RE: PAW: BW

2004-05-13 Thread Amita Guha
The composition is excellent! You were shooting into the sun? Yes. It seems like you metered the water for the exposure. A cokin red gradual filter could have darkened up the sky and brought out some clouds as well as darkened the buildings. Ah yes, red filters. Folks on the

RE: PAW: BW

2004-05-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
;-)) Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 5/13/2004 6:59:19 AM Subject: PAW: BW Here are a couple of black white shots I took on the Hudson River in March. http://www.sunny16.net/photos/paw/2004-05-09.html Amita

Re: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5

2004-05-13 Thread Ryan Lee
German users, what's the difference between AntWort and Svar? Thanks, Ryan - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 3:28 PM Subject: SV: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5 R i g h t ... Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply, antwort, svar etc

2004-05-13 Thread dagt
Fra: Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] German users, what's the difference between AntWort and Svar? The language. DagT (who represents one of the languages using svar instead of Antwort og reply :-)

Re: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5

2004-05-13 Thread Anders Hultman
On Thu, 13 May 2004, Ryan Lee wrote: German users, what's the difference between AntWort and Svar? Antwort means answer in German. Svar means answer in Danish and Swedish. Svar is, as far as I know, not a German word at all. However, it is very silly of Microsoft to have translated the Re:

Re:Using RAW format. (was: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-13 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Dario, On Wed, 12 May 2004 19:59:07 +0200, Dario Bonazza wrote: I still cannot understand why people keep shooting RAW with the *ist D, as the Pentax RAW converter does a worse job (too evident pixelation on outlines) than the in-camera software. Hard to believe, very hard to justify, but

Re: DA 14mm announcement

2004-05-13 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Wednesday 12 May 2004 22:31, David Nelson wrote: FJW Ah... checking for pentax news at 6:30 in the morning before uni... FJW FJW http://pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=190 FJW FJW PENTAX Imaging Company has announced a second lens designed for the FJW *ist D digital SLR will ship

Re: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-13 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Thursday, May 13, 2004, 1:39:36 AM, Herb wrote: HC it was announced at PMA. did they finally get it up on their web site? Well, DPREVIEW is in its NEWS section merely a press release dissemination service. So probably just now got Sigma around to put out a press release. Fra

Re: DA 14mm announcement

2004-05-13 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 5/13/04 12:03 PM, Frits Wüthrich at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It talks about the new quick-shift-focus-system. Would this make trap focus possible? I don't thinks so. Purpose of this system is to allow manual focusing without the need to switch anything - just turn focussing ring (much like

Re: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread David Mann
On May 13, 2004, at 7:05 AM, Cotty wrote: I use a couple of 512MB cards, shoot jpeg, and load onto a PowerBook. Not been defeated yet. I print onto inkjet. Sounds messy. Most of us print onto paper. g - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

Re: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Herb Chong
they go out of their way to hide it since it since they don't say anything in their financial statements, which regulates what they must say. Herb - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 10:51 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Photokina rumour mill has started...

2004-05-13 Thread Herb Chong
Nikon itself spent 1995-2000 in the red, and the camera division was in the red until last year. their chip equipment has been the only consistent money making division in the last 10 years, and even then, lost money in 2002. Herb - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL

Re: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Adobe RAW converter seems to work well. The Pentax RAW converter works just fine, presuming that you are making prints, rather than looking at your images as 4x6 foot murals on a computer screen. My friend with the Canon Digital Rebel sez this complaint

Re: The Rest of the Concert Photos

2004-05-13 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Hi Frank, very nice! I liked most the Tambourine II, The moment, Jennifer (Yes, the blurred one!), maybe few others. The blurred one is very interesting. It does have some tension, something that gives the mind's image of little paris cafes, 20s, in a not so romantic way. Good! Do you have

Re: how gravity works...

2004-05-13 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
DF All of the movies are available on DVD, as well as the episodes of DF Flying Circus. I have the movies but not the episodes. DF TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ Thanks. I have all of the episodes on VHS casettes, which takes about one full row in my library :) Just having several disks would be much nicer,

Re: Photokina rumour mill has started...

2004-05-13 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 5/13/04 7:28 AM, Jens Bladt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who makes their own sensors for digital imaging. SONY,Canon,...? Kodak, Sharp, Nikon and at last Philips did. -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
JF I tried dcraw - I even went as far as to download the source and take JF a look at it. At least part of my playing around with my own conversion JF code is based on my dissatisfaction with dcraw; quite aprt from the fact JF that the conversion process loses all the EXIF information, I found

RE: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Rob Brigham
You can download a trian of Photoshop CS and then update the RAW convertor to have 30 days of Pentax conversion. Warning though, it will result in some expense later! -Original Message- From: Frantisek Vlcek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 May 2004 12:01 To: John Francis

Re: PEF conversion

2004-05-13 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Monday 10 May 2004 17:16, wendy beard wrote: FJW What do you all use for conversion? FJW FJW Wendy Photoshop CS. -- Frits Wüthrich

Re: Gaurav's PAW #4: Pan shot

2004-05-13 Thread Keith Whaley
What IS that car? The front end design looks like Honda did it, but it sure is small! keith whaley Gaurav Aggarwal wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1644790size=lg I didn't have a better scanner last year so the quality isn't that good. Taken with ME Super 50mm f/1.7 handheld.

OT: hamvention, anyone?

2004-05-13 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Any of you hams going to be @ Dayton tomorrow? Steven (KC8TPR) I (KC8TKA) are going. I'll wear either a Pentax or an IBM/Lotus cap. We'll be there from opening 'til about 2:30. Collin --- 'Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel' -- a meaningless, nonpolitical sig. line meant to offend

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-13 Thread brooksdj
Which brings up a good question: What are folks printing their *istD images with? I use a Canon S800 with a BJC8200 as a backup. Paper used is Ilfords Classic Gloos/Pearl and Epson Glossy. I recently bought an Olympus P-400 dye-sub.The few test prints i

Re: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
RS I flogged the crap out of my X-Drive after I slapped it together (that roughly RS translates to: I tested it thoroughly with all manner of connections and RS storage cards after assembled and I commissioned it). I am curious, does any maker of the image tanks give important information like

Re: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5

2004-05-13 Thread graywolf
I tested 3 different M50/1.4 about 3 years ago. One was superb, one excellent, and one focused on a 15 degree plane at 1.4 but was OK at smaller stops. What one needs to know is these lenses were manufactured in the late 70's to early 80's. That means they are 20-25 years old. You have no way

Re: PAW - Some duck in the park

2004-05-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: RE: PAW - Some duck in the park Humans tend to be a little consumed with self importance (so I've heard). Hence our concern with having our photographs last a millenium. William Robb

Re: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Anders Hultman
On Thu, 13 May 2004, Frantisek Vlcek wrote: I am curious, does any maker of the image tanks give important information like the make of the hdd inside (some cheap crap or what?), vibration/impact it can stand (normalised for peak impact and long vibration, both in standby and operation) and

how gravity works...

2004-05-13 Thread Cotty
On 12/5/04, FRANK, discombobulated, offered: Python on DVD? I have no idea... Here ya go... http://www.bbcshop.com/icat/151bklist=icat,4,,525,151 Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: PAW - Some duck in the park

2004-05-13 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: Shawn, PAW stands for Photo a Week. So, you submit a photo every week, more or less. No one is counting. If you miss a week, you don't get kicked out or anything. If you post more than one a week, well, I guess that's fine, too (although if you, like, do it

Re: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-13 Thread Cotty
Thursday, May 13, 2004, 1:39:36 AM, Herb wrote: HC it was announced at PMA. did they finally get it up on their web site? Well, DPREVIEW is in its NEWS section merely a press release dissemination service. So probably just now got Sigma around to put out a press release. Fra Strange, because

Re: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Cotty
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Adobe RAW converter seems to work well. The Pentax RAW converter works just fine, presuming that you are making prints, rather than looking at your images as 4x6 foot murals on a computer screen. My friend with the Canon Digital Rebel sez this

Re: PZ-1-Film window-IR film

2004-05-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 May 2004 at 9:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If i put a piece of black electical tape over the film window,will that be enough to block out natural daylight or would 2-3 pieces be better. Or. Should something else be used. Assuming that the film window does leak IR (I really have no

RE: Survey on surveys - and a self-portrait too.

2004-05-13 Thread Malcolm Smith
Markus Maurer wrote: They used mirrors, self timer, cable release, hand holding and their best friends and some weak excuses. .sometime later, after they were released from Police custody on bail: Self portraits are something that I find little interest in, although perhaps as a

Re: PZ-1-Film window-IR film

2004-05-13 Thread brooksdj
Thanks Rob. I'm assuming the window might leak a bit,thus the quiry.:-) Dave On 13 May 2004 at 9:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If i put a piece of black electical tape over the film window,will that be enough to block out natural daylight or would 2-3

Re: OT: hamvention, anyone?

2004-05-13 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Hello Collin (and other Hams), I'm glad there are a few hams on this list! What is happening in Dayton? I was studying an ARRL manual to get my Ham radio license a few years ago. I actually looked at some portable transceivers from Kenwood and Yaesu. I still plan on getting that license

Pentax *istD sales figures

2004-05-13 Thread Herb Chong
according to recently released analysts reports in Japan, Pentax has sold about 20,000 *istD cameras worldwide, far less than the 50,000 forecast by the company. reasons cited by analysts for the low sales include lack of competative features and brand recognition. despite this, Pentax has revised

Sv: Reply, antwort, svar etc

2004-05-13 Thread Ryan Lee
Anders, Dag, Jag förstår perfekt! Tack så mycket :-) For some strange reason I thought Bladt was a German family name and imagined .dk to be .de.. I need some sharpening.. Thanks, Ryan - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 6:47

Common sense (was: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-13 Thread Dario Bonazza
In their wisdom, William Robb Co. wrote: The Adobe RAW converter seems to work well. The Pentax RAW converter works just fine, presuming that you are making prints, rather than looking at your images as 4x6 foot murals on a computer screen. My friend with the Canon Digital Rebel sez this

RE: Survey on surveys - and a self-portrait too.

2004-05-13 Thread TMP
Markus requested answers to the following questions: 1 Would you like to see the collected results after an opinion poll or is it good enough for you to read the answering emails? I have never really thought about it, but rather enjoyed your little roundup of the results of your self

Re: PHotonet annoyance (was Concert Photos)

2004-05-13 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: At the end of April, I shot a few more rolls of my friend Jennifer, and her group, Pirate Jenny. This time I used TMax 3200 (I find it very grainy, moreso than Neopan 1600 pushed). So, here's 3 photos from the concert:

Re: PAW Wedding shot

2004-05-13 Thread Bill Owens
One is Champaign (Kevin's) and the other is Shae's, probably non-alcoholic beer since she's on medication that prevents her using alcohol. It was an outside wedding and the table was not level. So uneven in fact that the decoration on top of the cake fell off The diagonal brace you refer to is

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-13 Thread wendy beard
Which brings up a good question: What are folks printing their *istD images with? I use an Epson 2000P. I also have an Olympus P-400 (like Dave). Am seriously considering either the HP 7960 or Epson R800 as well to be a general purpose printer for other documents (I have an HP Deskjet 970C

PAW: BW

2004-05-13 Thread Amita Guha
Here are a couple of black white shots I took on the Hudson River in March. http://www.sunny16.net/photos/paw/2004-05-09.html Amita

PAW: Just when you thought it was safe...

2004-05-13 Thread Rob Studdert
.. I'm back. But I'm off to bed shortly too much Sasser today. An abstract of sorts this time, nothing slithery or spidery: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2347848size=sm Comments of any persuasion welcome of course. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110

Re: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
AH As for the make of the HDD, if you prefer some special brand, you can AH always get the empty version and install your own. I got myself one with a AH 40 GB drive already installed and have not checked out the HDD brand. Oh, I haven't seen they sell an empty version! AH I can give you a

Re: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
jwc If you are that concerned about storing large images while out in the field, jwc then buy a small rugged laptop (12 screen) with a cd burner (or even jwc better, a DVD burner). This would be a good alternative or addition to an jwc image tank. One of the disadvantages however is extra weight

RE: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Steve Desjardins
Legacy systems create markets for legacy items . . . But truly, the CF card is currently a very small object. Aside from marketing, is there any real advantage to having something smaller? Leave the card the same size and just make it higher capacity. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry

Re: PAW: BW

2004-05-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Here are a couple of black white shots I took on the Hudson River in March. http://www.sunny16.net/photos/paw/2004-05-09.html Amita Amita, you probalby don't need a DSLR g... I like both though the first one works much better for me. It has meaning and it has many ways to interpret it.

RE: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Amita Guha
Legacy systems create markets for legacy items . . . But truly, the CF card is currently a very small object. Aside from marketing, is there any real advantage to having something smaller? I don't think so. SD cards are smaller and more delicate. I'd rather deal with a sturdy CF card

RE: how gravity works...

2004-05-13 Thread Amita Guha
All of the movies are available on DVD, as well as the episodes of Flying Circus. I have the movies but not the episodes. I'm going to see Life of Brian at the theater tonight. Woohoo! They released it for the 30th anniversary, but also to capitalize on buzz from The Passion. :)

Re: Monopods make people look !

2004-05-13 Thread Steve Desjardins
When we were at GFM last year, Debbie commented on that. You could tell it was a photo weekend not byt he quality of the cameras but by the fact that everyone had a tripod/monopod. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/12/04 04:41PM This surprises you? Snapshooters don't use things like tripods, monopods, or

Re: PAW: BW

2004-05-13 Thread jaalmanza
Nice BW photos! The composition is excellent! You were shooting into the sun? It seems like you metered the water for the exposure. A cokin red gradual filter could have darkened up the sky and brought out some clouds as well as darkened the buildings. IMHO, I would like to see the sky

Re: PAW: Just when you thought it was safe...

2004-05-13 Thread jaalmanza
Rob, That is a striking abstract! The purple highlights near the top of the photo are great! Simply amazing. ~Alejandro .. I'm back. But I'm off to bed shortly too much Sasser today. An abstract of sorts this time, nothing slithery or spidery:

RE: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Tom C
The only one I can think of is that a smaller lighter object may be less likely to be damaged if dropped. Aside from that, a smaller physical footprint leaves more design 'headroom' for the rest of the device. Many PDA's are moving away from Compact Flash, and I suspect this is partly the

PAW: Buildings on the move

2004-05-13 Thread Steve Desjardins
Several things: http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/ The first two pictures are just for amusement. WL owns the old Lexington Train Station. Since we now want to put an art/music building there, we have to move it about 150 meters. This is an old (130 yrs) brick building so it's interesting to try

Re: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5

2004-05-13 Thread Joe Wilensky
Jens, Is the F 50/1.4 truly a better performer than the FA or the A version? I have heard this before, and yet the F version of the lens is nearly impossible to find! I have the FA and A versions, and they are beautiful with wonderful results. Where does the F lens have an edge (probably not

Re: OT: Chocolate Olympus

2004-05-13 Thread Cotty
A colleague at work (who used an Olympus OM-1 as a photojournalist years ago) was recently given this novelty chocolate item as a gift. Has anyone ever seen one in a Pentax mold? http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/Choco_olympus.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/Choco_olympus2.jpg Having

Re: kit selection

2004-05-13 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 13 May 2004, Butch Black wrote: I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. So I'm thinking of downsizing what I carry when I'm not shooting something specific. My current lineup: Z-1p, K1000, K 28/3.5, K 35/3.5, M 50/1.4, A 50/1.7, M 50/2.0, M 100/4.0 macro,

Re: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5

2004-05-13 Thread Keith Whaley
Joe Wilensky wrote: The FA 50mm f/1.4 build quality seems decent for an autofocus lens, about on par with the other FA primes like the 35/2 and 28/2.8. The FA zooms that extend in length like the 28-105 f/3.2-? and the 24-90 feel flimsier, but that's because of the extended barrel. The FA

RE: Survey on surveys - and a self-portrait too.

2004-05-13 Thread wendy beard
Markus wrote: thanks, and I have 2 slightly different blue grey ones, but the rest of the body, h. Tried to make a close-up of an eye of LeoLeuLowenzahn the cat to combine it with mine, but he was not in the right mood for that! But soon he will be hungry again and

Re: kit selection

2004-05-13 Thread Steve Desjardins
The 300 is a big, heavy lens. Could you do without it on a regular basis? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/13/04 01:22PM Hi Guys; I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. So I'm thinking of downsizing what I carry when I'm not shooting something specific. My current lineup:

RE: kit selection

2004-05-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Do you carry all that with you when you go out to photograph? If so, fer gawd sake, why? Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: Butch Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. So I'm thinking of downsizing what I carry when I'm not

SV: Reply, antwort, svar etc

2004-05-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks Ryan. I'm very Danish, even though my great grand parents were living in Germany (according to the boarders, drawn after the lost war in 1864, but still regarded themselves as Danish. In 1920 there was a referendum - in Germany and Denmark, according to which a new boarder line was drawn

Re: Pentax *istD sales figures

2004-05-13 Thread Norm Baugher
Holy cow! That's sweet. Norm KT Takeshita wrote: snip and the net profit up 351.2%. snip

kit selection

2004-05-13 Thread Butch Black
Hi Guys; I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. So I'm thinking of downsizing what I carry when I'm not shooting something specific. My current lineup: Z-1p, K1000, K 28/3.5, K 35/3.5, M 50/1.4, A 50/1.7, M 50/2.0, M 100/4.0 macro, M 135/3.5, M 200/4.0, FA* 300/4.5,

RE: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5

2004-05-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Hello Joe I only know/own the A 2.8 and the K 2.5. The K version was my first 135mm - unfortunately I sold it with an MX years ago. I finally managed to get one at ebay (USA) sometime ago. The K version is better. Sharper at full aperture. The A version is still very good, but the K is excellent.

Re: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5

2004-05-13 Thread Mark Roberts
Joe Wilensky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the F 50/1.4 truly a better performer than the FA or the A version? IIRC, the F and FA versions are optically identical. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Monopods make people look !

2004-05-13 Thread Norm Baugher
If I really want attention, I throw a big black blanket over my head Norm G Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Tripod/Monopad Users :-) what really amazes me: If I carry only camera body and lens and flash - nearly nobody cares after a minute beside some first glances Mounting a monopod changes that

Re: Gaurav's PAW #4: Pan shot

2004-05-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! GA http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1644790size=lg GA I didn't have a better scanner last year so the quality isn't that good. GA Taken with ME Super 50mm f/1.7 handheld. Scanned from a 4x6 print and GA no post-processing done (I don't know how to do any :-( Given the gear I

Question for Anders

2004-05-13 Thread Yefei He
Hi, Anders, What country or region does the nu in your webpage URL represent? Is it an autonomous region of Sweden? I'm curious. I can only think of Nunavut, which is a region of Canada, not Sweden. Of course if you had told me the duck and seal pictures were taken in Nunavut, I wouldn't

Re: PAW: Just when you thought it was safe...

2004-05-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! RS .. I'm back. But I'm off to bed shortly too much Sasser today. RS An abstract of sorts this time, nothing slithery or spidery: RS http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2347848size=sm RS Comments of any persuasion welcome of course. I am kinda sorry, but it reminds me of this:

Re: SV: Reply, antwort, svar etc

2004-05-13 Thread Henri Toivonen
Anders Hultman wrote: On Thu, 13 May 2004, Henri Toivonen wrote: Because Scandinavia are the countries which have a part of the Scandic mountains. Finland do not. They are not a part of Scandinavia, but they are a part of the Nordic countries. Scandinavia is Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

Re: Quick DA question...

2004-05-13 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 13 May 2004, Timothy Sherburne wrote: The advertised focal length of Pentax's DA zoom is 16mm to 45mm. Am I correct to assume that the lengths reflect the 1.5x conversion? In other words, I wouldn't end up with a 24-68 when paired with a *istD. The advertised focal length is the true

RE: kit selection

2004-05-13 Thread Butch Black
Do you carry all that with you when you go out to photograph? If so, fer gawd sake, why? Shel Belinkoff A back up body in case of camera failure. The lenses under the assumption that the lens left behind would be the one I needed. As the body of my question states the kit has gotten too heavy

Re: Pentax 85mm lens price

2004-05-13 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Thanks, it is certainly one of the busier lists I subscribe to! And thanks to all those who provided guidance on pricing. Antonio On 13 May 2004, at 05:10, Paul Stenquist wrote: Hi Antonio, Welcome to the list. I would say that an average price for the SMC 85/1.8 is about $350, the SMC-M 85/2

Re: PAW: Buildings on the move

2004-05-13 Thread brooksdj
Unfortunately,they only get moved if someone buys them for a $1.00 than pays the moving costs to the new location. We lose a lot,but manage to save a few each year. Thats my BW project that is on going.Trying to shoot as much farm scene’s as possible before they are gone.Happining all to fast

Re: SV: Reply, antwort, svar etc

2004-05-13 Thread Keith Whaley
Okay, while I'm absorbing that, tell me...I was always told .nu had a question mark after it, like: Nu? Nu? keith whaley g Anders Hultman wrote: On Thu, 13 May 2004, Keith Whaley wrote: Please excuse my ignorance, but where do the Finns fit in? I always think of Scandinavia as being

Jobo Image Tank

2004-05-13 Thread jtainter
The discussion on digital storage made me go back online to do some research. Has anyone used the above? (They come in different capacities.) It is a portable hard drive storage unit, without the capacity to display images. They are certainly affordable. On dpreview, though, there were a couple

Re: GFM Question

2004-05-13 Thread Bill Owens
The only thing you'd miss would be the seminars. We'd be glad to have you. Bill - Original Message - From: Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 2:21 PM Subject: GFM Question Since I never know where I'll be the next week, it's

Re: kit selection

2004-05-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/5/04, HERMANN, discombobulated, offered: I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. My God. Only now? You have been remarkably froogle in your kit purchase Butch! I think that happened to me about ten minutes after I bought some Pentax gear, mind you, the bag

Re: Pentax High End DSLR

2004-05-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/5/04, GRAYWOLF, discombobulated, offered: Actually the difference is that each time you save a jpeg you lose data. That is the price you pay for the compact file size. If you are going to shoot and print without much editing then jpeg is fine. But if you load your jpeg in photoshop and

Re: SV: Reply, antwort, svar etc

2004-05-13 Thread Henri Toivonen
Keith Whaley wrote: Okay, while I'm absorbing that, tell me...I was always told .nu had a question mark after it, like: Nu? Nu? keith whaley g Nu means now in swedish. So Nu? means basically Now? In the top-level-domain there is no question mark. /Henri

Re: SV: Reply, antwort, svar etc

2004-05-13 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Scandinavians are those people who are all insufferably tall, trim and blond, and make me feel inferior when I stand next to them!

RE: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5

2004-05-13 Thread Joe Wilensky
Hi, Jens, I was asking specifically about the f 50/1.4. I know it's supposedly optically identical to the A and FA versions, but I've read several places that the F version is ranked highest, at least by those who have used it. Joe Hello Joe I only know/own the A 2.8 and the K 2.5. The K

RE: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5

2004-05-13 Thread Jens Bladt
According to Photodo test, it's one of the best lenses (resolution) ever made (tested by Photodo). http://www.photodo.com/nav/prodindex.html Omly one and slower 50MM lens (Leica SUMICRON-M 2.0) lens was given THIS GRADE: 4.6 by Photodo. The FA was given 4.2 Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Monopods make people look !

2004-05-13 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Always to go against the grain, I do not carry a tripod with me to GFM. Though I have been used as a tripod sherpa. Story, if interested, on the mountain, Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: Steve Desjardins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 10:42 AM

RE: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5

2004-05-13 Thread Jens Bladt
You may very well be wrong. Danish - as well as English - is a Germanic language. In fact there's a lot of English words, that are originally Danish (old nordic), brought to England by the Vikings. The word table is one example. Strand is annother (beach). 1000 years ago, before French etc.

Re: SV: Reply, antwort, svar etc

2004-05-13 Thread Keith Whaley
(Yust a little joke, Henri... has to do with Yiddish.) keith Henri Toivonen wrote: Keith Whaley wrote: Okay, while I'm absorbing that, tell me...I was always told .nu had a question mark after it, like: Nu? Nu? keith whaley g Nu means now in swedish. So Nu? means basically Now? In the

RE: Question for Anders

2004-05-13 Thread Yefei He
Thanks Henri and Anders for answering my question. Niue opened it's Internet domain .nu for world wide registration by anyone in 1997 and it instantly got very popular in Sweden to register .nu domains for two reasons. ... ... Nope, they're taken in the Stockholm archipelago. After

Re: Inkjet recommendations

2004-05-13 Thread Derby Chang
Got my Epson R210 last night. Its a pleasure to use. Not at all expensive, beautiful photo prints, and prints labels direct to CD as well. Borderless printing doesn't seem to work at all with Photoshop, so I have to convert the file to bmp or jpg and use the Epson Photoquicker software (am I

Re: PAW - Dog Show

2004-05-13 Thread Christian
I like the way dogs and their owners look alike... Christian - Original Message - From: wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 7:57 AM Subject: PAW - Dog Show As that's where I was all day on Saturday, here's one of the pics.

Re: PAW - Dog Show

2004-05-13 Thread Timothy Sherburne
Funny, researchers have recently agreed with you: http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1891552 t On 5/13/04 14:09, Christian wrote: I like the way dogs and their owners look alike... Christian - Original Message - From: wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss

Tripods, monopods, why I shouldn't try to fix things and early FS Friday

2004-05-13 Thread Christian
The other day I was noticing that, as I put weight on my bogen 3221 tripod (*ist D, Sigma 300/4 and 1.4x TC and StudioBall QR) one of the upper leg sections was loose. The tripod was sinking below me. So I went home, got a socket wrench and tightened the locking mechanism. Well, after a turn or

Re: GFM Question

2004-05-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/5/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, offered: Since I never know where I'll be the next week, it's consequently hard for me to plan stuff like GFM. However, I might be able to make it, but I think it's sold out.which is really not a problem for me (I've only shot two rolls of

Problem with Program Plus SMC Pentax-A

2004-05-13 Thread Gary
Hi all, I recently acquired a Program Plus and SMC Pentax-A 50/1.7 in outstanding cosmetic condition. Maybe the physical condition should have been an alert as to why the camera was hardly used. After installing fresh silver oxide batteries and a roll of film I noted the following problems:

Re: GFM Question

2004-05-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/5/04, HEMI HEAD STENQUIST, discombobulated, offered: That's good news. I may make the trip as well if I can clear the calendar. Paul YO. Please try buddy. It would be so good to meet yer. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

SV: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5

2004-05-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Antwort is a German word. Svar is a Danish word. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 13. maj 2004 09:35 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5 German users, what's the

RE: Photokina rumour mill has started...

2004-05-13 Thread Jens Bladt
I see. I just remembered, that Pentax excuse for not making the DMS-S weas sensor problems. I know Nikon and pentax are using SONY sensors (D100, *ist D). I guess it would give a brand an advangtage to be able to spevcially co-disign camera and sensor. Are Canon making thier own? Fuji Film does.

Re: Quick DA question...

2004-05-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Timothy Sherburne Subject: Quick DA question... Hello all... The advertised focal length of Pentax's DA zoom is 16mm to 45mm. Am I correct to assume that the lengths reflect the 1.5x conversion? In other words, I wouldn't end up with a 24-68 when paired

Re: Just when you thought it was safe...

2004-05-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: PAW: Just when you thought it was safe... .. I'm back. But I'm off to bed shortly too much Sasser today. An abstract of sorts this time, nothing slithery or spidery: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2347848size=sm

Re: Common sense (was: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza Subject: Common sense (was: Pentax High End DSLR) Should you want to just print up to A4 size prints, a 4Mpix digicam is more than enough, hence don't worry about DSLR, interchangeable lenses, RAW shooting, portable hard disks, terabytes of

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