Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Oct 2002 at 6:22, William Robb wrote: So it's costing you enough money to gripe about, but not enough to act on. That's fair. I've noticed too that it's most often the bystanders that shout from the side- lines just write it off, take a loss on it :-( Anyone care to offer personal

Re: MF MegaPixels

2002-10-13 Thread Mishka
depends on who you ask: anywhere between 6 and 60. mishka. - Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson Subject: MF MegaPixels How many Mega Pixels would Digital need to be to be equivalent to Medium Format?

Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments On 13 Oct 2002 at 6:22, William Robb wrote: So it's costing you enough money to gripe about, but not enough to act on. That's fair. I've noticed too that it's most often the bystanders that shout

Re: digital - a story

2002-10-13 Thread gfen
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, William Robb wrote: I wonder how many megabytes it would take to compete with a 20x24 negative. There are only a handful of those cameras in existence, less than a dozen I am sure, and I think closer to a half dozen. According to an article I read in Camera Arts,

Re: digital - a story

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: gfen Subject: Re: digital - a story Really? I didn't know their centerfolds were LF, that's kinda neat.. I'd actually really like to look at some for, uhm, technical reasons now, but I don't think that answer wouldflyu. Getting a bit OT, but I think it

Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Oct 2002 at 8:13, William Robb wrote: At the risk of being tiresome, if not having a large format rig was costing you money, you'd buy one, and would accept that Pentax doesn't support it, because they never have supported it. Why is a digital SLR any different? Because it should only

Re: MF MegaPixels

2002-10-13 Thread John Mustarde
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 06:34:39 -0600, you wrote: How many Mega Pixels would Digital need to be to be equivalent to Medium Format? Sinar thinks 22 mp is enough to challenge 6x4.5 film format. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0209/02090601sinar22mp.asp Pentax please take note. -- John Mustarde

OT: Digital diary update

2002-10-13 Thread Cotty
October 13th entry: http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/misc/digitaldiary.html includes a simple exhibit of a resolution test using screen grabs displayed in Photoshop to illustrate the resolving power (or not) of digital. This would equally apply to a Pentax DSLR of 6 MP variety :-)

RE: pentax-discuss@pdml.net

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
Of those I'm actually aware of let's see: One uses Nikon, two use Canon, one uses Olympus, one uses a Konica (TC3). Two (besides me), actually use Pentax, one an old KX the other an SF1. This is hardly a representative sample. Since Canon seems to have the largest market share I'd say

Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments On 13 Oct 2002 at 8:13, William Robb wrote: At the risk of being tiresome, if not having a large format rig was costing you money, you'd buy one, and would accept that Pentax doesn't support it,

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
Actually Pentax probably does watch this list, after all at one time they did sponsor it. It's an interesting way to get market feed back. Wether they do anything about it or not is another thing. At 06:20 AM 10/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Tim S Kemp [EMAIL

RE: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
As to advertising, Hell back in the 60's 70's and early 80's pentax owned a very large share of the SLR market. Even then marketing and support hoovered as compared to other manufactures, in the US at least. At 10:10 AM 10/13/2002 +0100, you wrote: Peter Alling wrote: My prediction, Pentax

Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs)

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
Hell I've got that now. (Based on some of the art I've seen, and the reviews it gets this has posibilities). At 09:56 AM 10/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: Better yet -- as undeveloped BW rolls in canisters... Mishka - Original Message - From: Bob Rapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: Sent to all email addresses I could find on the Penatx Worldwide Gateway

2002-10-13 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
Pentax's not having a DSLR has nothing to do with technical issues. It has to do with where they see their company in the market, and which customers they choose to go after. Folks here seem to think that something can be done, technically, then it will be done, but there is no reason to think

Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
It is interesting that neither Nikon or Canon produced new lens mounts for Digital. But Canon did produce a new lens mount when they went to Auto-Focus. This in spite of drawbacks inherent in using a smaller than full frame 35mm sensor with 35mm lenses. (Just food for thought). At 12:23 AM

RE: PDML UK Camden Lock - pictures up

2002-10-13 Thread Cotty
Well, I hope you 3 kept dry, it was pelting down most of the day. Photos were brilliant. Thanks Malc. Actually the sun broke through in Oxfordshire about 9am and I knew it was heading east so we set off in high hopes. Same thing in London by 12. I was *that* close to cancelling, as I didn't

Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Wendy Beard
Right, Question for all you out there who do any sort of sky/night time photography. Is there any rule of thumb for shooting Auroras. Open the shutter and count to 10 - 20? 30? Set the camera on auto and let it sit and expose for a few minutes? I suspect it's all just trial and error but I'd

Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Oct 2002 at 8:56, William Robb wrote: If, and this is a big if, Pentax chooses to market a DSLR (and I don't think they will), it will be based on the MZ-5 chassis, and will not have pro specifications. If that happens, there won't be any cheering from the peanut gallery, there will

Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs)

2002-10-13 Thread Mishka
Better yet -- as undeveloped BW rolls in canisters... Mishka - Original Message - From: Bob Rapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 8:19 AM Subject: Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs) Imagine a digital gallery where the photographers

Re: dslr

2002-10-13 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
On sale means in stock in BH. Using that definition give me a projected date, and I'll suggest a wager. BR - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hmmm. On sale is open to interpretation. I'm saying officially announced before the first day of summer 2003. What are you

Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments On 13 Oct 2002 at 8:56, William Robb wrote: If, and this is a big if, Pentax chooses to market a DSLR (and I don't think they will), it will be based on the MZ-5 chassis, and will not have pro

RE: Cameron's Pentax Comments

2002-10-13 Thread Malcolm Smith
William Robb wrote: The convention in DSLR development is geared to the user of pro oriented equipment. This is why the digital SLR bodies have been based on pro oriented 35mm camera bodies. Pentax doesn't have a history of pro support, and has no history at all in the pro 35mm body

Re: digital - a story

2002-10-13 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
It all depends on the viewing distance. From 10 meters not many. BR - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wonder how many megabytes it would take to compete with a 20x24 negative.

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Wendy Beard Subject: Shooting Auroras Right, Question for all you out there who do any sort of sky/night time photography. Is there any rule of thumb for shooting Auroras. Open the shutter and count to 10 - 20? 30? Set the camera on auto and let it sit

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
This site has a chart! (Some interesting commentary as well). I've never tried this since I live in a very light polluted area and most of my traveling has been mostly in Southerly directions. (At least those times I've gone into less populated places).

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Steve Larson
Hi Wendy, Wow, a question regarding film! You can just put the camera on auto (LX good choice), or try this, a little guide I made: ASAf stopExposure time 100 1.4 1/4`s Adjust as needed. I`ve had great results with it. Steve Larson Redondo Beach,

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Tim S Kemp
Couldn't think what to snip, so I cut the lot. Any internet discussion group is full of enthusiasts about the topic, I like driving, all the guys on the driving groups are amazingly into driving, and yes, sometimes they have wish lists too! I have an MZ50, it's my first Pentax, my last decent

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-13 Thread Tim S Kemp
I don't have a webpage but I can send you some pictures tomorrow. How big may the files be? Best quality is ca. 1.8MB. Any size you like, I have DSL and a big mailbox, not sure if there is a max message size... just looking at my inbox and theres a 6.5 meg attachment on one of them. so should

Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments

2002-10-13 Thread Tim S Kemp
It is interesting that neither Nikon or Canon produced new lens mounts for Digital. But Canon did produce a new lens mount when they went to Auto-Focus. This in spite of drawbacks inherent in using a smaller than full frame 35mm sensor with 35mm lenses. (Just food for thought). I think

Vs: digital - a story

2002-10-13 Thread Raimo Korhonen
There was once a question put to Playboy - one photo enthusiast reader asked if they used soft filters. The answer: no, we use very soft girls. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: William Robb [EMAIL

Re: Cameron's Pentax Comments

2002-10-13 Thread Tim S Kemp
If, and this is a big if, Pentax chooses to market a DSLR (and I don't think they will), it will be based on the MZ-5 chassis, and will not have pro specifications. Observation here. Pentax have built the 230, 330 and 430 optio on the same operating system and display, so the electronics

November swap meet

2002-10-13 Thread James Adams
BlankJust heard, the next swap meet is on the first Saturday in November at the Cameron Centre near Lougheed Mall, Burnaby BC. James

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Jostein
correct exposure time for auroras varies a lot with the intensity of the light. William Robb suggested 1+ compensation and print film. Print film is probably a good idea because of its wider latitude. In my limited experience, setting exposure compensation to -2 worked fine, but that was there

Re: digital - a story

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Raimo Korhonen Subject: Vs: digital - a story There was once a question put to Playboy - one photo enthusiast reader asked if they used soft filters. The answer: no, we use very soft girls. And perhaps not the sharpest lens. William Robb

RE: Sent to all email addresses I could find on the Penatx Worldwide Gateway

2002-10-13 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bruce Rubenstein wrote: Pentax's not having a DSLR has nothing to do with technical issues. It has to do with where they see their company in the market, and which customers they choose to go after. Folks here seem to think that something can be done, technically, then it will be done, but

Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs), Anton

2002-10-13 Thread handmaid
The computer trade says: 'Data doesn't exist unless it exists in two separate locations.' I'm into film but I subsequently use computers for my images, not to mention my music making and production, finances, work etc. etc. I have multiple hard disks and those disks are partitioned but that

Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
Hi; My computer is set up to shut the hard drives off after a few minutes of inactivity. Is this a good thing, or should they run all the time? Thanks William Robb

Re: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Steve Larson
Hi Bill, The only thing it is going to hurt if left on is the bearings. My machine is never shut down, and I haven`t had a bearing failure yet, but HD`s are replaced with larger ones every once in a while. To me, it is annoying to walk up to my computer and wait while the hard drive is

Digital thoughts

2002-10-13 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Brad Dobo wrote: This is not the DDML (Digital Distribution Mailing List) Guess what? It's PDML, and I used to think it stood for Pentax Distribution Mailing list. Until you found out that it's the Pentax Discuss Mailing List. :) On an unrelated note... Personally,

Re: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Mishka
I think, neither. Keeping it ON 100% time is bad for it. Turning it on and off every two minuts is MUCH worse. Keeping it OFF 100% time doesn't damage it at all. I guess there must be a balance -- like turning it off at night. Best, Mishka - Original Message - From: William Robb

Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs)

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
And of course, removable disks sitting on the shelf never have any problems?? Generally no, as they have not been 'burned' or dyes altered yet. My experience is that all of these approaches work, if you understand the medium and work with it accordingly. My experience around

Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs)

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
Surge protectors are fine, I use them, but more like additional power outlets. Do you know why these companies have insurance or guarantees of various sums? Because they rarely happen. Any *real* power surge, be it a power company failure or due to a lightning strike, do you know what happens?

Reality checks Part 1

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
Hey, It seems that those who replied to my email only argued one point. That Big Brother is watching. Now, Pentax does not make competing flagship SLRs like Nikon and Canon. Why on earth do some here think they will all of a sudden put out a DSLR that competes?

Reality Checks Part 2

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
Some in this group have stated that they would pass on the first generation Pentax DSLR. If Big Brother is watching, what do you think will happen? They make their own first generation DSLR, few buy it, the rest waiting for the second generation. Do we expect that Pentax should suffer huge

Avedon at the Met.

2002-10-13 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
After touring the old high school with some of my fellow classmates - we really have not changed too much - I decided to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art before heading home. Along with their numerous halls with some outstanding art, they are having an exhibit of Richard Avedon's

Reality Checks Part 3

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
Many in this group are collectors (and users) of older Pentax equipment (which I indeed find really quite cool). In fact, if Big Brother is watching us, they might notice what I notice, some do not buy, or rarely buy, new Pentax equipment. Look at the polls we have going on. I see screwmount

Re: Reality checks Part 1

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Oct 2002 at 19:36, Brad Dobo wrote: Hey, It seems that those who replied to my email only argued one point. That Big Brother is watching. I don't know that BB is watching but Pentax used to watch the list, to the point where it become too uncomfortable for them to host. No why it

Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs)

2002-10-13 Thread Rfsindg
Brad, Reread my message again. I have experienced a power surge which damaged my TV. I don't live in the boonies or a 3rd world country, but a nice suburb of Chicago. I paid $160 to have the TV fixed, and nothing for the computer because of the surge protector. We were running both of these

Re: Reality Checks Part 2

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Oct 2002 at 19:39, Brad Dobo wrote: Some in this group have stated that they would pass on the first generation Pentax DSLR. If Big Brother is watching, what do you think will happen? They make their own first generation DSLR, few buy it, the rest waiting for the second generation.

Reality Check Part 4

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
Anyone who is serious about photography, or a professional, uses (in here) Pentax Medium Format. Big Brother is going to say, let's work on them. Dispite the bickering we have had some members make the switch to other companies to get the newer techologies that they either need, or want. Just

Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs)

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
Bob, I don't need to re-read your message again, I got it all the first time. I know of no one in my personal experience that I call my life, that has every had such problems. I work and hang out with guys who are far more advanced than me that think and see the same thing. You are one of the

Re: Reality checks Part 1

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
Stranger things have happened (and have in the past, pre-Dobo) Yes like an alien spacecraft that happens to travel millions of light years to Earth only to crash in Roswell New Mexico USA. Who is the only state hung up on things like this? The U.S.A. Nevermind that 70% of the world is water

The final chapter in Reality Checks

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
The single largest Reality Check: No one wants to hear the true and are too stubborn to change and too stubborn to concede a point to me. I know the emails I have written are a waste, that's my reality check. Brad Dobo

Re: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Feroze Kistan
Servers are set to run all the time and many are never really switched off, most of them have the same consumer drives you using. It only saves electricty though which isn't much anyway but you do over work the drive when you keep rebooting it often. BTW I use western digital drives, a 6.4 to

Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs)

2002-10-13 Thread Feroze Kistan
They can when the head unit bounces and hits the platter when the surge cause the tip to jump higher than normal - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:18 AM Subject: Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs) The disc

*Sigh* One last note (then maybe I'll leave ya allow for a bit :))

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
Ok, most of you (except those that put Brad Dobo on an ignore list) have read my emails. Some are pure crap just for a laugh, and not just for me, I'm not trying to stir trouble, but a laugh for everyone. I have said some outlandish things. I do however have do some quite serious emails as

Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs)

2002-10-13 Thread Bob Rapp
Back when I was in IT, surge arresters were a dime a dozen and seldom failed to protect a computer in a lightning strike. Back then, I used constant-voltage-transformers with input MOVs. The primary protection came from the transformer as it provided isolation and automatically bucked spikes. It

Re: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
Feroze? Can I ask just one little thing? Not about your email contents, I think they are fine. However, I do get the ever annoying 'sender wants a read reciept' when you send the emails. Would it be too much to ask you to turn that off? I haven't seen an comments from other members, so I

OT: Enlarger Lens also

2002-10-13 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Forgot. Won't need this any more either. Fujinon ES 135/4.5 $50. Collin (But I'm keeping my 105/4.5 ES!)

Re: *Sigh* One last note (then maybe I'll leave ya allow for a bit :))

2002-10-13 Thread Bruce Dayton
Brad, You want to see some cool equipment and results - check out the P67II or the 645NII. When you work with the equipment and then view an MF slide through a loupe, it totally blows you away. Or when you have something printed up to 8X10 or larger and start looking at the captured detail -

Re[2]: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Bruce Dayton
Brad, You're not alone. I get them too from Feroze. They piss me off and I refuse to send the reply. My software asks and I always say no. Bruce Sunday, October 13, 2002, 5:33:45 PM, you wrote: BD Feroze? Can I ask just one little thing? Not about your email contents, I BD think they

Re: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Feroze Kistan
Oops forgot about that one, its automatic when I send work mail. No you the second one to ask me though-sorry. I don't know how to turn if off permantly though. I've keep un-clicking it but every time I re-start OE its back - Original Message - From: Brad Dobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: Re[2]: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Feroze Kistan
Sorry bruce, I found the option thingy that turns it off, should work fine now, but I'm am using microsoft stuff, so if anyone still getting receipt requests tell me - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brad Dobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002

Re[4]: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Bruce Dayton
Feroze, Microsoft stuff can get annoying at times. Thanks for looking into it. I have had a lot fewer problems with my mail client once I quit using Outlook Express. Bruce Sunday, October 13, 2002, 5:48:08 PM, you wrote: FK Sorry bruce, I found the option thingy that turns it off, should

Re: Re[4]: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Feroze Kistan
Bruce, So far its ok, what are the other options, what do you use. Bear in mind that I have a 1.7G AMD XP, windows XP and 512MB ram and I don't want to write MCSE to use it and don't want to upgrade my PC either TIA Feroze - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: Digital thoughts

2002-10-13 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
It isn't that Olympus didn't get it, they did. The came out with a couple of AF SLRs, realized how tight the competition was and how high the cost was developing these things and opted out of the market. They decided to expand their PS line (very successfully) and just keep making the same non AF

Re: dumb computer question\electrical surge

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
Thanks for all the replies to my question. It looks like the concensus is to leave em running all the time when the computer is on. It also sounds like I am pretty lucky where I am. Power outages or surges are a real rarity where I live. Thanks again William Robb

Re: *Sigh* One last note (then maybe I'll leave ya allow for a bit :))

2002-10-13 Thread Wendy Beard
At 05:39 PM 10/13/2002 -0700, Bruce wrote: You want to see some cool equipment and results - check out the P67II or the 645NII. When you work with the equipment and then view an MF slide through a loupe, it totally blows you away. I'll second that. Took a roll of slides on the 67 in the

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Steve Larson
f1.4 is just a good starting point. f4 with 400ASA would come out to a 1/2 second exposure with my table. Did you shoot the LX on AP? How long do you think the exposure was? I bet the LX nailed it though. Let us know what you get back. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original

Re: Pentax and Portrait Film - Was(Re[2]: Cameron's Pentax Comments)

2002-10-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Bruce Dayton wrote: I have had the best consistent luck so far with Kodak Portra NC. I have had some good and bad luck with both Fuji and Agfa portrait films. The bad times with Fuji were quite grainy pictures (35mm weeny format) and the bad luck with Agfa was some real hot spots with

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Wendy Beard Subject: Re: Shooting Auroras That's what I thought.(didn't think of compensation though) Then my nerve failed when the shutter seemed to have been open for an eternity. I switched it to B and counted to 10, then 20, then 30. It wasn't a

Re[6]: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Bruce Dayton
Feroze, Take a look at The Bat from www.ritlabs.com. I have run it on much less powerful hardware than you have. The requirements are low, the price is low and the handling is very similar to OE (I like the interface, just not all the problems). Bruce Sunday, October 13, 2002, 6:01:59 PM,

Re: Reality Checks Part 3

2002-10-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Should we lie and say we buy new Pentax cameras? The old ones are better. And for the most part, ditto the lenses. Perhaps Pentax will accept that as a challenge to get their product line moving. If not, to hell with them. Paul Stenquist Who has never bought anything new from Pentax but owns

Re: Re[6]: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Feroze Kistan
Thanks I'll go have a look - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Feroze Kistan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:19 AM Subject: Re[6]: Dumb computer question Feroze, Take a look at The Bat from www.ritlabs.com. I have run it on much less

Re: Pentax and Film - Was(Re[2]: Cameron

2002-10-13 Thread Robert Woerner
Hey Bruce, I have been using Fuji NPS, NPH and Kodak Portra 160NC for my portraits (friends, family, my baby, etc.). In the summer of 2001 I was really hooked on NPS. My lab was printing it beautifully(Kodak Royal paper-equipment? probably Fuji). This past spring, it seemed as though skin

Re: Pentax and Film - Was(Re[2]: Cameron

2002-10-13 Thread Robert Woerner
Hey Bruce, I have been using Fuji NPS, NPH and Kodak Portra 160NC for my portraits (friends, family, my baby, etc.). In the summer of 2001 I was really hooked on NPS. My lab was printing it beautifully(Kodak Royal paper-equipment? probably Fuji). This past spring, it seemed as though skin

Re: dumb computer question\electrical surge

2002-10-13 Thread Jeff Post
I am on the side that does not consider surges or spikes rare, nor do I think they only happen on power lines. I lost 3 48 port Cisco Switches, 5 Nortell Hubs, and 1 Cisco 48 port line card to a surge that went through the network wiring. Two weeks ago I had a surge that destroyed one of my

RE: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread John Coyle
Yes Bob, this happens a _lot_! I probably shut down and restart on average three times a week, sometimes more. However, I feel it is more to do with the bloated software we have to use, together with all the band-aid patches that MS have had to put together to deal with various security

RE: Reality Checks Part 2

2002-10-13 Thread John Coyle
I think Rob makes a good point, and if Pentax are late to the market I am sure they will pick the eyes out of competitive products. In addition, I would be reasonably certain that the experience gained in making the Optio series will stand them in good stead when making a DSLR, as much of

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 11:18 AM -0400 10/13/02, Wendy Beard wrote: Right, Question for all you out there who do any sort of sky/night time photography. Is there any rule of thumb for shooting Auroras. Open the shutter and count to 10 - 20? 30? Set the camera on auto and let it sit and expose for a few minutes? I

RE: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Shaun Canning
It's a combination of everything Brad. You only need one line of code in one program to not like another program trying to access a part of the memory stack, or any other infinite combinations of things to make a PC or Mac s**t itself. You're a geek, you know that. Hardware certainly plays its

Re: Reality Check Part 4

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
Advertise hell, they should actually get some product into stores as well. At 07:56 PM 10/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: Anyone who is serious about photography, or a professional, uses (in here) Pentax Medium Format. Big Brother is going to say, let's work on them. Dispite the bickering we have

RE: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Shaun Canning
I hear that Herb. I just e-mailed a blurb on my set-up, which is not that different from yours really (apart from you running double the RAM). I have kept my machines stable by avoiding unnecessary third party software installations and using good to very good quality components. Occasionally I

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Herb Chong
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I had been making exposures ranging from 5 - 20 seconds with 400 speed film and F2.8 lenses and not getting enough light. Lately I've been doing 30s. The film is still in the freezer so I don't know how successful these latest attempts have

Re: Digital thoughts

2002-10-13 Thread Chris Brogden
AFAIK, the only AF 35mm SLR with interchangeable lenses that Olympus produced was the OM-77, and that was a hunkajunk, poorly built and poorly spec'd. I don't disagree with what you say, but my main point was that companies who don't follow the major movements of the market lose visibility in

Re: Digital thoughts

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Chris Brogden 'Subject: Re: Digital thoughts AFAIK, the only AF 35mm SLR with interchangeable lenses that Olympus produced was the OM-77, OM-88?? And who remembers the T-80? William Robb

Re: Digital thoughts

2002-10-13 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Chris Brogden 'Subject: Re: Digital thoughts AFAIK, the only AF 35mm SLR with interchangeable lenses that Olympus produced was the OM-77, OM-88?? And who remembers the T-80? William Robb I didn't know about

Re: Reality Checks Part 3

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
That's very true. The only new piece of equipment that's tempted me in a long time was the Nikon FM3a. If Pentax built an updated MX around that electromechanical shutter and sold it for the same price as the Nikon I'd snap one up immediately. I'll bet a lot of others would as well. At

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
Sorry you feel that way Brad some of us remember the switch over. Why sponser a group if you're going to ignore it. Why stop watching once it's self supporting. Hell I have a friend who's job was to search the Internet for information about his company and the competition. This is easier

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
I think I should apologize to Aaron for damaging the Brotherhood Ninjas before I returned them, those Pentax agents really could use some lessons in subtlety. (and just as an aside, Brad could use a spell checker, like I should talk). At 06:17 PM 10/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: Hahaha...you guys

Re: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
Spinning them up and down tends to wear out the bearings. At 01:02 PM 10/13/2002 -0600, you wrote: Hi; My computer is set up to shut the hard drives off after a few minutes of inactivity. Is this a good thing, or should they run all the time? Thanks William Robb

RE: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Herb Chong
i'm taking this offline. Herb...

Re: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Jeff
- Original Message - From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:55 PM Subject: Re: Dumb computer question Spinning them up and down tends to wear out the bearings. Spinning continuosly tends to wear out bearings also. Jeff.

Re: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
True but less so than cycling them. At 11:59 PM 10/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:55 PM Subject: Re: Dumb computer question Spinning them up and down tends to wear out the

Re: Reality Check Part 4

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
- Original Message - From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:15 PM Subject: Re: Reality Check Part 4 Advertise hell, they should actually get some product into stores as well. How true Peter, that is one of my biggest gripes about

Re: FS: Huge Collection of Pentax 35mm Gear

2002-10-13 Thread John Mustarde
My Pentax gear is selling fairly fast. More info and photos at: http://www.photolin.com/forsale/forsale.htm Thanks, -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com

Re: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Oct 2002 at 23:59, Jeff wrote: Spinning continuosly tends to wear out bearings also. Jeff, The better drives now have fluid bearings, the fluid is a cushion of air, they suffer virtually no wear and are extremely robust WRT shock. Also spinning drive up and down leads to thermal

Re: Dumb computer question

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
- Original Message - From: Shaun Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:19 PM Subject: RE: Dumb computer question It's a combination of everything Brad. You only need one line of code in one program to not like another program trying to

Re: Digital thoughts

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
OM-88?? And who remembers the T-80? Isn't that a type of tank? William Robb

Re: dslr

2002-10-13 Thread John Mustarde
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 11:31:57 -0400, you wrote: On sale means in stock in BH. Using that definition give me a projected date, and I'll suggest a wager. BR Hell, if that's the criteria, neither the D100 nor the D60 nor the S2 are on sale right now, even though they all were introduced months

  1   2   >