RE: New Optio 60

2005-07-22 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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 -Original Message- From: Christian

RE: FA28-105/3.2-4.5

2005-06-02 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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. -Original Message- From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: FA28-105/3.2-4.5

2005-06-02 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: FA 35/2 status at BH and Adorama

2005-05-07 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: Filling the 50-85mm gap.

2005-04-25 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: is it a bubble?

2005-04-25 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
-Original Message- 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

RE: Filling the 50-85mm gap.

2005-04-21 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: Reappierance

2005-04-21 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: Reappierance

2005-04-21 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
Ah, I missed the original thread. (I'm up to 1475 unread PDML emails) :) -Original Message- 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

RE: PESO - Takeoff

2005-04-15 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: Battery charger recommendation?

2005-04-08 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
the 204 in the link does have two.. the more expensive 401 has four.. http://www.thomas-distributing.com/mhc401fs_buy.php3 -Original Message- From: Frantisek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:21 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Battery charger

RE: GFM PDML

2005-04-05 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
heretic! -Original Message- 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

RE: On order (Pentax SMC FA 35mm f/2)

2005-03-24 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: OT: peace

2005-03-24 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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 -Original Message- From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 7:38 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net

RE: FA 31/1.8 Limited Enabled

2005-03-15 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: I've Been Jetsgoed

2005-03-14 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

Voigtlander SL lenses on a DS?

2005-03-09 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: Voigtlander SL lenses on a DS?

2005-03-09 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
: 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

RE: changed subscription address

2005-03-08 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: changed subscription address

2005-03-08 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
-Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 4:20 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: changed subscription address - Original Message - From: Jon Paul Schelter (R* Toronto) Subject: RE: changed subscription address

RE: AW: Color space

2005-03-07 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: LCD monitors?

2005-03-07 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: changed subscription address

2005-03-07 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
gmail has (free) pop3 access, and you can use your current smtp server to send. -Original Message- 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

RE: On-the-Go Storage, it works!

2005-02-22 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: On-the-Go Storage, it works!

2005-02-22 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
-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

RE: On-the-Go Storage, it works!

2005-02-22 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
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

RE: IstD vs IstDS

2005-02-19 Thread Jon Paul Schelter \(R* Toronto\)
-Original Message- 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