Re: PAW/PESO: Bus Trip (redux)

2005-05-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
Me too. The tighter crop loses even more context and doesn't improve the picture. -- Bruce Sunday, May 29, 2005, 6:18:59 PM, you wrote: RW I agree with Shel--better framing and much better RW image quality in the original. RW Rick RW --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Frank

RE: PAW: An Old Man (Adjusted from Orig JPEG)

2005-05-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
H, Boris sent me a color JPEG which I fiddled with a bit. Were it my pic and had I wanted to invest a little more time, there are a few more adjustments I'd make, such as bringing down the bright area behind the guy's head and perhaps getting it to match the rest of the door. I had a problem

Re: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread John Coyle
Man, those are expensive to my Ozzie eyes! The cheapest is about the same price as my unit here in Brisbane - and we've got million-dollar views! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday,

RE: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread Bob W
Somebody will want to put a supermarket, 24-screen cinema and a giant BQ there. Then later it will become part of Heathrow Terminal 13. Property prices seem quite reasonable, judging from the other gallery you posted. You've seen my house - it's incredible how much difference there is in the type

RE: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread Bob W
Hi, Is that what Cotty looks out to every morning with his cuppa in hand? Unless he turns 45 degrees to the right, in which case he sees this: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/cottys2.jpg and that's when his cup runneth over... Bob

Re: Looking for a lense

2005-05-30 Thread danilo
There are also such things as Jamaican English, Australian English, Canadian English, African American English, Scots English, Estuary English, ... I could go on. don't forget the Maccaroni-English, which I'm proud to speak!! ;) Danilo

Re: Test of RAW Converters

2005-05-30 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi George, On Sun, 29 May 2005 11:45:14 -0500, George Sinos wrote: The three most interesting were CS2 Bridge Workflow, CS2 Camera RAW, and CS2 exporting RAW images. They are 29MB, 14MB and 8MB. Here's the link: http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html OK, thanks for that, will look at them

RE: Getting That Old Fashioned Glow

2005-05-30 Thread Bob W
Ravilious was the local photographer in North Devon for many years (he's dead now). Most of his work is in black white. It is a nostalgic portrait of a remote, rural community. Over the years he honed his technique to produce a soft, old-fashioned look. He had started with modern Leitz lenses,

Re: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/5/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Gasp. Sigh. Nice! Frank - come on over for a working holiday. Bring your wheels and do a spell in London. Not nearly as cold in the winter, plus we have loads of cute English girls who really dig older blokes ;-) Cheers, Cotty

Re: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/5/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: (For people who haven't seen my house - I live in a shoebox in London) We dreamed of a shoe box. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: upgrading to ttl flash metering

2005-05-30 Thread Frantisek
BS The TTL flash in the LX measures flash light bouncing off of the film. BS The TTL flash in the Super Program measures with a sensor in the BS mirror box. The effect is the same, ie. it measures the flash as BS actually seen by the camera at the film. Actually, both work the exact same way -

Re: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/5/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Property prices seem quite reasonable, judging from the other gallery you posted. You've seen my house - it's incredible how much difference there is in the type and size of property for about the same price. £250k is nothing here - the real nice

Re: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread David Mann
On May 30, 2005, at 7:10 PM, John Coyle wrote: Man, those are expensive to my Ozzie eyes! The cheapest is about the same price as my unit here in Brisbane - and we've got million- dollar views! I'm aware of what the property market is like in Aus... we've been going through similar

Re: Oxford Mini PDML - pics up...

2005-05-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/5/05, Markus Maurer, discombobulated, unleashed: indeed again a very nice presentation and I like your writing style a lot. Those small anecdotes added a lot to my reading and viewing pleasure. Thanks for showing it. Thanks Markus. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

Re: Street Photography: Roman Legion Invades Chester!

2005-05-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/5/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: No, they actually got stuck on the Magic Roundabout in Swindon, and haven't been heard from since. g How do you know about the Magic Roundabout in Swindon? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: So long AgfaPhoto

2005-05-30 Thread Frantisek
Monday, May 30, 2005, 6:15:16 AM, Mark wrote: MC Bummer. MC Time for a major APX / Rodinal order, I am more concerned about the paper. Their MC fibre is my favourite over last few years. But I still hope they survive, and continue production. BTW, Rodinal can be mixed, and Foma makes a same

My backyard (was RE: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread Bob W
Hi, this is the view you get in London for about the same money as those properties that Cotty showed: http://www.web-options.com/View2.jpg -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: John Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 May 2005 08:10 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject:

Re: (P)Z1-p questions

2005-05-30 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
Thanks for all the answers. On Sun, 29 May 2005, Mark Cassino wrote: Unlike the Mz-S, which ruthlessly chews down batteries even when it isn't doing anything). How is that? Kostas

Re: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 29 May 2005, frank theriault wrote: On 5/29/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/cottys.jpg Taken on Sunday morning two weeks ago. I just stepped out of Cotty's kitchen door, took a few snaps and went back in. Is that what Cotty looks out to

RE: So long AgfaPhoto

2005-05-30 Thread Bob W
I like Scala, and would be sad to see it disappear. More urgently, I have a pile of unprocessed rolls of the stuff which I'd better send off pdq. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Frantisek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 May 2005 10:37 To: Mark Cassino Subject: Re: So

Re: Re: So long AgfaPhoto

2005-05-30 Thread dagt
No. I'm just assuming that there will be a need for film, especially in larger formats, because some things, like LF newer will be available as digital cameras (expect line scanners) and that there is a borderline somewhere between LF and the 135 format may co-exist. This may very well be in

Re: upgrading to ttl flash metering

2005-05-30 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 29 May 2005, John Forbes wrote: Yer pays yer money, and yer takes yer choice. If you don't need auto-focus, my choice would be the Super-A. When comparing the SFXn with the Super-A it's the built-in winder that makes the difference for me (particularly since he will be using

Re: PESO: Black Tulip

2005-05-30 Thread David Savage
Holy crap. I hate you Frank VBG I consider myself a bug and flower guy, I'd be well chuffed with myself if I had taken that. As Paul said it's in focus where it needs to be, but the background is truly Theriaultian :-) Great effort for your first time at bat. Dave S On 5/30/05, frank

Re: PAW - German Color Power

2005-05-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like this. Beautiful color. It appears that you were going for symmetry and missed by a wee bit. If you rotate the image a degree or so clockwise and then crop accordingly, you can probably accomplish near perfect symmetry. Good work. Paul On May 29, 2005, at 11:00 PM, frank theriault

Re: How to p*ss off a whole load of local photographers :-(

2005-05-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
I don't think the woman astronaut is an example of the same kind of thing. She did go into outer space. Since she then had an opportunity that no accomplished Canadian photographer had, her photography and book were legitimate. Paul On May 29, 2005, at 11:28 PM, frank theriault wrote: On

Re: Size of ist Ds RAW files

2005-05-30 Thread Derby Chang
William Robb wrote: Approximately how large are the RAW files from the ist Ds? Thanks William Robb somewhere between 9 and 10.4MB. I fit about 92 RAWs on a 1G card. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc

Re: PESO -- 35-36-37

2005-05-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice nose shot of the car, but the background is very distracting. Paul On May 30, 2005, at 1:02 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Cryptic title but hey it's accurate. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_353637.html Technical Data: Pentax *ist-D iso-200 1/350sec. smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4AL @

RE: PAW - German Color Power

2005-05-30 Thread Bob W
I think 'shopping temple' is a great phrase, and I intend to steal it. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 May 2005 12:09 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PAW - German Color Power I like this. Beautiful color. It

PESO: Ten Seconds Earlier

2005-05-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Here's another look at two of the teens seen in my earlier PESO. This was shot just before they saw me. The light on the girl's skirt appears to be sunlight reflected off a window. I could work it out of there and remove the resulting shadows on her leg, but I rather like it. Again, it's the

Re: PAW: An Old Man (Adjusted from Orig JPEG)

2005-05-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Much better. But it still feels a bit pasty due to filling in highlights with neutral tone. But you did a good job of saving what's there. Does Boris have a RAW file? If so, much more highlight detail can probably be resurrected. Paul On May 30, 2005, at 3:02 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: H,

Re: PAW - German Color Power

2005-05-30 Thread David Savage
Ditto. It's a perfect phrase. :-) BTW Johannes, that is a beautiful shot, the colour is spectacular. My only suggestion would be to crop off the lower quarter, just above the lower most U shaped table. I think that the lower section is a bit empty and doesn't really add anything to the

Re: PAW: An Old Man (Adjusted from Orig JPEG)

2005-05-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
You should have seen the JPEG he sent ... I think the hat is the biggest offender, and in the darkness of morning here, I can see that bringing the face down a bit more might have helped. But there was only so much time I was going to put into it ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: Paul

Re: Bluejay

2005-05-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
So that's what happened to the Jays! They have been missing. West Nile virus has to have gotton a lot of Crows/Black Birds here too. The population at the back yard feeder is way down. Regards, Bob S. near Chicago On 5/29/05, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice shot, Fred. These are

Re: PESO: Black Tulip

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/30/05, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holy crap. I hate you Frank VBG I consider myself a bug and flower guy, I'd be well chuffed with myself if I had taken that. As Paul said it's in focus where it needs to be, but the background is truly Theriaultian :-) Great effort

Re: PAW/PESO: Bus Trip (redux)

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/30/05, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me too. The tighter crop loses even more context and doesn't improve the picture. Well, it's near unanimous, then. Scrap the crop. Go with what I started with. I kind of liked the original, but was responding to some comments I read.

Re: PESO: Black Tulip

2005-05-30 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found getting the focus right when the dof is so narrow, and the wind is blowing the tulips about to be very frustrating. In fact, that's why the other macros that day didn't come out right. The wind calmed down for a minute while I shot that black

Re: PESO: Black Tulip

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/30/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the only situation in which I prefer manual mirror lock-up to 2-second prefire. Much easier to time your shot for those brief lulls between gusts of wind! That only works with a tripod though, no? I was hand-holding, so that really

Re: PESO: Bluejay

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/28/05, Fred Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This guy showed up at my feeder this morning. Shot with my *istDS and F 70-210mm (@210mm). Camera was tripod mounted, shutter set to 2 second delay with mirror up, and using a homemade cable release. Image cropped in PSCS.

Re: PAW: An Old Man (Adjusted from Orig JPEG)

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/30/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: H, Boris sent me a color JPEG which I fiddled with a bit. Were it my pic and had I wanted to invest a little more time, there are a few more adjustments I'd make, such as bringing down the bright area behind the guy's head and perhaps

Re: PESO: Ten Seconds Earlier

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/30/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's another look at two of the teens seen in my earlier PESO. This was shot just before they saw me. The light on the girl's skirt appears to be sunlight reflected off a window. I could work it out of there and remove the resulting shadows

Re: PESO -- 35-36-37

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/30/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice nose shot of the car, but the background is very distracting. At first glance, I thought the background was distracting too, Paul, but upon further viewings, I'm coming to think that it puts the car into some context. I rather like it,

Re: PESO: Black Tulip

2005-05-30 Thread David Nelson
frank theriault wrote: I found getting the focus right when the dof is so narrow, and the wind is blowing the tulips about to be very frustrating. Whinge whinge whinge! I would have said 'welcome to my world' but I think I'll save that comment for when you start shooting at 1:1

Re: Street Photography: Roman Legion Invades Chester!

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/30/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you know about the Magic Roundabout in Swindon? We in the colonies pay attention to what goes on in the Mother Country (even while you pay no attention to us...) vbg -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Street Photography: Roman Legion Invades Chester!

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/30/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/30/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you know about the Magic Roundabout in Swindon? We in the colonies pay attention to what goes on in the Mother Country (even while you pay no attention to us...) vbg -frank But,

Re: PESO: Black Tulip

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/30/05, David Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: I found getting the focus right when the dof is so narrow, and the wind is blowing the tulips about to be very frustrating. Whinge whinge whinge! I would have said 'welcome to my world' but I think I'll save that

Re: PESO -- Whitetail Fawn - About 3 Weeks Old

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/27/05, william sawyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Group, It's been quite some time since I've contributed anything of substance to the list, so here's a shot I made about 3 years ago in Detroit's Kensington Metropark, where the Michigan PDML group has met several times. Improvement

Re: AW: AW: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-30 Thread Herb Chong
being unable to challenge someone that is about to go out of business is done by merely staying in business. Herb... - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 10:07 PM Subject: Re: AW: AW: Rumors About Pentax's

Re: PESO -- Spring Dance

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/30/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I'm sitting outside having a cup of coffee, taking a break and I see someone pirouetting down the street. I got off one shot before they decided to stop. This is cropped from the center 1/3rd of the frame.

Re: So long AgfaPhoto

2005-05-30 Thread Herb Chong
many classic developers are well documented as to their composition. the problem isn't so much the composition as obtaining the ingredients. you have to try a little harder these days. Herb... - Original Message - From: Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark Cassino

Re: Re: So long AgfaPhoto

2005-05-30 Thread Herb Chong
as Graywolf says, if an emulsion is worth making, it will be worth making in a variety of formats. it will only be worth making if there is enough small format sales. large and medium format will never dominate film sales even 10-15 years from now when we're down to about 5-10% of today's

Re: Some Grandfather Mountain Questions

2005-05-30 Thread frank theriault
On 5/30/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, here's what I decided on: Two LX bodies, 15, 20, 24, 35, 50, 77, 100 macro, 150, 200, 300. I can't fit the 400 in the bag I want to carry, but I might toss it into my checked bag. I could also bring my 80-200/2.8 ann leave three of the

FTZ500

2005-05-30 Thread Peter Belak
Hi all, no questions today :-) 2 weeks ago I asked about this flash operating manual. Thanks for all replies, I downloaded it. I used the flash one week ago at mountian bike marathon, unfortunately I didn't have enough time to shoot more, as I was helping with organizing. I only got some shots

Re: PAW: An Old Man (Adjusted from Orig JPEG)

2005-05-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Snap! That a huge improvement, I must say. Not perfect, but quiet presentable. It certainly comes much closer to what I think Boris would like to say about this gentleman, I would think. Great salvage job, Shel, and now that I can see it so much better, wonderful photo, Boris.

Questions re Pentax made lens filters

2005-05-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! For some time I've been using el cheapo (Cokin plastic et al) protective filters on my lenses. Some time ago I stopped doing so. Then recently I found that some of my lenses are now dusty inside. Then on eekBay I found that there are Pentax made lens filters. Some of them are even SMC. Are

Re: PESO -- 35-36-37

2005-05-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Sorry, you take um where you can. (I though of applying some blur to the background but decided to go with what was there. Lazy I know...) Paul Stenquist wrote: Nice nose shot of the car, but the background is very distracting. Paul On May 30, 2005, at 1:02 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Cryptic

Re: Questions re Pentax made lens filters

2005-05-30 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 30 May 2005, Boris Liberman wrote: Then of course as usualy I may be nuts again... I mean may be filters have nothing to do with dust inside lenses... I should think so. If you mentioned scratches on the front element though... To your question, SMC Pentax filters are highly reputed.

Re: PESO -- 35-36-37

2005-05-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Years, actually, it's three cars made into one. frank theriault wrote: On 5/30/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice nose shot of the car, but the background is very distracting. At first glance, I thought the background was distracting too, Paul, but upon further

RE: PESO: Black Tulip

2005-05-30 Thread Henk Terhell
Frank, very nice close-up. If you are now in to this macro work, I know another place where you can do more study on this subject of black tulips :) See: http://www.dewindvanvoorne.nl/fotoalbum/Sceneries/slides/zwartetulpenvel d.html Henk -Original Message- From: frank theriault

Re: PESO: Ten Seconds Earlier

2005-05-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Frank. I'm not sure what was going on here. He did keep the rose. However, the redhead girl appeared to be linked to him. Kids don't really date these days. They hang out in groups. Less pressure I think. On May 30, 2005, at 8:36 AM, frank theriault wrote: On 5/30/05, Paul Stenquist

Re: Questions re Pentax made lens filters

2005-05-30 Thread Fred
I mean may be filters have nothing to do with dust inside lenses... Indeed. I think most internal dust enters between moving parts (when focusing (and zooming, with zooms) (and perhaps also through the mount end). I think front filters have very little to do with internal dust (but a lot to do

Re: PAW/PESO: Bus Trip (redux)

2005-05-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
I still prefer the crop. The grittiness and softness don't bother me. This doesn't seem to be the kind of photo that calls for technical perfection. And I don't care what kind of bus the kid is on. He's going somewhere on a bus. That's all that matters. In the crop, we see him up close and

Re: PESO -- 35-36-37

2005-05-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
No need to be sorry. Just an observation. I've done the same many times. I've sometimes painted out parts of the background and/or introduced blur. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. But it's a good shot as is. Paul On May 30, 2005, at 9:41 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Sorry, you take um

Re: Questions re Pentax made lens filters

2005-05-30 Thread Fred
To your question, SMC Pentax filters are highly reputed. Hoya HMC are good and affordable; I have even heard that going SHMC is falling for marketing ploy. I have also used Heliopan filters (for BW) and was amazed by the smoothness of fitting. I like both Pentax SMC and Hoya HMC filters (and,

SMC-M 28mm/3.5

2005-05-30 Thread Thibouille
Any experience with this lens? What can I expect from it ? -- Thibouille -- Z1,SuperA,KX,MX,P30t and KR-10x ...

RE: Street Photography: Roman Legion Invades Chester!

2005-05-30 Thread Bob W
Hi, et voila! http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm Swindon is one of Britain's Crap Towns. They have their own webcam, but not enough sense to point it at the only interesting thing in the place: http://212.58.240.32/wiltshire/content/webcams/swindon_webcam.shtml ...apart from

Re: (P)Z1-p questions

2005-05-30 Thread Mark Cassino
The Mz-S drains batteries when it is simply left on, even if it is not being used. A few days in the bag with the switch simply set to the 'on' position is enough to drain even the 4 AA's in the battery pack. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI

Re: Questions re Pentax made lens filters

2005-05-30 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Boris Liberman wrote on 30.05.05 15:32: Are they worth it? How do they compare to other manufacturer's filters? Boris, main problem with filters is that they can cause unwanted flare and gosting. That's why SMC-coated filters theoretically should be the best. However I use Marumi WPC thin

Re: My backyard (was RE: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/5/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi, this is the view you get in London for about the same money as those properties that Cotty showed: http://www.web-options.com/View2.jpg so in fact that's a million-pound view! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Re: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread Graywolf
Make sure she wants to travel. Living in one of those in a mobile home park is not the way to go. Experience talking here. My only real regret is we sold it before she left me. One nice thing was when they raised the mobile homes lot rent $20, they only raised ours $5. Costs a thousand to

Re: How to p*ss off a whole load of local photographers :-(

2005-05-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: How to p*ss off a whole load of local photographers :-( I don't think the woman astronaut is an example of the same kind of thing. She did go into outer space. Since she then had an opportunity that no accomplished Canadian

Re: PESO: Ten Seconds Earlier

2005-05-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/5/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3408588 Paul That's a sweet shot, Paul. From the photo you took 10 seconds later, we know that he retained the rose, and seemed quite happy to have it. In this photo, he appears to almost be

Re: Some Grandfather Mountain Questions

2005-05-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/5/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Maybe the Leica. Take it ! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Street Photography: Roman Legion Invades Chester!

2005-05-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/5/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: How do you know about the Magic Roundabout in Swindon? We in the colonies pay attention to what goes on in the Mother Country (even while you pay no attention to us...) vbg I swear to God Frank, if you make it over here, I will take you

Re: Street Photography: Roman Legion Invades Chester!

2005-05-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/5/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: But, seriously, I recently read a book called The Human Factor, by a University of Toronto engineering professor, Kim Vicente. He used the Magic Roundabout as an example of design that completely and utterly failed in it's purpose to

Re: PAW: An Old Man (Adjusted from Orig JPEG)

2005-05-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Since I learned from working on the photo, I'd not do the same things in the same way, nor necessarily in the same order, again. To be brief, I used a double Hue/Sat layer technique, but also used Shadows/Highlights, masking, curves, healing brush, several sharpening techniques, selective

Re: SMC-M 28mm/3.5

2005-05-30 Thread Graywolf
Quite decent, actually. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Thibouille wrote: Any experience with this lens? What can I expect from it ? -- Thibouille -- Z1,SuperA,KX,MX,P30t and KR-10x

Re: Street Photography: Roman Legion Invades Chester!

2005-05-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Interesting to see it in action, do many escape? Cotty wrote: On 30/5/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: How do you know about the Magic Roundabout in Swindon? We in the colonies pay attention to what goes on in the Mother Country (even while you pay no attention to

FS: from the weekend

2005-05-30 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZdpconsultQ2ecom

Re: Street Photography: Roman Legion Invades Chester!

2005-05-30 Thread P. J. Alling
It depends on location. Traffic roteries are much more efficient in places with low to moderate traffic, where people know and understand the rules for their use. It's only in places where there is high traffic density and where drivers ignore the rules that they become death traps, Boston

RE: My backyard (was RE: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread Bob W
Well, yes - I guess you're right! -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 May 2005 15:35 To: pentax list Subject: Re: My backyard (was RE: Cotty's backyard On 30/5/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi, this is the view you

RE: SMC-M 28mm/3.5

2005-05-30 Thread Don Sanderson
One of my top 10 favorites. It's the 28 I compare others to, it usually wins. If you don't want it I'll be happy to take it! ;-) Don -Original Message- From: Thibouille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 9:17 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: SMC-M 28mm/3.5

RE: SMC-M 28mm/3.5

2005-05-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
How does it compare to the K28/3.5 in your opinion? Shel [Original Message] From: Don Sanderson One of my top 10 favorites. It's the 28 I compare others to, it usually wins. If you don't want it I'll be happy to take it! ;-) Don -Original Message- From: Thibouille

RE: SMC-M 28mm/3.5

2005-05-30 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Are you sure you mean the M version? I thought the one critically acclaimed was the 28mm F3.5 K version, not the M version which is totally different design JCO -Original Message- From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:57 AM To:

Pentax Sighting

2005-05-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Last night I watched Rosemary's Baby, the late 60's Roman Polanski film with Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes, also starring, in a small but important role, a Honeywell Pentax ;-)) Shel

RE: Pentax Sighting

2005-05-30 Thread Bob W
That should give their marketing department something to work with: Better the Devil You Know... Pentax - the camera Satan would use Burn in Hell with Honeywell Pedo Polanski Prefers Pentax and they could offer free courses in film devil-opment... -- Cheers,

RE: SMC-M 28mm/3.5

2005-05-30 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 30 May 2005, J. C. O'Connell wrote: Are you sure you mean the M version? I thought the one critically acclaimed was the 28mm F3.5 K version, not the M version which is totally different design Not sure what Don thinks, but http://stans-photography.info/ suggests it is a great

The Longest Sentence

2005-05-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I think Graywolf commented here about the current trend in using short, staccato-like sentences. His comment motivated a Google search to find the longest sentence in literature. Here are a couple of possibilities http://www.gavroche.org/vhugo/sentence.shtml Bored Shel

RE: Pentax Sighting

2005-05-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
LOL Shel [Original Message] From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: 5/30/2005 9:24:43 AM Subject: RE: Pentax Sighting That should give their marketing department something to work with: Better the Devil You Know... Pentax - the camera Satan would

PESO: Flowers - don't look if offended

2005-05-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Well Frank inspired me. I've had a number of slides scanned and thought to share a few. http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/Ranuncula1.jpg and http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/Tulip3.jpg Both with the MZ-S, A200/4 Macro, and scanned from Kodachrome 64. (Generally, the slides are coming back too

RE: SMC-M 28mm/3.5

2005-05-30 Thread Don Sanderson
I have both the K and M versions of the 3.5. I see very little difference in image quality between the two, especially at 5.6 and 8. The bokeh is a bit better on the K but for the size and weight difference, and the advantage of having the same filter size (49) as my 50's I usually prefer to carry

Re: Cotty's backyard

2005-05-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/cottys.jpg Taken on Sunday morning two weeks ago. I just stepped out of Cotty's kitchen door, took a few snaps and went back in. I am going to refrain from commenting... But then again I've read what others commented. Hence I am refraining :). Boris

Re: The Longest Sentence

2005-05-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I'm about to go off list - but without looking at the answers Finnegan's Wake? One of them has to be in Joyce right? ann -not bored - just packing

RE: The Longest Sentence

2005-05-30 Thread Bob W
Must be a bugger to read some of the German translations. With the verb coming at the end of the sentence, you'd be really stacking up the tension as you read, only for it to unravel in a sudden cascade of resolving sub-clauses for the last 20-30 pages. -- Cheers, Bob -Original

Re: Looking for a lense

2005-05-30 Thread wendy beard
Spot on, Frank! W. --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was Wendy, actually. And, not to put words in her mouth, but my recollection is that Wendy did not tell us that she thought sucks was vulgar in a sexual way, but rather simply poor English. I also seem to recall that

RE: SMC-M 28mm/3.5

2005-05-30 Thread Don Sanderson
By the way, my M28/2.8 is the Version 1 with the silver around the focus ring. YMMV with version 2. Don -Original Message- From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:51 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: SMC-M 28mm/3.5 I have both the K

Re: The Longest Sentence

2005-05-30 Thread Graywolf
I absolutely refuse to try and parse any sentence more than 3 pages long, nor paragraphs of more than 12 pages. GRIN! BTW, text with sentences averaging more than 12 words is considered difficult to understand. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Recognition

2005-05-30 Thread Larry Levy
In response to Larry Levy's, discombobulated, unleashing of: Finally, we've achieved true recognition. Look at 24 down in today's New York Times crossword puzzle. Larry in Dallas bewildered Cotty asked For those of us not in north America, or without access to the NY Times, can you put

RE: SMC-M 28mm/3.5

2005-05-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Recently I was told that there were two versions of the M28/2.8, with one being noticeably better than the other. Shel [Original Message] From: Don Sanderson BTW: I've found the M28/2.8 to be a better lens than I expected, given all the negative comments it's received, not as good as

RE: SMC-M 28mm/3.5

2005-05-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Ahh, that answers my question posted just a moment ago. Tks! Shel [Original Message] From: Don Sanderson By the way, my M28/2.8 is the Version 1 with the silver around the focus ring. YMMV with version 2.

Re: Recognition

2005-05-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/5/05, Larry Levy, discombobulated, unleashed: OK, for the disenlightened community (the NY Times xword puzzle is also published in the International Herald Tribune), the definition for 24 down was Canon competitor. Surprizingly, the answer wasn't Nikon. The correct answer was Pentax.

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