Congrats on the ESII. I always keep the SMC f2 35mm Takumar on my ESII
instead of a 50mm lens. The SMC Takumar allows me to meter wide-open.
Jim A.
From: Steve Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:52:20 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject:
I will :-)
Thanks Don, and the rest of you!
DagT
På 27. aug. 2004 kl. 23.41 skrev Don Sanderson:
I love it!
DON'T stop!
Just switch to PESOs. ;-)
Don
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From: DagT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:32 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PAW - The last
I just have purchased a Minolta Scan Dual IV scanner, and I have some
questions about scanning.
The maximum resolution supported is 3200dpi, which seems way too much
for scans intented to be put on the web. But I have read somewhere
that I should *always* scan at maximum resolution, because a
I never saw a *ist D in the flesh, let alone had one in my hands - until
today, when I got mine in the mail from Berlin.
I paid a little less than 10.000 kr (1.600 USD) in Berlin. I can only say:
It's worth it!
In Denmark the list price is 2.585 USD, but I could get it for app. 2000
USD.
Jens
I just got to try every lens I own. I never felt this exited about any
camera before. It beats the s... out of my old (now sold) SONY DSC F717 -
man this is F A N T A S T I C. I handles so brilliantly. This is pure and
genuine photo-pleasure. I just L O V E it.
C'mon, Jens - why don't you
Heck, I'm fascinated. Might just go for it (as I live in London) I'll go pick it up in
person with cash. If it's a joke, I can walk away cash in hand.
AB
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Caveman wrote:
Toralf Lund wrote:
I think the real situation is that the camera does not capture
according to the sampling theorem, i.e. the data has a frequency a
lot higher than half of your sample rate, so you're not going to be
able to reproduce the input accurately (according to Nyquist.)
V3? Why V3?
Hmmm... Von Braun's shades maybe?
Dario
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From: Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:07 PM
Subject: Yet another 7 MP camera ;-)
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/sonydscv3/
yes, I think it doesn't exist.
On Monday 30 August 2004 19:30, Dario Bonazza wrote:
FJW So the reported problem with Firmware 1.11 does not exist?
FJW
FJW Dario
FJW
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FJW From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FJW To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FJW Sent: Monday, August 30,
Toralf Lund wrote:
And no matter which way you look at it, you cannot extend the bandwidth.
Which is why I say interpolation doesn't change the resolution.
Depends what your definition for resolution is. If you define it as the
size of the smallest details that can be recorded, then you're
Toralf Lund wrote:
Caveman wrote:
[ Long and meaningless discussion... ]
- the real formula computes level at point x,y based on the values
of *all* the samples of the image
What you are talking about here is probably an n-degree polynomial,
where n is the number of pixels or samples.
Or maybe
I thought it was artistic movement.
Caveman wrote:
Cotty wrote:
Nice one, Cavo. Was she shaking or were you? ;-)
Actually she was moving. Wish I had one of those fast lens high fps
cameras.
Well, as it is impossible to sell patents in any other way than selling
the products or licensing the technology I agree...
DagT
På 30. aug. 2004 kl. 18.43 skrev Keith Whaley:
Besides which, I beleieve there's more money to be made in licensing
the technology than selling the patent. No limit
Thanks Frits, nice to know that.
So, apparently, someone switched the siren on and then forgot to shut it off
(or maybe I missed that).
Dario
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From: Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: HELP -
I resemble that remark!
My 5050 is very friendly looking.
(Compared to the SF1n with 70-300) ;-)
Don
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From: Caveman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 1:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Street photo camera ?
Aha. So now I'll have
On 31 Aug 2004 at 1:00, Jens Bladt wrote:
You are right, Rob. But everybody seem to say to me:
But, shurely you wount be selling your MZ-S!
Everybody who has seen my MZ-S (myself included) - loves it. It really IS a
beauty, isn't it? But I believe either the MZ-S or my 6x6 equipment has
Noo Shaun, please - not a paper weight, not that. I'd rater be an
Aperture-Ring-Less PS!
Jens
Jens Bladt
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http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Dr. Shaun Canning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 31. august 2004 01:04
Til: [EMAIL
I sold most of my screwmount cameras and lenses to buy my first *ist D.
Now I'm selling two MX, one Leica LTM (a iiic) , a couple of lenses,
and an LX motor drive to buy my second *ist D. I'm keeping my 6x7 kit,
one Leica iiif, a Russian FED (it's not worth much). one Spotmatic F,
one H3v,
Paul - so, do you use K and M lenses? Will I get used to pushing the green
button or is it a constant PITA?
Jens
Jens Bladt
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http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
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Fra: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 31. august 2004 01:20
Til:
On 31 Aug 2004 at 1:22, Jens Bladt wrote:
Paul - so, do you use K and M lenses? Will I get used to pushing the green
button or is it a constant PITA?
Not Paul but I will do it but I'm not used to it (I think the Green button is
in a pig of a spot), I'd much prefer the traditional aperture
Don Sanderson wrote:
I resemble that remark!
My 5050 is very friendly looking.
(Compared to the SF1n with 70-300) ;-)
Don
And as a matter of fact, it's smaller than my MX, in most dimensions.
But, enough of that on a Pentax list! I support each, in my own way...
keith
-Original Message-
Hi Ryan,
on 31 Aug 04 you wrote in pentax.list:
...
But hmm.. why is the Pentax logo gold? I assume it's because the brown
packaging of the wine box is reflecting.. but no! the shutter release is
gold too! and so is the ist D logo! And the arrow button on the back too and
just below the gold
Jens,
Sell the Mz-s. It's worth fifty to a hundred bucks (American) and I'll be
happy to take it off your hands :)
It has the grip, right?
;)
Cory
Needs a reward for surviving the first two football games at work...
- Original Message -
From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
I agree that the 3200 is virtually useless but I HAVE shot several
serviceable shots at 1600 and lots of nice stuff at 800.
Cory
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From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 6:43 PM
Subject: RE: Yahoo - it's here - My *ist D
I use K and M lenses quite often. You will get used to pushing the
green button. It becomes an automatic process. No hassle whatsoever.
For all important shots I use my K primes: the 24 and 28 3.5s, the
50/1.4, the 85/1.8, and the 135/2.5. I also use my A 400/5.6 and M
200/4 quite frequently.
On 30/8/04, Caveman, discombobulated, unleashed:
Nice one, Cavo. Was she shaking or were you? ;-)
Actually she was moving. Wish I had one of those fast lens high fps cameras.
I reckon you'll pick up an *ist D as they drop just after the baby D is out...
A dollar says so.
Cheers,
Hi all,
Sorry for what was probably quite misinformation in some form. I was
thinking in terms of digital compacts which have an orientation sensor that
automatically tags it into the EXIF information. I'm not sure whether the
ist D has the same feature, so the information may or may not be
Many many months ago I ordered one of these lenses through my local
shop. Meanwhile I found and bought another lens. The one I ordered is
available. From the store, not from me.
If interested, call or email Mitch, tell him I suggested that you call.
Mitch at Photographx, Kansas City MO
On 31/8/04, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed:
You are right, Rob. But everybody seem to say to me:
But, shurely you wount be selling your MZ-S!
Everybody who has seen my MZ-S (myself included) - loves it. It really IS a
beauty, isn't it?
But I believe either the MZ-S or my 6x6 equipment
Well, enjoy the camera anyway.
Rather than put effort into producing decent amounts of ordinary
products that we want, like the DA lenses, Pentax puts effort into gimmicks.
I am thoroughly ticked at Pentax today, as I'll relate in another post.
Joe
chances are you'll get great service. Nate went there tonight and he
said it was empty and the folks there were chatty. BH is right outside
the secured zone, so it's a pain to get to right now.
On 30/8/04, Peter J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed:
(I can't be a wise a** all the time).
Yes you can.
(Hey we shoulda been a TV double act - very dry and bouncing off each
other - sorta like The Odd Couple but with two Oscar Maddisons and no
Felix Ungers.)
Cheers,
Cotty
I leave for Hungary a week from today, and would love to have the DA 14
that I ordered on June 3. On Friday I called Pentax USA, and was told
that it was going out to dealers. So I thought perhaps there's still a
little hope that I might have it in time. Today I called Adorama, and
the
On 30/8/04, Joseph Tainter, discombobulated, unleashed:
I leave for Hungary a week from today, and would love to have the DA 14
that I ordered on June 3. On Friday I called Pentax USA, and was told
that it was going out to dealers. So I thought perhaps there's still a
little hope that I might
As I was digging around looking for some slides to try in my scanner, before
I declare it a waste of time and relegate it to the scrap heap, I found a
whole box of slides and B+W negs I thought I had lost years ago!
Here's one taken in August 1977, on my daughters 2nd birthday:
Thanks, Cotty. I have 7 mb of cf cards, mostly borrowed, plus my new FA
77 and assortment of other lenses, so I do plan to take many pics.
Hoping for clear weather. Trip lasts 11 days, but 3 of those are travel,
plus a mandatory conference (my excuse for going, and how the trip gets
paid for),
I will continue to add to the late people - perhaps I will be the last one
:-)?
I used a Sekonic L-398 Studio Deluxe meter (which has been mentioned quite a
bit here) exclusively for many years. I bought it used in Pensacola,
Florida over 17 years ago.
I wanted to work on my flash photography
I agree that the 3200 is virtually useless but I HAVE shot several
serviceable shots at 1600 and lots of nice stuff at 800.
ISO 800 is fine. The biggest problem I have with 1600 and 3200 is that
one cannot sharpen them. The noise just gets sharpened excessively. So
at these speeds it is
Sorry to hear about your leaving for Hungary without that anticipated DA14.
Their supply and distribution chain could really do with an overhaul. Their
sometimes questionable allocation of resources.. and while they're working
it, they need someone sorting out their marketing and PR too.
If a
You just need one lens for that medium sized TIFF file before you're full
capacity. You don't really need that DA14 do you?
;)
Ryan
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From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: Last rant, for
7mb? thats only enough for a couple of good jpgs, or about 1/2 a raw file!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks, Cotty. I have 7 mb of cf cards, mostly borrowed, plus my new FA
77 and assortment of other lenses, so I do plan to take many pics.
Hoping for clear weather. Trip lasts 11 days, but 3 of
Cotty wrote:
On 30/8/04, Peter J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed:
(I can't be a wise a** all the time).
Yes you can.
(Hey we shoulda been a TV double act - very dry and bouncing off each
other - sorta like The Odd Couple but with two Oscar Maddisons and no
Felix Ungers.)
Maybe
- Original Message -
From: Pat Curran
Subject: RE Books/Sites on 67II
Just curious about
the type of photography 6x7 format people are into, especially
landscape
work and the ability of the format to sell pictures when compared
with other
medium formats. On page 36 of his book
On 31 Aug 2004 at 11:26, Ryan Lee wrote:
Sorry to hear about your leaving for Hungary without that anticipated DA14.
Their supply and distribution chain could really do with an overhaul. Their
sometimes questionable allocation of resources.. and while they're working it,
they need someone
On 31 Aug 2004 at 10:23, Ryan Lee wrote:
Hi all,
Sorry for what was probably quite misinformation in some form. I was
thinking in terms of digital compacts which have an orientation sensor that
automatically tags it into the EXIF information. I'm not sure whether the ist D
has the same
The first one is lovely, Herb. I'll look at the other on Monday, when I
have my office's high-speed connection.
Joe
http://www.graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html
Posted every Sunday (if I remember)
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Hi guys: some friends are going to Washington and New York late September on
holidays/vacation - any suggestions for must-see sights and restaurants?
Any advice gratefully received, passed on and acknowledged!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
The only TV ad I've seen for Pentax
at all recently was placed several times on my
local NBC affiliate for the Optio line during
Olympics broadcasts.
On 28/8/04, Joseph Tainter, discombobulated, unleashed:
From time to time, Cotty, you truly brighten my day. Thanks.
Joe
Cheers Joseph ;-)
Cheers,
Cotty
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Paul Stenquist wrote:
I'm very fond of the 6x7 format and love both the dimensions and the high
resolutions. But, no, it won't sell more pictures.
Thanks Paul - this is the type of info I'm after
Regards,
Pat
Hi,
Saturday, August 28, 2004, 9:16:32 PM, Keith wrote:
I really liike this one, Boris!
Peaceful indeed.
If you listen hard...you can hear the tiny noises. Clicks and pops. Ticks. A
rustle somewhere off a bit.
An insect, persistent.
Hmm. Sounds like tinnitus.
--
Cheers,
Bob
On 30/8/04, Boros Attila, discombobulated, unleashed:
Can you recommend some tutorials/books about postprocessing photos in
Photoshop?
Yes, here:
http://tinyurl.com/3hqf7
Cheers,
Cotty
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Hi,
Saturday, August 28, 2004, 2:51:08 AM, Paul wrote:
I was in London during a hurricane that hit with considerable force.
The weather bureau failed to post any kind of warning. I guess the
storm gained strength right before it came out of the Atlantic. I think
it was 1987. I was in a room
Paul,
Having the 400 on, I guess it would be difficult but the image I'd like to
have seen is one of the car surrounded in traffic by a bunch of other normal
cars...sort of like a caged animal...
CW
still liked the shot
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From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
If that's only 13% of the potential quality I am very, very impressed!
Don
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From: John C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 4:28 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LF Quality posted! , WAS: 35 vs digi - Some points to ponder.
I
Maybe they are the official camera of the internet because
that is all the *istD is good for, low resolution web photos?
:)
JCO
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From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 4:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Seen on dpreview
Actually most filters ARE COATED, even the cheap ones, just not
multicoated.
(Hoya still makes some REALLY CHEAP uncoated ones though).
The difference between single coated and multicoated filters
is extremely slight as with only two air-glass interfaces, the
single coated filters have only approx
As has already been pointed out, printing with wet inks (the technology
basis for home inkjet printers) is limited by the paper; ink spreads and
merges before it dries. Even the 200-300 dpi figure above is generous
when it comes to positioning acuracy (wet paper stretches significantly).
Hi Markus,
A bit late, but thought I'd jump in anyway.
Until recently I used an analog Pentax Spotmeter V as well as a Zone VI
modified Pentax Digital Spotmeter. I sold the Spotmeter V, and am going to
replace it with an incident meter. The some of the incident meters I'm
considering are
I don't have my 360 here at the moment so I can't actually test this but;
If I remember correctly CF9 causes the Flash Pop Up Button to behave in 3
different ways, not the flash itself.
IOW the flash button can disable, fire once, or fire for modeling, the flash
when it is pushed in wireless mode.
I think what it really boils down to is whether or not you like the waist
level finder of the Rollei and whether or not you like the square format. If
you prefer the prism finder of the Pentax then this is the better choice
because the Rollei with the prism makes a even heavier and larger
I don't believe there is much difference in lens performance.
I think what it really boils down to is whether or not you like the waist
level finder of the Rollei and whether or not you like the square format. If
you prefer the prism finder of the Pentax then this is the better choice
because the
Don, I do not put myself across as an expert on matters photographical. I
have an opinion, yes - but I am willing to be proven wrong on the
discussions I take part in.
JCO on the other hand thinks he knows it all and keeps harping on about
quality all the time. Looks like he talks the talk but
Ryan Lee a écrit :
Not my usual civil opening, but F*ck me! Just as I was typing out my emails,
being kinda jealous of Jens, the doorbell rings. I run downstairs and sign
for a box (someone's sending me Chardonnay??) . I glance at the sender
details- CR Kennedy! It's Christmas today!
Run up, open
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