Re: peso: Coils

2005-12-29 Thread Francis
Thanks for all the replies everyone! Tim Sherburne wrote: Nice job, Francis. I like the vivitar TC: cheap, but a good performer. Haven't used it much lately, though, as I've been enabled with an FA 100/2.8 macro. Still keep it around just in case I really need to get close. Tim Yeah, that

Re: peso: Coils

2005-12-29 Thread Francis
It's a garter snake, which, to be honest, I don't know all that much about. They are quite common here on the south-west coast of Canada. Though they can be easily found foraging for frogs and other snakes in gardens and the like, around here (I was rather excited when I discovered this) they

Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Kevin Waterson
I spent a few hours playing with the latest offering from Canon. On the front of it we put a 70-200mm f2.8 lens and went walking around Sydney. The camera is a 16.7 megapixel full frame shooting 4 fps. ISO from 100-1600 and custom settings will stretch it from ISO 50-3200. My first impression

RE: PESO Shit happens...

2005-12-29 Thread Bob W
You look like Zaphod Beeblebrox in that photo. Or Ann Boleyn's executioner, taking his work home. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Albano Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 December 2005 01:32 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO Shit happens...

RE: PESO - Snow crystals

2005-12-29 Thread Jostein
Quoting Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Brilliant photographs, Jostein. It interesting that snow actually looks like this at close range. The only thing missing IMO is a pretty background - like a nice dark blue colour. Thanks, Jens! I absolutely agree about the background. I'm experimenting

Re: PESO - Snow crystals

2005-12-29 Thread Jostein
Quoting Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nice stuff, Jostein! Looks like you're giving Mark C. a run for his money. I don't even have snow around here to make an attempt (not that I would, mind you). Hi Bruce, It'll be a while before I can match Mark C.'s photos, but thanks anyway. :-)

Re: PESO - Snow crystals

2005-12-29 Thread Jostein
Quoting Perry Pellechia [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wow, very nice. Most of my experiements with high magnification are small shells in the comfort of my home. LOL. I've been practising in the kitchen, on sugar grains, for several weeks... It does have certain advantages over working in the

Burned sky, underexposed subject

2005-12-29 Thread David Oswald
At http://users.adelphia.net/daoswald/ you can see a few shots I snapped today in Chinatown, Los Angeles. These were shot as RAW and coerced into jpegs after a little postprocessing. This was the first time I've taken exclusively RAW images. After initial RAW processing, I didn't re-touch

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 29.12.05 8:26: Unless the crowd with the printer provide instructions indicating what CMYK profile to use I'd stick with RGB, wide gamut if possible. I'm not sure Rob if it is a good idea. Many, many RGB colours will fall out of CMYK gamut. So there's no sense to tweak

RE: Burned sky, underexposed subject

2005-12-29 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Getting a page not found ... Which camera are you using? Shel [Original Message] From: David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: 12/29/2005 1:35:25 AM Subject: Burned sky, underexposed subject At http://users.adelphia.net/daoswald/ you can see a few shots I

Re: Burned sky, underexposed subject

2005-12-29 Thread David Savage
I get a page not found message David, so I can't really comment. Dave On 12/29/05, David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At http://users.adelphia.net/daoswald/ you can see a few shots I snapped today in Chinatown, Los Angeles.

Re: Peso(s) How a nice day went wrong.

2005-12-29 Thread cbwaters
My experience: Squirrels in the house + cat = new sofa, drapes, plants, glassware, picture frames, panic attack, and a hefty MasterCard bill... But that was a LONG time ago... CW - Original Message - From: Perry Pellechia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent:

Re: Wide Angle and the Ds

2005-12-29 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, P. J. Alling wrote: especially on a *ist-D/Ds body. I use the M85 f2. It's got pretty much the same limitations that Cotty has using his Pentax A85 f1.4 on a Canon body, Absolutely not. It certainly does not stop down when you do. Kostas

Re: An odd find.

2005-12-29 Thread Thibouille
an MX screen will fit in your Z1 nicely ;) Of course, forget your spot metering... -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...

Upgrading PS question

2005-12-29 Thread brooksdj
Hi gang. I have a licensed version of PSEL 3 registered with Adobe, and a copy of PS 6, that came with the computer.I have the code,but its not registered. I know i can upgrade to CS or CS2 with the El3 version(its a bit more expensive than if i

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Advertising art directors generally adjust the image in RGB and allow the printer's pre-press people to do the CMYK conversion. Paul On Dec 28, 2005, at 10:23 PM, Adam McKenty wrote: Color management, yay! (not). I'm going to be printing a bunch of scans, which need some adjusting in PS. My

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Many laser printers require CMYK for accurate color matching. Paul On Dec 28, 2005, at 11:54 PM, David Mann wrote: What are you printing them with? I'd just use RGB unless it's going to a press, and even then the pre-press people would probably make a better job of converting and handling

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, a lot of commercial printing is now done on industrial-strength laser printers. These generally require CMYK files. You should probably make your adjustments in RGB, then convert to CMYK as a final step. The printer should show you a proof of the work before they print the entire run,

Re: Upgrading PS question

2005-12-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Upgrading PS question Hi gang. I have a licensed version of PSEL 3 registered with Adobe, and a copy of PS 6, that came with the computer.I have the code,but its not registered. I know i can upgrade to CS or CS2 with

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Paul Stenquist wrote on 29.12.05 13:19: Advertising art directors generally adjust the image in RGB and allow the printer's pre-press people to do the CMYK conversion. I work in advertising agency and I can tell you that's not true. Too much of RGB gamut falls outside of CMYK one. That would

Pentax filters getting harder to find?

2005-12-29 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Is it just me or are regular Pentax filters getting hard to come by? Unless I am missing something, neither B+H nor Adorama – nor even the Pentaximaging.com purchase section – has the standard 49mm UV filters. Adorama does not even list Pentax as one of the manufacturers of filters when you

Re: Upgrading PS question

2005-12-29 Thread brooksdj
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Upgrading PS question Thanks inadvance It will install beside your current program. William Robb Thanks Bill. Dave

Re: Burned sky, underexposed subject

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Your page wouldn't come up. But in general, when shooting RAW you should expose to preserve your highlights right at the limit. When processing in the PSCS RAW converter, adjust the highlight level with exposure slider, then bring your midtones back up to where you want them with the

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Adam McKenty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the useful info David. They're being printed commercially (but not on a press) and when I asked the fellow at the printer he said, with some hesitation, that the images should be in CMYK. If an RGB workflow is standard as you suggest, however,

Re: PAW: Into the Game

2005-12-29 Thread Adam Maas
No need to hate the Maple Laughs, just pity them. -Adam A Canucks fan, since 1988 and the worst trade ever. frank theriault wrote: Thanks, Perry. Although I live in Toronto, I was born and brought up in Montreal. I'm a life long fan of Les Glorieux, and it's my sworn duty as a native

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good to know there's another ad guy here. I've worked in advertising agencies for the last quarter century. I'm currently at Young Rubicam. I didn't say that clients are shown RGB images. I said the art directors work with the image in RGB when comping up an ad. As you noted, retouching and

Pentax-fit Voigtlander SL lenses

2005-12-29 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Does anyone have experience with any of these gorgeous new SL lenses from Voigtlander? For Pentax fit, it seems they currently make a 180/4 APO, 125/2.5 APO, 90/3.5 APO, and a 40/2 ASPH. (A few other of their lenses are either no longer available or only fit certain Nikons.) It is interesting

Re: Burned sky, underexposed subject

2005-12-29 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 29, 2005, at 3:33, David Oswald wrote: At http://users.adelphia.net/daoswald/ you can see a few shots I snapped today in Chinatown, Los Angeles. These were shot as RAW and coerced into jpegs after a little postprocessing. This was the first time I've taken exclusively RAW images.

Re: Pentax-fit Voigtlander SL lenses

2005-12-29 Thread Don Williams
This one looks interesting -- Voigtlander 125/2.5 APO-Lanthar -- a macro with a decent focal length for people who can afford it. Is there test data for these lenses to be found anywhere? Don Chaso DeChaso wrote: Does anyone have experience with any of these gorgeous new SL lenses from

RE: Pentax Lenses on Canon Cameras - The Truth

2005-12-29 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Just another proof that the K/M crippling of Aperture priority on Pentax DSLR matters Its absurd the screwmount lenses are more flexible than the K/M lenses on a K mount camera... jco -Original Message- From: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 12:38

Re: Peso(s) How a nice day went wrong.

2005-12-29 Thread Perry Pellechia
I can lagh about it now, but at the time it wasn't too funny. On 12/28/05, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You really had me laughing out loud. rg Perry Pellechia wrote: (long tale of woe follows)

Re: Peso(s) How a nice day went wrong.

2005-12-29 Thread Perry Pellechia
That should be laugh On 12/29/05, Perry Pellechia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can lagh about it now, but at the time it wasn't too funny. On 12/28/05, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You really had me laughing out loud. rg Perry Pellechia wrote: (long tale of woe follows) --

Re: Peso(s) How a nice day went wrong.

2005-12-29 Thread Perry Pellechia
Fearing such an incident, we had our cats locked in our bed room. On 12/29/05, cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My experience: Squirrels in the house + cat = new sofa, drapes, plants, glassware, picture frames, panic attack, and a hefty MasterCard bill... But that was a LONG time ago... CW

Re: Burned sky, underexposed subject

2005-12-29 Thread Jack Davis
An obvious question; are you into graduated ND filters? My sense is that you've been around the photo scene awhile and are looking for something embedded in PS to save the investment/hassle. If you need further info on grad filters, you'll have no shortage of advice from the group. Jack ---

Re: Pentax-fit Voigtlander SL lenses

2005-12-29 Thread David Savage
I had the chance to play with Rob Studdert's when he was here (125mmf2.5 lens...get your mind out of the gutter). The build quality isexceptional the optical performance is stunning. The Pentax versioneven has the 'A' position on the aperture ring. If I wasn't on a self imposed lens buying ban

Re: Pentax-fit Voigtlander SL lenses

2005-12-29 Thread Fred
This one looks interesting -- Voigtlander 125/2.5 APO-Lanthar -- a macro with a decent focal length for people who can afford it. Is there test data for these lenses to be found anywhere? Rob Studdert is likely to chime in with all sorts of good things to say (and photos to back his words up)

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Jack Davis
Kevin, Thanks for summing up you reaction to a quick spin with the latest 16.7 Canon. You took a quick turn at the point where you brought in the 'blad H1 and if you had an image comparison comment, I missed it. Does the 'blad carry a 22mp back? If you find a moment, I'd appreciate your

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Dec 2005 at 19:35, Kevin Waterson wrote: I really only have the Hasselblad H1 to compare this to and when it comes down to bang for bucks, this one really has everybody in second place. I guess with the only 16mp full frame 35mm sensor on the market they can charge what they like

PESO: Nice Tomatoes

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
FA 35/2 on the *istD, f11, ISO 200, three flash units: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3983927

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Dec 2005 at 10:38, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: I'm not sure Rob if it is a good idea. Many, many RGB colours will fall out of CMYK gamut. So there's no sense to tweak colours which anyhow will appear later completely different in CMYK colour space. And that's what I usually do working for

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
On 29 Dec 2005 at 19:35, Kevin Waterson wrote: I can see journo's and wedding photographers looking for this en-masse. A fifteen thousand dollar camera for journalists and wedding photographers??? Not likely.

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Paul Stenquist wrote on 29.12.05 14:19: Good to know there's another ad guy here. I've worked in advertising agencies for the last quarter century. I'm currently at Young Rubicam. Wow! I didn't know that Paul :-) I've been working in this job for about 15 years. So it is nice to know that

Re: Pentax filters getting harder to find?

2005-12-29 Thread Jim King
Chaso DeChaso wrote on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 at 05:04:02 -0800: (snip) Can someone recommend any good sources for Pentax filters? And does anyone know whether Pentax is getting out of filters altogether? I have had similar difficulty in finding Pentax

RE: Pentax filters getting harder to find?

2005-12-29 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I bought mine through a couple of shops in Canada. Don's was one, and there was another in Vancouver, the name of which I've forgotten. Chris was working at Don's at the time. Maybe you can dig up his address and ask him about the filters. Prices were quite good as well. Shel

Re: peso: Coils

2005-12-29 Thread Gary Sibio
At 02:42 AM 12/29/2005, you wrote: It's a garter snake, which, to be honest, I don't know all that much about. They are quite common here on the south-west coast of Canada. Though they can be easily found foraging for frogs and other snakes in gardens and the like, around here (I was rather

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Dec 2005 at 10:19, Paul Stenquist wrote: A fifteen thousand dollar camera for journalists and wedding photographers??? Not likely. That's $15K Aus (about US$11k) including an 2.8/70-200 zoom and probably local taxes. I'm guessing that a Pentax 645 DSLR will be somewhat more expensive

RE: Upgrading PS question

2005-12-29 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Dave, It won't overwrite Elements, but, I'm sorry to say, 256mb of ram will not be enough to run CS2. Shel ... [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: 12/29/2005 4:16:17 AM Subject: Upgrading PS question

Re: PESO: Nice Tomatoes

2005-12-29 Thread Perry Pellechia
Tasty looking. Well done. On 12/29/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FA 35/2 on the *istD, f11, ISO 200, three flash units: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3983927 -- Perry Pellechia Primary email: [EMAIL

Re: Pentax-fit Voigtlander SL lenses

2005-12-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Dec 2005 at 5:37, Chaso DeChaso wrote: Does anyone have experience with any of these gorgeous new SL lenses from Voigtlander? I do and I am enthusiastic about my 125/2.5 APO (as mentioned by those who have read my rants before) however I'd hardly call it new since I purchased my copy

Re: PESO - Snow crystals

2005-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On 12/28/05, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi gang, Today I finally got around to play with real snow in front of my macro setup. After sifting through the results, this is what's left: http://www.oksne.net/foto/html/images/snow/images.asp I've tried two optical combinations today. The

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Jack Davis
Paul, You knew it would happen and I'm here to confirm it. (LOL) I have a wedding/studio/scenic/airplane author/photog. friend who is a slave to the latest, and who is able to afford to be. He has a 22meg back for his AF Contax 645 and, in addition to his camera shop inventory of 35mm F line of

Re: peso: Coils

2005-12-29 Thread Gary Sibio
At 02:12 PM 12/28/2005, you wrote: I think it is a matter of terminology. If the sun is in a snake's field of view, I'm sure the snake can see it. That's 93 million miles away. I think what you were trying to say is that snakes can only see clearly a few feet in front of them, or in other

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Bob Shell
On Dec 29, 2005, at 11:14 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: In this case obviously no one knows exactly what's going on, so since the image was RGB in origin then it should likely be presented to the printers as such. They should be able to make an appropriate CMYK conversion and colours that fall

Re: peso: Coils

2005-12-29 Thread Bob Shell
On Dec 29, 2005, at 10:30 AM, Gary Sibio wrote: I live in Chicago where we have our very own variety of Garter Snake although it is very rare and I've never seen one. San Francisco also has its own variety. You sometimes find them lying around after weddings. Bob

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 29.12.05 17:39: That's $15K Aus (about US$11k) including an 2.8/70-200 zoom and probably local taxes. I'm guessing that a Pentax 645 DSLR will be somewhat more expensive than this (without such a capable lens). I guess Nikon will sell 10x more D200 DSLRs to wedding

Re: Pentax-fit Voigtlander SL lenses

2005-12-29 Thread Don Williams
Very revealing tests. The Pentax shows nasty chromatic aberration. I think I'll have to sell something (big) soon. Micro and Macro are the only things that really interest me these days. Don Rob Studdert wrote: On 29 Dec 2005 at 5:37, Chaso DeChaso wrote: Does anyone have experience with

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Dec 2005 at 17:02, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: I guess Nikon will sell 10x more D200 DSLRs to wedding photographers and journalists as it costs around 3500 USD with 70-200/2.8 VR lens - that's about 1/3 of price of similar set with 1Ds and real capabilities of this Nikon camera are not

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/05, Kevin Waterson, discombobulated, unleashed: Upon lifting this beast it is immediately obvious that it should not be used without a tripod. The combined weight of the lens + camera made this something you dont want to carry for too long or too far. To use an Australian term, you're

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/05, Kevin Waterson, discombobulated, unleashed: My interest was the ability to plug the camera directly to a pc/laptop and have the files saved directly to the hard disk. This can be done via USB (1.1) or a wireless connection. Does it get any better than that? Yes, FireWire.

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Dec 2005 at 16:23, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: As I can see it is not easy to work with such a laser printers. Accidentally service bureau that we used to work with has colour laser printer too. It is not easy to get predictable results from this machine and they don't even know what CMYK

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/05, Kevin Waterson, discombobulated, unleashed: I was told the LCD screen was large and bright and this may be the case in the dark but it was daylight and it was difficult to see. Even when venturing into a low light situation it was not great, the *istD has it trumped in this area.

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread David Savage
What about them. Dave On 12/30/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29/12/05, Kevin Waterson, discombobulated, unleashed: Upon lifting this beast it is immediately obvious that it should not be used without a tripod. The combined weight of the lens + camera made this something you dont

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 29.12.05 17:14: In this case obviously no one knows exactly what's going on, so since the image was RGB in origin then it should likely be presented to the printers as such. They should be able to make an appropriate CMYK conversion and colours that fall out of gamut

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Cotty wrote on 29.12.05 17:27: Yes, FireWire. Firewire rulezzz... Pity that it is getting less and less popular in cameras. Good that I have and use firewire CF cards reader just like you :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 30/12/05, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: I also expect that the 5D will make a dent in sales of the 1DS MkII, it's enough camera for most people and inexpensive enough for a pro that they might even consider buying two or three bodies. Not a chance. There's much more to it than

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 30/12/05, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: What about them. They're a bit dodgy ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 29.12.05 17:34: Wow, I can't say that I know of one good print house/pre-press bureau that doesn't run their proofing printers using a suitable hardware RIP with full calibration, output is very predictable. This laser printer is not a proofer at all :-) It is just large

Re: PESO -- Flat Iron's come in all sizes...

2005-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 28/12/05, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: Thanks Cotty, I wasn't sure you were still speaking to me. Well, it *is* Christmas after all. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 29.12.05 18:09: I don't know how top end Nikon cameras sell in your part of the world but I'd guess it's 3:1 in Canons favour here. It depends on model. 300D is more popular because of its price. If someone has more money to spend on DSLR then he buys D70 as much better

Re: Wide Angle and the Ds

2005-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 28/12/05, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: I use the M85 f2. It's got pretty much the same limitations that Cotty has using his Pentax A85 f1.4 on a Canon body, which is annoying since it is a K mount lens/body combination, but I've learned to live with it. Shh

PF 2006 wanting to say Hi!

2005-12-29 Thread sonnar
Hi friends, I just popped in for a while, after unsubscribing for doing too much photography :) First, let me wish you a good and felicitous New Year (for those with our calendar, for the Orthodox countries, just wait a week g, and the Chinese wait a bit longer please), and invite you to look

Re: Burned sky, underexposed subject

2005-12-29 Thread David Oswald
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Getting a page not found ... Which camera are you using? Shel [Original Message] From: David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: 12/29/2005 1:35:25 AM Subject: Burned sky, underexposed subject At http://users.adelphia.net/daoswald/ you can see

Re: PESO - Snow crystals

2005-12-29 Thread Jostein
Tom C, Ken Waller, Paul Stenquist, Cotty, Igor, Thanks for viewing and commenting. Glad you liked it. jostein - Original Message - From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 10:00 PM Subject: PESO - Snow crystals Hi gang, Today

Re: Burned sky, underexposed subject

2005-12-29 Thread Joseph Tainter
Your page wouldn't come up. But in general, when shooting RAW you should expose to preserve your highlights right at the limit. When processing in the PSCS RAW converter, adjust the highlight level with exposure slider, then bring your midtones back up to where you want them with the

A plea to UK members

2005-12-29 Thread sonnar
Hi, I would like to ask if somebody from the UK isn't planning to visit lovely Prague in the neartime (hey Mike, I know it's now my turn to go to your country g, but I have no holidays left...). I wanted to buy some clothing from a fine army surplus supplier Cotty once recommended (no I am no

Re: Wide Angle and the Ds

2005-12-29 Thread Joseph Tainter
When I first got the DA 16-45, I took it out and tested it agains the FA 20-35. The results were very close. That was my first indication of how good a lens the DA 16-45 is. Joe

Re: Peso(s) How a nice day went wrong.

2005-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 28/12/05, Perry Pellechia, discombobulated, unleashed: This is when things went horribly wrong. As I am trying to knock him into the tub he crawls onto the poker. He then races along the poker, to my arm then over my head and down my back as I knelt in front of the fire place. Marianne

Re: Pentax Lenses on Canon Cameras - The Truth

2005-12-29 Thread P. J. Alling
Better than having them coming out of other places. Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go for it Kevin, I have them coming out of my ears ;-) thats gotta be uncomfortable. :) Kevin -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Jostein
Interesting tale, Kevin. Thanks for sharing. A couple of months back, I chanced to meet a nature photographer using the same beast with a 500mm f/4. He said that dust was a big problem with this particular camera. Much worse than its predecessor, the D1s. He actually considered going back for

KEH enablement

2005-12-29 Thread Larry Levy
For quite some time, I've wanted the FA 20-35 zoom lens. Then I saw it available from KEH as an excellent +. When I called, KEH said they couldn't promise its arrival prior to Christmas. I told them I didn't care since it was for me. Of course, it arrived on the 23rd and the only differences I

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Jack Davis
Speaking for myself, they really swing. (large arc) Jack --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30/12/05, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: What about them. They're a bit dodgy ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: PF 2006 wanting to say Hi!

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Happy New Year, Frantisek. Good to hear you've jooked on full time with a daily paper. Hope we'll get to see some of your pics while you're around. Paul On Dec 29, 2005, at 12:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi friends, I just popped in for a while, after unsubscribing for doing too much

Re: Wide Angle and the Ds

2005-12-29 Thread P. J. Alling
I said pretty much. The green button works fine for an Aperture preferred mode, and if you want to do manual metering, which I prefer anyway, you can hold the DOF lever in and get stop down metering just like on a Spotmatic. Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, P. J. Alling

Re: Nice Tomatoes

2005-12-29 Thread Kenneth Waller
A gorgeous image Paul, although I feel the need for more space between the subject the edge of the image @ the top the LRH corner, both @ the bottom side. The proximity of the subject to the edge draws my attention. Either give it more space or cut it off more. Kenneth Waller -

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Jack Davis
Wouldn't be surprised if Nikon were making gains lately. Jack --- Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob Studdert wrote on 29.12.05 18:09: I don't know how top end Nikon cameras sell in your part of the world but I'd guess it's 3:1 in Canons favour here. It depends on model.

Re: Pentax filters getting harder to find?

2005-12-29 Thread Joseph Tainter
Unless I am missing something, neither B+H nor Adorama– nor even the Pentaximaging.com purchase section has the standard 49mm UV filters. -- A quick glance at BH's site suggests that the only one missing is the one you are interested in -- 49 mm UV in black. Suggest you email BH

Re: peso: Coils

2005-12-29 Thread P. J. Alling
Hell, I get one in my apartment every once in a while. Drives the dog crazy... Gary Sibio wrote: At 02:42 AM 12/29/2005, you wrote: It's a garter snake, which, to be honest, I don't know all that much about. They are quite common here on the south-west coast of Canada. Though they can be

PAW: Into the Game

2005-12-29 Thread frank theriault
We take our hockey seriously here in Canada: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3972928size=lg Taken at a Toronto-Montreal hockey game back in November. Yet more fisheye fun. g Yet another standing-room-only game in Toronto. In both Toronto and Montreal, tickets are so hard to come

Re: Wide Angle and the Ds

2005-12-29 Thread P. J. Alling
It still pisses me off... Cotty wrote: On 28/12/05, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: I use the M85 f2. It's got pretty much the same limitations that Cotty has using his Pentax A85 f1.4 on a Canon body, which is annoying since it is a K mount lens/body combination, but I've

Re: PF 2006 wanting to say Hi!

2005-12-29 Thread Jostein
Hi Fra! Good to hear from you! Great to hear that you're still a full time pro. :-) Cheers, and best wishes for the year to come Jostein - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 6:02 PM Subject: PF 2006 wanting to

Re: PAW: Into the Game

2005-12-29 Thread Perry Pellechia
As a big time Canadiens fan I can understand the tension of a Leafs game. You shot captured it well. Go Habs Go On 12/29/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We take our hockey seriously here in Canada: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3972928size=lg Taken at a

PESO: Kiss

2005-12-29 Thread Juan Buhler
I didn't think this image worked initially, but it grew on me after seeing how her eye is visible: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbuhler/78827292/in/set-1667678/ Thanks for viewing, comments welcome. j -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com

Re: A plea to UK members

2005-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Hi, I would like to ask if somebody from the UK isn't planning to visit lovely Prague in the neartime (hey Mike, I know it's now my turn to go to your country g, but I have no holidays left...). I wanted to buy some clothing from a fine

Re: PF 2006 wanting to say Hi!

2005-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: journalism can be lot of fun but also a lot of work, endless waiting with brief moments of shutters tearing We have a saying here: 'Hurry up and wait' ;-) Hope you're well. Lemme know re the parka (see other thread). Cheers,

Re: Wide Angle and the Ds

2005-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/05, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: It still pisses me off... You'll wake up you-know-who. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PAW: Into the Game

2005-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On 12/29/05, Perry Pellechia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a big time Canadiens fan I can understand the tension of a Leafs game. You shot captured it well. Go Habs Go Thanks, Perry. Although I live in Toronto, I was born and brought up in Montreal. I'm a life long fan of Les Glorieux,

TOPDML Holiday Cheer

2005-12-29 Thread frank theriault
Just in case anyone missed it, or we missed e-mailing someone, or someone in the Southern Ontario area may be lurking, the Toronto chapter of PDML (TOPDML) will be meeting tomorrow, Friday afternoon at 2:00pm at C'est What? pub, corner of Front West and Church streets downtown. Looks like we may

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread George Sinos
Only slightly off topic. I saw a firewire/USB comparison on the television show Call for Help. The results were interesting. I don't remember the exact details, but they used firewire and USB to transfer about 10 Gbytes of data. They did the test on an apple and on a dell. Here are the

Re: Nice Tomatoes

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Ken. That's valuable input. Paul On Dec 29, 2005, at 1:17 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: A gorgeous image Paul, although I feel the need for more space between the subject the edge of the image @ the top the LRH corner, both @ the bottom side. The proximity of the subject to the edge

Re: PESO: Nice Tomatoes

2005-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On 12/29/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FA 35/2 on the *istD, f11, ISO 200, three flash units: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3983927 Love the composition (that cascading effect...). Technically brilliant. I believe that I'll go make a BLT right about now g.

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