Re: OT: Europe (was Re: "Digital Camera Lens Optimization")

2003-10-17 Thread Dag T
På lørdag, 18. oktober 2003, kl. 00:20, skrev Cotty: On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: The difference between Americans and Europeans is that Americans think a hundred years is a long time, and Europeans think that a hundred miles is a long distance. What's a European? I'm British! Fro

IR and the *ist D?

2003-10-17 Thread alex wetmore
I was just cleaning up my office and came across my Hoya R72 IR filter. I've used this a little bit with my Sony DSC-F717 and thought I'd give it a try with the *ist D. >From playing around in the house I have to say that it looks promissing. My only IR sources right now are remotes and incadesc

RE: Long exposure question

2003-10-17 Thread Bucky
Works on the K1000 too. -Original Message- From: Larry Levy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17-Oct-03 13:09 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Long exposure question Graywolf wrote: There is a old wife's tale that on the MX the self-timer prefires the mirror. I just checked and it does n

Re: *ist D and BIG Glass

2003-10-17 Thread David Mann
Chris Murray > http://www.schmidtprint.com/istd.htm > > Pentax 600 ED:IF F4 and *ist D. Warning: unless you have a broadband connection you'd better be patient when visiting the above link. The images contained are all 3008x2008 jpgs (about 2Mb each) which have been resized in the HTML to di

Re: Incident meter info needed

2003-10-17 Thread mishka
a few weeks ago i, accidentally, had my seconic L308B II take a dive in a waterfall in white mountains. after it was recovered, dripping with refreshingly cool mountain water, and dried for a couple of days on my dining table, it kept working flawlessly. i guess this speaks for itself. mishka

Re: Zenit 16mm Fisheye & *istD

2003-10-17 Thread mishka
i do prefer a fisheye to a rectilinear wideangle. the pictures semm to look more natural to me. i guess, i have been mc escher fan for waaay too long best, mishka Ouch, that's an expensive way to provide a distorted wide angle view. Rob Studdert

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread mishka
i have to admit, i haven't seen the ad. but , from the description, once you put it *that* way -- i have to agree. mishka P.S. then again, i guess, i wouldn't mind holding a bunch of bags for a lady with a perfect body (not neccessarily an *istD), provided, i get to play with it afterwards. > "

Re: CLA for K50mm

2003-10-17 Thread Alan Chan
Actually, I may be talking a load of nonesense here. What is the general opinion regarding dust in lenses - am I right that it gets slowly sucked in over the years through pressure difference?? For Pentax prime lenses, the dust got suck in from the rear of the lens from the aperture opening. How m

OT: ColorVision Spyder sale for 70$

2003-10-17 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Spyder sales is going on for 120$. If you subtract manufacturer rebate of 50$, final price comes to 70$ http://www.calumetphoto.com/syrinx/ctl?PAGE=Controller&ac.ui.pn=home.Home&sl=0 Thanks Ramesh __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web si

Re: *ist D and BIG Glass

2003-10-17 Thread John Francis
> > Wish I had that setup anyway! There's several folks on this list with the 600/f4; I don't know if any of them are getting an *ist-D. When mine gets here I'll be using it with a long lens, too. Not quite as wide, but the 250-600/f5.6 is still quite a nice lens. I also plan on trying the 1.

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread Dan Matyola
I think the ad was intended to be humorous and to grab attention. It certainly does the latter. I'm not sure how effective it is, but I don't see it as offensive. Do we always have to be politically correct?

Newbie to list now posting K1000 questions

2003-10-17 Thread Mike
Hi all, Thanks for your welcomes and comments. I recently acquired two K1000's and need to know what differences, if any, of any sort there are between them. One is marked "Asahi Opt. Co." on the back below the wind lever. Its s/n is 8403662. The other is doesn't mention "Asahi" marked on th

Re: *ist D and BIG Glass

2003-10-17 Thread John Mustarde
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:14:56 +1000, you wrote: >On 17 Oct 2003 at 15:21, Chris Murray wrote: > >> I saw this in the dpreview.com pentax forums: >> >> http://www.schmidtprint.com/istd.htm >> >> Pentax 600 ED:IF F4 and *ist D. > >Bokeh may be more of an issue than it is when using film. Bright rin

Re: *ist-D compact flash benchmarks and recommendations

2003-10-17 Thread John Francis
> > I'm shopping around for new compact flash memory cards for my *ist-D > and noticed that Rob Galbraith has now posted benchmarks for the *ist-D: > > http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6432 > > Can anyone with an *ist-D using any of the cards verify the reported > numbe

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread John Francis
> > John Francis: > > >The complaint is just as bad as the original ad - possibly even worse. > >A long list of *female* photographers? Why is there this assumption > >that only females might find the advertisement offensive, or that only > >the opinion of female photographers is worth reportin

RE: Da Cubbies

2003-10-17 Thread Amita Guha
It would have been nice to at least see the Sox make it to the Series. I am sick to death of the Yanks winning everything. The Sox were doing fine last night until Martinez started to tire. :P I doubt I will bother to watch the series now. > -Original Message- > From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PR

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread Keith Whaley
I thought they were extra bras... huh... seemed logical to me. Does even now, looking at the picture again for the 4th time... Arnold would appreciate those buns, I'll bet... keith whaley William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "mishka" > Subject: Re: *ist-D ad claimed

Re: "Digital Camera Lens Optimization"

2003-10-17 Thread Keith Whaley
Amusing anecdote! And true... While up north visiting W.B. we drove around and thru the Peak District, and would love to have had the time to do it in a more leisurely fashion. It's absolutely beautiful there! And it's BIG! I only had a lovely Retina IIIc with me at that time, and it got broken ju

Re: OT: Europe (was Re: "Digital Camera Lens Optimization")

2003-10-17 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Quoth Cotty: > >The difference between Americans and Europeans is that Americans > >think a hundred years is a long time, and Europeans think that > >a hundred miles is a long distance. > > What's a European? I'm British! The ex-girlfriend in question didn't tell me how to distinguish Brits from

Re: Multiple messages

2003-10-17 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Dr E D F Williams" Subject: Multiple messages > Outlook Express is sending two or three copies of many of the messages I > send. It finds and 'error' and tries again -- but in fact the message went > and there was no error. I'd be talking to my ISP about tha

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "mishka" Subject: Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic > > "A perfect body with all the right accessories" > > sounds like a *very* clever ad line to me. I found it terribly offensive. That man standing there holding a bunch of handbags for the lady. Obviousl

Re: Europe (was Re: "Digital Camera Lens Optimization")

2003-10-17 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Cotty" Subject: OT: Europe (was Re: "Digital Camera Lens Optimization") > What's a European? I'm British! Pip pip!!! The WOGS start at Calais. Cheerio! WW

Re: Da Cubbies

2003-10-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Paul Stenquist wrote: > There was a team from Chi town, > > That played for the baseball crown, > > Until a fan now blue, > > Interfered with Alou, > > And again the goat's curse has come true. um, Paul, better not quit your day job ;) annsan

Re: Increasing the workflow.

2003-10-17 Thread mike wilson
Heaven forfend. An ecologist. Paul Eriksson wrote: > > A fellow chemist on the list? > > /Paul > > > >Not so strange. To a chemist. > > > >m > > > > _ > Want to check if your PC is virus-infected? Get a FREE computer virus s

Re: Increasing the workflow.

2003-10-17 Thread Paul Eriksson
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RE: Long zoom macro lens?

2003-10-17 Thread Gaurav Aggarwal
I am back again to ask more questions. I am visiting US for some time and want to buy a used tele-zoom (macro not essential) before I return. I didn't see any FS: on the list so tried keh.com. How are the following lenses and prices: 75-300 F4.5-5.6 TOKINA MACRO A (58) for $105 80-400 F4.5-5.6 TOK

*ist D and BIG Glass

2003-10-17 Thread Chris Murray
I saw this in the dpreview.com pentax forums: http://www.schmidtprint.com/istd.htm Pentax 600 ED:IF F4 and *ist D. This list has given me an unhealthy lust for the ist D, and I didn't want to go digital. My Optio S reminded me of how fun it is to have instant results. Anybody want to give me

OT: Europe (was Re: "Digital Camera Lens Optimization")

2003-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >The difference between Americans and Europeans is that Americans >think a hundred years is a long time, and Europeans think that >a hundred miles is a long distance. What's a European? I'm British! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, P

Re: Increasing the workflow.

2003-10-17 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: > I'm serious. What sort of batteries? Are we talking rechargeable? Bought > off the shelf? > > I have always been told that keeping batteries warm is the best way to > keep em charged up! > > Something strange going on here... At the risk of teaching grannies Batteries 101

Re: Increasing the workflow.

2003-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >> >It did surprise my parents when they >> >looked at my refrigerator and noted how much of the space was taken up by >> >film and batteries... >> >> Cesar, you keep batteries in the fridge?? >> >> Can you tell me why? > >You serious, Cotty? >Nah, you h

Re: Old lenses, *istD, and the Pentax Mad Scientists

2003-10-17 Thread Jostein
The cheapo zoom that sells with the 300D does not fit the 1Ds and the film cameras. Not sure if it works with the D60/10D. All true EF lenses will work with the 300D. jostein Quoting Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sorry. I meant to write "would not work". It's not nearly as > intere

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread mishka
"A perfect body with all the right accessories" sounds like a *very* clever ad line to me. best, mishka

OT: Europe (was Re: "Digital Camera Lens Optimization")

2003-10-17 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Bob Walkden wrote: > I remember about 25 years ago talking to an elderly American in Munich > who was on his first visit to Europe since WWII. I asked what he > thought was most remarkable about Europe. He said "Well, your cities are > all so close together". A bi-cultural (Austrian/American) ex-g

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V03 #1237

2003-10-17 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
An incident meter measures the amount of light directly striking the meter, so it won't help judge the tonality of subjects. It will develop an eye for the amount of light. An incident meter that can also measure flash will make multiple lighting setups practical to do, it's a pure science fair exp

Multiple messages

2003-10-17 Thread Dr E D F Williams
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Fw: Other Listing Policies questions #AU RD2 (KMM78034872V20031L0KM)

2003-10-17 Thread Dr E D F Williams
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Fw: Other Listing Policies questions #AU RD2 (KMM78034872V20031L0KM)

2003-10-17 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Something has been done. Don ___ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery See New Pages "The Cement Company from HELL!" Updated: August 15, 2003 - Original Message - From: "eBay United Kingdom Customer Support" <[EMAIL P

Fw: Other Listing Policies questions #AU RD2 (KMM78034872V20031L0KM)

2003-10-17 Thread Dr E D F Williams
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Re: "Digital Camera Lens Optimization"

2003-10-17 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Friday, October 17, 2003, 7:12:45 PM, you wrote: [...] > A couple of the numerous times we've visited that (northern) part of > England, we visited Whaley Bridge, had the standard touristy shots by > the road sign, and so on. > We did notice that place is growing! Between visits, perhaps 18 y

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Cotty, on 17 Oct 03 you wrote in pentax.list: >Bad news Anders, the *ist D is not aimed at the professional market. But it is black! Cheers, Heiko

Re: Some more PUG comments.

2003-10-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! JF> Young Windows Professional - Boris Liberman. JF> Another "cute kid" picture. The picture conveys an air JF> of intense concentration, but the harsh flash lighting JF> and hard-edged shadows are negatives. And, yet again, JF> I think there's a lot of wasted space here; I'd suggest JF>

Re: Long exposure question

2003-10-17 Thread Larry Levy
Graywolf wrote: There is a old wife's tale that on the MX the self-timer prefires the mirror. I just checked and it does not do so on mine. Of course the MX has no mirror lock-up so it is even worse than the LX where you can use mirror lock-up and a cable release. REPLY Not quite. If you tap the

Incident meter info needed

2003-10-17 Thread Ramesh Kumar
Hi, I need to improve my ability to judge the tonality. I mostly do landscape work & I use spot meter more. I am planning to buy a Incident meter and practice metering things around me. This may improve my tonality judging skills and one day I may be able judge the tonality of distant objects

Re: CLA for K50mm

2003-10-17 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: > > On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > > >> It is between certain groups of elements and the action of focussing can > >> suck in / blow out miniscule amounts of dust in the air that must be able > >> to move in and out of the lens, otherwise it would not work. Any lens

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ROTFL. You're kidding me. Really? I can't believe that! I can. I can't remember the last time I saw a Pentax ad that had anything to do with any Pentax product. -tih -- Tom Ivar Helbekkmo, Senior System Administrator, EUnet Norway www.eunet.no T: +47-220929

*istD availability

2003-10-17 Thread Larry Levy
The *istD has made its way to Dallas. Wolf Camera (a local version of Ritz) has just got them in. The store (where I was having work done on my AF500FTZ) I just came from received several. After my explaining that I couldn't actually aford to buy one now, the clerk quite willingly showed off the c

RE: Has Pentax missed again?

2003-10-17 Thread Doug Brewer
At 02:07 PM 10/17/03, throwing caution to the wind, Cotty wrote: What is a pro bag? it's black, natch.

Re: Has Pentax missed again?

2003-10-17 Thread Keith Whaley
Cotty wrote: > > On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > > >Given the lenses that WERE in my bag (20,28/1.4,50/1.4,85/1.8,180) I have > >lost my wider apertures and cannot exactly replace some lenses. I have > >in fact replaced ALL the lenses in my pro bag, primarily with zooms, > >to comp

Re: This coming weekend

2003-10-17 Thread Keith Whaley
Steve Desjardins wrote: > > "My weekend will be pretty busy too. I have two days of agility trials" > > I didn't know you did competitive agility. . . ;-) > > Steve (who is waiting for a budget meeting at 3 and has nothing better > to do.) Count your money carefully, and put your wallet in th

Re: Increasing the workflow.

2003-10-17 Thread Keith Whaley
Cotty wrote: > > On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > > >It did surprise my parents when they > >looked at my refrigerator and noted how much of the space was taken up by > >film and batteries... > > Cesar, you keep batteries in the fridge?? > > Can you tell me why? You serious, Cotty

Re: Old lenses, *istD, and the Pentax Mad Scientists

2003-10-17 Thread Steve Desjardins
Sorry. I meant to write "would not work". It's not nearly as interesting the other way. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/17/03 02:02PM >>> I know very little

Re: "Digital Camera Lens Optimization"

2003-10-17 Thread Keith Whaley
Hi Wendy, The older you are, the smaller the world becomes! I'll try to make a long story short. I/we have been to the UK perhaps 20 times. We have some very dear friends who live in a small countryside town in Wales, not too far outside (West of) Chester. He is and has been a "force" in local ja

Re: LX users - where to process film?

2003-10-17 Thread wendy beard
From: graywolf >Of course if they won't even try to fix them or want to charge you "reprint" >prices then "run, don't walk" someplace else. Anyone can make a mistake, it is >only when it happens too often or they try to deny it is their mistake when you >should worry. When I was fed up with th

RE: Has Pentax missed again?

2003-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Given the lenses that WERE in my bag (20,28/1.4,50/1.4,85/1.8,180) I have >lost my wider apertures and cannot exactly replace some lenses. I have >in fact replaced ALL the lenses in my pro bag, primarily with zooms, >to compensate--cost me more than the

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Friday, October 17, 2003, 5:38:09 PM, you wrote: > On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >>Yesterday I saw the same ad in some German photo magazine, and the text was >>all in German - a friend of mine (Sylwek :-) said it read exactly what you >>wrote - "a perfect body with perfect acces

RE: This coming weekend

2003-10-17 Thread Steve Desjardins
"My weekend will be pretty busy too. I have two days of agility trials" I didn't know you did competitive agility. . . ;-) Steve (who is waiting for a budget meeting at 3 and has nothing better to do.)

Re: Old lenses, *istD, and the Pentax Mad Scientists

2003-10-17 Thread Steve Desjardins
I know very little about Canon, but evidently these EF-S lenses for thr Rebel D would work on any of the film Canons. Is this ture? If so, is this current EF-S zoom the only lens available for the Rebel D? Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 244

Re: Digital vs Film observation

2003-10-17 Thread edwin
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, John Francis wrote: > > > > I'd be curious to know how many who have a DSLR really use their film > > bodies anymore. Outside of wide angle issues I suspect that very few > > really do. Ironically, I'm pushing myself to shoot MORE with my film cameras right now because I'm

RE: Da Cubbies

2003-10-17 Thread Steve Desjardins
The upside to all of this is that if we had gotten the "battle of the curses" series it would have gone to a 3-3 tie and an asteroid would have hit the earth before game 7 could be played (and given either the Cubs or the Sox a win). Steve (a true believer) Steven Desjardins Department of Chemis

RE: This coming weekend

2003-10-17 Thread wendy beard
My weekend will be pretty busy too. I have two days of agility trials. I'm scorekeeping on Saturday afternoon, competing on Sunday morning and trying to take photos on Sunday afternoon. I had been contemplating using the MZ-S with Tokina 80-200/2.8 and either Fuji 1600 or B/W 3200. I ran a coupl

Re: Increasing the workflow.

2003-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >It did surprise my parents when they >looked at my refrigerator and noted how much of the space was taken up by >film and batteries... Cesar, you keep batteries in the fridge?? Can you tell me why? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, P

Re[2]: Da Cubbies

2003-10-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
Yeah, since I am a fan of none of the teams, who want to watch a repeat. Much better to see some teams that provide interest to non-fans. --- Bruce Friday, October 17, 2003, 8:54:03 AM, you wrote: t> Man, I was so looking forward to Cubs vs. Sox. Yanks vs. Marlins? Who t> cares? t> tv >> -

RE: Has Pentax missed again?

2003-10-17 Thread edwin
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Rob Brigham wrote: > The FA50 1.4 is lovely. Had no use for that focal length before, but > with the 1.5 factor it(or the 43) was a must. My unhappiness with the > 77 has nothing to do with the picture quality, just that my favourite > lens now has a focal length that it of

Re: CLA for K50mm

2003-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >> It is between certain groups of elements and the action of focussing can >> suck in / blow out miniscule amounts of dust in the air that must be able >> to move in and out of the lens, otherwise it would not work. Any lens >> acts like a small, slow pum

Re: CLA for K50mm

2003-10-17 Thread Keith Whaley
Not in my humble opinion, Cotty, not so long as parts of the lens body needs to move in relationship to other parts, all on the same axis. That there is and will be a "trapped" volume of air inside at full extension, that needs to squoosh out while shortening the lens assembly to minimum length...t

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Yesterday I saw the same ad in some German photo magazine, and the text was >all in German - a friend of mine (Sylwek :-) said it read exactly what you >wrote - "a perfect body with perfect accessories". Maybe in German the >relation of body (camera) to b

Re: LX users - where to process film?

2003-10-17 Thread graywolf
Of course if they won't even try to fix them or want to charge you "reprint" prices then "run, don't walk" someplace else. Anyone can make a mistake, it is only when it happens too often or they try to deny it is their mistake when you should worry. Unfortunately labs change. They get a new man

Increasing the workflow.

2003-10-17 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Gee, you people just write too much - as I sit here trying to get the unread messages under 100 :-) Anyway, as some of you have noticed, I joined the growing ranks on Tuesday. Yes, the lone *ist D made it to my photo store. Funny, the rep called them to have them notify me of its ship date. They

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >The ad looks more like an ad for underwear or perfume than for a $1700 >camera, really. Another bizarre thing about it is that it says "for your >precious moments" across the picture. Not a tagline aimed towards pros, >I'd think. > >anders Bad news Ander

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >In last week's issue of "Resumé", the Swedish weekly magazine for the >advertizing business, there is a full page article where a long list of >female photographers accuse Pentax of being sexistic in their adverts for >the new *ist-D. They make clear that

Re: CLA for K50mm

2003-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >I wonder if Canon "sealed" L lenses are dust free? > >Alan Chan >http://www.pbase.com/wlachan > >>Which brings an interesting possibility - creating a vacuum >>inside Actually, I may be talking a load of nonesense here. What is the general o

Re: *ist-D ad claimed to be sexistic

2003-10-17 Thread John Francis
> > Anders posted: > > In last week's issue of "Resumé", the Swedish weekly magazine for the > > advertizing business, there is a full page article where a long list of > > female photographers accuse Pentax of being sexistic in their adverts for > > the new *ist-D. They make clear that because of

RE: I got my *ist D and I LOVE IT !!!

2003-10-17 Thread edwin
This is not a problem unique to Pentax digitals. Some of Nikon's more exotic lenses (14/2.8, 20-35/2.8) supposedly perform much worse on their high-res digital cameras than on film or the original 2.77MP D1. The in-camera interpolation of the sensor, which other than the Foveon only reads one

Re: LX users - where to process film?

2003-10-17 Thread graywolf
??? Why use an LX if you are just going to have your prints screwed up? None of those are really good choices (except the at home one). B&W is best done at home, good B&W labs are getting hard to find anymore and very expensive. If you have to have color prints, find a good "pro" lab, though t

RE: GFM gear

2003-10-17 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Let's not start with driving a convertible with the top down in the predawn hours... a story better told with drink in hand surrounded by friends :-) Cesar Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: Steve Desjardins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 9:11

Re: Autopug confirmation

2003-10-17 Thread Jostein
Thanks, mate. Saved me the trouble of deleting my own submission and re-enter it to check. Kudos to my web-hotel host who fixed it, I guess. Sent him a mail yesterday once I figured out what was wrong. Keep 'em pics comin', folks. Looks to be a big gallery this month. Cheers, Jostein --

Re: GFM gear

2003-10-17 Thread graywolf
Not so, Steve. NC is an enlightened state. Photographers are exempt from business licensing. University tuition is the cheapest in the country. Damn, there was something else good about NC, but I can not remember what it was. :)) However, I suspect "gateboy" has some low dirty meaning in Cotty's

Re: Re: LX users - where to process film?

2003-10-17 Thread Jose R. Rodriguez
John, I typically send my film (Kodak Supra 400) to the local grocery store for processing ($9.00 for 36 - 4 X 6 prints on Royal Gold Paper) and they typically do a pretty good job. However, my local Pro Lab charges $20.00 for 36 - 4 X 6 prints (Fuji Crystal Archive Paper) on a new Fuji Fronti

RE: This coming weekend

2003-10-17 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
This weekend begins tonight for me. We are putting on a sprint triathlon tomorrow. Registration begins tonight. I will be carrying the MZ-S and LX and the *ist D tonight for some shots of the volunteers and some atmosphere images. Tomorrow I will try to document the event throughout with both d

RE: GFM gear

2003-10-17 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Of course. Actually remembered it immediately after sending the post. César Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 7:05 AM -- -- You're speaking of course of the lovely Jessica? -- -- Bill -- -- - Ori

RE: GFM gear

2003-10-17 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
But I have noted that they all seem to look at us with envy... Maybe it is all the fun we are having. César Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 7:04 AM -- -- Of course! -- -- All PDML'ers are welcome,

Re: *ist-D in DPReview Pentax Forum

2003-10-17 Thread Jostein
Pål, could you please be a bit more specific about where "this part of the world" is? I would also like to know where the figure "14000 cameras" come from. And which time-frame is it supposed to cover? Cheers, Jostein - Pictures at: http://oksne.net

Re: "Digital Camera Lens Optimization"

2003-10-17 Thread Keith Whaley
Thanks, Harry. I'm not sure yet what browser I'll end up with, except that I am certain I will NEVER use OE or IE. I can't tell what it is you're using now. Is it "Becky!" by any chance? Keith Whaley (like the town up by Nottingham... Whaley Bridge...) Harold Owen wrote: > > Keith Whalley wrote:

Re: CLA for K50mm

2003-10-17 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: > It is between certain groups of elements and the action of focussing can > suck in / blow out miniscule amounts of dust in the air that must be able > to move in and out of the lens, otherwise it would not work. Any lens > acts like a small, slow pump - especially zooms. > > Wh

RE: Da Cubbies

2003-10-17 Thread tom
Man, I was so looking forward to Cubs vs. Sox. Yanks vs. Marlins? Who cares? tv > -Original Message- > From: Steve Desjardins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > May your liver be fed to a Marlin. > > Steve (the Red sox fan) > > > Steven Desjardins > Department of Chemistry > Washington and

RE: LX users - where to process film?

2003-10-17 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
He has to set the standard somewhere ;-) Cesar Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 6:49 AM -- -- jmb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- -- >Where do you all get your film processed and prints made? -- >W

RE: Digital vs Film observation

2003-10-17 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Frank, Did not figure you wanted to start on a new system, but what kind of friend would I be if I did not even offer? I will be a bit busy this weekend, but hope to finish the bike on Sunday. Maybe even take it for a good spin on Monday... You have to love the classics. Still thinking about a

re:OT cameracanada.com

2003-10-17 Thread brooksdj
I had a look at the prices on some things that might interest me and compared them to Henrys in Toronto. Camera Canada is about $5-10 cheaper on the under $1000 stuff and $50-60 cheaper on some high end stuff,$2000 plus. Might be a typo or they are just late in up dating the site

Re: GFM gear

2003-10-17 Thread graywolf
For some reason, Frank, e-mail to your hotmail account bounces for me. Happened 3 times in the past couple of weeks. frank theriault wrote: PS: I hate it when I ignore a thread, then pop in mid-thread, and find stuff I'm interested in! -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com "You might as well a

Re: Long exposure question

2003-10-17 Thread graywolf
There is a old wife's tale that on the MX the self-timer prefires the mirror. I just checked and it does not do so on mine. Of course the MX has no mirror lock-up so it is even worse than the LX where you can use mirror lock-up and a cable release. mike wilson wrote: Hi, Chris Brogden wrote:

Re: Digital vs Film observation

2003-10-17 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
This is what I've observed in Columbus. Also, the Blads are stacking up as well. Even the RBs and old Mamiya TLRs are dropping nicely (for the buyer). Besides, there are few 80s Pentax bodies available here. Students are using them. Relatively few s/m bodies remain in regular use. CRB >>Since in

Re: Long exposure question

2003-10-17 Thread graywolf
As to why it is called that. "Hiding behind the flag", refers to the old French empire flag, white with gold fleur-de-lis, that looked like a flag of surrender until you got close enough to see the gold flowers. Privateers hated it. Goes back awhile doesn't it (grin)? William Robb wrote: -

Re: *ist-D in DPReview Pentax Forum

2003-10-17 Thread Alin Flaider
Pål wrote: PJ> Not very likely I'm afraid. According to Pentax sources at this PJ> part of the world, out of 14 000 DSLR sold about 40 will be *ist PJ> D's. About 13 960 are Nikon or Canon models. That accounts then to what? ... 500 units per month? Are they hand assembled!? Then perhaps the

RE: LX users - where to process film?

2003-10-17 Thread Steve Desjardins
I use Walmart for 35 mm and A&I in California for MF. The latter is through BH Photo and so far they do a good job. The Walmart is the not the 1 hour stuff but the send out variety. There is a photo place in Lexington but that is more a photographer that does some processing and equipment sales

Re[2]: "Digital Camera Lens Optimization"

2003-10-17 Thread Harold Owen
Keith Whalley wrote:- > While 96.8% of our audience uses a standards-compliant web > browser, you appear not to be using one. > > If that's not sufficient motive, I guess I won't have far to look! > I'm getting that all over the place. Kodak was merely the most recent! This is one

Re: ist D and Arca Swiss quick release

2003-10-17 Thread Paul Eriksson
Unfortunately the distance between lip and screw in the plate is too short. thanks Paul From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ist D and Arca Swiss quick release Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 05:58:32 -0400 i was planning on getting a Kirk

Re: ist D and Arca Swiss quick release

2003-10-17 Thread Paul Eriksson
Unfortunately the camera body is to deep, that means the distance btween the screw and the lip on the plate is to short. This is also the problem that I have with my current plate that I've been using with my ZX-L. But if I can't find a plate with a lip that fits wimberly have a new generic pl

Re: Digital vs Film observation

2003-10-17 Thread graywolf
Or glue a PDA to the back (g). Mark Roberts wrote: "Cesar Matamoros II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: TV wrote: I shoot it occasionally so I don't forget how. I feel a little foolish when I squeeze off a frame on the 645n then check the back. That damned screen is always blank. Maybe you should ma

RE: Digital vs Film observation

2003-10-17 Thread Steve Desjardins
You know, folks, I had made a comment a while ago that if there were a sub-$500 DSLR film would be dead. To be fair I should have said 35mm would be dead and who knows about MF. The reaction to the *ist D has only reinforced this. Many things can hang around in niche markets (LF) and even with K

Re: LX users - where to process film?

2003-10-17 Thread brooksdj
Ditto here Paul. Except the local 1 hour cannot handle the MF stuff,so the pro lab gets the 120 C41 and the E6.BW in the bathroom. Dave > BW at home, color neg film at a mini lab, E6 at a local pro lab. > Paul > > jmb wrote: > > > Where do you all get yo

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