Hi gang:
After looking at the Canon EOS 5D at $3,300 U.S, I'm probably going to
switch to that camera. With Canon's resources and it's ability to make it's
own sensors, I think it's clear that they will be the front runner and
leader of DSLR cameras. Now with the advantages full frame (you can arg
Does the number of high quality fully functional pentax lenses you already
own
dramatically affect your decision? ( You don't state ).
JCO
No. I'll still have my Pentax system as a backup.
Larry from Prescott
Has anyone used Realviz 4.0 stitcher? If you have, what's your opinion of
this very expensive program?
Larry from Prescott
Ken and Herb:
Thanks for the feedback. I also have Panorama Maker 3.0 I like it, but it
does not do 16 bit/channel and large multi row and column stitches. Realviz
does this. Are there other stitching programs that do 16 bit/channel input
amd output?
Larry from Prescott
Hi all:
Thanks Bruce.
Yes, I am available for custom prints. I prefer to do fine art landscapes
and such. I'm not that good at portraits because I don't enjoy doing that
kind of printing. If, however, you have a fine art image you would like
printed up to 16" wide, that's what I'm good at. I
Hello all:
I'm interested in the recently announced 10-20 4-5.6 digital lens by
Sigma. Does anyone know if this lens will be offered in Pentax mount?
Larry from Prescott
FYI
The Sigma 10-20 F4-5.6 zoom will be available in non HSM mount for Pentax
after it's available for Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts. This is directly
from Sigma in response to my e-mail to them. They did not say when, but I'm
guessing mid summer for Pentax.
I'm going to get this laens as well as
Per The Luminous-Landscape.com, Pentax has just announced an 18.6 Megapixel
645 Digital Camera !
Larry in Prescott
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/new/index.shtml
Pentax also announced a 12-24 DA lens.
http://www.pentaximaging.com/footer/news_media_article?ArticleId=6458799
Larry in Prescott
Does anyone know what the part number is for the remote control for the *ist
D that is mentioned in all the data sheets, etc.?? No one seems to have it
or know the part number to order.
Larry
Hi all:
One of the neat things that we did on another unrelated discussion group was
give a little bio on who we are,
what we do, and where we live. I would like to know something about this
group so I will start it:
I live in Prescott Arziona USA. This is beautiful desert and canyon country.
I'm
I'm thinking of getting a FA 28 mm 2.8 lens. Does it and other FA lens have
the IR focus point on the lens?
I do a lot of IR work.
Larry
How would one go about purchasing a new "Black 31mm Limited" from the USA?
Larry
I have many old screw mount lens I use on my ist D. I set the lens at the
f-stop I want to use and then set the Camera to Aperture Priority and Manual
Focus and shoot away. It meters thru the preset F-stop and gives excellant
results.
Larry in Prescott
P.S. My favorite screw mount is a Vivitar Se
Shel wrote:
>And didn't someone write that the Super Tak screw mount lenses were
entirely
>workable when used stopped down to the working aperture?
Yes, they are. I have an ist D and use them all the time. Again, set manual
focus, Aperture Priority, stop the lens down and shoot away. Works great.
>Hi Larry,
>Good luck with the sale. So is it safe to assume that you are pleased
enough
>with the scope and capability of your stitched *ist D images that you can
no
>longer justify retaining the LF system?
>Cheers,
>Rob Studdert
Yes. Since I shoot landscapes almost exclusively, I don't have to
Hello all,
Here is a link to a small version of an image I recently made by stitching 5
images together to make this panorama. I have upsized this image to
18128x5100 pixels. I will print this image this coming weekend on my new
Epson 4000. Should have it by this Friday. I am going to print it at
>So, how much for a 17x60? ;-)
>Don
It depends on the image. I recently sold a bare 13x19 printed on Velvet Fine
Art paper for $100.00 US. If my 17x60 panorama comes out as I expect I will
be asking $250.00 US for a bare print.
Larry from Prescott
>Larry. This was really neat. I have a question. Did you have any light
>falloff with originals that you fixed in photoshop? If so how did you do
>that.
>Cheers,
>Ronald
Hi Ronald,
Sometimes there will be some light falloff where the stitching takes place.
Since I always use manual exposure to
I would like some recommendations from users who have personally used fine
art papers for printing. What papers have you used and liked or disliked? I
have some 13x19 Velvet Fine Art from Epson, so I know about it. Hahnemuhle
has a large number of papers but I know nothing about how they perform. A
>I use the Hahnemuhle William Turner paper for all my best prints. Great
>stuff. I've also used one of the Crane papers, but I forget which one
>now. It was pretty good but not as nice as the Hahnemuhle.
--
>Mark Roberts
>Photography and writing
Thanks Mark. I appreciate it. I'll think I'll ord
Have not posted in a while so I thought I would share what I've been doing
lately. Went to White Sands Nat'l Monument this weekend. Have several shots
from there. Also have had quite a bit of rain lately in Prescott so this
gave me an opportunity to shoot a local dam that had a lot of water for a
c
>I'm used to looking at film originated images and there is nearly always
detail to be seen in the shadows. Do you find this to >be the case?
>All the best
>Handmaid
There may be a small amount of blocking. If there is I do it on purpose to
keep high contrast or add it later in Photoshop. I shoot
Cotty:
I have not yet tried Ilford Gallerie. Thanks for the tip. Next time I order
paper I'll give it a try.
Keith:
Yes, lighting is THE key to great images. After all that's what we are
capturing. So by all means do it at the correct time.
Larry from Prescott
Bruce:
Really nice shot. I've been there a long time ago. It is a neat place. Must
go back now. Thanks for the idea.
Larry from Prescott
Shel,
I use Focus Magic and it is great.
Larry from Prescott
Shel:
I use version 3 which supports 16 bit.
Larry from Prescott
Has anyone heard when the 16-45 will be available in the US?
Larry in Prescott
JvW Said:
>I will be picking up the *ist-D with grip and 16-45mm on Friday :-)
>Regards, JvW
Be sure and post some results and/or your analysis on how this lens
performs. I'm sure a lot of us want to know.
Thanks,
Larry in Prescott
Count me in. I'll throw in some skins for our own site.
Larry from Prescott
Paul wrote:
>Is anyone using a 1 gig card in an *ist D. If so, can you tell me what
>brand? Is anyone using the Lexar 1 gig WA card?
Hi Paul,
I have 2 of them and they work fine. No problems.
Larry from Prescott
Hi Gang:
Just put up my new gallery. Have a look if you like. I will be adding more
sub-galleries including one for PDML specific images. I have not customized
it yet, but plan on doing that in the coming days.
Larry from Prescott
Hi Gang:
Just put up my new gallery. Have a look if you like. I will be adding more
sub-galleries including one for PDML specific images. I have not customized
it yet, but plan on doing that in the coming days.
Larry from Prescott
P.S.
It would help if I included the link dummy!!!
http://tripo
Photoshop now supports RAW for *istD. Hurray !!
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html
Larry from Prescott
Len:
It IS available at
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=39&platform=Windows
Larry from Prescott
Have taken notice of the 135 mm lens thread lately. Thouight I would share
this image I took recently with my *istD and a 135 2.5 Super Takumar Screw
mount lens. Tripod mounted at f8.
http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65382/1/2396891/Original
Larry from Prescott
Just to let you know. My internet provider has a virus scanner that scans my
messages before they get to me. It just picked up the "Bagel" virus from
someone in this list and isolated it before it got to me.
Larry from Prescott
Has anyone seen or touched or used the new Sigma 12-24 ? If so, what are
your thoughts?
Larry in Prescott
Oh my God, I'm going against "The Rules" by providing a link to a portrait I
took of my grandaughter, with a non Pentax camera. I love this shot. My
daughter did not want me to take this because her face was dirty after
eating something. Sheesh, isn't this what young kids do? And besides, it's
my
Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700
before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again
with the "D".
Comments welcome.
http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2589664/Original
Larry from Prescott
Here's one of the last images I made with my 4x5 view camera. This was shot
at the bottom of the Salt River Canyon Gorge northeast of Phoenix Arizona. I
had to stand in the water with 2 tripod legs also in the water. If I
remember right it was shot at either f45 or f64 with some tilt to get the
dep
Boris said:
>Why is it so customary to shot a flowing water at very slow shutter
>speed as if to get this kind of effect?
>Here for example this works brilliantly. But I've seen quite many
>images where going to medium fast shutter speed getting (almost)
>sharp, frozen water would be way better.
Marnie aka Doe wrote:
>Beautiful. Makes me want to go to the Southwest again. (But with a camera
>this time). Almost looks medium format with the breadth and depth that it
has.
>Very nice shot.
>Marnie aka Doe (Envious.)
Thanks a lot Marnie.
Keith Whaley wrote:
>How is it in Prescott, La
>You pick one of your pictures (one that you typically had difficulties in
gettng right), fresh out of the scanner - send it in a >reasonable size to a
number of volunteers on the list (I'll be one of them) who will do their
finishing and adjustments >according to their taste (no competition).
>The
Shel wrote:
>The "improved" version looks great. One suggestion: instead
>of using the "magic wand" you might try "select color."
>Might work a little better around the fine branch details.
>I've found that it sometimes does ...
Thanks Shel. I've used that before but didn't think about it for th
Shel wrote:
>BTW, another approach is Select > Similar ... it often gets
>overshadowed by the more popular selection techniques. It
>works real well with sky and other large areas of generally
>the same color that is interrupted by fine details. Are you
>familiar with the technique?
No, but old
Bruce and others:
Thanks for the kind comments.
It's really pretty simple to set this shot up. I just metered off the rocks
in the middle and set the exposure at f8 1/750 on manual mode to keep each
image the same. This is ½ stop under. I then turned the camera vertical so
that two rows from top
Bob S. wrote:
>Larry,
>I agree with Tom. It's a wonderful shot. I like it so much that I put a
copy into the rotation I use for wallpaper. Will you >be printing big
copies of it for sale?
>Regards, Bob S.
Thanks again to all for the kind words on "HorseShoe Bend".
Bob, I'll be getting an E
I like this image, but I'm not sure it would appeal to others. What are your
thoughts?
http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65381/2/2906163/Large
Larry from Prescott
Thanks to all who have commented on my image of the horse bits. I was
undecided about this image in the first place. You have confirmed my initial
feeling. "It's just so-so" and that's OK. What it did was to get me to look
at lighting and composistion and color. This is a good thing as Martha would
Took another short trip this weekend. This time it was to Zion National Park
in southern Utah. I wanted to get some shots in the Narrows section of the
Virgin River. The link below is to 5 shots I took in or near The Narrows.
All these were taken with *istD with FA 28 2.8 at f22 and 6 to 8 seconds.
Rob Studdert said:
>Another great set of images Larry. Images 2 and 4 are my favourites out of
the
>set although each has its particular attraction. On the technical side, I'm
>interested in how you set the elevation of your rows, what are you using
for
>your pano head? Also I see that the images
What was the filter size on the new DA 14? I lost the link to the info.
Larry from Prescott
Boris Liberman wrote:
>I can produce a question/request though - mind if I ask you to share
>with us, mere mortals , some basic key points of the stitching
>technique you use?
Hi Boris,
I use ArcSoft Panorama Maker 3.0 for my stitching. The basic key points for
stitching images is to plan ahead
Here's a sample of how the *istD responds to Infrared. This was shot with
28mm 2.8FA lens with 88A filter 4 seconds at f16.
http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65381/2/3401970/Large
Larry from Prescott
Dave wrote:
>Very interesting Larry. Nice effect.
>So this was shot in colour then converted eh.
>Mind if i ask how you did the convert??
>Also did you use the meter in the camera and what iso??
>Dave
I have found that the best exposure using the 88a filter is +1 stop.
In Photoshop I add an adju
I recently made a trip to Washington and Oregon for a photo shoot. Below is
a link to a gallery with 10 images from that trip.
Comments welcome.
Larry from Prescott
http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/131679
Rob:
All images in the gallery were taken with *istD. The ones that look foggy
were taken well after sunset with long exposures on bulb. It was foggy as
weather was moving in.
The first image is 8 images stitched together taken at Harris Beach State
Park Oregon. I used ND filters as well as f22 t
>Nice work Larry. Was #3 & #4 the same scene shot with different white
>balance?
>Butch
Thanks Butch. No, these sre two separate images. Both images were shot and
processed with "Auto" white balance. It was much dacker and much longer
exposure on #4.
Larry from Prescott
Here's a little evening color. Taken with *istD on aperature priority.
Hope this inspires a cheerful mode.
Larry from Prescott
http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65382/1/5810092/Original
>This is a really great shot, Larry. Brilliant!!
>Jens Bladt
>I enjoyed this Larry! Thanks. I'm impressed with the color and I really
>like the white lights and the burnout/flare that occurred.
>Tom C.
Thanks a bunch. It's very interesting to here comments both good and bad.
Some like the bur
I've updated my web site with pictures from my recent trip to Glacier for
those who wish to visit.
http://tripodman.smugmug.com/
Larry from Prescott
Hi Alex,
You wrote:
>I use C1DSLR for my conversions.
>alex
How do like C1DSLR? Have you compared it to the results from Photoshop? Is
it worth the money? Please give some thoughts on your experience with this
product.
Larry from Prescott
Jostein and Alex:
Thanks for the feedback on using C1 DSLR and others. Sorry for the late
response. I've been on another photo shoot. This time hiking up the Zion
Canyon Narrows. If anyone has the chance to visit and make this hike, this
is a magical place. This is a true slot canyon and it is a p
Amita said:
>I was wondering if anyone here can share any good or bad experiences
>with Smugmug.com. It seems like it's exactly what I'm looking for for my
>personal site, but they charge you for a year's services up front and
>you only have 7 days to change your mind, so I'm looking for feedback
I'm in need of some Database Software for my images. It has come time since
my collection of images is getting very large. What suggestions do you have?
What do you use and why?
Larry from Prescott
>define very large and what you need to do in your catalog.
>Herb...
I now have about 200 GB worth of images and at the rate I'm going this will
soon be into the TB range. I'm guessing 10,000 images at present.
I would like to define each image with many key words such as Gray, Desert,
Family, K
Hello all,
Recently I installed my new Epson 4000. I use it to print Fine Art
Landscapes both in color and B&W. Printing B&W from Photoshop left a lot to
be desired as color shifts were always present, most of the time leaving a
green cast which is ugly in a B&W print. Color was great, but the B&
>Larry, have you got a URL where I can see the Image print software? Ta.
>Cheers,
> Cotty
Here ya go Cotty.
http://www.colorbytesoftware.com/index.htm
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