Re: OT embedding info in image in Photoshop 5.0 LE or photodeluxe

2003-09-30 Thread Butch Black
Hi Ann I don't know if this is what you are looking for. Click File, file info, and enter info. I don't know if 5.0LE has it or not. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)

Re: OT embedding info in image in Photoshop 5.0 LE or photodeluxe

2003-09-30 Thread Peter Alling
The ability to add information is available in the Photoshop 5.5 (full version). It isn't in my copy of Photoshop 5.0 LE. At 01:12 AM 9/30/03 -0400, you wrote: Matt Bevers wrote: In photoshop, look under the file menu - the option should be File Info... At least that's what it is in 7.0

Re: OT embedding info in image in Photoshop 5.0 LE or photodeluxe

2003-09-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
John, thanks so much for this! It does sound as if I need to upgrade to full fledged photo shop. My stock agency wants jpg files that are labeled to start with - then wants uncompressed TIFFS for those that interest them - or original transparancies, which are still very acceptable for them.

RE: *ist D pricing, UK

2003-09-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Hows married life treating you? Yeah, it's treating me. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk

RE: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Paul Ewins
Thanks for the replies. The answer really surprised me, but when I thought about it I realised that the only thing that had changed compared to the film *ist was the sensor size, so a 50mm lens should give a normal magnification. This just goes to reinforce that we are talking crop factor not

RE: compact flash memory cards

2003-09-30 Thread Paul Ewins
Thanks Paul, I'm going into the Camera Exchange tomorrow to look at an *ist-D so I'll have a look at I-Store as well. By the time you factor in postage the difference in price isn't that great and I'll have someone to complain to if things go wrong. Leon, let me know how the x-drive works

Re: OT embedding info in image in Photoshop 5.0 LE or photodeluxe

2003-09-30 Thread Herb Chong
then it wasn't IPTC. File||File Info, but i don't think you can get it in Photoshop LE and definitely not in Photo Deluxe. IPTC also doesn't exist for Photoshop PSD files. it has other information fields that you can fill in. if they are sending out TIFF or JPG files to clients, they are using a

RE: compact flash memory cards

2003-09-30 Thread Leon Altoff
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:12:49 -0700, Paul Ewins wrote: Thanks Paul, I'm going into the Camera Exchange tomorrow to look at an *ist-D so I'll have a look at I-Store as well. By the time you factor in postage the difference in price isn't that great and I'll have someone to complain to if

Re: OT: Interesting Aurora Photo

2003-09-30 Thread Alin Flaider
Beautiful pictures... btw, his 50mm (85 ?) must be one heck of a lens - I haven't noticed any trace of comma aberration towards the edges. Possibly the pics are too small for it to show up. However, my FA 50/1.4 at 1.4 displays huge UFOs in the corners... Servus, Alin DagT wrote:

Re: *ist D pricing, UK

2003-09-30 Thread whickersworld
Rob Brigham wrote: Have you any experience with this company? I was thinking about ordering a TV from them. Hi Rob, I've not had any personal dealings with them (yet) but know two people who have purchased domestic electrical items and have been very satisfied with price and delivery.

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Bob S
Bill, John, Tom, So now I'm really confused... A 55mm lens on an old 35mm Spotmatic gives a 'natural' view. (The view thru the viewfinder and thru the other eye look about the same.) Now put a 50mm on the *ist-D and you get the same viewfinder view??? So does the viewfinder have generous crop

Re: OT: Interesting Aurora Photo

2003-09-30 Thread Dag T
Most of the time it´s a 35 f/1.4, I don´t know which brand but obviously not Pentax. I´ve seen prints in about 20x27cm size, they´re really good. DagT På tirsdag, 30. september 2003, kl. 13:14, skrev Alin Flaider: Beautiful pictures... btw, his 50mm (85 ?) must be one heck of a lens - I

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Steve Larson
Hi Fred, It is good you remind people of that baffle. It was not a pleasant experience when I first mounted the 35-85 on the LX, I couldn`t get it back off without a little force. It ever so slightly bent that upper mirror box metal. After that though, all the VS1`s I have with the baffle mount

RE: istD test

2003-09-30 Thread Steve Desjardins
Is it fair to say that digital is like shooting slides? I've read that in several places. To be honest, I haven't shot many slides nor have I noticed any particular exposure problems with my E-10. I just use segment or spot metering as I would on my MZ-s and it comes out fine. Of course, I do

PUG October is open

2003-09-30 Thread Adelheid v. K.
Hi *, the October PUG is ready to go. I will start with the splitted page in January. Jostein and I have to work out how to distiguish between themed and open galery in Autopug. Cheers Adelheid URL: http://pug.komkon.org/ -- About resizing your pics: To make the

Re: *ist D pricing, UK

2003-09-30 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
A M-B 300D will last longer. :) Collin snip After-sales service is not such an issue with these domestic items as the manufacturers have well-established warranty schemes, but that may not apply equally to cameras. If I was buying an EOS 300D I would use Park Cameras of Burgess Hill.

OT: Minolta Multi II

2003-09-30 Thread Mike Ignatiev
sucks! here goes my hope of scanning MF on a budget. i sold nikon 4000 this summer and got this instead, and it's been an excercise in frustration ever since. the resolution (1180dpi) is ok for my purposes. but pretty much everything else is horrible. the minolta software is lousy, it does

Re: OT: Minolta Multi II

2003-09-30 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 30.09.03 15:33, Mike Ignatiev at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: anyway, it's off to ebay, and i would recommend anyone considering getting one to think again. i guess i'll be waiting for the next gen of nikon multiformat offering... Sad story. Personally I use Minolta Dimage Scan Multi PRO in

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Mr. William M. Kane
H, I don't recall having a problem mounting this lens . . . of course my LX has been out of action for a while, and I haven't used it . . . I'll have to check on this when I get home . . . wouldn't want to ruin the lens or camera, thanks for the heads up! IL Bill On Monday, September

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob S Subject: Re: normal focal length of *ist-D? Bill, John, Tom, So now I'm really confused... A 55mm lens on an old 35mm Spotmatic gives a 'natural' view. (The view thru the viewfinder and thru the other eye look about the same.) Now put a 50mm on

RE: istD test

2003-09-30 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Steve Desjardins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Is it fair to say that digital is like shooting slides? Well, sort of, except you can edit the original, easily make a print, and salvage a bad exposure... tv

R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Doug Brewer
A little before 1 this morning, we had our beloved dog Dexter euthanized. He had begun internal bleeding, and was in a lot of pain, so we felt this was best for him. He went peacefully, after 13 wonderful years as part of our family. Here is a portrait I did of him back when we lived in

Re: R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Gary L. Murphy
Doug Brewer wrote: A little before 1 this morning, we had our beloved dog Dexter euthanized. He had begun internal bleeding, and was in a lot of pain, so we felt this was best for him. He went peacefully, after 13 wonderful years as part of our family. Sorry to hear this, Doug. Been there,

Re: R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
Doug, Heartfelt condolences are extended. --- Bruce Tuesday, September 30, 2003, 7:32:10 AM, you wrote: DB A little before 1 this morning, we had our beloved dog Dexter euthanized. DB He had begun internal bleeding, and was in a lot of pain, so we felt this DB was best for him. He went

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Fred
It is good you remind people of that baffle. It was not a pleasant experience when I first mounted the 35-85 on the LX, I couldn`t get it back off without a little force. It ever so slightly bent that upper mirror box metal. After that though, all the VS1`s I have with the baffle mount and

Tokina AT-X 28-135/4-4.5

2003-09-30 Thread Sas Gbor (Fornax)
Hi, I am looking at a Tokina AT-X 28-135/4-4.5 Does any of You have experience with this lens? Any comments are welcome! Gabor

Re: R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Boris Liberman
sigh At least it seems he did not suffer too much. Boris

Re: OT: Minolta Multi II

2003-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Ignatiev at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: here goes my hope of scanning MF on a budget. i sold nikon 4000 this summer and got this instead, and it's been an excercise in frustration ever since. the resolution (1180dpi) is ok for my purposes. but

Re: istD test

2003-09-30 Thread danilo
Hi all, This is my first post in list, I'm danilo, from italy. I have an MX body with three lenses (28/2.8, 50/1.7 , 100/2.8) with K mount. I have read that its can be mounted on the new *istD body, but they are totally manual (no AF nor AE). Will they work? thank you all, bye, danilo.

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Mr. William M. Kane
Pictures don't come up. Using PowerBook w/ Safari On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 09:39 AM, Fred wrote: It is good you remind people of that baffle. It was not a pleasant experience when I first mounted the 35-85 on the LX, I couldn`t get it back off without a little force. It ever so slightly

Re: R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Mr. William M. Kane
Sorry to hear about your loss Doug. That's a tough decision to have to make, but I'm sure that Dexter agreed with you. IL Bill On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 09:32 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: A little before 1 this morning, we had our beloved dog Dexter euthanized. He had begun internal

Re: OT embedding info in image in Photoshop 5.0 LE orphotodeluxe

2003-09-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Peter Alling wrote: The ability to add information is available in the Photoshop 5.5 (full version). It isn't in my copy of Photoshop 5.0 LE. Alas, that is what I feared. Thanks Peter (and Butch,and... oh well, you guys all know I thank you:) ) annsan p.s. that'll cost me a bundle, right?

Re: R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Lewis Matthew
A little before 1 this morning, we had our beloved dog Dexter euthanized. He had begun internal bleeding, and was in a lot of pain, so we felt this was best for him. He went peacefully, after 13 wonderful years as part of our family. Here is a portrait I did of him back when we lived in

Re: OT embedding info in image in Photoshop 5.0 LE or photodeluxe

2003-09-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Herb Chong wrote: then it wasn't IPTC. File||File Info, but i don't think you can get it in Photoshop LE and definitely not in Photo Deluxe. IPTC also doesn't exist for Photoshop PSD files. it has other information fields that you can fill in. if they are sending out TIFF or JPG files to

RE: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Joel Hughes
I do have a couple of relevant surgery photos of the procedure being performed on a couple of VS1 35-85/2.8's (shot, appropriately enough, with a VS1 90-180/4.5 Flat Field Zoom, which was originally designed by Vivitar for surgical photography - g) on an embarrassingly primitive VS1

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Dag T
Not with iMac using Safari or MS IE either. DagT På tirsdag, 30. september 2003, kl. 18:41, skrev Mr. William M. Kane: Pictures don't come up. Using PowerBook w/ Safari On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 09:39 AM, Fred wrote: It is good you remind people of that baffle. It was not a pleasant

RE: R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Amita Guha
Doug, I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. Amita

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Andre Langevin
Neither on mine (G4 w/ Netscape 4.79 or Netscape 7.0) Andre Pictures don't come up. Using PowerBook w/ Safari On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 09:39 AM, Fred wrote: http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/v358528/ . Fred --

High saturation films

2003-09-30 Thread Amita Guha
I'm looking for some high saturation print film to take with me to New England. I'll probably bring some Fuji Superia, but I want some film with warmer tones to bring out the colors of the trees. Have any of you used Agfacolor Vista or Optima II, or Kodak Supra? Thanks, Amita

Re: High saturation films

2003-09-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! My modest experience with Agfa Vista 100 is that it has quite saturated reds, so I suppose it could be used to get warmer tones. I think for the falling leaves it is a good choice. Boris On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:13:22 -0400 Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for some high

Re: istD test

2003-09-30 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Welcome. The M and K lenses, per previous posts, will need a modification in order to get along with the *istD body. As discussed a while ago, drilling a divot in the spot where the A pin would be. This provides an open electrical connection. Then, keeping the lens set @ f22, it would appear

Re: istD test

2003-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome. The M and K lenses, per previous posts, will need a modification in order to get along with the *istD body. As discussed a while ago, drilling a divot in the spot where the A pin would be. This provides an open electrical connection.

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Fred
Pictures don't come up. Using PowerBook w/ Safari Gee, sorry, Bill. I just tried the URL (copied and pasted from the browser) again, and it worked OK for me. (???) Sorry. Fred

Re: R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Keith Whaley
What a great shot, Doug. Nothing better to remember him by... I'm really sorry for your loss. keith whaley Doug Brewer wrote: A little before 1 this morning, we had our beloved dog Dexter euthanized. He had begun internal bleeding, and was in a lot of pain, so we felt this was best for him.

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Andre Langevin
I can't open them either. In fact, I have tried unsuccessfully to open another of Fred's photos, of the 85mm prime comparisons. No go. If you're using Safari, chances are you're using Mac OS 10.x.x. I'm using Mac OS 9.2.1 and Netscape Communicator. I don't have a clue as to what is wrong. I have

Re: R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Chris Brogden
Sorry to hear that, Doug. That's a nice photo to remember him by. chris On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Doug Brewer wrote: A little before 1 this morning, we had our beloved dog Dexter euthanized. He had begun internal bleeding, and was in a lot of pain, so we felt this was best for him. He went

Re: High saturation films

2003-09-30 Thread Alin Flaider
Amita, I can confirm that Optima II 100 was quite saturated in yellow and red, and even HDC+ 100 showed some red affinities. ;o) However, Agfa pretends it changed the emulsion in the new Optima Prestige - actually in their entire negative film line. The so called Eye Vision technology

Re: High saturation films

2003-09-30 Thread Mat Maessen
I've shot a decent amount with the Kodak Supra films, and they tend to be fairly warm as far as tones go. Not as high a saturation as you would get out of, say, Velvia, or one of the other high-saturation slide films, but decently saturated enough to put some life into a cloudy-day picture.

FA* 80-200mm f/2.8

2003-09-30 Thread Paul Eriksson
What's the general opinion of this lens? Compared to the FA* 200mm f/2.8, F 100mm macro f/2.8 and the F 70-210mm f/4-5.6? What about the weight? And also if I can ask what you paid for yours used (of list if you want)? I'm trying to determine what a reasonable price is. Any info about this

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Keith Whaley
Hi Fred, How long should it take before those changes take effect, if you know? I still can't open the site, two hours after reading this message. No hurry. Just leave a message with OKAY! in it! g keith Fred wrote: There are no BODY tags present on this page

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread graywolf
You are getting there, Marie. Take your 24x36mm negative and trim it down to 16x24mm. That is what is happening. There is no actual change in focal length. It is just a crop. The reason they started using the 35mm equivalent on PS digitals is because they all tend to have different size

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Fred
The 90-180 ...[snip... Perfect compliment to the LX. Agreed, except I found that the LX is one body (and this is not true of all K-mount bodies) that requires shaving off the excessive old-style K-mount baffle that is found (until it is removed) on some of the original VS1 gems. It is

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Eactivist
graywolf wrote: You are getting there, Marie. Take your 24x36mm negative and trim it down to 16x24mm. That is what is happening. There is no actual change in focal length. It is just a crop. The reason they started using the 35mm equivalent on PS digitals is because they all tend to have

Re: PUG October is open

2003-09-30 Thread graywolf
I really liked this PUG. Lot of people pictures. It was interesting to see how folks interpeted the word professional. Adelheid v. K. wrote: Hi *, the October PUG is ready to go. -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I am using a 200m lens and the crop will make it look like 350mm -- am I seeing 200mm through the viewfinder or 350mm? You're seeing the same *angle of view* that you'd get from a 350mm on a full-frame camera. I think this is the information you're looking for. (The

RE: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Rob Brigham
Only the Sigma gives crop lines (They call it a sports-finder) the rest mask off the unused area, except on the istD where the pentaprism is specifically designed for a smaller area so there is no need to be as crude as just masking - same effect though, just reduces the bulk of the prism housing.

Pug Thoughts

2003-09-30 Thread brooksdj
Great set of photos once again group.Good job of interpratation. This months winner of the honorable equine hoof up goes to Dag Thrane. Great title and super shot of the spider.A mind is a terrible thing to waste.:-) I pondered what to submit and

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread graywolf
The viewfinder shows a smaller image than does a 35mm. It has more magnification than most of the competition though so it looks bigger than the equalent Nikon or Canon viewfinders which tend to look like they just had the standard finder masked down to cover the small sensor area (sort as if

Re: R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Carlos Royo
It is very hard when you have to make such decision, I know because I have been in the same situation several times. But at least you haven't failed your old friend and have spared him and your family more suffering. What counts now and forever is the happiness you have shared all these years

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Bill Owens
Another way of saying the same thing. If a portion of your image takes up 16mm from top to bottom on an APS size sensor, it will fill the frame. On a 24.mm sensor, that same portion of your image will still take up 16mm in height, but there will be 8mm of space above or below that same portion

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Bill Owens
Change the 350 to 300 and you'll be there. Bill - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:21 PM Subject: Re: normal focal length of *ist-D? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I am using a 200m lens and the crop will

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Mr. William M. Kane
still not getting any pictures. I see little boxes with question marks in Safari, and when I switch to Explorer (v5.2.2), I get boxes with stop signs in them . . . Is this just me on the mac? I have a PC I can look at them with, I just thought it would be nice to know it's not working. IL

Re: FA* 80-200mm f/2.8

2003-09-30 Thread Stephen Moore
Paul Eriksson wrote: What's the general opinion of this lens? Compared to the FA* 200mm f/2.8, F 100mm macro f/2.8 and the F 70-210mm f/4-5.6? What about the weight? In three words: pretty darn nice. I can't compare it to any of the lenses you cite, but compared to my SMCA 70-210/f4

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread John Francis
That is not the issue now. What do I see through the viewfinder? If I am using a 200m lens and the crop will make it look like 350mm -- am I seeing 200mm through the viewfinder or 350mm? And if I am seeing 200mm, then as someone mentioned previously, are there crop lines? No. You'll see

RE: Pug Thoughts

2003-09-30 Thread Hans Beumer
The spider is great but my favorite 3 in september PUG are: * Violin Carving ,by Gianfranco Irlanda * For Your Own Safety... ,by Mark Cassino * There Might be a New Star ,by Matjaz Osojnik They are the kind of pictures I would love to make! mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Oorspronkelijk

Re: FA* 80-200mm f/2.8

2003-09-30 Thread Bill Owens
I'm quite pleased with my $90.00 Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5. Only 1/2 stop less, and I can live with the zoom creep for the difference in price :-) Bill - Original Message - From: Stephen Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:43 PM Subject:

Re: FA* 80-200mm f/2.8

2003-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Eriksson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the general opinion of this lens? Totally amazing. Changed my opinion of zooms completely. Compared to the FA* 200mm f/2.8, Don't know - I don't have this lens. F 100mm macro f/2.8 Comparable as far as optical quality goes - but just in the

Re: FA* 80-200mm f/2.8

2003-09-30 Thread Paul Eriksson
Stephen, tanks for the info /Paul From: Stephen Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FA* 80-200mm f/2.8 Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:43:29 -0400 Paul Eriksson wrote: What's the general opinion of this lens? Compared to the FA* 200mm f/2.8, F

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Keith Whaley
In fact, I can't even raise... http://www.cetussoft.com ...all by itself! Nothing happens. Well, it does, my browser activity icon keeps moving, as tho' it were looking for an address... keith Keith Whaley wrote: Oh yes, I also tried with G3, Netscape 7.01. Doesn't work... keith

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Eactivist
graywolf wrote: He asked about which lens would match his other eye when he looked through the viewfinder. That is different than a normal 50mm (normal on 135 cameras because that is what the Leica came with), and normal rule-of-thumb ( = diagonal of the negative ) 43mm on 135. So, yes it is

Re: FA* 80-200mm f/2.8

2003-09-30 Thread Paul Eriksson
Thanks Mark, Paul From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FA* 80-200mm f/2.8 Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:59:48 -0400 Paul Eriksson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the general opinion of this lens? Totally amazing. Changed my opinion of

Photo shops on canada (pentax in Spain)

2003-09-30 Thread Emilio Puga
Hi cotty, buying in USA is a option that I had, but there is one problem TAXES for any shipping made from outside Europe, they are charging me near a 40% on the price... And this make it more expensive than buying in Europe. I think I will finally end buying a Canon EOS 10D (1440 euros) and a

Re: FA* 80-200mm f/2.8

2003-09-30 Thread Carlos Royo
Paul Eriksson wrote: What's the general opinion of this lens? Compared to the FA* 200mm f/2.8, F 100mm macro f/2.8 and the F 70-210mm f/4-5.6? What about the weight? And also if I can ask what you paid for yours used (of list if you want)? I'm trying to determine what a reasonable price is.

salvage repair shop?

2003-09-30 Thread edwin
Can anyone name any reputable repair shop or repair person that uses salvaged old pentax parts to repair old pentaxes? I'm asking not because I want to get gear repaired, but rather because I have an MX, K2 and SMC Takumar 20mm that are all broken and declared irreparable for lack of parts by my

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Andre Langevin
A line of PDMLers are waiting with their LX in one hand and a VS1 lens in the other... Andre --

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Eactivist
John Francis wrote: Marnie aka Doe ;-) Also William Robb said the 50mm looked close, ergo that would not be a 50mm but an 75 or 80 or 85mm or something. No - it would be a 50mm. But it would be cropped to roughly the same field of view as a 75mm on an MX (or a 150mm on a 6x7, or ...)

RE: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Rob Brigham
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For the *istD to emulate the field of view (hope that is the correct term) that a 50mm lens has on a film camera -- because the center of the image is essentially cropped by the APS sensor and magnified --

RE: salvage repair shop?

2003-09-30 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I always hold on to my dead bodies for parts rather than give away or sell for next to nothing. For example I recently had a black spot f CLA'd and a couple of the parts in the finder were damaged. My tech replaced them from a dead body I sent along at no extra charge even though he had to open

Your Embedded HTML ...

2003-09-30 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
... is really screwing up my digest formatting! !!! -- -- Collin Brendemuehl KC8TKA Ron Santo deserves enshrinement in Cooperstown. -- Me --

Re: OT embedding info in image in Photoshop 5.0 LE orphotodeluxe

2003-09-30 Thread Butch Black
Ann There is a possibility that Photoshop elements might offer that. I don't have it so I can't check. Perhaps if someone on the list is using Elements they can check. If it's on there Elements sells for under $100. The other good news is that Adobe just announced a new upgrade to 7.0, Photoshop

Re: High saturation films

2003-09-30 Thread Mark Erickson
I've been doing handheld shots with my MZ-S and Portra 400 UC lately. I really like the results that I get at a local lab (I think they use a Fuji Frontier). --Mark

Re: FA* 80-200mm f/2.8

2003-09-30 Thread Mark Erickson
I have an example of this lens. It's heavy, big, and produces sharp, contrasty images. I got mine (almost new in condition) from another PDML lister about 4 years ago for about $1100. --Mark

RE: Pug Thoughts

2003-09-30 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Hans Beumer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The spider is great but my favorite 3 in september PUG are: * Violin Carving ,by Gianfranco Irlanda * For Your Own Safety... ,by Mark Cassino * There Might be a New Star ,by Matjaz Osojnik They are the kind of pictures I would love to make! Hi Hans,

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Eactivist
Nope. I was referring to the image one would see if one looked through the viewfinder, what would match the other eye. I probably worded it completely wrong. Right, no connection to sensor, only view finder. But miswording is completely besides the point. You guys are sometimes being so

Re: Your Embedded HTML ...

2003-09-30 Thread mishka
whose exactly? Collin Brendemuehl wrote: ... is really screwing up my digest formatting! !!! -- -- Collin Brendemuehl KC8TKA Ron Santo deserves enshrinement in Cooperstown. -- Me --

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Eactivist
Hope this helps. Rob I'm sorry, due to my email bouncing repeatedly to the list, the top of my last post got cut off and it is not clear whom I am addressing. The answer to the above was: Nope. Blah, blah, blah. I would not repost this, but I wanted it clear who I was addressing. Sorry. I

Re: High saturation films

2003-09-30 Thread mishka
i found kodak supra being pretty far from being a high saturation -- just plain normal. superia works great here in foliage! mishka Amita Guha wrote: I'm looking for some high saturation print film to take with me to New England. I'll probably bring some Fuji Superia, but I want some film with

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Marnie, you need to go find a DSLR somewhere and *look* through the viewfinder. This is probably the only way you'll really find out what you want to know. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Butch Black
Marnie wrote: But I am not so sure that I like the idea that you cannot see the increase through the viewfinder. I rely heavy on what I can see through the viewfinder. Using mainly zooms, that is what I use to determine if I want to shoot at 70mm or 135mm or something. So maybe there are

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread mishka
enough -- not another DOF thread!!! vbg mishka graywolf wrote: The strange thing is optics seems to be the area where the most erroneous BS is accepted as TRUTH! in photography. And most of optics is simply ratios, and no harder to understand than figuring out how much ingredients you need to

Re: The Great 18-35mm Lens Pass-Around

2003-09-30 Thread Chris Brogden
And the first person has signed up. That was fast! 1. Jim Fellows chris

Re: R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Mark Cassino
Hey Doug - I'm so sad to read about what happened to Dexter. I know what those late night emergencies are like. Pets are not humans, but they share our lives and mirror back to us the basics and the fundamentals of what life is all about. They are a window through which we can see what is

RE: R.I.P. II

2003-09-30 Thread Simon King
Condolences to you and yours Doug. You should never doubt you did the right thing, and you have such a beautiful photo to have to remember him by. Simon Doug Brewer wrote: A little before 1 this morning, we had our beloved dog Dexter euthanized. He had begun internal bleeding, and was in a

RE: Getting into studio strobes; what to do with my 120J ?

2003-09-30 Thread Simon King
Hi William, HTH It helped me at least - I've been following this thread as I'm pretty much in the same position as Bo-Ming. I've been amazed how expensive some studio equipment is, and how easily you can simply make them yourself out of everyday household objects. Cheers, Simon -Original

Re: FA* 80-200mm f/2.8

2003-09-30 Thread Alan Chan
What's the general opinion of this lens? Compared to the FA* 200mm f/2.8, F 100mm macro f/2.8 and the F 70-210mm f/4-5.6? What about the weight? And also if I can ask what you paid for yours used (of list if you want)? I'm trying to determine what a reasonable price is. Any info about this

Re: salvage repair shop?

2003-09-30 Thread Alan Chan
Wish I could help you, but I have visited 2 largest repair house recently, and none of them made sense and messed up my working MX, so I have decided to fix it myself. Now they are in perfect working order. What's wrong with your MX anyway (sorry I only know how to repair MX)? Alan Chan

*ist-D question

2003-09-30 Thread Herb Chong
has anyone tried a 1G or larger memory card in the camera to see if it works? currently, my plan is to get a pair of 1G cards. i'm not interested in Microdrives because of power consumption. i will use high speed CompactFlash. Herb...

Re: Macro lenses

2003-09-30 Thread Steve Larson
Good one Andre! Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:38 PM Subject: Re: Macro lenses A line of PDMLers are waiting with their LX in one hand and a VS1 lens in the

Re: normal focal length of *ist-D?

2003-09-30 Thread Rob Studdert
On 30 Sep 2003 at 17:25, graywolf wrote: Bill Robb did that and showed that I was wrong about needing an 82mm lens for a 1:1 image it is closer to a 50mm. After rethinking, it it probably would be a 52-53mm lens. Note that is much longer than some others said. And just to confuse the

RE: Pug Thoughts

2003-09-30 Thread Simon King
Great set indeed. The one that gets my vote for wow factor is Strange Noise by Rolf Brenner. It really captures the slice in time perfectly. It also looks like the sort of festival that if you can remember anything about it you weren't really there. Simon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

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