G'day Paul.
Mate, As they say...Don't like to weather in Melbourne?.Wait 5
minutes..
Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor
Northern N.S.W.
-Original Message-
From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 19 September 2003 4:03 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Big Winds
Hi,
Strangely
Actually, the FA-J 18-35 is not so bad. Optically my impression is that
it is good enough at least for the *ist D. With that my test shots @18
mm show that the resolution is as high as the *ist D can use(~50 line
pairs per millimter) even wide open, and even in the corner of the *ist
D
Chris wrote:
CB Like any other huge change
CB designed to slip in under the radar and avoid pissing off tons of people
CB at once, the disappearance of the aperture ring will be slow, subtle, and
CB almost inevitable.
Pentax in their wisdom waited for a long time for an occasion to
but no sign of the *ist D with faulty focus and lousy colours.
Nice that the two top cameras by Pentax have totally screwed up and
incompatible interfaces: on the MZ-S, you have to stop your lenses down
manually, but on the *ist-D, you can't. Good going, Pentax.
What the are they doing
Thanks Kenneth for your explanation.
I may sound amateurish, but I'm the one who just sees a shot and takes it. I
hate having to do a lot afterwards, be it in a darkroom or in a digital
room. That's why I took to slides a certain period, they just gave me what I
saw. Looking back I can all my
That is very interesting. I never thought of it that way. So other brands
put emphasis on a certain aspect of lens technique. Nikon on sharpness,
Leica as well? Something like that? Is there any source on the web for this
kind of info or is this typical user experience? It's impossible for a
Hi William,
since you wrote so convincingly a 90 degree tilt was possible, I had a look
at my 128RC Manfrotto videohead and low and behold: with some arranging of
the handle a 90 degree tilt was possible. Thanks! Now what to do with the
photohead? I think I'll keep that for keeps. Never know when
I can indeed forget carrying the 058 around. However, it is very stable,
partly due to the weight, partly due to the leg construction. Also it can
reach enormous height. This was great when I needed to shoot over an
audience. Nice also for my camcorder when tilting or panning. For taking
pictures,
Hi,
Jostein wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A pair. A pear. A pple.
A perture...
A pt.
mike
Been thinking about viewfinders. On my camcorder I can fold out my
viewfinder, ie the LCD screen, giving me much more freedom of position than
with my photocamera. Why do digital cameras not have such a folding LCD
screen? Or do some have them? For this reason alone I've grown to love video
more
Well the *ist D is now in Australia. I got a phone call from Camera
house today saying that they have a Display Model and that stock
would be arriving next week. I am of course welcome to come in and
have a play with it, but they can't sell it.
I rang the shop where I have ordered mine and they
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Chris Brogden wrote:
Actually, the *ist will work fine with MF lenses.
No, it's a cripple-mount, so it won't work with non-A lenses. The best
it can work with them is like the MZ-50 (metering at full, but
stopping down for the exposure, thus underexposing).
Kostas
Bojidar Dimitrov a écrit:
...
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
Bill Owens a écrit:
At 07:56 PM 9/16/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Bill Owens said:
IIRC the *ist D and ZX-L use the same remote cable, which is different
from
those for the MZ-S and which is different from the other ZX
series. IOW, if
you have a ZX-5n, MZ-S and *ist series, you will need three
Herb Chong a écrit:
what is the difference between the Remote Control Set D and the Remote
Control Set F? everything i can find out about them makes them seem the same
functionally. the Remote Control Set E at least looks like it controls
zooming. there isn't a D on the Pentax web site, so it
They do. One of the Nikon lines has a viewfinder 'screen' that folds out and
turns through three- quarters of a circle (I think). Is it a 57xx or 59xx?
It also has an electronic viewfinder. Yes?
Don
___
Dr E D F Williams
http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams
Author's Web Site and
The *ist I played with last weekend along with the *ist D behaved just
like the *ist D with K/M lenses:
Av mode: wide open only, correctly metered;
Manual mode: no metering but lens stops down to selected value.
The trick to unlock the lens in AV mode to have it stop down worked, too.
Arnold
just like the *ist D with K/M lenses:
Av mode: wide open only, correctly metered;
Manual mode: no metering but lens stops down to selected value.
You mean Teasing exposure mode 1 Teasing exposure mode 2. :-)
The trick to unlock the lens in AV mode to have it stop down worked, too.
Pentax should
In a message dated 9/19/2003 12:49:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The absurd limits
of a film for instance. I hope that digital solves this all in due course.
Paul Delcour
I hadn't really thought about this before. Interesting idea.
Marnie aka Doe
Hey Leon what's the Aussie list price?
Ryan
- Original Message -
From: Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 6:17 PM
Subject: *ist D hits down under.
Well the *ist D is now in Australia. I got a phone call from Camera
house today
Hi all,
anyone know and/or use this zoom? I have found the following on:
http://medfmt.8k.com/third/cult.html#tokina
Tokina 28-85mm f/4 RMC and f/3.5-4.5 ATX
Tokina designed an RMC f/4 version of this lens which had a constant
aperture, unlike the later ATX variable aperture version.
Kostas,
I have several MF lenses that are also A lenses. I expect the D to work
fine with them.
Cory Waters
- Original Message -
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)
Paul wrote:
PD
PD From all the info I have gathered from you all and the web I'm still pretty
PD confused as to what zoom within say 24-105 is a good one. Do I really need
PD to go Pentax or,
Paul, do you shoot into the sun or fancy backlights? In this case go
for SMC. Tokina's
several Canon and Nikon models do have th folding LCD screen. it adds to
cost and is found only on their higher end models.
Herb...
- Original Message -
From: Paul Delcour [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax discussion list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 6:08 AM
Subject:
Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 07:56 PM 9/16/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Bill Owens said:
IIRC the *ist D and ZX-L use the same remote cable, which is different from
those for the MZ-S and which is different from the other ZX
series. IOW, if
you have a ZX-5n, MZ-S and *ist series,
all of the Nikon 5xxx series have folding LCD. the 5700 has an electronic
viewfinder. the others in the 5xxx series have optical finders.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Dr E D F Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 5:07 AM
Subject: Re:
As many as it takes. I don't believe, as mnay here do, that Pentax just
says let's be sure we wait long enough to hurt our business. They may
make bad decsions, but I think they release things as soon as they can.
I also accept, however, that we are no the bulk of their business.
Steven
It fizzled here in Manhattan... haven't even had a drop of
rain. I was kinda looking forward to a little excitement -
but quite happy not to be living on the seashore right now!
Same here! I really didn't think we'd get anything - we never do - but I
was looking forward to something a
Paul wrote:
PD
PD From all the info I have gathered from you all and the web I'm still pretty
PD confused as to what zoom within say 24-105 is a good one. Do I really need
PD to go Pentax or,
Paul, do you shoot into the sun or fancy backlights? In this case go
for SMC. Tokina's
They say that problems come in threes and I seem to have proved it this
week.
A number of films have been lost in the post to and from the Kodachrome
labs. In Europe, this is only done in Switzerland.
For me, it is the end of Kodachrome useage. Although the person at the
end of the phone was
I don't think this is negative, I think it's the just the extreme
expression of the aesthetic aspect of photography. Like most art forms,
there is a technique side that puts constraints on pure aesthetics, and
the resulting combination is art. One of the good parts about
photography is that if
- Original Message -
From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:27 AM
Subject: RE: Big Winds
It fizzled here in Manhattan... haven't even had a drop of
rain. I was kinda looking forward to a little excitement -
but quite happy not
- Original Message -
From: Paul Delcour
Subject: Viewfinder
Been thinking about viewfinders. On my camcorder I can fold out my
viewfinder, ie the LCD screen, giving me much more freedom of position
than
with my photocamera. Why do digital cameras not have such a folding LCD
screen?
- Original Message -
From: Paul Delcour
Subject: Re: OT: Pentax Image in Outdoor Photographer
What I
certainly do not like about photgraphy is the amount of technique I need to
get a picture rigt. I feel the technique is more a burden than a blessing.
As a choir conductor I do not
If you want some excitement, you can get a chainsaw and
remove the willow tree from my backyard. It wasn't there
yesterday.
I'm sorry to hear about that, Christian. :(
they are not any more battery hogs than the LCDs that don't move.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: Viewfinder
Some of the better digital point and shoots for sure have folding
I think then the viewfinder on a photocamera is very different from a
camcorder's. The former is merely a rough reminder what the picture will
look like, the latter is, for me, an absolute neccesity because to me it's
like watching TV, be it small, by which I can very well judge the resulting
It sounds a bit of a strong viewpoint, doesn't it.
What I mean is the limited lightvalues a film can take. It can soon be too
light (my K2 only has 1/1000), but more sooner gets too dark to get any
decent image on film. With a camcorder I can go till I have only the light
of a matchstick. Of
You're right of course, but I find the limits of light values within which
you can get a decent picture rather an obstruction than a blessing. Funny I
do not experience this with my choral conducting, although the limits of
waht a choir can do are sometimes enormous, considering the level of
It's not a big deal. My fence sacrificed itself to save the house!
Thanks!
Christian Skofteland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:10 AM
Subject: RE: Big Winds
If you want some
Here in Baltimore we were braced for some Heavy S***
weather-wise. Then Isabel lost strength and took a
more westerly track. Yesterday evening I gave a
neighbour a ride to work and he said, This wasn't
as bad as I expected. I explained that what we'd
seen by then was just the _start_. Some
Christian wrote:
If you want some excitement, you can get a chainsaw and remove the willow
tree from my backyard. It wasn't there yesterday.
Ah, I lost a tree and you gained one, so there's balance, right?
-- Glenn
Correction -- I said hundreds of thousands of people without
electricity here. It turns out the number _around_here_ is
more like 1.1 million.
-- Glenn
The long discontinued Canon Pro 90 has a LCD screen that you can unfold and
rotate. The 90 also has image stabilization.
Jim A.
From: Paul Delcour [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:08:47 +
To: Pentax discussion list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
The real trick is for Pentax, or some other camera maker, to make a digital
slr that works with all of the K, M, A lenses and not have to fool with all
these techniques to get the older lenses to work correctly. For $1600 bucks
the *istD should have been able to do this.
Jim A.
From: Arnold
My dealer just called, this happy bunny is off to Cameraworld. It will be in
my hands in an hour or so.
Ziggy
Yes I do, but you forget one thing. People have talents.
The very first time I stood in front of a choir I simply knew what to do.
Nobody told me, it just came out of me as if I had never done anything else.
Of course I had to learn things and develop that talent, but as a
photographer I find I
I don't want Brucie dead. I'd hate to stir up his kin.
Doug Franklin wrote:
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)
Let's dump on Mark for his first Pano.
(Grumpy Critic Voice): Hell, not only are there
TWO rivers but they aren't mentioned in Hemingway.
Amateur shrimp. -lol -Lon
Mark Cassino wrote:
Hi Marnie -
At 02:54 PM 9/17/2003 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My eye didn't know where to go. The
Is it not interesting that people are predicting Pentax's Future
from crippled (and mostly LowBall) bodies? Hell, I am too.
Well, the old glass is still cheap, may get cheaper, and as long
as my eyes can still focus, the hell with it.
Chris Brogden wrote:
Now Pentax users know *exactly* how Nikon
Graywolf dude wrote:
The interesting thing is that while the pros are dumping their darkroom
stuff, many amateurs are setting up darkrooms (especially for BW work)
because there is a certain joy to doing things the old way. One can in
fact set up a
Cesar,
You ain't no Newbie.
If your MX LEDS are difficult to see in anything but
Shiney Sun Light At Your Back, then, from MHO, there
are only 2 possible problems at work:
a) Your eyes ain't what they used to be. I say this at age 53.
b) That there MX ain't quite right.
Cesar Matamoros II wrote:
Arnold, I 'spects you are right.
This is just as awkward and stupid as using
a K-1000 to get DOF. Pentax needs to change the firmware.
PENTAX NEEDS TO CHANGE THE FIRMWARE.
(repeat after me:)
PENTAX NEEDS TO CHANGE THE FIRMWARE.
PENTAX NEEDS TO CHANGE THE FIRMWARE.
PENTAX NEEDS TO CHANGE THE
There is not such thing as a pple
There are People.
I'm gonna hit Cotty with a wet sock.
Wetted, mind you, with something alcoholic.
You gotta tempt the horse to water before you
shove his head in for a brew. lol
Apple computer was invented by Hippies in the danged
70's. Anyone who uses one has
Did our Leerless Feader fart recently?
Cotty wrote:
I gather that the storm is about to hit. You guys take it easy there
while the wind blows.
Well, I sometimes wonder, do all you guys
refuse to buy a new car
because they no longer come with a hand crank to start them?
Hand crank,we would have killed for a hand crank.Dad used to hold the
fan while we turned the car.Neighh.vbg
Dave
--
Hi,
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
I think the trend is
the early 80's tokina RMC lens lineup is G O O D !!!
I agree, only flare might be a problem.
My Tokina RMC 4/25-50 is a great lens too.
Gabor
I agree with everything Boris says.
But...
There's more to tripods than sharpness.
Honestly.
Even though I hate to carry them.
Boris Liberman wrote:
Christian, you're basically right, but your reasoning has to take into
account the ultimate outcome. If we're talking 30x40 cm prints or 10x15
cm
Let's dump on Mark for his first Pano.
(Grumpy Critic Voice): Hell, not only are there
TWO rivers but they aren't mentioned in Hemingway.
Amateur shrimp. -lol -Lon
Mark Cassino wrote:
Hi Marnie -
At 02:54 PM 9/17/2003 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My eye didn't know where to
On 19/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
What I mean is the limited lightvalues a film can take. It can soon be too
light (my K2 only has 1/1000), but more sooner gets too dark to get any
decent image on film. With a camcorder I can go till I have only the light
of a matchstick. Of course the
On 19/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Been thinking about viewfinders. On my camcorder I can fold out my
viewfinder, ie the LCD screen, giving me much more freedom of position than
with my photocamera. Why do digital cameras not have such a folding LCD
screen? Or do some have them? For this
Frank, you look better wearing Nothing in Public.
For proof, www.FrankNekkid.com/Don'tBuyTooManyShotsAtOnce.
Them gals is eating it up, lemme tell ya. lol
Bob S wrote:riault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So I should wear my Moroccan fez in public? Haven't done that yet,
but if
it's a health issue...
On 19/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
I am at the level in music that you seem to be in photography. I took
two, two long years, wow, of lessons and still can not get what I want
out of my mandolin.
!
I'll play with you any time you like Tom.
Musicalia accoustic, bought in 1995. Haven't
On 19/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Just got back, no time to play tonight as we are out to dinner, I hope that
will come tomorrow and the day after. I will post an update when I can.
Priorities Ziggy, priorities!
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
Your earlier response did surprise me.
May be becuase you read too many PDML mails:-)
Thanks
Ramesh
--- Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ramesh, I think I misunderstood an earlier post
you made on this subject. I thought you were
talking
about film cameras when you said you could
You know, I don't think I am completely convinced that every picture has to
be supersharp or even very sharp. Or that sharpness is the #1 indicator of a
good picture. Or whatever.
Re tripods.
Marnie aka Doe Smacks to me of the concept that a photograph should be as
close to realism as
Sounds like someone is going to have a fun day. Enjoy and regale us
with many details.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/19/03 01:16PM
Well, what an afternoon,
Seconded. Nice shot in a place hard to get to.
Mark Cassino wrote:
Congrats again, Ken!
Mark, I think this is crap.
Pentax has been screwing with DLSRs for 4 years.
That's enough time to hatch, say, WindowsME.
And cameras ain't as hard as operating sytems.
Pentax may need to hire some more SW engineers.
Mebbe they can find some in Pakinstan.
Mark Roberts wrote:
whickersworld [EMAIL
You know, I don't think I am completely
convinced that every picture has to
be supersharp or even very sharp. Or that sharpness is the #1 indicator of a
good picture. Or whatever.
Re tripods.
Marnie aka Doe Smacks to me of the concept that a
I do now, reading your grin PS... Somehow it's wrong as it's lost its
meaning a bit, putting it under every mail.
:-)
Paul
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:35:04 +0100
To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Viewfinder
Resent-From:
Cotty wrote:
On 19/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
What I mean is the limited lightvalues a film can take. It can soon be too
light (my K2 only has 1/1000), but more sooner gets too dark to get any
decent image on film. With a camcorder I can go till I have only the light
of a
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 a wide berth. Ergo, no colds :-)
Chris (actually I have a wide-brimmed 'Indy' type hat myself)
I may have missed this, because of
Keith said:
Precisely so, Sir!
And to say that because the artist didn't grind his own colors, with
mortar and pestle, and personally mix it up with virgin juice and a
hen's albumin, he's hardly the artist the dead guy is... well that's
just pure B.S.
And he/she probably has more time to paint
Technique can be learned, seeing a shot not. You see it or you don't.
Somebody can point it out to you, you may see it then, but is you who 'sees'
it!
In music, for instance putting your fingers on the right keys on a piano can
be learned, making music by playing the piano can't. This may seem
Guess I shouldn't mention that I very frequently shoot my 67ii
handheld or that I just purchased a 120 soft lens for it.
For me, a tripod represents the best way to take a photograph to get
the technical aspects correct. Not only does it provide for a sharper
picture, but it really aids in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 a wide berth. Ergo, no colds :-)
Chris (actually I have a wide-brimmed 'Indy' type hat myself)
I may have
The real trick is for Pentax, or some other camera maker, to make
a digital slr that works with all of the K, M, A lenses and not
have to fool with all these techniques to get the older lenses to
work correctly. For $1600 bucks the *istD should have been able
to do this. Jim A.
sarcasmCome
You must do two things, probably both of which require you establish new habits...
As you report, either wash your hands frequently, or carry alcohol-based
hand wipes, available at all drugstores.
Secondly, STOP touching your face! Your nose, your chin, your lips,
rubbing your forehead, etc.
Many
Cotty,
Couldn't have put it better myself!
Bruce
Friday, September 19, 2003, 11:58:29 AM, you wrote:
C When an artist picks up a pencil, will it be hard or soft? What
C informs that judgement? Partly it is the feel of the work he/she is
C wanting to produce, and how that work translates as a
Hear, hear.
Cameras lie, we make the lies.
:-)
Paul Delcour
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:25:52 EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round
Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ITYM anti-bacterial ;-) And even anti-bacterial characteristics will
have no effect on the viruses that cause colds.
--
Mark Roberts
Then why did it work?
Marnie aka Doe ;-)
På fredag, 19. september 2003, kl. 21:55, skrev Mark Roberts:
Myself I cut my colds down to almost nothing by increasing the number
of
times I wash my hands. Using bacterial soap.
ITYM anti-bacterial ;-) And even anti-bacterial characteristics will
have no effect on the viruses that cause colds.
Wow! Way cool, Amita.
Sometimes wasting time reading pdml pays dividends, eh? vbg
Seriously, wonderful shot.
cheers,
frank
Amita Guha wrote:
Thanks to you fine folks, I finally got a decent shot of the moon:
http://www.beyondthepath.com/photos/misc/moon.jpg
400mm, f/5.6, didn't record
Well, I guess it was JCO. What the hell do I know, anyway!
Okay, back to whatever you were doing...
-knarf
frank theriault wrote:
Hi, Andre,
Nope. 'T'weren't me. I have a Vivitar S1 3.5 constant aperture 24-48,
that I love. JCO's mostly a screwhead prime-guy, so I doubt it was him,
does the *istD or any other pentax body have
an autobracket T manual mode.
I'm thinking set the fstop and shutterspeed
manually, and then get three exposures with
fixed fstop ,speed setting,
speed +X stops, Speed-X stops.
I would like that one.
JCO
On Friday, Sep 19, 2003, at 20:49 Europe/Dublin, Lon wrote:
Mark, I think this is crap.
Pentax has been screwing with DLSRs for 4 years.
That's enough time to hatch, say, WindowsME.
And cameras ain't as hard as operating sytems.
Pentax may need to hire some more SW engineers.
Mebbe they can find
-Original Message-
From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 19 September 2003 20:24
To: pentax list
Subject: Re: Uk *istD has arrived - Update
On 19/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Just got back, no time to play tonight as we are out to dinner, I hope
that will come tomorrow
frank theriault wrote:
Hi, Andre,
Nope. 'T'weren't me. I have a Vivitar S1 3.5 constant aperture 24-48,
that I love. JCO's mostly a screwhead prime-guy, so I doubt it was him,
but maybe.
Well, I guess it was JCO. What the hell do I know, anyway!
Okay, back to whatever you were
Gee, I sure hope the istD works better than WinME.
Lon Williamson wrote:
Mark, I think this is crap.
Pentax has been screwing with DLSRs for 4 years.
That's enough time to hatch, say, WindowsME.
And cameras ain't as hard as operating sytems.
Pentax may need to hire some more SW engineers.
Mebbe
Also forgot to mention I also bought a
tokina RMC 400mm F5.6 which is also of
excellent++ quality. I think the trend is
the early 80's tokina RMC lens lineup is G O O D !!!
JCO
A french book on macro photography found that the Tokina 200/3.5 was
remarquable when used with tubes for close-ups.
It works better than XP, just try it...
And XP is very stable.
Ziggy
-Original Message-
From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 20 September 2003 00:20
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)
Gee, I sure hope the istD works better
I think the psychologists have a word for the kind of people who keep
washing their hands all the time GRIN. (Couldn't resist)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If they wouldn't do that, they would cut their colds or other upper
respiratory ailments by 90%!
Truly!
Ask your spouse/live-in/S.O. or other
Frank, I don't know about mothers with newborns, but the makers of Zest
did a study to prove their bath bar killed more germs than plain old
soap. This was back in the early 60's. However, they never mentioned in
there ads that the control group who did not wash at all for two weeks
had an
That lens had outstanding contrast and definition.
The only reason I sold it was I thought 28-85
was better range. But the 35-105 is faster abeit
kinda bulky and didnt balance well without a grip.
I'm sure it was flare proof given the enormity
of its contrast. I remember shooting some kodachrome
Graywolf said:
I think the psychologists have a word for the kind of people who keep
washing their hands all the time GRIN. (Couldn't resist)
I know, I thought about that. Makes me sound like a handwringer and a germ
freak. I just wanted to pass along that I know the wash hands/not touch face
On 19 Sep 2003 at 17:18, Robert Gonzalez wrote:
So make it consistent. Take a meter reading *every* time. It will
probably make a good habit. :)
But it's still changing the way I work. A need aperture control via the
aperture ring with metering through the lens, quite a simple need wouldn't
it should be sharp if you want it to be sharp.
Herb
Good answer.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
There are two kinds of washing hands or other parts.
Compulsively washing, several times a day, and then when your parts are dirty.
If you remain in your own home environment, I'd say wash when you feel
grubby, but other times, rinse for this and that and towel off...
It's when you go out and
At 4:07 PM -0400 9/19/03, Amita Guha wrote:
Thanks to you fine folks, I finally got a decent shot of the moon:
http://www.beyondthepath.com/photos/misc/moon.jpg
400mm, f/5.6, didn't record the speed but it was probably 1/250 or
1/500.
Looks good! The moon is a surprisingly difficult subject.
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