Re: Dave's new bike (was: The momentous day is here)

2006-12-12 Thread David Mann
On Dec 11, 2006, at 9:19 PM, Bob W wrote: >> You can use gearbox bikes on gnarly terrain; they just need to be >> built for it :) >> >> http://www.laharbikes.com/ [...] > > Try a Rohloff: > http://www.rohloff.de/en/home/index.html A Rohloff hub is what Lahar uses :) They mount their gearbox in

Re: PESO: Post-impressionist's motorcycle

2006-12-12 Thread David Mann
On Dec 13, 2006, at 1:55 AM, SJ wrote: > funnily enough :) the same thing happens with me too. can't ever > access > robertstech.com from home but no problems at the workplace... It times out for me, but my ISP doesn't exactly have the best reputation so it's probably been blacklisted. - Dav

Re: has anyone tried the FA 300mm on a K10D yet?

2006-12-12 Thread David Mann
On Dec 12, 2006, at 11:12 PM, John Forbes wrote: > I don't think you are correct. Canon says SR doesn't work with long > lenses. :-) Yes but "long" doesn't start until you have at least two 2x TCs on a 600mm lens. - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 12, 2006, at 9:31 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: >> I think its simply calibrated better for the class of users that >> Pentax expected to be interested in it, and that user group is more >> inclined to use RAW and higher-end fine tuning of JPEGs destined for >> post processing rather than print

Re: Pentax right angle viewer

2006-12-12 Thread John Celio
> Does anybody know if the old Spotmatic era right angle magnified viewer > will > fit the K10D? It shouldn't. The Spotmatic and K-series viewfinders are smaller than viewfinders on all M- and later models. I have right angle finders for both and just double-checked. You might be able to fin

Re: PESO: Girls, Girls, Girls

2006-12-12 Thread Doug Franklin
Paul Stenquist wrote: > Another pic from the wedding shoot: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5321317&size=lg > K10D, DA 16-45, f4.5, 1/25th, ISO 100, flash bounced off the ceiling "Wedding 69"? None of them are upside down! :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Excellent, great to hear it. G On Dec 12, 2006, at 7:35 PM, Walter Hamler wrote: > I figured it out. I forgot to move the file/format plugin into the > Elements > 4 plugin folder. Now it works right!! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.

RE: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread Jens Bladt
Adding a film look to ones photographs can easily be done (at the present moment) - by using film. These were - of course - done more than 30 years ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157594413264675/show/ Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype:

January PUG

2006-12-12 Thread John Francis
The deadline is approaching - what's the theme this month? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Girls, Girls, Girls

2006-12-12 Thread Gabriel Cain
Paul Stenquist wrote: > Another pic from the wedding shoot: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5321317&size=lg > K10D, DA 16-45, f4.5, 1/25th, ISO 100, flash bounced off the ceiling Nicely composed. Good job, Paul. Gabriel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Finally, I managed to extract the most necessary bit of information from you, Godfrey! I'll get to that in due course. > My large "-half" size renderings are only 1000 pixels on the vertical > dimension at best. That is insufficient to image at the quality I > desire for A3 size prints. And

Re: OT: why won't my raw converter covert? - nevermind....

2006-12-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Got photoshop 5.0 no problem converting now. but I don't much like the way it is set up otherwise another case of changing things you do have to change. ann suffering from "post party depression" :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml

Re: TV & 7's wedding...

2006-12-12 Thread Jerome Reyes
Congrats, Tom!!! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Walter Hamler
I figured it out. I forgot to move the file/format plugin into the Elements 4 plugin folder. Now it works right!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Stan Halpin
I have the same problem. DNG from K10D, opened in PE 4.0 on the Mac, I am only offered the option of saving as a .dng or .DNG! The only way I have found to get out of the DNG format in PE 4.0 (or 3.x, before I finally installed the upgrade last week) is to do a Batch Process. That will work on h

DCPDML this Saturday

2006-12-12 Thread Stan Halpin
Reminder - a passel of Pentaxistas will parlay prime weather into a photo outing this Saturday in the grater DC environs. Four of us so far, (me, Scott Loveless, Mike Beaker, Cesar) with many of the regulars out of town or otherwise engaged. Contact me if you for details if you may be able to jo

RE: Pentax Interview III

2006-12-12 Thread Rod Connan
Ken Many thanks for this addition to the series - Read it immediately I found it and it was very interesting Rod -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K.Takeshita Hi folks, Several days ago, I promised to translate yet another interview artic

Re: TV & 7's wedding...

2006-12-12 Thread Gonz
I like 5350, nice shot. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there! > > I must apologize for not only be silent on the list but not even being able > to lurk :-( > > I am now situated in Baltimore, Maryland - DCPDML gatherings abound :-) > > I will be back in the warmer confines of Florida starting

PESO: Girls, Girls, Girls

2006-12-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Another pic from the wedding shoot: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5321317&size=lg K10D, DA 16-45, f4.5, 1/25th, ISO 100, flash bounced off the ceiling -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Daddy's Girl

2006-12-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Stan. On Dec 12, 2006, at 9:03 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > I like it. Almost all of the ancillary elements bring you back to the > in-focus main story, the smile on the lady's face. The two changes > that > would make it perfect would be if the musicbox player was looking > right > at the

RE: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread Jack Davis
You may be absolutely right in what you say. Jack --- "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But the "look" is similar. I forgot to > post that in either of these cases > the film grain is NOT an issue. Its more > the tonal range captured and the look > of the extreme highlights. Film ca

Re: Re[2]: Understanding ProPhoto RGB - or not

2006-12-12 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 13/12/06, Cory Papenfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, for example, if one were to apply a cloudy WB vs. a tungsten > WB, the red channel gain would likely be at least a bit (i.e. f-stop) or > two different. It makes sense to chose a different "dynamic range" for > each channel base

RE: ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread J. C. O'Connell
and its pronounced "Dung" files... :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:42 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: ACR and K10D On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 08:36:40PM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrot

TV & 7's wedding...

2006-12-12 Thread cesar_abdul
Hi there! I must apologize for not only be silent on the list but not even being able to lurk :-( I am now situated in Baltimore, Maryland - DCPDML gatherings abound :-) I will be back in the warmer confines of Florida starting next week through the New Year though... Anyhow, I really should

RE: ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread David Savage
At 11:52 AM 13/12/2006, J. C. O'Connell wrote: >and its pronounced "Dung" files... >:) I pronounce it D - N - G. I also call .psd files, P - S - D. "Pi55ed" doesn't do down well in polite company :-) >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >

Re: ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hmm. ACR shouldn't care, but I have no experience with PE4.0. Perhaps the workflow settings (bit depth) are preventing you from saving in the format you want. G On Dec 12, 2006, at 6:38 PM, Walter Hamler wrote: > I ain't using CS2, I'm using PE 4.0 > > Walt > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Black on black

2006-12-12 Thread P. J. Alling
You're both EVIL:, EVIL I say. William Robb wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "David Savage" > Subject: Re: Black on black > > > >> It needs one of the black limited lenses fitted. I recommend the 31mm. >> > > :-) Like this? > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/i_suck/

Re: OT: why won't my raw converter covert?

2006-12-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Dave - Well I have done a few things and nothing works... it converts stuff on the cf card that I shot with the Rebel but not the things that I shot with the pro-1 in the past couple of days. before that, I had no problem shooting raw and converting with the pro-1 although I didnt do it much.

Re: ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, My apologies. I have three kids who graduated from Downers Grove North highschool -- Abbreviated DGN, and obviously imbedded in my neural pathways. I'll try to stop doing this. (DNG, DNG, DNG, DNG, DNG, DNG, DNG, DNG) Regards, Bob S. On 12/12/06, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Iridient's RAW Developer and Silkypix both work with K10D PEF files now. All the Adobe products that work with DNG files will work with K10D DNG files, many others will as well (like iView MediaPro). Some (like Apple's Aperture and iPhoto) do not implement the DNG specification fully and so

Re: ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread John Francis
> I tried to open DNG Raws from the K10 in my ACR ver3.5. It would open > but not save and then reopen the saved file. Also only gives me the > option to save as a dng file again. Could not open, and save in any > other format in PE 4.0. > Am I missing a step or something else here? > > Walt

Re: ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 08:36:40PM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Walt, > I don't think the vendors are up to snuff yet. > Only the Pentax supplied software works for the PEF files. > I can get DGN files to work with Photoshop Elements 5.0. > Regards, Bob S. Bob - this has been nagging at me for so

RE: Re[2]: Understanding ProPhoto RGB - or not

2006-12-12 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I bet the 22 bit deal is so they dont get the degenerative interpolation errors with the various digital signal processes that they would have gotten if they stayed at 16 bit or lower max. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Francis Se

Re: Re[2]: Understanding ProPhoto RGB - or not

2006-12-12 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 08:54:25PM -0500, Cory Papenfuss wrote: > > Most likely the reason for using 22-bits was so that variable-gain > analog amplifiers and fixed-full-scale-voltage A/D's were NOT used. For > ISO 100, choose bits 10-22. For ISO 200 choose bits 9-21. ISO 400 choose >

Re: Re[2]: Understanding ProPhoto RGB - or not

2006-12-12 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 13/12/06, Cory Papenfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umm... sorry. I'll have to throw the "bullshit flag" on that > play. If one measures and analog voltage at 22-bits, does nothing to it, > and then throws away the least-significant 10 bits to produce 12-bits, the > results are abso

Re: ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Walt, I don't think the vendors are up to snuff yet. Only the Pentax supplied software works for the PEF files. I can get DGN files to work with Photoshop Elements 5.0. Regards, Bob S. On 12/12/06, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried to open DNG Raws from the K10 in my ACR ver3.5.

Re: Re[2]: Understanding ProPhoto RGB - or not

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 12, 2006, at 5:54 PM, Cory Papenfuss wrote: > Umm... sorry. I'll have to throw the "bullshit flag" on that > play. If one measures and analog voltage at 22-bits, does nothing > to it, > and then throws away the least-significant 10 bits to produce 12- > bits, the > results are a

Re: ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
There's something wrong with your installation of Photoshop CS2. My system: Mac OS X v10.4.8 Photoshop CS2 v9.0.2 Camera Raw v3.6 -Open .DNG file direct from camera -Make settings -Save as button permits TIFF, PSD, JPEG, etc outputs through the dialog and popup menu. I processed 122 of the fil

ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Walter Hamler
I ain't using CS2, I'm using PE 4.0 Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Joseph Tainter
I tried to open DNG Raws from the K10 in my ACR ver3.5. It would open but not save and then reopen the saved file. Also only gives me the option to save as a dng file again. Could not open, and save in any other format in PE 4.0. I downloaded ACR 3.6 and get the same results. The Pentax Lab work

Re: Pentax right angle viewer

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Right, you need the Refconverter compatible with the Pentax ME and later eyepiece oculars. I bought an Olympus VariMagni finder instead ... used for $85. Works great, although it does give a L-R reversed image. Godfrey On Dec 12, 2006, at 5:13 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Probably not. The M

Re: Daddy's Girl

2006-12-12 Thread Stan Halpin
I like it. Almost all of the ancillary elements bring you back to the in-focus main story, the smile on the lady's face. The two changes that would make it perfect would be if the musicbox player was looking right at the couple rather than past them, and if the second lady on the right were loo

RE: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread J. C. O'Connell
But the "look" is similar. I forgot to post that in either of these cases the film grain is NOT an issue. Its more the tonal range captured and the look of the extreme highlights. Film captures more but the curves are not straight, there is a knee on the hightlights. Whereas digital can't capture

ACR and K10D

2006-12-12 Thread Walter Hamler
I tried to open DNG Raws from the K10 in my ACR ver3.5. It would open but not save and then reopen the saved file. Also only gives me the option to save as a dng file again. Could not open, and save in any other format in PE 4.0. I downloaded ACR 3.6 and get the same results. The Pentax Lab work

Re: K10D battery grip

2006-12-12 Thread Adam Maas
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Dec 11, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > >> Does the battery grip come with a battery? > > No. (I've never seen an optional battery grip for any camera come > with a battery.) > > Godfrey The most popular way to get a Canon grip includes a battery. But that

RE: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread Jack Davis
I've had the same experience. Stills, by their nature, may lend themselves to more scrutiny. Jack --- "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My interpretation of the "film look" is like > watching a high quality movie ( 70mm print ) > vs. a high defintion live video broadcast > ( more lik

Re: Black on black

2006-12-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "David Savage" Subject: Re: Black on black >It needs one of the black limited lenses fitted. I recommend the 31mm. :-) Like this? http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/i_suck/k1031.html Dave (doing his part for enablement) It's a noble cause. William

Re: Request for photos

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Happens all the time. I had three people request usage rights for a couple of pictures. All three were from Australia ... by the time I got the email 10-12 hours later, their deadlines were up and they had to go with a different photo from a local photographer. Godfrey On Dec 12, 2006, at 3

Re: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread Jack Davis
Bingo! Image handling is everything. Jack --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Jack Davis" > Subject: The "Film Look" > > > > Pentax engineers (and others) refer to a desirable digital image > goal > > as having a "film look". To me, that mean

Re: Merry Xmas from Toy Town

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 12, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > Well crud. Now that I have typed all of that, I pulled down a copy > that I could pull up in Photoshop and show the funkiness of the > histogram - and it's displaying much darker in Photoshop than it is > on my display in Firefox. (This is

Re: Re[2]: Understanding ProPhoto RGB - or not

2006-12-12 Thread Cory Papenfuss
> Thats not true. Nikon and Canon both do a lot of their own sensor to > digital representation processing too, ya know? And their RAW data is > just as much RAW as anyone else's. I don't know what quantization > they use in their A-D converter; I suspect it's greater than 12 bits > at least in the

RE: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread J. C. O'Connell
My interpretation of the "film look" is like watching a high quality movie ( 70mm print ) vs. a high defintion live video broadcast ( more like the "digital" look ). jco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" Subject: The "Film Look" > Pentax engineers (and others) refer to a desirable digital image goal > as having a "film look". To me, that means grain. > Each viewer will have a somewhat different interpretation of such a > statement, but is there so

RE: Request for photos

2006-12-12 Thread Bob W
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tom C > Sent: 12 December 2006 23:47 > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Request for photos > > In that case it was an e-mail that took over two weeks to > reach my inbox, > because I just received it

Re: Pentax right angle viewer

2006-12-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Probably not. The M version probably will. Bill Lawlor wrote: > Does anybody know if the old Spotmatic era right angle magnified viewer will > fit the K10D? > > Thanks, Bill Lawlor > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Eins

Re: Daddy's Girl

2006-12-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
By the way, I did a new RAW conversion of this and a new BW conversion, all with the aim of maintaining a better range of grays in the flesh tones. The crop is slightly different as well. (The accordian player made the cut:-). It's still here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5321423&

Re: Daddy's Girl

2006-12-12 Thread Kenneth Waller
Kenneth Waller > I like the accordeon player very much >there, slightly out of focus, because it helps in telling the story. >Without >the player, it could be just a hug. The real judge here is the bride & groom. ;+) Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Frits Wüthrich" <[EMAIL PR

Re:Pentax right angle viewer

2006-12-12 Thread Bill Lawlor
Does anybody know if the old Spotmatic era right angle magnified viewer will fit the K10D? Thanks, Bill Lawlor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: K10D in Israel

2006-12-12 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 13/12/06, Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > >>more precisely it's premium to get it _anywhere_ outside of the USA. > >>Price here in the UK is about £600 which is almost the same. > > > > Where did you find it for that price??? > > > > The biggest seller in the UK is char

Re: Daddy's Girl

2006-12-12 Thread Kenneth Waller
>>Nice capture Paul, but the accordion player is an intrusion. > > Aren't they always? ;-) ROTF but not LMAO! ;+) Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 8:51 AM Subject: Re: Daddy's Gi

Re: Black on black

2006-12-12 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 13/12/06, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks bronze on bronze to me. Has my monitor drifted that far? Since I > can not remember when I last calibrated it, I guess that is possible. Your monitor is fine. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EM

Re: Peso Prying eyes

2006-12-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Is the tree still standing? no broken bulbs? :) cute as a bugs ear, Dave ann David J Brooks wrote: >When ever we put up our Christmas tree, i seem to get this feeling i'm >being watched. > >Happened to have a camera handy and took this shot, before it disappeared. > >D200 with pop up flash. A

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread ann sanfedele
687 is my fave... lots of good stuff - but that works the best for me. ann Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Aside from speed testing, that is. > >I went for a walk today and filled a 2G card with K10D RAW/DNG >exposures. I put the FA20-35 on it, used autofocus almost >exclusively, and just went s

Re: K10D in Israel

2006-12-12 Thread Peter Lacus
Hi Rob, >>>Bit of a premium to get it to Israel, eh? >> >>more precisely it's premium to get it _anywhere_ outside of the USA. >>Price here in the UK is about £600 which is almost the same. And if you >>add some lenses it's probably worth to fly across the ocean to get them. > > Hmm, they are sel

Re: Black on black

2006-12-12 Thread graywolf
Looks bronze on bronze to me. Has my monitor drifted that far? Since I can not remember when I last calibrated it, I guess that is possible. Margus Männik wrote: > Hi all, > just a picture without any comments :) > http://www.eol.ee/~margus/misc/imgp3223a.jpg > > (taken with Pentax 43WR) > > B

Re: K10D in Israel

2006-12-12 Thread John Forbes
http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/index3.asp?id=48§ion=Pentax&set=3 (and scroll down) Body only, £599. They are expecting supplies this week, and have enough for their pre-orders. They may also have a few extra, if you are lucky. John On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:17:13 -, mike wilson <[EMAI

Re: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread Jack Davis
Have, for many years, been a big fan and user "essentially grainless" 25, 50 and 100 ISO films. These were/are the films that I have replaced with digital, not so much for its work flow advantage, but because I see a cleaner more detrailed image. If film is your thing, knock yourself out. Jack -

Re: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread Jack Davis
Have, for many years, been a big fan and user "essentially grainless" 25, 50 and 100 ISO films. These were/are the films that I have replaced with digital, not so much for its work flow advantage, but because I see a cleaner more detrailed image. If film is your thing, knock yourself out. Jack -

Re: K10D in Israel

2006-12-12 Thread Peter Lacus
Hi Mike, >>more precisely it's premium to get it _anywhere_ outside of the USA. >>Price here in the UK is about £600 which is almost the same. > > Where did you find it for that price??? > > The biggest seller in the UK is charging £850 with the 18-55 (coming > soon.) for example her

Re: K10D in Israel

2006-12-12 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 13/12/06, Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Godfrey, > > > Bit of a premium to get it to Israel, eh? > > more precisely it's premium to get it _anywhere_ outside of the USA. > Price here in the UK is about £600 which is almost the same. And if you > add some lenses it's probably worth to

Re: Black on black

2006-12-12 Thread John Coyle
M - luxurious! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: "Margus Männik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 6:14 AM Subject: Black on black > Hi all, > just a picture without any comments :) > http://www.eol

Re: Re: K10D at 'The Online Photographer'

2006-12-12 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 13/12/06, DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fra: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On 12/12/06, DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > If you have three sensors, and they have, the difference between two > > > sensors with the same orientation but positioned on opposite si

Re: Daddy's Girl

2006-12-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Frits. Yes, I felt the accordian player was important here as well. Father and daughter were dancing between the tables in an old Polish restaurant. Without the accordian player, the story is lost. The composition could have been stronger, but it's candid. I didn't want to stage it.

Re: Request for photos

2006-12-12 Thread Tom C
In that case it was an e-mail that took over two weeks to reach my inbox, because I just received it Sunday night. I went back and looked at the headers and it was sent Sunday November 26. Oh well, it show hows unprofessional the whole thing might have been. I was being given less than 24 hour

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread cbwaters
I had virtually the same thought. "How in the world" could one fill a 2GB card in one walk?" Cory - Original Message - From: "Jerome Reyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:16 AM Subject: Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D >>

Re: Request for photos

2006-12-12 Thread mike wilson
Tom C wrote: > I figure she made a typo somewhere. > I need to finish editing by Monday 27th at 7am (CE time), and delivery of printed material for investors must be 7.12.2006. Guess what day 27th of November was? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/li

Re: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread mike wilson
Jack Davis wrote: > Pentax engineers (and others) refer to a desirable digital image goal > as having a "film look". To me, that means grain. > Each viewer will have a somewhat different interpretation of such a > statement, but is there some general generic understanding as to what > that means?

Re: Black on black

2006-12-12 Thread David Savage
It needs one of the black limited lenses fitted. I recommend the 31mm. :-) Dave (doing his part for enablement) Nice photo BTW On 12/13/06, Margus Männik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > just a picture without any comments :) > http://www.eol.ee/~margus/misc/imgp3223a.jpg > > (taken with

Re: K10D in Israel

2006-12-12 Thread mike wilson
Peter Lacus wrote: > Godfrey, > > >>Bit of a premium to get it to Israel, eh? > > > more precisely it's premium to get it _anywhere_ outside of the USA. > Price here in the UK is about £600 which is almost the same. Where did you find it for that price??? The biggest seller in the UK i

Re: Request for photos

2006-12-12 Thread Tom C
I figure she made a typo somewhere. Tom C. >From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: Request for photos >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:58:05 + > >27th of what, though? She definitely says that 7th of December is

Re: B&H's weird ordering blackouts

2006-12-12 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>Behalf Of mike wilson >>Sent: 12 December 2006 10:24 >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>Subject: RE: B&H's weird ordering blackouts >> >> >> >>>From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Date: 2006/12/11 Mo

Re: street (random) portraits, my 2¢

2006-12-12 Thread keith_w
Roman wrote: > http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20060820100454 > ^^^ Just my 2¢ for what year 2006 was... quite nice, no? Doesn't do anything for me...in any way. But, thanks for posting it. SOMEbody might be interested. ;-) keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdm

Re: Re[2]: Understanding ProPhoto RGB - or not

2006-12-12 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 13/12/06, Boros Attila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Mark, > > Tuesday, December 12, 2006, 4:06:14 PM, you wrote: > > MR> The color space settings on your camera only affect JPEG capture. > MR> Reichmann is talking about shooting RAW, in which case you're getting > MR> the (hardware-depende

Re: Request for photos

2006-12-12 Thread mike wilson
27th of what, though? She definitely says that 7th of December is when she has to hand the finished articles out. In her version of English. Which is, assuredly, better than my Croatian. ann sanfedele wrote: > Time to clean your glasses again, Mike :) > 27th is the deadline > > ann > > mik

Re: Toy town Xmas

2006-12-12 Thread Michael Levy
> Below is a link that shows the difference I'm seeing - on the left- > hand side is a fraction of the file from within Photoshop, overlaid > with the histogram from (again) Photoshop. On the right half is the > Firefox screen that is right below Photoshop, and it is noticeably > brighter/lighter.

Re: Understanding ProPhoto RGB - or not

2006-12-12 Thread Gonz
According to wikipedia (insert appropriate disclaimer here): > It has been suggested that women who are carriers for variant cone pigments > may be born as full tetrachromats, having four different simultaneously > functioning kinds of cones to pick up different colors.[1] However, this has >

Re: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread Jack Davis
Everyone will then want the "digital look". Jack --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know, I know. Use film. > > Scott Loveless wrote: > > On 12/12/06, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Pentax engineers (and others) refer to a desirable digital image > goal > >> as

Re: Our albino deer

2006-12-12 Thread Michael Levy
> Very interesting. Where are you located? East Aurora NY -- 20 miles outside Buffalo -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Understanding ProPhoto RGB - or not

2006-12-12 Thread Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail)
Mark Roberts a écrit : > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > >> Selecting a colorspace is not a matter of "which is better than the >> other", it's a matter of how much data you can capture vs editing >> flexibility vs what device will you be presenting a rendering on. >> > > Rule of thumb: Whe

Re: The "Film Look"

2006-12-12 Thread Jack Davis
I don't think I can conjure up that much "nice" without hurting myself somehow. =) Jack --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/12/06, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pentax engineers (and others) refer to a desirable digital image > goal > > as having a "film look". To me

Re: Black on black

2006-12-12 Thread j
Very Nice..Jay At 03:14 PM 12/12/06, you wrote: >Hi all, >just a picture without any comments :) >http://www.eol.ee/~margus/misc/imgp3223a.jpg > >(taken with Pentax 43WR) > >BR, Margus > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDM

Re: Daddy's Girl

2006-12-12 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Funny how people can see it differently, I like the accordeon player very much there, slightly out of focus, because it helps in telling the story. Without the player, it could be just a hug. If I may ad some comment: perhaps the accordeon player a bit more to the left and the father/daughter to

Re: K10D in Israel

2006-12-12 Thread Perry Pellechia
Hey, give us a break, our economy is not too great and the dollar is still falling. On 12/12/06, Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Godfrey, > > > Bit of a premium to get it to Israel, eh? > > more precisely it's premium to get it _anywhere_ outside of the USA. > Price here in the UK is abou

Re: Re[2]: Understanding ProPhoto RGB - or not

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 12, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Cory Papenfuss wrote: >> RAW format has always been what was written from the sensor into a >> digital representation, a 2D array of photosite values along with >> metadata describing the camera state and organization of that array, >> no matter what transformations o

Re: my first shots with the Pentax K10D

2006-12-12 Thread frank theriault
On 12/12/06, Jerome Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I went for a walk today and filled a 2G card with K10D RAW/DNG > > exposures. I put the FA20-35 on it, used autofocus almost > > exclusively, and just went snapping around the neighborhood. About > > 120 some exposures in all fit on a 2G card

Re: K10D in Israel

2006-12-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Kinda like buying the Billingham L2 bag I wanted ... It was 30% less money to order it from Robert White UK Limited and pay the shipping and import fees than to find it anywhere in the US. And I got exactly the one I wanted, not the ones that the importers here decided were saleable in the

Re: Our albino deer

2006-12-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very interesting. Where are you located? Dan M On 12/11/06, Michael Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > We saw the local deer grazing as we drove out today and snapped a few > pix with the new K10D. It was set for automatic, and as we have a > 16-45 mm lens on it now, I have cropped these do

Re: Merry Xmas from Toy Town

2006-12-12 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 11, 2006, at 19:39, Michael Levy wrote: > > The ONLY Photoshopping? A couple of pix are cropped, and brightness/ > contrast was adjusted on them all -- except for the last snap, where > I used the "shadow/Highlight" adjustment, too. That has a lot of > "noise" IMO. > Cute to see all those

Re: Re[2]: Understanding ProPhoto RGB - or not

2006-12-12 Thread Cory Papenfuss
> On Dec 12, 2006, at 12:06 PM, Cory Papenfuss wrote: > >> I'm not saying I know how it's done... just trying to provide food >> for thought. RAW isn't RAW anymore if the 22-bits have been >> truncated on >> a per-channel basis to 12... > > RAW format has always been what was written from the

Re: K10D in Israel

2006-12-12 Thread Peter Lacus
Godfrey, > Bit of a premium to get it to Israel, eh? more precisely it's premium to get it _anywhere_ outside of the USA. Price here in the UK is about £600 which is almost the same. And if you add some lenses it's probably worth to fly across the ocean to get them. For example: K10D + 77Ltd.

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