This is an older pre-set lens in very fine condition. It was converted to
K-mount some years ago - pretty nice job of it, too. Pics are here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/front2.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/side.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/rear.jpg
Contact me off
Can't help you with what camera it was Shel. But when I first saw it I
remember thinking it looked like a Pentax.
For those who haven't seen Proof, the blind photographer is played by
Hugo Weaving. Better known as Agent Smith in the Matrix movies or as
Lord Elrond in the Lord of the Rings. It also
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Away for a while but ist D sharpening
Hi folks been away for a while lurking but decided I have been away long
enough... Wanted to know what others have been setting their ist Ds to as
far as CF -sharpening, saturation et
- Original Message -
From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: Proof and Pentax
BTW, don't laugh too hard at the idea of a blind photographer.
Hell, half the "photographers" I deal with are blind, I am sure.
William Robb
Hey guys and gals,
Well, I just got back from a civil war re-enactment in Union, IL.
It's a great little train museum North and West of Chicago. I was, and
continue to be a participant in these events, rather than a
photographer, so did not have the chance to take any pictures.
Howev
Shel Belinkoff mused:
What most people don't know is that Captain Kangaroo (Keeshan) and Mr.
Rogers (Fred Rogers), each of which had very successful shows for
children,
and who were acknowledged "good friends," were really lovers, and Pee Wee
Herman (Paul Reubens) is their secretly adopted son
I just spent an enjoyable couple of hours watching the movie Proof
(http://imdb.com/title/tt0102721/) which, in it's most simple description,
is about a blind photographer and how he uses photography to explore the
world around him that he can sense but not see. He uses a P&S camera, one
with auto
Hi!
Sadly, all I'm getting is a bunch of Cyrillic (sp?) characters and no
photo. Anyone else getting a pic to look at?
I think I should apologize. After one day of no response from the list
(except Paul's) and rather negative response from the site where it was
posted I deleted it...
I th
For the most part...
All but the worst lenses are created equal at f/8 and smaller...
Regards,
Bob...
-
"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose
as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers
with the smallest po
On 26 Jun 2005 at 9:46, David Nelson wrote:
> Yo dudes,
> Some nasty person decided to list an SMC PENTAX-A MACRO 1:2.8 100mm,
> that famous lens that has been going for such crazy money recently...
> for 390 BIN!
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7526518253
>
> Not an a
Amita Guha wrote:
>
>
>
> The only problem is that the place has lately been really, really crowded on
> Sunday nights, seemingly with Manhattanites. :But I hear that there's a new
> bar across the street called the Sparrow that's pretty good.
>
> So what do you think, Ann and Frank? Care to v
Hi guys;
I finally did it. I ordered my ist-Ds yesterday. I should have it on
Wednesday. Do I need to update software? Any other suggestions and helpful
hints will be appreciated.
Butch
Earlier today it was listed at $4800.
On Jun 25, 2005, at 9:17 PM, Butch Black wrote:
OK am I missing something? $48 does not seem to me to be outrageous
for a older manual focus body
It's not just gold plated, it's cast from gold and painted to look like
a camera.
Collin R Brendemuehl wro
Yep, you've got to be quick. The original price was $4799.00 obviously
a mistake, but...
Butch Black wrote:
OK am I missing something? $48 does not seem to me to be outrageous
for a older manual focus body
It's not just gold plated, it's cast from gold and painted to look like
a camera.
I had pretty bad experience with that seller a couple of years ago.
They sold me "like new" FA-1 for LX, which took a couple of monthsto get across
the ocean, and when it finally arrived, it was nowhere neareven "bargain"
condition. Quite a beater. When I raised the issue withthem, they called me
It started out at $4799.00, I e-mailed the seller and they
changed it.
I know this seller and they're quite good so I let them know
they "boo boo"ed. ;-)
Don
> -Original Message-
> From: Butch Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 8:18 PM
> To: pentax-discuss@pdm
Thanks Scott and Frank. I didn't see Frank's reply. I haven't been
getting all the mail tonight.
Paul
On Jun 25, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:
On 6/25/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't much give a crap what it was shot with. OTOH, I don't give a
crap if one wan
Bill wrote:
BTW, back in the 70s, we used to turn our brides back to the sun to
get a
nice glow around the veil and shoot at f/5.6 @ 1/60 with fill flash.
It worked very well.
Of course, this is out of the question with digital, which is kind of
persnickety about exposure.
Backlit works qu
OK am I missing something? $48 does not seem to me to be outrageous for a
older manual focus body
It's not just gold plated, it's cast from gold and painted to look like
a camera.
Collin R Brendemuehl wrote:
... but I never thought it would come to this.
(I trust nobody here is watching it
I like this. A photograph taking place within a photograph is always
intriguing to me, and this one is particularly well framed and
executed.
On Jun 25, 2005, at 8:18 PM, Don Sanderson wrote:
-Original Message-
From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 200
Many photographers do some variation on that ;-))
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: Rick Womer
> Before I left, I posted a query about how people keep
> track of many rolls of film through processing, since
> processors don't reliably transfer numbers from
> cartridges to slide boxes. I
On 25 Jun, 2005, at 8:47, P. J. Alling wrote:
They supply AA alkaline batteries with the *ist-DL. Then recommend
against them. How cheap can you get...
and cheap is what they're aiming for, they give picture capacity for
128mb sd cards.
Not that surprising. Most of the digital P&S cameras I
On 6/25/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I don't much give a crap what it was shot with. OTOH, I don't give a
> crap if one wants to call it a "street shot" or not. I like it.
> Maybe I'm a pig (well, I guess there's not much doubt about that,
> really), but I like a pic of a g
I like it! Photographer's body language may indicate
he's serious, on some level.
Part of my interest is being shared with my curiosity
as to what the subject has under her legs. Appears to
have been placed there. "Modesty screen"?
Jack
--- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
http://www.
At 26. June 2005 01:10 William Robb wrote:
>just a friggin picture
You are absolutely right, just a picture. No big deal.
But it is like fishing. You are convinced that the fishes you loose are the
biggest. You know this isn't correct, but you can't stop thinking about it.
Perhaps I'm a compulsi
Hi folks been away for a while lurking but decided I have been away
long enough... Wanted to know what others have been setting their ist
Ds to as far as CF -sharpening, saturation etc to. I find that the ist
D default settings seem a little bland. Wonder if anyone has set their
cameras to maxi
Peter, that's a really fun shot.
I like everything about it.
The only part that bothers me a little is the white stripe on the
building in the upper right.
It keeps grabbing my attention for some reason.
Otherwise very sharp, well exposed and composed.
Nice.
Don
> -Original Message-
> Fro
Nice shot! Nice boat in the background, too--what's
the story behind it?
Rick
--- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_thephotographer.html
>
> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally
> ignored.
>
> --
> A man's only as old as the
Back from two weeks in France and Germany(one week
work, the other holiday). 22 rolls of Ektachrome
ready to go off to The Slideprinter for processing
tomorrow.
Before I left, I posted a query about how people keep
track of many rolls of film through processing, since
processors don't reliably tr
http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_thephotographer.html
As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.
--
A man's only as old as the woman he feels.
--Groucho Marx
Spurs? What spurs? I have a selective memory :-).
Thanks for the comment and the street photography tips :-)).
Paul
On Jun 25, 2005, at 6:52 PM, E.R.N. Reed wrote:
On 6/25/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The mercury topped off in the high nineties (F of course) today, so
two
ice
frank theriault wrote:
On 6/25/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What most people don't know is that Captain Kangaroo (Keeshan) and Mr.
Rogers (Fred Rogers), each of which had very successful shows for children,
and who were acknowledged "good friends," were really lovers, and Pe
he was a Sgt in the Marines at Iwo Jima, or was it only a Corporal.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: PAW PESO GESO POW WOW ZOWIE - Film is Not Dead
Did you know that Bob Keeshan, before hi
Urban Legend ... in part supported by a fabricated story Lee Marvin made on
the Tonight show in the 70's. The truth is Bob Keeshan enlisted in the
U.S. Marines, but too late to see any action during World War II. Keeshan
was born on 27 June 1927 and enlisted two weeks before his 18th birthday,
mon
Please excuse my late comment. Still behind with my PDML mails.
Can't help asking the same question that Thibouille did:
>Is that a dog?
It looks like something coming directly from the toy store.
Don: Did you look at its back end for a winder? ;-)
BTW. It looks like the new zoom has a nice qu
On 6/25/05, Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Someone has just asked me what I've been
> doing 'all this time'. If anyone else is
> interested there is a new button on my
> website -- 'Photomicro' -- that links to
> a directory with a very small sample of
> my output for the last two years.
On 6/25/05, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3441/display/3400596
>
> It took a lot of experimenting with flash compensation and exposure
> compensation to get the extreme tones right. This is my favorite of
> about 10 or 12 shots. Comments welcome
On 6/25/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What most people don't know is that Captain Kangaroo (Keeshan) and Mr.
> Rogers (Fred Rogers), each of which had very successful shows for children,
> and who were acknowledged "good friends," were really lovers, and Pee Wee
> Herman (Paul R
On 6/25/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Isn't that called "Ego Googling" when you search for yourself on the web?
I wouldn't know, as I'm sure I've never done that.
Actually, I didn't mean I searched my name on the web. With G-mail, I
can search particular words or phrases in my
- Original Message -
From: "Tim Øsleby"
Subject: RE: flash sync speed
What I find frustrating with slow flash sync?
Sometimes I want to shot more or less towards the sun, and still need a
large aperture. I'm talking very high speed.
A few days ago, I had to let a near perfect shot go
That's one hot babe! (I can tell by the way the ice cream's dripping)
Nice shot Paul. Pretty handy little lens.
Don
> -Original Message-
> From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 2:39 PM
> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> Subject: PESO: Not a street sho
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hey, are you suggesting I only use Pentax?
Shel (Leica-Yashicamat-Sony-Olympus-Rollei owner/user)
[Original Message]
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
If everyone on this le
i can't do evening. during the day is all that is open for me, and that will
be after i stop at B&H. figure 11:30 or so.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: The Bunny Lies Down On Broadway
Yo dudes,
Some nasty person decided to list an SMC PENTAX-A MACRO 1:2.8 100mm,
that famous lens that has been going for such crazy money recently...
for €390 BIN!
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7526518253
Not an auction, so the "no eBay" rule doesn't apply here, right?
Isn't that called "Ego Googling" when you search for yourself on the web?
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: frank theriault
> -frank (with g-mail I can google my name, and easily find every one of
> the silly references to me - don't think you're getting away with
> anything...)
On 6/25/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The mercury topped off in the high nineties (F of course) today, so two
ice creams are allowed. By the way this is NOT a street shot because it
was not taken with a focal length prescribed by the AOPSS (Arcane Order
of Pretentious Street Shoo
- Original Message -
From: "Evan Hanson"
Subject: Ok, I give up
What the heck is PESO?
Mexican money.
We used to joke about it being Canadian money as well, but not any more.
William Robb
LOVE IT! sister ERN ;-))
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: E.R.N.
> ERNR
> of the *istDerhood
Yo dudes,
Some nasty person decided to list an SMC PENTAX-A MACRO 1:2.8 100mm,
that famous lens that has been going for such crazy money recently...
for €390 BIN!
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7526518253
Not an auction, so the "no eBay" rule doesn't apply here, right?
An
Hello Paul,
Keep showing us shots from that new lens. I am quite anxious to see
how well it performs wide open at different focal lengths.
Like the shot BTW!
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Saturday, June 25, 2005, 12:38:57 PM, you wrote:
PS> The mercury topped off in the high nineties (F of course)
On 6/25/05, Fred Widall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/21445611/
Hey, I recognize that building! I can't rememer which one, but it's
s UniWat, from the 1970's expansion "let's make everything look
like a concrete bunker" era.
Nice, sharp image, Fred.
The GFM Team thanks you for your kind words, but I think the real
thanks should go to the people who do all the real work to make GFM
such a success, like Reeca and Madge and Diane and the rest of the
restaurant crew, Sandy and the office staff, Tom and Scott handling
the AV duties, Ed the
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
[...]
What most people don't know is that Captain Kangaroo (Keeshan) and Mr.
Rogers (Fred Rogers), each of which had very successful shows for children,
and who were acknowledged "good friends," were really lovers, and Pee Wee
Herman (Paul Reubens) is their secretly adopte
Picture Every So Often, or a unit of Mexican currency which is more than
a free web image may be worth...
Evan Hanson wrote:
What the heck is PESO?
--
A man's only as old as the woman he feels.
--Groucho Marx
On 6/25/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The mercury topped off in the high nineties (F of course) today, so two
> ice creams are allowed. By the way this is NOT a street shot because it
> was not taken with a focal length prescribed by the AOPSS (Arcane Order
> of Pretentious Street
frank theriault wrote:
On 6/24/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi!
Fresh out of the oven...
http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=918724&ref=author
After I took the shot I had a very good laff...
Sadly, all I'm getting is a bunch of Cyrillic (sp?) characters and no
pho
On 25/6/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
>-frank (who has a long memory, Cotty. GFM is only about 11 months
>away...
Flashguns at ten paces sir!
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com
___
On 6/25/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> I saw it yesterday, but it doesn't seem to want to load now.
> Paul
Thanks, Paul. Glad to know it's not just me. Maybe Boris can send it
to me off-list, or repost it? Boris! You there?
cheers,
frank
--
"Sharpness is a bou
On 6/24/05, Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> this adds a few more shots
>
> http://www.alphoto.com/co05/page1.htm
I like the one with the waitress walking toward the camera, the yellow
door (I'm assuming that's a railway car) and the coal shovel handle.
The rest are pretty cool, too.
ch
Hi Frank,
I saw it yesterday, but it doesn't seem to want to load now.
Paul
On Jun 25, 2005, at 5:48 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On 6/24/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi!
Fresh out of the oven...
http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=918724&ref=author
After I took the sho
On 6/25/05, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I saw the "Live Action" Bullwinkel, movie while on a transcontinental
> airplane flight,
> the thought of Bullwinkel trying to pull Frank out of the hat and the
> probable results doesn't
> bear imagining.
Sigh...
-frank (with g-mail I can g
On 6/23/05, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 23/6/05, Tom Reese, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
> >And we have Frank, Cotty and Bill Robb as well.
>
> Now hang on a minute mate. It's bad enough being lumped into the same
> frying pan as Frank. But Rottweiler Robb as well??
>
Geez, I'm away f
On 6/24/05, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.lookingglassphoto.com/index.html
>
> Are you sure that's Berkeley and not Toronto? Looks like Frank shot the
> portrait on the home page. :-P
>
1) It's colour,
2) Those green things in the background are fairly sharp, and,
3) Th
On 6/24/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Fresh out of the oven...
>
> http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=918724&ref=author
>
> After I took the shot I had a very good laff...
>
Sadly, all I'm getting is a bunch of Cyrillic (sp?) characters and no
photo. Anyone e
> Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>
> >Hey, are you suggesting I only use Pentax?
> >
> >Shel (Leica-Yashicamat-Sony-Olympus-Rollei owner/user)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>[Original Message]
> >>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >>If everyone on this
It's the DA 50-200 of course. I'm very pleased with its performance.
This shot is quite sharp at 100%. Perhaps i'll post a detail later.
Paul
On Jun 25, 2005, at 4:55 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Paul Stenquist wrote:
The mercury topped off in the high nineties (F of course) today, so
two ice
What I find frustrating with slow flash sync?
Sometimes I want to shot more or less towards the sun, and still need a
large aperture. I'm talking very high speed.
A few days ago, I had to let a near perfect shot go, with some very nice
rocks and a beautiful sky, because of this. It was a real dow
But the ND filter effectively reduces the stop in terms of how much
flash you can lay in the shot. In daylight and with no walls or ceiling
to reflect some of the spill light back, it's hard enough to get a
useful amount of fill. High speed synch is important for anyone who
shoots outdoor portr
On 25/6/05, Evan Hanson, discombobulated, unleashed:
>What the heck is PESO?
Try here:
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com
_
Paul Stenquist wrote:
The mercury topped off in the high nineties (F of course) today, so
two ice creams are allowed. By the way this is NOT a street shot
because it was not taken with a focal length prescribed by the
AOPSS (Arcane Order of Pretentious Street Shooters :-)). Seriously
it's
On Jun 25, 2005, at 1:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Quite frequently, both fill flash and a large aperture are
desirable in sunlight. For that, you need high-speed synch.
Or an ND filter... :-)
Seriously, I do understand about fill flash etc, but 1/180 sec seems
quite fast enough for my ne
Paul Stenquist wrote:
The mercury topped off in the high nineties (F of course) today, so two
ice creams are allowed. By the way this is NOT a street shot because it
was not taken with a focal length prescribed by the AOPSS (Arcane Order
of Pretentious Street Shooters :-)). Seriously it's with
Picture Every So Often as far as i know...
Michael
Evan Hanson wrote:
What the heck is PESO?
What the heck is PESO?
Quite frequently, both fill flash and a large aperture are desirable in
sunlight. For that, you need high-speed synch.
Paul
On Jun 25, 2005, at 12:45 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Jun 25, 2005, at 5:33 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
I'm new here, and I wonder- What thread are you referring to? I've
http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3441/display/3400596
It took a lot of experimenting with flash compensation and exposure
compensation to get the extreme tones right. This is my favorite of
about 10 or 12 shots. Comments welcome.
Joe
On 6/25/05, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The only problem is that the place has lately been really, really crowded on
> Sunday nights, seemingly with Manhattanites. :But I hear that there's a new
> bar across the street called the Sparrow that's pretty good.
>
> So what do you think, An
The mercury topped off in the high nineties (F of course) today, so two
ice creams are allowed. By the way this is NOT a street shot because it
was not taken with a focal length prescribed by the AOPSS (Arcane Order
of Pretentious Street Shooters :-)). Seriously it's with the CA 50-200,
200mm,
It's not just gold plated, it's cast from gold and painted to look like
a camera.
Collin R Brendemuehl wrote:
... but I never thought it would come to this.
(I trust nobody here is watching it!)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15240&item=7526451256&rd=1
Collin
On 25/6/05, Collin R Brendemuehl, discombobulated, unleashed:
>... but I never thought it would come to this.
Thanks a bloody lot Collin. I was hoping nobody had seen it :-(
>
>(I trust nobody here is watching it!)
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
>ViewItem&category=15240&item=7526451256&r
This is it...
Joaquim Carvalho wrote:
Daniel Liu wrote:
Weird, in some ways it's better than the DS. bigger screen, auto iso,
you can choose cont. AF in any non-preset mode.hope the ds gets a
firmware update.
We should push for that.
Does Pentax have any costumer feedback form?
The only problem is that the place has lately been really, really crowded on
Sunday nights, seemingly with Manhattanites. :But I hear that there's a new
bar across the street called the Sparrow that's pretty good.
So what do you think, Ann and Frank? Care to venture out to Queens for a
drink next
I do recall Joey Heatherton, didn't know the Merry Mailman was her father.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Do you recall the actress, singer, and most notably, dancer, Joey
Heatherton? Her dad, Ray, played the Merry Mailman on WPIX in NYC (and, I
suppose, surrounding areas).
Shel
[Original Mess
Mis-placed decimal points, also, cause bridges to fall
down.
(old enough to have heard it all)
Jack
--- Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sneaky little decimal point, movin' around like
> that! ;-)
>
> Don
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Collin R Brendemuehl
> [mailto:[EMA
Thanks Tom, that makes sense.
Don
> -Original Message-
> From: Graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 12:49 PM
> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> Subject: Re: OT: Tri-X question for you B&W shooters.
>
>
> Tri-X Pan 400 is the old 35mm/roll-film formula,
>
> T
On 6/25/05, Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tri-X Pan 400 is the old 35mm/roll-film formula,
>
> Tri-X Professional 320 is the old roll-film/sheet film formula it has/had a
> gelatin retouching surface on the back of the film.
>
> Tri-X Professional 400 is the current film that replaces bo
Sneaky little decimal point, movin' around like that! ;-)
Don
> -Original Message-
> From: Collin R Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 1:50 PM
> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> Subject: I heard things were going up in price in the Pentax world ...
>
>
>
Contrary to what the "perfect is not good enough" folks say, you have to look at
the use the things are designed for. Aux tele & wa converters do work quite well for
snapshot size photos. You are correct they require no exposure compensation.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
"Idiot Proof"
... but I never thought it would come to this.
(I trust nobody here is watching it!)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15240&item=7526451256&rd=1
Collin
Tri-X Pan 400 is the old 35mm/roll-film formula,
Tri-X Professional 320 is the old roll-film/sheet film formula it has/had a gelatin retouching surface on the back of the film.
Tri-X Professional 400 is the current film that replaces both of the former
ones. It supposedly has an entirely new
I think that would be a perfect place. You have my vote.
On 6/25/05, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Actually, my flight home gets in in the early evening, so I should be home
> by 8. So I might be able to do something that night. Mishka, do you think we
> can convince Frank and Ann to
Daniel Liu wrote:
Weird, in some ways it's better than the DS. bigger screen, auto iso,
you can choose cont. AF in any non-preset mode.hope the ds gets a
firmware update.
We should push for that.
Does Pentax have any costumer feedback form?
On Jun 25, 2005, at 5:33 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
I'm new here, and I wonder- What thread are you referring to? I've
just
realized how frustrating the slow sync at my Ds is, and want to
read more
about this.
Ok. What do you find frustrating about it? I normally don't use flash
much, but wh
I have the DA14mm, which is awesome and works beautifully on the D/DS
bodies. It was the only lens I bought with the camera, my "kit" lens.
If you really must have that wide a field of view for a 24x36mm
camera (I had a 15mm once and found I only very rarely used such an
ultrawide), and can
Daniel,
I've been able to use an M28/3.5 (the only wide prime I own) for
indoor shooting without a flash. Since I've been down rating Tri-X to
320 or 200, this often means maximum aperture at 1/15. If you plan on
setting your light sensitivity to between 400 and 1600, just use a
lens you like an
If you are not short of memory keep shooting at 6 megs. Sooner or later
someone will want a poster, or at least some large prints.
Powell
At 08:57 AM 25/06/2005 , you wrote:
>
>A lot of my wife's shooting is for business purposes, and her images are
>displayed at 640x480 or less (approximately)
ISO 800 and 1600 are perfectly usable with the *ist DS so you can use
an f/2.8 lens very successfully.
I have no experience of that particular Sigma lens, but I'd much
prefer the Pentax FA28/2.8 all around. I'm just not happy with Sigma
quality control.
Godfrey
On Jun 25, 2005, at 1:33 A
David Oswald wrote:
Is there any advantage to her continuing to shoot at 6mp, or should I
teach her how to switch to 4mp or 1.5mp?
It is always better to have more data in my opinion. If you have bigger
image you can always crop more, noise from high ISO settings will be
more reduced in res
On Jun 25, 2005, at 8:57 AM, David Oswald wrote:
A lot of my wife's shooting is for business purposes, and her
images are displayed at 640x480 or less (approximately). Givn that
she reduces them so greatly once they come out of the *ist-DS, I'm
fairly certain that there is no need for her
Weird, in some ways it's better than the DS. bigger screen, auto iso,
you can choose cont. AF in any non-preset mode.hope the ds gets a
firmware update.
--Daniel Liu
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diving is definitely not for you."
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