Re: PESO PAW - Three Women in Conversation

2006-01-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
... I think "hotshot" is about four levels higher than I am ... Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Have a go at it, Marnie ;-)) > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/3women-23.html > > > You mig

Re: PESO - Great Sand Dunes - National Park

2006-01-02 Thread Ronald Arvidsson
Hi, It loks certainly very artistic. I'd never thought of sand dunes if you hadn't mentioned it. How on Earth did you get that color? Was it reflected light or a photoshop job? I think its a nice piece of artistic graphics (photos can be that way sometimes) but as a desert picture? I don't k

Re: Skiing with cameras...

2006-01-02 Thread Ronald Arvidsson
Pawel Bartuzi wrote: Ronald Arvidsson wrote: aggresively one uses the skis. When doing photos of downhill skiing - use fast shutterspeed as skiers move quite fast. I know it depends on actual shooting conditions (focal length, skiers speed etc.) but that is exactly what I will try to avoi

Re: web-pages for Nikon-mount lenses

2006-01-02 Thread John Forbes
I thought Ken Rockwell's site was devoted to Ken Rockwell. John On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 05:51:21 -, Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: not to mention http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikkor.htm :) mishka On 1/2/06, Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not exactly equvialent, but lots of info n

Sv: Re: Back online

2006-01-02 Thread paulus.eriksson
Yea, I was gone. But as mostly a lurker I guess it wasn't noticed. :) Ursprungligt meddelande Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: Jan 2, 2006 8:03:09 PM Till: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Ärende: Re: Back online You were gone? :-P Paulus Eriksson wrote: > Hi all > > After some computer problems

PESO: And now, for something completely different

2006-01-02 Thread Juan Buhler
Sorry list for posting two PESOs within less than a week. I'm going through some raw files from the summer, and found this. Different from what I usually do, even though I didn't intend it to be. http://flickr.com/photos/jbuhler/81374033/ I don't think it works in black and white. But I like it

Re: Wonderfull New year message.

2006-01-02 Thread Don Williams
I spent more than an hour looking at Rockwell's site. I don't know what to make of it. Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Don't miss this: http://tinyurl.com/azk9a Very best wishes from me, too. John Same here John. Happy New Year. I had a look at Ken

Re: PESO and OT -- Fun with the Holga

2006-01-02 Thread Derby Chang
Scott Loveless wrote: So I got this Holga color flash camera for Christmas. Took it to a family Christmas party and shot two rolls of TMAX 100 with the flash on. The first roll was processed at iso 100 in Ilfosol S. Way underexposed. The second roll I pushed to 400 in HC-110 dilution B. It

OT: Book from iPhoto and other printers

2006-01-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, Has anybody used iPhoto Book printing service or any other similar service? I was considering using iPhoto Book service for printing out a wedding photo-album for my sister-in-law, - an album that includes variety of pictures quckly arranged together digitally (instead of printing out p

Re: Skiing with cameras...

2006-01-02 Thread Mishka
Oly Stylus Epic worked fine for me. Tiny to fit in a pocket, pretty robust, and cheap enough notto worry too much about it. Sharp 35mm lens too. best, mishka On 12/31/05, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...wise or foolish? Discuss. > > I'm going skiing for the first time at the end of February

Re: OT: Published!

2006-01-02 Thread Juey Chong Ong
That seems like poor due diligence on the paper's part. It happens sometimes but congrats and do save it as a tearsheet. --jc On Dec 31, 2005, at 10:07 PM, Ryan Lee wrote: Thanks everyone! Yes, unfortunately there weren't any credits. I can understand there not being a credit for the shot,

Re: web-pages for Nikon-mount lenses

2006-01-02 Thread Mishka
not to mention http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikkor.htm :) mishka On 1/2/06, Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not exactly equvialent, but lots of info nonetheless: > Bjørn Rørslett's website: > www.naturfotograf.com > > Jostein > > - Original Message - > From: "Igor Roshchin" <[EMA

Re: DVDs

2006-01-02 Thread Mishka
It all boils down to how paranoid one wants to be. The stuff that *really matters* gets (in addition) uploaded to a server abroad (but, unfortunately the storage there is limited to 15 or so GB). I have a number of CDs and DVDs that I burned a while ago, which have corrupted files now. I wouldn't

A few shots

2006-01-02 Thread Vic MacBournie
I just thought I would post a few shots from an afternoon out around my town with my dog Mackie over the holidays. She's in a couple of the shots, of course. For anyone interested. All but the deer shot was taken with the K35 f 3.5. The deer was taken with a Tokina 80-200 F2.8. Comments welcom

Re: Nikon lens on M42 body???????

2006-01-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Let's think in practical terms, ok? Between 93% and 97% coverage viewfinder with 35mm format, the difference amounts to somewhere around 1.5mm more format coverage on the long axis, less than that on the short axis. If you can really see that and find it significant in hand-held field photo

Re: PESO and OT -- Fun with the Holga

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Loveless
Suprisingly, mine doesn't seem to have any light leaks..yet. On 1/2/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I considered one (gotta love 'two people and a midget' focusing), but I > scored a TLR off eBay for less than a Holga, and it lacks light leaks > too. doesn't have the 'toy camera' l

Re: PESO and OT -- Fun with the Holga

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Loveless
Thanks, Paul. On 1/2/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool. Some nice shots here. I especially like the pic of Steve. > Paul > On Jan 2, 2006, at 9:47 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > > > So I got this Holga color flash camera for Christmas. Took it to a > > family Christmas party and s

Re: PESO and OT -- Fun with the Holga

2006-01-02 Thread Adam Maas
I considered one (gotta love 'two people and a midget' focusing), but I scored a TLR off eBay for less than a Holga, and it lacks light leaks too. doesn't have the 'toy camera' look, but my Box Camera helps for that. -Adam Scott Loveless wrote: On 1/2/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Adam Maas
That's pretty much it. I even shoot with the A/M switch set to M on the Spotty. And since it's sorta-AE with auto aperture vs. continuous AE with no auto aperture, I'm happy to chose the latter. -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: So in essence your saying you value AE more that Auto aperture func

RE: Nikon lens on M42 body???????

2006-01-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
brighter is not automatically better in a vf. sometimes contrast, ground glass roughness, magnification, etc. are compromised to achieve greater brightness and while they may allow for easier composition, they are not necessisarily easier to manually focus for the reasons stated. jco -Orig

Re: Nikon lens on M42 body???????

2006-01-02 Thread Adam Maas
Godfrey, the Nikon FM has 93% coverage and .86x magnification, which is distinctly inferior to the MX's 97% coverage and .95x magnification (which is actually more coverage and as much or more magnification than any non-F body from Nikon, the closest for coverage being the F100 at 96% [albeit .

RE: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
So in essence your saying you value AE more that Auto aperture function. That's a tough call. I really don't know if I would rather have stop-down AE or GB hypermanual but retaining auto aperture which the GB function and K/M lenses give you. I honesty think GB with auto aperture would be my prefer

Re: Nikon lens on M42 body???????

2006-01-02 Thread Adam Maas
Note the FM3a screens are even better than the FM2/FE2 screens. -Adam Don Sanderson wrote: Hi Godfrey and Happy New Year. I like the idea of the FM ring on an FE2! I'd simply scavenge it off the FM I have. And thanks for all the other comments and suggestions in your previous posts. Don

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Fred
> If Pentax is trying to move on from supporting obsolete lenses, or if > they're trying to force me to upgrade to newer lenses, they have > succeeded only in encouraging me to buy even older lenses. Har !!! Fred

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Adam Maas
Rob Studdert wrote: On 2 Jan 2006 at 20:21, J. C. O'Connell wrote: that's interesting, your in complete opposition to the "green button" apologists who insist it's easy and not a big deal. What I want is a higher model that supports all kmount lenses fully. That would be nice feature, espec

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Loveless
Flipping the auto/manual switch, pressing the green button, six of one Compared to using K/M lenses on the *ist (once again, film body), the M42s are heaven. If the *ist had an aperture simulator or something similar to the green button I'd definitely use the non-A lenses. Fact is, "disc

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Adam Maas
I do actually focus often with the lens stopped down. As I tend to shoot at f5.6 and wider, this isn't a huge deal. If I need to stop down more, I usually discover that after focusing. -Adam Paul Stenquist wrote: But don't you still have to switch to auto to open the aperture for focusing?

Re: Two Brothers and a Cousin - the A* 85/1.4, FA 77/1.8, and FA* 85/1.4

2006-01-02 Thread Fred
> oh and apparently one can auto-focus. Fred

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jan 2006 at 21:32, William Robb wrote: > I did a locking adaptor on my 17mm Fishy Tak. > I don't know if all the Taks are built thusly, but I took the lock spring > off an adaptor, then used the screw to lock the adaptor to the lens, marked > the back of the lens where the lock pin would be

Re: Two Brothers and a Cousin - the A* 85/1.4, FA 77/1.8, and FA* 85/1.4

2006-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jan 2006 at 21:19, Fred wrote: > So, I prefer to think of the A* 85/1.4 and the FA 77/1.8 Limited as being > sibling lenses, two peas out of the same pod, just one of which (the baby > brother) happens to also have autofocus capability. That is to say that > the 77/1.8 is not the replacement

RE: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
One could always leave the M42 lens on "manual" mode, and just rotate the aperture ring open to focus and then closed to shoot. anywhere in between would still give correct exposure. Still kludgy in my mind but would be OK for rarely used lenses not worth buying in the "A" mount all over again

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
But don't you still have to switch to auto to open the aperture for focusing? You certainly don't try to focus with the lens stopped down?? I don't see what's easy about using the screwmount lenses. Paul On Jan 2, 2006, at 10:24 PM, Adam Maas wrote: Glen wrote: At 02:48 PM 1/2/2006, Paul Ste

RE: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jan 2006 at 20:21, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > that's interesting, your in complete opposition to the "green button" > apologists who insist it's easy and not a big deal. What I want > is a higher model that supports all kmount lenses fully. > That would be nice feature, especially when you cons

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" Subject: Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot If you wished to fix a screw adaptor on each of your screw lenses you'd need to remove the adaptor locking flange and fabricate a locking pin hole on each lens assembly that mimics

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
So you like hyper manual. So do I but it would be much more convenient with an aperture simulator, then it wouldn't make any more noise than using it with a A F or FA lens... Don Sanderson wrote: I'm more of a "Green Button Advocate" than apologist. Even if full K compatibility was added I'd

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Adam Maas
With the *ist's, you can just rotate the adaptor further to remove, since the slower removal technique is intended for bodies with the aperture simulator. I've no issue in mounting and removing lenses with the adaptor staying on the lens. This is in fact the way the adaptor normally stays, as I

Re: Help, Dead or sick ZX-10?

2006-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't think so. The view finder in the MZ10 has the same coverage and magnification as all the other lower tier MZ/ZX bodies. http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/MZ-ZX/index.html Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Mon, 2 Jan 2006, Don Sanderson wrote: On the ZX-10 with its small and dim viewf

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Adam Maas
Rotate the lens/adaptor combo 1/3 further to remove. Note this trick ONLY works on the cameras that lack the aperture simulator (It will badly break cameras that have the aperture simulator if tried). -Adam Scott Loveless wrote: The adapter stays on the camera. It's impossible to remove th

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Adam Maas
Glen wrote: At 02:48 PM 1/2/2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: Not only do you still need the green button, but you have to attach an adapter as well. K and M lenses are much easier to use on the DSLR cameras. Adapter = pain in the butt. Paul I've never used a screw-mount adapter. If you have mu

RE: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Those were the some of the "lowest" SLR models pentax ever made for people who wanted an SLR but knew nothing about them essentially. They always had higher models at the time those were made that did offer the features more experienced users wanted/needed so no harm done.. I would want the AE with

Re: PESO and OT -- Fun with the Holga

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Loveless
On 1/2/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Looks like a still from an old B horror movie! Right down to the > extremely high contrast. Thanks! > I love it! I think a Holga might suit my style of shooting (such as > it is). Gotta pick me up one of those babies (however, being a >

Re: PESO and OT -- Fun with the Holga

2006-01-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Cool. Some nice shots here. I especially like the pic of Steve. Paul On Jan 2, 2006, at 9:47 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: So I got this Holga color flash camera for Christmas. Took it to a family Christmas party and shot two rolls of TMAX 100 with the flash on. The first roll was processed at iso

Re: PESO: Christmas Shopping in Chinatown

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Loveless
Wonderful moment, Frank. It's obvious they're enjoying being with their Dad! I'm starting to think Toronto is just a fun place to be all the time. > frank theriault wrote: > > >A couple of weekends before Christmas, my two younger daughters > >visited me in Toronto, so they could do a bit of Chr

Re: PESO - Snow on Front St.

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Loveless
Nice exposure. Overall, I really like it. On 1/1/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's one across from where the TOPDML meet was held, but from about 3 > weeks ago when we had some snow on the ground. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/80662747/ > > One of my rare forays with my N

RE: PESO PAW - Three Women in Conversation

2006-01-02 Thread Sandra Hermann
I really like that one. It drew me into it and I wanted to know exactly what they were talking about sandy

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Fred
> I don't think pentax ever made a SLR that had K/M aperture priority AE > without some sort of AE lock or at least AE compensation to go along with > it... I agree that it's pretty rare (and that it's pretty limiting, too), but I do think that the MG, the MV, and the MV1 all had AE with no lock a

Re: OT: Published!

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Loveless
Congrats! On 12/30/05, Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sent on the day itself but list appeared to have eaten it up.. Anyway, small > joy- a photo I took has been published around 4 x 6 in the Courier Mail (4th > highest circulation Aussie paper (2nd highest broadsheet). Page 52 on xmas > ev

Re: Enablement and the TO-PDML meet.

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Loveless
The TOPDML photos always seem to indicate a good time being had. One of these days I'll have to drive up and ruin the fun. On 12/30/05, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While I was killing time before the TO-PDML meet, I dropped by Henry's > and scored myself a Spotmatic SP, with the nifty

RE: DVDs

2006-01-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
2 DVD copies ( different brand media) would be even smarter than a DVD copy and a hard drive copy. hard drives just are nowhere near as "trustable" as optical media for archive usage IMHO. jco -Original Message- From: Mishka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 9:36 PM

Re: PESO and OT -- Fun with the Holga

2006-01-02 Thread frank theriault
On 1/2/06, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I got this Holga color flash camera for Christmas. Took it to a > family Christmas party and shot two rolls of TMAX 100 with the flash > on. The first roll was processed at iso 100 in Ilfosol S. Way > underexposed. The second roll I push

RE: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
The thing is, and I have thought of this several times in the past and keep forgetting to mention it in the "green button" threads, the green button function is exactly like AE lock OPTION when using aperture priority AE. I wouldn't want aperture priority AE without AE lock OPTION so in essense wha

Re: PESO - Great Sand Dunes - National Park

2006-01-02 Thread frank theriault
On 1/2/06, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check out > > http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > > All comments solicited > > Yeah, nay, and/or otherwise > > What would you do differently? > > Thanks in advance > > Kenneth Waller It's positively Wallerian, Ken (th

Re: PESO: The Bookstore

2006-01-02 Thread frank theriault
On 1/2/06, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool. I like the way the angle of the escalator breaks up the curve of > the second floor. > > BTW. Damn that's a big store. I'd much prefer a small cramped one any day. Well, as Marnie said, Indigo is like the Canadian version of Barnes and Nob

PESO and OT -- Fun with the Holga

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Loveless
So I got this Holga color flash camera for Christmas. Took it to a family Christmas party and shot two rolls of TMAX 100 with the flash on. The first roll was processed at iso 100 in Ilfosol S. Way underexposed. The second roll I pushed to 400 in HC-110 dilution B. It came out much better. Th

Re: PESO - Great Sand Dunes - National Park

2006-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Nice texture, I honestly couldn't tell you what I would have done differently. Oh, by the way did I mention that I hate you? Kenneth Waller wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html All comments solicited Yeah, nay, and/or otherwise What would you do dif

Re: PESO: The Bookstore

2006-01-02 Thread frank theriault
On 1/2/06, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great job, Frank! I love the way the fisheye adds to > the sweep of the architecture, and your timing got the > people on the escalator in just the right positions. > Thanks, Rick. I'm still learning how to use that lens to its full potential, b

Re: PESO: The Bookstore

2006-01-02 Thread frank theriault
On 1/2/06, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ideal fish-eye shot. Sweep of the near railing dissected by the stairs > and all nicely placed. > I'd say you easily have a fourth reason...eh? > I have more than three reasons; I said I have three ~major~ reasons. But, if you're referring to

Re: DVDs

2006-01-02 Thread Mishka
I use it for *backup* -- that is, the *second* copies. I consider the probability of both, external HDD and my internal drives getting fried at exactly the same moment to be small enough for all practical considerations. BUT -- again, the *second* copies. I would consider pretty stupid to keep t

RE: Nikon lens on M42 body???????

2006-01-02 Thread Don Sanderson
Hi Godfrey and Happy New Year. I like the idea of the FM ring on an FE2! I'd simply scavenge it off the FM I have. And thanks for all the other comments and suggestions in your previous posts. Don > -Original Message- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, Jan

Re: PESO PAW - Three Women in Conversation

2006-01-02 Thread frank theriault
On 1/2/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grabbed some lunch a while back and saw these three women in conversation. > Spent some time and shot a roll of Tri-X with one of the Leicas. The woman > on the viewer's right is the daughter of the woman in the center, and the > woman on the

Two Brothers and a Cousin - the A* 85/1.4, FA 77/1.8, and FA* 85/1.4

2006-01-02 Thread Fred
Very often I hear Pentaxers comparing the FA 77/1.8 Limited to the FA* 85/1.4. In some ways, the comparison is valid - they're Pentax's two autofocus portrait lenses, but many of the comparisons do point out the many differences between the two lenses, too - they're really very different lenses by

Re: Help, Dead or sick ZX-10?

2006-01-02 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Don Sanderson wrote: Hi Kostas, you're right, the ZX-10 is fully compatible with all K mount lenses, manual and Av modes work fine. It is however a penta-mirror finder and quite small and dark. I've also found the autofocus to be very unpredictable. For the low money they go for these days, the

Re: OT Dual lens and CCD camera introduced by Kodak

2006-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
It looks like a Kodak Gimmick/Kludge. It wouldn't be the first time they've created something to bridge technology. Perry Pellechia wrote: Is this the start of a trend? Real wide prime (23mm equiv.) coupled with a second zoom lens and ccd. Interesting idea and it addresses wide angle on a co

Re: Nikon lens on M42 body???????

2006-01-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 1, 2006, at 1:53 PM, Adam Maas wrote: ... And it's a lot cheaper to get an MX than an F. My buddy in Reno, NV, just bought a Nikon F Photomic FTn head with five Nikkor lenses, all in *mint* condition, for $340. He had the FTn head overhauled for $50 more. Works perfectly, beautiful

Re: Nikon lens on M42 body???????

2006-01-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 1, 2006, at 5:37 AM, Don Sanderson wrote: I have the Nikon FM and don't find the viewfinder anywhere near as bright as the MX. This may just be my copy, the prism shows very faint seperation lines so is undoubtedly not at its best. You have a bad prism and you could fit a brighter scre

Re: Nikon lens on M42 body???????

2006-01-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 31, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Don Sanderson wrote: I would venture a guess that you get a good bit of pleasure out of adapting some of those beautiful enlarging lenses to M42, mounting them on an M42 bellows, adapting that to K to fit on a nice KX and taking beautiful images to help sell the wh

Re: Nikon lens on M42 body???????

2006-01-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Don, I dunno what you're looking at, but I owned and worked with Nikon FM/ FE2 cameras for 20 years. The FM2/FE2 have interchangeable focusing screens that are 1 stop brighter than the FM, and the FM is on par with the MX as far as my eye can tell, both for brightness and for magnification

Re: Nikon lens on M42 body???????

2006-01-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 31, 2005, at 10:38 AM, Don Sanderson wrote: Anyone know the register on Canon and Minolta bodies??? http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mounts.htm Godfrey

RE: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Don Sanderson
I'm more of a "Green Button Advocate" than apologist. Even if full K compatibility was added I'd still use the green button as I do now. I can set the aperture I want, zoom in on the subject, tap the button and it sets the proper shutter speed. No fiddling with the dial and watching the little LEDs

Re: DVDs

2006-01-02 Thread Eactivist
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Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 1, 2006, at 2:16 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: It just occurred to me a couple weeks ago to put a screw mount lens on my *ist film body. Can anyone else say "aperture priority"? Feel free to point at me and laugh. I suddenly feel a multiple M42 lens enablement coming on. Can't say as I'd

Re: DVDs

2006-01-02 Thread George Sinos
Marnie - Yeah - it's easy to recommend an expensive solution. But the key is to have at least two copies. If the two copies can be different types of media all the better. In it's simplest form, it can be a working copy on your hard drive with one or two sets of DVD's as backup. One can be kep

Re: PESO PAW - Three Women in Conversation

2006-01-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I like the concept overall and you caught some great expressions. I think a bit more could be done to separate the subject and background elements, to direct the eye to the right associations. Tonally, it's a bit constrained on my screen ... too much close-together-gray, not enough highligh

RE: Help, Dead or sick ZX-10?

2006-01-02 Thread Don Sanderson
Hi Kostas, you're right, the ZX-10 is fully compatible with all K mount lenses, manual and Av modes work fine. It is however a penta-mirror finder and quite small and dark. I've also found the autofocus to be very unpredictable. For the low money they go for these days, the 5n is 10 times the camer

Re: PESO PAW - Three Women in Conversation

2006-01-02 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/2/2006 2:46:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have a go at it, Marnie ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/3women-23.html > You might want to take out the white purse on the right > (w

Re: PESO - Great Sand Dunes - National Park

2006-01-02 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/2/2006 4:48:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html All comments solicited Yeah, nay, and/or otherwise What would you do differently? Thanks in advance Kenneth Waller Whoa. Grea

RE: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
that's interesting, your in complete opposition to the "green button" apologists who insist it's easy and not a big deal. What I want is a higher model that supports all kmount lenses fully. That would be nice feature, especially when you consider that most pentax brand bayonet lenses are not A com

The best case for DS2?

2006-01-02 Thread Sid Barras
Hi, I'm looking for a form fitting case for my DS2. I had a zing case for my PZ1p that was great-- I like the tight fitting neoprene, and it gave good impact protection. Can anyone recommend a similar Zing product you've had experience with? Or an off brand would be good too-- the pentax b

Re: Skiing with cameras...

2006-01-02 Thread Pawel Bartuzi
Ronald Arvidsson wrote: aggresively one uses the skis. When doing photos of downhill skiing - use fast shutterspeed as skiers move quite fast. I know it depends on actual shooting conditions (focal length, skiers speed etc.) but that is exactly what I will try to avoid on my next winter hol

Re: OT Dual lens and CCD camera introduced by Kodak

2006-01-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I tend to doubt it. It looks like a gimmick to me. Godfrey On Jan 2, 2006, at 3:18 PM, Perry Pellechia wrote: Is this the start of a trend? Real wide prime (23mm equiv.) coupled with a second zoom lens and ccd. Interesting idea and it addresses wide angle on a compact. http://www.dpreview.co

Re: PESO - Great Sand Dunes - National Park

2006-01-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
What was the vantage point. A mountain top? No, actually it was taken from the access road, south of the park. At roughly the same elevation or slightly higher. Thanks for commenting Paul. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re:

Re: Happy New Year ...

2006-01-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You're welcome, Jack. The excursion was fun ... almost entirely a family visit. I think I took 10 pictures or so with the Panasonic LX1, all of the latest newborn in the family. Godfrey On Jan 2, 2006, at 9:52 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks, Godfrey! Best wishes for the New Year. Hope you

Re: PESO - Great Sand Dunes - National Park

2006-01-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent. What was the vantage point. A mountain top? Paul On Jan 2, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html All comments solicited Yeah, nay, and/or otherwise What would you do differently? Thanks in advance Kenneth Wa

Re: Help, Dead or sick ZX-10?

2006-01-02 Thread Perry Pellechia
Kostas, Don is right about the dim finder. The plastic mount also makes me think he might be right about it is not being worth the effort to fix it. Still I like to take things apart Perry. On 1/2/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jan 2006, Don Sanderson wrote

Re: PESO - Great Sand Dunes - National Park

2006-01-02 Thread Perry Pellechia
Yeah, I like it. Almost abstract. It makes we want to see a wider view. I mean this is a good way. Mystery makes it interesting. Perry. On 1/2/06, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check out > > http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > > All comments solicite

RE: Help, Dead or sick ZX-10?

2006-01-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 2 Jan 2006, Don Sanderson wrote: On the ZX-10 with its small and dim viewfinder I doubt repairing it is worth the effort. I am pretty sure the ZX-10 is a pentaprism, full K-mount camera. It's a sleeper if ever there was one. Kostas

Re: Help, Dead or sick ZX-10?

2006-01-02 Thread Perry Pellechia
Don, Thanks for the confirmation and advice. While I have no real plans to use it, I love a challenge, and would not mind trying to fix the ZX-10. It might be fun to try but do you know of an online source for a service manual? Mark Robert's site seems to be inaccessible at the moment so I canno

PESO - Great Sand Dunes - National Park

2006-01-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html All comments solicited Yeah, nay, and/or otherwise What would you do differently? Thanks in advance Kenneth Waller

RE: Help, Dead or sick ZX-10?

2006-01-02 Thread Don Sanderson
I've had several MZ/ZX bodies that acted this way. What I found in all but 1 case was that the gear on the mirror assy drive motor was loose from the shaft. The sound is the motor trying to 'cock' the mirror or shutter assy. I've fixed 3 of them by pushing the gear back on and securing it with supe

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Loveless
The adapter stays on the camera. It's impossible to remove the adapter until you have unscrewed the lens. On 1/2/06, Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've never used a screw-mount adapter. If you have multiple screw-mount > lenses do you buy an adapter for each one, or do most people use a singl

Re: PESO PAW - Three Women in Conversation

2006-01-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, the ND deep coverage has been noticeably lacking. They don't seem to be playing with the confidence that they displayed during the regular season. Second half kickoff is upon us. Let's hope for something better. Paul (Watching the game but listening to U2.) On Jan 2, 2006, at 6:50 PM, fr

Help, Dead or sick ZX-10?

2006-01-02 Thread Perry Pellechia
One good eBay purchase I made several months back was a ZX-10 with a FA 50/f1.7 and FA 80-200 for $85. Since I really was only interested in the lenses I was not too upset to discover that the camera seemed to be faulty. But now that I am doing some New Year's cleaning I thought I would ask the g

Re: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Loveless
It's interesting to note that since the *ist (film body) has no "green button", there is no metering at all in manual. All other settings are effectively aperture priority as is, I'm assuming, the digital bodies. On 1/2/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd have to say it's exactly the o

Re: PESO PAW - Three Women in Conversation

2006-01-02 Thread Jack Davis
Actually I'd like to see people virtually filling the background. The obvious concentration level would show even more evidence of intensity and emphasize their mental isolation. That is, if no cheek high mini-skirts (in this case) or white attired massive rear ends. Ideally, faceless or turned w

Re: Reassembling A*85/1.4

2006-01-02 Thread Cotty
Well ?? What news?? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PESO PAW - Three Women in Conversation

2006-01-02 Thread frank theriault
On 1/2/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame! Hmmm... It's 1/2 time, and Coach Weiss has a few adjustments to make. Not that I'm giving up or anything. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: DVDs

2006-01-02 Thread Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail)
Rob Studdert a écrit : LOL, your procedure sounds pretty safe however you don't seem to be factoring the travel and duplicate equipment costs into your price per GB :-) You're right, my math was pretty quick and dirty (BTW I didn't count the laptop, which is provided by my dear employer ;-) )

Re: PESO: Christmas Shopping in Chinatown (Redux)

2006-01-02 Thread Rick Womer
Frank, The warming up is definitely an improvement. However, this photo is unsettling, because: 1. You have had a long run of -sharp- photos recently, and 2. This is the second shot this week, IIRC, in living color! Massive paradigm shift here. I'm thoroughly disoriented. Need a drink but go

Re: PESO -- Blackstone River (Bright Night, Providence 2005/2006)

2006-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Paul Stenquist wrote: > > And of course you remember Blackstone Avenue on the south side of old > Chicago town. Not to mention the Blackstone Rangers, the Chicago street > gang that used to chase me when I delivered pizzas on their turf. Our > congress gave them credibility when they called their

Re: DVDs

2006-01-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 Jan 2006 at 0:11, Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail) wrote: > This solves the redundancy issue, the media refreshing > issue, the increasing data volume issue, all at once, and at a low cost > (HD GigaByte is much cheaper than DVD GigaByte)... And I still burn best > images to DVDs/CDs just to be o

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