Anybody interested in AOHC membership No.500?

2003-07-01 Thread Dario Bonazza 2
Hi friends, Since AOHC member No. 499 just joined the club, next member will be No. 500. I wanted to let you know that, so that in case anybody is interested in getting such a "round" number... For those of you who don't know AOHC, please visit www.aohc.it Cheers, Dario Bonazza www.aohc.it www.da

*ist D was not production type :-(

2003-07-01 Thread Dario Bonazza 2
Hi friends, I forgot to tell you that the *ist D on show at Pentax Day last June 22 was not production type :-( To be more precise, the hardware was production type for sure (including a standard serial number), nice finished and working well (as opposed to that on show at PhotoShow last March), b

Some more (digital) pictures in my website

2003-07-01 Thread Dario Bonazza 2
Hi all. For those who have a few minutes to get rid of, I added some pictures to my web gallery: http://www.dariobonazza.com/galle.htm Those taken in Padua (http://www.dariobonazza.com/padovae.htm) were all shot using the Optio 550, with the only exception of the "stripes and Lancia", shot with my

Re: Bird Photos

2003-07-01 Thread Eactivist
>Stop in if you have the chance - >http://www.markcassino.com >- MCC Wow! Fantastic photos! I've only read about 1 1/2 essays, but good essays too. Lots of helpful information. Because my next question was going to be what lens, but it's all there. You know, I have a bird photo I thought wasn

Re: Re: Got the MZ-S afterall

2003-07-01 Thread Dario Bonazza 2
The green dots match well :-) Dario Bonazza www.aohc.it - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:37 AM Subject: Re: Re: Got the MZ-S afterall > > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > I don't think they match very well. The 77

Re: Re: Got the MZ-S afterall

2003-07-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 1 Jul 2003 at 9:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > I don't think they match very well. The 77 would look much better on my > > > LX > > > > > > DagT > > > > > > > one vote for 77 black on MZ-S ^^ > > http://home.pchome.com.tw/personal/kimlee123/7.jpg >

Re: Re: Got the MZ-S afterall

2003-07-01 Thread dagt
> Fra: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 1 Jul 2003 at 9:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > I don't think they match very well. The 77 would look much better on my > > > > LX > > > > > > > > DagT > > > > > > > > > > one vote for 77 black on

Creep No More

2003-07-01 Thread Anton Browne
I have fashioned an inexpensive solution to my LX creeping when positioned vertically on a tripod with a 300 or similar heavy lens. I use Manffrotto quick release hex plates. On these plates there are some redundant holes (I'm sure they are there for a reason but I haven't discovered one - apart

Re: Got the MZ-S afterall

2003-07-01 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Dag, On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 9:19:30 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Just got it today, so I have only been playing and studying a bit, >> but if you always wondered what an MZ-S with the grip and >> a nice 77mm Limited in BLACK looks like, see: >> >> http://www.dfsee.com/gallery/mz-s-77b.

BG-20

2003-07-01 Thread MacBurt
Monday 6/30/03 Pentax USA said it has supply of BG-20 battery grips and will ship to dealers in "a week or so." Also stated re the *ist D: 1) Will ship the end of August/September. 2) There is, as yet, no name for "the battery grip." 3) There will be "a list of great accessories" announced this s

*ist-D 'reviewed' on AP website

2003-07-01 Thread Camdir
In the 'Pentax Forum' section, someone from Dunne & Randle has something to say. Kind regards

Re: *ist-D 'reviewed' on AP website

2003-07-01 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 01.07.03 11:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In the 'Pentax Forum' section, someone from Dunne & Randle has something to > say. > Can we ask you for link? I don't even know AP website adress... -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Creep No More

2003-07-01 Thread Lon Williamson
There's another way, as well. Bogen sells "architectural plates" in both the big hex size and the smaller 35mm rectangular size. These plates both have an adjustable metal lip that grabs your camera. I bought a few in the smaller size for my 3030 head and found I had to unscrew the metal lip and

RE: *ist-D 'reviewed' on AP website

2003-07-01 Thread Rob Brigham
http://www.amateurphotographer.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showpost.pl?Board= Pentax&Number=954&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5 Jack is also quite active on dpreview, but I havent seen this posted there. Hope the link works without logging in... > -Original Message- > From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [mai

Re: Creep No More

2003-07-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 1 Jul 2003 at 8:29, Anton Browne wrote: > I have fashioned an inexpensive solution to my LX creeping when positioned > vertically on a tripod with a 300 or similar heavy lens. I use Manffrotto quick > release hex plates. On these plates there are some redundant holes (I'm sure > they are there

Re: Cutting roll of film

2003-07-01 Thread Lon Williamson
I'll only add this: scissors work fine, just make sure they are sharp. You don't want curled or crumpled film edges affecting film flatness. Peter Alling wrote: Scissors? Just cut between the frames. At 05:17 PM 6/30/03 -0500, you wrote: I have an uncut roll of film that I want to scan, but of

Re: Is the MZ-S only fo amateurs?

2003-07-01 Thread Lon Williamson
Hey, I can make an MX look pro: 1) attatch a winder 2) put on a K 135 f2.5 3) attach a flash bracket to the winder 4) put an AF280T with telephoto adapter on the flash Works every time. Or: carry and use a tripod. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A guy wanted me to point him to a wedding photographer. No

Re: OT: Barebones Darkroom

2003-07-01 Thread Lon Williamson
For scanning you are also gonna need a big blower brush or canned air or antistatic cloth or antistatic brush. Dust is amazing when scanning. Christopher Comer wrote: Hey everyone, I ordered a film scanner on the cheap and I would like to put together a pseudo darkroom. I'd like to be able

Re: *ist-D 'reviewed' on AP website

2003-07-01 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 01.07.03 11:53, Rob Brigham at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://www.amateurphotographer.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showpost.pl?Board= > Pentax&Number=954&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5 > > Jack is also quite active on dpreview, but I havent seen this posted > there. > > Hope the link works without l

Re: Creep No More

2003-07-01 Thread Herb Chong
that's cheap only if you have already bought into a Manfrotto with their hex quick release system. the least expensive head is already more than he was going to pay, let alone tripod legs that take the head. Herb - Original Message - From: "Anton Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EM

Re: OT: The end of history

2003-07-01 Thread Lon Williamson
To make this slightly more On Topic: I just downloaded a copy of Henry Wilhelm's boook (70 some MB) about film longevity. Henry's on an ANSI committe specifying how to rate longevity. Man does he swing at Kodak, not only for film, but for paper as well. Interesting, if depressing, reading. Bob

Re: Vertical creep...

2003-07-01 Thread Lon Williamson
Jim, I was on the THK (Slik distributor, USA) site the other day, and while Slik has a whole raft of new 'pods, I did not see anything specifically to stabilize vertical shots. I have and use a Slik 300DX, and its head is designed so that I can clamp a small vice-grip to the head to stabilize in v

now this in a k mount would be on so nice

2003-07-01 Thread kanga
http://www.horsemanusa.com/pd_frame09.html

Re: eyecups

2003-07-01 Thread Lon Williamson
These things come up on Ebay from time to time. Round, circular, and rubber, from some no-name manufacturere. Alan Chan wrote: Perhaps the good old round shape eyecup M? I don't know if it fits but you can still find them new. regards, Alan Chan I am looking for a good eyecup for the mz-s (and zx

Re: Re: Got the MZ-S afterall

2003-07-01 Thread Lukasz Kacperczyk
> > If you give it to me I'll show you how great it would look on the LX :-) > > It would look a bit like this (much nicer then on the MZ-S IMHO :-) > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~geroc/P3032974m.jpg You keep posting such pictures here, and I'll put you in my "killfile" ;-))) Regards, Lukasz

Re: now this in a k mount would be on so nice

2003-07-01 Thread Hans Imglueck
Hi, that don't impress me much ... - autofocus? - TTL flash? - MLU? -> the *ist D will be much better and cheaper. Regards, Hans. --- "kanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >http://www.horsemanusa.com/pd_frame09.html _ 23a mail ___

RE: Weddings and foodservice, Re: ouch

2003-07-01 Thread Blivit4
Just about all the weddings I've been on had 9 hrs of coverage in the contract. It covers most of the day from the bride getting ready to the end of the reception. It ain't just shooting a party. BR "David Chang-Sang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'll have to remember this. >The wedding I did

Re: now this in a k mount would be on so nice

2003-07-01 Thread Lon Williamson
That there thing is Butt Ugly. Hans Imglueck wrote: Hi, that don't impress me much ... - autofocus? - TTL flash? - MLU? -> the *ist D will be much better and cheaper. Regards, Hans. --- "kanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.horsemanusa.com/pd_frame09.html __

Re: Got the MZ-S afterall

2003-07-01 Thread whickersworld
Jan van Wijk wrote: > > After more than two years lusting for the MZ-S, and all the time thinking > "yes I like it, but no I do not need it", I finally bit the bullet and got one. > > If I would wait any longer they might get extinct :-) > > Just got it today, so I have only been playing and studyi

Re: UNSUBSCRIBE

2003-07-01 Thread whickersworld
Cotty wrote: > > Philippe, I admire your use of caps to reinforce a command line, but if > you really want to unsubscribe, you could try creating a Photoshop > document of a white background, size about 20 metres by about 350m metres > at 12,600 ppi and use the type tool to fill it with the word >

Re: How's Adorama For Used Equip?

2003-07-01 Thread brooksdj
> I have. > I didn't realise I had until yesterday when I was sorting through some > receipts. Reasonable shipping too. They will ship USPS unlike KEH who > charge you an arm and a leg to send it via UPS. > I bought a used Sigma 70-300 from them. I wasn't d

Re: The Pentax Lens "Look"

2003-07-01 Thread whickersworld
Bruce Rubenstein wrote: > > The Nikkor is also supposed to have some vignetting issues wide open. Bruce, All versions of the Nikkor AF 80-200mm f/2.8 have severe light fall-off. At worst it is about 1.7 stops but it never falls below 0.7 stops. It's otherwise a fine lens, but such high figures

Re: OT: Barebones Darkroom

2003-07-01 Thread brooksdj
That being said,Brendan Bhagan has a tool he says really sucks up the dust.He uses a hair dressers tool for fluffing hair(and is static)He told me it really pulls dust from the negative. I just dont remember what type it was or were he bought it.(I want one too) Brendan,you out there.:) Dave

Re: The Pentax Lens "Look"

2003-07-01 Thread whickersworld
Marnie aka Doe wrote: > > I was really intrigued by these comments. I wonder if you (or someone) could > clarify that. What IS the Pentax "look?" Meaning the result -- the pictures. > And I don't mean flare or lack of it, and/or specifically bokeh, because bokeh > discussion is another thread and

Re: How's Adorama For Used Equip?

2003-07-01 Thread Richard Klein
I've just ordered my first lens from Adorama, a used Pentax-m 75-150/4.0 Lens *49mm in ex+ condition. This will be the first lens I've ever bought; previously I only had the lens that came with my SF-10 (35-70/3.5-4.5, I think). I'll write again after it arrives. -Rich Worcester, MA, U

Re: PUG "July" is open

2003-07-01 Thread Kristian-H. Schuessler
Hallo Adelheid, Urlaub, Du Glückliche ... aber ich war in diesem Jahr immerhin in Oer-Erkenschwiek bei Augenblicke V (drf) und habe anschließend das Schlachtfeld der Varus-Schlacht der Germanen gegen die Römer in Kalkriese (den Ort muß man nicht kennen) besucht und vor allem a

OT: NYC PDML

2003-07-01 Thread Herb Chong
i've had an urge to be at another NYC PDML but i have been thinking about a field trip to the Boscobel Restoration in Cold Spring. anyone interested, please contact me off list. no, there isn't a date set yet. Boscobel is a too far from the Cold Spring Train station to walk, but there there are

Little photo essay on tobacco shacks

2003-07-01 Thread Pentxuser
If anyone is interested. We have these tobacco shacks about an hour away from where I live. They are particularly photogenic and I have a little collection of images scanned in. They are used for drying the Tobacco before shipping it out. The are slowly being replaced with more modern shacks or

ME Super mirror lock-up

2003-07-01 Thread Girts
Hi, PDML! Today received my ME Super, from a seller on ebay and I have a small problem for which I can't find the cause. The camera works great with the lens it came with (M 50/1:2) - the shutter fires and mirror goes up and down for all apertures and all speeds. With my A 50/1.7 there are pro

Re: Cutting roll of film

2003-07-01 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
Turns out my ex-girlfriend took my barber scissors with her, so I used my mustache scissors - it took 2 cuts, though. Maris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I use my vintage rusty old unsharp scissors. They give a soft edge to > the film so I avoid cutting myself when mounting the slides. Also, > when

RE: ME Super mirror lock-up

2003-07-01 Thread Paul Ewins
This is not the "sticky mirror" problem that the LX suffers from, but yes, it is probably caused by the foam below the focussing screen starting to deteriorate. Had the same sort of problem on one of my MXs, the mirror would swing up and get stuck on the foam. It shouldn't cost too much to get it r

Re: ME Super mirror lock-up

2003-07-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I think the best idea would be to submit your newly acquired ME Super to CLA... And of course it has to be a foam around that screw, if I understood correctly your explanation... Boris

Re: Creep No More

2003-07-01 Thread Anton Browne
>that's cheap only if you have already bought into a Manfrotto with their hex quick >release system. the least expensive head is already more than he was going to pay, >let >alone tripod legs that take the head. Very true but I was posting for others who may have a problem as well. That said I'

Re: Little photo essay on tobacco shacks

2003-07-01 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
I like them! Maris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If anyone is interested. We have these tobacco shacks about an hour > away from where I live. They are particularly photogenic and I have a > little collection of images scanned in. They are used for drying the > Tobacco before shipping it out. The ar

Re: Color Printing & The Callier Effect - formerly Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V03 #577

2003-07-01 Thread Anthony Farr
John, The Callier Effect is a real phenomenon written up in photography texts since before I was born (which wasn't yesterday). The essential aspect of it is that the scattering it describes is from the solid grains of silver in b&w emulsions. The dyes in colour films are transparent (except to

Re: ME Super mirror lock-up

2003-07-01 Thread Girts
yes, it is probably caused by the foam below the focussing screen starting to deteriorate. It's not like it has deteriorated, it's more like there is NO foam, except small traces that suggest that there had been some foam. When the mirror is up, there is a small gap between the mirror and the up

Re: Digital vs. film again (was Re: I Am Pissed!)

2003-07-01 Thread Anthony Farr
Suppression of dust and scratches is enhanced by diffusion, and has nothing to do with the characteristics of the image itself. regards, Anthony Farr - Original Message - From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Anthony Farr wrote: > > Colour film > > looks the same to the enlarging lens

RE: Got the MZ-S afterall

2003-07-01 Thread tom
-Original Message- > From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > "Jan van Wijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >After more than two years lusting for the MZ-S, and all > the time thinking > >"yes I like it, but no I do not need it", I finally bit > the bullet and got one. > > > >If

Last call for Mini-LPDML meet

2003-07-01 Thread Cotty
Last call for a Mini-London PDML meet tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at The Tate Modern gallery 7.30~8.00pm, near Southwark Bridge on the south bank of the Thames, London. Featuring an International appearance by Jostein, special guest star Bob W from Greenwich, and a bit of hanging-on from yours tru

OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-01 Thread Cotty
This from DPReview on the UK pricing of the E-1 DSLR from Olympus: "Olympus UK has today confirmed that the body only list price of the E- 1 digital SLR (including 17.5% VAT) will be £1699.99. This means that at least initially the E-1 will be approximately £200 more than a Nikon D100 and

Re: Little photo essay on tobacco shacks

2003-07-01 Thread Bill Owens
Wow, those sure are fancy ones compared to what we see here in North Carolina. Bill - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 8:59 AM Subject: Little photo essay on tobacco shacks > If anyone is interested. We have these tobacco

Re: NYC PDML

2003-07-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fascinating. There's a town back in Wisconsin by the name of Boscobel. But I've never known the history of the name. Got any info? Collin * Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:38:27 -0400 From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> i've had an urge to be

Re: ME Super mirror lock-up

2003-07-01 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Girts a écrit: yes, it is probably caused by the foam below the focussing screen starting to deteriorate. It's not like it has deteriorated, it's more like there is NO foam, except small traces that suggest that there had been some foam. When the mirror is up, there is a small gap between the

Re: Bird Photos

2003-07-01 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Monday 30 June 2003 22:02, Mark Cassino wrote: > http://www.markcassino.com Ok, Mark, where did this one come from? It's like the sesame Street game: "Which of these things doesn't belong" http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/birds/0204b03.htm Christian PS: awesome photos!

RE: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-01 Thread David Chang-Sang
Even if the *ist D is in the price range of the 10D (not "D10"), it won't make too much of a difference. Canon already has a "Rebel D" in the works. They are announcing it sometime this fall. A "consumer" based DSLR with a smaller feature set and not as robust a body as the 10D. Price? $800 USD Str

Re: Re: Got the MZ-S afterall

2003-07-01 Thread Peter Alling
I love the grip, I just can't seem to keep a camera that I use that shiny. At 06:05 PM 7/1/03 +1000, Rob wrote: On 1 Jul 2003 at 9:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~geroc/P3032974m.jpg Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Full story: > > > >I agree that it is too high. Time will tell. That *ist D has to be well >into D10 territory. Has to be. Olympus is going to be under much more price pressure than Pentax simply because th

Beta testers needed for my web site

2003-07-01 Thread Mark Roberts
I've just done a revision of my web site but I've only been able to test it on the PC versions of MSIE 5.5 and Mozilla (5.0 I think) so far. I'd appreciate bug/problem reports from those with other browsers, Mac and PC. http://www.robertstech.com I'm slowly migrating things over to style sheets fo

Digital GEM (not an advertisement)

2003-07-01 Thread Joseph Tainter
I bought Digital GEM from Applied Science Fiction a couple of months ago. It required that one use small fonts in Windows, which made everything else on my 17" monitor hard to read. I asked the company about this. They have presumably had multiple queries about this nuisance because they said t

Re: OT: NYC PDML

2003-07-01 Thread gfen
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, gfen wrote: > Count me as interested, but I have no idea where this is, and am too busy > to really look into it, now. I also think that the fact I have to bus into > NYC and from there move on will probably make this an impossibility. But, > feel free to keep me posted, regardl

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-01 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
You say Canon announced the RebelD, or this is just a rumor? I saw the dpreview forum - it seems like a rumor for me. Alex Sarbu - Original Message - From: "David Chang-Sang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:46 PM Subject: RE: OT - DPReview repor

Re: *ist-D 'reviewed' on AP website

2003-07-01 Thread Rüdiger Neumann
Hallo there is a new think, it will work with the 330 Flash. So, it will also work in TTL mode and no only in P-TTL mode. You can use the not only the 360, it will also work wiht the 550 flash. The Nikon D100 had to buy new flashes. Regards Rüdiger From: Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

2003-07-01 Thread Rüdiger Neumann
Hallo Dario, is there something new about the K-mount. Will it work in the same way as the analog *ist with all the restrictions? regards Rüdiger From: Dario Bonazza >Hi friends, > >I forgot to tell you that the *ist D on show at Pentax Day last June 22 was >not production type :-( >To be more

Re: Little photo essay on tobacco shacks

2003-07-01 Thread Peter Alling
Or the Connecticut river valley for that matter. At 12:33 PM 7/1/03 -0400, you wrote: Wow, those sure are fancy ones compared to what we see here in North Carolina. Bill - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 8:59 AM Subject: Li

Re: Bird Photos

2003-07-01 Thread Joseph Tainter
Lovely, Mark. I wish we had such accessible birds here in the desert. Of course I know that you worked hard to get these. Joe

Re: NYC PDML

2003-07-01 Thread Herb Chong
i gather Boscobel is a name from somewhere in England. Herb - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:34 Subject: Re: NYC PDML > Fascinating. > There's a town back in Wisconsin by the name of Boscobel. > But I've never kno

Another great zoom lens (FA645 150-300/5.6 ED IF)

2003-07-01 Thread Pål Jensen
I have now seen the result this lens produce and it is quite simply sharp at all apertures and at every focal lenght. Bokeh is perhaps a bit "busy". This lens is a no brainer when it comes to 645 telephoto lenses if you don't need faster lenses. No wonder zoom lenses are popular these days. Pen

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

2003-07-01 Thread Pål Jensen
Dario wrote: To be more precise, the hardware was production type for sure (including a standard serial number), nice finished and working well REPLY: What finish? Is it plastic or magnesium? Pål

Pentax Energizer bunny

2003-07-01 Thread Pål Jensen
Must be the 645NII. I've now shot 40 rolls with low battery warning. I just replaced the batteries to be on the safe side; it was still clicking along. I've noticed that film transport speed increased significantly with new batteries. I don't bother with spares anymore; batteries last forever an

Re: NYC PDML

2003-07-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Where is Cold Spring? "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > Fascinating. > There's a town back in Wisconsin by the name of Boscobel. > But I've never known the history of the name. > Got any info? > > Collin > > * > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:38:27 -04

Re: Beta testers needed for my web site

2003-07-01 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
Looking good, Mark. On a PC running Win98SE the site works fine under IE 6.0, Mozilla Firebird 0.5, Opera 7.11, Netscape 4.8, and Netscape 7.0 The photos are wonderful BTW! Maris Mark Roberts wrote: > I've just done a revision of my web site but I've only been able to > test it on the PC versio

Re: NYC PDML

2003-07-01 Thread Herb Chong
click on http://www.boscobel.org and then Directions. tentatively July 12. time to be determined. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 13:37 Subject: Re: NYC PDML > Where is Cold Spring? >

Re: Beta testers needed for my web site

2003-07-01 Thread Keith Whaley
Excellent job, Mark! I am running a beige Mac G3, OS 9.2.1, Netscape Communicator 4.79 (Mozilla 4.79 (Macintosh; U; PPC)), monitor at resolution 832 x 624, measured screen display size is 9 3/8" x 12 3/4" (17" nominal monitor size.) All of the windows open filling the screen side to side, top to bo

Re: Pentax Energizer bunny

2003-07-01 Thread Keith Whaley
What brand (and type and size) WERE the batteries, Pål? keit hwhaley Pål Jensen wrote: > > Must be the 645NII. I've now shot 40 rolls with low battery warning. I just replaced > the batteries to be on the safe side; it was still clicking along. I've noticed that > film transport speed increase

OT: Cold Spring Trivia

2003-07-01 Thread Herb Chong
Cold Spring, NY was famous in the 19th century for a number of things. in what Jules Verne book do experts from Cold Spring get called in to consult on the creation of an object very important to the plot of the story? Herb

Re: Image Stabilization

2003-07-01 Thread Joshua Hakin
Post more of the pretty lady!!! ;-) On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 02:05 AM, tom wrote: Sorry, I'll get some better stuff tomorrow. tv -Original Message- From: Brendan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom do I have to give you a leason on composition now? --- tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G

Re: *ist D and a new flash unit from Pentax

2003-07-01 Thread Steve Desjardins
I though we agreed that the *ist (no the *ist D) was entry level. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/30/03 03:25AM >>> Why!? As we learnt here, *ist d is a

Re: Got the MZ-S afteral

2003-07-01 Thread Cameron Hood
Any pics of a CHROME MZ-S with Chrome Limiteds out there? C.

Re: Beta testers needed for my web site

2003-07-01 Thread Ken Archer
Looks good in Mozilla 1.1 in Linux. On Tuesday 01 July 2003 04:56 pm, Mark Roberts wrote: > I've just done a revision of my web site but I've only been able to > test it on the PC versions of MSIE 5.5 and Mozilla (5.0 I think) so > far. I'd appreciate bug/problem reports from those with other > br

Re: Image Stabilization

2003-07-01 Thread Brendan
Oh geez here we go again. --- Joshua Hakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Post more of the pretty lady!!! ;-) > > > On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 02:05 AM, tom wrote: > > > Sorry, I'll get some better stuff tomorrow. > > > > tv > > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Brendan [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Bird Photos

2003-07-01 Thread Ken Archer
Fantastic shots, Mark, but then I'm not surprised. On Tuesday 01 July 2003 02:02 am, Mark Cassino wrote: > I jut put up my July website update, and have added some new bird > photos plus a little essay on photographing songbirds. -- Ken Archer Canine Photography San Antonio, Texas "Business Is G

Re: Pentax Energizer bunny

2003-07-01 Thread fastpat
Batteries continue after the low battery warning? Must be nice. On the MZ-5n and MZ-S, the camera stops when the low battery warning appears. It's more like a dead battery warning. Pat White

Re: *ist D and a new flash unit from Pentax

2003-07-01 Thread Mark Roberts
"Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I though we agreed that the *ist (no the *ist D) was entry level. Some people on this list think so, but Pentax regards the ZX-M and ZX-60 as their entry-level cameras and the *ist as the replacement for the ZX-5n and ZX-7 mid-level cameras. -- M

Re: BG-20

2003-07-01 Thread Alan Chan
3) There will be "a list of great accessories" announced this summer. Nothing better than a high power full feature AF-???FGZ. regards, Alan Chan _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=

Re: Got the MZ-S afteral

2003-07-01 Thread Feroze Kistan
Try: http://www.pentax-fan.jp/BODY/MZS.html Feroze - Original Message - From: "Cameron Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:33 PM Subject: Re: Got the MZ-S afteral > > Any pics of a CHROME MZ-S with Chrome Limiteds out there? > > C. > >

RE: Beta testers needed for my web site

2003-07-01 Thread Butch Black
Only skimmed through but seems to work fine in IE 6 BUTCH Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hess (Demian)

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've confirmed this with a good source. It is not a rumour to the best of my knowledge. If my source has been lead astray by Canon Canada then he should have not confirmed my questions. Cheers Dave Original Message: - From: Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 1 J

Re: Pentax Energizer bunny

2003-07-01 Thread Bob Blakely
...more like a dead battery announcement. Regards, Bob... --- "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin From: "fastpat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Batteries continue after the low battery warning? Must be nice.

Re: Beta testers needed for my web site

2003-07-01 Thread Cotty
>I've just done a revision of my web site but I've only been able to test >it on the PC versions of MSIE 5.5 and Mozilla (5.0 I think) so far. I'd >appreciate bug/problem reports from those with other browsers, Mac and >PC. http://www.robertstech.com Looks nice, mouse-overs work fine, colours are

Re: Last call for Mini-LPDML meet

2003-07-01 Thread Cotty
>> Last call for a Mini-London PDML meet tomorrow > >I don't think I'll *quite* make it there by tomorrow (private jet in the >shop, >etc. etc.) ... but a trip to London is still on the radar (albeit a faint >signal at this point) for some time in July. I have some important meetings >stacked u

Re: NYC PDML

2003-07-01 Thread Cotty
>i gather Boscobel is a name from somewhere in England. Herb, I just put a search in on my Route 66 Britain 2002 (streetfinder) for Boscobel, which I ahve never heard of and it found a stately hoem called: Boscobel House and the Royal Oak, Stafford, Bishopswood, GB HTH Cheers, Cotty ___/\_

Re: NYC PDML

2003-07-01 Thread Herb Chong
the tour of the Boscobel in Cold Spring doesn't mention why it is named that, only that the builder of the mansion named it that. it was completed around 1808. the guy who built the mansion worked as head accountant in the quartermaster's office for the British Army in America during the war and

Re: Cutting roll of film

2003-07-01 Thread Lon Williamson
I'm glad you are still in one piece. Maris V. Lidaka Sr. wrote: Turns out my ex-girlfriend took my barber scissors with her, so I used my mustache scissors - it took 2 cuts, though. Maris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use my vintage rusty old unsharp scissors. They give a soft edge to the film so I

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

2003-07-01 Thread Caveman
frank theriault wrote: Didja get to Expo 67, Steve? I lived in Montreal then, There's a nice huge Jazz Festival here in Montreal, Frank ;-) cheers ! Et bonne fête nationale !

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

2003-07-01 Thread Steve Larson
No, we went to Calgary, Banff (Lake Louise), then over to Vancouver. What a beautiful place! I was a 10 year old too. The Expo was in Montreal? That must have been cool. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PR

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

2003-07-01 Thread frank theriault
Yeah, Expo 67 was amazing! I'll tell ya about it off list sometime . OTOH, I've never been out West. Gotta see the Rockies and the Left Coast some day; I hear there are a few photo ops out there! cheers, frank Steve Larson wrote: > No, we went to Calgary, Banff (Lake Louise), then over to

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

2003-07-01 Thread Ed Matthew
"From north of the bridge", indeed! Happy Birthday Canada, from south of Lake Michigan. I have travelled in your country several times, most recently from Banff to Vancouver on the Rocky Mountain Express. It is a great country. Enjoy your holiday. Considering what our people have in common, the

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

2003-07-01 Thread frank theriault
Don't rub it in. Toronto just finished a decent enough little Jazz Fest, but it's nothing like the one in Montreal. One thing about Montreal, you guys know how to throw a party! cheers, frank Caveman wrote: > There's a nice huge Jazz Festival here in Montreal, Frank ;-) > > cheers ! Et bonne

Re: Got the MZ-S afterall

2003-07-01 Thread Stan Halpin
on 7/01/03 11:19 AM, tom at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -Original Message- >> From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> "Jan van Wijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> After more than two years lusting for the MZ-S, and all >> the time thinking >>> "yes I like it, but no I d

RE: Happy Birthday Canada

2003-07-01 Thread Nicolas Colarusso
How true FrankVIVE LE CANADA!!! Nicolas Montreal, Quebec, Canada -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: July 1, 2003 21:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Happy Birthday Canada July 1, 1867 was the day that the British North America Act was passed in

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