Re: Norcal PDML meet - SF

2005-10-05 Thread John Celio
Hey Bruce, you can put confirmed next to my name on that list, as well as a possible guest or two. I helped convert a coworker of mine over to Pentax (he bought the *istDL two-lens kit last week), and he and his girlfriend might be coming along. John Celio -- http://www.neovenator.com

Re: OT: Vertigo, then and now

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
I totally agree. Thanks for sharing this Juan! I wasn't going to click on every link, but I couldn't resist. A.H. movies are most of my favorites, including Vertigo. Any movie starring Cary Grant or Audrey Hepburn are on my list as well. Charade is #1 (not Hitchcock). Followed by: North

Pemtax 67 Cases

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
I haven't done a lot of research on this topic on my own, but have poked around on the web for half an hour. I'm looking for an aluminum hard side case that will safely accomodate a Pentax 67 with meter prism attached, and a standard 90 or 105mm lens. The kind with the pre-cut foam blocks

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 Oct 2005 at 23:09, Tom C wrote: I take it this would not be the case were you to receive 'RAW' files vs. .jpg? Or is the processing totally geared towards .jpgs? This is one big reason why it would be great if DNG (or some similar scheme) was adopted as a de facto digital film by all

Pentax 67 Cases

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
Spellin' corrected... I haven't done a lot of research on this topic on my own, but have poked around on the web for half an hour. I'm looking for an aluminum hard side case that will safely accomodate a Pentax 67 with meter prism attached, and a standard 90 or 105mm lens. The kind with the

Re: Pentax 67 Cases

2005-10-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 5 Oct 2005 at 0:28, Tom C wrote: Spellin' corrected... I haven't done a lot of research on this topic on my own, but have poked around on the web for half an hour. I'm looking for an aluminum hard side case that will safely accomodate a Pentax 67 with meter prism attached, and a

Re: Pentax 67 Cases

2005-10-05 Thread derbyc
Quoting Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Spellin' corrected... I haven't done a lot of research on this topic on my own, but have poked around on the web for half an hour. I'm looking for an aluminum hard side case that will safely accomodate a Pentax 67 with meter prism attached, and a standard

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

2005-10-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Rob Studdert wrote: What gets me is (if you've been watching the *ist D grip thread) that the *ist D sans grip is apparently too small for many people which is counter to the general Pentax DSLRs are great because they're small discussions. In addition to it being

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, William Robb wrote: The customer is responsible for the resolution being great enough, the white balance being correct, the image compression not being too great, and the exposure being close to correct. Quite honestly, I have more trouble with digital print quality than

Re: OT: Vertigo, then and now

2005-10-05 Thread Juan Buhler
On 10/4/05, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any movie starring Cary Grant or Audrey Hepburn are on my list as well. Charade is #1 (not Hitchcock). Funny, I just saw Charade last night (I had seen it before, many years ago.) An interesting thing to note: Because of a technicality, this film

Re: PAW: The Love of my Life

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Interesting shot, more interesting with the title. frank theriault wrote: Okay, I guess I love my kids more... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3777084size=lg vbg Comments are always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson ...

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

2005-10-05 Thread Toralf Lund
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Except, perhaps, you have one motor instead of one in each and every lens? Seems more sensible to me... And if you update the motor, you'll see an improvement for

RE: ist D Battery Grip

2005-10-05 Thread Paul Ewins
I bought mine with the camera thinking the extra battery capacity might be useful but stopped using it because the extra size (height) meant the camera would no longer fit in the camera bags I use. I've never found the *ist-D hard to hold so the extra size wasn't a bonus for me. I've just

Re: Another Auction

2005-10-05 Thread David Mann
I love the line No time wasters please! - Dave (among all that electronic junk I don't see a clock) On Oct 4, 2005, at 10:31 PM, Kevin Waterson wrote: If this one gets away from you, you may be able to travel back and get it. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/Other/

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

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Pentax could do that, if they wanted to. Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote on 04.10.05 12:10: I am also wondering of it additonally ensures that the mount stays the same. Nikon mount negates this. You've got both - traditional screw type AF drive and possibility

Re: Pemtax 67 Cases

2005-10-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/10/05, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: have poked around on the web for half an hour. This has always been my intention, ever since I got internet hook-up. Unfortunately I can't think of one single instance where I actually kept to my intention ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ ||

Re: PAW/PESO: Nearly Naked

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Frank, I'm surprised at you, there's a lot of detail and it's in focus. ;-) frank theriault wrote: I took my Yashicamat out for a walk a couple of weeks ago, for the first time in about 2 years. It was fun! This is one of my favourite shots of the one roll I took. Sadly, my primitive

Re: OT - Konolta to cease digi sales in Canada

2005-10-05 Thread David Mann
On Oct 5, 2005, at 4:52 PM, William Robb wrote: You can solve a lot of problems with a chainsaw. To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems. -- Homer Simpson

Re: OT - Konolta to cease digi sales in Canada

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Actually the Honeywell deal, was the other way around. Pentax wanted to get control of their own distribution in a major market. Without Pentax Honeywell had nothing of any substance to sell... graywolf wrote: First Minolta bought Textronics which made them broke. Then Konica bought

Re: ist D Battery Grip

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
I thought you were already potty... Cotty wrote: On 4/10/05, Thibouille, discombobulated, unleashed: you WILL have to shit it off when using it in landscape mode for a while That would drive me potty! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

PESO Unintentional photos from my recent trip

2005-10-05 Thread Rob Studdert
It's been a long time between PESOs for me but here are three pics from my recent trip: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4645.jpg (~109kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4324.jpg (~58kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP3596.jpg (~116kB) Please

Re: Optio60/S6

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Lots of companies give different designations to items that are sold in different stores. My Photo printer is the HP7350s, if I had bought it in Wall Mart it would have been a HP7350w. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen two names for the same camera. The Pentax web site calls it the S6.

Re: OT: Lighting Advice Needed

2005-10-05 Thread mike wilson
From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here is what I am trying to figure out: 1. I have a pair of Smith Victor A100's bought on Ebay. The listing said that they would take up to a 500W bulb but the lights themselves list only bulb types for 250W. I emailed Smith Victor and they responded that

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

2005-10-05 Thread mike wilson
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed AM 04:59:16 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... On 5 Oct 2005 at 6:48, DagT wrote: I was referring to the fact that the 1Ds mkII is about the same size and weight as the

Re: RE: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII

2005-10-05 Thread mike wilson
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed AM 05:03:23 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII Cool!... Leica? Tom C. No, it's a dog with a stick. From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To:

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

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
I think it has more to do with the *ist-D's built in grip, that the size of the camera. While I don't have any real gripes with the grip, I do sometimes wish it were deeper like the one on the Ds... Rob Studdert wrote: On 5 Oct 2005 at 6:48, DagT wrote: I was referring to the fact that

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

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Supposedly... William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... PENTAX, Official camera of women, and men with small hands... Trying to be funny at 10:35 PM PDT. I know what they say about how foot size relates to other

Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
You can't really get the scale of the Dog from this, looks like my Cocker with a much smaller stick... (He only Thinks he's a Rottweiler ). Bruce Dayton wrote: That's no stick, that's a tree! Nice shot. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).

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

2005-10-05 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
P. J. Alling wrote on 05.10.05 9:43: Pentax could do that, if they wanted to. They did. At least in patent filed a few years ago. I have even made a PDF from that patent, we called it KAF3 mount. It used current digital contact for communication and powerzoom contacts to provide voltage supply

OT Digital NR experience PSCS2 vs NN and NI?

2005-10-05 Thread Rob Studdert
So has anyone compared the NR facilities in PSCS2 CR with the latest incarnations of Noise Ninja or Neatimage? I'm keen to hear if any of you think the PSCS2 CR NR is good enough to dispense with the need for other NR utilities.? (All with reference to post processing DSLR files) Cheers, Rob

Re: PESO Unintentional photos from my recent trip

2005-10-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/10/05, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4645.jpg (~109kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4324.jpg (~58kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP3596.jpg (~116kB) Please comment if you desire but really I had

Re: Nikon lens to M42 body adapter...

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Some of the third party K-M42 adapters stick out of the camera body, which doesn't help lens registration much. Genuine Pen tax adapters mount flush in the K mount and retain exact registration. keith_w wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 4, 2005, at 9:55 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: M42

Re: OT - Konolta to cease digi sales in Canada

2005-10-05 Thread David Mann
On Oct 5, 2005, at 9:05 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Actually the Honeywell deal, was the other way around. Pentax wanted to get control of their own distribution in a major market. Without Pentax Honeywell had nothing of any substance to sell... Is that the same Honeywell that's currently

Re: Optio60/S6

2005-10-05 Thread Dario Bonazza
Bob Sullivan wrote: In general, the S3, S4, S5 had optical viewfinders. The S40 and S50 had no optical viewfinder. Regards, Bob S. No, all the cameras you mentioned have optical viewfinders. The main difference between the single-digit Optios and the two-digit models is power supply: two

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

2005-10-05 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
I know what they say about how foot size relates to other body parts, does hand size work the same way? William Robb P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 2005.10.05 11:43:19: Supposedly... I've got really long fingers plus really large feet and no it doesn't :) I wish it would,

GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other colors easily distinguishable. the birches, for the

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

2005-10-05 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Krisjanis Linkevics wrote on 05.10.05 12:08: I've got really long fingers plus really large feet and no it doesn't :) I wish it would, though :), although my SO says it's exactly the right size :) After reading the last posts in this thread, I'am wondering whether first letter in PDML

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/10/05, Herb Chong, discombobulated, unleashed: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other

Re: OT - Konolta to cease digi sales in Canada

2005-10-05 Thread Tom Reese
William Robb wrote: You can solve a lot of problems with a chainsaw. I suppose so but I think dynamite is a more elegant solution. Tom Reese

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

2005-10-05 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
I've got really long fingers plus really large feet and no it doesn't :) I wish it would, though :), although my SO says it's exactly the right size :) After reading the last posts in this thread, I'am wondering whether first letter in PDML abbreviation really means Pentax? :-)))

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

2005-10-05 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Krisjanis Linkevics wrote on 05.10.05 12:31: I meant the *istD :) she says it's purrfect. Wants one of her own. I have to constantly remind her that the gear really doesn't matter, that it's all about the operator :) Ah, so that's OK, I was thinking of foot size relates to other body parts as

Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII

2005-10-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good grab. What lens did you use? The 300? Paul On Oct 5, 2005, at 12:52 AM, William Robb wrote: Just when you though I had wound down. This is a just a snapshot of my dog fetching a stick. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/vacation/IMGP0583.html William Robb

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread cbwaters
Bloody hell, Herb... Now I either need to quit my job so I can spend enough time to even begin to get this good or sell all my camera gear and give up... Sheesh. Herb...Print, bind, sell in stores. Cory - Original Message - From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
thanks, Cotty. it's all in the wrist. Herb - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:24 AM Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks Beautiful collection Herb. 0030, 96, and 124 stand out for

Trip to Prague, any suggestions?

2005-10-05 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
I am currently planning a trip to Prague at the end of October, any suggestions on what to see in addition to Saudek? Krisjanis

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Herb Chong wrote: http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Some really good pictures there, Herb, esp 2,3 and 10-13 But can we discuss 8? Does it tilt a bit to the right, was it intentional and what is the thinking behind it? Curious, Kostas

Re: Trip to Prague, any suggestions?

2005-10-05 Thread dagt
Sudek fra: Krisjanis Linkevics [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am currently planning a trip to Prague at the end of October, any suggestions on what to see in addition to Saudek? Krisjanis

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
it does tilt, but the camera was level according to the bubble level on top of the camera. the shoreline was receding as it's at an angle to the film plane. perspective only. i thought about it and left it tilted. Herb - Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice shot. Very pretty. The split frame works well here. Paul On Oct 5, 2005, at 6:20 AM, Herb Chong wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Oops. Didn't realize there was more than one. Yes, a lot of nice work here. I love number 4. Great shadow detail and well-controlled highlights. Good job. Paul On Oct 5, 2005, at 6:24 AM, Cotty wrote: On 5/10/05, Herb Chong, discombobulated, unleashed: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
i'm regularly published in local magazines, and i have a show up about 8 months of the year at a local restaurant. it's fun, but so far, expenses far exceed income. at least my consumable expense is usually covered. it's like getting to Carnegie Hall, practice, practice, practice. Herb

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

2005-10-05 Thread Toralf Lund
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... PENTAX, Official camera of women, and men with small hands... Trying to be funny at 10:35 PM PDT. I know what they say about how foot size relates to other body parts, does

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Mishka
very nice. i suppose a faster AF would have made it somewhat better, but still, very nice. best, mishka On 10/5/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a

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

2005-10-05 Thread Toralf Lund
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: P. J. Alling wrote on 05.10.05 9:43: Pentax could do that, if they wanted to. They did. At least in patent filed a few years ago. I have even made a PDF from that patent, we called it KAF3 mount. It used current digital contact for communication and

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread mike wilson
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed AM 10:20:46 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a

Re: Trip to Prague, any suggestions?

2005-10-05 Thread mike wilson
From: Krisjanis Linkevics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed AM 10:51:07 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Trip to Prague, any suggestions? I am currently planning a trip to Prague at the end of October, any suggestions on what to see in addition to

Re: PESO Unintentional photos from my recent trip

2005-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a long time between PESOs for me but here are three pics from my recent trip: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4645.jpg (~109kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4324.jpg (~58kB)

Re: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread mike wilson
From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/05 Wed AM 11:17:46 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks very nice. i suppose a faster AF would have made it somewhat better, but still, very nice. best, mishka No, quieter. It wouldn't scare the

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

2005-10-05 Thread Adam Maas
Toralf Lund wrote: Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: P. J. Alling wrote on 05.10.05 9:43: Pentax could do that, if they wanted to. They did. At least in patent filed a few years ago. I have even made a PDF from that patent, we called it KAF3 mount. It used current digital contact for

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

2005-10-05 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Toralf Lund wrote on 05.10.05 13:18: But what if the contacts were missing? Would you still be able to do AF the other way? Then they'd have problems supplying power to USM motor in the lens. Minolta has left power zoom contacts in their mount, and that's why they didn't have any problems

Daily Update-Petition Survey-LAST CHANCE!

2005-10-05 Thread Don Sanderson
1454 hits on the web page and 160 submissions (includes duplicates) so far. I'll let this run thru the weekend and then post the results. Looks like it's about run it's course. Last chance to be heard! Tell everyone to go to: http://www.donsauction.com/Pentax and take _THE_ Pentax Wishlist

Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip

2005-10-05 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 4, 2005, at 9:46 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: (Shooting JPEG in camera, however, is much more like shooting slide film.) i'll go along with that, although I've never shot jpegs with my *istD, only with a little PS. Paul My little PS does 'em much better than my

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Herb Chong wrote: it does tilt, but the camera was level according to the bubble level on top of the camera. Thanks. at an angle to the film plane To the what? Kostas

Re: Trip to Prague, any suggestions?

2005-10-05 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
I am currently planning a trip to Prague at the end of October, any suggestions on what to see in addition to Saudek? What else are you interested in? 1. picturetaking 2. exibitions 3. beer I'll be taking my SO, so we will probably be in tourist mode most of the time, but I will

50 years of photojournalism

2005-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/in_pictures_50_years_of_photojournalism/html/1.stm -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread dagt
fra: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] very nice. i suppose a faster AF would have made it somewhat better, but still, very nice. No, quieter. It wouldn't scare the leaves so much. But he would have had some extra ripples in the water from the

Re: PESO Unintentional photos from my recent trip

2005-10-05 Thread David Savage
LOL. I really like the one with all the feet. Just so long as these are not better than the deliberate efforts g Dave Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a long time between PESOs for me but here are three pics from my recent trip:

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

2005-10-05 Thread Toralf Lund
Adam Maas wrote: Toralf Lund wrote: Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: P Have they really removed it, or just used the KAF mount instead of KAF2? As far as I can tell, KAF2 has been used only for relative higher-end cameras; KAF ones have always been produced along with them. For instance,

Re: PESO PAW - A Link to Global Warming

2005-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On 10/4/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A QuikSnap made with the DS couldn't pass this by ;-)) http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/globalwarm.html A brave soul - obviously looking for a brick through the window! LOL A fun snap, Shel! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

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

2005-10-05 Thread Toralf Lund
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Have they really removed it, or just used the KAF mount instead of KAF2? As far as I can tell, KAF2 has been used only for relative higher-end cameras; KAF ones have always been produced along with them. For instance, while the MZ-5n/MZ-3 and MZ-S have KAF2 mounts,

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Film to print has a lot more variables controled by the lab. We can process the film well, or poorly. We can scratch the film, or otherwise mar the image in a great variety of ways. We can print it well, or poorly as well. Digital files are mostly finished

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis Subject: Re: The slow and painful death of film. Quite honestly, I have more trouble with digital print quality than with film print quality because of customer misintervention of the process. Yet another reason not to be bothered

Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII

2005-10-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII You can't really get the scale of the Dog from this, looks like my Cocker with a much smaller stick... (He only Thinks he's a Rottweiler ). My Rottie thinks she is a Lhasa Apso. William

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

2005-10-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Except, perhaps, you have one motor instead of one in each and every lens? Seems more sensible to me... And if you update the motor, you'll see an improvement for *all* lenses. If you

Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII

2005-10-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII Good grab. What lens did you use? The 300? HAR!! That was shot with my Optio 750, with a crop taken out of the center. I'm kinda scraping bottom for pictures.. Thanks for looking.

Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII

2005-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On 10/5/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just when you though I had wound down. This is a just a snapshot of my dog fetching a stick. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/vacation/IMGP0583.html William Robb Nice one! -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.

Re: PESO: Sand Pile

2005-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On 10/4/05, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip but, like Frank (?) I was distracted trying to figure out what it was even though you have told us. snip Just to set the record straight, I didn't say I was distracted. I said I couldn't tell what it was, even after being told, but that

Re: OT: Vertigo, then and now

2005-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On 10/4/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm posting this here because it has some pictures of the area where the SF PDML meetup will happen this Saturday: http://www.basichip.com/vertigo/main.htm This guy photographed places from scenes in Hitchcock's _Vertigo_, in 2003. He did a

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

2005-10-05 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
On 10/5/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... If you have an original EOS lens, and buy a new lens, you have just updated your AF technology. If you are using a 20 year old camera with

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

2005-10-05 Thread Toralf Lund
Except, perhaps, you have one motor instead of one in each and every lens? Seems more sensible to me... And if you update the motor, you'll see an improvement for *all* lenses. If you have an original EOS lens, and buy a new lens, you have just updated your AF technology. Not really. You

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

2005-10-05 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:30:47 +0200, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Except, perhaps, you have one motor instead of one in each and every lens? Seems more sensible to me... And if you

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

2005-10-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 5 Oct 2005 at 13:30, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Then they'd have problems supplying power to USM motor in the lens. Minolta has left power zoom contacts in their mount, and that's why they didn't have any problems implementing their SSM lenses. These days it would be very easy to supply

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Rick Womer
Beautiful, Herb. It doesn't take great swaths of color to make autumn photos work! Wish I was up there... Rick --- Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On 10/5/05, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: at an angle to the film plane To the what? Kostas The ICP? (Image Capture Plane - that would cover both film and sensors) -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On 10/5/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it all looks summer green mixed in with lots of brown. only when you get closer are the other

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice work Herb. Looks a lot like Michigan in the fall. A few of the first coupla images appeared on the verge of over sharpened. I'm a sucker for reed and water reflection shots. thanks for posting Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GESO: Fall

OT: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread David Savage
G'day trendsetters, Last night I updated my version of PTGui http://www.ptgui.com I ended up spending the next 3 hours stitching everything and anything I could find putting it through it's paces. This is a very cool GUI for the Panorama Tools program. The auto control points feature is

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Kenneth Waller
it's all in the wrist. I'll have to try it that way, I thought it was all in the finger. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks thanks, Cotty. it's all in the wrist. Herb - Original Message - From:

Re: OT: Vertigo, then and now

2005-10-05 Thread David Savage
That's pretty neat. It's good to see that not everything has been bulldozed over the years. Dave On 10/5/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm posting this here because it has some pictures of the area where the SF PDML meetup will happen this Saturday:

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

2005-10-05 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 05.10.05 14:57: These days it would be very easy to supply power and control all lens functions plus provide feedback using a pair of contacts, just line power over LAN (IEEE 802.3af). Yes, but I'm not sure if contacts (other than powerzoom) on KAF2 mount can handle

Re: OT: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On 10/5/05, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day trendsetters, snip Anyway, I stitched together 2 shots I took over 10 years ago when my Dad I were holidaying in Canada. It's nothing special EVERYTHING about Canada is special... LOL , but II thought I'd share the results (~130k):

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

2005-10-05 Thread dagt
fra: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rob Studdert wrote on 05.10.05 14:57: These days it would be very easy to supply power and control all lens functions plus provide feedback using a pair of contacts, just line power over LAN (IEEE 802.3af). Yes, but I'm not sure if

Re: PESO Unintentional photos from my recent trip

2005-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On 10/5/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4645.jpg (~109kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP4324.jpg (~58kB) http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP3596.jpg (~116kB) Y'know, I looked at the first one and thought

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
Really like this series - especially the abstract nature of 100 124. Where were these taken relative to Glens Falls (my best point of reference)? -P Herb Chong wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Jack Davis
Herb, Enjoyed the crisp beautiful fall experience. Terrific! Shot with *istD..or? Thanks. Jack --- Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much duller than usual. from a distance, it

Re: 50 years of photojournalism

2005-10-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 5, 2005, at 4:46 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/ in_pictures_50_years_of_photojournalism/html/1.stm Some intense photographs... Godfrey

Re: PAW/PESO: Nearly Naked

2005-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On 10/5/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, I'm surprised at you, there's a lot of detail and it's in focus. ;-) Sorry... LOL -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PAW/PESO: Nearly Naked

2005-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On 10/4/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Add my kudos to the list. This is a wonderful shot! Merci! -le knarf -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Mat Maessen
Very nice Herb. Whereabouts in the Adirondacks were you? (I live in the Albany area, and usually make it up there a couple of times a year) -Mat On 10/5/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis Subject: Re: The slow and painful death of film. Quite honestly, I have more trouble with digital print quality than with film print quality because of customer misintervention of the process.

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