Re: PAW: People & Portraits 2005 #47 - GDG

2005-12-06 Thread Peter McIntosh
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Back from NY and processing about 250 or so pictures made with the LX1 as well as Pentax DS ... takes time! Some of these photos are proving to be a lot of fun. Hope you like this one... http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/47.htm Comments, critique, flames

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
But it's not a 43mb TIFF - it's a 6.5mb JPEG. How does a small JPEG turn into a larger TIFF file containing more information? Once a file is a JPEG, the information it contained as a TIFF or PSD is gone. Converting it back to a TIFF won't help it - or will it? In Bob's case, all he shoots are J

RE: Peso:Norm and Audrey's 50th

2005-12-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Dave I'm wondering if you really needed flash for these pics. The light looks so harsh, and the shadows don't add much to the photos either. Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: Dave Brooks > http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=

Re: Emailing PUG entries

2005-12-06 Thread Jostein
That could well be, Shel. This morning I got a message from my ISP that they experienced some problems with their SMTP server last night. Sorry about that. Jostein - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:04 AM Subject:

RE: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread Bob W
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Simple, really. > > John > === > But it took a lot of time and effort to put that explanation > together. And all they did was laugh at one misspelled word. > > Pleebians.

RE: GESO: East Africa

2005-12-06 Thread Bob W
Looks as though you had a great time. Lovely set of photos. -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: Jon Paul Schelter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 December 2005 06:30 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: GESO: East Africa > > Hi everyone, > >I've returned from my

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Dec 2005 at 0:22, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > But it's not a 43mb TIFF - it's a 6.5mb JPEG. How does a small JPEG turn > into a larger TIFF file containing more information? Once a file is a > JPEG, the information it contained as a TIFF or PSD is gone. This isn't always practically the case,

Re: First DA 12-24 Shot

2005-12-06 Thread danilo
Ohh you also added a nice umbrella in the mirror, good choice!! lol I liked the carpet color of the original, something that went lost in the workflow... anyway, even if interiors doesn't excite me, especially "nude" ones (without people, that is), I can imagine your on a magazine. I'm talking ab

RE: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Bob W
> > But it's not a 43mb TIFF - it's a 6.5mb JPEG. How does a > small JPEG > > turn into a larger TIFF file containing more information? > Once a file > > is a JPEG, the information it contained as a TIFF or PSD is gone. Homeopathy? Bob

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-06 Thread Cotty
On 5/12/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: >This list is very bad. >You are all bad people. >Anyway, based on comments I have read, the A* 85/1.4 is a pretty decent >lens. >I managed to snag what appears to be a nice one off eBay. I had thought, >right up until the last moment that I

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread David Mann
On Dec 6, 2005, at 9:22 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: But it's not a 43mb TIFF - it's a 6.5mb JPEG. How does a small JPEG turn into a larger TIFF file containing more information? When decompressed, the 6.5Mb JPEG with the stated pixel dimensions would turn into 43Mb of data in memory. That'

Re: Nikon Coolscan 9000 ED / Norwegian characters

2005-12-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Jostein wrote: It's been ages since I used Pine, but I think it encodes (escapes) the non-ascii letters in a peculiar way. IIRC, there used to be all sorts of problems with mapping characters between Windows and Pine in the

Re: On-site printing

2005-12-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, William Robb wrote: You might consider switching to a colour film and having them print it as monochromatic, or go to a monochromatic film such as Portra B&W. One advantage is that Digital Ice is available, and dust will be less of an issue. Thanks for the suggestion. The

OT - Epson Picturemate Printer

2005-12-06 Thread Cotty
Epson Picturemate - anyone have one? Like it? Thanks. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Sewious Enablement

2005-12-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "David Mann" Subject: Re: Sewious Enablement Just ordered my Merry Christmas to Me gift. Santa will have an extra heavy bag this year, what with trying to slip an Epson 4800 printer under the tree for me. Now I just have to learn how to take pictures...

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Cesar" Subject: Re: Yet another enablement. Ahhh but Bill you know that deep in your heart you are not innocent. This goes beyond your commentary and remarks on Grandfather Mountain :-) Had I been drinking? I can't take responsibility for my mouth aft

Re: GESO: Harpist

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like the framing and composition of the first two as well. However, I think in this case that the grain is too harsh and prominent. It renders the flesh tones unpleasant. Since detail isn't critical here, a little gaussian blur might make these much more attractive. On Dec 6, 2005, at 12:43 A

Re: 360 dpi

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
When you can't print at the highest resolution the printer offers, you usually have a paper/profile/software settings mismatch. When everything is dialed in, you should be able to print best at the highest res. Paul On Dec 6, 2005, at 1:51 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I like the look of premium g

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
When you open a jpeg, most of the information from the original tiff is restored along with all of the resolution. The 6.5mb jpeg will produce the same resolution as the 43 meg tiff. Some information will be lost. It will probably not be detectable to the human eye if the jpeg wasn't saved repe

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
I should add that 43 megabyte is not very high resolution at 24 x 36. What Shel cites here -- 180 met, 8 bit -- is much more appropriate for a print of that size. Paul On Dec 6, 2005, at 3:22 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: But it's not a 43mb TIFF - it's a 6.5mb JPEG. How does a small JPEG turn i

Re: First DA 12-24 Shot

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Danilo. I changed the tonality to match the actual color of the room. There was too much yellow in the original, which moved the carpet color more toward green. I have to be accurate here. The umbrella is now history :-). Paul On Dec 6, 2005, at 4:25 AM, danilo wrote: Ohh you also adde

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread keith_w
Paul Stenquist wrote: When you open a jpeg, most of the information from the original tiff is restored along with all of the resolution. The 6.5mb jpeg will produce the same resolution as the 43 meg tiff. Some information will be lost. It will probably not be detectable to the human eye if the

Re: East Africa

2005-12-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Jon Paul Schelter" Subject: GESO: East Africa Hi everyone, I've returned from my trip to East africa, I managed to do just about everything I wanted to - safaris, climbing Kilimanjaro, diving in Zanzibar. I'm trying to put together a bit of a web si

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "keith_w" Subject: Re: Big Print (24x36 inches) It has been my understanding that if you only open a jpeg for viewing and close it again, there will be NO degradation to the original image. That it's only manipulating a jpeg image and *then* saving it th

Re: "Photo scanner" vs real film scanner?

2005-12-06 Thread Toralf Lund
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/4/2005 10:11:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: By the way - DSLR's cost no more than a film scanner. If you choose a Pentax, you may still use you "analog" lenses for the next 5-10 years. Jens Bladt === Good advice. Scanni

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Of course the initial compression causes some minor loss as well. On Dec 6, 2005, at 7:17 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "keith_w" Subject: Re: Big Print (24x36 inches) It has been my understanding that if you only open a jpeg for viewing and close it again, th

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Bob Shell
On Dec 6, 2005, at 7:08 AM, keith_w wrote: I must interject here...to see if I have been misunderstanding a concept. It has been my understanding that if you only open a jpeg for viewing and close it again, there will be NO degradation to the original image. That it's only manipulating a

Re: 360 dpi

2005-12-06 Thread Bob Shell
Another point about JPEG is that if you rotate a JPEG and resave you will be losing information. There are some applications that can rotate and save JPEGs with no loss. ACDSee is one example. Bob

RE: Peso:Norm and Audrey's 50th

2005-12-06 Thread brooksdj
Unfortunatly, i think it was needed. Pretty dark room. However i did not notice until after, that i was in CW mode and i used the pop up, as i forgot my Sigma. I think that mat be why its harsh. I did try and lessen the light in PS but i quess not enough. It look not to bad on the laptop screen

Re: PAW: Zion Canyon from Angels Landing

2005-12-06 Thread Peter Lacus
Hi Tom, Lovely composition Peter. Like Bruce, I'd wish it to be a little more sharp. Did you do any unsharp masking at all? no, I didn't. Original slide is quite sharp, though. :-) Thank you for your comment. Bedo.

Re: PAW: Zion Canyon from Angels Landing

2005-12-06 Thread Peter Lacus
Hi Godfrey, Lovely photo, excellent composition. It's the kind of photo that is best seen in a large print; at this rendering size, it seems a touch soft. thank you, it certainly does look better when projected using my slide projector (about 60x40 inch) ;-) BTW Do you see any improvement

Sigma DC 10-20 for Pentax is coming

2005-12-06 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Finally - for lovers of UW angles on DSLR: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0512/05120601sigma_10-20mm.asp At last it will be available in K mount. For all these for whom DA 12-24 is not wide enough :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-06 Thread Steve Jolly
William Robb wrote: At least this time, they may have a point. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=16139935 Their reasoning is a big pile of crap. If you want to stop people from confusing two different kinds of battery, make them a different shape! They admit what

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
How does the fact that Bob combined three smaller-sized JPEGs to make the 6.5mb panorama effect the picture. Essentially he was printing three 2.2mb quality JPEGs, just all together, or is my reasoning flawed? And what does stitching together three JPEG files do to the information contained in th

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
But Bob used three smaller JPEGs stitched together to arrive at a total figure of 6.5mb. That's not quite the same as a single file of 6.5mb, and, as I asked before, it would seem that the effective amount of information in the large, combined file is the equivalent of 2.2mb or so. Shel "You mee

Clamp Knob on FA 100 Macro question

2005-12-06 Thread brooksdj
Hi Gang. I did a Google on this but came up empty. Boz's site just mentions the clamp but no details. So. Can someone fill me in on what the clamp knob does on the lens. I know what the focus range knob does.(if it does what the Nikon lens does, then yes.LOL) Thanks for any assistance. Dave

Re: Clamp Knob on FA 100 Macro question

2005-12-06 Thread Tom Reese
Dave, Tightening it gives greater resistance for manual focusing. It should be loose for auto focusing. > Hi Gang. > > I did a Google on this but came up empty. Boz's site just mentions the clamp > but > no > details. > > So. > > Can someone fill me in on what the clamp knob does on the le

Re: Clamp Knob on FA 100 Macro question

2005-12-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone fill me in on what the clamp knob does on the lens. I don't have it, but have you tried http://www.pentaxusa.com/? Regards, Kostas

Re: Clamp Knob on FA 100 Macro question

2005-12-06 Thread Jostein
It just increase friction a bit. Jostein - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:20 AM Subject: Clamp Knob on FA 100 Macro question Hi Gang. I did a Google on this but came up empty. Boz's site just mentions the clamp but no details

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Dec 2005 at 6:17, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > How does the fact that Bob combined three smaller-sized JPEGs to make the > 6.5mb panorama effect the picture. Essentially he was printing three 2.2mb > quality JPEGs, just all together, or is my reasoning flawed? And what does > stitching together

Re: PESO: A Cappuccino and the Paper

2005-12-06 Thread Rick Womer
Doh! Of course! Shouldn't comment on photos in the morning, afternoon, or evening, I guess... > > But, surely you mean the left 1/4? I wouldn't want > to crop out any of the bike. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > >

Re: PAW: People & Portraits 2005 #47 - GDG

2005-12-06 Thread Rick Womer
Very intriguing, Godfrey, but maybe a little -too- long an exposure. It took a while to realize that those weren't just two black smudges on the floor--or maybe that's just my slow brain. Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back from NY and processing about 250 or so pictures

Re: Raw Shooter Premium

2005-12-06 Thread Don Williams
Yes it can apparently -- 90 degrees at a time. I found this by mistake. You need to make a lot of mistakes to find out how this program works. Of course you could read the manual, which, despite being written very well, is incomplete. Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don spoke: Raw Shooter

Retouching Photos in Photoshop

2005-12-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I received a pointer to this site recently. For those of us who often have to retouch or adjust photos, this looks like a good place to visit to read about retouching problems and their solutions, and to ask questions. http://www.retouchpro.com/ Shel

Re: Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-06 Thread mike wilson
> > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/12/06 Tue AM 11:46:20 GMT > To: > Subject: Re: Yet another enablement. > > > - Original Message - > From: "Cesar" > Subject: Re: Yet another enablement. > > > > > > > Ahhh but Bill you know that deep in your heart you are

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-06 Thread Doug Brewer
oh, man. can I be evil too? William Robb wrote: This list is very bad. You are all bad people. Anyway, based on comments I have read, the A* 85/1.4 is a pretty decent lens. I managed to snag what appears to be a nice one off eBay. I had thought, right up until the last moment that I would get

Re: Clamp Knob on FA 100 Macro question

2005-12-06 Thread brooksdj
Thanks Jostein, Tom and Kosta Now to fid a flower. GFM look out. Dave > It just increase friction a bit. > > Jostein > > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:20 AM > Subject: Clamp Knob o

Re: Why I Haven't Yet Switched

2005-12-06 Thread Jack Davis
When Velvia first came out, I tried a roll or two. As it happened, I caught a scene that sold well. Resolution was impressive, but the color tones, gosh. I recall the agony of instruction to the pro-lab each time I needed a print. "..and get rid of the burgundy/purple soil and rocks..etc. and knoc

Re: Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-06 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/12/06 Tue PM 02:04:21 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Sony's at it again. > > William Robb wrote: > > At least this time, they may have a point. > > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=16139935 > >

Re: PAW: Zion Canyon from Angels Landing

2005-12-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 6, 2005, at 5:50 AM, Peter Lacus wrote: BTW Do you see any improvements in the color rendition in comparison with my last PAW? This time I didn't change a bit on my PC so it should be at least ColorSync managed It's somewhat difficult to be specific, but this one looks pretty

Re: Retouching Photos in Photoshop

2005-12-06 Thread Don Williams
Some of that stuff is appalling. Don Shel Belinkoff wrote: I received a pointer to this site recently. For those of us who often have to retouch or adjust photos, this looks like a good place to visit to read about retouching problems and their solutions, and to ask questions. http://www.reto

Re: Why I Haven't Yet Switched

2005-12-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Jack Davis wrote: When Velvia first came out, I tried a roll or two. As it happened, I caught a scene that sold well. Resolution was impressive, but the color tones, gosh. I recall the agony of instruction to the pro-lab each time I needed a print. "..and get rid of the burg

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 6, 2005, at 7:10 AM, mike wilson wrote: At least this time, they may have a point. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp? forum=1000&message=16139935 Their reasoning is a big pile of crap. If you want to stop people from confusing two different kinds of battery, make them a di

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/6/2005 4:39:44 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: True. Closing a JPEG does not alter it in any way. Saving it recompresses the data, with commensurate loss. However, if you always save JPEGs at the highest quality (12 in Photoshop) the loss will be mi

Re: Retouching Photos in Photoshop

2005-12-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
What do you find appalling? The site covers many aspects of retouching, adjustments, and manipulation, a lot of it applicable to the work many of us do on our own photos. While some of the images may not be your "cup of tea" you have to remember that Photoshop is used for may types of images, fro

Re: Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-06 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/12/06 Tue PM 03:23:08 GMT > To: PDML > Subject: Re: Sony's at it again. > > > On Dec 6, 2005, at 7:10 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > >>> At least this time, they may have a point. > >>> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp? > >>>

Re: PAW: Zion Canyon from Angels Landing

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/5/2005 2:37:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.misenet.sk/USA/AL.html Bredo. == Nice shot! You got it from a good location to see down the canyon. Marnie aka Doe

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread pnstenquist
It's not 12 times. It's "12 level" jpeg quality. When you save a jpeg in photoshop, the save screen allowes you to choose a quality number. "12" is the maximum quality possible. It provides less compression than a lower number but with commensurately less degradation. Paul > In a message dated

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/6/2005 7:39:17 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's not 12 times. It's "12 level" jpeg quality. When you save a jpeg in photoshop, the save screen allowes you to choose a quality number. "12" is the maximum quality possible. It provides less compression

Re: PESO: Self portrait about family matters

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/5/2005 1:10:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any critique welcome http://mishka.site.co.il/gallery/albums/25November2005/Canonet_TriX400_14.jpg -- Yours Michael = Just me being weird -- I find the box high up on the wall distracting -- my

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Over on the Adobe Photoshop User to User forum the question of image degradation with JPEGs came up. One of the Photoshop wizards posted a test that actually showed how many pixels changed or were lost each time a JPEG was resaved. There were changes and loss of information with ~every~ save. Bo

Re: OT - Epson Picturemate Printer

2005-12-06 Thread wendy beard
On 12/6/05, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Epson Picturemate - anyone have one? > yes > Like it? > Yes > Thanks. > > You're welcome :-) > > > Cheers, > Cotty > cheers 2 W. (err, don't really have much more to say about it :-). Anything special you want to know? ) -- Wendy Beard Ottawa Can

Re: PAW: People & Portraits 2005 #47 - GDG

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/5/2005 5:13:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/47.htm Comments, critique, flames all appreciated. enjoy Godfrey Nice. Rather like it. I've been told how this can be done, but haven't tried it yet. Th

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Bob Shell
On Dec 6, 2005, at 10:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/6/2005 4:39:44 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: True. Closing a JPEG does not alter it in any way. Saving it recompresses the data, with commensurate loss. However, if you always save JPEGs at the

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/6/2005 7:55:09 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think the first resave loses the most information, and subsequent saves lose a smaller percentage (based on the specific test shown on the User to User forum). The 12 figure is not the number of times an im

Re: PAW: People & Portraits 2005 #47 - GDG

2005-12-06 Thread brooksdj
> In a message dated 12/5/2005 5:13:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/47.htm > > Comments, critique, flames all appreciated. > > enjoy > Godfrey > > Nice. Rather like it. I've

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/6/2005 8:01:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I didn't say a word about saving twelve times. 12 is the number used in Photoshop to designate the highest quality JPEG. Bob Been corrected on this twice now. :-) Make that three times. Wrote a p

Re: PESO: A Cappuccino and the Paper

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/4/2005 8:49:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3925673 Comments always welcome. Thanks in advance. cheers, frank == Whoa, frank! That's a real "arty" photo. No criticisms. I like it very much. Marnie aka

Results of my mini flash poll

2005-12-06 Thread brooksdj
Several flash users responded to my poll last week. Every one but me seems to have success in M, Tv, Av, and Green modes. Both with Pentax and Sigma flashes. Looks like it's just me screwing up again/still.:-( Thanks to those that answered. Carry on. Sir backing into a corner

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/29/2005 11:41:16 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3910767&size=lg I when I left my house that morning, I had no idea that I'd be catching this concert that afternoon; I was completely unprepared for shooting low-lig

Re: comments on using an iPod to store photos

2005-12-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
At those transfer rates, using an IPod would be very painful and not usable for me - I have events where the card needs to be used again in 10-15 minutes. My CompactDrive transfers a gigabyte in a few minutes. And it will transfer at least 10 gigabytes per battery charge. Thanks for the report, i

Re: PESO PAW - Blue in my Lap

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/4/2005 9:56:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Blue is my friend Linda's cat. He's an affectionate Maine Coon. One afternoon he was especially friendly, and made himself at home in my lap for a while. Grabbed this with the little Sony DSC-S85. http://h

Re: GESO: Harpist

2005-12-06 Thread P. J. Alling
I didn't comment on this before but I agree whole heartedly with Paul. Paul Stenquist wrote: I like the framing and composition of the first two as well. However, I think in this case that the grain is too harsh and prominent. It renders the flesh tones unpleasant. Since detail isn't critical

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread P. J. Alling
True. keith_w wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: When you open a jpeg, most of the information from the original tiff is restored along with all of the resolution. The 6.5mb jpeg will produce the same resolution as the 43 meg tiff. Some information will be lost. It will probably not be detectable

Re: Results of my mini flash poll

2005-12-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
Apparently, some flashes working rather bad on the D (e.g. AF500FTZ) work well on the DS. The DS also works flawlessly with the AF400FTZ (not yet tried on the D). Dario - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 12:24 PM Subject: Results of my

Re: GESO: Last hurrah with my LX and film?

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/28/2005 5:41:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.westerickson.net/gmb2005/ Let me know what you think! --Mark = Interesting group of photos. Really like the first one, also like the cornice. But I was very put off by the display tech

Re: GESO: East Africa

2005-12-06 Thread Jon Paul Schelter
Thanks David, it was a great trip. I didn't actually lay out the images, I just threw them all up in a line.. just a place-holder for a few people who wanted to see the pics. The text is just the start of my transcribing of my travel log. jp David Mann wrote: On Dec 6, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Jo

Re: PESO (s) Thanksgiving.

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/24/2005 11:40:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just a couple of shots from today, from the traditional family get together... http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_drama.html http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_notdinner.html == We

RE: Re Paw: Blue in my lap

2005-12-06 Thread brooksdj
> Hi Dave > > Thanks for your kind comments. I know you like cats, and, FWIW, I have one > of your cat pics saved on my computer. It's the one of your little > tortoise shell in amongst the branches of a Christmas tree and surrounded > by some decorat

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-06 Thread P. J. Alling
It depends can you afford to purchase the stovepipe hat and Snidely Whiplash mustache? Doug Brewer wrote: oh, man. can I be evil too? William Robb wrote: This list is very bad. You are all bad people. Anyway, based on comments I have read, the A* 85/1.4 is a pretty decent lens. I managed t

Re: PESO: Just a tile

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/4/2005 10:34:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi! http://www.photoforum.ru/photo/239824. The single element lens was involved here... But no image manipulation otherwise... Have your say please! Boris It's an interesting optical illusion on

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread P. J. Alling
12 isn't the number of times, it refers to the "Quality", (at least in Photoshop there are 12 distinct quality settings for saving jpegs). [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/6/2005 4:39:44 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: True. Closing a JPEG does not alter it i

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/6/2005 8:54:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 12 isn't the number of times, it refers to the "Quality", (at least in Photoshop there are 12 distinct quality settings for saving jpegs). === I wonder how many times I will be corrected before this disap

Re: PAW - "Stream Near Glentui"

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/5/2005 1:07:17 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I decided it was about time to post another photo. I've been scanning quite a bit of older stuff lately and this is one of the few I thought was reasonably presentable :) http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo

Re: PESO: Our local swamp

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/21/2005 2:12:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Our local swamp: http://leende.dse.nl/peso.htm I hope you like it. Jack === Doesn't do a thing for me, sorry. I think it could be improved with more contrast, or darken highlights in PS though. Marnie a

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Until everyone who reads your post without reading the rest of the thread logs in. It could be weeks the way some people read the list... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/6/2005 8:54:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 12 isn't the number of times, it refers t

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-06 Thread Fred
> It depends can you afford to purchase the stovepipe hat and Snidely > Whiplash mustache? Fred

Re: PAW: Waiting for the Bathurst Car

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/3/2005 11:21:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think she was getting exasperated or impatient waiting for the streetcar : http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3923592 Comments are always welcome. Thanks in advance. cheers, frank (who can now

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread keith_w
Bob Shell wrote: On Dec 6, 2005, at 7:08 AM, keith_w wrote: I must interject here...to see if I have been misunderstanding a concept. It has been my understanding that if you only open a jpeg for viewing and close it again, there will be NO degradation to the original image. That it's o

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/6/2005 9:10:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Until everyone who reads your post without reading the rest of the thread logs in. It could be weeks the way some people read the list... === I know. LOL. Good thing I have a good ego. Marnie aka Doe

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread Tom C
I am not a pleebian, I am a fr man. And I'm off to work in my Lotus, now. You are Number 6. Tom C. (who won't be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered)

Re: PAW: People & Portraits 2005 #47 - GDG

2005-12-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 6, 2005, at 3:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/47.htm Nice. Rather like it. I've been told how this can be done, but haven't tried it yet. The pattern on the floor makes it. Thanks Marnie, and the others who've responded. Obviously i'm

Re: 1:59am

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/3/2005 11:02:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have been reading this list since 9pm and have finally caught up. 300+ messages. Good night all. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --

PESO - The Crosswalk

2005-12-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/crosswalk.html Just foolin' around with the istDS Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax"

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 6, 2005, at 7:37 AM, mike wilson wrote: I probably wasn't being clear enough that I was writing about repair parts, not "consumables". Well, I have never needed a part for a Sony camera, but when I do I always want the genuine parts from Sony anyway. Unless you're a camera repair

Re: comments on using an iPod to store photos

2005-12-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The iPod is a music [video] player, not a standalone image storage device except for the most casual use. An Epson P2000 plays music, perfoms video and image presentation on a nice big screen, allows preview inspection of both JPEG and RAW format files, and will download 13-15 full 1G memor

Re: Results of my mini flash poll

2005-12-06 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Several flash users responded to my poll last week. >Every one but me seems to have success in M, Tv, Av, and Green modes. >Both with Pentax and Sigma flashes. > >Looks like it's just me screwing up again/still.:-( > >Thanks to those that answered. Here's my 2 cents, Dav

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread graywolf
Saving a jpeg as a tiff or psd eliminates any further loss of quality during editing. But, yes, you have no more information than was in the jpeg to start with. Normally those 16 bit image files only have 10 or 12 bits of information, but remember that is 4x or 16x the information available in

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 07:33:17AM +, mike wilson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >In a message dated 12/5/2005 1:38:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Simple, really. > > > >John > >=== > >But it took a lot of time and effort to put that explanation togeth

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-06 Thread graywolf
Too the best of my knowledge that is correct, Keith. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- keith_w wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: When you open a jpeg, most of the information from the original tiff is restored along with

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