Re: RE: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair

2005-11-04 Thread mike wilson
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/04 Fri AM 07:47:30 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair You'all need to get aligned with another monarchy. Don't worry, Bill. They're starting to grow their own dynasties

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 #2794

2005-11-04 Thread Cotty
On 3/11/05, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: Oh, come on, Cotty. We all read the Digest posts for the unsub requests followed by a barrage of insults and Eagles quotes. You're just in a huff because Raph spoiled your fun with a legitimate question. g Har! For once I was being

Re: *ist-DS saving zero-byte files occasionally.

2005-11-04 Thread Shel Belinkoff
There are some who might consider the DS and the DS2 to be the equal of the D, and perhaps in some ways superior. Why do you say that the other D cameras are less camera than the D? Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax [Original Message] From: Tom C The problem now is the D is

FS Friday

2005-11-04 Thread Shel Belinkoff
SMC Pentax-M 50/1.7 lens - Excellent + condition Case for Pentax LX - Very Good Condition Hoya 67mm HMC Super Skylight Filter - Perfect Condition Please contact me off list for details, prices, and pics ... Thanks! Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax

Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread Derby Chang
mike wilson wrote: http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html Pretty outrageous, isn't it? And to think Sony were once on the side of fair rights use in the Betamax case. Another article:

Re: Pentax D FA 100mm 2.8

2005-11-04 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Jorn, On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:41:34 +0100, Jorn Ostergaard wrote: Anyone who have any experience with Pentax D FA 100mm 2.8 ? Yes, I have had it for about 2 months now. Love the low weight and small size. Performs very well, at least as good as the Sigma 105 EX that it replaced. The only

Re: OT: Am I back?

2005-11-04 Thread keith_w
Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: They changed the company name again (and the e-mail addys) and I got dropped out. Just testing if I can send to the list once again after the listguy changed my address. Thanks Doug, Antti-Pekka Antti-Pekka Virjonen

Re: Bye, and thanks for all the fish...

2005-11-04 Thread John Forbes
Sorry to see you go, Fra, but good luck, and look me up if you come to London. John On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:46:12 -, Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, it seems my work (photographic!) doesn't leave me too much time to read, and better, respond to PDML mail. Therefore I will be

Big power source

2005-11-04 Thread Don Williams
Okay. Today I connected the 6/12AH Lead Acid battery to the *ist D. I've marked it on my calender and we'll see how many weeks it lasts before needing a charge. I think it's full up now -- reading 6.15V. It's not something you could put in a jacket pocket. Its a real hefty block of plastic

Re: A3 photo printer

2005-11-04 Thread Pål Jensen
- Original Message - From: Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a look at the Epson 2400 as well as the 4800 (which is an A2 printer). I am seriously considering the 4800 as my next printer to replace my current 2000 with CIS (continuous inking system). A3+ size is a bit too

RE: A3 photo printer

2005-11-04 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
I've just ordered the R2400 + a new HP computer with 2Gigabyte RAM (is that enough?). I hope to get my own web page up soon... Pål 2GB will do just fine! Antti-Pekka Antti-Pekka Virjonen Computec Oy Turku www.computec.fi

Re[2]: PESO: Branch

2005-11-04 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Boris, Friday, November 4, 2005, 7:57:52 AM, you wrote: BL Attila, I couldn't resist and of course clicked on the next link... You don't have to resist, it's a web page, feel free to click on anything;-) BL liked the cropped version much more. The crop was suggested by Kenneth Waller,

Re: Pentax D FA 100mm 2.8

2005-11-04 Thread Jorn Ostergaard
Thanx for the input. I just bought one. So now I will go out and shoot with it. /Jorn i've not done any formal testing but whatever i have shot with it has always been very sharp. it is significantly lighter in build and weight than the FA 100/2.8 macro. Herb... - Original Message

Re: Big power source

2005-11-04 Thread mike wilson
From: Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/04 Fri AM 10:58:42 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Big power source Okay. Today I connected the 6/12AH Lead Acid battery to the *ist D. I've marked it on my calender and we'll see how many weeks it

Re: Re: A3 photo printer

2005-11-04 Thread mike wilson
From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/04 Fri AM 11:16:48 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: A3 photo printer - Original Message - From: Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a look at the Epson 2400 as well as the 4800 (which is an A2 printer).

Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread John Forbes
Thanks, Mike. If enough people get to hear of this, Sony stand to lose a gigantic amount of money. Reminds me of what happened to Gerald Ratner (for non-Brits, Ratner ran the UK's biggest jewellery business. At a luncheon, he had a glass of wine too many, and stood up and said that the

Re: PESO - Queue

2005-11-04 Thread John Forbes
I have to agree with Boris. For my taste, the picture is stronger if the person on the right is cropped out. John On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:19:55 -, Marco Alpert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Boris, Thanks for looking and commenting (thanks to all who did). As for the person on the

Re: Big power source

2005-11-04 Thread Rob Smith
From: Don Williams Subject: Big power source Okay. Today I connected the 6/12AH Lead Acid battery to the *ist D. I've marked it on my calender and we'll see how many weeks it lasts before needing a charge. I think it's full up now -- reading 6.15V. It's not something you could put in a

Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread mike wilson
From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] If enough people get to hear of this, Sony stand to lose a gigantic amount of money. On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 22:47:35 -, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html

Re: *ist-DS saving zero-byte files occasionally.

2005-11-04 Thread Rob Smith
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] The problem now is the D is almost 2 years old, and the D(eviants) are less camera than the D. 'D{eviants)'. I like it :-) But you won't get away saying they are lesser cameras than the D. Rob. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG

RE: Best M42 Camera?

2005-11-04 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Andre thanks, it's time to look out for a black F then ;-) greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 4:48 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Best M42 Camera? Is the F a later model... Yes, it is the

RE: Best M42 Camera?

2005-11-04 Thread Markus Maurer
Thanks Paul, I will have a look at auctions for a black F now ;-) greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 4:53 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Best M42 Camera? The Spotmatic F works fine with 1.5 volt

Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread John Forbes
I agree. And it raises two other questions. The first, posited by a respondent on one of the lists that mention this outrage, was: What now is the meaning of trusted content?. If you can't trust Sony not to illegally and deviously infect your PC with damaging virus-like software, who can

Re: *ist-DS saving zero-byte files occasionally.

2005-11-04 Thread John Forbes
Given that the D offers considerably more control and better facilities than the deviants, I have to say that I'm with Tom C on this. Which is not to knock the deviants. John On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:48:59 -, Rob Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] The

Re: Hmmm, something fishy about this guy....

2005-11-04 Thread John Forbes
Hardly. He was the Jolly farmer. John On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:45:06 -, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/11/05, Steve Jolly, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.users.waitrose.com/~greenwitney/recent.html Coo - I used to live in Cogges. :-) I'm pretty sure the Post Office in

Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html What I found really shocking was not so much that Sony did it, as that it did it so badly. Yep. The implementation is so poor that it'll relatively easy for virus writers to

Re: Bye, and thanks for all the fish...

2005-11-04 Thread Carlos Royo
Take care, Fran. We will miss you. If time permits, subscribe from time to time, and post a message for us to know you are all right. And let us see some of your work, by the way. I wish all the best for you and your PJ career. Carlos

Re: PESO - The Scribe

2005-11-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Marco Alpert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another from Starbucks: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso30.html Comments, as always, welcomed. Beautiful! What great light! I suppose it would be better without that Starbucks cup on the table, but then this *is* a Starbucks photo, isn't it? g --

Re: A3 photo printer

2005-11-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just ordered the R2400 + a new HP computer with 2Gigabyte RAM (is that enough?). I hope to get my own web page up soon... Pål 2GB will do just fine! I believe 2G is all Photoshop is capable of accessing. -- Mark Roberts Photography

Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair

2005-11-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Serious newspapers maintain a very solid wall between editorial and advertising sales. No editor of a major US newspaper would ever bow to a publisher by inserting a story just to sell ad space. Depending on the personality of the publication, many editors WILL go with stories that are likely

Re: Bye, and thanks for all the fish...

2005-11-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Sorry to see you go, Frantisek. You've been a very valuable contributor, and your photography is an inspiration to us all. Good luck with your career and do stop in from time to time. Paul On Nov 3, 2005, at 7:46 PM, Frantisek wrote: Hi, it seems my work (photographic!) doesn't leave me

Re: Big power source

2005-11-04 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Is that 6v 12AH ? If so it should last about the same as five or six sets of reasonable NiMh AAs. Why not get a nice 400AH battery charge it up once a year :-) Not quite that simple. You get more benefit than the simple math predicts, since batteries are more efficient at lower

Re: PESO - Sharing a moment

2005-11-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Boris. They're looking at a cow. I took some shots that included the object of their affection, but didn't quite get it right. Paul On Nov 4, 2005, at 1:03 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Yesterday afternoon at a farm in Metamora, Michigan:

Re: A3 photo printer

2005-11-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Congratulations. You won't regret it. That's a superb printer. Two gigs of RAM should be plenty for PS work. Paul On Nov 4, 2005, at 6:16 AM, Pål Jensen wrote: - Original Message - From: Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a look at the Epson 2400 as well as the 4800 (which

Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair

2005-11-04 Thread frank theriault
On 11/3/05, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Abso-ber-luddy-lutely, mate. The very idea that street photography might be fun - shocking! No, it's serious, worthy, artistic endeavour of the highest degree. damn straight! -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: *ist-DS saving zero-byte files occasionally.

2005-11-04 Thread Adam Maas
Lesser build, no AF-C in all modes, no commander flash, no battery grip, no PC Sync, most settings via menu rather than direct controls, no analogue meter readout. You gain a bigger buffer (on the DS/DS2 only), bigger LCD, spot white balance and a slightly higher flash sync. They are less

Re: Best M42 Camera?

2005-11-04 Thread Kenneth Waller
Maybe even the ESII camera was introduced before the Spotmatic F. I believe you're wrong about this. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Best M42 Camera? The Electro Spotmatics, and ES cameras actually came first. Maybe even the ESII

Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread Doug Franklin
On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 11:48:23 +, mike wilson wrote: I would also expect that it would try to do so effectively, discreetly and in a manner that would draw as little attention (of the bad sort) to itself as possible. Not the case here. Well, the other side of that is that they claim that

Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread Doug Franklin
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:04:59 -, John Forbes wrote: Time for another look at Linux, methinks. You won't be able to play some of your content. I've already encountered this with a DVD of the movie Men In Black I bought about 2-3 years ago. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair

2005-11-04 Thread frank theriault
On 11/4/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I agree with you Frank, but the flow of information cannot be filtered through subjective channels or we who live in a democracy with a free press risk all i'm not talking about censorship, cotty, i'm talking about common sense,

Re: *ist-DS saving zero-byte files occasionally.

2005-11-04 Thread Cory Papenfuss
I'd like to add a few with my own personal weighting/opinions added. YMMV. - Lesser build, Still better than brand-C by a long shot. -D *larger* which could be a detriment to some. -no AF-C in all modes, Most of my lenses are MF so it doesn't matter. -no commander flash, Built a

Asahi Pentax introduction dates (was: Best M42 Camera?)

2005-11-04 Thread Dario Bonazza
Asahiflex, Asahi Pentax and Pentax introduction dates: http://www.aohc.it/slre.htm M42 Asahi Pentax cameras: http://www.aohc.it/slr02e.htm Dario - Original Message - From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 2:18 PM Subject:

Re: Bye, and thanks for all the fish...

2005-11-04 Thread frank theriault
On 11/3/05, Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, it seems my work (photographic!) doesn't leave me too much time to read, and better, respond to PDML mail. Therefore I will be unsubscribing shortly. I have hanged around just becuase of you guys (you know who you are), owning

Re: *ist-DS saving zero-byte files occasionally.

2005-11-04 Thread Adam Maas
Interspersed. Cory Papenfuss wrote: I'd like to add a few with my own personal weighting/opinions added. YMMV. - Lesser build, Still better than brand-C by a long shot. -D *larger* which could be a detriment to some. True. -no AF-C in all modes, Most of my lenses are MF so it

Re: PAW: Stilted Building

2005-11-04 Thread frank theriault
On 11/4/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Frank, imagine nice warm autumn morning, like this one (in Israel). You sit down to enjoy your PDML PESOs and PAWs... And then... Out of totally blue sky you get totally blurred picture by Shel and totally sharp yet abstract picture from

Re: PESO - Blurry Bike Boy

2005-11-04 Thread frank theriault
On 11/4/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So this is how Frank's seeing the world... i was going to comment on how sharp it was! LOL Boris-ducking-from-Knarf no need to do that g -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair

2005-11-04 Thread Albano Garcia
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RE: Asahi Pentax introduction dates (was: Best M42 Camera?)

2005-11-04 Thread Mark Pickett
Thanks for all the replies! I was thinking, interestingly enough...Since Pentax was a Zeiss(?) trademark that Asahi bought - Pentax = PENTaprism + contAX- right? I've read this in several places And thus is Pentacon = PENTAprism + CONtax?? All of a sudden the names seemed so similar to

Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread mike wilson
From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/04 Fri PM 12:04:59 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs. I agree. And it raises two other questions. The first, posited by a respondent on one of the lists that

Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Doug Franklin Subject: Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs. Well, the other side of that is that they claim that they've got several titles out with that same software for the last eight months or so, and this is the first

Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair

2005-11-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair Serious newspapers maintain a very solid wall between editorial and advertising sales. No editor of a major US newspaper would ever bow to a publisher by inserting a story just

Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread mike wilson
From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/04 Fri PM 01:21:14 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs. On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 11:48:23 +, mike wilson wrote: I would also expect that it

Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Doug Franklin wrote: I'm not hearing much of a hue and cry outside the serious geek contingent (of which I am a part). TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ Probably because only the serious geek contingent understands the discussion. I took a look and ran into a major language barrier. :) I think I got

Re: PESO - The Scribe

2005-11-04 Thread Gaurav Aggarwal
I love the picture especially with the coffee cup in the front. Sets the mood. Of course the lighting and the exposure enhances the mood. Everything looks great. BTW, did you tell her that you are taking her shot? What kind of lens did you use and was it shot in BW (film) or converted later on?

Re: Big power source

2005-11-04 Thread Rob Smith
From: Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net At this point I'll preface my regards by saying that I don't claim to be an expert on batteries, just someone who became quite interested and looke into it a bit. It's getting abit off topic for photo as well! Is that 6v

Re: *ist-DS saving zero-byte files occasionally.

2005-11-04 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Please be specific, John. Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax [Original Message] From: John Forbes Given that the D offers considerably more control and better facilities than the deviants, I have to say that I'm with Tom C on this. From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] The

Re: Battery Behavior - istDS

2005-11-04 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 Nov 2005 at 22:24, Rob Smith wrote: I believe this is because NiMh batteries have low internal resistance. Thus they are able to provide high (or at least sufficient) current to meet the cameras operational needs until they have discharged sufficiently to reach the voltage threshold

Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread Scott Loveless
Sony doesn't seem to be too good at this sort of thing. A few years ago it was copy protection on audio CDs. Undefeatable, they called it. They licensed the technology to quite a few other companies. Some kid with a sharpie beat it. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52665,00.html

The sky is...

2005-11-04 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Floating? Hovering? A mixed message in this report: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1101sid=a2tghsPwTG78refer=japan At Konica-Minolta, it seems to be falling :( http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1101refer=japansid=acMBUEtd4Qlk -- Regards, Lucas

Re: Big power source

2005-11-04 Thread Don Williams
My intention is to charge the big battery every time the camera LCD tells me its depleted. I'll go on doing this until the battery dies then I'll get another for the princely sum of 8Euro -- in about 2012. The price may have gone up (or down) by then of course. Outside in the forest I'll

Re: Asahi Pentax introduction dates (was: Best M42 Camera?)

2005-11-04 Thread Dario Bonazza
Mark Pickett wrote: I was thinking, interestingly enough...Since Pentax was a Zeiss(?) trademark that Asahi bought - That's not sure. Zeiss Jena only used the Pentax name in eastern countries, for their line of 8mm cine projectors. They also registered the Pentax brand name in South Africa

Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 11:48:23 +, mike wilson wrote: I would also expect that it would try to do so effectively, discreetly and in a manner that would draw as little attention (of the bad sort) to itself as

Re: PESO - The Scribe

2005-11-04 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Marco Alpert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Another from Starbucks: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso30.html NICE! Great light and tonality. Great composition and DOF too! Christian

Re: OT: Battery Tester for nonrechargeable Lithium AA Batteries.

2005-11-04 Thread Rob Smith
Nearly full voltage, but not quite. If you have an accurate voltmeter you can cross reference the voltage (and temperature) and look up the state of charge assuming you have the relevant data tables. Once upon a time I had these for lead/acid batteries but presumably thay can be obtained for

Re: PESO - The Scribe

2005-11-04 Thread frank theriault
On 11/4/05, Marco Alpert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another from Starbucks: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso30.html Comments, as always, welcomed. great mood. terrific light. love the dof. wonderful photo! -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Big power source

2005-11-04 Thread Cory Papenfuss
At this point I'll preface my regards by saying that I don't claim to be an expert on batteries, just someone who became quite interested and looke into it a bit. It's getting abit off topic for photo as well! I'm not an expert either (nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn), but I did work on

Re: *ist-DS saving zero-byte files occasionally.

2005-11-04 Thread Cory Papenfuss
-no commander flash, Built a long-cable shutter release You misunderstand me. The D's flash can function as a wireless commander (Commands wireless flashes but doesn't add to the exposure) the others cannot. Major flash feature if you shoot with multiple flashes. Notable 'Pro' feature My

Re: PESO - The Scribe

2005-11-04 Thread David Savage
Absolutely fantastic. Nicely done Marco. Dave On 11/4/05, Marco Alpert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another from Starbucks: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso30.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco

RE: A3 photo printer

2005-11-04 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 Nov 2005 at 8:28, Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: Take a look at the Epson 2400 as well as the 4800 (which is an A2 printer). I am seriously considering the 4800 as my next printer to replace my current 2000 with CIS (continuous inking system). A3+ size is a bit too small at times. I swore

RE: A3 photo printer

2005-11-04 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 Nov 2005 at 13:21, Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: I've just ordered the R2400 + a new HP computer with 2Gigabyte RAM (is that enough?). I hope to get my own web page up soon... Pål 2GB will do just fine! Maybe. I'm having big hassles with memory working on large panos at the

Re: The sky is...

2005-11-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'd say the sky is clearing. Definitely good news on both the digital SLR and financial fronts. Note that the stock value increased following the announcement. The street knows. Paul On Nov 4, 2005, at 9:45 AM, Lucas Rijnders wrote: Floating? Hovering? A mixed message in this report:

Re: The Scribe - MMA

2005-11-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 3, 2005, at 11:51 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: Another from Starbucks: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso30.html Excellent, Marco! Very nicely done. You made the skin tones just right. I could wish that the coffee cup wasn't there but that can't be helped. Godfrey

Re: The sky is...

2005-11-04 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:18:28 +0100 schreef Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'd say the sky is clearing. Definitely good news on both the digital SLR and financial fronts. I tend to agree, but note that these results are for the whole group, not just imaging. Seperate figures seem to be

Re: A3 photo printer

2005-11-04 Thread David Savage
How long did that take? :-) Dave On 11/5/05, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4 Nov 2005 at 13:21, Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: I've just ordered the R2400 + a new HP computer with 2Gigabyte RAM (is that enough?). I hope to get my own web page up soon... Pål 2GB

Re: A3 photo printer

2005-11-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 3, 2005, at 10:28 PM, Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: Take a look at the Epson 2400 as well as the 4800 (which is an A2 printer). I am seriously considering the 4800 as my next printer to replace my current 2000 with CIS (continuous inking system). A3+ size is a bit too small at times.

Re: The sky is...

2005-11-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
This part sounds good: Pentax is trying to expand its medical equipment business, whichsells endoscopes and other gear, to reduce reliance on the digitalcamera business. The company is also focusing on developing moreprofitable single-lens reflex digital cameras geared for professionalsand

Re: The Scribe - MMA

2005-11-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nicely composed. Good balance. I like this very much. She could pass for Whoopi:-). Paul On Nov 4, 2005, at 10:24 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Nov 3, 2005, at 11:51 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: Another from Starbucks: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso30.html Excellent, Marco! Very

Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair

2005-11-04 Thread P. J. Alling
Maybe... Bob W wrote: Is that where the expression 'go all the way' comes from? g -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 November 2005 06:18 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public

Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair

2005-11-04 Thread P. J. Alling
George III was insane. mike wilson wrote: From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/04 Fri AM 07:47:30 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair You'all need to get aligned with another monarchy. Don't worry, Bill.

Re: PESO - The Scribe

2005-11-04 Thread Gonz
Wow. Excellent light, composition, mood. Marco Alpert wrote: Another from Starbucks: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso30.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco

Re: *ist-DS saving zero-byte files occasionally.

2005-11-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The word lesser implies a disparagement. The DS/DS2 bodies offers the same image quality and viewfinder quality as the D. They have fewer features. But to a person looking at the results, and who doesn't need/want/care about the D's additional features, they have advantages. No one can

Ping Mark Roberts (or anyone else about VS1 70-210mm lens)

2005-11-04 Thread Cory Papenfuss
A friend of mine just bought a Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm lens (1st generation) after seeing mine (3rd-generation). He's a C*non owner, so he got the lens in screwmount. It's got a couple of issues that I'm thinking of trying to repair, but I cannot figure out how to break into the friggin'

Re: PESO - The Scribe

2005-11-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I was with Marco that day. He was using the DS fitted with the FA77 Limited for this shot. Godfrey On Nov 4, 2005, at 6:37 AM, Gaurav Aggarwal wrote: I love the picture especially with the coffee cup in the front. Sets the mood. Of course the lighting and the exposure enhances the mood.

Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread P. J. Alling
What they've done is esoteric enough that most people won't get it. Most mainstream reporters won't get it, and even if they do their editors won't get it. The story will circulate on the Internet, amongst techno geeks, and the vast majority of consumers will never know. mike wilson wrote:

Re: Best M42 Camera?

2005-11-04 Thread P. J. Alling
Good luck, the black Fs are probably one of the rarest of the rare. Markus Maurer wrote: Thanks Paul, I will have a look at auctions for a black F now ;-) greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 4:53 AM To:

Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread P. J. Alling
They already did, they were the ones who put in the hooks that make adware and malware possible, on purpose, to _serve_ _you_ better. John Forbes wrote: I agree. And it raises two other questions. The first, posited by a respondent on one of the lists that mention this outrage, was: What

Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs.

2005-11-04 Thread mike wilson
From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/04 Fri PM 02:43:12 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who buy Sony music CDs. Sony doesn't seem to be too good at this sort of thing. A few years ago it was copy protection on audio

Re: *ist-DS saving zero-byte files occasionally.

2005-11-04 Thread Adam Maas
Cory Papenfuss wrote: --SNIP-- - spot white balance Shooting RAW almost eliminates white balance concerns Yes, but spot white balance is a major win when shooting JPEG, and most will shoot JPEG at some point. I will not get into another JPEG vs. RAW argument I will not get into

Re: GESO: A Day Around Union Square

2005-11-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 3, 2005, at 10:10 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Gallery Every So Often ... This is a small set of photos from last Friday's visit to San Francisco with Shel. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/GESO-foray01/ Godfrey, this is excellent as (almost ;-) ) usual. Thanks for the (almost ;-)

Re: *ist-DS saving zero-byte files occasionally.

2005-11-04 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Well said, G ... pretty much my sentiments as well, although, it might be pointed out that, in some respects, the DS and DS2 offer more in some areas than the D. ;-)) Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

*istDL vs LUMIX-LX1

2005-11-04 Thread Bertil Holmberg
An interesting comparison between the *istDL and the semiprofessional compact from Panasonic, LUMIX DMC-LX1 with a Leica lens, and Ricoh's GR thrown in for good measure. http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/longterm/2005/11/04/2628.html I am somewhat suprised by the differences, despite having

Re: PESO - The Scribe

2005-11-04 Thread Adam Maas
Marco Alpert wrote: Another from Starbucks: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso30.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco Superb shot, love the tonality, the 'grain' and the low-key look. -Adam

Re: Best M42 Camera?

2005-11-04 Thread P. J. Alling
According to the AHOC website, ( http://www.aohc.it/slr02e.htm ) both the SPF and ESII were introduced in 1973, the introduction may have been simultaneous. Then again I saw ESII cameras in stores before SPF cameras. I can only go by my experience. Kenneth Waller wrote: Maybe even the

Re: Best M42 Camera?

2005-11-04 Thread Andre Langevin
Maybe even the ESII camera was introduced before the Spotmatic F. I believe you're wrong about this. Kenneth Waller Peter is right but that was a tough one. ESII came out in june 73, F in july... Andre

Re: *istDL vs LUMIX-LX1

2005-11-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The Panasonic LX1 has been noted in other reviews to have higher than average noise, even at lowest native iso, but also higher than average sharpness. I think the photos presented here bear that out. I haven't seen any samples of photos taken with it stored in RAW format and processed in

PESO: Why I like continuous autofocus

2005-11-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Here's a shot of my grand daughter running toward me at full tilt on Halloween. Background is too busy, but I still like it. I've found for shooting a running child or even people walking on the street, continuous autofocus can be a real boon. Particularly when I'm feeling a bit lazy and don't

Re: *istDL vs LUMIX-LX1

2005-11-04 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Bertil Holmberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] An interesting comparison between the *istDL and the semiprofessional compact from Panasonic, LUMIX DMC-LX1 with a Leica lens, and Ricoh's GR thrown in for good measure.

Re: A3 photo printer

2005-11-04 Thread Cotty
On 5/11/05, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: Maybe. I'm having big hassles with memory working on large panos at the moment, one project today was comprised of eight 1.2GB files. You bloody great showoff!!! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: *istDL vs LUMIX-LX1

2005-11-04 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Panasonic LX1 has been noted in other reviews to have higher than average noise, even at lowest native iso, Maybe I'm spoiled from using DSLRs but I find the noise on the Panasonic to be totally unacceptable. It

Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair

2005-11-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/11/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: i'm not talking about censorship, cotty, i'm talking about common sense, Yes but one man's common sense is another's censorship, and vice versa Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

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