Re: Lens damage question

How about get the part from Pentax and replace it yourself? Most filter rings are easy to replace. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan What is the best way to fix a light dent on a filter ring end of a lens? I cannot put a filter on it to try to straighten it out, its bent slightly more than

RE: Lens damage question

That's why I don't care for the crescent cutout idea, for the first few taps the lens *will not* be well supported. Leaving the softwood flat will absorb the blows and "give" as required. Don > -Original Message- > From: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 23,

RE: Lens damage question

PROCEED WITH CAUTION! I have "fixed" a filter ring and in the process ruined the smoothness of the focus mechanism. Lenses don't like being banged to one side like that. I ruined a pretty nice super takumar recently like that because of excess banging and I was using a tool specifically for the de

RE: Lens damage question

That's exactly the way I do it but I don't cut the crescent out. The wood gives enough without it and supports the ring better. I like the idea of beveling the dowel rod though. Don > -Original Message- > From: Brian Walters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 1:19 A

Re: Lens damage question

I don't know about the "best" way to remove the dent but you might like to take a look at this link - "Filter Ring Dent Removing Tool" http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/filterringtool.html I haven't tried it I'm considering it for a couple of my dented lenses (unless, that is, someone comes up with

RE: Lens damage question

The best way is with a tool designed for the task, I believe Micro-Tools has them. However The way I do it most of the time is to: 1.) Lay the lens on a block of soft wood with the dent straight down and the filter ring well supported. 2.) Use a short piece of 1/4" dowel rod as a "punch" a

RE: Batteries for the istD

It's CR-V3 A review from Digital Camera Magazine, says 1000 shots with lithiums. Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 23. august 2004 02:42 Til: Pentax Discuss Emne: Batteries for

RE: Batteries for the istD

A review from Digital Camera Magazine, says 1000 shots with lithiums. Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 23. august 2004 02:42 Til: Pentax Discuss Emne: Batteries for the istD

Re: Enablement! Little Gem

Welcome to the world of "real" cameras. I do hope you like cameras that are not smarter than you are. I shot a couple of pictures with a friends istD the other day. My thoughts at the time? "What the heck is this thing doing now?" My MX is doing exactly what I tell it to do. It has no other way

Lens damage question

What is the best way to fix a light dent on a filter ring end of a lens? I cannot put a filter on it to try to straighten it out, its bent slightly more than that, but I dont want to take a pair of pliers to it either (protected). Thanks in advance, rg

OT: Frank's .sig

> > frank > > = > "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst" The next 10,000 photographs are the worst, too. You won't enjoy them at all. Then you'll go into a bit of a decline. Or something like that, anyway. I'd get the CDs out to check, but we're still trying to catch up on the Olym

Re: Vacation musings-

So did you take any pictures of these beautiful French women for us to dream about too? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oooops let's try it again Just got back from a week in Quebec City. Shot almost all architecture stuff and holiday snaps using a PZ1, MZS and LX. PZ1 was loaded with film, MZS wit

AF problems with *ISTD!

I seem to be having problems with the *istD's AF system, is it me or does it seem not to AF that well as far as accuracy? I'm used to the mz-3 and Pz-20, that I always used in center AF, it always hit the mark, or is it just more sensitive to being out of focus ( or might it be DOF? due to the 1.5

longer lens (was PESO: Journey's End)

Frank! A story for another time... I shall be waiting for it! What, out of curiosity, is your longest telephoto? I have a 70-200 zoom by some manufacturer I am not sure of (the lens is totally unlabeled, and I bought it many many years before I understood that quality matters. Still, it doesn’t

RE: "C41" B&W film

that's pretty interesting-can you suggest more information on how to do it? what kind of scanner do you use? Original Message Follows From: Fred Widall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: "C41" B&W film Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:18:23 -0400 (ED

Re: New Member

Welcome Pat, don't worry about being off topic, I'm not sure too many postings on on topic here! The folks here are very helpful, and its a great source of all things Pentax. Ireland is on my list of "must see" places. It certainly has a reputation as a wonderful place for landscapes. Good l

Re: Vacation musings-

McGill near corner with Sherbrooke. You were close enough ;-) BTW there is a photo exhibition there, on the panels you can see at left of photo. frank theriault wrote: Sherbrooke Street?

Re: CF cards and readers question

that is why i have a Delkin CardBus PCMCIA adapter. much faster than a PCCard one. Herb... - Original Message - From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 1:51 PM Subject: Re: CF cards and readers question > I bought their firewire CF

Enablement! Little Gem

Been looking for one of these for a long time. Been beat by other ebayers many times (Don, you beat me to a nice one), and sometime I just plain forgot to bid. :( But this time I finally got lucky, and it came with a nice 50mm 2.8 macro attached to it. I did not know what to expect, but it wa

Thoughts on Sunpak flashes?

Hi all, I still haven't brought myself around to trying to fix the AF 500 FTZ, and I'm without a flash for my MZ S. (Or the PZ 1 and the MZ 5n either) -- that is, unless the 280T works with the AF models. But I don't think so. Anyway, I'm torn between choosing one of the Sunpak flashes- I have th

Re: ist D stuff

In my experience the PCMICA card slot reads cards about as quickly as USB1.1. Just my experience. I have a PCMICA card reader, the cord for the *istD, a USB card reader (mine is a USB1.1 computer), and a firewire card reader. I use the firewire card reader at home, and the remaining three are

Re: "C41" B&W film

--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another slightly OT question: > > > > Does anyone here have any experience with C41 > > process B&W film? > > > > Yes. > > HTH, > frank Okay, I guess I wasn't the first one to try to be funny.

Re: New Member

Pat Curran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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, Pat! I'm sure you'll love the list, if you can manage to sort among th

Re: Decoding Vivitar Lens Serial Numbers

--- Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Fred, > > I just got a Vivitar Ser.I 24mm f/2.3, ser. no. > 2880,xxx. By those same > charts you reference in tha URL, I see that you can > add mine to your list: > You had: > > Vivitar Series 1 24-48/3.8 Auto Zoom > 22803xxx = Kino/Kiron, 1978

Re: "C41" B&W film

--- Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another slightly OT question: > > Does anyone here have any experience with C41 > process B&W film? > Yes. HTH, frank = "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst" "Of course it's all luck" -- Henri Cartier-Bresson

Cropping or Framing-was: The Roncesvalles Car

--- Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I heartily dispute that definition of > "cropping." > > I've always regarded the virgin image captured by > your camera as the "what > is" image. Whatever steps you take to arrive at that > image, it is at 100% of > whatever was capable of b

Re: PAW: Band at the Royal.

--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had to travel to Moose Jaw for that one.. That 'splains it. I've heard Moose Jaw is where everyone in Regina goes to have a good time. cheers, frank = "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst" "Of course it's all luc

Re: The Roncesvalles Car

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 tha

Re: Scans from Minolta 5400

On 22/8/04, Pat Curran, discombobulated, offered: >1) Can anyone recommend a good book on getting the best from film scanners? Adobe Photoshop for Photographers by Martin Evening HTH Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|w

Re: "C41" B&W film

Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Another slightly OT question: > >Does anyone here have any experience with C41 process B&W film? I've used one roll of T400CN in my 645 and quite liked it. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Scans from Minolta 5400

Hi Jens & List, > Pat, can you post samples from scans made with the Minolta Dimage Scan Elite > 5400 I have two scans of the same slide at: http://www.iol.ie/~pkcurran/TestScans/ScanTest.htm I am not an expert scanner, so please do not judge the 5400 on these scans alone. At the moment I am tr

RE: 15/3.5 sharpness?

I know one thing, the smaller the lens element, the better machining tolerances you need to center it properly. Think about it, if the barrel is big enough for the element to fit into it then there is some "slop" involved no matter what. If I were you I would get some real fine grain FILM like tec

Re: ist D stuff

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:38:35 +1000, Ryan Lee wrote: >Just checking with you ist D'ers- I noticed the a/c adapter is sold >separately. Did any of you not end up purchasing the a/c adapter at all, >choosing to transfer images solely using CF card readers/ PC card adapters >etc? Any grumbles with tha

RE: 100-300mm FA problem

Some screws were loosen and the focus was shifted. Should be a minor and easy to fix problem. My FA100/2.8 macro had the same issue last year. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan my FA 100-300mm lens doesn't want to focus to infinity anymore, which is sometimes quite usefull to have available

Re: 15/3.5 sharpness?

Could be, but I have no way to tell. Axis alignment is virtually fixed and determined by the accuracy of the machining, as with most Pentax manual focus primes. The glass to glass distances may be altered when they were being reassembled. But then again, there is only one way to screw them in (

Re: Decoding Vivitar Lens Serial Numbers

Hi Fred, I just got a Vivitar Ser.I 24mm f/2.3, ser. no. 2880,xxx. By those same charts you reference in tha URL, I see that you can add mine to your list: You had: Vivitar Series 1 24-48/3.8 Auto Zoom 22803xxx = Kino/Kiron, 1978 week 03, lens # xxx Mine is: Same lens - 2880xxx = made by Komine,

Re: New Member

Pat, Welcome to the list. It looks like you've got a nice outfit. It should serve you well. As far as the value of the A28/2.8, I'd personally not pay over $100 for one, and that if in perfect condition. They're good lenses, but not great ones. BTW, my Irish ancestors were Devlin (O'Devl

Re: "C41" B&W film

This one time, at band camp, Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another slightly OT question: > > Does anyone here have any experience with C41 process B&W film? > I used one roll, and was far from impressed. Kevin -- __ (_ \

RE: "C41" B&W film

Toralf enquires: 'Does anyone here have any experience with C41 process B&W film?' Anwser: Yes AB :-) -- Whatever you Wanadoo: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/ This email has been checked for most known viruses - find out more at: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/id/7098.htm

"C41" B&W film

Another slightly OT question: Does anyone here have any experience with C41 process B&W film? - Toralf

Re: PAW: Band at the Royal.

- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: PAW: Band at the Royal. > > Punk bands? "Tatoos and Piercings"? > > In Regina? I had to travel to Moose Jaw for that one.. William Robb

Re: Delkin Burnaway

On Aug 21, 2004, at 7:10 PM, Caveman wrote: http://www.delkin.com/delkin_products_burnaway.html Anyone using such device I briefly looked at one and decided that for travel purposes, an MP3 jukebox met my needs much better. My purpose for the device was to provide temporary storage in case I need

Re: Film scanner that works without PC?

Alan Chan wrote: The major issue is that all scans require some degree of enhancement using photo editing softwares. Straight scans are almost always disappointing. Really? Why? I've always thought of film as a fairly consistent medium, and it shouldn't be too hard to scan it accurately, but may

Re: MZ-6?

John Whittingham wrote: I would guess that the viewfinder info is the same as on the MZ-3/5n, but I could be wrong... Probably, but could you make all necessary adjustments to settings without taking your eye from the viewfinder? The control layout is very different, for example I find the

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

No problem. Open you file in PS. Change the format to .tiff or .psd and SAVE. (Please note the following "words" are translated from Danish and may not be totally accurate) In "Image" choose "Image Size", and a little box will open At the bottom chose "bi-cubic" and mark both "keep aspect ratio" a

Re: The Roncesvalles Car

graywolf wrote: Cropping in the viewfinder is still cropping. The rather simple truism is that all photographs are cropped because they have an edge where the photo ends. The world does not. Well, I heartily dispute that definition of "cropping." I've always regarded the virgin image captured by

Re: MZ-6?

The Diabolical Dr Z wrote: Hello, After several weeks of newbie lurking, this seems a good moment to drop in (and introduce myself to the list while I go along). Anyway: I'm a complete technophobe who generally refuses to use anything made after ~1980, Good :-) Our modern society needs more

Re: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car

Signs of the times (cont.): Phish just played their (first?) final concert. Ob.on-topic: San Jose run old street cars in the downtown history park. Here's a snapshot I took a couple of weeks ago: The woman on the right is *my* wife, and has be

Re: The Roncesvalles Car

Cropping in the viewfinder is still cropping. The rather simple truism is that all photographs are cropped because they have an edge where the photo ends. The world does not. -- frank theriault wrote: --- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Worse than that it is tightly cropped, and damn if th

Re: ist D stuff

Ryan inquired: > Just checking with you ist D'ers- I noticed the a/c adapter is sold > separately. Did any of you not end up purchasing the a/c adapter at all, > choosing to transfer images solely using CF card readers/ PC card adapters > etc? Any grumbles with that routine? > Also, I was just won

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

Isnt it a fact that all digital sensors are rated in Mpixels but that is counting each of the mono red, green and blue pixels and when they convert to full color the image is interpolated upward to achive the same "Mpixel" figure. i.e. since it takes 4 mono pixels to create one color pixel, a 6Mpi

FA 28-105mm F3.2-4.5 AL vs 28-105mm F4-5.6

The F4-5.6 you ae looking at was made for Pentax by Tamron, with Pentax electronics and SMC coatings. I would buy the FA 24-90, which is excellent and much better than either of these. If that's too expensive, wait for a used FA 24-90. Or buy the f3.2-4.5. Joe

Re: MZ-6?

Cotty wrote: On 22/8/04, The Diabolical Dr Z, discombobulated, offered: Later, Zed (33, male, Amsterdam, NL) Hi Zed, welcome aboard. Film is obsolete, chuck your MZ-6 in the bin ;-) Yeah. And film is sooo much work. Better to handle your pictures the digital way. I mean, you may find yo

Re: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car

Looking at the horizon the photo is not tilted. The car simply is not level in the real world. That is more comfortable to me than if it were the other way around. I always have found that the horizon being slightly tilted is rather uncomfortable. Very tilted is better because you get the feelin

Re: CF cards and readers question

On 22/8/04, John Francis, discombobulated, offered: >> Actually they have changed the designs recently and this is the line-up: >> >> >> >> Yes and they even attach to PCs - unbelievable but true. > >I bought their firewire CF reader, because my notebook PC

Re: Vacation musings-

And some Montreal cityscape to inspire Vic: http://www.pbase.com/image/32874141 ;-)

Re: CF cards and readers question

> > On 21/8/04, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, offered: > > >"Mick Maguire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Cotty wrote: "It is superb. And not beige." > >> > >>Ah... those Mac people! ;o) > > > >Yeah, it's probably mauve or fuchsia or something... > > Yes, very close. > > Actually they have

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

Funny, this morning I was doing a similar experiment but in the opposite direction. I was curious if the 5MP from a 5MP digicam (Canon S60 in this case) are really holding 5MP of real information or if there are "invented" pixels there. So I took pics with the same subject at nominal 5MP and th

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

Ann Sanfedele wrote: Jens Bladt wrote: 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

RE: Vacation musings-

I would love to see your pics of Quebec City. I travel to Quebec City (I live in Montreal about 3 hour drive) at least once a month to visit family and it is one of the most, if not the most, beautiful cities of North America. I agree with your opinion on French women..I married one. As for

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

I forgot to say that this crop is app. 7% of the total frame/photograph. Jens I have posted two files: One is a crop of the original 5Mp file (2560x1920 pixel-72 ppi - a 3Mb JPEG file - 14 Mb as a Tiff file) The other is same shot and crop interpolated to 300 ppi. The whole photograph would have

Re: 645 and AF140C Ringflash

Yes I know that! However I haven't got the 120mm macro yet so was enquiring about other list member's experiences before I splash out on an adaptor. Anyone used this combination? Nick -Original Message- From: "William Robb"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 22/08/04 01:30:26 To: "[EM

Re: New Member

Welcome aboard, Pat! My name is Pat White and I hail from Belfast in the north of Ireland, although I live in Victoria, BC, in Canada these days. Actually, I've been in Canada a long time. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the list. There are all sorts of folks here, and there's usually someone able to a

RE: ist D stuff

Ryan, I bought an aftermarket A/C adapter but have found I don't use it. I use a USB2 card reader that transfers a 1gig card in about 8 minutes, as opposed to the 35 minutes that USB1 takes. If you have a USB2 port spend the $20 or less that a USB2 reader will cost. -Original Message- Fr

Vacation musings-

Oooops let's try it again Just got back from a week in Quebec City. Shot almost all architecture stuff and holiday snaps using a PZ1, MZS and LX. PZ1 was loaded with film, MZS with slide and LX with SCALA B&W slide film. Lenses included 16, 20,24, 30, 50 85, 120, 28-70,F2.8 (Tokina),28-105 FA P

Re: Slow list, or is it me?

We'll try it again... Just got back from a week in Quebec City. Shot almost all architecture stuff and holiday snaps using a PZ1, MZS and LX. PZ1 was loaded with film, MZS with slide and LX with SCALA B&W slide film. Lenses included 16, 20,24, 30, 50 85, 120, 28-70,F2.8 (Tokina),28-105 FA Penta

Re: Fifty crows

Wow! Some very interesting stuff there! Thenks for the URL. Cotty wrote: On 21/8/04, Bob W, discombobulated, offered: The latest edition of 'ei8ht' dropped through my letterbox earlier this week. It just gets better and better. See a preview here: www.foto8.com. I subscribed a few months ago and

Re: ist D stuff

Thanks for the input, all. It's looking like the poll's pretty one sided. Maybe the question should have been did any of you actually get the a/c adapter! Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "cbwaters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 12:22 A

Re: Slow list, or is it me?

Everybody was complaining about a slow list, missing posts, well now I'm getting multiple copies of just about everyones posts and believe me it's difficult to have to read the same thing from some people twice. Especially from me! frank theriault wrote: --- Norm Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

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

On 22/8/04, Peter J. Alling, discombobulated, offered: >As an MX aficionado, (I'd say lover but that would open me up to wise >a** comments from just about every one, Frank, Cotty you know who you are!) >I take exception to that bald faced prevarication, MX's are extremely >desirable. But they

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

As an MX aficionado, (I'd say lover but that would open me up to wise a** comments from just about every one, Frank, Cotty you know who you are!) I take exception to that bald faced prevarication, MX's are extremely desirable. But they can be inexpensive. Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sat, 21

Re: Filter question: UV or just "clear protection"?

The guy asked a question, I answered it. You don't like the answer you can ignore it, (hell most people do anyway). Frantisek wrote: Friday, August 20, 2004, 11:05:26 PM, Peter wrote: PJA> Firstly plain glass blocks most UV. But you will be adding an extra PJA> couple of air glass interfaces wh

PDML Mini-FAQ

A mini-FAQ for this list is available at: http://graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html This message will be posted every Sunday (if I remember). -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: New Member

On 22/8/04, Pat Curran, discombobulated, offered: > >Regards, > >Pat Curran Top o' the mornin to you Pat. Cotty in England here. Welcome aboard. >Sorry for going on - future posts will be shorter and ON TOPIC! You must be joking mate. Pull up a stool and have a Guinness. Cheers, Cotty ___

Re: MZ-6?

On 22/8/04, The Diabolical Dr Z, discombobulated, offered: >Later, >Zed (33, male, Amsterdam, NL) Hi Zed, welcome aboard. Film is obsolete, chuck your MZ-6 in the bin ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps ___

Re: Fifty crows

On 21/8/04, Bob W, discombobulated, offered: >The latest edition of 'ei8ht' dropped through my letterbox earlier this >week. It just gets better and better. See a preview here: >www.foto8.com. I subscribed a few months ago and it is good. I could do with more volume though, maybe twice the size..

Re: CF cards and readers question

On 21/8/04, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, offered: >"Mick Maguire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Cotty wrote: "It is superb. And not beige." >> >>Ah... those Mac people! ;o) > >Yeah, it's probably mauve or fuchsia or something... Yes, very close. Actually they have changed the designs recently

Re: New Member

Welcome.

Re: MZ-6?

Hello, After several weeks of newbie lurking, this seems a good moment to drop in (and introduce myself to the list while I go along). Anyway: I'm a complete technophobe who generally refuses to use anything made after ~1980, but last year I caved and bought an MZ-6. My main reason for buyin

Re: Interesting 15/3.5 comparsion - AL & non-AL

Just a comment on the original pics. I've been away for a while and am just catching up on the digest version. Hope my comments are not too repetitious. It is difficult to judge shots that have been scanned because of the variabilities in the scanning process. First off, I'm not sure about the K

Re: PAW: The Roncesvalles Car

Hi Frank. Prior to meeting and marrying my Mother,my Dad lived on Roncesvalle.(Sadly,both are gone now) I'm sure he traveled ths car many many times on his way to work or get mom for a date. Thanks for the memory throw back,and a focused on at that.LOL I like the shot,but the reflection in the wi

Re: Interesting 15/3.5 comparsion - AL & non-AL

Damn, I think I've broken the internet! I'll send again and see if this one gets through. --- According to Babel Fish Translation the text of that page deals only with the comparative shape of internal reflections between the

Re: Question for European PDMLers

http://www.tekade.de/Angebot/angebot.html DA14 = eur 689.00 and in stock DA16-45 = eur 479.00 and in stock I bought my *ist D from them, they are located in Germany, and I live in the Netherlands. Don't know if they ship to USA, you can ask. They are very good in communication. On Wednesday 18

Re: PAW: Band at the Royal.

HIi William! You forgot the " " around life... But, that's an easy thing to miss. keith whaley William Robb wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/paw/IMGP4381.jpg Proof that there is life out there. William Robb

Re: Film scanner that works without PC?

Repost, apologies for any repetition, original message MIA. It's deja vu all over again. -- While at a cafe today, reading a complimentary Sunday tabloid, I saw an advertisement for a Lexmark printer that could scan films, and rea

Re: Another 7 MP camera

Well William, the public seem to disagree with you - just have a look at the www.dpreview.com. 7 out of the top 10 are Canon cameras under the sidebar that lists "Cameras receiving the most clicks in the last five days". I believe that sales figures are reflective of this too. Not much use? The pu

Re: Slow list, or is it me?

I think something must be wong - I was expecting a whole load of abuse from Peter and Co. and it just hasn¹t 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: New Member

Not according to the SPLOSdb (where it is classed as "OK, but not particularly notable performance") - according to that source (http://www.jcolwell.ca/_SPLOSdb/index.htm), it is considered amongst the top 10 most common Pentax lenses. It goes for between $60 - $90 on ebay. A. On 22/8/04 8:2

Re: 15/3.5 sharpness?

Alan Chan wrote: > I knew the SLR wides are compromised, but I would like to know if my > pictures look okay as a P15/3.5. No, they don't. They look like the pictures I took with my A15/3.5 on the *ist D. Pictures I took on film (usually shot on color slides such as the Sensia 100) with the same

RE: New Member

Welcome Pat. It's very nice to have an Irish photographer here. I have spent one year in Cork (2001-2002) and found, that you have got so many great photographers and beautiful photography related websites in Ireland. Ireland is a beautiful place to photograph, because of the amazing and wonderful