Hi to Cotty...

2021-04-23 Thread Cameron Hood
Just stopped by to say hi. I’ll drop you a line again when I get back to the UK. Take care. Thanks, Cameron Sent from my iPad -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Cotty

2021-04-12 Thread Cameron Hood
Just wondering if Cotty is still around? I’ve been to England twice now and forgot to look him up. Known him online since the 90’s. Thanks, Cameron Sent from my iPad -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Seen this review of Windoze Vista?

2006-12-20 Thread Cameron Hood
From the New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/yn3cef Unbelievable. Vista my ass - more like a little glimpse of what a real computer looks like. Billy Gates' 'crew' has really lost it this time - he should go to jail for this amount of blatant piracy and theft. The only thing he won't steal is

Bojidar D in this month's NG

2006-12-16 Thread Cameron Hood
He's mentioned and interviewed in the feature on Artifacts in Bulgaria. Cheers, Cameron -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Bojidar in this month's NG

2006-12-16 Thread Cameron Hood
Joseph Tainter wrote: Thanks, Cameron. I may or may not get by a bookstore to look at the article. What role does Boz have in the project. Photographer? BTW, do you remember that FA* 300 F4.5 that you and Alan Chan located for me at Kerrisdale Cameras? I was a little frustrated at first that

DA* Lenses

2006-09-20 Thread Cameron Hood
http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/news/2006/press-image/200646-05.jpg Yay! Cheers, Cameron -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

The answer to Aaron's vexing question

2006-09-18 Thread Cameron Hood
Dynamic range! Or is it smooth gradations? At any rate, congrats to Pentax for releasing what looks to be a simply splendid camera with the K10D - at an amazing price - let's hope it lives up to the specs. And that the new 2.8 hyper-super-sonic zooms are equally reasonable. And is it just

Re: Gimp, Anyone?

2005-08-30 Thread Cameron Hood
Quote On Aug 30, 2005, at 1:51 AM, Toralf Lund wrote: ... I haven't used PS much, but when people here and other places talk about how you need gigabytes of memory to work with images as *small* as the ones a digital camera generates... I've had no problem working with large files (up to a

[no subject]

2005-08-23 Thread Cameron Hood
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 04:28:44 -0700 From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Why full frame? Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hello Kevin ... We must have very different standards or you must be performing some

Re: Sunning at 24x36 inches?

2005-08-23 Thread Cameron Hood
On 23-Aug-05, at 9:58 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:12:50 -0400 From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Sunning at 24x36 inches? Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding:

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 #1989

2005-08-23 Thread Cameron Hood
On 23-Aug-05, at 9:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:25 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Large Print Quality From 6mp Cameras (was: ) When I see such a print that meets my

Re: FA*24/2.0

2005-08-21 Thread Cameron Hood
Did I mention that we're off to see Alison Krauss in London in a couple of weeks? g Cheers, Cotty That'll be a great show. Since 'Brother, where art thou?', there certainly has been a resurgence in bluegrass. And there are some amazing virtuoso musicians amongst them, and Allison Krause

Re: FA*24/2.0

2005-08-20 Thread Cameron Hood
I find it hard to believe that people have such mixed feelings about this lens - either there are some batch to batch discrepancies (highly unlikely), or (more likely) some of the posters really don't know what they are talking about, and just find they aren't getting the results they are

RE: FA*24/2.0

2005-08-20 Thread Cameron Hood
Yo Cam! Don't let the bastards grind you down VBG Actually you made 2 mistakes, cos as well as not getting a DSLR for 2 years while you were hiding under a barrel, you then went and got a Pentax! grinning, ruinning, diving Having played with my mother-in-law's Rebel XT, with her $85.00

Re: FA*24/2.0

2005-08-20 Thread Cameron Hood
I think you need to be cautious about putting down others for their findings. I do know how to use wide angles, as well as that lens, having owned two of them. My film experience was very good. My digital experience was not. -- Best regards, Bruce Present company excepted, Bruce. I always

Re: Microsoft Acrylic in Beta

2005-06-15 Thread Cameron Hood
William Robb, the cranky old bugger, spontaneously expunged venomously: The three Mac users in the world wouldn't touch it anyway. Bt nature, they don't like to use MS products. I think there's a few more than three, Willy: http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2005/0620/115tab.html for the

DxO Labs software for Pentax

2005-05-04 Thread Cameron Hood
A forwarded message of importance to the PDML and Pentax users: Hello, Thank you for your interest in the DxO Technology. At present we do not have Pentax bodies on our list of next releases, however that could always change. For next DxO Module development, please check this web page:

FS Friday - FA* Lenses and more....

2005-02-25 Thread Cameron Hood
Pre-Ebay Post-PMA disappointment sale: accepting offers on the following Pentax items: 1 Pentax PZ1-P camera with grip strap, neck strap, electronic cable release, manual, and custom function card - excellent condition FA* 28-70 2.8 Excellent condition A few minor cosmetic marks on lens hood/body

Re: FS Friday - FA* Lenses and more....

2005-02-25 Thread Cameron Hood
Please don't pepper me with questions like 'how much do you want?' Of course, I want as much as I can possibly get, so make me an offer. Top offers will get replies. Cameron

Re: Laptop suggestions

2003-12-03 Thread Cameron Hood
For photography, graphics, video, and music production, all pros use a Mac. For Mac's proprietary ColourSync, stability, reliablility, and speed. Get the best one you can afford; you will never look back. There are lots of 'friends' around with lots of software, and you will never have to put

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V03 #1529

2003-11-29 Thread Cameron Hood
On Nov 29, 2003, at 3:03 PM, Frank wrote: Well, no one has said it so far, but I gotta tell you, Cam (is it okay if I call you Cam?): YOU DA MAN!! That is ~way~ cule! You got to be a Pap this summer, and you didn't tell us until now? Just waiting for the right time, eh? Sounds like a real

Re: on the subject of privacy

2003-11-28 Thread Cameron Hood
On Nov 28, 2003, at 11:30 AM, William Robb sympathetically disgorged disparagingly: From: Bob Walkden http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3246718.stm Bob Let's hope that the laws which allow this verdict remain unchanged, and that any appeal won't change the verdict.. Actually, lets not.

Black Limiteds to North America

2003-11-24 Thread Cameron Hood
Does anybody have a source for these still? A link would be appreciated. Also looking for the lowest prices seen on a new MZ-S. Just curious. Also, not to alarm anybody, but the 31 Limited is not on the Pentax Canada website. C.

Tilt-Shift functions available in Photoshop

2003-11-17 Thread Cameron Hood
To the gentleman who just joined the list with the *ist-D, tilt shift lenses are not really necessary with the advent of photoshop. Although you can achieve some extremes of depth of field with these lenses that cannot be replicated in PS, if it is just distortion correction you are after, you

Re: Tilt-Shift functions available in Photoshop

2003-11-17 Thread Cameron Hood
Bob wrote: First, this is not a flame. It's simply an observation of the losses involved in using Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or other software tool to accomplish the functions provided by a shift lens. It should be obvious that after the fact correction of distortion necessarily involves

Re: Resistance is Futile

2003-11-06 Thread Cameron Hood
R. G. wrote: D'Hood, like I'm from D'Hood Did someone call me? C.

List problems

2003-10-14 Thread Cameron Hood
Some of my posts are not making it to my copy of the digest, and yet other people are responding to them, so they are obviously getting them, perhaps only in individual emails. I sent out 3 tests yesterday, and none of them went through. I am sending them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Should I only

Re: DSLR Value for Money (was: Re: Boston photo experiences - 300D - rebel ?)

2003-10-13 Thread Cameron Hood
On Saturday, October 11, 2003, at 07:50 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Saturday, October 11, 2003, 11:30:49 AM, you wrote: [...] I bought a 2 year old Apple PowerBook for nearly £900. It was top-of-the- line for its vintage. It had extended three year warranty on it. Since I've had it, the

What about all the 'new stuff in the fall?'

2003-10-13 Thread Cameron Hood
So where's the new flash? Replacements for the powerzoom FA* series? The full frame Pro DSLR? How about the 'flagship'? C.

RE: [OT] 12 new lenses for E-system!

2003-10-13 Thread Cameron Hood
Why on earth would they make a 14-54, a 14, a 14-48, and an 11-22 available so early in their production? The 14-54 and 14-48 seem especially strange; mind you, Pentax and other companies do make about 600 variations of the 28-70/80/90, but these are not released together, but over a very

RE: Dear J.C.O.

2003-10-07 Thread Cameron Hood
But seriously, folks, any chance of turning the eights off? Thanks, Cameron

Dear J.C.O...

2003-10-06 Thread Cameron Hood
On Monday, October 6, 2003, at 12:54 PM, J.C.O. wrote: There may well be valid technical reasons for the loss of K mount compatability with the new generation of cameras, or there may not be. I'm not a camera technician, so I don't know. I don't trust the opinions of people who are not camera

*ist D and the Hyper-focal scale

2003-10-04 Thread Cameron Hood
Reposted because no one seemed to answer it: I have another question for those who have the D and a 24mm or similar wide prime; it would appear you can focus closer with the D than with a standard film camera with the same lens. Has anyone figured out whether or not their hyperfocal scale

A camera for people with noses...

2003-10-04 Thread Cameron Hood
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1002/pana204.jpg http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1002/pana202.jpg I knew it could be done. C.

Re: *ist D

2003-09-28 Thread Cameron Hood
Finally got to try one out in the shop yesterday. It IS small; very small. The conservative design was necessary to keep things as small as they are. I desperately felt the need for a battery grip, but having compared it to the D10 and the D100, I can't really see the need for a camera that

Re: *ist D

2003-09-28 Thread Cameron Hood
. William Robb - Original Message - From: Cameron Hood Subject: Re: *ist D And no lens hood of any kind comes with it, even though there are bayonette mounts molded into the cheap plastic lens body that make it look incomplete without one. Another Pentax design gaffe. Cameron

YAY! Bill's back!

2003-09-23 Thread Cameron Hood
We've all been worried about you, man! What, you think nobody loves you? We do, man! Where's those pics of you 3000mm f=45 contraption someone was asking about a few weeks back? Glad you're still with us! Cameron Hood On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at 01:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: OT Lots of Nasty Spam

2003-09-21 Thread Cameron Hood
Yes, I think the attachments are viruses or something, at least I hope so; I've been saving them for my collection. Another joy of Macs: virus collections! C On Saturday, September 20, 2003, at 11:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else been inundated by e-mail purportedly from

Re: OT Lots of Nasty Spam

2003-09-21 Thread Cameron Hood
On Saturday, September 20, 2003, at 11:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another triumph for MS software http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/32925.html Oh, goody! A worm collection! C

Re: Way OT: Lots of Nasty Spam (not all spam)

2003-09-21 Thread Cameron Hood
I usually tell them I'm sending them a cheque for $80,000,000.00, and include a smattering of viruses disguised as pictures of my vacation. C. On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 05:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am happy to report that after getting a few about a month ago I haven't had

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-20 Thread Cameron Hood
Doug Franklin wrote Uhhh. There weren't no .386 stuff when PCs or DOS was invented. The iAPX386 chip didn't come out until several years later. PCs used the 8088 chip which was an 8-bit external bus version of the 8086, which had a 16-bit external bus. Both had 16-bit internal busses. I rest

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-20 Thread Cameron Hood
On Saturday, September 20, 2003, at 12:17 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Jeez, Cameron, get off it will you? Just cause your experience with Windows is much like Alan Chan's Pentax experience doesn't mean the rest of us have the same problems and experience. TAKE IT TO ANOTHER FORUM ABOUT COMPUTERS

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-20 Thread Cameron Hood
Dear Boz, I love your site! Are you going to be posting those updated *ist D pics? The first ones were fairly terrifying to those of us who were planning to buy the camera. C.

OT: Digital Rebel now in shops in Canada...

2003-09-19 Thread Cameron Hood
but no sign of the *ist D with faulty focus and lousy colours. Nice that the two top cameras by Pentax have totally screwed up and incompatible interfaces: on the MZ-S, you have to stop your lenses down manually, but on the *ist-D, you can't. Good going, Pentax. What the are they doing

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-19 Thread Cameron Hood
American hero. Time will prove that he has perpetrated the largest scam in corporate history. And we have all been his victims. Get a Mac, you'll never look back; just ask Cotty. Never again, Cameron Hood

Re: Digital versus film

2003-09-13 Thread Cameron Hood
That's because they crash and go down so bloody often, it has spawned an entire industry! How many tech head are making their living doing Mac support? C. JCO posted: It's not which technology is better it's the application of the technology that makes the difference. I just thought we

Re: *ist D delayed again

2003-09-13 Thread Cameron Hood
BTW, I'm in Canada, and on the West Coast. Perhaps it is a local or regional problem. Kerrisdale is one of the biggest stores in Vancouver. C. On Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 12:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: *ist D delayed again Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type:

*ist D delayed again

2003-09-12 Thread Cameron Hood
My salesman at Kerrisdale cameras has told me the release date has been delayed yet again until the end of September. He didn't say, however, what year that will be. We've been waiting for a damn digital camera since, what, Spring 2001? I wonder how many P people will bail in the meantime.

Re: some more *ist D samples

2003-09-10 Thread Cameron Hood
Money weight no object: FA* 24 FA* 28-70 FA* 80-200 FA* 250 -600 Less range, all primes, and FAR less money weight L 31 L 43 L 77 FA 100 Macro Less Range and Money: FA 24-90 FA 100 Macro F 70-210 F* 300 And to the venerable Bill C. from the beautiful Oregon Coast, we all hope you are out

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V03 #950

2003-09-08 Thread Cameron Hood
Har, har, har! Excellent work, old bean. Now if you could just get a Pentium 4 to run OSX, you'd be really happenin'! C. Oops, did I mention a M.., a maaa.., a mmm again? On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 12:03 PM, that crazy Olde English bastard wrote: Well, it was just a matter of

*ist D Canadian Release Date

2003-09-03 Thread Cameron Hood
According to Kerrisdale cameras, their first shipment is to arrive Sept 11-12th, at the aforementioned $2699.00 with the 18-35. I'm on the list (and can hardly wait!). C.

Re: What the...

2003-08-30 Thread Cameron Hood
Was that Vancam? Oh, man, they are butchers. My F*300 4.5 was focussing strangely, with scratchy noises, and when I took it there, and the guy put it in a vise WITH NO PROTECTION AT ALL! A METAL VISE! I asked him to take it out, and it was only then that I noticed that the body of the lens had

Re: UK pricing for *istD!

2003-08-30 Thread Cameron Hood
I have. $2699 CDN with the 18-35. C. On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 07:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 10:42:40 +0100 From: zoomshot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: UK pricing for *istD! Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: 1.7X AF adapter compatability.

2003-08-28 Thread Cameron Hood
Leo's Cameras here in Vancouver have about 4 brand new 200mm f=4's in the box with the original price from the 70's. These are new old stock, and as I recall they are less than $200.00 each. If you want me to phone and get more info (or if any one else wants one) let me know. I believe they

OT: one for the road

2003-08-27 Thread Cameron Hood
http://lolslideshow.com/index.cfm?page_id=5action=prev C.

My *ist film review

2003-08-27 Thread Cameron Hood
A friend of mine just bought an *ist film camera; what a nice little machine! It has 95% of the functions of my PZ-1P, just missing the faster flash sync and 1/3 stop bracketing (it will do 1/2 stops). The auto focussing is fabulous, it is small, light, great metering (3 types), focus

Future DSLR's

2003-08-27 Thread Cameron Hood
Judging from this picture: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/0808/pentax04.jpg I would say that Pentax is definitely planning and/or building a full frame DSLR and/or FSLR based on the same *ist-D chassis. Look at the gaping hole that the current mirror is in; it is hard to tell, but I

Re: What cameras do you use; why and for what?

2003-08-25 Thread Cameron Hood
Nice collection Sid! I would love to see that polished brass one again. Could you post it somewhere, or send me a jpeg if you have time. Thanks. Oneday I'll start a collection. C On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 04:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 00:04:08 -0500 From:

RE: Sobig F

2003-08-20 Thread Cameron Hood
Could you send me a copy of it for my collection? Don't worry; I'm on a M...a MM...oh, I better not say it. (Cheers to Cotty) ;) C (I'm serious, though; I do collect them) On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 12:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:08:17 -0400 From:

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-18 Thread Cameron Hood
The macro is just friggin' amazing! And the other shots are equally wonderful. I may just be glad I waited. Can't wait to see how the 85 f1.4 does. Nice work, Mr. Roberts. Cameron On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 12:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:24:57 -0400 From:

Re: *ist-D photos

2003-08-18 Thread Cameron Hood
Good slide film and the world's most perfect scanning job. C On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 12:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:37:09 +0300 From: Gasha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist-D photos Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type:

Why is it...

2003-08-17 Thread Cameron Hood
Threds about beer and the blackout can carry on unchecked, but if I mention a Mac I get screamed at? Which is more applicable to photography? I use my computer constanly for editing, printing and selling. Just an observation. BTW, if you want a really good Canadian beer, try Sleemans

Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax believe me)

2003-08-16 Thread Cameron Hood
: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 23:27:55 CDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax believe me) Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cameron Hood posted, among other things: Macs are fabulous, and as a former Windoze user who has switched, I personally will never

Re: Fuji 100/1000 question

2003-08-15 Thread Cameron Hood
Its been discontinued. I tried it once, and found it very contrasty. Don't know about your cross processing question, though. C. On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 11:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:49:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Albano Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL

Re: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax believe me)

2003-08-15 Thread Cameron Hood
A bit of both. OSX has superb onboard encription which is about to get even better, and Macs are notoriously difficult to write viruses for, anyway, EXCEPT for the Microsoft software which we can now, thankfully, avoid. There are a few Mac viruses out there set to go against Outlook

Re: *ist D is bloody small!

2003-08-14 Thread Cameron Hood
And don't forget, you probably will continue shooting at a higher rate for the life of the camera, so a net profit/smaller loss will eventually be realized. Also, you are probably shooting a lot more experimental shots that you would not dream of doing if you had to pay for the film. And

Re: ist-D preview and DA 16-45mm F4 digital lens

2003-08-14 Thread Cameron Hood
Looks and sounds pretty good, and what I like about the new lens is the coverage from 24 - 70, and it takes the same filter size as my FA* series glass (67mm). No new polarizers required. And my 28 - 70 2.8 will kick in nicely above this. And I can't wait to see images from the 85mm f=1.4!

Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me)

2003-08-14 Thread Cameron Hood
You, obviously, haven't tried a Mac lately. The current virus attracks are ALWAYS against Microsoft software, because people are mad as hell and fed up with their crap. Get a Mac, and you will have a TOTALLY different computing experience. C. I suffered through Windoze from 1995 - 2000. NEVER

Just printed the test pictures from the *ist D...

2003-08-10 Thread Cameron Hood
I have been printing all the test pics published by the major camera companies as they have introduced their DSLR's. The Pentax ones are a bit disappointing in the sharpness factor, esp since 2 of them are shot with the macros! NONE of the other test shots I have printed have been with

Vancouver PDML Meet

2003-07-21 Thread Cameron Hood
With all you guys coming to Vancouver BC in August, I would like to propose the first Vancouver PDML meet. Send me a private email, and we will try to come up with some times and places. Cameron Hood PS: Vancouver members should get in touch, too.

RE: FS: Pentax goodies

2003-07-21 Thread Cameron Hood
Anyone heard of Jermann Dieter? C.

Re: Help with PUG

2003-07-20 Thread Cameron Hood
Get a Mac. C. On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 08:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:18:49 -0400 From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding:

RE: On Cheerleading

2003-07-09 Thread Cameron Hood
I must confess, I have been guilty of just what the mighty Dougster is saying. I am so pissed off at Pentax for all of the reasons I have been bitching about over the last several years (no DSLR, no 'Limited' camera, no IS, no USM, no aperture wheel or grip-strap on the otherwise gorgeous

Re: Got the MZ-S afteral

2003-07-01 Thread Cameron Hood
Any pics of a CHROME MZ-S with Chrome Limiteds out there? C.

Pentax to close Head Office, Repair Station and Warehouse in Vancouver!

2003-06-06 Thread Cameron Hood
Vancouver is a city of 1.5 million people. And this is the only Pentax repair station west of Toronto, over 3,000 miles away. They plan on operating in Canada out of Toronto only. This can not be a good thing, and cannot be a sign of a healthy company. BTW, Pentax has been here since

Re: Good-bye Pentax (2)

2003-03-19 Thread Cameron Hood
That's cause you're such a jerk most of the time nobody can stand you. c. On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 10:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:29:07 -0500 From: Bruce Rubenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Good-bye Pentax (2) Message-ID:

Re: Good-bye Pentax (was: Pentax needs USM and IS)

2003-03-17 Thread Cameron Hood
be. Best wishes to him from a long time (since '96) PDML member. Cameron Hood On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 06:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:51:33 +0100 From: Bojidar Dimitrov [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Good-bye Pentax (was: Pentax needs USM

Re: OT: Real world example of DSLR depreciation

2003-03-15 Thread Cameron Hood
I got to try the D10 at Kerrisdale Cameras in Vancouver today. Nice machine; great build quality, excellent control layout, intuitive, good screen, magnesium body, pop-up flash with lots of clearance for big lenses, and better image quality than we will get with the *ist D. We put a

Re: Help needed (longish)- Silver Limited on black body?

2003-03-09 Thread Cameron Hood
What do the black Limiteds look like on the MZ-S? Any pics? C. On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 02:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 16:22:27 -0500 From: wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Help needed (longish)- Silver

RE: Soft Lenses

2003-03-02 Thread Cameron Hood
Soft focus maybe, although you get quite a different quality of softness from soft lenses or from the magnificent Zeiss Softtar filters than you do from a Gaussian blur in Photoshop (I have a Zeiss Softar 1 and a Vivitar soft focus filter that fit all my lenses). It does not hit and spread the

Re: an interesting view on bokeh VS sharpness

2003-03-02 Thread Cameron Hood
You are the bokeh master, Mike. So the shape of the specular highlights is determined by the shape of the aperture; the amount and quality of the bokeh ('bouquet') is determined by the optic itself. Thanks, Mike; you're never too old to learn. BTW, I love your column C. On Saturday, March 1,

RE: Luc Delahaye's Schubert's 'Winterreise'

2003-01-18 Thread Cameron Hood
to his works. Pity; everyone should definitely check this out. Cameron Hood PS: Sorry if I digress... on 01/18/03 8:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for a history exam at school I once had to write an essay about the first Prime Minister of Britain, a certain Sir

To Francis Alviar...

2002-12-31 Thread Cameron Hood
. By the way, welcome back, and happy new year. Cameron Hood

Re: Best results photographing art

2002-12-30 Thread Cameron Hood
the perspective once they are scanned in. Cameron Hood

Merry Christmas to all

2002-12-25 Thread Cameron Hood
a poet, your darn system¹s gonna hang. When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk, And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk, When you have to flash your memory and try to RAM your ROM, Quickly turn off your computer, and be sure to call your Mom! Cameron Hood

The DSLR, 35mm lens resolution, and festive good wishes

2002-12-23 Thread Cameron Hood
Given that 35mm lenses are the best there are, and that Pentax may eventually have a real high end full frame 35mm DSLR, with the resolution at or greater than the current offerings from other manufacturers, I can only dream about the kind of quality we will get when shooting with some of the

Re: SMC PENTAX 85-210mm f3.5 ZOOM?!

2002-12-21 Thread Cameron Hood
Don't you wish they made something that useful now, instead of the huge jump in price from the f=5.6 70-210 to the 80-200 f=2.8? Cameron on 12/20/02 5:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:46:24 -0500 From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

RE: Lowepro Mini Trekker

2002-12-21 Thread Cameron Hood
I had this bag for about a week; it was the only Lowepro product to ever let me down. The clip holding the shoulder strap on at the bottom back of the bag is plastic and extremely flimsy; any kind of lateral motion on this (like picking the bag up off the ground) causes the clip to release

Mr. Stregevsky...

2002-12-16 Thread Cameron Hood
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Pretty certain now...

2002-12-08 Thread Cameron Hood
that the digest is down. Mighty quiet out there. Maybe all the Americans shots each other. Cameron PS: Keep the guns; ban bullets! PPS: Just bought my mother in law a battery/vertical grip and strap for the Season of Greetings for her Eos 7E: nice camera: silent, fast, no shutter slap, silent

Re: Displaying images on the web

2002-12-08 Thread Cameron Hood
Photoshop 6 and beyond does an excellent job of dividing the difference ('tween Mac and PC gamma) with their 'save for web' Jpeg function. I have viewed my posts to the PUG on both platforms, and they seem quite good. C.

RE: Why I won't be buying an MZ-S

2002-11-24 Thread Cameron Hood
Paal states: I can't imagine anyone claiming to be remotely professional who don't use DOF preview. The Z-1p don't have DOF preview when using the AV wheel. I have no problems setting the aperture on any lens and grossly prefer it to pokig my eye with my right thumb every time I tried

Re[4]: Why I won't be buying an MZ-S

2002-11-24 Thread Cameron Hood
Actually, I didn't say I needed a robocamera for weddings, what I need is a wrist strap to protect my equipment from getting knocked out of my hands from all the drunks bumping into me, another feature neglected on the MZ-S. Cameron That was basically my point. One wonders if it isn't easier

Re[4]: Why I won't be buying an MZ-S

2002-11-24 Thread Cameron Hood
I was defending myself from a Paal attack. I love the guy. I have yet to find a salesman who can tell me how to switch from aperture to shutter priority on an MZ-S. Paal mentioned briefly that it was easier than I had at first thought. Could anyone explain it carefully for me, as I do not own an

Digest ain't workin'...

2002-11-04 Thread Cameron Hood
Douggy...? Cameron

Brad the CEO's Assistant (Re: New Pentax SLR platform

2002-11-02 Thread Cameron Hood
Not only the chief test subject, but also a volunteer. Cameron From: tom *Subject: RE: Brad the CEO's Assistant (Re: New Pentax SLR platform) *Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 14:31:30 -0800 I pretty sure he's just

Is there any way we can get rid of Brad Dobo?

2002-11-02 Thread Cameron Hood
, and relentlessness is totally wasted on a small list like this; you should go somewhere else and go for the bigtime. Go be with the pros; buy a Nikon. Stop sending so many goddamn idiotic posts, you imbecile. In fact, don't send any. Cameron Hood B.Mus., B.Ed., A.A., B.C.R.M.T.

Re: The List...

2002-11-01 Thread Cameron Hood
No blame or barb intended, Doug. The mailings just seem to be getting really sparse. I used to get two, three, or more digests a day, and it has been trickling in at 1 very sparse one a day. I thought maybe there was a prblem you didn't know about. Also, the archive contained postings that I never

RE: Normal Lens Poll

2002-10-31 Thread Cameron Hood
Question 1: 1) FA* 28-70 2.8. A lens that I own that never ceases to amaze me (sorry Paal) 2) FA 24-90. Have heard good things, and would be an excellent travelling lens. 3) FA 28-105 original powerzoom. My first lens with the PZ1-P, and when I look back on the shots I got with that thing, it

The List...

2002-10-30 Thread Cameron Hood
She's a no go again. Archive OK, mailings no Time to get a Mac, Doug. Cameron PS: Let's all kick in and buy him a computer that works.

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