Re: PESO: Lady Night

2005-01-25 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/12/2005 12:17:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, it's a first time from me for this group. http://www.eol.ee/~margus/arvutikasutaja/lady_night.jpg That frame was taken at our company New Year costume party with available dim light plus Sigma ST-500 f

Re: Pentax 50mm News

2005-01-25 Thread John Celio
It *is* broke, check http://www.mail-archive.com/pentax-discuss@pdml.net/msg205063.html It's a goner; do other manufacturers support it even in the way Pentax does? More cost cutting, it's about time Pentax stopped following Canon and Minolta trends, they never where scared of breaking from the no

WTB: Spotmatic leather straps

2005-01-25 Thread Juan Buhler
As the subject says: I really like those thin leather straps that came with Spotmatics. I have a couple, one on the istD and one on the M6, but could use one or two more. Anyone have one or two of those they want to part with? Thanks, j -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.

AW: AW: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread Michael Heim
OK. There's different kind of journalists, or journalism. The ones that feel htat they want to tell stories, want to show "how the world is". They should have tho goal to be as near at reality as possible. The you have political journalism (in a wider sense). Those journalists want to change someth

ist Ds impressions

2005-01-25 Thread Juan Buhler
I'm checking out the ist Ds and comparing it to my ist D. Just in case anyone is considering both cameras, here are my impressions: At first glance, the deeper handle seems odd, kind of holding a Canon. Although I think it could grow on me, I'm just too used to the ist D. The display is gorgeous

AW: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread Michael Heim
Question from switzerland: what's a pom? Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Doug Franklin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Januar 2005 01:47 An: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Betreff: Re: New Member On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:07:55 +0800, David S wrote: > Could be worse, it

AW: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread Michael Heim
I know about the problem with the baz-newsline on my website. But i didn't find a solution yet (i haven't been looking too hard). The source code was made by a baz guy. About the sharpening. I'm no fan of sharpening images too hard. You didn't do that with film, so why should I now. The image shou

AW: AW: Travelling *istD/DS (was:Digital anguish)

2005-01-25 Thread Michael Heim
You're quite pessimistic... How many pictures do you store on your pc? There's a lot more other stuff going on your computer than just mp3. Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Januar 2005 00:50 An: pentax-discuss@pdml.net

RE: Travelling *istD/DS (was:Digital anguish)

2005-01-25 Thread Jens Bladt
I have a Vosonic P300 X's-Drive (the old one without the picture screen). It's 40GB (10-15.000 pictures) but is rather slow - it takes like 10-15 minutes to download 512 MB's worth of RAW shots. So I usually carry 2 RAM-cards. It plays music (MP3) as well, but the batteries won't last long if it d

RE: PESO: The Moon

2005-01-25 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks for the link! I guess it's cheeper to just go and buy annother Hassie :-) Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Rick Womer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 25. januar 2005 21:55 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: PESO: Th

Re: PESO: The Moon

2005-01-25 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/25/2005 11:11:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks, Marine aka Doe. I put this on the *ist D: F 1.7 AF Adapter (AF not working??), Vivitar 2x teleconverter (K-type), M*4/300mm. In total 1020mm. On a tripod* I set the camera to 200 ASA and dialed in -1

Re: Digital wide angle lens

2005-01-25 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Jan 2005 at 8:01, Peter Smekal wrote: > Has anyone used the K or A 15/3.5 as an ultra-wide lens on the *ist D or > DS? Maybe it's a too 'nose-heavy lens-camera combination' (?) I really don't care how heavy it is but it's got the right mount and it performs very well, probably better than

RE: PESO: The Moon

2005-01-25 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks Peter. It's a Manfrottto 190B and a Bogen 3030 head. For this kind of work I really need seperate support for the lens - or at tripod mount on the lens instead of the camera. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Peter J. All

RE: PESO: The Moon

2005-01-25 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks, Marine aka Doe. I put this on the *ist D: F 1.7 AF Adapter (AF not working??), Vivitar 2x teleconverter (K-type), M*4/300mm. In total 1020mm. On a tripod* I set the camera to 200 ASA and dialed in -1.7 exp. comp. Focused manualy and pressed the shutter, using 10 sec. self timer**. I took

RE: PESO: The Moon

2005-01-25 Thread Jens Bladt
You are right. But focal length was: 1,7 x 2 x 300mm = 1020mm. And the moon didn't even fill the frame! With the crop factor is equals app. 1530mm on a 35mm. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Jack Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GFM?

2005-01-25 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/25/2005 10:26:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > - Original Message - > From: "Bill Owens" > Subject: GFM? > > > How many of you folks are planning on attending this year? === Probably not. Probably be too hard for me to get away this year. M

Digital wide angle lens

2005-01-25 Thread Peter Smekal
Has anyone used the K or A 15/3.5 as an ultra-wide lens on the *ist D or DS? Maybe it's a too 'nose-heavy lens-camera combination' (?) Peter

Re: Scanner Comparison

2005-01-25 Thread Rob Studdert
On 25 Jan 2005 at 20:49, Mishka wrote: > To me, it looks like filmscanner has an edge wrt. tonality and > lattitude. Sharpness-wise, > they look pretty close. > > BTW, I have been trying to get Nikon 9000 for almost six months now. > It seems to be > permanently on back-order (at Amazon, BH and A

Re: GFM?

2005-01-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
William Robb wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Bill Owens" > Subject: GFM? > > > How many of you folks are planning on attending this year? > > > > Thinking about it. > > William Robb what he said :) save a bunk for me at Central ann

Re: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread David S
Thanks Trevor Dave On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:48:05 +1100, Trevor Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day David. > Welcome to the list. > Be prepared to get about 300 emails per day form the list. > Hooroo. > Regards, Trevor Bailey > Grafton, N.S.W. > Australia

Re: Digital portrait lens

2005-01-25 Thread Juan Buhler
I'm just making myself feel better, because I *lost* my K85/1.8... sigh... j On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:09:41 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use both the K50/1.4 and the 85/1.8. I use the 85 when I want more > foreshortening of the features. > Paul > On Jan 25, 2005, at 8:26 P

Re: GFM?

2005-01-25 Thread Jon M
I'm half tempted to show up, if only for a day or so to meet some of you PDML'ers. --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Bill Owens" > Subject: GFM? > > > > How many of you folks are planning on attending > this year? > > > > Thinking about

Re: Digital portrait lens

2005-01-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: Digital portrait lens William Robb wrote: A50/1.2 is an interesting portrait lens, though I find it a wee bit short. Freudian slip? That's the second time you've gone down this path. You have some weird fixations Mr. C William Robb

Re: GFM?

2005-01-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Bill Owens" Subject: GFM? How many of you folks are planning on attending this year? Thinking about it. William Robb

Re: PESOS on a snowy day

2005-01-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:31:29 -0500, Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Of course comments are welcome... > > > > There are eight thumbnails here at this click - so > > it will load fast. > > They are all people I know or knew from slightly > > to very well. > > >

GFM?

2005-01-25 Thread Bill Owens
How many of you folks are planning on attending this year? Bill

Re: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Welcome... One more soul is lost in vast and mysterious PDML... Boris mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Update: GF not going Canon!

2005-01-25 Thread Graywolf
Well, I seem to remember that Cotty went to the dark side because Pentax did not seem interested in producing a DSLR at the time. That was not jumping ship, that was giving up hope. As such it is understandable. OTOH, those who chose Canon instead of Pentax should be excommunicated (GRIN). grayw

Re: This was *not* a good deal, if you ask me ..

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Erickson
So, is demand for used lenses and teleconverters like this one being driven up by new *ist-Ds purchasers? Inquiring minds want to know --Mark Peter J. Alling wrote: > > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4688&item=3867897334 &rd=1 >

Re: Pentax 50mm News

2005-01-25 Thread Graywolf
A microcomputer chip has to be zero defects (excluding memory areas where they can put in more than they need and map out defective areas) and they are made to much higher densities. Almost all imaging sensors have a few defective pixels. A full-size sensor should only cost in the vicinity of 2.

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/25/2005 7:59:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just wanted to know what the difference (in your mind) is between a universal objective truth, and external reality (terms that you used), as I really didn't know what you were talking about without some ide

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:09:49 -0500, Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > damn lawyer! > :) > > but, even given all the fine print, i still find the presumption > overly optimistic. > > as a side note, maybe some people here have noticed that in my country > there were elections (which have finally

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:36:34 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 1/25/2005 4:36:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, k > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I will add to this resend, that you are equating universal object truth with > > external reality. A common mistake. > > I

Re: PESOS on a snowy day

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:31:29 -0500, Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course comments are welcome... > > There are eight thumbnails here at this click - so > it will load fast. > They are all people I know or knew from slightly > to very well. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.t

Re: PAW: A bad Hair Day

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:05:47 -0500, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please check out > > http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > > Taken with PZ1P, 600mm f4.0 FA > > Comments: Yea, Nay or otherwise. > > Thanks in advance for looking & commenting. > I'll prefa

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/25/2005 4:36:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, k [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I will add to this resend, that you are equating universal object truth with > external reality. A common mistake. I'm intrigued. Since you brought it up, what's the difference? This isn't a trap, I really

Re: OT: Chimping????

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:06:45 -0500, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O, Cotty's gonna get you for that... Nah... If Cotty's gonna get me for anything, it'll be that hairpiece comment I made on the weekend. Compared to that, this is small potatoes. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness i

Re: OT: Chimping????

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:58:55 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/TOPDML%20MEET%20DEC04/? > action=view¤t=P0166.jpg > > This should explain a lot. That is clearly a PS manipulation to make it ~look~ like I'm chimping. In the altern

Re: AW: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
The New York Times is among the most liberal papers in the United States. The paper hasn't endorsed a Republican for president in close to a century. Its politics are almost always at odds with those of the Journal. Whether one supports the opinions of the Times' editors or not, it's a worthy r

Re: AW: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:32:06 +0100, Michael Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I never introduced myself. > > If you want to see a picture of me, go to: > http://michaelheim.com/images/2002.jpg > > Pictures i made (ant other stuff about me) you can find at: > www.michaelheim.com > > And i'm no Au

Re: Chimping????

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:15:56 -0500, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and he was nominally a lawyer as well. Biting tongue, biting tongue... -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Chimping????

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:08:28 -0500, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deceit and sensitivity. They always go together well, don't they? > > Worked for Bubba > That's no fair. We're not supposed to talk politics here, and I have a great G Dubya joke in answer to that one! .

Re: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:07:55 +0800, David S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could be worse, it could be taken over by poms ;-) ...And thanks to others Aussies on the list, I now know what a pom is! Welcome aboard, Dave. Don't listen to Tom. We need more from the Commonwealth here to balance

Re: AW: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:52:37 -0500, Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > interesting: i have always considered NYT to be quite conservative (in > good sense). > best, > mishka It is. -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: OT: Impromptu TOPDML Meetings and The Benefits/Drawbacks Of Chimping

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:15:19 -0500, David Chang-Sang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was nice to hear Frank say "Really, it's Cotty who chimps the most on the > PDML. I've seen him do it at GFM!!" ;) > Dave, You may have noticed another thread, in which we discuss reality, objectivity, truth,

Re: How'd they do it? (was:Dogmatism: what is allowed?)

2005-01-25 Thread Mishka
it is way cool! mishka On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:55:48 +1000, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't know where this type of image fits into the lie cheat subvert argument > but it's obviously a representation from a point in space with little margin > for creative cropping :-) So how di

Re: Used cameras in the US and Canada?

2005-01-25 Thread Jim Colwell
Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am looking for American, reputable stores with web interfaces, carrying > used equipment. I already know of B&H, Adorama, Henry's and KEH. > Any others? > Thanks, > Kostas In addition to those you mention, I highly recommend: Can

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread Mishka
damn lawyer! :) but, even given all the fine print, i still find the presumption overly optimistic. as a side note, maybe some people here have noticed that in my country there were elections (which have finally ended in an inauguration) not that long time ago. and i have to say that the coverag

Re: Digital portrait lens

2005-01-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
I use both the K50/1.4 and the 85/1.8. I use the 85 when I want more foreshortening of the features. Paul On Jan 25, 2005, at 8:26 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: A K55/1.8 is the perfect istD replacement for the K85/1.8... 82.5mm, but hey. j On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:24:03 -0500, Collin R Brendemuehl <[EMAI

Re: OT: Kobe-SI-CNN and BMW

2005-01-25 Thread cbwaters
- Original Message - From: "Frits Wuthrich" Subject: Re: OT: Kobe-SI-CNN and BMW Thanks for sharing. I think your family is correct though. Only thing is, on this list, we share the same deviation, so we understand you, which is really scary. -- Frits Wüthrich Thanks for the reply Fri

Re: DA14mm f/2.8 quality (was: Pentax 50mm News)

2005-01-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Interesting. At f/8, the DA14mm's aperture is less than 2mm in diameter where the FA16-45 is at 2mm or greater. Perhaps you're seeing the onset of diffraction, reducing the resolution. How do they compare at f/5.6? I normally set aperture between f/4 and f/5.6 with the 14mm. Godfrey --- Herb

Re: Digital portrait lens

2005-01-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
For me, a 50/1.4 makes a near-perfect portrait tele, although I tend to shoot a lot of portraits with a 28mm (and soon the 31mm) as well. Godfrey --- Collin R Brendemuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given the coverage difference, what lens is used by you > istD/DS-ers for portraits? > 50mm?

Re: AW: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread Mishka
why? mishka On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:17:20 +0100, Michael Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's not strange. Without that goal media wouln't work any more. > > Michael > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Mishka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. Januar 2005 01:57 > A

Re: AW: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread Mishka
interesting: i have always considered NYT to be quite conservative (in good sense). best, mishka On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:52:43 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. The truth, as you say, > is somewhere in > between. > Paul

Re: Chimping????

2005-01-25 Thread Joseph Tainter
"Chimping: When one takes a photo with a digital camera and immediately looks to see the image. Ideally, he says "Ooohhh, check this one out" or some such." I've never seen a chimpanzee do that. Orangutans yes, but not chimps. Joe

Re: Digital portrait lens

2005-01-25 Thread Tom C
William Robb wrote: A50/1.2 is an interesting portrait lens, though I find it a wee bit short. Freudian slip? Tom C.

Re: Scanner Comparison

2005-01-25 Thread Mishka
To me, it looks like filmscanner has an edge wrt. tonality and lattitude. Sharpness-wise, they look pretty close. BTW, I have been trying to get Nikon 9000 for almost six months now. It seems to be permanently on back-order (at Amazon, BH and Adorama). At this point I have decided that my lifespan

RE: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread Trevor Bailey
G'day David. Welcome to the list. Be prepared to get about 300 emails per day form the list. Hooroo. Regards, Trevor Bailey Grafton, N.S.W. Australia -Original Message- From: David S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 26 January 2005 12:26 AM To: PDML Subject: New Member G'day t

Re: Update: GF not going Canon!

2005-01-25 Thread Joseph Tainter
"Some of you might remember that a few weeks ago I said that my gf was thinking about getting a digital Rebel... "Well, she just received her istDS with 18-55 from Adorama today." It is always good when we can prevent a fellow human from going over to the Dark Side. If only we could have gotten to

RE: Used cameras in the US and Canada?

2005-01-25 Thread Trevor Bailey
G'day Anne. It's one of those situations when you read your own post after having posted it, and chuck a Homer Simpson.DOH!!! -Original Message- From: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 26 January 2005 4:29 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Used cam

Re: PP: Digital Grain

2005-01-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: PP: Digital Grain I'm going to show color prints from film and color prints from digital. I see thousands of prints a month. I can't control the experiment if all the prints are not outputted from the same source. The discussion

Re: Question for the Brotherhood...

2005-01-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mark Cassino" Subject: Re: Question for the Brotherhood... 2; Mirror Lock-Up is a pretty important feature for this camera for some types of photography. If you are shooting flash in a studio, it probably does not matter. Longer exposures - 1/15th or longer

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed? "To me, a photograph presented as the truth is always a lie, since it always represents the photographers personal representation of something." This is a representation of my dogs lying on the floo

Re: Digital portrait lens

2005-01-25 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Collin, I'm using a FA 50/1.4 - works pretty well. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, January 25, 2005, 5:24:03 PM, you wrote: CRB> Given the coverage difference, what lens is used by you istD/DS-ers for CRB> portraits? CRB> 50mm? CRB> Collin CRB> "You impress at a distance, but you impa

Re: PP: Digital Grain

2005-01-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: PP: Digital Grain People often ask how a particular photograph was made. The most telling comment, from what seemed a fairly knowledgeable individual, that came back was, "Hmm. From film, you say? That's mighty good for a film i

Re: Digital portrait lens

2005-01-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Collin R Brendemuehl" Subject: Digital portrait lens Given the coverage difference, what lens is used by you istD/DS-ers for portraits? 50mm? A50/1.2 is an interesting portrait lens, though I find it a wee bit short. I was really hoping that something betwee

Re: PP: Digital Grain

2005-01-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu" Subject: Re: PP: Digital Grain ... I have absolutely no ideea what a really good print looks like. Don't feel badly. Most people don't. William Robb

Re: DA14mm f/2.8 quality (was: Pentax 50mm News)

2005-01-25 Thread Herb Chong
at f8, my DA 14 is uniformly sharp across the field, but noticeably less so than the DA 16-45 at f8. the DA 16-45 and FA* 80-200/2.8 are about equal to my eyes, and i expect that the FA* 28-70/2.8 to be about the same. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Digital portrait lens

2005-01-25 Thread Juan Buhler
A K55/1.8 is the perfect istD replacement for the K85/1.8... 82.5mm, but hey. j On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:24:03 -0500, Collin R Brendemuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given the coverage difference, what lens is used by you istD/DS-ers for > portraits? > 50mm? > > Collin > > "You impress at a d

Digital portrait lens

2005-01-25 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
Given the coverage difference, what lens is used by you istD/DS-ers for portraits? 50mm? Collin "You impress at a distance, but you impact a life up close. The closer the relationship the greater the impact." Howard Hendricks

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread Tom C
Sending again after 5 hours since it was never returned to me. Not that I said anything really important... Well put, Bob W. I personally believe there is an ultimate truth, an ultimate reality. Do I claim to know it? No. Will I or other humans ever fully understand it? Likely not. But i

Re: Used cameras in the US and Canada?

2005-01-25 Thread johnf
Jon M mused: > > http://www.charlottecamera.com > > I haven't actually bought from them, . . . I have. Mail order used gear, sight unseen. _Expensive_ used gear. No complaints.

OT: Impromptu TOPDML Meetings and The Benefits/Drawbacks Of Chimping

2005-01-25 Thread David Chang-Sang
Whilst on my way to drop off some B&W film from last weekend to a local lab I ran into young Frank during his day-to-day activities. We both didn't recognize each other at first due to the winter garb that must be donned during these cold grey months; however we soon exchanged "how-do-you-dos" and

Re: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread David S
Thanks Jon, Dave On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:50:34 -0800 (PST), Jon M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome to the madness. :) > > -Jon M.

Re: DA14mm f/2.8 quality (was: Pentax 50mm News)

2005-01-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
--- Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my DA 14 is noticeably less sharp than my DA 16-45, and that > is about the same as my FA* 80-200. i haven't shot enough yet with my FA* > 28-70, but given what i have seen from others, i expect it to be equally > good. Less sharp ... in the center, at t

Re: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread David S
Thanks Lasse, > They all look good. > I particularly like all the B&W ones. (I preferred the 1st Crane btw. > How did you set up the 500FTZ for the clock bit? The flash was in TTL mode and bounced off the celing > In thumbnail mode the "Gekko" looked something like a rotting p*nis. (Yeah, I > k

Re: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread David S
Thanks John, I'm in Fremantle West Australia. Dave On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:22:55 +1000, John Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome David, good to have another Aussie on board! > Where are you located? > > John Coyle > Brisbane

RE: How'd they do it? (was:Dogmatism: what is allowed?)

2005-01-25 Thread Anthony Farr
Perhaps a 'winky' following "easy peasy" would have better expressed my deliberate understatement of the process's complexity. regards, Anthony Farr > -Original Message- > From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Har, far easier said than done I expect :-) > > > Rob Studdert

Re: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread Doug Franklin
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:07:55 +0800, David S wrote: > Could be worse, it could be taken over by poms ;-) Damned pommy bastards have been trying for years. :-) As long as they bring the good beer and ale we don't put up a hard enough fight to run them off. ;-> TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:24:56 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't agree. No inconsistency to me. And if you boil it down -- I think what > I originally said was that there was no universal objective truth. Only > subjective truth. But, some things are objectively true. G.W.

Re: Pentax 50mm News

2005-01-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
--- Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting I suspect our experience and expectations differ > somewhat. That begs the question: What are your experiences and expectations? With regard to which lenses I listed? Godfrey __ Do you

Re: PENTAX *istDS FIRMWARE UPDATE VERSION (1.01)

2005-01-25 Thread Fred Widall
Thanks Christian, For the link to the Pentax USA website version. I downloaded it and updated my *ist-DS with no problems. -- Fred Widall, Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall ---

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:54:27 -0600, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "frank theriault" > Subject: Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed? > > > > > Exactly what are we arguing about, anyway? This seems pretty > > simple > > and straightforward to me. > >

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:01:18 -0500, Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "TRUTH"? > But we weren't arguing about truth. We were arguing about how much manipulation of a photo is acceptable or allowed. And, the answer is, "it depends". For photojournalism, very little maniplation should be all

Re: Pentax 50mm News

2005-01-25 Thread Herb Chong
my DA 14 is noticeably less sharp than my DA 16-45, and that is about the same as my FA* 80-200. i haven't shot enough yet with my FA* 28-70, but given what i have seen from others, i expect it to be equally good. Herb - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Calibrating for CCD/CMOS noise

2005-01-25 Thread Herb Chong
to my eyes, there is a lot of noise in the "without NR" that would have to be removed in Photoshop. lightning at that distance looks a lot like noise to simplistic algorithms that mostly are focused on eliminating hot pixels. i wonder if any other DSLR would far better. i think without smarter n

Re: Dogmatism: what is allowed?

2005-01-25 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:56:32 -0500, Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > frank, i agree with you 99%, wxcept this part, which i find a bit strange > (strange that someone has this kind of expectations of the second oldest > profession) This is my part, to which Mishka refers: > > On the other hand,

Power Pack

2005-01-25 Thread duoctue.org
I am looking for a power pack for my PZ-1P any recommendations?? Thanks Andy

Re: Pentax 50mm News

2005-01-25 Thread John Whittingham
> But you'll never know if Pentax are going to release a full-frame > digital unless they do. You will never know that they won't as they > are unlikely to state so. Yes, their marketing dept. needs a good kick up the ass, it's all the more enjoyable when they just release it and you think "did

Re: Pentax 50mm News

2005-01-25 Thread John Whittingham
> According to folks in the list, not by much, as the silicon wafers > for this size have a great chance of yielding 0 (zero) usable sensor > chips. I understood it to be a hard, physical limitation. I know they're reaching their limitations, it's the same with computer CPU's they need a breakt

Re: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: "Michael Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:32 AM Subject: AW: New Member > I never introduced myself. > > If you want to see a picture of me, go to: > http://michaelheim.com/images/2002.jpg > > Pictures i made (ant other stuff about me) you can find at: >

Re: Digital grain and dogmatism (fwd)

2005-01-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Perhaps you misunderstand ... That original photo IS in color. It was an unbelievably hazy day. Rendering RGB to monochrome I do after I get the cropping the way i want it. It's often the largest part of my image processing work. Godfrey --- Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 25

Re: New Member

2005-01-25 Thread John Coyle
Welcome David, good to have another Aussie on board! Where are you located? John Coyle Brisbane - Original Message - From: "David S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:25 PM Subject: New Member G'day to all PDML'ers, "Allow myself to introduce...myself" ;-

Re: Digital grain and dogmatism (fwd)

2005-01-25 Thread Juan Buhler
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:44:35 -0800 (PST), Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was captured with the Panasonic FZ10 in full color ... The > original is what you see when you click on the image, pre all > significant processing work other than rotation and a small > amount of cropping t

Re: Pentax 50mm News

2005-01-25 Thread Nick Clark
But you'll never know if Pentax are going to release a full-frame digital unless they do. You will never know that they won't as they are unlikely to state so. Nick -Original Message- From: "John Whittingham"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 24/01/05 23:39:41 To: "pentax-discuss@pdm

Re: Pentax 50mm News

2005-01-25 Thread Rob Studdert
On 25 Jan 2005 at 14:38, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I have no experience with Pentax zooms, but so far the primes > I've bought (DA14, A28/2.8, A50/1.4, M85/2, K Tak 135/2.5, > FA135/2.8, A200/4) have all proven to be very nice performers, > comparable in performance with the Canon primes I use. So

Re: AW: Travelling *istD/DS (was:Digital anguish)

2005-01-25 Thread Rob Studdert
On 25 Jan 2005 at 23:39, Michael Heim wrote: > I can recommend ARCOS GMINI with 20 GB Harddisk and Compact Flash Card > Reader. > Ist very small and handy. And it also plays music... If I'm carrying around a hard disk with several months of images on it the very last thing I want it to be doing

Re: Travelling *istD/DS (was:Digital anguish)

2005-01-25 Thread Bruce Dayton
I have the Compact Drive PD6A 60gb unit and am quite happy with it's speed and usage. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, January 25, 2005, 3:02:49 PM, you wrote: RS> On 25 Jan 2005 at 13:50, Juan Buhler wrote: >> Hi Rob, >> >> Would you mind telling what device this is? I have an ipod, but the

Re: Digital grain and dogmatism (fwd)

2005-01-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks, Juan. It was captured with the Panasonic FZ10 in full color ... The original is what you see when you click on the image, pre all significant processing work other than rotation and a small amount of cropping to get the verticals where I wanted them. When I first saw it on the computer,

AW: Travelling *istD/DS (was:Digital anguish)

2005-01-25 Thread Michael Heim
I can recommend ARCOS GMINI with 20 GB Harddisk and Compact Flash Card Reader. Ist very small and handy. And it also plays music... Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Juan Buhler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. Januar 2005 22:51 An: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Betreff:

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