Re: Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread Johan Uiterwijk Winkel
Don Sanderson wrote: I'm in the process of evaluating my equipment and trying to decide which to keep and which to sell. I have 16-20 Pentax bodies that I will be selling and I'm trying to decide if the *ist should be among them. It has 3 features that none of my other bodies have. 1.) Wireless fla

RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Jens Bladt
There an image calculator at www.shortcourses.com whuich can be downloaded here: http://www.shortcourses.com/pixels/index.htm This will explain, not only about pixels etc., but it can calculatet the file size (Mb) as well. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Op

RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Jens Bladt
Pixels do not have a size! It's just a number or code in the computer. The size depends on how you see it. On a screen or a print. A good print is 300 ppi. That is app. 12 pixel/mm, making one pixel app. 0,08mm. On a screen (72 ppi) the same photograph will show one pixel app. 4,16 times larger, wh

Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Peter J. Alling
High end architectural magazines are still demanding 4x5 chromes. Ann Sanfedele wrote: Robert Woerner wrote: How about 6x4.5 or 6x7 chromes? You know, join "The Brotherhood". I'm going to as soon as I finish nursing school next May. Robert These days they are converting those to digital, t

RE: Replacing light seals on an old ME

2004-08-21 Thread Alan Chan
There should be some foams inside the camera as well, but might just leave them untouched. Last time I ordered the kit from Fargo, the thickness of their foams were thinner than they claimed. And that made them useless. For instance, you need exactly 3mm foam as mirror bumper, but theirs was lik

RE: first month with the 43mm Ltd

2004-08-21 Thread Alan Chan
Pretty much my opinion too. The FA43 is very sharp stopped down, but better avoid f1.9. Barrel distortion is a little more than I expected as well. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan * Beautiful to look at and to hold - eenough said. * Handles a bit better than the 50mm. The focusing ring is

Re: PESO: Journey's End

2004-08-21 Thread Peter J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: --- David Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Frank: Thank you very much! I really appreciate the feedback. Today for me is cloudy and overcast, a touch on the cool side, and I think, overall, I would prefer to be back at the marina. Perhaps next year Take care Dav

Re: The Roncesvalles Car

2004-08-21 Thread Peter J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2629172 Yuk! It's in focus. Sorry, wrong url. It should have been this one: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id= Depending what you mean by character I guess, f

PAW: Band at the Royal.

2004-08-21 Thread William Robb
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/IMGP4381.jpg Proof that there is life out there. William Robb

Re: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car

2004-08-21 Thread Peter J. Alling
Ain't no more hippies, Jerry's dead man Cotty wrote: On 21/8/04, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, offered: San Francisco has a lot of old street cars and cable cars. Sometimes the street cars are called trolleys here, but mostly not. Anyway, every now and then the older cars come out for so

Re: The Roncesvalles Car

2004-08-21 Thread Peter J. Alling
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2629172 Comments always welcome! Thanks. Yuk! It's in focus. William Robb I was so shocked that it looked like a current Boston Sub

first month with the 43mm Ltd

2004-08-21 Thread Derby Chang
I've only shot a few rolls with the 43mm Ltd but here are my experiences with it (compared with the still-lovely FA50mm) * Beautiful to look at and to hold - eenough said. * Handles a bit better than the 50mm. The focusing ring isn't much wider, but with the serrated ring, the focus is easier to

Re: MZ-6?

2004-08-21 Thread Peter J. Alling
Mirror prism vs Glass Pentaprism on the MZ-5n. Toralf Lund wrote: What are you people's opinion on the MZ-6? I found a new one with a much-reduced price, so I'm a bit tempted... Seems to me that it's rather similar to the MZ-5n, but its list price is lower, so there must be something "missing",

Re: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car

2004-08-21 Thread Peter J. Alling
I don't know what this means exactly but it does look a lot like a Boston Metropolitan Railway car. frank theriault wrote: I haven't been submitting PAWs of late, as my current state of unemployedness doesn't really give me much money for such luxuries as getting prints made. So, I've dug into t

Replacing light seals on an old ME

2004-08-21 Thread Chad Kealey
I have an ME SE that's having a light leak. I ordered a "universal" seal kit from Micro-Tools to attempt the repair myself. I've made similar repairs on microfilm cameras, so I'm pretty familiar with the process (remove ALL the old gunk, cut to fit and install). However, other than the seals

RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Sorry but forgot something there, with a 100Mpixel image the magnification in a given print is about 1/4 as much as it would be from a 6.7 Mixel image so the grain if any is about 1/16 the size! That's the whole point of LF, less enlargement means sharper image and way less grain often to the poin

Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread John Francis
100 Mpixel from 20 square inches is the same as 6.7 Mpixel from a 35mm frame (which each work out to around 2200ppi). Just how much that shows up grain depends on the film; if you're shooting Tri-X you'll definitely see grain, while scans from Velvia will look fairly smooth. > How big is one of

Re: RE Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread graywolf
Buy a paperback dictionary and get some sleep, and you had better do that withing a couple of weeks. -- Norm Baugher wrote: I spent a tortuous night asking myself how long is a fortnight. Norm Malcolm Smith wrote: I have spent a torturous fortnight asking myself -- graywolf http://graywol

Re: The Roncesvalles Car

2004-08-21 Thread graywolf
Worse than that it is tightly cropped, and damn if the horizon doesn't seem level. This job hunting thing is turning Frank into a dull boy (sorry, rabbit). -- William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car http://www.photo.net/phot

RE: 15/3.5 sharpness?

2004-08-21 Thread Mark Stringer
www.mycroft.de/e_tests.html These lens tests are worth looking at and the A15 is one of the lens tested.

Re: 645 and AF360FGZ flash

2004-08-21 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
Nick Clark wrote: > I've been trying out the 645 with the AF360FGZ flash and have come across a possible > problem. The manual for the flash says it will work in TTL mode on the 645, but it > won't let me set that mode. It just goes from P-TTL to A. I asked the same question about my *istD and AF

RE: New Member

2004-08-21 Thread Don Sanderson
Welcome Pat! Here's a "Mini FAQ" made up by Graywolf: http://graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html It'll help you figure out some of the stuff that goes on here. Don > -Original Message- > From: Pat Curran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 7:13 PM > To: [EMAIL

Re: 645 Enabled!

2004-08-21 Thread Mark Roberts
"Nick Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've just enabled myself with a manual focus Pentax 645 and >75mm f/2.8 from eBay. Outstanding! I have the MF 645 and love working with it! >I've also got a manual focus 120mm macro on it's way, but >that hasn't arrived yet. I don't have that one (I h

RE: New Member

2004-08-21 Thread David Schneider
> On Topic is not required. Oh! You mean this is supposed to be a central theme here? david --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.736 / Virus Database: 490 - Release Date: 8/9/2004

RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread J. C. O'Connell
William Robb is getting his Megapixels mixed up with his MegaBYTEs. Original question was referring to MPIXELS. Interpolated Upsizing does not hurt an image but it doesn't make make it the same quality as one captured at the larger resolution. JCO -Original Message- From: William Robb [

Re: New Member

2004-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Pat Curran" Subject: New Member > Hi All, > I have just joined the list so this is my first post to let you > know who I am. > > My name is Pat Curran and I hail from County Kilkenny in Ireland. Welcome aboard. > > My main interest lies in the area

Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Caveman" Subject: Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology > Just a quick question. Are there some photogs really using 50 MP Foveon > digital backs or is everybody just wildly interpolating in > Photosomething ? Or are they supposed to

Re: 645 and AF140C Ringflash

2004-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Nick Clark" Subject: 645 and AF140C Ringflash > > So the question: will it be OK with the 120mm macro, which seems the obvious lens to use? I know a 67-58mm step-down adaptor will be required, but this is no greater than that for the AF80C and the 75mm. Will

New Member

2004-08-21 Thread Pat Curran
Hi All, I have just joined the list so this is my first post to let you know who I am. My name is Pat Curran and I hail from County Kilkenny in Ireland. My main interest lies in the area of landscape photography but will seek to take good pictures in all situations. Having recently chang

RE: Film scanner that works without PC?

2004-08-21 Thread Alan Chan
The major issue is that all scans require some degree of enhancement using photo editing softwares. Straight scans are almost always disappointing. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know if there is a film scanner that will operate without a PC connection

Interesting 15/3.5 comparsion - AL & non-AL

2004-08-21 Thread Alan Chan
(Japanese only) http://www.ucatv.ne.jp/~tweety/Report/Comparison15mm/Comparison15mm.htm According to these pictures, the back of the AL lens looks different from non-AL. Mine is "SMC PENTAX 1:3.5 15mm" serial #736, which is non-AL, and looks the same as #1. Maybe this is a good way to tell if

Re: 15/3.5 sharpness?

2004-08-21 Thread Dr. Shaun Canning
The photos kinda look soft to me Alan, but I have no experience with the 15mm at all Cheers Shaun Alan Chan wrote: Just had my first roll of 15/3.5 pictures back. The first thing I have noticed is, they aren't very sharp (maybe I should redo the test on cloudy day). Okay, I knew the Pentax

Film scanner that works without PC?

2004-08-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know if there is a film scanner that will operate without a PC connection - and save the data on CompactFlash, SD card or whatever? I know HP makes a flatbed for 10x15 prints, but I'm assuming that scanning the film would be better. I've been wondering about

RE: Slow list, or is it me?

2004-08-21 Thread Butch Black
Frank Wrote: Several of my posts from yesterday didn't make it onto the list (checked the archives, just in case). The digest is skipping numbers again also :( Butch

RE: Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread John L
I have a ZX-7 and just bought the *ist film camera to replace it believe it or not. Not that I wasn't happy with the ZX-7 but the *ist has some features that I want that the ZX-7 doesn't have. I'm slowly moving up the "food chain" with my lenses and recently ordered FGZ 360 flash and eventual

Re: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car

2004-08-21 Thread John Forbes
Roland could have done with that. John On Aug 21, 2004, at 9:41 AM, frank theriault wrote: I haven't been submitting PAWs of late, as my current state of unemployedness doesn't really give me much money for such luxuries as getting prints made. So, I've dug into the archives, as it were. I may ha

RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread J. C. O'Connell
ISNT! not "is"! -Original Message- From: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 7:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology 645 is going to look nearly as good as 4x5 no matter who many Mpixels

RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread J. C. O'Connell
645 is going to look nearly as good as 4x5 no matter who many Mpixels you squeeze out of it with a hi-res scanner because all you are doing is magnifying the film grain and lens flaws when you scan over about 2400 ppi. JCO -Original Message- From: Nick Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread J. C. O'Connell
depends on film used. But with 100 Mpixel images from 4x5 unless you print over 16x20 prints you will not be able to see grain in the print yet it is still very sharp. JCO -Original Message- From: Caveman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 7:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Nick Clark
I'm estimating 85+ Mpixels from 645 slides with the Epson 4870 scanner. I'll let you know when I get it all set up. Nick -Original Message- From: "J. C. O'Connell"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 21/08/04 23:53:08 To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: sad stu

645 and AF140C Ringflash

2004-08-21 Thread Nick Clark
I've been experimenting and have found the AF140C ringflash seems to work fine with the 645. The only ringflash mentioned in the manual is the AF80C, presumably because this was the current model at the time. It does say that the only lens it will work with is the 75mm (with a 58-49mm step-down

645 and AF360FGZ flash

2004-08-21 Thread Nick Clark
I've been trying out the 645 with the AF360FGZ flash and have come across a possible problem. The manual for the flash says it will work in TTL mode on the 645, but it won't let me set that mode. It just goes from P-TTL to A. Even worse, the flash sets the shutter speed to 1/60th but fixes the

Re: RE Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Antonio wrote: Im holding off on a DSLR for a while, a bit too pricey for me still and do really enjoy using film. When I do buy a DSLR though I willl be looking at a FF system (or at least a 1.3x crop) where I can use MF and AF lenses on both film and digital bodies. I believe Nikon currently offe

Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Robert Woerner wrote: > > How about 6x4.5 or 6x7 chromes? > > You know, join "The Brotherhood". I'm going to as soon as I finish nursing > school next May. > > Robert These days they are converting those to digital, too. ann > - Original Message - > From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL

Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Paul Stenquist wrote: > > We need to enable you with an *istD. It's just fine for stock. Shoot in > RAW and convert to 50 meg files in PhotoShop CS. They're sharp and > virtually noise free when shot at iso 200 or 400. > Paul I'd love to enabled with an *isdD - however I either need a rich sugar

Re: MZ-6?

2004-08-21 Thread John Whittingham
Those Penta-mirrors are terrible or so I've been told, the MZ-5/5n/3 are reasonable but not brilliant with the prism. I guess I was spoilt with the MX. The viewfinder glass on my MZ-3 is positively awfull to view through, I use manual focus mainly despite having several AF lenses. The MZ-6 is on

Re: OT: Frank's bunny ears and a question

2004-08-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Bob W wrote: > > Hi, > > > "I got my rabbit ears on and I want to get > > chummy-chummy" > > > So (1) has anyone commented on this before on list > > and I missed it? > > I don't know > > >(2) what is the song, who is singing and what > > decade is it from? > > The internet knows everythi

Re: Stupid digicam question

2004-08-21 Thread Herb Chong
the typical P&S digicam doesn't have a user-replaceable backup battery. Herb - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:31 AM Subject: Re: Stupid digicam question > Geeze, look at the bottom of the *istD camera

Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
I love my 6x7, but medium format isn't a very good option for stock. You still have to process film and scan. The best bet is digital. You shoot RAW, process your files and upload them to the stock house server. Paul On Aug 21, 2004, at 2:54 PM, Robert Woerner wrote: How about 6x4.5 or 6x7 chro

Re: MZ-6?

2004-08-21 Thread Toralf Lund
John Whittingham wrote: Maybe it's like the IT industry, it just gets better and cheaper but I doubt it. Chassis may not be the only area where the quality differs, I've never handled a MZ-6 so I'm not in a position to say. You've got me curious now, OH NO! NOT ANOTHER CAMERA Go out and get

Re: Slow list, or is it me?

2004-08-21 Thread Antonio
I think something must be wong - I was expecting a whole load of abuse from Peter and Co. and it just hasnĀ¹t materialised. Very strange. Antonio. On 21/8/04 10:11 pm, "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Several of my posts from yesterday didn't make it onto >> the list (checked the archi

RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Jens Bladt
Wow! 11x17 prints at 300 ppi means something like 17 MP (app. 5078x3308 pixel). That's a lot. But I guess a 6MP camera can do that if you run the files through Photoshop. Anyway, a good scanner can pull this much out of a high definition film - 35mm or MF. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http

RE: MZ-6?

2004-08-21 Thread John Whittingham
Maybe it's like the IT industry, it just gets better and cheaper but I doubt it. Chassis may not be the only area where the quality differs, I've never handled a MZ-6 so I'm not in a position to say. You've got me curious now, OH NO! NOT ANOTHER CAMERA John -- Original Message ---

Re: Slow list, or is it me?

2004-08-21 Thread frank theriault
--- Norm Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep, happens every so often. Antonio and Doug are > working on it... It's not that [EMAIL PROTECTED]&*-ing Windows ME again, is it? &#$@ that &%#%-ing crap!! Thanks, Norm, frank = "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst" "Of

RE: Slow list, or is it me?

2004-08-21 Thread Amita Guha
> Several of my posts from yesterday didn't make it onto > the list (checked the archives, just in case). > > Same thing this morning. Several hours later, and > quite a few posts aren't coming through. > > Anyone else in the same boat? I wonder if it's my > e-mail? I'm finding that only abou

RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread David Madsen
What method are you using for the file size increase? -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 12:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology My stock house wants 50 meg fil

RE: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Jens Bladt
Hello Annsan Interesting, thanks for sharing. What is "the full blast"? Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 21. august 2004 17:40 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: sad stuff about sto

645 Enabled!

2004-08-21 Thread Nick Clark
I've just enabled myself with a manual focus Pentax 645 and 75mm f/2.8 from eBay. It appears to be in very good condition, and the seller said it had a service from Pentax 3 years ago. I've also got a manual focus 120mm macro on it's way, but that hasn't arrived yet. First impressions - I love

Re: Almost digitally enabled - again

2004-08-21 Thread Norm Baugher
LOL! Norm William Robb wrote: JC, you are confusing detail with sharpness. The istD images are sharper than 120 format film wet prints, minus about 75% of the fine detail.

Re: RE Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread Antonio
Im holding off on a DSLR for a while, a bit too pricey for me still and do really enjoy using film. When I do buy a DSLR though I willl be looking at a FF system (or at least a 1.3x crop) where I can use MF and AF lenses on both film and digital bodies. I believe Nikon currently offer this, not sur

RE: RE Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread Jens Bladt
Yep. I know the feeling. I have too much money invested in phoptographic equipment. So, in order to buy the *ist D, I have decided to sell as much as I need to finance the new camera. Enough is enough. I will not be spending money at all - just re-arranging a little. And honestly, it's kind of st

Re: RE Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread Norm Baugher
LOL! Malcolm Smith wrote: Norm Baugher wrote: I spent a tortuous night asking myself how long is a fortnight. Sorry Norm, hope I haven't left you too weak... Malcolm

Re: 15/3.5 sharpness?

2004-08-21 Thread Alan Chan
I knew the SLR wides are compromised, but I would like to know if my pictures look okay as a P15/3.5. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Super wide angle lenses aren't as sharp as lenses where the rear nodal point is closer to or still within the lens. It's one of the compromises we have to p

RE: 15/3.5 sharpness?

2004-08-21 Thread Alan Chan
The lens has a fixed hood, though not very effective. No doubt I'll have to shade my lens with my own hand in the future. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Your shots look kind of similar to some of my shots, made with the A2.8/20mm. I guess a lot has to do with choise of film - as well as t

Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Robert Woerner
How about 6x4.5 or 6x7 chromes? You know, join "The Brotherhood". I'm going to as soon as I finish nursing school next May. Robert - Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 11:40 AM Subject: sad stuff about stoc

RE: PESO: theater photographs

2004-08-21 Thread Jens Bladt
Very nice photgraphs. I do a little theatre work myself - it's not ecactly easy. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: fra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. august 2004 02:06 Til: PDML Emne: PESO: theater photographs Hi, las

Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
My stock house wants 50 meg files, which are about the equivelant of 11x17 at 300. But they prefer generic rgb colorspace, which is great because that's what you need to run ColorSynch on a Mac. So I can use the same file for printing as I use for stock. However, I generally print from 72 meg

Re: RE Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/8/04, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, offered: >> I spent a tortuous night asking myself how long is a fortnight. > >Sorry Norm, hope I haven't left you too weak... too weaks Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
We need to enable you with an *istD. It's just fine for stock. Shoot in RAW and convert to 50 meg files in PhotoShop CS. They're sharp and virtually noise free when shot at iso 200 or 400. Paul On Aug 21, 2004, at 11:40 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well... after a long talk with my stock agency gal

Re: RE Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread Malcolm Smith
Norm Baugher wrote: > I spent a tortuous night asking myself how long is a fortnight. Sorry Norm, hope I haven't left you too weak... Malcolm

Re: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car

2004-08-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
It is cool. Nice shot Frank. I like the way you can see through to the interior. I remember riding street cars like this in Chicago in the 1950s. I would make one small adjustment if it were my photo. I'd rotate it about half a degree clockwise and crop or fill as necessary. Paul On Aug 21, 2004

Re: RE Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread Norm Baugher
I spent a tortuous night asking myself how long is a fortnight. Norm Malcolm Smith wrote: I have spent a torturous fortnight asking myself

Re: Slow list, or is it me?

2004-08-21 Thread Norm Baugher
Yep, happens every so often. Antonio and Doug are working on it... Norm frank theriault wrote: Several of my posts from yesterday didn't make it onto the list (checked the archives, just in case). Same thing this morning. Several hours later, and quite a few posts aren't coming through. Anyone els

Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
David Madsen wrote: > > How much "digital power" do they want? More than I can supply :) Minimum requirement - something that will print 11 x 17 at 300 dpi. Adobe photosphop 1998 colorspace. I told her that my digicam's largest file and leas compression netted 8 1/2 x 11 - not good enough.

Re: Slow list, or is it me?

2004-08-21 Thread Tom Reese
Frank Theriault wrote: "Several of my posts from yesterday didn't make it onto the list (checked the archives, just in case). Same thing this morning. Several hours later, and quite a few posts aren't coming through. Anyone else in the same boat? I wonder if it's my e-mail? Sigh..." Maybe it

Re: OT: Frank's bunny ears and a question

2004-08-21 Thread Bob W
Hi, > "I got my rabbit ears on and I want to get > chummy-chummy" > So (1) has anyone commented on this before on list > and I missed it? I don't know >(2) what is the song, who is singing and what > decade is it from? The internet knows everything: http://www.cockadoodledont.com/music.h

RE Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread Malcolm Smith
Don Sanderson wrote: > I'm in the process of evaluating my equipment and trying to > decide which to keep and which to sell. > I have 16-20 Pentax bodies that I will be selling and I'm > trying to decide if the *ist should be among them. I wish you well with this. I have spent a torturous fortn

RE: PESO: Journey's End

2004-08-21 Thread frank theriault
--- David Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank: > > Thank you very much! I really appreciate the > feedback. > > Today for me is cloudy and overcast, a touch on the > cool side, and I > think, overall, I would prefer to be back at the > marina. Perhaps next > year > > Take care David

Slow list, or is it me?

2004-08-21 Thread frank theriault
Several of my posts from yesterday didn't make it onto the list (checked the archives, just in case). Same thing this morning. Several hours later, and quite a few posts aren't coming through. Anyone else in the same boat? I wonder if it's my e-mail? Sigh... thanks, frank = "Your first

Re: Man Focus on MZ ZX or whatever cameras

2004-08-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Peter J. Alling wrote: Manual focus lenses cannot "talk" to the camera. If the mechanical linkage to read the lens aperture isn't present then the lens isn't really usable on the camera. Like someone else mentioned briefly, that's not quite true; the lenses would require extra work, but aren't e

Re: Long time away, back again

2004-08-21 Thread frank theriault
--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greywolf has a handy dandy little FAQ that I though > I'd bookmarked but haven't, that may cover a few > more > "new" things around here. Found it! (and now it's bookmarked): http://graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html -frank = "Truth sp

Re: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car

2004-08-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/8/04, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, offered: >San Francisco has a lot of old street cars and cable cars. Sometimes the >street cars are called trolleys here, but mostly not. Anyway, every now >and then the older cars come out for some exercise, and your photo reminded >me of this pic of

Re: MZ-6?

2004-08-21 Thread John Whittingham
Build quality?! John -- Original Message --- From: Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pdml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:23:40 +0200 Subject: MZ-6? > What are you people's opinion on the MZ-6? I found a new one with a > much-reduced price, so I'm a bit tempted...

Re: 15/3.5 sharpness?

2004-08-21 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi Alan, on 21 Aug 04 you wrote in pentax.list: >Just had my first roll of 15/3.5 pictures back. The first thing I have >noticed is, they aren't very sharp (maybe I should redo the test on cloudy >day). Hm, I would agree, that they are not as sharp as you could expect. But I couldn't say if it w

RE: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car

2004-08-21 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... Not too many PAW submissions here lately, so it's nice to see yours even though it's been posted before. San Francisco has a lot of old street cars and cable cars. Sometimes the street cars are called trolleys here, but mostly not. Anyway, every now and then the older cars come out

Re: CF cards and readers question

2004-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" Subject: Re: CF cards and readers question > > I got a SanDIsk 512mb flash card. and a USB 2.0 > SanDisk card reader, but it > was pointed out to me that I don't really need the > card reader - I can just > use the cord that came with the came

Re: Long time away, back again

2004-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mick Maguire" Subject: Long time away, back again > Hi all, > My first posts for about 2 years. I have lurked on and off in-between and > also turned my attention to Triumph motorcycles some. Ah, those Triumph motorcycles. I had a 1972 Trident for a while.

Re: 15/3.5 sharpness?

2004-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Alan Chan" Subject: 15/3.5 sharpness? > Just had my first roll of 15/3.5 pictures back. The first thing I have > noticed is, they aren't very sharp (maybe I should redo the test on cloudy > day). Okay, I knew the Pentax one is the least sharp of all 15mm (Zei

Re: The Roncesvalles Car

2004-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2629172 > > Comments always welcome! Thanks. Yuk! It's in focus. William Robb

MZ-6?

2004-08-21 Thread Toralf Lund
What are you people's opinion on the MZ-6? I found a new one with a much-reduced price, so I'm a bit tempted... Seems to me that it's rather similar to the MZ-5n, but its list price is lower, so there must be something "missing", but what exactly is it? Actually, based on the specs, it looks li

Re: How about a miniature DSLR system?

2004-08-21 Thread Anthony Farr
In the past there were Super 8 SLR movie cameras. Mostly using a beam splitter inside the lens, thus not having as potentially bright an image as a mirror-reflex camera, but nobody seemed to complain of viewfinder darkness. I'm feeling too lazy to check up on the relative sizes of Super 8 and 1/

Re: Long time away, back again

2004-08-21 Thread frank theriault
--- Mick Maguire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > My first posts for about 2 years. I have lurked on > and off in-between and > also turned my attention to Triumph motorcycles > some. However I recently > "enabled" myself into buying a long desired 645nII. > I found an excellent > deal on

PAW: The Roncesvalles Car

2004-08-21 Thread frank theriault
I haven't been submitting PAWs of late, as my current state of unemployedness doesn't really give me much money for such luxuries as getting prints made. So, I've dug into the archives, as it were. I may have shown this to the list about 18 months ago, but if I did, it was a rough scan from a con

Re: How wide a step-up ring to avoid vignetting (Vivitar 24-50 zoom)?

2004-08-21 Thread ernreed2
> Paul Stregevsky wrote, in part: > > Does anyone just punch out the glass in a second (cheap) filter and use the > > remaining metal ring as a hood? Yes. ERN

Re: Long time away, back again

2004-08-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/8/04, Mick Maguire, discombobulated, offered: >Hi all, > My first posts for about 2 years. I have lurked on and off in-between and >also turned my attention to Triumph motorcycles some. However I recently >"enabled" myself into buying a long desired 645nII. I found an excellent >deal on one

Re: Pentax repair question

2004-08-21 Thread Rfsindg
Tom, Pentax only has two speeds, rush and slow. You pay for expedited service, otherwise it's slow. Figure 3 days to get out of the mail room (yes!!). Figure another week to get a camera tech to look at it. If you see an estimate in two weeks, you'll be happy. Get the name and number of your

Long time away, back again

2004-08-21 Thread Mick Maguire
Hi all, My first posts for about 2 years. I have lurked on and off in-between and also turned my attention to Triumph motorcycles some. However I recently "enabled" myself into buying a long desired 645nII. I found an excellent deal on one on ebay just one year old, came complete with flash, inse

RE: CF cards and readers question

2004-08-21 Thread Mick Maguire
Cotty wrote: "It is superb. And not beige." Ah... those Mac people! ;o) Regards, /\/\ick... ++ || __/) Mick Maguire | | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (_/) www.triumphrat.net | \/

Re: Photo of *ist Djr. Maybe

2004-08-21 Thread Bernd Scheffler
I saw the report, read some lines and decided not to buy the magazin. No really new information, more of that sort of speculation that can be read on this list, too. So what will you expect from the photo? Best, Bernd a.. From: Joseph Tainter b.. Subject: Photo of *ist Djr. Maybe c.. Date:

RE: 15/3.5 sharpness?

2004-08-21 Thread Jens Bladt
Your shots look kind of similar to some of my shots, made with the A2.8/20mm. I guess a lot has to do with choise of film - as well as the scanner (I guess yours may be fine - mine is not good enough for 35mm negs - it's an Epson perfection 3200 photo). I personally believe, that in order to get ph

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