PAW-Happy Daze (follow-up)

2004-02-27 Thread Stan Halpin
I put up a small page as a follow-up to my Happy Daze shot. For me, the only two 'keepers' in the bunch are the original Happy Daze shot (here shown as Chan2) and the picture of Chan's owner (that is Spectator 2 Boris.) However, the gull shot will go into my slowly building folder of wallpaper

Re: Cheapest DSLRs in Europe?

2004-02-27 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
What about places like Andorra or San Marino - they are tax (duty) free? In Andorra, there are few taxes and the prices are much lower than in France. But Andorra is not in the European Union and the imports are subjected to customs duties. The rincipale customers are the French and Spanish trav

Re: PAW: Bonnie's Piano (Homage to Mark

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
You certainly have an eye, Shel. Your snap shots make most planned shots look bad. Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/pianostrings.html Saw some nice patterns in the piano strings. This is one of the QuikSnaps® I took while hanging around Bonnie's place. It's not as sh

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
This is simply incredible. Wonderful colors great sky. Larry Hodgson wrote: Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again with the "D". Comments welcome. http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery

Re: PAW: London Eye

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
Very dramatic, and a little scary, looks like it might just fall over and roll away. Steve Jolly wrote: http://www.elvum.net/gallery/paw/33_london_eye My second PAW is one of several photos I like that were taken on a twilight wander along the South Bank in London. Comments of any descriptio

Re: Cheapest DSLRs in Europe?

2004-02-27 Thread mapson
> >If so, what would be the best place to either buy or order a DSLR > >from? Germany? Which store/online store? I know only Technikdirekt, > >but I think there are cheapier. What about places like Andorra or San Marino - they are tax (duty) free? (*)o(*) Robert [EMA

Re: 6x7

2004-02-27 Thread Pat White
Welcome to the Brotherhood, Mark! You may find the non-TTL finder just fine, since the TTL meter is full-area averaging, and not as accurate as a hand-held meter, in my experience, at least. As for image quality, it's all there, but you may find all your errors are more obvious as well. The shal

Re: PAW: tasteful nudity

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
Lovely tones and you were right it was very tasteful. Damn and I was hoping... Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm quite pleased with this shot. It was done by candle light with the Pentax 6x7 and 105/2.4 lens. It displays full rear nudity, but I doubt that any adults would consider it offensive. I've

Re: 6x7

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
Doesn't seem to be much of secret to me. Norm Baugher wrote: That's right, I guess we should welcome Mark into the brotherhood. Welcome Mark [secret shutter shake]! Norm frank theriault wrote: I guess you're now in the Brotherhood, eh Mark?

Re: PAW: tasteful nudity

2004-02-27 Thread Pat White
What an elegant image! It's nude, but non-carnal, showing pleasing lines and form. The tan line's a little distracting, but overall, it's a nice shot. Pat White

Re: Ebay LX

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
It does include a lot of stuff. If it is really like new his expectations might not be too high if he sold each piece independently. Norm Baugher wrote: I think he'll be hanging on to this one just a bit longer http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3800614403&category=15240

Re: PAW - sunset

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
It is nice. Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! I know sunsets are cliche and so on. But this one I think is a little different. http://boris.isra-shop.com/photos/basic-zoom/sunset.htm My site is back up so I am posting the proper link... All comments are most welcome. Thanks in advance (even if you'd

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
I thought not but just to be sure I checked Boz's site. No. Mark Cassino wrote: At 09:05 PM 2/27/2004 +0100, you wrote: I agree that the A20 f/2.8 is quite good, and the 28 f/2.0 too. I had an M 24 2.8 that had too much for my taste. DagT Is there an M 24 f 2.8? - MCC - Mark Cassino

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
AARRRGG... Kenneth Waller wrote: So I guess this is your (-- tah dah --) mirror image. -Original Message- From: William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PAW Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sur

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
Maybe it's the minimumilist in me but I like it. William Robb wrote: Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure. Rip it apart folks. William Robb

RE: PAW: Southern Comfort

2004-02-27 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Robert, The shot reminded me of an assignment I was on a while ago. Once everything was integrated on the ship we had a party before departing the shipyard the next day for Florida. The shipyard was close to New Orleans. Anyhow, as we approached it the sight was amazing. I cannot recall how ma

Re: PAW -- Elton and Friend

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
Sometimes you have to make due with the background you get. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Other than the drain pipe in the background,i like it Dave(cat person:-))Brooks > Ok I figured I'd contribute to this and I would like feedback however there are a few things I don't want to he

Friends: QuikSnap® for an Ongoing Project

2004-02-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
There's a long term project that I'm working on which, in part, involves photographing "found" or public art ... murals, sculpture, paintings, etc. I usually carry the Sony with me for quick shots and light hearted photo work. I also use it to document subjects that I want to return to for later

Re: PAW - sunset

2004-02-27 Thread Eactivist
>In a message dated 2/27/2004 9:42:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >http://boris.isra-shop.com/photos/basic-zoom/sunset.htm >My site is back up so I am posting the proper link... >All comments are most welcome. >Thanks in advance (even if you'd beat me to dust ). >Boris

Re: PAW: London Eye

2004-02-27 Thread Steve Jolly
Thanks :-) You're right about the lack of sharpness - I have a horrible feeling that the photo was taken with a Chinon 28-50 zoom that I valued greatly for its lack of size at the time, but later realised was more than a little lacking in the sharpness department too... I'm tempted to rescan

RE: in da streets

2004-02-27 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Now, now. I meant that knowing us we would be up to the wee hours chatting away. And as such I wanted to include the PDML and would be willing to peddle to make that a possibility... Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Se

RE: OT - F4 planes was RE: WAY OT - English Sport Cars

2004-02-27 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
I always enjoy hearing them say that the F-4 shows that with enough thrust, even a brick can fly :-) An excellent workhorse nonetheless. Cesar Panama City, Florida P.S. The F-15, a flying tennis court. I was quite surprised the first time I was able to stand between the tails of one. Talk abo

RE: OT - F4 planes was RE: WAY OT - English Sport Cars

2004-02-27 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
It was interesting to hear from those who worked with the F-4s when they began using them as drones. Many felt bad that they were no longer in the inventory. When I first got here they were using F-106s as drones. I do not recall when the last one was used up... Cesar Panama City, Florida P.S.

Re: PAW and introduction

2004-02-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/26/2004 10:36:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >http://members.ozemail.com.au/~audiob/temp/_IGP0899m.jpg >Rob Studdert Whoa, that second one is really close-up. Kewl. Nice shot. But I think you bug guys are sort of, er, ...weird. ;-) Marnie aka Doe

Re: Bonnie's Piano (Homage to Mark

2004-02-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Probably will ... lots of the digi photos are often just "sketches" for later film pics. Mark Dalal wrote: > > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/pianostrings.html > Nice Shel! I hope you are planning on reshooting that with film.

Re: PAW : WR's

2004-02-27 Thread Eactivist
>In a message dated 2/27/2004 7:42:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Something a little different today. >http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html >And quite boring, I am sure. Rip it apart folks. >William Robb Nothing to rip; nothing wrong with it. But, yes,

Re: Soft focus (was Re: PAW - My first)

2004-02-27 Thread Derby Chang
Hello Derby, The samples that Butch showed me, looked nice, but did not look like a soft focus lens. Do you have any samples of this technique that I could examine? Thanks, Bruce No worries, Bruce. Here is a jpeg and it's original file for comparison. I think this works best when the backg

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
No, I did. But I kind of messed up the order of things. Anyway, it's all true. paul On Feb 27, 2004, at 9:30 PM, William Robb wrote: I didn't write any of that. William Robb - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: PAW On Feb 27, 2004, at 8:39 PM, William Robb wrote: I

Re: PAW: Mall at night

2004-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
You forgot to include the URL On Feb 27, 2004, at 9:41 PM, John Francis wrote: OK - here's an image straight from the *ist-D. I'm still trying to work out what to do to it (other than try to fix the perspective distortion; I had to tilt the lens up a bit). (The lens I used was the PZ 28-105). E

Re: PAW: Mall at night

2004-02-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi John ... The technical data is awsome! Great description, well formated. Just one thing, though, I'd suggest you crop the info and include the pic Seriously, no pic, no URL showed up in my email. shel John Francis wrote: > OK - here's an image straight from the *ist-D. > > I'm still tryi

RE: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I agree, I would love to have been there with my 8x10 camera and some ektachrome as well as Tmax B&W. JCO J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com -

PAW: Mall at night

2004-02-27 Thread John Francis
OK - here's an image straight from the *ist-D. I'm still trying to work out what to do to it (other than try to fix the perspective distortion; I had to tilt the lens up a bit). (The lens I used was the PZ 28-105). Exposure set, manually, to 1/20 @ full aperture (f4.5); ISO set to 800, and imag

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Larry Hodgson" Subject: PAW Arizona Landscape > Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 > before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again > with the "D". > > Comments welcome. Buy a view camera. Y

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread William Robb
I didn't write any of that. William Robb - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: PAW > > On Feb 27, 2004, at 8:39 PM, William Robb wrote: > > > I found this intriguing. It's an interesting combination of ordinary > > elements that causes one to stop and think. The unex

Re: warming polarizer and print film?

2004-02-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mark Erickson" Subject: warming polarizer and print film? > I don't know much about how print film > responds, particularly to warming filters. > > Can anyone comment on what kind of differences I might expect compared to, > say, Velvia or E100VS? Film is fi

Re: PAW: tasteful nudity

2004-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 27, 2004, at 8:52 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: Nicely done, Paul. The only distraction to my eye is the bright reflection of the candle on the far left - sort of breaks up a the nice repetition of the others. But that's pretty minor... Yeah, I couldn't get them to burn even. That one on the

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 27, 2004, at 8:39 PM, William Robb wrote: I found this intriguing. It's an interesting combination of ordinary elements that causes one to stop and think. The unexpected is always interesting. Paul

Re: PAW: tasteful nudity

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Cassino
Nicely done, Paul. The only distraction to my eye is the bright reflection of the candle on the far left - sort of breaks up a the nice repetition of the others. But that's pretty minor... - MCC At 07:10 PM 2/27/2004 -0500, you wrote: I'm quite pleased with this shot. It was done by candle lig

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
A stunning photograph. Beautiful light, gorgeous color, great composition. It made my day. Thanks for posting it. Paul

PAW: more BA streets and old cars...

2004-02-27 Thread Albano Garcia
This one was taken at around 12 pm close to my home. The exposure was about ten seconds, I pushed the camera against the wall to serve as support. It was taken with a camera my father gave me (it was his camera when he was young. It's a Kinax Cadet from 1950. It's 6x9 and used 620 film. The lens i

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: RE: PAW > I think it's pretty freaking cool! > > I think it might look even cooler in b&w. But, still, it's pretty cool > right now. Thanks Frank. Next week, the bannister.. The wall colour was my wife's choice, btw. Sometimes

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Some picture. Just great great. Lasse. From: "Larry Hodgson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:59 PM Subject: PAW Arizona Landscape > Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 > before I had my *istD. Going back in t

Re: PAW: Shel-inspired

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Dalal
From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Mark Dalal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >One more for the week. This one was inspired by Shel. He sent me a similar > >shot and decided to try it also. This shot was taken while driving (with > >both hands on the wheel). > > I'm not even going to *ask

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Dalal
Larry, Simply gorgeous. Great light and composition. Mark

Re: PAW: tasteful nudity

2004-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I kind of like the tan lines. In any case, there wasn't much I could do about them. Tan lines in December in Michigan. That takes some work :-) I think the hand is overlit, but I like it's placement. I tried some shots where I moved the candles to achieve different lighting, but the overall eff

Re: warming polarizer and print film?

2004-02-27 Thread Herb Chong
i think they are mostly pointless for print film unless you are talking tungsten vs daylight exposures, and even then, a decent lab should be able to correct away most of the difference. if all you are talking about are 81 filters, there isn't any point. maybe if you used 85 filters all the time, b

Re: A Quick Snap: Road Runner Burrito

2004-02-27 Thread Butch Black
What did you order? Norm I understand that their daily special is the ACME coyote pancake. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)

Re: PAW: tasteful nudity

2004-02-27 Thread Norm Baugher
Nicely done, I agree with Rob, the hand doesn't seem to fit itdon't like the tan line as well. Norm Rob Studdert wrote: I like it, the only negative distraction (to me) are the hard lines caused by the lighting of her hand. A little a more light on the lower legs would have been good too b

warming polarizer and print film?

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Erickson
All, I've been using Kodak Portra 400UC for snapshots lately and am pretty happy with its color palette. I'm thinking about using it as a general travel film and am wondering how it responds to filtering (as compared to slide film). I have a bit of experience with filtration (e.g., ND Grads,

Re: PAW: tasteful nudity

2004-02-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 27 Feb 2004 at 19:10, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I'm quite pleased with this shot. It was done by candle light with the > Pentax 6x7 and 105/2.4 lens. It displays full rear nudity, but I doubt > that any adults would consider it offensive. I've posted it here > because I think it's a nice examp

Re: *ist D & Formula 1 tests

2004-02-27 Thread Herb Chong
the Pentax RAW conversion software offers more sharpening than the camera does. Herb - Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:43 AM Subject: Re: *ist D & Formula 1 tests > >Yes, but the highest lev

Re: PAW: Gray Day

2004-02-27 Thread Herb Chong
it's too bad you didn't shoot RAW, there is enough room to boost the saturation a lot without too much artifacting in the sky. even if there is, much of the resulting chroma noise can be removed with a good noise filter. send me the original and i'll see what i can do. Herb... - Original Messa

PAW: tasteful nudity

2004-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'm quite pleased with this shot. It was done by candle light with the Pentax 6x7 and 105/2.4 lens. It displays full rear nudity, but I doubt that any adults would consider it offensive. I've posted it here because I think it's a nice example of what can be done with unusual lighting. Of course

Re: PAW - sunset

2004-02-27 Thread Norm Baugher
Ditto. frank theriault wrote: Awesome!!

RE: PAW - sunset

2004-02-27 Thread frank theriault
Awesome!! -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PAW - sunset Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:45:16 +02

Re: 6x7

2004-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice pics, Mark. I love 6702. Great definition. I wouldn't split hairs over the difference in the two 55mm lenses. It's probably inivisible to the naked eye. I've been playing with my *istD for a couple of weeks now, but you just motivated me to get the 6x7 out. For handheld cameras it doesn't

Re: 6x7

2004-02-27 Thread Norm Baugher
That's right, I guess we should welcome Mark into the brotherhood. Welcome Mark [secret shutter shake]! Norm frank theriault wrote: I guess you're now in the Brotherhood, eh Mark?

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread frank theriault
No, no, no (I say that with respect and love, Boros ) Simple is good. At least in this case it is. Maybe that's why I said earlier that it might work in B&W, because that would be even simpler - no colours. Strip away everything superfluous, and get to the essence of the mirror and the hook.

RE: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread frank theriault
I think it's pretty freaking cool! I think it might look even cooler in b&w. But, still, it's pretty cool right now. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: 6x7

2004-02-27 Thread frank theriault
Pretty impressive for "outakes" that are much softer than the negs in the loupe! I guess you're now in the Brotherhood, eh Mark? cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Mark Cassino <[EMAIL P

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, LARRY disgorged: >Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 >before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again >with the "D". > >Comments welcome. > >http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2589664/Original > >Larry from Pr

Re: A Quick Snap: Road Runner Burrito

2004-02-27 Thread frank theriault
Shel, Just so you know, I was laughing at your comment that you ate next door at the Sushi place, and not at the Burrito place. I thought that was funny. Don't know why, but I did. Look forward to seeing your sunset shot of that sign. Should look good. Just have a few more sakes first, so

Re: NFS Friday: Z-70 (PZ-70)

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
Oh, you mean the hole that you er, the hole that is er, I mean, oh - *that* hole! On 27/2/04, MIKE THE MECHANIC disgorged: >I think it fell out of the hole in me trouser pocket. I'm really, >really sorry. > >Cotty wrote: >> >> On 27/2/04, WOULD LOSE HIS HEAD IF NOT SCREWED ON disgorged: >> >>

Re: NFS Friday: Z-70 (PZ-70)

2004-02-27 Thread mike wilson
I think it fell out of the hole in me trouser pocket. I'm really, really sorry. Cotty wrote: > > On 27/2/04, WOULD LOSE HIS HEAD IF NOT SCREWED ON disgorged: > > >It's gone. > > Mike, honestly - you only just had it. Now where were you? You popped > into the kitchen to make a cup of tea, then

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Fred
> the A20 f/2.8 is quite good, and the 28 f/2.0 too Which 28/2 ? The K 28/2 or the M/A 28/2 ? Fred

Re: Pentax F 35-135/3.5-4.5

2004-02-27 Thread Robert Gonzalez
I bought this lens some time ago on ebay for a paltry $50, thinking I could get a good walking around lens with a fabulous focal range, but it is worth about that much. It is quite soft. I guess it has its uses. I used it to take my PUG entry for Feb, but only because I happened to have that

Re: PAW - sunset

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Cassino
I really like including just a sliver of land at the bottom of the frame with the sky fading off into the darkness. Really makes me feel like the night is pressing in... - MCC At 07:45 PM 2/27/2004 +0200, you wrote: Hi! I know sunsets are cliche and so on. But this one I think is a little diff

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Cassino
Really lush colors and textures - great shot! - MCC At 11:59 AM 2/27/2004 -0700, you wrote: Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again with the "D". Comments welcome. http://tripodman.smugm

6x7

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Cassino
I love it when things come together... Yesterday the postal service jeep pulled up into the driveway and the mail carrier brought two packages. One was the 6x7 system I bought from a list member, which includes the 6x7 w/ MLU, standard (non-ttl) finder, and a 105 f2.4 and 150 f2.8 lens. The o

Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long

2004-02-27 Thread Stan Halpin
Actually John, I think that you need to know a fair amount about any complex mechanism to best make use of it. Be it a camera or a computer or a form of operating system or an application or utility. DOS/Windows (and CPM before them) have just made different assumptions about the user than the

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Andre Langevin
Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon The A20mm f/2.8 seems good. I tend to be pretty sensitive to barrel distortion, and I have used the 20 pretty extensively ove rthe past few months with the home reno pictures, and nothing has jumped out at me. I agree that the A20 f/2.8 is quite good, and

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Keith Whaley wrote: > In my experience, if you try to avoid vertical lines at the left and > right edges of the scene, you'll love it. > I know that sounds logical, but you'd be surprised. Judging by Wheatfield's HomeRenovation Updates there were very few true vertical lines lef

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Dag T
På 27. feb. 2004 kl. 20.39 William Robb: - Original Message - From: "Lon Williamson" Subject: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion? Looks like a few have problems with barrel distortion. Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? -Lon The A20mm f/2.8 seems good. I tend to be prett

source of scrap parts?

2004-02-27 Thread edwin
As part of my plan to learn to repair old pentax stuff, I just got a Spotmatic SP, a Spotmatic F, and an SMCT 300/4.0 from KEH in "as is" condition. Both bodies were "inop", although I have yet to find anything wrong with the F. The SP mirror and aperture stopdown hangs up at slow shutter speeds

Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long

2004-02-27 Thread Bob W
Hi, > If anyone can simply give me an answer to some of the questions I've raised > or direct me to a primer that will help me understand the Mac's better I'd > greatly appreciate it. these 2 books might be useful: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321168895/103-4897021-8602210?v=gla

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread Keith Whaley
In my experience, if you try to avoid vertical lines at the left and right edges of the scene, you'll love it. I know that sounds logical, but you'd be surprised. If you keep thinking of what emphasizes the barrel distortion, and stay away from it, you'll like it a lot more. . . Keep it level as p

Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long

2004-02-27 Thread John Francis
I couldn't hep but notice, in the latest flare-up of Mac advocacy, that once again one of the purported strengths of the Mac is that you don't have to understand the inner workings to be able to use the machine sucessfully. Oddly enough the same argument can be applied to cameras, but the suggest

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Bruce Dayton
Wow! Very nice. Looks like you captured this in perfect light. You must have staked out the shot earlier - composition is great and the sky cooperated. Great job! Bruce Friday, February 27, 2004, 10:59:37 AM, you wrote: LH> Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Co

Re: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion?

2004-02-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Lon Williamson" Subject: Which wide Pentax primes show the least distortion? > Looks like a few have problems with barrel distortion. > Which 20/24/28 primes show the least? > > -Lon The A20mm f/2.8 seems good. I tend to be pretty sensitive to barrel distort

Re: PAW: Shel-inspired

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Roberts
"Mark Dalal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >One more for the week. This one was inspired by Shel. He sent me a similar >shot and decided to try it also. This shot was taken while driving (with >both hands on the wheel). I'm not even going to *ask* what you pressed the shutter button with. >It's th

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Dag T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >William Robb wrote: > >> Something a little different today. >> >> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html >> >> And quite boring, I am sure. >> Rip it apart folks. >> >I liked that one. There is some strange sense of humor at work here. >A bit weird.

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Larry, What great colors! Super shot. Unfortunately, I suspect the web and my monitor don't do it the justice it deserves ... and it still looks great! You clearly got it right! shel Larry Hodgson wrote: > Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 > before

Re: NFS Friday: Z-70 (PZ-70)

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, WOULD LOSE HIS HEAD IF NOT SCREWED ON disgorged: >It's gone. Mike, honestly - you only just had it. Now where were you? You popped into the kitchen to make a cup of tea, then you went into the bog... Is it down the back of the settee? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

PAW: Bonnie's Piano (Homage to Mark

2004-02-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/pianostrings.html Saw some nice patterns in the piano strings. This is one of the QuikSnaps® I took while hanging around Bonnie's place. It's not as sharp as I'd like since the exposure was long and I had no tripod, but you might like the pattern made by the s

Re: PAW - Hat and Beard

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >I'm trying to get mySO to let me grow mine like that,but no luck so far. >Other than the bright engine people have mentioned, its a great shot,Cotty. > >Dave > > > Okay, in an effort to steer away from car >threads

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Something a little different today. > >http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html > >And quite boring, I am sure. >Rip it apart folks. > >William Robb Bill, that's a beautiful pic. I really like it. Needs the bottom of the mirror though to be perfe

Re: *ist D & Formula 1 tests

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, EHH WHAT'S UP DOC? disgorged: >LOL > >>>Yes, but the highest level of sharpening that the *istD offers, sharpens >>>less than Canon's normal or even low setting. >>Interesting. Do you have any references to substantiate this? > >Hm, I don't have a D60 to compare ;-) but I remember to h

Re: OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long

2004-02-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/2/04, STAN DA MAN disgorged: > c. Using OS9.x and earlier Mac systems, you periodically >need to do something called "cleaning the desktop folder." >Think of it like flushing the cache on a web browser. To do >this on the Mac, you hold down a special key combination >during start-u

PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-02-27 Thread Larry Hodgson
Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again with the "D". Comments welcome. http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2589664/Original Larry from Prescott

Re: SUN 24/2.5 lens

2004-02-27 Thread Pat White
The only Sun lens I owned was a 60-135/3.5 zoom, back in the early 80s. It was horrible, producing soft images with an unappealling greenish cast. I gave it away, with a suitable warning. I think Sun was a lesser-known 3rd-party brand back then, but I hadn't heard or seen the name in at least 15

Re: SUN 24/2.5 lens

2004-02-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
Your welcome. Andy Chang wrote: Peter, Thank you ever so much Time for reading now Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SUN 24/2.5 lens You can find a great deal of

Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)

2004-02-27 Thread Nick Clark
Of course the alcohol boils off before the water so you're actually diluting the stuff. Call yourself hard ;) Nick -Original Message- From: "Cotty"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 24/02/04 15:17:50 Dahhh. You're all a bunch of wusses. I take a glass, boil the rest of the w

Re: PAW - Neapolitan Shoeshine

2004-02-27 Thread Bob Blakely
You mean for brown, white & pink shoes?

RE: My PAW (Week 2) - Street at night

2004-02-27 Thread Andy Chang
Thanks Boris! Working has taken most of my time so I sometimes go up to the roof and look around to see what's going on around the office building Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 2:11 AM To: Andy Chang Subje

Re: PAW: Guitar String Post

2004-02-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Mark ... You've got a good idea here, but I think this shot fails to make the cut. Apart from the element you'd like to clone out, the object in the background is very distracting. It looks like another guitar string post. Softer bokeh might get it to work a little better, or maybe going the

Re: PAW: The Hug...

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! FW> Thanks for the kind comments. Kelly, my model, is a very cute FW> two year old with wonderful facial expressions - plus she enjoys FW> being photographed and is happy to sit still long enough for the FW> shot. She featured in my entry to February's PUG, and again for FW> March. Fred, you

PAW: Shel-inspired

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Dalal
Hey Folks, One more for the week. This one was inspired by Shel. He sent me a similar shot and decided to try it also. This shot was taken while driving (with both hands on the wheel). It's the craziest one of all the frames I took. Hope you enjoy: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2167

Re: San Diego by night

2004-02-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Ib> I read a few books and watched postings to try learn the tricks of doing Ib> these long night exposures. Ib> Amateur as I am, but eager to learn from the myriads of those clearly less Ib> amateur than I, I'd love Ib> to receive your advice on what to do better. Ib> Weather was "muggy", te

PAW: Guitar String Post

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Dalal
Hey Folks, Here's one I need some help on. I'm wondering if I should crop it tighter. There's an element in the middle left side of the photo I'm wondering if I should clone out. Ditch it altogether and try again? http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2167370 Thanks, Mark

Re: PAW

2004-02-27 Thread Dag T
I liked that one. There is some strange sense of humor at work here. A bit weird. A small objection to the pink colour. DagT På 27. feb. 2004 kl. 16.41 skrev William Robb: Something a little different today. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/mirror1.html And quite boring, I am sure. Rip

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