Re: Can the istD capture Infrared images?

2004-05-28 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi Sid, on 28 May 04 you wrote in pentax.list: I am close to purchasing a istD... one of my last minute hangups is my wondering how well the istD does with IR capture. You can find some IR samples here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1935646 I have collected this and other links

Re: OT - Music on the Road

2004-05-28 Thread David Mann
On May 28, 2004, at 5:15 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: This opens the door to copying music to some sort of portable device for use in the car and while travelling. What sorts of devices, apart from an iPod, can be used for this purpose? There are loads and loads of portable mp3 players around. You

Re: I can't wait

2004-05-28 Thread David Mann
On May 28, 2004, at 4:25 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: The current istD price is $1300 with lens, mail order. As we see a new cheapie @ $600 next year and the nice one maintaining that $1500-price-class prsence, then used istD units should start going pretty cheap. Minolta Multi Pro film scanner

RE: Is it Real or is it PhotoShop?

2004-05-28 Thread Alan Chan
I really don't think anyone really cares what the original scene looked like. Every photo we have seen in magazines have been heavily enchanced to capture our attention. Just look at those super saturated National Geographic photos! Btw, Auto Contrast seldom works for me. It has the tendency

Re: OT - Music on the Road

2004-05-28 Thread Dan Zaharevitz
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Gang Call me slow, but I just discovered how easy it is to copy CD's to the hard drive using the Win Media Player. It's pretty much all automatic, and it astounds me how much info is on the disk. This opens the door to copying music to some sort of portable device

Re: PAW 1... again

2004-05-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice, Tom. Nice bokeh, nice composition. Paul On May 27, 2004, at 3:33 PM, Tom C wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2394287 Tom C.

Will I ever use my MX again?

2004-05-28 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
For bw. Digitial just doesn't cut it yet. It may later, but not yet. Collin --- 'Tautology is' Sent via the WebMail system at mail.safe-t.net

Re: Mirror foam on MX

2004-05-28 Thread Henri Toivonen
Alan Chan wrote: It is bad. The worst part is, if it sticks to the plastic focus screen, it will leave permanent mark. If you intend to replace the foam yourself, remove the screen first. The foam should be 3mm thick and can be found on eBay. Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan

Re: Interesting article about Pentax in Australia

2004-05-28 Thread Peter Loveday
Then why on earth do Kennedy's fail to market Pentax lenses with the cameras. Every 'package' they promote has Sigma lens rather than Pentax! Comes with being sole importer/distributor for both I guess. Can anyone say conflict of interests Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday Director of

RE: Photo Sites

2004-05-28 Thread frank theriault
I concur with Shel. Photo.net. Max of 100 photos if you don't subscribe (I think it's $25US a year). -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

2004-05-28 Thread Dario Bonazza
Hi Shel, Trying to get rid of some distracting details, I ended up with this one: http://www.dariobonazza.com/paw/outside1-grey.jpg Dario - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:17 PM Subject: Re: Outside the

Re: I'm outta here...

2004-05-28 Thread Dario Bonazza
Rest assured, we'll talk behind you :-) Ciao! Dario - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:10 PM Subject: RE: I'm outta here... Thanks Jostein! Woohoo! I just landed in Brisbane! (Checking in via my

RE: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley

2004-05-28 Thread frank theriault
Both good photos, Shel, but I kind of wish that the girl in the top photo and the boy in the bottom were in the same frame g. I guess you could photoshop 'em together g. A real urban scene. I also like the garbage can on the right. Adds a certain touch to it all. Nice pair of pix. cheers,

Rob... PAW 1 - Hummingbird

2004-05-28 Thread Tom C
Thanks Rob... No I haven't attempted to adjust brightness yet... that would be cheating wouldn't it? ;) Back beating the same old horse... one of the reasons I'm hesitant to do adjustments is I often can't clearly remember the scene so I don't know if my adjustment becomes a 'correction' as

Re: OT: Was - New York sunset

2004-05-28 Thread Kenneth Waller
Almost as unusual will be all the fleet week ships of the U S Navy. -Original Message- From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 28, 2004 2:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New York sunset Hi, those of you who are in NYC may have the chance to get a fairly unusual photo today:

FS Friday: K-series SMC 50 f/1.4 - near mint

2004-05-28 Thread Mark Roberts
I'm selling my near-prefect-condition SMC 50/1.4 (it took me months of eBay scouring to find one in this condition). $75.00 + shipping. It's about as close to perfect condition as you're ever likely to find. Photos at http://www.robertstech.com/temp/smc5014a.jpg

Re: Is it Real or is it PhotoShop?

2004-05-28 Thread Kenneth Waller
Of course what we've seen in photographs over the years is someone's attempt to portray their version of reality (mostly). The very fact that we are trying to record a 3 dimensional scene with a media (among other limitations)that has only 2 dimensional capability, takes it out of the realm of

Re: FS Friday: K-series SMC 50 f/1.4 - near mint

2004-05-28 Thread Keith Whaley
An excellent price for an excellent lens. It's sharpness at f/8.0, plus or minus 1.5 stops, is almost legendary! I keep mine on my MX, and were it not as perfect as the one you show here, I'd snap it up right now! keith whaley Mark Roberts wrote: I'm selling my near-prefect-condition SMC 50/1.4

OT: Manhattan Sunset photo

2004-05-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Ther is an interesting photograph on the Astronomy Picture of the Day page for May 28: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Re: FS Friday: K-series SMC 50 f/1.4 - near mint

2004-05-28 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Mark, May I ask why are you selling it if it is so good? Antonio On 28 May 2004, at 13:58, Mark Roberts wrote: I'm selling my near-prefect-condition SMC 50/1.4 (it took me months of eBay scouring to find one in this condition). $75.00 + shipping. It's about as close to perfect condition as you're

FS Friday: Lenses SMC K 30/2.8 and SMC K 105/2.8

2004-05-28 Thread Jarek Dabrowski
Hello PDML, I am selling two rare Pentax K lenses on eBay, SMC 30/2.8 and SMC 105/2.8. Worldwide shipping. SMC 30/2.8 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3818069552 SMC 105/2.8 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3818070977 Auctions end on Tuesday. Regards Jerry

ONLY -PUG June is available on my website

2004-05-28 Thread Adelheid v. K.
Hi folks, The June PUG is ready on my website. This means: Some links on this page are NOT!!! working. But you have at least a link to Josteins page and you can look at the pictures of June. I don't have much space on my site, so only the current month and last month is available! No archives

Lens Renderings

2004-05-28 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Who had the site showing the differences in each lens' renderings across the various apertures? Was that Valentin? Is that site still up? Collin --- 'Tautology is' Sent via the WebMail system at

Re: ONLY -PUG June is available on my website

2004-05-28 Thread ernreed2
Adelheid: Thank you so much. ERN Adelheid told us: The June PUG is ready on my website. (... snip ...) So now the issue of the URL It will change each month at present it is: http://www.kirschten.de/PUG/04jun (snip)

RE: Lens Renderings

2004-05-28 Thread Mark Stringer
http://plg.komkon.org/ seems to work... -Original Message- From: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 8:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Lens Renderings Who had the site showing the differences in each lens' renderings across the various

Re: Will I ever use my MX again?

2004-05-28 Thread graywolf
And that really is the problem. They sell so fast almost no one has a demo machine. Because there is none on the shelves people come to the erroneous conclusion that the *istD is not selling well. As you know, Cesar, our area Pentax Rep claims they still have thousands of units on back order.

PAW - Playing children

2004-05-28 Thread dagt
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2396176size=lg Comments are welcome, even though these kids keep me too busy to comment much myself... DagT

Re: I'm outta here...

2004-05-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Thanks Jostein! Woohoo! I just landed in Brisbane! (Checking in via my laptop)... Flying out to Tokyo in the morning (about 9 hours time), it's all very exciting! Don't any of you go talking about me ok, cause I'll be listening! tan. Tan - see you

RE: FS Friday: Lenses SMC K 30/2.8 and SMC K 105/2.8

2004-05-28 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Both excellent optics. Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: Jarek Dabrowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 5/28/2004 5:29:05 AM Subject: FS Friday: Lenses SMC K 30/2.8 and SMC K 105/2.8 Hello PDML, I am selling two rare Pentax K lenses on eBay, SMC 30/2.8 and SMC

Re: OT - Music on the Road

2004-05-28 Thread graywolf
I am currently copying many of my small collection of CD's to MP3. In my case I am doing it because it is much cheaper to do that than to buy a CD changer. Basically I find I can get about 7 CD's onto one MP3 encoded CD that I play in the DVD deck. I will someday replace the stereo in the truck

Re: OT - Music on the Road

2004-05-28 Thread Bill Owens
Neither of our vehicles has a CD player, but I play my CD's using a portable CD player and an adapter for the cassette player in both vehicles. Bill Hi Gang Call me slow, but I just discovered how easy it is to copy CD's to the hard drive using the Win Media Player. It's pretty

Squirrel and Wild Turkey Chick

2004-05-28 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I'm a big fan of Doug's work. Thought some of you might enjoy these pics. Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: Doug Herr [EMAIL PROTECTED] California Ground Squirrel, also known as Beechy Ground Squirrel, munching on the seed pods of the California Poppy:

Re: New York sunset

2004-05-28 Thread Peter J. Alling
Looks like rain in the North East today. Too Bad. Bob W wrote: Hi, those of you who are in NYC may have the chance to get a fairly unusual photo today: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Re: OT - Music on the Road

2004-05-28 Thread danilo
Alle 10:10, venerdì 28 maggio 2004, Dan Zaharevitz ha scritto: Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Gang Call me slow, but I just discovered how easy it is to copy CD's to the hard drive using the Win Media Player. It's pretty much all automatic, and it astounds me how much info is on the

Re: The Sojourn Approacheth

2004-05-28 Thread Steve Desjardins
It's definitely time to get way for a few days. I just got a memo from me (as head of the Institutional Effectiveness Committee) to me (as head of the chemistry dept.) that I'm late with a report. I'd better leave before I have to rough with myself. Sigh. Steven Desjardins Department of

Speaking of music....GFM

2004-05-28 Thread Bill Owens
I'll be bringing a few CD's for us old farts. Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary amongst others. Bill

Re: Will I ever use my MX again?

2004-05-28 Thread Steve Desjardins
I feel your pain. Since I only shoot color, I find that the whole digital approach is a better fit for me. Digital better fits my strengths and weaknesses, and because of that I get better photos using my *istD than my MZ-S. Film has advantages, but I don't do the kind of photography that takes

Re: PAW: Woody Guthrie

2004-05-28 Thread Gonz
frank theriault wrote: Again, apologies for being so late commenting on this one. As I've mentioned before, I don't delete PAWs if I get behind (if I do, it's an accident), and I do try to comment on every one, eventually. I was intrigued, looking at the subject line of this one for the last

Re: PAW: Woody Guthrie

2004-05-28 Thread Gonz
frank theriault wrote: And, to find that you mention me in the same sentence as him is an (undeserved) honour. Funny, but my roomate made an offhand comment about me being like the Miles Davis of photographers - again undeserved - but I knew what she meant. I've thought that what I do is

Re: Will I ever use my MX again?

2004-05-28 Thread Bill Owens
Hey Steve, I have a few screw mount lenses that I'll try to remember to bring if you want some extras. Bill - Original Message - From: Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 11:24 AM Subject: Re: Will I ever use my MX again? I feel your

Re: ONLY -PUG June is available on my website

2004-05-28 Thread Bob Blakely
I see everything *except* the thumbnails. Contributor's names are there, but nothing to click on. Regards, Bob... --- No mans life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -- Mark Twain From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Adelheid: Thank you so much.

PUG favorites

2004-05-28 Thread Amita Guha
I don't think I've ever seen a PUG where I only had one or two favorites out of all the great shots, but this month, Duck! by Max McRae really jumped out at me. The position of the bird at the moment of capture is really interesting...not a cliché at all! The angle of the light and the blurred

Re: The Sojourn Approacheth

2004-05-28 Thread Doug Franklin
On Fri, 28 May 2004 11:07:58 -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote: I just got a memo from me (as head of the Institutional Effectiveness Committee) to me (as head of the chemistry dept.) that I'm late with a report. I'd better leave before I have to rough with myself. Taking lessons from Ambrose

Vivitar's KA/R mount...

2004-05-28 Thread Timothy Sherburne
Hello all.. I need to draw on your collective wisdom: Are there any Pentax K-mount bodies that will not accept a Vivitar KA/R lens? The specific lens in question is Vivitar's Series 1 19-35/3.5-4.5 zoom. Thanks! Tim

RE: tan is a dickhead...

2004-05-28 Thread Cotty
On 27/5/04, ROB B, discombobulated, offered: I thought you were going to say you forgot the camera or possibly the flash card - that's what I would call a dickhead, that or Cotty forgetting the beer or something! D'oh! I think I've nearly drunk it all, better go check TA Cheers, Cotty

RE: ONLY -PUG June is available on my website

2004-05-28 Thread Adelheid v. K.
Clear your cache. Or try to reload. It works fine on my end. Cheers Adelheid -Original Message- From: Bob Blakely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Freitag, 28. Mai 2004 17:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ONLY -PUG June is available on my website I see everything *except* the

RE: tan is a dickhead...

2004-05-28 Thread Cotty
On 28/5/04, tv, discombobulated, offered: Well, if you can wait till Saturday there's bound to be something around here that will work. like a Canon ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: Only -PUG June is available on my website

2004-05-28 Thread Rfsindg
Adelheid, I hope the submission process gets better soon. This is the 2nd or third month that I have worked to prepare and submit something only to find nothing in the PUG. It's frustrating. The AutoPUG submission page errored off as the last response I got after pressing SUBMIT. Does

Re: Vivitar's KA/R mount...

2004-05-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Timothy Sherburne wrote: Hello all.. I need to draw on your collective wisdom: Are there any Pentax K-mount bodies that will not accept a Vivitar KA/R lens? The specific lens in question is Vivitar's Series 1 19-35/3.5-4.5 zoom. They will all accept it - after you've modified the back of the

Re: Speaking of music....GFM

2004-05-28 Thread Bob W
Hi, Don't you *dare* leave Petula Clark @ home! I've an oldies CD that has several of her numbers on it. Hmm. It'll be like Old Compton Street up there. -- Cheers, Bob

Re: FS Friday: K-series SMC 50 f/1.4 - near mint

2004-05-28 Thread Joe Wilensky
Hi, Mark, I'm replying to the list because my e-mails to you got bounced back (I tried sending from two different accounts). I did send an e-mail to your [EMAIL PROTECTED] address. Anyway, ... Is the 50/1,.4 still available? The K2 keeps nagging, Can we buy it? Can we buy it? I don't know why

Re: Is it Real or is it PhotoShop?

2004-05-28 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Friday, May 28, 2004, 12:08:40 PM, Alan wrote: AC I really don't think anyone really cares what the original scene looked AC like. Every photo we have seen in magazines have been heavily enchanced to AC capture our attention. Just look at those super saturated National AC Geographic photos! Btw,

[Fwd: Word Wars in NYC (real theatrical run!)]

2004-05-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On the web site I found another of my photos used - the one of Matt Graham is mine, the other three on that page are not. Matt is sitting in front of my Scrabble board at the NY club. Joel tells me one of the shots of mine from Washington Square park is there, too, but I couldnt' get the trailer

Re: Vivitar's KA/R mount...

2004-05-28 Thread Timothy Sherburne
Thanks, Mike. This lens works great (unmodified) on my ZX-M and ME Super, but not so well on a ZX-L owned by a eBay buyer. In the several years I've owned the lens, I haven't run into either problem you describe. Anyone interested in buying this lens? It's in great shape! Let me know off-line.

p.s. regarding WORD WARS and my pix

2004-05-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
oh - two of my stills are in the press kit... the one in the park (shot with a borrowed camera and crappy film) and the one of Matt Graham are available for download. http://www.7thart.com/wordwars/press.htm annsan

Re: Speaking of music....GFM

2004-05-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Bill Owens wrote: I'll be bringing a few CD's for us old farts. Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary amongst others. Bill Bill, do you have an actual old fashioned cassette player??? ann

June PUG comments

2004-05-28 Thread Steve Jolly
Hmmm, most of this month's submissions are far too good to be clichés in my opinion :-) A few that caught my eye: Jaume Lahuerta, Big Ben - ok, so maybe there *are* no original shots of the Houses of Parliament, but that's a damn good try :-) Frank Theriault, Your Humble Servant - nice cliché,

Re: Speaking of music....GFM

2004-05-28 Thread Bill Owens
Not if you what you mean old fashioned is what I think you mean. Bill - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 3:04 PM Subject: Re: Speaking of musicGFM Bill Owens wrote: I'll be bringing a few CD's for us old

RE: Only -PUG June is available on my website

2004-05-28 Thread Adelheid v. K.
I am afraid this is Jostein's part. The autopug is his baby. If you are in doubt please send the submission as mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sensible Subject. Otherwise it gets caught in my Spamfilter. Then I'll check whether it made it or not and submit it myself. It might have something to

Good 2nd Hand Pentax dealer in London?

2004-05-28 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Hi, Can anyone recommend a good 2nd Hand Pentax dealer in London? Is there anyone who specialises in SMCP (K) primes? Thanks. Antonio

Extension tubes for K1000

2004-05-28 Thread Scott A. Cassel
      This is likely a rookie question, but...I'm looking to get a set of extension tubes for my recently purchased K1000, but am somewhat unsure what to get because some of the lenses I also bought are SMC Takumar screw mounts...and I also have the k mount SMC-A 50mm f/2 lens that came with

Re: Good 2nd Hand Pentax dealer in London?

2004-05-28 Thread Bob W
Hi, Friday, May 28, 2004, 8:42:29 PM, Antonio wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a good 2nd Hand Pentax dealer in London? Is there anyone who specialises in SMCP (K) primes? there is nobody who specialises in Pentax, although they all tend to have a few pieces. Your best bet is to visit them

RE: Need help w/portrait

2004-05-28 Thread Jens Bladt
Run it through NeatImage http://www.neatimage.com Jens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: jtainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 27. maj 2004 19:26 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Need help w/portrait Well, its not really a portrait. A

Re: Good 2nd Hand Pentax dealer in London?

2004-05-28 Thread Keith Whaley
I'll keep a copy of that for the next time we visit the UK. thanks, keith whaley P.S. what have you about London Pubs? g Bob W wrote: Hi, Friday, May 28, 2004, 8:42:29 PM, Antonio wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a good 2nd Hand Pentax dealer in London? Is there anyone who specialises in SMCP

Re: OT - Music on the Road

2004-05-28 Thread Otis Wright
So far, I've found a good quality set of headphones more satisfactory than speakers suitable for travel. Friend has devise that allows use of more than one set of headsets while maintaining impedance match for player -- forget the brand. Just my experience. In my opinion, IPOD and the like

Re: Scene from a Mall

2004-05-28 Thread frank theriault
Why, thank you, Lon. You flatter me. Thanks to everyone else who commented on this one, as well. I won't waste the bandwidth to name each of you. I almost didn't print it up. It came from my first roll after getting the Leica CL back from the shop, and I really didn't feel particularly

Re: Good 2nd Hand Pentax dealer in London?

2004-05-28 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Cheers, bob - all within walking distance from my Hotel. Excellent! A. On 28 May 2004, at 22:33, Bob W wrote: Hi, Friday, May 28, 2004, 8:42:29 PM, Antonio wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a good 2nd Hand Pentax dealer in London? Is there anyone who specialises in SMCP (K) primes? there is nobody

FW: Product update from bhphotovideo.com

2004-05-28 Thread Timothy Sherburne
The lens assembler in Vietnam must've recovered... -- Forwarded Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 17:18:47 -0400 (EDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Product update from bhphotovideo.com Dear Customer Thank you for your inquiry for this item: Pentax - PE16454ED - DA

RE: Will I ever use my MX again?

2004-05-28 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Talking to the sales clerk, the lower model digital SLR cameras from Nikon and Canon stay around a little bit. But the highest models of both and Pentax are gone as soon as they hit the shelves. Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: GFM weather

2004-05-28 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
That sounds rather cold to me considering I am viewing highs of 90º. It is already in the upper 70s by the time I get to work :-) I get to work rather early, César Panama City, Florida P.S. Temp - 86º, bright sunshine, being off the water with the windows open no need for air conditioning.

RE: Will I ever use my MX again?

2004-05-28 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Don't forget that I ususally bring my arsenal of screwmount lenses :-) Along with SP, SV, S1a, and S3, César Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 11:34 AM Hey Steve, I have a few screw mount lenses that I'll try

RE: Speaking of music....GFM

2004-05-28 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-Original Message- From: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 3:05 PM Bill Owens wrote: I'll be bringing a few CD's for us old farts. Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary amongst others. Bill Bill, do you have an actual old fashioned cassette

RE: PAW: Woody Guthrie

2004-05-28 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-Original Message- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 11:32 AM frank theriault wrote: And, to find that you mention me in the same sentence as him is an (undeserved) honour. Funny, but my roomate made an offhand comment about me being like the Miles

Re: Speaking of music....GFM

2004-05-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll be bringing a few CD's for us old farts. I'm bringing my acoustic guitar. I believe Doug Brewer and TV are also bringing guitars. Anyone who shows up with an accordion will be ejected ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: GFM weather

2004-05-28 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So if I am gathering correctly, it will be nice during the day but maybe I need a warm jacket at night? Drat, all the stores have summer wear right now. Maybe I need to visit a sports shop. (I get by with weak little not-too-warm jackets in CA.) There's an excellent

GFM (sorry, you stay at homes) couple questions

2004-05-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Do any of you like to use, want to use a sunscreen and citronella thing called BUZZ OFF? I bought some and it made me gag one I put more than a tiny bit on my hand... I have a full tube of it, and if it suits anyone I'll bring it along... ann

Re: Extension tubes for K1000

2004-05-28 Thread ernreed2
Scott Cassel posted: If I got a set of screw mount auto extension tubes, would that work with the K1000 and the screw mount Takumars if I just put the K Mount Adaptor on the part of the tubes that connect to the camera?  Yes, you can -- I have done exactly this with my father's extension

PAW: Street Portraiture

2004-05-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Once in awhile I'll stop someone on the street and ask them if I can shoot a portrait there on the spot. I found this lady earlier today, knocked off two frames of her in front of a blue wall, PhotoShoped her around a bit, and here she is:

Re: Speaking of music....GFM

2004-05-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I mean something that plays normal cassettes - most boom boxes still have one side for tape one for cd. Not as old as um WE are :) ann Bill Owens wrote: Not if you what you mean old fashioned is what I think you mean. Bill - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL

Re: FS Friday: K-series SMC 50 f/1.4 - near mint

2004-05-28 Thread John Bailey
drool!! --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm selling my near-prefect-condition SMC 50/1.4 (it took me months of eBay scouring to find one in this condition). $75.00 + shipping. It's about as close to perfect condition as you're ever likely to find. Photos at

Re: Good 2nd Hand Pentax dealer in London?

2004-05-28 Thread Jim Colwell
I visited eight of the shops on Bob W.'s list last month, and want to say the service from the folks downstairs at Jessops (New Oxford) was excellent. I'd like to add one shop to Bob's list: Vintage Cameras (at Kirks Cameras) http://www.vintagecameras.co.uk/. It is located in Sydenham, which is

Re: Need help w/portrait

2004-05-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
jtainter wrote: For a light afternoon moment, here's her reaction to my second take: That's a great picture! I feel like I was photographed by that Scuvolli guy. Or is it Scuvollo? Thanks so much! Joe Ok which is it she thinks it is great or she thinks it is Scavullo??? annsan

RE: Only -PUG June is available on my website

2004-05-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Hi Adelheid, I am afraid this is Jostein's part. The autopug is his baby. If you are in doubt please send the submission as mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sensible Subject. Otherwise it gets caught in my Spamfilter. Then I'll check whether it made it or not and submit it myself. It

RE: Good 2nd Hand Pentax dealer in London?

2004-05-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W wrote: there is nobody who specialises in Pentax, although they all tend to have a few pieces. Your best bet is to visit them all in the West End one day to see if they've got anything in. I regret to say that I've done it so often that I have a route: Jessops, Tottenham Ct. Rd.

RE: Interesting article about Pentax in Australia

2004-05-28 Thread Jens Bladt
Is there somekind of bond between the two? In Denmark Pentax and Sigma are imported by the same company: Fovitech. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 28. maj 2004 04:31 Til: [EMAIL

Re: June PUG comments

2004-05-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hey Steve, Thanks for the plug! -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, May 28, 2004, 12:29:09 PM, you wrote: SJ Hmmm, most of this month's submissions are far too good to be clichés in SJ my opinion :-) SJ A few that caught my eye: SJ Jaume Lahuerta, Big Ben - ok, so maybe there *are* no original

Street Portraiture

2004-05-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Once in awhile I'll stop someone on the street and ask them if I can shoot a portrait there on the spot. I found this lady earlier today, knocked off two frames of her in front of a blue wall, PhotoShoped her around a bit, and here she is:

FA 77 Limited

2004-05-28 Thread Joseph Tainter
This focal length didn't interest me much in 35 mm. format, but on the *ist D it is a different matter -- an angle of view equivalent to about 117 mm. in 35 mm. format, and f1.8 to boot. I can see a use for that. I use my fast primes mainly in low light, so I need them to be good wide open and

Re: Vivitar's KA/R mount...

2004-05-28 Thread William M Kane
Had trouble with my Vivtar 80-180 Flat Field zoom on the LX and the *ist D. I had to file down the flange on it to a more appropriate size. After that, it worked just fine on both cameras. IL Bill On May 28, 2004, at 10:45 AM, Timothy Sherburne wrote: Hello all.. I need to draw on your

Re: GFM weather

2004-05-28 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Mark Roberts wrote: There's an excellent hiking/outdoors shop called Footsloggers near GFM. Their official t-shirt has the motto -- Hike naked, it puts color in your cheeks. Surely that can't be good for their bottom line !8^D Bill

Re: PAW: Street Portraiture

2004-05-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Bruce, Thanks. She had some complexion problems, so I did some work with the clone tool. Then, I selected her eyes, pumped up the blue and the saturation. Next, a second layer and a heavy gaussian blur at 50% opacity. Finally, I erased her eyes and lips from the second layer. Paul On May 28,

Re: PAW: Street Portraiture

2004-05-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
On May 28, 2004, at 9:48 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Paul ... That's very nice, but upon seeing the photo I was quite disappointed. It looks like it could have been done in a studio. That's exactly the idea. It does look like it could have been done in a studio. But it was done on a street

Re: Street Portraiture

2004-05-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Her eyes drew me in. But I did enhance them a bit in PS. (See above.) However, the color was there, and the wall was a good match. Paul On May 28, 2004, at 10:11 PM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: Once in awhile I'll stop someone on the street and ask them if I can shoot a portrait

Re: PAW: Street Portraiture

2004-05-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
She was flattered. She had seen my camera and didn't turn away, so it was obviously a good opportunity to request a shot. She posed quite enthusiastically. Paul On May 28, 2004, at 10:53 PM, graywolf wrote: Nice, Paul. That takes guts to do. Though thinking back to when I did things like that,

Re: PAW: Street Portraiture

2004-05-28 Thread Shel Belinkoff
We disagree on what constitutes a portrait, as I said in my earlier post. Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 5/28/2004 9:35:50 PM Subject: Re: PAW: Street Portraiture On May 28, 2004, at 9:48 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

Short Optio S4 review

2004-05-28 Thread Mark Dalal
Hey Gang, A few weeks ago, my brother called me up asking for a recommendation on a digital camera to use for snapshots and for shooting stuff to sell on ebay. He insisted that it be extremely small. How small? He felt his Canon A40 was too big. So naturally, I turned him onto the Optio S4 and he

Re: Street Portraiture

2004-05-28 Thread Jim Apilado
Beautiful lady. However, what did she look like before you manipulated her image? Jim A. From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 21:16:29 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Street Portraiture Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]