Re: Official camera of summer? + GESO

2006-08-11 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Bob. I have started to come around to digital. Plus the older I get the more I look for what's easiest. -b --- Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome back Brendan. > I still love my film cameras, but digital is so > easy. > Watch some of the photos that appear on the list

Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Joseph Tainter
I'm less afraid of being blown to smithereens over the North Atlantic than I am frustrated to exasperation with ineffective and disruptive counter-measures. G - Me too. I suspect that much of the overreaction is CYA. No official wants to be the one who did too little. No politician wants to

Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Joseph Tainter
You're travelling sept 8th? I'd consider buying a Pelican case a few days before you travel if the ban is not lifted - you'll have to check *everything* photographic. Sad but true, and necessary. -- Cheers, Cotty - That's a possibility. Trouble is, I would have to ship it unlocked. I a

Greetings from Colorado, or Eatyerheartout, Stenquist

2006-08-11 Thread dougbrewer
Hi kids, Been galumphing around Colorado, and wandered through the Gateway Auto History Museum today. This one is for Paul... it's a 1954 Olds F88 prototype, only one surviving, designed by Harley Earl. http://www.alphoto.com/images/gtwy021.jpg rare tech info: *istD, DA12-24/4 nothing done t

Greetings from Colorado, or Eatyerheartout, Stenquist

2006-08-11 Thread dougbrewer
Hi kids, Been galumphing around Colorado, and wandered through the Gateway Auto History Museum today. This one is for Paul... it's a 1954 Olds F88 prototype, only one surviving, designed by Harley Earl. http://www.alphoto.com/images/gtwy021.jpg rare tech info: *istD, DA12-24/4 nothing done t

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 12/08/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Noritsu people that I talked to about it insisted that photo paper > fell within the sRGB gamut, and so there was no reason to go to a bigger > colourspace. Maybe so, I don't know if the limit is relative to the paper or the way that the

Re: OT: Photojournalist equipment choice

2006-08-11 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 11, 2006, at 11:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Any explanation? > It's easy to downsample your high-res, beautiful shots for web or print. It's much harder to make a low-res, crappy original look good if you hit that magic shot and you want to print it up big! Always shoot the highes

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 11, 2006, at 11:22, Tom C wrote: >> Until you do that, please don't presume to stagger around the >> internet >> spouting gibberish. >> >> That's Tom C's job. (Just joking, Tom) > > > I've been forgetting to look in my mailbox for my check. Thanks > for the > reminder. :-) > Not that

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Digital Image Studio" Subject: Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB > Around here a few of the labs provide custom colour spaces but I guess > I'm just too used to dealing with precision RIPs. The Noritsu people that I talked to about it insisted that photo paper fell wi

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Another Blow Against Photography > In any case, it worked. I will be among the first to complain loudly > when it doesn't work. I won't complain about inconveniences in regard > to air travel, telephone privacy or other simi

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread pnstenquist
In any case, it worked. I will be among the first to complain loudly when it doesn't work. I won't complain about inconveniences in regard to air travel, telephone privacy or other similar matters. Paul -- Original message -- From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL P

Re: PESO: Ali's Porch and Screen

2006-08-11 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks for comments, Bob. The scene lacks contrast and the file size will not render the detail needed for the screening. The "hard road" was widened and this house and the couple of out buildings have been dozed. Glad I saved it's remnant memory. Jack --- Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 12/08/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uh, apparently,the countermeasures were quite effective. Monitoring phone > calls played a big part in rounding up these guys. Specific taps maybe but... "According to The Washington Post, the first whiff of the alleged plot came after

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread pnstenquist
Uh, apparently,the countermeasures were quite effective. Monitoring phone calls played a big part in rounding up these guys. Paul -- Original message -- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm going to hold on my trip to the UK for another week before mak

PESO: Me and My Mom

2006-08-11 Thread pnstenquist
I'm in Chicago. I was shooting on the street, and these two ladies asked me to take their picture. That's never happened to me in Michigan. Fun stuff: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4795444 Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdm

Re: Perhaps OT: Recommended P&S for under $200?

2006-08-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
I've used an Optio S4 (that my daughter reclaimed) and now an SV. Both are nicely compact and the SV was $200 new with a rebate. I recently bought an S4 on ebay for $100+ for a friend. It took a month of patience, but the camera is so cute (altoids tin) and convenient. Take a look at the Optio's

Re: PESO: Ali's Porch and Screen

2006-08-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jack, Interesting, if a bit busy. I don't think B&W comes across well on the internet - lacks details. I haven't heard the term out of town on the "hard road" for a long time. Regards, Bob S. On 8/11/06, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is by way of reminiscing about Kodak Tech Pan. Sh

Re: Official camera of summer? + GESO

2006-08-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Welcome back Brendan. I still love my film cameras, but digital is so easy. Watch some of the photos that appear on the list, you'll be impressed. Regards, Bob S. On 8/11/06, Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey gang... > > Let's just say it has been a really long time since > I've

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 12/08/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Frontier machine we had at the lab where I worked had no color > management at all. (Not sure if later ones do.) But its hardware > colorspace worked best with sRGB files and that's what we told out > customers to bring in (at least those

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Aaron Reynolds
I believe that I have just been called "bro" by an Englishman. -Aaron -Original Message- From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: K110D - Why bother? Date: Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:43 pm Size: 411 bytes To: "pentax list" On 10/8/06, Aaron Reynolds, discombobulated, unleashed: >I was w

PESO: Water lily IV

2006-08-11 Thread Jack Davis
Had a couple of these lily shots ready to put up recently, but this got left back. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=165 Comments welcome. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:35:33PM -0700, Brendan > MacRae wrote: > > This is exactly right. I flew to Kauai with a > fully > > loaded Pelican 1620 case and it was locked on > > departure. On arrival the lock was gone and there > was > > a TSA form i

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >On 10/8/06, Aaron Reynolds, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>I was watching an old episode of Quincy the other day, > >Holy moly, that seals it mate. You're out to lunch bro! People who hang around with pathologists are just plain *weird*, man! -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multim

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: >From: "Mark Roberts" > >> I expect Bill's talking about commercial printing lab equipment - >> either Kodak/Noritsu or Fuji Frontier machines. > >Noritsu specifically, and I only know what I was given to work with. The >machine I ran understood sRGB, and was able to translate

Re: Photojournalist equipment choice

2006-08-11 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: >They use the stuff for more than shooting folk singers. Well as long as they shoot a few folk singers I'm all right with that! ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mai

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Doug Franklin
John Francis wrote: > I believe there are at least three series, each with a different master. Well, it's heartening if there really is only one master pattern for each series. I've wanted for years to go out to this place in Raton, New Mexico, to do about two weeks worth of shooting and hiking

Re: Photojournalist equipment choice

2006-08-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OT: Photojournalist equipment choice >I was at a folk music festival yesterday, and saw a PJ taking crowd >shots > using a Canon 1Ds and a big lens (not sure what it was - some > investigating on my part could figure it out). > >

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 07:32:37PM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: > Cotty wrote: > > > Ditto. They're combination locks with a generic keyhole underneath. Very > > handy - but exactly how effective they are remains to be seen ;-) > > In general, the more master keys there are, the less secure a lock

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB > Digital Image Studio wrote: > >>On 11/08/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Photographic paper's colour gamut falls within sRGB. If you send a >>> wider >>> gamut file to a photographic printer,

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:35:33PM -0700, Brendan MacRae wrote: > This is exactly right. I flew to Kauai with a fully > loaded Pelican 1620 case and it was locked on > departure. On arrival the lock was gone and there was > a TSA form inside notifying me that they'd gone > through it per regulation

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Doug Franklin
Cotty wrote: > Ditto. They're combination locks with a generic keyhole underneath. Very > handy - but exactly how effective they are remains to be seen ;-) In general, the more master keys there are, the less secure a lock is. So I'd be curious to know if there's one master key pattern or many.

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Thursday 10 August 2006 21:51, Asad Masede wrote: > Photobrowser 3 with Silkypix RAW engine is also something that should > count in favor of the K110D. This is available for all Pentax DSLR users by a free download from the Japanese Pentax website, I have done that and it works. -- Frits Wüth

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm going to hold on my trip to the UK for another week before making a decision, but it looks very likely that I will re-schedule it for late September. All the regulations are in flux, and will be until this current panic is sorted out and a new equilibrium is reached. Luckily, for this t

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/8/06, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed: >You didn't insult me. You did something worse. You thoughtlessly >published an untrue and damaging statement about the camera system that I >use. You don't want to upset John, trust me! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | P

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/8/06, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: >At the moment, anything other than a set of keys (*minus* electronic car- >key fobs), passports, and wallets are effectively the only things >permitted in the aircraft cabins. No exceptions. This rule if flying from a UK airport to the USA and other

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Cotty
On 10/8/06, Joseph Tainter, discombobulated, unleashed: >I am scheduled to leave for Italy on September 8. It is another >conference that I must attend (and that someone else is paying for), but >I had hoped to spend a couple of days before the conference in Venice. >Naturally, photography woul

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Cotty
On 10/8/06, Aaron Reynolds, discombobulated, unleashed: >I was watching an old episode of Quincy the other day, Holy moly, that seals it mate. You're out to lunch bro! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/8/06, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >You can lock your luggage on US flights if you use the special locks >that can be opened by inspectors. Someone here will probably post a >url. I have them on my camera case but don't remember where I bought >them. Ditto. They're combina

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail)
William Robb wrote : > Photographic paper's colour gamut falls within sRGB. If you send a wider > gamut file to a photographic printer, the paper will clip. > I agree with this. Besides, using a wider color space (adobe RBG or ProPhoto or any other) means that a given color range will be rep

Re: RAW converter discussion

2006-08-11 Thread John Forbes
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:59:24 +0100, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> I don't see any reason to shoot you down over Silkypix. I did a bit >> of testing with it and found it produces good results, but so do >> several other RAW converters. In the end, with ade

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Frits Wüthrich
>From the news I also learned about the restrictions on flying from Europe to the USA as you have mentioned. Flying to the UK however, the restrictions are even stronger, also from mainland Europe to the UK: No handluggage at all. Exception for passports, prescription medication with your name o

RE: RAW converter discussion

2006-08-11 Thread Richard Day
Just the engine Richard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: 11 August 2006 21:59 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: RAW converter discussion Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >I don't see any reason to shoot you down over Si

Re: Perhaps OT: Recommended P&S for under $200?

2006-08-11 Thread Ryan Brooks
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > The Fuji F30 I ordered just arrived. I haven't read the instruction > manual yet to figure out the settings and options, but on first > glance and a couple of quick snaps with it, it is fast responding, > the image quality looks excellent at ISO 200 and 400, and it f

Re: Perhaps OT: Recommended P&S for under $200?

2006-08-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The Fuji F30 I ordered just arrived. I haven't read the instruction manual yet to figure out the settings and options, but on first glance and a couple of quick snaps with it, it is fast responding, the image quality looks excellent at ISO 200 and 400, and it fits in the same cell phone cas

Re: RAW converter discussion

2006-08-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >I don't see any reason to shoot you down over Silkypix. I did a bit >of testing with it and found it produces good results, but so do >several other RAW converters. In the end, with adequate experience >and skill, they all converge onto very very similar output. I di

RE: RAW converter discussion

2006-08-11 Thread Richard Day
No shooting down please, not today! As I said, one mans meat etc Re your trip, whatever you decide is fine with us, you are always welcome to stay and come along to Cologne with us, if that's a good time for you. Richard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

Re: Perhaps OT: Recommended P&S for under $200?

2006-08-11 Thread keith_w
Charles Robinson wrote: > Does such a thing exist? > > When I was at the last Twins Days convention, I found that during the > evenings when I was bumping around the bar, drinking and talking and > (occasionally) taking pictures, the istDS with the Sigma flash on it > was so big that I got a

[Rant] - Collecting cameras as an investment

2006-08-11 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Just had an email from some guy running a camera website. He wanted to tell me that he had this wonderful vintage camera site and that he had included a link to my camera descriptions. Just asking if I had any comments on his description of the link and if I probably had ideas for other cross prom

PESO: Ali's Porch and Screen

2006-08-11 Thread Jack Davis
This is by way of reminiscing about Kodak Tech Pan. Shot at 25 ISO. Lx w/M-50mm f/1.4. Abandoned house about 10 miles our of town on the "hard road". Larger file affords amazing detail. Miss the film. Jack Usual invitation to comment. http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=163 http

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Aug 11, 2006, at 3:55 PM, Tom C wrote: > Isn't this, in some respects related to the size of the print though? > Granted, we don't print all our images at 16 X 20 or larger. More > pixels > should equal more resolution and smoother gradation. Should, but in practice it does not always mean t

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Asad Masede
Leon, Once within Canada, from Toronto to Vancouver and my bag was locked, the second time it was NY to Vancouver this time the bag was not locked. -Asad Leon Altoff wrote: >Asad, > >Was this in the US where you can't lock you luggage or somewhere else in >the world where you can - and should

Re: Perhaps OT: Recommended P&S for under $200?

2006-08-11 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 11, 2006, at 11:57, graywolf wrote: > I bought my barely used Olympus C-5050Z for $200 a year ago. There > were > still a few new ones still being sold for $400 or so, now those are no > longer available and a used C-5050Z is selling for quite a bit more > now. > However, if you keep an

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Tom C
>Tom, as I have said before, a steady diet of printing for others has >convinced me that megapixels >are worthless as a baseline quality >measurement once you get up above five. Please, if you have ?>experience >to the contrary, share it. Isn't this, in some respects related to the size of the

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Brendan MacRae
This is exactly right. I flew to Kauai with a fully loaded Pelican 1620 case and it was locked on departure. On arrival the lock was gone and there was a TSA form inside notifying me that they'd gone through it per regulations but nothing was missing. I was told that locked bags are often targeted

RE: OT: Photojournalist equipment choice

2006-08-11 Thread Jens Bladt
Good lenses = better sharpness, colour rendition, low distortion, sharper at full aperture. Good camera = high speed (AF, write speed, FPS) Result: Technical better picteures, that might also be used for exhibitions, magazines, posters etc. etc. Have you ever seen an exhibition showing top press

Re: RAW converter discussion

2006-08-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 11, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Richard Day wrote: > ... I do like Silkypix > though, as do many others (there's no accounting for taste is > there?!). It > took me a while to see past the very different interface, but I > persevered > and I feel I was rewarded! When we meet (if/when you make it

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Scott Loveless
On 8/11/06, Ryan Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gun control argument thread in 3.. 2... 1... > No kidding. I wonder how far you'd get with airport security packing one of these: http://www.zenit-camera.com/photosniper_zenit_camera.htm -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Ryan Brooks
Gun control argument thread in 3.. 2... 1... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Richard Day
Been lurking for over a year! I agree about the new software, it pretty much sucks, but I do like Silkypix though, as do many others (there's no accounting for taste is there?!). It took me a while to see past the very different interface, but I persevered and I feel I was rewarded! When we meet (

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Larry Levy
In the US, it's more complicated. TSA has the right to examine your checked bags even if they are locked. (I know that they actually do thisk because frequently my bag winds up with a TSA inspected paper inside.) If they choose to look inside a locked bag, they simply clip the lock. The way aro

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Adam Maas
ROFLMFAO. That is so utterly incorrect that it's laughable. It is perfectly legal to transport a pistol across state lines in the United States. Law Enforcement Officials actually have no extra standing when outside their jurisdiction with respect to transporting firearms. In fact if you have a

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 11, 2006, at 4:38 AM, Richard Day wrote: > Hi Godders, hi Cotty! Heya Richard! Welcome to PDMHell! Didn't realize you were lurking here. :-) > The new software does actually have some advances over the previous > issues. > The new Photo Lab raw converter does have additional features

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Tom, as I have said before, a steady diet of printing for others has convinced me that megapixels are worthless as a baseline quality measurement once you get up above five. Please, if you have experience to the contrary, share it. As to why they would discontinue the DL in favour of the K110D

Re: Official camera of summer? + GESO

2006-08-11 Thread Brendan MacRae
Hi Paul, I remember you as well. I saw many other familiar names in my lurking. Good to know some things never change ;) -b --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Brendan, > I remember you, and I think you'll find that quite a > few other folk > here do so as well. A lot of us have

Re: OT: Photojournalist equipment choice

2006-08-11 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >My question is: why do newspapers use these expensive cameras for prints >that simply end up on newsprint, which has poor resolution? Why use a >11MP camera with expensive lenses (the whole unit costing in the thousands >of dollars), when a much smaller, less expensive c

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Tom C
I'm stating that Pentax having released, what, 4 different 6MP DLSR's in the last 3 years, why release another (2, one with Anti-shake and one w/o)? It seems like they are repeating the P&S approach they were abandoning and positioning themselves at the bottom of the market (at least perceptio

Re: OT: Photojournalist equipment choice

2006-08-11 Thread graywolf
Because the news media company get huge discounts on them, sometime even freebees, so that people like you will notice the PJ's using them and go buy a cheap Canon camera. Actually the market for the expensive cameras has always been rich amateurs. The big companies also used them but got those

Re: OT: Photojournalist equipment choice

2006-08-11 Thread Brendan MacRae
Interesting observation. I think the issue is more about getting the shot than overall image quality in photojouralism. It would seem to me that big lenses and higher end cameras are chosen more for reliability and capability over whether or not every shot is better suited to a glossy 2-page magazi

Re: Perhaps OT: Recommended P&S for under $200?

2006-08-11 Thread graywolf
I bought my barely used Olympus C-5050Z for $200 a year ago. There were still a few new ones still being sold for $400 or so, now those are no longer available and a used C-5050Z is selling for quite a bit more now. However, if you keep an eye out you can usually find something pretty nice in t

Re: OT: Photojournalist equipment choice

2006-08-11 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Aug 11, 2006, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My question is: why do newspapers use these expensive cameras for > prints > that simply end up on newsprint, which has poor resolution? Why use a > 11MP camera with expensive lenses (the whole unit costing in the > thousands > of dollar

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread graywolf
I suspect they are cannibalizing the parts from disposable cameras. The flash its self will not trigger any explosive I know of. However the high voltage spark you can get from the charging circuit sure will. It would be a very cheap source for such electronic circuits. -- graywolf http://www.

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Aug 11, 2006, at 11:53 AM, Tom C wrote: > What evidence is their out there, however that any of the *latest* > generation of DSLR's has a serious noise problem? Which ones, Tom? And I'm not saying that it's a "serious problem" or even that it's particularly terrible, just that more megapixe

Re: OT: Photojournalist equipment choice

2006-08-11 Thread Powell Hargrave
I'm sure they hope their next shot will make the cover of Life Magazine. Some times the higher quality can be useful. Reducing to newsprint is easy. Powell >I was at a folk music festival yesterday, and saw a PJ taking crowd shots >using a Canon 1Ds and a big lens (not sure what it was - some >

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread graywolf
My 5mp P&S seems to be entirely adequate for my needs. Now, for my wants. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Kenneth Waller wrote: >> I tend to think that group would buy a 6+MP

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread graywolf
BAD IDEA! You can go to prison for transporting the pistol across state lines. The only ones who could do that safely are legally recognized law enforcement personnel. And they might have problems if they tried to take it into other countries. Also some states can lock you up for merely bring

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread graywolf
Hey, they xray the damned things. There is no need for them to mess with luggage without something that looks valuable in it. Luckily for me, I can not afford to travel. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" -

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Tom C
>Until you do that, please don't presume to stagger around the internet >spouting gibberish. > >That's Tom C's job. (Just joking, Tom) I've been forgetting to look in my mailbox for my check. Thanks for the reminder. :-) Tom C. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debri

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread graywolf
I would guess that Bill is talking about mini-lab printers. Most current color photo inkjet drivers will automatically convert to the printers own print space, whatever that may be. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" -

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Tom C
Hey, I agree 100% that the final image is what counts. A higher pixel count producing a less desirable image is not good. What evidence is their out there, however that any of the *latest* generation of DSLR's has a serious noise problem? Tom C. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed,

OT: Photojournalist equipment choice

2006-08-11 Thread mike
I was at a folk music festival yesterday, and saw a PJ taking crowd shots using a Canon 1Ds and a big lens (not sure what it was - some investigating on my part could figure it out). My question is: why do newspapers use these expensive cameras for prints that simply end up on newsprint, which has

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread graywolf
Yah, a good monitor shows a wider gamut than photo paper, especially than matte photo paper, does. The monitor also will show a much higher brightness range than a print. Most current printers if you select "let printer determine colors", will convert your files to the printers own colorspace a

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Tom C
Paul, stop putting words in my mouth. Tom C. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered." >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: K110D - Why bother? >Date: Thu, 10 Aug 20

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Digital Image Studio wrote: >On 11/08/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Photographic paper's colour gamut falls within sRGB. If you send a wider >> gamut file to a photographic printer, the paper will clip. > >That all depends on the colour management policies and colour space >tran

Re: Perhaps OT: Recommended P&S for under $200?

2006-08-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 11, 2006, at 6:38 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: > .. Is there anything out there that a person can get NEW for less than > $200 that doesn't completely stink? ... Not that I've found, unfortunately. I've tried several compacts, the most recent of which was the Panasonic LX1. The LX1 made

Re: Perhaps OT: Recommended P&S for under $200?

2006-08-11 Thread japilado
My favorite small digital is the Sony DSC W1. 5.1 megapixels, AA batteries, and large view screen. Unfortunately, it isn't made anymore. I got mine from KEH, and I know they are available via eBay. Good luck. Jim A. > Does such a thing exist? > > When I was at the last Twins Days conventi

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 11/08/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Photographic paper's colour gamut falls within sRGB. If you send a wider > gamut file to a photographic printer, the paper will clip. That all depends on the colour management policies and colour space translations employed by the application

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Cory Papenfuss" Subject: Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB >> Unless you calibrate your own printer, or use a lab that will give > you a profile for their output or specifically states they use > something > wide (like ProRGB), chances are they use sRGB. Photographic

Perhaps OT: Recommended P&S for under $200?

2006-08-11 Thread Charles Robinson
Does such a thing exist? When I was at the last Twins Days convention, I found that during the evenings when I was bumping around the bar, drinking and talking and (occasionally) taking pictures, the istDS with the Sigma flash on it was so big that I got annoyed with them. I ended up more t

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Leon Altoff
Paul, I know about those locks. They are an option, but I have no idea how securely the master keys are controlled. Having a lock that can be gotten around is worse than no lock at all. We had to put off our planned round the world trip until next year. When we start to plan it again we will

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Leon Altoff
Hi John, A broken lock is evidence for police, insurance and airlines that the luggage has been tampered with. There has been a lot of news over recent years about drugs being put into peoples luggage. They don't do it with locked luggage as it draws attention to them. Until the entire world

Re: AdobeRGB vs. sRGB

2006-08-11 Thread Cory Papenfuss
> Two images with different color spaces appropriately processed for web > display should not vary significantly in saturation or colour cast. > Also when making any type of semi-critical colour comparison it really > does help matters to have be using a similar or the same subject in > the same li

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Adam Maas
As long as you're flying within the US, the TSA cannot open your luggage without you present if you have a firearm in your checked luggage (and you declare it properly). A good reason to get a .22 target pistol or some such (unless of course you live in Chicago or New York City). -Adam Paul S

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Ooops... my bad. I must have mis-read a press release somewhere. On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, John Francis wrote: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 04:16:57PM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote: > > > > Just a though, but IIRC the K1[01]0D does DNG RAW files. Are they > > compressed to a non-stupid leve

Re: Official camera of summer? + GESO

2006-08-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Brendan, I remember you, and I think you'll find that quite a few other folk here do so as well. A lot of us have been hanging out here for many years. Welcome back. Nice pics. Thanks for sharing. Paul On Aug 11, 2006, at 1:57 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > Hey gang... > > Let's just say it has

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
At the moment you cannot even carry mobile phones on board. Everybody is hand-checked. Only wallets and passports are allowed, in a transparent plastic bag. No food and no drink are allowed on board and parents are asked to drink from their babies' bottles to prove it's milk. Kostas -- PDML

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
You can lock your luggage on US flights if you use the special locks that can be opened by inspectors. Someone here will probably post a url. I have them on my camera case but don't remember where I bought them. Paul On Aug 11, 2006, at 1:36 AM, Leon Altoff wrote: > Aaron, > > I hope it lasts l

RE: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread Richard Day
The new software does actually have some advances over the previous issues. The new Photo Lab raw converter does have additional features hidden in the View menu for more options, i.e. lens correction, noise reduction, CA and vignetting, etc., functionallity seems to lay between the full Silkypix a

computer imaging vs. photography

2006-08-11 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
There are a few artists who have crossed the boundary ... http://www.evangelicaloutpost.com/archives/003097.html Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://www.brendemuehl.net "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose"

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-11 Thread John Forbes
You didn't insult me. You did something worse. You thoughtlessly published an untrue and damaging statement about the camera system that I use. If you want to know about Pentax's financial position, go onto their website and download their latest published accounts. Until you do that, ple

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-11 Thread John Forbes
I live quite near Heathrow. I would be happy to provide a post box service for any traveller coming into the UK that way. And before you ask, I already have all the Pentax gear I want! John On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:36:51 +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree completely.

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