Re: FW: Infrared remote release

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Hillerstrom
Hi http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1028&message=6957911 I've tested this remote on my PDA (Handspring Treo 180g). I've got the camera (*istD , MZ-6) to release but it was very sensitive in which direction and distance I had the PDA. It was stated on the homepage of the remote pro

Re: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread Boros Attila
> he's got that email address published on his website and it was > somehow harvested. There could be a chance that you got it from your > website's exposure too? If you want to test it, you could create a new email > address and secretly insert it in a really tiny font or same colour as the > back

Re: D70 and digital kills real cameras

2004-02-05 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 19:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It's kinda like the .45 vs 9mm debate. .45 is a better man-stopper, but > the 9mm is easier to carry and can hold more bullets. Now, this is more distasteful then the nipple of Janet Jackson. -- Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread Anders Hultman
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: > You may not > have anything on your home machine so private that you'd > blush to have it broadast, but how many files are there > on the file server at work that your employers would prefer > stay inside the company? When the first large scale wo

red optio s4??

2004-02-05 Thread Ryan Lee
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2984524203&category=30012 Not my auction, but now they've got a red one? Cheers, Ryan

RE: Hood fit ?'s

2004-02-05 Thread Alan Chan
No, it doesn't because this is a bayonet mount hood, similar to FA* hoods. For A*85/1.4, you need this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=91467&is=REG Just happen I also have this hood, brand new unused bought in Japan 4 years ago. Still have the ori

RE: Upside Downness - was Re: * ist Digital Question

2004-02-05 Thread Paul Ewins
No, no, no. It's common sense. Most of the landmass is north of the equator, which makes it heavier so that it naturally sinks to the bottom. Try an experiment: glue a coin to a tennis ball and then drop it into a bucket of water. The side with the coin is heavier and ends up underneath. The obvi

RE: Upside Downness - was Re: * ist Digital Question

2004-02-05 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
And I thought the Earth was flat... ;-) Antti-Pekka --- Antti-Pekka Virjonen Computec Oy, Turku Finland Gsm: +358-500-789 753 www.computec.fi * www.estera.fi > -Original Message- > From: Paul Ewins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PRO

RE: Upside Downness - was Re: * ist Digital Question

2004-02-05 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Paul, You are correct, the law of Archimedes. Everything with a lack off weight floats to the top, that is why the CEO is at the top of the organisation, that is why Australia is floating upward as well... On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 10:31, Paul Ewins wrote: > No, no, no. It's common sense. Most of the

Re: lens

2004-02-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
A 20mm lens is a 20mm lens, regardless of whether you put it on a 35mm camerra, an *ist D or the Hubble. However, on the "ist D it will provide an angle of view much like that of a 30mm lens on a 35mm camera. Paul On Feb 4, 2004, at 10:40 PM, Fred wrote: I'm looking for something around 20mm th

Re: OT: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread Keith Whaley
You're really getting carried away, Paul. Don't know what I ever did to you, but. . . The term "ol' fella" is not a derogatory term. It's pretty much PC neutral, far as I'm concerned. There are several "ol' fellas" on this list. They know who they are. I'm one too, so I know one when I see/hear one

RE: Hood fit ?'s

2004-02-05 Thread Len Paris
It could, it's the right diameter. It doesn't look like mine, though. Mine says "PENTAX MH-RA 67mm JAPAN" on it and is quite deep. Hard to tell the size of the one pictured in your link. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > Hi all does anyone know if the hood at the B&H link below will wo

Re: *istD current best price $1349 US?

2004-02-05 Thread John Mustarde
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 22:43:23 -0500, you wrote: >> B&H Photo shows the *istD in stock at $1349 US. [snip] I >> suddenly find myself in the market for a Pentax DLSR and there is >> only one to choose from... unless something is in the wings. > >Don't hold your breath, John - . Besides, at $1349, y

Another New DSLR (Fuji S3)

2004-02-05 Thread Len Paris
You may have to piece this URL back together to use it. http://www.letsgodigital.org/html/events/PMA-2004/news/fujifilm/S3-Pro_e n.html Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1

RE: D70 and digital kills real cameras

2004-02-05 Thread Chaso DeChaso
>If we don't want something we will be able to tell >the computer not to >do it. [Len Paris] For a certain amount of time this will work, yes... = Chaso DeChaso "Less is more cheap" - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your

Re: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Stan Halpin" Subject: Re: North Americans > Don't tell me you guys are going to try that again! > We want Florida. William Robb

Re: Humble review of "Wet" PUG

2004-02-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > So, I have discovered that I am not very good with trailing shutter sync, > and need much more practice... Either that, or both of my cameras are doing > something strange What kind of practice? Are you sure that trailing shutter worke

Re: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread Bill Owens
As far as I'm concerned you can have it. Entirely too hot and humid for my tastes. Bill - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 8:31 AM Subject: Re: North Americans > > - Original Message - > From:

Re: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread Doug Franklin
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 07:31:52 -0600, William Robb wrote: > > Don't tell me you guys are going to try that again! > We want Florida. Believe me, you can have it, as long as you allow neutral enclaves around Sebring, Daytona, Homestead, and Moroso. :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: digital for $

2004-02-05 Thread Joe Wilensky
I worked for The Ithaca Journal, a small (20,000 circulation) daily, for five years up through 2001. The photo department went fully digital after I left, but I agree with the money vs. speed argument. While the additional speed available on deadline is nice, the vast majority of photos for the

RE: D70 and digital kills real cameras

2004-02-05 Thread Len Paris
Do you expect "media" people to force us all to watch what they want us to watch when they want us to watch it? Don't we really have pretty close to that happening right now? The major radio and TV network news just constantly repeats all day and all night, in lock-step, so that whenever, we watc

OT: GCAH: underwater photography rant

2004-02-05 Thread Christian
Short rant: Why is Pentax always left out in the cold? Why is Pentax the red-headed step-child of the photo industry? Nikon just released the D70 and already they have this: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/04020401seaseadxd70.asp The digi-Rebel (300D) also has several underwater housing avai

RE: GCAH: underwater photography rant

2004-02-05 Thread Rob Brigham
Ah but there are several underwater housings for the istD - commonly known as submarines! Mind you, trying to change to batteries or compact flash card underwater is a pain! > -Original Message- > From: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 February 2004 14:31 > To: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: D70 and digital kills real cameras

2004-02-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 19:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> It's kinda like the .45 vs 9mm debate. .45 is a better man-stopper, but >> the 9mm is easier to carry and can hold more bullets. >Now, this is more distasteful then the nipple of Janet Jackso

Re: red optio s4??

2004-02-05 Thread Christian
Available only in Japan (why does Pentax shun us so?) Christian - Original Message - From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 3:15 AM Subject: red optio s4?? > http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2984524

Re: OT: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread Steve Desjardins
I'm really sorry this thread has taken this turn. My (apparently not) so innocent question just referred to using "North American" as opposed to Canadian or American. I realize the term has a usage similar to "European" but was surprised to see it used in a magazine article to describe where t

Re: OT: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
No chip, Keith. I just find the sensitivities of some of the most vocal Americans to be very selective. I'm sure your use of the word "old" was not derogatory. Ditto, the word "American." But that's enough of this. You can have the last word if you wish, but I won't respond again. Paul On Feb 5,

Re: OT - NYers was - more *ist D pricing news...

2004-02-05 Thread Steve Desjardins
Pentax IS will almost certainly be the sensor-based variety. Since that's coming, I can't see them developing a whole line of lenses. Oddly enough, I bet N and C will go the same route eventually and , eventually, phase out there IS lenses. Doesn't help much if you want something now, however.

Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
Hi, I noticed that the 400FTZ only works in manual mode on the hot shoe grip, so I guess that the same is true for the 500FTZ. Is there a grip for the 500FTZ, with a bracket to attach it to the (MZ) camera? The Cobra 750 has a very nice, very simple setup, which even allows the AF spotbeam to be

Re: OT portable data storage and image viewer

2004-02-05 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, > >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> >http://www.vosonic.co.uk/vmp3h.html >> >> All I can say at this point is that I love the name "Vosonic". Sounds >> Like something out of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy! > >Not a Vogon poetry playing device, perchance?

Re: OT - NYers was - more *ist D pricing news...

2004-02-05 Thread Yousef Lasi
I can certainly see Pentax developing a sensor based IS system, and I suspect that the rumored new Minolta dslr will be the first to market with such a system. I just wish that pentax would release come information on their digital 'roadmap' so people like me that are on the fence would have a reas

RE: OT portable data storage and image viewer

2004-02-05 Thread Aric
Ah, "Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in my Armpit One Midsummer's Morning." A classic. Now I must go and gnaw off a leg... Aric -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT port

Re: D70 and digital kills real cameras

2004-02-05 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
> > If we don't want something we will be able to tell > > the computer not to do it. > For a certain amount of time this will work, yes... Open the pod door, HAL !8^DBill - Bill D. Casselberry ; Phot

The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I don't believe this was presented to the list yet. It has stirred up a little controversy in another venue. Your comments on how this photo affects you are most welcome. http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/kiss.html

Some more tech-talk

2004-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
An article in Forbes Magazine "As Flash Memory Sales Grow, Some Formats Lose Out" states that the smaller SD format, which fits is smaller devices like cell phones, could ultimately make the compact flash cards appearing in most of our digital cameras obsolete. "in the past year, the SD memory car

RE: Some more tech-talk

2004-02-05 Thread Rob Brigham
Thing is - in 2006 when SD reaches(possibly) 3Gb, CF will be well over its current 4Gb(or is it 6Gb already?) and required storage sizes will have risen too as cameras produce more and more megapixels. Don't get me wrong, I think SD has a great future and may win the war eventually, but the idea t

RE: Some more tech-talk

2004-02-05 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Rob Brigham wrote: > Thing is - in 2006 when SD reaches(possibly) 3Gb, CF will be well over > its current 4Gb(or is it 6Gb already?) and required storage sizes will > have risen too as cameras produce more and more megapixels. > > Don't get me wrong, I think SD has a great futur

Re: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread graywolf
I kind of doubt that viruses crawl websites looking for e-mail addresses when any computer they infect has a nice address book right there handy with lots o addy's to grab. Even the spammers do no seem to do that. At least I get no spam from the addy's on my website. However one post on Usenet w

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I don't believe this was presented to the list yet. It has > stirred up a little controversy in another venue. Your > comments on how this photo affects you are most welcome. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/kiss.html You know that silhouette that looks

RE: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 12:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: The Kiss - JPEG > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > I don't believe this was presented to the list yet. It has > stirred up > > a lit

Re: GFM Update 3

2004-02-05 Thread brooksdj
Whats the time frame on this outing again,please. Dave > I'm not sure if this is the correct count...I may have lost the latest copy > of this during the Computer Troubles. Anyway, I count 19 - > > TV (DC) > Annsan (NY) > Doug (KY) > Bill (NC) > Cesar (FL) >

Re: GFM plans

2004-02-05 Thread Bill Owens
> Moon rise Friday evening 4 June will be at 2256... > > Stan Darn, that means a shot I've been wanting to try for won't be available until 0200-0300, at which time I plan to be comfortably asleep. Bill

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Not quite, tom ... tom wrote: > The vertical streaks make me suspect it's a picture of an outdoor ad.

Re: GFM Update 3

2004-02-05 Thread Bill Owens
June 4-6 officially, June 2-6 unofficially. Bill - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 8:36 AM Subject: Re: GFM Update 3 > Whats the time frame on this outing again,please. > > Dave > > > I'm not sure if thi

Re: Some more tech-talk

2004-02-05 Thread Bruce Dayton
My take is that CF will dominate in the markets where size isn't as critical, but storage capacity is. Currently that leans most towards DSLR's. Admittedly this is a smaller market. What will probably occur is that lower capacity CF cards will disappear and SD will take over for most other appli

Re: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Graywolf wrote: > I kind of doubt that viruses crawl websites looking for e-mail addresses when > any computer they infect has a nice address book right there handy with lots > o addy's to grab. Even the spammers do no seem to do that. There have been several worms which search in the web cache

Re: Tripod collar or no collar?

2004-02-05 Thread Jostein
Found a pic at Bjørn's site. Meet the PentaPod solution! :-) http://www.naturfotograf.com/sacht3.html Cheers, Jostein - Original Message - From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 12:39 AM Subject: Re: Tripod collar or no collar? >

Re: Wedding shots (part 1)

2004-02-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! t> Nothing wrong with TMZ, but it's one of those films where you need some t> expert processing. I suspected that much. Of course the local lab did passable processing at best. There were few shots where grain wasn't that evident. Which lead me to similar conclusion. t> I never liked shootin

Re: OT: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
No less accurate than calling them "Native Americans" since America isn't from any of their languages either. Most tribal cultures call themselves something that translates roughly as "the people", which is less than useful for the purposes of distinguishing one group from another for either good o

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Nope ... but, old, weathered ads, a view through a shower curtain, a scene in a movie, all contributed to the idea of how i wanted the final image to look. tom wrote: > > Bus stop ad? Subway ad?

Re: OT - NYers was - more *ist D pricing news...

2004-02-05 Thread Norm Baugher
Not to mention, he also took offense at some of the stuff he wrote Norm Peter Alling wrote: Don't ever worry about it Cesar, Mafud took offense at just about everything anyone wrote...

Re: OT: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
I believe that it is the Republic of the United States of Mexico. At least that's what I remember it being on a Mexican Coin I once had in my Collection. At 04:54 PM 2/4/04, you wrote: graywolf posted, among other things: > Not to say, Republic of Mexico; Mexico, and Mexicans for short. Dominio

RE: Wedding shots (part 1)

2004-02-05 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > t> Did you get any pics of the actual signing? It looks like he's > t> reading a menu...I don't ever remember seeing a glass of > water on the > t> table at the ketubah signings I've attended. > > No, this is

RE: FW: Amazon: Creative Labs Nomad.....

2004-02-05 Thread Brian Dipert
If it'll ease your mind, I just popped off 141 sequential shots on the *ist D to the 4 GB Microdrive, then stuck it in my notebook PC. All is working fine. Custom hardware (ie a modified CompactFlash connector pinout) would run counter to Hitachi and Creative's low cost aspirations, which are enab

Re: OT: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
We started using the sobriquet American before any of the other "Americas" were independent, They were all Subjects of Britain, Spain, Spain, The Dutch, or worse un-tamed Indians. We took if first so there. At 06:11 PM 2/4/04, you wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: > > It has nothing to do with Hubr

RE: FW: Amazon: Creative Labs Nomad.....

2004-02-05 Thread Brian Dipert
One other note; the drive seems to come pre-formatted (or maybe I reformatted it in the *ist D, I can't recall for sure) FAT32 with 8 KByte clusters. Discussion traffic on the DPreview site suggests, and my experience with high resolution audio recording on the Pocket PC confirms, that larger clust

RE: D70 and digital kills real cameras

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
National newspapers and network TV don't seem to deliver National and International news very well either, (at least no in the USA). At 06:49 PM 2/4/04, you wrote: TV and the Internet are just faster than the newspapers. When they start delivering the news directly to our e-mail inbox, they will

Re: Digital Photography

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
Now that was uncalled for, (but funny, in a bizarre, sick sort of way...). At 06:53 PM 2/4/04, you wrote: On 4/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Ok, so innocent, naive little Fairygirl has just sat here for a good 5 >minutes trying to work out what you guys meant... > >I just about fell off my

Re: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread ernreed2
And FLAT. > As far as I'm concerned you can have it. Entirely too hot and humid for my > tastes. > > Bill > > - Original Message - > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 8:31 AM > Subject: Re: North Americans > > > > >

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Butch Black
I like it. Strong composition and the brown tone works for me. I am bothered by the streaks. If you scanned that on a flatbed scanner it's time to clean both sides of the glass. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)

RE: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread tom
Ok...did you have an actual woman and foot in front of your lens, or this a photo of an image created by someone else? tv > -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 1:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: The Kiss - JP

Re: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
The company I used to work for once embargoed jpeg files because of a rumor that they might be infected with viruses. I e-mailed the support people to describe just imbecilic this was but they didn't rescind the prohibition for about a week. I don't know what software they were using but it was

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Ahhh, Butch ... the streaks are intentional ;-)) No flatbed scanner was used. Butch Black wrote: > > I like it. Strong composition and the brown tone works for me. I am bothered > by the streaks. If you scanned that on a flatbed scanner it's time to clean > both sides of the glass. > > Butch >

Re: I got an *ist (film)

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
Dr. Suess may have used the terms but he didn't invent them. Geek is a side show/carny term for someone who does something disgusting for money, such as biting the heads off of chickens. At 08:32 PM 2/4/04, you wrote: If it is insulting Dr Suess invented it. Anyone else aware that everyone of

Re: digital for $

2004-02-05 Thread Bob W
Hi, > It's definitely a money issue. No more chemicals, no more processor > maintenance, no more film expenses. And in newspaper photography, > where we used a 180 dpi resolution for photos but could go to 150 dpi > without any noticeable difference, quality was never the top > consideration.

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes, the scene was photographed live, but then I rephotographed the print (which was 16x20ish) which had been sitting around for a while, as it didn't do much for me at first. So, in one sense it's a photograph of a photograph. I then added some of the ideas garnered from other sources in order t

Re: OT: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
OOH, OOH, I just want to say it I just want to, but I'll bite my tongue instead. At 08:37 PM 2/4/04, you wrote: - Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: Re: OT: North Americans > Dominion of > Canada; Canada, and Canadians for short. We have a Constitution of our own. We are not D

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Bob W
Hi, what sort of controversy? I've said before I think it's a good photo. But I remember reading something about David Bailey having a thing about models' hands. I suspect Bailey would consider your model's hands to be a bit large. -- Cheers, Bob Thursday, February 5, 2004, 4:52:12 PM, you w

RE: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread tom
Can you tell us how you lit the original scene? tv > -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 2:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: The Kiss - JPEG > > Yes, the scene was photographed live, but then I > rephotogra

Re: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The company I used to work for once embargoed jpeg files because of a >rumor that they might be infected with viruses. I e-mailed the support >people to describe just imbecilic this was but they didn't rescind the >prohibition for about a week. A couple

Re: Upside Downness - was Re: * ist Digital Question

2004-02-05 Thread Fred
> Try an experiment: glue a coin to a tennis ball and then drop it > into a bucket of water. The side with the coin is heavier and ends up > underneath. And then what am I going to do with a tennis ball with a coin glued onto it? Fred

Re: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread Bob W
Hi, > What I wonder about is the dumber than usual spam that I have been getting > lately with gibberish messages. Somebody somewhere has invented a subject-line and sender-name generator which has an almost poetic soul. I get spam from the most imaginatively named senders with wonderful subject

Re: I got an *ist (film)

2004-02-05 Thread Steve Desjardins
The word "nerd" comes from the Dr. Suess book "If I Ran the Zoo". My dictionary cites this as the source of the word. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/05/04 0

Re: new gallery

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
A URL might help. At 10:15 PM 2/4/04, you wrote: Hi Gang: Just put up my new gallery. Have a look if you like. I will be adding more sub-galleries including one for PDML specific images. I have not customized it yet, but plan on doing that in the coming days. Larry from Prescott I drink to make o

Re: new gallery link

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
Thanks for answering my question before I wrote it. (Didn't see this before I hit send though). At 10:17 PM 2/4/04, you wrote: Hi Gang: Just put up my new gallery. Have a look if you like. I will be adding more sub-galleries including one for PDML specific images. I have not customized it yet,

RE: digital for $

2004-02-05 Thread Len Paris
The biggest speed gain I can think of is being able to upload a digital file via a wireless, cell phone, or even a regular telephone connection, from half-way around the world in a very short time. Some news photographers carry direct satellite communications gear that gets the pictures to the hom

Re: *istD current best price $1349 US?

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
Try www.Adorama.com 1229.00. At 09:53 PM 2/4/04, you wrote: B&H Photo shows the *istD in stock at $1349 US. Is there a better price around? Does $1349 reflect the recent price reduction? I suddenly find myself in the market for a Pentax DLSR and there is only one to choose from... unless somethi

RE: Upside Downness - was Re: * ist Digital Question

2004-02-05 Thread Len Paris
Play tennis, of course. (VBG) It could be fun. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > And then what am I going to do with a tennis ball with a coin glued > onto it? > > Fred > >

Re: manual focus on D100

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
He's just engaging in hyperbole, what he means is there is no 'effective' manual focus due to the characteristics of the viewfinder coupled with the lens... At 11:30 PM 2/4/04, you wrote: "On the D100 and D70, there is no manual focus. You just don't see what's in-focus and what's not. Everything l

RE: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread Len Paris
I get them too. I wonder what the real purpose of them is. Probably just to increase trffic on the net. There are so many that have no purpose (visible) and no URL to buy something from. The ones with something really for sale are not that annoying. Even porn site ads don't annoy me as much as

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Nope don't know how to "light" scenes. I just point, focus, and shoot. Sometime I get a good exposure, sometimes not. I just try to pay attention to the light in the area. tom wrote: > > Can you tell us how you lit the original scene?

Re: D70 and digital kills real cameras

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
To each his own I suppose, it just depends on your community standards. At 02:48 AM 2/5/04, you wrote: On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 19:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It's kinda like the .45 vs 9mm debate. .45 is a better man-stopper, but > the 9mm is easier to carry and can hold more bullets. Now, th

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Some have called it sexist, others say it depicts subservience, some have said it's upsetting or disquieting, one person thought I had no business making such a photo, that it's obviously contrived and not real. A lot of people like it, and accept it at face value ... some people have seen a lot m

Re: North Americans

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
You can have it. (Just make the payment out to me). At 08:31 AM 2/5/04, you wrote: - Original Message - From: "Stan Halpin" Subject: Re: North Americans > Don't tell me you guys are going to try that again! > We want Florida. William Robb I drink to make other people interesting.

RE: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Len Paris wrote: >>> What I wonder about is the dumber than usual spam that I >>> have been getting >>> lately with gibberish messages. > > I get them too. I wonder what the real purpose of them is. [...] > I'm sure there is a > purpose there somewhere but I don't know what it could be. Perha

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #188

2004-02-05 Thread edwin
> t> Nothing wrong with TMZ, but it's one of those films where you need some > t> expert processing. >From my experience, it really wants T-max developer, and it needs pretty good regulation of temperature compared to Tri-X or T-max 400 to keep grain down. I agitate less frequently as well. It's

Re: Some more tech-talk

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
There is such a thing as being too small, especially if it is regularly manipulated by human hands. At 12:01 PM 2/5/04, you wrote: An article in Forbes Magazine "As Flash Memory Sales Grow, Some Formats Lose Out" states that the smaller SD format, which fits is smaller devices like cell phones, cou

Re: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread graywolf
You mean like this one? (text copied and pasted, for your protection) "ignorant barnett mesozoic chime isotope diego billiken legal giant imminent bulrush pbs irremediable bathroom baseball rampant bergson blanket anomie infinite radio" -- Bob W wrote: Hi, What I wonder about is the dumber than

Re: OT - NYers was - more *ist D pricing news...

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
:-> At 01:39 PM 2/5/04, you wrote: Not to mention, he also took offense at some of the stuff he wrote Norm Peter Alling wrote: Don't ever worry about it Cesar, Mafud took offense at just about everything anyone wrote... I drink to make other people interesting. -- George Jean Nathan

Re: Upside Downness - was Re: * ist Digital Question

2004-02-05 Thread graywolf
Won't fit in a vending machine, will it? Fred wrote: Try an experiment: glue a coin to a tennis ball and then drop it into a bucket of water. The side with the coin is heavier and ends up underneath. And then what am I going to do with a tennis ball with a coin glued onto it? Fred -- grayw

RE: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Nope don't know how to "light" scenes. I just point, > focus, and shoot. Sometime I get a good exposure, sometimes > not. I just try to pay attention to the light in the area. > Are you saying this was s

Re: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
Yep, you wouldn't have thought anyone would be taken in by it but you would have been wrong. I don't miss that company, the paycheck, but not the company. At 02:37 PM 2/5/04, you wrote: Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The company I used to work for once embargoed jpeg files because of a

Re: Upside Downness - was Re: * ist Digital Question

2004-02-05 Thread Peter Alling
There's a really funny response to this somewhere, I just don't want to work hard enough to come up with it. At 02:47 PM 2/5/04, you wrote: > Try an experiment: glue a coin to a tennis ball and then drop it > into a bucket of water. The side with the coin is heavier and ends up > underneath. And th

Re: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread Bob W
Hi, something like that, but you have to wear a beret and a goatee beard and declaim, Beatnik style, in a smokey club. And you should be called something like Brock Marcus, Trey Stanton or Neva Summers (which sounds very contrasty). -- Cheers, Bob Thursday, February 5, 2004, 8:49:29 PM, you

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Overall? or for a woman? Or a man? Or just in relationship to the foot? Bob W wrote: > suspect Bailey would consider your model's hands to be a bit large.

SD Storage cards Was RE: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #187

2004-02-05 Thread Len Paris
The only quick advantage I see for SD cards is the ability to write protect them. My PDA uses SD and I put a lot of reference data on it. I then write protect it so nothing gets "accidentally" deleted or over-written. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Anders Hultman
D. Glenn Arthur Jr.: But sexist? When the genders aren't clear? Well, the people shouting "sexist" the loudest are ofter the people that's are jumping to conclusions regarding gender in pictures and stories... The more extreme even sometimes claim that the picture reproduces male opression,

Re: The Kiss - JPEG

2004-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi ... I'm sending this privately because I want the photo pretty much to speak for itself. You seem to get it pretty well, though. It was a real scene ... while such things are not a usual part of my life as an observer, the kissing of anther's foot certainly is not strange to me, on many level

RE: Viruses...

2004-02-05 Thread Len Paris
Could it be a code of some sort that is sent to thousands of people including the intended recipients, who know the key? Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > "ignorant barnett mesozoic chime isotope diego billiken > legal giant imminent bulrush pbs irremediable bathroom baseball > rampant

Re: Some more tech-talk

2004-02-05 Thread Frits Wüthrich
My Olympus uses xD as a format, CF looks giant compared to that. It is supposed to go to 8GB as well. On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 22:19, Herb Chong wrote: > it's 6 GB right at this instant that has been announced as a product. 4GB is > widely available, at a price. > > Herb... > - Original Message

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