Re: PESO: Avanti

AH YAMMI of photo :-) i like it very much ! the only thing i would do - crop about 2cm from the right and the bottom to make it look more complete... Michael On 8/10/05, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like Avantis and I like this photo. If I were to have taken it, I'd wish > that the f

Re: PESO: Avanti

I like Avantis and I like this photo. If I were to have taken it, I'd wish that the far left complete circle of the headlight ring was in the frame (it looks slightly cut off). I always go gaga over this car and built an AMT plastic model of it when a child. I think you've captured the essen

RE: Flash exposure compensation

> Under what conditions are you supposed to use it and how much? > Are there any rules of thumb here? Dumb questions. I'd appreciate references where I could read more about this. Gautam > -Original Message- > From: Gautam Sarup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Re: interior photography

Hi Vic, Markus, I do not think that the house is shown in a good way overall. I agree... Inside it is much too crowded with some things laying around and the photos have a yellow cast. I don't mind the yellow cast (in fact I found the kitchen too blue). My main problem with the photo's

Flash exposure compensation

I'm starting to understand when to use exposure compensation in normal light conditions but flash compensation baffles me. Under what conditions are you supposed to use it and how much? Are there any rules of thumb here? I'll be grateful for any answers or references. Gautam

Re: Another day at the office

Cotty begins his new job running the airplane vacuum cleaner for Homeland Security.

Re: PESO: Avanti

On Aug 9, 2005, at 7:46 PM, Jon M wrote: I went to the Studebaker museum in downtown South Bend, IN over the weekend while on a trip through IN and OH. I've always liked the Avanti, and I thought this photo came out rather well. http://jon.beigetower.org/misc/midwesttrip/60v6/avanti.jpg LX, M

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

I don't think it's working... Its not working. William Robb Did you pick up a camera yet? That might help. Tom C.

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

I don't think it's working... Its not working. William Robb Darn! Well I tried... Tom C.

Re: PESO: In da city

Hi! He said Thanks Boris, maybe I'm jumping to conclusions, but that's what Boris had, and I have both the SMC Tak and the SMC Pentax version of this lens and haven't seen anything to be disappointed about by either of them. If I may interject?! ;-) It is Takumar Bayonet 135/2.5 lens... Pe

Re: Another day at the office

RAF Brize Norton this morning. Snapped through a bus window by friend and colleague Barry Clack, a freelance photographer from Oxford, on his Nikon D2X, so this is OT I suppose ;-) I'm a big bloke, but *that's* a big plane! Boeing C-17. Waiting for air crew to pop out for a chat. Looks like I'm

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

- Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: PESO: Great Expectations I don't think it's working... Its not working. William Robb

Re: PESO: In da city

He said Thanks Boris, maybe I'm jumping to conclusions, but that's what Boris had, and I have both the SMC Tak and the SMC Pentax version of this lens and haven't seen anything to be disappointed about by either of them. keithw wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: The Takumar Bayonet is not know for

PESO: Avanti

I went to the Studebaker museum in downtown South Bend, IN over the weekend while on a trip through IN and OH. I've always liked the Avanti, and I thought this photo came out rather well. http://jon.beigetower.org/misc/midwesttrip/60v6/avanti.jpg LX, M50/1.4 (I forget what f-stop it was actually

Re: PESO: In da city

P. J. Alling wrote: The Takumar Bayonet is not know for being a stellar performer. Some like it but the general consensus is that it's a dog. He didn't say he was using a Bayo Takumar. He said "Takumar 135 2.5." I interpreted that to mean the Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1:2.5/135 like I hav

Re: Another day at the office

"Former cameraman play 'chicken' with jumbo jet." On 8/9/05, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >RAF Brize Norton this morning. Snapped through a bus window by friend and > >colleague Barry Clack, a freelance photographer from Oxford, on his Nikon > >D2

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

You have to give it time. On Aug 9, 2005, at 8:39 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I don't think it's working... Tom C wrote: William Robb wrote: I see this as a case of if you repeat a lie often enough, it somehow becomes the truth. OK. Let's test that out. Bill's a great photographer. Bill

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Bill is correct. I can't recall anyone who said specifically that they were offended by the woman in the middle. I misinterpreted a comment that included the word "offensive." Another may have said that the shot was in some way "objectionable,." again without being very specific about the nature

Re: Another day at the office

No we don't want to buy any cookies Butch Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: RAF Brize Norton this morning. Snapped through a bus window by friend and colleague Barry Clack, a freelance photographer from Oxford, on his Nikon D2X, so this is OT I suppose ;-) I'm a big bloke

Re: PESO: In da city

The Takumar Bayonet is not know for being a stellar performer. Some like it but the general consensus is that it's a dog. Some might attribute this to a certain amount of snobbery, but I've learned to believe in the wisdom of the list, in most cases. Michael Spivak wrote: In continue of the

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

I don't think it's working... Tom C wrote: William Robb wrote: I see this as a case of if you repeat a lie often enough, it somehow becomes the truth. OK. Let's test that out. Bill's a great photographer. Bill's a great photographer. Bill's a great photographer. Bill's a great ph

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

William Robb wrote: I see this as a case of if you repeat a lie often enough, it somehow becomes the truth. OK. Let's test that out. Bill's a great photographer. Bill's a great photographer. Bill's a great photographer. Bill's a great photographer. Bill's a great photographer.

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

- Original Message - From: "keithw" Subject: Re: PESO: Great Expectations Who can find unwanted suggestiveness in a set of wrinkled shorts stuffed with someone's behind, who just happens to be a woman? Un-damned-believable! Interestingly, none of the people whose posts I read w

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Thanks Cotty. And thanks to all who responded to this thread, both negative and positive. I frequently shoot with wide lenses on the street. In fact, the 16-45 is my most common choice, followed closely by the 35/2. I do like to use a long lens from time to time. It is an effective way of catchi

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Cotty wrote: On 8/8/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I've got a couple of beer in the fridge. You could all come over to my place... Love to; it's a bit of a drive from San Jose, however. Do you know the way? Seems so -- he got there

Re: PESO: Countdown to the Dream Cruise

Thank you, Gonz. On Aug 9, 2005, at 6:15 PM, Gonz wrote: Paul, that pic is simply outstanding. Thanks for sharing. rg Paul Stenquist wrote: 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 t

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Sorry, I forgot. We could digress into a Volvo discussion. Has the brand suffered since Ford acquired it? Do white Volvo wagons retain their value better than black sedans? Paul On Aug 9, 2005, at 5:22 PM, Cotty wrote: On 9/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Anyway, we've p

RE: PESO: Great Expectations

Hi Paul Being one of the last to respond, count me to the ones who like the content of your photo a lot despite some understandable shortcomings in the composition. greetings Markus

Re: Spot Metering W/P-TTL Flash?

I guess since Joe sounds sure about the powerfullness of his flash, it is probably not _that_ far, so he can still use it. Joe, I don't know the exact answer to your original question (I hope somebody will respond soon). The manual says that with P-TTL it uses multi-segment metering (with MZ-

RE: interior photography

Hi Vic I do not think that the house is shown in a good way overall. Inside it is much too crowded with some things laying around and the photos have a yellow cast. The outside shoots are not a lot better. sorry for my harsh critic. greetings Markus >> >>Anyway, the results are here: >> >>http://

RE: PESO:A "basement rock" image

Hi Tim I liked the "Rock festival shots" you showed before. I do not see what the artificial grain would be good for here. The photo seems to be to bright as well. I do not like this b/w conversion... greetings Markus >>-Original Message- >>From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sen

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Cotty wrote: On 8/8/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Well, when you get right down to it, Fine is an adjective and Art is a noun. So is Rubbish. However, don't ask me what Fine Art is (as opposed to any other type of art. Now that I think of it, don't ask me what Art is, as

RE: In A Jazz Club With No Flash - PESO:Swiss national holiday

Hi Tim a big advantage of digital cameras versus analog for me is the freely changeable iso setting. I had ISO 200 film in both bodies at the Swiss national holiday to take photos of fireworks, when I saw these friends with their Chinese lanterns. Of course the film was to slow in the night for pe

Re: PESO - The Pyramid

Thanks, Tim. I did try cropping the sky off, but didn't like the loss of finality to the mountains in the rear. It lost the perception of the size of the mountain because you couldn't see the top. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 2:44:46 PM, you wrote: TØ> This is a nice shot,

Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay.

Forgot about the Rollei. I considered getting one of those, but they were pretty expensive. Jim A. > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 10:03:51 -0700 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay. >

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Bob W wrote: It seems that if we were not programmed to react in a certain way to a bent-over woman, it wouldn't distract??? If she were facing forward, the composition would apparently be okay??? No, not as far as I'm concerned. It's not the botty, or the fact that it's a woman, it's t

Re: PESO: Countdown to the Dream Cruise

Paul, that pic is simply outstanding. Thanks for sharing. rg Paul Stenquist wrote: 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

RE: MZ-s Rubber caps

Andre, Thanks for your kind attention. I have been trying to contact Kennedy's but I am getting the emails returned. Is there any other option? Thanks again, Manuel -Mensagem original- De: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviada: segunda-feira, 8 de Agosto de 2005 22:49 Para: pe

RE: PESO - The Pyramid

This is a nice shot, IMHO. I like the haze (adds perspective), I love the colours, and I do like the general composition. But I dislike the sky in top of frame, distracting, doesn't add anything to the image. Emotionally, it makes me feel humble towards Mother Nature. Tim Mostly harmless (just

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

On 9/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: > Anyway, we've probably milked this for all it's worth. Oh for goodness' sake Paul, you *must* be joking. This is the PDML. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Another day at the office

On 9/8/05, keithw, discombobulated, unleashed: >Yeah. >I send the shot to my wife, and all she said, "Cotty has a wonderful job!" > >Got any comments, Cot? ;-) Very occasionally it's boring as hell. It's always sweaty. It's 30,000 miles a year in the car. It's lunch on your lap while driving. It

Re: interior photography

Thanks for all the suggestions, all of you! Oh my god, in the end, I was urged to use my digital camera instead (limited to focus of 35mm eq.), because there was no time. Anyway, the results are here: http://users.pandora.be/vicmortelmans/fts/caroline/index.html The vertical lines are not wh

PESO:A "basement rock" image

Hope you don't get bored with my rock images. Positive feedback on previous photos, has made me hungry for more feedback So, you have only yourself to blame ;-) The name of the band is "King Midas". Still from Malakoff Rockfestival. This time I've made my first serious(?) attempt to convert a pic

Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay.

Zeiss Contaflex and Contarex come to mind. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: "Andre Langevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 7:47 PM Subject: Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay.

RE: PESO: Great Expectations

> It seems that if we were not > programmed to react in a certain way to a bent-over woman, it > wouldn't distract??? If she were facing forward, the > composition would apparently be okay??? No, not as far as I'm concerned. It's not the botty, or the fact that it's a woman, it's the compositio

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Warning - Juvenile politically incorrect joke follows... I can't help it... Q: What do you call a man with no arms and no legs water skiing? A: Skip Tom C. From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Great Expecta

Photoshop Bridge - update to 1.0.2 (Was: Work Flow Question)

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:38:53 +0100, David wrote: > Here's my problem: > > For my business (read hobby) I process 1500-2000 jpgs from one day into > web galleries and most of the images need to be rotated. Before I switched > to CS2 I used Photoshop's file browser to "rotate" the images so when th

Re: Spot Metering W/P-TTL Flash?

I assume you're going to be using a fairly long lens? That flash isn't going to be powerful enought to have much affect on the exposure outdoors. I'd try shooting at ISO 400. Set exposure manually to one stop under a spot meter reading on the bird feeder at as large an aperture as possible. Then

RE: PESO: Great Expectations

I think Bob is right. But, on the other hand, the very fact that this tiny heiny is a distraction may say something about the way we react to body parts. It seems that if we were not programmed to react in a certain way to a bent-over woman, it wouldn't distract??? If she were facing forward, th

Spot Metering W/P-TTL Flash?

Need advice, gang. My wife has set up a bird feeder that is the most popular thing (for birds) since day-old bread. Every time I try to approach with my camera on monopod, though, off they fly. I don't have time to wait for them to get used to me. But I can shoot them in the mornings from our k

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

On Aug 9, 2005, at 12:13 PM, Bob W wrote: ... I also think it detracts from the picture, which captures a nice moment, but I have no objection in principle to looking at a woman's nether regions. No sir. I presume this means you have no objections in principle to looking at men's "nether

RE: PESO: Great Expectations

> Hah! Easily a third of the people posting here would love it > if you could put one of those TV "obscurers" such as a > rectangle of badly out-of-focus mottled gray, over the offending part. > > Gasp! I don't think so. Based on my reading of the thread, I'd say at most one person might have b

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Mrs. Wilson, Mrs Wilson, Can Billy come out and play Baseball? Children, you know Billy doesn't have any arms or legs. That's all right Mrs. Wilson, we want him to be second base. Kenneth Waller wrote: Warning - Juvenile politically incorrect joke follows... Q: What do you call a man

RE: PESO: Great Expectations

It's ArtSpeak! And a good example, too. http://www3.sympatico.ca/manideli/Artsp.htm http://www3.sympatico.ca/manideli/FebArtspeak.htm -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: Gautam Sarup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > From: Jack Davis > > Esthetics apply only until displaced by

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Warning - Juvenile politically incorrect jokes follow... Q: What do you call 5 men with no arms or legs and one woman floating in the water? Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob and Ann Q: What do you call a man with no arms or legs at the front door? A: Matt Christian - Original Message - From:

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Powell Hargrave wrote: The Volvo was actually the one thing that I didn't like about this shot, until others focused on the heiny :-). I actually considered photoshopping the Volvo out of there, but I got lazy. I like the picture Paul. A nice intimate moment between friends. Sure it could

Re: PESO: Goof on a Roof

> > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3611289 > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > Well that DOES explain the border xing thingy last month.LOL Seriously, its a good portrait shot with so

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Warning - Juvenile politically incorrect joke follows... Q: What do you call a man with no arms or legs floating in the water? Bob Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Aug 9, 2005 2:04 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Great Expectatio

Re: Another day at the office

>"alternate caption" "You locked the keys where?" Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Another day at the office - Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:45 AM Subj

Re: Another day at the office

Powell Hargrave wrote: Please... Let me come too! That shot looks like a prime candidate for an "alternate caption" contest! Any takers? Yeah. I send the shot to my wife, and all she said, "Cotty has a wonderful job!" Got any comments, Cot?

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

No way to control this, I know, but I suspect it would be revealing if there were some way to control image critiques, wherein any who would care to, would rate or grade an image prior to reading what others think. Suspect there would be much guessing as to how others might rate it. The real proble

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

>The Volvo was actually the one thing that I didn't like about this >shot, until others focused on the heiny :-). I actually considered >photoshopping the Volvo out of there, but I got lazy. I like the picture Paul. A nice intimate moment between friends. Sure it could be improved or ruined b

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

Warning - Juvenile politically incorrect joke follows... Q: What do you call a man with no arms or legs hanging on the wall? A: Art Tom C. From: Powell Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Great Expectations Date: Tue,

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

>- Original Message - >From: "Marco Alpert" > >> Frankly, it seems to me that there are some of the unsual assumptions >> here about what exactly constitutes "fine art" photography (as a >> category - quality evaluations aside). Whose idea of "fine" art? As >> opposed to what other kin

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

>However, don't ask me what Fine Art is (as opposed to any other type >of art. Now that I think of it, don't ask me what Art is, as I have >no satisfactory, all-encompassing definition. That's easy. Fine art is very expensive and usually done by some old dead guy. :) They teach courses on that

Re: Another day at the office

Please... Let me come too! >> > >That shot looks like a prime candidate for an "alternate caption" >contest! Any takers?

Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay.

Various Zeiss Ikon models (I think the Contarex or Contaflex) supported interchangeable backs. Also, in a more modern era, Rollei made a 35mm SLR system with interchangeable backs ... the 3003? or something like that. Godfrey On Aug 9, 2005, at 7:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What was t

Re: web presentation of photographs (was: PESO: Pale Blue Eyes)

Thanks for the feedback, David! Godfrey On Aug 9, 2005, at 4:32 AM, David Savage wrote: No problems at all, I like simple presentations without too much clutter or razzel dazzel. Dave On 8/9/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What I am curious about is whether any of the f

Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay.

What was the name of the 35mm camera that also featured interchangeable backs like the Ektra? Jim A. There was a Mamiya single-lens RF that did. Andre

Re: Another day at the office

- Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:45 AM Subject: Re: Another day at the office > On 9/8/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >> > > > >That shot looks lik

Re: Another day at the office

"Size does matter" rg Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: RAF Brize Norton this morning. Snapped through a bus window by friend and colleague Barry Clack, a freelance photographer from Oxford, on his Nikon D2X, so this is OT I suppose ;-) I'm a big bloke, but *that's* a bi

Re: Another day at the office

After heroic submarine rescue, door must be cut off plane to free British flight crew. Tom C. From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Another day at the office Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:53:20 -0400 Cotty <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Another day at the office

Cool pic. The crew doesn't have a chance. Nail "em Cottster! > RAF Brize Norton this morning. Snapped through a bus window by friend and > colleague Barry Clack, a freelance photographer from Oxford, on his Nikon > D2X, so this is OT I suppose ;-) > > I'm a big bloke, but *that's* a big plane!

Re: Another day at the office

Mark Roberts wrote: That shot looks like a prime candidate for an "alternate caption" contest! Any takers? "British shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missile fails to work over long distances"? S

Re: Another day at the office

Little pig, little pig, let me come in! -- Bruce Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 8:45:03 AM, you wrote: C> On 9/8/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >> >>That shot looks like a prime candidate for an "alternate caption" >>contest! Any taker

Re: Another day at the office

On 9/8/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >> > >That shot looks like a prime candidate for an "alternate caption" >contest! Any takers? "This keyless entry sucks..." Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=

Re: Another day at the office

Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >RAF Brize Norton this morning. Snapped through a bus window by friend and >colleague Barry Clack, a freelance photographer from Oxford, on his Nikon >D2X, so this is OT I suppose ;-) > > I'm a big bloke, but *that's* a big plane! Boeing C-17. Waiting for air >cre

Another day at the office

RAF Brize Norton this morning. Snapped through a bus window by friend and colleague Barry Clack, a freelance photographer from Oxford, on his Nikon D2X, so this is OT I suppose ;-) I'm a big bloke, but *that's* a big plane! Boeing C-17. Waiting for air crew to pop out for a chat. Looks like I'm

Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay.

Kodak apparently created their own locking thread mount. I've never seen one in person but there are features on supported by the Kodak mount that are very different from the Leica. Paul Stenquist wrote: Beautiful camera. Is it Leica thread mount? Paul On Aug 9, 2005, at 1:36 AM, P. J. Alling

Re: First attempt with auto focus

Another great flash "system" was used by the inventor of flash, Doc Edgerton. He once took a picture of Cambridge, MA at night from a plane. The power was so great it melted the giant quartz xenon tube he had made for that purpose. The tube and the picture are on display down the hall at MIT

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

>It's what the F.A. stands for in certain university degrees You mean the Pentax FA lenses are not Fine Art lenses! Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO: Great Expectations frank theriault wrote: >However, don't ask me what Fine

Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay.

What was the name of the 35mm camera that also featured interchangeable backs like the Ektra? Jim A. > At the local collector's club auction this past Memorial Day > a complete Ektra outfit went for about ... wait ... memory failing ... > was it $5k or $10k. Anyway, a bunch. All as new in box

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

frank theriault wrote: However, don't ask me what Fine Art is (as opposed to any other type of art. It's what the F.A. stands for in certain university degrees. ERNR always happy to help

RE: PAW: People & Portraits #25 - GDG

Simply a first class photo. How bout the title "Dancing with Seagulls"? ;-) In my mind that’s what the people in centre do. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian.) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) >

Re: PESO: In da city

Michael, to me, the backgroud is OK and part of the image. I like the framing ou chose, with that big nothing in the lower right corner, it's one of the pictures where I think everything in the frame is at it's correct place. Very nice, and of course a cool scooter! Pancho Michael Spivak sch

sad news

SAD NEWS!! PENTAX announced today that prices of 67II and 645II and all medium format lenses will grow from 21st September. See Japanese site. David

In A Jazz Club With No Flash

There have been some threads on low light shooting lately. I just came over this article http://194.100.88.243/petteri/pont/Photography_lessons/h_Lesson_7/a_Availabl e_light_situationals.html at Petteri's Pontifications titled "In A Jazz Club With No Flash". Very "to the point". As I read it, it'

Re: PESO - Splittin Image (My Street Shot)

>Furthermore, I would suggest that my 'derisive attitude' has no bearing on >the merits or perceived quality of my own photographs Yeah, I agree. I was chewing on that since I read Shel's post. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO - Splitt

Re: web presentation of photographs (was: PESO: Pale Blue Eyes)

No problems at all, I like simple presentations without too much clutter or razzel dazzel. Dave On 8/9/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What I am curious > about is whether any of the folks on this list have difficulties > viewing the pages I present. > > Godfrey

RE: Yet more Philly PDML

> http://twosixteen.com/gallery/index.php?id=111 > You would, wouldn't you? And yes, that is Amita having > ANOTHER drink. Yes, to make my total for that evening...a whoppingtwo. (Or was it three?) Nice job with the fisheye! Amita

Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay.

Nope. Not a thread mount. This is the first google result: http://www.cameraquest.com/ektra.htm Very nifty camera, indeed. On 8/9/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Beautiful camera. Is it Leica thread mount? > Paul > On Aug 9, 2005, at 1:36 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > Ok so I

Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay.

At the local collector's club auction this past Memorial Day a complete Ektra outfit went for about ... wait ... memory failing ... was it $5k or $10k. Anyway, a bunch. All as new in boxes. Really a nice outfit. Collin mail2we

Re: PESO: In da city

> Why disappointed? > I mean, what is it about the image you don't like? > Or is it an overall thing, where you just can't make up your mind if you > like the lens or not? It's just it's VERY not sharp and i can really see the difference in the quality between the 50 or 35mm and this one...

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

The Volvo was actually the one thing that I didn't like about this shot, until others focused on the heiny :-). I actually considered photoshopping the Volvo out of there, but I got lazy. Paul On Aug 9, 2005, at 3:48 AM, Gautam Sarup wrote: Cotty wrote: You see a big butt. I see a Volvo. A

Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay.

Beautiful camera. Is it Leica thread mount? Paul On Aug 9, 2005, at 1:36 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Ok so I should read these things. It ended without a bid. So it still ended for less than I would have expected. P. J. Alling wrote: In case anyone is interested this camera, probably the most b

Re: PESO: In da city

Michael Spivak wrote: In continue of the previous photo, that was taken with the SMC M 35 MM , here are some more :-) (i wish i'd open the diaphragm some more to make the B/G not to be that sharp) http://mishka.site.co.il/gallery/albums/August08_TelAviv/94510028_G.jpg That is one beat up scoo

FWIW: used Pentax 15/3.5mm available at Adorama

I have no idea whether anyone is looking for one. Adorama has a used 15mm/3.5 lens for $774. Tom Reese

Re: PESO: NO PASSARAN

[...] On 8/9/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! Sorry for a typo in spanish (if there is any) in the name :) This was shot with my new baby SMC M 35mm F/2.8 that i've got just yesterday (MANY THANKS TO BORIS) http://mishka.site.co.il/gallery/albums/August08_TelAviv/94510033_

PESO: In da city

In continue of the previous photo, that was taken with the SMC M 35 MM , here are some more :-) (i wish i'd open the diaphragm some more to make the B/G not to be that sharp) http://mishka.site.co.il/gallery/albums/August08_TelAviv/94510028_G.jpg Here is one with Takumar 135 2.5 http://mishka.sit

Re: PESO: NO PASSARAN

Hi! > Thanks Boris (again) :-) > > It's the same one you've seen yesterday... i didn't change anything You got me, dude :-). -- Boris

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