RE: I'm sad & plea for help (disk problems)

2004-09-01 Thread David Miers
FDISK will totally remove all the data from the drive if there is any left. I'm not sure if he is just trying to redo his drive here and make a better plan for the future, or if he is still trying to find a way to recover the data. Possibly a data recovery program could find it. However once we g

RE: Pentax Filters

2004-08-28 Thread David Miers
Please let that be a bad joke! Feed the dog or else!!! > Strange that I found no reference to any of the other filters > listed in the > two "helpful" replies to my initial post on this subject - my dog > told that > these were cruel jokes played on me by some bad apples on PDML, > but I stood

RE: It's over (was Re: Ilford in trouble? and digi snappers)

2004-08-25 Thread David Miers
They would really be upset if after you wiped the card for them it wouldn't work in their camera! Deleting just the images is usually ok, but of course many digital cameras including mine will not work if you do not format the card in the camera itself. For some reason I also wind up with garbage

RE: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

2004-08-16 Thread David Miers
Ok, you got me there. When they fit that into a camera at a price that is not insanemaybe..lol > -Original Message- > From: Peter Loveday [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digic

RE: Prosumer vs. DSLR (was Re: two new digicams...)

2004-08-16 Thread David Miers
I ask you this, can you think of anything electronic made today, that comes even close to what one sees with the human eye? I know I sure can't! Until that happens I see little sense in chasing something that is a "less then". I suspect a mirror or even a quality prism of some sort will continue

RE: Pentax 1Q news FY-05

2004-08-13 Thread David Miers
Canon and Nikon have the > DSLR market > wrapped up and are pulling away rapidly from all of the competition. they > are meeting their marketing goals. > > Herb http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=59 65070 According to this Canon is suffering some too,

RE: Pentax 1Q news FY-05

2004-08-13 Thread David Miers
Ugh...and if I'm reading it right, their market share dropped 100 yen, which is their daily limit, or about 18 % just today. Do you suppose all the companies will experience similar problems due to the market becoming somewhat saturated already? They all must be having problems selling since it i

RE: istD overexposure

2004-08-11 Thread David Miers
>From discussions with a 10D user I learned that this is a common digital problem. Part of the issue is that digital in some ways appears to not have the exposure range that film has. The digicams should be the same, but I haven't noted it very much in mine either. At any rate there is a hidden

Oh the gloom of it all

2004-08-02 Thread David Miers
Yea, I know, this has been beat to death, but http://www.vividlight.com/articles/1513.htm Warning...*istD owners shouldn't look...lol. Dave

RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

2004-07-20 Thread David Miers
> at high cost, or low or unpredictable quality. > Good grief, I can get 2 day service on anything from B&H, who I would never worry about in this regard. That's why we all order our equipment on the internet because it's risky and costs more! lol 8) VBG

RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

2004-07-20 Thread David Miers
> How many will get sick of the film game? Having to make sure > there are enough > rolls of film in your kit ahead of time > > Making sure batteries are charged on a digi-cam is analogous to > ensuring that > you have films with you a spare meter battery. I guess I would see film's comparis

RE: Film vs. Digital(long)

2004-07-20 Thread David Miers
Good grief, why did I ever bring up 3rd world! My apologies to the list. It doesn't matter where it is. If the family can't afford to buy a digital, but can afford to use a film camera occasionally it could be your neighbor I'm talking about. Dave > -Original Message- > From: Norm Baugh

RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

2004-07-19 Thread David Miers
You can choose to look at forced at home processing and optical printing as a blessing or curse. The reality is you'll get better images. If you like to machine gun through film using high speed film drives, well I doubt it's for you. If you really think about each shot before squeezing it off,

RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

2004-07-19 Thread David Miers
Just about 5 years Nope, I still like film better and the feel and performance of film equipment better. > Here is a bit of a poll: How many of the folks on this list who > have been into > photography as a serious hobby for 5-10 or more years, and for > whom it still is > a serious hobby have

RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

2004-07-19 Thread David Miers
Here on the Mass northern coast I find that sales of B&W film are as good as ever and I can buy it locally at several retailers. The art community here of course is very strong and almost all major colleges, community colleges, and even high schools have a strong art program as well as photograph

Fuji Finepix S5000 vs. PZ-1p (warning: film wins hands down)

2004-07-18 Thread David Miers
Hi all Just finished an outing with a good friend of mine who recently purchased a Finepix S5000. It's his first digital experience and he thought he had the world by the tail with it, although he has considerable experience with film and a Super Program. We took a charter boat ride in hopes th

RE: Film is Dying? (was Pentax is Dying?)

2004-07-17 Thread David Miers
Not so far fetched actually. I didn't really get interested in photography until the first digitals came out. I bought one and thought it was cool. Then I happened to try a friends 35mm and realized this was much better. I even bought another 4Mb digital after that, but 35mm was still better at

RE: More *ist D Hot Pixel Oddness

2004-07-11 Thread David Miers
a sensor swap costs outside of the warranty period? > > -el gringo > > -Original Message- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 9:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: More *ist D Hot Pixel Oddness > > > > -

RE: More *ist D Hot Pixel Oddness

2004-07-11 Thread David Miers
> if it's not very easy to pick out, well, then it must not be very easy to > pick out, so why worry?? > > > I got excited about the hot pixel issue when it first came up, but when I realized it was somewhat normal I settled down. If noticed it's really easy to fix. My main concern would be n

RE: Film Is Dead / A Contrary View

2004-07-10 Thread David Miers
> Mini labs are mass market machines. The pros who want the big files > are doing their own scans. > > William Robb > > Are the pros with large size files from high res scans limited to printing from their own resources too? What are the minilabs limitations from customer generated files? In ch

RE: Film Is Dead / A Contrary View

2004-07-10 Thread David Miers
> -Original Message- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 3:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Film Is Dead / A Contrary View > How long does it take you to scan an entire roll of film on your > duoscan? About 45 minutes probably for a

RE: Max weight of tele lens on *ist D

2004-07-08 Thread David Miers
I would use a tripod collar if you have one as it was designed for it. The bigger question in my mind is your reasoning about using it as a walking around lens. The shutter speeds required for this lens handheld for most people are going to be a minimum of 1/500 sec. That's really fast film and/

RE: OT: Non-Microsoft browsers are most secure choice

2004-07-07 Thread David Miers
That's Doug's right and choice not to say. Just as it is your choice whether or not to subscribe to this list. I also think what you might be missing here and what Doug was trying to tell you is, I can choose to send you a virus Antonio, and just make it look like it came from this list. The int

RE: Bye ...

2004-07-07 Thread David Miers
Shel I've always enjoyed your contributions on this list. I for one will be sorry to see you go. I truly hope after your vacation you reconsider and return. I can tell you that you had a great deal to do with inspiring me to do more black and white. You helped me see the potential that exists

RE: wouldn't it be nice

2004-06-29 Thread David Miers
It's expected that the new Minolta D7 will have this feature since the existing film 7 already does change the numbers and data on the back as well when you turn it to vertical. So they already have the technology in it that knows the cameras orientation. > -Original Message- > From: Jim

RE: a 'family' photo

2004-06-28 Thread David Miers
Ha...lots of luck..if your serious don't fondle them between now and the sale! Give each of them a goodbye kiss and put them in the box quick, or you might have to send the money back! > -Original Message- > From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:05 P

RE: A photographic weekend - ahhhhhhhh!

2004-06-28 Thread David Miers
Interesting2 of you that are digitally enabled choose to still use film for the important have to get it right images. There is no doubt that film still does have it's advantages. In our society where time is everything, letting the labs do it has it's own good points vs. the general advertis

RE: Color to B&W conversion in Photoshop(Was Gaurav's PAW #7: Why me?)

2004-06-21 Thread David Miers
> And why would an srgb image be more useful in photoshop if what > you want as > an end result is a B&W image. I don't understand that comment at all. > What filters would you be talking about? > > Shel > > This all needs some more experimentation on my part. I'm going to scan some color film

RE:Color to B&W conversion in Photoshop(Was Gaurav's PAW #7: Why me?)

2004-06-21 Thread David Miers
> I don't know what you mean when you say "My question about your procedure > here Shell is it really color or B&W." > > Shel > > Old B&W images had what was called sepia I believe and to imitate that of course we need to use color. If you convert to grayscale, RGB is now gone. If you desaturate

RE: Slave flash using wireless question

2004-06-21 Thread David Miers
I suspect the communication will set off any flash in slave mode prematurely. The 360FGZ also has a built in slave mode though. You could use the non wireless flash on camera or with a cord to trigger the 360, but it will be in manual mode only here. The 360 does have variable power settings in

RE: Epson C80 Problems

2004-06-20 Thread David Miers
Where and what is the exact name of this leben list William? -Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 12:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Epson C80 Problems - Original Message - From: "Steve Larson" Subject: Epson C80 P

RE: Epson C80 Problems

2004-06-20 Thread David Miers
Well getting the head out and cleaning it properly sounds like a great idea, except on my epson 785 I've not been able to figure out how to get the heads out yet for such an attempt. What I have done is use the highest grade of Isopropyl alcohol I can find to limit the amount of residue this leave

RE: OT: Windows 98 help

2004-06-17 Thread David Miers
Actually I don't think getting the system to run on the 98 drive would be that hard, however it may well require a 98 disk. If you don't have that it might be questionable. The files would probably be downloadable somewhere, but you'd probably have to have a different computer available until you

RE: Nikon to abandon film...

2004-06-16 Thread David Miers
Pentax is probably closer then Konica-Minolta, since they are actually in the D-SLR market. Minolta just has a prototype with a bunch of engineers with their fingers up their ***. -Original Message- From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:33 AM To: [EMAI

RE: A-lenses aperture indication

2004-06-15 Thread David Miers
I know the ZX-M manual describes this. It says that the camera will know where the aerator ring is at in FA lens or newer. Older A lens that are not autofocus will not show the aperture reading in the digital display. I'm not sure that all Pentax autofocus cameras will not support this or what

Pentax vs Minolta service

2004-06-13 Thread David Miers
Hi I'm strongly still thinking about bailing out on one system or the other and the service record for Minolta from other lists I'm on really seems to be bad. I personally have only had one dealing with them and although expensive, the results were satisfactory. However many people especially wi

RE: enlarger for scanning?

2004-06-13 Thread David Miers
D] Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 7:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: enlarger for scanning? You'd have focussing problems I think... it's too late to work out exactly what they'd be though :-) S David Miers wrote: > > Has anyone ever tried using a flatbed designe

test-ignore

2004-06-13 Thread David Miers
my replies and new mail have not been coming through for 2 days at least

RE: Film and Development

2004-06-12 Thread David Miers
I've only developed B&W film myself, so I don't know how similar the rules are with C-41 process. But in black and white the agitation affects contrast. Possibly your sharpness issue is actually a contrast one. I also know that temperatures being off and over/under exposure to the chemicals can

RE: Scanning C41 B&W Question

2004-06-09 Thread David Miers
Hamrick software recommends scanning films that have an orange mask in color mode. All others in B&W mode. The users manual for Vuescan gives a bit more detail as to why this is so. Dave -Original Message- From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10

RE: Camera backpack with drawers

2004-06-08 Thread David Miers
Don't you know trolling ebay is dangerous!!! to your wallet that is! Your sure to see all kinds of things you just have to have...lol 8). Dave -Original Message- From: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 7:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Camera ba

RE: *istD unsharpness

2004-06-08 Thread David Miers
That's exactly what I've been thinking William, but I'm not quite up enough on the technical details of digital cameras to comment much. Wasn't it just discussed how Nikon lenses are sharper for the most part then Pentax? What about with the new photoshop CS or what ever it is that has the plugin

RE: Scanning Software: Nikonscan v Vuescan

2004-06-03 Thread David Miers
I don't know how this works exactly, but according to what I've read scanners that have the hardware to support digital ICE have some other options for cleanup in Vuescan supposedly using the same type of technology. I've not been able to try this yet since none of my scanners have the hardware sup

RE: GFM coming together

2004-05-31 Thread David Miers
Don't forget the Advil Mark! Your back is going to hurt after lugging all that equipment...lol.. 8). Dave -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GFM coming together Starting to get packed...

RE: Paw:Look what we found

2004-05-31 Thread David Miers
-- Rotties seem to have more pack drive than most of the other breeds, and don't really do well on their own. Thats why Rotties that spend too much time alone become so anti social. I agree they are known to get antisocial in an environment where they are chained up and

RE: Fully manual SLR

2004-05-30 Thread David Miers
I would agree 100% with the CLA ahead of time thought. Furthermore I note no one has mentioned the Ricoh cameras which for the most part are available quite reasonable, many are totally manual except for a light meter that serves no necessary function. The best part is they take Pentax lenses! 8

RE: Paw:Look what we found

2004-05-30 Thread David Miers
Just because dogs don't like cats...or in my Rotty's case even other dogs, has nothing to do with their disposition towards people. The only time my Rotty would ever try to hurt you, is if you tried to hurt the baby first! He just adores people in general, possibly because he truly has no idea tha

RE: Website v3.0

2004-05-30 Thread David Miers
Win 2000 IE 6 and I'm having no problems with Shaun's site! Dave -Original Message- From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 3:36 PM To: Shaun Canning Subject: Re: Website v3.0 Hi! Shaun, your newest web page is quite heavy on scripting. Let's just say

RE: Darkroom or Digital for beginners

2004-05-29 Thread David Miers
I found B & W to be very frustrating in college too, as I too am very color oriented. But towards the end of the course it started to rub off on me or something, because I started looking at images differently, even choosing B & W as the preferred medium for some images. You have got to admit the

RE: Will I ever use my MX again?

2004-05-27 Thread David Miers
Minolta does a lot of yapping about their great autofocus, but I honestly can't tell much difference between it and my Pentax autofocus. In fact many times the Pentax performs better especially in dim light. -Original Message- From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday

RE: Mirror foam on MX

2004-05-27 Thread David Miers
I ordered the bumpers from Pentax for my PZ-1 and used double sided 3M tape cut to a small sliver to install them. The idea of any liquid type glue in a camera is scary to me! That was almost 2 years ago and they are fine. In the case of my PZ-1 I ripped it trying to change the focus screen, but

RE: Negative scan to photo?

2004-05-26 Thread David Miers
The only stupid question is the one you don't ask they always say! First of all most scanning software that is designed to scan negatives automatically converts it to positive. The only exception is when you scan to a raw file in a program such as Vuescan or actually the Minolta software will do

RE: Take a wild guess

2004-05-25 Thread David Miers
I managed to do a quick sample of the Minolta and Epson scans. If it makes anyone feel better the film was exposed in a PZ-1p Pentax... :). Here is a link to the crops. Dreamweaver's photo album function has a bad tendency to sort the thumbnails how ever it wants to rather then leaving them in

RE: transporting my kit...

2004-05-17 Thread David Miers
Mine also accepts a decent sturdy padlock, not one of those pissy little suitcase padlocks that a three year old could bite off. I heard something about you shouldn't lock your luggage any more since it may have to be opened for inspection??? Dave

RE: D76

2004-04-24 Thread David Miers
--- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 7:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: D76 - Original Message - From: "David Miers" Subject: RE: D76 > According to a site that I recently subscribed to T-Max developer and D76 > are actual

RE: D76

2004-04-23 Thread David Miers
According to a site that I recently subscribed to T-Max developer and D76 are actually chemically the same even though from what I understand one is a powder and the other is a liquid. I'm not at home on my home systems, so I can't access the info right now, but will post a link tomorrow night if

RE: A "lesson" in flash with the *ist D...(now a bit OT)

2004-04-19 Thread David Miers
Ok now I'm getting a bit confused. Could someone clarify a few points for me please. I currently use the AF360FGZ on the PZ-1p and PZ-1 as well as with some older cameras. I liked the fact that it is supposed to be completely backward compatible with all Pentax cameras. I am aware that this fla

RE: GFM photos

2004-04-15 Thread David Miers
I see no good reason that the digital cameras can't enter the race if having prints is the only excuse. A DC converter to 110 does amazing things like enable your printers to work off of your laptops...or maybe there is 110..never been there. At any rate hauling along a printer isn't so hard to d

RE: Faster film drying?

2004-04-14 Thread David Miers
At college we have a film dryer closet. Just looks like a tall narrow metal closet with timer and heat thermostat controls on top. Usually does it in about 20 minutes. It does a good job and doesn't seem to get the negatives dusty either. I imagine you could make one, but need to make sure the

RE: Computer Question

2004-03-28 Thread David Miers
Tanya, do yourself a favor and rename your folder. Too many clean up programs might mistake this for a temp folder or file constituting a possible disaster of the worst kind. -Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 9:36 PM

RE: News story on eBay fraud

2004-03-24 Thread David Miers
But if your talking about the sale I think you are, that sale was plainly marked. Some people just can't read. To the seller's credit he cancelled the sale to avoid hard feelings on any side. He could have legitimately held those people to their bids IMHO. -Original Message- From: grayw

RE: Double Exposure:paw

2004-03-24 Thread David Miers
You used [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the moon exposure. And with the converter attached what would the f stop equivalent be? Minus 2 stops right? We just had a conundrum of how to expose the moon properly in class, and to my surprise it was the sunny 16 rule which is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your exposure is

RE: Here is my WOW offering

2004-03-23 Thread David Miers
Here's my attempt for this image. Dave http://www.davesfotooptions.com/pdmlwow/index.htm -Original Message- From: Dr E D F Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: F: Here is my WOW offering http://kotisivu.mtv3.fi/edfw/ori

RE: WOW - 60th Anniversary Photo

2004-03-23 Thread David Miers
I'm not entirely happy with this, but here is a quick effort at http://www.davesfotooptions.com/pdmlwow/ -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 11:25 PM To: PDML Subject: WOW - 60th Anniversary Photo This week is the 60th anniversa

RE: pz1p pricing

2004-03-16 Thread David Miers
Possibly repair in Colorado is easier to obtain on the American version? -Original Message- From: Joe Wilensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: pz1p pricing KEH is often a little high on the pricing, although it's usually

RE: Damaged Wedding Photo

2004-03-15 Thread David Miers
e are all smaller than original. Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Miers Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Damaged Wedding Photo Some of the results are awesome as I tried a bit the othe

RE: Damaged Wedding Photo

2004-03-15 Thread David Miers
Some of the results are awesome as I tried a bit the other day and got no where close to what some of the guys did. I'm getting the impression though that some of you had a better original file to work with then the original one posted. Did you send a bigger version to the participants Kevin? If

RE: OT: B&W or Colour - Maybe a WOW?

2004-03-13 Thread David Miers
B & W works much better here I think. The bus is less distracting in this mode. You guys were right before about it needing to be there to tell the story, but if it could be toned down some. Maybe lighten the picture a bit to get better shadow detail and burn the bus. My focus is on what I can'

timer driven mirror lockup vs. full: Was RE: dorkily enabled

2004-03-12 Thread David Miers
I have heard a lot of quibbling about mirror lockup being a timer element only on this list as well as others over time. I agree that the real thing would be better and I'm not exactly quite sure why they don't do that as I don't see why it's so hard to do. However in reality when I consider this

RE: Pentax (film) vs. 5MP (SONY)

2004-03-10 Thread David Miers
I kept getting the feeling that the focus was off on the film scans. Unfortunately the epson holder leaves something to be desired and the lack of focus control can be a problem if the 3200 is at all like my 2400. I read about some people testing the focus by shimming the holder as well as putting

RE: clever virus attack (Att. Dalal)

2004-03-05 Thread David Miers
o you could never access them, but they were still there. Herb - Original Message - From: "David Miers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 1:19 AM Subject: RE: clever virus attack (Att. Dalal) > I don't think you can conf

RE: clever virus attack (Att. Dalal)

2004-03-04 Thread David Miers
8:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: clever virus attack (Att. Dalal) i don't remember MS allowing the end user to configure what constituted Level 1. a lot of angry users called up to ask what happened to their attachments for several months. Herb - Original Message ----- Fro

RE: Windows "eye candy" was Re: *istD, Muvo-2 and Hitachi 4gb Microdrive

2004-03-04 Thread David Miers
Went back to win 2000 and am a happy camper for the most part. Runs faster especially when editing images and scanning and is running flawlessly after getting the initial bugs out. -Original Message- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 11:28 AM To: [EMA

RE: Viruses and WinZip

2004-03-04 Thread David Miers
How about winrar? How does it rate security wise? -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Viruses and WinZip This just in, if you have an older version of WinZip you may be vulnerable to a

RE: clever virus attack (Att. Dalal)

2004-03-04 Thread David Miers
Whether or not it protects you or not I can't say for sure, but the documentation plainly states, with a Outlook 2000 updated to current security patches, that until you open the mail all the way scripts cannot run. It also tells you when a email contains scripts ahead of time. From what I can se

Film Reciprocity failure and high/low shutter speeds

2004-03-02 Thread David Miers
Hi All It has been recently discussed about film reciprocity failure in my photography class at college. I have personally never considered this into my calculations of exposure times and simply accepted the speeds suggested by my Pentax (PZ-1 & PZ-1p) light meters and had good luck. The safe zo

RE: FAJ 18-35 Flare control

2004-02-28 Thread David Miers
It would be interesting to see the same lens on a film camera with the same shot. Hasn't it been discussed about the digital giving more trouble with flare due to reflections off of the sensor? Nice shot, I actually like most of the way the sun rays are working in this photo and lens, the main di

OT: Mac vs. Pc the differences as per graphics apps..long

2004-02-28 Thread David Miers
type of discussion is wrong let me know and I'll cease and desist from further posts about such matters. Possibly this is not the group for me. Regards David Miers

RE: Too much mail

2004-02-24 Thread David Miers
You missed a couple didn't you... :) there is always the digest version and reading the posts online sorted already by subject. This list is plain text only, thus it doesn't use much bandwidth. I'm on dialup and I don't have any problems. Lots of folks unsubscribe temporarily when their going to

RE: Grain Surgery for PS

2004-02-21 Thread David Miers
Herb Photoshop does not come stock with any decent noise tools. Grain Surgery is a plug-in that is used from within Photoshop to reduce grain. Used in combination with the Polaroid dust & scratch removal plug-in you have a pretty good clean up package although I still have less clone work to do o

RE: Grain Surgery for PS

2004-02-19 Thread David Miers
t: Re: Grain Surgery for PS > > > then i don't get the point of the reference to or the use of > PSP 7 and grain in your original msg. PSP 7 is a lot worse > than Photoshop at color management and that means it's not > very useful for photographic work. it only color manage

RE: Grain Surgery for PS

2004-02-19 Thread David Miers
f the reference to or the use of PSP 7 and grain in your original msg. PSP 7 is a lot worse than Photoshop at color management and that means it's not very useful for photographic work. it only color manages to the monitor and not to the printer. Herb... - Original Message - From: &

OT: Grain Surgery for PS

2004-02-18 Thread David Miers
Possibly of interest to those scanning your film. I recently acquired a copy of Grain Surgery for Photoshop. I have been primarily using PSP 7 instead of Photoshop because of grain issues while scanning. I"ve not perfected my use of this yet, but preliminary results seem quite good. Much be

RE: Newbie (to list) says Hello, and needs selling advice

2004-02-18 Thread David Miers
I think I would agree with keeping the LX and the other bodies, at least one. I would think if the need arose that you would want to use the LX, although I've never actually owned one, they must be awesome for people to put up with all the service they seem to require. That same need for service

RE: San Francisco Pic

2004-02-18 Thread David Miers
Not knowing who Juan is of course, but I wondered if that was him on the bench because of the backpack he is holding. It looks sort of like it might be a padded camera backpack type. I thought he looked really comfortable with the idea of being photographed, maybe too comfortable. He's doing a v

RE: Split-image screens in AF cameras?

2004-02-18 Thread David Miers
I thought the problem was by installing a split screen the autofocus no longer worked correctly? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Split-image screens in AF cameras? > So wha

Trivia

2004-02-16 Thread David Miers
Spike TV has been running a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Special all afternoon here. I noted with interest the equipment being used, although for the most part they did not focus on that and you had to catch a glimpse here or there. I was surprised to here numerous mentions of the use of film, run

Somewhat OT: Question about Ricoh KR-5 Super II (was: Do Smarter Cameras make Dumber Photogs?)

2004-02-15 Thread David Miers
Interesting that this topic should come up when it did. Last night I purchased a Ricoh KR-5 Super II via ebay for my photography class at college. For $60 including shipping, with a Pentax 50mm f:2 m type lens I didn't think I could go too far wrong. The instructor does not insist on an all manu

RE: FS - Tamron 28-200

2004-02-15 Thread David Miers
I received one of these lenses through Shel and thus far I'm fairly pleased with it. Obviously it cannot compare with a prime, but overall it does a nice job. It's very true that this focal length will just about meet all your needs except when you need a longer focal length, which is rare for me

RE: And then then came minolta

2004-02-13 Thread David Miers
The Minolta Maxxum 7 isn't all that big of a camera actually. I assume the M7D is about the same size as it's based on the M7. But at least the film version was quite a bit heavier and larger then the *istD is. Bigger and heavier is better as far as I'm concerned though.

RE: photographer arrested

2004-02-07 Thread David Miers
Get your children babysitted and taken to an educational museum at the same time, not to mention a lesson in observing photo technique.heh heh.only $2/hr. -- The only place I was told to give up my cameras was at the Corcoran (private) gallery. They wouldn't let me

RE: Bus Station, Kingston, Ontario

2004-02-07 Thread David Miers
Creativity is a personal thing, and what is or isn't right will vary depending who you talked to. However if you look at my original post on this, I mention something about a "clear shot", referring to the window in the way. However if Frank was on the ball, he would be prepared to take another q

RE: photographer arrested

2004-02-07 Thread David Miers
means you have intent to photograph for sale. they get to decide on intent and you have to prove you are not. Herb - Original Message ----- From: "David Miers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: RE: photograph

RE: photographer arrested

2004-02-07 Thread David Miers
Hey, who's side are you one here! LOL :) - Anyone loitering at the DZ is likely to be at least informed of this interesting if illegal activity, if not part of it, and if I were a cop, I'd nick 'em! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||

RE: photographer arrested

2004-02-07 Thread David Miers
At what point is it defined commercial? Just because your equipment looks professional? You have to sell something or be proved to have intent to sell something for it to be commercial in my mind. Dave -Original Message- From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2

RE: photographer arrested

2004-02-06 Thread David Miers
Bizarre may a good term for the whole thing, if it even really happened. IMHO anyone with any common sense wouldn't have admitted to any alliance or relationship with the jumper, but rather just happened to be in the right place at the right time. I thought the situation might have been enhanced b

RE: FS Friday: Last call on this gear

2004-02-06 Thread David Miers
I bought my PZ-1p for $325USD on Ebay in mint/mint condition with original box and manual over a year ago. It was a replacement Pentax had sent the seller to a warranty issue and he never used it except once to verify that it worked. From all appearances it seems to be as he said. This seller ad

photographer arrested

2004-02-06 Thread David Miers
Just finished watching a bit on Real TV (Spike TV) about a guy who jumped off of the St Louis arch with a parachute and lived to run away from the police. His friend, the photographer was not so lucky and was arrested and convicted for not having a permit. Supposedly he received a nifty fine an

FW: Infrared remote release

2004-02-03 Thread David Miers
I'm not sure if it was this group or a different one, but there was a post about using a PDA with a Infrared beam to remotely release some cameras that support this function. Normally you have to buy the control extra to do this. If anyone has any knowledge about this subject I'd appreciate some in

RE: the date on my 'puter....

2004-02-03 Thread David Miers
Just for fun, check the date in bios if you know how to get safely in and out of it. Windows should be able to update it though. Bios is the motherboard settings menu. Your screen may well display how to get into it when you first boot, or it may be in owners manual, which may be downloadable fo

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