Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bill, does this mean that Mark works at, or runs/owns a lab? Bill said: > The lab I work at can go as big as 12x18 from digital. > The first 12x18 print I did from my ist D was printed within about 15 > minutes of being shot. > > William Robb > > tan.

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bill said: " Or, use the character map." Ok, Bill so enlighten me on what a "character map" is... tan.

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Chris Brogden" Subject: Re: It's Stopped Raining > > It's about -24C right now, but the windchill makes it feel like -30C. > Takes a while to scrape the ice off the car every time it's parked, but > we're used to it I haven't even put on a pair of gloves

Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet

2004-01-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" Subject: Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet > Mark, do you have a printer at home that is capable of printing 12x18?!?! > Or do you have a lab nearby that is able to make one quickly? Or do you run > a business yourself? Sorry f

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" Subject: Re: It's Stopped Raining > how to you get the little "o" > (degrees sign) next to your numbers?!?!!? > press and hold "alt" while typing 0186 Or, use the character map. William Robb

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" Subject: Re: It's Stopped Raining > Bill said:"Right now, we are dreaming of the warmth of 8ºC. Daytime highs > here are around -20ºC, night time lows are probably > around -30ºC" > > Seriously, how do you drag yourself out of bed in

Re: Regarding Legal Proceedings

2004-01-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: RE: Regarding Legal Proceedings > > PS: that was very good, Bill. Did you talk to a real lawyer, or did you > just know that stuff? Sorry about the typo. My wife is a paralegal. I come by it naturally, so to speak. William Robb

Re: can you read me now?

2004-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Amita Guha wrote: > Ann, could you send me one of the bouncebacks from me with the headers > included? That way I'll be able to see what's going on and talk to Time > Warner about it. Send it to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Other people > and lists have been complaining about mail to me bouncing. > >

Re: can you read me now?

2004-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Herb Chong wrote: > a reply is another email. there is nothing in the email protocol that > distinguishes between a reply and a new email. only applications know the > difference. your reply is another email and that is all that matters. it is > completely up to your friends to do something. there

RE: Elliott Erwitt at the LEica Gallery

2004-01-02 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
I have to second this one. I took it in the last time I was up in NY. I always try to make it into the gallery. >From the brochure I picked up it seems the exhibit began on 21 November. The next exhibit begins 9 January - Franz Hubmann: A 90th-Birthday Celebration Didi Sattmann:

RE: LX MLU

2004-01-02 Thread Alan Chan
The topic didn't catch my attention so I am a little late to reply on this matter. My sold LX had the same problem and I decided to tackle it myself as Pentax Melbourne repair service was hopeless at the time. The MLU locking mechanism is built-in with the self-timer assembly. What caused the pr

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
*eek*, it's a wonder that people aren't sick all the time with colds and flu with temperature fluctuations such as those... I am a real baby - I hate the cold and I would be quite happy to hibernate right through our winter, during which times temperatures generally range from 3degrees celsius dur

Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Mark, do you have a printer at home that is capable of printing 12x18?!?! Or do you have a lab nearby that is able to make one quickly? Or do you run a business yourself? Sorry for the barrage of questions, I was just amazed that you said you were shooting today and that you already had a 12x18 p

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Really Chris, do I detect a strange tone to your voice? Sarcasm? Cynicism even? I promise you, I could never lay claim to such eloquently written words, and yes, I do agree that the imparitiality and objectivity are to be admired. I'll have to look it up and see just who it is that gets chosen t

Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Mark, wear did the trails go?!? Cool shots, btw... tan. - Original Message - From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet > The first one was shot on Royal Gold 400, so it's har

Re: Happy new Year from a new list member (Charles Braswell)

2004-01-02 Thread Charles Braswell Jr
Gee thanks Tan. After seeing your photography I'd say you are very talented as well. Charles

RE: Bunch of OT stuff

2004-01-02 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-- -Original Message- -- From: Christian Skofteland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 8:52 PM -- -- - Original Message - -- From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 7:13 PM -- -- > -- > to the DC PDML. Were you talking this

Re: Re[2]: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert Chiasson wrote: > > For a while I've been thinking that one of these days I need to > > take a close look at the exploded diagram of an S3 or S1a to see > > whether it'd be feasible to modify it to use trailing-curtain > > sync. [...] > You should be able to add a switch activated by the sa

RE: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread Bucky
Of course, the last IN FRONT OF should have read "BEHIND". > -Original Message- > From: Bucky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 2-Jan-04 18:14 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful > If, OTOH, the car is moving at 50mph, but I am panning more > slo

Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet

2004-01-02 Thread Mark Cassino
The first one was shot on Royal Gold 400, so it's hard to say what the colors were exactly like. But the first shot (last year) was taken during a January thaw after a few inches of snow had melted, during a very dark and over cast day. This winter has seen no snow and it was in the 50's toda

Re: First Photo Ever Sold was: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2004-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Anders Hultman wrote: > > It's two lines of Greek text that I can't read either, and then there's > this text in English: > > DANGER > CORY EXIT > 100 m > > We drove past it every day for a week, and couldn't figure out what > it was all about. A hundred meters down the road it was a hairpin > ben

Re: Re[2]: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread Robert Chiasson
You should be able to add a switch activated by the same gear that returns the mirror after the second curtain closes. Note that you will need to keep the FP switch, as it acts as a safety switch in the X synch circuit - just disconnect it from the FP socket. It'll just take money, no problem. --

Elliott Erwitt at the LEica Gallery

2004-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
(Butch, time to come into New York - tomorrow is the last day of this wonderful exhibit :) ) This is a small but wonderful show - a number of things there I had never seen before (which is saying a lot, since , as they say in Tinsel town "I'm a big fan, big fan") I sure wish I had been at the op

Re: Regarding Legal Proceedings

2004-01-02 Thread Charles Braswell Jr
Sad, I was just getting to know Frank. I had wondered about him after seeing the raindeer headpiece. :) Charles

Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet

2004-01-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Are the colors in the two scenes really as different as the photos show? Mark Cassino wrote: > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP2100_sm.jpg > http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/landscapes/0308land05.htm >

RE: OT: Photographer-Spies (was: OT: Best photography novel?)

2004-01-02 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Frank, I got the same response for a friend today. She used to lurk on the list, but does not have the time to anymore... I was helping her remove a CPC brand lens that was stuck on her MZ-5. Finally got it off. Then I let her use the *ist D to test out some Pentax M lenses she got from ebay.

RE: Battery grip FG/ battery life

2004-01-02 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-- -Original Message- -- From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 8:19 AM -- -- I just had a curious thing happen with my battery grip. My -- 5n has been on a -- break for a couple of weeks, after shooting about 3 or 4 -- rolls. On a couple -- of occasions,

Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet

2004-01-02 Thread Mark Cassino
ooops - here's the *ist-D image I printed large: http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP2100_sm.jpg - MCC - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -

Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet

2004-01-02 Thread Mark Cassino
I went out shooting today and a made a 12 x 18 print of a scene shot with the *ist D. I have mixed impressions, but must admit that I shot a scene that I knew would challenge the digital format. Here's a small image of the shot: If it looks familiar, that's because I shot the same location jus

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread frank theriault
Well, Tanya, Bill, you see, lives in a part of Canada called "Saskatchewan". It gets ~real~ cold there. Cold winds whipping across the prairies and all. I live in Toronto. It doesn't get that cold here. Even so, the average high here for this time of year is about -5. That's the high. Min

RE: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread Bucky
You are partially correct. The blurs would be behind the apparent direction of movement of the object *within the frame*, not necessarily behind the actual direction of movement of the object with respect to the viewer. For example, if the car travels at 50 mph, and I pan with the direction of tr

Re: BMP Scans

2004-01-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Well, Mark, it's annoying to me. I'm glad you find that it's OK for you. I guess we just have different personalities. I know how to make an action, and all that other stuff ... it's just annoying. I don't like unloading the dishwasher, either ... although I don't mind loading it. My experien

Re: Bunch of OT stuff

2004-01-02 Thread Christian Skofteland
- Original Message - From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 7:13 PM Subject: OT: Bunch of OT stuff > > to the DC PDML. Were you talking this fall about dogfish head beer/ale? I > just tried a bottle of their Raison D'Être, pretty go

Re: Regarding Legal Proceedings

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bernard, a legal partner(?!?) declared in this here public forum known as PDML: "Please be advised that our client, Mr. F Therriault, has been declared unable to look after his own affairs by a judicial order instigated by his family. A few days ago, Mr. Therriault started an action against certai

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
LOL! Tan, you'd better avoid to come here (Naples, Italy) in this period, when you can have a 12°C day, followed by a 21°C day and then another day at 5°C... (really happened last December.) Gianfranco PS: yesterday we had a almost constant 9°C temp, not that bad. PPS: Frank, you are crazy. Vox

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jan 2004 at 16:44, Bob W wrote: > Hi, > > 'winjing' is correct. The phrase is usually 'bloody whinging Pommie > bastards' though. > > Australians pronounce 'bastards' wonderfully. That's why we whinge so > much - we just love to listen to their cute little accent. Bob, I don't know if you

Re: PUG "January" is open

2004-01-02 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Tanya Mayer Photography <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Love the sidelighting in " Walking on a Strange Animal " by Gianfranco > Irlanda, a shot that was captured with great timing! > Hi Tanya, Thanks for the kind words. Actually I had a lot of time for taking that picture (I shot two or three fra

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Chris said: "That has to be the best o' the lot so far. Thanks, Tan. :)" Chris, I have no idea what you are talking about, those definitions were plaguarised straight from the "Oxford Dictionary of Australian Pronounciations and Prose" - a text that is used and referred to in Universities all ov

Re: BMP Scans

2004-01-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes Herb, I know that Herb Chong wrote: > none of your problems have anything to do with the file format or any of the > equipment. it had to do with a scanner operator that didn't give a damn or > didn't know anything. >

Re: OT: Bunch of OT stuff

2004-01-02 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
There's a whole section devoted to the Fuji DSLRs here: http://www.robgalbraith.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php The camera seems to give great color, but a number of them have had problems and Fuji support doesn't get good reviews. Rumor has it that there's an S3 in the pipeline. BR Subject: OT: Bu

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bill said:"Right now, we are dreaming of the warmth of 8ºC. Daytime highs here are around -20ºC, night time lows are probably around -30ºC" Seriously, how do you drag yourself out of bed in weather like that?!!? How do you get your fingers to work?!!? Give me hot sun, and sweat any day... tan.

Re: BMP Scans

2004-01-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Bob ... Well, you know my feelings about getting high quality scans. When I said "tweak" (admittedly a poor word choice) I was referencing my admonishment to this particular lab to make no corrections for exposure, which I mentioned in my original post. The default is to make adjustments, so

Re: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread Christian Skofteland
either way (panning or not) trailing-curtain sync would put whatever blurs were in the picture caused by subject motion or camera shake BEHIND the direction of movement. You are still freezing the subject with that burst of flash at the END of the exposure. Look at the pictures. The headlights a

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, so moral of the story is that I am better off just bying a normal flat screen 19" monitor that costs pretty much half the price of the LCD displays anyways?!!? Just gotta find room on my desktop for the huge montrosity of a thing... tan.

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jan 2004 at 13:37, John Francis wrote: > That sounds very much as though they were still using a monitor gamma > response curve. LCD displays have a very different gamma value. Virtually no photo-apps (but some specific LCD cal products) have the complex S- shaped curves required to pull LC

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" Subject: Re: It's Stopped Raining > > > 8 degrees celsius!?!?!? .. Going outside to photograph at 8 degrees celsius, well, lets > just say, you won't have anywhere left to warm your films next time you > remove them from the fridge,

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, I now declare Frank to be 100% crazy... 8 degrees celsius!?!?!? That is "sitting by the fire, wrapped in a blanket, watching a DVD and drinking hot milo (aussie hot chocolate), weather in these parts. And in fact, I don't think it is ever below 18 degrees celsius in anytime other than the

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Chris Brogden
That has to be the best o' the lot so far. Thanks, Tan. :) chris On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > Chris asked... "How do you pronounce "whinging"? I assume it's wine-ing, > but I keep saying win-jing in my head." > > then, Bob said: "Australians pronounce 'bastards' wond

Re: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ho hum, only serves to remind me how hopeless I am at anything that doesn't involve people! Tom these shots are fantastic! Don't ask me why, but I really love this on: http://www.bigdayphoto.com/cityscapes/munich_subway_04020001.htm tan.

Re: Nick's pics

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Some great shots there Nick! I particularly love that bee one, I have tried shooting bees before and they are bloody hard - the move so quickly and are so difficult to get in focus! Now, if you could only add some cute little babies faces poking out of those "bee outfits", the image would be just

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Chris asked... "How do you pronounce "whinging"? I assume it's wine-ing, but I keep saying win-jing in my head." then, Bob said: "Australians pronounce 'bastards' wonderfully. That's why we whinge so much - we just love to listen to their cute little accent" followed by Franks image of fairygirl

Re: Photodisks Failing

2004-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 Jan 2004 at 2:28, Pieter Nagel wrote: > That said, despite knowing that the fast majority of my photography > henceforth will be digital. I have a sneaky suspicion that a lot of my > future film work will be with the LX, due to the OTF metering, of a future > foray into medium format. Whilst

Re: Carl Zeiss Lenses

2004-01-02 Thread Bob W
Hi, several people here have experience of Carl Zeiss lenses. Some of us like them, some of us prefer Pentax. I prefer Zeiss, on balance, but they are very expensive and if I'd been spending my own money when I bought them I wouldn't have, if you see what I mean. To put it into perspective, I had

Re: Carl Zeiss Lenses

2004-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 Jan 2004 at 11:25, Charles Wilson wrote: > Just wondering if anyone has had experience with Carl Zeiss lens. How do > they compare with Pentax and does anyone know where I might find reviews of > them. I (and a few other listers here) have had a fair exposure to CZ lenses for Contax SLRs.

Regarding Legal Proceedings

2004-01-02 Thread Bernard J. Schwartz
Please be advised that our client, Mr. F Therriault, has been declared unable to look after his own affairs by a judicial order instigated by his family. A few days ago, Mr. Therriault started an action against certain members of the Pentax Discuss organization. This action will proceed, as Mr. The

RE: Bunch of OT stuff

2004-01-02 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: Butch Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > As the title says: > > Does anyone have any experience with the Fuji S2? any > comments for or > against? Friend od mine shoots professionally with it. Seems pretty good to me, good low light ability. He seems pretty

Re: can you read me now?

2004-01-02 Thread Herb Chong
a reply is another email. there is nothing in the email protocol that distinguishes between a reply and a new email. only applications know the difference. your reply is another email and that is all that matters. it is completely up to your friends to do something. there is nothing you nor your IS

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Thanks Frank, now lets just hope I don't stuff it up... "That's great gnus. Good things happen to good people (so I've been telling myself for years )." t.

RE: PUG "January" is open

2004-01-02 Thread Bill Sawyer
I have the same trouble with ZA. When I want to view the PUG, I just turn the thing off. I could never find the specific setting causing the problem. -Original Message- From: Len Paris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 02, 2004 2:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:R

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Frank wrote: "English accent? Sounded like he was talking from a million miles away? You recently (despite his protestations to the contrary) pissed off that vengeful bastard Cotty?" And to think, I was all excited about this very cool possible booking, when really it was only yet another of tho

Re: Photodisks Failing

2004-01-02 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 11:11:12AM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 2 Jan 2004 at 20:47, Pieter Nagel wrote: > > > And even if Digital should be replaced by Quantum Imaging, I can at least > > take a Quantum image of my negative and reverse the colours in > > PhotoGalaxy. > > However you might not

Re: can you read me now?

2004-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Mark Roberts wrote: > Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > > >I just reread my original query and realize why a couple of folk thought > >maybe i was on road > >runner. > > > >I was making the point that I couldn't get through to friends who ARE on rr > >while they > >could stil

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions? Digest V04 #14

2004-01-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >See, now I had a different mental image on that one, Chris. > >I was thinking "winging" as in slang for "throwing". > >Not being familiar with this ever so quaint Aussie slang, I have no idea >what a "pom" is, but in my mind, I'm thinking "pom-poms", like

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Vic wrote:"Maybe incorporate some Australian landmarks in the background to help identify it. I'm not suggesting these photos would be better than what you have already shot, just different and it may lead to a visual concept that would help sell the clothing. I know that in North America anything

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Frank said: " English accent? Sounded like he was talking from a million miles away? You recently (despite his protestations to the contrary) pissed off that vengeful bastard Cotty?" Hohum, and I thought I had this great booking to look forward to, but really, it was just another of those bloody

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Tom Reese wrote:"I always feel that way when I have an assignment. That nervousness can help you as long as your hands aren't shaking . Use it to motivate you to do good work." Many thanks Tom, and I totally agree. I often tell myself (and other people in earshot when I mention that I am nervous)

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Leon asked:"Does the Oly have depth of field preview?" No, but I generally have a "gut" instinct of what will and will not be in focus. My MZ-6 has it and I have never used it! I think that this, like most of my photography related "knowledge" is one of my "instinctual" things, that for some rea

Carl Zeiss Lenses

2004-01-02 Thread Charles Wilson
Just wondering if anyone has had experience with Carl Zeiss lens. How do they compare with Pentax and does anyone know where I might find reviews of them. Regards Charles

Re: OT: Bunch of OT stuff

2004-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jan 2004 at 19:13, Butch Black wrote: > Bitmap. I'm trying to create a table document that can be read and printed > from my computer at work. I tried jpeg but there is no program that lets me > resize it to print properly (should I resize to the document size at 72 PPI?). > It has paint that

RE: Re[2]: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
frank theriault wrote: > I've got enough things to think about when I'm shooting. Firing the flash > manually when I reckon the end of a 1/15th second time span is near, just > ain't gonna happen! For a while I've been thinking that one of these days I need to take a close look at the explode

Re: BMP Scans

2004-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jan 2004 at 17:54, Mark Cassino wrote: > I'd expect the lab to be able to kick out scans as good as machine prints > from the negs - which are usually pretty poor. You'd be better off IMO > getting the to do truly neutral scans but those will look really terrible > right off the disk. Bu

Re: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread Bob W
Hi, I did exactly that a few years ago for some night exposures in Santa Monica, California. It's the sort of thing the LX is very good at. I didn't try it at exposures as short as 1/15, but I did some fairly short ones and just fired the flash manually just after I released the shutter. I haven't

Re: can you read me now?

2004-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Herb Chong wrote: > your email is bouncing from rr.com with a security error. they think you are > a spammer. > > Herb... Yup. That much I knew. One message got through _without a subject line_ oddly... but the thing is I'm not initiating the mail -- I'm REPLYING to someone on their server. V

OT: Bunch of OT stuff

2004-01-02 Thread Butch Black
As the title says: Does anyone have any experience with the Fuji S2? any comments for or against? to the DC PDML. Were you talking this fall about dogfish head beer/ale? I just tried a bottle of their Raison D'Être, pretty good stuff Bitmap. I'm trying to create a table document that can be read

Re: Photodisks Failing

2004-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jan 2004 at 20:47, Pieter Nagel wrote: > And even if Digital should be replaced by Quantum Imaging, I can at least > take a Quantum image of my negative and reverse the colours in > PhotoGalaxy. However you might not see much. A lot of my dads colour negs from the '60-'70 don't even contain

Re: First Photo Ever Sold was: Photography: Fun or Profit????

2004-01-02 Thread Anders Hultman
Ann Sanfedele: That reminds me of this road sign I once saw in Greece: http://anders.hultman.nu/bilder/135/135-19.jpeg Substantially underexposed, but the English text should be visible. arrggh - the sign is totally unreadable on my monitor -- and since I love funny signs (big surprize) would

Re: PUG "January" is open

2004-01-02 Thread Butch Black
previously written: You know what, I have never been scuba diving, or even snorkeling for that matter. I have asthma and have never been able to go when the opportunity has presented itself to me... It is so funny that we get so complacent (sic?) with those regions that we come to know and never

Re: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread bucky
Forgive me for being dense, but it seems to me that you cannot tell whether he is using trailing curtain or not, because he's panning at the time hew's releasing the shutter. I will explain why I think this, then you can educate me as to how I'm wrong. The relative motion that's important in e

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Herb Chong
if you are the only user, it's not a large problem. even the Apple monitor, won't be that great in color from 45 degrees off axis. it's inherent in the design of all LCD monitors. also, there is the contrast range. the monitor is spec'd at 350:1 contrast ratio. that isn't very high. Tanya specifica

Re: Happy new Year from a new list member (Charles Braswell)

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Mark wrote... > For those who don't know, Charles was "Best of Show" winner at GFM in > 2003. Listmeister Brewer and I judged he's the contest (just so you > don't attach *too* much credibility to his win!) and Charles's photo is > the one for which I unofficially re-named the awards: Instead of >

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Herb Chong
the 1983 book "The Story of the English Language" concluded that the first was more likely, but that there wasn't enough evidence to draw a definite conclusion. the OED traces first documented use, which doesn't give any clue as to how long it was used before it was documented. Aussie rhyming slang

RE: Re[2]: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread frank theriault
Thanks, Bruce, I read Chris' and Christian's responses before yours, but you (I think) answered my supplementary question to their posts. I guess that I couldn't do it on my LX, could I? cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is tru

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Herb Chong
i'm looking at a high end Misubishi with builtin color calibration. still under $1K complete. my NEC 5FG is now about 10 years old and there are a lot of ominous crackling sounds from the picture tube for about 5 minutes after it gets turned on. main thing is that its contrast isn't what it should

Re: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread frank theriault
Thanks Chris (and Christian in the previous post), I think I get it now. So, how does one achieve trailing shutter sync? It sounds like it would be a feature available on newer cameras with electronic shutters? I guess what I'm getting at, is that I couldn't do it on my LX, for example (as it

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Herb Chong
see my other post. 3000:1 is considered acceptable for a decent CRT monitor properly adjusted. a higher end LCD still under $1K are at the 800:1 end of the scale. Herb - Original Message - From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004

Re[2]: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Frank, Unless you shoot more modern cameras, it is one of those features that you never knew about, so never needed. Basically, flash synch is when the first curtain is all the way open and then the flash fires, then the second curtain closes. The problem is that if the shutter speed is slow eno

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Herb Chong
refurbished ones with full warrantee are going for about $130 at computer shows. Trinitron tubes, which matter to me a lot. i'm thinking i am going to get a new Mitsubishi with built in calibration though. Herb - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread frank theriault
They obviously had heard what Tanya's hit rate is, and knew that it four rolls (of 24) would give them just the right amount of photos. Couldn't resist. -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "J

Re: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread Chris Brogden
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, frank theriault wrote: > What's trailing-curtain-sync? I've heard the term, but have no idea > what it is (other than what Paul just said about shooting slower than > max-sync speed). The two terms (leading versus trailing curtain sync) refer to whether the flash fires at the

Re: Photodisks Failing

2004-01-02 Thread Herb Chong
assuming that you did a decent job of processing and washing. very big assumption for a commercial lab, even a good one. Herb - Original Message - From: "Pieter Nagel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 1:47 PM Subject: Re: Photodisks Failing

Re: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread Christian
It means that the flash fires at the END of the exposure rather than at the beginning. Imagine taking a picture of a car driving by. You use a slow shutter speed to blur the motion. If you used a flash with a slow shutter speed the motion would be stopped for a portion of the image but there wou

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Herb Chong
being calibrated more accurately is true, but only over a significantly reduced brightness range. the dark end of the scale isn't dark enough on any LCD panel under $1000US. i have been carefully checking. there are only a couple that reach 800:1 while almost any decent monitor is closer to 3000:1,

Re: BMP Scans

2004-01-02 Thread Herb Chong
none of your problems have anything to do with the file format or any of the equipment. it had to do with a scanner operator that didn't give a damn or didn't know anything. Herb - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Frida

Re: can you read me now?

2004-01-02 Thread Herb Chong
rr.com has an automatic spam detection filter that is triggered at the slightest thing and when it is triggered, it blocks everything forever, unless the owner of the destination email id complains. as far as i am concerned, that is a reason to drop Road Runner. Herb - Original Message ---

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread frank theriault
Chris, Your sage advice to Tanya reminds me of back in my previous life, when I was married, had a respectable job, and actually owned a house (how middle class of me!) We were selling our house, and in an attempt to save the 6% real estate agent's commission, decided to sell it privately. I

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Chris Brogden
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, John Francis wrote: > > I was surprised to find the budget so low. You'd think the photography > > budget for advertising/promotional needs would be a lot greater. > > That's not a budget - it's a joke. > > four rolls of film, and expecting 100 shots? > > HAR! > > When I donat

Re: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread frank theriault
Okay, time to admit my extreme ignorance right here in the open, on the list. What's trailing-curtain-sync? I've heard the term, but have no idea what it is (other than what Paul just said about shooting slower than max-sync speed). There are obvioulsy at least two people on list right now wh

Re: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
I On Jan 2, 2004, at 4:44 PM, Christian wrote: I've no idea what he was doing! I was thinking that he was panning using flash and getting the blur-going-forward effect which should be solved using trailing-curtain-sync. That's exactly what he was doing. You shoot at 1/15 or so with a flash tha

Re: Nick's pics

2004-01-02 Thread Mark Roberts
"frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ooo! Oooo! > >"Battle of Epping Forest". Genesis, on "Selling England by the Pound". >Their last great album. Okay, "Lamb Lies Down" was pretty good, but I liked >"Selling England" better. Then, after "Lamb", Peter Gabriel left, and >whatsisnam

Re: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful

2004-01-02 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What, was he panning handheld, > causing the lights to squiggle around like that? I've never really seen > that effect before. I've no idea what he was doing! I was thinking that he was panning using flash and getting t

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