Re: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures

2001-06-12 Thread Jim
Why Sid, you handsome (melancholy) devil! :) Great shots and a good beginning for your website. I'll be cranking out a site soon too, I hope... Jim - Original Message - From: Sid Barras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 11:43 PM Subject: OT: My fine

Re: June Commentary: Eduardo Carone Costa Junior

2001-06-12 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
Eduardo Carone Costa Júnior wrote: > > Paul, > > > Thanks again for taking the time to comment my PUG submission ... > Best regards, >Eduardo. > You're quite welcome. Shooting a symmetrical photo of a complicated pattern is quite difficult. Critiquing one is easy. Paul -

Re: June PUG comments: Paul Stenquist, Jaume Lahuerta

2001-06-12 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
--- Luis Pinar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > " Balconies in the Afternoon " by Jaume Lahuerta, > Spain: > This is an interesting subject, but I wish you’d be > able to isolate some detail with a longer lens. The > lighting is pleasant, but the big shadow at the BLC > breaks the pattern of the othe

OT: MESSAGES IN HTML

2001-06-12 Thread Patrick Genovese
Hi It appears that some of my posts went out in HTML format. Could readers of this message confirm (pls reply directly to me) that you have received this as plain text. Apologies for any inconvenience caused! Regards Patrick - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscrib

Re: PUG comments: Peifer, Wuthrich... Also Waters, Theriault, Johnson

2001-06-12 Thread Frank Theriault
Sid Barras wrote: > And I give silver stars to: Cory Waters, Frank Theriault, and William Johnson. > Thanks, Sid! -frank - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery a

Re[2]: Mattias Klum & Pentax

2001-06-12 Thread Alin Flaider
It seems that Mattias Klum shoot with a 35 mm Pentax (probably LX) and FA* 600/4, A* 400/2.8, FA* 80-200/2.8. Kodachrome 200 and a Gitzo tripod with Arca head are also mentioned. See: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0106/feature3/index.html Some of the pictures are truly

Re: PUG: D Ross, S Larson, R Lane

2001-06-12 Thread B. K. Lane Sr.
Thanks Lasse, I am glad you liked it. When I took the picture, I was sort of thinking "Old stuff and New stuff" hmm... might turn out ok. You see I had just gotten in a couple of filters and lens and I was dying to try them out. So my sister and I went out to the Fort where we go fishing and I w

Re: June PUG: Dan Matyola

2001-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Frank: Thank you very much for your kind comments. I was so faxcinated by the unique qualities of Russian church architecture that I couldn't decide which of these shots to submit, so I ended up using this montage. Unfortunately, it doesn't show some of the detail as well as I the individual sh

Re: OT: MESSAGES IN HTML

2001-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Looks OK to me. Dan Patrick Genovese wrote: > Hi > > It appears that some of my posts went out in HTML format. Could readers of > this message confirm (pls reply directly to me) that you have received this > as plain text. > > Apologies for any inconvenience caused! > > Regards > > Patrick > >

Re: MZ-S "In Stock" at B&H ...

2001-06-12 Thread Michael A. Moore
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:20:23 -0500 Darryl Lafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I happened to buy the only one in stock at Arlington Camera in Arlington, Tx and the >price was > 899.99. The quoted price on Adorama is 849.95. I would have to disagee about the >overkill for a > Pentax. This c

Re: D Ross, S Larson, R Lane

2001-06-12 Thread Steve Larson
Lasse Karlsson wrote: > Steve Larson: Cinderella's Castle > > That's a funny and creative way of solving your problem with the failed original attempt at architectual shots. > I like it, and I guess your daughter may enjoy it too. It would definitely fit as an illustration to a/the tale. > To

RE: PUG comments: Peifer, Wuthrich... Also Waters, Theriault, Johnson

2001-06-12 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Sid Barras wrote: > Bill Peifer's "Forbidden Tower": [Comments snipped for brevity] Hi Sid, Thanks for the kind comments on my submission. I agree with you 100% on the temptation to erase that other building in the upper left corner. I was likewise tempted, and I may go back to the computer an

Re: MESSAGES IN HTML

2001-06-12 Thread IronWorks
Yes - this was in plain text. Maris - Original Message - From: "Patrick Genovese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 6:05 AM Subject: OT: MESSAGES IN HTML | | Hi | | It appears that some of my posts went out in HTML format. Could readers of | this

Re: MZ-S "In Stock" at B&H ...

2001-06-12 Thread Pål Jensen
Todd wrote: > The price will drop. Remember how much the PZ-1 was when it first came out? Yes, it costed the same as the Nikon F90. I paid quite a lot for mine... Pål - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions.

Re: MZ-S "In Stock" at B&H ...

2001-06-12 Thread Pål Jensen
Todd wrote: > I seem to recall them selling for more than $800. The MSRP on the PZ-1p is > $1048, btw. In a couple years we'll probably be paying $550-$600 for a new > MZ-S. Isn't the list price on the MZ-S around $1400? I woudn't bet on that the price will go below $600 or even near that fi

Re: MZ-S "In Stock" at B&H ...

2001-06-12 Thread Pål Jensen
From: "Jaros³aw Brzeziñski" > >The MZ-S is a fine camera but quoting a price approximating one grand is definitely >an > overkill for Pentax. $1000 for a Pentax overkill? I wonder what that make the LX? Multiple overkill? Pål - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsub

RE: MZ-S "In Stock" at B&H ...

2001-06-12 Thread Paris, Leonard
Yeah but we got a better camera than the F90, too. I've owned both an N90s and a PZ-1p and the PZ-1p is a whole lot better, although build quality may be slightly less than the Nikon. Cracks in the battery cover door area kind of piss me off about my PZ-1p. I really believe the MZ-S is pretty clo

Re: Trip Report

2001-06-12 Thread jeepgirl
> Well, my week long photo excursion is over, and I had a blast. > Of course you did, you got to see me. :) >Ate some bad food. Your one lucky guy aren't you? > > Grandfather is a great place to shoot. If you can get there, you should > definitely check it out. You could incorporate it into a

Re: MZ-S gripes

2001-06-12 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, [iso-8859-1] Pål Jensen wrote: > Mark wrote: > > > > Absolutely. Seeing an LED bargraph go up for overexposure and down for > > underexposure just plain makes sense. > > But the point wasn't if it makes sense isolated. But whether it > makes sense in conjunction with its c

Re: Trip Report

2001-06-12 Thread jeepgirl
> Just to throw some proper spin on Tom's report, I offer the following > observations: And I am spinning your observations now. > > Beware of North Carolinians bearing Diet Dr. Peppers. I thought they were good as far as Diet drinks go. > > After failing in his bid to shock any innocent coeds

Re: Trip Report

2001-06-12 Thread jeepgirl
> "Brewer, Doug" wrote: > > > > Jeepgirl really has a Jeep. It's not a =real= Jeep, though, because it has > > an automatic transmission. > > Plus it's yellow, and has tweety bird floor mats. At least I have a little spirit in my car, its not black with a funny antenna sticking out of the middl

PUG Commentary - Ross, Lahuerta, Waller

2001-06-12 Thread aimcompute
Here's my thoughts. I found all three shots I was assigned to comment on interesting and thought provoking. If I may make some suggestions... take them with a grain of salt. What do I know? " Roman Bath " by Donald Ross, Canada I like this type of shot. It would make a nice wall-hanging,

Re: LX Metering

2001-06-12 Thread Mark Cassino
They were out when I tried it last night - the 4 seconds is the result of streetlights etc. At 08:07 PM 6/11/01 -0700, you wrote: Try it with all the room lights out. Regards, Bob... --- - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Kalamazoo, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - -

Re: MZ-S gripes

2001-06-12 Thread Patrick White
"Isaac Crawford" wrote: > Pål Jensen wrote: > > Mark wrote: > > > Absolutely. Seeing an LED bargraph go up for overexposure > and down for > > > underexposure just plain makes sense. > > But the point wasn't if it makes sense isolated. But > whether it makes sense in conjunction with its control

RE: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures

2001-06-12 Thread Brewer, Doug
I would offer some wisdom, but I fear I would not be terribly understanding. -Original Message- >Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:43:00 -0700 >From: Sid Barras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Accept-Language: en >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibit

Re: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures

2001-06-12 Thread Norman Baugher
"Better to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, then to join ranks with those poor souls who neither suffer much nor enjoy much because they live in the twilight that knows neither victory or defeat." -- unknown Congrats Sid, Norm Sid Barras wrote: - This message is from the

Re: PUG Commentary - Ross, Lahuerta, Waller

2001-06-12 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Thanks for your comments, Tom. After a couple of comments it seems clear that the picture worked for the first intention (to show the whole building), and that the cropping only went halfway to the work taht should have been done with a tele. About the tripod... I don't know if I would go to that

Re: Trip Report

2001-06-12 Thread Tom Van Veen
- Original Message - From: "jeepgirl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > So the next day rolled around, and Bill took us to a stream he knew > > about. We shot for a while...I think someone may have fallen in. Luckily > > the borrowed MZ-S and FA 400/5.6 didn't get wet... > Serves you right for n

Re: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures

2001-06-12 Thread Michael Nosal
At 08:23 PM 6/12/01 +0200, Norman Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"Better to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, >then to join ranks with those poor souls who neither suffer much >nor enjoy much because they live in the twilight that knows neither >victory or defeat." -- unkn