RE: ADAPTALL?

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Maybe a company like Zoekr or Zork have adapters for this, but I doubt it. It's hardly feasable, since the adapter might be more expensive than the lens. Better to sell the lenses and buy Canon lenses. Or even better; Sell the plactic Rebel and get a stainless steel framed Pentax *ist D. Adaptall

Re: OT:Photographers jokes

2005-03-13 Thread David Mann
On Mar 13, 2005, at 7:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which of the three doesn't have to lock his/her trunk? Nyah, not funny. It almost is, but I spent half of my afternoon fitting a deadlock to the wardrobe in which I keep my camera gear. I could have made a better job, especially if the %*$$

RE: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Phase One LE. Cheap ( less than 100 USD) and very effecient. And Don, digital photography IS very time consuming - at least compared to bringing in a film and fetching beautiful prints the next day. End of story - brilliant concept. But expensive over time. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
1) It does, no question about it. You can correct WB and exposure ( ac couple of steps to either side) without quality loss in the computer, if it's RAW. This means you can correct both brigghness and colour without loosing image quality/information. Especially useful when you want to avoid burned

RE: K 45-125mm f/4 and K 200mm f/4 on *ist D or *ist DS

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Well I have tried a M 4/200mm on *ist D. Brilliant lens. This one was done with the SMC Pentax-M 4/200mm and *ist D: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/6008407/ The K and M are not identical. The K has a 5-5 configuration and 58mm front element, the M has a 6-5 configuration and a 52mm front

Re: ADAPTALL?

2005-03-13 Thread Cotty
On 12/3/05, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: Forgive me, but I have a friend who wants to attach Pentax lenses to a (sorry!) Canon Rebel. Is there such an adapter on the market? Does it permit 'auto' whatever? There is not such an adapter on the market, and if there was, it would not

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Cotty
On 12/3/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: I dunno. I just make pictures and put them on the wall. Bloody hell, too right. I've read enough about RAW conversions it makes my eyes water. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts

2005-03-13 Thread David Volkert
I'm looking into buying either the Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 or the Tokina 80-200mm 2.8 lens (the Pentax version is way out of my price range). Do any of you have thoughts on either of them? I shoot alot of action so auto focus speed is really important to me. Thanks for your help, -David

Re: Hello to PDML and a question concerning the Tokina 75-300 AF

2005-03-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/3/05, Jonas Schwab, discombobulated, unleashed: Hello all pdml-people out there, today I just want to say hello to everyone for I am quite new to Pentax. But since I'm in, I really love taking photographs. It also seems that there is some obvious progress... ;-) Thanks for this list and

Re: OT:Photographers jokes

2005-03-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/3/05, D. Glenn Arthur Jr., discombobulated, unleashed: (Now if folks want musician jokes, I've got a large store of those. Lucky for y'all I'm way too tired to speculate on the reason musicians tell a lot of musician jokes but none of us seem to know a lot of photographer jokes. Two

RE: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Tom, On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:30:52 -0700, Tom C wrote: All this makes me wonder several things... Just for reference, I have been using the istD for just over a year now, started out using JPG and TIFF and switched to almost exclusively RAW after 3 or 4 months ... (Using Photoshop CS) 1.

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-13 Thread Keith Whaley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Senior moment -- naturally I can't convert a Pentax RAW with a Canon RAW convertor, don't know what I was thinking. Or not thinking. All I have is Elements 3 that could convert it, so that wouldn't tell you much since you have that too. I know what I was

Re: Firmware updating

2005-03-13 Thread Peter Smekal
Rob Studdert wrote: ... however a corrupt file could be a problem if the camera isn't smart enough to verify the file before updating its ROM ... How common is that kind of problem? Does it depend on where the update is downloaded from? Peter

OT: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread Bob W
Hi, Here's a test/study for an idle Sunday morning, designed to learn about sex differences between brains: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/add_user.shtml It turns out that I have a woman's brain. So which woman? And who's got mine? How did they all get swapped around like that in

RE: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts

2005-03-13 Thread
Hi! I have tested both Tokina and Sigma sometime ago. In the optical quality (contrast, sharpness, and fine details transferring) I have found that Sigma is much better. But it has a larger distortion and if you want to use Sigma for city landscapes or architectural shooting may be

PESO: (WAS: K 45-125mm f/4 and K 200mm f/4 on *ist D or *ist DS)

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
I added the following photograph today: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/6427556/ 1/400 sec, F.8, 400 ASA The releative lack of sharpness is - I believe - caused by the rather low DOF, due to the long focal length (200mm). Motion blur may contribute too. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Firmware updating

2005-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Mar 2005 at 11:21, Peter Smekal wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: ... however a corrupt file could be a problem if the camera isn't smart enough to verify the file before updating its ROM ... How common is that kind of problem? Does it depend on where the update is downloaded from?

RE: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 Mar 2005 at 9:24, Jens Bladt wrote: You can correct WB and exposure ( ac couple of steps to either side) without quality loss in the computer, if it's RAW. This means you can correct both brigghness and colour without loosing image quality/information. Like exposure colour can be

RE: Hello to PDML and a question concerning the Tokina 75-300 AF

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Hello Jonas. Welcome to the PDML community! PAW: is Photo A Week PESO: is Photo Ever So Often. I don't know your Tokina lens, but I know Tokina can make excellent lenses. I have the F-4-5.6/70-210mm. Excellent lens, judged only in terms of a rather slow consumer lens, but better than many

WB settings K-values for *ist D

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
As I suggested earlier I have done test regarding the *ist D standard WB settings, using C1 software: The results are: Sun pictogram: 6450 K Shadowpictogram:9400 K Cloudypictogram:8400 K Neon pictogram(N): 7000 K** Tungsten pictogram: 2650

RE: WB settings K-values for *ist D

2005-03-13 Thread Don Sanderson
I can't explain it but I know that for the compact flourescent tubes I use the tungsten setting comes closer than any of the flourescent ones! Manual white balance is so easy it's what I use most often. If I'm using flash or sometimes outdoors I'll use auto. I've had little luck with the other

RE: K 45-125mm f/4 and K 200mm f/4 on *ist D or *ist DS

2005-03-13 Thread John Whittingham
The K and M are not identical. The K has a 5-5 configuration and 58mm front element, the M has a 6-5 configuration and a 52mm front element. So my guess is the K is optacally better (and quite rare due to only 2 years vs. 7 years of production), but I'm only guessing, here. I really will

Re: WB settings K-values for *ist D

2005-03-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
These are considerably different than what PSCS shows for the *istD as well as what I recall from working with tungsten lights. For example, PSCS shows *istD tunsten setting as 3050. Jens Bladt wrote: As I suggested earlier I have done test regarding the *ist D standard WB settings, using C1

RE: Setting White Balance (was: NorCal First Pic)

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
The RAW converter (C1) has a setting for captured WB (click on the red cross), which will activate the WB-setting your camera used to do the photograph. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Tan and Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LONDON PDML

2005-03-13 Thread Mark Roberts
Dr. Lisa and I are officially on for PDML UK on Saturday :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts

2005-03-13 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
At 07:55 2005.03.13 -0500, you wrote: From: David Volkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm looking into buying either the

Re: PESO:The Saga of Dave and Shirl

2005-03-13 Thread brooksdj
Back in the sixties my buddy Dave was 18 years old. Every Friday night he would do what every other teenager in Detroit did. He'd cruise the drive-in restaurants on Gratiot and Woodward Avenues, testing his tire-smoking 427 Ford in a street race

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Frantisek
Sunday, March 13, 2005, 1:55:00 PM, Rob wrote: RS On 13 Mar 2005 at 9:24, Jens Bladt wrote: You can correct WB and exposure ( ac couple of steps to either side) without quality loss in the computer, if it's RAW. This means you can correct both brigghness and colour without loosing image

Re: Three more from NorCal

2005-03-13 Thread brooksdj
Thanks for sharing Marco. I like them all,but Norcal6 and 7 are my fav's. The detail in what i think is a lathe is great. Good conversion job to. Dave Brooks Finally had some time to work on a few more from the NorCal outing: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/norcal5.html

RE: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread Don Sanderson
Wow, that's a long test! I scored a 50 on the male side. Plain old average, as usual. ;-/ Don (I'll still take the breasts though) ;-) -Original Message- From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 4:44 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: OT: Who's got my

Re: WB settings K-values for *ist D

2005-03-13 Thread Frantisek
JB **) This is odd, because for Neon Light the user guide says: JB W (white):4200 K JB N (neutral): 5000 K** JB D (daylight): 6500 K User guide of Pentax camera or CaptureOne software? I have found out that the Kelvin temp values differ a lot in different RAW conversion software for the

RE: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts

2005-03-13 Thread Don Sanderson
I have the manual focus version of the Tokina (ATX). I like it a lot. Don -Original Message- From: David Volkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 2:49 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts I'm looking into buying either the

Re: PESO - NorCal: Godfrey, Bruce, and John

2005-03-13 Thread brooksdj
http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/norcal/godfrey.html Maybe this one's a little better. Shel Nicely exposed Shel. Good shadow deatil. Is this from the istD you borrowed.? Dave(can't see John or Bruce in the photo)Brooks :-)

Re: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts

2005-03-13 Thread Frantisek
CRB You can't go wrong with the Tokina. CRB Solid construction and fine optics. I have had bad luck with several 20-35/2.8 ATX tokina I tried - really soft up to 5.6 (due to spherical aberation and coma) Which was a pity - I would like that fast while compact lens. It might be that all were bad

Re: OT: Monitor spares

2005-03-13 Thread Frantisek
Saturday, March 12, 2005, 6:28:55 PM, mike wrote: mw Hi, mw Anyone know where I can get a Liyama (or is it Iiyama?) line output mw transformer? They don't seem to be available in the UK 8-( Have you tried will buy broken Iiyama ad in local computer sale bazaar websites? sorry for such a dumb

Re: PESO - Co-observation

2005-03-13 Thread brooksdj
A couple more from the NorCal outing: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/norcal3.html http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/norcal4.html -Marco Both are very good Marco. I like the Norcal 4, and how the group seems to wrap around. Someone does not

Re: Full Frame DSLR

2005-03-13 Thread Frantisek
BB a full frame. At this, the NotNikonIt guy next to him almost fell to the BB floor laughing. Pentax will have a full frame DSLR when pigs fly!, he BB said. I said, I think they're trying to train them now. ROTFLMAO ;-) You are *witty* Bob. BTW, if I remember from some reviews, the image

Re: PESO - NorCal: Godfrey, Bruce, and John

2005-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks, Dave. It's OK (it's the second snap and pic I worked on). Yep, it was with Bruce's camera. Bruce and John are nicely framed in Godfrey's glasses, and I'm on the edge of his right lens and Patsy's on the edge of his left lens. Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/13/2005 2:42:02 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, Here's a test/study for an idle Sunday morning, designed to learn about sex differences between brains: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/add_user.shtml It turns out that I have a woman's

Re: PESO:The Saga of Dave and Shirl

2005-03-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Dave. On Mar 13, 2005, at 8:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Back in the sixties my buddy Dave was 18 years old. Every Friday night he would do what every other teenager in Detroit did. He'd cruise the drive-in restaurants on Gratiot and Woodward Avenues, testing his

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
I have a blue filter that is intended for tungsten light with daylight film. I'll try it on the *istD one of these days. However, I'm very happy with RAW shot with the camera set to the tungsten icon. I usually have to tweak the color a little bit on conversion, but I haven't seen any

645 - 6x7

2005-03-13 Thread Kevin Waterson
Are the 645 and 6x7 lenses interchangeable? eg: could I use my 105mm for the 6x7 on a 645? Kind regards Kevin -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.

RE: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts

2005-03-13 Thread Larry Cook
I also have the manual focus Tokina 80-200 AT-X as well as the 100-300 AT-X and like both of them. They produce good results for me and are built like tanks (which means they are a bit heavy). I shoot my son's soccer with mine with good results (www.cook-imaging.com). I have wondered if AF

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic Okay, I'll try it with the Canon RAW convertor, but since my monitor is not calibrated with a spyder, I doubt it will tell you much. I bought a spyder, and discovered it does just as good a job as Adobe

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Godfrey Digiorgi Subject: RE: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)?? Regards the Pentax Lab software, I have it installed and used it as a test once. I suppose it can replicate the camera's JPEG rendering if you work at it, but why bother? It depends on

Re: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts

2005-03-13 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, David Volkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking into buying either the Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 or the Tokina 80-200mm 2.8 lens (the Pentax version is way out of my price range). Do any of you have thoughts on either of them? I shoot alot of action so auto focus

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Tom C
Hi Marnie... I realize that about .jpgs... geez you must think I'm an idiot... :) I was referring to the part of a workflow that automatically makes adjustments to the image. Contrast, brightness, color, sharpening, etc. Tom C. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To:

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
What? The man who wants his own Bridgeport, tired of tech talk? Cotty wrote: On 12/3/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: I dunno. I just make pictures and put them on the wall. Bloody hell, too right. I've read enough about RAW conversions it makes my eyes water. Cheers, Cotty

Re: OT:Photographers jokes

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Cotty wrote: On 13/3/05, D. Glenn Arthur Jr., discombobulated, unleashed: (Now if folks want musician jokes, I've got a large store of those. Lucky for y'all I'm way too tired to speculate on the reason musicians tell a lot of musician jokes but none of us seem to know a lot of photographer

Re: ADAPTALL?

2005-03-13 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks Cotty...that settles the question for good. Appears my initial negative response to his question was right. Jack --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/3/05, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: Forgive me, but I have a friend who wants to attach Pentax lenses to a (sorry!) Canon

Re: K 45-125mm f/4 and K 200mm f/4 on *ist D or *ist DS

2005-03-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Nice photos. I have the A200/4, seems yet an other optical formula as well. I haven't done too much shooting with it yet, but it does seem an excellent performer on the DS. Godfrey On Mar 13, 2005, at 12:44 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: Well I have tried a M 4/200mm on *ist D. Brilliant lens. This one

Re: K 45-125mm f/4 and K 200mm f/4 on *ist D or *ist DS

2005-03-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've used the M200/4 extensively. I always thought it was an incredible bargain, since it's not very expensive and it performs very well. I used it for a lot of my wakeboarding pics. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2686457 On Mar 13, 2005, at 9:57 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Nice

Re: Best all around RAW converter/manager(s)??

2005-03-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Regards the Pentax Lab software, I have it installed and used it as a test once. I suppose it can replicate the camera's JPEG rendering if you work at it, but why bother? It depends on if the person has forked over the grand for CS, doesn't it? I've been using Photoshop for so long that its

Re: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread Eactivist
Well, I found it less biased than some, more based on real research (though some of that reasearch is in debate). I couldn't do the finger measurement thing because I don't use millimeters normally and can't convert inches in my head to millimeters. I got 0%. Which I suppose means equally

RE: Nikon vs Pentax

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Leica used to make nice straps. My Super A is wearing one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/6437025/ Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 12. marts 2005 02:40 Til:

Re: 645 - 6x7

2005-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson Subject: 645 - 6x7 Are the 645 and 6x7 lenses interchangeable? eg: could I use my 105mm for the 6x7 on a 645? You need an adaptor to put 6x7 lenses onto the 645, and you lose lens automation. 645 lenses don't project a large enough image circle

RE: K 45-125mm f/4 and K 200mm f/4 on *ist D or *ist DS

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Very nice, Paul. I remember you posted a few shots from this occation a while back, right? ;-) Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 13. marts 2005 16:05 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net

Re: LONDON PDML

2005-03-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/3/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Dr. Lisa and I are officially on for PDML UK on Saturday :) That's great news. We might have a famous PDMLer from Germany coming over as well, can't say too much at this stage.. Also, I've had a pleasant email from a British list

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-13 Thread Graywolf
HAR! But, Bill, it does a much better job deleting your bank account. Adobe Gamma is about like plain ground glass. The more one fiddles with it the better your eye adjusts to the screen. Of course that is just the opposite of what one wants. If one stops at the first match, they are pretty

Re: PESO - NorCal: Godfrey, Bruce, and John

2005-03-13 Thread brooksdj
Thanks, Dave. It's OK (it's the second snap and pic I worked on). Yep, it was with Bruce's camera. Bruce and John are nicely framed in Godfrey's glasses, and I'm on the edge of his right lens and Patsy's on the edge of his left lens. Shel D'oh.

Re: PESO -- Untitled V

2005-03-13 Thread brooksdj
Nice shot Peter. I like how the vertical beams and the horizontal break wall work together. Nice sky and just a hint of sun twinkle in the water. Dave Brooks Snowy day and technical problems made me want to do something I enjoyed doing so here's

Re: K 45-125mm f/4 and K 200mm f/4 on *ist D or *ist DS

2005-03-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, I have a page of them on PhotoNet. Sold a couple as stock as well. Disregarding the screw mount lenses I used many years ago, the M 2004 has probably provided the best return of any of my lenses in terms of cost vs. income. That's only important in that it helps buy more toys :-) On Mar

Re: PESOs - Lacey Tree, Groovy Needles

2005-03-13 Thread brooksdj
Both, to me anyway, are great. I like the angle on the 1st one and the bark on the groovy needles is cool. Dave Two more shots from the recent NorCal trip. These two will be the last I will dribble out as PESOs. In a few days I post a link to a gallery of

Re: PESO - Portrait

2005-03-13 Thread brooksdj
Hey Steve. For some reason, when the picture loaded, it started off as BW, then the RGB was added one layer at a time. It works for me as a BW shot. The yellow in the mantel is gone and its not distracting at all. Just a thought. Dave Q: I find the

Re: OT: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread glenn murphy
Bob W wrote: Hi, Here's a test/study for an idle Sunday morning, designed to learn about sex differences between brains: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/add_user.shtml It turns out that I have a woman's brain. So which woman? And who's got mine? How did they all get swapped around like

Re: PESO: Weary Parent

2005-03-13 Thread brooksdj
This is another shot from the recent NorCal PDML meet. I don't normally take people shots, as in people that I don't know in public places, or I take very few. I took more than usual at our meet.

Re: Oh Poop

2005-03-13 Thread brooksdj
Won the ebay auction Fred Widall pointed me to. Shoppers here i come.LOL Dave When you get the replacement (apprx $32.00 US), run, don't walk, to the nearest pharmacy and find the small rubber bands in the hair care department. They are even

Re: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread Bob W
Hi, Sunday, March 13, 2005, 3:08:39 PM, Eactivist wrote: Well, I found it less biased than some, more based on real research (though some of that reasearch is in debate). I couldn't do the finger measurement thing because I don't use millimeters normally and can't convert inches in my head

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Now that's damning with faint praise. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic Okay, I'll try it with the Canon RAW convertor, but since my monitor is not calibrated with a spyder, I doubt it will tell you much. I bought a

Re: LONDON PDML

2005-03-13 Thread Bob W
Hi, Also, I've had a pleasant email from a British list lurker who would like to come along, and I have encouraged him to attend. On this track, if there are any listers (active or not) who really would like to meet up with a bunch of like minded friends, please please do come along and join

Re: 645 - 6x7

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Yes, with an adapter. Just like you could use it on a k-mount. (It won't work in reverse). Kevin Waterson wrote: Are the 645 and 6x7 lenses interchangeable? eg: could I use my 105mm for the 6x7 on a 645? Kind regards Kevin -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war

Re: GESO: 76 Trombones!

2005-03-13 Thread Scott Loveless
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 11:17:23 -0800 (PST), Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are a couple dozen of the 300 or so shots I took at last week's performances of The Music Man. Wonderful photos. I'm sure the cast will be thrilled. I learned the hard way that things appear in Photo.Net

Re: OT:Photographers jokes

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
Peter J. Alling wrote: Cotty wrote: On 13/3/05, D. Glenn Arthur Jr., discombobulated, unleashed: (Now if folks want musician jokes, I've got a large store of those. Lucky for y'all I'm way too tired to speculate on the reason musicians tell a lot of musician jokes but none of us seem to know a

RE: Justification for buying camera stuff

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
Phil, shoot some nice horse photo's to sell! Then you're realy rocking*! Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Phil McOrmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 11. marts 2005 16:17 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re:Justification

Vivitar 28mm f2

2005-03-13 Thread Powell Hargrave
Anyone able to comment on the qualities of this lens. A couple have gone for not too much on eBay recently. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=3879655938 Powell

Re: OT: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/3/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Here's a test/study for an idle Sunday morning, designed to learn about sex differences between brains: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/add_user.shtml It turns out that I have a woman's brain. I'm 50 to the male side. Average :-(

Re: LONDON PDML

2005-03-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/3/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Right, everybody. Keep quite about the initiation ceremony, but bring plenty of extra molasses and some spare tubing. Not to mention the air pump. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: OT:Photographers jokes

2005-03-13 Thread Scott Loveless
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:54:56 +, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you know the stage is level? The drool seeps out of both corners of the drummer's mouth. Ah, the drummer joke. Gotta love those. What do drummers and groupies have in common? They both like to hang out with

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-13 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:27:35 -0600, William Robb wrote: I bought a spyder, and discovered it does just as good a job as Adobe Gamma for screen calibration. That sounds like damning with faint praise. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

RE: PESO - Portrait

2005-03-13 Thread Steve Desjardins
Thanks to all who replied. I like this combination the best. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/11/05 12:17 PM Hi Steve, Here's a QD adjustment using gaussian

RE: OT: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread Don Sanderson
Cotty, you have the same brain as me You poor, poor man! Don -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:27 AM To: pentax list Subject: Re: OT: Who's got my brain? On 13/3/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Here's a

RE: Vivitar 28mm f2

2005-03-13 Thread Don Sanderson
Mine's rather large and heavy but quite nice at 5.6 or smaller. Pretty soft above 4.0. Don -Original Message- From: Powell Hargrave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:29 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Vivitar 28mm f2 Anyone able to comment on the

Can a TIF be converted to a PEF?

2005-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Or perhaps there's a way to use some features of the Adobe RAW converter on a TIFF file. It would be neat to use the vignetting control on a couple of pics. Shel

Re: LONDON PDML

2005-03-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: LONDON PDML On 13/3/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Right, everybody. Keep quite about the initiation ceremony, but bring plenty of extra molasses and some spare tubing. Not to mention the air pump. My wife is British (from London,

London PDML update

2005-03-13 Thread Cotty
New and improved with pics http://www.cottysnaps.com/londonpdml2005.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Peso -- Untitled V BW version was [Re: PESO -- Untitled V]

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
I'd like to thank everyone who said nice things about this image, which is just about everyone who commented. Not often I get one everyone likes, and just because I can't leave well enough alone I decided to try a BW conversion, (with a bit of perspective correction).

Re: OT: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/3/05, Don Sanderson, discombobulated, unleashed: Cotty, you have the same brain as me You poor, poor man! LOL maybe we're twins.. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: OT: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
I have the brain of a small boy, I keep in a jar of formaldehyde on my desk. Don Sanderson wrote: Cotty, you have the same brain as me You poor, poor man! Don -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:27 AM To: pentax list Subject: Re:

Re: PESOs - Lacey Tree, Groovy Needles

2005-03-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/13/2005 7:43:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Both, to me anyway, are great. I like the angle on the 1st one and the bark on the groovy needles is cool. Dave = Thanks, Dave. I worked on getting the angle right on the window -- probably more

Re: ADAPTALL?

2005-03-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/13/2005 12:15:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Forgive me, but I have a friend who wants to attach Pentax lenses to a (sorry!) Canon Rebel. Is there such an adapter on the market? Does it permit 'auto' whatever? Thanks, Jack = Yes. But only M42

Re: OT: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread David Savage
With the wonders of modern plastic surgery you shouldn't have to go without. :-) I apparently have a balanced male-female, if not to bright, brain. Dave S :-) On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:44:01 +, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can I have her breasts as well? . -- Cheers, Bob

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/13/2005 8:00:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I bought a spyder, and discovered it does just as good a job as Adobe Gamma for screen calibration. William Robb If that is true, I certainly can save myself a lot of money. Marnie :-)

RE: Peso -- Untitled V BW version was [Re: PESO -- Untitled V]

2005-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The BW conversion is a much more interesting photo. What conversion technique did you use? Perspective adjustments helps a bit, too. Shel [Original Message] From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd like to thank everyone who said nice things about this image, which is just about

Re: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts

2005-03-13 Thread Joseph Tainter
Both are reputed to be good. I have the Sigma and would say that it is superb, even wide open. The Sigma rates better on Photodo. You might query Photozone also. According to Photodo, the Sigma is actually sharpest at the long end, while the Tokina is sharper at 80 and 135 than at 200 -- but

Re: PESO - NorCal First Pic

2005-03-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/13/2005 7:28:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: HAR! But, Bill, it does a much better job deleting your bank account. Adobe Gamma is about like plain ground glass. The more one fiddles with it the better your eye adjusts to the screen. Of course that is

Re: OT: Who's got my brain? (Man/Woman Joke)

2005-03-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
A fellow was in an auto accident and suffered brain damage. His doctor came to him and suggested a brain transplant. He said that he could have a woman's brain for $200,000 and a man's brain for $500,000. When asked about the great disparity in the price of brains, the doctor replied, Oh,

Re: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts

2005-03-13 Thread Mark Cassino
I have to second that - I've been quite satisfied with my Sigma 70-200 f2.8. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: OT: Who's got my brain?

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
That's true, sorry I couldn't find pictures... http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_95989.html?nav_src=newsIndexHeadline David Savage wrote: With the wonders of modern plastic surgery you shouldn't have to go without. :-) I apparently have a balanced male-female, if not to bright, brain. Dave S

Re: Peso -- Untitled V BW version was [Re: PESO -- Untitled V]

2005-03-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
This is what Cotty posted a while back, I thought it was in February but it might have been earlier. (These are Photoshop instructions). Step 1. Flatten Image Step 2. Create New Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer with the following properties: Mode: Saturation Hue: -180

RE: ADAPTALL?

2005-03-13 Thread Jens Bladt
I never wrote this! I wrote: Maybe a company like Zoekr or Zork have adapters for this, but I doubt it. It's hardly feasable, since the adapter might be more expensive than the lens. Better to sell the lenses and buy Canon lenses. Or even better; Sell the plastic Rebel and get a stainless steel

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