Re: Focusing screen for *ist-DS

2005-03-04 Thread Carlos Royo
David Oswald escribió: I haven't seen anyone selling alternative focusing screens for the *ist-DS, though screen interchangeability is listed as one of the camera's features. Has anyone seen them listed for sale anywhere, and if so at what cost? Hi David: Tekade (a German online shop) has a

Re: AF teleconverters

2005-03-04 Thread John Whittingham
So, are there AF TCs out there that allow you to manually focus, or am I out of luck there? Any ideas on what was happening in this case? I own four AF converters at present all allow manual focus with AF bodies: ZX-5n and MZ-3. Sigma 2x EX Sigma 1.4x EX Kenko Teleplus 1.5x SHQ Teleplus 1.7x

Re: Kyocera Pulls Plug in Contax?

2005-03-04 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Alin Flaider wrote on 04.03.05 7:29: The mention of Sony as a potential buyer coupled with the rumour that Sony wants to be a DSLR player could mean we might see a Contax resurrection. Anyway, I doubt a powerful brand will just simply vanish. Look at Cosina-Voigtlander. That would be

RE: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Nick Clark

Re: Focusing screen for *ist-DS

2005-03-04 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, David Oswald wrote: In particular, I keep drooling over an SMC-Pentax A 135mm f/2.8. You Interesting comments about this and other 135mm lenses can be found on the known site: http://stans-photography.info/. I have had the K135/2.5 for 7 months now and I am still drooling.

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/3/05, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: Aperture priority (I think that's Tv). Hi Dave, Tv is Time value = shutter priority Av is Aperture value = aperture priority Hyper Program is bonkers and have no idea what it does. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Physics prac

2005-03-04 Thread mike.wilson
Hi, I can't find the blocks of wood with two crocodile clips screwed to them. Did they migrate to Bede? mike CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE DISCLAIMER Confidentiality: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom

Pentax Shopping

2005-03-04 Thread Cotty
A short but nevertheless interesting tale about a friends who are looking for a DSLR. They are taking a four week break in Australia soon (she's from Sydney) and he is keen to pick up a digital camera. He has an ME-Super and a clutch of manual lenses. She has a Nikon manual focus camera (forget

Re: Physics prac

2005-03-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/3/05, mike.wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: I can't find the blocks of wood with two crocodile clips screwed to them. Did they migrate to Bede? Blimey Mike, how much voltage you planning to put through that wood? Stand well clear when you throw the switch ;-) Cheers, Cotty

Re: Color space

2005-03-04 Thread Alin Flaider
Don't know about Shel but when I sent images for printing at my local Agfa DLab2, first I convert them to the DLab2-Sensatis profile (available on the Agfa site) to bring the colours in the printer's gamut, then apply a slight green and blue gamma corrections to compensate for the lab's

Re[2]: Kyocera Pulls Plug in Contax?

2005-03-04 Thread Alin Flaider
Nah, Sony have a history of making their own standards. In this case it will be hard even for them to enter the DSLR market on a totally new mount/format, but rather than adhere to a open standard, I think it will appeal more to them the available Contax name / mount / client base. Time

Re: eclipse + pec pads for CCD cleaning

2005-03-04 Thread Frantisek
You want dustless camera? Just use an anti-static gun. ;-)) (one of these old raygun-looking scifi movie antistatic guns) although it might fry the little chips inside, it will be free of dust ;-) Good light! fra

Re: Printing Raw Problems

2005-03-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Mac or PC? What software are you printing from? Paul On Mar 4, 2005, at 12:58 AM, Timothy Stark wrote: I have recently started shooting Raw files, I have the update browser and photolab. I convert raw files to tif and open them in Photoshop 7 on a Mac in OS X. I cannot get accurate colour

Re: Kyocera Pulls Plug in Contax?

2005-03-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Alin Flaider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mention of Sony as a potential buyer coupled with the rumour that Sony wants to be a DSLR player could mean we might see a Contax resurrection. Well Sony will need to do something when Matsushita buys Leica ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/3/05, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: Aperture priority (I think that's Tv). Hi Dave, Tv is Time value = shutter priority Av is Aperture value = aperture priority Hyper Program is bonkers and have no idea what it does. Hyper Program is brilliant

PZ-1 versus PZ-1p

2005-03-04 Thread Don Sanderson
The Z/PZ series is the only Pentax series I've never had the opportunity to use. In that I've heard so many good things about them I was thinking of buying one just to 'round out' my Pentax education. (Good excuse, no?) ;-) A question for you: Is the PZ-1 nearly as good as the PZ-1p? They go for

RE: AF teleconverters

2005-03-04 Thread Amita Guha
I would guess it was a bad 2x, I have the Tamron MC7, which I believe is the same as the Kenko and see no difference in manual focus operation. Funny thing is, it happened with 2 different TCs. I guess I should have mentioned that the body was the istD and the lens was the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8

Re: Color space

2005-03-04 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I generally convert to the lab's profile when I start editing an image, and use that profile throughout from start to finish. Likewise for any other profile I may use (like Adobe RGB, sRGB) Shel Do you convert your files into the lab's profile before sending them in, or do you only use

Re: eclipse + pec pads for CCD cleaning

2005-03-04 Thread Mark Cassino
You need the Eclipse Fluid (which is extremely pure methanol) and the sensor swabs - the Type 2 swab is right for the *ist-D. I bought those and the rubber spec grabber - the rubber thing really doesn't cut it with the sensor - odds are if the dust particle is big enough for your to see you can

Re: hot box material

2005-03-04 Thread Mark Cassino
Someone locally told me to try using white parachute material. I couldn't find it at the fabric store. but I did buy some white synthetic fabric that is meant to be used in flags etc. I stretched it over some cheap frames for a nice home brewed diffuser / reflector setup. - MCC - - - - - - - -

Re: Focusing screen for *ist-DS

2005-03-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Oswald Subject: Focusing screen for *ist-DS I haven't seen anyone selling alternative focusing screens for the *ist-DS, though screen interchangeability is listed as one of the camera's features. Has anyone seen them listed for sale anywhere, and if

Re: hot box material

2005-03-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson Just curious what the white fabric is on all these soft boxes and reflectors. Looks like some sort of taffeta.. Rip stop nylon, William Robb

RE: AF teleconverters

2005-03-04 Thread John Whittingham
Funny thing is, it happened with 2 different TCs. I guess I should have mentioned that the body was the istD and the lens was the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Dinot sure if this would have made a difference I haven't the istD but I do have the 28-75 Tamron XR Di, works in manual focus with AF

Re: PZ-1 versus PZ-1p

2005-03-04 Thread Rick Womer
Don, I have one of each in active use (or usually do, but the PZ-1 is in Colorado getting its health restored). I would definitely go for the PZ-1p. It's smoother, quieter, more grippable, has (slightly) faster AF, better pop-up flash coverage, easy flash exposure compensation (making

Re: Re: Color space

2005-03-04 Thread m.9.wilson
From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's definitely a good idea to talk to the lab anyway - that's the only way you'll get any idea of their capabilities and their preferred file formats, resolution etc. They'll also be able to offer good advice. Me, at local lab newly advertising that

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Frantisek
1. How do you do exposure most of the time? Av or Tv or manual (doing it yourself)? digital: based on just a smaller (about 1/5th) sample of my photobase currently on hdd (so it's not that representative): 60% manual 30% aperture priority 10% program 1% shutter priority (based on my memory,

Re: PESO: Magdalen College, Oxford

2005-03-04 Thread Rick Womer
=SIGH!!!= Ten years and two days ago, our family of four arrived in the UK for a four-month sabbatical. My wife spent the time mostly at the Bodleian, doing research for a book (she's a historian), and I worked in a lab at Oxford-Radcliffe Hospital (whose architecture a friend described as the

Re: Focusing screen for *ist-DS

2005-03-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
--- David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't seen anyone selling alternative focusing screens for the *ist-DS, though screen interchangeability is listed as one of the camera's features. Has anyone seen them listed for sale anywhere, and if so at what cost? What screens are available?

Re: Re: Physics prac

2005-03-04 Thread m.9.wilson
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/03/04 Fri AM 10:54:14 GMT To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Physics prac On 4/3/05, mike.wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: I can't find the blocks of wood with two crocodile clips screwed to them. Did they migrate to

Re: Re: eclipse + pec pads for CCD cleaning

2005-03-04 Thread m.9.wilson
From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/03/04 Fri PM 01:39:55 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: eclipse + pec pads for CCD cleaning You need the Eclipse Fluid (which is extremely pure methanol) I hope it's not - because, used in the unventilated room you're going to

Re: Focusing screen for *ist-DS

2005-03-04 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Are any of these screens brighter than the standard screen, in much the same way that the latest screens for the LX were brighter? Which of these three is the standard screen? Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Pentax makes three screens for the D/DS: - matte screen with AF

RE: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Nick Clark
See embedded answers: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03/03/05 16:15:49 1. How do you do exposure most of the time? Av or Tv or manual (doing it yourself)? *istD - Hyper Program with AE-L, using the green button and Av dial for more

Re: PZ-1 versus PZ-1p

2005-03-04 Thread Jens Bladt
Rick.You goota telle what the shop charged for the PZ-1p? Regards Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Rick Womer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 4. marts 2005 15:03 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: PZ-1 versus PZ-1p Don,

RE: AF teleconverters

2005-03-04 Thread Jens Bladt
This sounds very odd. I would have thought that it worked like the 1.7x Pentax-F, which means that the lenses inside will slide back and forth when auto focusing is activated. I would believe that the AF mechanism of the converter should not be connected with the AF-rod of the camera lens - at

Re: Focusing screen for *ist-DS

2005-03-04 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Shel, LF 60 is the standard screen. Since the cameras are new, i doubt that any of the screens are an upgrade. However, the Pentax DSLR viewfinders are considered among the brightest -- if not the brightest -- in the industry. I'm going to order some LL 60s. I like the horizontal and

Re: Re: eclipse + pec pads for CCD cleaning

2005-03-04 Thread pnstenquist
Mike opined: You need the Eclipse Fluid (which is extremely pure methanol) I hope it's not - because, used in the unventilated room you're going to want to clean your camera in, it will make you blind and then dead in quite a short time. Only if you drink it. I worked with

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Mark Cassino
Depends... For bugs: Manual setting of the aperture and shutter, TTL flash (which is sort of it's own exposure mode.) For closeups of flowers etc: Aperture priority as a starter. This is one area where digital makes a huge difference - I do a test shot, look at the histogram, and adjust. Back

PZ-1p versus PZ-1

2005-03-04 Thread Lindamood, Mark
I agree with Rick that the PZ-1p is the better of the two, for the same reasons -- easier flash compensation and more refined custom functions. The only PZ-1 I would get would be the groovy looking 75th anniversary silver/black, one of which went for a pretty reasonable price on ebay in the

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread brooksdj
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/3/05, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: Aperture priority (I think that's Tv). Hi Dave, Tv is Time value = shutter priority Av is Aperture value = aperture priority Hyper Program is bonkers and have

Re: Re: eclipse + pec pads for CCD cleaning

2005-03-04 Thread David Zaninovic
I don't think that fumes from 2 drops of methanol can do anything. People usually die from methanol because of home made alcoholic drinks. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 9:31 AM Subject: Re: Re: eclipse + pec pads

TESO: Winter is here...

2005-03-04 Thread Jens Bladt
Winter is here. Last night the temperature droped to app. - 18 degrees where I live (Denmark). Less than 50 km away they did measure temperatures of -27 degrees. When I got up I went into the kitchen: I saw these flowers growing on my window panes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/5874120/

Re[2]: A PUG comment

2005-03-04 Thread Alin Flaider
Bob wrote: BW I never went to the village museum, and I'm rather surprised to learn BW that you took the photo there. There are so many beautiful and BW interesting living villages in the country still, despite the unfortunate BW history of resettlement. Indeed there are. Less strange, more

Re: Re: eclipse + pec pads for CCD cleaning

2005-03-04 Thread m.9.wilson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/03/04 Fri PM 02:56:18 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: eclipse + pec pads for CCD cleaning Mike opined: You need the Eclipse Fluid (which is extremely pure methanol) I hope it's not - because, used in the unventilated room

Re: Focusing screen for *ist-DS

2005-03-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
They are all the same in brightness/contrast/design. The only difference is the scribed markings. The LF-60 is the standard screen delivered with the camera. Not enough time has passed for a generational change in screen technology, imo. Whether one is needed is a matter of opinion ... These are

Re: CLA recommendations

2005-03-04 Thread Scott Loveless
Thanks for the recommendations. I think I'm going to send it off to Eric Hendrickson at Pentax Camera Service as soon as the MX arrives. I'll let you know how it works out. Thanks again! -- Scott Loveless Born free. Taxed to death.

Re: TESO: Winter is here...

2005-03-04 Thread Rick Womer
Beautiful, Jens! I particularly like the first one, whose sweeping lines give a nice sense of motion. The second is more static and could use a little more brightness and contrast, I think. Rick --- Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Winter is here. Last night the temperature droped to

Re: TESO: Winter is here...

2005-03-04 Thread Rick Womer
P.S. Is TESO an error or another acronym I don't know? --- Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Winter is here. Last night the temperature droped to app. - 18 degrees where I live (Denmark). Less than 50 km away they did measure temperatures of -27 degrees. When I got up I went into the

Re: Kyocera Pulls Plug in Contax?

2005-03-04 Thread Timothy Stark
I thought there was something going on when I found the glossy centrefold ad in the Photomags this month. Greg Gorman has switched to Canon Digital from promoting Contax and the subject of the ad is Bo Derek now 48 and still looking great. One of Greggs comments - I used to use medium format

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
Hyperprogram works to lock your ev values together. If you change the shutter speed the aperture changes to reflect it. If you change the aperture the shutter speed changes to reflect that. If you hit the green button, (or whatever it is on a pz/z-1/[p]), it returns the settings the the

Re: Printing Raw Problems

2005-03-04 Thread Timothy Stark
Paul Stenquist asked: Mac or PC? What software are you printing from? A Mac of course. Is there any other kind worth using? Raw files converted to tif format in Pentax Photo Lab 2.1, opened and attempting to print in Photoshop 7.

Re: eclipse + pec pads for CCD cleaning

2005-03-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
It's a great tool for disciplining cats too. Frantisek wrote: You want dustless camera? Just use an anti-static gun. ;-)) (one of these old raygun-looking scifi movie antistatic guns) although it might fry the little chips inside, it will be free of dust ;-) Good light! fra -- I can

Re: hot box material

2005-03-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
Used to be available in bulk around here, cheap, when there were still cloth mills in Rhode Island. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson Just curious what the white fabric is on all these soft boxes and reflectors. Looks like some sort of taffeta.. Rip stop

Re: Focusing screen for *ist-DS

2005-03-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
Probably not. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Are any of these screens brighter than the standard screen, in much the same way that the latest screens for the LX were brighter? Which of these three is the standard screen? Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Pentax makes three

Re: PZ-1p versus PZ-1

2005-03-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
Yes. Lindamood, Mark wrote: I agree with Rick that the PZ-1p is the better of the two, for the same reasons -- easier flash compensation and more refined custom functions. The only PZ-1 I would get would be the groovy looking 75th anniversary silver/black, one of which went for a pretty

Re: TESO: Winter is here...

2005-03-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
Those are very nice. It's great to see something so ordinary and make it into art. Jens Bladt wrote: Winter is here. Last night the temperature droped to app. - 18 degrees where I live (Denmark). Less than 50 km away they did measure temperatures of -27 degrees. When I got up I went into the

Re: Printing Raw Problems

2005-03-04 Thread Mark Cassino
Just a wild guess - are your RAW files opening up as 16 bit images, and does that cause a problem for the printer or print driver? You mentioned that the camera generated JPG's print fine - and the 8 bit vs 16 bit seems like the biggest potential difference between the JPG and RAW files. (Of

Angle finder for *ist DS

2005-03-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I thought other PDML folks might be interested. Richard Day brought up the subject on the DPReview forum. richardday wrote: The current price for the correct ref-converter type A is a ridiculous $370 (even the Leica one is cheaper and they are going out of biz!) whereas the Canon Nikon

Re: hot box material

2005-03-04 Thread Powell Hargrave
I have used the white plastic of common grocery bags. Most seem quite colour neutral and make a good diffuser. Can be difficult finding bags not totally covered with advertising. Powell

Further Enablement

2005-03-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Yes, it wasn't actually bought from someone on the list. It is the first time since I joined the list that I would buy a piece of gear brand new. So, I enabled myself with Slik Pro 300 DX tripod with pan/tilt head today. After meeting Jostein in August I realized that tripod was fun. After

Re: TESO: Winter is here...

2005-03-04 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Jens, Wow! Very cool. Just think how much Mark Cassino had to work to get a little snowflake. All you really have to do is live where you freeze to death! grin Thanks for sharing. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, March 4, 2005, 7:27:53 AM, you wrote: JB Winter is here. JB Last night

Re: Printing Raw Problems

2005-03-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
--- Timothy Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Stenquist asked: Mac or PC? What software are you printing from? A Mac of course. Is there any other kind worth using? Raw files converted to tif format in Pentax Photo Lab 2.1, opened and attempting to print in Photoshop 7. It's not so much

Re: Printing Raw Problems

2005-03-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
This is another area where Photoshop CS does a much better job than Photoshop 7 did. I now print directly from [EMAIL PROTECTED] color originals and the conversion to the HP printer driver has required virtually no printer-specific adjustment at all. In PS6 and 7, I had to made custom printer file

RE: TESO: Winter is here...

2005-03-04 Thread Jens Bladt
...an error! Sorry! Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Rick Womer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 4. marts 2005 17:02 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: TESO: Winter is here... P.S. Is TESO an error or another acronym I

Re: Color space

2005-03-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Me, at local lab newly advertising that they will print your digital files: Do you work with the customer's colour profiles or provide your own? Zug behind the counter: Uh? So who knows what a Zug (or, possibly Zugg) is (one for

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Bernd Scheffler
1. How do you do exposure most of the time? Av or Tv or manual (doing it yourself)? -- MEsuper: Av with exp. compensation MZ5N: Av or program Ds: Program with exp. compensation 2. Do you shoot digital or film? -- Digital with Ds for six weeks now 3. If you shoot digital, have you changed

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Eactivist
Thanks to everyone who responded so far!!! (Might pick up one or two more, who knows?) I enjoyed reading them and I hope others did, too. But I am also going to tally the responses and post the results. I probably won't get to it until Tuesday because Saturday I am going to the NorCal PDML

Any PDMLer going to BH anytime soon?

2005-03-04 Thread Ryan Lee
Was wondering if a list member would be popping into BH (or any major photo store) anytime soon. Need some help to purchase a lens hood (which Australia doesn't seem to get..). Very much appreciated. Cheers, Ryan

RE: TESO: Winter is here...

2005-03-04 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks, Bruce. It's nothing as sophisticated as the snow flake pictures. I'm not really freezing. It's 21 degrees inside my house. But I'm sure some oil-company (Q8) is quite satsified with the situation. I really should switch from oil heating to using North Sea Gas! Or perhaps I should consider

Re: TESO: Winter is here...

2005-03-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very nice photos. You should use one for the Black and White gallery in the April PUG. Jens Bladt wrote: Winter is here. Last night the temperature droped to app. - 18 degrees where I live (Denmark). Less than 50 km away they did measure temperatures of -27 degrees. When I got up I went into

Re: PESO: Magdalen College, Oxford

2005-03-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/3/05, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: Ten years and two days ago, our family of four arrived in the UK for a four-month sabbatical. My wife spent the time mostly at the Bodleian, doing research for a book (she's a historian), and I worked in a lab at Oxford-Radcliffe Hospital (whose

Re: Any PDMLer going to BH anytime soon?

2005-03-04 Thread Cotty
On 5/3/05, Ryan Lee, discombobulated, unleashed: Was wondering if a list member would be popping into BH (or any major photo store) anytime soon. Need some help to purchase a lens hood (which Australia doesn't seem to get..). Very much appreciated. I got a new lens hood from B and H recently.

Re: Physics prac

2005-03-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Only about 12V 8-) Got some bad news for you. Nothing's going to happen with 12v ;-) Try 12,000 !! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Printing Raw Problems

2005-03-04 Thread pnstenquist
In that case I would recommend you use colorsynch workflow. I print on an Epson 2200 and my output matches my screen almost perfectly. First make sure the device profiles for you monitor and printer are installed. You can check in the colorsynch utility. Look under devices. They should be

Re: eclipse + pec pads for CCD cleaning

2005-03-04 Thread Frantisek
Friday, March 4, 2005, 5:50:03 PM, Peter wrote: PJA It's a great tool for disciplining cats too. Have you put on your azbesthos suit ;-) Good light! fra

Re: Physics prac

2005-03-04 Thread DagT
På 4. mar. 2005 kl. 19.03 skrev Cotty: On 4/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Only about 12V 8-) Got some bad news for you. Nothing's going to happen with 12v ;-) Try 12,000 !! You are wrong, if he has enough current .-) DagT

Re: Printing Raw Problems

2005-03-04 Thread pnstenquist
By the way, when you open your tiff in PhotoShop it may ask you if you want the embedded profile or the working space. Select the working space if you're going to use colorsynch workflow. Paul Paul Stenquist asked: Mac or PC? What software are you printing from? A Mac of course. Is there

Re: Angle finder for *ist DS

2005-03-04 Thread Fred
the Angle Finder C fitted with the Ed-c adapter will slip onto the Pentax DS finder with no modifications. It's not a perfect fit: the adapter's slot is a little wider and taller than the Pentax' eyepiece guides, but it goes in place and holds steadily. The Olympus angle finder will also fit

Re: PESO - Remember Summer?

2005-03-04 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello mike, Very striking! I'm going to guess it was a Pentax Optio 330...grin -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, March 2, 2005, 2:19:29 PM, you wrote: mw Anyone care to guess what this was taken with? mw http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3479/display/2688989 mw mike

RE: AF teleconverters

2005-03-04 Thread Don Sanderson
I have the D and the 28-75, I'll try it with the Tamron TC later and let you know if it works. Don -Original Message- From: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 7:24 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: AF teleconverters I would guess it was

SD Cards for PentaxDigital Cameras

2005-03-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Some time ago there was a discussion here about the rlative merits of Compact Data and Secure Data cards, both of which are used in Pentax digital cameras. I have an SD card in my Optio S and a CD card in my *ist D. I recently bought a relatively inexpensive Toshiba LapTop Computer. I just

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/3/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Hyper Program is brilliant and I'm slightly amazed no other manufacturer has copied it. Simply put, hyper Program is you adjust whichever exposure control you want and the camera will automatically take care of the other one auto exposure. You

Re: Peso, Something simple

2005-03-04 Thread Bruce Dayton
I think that is partly what makes it appealing. The lines and textures help also. Rather nice, I would say. Bruce Thursday, March 3, 2005, 2:11:08 PM, you wrote: WR It isn't much, but it's a picture. WR http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/peso/Greenery.html WR William Robb

Re: Physics prac

2005-03-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
DagT wrote: På 4. mar. 2005 kl. 19.03 skrev Cotty: On 4/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Only about 12V 8-) Got some bad news for you. Nothing's going to happen with 12v ;-) Try 12,000 !! You are wrong, if he has enough current .-) DagT Yep, it's not the voltage, it's the

PAW The grudge

2005-03-04 Thread Scott Loveless
I whip the car off the road into the used-car lot. This billboard has to have something to do with the lot. I ready the camera in my lap so as to not attract attention. Set the f-stop. Set the shutter. Focus it for hyperfocal distance. I get out of the car and notice a polyester suited shark

Re: SD Cards for PentaxDigital Cameras

2005-03-04 Thread Bruce Dayton
My Fujitsu laptop has the same kind of slot. It works very well. In fact, transfer speeds are much better than when I use the card reader. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, March 4, 2005, 10:45:53 AM, you wrote: DJM Some time ago there was a discussion here about the rlative merits of DJM

Re: PESO: Magdalen College, Oxford

2005-03-04 Thread Rick Womer
--- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Radcliffe Infirmary (I assume where you worked) is being moved to the Radcliffe Hospital complex soon. The building is being sold to the university. No, I worked at the big white ugly lavatory-wall hospital on the hilltop. Let's see some pics!

Re: SD Cards for PentaxDigital Cameras

2005-03-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks. That is what I was hoping to hear. Bruce Dayton wrote: My Fujitsu laptop has the same kind of slot. It works very well. In fact, transfer speeds are much better than when I use the card reader.

Re: PAW The grudge

2005-03-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great Sign and Great Catch! Scott Loveless wrote: I whip the car off the road into the used-car lot. This billboard has to have something to do with the lot. I ready the camera in my lap so as to not attract attention. Set the f-stop. Set the shutter. Focus it for hyperfocal distance. I get

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Bob W
Hi, Hyper Program is brilliant and I'm slightly amazed no other manufacturer has copied it. It does sound quite good. Other cameras do something similar, but not quite the same. With the Contax RX, for example, you can lock the exposure setting and adjust either of the controls, while the

Re: PESO: Magdalen College, Oxford

2005-03-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/3/05, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: No, I worked at the big white ugly lavatory-wall hospital on the hilltop. Oh right! So you did mean Hosptial. That's being redeveloped, but the main building remains. My son was born in the Women's Centre. December 1993. A mild and stormy night.

Re: PAW: people portraits series 2005, #10

2005-03-04 Thread brooksdj
Nice shot Godfrey. I like those casual looking portraits. Looks more true to life STS. Nice converting job to. Dave Brooks This week's photo available for viewing and comments: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/10.htm enjoy, Godfrey

Re: Physics prac

2005-03-04 Thread Cotty
Only about 12V 8-) Got some bad news for you. Nothing's going to happen with 12v ;-) Try 12,000 !! You are wrong, if he has enough current .-) DagT Yep, it's not the voltage, it's the amperage. Z. I'd rather have the alligator clips attached to my knackers. Cheers,

Re: Kyocera Pulls Plug in Contax?

2005-03-04 Thread Bob W
Hi, Friday, March 4, 2005, 10:59:58 AM, Alin wrote: Nah, Sony have a history of making their own standards. In this case it will be hard even for them to enter the DSLR market on a totally new mount/format, but rather than adhere to a open standard, I think it will appeal more to

Re: PESO_--_Before the Storm

2005-03-04 Thread brooksdj
http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_bts1.html As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. Well in that case, i won't tell you i like the way you incorporated the rule of thirds.g Dave Brooks

Re: PAW The grudge

2005-03-04 Thread Juan Buhler
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3168610 Nice story, Scott. It would have been grerat to get a picture of the guy coming at you, too! Cheers (and welcome to the list!) j -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://www.jbuhler.com/photoblog

Re: Wednesday's *isd DS photos

2005-03-04 Thread brooksdj
Jim. I like them all,but the first and last are my fav's. Very nice colours and contrast. Looks like your getting used to the camerag Dave Brooks Still trying out the camera. These were taken, with various Pentax AF lenses, this past Wednesday on

Batteries

2005-03-04 Thread Scott Loveless
I typically use the SR44 battery in my K1000. I have used the LR44 when that's the only battery available. I recently came across the energizer 357, which is a 1.55v battery as compared to the 1.5v SR44. Energizer states that it is a replacement for the SR44 and LR44. Anyone know of any

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
Cotty wrote: On 4/3/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Hyper Program is brilliant and I'm slightly amazed no other manufacturer has copied it. Simply put, hyper Program is you adjust whichever exposure control you want and the camera will automatically take care of the other one auto

Re: PAW The grudge

2005-03-04 Thread Scott Loveless
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:03:21 -0800, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would have been grerat to get a picture of the guy coming at you, too! No kidding. I wasn't sure I had time to cock the shutter, much less compose the shot. He most certainly did not look happy. Cheers (and welcome

Re: Physics prac

2005-03-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
Cotty wrote: Only about 12V 8-) Got some bad news for you. Nothing's going to happen with 12v ;-) Try 12,000 !! You are wrong, if he has enough current .-) DagT Yep, it's not the voltage, it's the amperage. Z. I'd rather have the alligator clips attached

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