On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:37:27 -, Rob Brigham wrote:
>*sigh*
>
>This camera is getting very expensive!
>
>Not only did I have to bribe the household treasury officer with the
>same value transferred to her private shopping account.
>
>AND promise the same amount in the home improvements budget.
That's about what I thought. I suspect USB2 will be available on more
computers than Firewire. Going to USB2 will enable the scanner to work
on more computers.
Andrew
Herb Chong wrote:
my measurements of USB2 and Firewire still give the speed edge to Firewire,
but not by much. doing hard drive
I wish!
--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> - Original Message -
> From: "Brendan"
> Subject: VIRUS!
>
>
> > Sorry to everyone who got those weird messages, my
> > system was attacked by a rather nasty lil bug and
> > norton didn't catch it in time ( 10 min after the
> >
- Original Message -
From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis"
Subject: Scratches on film
>
> Hello,
>
> I got a ME Super off ebay the other day. I shot TMAX400 at 800 and had
> it developed at Ilford's (UK). I see quite a few problems (eg a set of
> parallel, horizontal scratches on negs and of cou
- Original Message -
From: "Brendan"
Subject: VIRUS!
> Sorry to everyone who got those weird messages, my
> system was attacked by a rather nasty lil bug and
> norton didn't catch it in time ( 10 min after the
> infection the update came in ). It's all better now
> and goes to show tha
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LXist
> And I've got 3 F3's which is more than enough to qualify as a "burden" of
> F3s!
Ah yes, the F3. The best camera I never liked when I owned one. Absolutely
reliable, tough as nails, perfect exposure accuracy, great v
Technically, USB2 is faster than fire wire (although not by much), but if
you want your USB2 device to operate at its full capacity you must have it
connected to a USB2 port. The device can be connected to a standard USB
port, but will transfer at standard USB rate.
David Madsen
mailto:[EMAIL PRO
Like he said.
Stan
Bob Walkden wrote:
Hi,
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 10:01:35 AM, you wrote:
Going OT here, but always wanted to be sure what the plural of ibis was.
I've heard ibises, ibes, ibii, ibex or just plain ibis etc.. As such I've
resorted to an-apple-two-apples, an-ibis-two-bird
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, William Robb wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "jtainter"
> Subject: LXist
>
>
> > Will Robb wrote:
> >
> > 'Plural of LX is LXs.
> > As in, "I have three LXs".'
> >
> > So, Wheatfield, do you have:
> >
> > A flock of LXs?
> > A herd of LXs?
> > A gaggle of L
> > Pentax headquarters seems to have a fascination with combining add letters
> > and numbers. Not using any numbering system or sequential order that I can
> > figure out.
>
> It was produced first in Pentax's 60th year of existence. A good
> combination of historical pride and cute name, in my
The introduction of the LX marked the 60th anniversary of the founding of
the corporation which ultimately morphed into Asahi Optical/Pentax Corp.
Logical enough, no?
David B
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 5:43 PM
S
Thanks for responding.
I am using scanning at 4000dpi using Nikon LS-4000.
Thanks
Ramesh
--- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 360 dpi images should print well. However, the
> sharpness of the prints
> will depend on the accuracy of the scanner. On your
> monitor you should
> be able to
>2) Is there a relation between sharpness seen on the
monitor to sharpness seen on the print?
Ex: To get a print that looks SHARP on print, should
it appear VERY SHARP on monitor?
Pretty much, but not always. Probably Herb can answer this better than I. But
if it's a sharp pic it should look sha
Esperanto anyone?
Cheers,
Ryan
PS. You guys should lighten up..jeez. I figure the recent spate of 'witty',
pedantic acrimony on this topic is due to the fact everyone desperately
needs some fella to waltz in and say Canon beats Pentax *ss.
From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cotty, Bob is
360 dpi images should print well. However, the sharpness of the prints
will depend on the accuracy of the scanner. On your monitor you should
be able to see relatively good sharpness at 100%. If you don't, your
prints won't be snappy. What resolution are you scanning at?. I
assume.it must be 4000 d
On 29/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>We write words such as "center", "theater", etc. as we
>do in an attempt to remove the effects of England's national dyslexia from
>our vocabulary.
Bob, your pride is matched only by your ignorance.
Cheers,
Tctoy
___/\__
|| (O) | People,
Hi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >You must have missed the following sentence from my post: "I think of LX as
> an abbreviation, not as a word, even though it is really the Latin numeral for
> 60."
>
> >Bob
>
> As good an explanation as any I can think for why they named it the LX -- 60.
> Pent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> As good an explanation as any I can think for why they named it the
> LX -- 60. Pentax headquarters seems to have a fascination with
> combining add letters and numbers. Not using any numbering system or
> sequential order that I can figure out.
It's not so hard to fi
Hi,
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 7:06:44 PM, you wrote:
> Will Robb wrote:
> 'Plural of LX is LXs.
> As in, "I have three LXs".'
> So, Wheatfield, do you have:
> A flock of LXs?
> A herd of LXs?
> A gaggle of LXs?
> An exaltation of LXs?
> Grammarians on the list, please help.
3 of them must
>You must have missed the following sentence from my post: "I think of LX as
an abbreviation, not as a word, even though it is really the Latin numeral for
60."
>Bob
As good an explanation as any I can think for why they named it the LX -- 60.
Pentax headquarters seems to have a fascination with
Hi Bob!
>> "...plural, as in, "Yes, LXen are well respected cameras, except for
their
>> low-light metering characteristics."
>>
> "That should be, "...especially for their low-light metering
> characteristics."
>
If you read the other grammatical examples, I think you'll see the light
(pun inten
>From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>A murder of LXs? (Black like crows.)
>An arsenal of LXs? (You shoot them. I particularly like this one.)
>
>Also...
>A battery of lenses? (Some are large enough to look like
>small cannon.)
>A constellation of flashes, lights?
>
>A can of film? (Am
>Hi,
>Notwithstanding the erudition in other posts, both on and off this
topic, I must concur with Marnie's header. Because I am at work and my
new Jobo processor has arrived at home.
>Doesn't this constitute cruel and unusual punishment?
>mike
looking forward to this evening.
I've gone i
Joe asked:
> A flock of LXs?
> A herd of LXs?
> A gaggle of LXs?
> An exaltation of LXs?
>
> Grammarians on the list, please help.
A clique of LXs/LXen.
-- Glenn
A murder of LXs? (Black like crows.)
An arsenal of LXs? (You shoot them. I particularly like this one.)
Also...
A battery of lenses? (Some are large enough to look like small cannon.)
A constellation of flashes, lights?
A can of film? (Ammo comes in cans.)
Regards,
Bob...
> From: jtainter [mail
>
> *sigh*
>
> This camera is getting very expensive!
I hear you. As I remarked to the other half as we wandered out
of MicroCenter - "it's amazing how much money you have to spend
so that you can save money on film and printing". Quite apart
from the $350 on CF memory there was the new $400 p
- Original Message -
From: "jtainter"
Subject: LXist
> Will Robb wrote:
>
> 'Plural of LX is LXs.
> As in, "I have three LXs".'
>
> So, Wheatfield, do you have:
>
> A flock of LXs?
> A herd of LXs?
> A gaggle of LXs?
> An exaltation of LXs?
I have three LXs.
And an *ist D.
And a couple
- Original Message -
> From: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> *sigh*
>
> This camera is getting very expensive!
>
> Not only did I have to bribe the household treasury officer with the
> same value transferred to her private shopping account.
>
> AND promise the same amount in the hom
At 02:06 PM 10/29/03, throwing caution to the wind, jtainter wrote:
Will Robb wrote:
'Plural of LX is LXs.
As in, "I have three LXs".'
So, Wheatfield, do you have:
A flock of LXs?
A herd of LXs?
A gaggle of LXs?
An exaltation of LXs?
Grammarians on the list, please help.
Joe
a coven
> *sigh*
>
> This camera is getting very expensive!
>
> [...]
> I could have got a 1Ds for the money this thing is gonna end up costing
> me!
Well, yes and no :-) Imagine what you'd have to do to bribe the missus to
justify the cost of a 1Ds... Spooky :-)
Regards,
Lukasz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
===
Will Robb wrote:
'Plural of LX is LXs.
As in, "I have three LXs".'
So, Wheatfield, do you have:
A flock of LXs?
A herd of LXs?
A gaggle of LXs?
An exaltation of LXs?
Grammarians on the list, please help.
Joe
>
> what do you ask for when you go into ComputerWorld to buy several
> small handheld pointing devices equipped with 2 or 3 eyes and
> connected to your computer by a thin grey tail?
Mousen
Rob,
I think the cost was already committed when you got the wife and family.
At least that's what I tell myself.
Regards, Bob S.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> *sigh*
>
> This camera is getting very expensive!
>
> Not only did I have to bribe the household treasury officer with the
> same value
Well, in English as it is spoken and written here in the States, we create
or modify words at the drop of a hat. (Yes, I am aware that many in the
British Isles claim that English hasn't been spoken here for years. I don't
care.) That's why we write words such as "color", "humor", etc. as we do. It
I see the politics of budget negotiation at work here. With
so much training you're getting, you can be the next governor
of California :-)
Tonghang.
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Rob Brigham wrote:
> Not only did I have to bribe the household treasury officer with the
> same value transferred to her p
I cannot be responsible for your strange ways of thinking.
> From: Bob Walkden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hi,
>
> Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 1:32:29 PM, you wrote:
>
> > Roman numerals are not abbreviations. V is not "short" for anything in
> > Latin.
>
> You must have missed the followin
That should be, "...especially for their low-light metering
characteristics."
> From: Haller, Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> plural, as in, "Yes, LXen are well respected cameras, except for their
> low-light metering characteristics."
If I remember correctly there was a discussion here about the plural form of
LX. I paid close attention being that I think I had four at the time.
The general consensus came out to be LXen. I think it was due to the sound
of it.
When not in constant use my LXen reside in their own Pentax bag wi
One of the really big reasons is the ability to catch "the decisive moment"
with the DSLR. So far, point and shoots do not have that ability. The time
delay between shutter button press and actual capture in the P&S makes it
much more difficult to capture that decisive moment.
Len
---
* There
I thought that the 5000 not the V was faster and 16 bit.
Butch
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.
Hermann Hesse (Demian)
I think that some fine tuning of the firmware n the *ist D will take care of
the minor discrepancies between it and the Canon D10. I do like the ability
to use the larger Adobe RGBcolor space in the *ist D. I own a Canon D30,
D60, and a Powershhot G5 in addition to my *ist D. I'm pretty happy
Absolutely! I use one on my AF500FTZ almost all the time.
Len
---
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
btw: is Stofen omnibounce available for AF500FTZ?
I've built myself one from an empty polypropylene shampoo bottle...looks
weird, works remarkably well also with 14mm or fisheye (on film too)!
If
I have plumped for the Canon A70 - it uses AA batts and CF cards, so
sits quite sensibly with the *istD and she can keep a pack of lithiums
or even alkalines in the car in case she runs out of charge when out.
Got a pretty cheap price too, and handy that it is Xmas soon - I can
combine it with that
Hi,
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 1:32:29 PM, you wrote:
> Roman numerals are not abbreviations. V is not "short" for anything in
> Latin.
You must have missed the following sentence from my post: "I think of LX as
an abbreviation, not as a word, even though it is really the Latin numeral for
60.
Hi,
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 2:37:52 PM, you wrote:
> This is archived somewhere. We actually had a fairly lengthy thread on
> what name we wanted to use for plural LX.
> We just liked the way LXen sounded.
> Cesar, do you remember this?
shouldn't that be
Hoc meminis, Caesar?
--
Cheers
You known you are really lucky. Imagine the cost if you had bought the
1Ds...
I´ve found the cheapest solution of them all: I´ve bought a CF card.
I can borrow a lot of unused cameras, and if their owners want them
back I can just replace their card and take my own pictures with me.
DagT
P
My solution was to "donate" the Optio S to her.
Bill
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From: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: My *istD cost just went up!
> *sigh*
>
> This camera is getting very expensive!
>
> Not only d
All of the multi-point AF cameras do this. None of them
are able to read our minds to find out what AF point to
use.
Therefore, I use the central spot Only, and set the custom
functions so that I can focus with the button on the back
of the camera. Since I am a people shooter, I focus on the
Let that be a lesson to you! I, too, have to make similar
concessions in order to be "enabled". I don't think that
we are in the minority in this way.
Len
---
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:37:27 -
"Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
*sigh*
This camera is
LOL
Thats why i bought the D1and 80-200 f 2.8.The home secretary wont go near it.
:-)
Dave> *sigh*
>
> This camera is getting very expensive!
>
> Not only did I have to bribe the household treasury officer with the
> same value transferred to her private s
Most multi-point auto focus cameras pick the closest subject to focus on.
This function is geared toward the total amateur point and shoot
photographer who shoots mostly his or her friends and family in front of
historic buildings, scenery and other vacation favorites and usually uses
"stand in fro
No, no, no, you got it all wrong! :-)
LXen is just the third-person plural for LX.
When referring to particular LX items you say, "I have one LX with my name
engraved on the lens." or, "I have two LXs with snake skin shutter
curtains." or even, "Those gold-plated LXs on his table are under-price
I (using a C*n*n 10D) use only the center focus-point, with the camera set
to only use the center point. I do as you say, move the focus sensor over
what I want to focus on, focus, then recompose.
Even in the manual it says the camera will focus on whatever is closest when
I have the multi-point
It was a few years ago.
tv
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:33 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Ok I finally got to ask why LXen
>
>
> Thanks Tom I must have missed that discussion.
> Vic
>
>
> T
on 29.10.03 16:37, Rob Brigham at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This camera is getting very expensive!
Terrible story Rob! I am with you these difficult days! Unfortunately I'll
have to do similar things as you to get AF140C ring flash ;-)
--
Best Regards
Sylwek
*sigh*
This camera is getting very expensive!
Not only did I have to bribe the household treasury officer with the
same value transferred to her private shopping account.
AND promise the same amount in the home improvements budget.
Now I am also going to have to buy her a digital camera of her
Ah now that makes sense..
Thanks guys...
Vic
Since some men in the group seem to treat their cameras
better than their women (and may even find them more attractive) ...
Was it not akin to fox/vixen?
a vixen is a female fox not plural. a male fox is a dog fox.
Christian Skofteland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:13 AM
Subject: RE: Ok I finally got to ask why LXen
>
Thanks Tom I must have missed that discussion.
Vic
This is archived somewhere. We actually had a fairly lengthy thread on
what name we wanted to use for plural LX.
We just liked the way LXen sounded.
Cesar, do you remember this?
The USB2 interface gives it transfer speeds near firewire but allows it
to attach to any computer with a USB interface.
Andrew Robinson
Herb Chong wrote:
it's rated about twice as fast and 16-bit color versus 14-bit.
Herb
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From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I got mine for US$1550 and thought it was a deal Buy it if you can!
Christian Skofteland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I questioned it as well. He claims that's 10% over his cost, which he
will give
> to his best customer.
it's rated about twice as fast and 16-bit color versus 14-bit.
Herb
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From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners
> Is it me or does it seem that the new Coo
>True, but it's still misleading. While colour may be recorded at 10
million distinct photosites, luminence is only recorded at 3.3 million.
In the end you get an image whose quality is somewhere in between 3.3 and
10MP. It's certainly better than 3.3MP cameras, but it's not capturing
luminence a
>Hi guys, threw some images up on a new website. Much better viewing than my
old (very slow one)
If you're looking for something to do, check 'em out here
http://groups.msn.com/TheSpiritofNature/shoebox.msnw
Definitely faster loading. You just keep getting better all the time, Vic.
Really l
Bob Walkden wrote:
> Personally I think the plural should be LXs - not LXes or LX's
Elsewhere I commented that "LXes" looks wrong to me and
"LXen" doesn't. Figured I should amend that to say that
"LXs" also doesn't look wrong to me, for the same reason
you gave (that "LX", whether it is one or no
> Ok I finally have to ask why everyone here uses the term LXen when referring
> to their LX in plural.
Can't really speak for everyone, but my _guess_ is that
"hackish" plurals have crept into the list's memeset.
Hackers (in the older sense of the word, not the
"security-crackers and kids who
Going OT here, but always wanted to be sure what the plural of ibis was.
I've heard ibises, ibes, ibii, ibex or just plain ibis etc.. As such I've
resorted to an-apple-two-apples, an-ibis-two-birds..
:),
Ryan in Brisbane (Ibisland)
Hi,
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 4:40:11 AM, you wrote:
> Ok I finally have to ask why everyone here uses the term LXen when referring
> to their LX in plural. I must be slow but I can't for the life of me figure it
> out. LXes yes, it sounds right but LXen throws me every time.
> vic
I've al
on 28.10.03 17:27, Jostein at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I don't know how much this lens vary between samples, but I have tried two
> of these lenses, and they are both the same.
I've been looking closely at other images from 100/2.8 macro. And indeed,
chromatic abberations were obvious in some si
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Ok I finally have to ask why everyone here uses the term LXen when
> referring to their LX in plural.
For what it's worth, this has happened in computer circles as well.
There's this classic computer architecture called the VAX, and it's
tradition to speak of those mac
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> Ok I finally have to ask why everyone here uses the term LXen when referring
> to their LX in plural. I must be slow but I can't for the life of me figure it
> out. LXes yes, it sounds right but LXen throws me every time.
> vic
Hehe,
sounds like derived from Germa
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