Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/10/05, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: >I keep adding to this > >random order due to photo.net but my laziness, too > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=518950 > >A couple are from bus or train window - >all digital - sorry, not ist Really nice gallery Ann, your ey

Re: OT - Sizing a photo for publication

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/10/05, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed: >I didn't think this was necessary, but: > >:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) I've still got green skin! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysn

Re: OT - Sizing a photo for publication

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/10/05, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: >Klingon's don't have green skin do they?! Or am I just an uneducated & >misinformed toDsaH? Just green under the lizard thong, p'Taak! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.

Re: PESO: A little smile for the list

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
On 1/10/05, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >"Why is he taking our picture," I heard one of them say. There are some >things that can't be done gracefully. >Hope this helps chase any negative feelings out of the list. Shot on a >walkaround this afternoon with the DA 16-45/4. f4, 1/90

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread Boris Liberman
> Really nice gallery Ann, your eye for line and form is second to none. As much as dislike agreeing with Cotty ;-) (kidding), I agree with him completely. Ann, you rule! -- Boris

Re: PESO: A little smile for the list

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
On 1/10/05, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >"Why is he taking our picture," I heard one of them say. There are some >things that can't be done gracefully. >Hope this helps chase any negative feelings out of the list. Shot on a >walkaround this afternoon with the DA 16-45/4. f4, 1/90

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Dario Bonazza
My comment wanted to highlight that buying an APS-C body + ultra-wide lens will cost less than buying a FF body, while staying within a given system (Pentax or other). If one thinks it's time to switch (and I've been tempted again and again), then buying an APS-C body is even more the way to g

Re: OT - Sizing a photo for publication

2005-10-02 Thread David Savage
Ewww!. Dave On 10/2/05, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/10/05, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Klingon's don't have green skin do they?! Or am I just an uneducated & > >misinformed toDsaH? > > Just green under the lizard thong, p'Taak! > > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > _

RE: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
Graywolf wrote: > Well, I guess I can post a copy of a comment I made to Annsan, > > --quote--- > Ah yes, digital saves money. Let's see, I bougtht the used > Olympus C-5050Z for $200. I imediately started making 8.5x11 > prints. The printer went belly up so I had to buy a new one

RE: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread Bob W
as much as I hate to line up with the crowd, I agree with both. I don't know which name kept going through my head more: Robert Frank, or Edward Hopper. Makes me want to buy a Greyhound ticket. I'm getting a bit sick of PDMLers and their galleries. First Juan, then Jostein, now this. I may have to

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread John Forbes
I love the marina pic especially. John On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 06:10:22 +0100, Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I keep adding to this random order due to photo.net but my laziness, too http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=518950 A couple are from bus or train window - all d

OT ZIGVIEW - the world's first Digital Angle Finder

2005-10-02 Thread Rob Studdert
http://www.intro2020.co.uk/pages/zigview.htm Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

Re: Back from vacation: Lessons learned

2005-10-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Looking forward to seeing some of your pics. I share your appreciation of both the DA 16-45 and the FA 29-105, although my use of the later has declined steeply since I purchased the DA 50-200. Coupled with the DA 16-45, it gives one tremendous range in a very compact kit. The solution to the b

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
My but you have a great eye. I love the "Bus stop in Redmond California, " "City Lights Book Store," "Morning Cofee." Heck, there's not a shot here I don't like. The sunset and powerline shot is just beautifully composed. Great frame. "Welcome to Trina's" is fascinating. Fabulous work. Paul On

Re: PESO: A little smile for the list

2005-10-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Bruce. I shot with some trepidation. They probably weren't pleased, but it was impossible to pass up. Paul On Oct 2, 2005, at 1:21 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Nicely done. You really caught a great moment that most of us have experienced ourselves. I like this one. -- Best regards, Bruce

Re: PESO: A little smile for the list

2005-10-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Cotty. And thanks to all others who responded to this post. On Oct 2, 2005, at 3:32 AM, Cotty wrote: On 1/10/05, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: "Why is he taking our picture," I heard one of them say. There are some things that can't be done gracefully. Hope this helps cha

Re: OT ZIGVIEW - the world's first Digital Angle Finder

2005-10-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Interesting tool. Thanks for posting this. On Oct 2, 2005, at 6:14 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: http://www.intro2020.co.uk/pages/zigview.htm Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Toralf Lund
John Forbes wrote: As well as immediate feedback ;-) , I think the two biggest advantages of digital are the much greater control that you have over the image (I'm talking about colour here, it's not the same with b&w), and the fact that the cost is zero until and unless you want to print.

Daily Update-Pentax Petition and Petition Survey

2005-10-02 Thread Don Sanderson
1333 hits on the web page and 143 submissions so far. Still trickling in. Tell everyone to go to: http://www.donsauction.com/Pentax and take _THE_ Pentax Wishlist survey. Or, contact me at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for comments/suggestions/praise/butt chewing. Thanks! Don

Re: OT ZIGVIEW - the world's first Digital Angle Finder

2005-10-02 Thread Vic Mortelmans
Although the idea is very nice, I'm a bit sceptical against this! Don't viewfinders have typically different enlargement ranges? Will this finder cover the whole picture as you see it in the viewfinder? Will it also include any metering information that is visible in the viewfinder, but outside

RE: Pentax Logo DIY

2005-10-02 Thread Jens Bladt
I have ordered a Qoute for 3½ x 7 inches patches with "Pentax *ist D" White letters on a black background, the star being red, of course. I guess it can be cut in two, in order to loose the "*ist D" part, if necessary. It's probably going to be too expensive (like 150 USD for 100 patches). I guess

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-02 Thread Toralf Lund
William Robb wrote: It's like watching a good friend slowly succumb. I ran volume numbers yesterday for the past three summer seasons (July and Auguat). The highest film processing volume my lab has done was 2003, and I still had access to those numbers as well as 2004/2005. I will treat 2003

Re: Back from vacation: Lessons learned

2005-10-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Oct 2005 at 6:36, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Looking forward to seeing some of your pics. I share your appreciation > of both the DA 16-45 and the FA 29-105, although my use of the later > has declined steeply since I purchased the DA 50-200. Coupled with the > DA 16-45, it gives one tremendo

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Oct 2005 at 13:04, Toralf Lund wrote: > I've never been able to believe that the cost is quite zero, though. Not > for the pictures you want to keep (whether you print them or not), > anyway. Storing & maintaining data on a digital medium costs something, > too - especially if you want any

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread keith_w
Tom C wrote: Hi Keith, If we're talking about film cameras I'd agree with you. I perceive it's going to be different in the digital world though. Who here expects their *ist D and derivatives, to be the camera they're shooting with 5 years from now, 10 years from now? I don't. Based o

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 1 Oct 2005 at 22:51, Kenneth Waller wrote: > And photographers make pictures. (or ought to, > with what ever equipment they have). Photographers can do whatever they like, they can shoot with-out film loaded if that's what makes them happy. My point was that this is a Pentax forum and we hav

Re: Back from vacation: Lessons learned

2005-10-02 Thread David Savage
What charger are you using Rob? Dave On 10/2/05, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2 Oct 2005 at 6:36, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > Looking forward to seeing some of your pics. I share your appreciation > > of both the DA 16-45 and the FA 29-105, although my use of the later > > has dec

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=518950 Fantastic stuff! Where *didn't* you go (other than to my part of the country, that is)? ERNR

Re: OT ZIGVIEW - the world's first Digital Angle Finder

2005-10-02 Thread Frantisek
VM> I'm on the lookout for a waist-level viewfinder camera for a while VM> already, and since the LX is outside of my budget, I was considering an VM> old Pentax or Praktika SLR-camera that didn't have the prism yet... (a VM> little OT here, but any of you having experience with that?). Most of my

Re: Back from vacation: Lessons learned

2005-10-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Oct 2005 at 20:32, David Savage wrote: > What charger are you using Rob? The LaCrosse Technology BC-900, technically hard to beat but not the best build. Still looking for a 3VDC switch-mode DC convertor so I can use it in the car. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UT

Re: OT ZIGVIEW - the world's first Digital Angle Finder

2005-10-02 Thread David Nelson
Saw a review of this gadget a while back: http://www.kickstartnews.com/reviews/hardware/zigview_digital_angle_viewfinder.html Cheers, David Rob Studdert wrote: http://www.intro2020.co.uk/pages/zigview.htm Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTE

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
"E.R.N. Reed" wrote: > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=518950 > > > > > > Fantastic stuff! > Where *didn't* you go (other than to my part of the country, that is)? > > ERNR Lovely to open my eyes first thing on Sunday and get kudos - thanks _all_ of you

Re: Back from vacation: Lessons learned

2005-10-02 Thread brooksdj
> > The 28-105 continues to be a great companion to the 16-45. What can I > say... I loved this lens on my ZX-5n, and still like using it on the > *ist-DS. Again, the convenience of a zoom on vacation outweighed the > performance gains of the primes.

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread brooksdj
Hi Ann and welcome back. Great stuff. I love shopping and welcome to trina's. Dave > I keep adding to this > > random order due to photo.net but my laziness, too > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=518950 > > A couple are from bus or train

Re: B&W Digital Prints? - (was: Large Capacity Fast SD Cards)

2005-10-02 Thread brooksdj
> At 01:19 PM 9/29/2005, Glen wrote: > I'm afraid that I'll probably have to settle for printing them on a color > printer, or color printing service, and forget about the special appeal of > selenium-toned silver images. I guess this is how the platinum

Re: B&W Digital Prints? - (was: Large Capacity Fast SD Cards)

2005-10-02 Thread Juan Buhler
On 10/1/05, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've never actually used their service. But their black and white > prints were the first that came to mind. I think someone on the list > may have stated that they use mpix for their printing. Me. I've used their printing, although not the

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Ann and welcome back. > > Great stuff. I love shopping and welcome to trina's. > > Dave > Thanks, Dave! The "victems in these shots like them, too, I'm happy to say. oh, now I really do have to get out of here later, a > >

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread John Forbes
You should be a politican, Rob. :-) Nobody said that people who didn't submit pictures didn't have a right to discuss things. John On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 13:17:12 +0100, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1 Oct 2005 at 22:51, Kenneth Waller wrote: And photographers make pictures. (

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "John Celio" Subject: Re: The slow and painful death of film. Without knowing our actual numbers, I guestimate we'd probably come up with very similar results. On the up side, however, we're printing a TON of digital stuff. How are you guys doing in tha

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Toralf Lund" Subject: Re: The slow and painful death of film. It would be at least mildly interesting to have the numbers of the years leading up to 2003, too, though. What I mean to say is that if 2003 was a particularly good year for film processing, t

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread Doug Brewer
Ann. I always enjoy viewing your photos, and you came through again here. well done. Doug On Oct 2, 2005, at 1:10 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I keep adding to this random order due to photo.net but my laziness, too http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=518950 A couple are from b

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Tom C
Sorry. Stepped out to take some photos. :) I've never claimed Pentax makes bad products. I've only called into question their slowness to market, the fact that the 2 other big players are releasing upgrades/improvements to which Pentax has no answer in over 6 months, and their market directi

Viewfinders

2005-10-02 Thread Juan Buhler
I picked up my MX last night. I heven't used that camera in over a year. The size of the viewfinder and its brightness, compared to the istD, makes me want to cry. I know the istD viewfinder is not too bad, by current standards. But what would it take for a not full frame camera like the istD to h

RE: Back from vacation: Lessons learned

2005-10-02 Thread Tim Øsleby
Depending on what kind of vacation I am at, I too find myself using zoom lenses a lot. Most of my vacation pictures are snaps, no need for sophisticated primes or fast zooms for snaps. So why bother carrying around at the heavy fast primes, when I'm only using them for, let us say, 5% of my photogr

RE: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Tom C
And here I think is a key item in this discussion I'd like to bring to peoples attention. I'm not picking on Jens here, I promise. He wrote: I am in fact a very proud owner of a *istD and a MZ-S. The thing is, I'm a proud owner of Pentax equipment as well. No one here is attacking anyone'

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Tom C
Back out for more pictures... Tom C.

Re: M20mm/4

2005-10-02 Thread Frank Wajer
Hi, try www.fotoabro.nl in the Netherlands, they have a K 20mm f4 for sale for 195 euro. I'm not sure if they ship abroad though. I already have the A 20mm f2.8, and I need the cash for acquiring a K 200mm f2.5, hehe. Frank

RE: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread Tim Øsleby
There some really good pictures here. To be honest, I think all of them are. As somebody has stated before; you have fabulous eye for lines and perspective: Shopping is a winner: btw: sorry about my : and ; my keyboard is freaking out here: Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never und

Re: Challenge my zoom!

2005-10-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Don, I own this lens and I have made some pictures I like very much, it gives very nice results. You're not going to find a constant aperture lens in that zoom range. I don't know about any good replacement, as I wouldn't sell mine but would only another lens additionally. I think you're gonna

Re: PESO: A little smile for the list

2005-10-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi Paul, you really caught the moment! However, of course it's not kind having taken the young ladies like this. I hope you talked to them afterwards and asked politely for permission to show it on the web. In a german photo forum, there is a recent thread about street photography, photograp

Re: Viewfinders

2005-10-02 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 2, 2005, at 9:30, Juan Buhler wrote: I picked up my MX last night. I heven't used that camera in over a year. The size of the viewfinder and its brightness, compared to the istD, makes me want to cry. I know the istD viewfinder is not too bad, by current standards. But what would it take

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-02 Thread graywolf
Well, the point I would like to make is that despite the influx of digital you are still doing more than 1/2 the film processing business you were doing before digital. Since today there are probably more people using digital (especially camera phones) than were using film that says a lot. Of

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bob, We've seen a gallery or two from you, all good. Just time for you to take a road trip... :-) Regards, Bob S. On 10/2/05, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as much as I hate to line up with the crowd, I agree with both. I don't know > which name kept going through my head more: Robert Frank

RE: Challenge my zoom!

2005-10-02 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks Pancho, I think you may be right. I'll just have to build my muscles a bit! ;-) Don > -Original Message- > From: Pancho Hasselbach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 10:07 AM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Challenge my zoom! > > > Don, > > I

RE: Viewfinders

2005-10-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Juan ... I essentially made the same comment a few days ago. As nice as the Pentax DSLR viewfinders are supposed to be, they do not compare favorably with the view through the Leica, MX, LX, and even the earlier K-body cameras. Thus far, I enjoy using the Leicas and the MX far more than the i

Re: Challenge my zoom!

2005-10-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hehe, training while shooting saves time at the gym! Pancho Don Sanderson schrieb: Thanks Pancho, I think you may be right. I'll just have to build my muscles a bit! ;-) Don -Original Message- From: Pancho Hasselbach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 10:07 A

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Toralf Lund
Rob Studdert wrote: On 2 Oct 2005 at 13:04, Toralf Lund wrote: I've never been able to believe that the cost is quite zero, though. Not for the pictures you want to keep (whether you print them or not), anyway. Storing & maintaining data on a digital medium costs something, too - especial

Re: Viewfinders

2005-10-02 Thread Juan Buhler
:) No, I'm not crying. The istD, with its instant feedback convenience, improved my photos a bit, so overall it has been a gain. Now, probably, the ideal camera for me then would be something like the Epson RD-1. Minus the price tag, of course--no way I'll pay $3000 for a six megapixel camera...

Dust on Your Sensor

2005-10-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Over in the LeiCanon list, this product was mentioned as a goo choice for dust removal and sensor cleaning. http://www.visibledust.com/ What do you use ... I may need to add some sensor cleaning stuff to my kit. Shel

Re: Viewfinders

2005-10-02 Thread Juan Buhler
On 10/2/05, Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you think about it, there's no way that a smaller screen could > possibly look as big and bright in a viewfinder. Less total light > hitting the surface area of the screen = less light to your eyes. No > way around that without some so

Re: Viewfinders

2005-10-02 Thread Thibouille
Or maybe a full frame viewfinder with the system which Pentax used with their "Panoramic" mode... So you can cycle between full frame/actual framing. Of course actual framing will be less enlarged but... well, dream! 2005/10/2, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 10/2/05, Charles Robinson <[EMAI

RE: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Tim Øsleby
Well put, Tom. People are "not even talking about the same thing" here. I believe most contributors in this and similar threads really want a constructive debate on this important issue; the future of Pentax. But for some reason the debate ends up in a dead end, people attacking each other inste

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread Unca Mikey
On 10/2/05, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I keep adding to this http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=518950 Oh my, I really enjoy your pictures, Ann -- every one of these is worth a careful look. Lines! You have such a great eye for lines! Lovely photographs, thanks very much for sha

Re: PESO: A little smile for the list

2005-10-02 Thread Holly Hegeman
On 10/1/05 8:01 PM, "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For extra points. What kind of car is that in the background? Ferrari Testarossa. -Holly

Re: Dust on Your Sensor

2005-10-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: Dust on Your Sensor Over in the LeiCanon list, this product was mentioned as a goo choice for dust removal and sensor cleaning. http://www.visibledust.com/ What do you use ... I may need to add some sensor cleaning stuff to my k

Re: Viewfinders

2005-10-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: RE: Viewfinders You've made an interesting "discovery" in that we often get used to something - in this case the DSLR viewfinder - and forget what we've lost or given up. It's easy to say how good the D and DS finders are compared

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: Re: The slow and painful death of film. Well, the point I would like to make is that despite the influx of digital you are still doing more than 1/2 the film processing business you were doing before digital. Since today there are proba

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-02 Thread Toralf Lund
It would be at least mildly interesting to have the numbers of the years leading up to 2003, too, though. What I mean to say is that if 2003 was a particularly good year for film processing, then obviously you might have expected the volume to drop a bit in 2004 and 2005 even without digit

Re: Dust on Your Sensor

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/10/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: >What do you use ... Canned air and adrenalin. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PESO: A little smile for the list

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/10/05, Holly Hegeman, discombobulated, unleashed: >> For extra points. What kind of car is that in the background? > >Ferrari Testarossa. > >-Holly Is that Four-Barrel Holly, or just the two? ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.

Re: Dust on Your Sensor

2005-10-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Over in the LeiCanon list, this product was mentioned as a goo choice for dust removal and sensor cleaning. http://www.visibledust.com/ What do you use ... I may need to add some sensor cleaning stuff to my kit. I bought standard camera cleaning kit (I think it is roughly $10 in Israel)

Re: PESO: A little smile for the list

2005-10-02 Thread Holly Hegeman
On 10/2/05 12:10 PM, "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/10/05, Holly Hegeman, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>> For extra points. What kind of car is that in the background? >> >> Ferrari Testarossa. >> >> -Holly > > Is that Four-Barrel Holly, or just the two? ;-) > Sheesh. Obviously

Re: Back from vacation: Lessons learned

2005-10-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, i have the SB80DX which is supposed to be Nikons bee's knees as far as flash. I to have to fumble with exposure, so its not just a Pentax thing. Although with the Sigma super, is still have to do a lot of playing aswell. I think its just dslr

Difference between F and FA lens?

2005-10-02 Thread Glen
I noticed that there are Pentax 70-200 f4-5.6 zoom lenses with both F and FA suffixes. What is the difference? The F version is a LOT cheaper on the used market. I think they are both autofocus, so I suppose the difference might involve how the camera metering works with the lens? Does anyone

Re: PESO - Cape May teaser (OT - not Pentax)

2005-10-02 Thread mike wilson
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Black skimmer: errr. ummm. skimming http://photography.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?pos=-27 or if the above link isn't working or is taking too long: http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id32.html Christian, you should start skimming som

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-02 Thread Glen
At 02:18 AM 10/2/2005, John Celio wrote: Without knowing our actual numbers, I guestimate we'd probably come up with very similar results. On the up side, however, we're printing a TON of digital stuff. How are you guys doing in that arena? For what it's worth, I've been having at least as

Re: PESO: A little smile for the list

2005-10-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:54:11 -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > That's two votes for Lotus and one vote for clean. I seem to recall > that my son (who keeps track of such things) told me it was a Lotus > when we saw it in town a few weeks ago. It's a Lotus. If you look carefully, you can see the gr

Re: Difference between F and FA lens?

2005-10-02 Thread P. J. Alling
The camera metering should work identically with either lens. The Pentax FA is a SMC lens, (with power zoom), and you can see it here: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/zooms/long/FA70-200f4-5.6.html The Pentax F is a non SMC (bargain lens) and you can see it here: http://www.bdimitrov.de/k

Re: Difference between F and FA lens?

2005-10-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Oh Yes, you can find a chart here: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/technology/summary/index.html The whole site is well worth browsing through: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ P. J. Alling wrote: The camera metering should work identically with either lens. The Pentax FA is a SMC lens, (with power

RE: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-02 Thread Bob W
Thanks - that's very kind. And you're right, I do need to take a road trip. -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: Bob Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 October 2005 16:38 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip > > Bob, > We've

Re: PESO - Cape May teaser (OT - not Pentax)

2005-10-02 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> Black skimmer: errr. ummm. skimming > >> > >> http://photography.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?pos=-27 > >> > >> or if the above link isn't working or is taking too long: > >> > >> http://home.mindsp

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-02 Thread graywolf
If you worked at my local Wal-Mart I would probably come to you too. However, we have a bunch of college students, and otherwise unemployable elderly ladies working at the Wal-Mart lab. Knowledge and skill is not what the local management is looking for, but cheap wages. BTW I would guess that

PESO: On My Way Home

2005-10-02 Thread Rick Womer
I was walking home from work yesterday, on a beautiful autumn afternoon, and came upon this fella soaking up the last rays of the sun: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3773799 Technical: Pentax Optio 33L, -1.7 stops exposure compensation, cropped and contrast boosted a bit in PE 2. Pl

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-02 Thread graywolf
I do not think the profitability of a given facility has much to do with Kodaks decision to close it. Personally I think Kodak is being raided. Goodby Kodak. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Toralf Lund wrote: Yes,

Re: Difference between F and FA lens?

2005-10-02 Thread Glen
At 02:49 PM 10/2/2005, P. J. Alling wrote: Oh Yes, you can find a chart here: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/technology/summary/index.html The whole site is well worth browsing through: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ P. J. Alling wrote: Thanks, PJ!

Re: Difference between F and FA lens?

2005-10-02 Thread Rick Womer
I don't believe that you guys are completely correct. IIRC, there was a non-SMC (Takumar) 70-200 F zoom, quite inexpensive. Though it was sharp, it was very prone to flare. However, there was also an SMC F 70-200 F zoom, shown on Boz's site here: http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/lenses/zooms/long/F70-21

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread sylwiuszp
Wiadomość Oryginalna Od: Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Do: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Data: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 18:41:23 +0200 Temat: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... > No, I may have been exaggerating a bit (or a lot) about the price, > although I'm quite sure the gap between

Re: PESO - Cape May teaser (OT - not Pentax)

2005-10-02 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Great capture Christian. Now was it the equipment, the workshop leader or > the guy who pushed the release? > Thanks Ken, Paul, Frank, Jens, William, Boris, John, Mike, Cotty (I hate you too; see below) and anyone else

Re: Dust on Your Sensor

2005-10-02 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 12:00 PM Subject: Dust on Your Sensor > Over in the LeiCanon list, this product was mentioned as a goo choice for > dust removal and sensor cleaning. > > http://www.visibledust.com/ > > W

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: Re: The slow and painful death of film. I do not think the profitability of a given facility has much to do with Kodaks decision to close it. Personally I think Kodak is being raided. Goodby Kodak. Kodak is seeing it's traditional mar

Re: GESO: Noah Taylor's magic balls

2005-10-02 Thread Derby Chang
:) thanks Dave, It's interesting. I've met a lot of actors who are musicians on their days off. I think it has something to do with music being a good way to have full control, something you don't get much when you are an actor. (Still) photography is another outlet, for similar reasons. D

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Kodak has been taken over by MBA's they're doomed. graywolf wrote: I do not think the profitability of a given facility has much to do with Kodaks decision to close it. Personally I think Kodak is being raided. Goodby Kodak. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Pr

Re: Difference between F and FA lens?

2005-10-02 Thread P. J. Alling
That's the SMC F 70-210. Which I mentioned in my post. There was no 70-200 version of this lens, (nor is there one mentioned on Boz's site), if I remember correctly. Rick Womer wrote: I don't believe that you guys are completely correct. IIRC, there was a non-SMC (Takumar) 70-200 F zoom, q

Re: Viewfinders

2005-10-02 Thread keith_w
Juan Buhler wrote: I picked up my MX last night. I heven't used that camera in over a year. The size of the viewfinder and its brightness, compared to the istD, makes me want to cry. I know the istD viewfinder is not too bad, by current standards. But what would it take for a not full frame cam

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Toralf Lund
The point is, the $650 cameras you mention do not have the same specs as the $3300 FF one. The only 12MP APS-C camera I know actually costs 40-50% more than That 12MP FF, and over half of That Other 16MP FF [ ... ] Disagree. Actually, dismissing sensor, 5D has WORSE parameters than 20D, th

Re: PESO - Cape May teaser (OT - not Pentax)

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/10/05, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: >Greg Downing, was instrumental by providing really goos advice on >how to shoot birds Typo. You mean 'goose'. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Dust on Your Sensor

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/10/05, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: >Sensor Swabs and Eclipse Fluid ...and a full manicure ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PESO: On My Way Home

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/10/05, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: >I was walking home from work yesterday, on a beautiful >autumn afternoon, and came upon this fella soaking up >the last rays of the sun: > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3773799 > >Technical: Pentax Optio 33L, -1.7 stops exposure >

UK readers, Kodak Cleaning Solution?

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
I have a friend who asks: >Would you by any chance know if Kodak lens cleaning solution is still >available? Can't find it anywhere. Got some Hama cleaning fluid and tissues, >they seem OK but... In the UK, anyone have a pointer?? Thanks Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Pla

Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...

2005-10-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/10/05, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed: >And I >wouldn't be surprised if the norm becomes there is no norm, Yeah, he's not been about for a while. Must be at a cell phone cover conference in Brazil. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

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