Re: February PUG is open a bit early

2006-01-31 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:01:40 +0930, Keith McGuinness wrote: Paris from the ground up is my favourite: love it. Thanks for the thumbs up Keith! Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery

Re: Go Figure

2006-01-31 Thread John Coyle
Bill thanks for the warning, but I'll have to sue you for not telling me the gorgeous model bears a startling resemblance to a very good friend of mine - who is actually coming over tonight! I'll be able to ask her how she go to Canada and back since we last saw her on Sunday! Great shot by

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread mike wilson
I'm just getting blue background, title, some link to the software, the picture information and your email link. No picture or link to it. PC/2000/NS7.2 mike From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/31 Tue AM 07:18:25 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO: (Panorama Ever

Re: GFM Registration Reminder

2006-01-31 Thread Cotty
On 30/1/06, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: Registration for the 2006 GFMNPW begins February 1st, kids. It will sell out in a matter of hours. Set your clocks. WAA! I'm absolutely gutted. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

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. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Using the Epson 4800

2006-01-31 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 31.01.06 3:40: I set up the R2400 with Matte Black when I got it and have never changed inks. I don't use anything other than matte surface papers. The same here with Epson Stylus 2100. Prints on EEM looks beautiful when printed using matte black - I just love their

P645 and loooong exposures

2006-01-31 Thread Gasha
Hi all, I'm going to try some longer exposures, maybe star trails, etc. So far i know about possibility to run out of batteries. It is bad. But how about switching off camera after release cable is fixed? Anybody tried it? Better idea would be to use fixed lens camera, like Yashica or

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Derby Chang
Lovely shot, Jens, Even shooting straight into the sun, that part of the pano is crisp and clear. D mike wilson wrote: I'm just getting blue background, title, some link to the software, the picture information and your email link. No picture or link to it. PC/2000/NS7.2 mike

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Paul Stenquist
I got it. A nicely executed 360 degree panorama. Makes me shiver :-), although it's probably colder here in Michigan on average. Good work. Paul On Jan 31, 2006, at 4:02 AM, mike wilson wrote: I'm just getting blue background, title, some link to the software, the picture information and your

Shooting The War

2006-01-31 Thread Antonios Kekalos
Interesting documentary yesterday afternoon on the Sundance channel. Many photo journalists featured. Noticed the documentary was filmed in 1999 so many of you may have already seen it. Worth watching if it's aired again. Unknown Pentax content. Showed many of the photojournalists with their

*ist D manual

2006-01-31 Thread Trevor Bailey
G'day All. Has anyone got an original owner's manual for a *ist D that they would want to part with? I took delivery of a *ist D from KEH today. Everything was in the box except the Manual. I know that manuals can be d/loaded from Pentax website, But it is not the same as having the real thing.

Re: P645 and loooong exposures

2006-01-31 Thread Mishka
are you kidding? run out of AA batteries by just keeping the shutter open? how long is going to be the exposure - months? best, mishka On 1/31/06, Gasha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm going to try some longer exposures, maybe star trails, etc. So far i know about possibility to run out

Re: FA* lens selling advice?

2006-01-31 Thread Mishka
??? bh lists it for 800 new (back ordered at the moment). best, mishka On 1/30/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. Cheers, Cotty

Re: P645 and loooong exposures

2006-01-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mishka Subject: Re: P645 and lng exposures are you kidding? run out of AA batteries by just keeping the shutter open? how long is going to be the exposure - months? I don't know about the 645, but Pentax indicates in the 6x7 manual that a fresh

Re: focusing screens - thickness?

2006-01-31 Thread Cory Papenfuss
so I bought the split-prism screen out of an old dead Minolta for $5. Do you remember which Minolta model was the donor? This may be useful for those thousands following you :) The guy who runs the shop is kinda surly and had already taken the screen out. I think I may have seen the donor

Re: P645 and loooong exposures

2006-01-31 Thread Gasha
Manual says, that fresh set of 6 AA batteries (good alkaline batteries) can take 250 rolls of film. So, i have good Duracell alkalines installed. I think, that i can get more than one 6 hour exposure from fresh batteries. Whatever, the original question was how to keep fresh batteries, and

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread frank theriault
On 1/31/06, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's winter in Denmark: http://www.jensbladt.dk/pano/newfile6.html Regards I refuse to look at a photo that tells me to download a plug-in before I can look at it. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Peso: Go Figure

2006-01-31 Thread frank theriault
On 1/30/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 picture you are about to see is a picture of a human female wearing no clothing, and

Re: PESO: Decisions

2006-01-31 Thread frank theriault
On 1/28/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shot on Chicgo's Michigan Avenue with the mighty Elph point and shoot: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4068213 Well caught, Paul! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PAW - At Chester Station

2006-01-31 Thread frank theriault
On 1/30/06, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, Nice idea, well executed. I wish we had more of the side people. The kids are great. Regards, Bob S. Thanks, Bob. Glad you enjoyed it! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Using the Epson 4800

2006-01-31 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been concentrating on matte surface papers ... Epson Enhanced Matte and a little Velvet Fine Art so far. Very very nice results. I do want to try some Hahnemuele, though I'll probably be spoiled if I do. I'm just itching to get my hands on some

Re: istDS sensor tilted?

2006-01-31 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/29/06, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears the sensor in my *istDS is tilted by about 1 degree. May not sound like much but actually is a whole lot with industry and architecture. Has anyone else had this problem with a Pentax

RE: Shooting The War

2006-01-31 Thread Bob W
Which war? I was about to ask, but then I checked with Google and found this link: http://www.sundancechannel.com/film/?ixFilmID=5906rname=The%20Sundance%20Ch annel%20Schedule Thanks for the information - I'll keep an eye out for that, it's my kind of thing. -- Cheers, Bob -Original

Re: focusing screens - thickness?

2006-01-31 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:41, Cory Papenfuss wrote: In case anyone's curious, I did the point-and-shoot-through-the- viewfinder: http://www.ee.vt.edu/~mythtv/focused.jpg http://www.ee.vt.edu/~mythtv/unfocused.jpg That's exactly what I was planning on doing when my Katz-eye comes in! Thanks

Re: Pentax sighting

2006-01-31 Thread Dario Bonazza
I've come across this webpage by mistake: http://www.soundgenerator.com/news/index.cfm?articleid=6430maingenreid=2 Have you noticed anything odd in this page? :-) Dario

Re: Pentax sighting

2006-01-31 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Dario Bonazza wrote on 31.01.06 15:42: I've come across this webpage by mistake: http://www.soundgenerator.com/news/index.cfm?articleid=6430maingenreid=2 Have you noticed anything odd in this page? :-) Polish ad at right side of the page? ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best

Re: Pentax sighting

2006-01-31 Thread Dario Bonazza
- Original Message - From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:00 PM Subject: Re: Pentax sighting Dario Bonazza wrote on 31.01.06 15:42: I've come across this webpage by mistake:

Re: GESO: Gaussian Blur

2006-01-31 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Hello list. This is a third version of my Icy Branch. This one is shot at F.14. I have added three levels of Gaussian Blur - Radius 10, 20 and 30 pixel - in order to make up for the unpleasant bokeh. What do you think? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72057594055182520/ I think I

Re: PESO - The Big Sniff

2006-01-31 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Yes, you missed it. Not seeing the child's face is my main objection. Ditto!!! Boris

Re: PESO: Train pulling in...

2006-01-31 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Submitted for your approval: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/slides_temp/pages/page_9.html Techno stuff: Camera: K-1000 Lens: 50mm @ f2.0 Film: Ektachrome 200 Exposure: About 10 seconds Tripod: We don't need no steenkin' tripod! Set it on the ground and get away Great

Re: PESO: no name

2006-01-31 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! No name and no Pentax content either. This was shot with an M6 and 50mm Elmar on Efke KB100 in the San Francisco Chinatown. Comments are welcome. http://static.flickr.com/42/81380197_98d51dd376_b.jpg Gautam, on my monitor I don't see anything really white... Is this the way you

Re: PESO: Church Street

2006-01-31 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! This is what my home town looks like on this cold, grey winters day. We had a bit of freezing fog this morning (I got out too late to catch the early morning light, street lights etc...:-/) The temperature is still a little below zero (Two dasy ago it was -16 degrees Celcius):

Re: Pentax sighting

2006-01-31 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Dario Bonazza wrote on 31.01.06 16:24: You're wrong. There's an Italian ad there, below that odd-looking red logo :-) Mine is Polish :-) But it seems that logo above is indeed rarely seen as a sponsor ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: PESO - Bummer

2006-01-31 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://www.alphoto.com/images/bummer.jpg Biga bummer mesa thinking... Very biga bummer... ;-) Both Julia and I are laffing... Boris

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

2006-01-31 Thread Gonz
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi, You might consider getting an old lens, like an Auto Takumar, which can be purchased for a reasonable price, especially if the front element has some cleaning marks. They are surprisingly sharp, however, compared to the effects of one of the soft lenses like the

Re: Re: Pentax sighting

2006-01-31 Thread mike wilson
From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/31 Tue PM 04:10:32 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax sighting Dario Bonazza wrote on 31.01.06 16:24: You're wrong. There's an Italian ad there, below that odd-looking red logo :-)

Re: *ist D manual

2006-01-31 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
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 $20. #PTX-466 Instruction Manual Pentax *istD Digital Camera (Reprint) $20.00 Godfrey On Jan 31, 2006, at 3:55 AM, Trevor Bailey wrote:

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

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

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: 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: 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.

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,

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. Thanks for

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: 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 1999 so

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 yesterday afternoon

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

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

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

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

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: PUG (No longer Re: *istD2)

2006-01-31 Thread Kenneth Waller
So? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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

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

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

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 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: 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 ~and~

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 I

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
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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 - 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

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

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 mentioned.

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: 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

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: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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

Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)

2006-01-31 Thread Jostein
Maybe he needs Java? Jostein - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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:

Re: FA* lens selling advice?

2006-01-31 Thread Cotty
On 31/1/06, Mishka, discombobulated, unleashed: ??? bh 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: 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: *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

Re: XP and SCSIS

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

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: *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

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: 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. This

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: 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: *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 quality

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: 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 -

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,

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 concept.

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

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

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,

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 said

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

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 people would just paste the

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: 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

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: 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

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