Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their car to leave. Umm, I've found most people never turn them off to start with ;-) -- Rob Studdert

Re: RAW converter of choice

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's partly the result of not having control over where it goes from me. The collector magazines are low buck affairs that really just wing it. I don't know of one that has an accuracy based production system. On the other hand, in my real

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The flag became and still is a symbol of support for our young men and women who are serving in the armed services. Polls say less than half the people in the US support the war in Iraq, but I'd bet that 95% support their children or

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are in error. Bob didn't say our country. He said my country. I agree, I was referring obliquely to other recent threads not specifically to Bobs comments. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours

Re: RAW converter of choice

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - I hated using Silkypix. Worst user interface of the batch... I worked hard at it, put a day's work in to learn it and barely achieved what I thought was a passable result. I buckled and tried it again today, what were they thinking,

Re: Question: K10D, SR, Bracketing

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would guess SR works with all of the bracketed shots. But SR and bracketing are two functions I would not normally combine. If I'm using shake reduction, it means I'm shooting handheld grab shots in low light. If I'm bracketing, I'm

Re: Question: K10D, SR, Bracketing

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To me, if a subject is stationery enough to allow for bracketing and important enough to warrant the same, then a tripod is obviously called for. It's a simple equation. Fair enough, but it's not obvious to me I just use bracketing to in

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/8/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or landline. Unsolicited canvassing calls amount to probably less than half a dozen a year. We get about 3-4 per day on average. Same

Re: RAW converter of choice

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bruce, Are you buying Silkypix? I thought that was what the Pentax Photo Browser was, came with my K10D box. Pentax Photo Lab uses the Silkypix engine but the two programs are quite independent, see: http://www.isl.co.jp/SILKYPIX/english/

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same here, usually at dinnertime, until they implemented national 'do not call' lists and laws with $200 fines. We have similar laws too (but the fines are huge) however they have no jurisdiction over calls initiated from outside the country.

Re: How big is big enough?

2007-01-06 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 06/01/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:33 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: You (Mac) guys are a hoot, my server RAID partitions are System, Data, Audio, Images. ;-) My drives are all named for places in Ursula Le Guin's novels: Werel, Hosk, Orkney

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-06 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 07/01/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/1/07, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: A metaphor for your country. What's a metaphor? Its a tool http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/BigVdub/Pics/IMGP17853.jpg -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT)

Re: Rumours about new K10D firmware coming

2007-01-06 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 07/01/07, jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought i read in an interview (links where posted to this group ) of a K10D engineener/designer that at 50 iso, a lot of voltage/current? needed to be pushed through the sensor. thus using battery power quickly. Anyone confirm this?? Doesn't

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-06 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 07/01/07, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ordinarily, I would be taking (and posting) winter-type photos now. However, it reached 72F/ 22C in Philadelphia today, the rosebush next door is in bloom, and it's not wintry at all. So, I've returned to my collection of pix from our trip

Re: Imacon vs. Epson 3200

2007-01-06 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 07/01/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 7, 2007, at 5:22 AM, Mark Cassino wrote: but unfortunately my Epson has developed a problem with putting a blue line into every color scan at exactly the same place. Well, it's getting old. My guess would be dust on the sensor,

Re: PESO: Wind Turbines

2007-01-06 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 07/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can see them all over the American west as well. They're somewhat of a solution to energy problems, but not very efficient. Interestingly enough, a lot of east-coast democrat congressmen and women were high on these at one time. And then

Re: style change

2007-01-05 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/01/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with Godders on that point. While we use different approaches to hold the camera, the concept is the same. I use a wrist strap attached to the t'pod socket, and have done so for years. Over time I've gathered a few straps (even

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-05 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 05/01/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not quite :) I was alluding to the dozens of times I've seen/heard these things explode when something goes wrong in a prototype... I've made 5mm LEDs ricochet too (on purpose), pretty impressive. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel

Re: How big is big enough?

2007-01-05 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 06/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One terabyte would probably keep me in storage space for another two or three years. But I could fill it faster if I tried. I've had a 1TB RAID in operation since May and I've actually managed to reduce my storage requirements since then. The

Re: How big is big enough?

2007-01-05 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 06/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My OS is only a tiny fraction of my drive space. Photos constitute at least 90% of my available space. My server OS resides on a partition that's 1% of my array and 63% of this space is free. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel

Re: Imacon vs. Epson 3200

2007-01-05 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 06/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a pic I rescanned on my friend's Imacon. I treated it somewhat differently as well, both in terms of the crop and the rendering, but I still think there's a distinct difference. Note the detail in the background trtees. The imacon

Re: How big is big enough?

2007-01-05 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 06/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for naming one of the drives after me:-). Paul My drives are bandit, jack, minnie and willie -- my dogs and kids, living and dead. Paul On Jan 5, 2007, at 11:10 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: When I got my new Mac I put 2 terabytes

Re: OT Re: Purgatory was - OT: Occupations?

2007-01-04 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/01/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I researched this a fair bit a while back, out of historical interest. Did you discover anything interesting? -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 9, Issue 84

2007-01-04 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 05/01/07, W. Guy Finley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're still running Windows 98? Well, sooner or later I think you're going to have to move on because more and more programs are requiring Windows XP. Personally, buying a nice camera like a K100D or K110D and then using a clunky program

Re: Glimpse of DA*50-135? Tokina 50-135mm lens review

2007-01-04 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 05/01/07, Lawrence Kwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are correct, and *if* this Tokina did have the SMC coating, has there been any previous SMC lenses with this poor flare control? I almost take it for granted that SMC = excellent flare control. Am I wrong? Flare control isn't simply

Re: Glimpse of DA*50-135? Tokina 50-135mm lens review

2007-01-04 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 05/01/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holy Man!!! That lens has 18!! elements in 14 groups. Thats 28 air/glass interfaces, and 8 glass/glass interfaces. Consider that when you judge it's flare resistance in what can only be described as a torture test. OTOH, my old SMC

Re: style change

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob, I should mention (and admit ;-) ) that those who told me K10D will grow on me were right. Right now I find K10D ergonomics *absolutely* natural. It is slightly big but I've found certain way to grip it so that I definitely don't look

Re: style change

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One arm will start to look like Popeye's Maybe but I really don't expect my fingers to elongate, that's where the problem lies, it's a bit like providing 2.5 diameter grips on a motorcycle ie about as practical as ape hanger bars. -- Rob

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Bronek Kozicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: full frame is not a format name. It can be used as a format name only if supplemented by information which frame ? In citation above it is 35mm, or 135, and the crop factor is relative to full frame of 135 format. It annoys me that you

Re: Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I switched from OK to very expensive cables from the CD player to my good old Audiolab amplifier and didn't notice much difference, but from there to the ProAc loudspeakers the wires does, of course, get more important. There's a lot of

Re: style change

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting. I've never experienced fatigue factor with any camera, but I hold them only when shooting. The rest of the time they hang around my neck. Helps prevent costly drops as well as eliminating fatigue. I do a lot of bush walking and

Re: Occupations

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't remember details - I'm webmailing from work, so the proper mails are at home. We are waiting on one of our Australian colleagues to get his finger out and give us a date. Qué, get my finger out of my date? ;-) I have the schedule

Re: Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. They should have low and frequency- and current-independent impedance within the range suitable for the speakers and amplifier, and the easy way to achieve this is to make them thick. My cables are constituted by two pairs of fairly

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/01/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...the leaky top and side curtains... :-P And all the leg room :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer

Re: style change

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/01/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny, but I think the grip on the K10D makes it easier to hold the camera in a horizontal position, as well as vertical. I think what it is, the grip allows the pinky finger to share the gripping motion of the rest of the fingers rather

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/01/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/1/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Hey, it's simple, and it does the job. What more do you need? Flash and Gmail. What's that? You want a Gmail account? LOL -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/01/07, Margus Männik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Picky doesn't mean that they know how things work. Some do, most, as always, pretend. I've got my MP3 coding/decoding chain pretty sorted now and I'd love to execute a double blind listening test on some golden eared audiophiles. I'm sure

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/01/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Psalm 146:4 states: His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish. In addition the concept of an immortal soul with a conciousness that survives the body and goes on to exist somewhere renders moot the concept

Re: PESO: Hot Dog Heaven

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/01/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finally, a PESO that's a little different than most! I like it quite a bit. LOL, so do I. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had pretty much the same experience - I've shot panos both on a leveled tripod handheld have experienced no problems getting panoramaker to stitch them together. Use a WA lens in portrait mode and combine near and far field objects in

Re: Sensor Cleaning

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was on an *ist-D. Reading one of the translated interviews here on the K10D, I noted that a reference was made to coating the sensor with a special anti-dust coating. I made a note to myself to be sure to check that the K10D sensor was

Re: Sensor Cleaning

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob What sort of compressor do you use? It's one that I bought second hand from a photo-finisher business that shut up shop. It uses a modified refrigeration compressor with pressure controller which feeds into a paper filter which removes

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dave since I only will make flat panoramas made out of 3-6 shots and not 360 degree round ones I would love to see the difference in a panorama with and without nodal point adjustment of the camera for my requirements . Has anybody a link

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I realize this will vary from lens to lens, but what is the median size of the projected image circle on the Pentax lenses you are familiar with? I suppose one should take the smallest value if the projection changes size with aperture. My

Re: SDHC and card readers?

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gang, Does anyone know if card readers constructed for plain SD cards will work with the new SDHC cards? If they adhere to the SDHC spec they should read regular SD cards without a problem. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel

Re: Scanning

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For years I've been touting the various iterations of the Imacon here often to be met with comments about people not seeing any appreciable difference, comments (based on some technical crap or web articles) that a good flat bed scanner is

Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The price difference in absolute dollars between FF and APS has and will continue to drop. As it gets lower and lower, the benefit/(price difference) ratio will get too high to make APS attractive or maybe even eventually feasable. Thats

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder how many of us are doing what our education prepared us for? In my case I majored in zoology I'm an engineer, now engaged in child care! -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This arrived in my inbox. I think it was meant to go to the list - Original Message - From: Bronek Kozicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D Quoting William Robb [EMAIL

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, I'm (mostly) happy with the results I get from the *ist-D. The problem comes with the shots I *don't* get, for a variety of reasons (the most common ones being failure of the AF system to achieve a lock fast enough in low light/low

Re: SDHC and card readers?

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/02 Tue PM 12:59:32 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: SDHC and card readers? On 02/01/07, Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gang, Does

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Bronek Kozicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: B obviously hasn't looked at too many big Canon or Leica M8 produced images. http://www.pbase.com/cameras/canon/eos_5d (only currently 281942 sample images) and how many from wide

Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Bronek Kozicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Silicon is least part of price, it is yield that matters. And it drops exponentially with increase of size of sensor, thus making production expensive. Grated, that's why I said at least, yields may be able to be improved (as they have been

Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Bronek Kozicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And for those interested in best quality and high resolution, I'd suggest searching in ebay for 67 and 645 Pentax lenses - prices will soar later this year. And it is much less speculative prediction than the whole FF thingy. This assumes

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also used in audio systems. my little understanding is that the advantage using them is that they are more efficient than other transistors, in other word more power, less spill heat. MOSFET power devices are often used in the output stages of

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just take two shots with a wide angle lens in a confined space by rotating on the spot and attempt to stitch them What kind of camera to subject distance are we talking about here? 2 to 3m distance will cause all sorts of problems. I

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What they call blind test is rampant. They exhibit images taken by various cameras including 5D (usually more than 5 images taken by different cameras) and see if anyone can tell the difference. This of course is more for an entertainment

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A 20/2.8, FA 24/2.8. FA 24/2 Maybe A24/2.8 ;-) The beauty of which is even if there is some vignetting with the FF WA lenses given that the sensor density would likely be lower the requirements for absolute resolution would be reduced and CA would

Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Bronek Kozicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you seem to forgot that the new Hoya Pentax company will launch in October -- I'd be surprised if 645D does not go to market before this date, and I'd be shocked if it is pulled back with no good reason other than merger. I think I'd fall

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Bronek Kozicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: she does not ;-P and I'm not going to argue with you other points, as they might be true indeed. The fact is I'm just losing patience seeing discussion that could end up like whinning when Pentax will finally release full frame camera?!.

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Bronek Kozicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Digital Image Studio wrote: factor relative to FF 35mm ;-) keyword underscored. ...and? -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au

Re: SDHC and card readers?

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They do... I have a cheapo reader and it does read the Extreme III SD cards. However, I've only used it twice; I'm now just dumping directly from the camera. The Extreme III are still SD cards they don't conform to SDHC spec. and for what

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Margus Männik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect that most of the hi-fi enthusiasts don't know and doesn't care what MOSFET stands for and what it really means... ;) Yes, they are too busy trying to hear the difference between digital interconnects :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was an interview article with Nikon on FF subject. Among other things they said, they have been observing Canon 5D sales for a while but it never went beyond 5% of total DSLR sales. FF sensor cost in case of 5D is still over 6 times

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I was just lucky so far that I did not use anything wider than a 50mm? I will make the next panos again with the Pentax 50mm or 100mm. greetings Markus Not really, you could be lucky and the natural point of rotation of your

Re: Scanning

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've yet to see a decent 35mm scan from a flatbed, mostly because the holders suck horribly. MF and LF scans on the other hand can get quite good with the higher-end scanners, if not quite up to a Nikon 9000's output. I have an LS-8000, V700 and

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that they may actually be loss-leading the 5D at the moment (given the massive rebates on it right now). It may be that they make more per unit on normal pricing than the K100D or K110D do (Given the very aggressive pricing in that

Re: Fw: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've always thought of him as a kind of super-charged version of Ace Smoke me a kipper, I'll be home for breakfast! Rimmer, with bigger balls and a better tan. That's ridiculously complimentary... for Ken ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...or the effects of the green pen on the CD edges that was sold some years ago. That was really crap .-) True, but did you ever see the green polymer stabilizer rings that were designed to snugly fit on the edge of CDs? I actually used them on my

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I dont beleive there are no other pentax wide lenses that would not work as well or better on FF digital as the necessary shorter lenses do on APS digital. Anyone know anyone whos used them that way? ( maybe that guy whos using them

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Margus Männik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: interconnects... they are talkin' about differences in POWER cables of home audio equipment :) I'm quite a big fan of hi-fi audio equipment (mostly car audio last years) myself, but I've never understood the language they talk... Yes, I had

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe we should take up a collection and send one to the guy who runs 16-9.net. he does quite good lens tests on FF and 1.6x crop bodies, has been doing a series on 14/15mm's and already has the basic adaptor (He tested the A* 85/1.4 against the

OT But vaguely related to the occupation thread

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
My current occupation is still very new to me, I had zero training and no intentions of getting into this line of work but as we all know life delivers these little challenges from time to time. To date I've refrained from posting any kid pics to the list but I've just put together a very QD page

Re: Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-02 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 03/01/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Rob Id ownloaded the article and will read it. I never had anything near in the foreground in the few panos I did, that must be the point. Very true, however if you do it's always good to have some knowledge and potential solutions up

Re: A happy new year from Cologne...

2007-01-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/01/07, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and lots of beautiful photos. We're back from France and I'm in the process of scanning the 48 rollfilms I've brought back. Thank heavens there are only four frames on each of them. 6x17 clearly has its advantages. :-) Hi Ralf,

Re: A happy new year from Cologne...

2007-01-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/01/07, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using an Epson V700 with Vuescan. And since the original film holders of the V700 are a total disgrace, I've bought the rollfilm holder of the F-3200 as a spare. As luck would have it, it has just the right height if I put it on

Re: k10d infrared

2007-01-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I checked with Lifepixels about converting one of my istD's, but they don't refit and Pentax for some reason. Yes I noticed, however if given the filter dimensions I'm sure that they would cut to size for a price. I'm sure you and many

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2007-01-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was an interview article with Nikon on FF subject. Among other things they said, they have been observing Canon 5D sales for a while but it never went beyond 5% of total DSLR sales. FF sensor cost in case of 5D is still over 6 times

Re: Sensor Cleaning

2007-01-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 02/01/07, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same here - I've only cleaned the DS twice using the Pec Pads/Eclipse method. Took a while to work up the courage but it was surprisingly quick and easy. I blow my cameras out using my compressor every month or so even if I can;t see dust,

Re: k10d infrared

2006-12-31 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think any of this proves a thing. It was discussed on dpreview in the first few days the camera was actually in users hands, frankly I as inferred I hope its IR sensitivity sucks. I've had too many IR induced colour problems due to the

Re: PESO: Pretty Girls

2006-12-31 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 31/12/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the grain on that shot reminds me of the type of grain that cheap Kodak ISO 200 film used to have. I disliked it and stopped using the film for that reason, but it's interesting to see it replicated digitally. I'm not particularly enamoured with the

Re: k10d infrared

2006-12-31 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Rob, that makes sense. It's much more clear than aha? :-)) Perhaps my D will become my IR camera. I think I'll try the same shot with both bodies and see what I get. I've been toying with the thought of converting my *ist D to a true

Re: Crossed polarization techniques

2006-12-31 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/01/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've heard people say this repeatedly about shooting through polarization, but I've never seen totally blacked out due to polarizing filters. Am I just using crap for filters or what? No, polarizers are very difficult to build to cover the

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2006-12-31 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although it may be bad news for you, that would seem to be good news for Pentax. That's an interesting conclusion to draw given that we can only assume the reasons that they aren't available. If Pentax can't manage to supply potential buyers

Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

2006-12-31 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/01/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The limit is that the pixel sites on the sensor have a definite depth to them, rather like millions of bogroll tubes bundled together. Great analogy but only half the problem as photo-sites get smaller :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-30 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 31/12/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It can have a detrimental effect on some of the metals that were in the fuel delivery systems of the day. Mainly due to the fact that ethanol is a hydrophile I believe? -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10

Re: GESO: playing in the studio

2006-12-30 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 31/12/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30/12/06, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: Gel as in gellatin Okay, gelatin :-) Gelatinous? -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/

Re: metal shavings

2006-12-29 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 30/12/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope, I've never had a metal shaving appear in a lens, although I've had dust and other debris in lenses. I would disassemble that lens and remove the sliver. If it's a manual focus 50, you might as well try to do it yourself, as the price

Re: GESO: playing in the studio

2006-12-29 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 30/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's hope the Pentax 645D is a trifle less expensive that that. I expect it will be, but more than around $4000 and it's well out of my league, for the present anyway. If it ever surfaces (unlikely now IMO) my guess is that it would be

Re: GESO: playing in the studio

2006-12-29 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 30/12/06, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A studio stand like that would be a luxury for me at this point, but if business justified it I think I'd buy one. A couple years ago I tried one out with a 'blad. Determined to get one for myself, I priced a few of them. The tripod is

Re: GESO: playing in the studio

2006-12-29 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 30/12/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't imagine why the 645D wouldn't surface. It's in the pipeline, and a lot of well-connected people consider it a foregone conclusion. Pentax now has more resources than they ever did. This camera will make a statement. I know from your

Re: GESO: playing in the studio

2006-12-29 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 30/12/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob's glasses are black and blinding:-). Not so, practically I don't even own a pair of sun-glasses. ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A bit more about K10D, please read.

2006-12-29 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 30/12/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed you're right. I've downloaded ACR 3.6 as was suggested but no improvement has come from it. Now if someone would build an ACR profile for K10D ;-)... I do, but for ACR2.4. I know there is at least one other PDMLer that has profiles

Re: GESO: playing in the studio

2006-12-29 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 30/12/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know what the international numbers are, but locally Pentax is definitely taking a bigger piece of the pie than ever before. All local camera stores are now selling the K cameras. Very few of them sold the *ist series cameras. One

Re: Well, it actually works

2006-12-28 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 29/12/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Exactly. I never met a camera I couldn't get used to. The grip on a Speed Graphic sucks unless you have the flash attached:-). I found the bare P67 easier to grip than the K10D. It's not a case of just getting used to it, the K10D grip

Re: GFM: Nature Photography Weekend reminder - ONLY 10 DAYS TO GO

2006-12-28 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 24/12/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23/12/06, Tim Øsleby, discombobulated, unleashed: I may be in UK around that time. I'm going over to visit my youngest son. I will be going, but the time frame is uncertain at the moment. If I'm there, I'm very keen. March for a London PDML

Re: Christmas morning

2006-12-28 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 26/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About twenty odd folks of the free ranging circle (photography, motorcycles, gay running/walking club, etc) gathered at our apartment yesterday afternoon and into the evening. It was a fine event with much conversation and laughter,

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-28 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 29/12/06, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some of the most pompous, dumbest, and most ill informed people I know have a college education, some of them with advanced degrees. On the flip side, some of the warmest, smartest people I know do not. Both points of which have been exemplified

Re: Doomsday Hash Browns for the impatient

2006-12-28 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 29/12/06, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even more effective is wrapping them in a real kitchen towel (remember them? made of cotton, or linen, or the like ...), and twisting. That squeezes far more water out of the grated potato(e)s than you can if you do it by hand. The

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-28 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 29/12/06, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aren't we going OT now? I have an urge to say that I don't feel that my smoking habits are the real issue. To me, this seems like a smokescreen (pun intended) cowering the real debate. If you stand outside to smoke you're likely doing yourself

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