Re: bokeh

2004-02-21 Thread Lasse Karlsson
"Bokeh" refers to the quality or characteristics of how a lens renders the areas of the picture which are not in focus. (Like in shooting for instance a head portrait at a wide aperture setting. Objects in front of or behind the focussed point - the face, the eyes or maybe the full head - will b

Re: bokeh

2004-02-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22 Feb 2004 at 15:49, Chris wrote: > I know I am showing my ignorance,but what the bloody hell does "bokeh" mean. > Kennedy the Tyro. http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/ATVB.pdf Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.co

RE: bokeh

2004-02-21 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Interesting that you should as Chris, cause when I was talking to CR Kennedy the other day and asking them about an ideal lens to go on my *istD, I said that I wanted one that produces nice "bokeh" and they too had no idea what I was talking about (must a genetic thing with the Kennedy name, lol!)!

Re: A busy little fairygirl....

2004-02-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22 Feb 2004 at 14:20, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > a) I have found that the preview shown on the LCD screen is not accurate > and many shots that appear to be correctly exposed on previewing them are > actually underexposed when I get them home. Likewise, those that appear to > be overexp

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars:

2004-02-21 Thread David Mann
On Feb 22, 2004, at 08:28, Mark Roberts wrote: To bring this back close to topic for this list: All this talk about car (and now motorcycle) racing makes me realize, even in this day of $1500.00 DSLR's, how relatively inexpensive photography is. I knew plenty of people who turned $10,000.00 motor

Re: *istD rebates - what and where

2004-02-21 Thread graywolf
B&H shows the $100 rebate in their latest catalog. Makes the catalog price the same as the NIkon D70. John Mustarde wrote: What rebates are there for the *istD? I see the $200 rebate from Pentax USA for combined purchase of the *istD and the DA 16-45. http://www.pentaxusa.com/pdf/istDLens_Reba

Re: OT: Lunch with Wendy

2004-02-21 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/21/2004 8:49:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >None were taken. > > > >From: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >I DON'T SEE ANY PHOTOS, FRANK! > > WHAT? Hmmm, I guess people don't get drummed out of PDML, but if ever there was a reason... Marnie

RE: PAW: Keeping Warm

2004-02-21 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Shel, I love this shot!! So very cute! One thing though - did you try converting it to BW? I think it would look great as it is quite a high contrast pic... tan.

RE: bokeh

2004-02-21 Thread Trevor Bailey
G'day All. Chris..Funny you should say that, I was just about to ask the same question. BTW...I have sent my first ever photo into the March PUG. Could everyone please be gentle with me as I am a delicate little petal... :-) Hooroo. Regards, Trevor Grafton, OZ -Original Message- From:

Re: bokeh

2004-02-21 Thread Eactivist
>In a message dated 2/21/2004 8:50:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I know I am showing my ignorance,but what the bloody hell does "bokeh" mean. Kennedy the Tyro. You said the magic word. Give the guy a cigar. (Boy, now I am really showing my age.) Marnie aka Doe ;-) Q

Re: PAW: King Vulture

2004-02-21 Thread Eactivist
.Christian Skofteland wrote: > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id7.html > > Shot with the D at the National Zoo this afternoon. Love the colors, hate > the bokeh (fencing behind the bird). The bokeh doesn't bother me. The colors are so vibrant they pop out, regardless of bokeh. Fa

bokeh

2004-02-21 Thread Chris
I know I am showing my ignorance,but what the bloody hell does "bokeh" mean. Kennedy the Tyro.

Re: my PAW

2004-02-21 Thread David Mann
Bundling several replies into one: Keith Whaley wrote: This is not an artifact of the exposure process, but you could actually see this phenomenon with your own eyes, before you took the shots? I guess that the camera reads the data off the sensor during exposure, and the effect you see is some

Re: OT: Lunch with Wendy

2004-02-21 Thread wendy beard
Thank you Frank :-) At 09:36 PM 20/02/2004, you wrote: None were taken. >From: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I DON'T SEE ANY PHOTOS, FRANK! > Wendy Beard, Ottawa, Canada http://www.beard-redfern.com

Re: A busy little fairygirl....

2004-02-21 Thread Leon Altoff
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:20:02 +1000, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: >I took delivery of my *istD on Thursday 12 Feb - just over a week ago. It >took me that afternoon of shooting with it before I felt totally comfortable >I had a major (well, minor really, but it generated alot more work for >mys

Streaking Photos

2004-02-21 Thread Chris
Thought this might help those with streaking negatives. http://www.pbase.com/image/26262976 Cheers Chris K

Re: OT: Lunch with Wendy

2004-02-21 Thread wendy beard
At 05:38 PM 20/02/2004, you wrote: So, we managed to hook up for lunch and chat for an hour or two. As one might expect, not a Pentax in sight! I had to have my Leica, since I just got it out of the repair shop yesterday, Wendy had her little Contax T2 (what a lovely little cam that is - and I

RE: A busy little fairygirl....

2004-02-21 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Christian asked: "BTW, did you get the D-BG1 grip? It should be your first accessory if only for the vertical shutter release." I have it on order with the cable release Christian but it was out of stock at the time and I wanted the body YESTERDAY, so to speak! Hopefully, it will arrive in a we

Re: PAW Sherwood Island

2004-02-21 Thread Butch Black
Lon wrote: One of the things I'm beginning to experiment with is Unsaturated, Uncontrasty subjects. In fact, my PUG wet picture is an example. I find that wall hangers are easier on the eyes if they do NOT scream "Vivid Disney Velvia". Especially after a long time hanging. And yet, vivid does

Re: A busy little fairygirl....

2004-02-21 Thread Bill Owens
> a) I have found that the preview shown on the LCD screen is not accurate > and many shots that appear to be correctly exposed on previewing them are > actually underexposed when I get them home. Likewise, those that appear to > be overexposed or blownout are actually fine when I open them in PS

Re: A busy little fairygirl....

2004-02-21 Thread Christian Skofteland
- Original Message - From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I had a major (well, minor really, but it generated alot more work for > myself) catastrophe, when I arrived home after the first location shoot with > the kids to discover that I'd had it set on manual white balan

RE: baby ist

2004-02-21 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
John said: "I don't think it is significant whether pros are using the *ist. What is significant is whether they are using cameras with similar-sized pixel counts, and they are." I TOTALLY agree with you John!! tan.

Re: PAW: King Vulture

2004-02-21 Thread Christian Skofteland
> Christian Skofteland posted: > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id7.html > > > > Shot with the D at the National Zoo this afternoon. Love the colors, hate > > the bokeh (fencing behind the bird). > > Bird looks GREAT. I don't think the background's so bad -- I shoot in a Zoo > quite a

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars: List traffic handling - was OT: Netiquette

2004-02-21 Thread wendy beard
At 05:33 PM 21/02/2004, you wrote: The closest I ever got was a Triumph PI, wish I'd bought a Stag when they were at giveaway prices Alan Paul's pride and joy http://members.rogers.com/stagman/stag/ Bought in the very early 80s. Still has original engine. Wendy Beard, Ottawa, Canada http://www.

A busy little fairygirl....

2004-02-21 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Hey everyone! Well, I have been very quiet this past week and thought I'd give you an update... I took delivery of my *istD on Thursday 12 Feb - just over a week ago. It took me that afternoon of shooting with it before I felt totally comfortable with it. My initial misgiving with the camera w

Re: PAW: King Vulture

2004-02-21 Thread Christian Skofteland
This particular bird pissed me off at the zoo several weeks ago. It was perched on a skull (cow?) that's in its enclosure and would have made a fantastic composition. Of course I had the long lens on the camera at the time and as I stealthily (I had an 16 month old and a 7-year old with me) tried

PAW frozen lake

2004-02-21 Thread Butch Black
Another winter scene. This one a local reservoir. http://www.usefilm.com/image/312622.html Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)

Re: my PAW

2004-02-21 Thread Mark Cassino
Hi Paul - Thanks - that is indeed Lake Michigan, IIRC, the shot was taken from the north end of Grant park, looking south. The bump on the horizon in the middle of the frame is the dome on Shedd Aquarium. - MCC At 08:01 PM 2/21/2004 -0500, you wrote: Hi Mark, I like this. Nice composition, ni

Re: *ist D software update

2004-02-21 Thread Mark Cassino
At 07:41 PM 2/21/2004 -0500, you wrote: i don't think anyone has posted results of comparing the Photoshop CS Camera RAW file format filter versus the Pentax Import filter yet. the CS file format filter is considerably better than the Photo Laboratory conversion to TIFF. Can you elaborate on that?

Re: PAW: A good breakfast

2004-02-21 Thread Mark Cassino
It ain't Bob Evans... :-0 Great lines and shapes - simple, but engaging. I agree with Shel re the top portion of the egg being a bit blown out. Remarkable detail though - especially in the textures of the lower portion of the eggshell. - MCC At 08:33 PM 2/21/2004 -0500, you wrote: http://www.

Re: PAW: King Vulture

2004-02-21 Thread ernreed2
Christian Skofteland posted: > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id7.html > > Shot with the D at the National Zoo this afternoon. Love the colors, hate > the bokeh (fencing behind the bird). Bird looks GREAT. I don't think the background's so bad -- I shoot in a Zoo quite a bit, and this

Re: prime keepers

2004-02-21 Thread John Forbes
The K1000 sold well because it was on sale for over twenty years. A sort of VW Beetle of the photographic world. Judging by Ebay, far more M lenses were sold than K, mainly I think because the ME and ME Super were enormously popular, and the Ks (apart from the K1000) were withdrawn from the ma

Re: PAW: King Vulture

2004-02-21 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Wow! I never knew these birds were so colorful ... ;-)) Christian Skofteland wrote: > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id7.html > > Shot with the D at the National Zoo this afternoon. Love the colors, hate > the bokeh (fencing behind the bird).

Re: PAW: A good breakfast

2004-02-21 Thread ernreed2
"Steady" Stenquist posted: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2151115&size=lg > I'm not sure how I feel about the breakfast, but I like the composition! ERN

*istD rebates - what and where

2004-02-21 Thread John Mustarde
What rebates are there for the *istD? I see the $200 rebate from Pentax USA for combined purchase of the *istD and the DA 16-45. http://www.pentaxusa.com/pdf/istDLens_Rebate_020604.pdf But I keep hearing about a $100 rebate on camera alone - what gives? Does a $100 rebate really exist? -- John

Re: Mark's PAW

2004-02-21 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Mark ... My first reaction was pretty ambivalent, and then, after calibrating the monitor, I fell for it. A nice, simple, tranquil scene ... > > http://www.markcassino.com/paw/082419_paw.jpg > > >The Chicago Marina.

PAW: King Vulture

2004-02-21 Thread Christian Skofteland
http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id7.html Shot with the D at the National Zoo this afternoon. Love the colors, hate the bokeh (fencing behind the bird). Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: *ist-d - Help me decide....

2004-02-21 Thread alex wetmore
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Josh Goodman wrote: > But with all of this talk about a baby *ist and an 8mp *ist, I'm starting to > wonder if I should hold off. With lots of speculation and no concrete > evidence of a higher mp *ist anywhere in the near future, do you think I > should just go for it? > > If

PAW: A good breakfast

2004-02-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2151115&size=lg

Re: *ISTD autofocus failing before battery exhausted

2004-02-21 Thread Leon Altoff
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:39:31 +0100 (CET), Jan van Wijk wrote: >Hi all, >At the end of the day I attemped some shots WITHOUT the 1.7x converter >and noticed the autofocus was NOT working. Pressing the AF button on >the back resulted in one verry short attempt to focus the lens, but without >really

Where will be 9th Pentax Day of the AOHC ? Who will be there ?

2004-02-21 Thread cloversan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit: > > Hello, > I plan to go to the 9th Pentax Day in Italy, as far as I will be set free > from my job. > > Who will I meet there ? Does anybody knows where it will take place ? > > I hope to meet more Pentax Madly Fans ! > > ^_^ > I forgot to tell you that I only kno

Re: Question about Pentax MG

2004-02-21 Thread Keith Whaley
Neither one of mine have a cap, and a magnifying glass doesn't show any threads. So, I guess it didn't come with one. keith whaley Mike wrote: > > Did the Pentax MG come with a base plate cap for the winder/motor drive > gear or was the gear meant to be exposed like some Nik*ns? > > Thanks, >

Pentax or Burst ?

2004-02-21 Thread cloversan
Hello everybody. I have a quite serious question : One of my friend wish to switch to Canon DSLR. As he do not care about changing his lens, he really wish to buy good f/:2.8 aperture zoom and maybe a 300mm f//2.8. Considering this, What will you say to him ? Boz's Choice makes him put a foot

Re: my PAW

2004-02-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Mark, I like this. Nice composition, nice framing. The Microdol X seems to have served yo well in terms of keeping the contrast under control. Is this on Lake Michigan? Best, paul On Feb 21, 2004, at 7:25 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: I missed the ealier discussion on this PAW thing - thought it wa

Re: *ist D software update

2004-02-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 21, 2004, at 7:41 PM, Herb Chong wrote: the CS file format filter is considerably better than the Photo Laboratory conversion to TIFF. Yep, no contest there. The CS filter is light years ahead of the Pentax Photo Lab. Paul

Re: More Shots(in focus)

2004-02-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice pics, Chris. Love that little dragon. And the Sydney Opera House is always a delight. A particularly nice capture of it from you. On Feb 21, 2004, at 7:17 PM, Chris wrote: I know I have probably overexposed this week,but this is the lst for a week at least. www.pbase.com/image/22604482 www

Re: Pentax *ist D and Ridata Compact Flash

2004-02-21 Thread cloversan
Thank you for your answer so complete that I found myself dumb to ask ! ^_^ I hope the buffer can get larger in the future, but I do not think so... Or so much expensive that I will Bought a *ist D n II hi hi hi > On 22 Feb 2004 at 0:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello, > > Here in Fran

Where will be 9th Pentax Day of the AOHC ? Who will be there ?

2004-02-21 Thread cloversan
Hello, I plan to go to the 9th Pentax Day in Italy, as far as I will be set free from my job. Who will I meet there ? Does anybody knows where it will take place ? I hope to meet more Pentax Madly Fans ! ^_^

Re: Pentax *ist D and Ridata Compact Flash

2004-02-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22 Feb 2004 at 0:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > Here in France, every body who own a DSLR knows that one can order CF > Ridata pro in this website. > > www.powerinnumbers.com.au > > Nikon users seems to be glad to use as well as Canon users too. > > But, does any *istD user try it ?

Re: *ist-d - Help me decide....

2004-02-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
I was going to hold off for a higher res Pentax digiral. But when Pentax made the K and M lenses functional on the *istD I decided to go for it. I've found it to be a very good camera capable of producing images that can easily be ressed up to 50 meg with very nice quality. For this stock and m

Re: *ist-d - Help me decide....

2004-02-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 21 Feb 2004 at 15:59, Josh Goodman wrote: > Here's my situation. I am in the market for a dslr and the *ist-d is the > natural choice for me since I have a collection of pentax glass for my Pz-1p and > LX. I will be using this camera for wedding/portrait/headshot work. I have > seen a rather

Re: *ist D software update - Mac version screwed up :-(

2004-02-21 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Michel Carrère-Gée wrote: > http://www.pentaxusa.com/digitalupdate/ > > Check out the latest firmware and software updates from PENTAX to > enhance the performance of your digital camera. > Unfortunately Mac versions are screwed up :-( Photo Browser and Labortory installer

Re: *ist D software update

2004-02-21 Thread Herb Chong
i don't think anyone has posted results of comparing the Photoshop CS Camera RAW file format filter versus the Pentax Import filter yet. the CS file format filter is considerably better than the Photo Laboratory conversion to TIFF. Herb - Original Message - From: "Paul Ewins" <[EMAIL

Re: Split-Image Focusing Screen in *ist D?

2004-02-21 Thread cloversan
Greg Lovern écrit: > Will the ZX-M's focusing screen fit in an *ist D? If not, is there any way > to get a split-image focusing screen into an *ist D? > > Thanks, > > Greg > the Zx M will not fit unless you cut it yourself...

Re: my PAW

2004-02-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Reducing the shadow on the face would require dodging, same as one does in PhotoShop for color or, for that matter, in color printing. Burning in would make it darker still. That being said I prefer the shadow as is. It helps establish the mood. The angular light is part of the composition in t

Pentax *ist D and Ridata Compact Flash

2004-02-21 Thread cloversan
Hello, Here in France, every body who own a DSLR knows that one can order CF Ridata pro in this website. www.powerinnumbers.com.au Nikon users seems to be glad to use as well as Canon users too. But, does any *istD user try it ? Is there a big difference between the Ridata x52 and the Sandisk U

Re: pentax keepers

2004-02-21 Thread Nick Clark
The viewfinders of the KX and the K1000 are vastly different, the former having match needle and showing shutter speed and aperture (via a Judas window) shown -Original Message- From: "Mark Roberts"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 20/02/04 22:00:28 Subject: Re: pentax keepers

RE: The RAW plug-in

2004-02-21 Thread Nick Clark
Does this mean you have to install the Pentax software as well as the plug-in for Elements? I hoped just the plug-in would be needed. Nick. -Original Message- From: "Stan Halpin"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 21/02/04 02:45:54 What the new plugin is is a link to the upgraded

RE: *ist D software update

2004-02-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22 Feb 2004 at 11:29, Paul Ewins wrote: > Thankyou very much for that Michel; it has saved me an expensive upgrade > from PS7 to PS CS It's great to see some positive progress in software from different angles too, it seems that things are looking up for digitally enabled Pentaxians. Rob St

RE: *ist D software update

2004-02-21 Thread Paul Ewins
Thankyou very much for that Michel; it has saved me an expensive upgrade from PS7 to PS CS Regards, Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia -Original Message- From: Michel Carrère-Gée [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pentaxusa.com/digitalupdate/ Check out the latest firmware and software

Re: More Shots(in focus)

2004-02-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22 Feb 2004 at 11:17, Chris wrote: > I know I have probably overexposed this week,but this is the lst for a week at > least. www.pbase.com/image/22604482 www.pbase.com/image/22717625 Hi Chris, The colours of city lights off the water makes great images, what WB setting were you using? BTW i

RE: my PAW

2004-02-21 Thread Mark Cassino
I missed the ealier discussion on this PAW thing - thought it was a pet photo thread. But Picture of the week, makes sense and a great idea. Not shot this week, but I finally got around to scanning it last week - http://www.markcassino.com/paw/082419_paw.jpg The Chicago Marina. Shot with an M

RE: my PAW

2004-02-21 Thread Mark Cassino
I like the first one, though I think it would be stronger if you could dodge the shadow that hits the person on the right. The contrasting facial expressions are engaging. - MCC At 11:51 PM 2/21/2004 +0100, you wrote: Hi I met a bunch of hobos at the locat marketplace today. A few crowns to the

More Shots(in focus)

2004-02-21 Thread Chris
I know I have probably overexposed this week,but this is the lst for a week at least. www.pbase.com/image/22604482 www.pbase.com/image/22717625 Regards Chris Kennedy

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars:

2004-02-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 21 Feb 2004 at 17:02, Cotty wrote: > > > The man that designed the Porsche Boxster also designed the shape of the > 1999/2000 G3 PowerBook. > > Har, no wonder I nearly gaged the first time I laid eyes on it, well not quite, but you must admit it's difficult to tell the front from the back

Re: glass

2004-02-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 21 Feb 2004 at 17:02, Nick Clark wrote: > Pentax do make high refractive index lenses for spectacles, which indicates they > do make their own glass. Don't see why they wouldn't do the same for their > photographic lenses too. The question is do they actually fabricate the glass for their phot

Re: HELP! I erased my ist-D images

2004-02-21 Thread Herb Chong
the first thing i did after getting my Nikon Coolpix 995 and 5000 cameras was to go through all of the setup menus to make sure that the camera worked the way i wanted it to. that included disabling digital zoom and all erase capability. only a full format is enabled. Herb - Original Messa

Re: my PAW

2004-02-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 21 Feb 2004 at 9:32, Stan Halpin wrote: > The Palm Zire 71 is in fact a Palm PDA. Has a built in lens. > Looking at mine, I see no evidence of a mechanical shutter > of any kind. > > In David's shot, at least some of the visual phenomenon must > be due to the multiple reflections in the dou

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars:

2004-02-21 Thread Mat Maessen
Cotty wrote: I'll bet your favourite film would be the Italian Job? The remake? Oh no, the original is MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH better. Have both on DVD though... -Mat

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars:

2004-02-21 Thread Mat Maessen
Irv Gordon. 1965 1800S. Over 2 million documented miles. He lives on Long Island. One heck of a nice guy, even if he does shoot Canon. -Mat frank theriault wrote: IIRC, the automobile that holds the record for most miles ever is a P1800. Owned by a guy in Vermont or New Hamshire or some such

POW/Very Little Pan

2004-02-21 Thread Chris
Thanks Keith ,I agree with you.To ensure more gnashing of teeth,here is the full sequence. www.pbase.com/image/22717636 www.pbase.com/image/22717637 www.pbase.com/image/22717638 www.pbase.com/image/22717639 www.pbase.com/image/22717640 www.pbase.com/image/22717641 Or else hit the first link and th

*ist-d - Help me decide....

2004-02-21 Thread Josh Goodman
Here's my situation. I am in the market for a dslr and the *ist-d is the natural choice for me since I have a collection of pentax glass for my Pz-1p and LX. I will be using this camera for wedding/portrait/headshot work. I have seen a rather consistent, albeit slow, price reduction in the *ist-

Re: HELP! I erased my ist-D images

2004-02-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22 Feb 2004 at 23:59, Dr. Heiko Hamann wrote: > I have used this program: > > http://www.goto.onlinehome.de/dsc/jpegdump.htm > > It isn't nice (no gui), it is slow, but it did a great job. With the *ist D? I thought it destructively erased files, well at least mine did. :-( It is very easy

Re: Grain Surgery for PS

2004-02-21 Thread Herb Chong
i have all of the the named tools and i know which ones i paid for. the dust and scratch filters aren't noise tools in the way Grain Surgery nor any of the other filters listed in the web page i gave as reference. since i write Photoshop plugins, i know what they are too. Herb... - Original Me

Re: PAW - seated @ 1/4

2004-02-21 Thread graywolf
Yes, sadly, they do not seem to have very high requirements for their intructors. Though some of them were very good. Of course as adults with a few of decades of life experience we tend to have different standards than 18 year olds just trying to get employable. -- Kenneth Waller wrote: Funny

Question about Pentax MG

2004-02-21 Thread Mike
Did the Pentax MG come with a base plate cap for the winder/motor drive gear or was the gear meant to be exposed like some Nik*ns? Thanks, Gary

Re: OT: html suffixes (was Re: My Friend Puffy Cheeks)

2004-02-21 Thread Herb Chong
either one. the master config for your web site if you are using a multidomain or multihosted web server is in the root directory of the virtual domain and controls all pages and directories served in the domain. you can override in individual directory if the master config for your virtual domain

Re: is the MZ-S the "FAltd" camera?

2004-02-21 Thread Herb Chong
have you seen any yet? Herb - Original Message - From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 11:13 PM Subject: Re: is the MZ-S the "FAltd" camera? > Produce a quality product and advertise. You get nothing if you hide your > ligh

SV: my PAW

2004-02-21 Thread Jens Bladt
You are right. The sun was very hard - and I'm not used to the MZ-S: I should have corrected like + 2 (Very bright Scandinavian Winther sky). Maybe I overdid developing as well (Ilfotech). But I think, for pics like this, the "newspaper look" is kind of OK. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: OT: Scotland

2004-02-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >My best advice is wool socks. Thickness should be adjusted after >temperature, but wool will keep warm even when wet. It's an amazing fibre. In a pinch, they make nice dates, too. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||==

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars

2004-02-21 Thread Cotty
>> As opposed to the GT-6, which was a Spitfire with a hardtop and the >> TR6 engine. >> I have a friend who has a Triumph fetish. 3 GT-6's in various states >> of rust/disassembly, and a beautiful TR-6 in his garage. >> >> Oh yeah, and a Formula Vee as well... >> >> -Mat >> TR-250 was the

Re: my PAW

2004-02-21 Thread Eactivist
>In a message dated 2/21/2004 2:52:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/ >Jens Bladt Very nice. Good character study and good composition. I'd probably like it better though, if there was a tinge less shadow on the right guy's face. Burning i

Re: HELP! I erased my ist-D images

2004-02-21 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi jerome, on 21 Feb 04 you wrote in pentax.list: >I remember someone mentioning a program or something that I can use to >retrieve "deleted images" from CF cards even when they appear to be >trashed. Any help / suggestions to offer... or am I just SOL? I have used this program: http://www.got

Re: WAY,WAY OT - English Sport Cars:

2004-02-21 Thread Keith Whaley
Kenneth Waller wrote: > > Through the tunnel? And revving up for the waterfront section at high RPMs. . . Makes me want to go back and watch Grand Prix again! I DO have to get a copy of that! keith > Kenneth Waller > - Original Message - > From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Mine wasn't English Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars: List traffic handling - was OT: Netiquette

2004-02-21 Thread Bill Owens
My very first car was a real piece of crap. 1961 Renault Caravelle. Bill - Original Message - From: "Alan Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 3:17 PM Subject: Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars: List traffic handling - was OT: Netiquette >

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars: List traffic handling - was OT: Netiquette

2004-02-21 Thread Alan Kerr
Mat Maessen wrote: As opposed to the GT-6, which was a Spitfire with a hardtop and the TR6 engine. I have a friend who has a Triumph fetish. 3 GT-6's in various states of rust/disassembly, and a beautiful TR-6 in his garage. Oh yeah, and a Formula Vee as well... -Mat TR-250 was the body of a

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars:

2004-02-21 Thread Alan Kerr
Cotty wrote: On 21/2/04, DAVE MANN disgorged: Whoa! Ferraris? Zz ! That reminds me... the Ferrari-badged notebook computer is in stock down here. I must go and see if its really as ugly as it looks in the pictures. I guess Apple will have to do a black Lamborghini Po

Re: PAW: Keeping Warm

2004-02-21 Thread ernreed2
RE: http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/keepwarm.html Flexible little critter, ain't it?? ERN

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars: List traffic handling - was OT:

2004-02-21 Thread John Francis
> > As opposed to the GT-6, which was a Spitfire with a hardtop and the TR6 > engine. Oh, it's a little more than that! I've ridden in both - one of my closest friends during college and post- college days had a GT-6. (While it's not *easy* to get three people into a GT-6, it *is* possible, if

Re: PAW, actually PAWs

2004-02-21 Thread ernreed2
Comments inline. Kenneth Waller posted: > Good start! Thanks! > Week 1 - confusing/distracting background Yeah -- that blanket (gift from in-laws) has wrecked a lot of shots. Currently in the closet. Hope it gets to stay there. > Week 2 - I like the composition Thanks. > Week 3 - Distracting

Re: PAW #1 - Snow Pup

2004-02-21 Thread Kenneth Waller
What's not to like about this puppy shot! Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 5:15 PM Subject: PAW #1 - Snow Pup > Since it's called PAW (I know Bill beat me to it), it had to be an animal > with paws, right? > > http://www.photo.net

Re: my PAW

2004-02-21 Thread Kenneth Waller
Any explanation for the effect? I like the effect. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "David Mann" Subject: Re: my PAW > I might as well jump on this bandwagon. > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/plane.html > > Unretouched, straight from the camera. > > Cheers, > > - Da

Re: PAW

2004-02-21 Thread Kenneth Waller
You mean PAWS. A cute shot. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Bill Owens" Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 11:45 PM Subject: PAW > Here's my first weekly PAW image. > > http://groups.msn.com/BillOwensPhotos/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID= 66 > > Bill

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars:

2004-02-21 Thread Kenneth Waller
Frank, we probably saw some of the same races. I remember several Can Am & F 1 races I viewed from Moss's corner, back in the late 60's and early 70's. Always enjoyed the preliminary races. The Canadians always seemed to favor the Mini and got them to go like hell. The "original Mini's" were still

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars:

2004-02-21 Thread Mark Roberts
"frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >But, the most entertaining races by far were the sedan races. There were on >average about 1/2 dozen Mini Coopers in each race. We'd plant ourselves at >Moss Corner, the sharpest corner on the track, and the fun would begin. >Because they were so

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #331

2004-02-21 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I'd say that the extra features make the KX better than the K1000. That's >why I've always wondered why the K1000 was such a classic and the KM and >KX were not. The KM is probably the least common K body because most people either went for the premium KX or the bang-f

Re: PAW, actually PAWs

2004-02-21 Thread Kenneth Waller
Good start! Week 1 - confusing/distracting background Week 2 - I like the composition Week 3 - Distracting background Week 5 - A vertical composition eliminating a third of the RH side would improve this image. Week 6 - Good shot. Week 7 - Cropping out the top quarter of the image improves it Only

Re: PAW - Neapolitan Shoeshine

2004-02-21 Thread Kenneth Waller
I like the way the subject's illumination makes him stand out from the background. The bright spot on the far RH side of the image detracts from the rest of the image. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Gianfranco Irlanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PAW - Neapolitan Shoeshine >

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars: List traffic handling - was OT: Netiquette

2004-02-21 Thread Doug Brewer
I had a GT-6+ back in the day. Custom silver metal-flake paint job, leather interior/wood dash. It was a great, if temperamental, car for a little over a year until it became a victim of applied physics. Loved how I could tip open the hood/bonnet, sit on the tire, and have access to most of the

Re: PAW: Keeping Warm

2004-02-21 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>All these winter scenes are making me, and my furry friends, >>very cold. This one was sent to me by a friend, and I just >>had to share it with everyone here. > >>http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/keepwarm.html > >LOL! > >What a great shot

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