So I saw a news item the other day that mentioned
a tie Bush was wearing
had such a tiny repeating pattern that the cameras
got confused and there was
a lot of unwanted play of light.
I had earlier been told not to wear a blouse with
tiny checks or pinstripes
when I went to appear on
Very well done!
Nicely focussed.
But, still no answer to my query re wich lens was best.
keith
Alan Chan wrote:
Here are some M135/3.5 shots. :-)
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan/pentax_m13535
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Okay, David, which was it?
If your BW (prints?) are
I think that's why I prefer not using the word image interchangeably with
photograph. Image can be painting, sketch, any sort of illustration, what's
on your television screen, movie screen, whatever.
So, yes, a photograph is an image. Your transportation analogy is a good
one, Rob.
I
Story headlined by dpreview:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=513486
rg
Bob,
Don't hold back, now. Tell us what you ~really~ think!! vbg
But, seriously, since I do walk the streets with my camera, and take
photographs whilst doing so, how should I describe it?
I don't describe myself as a Street Photographer, but that's because I'd
prefer not to limit myself -
Thanks Norm!
Dr. Shaun Canning
Cultural Heritage Services
11 Lawrence Way
Karratha, Western Australia,
6714
0414-967644
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-Original Message-
From: Norm Baugher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 12:40 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Web Site
I think my point was really that much of this was mother country slang,
rather than specifically Australian slang. Much of it is also found in
other parts of the English-speaking world, like Texas and Jamaica, which
are two places you and I have in common (if I remember correctly).
John
On
Hi,
annsan corrupting photographers with scrabble
everywhere
I don't know how things are over on your side of the dpno, but over
here we are all in a state of original sin, Scrabblistically, and
therefore un-(or not-further-)corruptible. Playing Scrabble with an
elderly relative (or playing
You certainly wouldn't understand that out of context!
John
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:19:32 +0100, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Thursday, April 22, 2004, 10:11:01 AM, John wrote:
It's certainly entertaining, though I don't think the author can have
been
to Britain. Half his words/phrases
On 22 Apr 2004 at 18:39, frank theriault wrote:
So, why do so many do that with the word image? Why are camera shops
suddenly becoming Imaging Centres? shudder
I guess for the very reason that they don't want to be tarred with just one
brush. Suites me fine too, I make images, if it's a
On 22 Apr 2004 at 17:39, Gonz wrote:
Story headlined by dpreview:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=513486
An interesting little article but not so relevant to me as I've just spent the
last few weeks transferring a couple of hundred archive CDs
Are the Exaktas considered left-handed? At least the shutter release
is on the left side. I just can't get my left hand to grip the
Exakta firmly.
Yefei
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:37:46 +0200
From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Pentax history . a camera for
Hi,
Thursday, April 22, 2004, 11:45:42 PM, frank wrote:
I don't describe myself as a Street Photographer, but that's because I'd
prefer not to limit myself - and it does sound awfully pompous.
how should I describe it?
Je fais la chronique de la condition humaine...
:o)
--
Salut!
J. P.
Well, I personally can't see being mentioned in the same breath as those
others, but thanks, Tom (and everyone else).
I personally love Shel's work, as well as Gianfranco's. And, Tan, Paul does
~everything~ well, but maybe he (or someone) can send along his Paris
gallery. Some wonderful
Hi Mark,
Interesting story, one many of us have repeated over the years, particularly
if we also enjoy hiking/backpacking. Most sites devoted to the latter
describe the 10 Essentials. A compass is one of them, along with a small
first aid kit, a space blanket, that sort of thing. You can buy one
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:21:41 +0100, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If forced to make a decision I would probably choose Cartier-Bresson.
Although he didn't invent the field he brought it to a state of almost
perfection. He went beyond the fascination with the ordinary,
which I think was a
I have one, and though i've never actually needed to use it for pictures, i
have tested it. The only issue i had was that i wont copy over the RAW
images, only jpeg's. The reason i wanted one was so that i could shoot RAW
and offload the images to it. oh well. I get over 250 pictures on a 512
Hi,
I agree with you about the term 'street photography', but
most of the
alternative descriptions are pretty ghastly too. Perhaps
someone can
come up with a better description?
photography?
Why not?
there was a programme on TV a few months ago about the life and career
of David
I appreciate being mentioned at all vbg, but seriously my Paris
folder is only about half street photography. The other half is cliche
tourist photography. But it was my first time in Paris, so I have an
excuse g. Paris is at
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=311283
I
Hmmm, from that article it seems to me that the best way to make
long-term backups on optical media would be to use CDRWs and keep them
in the freezer :-)
Personally my strategy of keeping everything on multiple hard disks and
upgrading at regular intervals seems to be working ;-)
S
Gonz
A number of people have commented on 16 or 8 bits with respect to RAW file
conversion:
The current issue of Photo Techniques Magazine has an excellent article
written by Norman Koren on getting the most from a RAW file. While the
article is not available on line, here is a link to the
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
I've had/seen several Retina bodies (IIIc) but have never
had a IIa or IIc. How do they differ from the IIIc?
Collin,
Not sure this wasn't already covered, but just to chime in:
The IIa is a little slimmer than the IIIc, has no meter but
does have a
On 22 Apr 2004 at 16:39, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Is this something that has always been a problem
with video technology or
is it (a) just since the digital revolution
and (b) only something to worry about in MOVING
images?
To add to what John said it's been a problem in the printing
Environmental Imagery ... actually, there's a term that's
bantered about - Environmental Portraiture - that is used to
describe portraits taken in informal, outdoors setting.
BTW, here's some real street photography:
http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/sidewalk.html
It's even made
Bruce Dayton wrote:
Thursday, April 22, 2004, 12:14:19 PM, you wrote:
MR http://www.robertstech.com/graphics/pages/7d400839.htm
MR Mark Cassino (I think) suggested this shot would be better if it
MR included all of the heron's toes. I pulled it out of the slide mount
MR and, sure enough, the
Yep that is pretty much what I noticed, about 1/2 his definitions are English
Slang, not Aussie Slang, common even here in the US.
John Forbes wrote:
It's certainly entertaining, though I don't think the author can have
been to Britain. Half his words/phrases are found in Britain, and most,
Bob W wrote:
Most 'street photography' is itself pointless, exploitative, vacuous crap
masquerading as insight and concern, but hiding a boundless vapidity.
Its pompous, pseudo-profundity is chaff thrown out to hide the true
depths of its shallowness.
And Tanya once asked why the women of the
Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thursday, April 22, 2004, 11:45:42 PM, frank wrote:
I don't describe myself as a Street Photographer, but that's because I'd
prefer not to limit myself - and it does sound awfully pompous.
how should I describe it?
Je fais la chronique de la condition
Hi Cotty,
I used to go out with a girl who's mothers name was Edna Brady. If she
was dyslexic would that help?
Simon
...and just before you go...
Did you hear about the dyslexic, agnostic insomniac? He lay awake
wondering if there was a dog.
-Original Message-
From: Cotty
This has been bugging me since yesterday. I KNEW that I'd heard the name and it
rang bells for my wife as well.
I've actually heard him. He occasionally turns up on Sydney radio when the
regular UK correspondent (Malcolm Stewart?) is on hols.
Avagoodweekend all..
Brian
May sound strange, but I like my Bellows 100/4. Unfortunately, if you buy
one, you need the bellows or the helical extension (and perhaps extension
tubes).
Regards,
Bob...
A lie gets halfway around the world before
the truth has a chance to get
Shel,
I can play, too:
http://www.kirschten.de/PUG/04apr/t_brush.html
(taken from this month's PUG)
HAR!!
-frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Environmental
A pocket GPS is of immense help. It shows your origin position and also
allows you to back track your route. I use mine all the time when hunting or
going into unfamiliar territory.
Regards,
Bob...
A lie gets halfway around the world before
the
Hi Brian,
Welcome!
Rob wrote:
there are a few more on the peripheries too
The rate that Sydney is expanding I guess you could say that Perth was
on the periphery. The ultimate Western Suburb.
Cheers
Simon
-Original Message-
From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Or the parson's nose...
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 22 April 2004 10:21 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Disgusting things that people eat
Marnie quoted and posted:
In a message dated 4/21/2004 5:55:18 PM Pacific Standard
That's right. He merely misplaced himself for a short time.
Regards,
Bob...
A lie gets halfway around the world before
the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
- Winston Churchill
From: mapson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 01:09 AM 23/04/2004,
FWIW, Canon and Nikon have recently announced that they will, between the
two of them, manufacture 2.3 million or so DSLRs this year. at one time,
analysts expected that about 2.2 million DSLRs would be sold in 2004, 2
million of which would be accounted for by Canon and Nikon. the increase in
At 10:25 AM 23/04/2004, you wrote:
A pocket GPS is of immense help.
GPS is for softies! Real adventurers do it the way Mark did! ;-)
(*)o(*)
Robert
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Street Photography originally meant setting up to taking photos of people on the
street for two-bits. Much like those guys at fairs do today, only they want
$15-20 now. I think the photo booths put them out of business long ago. Now try
finding a photo booth
--
Bob W wrote:
Hi,
At 06:45 PM 4/22/2004 +0200, you wrote:
1. What kind of filters if any do digital photographers still use?
Only effect filters or some kind of correcting filters too or is
everything
made later with software?
I don't use toning filters - like warming or cooling - since that can be
I missed the start of this thread, but it is very easy to get lost in a mature
forest. Thousands of trees, all pretty much the same, little underbrush, the sky
is not visible, no individual shadows. As I said, easy to get turned around and
not have any idea which way is what.
Not the same as
Kodak, from the 1940's one of the most advanced camera systems of it's
time and it was designed
by a left handed engineer. You can read about it here:
http://www.cameraquest.com/ektra.htm
Markus Maurer wrote:
Hi
does anybody know whether Pentax ever considered constructing a camera for
I usually just as an indian. Fortunately I have never met two at a time in the
woods, so I never have had to figure out which one was lying.
--
Mark Roberts wrote:
I always carry a compass with me when I'm shooting in the woods (or the
mountains or the moors or...). Mostly it's for locating
yeah wasn't he the brother of the dyslexic devil-worshipper who sold his
soul to Santa? (oldie but goodie!)
Ryan
- Original Message -
From: Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 10:40 AM
Subject: RE: OT - Australians only
...and just before
The IIc is a meter less IIIc the space taken by the meter is, well it's
gone. Makes for a somewhat more compact body. The IIa if I remember
correctly has a fixed f2.0 lens in place of the interchangeable lenses
on the IIc and IIIc.
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
I've had/seen several Retina
The IIIC also came with a f2.0 50mm as well, IIRC.
Keith Whaley wrote:
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
I've had/seen several Retina bodies (IIIc) but have never
had a IIa or IIc. How do they differ from the IIIc?
Cord has some nice old Schneider Retina lenses if anyone
is interested. And
Sorry, Mark your site still times out for me.
Mark Roberts wrote:
http://www.robertstech.com/graphics/pages/7d400839.htm
Mark Cassino (I think) suggested this shot would be better if it
included all of the heron's toes. I pulled it out of the slide mount
and, sure enough, the toes were there! I
On 22 Apr 2004 at 19:24, Joseph Tainter wrote:
Rob wrote:
I put my success down to sensible writing methods and storage procedures.
Rob, what are your sensible writing methods?
Use a recognized brand name writer with good driver/software support and
mainstream branded media. Use blank
It's always been a problem with video technology.
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
So I saw a news item the other day that mentioned
a tie Bush was wearing
had such a tiny repeating pattern that the cameras
got confused and there was
a lot of unwanted play of light.
I had earlier been told not to wear a
Chicken Tail. (Really good if crispy).
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/22/2004 6:01:25 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Or the parson's nose...
That's one I haven't heard before. What is that?
Marnie aka Doe
Actually Exaktas are not really left handed. They were just designed to be used
on a copy stand. So mounted they make perfect sense.
--
Yefei He wrote:
Are the Exaktas considered left-handed? At least the shutter release
is on the left side. I just can't get my left hand to grip the
Exakta
No, Shel, that is sidewalk photography. GRIN
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Environmental Imagery ... actually, there's a term that's
bantered about - Environmental Portraiture - that is used to
describe portraits taken in informal, outdoors setting.
BTW, here's some real street photography:
Andre said, among other things:
Certainly a black MX or black ME (the most quiet M camera if I
remember) would be a more discreet camera.
Not a lot of noise difference between MX and ME Super, to my ear. Or perhaps I
should say, more accurately, between Ken Archer's ME Super and my MX. Just
OMG - EVERY time I cook a chook, my hubby BEGS for it!
How disgusting!
tan.
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: Disgusting things that people eat
In a message dated 4/22/2004 6:01:25 PM Pacific Standard
In a message dated 4/22/2004 6:01:25 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Or the parson's nose...
That's one I haven't heard before. What is that?
Marnie aka Doe
Some feature of a chicken, or so I've heard. Nowhere near the nose.
ERN
Bob W wrote:
Hi,
Thursday, April 22, 2004, 11:45:42 PM, frank wrote:
I don't describe myself as a Street Photographer, but that's because I'd
prefer not to limit myself - and it does sound awfully pompous.
how should I describe it?
Je fais la chronique de la condition humaine...
:o)
Of
I wrote:
Gamma (also written as the infinity
symbol, IIRC) .
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! Shame on me for not checking, and shame on
list-members who should have known and didn't spot my mistake.
Gamma is written as the Greek letter gamma, of course. Sort of like a
handwritten y but
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Environmental Imagery ... actually, there's a term that's
bantered about - Environmental Portraiture - that is used to
describe portraits taken in informal, outdoors setting.
BTW, here's some real street photography:
Gianfranco Irlanda wrote:
Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] joyfully wrote:
Woo woo WORD WARS is gettin in the theatres! I'm
forwarding the
producer/director's schedule notes to that other
list I'm on.
That's great, Ann! Congratulations!!!
Now I hope I can have the chance to see it
Peter J. Alling wrote:
Chicken Tail. (Really good if crispy).
Actually, I love Cantonese style chicken feet and
duck web... but
I can't stomach (hehe) innards
annsan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/22/2004 6:01:25 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Or
- Original Message -
From: Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Did you hear about the dyslexic, agnostic insomniac? He lay awake
wondering if there was a dog.
Biddelonian* graffiti: LYSDEXIA RULES, KO!
regards,
Anthony Farr
(* An old variety show on Ausie TV invented the fictional
Hi!
I cannot answer your first question as I don't do much of street
photography though I am standing and hesitating and fumbling and
humbling all over it... (Hope I did not misuse the language again
g).
jjc The second part would be who is your favorite street
jjc shooter, past or present, and
Hi!
SB I got 20 shots off ... Oh, is the subject dead, or did
SB you just carefully bracket your exposures?
Nope, subject is on their way to the optometrist to check fl-a/e-sh
damage.
ROFL.
Boris
([EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Bob W wrote:
Hi,
annsan corrupting photographers with scrabble
everywhere
I don't know how things are over on your side of the dpno, but over
here we are all in a state of original sin, Scrabblistically, and
therefore un-(or not-further-)corruptible. Playing Scrabble with an
elderly
Hi.
This is a bit off-topic but an important subject given the growing
prevalence of digital, so I'll step in.
As a photograher specializing in archival access and preservation, I would
endorse a combination of Rob's approach (sensible burning, particulary with
file verification) with Steve's
In a message dated 4/22/2004 4:22:50 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have one, and though i've never actually needed to use it for pictures, i
have tested it. The only issue i had was that i wont copy over the RAW
images, only jpeg's. The reason i wanted one was so that i
Peter J. Alling wrote:
The IIIC also came with a f2.0 50mm as well, IIRC.
I didn't particularly want to start quoting specs, but yes, you're
right, the 50mm f/2.0 Retina-Xenon C was mounted on both the IIIc and
IIIC Retina III's that were exported to the U.S. of A.
Interestingly, my copy of
I'm doing some research on the topic of street photography and the question has
several parts. The first,to keep it on topic, is what Pentax camera and lens(es) make
the best street shooting combo
and why? Pop Photo just did and article on street photography and mentioned the K1000
and a
Peter J. Alling wrote:
The IIc is a meter less IIIc the space taken by the meter is, well it's
gone. Makes for a somewhat more compact body. The IIa if I remember
correctly has a fixed f2.0 lens in place of the interchangeable lenses
on the IIc and IIIc.
To be pedantic about it, the IIc and
Thanks Simon
Perth a suburb of Sydney - you sandgropers won't like that! Sydney's expansion
is a bit of a worry, though. I can get on a train at Penrith and be in the
centre of Perth in a couple of days. The way things are going it will soon take
the same time to reach the centre of Sydney!
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