Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-16 Thread Cotty
On 15/1/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: Stirling Moss was a frequent visitor at Saab press events. His wife is Erik Carlson's sister. Erik is the Saab driver who preceded Blomquist and made the marque a force to be reckoned with in rallying. Erik's nickname was Erik on the

RE: what kind of soft case came with your 77mm Ltd?

2007-01-16 Thread Rob Brigham
My Black 77 has a green bag with a big Gold Pentax on it - don't think it says the focal length. Came from Japan via Sunny Brighton. Could be that this differs from country to country or batch to batch? Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: what kind of soft case came with your 77mm Ltd?

2007-01-16 Thread David Savage
My black 77 Ltd. came in a black leather pouch with Pentax stamped in gold lettering. My silver 31 Ltd. came in a brownish/red leather pouch with Pentax 31/1:1.8 stamped in gold lettering. Cheers, Dave On 1/16/07, Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Black 77 has a green bag with a big

Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-16 Thread David Savage
On 1/16/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Francis wrote: Every year at this time, while I'm watching the Dakar rally from the comfort of my own living room, I wonder whether it might be fun to be out there as one of the event photographers. Then sanity prevails ... I

Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/16 Tue AM 01:11:39 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link) Stirling Moss was a frequent visitor at Saab press events. His wife is Erik Carlson's sister.

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-16 Thread mike wilson
If you are up for it. From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/16 Tue AM 03:54:52 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT - another one from England But rigid discipline can yield big dividends. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:25 PM, Simon King wrote:

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Slow shutter pans will work with any camera. These were shot with the *istD. The first was at 1/15th, the second at an 1/8th. You'll find numerous other slow shutter pans on the same page. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3633673 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3708948

Re: PAW 2007 - 02 - GDG

2007-01-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/16 Tue AM 07:42:42 GMT To: DUG [EMAIL PROTECTED], PDML List PDML@pdml.net, PAW [EMAIL PROTECTED], SeePhoto Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW 2007 - 02 - GDG A little unusual for me, but something about this particular

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-16 Thread Leon Altoff
Hi Mark, Have you considered something like an ultralight laptop? You can load your own software for viewing and do editing and even take care of your email while you are out. I have an earlier version of the small Fujitsu and have found it works well for me. This is the current version

Simple test of K10D panning vs SR

2007-01-16 Thread Digital Image Studio
K10d SR tests with panning motion http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=21684235 -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

Re: Simple test of K10D panning vs SR

2007-01-16 Thread Doug Franklin
Digital Image Studio wrote: K10d SR tests with panning motion http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=21684235 Sweet! I can't wait to see the tests on a moving subject while panning. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: 18-55 vs 16-45?

2007-01-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
I couldn't get by with such a tight FOV. I frequently have to shoot rooms and car interiors. 18 mm on APS can't handle that, but the DA 12-24 does it nicely. Paul On Jan 16, 2007, at 12:28 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Diff'rent strokes indeed. Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I couple the DA14 with

Re: It Arrived!

2007-01-16 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I offered to take my 600 in some time. At least give him a heads upo first LOL Dave William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML

Re: Simple test of K10D panning vs SR

2007-01-16 Thread John Whittingham
K10d SR tests with panning motion http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=21684235 Thanks Rob, very interesting behaviour. John The information transmitted is intended

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-16 Thread Doug Franklin
Amita Guha wrote: I can vouch for both the CompactDrive and the Epson devices - I have Amita, how much data could you transfer from memory cards to either of these devices on one battery charge? I've got a cheap little housing from MediaGear that I put a 40GB 2.5 drive in. It works great, but

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-16 Thread Thibouille
Use Pentax software to convert to uncompressed DNG then adobe converter to recompress the DNGs ... 2007/1/15, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How are you opening PEF files. My dng converter on the ibook is the newest, but won't recognise them. Dave Quoting Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: Gotta Go ....

2007-01-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
All the best Shel. I hope it all goes well. Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: 18-55 vs 16-45?

2007-01-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Paul, On 1/16/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I couldn't get by with such a tight FOV. I frequently have to shoot rooms and car interiors. 18 mm on APS can't handle that, but the DA 12-24 does it nicely. Paul I most definitely agree with you. OTOH I don't think I ever

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-16 Thread Boris Liberman
Doug, my PD7X came with both standard cord and car charger cord. I am yet to use it with batteries. On 1/16/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amita Guha wrote: I can vouch for both the CompactDrive and the Epson devices - I have Amita, how much data could you transfer from memory

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 16, 2007, at 5:17 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: Amita Guha wrote: I can vouch for both the CompactDrive and the Epson devices - I have Amita, how much data could you transfer from memory cards to either of these devices on one battery charge? I've got a cheap little housing from

Re: PESO - Rain

2007-01-16 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Boris, Saturday, January 13, 2007, 3:00:52 PM, you wrote: BL http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16194full=1 BL Feeling rather abstract I am ;-). BL Please be brutal but honest. BL Boris Nice abstract. I like the diagonal composition and pastel like colors. Only nitpick would be

PESO - Old Paramus Church Cemetery

2007-01-16 Thread Ed Keeney
http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto/PentaxK100DPicturesAlmostDailyJanuary2007/photo#502047314964050 Could be my best with the K100d so far - still trying. Converted to BW in PS Elements 5. Comments appreciated -- Thanks! Ed http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - Old Paramus Church Cemetery

2007-01-16 Thread Rick Womer
Lovely, moody shot. It might work a little better if the plane of focus was at the bent fence spike, though. Rick --- Ed Keeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto/PentaxK100DPicturesAlmostDailyJanuary2007/photo#502047314964050 Could be my best with the K100d

Re: PESO - Old Paramus Church Cemetery

2007-01-16 Thread pnstenquist
Good one. Very intriguing. Paul -- Original message -- From: Ed Keeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto/PentaxK100DPicturesAlmostDailyJanuary2007/p hoto#502047314964050 Could be my best with the K100d so far - still trying. Converted

Re: PESO - Comet McNaught

2007-01-16 Thread P. J. Alling
I've never thought of using suburb as a unit of distance before... J and K Messervy wrote: I shot this in the back yard this evening (About 1/2 and hour ago actually) with the 600mm mirror lens and 2x teleconverter. That hill is 2 suburbs away (about 3km). This was a 76 second exposure

Re: Pentax repair in the Netherlands

2007-01-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Unfortunately the moral of the story is don't drop a lens. Lucas Rijnders wrote: Hi all, In December I sent two zooms with falling damage (FA 28-105 powerzoom and F70-210) to Pentax for repair. I promised to report back on the quality of the service: The good news is they were fairly

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
I'm guessing on my CompactDrive that I can transfer about 10gb on one battery charge. Beyond that, since it takes AA's I can quickly put another set in, if needed. -- Bruce Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 5:17:10 AM, you wrote: DF Amita Guha wrote: I can vouch for both the CompactDrive and the

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-16 Thread Tom C
Stig is awesome, but I'd prefer the company of Michele Mouton, going up Pike's Peak in the Sport Quattro. :-) Michele and I were in the same grade and high school in Colorado Springs. I forget which classes we shared. Phys Ed. was one, and something like American History. Her father was

Re: PAW 2007 - 02 - GDG

2007-01-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
Certainly the list is good - it would be nice if there were something more to strengthen the overall image. -- Bruce Monday, January 15, 2007, 11:42:42 PM, you wrote: GD A little unusual for me, but something about this particular photo GD just struck a chord as being apropos right now: GD

Re: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti

2007-01-16 Thread P. J. Alling
I would expect the Great seal to be a bit larger, wouldn't that be the Not So Great Seal. Kenneth Waller wrote: Must be the Great Seal of the United States. Na. Shel took the image in California, therefore it must be great seal of California. Kenneth Waller - Original Message

Re: OT: Gimiky Gallery - Take 2

2007-01-16 Thread P. J. Alling
If you have a fast connection it's not nearly so bad... (but it's still bad). David Savage wrote: On 1/15/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice pictures, Thanks Bill. really sucky website. Yep. The novelty has well and truly worn off. I got as far as the

Re: PESO - Old Paramus Church Cemetery

2007-01-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
I concur. -- Bruce Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 8:01:32 AM, you wrote: RW Lovely, moody shot. It might work a little better if RW the plane of focus was at the bent fence spike, RW though. RW Rick RW --- Ed Keeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RW

Re: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Or a place to put them all so you can keep track of them, (troublemakers). John Francis wrote: On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 07:00:27AM -0500, Bob Shell wrote: On Jan 14, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: I found this link on photo.net and of course there is *no Pentax* gear

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-16 Thread P. J. Alling
I think he meant MB... Mike Hamilton wrote: On 1/15/07, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PEF = 10 GB DNG = 16 GB Yikes!!! I'd better get a new hard drive! And a few more SD cards! -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. --

RE: PESO - Michigan Ice Storm

2007-01-16 Thread Tom C
Mark, I love the first Near Wolf Lake scene and the two icy lights are just plain neat lookig. Tom C. From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Michigan Ice Storm Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-16 Thread Tom C
Actually I take it all back. I went to high school with a girl of the same name, not the same Michele though. Tom C. From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Rally racing Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:47:03 -0700 Stig

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
One of the folks on another list uses the CompactDrive PD70X with Everready E2 Lithium AA disposables. He told me he was able to nearly fill an 80G drive with *ist DS PEF files before he exhausted a set. Godfrey On Jan 16, 2007, at 8:37 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: I'm guessing on my

RE: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-16 Thread Tim Øsleby
Good work Paul. I prefer the last one. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: 15. januar 2007 22:33 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Ice Storm We had an ice storm in

Re: PAW 2007 - 02 - GDG

2007-01-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I agree. I like the list, it was a grab shot at the Tate Modern last Fall, squeezed on a wall behind a counter and a desk. I wish there was something more to it... it just seemed right for the moment. :-) G On Jan 16, 2007, at 8:30 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Certainly the list is good - it

RE: Something is wrong (with my K10D)

2007-01-16 Thread Tim Øsleby
Usually I convert RAW to DNG directly from the card. So the original PEFs never see my puter. It is simple and it suits my mindset. This workflow has not given me any trouble whatsoever, knock wood. I think it is pretty safe since it is a read only process from the cards point of view. Tim

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-16 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 05:33:22PM +1000, jim wrote: On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:18:01 -0500, John Francis wrote: That depends on what the camera does. ShowTags just reports what the camera has put in the various fields. If the camera fills in the focal length (which I believe the K10D does if

AData memory cards... any good ?

2007-01-16 Thread Thibouille
Found a SDHC 4GB from Adata at 79 euros (VAT included) in Brussels, Belgium. It was written 150x on it but didn't pay attention if it was writen class2 or class6 design (their website says there are both flavours available. Unfortunately no reader is giver for that price and the shop had no SDHC

Re: PESO - Old Paramus Church Cemetery

2007-01-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
--- Ed Keeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto/ PentaxK100DPicturesAlmostDailyJanuary2007/photo#502047314964050 Very nice work, Ed. I like the moody feel and subtle tonalities. Thoughts on improving it: - The frontmost spike isn't sharp enough, I find that a

RE: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-16 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Tim. That seems to be the favorite of most. Paul -- Original message -- From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good work Paul. I prefer the last one. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Enough with the stiffy, jokes how far do you want to drive this. Paul Stenquist wrote: But rigid discipline can yield big dividends. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:25 PM, Simon King wrote: They're hardened criminals now... On 1/15/07, Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-16 Thread John Francis
My doubt was to whether or not the SR would be of use; ideally it would damp the erratic component of the motion, while not attempting to correct for the steady panning. Some preliminary posts at dpreview (both today and earlier) suggest that the SR might work in exactly the way that I am hoping

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-16 Thread Thibouille
Mmm my thinkpad X60 cost me a leg and an arm but It reads sd cards, is 1.5kg has a 12 screen, 80GB disk and 8 hours battery time.. oh and dual core cpu/1.5GB so PS performance is not a concern at all. If you have money it is not a stupid option at all. 2007/1/16, Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: Pentax repair in the Netherlands

2007-01-16 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:22:39 +0100, Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 15 January 2007 11:51, Lucas Rijnders wrote: Hi all, In December I sent two zooms with falling damage (FA 28-105 powerzoom and F70-210) to Pentax for repair. I promised to report back on the quality

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-16 Thread Dave Kennedy
We only got snow in Ottawa. I like four five. dk On 1/15/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like # 3. Looks like you got it a bit worse than us. Not much at all on the trees up this way. Roads a little slick, but it only took me 10 extra minutes to get to work. Over 450 OPP

RE: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
Paul, Four is my fave. Nice. I'd almost like to see eight done in BW. -Brendan --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Tim. That seems to be the favorite of most. Paul -- Original message -- From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good work Paul. I prefer the

RE: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-16 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Dave and Brendan. I considered converting some as BW. May give it a try one of these days. Paul -- Original message -- From: Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul, Four is my fave. Nice. I'd almost like to see eight done in BW. -Brendan ---

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-16 Thread Norm Baugher
Nice stuff Paul, I like the last one best... Norm Paul Stenquist wrote: We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some pics this morning and again this afternoon. The first is with the K85/1.8, the second is with the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro, and the last two are with the DA 50-200.

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-16 Thread Scott Loveless
Must have been a long day for those boys. On 1/16/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Enough with the stiffy, jokes how far do you want to drive this. Paul Stenquist wrote: But rigid discipline can yield big dividends. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:25 PM, Simon King wrote:

Re: AData memory cards... any good ?

2007-01-16 Thread Peter Lacus
Hi, Found a SDHC 4GB from Adata at 79 euros (VAT included) in Brussels, Belgium. Too good of a price? probably not as I bought my 4GB Transcend 150x (non SDHC) for approx. 2300SKK, which is about 65EUR. Works fine so far. I had one A-Data 256MB SD card in the past and had no problems with

PUG form still broken

2007-01-16 Thread Jan van Wijk
Seems like the PUG submission for is still broken. Tried it todaya, and got the same VBscript error that has been mentioned here before, and a message about a 'path not found'. Not sure if this is on the upload or just the confirmation, so the image may or may not be there :-) Do we need to

RE: what kind of soft case came with your 77mm Ltd?

2007-01-16 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:40:43 -, Rob Brigham wrote: My Black 77 has a green bag with a big Gold Pentax on it - don't think it says the focal length. So did mine (black 77), the black 31 came in a similar but red bag. Showing focal length and max aperture in gold. Both came from Japan,

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-16 Thread Adam Maas
Sadly, it doesn't fit in a belt-pouch like the other options. I'm fond of my laptop, but it's not a replacement for a portable storage unit, it's simply too large and heavy. -Adam Thibouille wrote: Mmm my thinkpad X60 cost me a leg and an arm but It reads sd cards, is 1.5kg has a 12 screen,

thoughts, questions, a story ...

2007-01-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Yesterday I had a few errands to run but also wanted to just get out of the house for a bit. So I threw the laptop into the Timbuk2 and added, with a moment's thought, the Pentax 645 fitted with the 45mm lens. I still had half a roll of film in it unexposed from the November trip around

Re: AData memory cards... any good ?

2007-01-16 Thread Carlos Royo
Thibouille escribió: Found a SDHC 4GB from Adata at 79 euros (VAT included) in Brussels, Belgium. It was written 150x on it but didn't pay attention if it was writen class2 or class6 design (their website says there are both flavours available. Unfortunately no reader is giver for that

finally put my hands on K10D... part II

2007-01-16 Thread Peter Lacus
Howdy all! I've tried Photoshop CS2 today to develop some RAW files and the results were (probably as expected) the best so far. While smoothness remained about the same as with SilkyPix (very positive), Camera RAW extracted a tad more information. Even better thing is, that it doesn't really

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 16, 2007, at 11:55 AM, Adam Maas wrote: I'm fond of my laptop, but it's not a replacement for a portable storage unit, it's simply too large and heavy. Exactly. I carry the Epson P2000 when I don't want to be burdened with the size and weight of a laptop. It weighs about a pound

Re: thoughts, questions, a story ...

2007-01-16 Thread Adam Maas
Interestingly enough, I know a number of people who started shooting digital who are now shooting film as well. It's an experience for them, and I've noticed that their shooting typically improves noticably (probably due to them taking extra care with the limited number of film exposures per

PUG Submission Form Problems

2007-01-16 Thread Rick Womer
I emailed Jostein off-list (he's inundated at work, and not reading the list lately). He replied that he expects to have the submission form working again later today (Tuesday). Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW

Re: finally put my hands on K10D... part II

2007-01-16 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 08:17:19PM +, Peter Lacus wrote: Howdy all! I've tried Photoshop CS2 today to develop some RAW files and the results were (probably as expected) the best so far. While smoothness remained about the same as with SilkyPix (very positive), Camera RAW extracted a

Re: thoughts, questions, a story ...

2007-01-16 Thread David J Brooks
It is strange, and errie at the same time. Up until a year ago, i had little difficulty in buying, developing and getting prints of BW film. Now its a 1 1/2 hour trip and more expensive, due to more gas, and higher rates by the new guy. Digital Ps have been out long enough, that your 20

Re: finally put my hands on K10D... part II

2007-01-16 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Peter Lacus [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well, I must admit I didn't expect such a big difference between digital compacts and DSLRs. I can only hope that difference between istDs and K10D is somewhat smaller, because otherwise it'll ruin my bank account. Can somebody please tell me it's

Re: PESO - Comet McNaught

2007-01-16 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 17/01/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never thought of using suburb as a unit of distance before... It's commonplace here, it comes with living in a large Australian city :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: finally put my hands on K10D... part II

2007-01-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 16, 2007, at 2:34 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Well, i hate to say this, but DSLR's.HAVE ruined my bank account.There is no hope. Spend now. LOL!!! Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: finally put my hands on K10D... part II

2007-01-16 Thread Peter Lacus
John, The big difference between DSLRs and PS compacts is the size of the sensor (and, in particular, the amount of silicon for each pixel). The sensor in a PS is tiny compared to that is a DSLR - generally about 10% of the area. Image quality, and particularly the amount of noise, is

Re: what kind of soft case came with your 77mm Ltd?

2007-01-16 Thread Stan Halpin
My black 77 Ltd - direct from Japan before they were imported here - came in a green bag, gold print: PENTAX 77/1:1.8 The 31mm and 43mm were similar, but I don't have those with me on this trip to report specific details. The recent 21mm Ltd from BH came with an undistinguished, unmarked,

Pentax DA70 lens has arrived ...

2007-01-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
As mentioned the other day, I sold the FA77 lens and made way for the new DA70. It just arrived a half hour ago. A tidy, compact lens, a little smaller/lighter than the FA77. It comes with a collapsible metal lens hood and the usual (for Limiteds) slip-off lens cap. Ugh, I hate those things

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
Michele and I were in the same grade and high school in Colorado Springs. Interesting. I didn't know she had a U. S. connection. Isn't she a Brit? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO - Rally racing Stig is awesome, but I'd prefer the

Re: PESO - Old Paramus Church Cemetery

2007-01-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice composition Ed. I only wish the background was more out of focus. BTW - In the late 40's/early 50's, I use to swim @ a place in Paramus that was like a lake (may have been a man made body of water, but had low concrete walls on the shore. All I knew then was it was a place to swim in

Pentax D-10 vs Samsung GX-10

2007-01-16 Thread Charles Wilson
Dear All, As the Gx-10 is going to be $100 cheaper here in Australia I was wondering if any one had any thoughts about the advantages of the Pentax over the Samsung? Regards Charles Wilson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-16 Thread Tom C
It wa a dumb assumption I've made for the last 12 years, since she had the name and was in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb... Tom C. From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Rally racing

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
B O H I C A ! Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT - another one from England Enough with the stiffy, jokes how far do you want to drive this. Paul Stenquist wrote: But rigid discipline can yield big dividends. Paul On Jan 15,

Re: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti

2007-01-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
I would expect the Great seal to be a bit larger, wouldn't that be the Not So Great Seal. Of course, but in time it might be the great seal. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti I would expect

Re: Gotta Go ....

2007-01-16 Thread John Coyle
Late to see this, but - good luck, Shel, hope you're back soon with no major concerns. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML PDML@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:32 PM Subject: Gotta Go The doctor called me

Re: Pentax DA70 lens has arrived ...

2007-01-16 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Godfrey, Do you have a film camera available to check if you can see any vignetting? (at least in the viewfinder). I've heard that the DA40 doesn't show any... Thanks, Jaume - Mensaje original De: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: PDML List PDML@pdml.net; DUG [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
Must have been a long day for those boys. Don't know about that but it probably was hard. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT - another one from England Must have been a long day for those boys. On 1/16/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL

Re: PESO - Old Paramus Church Cemetery

2007-01-16 Thread cbwaters
For some reason it won't come sharp for me. It's like it didn't finish downloading... Looks like a fun place to shoot though. CW - Original Message - From: Ed Keeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:45 AM Subject: PESO -

Re: Pentax D-10 vs Samsung GX-10

2007-01-16 Thread Thibouille
Yeah, AFAIK Samsung didn't ever put an updated firmware for their DSLRs. Pentax did update even the old DS to SDHC compliant. It was me, I would not even think... 2007/1/16, Charles Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear All, As the Gx-10 is going to be $100 cheaper here in Australia I was wondering

Re: Pentax DA70 lens has arrived ...

2007-01-16 Thread Thibouille
Indeed as it is beleived to be the same old design as the original M-serie Pancake which covers 35mm. Don't hold your breath, thoough ... 2007/1/16, Jaume Lahuerta [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Godfrey, Do you have a film camera available to check if you can see any vignetting? (at least in the

Re: PUG Submission Form Problems

2007-01-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
As of 5:37pm est, the form is working again accepting submissions. Thank you Jostein. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PUG Submission Form Problems I emailed Jostein off-list (he's inundated at work, and not reading the list lately).

PUG form up and running

2007-01-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
Hi gang, Sorry about the unavailability. Ken Waller's submission dropped into the database just now, so it must be working. thanks for the patience. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax DA70 lens has arrived ...

2007-01-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I don't own any Pentax K mount film cameras so cannot check coverage. If I had a Pentax film SLR camera, I would have kept the FA77. The DA40 Limited is very similar in design to the old M40/2.8, it's design and coatings have been 'tuned' for the digital SLR bodies' 16x24 format, so I doubt

PUG Comment - Endless Sea and Sky

2007-01-16 Thread Tom C
Harald, Very nice shot and composition. http://pug.komkon.org/07jan/ocean.html Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PUG form up and running

2007-01-16 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 11:41:04PM +0100, Jostein ?ksne wrote: Hi gang, Sorry about the unavailability. Ken Waller's submission dropped into the database just now, so it must be working. thanks for the patience. Should we re-submit emailed entries using the auto-pug form? -- PDML

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-16 Thread Christian
Kenneth Waller wrote: Michele and I were in the same grade and high school in Colorado Springs. Interesting. I didn't know she had a U. S. connection. Isn't she a Brit? Kenneth Waller French -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: thoughts, questions, a story ...

2007-01-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: thoughts, questions, a story ... Yesterday I had a few errands to run but also wanted to just get out of the house for a bit. So I threw the laptop into the Timbuk2 and added, with a moment's thought, the Pentax 645 fitted with

Re: OT: the magic of film and old cameras

2007-01-16 Thread Mark Cassino
I can share your feeling - today the sun was all a glimmer on the ice covered trees and I had no camera with me - but them remembered the Ricoflex loaded with Classic Pan 200 under the seat of the car. I took a brief walk about along the river, snapped some shots that will probably just be

Re: Monitor Calibration - help wanted

2007-01-16 Thread John Coyle
Thanks Rob - I'll look at that too. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:53 PM Subject: Re: Monitor Calibration - help wanted On 13/01/07, John Coyle

Re: Pentax DA70 lens has arrived ...

2007-01-16 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Thanks Godfrey and Thibouille... The lens is attractive but expensive for my standards...and I still don't feel confident enough to make such an investment in a reduced circle lens (at least until Pentax states that they would never go the full frame route in the near future). Still, I bought

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-16 Thread Doug Franklin
John Francis wrote: I want to see how the K10D handles panning with a 1/10 shutter speed. It might not work. There again, it might do something interesting. Unless the cars are virtually at a standstill, I wouldn't expect you to need any shutter speeds slower than 1/30, and probably

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-16 Thread Doug Franklin
Bruce Dayton wrote: I'm guessing on my CompactDrive that I can transfer about 10gb on one battery charge. Beyond that, since it takes AA's I can quickly put another set in, if needed. That's good to know. Unfortunately, my little MediaGear box uses some sort of proprietary battery, I think.

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Franklin wrote: John Francis wrote: I want to see how the K10D handles panning with a 1/10 shutter speed. It might not work. There again, it might do something interesting. Unless the cars are virtually at a standstill, I wouldn't expect you to need any shutter speeds slower than 1/30,

Back in town and gasping for breath

2007-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Got back from a 4-day weekend in Florida yesterday and then went straight off to the first day of class today. Barely time to pause for breath. Second semester of teaching these courses is going to go quite a bit more smoothly than the first :) Didn't do much photography at all while away :(

Re: Pentax DA70 lens has arrived ...

2007-01-16 Thread David J Brooks
Jaume I shot several shots with a F90X and my Sigma 10-20 for dslr. I saw no vignetting in the finder, but quite noticable on the contact sheet. Dave Quoting Jaume Lahuerta [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Godfrey, Do you have a film camera available to check if you can see any vignetting? (at least

Re: Back in town and gasping for breath

2007-01-16 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dr. Lisa and I went mountain biking (in a state with no mountains!) God IS still looking out for me. Glad you had a good vacation Mark and Dr L Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-16 Thread Doug Franklin
Mark Roberts wrote: For motorcycle roadracing (shooting with the 80-200/2.8), I found that between 1/180 and 1/250 usually gave me good sharpness with enough background blur to convey a sense of motion. Where I end up needing the slow shutter speeds is on pit road and in the paddock, on

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