RE: Mike Johnston's latest...

2004-08-03 Thread Anders Hultman
Don Sanderson: In that article Mike says: All-purpose 28-200mm zoom lenses: Bad snapshots. Also great for making five rolls of film last a whole year. All-purpose = no purpose Do you folks agree or disagree with this? I've been thinking this range would make a good event/party/gathering/group/por

Re: Mike Johnston's latest...

2004-08-03 Thread Anders Hultman
graywolf: How often do you use a 200? Oh, then why would you want to carry the thing around all the time? I use 200 all the time. Outdoors I constantly change between wide angle to get the big picture and long tele to get detail. So for me, a 28-200 makes a very suitable "walk around" lens as Don

Re: Remove MakerNote and save 55K!

2004-08-03 Thread Anders Hultman
So after some days of hacking, I now present my own MakerNote removal tool: http://anders.hultman.nu/data/makernote/ I found and corrected a coding error yesterday, so now there is a new version on the above page. In the old version (0.9.0) I didn't adjust the offset value to the thumbnail imag

Re: *ist-D owners: help wanted finding lens codes

2004-08-03 Thread Anders Hultman
John Francis: I'm back to my occasional hobby of peering into the Pentax digital image file format. My latest discovery has been to identify where Pentax hide the code to identify the lens (which isn't available in the standard EXIF information). This is interesting. I just wrote a program to remo

Re: Young Lady

2004-08-03 Thread Hans Imglueck
Indeed fascinating and nice shots. The festival near my homevillage was not that great. The most interesting part was a demonstration of hunting with falcons, but unfortunatelly at that time I had no camera with me. Regards, Hans. --- "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SCA is short for Societ

Re: Young Lady

2004-08-03 Thread Ryan Lee
Thanks! I've got my new shots back. A bit disappointed with the quality of the Fuji machine (the first batch was done at a Kodak). Now to go and sort them out.. I'll let you know when they're up. Hunting with falcons? That must be something.. I remember sometime last year the Brisbane City Council

Re: Intentional Photography?

2004-08-03 Thread Antonio
Men from the boys? Give me a break. What if you want something completely different? Seems to me that these debates get dominated by landscape photographers after the perfect landscape - there is a lot more to photography besides that, and OOF "wrongly composed" shots can be can be an end in themse

Re: Young Lady

2004-08-03 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Ryan Lee wrote: > A bit disappointed with the quality of > the Fuji machine (the first batch was done at a Kodak). Interesting. How? Kostas

Kodak vs Fuji machines (was Re: Young Lady)

2004-08-03 Thread Ryan Lee
Well, on both occasions, shooting Superia 1600, the Kodak machine seemed to give smoother results, and more vibrant (yet not over saturated) colours. On the other hand, grain was very noticeable getting my cds back from the Fuji place, and it almost seemed oversharpened. I felt the Kodak developing

The grand PDML Euro-Asian tour 2005

2004-08-03 Thread mike wilson
Hi, As a vague _possibility_ I am thinking of organising a trip on the Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Vladivoostock, with the possibility of branching off to go to Beijing. Of course, if you do the latter, you will travel throughUlan Bator, just in time for the 2005 Pentax lineup an

Re: Kodak vs Fuji machines (was Re: Young Lady)

2004-08-03 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Ryan Lee wrote: > Well, on both occasions, shooting Superia 1600, And the same lenses? > the Kodak machine seemed to > give smoother results, and more vibrant (yet not over saturated) colours. This could be a setting. I ask them not to warm colours when printing. > Anyone e

Re: what lens do you carry? (Was: Mike Johnston's latest...)

2004-08-03 Thread Steve Jolly
On 2 Aug 2004 at 21:21, graywolf wrote: Seems like we have not had a "what lens do you carry" thread in quite awhile. So... M28/3.5 and a 50mm (either M50/1.4 or A50/1.7). Oh, and a 2x teleconverter for emergencies. :-) S

Re: Meet the (soon to be) new family member.....

2004-08-03 Thread Robert Woerner
Don, you stole it for that price :) Robert - Original Message - From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 10:54 PM Subject: Meet the (soon to be) new family member. > After hearing you folks praising the MX

OT Epson 1290 print issue

2004-08-03 Thread Kevin Waterson
I cannot seem to get a response from Epson, so I wondered if anybody here had seen this issue. Instead of text of pictures, my printer is printing huge blobs of black, and it is quite a bit of black, soaking the paper through. I have changed cartridges, changed USB ports, cables and finally stood

I got published!

2004-08-03 Thread wendy beard
Been away for a week or so doing agility stuff with the girls. Upon my return, I cleared out the post box of mail and found to my surprise that one of my photos has been used in Clean Run, and American Dog Agility magazine. Even got a cheque for $20! Two of my photos were also used in a book cal

OT: portable MP3/OGG recorder

2004-08-03 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Sorry for the OT but after many hours of searching with google and others, I couldn't find _any_ relevant info. All the results were stupid sites like CNET with overbloated design and ~1:10 signal to noise ratio... It's certainly harder to find good information on the internet now that it's full of

Re: Young Lady

2004-08-03 Thread Hans Imglueck
They got 3 falcons and a big eagle-owl. The falcons were set free and were flying after a bundle of feathers which the trainer has swung on a string around his head. The falcons went after it incredible fast and they touched some times almost our heads. The eagle-owl was not set free but the traine

Catching my breath (long)

2004-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Tuesday morning and I'm almost recovered from the past two weeks. For those of you who remember that far back, I went to Ohio on the weekend of July 24-25 to cover the AMA Superbike Championship races at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Superbikeplanet.com. This in the midst of preparing for an

Re: UV filters on sexy lenses

2004-08-03 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
DC> Apologies Frantisek, No, do not apologise :) My post was so long anyway that it surpassed the entire filter discussion in length, it was partly a joke (although the arguments stand). DC> I'm the cause of this. But the original thread came about because I'm DC> too vain to have a black mount f

Re: What lens do you carry

2004-08-03 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: >[1] Look at me in the eye: you must resist the temptation >to crack the joke, really you must :-) I prefer to shoot cats. Though sometime I may shoot the wife. Collin Regarding his wife, Ruth Bell Graham: "They asked her did she ever think about

Re: I got published!

2004-08-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Haven't quite hit the big time, but I'm pretty pleased! Thumbs up! Boris

Re: I got published!

2004-08-03 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, wendy beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Been away for a week or so doing agility stuff with the girls. Upon my > return, I cleared out the post box of mail and found to my surprise that > one of my photos has been used in Clean Run, and American Dog Agility > magaz

PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Jostein
The third and last PESO image from my recent holiday: http://www.oksne.net/paw/lily_leaves.html Please tell me what you think... Thanks, Jostein

cliches (was Re: UV filters on sexy lenses)

2004-08-03 Thread Derby Chang
Frantisek Vlcek wrote: OMG! This 'discussion' again. It's nothing more than a filler. Could this topic be added to the PDML mini-FAQ ;-) ? Like: Actually, Frantisek has a good point...graywolf, would you consider adding a cliche discussion list to your FAQ? To Frantisek's, I'd add: zooms v pr

Re: Kodak vs Fuji machines (was Re: Young Lady)

2004-08-03 Thread Ryan Lee
Thanks Fra! I'm glad it's not me being overly paranoid neurotic :) Regards, Ryan - Original Message - From: "Frantisek Vlcek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 9:17 PM Subject: Re: Kodak vs Fuji machines (was Re: Young Lady) > We had

Re: I got published!

2004-08-03 Thread Ryan Lee
It's a start! Congrats Wendy. So how many copies did you buy? ;) Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax-discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:33 PM Subject: I got published! > Been away for a week or so doing agili

Re: cliches (was Re: UV filters on sexy lenses)

2004-08-03 Thread Anthony Farr
Chrome v Black regards, Anthony Farr

RE: I got published!

2004-08-03 Thread Andy Chang
Congrats, Wendy!!! Keep it up! Andy > This one time, at band camp, wendy beard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Been away for a week or so doing agility stuff with the > girls. Upon my > > return, I cleared out the post box of mail and found to my > surprise that > > one of my photos has

Re: new to the list

2004-08-03 Thread Derby Chang
David Schneider wrote: Hello! I'm new to the list... Welcome very muchly David. Blue skies washed out? Someone further down the digest has probably answered this: Use a polariser Shoot later or earlier in the day Try a different lab Pop the camera on a tripe, and take two shots, one exposed for t

Re: cliches (was Re: UV filters on sexy lenses)

2004-08-03 Thread Steve Jolly
English sports cars Beer What Pentax should be doing different and why they're doomed for not doing it. S

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Ryan Lee
Another superb capture- I swear you've got a gifted eye, Jos! Keep it up. Btw, how did you go about exposing for that one? Regards, Ryan - Original Message - From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:54 PM Subject: PESO - Floating leave

RE: portable MP3/OGG recorder

2004-08-03 Thread Rob Brigham
The NEX ia plus does all this (except OGG) plus FM radio and line in encoding. http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/shop/product_info.php?cPath=1&produc ts_id=220&display=specification Plenty of other devices which also have OGG, but most use SD cards and/or internal memory rather than CF. Look a

Re: OT Epson 1290 print issue

2004-08-03 Thread graywolf
Sounds seriously defective. If you just bought it take it back. When dealing with things like this it usually is best to get the phone number for the service department, and actually talk to a tech. For some strange reason businesses, especially computer related businesses, do not do well with e

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread graywolf
Even with the captions it still looks like flying saucers to me. -- Jostein wrote: The third and last PESO image from my recent holiday: http://www.oksne.net/paw/lily_leaves.html Please tell me what you think... Thanks, Jostein -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: Oh the gloom of it all

2004-08-03 Thread ernreed2
Rob said: > All media has limitations, if you want the best out of anything you have to > exercise current best storage/file maintenance practice to ensure its longevity > its not rocket science (well not at the user end anyhow). > > In any case I'm sure you will also hear the other arguments w

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Ryan Lee
Hermann Rorschach would have something to say about that ;) Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 11:20 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Floating leaves > Even with the captions it still looks like flying sau

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Ryan Lee wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:54 PM > Subject: PESO - Floating leaves > > > http://www.oksne.net/paw/lily_leaves.html > > > > Please tell me what you think... I

Re: Oh the gloom of it all

2004-08-03 Thread graywolf
The usual doom and gloom. If I had some archives that HAD to be readable. I would have the drive to read it. Simple as that. I have a pile of 3.5inch disks, so I also have a 3.5inch drive in my computer. If I had a pile of 8inch floppies (there never was no 10inchers, which tells you most of wh

Re: I got published!

2004-08-03 Thread frank theriault
--- wendy beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Been away for a week or so doing agility stuff with > the girls. Upon my > return, I cleared out the post box of mail and found > to my surprise that > one of my photos has been used in Clean Run, and > American Dog Agility > magazine. Even got a ch

Storing film

2004-08-03 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
Hi folks, I have repeatedly read here that it's best advised refrigerating or freezing film. My probably silly question is if there is an issue taking film out of the fridge or freezer for 2-3 days and then putting it back in. To remove a parameter, assume that the film is well inside (before) it

Re: I got published!

2004-08-03 Thread ernreed2
Wendy shared: > Been away for a week or so doing agility stuff with the girls. Upon my > return, I cleared out the post box of mail and found to my surprise that > one of my photos has been used in Clean Run, and American Dog Agility > magazine. Even got a cheque for $20! > Two of my photos were

Re: cliches (was Re: UV filters on sexy lenses)

2004-08-03 Thread graywolf
What part of "mini", didn't you understand. There are photographic encyclopedias out there with all that information in them. -- Derby Chang wrote: Frantisek Vlcek wrote: OMG! This 'discussion' again. It's nothing more than a filler. Could this topic be added to the PDML mini-FAQ ;-) ? Like:

Re: Oh the gloom of it all

2004-08-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 Aug 2004 at 9:38, graywolf wrote: > OTOH, when I needed old finacial records (from 2 years ago) I found that the > direct copies on CD-R were not readable. Backups with an opsolete backup > software on the same brand CD-R's burned on the same drive, were. If I did not > have that old backup s

Re: cliches (was Re: UV filters on sexy lenses)

2004-08-03 Thread graywolf
You guys do know that if I put all this stuff in a FAQ, there would be no need for the mailing list, as there would be nothing left to talk about here. -- Steve Jolly wrote: English sports cars Beer What Pentax should be doing different and why they're doomed for not doing it. S -- graywolf ht

Tamron 35-70

2004-08-03 Thread Henri Toivonen
Quick question. Anyone know something about the Tamron 35-70/3.5-4.5 Macro (Adaptall)? Got one today. Seems nice, macro goes down to 1:2 or something. On a sidenote I got my SMC-M 135/3.5 today. I have to stop buying more lenses now.. Really, I do. ;-) /Henri

Re: Storing film

2004-08-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 Aug 2004 at 14:40, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I have repeatedly read here that it's best advised refrigerating or > freezing film. My probably silly question is if there is an issue > taking film out of the fridge or freezer for 2-3 days and then putting > it back in. To

Re: cliches (was Re: UV filters on sexy lenses)

2004-08-03 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
DC> zooms v primes DC> AF v MF DC> autoexposure v what it says on the inside of the kodak box DC> plastic v metal DC> diffusion v condenser enlargers (or fibre v RC, or glass v glassless DC> carriers, and other cutting edge technologies) DC> which local pentax distributor is crappeir But what woul

Re: cliches (was Re: UV filters on sexy lenses)

2004-08-03 Thread Don Sanderson
Aw come on Tom, that'll only add a couple dozen pages! ;-) Think mini-mall, not mini-skirt. Mini is a relative term, no? Seriously though, we newcomers to the list NEED the repetition so we can add our own opinions/questions/comments. Plus technology changes so fast that I find the very same ques

Re: I got published!

2004-08-03 Thread graywolf
If you could sell 50 of those $20 photos a week you could even make a modest living from them. (Sorry, realities of the business) That I hope does not take away from the feeling of validation you got from having the photo accepted. Congratulations. -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.

Re: I got published!

2004-08-03 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Good, Wendy! As a sidenote, be sure about the rights you give them. Some major magazines and newspapers are downright ugly what they want from poor freelancers, like all-the-rights-for-next-1000-years (NYT, etc). Fra

Re: Catching my breath (long)

2004-08-03 Thread ernreed2
Mark Roberts wrote, among other things: > For those of you who remember that far back, I went to Ohio on the > weekend of July 24-25 to cover the AMA Superbike Championship races at > the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Superbikeplanet.com .. at which point, having spent that very same weekend in O

Re: Storing film

2004-08-03 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Tuesday, August 3, 2004, 3:40:19 PM, Kostas wrote: KK> Hi folks, KK> I have repeatedly read here that it's best advised refrigerating or KK> freezing film. My probably silly question is if there is an issue KK> taking film out of the fridge or freezer for 2-3 days and then putting KK> it back in

Re: Vivitar 20/3.8, big filter version

2004-08-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
Actually last time I saw a 70's porn flick the music was stolen from Jean-Luc Ponte... frank theriault wrote: --- Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I can just hear the 70's porn music, LOL! Boom-chicka-boom-boom. Is that what Porn Music sounds like? I wouldn't know... -frank ==

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 Aug 2004 at 14:37, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > I like where you have placed the objects. But I don't like what I see; > possibly it's my monitor. Brightness is usually at 14% so I pumped it > up and finally saw the water ripples and the reflected clouds. But > then I saw some artifacts arou

Re: portable MP3/OGG recorder

2004-08-03 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Hi Rob, thanks! I literarly got drowned in all the thousands of pages dealign with MP3 players/recordes but very few outlining clearly the important features like in/out jacks. That Nex does seem interesting, especially as I do not need to pay stupid $ for included memory chips (which are overpric

RE: portable MP3/OGG recorder

2004-08-03 Thread Amita Guha
> I am looking for advice on a portable voice recorder, which > uses preferably CF cards (I would think about models with > 2.5" HDD but I do prefer CF), has MP3/other (anybody supports > OGG/VORBIS yet?) format recording, has MICROPHONE/LINE-IN > jack (sic! I need no stupid integrated mics), a

RE: I got published!

2004-08-03 Thread Amita Guha
Congratulations, Wendy! Amita

Re: cliches (was Re: UV filters on sexy lenses)

2004-08-03 Thread ernreed2
Graywolf said: > You guys do know that if I put all this stuff in a FAQ, there would be no need > for the mailing list, as there would be nothing left to talk about here. > > -- > > Steve Jolly wrote: > > > English sports cars > > Beer > > What Pentax should be doing different and why they're

SMC Pentax-A 85mm F1.4 Lens.Cap.MH-RA 67mm Hood.LX

2004-08-03 Thread Antonio
Funny what a slightly scratched rear element can do - have been following this ebay item for some weeks now. It has been relisted at least 3 times that I have seen and still no takers! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4688&item=383054832 0&rd=1

Re: MZ50 (or maybe 60) vs MZ5n viewfinder

2004-08-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
The MX viewfinder is great, and you can change the screen if you don't like the one it's fitted with. On the other hand you'll have so many more accessories to buy... Ryan Lee wrote: Two votes for an MX viewfinder (including Alex's).. Maybe I'll try scouting used equipment just for a look and a

Re: PAW - Fox Pups

2004-08-03 Thread Tom C
Hi Hans, Thanks for your comments. This is an out of camera composition/crop. The foxes were smaller in the original image. That's likely the cause of the softness you noted. I don't remember what focal length I was at... probably not all the way to 300. That said, I've been satisfied with

Re: PAW - Fox Pups

2004-08-03 Thread Tom C
Thanks. Yep... I'm sure they heard the beep... Tom C. From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PAW - Fox Pups Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 21:55:31 -0400 That's a nice shot. Nicely framed. The two pups are also well balanced wi

Re: Catching my breath (long)

2004-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Stephen Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Mark -- > >Buncha cool shots! Of the ones here, > > http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2004ama/midohio/6/ > >I especially liked the one captioned "One of the reasons >why photographers love Mid-Ohio..." I never realized how much *I* liked that sho

Re: PESO - This is supposed to be fun?

2004-08-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Three in a row from Saturday. I was shooting (and competing) at a local CKC agility trial. It rained pretty much all day. This sometimes makes for humourous moments http://www.pbase.com/image/32094938 http://www.pbase.com/image/32095421 http://www.pbase.com/image/32095428 Apologies in advance

Re: SMC Pentax-A 85mm F1.4 Lens.Cap.MH-RA 67mm Hood.LX

2004-08-03 Thread Steve Jolly
Antonio wrote: Funny what a slightly scratched rear element can do - have been following this ebay item for some weeks now. It has been relisted at least 3 times that I have seen and still no takers! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4688&item=383054832 0&rd=1 Hmmm, maybe I'l

Re: What lens do you carry

2004-08-03 Thread Antonio
My walk around kit consists of: Super A with SMC-A 50/1.4, SMCP 85/1.8, 105/2.8 & 135/2.5 which I mainly use for people/portraits. I have the SMC-M 28/3.5 which I sometimes take along for landscapes, though not often and a SMC-A 50/1.7 which despite often loosing its place to the 1.4 I just cant br

Re: What lens do you carry

2004-08-03 Thread Antonio
Care to post some pictures? A. On 3/8/04 2:47 pm, "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I prefer to shoot cats. > Though sometime I may shoot the wife. > > Collin

Re: Seriously OT: Canon S60 or Sony V1 ?

2004-08-03 Thread ernreed2
Caveman wrote: > If I were to look at Pentax, I'd consider the Optio 43WR. What I really > don't understand is why they have absolutely no lens protection. Mixed > with various keys and other objects to be found in a cavewoman's purse, > it would get scratched in no time. > > After living for a

Re: MZ50 (or maybe 60) vs MZ5n viewfinder

2004-08-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
Or possibly they have that feature planned for an upcoming Professional-D based on the *ist-D body. Probably won't be released thought. Alan Chan wrote: Sounds like a last mintue withdrew. :-( Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan *istD has interchangable screen, it is very easy to remove just

Re: SMC Pentax-A 85mm F1.4 Lens.Cap.MH-RA 67mm Hood.LX

2004-08-03 Thread Antonio
I think if you wait long enough he might offer it as a BIN for 50 quid as he has been reducing the price at each relist. I think there is a mint A85/1.4 on ebay at the moment for about $800, although no doubt it will end higher than that as it still has a few days to go. Personally I wouldnt pay m

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Jostein
Hi Ryan, I wasn't sure how the *istD would handle this situation, so I took four exposures from +/-0 to -1 (in thirds) just to learn... When I got them up on the monitor, I realised that all of them were usable, but that the -1 was closest to what I had in mind. However, I liked the clouds patter

Re: PESO - A summer romance

2004-08-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
This is a lovely photograph, so lovely, I expect it to have one of those inspirational quotes you see in way too many offices under it. Still, it is a lovely photograph. Jostein wrote: Another pic from our recent family vacation. http://www.oksne.net/paw/romance.html I was actually down by the l

Re: PESO - A summer romance

2004-08-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
No they didn't... Butch Black wrote: Mike wrote: Too much work, too little time to do enjoyable things. Did manage to spend a nice evening yesterday at a local version of the Proms. Thrashed through five strips of gelatin whilst listening to some good music and practicing my focusing technique.

Re: Catching my breath (long)

2004-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote, among other things: >> For those of you who remember that far back, I went to Ohio on the >> weekend of July 24-25 to cover the AMA Superbike Championship races at >> the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Superbikeplanet.com > >.. at which point, having s

RE: SMC Pentax-A 85mm F1.4 Lens.Cap.MH-RA 67mm Hood.LX

2004-08-03 Thread Jens Bladt
What does BIN mens - as oposed to NIB (New in Box)? Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Antonio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 3. august 2004 17:56 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: SMC Pentax-A 85mm F1.4 Lens.Cap.MH-RA 67mm Hood

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Jostein
Hi Kostas, Thanks for commenting on the composition. I think you may need to calibrate your monitor... Concering artefacts, I think I know what you mean. Consider for example the second leaf from the right in the back row. I just had another look at the raw file, and it's present there too. So i

Re: Oh the gloom of it all

2004-08-03 Thread Keith Whaley
Not entirely true, Tom. It IS obsolescence, when altho' you have all the equipment necessary, using it on a newer computer is sometimes impossible because the new OS will not provide for nor allow drivers for that "old" equipment. Everything works, technically, in the sense that it isn't broken,

Re: SMC Pentax-A 85mm F1.4 Lens.Cap.MH-RA 67mm Hood.LX

2004-08-03 Thread Steve Jolly
Jens Bladt wrote: What does BIN mens - as oposed to NIB (New in Box)? Buy It Now in eBay parlance - as opposed to bidding. S

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Jostein
LOL. My wife commented "wow, it looks like they're flying". She didn't mention saucers though... Cheers, Jostein - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 3:20 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Floating leaves > Even with the

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Ryan Lee
Good thing about digital! Any chance you'd be able to show the -1 too? Also, what about metering? Regards, Ryan - Original Message - From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 1:56 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Floating leaves > Hi Ryan, > > I

RE: A PAW (s) to refresh

2004-08-03 Thread Kenneth Waller
Markus, thanks for taking the time to look & comment. What I've posted is a moderate crop of the original slide in which about one fifth of the bottom has been removed, that included leaves from the main flower & other leaves in the vicinity. I felt the inclusion of that cropped bottom distracte

RE: washed out skies (was RE: new to the list)

2004-08-03 Thread David Schneider
Ah I like landscapes more than anything (mostly because, well, truly, I need more practice with people). Perhaps my trusty Super Program isn't metering quite what I expect, thus the washed out sky. I shall go experiment now! Thank you all! david -Original Message- From: Ryan Lee [ma

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Jostein wrote on 03.08.04 14:54: > The third and last PESO image from my recent holiday: > > http://www.oksne.net/paw/lily_leaves.html > > Please tell me what you think... You're really beginning to upset me! How can you just post here only perfect and nice to my eye photos? Nasty boy! ;-) BTW -

RE: washed out skies (was RE: new to the list)

2004-08-03 Thread Tom Reese
David wrote: "Thanks for the suggestions! It was previously suggested that I try a polarizing filter, which I shall do. But, one might ask, why would that help? (I guess I like knowing the "whys") But, be that as it may, it seems that most of my sky shots are washed out, but now and then a shot w

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Jostein
Humble thanks, Boris. I may have to think thoroughly on how my photographic ideas actually arise, or if they do at all...:-) Cheers, Jostein - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 4:51 PM Subject: Re: PESO -

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Jostein
Ryan, The camera was set to multi-segment metering, but I'm not sure if the *istD will do that with an A lens and the AF1.7TC. If it doesn't, I guess it defaults to centre-weight... Jostein - Original Message - From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Intentional Photography?

2004-08-03 Thread Kenneth Waller
I guess you have to decide for yourself if its the destination (images) or the trip (gear & usage of that gear). For my outdoor photography its both. I truly enjoy going to the places that I photograph & bringing back images of that experience is the icing on the cake. But in places like Katmai

Re: Catching my breath (long)

2004-08-03 Thread Keith Whaley
Mark Roberts wrote: Stephen Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Mark -- Buncha cool shots! Of the ones here, http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2004ama/midohio/6/ I especially liked the one captioned "One of the reasons why photographers love Mid-Ohio..." This is where the bike comes off the

Re: What lens do you carry

2004-08-03 Thread Raimo K
Actually I mostly carry only Optio S4. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Ryan Lee
I ponder that about my imaginary *ist D myself :) Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:26 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Floating leaves > Ryan, > > The camera was set to multi-segment metering, but I'

Re: I got published!

2004-08-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
Wendy, Congratulations! It is always a thrill to see your own work in print. Even though it wasn't much money, it is a start. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, August 3, 2004, 5:33:21 AM, you wrote: wb> Been away for a week or so doing agility stuff with the girls. Upon my wb> return, I clear

Re: OT Epson 1290 print issue

2004-08-03 Thread Joseph Tainter
You may need to do multiple runs through the cleaning procedure. This is what I do on my Epson 870. The 870 was a smaller version of the 1270, and I believe the 1290 is an upgrade of the 1270. Joe

Re: PESO - Floating leaves

2004-08-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Jostein, This one is more unusual and has less long term appeal for me. At first glance, it looked like several flying saucers hovering up in the sky. But after looking for awhile, it isn't quite as nice as the last two you showed. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, August 3, 2004, 5:54:5

Re: Catching my breath (long)

2004-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Stephen Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>Buncha cool shots! Of the ones here, >>> >>> http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2004ama/midohio/6/ >>> >>>I especially liked the one captioned "One of the reasons >>>why photographer

Re: Circle of Confusion for *ist D

2004-08-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
I don't know if they are actually using this value but the suggested COC for APS is 0.019948mm. jtainter wrote: I have asked Pentax USA what circle of confusion Pentax uses for DA lenses. As one might expect, the question just generated its own confusion. Does anyone know what circle of confusio

Re: Pentax Mirror Zoom

2004-08-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
I forgot to mention the need for that really big flash unit or heavy weight tripod at 600mm. On the other hand at 400mm f8 it's almost reasonable, it is exceedingly light weight for a 400mm. Frantisek Vlcek wrote: Monday, August 2, 2004, 6:47:02 PM, Peter wrote: PJA> I have one, it's not bad.

Re: Mike Johnston's latest...

2004-08-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
I have one, I bought it to get the camera that it was attached to. I must admit I do love the concept. I do wish I could love the lens. It does gender respect in the clueless however. (This is not to say that a good photographer can't make good photographs with it, but my FA 28-70 f4 and F

Re: PAW - Fox Pups

2004-08-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
Nicely balanced nature shot. Tom C wrote: Another shot taken several miles from home about 1 1/2 months ago. Tight crop on right was necessary to exclude a green/white metal fence post. http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=255907 Tom C.

Re: Pentax Sighting

2004-08-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
Even though my wife has more money than GOD she wouldn't spring for the Nikon. frank theriault wrote: --- tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Did anyone see the Pentax strap dangling in front of John Kerry as he made his way to the podium at the DNC? Looked like it was attached to an MZ-S. Wh

Re: Pentax Mirror Zoom

2004-08-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
I think I mentioned that it wasn't particularly practical at 600mm. Herb Chong wrote: f/12 means slow shutter speeds which means vibration blur. distant landscapes in the summer will be blurred by heat shimmer, even at surprisingly high shutter speeds like 1/1000s or higher. because of atmospheric

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