Re: Semi OT: Heavy Tripod Head Support

2004-03-01 Thread John Francis
> > 2. Does anyone else know of a head that would be suitable for my main > purpose? The problem with the 3265 is that it's not rated for this > massive of a lens, and when I try and position anything in the > viewfinder it slips away when I let it go . . . Tha's odd - I've found that head t

RE: My PAW week 3 - Sunflowers

2004-03-01 Thread Andy Chang
Ok. Then I'll go back in May to take a more cliché photo. So I can submit in June under the "cliché" theme! -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: My PAW week 3 - Sunflowers Different vie

Re: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Herb, John On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:29:03 -0500, Herb Chong wrote: >they aren't using the code unmodified. for one thing, they have access to >the Pentax proprietary information by working with Pentax. those fields that >you couldn't decode would have been disclosed to Adobe. I am pretty sure th

Re: My PAW week 3 - Sunflowers

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Different views are unacceptable. You'll have to return and make a more cliché photo. Andy Chang wrote: > > http://unlimited.name/cpg/albums/userpics/10008/normal_06.jpg > But I thought that there are plenty of pictures of blooming flowers, so a > different view may be interesting.

My PAW week 3 - Sunflowers

2004-03-01 Thread Andy Chang
http://unlimited.name/cpg/albums/userpics/10008/normal_06.jpg This is my week 3 PAW entry. This one is taken not long ago at a family trip with Pentax MZ50. We came across some flower fields but most of the flowers were gone so there is no "sea" of flowers to take. But I thought that there are

Outing (Was: Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids)

2004-03-01 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: > > >> >>I suppose Cotty would scoff > >> > >> C> Whenever I can. > >> > >> Pardon me, but what is scoff? > > > >It has two meanings: > >1. to eat greedily > >2. to mock > > > >Now, which one do you think Cotty was meaning?? > > > >mike > > I would just like to grasp this opportu

Re: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6)

2004-03-01 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "mike wilson" > Subject: Re: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6) > > > > > Cheeky git. We'll send someone over to feel your bum. > > > > > Cotty's got a friend who you could send over. Your wish is our command. 8-)

Re: #1 Rule in Photography-was: PAW: Above the clouds

2004-03-01 Thread Eactivist
frank theriault wrote: > A couple of months ago, someone asked what our first and best piece of > advice would be for tyros. I think I said, "shoot lots". I would like to > change it to, "have a camera with you". I'm not sure if anyone else said > this (if you did, my apologies - I didn't notic

Re: Freakin' heck...!!!

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
Good Show! Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: The Newspaper deadline I was talking about? I got a front page -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com "You might as well accept people as they are, you are not going to be able to change them anyway."

Re: #1 Rule in Photography-was: PAW: Above the clouds

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
You guys sure are slow, when I said, "Have the damn camera with you" in response to that thread, everybody thought I was being silly. Now you are all agreeing with me. Oh well, at least you are learning. Of course there is something there for me to think about. 20 years ago an MX lived hanging

Re: PAW: one for graywolf

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
Darn, no one ever gave me a Super Technika. I did have one once, miss it to this day. Your dad should have fun with it. Though from the photo you need to tell him about leveling the camera (grin). Also it would be nice if you could get him to take it off that tripod. 4x5 the next to the best sna

Re: Da Lens -- here yesterday, gone today

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
My understanding from the area Pentax Rep is that Pentax no longer warehouses things. They come off the assembly line, are shipped to the distribution center in the Philippines, and are shipped out directly to dealers from distributors orders. Usually within 24 hours or so. That kind of means th

M 150/3.5 (Was Re: 30 vs 31?)

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The M150/3.5 ... some here are not satisfied with it, others (Wheatfield Willie?) and myself think it's pretty darned good. I like mine quite a bit (although, unlike you, I don't test my lenses against one another and I don't look for ultimate sharpness, as you appear to). However, those that kno

Re: Freakin' heck...!!!

2004-03-01 Thread Chris Brogden
On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > During the day I got phone calls from 3 separate newspapers looking for > my pics. So, I happily emailed them off, not asking for any $$ as I had > already been paid by the Mining Union and it was only like 15 minutes > work. It would have been

Re: 30 vs 31?

2004-03-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
You might want to look for a K150mm F4.0 same optical formula as the Takumar. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiousity, can anyone speak from experience about the relative optical performance of the K30/2.8 and the FA limited 31? The 31 is of course faster, and has A and AF functions, plu

Re: 30 vs 31?

2004-03-01 Thread Stan Halpin
Ask me again in a month. My 30mm and 31mm will be reunited, if only for a few days, and this time I WILL take some comparison shots. Stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiousity, can anyone speak from experience about the relative optical performance of the K30/2.8 and the FA limited 3

Re: Sometimes you just run into a strange scene

2004-03-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
A great example. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Rule #1: always have a camera with you. http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/strange-scene.jpg

30 vs 31?

2004-03-01 Thread edwin
Just out of curiousity, can anyone speak from experience about the relative optical performance of the K30/2.8 and the FA limited 31? The 31 is of course faster, and has A and AF functions, plus you can buy one pretty much any time from NY dealers. I'd be tempted, but I've got a K30 and my tests

PUG observations

2004-03-01 Thread edwin
I hadn't joined in the PUG discussion because until tonight I hadn't had a chance to look at it. Now that I have looked at it a couple of things struck me as interesting. Most of the pictures use prime lenses, primarily in the 50-85mm focal length range. They are almost all framed very tight. M

Sometimes you just run into a strange scene

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Rule #1: always have a camera with you. http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/strange-scene.jpg

Re: Freakin' heck...!!!

2004-03-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Congratulations! Boris

Re: #1 Rule in Photography-was: PAW: Above the clouds

2004-03-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
That's just the point Shel, I understand this all too well. I seldom make photographs of close friends/family etc.,since I cannot emotionally divorce myself, the shots all look terrible after the fact. A good photographer learns to discard the bad and keep the good. That's the most difficult

Re: March PUG and new PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's one cute kitty ;-)) Butch Black wrote: > > Here is a link to the image I was going to submit. Consider it this weeks > PAW. > > http://www.usefilm.com/image/319927.html >

Semi OT: Heavy Tripod Head Support

2004-03-01 Thread William M Kane
Howdy again, I need some advice from the crowd again. I'm contemplating purchasing a new tripod head, but want to see what everyone says first. First off, my current tripod head is the Bogen 3265. I think it's refered to as the pistol grip ball head. It suits most of my needs for ligh

Re: March PUG and new PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Butch Black
Thanks for the kind words Lon. I was originally going to submit another image but this one kept calling out to me. It is the color that makes this shot IMHO. Here is a link to the image I was going to submit. Consider it this weeks PAW. http://www.usefilm.com/image/319927.html Mostly unmanipulat

Freakin' heck...!!!

2004-03-01 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
The Newspaper deadline I was talking about? I got a front page I got home from Brisbane at midnight on Sunday night - there was a message waiting for me from some Mining Union guy, asking if I could attend a picket line and industrial dispute the following morning (yesterday). I was to phot

RE: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Hi Everyone! This is a quick one for me as I am working to deadlines and I am extremely rushed. I will be sure to come back later and post properly, but I just felt really rude as you have all been making such lovely comments about my PUG shot. I too love the shot, and Frank, it was the freakin'

RE: PAW beacuse I missed the PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Love this shot Mark! tan. -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 1 March 2004 11:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW beacuse I missed the PUG I didn't get my portrait shot in to the PUG by deadline so I'll present it as a PAW image. http://ww

RE: PAW: Southern Comfort

2004-03-01 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Robert, Most definitely must enjoy the southern hospitality. Maybe that is why I have hung around here so long... And did not have my reskinned cameras. This was before my LXen were 'snaked'. Yes, that may be hard to believe... Probably did not have a camera with me since it was just a party

RE: First Brisbane PDML a huge success!

2004-03-01 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Frank, I almost was tempted to attempt my version of this. But I am sure that I will forget someone along the way. I am terrible with names. Let me just say I have met PDMLers at: Baltimore DCPDML NYCPDML San Antonio, Texas Salt Lake City, Utah Gra

RE: Paw - My 2nd - Week 2

2004-03-01 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
I used to work out of North White Sands Missile Range on and off for a couple of years. I only made it out to the national park twice. This was probably during the first year of my having a 35mm camera. I recall having exposure problems. I need to try to see if I can go back to find that roll..

RE: Possible Australian mini-PDML gathering(s)? - Melbourne

2004-03-01 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-Original Message- From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 4:25 PM > -Original Message- > From: Leon Altoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Stan, > > You have managed to pick the one weekend that we don't have > anything planned. For those of you you do

Re: #1 Rule in Photography-was: PAW: Above the clouds

2004-03-01 Thread ernreed2
> frank theriault wrote: > > > A couple of months ago, someone asked what our first and best piece of > > advice would be for tyros. I think I said, "shoot lots". I would like to > > change it to, "have a camera with you". I'm not sure if anyone else said > > this (if you did, my apologies - I

Re: *istD, Muvo-2 and Hitachi 4gb Microdrive

2004-03-01 Thread ernreed2
John Mustarde said, among many other things: > I've been holding off on XP for a long time > because I didn't want the TeleTubbies interface. Dude, I trust that's not your main reason! The interface can be changed! Incidentally, in response to the part I didn't quote -- how about a card reade

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

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I was looking for a quote that came to me from a friend that says it better than I ever could. She wrote: I like it when photography can zero in on shapes and forms and reintroduce us to ordinary things. Not focus so much on "what it is" but on it's qualities, character, an

Re: OT:shipping to Canada

2004-03-01 Thread John Mustarde
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:37:21 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, William Robb wrote: >> Don't be afraid to ship to Canada, just don't ship UPS. > >Actually, all the UPS horror stories only applies for UPS GROUND shipping. >If you ship by UPS Express or Expedited, there is NO brokerage fe

Re: #1 Rule in Photography-was: PAW: Above the clouds

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Totally disagree ... most photographers are not good editors of their own work. Often they have too much emotion involved in their photographs. shel "Peter J. Alling" wrote: > > Be your own editor. > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > >Hi Frank ... I guess that's a version of F8 and be there > >;-)

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

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... Thanks ... it was a fun afternoon making a number of shots of the workings of the piano, trying to find more than what was obvious. At least it's not sharp all over, eh But I have to admit, while I think this ~might~ have been a stronger image had it been sharper, there are lots o

RE: PAW: more BA streets and old cars...

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Albano, Sorry, I forgot you have only been back with us for a few weeks. I guess you missed the long discussion we had about shooting moving cars at night using fill flash with trailing curtain sync. I was just trying to make a joke. I didn't really mean your shot needed it. Sorry for the

Re: #1 Rule in Photography-was: PAW: Above the clouds

2004-03-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
Be your own editor. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Frank ... I guess that's a version of F8 and be there ;-)) But what might the second rule be? shel frank theriault wrote: A couple of months ago, someone asked what our first and best piece of advice would be for tyros. I think I said, "shoot

RE: My Pug favoritos...

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Thanks for the comment, Albano. I'm glad you liked it. At the risk of being immodest, it was one of those shots that once I took it, I couldn't wait to get it developed, to see if it turned out the way I hoped; I was pleased that it did! Since it was a one shot deal, I knew I couldn't go bac

Re: #1 Rule in Photography-was: PAW: Above the clouds

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... I guess that's a version of F8 and be there ;-)) But what might the second rule be? shel frank theriault wrote: > A couple of months ago, someone asked what our first and best piece of > advice would be for tyros. I think I said, "shoot lots". I would like to > change it to, "

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread Herb Chong
not to mention that some of the most interesting waterfalls are shaded most of the time. Herb - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 2:58 PM Subject: Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids > It's an effect borne from ne

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/3/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >I think Cotty is spending too much time at the Scoff and Quaff. >WW Thanks Bill - there's tears rolling down my cheeks. best laugh I've had in days... Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.maca

Re: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread Herb Chong
they aren't using the code unmodified. for one thing, they have access to the Pentax proprietary information by working with Pentax. those fields that you couldn't decode would have been disclosed to Adobe. Herb - Original Message - From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL

Re: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6)

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
>> I think, just to ensure absolute clarity, I will refer to all focal >> lengths as they work on the 4x5 format, since that is as good a >> reference standard as anything. >> At least me, Rittenhouse and Hodgson will have a clue. >> Don't know about the rest of you lot though. > >Cheeky git. We

re: March PUG by row, Row 1

2004-03-01 Thread Fred Widall
Lon, Thanks for the kind comment, I glad you liked 'Kelly'. -- Fred Widall Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall --

Re: PAW: Big Bird

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Not easily frightened? Au contraire! Those suckers will snap off your fingers if you get too close. But, I think I've said enough about these vicious vermin, who are not Canadian (did I mention that?). He's right, though, Paul. You nailed the exposure. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks thi

RE: PAW: Big Bird

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
I hate these critters. They poop all over our parks and green spaces. They're cranky and hiss at you and chase you if you get too close. If you're having a picnic, and they discover you have food, they become very aggressive and literally chase you away from your picnic table. Not only that,

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
Sadly you don't need lurid content for it to be construed as "kiddy porn". frank theriault wrote: I more or less agree with Marnie WRT "Homeless at Rose Bay". He could any old guy sleeping at any place. Or, he could just have shut his eyes when you snapped. To me there's no context here. I'

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
I think for 1. you mean "scarfed", not "scoffed". Always wanted to scoff at your scarfing, Cotty (grin). Of course in Britain, words are often twisted into strange meanings. -- Cotty wrote: I suppose Cotty would scoff C> Whenever I can. Pardon me, but what is scoff? Boris Two meanings tha

PUG: Cotty's Vixen

2004-03-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
I really like this shot. I love the framing and the composition. The minimal depth of field with the focus perfectly placed makes it very special. And of course a beautiful woman doesn't hurt :-). Nice work. Paul

Re: Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread Larry Hodgson
Boris said: >Why is it so customary to shot a flowing water at very slow shutter >speed as if to get this kind of effect? >Here for example this works brilliantly. But I've seen quite many >images where going to medium fast shutter speed getting (almost) >sharp, frozen water would be way better.

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
Sounds about the way US law can be interpreted. Some states are harsher than Federal. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" Subject: Re: PAW On 1 Mar 2004 at 13:20, William Robb wrote: I was thinking that as well when I looked. That picture may well be

Re: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6)

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
Ah yes, my M50/1.7 is a 200mm effective focal length. My Vivitar 24/2.0 is a 100mm effective, and my 100 is a 400 effective. I especially like my 80-200 which is a 320-800 effective. Your 50mm on your *ist is a 300mm efective. Wow! Hey if we use 8x10 we can double them. Then my 80-200 is a 640 t

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
A word in a two-bit dictionary. Sorry, hard to pass up a good straight line. -- Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! I suppose Cotty would scoff C> Whenever I can. Pardon me, but what is scoff? Boris -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com "You might as well accept people as they are, you are not goi

RE: PAW: Above the clouds.

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Again, playing catch-up with PAWs. Love this one, Fred. Those old Spotties and Taks are capable of taking wonderful shots. Of course, they have to be in the hands of skilled photographers, at opportune moments like this to do their stuff. Just beautiful. thanks, frank "The optimist thinks th

RE: PAW Snow flower

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
There is hope that this winter will end... Beautiful shot, Bill. thanks, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Nice to see your critical pixels here, Frank ;-)) I was about to post a similar comment ... Although it's not ~necessary~ to see the eyes, the eyes often complete, if not tell, the story. That's something of a generalization, but it's also something to consider each time one presses the shutter

RE: PAW and introduction

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Hi, David, Don't know what everyone else said. I'm at the point where I'm trying to catch up on PAWs that are a few days old, and I'm just deleting the responses unread. So, first, lovely shot. If you've been lurking here for a bit, you'll know that there are several amazing bug and bird guy

RE: March PUG, row 2

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Thanks for the comment, Lon. And, I agree with you. Boris has an unfair advantage, shooting such a beautiful child!! cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECT

RE: PAW: more BA streets and old cars...

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Always pushing the envelope, eh Albano? I like it. I don't know what one might do with it, but there are many possibilities. I do know that I like it. Looks like an old Ford Falcon. The colours look just about right. I know you were leaning against the wall, but that's still amazing for 10

RE: Testing the QuikSnap® Page

2004-03-01 Thread Nick Clark
Works fine on Pocket IE on PPC. Nick -Original Message- From: "Shel Belinkoff"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 29/02/04 02:46:49 To: "PDML"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Testing the QuikSnap® Page I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd like s

RE: PAW - Orchid

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Terrific comp, beautiful colours, I like the bokeh. Lovely shot. Thanks, Bob. Hope you can hold a "real" camera soon... cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [E

Re: PAW - Grey Day

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Hey, that's Union Station! I see that every day. Cool! I agree with Shel, the colour one has more impact. Maybe it's all psychological, but once I know that a colour photo has been desaturated to b&w, it just doesn't work. If I'm not told? I probably wouldn't notice. But, that being said,

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Eactivist
>In a message dated 3/1/2004 2:44:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >So, about the photo. I think you did a great job of capturing her beautiful smile! The lifting of the dress is clearly an impish gesture, probably designed to get a reaction from the nearby parent. Every

Re: PUG

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Me too. Thanks, guys. As always, a job well done. I'll buy you both drinks @ GFM... -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Again, thank the two of you for hel

RE: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
I more or less agree with Marnie WRT "Homeless at Rose Bay". He could any old guy sleeping at any place. Or, he could just have shut his eyes when you snapped. To me there's no context here. I'm not necessarily saying (as I think Marnie did) that there should be more visual cues of his surr

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" Subject: Re: PAW > On 1 Mar 2004 at 13:20, William Robb wrote: > > > I was thinking that as well when I looked. > > That picture may well be kiddie porn under Canada's laws. > > Talk about anal, a similar thread scared my baby sister off the lis

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
I think Cotty is spending too much time at the Scoff and Quaff. WW - Original Message - From: "Cotty" Subject: Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids > > > >>>I suppose Cotty would scoff > > > >C> Whenever I can. > > > >Pardon me, but what is scoff? > > > >Boris > > Two meanings that I know of with

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
>> >>I suppose Cotty would scoff >> >> C> Whenever I can. >> >> Pardon me, but what is scoff? > >It has two meanings: >1. to eat greedily >2. to mock > >Now, which one do you think Cotty was meaning?? > >mike I would just like to grasp this opportunity to thank the honourable gentleman from

RE: First Brisbane PDML a huge success!

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Oh yeah. Well, Pat, I said I knew I was missing a couple of people. Evidently, you were one of them. Sorry about that. Pat is not Chopped Liver. Just to set the record straight. Hey, you haven't seen my LX yet, have you Pat? Ooo. Aaaahh. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks thi

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 1 Mar 2004 at 13:20, William Robb wrote: > I was thinking that as well when I looked. > That picture may well be kiddie porn under Canada's laws. Talk about anal, a similar thread scared my baby sister off the list a few years back. You may recall the discussion Bill, something about photogra

Re: what is scoff?

2004-03-01 Thread Bob W
Hi, >>I suppose Cotty would scoff C> Whenever I can. > Pardon me, but what is scoff? > if you scoff your food it means you eat it quickly and greedily. Cheers, Bob oh, and also, if you scoff at something it means you think it's ridiculous or inadequate.

Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
>> >Well my friends, thank you both very much for the appreciation! >> >Hope to meet you again in London (or anywhere else we'll be able >> >to have the PDML meeting) in Spring. >> >> Hang on now mate - this one's going to be a Beer Meeting. PDML comes a >> close second on this occasion ;-) > >Th

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
>>>I suppose Cotty would scoff > >C> Whenever I can. > >Pardon me, but what is scoff? > >Boris Two meanings that I know of without looking in the dictionary, Boris. 1. Scoff as in eat a lot of food: 'he scoffed it all down like a greedy pig.' and 2. Scoff as in turn your nose up: 'he scoffe

PAW Following in Marks footsteps

2004-03-01 Thread Rob Studdert
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2176214&size=lg Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

Re: secondhand *-istD for sale in Germany

2004-03-01 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, mike wilson wrote: > There are plenty of sale options for those who wish to purchase. I was > merely letting people know of another. No need for contempt. Sorry, no contempt at you, just shocked about the low price already. It is a low price, despite the issues you mentioned

Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/3/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Well my friends, thank you both very much for the appreciation! >Hope to meet you again in London (or anywhere else we'll be able >to have the PDML meeting) in Spring. Hang on now mate - this one's going to be a Beer Meeting. PDML comes a close second on t

Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/3/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Anyway: what I mean is that we should try to free ourselves from >conventions and that we shouldn´t sit back and say "I can´t do this". >Most of us can. I agree. Let me rephrase my original message from: >> I wish I could do shots like that. to: I w

Re: March Pug, row 8, girls in color

2004-03-01 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Thanks Lon. I don't think the cheeks got boosted to be honest, they look nice, don't they? On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 14:21, Lon Williamson wrote: > The two keepers here, are, in my opinion, "Olivia" > by Christian Skofteland, and "Zoopportunity" > by Frits J. Wüthrich. > > Olivia's shot is "how I

Re: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6)

2004-03-01 Thread Bob Blakely
Perspective (foreshortening, etc.) is determined entirely by the camera's position in relation to the subject matter and is independent of format or lens choice. How much "shake you can take" is entirely determined by the geometry involved. The geometry that's important is the ratio of the focal le

Re: PAW - joining in the fun

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://www.icp.org/weegee/images/wg1-7.jpg David Madsen wrote: > > I loved the idea of PAW, so after two weeks I have finally added a PAW page > to my site. Direct link is http://davidmadsen.com/paw.htm. This week is a > fire hydrant that I photographed thinking that I would do a series of > hy

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: Re: PAW > Yep, its photos like that which have people up in arms. These days here in the > US both the mom, and Chris could wind up in jail for taking pictures like that. > Heck you can almost get arrested for carrying a camera around in a

Re: OT:shipping to Canada

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Lawrence Kwan" Subject: Re: OT:shipping to Canada > On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, William Robb wrote: > > > Actually, all the UPS horror stories only applies for UPS GROUND > > > shipping. If you ship by UPS Express or Expedited, there is NO > > > brokerage fees, it i

Re: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6)

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Nick Clark" Subject: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6) > I'm still not sure about this. While I agree that on the first image i.e. the sensor or film the effect will be the same as for the 800mm lens, as the enlargement to a same sized print is great

Re: PAW - joining in the fun

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Dave ... Fire hydrants are nice, but y'know, some close-up or macro work on the details may have more impact than a hydrant just standing there. Have you though about getting real close, or maybe staking out a hydrant waiting for the local pup to make his rounds? shel David Madsen wrote: >

Re: PAW: PUG mistake

2004-03-01 Thread William M Kane
Steve, Interesting portrait . . . what's that "halo thingie" to the right of her head? What alumni magazine was this, the subject sounds interesting to me. IL Bill On Monday, March 1, 2004, at 12:39 PM, Steve Desjardins wrote: I guess I messed up with my PUG submission. It was this http:/

Re: OT:shipping to Canada

2004-03-01 Thread Lawrence Kwan
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, William Robb wrote: > > Actually, all the UPS horror stories only applies for UPS GROUND > > shipping. If you ship by UPS Express or Expedited, there is NO > > brokerage fees, it is included. > > Well, no. It doesn't. > At least not in my experience. It DOES include brokerage

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
Yep, its photos like that which have people up in arms. These days here in the US both the mom, and Chris could wind up in jail for taking pictures like that. Heck you can almost get arrested for carrying a camera around in a park where kids are these days. Sure it is stupid, but that is the way

PAW: PUG mistake

2004-03-01 Thread Steve Desjardins
I guess I messed up with my PUG submission. It was this http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/ This image was actually not heavily manipulated. It is sharpened a bit and solarized using the filter in Picture Publisher, but this effect can be done in a darkroom as well. It was the picture in the alumn

pdml@pdml.net

2004-03-01 Thread Steve Jolly
When I was in India a couple of years ago we did the tourist thing for a day and went to the Taj Mahal. Most of the other visitors were Indian families, and *every single father* was taking forced-perspective shots of his kids "picking up" the Taj. So this was my "homage" to cheesy tourist sh

Re: PAW: Southern Comfort

2004-03-01 Thread Robert Gonzalez
Wow, sounds like a lot more food than we had! Gotta love the southern tradition of using the smallest excuse for having a feast huh? This is especially true for barb-e-ques down in south Texas. We always make enough to feed the whole town, despite the fact that we have leftovers for the rest

Re: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread John Francis
> > 2) only Adobe reads the RAW image and interpolates to the monitor with the > correct color normalization. the Pentax software reads the preview JPEG. > everyone else seems to not apply the camera-specific normalization. I'm not sure even Adobe is doing that. I believe the photoshop code is u

Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6)

2004-03-01 Thread Nick Clark
I'm still not sure about this. While I agree that on the first image i.e. the sensor or film the effect will be the same as for the 800mm lens, as the enlargement to a same sized print is greater for the *istD compared to the 35mm film camera, you are also enlarging the shake which will then be

Re: March Pug, row 8, girls in color

2004-03-01 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Lon Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The two keepers here, are, in my opinion, "Olivia" > by Christian Skofteland, and "Zoopportunity" > by Frits J. Wüthrich. > > Olivia's shot is "how I spent my summer vacation" > and Zooportunity, though shot at a zoo, l

Re: PAW: London Eye

2004-03-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/1/2004 2:42:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> From: Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> http://www.elvum.net/gallery/paw/33_london_eye I find this very interesting. Not totally sure I LIKE it. It bothers me that the ferris wheel is leaning (bothers

Re: 6x7

2004-03-01 Thread brooksdj
> At 07:58 AM 2/28/2004 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >The 55 is next on my list.I have the 90 LS and the SMC200 F4 now.The 200 > >is very sharp,i > >find. > >I bought a set of tubes too and cannot wait to try them out. Then Mark said>>> > > Ironi

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-03-01 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Larry Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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/65384/1/2589664/Origina

RE: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread Rob Brigham
Nah, mine blocks everything unless or until it is configured it to let it through. > -Original Message- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 March 2004 17:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser > > > > - O

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