Re: Setting White balance to cloudy

2006-01-31 Thread skye
On 1/31/06, Charles Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > I have just been reading Bryan Peterson's recent book Understanding Digital > Photography. It is an excellent read and I would highly recommend it. In > one part of his book he recommends setting the white balance on the camera

Re: no name

2006-01-31 Thread Gautam Sarup
I'll try to isolate some part of it and see if that works. Thanks. Cheers, Gautam On 1/30/06, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gautam Sarup wrote: > > > Ken is it totally off or do you think something could be > > done to give it some appeal? > > > > Thanks, > > Gautam > > Ken has touched on

Re: Setting White balance to cloudy

2006-01-31 Thread Keith McGuinness
I've recently taken a lot of photos in cloudy conditions, particularly in early morning light, and had a fair amount of trouble getting a realistic colour balance. That may be more to do with the morning light than the cloudy conditions but I tend to think that it is a bit of both. I didn't h

Re: PESO: no name

2006-01-31 Thread Gautam Sarup
Jack, This sculpture is in a shop in the San Francisco Chinatown so there's not much scope for taking time to set up a shot. So far what I've understood is to: 1. Isolate some part (center figures.) 2. Increase the DOF. 3. Increase the exposure to get the figures closer to white. I'll probably h

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread David Mann
On Feb 1, 2006, at 6:52 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: As to the aesthetics of viewing panoramas ... in general, I find most presentations for anything with a more oblong proportion than about 4:1 very difficult to view on any flat screen in a still- image representation. 3:1 is about my limi

Re: PESO - Soft

2006-01-31 Thread Gonz
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" Subject: Re: PESO - Soft Not bad. The effect is pretty good, but not exactly like a soft focus lens. I have seen many attempts with PS to duplicate and have yet to see the same thing. I suspect one issue is that when t

Setting White balance to cloudy

2006-01-31 Thread Charles Wilson
Dear All, I have just been reading Bryan Peterson's recent book Understanding Digital Photography. It is an excellent read and I would highly recommend it. In one part of his book he recommends setting the white balance on the camera to cloudy +3 . His reasoning for this is it gives his pic

Re: Chinese Manfrotto copies?

2006-01-31 Thread Gonz
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: OT: Chinese Manfrotto copies? Take a look at these cheap tripod heads. Aren't they Manfrotto copies? At very low prices! I wonder if this is legal? http://tinyurl.com/7d93q Connection refused when trying to con

SV: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Jens Bladt
Thats right - I almmost forgot. Nike - and others - can get Java here: http://www.sun.com/ For those who believe Java is just for fun or annoyance, I can tell you, that here Java is required for those who want internet banking. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelel

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
BTW: There's a big difference between javascript (a pseudo-universal scripting language that is quasi-supported in most modern browsers, modeled on Java language syntax) and Java (an object oriented language with C-language-derivative syntax that loads virtual image applets onto an underl

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
neat! it would get me dizzy if I left it running for too long, but i like it. Godfrey On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:18 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: It's winter in Denmark: http://www.jensbladt.dk/pano/newfile6.html Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk

Re: RE: Porta Web Gallery Creator

2006-01-31 Thread Sunny Chung
Actually its really easy to add more photos and edit other setting in your existing album.

Re: Porta Web Gallery Creator

2006-01-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: RE: Porta Web Gallery Creator The other thing that's important for me is being able to simply add a photo or two without having to redo the whole process. And it would be nice if the photo could be placed anywhere in the queue.

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

2006-01-31 Thread Jim King
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, 12:51:48, pnstenquist wrote: A fat guy squinting in the sun??? He's my financial advisor; I thought I'd put him to some honest work for a change! I'd just received the lens and wanted a subject for my tests of proper operation. A little softening did him a world of

Re: FA* lens selling advice?

2006-01-31 Thread David Mann
On Feb 1, 2006, at 5:55 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: Anything photographic is rarely cheap in Britain. Probably one of the most expensive European countries for photographic equipment - next to Skandinaiva, naturally. I still remember selling my RB67 kit in London for slightly more money than I'd

Re: P645 and loooong exposures

2006-01-31 Thread David Mann
On Feb 1, 2006, at 5:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used a Pentax K2 to try and take star trails. The silver oxide batteries allowed me just 30 minutes before shutting off. I didn't think the K2 used the battery in "B". Maybe it does, but it'll still work OK without the battery. Cheer

Re: lens enablement

2006-01-31 Thread Adam Maas
I shot both Digital (*istD) and film (MX) with my Tamron. Sold it with the D and am missing it, I'll probably get another one in Canon mount, and maybe another one for the MX (that combination works really well) -Adam Bruce Dayton wrote: You haven't said whether you are using digital or not

Re: Porta Web Gallery Creator

2006-01-31 Thread Pat Kong
Don, Thank you for introducing this program. With practically no imaging experience, I found this program very easy to use with respect to re-sizing, caption placement, and assembly. I took image files straight off the card ran them through the program and voila! A gallery was born. http://patko

Re: lens enablement

2006-01-31 Thread Bruce Dayton
You haven't said whether you are using digital or not - might have some bearing. I shoot weddings fairly often. I used to use a Tamron 28-75/2.8, which was quite nice. It took a few spills and is out of alignment and the focus gearing is crunched. Since then I picked up an A 35-105/3.5. I have

Re: lens enablement

2006-01-31 Thread Amita Guha
I second Adam's recommendation. I've had my Tamron 28-75 for about a year now, and it's everything he says - excellent color, nice and sharp. Nate liked it so much that I got him one, and he usually prefers primes as well. Here's a sample shot I took with the Tam (not full size, but I can send you

RE: Porta Web Gallery Creator

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks, Don ... I've DL'd the program and will take it for a test drive in a day or so. I'm not thrilled with the appearance as it is, either in your sample or of the skins shown on the web site, but maybe it can be customized. The other thing that's important for me is being able to simply add a

Re: Photographer's rights in Australia (was RE: My Home Town)

2006-01-31 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, "Paul Ewins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > we have no bill > of rights so we have no inalienable rights, and specifically no right of > privacy. Putting it another way, our rights as photographers stem from other > people's lack of rights to prevent us taking photos. M

Re: lens enablement

2006-01-31 Thread Rick Womer
Gee, Scott, even though it's a fair amount of money, the FA 24-90 is one honey of a lens. I doubt you would find its equal in anything but a set of primes, or maybe the 28-70/2.8 (mucho money!). Rick --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy! > > I'm considering enabling myself wit

Re: lens enablement

2006-01-31 Thread Adam Maas
No question. Tamron SP 28-75 f2.8 XR Di. Small, light, sharp as a tack, gorgeous colour, good bokeh. The Sigma's 4mm wider and 5mm shorter FL-wise, but noticably wider and softer wide open (The Sigma's good, but the Tamron's merely superb). I've no info on the Tokina. I sold my 28/2.8 after ge

lens enablement

2006-01-31 Thread Scott Loveless
Howdy! I'm considering enabling myself with a new zoom lens or two. While I don't really use zooms that much for my personal photography, I've been offered a handful of wedding jobs and am looking at some faster (f2.8) lenses. Pentax lenses would normally be my choice, but they seem to be expens

Re: OT: Recognize Stroke Symptoms for Fast Action

2006-01-31 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Keith, it validates the diagnostic tool. Regards, Bob S. On 1/31/06, Keith McGuinness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But perhaps read these first... > http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/stroke.asp > http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52795 > > Keith McG > > Bob Sul

Re: Porta Web Gallery Creator

2006-01-31 Thread Sunny Chung
OMG this is the most useful program ever!! I have a website, and I'm running the coppermine gallery php template and it is s slow. I can't believe this is free. I love it! I love PDML!

RE: Porta Web Gallery Creator

2006-01-31 Thread Don Sanderson
Here Shel, I just grabbed a folder full of .jpgs and ran it through Porta. Didn't bother to edit, rotate, etc. Took about 1 minute. Check out the "LightBox" and "Show all" features to the left of the thumbnails. The right and left arrows navigate. Took about an hour to make 12 galleries and check o

RE: Porta Web Gallery Creator

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Don, Have you - or has anyone - put up a few pages made with Porta? Got a link? Although I've not tried this program yet, I'm sometimes amazed at how good some of the free programs are. Spybot and Irfanview come immediately to mind, but there are a few others that I use as well. Shel > [

Re: *ist D manual

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Great, that's good to know. I've only downloaded manuals for older cameras. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Adam Maas > The poor quality ones are only the older ones that pentax had to scan. > The newer ones are just converted to PDF electronically and posted. > Quuality is as good or

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Ahh, yes - that was a specific reference to Java and assorted other such plug-ins. Thanks for clarifying that. Shel > [Original Message] > From: mike wilson > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Who said it was junk? Who said it is inappropriate to offer it as a PESO? > > If you're implying that I

Porta Web Gallery Creator

2006-01-31 Thread Don Sanderson
Just tried Porta, which was recomended in the recent "Web Page" thread. Simple, effective and VERY, VERY fast! It's here: http://www.stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/ While you're there check out his other stuff, like Barnack: http://www.stegmann.dk/mikkel/barnack/ Pretty cool, and all free. ;-) Don

Re: PESO - Soft

2006-01-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" Subject: Re: PESO - Soft William, Why not get an old uncoated M42 Tessar off eBay and use it on your digital? Should have quite the 'old-fashioned' look to it. Real Carl Zeiss Tessars are available in M42 mount pretty regularly on the Bay.

Re: PESO - Soft

2006-01-31 Thread Adam Maas
William Robb wrote: I was going to comment on this earlier today, but was short of time this morning. I believe soft focus lenses are using uncorrected spherical abberation to create the effects that they produce. If you want to emulate the old portraiture style, then short depth of field comb

Re: Photographer's rights in Australia (was RE: My Home Town)

2006-01-31 Thread John Coyle
Thanks for that Paul - I have on occasion (as reported here last year) stood my ground when challenged taking photos in public. I am well aware of the legal situation, but the fact is that the current hysteria about paedophiles, digital cameras and camera-phones is of such intensity that merel

Re: focusing screens - thickness?

2006-01-31 Thread Cory Papenfuss
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Charles Robinson wrote: On Jan 31, 2006, at 14:02, Cory Papenfuss wrote: Called up the camera shop. It was a Minolta X-700. I haven't done a direct comparison, but it seems no less bright than the stock -DS screen. It could even be brighter (and would explain t

Re: *ist D manual

2006-01-31 Thread Adam Maas
The poor quality ones are only the older ones that pentax had to scan. The newer ones are just converted to PDF electronically and posted. Quuality is as good or better than the printed mauals. -Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi, Have you seen the PDF manuals on the Pentax site. All that I've

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 11:25:25AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I don't understand the point of what you're doing. It would be simpler to > have a panorama that one could scroll through, left to right. It seems like > an exercise in technology more than anything else. Speaking for myself, > the

Re: Put the credit cards away folks.Feb 3 is the new date.

2006-01-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: Put the credit cards away folks.Feb 3 is the new date. It's a trick! Yeah, there only telling that to Canadians and other foreigners... Like as if any of us could unseat Charles Braswell. William Robb

Re: OT: Recognize Stroke Symptoms for Fast Action

2006-01-31 Thread Keith McGuinness
But perhaps read these first... http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/stroke.asp http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52795 Keith McG Bob Sullivan wrote: Received this today and it makes good sense. Bob S. It only takes a minute to read this- Recognizing a Stroke A neuro

Re: focusing screens - thickness?

2006-01-31 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 31, 2006, at 14:02, Cory Papenfuss wrote: Called up the camera shop. It was a Minolta X-700. I haven't done a direct comparison, but it seems no less bright than the stock -DS screen. It could even be brighter (and would explain the propensity for the camera to underexpose

Re: Chinese Manfrotto copies?

2006-01-31 Thread Mark Roberts
"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: "Jens Bladt" > >> Take a look at these cheap tripod heads. >> Aren't they Manfrotto copies? >> At very low prices! >> I wonder if this is legal? >> >> http://tinyurl.com/7d93q > >Connection refused when trying to connect to tinyurl.com. >I wish peopl

RE: PUG (No longer Re: *istD2)

2006-01-31 Thread Henk Terhell
This is exactly as I see it. It is a challenge -and a lot of fun - to select a picture meeting the monthly subject. It is almost like a real photo club where you come together each month and discuss each others pictures. I do support upgrading of image size to 800 max (if this can be accomodated o

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, I misunderstood. You were apparently labeling java as "junk." My apologies. Paul On Jan 31, 2006, at 5:28 PM, mike wilson wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: Who said it was junk? Who said it is inappropriate to offer it as a PESO? If you're implying that I said that, or that anyone here sai

OT: Recognize Stroke Symptoms for Fast Action

2006-01-31 Thread Bob Sullivan
Received this today and it makes good sense. Bob S. It only takes a minute to read this- Recognizing a Stroke A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagn

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Rob Studdert
On 31 Jan 2006 at 16:25, William Robb wrote: > Why not just stitch your panorama together and put it up as a jpeg file on > an html page, just like an ordinary picture. It will be wider than most > screens, but can be maneuvered through with sideways scrolling. It's hard to please everybody in

Re: PESO: no name

2006-01-31 Thread Jack Davis
Gautam, I've noticed this thread, but didn't check the content 'til just now. This is likely not a new thought, but have you tried concentrating on the center figures, using a small aperture and side lighting to give depth and definition to their features? Jack --- Gautam Sarup <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Put the credit cards away folks.Feb 3 is the new date.

2006-01-31 Thread frank theriault
On 1/31/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Just looked at the GFM site. > > Feb 3 is the new date for the form. > > > > It's a trick! Yeah, there only telling that to Canadians and other foreigners... -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois con

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread mike wilson
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Who said it was junk? Who said it is inappropriate to offer it as a PESO? If you're implying that I said that, or that anyone here said that, the implication is dead wrong, and I am somewhat miffed at the idea that you think I said or implied any such thing. In fact, qui

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread mike wilson
Jostein wrote: Maybe he needs Java? Jostein Indeed. No java enabled on my machines. Not allowed at work and I am not happy having it on my home machines. I also don't allow tinyurl to send me ads, so that doesn't work either. Sorry, Jens, but I'm out. - Original Message - Fro

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) What you are suggesting can do this as well - perhaps in a less annoying way. Do you know of a tool that can do this, please let me know. I'm interested! Why not just stitch your panorama together

Re: *ist D manual

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, Have you seen the PDF manuals on the Pentax site. All that I've seen are like this wrt quality: http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/K1000.pdf I don't think "quality" is a word to describe these files ... Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > I'd debate "lesser qua

Re: Chinese Manfrotto copies?

2006-01-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: OT: Chinese Manfrotto copies? Take a look at these cheap tripod heads. Aren't they Manfrotto copies? At very low prices! I wonder if this is legal? http://tinyurl.com/7d93q Connection refused when trying to connect to tinyurl.com. I

Re: PESO - Soft

2006-01-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" Subject: Re: PESO - Soft Not bad. The effect is pretty good, but not exactly like a soft focus lens. I have seen many attempts with PS to duplicate and have yet to see the same thing. I suspect one issue is that when the picture is taken,

Re: PESO: no name

2006-01-31 Thread Gautam Sarup
Hi Boris, I should have exposed one more stop. Thanks to the comments here I think the whole thing needs to be redone. Will give it another shot when I'm in Chinatown next. Cheers, Gautam On 1/31/06, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > > No name and no Pentax content either. T

Re: Put the credit cards away folks.Feb 3 is the new date.

2006-01-31 Thread mike wilson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just looked at the GFM site. Feb 3 is the new date for the form. It's a trick!

Re: *ist D manual

2006-01-31 Thread Rob Studdert
On 31 Jan 2006 at 13:23, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I thought I said that. > > I'd debate "lesser quality" ... I suspect that if you have a decent > printer, printing the manual from a PDF file will prove to be higher > quality than the booklet provided by Pentax with the camera. True, the il

Re: *ist D manual

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
You can order original printed manuals from Pentax as well. Shel > On Jan 31, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Derby Chang wrote: > > Or for free, though lesser quality, from the Pentax USA site: > http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/istD_IB.pdf

Re: XP and SCSI"S

2006-01-31 Thread John Coyle
Butch, it all depends on whether you can get XP drivers for the peripheral. When I upgraded my desktop to XP Pro, I had to move my flatbed scanner to another PC as the manufacturer would not provide a driver. http://www.windowsxp-drivers.com/ is a good site for a starting point to obtain drive

Re: *ist D manual

2006-01-31 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I thought I said that. I'd debate "lesser quality" ... I suspect that if you have a decent printer, printing the manual from a PDF file will prove to be higher quality than the booklet provided by Pentax with the camera. I never use the printed manual however. It's much easier to search t

Re: FA* lens selling advice?

2006-01-31 Thread Cotty
>On 29/1/06, Mark Erickson, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>FA* 85/1.4: $500 to $800 depending on condition > >ROTFL > >I'd say $500 to $1500. > >Really. Apologies Mark, I was thinking of the A* 85, not the FA*. (my excuse: moving house and living amongst 75% of the world's cardboard supply

Re: FA* lens selling advice?

2006-01-31 Thread Cotty
On 31/1/06, Mishka, discombobulated, unleashed: >??? >b&h lists it for 800 new (back ordered at the moment). Sorry - I thought he was referring to the A* 85 Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Jostein
Maybe he needs Java? Jostein - Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:03 PM Subject: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) Sorry 'bout that, Mike. You must be missig the last part of the URL. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/77b3v R

Re: (sort of) Panorama on Japanese website

2006-01-31 Thread Jostein
Congrats, Jens. A fine treat. :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:36 PM Subject: OT: (sort of) Panorama on Japanese website Hello list Now I am officially credited for a winter panorama at the Japanese websi

Re: P645 and loooong exposures

2006-01-31 Thread Jostein
My longest exposures so far with either original 645 or Nii has been around 15 minutes. On several occasions in temperatures well below zero celsius; when alkaline batteries perform poorly. No problems at all. If you notice any problems, there is an external battery pack accessory for the 645

RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Jens Bladt
Sorry 'bout that, Mike. You must be missig the last part of the URL. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/77b3v Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 31. januar 2006 10:02 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: PESO: (

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

2006-01-31 Thread pnstenquist
A fat guy squinting in the sun??? -- Original message -- From: Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thats amazing. Thanks Jim. I shows a much larger soft effect than I > expected at 2.8. I dont think you can achieve this with cheap normal > lenses as has been mentione

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

2006-01-31 Thread Gonz
Thats amazing. Thanks Jim. I shows a much larger soft effect than I expected at 2.8. I dont think you can achieve this with cheap normal lenses as has been mentioned. Jim King wrote: Here is a link to some casual portraits illustrating the range of softening available from the Pentax FA 8

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

2006-01-31 Thread Gonz
I didnt notice the tone. My LCD display here is not the best for viewing pics. At home I have a nice large color managed CRT which would probably show it. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hmmm ... you didn't mention the slightly warmer tone ... were you not able to see it? It's subtle. If you view t

Put the credit cards away folks.Feb 3 is the new date.

2006-01-31 Thread brooksdj
Just looked at the GFM site. Feb 3 is the new date for the form. Dave

RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Who said it was junk? Who said it is inappropriate to offer it as a PESO? If you're implying that I said that, or that anyone here said that, the implication is dead wrong, and I am somewhat miffed at the idea that you think I said or implied any such thing. In fact, quite the contrary - I said

Re: focusing screens - thickness?

2006-01-31 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Do you remember which Minolta model was the donor? This may be useful for those thousands following you :) Called up the camera shop. It was a Minolta X-700. I haven't done a direct comparison, but it seems no less bright than the stock -DS screen. It could even be brighter (and wo

RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Bob W
I think the polite approach to such a thing might be to offer the viewer a choice, rather than launching straight into the Java stuff and a moving panorama. The key to usability is handing over control to the user, not having the machine (or, more accurately, the programmer) make the user's decisio

Re: OT: Chinese Manfrotto copies?

2006-01-31 Thread Adam Maas
Probably not entirely legal, but certainly not uncommon. I know several people who use Manfrotto knockoffs (Close enough that my genuine Manfrotto QR plates work in them). -Adam Jens Bladt wrote: Take a look at these cheap tripod heads. Aren't they Manfrotto copies? At very low prices! I w

RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Sure we live in a free world ... and you can present your photos and files in any way you choose. It's just my own situation that makes viewing them difficult, but I also know that there are others on the list that will be excluded from seeing your work as well. I don't know much about panorama t

OT: Chinese Manfrotto copies?

2006-01-31 Thread Jens Bladt
Take a look at these cheap tripod heads. Aren't they Manfrotto copies? At very low prices! I wonder if this is legal? http://tinyurl.com/7d93q Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk

RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks, Paul. I agree. Well put :-) Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 31. januar 2006 20:43 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) I understand Shel's unhappines

Re: *ist D manual

2006-01-31 Thread Derby Chang
Or for free, though lesser quality, from the Pentax USA site: http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/istD_IB.pdf D Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I'd suggest printing the manual from the download file, but Craig Camera, http://www.craigcamera.com/, has reprints of the *ist D manual available for

RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Jens Bladt
Shel I'm sure we all appreciate that we (to some extend) live in a free world, that gives us choises. Some people want Quicktime panoramas, others want java panoramas, some don't want any. That's fine with me. Your suggestion about a "scrollable" panorama is actually a very good idea, I think. But

Re: PAW - At Chester Station

2006-01-31 Thread frank theriault
On 1/31/06, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent shot Frank, I love it! Great moment captured. > > It's also straight and in focus... Nice to see you're trying new things :) Thank you, Juan! I've got another subway shot getting printed up for next week that should be both tilted ~an

RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread pnstenquist
I understand Shel's unhappiness here, but I found Jens' panorama quite interesting and well done. And I believe it's perfectly appropriate to offer it as a PESO. Those who wish to view it will do so. Those who would prefer not to look at it. won't. But I think it's wrong to dismiss it as "junk."

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

2006-01-31 Thread Jim King
Here is a link to some casual portraits illustrating the range of softening available from the Pentax FA 85mm f2.8 Soft. lens: http://www.pbase.com/jamesk8752/fa85_soft Regards, Jim

RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I don't understand the point of what you're doing. It would be simpler to have a panorama that one could scroll through, left to right. It seems like an exercise in technology more than anything else. Speaking for myself, the viewing experience is awful and not at all satisfying. This thing that

RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Jens Bladt
Both, naturally. I took a photograph (and stores it as a computer file, which can be reproduced as a photograph). Then turned it into a file in an application, that just shows a part of it - which part changes a little bit every second. Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelels

Re: PUG (No longer Re: *istD2)

2006-01-31 Thread Kenneth Waller
So? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "David Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:49 AM Subject: Re: PUG (No longer Re: *istD2) On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:26 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Personally I don't care about equipment - it's all about the photo

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hmmm ... you didn't mention the slightly warmer tone ... were you not able to see it? It's subtle. If you view the pic in PS, which is a color managed space, the differences may become more apparent. Glad you found the crop to your liking ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: Gonz > Very

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

2006-01-31 Thread Gonz
Very nice, thanks. I see you touched up some of the blemishes, which I debated doing or not. The crop is also very interesting, giving more space to the right and not centering the face. Your crop looks alot better to me. I appreciate your efforts. I learned something. rg Shel Belinkoff

RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I clicked on all the buttons, and couldn't get it to stop, only reverse direction. Maybe my Java's not up to date. I don't care - I'm not downloading any more junk like that to my computer. Anyway, this isn't a corporate computer ... You say it's a photograph, and then you say it's not a photog

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Adjusted version: http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/soft.html The Gonz Original: http://www.g0nz.com/images/k2softaprox.jpg The differences are subtle, apart from the crop, so, if you can, you might want to look at the two side-by-side. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Gonz <[EMAIL PROT

RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Jens Bladt
Hmmm... There is a button to stop it moving... It is a photgraph - not flat but cylindrical... Internet pictures arent really photographs, they are computer files... Java is today a standard feature in a large number of corpotate computers, just like Acrobat Reader, mediaplayers etc... Regards Jen

Re: "Shooting The War"

2006-01-31 Thread Antonios Kekalos
"Shooting The War" is the name of the documentary. On 1/31/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is "Shooting the War" the name of the documentary or just the subject line > of your message? > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Antonios Kekalos > > > Interesting documentary y

RE: "Shooting The War"

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Is "Shooting the War" the name of the documentary or just the subject line of your message? Shel > [Original Message] > From: Antonios Kekalos > Interesting documentary yesterday afternoon on the Sundance channel. > Many photo journalists featured. Noticed the documentary was filmed > in 199

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Me too although I already had the plug-in, and did look at the pic. It's a moving panorama, and it drove me nuts. Had to shut it down, in part because it moved and I couldn't see details of any one area, and in part it made me dizzy. It was like looking at a scene while spinning around ...

Re: February PUG is open a bit early

2006-01-31 Thread DagT
Den 31. jan. 2006 kl. 04.31 skrev Keith McGuinness: E.R.N. Reed wrote: AvK wrote: the February PUG is open. It can be found at http://pug.komkon.org It is indeed "small but nice." Four I think are truly excellent: "Paris from the ground up," "Sundial shell," "Undone" and "In the air." Th

Re: PESO - Soft

2006-01-31 Thread Bruce Dayton
Not bad. The effect is pretty good, but not exactly like a soft focus lens. I have seen many attempts with PS to duplicate and have yet to see the same thing. I suspect one issue is that when the picture is taken, the actual depth of the image comes into play with the lens effect. When in PS, y

RE: FA* lens selling advice?

2006-01-31 Thread Jens Bladt
Anything photographic is rarely cheap in Britain. Probably one of the most expensive European countries for photographic equipment - next to Skandinaiva, naturally. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 30. janu

Re: P645 and loooong exposures

2006-01-31 Thread japilado
I used a Pentax K2 to try and take star trails. The silver oxide batteries allowed me just 30 minutes before shutting off. Next time I go to the southern Oregon desert and try star trails again, I'm using a mechanical Spotmatic. Don't know how AAs would work out with the 645. Jim A. > Hi

Re: PAW - At Chester Station

2006-01-31 Thread Juan Buhler
Excellent shot Frank, I love it! Great moment captured. It's also straight and in focus... Nice to see you're trying new things :) j On 1/30/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know I only did a PAW on Saturday, but I got this one printed up, > too, and I'm away next weekend, so I

Re: Peso: Go Figure

2006-01-31 Thread Gonz
Bare Naked Ladies, huh? No problemo. Very nice Bill. The light is great, and the exposure got it just right. William Robb wrote: Please note: By clicking on the below link, you are agreeing that you are of legal age to view a picture of a naked female Homo Sapien, are aware that the pictur

OT: (sort of) Panorama on Japanese website

2006-01-31 Thread Jens Bladt
Hello list Now I am officially credited for a winter panorama at the Japanese website, promoting Photovista Panorama: http://www.inview.jp/about_us.html The "original" panorama looks like this: http://www.jensbladt.dk/pano/ (Well, it's not totally OT - it was shot with a Pentax *ist D and SMC Pen

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