http://www.digital.idv.tw/spec/dgpentax/OptioS/imgp0087.jpg
http://www.digital.idv.tw/spec/dgpentax/OptioS/imgp0125.jpg
The colour rendition is on the saturated side and image noise is on the
high side (on the shadow of the Chinese roof at photo 1 and on the
faces/clothes of the children in photo
PS: I see you use the Limited 43mm on a manual body. How do you like
that combo? Doesn't it feel weird using an autofocus lens on a manual
body? (it sure requires a lighter touch, or not?)
Feels much better than the M40/2.8, but it's no M/A50/1.4.
regards,
Alan Chan
_
if there is a sharpness difference for landscapes focused manually at basically
hyperfocal distance or AF at infinity, there is something else going on.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 04:26
Subjec
--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Caveman"
> Subject: Re: AF vs. MF [was: Re: Bessaflex in M42
> mount]
>
> > Greene wrote:
> > > *In dim, "home" lighting situations, with
> "consumer"
> > > grade lenses, AF beat MF for speed and accuracy
> nea
The following report headlines the news section of the UK's Amateur
Photographer (22 March issue) and includes a cover splash with main
photo
[my comments in brackets]
PENTAX REVEALS 6-MEG DIGITAL SLR FLAGSHIP
Pentax has released details of its flagship digital SLR - the 6.1
megapix
if there is a sharpness difference for landscapes focused manually at
basically hyperfocal distance or AF at infinity, there is something else
going on.
I think you have made too many assumptions. Using tripod doesn't mean I must
be shooting landscapes. Shooting landscape doesn't mean I must be
I had the FA*300/f4.5 and switched to the F*300/f4.5 for the following
reasons:
1.) the hood of the F* is built-in, while the hood of the FA* is not
built-in and too large for my taste
2.) The F* has a removable triopod mount, the FA* has not
3.) The F* has slightly better build quality nad is le
Thanks for your nice report, Heiko.
Now I will go to CeBit on Monday. Hopefully I will be able to try the
*ist D and the *ist, like you were able to.
Are there any features that PDML members would like me to check, and
what questions should I ask?
Arnold
I looked at the same worded response from Gary 4 days ago, and here are my
observations:
In both the messages the original text is not displayed, and the same text is
used in the reply. This indicates to me it is an automatically sent message
based on some filter rule.
In more cases, I see an e
On Saturday 15 March 2003 09:12, Levente -Levi- Littvay wrote:
> > Yes, the deadline is rapidly approaching...
>
> Dealine for what?
Dead line of submitting your photo to the next months PUG (Pentac User
Gallery)
Goto http://pug.komkon.org/
At the bottom you will find the links for submitting your
Any chance of asking them what the ISO settings are for the *ist D?
>
> Are there any features that PDML members would like me to check, and
> what questions should I ask?
>
> Arnold
--
Harold Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Arnold,
Just one additional question will it be possible to find out whether
owners of the *ist D will be able to update the camera 'firmware' via
downloads from the various Pentax websites?
My present digital camera that I recently purchased requires for the
camera to be returned to the manuf
- Original Message -
From: "Henry Henry"
Subject: Disappointing test samples of Optio S
>
> Dear all,
>
> The Taiwanese website Photosharp has posted two test samples of Optio S:
>
>
http://www.digital.idv.tw/dc-test/Pentax/OptioS/intro/index-optioS-intro.htm
>
> http://www.digital.idv.t
It looks like a warm trend is setting in to southern ontario,so,with snow meltage a
given,
i'm parking a few rolls of Tmax and Portra 400nc in the truck and try and get some last
winter
pic's.Also its indoor show season now,some of the girls are showing ,so its back to the
grind.
Ken,i tried so
The line is not sharp nor is it absolutely straight. (it seems to have a
slight bow toward the middle of the frame. I am thinking it is the mirror
not coming up all the way. I was playing with it a bit last night and
noticed while the camera was set to 1/125 that on occasion the viewfinder id
no
> http://www3.telus.net/wlachan/M135back.jpg
Alan, do you also have an online description of what you used for
materials in the photo? Or, did you spell it out on the PDML (so I
could check the archives)? Or? Thanks.
Fred
Depending on the flash and what you're shooting Dave; NPH is pretty gosh
darn good in my books - but I'm shooting mostly people. Portra NC would be
my back up. NPZ rules - but it's expensive to shoot.
Seeing as how it's going to be so gosh darn sunny.. I'm grabbing some chrome
film this morning a
Quoting Ken Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> With all this discussion about what might be coming and how good it
> might be, what is everyone doing this weekend?
I am finally breaking my trend of only shooting once every one or two months,
and have been making it a point to shoot at least once a w
I currently own the older power zoom model. I am thinking of replacing it
with the newer 28-105. I am planning on replacing an older PZ model camera
with either an ZX-L or the new *ist (if I can use K mount lenses with out
issue) and was thinking it would be nice to have a faster more compact le
I noticed some play in the focusing of my 43/1.9.
Much like A series looseness.
Anyone else had to deal with this?
Collin
>Several months ago I thought of a good picture for next month's theme,
>but when I looked through my archive it turns out that the photo in
>question was taken with an RB67! To make things worse, I didn't realise
>this until after I'd scanned it.
Re-photograph the slide/neg with a Pentax came
Today, burn off some T-Max 100 & T-Max 400, just for the fun of it.
Tomorrow, darkroom mostly.
Maybe some evening shooting.
Can't find my blasted yellow 49mm filters!
Monday, some printing, shopping, and best of all, a job interview!
(Domino, Java, WebSphere, workflow, and more fun to follow!)
Coll
I doubt this has anything to do with the *ist D. It looks like a press release
left over from the MZ-D.
At 10:42 PM 3/14/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Surfing around, I found this on the Philips semi-conductor site, referring
to the *ist D in February when it was announced.:
Pentax partnered with Philips
Gary & I had a disagreement off-list.
He's not yet adjusted his filters to compensate for mail from me via PDML.
Gary, check the Reply-to field instead of From. ;-\
Collin
Like Dave Brooks said, it's looking like a nice day here in Southern
Ontario. Sunny, and it's supposed to go up to +7C, which is the warmest
it's been since I can't remember!
I don't know what I'm up to, but it will involve walking around with a
camera, that's for sure. I have a few rolls of fil
Actually the flash stuff was not to bad.We moved the survey department last weekend to
a
new
building so i shot 1/2 roll of the NPH to document the event.Used the SP and the
280T.Colours were
nice.Mind you the outside stuff was shot on a dull day,old abandon cabins in a wooded
area.However i
did
you said that your landscapes were sharper.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 04:56
Subject: Re: AF vs. MF [was: Re: Bessaflex in M42 mount]
> I think you have made too many assumptions. Using tripo
> -Original Message-
> From: collinb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> I noticed some play in the focusing of my 43/1.9.
> Much like A series looseness.
> Anyone else had to deal with this?
No.
tv
Henry Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Taiwanese website Photosharp has posted two test samples
of Optio S:
> http://www.digital.idv.tw/spec/dgpentax/OptioS/imgp0087.jpg
> http://www.digital.idv.tw/spec/dgpentax/OptioS/imgp0125.jpg
What I find terrible is the unusual lack of sharpness (big
u
Dave Dave Dave...
if you're going to use the F meter just for colour shots..
i'd be happy to take it off your hands :-)
B&W, Zone, and then figure out your film density.. get a densitometer and go
nutty a la Ansel :-)
Let's see some of these F meter shots :-)
Cheers,
Dave
-Original Message
Here's a technical question that I'm sure someone must have
an answer to. I've done a little research and haven't been
able to come up with an answer.
I bought a NiCad Battery for my LX winder just about 3 1/2
years ago. It's reached the end of it's use full life but
I haven't used it all that mu
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Ken Archer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:57 PM
--
-- With all this discussion about what might be coming and how good it
-- might be, what is everyone doing this weekend?
-- --
-- Ken Archer Canine Photography
-- San Antonio, Texa
Clearly cheating! Tsk tsk tsk...
-frank
Cotty wrote:
> Re-photograph the slide/neg with a Pentax camera/lens ;-)
>
>
> Oh, swipe me! He paints with light!
> http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/
>
> Free UK Macintosh Classifie
Well, that 'splains it, then (as Ricky Ricardo would say)
-frank
collinb wrote:
> Gary & I had a disagreement off-list.
> He's not yet adjusted his filters to compensate for mail from me via PDML.
>
> Gary, check the Reply-to field instead of From. ;-\
>
> Collin
--
"Honour - that virtue of th
Hi Simon,
>Are the images an example of shooting in RAW mode? :-)
LOL. I hope Pentax will offer special RAW-shhoting workshops...
Cheers, Heiko
Hi Arnold,
on 15 Mar 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
>Are there any features that PDML members would like me to check, and
>what questions should I ask?
Here is what I should have asked/tested but wasn't able to because of
acute euphoric loss of ability to think:
- has the *ist D a stop-down cou
I bought my F*300/f4.5 for 422 Euros at Ebay Germany, and I sold my
FA*300/f4.5 for 405 Euros - so I would say that there may be a price
difference, but only a small one. With the exchange being as it is at
the moment, $460 would have been very near to what I paid. However, the
F* turns up less
I think the guard was pulling your leg. A real CIA agent would never
acknowledge
that they were there. They sure as hell wouldn't tell a local security guard.
At 03:05 PM 3/15/2003 -0600, you wrote:
Was hired today to do some promotional pictures at the local casino. I
preferred it when the bui
On 03.3.15 4:18 PM, "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think the guard was pulling your leg. A real CIA agent would never
> acknowledge
> that they were there. They sure as hell wouldn't tell a local security guard.
Ah ha! That makes more sense to me. She was not supposed to be the
Actually it sounded like he was looking forward to it.
At 04:27 PM 3/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:
On 03.3.15 4:18 PM, "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think the guard was pulling your leg. A real CIA agent would never
> acknowledge
> that they were there. They sure as hell wouldn't te
Yes. Mine was bought brand new 4 yrs ago.
regards,
Alan Chan
I noticed some play in the focusing of my 43/1.9.
Much like A series looseness.
Anyone else had to deal with this?
_
Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online
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Besides that, what authority would they have in Canada anyway?
Bill
- Original Message -
From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: The things we do for money
> I think the guard was pulling your leg. A real CIA
I use the masking tape made by the model company called Testors. Unlike
other masking tapes, theirs don't curl so it will stay flat once applied.
Should be able to find in most hobby shops & costs a few bucks only.
regards,
Alan Chan
http://www3.telus.net/wlachan/M135back.jpg
Alan, do you also h
On 03.3.15 4:29 PM, "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually it sounded like he was looking forward to it.
Ah ha! That makes even more sense to me :-).
Ken (totally bored under sunny Saturday aft)
> At 04:27 PM 3/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>> On 03.3.15 4:18 PM, "Peter Alling" <[EMA
Yes, but landscape is not the only subject I do, and I don't always use
hyperfocal, and rarely set the lens to infinity and shoot.
regards,
Alan Chan
you said that your landscapes were sharper.
_
MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses.
- Original Message -
From: "Bill Owens"
Subject: Re: The things we do for money
> Besides that, what authority would they have in Canada anyway?
Right now? All the authority they want.
And it pains me greatly to say it.
William Robb
- Original Message -
From: "Peter Alling"
Subject: Re: The things we do for money
> I think the guard was pulling your leg. A real CIA agent would never
> acknowledge
> that they were there. They sure as hell wouldn't tell a local security
guard.
She was probably a local politician th
Look for those with true ICE, and SD3 doesn't.
regards,
Alan Chan
Has anyone here used the Minolta Scan Dual III? I have only found a couple
of reviews for it but it seems to be well-received.
_
MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses.
Guess you have to check out the service manual and try to locate the problem
yourself then. I have a feeling you need to remove the front casting which
could be a big job and kill the camera if you aren't experienced.
regards,
Alan Chan
The line is not sharp nor is it absolutely straight. (it s
Hi, Nick,
Union Station's pretty old .
Other than that, I know that the old North Station (on Yonge at Shaftsbury, just south
of
St Clair) is still standing, in fact it's just been renovated, and is now a liquor
store
(the LCBO flagship, in fact). It's quite a lovely old structure.
I think th
Well, the real question would be, what the hell's the CIA doing in Saskatchewan?
-frank
Peter Alling wrote:
> I think the guard was pulling your leg. A real CIA agent would never
> acknowledge
> that they were there. They sure as hell wouldn't tell a local security guard.
>
--
"Honour - that
William Robb wrote:
So, you work for the CIA?
I doubt that. If it had have been the CIA, you would have never left the
area with the film.
--
Later,
Gary
Well, after seeing virtually simultaneous posts that both Dave Chang-Sang and I
were going to be shooting and hanging around the Kensington Market/Chinatown
area of Toronto, we got in touch with each other off-list, and ended up meeting
for a beer (or two ) and chatting (you guessed it!) cameras an
- Original Message -
From: "frank theriault"
Subject: Re: The things we do for money
> Well, the real question would be, what the hell's the CIA doing in
Saskatchewan?
>
Perhaps checking out the Secret Saskatchewan Army.
Those darling rodents do have rocket launchers you know.
William
On 03.3.15 4:13 PM, "Nick Zentena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which reminds me to ask. Anybody know if any of the old stations in or around
> the Toronto area are still standing? Any place somebody could take a picture?
Old village of Unionville north of Toronto, close to where we live has a
co
William Robb wrote:
Those darling rodents do have rocket launchers you know.
Yup, they sure do. Supplied by, none other, the CIA!
--
Later,
Gary
And it pains me to hear it.
Bill
- Original Message -
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: The things we do for money
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Bill Owens"
> Subject: Re: The things we do
It's been that way for a long, long time.
Except for the emasculated 90s, of course.
Collin (please don't flame me too badly) Brendemuehl
- Original Message -
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- Original Message -
From: "Bill Owens"
Subject: Re: The things we do for money
>
Arnold Stark schrieb:
>
> I bought my F*300/f4.5 for 422 Euros at Ebay Germany, and I sold my
> FA*300/f4.5 for 405 Euros - so I would say that there may be a price
> difference, but only a small one. With the exchange being as it is at
> the moment, $460 would have been very near to what I paid
I have a DS III and find that its "ICE" works quite well. There are those
who say it isn't a "real" ICE whatever that means, however the end result
is quite good.
-
Bob
> [Original Message]
> From: Tony Cogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 3/15/2003 12:02:51 PM
> Subject: S
real ICE can tell the difference between dust and black specs in the distance on the
slide. E6 and C-41 type films are transparent to infrared while the dust isn't. the
infrared scan channel tells the scanner software where there is dust, mildew, or
similar obstruction. the image itself is trans
frank theriault wrote:
Dave's friend, the lovely Jen, showed up a bit later, do divert our
> attention (Dave's more than mine ).
Hmmm, I don't know if we're buying that.
> A good time was had by all - went all the way up to +4C (it was supposed to go
> higher, and tomorrow they're calling for
I see very little difference between the Nikon and Minolta DS III on
slides. The Nikon does seem to show more dirt though.
-
Bob
> [Original Message]
> From: Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 3/15/2003 3:06:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Scanner question - Minolta Dual Scan
Frantisek, why do you say the CdS meter in the Spotmatic is barely adequate?
I know that the merits or otherwise of full-frame averaged metering may
start an argument as to which method one should use, but that is another
issue altogether. I am curious as I spent Friday morning shooting a test
rol
>I think the guard was pulling your leg. A real CIA agent would never
>acknowledge Re: The things we do for money
>that they were there. They sure as hell wouldn't tell a local security
>guard.
Also, a real CIA agent would have instantly noticed the setting up of the
camera, and acted appropr
test
it should be the opposite and that is what i have heard from others. of course, if you
disable ICE, then nothing happens for dust removal. the Nikon software has nothing for
dust removal unless ICE is enabled.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Bob Zwarick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[E
It was a "Consort Is Abroad" agent ;-)
cheers,
caveman
I got to try the D10 at Kerrisdale Cameras in Vancouver today. Nice
machine; great build quality, excellent control layout, intuitive, good
screen, magnesium body, pop-up flash with lots of clearance for big
lenses, and better image quality than we will get with the *ist D. We
put a picture
> and better image quality than we will get with the *ist D.
How so?
£ukasz
Thanks to our very own Ken Takeshita I'm forwarding some specs of the
Bessaflex.
> http://camecame.ddo.jp/cosina/data/292.jpg
>
> http://camecame.ddo.jp/cosina/data/293.jpg
>
> The detail of Bessaflex is shown only in the PhotoExpo in Japan and the
> catalogue is not available yet.
>
> BessaflexTM
Jim - I just checked my stash of comments that need to be integrated into
the Comments site next time I upgrade... still not many comments on this
lens. One or two have been positive, but I don't believe any of those had
prior experience with the power zoom version so they didn't really offer a
com
Hi Keith,
I just report what I saw with my eyes, which of course is not a scientific
way to judge the image quality.
I saw horrible noise and artifects at the children's faces, at 100% view
from my Sony LCD monitor which is set at 1024x768 pixels. I watch it pixel
by pixel.
I have done a cro
Praised in April Pop Photo as offering a lot for the money, good color,
but criticized for lacking real dust control like Digital ICE.
What's your time worth? You'll spend hours getting rid of dust marks
from your scans.
Joe
Does anyone have the Kenko Uniplus Tube 25 for Pentax? The web site
(thkphoto) says it is designed for autofocus, but doesn't specifically
say that autofocus lenses can still autofocus with it on.
Does anyone know?
Keeping fingers crossed. This would answer a pressing need for closer
focusing
On Saturday, Mar 15, 2003, at 07:53 US/Pacific,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Seems quite interesting to me! I only hope they make it in K mount.
Unless I'm seriously mistaken, they are. It's called the Vivitar 3800N.
I've heard varying things about the quality of the Cosina bodies,
myself. It's o
On Saturday, Mar 15, 2003, at 13:53 US/Pacific,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Which reminds me to ask. Anybody know if any of the old stations in
or around
the Toronto area are still standing? Any place somebody could take a
picture?
Rode the train from Toronto to Niagara Falls this summer, and on
On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 20:16:10 -0700, you wrote:
>Does anyone have the Kenko Uniplus Tube 25 for Pentax? The web site
>(thkphoto) says it is designed for autofocus, but doesn't specifically
>say that autofocus lenses can still autofocus with it on.
>
>Does anyone know?
>
>Keeping fingers crossed.
Praised in April Pop Photo as offering a lot for the money, good color,
but criticized for lacking real dust control like Digital ICE.
What's your time worth? You'll spend hours getting rid of dust marks
from your scans.
If you are scanning primarily B&W and/or Kodachrome the Minolta's software
Henry Henry wrote:
>
> Hi Keith,
>
> I just report what I saw with my eyes, which of course is not a scientific
> way to judge the image quality.
We take photos for our and other's eyes, so what better criteria?
> I saw horrible noise and artifects at the children's faces, at 100% view
> fro
[...]
> >Henry Henry wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > The Taiwanese website Photosharp has posted two test samples of Optio S:
> > >
> > >
> >http://www.digital.idv.tw/dc-test/Pentax/OptioS/intro/index-optioS-intro.htm
> > >
> > > http://www.digital.idv.tw/spec/dgpentax/OptioS/imgp0087.jp
Woops, I did not mean to make a political comment.
Sorry.
William Robb
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