Re: Pentax 6x7 eyeglass saver

2005-08-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 6, 2005, at 11:49 PM, Derby Chang wrote: Does anyone have any ideas on how to make the Pentax 6x7 serrated doughnut easier on eyeglasses? My last pair of glasses had the coating on the right lens all scratched because of overzealous camera use. In the past, on cameras that had a ha

Pentax 6x7 eyeglass saver

2005-08-06 Thread Derby Chang
Does anyone have any ideas on how to make the Pentax 6x7 serrated doughnut easier on eyeglasses? My last pair of glasses had the coating on the right lens all scratched because of overzealous camera use. So my 35mm bodies now all wear an eyecup F (except for the well-designed PZ1 which doesnt

Re: PESO: emily and a new *istDS

2005-08-06 Thread Derby Chang
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Haven't posted a PESO for a while, haven't had time to take many pics. Snapshots can still be art(ful), I say. Story: miss my last job because of the fun 'after-hours' social sessions. Ex-workmate decided to part ways with that company recently. The farewell was at a

Re: PESO: For Shel and Bruce

2005-08-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
Very well done, Joe! Before the trip I took a look at Hovenweep on the web, and it looked like it would not be that spetacular for photography. Certainly in this case, the sky really makes the photo. Very nice work. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, August 6, 2005, 6:30:28 PM, you wrote: JT>

Re: PESO - The Pyramid

2005-08-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks muchly Dave, I'm glad it struck you the same way it struck me. I'm sure your D will take pictures like that - just need to get to the scenery. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, August 6, 2005, 6:25:43 PM, you wrote: bcin> Bruce. bcin> Very dramatic shot. I like the hills as backdrop to

Re: computer question

2005-08-06 Thread P. J. Alling
This is going to sound stupid but did you re-boot your machine? Butch Black wrote: Hi Guys I've got a computer problem. I can't access I.E. Explorer or the web. I keep getting an error message: Microsoft visual C++ runtime error Runtime error! Program: C:\Program files\Internet Explorer\i

RE: computer question

2005-08-06 Thread Gautam Sarup
Hi Butch, Did you try to restart your computer? Sometimes this takes care of transient bugs. If you still get the problem let me know and we can try a few more things. Let me know what operating system you're using. Gautam > -Original Message- > From: Butch Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread P. J. Alling
I own a -5n that was my point. Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, P. J. Alling wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: I don't know what a "flash system" might be. I'm ignorant about flash. Never used it. I was thinking of the flash that's built in to the camera, where it needs some tim

computer question

2005-08-06 Thread Butch Black
Hi Guys I've got a computer problem. I can't access I.E. Explorer or the web. I keep getting an error message: Microsoft visual C++ runtime error Runtime error! Program: C:\Program files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual

RE: Enough Already!

2005-08-06 Thread Gautam Sarup
One place on her excellent website she writes of the Zorki 4K camerass. Zorki 4K, 26.99; the truth, priceless. I do like my M6TTL. Thought Leica overpriced till I got it but now I'm hooked on it paired to the 50mm Elmar-M. Cheers, Gautam > -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [ma

Re: PESO: Carlos' Grin

2005-08-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 6, 2005, at 3:10 PM, frank theriault wrote: Another one that I kind of like from New York. I wish his eyes weren't so dark (I know, fill flash... ), but for me (maybe not for you) there's enough character in the rest of the photo to overcome the many technical defiencies: http://www.pho

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
And again. :-) Godfrey On Aug 6, 2005, at 8:36 PM, Gautam Sarup wrote: Frank, Congratulations. Cheers, Gautam -Original Message- On Aug 6, 2005, at 9:22 AM, frank theriault wrote: Well, it's official. Frankie's no longer a bike messenger audience>. He's a bike messenger disp

Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals

2005-08-06 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: We'd spent the better part of a day driving from Panama City to Yaviza, the last town on most maps of Panama before the Darien Gap, where all roads end and the jungle engulfs you. My cousin was driving the Land Cruiser, and we decided to press on to the northern border of

Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals

2005-08-06 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: We'd spent the better part of a day driving from Panama City to Yaviza, the last town on most maps of Panama before the Darien Gap, where all roads end and the jungle engulfs you. My cousin was driving the Land Cruiser, and we decided to press on to the northern border of

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Congratulations, Frank!

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread E.R.N. Reed
John Francis wrote: You know, just once it would be really nice if somebody could discuss a style of photography, or a technology, that differed from the one they chose for their own particular niche without being insultingly dismissive. What a revolutionary idea!! (and a good one) Auto-f

Re: PESO - Another Street Photo

2005-08-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 5, 2005, at 11:30 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: Taken a couple of months ago with an M150/3.5 Shel was kind enough to let me play with (of course he had custody of my 77mm Limited at the time): http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso19.html Yeah, a street photo... Gritty comes to mind. ;-

RE: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Gautam Sarup
Frank, Congratulations. Cheers, Gautam > -Original Message- > On Aug 6, 2005, at 9:22 AM, frank theriault wrote: > > > Well, it's official. > > > > Frankie's no longer a bike messenger . > > > > He's a bike messenger dispatcher. > > > > I've actually been a back-up dispatcher for many y

Re: Countdown to the Dream Cruise

2005-08-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3610553&size=lg That's a wonderful, dynamic shot, Paul. Great job. Christian

Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals

2005-08-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
We'd spent the better part of a day driving from Panama City to Yaviza, the last town on most maps of Panama before the Darien Gap, where all roads end and the jungle engulfs you. My cousin was driving the Land Cruiser, and we decided to press on to the northern border of Parque Nacional Darien.

PESO: Countdown to the Dream Cruise

2005-08-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Two weeks to the Dream Cruise and traffic is building on Woodward Avenue. Must have been several thousand enthusiast type cars of various genres out tonight. In two weeks there will be 50,000 or so. But there were enough tonight that the Royal Oak police -- macho idiots that they are -- started

Re: Pentax 35/2.0 vs. Limited 31/1.8 lens?

2005-08-06 Thread David Savage
Go for the 31, you won't regret it. The build quality & manual focus feel make it worth every cent, without even consdering the image quality. It's a bit heavy, but I quite often use it as a walk around lens & I dont find the weight a problem. Dave On 8/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals

2005-08-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals ...and you'd have never ended up on this list. So, tell me, where exactly is this "happy ending" you were telling us about? You had to bring that up... WW

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread David Savage
I hope you didn't Kieth. It's just not worth it. Dave On 8/7/05, keithw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: > > frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Well, it's official. > >> > >>Frankie's no longer a bike messenger > > > audience>. > > > >>He's a bike messenger

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread David Savage
Nonsense, it's only a 20 some hour flight. Goes by so fast you'd hardly notice. Congrats on the new job. Dave On 8/7/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, next year's CMWC is in Sydney, Australia, so I fear that your > question is a moot one . > > cheers, > frank

Re: Yet more Philly PDML

2005-08-06 Thread Scott Loveless
On 8/6/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Apparently, you like doors and windows. > > Well, I like your door and window shots. Well done! > > The other shots are good, too. Thank you, sir. > > There should be more shots of PDML members, though... All my color photos are fr

Re: Yet more Philly PDML

2005-08-06 Thread Scott Loveless
Thanks, Rick. Errors could quite possibly be due to my own ham-handedness with photoshop. Of course, they could just be over-exposed, too. Philly was phun. We'll have to do it again sometime. On 8/5/05, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott, > > These are nice! 6 and 7 seem a bit o

Re: Something to make Cotty proud

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/5/05, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.boozhoundlabs.com/holga-f/ > > On 8/4/05, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Didn't Juan do something like this? > > Back in 2000... > > http://www.jbuhler.com/HLimited/index.html > Sigh... -frank -- "Sharpnes

Re: Something to make Cotty proud

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/5/05, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someone will have to adapt one to Pentax 6x7 mount... > > http://www.boozhoundlabs.com/holga-f/ > Sigh... -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Yet more Philly PDML

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/3/05, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I finally received my chromes from Fuji! I've posted seven. These > were taken late Sunday morning, July 10 near Washington Square. Feel > free to blast away. > Apparently, you like doors and windows. Well, I like your door and window s

Re: OT:Local beers was: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 22:09:46 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Frank. I was in the LCBO picking up some spirits up after day two of a > three day > horse show and > quess what. They sell C'est What Hemp Ale. > > Tempted to pick up a 6 pack. I know what it tastes

Re: My daughter with FA 24/f2

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Clicked on the URL, waited many minutes, only to see nothing but a > forehead and eyebrows. Saw that the thing was 800k (!). > > Decided to go downstairs to pour another beer, feed the cat and nuke a > couple of hotdogs. Came back

Re: PESO: For Shel and Bruce

2005-08-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 6, 2005, at 6:30 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: A ruin for Shel and the Southwest for Bruce: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/2646/display/3677212 Hmm. Dramatic ... yes. Pleasing ... I'm not sure. It's a very harsh rendering and a little hard on my eyes. Godfrey

Re: My daughter with FA 24/f2

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/4/05, Jay Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is one of my first captures with my new FA 24 lens on the DS. > Cropped and converted to monochrome via the Channel Mixer with a slight > tint in CS. > > http://i.pbase.com/v3/87/63987/2/47176457.NicoleBW.jpg > > I'm still trying to figure

Re: Enough Already!

2005-08-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 6, 2005, at 3:45 PM, frank theriault wrote: The meter arm and shutter [on the Leica CL] are known points of fragility, as is the meter readout in the viewfinder. Agreed. As I said in my last post, I've read two lines of thought WRT those problems. First is that the samples with tho

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread keithw
Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: keithw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cotty wrote: On 6/8/05, keithw, discombobulated, unleashed: All I've got in the house at the moment is a cold Fosters, but I'll grit my teeth and drink a toast to you, Frank. Steady on old boy. Don't force yourself ;-) May

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread Mark Roberts
John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Prophets of the one true way just show they are stuck in a limited rut. Amen, brother ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

OT:Local beers was: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread brooksdj
> > - Original Message - > From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Oh well, I guess I'll just be forced to embark on an extensive > > taste-test comparison program! > > Glad to be of service. > > Christian > PS: Dogfish Head may not be availa

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread brooksdj
> Well, it's official. > > Frankie's no longer a bike messenger . > > He's a bike messenger dispatcher. > > I may go out to celebrate tonight! > > cheers, > frank Good to hear Frank. Just remender, is was once your size BEFORE i moved indoors. LOL D

Re: TOPDML Proposed Meeting

2005-08-06 Thread brooksdj
A roll of WHAT.:-) Actually i do a reining show on the Sat/Sun, but Monday could be free. Have'nt had the Sigma 300 out since GFM,although Brother Aaron has had more use than moi.LOL Maybe he could "lend" me that 1.4 converter to.:-) I think it could be do able. After all , if Cotty can get

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Oh well, I guess I'll just be forced to embark on an extensive > taste-test comparison program! Glad to be of service. Christian PS: Dogfish Head may not be available in PA http://www.dogfish.com/beer/distributors.cfm but i

Re: Pentax 35/2.0 vs. Limited 31/1.8 lens?

2005-08-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 6, 2005, at 7:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I am going to purchase one of these two lens and was wondering which lens most folks think is the better buy. Which is the best glass for the money? I bought a 31 and sold it because I found it too large and heavy for my taste. A v

Re: PESO: Chris Rolls His Own

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 21:47:46 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice 'caught in the act', "Caught in the act." Hmmm... Well, I'm not exactly sure ~what~ was in that cigarette. But, it's not for me to judge. Glad you liked it, Dave. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a

RE: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Amita Guha
> He's a bike messenger dispatcher. Many congrats, Frank! Good to hear you won't have to ride in the winter anymore. Hope you're enjoying celebrating tonight! Amita

TOPDML Proposed Meeting

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
I was at Downtown Camera today buying a roll of Tri-X, and who do you think is standing beside me at the film counter? Dave Chang-Sang, the man of a thousand camera systems (Is he still on the list? Who knows?). He reminded me that the CNE Airshow is upcoming (Labour Day Weekend), and that's bee

Re: PESO: For Shel and Bruce

2005-08-06 Thread brooksdj
> A ruin for Shel and the Southwest for Bruce: > > http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/2646/display/3677212 > > Of course everyone else is welcome to look and comment. > > > Joe > Wow. Great shot Joe. The dark sky and white clouds is very dramatic

Re: PESO: Chris Rolls His Own

2005-08-06 Thread brooksdj
Nice 'caught in the act', or should i say"caughtinmotion" shot. Not sure if i would like it better if the other lad was cropped out,but thats here nor there. Dave > On Aug 5, 2005, at 7:50 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?p

Re: PESO: For Shel and Bruce

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A ruin for Shel and the Southwest for Bruce: > > http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/2646/display/3677212 > > Of course everyone else is welcome to look and comment. > > I am pretty pleased, especially considering that I shoot very little

Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals

2005-08-06 Thread brooksdj
> On 8/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > andplop...istD and lens fell about waist high to the ground(semi wet > > grass) > > > Anyone else have a fall story and good news after.?? > > > > Well, not a *istD story, Dave,

Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I hadn't had that accident, I would likely not have bought the 6x7, most > likely wouldn't have any bought Pentax gear at all. ...and you'd have never ended up on this list. So, tell me, where exactly is this "happy ending" you were telling

Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tried something a bit different at the show today. Used daughters top > loader bag > with istD and > 16-45 for close up shots. > Bags quite a bit top heavy when on a belt and i quess i didi not have the > clip done up > correctly > a

PESO: For Shel and Bruce

2005-08-06 Thread Joseph Tainter
A ruin for Shel and the Southwest for Bruce: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/2646/display/3677212 Of course everyone else is welcome to look and comment. I am pretty pleased, especially considering that I shoot very little B/W. The photo was taken about two weeks ago. I had shot this

Re: Hello from Ann

2005-08-06 Thread brooksdj
Tomorrow she'll be heading up toward Canada > to try and bring some discipline to the Robb house. > Paul (And Ann) > Write it down and let us know how.:-) Happy travels. Dave

Re: PESO - The Pyramid

2005-08-06 Thread brooksdj
Bruce. Very dramatic shot. I like the hills as backdrop to the shot. The blue tinge of the hills works well. Hopefylly my istD suffered no damage and eventually take shots like these.:-) Dave > Taken halfway up the plateau looking out over Valley of the

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I don't know what a "flash system" might be. I'm ignorant about flash. Never used it. I was thinking of the flash that's built in to the camera, where it needs some time to physically pop up and then do whatever else it does. That flash does not have

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, P. J. Alling wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: I don't know what a "flash system" might be. I'm ignorant about flash. Never used it. I was thinking of the flash that's built in to the camera, where it needs some time to physically pop up and then do whatever else it does. I

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > A local Ontario, Canada mini-brewery makes a real nice bitter: > Wellington Arkell Best Bitter is a nice, light summertime beer > The first bottle's open and in the glass, Bill Evans is on the stereo, > and I'm on-list.

Re: My daughter with FA 24/f2

2005-08-06 Thread brooksdj
Hi Jay. Nice pose and all round content. I'm with Cotty re the reflection in the glasses. I'd prefer it was not there, or at least the glasses. Other than that, very nice. Dave > Here is one of my first captures with my new FA 24 lens on the DS. > Cr

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Bruce ... I agree about the finder. It is pretty nice and it does allow manual focusing to be pretty easy. I've started compiling a compendium of features and attributes that I like and dislike about the camera, and the finder, especially the diopter correction, is in the OK category. Actual

Re: The instigation of enablement

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Powell Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Frank is not immune - he's impoverished > > > >Well, there's that too... > > > Lost that excuse with your new position frank, so get enabling! Actually, the Photography Gods have been pretty good to me over the past year. Hard to be

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Congratulations, Frank! > I'll raise a glass of cabernet to you in a few minutes Excellent! - while giving my > own sore muscles a rest after *hammering* 42 miles on the bike today :) Now that I'm not killing myself during the week (I dispatc

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Shel, Two comments here. First, you are using an AF camera that has a liveable viewfinder - not great, but ok by AF camera standards. That means that it is possible to MF with the camera. Some of the AF cameras have such lousy finders that you are pretty much stuck with working with the A

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You know, just once it would be really nice if somebody could discuss > a style of photography, or a technology, that differed from the one they > chose for their own particular niche without being insultingly dismissive. > > Auto-focus is usef

going digital but not Pentax

2005-08-06 Thread Ivan Shukster
Yesterday I got stung by a wasp and it got infected so the following may not come to pass if my hand gets much worse (already on antibiotics) There is a real rodeo (small town type) occuring close to town that a friend and I are planning on shooting and I will go digital. We own a Sony point and

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 8/6/05, Gianfranco Irlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sad news, Keith... >> Our usual pub was short of the regular stout (last day open >> before summer holydays) so we opted to several pints of McEwans >> Scotch Ale (not bad, after all...) >> *h

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Mark Roberts
"Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Last night I had a pint of Old Dominion's Oak Barrel Stout (it's from >> Virginia). Great stuff! Highly recommended. > >Bah! It's shite! Try a Dogfish Head Chicory Stout. You'll never drink >that Old Dominion

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 10:17:27PM +0200, Gerhard May wrote: > Why do think european profi-photographer prefer MF-bodies till now? With > autofocus you will take some nice pics, with manual focus you can create a > picture. It's the big error that autofocus is a must for cameras, in > reality au

Re: OT - Mac users help please

2005-08-06 Thread Alan P. Hayes
I think it's sunspots. Things are fine, down here in the bunker! The cool shady bunker... At 11:03 PM +0100 8/6/05, Cotty wrote: On 6/8/05, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed: Happens for me to. OS X 10.4.someting, Safari 2.0 (which I don't use much - I prefer Firefox.) Other people se

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Last night I had a pint of Old Dominion's Oak Barrel Stout (it's from > Virginia). Great stuff! Highly recommended. Bah! It's shite! Try a Dogfish Head Chicory Stout. You'll never drink that Old Dominion swill again! :

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Congratulations, Frank! I'll raise a glass of cabernet to you in a few minutes - while giving my own sore muscles a rest after *hammering* 42 miles on the bike today :) BTW: Does this mean you won't be eligible for the Cycle Messenger World Championships next year? -- Mark Roberts Photography an

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So, training for the mountains of France are we, Mark? You got it. Now that I'm not teaching that summer course I have a little more free time (though I just got two more good freelance jobs). I'm getting in about 40 miles of running per week, plus a

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, congrats, Frank. > > Joe Well, thanks, Joe. And thanks to everyone else who's posted (and may post later) on this thread. -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last night I had a pint of Old Dominion's Oak Barrel Stout (it's from > Virginia). Great stuff! Highly recommended. > Knarf, I'll buy you a pint next time you're in town. Mark, You know I'll hold you to that, eh? (I'll have a pint of Oatmeal

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Joseph Tainter
Well, congrats, Frank. Joe

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, Vic Mortelmans wrote: Does anyone perhaps know a comprehensive resource on the web about flash photography (with Pentax, if it could?). I still feel very unfamiliar with all concepts of flash metering. http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/technology/hot-shoe/index.html Boz is your fri

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, Cotty wrote: The flash calculates the amount of light needed to expose the scene properly with a pre-flash, and then fires the main flash instantly. For Shel's (and others' enlightenment): the -5n does *not* preflash. Kostas

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Gianfranco Irlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sad news, Keith... > Our usual pub was short of the regular stout (last day open > before summer holydays) so we opted to several pints of McEwans > Scotch Ale (not bad, after all...) > *hic!* > > Gianco I was sort of 1/2 joking when I s

Re: Enough Already!

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Frank ... > > Hate to be a nit picl\ker, but that's my mood today after spending a few > hours shooting with the ZX-5n. > > The M5 was the first Leica RF with a built in meter. It was introduced in > 1971 while the CL was introduced a cou

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
keithw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cotty wrote: > > On 6/8/05, keithw, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>All I've got in the house at the moment is a cold Fosters, but I'll grit > >>my teeth and drink a toast to you, Frank. > > > > Steady on old boy. Don't force yourself ;-) > > Maybe I WANT to..

Re: First attempt with auto focus

2005-08-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I spent the afternoon with the camera and an AF lens. Mostly I used spot AF. It's OK, but there are clearly limitations, and they pop up (for me) unexpectedly. Perhaps after using the camera for a while I'll be able to anticipate when AF will work to my satisfaction. But then, the idea of carry

Re: Enough Already!

2005-08-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... Hate to be a nit picl\ker, but that's my mood today after spending a few hours shooting with the ZX-5n. The M5 was the first Leica RF with a built in meter. It was introduced in 1971 while the CL was introduced a couple of years later. The metering systems of the two cameras are si

Re: PESO: Carlos' Grin

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank, > I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Why, 'cause it's the last one? cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Enough Already!

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The meter arm and shutter [on the Leica CL] are known points of fragility, as > is the > meter readout in the viewfinder. Agreed. As I said in my last post, I've read two lines of thought WRT those problems. First is that the samples w

Re: Enough Already!

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It should also be noted that the CL (or indeed the CL/E which is > effectively the same thing) has a built in light-meter - something that > you would pay very dearly for in a Leica. In fact is it just the M4P and > the M6/M7/MP that have built in m

Re: PESO: Carlos' Grin

2005-08-06 Thread Jack Davis
Frank, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Jack --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another one that I kind of like from New York. I > wish his eyes > weren't so dark (I know, fill flash... ), but for > me (maybe not for > you) there's enough character in the rest of the > photo to ov

Re: PESO: Carlos' Grin

2005-08-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/8/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3609992&size=lg > >Again, not great photography, just having a bit of fun. > >This is the penultimate of this series; I've got a surprise for you >tomorrow. > >Comments are not required (are the

PESO: Carlos' Grin

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
Another one that I kind of like from New York. I wish his eyes weren't so dark (I know, fill flash... ), but for me (maybe not for you) there's enough character in the rest of the photo to overcome the many technical defiencies: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3609992&size=lg Again,

Re: OT - Mac users help please

2005-08-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/8/05, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed: >Happens for me to. OS X 10.4.someting, Safari 2.0 (which I don't use >much - I prefer Firefox.) > >Other people seem to have the problem, too - see > >http://discussions.info.apple.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.68b63281 Aha. The plot thickens. Thank

Re: PAW - Programmer's Trance (Sketch)

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, don't do that. > Frank's lenses don't focus right. > Regards, Bob S. It's not the lenses... -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PESO - Another Street Photo

2005-08-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/6/05, Marco Alpert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Taken a couple of months ago with an M150/3.5 Shel was kind enough to > let me play with (of course he had custody of my 77mm Limited at the > time): > > http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso19.html > > Comments, as always, welcomed. > Remind

Re: OT - Mac users help please

2005-08-06 Thread Toralf Lund
Cotty wrote: I have just come across a very strange thing, is it happening to you? OS X.3.8 I use Safari (1.2.4) and normally when I type a search term into the Google field at top right of the browser and hit enter, the browser page changes to the Google results. I have the Google preferences

Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals

2005-08-06 Thread keithw
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "keithw" Subject: Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals Uhhh, better IT than you! Gee thanks. I didn't think anyone cared And that used to be a *istD? Nope, when it was a camera, it was a Bronica ETRS. I used

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread keithw
Cotty wrote: On 6/8/05, keithw, discombobulated, unleashed: All I've got in the house at the moment is a cold Fosters, but I'll grit my teeth and drink a toast to you, Frank. Steady on old boy. Don't force yourself ;-) Maybe I WANT to... ;-) I'd much rather it was a pulled stout, but

Re: Enough Already!

2005-08-06 Thread keithw
Frantisek wrote: k> I need to luck out and find a fair price on a 21mm Biogon f/4.5, for my k> new Contax IIIa CD! k> Either that or sell my car first! Get the Voigtländer/Cosina 4/21mm. It's an excellent little lens, and does copy many of the Leitz virtues of lens design. Not up to modern 21mm

Re: OT - Mac users help please

2005-08-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/8/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >I'm running Tiger - Safari 2.0. It operates that way with this system >too. Interesting. >Dunno for sure if it's a bug, I'll look at it a little further later. >I have four other browsers installed but I rarely use them. The weird th

Re: OT - Mac users help please

2005-08-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm running Tiger - Safari 2.0. It operates that way with this system too. Dunno for sure if it's a bug, I'll look at it a little further later. I have four other browsers installed but I rarely use them. Godfrey On Aug 6, 2005, at 9:58 AM, Cotty wrote: I have just come across a very stran

Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals

2005-08-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "keithw" Subject: Re: Hopefully my istD watched a few Timex commercals Uhhh, better IT than you! Gee thanks. I didn't think anyone cared And that used to be a *istD? Nope, when it was a camera, it was a Bronica ETRS. I used the insurance money to

Re: Enough Already!

2005-08-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 6, 2005, at 6:54 AM, frank theriault wrote: It certainly isn't as sturdy as M-series Leicas, and it certainly doesn't ~feel~ as sturdy, but I've put mine through a fair bit, and other than a cracked viewfinder front window that was repaired, it's come through just fine. The meter arm an

Re: Time For a New Monitor

2005-08-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/8/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://tinyurl.com/9gkar san mateo bridge Know it well. We used to sail out of San Leandro. Sigh. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: OT: Some Good Gnus

2005-08-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/8/05, keithw, discombobulated, unleashed: >All I've got in the house at the moment is a cold Fosters, but I'll grit >my teeth and drink a toast to you, Frank. Steady on old boy. Don't force yourself ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http

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