Ok, You win.
At 12:55 AM 5/30/2003 -0400, you wrote:
They obviously don't wear clothes. Tatoo is enough:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/vdonisa/tatoo1.jpg
cheers,
caveman
Peter Alling wrote:
It would be better if you had a photo of one of the bad girls wearing it.
I only get the frontpage at usefilm.com, can someone explain why?
thanks
Paul
http://www.usefilm.com/browse.php?mode=portdata=12823
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Subject: RE: AF400T flash and other 6x7 ??
..and what its magnificartion ratio is.
The 135 macro goes to 1/3 life size on it's own.
I couldn't live without mine.
William Robb
Harry
Why not buy three lotttery tickets?
Clive
Antibes
France
Good idea that Clive, I like a flutter!
Have just selected the numbers using a combination taken from the serial
numbers of the latest Pentax lenses I received today.
If I win anything I'll eat my hat!! g
Harry
--
Harold Owen
You definitely should! I hope you have the time to test all this new
equipment :-)
Regards,
Lukasz
At the moment I am testing the MX with various lenses to see how it is
working,
Once I have done this the MX is going to a camera repairers so that it
can be checked and cleaned.
I am
I say it again, what do you do?
I think you ought to make her buy you a new one. Tell her you'll buy it
and she has to pay you back, or you'll deduct the cost from your share
of some household expenses or something. I think that's fair, and I'd do
it if I spilled stuff on something of my
You sound pretty happy, there Harold! :-)
Now go take some darn pictures with that stuff! I've been spending way to
much time fondling my equipment lately (now, now, now!) and not taking
enough pictures! I even know one old friend who never takes any pictures
anymore, he just buys old Nikon crap
Hi, Bob
Hope you are enjoying the book. I have hardly read a thing on the list lately -
have zero time - but
I was about to write about the macro lens for lace when I saw you already had. And
exactly the same
thing :)
Best,
ann
Mark Cassino wrote:
My lab guy gave me a sample roll of the new Velvia 100 yesterday. I had
heard it was coming - has anyone tried it or read much about it? I'm
assuming it is like Velvia, but only faster (duh) - but some comments I
found when searching the net indicate it is supposed to be
Where can I find resolution tests of Pentax lenses (and other brands)?
thanks
Paul
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on 30.05.03 17:38, Paul Eriksson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Where can I find resolution tests of Pentax lenses (and other brands)?
Pentax you can find here:
http://www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/lens_test/index.html
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Sylwek
Well, since I was diggin' through Fuji's site, I took a peek at Provia's
data sheet. Funny. They recommend the use of UV or 81A filters for
outdoor shooting. So before anyone complains again about some bluish
cast. Please RTFM ;-)
cheers,
caveman
P.S. I am quite pleased with the results of the
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Subject: RE: AF400T flash and other 6x7 ??
..and what its magnificartion ratio is.
The 135 macro goes to 1/3 life size on it's own.
I couldn't live without mine.
William Robb
Thanks Bill.
Any
The lenses at the top of the page (Zeiss Jena, Jupiter, Industar) aren't
very sharp lenses by design. And the shutter speed on the shot w/ the
Takumar is slow. The one taken with the Jupiter 9 is pretty darn sharp
in the large version though. I do love the bokeh on that lens...
-Mat
J. C.
Then the film is NOT daylight balanced.
Very ODD.
Jco
-Original Message-
From: Caveman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 11:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Provia 100F bluish color cast
Well, since I was diggin' through Fuji's site, I took a peek at
Hello,
I read that this is film made by Ilford for Fuji. Not remembering if
film is made to Fuji specifications or just rebadged Ilford BW CN41.
Z
==
But hey, they have something else in their bag too:
Fujifilm Professional launches new black and white
This gives me the idea to ask - did anyone compare the character of
the two Pentax lenses ? And give us a couple of hints on the optics of
these two lenses, from a comparative pov ?
cheers,
caveman
zcaballero wrote:
Hello,
I use once and also the Pentax 135mm 2.5 lens to photo same subject on
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 135 macro for 6x7 ??
Any idea of the used value these days.
Sorry, check eBay and Henry's, I suppose.
William Robb
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: Provia 100F bluish color cast
Then the film is NOT daylight balanced.
Very ODD.
Jco
-Original Message-
From: Caveman
Subject: Provia 100F bluish color cast
Well, since I was diggin' through Fuji's site, I
Subject: Re: 135 macro for 6x7 ??
Any idea of the used value these days.
They seem to go for $300-$450 on ebay.
I paid $400 for mine (mint) there but I have
definitely seen some of them sell for less.
JCO
In addition to Bill's explanation. Daylight is a pretty much difficult
term. The correct definition for the photo world would be the radiation
of an ideal black body at 5500 K. If you really want to see if the film
is daylight balanced, you should use such lighting source.
Sun at 30 degrees is
Forgot to add that, if you're using a digicam, the whole color temp
discussion is pretty much meaningless. The camera will record whatever
colors it wants, and you'll just fix that later in Photoshop. This makes
the use of color balancing filters pretty much unnecessary. Which is a
Good Thing
-Original Message-
From: Caveman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Forgot to add that, if you're using a digicam, the whole color temp
discussion is pretty much meaningless. The camera will
record whatever
colors it wants, and you'll just fix that later in
Photoshop. This makes
the use
The 1.4 performs way better at f/1.4 than the f/1.7 does. :-) :-)
:-)
Not the 2 A50/1.4 that I had. The A50/1.7 was noticably sharper at
wide open. The 50/1.4 wasn't sharp until f4, similar to the
FA*84/1.4.
My experience with some A 50/1.4's and A 50/1.7's differs. I found
the A 50/1.4's
Depends on how you shoot. Raw shooters typically work this way, but
people who shoot in jpg generally take more care to get it right in
the camera, as it's more of a pain to fix a jpg in PS then applying a
color temp during raw conversion.
You could always use an imaging program that has a
tatoo1.jpg
Mermaid.jpg
girlss.jpg
Duh. Now I wonder how did we manage to get at posting such in a Bill
Charmi news thread...
cheers,
caveman ;-)
Hi all!
Well after two frustrating days (bad weather, bad work, everything
bad) I bought myself a optio s today it's cute ^_^ ... it was the
last one in that camera store and their 128 MB memory cards were
also sold out... can't wait to try it out but after seeing the
manual I just
-Original Message-
From: Harold Owen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Depends on how you shoot. Raw shooters typically work
this way, but
people who shoot in jpg generally take more care to get
it right in
the camera, as it's more of a pain to fix a jpg in PS
then applying a
color
I have an M 28/2.8 (yes, I know, spare me the but the 3.5 is much
better comments, I've heard it already) that I picked up used a while
ago. Lately, I've been getting really overexposed shots when I use f16
or 22. The slides look up to 3 stops overexposed, and I'm not having
the problem with
under ordinary bright sunlight, i use no color correction. under cloudy skies, i use a
little bit of warming with an 81 filter. shadows under overcast and i do digital
correction. all film is balanced assuming an exact color temperature of the light
source and that is seldom exactly what one
Hi,
I've been recently reading the KMP for the who-knows-what time... but this
time paying special attention to some details. There are several things I
don't fully understand and so I need a bit of enlightement (I wasn't able to
find the answers on the KMP).
1) the dental close-up lens and dental
I can always count on the Caveman to cheer me up!!
-frank (singing soprano for a day or two)
Caveman wrote:
frank theriault wrote:
Do bad things come in threes too?
Got dumped last weekend.
This ain't necessarily a bad thing ;-)
Today my beloved Cyclops track bike snapped a
seat
Oh come on Frakie, it's not that bad. There is always
worse out there, cheer up and be glad you don't look
like me :D
--- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote: I can always count on the Caveman to cheer me
up!!
-frank (singing soprano for a day or two)
Caveman wrote:
frank
Artur Ledchowski wrote:
4) floating elements - the feature that appears several times with certain
lenses.
It's those elements that you can hear and feel rattling inside when you
shake an AF lens ;-)
Now seriously. It's a feature used to focus a lens by moving an
internal optical group instead
Brendan wrote:
Oh come on Frakie, it's not that bad. There is always
worse out there, cheer up and be glad you don't look
like me :D
The always modest Brendan... Say, you got some flak on usefilm lately,
didn't you ? ;-) You asked for it ;-)
cheers,
caveman
Arnold,
I agree with you. The 85mm f2 is a sweet lens. Perhaps it's the
size/weight, perhaps it's the extra light for focusing, but some of my favorite
portraits
were taken with it. It was so easy to sit around the dining room table and
shoot family candids. No flash, no fuss, just some
Yup I asked for that flak and it helps, see I don't
mind being beaten up by a photographer ( you should
see how BRUTAL Aaron is on my work ) but I detest it
when it's a model who says it's better to stick her
A$$ in the air and spread you know where to get a good
shot ( and I quickly run away when
Nice shot, I like it. I should be picking up my slides this weekend to see
if I got anything. It was a bit dark to be using trap focus for macros, but
you never know...
I have a 70-210 f4 A series I'll loan you the next time we get together. I
just measured it and it's 26 oz. and 7 long. One
-Original Message-
From: Artur Ledchowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
5) the AF/MF clutch in the SMC FA* 24/2 AL (IF) - I held
this lens once and
didn't notice any AF/MF switch (I might have missed it of
course) so where's
that clutch and what is it supposed to do?
The clutch is
Just a plain old 100mm macro lens...
Sell it to the Dental Professionals (dentists) as a pro tool at a 'special'
price (big $$$). They use it for showing the work they did and getting
approval for work they will do from the medical payment authority (insurance plan).
(Think of it like getting
Life is tough. Only thing is, the alternative is SOo boring, and you
don't get to change your mind.
Girlfriends can be replaced. Bicycles can be replaced. Cameras can be
replaced. Jobs can be replaced...
Listen to me! I mean someone has to, I never do grin.
Ciao,
Graywolf
Brendan wrote:
Yup I asked for that flak and it helps, see I don't
mind being beaten up by a photographer ( you should
see how BRUTAL Aaron is on my work ) but I detest it
when it's a model who says it's better to stick her
A$$ in the air and spread you know where to get a good
shot (
Don't know about the M and K bellows. I have an Auto Bellows A and can't
see how it supports the A-series lenses. There are no electrical contacts
between the front stage of the bellows and the back stage of the bellows. I don't
see how the M or K bellows are any different. I have a
5) the AF/MF clutch in the SMC FA* 24/2 AL (IF) - I held this lens once and
didn't notice any AF/MF switch (I might have missed it of course) so
where's
that clutch and what is it supposed to do?
Just pull the focus ring. :-)
regards,
Alan Chan
You missed the clutch. It is incorporated into the focus ring. Push the
focus ring forward 1/8th inch and the clutch disengages, you can see the words
Auto Focus on the lens barrel, and the focus ring does nothing to focus the
lens. Pull it back towards the camera by 1/8 th inch and you can
This lens doesn't automatically stop down when you take the picture.
Put a normal f2 lens on your camera, turn it to f8 and you still have a
bright viewfinder, but the lens will stop down to f8 when you take the picture.
Put the K28/3.5 shift lens on the camera. Turn the shift lens to f8 to
i use these as add-on plugins to Photoshop, not as built into the scanner. the plugins
have more control than the settings built into the scanner software on my Nikon
Coolscan 4000ED.
Herb
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From: Butch Black [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday,
Brendan wrote:
... but I detest it
when it's a model who says it's better to stick her
A$$ in the air and spread you know where to get a good
shot
Well, it largely depends on the audience to tell what a good shot is or
not. A porn website editor or user would qualify your usefilm shots as
pure
Just returned to USA from Italy. GREAT.
If my info is redundant, I apologize.
Contacted Pentax USA.
They stated.
1) *ist to ship in several weeks.
2) BG-20 to ship probably a month later.
3) *istD to ship August/September
4) grip for *istD seems to be up in the air. Asked, grip?
Summation:
Does this lens vignette with regular thickness CPL? I am about to buy a HOYA
HMC CPL 58mm for my 31. Any experience welcome. :-)
regards,
Alan Chan
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Some of the specialized Dental or Medical lenses I have seen, are in fact
just like an 100 mm macro lens optically. However, many have a built in
flash that surrounds the lens to allow flat lighting for the subject. This
would be like buying a regular 100 macro lens and an AF 140C flash that
Since I was speaking of usefilm... this one is really
http://www.usefilm.com/showphoto.php?id=147542
Bwahahahahahahahaha ROTFLMAO
Thats Photoshop for ya,
--- Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I
was speaking of usefilm... this one is
really
http://www.usefilm.com/showphoto.php?id=147542
Bwahahahahahahahaha ROTFLMAO
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Brendan wrote:
Thats Photoshop for ya,
No objection, it's too obvious to suspect him of trying to cheat. I
liked the idea ;-)
cheers,
caveman
- Original Message -
From: Brendan
Subject: Re: OT: a very bad week!-was: good things come in threes
Yup I asked for that flak and it helps, see I don't
mind being beaten up by a photographer ( you should
see how BRUTAL Aaron is on my work ) but I detest it
when it's a model who
On 30 May 2003 at 16:34, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
The Altoids tin does make an ideal case, as it's
cheap, exactly the right size, and strong enough to protect the camera
from littlebumps and scrapes without making it too big for you
smallest pocket.
Dan
I already wondered where to put
On 30 May 2003 at 16:34, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
The Altoids tin does make an ideal case, as it's
cheap, exactly the right size, and strong enough to protect the
camera from littlebumps and scrapes without making it too big for
you smallest pocket.
Dan
I already wondered where to put
T Rittenhouse wrote:
Life is tough. Only thing is, the alternative is SOo boring, and you
don't get to change your mind.
Girlfriends can be replaced. Bicycles can be replaced. Cameras can be
replaced. Jobs can be replaced...
I'll go along with part of that...but...
I once had a
After what serial number does it become the A version thanks
I like the idea to, now one of these days I will see a
cloud like that but I won't have my camera.
--- Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan
wrote:
Thats Photoshop for ya,
No objection, it's too obvious to suspect him of
trying to cheat. I
liked the idea ;-)
cheers,
caveman
Ok now I'm confused.
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Brendan
Subject: Re: OT: a very bad week!-was: good things
come in threes
Yup I asked for that flak and it helps, see I
don't
mind being beaten up by a photographer ( you
should
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2932155521category=46
87
seems to have te same specs
- Original Message -
From: KANGA
Subject: pentax smc 15mm A
After what serial number does it become the A version thanks
NCC 1701
WW
After what serial number does it become the A version thanks
Gee, maybe I'm missing something here, but wouldn't the easiest way
to tell an A 15/3.5 from a K 15/3.5 be to look at the markings (or
to look for the A setting on the aperture ring, or to look for the
electrical contacts on the mount
After what serial number does it become the A version thanks
NCC 1701
Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk...
Fred
Boy, I forgot it's Friday. No, not a FS joke, something different this time:
http://www.usefilm.com/showphoto.php?id=147572
Before you protest: it's an orchid. Well, a very small part of it.
cheers,
caveman ;-)
At 06:20 PM 5/30/2003 -0400, Bill Sawyer wrote:
Nice shot, I like it. I should be picking up my slides this weekend to see
if I got anything. It was a bit dark to be using trap focus for macros, but
you never know...
Thanks - that was taken with the 20-35 f4. Can be a wickedly sharp lens at
- Original Message -
From: Fred
Subject: Re: pentax smc 15mm A
After what serial number does it become the A version thanks
Gee, maybe I'm missing something here, but wouldn't the easiest way
to tell an A 15/3.5 from a K 15/3.5 be to look at the markings (or
to look for the A
http://www3.telus.net/wlachan/31.jpg
To those who have this lens, could you check your lens and see if yours look
the same as the picture shown above? I was doing some cleaning and forgot
the orientation of the metal ring underneath the 1st element. The picture
shown on the US Pentax web site
I wish I were that lucky...
Mishka
Do bad things come in threes too?
Got dumped last weekend.
Thanks, Dave - looks like it does pretty well.
Maybe someday Pentax will come out with a line of lightweight f4 constant
aperture zooms, bucking the f2.8 tradition. Making them all the same filter
size would also be nice. Hight quality optics at half the wieght (and
probably half the
On 30 May 2003 at 19:41, Alan Chan wrote:
http://www3.telus.net/wlachan/31.jpg
To those who have this lens, could you check your lens and see if yours look the
same as the picture shown above? I was doing some cleaning and forgot the
orientation of the metal ring underneath the 1st element.
Rob Studdert wrote:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~geroc/P5315090m.jpg
Gee, Rob, there's a lot of dust on yours, you should send it to me for
some cleaning ;-)
cheers,
caveman
I'm with you Arnold... But let's keep it our little secret and we can pick up
another 85F2 when someone reads the negative posts, believes them and sells
the lens for half of what it's worth..LOL..
Vic
In a message dated 5/30/03 3:58:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
in the areas just
If you want I can send you a YipYap tin, much cooler than Altoids,
breath mints for dogs. (Ok it's a bit silly but...).
At 01:41 AM 5/31/2003 +0200, you wrote:
On 30 May 2003 at 16:34, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
The Altoids tin does make an ideal case, as it's
cheap, exactly the right size, and
Mark Cassino wrote:
And while we're at it, a couple of birds from yesterday and today:
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/green_heron.jpg
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/warbler01.jpg
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/warbler02.jpg
My fav is warbler01.jpg
The tokina is a 28 to 200, (all four versions I think). It's as close to
the sigma as to the tokina.
At 10:45 AM 5/31/2003 +0930, you wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2932155521category=46
87
seems to have te same specs
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
The always modest Brendan... Say, you got some flak
on usefilm lately,
didn't you ? ;-) You asked for it ;-)
cheers,
caveman
Got some from Val too Brendan,but he was nice. lol
Thanks Cave.
Dave
I too made the effort - here in Durham (N.E. England), we got a
theoretical maximum of about 92% eclipsed at sun-rise. For once, it was
beautifully cloud free, but heavy haze meant that the sun slowly
appeared a few minutes after sunrise, as a deep red, thin crescent. My
site was a few
Subject: Re: 135 macro for 6x7 ??
Any idea of the used value these days.
They seem to go for $300-$450 on ebay.
I paid $400 for mine (mint) there but I have
definitely seen some of them sell for less.
JCO
Thanks Bill and JCO.
I
, i find that the Photoshop
Autocolors does an acceptable job.
Herb
Sometimes ,when i have the wrong WB set on the D1,will shooting horses in doors,i have
to
really
adjust,usually blue,the tint.
I find in this case that PS elements work
i believe that these are nearly identical tools in the two programs.
Herb
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 03:50
Subject: Re: Provia 100F bluish color cast
, i find that the Photoshop
Autocolors does an
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Contacted Pentax USA.
They stated.
1) *ist to ship in several weeks.
In Sweden, the *ist is scheduled for marketing introduction after midsummer
week - that is, at the end of June. They may get it earlier. According to
Pentax U.K, the *ist will arrive in mid June.
3)
HAR! Thanks for a good one, Ann.
Well, about an hour after I posted my whiney posts last evening, I broke
the carafe from my coffee maker. Luckily, it wasn't one of my lovely
1940's Silex vacuum coffee makers (that would have been devastating!), but
the carafe hit the tiled floor, and exploded,
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