Re: PESO - Wriggly

2005-03-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks Dave. I am really liking the lens - much more holdable than my Tokina 80-200/2.8. That lens also has it's uses, but the A 70-210/4 is very nice. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, March 25, 2005, 6:20:49 AM, you wrote: bcinI took the family up

Re: PESO - Wriggly

2005-03-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
I took about 5 or 6 shots, trying to get more heads in there - still need to look close at them and see what is really best. some of the foliage, I wasn't really wanting to stick my hand right in the faces of the snakes... Thanks for the ideas and tips. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, March

Re: Paw:

2005-03-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Dave, Pretty nice - not as good as the other swan one standing on one foot, but I like the framing and especially the shadows. The lens seems to be pretty good. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, March 25, 2005, 8:24:36 AM, you wrote: bcin Hi all. bcin Managed to make my daughters riding lesson

ist D power failure with battery pack

2005-03-26 Thread Colin Miller
Ther other night I was out shooting school dinner dances with a ist D and the battery grip sync with a set of studio lights. Both camera and grip loaded with fresh AA batteries, lights running off the mains power. After about 150 shots the camera dies. I ring a friend, he recommends taking the

Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread Cotty
On 25/3/05, Amita Guha, discombobulated, unleashed: I now own six camera bags. Is there a 12-step program for this?? Hi Amita, I'm Cotty. I'm afraid I'm way past 6 bags and it's getting terminal. I am trying though. But not much Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

Re: Rumor and Speculation from Dpreview

2005-03-26 Thread John Forbes
Well, BH have it, and it can be yours for $669.00. That means it will probably be around 800 Euros. John On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 22:27:19 -0500, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: even the Sigma 12-24 i have, which is variable aperture and merely competent, is $669 at BH. it's not in the league

Re: Rumor and Speculation from Dpreview

2005-03-26 Thread John Forbes
Ignore that last message. I'm going blind. It was the Sigma, not the Pentax. John On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:48:52 -, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, BH have it, and it can be yours for $669.00. That means it will probably be around 800 Euros. John On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 22:27:19

Re: PESO: Fading beauty

2005-03-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good idea, Shel. I think I will do a series. I'm frequently in the neighborhood and often park within a dozen yards or so of the mural. I didn't see it before because it's in a walkway to a street that I seldom visit. I had wondered how it might look in the morning, although I think there's

Re: PESO: A bit of colour

2005-03-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice, Dave. Good bokeh with pretty background color. Paul On Mar 25, 2005, at 11:36 PM, David Savage wrote: On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:22:14 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day folks, It's a bit gloomy and overcast today, so I find myself preferring to work on bright and

RE: ist D power failure with battery pack

2005-03-26 Thread Don Sanderson
Many of us have had similar things happen. My solution was to switch to Lithium batteries. This has resolved my issues 100%. Others have had good luck with good quality NiMH rechargables. The explanation seems to be the voltage fall off and peak current characteristics of the different types of

Re: PESO PAW - Here's Lookin' At You, Kitty

2005-03-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
And it proved interesting. Good shot. Which disproves the theory that there is no such thing as a good cat photo :-) Paul On Mar 26, 2005, at 2:32 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: The light seemed interesting ... http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/kitty.html Shel

Re: ist D power failure with battery pack

2005-03-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've had something similar happen and was able to correct it in the same way. I was also able to reattach the battery grip after rebooting. I think it is something along the order of a computer crash that simply requires a purging of memory. Paul On Mar 26, 2005, at 3:41 AM, Colin Miller wrote:

Re: ist D power failure with battery pack

2005-03-26 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
Anyone know of an external power source for digital cameras that will run for a long, long time? Quantum or anyone else? Would a photographer put up with the additional weight? Collin

Re: The family is complete. 31mm enabled

2005-03-26 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
Derby Chang Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:49:03 -0800 Yes, I've had that problem with all of the Limited lens caps. I tend to take it off and keep them in my pocket until the camera goes back in the bag. The lenses do look odd a normal cap on them. Put up one pic using the 31mm. Bit busy this weekend to

Re: ist D power failure with battery pack

2005-03-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've used both lithium and Nimh. Pentax seems to discourage the use of AA alkalines for anything other than emergency use. I'm now using 2300 Sanyo Nimh as my regular batteries for both cameras, with one set of lithiums for backup. The lithiums have a shelf life of ten years or more, which

Re: The family is complete. 31mm enabled

2005-03-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Stop that woman before she burns off all the alcohol!. That concoction must be designed to keep you Aussies sober vbg. Paul On Mar 26, 2005, at 7:41 AM, Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: Derby Chang Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:49:03 -0800 Yes, I've had that problem with all of the Limited lens caps. I tend

Re: PESO: A bit of colour

2005-03-26 Thread David Savage
Thanks Paul. Dave S On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:58:07 -0500, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very nice, Dave. Good bokeh with pretty background color. Paul On Mar 25, 2005, at 11:36 PM, David Savage wrote: On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:22:14 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: Paw:

2005-03-26 Thread Jim Hemenway
A very nice composition, Dave. The little tracks are a nice part of it. I know that the light comes from behind Frank's geese, but I would have liked the photo more if they weren't so dark. It's happened to me enough times that I've taken to using a flash on this type of shot sometimes. I

Re: Red Kodak Building

2005-03-26 Thread Jim Hemenway
Thank you, Dave. Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's another shot taken that day, (last Friday) of the Red Kodak bldg, aka Motif #1. http://209.197.89.228/CapeAnn/images/Rockport1.jpg or 55mm lens. I took this of the original building in 1962. http://www.hemenway.com/MotifNumber1.jpg Kodacolor

Calling Mark Roberts

2005-03-26 Thread Jim Hemenway
Hi Mark: Mail to your robertech address repeatedly bounces back to me. This hood is missing the threaded piece so the inside diameter, (to use the hood as a push-on) is 60mm. It's for the screw mount 20mm which is evidently smaller than the A20, a lens which I've never seen or held. Regards,

Re: FS: Pentax FA 24-90/3.5-4.5 Lens

2005-03-26 Thread Rick Womer
Yup! It's very hard to be content with a mere 28mm at the wide end once you get used to 24mm! Rick --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having recently bought a lens from Chad, I can vouch for the quality of his gear, and his patience in dealing

FS Friday

2005-03-26 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
Sorry I'm late. Lots of good stuff posted. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZdpconsultQ2ecom Payment can be made in Pentax,, Glass or Mechanics. :) Collin

Re: *istDS ICC color profile

2005-03-26 Thread Cory Papenfuss
I've executed colour integrity and repro tests (from capture to print) and I trust the integrated *ist D profiles (for daylight and manual WB) and I trust the ability of the PC CS RAW convertor to interpret the cameras WB information. These are integrated profiles within the RAW image? I don't

Re: PESO PAW - Here's Lookin' At You, Kitty v2.0

2005-03-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thks Paul ... After posting the pic last night a somewhat different interpretation seemed worth a shot. What do you think? http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/kitty2.html Shel [Original Message] From: Paul Stenquist And it proved interesting. Good shot. Which disproves the theory that

Re: Lens Cleaning

2005-03-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 25, 2005, at 3:08 PM, Alan Chan wrote: AKAIK, most manual focus Pentax lenses are rather simple in design and there are basically only 2 things to calibrate - the front and rear group distance the focus. Everything else is pretty much fixed and determined by the precision of machining

Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 25, 2005, at 4:12 PM, Don Sanderson wrote: ***The burning question of the hour is:*** Does a camera bag exist that holds the ist-D with battery grip and lens in such a way that you can get the darn thing in and out without having to fight with it :-( On another photo mailing list, I'm

Re: Lens Cleaning

2005-03-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I don't know much if anything about reassembling lenses, however, a very well reputed technician in SoCal that I've used always checks the lenses he repairs on a with a collimator after cleaning and reassembling. Is it necessary? I don't know, but it sure makes me feel good to know that he's

Vignetting on -DS 1-stop?

2005-03-26 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Hey all... I was just looking to take a white-wall out-of-focus picture to look for dust on my -DS. When I examined the RAW file (with linear curve, even) it appears that's there's fairly obvious vignetting on the photo. I measured it, and the difference between the linear intensity at the

Re: ist D power failure with battery pack

2005-03-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/3/05, Collin R Brendemuehl, discombobulated, unleashed: Anyone know of an external power source for digital cameras that will run for a long, long time? Quantum or anyone else? Would a photographer put up with the additional weight? Quantum external power packs will run a DSLR, my 2X2

Re: Vignetting on -DS 1-stop?

2005-03-26 Thread Herb Chong
which lens, what apertures, and are you sure the wall is evenly illuminated? Herb... - Original Message - From: Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 10:43 AM Subject: Vignetting on -DS 1-stop? Hey all... I was just looking to take a

RE: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks Godfrey. Don -Original Message- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 9:39 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags On Mar 25, 2005, at 4:12 PM, Don Sanderson wrote: ***The

Re: PESO PAW - Here's Lookin' At You, Kitty v2.0

2005-03-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, I prefer the new version with the diminished reflections. Paul On Mar 26, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Thks Paul ... After posting the pic last night a somewhat different interpretation seemed worth a shot. What do you think? http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/kitty2.html Shel

Re: Vignetting on -DS 1-stop?

2005-03-26 Thread Cory Papenfuss
which lens, what apertures, and are you sure the wall is evenly illuminated? Pentax DA 18-55, f/3.5 Vivitar 28-105, f/3.5 through f/8 Vivitar S1 (Komine) 70-210mm, at 70 through 210, f/2.8 through f/11 2x doubler I didn't do much of a fancy test, but wall, paper, etc were different test setups.

Re: Paw:

2005-03-26 Thread Kenneth Waller
Dave, Is this a shot to remind Frank we're sending his friends back home? FWIW, I think it would be stronger if the gease were totally black, just silouttes. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 25, 2005 7:24 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Paw:

Re: PESO PAW - Here's Lookin' At You, Kitty

2005-03-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Not too much on cat pictures myself, but this one is rather interesting. I like how the light and reflections make the cat seem like it is wearing a hat or something. Good eye. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, March 25, 2005, 11:32:45 PM, you wrote: SB The light seemed interesting ... SB

Re: Vignetting on -DS 1-stop?

2005-03-26 Thread Herb Chong
wide open, even the FA* lenses show some vignetting, as much as a half stop or slightly more. inexpensive lenses can show up to 1.5 stops easily wide open. as for even illumination, you really need to measure carefully to be sure. the eye is pretty insensitive to half stop differences.

PESO - Wriggly 2

2005-03-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Ok, here is version 2. Not sure if I like it better or not. The fewer bright spots seems better and seeing mom in the corner is nice - but the tighter look of the first sort of jumps at you. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1539a.htm Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, handheld ISO 800, 1/1000

Looking for a used Tenba camera bag/briefcase

2005-03-26 Thread Amita Guha
Does anyone have a Tenba p415 camera bag/briefcase they would like to sell? My husband just found this bag, decided he liked it, and then found out it's not made anymore. If anyone has one they'd like to get rid of, please email me offlist. Thanks, Amita

Compact Drive PD7X

2005-03-26 Thread Amita Guha
For those of you who have this image tank, how do you like it? Is it reliable? I know Juan just got one. I think this might be a good travel option for me since it takes AA's, but I've had trouble finding reviews of it online. Thanks, AMita

RE: Looking for a used Tenba camera bag/briefcase

2005-03-26 Thread Don Sanderson
So, I take it you and your husband are basically, er, co-dependent? Let's see that would be BA (Bagaholics Anonymous) and what, Baganon? ;-) don -Original Message- From: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 10:54 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject:

RE: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread Don Sanderson
I checked this bag out, along with several others. The problem is the ist-D with battery pack and a Bogen QR plate is nearly 6 inches tall by 5 1/2 inches wide. The Superlight 5 has an internal depth of 3 3/4 inches. My preferred way of laying the camera/lens in the bag is on it's side with the

UNEP Focus on Your World results!

2005-03-26 Thread Ryan Lee
Mentioned sometime back that I was notified that I made the finals in the youth category of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Focus on Your World photo comp. Well, didn't place, but did get an honorary mention (yay me!) Yes, it was shot on Pentax gear. It was taken during my

RE: PESO -- You are what you eat.

2005-03-26 Thread Jens Bladt
Hmmm... A turkey is some sort of vulture - this mean it's a scavenger. So, if we eat turkey, we'll become scavengers! Well, most of us are, aren't we? Nice shot BTW! Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Peter J. Alling

RE: Looking for a used Tenba camera bag/briefcase

2005-03-26 Thread Don Sanderson
I did an eekBay search using the term: Tenba camera bag, and brought up several that might be what you're after. Don -Original Message- From: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 10:54 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Looking for a used Tenba

RE: Looking for a used Tenba camera bag/briefcase

2005-03-26 Thread Amita Guha
Something like that although he doesn't have nearly as many bags as I do. :) What happened was that he has this briefcase that was working out fine for him until he realized it was too small for travel when he went on a business trip recently. He stumbled upon this Tenba bag in a camera store

PESO: Children in the street

2005-03-26 Thread Jens Bladt
Filling my photpbag earlier today, I found my Right Angle Scope, which I have never used with the *ist D before. It's really a fine invention. People have no idea they are being photographed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/7477947/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/7477924/ Jens Bladt

Re: PESO: Fading beauty

2005-03-26 Thread Scott Loveless
I agree with Shel on the crop. The ornament on the wall is distracting. Probably because of the way the light is reflecting off it. Cropping out the brick wall and the ornament sounds good to me. Otherwise, I really like it. On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:50:40 -0500, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL

Re: UNEP Focus on Your World results!

2005-03-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! It's quite interesting to know I've got a super large photo (well, the 2002-2003 ones I saw exhibited were rather big..) at the world expo somewhere in Japan, and I'll probably never get to see it.. Oh well. Guess I'll have to win the next one so they'll fly me there. Congrats... Boris

PAW: two shots

2005-03-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Here they are: http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=172347 http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=178171 Show when Jostein and me went to the beach to hunt some views... Thankfully, he's let me use his tripod for some time. So I mounted my longest lens - F70-210 and

Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Don Sanderson Subject: RE: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags I checked this bag out, along with several others. The problem is the ist-D with battery pack and a Bogen QR plate is nearly 6 inches tall by 5 1/2 inches wide. How long a lens do you

Re: Looking for a used Tenba camera bag/briefcase

2005-03-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Amita Guha Subject: RE: Looking for a used Tenba camera bag/briefcase He stumbled upon this Tenba bag in a camera store yesterday, but they were out of stock and only had the floor model, which they wouldn't give him a discount on. Hence the search. Sometime,

Re: Quietest Pentax

2005-03-26 Thread Mat Maessen
My Super Program makes a very distinctive kerchunk! sound when the shutter fires. This contrasts to the muted click noise that the ME super makes. A stealth camera the Super Program is not... -Mat On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:59:29 -0500, Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that, in the original

RE: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread Don Sanderson
I'd like to leave enough space to hold the 80-200/2.8 That's about 7 1/4 inches (185mm) with the hood reversed. The hood itself is 4 inches in dia. Eventually I'll replace this with the AF version but it's just about the same size. Don -Original Message- From: William Robb

Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Don Sanderson Subject: RE: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags I'd like to leave enough space to hold the 80-200/2.8 That's about 7 1/4 inches (185mm) with the hood reversed. The hood itself is 4 inches in dia. Eventually I'll replace this with the

RE: Quietest Pentax

2005-03-26 Thread Don Sanderson
I refer to my Super A as the one that sounds like someone dropped a piano. ;-) The majority of the sound is from 'mirror return' not from the shutter or the mirror going up, copal shutters are quite quiet. The ME Super actually has a pneumatic cylinder and piston to return the mirror gently. It

Re: Looking for a used Tenba camera bag/briefcase

2005-03-26 Thread Bob W
Hi, Does anyone have a Tenba p415 camera bag/briefcase they would like to sell? My husband just found this bag, decided he liked it, and then found out it's not made anymore. If anyone has one they'd like to get rid of, please email me offlist. They still list it on their

Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 26, 2005, at 9:24 AM, Don Sanderson wrote: Does a camera bag exist that holds the ist-D with battery grip and lens in such a way that you can get the darn thing in and out without having to fight with it :-( For the above, you might look into the Tamrac Superlight 5. I checked this

Re: Quietest Pentax

2005-03-26 Thread Juan Buhler
I agree about the Super S/Super Program sound. The one that came attached to my A50/1.4 was sold immediately mainly because of its sound. I was surprised to hear it. Used to the ME Super and MX, I had expecter the Super Program to be an updated version of the ME Super. It is instead a lot more

RE: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks, the 400 is one I was looking at before I found the Specialist 80 for cheap. May go that route yet. May just have to organise a road trip into Chicago one of these days, I'm sure I could find some stores there to play with stuff. Don -Original Message- From: William Robb

RE: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread Don Sanderson
Cool! The local shops MIGHT even have one of those I can play with. Thanks. Don -Original Message- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 12:47 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags On

Re: Compact Drive PD7X

2005-03-26 Thread Juan Buhler
I did get one, and I promised to report on it. I haven't had the chance to use it, more than transfering a few MB from a card to check that it works. I'm in my last two weeks before my six month work hiatus, so I will be travelling and using it quite a bit soon. I'll report then. j On Sat, 26

Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Cotty
Saturday afternoon. A lad with a football and a dad with a camera :-) http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/footytricks.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread John Francis
Don Sanderson mused: The biggest problem I have is where I live there are no shops with a decent selection to play with. All they have are the conventional shoulder bags, these don't work well with the larger profile ist-D. If you have a Circuit City or the like nearby, they often have a

Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread John Francis
Don Sanderson mused: I'd like to leave enough space to hold the 80-200/2.8 That's about 7 1/4 inches (185mm) with the hood reversed. The hood itself is 4 inches in dia. Eventually I'll replace this with the AF version but it's just about the same size. A *ist-D with the battery grip and

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Keith Whaley
Cotty wrote: Saturday afternoon. A lad with a football and a dad with a camera Football? But... it's perfectly round! http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/footytricks.html Furthermore, and I hate to break the news to you, but you have aam acitre case of the F.T. disease!

Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread John Francis
John Francis mused: A *ist-D with the battery grip and the 80-200/f2.8 is just about a perfect fit in the Lowepro Nova 4 camera bag . . . Mine is *not* the AW version, which appears to be all that Lowepro offer nowadays. But I've got the AW version of a different bag (the Magnum AW), and am

PESO Boat race tomorrow

2005-03-26 Thread John Forbes
Tomorrow is the annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge universities. I went down to the river to cast an eye over the course, and took this shot of a coxless four passing under Chiswick Bridge: http://www.johnpforbes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/thames/_IGP0469b.jpg It was a pretty grey day,

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Keith Whaley
Keith Whaley wrote: Cotty wrote: Saturday afternoon. A lad with a football and a dad with a camera Football? But... it's perfectly round! http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/footytricks.html Furthermore, and I hate to break the news to you, but you have aam acitre case of

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Cotty, Very fun! Based on the darkness around the edges and the brightness of the lad and grass, that you were using trailing curtain synch with a flash. Very effective. I'm hard pressed to pick a favorite. Nice display of motion. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, March 26, 2005,

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Mark Cassino
Nice shots, Cotty - is that _real_ motion blur or photoshop motion blur? Either way, several cool shots, nice perspectives. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message

Re: PESO Boat race tomorrow

2005-03-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Wow! This one is so cool. The relatively low color saturation works well. The composition is very nice - bridge coming down across the frame and I really like the observers on the upper left. Well done, man! -- Bruce Saturday, March 26, 2005, 12:19:52 PM, you wrote: JF Tomorrow is the

RE: My Cotty worked!

2005-03-26 Thread Jens Bladt
Looks nice. couldn't figure out how to take a shot of the D, with the D. ;-) Ever thought of using a mirror? Cheers Jens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 21. marts 2005 00:20 Til: PDML

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread John Forbes
FT disease? It all seems reasonably sharp to me. Very nice action pic; lighting just about perfect. But I think I'd have ducked! John On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:27:18 -0800, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keith Whaley wrote: Cotty wrote: Saturday afternoon. A lad with a football and

Re: PESO Boat race tomorrow

2005-03-26 Thread John Forbes
Thanks, Bruce. You can comment on my pics any time. :-) John On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:35:06 -0800, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow! This one is so cool. The relatively low color saturation works well. The composition is very nice - bridge coming down across the frame and I really

Lens hood #PH-RBL 67mm

2005-03-26 Thread William Robb
I found one of these in a box. It looks fairly new. Lens hood #PH-RBL 67mm What lens does it fit? Thanks William Robb

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/3/05, Mark Cassino, discombobulated, unleashed: Nice shots, Cotty - is that _real_ motion blur or photoshop motion blur? Either way, several cool shots, nice perspectives. Thanks Mark, all real - I'm not a post production freakosaurus ;-) Auto Curves, bit of Unsharp Mask, and maybe a

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/3/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: Football? But... it's perfectly round! Hey Keith, take a head count of how many humans would call a football round ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/3/05, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed: FT disease? It all seems reasonably sharp to me. Very nice action pic; lighting just about perfect. But I think I'd have ducked! John Thx John. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: PESO Boat race tomorrow

2005-03-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/3/05, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed: Tomorrow is the annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge universities. I went down to the river to cast an eye over the course, and took this shot of a coxless four passing under Chiswick Bridge:

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Keith Whaley
Cotty wrote: On 26/3/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: Football? But... it's perfectly round! Hey Keith, take a head count of how many humans would call a football round ;-) I know, I know. I've called a football 'round many times, and they never come to me, either. (Uhhh, that's

Re: Lens hood #PH-RBL 67mm

2005-03-26 Thread John Forbes
DA 16-45/4 AL ED John On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:52:53 -0600, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found one of these in a box. It looks fairly new. Lens hood #PH-RBL 67mm What lens does it fit? Thanks William Robb -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- No

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/3/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: I know, I know. I've called a football 'round many times, and they never come to me, either. (Uhhh, that's a joke, son...) I expected more whoopin' and hollering, frankly. But maybe you're only the first! I agree. In this world, the vast

PESO+ Soggy Daffodils

2005-03-26 Thread Powell Hargrave
Well it may not be a great picture but it sure felt great to be taking it! Some may remember I was attempting to return a broken F70-210 to operation. Last night I had another go at getting the lens to work. The whole story is here with the Daffodil picture at the bottom.

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Kenneth Waller
Gee Cotty, you need to use faster film Nice to see something different, well done. What does your son think of these? Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 26, 2005 2:27 PM To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Football Tricks

Re: PESO -- You are what you eat.

2005-03-26 Thread Graywolf
No the turkey is not a scavenger. Yes, humans are scavengers, along with bears, pigs, wolverine, hyena, bald eagles, and yes vultures. As far as I know all omnivores are. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Jens Bladt wrote:

Re: PESO -- You are what you eat.

2005-03-26 Thread John Forbes
All animals will eat anything if they are sufficiently hungry, even their own young, sometimes. It was the the practice of feeding sheep to cattle that caused BSE. John On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:38:40 -0500, Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No the turkey is not a scavenger. Yes, humans are

Re: PESO Boat race tomorrow

2005-03-26 Thread Jim Hemenway
John: Good job! I also like the low saturation in this shot. Jim John Forbes wrote: Tomorrow is the annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge universities. I went down to the river to cast an eye over the course, and took this shot of a coxless four passing under Chiswick Bridge:

Re: PAW: two shots

2005-03-26 Thread Jim Hemenway
Boris: I didn't expect to see two photographs which are so different from one another. I like them both, well done. Jim Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Here they are: http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=172347 http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=178171 Show when Jostein and

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Keith Whaley
Cotty wrote: On 26/3/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: I know, I know. I've called a football 'round many times, and they never come to me, either. (Uhhh, that's a joke, son...) I expected more whoopin' and hollering, frankly. But maybe you're only the first! I agree. In this

Re: PESO+ Soggy Daffodils

2005-03-26 Thread John Forbes
You're a better man than me. I've managed to disassemble a couple of lenses, but the reassembly part was a different matter. Well done. John On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:35:45 -0800, Powell Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well it may not be a great picture but it sure felt great to be taking

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Jim Hemenway
Cotty: I like the way in which you've used the blur to convey motion. A nice bunch! Jim Cotty wrote: Saturday afternoon. A lad with a football and a dad with a camera :-) http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/footytricks.html

RE: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-26 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks John. -Original Message- From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 2:04 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags Don Sanderson mused: I'd like to leave enough space to hold the

Re: PESO+ Soggy Daffodils

2005-03-26 Thread Jim Hemenway
Powell: I don't know if you're an experienced lens repairer or not, but if not, then I'm in awe of your courage. I wouldn't even to begin to contemplate dis-assembling one of these lenses. An old simple Triotar maybe, but not something as complicated, and as easy to break as a modern zoom.

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/3/05, Kenneth Waller, discombobulated, unleashed: Gee Cotty, you need to use faster film ;-) ISO 320 about f8 around 1/15th I think... Nice to see something different, well done. Thanks. What does your son think of these? He love's em. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/3/05, Jim Hemenway, discombobulated, unleashed: I like the way in which you've used the blur to convey motion. A nice bunch! Thanks Jim. I forgot to select second-curtain sync for the first couple of dozen shots whcih does make a difference on this sort of thing. These were the best of the

PESO - Bootlace

2005-03-26 Thread David Nelson
Posting for the sake of it more than for my happiness with the pic, but eager to hear what other people think of it. http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/bootlace.jpg Another BW conversion using channels, trying to bring out textures and patterns. Did it work? Anyone want to see the original? For

Re: Lens hood #PH-RBL 67mm

2005-03-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Forbes Subject: Re: Lens hood #PH-RBL 67mm DA 16-45/4 AL ED H. I wonder where that came from? I don't have that lens. William Robb

Re: Lens hood #PH-RBL 67mm

2005-03-26 Thread John Forbes
Time you did, William, time you did. The gods have sent you a sign. John On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:44:31 -0600, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: John Forbes Subject: Re: Lens hood #PH-RBL 67mm DA 16-45/4 AL ED H. I wonder where that came from? I

Re: PESO: Fading beauty

2005-03-26 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks for looking, but I disagree in regard to the crop. Without the environment, it's merely a reproduction of someone else's art. The ornament and its highlight add dimension. I shot it without the wall and ornament as well, and the mural just lays there. Paul I agree with Shel on the

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Cotty wrote: Saturday afternoon. A lad with a football and a dad with a camera Football? But... it's perfectly round! http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/footytricks.html Well, actually, Keith, although footballs *are*

  1   2   >