Hi Fred
staring at all those old photos when (nearly) everything was so
beautiful, made my heart and mind hop.
I agree fully with what you say, no more abbreviations, I promise :-)
But,that should not stop you from having a look at Minolta Girl at:
Hi!
DS I'm new to the list... I subscribed last week and just sort of read for
DS a bit to get the feel for everything. I have to say that I find the list
DS warm, inviting, and most importantly, comfortable. It is readily
DS apparent to me that many here are dear friends, and everyone seems
DS
I remember reading once about possible reasons to put a processor in a
commode. The most intriguing one is that chemical/biological sensors
would effectively give you a lab test whenever you relieved yourself,
and would alert you to any detected medical problems. The obvious
problems involve
Congrats. There is no higher praise than payment.
Congratulations.
I'm not surprised at all.
-Lon
Kenneth Waller wrote:
Just got word that my August PUG submission was awarded First place in the
scenic category in a contest sponsored by Alaska Magazine. You can view this
image - The North Face of Denali -@
Brian Walters wrote on 04.08.04 14:13:
Comments, of course, welcome.
http://supera.spymac.net/photos/paw/telstra.html
connection refused...
--
Best Regards
Sylwek
I think this is probably a fairly accurate assessment. It would have
been useful to talk about the uses of each lens or funny to say
something disparaging about each., The combination gives some funny
lines but also a lot of unsupported opinion. Besides, what's wrong with
a snapshot lens? I
Dr. Shaun Canning wrote:
http://www.heritageservices.com.au/dof.htm
Depth of Field Calculator for anyone who is interested.
That looks like a useful tool, Shaun - thanks!
Just a random idea - would anyone be interested in a similar program
that you could download and run on your mobile phone? I
Herb wrote:
FWIW, i am contemplating buying the A* 1200/8 specifically for a certain
type of wildlife photography. the only reason it is even remotely under
consideration is the price i am being offered for a mint condition one.
REPLY:
May I ask how much? I might be interested in case you're
Mark wrote:
There will be the baby D and some interesting lenses coming, though...
REPLY:
The baby DSLR is a safe bet and rumors say something is happening in the lens
department. I hope Pentax will release some solid, well built zoom lenses; not
necessarily very fast. The high-end compact
I did a quick comparison to fcalc. This one seems to be using a coc for
aps of .025mm and
.033 for 35mm. A bit more optimistic possibly?
Dr. Shaun Canning wrote:
http://www.heritageservices.com.au/dof.htm
Depth of Field Calculator for anyone who is interested.
Cheers
Oh yea, just what I want, my bathroom telling me to cut down on the red
meat, eat more fiber and
go easy on the scotch.
Steve Desjardins wrote:
I remember reading once about possible reasons to put a processor in a
commode. The most intriguing one is that chemical/biological sensors
would
I've been sorta working on one that will run on a PDA, I never thought
of a phone...
Ckkk.
Steve Jolly wrote:
Dr. Shaun Canning wrote:
http://www.heritageservices.com.au/dof.htm
Depth of Field Calculator for anyone who is interested.
That looks like a useful tool, Shaun -
Subject: FS: Pentax brand enlarger lens - Unique? - Best offer
Date: 04 Aug 2004 01:50:39 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ChrisPlatt)
Newsgroups: rec.photo.marketplace.darkroom
Pentax-EL 50mm f/2.8 enlarging lens
6 elements; 8-blade diaphragm; appears to be multicoated.
All metal
Hi!
Steve Jolly wrote:
Dr. Shaun Canning wrote:
http://www.heritageservices.com.au/dof.htm
Depth of Field Calculator for anyone who is interested.
That looks like a useful tool, Shaun - thanks!
Just a random idea - would anyone be interested in a similar program
that you could download and run
DSC http://www.heritageservices.com.au/dof.htm
DSC Depth of Field Calculator for anyone who is interested.
DSC Cheers
Here is another one:
http://www.photozone.de/3Technology/demos/depth.htm
Attila
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0408/04080401casioceramiclens.asp
Anyone here remembering a certain Tale From The Caves ?
cheers!
Rob,
COC factors are:
35 mm= 0.033
APS=0.025
645=0.05
6x6=0.06
6x7=0.065
5x4=0.15
10x8=0.3
Cheers
Shaun
Rob Studdert wrote:
On 4 Aug 2004 at 17:23, Dr. Shaun Canning wrote:
http://www.heritageservices.com.au/dof.htm
Depth of Field Calculator for anyone who is interested.
What are your COC
Nice one. Cat and pigeons spring unbidden to mind.
Caveman wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0408/04080401casioceramiclens.asp
Anyone here remembering a certain Tale From The Caves ?
cheers!
Hmm.. sounds all good for Casio.. what's the catch?
Ryan
- Original Message -
From: Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 12:24 AM
Subject: Ha !
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0408/04080401casioceramiclens.asp
Anyone here remembering a
I posted this on another forum some time back, but thought that it might be
of interest to PDML'rs as it shows what the *istD can do with available
light. Sorry for the large file.
I was asked to take photos of a local news anchor, Jineane Ford, for a small
specialty newspaper. Jineane is on
Is is just me or is the list slow today?
Not knowing what the setup was for the Frontier machines used at
Walmart, but wanting to take advantage of supposedly pretty good
quality, but low cost 8x10's, I took a CF with two images from the
*istD. The first a full blown 16 bit converted from RAW using Adobe PS
and adjusted for levels,
Awesome, inspiring!
rg
wendy beard 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 cheque for $20!
I am supposed to go to one professional meeting a year. The big
American Chemical Society meetings are about 15,000 chemists, and if
that doesn't set off the nerd alert, nothing will. I sit through talks
all day on where's the electron? while Debbie goes shopping in Philly.
The good news is
I thought only Eddy Wally could make you do that.
Ryan Lee wrote:
Yikes heck no! Why don't you just throw in Kenny G too; I'll be turning in
my grave so violently I might come back to life!
Cheers,
Ryan
- Original Message -
From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Well, we could liven it up with some great subjects like:
- Nikon D70 vs. Pentax *ist D
- Canon USM IS vs. Pentax Limited lens
- film vs. digital
etc.
Peter J. Alling wrote:
Is is just me or is the list slow today?
Valentin, you are a man of vision (ceramic that is)
Norm
Caveman wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0408/04080401casioceramiclens.asp
Anyone here remembering a certain Tale From The Caves ?
cheers!
- my 50/1.4 is better than your 50/1.7
Caveman wrote:
Well, we could liven it up with some great subjects like:
- Nikon D70 vs. Pentax *ist D
- Canon USM IS vs. Pentax Limited lens
- film vs. digital
Peter J. Alling wrote:
Is is just me or is the list slow today?
I have had mixed success with Wal-Mart. I took in a photo for an 8x10
that I had not cropped from the 8x12 format that the istD creates so it
didn't get cropped where I would have preferred. The quality was
exceptional so I recropped the file at home, making no other changes,
and had it
Only at 1.4 ... ;-)
Norm Baugher wrote:
- my 50/1.4 is better than your 50/1.7
Caveman wrote:
Well, we could liven it up with some great subjects like:
- Nikon D70 vs. Pentax *ist D
- Canon USM IS vs. Pentax Limited lens
- film vs. digital
Peter J. Alling wrote:
Is is just me or is the list slow
Probably does not matter, I just checked their website and it says the Camera
Clinic is sold out. How you can sell out a free program I don't know, but anyway
there are no more seats available.
OTOH, if anyone just wants to drop by and visit with other PDML'ers that would
be fine. Either Bill
Without having any experience here, I can tell you that you do not want to use
Save For Web. That only give you a 72dpi image. I would make a small bet that
the machines will only use 8bit JPEG's to.
--
Gonz wrote:
Not knowing what the setup was for the Frontier machines used at
Walmart, but
From: Badri A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cool abstract, you do have an excellent eye for these Jostein! I
must
agree, however, that I liked 'Waves' better.
Thanks, Badri!
Not sure I understand how the leaves reflect the sunlight when the
water surface doesn't? Shouldn't the water reflect better?
thanks, Ken!
Coming from you, I really appreciate it. :-)
Jostein
- Original Message -
From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: PESO - Floating leaves
Very well done abstract!
My kind of photography.
Ha ! IIRC, it was about Pentax inventing indestructible ceramic eye
glasses lens, a silly (?) idea triggered by their ceramic powder for
sore feet relief... Bwahahaa...
And just for fun, go to
http://www.pentavox-herbals.com/ordrform.htm
and search for Pentax ;-)
Norm Baugher wrote:
Valentin,
Congrats, Ken.
Well deserved too.
I would say My Kind Of Photography, but you already took that
phrase...:-)
A great shot.
Jostein
- Original Message -
From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:23 AM
Subject: PUG image published
Hello fellow Pentaxians. I have been gone for a while but I missed you
all so I am back. Having been out of the loop for a while I need to
ask, what is PESO? Well, I'm looking forward to some great discussions.
Dave
Hi!
Hello fellow Pentaxians. I have been gone for a while but I missed you
all so I am back. Having been out of the loop for a while I need to
ask, what is PESO? Well, I'm looking forward to some great discussions.
Dave, PESO is Picture Every So Often...
Boris
Me too!
And it is a picture taken with the Optio S4. Approximately A4 sized portrait
of the Swedish clarinet player Martin Fröst in our regional paper today (we
have a music festival here).
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
Hi!
This was taken some time ago when I was visiting Canberra, the Australian
Capital. The Telstra communications tower dominates the skyline but I
hadn't realised that it has a dramatic effect at ground level as well.
Nothing outstanding technically - just an interesting image.
Clicking on
Welcom back David! Here's a little Mini FAQ Graywolf put together for us:
http://graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html explains a lot about the list.
Don
-Original Message-
From: David Madsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 12:24 PM
To: PDML
Subject:
Hi!
Jineane was very gracious, very down to earth. The newspaper wanted
broadcast type images. The photos turned out very good (shot about 20
different angles and poses) and this is the one that was chosen for the
cover of the small newspaper which came out last week.
From my first batch of shots taken with my new lens:
http://www.sunny16.net/photos/paw/2004-08-04.html
I don't think I have the energy.
Caveman wrote:
Well, we could liven it up with some great subjects like:
- Nikon D70 vs. Pentax *ist D
- Canon USM IS vs. Pentax Limited lens
- film vs. digital
etc.
Peter J. Alling wrote:
Is is just me or is the list slow today?
Strange Norm's post never got to me...
Caveman wrote:
Only at 1.4 ... ;-)
Norm Baugher wrote:
- my 50/1.4 is better than your 50/1.7
Caveman wrote:
Well, we could liven it up with some great subjects like:
- Nikon D70 vs. Pentax *ist D
- Canon USM IS vs. Pentax Limited lens
- film vs. digital
I was at a friends wedding last weekend shooting BW, not officially
just for fun, threw a roll of color in the 6x7 and forgot to take off
the yellow filter. I almost never shot color so I really didn't even
notice it. Unfortunately there are a couple of shots that I like on this
roll, they're
Ya gotta watch those tilted horizons, (like I'm not guilty of that
too). The lens
looks like it produces good results.
Amita Guha wrote:
From my first batch of shots taken with my new lens:
http://www.sunny16.net/photos/paw/2004-08-04.html
Hi Wendy
You seem to be the doggie-pro here, so have a look at poor Zafra :-)
Comments may be liked from cat lovers too
Congratulation on your photo sale !
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2583960
greetings
Markus
I have adjusted the COC for APS to reflect the correct COC for the *ist
D. It is 0.020 apparently.
Dr. Shaun Canning wrote:
Rob,
COC factors are:
35 mm= 0.033
APS=0.025
645=0.05
6x6=0.06
6x7=0.065
5x4=0.15
10x8=0.3
Cheers
Shaun
Rob Studdert wrote:
On 4 Aug 2004 at 17:23, Dr. Shaun Canning wrote:
On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 22:13:02 +1000, Brian Walters wrote:
http://supera.spymac.net/photos/paw/telstra.html
What's the halo around the shadow of the top of the tower?
TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
Caveman, do you know what a WOW is?
-Original Message-
From: Caveman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 5 August 2004 7:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A whopper of a WOW...
Sure. At $50/hour I'll redo it pixel by pixel. Do you want a soft dreamy
romantic look or a
I am amused by correspondence with Pentax USA. In a previous exchange,
they told me that they know nothing about lens availability, but would
be happy to answer my questions any time.
The exchange below speaks for itself. I removed the name of the poor
employee who responded.
Since Pentax
Here's another DOF calculator, the page specifies the CoC values used.
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/dofcalc.html
Here's some possibilities:
1. Try FilterSim. Its free from:
http://www.mediachance.com
It's a standalone program that simulates the entire series of the Kodak
wratter filters.
2. Go to Levels in PS. Using the middle dropper, click on something in
your photo that should be medium gray. This is
--- tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39981-2004Aug4.html
tv
He was my God. I'm deeply saddened.
One of the greatest photographers is gone. I think
I'll go have a beer.
regards,
frank
=
The optimist thinks this is the best of
Hi Jostein
Um... Apparently, water reflects the sun at a different angle. If I
That makes sense..
though, and rejected it because i lost the reflections...:-)
It's a great shot just as you have made it!
Badri
the price is only good if you live close enough to drive and pick it up.
Herb...
- Original Message -
From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 9:21 AM
Subject: A* 1200/8 (WAS: Re: Mike Johnston's latest...)
May I ask how much? I might
On 4 Aug 2004 at 16:29, Joseph Tainter wrote:
According to this site:
http://www.dfleming.ameranet.com/digital_coc.html
the answer is 0.020 mm.
Hi Joe,
Do you know how they arrived at the figures listed at that site? I'm of the
opinion that we won't know what they are actually using
Thanks for the welcome everyone, it's good to be home. I was gone long
enough to put the D to work. I did two shoots with internet supermodel
Victoria Anisova (victoriaanisova.com, if you're interested). She has
worked with some of the biggest fashion and glamour photogs in the US
and I had to
it depends. i would not bother though and scan and covert to grayscale.
restoring color will leave some of them very unsaturated and grainy. if you
have clearly neutral tones in the image that are now yellow, using Levels
and the graypoint dropper should remove much of the cast, but you really
That's where I got the COC values for the *ist D from!
Cheers
Shaun
Rob Studdert said:
On 4 Aug 2004 at 16:29, Joseph Tainter wrote:
According to this site:
http://www.dfleming.ameranet.com/digital_coc.html
the answer is 0.020 mm.
Hi Joe,
Do you know how they arrived at the figures
What kind of dog would you expect from the former chief of the Hells Angels
in Switzerland?
His dog was food poisoned with pieces of sausage with Strichnin - rat
poison, but survived.
He lost all of his hair then. I made a series of shoots just before that
happened. I think you know this
breed
Sorry, link missed:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2584630
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: Ohrbit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gesendet: 5 August 2004 Donnerstag 02:19
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: HOPP:A Hell's Angels dog
What kind of dog would you expect from the former
Starting to scan some very old photo prints and negatives, I have
rediscovered one shoot of Minolta Girl.
I think it was Frank and Ceasar(who really knows the original one) and Cotty
as well mentioning this mysterious women from time to time and after GFM.
She emigrated to the islands of Gran
Jeez, no wonder you all have the hots for her, she's gorgeous!
tan.
-Original Message-
From: Ohrbit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 5 August 2004 10:21 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HOPP:Minolta Girl - she nearly broke a Pentax users heart
Starting to scan some very old
Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
Jeez, no wonder you all have the hots for her, she's gorgeous!
Ha ! She has that steel cold look that tells me she'll screw ya.
caveman
P.S. Screw - 19. Slang. to cheat or take advantage of (someone).
It is a good feeling, and congratulations! You have been validated!
John Power
-Original Message-
From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 8:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: I got published!
Awesome, inspiring!
rg
wendy beard wrote:
Been away
Yes, I very much liked the contrast. Excellent photo, and congratulations.
I also liked your notes, showing how far away you were.
John Power
-Original Message-
From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 10:01 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PUG
Interesting symbolism with the tower. What is below, are those trees or
what? Did you do any post-processing to get it so bright around the shadow
of the tower? Yes it points the way. Thanks for sharing. A good
perspective.
John Power
-Original Message-
From: Boris Liberman
I used the Tamron 28-75mm, a lens I like very much. Bruce Dayton highly
recommended it and talked me into it. The EXIF shows 28mm, f2.8 at 1/45
sec, ISO 800. I also shot some with the DA16-45, about f4.0 at 1/20 sec,
but I got a little too close with it and got some distortion.
Thanks for
Well Herb, I have to say, another big DUH from me, never thought of
that, thanks I'll try it as color balancing and stuff like that just is
beyond meThanks
Norm
Herb Chong wrote:
it depends. i would not bother though and scan and covert to grayscale.
restoring color will leave some of them
Well, I know that there are other comments ahead of me on this, and I have
not read them all, but:
I like the overall composition with the building on the side.
It does need to be straightened so that it isn't the leaning tower of
Chrysler (sorry, couldn't help myself.)
We need to get some of the
HOPP: historical old Pentax photo
POUUAESLA = Proliferation of Unnecessary, Undesirable, and Excessive
Subject Line Abbreviations.
C'mon guys, let's not keep adding a new abbreviation each week or
so.
Hmmm... AAW = Abbreviation a Week. Nah...
Don't we have enough already?
Fred
Fred wrote:
POUUAESLA
ROFLMAO !
Hi Caveman
in fact she was playing the same little silly and sometimes painful games I
did at that age.
She knew very well how beautiful she was but was a good friend otherwise.
We lived in a shared flat for about half a year with others, and yes, it was
Hippy-times then.
One year later she was
I totally agree!
I can remember the meanings of precisely FOUR of them - OT, PESO, PAW, WOW.
And I think that is only because they all, kind of spell something. Apart
from that, my feeble little mind has no comprehension!
Love it Fred, very well put!
tan.
-Original Message-
From:
Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
Hey David,
it hasn't been *that* long!
But, welcome back anyways. The FAQs that Don posted will answer your PESO
question and any others you may have, but we haven't changed that much you
know!
(oh, except that I went to USA and now I've met some of these weird
Who are you kidding Frank, you may feel the loss but you didn't need the
excuse to have a beer.
frank theriault wrote:
--- tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39981-2004Aug4.html
tv
He was my God. I'm deeply saddened.
One of the
Hi Dave
so, will you show us some photos later?
I went to her website and admired her long hair on the title photo
another Pentax user back to the forum :-)
greetings
Markus
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: David Madsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gesendet: 5 August 2004 Donnerstag
Hi John
a nice shot and the blue reflections are interesting too.
Quite good quality for ISO 800, you did not try to remove the noise with
software?
She seemed to like it too.
Well done :-)
Markus
PESO - News Studio
I used the Tamron 28-75mm, a lens I like very much. Bruce Dayton highly
Hi Tan
can't help you here, it looks like a lot of work to do.
I'm still learning basic repairs in Photoshop from scratch but it is amazing
what can be done with software.
I'm sure you will find a pro here
greetings
Markus
Betreff: A whopper of a WOW...
Anyways, I'd love to see some of
Hi Kenneth
Your philosophy makes sense, I try to achieve the same :-)
happy pentaxing
Markus
My outdoor photographic philosophy is to isolate simplify, forcing the
viewer to concentrate on the scene I want them to see.
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html
Comments:
Markus,
The final product was the front page of a tabloid sized newspaper, so any
time working on noise would have been of limited benefit. Plus, I gave them
about 20 different images and they chose this one, reworked a bit and just
dropped it in their layout. The printed image was about 7-1/2
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