On 14/10/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Seems like they know quite a lot. They're currently the biggest
comeback story in the camera biz.
Not from where I'm viewing it (I probably have far more in depth
resources from which to gauge their progress however).
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Thank you sir! Hopefully it provided a short break from this endless
thread we are enduring.
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Best regards,
Bruce
Friday, October 13, 2006, 10:33:09 PM, you wrote:
This scene just caught my eye with the bright tree out in front and
the darker, similar tree back in the shadows. A visual
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: K1D aperture simulator survey,part Deaux Now in Digest mode
to save bandwidth.
1. They did leave FD bodies in production for a few years
( most likely sales fell off so it wasn't economically feasable)
In much the same way
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: The JCO survey Now in Digest mode to save bandwidth.
I D I O T - Canon IMPROVED their lensmount. Pentax hasn't.
In fact Pentax has made their lensmount WORSE with the DSLRS
Because its crippling functions that are still easily
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: Pentax DSLR - some questions before I decide Inet
Your assumption is maximum depth of field is what is
Always needed when its not. With tilts and swings
You can entire offset planes in focus with selective (minimal)
DOF if
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From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: The JCO survey
No way, I bet they are still a small fraction of total camera
Sales. The mainstream is still very heavily digital ps.
Umm John, if you go back and read Adam's post, you will note he is
talking unit volumes of
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From: Mishka
Subject: Re: The JCO survey
will,
it should be obvious to you that the exact order of decisions
doesn't really matter.
Perhaps I phrased it poorly. For most of the people I know, the decision
to buy a new lens is not dependant on being able to
- Original Message -
From: Mishka
Subject: Re: The JCO survey
what a strange thought...
realize that you may not love Mr. Robb.
I thought so too.
If that had come from anyone else, I would of been hurt.
William Robb
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- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: K1D aperture simulator, part Three (III)- NOT
Lets fix the nomenclature, Its an APERTURE CAM SENSOR
In my opinion, the word simulator makes no sense at all.
Is it allright if i know what it is, and what it does, and still call
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From: Adam Maas
Subject: Re: K1D aperture simulator survey, part Deaux Now in Digest
modeto save bandwidth.
1. Only one body, and it was the cheapest. They killed the F1 and the
T90, T80 and T70 off almost immediately after the EOS introduction.
Can't sell what
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From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: The JCO survey
You cannot prove this and I cannot prove otherwise
But I would bet the demographics of SLR users is
Much older than PS shooters because PS has been
Mainstream for the past 20 Years while SLRS faded
Out at that
BWWAAHHHAAHAAAHAA
WW
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From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:47 PM
Subject: RE: K1D aperture simulator, part Three (III)- NOT
When the thread title is stupid I am
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From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: K1D aperature simulator survey, part Deaux
K/M lens lens functions ARE NOT imcompatible
With Pentaxes latest mount. That is what
I am talking about. Its both the body and lens
Mounts not either. Current mount has NOT
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From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: K1D aperture simulator survey,part Deaux Now in Digest
modeto save bandwidth.
I don't want to discuss FD/FL anymore as its not
Relevant as I have explained already about 10 times.
READ section #2 of my post.
So go stand in the
I have been pretty busy lately, and have not been able to post much
(or read much) here for the past few weeks. What I noticed as I was
pseudo-lurking this evening, is that in my PDML folder there are fifty
threads displayed per page, and of the fifty on the current page, only
one is a PESO. I
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From: Adam Maas
Subject: Re: K1D aperture simulator, part Three (III)- NOT
John, You Ignorant Slut,
Adam, you spelled ignorant correctly.
He won't know what you mean.
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From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: The JCO survey
Its unethical to disable legacy products without
Good cause and there isnt anything cost or technically
Or new improvements causing it. You cant say its better for them to
Screw prior customers to sell new
15kc to 20kc isn't even one bit of headroom. I was suggesting
leaving four bits of headroom over and above the 12 bits of signal.
That's more than enough; an extra six bits will make no difference.
(That's why some audio systems go to 40kc - maybe 2 bits of headroom -
but not to 10Mhz, which is
- Original Message -
From: Russell Kerstetter
Subject: OT - Something interesting I just noticed.
I have been pretty busy lately, and have not been able to post much
(or read much) here for the past few weeks. What I noticed as I was
pseudo-lurking this evening, is that in my
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From: Alan Chan
Subject: Great deal for Canadians!!
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10064635catid=11433logon=langid=EN
Out of stock, at the moment.
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On 10/14/06, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 14/10/06, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now in all honesty John, if you were in the business of manufacturing
selling cameras associated equipment which customer would you
prefer?
Both of course :-)
Ha!
Dave
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Say Pentax did reimplemented the aperture simulator in a future
body, you buy the body (for $900, as an example). As a long time
Pentax user with a vast collection of K/M glass you're happy as a pig
in shit.
Pentax on the other hand have sold you a $900 body that's all their
going to get.
Now
Very nice Bruce. The light and textures are lovely.
It also screams BW conversion candidate to me.
Dave
On 10/14/06, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This scene just caught my eye with the bright tree out in front and
the darker, similar tree back in the shadows. A visual echo to me.
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From: David Savage
Subject: Re: The JCO survey
And this is the point some are try to help you understand. Pentax
makes more profit from new users ( long time users) who buy new
products accessories, as apposed to the minimal profit they make
from longtime
According to one Pentax press release K10D [auto bracket] can
automatically create 3 images with different lightness, contrast or
saturation, by not making 3 shots, but simply processing image input
with higher bit depth. Clever...
I remember there's Hasselblad that uses 22-bit A/D conversion,
On 10/14/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lenses that cover the 35mm frame will likely be phased out as soon as
Pentax stops making film SLR cameras altogether.
Don't forget the D-FA 200 300 on the lens Roadmap
I still have hopes for a future Pentax full frame body.
Dave
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It's a shame it's in the States otherwise I'd be seriously tempted.
Dave
On 10/14/06, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since I got laid off, I need to sell my '68 Mustang, and soon.
If ANYone here knows someone who might be even slightly interested, could
you forward my craigslist ad to
I bet it hurts to hit your nose like that...
Cotty wrote:
On 10/13/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I often just leave the lens cap on and imagine.
I believe you;
I've seen your work.
cheers,
frank
Walked straight into that one. Ouch.
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On Oct 14, 2006, at 2:18 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Great save! Of course, with film you'd have had a bigger frame to
start with ;))
Huh? If the nose was clipped on film, there would be no recovering
anything.
The edge of the film would be further than the edge of the sensor, so
there'd
It shows 10xx in stock, but out of stock when checked out. I went ahead
placing the order anyway and see what will happen. :-)
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10064635catid=11433logon=langid=EN
Out of stock, at
On 14/10/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If one were to be technically accurate, then one would understand that
an APS-C sized digital sensor represents a different format from 35mm
film.
The different format being 18x27mm (or whatever, I'm not going to go
look it up).
This is as
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From: Digital Image Studio
Subject: Re: Thoughts on the digital format. Re: The JCO survey
On 14/10/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Then the legacy will be a register distance that was designed to
accommodate 35mm FF image area and lenses that mos
Just a heads up - Mini PDML get together in London (UK) on Sunday
October 15th.
Time: 2 - 2.15pm
Location: Outside Camden Town Tube Station
Beacon: Cotty - 6'5 with blue cap on
Occasion: Godfrey's UK Tour
Highlights: Camden Market, locks and canal, hustle and bustle
Names here please
1. Godders
What does this say about that High-end cameras do not sell well crap?
It just says that they really screwed up their pricing to me. If they
really had a handle on the market they would have priced it below the
competition but not sub US$1000 (which seems to be the current cascade
pricing
On 13/10/06, Russell Kerstetter, discombobulated, unleashed:
btw Cotty, I too only have 99 invitations left, so you had better
hurry and make up your mind (although, I suppose that I could invite
myself which would give me 198...)
If I had the time, I'd have all 99 off you and subscribe them up
JCO,
It is a waste of time trying to converse with an idiot like you. I
will not bother.
G
On Oct 14, 2006, at 2:13 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
You clueless. First of all there are EXTERIORS
As well as interiors where you are going to
Need more rise than the shift lenses for medium
Format
On 13/10/06, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed:
I think Cotty's looking for invites...
Always.
The one I accepted is subscribed to the PDML - this was about a year ago
at least. Can't even remember how to access it. Should be filling up
nicely
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On 14/10/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
Thanks for organizing, Cotty!
All I did was post details as they were mooted :-)
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On 14/10/06, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Selling fewer bodies for a higher price would be worse than disappointing a
few people by pushing back the ship date, or not being able to meet initial
demand. At the very least, people who get their cameras first will create a
buzz about the
Pretty close to my experience.
The Mac OS X software display calibration utility works very well,
but a hardware colorimeter improved the curve just enough to make my
print output absolutely consistent with what is on the display, every
time, and has saved quite a lot of paper and ink. :-)
On 14/10/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
It's a metaphor for the angst we all feel when confronted by an
essentially uncaring universe, and a zeitgeist that celebrates shallow
Warholian fame over self-knowledge and the search for being,
obviously.
You go straight into Pseud's Corner!
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A simple apeture cam sensor is not the same as
An entire body you twit. It IS economincally
Feasable aa it is about a $5 part, remember?
jco
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
William Robb
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 1:53 AM
To:
Yes. The T90 was a highly desireable camera on the used
Market a while back ( still is? I don't know ).
I suspect that all of the mint to near mint high
End film bodies for FD are still worth good money
Even in thise ere of EOS and DSLRS.
jco
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No, he implied that the younger crowd was using
SLRS more than the old fogies. I did not and still
Do not agree. The younger crowd are more likely
To not even know what a SLR is let alone buy one
Compared to the veterans IMHO...
jco
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I'm looking forward to seeing everyone. Today's photo expedition was
a nice long trundle through Richmond Park ... exhausting but worth
it!
It's the rutting season, isn't it? - hope you got some worthwhile
shots.
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On 14/10/06, J. C. O'Connell, discombobulated, unleashed:
Freedom of the press.
See, he's not such a bad bloke after all.
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Yeah back then but not now. And of course we were
NOY talking about first time buyers only, we were
Talking about all SLR buyers. Of course the first time
Buyers are going to be younger than all slr buyers/users.
jco
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
The two statements do not contradict. Whats your point?
Pentax is the one doing this stupid stuff, not me.
jco
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
William Robb
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 12:31 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re:
The latest mount doesn't support K/M, that's
Doesn't mean K/M was precluded for A/F/FA/DA
And its not. You knew that too but continue
To make the dumbest replies possible just to
Stir up shit. Its pure 100% bullshit and I wish you would
Just stop with it.
jco
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From:
On Oct 14, 2006, at 8:26 AM, David Mann wrote:
On Oct 14, 2006, at 2:18 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Great save! Of course, with film you'd have had a bigger frame to
start with ;))
Huh? If the nose was clipped on film, there would be no recovering
anything.
The edge of the film would
No you missed my reply to this. If I have to buy new Pentax
Lenses just to get the functions back my current lenses already
Have then I am essentially starting from scratch. I would
Rather switch to a better system like Canon EOS if I have
To do that. The only reason for sticking with pentax
You are an asshole. You cannot be serious if you think
What canon did was worse because it wasn't. Not supporting
Lenses by removing a $5 part is far far worse than anything
Canon has ever done.
jco
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
William
On Oct 14, 2006, at 5:20 AM, Gasha wrote:
Wide angle is a must for p67.
Otherwise, what's the point shooting medium format?
Glass is glass... I've shot some of my favourite 6x7 landscapes at
300mm.
Having said that I have occasionally found myself wanting a 35mm
rectilinear :)
- Dave
On Oct 13, 2006, at 11:29 PM, John Celio wrote:
The 90mm, if I recall correctly, has a leaf shutter in it which
allows for
high-speed flash sync.
There are two versions: one with a leaf shutter and one without.
The 67's normal flash sync is 1/30, I believe
(someone correct me if I'm
On Oct 14, 2006, at 10:41 AM, Cotty wrote:
I often just leave the lens cap on and imagine.
Would that make it a pinhead lens?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Cotty
Sent: 14 October 2006 08:58
To: pentax list
Subject: Re: The JCO survey
On 14/10/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
It's a metaphor for the angst we all feel when confronted by an
On Oct 13, 2006, at 11:17 PM, J and K Messervy wrote:
What's this lens like? Any good? It's not particularly wide, but
I've
found one that's affordable.
I have one and really like it. I deliberately purchased it over the
105mm as I'm highly fond of the field-of-view of the 43mm lens in
On Oct 14, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Bob W wrote:
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone. Today's photo expedition was
a nice long trundle through Richmond Park ... exhausting but worth
it!
It's the rutting season, isn't it? - hope you got some worthwhile
shots.
Yes it is! Got a good look at one
On Oct 14, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Cotty wrote:
On 14/10/06, J. C. O'Connell, discombobulated, unleashed:
Freedom of the press.
See, he's not such a bad bloke after all.
What this means in 'JCO speak' is that he wants the ability to whinge
and moan with the same old tired shite ad nauseam.
On 10/14/06, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A simple apeture cam sensor is not the same as
An entire body you twit. It IS economincally
Feasable aa it is about a $5 part, remember?
jco
$5/unit
13 000 units/month
Assuming a 12 month production run:
13 000x12x5 = $780 000
When
Bruce Dayton wrote:
This scene just caught my eye with the bright tree out in front and
the darker, similar tree back in the shadows. A visual echo to me.
Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4 @ 18mm, Handheld
ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/13
http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_.htm
Comments welcome
On Oct 14, 2006, at 9:09 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Yes. The T90 was a highly desireable camera on the used
Market a while back ( still is? I don't know ).
I suspect that all of the mint to near mint high
End film bodies for FD are still worth good money
Even in thise ere of EOS and DSLRS.
On Oct 14, 2006, at 5:18 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
And here you go:
http://www.members.aol.com/figgaro/400.jpg
'Scuse me, I need to change my trousers.
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But isnt the Raw capture still only 12 bits
And arent most serious users only shooting raw
Mode?
jco
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Roman
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 2:59 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: K10D 22 bit A/D conversion
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, John Celio wrote:
This is a call for everyone to just shut the f*ck up
Since you put it so nicely, I will go out of my way. You are such a
motivator.
Kostas
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After selling the A 50 mm. 1.2 and A 15 mm. 3.5, I still have some items
left:
Tokina 28-70 2.6-2.8 ATX Pro II (for Pentax AF). LN in box, including
both caps, hood and instruction manual. A very well made, fast pro zoom.
220 euros.
SMC Pentax 85 mm. 1.8 (K series)+ original lens hood, well
David Savage wrote:
It's a shame it's in the States otherwise I'd be seriously tempted.
Dave
On 10/14/06, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since I got laid off, I need to sell my '68 Mustang, and soon.
If ANYone here knows someone who might be even slightly interested, could
you
On 14/10/06, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But isnt the Raw capture still only 12 bits
And arent most serious users only shooting raw
Mode?
The image capture in camera is 22 bits wide, the pixel data is then
subjected to gamma transforms, black point adjustment, colour channel
gain
The first address is to the Pentax 67 dicussion group on Photo.net.
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a?topic_id=35category=Pentax+67
Unfortunately there are no threads on aperture simulators! That makes
it a bit slow but of high quality - like the camera itself
This chap has done a survey of all
On 14/10/06, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/14/06, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A simple apeture cam sensor is not the same as
An entire body you twit. It IS economincally
Feasable aa it is about a $5 part, remember?
jco
$5/unit
13 000 units/month
Assuming a
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
You clueless.
JC I have had enough. Your language is unacceptable. Bye-bye.
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Shock. My condolences to you and the rest of his family.
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William Robb wrote:
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From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: The JCO survey
I am a potential NEW DSLR CAMERA BUYER.
I want the feature and am willing to
Pay for it. Just because I have legacy
Lenses doesn't mean I am not a new customer.
I would/will be if they
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Listen you dumbshit, you said pentax would
Be kissing my ass for making a camers with
Legacy support, NO THEY WOULDN'T. I would
Be paying good money for it and I would be
A PENTAX customer.
jco
John, your continuing childish attitude, as well as your out-of-control
You can't be serious saying the removal of the aperture simulator is
worse than the complete abandonment of a mount.
K/M lenses will still mount to a new Pentax body and you can still
take photographs with them.
And before you go off and scream at me that Canon improved their
mount, I wonder how
On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, William Robb wrote:
From: Digital Image Studio
Subject: Re: Thoughts on the digital format. Re: The JCO survey
On 14/10/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Then the legacy will be a register distance that was designed to
accommodate 35mm FF image area and lenses
William Robb wrote:
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From: Cotty
Subject: Re: The JCO survey
I have read most of this thread, glanced through the rest, and I must
admit to being slightly confused.
What is it actually about?
At this point, I am seeing how long I can yank John's chain
On 10/14/06, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 14/10/06, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/14/06, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A simple apeture cam sensor is not the same as
An entire body you twit. It IS economincally
Feasable aa it is about a $5
On 14/10/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
What this means in 'JCO speak' is that he wants the ability to whinge
and moan with the same old tired shite ad nauseam.
As is his unassailable right. Then pity us for reading it.
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This was a series of four shots that ended up being my first successful pano
stitch. I'd been trying for ages with different software to get a good
stitch and hadn't had any success. This series of shots had everything
going against them; rippling water, clouds, foreground detail and far
Looks good to me James.
Was it shot with a tripod or handheld.
Dave
On 10/14/06, J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This was a series of four shots that ended up being my first successful pano
stitch. I'd been trying for ages with different software to get a good
stitch and hadn't
Thanks mate. That one was hand held.
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From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: PESO - my first successful pano stitch
Looks good to me James.
Was it shot with a tripod or
On 14/10/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Didn't Olympus do that with the 4/3? How are they doing?
Maintaining the K mount (to a degree) means that Pentax can crawl back
to a 36x24mm sensor body if APS sensor line runs out of steam. 4/3 was
destined to fail from the start (and
Panoramas are a lot of fun, once you get the technicalities worked out.
When Rob Studdert was over last year he gave me some very useful
practical tutorials for taking pano's.
A couple of the results from that shoot are here:
http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/GESO/GESO_007/geso_007_2.htm
I was
On 14/10/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 14/10/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
What this means in 'JCO speak' is that he wants the ability to whinge
and moan with the same old tired shite ad nauseam.
As is his unassailable right. Then pity us for reading it.
Finally
On 10/14/06, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 14/10/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 14/10/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
What this means in 'JCO speak' is that he wants the ability to whinge
and moan with the same old tired shite ad nauseam.
As
Mark Roberts wrote:
mike wilson wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
William Robb wrote:
Where is the economic advantage to them to put a feature on a camera of
little benefit to a very small % of the user base?
One user being willing to buy a feature doesn't make a very rational
argument for
Why must you continue to use such abusive language. You only prove to the
world what a childish moron you are.
The point of using the Leica M as a reference was to indicate that focusing
is not necessary for certain types of shooting situations. I am talking
about shooting WITHOUT focusing, by
On Oct 14, 2006, at 1:34 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Freedom of the press.
Where is that hiding?
Bob
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Hi Bruce nice shot. My only little nit is the burnt out sky in the
upper left corner.. Adding a little blue, as we discussed a week or so
back with another of your photos, might make a nice improvement.
A warm-toned BW conversion might be interesting. I can literally see this
as a Portiga
On 14/10/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But if they go for Pentax now, seeing it as good value for money why
won't they go for something else when they have money for quality?
Yes, that's what I've been reading amongst these pearls; P is for
Pentax is for penny pinching pariahs
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You still have to put in the focal length for SR, the aperture simulator
is not going to help you there. In fact, you could make the firmware
remember your lens history and let you select from that for much quicker
setup when you power on.
With the new bodies, you cannot do multi-segment
Who said anything about focusing? See my subsequent post.
BTW, I'm not the only one who sometimes shoots in that manner.
Cartier-Bresson did, Gary Winogrand did, Robert Capa did, WES did at times,
I know Elliott Erwitt did, Weegee did, as did many other great
photographers - not that I'm
My father-in-law is 94 years old and going strong. But they did take
away his driver's license a couple of years ago. (Didn't stop him from
driving of course).
But he is still p.o.'d As he tells it, when he got his drivers license
for $.50 in 1926, they told him that it was good for life. And
Huh? Pentax started with what are said to be very fine FA-series 645
lenses several years ago, primes and 2-3 good zooms. They were the
first medium format camera to go to auto-focus and did it very well.
With backward compatibility to the older A lenses.
If you mean that they had nothing
I'll look for it. If I can find it, I'll send it. If Godders is
listening, he'll know where to find it on a Mac. Yo Godders!
Paul
On Oct 14, 2006, at 1:46 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
Would you care to send me the ICC profile generated for the monitor if
you can locate it? I wouldn't mind
Russell Kerstetter wrote:
I would also like
to be demeaned.
Ok. your mother wears combat boots.
I also think that we should have a survey:
Would you subscribe to AOL if they offered a hi-speed aperture
simulator and you could pay with gmail invitations?
Silly, Russell. AOL is free now!
Silly, Russell. AOL is free now!
does that mean that I do not have to pay for PBS either?!?! man... I
*am* silly!
russell
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Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 14/10/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Seems like they know quite a lot. They're currently the biggest
comeback story in the camera biz.
Not from where I'm viewing it (I probably have far more in depth
resources from which to gauge their progress
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