Scott Nelson asked for opinions and stories on making lightboxes...
Just got to tell you about my own (stupid) adventure here...
When I wanted I lightbox, I figured it would need to be BIG so that I could
view many slides at once. For composing series, for example.
It also occurred to me that
I think you're right Doug.
Inside there's a chemical mixture that reacts when exposed to air or
moisture. To keep camera gear warm, be sure to get the exposed to air
variant.
Though i guess all chemical reactions like that will go pretty slow at deep
freezer temperatures.
Jostein
Hi, Atvars.
I have the Z-1 (not p), but it goes for the same.
Under most conditions I'm not troubled by miror vibration.
However, when using long focal lengths (200mm) it _can_ be.
Especially with exposure times around 1 second and Portrait orientation. I
have some specific comments about Z-1 and
To: Jostein Oksne
Subject: Re[2]: PZ-1p vibration?
Jostein, still your exposures were considerably longer (8s) than the
time lag required for any mirror vibration to damp (2s). You may
want to consider other factors, like lens collar rigidity in
portrait orientation, wind, earthquakes
This depends largely on what I work with... Productivity is closely linked
to choosing the right tool for a task.
Lately I have done lots of flowers in cultural landscape, which means that
the 645 + 120 macro is the preferred combo.
The least used house these days must be the MX. Usually
Michel,
The time window of darkness without moon is definately short between half
moons. But why give up a good night completely?
What latitude do you live at, btw?
Jostein
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From: Michel Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
[...]
As for the moon, do you have a trick? I'd
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From: Alin Flaider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
[...]
Perhaps this sequential approach together with the corresponding
computing requires double the sync time (although if the PZ-1p logic
can do it in 1/125, why MZ-5N needs 1/60 !?)
[...]
Your suggestion
Mauricio,
Stan Halpin forwarded your message to the Pentax Discussion Mailing List,
from which I reply.
If I got this right, you wish to take photos of flowers at exactly 1:20,
then make a grid that you can print onto the slide afterwards to measure the
size of the flower.
I advice against
I don't read German very well.
Is it right that the mount is screwmount M42, and that there is no aperture
diaphragma?
Jostein
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From: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1262047176
That's right.
Dave,
Take a look at this article from NASA:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast31jul_1.htm?list156564
Jostein
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From: David J Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 1:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Re: Perseid Meteor
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From: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
[...]
Perhaps I should have moved a piece or two
to enhance the setting.
Yeah. That would be intresting too. But it would be an entirely different
image, IMO. Pieces moved could imply a game unfinished; why did
Grouping the bodies a bit:
M42: 251 (all scremount bodies)
K:186 (KM,KX,KX MD,K2,K2 DMD,K1000,K1000 SE)
M:457 (MX,ME,ME SE,ME Super,ME Super SE,MV,MV1,MG,LX,ME F)
A:188 (Program, A-series, P-series)
KAF: 32 (First gen. autofocus)
KAF2: 420 (Z/PZ-series and ZX/MZ series)
Hope I
Could it be Lasses post about this year's Hasselblad prize winner (see
below)?
Jostein
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From: Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 3:39 PM
Subject: Japanese winner of the Hasselblad photo prize!
Go to
I have a vague memory of this being discussed a long while back. Maybe a
year or so. I think the conclusion was that Photoshop has a real limit at 8
bit/channel.
There may have been words of another editing package that did handle 16
bit/channel, but I'm not sure. And I'm too lazy to check the
Tiger Moses: Arch at night
Great shot. There is a lot of Urban Nightscapes this month, but I think
yours is the best of'em. Simply.
David A. Mann: Hands
Very nice. Moody. Symbolic. The light is part of the composition, as Collin
expressed about his shot.
Collin Brendemuehl: Players
Interesting
Hi, Ann.
I showed your image to one of the doctors where I work (there's about 50 of
them here), and his conclusion is that it looks suspicious enough to justify
a trip to your doctor.
For my own record as a biologist I would like to fill in a bit about ticks
in general. Forgive me if I state
Oh, You can also have a look at the current issue of New England Journal of
Medicine. There's a _lot_ of info on Lyme disease there.
Some of the articles are reserved for paying subscribers until 6 months old,
but there's free stuff too.
http://www.nejm.org
Jostein
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Hi, all.
I can't believe it...
I have accepted the challenge to photograph a friend's wedding.
Last night we looked at a lot of bride portraits from a book, and she picked
out a good bunch that she liked for setting, mood, etc. Unfortunately for
me, she particularly liked some that were taken
I think that compatibilty issues goes the other way round. Don't use new
digital flashes (the FTZ series) with older cameras.
I have used both a A400T and the much simpler AF240z (non-ttl) on the Z-1
with no problems.
Jostein
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From: Gerald Wang [mailto:[EMAIL
Hi, Jim.
The 31mm is shipping. There is at least one PDML member who already has it.
I'm waiting for mine. When I ordered it, the Pentax distributor asked which
colour I would like, and they gave the impression that the black one may hit
Norway first. Seems like both colours are in production.
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From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Bracket, bracket, bracket.
hmmm. I think I will repeat that a couple of times when I go to bed tonight.
No, that's a starting place. All the BW IR I've shot has been
with a #25. You want to cut out
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From: Pieter Nagel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Only if your hands are on fire.
A couple of persons in my family have been claimed (not by themselves) to
have healing hands emanating some kind of heat that lingers pain and relax
tense muscles.
...Does that
I do nature photography almost exclusively.
The filters I use most are:
1. Polariser
To take away reflexes in foliage and water surfaces, and to increase the
blueness in the sky.
2. graded grays
When the sky is included in the image, it's usually much brighter than the
landscape. A graded gray
Hi, Anand.
The rubber stamp in Photoshop works almost like skin transplantation surgery
:-) :
First you mark a SourcePoint. That's where you want to copy from. Then you
move the mousepointer to where you want to replace the original content.
When you press the mouse button and start to move the
Cory,
Look for messages wil subject titles like eg. July PUG commentaries.
It might take a day or two before they show up in the archives, but there
are quite a number now.
Jostein
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From: CW [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:54 PM
To:
Hi, Paul.
I think the key question to labelling is how much (and what kind of)
meta-information you wish to put into the numbering system.
Personally I have used a serial-number apporach for a long time, but I have
been quite unhappy with it. The serial number just gives the relative order
of
Hi Chris!
I think the GN gives a clue to the distance for correct exposure.
With grey cards and stuff.
But I must admit your example makes me wonder...
Jostein
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From: Chris Brogden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Ok, stupid question time. Does using the guide number
Before putting your machinist to work, take a look at:
www.zoerk.com. They make converters with tilt/shift for alomst any
combination of lenses and cameras. They have a Pentax 645 to 35mm also. It's
quite expensive, but it might give you some good ideas.
Jostein
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I remember there was a long thread on one of the rec.photo groups some five
years ago on this topic. Then, however, the observations went the other way
round; Pentax was claimed to be the winner of colour rendition.
As others have said there are many other factors that can affect colour
On June 21. there will be a total solar eclipse in Southern Africa; the
first total eclipse in this millenium. There are plans to webcast the whole
thing through:
http://www.live-eclipse.org/eng/
Jostein
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Hi, Albano.
A normal position is what works best for you, if you ask me...
At your age, the lens in your eyes is soft and strechable, so the focussing
muscles around it have no problems to adapt it to whatever the viewfinder
optics within the limits you mention. If you had put on some spectacles
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From: Rob Brigham
Does anyone know if you can get a Cokin P mount ND grad where the grad
runs 90 degrees to the normal?
Hi, Rob.
I don't think that's available.
You would loose a lot of flexibility that way,
because you wouldn't be able to adjust the
horizontal
My dream as a 645 owner would be a digital film insert with the 6 Mpix chip.
If using the same lenses, why change the tool?
With the 6 Mpix chip it will give the same situation
as the Nikon/Canon users have today, with a chip smaller than the film
format.
Except that it will be easier to
Some answers interspersed below:
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Hi Group:
I have two computer / e-mail??? for you.I have noticed on
many threads when people reply to
a question/comment,they include part of the original text and
then a reply.How might you be
doing this?
When I click the
Aaron wrote:
fourteen hours of Beatle-watching to do. And what do I find by the
fourth hour? So far TWO references to the mighty Pentax!
On the wall in the offices of the Norwegian Pentax distributor, there is a
picture of all the Beatle members with a Pentax each. The shot is obviously
I think this is another example (like Jewel by Gianfranco Irlanda) that
you don't have to venture far to find good motifs. Not even for nature
photos.
Comment on technique:
I think you have chosen the best DOF for the situation. The rear eye is not
in focus, but as it is, the background is
One of my favourites this month. I like it for the colours in the flower and
for the good choice of DOF. It's exactly enough to embrace the flower, and
still shallow enough to soften the background.
It's unfair to be picky, but one little detail could have made this photo
even better, imo. If
It's a classical sunset shot. As a stock angecy picture it's very sellable,
eg. as a postcard. The composition gives room for some text in the upper
left corner, eg. a bible quote or some word of wisdom.
As a standalone photo, however, it's my opinion that the area in the upper
left gets a bit
I think this picture has good composition, and captures the significan
moment of the situation. The only thing missing is detail in the rooster's
plumage. Had it been standing in the sun, it would have been perfect.
I don't know the MZ-5n very well, but I think that if you had popped up the
Hi, Rebecca!
Creative interpretations of the themes are always welcome!
Jostein
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From: B. K. Lane Sr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 5:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: June PUG
Hi ya'll,
I have a question about the June PUG.
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From: dave o'brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Actually, that sounds like a good theme for a gallery: a shot taken at
50mm. (You can't really say it must be at f1.4 or whatever, as not
everyone will have a 50mm prime.)
Been there...
Look at
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From: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
I dont understand why anyone would want a gallery
shot only with LX bodies. The body doesnt really meam
much IMHO. A gallery of images all shot with the same
LENS makes much more sense to me at least
JCO
I suggest you also evaluate the Epson su1640 PHOTO. To me it looks like more
bang for the bucks than the Agfa. Not exactly 4000dpi, but closer than the
Agfa, anyway.
Best regards,
Jostein
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From: David A. Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001
I once removed fungus from a A-24/2.8. It was one of the central elements
that was infected. I used a lineup of three baths with acetone,
alcohol+dishwasher detergent and water. That worked well. But in the end I
screwed the whole thing by drying it with lens tissue. I swear it was clean
from the
AAhh, these limiteds.
IMO, this is one of the most peculiar lens series ever released. PDML'ers
have speculated _a_lot_ over the focal lenghts; everything from complex
mathematical models to marketing tricks has been suggested. Mathematically,
the 43mm is the correct focal width for a normal lens
From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Graduated ND filters have uses for other than landscapes.
A while back I was shooting a street scene where the left
side of the scene was in bright sun and the right side
was in shadow. In fact, the shadow crossed the scene at
an angle.
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