Re[2]: OT: Favourite photography books

Hi, > Interviews with Master Photographers (Paddington Press) > Included are Erwitt, Cornell Capa, Karsh, Brett Weston, > Minor White. I have this one too. I've had it for about 20 years or more, and probably haven't looked at it for 15. Must dig it out again. > Am I the first to mention Bress

Re[2]: OT: Favourite photography books

Hi, > I don't read a lot of photography books as the available selection is somewhat > limited. I should record some of the titles being mentioned here just in case I > can get them at the library. about 25 years ago I used to work at the British Library, which is a copyright library in the U

Re[2]: Shutter lag

Hi, > The LX wins... I wonder how much the lag would be when the > winder is attached... why should that make any difference? --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "the camera is a feared instrument and a man with a camera is suspected and watched wherever he goes" John Steinbeck, 'A Russian

Re[2]: Put a Sock in It ...

Hi, Heather Angel, who's taken photos in some pretty wet places, recommends a Cameramac (UK made) or a Laird Rain Hood (US made) http://www.apogeephoto.com/laird%5Fphoto.htm. But I thought it never rained in California. If it's protection from a shower then a plastic bag and some rubber bands is

Re[2]: If you could hang out with 1 PDMLer, who would it be?

Hi, > Cruising in a Zodiac and shooting puffins with Pål sounds like fun too... it would be much more fun to shoot Pål with puffins. Bob Blakely could design some sort of repeat action rifle with a puffin-sized barrel. We then line Pål up against one of our many brick walls, and blast away ever

Re: DOF with and without 2x TC

Hi, The dof with the 50mm at 1.4 would not be the same as the dof with the 100mm at 2.8. If you shot them both at f/2.8 then the dof would be the same. Using a 50mm lens, to get a 2m subject in the vf you'd have to stand 2.83m away and your dof at f/1.4 would be 0.32m. With the aperture set to 2

Re[2]: Travel in UK

Hi, I think this can be done avoiding London and missing out York altogether. You will have to travel very light, because it crams a lot in and involves a few train rides - the longest is about 6.5 hours. If you're young, or a student, or retired, you can get heavily discounted railway tickets.

Re[4]: LX with AF, realy it works !

Hi, actually this is not what I meant. What I mean is that having an exposure lock is incompatible with IDM, and, Paal's experience notwithstanding, an exposure lock is essential for a camera with a built-in spot-meter. Now, I can't find the back-up for my claim about AEL and IDM, so I may be ta

Re[2]: LX with AF, realy it works !

Hi, > Why not combine spot and matrix with OTF? Should be possible. a spot meter would require an exposure lock, which is incompatible with real-time metering. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, July 31, 2001, 2:46:57 PM, you wrote: > Nenad wrot: >> I am suggesting a minimalist a

Re: Unprofessional

Hi, It's professional. If you want it to do anything you have to pay it. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, July 30, 2001, 11:25:46 PM, you wrote: > Can this thread die now? Please? > Todd - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pd

Re[2]: Professional?

Hi, yea, you're right. I think it was posted in a fit of pique by Kirkland Ramsey III, Presbyterian. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, July 30, 2001, 8:44:40 PM, you wrote: > Well, go look again. I just posted a message from a fictitious email > account. I posted as [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re[2]: Professional

ot;Self Immolating Peasant > Village" > Bob Walkden wrote: >> > And I suggest we go any one of these places: >> > http://www.worldrevolution.org/WebGuide/Peace/Other/CurrentWars.htm >> do they do package tours? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail Lis

Re[2]: Around the World With ....

Hi, bit light on film there, Shel. To go round the world, travelling at ground level, you're going to have to budget 2 years and at least, absolute minimum 2,000 rolls of film. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sunday, July 29, 2001, 8:55:09 PM, you wrote: > ... a late-model Leica M2 with

OT: Brussels

Hi, had my day trip to Brussles yesterday, and thanks to everybody who made suggestions about things to do. I went straight from the railway station to the Botanique for the Salgado exhibition, where I spent 2 hours looking at the photos. I think I've worn out my eyeballs. >From there I walked

OT: Vietnam, Inc.

Hi, Admirers of Phillip Jones Griffiths will be pleased to learn that his legendary and almost mythical book 'Vietnam, Inc' is to be republished for the 1st time later this year. First published in 1971 and an instant sell-out this book was a huge condemnation of the US involvement in Vietnam. It

Re[2]: Camera decsion...

Hi, my experience was quite the opposite. When I bought my first LX one of the things that immediately struck me was how quiet it was compared to my MXs, of which I had 2 at the time, and my Super A. I later had 3 LXs, all equally quiet compared to the MX. The type of noise they make is also very

Re: Camera decsion...

Hi, >From the list you've supplied I'd suggest an MX, although they are a little bit loud even for my deaf ears. You may be able to find a way to muffle it. If you extend the choice, but not to the extent of a Leica, the LX has all the benefits of the MX, but is significantly quieter. However, f

Re[2]: professional HA!!

Hi, how about this for dumb then: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1456000/1456831.stm --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, July 27, 2001, 9:29:19 PM, you wrote: > The single silliest thing I saw was at Long Beach. This is a > temporary street circuit, so

Re[2]: professional HA!!

backwards in front of Schumacher's car if he was a real photographer. --- Bob ('I've got a well-worn Domke camera bag') Walkden mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, July 27, 2001, 8:19:35 PM, you wrote: > Bob Walkden wrote: >> Anyway, the only things that matter are

Re[2]: professional HA!!

Hi, I was taking photos in Ethiopia once with 3 LXs. A German woman came up to me and asked if I was working for National Geographic, then asked if I had any spare batteries. She said they'd be bound to fit her camera because it was the same brand as mine, but she'd run out. She had an MZ- someth

Re[2]: Suggestion for a PUG

Hi, I quite like the idea Bill (I think) floated of having a cliche PUG. This gives us the opportunity to shoot an unashamedly cliched photo, if we want ('string of puppies'), or to do something ironic and postmodern (Jeff Koons' version of 'string of puppies'), or to take a cliche and show it in

Re[2]: Things to do in Belgium...

Hi, thanks to everybody who responded to this request for information. So it seems like the thing to do is drink beer and eat chips*. No change there, then. *aka frites, French fries, fries. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, July 25, 2001, 2:12:41 PM, you wrote: > Hi, > Last

Re[3]: OT-- population control

Hi, > Just curious, you were advocating the thread to be stopped immediately and > at next glance, you were contributing on it. What gives? > P.E. sometimes it's impossible to resist. In fact I drafted several long responses to some of the stuff, but somehow found the discipline not to post the

Re[2]: OT-- population control

Hi, no - they take everybody who gets in the way. You should know that, Shel, living where you do. Just wait until The Big One... --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, July 24, 2001, 11:56:53 PM, you wrote: > Kevin Waterson wrote: >> Floods, natuaral distasters, famines, >> plagues

Re[2]: OT-- population control

Hi, can we please, please cull this stupid thread. It's just a display of ignorance, prejudice and woolly thinking (if there's any thinking at all). --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, July 24, 2001, 11:23:30 PM, you wrote: >> >> > > advocates a massive war to thin out the populatio

Re[3]: OT-- population control

the normal way of asking people to take a subject off-list is to ask something along the lines of 'please take this subject off-list'. In general this is quite a mature list in which people recognise the error of their ways, and shut up when asked to. Instead you posted a highly provocative repl

Re[2]: OT-- population control

> 2 chaps were kicking it about how many have died in the 20th century. > "Oh the HORROR" NOT. > We need to lose another 100 million just to break even. > No more AIDs "cure" research... instead, make it lethal after 3 days. End of problem. > No more kids being saved in "neo-natal Wonder

OT: Things to do in Belgium...

Hi, I'm taking a day-trip to Brussels (Bruxelles) on Saturday to see the Salgado exhibition at le Botanique before it closes and moves somewhere a bit more difficult for me to get to. I should have about 10 hours in Brussels and I won't be spending all that time in the exhibition, so I'll be tak

Re[2]: Mz-S: Two Thumbs Up!

Hi, > Romans, Mayans, Incas, Egyptians, [...]. The economies of those societies were > fueled by forceably stealing resources from neighboring peoples, enslaving > them, and forcing the majority to attend to every whim of the > minority. Same thing applies here and now. > They operated at a

Re[2]: New Pentax LX with AF!!!!!!!!

Hi, 60th anniversary of Pentax in the 1980s, 50th anniversary of the Asahiflex in 2002. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sunday, July 22, 2001, 11:06:06 PM, you wrote: > Yah, that's what everyone on this list seems to think. What I > want to know is how it marks the 60th anniversary, and

Re[2]: Mz-S: Two Thumbs Up!

Hi, > The rather quaint notion that you buy something once and never buy a > similar device for the rest of you life arose out of 19th century and > prior technology where things just plain didn't change fast enough to > warrant being replaced in one lifetime. That logic was obsolete in the

Re: Semi-OT: Pickpockets & oops.

Hi, When I travel for long periods of time I put my equipment in a Pelican 1550 case and padlock it. I have a chain that I can use to attach it to something solid, or to the roofrack of a bus or whatever. When I'm using the equipment I try to minimise the amount I carry, especially if I'm going

Re[2]: Favorite Film Roll Call Results UPDATE 18

Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED], welcome back - hope you're well! --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: More Tripod Follies?

Hi, If people are going to go to the trouble of using a tripod all the time they might as well use large format cameras. 35mm is for hand-holding. Ever since good old Oskar hammered a piece of old pipe into a lozenge shape and stuck a lens on the front 35mm photographers have done ok without tr

M24~35/3.5 (was Re: A Harder Game

Hi, I had one of these, and it may well be some of my comments that you saw quoted. It seems to be quite a rare lens which probably explains the dearth of mentions. However, it is certainly one of the best zooms P ever made. The size is excellent, the quality and handling are 1st class. I was alw

Re: A Harder Game

Hi, This gives quite an interesting insight into people - bit like 'What would you do if won the lottery jackpot?'. LX with winder, M 35/2 or K 28/2, A* 85/1.4. Travel with nomadic people in Africa, or the Caucasus, or Turkey/Kurdistan/Iraq, or the Himalayas or China/Mongolia/Central Asia. ---

Re[2]: Your "No Fat" Pentax Outfit

Hi, Here's what David Douglas Duncan used to cover the Korean war:- 2 x Leica IIIc 50mm and 135mm lenses (Nikkor) Backpack: rolls of film, toothbrush, soap, insect repellent, single blanket, extra socks & waterproof poncho Webbing belt: 2 canteens. Wrist compass. Spoon. Sometimes the most impo

Re[2]: DOF Scale

Hi, I don't think this is quite correct. Although it would make the coc smaller than we can resolve, it is not futile because an increasing number of otherwise progressively more out-of-focus points approach the size of the coc and are therefore acceptably sharp, so the depth of field is increase

Re[2]: Your "No Fat" Pentax Outfit

Hi, reminds me of a story I once read about 2 of the original Magnum guys, probably Capa and Chim, standing around somewhere each with one Leica round their neck. Another photographer enters the scene, body draped with 5 slrs, flashguns, tripod, bag, you name it. Chim turns to Capa and says 'Just

Re: Your "No Fat" Pentax Outfit

Hi, well, all I have left now is my original MX and a 40/2.8 lens. Not much fat there. If I had to reduce everything including the non-Pentax stuff down to the bone it would be: 2 x MX or LX + winder A 24/2.8 K 28/2 A 50/1.2 A* 85/1.4 A 70-210/4 > Anybody else want to play? People on these lis

Re[2]: Why I DID Buy the MZ-S (now manuals)

Hi, > What always amazed me is that even AFTER the Japanese translator finished > putting it into English, they wouldn't even run the translation past an > English-speaking editor to clean up the rough edges. That's really > hubristic. I think it's rather sporting of them, actually. Life would b

Re[2]: PM's other ramblings

Hi, here are the sizes of the prints in Salgado's "Migrations" exhibition, currently doing the rounds. All shot on 35mm, probably all shot without a tripod: "Contents: To include 210 20 x 24" photographs framed to 22 x 28", 90 24 x 34" photographs framed to 32 x 44" and 20 mural-size prints: 15

OT: Cat shot (was Ramblin' Man Keeps Ramblin' On

Hi, http://www.royalmail.com/dda/stamps/2001_collection/stamps_for_2001/feb_2001.htm --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, July 17, 2001, 6:14:24 AM, you wrote: > Annsan teased: >> I thought it might be nice to discuss flower photography, Mike > Or cats. Don't forget cats. The wo

Re[2]: Why I won't be buying an MZ-S, and other ramblings with a ran t at the very end.

Hi, sell it and buy something from this lot: http://www.seaandsea.com/ --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, July 16, 2001, 11:56:16 PM, you wrote: > I just got a Pentax IQZoom 105 WR (Point 'n' Shoot)for my upcoming trip to > the Arctic. I got it because it's weatherproof and I don't

Re[2]: UK copyright

Hi, > Somehow, I doubt that anyone can stop someone from publishing a piccie of a hunk > o' property in the UK, either. you'd be surprised. We have some very strange laws, especially relating to land & property access and ownership. The Royal family doesn't sue people (although I think there wa

Re: UK copyright

Hi, it's my understanding that you need a property release, similar to a model release, before you can publish photos of private property. I think there may be some difference depending on whether you are on the property when you take the photo, or whether you take it from somewhere off the prope

Re: Is There Anybody Out There??

Hi, in case you don't get a reply from the list - yes it's working. No problems. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. - Woody Allen Monday, July 16, 2001, 6:12:14 PM, you wrote: > Not recieved any

Re[2]: Why I won't be buying an MZ-S, and other ramblings with a rant at the very e

Hi, well, you got to the 'reply' button before me on this one, Shel, and you're so much more polite. I was going to start my reply "What utter balls!", but now my indignation is wasted...:o) --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to ac

Re: can someone recommend a good lens shade?

Hi, you won't get one shade that's good for both of them. You don't say whether you're looking for a plastic or a metal shade (or wood or glass or whatever...), or for clip-on or screw-on. My personal preference is for metal screw-on shades because they afford a high degree of protection to the

Re[4]: 18% Gray (again)

Hi, that's ok - I'm colourblind anyway. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, July 13, 2001, 8:22:29 PM, you wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Bob Walkden wrote: >> I've just metered by own skin - typically N. European with a slight >> suntan - and compar

Re[2]: 18% Gray (again)

Hi, this assumes that most camera users are white, which is a highly dubious assumption given that most people are not white. It would be commercial suicide to base meter calibration on any particular skin colour. If it's true that white skin is about 13% then I'd suggest it's probably coincidenc

Re: Classrooms

Hi, studio portrait lighting, at least as a beginner, is pretty simple. You should be able to pick up the basics in a couple of hours at most. After that you're probably better off spending time in the studio doing your own experiments. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, July 13, 200

Re: reading material

Hi, Try "Photography" by Barbara London and John Upton. It seems to be the standard for colleges. I have a copy and it's very good. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321011082/qid=995010194/sr=1-1/ref=sc_b_1/104-2609650-5152733 --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, July 13, 2001,

Re[2]: Hounds of Asahi

Hi, hmm. Too many dog / Holmes coincidences in my life at the moment. Yesterday I had to go to Baker Street, London to see a man about a dog. As I strolled down the street I naturally enough started thinking about Holmes. I bought a newspaper to read with my lunch, opened it and the main 'Review

Re: HELP ME!!!!!!

Hi, that's like getting a personal phone call from Pablo Escobar to tell you how this year's harvest is doing... You know you're in trouble. :o) --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, July 11, 2001, 9:37:53 PM, you wrote: > My local retailer just got an MZ-S in, and they went to the

Re: Refinishing black cameras - Was: Re: Dumb Thoughts on Black & Silver,

Hi, I had an LX repaired once and the guy who did the repair scratched the prism a little bit. Of course I complained, so he took into the back of the shop, came out and it looked like nothing like new, but at least it was black again. Ensuing conversation: Me: What did you use? Him: That's gen

Re: Film availability in the UK

Hi, you should have no difficulty finding any of those while you're over here from professional labs. In London these are mainly located in and around Soho. Try Joe's Basement on Wardour Street. They have a fast turnover of everything, so it should always be fresh. http://www.joesbasement.co.uk

Re[2]: Photo Life Magazine contest: Is it a scam ?

e doesn't > enter. If enough people feel likewise, they won't have enough entries to have a > decent contest. > I'm not entering one way or the other, so it's all moot to me. But I don't think > economics enters into this one, imho. > regards, >

Re[2]: Photo Life Magazine contest: Is it a scam ?

Hi, > all). Maybe the idea is to cut down on the frivolous entries. ah, but where does that leave the non-frivolous struggling artists, students etc. who may have genius but no money? If the idea of paying to enter a serious competition became a widespread practice then it would close off an im

Re[2]: What's all the fuss about the DOF Preview

Hi, it might be worth mentioning, for anybody who hasn't used a Leica, that, unlike an slr, the image size in the viewfinder doesn't change when you change the framelines. So whatever lens you have on the camera the view through the finder is the same. The framelines are there simply for framing

Re[2]: What's all the fuss about the DOF Preview

Hi, there's nothing very complex or difficult about the depth-of-field calculations. It's a very simple matter to type a few formulas into a spreadsheet, even one on a PDA. I put some into a spreadsheet and put it on my website some time ago: www.web-options.com/bob/files/optical.xls. You're wel

Re: Pentax Magazine

Hi, It's very dull. Well behind the pdml in terms of news. Unadventurous in its photography. Uncritical in its approach. It's _very_ UK-centric. I read it in about 3 minutes, yawn, and throw it in the bin. But, it does sometimes have a page of private classified ads, and some of the equipment is

Re: LX: Loud or Quiet? (Was MZ-S; First impression)

Hi, this happens with my Contax RXs too. The ping seems to depend on which lens is on the body. For instance, the 35/1.4 pings like a u-boat, but the 50/1.4 doesn't. The ping tone varies from body to body aswell. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, June 19, 2001, 2:57:50 PM, you wrot

Re: MZ-S and Others

Hi, The Contax RX does something similar to what you want with their digital focus indicator: "The DFI (Digital Focus Indicator) system graphically portrays focus point and provides depth of focus information in the viewfinder." It displays along the bottom of the viewfinder. It doesn't tell yo

OT: Pre-cut mattes

Hi, can anybody tell me if museum-quality archival pre-cut mattes are available in 35mm proportions, please? And if so, perhaps the names of some suppliers, preferably in the UK, but the product name at least should help me find UK suppliers. Ideally these mattes would be on board with the same

Re[2]: Those darned chromogenics

Hi, it's a very common word in Britain. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, June 15, 2001, 4:10:38 PM, you wrote: > Wiiliam Robb wrote: > wonky > You are the only person in the world besides my wife that I have known to > use this word. > Tom C. - This message is from the Pent

Re: Pentax in Russia - a flying visit (31mm content!)

Hi Mike, glad to hear the MX is ok. I hope it goes on to have a long and glorious career in the ample bosom of Mother Russia :o) You didn't tell us the outcome on the LX of the dunking. Perhaps it goes without saying that it survived. I like the sound of your experiences with Pentar. It certain

Re: OT:Back-packs for photo gear

Hi Rob, I have the LowePro S&F Rover Lite. Although we don't have bush over here to quite the extent that you guys do it is useful for short trips. It has a big brother version which is waterproof. They both have excellent tripod provision. It's more of a photo day pack than anything else. You c

Re[2]: Spotmeters (Was: Learning To make a Photograph)

Hi, this is what I use: http://www.sekonic.com/Products/L-398M.html it's called a studio meter, but I've never used it in a studio. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, June 05, 2001, 12:56:03 PM, you wrote: > I'm about to begin the process of evaluating/purchasing an incident ligh

Re[2]: Spotmeters (Was: Learning To make a Photograph)

Hi, I wrote the following earlier today to be a reply to Shel's post. Some of it has been superceded by other people's replies, but I thought I'd send it anyway. The type of photography that I most enjoy looking at, and trying to emulate, is exemplified by the Magnum agency. In many, perhaps mos

Re: Anyone give me a price on a SMC 18mm 3.5 please ?

Hi, last time I saw one was last year here in London, going for about GBP350-, iirc. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, May 31, 2001, 9:46:46 PM, you wrote: > Hi Pentaxers, > Can anyone give me an idea of what a decent condition SMC 18mm f3.5 lens > should go for these days, any

Re: Travel and/to take pictures? (was: Minimum equipment...)

Hi, before you go negotiate with your companion for free time for each of you so you get a day taking photos and s/he gets a day doing whatever s/he wants to do that doesn't involve you. 1 day in 3 or 4 should be easy enough to arrange, I'd have thought. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tu

Re[2]: BAG advise

Hi, Frits writ: > However I am stuck with those local shops here in the UK. next time you're in London on a weekday you could visit KJP/Calumet in Drummond Street. They usually have an excellent range of bags, including most of the Domkes. --- Bob - This message is from the Pentax-Discus

Re[2]: Filter Blab

Hi, I thought you had B+W filters for the lenses already. In that case you could just take the glass out of them and replace it with cut down Pentax glass, so there'd be no additional buying and selling other than the SMC filters. Still expensive, of course, and I wouldn't do it, but it's a possi

Re[2]: How noisy is your camera?

Hi, Thursday, May 24, 2001, 8:42:20 AM, you wrote: [...] > I was quite impressed with the LX and the winder. It runs about > as fast as my MZ-5, and about as quietly. I doubt very much if > the noise would anger an elephant. Any elephant with sense would be soothed by it and roll on its back to

Re[2]: Red Eye effect<->Telephoto lens!

Hi, > By the way, I have observed a > burning yellow light coming out of the eye of a tiger (I was enjoying a > feature in "Animal Planet" in TV) the cameraman should get in touch with William Blake. They're the most difficult kind of tiger to photograph. Framing is extremely difficult because o

Re[2]: Red Eye effect<->Telephoto lens!

Hi, I'm no doctor (trust me), but isn't it the case that mammalian blood is not red but blue when it's in the veins? It only turns red when it oxidises (eg when it comes out of your veins). This would suggest that red-eye is not a reflection off blood vessels, but off the retina itself, which is

Re[2]: How noisy is your camera?

Hi, she shouldn't have been so stupid as to get out of the car. I would think the quietest would be the LX, which is a lot quieter than the MX. The winder is also reasonably quiet. I used my LXs in a game park in S. Africa. I even photographed elephants with it, and not one of them trampled me t

Re: Winder LX Accesory Question

Hi, Battery Cord LX --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, May 22, 2001, 10:13:33 PM, you wrote: > Hey gang, >One more question about the Winder LX . . . Does anyone know the name > of the specific part that connects between the Winder LX and the Remote > Battery Pack? I know wha

Re[2]: Favorite Film Roll Call Results UPDATE 9

Hi, why should he get a reward for misleading us? :o) --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Art is a form of play, not to be taken seriously" - Plato Sunday, May 20, 2001, 3:16:48 AM, you wrote: > 20 lashes for Shel! > Steve Larson >> >> I misread the article. It said that TX is the most p

Re[3]: What Do You Carry

Hi, >> abseiling. I always figured folks who said abseiling were >> just being pretentious. > 'abseil' is the word used in British English, even by gritty, > unpretentious mountaineering types. We also recognise 'rappel', > which is also from French I should have pointed out that 'abseil' is m

Re[6]: Very OT - Imagine !

Hi, > Bob, you are forgetting about air conditioners, which suck up a > tremendous amount of electricity. I suppose in cold and damp > England, you wouldn't have much call for them. yes that's true. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Art is a form of play, not to be taken seriously" - Plat

Re[2]: What Do You Carry

Hi, 'abseil' is the word used in British English, even by gritty, unpretentious mountaineering types. We also recognise 'rappel', which is also from French so probably no more and no less pretentious. On the one occasion when I foolishly volunteered for this activity I abseiled down the side of a

Re[4]: Very OT - Imagine !

Hi, > Are you saying that June 21st is midsummer in the northern latitudes or in general? >June 21st > is definately the 1st day of Summer where I come from. I mention the northern latitudes because of White Nights and the Midnight Sun. Since few people will have their lights on the protests w

Re[2]: Very OT - Imagine !

Hi, it won't be very impressive in Northern latitudes. (and it's midsummer, not the 1st day of summer) --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Art is a form of play, not to be taken seriously" - Plato Friday, May 18, 2001, 5:05:37 PM, you wrote: > I like it. The people who are most likely to

Re[2]: OT: Iris prints on watercolour paper

Hi, the Iris prints on watercolour paper that I've seen have been excellent, and unless I'd been told I wouldn't have known they were not conventional photoprints - perhaps except for the particular quality of the paper itself, which is very nice. So I will certainly evaluate the final output as

OT: Iris prints on watercolour paper

Hi, I'm working towards a small exhibition later this year. I'm shooting the photos on Scala, which I plan to have scanned and printed digitally. I've been advised to have Iris prints made on watercolour paper. At an exhibition this weekend I noted that Catherine Opie's prints are made this way,

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

Hi, the extent of damage rather depends on how long the back is open. My experience has been that only about 4 frames were damaged, namely those in the region of the shutter. The ones wound round the spool were all ok, as were those that were still in the can of course. This was with a Contax RX,

Re: High Speed Slide Film (if it exists...)

Hi, I've used Ektachrome P1600 at 3200 inside the churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia. These are dark places, usually lit only by an open doorway or by a small window high up in the chamber. The churches are usually full of brocade and silk, with gold and silver crosses and staffs, bright colourful

Re: OT: Kodak Packaging

Hi, > Very informative, if you read it, about some rather disturbing trends; and > the Kodak packing is only a minor manifestation interesting enough article, but I think the Kodak packaging probably fits under the 'internationalisation' category that the article mentions. There are occasion

OT: Open City

Hi, Interesting sounding exhibition on at the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford (UK): http://www.moma.org.uk/exhibition.htm it will also be touring - dates on the web-page. --- Cheers, Bob - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follo

Re[2]: Lab Sleeving machines and scratches

Hi, > I was going to go this weekend and look for a film cutter. Are there any > good ones out there? I use a pair of scissors. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Art is a form of play, not to be taken seriously" - Plato Saturday, May 12, 2001, 7:31:03 AM, you wrote: > I was going to go

Re[3]: What Do You Carry

Hi, > Tell me more, please. I don't really think there is much more. If I'm going away for a few weeks I print a whole lot of individually numbered labels and stick them on the film cans. Whenever I load a new roll of film into the camera I write the film number on a new page of my notebook. I

Re[2]: Nasty Kodak rumor, or the sloppy truth: the dumbing down of NorthAmerica??

Hi, Dorothy Parker was once challenged to think of a memorable sentence involving the word 'horticulture'. She came up with "you can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think" :o) --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "In my vocabulary 'art' is a dirty word" - Helmut Newton Wednesday, M

Re[2]: Nasty Kodak rumor, or the sloppy truth: the dumbing down of North America??

Hi, > Both based on the premise that the typical computer user is a complete > idiot. that seems like a reasonable assumption when you consider that one of the best-selling series of books is called "The complete idiot's guide to..." --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "In my vocabulary 'art

Re[2]: What Do You Carry

Hi, jeepgirl wrote: > I a journal to write in an ink pen to write with. A sharpie to date the > roll of film, and possible describe the location, then I write that on the > bag when I have the film developed. It's easier to write a serial number on the film can before you go out. As you're w

Re[2]: Nasty Kodak rumor, or the sloppy truth: the dumbing down of North America??

Hi, well, if you want to be digital you can count up to 1,048,575 before you run out of fingers and toes, assuming the normal mammalian complement. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "In my vocabulary 'art' is a dirty word" - Helmut Newton Wednesday, May 09, 2001, 3:48:26 PM, you wrote: >>

Re[2]: What Do You Carry

Hi, Wednesday, May 09, 2001, 3:06:21 PM, you wrote: [...] > general, as well as numerous off-topic subjects. There are > different styles of posting, some serious, some humorous, but > eventually you'll find the answers to all your questions. great! so, what's the meaning of life? And just exa

Re: What Do You Carry

Hi, I have a Tupperware box which fits in the end pockets of a Domke bag. The contents are enough for most situations and are geared not around a day's shooting (when I may well leave the bag and box at home), but around travelling for long-ish periods. It contains:- Spare batteries :o( Long cab

Re: please critique...

Hi, as well as the technical issues that other people have mentioned, it's always useful to consider who you have to please when you're taking a portrait. Are you trying to please the sitter, her mother, her boyfriend, yourself, the passport authority... Usually you can't please all the people a

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