Re: my day in SF with Shel...

2005-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 29, 2005, at 2:26 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the histogram also generated from the in-camera JPEG? That would explain why shots that look as if they're clipping at the white end on the camera's histogram come into RAW converters with latitude

Re: File names and iPhoto questions

2005-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 29, 2005, at 4:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a side question. Anyone know if iphoto can display file names. I asked Cotty, but he does not use the program, so didi not have an answer. Either that or he was having supper when i emailed.:-) Responding in the context of iPhoto

Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Don Williams
For a long time I have held that with the instruction book and a little patience anyone with an ounce of intelligence can find out how to work a machine or instrument. Too bad -- I now have to abandon this premise. After getting the card for the *ist D I programmed custom 1 so that it

GESO: Mother and Daughter

2005-10-30 Thread Jens Bladt
I geuss I have posted at least one of these photographs earlier. Nevertheless, together I believe they make a nice little series. What do uyou think? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/1244174/show/ Regards Jens http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Don Williams
I should add here that the camera works perfectly with an external flash -- a Vivitar 730AFPK. But with the internal flash up the camera will not expose although the flash symbol appears and all seems well. Don Williams wrote: For a long time I have held that with the instruction book and

Re: What's wrong with this picture?

2005-10-30 Thread Toralf Lund
3. It is definitely possible that I messed up somehow on frame 18 - that's why frame 19 has essentially the same shot. I'll bet it was gross over-exposure. I'm trying very hard to remember what exactly I did, but I', not sure if I can. I must be getting old... I'm thinking I

PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Rob Studdert
Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I forgot that the camera was in manual exposure mode and in a rush shot off five frames which were at least a stop and a half too hot. What this tends to do apart from the obvious is turn the sky a very icky turquoise colour, so rather than completely

RE: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Jens Bladt
Nice talking to you on Skype, Don. Very nice invention, isn't it? The camera is faulty - RTF doesn't work right. Hoope you get it fixed fast. Regards Jens Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Don Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 30.

Re: PESO: Chimp with offspring

2005-10-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Boris. On Oct 30, 2005, at 12:51 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! The title says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3836659size=lg LOL... I was fooled to expect to see some chimp-anzees... Well done. Boris

Re: GESO: Mother and Daughter

2005-10-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
This URL brought up nothing, except an arrow back to the set. So I went back and looked at the set. I like them. You might want to work a bit on bringing out more shadow detail in the faces where they show. If you're using PSCS, the Shadow/Highlight tool can accomplish that. Paul On Oct 30,

Re: Another firm belief shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Don Williams
I've been over this again and it seems the flash is indeed faulty. Its something I don't need and its a pity they don't make an *ist D version without one. Lifting the flash will soon run the batteries flat. I'm going to avoid that until I can get a new camera. Hope you get/got good

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent composition. The tonal values are nice here to my eye. Paul On Oct 30, 2005, at 7:25 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I forgot that the camera was in manual exposure mode and in a rush shot off five frames which were at least a stop and a half too hot.

Re: PESO The land of coke and honey

2005-10-30 Thread keith_w
P. J. Alling wrote: There are many places in the world where waters are naturally contaminated with Tannins which turn the water the color of tea. The Mississippi isn't polluted because it's muddy... I'd like to interject a few words about water pollution. I think of pollution as

RE: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Rob ... BW seems like a good way to present this photo. Good choice. The subject and location looks like it would offer a lot of possibilities, although I'm not sure that you caught the best possibility with this shot. However, the problem here is that the image is way too big to fit on my

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread mike wilson
Don Williams wrote: For a long time I have held that with the instruction book and a little patience anyone with an ounce of intelligence can find out how to work a machine or instrument. Too bad -- I now have to abandon this premise. After getting the card for the *ist D I programmed custom

Re: Another firm belief shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Don ... So sorry to hear that you've gotta return the camera. Been there, done that - it's annoying at the least. I'd love to see a Pentax DSLR without a pop up flash, and perhaps without a number of other bells and whistles. Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax [Original

RE: GESO: Mother and Daughter

2005-10-30 Thread Jens Bladt
I have now changed the contrast (suggested by Rob) by using the shadow/highlight tool in CS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/1244553/ I geuss all of you guys with flat screens may be seeing things with a little more contrast, eh? Regards Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA

Re: Another firm belief shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Hi Don ... So sorry to hear that you've gotta return the camera. Been there, done that - it's annoying at the least. I'd love to see a Pentax DSLR without a pop up flash, and perhaps without a number of other bells and whistles. Shel, I am with you on this one. -- Boris

PESO: Alle barna

2005-10-30 Thread Toralf Lund
I thought I might post a proper picture now: http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=children Not necessarily among the best I've taken, but since we were discussing picture-taking in the public, and using children as subjects in particular, a while back... I have in fact photographed a number

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 30, 2005, at 4:25 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I forgot that the camera was in manual exposure mode and in a rush shot off five frames which were at least a stop and a half too hot. What this tends to do apart from the obvious is turn the sky a very

RE: PESO: Alle barna

2005-10-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The file is HUGE ... perhaps in the future you can bring your posted pics down to a reasonable size. Those on slow dialup connections have to wait a l-o-n-g time to see the photo. Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax [Original Message] From: Toralf Lund I thought I might post

Re: PESO - Taku

2005-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 29, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Adam Maas wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/57182627/ *istD, Kenlock Auto 135mm f2.8 screwmount at f2.8 1/1000 ISO3200 Very nice! I like the deep tones you've gotten here, excellent composition. Godfrey

Re: PESO The land of coke and honey

2005-10-30 Thread Rob Studdert
On 30 Oct 2005 at 3:39, keith_w wrote: I can't speak to the presence of other contaminants like tannins and other water colorants, but I'd suppose any plant acid like that could not be particularly good for a human (or fish, or animal) to drink in any quantity, either. All of which goes

Re: PESO The land of coke and honey

2005-10-30 Thread Rob Studdert
On 30 Oct 2005 at 0:23, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I think I would have liked to have seen a bit of land or something for scale in the shot, Rob... Hi Ann, There are clues to scale, the small bubbles visible on the water surface for instance. The falls section of the image was about a 3.5 drop

Re: PESO The land of coke and honey

2005-10-30 Thread keith_w
Rob Studdert wrote: On 30 Oct 2005 at 3:39, keith_w wrote: I can't speak to the presence of other contaminants like tannins and other water colorants, but I'd suppose any plant acid like that could not be particularly good for a human (or fish, or animal) to drink in any quantity, either.

Re: my day in SF with Shel...

2005-10-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 29, 2005, at 2:26 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Is the histogram also generated from the in-camera JPEG? That would explain why shots that look as if they're clipping at the white end on the camera's

*istD and built-in flash

2005-10-30 Thread David Dixon
Reading about Don's problems with his *istD and built-in flash has prompted me to write. My *istD developed a similar problem while using the built-in flash - no charging, coupled with apparent draining of the batteries and refusal to trip the shutter. The flash charging circuitry is obviously

Re: my day in SF with Shel...

2005-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 30, 2005, at 5:17 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: .. trim your responses ... I'll try. ]'-) Godfrey

Re: *istD and built-in flash

2005-10-30 Thread brooksdj
Reading about Don's problems with his *istD and built-in flash has prompted me to write. My *istD developed a similar problem while using the built-in flash - no charging, coupled with apparent draining of the batteries and refusal to trip the

Re: PESO: Alle barna

2005-10-30 Thread Jack Davis
This has a joy to it that I feel, certainly makes it a proper picture. The coral of adult legs implies protection and grants permission to the children to have their own group experience. Unusual and very intriguing moment. Jack --- Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought I might post

Re: my day in SF with Shel...

2005-10-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2005, at 5:17 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: .. trim your responses ... I'll try. ]'-) A simple OK would have sufficed there. ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PESO: Chimp with offspring

2005-10-30 Thread Jack Davis
Terrific, Paul! Jack --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The title says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3836659size=lg __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: PESO: Chimp with offspring

2005-10-30 Thread David Savage
Cute moment, well caught. Kids are so much fun. And I just now noticed that there are 2 little peoples there. Dave On 10/30/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The title says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3836659size=lg

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: Another firm believe shattered I have to say that I am suprised by the number of people on here who have had a similar experience to you. Maybe list members are more exploratory of their camera's capabilities than other users

Re: *istD and built-in flash

2005-10-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Dixon Subject: *istD and built-in flash My *istD developed a similar problem while using the built-in flash So - how many other *istD owners have had this problem? Nope, no problems of that nature. The istD has, from what I have read here, been a

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: Another firm believe shattered I have to say that I am suprised by the number of people on here who have had a similar experience to you. Maybe list members are more exploratory of their camera's capabilities

Re: PESO: Alle barna

2005-10-30 Thread Toralf Lund
Toralf Lund wrote: I thought I might post a proper picture now: http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=children Or http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=children2 for a smaller file (and reduced quality.) - T

Re: PESO - Others 2005 - 46r - GDG (Shel using his DS)

2005-10-30 Thread Glen
At 11:41 AM 10/29/2005, you wrote: Here's one that I call Too Much Cheesecake Will Shrink Your Head http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/2muchcheesecake.html The pix that G posted were of my first successful attempt with trap focus. A very neat feature! What is trap focus? thanks, Glen

RE: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Malcolm Smith
mike wilson wrote: I would agree that many of the _problems_ seem to be associated with power supply. But the _failures_, necessitating camera return/repair, seem to be quite high. My _impression_ (which is what most of us have - if I was really anal about it I would have logged this)

Re: PESO: Alle barna

2005-10-30 Thread Toralf Lund
Shel Belinkoff wrote: The file is HUGE ... perhaps in the future you can bring your posted pics down to a reasonable size. Those on slow dialup connections have to wait a l-o-n-g time to see the photo. Right. Sorry. I did scale reduce quality somewhat, but perhaps not as much as I might.

Re: Another firm belief shattered

2005-10-30 Thread graywolf
Your problem makes me wonder if all the battery related problems with the istD series haven't to do with that dumb RTF. It is after all the most unreliable part of modern cameras. The fixed built in flashs are not as much of a problem, but still I do not like them. The are fine for casual

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread graywolf
Also, like most price sensitive manufacturers, Pentax's final quality control inspector is the customer. You can get a camera that 20 years ago would never have left the factory. Pentax, and most other manufactures, know they are doing this and will pretty much cheerfully repair or replace

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread graywolf
I doubt the problem rate is that high. Remember, you usually do not hear from those who have had no problems, unless they respond gloatingly to someone elses post of misery grin. The warrenty failure rate is probaby in the order of 1 to 2%, beyond that Pentax would be losing too much money, it

PESO:Maynooth Train Station

2005-10-30 Thread brooksdj
Hi Gang Apologies for 2 pictures in one week. This is a BW conversion of a shot taken Oct 10, 2005 of the abandoned Maynooth Station. Still needing more experience on this stuff. You can see the remains of the old bed to the right. Converted using Channel Mixer in

Re: PESO - Shout out at the Okay Corral

2005-10-30 Thread brooksdj
Happy snap of a niece http://www.alphoto.com/images/shout.jpg enjoy Lovely expression and composition angle. Dave

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread mike wilson
Malcolm Smith wrote: mike wilson wrote: I would agree that many of the _problems_ seem to be associated with power supply. But the _failures_, necessitating camera return/repair, seem to be quite high. My _impression_ (which is what most of us have - if I was really anal about it I would

Re: GESO: Mother and Daughter

2005-10-30 Thread P. J. Alling
I get Page Not Found. Jens Bladt wrote: I geuss I have posted at least one of these photographs earlier. Nevertheless, together I believe they make a nice little series. What do uyou think? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/1244174/show/ Regards Jens http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt

Re: Snake in Oxford

2005-10-30 Thread brooksdj
Finally, a few pics up. Sorry - 18 pics on this page, not suitable for dial-up unless you're prepared for a bit of a wait. http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/snake.html Very nice Cotty. Hopefully you didi not require Cesar to open any

Re: PESO: Gitty-up

2005-10-30 Thread brooksdj
http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=93 I'm sure my wife would be grateful for any comments. Jack Nice family keepsake photo Jack. I might have tried to get a tad closer. Dave

Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side

2005-10-30 Thread Glen
At 02:17 PM 10/29/2005, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: graywolf Subject: Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side Yeh! I am wondering if anyone else has noticed that most of the anti-Pentax posts seem to be from people who also say that you don''t need to waste all that

Re: PESO - Others 2005 - 46r - GDG (Shel using his DS)

2005-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 30, 2005, at 7:20 AM, Glen wrote: The pix that G posted were of my first successful attempt with trap focus. A very neat feature! What is trap focus? If you're using a manual focus lens on the *ist DS (and other models of Pentax cameras, I'm sure) and leave the AF/MF switch set to

Re: Another firm belief shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Remind me again ... what the heck does RTF stand for? I can only speak from the empirical evidence of my experience: I've owned perhaps 25 cameras with built in flash units in the past 25 years, about 3/4 of them with pop-up mechanisms. I've not had a single one of them that has had any

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 30, 2005, at 8:01 AM, mike wilson wrote: I would agree that many of the _problems_ seem to be associated with power supply. But the _failures_, necessitating camera return/repair, seem to be quite high. My _impression_ (which is what most of us have - if I was really anal about

Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side

2005-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 30, 2005, at 8:21 AM, Glen wrote: I largely agree, but I thought I would mention that I've heard top- level photographers making statements about what they perceive as the decline in photographers learning the details of their craft since 1979. ... The perception of deteriorating

RE: GESO: Mother and Daughter

2005-10-30 Thread Jens Bladt
Sorry for the inconvenience. I have altered the URL after having done a little Shadow/Highlight work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/1244553/ Regards Jens Bladt http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 30. oktober

Re: PESO: Others 2005 - 41r,t a thumbnail gallery - GDG

2005-10-30 Thread brooksdj
Very nice casual portrait shot Godfrey. Just the distracting ponytail is my only comment Dave Yes, been busy. In addition to the latest PAW photo (highlighted in another message), I have two additional Others photos and have added a thumbnail

Re: PESO - Late Authum

2005-10-30 Thread brooksdj
This day was the first really cold day this year. A wonderful day, the sun was low and warm. My dog was in a hurry, so I had to leave a lot of photo opportunities behind. But this came out of it

Re: PESO - Others 2005 - 46r - GDG (Shel using his DS)

2005-10-30 Thread P. J. Alling
All pentax auto focus cameras will do this, I think. Mount a manual focus lens, focus on a point in space that a moving object will pass through, (can't be moving too fast however, no 90 mph fast balls here), hold the shutter release down. The camera will fire when the object moves the point

Re: M 2.8/35 mm - general aperture problem?

2005-10-30 Thread Andre Langevin
Is there something about the 2.8/35 mm? Ralf Yes. It is a well known fact (only for some of us I guess, but do a search in the archive to see who are the enlighted ones) that this particular lenses is VERY prone to oil getting on the blades. I've had 3 of these lenses and all had this

Re: GESO: Mother and Daughter

2005-10-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Never mind, I found your other post. P. J. Alling wrote: I get Page Not Found. Jens Bladt wrote: I geuss I have posted at least one of these photographs earlier. Nevertheless, together I believe they make a nice little series. What do uyou think?

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Albano Garcia
I really like it, nice tones and composition. Regards Albano --- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I forgot that the camera was in manual exposure mode and in a rush shot off five frames which were at least a stop and a half too hot. What this

Re: PESO:Maynooth Train Station

2005-10-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Looks to me that it could use a bit more contrast. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gang Apologies for 2 pictures in one week. This is a BW conversion of a shot taken Oct 10, 2005 of the abandoned Maynooth Station. Still needing more experience on this stuff. You can see

Re: PESO - Others 2005 - 46r - GDG (Shel using his DS)

2005-10-30 Thread Glen
At 11:56 AM 10/30/2005, P. J. Alling wrote: All pentax auto focus cameras will do this, I think. Mount a manual focus lens, focus on a point in space that a moving object will pass through, (can't be moving too fast however, no 90 mph fast balls here), hold the shutter release down. The

Re: Cleaning Sensors

2005-10-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Re: sensors or lenses or eyeglasses that are multicoated - what do you guys know of or think of something called Galaxy? A friend out west had some and I used it on my multicoated eye glasses (not glass) I guess you have to de-dust first somehow though. Living in NY and leaving all my windows

Re: PESO The land of coke and honey

2005-10-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Rob Studdert wrote: On 30 Oct 2005 at 0:23, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I think I would have liked to have seen a bit of land or something for scale in the shot, Rob... Hi Ann, There are clues to scale, the small bubbles visible on the water surface for instance. The falls section of

Re: PESO: Chimp with offspring

2005-10-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Paul Stenquist wrote: The title says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3836659size=lg So then we don't have to look at the photo, right? (ann ducks) p.s. black and white Paul? not like you - nice shot!

Re: PESO: Gitty-up

2005-10-30 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Dave, During a recent weekend family outing, my wife was trailing the grandchildren around with her 1.3mp compact D. Later, at home, I just pulled up the card she had, earlier, placed in the reader. I realize I could crop the tiny file some, but I was taken by the DOF accidentally set by

PESO - Urban Tiger (Experiment)

2005-10-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I am also experimenting... In my peculiar way... http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=229421 As usual, please be brutal and honest. Boris

Re: PESO - Others 2005 - 46r - GDG (Shel using his DS)

2005-10-30 Thread Adam Maas
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2005, at 7:20 AM, Glen wrote: The pix that G posted were of my first successful attempt with trap focus. A very neat feature! What is trap focus? If you're using a manual focus lens on the *ist DS (and other models of Pentax cameras, I'm sure) and

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I forgot that the camera was in manual exposure mode and in a rush shot off five frames which were at least a stop and a half too hot. What this tends to do apart from the obvious is turn the sky a very icky turquoise colour, so rather than completely

Re: PESO:Maynooth Train Station

2005-10-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Looks to me that it could use a bit more contrast. Ditto! Boris

Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side

2005-10-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
OK, help me out here. If the reviewable results are not representative of the actual captured image - showing a JPEG image and a JPEG histogram when shooting RAW - how does the instant review help the photographer. Until such time as it was clearly explained to me how the review and histogram

Re: PESO - Urban Tiger (Experiment)

2005-10-30 Thread Jack Davis
H'lo, You needed a polarizing filter unless you consider the human parts in the reflection as tiger tidbits. HONESTY ALERT: I agree, it is a peculiar shot. So, you succeeded? ;-)) Jack --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I am also experimenting... In my peculiar way...

RE: PESO - Urban Tiger (Experiment)

2005-10-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
What were you trying to achieve? Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax [Original Message] From: Boris Liberman I am also experimenting... In my peculiar way... http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=229421 As usual, please be brutal and honest. Boris

Nirvana!

2005-10-30 Thread M.A. Galloway
Wow! Pentax has arrived! Just opened my Sunday Paper and found a WALMART ad. On page 4... Pentax SLR Digital Camera with Bonus and a picture of the *ISTD L with carrying case, 512mb SD card, and 18-55 lens for $798.84 (U.S.) We're right up there with Canon, Fuji, Kodak and Sony now. What

Re: PESO: Ripples old, foliage new.

2005-10-30 Thread skye
On 10/29/05, Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, skye wrote: Beautiful photo of the hills, but all the leaves look so uniformly brown. That's the trouble with leaf flights... difficult to get close enough to see individual colors. I've got a few at

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread mike wilson
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2005, at 8:01 AM, mike wilson wrote: I would agree that many of the _problems_ seem to be associated with power supply. But the _failures_, necessitating camera return/repair, seem to be quite high. My _impression_ (which is what most of us have - if I

Re: *istD and built-in flash

2005-10-30 Thread Leon Altoff
David, My first *istD developed this fault. When it was repaired they used an upgraded circuit board. This may mean that they knew it was a weak spot and have fixed it but didn't think it was worth a recall. I don't know when they changed the board but it was in the first year as I got one

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm talking about 60 people who use and post. My impression is that quite a high proportion of those have had enough trouble to need intervention by either return or repair. It is entirely possible that my impression may be skewed by people posting about

Re: Nirvana!

2005-10-30 Thread Mark Roberts
M.A. Galloway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow! Pentax has arrived! Just opened my Sunday Paper and found a WALMART ad. On page 4... Pentax SLR Digital Camera with Bonus and a picture of the *ISTD L with carrying case, 512mb SD card, and 18-55 lens for $798.84 (U.S.) We're right up there with

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
If we're doing a survey, my first istDS was returned for replacement. The OK and directional button on the back didn't work. Other problems were operator error. Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax [Original Message] From: Mark Roberts mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side

2005-10-30 Thread Glen
At 01:37 PM 10/30/2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote: OK, help me out here. If the reviewable results are not representative of the actual captured image - showing a JPEG image and a JPEG histogram when shooting RAW - how does the instant review help the photographer. Until such time as it was

Re: GESO: Fall Colors

2005-10-30 Thread Jens Bladt
Amazingly beautiful, Herb. There's a fairy tale like atmosphere to many of them. Brilliant. I especially like the one called 567 - the one with two streams. I which I had gone photographing the fall colours today - I mean I did, but there was this group of young people learning paragliding which

Re: Nirvana!

2005-10-30 Thread Glen
At 12:42 PM 10/30/2005, Mark Roberts wrote: Sorry, but what this really means is Pentax is doomed. Yep, showing up in Walmart is just a sign that they're going down the toilet and will be out of business in, oh, about a month now. Declining standards, etc, etc. Well, Canon and Nikon are going

PESO -- Brand New Molly

2005-10-30 Thread Scott Loveless
I try to keep photos of my own kids to a minimum, but this one's brand new. Molly joined us very early Saturday morning. Meet Molly: http://twosixteen.com/gallery/index.php?id=225 Optio 750z. Pretty much auto everything. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- You have to hold the

Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side

2005-10-30 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Shel, this is a mystery of The Secret Brotherhood Of Raw Shooters. It is only transmitted from mouth to ear. It must never be made public. Guess why it's mentioned neither in the manual nor in any review. I feel sorry for you... Pancho ( ;^D ) Shel Belinkoff schrieb: OK, help me out

Re: PESO -- Brand New Molly

2005-10-30 Thread skye
Congratulations! She looks perfect. On 10/30/05, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I try to keep photos of my own kids to a minimum, but this one's brand new. Molly joined us very early Saturday morning. Meet Molly: http://twosixteen.com/gallery/index.php?id=225 Optio 750z. Pretty

Re: PESO -- Brand New Molly

2005-10-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Scott, Congratulations to you and your wife. Hello Molly! Welcome to the world. Regards, Bob S. On 10/30/05, skye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations! She looks perfect. On 10/30/05, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I try to keep photos of my own kids to a minimum, but this

Re: Snake in Oxford

2005-10-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/snake.html Very nice Cotty. Hopefully you didi not require Cesar to open any gates early in the morning.LOL Also, a Photo Essay of my wife in conversation with Cesar:

Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side

2005-10-30 Thread keith_w
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2005, at 8:21 AM, Glen wrote: I largely agree, but I thought I would mention that I've heard top- level photographers making statements about what they perceive as the decline in photographers learning the details of their craft since 1979. ... The

Re: Nirvana!

2005-10-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Glen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:42 PM 10/30/2005, Mark Roberts wrote: Sorry, but what this really means is Pentax is doomed. Yep, showing up in Walmart is just a sign that they're going down the toilet and will be out of business in, oh, about a month now. Declining standards, etc, etc.

Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side

2005-10-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Pancho Hasselbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is a mystery of The Secret Brotherhood Of Raw Shooters. It is only transmitted from mouth to ear. It must never be made public. Guess why it's mentioned neither in the manual nor in any review. I feel sorry for you... And now that you know, if

Re: PESO: Chimp with offspring

2005-10-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
That's true, I'm not black and whtie. I come in living color (paul ducks:-). Thanks for the comment. At one time I shot nothing but BW. I gravitate back to it from time to time. Paul On Oct 31, 2005, at 12:12 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: The title says it all.

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread John Forbes
Neither of mine have given any problems. When I got the first one, it sometimes seemed to behave erraticaly. Good battery practice dealt with that. John On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:37:54 -, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm talking about

RE: Nirvana!

2005-10-30 Thread Bob W
Sorry, but what this really means is Pentax is doomed. Yep, showing up in Walmart is just a sign that they're going down the toilet and will be out of business in, oh, about a month now. Declining standards, etc, etc. ...just wanted to get that in before the usual band of pessimists

RE: PESO -- Brand New Molly

2005-10-30 Thread Bob W
Very nice. Congratulations. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Scott Loveless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 October 2005 20:04 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO -- Brand New Molly I try to keep photos of my own kids to a minimum, but this one's brand new.

RE: PESO -- Brand New Molly

2005-10-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Nice snap, nicer daughter. Congrats! Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax [Original Message] From: Scott Loveless I try to keep photos of my own kids to a minimum, but this one's brand new. Molly joined us very early Saturday morning. Meet Molly:

Re: Another firm believe shattered

2005-10-30 Thread Rob Studdert
On 30 Oct 2005 at 11:44, Shel Belinkoff wrote: If we're doing a survey, my first istDS was returned for replacement. The OK and directional button on the back didn't work. Other problems were operator error. The little directional button on my *ist D is very very poor but I've never

Re: PESO The land of coke and honey

2005-10-30 Thread Kenneth Waller
That water shot could easily have been taken in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Most of the rivers streams are colored by tannins. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO The land of coke and honey Rob Studdert wrote: On 29

Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side

2005-10-30 Thread John Forbes
Cotty, The whingeing Frank is talking about concerns Pentax bodies. As you bought a Canon DSLR, you have surely in that sense defected. However, Frank was making the point that he wished the whingers would follow your example, buy a body that suits them, and then post to the list like

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