Apologies for not posting this on Friday...but as usual I was out in the
bush somewhere.
Tokina ATX 300mm f/2.8 MF SD.
This is the last of the Tokina lenses that I have recently had for sale.
I'm not going to repeat the virtues of this lens, as most of you will
have read all of the previous
Better late than never, I hope :-) Worth looking at for the photo of
Cotty alone, I reckon.
The last four photos were taken with the l'Espion Xtra pocket digicam
that you can see in the central photo along with Bob's Leica, John's
*istD and Cotty's weight-lifting equipment - as you can see,
Yes, that right - I just realized - very nice!
I guess I was confusing it with using M and K lenses, which involves using a
green buton to adjust exposure according to the setting on the lens.
Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra:
Hi Rob,
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 09:54:39 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote:
You will see that the whole bottom half of the picture is 'shifted' or 'rotated'
to the right, by about one fourth of the image width. The quarter that ends up
in the lower left corner has a magenta color shift. (visible in PS-CS
Hi Bill,
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:51:50 -0600, William Robb wrote:
Well, thats bizarre. The file won't open at all with the Pentax
software, and looks like 4 files pasted together at random with the
Photoshop converter.
That is on first look, if you look closer, you will see it is the same image,
Hi Amita,
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:23:58 -0400, Amita Guha wrote:
I have shot almost a thousand RAW images now with the *ISTD,
and noticed that a few images turned out to be corrupted when
trying to process them.
Reformatting your CF card regularly should prevent this. I started doing
it
I may have shown a pic of it here, but it's coral and white. I put a
shot up on Photo Net. This was shot with the 6x7 and the 300/4 (just to
keep this OT :-)
Paul
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2438913size=lg
Beeautiful.
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People,
The photos didn't make it past the attachment stripping software, Steve.
keith whaley
Steve Jolly wrote:
Better late than never, I hope :-) Worth looking at for the photo of
Cotty alone, I reckon.
The last four photos were taken with the l'Espion Xtra pocket digicam
that you can see in the
The curse of the vanishing link strikes again! :-)
http://www.elvum.net/gallery/pdml0404
S
Steve Jolly wrote:
Better late than never, I hope :-) Worth looking at for the photo of
Cotty alone, I reckon.
The last four photos were taken with the l'Espion Xtra pocket digicam
that you can see in
That D60 looks like a bloody tank next too an *ist D. I hadn't realised
the size difference was so much
Cheers
Shaun
Steve Jolly wrote:
The curse of the vanishing link strikes again! :-)
http://www.elvum.net/gallery/pdml0404
S
Steve Jolly wrote:
Better late than never, I hope :-) Worth
Peter J. Alling wrote:
Saturn ranked #2 behind Infinity in 2003, that does seem to be a
combination of car and dealership satisfaction however.
That's as I recall it.
Mine is a 1999 and it's been an excellent car!
When the dealer was only 5 miles away, it was a good place to take my
car. Auto
Beautiful car Paul, with the 50 years coming up in 2005, is there
anything
planned for owners?
Malcolm
Thanks Malcolm. There will probably be some special events and perhaps
even a retro look new car that pays homage to the original design. I
belong to a club called Tri-Five Cruisers that
Hi,
Better late than never, I hope :-) Worth looking at for the photo of
Cotty alone, I reckon.
The last four photos were taken with the l'Espion Xtra pocket digicam
that you can see in the central photo along with Bob's Leica, John's
*istD and Cotty's weight-lifting equipment - as you
Really nice Paul.. Oh and the car's nice too ;)
But seriously, that looks like a really sweet ride. I missed most of the
discussion on this thread, so may have missed it- how much does one of those
cost all minty like that?
Regards,
Ryan
- Original Message -
From: Paul Stenquist
This is very weird. My original message is not in the mail archives, and I
never received it back. Did anyone receive it? The Man of a Thousand Email
Addresses apparently did, and forged a response from Dag in a transparent
and feeble attempt to get me offside with Dag, with whom I've never had
my replies and new mail have not been coming through for 2 days at least
Anthony, I think several people have had problems with messages not
appearing. Someone also reported a virus going round which may explain
it.
Antonio.
On 13 Jun 2004, at 15:04, Anthony Farr wrote:
This is very weird. My original message is not in the mail archives,
and I
never received it
Hi all you GFM visitors.
I was thinking
While I didn't go to GFM I still would like to see what was photographically produced
during your stay.
Many links have already been posted and I've seen some of it. New links and pictures
will be uploaded.
I've been trying to tidy up my overflowed
Shel, another sweet children photo, you're going soft on us. It is very
nice though. Tells a nice story.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi, Gang ...
This one's just a work print, straight from the scanner. No cropping,
adjustments, spotting, modifications of any kind, not even sharpening Think
of it as a
He just scanned the test target instead of photographing it and scanning the
film. His results are meaningless comparing them to the rest. Also note, without
reading deeply, it seems that the tests also reflect the film and lens used by
each tester. In other words like a lot of well meaning
For negative film, within limits, exposure determines shadow density, and
development determines highlight density. That is increasing exposure makes the
lightest negative image denser, and increasing development makes the darkest
negative image denser. Thus blown highlights (in the print) are
Hi, see below...
DM into another problem as the times start to get close to or below 5 minutes.
DM We were told that the film has a reciprocity of at least 5 minutes to
DM perform correctly, thus diluting becomes necessary to extend development
DM times.
Reciprocity? I don't understand what you
MM change a lot, still ugly artifacts and over sharpness. The artefacts look a
MM bit like maximum JPG compressed but with a violet tint on larger uniform
MM areas an the black and white photos?
Hmm, that does remind me of how overly compressed jpeg might look
like. As you sent uncompressed
Hi Bruce.
Some very nice shots in that group.
I especially like the fence ones.I have a thing for fences,mostly split rail ones.Must
have come from
surveying all those old abandoned farms in the 70's,LOL
One of the things i look for in my rural drives are unique fences and i like
Stop pretending to be me.
DagT
På 13. jun. 2004 kl. 17.37 skrev Dag T:
You play with fire, you get burned. It's not like you didn't ask for
it you
damn fool idiot. Do you think you can just insult people without
consequences??? YOu're a bigger idiot than anyone on this list if you
think
thats
Hi all.
This is sort of a Part Deux from the Quick Prints thread from last month.
I have been experimenting with some digital kiosk's in the area but was not to happy
with
them.Images
were ok but not great.
One of my managers said he had
Hi,
Thats nice to know Dave.
My local C-41 guy uses Kodak Gold paper and machine etc. and the
results are fantastic - particularly with Fuji S-100, NPS and NPH.
antonio
On 13 Jun 2004, at 19:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all.
This is
Hi,
I had the pleasure to watch one of four dokumentations on swiss television
of famous photographers, sadly I missed the other
parts. It showed Inge Morath at work for Magnum and a lot of interviews with
other important photographers like Capa/Bresson...
I did not manage to see the brand
For some silly reason, I forgot to copy the URL for Future Shop, and
would like to know how to contact them!
keith whaley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all.
This is sort of a Part Deux from the Quick Prints thread from last month.
I have
I want more control over my colour printing process, which has got me
thinking about 'going digital'. However, digital photography still has
some serious shortfalls in that:
1 - I like to do slideshows and digital projection solutions are either
poor or expensive or both
2 - I also like
Great shot, really like it. Was it a 35mm lens? In any case, it has an
interesting perspective.
Paul
On Jun 13, 2004, at 10:51 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi, Gang ...
This one's just a work print, straight from the scanner. No cropping,
adjustments, spotting, modifications of any kind, not even
I just bought a Nikon Coolscan V, and have used several Nikon Coolscans
over the past couple of years. I'm content with my choice, although I
would have preferred a Coolscan 5000 because it works in 16 bit rather than
14 bit mode, has a somewhat higher D-max, and is capable of doing multi
scans.
Most likely a 50mm as that's all I had at the time. Don't think I added a
35mm until later.
Shel Belinkoff
[Original Message]
From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Great shot, really like it. Was it a 35mm lens? In any case, it has an
interesting perspective.
Hi, Gang ...
This
I know this is an unmoderated list, but looking at the e-mail purported to
be from Dag, it's obvious that it is not Dag's writing.
At what point does the List God decide that it's time to bounce people?
Impersonating others borders on criminal, IMHO, and in this case it seems
not to be
If we put GFM in the subject line, anyone could just filter off the stuff
into a folder for future viewing. At this point, it seems that pretty much
all the GFM threads are regarding photos of the event, anyway.
Maybe someone has a better was of identifying such posts with GFM photos.
regards,
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi, Gang ...
This one's just a work print, straight from the scanner. No cropping,
adjustments, spotting, modifications of any kind, not even sharpening Think
of it as a contact print. Comments welcome.
http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/paw/friends-sf1968.html
Yet another example of how wisdom is usually not learned in school
Norm
-Original Message-
From: Shawn K. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jun 10, 2004 11:47 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: reagan cortege
All good points, Eleanor,
A month or two ago, someone (was it Dag?) posted a pic or two of the royal
wedding in Norway. No one said 'boo. In fact, most seemed to think they
were wonderful (which they were, from a photographic viewpoint, and from the
viewpoint of documenting a newsworthy
Thanks!
This is, in fact a little bit more complicated. In stead of a pin hole
I used a monocular to project the image to the floor. It makes the
process a bit more simple, but the principle is the same.
DagT
På 11. jun. 2004 kl. 18.02 skrev Gonz:
That is awesome! I remember as a kid seeing
Intersting idea. But why use a scanner. Would it not be possible to use a
digital camera and a dedicated slide copier?
All the best
Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: David Miers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 13. juni 2004
Thanks, to you and all the rest of you who have taken the time to
comment.
Because of Shawns use of my email address I will be quite for a while.
With the kids I don´t have much time anyway. But to those who are
uncertain of what was me, I never use a space between the g and the T
in the
Well spoken, Peter!
Next step - the expected low cost Baby *ist D should have the aperture
simulator lever, since it's aimed at consumers, with less money to spend on
a digital body as well as new lenses.
Are you listening Pentax?
Are you listening Pentax?
Are you listening Pentax?
Are you
Or it might be true that all new Pentax lenses would have no aperture ring
so that they could produce IS/USM in the near future.
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Actually I think leaving out compatibility was a marketing decision, (the
engineers probably had the mount
designed
For slides only, you might consider Minolta Scan Elite 5400. With colour/BW
negatives, get Vuescan too.
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
I want more control over my colour printing process, which has got me
thinking about 'going digital'. However, digital photography still has
That was an hour and 40 minutes ago...
What's happened?
keith
Cotty wrote:
On 13/6/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, offered:
[...]
BTW England 1 - France nil, with 30 mins to go.
Cheers,
Cotty
Hi Ann
I wanted to thank you a long time ago for your answer to my color negative
scanning, it works now
and anyway you must have joined GFM then...
Do you know the little shareware Scrabble game ScrabOut 1.0 from Lance
Frohman. It is not limited in any
way and just has a small nag screen at the
Hi Frantisek
Unlikely, the uncompressed JPG's where around 700 to 1200KB in size and what
really makes me wonder is the slight violet
color of the artifacts on black and white prints and it's mostly on larger
areas of grey and on the skin of
persons. Really annoying, I ordered over 40 enlargements
Hi Bob
she seems to be a very warm hearted, charming and talented women even over
television.
I think she studied some kind of art and she started making photos by chance
when she went to Venice
and was so impressed by it's beauty. She was asking for a photographer at
Magnum to take a photo story
Cotty wrote:
On 13/6/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, offered:
That D60 looks like a bloody tank next too an *ist D. I hadn't realised
the size difference was so much
Cheers
Shaun
Hmmm. The size difference is exaggerated on three counts:
1. The D60 has a Smegma 14mm 2.8 wedged on
On 13/6/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, offered:
Now I remember. Everything you always wanted to now about sex, etc .
. Boy that was long time ago. Debbie and I saw it at the drive in.
Oooh. Was that when you were.*courtin' * ??
Nudge nudge wink wink
Cheers,
Cotty
It's beautiful, Shel!!
You've captured the innocence of youth. I wish I could recapture that for
myself.
thanks,
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]
Reply-To:
**Only one extra addition today**
Marnie:
http://members.aol.com/eactivist/GFMPeople/
http://members.aol.com/eactivist/GFMNature/Pages/
Mark Roberts:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gfm2004.htm
Jostein:
http://www.oksne.net
Cotty:
http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps
Graywolf:
Hey Cotty, and this is related to Pentax and photograpy how exactly?
Dont you think you may be a bit hypocritical for slamming others for
being off-topic
Antonio
On 13 Jun 2004, at 22:12, Cotty wrote:
On 13/6/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated,
offered:
Now I remember. Everything
Frank,
Try being a little bit more tolerant of others and lighten up. You are
as young as you feel.
A.
On 13 Jun 2004, at 23:57, frank theriault wrote:
It's beautiful, Shel!!
You've captured the innocence of youth. I wish I could recapture that
for myself.
thanks,
frank
The optimist thinks
Frits Wüthrich wrote:
My sincere condolence, Cotty.
The last two minutes were amazing.
In a watching a train crash kind of way, yes...
S
you are using an incompetent lab.
Herb...
- Original Message -
From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:41 AM
Subject: Real ugly artifacts on print enlargements
I was of course prepared for the quality loss due to the scanning and
i am friends with the CTO of FuturePhoto. we went to school together. he
designed the digital printing system's architecture and color management
system.
Herb...
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 9:44 AM
Subject: OT:I now have
Hey gang, had to share..
Gotta help with my photo career , no?
Got mixed reviews in papers but wow - two thumbs
up from the TV guys EBERT AND ROPER!
Here is a thing I slapped quickly together for my
Scrabble friends -
IN the film, they used a few pictures I put
together on a borrowed camera
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
for those who wondered about my father, he's
mending rapidly and he even
felt well enough to go out and take some pictures with us yesterday. And that's
my second ON-topic comment, since he uses a K1000. :-)
ERN
Ern - so glad to hear that he is well and has such
Shaun,
Picture are interesting to look at when they help us see things from a
different perspective. Your arial shots have done just that for me.
Very interesting and wonderful to view. Thanks for sharing. The
flower shots are excellent, too.
Thanks,
Bruce
Saturday, June 12, 2004, 5:17:49
Shel,
As I looked at this photo, I thought of what I would think of it were
the kids wearing clothes of today. The period it was taken in seems
to have some charm for me. Not quite sure why, but I think it really
adds to the image.
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Sunday, June 13, 2004, 7:51:04 AM,
The view from Scotland is not unsatisfactory, thinking of the Auld
Alliance.
John
(But condolences to our sassenach neighbours)
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:34:35 +0100, Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Frits Wüthrich wrote:
My sincere condolence, Cotty.
The last two minutes were amazing.
In a
On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 12:27, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I just bought a Nikon Coolscan V, and have used several Nikon Coolscans
over the past couple of years. I'm content with my choice, although I
would have preferred a Coolscan 5000 because it works in 16 bit rather than
14 bit mode, has a
You can, Frank ... lose the bunny ears and start wearing a beanie with a
propeller on top. Quit drinking and carousing and staying out til all
hours. Eat a healthy diet, eschew the seven deadly sins, or at least some
of them. Give yourself over to a higher power - at least two gigabytes -
and
If the baby *istD had aperture simulator lever, we would know for certain
there would not be any USM or IS in the near future. Personally, I believe
it will not have it because all the DA lenses have none, so why the baby D?
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
If this happened
William Robb wrote:
My Kennel club is putting on a conformation show this weekend. Since
I have to be there as Show Superintendant, which seems to be
primarily a schmooze job, I have been running around with my camera
taking lots of pictures.
Here is a sample of what a dog show looks like
Maybe, but the enlarger has a focusing ability. I'd lay a piece of paper on
the scanner first and focus the same way I would for an easel. Thus the
projected image would be perfectly focused on the scanner glass. I'm
reasonable sure it can't be this easy though or somebody would be selling
this
- Original Message -
From: Jens Bladt
Subject: RE: canon vs pentax
Well spoken, Peter!
Next step - the expected low cost Baby *ist D should have the aperture
simulator lever, since it's aimed at consumers, with less money to spend
on
a digital body as well as new lenses.
Don't be
- Original Message -
From: Dave
Subject: OT:I now have a use for Future Shop
I have been experimenting with some digital kiosk's in the area but was
not to happy with
them.Images
were ok but not great.
Dave, are the machines visible form the common area,and if so, are they
Noritsu.
Let's add my main GFM page:
http://www.robertstech.com/g_father.htm
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
Tanja said:
Mine is coming soon! I have an entire 2 week trip to cover in mine, so it
is taking a little longer than anticipated!
You also had a two-week trip -- that's right! How many pictures did you take in
two weeks? I'm trying to figure out if anyone else is as crazy as I am, or
maybe
Ann posted:
Ern - so glad to hear that he is well and has such
good taste in cameras too!
Hope you can make it to you know where next year.
Best,
annsan
Ann -- I hope so too.
BTW I was the one who originally bought him a K1000. :-)
He was a non-Pentax screw-mount user from way back,
Hi
I'm strongly still thinking about bailing out on one system or the other and
the service record for Minolta from other lists I'm on really seems to be
bad. I personally have only had one dealing with them and although
expensive, the results were satisfactory. However many people especially
Perhaps if Antonio showed enough respect to actually get the ~name right~ of
the person he is responding to, folks around here might show him a bit of
respect, too.
Just to set the record straight, Frantisek wrote the intial post, not me.
By referring to him as Frank, I don't know if Antonio
Hi, Paul,
Funny how the vast majority of those (in fact all but a small handful) who
have joined this list since I started have been welcomed with open arms, and
have managed to fit in beautifully with no problems.
Those few that have ruffled feathers from the outset tend to blame the
list and
-Original Message-
From: Malcolm Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tom van Veen:
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tan/index.htm
These are mostly Tan's pics, most of mine are on their way to the processor.
These are from the week before we went to gfm...
You know, Shel,
Now that you mention all the fun we adults can have, to hell with youth!
I'll take carousing and drinking any day. What was I thinking?
vbg
-frank
PS: I really did like the pic, though (it was the pic I was complimenting,
not necessarily the photog...) vbg
The optimist thinks
Hey, Shaun,
GFM was a piece of cake. This weekend on the List has been a different
story...
vbg
cheers,
frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Dr. Shaun Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL
Thanks Bruce.
Cheers
Shaun
Bruce Dayton said:
Shaun,
Picture are interesting to look at when they help us see things from a
different perspective. Your arial shots have done just that for me.
Very interesting and wonderful to view. Thanks for sharing. The
flower shots are excellent,
KT Takeshita played with his extremely optimistic version of the magic 8
ball and proclaimed:
In-camera movement compensation is physically impossible with film camera
(even I can tell. Didn't Leica or Contax try it before? :-). But with a
small and light CCD element, suddenly the movement
Of course it was a rude, thoughtless act designed solely to ruffle feathers
and create a stir. I mean clearly, this is the case, it was not simply a
mistake on the part of the author, no way, no how. Simply not the case at
all. In fact, you can clearly see in the following example that the two
Paul,
It seems that at least 1/2 of my posts aren't making it to the list (but I
suspect it's hotmail's fault, not the lists). Anyway, I posted a very
similar idea to yours. If it's not illegal to assume someone else's
identity, it should be. I know it's illegal if it's done for personal
On 04.6.13 6:43 PM, Jim Apilado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was reading the travel section in my Sunday paper. The writer suggested
that visitors to Tokyo should visit the Pentax Forum. What is this?
Pentax Forum is a place where you can see, touch and operate all current
products including
Frank,
False accusations are also a criminal act Frank, the more you talk the more
the scales tilt.
-That Guy
-Original Message-
From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:04 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PAW: Venus - of course - and Shawn
On 04.6.13 11:19 PM, Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If the lens is moving and the sensor is stationary then what
would the captured image look like? I would think that in camera
stabilization would require some type of stabilizing lens element in front
of the sensor rather than
That's the one I thought you meant.
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
William Robb wrote:
My Kennel club is putting on a conformation show this weekend. Since
I have to be there as Show Superintendant, which seems to be
primarily a schmooze job, I have been running around with my camera
taking lots of
Yeah I know Frank...there are 9ft tall people bleeding all over the
placeit's a war zone out there!VBG
Sounds like you all had fun at GFm anyway.
Cheers
Shaun
frank theriault said:
Hey, Shaun,
GFM was a piece of cake. This weekend on the List has been a different
story...
vbg
Just noticed a comment on Boj's site:
snip
11.06.2004 How about a K 1000 Digital? Pentax is apparently
debathing whether to name their budget digital SLR after their
most-widely-known film body.
/snip
Whaddayareckon? (no wise comments about 'debathing')
I had a thought that they should offer
Hi!
My reply in between the lines.
FV But if anybody feels there is net abuse going on, here is what you can
FV do:
FV 00) do not reply to the stupid messages. It just fuels the flame war.
FV See Godwin's law. Ignoring idiots is the best way to make them shut
FV up.
Oh yes, that's for sure.
Peter J. Alling wrote:
That's the one I thought you meant.
GOt to you too, eh? :)
ann
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
William Robb
this one is heartbreaking :)
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pages/IMGP3295.htm
my netscape is creaky but I did get to look at
some of these...
this
Hi Shawn,
Sorry Shaun, I should've got the name right by now...
Simon
-Original Message-
From: Simon King
Sent: Monday, 14 June 2004 12:46 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: New Images
Hi Shawn,
Great stuff. I particularly liked the form and flow of
The problem is that a good SLR system is - economically - 90% lenses and 10%
bodies. That's what por will buy. But most people will maximum buy 50/50.
That's why pro camera manufacturers can sell expensive bodies. Small
companies have to make relativly expensive bodies to compete - and then try
Correction:
The problem is that a good SLR system is - economically - 90% lenses and 10%
bodies. That's what professionals will buy. But most people will maximum
buy 50/50. That's why pro camera manufacturers can sell expensive bodies.
Small companies have to make relativly expensive bodies to
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