Re: FA 35/2 status at B&H and Adorama

2005-05-06 Thread David Oswald
glenn murphy wrote: I'm not getting my hopes up (well, maybe a little), but B&H currently lists it as "Out Of Stock" instead of "Backordered", and Adorama has a note claiming "This Item is on the way to our warehouse and is expected in a few days." :( I gave up and cancelled my B&H order last w

FA 35/2 status at B&H and Adorama

2005-05-06 Thread glenn murphy
I'm not getting my hopes up (well, maybe a little), but B&H currently lists it as "Out Of Stock" instead of "Backordered", and Adorama has a note claiming "This Item is on the way to our warehouse and is expected in a few days." Glenn

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread John Francis
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 09:58:15PM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > Maybe I just have a different standard than others - maybe good enough is > good enough, and most people when looking at a print can't see an off > couple of pixels, but if I know there's something that can be made better, > and I

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
And it's quite possible that each exposure will be different even though the light has not changed. Here's a little example I used with some of my students. Turn on a light in a dimly it room. Turn on your camera meter. Place the brightest part of the light dead center in the frame. Now, move

Re: film at 50C

2005-05-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 May 2005 at 17:01, David Zaninovic wrote: > Small beer fridge would increase the chances of surviving, it would > prolong > the time needed to heat the camera. I can test with > thermometer first to see how high the temperature will go inside the fridge. > I > live near NYC and hu

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 May 2005 at 23:19, William Robb wrote: > People no longer use light meters. For the most part, they trust their > camera to make the right judgement call, with little or no input. They walk > around an inanimate object taking a dozen or more exposures in the hope that > one > may be the rig

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread David Mann
On May 7, 2005, at 5:11 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: A friend just told me about a way to get to the other side, so I'm looking forward to making some photos from a different position. Here's a B&W that he made recently. http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/from-the-cabin.jpg I really like this one. I

Re: MZ-S (WAS: Re: Camera prices on Ebay)

2005-05-06 Thread David Mann
On May 7, 2005, at 12:13 AM, Pål Jensen wrote: Sure, the eyepiece is of plastic but isn't that true for all slr's made today? A plastic eyepiece isn't such a bad thing. My glasses have an antireflective coating which is nowhere near as robust as SMC. The reason I also had contact lenses pre

Re: film at 50C

2005-05-06 Thread David Mann
On May 7, 2005, at 9:01 AM, David Zaninovic wrote: Quoting out of context: Small beer fridge would increase the chances of surviving Of course - all that heat is going to make you thirsty! :) Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: Digital profligacy I'm jumping in the middle of the thread, not having read all the posts, risking ridicule. I personally doubt that autoexposure, autofocus, etc., etc., etc, has led to a decline in quality of photographs taken. Sure so

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Boris ... I dl'd your pic and rotated it, and didn't lose the shoe ;-)) Is there more than one shoe in the pic? I only see one. Thanks for you comment about the thoroughness inherent in the pic. Coincidentally, I just responded to a post from John Francis about that very subject. In truth,

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I didn't say less than perfection was "unacceptable" John. There's no such thing as perfection, or so I've been told, so we all have to accept "less than." But to actually be willing, or advocating, not to try for high quality, well, that just seems a bit strange. I've worked with a few great pr

Re: PESO (s) Garden Spot and Character

2005-05-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Badly reduced excessive contrast, I'll have to work on it. Peter Williams wrote: Frank said: the background seems kinda flat and uninspiring I actually thought it looked like a print that had been fogged. There is definately something wrong with the flat, grey background, it seems completel

Re: Enablement

2005-05-06 Thread David Oswald
Francis Alviar wrote: Just grabbed a FA 28-70mm f/4 off of that auction site. It belonged to a former list member (I think) Gary Murphy. I've been reading comments for this lens from Stan's site and it's been getting good reviews. Any other comments you guys want to add? Can't wait to try it out.

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I don't understand what you mean by my shot being "very thorough." One where all the details, even the smallest one are taken into account and worked upon. Overall I like your photo, but it has some elements in it that lessen its impact. The most glaring, as i see it, is the tilted horizon.

Re: MZ-S (WAS: Re: Camera prices on Ebay)

2005-05-06 Thread David Oswald
Pål Jensen wrote: Carlos wrote: According to Richard Hunecke's books about the MZ-5/3/5n (sorry if I have mispelled his name, I have one of my cats on my lap and cannot go to check it) the internal chassis of those cameras is made of metal (light alloy diecast). REPLY: Really? I could swear it w

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread John Francis
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 07:51:39PM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > And you have made my point, Tom. The results of a print from an improperly > exposed negative and one that is properly exposed are different. true, the > results may be "acceptable" and in some cases the differences subtle, but >

Re: OT: More Photos on Walls

2005-05-06 Thread Albano Garcia
Excellent photos, Frank. Congrats and enjoy! Albano --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I mentioned a coupla weeks ago that my friend > Jennifer included a few > of my photos of her and her group Pirate Jenny on > their new CD. Six > or seven in all (not the cover, though) - here ar

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread Albano Garcia
hi Frank, I can jump too. I made about 100 rolls total in my 5 years shooting film (yes, only 100 in 5 years). I shoot very few frames, not because of money, simply because this is how I take photos. I've bought a digital camera 6 months ago and have shot around 3000 photos. So, I shot in half a ye

Re: Here's the turkey

2005-05-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks Herb, Bill ... I really didn't want to see the eye doctor this week ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bill Owens > I think you're absolutely right Herb. He was trotting across the road at a > fairly good clip and I think he had moved enough between the time the camera > focused

Re: Here's the turkey

2005-05-06 Thread Bill Owens
I think you're absolutely right Herb. He was trotting across the road at a fairly good clip and I think he had moved enough between the time the camera focused and the shutter tripped to cause it to be somewhat out of focus. Bill - Original Message - From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Here's the turkey

2005-05-06 Thread Herb Chong
i think it is blurred because the focus is a few feet behind the bird. the foot is slightly motion blurred. Herb...

RE: PESO (s) Garden Spot and Character

2005-05-06 Thread Peter Williams
Frank said: > > the background seems kinda flat and uninspiring I actually thought it looked like a print that had been fogged. There is definately something wrong with the flat, grey background, it seems completely un-nantural -- Peter Williams

Re: Here's the turkey

2005-05-06 Thread Bill Owens
You're right Shel, it is a bit fuzzy! I don't know whether it's the bird trotting pretty fast, or outrunning the autofocus. I saw a couple instances yesterday of gobblers strutting for the hens, but couldn't get a shot. Bill - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Here's the turkey

2005-05-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
I went to get my glasses and took another look. Still appears sharp to me. Of course it's an itty bitty web image. It's impossible to determine if it's critically sharp without seeing a high res version or at least a crop from a high res version. Paul On May 6, 2005, at 10:55 PM, Shel Belinkoff

Re: Here's the turkey

2005-05-06 Thread Bill Owens
Thanks, Paul I got about 6 shots as he trotted across the road. One of them off the road has possibilities that I'll work on tomorrow. Bill - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 10:44 PM Subject: Re: Here's the turkey Beautiful

Re: Here's the turkey

2005-05-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Maybe my eyes need another examination, maybe I need new glasses or a new monitor, but that turkey doesn't look particularly sharp to me. That said, it's a good catch. Those bards are hard come across and even harder still to photograph. Good work, Bill! Shel > [Original Message] > From: Pau

Re: Here's the turkey

2005-05-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Nice shot, but it seems almost too sharp. Either that or the southern birds are a lot better groomed than our northern turkeys Bill Owens wrote: Got this shot within 10 minutes of leaving GFM. *istD, Tamron 75-300 at 300, ISO 400 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3340897 Bill -- A ma

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
And you have made my point, Tom. The results of a print from an improperly exposed negative and one that is properly exposed are different. true, the results may be "acceptable" and in some cases the differences subtle, but that acceptance often comes at a lower standard of quality. While i can

Re: Finally!

2005-05-06 Thread Tom Reese
Bill Owens wrote: "I spent most of the last 24 hours on GFM where we had an opportunity to try and photograph the new bear cub, Boomer. Unfortunately he had other ideas and spent the whole morning in a tree. Mama bear, Carolina, was too interested in eating lemon cookies to concern herself with

Re: Here's the turkey

2005-05-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Beautiful rendering of the bird. Good light, good color, nice and sharp. The asphalt is a bit unfortunate, but it's still a very good shot. Paul On May 6, 2005, at 10:22 PM, Bill Owens wrote: Got this shot within 10 minutes of leaving GFM. *istD, Tamron 75-300 at 300, ISO 400 http://www.photo.ne

RE: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread Peter Williams
> -Original Message- > From: Tom Reese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > art brings order to chaos - it creates harmony > This one seems to have very limited application. There is so much art that isn't about order and harmony. -- Peter Williams

Here's the turkey

2005-05-06 Thread Bill Owens
Got this shot within 10 minutes of leaving GFM. *istD, Tamron 75-300 at 300, ISO 400 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3340897 Bill

PESO -- Characters (For something completely different.)

2005-05-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Photographed at an event I attended. Posted the URL earlier to the LONDON PDML thread. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_characters.html Pentax *ist-D 43ltd. ISO 800 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- A man's only as old as the woman he feels.

Re: PESO (s) Garden Spot and Character

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someone should warn Boris's wife. She's got enough to deal with already, don't you think? -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PESO (s) Garden Spot and Character

2005-05-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Someone should warn Boris's wife. frank theriault wrote: On 5/6/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree with Frank. Now there's a scary thought... -frank -- A man's only as old as the woman he feels. --Groucho Marx

Re: Photographic projects...

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, Cesar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You must get a picture of her with them. Cesar, Posted this around Easter, maybe when you were on one of your frequent sojourns from the list: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3224246 cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois conc

Re: Photographic projects...

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The place is cold all the time, with frequent power outages. We don't have > inside plumbing either. You have power? -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: film at 50C

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you feel you need to do this, perhaps you might try a small cooler with a > refreezeable thingie (I forget what they're called). Freezer pack? Blue ice? Refreezable thingie? I think they all work. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a

Re: Prague mini PDML. Was: going off

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, Frantisek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi John, I got back for last two days so I was able to read > PDML. Thanks for your assesment of Prague. I hope you had a good > time afterwards! The photograph of me is actually nice . > > I have put up some I took during the evening as well, hope

Re: Lou Jones

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interesting article on Lou Jones, jazz photographer. Think you'll like > this, Frank. > > http://shutterbug.com/features/0405loujones/ > What an interesting article, Derby! I really enjoyed it - mixes two of my favourite things (and that ca

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Frank ... > > Y'know, I don't recall the lens I was using that day. I had three with me, > the K30/2.8, a 135 or 150, and something else - probably the K85 or the > K105 (I usually carry one or the other of those just about every time I go

Re: PAW/PESO: Jazz at the Rex

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep, More Better ... Better is good... Thanks, Shel. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Lou Jones

2005-05-06 Thread Derby Chang
Interesting article on Lou Jones, jazz photographer. Think you'll like this, Frank. http://shutterbug.com/features/0405loujones/ D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc

Re: film at 50C

2005-05-06 Thread Joseph Tainter
"Small beer fridge would increase the chances of surviving, it would prolong the time needed to heat the camera." If you feel you need to do this, perhaps you might try a small cooler with a refreezeable thingie (I forget what they're called). You would have to refreeze it every night. I'd cons

Re: Pentax advertises on Major League Baseball

2005-05-06 Thread Joseph Tainter
"A breaking pitch, a swing and a miss. And there behind the plate, on the two areas of the stands where they usually place electronic billboards for such things as Viagra or Desperate Housewives (although with the former, why should there be any of the latter?), -- PENTAX PENTAX -- in their big r

RE: PAW/PESO: Jazz at the Rex

2005-05-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yep, More Better ... Shel > [Original Message] > From: frank theriault > what you think, but I prefer these results to the last bunch: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3340570&size=lg > > Sorry for the long story. I'd be pleased to consider all

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... Y'know, I don't recall the lens I was using that day. I had three with me, the K30/2.8, a 135 or 150, and something else - probably the K85 or the K105 (I usually carry one or the other of those just about every time I go out - the 85mm is my favorite optic). Maybe this was made wit

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks ... making a conversion to sepia is very easy. If I'm not mistaken, PS 7.0 has a sepia action as part of the action set included with the program. Why don't you try making a sepia conversion yourself. If for some reason you can't find the sepia action in the PS action palette , let me kno

Finally!

2005-05-06 Thread Bill Owens
I spent most of the last 24 hours on GFM where we had an opportunity to try and photograph the new bear cub, Boomer. Unfortunately he had other ideas and spent the whole morning in a tree. Mama bear, Carolina, was too interested in eating lemon cookies to concern herself with posing for a cou

Enablement

2005-05-06 Thread Francis Alviar
Just grabbed a FA 28-70mm f/4 off of that auction site. It belonged to a former list member (I think) Gary Murphy. I've been reading comments for this lens from Stan's site and it's been getting good reviews. Any other comments you guys want to add? Can't wait to try it out. Francis M. Alvia

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread Francis Alviar
Excellent photo as usual Shel. I wonder what this image would look like in sepia? IAC wonderful photo. Francis -- Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 12:15:28 -0700 From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not F

Re: PESO (s) Garden Spot and Character

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree with Frank. > Now there's a scary thought... -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

RE: Packing...

2005-05-06 Thread Amita Guha
> When are you going to be there? I'm flying over on the 24th. Me too! Wow, I'm traveling light compared to you guys! My kit: *istD, Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, Sigma 15mm fisheye, Tam 1.4x and 2x TCs, image tank, batteries, maybe a couple of filters. Camera and glass all fit in a Lowepro Off Trail 1

PAW/PESO: Jazz at the Rex

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
You guys might remember that I was working on some shots of my buddy, trumpet player Tim and his band. The shots were pretty flat and unemotional. Well, a couple of weeks ago, Tim and his band (with a different bass player) were at a well-known local jazz bar, The Rex. It was Tim's birthday. Fo

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's another shot of my favorite fishing boat. Nothing special ... I was > using the photo to practice some Photoshop techniques last night, and > decided to post the pic here. Shot on Ektachrome 100G > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics

RE: Packing...

2005-05-06 Thread Amita Guha
> Trouble is, there are too many good pubs to > keep track of them all so I'm not absolutely certain. Guess > we'll have to stop by for some "research" ;-) www.fancyapint.com - rates pubs throughout London. And you can download the site to your Palm. :) That's what I'm going to do...not sure if

OT: More Photos on Walls

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
I mentioned a coupla weeks ago that my friend Jennifer included a few of my photos of her and her group Pirate Jenny on their new CD. Six or seven in all (not the cover, though) - here are a few (don't click if you saw them in my initial post): http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=488908

Re: Fwd: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, UncaMikey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quite good, Frank. I like it. But I was hoping that you would simply > edit your sig line, and say "Art is a bourgeois concept." And then we > could pretend we were sitting around a table in a cafe in Paris in > 1904, drinking absinthe and eag

Re: PAW: Tribal Rhythms

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > > Missed last week, preparing for the show (but I think I've been > > submitting over my quota anyway ). I originally thought of > > submitting this one for the upcoming PUG themed "dance", but I've > > changed my mind. Just a fun sn

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
I said: > > "And I'm not saying that taking piles and piles of photos with a > smaller ratio of "winners" is a bad thing - it's always been said that > taking lots of photos is a key to improving." And, Tom Reese answered: > > I don't know if I agree with that. I believe that the key to improvin

Re: Fwd: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread UncaMikey
--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > About the all I can say about art is that it's a form of > communication > that seeks to explain the world and the universe and our experience > within, in ways that may not be expressed or expressable in other > ways. Poor definition, I know, but

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, David Zaninovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I feel that opposite is true, there are more people taking high quality > pictures now than ever. Learning curve with digital is much > faster because there is no penalty for taking more pictures. I am talking > about people who actually w

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread Eric Featherstone
Other light might well be interesting but I rather like the shadows from this light which show off the 3D shape of the bow, and around the top of the superstructure. An hour earlier/later I can imagine not working so well in this regard. Anyway, I like the shot! Cheers, Eric. At 06:07 pm 06/05/

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread Bob Blakely
Every art has it's accepted display. For photographs, paintings, drawings, etc., it's a frame. For sculpture, it's a pedestal. For music, dancing, theatre, etc., it's a stage. For literature, poetry, etc., it's a binding. For jewelry, it's a finger. etc. Regards, Bob...

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
I said: "which camera has a higher ratio of interesting photos to duds?" To which Ken Waller responded: > Gee, and I thought it was the photographer that took the image not the camera. > > Kenneth Waller You don't think that some photographers shoot more digitally because they can without payin

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread UncaMikey
--- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would guess that exposure for exposure, there are more good, > correctly exposed photographs taken now than 30 years ago, 40 years > ago, ad infinitum. I definitely agree. I was just talking to my wife last night, remarking how the advances in camera tec

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On 5/6/05, David Zaninovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, but DSLR will pay of its price many times over 10 years of service > because you don't have to buy film and pay for processing. You think so? You need a computer. Were I to buy a dslr, I'd have to upgrade the computer I currently use,

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread Bob Blakely
But what about "bad art"? It won't stand the test of time, but it's still called art - just not good art. If it has a frame, it's art. Regards, Bob... "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory." From: "U

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread Bob Blakely
A frame. Regards, Bob... "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory."

Fwd: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread frank theriault
Hmmm. I'll try sending this again. I sent it this morning, but I never got it back, it's not in the archives, and no one responded to it (the latter not being particularly telling ): -- Forwarded message -- From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: May 6, 2005 8:32 AM Subje

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Not all of us can afford the space for a JOBO processor. If I process my own B&W film I can do it in the kitchen sink without too much trouble. I don't have a dedicated darkroom, but the computer is always set up. mike wilson wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: in Photoshop. One of the main reasons I

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Defiantly single... Graywolf wrote: Ah, reading this thread, I finally get it, "Art is annoying!" GRIN! graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- DagT wrote: The first two defines the opposite to what I see as art. The pleasing, bo

Re: LONDON PDML - final update

2005-05-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Surely not all Curly... http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_characters.html Cotty wrote: On 6/5/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: You won't miss Cotty, Jostein or me. Guaranteed. Especially if we are all together. Yeah, think The Three Stooges :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread mike wilson
P. J. Alling wrote: in Photoshop. One of the main reasons I bought a *ist-D was to get control of my color photography. I did that. Bought a Jobo processor. m

RE: MZ-S (WAS: Re: Camera prices on Ebay)

2005-05-06 Thread Henk Terhell
All I did (as I also used to do with my MZ-5) was putting a rubber string cut out from a waste black bicycle inner tyre around the eyecup to prevent loosing this. Some day I discovered that the eyecup of the MZ-S got loose on one side because of the broken plastic edge. Henk > -Original Mess

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Last year there were 5 lab choices within a 10 minute drive, not counting Wal-Mart and CVS minilabs. Today there are 2. One is not lamented, one is, one neutral. Of the three that are gone each screwed up at least one roll of film, not so badly that usable images couldn't be obtained, but a

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread DagT
På 6. mai. 2005 kl. 22.30 skrev William Robb: - Original Message - From: "DagT" Subject: Re: what makes a photograph art... Good art may be annoying, bad art is pretentious, pretty and boring... So by your definition, good art must also be ugly? Only if it isn´t annoying .-) But as you k

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread P. J. Alling
John Francis wrote: On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 10:49:50AM -0400, P. J. Alling wrote: Art is painful to look at Art is disruptive of normality Art questions, reduces and simplifies our experience of life Art is clear, straightforward and uncomplicated. Based on these definition

RE: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread Bob W
Hi, [...] > getting good quality. I see more and more, where people > initially want good quality and then when they get a price > for it, they decide that they don't think it is worth it. are you sure of this? Perhaps they do think it's worth the money, but simply don't have it. There are

Re: film at 50C

2005-05-06 Thread David Zaninovic
Small beer fridge would increase the chances of surviving, it would prolong the time needed to heat the camera. I can test with thermometer first to see how high the temperature will go inside the fridge. I live near NYC and humidity feels like rain forest in the summer. > A car in full su

Re: MZ-S (WAS: Re: Camera prices on Ebay)

2005-05-06 Thread John Whittingham
> Hi Pål: > The author says so in his book, that under the plastic panels there > is a robust diecast body, with a very stable shape, and torsion > resistant. Anyway this is only a second translation of a bad translation. > I haven't dismantled my MZ-5 or MZ-S, I am not so curious, and I > don't

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/5/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >Personally, I have never really understood why people feel the need to >categorise things as art or not-art, or even as good, bad and indifferent >art. I would rather approach the object or performance in question, and >examine my own reaction to it,

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread Tom C
I'm jumping in the middle of the thread, not having read all the posts, risking ridicule. I personally doubt that autoexposure, autofocus, etc., etc., etc, has led to a decline in quality of photographs taken. Sure some people, alot of people, who take photographs don't ever learn exposure for

Re: MZ-S (WAS: Re: Camera prices on Ebay)

2005-05-06 Thread John Whittingham
> > Mine must be the rare one with metal inside then, I also have an even > > rarer > > MZ-3 with metal inside 8) > > Ouch... Meant in good humour, no offence. John

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Shel, I think you are quite accurate here. I'd like to add that not only are people accepting lower quality, they are de-valuing good quality. There is a labor/time element, along with acquired skills to getting good quality. I see more and more, where people initially want good quality an

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "DagT" Subject: Re: what makes a photograph art... Good art may be annoying, bad art is pretentious, pretty and boring... So by your definition, good art must also be ugly? William Robb

RE: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread Jens Bladt
Well, art is much more than pictures and can't always be framed - like music, sculpture, architecture, litterature, poetry, dancing, movies, theatre, jewellery, computer art etc. etc. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Kenneth Wa

Re: MZ-S (WAS: Re: Camera prices on Ebay)

2005-05-06 Thread Carlos Royo
Pål Jensen escribió: Carlos wrote: According to Richard Hunecke's books about the MZ-5/3/5n (sorry if I have mispelled his name, I have one of my cats on my lap and cannot go to check it) the internal chassis of those cameras is made of metal (light alloy diecast). REPLY: Really? I could swear it

FS Friday.Non Pentax battery charger

2005-05-06 Thread brooksdj
Hi all. Thought i would put this out here first. I know a few members use Nikon D1's at work and this may interest them. Last year i thought i had left my battery charger for the D1 at a show, and after several months of trying to find it,broke down and bought another one from ekkbay

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread DagT
Good art may be annoying, bad art is pretentious, pretty and boring... DagT På 6. mai. 2005 kl. 21.14 skrev Graywolf: Also, it seems that, "Art is pretentious!" Actually I think that anything the person who produced it thinks is art, is art. Now whether it is "Good Art" is another question altoge

Re: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "David Zaninovic" Subject: Re: Digital profligacy Maybe that is what you are talking about ? I'm talking about what I have observed over 35 years as a photographer/photofinisher. William Robb

Re: film at 50C

2005-05-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Graywolf" Subject: Re: film at 50C Yes one summer in the car can destroy (turn to goo) foam seals in the camera. Actual experience with an ME Super that had all the foam replace the year previously. I did not have any problems with the film in the camera h

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread brooksdj
> Sniped > Even though the drive from my place to the boat is only about an hour, it > might be nice to just roll outta bed and be there ;-)) > > Shel > I know i have missed photo op's just because of that reason alone. Dave > > > [Original Message] >

RE: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 6 May 2005, Powell Hargrave wrote: > I have spent a lot more money on photography since going digital. Not > counting computers, printers, monitors etc. I would have needed these anyway. What then? Kostas

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Boris ... I don't understand what you mean by my shot being "very thorough." Overall I like your photo, but it has some elements in it that lessen its impact. The most glaring, as i see it, is the tilted horizon. It looks about 1 - 1.5 degrees skewed to the right. This tilt, amongst other p

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread Graywolf
Also, it seems that, "Art is pretentious!" Actually I think that anything the person who produced it thinks is art, is art. Now whether it is "Good Art" is another question altogether. On the other hand my father was Art, it said so on his birth certificate. Come to think of it he was often pret

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread Jack Davis
In other words, an image need only elicits a glandular reaction in order to qualify as "art". Don't they all? Jack --- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 10:49:50AM -0400, P. J. > Alling wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >Art is painful to look at > > > > > > > > >Art

Re: what makes a photograph art...

2005-05-06 Thread Graywolf
Ah, reading this thread, I finally get it, "Art is annoying!" GRIN! graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- DagT wrote: The first two defines the opposite to what I see as art. The pleasing, boring things that are only aimed at t

Re: PESO PAW - Abandoned But Not Forgotten

2005-05-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Here's another shot of my favorite fishing boat. Nothing special ... I was using the photo to practice some Photoshop techniques last night, and decided to post the pic here. Shot on Ektachrome 100G http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/warm.html Shel, the funny thing - few days ago I went to th

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