Re: 43 Limited "Pre-computer?"

2004-07-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
Pål Jensen wrote: > With the 43 Limited Mr. Harakara (Pentax chief lens designer; Jun Hirakawa. > the one who design all(?) the classic * lenses) Afaik, Mr. Hirakawa designed the F*/FA* lenses, not the A*. Not completely sure. > and a famous japanese photographer (who's name I've forgotten b

Re: Another PAW

2004-07-06 Thread Ann Sanfedele
William Robb wrote: > > Forgive me for two in two days, but it may also be another two weeks > before I do something else > I seem to spend a lot of time waiting for trains to pass. > > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/IMGP3989.jpg > > William Robb all I can say is HAR! :) annsan

Re: Does focal length choose the picture? was Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread Ann Sanfedele
William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "frank theriault" > Subject: Re: PAW > > > > > Did you "choose" the focal length, or did it just > > happen? > > > I rarely "compose" a picture. > If I see something that interests me, I look at it through the > viewfinder and adjust

RE: 43 Limited

2004-07-06 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-Original Message- From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:35 PM >The fixed hood saved my 31LTD, it's a pity Kennedys had to straighten it >out to >replace it as I didn't get a picture of it in it's bent state. I got the feeling that hood is prone to impac

RE: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Tom, I am sure people have answered the lens cleaning issue by now, so I will leave that one alone... see below. -Original Message- From: Tom Reese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 3:08 PM I've been using a very soft brush for the dust etc and then using a microfib

RE: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-06 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Sorry Markus, no pictures here since I am on vacation... The worst has been a few rainstorms with the Super Porgram and LX, visiting waterfalls with the same gear, and most recently it was a baseball tourney I helped a friend with. I was shooting with the MZ-S. I just draped a towel over the len

RE: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-06 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 9:35 PM --- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was > So that was my 4th of July adventure. What was > yours? > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html > Glad all's okay,

RE: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-06 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Greywolf, Glad to hear that you made it unscathed. And since you asked - this is what has been keeping me busy... And I will only keep it to the 4th since it really all began on the 2nd :-) I arose at 6:15 a.m. to accompany my friend as he was going to compete in a short duathlon (run/bike/run)

Another PAW

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
Forgive me for two in two days, but it may also be another two weeks before I do something else I seem to spend a lot of time waiting for trains to pass. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/IMGP3989.jpg William Robb

Re: Wedding Photography

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: Wedding Photography > A friend has asked that I help photograph his daughter's wedding. The last > wedding I photographed was outdoors on a mountain top overlooking the sea. > This may be similar. Equipment is not an issue, but my de

Does focal length choose the picture? was Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: PAW > > Did you "choose" the focal length, or did it just > happen? This is an interesting question. I am, primarily, a prime lens user, and often find myself fitting the picture to the lens, so to speak. I expect most prime le

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: PAW > > I've looked and I've looked and I've looked, but I > can't find a fault in it. Just a great photo. Thanks Frank b...

Re: Film Scanner

2004-07-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
Mark, Shel, Tom C - Thanks for the replies. One of the drawing cards for the Pacific Imaging was batch scanning - I wanted to be able to start the scan on a roll of uncut negs and come back later to find them done. The Pacific Imaging 3650 was the only scanner I could find within my budget that

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread graywolf
Exactly! William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: Re: PAW I like: the composition, and colors. I don't like: the digital look. In fact it makes me damn uncomfortable. I think this type of scene just screams "digital". The rendering is sure different from what fi

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread frank theriault
--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks. > How about my choice of focal length? > > William Robb > Bill, Did you "choose" the focal length, or did it just happen? Sometimes I find it best if I just let the focal length "choose the shot", if you know what I mean. If you'd h

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread frank theriault
--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rip it apart... > > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/IMGP3990.jpg > > William Robb > That's freaking awesome, Bill. I've looked and I've looked and I've looked, but I can't find a fault in it. Just a great photo. I'm too tired to properly cri

RE: Is this THE "70-210mm f4-5.6 SMC Pentax-F" from Pentax Samba 2004?

2004-07-06 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks Jim; If it gives the kind of results Jen and Boris got I'll be thrilled silly! Don > -Original Message- > From: Jim Colwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:12 PM > To: pdml > Subject: Re: Is this THE "70-210mm f4-5.6 SMC Pentax-F" from Pentax > Samba 2004

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: Re: PAW > I like: the composition, and colors. > I don't like: the digital look. In fact it makes me damn uncomfortable. I think this type of scene just screams "digital". The rendering is sure different from what film would be, for sure.

Re: Minilab question

2004-07-06 Thread Ryan Lee
Apparently! Hmm.. maybe I'll ask if they've got Digital Ice next time round, at the risk of looking like an obnoxious customer.. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:57 AM Subject: Re: Minilab

Re: After Theriault's visit all we need is myrrh

2004-07-06 Thread frank theriault
--- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When Frank Theriault stopped here on his way back to > Toronto (from GFM), > he left us a package in incense. Some really nice > Tibetan stuff. So last > night the SO and I were sitting on the patio having > a glass of wine when > I suggested we burn so

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread graywolf
I like: the composition, and colors. I don't like: the digital look. In fact it makes me damn uncomfortable. -- William Robb wrote: Rip it apart... http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/IMGP3990.jpg William Robb -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: Is this THE "70-210mm f4-5.6 SMC Pentax-F" from Pentax Samba 2004?

2004-07-06 Thread Jim Colwell
It is a SMCP-F 70-210/4-5.6. It sells from $75 [E+] to $110 [M] on eBay, and from $70 to $160 at online shops, so $90 is an OK price. Jim www.jcolwell.ca

Re: Filters work!!!!!

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: Filters work! > Mine don't even go to the "bit bucket" - they get deleted completely. Can Outlook Express be made to do that? William Robb

Re: Wedding Photography

2004-07-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Shel, I've shot some weddings, and I hope I never do it again. But if asked by a good friend I would tell him to hire a real wedding photographer to do all the posed stuff. I would then shoot candids with a tri-x loaded Leica and present the bride and groom with a very special album. Okay, I

Re: *ist D Metering Issue

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: *ist D Metering Issue > Hi ALex, > > But that's now what page 60 of the manual says... > > However it's what 61 says... > > I fail to understand why Pentax even has a dedicated > shutter-priority/aperture-priority setting on the mode dial

Re: Minilab question

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 7:39 PM Subject: Re: Minilab question > Thanks for that B, it probably is a Noritsu machine (There's a 'NORIT' in > the folder names). Unfortunately, the dust brushes didn't wo

Re: Filters work!!!!!

2004-07-06 Thread Mark Roberts
"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >No, not those filters. >Thirty six email files, sent to the bit bucket. >So, I went to have a look. >An entire thread about some sort of Windows virus. >And I didn't have to delete them myself. >All this happiness because I filtered one twits name and

Is this THE "70-210mm f4-5.6 SMC Pentax-F" from Pentax Samba 2004?

2004-07-06 Thread Don Sanderson
Mainly to Boris and Jens: Is this the lens we were talking about in the "PAW: Pentax Samba 2004, shot with SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm" thread? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3826108560 Think I did OK at $100.00 or did I grab the wrong one? Don

Re: Raw Converter/CS

2004-07-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
I should have noted that I'm running with 1.5 gig of RAM. According to some threads on digital darkroom forum, RAM is the most critical factor, since a lot of RAM precludes using the scratch disk. A fast scratch disk is the second most important factor. Paul On Jul 6, 2004, at 10:16 AM, Paul Ste

Wedding Photography

2004-07-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
A friend has asked that I help photograph his daughter's wedding. The last wedding I photographed was outdoors on a mountain top overlooking the sea. This may be similar. Equipment is not an issue, but my desire to do this is, as my skills in this area are probably quite minimal. The last thing

Re: A small presentation, comments welcome!

2004-07-06 Thread Ryan Lee
Actually it wasn't that much work, the images were straight back from the lab, and the gallery was generated by PSCS. The real downside is paying for the development and scanning while thinking at the back of my mind it would't be practically free if I had an istD! Although, you do remind me that

Re: I think i need a metering course.long

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: I think i need a metering course.long > Hi Frank, > > Thanks for the feedback. Well I always used CW on the MX. :) And you're > right it becomes second nature. The PZ-1p matrix metering was quite good... > > It will be somewhat disappo

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tom Reese" Subject: Re: PAW > > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/IMGP3990.jpg"; > > I think the shot works. "One lonely small stand of trees in a vast empty > space." The shape of the trees does make me want to move them to the right > side of the frame

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Jostein" Subject: Re: PAW > Hi, Bill. > > On composition, I'd say that the tree is damn well placed. It breaks the > horizontal lines nicely. The top of the tree is exactly enough into the sky > area, and the trunk is rooted well in the foreground. To my tast

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" Subject: Re: PAW > > It's lovely, Wheatfield - is that mustard growing? > > (the mustard growing, the wind blowing) > > I think it must be. Unfortunately, I am a city boy. William Robb

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: RE: PAW > Just in case my message got lost in my earlier message, I like this shot a > lot ... its simplicity allows one to walk right into it, become a part of > the environment, feel the gentle breeze and enjoy the fresh, slightly h

Re: *ist D Metering Issue

2004-07-06 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Tom C wrote: > I thought that in Hyper Program mode that the camera would only allow > shutter/aperture values that resulted in a 'proper' exposure. In the first email you said: > > > All were taken within a 60 second time span. All were taken > > > with multi-seg metering an

Re: Filters work!!!!!

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
I naturally try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but when you see the same ill-mannered, unjustified behavior repeatedly for days and weeks... the doubt starts to go away... Judge not thyself by your fellow man. :) Thomas 1:5 :) Tom C. From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-

Re: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
Just look on the brighter side of life I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK... SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM... Tom C. From: Frantisek Vlcek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: lens cleaning Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 02:01:20 +0200 OMG, n

Re: Filters work!!!!!

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Jul 2004 at 17:51, William Robb wrote: > No, not those filters. > Thirty six email files, sent to the bit bucket. > So, I went to have a look. > An entire thread about some sort of Windows virus. > And I didn't have to delete them myself. Har, but they made you look :-) Reading some of

Re: *ist D Metering Issue

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
Yeah, that's one of the drawbacks of using some of the fancier automated functions. I have tended to lose my intuition and let the camera "think" for me. Tom C. From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist D Metering Issue Date:

Re: Woooohooooo!!!!

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 7 Jul 2004 at 7:46, Shaun Canning wrote: > How fast are Adorama! The 200mm macro I ordered recently shipped last > night. They must have had them in stock all along. Yahooo > > They are not even brought into Australia. The sales rep I spoke to at CR > Kennedy in Perth told me that Pentax

Re: I think i need a metering course.long

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
No I don't mean the green mode, I mean the P setting.. Tom C. From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: I think i need a metering course.long Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 19:52:48 -0400 if by HyperP mode you mean the green mode on the mode di

Re: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
OMG, not THAT debate again :-) Let's just say that fast shooters, PJs, similar almost always use filters (no time to remove lens caps, "cleaning" the lens with your dirty handkerchief because no time for something better, care more about the moment that slight unsharpness, modern xMC filters - Nik

Re: Woooohooooo!!!!

2004-07-06 Thread David Nelson
You've got to take photos as you open the box and everything (-: Once I rang up CRK in sydney asking about this lens. The guy told me the same thing - 'it doesn't exist'. He told me it was probably a medium format lens! No, he didn't want me to give him pentax's catalogue number off the pentax s

Re: I think i need a metering course.long

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
Hi Frank, Thanks for the feedback. Well I always used CW on the MX. :) And you're right it becomes second nature. The PZ-1p matrix metering was quite good... It will be somewhat disappointing if I can't trust the matrix metering on the *istD... though I may just need to set a custom function

Filters work!!!!!

2004-07-06 Thread William Robb
No, not those filters. Thirty six email files, sent to the bit bucket. So, I went to have a look. An entire thread about some sort of Windows virus. And I didn't have to delete them myself. All this happiness because I filtered one twits name and email address. William Robb

Re: I think i need a metering course.long

2004-07-06 Thread Herb Chong
if by HyperP mode you mean the green mode on the mode dial, i'm fairly sure exposure compensation is disabled. Herb - Original Message - From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 3:07 PM Subject: RE: I think i need a metering course.long

Re: *ist D Metering Issue

2004-07-06 Thread John Francis
> > Two basic issues: > > 1. Why the gross overexposure at slow shutter speeds? Because you were shooting in shutter priority, and set the shutter speed to a value (1 second) that would require the lens to stop down to a very small aperture (something like f88) in order to achieve proper exposu

Re: *istD anti-aliasing?

2004-07-06 Thread Herb Chong
i don't know of anyone doing firmware antialiasing. it's the filter or nothing. Herb - Original Message - From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:53 AM Subject: *istD anti-aliasing? > After a chat with a pentax guy today, I got the

Re: Long Focus Lens for Spotmatic

2004-07-06 Thread Kenneth Waller
Lorin, I ahave a really nice 300mm f6.3 Teletakumar screwmount lens for sale (with case caps & original box) that would fit your needs. Contact me if interested. It needs a new home. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Long Focus Lens fo

Re: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Herb Chong
Microsoft's support and update sites won't work. Herb - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 8:08 AM Subject: Re: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected > There are plent

Re: I think i need a metering course.long

2004-07-06 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
With the digital, I had to return to my old slide shooting habits. I mostly use CW metering, as the Matrix is somewhat unpredictable even on a (nonpentax) body using state-of-the-art RGB CCD in the viewfinder (I never did believe the advertisement ), especially in classic high-contrast situations w

Re: FA 20/2.8

2004-07-06 Thread Bob W
Hi, Wednesday, July 7, 2004, 12:16:51 AM, Rob wrote: > On 6 Jul 2004 at 15:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From what I can tell, people absolutely DROOL over the A/FA 20/2.8, so I'd >> expect decent performance. I have found most legendary Pentax and Nikon lenses >> to live up to their reputati

Woooohooooo!!!!

2004-07-06 Thread Shaun Canning
How fast are Adorama! The 200mm macro I ordered recently shipped last night. They must have had them in stock all along. Yahooo They are not even brought into Australia. The sales rep I spoke to at CR Kennedy in Perth told me that Pentax absolutely did not make an FA 200mm Macro lens. He go

Re: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread Herb Chong
well, first, don't buy $10 filters, but then also, use them only when you need to. yes, accidents, do happen, but dirty filters and lens fronts happen a lot more often. Herb - Original Message - From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 200

Re: F, FA and FAJ??

2004-07-06 Thread Alan Chan
Actually the very early 'F' lenses already have distance data. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan I think FA lenses also transmit the distance the lens is focused at, which can influence the multi segment metering in some situations and also the "smart program" decision the cameras make (at l

Re: *istD anti-aliasing?

2004-07-06 Thread Herb Chong
in the absence of other information, it's not possible. Herb - Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 7:29 PM Subject: RE: *istD anti-aliasing? > Their understanding of sampling and aliasing differs from mine.

Re: *ist D Metering Issue

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
I thought that in Hyper Program mode that the camera would only allow shutter/aperture values that resulted in a 'proper' exposure. It looks like there may be a little double talk in the manual. It says regarding Hyper P, "You can also use the TV dial and the AV dial to change the shutter spee

RE: *istD anti-aliasing?

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Jul 2004 at 18:20, Jostein wrote: > Thanks, Rob, > > I too suspected most DSLR's except the Kodaks to be that way. > Not having seen how a 6 Mpix image would look without anti-aliasing, it makes me > wonder. Nikon has apparently implemented a middle way with D70, doing some of > the anti-al

RE: SV: *ist D Metering Issue

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
I agree... but I thought, maybe falsely, that when in Program AE modes, the shutter would not trip if an improper exposure combination was chosen. Tom C. From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SV: *ist D Metering Issue Date: Wed, 7 J

Re: SF1n Opinions

2004-07-06 Thread edwin
> From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Here are my first impressions, please let me know if you SF owners agree: > > 1.) It's HEAVY (Has the AA battery grip) > 2.) It appears to be very sturdy and well built, other than the flash and > top cover. > 3.) It's BIG. > 4.) Autofocus is noisey

Re: FA 20/2.8

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Jul 2004 at 15:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From what I can tell, people absolutely DROOL over the A/FA 20/2.8, so I'd > expect decent performance. I have found most legendary Pentax and Nikon lenses > to live up to their reputation. It's good in comparison to other 20mm of similar constr

Re: *ist D Metering Issue

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Jul 2004 at 16:45, Tom C wrote: > I've put up four recent shots taken with the *ist D to demonstrate what I > had earlier mentioned regarding a perceived metering anomaly. > > The first three are badly overexposed. Exposure data is listed with the > photo. All were taken within a 60 seco

Re: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Jul 2004 at 19:36, Bob W wrote: > Another aspect to consider is this: however many cigarettes people stub > out on a coated lens, and however many rubber erasers they clean it up > with, you can still f_ck up the front element big time in an infinity > of unimaginable ways. A filter offers a

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Bob Blakely
Many viruses require MANY, MANY machines to accomplish their foul mission. For example, every server, Mac, Windows or Linux, is vulnerable to denial of service attacks. For this, the perp requires a vast army of clients to simultaneously request (false) services to overload the target server or it

Thanks for all the Info ..... and OT: Sorry!

2004-07-06 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks for all the info today in the threads "F, FA,FAJ??", "SMC Lenses" and "Pentax Knowledge". I learned more today than in several months of trying to figure it out on my own! ALSO: Sorry I missed the war today, I was out doing my paying job for the last 30 years: Repairing Computers. (Of all

SV: *ist D Metering Issue

2004-07-06 Thread Jens Bladt
To me it looks like the first three was out of the range of posible aperures. Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. juli 2004 00:45 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: *ist D Metering Issue

Re: Raw Converter/CS

2004-07-06 Thread Shaun Canning
Steve, I am using CS with the Raw plug-in (2.2 or wahtever it is). I have the scratch and secondary set to use separate drives, and use a heap of other plug-ins, and I am happy with the 'speed'. My machine is a WinXP Athlon 1900 with 512mb ram. It all depends on the image size naturally, but I

*ist D Metering Issue

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
I've put up four recent shots taken with the *ist D to demonstrate what I had earlier mentioned regarding a perceived metering anomaly. The first three are badly overexposed. Exposure data is listed with the photo. All were taken within a 60 second time span. All were taken with multi-seg me

Re: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse

2004-07-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I agree with that completely ... and would have done so had I not used a template that was used previously with only vertical images in order to save time in putting these up. There may be such a template as you suggest on another computer here ... just didn't have the time or inclination to look

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Lewis Matthew
Perhaps they didn't raise an eyebrow because they were pleasantly presented - a tactic which you have yet to master. Lewis From: Antonio Aparicio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Then what about all the OTHER OT NON PENTAX THREADS? Lets see, there was the Tan is leaving thread (very touching by the way), th

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The other OT threads are conducted by people that have some thing interesting to say, and do so in an intellegent and civilized manner, without senseless and juvenile personal attacks on other participants. Antonio Aparicio wrote:i Then what about all the OTHER OT NON PENTAX THREADS? Lets see, t

Re: Apologies

2004-07-06 Thread cbwaters
I was THIS close to kicking your ass off the list and you had to go and apologize...Watch yourself Jostein! Cory has no admin privileges and really doesn't know what all the fuss is about since he didn't read any of the messages involved but is still feeling silly. - Original Message -

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Bob W
Hi, >>There's no malevolent body of twits investing their time to destroy either >>of these cars. Didn't you understand that a malevolent body of twits >>investing their time to destroy was the major point of the argument? No? > On the other hand, there are differences between car brands > regar

Re: Apologies

2004-07-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/7/04, JosteinPx, discombobulated, offered: >For the wasted bandwidth from my part today. Sometimes, the urge to wave a >red flag before the bull is irresistable. :-) > >Won't do it again... >Jostein I forgive you mate. I have read very little of it ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Apologies

2004-07-06 Thread JosteinPx
For the wasted bandwidth from my part today. Sometimes, the urge to wave a red flag before the bull is irresistable. :-) Won't do it again... Jostein -

Re: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse

2004-07-06 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Shel Belinkoff wrote: For those who have cared to look, you may have seen one or another of these photos before, but not in this presentation. I'm trying a somewhat new approach to making a portrait, using more than one image to convey an overall feeling and sense of the subject. Your comment

RE: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse

2004-07-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hey, not knowing who you are makes it difficult to determine your qualifications.Use your name, identify yourself, and you'll certainly garner more respect regardless of your opinions and how they may differ from those of others. Shel > From: El Gringo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Maybe I am pret

Re:

2004-07-06 Thread Tim Sherburne
You might find something in Boz's site: t On 7/6/04 4:59, Don Sanderson wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a clear cut distinction between these different > Pentax > AF lens designations, or perhaps a site that lists the differences? > Als

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Christian
Damn didn't work Christian -Original Message- From: Antonio Aparicio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jul 6, 2004 4:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected Christian, Interesting. Why the need to end this par

RE: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse

2004-07-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hey, I agreed with you ... it takes one to know one Shel > [Original Message] > From: El Gringo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 7/6/2004 1:24:29 PM > Subject: RE: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse > > RE: Pretentiousness... > > "BTW, how serious do you think you're taken when

Re: 43 Limited "Pre-computer?"

2004-07-06 Thread Tom C
Hi Pal, Interesting explanation on that. Thanks! Tom C. From: Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 43 Limited "Pre-computer?" Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:30:19 +0200 Tom wrote: > So how images from a particular lens can have a "pre-comput

RE: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse

2004-07-06 Thread El Gringo
RE: Pretentiousness... "BTW, how serious do you think you're taken when you don't even use your name ... now THAT'S pretentious." Some would say it takes one to know one. Maybe I am pretentious, does that make me unqualified or qualified to speak on matters of pretension?? -el gringo -Or

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Christian, Interesting. Why the need to end this particlar thread? Antonio On 6 Jul 2004, at 22:18, Christian wrote: how to end this thread: "Antonio, You are so right! I hadn't seen the errors of my ways. Without your constand attention to Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities I would be completel

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Christian
how to end this thread: "Antonio, You are so right! I hadn't seen the errors of my ways. Without your constand attention to Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities I would be completely lost in a pile of viruses, spyware and hijackers. Thank you so much for educating me. Now i will throw out my

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Well the US Army seem to think they are pretty secure and stable: "We put these clusters into production for a user who uses it all day and all night," DiRenzo said. "This thing needs to be up, it needs to be stable, it needs to be online." "US Army's 'MACH 5' Apple supercomputer opens eyes", Li

RE: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread El Gringo
On the contrary, there are the major shareholders of each company. -el gringo "There's no malevolent body of twits investing their time to destroy either of these cars. Didn't you understand that a malevolent body of twits investing their time to destroy was the major point of the argument? No

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Truth is nobody really knows who is trying what. All we see are the results. And the results speak for themselves. Antonio On 6 Jul 2004, at 21:55, Bob Blakely wrote: There's no malevolent body of twits investing their time to destroy either of these cars. Didn't you understand that a malevolent

RE: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse

2004-07-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
My work is always pretentious. You're an astute observer of reality BTW, how serious do you think you're taken when you don't even use your name ... now THAT'S pretentious. The comment about it being my last presentation reflects the fact that I'm going on vacation. There is an interpretive ti

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Bob Blakely
There's no malevolent body of twits investing their time to destroy either of these cars. Didn't you understand that a malevolent body of twits investing their time to destroy was the major point of the argument? No? Everyone else did. Regards, Bob... From: "Antonio Aparicio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread Tom Reese
Bob W wrote: BW>There are plenty of filters around that cost a whole lot more than $10- and will not *significantly* degrade the quality of your photographs. By 'significantly' I mean 'to the extent that normal people can see under normal conditions'. Mr. Asahi made some of them." Maybe so. They

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Bob Blakely
HAR! Regards, Bob... From: "Antonio Aparicio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > No respect for him here bob. None for you either. Trolls both of you. > > On 6 Jul 2004, at 19:55, Bob Blakely wrote: > > > Jostein was a respected member of this list before you uttered your > > first > > wise word and he

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Bob, If your only reply to the very seriuous securityh issue facing most of the worlds (Windows) computers is to point to maket share numbers, then I am afraid you are further removed from reality than I had thought. Market share and security are not the same thing. A car analogy for you. V

Re: OT: Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected

2004-07-06 Thread Antonio Aparicio
No respect for him here bob. None for you either. Trolls both of you. On 6 Jul 2004, at 19:55, Bob Blakely wrote: Jostein was a respected member of this list before you uttered your first wise word and he remains so. Regards, Bob... From: "Antonio Aparicio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Grow up Jostein. T

Re: PAW

2004-07-06 Thread Norm Baugher
I like it, slammed my head into the monitor trying to get into the scene Norm William Robb wrote: Rip it apart... http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/IMGP3990.jpg William Robb

Re: 43 Limited "Pre-computer?"

2004-07-06 Thread Pål Jensen
Tom wrote: > So how images from a particular lens can have a "pre-computer" look versus > an 'absence of computer look' is simply beyond me. An how that can be > blanketly stated, considering all the variables that will go into producing > an image, is even more beyond me. Computers are used

RE: A small presentation, comments welcome!

2004-07-06 Thread Jens Bladt
Lots o very nice shots - and some really great ones as well. Looks like you all had a very nice day to remember. The downside of it all is the hard work after the shots are taken, isn't it :-) I'm still working on shots I took the last week of April! All the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lens cleaning

2004-07-06 Thread John Forbes
I remember reading about a newspaper that removed and threw away the lens caps before issuing new cameras to its team. However, that was before SLRs, and it was all too easy to take a wonderful shot with the lens cap firmly in situ. John On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 19:36:23 +0100, Bob W <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Happy 4th July!

2004-07-06 Thread John Forbes
Thanks for that Bob. The newsreels were before my time! John On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 19:44:34 +0100, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Tuesday, July 6, 2004, 2:41:23 PM, John wrote: There are two "V-signs". The normal one, indicating disrespect (to put it mildly) is made with the back of the hand

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