Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-09 Thread Cotty
On 8/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Put the equipment into a freezer bag (we get zip lock bags here, you >probably have something similar. Close the bag almost all the way, and put a >drinking straw into the opening. Close the opening around the straw, then >suck as much air out as you can. >

Re: Unusual subjects to photograph.

2004-01-09 Thread Bob W
Hi, back in the good old days Steptoe & Son would do the rounds every week and take the stuff away for recycling. I can still remember rag & bone men in Leeds and Bradford from the 60s and 70s. It's interesting to see the opening sequence of old Steptoe shows. It was based in Hammersmith and film

For sale Friday

2004-01-09 Thread Camdir
Folks I have few bits available on ebay and so should promote them here, I believe. ME2 Winder Mint- 100mm F4 Dental macro 'A' series Some new 6x7 body caps An LX box! Some other bits A couple of interesting flashes: Cokin Creative Flash Sunpak 120J Bare Bulb kit http://www.stores.ebay.co

Re: File properties

2004-01-09 Thread Herb Chong
you have to use a program that knows how to show the extra information. much is available via any EXIF 2.2-compatible browsing program. if you are using the *istD, you have to use the Pentax browser program to see all the settings. Herb. - Original Message - From: "mapson" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: version 1.1

2004-01-09 Thread Thomas Stach
John Francis said: > Pretty much exactly what I predicted would be the best we could hope for, > back when the camera was first released. I'm favourably impressed; while > it was apparent that these capabilities were technically feasible, I still > thought that the hyper manual stop-do

Re: version 1.1

2004-01-09 Thread cbwaters
Anybody on the list capable of looking at the code to see if they've done anything in this update that they aren't talking about? Covert bug/exposure fixes? Then news is great and I wonder what else might be there... Cory - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: Singapore? (Very long: A reasonably detailed walkthrough..)

2004-01-09 Thread Rob Studdert
On 9 Jan 2004 at 18:30, Ryan Lee wrote: > Actually Stan, it's my word against Juey's, but pickpocketing is not common at > all. Really. I don't think you could get pickpocketed unless you were trying > real hard For what it's worth I felt quite safe in Singapore at night, more so than Sydney cit

Re: A few more istD questions

2004-01-09 Thread Rob Studdert
On 8 Jan 2004 at 23:10, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > What's the size of the RAW file generated by the istd? the tiff file? Shel, The entire manual is available for DL as a pdf from the Pentax web site. The manual contains tables pertaining to card image capacity/file size for all common memory car

Unusual subjects to photograph.

2004-01-09 Thread Malcolm Smith
The interesting posting by Frank 'one R' Theriault on "people and their bikes" has reminded me of something I saw late last year. I saw someone photographing a house that was having work done to it, with builders filling a skip with the properties old bathroom and assumed he was an agent, taking a

Re: version 1.1

2004-01-09 Thread Pieter Nagel
John Francis said: > Pretty much exactly what I predicted would be the best we could hope for, > back when the camera was first released. I'm favourably impressed; while > it was apparent that these capabilities were technically feasible, I still > thought that the hyper manual stop-down meterin

Re: A few more istD questions

2004-01-09 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does this mean I can format my 512MB CF card with FAT32? If the *ist D > formats it, it is FAT, I assume that is FAT16. Can the *ist D format a > 4GB card? It may format the drive as FAT16, depending on the operating system

RE: Firmware 1.10 and M lens

2004-01-09 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 9 Jan 2004 at 8:38, Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: > > > This update is an example which shows that Pentax does listen to > > their customers after all... > > See whining works :-) I am 10 years away from the *ist-D and still over the moon with the news.

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-09 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, William Robb wrote: > Put the equipment into a freezer bag (we get zip lock bags here, you > probably have something similar. Close the bag almost all the way, and put a > drinking straw into the opening. Close the opening around the straw, then > suck as much air out as you ca

Re: A low end Pentax DSLR coming this year

2004-01-09 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Interesting. Is tis the news about the *ist D that mentioned yesterday? On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 09:54, Alan Chan wrote: > Another Pentax DSLR will be released this year at 1/2 the price of the *ist > D. The new model will be made of plastic to reduce the manufacturing cost. I > have copied the tr

Re: A low end Pentax DSLR coming this year

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
It´s not surprising, as C and N does the same. I would have bought the *istD anyway, as I hated the plastic 300D. DagT På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 09.54 skrev Alan Chan: Another Pentax DSLR will be released this year at 1/2 the price of the *ist D. The new model will be made of plastic to reduce th

Re: A few more istD questions

2004-01-09 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 09:10, Bruce Dayton wrote: > Thursday, January 8, 2004, 11:10:13 PM, Shell wrote: > > SB> does the camera support WA cards? > > Yes, I have two 512 40x WA cards that I use. It also supports FAT32 > so it can use the 4GB cards. > Does this mean I can format my 512MB CF car

Re: version 1.1

2004-01-09 Thread John Francis
> > Friends, we have improved K-mount compatability. > Now, with the lens off "A", putting the camera into manual and pressing the > green button will give the "correct" shutter speed. > EV comp im manual is a nice touch. > The ist D camera just got a whole lot better. Pretty much exactly what I

Re: Two Things That P***ed Me Off Today!

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
Ask the producer for a new firmware update... DagT På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 09.34 skrev Ryan Lee: Ahh.. I thought it was a banner between the lampposts/phone poles. :-) Need to recalibrate my eyes.. Regards, Ryan

A low end Pentax DSLR coming this year

2004-01-09 Thread Alan Chan
Another Pentax DSLR will be released this year at 1/2 the price of the *ist D. The new model will be made of plastic to reduce the manufacturing cost. I have copied the translation below. http://www.jij.co.jp/news/car/art-20031225202640-GQXZLDNFQD.nwc Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wla

Re: Lens for *istD

2004-01-09 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert, > > There is always the digital only 16-45 that is coming out. You didn't mention > whether you needed it to work on a film camera or not. As I understand, the lenses made for the *istD are to suit the smaller sized

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Arnold Stark
I am Arnold Shel Belinkoff schrieb: So, how many of the list are now considering the istD now that it will work better with the K and M lenses? I'm now giving it some thought. shel

Re: version 1.1

2004-01-09 Thread Arnold Stark
HORRRAAAY Friends, we have improved K-mount compatability. Now, with the lens off "A", putting the camera into manual and pressing the green button will give the "correct" shutter speed. EV comp im manual is a nice touch. The ist D camera just got a whole lot better

RE: version 1.1

2004-01-09 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
> Very nice! > > There´s an M* 300mm for sale here for about $350. Maybe I can buy > it > now :-) > > DagT You're enabled ! Antti-Pekka --- Antti-Pekka Virjonen Computec Oy, Turku Finland Gsm: +358-500-789 753 www.computec.fi * www.estera.fi

RE: Firmware 1.10 and M lens

2004-01-09 Thread Rob Studdert
On 9 Jan 2004 at 8:38, Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: > This update is an example which shows that Pentax does listen to > their customers after all... See whining works :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~d

Re: PUG Submissions for 2004

2004-01-09 Thread Peter Jordan
I thought it was for close ups of branded filters. Peter - Original Message - From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 8:27 PM Subject: Re: PUG Submissions for 2004 > Hi, > > > Also, noticed that August is for B&W submissions. Is that fo

Re: version 1.1

2004-01-09 Thread Dag T
Very nice! There´s an M* 300mm for sale here for about $350. Maybe I can buy it now :-) DagT På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 04.59 skrev William Robb: Friends, we have improved K-mount compatability. Now, with the lens off "A", putting the camera into manual and pressing the green button will give the "

A few more istD questions

2004-01-09 Thread Shel Belinkoff
What's the size of the RAW file generated by the istd? the tiff file? does the camera support WA cards? About how long does it take the camera to write a RAW or TIFF file to a fast CF card? Is there a buffer of some sort that allows one to continue shooting while the card is being written to, o

Re: Soon to be new istD owners

2004-01-09 Thread Jim Apilado
I am considering getting one, although I would like to see what the second generation dslr will have for improvements. Canon had the D30. There were some yelps about some of the features which resulted in the D60. So I am going to wait a bit to see what happens with Pentax. Jim A. > From: Shel

<    1   2   3