Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

alex wetmore wrote on 17.08.04 3:07: > I expect that the CCD used by the Nikon D70, *ist D, and most other > 6mp non-Canon D-SLRs has no movie mode because no manufacturer asked > Sony for it, and Sony didn't think that anyone would use it in > anything but a D-SLR. CCD used in D70 is not the same

Re: Not a *istD owner yet but....

On 17 Aug 2004 at 8:26, Armand D'Elfant wrote: > Hi all, > > My name is Armand and I am new to this list. Welcome. > After having owned a Canon 10D (and having sold my Contax TVS-D) I am > currently looking at the Pentax *ist D. > I have never had any Pentax equiment but I am sure most of you

Not a *istD owner yet but....

Hi all, My name is Armand and I am new to this list. After having owned a Canon 10D (and having sold my Contax TVS-D) I am currently looking at the Pentax *ist D. I have never had any Pentax equiment but I am sure most of you can be of help making the right decision :-) The main reason why I s

Re: Letter to the priincipal

Kevin Waterson: Of course, every time an "improvement" has come along, picture quality has suffered, Some think this is the case, some think not, so I don't really think you should say "of course" here. there is further savings here also. There is an increasing amount of image editting Typo here

RE: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

ERN: >Now that would be an interesting discussion. For the moment they're about >same price same size, with the "prosumers" having fixed lens and high >sensor noise as main disadvantages. But there's a conceptual difference >there. Electronic viewfinders vs. optical with mirror and pentaprism.

Re: Stupid digicam question

Is there a button cell inside the camera that keeps the clock working ? This is the way it works on the *istD. There's even a special battery lid for this cell. It's possible. However, it's also quite possible that there's a capacitor that stores enough of a charge to keep the clock working (eve

RE: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

Ok, you got me there. When they fit that into a camera at a price that is not insanemaybe..lol > -Original Message- > From: Peter Loveday [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digic

Re: Help: *ist D remote selfmade

Hi Rob and all, yes, I made the mistake - I've got the 3.5mm one. Thanks for your help and best regards, Hans. --- "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 16 Aug 2004 at 2:30, Hans Imglueck wrote: > Hi all, > > I tried to do as is described bellow, but the 2.5mm stereo > plug does not fi

Re: Letter to the priincipal

Kevin, I personally would try to avoid colloquial expressions such as "getting more bang for the buck" in a rather formal letter. OTOH, digital is quite a different beast/media than film/photo paper. It can emulate the look of film photography if you want to stretch it in that direction. But it

Letter to the priincipal

This is a letter I am drafting to my childrens school principal. It is based on replys I got from this list regarding the schools new Photography course and whether or not they should provide a darkroom, or go fully digital. Any additions/subtractions ideas or typo's would be greatfully recieved.Te

RE: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

Here Here! Tom C. From: "David Miers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:53:43 -0400 I ask you this, can you think of anything electronic made today, that comes even close

RE: Stupid digicam question

Maybe a capacitor that keeps the circuit charged for a length of time... or a battery as you suggest. Tom C. From: Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Stupid digicam question Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:36:32 -0400 Just noticed it. I can set dat

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

I ask you this, can you think of anything electronic made today, that comes even close to what one sees with the human eye? I know I sure can't! I daresay electron microscopes would give it a run for its money :) Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday

RE: Baby s*ist*er D

So, the Baby D is basicly going to be a SLR aimed at Point & Shoot'eres, with no need for an SLR - except for the show-off value? This is how cazy the world (consumers) has become. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Peter J. Alli

RE: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

I ask you this, can you think of anything electronic made today, that comes even close to what one sees with the human eye? I know I sure can't! Until that happens I see little sense in chasing something that is a "less then". I suspect a mirror or even a quality prism of some sort will continue

Re: Stupid digicam question

> Is there a button cell inside the camera that keeps the clock > working ? It's possible. However, it's also quite possible that there's a capacitor that stores enough of a charge to keep the clock working (even though it wouldn't have enough "juice" to power any of the actual photographic elect

RE: MEOW

Hi V... While I wouldn't personally hang it on my wall... lovely colours and composition! Tom C. From: Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MEOW Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:23:19 -0400 Actually I just wanted to show you a pic: http://www.pbase.co

Re: MEOW

Caveman wrote: > > Actually I just wanted to show you a pic: > > http://www.pbase.com/image/32673950 > > but didn't knew what PAW WOW PESO etc are and which one should have been > used. Hey, no fair - those aren't cats ! I got sucked in under false pretenses! pretty colors tho annsan

Stupid digicam question

Just noticed it. I can set date/time on my digicam, then I can pull out the battery in order to charge it, and the clock still works. Is there a button cell inside the camera that keeps the clock working ? Will it leak inside the camera ? Can I replace it from time to time ? The manual says not

MEOW

Actually I just wanted to show you a pic: http://www.pbase.com/image/32673950 but didn't knew what PAW WOW PESO etc are and which one should have been used.

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

Then there's the question of what exactly do you want to see through the viewfinder. Compare Hollywoodian film cameras with TV cameras. These are the ancestors. TV cameras were EV since day 1, as the operator wants an accurate preview of what Joe Sixpack will see on his TV set instead of merely

Re: Corporate portraits

Yep, there's a special meter just for flashes. With digital you can probably do away with one since you get instant test shots. (But you do have to know a little bit about what your doing to begin with). Amita Guha wrote: I agree with the idea of an outside portrait if possible. If not, I'd r

Re: PAW - Happy Snap (Dog Door Afternoon)

It's cute. The animal isn't a dog, it isn't even a mammal, the teeth show no differentatiion. (I'm enjoying nit picking, thanks). Shel Belinkoff wrote: Was wandering through West Oakland not too long ago, and saw this. I liked the strong colors and graphic style, and the idea that one can find a

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

> > Good choice, but there's the bean counters. When a working EV becomes > much less expensive to manufacture and assemble than a mirror/pentaprism > assembly, guess what happens. > > BTW, how many videocams have optical viewfinders these days ? How many need one? What's the resolution of a

RE: Corporate portraits

> I agree with the idea of an outside portrait if possible. If > not, I'd rent a small studio flash set up with umbrellas. Try > B&H and Alkit for rentals. Don't forget to rent a flashmeter > if you go with the flash idea. Ack. There's a special meter just for flashes?? I was just talking to a

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

On 16 Aug 2004 at 23:30, Caveman wrote: > Good choice, but there's the bean counters. When a working EV becomes > much less expensive to manufacture and assemble than a mirror/pentaprism > assembly, guess what happens. I don't know, I hope it doesn't come to that. Regardless of the technology t

Re: Corporate portraits

My wife bought a Smith-Victor kit with two umbrellas, two ac strobes with slave function, the stands, and pc sync chord for about $150 from B&H to use for larger items on eBay. I played with it a little, and it seems to be quite good for the price, I figure it could easily be used for small gr

RE: PAW - Happy Snap (Dog Door Afternoon)

I like it a lot. I wish there were a little bit of context in it showing what building it is attached to. Otherwise it's lovely, I love that kind of stuff. Paul Original Message Follows From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

Good choice, but there's the bean counters. When a working EV becomes much less expensive to manufacture and assemble than a mirror/pentaprism assembly, guess what happens. BTW, how many videocams have optical viewfinders these days ? Rob Studdert wrote: Apart from an overlay display to show ima

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

On 16 Aug 2004 at 22:57, Caveman wrote: > Ha ! Heat sink ! Look how fast technology went since then. IMHO in 2-3 > years we'll have really good electronic viewfinders. Then bye bye mirror. Apart from an overlay display to show image areas in saturation I'm not interested electronic view-finders

PAW - Happy Snap (Dog Door Afternoon)

Was wandering through West Oakland not too long ago, and saw this. I liked the strong colors and graphic style, and the idea that one can find art anywhere. http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/dogdoor.html Shel

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

Ha ! Heat sink ! Look how fast technology went since then. IMHO in 2-3 years we'll have really good electronic viewfinders. Then bye bye mirror. Rob Studdert wrote: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E10/E10A3.HTM

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

Yes, they even list the *ist-D with 16-35mm lens on the web. But the Digital Rebel is in their retail stores. Bill Owens wrote: I bought my Optio S from www.walmart.com Bill - Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 16,

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

On 16 Aug 2004 at 20:24, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Brendan" > Subject: Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...) > > > > I'd love to see a TTL finder but with out the moving > > mirror, no slap, no blacked out finders, I wonder if > > they could pu

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

I bought my Optio S from www.walmart.com Bill - Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Baby s*ist*er D > I've thought about who the baby D will be aimed at and if they intend to > sell t

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

- Original Message - From: "Brendan" Subject: Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...) > I'd love to see a TTL finder but with out the moving > mirror, no slap, no blacked out finders, I wonder if > they could put the sensor in the finder? > And you are going to look throug

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

I've thought about who the baby D will be aimed at and if they intend to sell to the Digital Rebel market they'll also have to get their cameras into mass Merchandisers like Wal-Mart, Circuit City and Best Buy, and I have it on good authority that they'll never get into Wal-Mart. [EMAIL PROTECT

Frontier 375 musings

Yesterday at work I had the opportunity to correct a typical Joe Sixpack shot of a birthday cake with white icing taken under fluorescent lighting w/o flash, a fairly common shot. I was surprised that with the color and level adjustments available with the 375 I was able to actually get the icing

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

Great, now you have to learn how to use the C1 and C2 modes and you're all set up! Just don't bother with the Auto-Portrait-Sports-Landscape-Slow Shutter-Whatever modes (although the Night one comes handy when in a hurry, otherwise you'll need to fiddle a lots of settings in order to emulate it

Re: PESO -- Miniature

I like it too. However, could someone be so kind to fill me in with what PESO, PAW, WOW and whatever mean ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://members.aol.com/greenfalc1/ISTD1103.jpg

Re: Corporate portraits

Hi Amita I agree with the idea of an outside portrait if possible. If not, I'd rent a small studio flash set up with umbrellas. Try B&H and Alkit for rentals. Don't forget to rent a flashmeter if you go with the flash idea. Butch

Re: two new digicams...

The Sony is that big because they wanted to make it long and fast. At the long end it's 200/2.8 equivalent. Compared with the FA 200/2.8 it ain't that big however. If you keep decent at the long end (not so long or not so fast) you'll get something like the Canon Powershot G3 or Pro1. William

Re: PESO -- Miniature

Very nice. Captures the concentration very well. Cory - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 9:35 PM Subject: PESO -- Miniature > http://members.aol.com/greenfalc1/ISTD1103.jpg > > Personally, I rather like it. Thought I'd

Re: Bogen 3421 gimbal head

[second post, first one sent at 6:31 pm did not show in digest] Tom, I have one for use with my SMC Pentax 500/4.5. I keep a 3272 QR plate on the lens, and I find that it provides good solid support (the QR plate is also a good grip for those infrequent 500/4.5 hand-held shots). There is enough

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

I'd love to see a TTL finder but with out the moving mirror, no slap, no blacked out finders, I wonder if they could put the sensor in the finder? --- Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that would be an interesting discussion. For the > moment they're > about same price same size, with th

Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

Caveman wrote: > > Ha ! You caught me redhanded An hour ago I was in the business of > recording the shutter sound of my LX, uploading it to the Canon S60 and > assigning it as shutter sound. Now my P&S sounds like an LX ;-) And I > even can adjust the volume ;-) > Caveman, You have too much

RE: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

> >From: Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Now that would be an interesting discussion. For the moment they're about > >same price same size, with the "prosumers" having fixed lens and high > >sensor noise as main disadvantages. But there's a conceptual difference > >there. Electronic viewfinders

Re: two new digicams...

Mr Robb quoted Mr Whaley and then replied, thus: > > I noticed they did carefully leave out the aperture range... > > f/2.8-f/4.6 > Its in the specifications at the bottom of the page. > Not bad for a 5X zoom lens. Seems they're using the same lens from the 450, 550, 555. FWIW, I think it's a ver

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

Mr Robb said, among other things: > The camera (vapourware admitedly) will be aimed squarely at the > digital Rebel market. One hopes (without much encouragement) that the amount of advertising will also compare ... ERN

Funny Auction for *ist D and DA 16-45

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=30020&item=3831265582&rd=1 Note the closing price and what isn't included: software cd, box, manual. Was this, both literally and figuratively, a steal? Joe

Re: Mexican food in Hawaii (was PAW - Eat Here or We'll Starve!)

Must be a different Joyce Chen from the one(s) in Boston. I met "Joyce Chen" at one of her restaurants in Boston, and the food was unbelievably good. There were quite a few "chinese" people in the restaurant as well. She is survived by her daughter Helen, who I think is still running the res

RE: two new digicams...

Frank quoted and posted: > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Well that's only 1/2 stop faster than the 550's (5x) > > zoom's maximum, and > > technology improves all the time (doesn't it?) > > > > Eleanor, > > I didn't realize that such lenses were that fast. > f2.8 is fairly impressive fo

Re: Corporate portraits

JCO posted: > I think the lighting in the sample portrait at > http://www.dardeno.com/profile.php can be easily duplicated using a > PZ-1p with a AF500-FTZ bounced off the ceiling or through a diffuser > combined with the RTF flash. I'm not sure how you'd do that with the > *ist-D because I'v

Re: September PUG theme

I think he's got it. frank theriault wrote: Realized that the 20th fast approacheth, so I better start thinking about next month's PUG offering. I look, and the theme is "mystery". Sheesh! "Mystery"? What the hell am I going to do with that one? Of course, I could submit almost anything, and some

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

Bruce Dayton wrote: > I'm of the opinion that the interface will be more like the *ist film > camera. That one has no HyperManual mode - ie: no green button. > I really think that it will be just as crippled as the *ist Film body > - basically no pre-A lenses at all, except for those that stop >

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm of the opinion that the interface will be more like the *ist film >camera. That one has no HyperManual mode - ie: no green button. >Basically is it much closer to a SuperProgram but only has one dial. >When in manual mode you have to hold in a button w

RE: What's up with the P30t?

Honestly I see the P30t has a very good cheap learning camera. Even now it is not that bad. It can work in any mode except TV. The absence of TTL is a non issue when learning IMO, if you learn photography you need to learn flash too, don't you? Moreover it has a DOF preview (and no the Z1 has just

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The person this camera is aimed at likely won't have a clue about the >compatability issues revolving around 30 year old lenses, and won't >care. >The camera (vapourware admitedly) will be aimed squarely at the >digital Rebel market. I've heard that it w

Re: PAW - The Red Chair

No, no, I know... to be like HCB and leave the 35mm uncropped! Ann Sanfedele wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: Because I could. Because I liked the spatial relationship created by so doing. Because the image is as much a graphic as a photograph of a red chair. Because I sometimes like a lot of space

Re: PAW -- Sign of the Times

On 16/8/04, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, offered: >> Hey, someone's been messing with adapters on that camera >Just a pity they didn't show this RebelX with K 50/1.2 mounted ;-) Well actually I can get better quality using a Pentax lens onto an EOS body (SMC aside) than by fitting FD

September PUG theme

Realized that the 20th fast approacheth, so I better start thinking about next month's PUG offering. I look, and the theme is "mystery". Sheesh! "Mystery"? What the hell am I going to do with that one? Of course, I could submit almost anything, and someone's bound to ask themselves, "Why the h

Re: Corporate portraits

On 16/8/04, tom, discombobulated, offered: >> And >> beyond that, my only suggestion is to take advantage of the >> fact that you are shooting ditigal! Try it. If it doesn't >> work, try something else. a... the beauty of instant feedback. > >There's this really bad moment when you're revie

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

I'm of the opinion that the interface will be more like the *ist film camera. That one has no HyperManual mode - ie: no green button. Basically is it much closer to a SuperProgram but only has one dial. When in manual mode you have to hold in a button while spinning the dial for aperture and the d

Re: Corporate portraits

tom wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jerome Reyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > And > > beyond that, my only suggestion is to take advantage of the > > fact that you are shooting ditigal! Try it. If it doesn't > > work, try something else. a... the beauty of instant feedba

Re: PAW -- Sign of the Times

On Aug 16, 2004, at 5:51 PM, Cotty wrote: Hey, someone's been messing with adapters on that camera Just a pity they didn't show this RebelX with K 50/1.2 mounted ;-) -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: two new digicams...

On Aug 16, 2004, at 8:31 PM, frank theriault wrote: A compact camera with a 5x zoom, and you want it to be f2.0? Okay... That's perfectly possible in small CCD digicams and it happened allready in even 7x zoom lens :-) Look here: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscf828/page2.asp -- Best regar

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

On Aug 16, 2004, at 10:02 PM, Brendan wrote: The D70 really does not outperform the D100 in regards to image quality! The images are oversharpened and have lots of artifacts and moire problems. For consumers they would prefer this over photoshop sharpening hence why the D70 is a big hit! Nah, you c

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

If the baby had full compatibility with K and M mounts lenses, it would be a slap in the face to all those who paid good money for the *ist D and had lots of older lenses. If the baby did have full compatibility I would get one. Jim A. > From: Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To:

Re: PAW - rainydaybouquet

As I think further about it... if the same bouquet was viewed entirely through a rainspotted wrapper...as in lay flat rainspotted wrapper across the top of the bouquet... that might be very very nice... Tom C. (taking a break from abusing Antonio) From: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-

Re: Sigma 18-50mm 1:3.5-5.6 DC

On Aug 16, 2004, at 9:42 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: Does anyone know this lens? My friend has bought it for *istD. It seems to be quite decent especially considering its price tag. Many people around are quite content with it too. -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

- Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: RE: Baby s*ist*er D > Perhaps you are right, John. However, the Baby s*ist*er D should be even > more aimed at people with several K-mount lenses and an insufficient > budget/no need for the built-quality - of the *ist D! If they couldn'

Re: two new digicams...

- Original Message - From: "Keith Whaley" Subject: Re: two new digicams... > I noticed they did carefully leave out the aperture range... f/2.8-f/4.6 Its in the specifications at the bottom of the page. Not bad for a 5X zoom lens. A hot shoe would be nice, although I expect there are 3

Re: two new digicams...

On Aug 16, 2004, at 8:23 PM, frank theriault wrote: Interesting. The 750Z will have more megapixels than the top of the line DSLR? A bit of a marketing conundrum? Just a marketing blah, blah. 7MPix on small-nail-sized CCD won't make any wonders for image quality :-) At least in terms of generate

Re: two new digicams...

On Aug 16, 2004, at 8:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. and a flip-out LCD screen. As it is, it would make a worthy successor to the 555, I think. But even better if it had what you suggest. Well ERN, you're absolutely right :-) 555 is a very good digicam in its class. Two of my friends who boug

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

On Aug 16, 2004, at 8:25 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: Does anyone haave a clue about the K-mount acompatibility of the expected new 900 USD "Baby" *ist D? No, not yet anyway :-) But rumours are telling about very low price - at least German Color Foto magazine wrote an article about predicted price of

RE: Corporate portraits

> -Original Message- > From: Jerome Reyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > And > beyond that, my only suggestion is to take advantage of the > fact that you are shooting ditigal! Try it. If it doesn't > work, try something else. a... the beauty of instant feedback. There's this reall

Re: PAW - rainydaybouquet

Tom C wrote: > > I like it Ann. The purist in me does not like the plastic wrapper. OTOH, > it has a lacelike effect which complements the flowers. > > I'd probably like to see a little more of the wrapper... it depends if you > intended to convey that this was an arranged boquet or purely flow

Re: Baby s*ist*er D

John Francis wrote: Does anyone haave a clue about the K-mount acompatibility of the expected new 900 USD "Baby" *ist D? Jens Prediction: exactly the same as the *ist-D. There's no reason not to include the stop-down metering mode introduced with the firmware upgrade. On the other hand, I do

Re: Pentax 1Q news FY-05

Thats scary! And how do they suppose they are going to get x% of the digtal camera market, I forgot what the quote was? I dont know what is going to save them from getting out of the DSLR business. Only their pride and the cachet of having a DSLR will keep them making them. John Francis wrote

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

Same here. I have to empty the trash all the time, it gets full of ***nio posts. John Francis wrote: I'm pretty sure that the only reason I got left off his little hate list is because I switched his posts to the bit-bucket far earlier than the list of honorees below. You've apparently abused

RE: PAW - rainydaybouquet

I like it Ann. The purist in me does not like the plastic wrapper. OTOH, it has a lacelike effect which complements the flowers. I'd probably like to see a little more of the wrapper... it depends if you intended to convey that this was an arranged boquet or purely flowers. Pretty. Tom C. F

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

You guys better stop picking on Antonio, now. He sued his parents and had them thrown in jail. Tom C. From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy? Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 06:30:17 -0600 I was going to

Re: two new digicams...

On 16/8/04, frank theriault, discombobulated, offered: >Interesting. The 750Z will have more megapixels than >the top of the line DSLR? A bit of a marketing >conundrum? > >Looks like two nice cams, though. > >cheers, >frank Yeah but Frank, because of the sensor size, even a 3MP D30 will blow aw

RE: Baby s*ist*er D

Maybe so. But this doesn't look to bad (over sharpened) to me: http://www.fotokritik.dk/visstort.html?pic=91083 Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Brendan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. august 2004 22:02 Til: [EMAIL

Re: two new digicams...

--- Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=199 > > http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=200 > > -- > Christian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Interesting. The 750Z will have more megapixels than the top of the line DSLR? A bit

RE: two new digicams...

IMO a camera of the 750Z class should have a flash shoe, and preferably a 2.0 lens :-/. Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. august 2004 19:58 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: two new

Re: Corporate portraits

Hi, Monday, August 16, 2004, 4:36:59 PM, Amita wrote: > I have a website client who wants me to take portraits of the staff of > his law firm for the website. We will probably have a group shot that > looks something like this > http://www.dardeno.com/profile.php as well as individual portraits.

Re: PAW - Looking Around

--- John Power <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is a PAW. Don't think I sent in more than one > this week. :) > > http://www.solutns.com/jpeg/corinne.emma.jpg > > Of course we might move the flowers a little farther > from the little girl's > face, and I might work on it in Photoshop. But i

RE: New Project, Need Help!

Thanks Tom, I'll go look at some. It'll give something to do till I get rid of this wretched Cold turned Flu! Don > -Original Message- > From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New Project, Need Help! > > >

Re: two new digicams...

On 16/8/04, Cotty, discombobulated, offered: >On 16/8/04, Christian, discombobulated, offered: > >>http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=199 >> >>http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=200 >> >>-- >>Christian >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Pics here: > >

RE: New Project, Need Help!

Sorry Frank, I'm just not ready for that yet. Well now, wait a minute, if the bunny ears go with the title... Nah, you're too darn good at it, afraid you'll have to keep it a while longer. ;-) IMHO you're a pretty darn good photographer too. Don > -Original Message- > From: f

Re: two new digicams...

On 16/8/04, Christian, discombobulated, offered: >http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=199 > >http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=200 > >-- >Christian >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pics here: Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | Peo

Re: PAW - Bride's Day

--- John Power <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, here is one more. (I'll clean off the other > text this time.) Would > have been nice if this window had drapes on it, but > I did the best I could > with inside/outside light. An assistant held a > white reflector to the left > of the bride

two new digicams...

http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=199 http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=200 -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New Project, Need Help!

The focal-length of a pinhole is equal to the distance from the film plane. The f-stop is equal to the focal-length divided by the diameter of the pinhole. If the hole is too big, the image is too defused to use. Too small and you do not get enough light. There is an optimum size for a given foc

Re: New Project, Need Help!

> From: "Don Sanderson" > Subject: RE: New Project, Need Help! > > > > Blast you sir! Now you've gone and done it! > > You went and made me actually start thinking. > > > I was just practicing to be stand-by comic relief > for the next time > Frank > > gets miffed at us. ;-) Hey, you can be fu

Re: New Project, Need Help!

- Original Message - From: "Don Sanderson" Subject: RE: New Project, Need Help! > Blast you sir! Now you've gone and done it! > You went and made me actually start thinking. > I was just practicing to be stand-by comic relief for the next time Frank > gets miffed at us. ;-) > > OK. I'l

Re: Corporate portraits

Unless you know exactly the look that the firm is looking for, then you have to be prepared to handle some range of lighting. Since it's a law firm they will probably want something in the tradition/formal style. The pop up flash is useless for anything other than fill - forget that. A shoe moun

RE: New Project, Need Help!

Blast you sir! Now you've gone and done it! You went and made me actually start thinking. I was just practicing to be stand-by comic relief for the next time Frank gets miffed at us. ;-) OK. I'll bite, how *does* one decide how far from the film plane the pinhole in a pinhole camera should be? Do

RE: Corporate portraits

The plan is to do both group shots and individual photos... > -Original Message- > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 1:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Corporate portraits > > > Don't you think they want seperate portraits? > By the w

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