There's nothing wrong with talking to yourself, as long as you don't
answer.
I'd be really tempted by some of panasonic's new offerings (tiny
pointshoots with optical stabilization), if only they hadn't gotten rid
of the viewfinders.
jp
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From: Christian
I hesitate to mention it, (since I want one but have been dithering) but
you can try Henry's
http://www.henrys.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PageDisplay?dest=frames.
jspcurrency=USDstoreId=10001
but at ~300USD, they aren't cheap.
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From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL
Schelter (R* Toronto)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:05 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: RE: FA28-105/3.2-4.5
I hesitate to mention it, (since I want one but have been dithering)
but you can try Henry's
http://www.henrys.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet
I'm still waiting for mine.. every day I look at the 200$ 28-105, and
think, hmm, maybe I should just give up on the 35 and save myself some
money?
I guess I'll wait another week or so, I'm miffed that BH still hasn't
responded to my 2 week old question about when I might see it. I gather
that
22, 2005 12:36 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Filling the 50-85mm gap.
On Apr 21, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Jon Paul Schelter (R* Toronto) wrote:
I'd love to hear from anyone who has the 24-90 - *is* it worth the
premium over the 28-105?
the comments at Stan's (http://stans
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From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 7:18 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: is it a bubble?
On 4/22/05, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My limited, local, experience, is that most camera
salespeople that I
I'm dithering right now between these three lenses :
The Voigtlander 75/2.5 (manual focus), 289+50$hood at CameraQuest
the SMCP-FA 28-105 3.2-4.5, 210$ at BH
the SMCP-FA 24-90 3.5-4.5. 430$$ at BH.
BH has 300US$ of my money right now, as I missed out on the 35/f2
stock*, so the 24-90 is only
The colour version is definitely a great shot - I'm torn between Shel's
brighter (less contrasty?) version, and John's original dark one. The
tighter crop also darkens the mood a bit, it seems to me. The BW is
good, but loses some of the punch for me. All in all, a beautiful shot
to my
Ah, I missed the original thread. (I'm up to 1475 unread PDML emails)
:)
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From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:19 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: RE: Reappierance
LOL My brighter, less contrasty version is John's
Nice shot Bruce - I can understand your desire to keep the perch in the
shot, and I agree that if you'd caught it a moment earlier, it would've
been much better.
I've been playing around shooting a red-tailed hawk that hangs around by
my work. I've only got the kit lens, which is barely
the 204 in the link does have two.. the more expensive 401 has four..
http://www.thomas-distributing.com/mhc401fs_buy.php3
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From: Frantisek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:21 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Battery charger
heretic!
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From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:46 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: GFM PDML
On Apr 5, 2005 4:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Labatt's in Detroit and Labatt's in Windsor are
I ordered one shortly after they emailed me about the new stock. My
order is still listed as Processing, so I called them.
The response I got on the phone yesterday was that they definitely had
some in stock, and that it was just taking them some time to process my
order. Haven't charged my
Ok, I'll bite. :)
vi is useful for quick editing if you've got a ssh/telnet connection to
something, but for real work, you _need_ emacs.
C-x C-c
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From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 7:38 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Funny, I was wondering about that too, and had come to the conclusion
that it was a compromise to help in reaching circular polarizers. (is
that why there's a cutout in the bottom of the 18-55 kit lens' hood?)
And.. if there's anyone else out there with a 31 ltd (or even a fast 28
or 35) that
You have my sympathies, I know a lot of people who've been JetsGoed.
But as a consolation, it could've been worse: I was Canada3000'd a few
years back - stranded in Cuba when CDA3000 went belly up (wasn't that
the same CEO as JetsGo?), and to cap it off, we experienced a little
thing called
Has anyone here used any of the Voigtlander lenses that CameraQuest
lists here?
http://www.cameraquest.com/Voigt%20SL.htm
I'm particularly interested in the 40/2 and 75/2.5 which are each listed
below 300USD. the page speaks of a Pentax K-A mount option. I'm
guessing that this is the
: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:25 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Voigtlander SL lenses on a DS?
On 9 Mar 2005 at 14:03, Jon Paul Schelter (R* Toronto wrote:
Has anyone here used any of the Voigtlander lenses that CameraQuest
lists here
Schelter (R*
Toronto) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
gmail has (free) pop3 access, and you can use your current
smtp server
to send.
What? In Toronto, you say?
You've got to come out for the next TOPDML meeting (whenever
the hell that's going to be g).
Don't recall seeing you on list before, so
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From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 4:20 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: changed subscription address
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From: Jon Paul Schelter (R* Toronto)
Subject: RE: changed subscription address
Odd..
I switched from sRGB to Adobe RGB recently, and noticed that PS7's
browser now shows the photos' colour space as uncalibrated, and the
*istDS is now naming files _IGGP.jpg, rather than IMGP.jpg. Is
this normal? (haven't had time to investigate further, maybe I screwed
up some
One thing to watch out for is that there do exist (new) LCD monitors
that don't actually display 24 bits per colour, but rather 16..
obviously, that would be *bad* for editing photos. I think that a
number of these are fast displays (~16ms refresh) better suited to
gaming and movie watching than
gmail has (free) pop3 access, and you can use your current smtp server
to send.
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From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 2:36 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: changed subscription address
I just hate doing mail through
From: Timothy Stark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:54 PM
Subject: On-the-Go Storage, it works!
I have solved my problem of mobile storage using a Bytecc
(www.bytecc.com) model 940 USB 2.0 enclosure. This is a
modified USB 2.0 enclosure running with additional
-Original Message-
From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:28 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: RE: On-the-Go Storage, it works!
SNIP
I'm just a bit baffled regarding the advantage of this unit
over the abundant, cheap, neat, easy to use and
Rob Studdert wrote:
SNIP
inexpensive:
http://www.xs-drive.com/xsdrive2/
http://thedigitaldiscount.com/index.php?cPath=4_53
Indeed. I take back my argument, and bow to your impressive link-fu.
The various XS-drive type things are far more functional, for only
slightly more money, and by the
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From: Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. Which is the more commonly used type of card on DSLR's, in general?
Compact Flash, without a doubt.
2. Are there any technical and/or functional advantages of
one type of card over the other?
The main advantage to the CF
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