Re: FA* Lenses

2003-09-18 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Herb Chong a écrit: it's the focus ring. Sigma lenses mostly have the same clutch. No, the Sigma lenses haven only a semi clutch The fosus ring is disengaged, but not the body af switch. Michel

RE: An outing with an MX.

2003-09-18 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
That is exactly what I expected since I am used to the ones in the LX. I thought about battery strength, but since I took the batteries out of one of my LX I thought they would be fine in the MX. Csar Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: ukasz Kacperczyk [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: OT: Leni Reifenstahl: A giant passes away

2003-09-18 Thread John Munro
Graywolf, You wrote, ... I also find it funny but not amusing that the Jews figure somehow it is everybody else in the world's fault that they didn't have the courage to fight back while they were being killed by the millions. Everybody else should have to pay for the shame that they won't even

Re: Star lenses (was: Re: Reputable dealer?)

2003-09-18 Thread Andre Langevin
Back in the mid eighties, Minolta was popping out APO lenses faster than a welfare momma popped out babies. I queried the local rep about just how apochromatic their APO lenses were. Apparently, not as apochromatic as the designation implied. In fact, not really apochromatic at all. Just somewhat

Re: Pairs

2003-09-18 Thread Steve Larson
Ooooh, yes! I think pairs would be a wonderful theme. Can we have it? Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Pairs I smell a pairs theme coming

test

2003-09-18 Thread frank theriault
haven't seen a post in about 2 hours - something's not right... -- Hell is others -Jean Paul Sartre

Re: My own little *ist D review

2003-09-18 Thread Alan Chan
That wasn't the reason why I abandoned Nikon for Pentax, but it was probably *one* of the reasons. Now Pentax have done it, and Canon and Minolta did it a long time ago, I have nowhere to go! You can always go LEICA, the final destination... Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan

Re: OT: Pentax Image in Outdoor Photographer

2003-09-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Here's the correct URL: http://pug.komkon.org/01jul/IceFlwer.html Congratulations. Boris ===8==Original message text=== KW Well, after being advised a year ago that an image of mine was selected for KW publication in Outdoor Photographer, Your Gallery section, it

Re: Tripods usage with DSLR

2003-09-18 Thread Ramesh Kumar
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The same can be said with film. You can put a faster film in the camera (or dial up the ISO with the intention of push processing) until you get a shutter speed you think you can hand hold. Predicting the light condition of the subject is difficult,

Re: OT-Hats and Good Health-was:An outing with an MX.

2003-09-18 Thread frank theriault
Wow, Keith, You must be a doctor or something, eh? But, seriously, I know several others who have reported fewer colds once they started wearing hats once the weather gets cold. I have two theories. One is that since up to 25% of body heat is lost through the head during cold weather, a hat

RE: An outing with an MX.

2003-09-18 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
It could be that both batteries were not at full strength, but I pulled two sets out of a couple of my LXen and thought that the MX drain would be less and I would be okay. I have a battery tester. Maybe I should pull the batteries out of all my LXen and get the best pair into the MX... César

Re: Tripod use

2003-09-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
- Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try this: Put your best lens on your camera. Put a short roll of fine grained film (it doesn't matter what type) into your camera. Take pictures of the same scenen hand held, at 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, and 1/30,

Re: test

2003-09-18 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: haven't seen a post in about 2 hours - something's not right... Works here in Australia Kevin -- __ (_ \ _) ) | / /

Re: First Pano Try

2003-09-18 Thread Mark Cassino
Hi Marnie - At 02:54 PM 9/17/2003 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My eye didn't know where to go. The wide angle semi-distortion seemed to give the Pano two centers of interest, if you know what I mean -- a center of interest both left and right. Or maybe it's because you shot two river heads.

RE: An outing with an MX.

2003-09-18 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
No, actually I was talking about the LEDs. I still have to try out fresh batteries. Though it would be disappointing since my LXen have nice bright LEDs. Perchance the CLA in south Florida was not thorough I would hope that this would not me be the case since I have had quite a few

Re: Yet another *istD report ;-)

2003-09-18 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Andre, on 17 Sep 03 you wrote in pentax.list: Heiko, you have tried the normal *ist-D lens on a MZ body. Can we see a picture that shows the circle it projects on a 24 x 36 film? I have tried that. I don't have the prints yet, but the FAJ 18-35 is not a special lens for DSLRs (as the new

OT: Leni Reifenstahl: flame war starting

2003-09-18 Thread Bob S
Now stop it both of you! Tom, your comments were a bit 'over the top.' I heard Bruce say that he settle for the death of just one anti-Semite, not a nation full. Like the Chinese proverb, 'A journey of 1,000 miles begins with the first step.' Regards, Bob S. From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: An outing with an MX.

2003-09-18 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
The leds were dim and it seemed difficult to just have one led lit. It appeared that there were three lit at a time. Cesar Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: Lon Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:50 AM -- -- You say this was

Re: OT: Leni Reifenstahl: A giant passes away

2003-09-18 Thread Doug Franklin
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:39:54 -0500 (Central Daylight Time), Chris Brogden wrote: If you want a particular list member dead, can you at least tell them that off-list? Just put Bruce in your kill file and you won't have to listen to his misogynist (and otherwise offensive) ramblings. TTYL,

Re: First Pano Try

2003-09-18 Thread Rob Studdert
On 17 Sep 2003 at 14:48, Lon Williamson wrote: Apparently, any lens-body combo has an axis about which it can be panned that minimizes distortion for reconstituting panoramas. I think nodal point is part of the technical discussion. This is a thing I've read about and couldn't grasp. And,

Re: First Pano Try

2003-09-18 Thread Rob Studdert
On 17 Sep 2003 at 14:48, Lon Williamson wrote: Apparently, any lens-body combo has an axis about which it can be panned that minimizes distortion for reconstituting panoramas. I think nodal point is part of the technical discussion. This is a thing I've read about and couldn't grasp. And,

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-18 Thread Arnold Stark
In manual mode, the *ist D does stop down a K or M lens (or A/F/FA lenses that are not in A position). Only it does not meter. It is in Av mode (metered!) that a K or M lens (or A/F/FA lenses that are not in A position) does not get stopped down but stays wide open all the time (unless one

OT: US to Oz shipping assistance (around VA)

2003-09-18 Thread Rob Studdert
Hi Team, Would anyone around the area of Reston, VA be willing to receive and on-ship a small item for me? You will not be left out of pocket but you would need to be willing to contend with the minimal requirement of completing a customs declaration for O/S shipping. The item is a small and

Re: Pairs

2003-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: A pair. A pear. A pple. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk

Re: Tripods usage with DSLR

2003-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: When tripod is not available, given a choice b/w not shooting and shooting with slight noise, latter seems to decent choice. Yeah Bill, some of us *like* noise ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Tripod use

2003-09-18 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Thursday, September 18, 2003, 2:41:20 AM, you wrote: Telling these people that tripod use makes for better pictures is like talking to a brick wall. makes a change from photographing one, eh? g -- Cheers, Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tripod use

2003-09-18 Thread Anders Hultman
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Christian Skofteland wrote: To them, saying they can hand hold a 400/2.8 lens at 1/60 from the back of a pickup truck on a dirt road going 50 mph without noticeable camera shake ooh, ooh, grunt, grunt is manly and shows their tremendous skill at photography. Telling

Re: OT-Hats and Good Health-was:An outing with an MX.

2003-09-18 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, frank theriault wrote: But, seriously, I know several others who have reported fewer colds once they started wearing hats once the weather gets cold. I have two theories... I have a third theory. You catch colds from other people right? But when they see you in your

Re: UK Street Price of *ist D

2003-09-18 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 17/09/03 18:57:25 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lets' go for it. Holga on the home page and Nikon/Pentax are both 'other brands'. Chinon, surely. Which brings us neatly to another delicate question Shi-non or Chi-non? Oh Paul Stradivarius, champion of

RE: Re[2]: Ist D production samples (WAS: UK Street Price of*ist D)

2003-09-18 Thread Anders Hultman
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Rob Brigham wrote: you need PSP 8 to save the info after manipulation. i use Ulead PhotoExplorer 8 to do this work. i am sure there are freeware ones too. Typical - I got version 7!! I use the open source command line tool jhead to transfer the EXIF data from the

Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round

2003-09-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! In light of recent tripod talk the following thought occured in my mind. The smaller sensor/film is, the worse is the effect of shake. This is because even small motion of the camera while shutter is open would translate in larger effect relative to the frame size. Also, smaller

Re: Star lenses (was: Re: Reputable dealer?)

2003-09-18 Thread Camdir
As far as I am aware Pentax lenses with * designations mean nothing specific apart from being an indication that they offer premium performance for their class. So are we generally of the opinion that *ist-D is offered by the maker as giving premium performance for its' class? Given

Re: That was fast! or Posting of interesting KEH items?

2003-09-18 Thread Camdir
I know of a K 1000mm f/8 for sale here, including case wooden tripod. Shipping might be a bit of a killer though. Wasn't that one missing something important though? BTW this one will be offered on ebay end of this month if it doesn't sell at Wolverhampton (camera show 28th September).

Re: Tripod use

2003-09-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:41:20 -0400 Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill; ... Telling these people that tripod use makes for better pictures is like talking to a brick wall. They won't listen or much less, try your test. Just the fact that someone could ask What's the

Re: FA* Lenses

2003-09-18 Thread Bruce Dayton
Marnie, The FA * lenses have a wider focusing ring than regular FA lenses. This focusing ring can be pushed or pulled (it snaps into place) to switch the lens from AF to MF or MF to AF. So the basic motion is to let the lens focus using AF and then if you want to touch it up a bit, just pull

Re: OT: Leni Reifenstahl: A giant passes away

2003-09-18 Thread dagt
True, maybe we can agree that wars are made by people who KNOW they have the right to overdo the revenge... DagT Fra: Bob S [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dag, I've come to think that wars, now and thru the ages, were carried out by peoples who KNEW they were right. Regards, Bob S. From: Dag

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-18 Thread whickersworld
Chris Brogden wrote: So if the Nikon D100 will stop down an MF lens in manual mode (no meter), then it's actually a step ahead of the *istD, which won't even stop down an MF Pentax K-mount lens. That's sad. Yes, it is sad. In each case, the necessary engineering would have cost only a

Re: My own little *ist D review

2003-09-18 Thread whickersworld
Alan Chan wrote: whickersworld wrote: That wasn't the reason why I abandoned Nikon for Pentax, but it was probably *one* of the reasons. Now Pentax have done it, and Canon and Minolta did it a long time ago, I have nowhere to go! You can always go LEICA, the final destination... Well, I

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-18 Thread Bojidar_Dimitrov
Hello, Canon users must be feeling some rumblings of unease, considering that Canon's new 18-35mm lens for the Digital Rebel won't fit on their 35mm bodies Exactly so. No, not exactly so. Pentax and Nikon made a marketing decision to drop support for their oldest lenses. Canon made a

Re: Tripod use

2003-09-18 Thread Rob Studdert
On 18 Sep 2003 at 9:40, Paul Delcour wrote: Try using a tripod in a crowded room where you're supposed to catch in a flash what's goin gon and the light's really low and you have no flash. Yeah, I was having visions of me, a tripod, my camera and a mosh pit :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE

Re: My own little *ist D review

2003-09-18 Thread whickersworld
William Robb wrote: Nikon was doing this sort of thing long before the F80. I don't recall which model, it may have been the N601 from the late 1980s which would not work at all with non AI lenses, though they would mount with no problem. The F401 (N4004) had this problem, but I didn't (and

Re: Pairs

2003-09-18 Thread Rob Studdert
On 18 Sep 2003 at 8:46, mike wilson wrote: Hi, Tom wrote: However as far as I know line pairs consist of two lines with a space in the middle, when the space disappears you have hit the limit of resolution. grin So this pair consists of three things..

Re: test

2003-09-18 Thread Otis C. Wright, Jr.
Could be everyone is out there doing something in the real world. Otis Wright frank theriault wrote: haven't seen a post in about 2 hours - something's not right... -- Hell is others -Jean Paul Sartre

Re: OT: Pentax Image in Outdoor Photographer

2003-09-18 Thread whickersworld
Boris Liberman wrote: Here's the correct URL: http://pug.komkon.org/01jul/IceFlwer.html Congratulations. Seconded. Wonderful image. Well done Kenneth! John

Re: OT-Hats and Good Health-was:An outing with an MX.

2003-09-18 Thread frank theriault
So I should wear my Moroccan fez in public? Haven't done that yet, but if it's a health issue... g -frank Chris Stoddart wrote: I have a third theory. You catch colds from other people right? But when they see you in your hat (especially the Nepalese one!) they go Uh-oh, weirdo and steer

*istD and modified K/M lenses

2003-09-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I have a question to those who already held *istD in their hands or those who bought *ist. I suppose it is correct to assume that *ist and *istD behave similarly about K and M lenses. So if I were to modify K/M lens so that it would have proper contacts and transfer widest/narrowest

Big Winds

2003-09-18 Thread frank theriault
The hurricane should hit land today. Last I heard, landfall will be North Carolina. Hope you're all battened down, Tom. Anyone else in the projected path of the storm? Hope all will be okay. It's supposed to hit Ontario/Quebec here in Canada tomorrow afternoon, but hurricanes lose power once

Re: OT-Hats and Good Health-was:An outing with an MX.

2003-09-18 Thread Bob S
No brim on the fez Frank. The germs will still fall right in your face. Might as well wear the bunny ears... Regards, Bob S. From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] So I should wear my Moroccan fez in public? Haven't done that yet, but if it's a health issue...

Re: OT: FS: Pentax owner sells Leica CL

2003-09-18 Thread frank theriault
Yeah, those were sharp shots, eh Dave? I think the ones of the fishing fleet at night were some of the sharpest I've ever taken. Handheld @ 1/15th. That, of course, is another advantage of rangefinders, you can handhold them one or two shutter speeds slower without shake, as there's no mirror

Re: Re: Pairs

2003-09-18 Thread dagt
Fra: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom wrote: However as far as I know line pairs consist of two lines with a space in the middle, when the space disappears you have hit the limit of resolution. grin So this pair consists of three things.. Imagine a pair of objects with no

Re: Big Winds

2003-09-18 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Frank asked: Anyone else in the projected path of the storm? Baltimore is expecting a drenching (something like 15cm?) and dangerous winds, but I don't think the eye is supposed to pass too close. IIRC, the transition between hurricane warning and tropical storm warning is just south of

Re: *istD and modified K/M lenses

2003-09-18 Thread Bojidar_Dimitrov
Boris Liberman wrote: So if I were to modify K/M lens so that it would have proper contacts and transfer widest/narrowest aperture value to the body, would *ist(D) be able to meter in fully manual mode? If so, we might be in not so bad a shape. It is not possible to midify an SMC or

Re: Pairs

2003-09-18 Thread Keith Whaley
A space is not a definable as a 'thing.' keith mike wilson wrote: Hi, Tom wrote: However as far as I know line pairs consist of two lines with a space in the middle, when the space disappears you have hit the limit of resolution. grin So this pair consists of three

Re: Star lenses (was: Re: Reputable dealer?)

2003-09-18 Thread Steve Larson
That would certainly remove entry level wouldn`t it?! Oh Pentax god, tell us there will be a digital SLR coming that will be above entry level with K compatibility. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday,

Re: Washington DC hunkering down for the big one

2003-09-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
Got the checklist right here: - Water - Flashlight - Milk - Bread - Cabernet - Zinfandel - Chianti - Dark Rum - Brie - Crackers. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18,

Re: *istD and modified K/M lenses

2003-09-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! It is not possible to midify an SMC or SMC-M lens to behave like an SMC-A. The reason is that the former ones have a logarithmic aperture coupling and the latter a linear one. The *ist D requires linear, so even if you modify the lens mount to simulate the presence of the SMC-A contacts,

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-18 Thread Mark Roberts
whickersworld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Brogden wrote: So if the Nikon D100 will stop down an MF lens in manual mode (no meter), then it's actually a step ahead of the *istD, which won't even stop down an MF Pentax K-mount lens. That's sad. Yes, it is sad. In each case, the

Re: OT: Pentax Image in Outdoor Photographer

2003-09-18 Thread Mark Cassino
Congrats again, Ken! - MCC At 03:32 PM 9/17/2003 -0400, you wrote: Well, after being advised a year ago that an image of mine was selected for publication in Outdoor Photographer, Your Gallery section, it finally appeared in the October 2003 issue. Check out pages 80/81 of that issue - the Your

RE: Big Winds

2003-09-18 Thread Amita Guha
Anyway, all you PDMLers on the US Eastern seaboard, be safe. Thanks! I am skeptical that NYC will get anything significant. I think it will just be a hard rain and some wind. I'm thinking about going down to the waterfront to see if I can get some shots of whitecaps on the river.

Re: OT: Leni Reifenstahl: A giant passes away

2003-09-18 Thread Doug Franklin
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:20:53 -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: But of course. There's a ... damn, what's the word ... it means something that's so self-evident as to be pointless to point out ... in there somewhere. :-) Teleology? (No) ... Rats. I hate it when I can't come up with the word.

Re: Pairs

2003-09-18 Thread Rob Studdert
On 18 Sep 2003 at 5:25, Keith Whaley wrote: A space is not a definable as a 'thing.' It's not a space it's a white line and a black line Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user

Stock supposed to arrive in UK shops today...

2003-09-18 Thread Rob Brigham
Shame for them, Peter already sorted me out! Email from Cameraworld: We are still expecting the cameras and lenses to arrive today - Original Message - From: Rob Brigham To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:22 PM Subject: Pentax ist D Are these coming into

Re: Big Winds

2003-09-18 Thread Steve Desjardins
Lexington is in the path. of the storm, but since we're on the western slope of the Blue ridge Mts. the mountains will give us some protection from the winds. We could get up to 8 in of rain, however, and anything over 4 causes flooding. My house is actually too high to be directly affected,

Re: OT: Leni Reifenstahl: A giant passes away

2003-09-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:20:53 -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: But of course. There's a ... damn, what's the word ... it means something that's so self-evident as to be pointless to point out ... in there somewhere. :-) Teleology? (No) ... Rats. I hate it

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-18 Thread Alin Flaider
I have no doubt the market pressure had no influence on Pentax decision to cut the backwards mount compatibility. Mechanical aperture coupler and corresponding firmware were nothing new, P could have inherited the solutions from previous bodies just as they did with various other common

Re: OT: Washington DC hunkering down for the big one

2003-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: But take some stunning pics. Careful does it though. Wouldn't want to be outside in such wheather. It's unheard of here in the Netherlands. Worst we ever got was force 12. ...and that was a only a backfire from a bottle of Grolsch Cheers, Cotty

Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round

2003-09-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Delcour Subject: Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round I see. Well, I must say I'm not that surprised. If you take really great care to ensure a good stirdy setup, I would expect even 1/500 to show some unsharpness due to

Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round

2003-09-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round Hi! In light of recent tripod talk the following thought occured in my mind. The smaller sensor/film is, the worse is the effect of shake. This is because even

Re: Star lenses (was: Re: Reputable dealer?)

2003-09-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Andre Langevin Subject: Re: Star lenses (was: Re: Reputable dealer?) Then, some non-APO lenses might be as corrected as some (supposedly) APO lenses. My non APO Nikkors were easily as good as the APO Minotla lenses. Aren't there any norms, JCII or

RE: OT: Leni Reifenstahl: A giant passes away

2003-09-18 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:20:53 -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: But

Re: First Pano Try

2003-09-18 Thread Lon Williamson
Well I'll be dipped. Sounds like this would not be too hard to do with a two-axis Macro Rail like my Velbon. Thanks, Rob! Rob Studdert wrote: The nodal point of a lens can be tested easily if you have a mount which allows easy adjustment of the sidewards and front to back position of the camera

Re: Star lenses (was: Re: Reputable dealer?)

2003-09-18 Thread Fred
I read somewhere that the Star in the Pentax lenses stands for APO, so it should apply to the apochromatic lenses. But I may be wrong... I don't know the exact techanical differences, but Pentax Nikkor use ED, while Sigma use APO. The lens designation ED is not a definitive indication of

Re: Star lenses (was: Re: Reputable dealer?)

2003-09-18 Thread Fred
I read somewhere that the Star in the Pentax lenses stands for APO, so it should apply to the apochromatic lenses. But I may be wrong... [snip] As far as I am aware Pentax lenses with * designations mean nothing specific apart from being an indication that they offer premium performance

Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round

2003-09-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:10:10 -0600 William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is moving away from the original subject, which was trying to find ways to avoid tripod use by dialing up digital sensor sensitivity. Let me ask you this, why would an amateur, who is supposedly doing the work

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-18 Thread Bruce Dayton
Chris, I could be mistaken, but I was under the impression that the Nikon D100 will NOT meter with older lenses. I'll ask my buddy who has one tomorrow. Bruce Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 6:28:19 PM, you wrote: CB So if the Nikon D100 will stop down an MF lens in manual mode (no meter),

Re: Pairs

2003-09-18 Thread Keith Whaley
Dag, While I would normally agree with Tom, regarding your following comment, visually there IS no pair, unless you can distinguish between each line. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fra: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom wrote: However as far as I know line pairs consist of two lines

RE: Tripod use

2003-09-18 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Paul Delcour Subject: Re: Tripod use Try using a tripod in a crowded room where you're supposed to catch in a flash what's goin gon and the light's really low and you have no

Does anyone here enjoy writing photography articles or tutorials?

2003-09-18 Thread Al Shaikh
Does anyone here enjoy writing photography articles or tutorials? I was looking for a few good writers and was curious if anyone here enjoys writing about pentax or photography in general. Al http://www.usefilm.com

Re: Pairs

2003-09-18 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] A pair. A pear. A pple. A perture... Jostein

Re: Tripod use

2003-09-18 Thread Paul Delcour
I feel I'm being insulted: anal retentive: what does that mean? A touch of not enjoying this list is beginning to creep in. What the ### am I doing wrong? I do not disagree with what you're saying, just that I've encountered plenty of situations where tripod use is out of the question. Otherwise

Re: Yet another *istD report (dropping to a style page?!)

2003-09-18 Thread Andre Langevin
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:52:54 -0400, Andre Langevin wrote: When I try to go to the site, it drops to this page: http://www.digitalfotonetz.de/style.css Has it something to do with the way the site is done or with my computer? Can it be easuly fixed? Nope, you've got the wrong URL. The .CSS

Re: Tripod use

2003-09-18 Thread Paul Delcour
William, you said very truly: There have been times when I have just sat and admired what was in front of me until the light was gone, rather than spoil the moment by pulling out a camera. It is amazing what we don't get to enjoy when we take a feeding frenzy approach to getting every great

Re: Tripod use -

2003-09-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round Oh yes, probably it is somewhat off the original topic. I could see several reasons why an amateur who is serous about their __learning process__ might not use a

Re: Tripod use

2003-09-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Delcour Subject: Re: Tripod use I feel I'm being insulted: anal retentive: what does that mean? A touch of not enjoying this list is beginning to creep in. What the ### am I doing wrong? I do not disagree with what you're saying, just that I've

Re: Tripod use -

2003-09-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I do think a bad tripod is worse than no tripod at all. A bad tripod will entice you to try things that it can't deliver on, whereas no tripod will make you find other ways to take the picture. Chuckle. That time I mentioned I actually took a tripod. Then I must say I refreshed my memory

Re: Washington DC hunkering down for the big one

2003-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Got the checklist right here: - Water - Flashlight - Milk - Bread - Cabernet - Zinfandel - Chianti - Dark Rum - Brie - Crackers. Hey Christian, what the heck do you need water for ? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

RE: Washington DC hunkering down for the big one

2003-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: North Carolina will have it worse. I hope PDML central doesn't blow away! Is there any truth in the rumour that Mark Roberts is on the peak tuffing it out in a small dome tent? That sunrise wure will be pretty Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Re: Washington DC hunkering down for the big one

2003-09-18 Thread brooksdj
On 18/9/03, pentax-discuss-d- [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Got the checklist right here: - Water - Flashlight - Milk - Bread - Cabernet - Zinfandel - Chianti - Dark Rum - Brie - Crackers. Would'nt light rum be better for walking a round in

RE: Washington DC hunkering down for the big one

2003-09-18 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 18/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: North Carolina will have it worse. I hope PDML central doesn't blow away! Is there any truth in the rumour that Mark Roberts is on the peak tuffing it out in a small dome tent?

Re: Yet another *istD report ;-)

2003-09-18 Thread Andre Langevin
Hi Andre, on 17 Sep 03 you wrote in pentax.list: Heiko, you have tried the normal *ist-D lens on a MZ body. Can we see a picture that shows the circle it projects on a 24 x 36 film? I have tried that. I don't have the prints yet, but the FAJ 18-35 is not a special lens for DSLRs (as the new

Re: Washington DC hunkering down for the big one

2003-09-18 Thread Doug Brewer
At 12:55 PM 9/18/03, throwing caution to the wind, Cotty wrote: On 18/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Got the checklist right here: - Water - Flashlight - Milk - Bread - Cabernet - Zinfandel - Chianti - Dark Rum - Brie - Crackers. Hey Christian, what the heck do you need water for ?

Re: Washington DC hunkering down for the big one

2003-09-18 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 18/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Got the checklist right here: - Water - Flashlight - Milk - Bread - Cabernet - Zinfandel - Chianti - Dark Rum - Brie - Crackers. Hey Christian, what the heck do you need

Re: Washington DC hunkering down for the big one

2003-09-18 Thread Steve Desjardins
Clean Glasses? Sissy. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/18/03 01:23PM At 12:55 PM 9/18/03, throwing caution to the wind, Cotty wrote: On 18/9/03, [EMAIL

RE: Washington DC hunkering down for the big one

2003-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: No problems here! We're far enough west that all they're forecasting for us is ~1/4 inch of rain and winds 15-25 mph with gusts to 30. Get used to it Bill - it'll be the same inside PDML Central when the Vikings arrive. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ ||

UK CF Card retailer recommendation

2003-09-18 Thread Cotty
I bought a 512 MB CF card from this bunch, and although it was working in the camera and showed up on one computer, it wouldn't mount on the desktop of another computer without hot unplugging / replugging the (Firewire) card reader. Even so, I contact them and was kindly offered a change of card

OT: Canon 300D (aka Rebel digital)

2003-09-18 Thread Christian
I was at the local camera store and saw 20 boxes of the new Canon Rebel Digital. Played with one of them. Nice camera, good AF speed, nice handling, light, small. Viewfinder wasn't as bad as I had thought. Still no sign of the ist-D. Christian

Re: Yet another *istD report ;-)

2003-09-18 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Andre, on 18 Sep 03 you wrote in pentax.list: [18-35] Thamks for mentionning to me, I had not noticed. 18mm wide on a cheap zoom... will enough quality be there? I can tell you Friday or Saturday, when my prints are ready. But a member of the digitalfotonetz.de forum has made some

Re: Does anyone here enjoy writing photography articles or tutorials?

2003-09-18 Thread Cotty
Does anyone here enjoy writing photography articles or tutorials? I was looking for a few good writers and was curious if anyone here enjoys writing about pentax or photography in general. Hmm, and exactly what will you do with these people when you find them? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ ||

Re: OT: Canon 300D (aka Rebel digital)

2003-09-18 Thread Steve Desjardins
You know, it's just hard for anyone to compete with the kind of resources Canon has. If Pentax had come out with a Rebel D analog first, then folks would have screamed about the lack of quality. And the *ist D is just no the cmaera that they can sell for $1000. Canon can just get things to

Re: Pairs

2003-09-18 Thread Keith Whaley
Rob Studdert wrote: On 18 Sep 2003 at 5:25, Keith Whaley wrote: A space is not a definable as a 'thing.' It's not a space it's a white line and a black line Okay, I read you. But, stay with me now, if all you have is a piece of white paper, on which reside some straight black lines,

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