Re: Who needs SR, just get CSI Miami

2006-09-15 Thread Powell Hargrave
Nikon P&S have always been good at Macro and 'Best shot selector' is sorta the poor mans SR, VR, etc. Have taken lots of sharp hand held macros with my Nikon 990. Powell >Watching an all nighter of CSI Miami, and have noticed something. > >They tend to take a LOT of close up photos, Nikon of so

Re: Who needs SR, just get CSI Miami

2006-09-15 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 08:49:48PM -0400, D Brooks wrote: > Watching an all nighter of CSI Miami, and have noticed something. > > They tend to take a LOT of close up photos, Nikon of some sort, but > never use a tripod and their shots turn out -super sharp-. > > Maybe i'll get Speed to do my fl

Re: K10D power?

2006-09-15 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Oh, one more thing, Bill ... This is the second Sony I owned - for the first I had two bats, and they lasted about three or four years with no problems. When I sold the camera the bats were still going strong. I've had the DSC-S85 since some time in early 2003. I used two bats, and they are sti

Re: K10D power?

2006-09-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Similar cameras with similar capacity batteries are running 700-1200 exposures per charge these days, no reason the K10D will be any different. (For someone coming from film cameras, that's 20-35 rolls of 36 exposure film per charge... :-) The body will come with one battery and a charger. T

Re: K10D power?

2006-09-15 Thread Adam Maas
Bill Lawlor wrote: > I am very interested in buying a K10D asap. I plan to spent the month of > January on a personal photo trip to India. I have little experience with > high end digital cameras, but thanks to Shel I have enough experience to > believe it is time to make the plunge into digital. >

Re: K10D power?

2006-09-15 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Bill, My li'l ol' Sony uses LithIon bats, and I've been very happy with them. The camera came with a charger and cord, and I suspect the K10D would have both as well. I can't speak to the charger being able to use current in India - however, a quick email to Pentax should solve that issue. Twic

Re: K10D kit lens

2006-09-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 15, 2006, at 2:44 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> It took me awhile to screw up my nerve to order from them, though, >> since my first mail order experience with a NYC camera store was with >> Cambridge.. > > You poor bastard... Sigh. I remember a time when Cambridge Camera was one of the bett

Re: Relative Size of K10D vs. *ist-Ds

2006-09-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 15, 2006, at 7:59 PM, David Savage wrote: > Some people read the specs, see the larger numbers, and become > concerned. I find many people have a hard time visualising written > numbers to real world scale. This photo from DPReview gives me the best feel for it ... http://www.dpreview.

Re: English K10D brochure

2006-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
I think the official cameras are the Optios. ryan brooks wrote: >Is it the official camera of the Internet though? > >On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Christian wrote: > > > >>P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> >>>That's damned near the slickest brochure I've ever seen from pentax. >>>I'm tempted to ask who are

Re: Who needs SR, just get CSI Miami

2006-09-15 Thread Kenneth Waller
> They tend to take a LOT of close up photos, And they always seem to be using a ring flash for all shots, close-up or not. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "D Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Who needs SR, just get CSI Miami > Watching an all nighter of CSI Miami, and h

Re: Peso Margo's got the cargo

2006-09-15 Thread Kenneth Waller
Great capture Dave. If it were mine I'd crop the hands off the RH side & some off the LH side just to the left of the elbow. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Peso Margo's got the cargo > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/paw/hailey-gr

Re: No wireless with RTF in K10D :-(

2006-09-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
That only works if the built-in flash is not in P-TTL mode, otherwise the first flash will trigger the external flash and not the flash at time of exposure. I use slave-triggered flash all the time, but not with the built-in flash unit as I have to switch to manual exposure mode and take th

Re: Peso Margo's got the cargo

2006-09-15 Thread J and K Messervy
Yep, lovely moment well captured. James - Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:54 AM Subject: Re: Peso Margo's got the cargo > Nice shot, Dave! You really caught the moment. I like it. > > --

Re: DIY back seals?

2006-09-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
Yes, exactly, I forgot mention removing all of the goop with spirits (I use naptha). Also, in seals where the foam sits in a channel, go carefully and slowly especially with the material that's sticky on one side as it can bind up on the sides of the channel rather than the bottom where you want i

Re: FS Friday: FA-J 18-35mm AL

2006-09-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! >> For Sale: one "new"-in-box FA-J 18-35mm AL lens, with front and rear caps >> and >> hood. > > > Let me just point out that this is a very underappreciated lens. It's > much better than its price and light weight lead people to believe. I should second opinion of Mark and Shel about thi

Re: English K10D brochure

2006-09-15 Thread ryan brooks
Is it the official camera of the Internet though? On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Christian wrote: > P. J. Alling wrote: >> That's damned near the slickest brochure I've ever seen from pentax. >> I'm tempted to ask who are these people and what did they do with the >> real Asahi?. > >>> http://www.pentax.

Re: Relative Size of K10D vs. *ist-Ds

2006-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
Decimal inches seem so rational, and inches are more of a human scale than millimeters. David Savage wrote: >Some people read the specs, see the larger numbers, and become >concerned. I find many people have a hard time visualising written >numbers to real world scale. > >Going O.T. > >This is t

Re: Peso Margo's got the cargo

2006-09-15 Thread David Savage
Cute. Dave On 9/16/06, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/paw/hailey-granma.jpg > > A cutsie one from the pony inspection on Labour day weekend. Perfectly > named weekend BTW, did 21 hours on my holiday.LOL > Anyway, the farm owners new filly(Grandma), won o

Re: Who needs SR, just get CSI Miami

2006-09-15 Thread David Savage
:-) I've seen a few eposodes where they take pictures holding the D/SLR out at arms length like a P&S composing with the LCD. Dave On 9/16/06, D Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Watching an all nighter of CSI Miami, and have noticed something. > > They tend to take a LOT of close up photos, N

Re: Test #1

2006-09-15 Thread David Savage
DId it work? On 9/16/06, Jim King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Testing new subscription with different email address. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Relative Size of K10D vs. *ist-Ds

2006-09-15 Thread David Savage
Some people read the specs, see the larger numbers, and become concerned. I find many people have a hard time visualising written numbers to real world scale. Going O.T. This is the first time I've ever come across someone who used the 1/10 inch scale. (admittedly I grew up with & use every day

Re: Those contacts do not look good

2006-09-15 Thread David Savage
My Z-20 has them with full functionality. I hardly ever notice them. Dave On 9/16/06, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ZX/MZ-5/n and MZ-3 had them as well, with limited functionality. Maybe > the in lens motor lenses have been in development for the last decade > and a half as well. -

Re: K10D power?

2006-09-15 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 16/09/06, Bill Lawlor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My quandry is about the power supply for the K10D. I'm unfamiliar with L-ion > batteries, chargers etc. What kind of capacity might I expect from a charged > battery? I will use RAW files, flash very seldom, if at all. How long would > it take

Re: K10D power?

2006-09-15 Thread Bill Lawlor
I am very interested in buying a K10D asap. I plan to spent the month of January on a personal photo trip to India. I have little experience with high end digital cameras, but thanks to Shel I have enough experience to believe it is time to make the plunge into digital. My quandry is about the pow

Re: Re: PESO: for Tim ...

2006-09-15 Thread Russell Kerstetter
and me. russell On 9/15/06, Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I spent a considerable amount of time trying to > > decipher a message in > > the license number before I looked at the frame:-). > > Good one, Godders. > > I di

Re: PESO: My First Submissions.

2006-09-15 Thread Russell Kerstetter
On 9/14/06, Mitch Conant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PDML List Members: > > I hope that I did this right... congratulationson your first PESO, I know that is wet-your-pants-scary the first time. I like the I idea of the sentinel, but this one doesn't do it for me, although I would say that the s

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-09-15 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 16/09/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I process some RAW files for one of my colleagues. The ISO 800 pics > from her Canon 20D are noticeably more noisy than the 800ISO pics > from my *istD. However, I too expect the 10D to be better than both. I hope so but I still don't know h

Re: Re: Decision

2006-09-15 Thread Russell Kerstetter
or really any college students' preceptions being particularlly mature! :) (I can say that because I am only recently out of college :) oh, I i have not *really* used film either unless you count my high-school film class which only deterred my interest in photography for several years, or Fuj

K10D - holy crap!

2006-09-15 Thread Russell Kerstetter
So I am sitting here sipping my tea, with sugar not milk, sorry :( and realising that everything at work has been so busy that I have not checked the list for about two weeks, when: holy crap!! I checked Pentax's site to see what the latest news is, and I must say that there is a lot more to that c

Re: English K10D brochure / advertising

2006-09-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
I wish they would get their act together long enough to win a few from the Tigers. They're losing 15-1 at the moment. Paul (Chicago White Sox fan ) On Sep 15, 2006, at 8:19 PM, Christian wrote: > you guys are anything but original... I expected that. :-P > > -- > > Christian Skofteland > http:

RE: Green button and ergonomics.

2006-09-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
I know the man is mean, but is he that mean? Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: 16. september 2006 03:19 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Green button and ergonomics.

Re: It is ingenious! Was: Does this mean what I think it means?

2006-09-15 Thread Jim King
graywolf wrote on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:39:11 -0700 > Lets back up a bit here. You have a sensor that has an analog out put. > You send that output to an analog to digital converter. The converter > produces an 8, or 10, or 12, or in this case 22 bit digital > representation of the analog signal. Th

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-09-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
I process some RAW files for one of my colleagues. The ISO 800 pics from her Canon 20D are noticeably more noisy than the 800ISO pics from my *istD. However, I too expect the 10D to be better than both. Paul On Sep 15, 2006, at 7:16 PM, Christian wrote: > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> I still stand

Re: Peso Margo's got the cargo

2006-09-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
good grab paul On Sep 15, 2006, at 7:33 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/paw/hailey-granma.jpg > > A cutsie one from the pony inspection on Labour day weekend. Perfectly > named weekend BTW, did 21 hours on my holiday.LOL > Anyway, the farm owners new filly(Grandma), won o

Re: Green button and ergonomics.

2006-09-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Tim Øsleby wrote: >Note to myself: >You don't understand puns, therefore; never respond to a pun thread. Mike's post was such a rare subspecies - the "Sunderland Dialect Pun" - that Mike himself was likely the only one who had any chance of getting it! -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedi

Re: Green button and ergonomics.

2006-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
Don't feel too bad Tim. That one wouldn't have been easy for native English speakers, unfamiliar with that particular patois. Tim Øsleby wrote: >Note to myself: >You don't understand puns, therefore; never respond to a pun thread. > > >Tim >Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > >-Or

Who needs SR, just get CSI Miami

2006-09-15 Thread D Brooks
Watching an all nighter of CSI Miami, and have noticed something. They tend to take a LOT of close up photos, Nikon of some sort, but never use a tripod and their shots turn out -super sharp-. Maybe i'll get Speed to do my flower shots from now on. LOL Dave -- Equine and pet photography, Yo

RE: Green button and ergonomics.

2006-09-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
Note to myself: You don't understand puns, therefore; never respond to a pun thread. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike wilson Sent: 15. september 2006 23:33 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Su

Re: Peso Margo's got the cargo

2006-09-15 Thread D Brooks
Thanks Bruce. I do like this one.:-) Dave Quoting Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Nice shot, Dave! You really caught the moment. I like it. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Friday, September 15, 2006, 4:33:30 PM, you wrote: > > DJB> http://www.caughtinmotion.com/paw/hailey-granma.jpg >

Test #1

2006-09-15 Thread Jim King
Testing new subscription with different email address. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: DIY back seals?

2006-09-15 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 16/09/06, Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty easy to do the back seal, harded to do the > mirror box seal but I've done both. Get the kits which > have the foam with the sticky backing already applied. > They're much easier to apply. Also, measure the width > of the existing seal

Re: Decision

2006-09-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >I wouldn't put much faith into a college student's perceptions on >technology in art as being particularly mature. As a (ahem) college professor (splorf!), I can state categorically that that's an understatement! PS - I just had to add "splorf" to my spell check dictio

Re: English K10D brochure / advertising

2006-09-15 Thread Christian
you guys are anything but original... I expected that. :-P -- Christian Skofteland http://photography.skofteland.net P. J. Alling wrote: > I don't think you can call it a team, at least not this year. > > David J Brooks wrote: > >>> >>> >> When did Baltimore get a team.:-) >> Quoting

Re: FS Friday: Let me be your Pentax dealer

2006-09-15 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 16/09/06, John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, what do you say? Sounds like a good plan for everybody however, I say let the list know if you are prepared to engage in International orders? -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: English K10D brochure

2006-09-15 Thread Jack Davis
Proud to say, it's a slick "professional" brochure. Pentax may have signed with a new agency. Jack --- Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P. J. Alling wrote: > > That's damned near the slickest brochure I've ever seen from > pentax. > > I'm tempted to ask who are these people and what did

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-15 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 16/09/06, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Though you wouldn't believe it if you'd been on this list for the last > couple of years, I believe that Olympus is in more trouble than Pentax > ever was. Konica/Minolta certianly was. A 4/3 standard for SLRs was a bad bad idea, far too limi

Re: K10D on Pentax Germany site

2006-09-15 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 16/09/06, Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uhm. I will try, but rather tomorrow as I'm too busy today ;-) In the > meantime you can read my first impressions here: > http://www.fotopolis.pl/index.php?n=4845 Nice review, that table on page one really does show how much of a *ist

Re: Peso Margo's got the cargo

2006-09-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Nice shot, Dave! You really caught the moment. I like it. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, September 15, 2006, 4:33:30 PM, you wrote: DJB> http://www.caughtinmotion.com/paw/hailey-granma.jpg DJB> A cutsie one from the pony inspection on Labour day weekend. Perfectly DJB> named weekend BTW, di

Re: K10D seminar in Japan, Ken? ;-)

2006-09-15 Thread K.Takeshita
On 9/15/06 6:34 PM, "P. J. Alling", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's like mfr's private show and mostly let visitors actually handle the >> models >> > > Gee, most places just let photographers photograph the models... LOL :-)) Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdm

Re: K10D Samples images

2006-09-15 Thread K.Takeshita
On 9/15/06 6:59 PM, "Christian", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Half a stop underexposure and any camera will be noisy at 800. These >> are useless examples. >> On Sep 15, 2006, at 2:20 PM, Christian wrote: > > No, they are useless because it is not a production sample. I expect > the "real" imag

Re: English K10D brochure

2006-09-15 Thread Christian
P. J. Alling wrote: > That's damned near the slickest brochure I've ever seen from pentax. > I'm tempted to ask who are these people and what did they do with the > real Asahi?. >> http://www.pentax.no/accounts/433774/File/Datablader/8690.pdf I like the new slogan. Much better than the thinl

Re: English K10D brochure / advertising

2006-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't think you can call it a team, at least not this year. David J Brooks wrote: >Quoting Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >>Charles Robinson wrote: >> >> >>>On Sep 15, 2006, at 14:06, Kenneth Waller wrote: >>> >>> >>> I've also noticed some new look full page Pentax Ads in

Re: DIY back seals?

2006-09-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
Pretty easy to do the back seal, harded to do the mirror box seal but I've done both. Get the kits which have the foam with the sticky backing already applied. They're much easier to apply. Also, measure the width of the existing seal and try to match it (as they come in different sizes. -Brendan

Re: English K10D brochure / advertising

2006-09-15 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Charles Robinson wrote: >> On Sep 15, 2006, at 14:06, Kenneth Waller wrote: >> >>> I've also noticed some new look full page Pentax Ads in several >>> photo mags. >>> Does look like a new wave. >>> >> >> There are many ads here in Minneapolis on the sides o

Peso Margo's got the cargo

2006-09-15 Thread David J Brooks
http://www.caughtinmotion.com/paw/hailey-granma.jpg A cutsie one from the pony inspection on Labour day weekend. Perfectly named weekend BTW, did 21 hours on my holiday.LOL Anyway, the farm owners new filly(Grandma), won over all Champ for the three day inspection, and she is showing off the n

Re: PESO - Our Own Mike Wilson

2006-09-15 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> --- mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> Now there's a brit! :-). If we can get him to come >>> to Grandfather Mountain, I'll bring my moustache trimmer and >>> we'll Americanize those eyebrows.:-)))

DIY back seals?

2006-09-15 Thread Jon Myers
How tricky is it to replace the seals around the back of a camera (ME)? Thinking of just fixing my ME SE and keeping it, rather than selling it. I see "revitalization kits" on ebay that include such seal material, you just trim to fit. Anything I should know about that before going at it?

Re: English K10D brochure / advertising

2006-09-15 Thread Christian
Charles Robinson wrote: > On Sep 15, 2006, at 14:06, Kenneth Waller wrote: > >> I've also noticed some new look full page Pentax Ads in several >> photo mags. >> Does look like a new wave. >> > > There are many ads here in Minneapolis on the sides of buses and the > like. One of the light-ra

Re: PESO - Our Own Mike Wilson

2006-09-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Bob W wrote: > > That's a bit rich considering every American male over 45 (and many of > the females) looks like Kenny Rogers! > > I once saw Frans Lanting in Mike's eyebrows. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob > > > Is that Kenny Rogers before or after the botox??? annsan who DOESN'T look like that

Re: PESO - Our Own Mike Wilson

2006-09-15 Thread mike wilson
Doug Brewer wrote: >>--- mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> >>> Now there's a brit! :-). If we can get him to come >>> >>>to Grandfather >>> Mountain, I'll bring my moustache trimmer and >>> >>>we'll Americanize those >>> eyebrows.:-))) Paul >

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
It's simple, Tom. The *ist cameras were very good. This camera appears to be better. Why is that hard to understand? On Sep 15, 2006, at 5:30 PM, Tom C wrote: > My point is largely this: > > I am amazed by the strenuous defense of Pentax (by some) when 6MP > is all > they had to offer, juxtapo

Re: FS Friday: Let me be your Pentax dealer

2006-09-15 Thread J and K Messervy
Oops, sorry about that. - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: Re: FS Friday: Let me be your Pentax dealer > Why tell the list ... send John an email. > > Shel > > > >> [Ori

Re: Decision

2006-09-15 Thread Mark Roberts
keith_w wrote: >graywolf wrote: >> Interestingly, I was just talking to the college kid in the next >> apartment, he is taking a photography course this semester. He said that >> he thinks he likes black and white film better than digital. What is >> interesting about that it is that he started

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 15, 2006, at 2:30 PM, Tom C wrote: > My point is largely this: If your point is "largely" this, what is it specifically? > > I am amazed by the strenuous defense of Pentax (by some) when 6MP > is all > they had to offer, juxtaposed by the instant desire to abandon 6MP > when > Pentax

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-09-15 Thread Christian
Paul Stenquist wrote: > I still stand by that. Some 10 megapixel P&S cameras are horrible. As > I suspect some DSLRs may be as well. The benefits of the K10D extend > well beyond pixel count. And if the hype is to be believed, it seems > Pentax has compensated for any degradation of image qua

Re: No wireless with RTF in K10D :-(

2006-09-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
The on-camera pop-up flash will trigger another flash without wires if the other flash is in slave mode. Paul On Sep 15, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> Can't you set your second flash as a slave? Functionally, it's the >> same thi

Re: Decision

2006-09-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I talked to several college age art students recently at one of the receptions I attended. The latest trendy thing is to eschew digital anything, photoshop is anathema, because "anyone can do photography that way and they look so artificial". Of course, they couldn't tell the difference as t

Re: PESO - Our Own Mike Wilson

2006-09-15 Thread Doug Brewer
> > --- mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >>> Now there's a brit! :-). If we can get him to come >> to Grandfather >>> Mountain, I'll bring my moustache trimmer and >> we'll Americanize those >>> eyebrows.:-))) >>> Paul >> >> If it's anything like your cars, it'l

Re: Decision

2006-09-15 Thread keith_w
graywolf wrote: > Interestingly, I was just talking to the college kid in the next > apartment, he is taking a photography course this semester. He said that > he thinks he likes black and white film better than digital. What is > interesting about that it is that he started with a Canon DSLR ca

Relative Size of K10D vs. *ist-Ds

2006-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
A number of people have been carping about how big the K10D is. I was doing a bit of thinking about that and decided to compare the published sizes of the *ist-Ds to the K10D, I wanted to use the D but I couldn't find the published data, and I was just too lazy to measure it.. I then compared

Re: Feeling lens enablement coming on: Looking for a 50/1.2

2006-09-15 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If anyone knows of an SMC-A 50/1.2 available anywhere I think I'd like > to know about it... I seem to remember that this 50/1.2 has a 200 yard restraining order on you. LOL Dave > > -- > Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > 4

FS Friday: F 80-200mm (two available)

2006-09-15 Thread John Celio
For Sale: two "new" F 80-200mm 4.7-5.6 lenses. Both have minor issues, so read on. First lens was on the shelf for a long time, but is in fine condition except for a couple tiny dust specks on the inside of the rear element. Comes with original caps and packing materials. Price: US$119.99 OB

RE: PESO - Our Own Mike Wilson

2006-09-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
Love makes blind, isn't that so? Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike wilson Sent: 15. september 2006 23:53 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Our Own Mike Wilson Tim Øsleby wrot

Re: K10D Samples images

2006-09-15 Thread Christian
Paul Stenquist wrote: > Half a stop underexposure and any camera will be noisy at 800. These > are useless examples. > On Sep 15, 2006, at 2:20 PM, Christian wrote: No, they are useless because it is not a production sample. I expect the "real" images will be really, really good. -- Christi

Re: K10D seminar in Japan, Ken? ;-)

2006-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
Thanks, I try. In fact some would say I'm very trying... Mark Roberts wrote: >P. J. Alling wrote: > > > >>>It's like mfr's private show and mostly let visitors actually handle the >>>models >>> >>> >>Gee, most places just let photographers photograph the models... >> >> > >P.J., tha

Feeling lens enablement coming on: Looking for a 50/1.2

2006-09-15 Thread Mark Roberts
If anyone knows of an SMC-A 50/1.2 available anywhere I think I'd like to know about it... -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: K10D seminar in Japan, Ken? ;-)

2006-09-15 Thread Mark Roberts
P. J. Alling wrote: >>It's like mfr's private show and mostly let visitors actually handle the >>models > >Gee, most places just let photographers photograph the models... P.J., that's one of the best PDML comments *ever*! :-) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-6

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-09-15 Thread Tom C
I, of course, don't wish to belabor the point. ;-) We, at least I, was not really talking about 10MP P&S cameras, but DSLR's. So far noise has not been a serious problem with any of Canon's DLSR's as far as I know. I suspect it will not be with Pentax either. If it is, the increase in MP reso

Re: FS Friday: Let me be your Pentax dealer

2006-09-15 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:34:03 +1000, J and K Messervy wrote: >I may be interested if they can deal with international orders. So would I, was assuming Europe was a no go ... (allthough I already have the K10D on pre-order in germany :-) Regards, JvW

Re: Those contacts do not look good

2006-09-15 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:03:04 +0100, mike wilson wrote: >> Having two different sets of contacts likes this looks crappy to me, >> like a real kludge. But I suppose there were no other way of doing it... >> > >They were present in the Z1 variations and the MZ-S at least. The >implementation is

Re: K10D kit lens

2006-09-15 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 16/9/06, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >>Every Pentax lens I've bought, I bought blind. > > > I bought the 1D blind. I heard Canons are good for the blind, the image quality doesnt matter! :) >And all my lenses. WTF. Live dangerously, die > y

Re: K10D on Pentax USA site

2006-09-15 Thread Jack Davis
Not that you'll find a lot new, but it will at least be more convenient if I provide the link: http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/cameras/digital/digital_slr Jack __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection aroun

Re: FS Friday: Let me be your Pentax dealer

2006-09-15 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Why tell the list ... send John an email. Shel > [Original Message] > From: J and K Messervy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Date: 9/16/2006 11:33:54 AM > Subject: Re: FS Friday: Let me be your Pentax dealer > > I may be interested if they can deal with international order

Re: FS Friday: Let me be your Pentax dealer

2006-09-15 Thread J and K Messervy
I may be interested if they can deal with international orders. James - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:46 AM Subject: RE: FS Friday: Let me be your Pentax dealer > Just a word to the list

Re: K10D kit lens

2006-09-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/9/06, Gonz, discombobulated, unleashed: >I heard Canons are good for the blind, the image quality doesnt matter! :) I slouched right into that one. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: K10D extra tidbits from Japanese page

2006-09-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/9/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >Right. But not all professionals are PJs. That was my point. Hey, why let the facts get in the way of a good story ;-) *hic* -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com ___

Re: PESO - Our Own Mike Wilson

2006-09-15 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Moustache trimmer! How about a Weed Whacker? (Sorry Mike - all in good fun) Shel (who would love to have big, bushy eye brows) > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist > Now there's a brit! :-). If we can get him to come to Grandfather > Mountain, I'll bring my moustache trimmer and we

Re: PESO - Our Own Mike Wilson

2006-09-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > Now there's a brit! :-). If we can get him to come > to Grandfather > > Mountain, I'll bring my moustache trimmer and > we'll Americanize those > > eyebrows.:-))) > > Paul > > If it's anything like your cars, it'll br

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-09-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
I still stand by that. Some 10 megapixel P&S cameras are horrible. As I suspect some DSLRs may be as well. The benefits of the K10D extend well beyond pixel count. And if the hype is to be believed, it seems Pentax has compensated for any degradation of image quality due to the higher pixel

Re: PESO: for Tim ...

2006-09-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I spent a considerable amount of time trying to > decipher a message in > the license number before I looked at the frame:-). > Good one, Godders. I didn't want to admit it...but same here, Paul. lol! -Brendan

Re: Those contacts do not look good

2006-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
ZX/MZ-5/n and MZ-3 had them as well, with limited functionality. Maybe the in lens motor lenses have been in development for the last decade and a half as well. mike wilson wrote: >Bertil Holmberg wrote: > > > http://mac.tidings.nu/PinkyPentax/Images/Pentax/DSLR/K10D/ > > >>K10Dxtrabtns.jpg

Re: PESO - Our Own Mike Wilson

2006-09-15 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts wrote: >>Now there's a brit! :-). If we can get him to come to Grandfather >>Mountain, I'll bring my moustache trimmer and we'll >>Americanize those eyebrows.:-))) > > > You meant "hedge trimmer", right? > "Brush cutter" might be better. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@

Re: K10D seminar in Japan, Ken? ;-)

2006-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
> > >It's like mfr's private show and mostly let visitors actually handle the models > Gee, most places just let photographers photograph the models... K.Takeshita wrote: >On 9/15/06 5:26 PM, "Sylwester Pietrzyk", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Ken - will you be there and tell us somethi

FS Friday: FA 28-105 IF (two available)

2006-09-15 Thread John Celio
For Sale: two "new" FA 28-105 f4-5.6 IF lenses. One is in better condition than the other, so read on. The first of the two lenses is in near mint condition. Front and rear caps are original, as is the hood. All packing materials are included. This lens was sitting on our shelf for a long t

Re: PESO: for Tim ...

2006-09-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
I spent a considerable amount of time trying to decipher a message in the license number before I looked at the frame:-). Good one, Godders. On Sep 15, 2006, at 4:47 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > Hello Godfrey, > > Made me laugh too! Thanks for brightening the day a bit. > > -- > Best regards, > B

Re: K10D seminar in Japan, Ken? ;-)

2006-09-15 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-09-15, at 23:49, K.Takeshita wrote: > No, I have been staying away from Japan these days. It's too > tiring :-). > Not in October timing anyway. If I would be in Japan I'm sure I wouldn't find it "tiring" no matter which month ;-) > However, there will be a lot of report coming out i

Re: No wireless with RTF in K10D :-(

2006-09-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
Could be, there is ample evidence! -Brendan --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 15/9/06, Brendan MacRae, discombobulated, > unleashed: > > >Hey, I resent that! I am not "stark"... > > > >;-] > > LOL > > Okay, but you're mad as a March hare, boyo. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > >

Re: Friday Foto Funnie

2006-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
I have to ask, however did you find it? Mark Roberts wrote: >Hmm, this product image must have been selected by their >"Knowledgeable and Friendly" staff. >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/funnie.jpg > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler.

RE: PESO - Our Own Mike Wilson

2006-09-15 Thread Mark Roberts
> Now there's a brit! :-). If we can get him to come to Grandfather > Mountain, I'll bring my moustache trimmer and we'll > Americanize those eyebrows.:-))) You meant "hedge trimmer", right? -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: Decision

2006-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
Good luck to him finding film and darkroom supplies in the future. graywolf wrote: >Interestingly, I was just talking to the college kid in the next >apartment, he is taking a photography course this semester. He said that >he thinks he likes black and white film better than digital. What is >

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