Re: Casio/Pentax

2004-06-16 Thread Dario Bonazza
While the new Optio MX might have a Sharp LCD, since it claims CG Silicon technology. Dario Bonazza - Original Message - From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:14 AM Subject: Re: Casio/Pentax Indeed. The 33WR I disassembled had many

PAW A clinical view

2004-06-16 Thread Rob Studdert
And now for something completely different: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2448548size=sm Comments and criticisms welcome as usual :-) Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PAW Art or entomology?

2004-06-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 15 Jun 2004 at 19:02, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Shel, Thanks for the thoughtful comments throughout the post, I didn't mean to come across to be too critical, I obviously clumsily mis-read your intents. Remember, I may be one of the only people on this list, perhaps the only one, who has

Re: PAW A clinical view

2004-06-16 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Very nicely done Rob. Antonio On 16 Jun 2004, at 11:34, Rob Studdert wrote: And now for something completely different: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2448548size=sm Comments and criticisms welcome as usual :-) Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT)

Re: PAW A clinical view

2004-06-16 Thread Keith Whaley
That's a great shot, Rob! I selected large image, and it became about twice life size. Plenty of detail. Reach right in and drag it out of the screen! How interesting...seems you have an internal filter in there. Dial it in or out. I just turned down [the purchase of] a Sigma XQ Filtermatic 24mm

Re: Image Tanks

2004-06-16 Thread Herb Chong
from a full charge, i believe that the 2G Microdrive is as much as can be safely copied from Microdrives. i did the numbers once and it seems that about 3G is where it is expected to run out of power. i'm thinking of getting the Flashtrax myself, but will use only solid state memory cards with it.

Re: Last GFM 2004 link update - 16th June.

2004-06-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
[...] I looked at all of your photos and must say that I am almost sure you are all nice people and it is a damn pleasure to be here with you :-) And you had a great time as I have seen :-) I really hope I would be able to meet you in the future - I'd love too! But we had a great time here in

Re: PAW A clinical view

2004-06-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 16.06.04 11:34, Rob Studdert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And now for something completely different: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2448548size=sm Comments and criticisms welcome as usual :-) I really like this shot, I always appreciate nature shots of so difficult to find

Re: Traveller's questions

2004-06-16 Thread Anders Hultman
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Bob W wrote: 1. Is photography officially allowed inside the airport buildings? That varies from country to country. (...) 2. Is photography officially allowed on the planes? I have never had any problems with this. That would probably also vary from contry to

Re: PAW A clinical view

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! And now for something completely different: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2448548size=sm Comments and criticisms welcome as usual :-) Is it yours? You're one lucky fellow g... Boris P.S. I do appreciate your opinion of my comments.

Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
And increase digital production. Who's next? http://www.dpreview.com/news/0406/04061601nikonexitfilm.asp -- Best Regards Sylwek

RE: Traveller's questions

2004-06-16 Thread Anders Hultman
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: BTW, it totally sucks shooting on commercial airline. The windows are two layers, and made of this plasticky stuff. There is usually fingerprints and scratches and stuff all over them. The figerprints and scratches would be so totally out

Re: IS in Pentax *istD (was Re: canon vs pentax)

2004-06-16 Thread Tom Reese
Herb Chong wrote this in response to my speculation on how image stabilization could be done: that's how it's done in Nikon and Canon and how IS binoculars from various vendors work too. software implementations require sensors and image processors far faster than can be reasonably powered right

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Sarbu Alexandru
Read again... they talk about compact film cameras. Alex Sarbu --- Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And increase digital production. Who's next? http://www.dpreview.com/news/0406/04061601nikonexitfilm.asp -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 16.06.04 13:21, Sarbu Alexandru at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read again... they talk about compact film cameras. Compact cameras will be first to burn: will begin to move out of production of film cameras, starting with compact film cameras., so it is clear, that SLRs will be next... -- Best

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
Yes, they did say compact film cameras would be the first to go...then others too follow no doubt. Cheers Shaun Sarbu Alexandru wrote: Read again... they talk about compact film cameras. Alex Sarbu --- Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And increase digital production. Who's next?

Re: Pictures telling a story - I hope so :-)

2004-06-16 Thread John Forbes
Super shot. Well caught. John On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 01:47:48 +0200, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all a family with 2 girls and a boy where playing hiding, I took several shoots with the Pentax SFX and 35-135mm zoom on autofocus setting but still had some problems with focusing and

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Sarbu Alexandru
Yes, but please ignore Phil's comments and read only the article. Kimura said Nikon had no plans to stop producing film SLRs, but that it may next year start considering pulling out of the film compact camera business due to a sharp plunge in demand. It's clear that SLRs will be next, but imho not

Re: GFM: Dans l'Objectif du Lapin Demente

2004-06-16 Thread John Forbes
Crazy shots, crazy guy! (To paraphrase Glenda Slag, a well-known British columnist). Easily the best of the people pics, Frank. (IMO). John On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:27:18 -0400, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Got back a coupla rolls o' colour today. These are all the arm's length

Re: pics

2004-06-16 Thread brooksdj
Thanks Dave, for perservering through two posts to make those comments. When I saw those fences and fields, I asked my friend (the driver) to quickly stop the car so I could get the shots. I think he was minorly annoyed, but oh well... Bruce

Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
How about P.K.Dick, anybody? :) _fra_ Tuesday, June 15, 2004, 11:43:03 PM, Peter wrote: PJA That's something to look for... PJA Cotty wrote: On 15/6/04, GIANFRANCARLO, discombobulated, offered: [* I had a brilliant job today - met one of my all-time heroes - Gerry Anderson.

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Wednesday, June 16, 2004, 12:15:47 AM, Yefei wrote: YH Who's directing the film? It may end up the same disaster as YH Hollywood's Solaris -- Average movie goers got bored by it, YH fans of Tarkovsky's version despised it, and fans of YH Stanislaw Lem's book hated it ( many of them felt

Re: Optio S40

2004-06-16 Thread Rfsindg
Sidewalk! He took it from your sidewalk! Damn, I'm living in the wrong place... Regards, Bob S. PS: Looked at my daughter's Optio S4 after a year at college in her purse. It's a bit scratched up, but otherwwise fine. She still carries it everywhere. Tom C. writes: Here's the right link.

RE: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Alan Chan
And increase digital production. Who's next? http://www.dpreview.com/news/0406/04061601nikonexitfilm.asp Konica-Minolta, who else? g Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan _ Free yourself from those irritating pop-up ads with

Re: Optio S40

2004-06-16 Thread graywolf
Northern Idaho is probably the most rugged part of the lower 48. There really is a Treasure Mountain there (for the Louis Lamure fans). I once had lunch in a restaurant near that mountain. They had a snow cat (big red thing with 4 catapiller treads, not a Ski-doo) parked in the driveway. It

Re: Traveller's questions

2004-06-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
AH don't disturb much. Maybe they add some hazyness but most often the images AH get quite hazy anyway at those heights. For BW, just use yellow, orange or red filter. Lot of the haze should be removable by it. Best regards, Frantisek Vlcek

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Alan Chan
It's clear that SLRs will be next, but imho not in the near future. The market has been changing so fast we really wouldn't know, would we? :-) Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan _ MSN Premium with Virus Guard and

Re: Optio S40

2004-06-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice () View. So whats the backyard view like? Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Optio S40 Here's the right link. I'm a dufus sometimes... http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=250983 Tom C.

Analog vs digital by Herbert Keppler

2004-06-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Interesting comparison - analog *ist vs *istD for these, who would like to print directly from digital :-) Oh, and Herbert has bought *istD too ;-) http://popphoto.com/article.asp?print_page=ysection_id=2article_id=964pag e_number=1preview= -- Best Regards Sylwek

RE: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread David Miers
Pentax is probably closer then Konica-Minolta, since they are actually in the D-SLR market. Minolta just has a prototype with a bunch of engineers with their fingers up their ***. -Original Message- From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:33 AM To:

Re: Analog vs digital by Herbert Keppler

2004-06-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Jun 2004 at 14:57, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Interesting comparison - analog *ist vs *istD for these, who would like to print directly from digital :-) Oh, and Herbert has bought *istD too ;-) http://popphoto.com/article.asp?print_page=ysection_id=2article_id=964pag e_number=1preview=

RE: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Jun 2004 at 9:03, David Miers wrote: Pentax is probably closer then Konica-Minolta, since they are actually in the D-SLR market. Minolta just has a prototype with a bunch of engineers with their fingers up their ***. Pentax didn't pull theirs out until a relatively short time ago

Opinions: A35/2 vs K30/2.8

2004-06-16 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Anyone here use both? How would you compare them? TIA, CRB Sent via the WebMail system at mail.safe-t.net

Re: Analog vs digital by Herbert Keppler

2004-06-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 16.06.04 15:15, Rob Studdert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if he has learned to use it properly yet? I found it amazing that he compared colour casts between the film and digital prints when he had knowingly set the *ist D to AWB. Secondly his latitude comparison would have been a

PAW - Bulletin Board

2004-06-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I've always had a fascination for eyes http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/bb2.html comments and criticism gleefully accepted ;-)) Shel

Re: PAW Art or entomology?

2004-06-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/6/04, STUDDY, discombobulated, offered: I'm sure, it was last back in 2001 that we had and kind of lengthy chat. I'm hoping that I can get back to the US next year. Er, would that be anytime around the beginning of June?? ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

RE: E-mails Purportedly from Me

2004-06-16 Thread Mark Stringer
And it doesn't come from your computer or server. I get many bounced mails from supposedly sent from me that and incorrect address. I didn't send them but when they bounce they come to me. I get lots of junk mail from people at major corporations, that I know there servers are not infected,

Re: Analog vs digital by Herbert Keppler

2004-06-16 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Given that most people use film I think it is perfectly legitimate to compare film with digital. Herbs article makes some valid points about the digital darkroom and its drawbacks , and I think that its good discipline for both film and digital practicioners to look to getting the best image

Re: Casio/Pentax

2004-06-16 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Let's also remember that there are only so many semiconductor fabricators out there. Open up a Canon or Nikon and you'll find other names as well. Collin Sent via the WebMail system at mail.safe-t.net

Re: Analog vs digital by Herbert Keppler

2004-06-16 Thread Bill Owens
IMO, Keppler failed to take advantage of the D's adjustable white balance. I seldom use AWB, and find the preset or manual settings much more accurate at color reproductions. Bill

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
He died young with no one to protect his legacy. (If you want to see an adaptation that hoovers read Heinline's Starship Troopers before you see the movie, I have nothing but revulsion for the sequel, not yet released). Frantisek Vlcek wrote: Wednesday, June 16, 2004, 12:15:47 AM, Yefei wrote:

Re: F28/2.8 vs. FA28/2.8

2004-06-16 Thread Joe Wilensky
I just picked up an F 28/2.8 from KEH, and I will try to make some comparisons with the FA 28/2.8 I have in the next couple of weeks. I did have an A 28/2.8 for a while, which is the same formula as the F lens, and it never significantly impressed me. Some of that may have been that the PZ-1 I

Re: Image Tank

2004-06-16 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/15/2004 11:10:09 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie, Where did you get your Vosonic in the US? --- Don't know that mine is Vosonic. When I went to double-check where I got it, the web page is not coming up. But I got mine at

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Keith Whaley
Tom Reese wrote: And increase digital production. Who's next? http://www.dpreview.com/news/0406/04061601nikonexitfilm.asp I think it's a very far jump to reach that conclusion. I do not believe that Nikon will abandon the film SLR market. Compact cameras are an entirely different product for an

Re: Pentax Mid-term Management Plan..

2004-06-16 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi Ryan, on 17 Jun 04 you wrote in pentax.list: ... The good kilogram sushi scorpion mustache! Very cool. ROTFL! I'll take a dozen... Try http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/ (you have to choose the right button below the input field). Excite works better than babelfish, sometimes. But I

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 16.06.04 18:28, Keith Whaley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ARE Pentax dropping the MZ-S? At least it disappeared from Pentax Germany price list and it is no longer available at biggest German internet shop www.fotokoch.de that fully suports Pentax. Just *ist, MZ-60 and MZ-M left. -- Best

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Wednesday, June 16, 2004, 4:53:19 PM, Peter wrote: PJA He died young with no one to protect his legacy. (If you want to see an PJA adaptation that hoovers read Heinline's Starship PJA Troopers before you see the movie, I have nothing but revulsion for the PJA sequel, not yet released). I did

RE: SMC K 2.8/24mm

2004-06-16 Thread Andy Chang
I have this lens and I think I paid around USD160 for it second hand Great lens, worth every penny for it! Andy -Original Message- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SMC K 2.8/24mm Does any of you

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
It's funny, the SF community is much like the Pentax community, they feel they're in some kind of a getto and most of them are friends. Frantisek Vlcek wrote: Wednesday, June 16, 2004, 4:53:19 PM, Peter wrote: PJA He died young with no one to protect his legacy. (If you want to see an PJA

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Dario Bonazza
Keith Whaley wrote: I am concerned about Pentax though. Their marketing segment is significantly smaller than Canon and Nikon and dropping the MZ-S could be a very bad sign. ARE Pentax dropping the MZ-S? They are. I've been told that in practice you can no longer sell anything costing more

RE: SMC K 2.8/24mm

2004-06-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Andy Chang wrote: I have this lens and I think I paid around USD160 for it second hand Great lens, worth every penny for it! I believe that the A 24/2.8 has the same optics. Since most Pentax bodies no longer work with pre-A lenses as well as post-A lenses I would suggest

Re: Optio S40

2004-06-16 Thread Tom C
The backside is against a very steep hill so there's not alot there but trees and bushes. If I walk out away from the house 200ft in the direction the picture was taken I have about a 270 degree mountain view. Tom C. From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: Analog vs digital by Herbert Keppler

2004-06-16 Thread John Francis
On 16 Jun 2004 at 14:57, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Interesting comparison - analog *ist vs *istD for these, who would like to print directly from digital :-) Oh, and Herbert has bought *istD too ;-) http://popphoto.com/article.asp?print_page=ysection_id=2article_id=964pag

PAW - Poppies

2004-06-16 Thread Cotty
I don't often do a PAW, I think this is my second. This is the site in a field a few miles from home: http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/landscapes/images/pic32.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
I have been told, by a Nikon sponsored pro, that there will be no new Nikon SLR film camera. Now I guess the question is what does new mean? Would a slightly modified F5 count as new or not? Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Sarbu Alexandru [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Nikon to

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-16 Thread John Francis
OMG, a film version of I,Robot? I must have completely missed the news. If the Solaris analogy applies, I would dislike it, because I am a lover of Tarkovskij version. And of Stanislaw Lem. BTW, how many US PDMLers know St. Lem? Or brothers Strugackijs? These are one of the world's best

Re: Analog vs digital by Herbert Keppler

2004-06-16 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi Rob, on 16 Jun 04 you wrote in pentax.list: I wonder if he has learned to use it properly yet? I found it amazing that he compared colour casts between the film and digital prints when he had knowingly set the *ist D to AWB. I felt the same reading Keppler's article. You have to use a DSLR

RE: SMC K 2.8/24mm

2004-06-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks, I will try to look for an A version. I'm glad you (Andy) think it's a good lens, 'cause my 20mm is too wide sometimes. I don't know which Pentax bodies, that will not work with K and M lenses, Alex??? I use my M85mm, K105mm, K135mm, M35mm, M50mm and M*300mm with all my Pentax'es from

SV: Steep grade (was: GFM 2004 links as at 14th June.)

2004-06-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Powerful shot annasan! Brilliant. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Dario Bonazza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. juni 2004 09:22 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Steep grade (was: GFM 2004 links as at 14th June.) Ann

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Tom Reese
Sylwester Pietrzyk replied to Keith Wheley's reply to my reply as follows: KW ARE Pentax dropping the MZ-S? SP At least it disappeared from Pentax Germany price list and it is no longer available at biggest German internet shop www.fotokoch.de that fully suports Pentax. Just *ist, MZ-60 and

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-16 Thread Cotty
More on the film versions, poor great PK Dick must be rotating in grave because of all the bad adaptations of his work into movies. Except Blade Runner, all of the other movies hoovered big time. It's strange that of all writers, his were adapted often, but very badly. Actually the original

RE: SMC K 2.8/24mm

2004-06-16 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: I don't know which Pentax bodies, that will not work with K and M lenses, Alex??? They will allow work, but many won't meter properly. Sorry, I don't know the models of the exact film cameras which this is true for. When I bought my MZ-5n it was true of

RE: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Jens Bladt
I guess all real future innovation in camera technology will be in the digital department. However, most of our film cameras will still work fine in twenty years. At least I believe my K1000 will still be working fine when *ist D, Canon EOS 1Ds, Nikon 2DH etc. are long dead and gone. Of course, I

Re: Last GFM 2004 link update - 16th June.

2004-06-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:04:12 +0100, Malcolm Smith wrote: **As Doug F has kindly provided a web page for the GFM 2004 links, this will be the last one** These updates are now online on the web page http://www.NutDriver.org/GFM2004.shtml I will try to catch updates as they go by on the

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Keith Whaley
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: on 16.06.04 18:28, Keith Whaley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ARE Pentax dropping the MZ-S? At least it disappeared from Pentax Germany price list and it is no longer available at biggest German internet shop www.fotokoch.de that fully suports Pentax. Just *ist, MZ-60 and

Re: OT: SciFi was:Re: Camera Bag Enabled

2004-06-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:15:08 +0200, Frantisek Vlcek wrote: OMG, a film version of I,Robot? Based on the (very short) trailer or ad I saw the other day, I expect it to bear only the weakest resemblance to the written tales. It'll have robots and humans in it, but that looks like where the

Re: PAW - Poppies

2004-06-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
This type of shot (large field of something) is one that I really like to look at. There are some great elements in this one - the poppies, the sky, the clump of trees in the background - about the only thing that doesn't grab at me is the color. Seems just a bit weak (maybe I have seen too many

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Keith Whaley
What did the MZ-S sell for? I've no idea.. Not that I need another Pentax body (!) but... keith Tom Reese wrote: [...] The new price list did not contain the MZ-S. Adorama has dropped it from their website. RitzCamera.com and CameraWorld.com both list the BG-10 but neither has the MZ-S. I think

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
I doubt that they would put any more RD or retooling into film SLR's. So to me it would mean no changed to the current line unless there were a simple firmware change that could be made. I just suspect that they couldn't recoup the cost. My local store here (Nikon Pentax) that stocks everything

Re: PAW - Poppies

2004-06-16 Thread Keith Whaley
Nice, Cotty! You should see acre after acre of California poppies, when they bloom... A rich orange, several fields of them is really gorgeous! Well, you've been here, you know... keith Cotty wrote: I don't often do a PAW, I think this is my second. This is the site in a field a few miles from

Re: PAW - Poppies

2004-06-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 16.06.04 19:15, Cotty at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't often do a PAW, I think this is my second. Just like me, i did it only once ;-) This is the site in a field a few miles from home: http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/landscapes/images/pic32.html Wow! Wonderful place, great photo - you

Re: PAW .... Kaboom! and Man Waiting for Ketchup

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! SB Boris, you seem so heavy of heart sometimes. Coming from one, I can say SB that you sometimes epitomize the stereotypical Russian Jew. You should SB meet my grandfather (on my mother's side) ;-)) Well, you are actually correct. But please allow me not to elaborate on this. SB You

Re: PAW - Poppies

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hello there. C I don't often do a PAW, I think this is my second. C This is the site in a field a few miles from home: C http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/landscapes/images/pic32.html Tilted a little, but nice. We had our season of poppies some months ago... Oh well, nothing is uniform, climate

Re: PAW: Pears

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! BD Boris, BD You thought of one that I didn't. I was thinking along the lines of BD accusation - Me? No, I didn't eat those... kind of thing. BD Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed it as I did. Actually it is from yet another joke, not about Jews this time though... So it is not an

Re: PAW - Bulletin Board

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! SB I've always had a fascination for eyes SB http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/bb2.html SB comments and criticism gleefully accepted ;-)) Shel, please take what I am going to right as a piece of reasoning, not emotion, ok? g I've seen quite a few of your PAWs and few times I had

Re: PAW - Flower

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! SD Being too lazy to build an entire website, I will release these slowly: SD http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/ SD and the PAW action ought to make Shel happy ;-) It is technically very competent. The flower itself is beautiful. But it is yet another... Yet another excellent technically

Re: Fox PAW

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! TC Well Boris, TC Thank you for your response... I guess what's special about it to me is... TC How many times have you been able to get within five feet of a fox pup and TC photograph it? Also this was a picture in the wild, not a shot made in a TC controlled environment, or even with a

Re: PAW: The Art Show Opening

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Frank, Don't you think that she is also smiling a little? I wish I could do same magic... Well, not just yet. Boris ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: SV: Steep grade (was: GFM 2004 links as at 14th June.)

2004-06-16 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/16/2004 10:42:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ann Sanfedele wrote: Here is one more - if I can get all my chorse done before I depart I'll do an HTML instead of the sep jpgs... http://users.rcn.com/annsan/steepgrade.jpg Love that

Re: GFM: Dans l'Objectif du Lapin Demente

2004-06-16 Thread Norman Baugher
I noticed all your victims, myself included, had the I'm afraid of Frank's camera! look on their face Norm Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:27:18 -0400 From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got back a coupla rolls o' colour today. These are all the arm's length self-portraits plus vicitm(s).

Re: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread Tom Reese
Keith Whaley wrote:What did the MZ-S sell for? I've no idea.. Not that I need another Pentax body (!) but...I don't remember what I paid for mine. That wasclose to two years ago (I think). Current streetprices are between $750 and $800 US.That camera is one of my two favorite possessions(the other

Re: PAW: Bicycle Stitching

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! SJ http://www.elvum.net/gallery/paw/chris_bike2 SJ I'll explain what's going on in a later post, if people don't want to SJ guess. :-) SJ Pentax ME Super and SMC Pentax-M 50/1.4 at f1.4, 1/30s (I think) on SJ Kodak 200. Scanned from negative, with histogram adjustments and SJ greyscale

Re: PAW: Harbour of Helsingborg, Sweden

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! JB I'm doing a lot of panoramas these days. In PhotoVista 3.0. JB This one shows the new buildings fronting the harbour of Helsingborg in JB Sweenden: JB http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p5168813.html JB All the best Quite magnificent. Technically the clouds are a little burned. However, I

Re: Fox PAW

2004-06-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 15.06.04 18:01, Tom C at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=250938 So you had this once in a lifetime occasion to meet a fox personally :-) Nice animal portrait, with good framing, I would just adjust a little levels, photo seems to be a

Re: Traveller's questions

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I am replying to myself in order to reply to all of those who replied to the questions themselves. I suppose I will grab a shot or two in the waiting hall should I be permitted. I am going to ask for permission. I don't think I will try to shoot while on the plain. It wouldn't make much

Re: Pentax Mid-term Management Plan..

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! RL In new mid-term management plangrowth and enlargement in keyword, the RL technology which covers long time the ? ? ? ? with the centralized ? ? ? the RL good ? ? ? ? ? kilogram sushi ? scorpion mustache ? ? ¬ and others, it RL raises technical power, brand power and profitability in the

Re: Sigma 75-200 3.8 AF Lens

2004-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! CW Does anyone know anything about this lens. Is it worth buying. My co-worker has it. I used it once or twice having borrowed it from him... I cannot say much about it except that it did work properly with my MZ-6. That is AF focused and exposure was correct. I cannot say how old is this

Re: PAW - Poppies

2004-06-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/landscapes/images/pic32.html Wow! Wonderful place, great photo - you couldn't do it better and choice of wide angle was just right here! In Poland it is rare to see that many poppies in nature - perhaps because their stalks were used to make heroine

Re: Dans l'Objectif du Lapin Demente

2004-06-16 Thread frank theriault
Thanks, Jostein, As you likely noticed, I gave the folder a French title, to make it sound all artsy and pretentious. But, if you as the viewer found humour in it, that's fine too, and I'm not at all insulted. The French, after all see Jerry Lewis as a genius, while Americans see him as a

Re: OT -- Re: PAW .... Kaboom! and Man Waiting for Ketchup

2004-06-16 Thread Bob W
Hi, http://www.leca.com/engelsk/lecas-verden/lecas-verden.html Appeals to the mechanical engineer in me! And the do-it-yourself strain in me! g What an interesting product! I never knew it existed... the sort of career every small boy dreams of - to make the floating layer for liquid

RE: PAW: Harbour of Helsingborg, Sweden

2004-06-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Boris, Helsingborg Harbour Panorama now repaired/improved (colour of the sky/burned out clouds) - new link: http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p5215131.html All the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Boris Liberman

Re: PAW: The Art Show Opening

2004-06-16 Thread frank theriault
Boris, It certainly looks to me like she might be smiling. Her cheeks have that look to them, don't they? I was more concentrating on him looking through the viewfinder, though. Until a moment before that shot, her back was to me, and I hadn't seen her face at all. The point I was making

Re: GFM: Dans l'Objectif du Lapin Demente

2004-06-16 Thread frank theriault
Yeah, what was up with that? Geez, Cotty had the fake squirting cam, not me. Did he spook everyone? vbg cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Norman Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] I noticed all

RE: SMC K 2.8/24mm

2004-06-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks, Peter. I guess it's the models with crippled KAF mounts :-) Cheers Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. juni 2004 23:04 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: SMC K 2.8/24mm

PAW - street fashion

2004-06-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Hi, I missed on few PAWs probably as I still haven't recovered the computer enough to access old archives and I have not been shooting anything interesting to use new photos for PAW. This is from an paintings exhibition opening, where there was this fashion show (the people doing

PAW - street fashion

2004-06-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
oops, forgot to add the link url... http://fotof.wz.cz/paw fra

Re: Analog vs digital by Herbert Keppler

2004-06-16 Thread Dario Bonazza
John Francis wrote: Look at the film he loaded into the *ist; Kodak Gold 800. I agree, but... It isn't a bad film, but it's definitely aimed at the tourist snapshot market. That's the audience this article is written for. Which will buy a digital PS instead of the *ist D. Almost useless

Re: SMC K 2.8/24mm

2004-06-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Pretty much... Jens Bladt wrote: Thanks, Peter. I guess it's the models with crippled KAF mounts :-) Cheers Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. juni 2004 23:04 Til: [EMAIL

Re: PAW: Bicycle Stitching

2004-06-16 Thread Steve Jolly
Ah, but is it necessary to understand the subject matter of a photograph in order to offer an opinion on its technical and artistic merits? :-) FWIW, the explanation: he's stitching handlebar tape onto his bike's handlebars. S On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! SJ

Venus Transit #2

2004-06-16 Thread Jostein
Took me a while to find this one again, so it's not exactly news anymore, but I think this one is neater than the first. http://www.oksne.net/paw/venustransit2.html Cheers, Jostein -

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