Re: In case you were waiting for the 645D...

2007-02-01 Thread Thibouille
So for Pentax DSLRs means DSLR with sensor smaller then one in 645D or something like that? AFAIK a 645D is technicaly, a DSLR no? Mmm maybe they will announce a K1000D? Would make sense ... I really think they will go K1000D before K1D but I'd also love to be surprised ... 2007/2/2, John Franci

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Alastair Robertson
The first of these is great - agree about the Magritte reference - it's the light on the stump and the clouds that invoke that - see for example http://www.allposters.com/-sp/La-Chateau-des-Pyrenees-Posters_i389181_.htm Alastair On 2/2/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to all w

Re: Speaking of Lightroom and B&W ...

2007-02-01 Thread Thibouille
Love them Godfrey. I'd really love to be able to do as good. One day maybe ... 2007/2/1, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This set is almost ready for prime time ... A couple of folks here > might have seen it already. I've been finish printing it for my > portfolio on Hahnemuele Fine Art P

Re: Lightroom 4.1 (was: My K10D arrived)

2007-02-01 Thread Thibouille
If you still wanna use your PEF: Open your PEFs with Pentax browser, select'em all and convert them to DNGs. Open them with Lightroom or, recompress'em with Adobe DNG converter before opening them in Lightroom. Those are extra steps but allow you to shoot in PEFs: they use less space on your SD ca

Re: peso: Sami on Carousel , a question, and a statement

2007-02-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Sandra, Kids make great subjects. Cute shot of Sami! -- Bruce Thursday, February 1, 2007, 11:28:23 AM, you wrote: SH> http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3401/display/7850379 SH> Where are we finding the subjects for pug now? I keep looking but I can't SH> seem to figure it out on

Re: In case you were waiting for the 645D...

2007-02-01 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 04:47:19PM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: > > >http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=21896693 > > To present new DSLR's" at PMA seems very optimistic. How about > "announce" new DSLR's? I expect the K1D (or whatever it ends up being > called) to be an

Re: Reading & writing speed of K10D on SDHC

2007-02-01 Thread Thibouille
I know ADATA has 4GB SDHC 150X. Strangely is it marketed as being 150X and not as a class2/class4/class6 or whatever according to SDHC specs. Reader for SDHC are virtually non-existant. 2007/2/2, Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Thank you, > So as I understand it is too early

Re: In case you were waiting for the 645D...

2007-02-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
Well, for me, I am not waiting on the 645D and have doubts about it's viability in the market. If they were choosing to delay it in favor of more work on DSLR's more like what has recently been done, then I think that is a good direction. It will be interesting to hear something from PMA. Thanks

Re: Comet McNaught & Southern Lights

2007-02-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
Very cool. I've never seen any sky like that before. -- Bruce Thursday, February 1, 2007, 9:47:43 AM, you wrote: TC> Check out the photo taken with a Pentax *ist DS on www.spaceweather.com . TC> Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/p

Re: SR settings

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
If you're going to be shooting a wedding, I would assume you have appropriate flash equipment ... at which point, I'd turn SR off rather than waste time and effort trying to keep up with setting the SR correctly. I'd turn it on for that small set of available light, low light necessities.

Re: SR settings

2007-02-01 Thread David Savage
My instinct would be to set it to 105 & work with it that way. Although it may over correct at the short end? If so 70mm would probably be a better option. Do a quick test in your lounge room and see what happens :-) Cheers, Dave At 03:13 PM 2/02/2007, Bruce Dayton wrote: >So, I am shooting

RE: Lightroom 4.1 (was: My K10D arrived)

2007-02-01 Thread Jens Bladt
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Re: Reading & writing speed of K10D on SDHC

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Yes. I'm standardized on 2G SD cards, 150x and 60x at present. They work reliably and quickly in the K10D. Godfrey On Feb 1, 2007, at 10:05 PM, Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh wrote: > Thank you, > So as I understand it is too early to buy SDHC as most of them are > 60x, so > the 150x SD is better

SR settings

2007-02-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
So, I am shooting a wedding tomorrow - one of my goto lenses is the A series 35-105/3.5 zoom. Since it doesn't transmit the focal length to the K10D, I have to set it to something and then it would be clumsy and time consuming to reset it for every focal length change I make. It makes more sense t

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks to all who posted comments on this. Looks interesting enough to try some of your suggested improvements. So here is round #2: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4285b.htm Original for comparison: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4285.htm -- Bruce Thursday, February 1, 2007, 12:40:54

RE: Reading & writing speed of K10D on SDHC

2007-02-01 Thread Amirkambiz Hamedanizadeh
Thank you, So as I understand it is too early to buy SDHC as most of them are 60x, so the 150x SD is better than a SDHC 60x. Warm regards, Amirkambiz -Original Message- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:30 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: To you, Adobe LightRoom enthusiasts

2007-02-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Well, no. Either they could ask me what to do with the previous image and then close it or they could save the current development settings and go to the next image. Either way, my CPU shouldn't choke. Boris P. J. Alling wrote: > The problem is obvious. You're trying to open more than one image

Re: In case you were waiting for the 645D...

2007-02-01 Thread David Savage
Yep. And we'll keep going over it until it happens. Dave At 02:14 PM 2/02/2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Are we going to go through all this crap yet again? This must be the >57th time in two years. > >G > >On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:05 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > A 1.3x crop would be covered by mos

WAY OT - Tucker '48 in Kodachrome

2007-02-01 Thread Brendan MacRae
I found this old Kodachrome slide in a box of cameras and parts at a flea market. The photo is of the rear end and engine compartment of a 1948 Tucker. It's a green one, and seeing as how there were only 8 green cars out of the original 51 made, it's pretty rare. Illinois dealer plates from 1951. N

Re: In case you were waiting for the 645D...

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Are we going to go through all this crap yet again? This must be the 57th time in two years. G On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:05 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > A 1.3x crop would be covered by most of the existing DA lenses. I > could > see them with a warning just like the flash warning built into the >

Re: In case you were waiting for the 645D...

2007-02-01 Thread P. J. Alling
A 1.3x crop would be covered by most of the existing DA lenses. I could see them with a warning just like the flash warning built into the ZX-5n when you used a lens, (or just using a focal length on a zoom), that would cause the Flash to Vignette. Sure it's a stopgap but they also have a pro

Re: PESO - Lake Marmo

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 1, 2007, at 8:28 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > A simple test shot with the K10D and FA28/2.8 > I like it for the light and texture in the trees. > I'm not sure what you will be able to see with Picasa. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/Peso/photo#5026786255289584962 Well, it's a bit

Re: PESO - Famous Back

2007-02-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PESO - Famous Back > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/back.htm > > > Comments welcome. A Linhoff moment. The light is low, and the camera needs to be somewhat to the left of where it was. There's a reason why Ansel

Re: Why small camera shops are useful

2007-02-01 Thread P. J. Alling
Very skewed sample if 50% of the respondents are sticking with the MAC OS... K.Takeshita wrote: > On 1/31/07 10:02 AM, "Adam Maas", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> That's likely to be worth exactly what you paid for it. :-) >>> >>> >> Probably but I've been missing a few OS X features

Re: Another guy with too much spare time

2007-02-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "David Weiss" Subject: Re: Another guy with too much spare time > > Bleat, bleat. Sorry to pick on you Dave. I find what I consider looking for problems to be annoying, sometimes it makes me blind to what may be real problems. I think this one is a limitatio

Re: PESO: Scottish Lassie

2007-02-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: PESO: Scottish Lassie >I think this explains the low birthrate in Scotland ;-) . Nah, If she wanted you, she'd take you. William Robb > > Walter Hamler wrote: >> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/ScottishLassi

Re: To you, Adobe LightRoom enthusiasts

2007-02-01 Thread P. J. Alling
The problem is obvious. You're trying to open more than one image at a time. Boris Liberman wrote: > I send my questions and concerns ;-). > > Folks, I've imported about 350 images to LR beta 4. This is all my K10D > stuff that I shot so far. My PC at home is running Win XP (not 64 bit) > and

PESO - Lake Marmo

2007-02-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
A simple test shot with the K10D and FA28/2.8 I like it for the light and texture in the trees. I'm not sure what you will be able to see with Picasa. http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/Peso/photo#5026786255289584962 Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdm

Re: what do I need to do RAW file processing with the istDS?

2007-02-01 Thread P. J. Alling
The latest Pentax software is useable, heck the old software did alright, it just wasn't the best. You need Photoshop CS2 to get RAW support for PEF files IIRC. Download Pixmantic's Raw Shooter Essentials while it's still available for your conversions. It's all you really need for the DS.

Re: In case you were waiting for the 645D...

2007-02-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
It would obviously have to be an image circle that worked with the current DA lenses. The FAs are almost all out of production and new DAs are being introduced all the time. They won't introduce a camera that has no lens support. Paul On Feb 1, 2007, at 10:49 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> T

Re: OT - Windows Vista Blog

2007-02-01 Thread P. J. Alling
I guess that there's something to be said for plastic bottles of Scotch. Though I have to admit, I've been drunk enough to fall down, but never drunk enough to drop a bottle of good scotch... Paul Stenquist wrote: > I've just begun cocktail hour. Tonight it's Lauder's Blended Scotch > on the

Re: PESO: Scottish Lassie

2007-02-01 Thread P. J. Alling
I think this explains the low birthrate in Scotland ;-) . Walter Hamler wrote: > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/ScottishLassieweb.jpg > > Taken at the local Scottish Highland Games a couple weeks ago. She was > really into this stuff!! > About a 50% crop from origonal. K10D, 50

Re: In case you were waiting for the 645D...

2007-02-01 Thread P. J. Alling
> > This will > almost certainly necissitate a lower crop factor. More likely ~1.3x > than full-frame, though. I've been expecting something like this for some time. If they intend it to be anything other than marketing hype that is. Mark Roberts wrote: > P. J. Alling wrote: > > >> From DP

Re: Another question about the istDS- changing screens?

2007-02-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
I haven't tested anything of course. (I don't do that.) But I've shot with the K85, the K28, the K 135/2.5 and the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5. I rarely shoot at an ap smaller than f8, so that could explain why I haven't encountered a problem. Firmware mods should be able to fix exposure discr

Re: PESO - Famous Back

2007-02-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/1/2007 6:53:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A very nice shot; and you did a great job removing the wires. Given how ruined the site now is, I would love to see a wide angle shot with the wires and everything else that has intruded on what seem

Re: Another question about the istDS- changing screens?

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
There do seem to be some metering inconsistencies with the K10D and the green button stopdown mode, depending on the EV and the aperture setting. Some testing I did subsequent to my first tests are at: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/mCAL/calibration-K10.txt http://homepage.mac.com/godde

Re: PAW 2

2007-02-01 Thread Micah Kleit
Rick: Thanks; I think I'll try to crop the photo or clone out the hook, as Paul suggested. I'm a proud Philadelphia native, who fell in love with the city after leaving it for about eight years. Best, Micah On Feb 1, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Nice, character-laden portrait! I

Re: Another question about the istDS- changing screens?

2007-02-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
i have no problems with exposure using K lenses on the K10D. Maybe some people have problems with plain old center weighted metering? Paul On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:39 PM, David Weiss wrote: > Speaking of metering with that screen, seems the trouble with exposure > of k and m lenses on the k10d can b

Re: PESO - Famous Back

2007-02-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/1/2007 6:51:39 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I like it, as a picture. But I don't get the story behind. Some missing cultural references I guess. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) === It is the Rancho de Taos church, made fa

PESO: We will appear to you (from time to time)...

2007-02-01 Thread Mark Cassino
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP2946.jpg Apologies to Eno and Byrne wrt the title. Just the iron tassel from my hallway light, multiple shadows from the dining room chandelier. K10D, FA 50 f 1.7 @ f 2.4, ISO 400, 1/8th second exposure, hand held, plaster wall, channel mixer, blue channel,

Re: Another question about the istDS- changing screens?

2007-02-01 Thread David Weiss
Speaking of metering with that screen, seems the trouble with exposure of k and m lenses on the k10d can be corrected if a screen from the ist DS is installed. Well, that is what people are reporting on DPreview. Dave J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Cool! I wont wait for what's available, I will >

Re: PESO: Today's Catch

2007-02-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice shot. Bass seem to be all over. We have lots of them in the Michigan lakes. A friend of mine caught a six pound Smallmouth Bass in the Detroit River downtown, and Detroit's Lake St. Claire is a regular stop on the Bassmaster's tournament. I caught a smallmouth in Canada's Lake of the

Re: PESO - Famous Back

2007-02-01 Thread Micah Kleit
A very nice shot; and you did a great job removing the wires. Given how ruined the site now is, I would love to see a wide angle shot with the wires and everything else that has intruded on what seems to be a starkly beautiful place. Micah On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrot

RE: PESO - Famous Back

2007-02-01 Thread Tim Øsleby
I like it, as a picture. But I don't get the story behind. Some missing cultural references I guess. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2. februar 2007 03:25 To: pdml@pdm

Re: PESO: Today's Catch

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 1, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Walter Hamler wrote: > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/VermontFishingweb.jpg > > I shot this several years ago in Vermont. I was surprised to see > Bass that > far north, being a southerner! They were very proud of their catch. Great shot, Walt! The

PESO - Famous Back

2007-02-01 Thread Eactivist
Well, I was there, so I had to take it, right? :-) Nothing super special, but I think it has pleasing colors and geometrics. This is one of the photos I have printed up and now have on my wall (I finally updated all my framed pictures with newer ones. It's been several years since I've don

Enablement

2007-02-01 Thread Peter Loveday
Went to an auction and picked up a mixed lot of bits and pieces... super 8 projectors, projection screen, slide viewer, etc. Amongst the (mostly useless) stuff, were some LX accessories... FB-1, FC-1 and FE-1 finders, all look unused, in their boxes with all the appropriate caps on etc. The gu

Re: safari test

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Ah, thanks. I don't use Gmail so his statement left me scratching my head. ;-) G On Feb 1, 2007, at 5:25 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > He's talking about gmail settings. Gmail apparently looks a little > different depending on the browser you're using. I typically use > Firefox, but have used

Re: Readers Digest version of my missing posts.

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 1, 2007, at 6:16 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: >> DNG files are designed to be containers. After setting RAW parameters >> with Camera Raw or Lightroom, the parameters are saved into the DNG >> file for further use. The RAW data they contain isn't changed, only >> the metadata which incl

Re: Readers Digest version of my missing posts.

2007-02-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/02/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DNG files are designed to be containers. After setting RAW parameters > with Camera Raw or Lightroom, the parameters are saved into the DNG > file for further use. The RAW data they contain isn't changed, only > the metadata which includes

Re: PESO: Today's Catch

2007-02-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/1/2007 2:35:11 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/VermontFishingweb.jpg I shot this several years ago in Vermont. I was surprised to see Bass that far north, being a southerner! They were very proud of t

Re: Magnifying eyecup, images

2007-02-01 Thread P. J. Alling
Ooh, ooh, camera porn... Jan van Wijk wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:18:41 +0100 (CET), Jan van Wijk wrote: > > >> I may put up an image from the K10D with it fitted later today. >> Will put up an URL if I do ... >> > > OK, have some images of the O-ME53 eye-piece up at: > > http://

Re: Readers Digest version of my missing posts.

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 1, 2007, at 5:35 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 02/02/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 2- I loaded a dng file last night from a K10D saved dng. Opened up, >> fixed the wrong WB and saved. I noticed later that the saved file was >> 900K but my saved jpg file was 2Mg

Re: safari test

2007-02-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
still fine here Dave... On 2/1/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After someone mentioned i may be sending in rich text, i looked at a > reply on my NT machine, and there were blue "links" to click on in the > reply screen. One was plain text, one was rich text. My test message > came

Re: test 1

2007-02-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
reaching out fine Dave... On 2/1/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > Ontario Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.

Re: Readers Digest version of my missing posts.

2007-02-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/02/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2- I loaded a dng file last night from a K10D saved dng. Opened up, > fixed the wrong WB and saved. I noticed later that the saved file was > 900K but my saved jpg file was 2Mg as shown in the save as screen. > > Is there something i'm doing

Re: safari test

2007-02-01 Thread Scott Loveless
He's talking about gmail settings. Gmail apparently looks a little different depending on the browser you're using. I typically use Firefox, but have used Konqueror and IE. There are some minor differences, but nothing major. Dave - considering your message made it to the list, you're probably

Readers Digest version of my missing posts.

2007-02-01 Thread David J Brooks
1- I tried the better bounce card last Sunday. Worked well with D200 and SB80DX.Total cost, $0.75 and a company elastic band.:-)Very high ceiling in the community centre didi not seem to both it at all. Nice look and no shadows. 2- I loaded a dng file last night from a K10D saved dng. Opened up, f

Re: safari test

2007-02-01 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/1/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Humm. > > I found the plain/rich text links on my windows machine, but not in safari > > Lets see if this goes > Sure will be interesting to find out. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Direct Links to the Comet & Lights photos

2007-02-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
Tom, That's great stuff from an *istDS. Queensland, NZ is pretty cool for starry skys. Wish I was back there now. Regards, Bob S. On 2/1/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/images2007/30jan07/Yoneto1.jpg > > http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/images2007/30jan0

Re: safari test

2007-02-01 Thread David J Brooks
After someone mentioned i may be sending in rich text, i looked at a reply on my NT machine, and there were blue "links" to click on in the reply screen. One was plain text, one was rich text. My test message came through after i hit the plain text "link" I dont see that using safari, but is seems

Re: Pentax 645 Question

2007-02-01 Thread cesar_abdul
Angel, I cannot answer your question about the use of NiMH, because I have yet to try them in my 645n. This is because the alkaline batteries last so long in them. I recall checking with a battery checker just about every time I use my camera after it has sat a while and to be honest I think I

RE: PAW 2

2007-02-01 Thread Tim Øsleby
Nothing wrong about your father ;-) He seems a nice man. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Micah Kleit Sent: 1. februar 2007 21:59 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PAW 2 I'm still not sure

Re: safari test

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I don't know what you mean, Dave. Plain/rich text links? Huh? On Feb 1, 2007, at 4:51 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Humm. > > I found the plain/rich text links on my windows machine, but not in > safari > > Lets see if this goes > > Dave > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > Ont

Re: Pentax 645 Question

2007-02-01 Thread Angel Ramos
Ok, I will then stay with the alkalines in the body. I do use the medium format for big enlargements some of my customers requests. While I have a K10D, for anything bigger than 16x20, I will use the 645. I used to have a 6cm x 6cm format camera, but I sold it. Thanks Angel -- PDML Pentax-

safari test

2007-02-01 Thread David J Brooks
Humm. I found the plain/rich text links on my windows machine, but not in safari Lets see if this goes Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: test 1

2007-02-01 Thread David J Brooks
49% is still good Dave On 2/1/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You fail! > > On 2/1/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > > Equine Photography > > www.caughtinmotion.com > > Ontario Canada > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pd

Re: Speaking of Lightroom and B&W ...

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks Paul. Hahnemühle paper profiles for the Epson R2400 are available from their website: http://www.hahnemuehle.com/site/us/1012/epson.html or start at the top and work your way down to the right section for your printer: http://www.hahnemuehle.com/ I'm working with "Photo Rag 308g

Re: bringing up an item I posted earlier

2007-02-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Wow! Pentax with two models in the top ten is fantastic. What a turnarond. Paul On Feb 1, 2007, at 7:21 PM, Tom C wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/2244w4 > > Above is sales report from early January. > > As to one of the reasons why... > > Canon loses market share in January due to previous strong

Re: Pentax 645 Question

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I have a Pentax 645 kit on loan. I asked the same question of the owner when I got it. He told me that he'd never used anything but AA alkalines because even they last so long it's just not an issue. I fitted a set of them on his recommendation and have not had to change them yet, that was i

Re: Pentax 645 Question

2007-02-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/02/07, Angel Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have gotten a well "preserved" Pentax 645 and this unit uses 6 AA > batteries. The manual mentions Ni-Cd or Alkaline batteries. I imagine > some of you 645's properly enabled people have checked if it is ok to > use NiMh? Do I have anythi

Re: bringing up an item I posted earlier

2007-02-01 Thread Tom C
http://tinyurl.com/2244w4 Above is sales report from early January. As to one of the reasons why... Canon loses market share in January due to previous strong performance: Canon lost a little market share at the beginning of 2007, but this was due to its strong showing during the year-end sho

Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation

2007-02-01 Thread P. J. Alling
Shoot raw, get a few more cards, they're relatively cheap. Scott Loveless wrote: > Hi, gang! > > I got roped into doing a wedding in late June for a family member. > About two years ago I started seriously considering doing this sort of > work, but then decided against it. However, my wife's cous

Re: bringing up an item I posted earlier

2007-02-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/02/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Old numbers. What about 2006? Pentax current share of the Japan > market is 10%. Canon has dropped to 35%. They may get to 6% of the world DSLR market, though the next year could see them loose a percent or two depending on how aggressive Ca

Re: Speaking of Lightroom and B&W ...

2007-02-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent. I think number six could use less brightness in the midtones. But that's a minor quibble. A very well executed series. BTW, were you able to get an ICC profile for the Hahnemuele paper? Paul On Feb 1, 2007, at 4:56 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > This set is almost ready for prime time

Pentax 645 Question

2007-02-01 Thread Angel Ramos
I have gotten a well "preserved" Pentax 645 and this unit uses 6 AA batteries. The manual mentions Ni-Cd or Alkaline batteries. I imagine some of you 645's properly enabled people have checked if it is ok to use NiMh? Do I have anything else to check or look? The prism and the mirror are

Re: Cycle couriers

2007-02-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
It's not illegal in New York. Not in practice anyway. It's just part of everyday life. Paul On Feb 1, 2007, at 6:50 PM, John Coyle wrote: > That is the best demonstration of the most irresponsible, illegal, and > downright dangerous example of cycling I have ever seen. Ignoring > intersections,

RE: Kirk support for K10D

2007-02-01 Thread Bill Sawyer
Thanks, Paul. I got mine about the same time as everyone else, November. Camera from Amazon, battery grip and generic batteries from Adorama, memory cards from Newegg. All I need now is the 12-24, the soon-to-be-released 16-50 star lens, and a winning lottery ticket Bill Sawyer Livonia, MI --

Re: Kirk support for K10D

2007-02-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Great. I'm very fond of the 12-24. It's an excellent lens. I too want the 16-50 star lens, but I'll have to see how it's priced. Paul On Feb 1, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Bill Sawyer wrote: > Thanks, Paul. I got mine about the same time as everyone else, > November. > Camera from Amazon, battery grip

Re: The need to manually set SR

2007-02-01 Thread John Whittingham
> When you mount an F/FA/DA lens to a Sigma 2x APO TC after switch on > you cannot set the desired focal length, the Shake Reduction menu is > greyed out, with an FA24-90 mounted the aperture range as stated on > the lens is selectable/displayed in VF and EXIF, No corrections to > Aperture

Re: bringing up an item I posted earlier

2007-02-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Old numbers. What about 2006? Pentax current share of the Japan market is 10%. Canon has dropped to 35%. Paul On Feb 1, 2007, at 5:30 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 02/02/07, Micah Kleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> One of the messages that didn't get on the list was a response to a >> qu

Re: Cycle couriers

2007-02-01 Thread John Coyle
That is the best demonstration of the most irresponsible, illegal, and downright dangerous example of cycling I have ever seen. Ignoring intersections, pedestrian crossings, traffic controllers etc. forcing through pedestrians in mid-crossing - I'd throw the book at them. I didn't watch to the

Re: has anyone here been to Iceland?

2007-02-01 Thread Thrainn Vigfusson
No, I wouldn't say there are high levels of mosquito activity, since there are hardly any trees here and it's often too windy. You can expect quite a number of mosquitos the few days that aren't windy, especially in wetlands. I don't think we have the same mosquitos as are common in e.g. the US o

Re: The need to manually set SR

2007-02-01 Thread John Whittingham
> It should have the SR focal length set to 420mm; that's the > only way it knows how angular rotation of the camera affects > the position of the image on the sensor. Yes, absolutely. > Unfortunately that's not possible with an AF lens mounted on > a TC (such as the Sigma APO TCs) which passes t

Re: PAW 2

2007-02-01 Thread Rick Womer
Nice, character-laden portrait! I find the curtain bracket on the right distracting, though, and it might be worth trying a tighter crop that excludes it. Another Philly area PDMLer, eh? Rick --- Micah Kleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm still not sure if any of my messages are > reaching t

Re: bringing up an item I posted earlier

2007-02-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/02/07, Micah Kleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the messages that didn't get on the list was a response to a > question about Pentax's business. I was wondering about Pentax's > market share outside of the US; I forgot where I saw it (it may have > been Pentaxlife.com), but Pentax has

PESO: Scottish Lassie

2007-02-01 Thread Walter Hamler
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/ScottishLassieweb.jpg Taken at the local Scottish Highland Games a couple weeks ago. She was really into this stuff!! About a 50% crop from origonal. K10D, 50~200 zoom -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listin

PESO: Today's Catch

2007-02-01 Thread Walter Hamler
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/VermontFishingweb.jpg I shot this several years ago in Vermont. I was surprised to see Bass that far north, being a southerner! They were very proud of their catch. Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/li

Re: Making profit on eBay....

2007-02-01 Thread Christian
Scott Loveless wrote: > > What's even more amazing is that B&H has it in stock. Right now. > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=394223&is=REG&addedTroughType=search > > The world is supersaturated with stupid people. > What's really weird is that right a

Re: Speaking of Lightroom and B&W ...

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
This set is almost ready for prime time ... A couple of folks here might have seen it already. I've been finish printing it for my portfolio on Hahnemuele Fine Art Photo Rag paper ... beautiful surface, produces more depth than Epson Enhanced Matte paper due to blacker blacks. All were rend

bringing up an item I posted earlier

2007-02-01 Thread Micah Kleit
One of the messages that didn't get on the list was a response to a question about Pentax's business. I was wondering about Pentax's market share outside of the US; I forgot where I saw it (it may have been Pentaxlife.com), but Pentax has a 10% share of the camera market in its home market

Re: Lightroom 4.1 (was: My K10D arrived)

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Did you set the K10D to save RAW files in DNG format? (Record menu, page 2, second item "Raw File Format" set to "DNG".) The Lightroom v4.1 beta cannot open K10D PEF files. It opens K10D RAW/ DNG files without any problems. (Lightroom v1.0 release will open K10D PEF files too.) Godfrey On F

Re: what do I need to do RAW file processing with the istDS?

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
It's an interesting strategy. Whatever works for you ... With the K10D you can review what's on the card with the camera and render a RAW file to JPEG on the fly. I use that occasionally if I'm in the field and want to examine a JPEG file a little more closely ... pop the card into my Treo 6

Re: In case you were waiting for the 645D...

2007-02-01 Thread Mark Roberts
P. J. Alling wrote: > From DP Review post > >> * The release of the 645D is postponed in order to priorities on DSLRs >The wait begins to look infinite. If the rumours of the next canon being 22MP are accurate (or even close), that would explain the delay. "Infinite" delay might be the best co

Re: OT: Cycle couriers

2007-02-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/2/07, keith_w, discombobulated, unleashed: >Damn fools...pure and simple. Yeah but *happy* damn fools ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@p

Re: pdml.net mailing list memberships reminder ~ comments

2007-02-01 Thread keith_w
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 2/1/2007 2:48:26 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I never have problems with the list, but thought you'd like to know > about duplicates. > > keith whaley > > > === > Now you need new passwords. > > Marnie aka

Re: Future PUG Themes

2007-02-01 Thread Brian Walters
Thanks, Boris (and also Dave). Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Brian, you can go to the submission form and there in a drop down > menu > where you choose the month - you will see the topic l

Re: PAW 2

2007-02-01 Thread Micah Kleit
Thanks for your comments, and hooray that my messages are making it back to the list! On Feb 1, 2007, at 4:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This message arrived. Nice shot. Your father looks like a kind man. > I would crop it tighter at the top. I might even clone out the coat > rack. Good

Re: OT: Cycle couriers

2007-02-01 Thread keith_w
Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 01/02/07, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This has to be about the scariest video I've ever seen. These guys >> wouldn't last 5 minutes in my city. >> >> http://youtube.com/watch?v=nR2ygFn-yR8 > > I wouldn't give them 30mons in Sydney, the NYC drivers are

Re: test

2007-02-01 Thread Mat Maessen
mrfl mumble fish mlkdfn, refrigerator On 2/1/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dhvepfv epfv2efvh -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

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