Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please

2006-08-27 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Godfrey, As I was trying to say, following your advice would mean I'd have to get myself an *istDxxx or something like that. I'm still on film, there's only two P&S digis around here (whereas one of them is an Oly C-5050, which isn't P&S only). Thel lens arrived yesterday, I'll try it and if i

Re: The what is an *istD worth watch

2006-08-27 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: > You're right. Just looked again. It's now at $540 with almost two > days to go. Five bids. Most of them from Europe. I warned the top > bidder that shipping was about $50. Apparently, that's okay with him. He has customs and VAT to worry about. My (pr

OT: Cameras on film Topaz

2006-08-27 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
I was watching Hitchcock's Topaz last night and noticed a 6x7 (?) and what looked like a bayonet 35mm. Any idea what these were? Just curious, Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please

2006-08-27 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Any lens hood is a compromise on a zoom lens at some point or > another. A tulip shaped hood gives a little more coverage than a > barrel shaped hood, but only in a four-pronged shape that has edges > which must be oriented correctly or you get vignet

Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?

2006-08-27 Thread Dario Bonazza
The same kind of fault happened to me with my D and three different samples of genuine smc Pentax-F 70-210 zoom lenses. >From 70 to about 135, everything works fine. Past 135 up to 210 you cannot make AF work properly, irrespectively of environment light, subject contrast, etc. It doesn't hunt, it

RE: PESO -- Good Intentions + Bad Plan =

2006-08-27 Thread Bob W
There's a very good set of photos of the effects of Katrina by Thomas Dworak on Slate at the moment http://todayspictures.slate.com/20060825/ -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of P. J. Alling > Sent: 26 August 2006 15:59

Re: Coolscan (again)... don't try this at home

2006-08-27 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They can leave the factory with film on the mirror and lens. Not sure they leave the factory like this but I've had this with practically all my scanners: film, flatbed, Nikon and Epson, various models. I've seen the same effect on the insides of

PESO: SNAFU

2006-08-27 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Perfectly normal operation at the Seraing (Belgium) coking plant: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/6506220 Comments and suggestins as always most welcome. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cam

RE: PESO: SNAFU

2006-08-27 Thread Henk Terhell
Ralf, fascinating picture again! I can smell the NOx from my screen. Henk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralf R. Radermacher Sent: 27 August, 2006 11:17 AM To: Pentax Mailingliste Subject: PESO: SNAFU Perfectly normal operation at the

Re: The what is an *istD worth watch

2006-08-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/8/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis, discombobulated, unleashed: >He has customs and VAT to worry about. My (probably conservative, has >to be said) rule of thumb for the UK is 33% on the purchase + P&P; >digital cameras may not have import duties though, they didn't last I >checked, so only VAT.

RE: PESO: SNAFU

2006-08-27 Thread Bob W
that's very good. Most of your industrial photos leave me cold - it's just not my kind of subject matter - but this one is very effective and interesting. -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ralf R. Radermacher > Sent:

Re: Coolscan (again)... don't try this at home

2006-08-27 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 27/08/06, Ralf R. Radermacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure they leave the factory like this but I've had this with > practically all my scanners: film, flatbed, Nikon and Epson, various > models. > > I've seen the same effect on the insides of the windows in new cars. My > father kept

Re: OT: photoshop elements 3.0 and opacity.

2006-08-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very Nice. Enjoyed the blog and the picture of Sami. If you wanted to work on it some more, you might remove some of the background distractions behind the type. Use your clone tool and extend the grass, the pavement and the trees to cover the blue, yellow and green thingamajiggies that are se

Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:12 AM, David Mann wrote: > My brother-in-law spent some time as a cycle courier in London and > he's told me a couple of interesting stories. While I'd love to get > paid to ride a bike all day, I don't fancy doing so in the middle of > any city. Last time I was in London

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
Works fine if you fix the like break. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/o94t9 Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 2:51 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > It seems that link no longer works. > > Bob Shell wrote: > >> Is it real or is it Photoshop? >> >> >> www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php? >> attachmentid=

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread David Savage
That doesn't work either. I get: "Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator" Dave On 8/27/06, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Works fine if you fix the like break. > > Try this: > > http://tinyurl.com/o94t9 > > Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Shell wrote: >Works fine if you fix the like break. > >Try this: > >http://tinyurl.com/o94t9 Both that link and the original give me "Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator" -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 41

OT: Anyone have 24MB of web space free?

2006-08-27 Thread Digital Image Studio
I made some quick and dirty lens comparison shots last week (DA16-45 vs A20/2.8 and A24/2.8) but I have no time to pare them down nor a place to put them temporarily for DL. So does anyone have 24MB of web space free that would be willing to host a zip file full of JPGs? Please let me know if you c

Re: The what is an *istD worth watch

2006-08-27 Thread Vid Strpic
Cotty wrote: > On 27/8/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> He has customs and VAT to worry about. My (probably conservative, has >> to be said) rule of thumb for the UK is 33% on the purchase + P&P; >> digital cameras may not have import duties though, they didn't last I

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
Must be a problem with your system. Both work just fine for me. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 8:24 AM, David Savage wrote: > That doesn't work either. > > I get: > > "Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please > notify the administrator" > > Dave > > On 8/27/06, Bob Shell <[EM

Re: CF v SD Cards

2006-08-27 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 24/08/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent. look forward to seeing the results. I'll have to see how > much displacement my barrel shows when I have time. I know there is > some. The 12-24, on the other hand, doesn't extend very far and shows > virtually no movement. It's a

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 27/08/06, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Must be a problem with your system. Both work just fine for me. Neither link works for me either, but nor am I a member of the board. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.sw

vacation

2006-08-27 Thread Butch Black
Hi guys Not that I've been particularly active on the list recently but I'm going on vacation and un-subbing for a week. See you after Labor day (US Holiday) Hopefully will have some pictures Play nice :) Butch -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Adam Maas
Neither work for me either, and I am a site member, perhaps they live on in yur browser cache? -Adam Bob Shell wrote: > Must be a problem with your system. Both work just fine for me. > > Bob > > On Aug 27, 2006, at 8:24 AM, David Savage wrote: > > >>That doesn't work either. >> >>I get: >

Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk

2006-08-27 Thread Adam Maas
Bob Shell wrote: > On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:12 AM, David Mann wrote: > > >>My brother-in-law spent some time as a cycle courier in London and >>he's told me a couple of interesting stories. While I'd love to get >>paid to ride a bike all day, I don't fancy doing so in the middle of >>any city. >

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Marco Alpert
Last night I also found the links not to work, but was able to find the pics and info by manually navigating to the RFF News forum and reading the thread there (and I'm not a member). Trying the same thing now, it appears that that thread has disappeared there. -Marco On Aug 27, 2006,

RE: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)

2006-08-27 Thread Anthony Farr
P.S. A Stereo Realist and a Fuji Instax > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Anthony Farr > Sent: Saturday, 26 August 2006 10:59 PM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting) > > These are camer

6 X 7 and 645 instruction manuals

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
Doing some office cleaning this weekend and stumbled across these in one of my filing cabinets. Thought I should offer them here first before putting on eBay. Pentax 6 X 7 instruction manual (mirror lockup version). Like new. Pentax 645 instruction manual. (I have two, one like new, on scuf

Re: PESO: SNAFU

2006-08-27 Thread Jack Davis
Makes me cough. ;-) Jack --- "Ralf R. Radermacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perfectly normal operation at the Seraing (Belgium) coking plant: > > http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/6506220 > > Comments and suggestins as always most welcome. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R.

Re: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)

2006-08-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/27/2006 7:34:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: P.S. A Stereo Realist and a Fuji Instax I probably should test that my Stereo Realist still works, while there is still a lab around that can handle it. Did they use ordinary 35mm film? That's sort

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Adam Maas wrote: >Neither work for me either, and I am a site member, perhaps they live on >in yur browser cache? That's probably what's happening. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

RE: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)

2006-08-27 Thread Anthony Farr
Yes, a standard 35mm cassette will fit, with no special loading requirements. That Realist sorely tested my honesty as it was an unloved orphan at the workplace - nobody would have missed it, and yet I found it to be a fine piece of machinery. If I had one today there is no question that I'd be s

Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
I always get out on the curb side. I would never get out on the other side unless there was a compelling reason and I looked carefully. This idiot was trying to zoom past the cab in the foot or so of space twixt cab and curb. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > You don't

Re: Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Juan Buhler
I know about the RD-1, of course. $3000 is still too much for a 6 MP camera... j On 8/26/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Juan Buhler wrote: > > The viewfinder alone is the reason I've been shooting more film lately. > > > > But at $5000, it will be hard for me to justify. I'll most pro

Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk

2006-08-27 Thread Adam Maas
Ah, in that case I apologize for my assumption. That was a classic case of why Couriers make life difficult for other cyclists (And everyone else). -Adam Bob Shell wrote: > I always get out on the curb side. I would never get out on the > other side unless there was a compelling reason and I

Re: Coolscan (again)... don't try this at home

2006-08-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 27/08/06, Brendan MacRae > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anybody for taking your Coolscan 9000 apart? > > > > > http://www.marginalsoftware.com/LS8000Notes/cleaning_the_optics_of_the_ls.htm > > 8000 perhaps? > > http://home.swiftdsl.com

Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?

2006-08-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Godfrey. -Brendan --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brendan, > > I used to have the FA28-105/3.2-4.5 AL IF. Never had > any issues with > focusing. Several people told me that they had > problems with that > lens, but mine worked flawlessly. > > Godfrey > > On Aug

K100D Review and Commentary by Mike Johnston

2006-08-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/totally.shtml Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Anyone have 24MB of web space free?

2006-08-27 Thread Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail)
You can hand them to me, I'd happily post the file on my web site (and look at the tests!). Patrice Digital Image Studio a écrit : > I made some quick and dirty lens comparison shots last week (DA16-45 > vs A20/2.8 and A24/2.8) but I have no time to pare them down nor a > place to put them tempo

Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?

2006-08-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The same kind of fault happened to me with my D and > three different samples > of genuine smc Pentax-F 70-210 zoom lenses. > >From 70 to about 135, everything works fine. Past > 135 up to 210 you cannot > make AF work properly, irrespectively of en

Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
On Aug 27, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > Ah, in that case I apologize for my assumption. That was a classic > case > of why Couriers make life difficult for other cyclists (And > everyone else). > > -Adam > No apology needed. I should have written my post more clearly. I was sor

Re: Coolscan (again)... don't try this at home

2006-08-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- "Ralf R. Radermacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > They can leave the factory with film on the mirror > and lens. > > Not sure they leave the factory like this but I've > had this with > practically all my scanners: film, flatbed, Nikon >

Re: PESO -- Good Intentions + Bad Plan =

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bob, I thought Thomas Dworzak's photos were hit & miss. We here in the USA have all been indundated by nightly video of the misery and squallor of those who could not or did not evacuate the city of New Orleans. I liked the interactive essay by Larry Towell much better. It put a real scale to th

RE: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk

2006-08-27 Thread Bob W
Was that the kerbside door, or the roadside door? It's normally considered polite (and sensible) to look behind you before you open the roadside door. If it was the kerbside door then the cyclist probably got what he deserved. An experienced cyclist should of course allow more than a door's width w

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
Nope. I cleared the cache and both still work. The tinyurl address would not have been cached, anyway, because I only made it today when I saw the post about the full URL not working. Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > Neither work for me either, and I am a site member, pe

Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Bob W wrote: > Was that the kerbside door, or the roadside door? It's normally > considered polite (and sensible) to look behind you before you open > the roadside door. If it was the kerbside door then the cyclist > probably got what he deserved. An experienced cycli

RE: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk

2006-08-27 Thread Bob W
> > Kerbside, or curbside as we Yanks would say. I wouldn't get out on > the other side unless I was forced to for some reason. I don't like > dodging cars in London. > > Habits are hard to break, so after almost getting hit on my first > trip to England years ago, I started making a habit o

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
still "Invalid attachment specified...notify administrator" Regards, Bob S. On 8/27/06, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nope. I cleared the cache and both still work. The tinyurl address > would not have been cached, anyway, because I only made it today when > I saw the post about the fu

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Same here, "invalid..." -Brendan --- Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > still "Invalid attachment specified...notify > administrator" > Regards, Bob S. > > On 8/27/06, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nope. I cleared the cache and both still work. > The tinyurl address > > wou

Re:

2006-08-27 Thread Igor Roshchin
Rob, If still needed, - it can be done here. Contact me off the list. Igor Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:44:56 -0700 Digital Image Studio wrote: OT: Anyone have 24MB of web space free? I made some quick and dirty lens comparison shots last week (DA16-45 vs A20/2.8 and A24/2.8) but I have no time to par

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > still "Invalid attachment specified...notify administrator" > Regards, Bob S. OK, I downloaded it and put the damned thing in my PESO folder. Here it is: http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.

Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Bob W wrote: > I know. The first time I ever drove in France I found myself on a > collision course with someone and was cursing at swearing at the idiot > for driving on the wrong side of the road, flashing his lights at me, > when it dawned on me who the idiot was.

M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
Weird how this list works. I downloaded the supposed M8 Digital image, tweaked it to have some shadow detail, and posted it on my web site in my PESO file at: http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg I sent a note saying so. That note has not shown up on the list, but another that I answered w

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > The '1.5x crop' sensor format was chosen as a reasonable compromise Nah, not chosen. Dictated by economics. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Shell wrote: >Weird how this list works. I downloaded the supposed M8 Digital >image, tweaked it to have some shadow detail, and posted it on my web >site in my PESO file at: > >http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg > >I sent a note saying so. That note has not shown up on the list, but

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Adam Maas wrote: > The only complaints about crop factors and telephoto's I've run acros > are about 85's. Not many people are happy that their uber-pricey > portrait tele's are now too long for general use and the 50's don't have > the bokeh of those 85's. The biggest complainers seem to be the

The past is another country.

2006-08-27 Thread Bob W
They do things differently there*. But apparently the mobile phones are much the same. I found the time travel option on my digital camera menu today, so I thought I'd give it a try: http://www.web-options.com/Extras/ It seems to work ok. Cheers, H G Bob *L P Hartley "The Go-Between" -- P

Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Scott Loveless
On 8/27/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from the list server, > passing through the swirls and eddies of the Internet on their way to > you... > Maybe the tubes are clogged. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film!

Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Mat Maessen
On 8/27/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from the list server, > passing through the swirls and eddies of the Internet on their way > to you... Swirls and eddies? Those are class 5 rapids out there. With rabid alligators in the water. :-)

Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please

2006-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:25 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: >> Any lens hood is a compromise on a zoom lens at some point or >> another. A tulip shaped hood gives a little more coverage than a >> barrel shaped hood, but only in a four-pronged shape that has edges >> which must be oriented correctly

Re: The past is another country.

2006-08-27 Thread graywolf
That option is on page 235 of my cameras reference manual, but for some reason it will not print out anything beyond page 234. Therefore I have been unable to figure out how to use it. Niffy photos, Bob. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof

Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please

2006-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
No question: for a film SLR, buy the Pentax standard hood. It's the most convenient in use. I tested the 24-90 briefly and bought the 28-105/3.2-4.5 instead due to the difference in price, but after a while I found that the 28-105's shortcomings when wide open at the longer tele settings w

Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?

2006-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I would bet that it's an issue particular to specific lenses used with the *ist D series bodies. The DSLR bodies, at least until the K series came out, seem to have somewhat more sensitive/finicky servo drive motors and AF sensing algorithms. Lenses vary, unit by unit, in the friction of th

Re: OT: Anyone have 24MB of web space free?

2006-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I have space if you're still looking. Let me know. Godfrey On Aug 27, 2006, at 5:41 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > I made some quick and dirty lens comparison shots last week (DA16-45 > vs A20/2.8 and A24/2.8) but I have no time to pare them down nor a > place to put them temporarily for DL.

Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread graywolf
Internet paths are a drunkard's walk. One email may go directly from a to b, another may go from a to z to h to g to y to k to e to r to b. Obviously the first message would arrive sooner than the second. It works amazingly well unless some server along the way accepts the message and then cras

Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?

2006-08-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
> From all reports I've heard so far, the K100D's AF > servo is much > more positive and higher powered in operation, which > should mean that > variances in the lenses will no longer be so much of > an issue. I > wouldn't worry too much about the K10D ... if it > proves to have *at > lea

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> The '1.5x crop' sensor format was chosen as a reasonable compromise > Nah, not chosen. Dictated by economics. They could have chosen several different sized sensors in this size/ price class by the economics, incl

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Economics are certainly a factor in the choice of that sensor size, but it was, nevertheless, a choice. And it seems to have become the industry standard. That will lead to more development and better quality. Paul On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>

RE: PS CS2 OT

2006-08-27 Thread Bill Lawlor
I went to print some business cards with CS2 and discovered none of the Picture Package options would format them correctly. Last time I printed a batch I was using PS7. Has the Picture Package changed? Thanks, Bill Lawlor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Huh? On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: >> >> > My complaint is about normal lengths, ala 50mm. A 31mm perspective is > fine, but the 31mm focal length doesn't look "normal" at all to me. > > -Ryan > 1dsm2 and istD user > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http

Re: Help buying a darkroom

2006-08-27 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:33:07 +0200, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm interested in buying a used darkroom. I've come across what seems to > be a good deal. I'm sure some of you have more knowledge of this sort of > thing than I do. > > for sale: > Besler 23CII enlarger with Zone VI cold light he

Re: The past is another country.

2006-08-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Outstanding. Excellent compositions. Thanks for sharing. Paul On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Bob W wrote: > They do things differently there*. > > But apparently the mobile phones are much the same. > > I found the time travel option on my digital camera menu today, so I > thought I'd give it a try:

Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?

2006-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:46 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > ... You would figure that touting the > K series' backwards compatibility Pentax would have > these issues straightened out. If the issue is variances in individual lens' characteristics, it's hard to build in surety that *all* examples wor

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: >> The only complaints about crop factors and telephoto's I've run acros >> are about 85's. Not many people are happy that their uber-pricey >> portrait tele's are now too long for general use and the 50's >> don't have >> the bokeh of those 85's

Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > I just checked the timestamps in the headers and it seems the list > server *does* keep them in order (indeed, I received them in order - > this second post came well after your first one). > > It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from

PESO: Renory

2006-08-27 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
The Port de Renory at the river Meuse and, in the background, the Ougrée blast furnace plant of Cockerill Sambre (Arcelor). Renory (Liège), Belgium. http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=1611448&ref=section&refid=7 Comments and suggestions as always most welcome. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermac

Re: PESO: Munich Street at Dusk

2006-08-27 Thread Doug Franklin
Bob Shell wrote: > Habits are hard to break, so after almost getting hit on my first > trip to England years ago, I started making a habit of looking both > ways before crossing a street, since my natural habit from the USA is > to look the wrong way. I don't know if it's true, but one of m

Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please

2006-08-27 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Godfrey DiGiorgi affirmed: > No question: for a film SLR, buy the Pentax standard hood. It's the > most convenient in use. That's what I'll do as soon as the test film returns. > I tested the 24-90 briefly and bought the 28-105/3.2-4.5 instead due > to the difference in price, but after a whi

Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
graywolf wrote: > Internet paths are a drunkard's walk. One email may go directly from a > to b, another may go from a to z to h to g to y to k to e to r to b. > Obviously the first message would arrive sooner than the second. It > works amazingly well unless some server along the way accepts th

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Paul Stenquist wrote: > Huh? > On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: > > The difference of a "50mm crop" of a ~31mm lens versus a 50mm full-frame shot. >>> >> My complaint is about normal lengths, ala 50mm. A 31mm perspective is >> fine, but the 31mm focal length doesn't look

Re: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)

2006-08-27 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Folks, today in the train, I finally got it. The misterious feature of upcoming K10D will be a sensor with an aspect ration near 4x5, like the 6x7 has. As Pentax people lately like weird numbers, it'll be something like 27x23mm, which is close to the 69x56mm ration of 6x7. This will make print

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: > > >>> The only complaints about crop factors and telephoto's I've run acros >>> are about 85's. Not many people are happy that their uber-pricey >>> portrait tele's are now too long for general use and the 50's >>> do

Re: CF v SD Cards

2006-08-27 Thread Thibouille
Thanks. much appreciated. > I made some quick and dirty comparisons between my DA16-45/4, A20/2.8 > and A24/2.8 on Friday, the DA isn't as bad as I recalled but it does > have some strange characteristics that I'm at odds with. > > Sharpness wise the DA seems a pretty competent performer however i

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Thibouille
I have to admit that my SMC-F 28/2.8 on my D (more or less 42mm) doesn't like normal at all, it does indeed feels like WA. Even my FA 50/1.4 look more normal on my D than my 28... weird. Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML

Re: Canon v Sony

2006-08-27 Thread Thibouille
But awfully ugly they are! I agree Canons or feels plastic as a plastic lighter.. So Oly,Pentax and Nikons have ok (or better) bodies. 2006/8/27, Douglas Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > --- Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, KM/Sony is even worse IMO... > > The A100 has disappointi

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Bob, Looks like an expensive way to use your Leica glass! ...I guess that's nothing new. Regards, Bob S. On 8/27/06, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > still "Invalid attachment specified...notify administrator" > > Regards, Bob

Re: The past is another country.

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bob, At first, I thought you were the lad in the first photo putting on his cap. Then I thought maybe it was your dad as a boy. When I got to Winston Churchill (?) entering down stairway into the Admiralty Offices (?), I got somewhat confused. The last image of the guy sitting and dialing his c

Re: Coolscan (again)... don't try this at home

2006-08-27 Thread mike wilson
Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 27/08/06, Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Anybody for taking your Coolscan 9000 apart? >> >>http://www.marginalsoftware.com/LS8000Notes/cleaning_the_optics_of_the_ls.htm > > > 8000 perhaps? > > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/P3074553.j

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: > It appears to be a crop of a wide angle lens, which it is. > > In particular, informal head and shoulders shots look a bit odd if I'm > close to the subject. The shoulder may seem enlarged if I'm taking a > profile, for example. Whereas a 50mm wo

Re: Full Frame/Canon

2006-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Thibouille wrote: > I have to admit that my SMC-F 28/2.8 on my D (more or less 42mm) > doesn't like normal at all, it does indeed feels like WA. > Even my FA 50/1.4 look more normal on my D than my 28... weird. Again, please post a couple of comparison photographs sh

Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread graywolf
Read the path lists from a large bunch of emails and get back to me on that. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Ryan Brooks wrote: > graywolf wrote: >> Internet paths are a drunkard

Re: FA lenses on *istDL...focus issues?

2006-08-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
> None of the lenses I've used with the *ist DS have > had any problems, > and they have been K, M, A, F, FA, and DA series > Pentax lenses (as > well as the Zenitar-K 16/2.8 FE). Haven't gotten > anything yet that > was too far out of spec for my two bodies, I guess. > > Godfrey In light

RE: The past is another country.

2006-08-27 Thread Bob W
> Could you show me how to do this with my Pentax? I only have the instructions for the Olympus, but the Pentax isn't likely to be much different - they're probably based on the same patent. "Instruction for the time travelling mode. Warning: do not use for present travelling across many distant

Re: PESO: Renory

2006-08-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Beautiful, Ralf. Much more serene than the last one. Moody, but not gloomy. Very sharp, too, lots of detail. Very nice. -Brendan --- "Ralf R. Radermacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Port de Renory at the river Meuse and, in the > background, the Ougrée > blast furnace plant of Cockerill S

Re: K100D Review and Commentary by Mike Johnston

2006-08-27 Thread japilado
Nice review. Although, deep down in my psyche, I still rankle about the compatibiltiy of older K-mount lenses, I did get kind of get use to the "extra step" using my *ist D. I like the anti-shake feature of the K100. The price seems right, too. Don't know If I will spring for the K100 or ev

RE: The past is another country.

2006-08-27 Thread Bob W
Thanks Paul - I appreciate the compliment. -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Stenquist > Sent: 27 August 2006 20:57 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The past is another country. > > Outstanding. Exc

Re: Re: PESO - no lighthouse here

2006-08-27 Thread Russell Kerstetter
> looks like Colorado between Colorado Springs and Denver close! it's near sulphur springs, west and a little north of Denver http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=safari&q=sulphur+springs+80451&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&z=9&ll=39.835959,-105.339661&spn=1.100919,1.95282&om=1 are from this are

Re: Digital Leica M8?

2006-08-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/8/06, Bob Shell, discombobulated, unleashed: > >OK, I downloaded it and put the damned thing in my PESO folder. Here >it is: > >http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg Oooh. :-) needs some sort of robust LCD cover though.. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Pl

Re: Re: PESO - no lighthouse here

2006-08-27 Thread Russell Kerstetter
On 8/26/06, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > looks a lot better, but still a bit dark. > > I like the idea and the composition, the repeating horizontal lines of > the barbed wire fence, rail line, and telephone wires, and the overall > starkness of the place. It captures a mood very well

Re: Re: PESO - no lighthouse here

2006-08-27 Thread Russell Kerstetter
> and quite symbolic. The pole as a cross offers a stark image! > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty interesting. I had not thought of that before, thanks for commenting russell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

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