They got purple colour too, but couldn't stand it. @_@' I like pink
however.
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Looks very cool Alan, but I'd prefer to see it in purple! 8-p
tan.
_
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I don't have the *ist D but it doesn't sound like a lens problem as not much
could go wrong inside. I guess the contrast of the subject was too low at
the time.
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
This is one of my favourite lenses and I find myself using it more and more
since the *
Testing an right angle scope on my SMX A 2.8/135mm i got these tre women in
the viewfinder. They just met and have aparently not seen eachother for
quite some time. I find the scope difficult to use, but sometimes it's quite
rewarding. People think you are photographing in annother direction -
some
>
> Not that great but it's the best I've done to date.
> Shot with my *ist D, a Vivitar 2X, Sigma APX Macro Super 70-300 @ 300 on a
> Wal Mart tripod. Shutter speed was 1/1000.
>
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you...The Moon.
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/93489626/130959404ZNdKuQ
O
Looks very cool Alan, but I'd prefer to see it in purple! 8-p
tan.
-Original Message-
From: Raimo K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 4 April 2004 4:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Am I insane?
Not bad, not bad at all.
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage
Remember modern autofocus cameras are realy computers wrapped in plastic
camera bodies. This goes double for digital cameras.
There could be a software bug that manifests itself after a certian
amout of up time. Did you try a different lens when you had this problem?
That would have eliminated t
Competent photography - but lack of captioning is frustrating. How can one
identify a Clenet Continental without captions?
Very interesting museum it is!
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http:\\www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
- Original Message -
From: "John Mustarde
Not bad, not bad at all.
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http:\\www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
- Original Message -
From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 5:02 AM
Subject: Am I insane?
> http://www.pbase.com/ima
This is one of my favourite lenses and I find myself using it more and more
since the *istD effectively makes it a FA 75mm f1.7. BUT, yesterday whilst
shooting inside the church following the ceremony, my lens refused to Auto
Focus. It would turn as far as it could go and then just sit there. I
Yesterday, I shot my first every RAW wedding using the 4gb Hitachi
microdrive (courtesy of the Muvo)! I did use some jpgs, just for the family
shots which are very easy to expose, so that I had more room for shooting
the creative stuff RAW. Anyways, I had a great time, and it all went
swimmingly
Juan Buhler and I were walking along a street in San
Francisco that, for some odd reason, hadn't a single car on
it. just this guy walking and talking on his cell phone, and
a lone fellow across the street. I had to grab this one
"right quick," as the guy's appearance and disappearance
from happen
Funny you should mention that Brian... I shot a wedding yesterday with the
4gb Microdrive - it was the first time I've ever used it. Well 495
exposures later, I had gone through all five sets of my 2200mAh recharchable
batteries! I thought that something must've been wrong with my battery
charg
Thanks for the comments, Frank. Responses interleaved below...
On Apr 4, 2004, at 01:54, frank theriault wrote:
Well, David, it looks fine to me as you posted it.
I think it just needs a touch of extra saturation. I thought the print
had more "impact"... I hate scanning colour negs. This one
FYI,
Just eBay posted a couple of M42 screwmount items, macro stuff
and a 400mm Tele-Takumar.
http://jcoconnell.com/JCO_AUCT.HTM
JCO
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com
On 4/2/04 10:33 AM, "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
If you don't mind mailing me a copy?
Thanks,
Chad
> Btw - the 1.10.01 firmware is no longer available on their website. If
> you cant get it working I can mail you a copy.
>
> Rob
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Ro
I'll copy this ad just in case.
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
I can see the ad on eBay now:
"As far as I know, this was a custom job. I don't believe any of these
came from the Pentax factory this way."
Anyway, nice, Alan. Very nice.
cheers,
frank
_
Actually I had the FA77/1.8, but sold it last year. Maybe I'll get another
one when I had the chance. :-)
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Alan, there are three limited lenses while you've shown only two.
Therefore my conclusion would be that you're still sane though
balancing on
So much better now...
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Officially yes you are insane. Feel better now?
_
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Hi!
AC> http://www.pbase.com/image/27573890
AC> http://www.pbase.com/image/27573887
AC> http://www.pbase.com/image/27573889
AC> http://www.pbase.com/image/27573888
Alan, there are three limited lenses while you've shown only two.
Therefore my conclusion would be that you're still sane though
bala
Excellent shot.
Christian Skofteland wrote:
http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id9.html
Shot last fall (Northern Hemisphere) in Melbourne.
comments always welcome.
Christian Skofteland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sometimes insanity can be beautiful, in this case...
frank theriault wrote:
Yeah, kinda like fungus...
-frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
William of Illinois pronounced:
... it kind of grows on y
Officially yes you are insane. Feel better now?
Alan Chan wrote:
http://www.pbase.com/image/27573890
http://www.pbase.com/image/27573887
http://www.pbase.com/image/27573889
http://www.pbase.com/image/27573888
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
___
Ditto.
-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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Spring wildflowers
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 22:27:23 -0500
Mark,
Those ar
Great composition, Christian. Almost makes it semi-abstract - takes a
second or two to figure out exactly what it is (except the title gives it
away).
I like it.
cheers,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheim
But seriously,
Some real nice shots there, John. In fact, they're all nice shots.
You say that's a "little" museum? Looked like lots of nice expensive metal
there to me! I'd say that's a couple of hours of perusal for me, anyway.
thanks,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all pos
Nice shirt, John!
-frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: John Mustarde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: *istD and M20/4 at San Diego Automotive Museum
I didn't initially notice there are 6 shots. I only commented on the first
one. Well, that's my favourite anyway. The others are good. Better than
good. I don't know how you could capture little moving critters that
sharply.
Wonderful shots, all.
cheers,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is
Hi Frank,
On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 17:13:36 -0500, frank theriault wrote:
> I remember that [propellor 'nosecones' were called 'spinners'] from
> my model making days, now that you mention it.
There's a photo book out in the last few years of "spinner art" from
WW2. Sort of like the "nose art" so po
Great shot, Herb!
keith
Herb Chong wrote:
http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/temp/
Herb
Not that great but it's the best I've done to date.
Shot with my *ist D, a Vivitar 2X, Sigma APX Macro Super 70-300 @ 300 on a
Wal Mart tripod. Shutter speed was 1/1000.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you...The Moon.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/93489626/130959404ZNdKuQ
Cory Waters
---
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http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/temp/
Herb
On 3/4/04, FLOWYARG discumbobulated:
>Things change, people's opinions don't. Apple would be out of business if
>they
>still insisted on building everything custom like the original MAC's were. I
>would guess the only thing custom about a MAC these days would be the
>motherboard and the case.
Actually, living on the coast due west of Los Angeles city center, as I
do, even _I_ can be in some pretty wild areas within 25 miles, so...
No, I mean the natural areas, not the wild city areas!
keith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
--
Hi Mark.
I like 4886 and the War Department likes 4732.
Great job Mark
Dave
> I went out yesterday and spent a few hours shooting
woodland wildflowers.
> These little flowers emerge in wooded area during the first few weeks of
> spring after the soil has tha
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > >
> >
> >>- Original Message -
> >>From: "frank theriault"
> >>Subject: RE: A weekend to just get away...
>
>
> >>>Wish the goddam sun would show up.
>
> >>Want me to ta
Doug,
You are correct, sir!
I remember that from my model making days, now that you mention it. Funny
thing about language; they have a word for everything!
thanks,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
Well, Malcolm, you're right. The culture of "I just want this off my desk"
should change. Problem, it's not so easy a fix as one might think. With
the advent of computers, receptionists must now be much more than a pretty
face to smile at the business men who walk in the door.
They are now e
rates are based on page occupancy. 1/9, 1/6, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, full are
standard. covers are typically double or more of the full inside page.
what's the estimated circulation? 25,000 issues your full page would be
around $100-$200 depending on production quality fo a small magazine like
that.
Herb..
You're right in several places, Butch.
The internet order thing is huge, and lucrative, so these companies are
falling all over themselves to become "exclusive deliverer" for these guys
who now have a huge chunk of their sales from the internet. Obviously they
feel it's worth it, because the r
I went out yesterday and spent a few hours shooting woodland wildflowers.
These little flowers emerge in wooded area during the first few weeks of
spring after the soil has thawed but before the trees send out their
foliage and shade the ground. After a few weeks (or even days) they go
dormant
Jim Apilado wrote:
You can still film for these? I have a "baby" Rollei I haven't used for
years.
Jim A.
Sure, Jim.
I have a Yashica-44. Almost identical to the baby Rollei...
Check out this URL:
http://www.frugalphotographer.com/catEfke.htm
I'm talking to another source at the moment, but
Ah, you make the mistake of thinking US magazines are produced for the
convenience of the readers. No, they are vehicles for selling advertising. Being
able to tell an advertiser his ad will be on the same page as an article is a
big positive. That means there is 1/3 page of article and 5/3 page
Frank wrote:
UPS won't dump the residential deliveries, because they want to be "Your One
Stop Courier Company". They want secretaries, receptionists and mail room
guys to have one courier company on their speed dial, for all their needs.
Then there is the ever increasing internet "mail order"
Frank, as previously suggested, it sounds like you're a natural for a
regular column for the magazine.
As to how much to sell your images for, I believe the question is how much
will they pay?
Most magazines have a photo rate for the size and usage of submitted
images. A cover is worth $XX, a fu
You can still film for these? I have a "baby" Rollei I haven't used for
years.
Jim A.
> From: Collin R Brendemuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 13:55:42 -0500
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: OT: 127 film
> Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Resent-D
For anyone shooting one of the "baby" tlr models
a bunch showed up on eBay today.
Hi!
I am answering to myself so that I would be able to address several
people at once ...
Cotty, I hear what you're saying. I guess the Thing Two then responded
- it seems this biped with strange appendage near their eyes has
little knowledge of computer program we call PhotoShoppe...
Frank, I
Nobody said it was free. But it is often cheaper than taking the
steps necessary to avoid the replacement (such as allowing drivers
enough time to walk up to the door and ring the doorbell, rather
than just dumping the package in the nearest convenient spot).
The same is true in *all* businesses
Life is not so bad here in Finland either: took my Moto Guzzi for the first
spring ride today - it was not so cold, about +5 centigrade :-))
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http:\\www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
- Original Message -
From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
Saturday, April 3, 2004, 1:10:05 PM, Herb wrote:
> one of the things i hated about Modern Photography was the layout. they
> would frequently start an article on one page and then continue on scattered
> pages seemingly placed at random following the introductory page.
US magazines in genera
Hi,
Saturday, April 3, 2004, 3:04:40 PM, William wrote:
> Life is certainly grand outside of Toronto.
Those are my very thoughts on waking here in London (England) every
morning!
--
Cheers,
Bob
Hi Frank -
Both interesting shots - I like the first one best. The background really
identifies the setting for this image. At first I was going to comment that
the face was too dark, but after pulling the image into photoshop it looks
fine. It's interesting that with my browser the eyes are t
frank theriault wrote:
Keith,
Yes, you are of course correct. Primitive is a much more appropriate
word that crude. This fellow had at least a dozen of these small
carvings surrounding him. I wish I'd have gotten a shot of that.
I also wish I'd have taken photos of that angel from several
Graywolf wrote:
> Maybe what is needed is for everyone to place their order,
> then when they say they can not ship the way you want, tell
> them to cancel it. I think only a lot of canceled orders are
> likely to reach management's ears. Just not ordering will not
> get to them.
>
> B&H now
I've screwed things up when I haven't read the instructions, but I don't
assume it's someone elses responsibility.
(Although I've wished it was). Some people seem to think that wishing
will make it so.
Bob W wrote:
Hi,
The number of people who don't read instructions then complain when the
From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> There's a new bike mag starting up here in Toronto. Aimed at the commuting
> and recreation cyclist, I think it will be mid-to upscale in presentation,
> and marketed locally (at least to begin with).
>
> They're calling for submissions. Actually, th
Hi Boris -
Interesting shot, but I can't say that it really works for me.
One the plus side, you have some really nice light here - soft, seeming
coming from an interesting angle (looks like it's actually shinning UP from
the lower left). There are also some nice graphic elements in the image
I meant "doctoral."
keith
Keith Whaley wrote:
Bob W wrote:
[...]
What's really amazing is the chutzpah of ignorant people.
They don't know that they don't know!
That's ignorance at it's worst.
Probably time to recycle this link:
http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/psp7761121.html
A bit long,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
- Original Message -
From: "frank theriault"
Subject: RE: A weekend to just get away...
Wish the goddam sun would show up.
Want me to take some pictures for you?
It's just past 8 in the morning, the sky is blue, the day is sunny,
and I smell
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2257817
Picture of something my sister gave me for Xmas last year. I like trains so this
was
fitting.
Comments welcome.
I had to play with the colour behind the spike so hopefully i
Maybe what is needed is for everyone to place their order, then when they say
they can not ship the way you want, tell them to cancel it. I think only a lot
of canceled orders are likely to reach management's ears. Just not ordering will
not get to them.
B&H now will do USPS for a slight extra
You hit that nail on the head, Frank.
frank theriault wrote:
And, to be honest with you (as someone who works in the business), I can
tell you that the average receptionist or mailroom staffer really
doesn't care if the package gets delivered. They care if the package
gets off their desk. Ri
Thank you, Attila. The software was quite helpful. Turns out that there
are three memory modules in the machine, each different brands, but the
same speed and such. Two are 128 modules and one is a 256 module. Now I
gotta figure out how to tell 128 modules from 256 modules. What I want to
frank theriault wrote:
> UPS won't dump the residential deliveries, because they want
> to be "Your One Stop Courier Company". They want
> secretaries, rececptions and mail room guys to have one
> courier company on their speed dial, for all their needs.
Whichever company delivers 'whatever t
Bob W wrote:
[...]
What's really amazing is the chutzpah of ignorant people.
They don't know that they don't know!
That's ignorance at it's worst.
Probably time to recycle this link:
http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/psp7761121.html
A bit long, but a great one to save.
Very interesting stuff.
Well, my weekend started on Thursday night. Which was pretty good, thank
you very much, on a number of levels .
Unfortunately, paid for it yesterday.
No plans for the balance of the weekend. A fair bit of bike maintenance
stuff to do. Mundane things like a haircut, take some pics, that sort
William Robb wrote:
> And in who's world does a company not carry liability insurance as
> standard procedure?
> They are paying for it, whether or not they make claims.
> It's a complete fallacy to think that companies don't take use of
> liability insurance into account when they are setting up
LX is weather sealed, too. With MLU. And a self timer. And Cesar has the
snakesking option...
-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]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED
Keith,
Yes, you are of course correct. Primitive is a much more appropriate word
that crude. This fellow had at least a dozen of these small carvings
surrounding him. I wish I'd have gotten a shot of that.
I also wish I'd have taken photos of that angel from several different
angles. The t
- Original Message -
From: "Bob W"
Subject: Re: Would this be a custom enamel/paint job?
> Hi,
>
> >> The number of people who don't read instructions then complain
when they
> >> screw things up is amazing.
>
> You're assuming the instructions are always correct and clearly
> written,
- Original Message -
From: Subject: cesar's toys
> Just out of curiosity, wouldn't a K1000 be almost as good as a
batteryless
> LX? A lot of the nifty LX features involve the meter and flash
circuitry.
> I've got a lot of Spotmatics that I run batteryless, because they
are
> cheaper t
- Original Message -
From: "John Forbes"
Subject: Re: OT:Parcel delivery.
> Insurance isn't free. Their insurance only covers the replacement
cost
> because they are paying a premium. The premium is based on claims
> experience, and it will cover not just the full cost of all
expected
Insurance isn't free. Their insurance only covers the replacement cost
because they are paying a premium. The premium is based on claims
experience, and it will cover not just the full cost of all expected
claims, but also the admin cost and profits.
It's a complete fallacy to think that "ins
the first several paragraphs of the Modern Photography article can be
paraphrased as: Black cameras are cool. Do you wish your camera was black?
Manufacturer doesn't make one? You can do it yourself if you are handy. All
you need is some black paint designed for metal finishing, sandpaper, and
abou
Sorry to be so late in responding.
Many have praised Picture Window Pro.
Do a search. About $100.
Jeff Geilenkirchen wrote:
I'm at a loss for use with photo software since my PhotoShop CD appears to
be not usable anymore when I needed to reinstall it. :-/
Does anyone have any recommendations fo
Hi,
>> The number of people who don't read instructions then complain when they
>> screw things up is amazing.
You're assuming the instructions are always correct and clearly
written, with a focus on the needs of the customer, rather than the
convenience of the supplier. Rather a large assumption
is it worth doing it for the camera's preview display? since the camera
supports discrete zooming and panning at a fairly fine number of levels, i
think it decompresses the entire image into a buffer and uses hardware
resampling to show the image.
Herb...
- Original Message -
From: "Peter
frank theriault wrote:
I'm quite certain he was the artist. I'd seen him on that corner
before, carving his figurines with a paring knife. In the second shot:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2253677
you can seen the flecks of soap on his fingers, and around the cuticle
of one o
Peter J. Alling wrote:
The number of people who don't read instructions then complain when they
screw things up is amazing.
What's really amazing is the chutzpah of ignorant people.
They don't know that they don't know!
That's ignorance at it's worst.
keith whaley
Herb Chong wrote:
2 months a
Hello Shel,
Friday, April 2, 2004, 6:19:28 PM, you wrote:
SB> I want to add more memory to one of my machines. How can I
SB> determine what type of memory is needed? There seeems to be
SB> many types.
It should be in your motherboard's documentation, or if you don't have
that, you can obtain t
Hi,
Michel Carrère-Gée wrote:
Collin R Brendemuehl a écrit :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3807434472&category=15240
Nice looking, though.
CRB
Another ?
Not K1000 labelled ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3806025838
Hmmm. It comes from Frankenland.
On 3/4/04, EDWINDOWS discumbobulated:
>This is all assuming PC. For Mac, it should be a bit easier (less
>variation) but more expensive and possibly harder to find. I know
>nothing about the inside of a Mac, whereas I build PCs from parts.
Prepare yourself for a revelation. The inside of a Mac
Thank you all who responded so far. I'll go down and take another look at it and also
check with an electricity/lamp store about tubes and types of them.
Lasse
From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hi,
> Lasse Karlsson wrote:
> > My question is:
> > 1) Generally, how does the idea sound to y
In a message dated 4/2/2004 4:36:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Now this is going to far...
frank theriault wrote:
> I'd like to apologize for Cotty's apology...
>
> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
> pessimist fears it is true." -J. Ro
This one looked a lot better on the print than it does on screen. But
I'm in too much of a hurry to select something else.
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/cgi-bin/paw.cgi?date=3-Apr-2004
Cheers,
- Dave
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
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