RE: HOPP:Minolta Girl - she nearly broke a Pentax users heart

2004-08-12 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Cesar I hope I did not destroy Cotty's sweet and understandable links with Minolta Girl... thanks for showing her, *I* really enjoy looking at such beautiful and smart women ;-) greetings Markus take - I went into my photo store, where she used to work, and still had a couple of shots to

35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread handmaid
See below from Boz's site. Does the aperture ring and 35mm coverage mean that Pentax is planning a 'full frame' pro-ish digital, why else would the new lenses have such coverage? 'According to DPreview, Pentax has announced two new and exiting lenses: smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm F2.8 and smc

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Alan Chan
The problem is K mount was designed for 24x36mm in the 1st place. There is a limit on how small they can make the DA lenses because of that. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Yes, but what would be the point of supporting two different sensor formats in the same SLR body design?

Re: Pentax PKA rear lens caps.

2004-08-12 Thread Lon Williamson
Sigma's newer caps for Sigma/PKA covers the entire mount. This is one thing Sigma does well. Jens Bladt wrote: I often had a hard time finding rear caps with a collar/flare for A, F, FA lenses. Now I found some at ebay. I'll try to put PKA caps (with a collar/flare) on all my Pentax lenses. When

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Antonio
Good point, my money is on FF only in the end. APS sensors in PS A. On 12/8/04 12:05 pm, Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is K mount was designed for 24x36mm in the 1st place. There is a limit on how small they can make the DA lenses because of that. Alan Chan

Re: Waterfalls

2004-08-12 Thread Herb Chong
sounds like your composition options are limited. how about sighting along the length of the dam or tightening on the right corner with a longer lens? Herb... - Original Message - From: Andrew Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:14 PM

Re: istD overexposure

2004-08-12 Thread Herb Chong
i have never seen my *istD do this under similar conditions. also, if it is a critical exposure, i check the histogram and bracket 1 or 1.5 stops for later blending. i always shoot evaluative mode for these types of scenes. the only other mode i use is spot metering and that is only when i am

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Antonio wrote on 12.08.04 12:02: Yes, but what would be the point of supporting two different sensor formats in the same SLR body design? Price. If APS DSLR will be let's say 500$ less than FF one in future, then it will sell much better and will bring more profits to company. This is not

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Herb Chong
it also gives them a way to drop the film body line without losing their users completely. film camera sales in Japan are down 50% from last year with a larger drop in PS cameras than SLR, but that's still over 40% for SLR film bodies. Pentax's market share dropped 2% down to about 7% of film

Re: PDML chance encounter

2004-08-12 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think either of us had ever run into another member by pure chance before! Other PDML'ers just cover their faces and walk the other way when they see me. ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: istD overexposure

2004-08-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12.08.04 7:01: Here's an example of what I'm complaining about: http://members.aol.com/ernreed/2bright.jpg The only thing I did to this image was resize it in Photoshop Elements. Much of the EXIF data seems to have survived this. Ern, check customs functions

Re: PDML chance encounter

2004-08-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/8/04, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, offered: I don't think either of us had ever run into another member by pure chance before! Other PDML'ers just cover their faces and walk the other way when they see me. ;-) You mean their ears Graywolf GRIN Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: PMA processing survey

2004-08-12 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Interesting read, thanks for sharing Butch. Digital is a disrupting technology. Interesting to see is the decrease of digital camera sales between 1 and 3 MP. I wonder how long film will be available everywhere, together with processing. On Thursday 12 August 2004 03:46, Butch Black wrote: FJW

Re: Has anyone seen Secret Window?

2004-08-12 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Ok, guys. I don't mind contributing in spreading some joy to the list. I guess I made an error in saying in a similar vein. Maybe I should have said in a similar style/genre then. Would anyone care to enlighten me on this? Thanks, Lasse - Original Message - From: David Madsen [EMAIL

RE: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread J. C. O'Connell
You are overlooking the fact that once they BOTH get cheap enough then the savings of APS sensor gets smaller and smaller to the point that no one will want it if the FF is only a little more in absolute dollars. JCO -Original Message- From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
J. C. O'Connell wrote on 12.08.04 13:31: You are overlooking the fact that once they BOTH get cheap enough then the savings of APS sensor gets smaller and smaller to the point that no one will want it if the FF is only a little more in absolute dollars. You are right, but when will it

RE: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread David Madsen
At this point I doubt that Pentax has specific plans to build a FF DSLR, but I'm sure they are trying to make sure they don't paint themselves into a corner, so to speak, and leave themselves unable to do so in the future. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread CRB
If Pentax can sell new lenses to both Film and Computer users for a mere $10 per pro-grade lens, why the heck not? If film is going to be around for a few more years, esp. bw, then it seems a small investment to maintain a marketshare that the others have completely abandoned. Pentax getting

PESO:wave 4 of journeys on the MS Silvretta 1981/82

2004-08-12 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Pentax lovers Wave 4 shows (slightly) technical better photos than wave 3 and some very romantic ones... Please take into account the age of the photos and that the scans are from the negatives at 1200dpi only. A little lifeboat exercise is also shown and the second view of my cabin :-) Again,

RE: FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-12 Thread Paul Ewins
Silver 77 #0003088 - bought second hand in Australia Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Antonio
Well you could easily have different prifce points within a FF line of sensors/cameras. It could be argued in fact that price to the manufacturer or supporting two very similar chip formats would be a point against this. As to APS not being a diffferent medium - we have already seen that you need

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Antonio
Plus, you have to look at the price of lenses for APS sensors v the price of FF lenses. APS doesnt look so cheap when you can pick up nice K mount lenses on ebay for a steal. Not to mention all the existing Pentax K-mount owners who will find a very easy upgrade path to ditital with FF. Antonio

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Antonio wrote on 12.08.04 14:13: Plus, you have to look at the price of lenses for APS sensors v the price of FF lenses. APS doesnt look so cheap when you can pick up nice K mount lenses on ebay for a steal. Not to mention all the existing Pentax K-mount owners who will find a very easy

RE: Cracked Lens, exposure question, and a PESO

2004-08-12 Thread John Power
Wow, I am really sorry to hear about that. For me you just ended the discussion of to skylight or not to skylight, when walking with a camera. John Power Racehorse in the desert. -Original Message- From: Jerome Reyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 11:34 AM

Re: FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-12 Thread Kristian Walsh
They might have had it for a while. My 77 (silver) is serial no. 0003051, and was bought in Dublin (Ireland) in December 2001. Sixty-two lenses in three years seems to be taking the Limited concept a bit far :-) For the record, my 43mm (silver) is numbered 0004035 and was bought second-hand

RE: Minolta Girl - she nearly broke a Pentax users heart

2004-08-12 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Cesar that motto originated out of a Minolta-girl chat with Frank who sadly left the Pentax bar for a while At least your bite snakeskin LX does, If the owner is not wild but young, I am 44 :-) A wild one from my past, photographed by some Keystone press guy in case you missed it: We

RE: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread J. C. O'Connell
the 14/n is 13Mpixel, none of the APS are even close to that so the 3K difference is more than just FF, its much higher image quality too. JCO -Original Message- From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 Aug 2004 at 14:26, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Right, as long as price difference between FF and APS sensor cameras is lower than price of wide angle lens(es) dedicated for smaller CCD. So far price difference between the cheapest FF camera (Kodak 14/N) and based on the same analog body

RE: Cracked Lens, exposure question, and a PESO

2004-08-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 Aug 2004 at 5:32, John Power wrote: Wow, I am really sorry to hear about that. For me you just ended the discussion of to skylight or not to skylight, when walking with a camera. John Power Racehorse in the desert. Metal hoods rule :-) They've saved my glASS more than once. Rob

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
J. C. O'Connell wrote on 12.08.04 14:46: the 14/n is 13Mpixel, none of the APS are even close to that so the 3K difference is more than just FF, its much higher image quality too. Yes and no :-) Most people can't afford this and will choose something much cheaper with quality satisfying for

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 12.08.04 14:57: I've got pretty much all the glass I need, I have cash to spend on a new high spec body (FF preferably) to use my glass on. I've promised myself not to get sucked into buying APS format only lenses (unless of course they produced something I couldn't live

Re: SMC F70-210 and mounting AF lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Joe Wilensky
I like my SMC-F 70-210 and the results seem nicer than other similar zooms I have tried in the past ... but a couple of these comments bring up an issue I have wondered about: After mounting an AF Pentax lens to an AF Pentax body, I always rotate the focus ring slightly so that I hear and feel

Re: Pentax PKA rear lens caps.

2004-08-12 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 2004.08.12 13:32:49: Sigma's newer caps for Sigma/PKA covers the entire mount. This is one thing Sigma does well. Are you kidding? Those Sigma PKA/S universal caps are a real PITA to use. they must be correctly aligned even to mount and are a bit

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Peter J. Alling
I doubt the MZ-D design will be resurrected. I would expect a whole new design. There are always advances in manufacturing techniques which the older design won't accommodate. Tom C wrote: Finally Pentax makes some sense... at least on paper... I've thought the DA APS-sized lenses were in

Re: AF-assist of the Pentax *ist D AF

2004-08-12 Thread Joe Wilensky
These have been Pentax's standard instructions ever since the SF1/SFX flash that had the infrared focusing beam built in -- if you want to use it for focusing but not for flash, push the flash back down after focusing but while still pressing the shutter release halfway. A better method is via

Re: What's up with the P30t?

2004-08-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Steve Jolly Subject: Re: What's up with the P30t? My take: it's a cheap consumer SLR with few non-essential features; Pentax sold a whole bunch of them back in the late eighties and now there's a glut. :-) They were marketed to compete against the low

Re: Has anyone seen Secret Window?

2004-08-12 Thread Peter J. Alling
No error, just a bunch of wise a**es. Lasse Karlsson wrote: Ok, guys. I don't mind contributing in spreading some joy to the list. I guess I made an error in saying in a similar vein. Maybe I should have said in a similar style/genre then. Would anyone care to enlighten me on this? Thanks, Lasse

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread graywolf
Probably they were following this list and the hunderds of posts saying that no one would ever pay that much for a camera. Those were the days when I had to preach the benefits of digital, just as I now have to do for film now. Such is life. -- Tom C wrote: Based on the current prices of FF

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: graywolf Subject: Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses Probably they were following this list and the hunderds of posts saying that no one would ever pay that much for a camera. Those were the days when I had to preach the benefits of digital, just as I now

Re: PESO:wave 4 of journeys on the MS Silvretta 1981/82

2004-08-12 Thread Norm Baugher
Great stuff Markus, thanks again for sharing. Norm Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Pentax lovers Wave 4 shows (slightly) technical better photos than wave 3 and some very romantic ones... Please take into account the age of the photos and that the scans are from the negatives at 1200dpi only. A little

Re: SMC F70-210 and mounting AF lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Joe Wilensky wrote: After mounting an AF Pentax lens to an AF Pentax body, I always rotate the focus ring slightly so that I hear and feel the AF drive pin click into place. How many people do this, as opposed to waiting until the next time the camera tries to autofocus,

RE: Ok, how about Sigma front caps

2004-08-12 Thread Amita Guha
These don't fall off. Do they? :) The Hama front caps I get from Adorama stay on pretty well. :) Amita

Re: first question

2004-08-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Stan Halpin wrote: Enjoy what you have, don't get too caught up in what you might like to buy sometime later, and you will do just fine with a 28/50/135 set of lenses. ...and perhaps a converter, as Stan said (or possibly the 1.7 AF, which will turn a cheap but good K or

RE: Caveman goes digital

2004-08-12 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Wow! Did not realize that my shots had made a second round on the list. I guess one good thing about sitting out the tropical storm at home - allowed me to catch up with the list. It was a blast. I am definitely looking forward to next year, especially as I will have to miss this years Camera

Re: Caveman goes digital

2004-08-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/8/04, Cesar Matamoros II, discombobulated, offered: Lets see what Hurrican Charley will bring in the next day or two, looks like a good one Cesar, batten down! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Butch Black
Antonio wrote: Yes, but what would be the point of supporting two different sensor formats in the same SLR body design? For those who shoot a lot of telephoto but little wide angle the APS sized chip has an advantage with it's smaller AOV. 6 MP is proving adequate for many consumers. Assuming

Re: My AF 500FTZ debacle...

2004-08-12 Thread graywolf
LOL! Consider it practice for the real job, Sid. It will be easier the second time around. Might even check out the possibility of putting a plug-in connector in this time around. That will guarantee you will never have to do it again (see Murphy's Law). -- Sid Barras wrote: Hi all, When you

Re: PMA processing survey

2004-08-12 Thread Butch Black
Mark wrote: This is being watched with interest by everyone. Eckerd pharmacies last year pledged to eventually put a Fuji Frontier lab in each one of their stores. Eckerd has since been bought (by J.C. Penney, IIRC) and it'll be interesting to see if they hold to this plan. I'm betting they cut

RE: Ok, how about Sigma front caps

2004-08-12 Thread CRB
The Hama front caps I get from Adorama stay on pretty well. :) Amita Hama, huh? Mustn't be surprized that high-quality German engineering! :O Sincerely, C. Brendemuehl --- You impress at a distance, but you impact a life up close. The closer the relationship the

Re: My AF 500FTZ debacle...

2004-08-12 Thread Andrew Bingham
Try, try again.! On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:41:33 -0400, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL! Consider it practice for the real job, Sid. It will be easier the second time around. Might even check out the possibility of putting a plug-in connector in this time around. That will guarantee you

Re: My AF 500FTZ debacle...

2004-08-12 Thread Brendan
YES! Try it again! this time you might get it to work. --- Andrew Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try, try again.! On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:41:33 -0400, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL! Consider it practice for the real job, Sid. It will be easier the second time around.

Re: Pentax PKA rear lens caps.

2004-08-12 Thread Bruce Dayton
Me three! Both Sigma and Tamron caps are hard to put on - have to be lined up. Pentax and Tokina caps are easy to put on. My Tamron and Sigma caps go on the lenses used the least and I sometimes buy extra Pentax caps from KEH to replace the clumsy ones. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday,

RE: GFM Photos

2004-08-12 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 7:08 AM -Original Message- From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 3:33 AM Credits goes to César Matamoros

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Alan Chan
I think they have done that with C class? Here in Vancouver, they are everywhere... (Chinese always have a thing for Mercedes ) :-) Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan And that's the problem. How to make it go mass market ;-) That's the same as you would like Mercedes cars to go mass

Re: PESO: Old Man Tree

2004-08-12 Thread Tom C
Hi Bruce, The reduced contrast image is more to my personal liking. Tom C. From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: Old Man Tree Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:11:59 -0700 For those few of you who want to take a look, I reconverted from

Re: AF-assist of the Pentax *ist D AF

2004-08-12 Thread Alan Chan
Because only Pentaxans speak the truth. ;-) Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Pushing the rtf down works fine, also remember the *ISTD will focus lower than most other cameras with out aid. Now why don't they complain about this with the rebel!

Re: Pentax PKA rear lens caps.

2004-08-12 Thread Alan Chan
Me too. Looks great, but simply doesn't stay in place. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Are you kidding? Those Sigma PKA/S universal caps are a real PITA to use. they must be correctly aligned even to mount and are a bit loose. I'd take the old Pentax caps over the new Sigmas anytime. I'm

Re: Has anyone seen Secret Window?

2004-08-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Lasse Karlsson wrote: Ok, guys. I don't mind contributing in spreading some joy to the list. I guess I made an error in saying in a similar vein. Maybe I should have said in a similar style/genre then. Would anyone care to enlighten me on this? Thanks, Lasse you're so _vein_ - you

Re: istD overexposure

2004-08-12 Thread Tom C
Joe, Where did you get the information that it exposes for shadows when in multi-segment metering? I'm not trying to be argumentative. It would seem to me they should just call it expose for shadow mode, not a multi-segment metering mode. The promo material says ''The *ist D’s sophisticated

Re: PMA processing survey

2004-08-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Butch Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark wrote: This is being watched with interest by everyone. Eckerd pharmacies last year pledged to eventually put a Fuji Frontier lab in each one of their stores. Eckerd has since been bought (by J.C. Penney, IIRC) and it'll be interesting to see if they

RE: Pentax PKA rear lens caps.

2004-08-12 Thread Jens Bladt
Mine (from ebay/americaneagle) are not Sigma, I think. It just says PK on the back side. And, I can turn them anyway I like. They are simply perfect. All the best Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL

The Clifford Ross photo - Yeah, but is it art?

2004-08-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Sigh... In the middle of the night I was wakeful and turned on my bedside radio to NPR - the replay of Leonard Lopate's inerview with Clifford Ross was on. This morning, a friend sends me the link to the site showing the photo. It pisses me off. This guy took a year to make this kinda pretty but

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Peter J. Alling
Additionally I can see the Full frame sensor 35mm replacing med format digital in the short term. I still think there's some chance that Pentax will build a 35mm full frame sensor camera with the ability to mount either 67 or 645 lenses as well as Ka mount lenses nativly. Butch Black wrote:

OT: Merc [Was: Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses]

2004-08-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Alan Chan wrote: And that's the problem. How to make it go mass market ;-) That's the same as you would like Mercedes cars to go mass market, hoping that then their price will drop to acceptable levels ;-) -- Best Regards Sylwek I think they have done that with C

RE: Has anyone seen Secret Window?

2004-08-12 Thread David Madsen
Well, the original post told a story that reminded me of the story in the movie/novella Secret Window, where an author is approached by a man who claims that the author stole his story. A photographer claimed I stole a photo of his - same pose, same lighting, same toning, and even the same model.

Re: istD overexposure

2004-08-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Tom C wrote: The promo material says ''The *ist D’s sophisticated 16-segment multi-pattern metering system solves even the most complicated lighting conditions efficiently and instantly to produce beautifully exposed images frame after frame.' And Canon's uses the term

Re: istD overexposure

2004-08-12 Thread jtainter
Where did you get the information that it exposes for shadows when in multi-segment metering? I'm not trying to be argumentative. It would seem to me they should just call it expose for shadow mode, not a multi-segment metering mode. They will call it what the marketing department says to call

RE: The Clifford Ross photo - Yeah, but is it art?

2004-08-12 Thread Amita Guha
(2) surely the mountain has a name. Couldn't he tell us what it is and where the photo was taken? (my first guess, not doing and research really was Mt. Shasta. Most artist websites suck. They focus more on look and mood than on conveying information, which drives me nuts, and Ross'

Re: SMC F70-210

2004-08-12 Thread Robert Woerner
Ditto. Also, I got mine cheap. $65 or so I think on Ebay a couple of years ago. Robert - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 5:49 PM Subject: Re: SMC F70-210 My luck was a lot better when looking for this

FINALLY... superbike racing photos on line

2004-08-12 Thread Mark Roberts
http://www.robertstech.com/mid02004.htm A select dozen from my gig at Mid-Ohio a couple of weeks ago. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Clifford Ross photo - Yeah, but is it art?

2004-08-12 Thread Keith Whaley
The mountain is Colorado's Mt. Sopris. All that is revealed on the web site whose URL you posted... The camera, of his own design, places an image on a 9 x 18 piece of color negative. Impressive enough. An absolute ton of money must have gone into all that, from inception thru competion! In

Re: The Clifford Ross photo - Yeah, but is it art?

2004-08-12 Thread Andrew Bingham
When photographer Clifford Ross first saw Colorado's Mt. Sopris, he was so taken with the beauty of the mammoth formation that he jumped on the roof of his brother-in-law's car denting it to photograph the landscape. The detail reminds me of the mosaic panoramas from the Mars Rovers, although

RE: What's up with the P30t?

2004-08-12 Thread Jens Bladt
All I really miss on this camera is the maunal ASA-setting. And of course TTL flash. The same goes for the P50. Both cameras have a very smoothe shutte release, which is extremly nice. Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra:

Re: Pentax PKA rear lens caps.

2004-08-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me three! Both Sigma and Tamron caps are hard to put on - have to be lined up. Pentax and Tokina caps are easy to put on. My Tamron and Sigma caps go on the lenses used the least and I sometimes buy extra Pentax caps from KEH to replace the clumsy ones.

Re: PMA processing survey

2004-08-12 Thread jtainter
Interesting that 35 mm. SLRs are 25% of unit volume, but 54% of dollar value. Perhaps we have been too pessimistic about the future of film SLRs, and film to put in them. It's possible that 35 mm. SLRs and 35 mm. film may be among the last to go. Joe

Re: The Clifford Ross photo - Yeah, but is it art?

2004-08-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Keith Whaley wrote: The mountain is Colorado's Mt. Sopris. All that is revealed on the web site whose URL you posted... Ooops - guess I didnt read far enough... The camera, of his own design, places an image on a 9 x 18 piece of color negative. That I got from the interview on line - To

Re: The Clifford Ross photo - Yeah, but is it art?

2004-08-12 Thread Gonz
I have driven in the back roads really close to this mountain, in CO. I know what he means by 35mm pics do not do it justice. It is extraordinarily beautiful, and something ethereal about it. I don't think resolution has anything to do with it, and his pics prove this. Its more than that,

Re: The Clifford Ross photo - Yeah, but is it art?

2004-08-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Amita Guha wrote: (2) surely the mountain has a name. Couldn't he tell us what it is and where the photo was taken? (my first guess, not doing and research really was Mt. Shasta. Most artist websites suck. They focus more on look and mood than on conveying information,

Re: Pentax PKA rear lens caps.

2004-08-12 Thread ernreed2
Mark Roberts posted: If anyone wants a free Tamron 77mm lens cap, go to Grandfather Mountain, climb out the steps and walkway to Linville Bluffs and look around the bottom of that house-sized boulder you're standing on. There's one down there somewhere... NOW you tell me. ERN

Re: The Clifford Ross photo - Yeah, but is it art?

2004-08-12 Thread frank theriault
--- Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sigh... In the middle of the night I was wakeful and turned on my bedside radio to NPR - the replay of Leonard Lopate's inerview with Clifford Ross was on. This morning, a friend sends me the link to the site showing the photo. It pisses me

Re: Perseids this Week

2004-08-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
ALas - no clear skies here last night. (NYC) TOm, missed replying to your PESO on Mt. Hood -- forced to pick one, I take the first. I like the peeking through the bushes look for sheer postcard style. It was, as you say, too bad some clouds were not around - or that you could have hung out

Re: istD overexposure

2004-08-12 Thread Tom C
Thanks Joe. I'll try it for a couple of weeks and see what happens. It's easy enough to adjust the EV in what could be difficult circumstances. Tom C. From: jtainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: istD overexposure Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004

Re: FINALLY... superbike racing photos on line

2004-08-12 Thread frank theriault
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/mid02004.htm A select dozen from my gig at Mid-Ohio a couple of weeks ago. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com As I just said in another post, I've been back to lurking for the last day or

RE: PESO - Chinese Take-away

2004-08-12 Thread David Schneider
Very nice! The dog's expression is just priceless! Perhaps he knew just where he was going? grin david -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:49 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: PESO - Chinese Take-away On 12/8/04, frank theriault,

RE: PESO - Chinese Take-away

2004-08-12 Thread David Madsen
Good shot, sir. I feel like I am there, about to get licked by the dog. -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:18 PM To: pentax list Subject: PESO - Chinese Take-away http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/reportage/images/pic27.html Mutley

RE: FINALLY... superbike racing photos on line

2004-08-12 Thread Don Sanderson
Wonderful Cotty. The dogs look is so intense it's hard to look away! Great shot. Don -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 4:16 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: FINALLY... superbike racing photos on line On 12/8/04, frank

PAW: Rafel

2004-08-12 Thread frank theriault
Not much of a picture, really, but it's part of my People and their Bikes thing that I'm trying to put together: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2597403size=lg Feel free to comment. cheers, frank = The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist

Re: PESO - Chinese Take-away

2004-08-12 Thread frank theriault
--- Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, I think you better sue for that. Were'nt you a lawyer in a previous life? No comment. cheers, frank ps: seriously, yes, but not a very good one... = The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is

RE: FINALLY... superbike racing photos on line

2004-08-12 Thread Don Sanderson
OOPS! I'm so confused! Help Me! OK, I meant to comment on the bikes next but here goes: The closeup of #98 blows me away, almost makes me want to jump out on the way! There all great Mark, 100% pro work. Don (The confused) -Original Message- From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 Aug 2004 at 9:45, Jan van Wijk wrote: The 31 + 77 are a very nice combo on a 35mm film, but are a bit long on the istdD in many situations ... I agree and I'm surprised that they still haven't plugged the hole in the fixed FL lens line up they've created. We have new zooms and now

RE: Rafel

2004-08-12 Thread Don Sanderson
Jeez Frank, I think it's a great shot! All kinds of details and yet the man and his bike are still the center of interest. The man came out a little too dark on my monitor to see detail but that could be just the monitor. Wonderful and very interesting shot. (Glad to see you're back) Don

RE: Rafel

2004-08-12 Thread frank theriault
--- Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeez Frank, I think it's a great shot! All kinds of details and yet the man and his bike are still the center of interest. The man came out a little too dark on my monitor to see detail but that could be just the monitor. Wonderful and very

Re: PAW: Rafel

2004-08-12 Thread Keith Whaley
Most interesting bike. To these ol' eyes, it doesn't look like it's got but one speed, and no coaster rear hub, either... Since you know his name, this shot probably has a story too... g keith frank theriault wrote: Not much of a picture, really, but it's part of my People and their Bikes thing

Re: My AF 500FTZ debacle...

2004-08-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 Aug 2004 at 8:57, Sid Barras wrote: When I finished, it looked great! It even all packed back in the case nice and easy. Until I realized I'd just spent the last few hours resoldering the same bottom half to its original top half. Sigh... I'm gonna look at some flash units on

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread Antonio
Nonsense, of course it will get cheaper. Mass production. A/. On 12/8/04 10:54 pm, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: think the chip will cost at least $1500 for a long time (very long).

OT: Ottawa trip

2004-08-12 Thread Fred Widall
Last week my wife and I spent a few days in Ottawa and Hull (Hull is just across the Ottawa river in Quebec). I took along my MZ-7 FA 2-90mm, together with my 1927 Zeiss-Ikon Cocarette and my 1937 Rolleicord II. I've loaded up some images to my webpage. If you'd like to see them please go to

Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses

2004-08-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Antonio Subject: Re: 35mm coverage of new lenses Nonsense, of course it will get cheaper. Mass production. Are they not already mass producing the things? William Robb

Re: Ottawa trip

2004-08-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Fred Widall Subject: OT: Ottawa trip I hope he's happy in his new location, although instead of a beautiful view of Parliament Hill he's now surrounded by drug dealers in the park. Apropos, don't you think? No political correctness here. William Robb

Re: Perseids this Week

2004-08-12 Thread Andrew Bingham
Pouring rain last night :~( On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 14:48:33 -0600, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ann... I hope to do some Perseid shots tonight. Should be clear skies maybe 10 an hour or so. Thanks for the comments on Mt. Hood... I stopped liking #1 as much, but it's growing on me again.

Re: PESO - Chinese Take-away

2004-08-12 Thread Joseph Tainter
Okay, I'll bite. What's a Mutley snigger? Joe

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