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 07:14 PM
>To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
>Subject: Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film   
>photos?
>
>On 11-01-30 5:38 PM, Bob W wrote:
>> To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information down
>> after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their
>> pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a
>> photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've
>> no idea what to do with the information when people provide it.
>>
>> The only value that I know of in having this information is when I write it
>> down before I take the photograph, as part of a trial or test plan. For
>> example, I want to understand a bit more about the Voigtlander 75mm lens I
>> bought a couple of months ago, so I have planned a series of shots, and
>> noted down the apertures I want to use to test different things. I'll use
>> these as my script, noting alongside them what I want to know, and later
>> when the shots are done make notes of what actually happened. This has value
>> to me, whereas wandering around doing general photography, then noting the
>> technicals never has.
>
>I greatly appreciate seeing exposure details in order to learn. While 
>examining shots I admire and want to learn from, I mentally 
>reverse-engineer the shot; how might I have taken that? Where's the 
>light? Was flash used?  What lens would have given this DoF and FoV?  
>How would I have set the exposure controls?  Then I inspect the EXIF to 
>see how close my guesses were.
>
>
>> And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it strikes me
>> as a classic example of techno overkill.
>
>Me too.  Much easier to simply use a camera that records this info 
>automatically, like any of Pentax' digital models, old or new. :-)
>
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Bruce Walker

On 11-01-30 5:38 PM, Bob W wrote:

To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information down
after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their
pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a
photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've
no idea what to do with the information when people provide it.

The only value that I know of in having this information is when I write it
down before I take the photograph, as part of a trial or test plan. For
example, I want to understand a bit more about the Voigtlander 75mm lens I
bought a couple of months ago, so I have planned a series of shots, and
noted down the apertures I want to use to test different things. I'll use
these as my script, noting alongside them what I want to know, and later
when the shots are done make notes of what actually happened. This has value
to me, whereas wandering around doing general photography, then noting the
technicals never has.


I greatly appreciate seeing exposure details in order to learn. While 
examining shots I admire and want to learn from, I mentally 
reverse-engineer the shot; how might I have taken that? Where's the 
light? Was flash used?  What lens would have given this DoF and FoV?  
How would I have set the exposure controls?  Then I inspect the EXIF to 
see how close my guesses were.




And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it strikes me
as a classic example of techno overkill.


Me too.  Much easier to simply use a camera that records this info 
automatically, like any of Pentax' digital models, old or new. :-)


-bmw

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/1/11, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:

>The iPhone doesn't have a simple text editor that you can just write
>that info down in?

Of course.

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread eckinator
totally what bob said - always published aperture and speed in my
posterous for those who care but never knew why
cheers
ecke

2011/1/30 Bob W :
>> >Doesn't the iPhone have a simple "voice memo" app?
>>
>> Yes it does. That's an option. Of course, with DSLRs you can often
>> record the voice memo directly onto the exposed frame - I could do this
>> with the 1DmII. With, film the correct procedure would be to jot down
>> the info onto a notelet and photograph it on an adjacent frame to the
>> actual frame of the scene ;)
>
> the problem there is that you then have to write down the 2nd exposure
> details and photograph them; then write done those details and, well, you
> can probably see where this is going.
>
> To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information down
> after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their
> pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a
> photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've
> no idea what to do with the information when people provide it.
>
> The only value that I know of in having this information is when I write it
> down before I take the photograph, as part of a trial or test plan. For
> example, I want to understand a bit more about the Voigtlander 75mm lens I
> bought a couple of months ago, so I have planned a series of shots, and
> noted down the apertures I want to use to test different things. I'll use
> these as my script, noting alongside them what I want to know, and later
> when the shots are done make notes of what actually happened. This has value
> to me, whereas wandering around doing general photography, then noting the
> technicals never has.
>
> And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it strikes me
> as a classic example of techno overkill.
>
> B
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RE: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Bob W
> >Doesn't the iPhone have a simple "voice memo" app?
> 
> Yes it does. That's an option. Of course, with DSLRs you can often
> record the voice memo directly onto the exposed frame - I could do this
> with the 1DmII. With, film the correct procedure would be to jot down
> the info onto a notelet and photograph it on an adjacent frame to the
> actual frame of the scene ;)

the problem there is that you then have to write down the 2nd exposure
details and photograph them; then write done those details and, well, you
can probably see where this is going.

To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information down
after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their
pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a
photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've
no idea what to do with the information when people provide it.

The only value that I know of in having this information is when I write it
down before I take the photograph, as part of a trial or test plan. For
example, I want to understand a bit more about the Voigtlander 75mm lens I
bought a couple of months ago, so I have planned a series of shots, and
noted down the apertures I want to use to test different things. I'll use
these as my script, noting alongside them what I want to know, and later
when the shots are done make notes of what actually happened. This has value
to me, whereas wandering around doing general photography, then noting the
technicals never has.

And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it strikes me
as a classic example of techno overkill.

B


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Larry Colen

On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Cotty wrote:

> On 30/1/11, Sam, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I
>> thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting
>> down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
>> This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and
>> also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one
>> by accident (somewhat joking here)).
>> 
>> So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've
>> been looking, but my google-Fu is weak.
>> 
>> thanks,
>> Sam
> 
> Hi Sam,
> 
> This is the only one I know of:
> 
> <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-tools-pro/id374359605?mt=8>

The iPhone doesn't have a simple text editor that you can just write that info 
down in?


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Larry Colen

On Jan 30, 2011, at 5:32 AM, Sam wrote:

> Hi all, 
> 
> I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought 
> it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the 
> ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
> This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also 
> help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by 
> accident (somewhat joking here)).
> 
> So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've been 
> looking, but my google-Fu is weak.

If I wanted to do this with my android,  I'd take a picture of the camera 
showing the settings. The exif in the android picture would also show location 
(geotagging) as well as time and date. I might also take a second shot, 
mimicing the film photo, to make it easy to connect the two.


> 
> thanks,
> Sam
> 
> PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while.  I'm 
> more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty.
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Look for a 'list manager' app. There are at least a dozen available.
While a dedicated app might implement all of this for you, why bother
with that? Any simple flat database or list app can be set up to do it
so trivially it's not worth worrying about.

Design a list that will allow you to create new entries with a
timestamp includes fields to enter ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed from a
popup list and free-text notes.

That way your in-field experience is
- Snap photo
- click new entry
- enter aperture, iso, shutter time ... add a note if desirable.

If the list can remember the last settings for an entry when it
creates a new entry, so much the better.

In the absence of even a list manager, just use the default notepad
app. Create the list with tabs between the fields and a return at the
end of each entry. Synchronize that back to the computer and insert it
into a spreadsheet ... done.


On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Sam  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought 
> it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the 
> ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
> This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also 
> help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by 
> accident (somewhat joking here)).
>
> So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've been 
> looking, but my google-Fu is weak.
>
> thanks,
> Sam
>
> PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while.  I'm 
> more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty.
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Stan Halpin
And then there is a variation on the cinematographers approach: have an 
assistant with chalk board write down and display the relevant info, include 
that in the frame or in a follow-on image.

stan

On Jan 30, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Cotty wrote:

> On 30/1/11, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> Doesn't the iPhone have a simple "voice memo" app?
> 
> Yes it does. That's an option. Of course, with DSLRs you can often
> record the voice memo directly onto the exposed frame - I could do this
> with the 1DmII. With, film the correct procedure would be to jot down
> the info onto a notelet and photograph it on an adjacent frame to the
> actual frame of the scene ;)
> 
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/1/11, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Doesn't the iPhone have a simple "voice memo" app?

Yes it does. That's an option. Of course, with DSLRs you can often
record the voice memo directly onto the exposed frame - I could do this
with the 1DmII. With, film the correct procedure would be to jot down
the info onto a notelet and photograph it on an adjacent frame to the
actual frame of the scene ;)

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 30 January 2011 13:32, Sam  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought 
> it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the 
> ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
> This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also 
> help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by 
> accident (somewhat joking here)).
>
> So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've been 
> looking, but my google-Fu is weak.

Use the iPhone's camera to take a quick snap of the SLR's aperture &
shutter settings after each photo. Not only will that get you the data
you wanted, but a date/timestamp and possibly GPS data are thrown into
the mix for free.


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 08:32:20AM -0500, Sam wrote:
> 
> So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?

Doesn't the iPhone have a simple "voice memo" app?

Of course you could always leave yourself a voice mail message.

If you stick with using film, you might put an MX-S in your
long-term plans; it imprints that information on the film
(either between the sprocket holes, or on the 37th frame).


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/1/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:

>do you mean your iLid?

eBahgum!

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RE: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Bob W
> 
> >> You'd be surprised Boris - in some appa entering data is faster than
> >> doing it with pad and pen /winkwinkwink/
> 
> Apologies///winkwinkwink should read:
> 
> You'd be surprised Boris, in some instances entering data on an iPhone
> is faster than doing it with paper and pen...
> /winkwinkwinkwink (got one os those annoying muscle spasms on
> my
> eyelid right now.)

do you mean your iLid?


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RE: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Bob W
http://www.anoto.com/the-pen-2.aspx 

> 
> Yeah, I was starting to expect as much.
> 
> The main problem with that is the iMe component, which is likely to
> misplace the iPaper.
> 
> -Sam
> 
> On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:54 AM, David J Brooks 
> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Sam  wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I
> thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting
> down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
> >> This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and
> also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one
> by accident (somewhat joking here)).
> >>
> >> So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've
> been looking, but my google-Fu is weak.
> >
> > iPen and iPaper.:-)
> >
> > Dave
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >> Sam
> >>
> >> PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a
> while.  I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty.



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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Sam L
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:27 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Sam  wrote:
>> Yeah, I was starting to expect as much.
>>
>> The main problem with that is the iMe component, which is likely to misplace 
>> the iPaper.
>>
>> -Sam
>
> Sorry, i just could not resist.
> I kept my film records with pen and paper and prayed i would not misplace 
> them.

No problem David.  I enjoy a little humor.

After the joke has been made, tho, it gets a little stale.  So you
other jokesters, who were neither original nor helpful, I curse you to
an eternity of PDML threads in which Kenny Boy is highly praised, you
are taunted by rumors of pentax full frame cameras which never come to
fruition, and Larry constantly invokes naked images of himself.  And
may your only photographic subject be a cormorant.

To Cotty, thanks for the pointer.  That app is exactly what I was
looking for.  $10 is probably a little steep for me.  So paper and
pencil will have to do.


Sam




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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Sam  wrote:
> Yeah, I was starting to expect as much.
>
> The main problem with that is the iMe component, which is likely to misplace 
> the iPaper.
>
> -Sam

Sorry, i just could not resist.
I kept my film records with pen and paper and prayed i would not misplace them.

Dave
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> On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:54 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Sam  wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought 
>>> it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the 
>>> ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
>>> This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also 
>>> help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by 
>>> accident (somewhat joking here)).
>>>
>>> So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've been 
>>> looking, but my google-Fu is weak.
>>
>> iPen and iPaper.:-)
>>
>> Dave
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Sam
>>>
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/1/11, Sam, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I
>thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting
>down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
>This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and
>also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one
>by accident (somewhat joking here)).
>
>So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've
>been looking, but my google-Fu is weak.
>
>thanks,
>Sam

Hi Sam,

This is the only one I know of:

<http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-tools-pro/id374359605?mt=8>



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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/1/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed:

>> You'd be surprised Boris - in some appa entering data is faster than
>> doing it with pad and pen /winkwinkwink/

Apologies///winkwinkwink should read:

You'd be surprised Boris, in some instances entering data on an iPhone
is faster than doing it with paper and pen...
/winkwinkwinkwink (got one os those annoying muscle spasms on my
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Boris Liberman

Beg pardon?!

On 1/30/2011 5:59 PM, Cotty wrote:

On 30/1/11, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed:


Probably less of a distraction from photography than fiddling with the
iPhone.


You'd be surprised Boris - in some appa entering data is faster than
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/1/11, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Probably less of a distraction from photography than fiddling with the
>iPhone.

You'd be surprised Boris - in some appa entering data is faster than
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Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread John Sessoms

From: Sam

Hi all,

I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I
thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting
down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out
if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how
to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat
joking here)).

So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've
been looking, but my google-Fu is weak.

thanks, Sam

PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a
while.  I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty.


Seems like if you really wanted to get in the spirit of the thing, you'd 
just carry a little pocket notebook and a pen and write them down. 
Probably less of a distraction from photography than fiddling with the 
iPhone.



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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread P. J. Alling

On 1/30/2011 10:26 AM, William Robb wrote:

On 30/01/2011 7:32 AM, Sam wrote:

Hi all,

I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I 
thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting 
down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and 
also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make 
one by accident (somewhat joking here)).


So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've 
been looking, but my google-Fu is weak.




Do you have a small note pad?


He does but apparently it need batteries.


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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread William Robb

On 30/01/2011 7:32 AM, Sam wrote:

Hi all,

I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it 
would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the 
ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help 
me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident 
(somewhat joking here)).

So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've been 
looking, but my google-Fu is weak.



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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Sam
Yeah, I was starting to expect as much.

The main problem with that is the iMe component, which is likely to misplace 
the iPaper.

-Sam

On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:54 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Sam  wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought 
>> it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the 
>> ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
>> This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also 
>> help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by 
>> accident (somewhat joking here)).
>> 
>> So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've been 
>> looking, but my google-Fu is weak.
> 
> iPen and iPaper.:-)
> 
> Dave
>> 
>> thanks,
>> Sam
>> 
>> PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while.  
>> I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty.
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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Sam  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought 
> it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the 
> ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
> This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also 
> help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by 
> accident (somewhat joking here)).
>
> So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've been 
> looking, but my google-Fu is weak.

iPen and iPaper.:-)

Dave
>
> thanks,
> Sam
>
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> more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty.
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Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-30 Thread Sam
Hi all, 

I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it 
would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the 
ap/shutter/iso for each photo.
This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help 
me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident 
(somewhat joking here)).

So:  does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this?  I've been 
looking, but my google-Fu is weak.

thanks,
Sam

PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while.  I'm 
more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty.
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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-25 Thread mike wilson
Just had a look online and a few people are reporting problems if they are 
using memory not from the "Qualified vendor" list which can be found in your mb 
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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-25 Thread mike wilson

> 
> From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2008/01/24 Thu PM 09:21:36 GMT
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Subject: OT: HELP ME Computer Advice Solicited.
> 
> I am on my seventh PC now, never had a single problem with Windows or
> hardware before.
> This new machine is making me mental.
> 
> The hardware is as follows:
> Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe
> AMD Athlon 6000+ Dual Core
> 4 GB Ram
> Matrox Parhelia aPVe video Card.
> Gigabyte I-Ram 4GB Ram installed (it's actually quite useless and I expect
> I'll remove it for a real hard drive).
> I have 5 physical drives installed, 2 as a striped RAID, 2 as a mirrored
> RAID, and a single SATA drive, plus four external hard drives, one eSata and 
> three USB.
> 
> Nice rig.

You don't mention the power supply.  With ASUS's online power supply calc 
http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator.aspx?SLanguage=en-us 
(I guessed some of your parameters)you need a _minimum_ of 600W.  I would add 
25% to make sure.  On top of that, many PSU suppliers are economical with the 
actualite so you may need to go even higher.

As I've just started creating the same base spec machine, I hope you are 
successful in sorting this.


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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-24 Thread William Robb

- Original Message - 
From: "David Savage" 
Subject: Re: OT: HELP ME Computer Advice Solicited.


> At 11:32 AM 25/01/2008, Adam Maas wrote:
>>Sounds like you need a real video card. Matrox's are good for 2D, but
>>their DirectX support sucks, as does their 3D performance. Even a
>>low-buck ATI or NVidia card will likely have less issues.
> 
> 
> Yep.
> 
> We use 256MB Matrox cards at work to run our dual displays, & they're 
> fine for 2D drawings & small 3D models, but blow when trying to 
> manipulate a large fully rendered 3D model. My cheapie 256MB NVidia 
> card on my machine at home does a better job with 3D.

Well, all I can say is 
shit.

So it goes.
Thanks for the help.

William Robb

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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-24 Thread David Savage
At 11:32 AM 25/01/2008, Adam Maas wrote:
>Sounds like you need a real video card. Matrox's are good for 2D, but
>their DirectX support sucks, as does their 3D performance. Even a
>low-buck ATI or NVidia card will likely have less issues.


Yep.

We use 256MB Matrox cards at work to run our dual displays, & they're 
fine for 2D drawings & small 3D models, but blow when trying to 
manipulate a large fully rendered 3D model. My cheapie 256MB NVidia 
card on my machine at home does a better job with 3D.

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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-24 Thread Adam Maas
Sounds like you need a real video card. Matrox's are good for 2D, but
their DirectX support sucks, as does their 3D performance. Even a
low-buck ATI or NVidia card will likely have less issues.

I'm a big fan of the ATI Radeon HD 3850. Cheapish for it's superb
performance, should run about $220CDN. 256MB card which oupterforms
anything other than it's big brother the 3870 or a NVidia 8800GT/GTS.

-Adam

On 1/24/08, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am on my seventh PC now, never had a single problem with Windows or
> hardware before.
> This new machine is making me mental.
>
> The hardware is as follows:
> Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe
> AMD Athlon 6000+ Dual Core
> 4 GB Ram
> Matrox Parhelia aPVe video Card.
> Gigabyte I-Ram 4GB Ram installed (it's actually quite useless and I expect
> I'll remove it for a real hard drive).
> I have 5 physical drives installed, 2 as a striped RAID, 2 as a mirrored
> RAID, and a single SATA drive, plus four external hard drives, one eSata and
> three USB.
>
> Nice rig.
> I am running WinXP Pro, and have updated all drivers as well as the video
> card BIOS.
>
> The damned thing won't run Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator in 32 bit
> mode most of the time.
> Sometimes it will, sometimes (mostly) it won't.
> I tried running a different game called Red Ace Squadron, and get an alarm
> message:
> "could not open video more. Ensure that DirectX is installed and working"
> DirectX is up to date, and apparently working properly according to the
> DirectX control panel.
>
> I've also had problems where it loses the onboard audio, and gives an alarm
> "hardware configuration has changed, You need to reinstall SoundMax".
> A simple reboot generally makes this better.
>
> Sometimes it can't find it's way to the router, the connection just sits
> there trying to aquire an IP address. When this happens, I have to uninstall
> the ethernet connection, and reboot the computer.
>
> I'm thinking it is a fairly simple thing, such as a driver conflict, but it
> has me quite puzzled. I am almost prepared to dump the Matrox card and try
> something else, but I hate to flush that much money down the drain on
> hardware.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated. I have a service call in to Matrox, but so
> far all they have suggested is to update the card bios and driver, which I
> have done, to no good effect. In fact, the damned thing is worse with the
> new drivers and firmware than the old.
>
> Thanks
>
> William Robb
>
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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Jan 24, 2008 7:54 PM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 06:21 AM 25/01/2008, William Robb wrote:
> >Nice rig.
> >I am running WinXP Pro, and have updated all drivers as well as the video
> >card BIOS.
> >
> >The damned thing won't run Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator in 32 bit
> >mode most of the time.
>
>
> I don't know that game but given the "32 bit mode" reference are you
> running XP Pro x64?

I'm still plating Pong, this is all Greek to me.

Dave
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> Cheers,
>
> Dave
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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-24 Thread David Savage
At 06:21 AM 25/01/2008, William Robb wrote:
>Nice rig.
>I am running WinXP Pro, and have updated all drivers as well as the video
>card BIOS.
>
>The damned thing won't run Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator in 32 bit
>mode most of the time.


I don't know that game but given the "32 bit mode" reference are you 
running XP Pro x64?

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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-24 Thread Doug Franklin
William Robb wrote:

> Any ideas would be appreciated. I have a service call in to Matrox, but so
> far all they have suggested is to update the card bios and driver, which I
> have done, to no good effect. In fact, the damned thing is worse with the
> new drivers and firmware than the old.

Obvious possibilities:

a) too much heat in the case, on the CPU, northbridge, southbridge, or 
video chipset
b) failing DRAM
c) failing hard drive
d) failing mobo chipset
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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-24 Thread Eactivist
P.S. Though I still recommend starting with  Direct X. Some older games will 
not work on newer computers, and Direct X *can*  affect screen appearance.

(Never seen anything like that before,  though.)

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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/24/2008 1:53:11 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Any ideas would be  appreciated. I have a service call in to Matrox, but so
far all they have  suggested is to update the card bios and driver, which I
have done, to no  good effect. In fact, the damned thing is worse with the
new drivers and  firmware than the old.

Thanks

William  Robb

==
William, there is practically no way to tell what  it might be, not without 
knowing more. 

You describe a myriad of  problems. This means it may be more than one thing.

You might check your  peripherals though (scanners, printers, etc.). Like try 
booting the computer  with absolutely nothing attached and see if that makes 
a difference. One time I  had a problem with an out of date scanner driver. 
But you could also have some  background process running (in memory all the 
time) that is causing  problems.

Your best bet, really, is finding some kind of computer  consultant to come 
to your home. 

Although, I have to admit, part of it  might be Direct X. I've had it mess up 
things on a previous computer. You could  have an older and a new version 
installed.

I'd probably start there if I  was checking it out (as in removing it to see 
if it's the problem, but make sure  you can reinstall it, first). 

Good  luck.

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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-24 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 24, 2008, at 15:21, William Robb wrote:
> Sometimes it can't find it's way to the router, the connection just  
> sits
> there trying to aquire an IP address. When this happens, I have to  
> uninstall
> the ethernet connection, and reboot the computer.
>
> I'm thinking it is a fairly simple thing, such as a driver conflict,  
> but it
> has me quite puzzled. I am almost prepared to dump the Matrox card  
> and try
> something else, but I hate to flush that much money down the drain on
> hardware.
>

Download "Memtest-86" and burn this ISO image to a CD, boot from that  
CD, and run an (overnight) test of your RAM

I would wager that something is not quite up to spec, and the RAM is  
the simplest thing to test (and/or replace!)

  -Charles

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Re: OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-24 Thread Perry Pellechia
With all those different symptoms it sounds like it could be a bad
MB/Chipset driver.  Check with Asus for an update.

If you have the latest drivers then there is not much you can do
without replacing components.  I would start with the video board.  I
would try a mid-priced ATI or Nvidia gamer.  If that does not help the
problem I would go after the sound card next.   Two things are not
playing nice with each other.  That is always the problem with
windows.


On Jan 24, 2008 4:21 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am on my seventh PC now, never had a single problem with Windows or
> hardware before.
> This new machine is making me mental.
>
> The hardware is as follows:
> Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe
> AMD Athlon 6000+ Dual Core
> 4 GB Ram
> Matrox Parhelia aPVe video Card.
> Gigabyte I-Ram 4GB Ram installed (it's actually quite useless and I expect
> I'll remove it for a real hard drive).
> I have 5 physical drives installed, 2 as a striped RAID, 2 as a mirrored
> RAID, and a single SATA drive, plus four external hard drives, one eSata and
> three USB.
>
> Nice rig.
> I am running WinXP Pro, and have updated all drivers as well as the video
> card BIOS.
>
> The damned thing won't run Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator in 32 bit
> mode most of the time.
> Sometimes it will, sometimes (mostly) it won't.
> I tried running a different game called Red Ace Squadron, and get an alarm
> message:
> "could not open video more. Ensure that DirectX is installed and working"
> DirectX is up to date, and apparently working properly according to the
> DirectX control panel.
>
> I've also had problems where it loses the onboard audio, and gives an alarm
> "hardware configuration has changed, You need to reinstall SoundMax".
> A simple reboot generally makes this better.
>
> Sometimes it can't find it's way to the router, the connection just sits
> there trying to aquire an IP address. When this happens, I have to uninstall
> the ethernet connection, and reboot the computer.
>
> I'm thinking it is a fairly simple thing, such as a driver conflict, but it
> has me quite puzzled. I am almost prepared to dump the Matrox card and try
> something else, but I hate to flush that much money down the drain on
> hardware.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated. I have a service call in to Matrox, but so
> far all they have suggested is to update the card bios and driver, which I
> have done, to no good effect. In fact, the damned thing is worse with the
> new drivers and firmware than the old.
>
> Thanks
>
> William Robb
>
>
>
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OT: HELP ME!!!! Computer Advice Solicited.

2008-01-24 Thread William Robb
I am on my seventh PC now, never had a single problem with Windows or
hardware before.
This new machine is making me mental.

The hardware is as follows:
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe
AMD Athlon 6000+ Dual Core
4 GB Ram
Matrox Parhelia aPVe video Card.
Gigabyte I-Ram 4GB Ram installed (it's actually quite useless and I expect
I'll remove it for a real hard drive).
I have 5 physical drives installed, 2 as a striped RAID, 2 as a mirrored
RAID, and a single SATA drive, plus four external hard drives, one eSata and 
three USB.

Nice rig.
I am running WinXP Pro, and have updated all drivers as well as the video
card BIOS.

The damned thing won't run Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator in 32 bit
mode most of the time.
Sometimes it will, sometimes (mostly) it won't.
I tried running a different game called Red Ace Squadron, and get an alarm
message:
"could not open video more. Ensure that DirectX is installed and working"
DirectX is up to date, and apparently working properly according to the
DirectX control panel.

I've also had problems where it loses the onboard audio, and gives an alarm
"hardware configuration has changed, You need to reinstall SoundMax".
A simple reboot generally makes this better.

Sometimes it can't find it's way to the router, the connection just sits
there trying to aquire an IP address. When this happens, I have to uninstall
the ethernet connection, and reboot the computer.

I'm thinking it is a fairly simple thing, such as a driver conflict, but it
has me quite puzzled. I am almost prepared to dump the Matrox card and try
something else, but I hate to flush that much money down the drain on
hardware.

Any ideas would be appreciated. I have a service call in to Matrox, but so
far all they have suggested is to update the card bios and driver, which I
have done, to no good effect. In fact, the damned thing is worse with the
new drivers and firmware than the old.

Thanks

William Robb




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American PDMLer sought to help me with an eBay auction

2007-09-20 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi!

There an eBay auction that I'd like to participate in. However, the 
seller has requested that only Northern American buys could place their 
bids.

The item is really not expensive. Is there anyone on the list who could 
help me acquire the item?

Thanks.

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Re: PESO -- Help Me

2007-09-20 Thread Evan Hanson
Love it.  If only he could talk.

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PESO -- Help Me

2007-09-19 Thread P. J. Alling
This is self explanatory

http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20helpme.html

Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6 [AL] IF

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Re: help me with 540 flash?

2007-07-29 Thread skye pdml
Thanks! Well, the flash is working again (I went back and read the bit
in the manual that says you have to half press the shutter before the
lcd screen will change. I really swear I did that, but it was dark and
... well, maybe I did, and maybe I didn't. Obviously I need much more
practice to be able to function in the heat of the moment).

Good luck on your k10d - I am about to send mine off on Monday so I
sympathise. The rest of the flash practice will be carried out in its
absence with the D. :)

--skye

On 7/29/07, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have you set the flash "symbol/slow" in the camera's FN menu? If so,
> next, press the "OK" button twice. Press the flash "symbol/UP" button.
> Flash trailing curtain sync mode appears to be the second stop from the
> left.
> Hope helps.
> My K10D has been sent to Pentax for repair, so can't dbl check it.
>
> Jack
>
> --- skye pdml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > hi guys,
> >
> > I'm sure this is a quick and easy question for you to answer, but I'm
> > a bit of a flash newbie and apparently even the manual is proving too
> > difficult for me to master.
> >
> > Working with my new flash on Saturday, I managed to get it doing
> > trailing curtain flash on two separate occasions. But I was trying a
> > lot of things, so I don't know what I did, other than sliding the
> > little sync switch back and forth between the 4 sync options.
> >
> > All I know is it stopped working on Saturday night and I haven't been
> > able to get it to start working again. I've switched it off and on,
> > and slid the switch back and forth (the icon on the lcd screen does
> > not change, and the flash certainly doesn't do the right thing). I've
> > even toggled through the different modes.
> >
> > Hopefully someone takes pity on me soon and tells me the secret
> > password :). Thanks,
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Re: help me with 540 flash?

2007-07-29 Thread Jack Davis
Have you set the flash "symbol/slow" in the camera's FN menu? If so,
next, press the "OK" button twice. Press the flash "symbol/UP" button.
Flash trailing curtain sync mode appears to be the second stop from the
left.
Hope helps.
My K10D has been sent to Pentax for repair, so can't dbl check it.

Jack

--- skye pdml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> hi guys,
> 
> I'm sure this is a quick and easy question for you to answer, but I'm
> a bit of a flash newbie and apparently even the manual is proving too
> difficult for me to master.
> 
> Working with my new flash on Saturday, I managed to get it doing
> trailing curtain flash on two separate occasions. But I was trying a
> lot of things, so I don't know what I did, other than sliding the
> little sync switch back and forth between the 4 sync options.
> 
> All I know is it stopped working on Saturday night and I haven't been
> able to get it to start working again. I've switched it off and on,
> and slid the switch back and forth (the icon on the lcd screen does
> not change, and the flash certainly doesn't do the right thing). I've
> even toggled through the different modes.
> 
> Hopefully someone takes pity on me soon and tells me the secret
> password :). Thanks,
> 
> --skye
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help me with 540 flash?

2007-07-29 Thread skye pdml
hi guys,

I'm sure this is a quick and easy question for you to answer, but I'm
a bit of a flash newbie and apparently even the manual is proving too
difficult for me to master.

Working with my new flash on Saturday, I managed to get it doing
trailing curtain flash on two separate occasions. But I was trying a
lot of things, so I don't know what I did, other than sliding the
little sync switch back and forth between the 4 sync options.

All I know is it stopped working on Saturday night and I haven't been
able to get it to start working again. I've switched it off and on,
and slid the switch back and forth (the icon on the lcd screen does
not change, and the flash certainly doesn't do the right thing). I've
even toggled through the different modes.

Hopefully someone takes pity on me soon and tells me the secret
password :). Thanks,

--skye

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Re: PESO: Help me to identify this photo :-)

2007-07-18 Thread AlunFoto
... and the items on the socket indicating in-ferro fertilisation?

Jostein

2007/7/18, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 18/7/07, Peter Lacus, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
> >
> >http://picasaweb.google.com/placus/Scandinavia/photo#5082196141588664642
> >
> >Help, please! :-)
>
> A statue marking the first successful offspring between a human, a
> unicorn and a pigeon?
>
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Re: PESO: Help me to identify this photo :-)

2007-07-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/7/07, Peter Lacus, discombobulated, unleashed:

>
>http://picasaweb.google.com/placus/Scandinavia/photo#5082196141588664642
>
>Help, please! :-)

A statue marking the first successful offspring between a human, a
unicorn and a pigeon?

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Re: PESO: Help me to identify this photo :-)

2007-07-18 Thread AlunFoto
Hmm...
I've seen that one too.

Googling...

Tada!

It's the Huitfeldt column. Description and history here:
http://www.vejpark.kk.dk/VejPark/monumenter.aspx


Cheers,
Jostein

2007/7/18, Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> taken in Copenhagen few years ago I'm still trying to figure out what's
> on the following photo:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/placus/Scandinavia/photo#5082196141588664642
>
> Help, please! :-)
>
> Cheers,
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RE: PESO: Help me to identify this photo :-)

2007-07-18 Thread Carl G
The suggestion at the bottom of the page is correct; it is taken at
Langelinie quay and the monument over the hapless Danish expedition in 1906.
You'll recognise the monument at ---

 http://www.wcities.com/en/record/,57654/99/record.html

CarlG


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I have no idea, but it reminded me of a wonderful snippet of mobile
phone conversation I heard on the train this evening:

She: ...so I blurted out that I was goin' on 'oliday and he says
'Where?' so I say 'Olland, but I don't even speak Danish



She: Yea, that's they speak in 'Olland. Course it is.

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> taken in Copenhagen few years ago I'm still trying to figure
> out what's
> on the following photo:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/placus/Scandinavia/photo#508219614
1588664642
>
> Help, please! :-)
>
> Cheers,
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RE: PESO: Help me to identify this photo :-)

2007-07-18 Thread Bob W
I have no idea, but it reminded me of a wonderful snippet of mobile
phone conversation I heard on the train this evening:

She: ...so I blurted out that I was goin' on 'oliday and he says
'Where?' so I say 'Olland, but I don't even speak Danish



She: Yea, that's they speak in 'Olland. Course it is.

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> -Original Message-
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> Sent: 18 July 2007 17:03
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> Subject: PESO: Help me to identify this photo :-)
> 
> taken in Copenhagen few years ago I'm still trying to figure 
> out what's 
> on the following photo:
> 
> http://picasaweb.google.com/placus/Scandinavia/photo#508219614
1588664642
> 
> Help, please! :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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