Re: Pentax eagle shot ( was Re: Încredible eagle shot!!!)

2004-01-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Jan 2004 at 0:29, Stan Halpin wrote: > See: http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/eagle.jpg Are they dust spots I spy? I've had to blow mine out a few times. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/pub

Re: Win98SE & *istD

2004-01-29 Thread David Mann
On Jan 29, 2004, at 07:22, Thomas Stach wrote: I also still do have a machine on 98SE - but I got myself a little Sandisk FireWire/CF reader - 512MB are loaded in less than 1min 30s ! So what's all the fuzz about USB1.1, USB2.0, full-speed & hispeed USB... ;-) !?! I got too confused about all the

Re: Miscellaneous Fairygirl ramblings...

2004-01-29 Thread David Mann
On Jan 29, 2004, at 19:29, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Yeah, but it is still a PITA as I still need to do each one individually as they vary so much from portrait to landscape etc throughout the shoot. I can't just run all of the proofs as a batch or all of my landscape shots will then be r

Re: Miscellaneous Fairygirl ramblings...

2004-01-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Jan 2004 at 20:48, David Mann wrote: > Just off the top of my head; separate out all the portrait ones into > another folder then batch-process them there. I use ThumbsPlus which allows images to be quickly tagged and then I drop the pics to be rotated on a "desk-top" "droplet" http://ww

Re: Miscellaneous Fairygirl ramblings...

2004-01-29 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Tanya, I think that you need to try the bodies. Usually, the lower end bodies have pretty good paper specs, but their handling is not all that good, especially when you start to manually control things. Before I bought mine, I went down and tried them several times. I had the advantage tha

Re: Critique request

2004-01-29 Thread Peter Alling
At 03:09 PM 1/26/04, you wrote: Being new again to Pentax after a 10 year hiatus, I don't have many images on the web made with Pentax gear, but I would very much like comment on some images I have posted recently. Unlike several other forums I have being member of, this one seems filled with folk

Re: OT: The BBC and TV tax revisited

2004-01-29 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Robert Gonzalez wrote: > I am curious to hear from our British PDML's if this is a big deal in > England or if the american radio has blown it out of proportion again... No, it's big, big news here in the UK too. If Lord Hutton's findings had gone the other way, then it coul

Re: Miscellaneous Fairygirl ramblings...

2004-01-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 29.01.04 7:29, Tanya Mayer Photography at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No, and even less do I want to go out and buy all new flash guns, cable > releases and other accessories, but geez the specs on that Nikon D70, well, > they can't be challenged by the *istD can they? Pricing aside, the Nikon

Re: Miscellaneous Fairygirl ramblings...

2004-01-29 Thread keller.schaefer
To all that has been said I would like to add that the battery grip that you can get for the *ist D is a wonderfull accessory that makes the camera a joy to hold in portrait orientation - and it looks v*e*r*y cool! And, there is the finder magnification. When you are used to film cameras (even the

Re: KomKon and apologies

2004-01-29 Thread Bob W
Hi, sounds like a Bela Lugosi film, all this dialogue between Boris and Igor! -- Cheers, Bob

Dust blowing (was: Pentax eagle shot )

2004-01-29 Thread Dario Bonazza
Hi Rob, Have you (or anybody else) good tips for safely removing dust from CCD "protective" screen? Thanks, Dario > On 29 Jan 2004 at 0:29, Stan Halpin wrote: > > > See: http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/eagle.jpg > > Are they dust spots I spy? > > I've had to blow mine out a few times. > > Ro

RE: Best pix of 2003

2004-01-29 Thread Rob Brigham
Ya, but does the hubble have SMC - I think not! > -Original Message- > From: Steve Desjardins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 January 2004 21:07 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Best pix of 2003 > > > I do admit to feeling a bit outclassed when one of these was > taken with

Re: Best pix of 2003

2004-01-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Jostein wrote: > > If the boeing/moon is a double, it's well done. The light angle fits very > well, and the plane is slightly blurred. > But it seems almost too good to be true, though. I've seen this happen at night, so all I could see were the contrails' shadows behind a black jet shape.

Re: OT: This is cold.

2004-01-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, William Robb wrote: > > No Pentax content. > > The overnight low last night was, according to my thermometer, well > below -40C. > The high today was about -33C. > > Just thought I would share that news. Only about zero here, with a light dusting of snow. But the wind is northerly, coming

Re: Scanning Question

2004-01-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 27.01.04 20:01, Shel Belinkoff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Scanners used will be an Imacon Flextight 626 (I believe > that's the number) and the Nikon Coolscan IV 4000dpi unit, > if that makes any difference. Coolscans use LEDs as a light source. This is very directional light and is severely

Re: Pentax eagle shot ( was Re: Încredible eagle shot!!!)

2004-01-29 Thread Steve Jolly
Well, it's quite pretty, and the background is nice and hazy, but the eagle's really too big in the frame and well-focussed to be up to the standard of the other shots posted... try harder next time? ;-) S Stan Halpin wrote: See: http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/eagle.jpg *ist-D w/ SMC-M 135/

Re: Best pix of 2003

2004-01-29 Thread Dario Bonazza
> I do admit to feeling a bit outclassed when one of these was > taken with the Hubble telescope. Damn, when is there going > to be a Pentax version . ..? Bayonet type still to be decided :-) Dario

I'm Back

2004-01-29 Thread Shaun Canning
Hi Guys, I'm back! After a wedding, a honeymoon, a big job change and a move interstate, finally I have time to return to the list. So, what's been going on? Tell me all about it! Cheers Shaun

Re: Virus warning: Mydoom/Novarg

2004-01-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > > I haven't been "bit" by it as such, as I have managed to detect them all as > they arrived, even before Norton's did, but Jeez are they coming thick and > fast. I am getting at least two or three everytime my email downloads > (which is every 5 minutes...).

Re: OT: The BBC and TV tax revisited

2004-01-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Robert Gonzalez wrote: > > Well, first of all, I am amazed at the subjects that get discussed here > in pdml. Somehow the list got onto a thread a very short time ago about > taxing British citizens to finance the BBC. > > As if the list is all prescient, all of a sudden the BBC is big worl

Re: Film Will Be With Us For A While, Part II

2004-01-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Joseph Tainter wrote: > > The American television program 60 Minutes (which does longish features) > had a story tonight about counterfeiting in China. Apparently Kodak Max > is one of the counterfeited products. So I guess that means that there > is a coating plant in China. Or not 8-) In

Re: Virus warning: Mydoom/Novarg

2004-01-29 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at ntlworld, mike wilson wrote: > WRT the spoofing of mail addresses it does, at work yesterday I got one > from my own home address. I _knew_ that one was a ringer. Indeed, it's not the worms that suck. it's stupid Anti Virus vendors that notify an address WHICH IS KNOWN T

Re: Optio 550, was Re: D: Too much D?

2004-01-29 Thread Lon Williamson
Interestng read, Reed. Thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Summary: I love it. Details follow: To put this into perspective: I carry a camera with me every time I leave my house, no matter where I'm going or why; I shoot a record of weird stuff I see on the street, pretty stuff I see out there, f

Re: OT: The BBC and TV tax revisited

2004-01-29 Thread Bob W
Hi, > Read the evidence for yourself and see what conclusion _you_ come to. > http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/ Max Hastings put it well: "We have the wretched spectacle of a BBC chairman resigning while Alastair Campbell crows from the summit of his dunghill." The story in brief: Governmen

Re: flash card problems

2004-01-29 Thread Herb Chong
it has to be FAT-16 or FAT-32 format. the camera should have done that. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:08 PM Subject: Re: flash card problems > Actually, I don't know what format the Le

Re: OT: This is cold.

2004-01-29 Thread Herb Chong
the LX might handle it, but the film inside might not. Herb... - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:35 AM Subject: Re: OT: This is cold. > I know the LX will take -35 or more for an extended period. > F

Re: OT: The BBC and TV tax revisited

2004-01-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob W wrote: > > > Read the evidence for yourself and see what conclusion _you_ come to. > > http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/ > > Max Hastings put it well: "We have the wretched spectacle of a BBC > chairman resigning while Alastair Campbell crows from the summit of > his dunghill." ..

Re: Scanning Question

2004-01-29 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Scanners used will be an Imacon Flextight 626 (I believe that's the number) and the Nikon Coolscan IV 4000dpi unit, if that makes any difference. Coolscans use LEDs as a light source. This is very directional light and is severely blocked by silver particles in conventional B&W negatives. Th

Re: PUG is back

2004-01-29 Thread Lon Williamson
Are we still gonna send 'em a little something to show appreciation? Jostein wrote: Well done, Igor and Adelheid!

Snowball residue on lens.

2004-01-29 Thread Malcolm Smith
A little problem. I took the *ist D & FAJ 18-35 up to the school and took some pictures, during which I got caught in a snowball fight but unfortunately the lens took the full impact of one. At the time I wiped it clean with a lens cloth and thought no more of it, as classes were starting. When I

Re: OT: The BBC and TV tax revisited

2004-01-29 Thread Chris Stoddart
> ...and then the government appoints the next chair of the governors. > Wonder who is looking for a job at the moment. Awww come on, I am not defending the gov here (like they need me :-^), but the government appointed the LAST chair of the governors too (and every other one before that). Ga

Re: Best pix of 2003

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Desjardins wrote: >I do admit to feeling a bit outclassed when one of these was taken >with the Hubble telescope. Damn, when is there going to be a Pentax >version. ..? There was but they canceled it because there was too much bitching about it not being compatible with K and M lenses. ;

Re: Snowball residue on lens.

2004-01-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Malcolm Smith wrote: > > A little problem. > > I took the *ist D & FAJ 18-35 up to the school and took some pictures, > during which I got caught in a snowball fight but unfortunately the lens > took the full impact of one. At the time I wiped it clean with a lens cloth > and thought no more

Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise...

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >In affluent parts of the world, I expect enough consumers will go to digital >to dictate what every one else will do as well. >As far as film hanging around because of non computerized parts of the world >will be using it, I have a few thoughts: >Cons

Re: Photoshop CS

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >the Windows common (ha!) dialogs get a whole section to themselves in the >Interface Hall of Shame. >http://digilander.libero.it/chiediloapippo/Engineering/iarchitect/shame.htm Thanks for that link, Bob! That's definitely a keeper. -- Mark Roberts Photography a

Photography progs on Australian TV

2004-01-29 Thread Paul Ewins
Just in case you hadn't seen the ads, ABC is running a couple of programs on photography on Sunday (in Melbourne at any rate): Sunday 1st February 2.00pm American Photography: a Century of Images 3.00pm Ansel Adams. They look like they might be interesting. Regards, Paul Ewins Melbourne, Austra

Re: Win98SE & *istD

2004-01-29 Thread Th. Stach
Hi Mark, AFAIK, most laptops also have the firewire / IEEE1394/ i-link interface! (At least, mine has) I also spent 10 eurobucks on a PCMCIA/CF adaptor, but it's not worth it, firewire absolutely beats it! Although it was 40,- and not 6,- it's absolutely worth it, for me. Sometimes the pricetag d

Re: Graywolf's Photo

2004-01-29 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, graywolf wrote: > http://www.graywolfphoto.com/presscameras/ > > I was not wearing the trench coat and fedora when I took the barber shop photo. Impressive. You must be quite strong. But what about my comments? Would they work? Kostas

Anyone using 1 gig card?

2004-01-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Is anyone using a 1 gig card in an *ist D. If so, can you tell me what brand? Is anyone using the Lexar 1 gig WA card?

Re: Pentax eagle shot ( was Re: Încredible eagle shot!!!)

2004-01-29 Thread arnie
Stan, very nice shot, but what are those spots? arnie - Original Message - From: "Stan Halpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:29 AM Subject: Pentax eagle shot ( was Re: Încredible eagle shot!!!) > See: http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/e

*ist-D quirks

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Cassino
A couple of things about the *ist-D First, I've been unable to get more than 2 stops of exposure compensation. However, I just recently switched from metering in 1/3rd to 1/2 stop increments when metering. Now the exposure compensation goes three stops. I notice that the manual consistently r

Re: Dust blowing (was: Pentax eagle shot )

2004-01-29 Thread brooksdj
Hi Dario. Use a good hand blower,not a canned blower which should remove the dust spots.(Get close but DONT TOUCH IT) I finally had to take my D1 to Nikon Canada over Christmas as there was just to much on the filter that would not come off with the blower.It was not to noticable at high shutter

RE: Anyone using 1 gig card?

2004-01-29 Thread Rob Brigham
I use the Lexar 32x 1 gig card. Its good enough that I bought the same again second time around. Comes with a free reader 'cable' (which only reads USB enabled cards - currently only made by Lexar?) which is nice and pretty portable. I am not totally convinced that the WA makes much difference t

Re: flash card problems

2004-01-29 Thread Joseph Tainter
Paul, first you must format the card within the *ist D. It's the first command on the menu, I think. Have you done this? If you've formatted it and the camera won't recognize it, then either piece of equipment could be defective. The *ist D seems to have a high defect rate (based on posts here)

Re: flash card problems

2004-01-29 Thread brooksdj
Hi Paul I know that Nikon and Lexar cards had problems in the early stages.This might be the case for the early Pentax digitals. Not a solution just a try to make you feel better response. Dave > My *ist D arrived today, but I've been unable to get it

Re: Win98SE & *istD

2004-01-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Jan 2004 at 10:15, Th. Stach wrote: > Speaking of a full 512 MB card, on my Pentium III/ 1GHz Schlepptop: > > Cam to USB: 20 min > CF to PCMCIA: 12 min > Firewire/CF : 90 s Har, I did some testing today also, 1GB file on 2GB 52x Ridata CF from *ist D to old 500MHz Pentium via USB took 1

Re: OT: This is cold.

2004-01-29 Thread Joseph Tainter
"I hadn't heard that about the LCD. Do you know how much cold it can take?" Not sure, but one of the photo mags recently had a profile of a nature photographer working in the far north in temps like you described. He said that he keeps his Canon dslr inside his jacket to keep the lcd from freezi

Re: pOT: Ppl & Their Bikes, Take 2 - Frank, this one, surely..

2004-01-29 Thread wendy beard
At 10:52 PM 28/01/2004, you wrote: > http://home.iprimus.com.au/heygoose/RyanBikeBrissie.jpg > Darn geocities leech-protection.. This one I can see. Gosh, you look *very* young! ERN I didn't want to own up to thinking that because that would make me feel very *old*. But I am feeling very old to

Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise...

2004-01-29 Thread Bob W
Hi, > What's interesting to speculate to me is what will happen in places > where there is *no* film processing infrastructure now. Digital kiosks > are much less expensive, smaller and easier to manage than C-41 > minilabs. I wouldn't be surprised if some places go straight to digital > without e

Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise...

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What's interesting to speculate to me is what will happen in places >> where there is *no* film processing infrastructure now. Digital kiosks >> are much less expensive, smaller and easier to manage than C-41 >> minilabs. I wouldn't be surprised if some places g

OT:F,D,S,P,I..My dye subs here

2004-01-29 Thread brooksdj
Just received a call from the home secretary,that purolatur dropped off,slowly mind you:-)my p-400 from Olympus.Not bad a 7 day turnaround with border xings.Out side of box is in good shape,i'll see what the inside looks like tonig

Re: pOT: Ppl & Their Bikes, Take 2 - Frank, this one, surely..

2004-01-29 Thread brooksdj
> At 10:52 PM 28/01/2004, you wrote: > > > > http://home.iprimus.com.au/heygoose/RyanBikeBrissie.jpg > I didn't want to own up to thinking that because that would make me > feel very *old*. > > But I am feeling very old today anyway. My baby boy turned 16

Re: Graywolf's Photo

2004-01-29 Thread Keith Whaley
Boris Liberman wrote: > > Hi! > > I looked at this photo once and couldn't make up my mind about the > sink. Then I read some of the comments and returned to the photo. Then > I noticed that both the barber and his customer are of considerable > age. At least for Israel. It is rare to find such

Lexar Cards

2004-01-29 Thread Larry Hodgson
Paul wrote: >Is anyone using a 1 gig card in an *ist D. If so, can you tell me what >brand? Is anyone using the Lexar 1 gig WA card? Hi Paul, I have 2 of them and they work fine. No problems. Larry from Prescott

Re: Best pix of 2003

2004-01-29 Thread Keith Whaley
You call some excellent photography "pap?" No, it isn't reportage or documentary. Must "good" photography be one or the other to you? I guess we have different viewpoints about what is good. Not that that's a problem, but I'm surprised you find it hardly worth your time, because "Surprisingly lack

Re: Graywolf's Photo

2004-01-29 Thread graywolf
No. Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, graywolf wrote: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/presscameras/ I was not wearing the trench coat and fedora when I took the barber shop photo. Impressive. You must be quite strong. But what about my comments? Would they work? Kostas -- graywo

Re: Graywolf's Photo

2004-01-29 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! KW> Why is that , Boris? The older gents all let their hair grow long? No idea really, but it appears to be the case. Normally, barbers are women and normally they are considerably younger than those two people whom Graywolf photographed. In fact, it would be interesting to compare statistic

Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise...

2004-01-29 Thread Peter Alling
There are very few places in the world where there isn't film processing infrastructure. Commercial Color processing might not be available from a mini-lab but B&W processing can be done everywhere that water is liquid and it's not so hot that people burst into flames, (which I suppose leaves ou

Re: Încredible eagle shot!!!

2004-01-29 Thread Keith Whaley
Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Why waste our time with such crap ... > > > > Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: > > > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/25524341 > > > Couldn't imagine better composition and level of details ;- > > > > > > -- > > > Best Regards > > > Sylw

Re: FW: PDML : Vivitar 19mm (was: MIR-47K 20mm f2.8 lens tests or experiences)

2004-01-29 Thread Keith Whaley
Nick Clark wrote: > > Message from a non-posting "member". I'm guessing there could be two production > lines, or possibly two different models, of this lens given the totally polar > viewpoints? > > Nick Thanks, Nick! I was surprised myself, as I bought this lens from an ancient shop owner

Re: Lexar Cards

2004-01-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Larry and all others who answered. I bought a second card at lunch time -- a 512 Lexar 40X. I still get the memory card error message as soon as I turn the camera on. So it's on its way to B&H. I should have another one tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed. Paul Larry Hodgson wrote: > Paul

Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise...

2004-01-29 Thread graywolf
That makes the rather silly assumption that they would have to go through all the steps it took to invent the technology to implement the technology today. What you are saying is they would have to use film because they could not afford the batteries for a digital camera. I say, If they could no

OT: The BBC and TV tax revisited

2004-01-29 Thread Cotty
On 28/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >I heard that the chairman of the Board of Governers has stepped down >after the news today and a couple of others are also considering it. I >am curious to hear from our British PDML's if this is a big deal in >England or if the american radio has blow

Re: Miscellaneous Fairygirl ramblings...

2004-01-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Firstly, my email packed it in and stopped delivering messages to my Inbox. >So I went to my webmail thinking that there may have been a really big email >or a virus etc blocking it, as I hadn't received any email for an entire >day! I found 1542 messages

Re: KomKon and apologies

2004-01-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Since he seems to be lurking: Many thanks, Igor. Three cheers for Igor! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps ___

Re: flash card problems

2004-01-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Actually, I don't know what format the Lexar software puts on the card. >I used their formatting tool, not the Mac's. It's supposed to be the >standard factory format. You shouldn't need to use a PC or Mac to format the CF card, simply pop it in the cam

Re: flash card problems

2004-01-29 Thread Cotty
On 28/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >My *ist D arrived today, but I've been unable to get it to work. It >won't recognize my flash card. It's a Lexar 1gig CF+ write accelerated >card. I was going to try to upload the firmware update before doing >anything else. I was able to load the firmw

Re: I'm Back

2004-01-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >I'm back! After a wedding, a honeymoon, a big job change and a move >interstate, finally I have time to return to the list. Hi Shaun, welcome back. Congrats on all of the above! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||

Re: Graywolf's Photo

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Boris Liberman wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> I looked at this photo once and couldn't make up my mind about the >> sink. Then I read some of the comments and returned to the photo. Then >> I noticed that both the barber and his customer are of considerable >> ag

Any PMA rumors?

2004-01-29 Thread Pål Jensen
Well?

RE: Any PMA rumors?

2004-01-29 Thread tom
You're supposed to tell *us*. Where have you been? tv > -Original Message- > From: Pål Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 2:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Any PMA rumors? > > Well? > > >

Re: FW: PDML : Vivitar 19mm

2004-01-29 Thread graywolf
Vivitar never actually made any of their products though in the old days it did design them. It is really just a marketing company so it is quite posible that the lens has been made by different manufacturers over the years. Currently I think they just relable off the shelf items. -- Keith Wha

Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise...

2004-01-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise... > I am at least as retro as anyone on this list, but even I find some of these > anti-digital arguments specious. > The really specious arguement is that somehow, a population of people living in grass

Re: Any PMA rumors?

2004-01-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Pål Jensen" Subject: Any PMA rumors? > Well? Pentax is expected to introduce a 4.7MP ist D at a lower price. Expect it to be more cheaply built than the 6mp version. Also, it looks like an 8mp digital SLR is on the way, with full K mount support. On the fil

Re: flash card problems

2004-01-29 Thread Peter Alling
FAT is the default for removable media, zip disks, floppies, and CD's use variations on FAT. If you just format a card using a PC it should use FAT. At 09:21 AM 1/29/04, you wrote: My daughter has a PC, but I'm Microsoft illiterate. Is FAT the default format or do I need to do something special?

RE: flash card problems

2004-01-29 Thread Peter Alling
Since he formatted the card on a MAC, God only knows what was done to it. (Oh MAC weenies might know, but then they use an operating system that shields them from all that, so they might not. Which is both good and bad). At 09:28 AM 1/29/04, you wrote: There are several different flavours of FAT.

Finding models ( Was: Helmut Newton dead)

2004-01-29 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who replied to: > Lasse Karlsson wrote: > > Now, where to find willing models around here...? > I have found that there are basically three ways of getting models. > > 1. Money. You can always hire models if you offer to pay enough. Of course. However in t

Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise...

2004-01-29 Thread Peter Alling
Maybe not, but what makes you think that film couldn't be sustained by small local producers. Take a lesson from the Micro Brewery's. The largest, Boston Brewing Co. has grown to a size that it no longer qualifies as Micro but they make at most 1% or 2% of the product produced by the major brewer

Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise...

2004-01-29 Thread Bob W
Hi, I was not making that assumption or making that claim about film and batteries, and I'm not making anti-digital arguments. You're putting words into my mouth. When was the last time you were in a 3rd world country? No need for infrastructure to support a laptop? You make me laugh! -- Cheers

RIT Study Benchmarks Quality of Digital Archiving

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Rochester Institute of Technology to study archiving of digital in American museums. http://www.rit.edu/news_story.php3?id=1088 -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Any PMA rumors?

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: "Pål Jensen" >Subject: Any PMA rumors? > >> Well? > >Pentax is expected to introduce a 4.7MP ist D at a lower price. Expect it to >be more cheaply built than the 6mp version. >Also, it looks like an 8mp digital SLR is on the way, with full K mount >

Re: Miscellaneous Fairygirl ramblings...

2004-01-29 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Flavio Minelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Tanya, > > Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > > > > Hey all! > > ... > > > > Tomorrow, I will take delivery of my new PC - it is a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ > > cpu (anyone know anything about these chips?!?), ... > > I hav

Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise...

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Maybe not, but what makes you think that film couldn't be sustained by small >local producers. Take a lesson from the Micro Brewery's. No offense, but my "specious argument meter" just pegged so hard that the needle bent. -- Mark Roberts Photography an

Re: Pentax will fight back (was: RE: OT - Opposition Notching

2004-01-29 Thread John Francis
> > Based on the specs for the Nikon D70 specs Pentax will be hard pressed to > match it at it's price point. A Cunning stunt may be impossible. I'm amazed that there are *still* people out there who believe that Pentax will deliver a feature-competitive product in a developing market. How long

Re: Any PMA rumors?

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Stephen Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >For the sake of newer list members, the revised PDML FAQ >probably should address the meaning of "WW" ;-) Willy Wonka? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

OT digital image management tools

2004-01-29 Thread Rob Studdert
Hi Team, Which image management tools apart from ThumbsPlus maintain a readily accessible thumbs library of off-line media (is stored CDs etc)? And which of these companies have announced that they will support the Pentax native RAW format in the near future? Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE A

Re: Best pix of 2003

2004-01-29 Thread frank theriault
Just to repeat what someone said earlier: these were voted on, apparently by members of the general public. So, they (whoever they are), voted for what they liked. Rob, I disagree with you. Every photo does have "meaning" and "insight" However, "sunsets are pretty" is meaningful. And, "sun

Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise...

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Bob posted: >> >> I was not making that assumption or making that claim about film and >> batteries, and I'm not making anti-digital arguments. You're putting >> words into my mouth. >> >> When was the last time you were in a 3rd world country? No need for >> infrastruc

Re: Best pix of 2003

2004-01-29 Thread Bill Owens
> Exactly, does every photo have to have "meaning" or give "insight"? Some are > just pretty pictures, nice to look at, maybe a brief pictorial glimpse of the > world the photog saw and wanted to share. Finally, someone who shares my philosophy!!! Thanks Rob

Re: Any PMA rumors?

2004-01-29 Thread Bill Owens
> Stephen Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >For the sake of newer list members, the revised PDML FAQ > >probably should address the meaning of "WW" ;-) > > Willy Wonka? > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com Or Wiley Willie? Bill

Re: Best pix of 2003

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
"Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 29 Jan 2004 at 10:03, Keith Whaley wrote: > >> Sounds to me those images were chosen because of universal appeal, and >> excellence of the process of recording the image, all of which exhibited >> to a fine degree. >> >> I liked them! > >Exactly, doe

Re: Încredible eagle shot!!!

2004-01-29 Thread frank theriault
Looks like something I'd do (and then try to pass off as "Art") -knarf "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Andrew Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://members.aol.com/awrobinson/images/fuzzyeagle.jpg

RE: I'm Back

2004-01-29 Thread Shaun Canning
Thanks Cotty. Glad to see you're still hanging around on the list! Bought an * ist D yet? Cheers Shaun -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 30 January 2004 3:18 AM To: pentax list Subject: Re: I'm Back On 29/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >I'

Re: pOT: Ppl & Their Bikes, Take 2 - Frank, this one, surely..

2004-01-29 Thread frank theriault
Ryan, It's a track bike. I don't need no stinking gears! (or brakes) cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Can't wait to see your roadbike! _

Re: pOT: Ppl & Their Bikes, Take 2 - Frank, this one, surely..

2004-01-29 Thread frank theriault
Dave, My oldest turned 21 this past August. Now she's legal everywhere (even the US). It's kind of weird saying, "C'mon, Anne, let's go out for a drink for your birthday!" cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert

Re: AustralianMBM

2004-01-29 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: "Kevin Waterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Late last year we spoke of an Australian gathering and I offered to make > available my holiday apartments free of charge for PDMLers and thier > families to visit. Well, the time is up to make a decision on whether > to do this or choose another optio

Re: Film: And the Dead Shall Rise...

2004-01-29 Thread Norm Baugher
Now that was funny, LOL. Norm Mark Roberts wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It might be helpful if you could be very clear about what, to you, constitutes a Third World country. Yorkshire ;-)

Re: OT: unusual list behavior

2004-01-29 Thread Eactivist
>In a message dated 1/28/2004 12:12:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >BTW, welcome back, Marnie. Haven't seen you post in a while. Have you been lurking? ;-) >Steven Desjardins Yeah, for about a week or so. I kept getting bumped off the list due to overfull mailbox. Wo

Re: OT: unusual list behavior

2004-01-29 Thread Lasse Karlsson
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The one thing I was really surprised about (after not reading for a while) > was that people weren't jumping up and down that Pentax had released a firmware > update making K/M lenses more usable on the *ist. I mean seriously jumping up

Re: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800?

2004-01-29 Thread Butch Black
Hi Ryan; I have been doing some experiments with my film processor at work, to try and get my lousy brand of chemistry to run in good control versus marginal control. What I have found is that a temperature change does almost nothing to the LD (speed) but has a noticeable effect on the HD/LD (cont

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