Re: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Rob Studdert
On 24 May 2005 at 17:12, Tom C wrote: > Hi Rob, > > But for the larger sizes, microdrives are 1/3 to 1/4 the cost of CF. Not now, check prices, 1/2 where I buy, the peace of mind is worth it. > I don't care that a microdrive may be a second or so slower than a CF card. > It's usually many seco

Re: PESO - Follow me, chaps!

2005-05-24 Thread frank theriault
On 5/24/05, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > A fortunate coming together of many factors. Unfortunately not including the > lens I would have chosen or the body. This is about a 40% crop out of a file > from the Optio 330GS. On holiday in Weymouth, Dorset, last year. > > http

Re: PESO(s) -- The Great Poppy Hunt - Part 1

2005-05-24 Thread frank theriault
On 5/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/POPPIES/ > > or you can go to the first one and click on the next button > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/POPPIES/pages/poppy1.htm > > Comments welcome, naturally. The first shot is really nice.

Re: RE: Understanding exposure? Recommendations?

2005-05-24 Thread Rob Studdert
On 24 May 2005 at 7:29, mike wilson wrote: > It's an effort thing. If one is going to do a lot of something, learn how to > do > it properly and save yourself a heap of time, money and all sorts of other > things in the long run. I can appreciate that but when do you surrender to automation aft

Re: Another GFM photo

2005-05-24 Thread frank theriault
On 5/24/05, Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I may jeteson stuff given my mode of transport... > but no one has yet helped me decide hat to bring > -- > funny signs or paris? Paris. No, funny signs. Ah, hell, Ann, bring 'em both. -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -

Re: F 17-28 problem

2005-05-24 Thread Michael Bergstrom
--- Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Bergstrom wrote: > > I don't suppose KEH will take my word for it that it's partially > broken > > and return $100 or so. > > You seem like a decent, upright citizen. Feel free to quote me on > that > in writing. Good luck! :-) > > S "Dear

Re: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Tom C
Hi Rob, But for the larger sizes, microdrives are 1/3 to 1/4 the cost of CF. I don't care that a microdrive may be a second or so slower than a CF card. It's usually many seconds or minutes before I'm taking the next shot. With the *ist D's small buffer, if I was shooting in rapid succession

Re: Another GFM photo

2005-05-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: > > On 5/24/05, Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was thinking of asking a question of you all but > > didnt want to pose it > > to the entire list. (nothing very deep, just about > > which photos I should > > bring with me) > > Ann, > > My portfolio is qui

Re: F 17-28 problem

2005-05-24 Thread Michael Bergstrom
> Michael Bergstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I don't suppose KEH will take my word for it that it's partially > broken > >and return $100 or so. I'll just have to write them and see what > >they're willing to do for me. > --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > True story: I rela

Re: Who started the enablement here anyway?

2005-05-24 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Seriously, I doubt that I'm responsible for more than 75% of the >trouble on this list. 80% tops. What about Cotty? He's a good 20%, >anyway... He's good for much more than that. I think between the two of you, you and Cotty are responsible for 150%

Re: Another GFM photo

2005-05-24 Thread frank theriault
On 5/24/05, Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was thinking of asking a question of you all but > didnt want to pose it > to the entire list. (nothing very deep, just about > which photos I should > bring with me) Ann, My portfolio is quite small right now, the best part of it is curre

Re: F 17-28 problem

2005-05-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Michael Bergstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I don't suppose KEH will take my word for it that it's partially broken >and return $100 or so. I'll just have to write them and see what >they're willing to do for me. True story: A few years ago I bought a Pentax FA*80-200/2.8 from KEH. It was list

Penta, are advertising the *ist-Ds !!!

2005-05-24 Thread John Francis
So there I was, flipping through the latest Newsweek, when my eyes were caught by some boxed test: Warning: This digital SLR is so professional, the purchaser may be asked to photograph weddings and other social functions So I take a look at the camera - and it's a *ist-Ds !

Re: Who started the enablement here anyway?

2005-05-24 Thread frank theriault
On 5/23/05, Cesar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been a member of this list since the days of The Who. [How many > remember that?] > I do not recall enablement on the list from those days. It may have > been because I was such a photographic 'newbie' :-) > > Anyway, I saw my photographer fr

Re: Who started the enablement here anyway?

2005-05-24 Thread frank theriault
On 5/24/05, Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Frank is responsible for 90% of the trouble on this list. It's probably > his fault. I'm sure you're now as anxious as the rest of us to exact > your revenge at GFM. Note: The 90% is probably low but I wanted to be > conservative in my estimate.

Re: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Rob Studdert
On 24 May 2005 at 16:50, Thibouille wrote: > I guess normal is: > * faster ? > * less power consumption > > while Microdrive is: > * cheaper :D > > While I'm at it, does High Speed card really matter in a D/Ds? Or is > it only useful when reading back in a card reader on the Computer? I just ri

Re: OT: Happy May 2-4 to All Canadians

2005-05-24 Thread frank theriault
On 5/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Humm, a 90 Macro eh. That is hopefully my next purchase along with a Sigma > 500 Super > flash. > How do you like it.? So far so good. I like it a lot as a portrait lens. I've not really gotten any macro pix back yet. I was at my la

Re: F 17-28 problem

2005-05-24 Thread Steve Jolly
Michael Bergstrom wrote: I don't suppose KEH will take my word for it that it's partially broken and return $100 or so. You seem like a decent, upright citizen. Feel free to quote me on that in writing. Good luck! :-) S

Re: F 17-28 problem

2005-05-24 Thread Michael Bergstrom
--- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Bergstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Hmmm...deciding whether to attempt to put it back together correctly > >myself or return it... I should probably return it since this may > not > >be the only problem it has and I could easily make it

Re: PESO: Pix at the Goat

2005-05-24 Thread Cotty
On 24/5/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: >The Sleepless Goat is the cafe where my little exhibit is up this >month. A few people asked if I took pix of the installation, so here >it is (most of it, anyway; there are about 8 or 9 pix on a couple of >other smaller walls. Some of y

PESO: Pix at the Goat

2005-05-24 Thread frank theriault
The Sleepless Goat is the cafe where my little exhibit is up this month. A few people asked if I took pix of the installation, so here it is (most of it, anyway; there are about 8 or 9 pix on a couple of other smaller walls. Some of you may even recognize a few of these : http://www.photo.net/p

Re: PESO(s) -- The Great Poppy Hunt - Part 1

2005-05-24 Thread Cotty
On 24/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: >The California state flower is the California poppy. Which is a wildflower -- >basically a weed. Because it is a weed it tends to grow by roadsides, and in >some inaccessible places like on the sides of a steep hills. Is it still again

Re: Another GFM photo

2005-05-24 Thread Cotty
On 24/5/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: >That might be where I am at as well. My "portfolio" seems to be somewhere in >the twilight zone at the moment. Save all the tattoo stuff for next year :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|ht

Re: Understanding exposure? Recommendations?

2005-05-24 Thread Mishka
yes. and love every minute of it! :) mishka On 5/23/05, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mishka, > > You've clearly never been to Texas. :-) > > John > > On Tue, 24 May 2005 00:13:41 +0100, Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > why not move to texas? > > > > mishka > > > > On 5/23

Re: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Tom C
I'm not buying the wine as an investment though... I'm buying it as an ingestment... Tom C. From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Subject: Re: CF card: normal or Microdrive? Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 15:55:33 -0600 - Original Message - From: "

Re: PESO - Follow me, chaps!

2005-05-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
mike wilson wrote: > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > mike wilson wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>A fortunate coming together of many factors. Unfortunately not including > >>the lens I would have chosen or the body. This is about a 40% crop out of > >>a file from the Optio 330GS. On holiday in Weymout

Re: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tom C" Subject: RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive? In my case, saving money on a 4GB microdrive (only $160)... 4 1GB CF crads would be $250-$280, a 4GB flash is $400+. Buys a few bottles of Italian wine. If you are buying Italian wine, I suggest t

Re: Another GFM photo

2005-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Another GFM photo Well i should mention my 'portfoloi' is a ratty old 3 ring binder from work,with a pile of page protectors. We can laugh together. That might be where I am at as well. My "portfolio" seems to be somewhe

Re: semi OT - mystery polarizer - and wants

2005-05-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Henri Toivonen wrote: > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > >anyone know what this guy fits on??? > > > >http://users.rcn.com/annsan/mysterypolarizer.jpg > > > >it has no threads - just the outside gear notches > >that > >you see here. > > > >diameter is roughly 2 1/8" > > > >and say doesn't anyone have s

RE: PAW and a Question

2005-05-24 Thread Bob W
Here's my thinking. There is an unresolved struggle for dominance going on between the compositional elements - the forms as well as the tones - which never resolve themselves. This produces an additional conflict with the subject matter, which is not itself stressful. The higher lamp is breakin

Re: semi OT - mystery polarizer - and wants

2005-05-24 Thread Henri Toivonen
Ann Sanfedele wrote: anyone know what this guy fits on??? http://users.rcn.com/annsan/mysterypolarizer.jpg it has no threads - just the outside gear notches that you see here. diameter is roughly 2 1/8" and say doesn't anyone have second hand 58mm pol for me? ann Cokin A Have one of

semi OT - mystery polarizer - and wants

2005-05-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
anyone know what this guy fits on??? http://users.rcn.com/annsan/mysterypolarizer.jpg it has no threads - just the outside gear notches that you see here. diameter is roughly 2 1/8" and say doesn't anyone have second hand 58mm pol for me? ann

Re: F 17-28 problem

2005-05-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Michael Bergstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hmmm...deciding whether to attempt to put it back together correctly >myself or return it... I should probably return it since this may not >be the only problem it has and I could easily make it non-returnable by >opening it up. That's very disappoin

Re: PESO - Follow me, chaps!

2005-05-24 Thread mike wilson
Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Mike Somehow I like this shoot a lot . It would be even nicer *if* it was the right camera and lens at the right time... greetings Markus Don't make me weep, Markus.. the lens I would have chosen or the body. This is about a 40% crop out of a file from the Opt

Re: F 17-28 problem

2005-05-24 Thread mike wilson
Michael Bergstrom wrote: Brief introduction: I'm a long-time lurker on the mail-archive version of this list. I subscribed for a very brief period a couple of years ago, made some inane postings and rapidly retreated back to lurkdom. I failed to unsubscribe by the favorite 'reply to the digest

Re: Another GFM photo

2005-05-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: Another GFM photo > > > > > > > > >> > > > I am planning to bring my favorites done whilst taking the darkroom class > > > the past few > > > w

Re: F 17-28 problem

2005-05-24 Thread Michael Bergstrom
> Michael Bergstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Is this a straight return to KEH or does anybody know of any quirks > >with this lens that would cause these effects? > > This lens has been repaired at some time in the past and reassembled > incorrectly (the focusing helicoid has six threads

RE: PESO(s) -- The Great Poppy Hunt - Part 1

2005-05-24 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Marnie This must be *real* passion or is it called *love* ? I am sure you will get the "poppy shot of the century" one day, you simply deserve it. Thanks for the story and the pictures, I'm sure you will make them even better the next time. greetings Markus >>The California state flower is the C

RE: 13 Days with Pentax

2005-05-24 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Kevin Of course I do miss seeing some of your shots but thanks anyway for the good and interesting reading of your 13 days adventure. greetings Markus >>-Original Message- >>From: Kevin Waterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 4:24 PM >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.n

Re: F 17-28 problem

2005-05-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Michael Bergstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is this a straight return to KEH or does anybody know of any quirks >with this lens that would cause these effects? This lens has been repaired at some time in the past and reassembled incorrectly (the focusing helicoid has six threads and there are t

Re: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Thibouille
Well, actually not. Belgium is as flat as 40mm pancake :) -- Thibouille -- Z1,SuperA,KX,MX,P30t and KR-10x ... 2005/5/24, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Which was exactly the point of the post. Some people don't know about the > limitations of the

RE: PESO - Follow me, chaps!

2005-05-24 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Mike Somehow I like this shoot a lot . It would be even nicer *if* it was the right camera and lens at the right time... greetings Markus >>>the lens I would have chosen or the body. This is about a 40% crop out >>>of a file from the Optio 330GS. On holiday in Weymouth, Dorset, >>last year. >

F 17-28 problem

2005-05-24 Thread Michael Bergstrom
Brief introduction: I'm a long-time lurker on the mail-archive version of this list. I subscribed for a very brief period a couple of years ago, made some inane postings and rapidly retreated back to lurkdom. I failed to unsubscribe by the favorite 'reply to the digest with Unsubscribe in the su

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Tom C
And you can tell by how poorly I composed the last paragraph that a few more bottles of Italian wine is exactly what I need. Tom C. In my case, saving money on a 4GB microdrive (only $160)... 4 1GB CF crads would be $250-$280, a 4GB flash is $400+. Buys a few bottles of Italian wine.

Re: OT: Happy May 2-4 to All Canadians

2005-05-24 Thread brooksdj
> It's first thing Saturday morning, and in about 1/2 hour, I'm off to > Kingston to visit the kids for the long weekend. This is our Victoria > Day weekend. May 24 is when we celebrate the birthday of our last > Empress, Queen Victoria. I don't think it

Re: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I just worry about putting all my eggs in one basket. I wouldn't >want a 4 gig CF card either, although I think CF is less likely >to fail than a microdrive. I carry 4 1 gig cards and 3 half gig cards. >They'll fit in a pocket. I don't feel encumbered. And > should one

RE: PAW: Etude in Soft

2005-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hello, Boris ... I like this one quite a bit. The monochrome look - all in brown tones - adds quite a bit to this image. Interesting composition as well. Good work! Shel > [Original Message] > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Date: 5/24/2005 11:09:25 AM > Subject: PAW: Etu

Re: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread Bob Blakely
Nukes vaporize the mess... Regards, Bob... "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory." From: "Steve Jolly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John Forbes wrote: Glad you said that. I couldn't work out how you got t

Re: PAW and a Question

2005-05-24 Thread Mark Cassino
Hi Boris - I suppose the critic meant "split composition" in that the image can be seen as having to competing centers of interest in the form of the two lamps. Personally I like a lot of what is going on here in terms of placing the main elements of the shot along the diagonal and in terms o

Re: PAW: Etude in Soft

2005-05-24 Thread keithw
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/24/2005 11:20:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=191069 Please be brutal. But honest :). Today I took a soft lens for my project shooting... Bori

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Tom C
I agree in principle, and I plan on emptying the 4GB daily or more often if I fill it up sooner. I, like most people, tend to split the finest of hairs on things like this and then split them again. I'm trying to become less like myself. :) There's no guarantees. With film, it could be bad (

Re: PAW: Etude in Soft

2005-05-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/24/2005 11:20:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > > http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=191069 > > Please be brutal. But honest :). > > Today I took a soft lens for my project shooting... > > Boris Whooo, boy! I c

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread pnstenquist
I just worry about putting all my eggs in one basket. I wouldn't want a 4 gig CF card either, although I think CF is less likely to fail than a microdrive. I carry 4 1 gig cards and 3 half gig cards. They'll fit in a pocket. I don't feel encumbered. And should one fail, I won't lose all my work.

Re: PESO - Follow me, chaps!

2005-05-24 Thread mike wilson
Ann Sanfedele wrote: mike wilson wrote: Hi, A fortunate coming together of many factors. Unfortunately not including the lens I would have chosen or the body. This is about a 40% crop out of a file from the Optio 330GS. On holiday in Weymouth, Dorset, last year. http://www.fotocommunity.

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Tom C
I agree at the 1GB point, but compare at the 4GB capacity and microdrives are significantly less. I'm taking some long trips where I want more storage than 1GB so I don't have to manage alot of CF's. Tom C. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.n

Re: PAW: Etude in Soft

2005-05-24 Thread keithw
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=191069 Please be brutal. But honest :). Today I took a soft lens for my project shooting... Boris Whooo, boy! I can't even read the headlines on that paper, it's so soft! ;-) keith whaley

Re: Another GFM photo

2005-05-24 Thread brooksdj
> > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Another GFM photo > > > > >> > > I am planning to bring my favorites done whilst taking the darkroom class > > the past few > > winters. I have > > several 11x14's i want to

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
For those who might be interested, this page has a breakaway photo of the drive, as well as other information. Kind of interesting if you've never seen the inside of one of these puppies ;-)) http://www.steves-digicams.com/microdrive.html Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

PAW: Etude in Soft

2005-05-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=191069 Please be brutal. But honest :). Today I took a soft lens for my project shooting... Boris

Re: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I guess normal is: * faster ? * less power consumption while Microdrive is: * cheaper :D While I'm at it, does High Speed card really matter in a D/Ds? Or is it only useful when reading back in a card reader on the Computer? I've got 2 1GB Sandisk Ultra II cards... They work just fine. I

RE: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread Don Sanderson
That's a very handy little program, I got the Palm OS version too. It's crude but for $8.00 worth it. I see they'll have a new Palm version soon for $15.00. Thanks Peter, Don > -Original Message- > From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:45 AM > To: p

Re: Another GFM photo

2005-05-24 Thread Mark Roberts
"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'll see if I can't dig up my portfolio. Oh, I won't be offended if you can't find it: I eat enough humble pie at these events anyway... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread pnstenquist
With 1 gig CF cards now selling for eighty bucks or so, I can't think of any good reason to go with a microdrive. The fewer moving parts, the better. Paul > Actually what i said is that they don't work well =at high altitudes=, not > that they don't work well. > > Glad we cleared that up. > >

Re: Who started the enablement here anyway?

2005-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tom Reese" Subject: Re: Who started the enablement here anyway? Cesar looked for someone to blame for his recent acquisitions: Mike Johnston actually started it. Many have been happy to continue with his work. I think of it as a fine legacy, corrupting

Re: Another GFM photo

2005-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Another GFM photo I am planning to bring my favorites done whilst taking the darkroom class the past few winters. I have several 11x14's i want to bring if i can find something nice to carry them. Also a few from the

Re: PESO(s) -- The Great Poppy Hunt - Part 1

2005-05-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/24/2005 10:14:22 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don't feel bad in your poppy quest. Geo's book is the result of over 15 yrs of poppy shooting. Kenneth Waller == Well, that's true. Thanks. I looked at the book, but didn't buy it. Right, he's been

Re: My London PDML 2005 Gallery, at last...

2005-05-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
I guess we'll have to pedal this thread somewhere else. I heard it was BARred here. But we could then start a chain letter. I better stop before I get CRANKy. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: May 24, 2005 11:32 AM To: pentax list Subject: Re: My Lo

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Actually what i said is that they don't work well =at high altitudes=, not that they don't work well. Glad we cleared that up. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Date: 5/24/2005 10:02:27 AM > Subject: RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive? > > Not a problem at all

Re: PESO(s) -- The Great Poppy Hunt - Part 1

2005-05-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
"Untitled" is none too shabby. I like it. It might be a little stronger with more of a vertical format. I don't know where you're located but I've heard Gorman is one of the main places for poppy shooting, although I've heard this wasn't an especially good year for poppies. With all the rain o

Re: Raw

2005-05-24 Thread danilo
> > ... > > just a pair of little and easy scripts > > Thanks. Perhaps I'll fool with them when I get back from my travel. > let us know... > I don't have a lot of time to do an analysis of GIMP vs Photoshop CS > vs Photoshop Elements 3, I can understand... > but it isn't so much the f

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Tom C
Not a problem at all Shel. It's just that you started out with a blanket statement "Microdrives don't work well", and I thought that was a misleading assertion. For many people they work just fine. It is good to know their altitude limitations, as you said. I don't work as well at 10,000 ft

RE: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks Peter, I just downloaded it. Don > -Original Message- > From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:45 AM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: F stop question > > > There's a neat little utility called Fcalc from a company called > Tange

Re: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm not sure that a high speed card is even necessary for transferring to the computer. The camera doesn't actually take much advantage of it. I use a USB 2.0 hub and my not particularly special Lexar 1gig card takes about 2 minutes to xfer to the computer. If you can fill up another card in

Re: My London PDML 2005 Gallery, at last...

2005-05-24 Thread John Francis
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 10:15:29AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> From: Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/eye.jpg > >> > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/eye2.jpg > >> > >> damn that's a big bicycle > > > >monocycle -

Re: 13 Days with Pentax

2005-05-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Kevin Waterson wrote: Just re-subscribed after a 13 Day photo shoot of Dance. The Dance was an Eisteddfod of dance with a mix of Ballet, tap, jazz, cultural, contemporary and others. My job was to capture each act digitally for sale during the Eisteddfod. Equipment 2 x *istD 1 x 70-200mm 2.8 Ta

RE: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks Steve! Got it! Don > -Original Message- > From: Steve Jolly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:27 AM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: F stop question > > > Aaagh! > > I got some numbers wrong. :-( > > See below. > > Steve Jolly wr

RE: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks Cory! Don > -Original Message- > From: Cory Papenfuss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:07 AM > To: PDML > Subject: Re: F stop question > > > On Tue, 24 May 2005, Don Sanderson wrote: > > > How does one figure partial stop numbers? > > For instance what

Re: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread P. J. Alling
There's a neat little utility called Fcalc from a company called Tangentsoft http://www.tangentsoft.net/ The version that runs under windows is free. It's worth downloading for help file, which contains the all the formulas used, alone. It includes an Fstop calculator The multiplier isn't part

RE: PAW and a Question

2005-05-24 Thread Leon Mlakar
>-Original Message- >From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:13 PM >To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >Subject: Re: PAW and a Question > >Hi! > >> This works for me. The light play is quite attractive. >However, I find >> the crooked shade on the lower

Re: My London PDML 2005 Gallery, at last...

2005-05-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Wait till Frank sees it. Doug Brewer wrote: damn that's a big bicycle Mark Roberts wrote: Gianfranco Irlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Excellent collection, Gianco. I especially like the one called "The Eye". I was looking for a good abstract co

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Which was exactly the point of the post. Some people don't know about the limitations of the drives, and many people who live at lower elevations take trips and vacations into the mountains. In many parts of the world that means elevations above 9000 feet. Just driving around the western part of

Re: PESO - Follow me, chaps!

2005-05-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Amusing. mike wilson wrote: Hi, A fortunate coming together of many factors. Unfortunately not including the lens I would have chosen or the body. This is about a 40% crop out of a file from the Optio 330GS. On holiday in Weymouth, Dorset, last year. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/ca

Re: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread Steve Jolly
John Forbes wrote: Glad you said that. I couldn't work out how you got those numbers, but didn't want to argue with a nuclear physicist! Fair enough - particle beams at dawn can get a little messy... ;-) S

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Tom C
So don't use it in those applications... that specification does not equate with 'don't work well'. For you who lives essentially at sea level, it wouldn't be a problem. Luminous Landscape has an article regarding microdrive usage. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/4gb-hita

PESO(s) -- The Great Poppy Hunt - Part 1

2005-05-24 Thread Eactivist
Well, not so "great," kind of boring, actually. But here is is. :-) The California state flower is the California poppy. Which is a wildflower -- basically a weed. Because it is a weed it tends to grow by roadsides, and in some inaccessible places like on the sides of a steep hills. It's a sim

Re: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread John Forbes
Glad you said that. I couldn't work out how you got those numbers, but didn't want to argue with a nuclear physicist! John On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:26:37 +0100, Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Aaagh! I got some numbers wrong. :-( See below. Steve Jolly wrote: Don Sa

RE: 13 Days with Pentax

2005-05-24 Thread Anthony Farr
Presuming a constant rate of shots per day, that means about 35,000 frames with one camera in ten days. Wow! I don't know the life expectancy of an *istD, but you must take the record for using it up in the least amount of time. OTOH a job like that should pay for all the *istDen (*istDs is usel

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Microdrives don't work well, and may even fail to work, at high altitudes, above 9,000 feet. >From IBM: "The Microdrive does need "AIR" to float the heads and typically above 10,000 ft the mass of the air is too low and the drive requires a pressurized environment similar to an aircraft or spacec

Re: My London PDML 2005 Gallery, at last...

2005-05-24 Thread Cotty
On 24/5/05, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: >yep. it's a vicious cycle Can you handle it? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: My London PDML 2005 Gallery, at last...

2005-05-24 Thread Cotty
> damn that's a big bicycle monocycle - but suprisingly easy to ride 8-) Next: puncture jokes. >>> >>>Guess you spoke too soon... >> >>This chain of events always happens. > >Good thing I'm already geared up for it then! You're in the frame! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__

Re: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread Steve Jolly
Aaagh! I got some numbers wrong. :-( See below. Steve Jolly wrote: Don Sanderson wrote: How does one figure partial stop numbers? For instance what stop is half way between 4 and 5.6? 4.76 :-) And where does 4.76 fall? Half way between 4 and 5.6 :-) Or in other words

RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Tom C
I use both 1GB Flash and 1GB microdrives. I find no important noticeable difference in performance. I just bought a 4GB microdrive for $160. Have not put in camera yet. In my opinion the price difference more than outweighs any performance concerns. As far as reliability, I've had no probl

Re: Another GFM photo - to the GFM attendees

2005-05-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
>OK Ken is your wife's name French Yes (her maiden name), but I use it as her first name. >taking a little poll of those going to be there what they are more curious about I'm partial to your western scenics Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: My London PDML 2005 Gallery, at last...

2005-05-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
I see this group axles at going around like this... We will all soon tyre of this... Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: May 24, 2005 10:06 AM To: pentax list Subject: Re: My London PDML 2005 Gallery, at last... >>> damn that's a big bicycle >> >>mon

Re: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread Steve Jolly
Don Sanderson wrote: How does one figure partial stop numbers? For instance what stop is half way between 4 and 5.6? 4.76 :-) And where does 4.76 fall? Half way between 4 and 5.6 :-) Or in other words, f4.76 is 1/4 of a stop slower than f4 and 1/4 of a stop faster than f5.6 This is a 2

RE: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread Cory Papenfuss
On Tue, 24 May 2005, Don Sanderson wrote: Thanks Paul, I'm just curious as to how one determines where a number like 4.76 is. This is the number I get with the 1.7x on a 2.8 lens. Is it the amount of light one would get at F/4 divided by 1.7, which puts it nearer 5.6. Or is it closer to 1/2 stop

13 Days with Pentax

2005-05-24 Thread Kevin Waterson
Just re-subscribed after a 13 Day photo shoot of Dance. The Dance was an Eisteddfod of dance with a mix of Ballet, tap, jazz, cultural, contemporary and others. My job was to capture each act digitally for sale during the Eisteddfod. Equipment 2 x *istD 1 x 70-200mm 2.8 Tamaron AF 1 x 50mm 1.4 Pen

Re: F stop question

2005-05-24 Thread Cory Papenfuss
On Tue, 24 May 2005, Don Sanderson wrote: How does one figure partial stop numbers? For instance what stop is half way between 4 and 5.6? And where does 4.76 fall? This is a 2.8 lens with the SMCP-F 1.7x converter. I'm guessing there is a simple multiplier for this but with my limited knowledge

Re: PESO - Follow me, chaps!

2005-05-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
mike wilson wrote: > > Hi, > > A fortunate coming together of many factors. Unfortunately not including the > lens I would have chosen or the body. This is about a 40% crop out of a file > from the Optio 330GS. On holiday in Weymouth, Dorset, last year. > > http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/p

CF card: normal or Microdrive?

2005-05-24 Thread Thibouille
I guess normal is: * faster ? * less power consumption while Microdrive is: * cheaper :D While I'm at it, does High Speed card really matter in a D/Ds? Or is it only useful when reading back in a card reader on the Computer? -- Thibouille -- Z1,SuperA,KX,

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