Re: push 1600 to 3200

2001-11-28 Thread Kevin Waterson
Kevin Waterson wrote: > > How many more stops would I gain? 2? no, would only be 1 - 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 at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: AF360FTZ - First Impressions

2001-11-28 Thread Max McRae
Mark Cassino wrote: but here's some first impressions: Mark, Thanks for that. Can you confirm that it has the same 6 volt battery booster capability, and cable fitting, the same as the 500 FTZ's? Max - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.ne

push 1600 to 3200

2001-11-28 Thread Kevin Waterson
I have a very low light situation and was going to use an ilford 3200 but then I though, why not use some of this Fuji 1600 color film I have in the fridge and set the MZ-S to 3200 manually? Any pitfalls of doing this? I can apprciate more grain but can live with that. How many more stops would

Re: PUG comment reminder

2001-11-28 Thread Chris Brogden
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Cory or Brenda Waters wrote: > Chris, > I'm not in December's PUG. I know we talked (?) about a standing comment > request but you said to sort through the folks who do want comments and the > ones who don't this month or are not submitting each month would be too > much. A

RE: photo printers

2001-11-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Tom Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can only rate printers I have seen prints from, > so send me one from those printers. That is what > the challenge was from the start. Show me! I'd love to, but not possible in the time frame you've allowed. I live in Australia, and who knows how

Re: An apology

2001-11-28 Thread Chris Brogden
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > HOWEVER! The idea that the list should be censored because a few of us > have bad manners is still unacceptable to me. Off-topic posts will always come up, regardless of how strict the rules are. Let's try to label them as "OT," okay? It's not idea

Re: PDML Digiital Printing Challenge

2001-11-28 Thread Kevin Waterson
Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > With three submissions in I have to say that the new generation of inkjet > printers is far better than I thought they would be. Also it is already > clear that operator skill is a big factor in print quality. Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but what size prints

Re: pentax-discuss-digest V1 #1646

2001-11-28 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
I missed the beginning of this thread. I have the Epson C80. If you want any prints from that, tell me what papers to use (the only Epson glossy it works well with is Epson Professional Glossy) and I will send them. Maris P.S. I will need a mailing address - Original Message - Fro

Re: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Bill Owens
Aye Bill, KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Extension Tubes for Closeup Photography

2001-11-28 Thread Brent Hutto
Thanks to everyone who enlightened me on their approaches to extention tube aperture calculations (both via the list and by private E-mail). There are a lot of ways to look at the question but they all converge to about the same answer -- in my case the f/2 lens becomes somewhere around f/4 wi

There goes digital guy

2001-11-28 Thread Mike Johnston
By the way I believe I'm going to stop agitating in favor of digital now. I've made my points _ad nauseam_ . I don't really want to become the List's official digital booster. I will say that if I had the money I'd get a D30 right now. And I'll be waiting for PMA this February. But if an

The PDML Rules

2001-11-28 Thread Mike Johnston
Graywolf wrote: > I want to apologize to the list for my bad manners. My issue with Kent > should have been discussed privately and respectfully with him. Now see, isn't this a great list? You all are a great bunch of folks. Where else on the internet do people apologize like civilized men and

Neat Looking Software for Photoshop and more ...

2001-11-28 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I've not examined this little trove of software and information, but you might find something of interest or value here: http://www.digitaltruth.com/software.html -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/enter.html http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/c

Re: The weakest link?

2001-11-28 Thread John Fieber
On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 02:35 PM, Patrick White wrote: > This makes the images produced on a > Mac appear too light (or is it too dark?) on PCs. > Basically, there are three apropaches to dealing with this: 1) > make it look > goon on a Mac and forget about the PC users, 2) ma

Re: OT: PUG News - Intro

2001-11-28 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
> Adelheid wrote...some of my efforts can be viewed at > http://www.kirschten.de I found your work quite delightfful and skillfully executed. I hope you will choose to submit to the PUG. Thanks for taking on the task. Paul Stenquist - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubsc

Re: PDML Digiital Printing Challenge

2001-11-28 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
PAUL STENQUIST wrote: > Hi Tom, > I missed the beginning of this thread. Where can I send my submission? > Paul Oops, it was in the next message. Thanks. - 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 vis

Re: An apology

2001-11-28 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > HOWEVER! The idea that the list should be censored because a few of us have > bad manners is still unacceptable to me. > I agree wholeheartedly. Censorship could turn this list into dull, greay pablum. If it wasn't for the occasional outburst (a few of which I can lay cl

Re: PDML Digiital Printing Challenge

2001-11-28 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
Hi Tom, I missed the beginning of this thread. Where can I send my submission? Paul Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > With three submissions in I have to say that the new generation of inkjet > printers is far better than I thought they would be. Also it is already > clear that operator skill is a big fa

Re: MX Variations

2001-11-28 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
Gianfranco Irlanda wrote in regard to MX variations: > > 1) The rectangular film holder on the back is the same *BUT* the > "Asahi Opt. Co., Japan" writing on the holder is smaller on the > 9450593 body (22,5x1,5mm vs. 29x1,9mm); I have two MX bodies. 9158140 and 4325254. Both have rectangular f

Re: PUG News - Intro

2001-11-28 Thread Cory or Brenda Waters
Thanks for steeping up and taking the job. Good luck and don't be afraid to ask (not me ,of course :)) for help if you need it. Cory Waters - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: OT: PUG News - Intro >

Re: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread dave o'brien
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Aaron Reynolds wrote: > On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 10:52 PM, dave o'brien wrote: > > > > There's a place for flames about various hot-button topic and it's > > called: > > Not Here! > > I thought you were going to say Usenet. I thought about it, but decided that

Re: Nov PUG: observations, comments, questions.

2001-11-28 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
--- Bob Poe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Quiberon" by Juame Lahuerta contains a beatiful > atmosphere, a celebratory feeling, enhanced by the > reaching skyward figure. I wonder if it would be > stronger from a lower camera angle, placing the > reaching figure more in the clouds? Thanks Bob.

Re: PUG comment reminder

2001-11-28 Thread Cory or Brenda Waters
Of all the places there should be a pop-up warning against doing what you don't intend, this should be among them. Sorry for the mass post, list. - Original Message - From: "Cory or Brenda Waters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 5:59 PM Subj

Re: Awfully late PUG comments: Matamoros, Lahuerta, van Wijk

2001-11-28 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
--- Gianfranco Irlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First, I'm sorry for being (again) so late with my > assignment. Don't worry, better late than never... ;-) > " Quiberon " by Jaume Lahuerta; >... > The only > thing I don't like in this picture is the separation > between the > sky and the

Re: PUG Comments: Stenquist, Buhler

2001-11-28 Thread Juan J. Buhler
Hi Lasse, I just saw your post today, I havent' had too much time to read the list thoroughly lately... Thanks for your comments and suggestions. I'm not sure I like the cropping you suggest, but I agree with you regarding the contrast. I was agitating too much those days... j On Wed, 21 Nov

Re: PDML Members Web Sites List has moved

2001-11-28 Thread Paul Jones
Hi Flavio, i've added your site. Thanks, Paul - Original Message - From: "Flavio Minelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:13 PM Subject: Re: PDML Members Web Sites List has moved > Hi Paul and thanks for your effort. > > I hope you'll

Re: Calibration project was:The weakest link?

2001-11-28 Thread Cory or Brenda Waters
That WOULD be cool. I'm so often disappointed with images on one screen and then slightly suppressed when they look better (or worse) elsewhere. I often wonder what my images look like on other people's screens. I KNOW they looked much darker on my screen at work until I got a little too distract

Re: PUG comment reminder

2001-11-28 Thread Cory or Brenda Waters
Chris, I'm not in December's PUG. I know we talked (?) about a standing comment request but you said to sort through the folks who do want comments and the ones who don't this month or are not submitting each month would be too much. Anyway, I missed the equinox thingie so Also, I got assign

Re: The weakest link?

2001-11-28 Thread Doug Franklin
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:35:27 -0800, Patrick White wrote: > One of these days, some bright person will get around to designing a > popular image encoding format that stores the image data and the gamma that > that data was encoded with. TIFF can do that, but very few TIFF writers put gamma

Re: An apology

2001-11-28 Thread Len Paris
Asking that people don't discuss religion, politics, and taxation on a photography discussion list is a far cry from censorship. There are lots of places where certain subjects are inappropriate. Stating that you will leave the group if folks don't want to discuss these things is closely akin to

Re: Leonid Meteor pic

2001-11-28 Thread wendy beard
At 12:52 28-11-2001 -0500, you wrote: >From: "Peifer, William [OCDUS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Leonid Meteor pic > >Wendy wrote: > > And here's my solitary meteor > > > http://members.home.net/wbeard11/leonids.html > >Hi Wendy, > >This is an odd-looking meteor. On my monitor, at least,

Re: PUG News - Intro

2001-11-28 Thread Paul Jones
Hi and good luck with your new position. Now you'll have to start making some submissions to the PUG :) Cya - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 8:16 AM Subject: OT: PUG News - Intro > *LOL* > I have been so quiet, be

Re: An apology

2001-11-28 Thread Dan Scott
Everbody makes mistakes. It takes class to apologize. >I want to apologize to the list for my bad manners. My issue with Kent >should have been discussed privately and respectfully with him. It was >neither. I have no acceptable excuse for my behavior. Don't worry. This group's maturity and civi

Re: Firewire scanner?

2001-11-28 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 03:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Which Firewire scanner though? Polaroid SprintScan 120. Get beautiful, massive scans from your 67 negs and trannies. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.ne

RE: An apology

2001-11-28 Thread Mick Maguire
Censorship as such wasn't in Mike's original eMail, he simply asked that: >we, the PDML, agree that this is not a list for > discussing taxes, taxation, and government fiscal matters. Which I read as meaning that we should try to stick more closely to the list topic in our posts, rather than hav

An apology

2001-11-28 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
I want to apologize to the list for my bad manners. My issue with Kent should have been discussed privately and respectfully with him. It was neither. I have no acceptable excuse for my behavior. HOWEVER! The idea that the list should be censored because a few of us have bad manners is still unac

Bodies Roll Call Results UPDATE 137

2001-11-28 Thread Albano_Garcia
Please send the messages to me directly, to not disturb other members,thanks. Also, I've not included 110 and digital cameras, just because I started this way, and I didn't want to change in the middle of the way. Also, if you already submited and want to add new items, please put clearly in your

Re: PDML Challenge(canon)

2001-11-28 Thread David Brooks
I received this from Tom today.Now i'm red faced Cotty. Thanks again Tom for the input Dave Some snipping from original personal data Begin Original Message From: "Tom Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:25:16 -0500 To: "David Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subjec

Favorite Body Roll Call Results UPDATE 6

2001-11-28 Thread Albano_Garcia
1- You must choose JUST ONE Pentax brand body of any era and format. 2- You must have personal experience with it, no matter if you own it, owned it, borrowed it, rented it. You must have used it (it's not a wish list). 3- Again, you must choose JUST ONE. 4- Send the answers OFF-LIST, TO ME, to do

Favorite Lens Roll Call Results UPDATE 41

2001-11-28 Thread Albano_Garcia
These are the conditions: 1 - You must answer off-list exclusively. On-list votes will not be included. 2 - You must choose Your Favorite Pentax Lens. ONLY ONE. Yes, ONLY ONE. 3 - It must be original, no third-party allowed. 4 - Primes and zooms. 5 - You must specifiy: Tak, Super Tak, SMC Tak, K,

Favorite Film Roll Call Results UPDATE 33

2001-11-28 Thread Albano_Garcia
These are the conditions: 1 - You must answer off-list, right to me. 2 - You must choose your favorite emulsion (35 and 120/220 allowed. Color and b and w) 3 - You must choose ONLY ONE (color print OR slide OR b and w, etc). 4 - You must have personal experience with it. WINNER by now: Tri-X and

Re: Re: PDML Digiital Printing Challenge

2001-11-28 Thread David Brooks
Nope mine. Dave Brooks Begin Original Message From: tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:01:55 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PDML Digiital Printing Challenge Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > > With three submissions in I have to say that the new generation of inkje

OT: PUG News - Intro

2001-11-28 Thread a_v_k
*LOL* I have been so quiet, because my client refused to post to the PDML so I lurked most of the time. But since I took on this task I persuaded it to behave... I used to have a ME super bought around 1981, it has been a very good camera travelling with me all around the world. But one day it di

Re: PDML Digiital Printing Challenge

2001-11-28 Thread tom
Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > > With three submissions in I have to say that the new generation of inkjet > printers is far better than I thought they would be. Also it is already > clear that operator skill is a big factor in print quality. I bet. The Canon is Mike's, right? tv > > Printer rating

PDML Digital Print Challenge (REPOST)

2001-11-28 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
There is still time to get your submission in before the 15th of December. REPOST: Ok, I have given Aaron's expansion of my challenge some thought. I just wanted to see a truly photographic quality digital print from a consumer inkjet. I have never seen one though I have seen many that I was t

PDML Digiital Printing Challenge

2001-11-28 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
With three submissions in I have to say that the new generation of inkjet printers is far better than I thought they would be. Also it is already clear that operator skill is a big factor in print quality. Printer ratings: Epson Photo 1270. D+ Epson Photo EX.E Canon S-800. E+ PRI

RE: November PUG comments: Maguire, Peifer

2001-11-28 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Hi Luis, Thanks for the kind words. I agree with you about the background -- it is quite distracting. I was somewhat restricted on vantage points on this shot, and I wonder if DOF would have been shallow enough at f/4 to blur the background sufficiently? To maintain the 1/125 sec shutter speed

Firewire scanner?

2001-11-28 Thread SudaMafud
I decided in favor of USB2 and Firewire for my next round of peripherals, including a new scanner. Which Firewire scanner though? Mafud [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions.

RE: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
Aye to Dan. Frits Wüthrich Dan Scott wrote: > > Aye. > > I'd like to include religion, politics in general, characterization of > nations and peoples, and which OS is the least poor copy of the Mac OS > among the topics best left for off list or relegated to other lists. > > Dan Scott > [EMAIL

Re: When "good enough" ain't: was Re: what I think of current digital cameras

2001-11-28 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 11/28/01 12:13:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > But it can hardly be used to selectively focus on one subject, with a > blurred background. It has strengths, it has weaknesses, just like any > other format. But the basic quality of the images is eve

Re: Remembrance Day pics and poetry= 20up...

2001-11-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Michael Beacom wrote: >Thanks for the input. >Thats a vote in favor of the minolta. >I agree, I would prefer USB if possible but if everyone told me the scsi >model was superior I would go for it. I have read mixed reviews of the >minolta. >I think the biggest complaint was the lack of ICE or

Favorite Film Roll Call Results UPDATE 33

2001-11-28 Thread Albano_Garcia
These are the conditions: 1 - You must answer off-list, right to me. 2 - You must choose your favorite emulsion (35 and 120/220 allowed. Color and b and w) 3 - You must choose ONLY ONE (color print OR slide OR b and w, etc). 4 - You must have personal experience with it. WINNER by now: Tri-X and

RE: The weakest link?

2001-11-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Patrick White wrote: >"Dan Scott" wrote: >>(sometimes shifting her monitor to my Mac), but it isn't the same. Text >>and graphics on her 17" are crisp and clear, but some photos in various >>web galleries are now very "blah"-- but were quite nice viewed on my old >>monitor. >One of these days

Re: what I think of current digital cameras

2001-11-28 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 11/28/01 12:08:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It's > a > > lot tougher to take good pictures with a 6x7 than with a 35mm. That's why > > the vast majority of us use 35mm. > > > > I wonder why that would be the case. Are you saying it's because they

Re[2]: Remembrance Day pics and poetry up...

2001-11-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
Michael, Only having seen ICE in action and not owning a scanner that uses it, my comments must be taken with a grain of salt. When scanning with ICE on, the scan time is longer. It has to scan one more pass to get the surface defects. I am also told and have read that it softens the image sli

Re: PUG News

2001-11-28 Thread tom
Thanks bud. tv William Robb wrote: > > Greetings: > The December 2001 gallery will be the last gallery I work on as > maintainer. Adelheid Kirschten will be taking over stewardship > of the PUG after I have the next gallery finalized. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To uns

Re[2]: Remembrance Day pics and poetry up...

2001-11-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
Michael, I used to have the HP S20 and now own the Minolta Scan Dual II. Of the two, I prefer the Minolta. Both scanners have benefited by using Hamrick's Vuescan software (www.hamrick.com) - especially with slides. Sorry I can't comment on the Canon. For me, one of the pluses to the Minolta w

RE: When "good enough" ain't: was Re: what I think of currentdigital cameras

2001-11-28 Thread Kent Gittings
After looking at the specs of the coming Canon EOS-1D I can see that anybody currently using a D30 in an action environment will immediately sell it to get the new one. There is a big difference between 3fps at a 5 frame burst compared to 8fps at a 16-21 frame burst. With my current investment in

RE: Remembrance Day pics and poetry up...

2001-11-28 Thread Kent Gittings
Key thing in a lot of specs is the dynamic range. A lot of the earlier scanners were 3.6 and below which would not always capture the full range of a negative or slide. Right now 4.2 seems to be the best and according to something I read this is right about the range of slide film I think. I thin

Re: Re: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread David Brooks
Your advice still matters Tom Dave Begin Original Message From: "Tom Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:22:47 -0500 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Take cover! My flame was not about subject matter but about attitude. Obviously you can not see the diffe

Re: SuperProgram aperture coupling problems

2001-11-28 Thread Andreas Wirtz
--- John Fieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Executive summary: SuperProgram chronically under > exposes (read: load > 400 film, set camera to 200 to get decent exposures) > and great > inconsistency in shutter priority or full program > modes. I suspect > something amiss with the aperture cou

Re: When "good enough" ain't: was Re: what I think of currentdigital cameras

2001-11-28 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Mark ... While the results I've seen don't cause me to wax ecstatic over digital camera/print combinations, I have to agree with your comments wrt quality. If you like it, and gets the job done for you, all the technical reasons in the world why it can't be are meaningless. Whether I, or any

RE: The weakest link?

2001-11-28 Thread Paris, Leonard
Now, if we could get together and buy a good monitor calibration package, we could send it around and all get our monitors calibrated. Probably wouldn't work for all of us, though. The kind I mean isn't just software but includes a colorimeter, too. Len --- -Original Message- From: Dan

Re: OT - photographs part of a notion's cultural history?

2001-11-28 Thread Robert Harris
Bob Walkden wrote: > I seem to recall that some Fox Talbot photographs were 'saved for the > nation' recently. This is confirmed by Hansard (the proceedings of the > House of Commons): > >http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199697/cmhansrd/vo970319/text/70319w16.htm > There i

Re: Remembrance Day pics and poetry up...

2001-11-28 Thread Michael Beacom
On the subject of scanners. Does anyone have any experience with the Canoscan FS2720U or FS2710. I am new to this list (as well as new to digital scanning), so if this has recently been discussed I apologize. I plan on scanning mostly color slides and some color negs. I think I have narrowed it

Re: When "good enough" ain't: was Re: what I think of current digital cameras

2001-11-28 Thread Mark Cassino
I using digital and getting excellent results. I really don't care about the sophistry that's being bandied about: I'm doing large prints (13 x 19) taken with digitals, and they are not just good enough, the quality is great. You can advance the personal insult argument and claim that I have l

Re: where to buy film

2001-11-28 Thread Mark Cassino
At 08:58 AM 11/15/01 -0500, Cory Waters wrote: >Just a poll: >Where do you buy your film? I buy slide film in bulk from B&H - several bricks ordered in the winter (to assure transport in cold weather) and then it goes into the deep freeze. I save several dollars per roll purchasing it this way

Re: Remembrance Day pics and poetry up...

2001-11-28 Thread Cotty
>Does this scanner just scan 35 mm or will it do 2 1/4 Just 35mm. It's the baby of the line... HTH Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co

Re: what I think of current digital cameras

2001-11-28 Thread aimcompute
Hey Mike, I hope I'm not torqueing you off on this thread. We're arguing, but good-naturedly I hope. Mike Johnston wrote: > > The bigger the camera, the better the technical quality That is the only point I'm trying to make. > , and the harder it > is to get dynamic, interesting pictures.

RE: Leonid Meteor pic

2001-11-28 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Wendy wrote: > And here's my solitary meteor > http://members.home.net/wbeard11/leonids.html Hi Wendy, This is an odd-looking meteor. On my monitor, at least, it appears like a dotted line instead of a solid streak. Is this a scanning artifact, or were you shooting through a moving fanblade o

Re: OT - photographs part of a notion's cultural history?

2001-11-28 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, well, since there are a number of important photographic collections in public galleries in the UK, including Tate Modern, the V&A, the National Museum of Film, Photography and Television (or is it the other way round), the RPS collection, the Royal Geographical Society collection, the Scienc

The weakest link?

2001-11-28 Thread Dan Scott
My faithful monitor, a 6+ year old NEC XV17+, excited its last electron a week or so a go. I've been making do with my wife's mid-level pc since then (sometimes shifting her monitor to my Mac), but it isn't the same. Text and graphics on her 17" are crisp and clear, but some photos in various web

Re: Awfully late PUG comments: Matamoros, Lahuerta, van Wijk

2001-11-28 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Hi Jan, I must say that I hardly believe that! I'd like to trust you, but... there are clearly two light sources that light the grapes (the natural light shadows are longer and lighter that the black shadows that appear to be the consequence of a closer light). There is no other way I can think u

Re: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
My flame was not about subject matter but about attitude. Obviously you can not see the difference, but then again you censors want to cut in and run everybody elses life. Probably because you don't have one of your own. I do regret having put my respose to Kent on the list, because I had promised

PUG comment reminder

2001-11-28 Thread Chris Brogden
Ok, here's the reminder. We're keeping it nice and simple. If you want your PUG photo commented on, feel free to send me a letter *off-list* at [EMAIL PROTECTED] saying "Hey, this is and I want to have my photo commented on for this PUG" or something like that, and it'll be done. If you send t

RE: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Mick Maguire
Dan Scott wrote: >I'd like to include religion, politics in general, characterization of >nations and peoples, and which OS is the least poor copy of the Mac OS >among the topics best left for off list or relegated to other lists. Hear Hear Dan! Well said! Regards, /\/\ick... - This message is

Re: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Robert Harris
Dan Scott wrote: > Aye. > > I'd like to include religion, politics in general, characterization of > nations and peoples, and which OS is the least poor copy of the Mac OS > among the topics best left for off list or relegated to other lists. Let's not go overboard here. That might take much o

Re: question on damaged negs

2001-11-28 Thread aimcompute
You may have followed my ordeal a while back. I was getting scratches using a PZ-1p. They were intermittent, not on all rolls, not on all frames. Yet, when they occurred it was for long stretches. I wasted a couple of rolls of film and traced it down to the metal "springy thing'' inside the ca

OT - photographs part of a notion's cultural history?

2001-11-28 Thread Robert Harris
There is an interesting BBC story today reporting the following about some photos made by Lewis Carroll, a 19th century English mathematician, writer and photographer who seemed to specialize in photographing little girls (see PDML standard reference book, p. 363.) He is best known, probably,

Re: never touch the shutter

2001-11-28 Thread Mike Johnston
Aaron wrote: >> When I was working at Sterling we had a guy who brought in a camera (a >> Pentax MZ-50, actually) that had a badly deformed shutter with a >> thumbprint in the middle of it. He insisted for about fifteen minutes >> that it had just been that way when he opened the camera and that

Re: what I think of current digital cameras

2001-11-28 Thread Mike Johnston
Tom C. wrote: > I understand your point...I would guess that these are all exceptions to the > rule. Okay. I don't agree. > My point is that for YEARS and YEARS AND YEARS a larger negative/film > size has been seen as way to increase the quality (I know you resist that > term) of one's work,

Re: PUG News

2001-11-28 Thread aimcompute
Slacker. Pansy. Quitter! :-) Tom C. > > - Original Message - > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:06 PM > Subject: PUG News > > > > Greetings: > > The December 2001 gallery will be the last gall

Re: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Dan Scott
Aye. I'd like to include religion, politics in general, characterization of nations and peoples, and which OS is the least poor copy of the Mac OS among the topics best left for off list or relegated to other lists. Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Okay, since opening salvos in a gathering flame

Re: Awfully late PUG comments: Matamoros, Lahuerta, van Wijk

2001-11-28 Thread Jan van Wijk
Thanks for the comment Gianfranco, But There was no flash used in this shot at all ... It is the sun only, still quite low, early in the morning. Regards, JvW On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 06:43:19 -0800 (PST), Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: > >" Sunlit Grapes at Daybreak " by Jan van Wijk; >If I mus

Re: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 10:52 PM, dave o'brien wrote: > > There's a place for flames about various hot-button topic and it's > called: > Not Here! I thought you were going to say Usenet. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.p

Re: Remembrance Day pics and poetry up...

2001-11-28 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 04:16 AM, Cotty wrote: > without the plastic > feel the Sprintscan had, I was stunned at the difference in build quality between the SprintScan 4000 and the SprintScan 120. The 120 makes the 4000 look like a cheap toy. -Aaron - This message is from the P

Re: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Robert Harris
AYE. Mike Johnston wrote: > Okay, since opening salvos in a gathering flame war have now been fired by > both sides, I move that we, the PDML, agree that this is not a list for > discussing taxes, taxation, and government fiscal matters. > > All in favor say "aye." - This message is from the Pe

Re: The best FINE PRINTER'S format

2001-11-28 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 10:37 PM, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > That's a Grafmatic Magazine, Aaron. They are actually pretty reliable as > long as the sepiums don't get bent. Robert White in the UK was > advertising a > plastic equivalent from Fuji. Came loaded but the ad said they were >

Awfully late PUG comments: Matamoros, Lahuerta, van Wijk

2001-11-28 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Hi everybody, First, I'm sorry for being (again) so late with my assignment. Every month I would like to comment on many shots, but as usual I have so little time so I postpone, postpone and then... the month is over... BTW, here they are: " Dozers at the ready " by César Matamoros II; This i

RE: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Paris, Leonard
Aye! Len --- -Original Message- From: Mike Johnston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Take cover! Okay, since opening salvos in a gathering flame war have now been fired by both sides, I move that we, the PDML, agree tha

RE: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Mick Maguire
Aye Regards, /\/\ick... - 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 at http://pug.komkon.org .

RE: Re: Re: Remembrance Day pics and poetry up...

2001-11-28 Thread Kent Gittings
I think the best multi format film scanner I've seen is the Minolta Scan Pro. 4800dpi in 35mm, 4.2 dynamic range and does up to 6x9 I think. Not cheap however. Kent Gittings -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Brooks Sent: Wednesday, Nov

RE: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Kent Gittings
Aye Kent Gittings -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Johnston Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Take cover! Okay, since opening salvos in a gathering flame war have now been fired by both sides, I

RE: APO Lenses

2001-11-28 Thread Kent Gittings
Correct. It is based on fractions of a wavelength of sodium light (sodium about 500nm I think). It's actually possible to detect the difference between a 1/4 wave optical system and one that is say 1/8 wave by looking at the diffraction ring pattern from a point light source inside and outside of

Re: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread Cotty
Aye! ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and

Re: SuperProgram aperture coupling problems

2001-11-28 Thread Alan Chan
To John, If I read your initial mail correctly, your Super Program is having problem when the lenses were set to 'A', and only. If so, the problem can be cured easily. What happened was the electical contacts (6 silver contacts, the springs and the circuit board underneath) underneath the "cam

RE: SuperProgram aperture coupling problems

2001-11-28 Thread Mick Maguire
John Fieber wrote: >There is a black ring just inside the lens mount that >rotates with the aperture ring on the camera. I'm guessing >this is the rotating part of a variable resistor on the >circumference. This is certainly true of a parts SF1 that I have disassembled right now. the resistor y

Kodak RFS 3600 film scanner for free (sorta)

2001-11-28 Thread Mark Roberts
I've just been contacted by the Product Manager at Eastman Kodak who's responsible for the RFS3600 film scanner. He wants to send me one to try out for a while. This doesn't seem like an offer to turn down but I seem to recall that some list members tried this scanner and had problems with it. If

Re: SuperProgram aperture coupling problems

2001-11-28 Thread Rfsindg
John, I think you have a good handle on the problem. As for repair, I don't know where or who could do it. Regards, Bob S. - 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: Take cover!

2001-11-28 Thread David Brooks
aye Dave Begin Original Message From: Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:32:15 -0600 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Take cover! Okay, since opening salvos in a gathering flame war have now been fired by both sides, I move that we, the PDML, agree that thi

  1   2   >