Re: Thanks for the Welcome!

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
But, seriously, I agree with you, Pieter. Despite my earlier advice to Jasmine about flashes, when I got back into photography several years ago, after my hiatus, I didn't use a flash for about 2 years. Not out of choice, just because I didn't have one. It did force me to learn to use availa

Re: Thanks for the Welcome!

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
What ~exactly~ are you driving at, Pieter? -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Pieter Nagel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Flash is a tool, mostly used as a weapon that makes one look more flashy and pro

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

2004-01-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! One of the *most* interesting threads here on PDML while I've been a member. I am sorry that I am joining a little late. Yeah, I suppose so. I just feel guilty being paid to have fun, but I guess movie stars do it all the time and they earn alot more than i could ever conceive of! lol Tanya

RE: PUG "January" is open

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
Homonyms? "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: PUG "January" is open Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 02:17:06 -

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

2004-01-04 Thread Robert Chiasson
- Original Message - From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 8:23 AM Subject: Re: Re[2]: OT: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful > > And here I thought the flash circuit was simple and mostly > mechanical... Though I'll agree

Re: Aperture sensing lug on Fujinon?

2004-01-04 Thread Robert Chiasson
You would now *have* infinity focus because the lens would be seated properly. Going the other way is no problem, i.e. putting a SMC Tak on a Fujica body - at least it works for me, except that the Fujicas feel like garbage compared to a Spottie or Rolleiflex body. -- Robert - Original

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

2004-01-04 Thread Rfsindg
Tanya, A few thoughts after 58 spins around the sun on this rock... I've seen Moms do rotten things to daughters, often out of jealousy. You can't change who your relatives are, so you'll have to live with it. Just remember that you've got what she hasn't, and really wants. Keep working and rais

Re: January PUG Comments Part I

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
Holy crap, Herb, That makes all the difference in the world! It's not that the yellows are brighter or more vibrant, but that I can see many more yellow tones in the animal. It's kind of like more contrasty, but not really. Just much more yellow information in there, if you know what I mean.

Re: Introductions, introductions...

2004-01-04 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 02:58, Mark Roberts wrote: > Don't complain. I'm living in a country full of... Americans! My sympathy Mark. -- Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: January PUG Comments part 2

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
You know what, Alan? It would have been a boring shot, were it not for the incredible amount of detail contained in it. It allowed me to stare at it for quite a while, at first just marvelling at the detail in and of itself, and then, actually looking at the bug itself, it's little antennae, t

RE: Hello, a bit about me part2

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
Hi, William, I'm a Canadian living in Canada (Toronto). What part(s) of Canada are you from? I'm pretty much a Pentax guy (Spotmatics, MX, LX) with an old Yashica Mat (just for fun), and a Leica CL/40mm Summicron C (that's all the Leica I can afford, but I love it dearly). Sounds like you'll

RE: hello again

2004-01-04 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Robert, I've been on the list for several years (feels like an eternity, with all the abuse I put up with here). Either you left just before I came around, or I forget you. Likely the latter. Either way, welcome back! cheers, frank, Toronto, Canada "The optimist thinks this is the best o

Re: laptop question...

2004-01-04 Thread Pentxuser
I fear a long thread is about to begin but I have to say it again for Tanya's sake. I use both systems. I use Macs, my daughter uses a PC IBM clone. The PC works. There are some advantages to owning a PC over a Mac but for people who are not computer literate, who want a machine that works intui

Re: PUG "January" is open

2004-01-04 Thread Bill Owens
That would be a homonym. Bill - Original Message - From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:17 AM Subject: RE: PUG "January" is open > Steak and stake "ain't" a typo or a mispelling now is it? > Theres a term for words that so

Re: PUG "January" is open

2004-01-04 Thread Bill Owens
But he did take a lesson from Dan Quayle. No "e" on potato. Bill - Original Message - From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 1:47 AM Subject: Re: PUG "January" is open > If you are eating "stakes" graywolf, you'd wann

Re: BreezeBrowser 2.8

2004-01-04 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Now that I have the *ist D and installed the try-out version of BB, it shows the images from Pentax RAW format rather blue. It might improve with the next version. I'll keep an eye on it. On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 09:32, Bruce Dayton wrote: > My first look at it seems that it only supports viewing th

Re: diy light table

2004-01-04 Thread Pentxuser
Here is a link to my homemade light table. I did not make it a friend of mine did , but it might be good for some ideas... Vic P.S. You have to scroll down to the bottom to see it... http://hometown.aol.ca/pentxuser/200lens.html

Re: Thanks for the Welcome!

2004-01-04 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 11:43:28AM -0800, Jasmine wrote: > > One thing I would like to get is a flash-thingy. Are they hard to > find? Expensive? (and yes, I said flash-THINGY - I have a fine command > of the English language, thank you very much!) You already received a lot of good advice.

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-04 Thread mapson
At 07:32 AM 4/01/2004 +, you wrote: > > Re the stars photo - I would love to be able to recreate photo's where the > shutter stays open for a period of time with the starts creating almost a > circle effect. 1. you need a tripod (or other sturdy, stable

Hello, a bit about me part2

2004-01-04 Thread William R.
Hello everyone, I`ve tried posting about myself last friday when I saw a couple of you do so and it has occured to me that it would be nice that I make a little introduction about myself. However for some strange reason it didn`t go through and so here I go agian. My name is William Robert an

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > mike wilson wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > > > > Scanning BW negs -- no problem > > > Scanning flatbed prints and objects - no problem > > > > > > scanning slides - no problem > > > > > > but, but, but.. > > > > > > scanning color Kodak 100

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Ryan Lee
Nup! I still like gaggle. If one's a stickler for that little bit of cadence, how bout a photogaggle of photographers? But then again, just 'photogaggle' would suffice wouldn't it? I think phalanx sounds too anatomical and flock sounds too Heidi.. Hmm.. a farm of photographers. No no! Gaggle!

Re: *ist D finder magnification

2004-01-04 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Sven, on 04 Jan 04 you wrote in pentax.list: >I don't know about the Canons but neither a Nikon F100 nor F5 would be an >alternative - they both have a .7 finder magnification. I didn't care of the magnfication but of the viewfinder size: the viewfinders of the F100 and F5 are quite big and

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Tom Reese
Ryan Lee wrote: >Had the cricket on as background noise and I heard something I haven't heard >in a while: "gaggle of photographers". Gotta prefer it to mob or hoarde or >swarm.. that isn't very alliterative though. How about phalanx of photogs or flock of photographers? Tom Reese

RE: Evening / night photography

2004-01-04 Thread brooksdj
> > Re the stars photo - I would love to be able to recreate photo's where the > shutter stays open for a period of time with the starts creating almost a > circle effect. > > Thanks a lot > > Naomi I dabble in this once in while in the spring and or fa

Re: New to list

2004-01-04 Thread brooksdj
> Hello! > > I am new to this list and new to photography. I have a feeling this is > not the list for me - from the messages I've been reading you all seem > very experienced. Maybe I need to find a list for beginners? > Thanks so much, > jasmine > >

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Ryan Lee
I've had violent ducks believe my fingers held bread when it long ran out. I think I get the picture :-) But hmm.. I forgot what it is for ducks- it's not flock is it.. sheesh. Oh and a long time ago in Trafalgar Square when they were still selling birdseed for 25p, a friend of mine discovered he c

AW: *ist D finder magnification

2004-01-04 Thread keller.schaefer
I don't know about the Canons but neither a Nikon F100 nor F5 would be an alternative - they both have a .7 finder magnification. Does anybody know how cameras with digital viewfinders (like the Minolta A1) compare to this? Sven -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Heiko Hamann [mailto:[EMAI

Re: diy light table

2004-01-04 Thread brooksdj
> Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> burst forward and uttered: > > > > Spot-on again Tom. I didn't read the question properly - my apologies. > > Perhaps if I had phrased it better, my apologies for that. > > Kind regards > Kevin Nor did I,sorry. But the portab

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Keith Whaley
Good call. . . If you've ever been where a gaggle of geese figured you as a terratorial interloper, and tried to crowd you off their space, the analogy works. keith whaley Ryan Lee wrote: > > Had the cricket on as background noise and I heard something I haven't heard > in a while: "gaggle of

RE: PUG "January" is open

2004-01-04 Thread P Kong
At 02:57 AM 1/4/2004, JCOwrote: someone please refresh my memory of the url for the pug please? It's at http://pug.komkon.org/ Pat in SF

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-04 Thread Steve Jolly
Ann Sanfedele wrote: scanning color Kodak 100 gold negs - arrrggh! Are you using the official Epson plastic negative holder? I have a Perfection 1660 and haven't had any problems scanning colour negatives of any description, although Fuji tend to come out slightly better than Kodak. S

RE: PUG "January" is open

2004-01-04 Thread J. C. O'Connell
someone please refresh my memory of the url for the pug please? JCO J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com

Re: PUG "January" is open

2004-01-04 Thread Bob W
Hi, Sunday, January 4, 2004, 7:36:15 AM, you wrote: > Me too - just on the list the other day, I noticed that I had used the words > "their", "they're" and "there" in *their* wrong contexts! I was almost > going to post an apology for it too, but decided to swallow my pride for > once and just a

Re: *ist D finder magnification

2004-01-04 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Sven, on 04 Jan 04 you wrote in pentax.list: >I still wonder, why they don't make those finders a bit larger. Would >this really require a very large prism - or do the manufacturers just >find it unimportant? How wonderfull if the *ist D had a ME-Super-sized >finder image... Yes, but the ME S

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

2004-01-04 Thread Herb Chong
Tanya, same thing as what Arnie says, but even more. you have to figure your break even rate, what you need to run your business and stay open. cost of materials is a small portion of that total and that is entirely billed to your clients. you have obvious business expenses like equipment, telephon

RE: Extension tube

2004-01-04 Thread Andy Chang
Thank you Ian, Your advice is most welcomed and hopefully I can make good use to those extension tubes. It is more of an experiment than a sort of have-to-use basis since I have purchased a 100/2.8 macro to do most of my macro work. And it has served me exceptionally well. I'm fairly new to macro w

Re: Polarizer pictures, which is better, and why?

2004-01-04 Thread Herb Chong
under average circumstances, you should not be able to tell any difference at all. a very slight difference in color would have been the most i would have expected, and i suspect that a minor variation in the camera's auto white balance to be the main cause of that. the differences should be more a

RE: Extension tube K

2004-01-04 Thread Andy Chang
Fantastic!!! Thanks a lot!!! I think I'll give it a try with TTL cameras first. Cheers Guys!!! Andy -Original Message- From: John Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 10:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Extension tube K Andy, the basic formula for calc

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

2004-01-04 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > Firstly, let me say that this has got to go down as the best response ever > to a thread on PDML. Thank you SO much Chris for your detail and thought > that has gone into this, it must have taken you for EVER. Every point has > been noted and

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-04 Thread P Kong
At 05:02 PM 1/2/2004, Tanya wrote: WHAT a fantastic way to wake up in the morning, I came to my 'puter and literally laughed my way through breakfast. You guys are so hilarious, and have just increased my motivation to get to GFM about 10-fold... This one of the reasons I hang around this list. My

Re: OT Histogram tutorial

2004-01-04 Thread Leon Altoff
On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 08:38:22 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: >A good histogram tutorial for those listers new to digital imaging: > >http://www.bayphoto.com/Instructions/Histogram.htm > Rob, Thanks for the link, I need to explain this to people sometimes. Did you notice the left handed SLR in the ba

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