RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Bob W
Now, kind sir, would you please explain what Copse means? Similar, but not exactly the same as, spinney. 8-))) Small group of trees. Copse in London translates as 'Luxury development of flats or houses available shortly'. Malcolm So the same as meadow,

Re: Pentax 100-300

2006-02-19 Thread Gautam Sarup
Brian, I think of it as a good value for money lens. I don't use it a lot and didn't pay a lot. It does nicely enough what I do use it. Cheers, Gautam On 2/18/06, Brian Dipert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's $99.95 right now at BH. Thoughts on this lens, folks, both in absolute terms and

Re: Pentax 100-300

2006-02-19 Thread Toine Kuiper
I have the F100-300, even at 300 mm is not bad. It shows some CA at 300mm which is easily fixed with adobe camera raw. Price/performance is excellent. A stitch from several shots: http://www.bmt.tue.nl/panorama/Goor_30dec2005/default.htm On 2/19/06, Brian Dipert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's

SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files

2006-02-19 Thread Jarek Dabrowski
Hello, I am currently planning to ruin my funds and go superwide with my DS. The choice is very limited, actually two lenses, SMC-DA 12-24/4 and Sigma 10-20/4-5.6 are available on the market (I don't want DA 10-17 Fisheye, at least I don't want it now :). The big advantages of Pentax are SMC

Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Cotty
On 19/2/06, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html That's a very nice photo. If I were you I'd rotate it slightly to make the horizon straight, then make a big print. Thanks Dave. The distant hill is actually inclining upwards to

Attn Don Williams

2006-02-19 Thread Cotty
Don, I tried replying to your post off list but it was bounced back at me 'access denied'... The original message was received at Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:41:19 -0800 (PST) from smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - email deleted (reason:

Re: Attn Don Williams

2006-02-19 Thread Don Williams
Hi Cotty, That's very strange. It may be something local -- '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' -- is in order and is my main email client. But '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' works as well. There are a hell of a lot of Don Williams' in the world. D Cotty wrote: Don, I tried replying to your post off list but it

Re: Another stacked set

2006-02-19 Thread Don Williams
Hi again Rob, I took another look at that stack. http://www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/HOLD/401-452.jpg Much of what you interpreted as chromatic aberration is the phase contrast halo. Phase contrast is an imaging method that uses 1/4 wavelength 'out of phase' illumination to enhance very small

RE: Pentax 100-300

2006-02-19 Thread Jens Bladt
Some very nice panoramas you have, Toine. I like the class-room ones a lot. Well done! I kinda like the Spiffy viewer too, although the images are rather large (needy). All the best Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Toine Kuiper [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Poll: Best Photo Ever (comments)

2006-02-19 Thread Bob W
Thanks Dave. What OS and browser are you using? I just threw that page together with some quick dirty xml/xsl/css that I played with a couple of years ago and never bothered to finish. It hasn't been extensively tested at all. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: David Mann

RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Bob W
Cotty, that's a superb photo. It captures the rolling downland beautifully, with the characteristic copses on top. I'm immediately reminded of quite a famous photo by Bill Brandt of a very similar scene, but without the farm and in black and white. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message-

RE: Update on D FA 50 F2.8 Macro

2006-02-19 Thread Tom C
Can't argue with that! Quite nice. It instantly evoked a memory-smell. We had roses in a vase recently and several were yellow. They smelled the best and were quite strong. I swear I was smelling it again the instant I saw your shot. Cool how that happens. Thanks! Here's an early photo:

Re: SV: Misteries of Ken Rockwell

2006-02-19 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-02-18, at 23:55, Jens Bladt wrote: I hope the others are right. *ist D, DS and DS2 offers 0.95, the *ist DL 0.85 magnification ikon DX2 offers 1.0, D1X 0.8 You're not right ;-) Nikon D2X has 0.86x magnification but 100% coverage. So it should have similar size to the viewfinder

Re: Anyway to do this faster

2006-02-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Gang, I was about to order a copy of Real World Camera Raw and thought that, as long as I'm ordering one book, I may want to order another book or two. Are there any other highly recommended books on camera raw that might be worth having, and what might they offer that Fraser's book doesn't.

Re: Update on D FA 50 F2.8 Macro

2006-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Joseph Tainter Here's an early photo: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3537/display/5022625 Joe, that's gorgeous. Seconded. With all due respect to Mike Johnston g, I like flower shots when they're done well, that is, almost to the point

Re: Good parenting

2006-02-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Derby Chang Subject: OT: Good parenting Oh dear, Parents find lost digital camera, but declines to return it because their child likes it. http://lostcamera.blogspot.com/2006/02/camera-unlost-but-not-quite-found.html The extra kicker about the memory

PAW - Load Here

2006-02-19 Thread frank theriault
First of all, I know I my activity on this list has tailed off of late. I've been quite busy at work, and so my surfing time is not what it used to be g. I've not been able to comment on as many PAWs and PESOs as I'd like to, but I've saved them all, and hope to be able to catch up over the next

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On 2/17/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the other hand, why should an absence of external purpose be bleak? It's liberating. It means we get to decide how we want to live and what we want to do with our lives. Strangely enough, we usually come to the same conclusion as people who think

Re: PAW - Load Here

2006-02-19 Thread David Savage
I like it. Can't say why exactly, but I do g Dave P.S. Alternate title suggestion Streetcar named Mike :-) On 2/19/06, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First of all, I know I my activity on this list has tailed off of late. I've been quite busy at work, and so my surfing time is not

RE: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-19 Thread Bob W
We are condemned to be free Yeah, baby, existentialism rules! frank thrusts hand in the air, thumb, index finger and pinky extended cheers, frank The Rebel theriault You must immediately change your surname to Meursault, and go outside. Salut (with a Gallic shrug), Bobus

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-19 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 18, 2006, at 5:02 PM, John Forbes wrote: There must be a past. Otherwise, you wouldn't have had a present. John False logic. Bob

Re: PAW - Load Here

2006-02-19 Thread Boris Liberman
Frank, First of all, I know I my activity on this list has tailed off of late. I've been quite busy at work, and so my surfing time is not what it used to be g. I've not been able to comment on as many PAWs and PESOs as I'd like to, but I've saved them all, and hope to be able to catch up

FS - Having missed the Friday

2006-02-19 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I've decided to try for 31 Ltd lens... So I am selling some stuff I gather I won't be needing: 1. M 50/1.4 2. Vivitar Macro Focusing TC (7 element) 3. Sigma 18/3.5 (KA mount) If you're interested please make me an offer off-list. -- Boris

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-19 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 18, 2006, at 6:48 PM, Bob W wrote: Right. The paper questioning the out of Africa premise was published within the last month or so. If I recall correctly, it was published in Nature, a properly peer-reviewed journal of high integrity. I can probably find the reference if you care.

Re: OT: Good parenting

2006-02-19 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 19, 2006, at 1:13 AM, Derby Chang wrote: Parents find lost digital camera, but declines to return it because their child likes it. http://lostcamera.blogspot.com/2006/02/camera-unlost-but-not-quite- found.html The extra kicker about the memory cards is incredible. Over $ 300 is

Smooth Focising

2006-02-19 Thread Jens Bladt
I have found that my new SMC-A 3.5 35-105mm has a lovely smooth focusing mechanism. I don't think I ever had a lens that smooth before. Not even much less used lenses. Why is that. What has changed? Is it made differently from others? I never reall understood what smothe focusing was all about -

Re: Good parenting

2006-02-19 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 19, 2006, at 9:34 AM, William Robb wrote: The owner of the camera would be well advised to tell their insurance company that the camera they had lost (and I presume had claimed for) was found, and let them go after it. Good thought! Let the lawyers get involved and these people

RE: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-19 Thread Bob W
Thanks, Bob. I shall enjoy looking at those. Can't say I've ever met a Leakey, but I do have a friend called Lucy...g -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2006 15:53 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Religon, Christ

RE: Smooth Focising

2006-02-19 Thread Bob W
What other Pentax manual focus lenses do you have? In my experience most of the good ones have very smooth focusing. One in particular that springs to mind is the M 50/1.4. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2006 16:02

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-19 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 19, 2006, at 11:54 AM, Bob W wrote: Thanks, Bob. I shall enjoy looking at those. If I find any more I'll post. I'll also continue to look for the e- mail that alerted me to the paper. Can't say I've ever met a Leakey, but I do have a friend called Lucy...g Well, I can say

RE: Smooth Focising

2006-02-19 Thread Jon Myers
Yeah, I'll second that on the M50/1.4 - when I bought my LX, the shop had one and I asked them to get it out of their showcase... I put it on the camera and it was love at first twist of that focusing ring. :) So easy to turn yet well damped and smooth. --- Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What

Lasse

2006-02-19 Thread Sandra Hermann
Hi Lasse. Yes, I am the previous jeepgirl that you remember. Sandy, Sandra, Sam, Jeepgirl, BooBoo, Blubicon, any of the above or version there of is ok with me. I am mostly Sandy though. Sami is mine. She is such a precious bundle of joy. I don't see how I can think about her and hate

RE: PESO: Hiding From the Cold x 2

2006-02-19 Thread Tom C
Not my typical kind of shots, but I can see why both have appeal as people shots. Tom C. From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Hiding From the Cold x 2 Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:41:17 -0500 I stopped in at

Re: SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files

2006-02-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I don't buy Sigma lenses due to the problems I've had with Sigma in the past. The DA12-24 would be my choice of those two, but I personally prefer the DA14/2.8. Here's a page with DA14 examples: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/14mm-examples/ The JPEGs are full resolution and processed

Re: Smooth Focising

2006-02-19 Thread Mat Maessen
After a CLA, my A50/1.4 has a VERY nice smooth focusing feel. It felt a bit loose before the CLA, and I know I've heard a lot of people complain about that. My 35-105/3.5 isn't bad, but a CLA would probably make it even better. -Mat On 2/19/06, Jon Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I'll

Re: Good parenting

2006-02-19 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 19, 2006, at 8:34, William Robb wrote: Oh dear, Parents find lost digital camera, but declines to return it because their child likes it. http://lostcamera.blogspot.com/2006/02/camera-unlost-but-not-quite- found.html The extra kicker about the memory cards is incredible. The

Re: Anyway to do this faster

2006-02-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Bruce Fraser's book is the definitive RAW workflow resource to date. I have looked at every Photoshop book that I see for RAW coverage, and so far none come up to Real World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS and the updated version for CS2. Be sure to buy the edition that covers the version of

Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Cotty
On 19/2/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: that's a superb photo. It captures the rolling downland beautifully, with the characteristic copses on top. I'm immediately reminded of quite a famous photo by Bill Brandt of a very similar scene, but without the farm and in black and white. Why

Re: SV: Misteries of Ken Rockwell

2006-02-19 Thread Adam Maas
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: On 2006-02-18, at 23:55, Jens Bladt wrote: I hope the others are right. *ist D, DS and DS2 offers 0.95, the *ist DL 0.85 magnification ikon DX2 offers 1.0, D1X 0.8 You're not right ;-) Nikon D2X has 0.86x magnification but 100% coverage. So it should have

Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Tom C
Excellent! Perfect! Cool! Did I say excellent yet? Peradventure, you did some additional compositions that you'd share? Tom C. On 2006-02-18, at 11:01, Cotty wrote: We've been so busy moving house, and then there's the day job, I haven't shot anything at all of worth since before

Re: Smooth Focising

2006-02-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
All my new Pentax FA and DA lenses, with the exception of the FA135/2.8 IF, have very nice, very smooth focusing feel with just a touch of resistance for manual use. The 135's focusing ring feels a bit loose, annoying as it is such a good lens otherwise. My older M and A series Pentax

Re: Viewfinder accessories Q

2006-02-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 17, 2006, at 8:24 AM, Larry Levy wrote: I offer an alternative: There is a Seagull Right Angle Viewfinder from China. Yes, I'd forgotten about that one. I'm usually skeptical of the Seagull products as my past experience with Seagull lenses on their TLR cameras was pretty

Re: PESO: Hiding From the Cold x 2

2006-02-19 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I stopped in at Starbuck's this afternoon and took a few pics while I drank some burnt-bean coffee. (I'm not wild about their brew, but the local store is full of photo ops.). Plenty of people in the store as it was 12 degrees F outside. Of the two pics I shot, I prefer this one rendered

Re: Anyway to do this faster

2006-02-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks so much, Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Bruce Fraser's book is the definitive RAW workflow resource to date. I have looked at every Photoshop book that I see for RAW coverage, and so far none come up to Real World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS and the

Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Cotty wrote: We've been so busy moving house, and then there's the day job, I haven't shot anything at all of worth since before Christmas. I was a few minutes early on my way to a job, and passed this scene. I waited 15 minutes and shot half a dozen frames but the light was shite. 90

RE: Smooth Focising

2006-02-19 Thread Jens Bladt
Well, let's see. A- 2.8/20mm, M 2.8/35, M 1.7/50, A 2.8/28, K 2.5/135, M 4/200, K 2.8/150, M* 4/300, M 4/75-150 - and perhaps a few more. None of them are smoth as the A 3.5/35-105mm. I had a A 1.4/50mm once (got the FA version instead) - it was quite smooth too. Regards Jens Bladt

Re: PESO: Hiding From the Cold x 2

2006-02-19 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! I stopped in at Starbuck's this afternoon and took a few pics while I drank some burnt-bean coffee. (I'm not wild about their brew, but the local store is full of photo ops.). Plenty of people in the store as it was 12 degrees F outside. Of the two pics I shot, I

Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Lon Williamson
I agree. I'd frame and hang this one. Very well done. Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: On 2006-02-18, at 11:01, Cotty wrote: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html Wow! What a beatiful composition of trees on the hill and buildings below. Toned colours add much to the

Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread mike wilson
Malcolm Smith wrote: mike wilson wrote: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html The sky is beautifully captured. Ever so slightly better indeed. Now, kind sir, would you please explain what Copse means? Similar, but not exactly the same as, spinney. 8-)))

IR filters

2006-02-19 Thread Kevin Waterson
The recent IR thread got me curious about IR and digital. Is there a Cokin equivalent to the Hoya R72? Kind regards Kevin -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.

Re: Pentax USA email address

2006-02-19 Thread mike wilson
Shel Belinkoff wrote: That's exactly the address I wanted. He, thorough someone that he knows, offered some suggestions and i wanted to contact him directly for clarification. Thanks. See, even your feeble sense of humour can provide useful information. Shel And when I try to teach people

RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Malcolm Smith
mike wilson wrote: Now, kind sir, would you please explain what Copse means? Similar, but not exactly the same as, spinney. 8-))) Small group of trees. Copse in London translates as 'Luxury development of flats or houses available shortly'. Malcolm So the same as

RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Bob W
http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html yeah - don't know what the light was before but this light is lovely to my eye. what a stark place. Ann, it's chalk downland - the same stuff as the White Cliffs of Dover. It was once the bottom of an ocean, and the

Re: Misteries of Ken Rockwell

2006-02-19 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: Misteries of Ken Rockwell He's not using his mouth. As usual. Nor his brain. William Robb He's definitly got an orifice. Not sure about the organ.

Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: Now, kind sir, would you please explain what Copse means? Similar, but not exactly the same as, spinney. 8-))) Small group of trees. Copse in London translates as 'Luxury development of flats or houses available shortly'. Malcolm So the same as meadow, ancient

Jazz Portraits

2006-02-19 Thread Stan Halpin
From today's Kansas City Star... http://www.kansascity.com/multimedia/kansascity/archive/starmag/ Starmag_02192006_md/index.htm The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/living/13899769.htm (c) 2006 Kansas City Star and wire

Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR

2006-02-19 Thread Unca Mikey
I thought I would come out of lurk mode long enough to show off my new toy, what I believe to be the world's smallest full-frame 35mm SLR. http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncamikey/101750740/ I have had the *ist about two years now, and love it. After I saw the reports from Mark Lindamood and

RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Malcolm Smith
mike wilson wrote: Hey! I live in a floodplain! This is brought home to me quite regularly when I walk along the side of the river when there's a very high tide lapping over the berm - which is at the height of the 1st floor windows of the nearest houses... I hope this

Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR

2006-02-19 Thread Jon Myers
Cute little body, but the lack of compatibility with non-A lenses kills it for me. --- Unca Mikey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought I would come out of lurk mode long enough to show off my new toy, what I believe to be the world's smallest full-frame 35mm SLR.

Re: Update on D FA 50 F2.8 Macro

2006-02-19 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Joseph, although the picture is lovely and I like shooting roses too, I think you oversharpened this one. The petal edge on the right looks very unnatural to me. And WRT your testing and comparison of D-FA and FA 50/2.8 macro, how did you judge focus? Which body did you use? Did you focus

ist D question

2006-02-19 Thread Rick Womer
Why would an ist D underexpose only when in manual mode? (I'm toying with bidding for one on eBay that reportedly has this problem). Rick __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: hallmark collection

2006-02-19 Thread Stan Halpin
Thanks - this is the print I saw. The entire Hallmark collection is now at the Nelson-Atkins museum in KC. The museum is currently being expanded, the new space will include a continuing/changing exhibit from this collection. Currently they are showing 31 prints as teasers. From

Re: ist D question

2006-02-19 Thread Adam Maas
If they're using K/M or M42 lenses in manual for exposures longer than about 1/2 second, I found the D's meter to underexpose. It gets less accurate when there's little light. -Adam Rick Womer wrote: Why would an ist D underexpose only when in manual mode? (I'm toying with bidding for one

Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR

2006-02-19 Thread Cotty
On 19/2/06, Unca Mikey, discombobulated, unleashed: I thought I would come out of lurk mode long enough to show off my new toy, what I believe to be the world's smallest full-frame 35mm SLR. http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncamikey/101750740/ That is the ugliest thing I have seen in a long

RE: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Bob W
Hey! I live in a floodplain! This is brought home to me quite regularly when I walk along the side of the river when there's a very high tide lapping over the berm - which is at the height of the 1st floor windows of the nearest houses... I hope this thing works:

Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Cotty
On 19/2/06, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: Peradventure, you did some additional compositions that you'd share? Ack - you wanna see the damned contacts?? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-19 Thread Cotty
I'm blushing. Seriously, thanks for the plaudits. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR

2006-02-19 Thread Adam Maas
Unca Mikey wrote: I thought I would come out of lurk mode long enough to show off my new toy, what I believe to be the world's smallest full-frame 35mm SLR. http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncamikey/101750740/ I have had the *ist about two years now, and love it. After I saw the reports from

Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Thibouille
Interrested? Got the latest one and there are quite a number of lenses tested. There's discussion about this on dpreview forum but if you wish I could scan the sheets? Of course, comments are in french but could be still useful. So, will I scan? -- Thibouille

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Rick Womer
Yes, please! (ou, oui s'il vous plait!) Rick --- Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interrested? Got the latest one and there are quite a number of lenses tested. There's discussion about this on dpreview forum but if you wish I could scan the sheets? Of course, comments are in

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-02-19, at 22:45, Thibouille wrote: So, will I scan? Yes, please be so good for us :-) -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Mishka
you will. best, mishka On 2/19/06, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, will I scan? -- Thibouille

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:14 PM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: On 2006-02-19, at 22:45, Thibouille wrote: So, will I scan? Yes, please be so good for us :-) Excuse me for being a bringdown and all. But can anyone say copyright? Bob

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Mishka
you mean fair use? best, mishka On 2/19/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But can anyone say copyright? Bob

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:34 PM, Mishka wrote: you mean fair use? best, mishka Fair use is quoting a small portion of an article for the purposes of critique or review. The only fair use exemption for complete articles is narrowly defined for bona fide educational institutions. Copying

Re: ist D question

2006-02-19 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 01:14:14PM -0800, Rick Womer wrote: Why would an ist D underexpose only when in manual mode? (I'm toying with bidding for one on eBay that reportedly has this problem). Rick It probably wouldn't. But it's quite possible that, if the user is trying to use the

RE: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Jens Bladt
If it's legal to put them on the web it woluid be very nice :-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Thibouille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. februar 2006 22:46 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

Diane Arbus in BCN

2006-02-19 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
If any of you is going to visit Barcelona until mid May, there is a big exhibit of Diane Arbus work ('Diane Arbus Revelations'). It is showed in CaixaForum building and the entrance is free. I have visited it today and it is highly recommendable.

RE: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Jens Bladt
You might put them in a secret place that requires a pasword. It's easy to make a pdf-file with a pass word. You might call it somethin cryptic - and let us know :_)) Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Mishka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. februar 2006

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread John Francis
It would be legal for Thibouille to retype just the numeric ratings from the lens tests. But scanning the pages, or retyping the opinions comments (except for brief excerpts for the purpose of a critique) is not. On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 11:50:44PM +0100, Jens Bladt wrote: If it's legal to

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread John Francis
I regard that as even worse than just openly publishing them - it's a tacit admission that you know you're doing something wrong. On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 11:53:10PM +0100, Jens Bladt wrote: You might put them in a secret place that requires a pasword. It's easy to make a pdf-file with a pass

RE: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
I bough it last Friday (I can found it quite easily in Barcelona). I am glad that they liked 'my' A50/1.4, even more than the FA also tested. They also liked 'my' FA35/2 and 18-55 kit lens. By the way, what does 'dénicher' mean? (in the A50/1.4 text) --- Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: If it's legal to put them on the web it woluid be very nice :-) Regards It's legal for Chasseur d'Image to put them up on their web site. Anyone else would need their permission to do so. Do they normally post their tests on their site?

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:56 PM, John Francis wrote: It would be legal for Thibouille to retype just the numeric ratings from the lens tests. But scanning the pages, or retyping the opinions comments (except for brief excerpts for the purpose of a critique) is not. Correct. But if you like

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:57 PM, John Francis wrote: I regard that as even worse than just openly publishing them - it's a tacit admission that you know you're doing something wrong. Yep. Bob

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Rick Womer
Good point Bob. Problem is, I've never been able to find Chasseurs d'Images in Philly; I've only ever found it in Europe. Maybe he could email us the tables off-list? Rick --- Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:14 PM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: On 2006-02-19, at

Re: Jazz Portraits

2006-02-19 Thread derbyc
Quoting Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From today's Kansas City Star... http://www.kansascity.com/multimedia/kansascity/archive/starmag/ Starmag_02192006_md/index.htm The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time:

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-19 Thread Gonz
John Forbes wrote: On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:01:36 -, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most of the most highly regarded scientists, politicians, and heros of all sorts prior to the 20th century and many in the 20th century believed in God. These include Isaac Newton, George Washington,

Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images

2006-02-19 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 19, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Good point Bob. Having been in the photo magazine biz for a long time I know the frustrations of doing good lab tests. Back in the early 90s when we were doing PhotoPRO magazine we did some real lens tests. Cost a bundle, and got us

Re: Best Photo Ever

2006-02-19 Thread John Coyle
From those I've posted, either as PESO's or in the PUG, this is a really old one that I still think is one of my best non-people shots: http://pug.komkon.org/99oct/Catch.htm Now I'll have to go find a people one... John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: frank

Re: IR filters

2006-02-19 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like there is http://www.geocities.com/cokinfiltersystem/id277.htm Thanks, used the number to look it up on cokin site http://www.cokin.fr/cokin-data/composants2/pages-filtres/filtre-007st.html thanks a bunch Kind regards

Re: ist D question

2006-02-19 Thread Adam Maas
John Francis wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 01:14:14PM -0800, Rick Womer wrote: Why would an ist D underexpose only when in manual mode? (I'm toying with bidding for one on eBay that reportedly has this problem). Rick It probably wouldn't. But it's quite possible that, if the

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On 2/19/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You must immediately change your surname to Meursault, and go outside. Sadly, I'm probably more of a Clamence. We're both ex-lawyers; I became a bike messenger, he became a drunk, we're both judge-penitents. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR

2006-02-19 Thread keith_w
Cotty wrote: On 19/2/06, Unca Mikey, discombobulated, unleashed: I thought I would come out of lurk mode long enough to show off my new toy, what I believe to be the world's smallest full-frame 35mm SLR. http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncamikey/101750740/ That is the ugliest thing I

Re: SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files

2006-02-19 Thread Jarek Dabrowski
Godfrey DiGiorgi napisał(a): I don't buy Sigma lenses due to the problems I've had with Sigma in the past. The DA12-24 would be my choice of those two, but I personally prefer the DA14/2.8. Here's a page with DA14 examples: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/14mm-examples/ Thanks - I've

Re: SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files

2006-02-19 Thread keith_w
Jarek Dabrowski wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi napisał(a): Why does that not surprise me? (Just kidding, G. ol' pal... I found it impossible to pass up a good straight line!) [...] keith

Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR

2006-02-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I checked the dimensions and it seems that the MX and some other M-series bodies are smaller than the *ist. The biggest issue is the depth of the camera bodies as far as being able to slip them into a pocket. I've been able to slide the MX into a large shirt pocket. Can't do that with the *ist

Fair use, intimidation, and copyright (was Re: Pentax lenses tests from Chasseur d'Images)

2006-02-19 Thread Mark Erickson
This thread reminds me of something that happened a few years ago. Klaus Schroiff of the Photozone website (www.photozone.de) used to have a wonderful compilation of lens tests. His tables included ratings from Color Foto, Popular Photography, and Chasseur d'Image magazines and included pretty

Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On 2/18/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip. While incidents were recorded with almost all makes, they were most common with Audi, due apparently to the close placement of accelerator and brake pedals and perhaps to a large number of numb owners. I agree with that, Paul. Pedal

Re: SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files

2006-02-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 19, 2006, at 4:26 PM, keith_w wrote: Jarek Dabrowski wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi napisał(a): Why does that not surprise me? (Just kidding, G. ol' pal... I found it impossible to pass up a good straight line!) If I knew what it meant, would I be offended? ;-) Godfrey

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