Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
Thanks. I agree about the rendering overall... I'm perplexed. Curious why you think it might be oversharpened. I did USM it, but I figured the broken rock in the foreground, would/should, being closer to the lens display a little more detail. This is one I wish I had on film. Tom C. Fr

Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass

2005-10-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 5, 2005, at 10:35 PM, Tom C wrote: Taken this summer in Denali NP, Alaska. *ist D and Zenitar 16 f/2.8, RAW Not exactly sure why I like it, maybe perspective or muted tones... but putting it up for... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3647626 It's nice ... lots of nice

RE: PAW: The Love of my Life

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
I'm moved. :) Nice one. Tom C. From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: PDML Subject: PAW: The Love of my Life Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:55:32 -0400 Okay, I guess I love my kids more... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3777084&size=lg Co

Re: Lunch!

2005-10-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 5, 2005, at 6:59 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Taken this Monday on one of my shoots for the Nature Guides: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/images/fall2_22.jpg ist-D, F100/2.8 Macro, ISO 400 Um, er, nice? ;-) Great picture. Nasty lady. Godfrey

Re: cultural image perception

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
Even more perplexing then... :) Tom C. From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: cultural image perception Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 01:29:01 -0400 They did use the spoon... Tom C wrote: I know the popular story regard

PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
Taken this summer in Denali NP, Alaska. *ist D and Zenitar 16 f/2.8, RAW Not exactly sure why I like it, maybe perspective or muted tones... but putting it up for... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3647626 Thanks for comments and critiques. Tom C.

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Juan Buhler
Hi Shel, Coincidentally, I spent some time today setting up a shopping cart and payment method through Paypal for pictures in my photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com (check the "buy" link below the image--hopefully it is not too crass to have that there.) My web host (webstrikesolutions.com) g

Re: cultural image perception

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
They did use the spoon... Tom C wrote: I know the popular story regarding chopsticks being an extension of the fingers... Really though, I just can't understand why a culture that used shovels to move dirt efficiently couldn't relate that to the human anatomy... I mean, if you want to dig a h

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread David Mann
On Oct 6, 2005, at 6:16 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: First, about how much space are you using, or do you think you'd need, to continue posting pix and doing a little e-commerce? I'm using just short of 6Mb, 5Mb of which is the photo gallery which I need to fill out a bit more. There are jus

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread David Mann
On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:30 AM, Cotty wrote: or put a jpeg with the email address on, or a clickable link that opens an email app? That's what I do. Works well. Easy to harvest from the mailto: URL in the page source. I tend to slightly obfuscate email links by using @ instead of @ - I doubt

Re: OT: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread David Mann
On Oct 6, 2005, at 5:13 AM, frank theriault wrote: But, they wouldn't let me take it on with me, as I could use it "as a bludgeon". I said that a pen could be a weapon, too, but that didn't sway them (and indeed, it ~was~ a fallacious argument on my part ). Pretty soon we'll all be transporte

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
At a price well above the *ist-D... Herb Chong wrote: it's in another class well above the *istD. instant reaction to anything i tell it. fast in every respect when needed. exposure was perfect for just about every shot without any manual intervention. focus didn't wander nearly as much as th

Re: OT: Lighting Advice Needed

2005-10-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
David, No practical experience here as the window light in Chicago has been fine for me with the occasional reflector. Still, here are some thoughts... 1) I don't know why 500 watts vs 250 should make a difference. Buy her some faster film. 2) Dimmers will come with a wattage rating. I can't fi

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

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Damn off by about a decade. I've got to read these things before I post them. P. J. Alling wrote: The early to mid '70's were the heyday of the M bodies, which lead the the plethora of M lenses we still see floating around on the used market. By the late '70's early '80's Pentax had a lot o

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

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
The early to mid '70's were the heyday of the M bodies, which lead the the plethora of M lenses we still see floating around on the used market. By the late '70's early '80's Pentax had a lot of cameras that didn't measure up to their competition or Pentax glass. William Robb wrote: -

Re: cultural image perception

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
I know the popular story regarding chopsticks being an extension of the fingers... Really though, I just can't understand why a culture that used shovels to move dirt efficiently couldn't relate that to the human anatomy... I mean, if you want to dig a hole, do you go get two poles and manipula

Re: cultural image perception

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
I've seen it claimed that the Chinese actually invented the fork, just never adopted it as a table implement. Chopsticks worked well enough. Tom C wrote: It may explain why they invented chopsticks... lack of focus... whereas the western world has a no-nonsense fork, knife, and spoon... stab

Re: 50 years of photojournalism

2005-10-05 Thread David Mann
I'm having trouble working out why I prefer PJ photos in black & white. Does anyone else have this preference? - Dave On Oct 6, 2005, at 12:46 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 -- Mark Roberts Phot

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! 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, fo

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

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Pentax was the choice of newspaper sports photographers. Small, light, reliable, recommended to me by my first photo editor as being a lot easier to drag around with a couple of lenses than a Nikon F. frank theriault wrote: On 10/5/05, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hmm... Makes me won

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-05 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:48 PM Subject: Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds Christian learned that equipment matters. the lens needs support just so that you can take more than a couple of pictures a day. he

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-05 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:46 PM Subject: Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds Art Morris is the first well known photographer i know of who did this. he may have started all of this. it's pretty necessary for

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-05 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 7:18 PM Subject: Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds Some more really good shots Christian. Good subjects, light, exposures. Thanks, Ken! Just wondering - +was this your fir

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-05 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Christian" Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:23 PM Subject: Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds All three shots are well done. The first is most interesting to me as the bird seems to be going about his business.

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

2005-10-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Christian" Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Camera obscura? pardon my typo. William Robb

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-05 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 5/10/05, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: Never seen that before ;-) Come on mate, where's The Cormorant Times ? There's prolly a few who haven't seen

Re: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
there is a place above Kaaterskill Falls that is about 180ft above the rock. about one person a year dies falling over the edge. i have taken a few pictures from just a few feet back of the ledge. there isn't any kind of rail. the best view, luckily, is from well off to the side, but it's still

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

2005-10-05 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The comparison I was making was between the top end Pentax body and the top end Nikon body, 1773, or thereabouts. Camera obscura? Christian

Re: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
Tom C. Herb, I'll tell ya. I was at Mt. Rainier NP last week... I was on a rock/stone bridge at a waterfall. The shot necessitated that I get up on the side of the bridge so I could shoot down. So I hoisted the Bogen tripod-mounted *ist D up on to the side of it and stepped up about 2 1/

Re: OT: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: On 10/5/05, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Taken around the Athabasca Falls area of Jasper National Park in Alberta. As a young bloke who had only ever seen ice from the freezer, this spun me right out. (Truth be told, it still spins me out :-). Have

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Jack Davis
No problem. Enjoy! Jack --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks... O.K I'll let my wife know... :) > > Tom C. > > > > > >From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >Subject: Re: Setting Up a Web Site > >Date: Wed,

Re: PESO: Pictures from a Vacation VIII

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Must be tough on your lap... William Robb wrote: - 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 )

Re: OT - Konolta to cease digi sales in Canada

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
There's no problem in human relations that can't be solved by the proper application of high explosives. Tom Reese wrote: 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 -- When yo

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

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
P*ist? Tom C. From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 22:41:22 -0400 It's like the * in *ist, it can mean anything you want it to, as long as it begin

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

2005-10-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mishka" Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Really? They had interchagable prisms and screens? pentax had interchangeble finders in their very first asahiflex. so had russian zenit. apparently f100 and f6 don't. so? The comparison I

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

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
It's like the * in *ist, it can mean anything you want it to, as long as it begins with P... Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: 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

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
Thanks... O.K I'll let my wife know... :) Tom C. From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Setting Up a Web Site Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:21:26 -0700 (PDT) Tom, you're one of those who "gets it". Jack --- Tom C <[EM

Re: OT - Konolta to cease digi sales in Canada

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Well I was speaking Photographically, (their Heiland division), the rest of the company was doing quite well actually... David Mann wrote: 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 distri

Re: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
When we were there we walked down below the falls and there was a huge display of inukshuks that had been built... must have covered 30 - 40 square yards. Very eerrie as we didn't know what they were at the time... Tom C. From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdm

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

2005-10-05 Thread Gautam Sarup
frank theriault wrote: > Olympus, Minolta had too many syllables. What's left? Most PJ's > still used Nikon, as Canon really hadn't made it's big impact yet, and > Pentax wasn't considered a pro camera, so of those two syllable > manufacturers, Nikon won. What about Leica, Frank?

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

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Must be your batteries, I find that 2500mAh AA NiMH cells equalize the weight quite nicely. mike wilson wrote: 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

RE: pentax manuals scans

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
Sort of on-topic... I was surprised recently when I went to the Nikon site hoping to download a .pdf for an LS-9000 so I could read about it. They seem to charge for all their manuals and want to mail a paper one... or maybe I just couldn't find it... If they don't let people or potential cus

Re: PESO Unintentional photos from my recent trip

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Interesting photos, I'm not sure what I think of them, maybe when I sleep on it. (Though it seems you're leaning to the right these days.) Rob Studdert 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/I

Re: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
it was a bit sad to be there that day. they were holding a memorial service for a guy that had fallen in about a week earlier. he apparently wanted to get a better view and went over the fence and didn't stop. they hadn't found the body yet. i don't know if they ever did. several dozen people we

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

2005-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
So they didn't want to, unfortunately. 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 digit

Re: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
That is a lovely view... may be heading to the area this winter!!! Tom C. From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Subject: Re: Chilly PESO Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:04:08 -0400 i don't have a picture of Tangle Falls that i really like. here is my shot o

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think I have 250 Mb for my site. There's no webshop, but there are >sometimes over a 100 PUG shots waiting for publication at komkon, and >a database to hold the information about each image. I'm using over 100 Mb at the moment, but I have a lot on line bes

Re: Lunch!

2005-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Taken this Monday on one of my shoots for the Nature Guides: >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/images/fall2_22.jpg >ist-D, F100/2.8 Macro, ISO 100 erm, make that ISO 400... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Norcal PDML meet - SF

2005-10-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
We might take a page from the workshop book... - Each of us define to some degree what we're considering as our day's subject idea... yes, actually write it down. - Shoot 50-100 exposures. - Put them together as thumbnails without editing in a "proof sheet" and study them together afterwa

Lunch!

2005-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Taken this Monday on one of my shoots for the Nature Guides: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/images/fall2_22.jpg ist-D, F100/2.8 Macro, ISO 100 -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PESO: A B&W conversion attempt

2005-10-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 5, 2005, at 9:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/? action=view¤t=Hailey_BW.jpg I know nothing about these things, but the conversion looks okay to me. Maybe it could use a bit more punch... I think i submitted the colour version last week. Ya

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread George Sinos
Shel - My Photo site is hosted at Smugmug. They offer an excellent product for a reasonable price. Go to and click on help. The bottom line is for $29.95 per year you get unlimited storage space. At that level I think you get 4 gigabytes/month of bandwidth. It's hard

pentax manuals scans

2005-10-05 Thread Mishka
older stuff, great quality of scans. found by an accident: http://www.pentax-manuals.com/index.htm might be useful to someone... best, mishka

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Jack Davis
Tom, you're one of those who "gets it". Jack --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You must be burning too much midnite oil Shel... :) > > He suggested using the words "city", "street" or "people" in a URL > because > those subjects make up the majority (at least what you've displayed > to th

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Jack Davis
Herb, never mind. I just read William's note in which he referred to the D2x. Thanks, Jack --- Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it's in another class well above the *istD. instant reaction to > anything i > tell it. fast in every respect when needed. exposure was perfect for > just > a

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Jack Davis
So, what did you use? Jack --- Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > glad you like them. unfortunately, not a shred of Pentax content. the > *istD > came along for the ride and i took one picture with it, a duplicate > of one i > omitted from the gallery, to test dynamic range and resolution

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Jack Davis
Tom, you have no shame :-)) Jack --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That was a joke also, right? Shel game? > > Tom C. > > > > >Okay Shel, game over. > > > >Jack > > > > > __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail

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

2005-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Oct 5, 2005, at 10:48 PM, Cotty wrote: > >> Roads? Who needs roads?!?! > >Almost nobody. Actually it was only a whim of ancient Romans ;-) Bah! What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, besides the roads... -- Mark Roberts Photography an

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-05 Thread John Forbes
I suspect that Christian already knew that equipment matters. John On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 01:48:37 +0100, Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Christian learned that equipment matters. the lens needs support just so that you can take more than a couple of pictures a day. he didn't say how man

Re: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
i don't have a picture of Tangle Falls that i really like. here is my shot of Athabaska Falls. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Random/07-33.jpg Herb - Original Message - From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:28 PM Subject: Re: Chilly PESO I

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
it's in another class well above the *istD. instant reaction to anything i tell it. fast in every respect when needed. exposure was perfect for just about every shot without any manual intervention. focus didn't wander nearly as much as the *istD would have in the same situations. essentially si

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
separated at birth. Herb. - Original Message - From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:46 PM Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks Heck I think I took 11

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

2005-10-05 Thread Mishka
> Really? They had interchagable prisms and screens? pentax had interchangeble finders in their very first asahiflex. so had russian zenit. apparently f100 and f6 don't. so? > They had shutter preferred auto? does F2 have? mine surely doesn't. > I presume the light meter was visible without lo

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
Christian learned that equipment matters. the lens needs support just so that you can take more than a couple of pictures a day. he didn't say how many Wimberley heads there were at the workshop, but i would bet around half. Herb - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAI

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
Art Morris is the first well known photographer i know of who did this. he may have started all of this. it's pretty necessary for shorebirds, when there is beach to crawl on. Herb - Original Message - From: "Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 4:

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

2005-10-05 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Pål Jensen wrote: E.R.N. Reed wrote: Additionally, the Nikon F100 is a *lot* like the PZ-1p, only a few years later and with the added technology those few years brought. The main difference seems to be that everybody and their dawg knew about the F100 when it came out, and they still haven't

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

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
That left more for the rest of us, silly man. I don't like the Z1p either. William Robb

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Butch Black
See sea shells at the sea shore at seeshels Say that fast five times Butch

Re: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
I need to scan some of my Tangle Falls and Athabaska Falls shots taken summer fours years ago. Tom C. From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Subject: Re: Chilly PESO Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:16:45 -0400 > that's a picture of Tangle Falls and actually

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
you have to make it over sometime. i have been told that nothing of the magnitude of the change of colors we see here happens in Europe. Herb - Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:36 AM Subject: RE: GESO: Fall in the A

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

2005-10-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Pål Jensen" Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Actually, the Nikon F/N 90 is more similar. The Nikon predated the Pentax. Howewver, the Pentax mount doesn't flex with a 80-200/2.8 lens (see user comments on photo.net) like the Nikon

Re: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Herb Chong" Subject: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ Nice stuff Herb. How are you likeing the D2x so far? William (I can read EXIF info) Robb

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

2005-10-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Pål Jensen" Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... William wrote: It is immaterial whether they could, or couldn't, or anything else. In the mid 1960s. they made world class cameras, as good as just about anything else out there. By the ea

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
near Schroon Lake and near Lake Placid. i've been getting up there more often these days. there was a time i was up there 3 or 4 times a year, then that dropped to once a year. now, i am back to 3 or 4 times again. Herb - Original Message - From: "Mat Maessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
glad you like them. unfortunately, not a shred of Pentax content. the *istD came along for the ride and i took one picture with it, a duplicate of one i omitted from the gallery, to test dynamic range and resolution. the *istD is simply not in the same class of camera. Herb - Original

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
except for the first one, they were taking in various places near Schroon Lake, about half an hour further north, and Lake Placid, about an hour north and then west. the first one was taken about 25 minutes south of Albany on the NYS Thruway. Herb - Original Message - From: "Paul

Re: Chilly PESO

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
i tried PTGui and gave it up. it stitched such that a line on the horizon ended up being irregularly wavy. neither PhotoVista nor Stitcher Express do this, and Panorama Maker usually doesn't do it. each of these three usually get the horizon line straight. that's a picture of Tangle Falls and

RE: PESO - on the way to work

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
Nice Doug... Man did I miss an opportunity yesterday driving from Olympia to Seattle at 7:00 AM. Sun just rising, not up yet, fog in the fields, huge evergreens silhouetted against pastel pink and blue skies. I just did not have the time to stop and be late... blast blast blast. Tom C.

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
thanks. the northern woods in North America do look a lot alike. my web postings use a generic Sharpen. i'm too lazy to tune one of my plugins to get precise results for these web galleries. Herb - Original Message - From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday,

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

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
the main objection i have is noise and the fact that the body has to have a powerful enough motor to focus the heaviest lens group that has to be moved. lots of mechanical power in a small size tends to be noisy and fragile. Herb - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PR

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
thanks, i didn't think of that until you reminded me. there is a certain 70's look to those. Herb... - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 7:23 AM Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks http://users.bestweb.net/~hchon

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
That was a joke also, right? Shel game? Tom C. Okay Shel, game over. Jack

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Herb Chong
actually, it did help. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 7:17 AM Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks very nice. i suppose a faster AF would have made it somewhat better, but still, very nice.

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
Good one Ann! Tom C. Oh well I can't resist this game... "whattheshel.com" ann ducks

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread John Forbes
Sadly, there's only one KW. He's a hard act to to follow. John On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:51:53 +0100, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Uh Oh, the Wallerites are coming! Tom C. From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in t

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Kenneth Waller wrote: > > WhatShelsees.com ? > > Kenneth Waller Oh well I can't resist this game... "whattheshel.com" ann ducks > > - Original Message - > From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Setting Up a Web Site > > > Cotty has always been very clever. Actuall

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

2005-10-05 Thread P�l Jensen
William wrote: > It is immaterial whether they could, or couldn't, or anything else. > In the mid 1960s. they made world class cameras, as good as just about > anything else out there. > By the early 1970s, they had been left in the dust by their competition. Really? The ES and ESII was at tim

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
You must be burning too much midnite oil Shel... :) He suggested using the words "city", "street" or "people" in a URL because those subjects make up the majority (at least what you've displayed to the PDML), of your shots. They more often than not contain people, were taken on the street, an

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Jack Davis
Okay Shel, game over. Jack --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well Jack ... you've lost me again ... > > Shel > > > Cotty has always been very clever. Actually, it should have read, > > "SeeShel's" > > Shel, it was the theme thought that I was conveying. If you want to > use > >

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

2005-10-05 Thread Pål Jensen
E.R.N. Reed wrote: Additionally, the Nikon F100 is a *lot* like the PZ-1p, only a few years later and with the added technology those few years brought. The main difference seems to be that everybody and their dawg knew about the F100 when it came out, and they still haven't heard of the PZ-1

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Lasse Karlsson
I'm with Don. Take the chance and get shelbelinkoff.com while you can. I'd even say, that what you may think of as cumbersome in your name, actually even has a certain ring to it, which very soon would feel completely natural both to you, viewers and possible clients. Go for it. Good luck, La

Re: Cape May report and 3 more birds

2005-10-05 Thread Kenneth Waller
Some more really good shots Christian. Good subjects, light, exposures. Just wondering - +was this your first workshop? If yes, why did you decide to attend one? +why did you choose Downing? +did you consider the fee worth what you got? +would you do it again? Just curious. I've atten

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Perhaps you can explain it to me. I thought I understood it after Jack 's explanation, but his subsequent comment lost me again. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Tom C > I got it! > > Tom C. > > >Because...those images of yours,I remember seeing, included such > >elements almost without exc

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Kenneth Waller
WhatShelsees.com ? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Setting Up a Web Site Cotty has always been very clever. Actually, it should have read, "SeeShel's" Shel, it was the theme thought that I was conveying. If you want to use "cu

Re: The slow and painful death of film.

2005-10-05 Thread Mishka
people are lazy and ignorant... film at 11. mishka On 10/5/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You have a fine attitude for a snapshot consumer. I understand Bill's > frustrations well ... I get the same attitude from the > 'professionals' regards their (allegedly broken) computer

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

2005-10-05 Thread Kenneth Waller
And maintain it. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 5:01 PM Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... It also depends how you drive! Tom C. Don't you think that would depend on the use? i

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Tom C
Uh Oh, the Wallerites are coming! Tom C. From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Subject: Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:46:33 -0400 Heck I think I took 11 Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "John Forb

RE: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Don Sanderson
I just got in and haven't read all of the posts but I'd jump at the chance to get shelbelinkoff.com. It's available. So is: shelsimages.com and shelsphotography.com Don > -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 12:17 PM > To

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

2005-10-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Pål Jensen" Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... I thought what happened was the ones who said pros couldn't use battery-dependent cameras and didn't need meters have now retired, and the new generation insists upon USM, multipoint met

Re: Setting Up a Web Site

2005-10-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Well Jack ... you've lost me again ... Shel > Cotty has always been very clever. Actually, it should have read, > "SeeShel's" > Shel, it was the theme thought that I was conveying. If you want to use > "cute" and "pretty", it's OK with me. > > Jack > > --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

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