Hi Sheel,
both are cool experiment and, especially this second one, may look great as
proper prints. However, the WEB presentation does not seem to do them
justice - and probably can't due to limitations of the medium.
Cheers,
Leon
>-Original Message-
>From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EM
>-Original Message-
>From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:19 PM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: RE: ist DL disappointing price
>
>On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Leon Mlakar wrote:
>
>> price for a new model. In o
>
>
>I'm wondering if something else is afoot. It seems unlikely to
>me that Pentax would spend such an effort to create a new body
>that's only 4% less in price, but with some significant
>feature differences.
>
>Perhaps they're planning on eliminating the DS and D, and
>introducing two new bo
Great job with both the original image and retouching. Thanks for sharing
details.
Cheers,
Leon
>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:52 PM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: PESO: A portrait revisited
>
>Thanks f
I am a bit surprised that we all so easily accept and agree with the idea
that the tool we use is a mere disposable item. And that's less than decade
after the cameras were being praised for their durability.
Cheers,
Leon
>-Original Message-
>From: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE
>
>As a long-time user of the TIFF format for somewhat unrelated
>purposes, I feel most inclined to comment on this note:
>
>Tiffs don't have any of the post-processing advantages of RAW
>
>Which is obviously untrue, since TIFF (unlike JPEG) won't
>usually compress data by throwing actual im
Hi Dave,
the texture on this driftwood is great and well recorded.
The colors of the rust are quite nice. Low warm sunlight really brings them
out.
A shadow is a bit strong, which would imo be even good if there was a narrow
strip of light separating the nail and shadow. Lacking that the edge of
>-Original Message-
>From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 3:58 PM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net; pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: RE: Repository for RAW Image Format Details
>
>Let me rephrase that: Do closely held and "undocumented"
>proprieta
Hi Paul,
I like this one.
Replace the baseball cap with a hat and there you are: a nice the commercial
ad for a car from that era. At least I think that's how commercial ads
looked in the sixties/seventies.
Cheers,
Leon
>-Original Message-
>From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC
>> The way you set the shot suggests you're not after the portrait but
>> after
>an
>> atmosphere/mood/feeling.
>
>There was never any intention of making a portrait, certainly
>not in a traditional sense.
>
>> There are very little visual clues to indicate what mood.
>It's a kind
>> of ambi
On my monitor there is a rather slight separation between the nose and the
back of the arm. Normally it should be enough (but would really need to see
the print to be sure). Unfortunately there is also a shadow line that runs
in the middle of the arm which exactly meets and extends the nose line.
>
>i always save the "straight scans", 16bit. these are
>"negatives", they are burned on dvds, and stored away. i very
>much want to avoid re-scanning in future.
If you scan a lot then it makes sense. Not many of my photographs are
interesting enough to be worth scanning, so I don't. Besides, w
>-Original Message-
>From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 1:36 AM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: Buffer speed (Re: Why choose *ist DL over Nikon
>or Canon competitors?)
>
>in terms of megabytes/s, my 2-3 times stands. the difference
>is
>
>But why destroy all that information in a file only to have to
>start over again later should you want another copy of the
>file? I just don't understand your reasoning. Of course,
>with PS 7.0 you have to do a lot of your work flow in 8-bit
>anyway, so maybe the difference isn't that grea
>
>PNG won't save as a layered file, so if you intend to do
>further work on the file, or may just want to have an
>"original layered final" copy, you'll still need a TIFF or
>PSD. My workflow is such that I always save a PSD or TIFF
>with all the layers, alpha channels, and saved selection
Photoshop lets you save the 16-bit per channel image in PNG? Which version?
I know 7.0 doesn't.
Once you finished your processing (PSD preserves layers and other Photoshop
internal information) I don't see any disadvantages except that 16-bit PNG
is probably not as widely supported as TIFF. The a
>action sports models are 5-6 times faster and have 4 or 5
>times the buffer size.
>
>Herb
>- Original Message -
>From: "Leon Mlakar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To:
>Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 5:31 PM
>Subject: RE: Buffer speed (Re: Why choose *ist
Bruce,
I did understand what you meant - I was just trying to make a little joke
out of it.
I apologize if it led to confusion.
Cheers,
Leon
>
>You may have misunderstood, I am not taking consecutive shots
>with a motor drive, these are single shots fairly close
>together - could even be do
>
>Here's another - taking candid portraits of a young kid who is
>moving around and you are catching some great facial
>expressions. Click, click, click as you go. Suddenly you he
>puts on the cutest grin and the BUFFER is FULL.
>
In my personal experience, even with 4.5fps PZ-1P the young
2005 3:27 AM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?
>
>i can't find them in the US anymore.
>
>Herb....
>----- Original Message -
>From: "Leon Mlakar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To:
>Sent: Wednesd
ve
it should be possible to get it lighter a bit without loosing details on the
white paint or getting the wood planks in front to bright.
Cheers,
Leon
>-Original Message-
>From: Leon Mlakar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 12:19 AM
>To: pentax-discuss@
Why don't you try rechargable alkaline AA's? I've been using them for some
time in my (seldom used) flash. They have the shelf life of ordinary AA's so
I know that it'll work when picked up, even though I didn't recharge
batteries last week. Unlike NiMh that work at 1.2V they work at 1.5V of
ordin
>Hello together,
>
>this is a picture I like quite much - though it's maybe a bit
>colourful... It's a new shopping temple in the south of
>Germany an the use of the DA16-45 produced a nice effect...
>Hope you like it...
It's quite a bit more than just "a bit" colorful. And a good thing it is
>-Original Message-
>From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 6:59 AM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: PESO -- "Lights (A theraultian exercise.)"
>
>Thanks Frank, glad you liked it. I don't think anyone else
>even saw it.
>
Well, you're wrong
Frank,
it looks like you are inventing a new technique - painting with OOF. Hell,
it looks you took a very uncharacteristically sharp photo of a black tulip
in front of a painting (aquarelle perhaps) of black tulips.
If hard pushed to find something that could be improved, I'd say that having
the
Hi Boris,
I saw Shel's comments while putting together my thoughts. There's little to
add ... Maybe just that yes, it could have been a worthy portrait, but
really needs more careful processing.
Cheers,
Leon
>-Original Message-
>From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Su
You can take a shot of a bird with 2 secs delay and get away with something
like this Amazing capture. Just curiosity: how much of the frame did you
crop out?
Cheers,
Leon
>-Original Message-
>From: Fred Widall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 12:52 AM
>To: pe
I could be both. Last year I ordered 28-105 in a local shop and got it only
after 4 months. It was nowhere to be found in their supply chain in Europe.
Apparently it was a combination of increased demand and batch production so
they had to wait for another batch. Even when they've got the lens, the
These days I was browsing through some old photos I didn't scan yet. This
one was taken quite some time ago, in summer 2002. What do you think in
general and regarding one specific question: is DOF too shallow?
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3400464
I also seem to be unable to fin
>
>I am still chuckling about how this thread has morphed from
>someone trying
>to learn the nuts and bolts of exposure more or less being
>told, by some
>experienced photographers who know this stuff well enough that
>they have
>forgotten how well they know it, that it doesn't matter, into
>-Original Message-
>From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:13 PM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: PAW and a Question
>
>Hi!
>
>> This works for me. The light play is quite attractive.
>However, I find
>> the crooked shade on the lower
>-Original Message-
>From: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 11:12 PM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: istd or istds or wait?
>
>
>- Original Message -
>From: "Leon Mlakar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
&
>>>
>>
>> I see. Didn't know that. How stupid. I was eyeing DS, but
>it's now off
>> the list.
>
>I guess that wireless flash control is important to your work?
>For me, it's "nice feature, but never used it" kinda thing. So
>far, my flash needs have been fulfilled nicely by a couple of
>non-d
I second that. Very unexpected.
Cheers,
Leon
>-Original Message-
>From: Anthony Farr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 6:53 AM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: RE: PESO -- Off Road II
>
>"Off Road I " was a nice shot of a toy in the forest. "Off
>Road II" is
Funny, but I like Egres Out of Focus, too. Not prefer it to the in-focus
one, just like it on its own. I brings a feeling of distance, of being far
away.
Leon
>-Original Message-
>From: Doug Franklin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 7:16 AM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml
Cute. I like the light and composition. And the light.
Cheers,
Leon
>-Original Message-
>From: Scott Loveless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 10:19 PM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: PESO Whistle Stop
>
>Howdy, Gang!
>
>Here's a photo of my daughter last
>
>>> The D body has a few features that some find essential/convenient
>>> (like the dual control wheels, HyperProgram, battery grip access,
>>> wireless flash control in the body); the DS has simpler controls, a
>>> few more program presets for snapshooters, and overall faster
>>> operation -
>
>In my culture, anyone seeing such a structure, even only a
>part of it, knows that it is a coastal swimming baths. Most
>of these were built in the early 20th Century as a way of
>providing Olympic standard pools that can be refreshed cheaply
>and easily with seawater, thus not requiring fi
>The D body has a few features that some find
>essential/convenient (like the dual control wheels,
>HyperProgram, battery grip access, wireless flash control in
>the body); the DS has simpler controls, a few more program
>presets for snapshooters, and overall faster operation - it's
>also a li
1. Feet are missing. It bothers me. I know she's sitting, and if the feet
were there, we'd be seeing only the soles of the shoes, still I miss them.
You may try to try knee-up portrait - that would leave enough of the left
wheel to still place her in the wheel chair. It would also go better with
>
>Oh, yes, she can do that. But I am not good enough at throwing
>the frisbie for her to catch it in the air regularly.
>
>Incidentally, for this shot I had to both throw the frisbie
>and take the photo.
Good thing you remembered to throw the frisbie and not the lens
Lens seems to be doing
>I'm a little out of touch with all of this, but AFAIK,
>depending on the key size and encryption algorithim you pick,
>it would still take current technology available to the
>governments decades or centuries to crack something encoded by
>PGP using DSA or AES right?
>-Original Message-
>From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 12:52 AM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: Raw
>
>I differ with you on how to present the information to someone
>who doesn't need to know about it/isn't ready for it. You
>might
>-Original Message-
>From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 12:28 AM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: PESO: Initmate moments
>
>On 5/19/05, Leon Mlakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Touche!
>From: Graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:28 PM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: Paranoid question of the week...
>
>Well, the fornistic types claim they can now copy files from a
>hard drive that has been rewritten multiple times and bulk
>erased. So if
Nice set you've got there. But, may I ask, why you seem to be using 28-70 at
f/8 or f/11 all the time? I mean, some shots like Karneval-05_IGP2573,
Karneval-05_IGP2624, Karneval-05_IGP2459, maybe Karneval-05_IGP2470,
Karneval-05_IGP2466, Karneval-05_IGP2502 could have benefited from shallower
DOF
>
>I think what I like about it is that at once, it seems to
>emphasize how helpless and dependant on others an infant of
>this age is, yet it seems that she's already trying her best,
>in her limited way to explore and see what's up with the world.
>
Touche! You know, the original title was "C
>
>--- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Here is a book that I recommend to people who want to take better
>> pictures, but don't really want to learn photography.
>>
>> John Hedgecoe's Photography Basics by John Hedgecoe
>>
>> Perhaps it is more what you are looking for.
>
>I will look
>-Original Message-
>From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:47 AM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: PESO: Initmate moments
>
>I'd agree with everything Bruce said, plus add that the
>background seems a little bright for this type of sho
>Things I would like to see:
> Just a little more DOF - not lots, but I would like to see just a
> bit of the hand and a bit more of the top of head being in
>focus - use
> your DOF preview to gauge how much
>
> Eyes - a baby's eyes are so deep and full of communication - I would
> really
>>
>>Comments appreciated (even if only
>>I-would-move-camera-teen-feet-away-and-stand-on-the-left-foot kind :-)
>
>I wouldn't change a thing. Brilliant shot. Well done.
>
I won't - I can't. It was taken seven months ago. Only started to clean up
huge backlog - it was sort of busy year :-)
Ok, let's bite the bullet ...
I'm trying to build a collection of hopefully non-cliché portraits of my
daughter, as she grows. This is one of my favorites:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3374686
If you don't care for photos of other people kids, never mind, just skip
this one. Ever
>
>>My daughter, several years hence, will
>>keep asking me in wonder: "Why is this so blurry, Dady?"
>
>Teller "It's not blurry, it's Theriaultean".
>;-)
>
;-) I like that shot.
>>
>> It's a New Way - everything sharp from the nose to infinity.
>> ...
>> Marketing types selling this as a big advantage.
>
>Ansel Adams touted it as the way in his f64 days.
>It's not a new thing.
The "New" part is that you have to have it on each and every photo from
those mass prod
>-Original Message-
>From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:12 AM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: Can I be a ludite please?!
>
>On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 07:32:17AM +0200, Jens Bladt wrote:
>> Three things about digital photography are super
The current Photo-of-the-week on www.photo.net was made by Sigma 50-500.
Looks decent, at least at the resolution presented.
Leon
>-Original Message-
>From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 6:04 PM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: 500mm Zooms
>
>Does a
>
>I don't think I would be able to shoot 3x macro of anything
>that flies. :)
Yeah, you have a point here :) I just associated word "bug" with "flying"
(guess that comes with English being a second language) and forgot about
the magnification you're trying to get.
Leon
Wireless flash and P-TTL are both useful but not essential. HSS, contrary to
what you implied, is not a good idea for stopping a motion.
At the speeds beyond the flash sync speed the shutter is never completely
open, hence a single flash pulse cannot expose entire frame. HSS works by
delivering a
>
> Batter is made from flour, eggs and water. Pasta is made from
> flour, eggs and water. But they're different things. Kerry
> and Bush no doubt shared plenty of ideas with each other, and
> with socialists and with the Monster Raving Loony Party. But
> they're all different parties.
>
> Alan Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Different opinions are expected, as always, just don't take
> it personal. :)
>
> Sometimes it's very hard not to take it personal.
> I wonder if I'm really the only one PDML'er who thinks that
> Z-1p is user friendly and easy to master,
Nope, you're
http://www.pentax.com/docstore/index.cfm?show=6
Cheers,
Leon
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