Re: PESOs. Open Mic

2005-02-24 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Thursday 24 February 2005 07:58, Paul Stenquist wrote: Very nice. I looked at every pic. Your work has improved tremendously since you first started showing us concert pics. Paul Thanks. The one thing that really bugs me is the red oversaturation (and it took someone else to give me the

PESOs. Open Mic

2005-02-23 Thread Luigi de Guzman
An arseload of PESOs is up on my livejournal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/ouij/ yeah, it's more of the same lo-fi concert work. I love it. You all are probably sick of it. What can I say--some people take pictures of their cats. Others take pictures of flowers. I take concert

Re: New Pentax DSLR announced!

2005-02-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Monday 14 February 2005 02:49, Jens Bladt wrote: Not pretty. It looks cheap and toyish. It also makes it look non-professional, which I believe, is the whole idea. Some people hate the idea of being confused with a pro. I once waated to buy a Metz hammer head flash for work - like the ones

Some thoughts on NOT photographing

2005-02-13 Thread Luigi de Guzman
I go out to a lot of rock shows and take pictures. (plug: the most recent stuff is always at http://www.livejournal.com/users/ouij/). It's a lot of fun, and people have been very positive about my work thus far. Tonight, I went to a show and decided not to bring the camera. It was nice to

Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...

2005-01-30 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 30 January 2005 01:43, Jamie Walling wrote: I think you are write that someone blindly reading his page will end up with a camera that Ken likes, however as much as I like the istDs I think more users will be happier with the D70 than the istDs. Not necessisarily becasue of quality

Re: Survey: How many *ist D's and how many *ist DS's

2005-01-30 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Saturday 29 January 2005 23:30, Mark Cassino wrote: I have one *ist-D. I'm not sure what the point of this survey is. I doubt that many people who own an ist-D would sell it off and buy and *ist-Ds. Given the different memory cards, I doubt many people would choose the DS as a backup to

Re: Survey: How many *ist D's and how many *ist DS's

2005-01-29 Thread Luigi de Guzman
One *istDS. -Luigi

Re: Free ad for Fuji

2005-01-20 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Thursday 20 January 2005 13:31, Peter J. Alling wrote: Depends of you look at the Major Media maps or the Governments own official Map. http://www.nationalatlas.gov/natlas/natlasstart.asp The official map shows the results of the 2000 Presidential election, not the 2004!

Re: *ist ds review

2005-01-20 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Thursday 20 January 2005 14:54, Tim Sherburne wrote: For some reason, this strikes me as hellishly awkward. I'm familiar with the Green Button on my MZ-S, and it's nothing like this with M series lenses. Do any of you D or DS owners find this workflow to be so troubling that it interferes

Re: *ist ds review

2005-01-19 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 11:34, Dave wrote: This may have been covered, but can anyone describe how functional this camera is with a manual K mount lens? I know the *istD has some sort of button, green I think that was enhanced via firmware for this. Surf on over to my livejournal to see

Re: Noisy *istD shutter

2005-01-18 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 18 January 2005 19:12, Don Sanderson wrote: The ist-D is going to live in infamy forever for it's battery glitches, now ain't it? ;-) Certainly more prone to them than my MX -L

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 16 January 2005 15:53, mike wilson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I recently spent an enjoyable afternoon translating between Cockneys and Geordies. what's a Geordie ... ? (other than a blind man on Star Trek TNG) ERNR A person

Re: UK PDML 2005

2005-01-16 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Saturday 15 January 2005 05:44, Cotty wrote: On 15/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Try this: Magdalen College. Or even Magdalene College. Pronounced the same, but spelled differently. Ahh, but is it? In Oxford, it's Mawdlin ! in Cambridge, it's maudlin, and

Re: PESO (heck, maybe PAW?): Compact Cars

2005-01-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 14 January 2005 10:21, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi ... While it's a nicely framed shot and well executed, the subject is s overdone. I suppose every photographer should have such a pic in his or her portfolio, if only to suggest something of a sense of humor. This shot brings

Re: HELP! VACUUMED 10D and the shutter curtains got sucked out: Canon EOS 20D/10D/D60/D30 Forum: Digital Photography Review

2005-01-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 14 January 2005 11:43, frank theriault wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 01:36:18 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We might even say it was Dam stupid... I once heard that electronic equipment doesn't work very well on Hoover Dam... I'd believe it. Hoover Dam must

Re: Agility Dog

2005-01-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 14 January 2005 10:24, frank theriault wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:56:25 -0500, Luigi de Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the name of the dog was Nipper or something like that, and they were still using the dogs in TV ads even into the late '90s. So no, you're

Re: Agility Dog

2005-01-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 14 January 2005 10:24, frank theriault wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:56:25 -0500, Luigi de Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the name of the dog was Nipper or something like that, and they were still using the dogs in TV ads even into the late '90s. So no, you're

Re: HELP! VACUUMED 10D and the shutter curtains got sucked out: Canon EOS 20D/10D/D60/D30 Forum: Digital Photography Review

2005-01-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 14 January 2005 11:43, frank theriault wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 01:36:18 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We might even say it was Dam stupid... I once heard that electronic equipment doesn't work very well on Hoover Dam... I'd believe it. Hoover Dam must

Re: PESO (heck, maybe PAW?): Compact Cars

2005-01-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 14 January 2005 10:21, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi ... While it's a nicely framed shot and well executed, the subject is s overdone. I suppose every photographer should have such a pic in his or her portfolio, if only to suggest something of a sense of humor. This shot brings

Re: PESO (heck, maybe PAW?): Compact Cars

2005-01-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 14 January 2005 12:16, Graywolf wrote: GOOD! Then I will refrain from posting my views of bicycles without brakes, gears, or freewheels; and the people who drive them (in traffic). Trackies? It's pretty stupid (and in most states, illegal) to ride without a front brake in traffic,

Re: PESO (heck, maybe PAW?): Compact Cars

2005-01-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 14 January 2005 12:43, Shel Belinkoff wrote: This puts your first pic in an entirely different light, so to speak. It seems that the SUV is not parked in a space reserved for compacts. The compact only space is behind the space in which the SUV is parked. And looking at the

Re: PESO (heck, maybe PAW?): Compact Cars

2005-01-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 14 January 2005 12:55, frank theriault wrote: On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:24:29 -0500, Luigi de Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trackies? It's pretty stupid (and in most states, illegal) to ride without a front brake in traffic, even if you do ride a fixie Well then, you're sure

Re: *istD EOL...

2005-01-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 14 January 2005 11:35, frank theriault wrote: On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:17:19 -0500, Luigi de Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 12 January 2005 11:12, Graywolf wrote: VAT? Again, unless the Iron Chancellor has made Canon DSLRs VAT-exempt, this wouldn't make

Re: PESO (heck, maybe PAW?): Compact Cars

2005-01-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 14 January 2005 12:40, Graywolf wrote: Anybody here aware that all SUV's are not large. My Blazer is under 15 feet in length and 5 feet in width and fits in compact car spaces with no overhang. Furthermore the term SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle), originally applied to S-10 Blazers and

Re: Agility Dog

2005-01-13 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Thursday 13 January 2005 19:00, Kenneth Waller wrote: Reminds me of the mascot for RCA Victor. Boy I'll bet that dates a few of us! His master's voice. I think the name of the dog was Nipper or something like that, and they were still using the dogs in TV ads even into the late '90s. So

Re: Film may not be dead.....

2005-01-13 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Thursday 13 January 2005 19:17, Mark Roberts wrote: To paraphrase Monty Python: Film's not dead, but it was coughing up blood last night (The Dead Vicar on the Landing sketch IIRC) It's a fair cop, but society is to blame. HI'd like to conclude this arrest...with a hymn... -Luigi

PESO (heck, maybe PAW?): Compact Cars

2005-01-13 Thread Luigi de Guzman
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ouij It's at the top. Lucky I decided to bring my camera when I went out this morning! -Luigi

Re: *istD EOL...

2005-01-12 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 05:44, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Herb Chong wrote: given that the US list price for the *istDs and the 300D are almost the same and the street price is nearly so, what's up with the UK distributor? You hit it on the head Herb. Pentax is

Re: *istD EOL...

2005-01-12 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 10:36, Peter J. Alling wrote: Taxes and Greed. I don't see taxes as a valid reason--unless there are some shady deals, Canon would have to pay the same taxes, unless for some reason there's an anti-Pentax tax (er, perhaps a PenTax?) in force. When I lived in

Re: *istD EOL...

2005-01-12 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 11:12, Graywolf wrote: VAT? Again, unless the Iron Chancellor has made Canon DSLRs VAT-exempt, this wouldn't make a difference. Something else is going on. -Luigi

Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!

2005-01-12 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 18:45, frank theriault wrote: On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:47:51 -0500 (EST), wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Frank. Brightened up my day vbg Knowing that I brightened yours, brightens mine. Title made me smile too I don't know why, but I always

Re: OT: Flickr vs. Photo.net-was: PAW: A Payphone in Parkdale

2005-01-11 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 11 January 2005 12:17, Chan Yong Wei wrote: Have you tried FreeCiv? I use only Linux and Mac OS X... have weaned myself off any need to use the Windows operating system. I'm still fumbling about with freeciv. as far as I know, recent versions don't have the civ3 ruleset, which I

Re: *istD EOL...

2005-01-11 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 11 January 2005 18:18, Nick Clark wrote: My local dedicated Camera shop says the *istDs isn't selling. They have it and the 300d and D70 (and the Minolta which is humungous) on display alongside each other. Even though the Pentax is smaller, they say the reasons people don't go for

Re: OT - Mac Mini

2005-01-11 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 11 January 2005 19:05, Tim Sherburne wrote: An additional nugget in Apple's cornucopia of announcements is a significant update to iPhoto including new editing tools (it's about time), and video and RAW support. Unfortunately, Pentax isn't in the list of supported cameras, yet. :(

Re: OT: Flickr vs. Photo.net-was: PAW: A Payphone in Parkdale

2005-01-10 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 09 January 2005 11:50, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Too much information here, Cowfish Billy ;-)) Some of us just want to see the photos, not play with new technology - RSS, livejournal, consolidation of feeds, interlinking websites - from what I can see and understand, none of that adds

Re: OT: Flickr vs. Photo.net-was: PAW: A Payphone in Parkdale

2005-01-10 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 09 January 2005 11:50, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Too much information here, Cowfish Billy ;-)) Some of us just want to see the photos, not play with new technology - RSS, livejournal, consolidation of feeds, interlinking websites - from what I can see and understand, none of that adds

Re: [pdml] Re: Digicam Suggestions

2005-01-09 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 09 January 2005 13:05, Mark Roberts wrote: Actually, I always thought the C***n/N***n thing was sort of a J-O-K-E. You know, those things that require a sense of H***r? Hexar? HaX0r? Inquiring minds want to know! -Luigi

Re: Ebay Buying (was ok, who got it?)

2005-01-09 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Saturday 08 January 2005 15:46, Graywolf wrote: Very true, and not all positives are equal either. If you think of it 95% of transactions should be rated as neutral. Nothing great, but nothing bad about them either. As it is all they mean at the best is Positive=they didn't rip me off, and

Re: *istD EOL...

2005-01-09 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Saturday 08 January 2005 23:32, John Celio wrote: Without USM and IS like technology, I am afraid nothing Pentax could do to impress high end 135 users. I hate to say it, but I agree. Pentax needs something to really set it apart from the other guys. Consistantly making

Re: PESO...more concert work with the DS

2005-01-09 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 09 January 2005 02:12, frank theriault wrote: BTW, I agree with your comments WRT the difficulty in shooting bands. Lighting mostly sucks, and sometimes one simply can't use a flash (or doesn't want to). Lighting's a funny thing. In situations like this, I almost don't mind the

Re: *istD EOL...

2005-01-09 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 09 January 2005 23:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Luigi de Guzman mused: verdict: If I wasn't already so heavily invested in Canon glass, I'd get this. (heavily invested, here means that the total value of his lenses is easily in excess of the value of his car. Admittedly, he

Re: [pdml] Re: Digicam Suggestions

2005-01-08 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 09 January 2005 01:09, John Celio wrote: Canon, David, C-A-N-O-N ... why is it that so many people are hesitant to use the names of other camera manufacturers here? There's no such reluctance to use the names of other lenses. CANON NIKON KONICA MINOLTA (See, we're all still

Re: PESO...more concert work with the DS

2005-01-08 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 09 January 2005 01:22, frank theriault wrote: On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:30:24 -0500, Luigi de Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.livejournal.com/users/ouij Finally got around to posting some more concert pics onto the LJ. Comments always welcome. Yeah, I know--I'm

Re: PESO...more concert work with the DS

2005-01-08 Thread Luigi de Guzman
I'm a dolt. direct links to pictures, a few of 'em: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Brunellus/Sandbox%20Kings%2028%20Dec%2004/Molly.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Brunellus/Sandbox%20Kings%2028%20Dec%2004/Mariachi03.jpg

Re: PESO...more concert work with the DS

2005-01-08 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 09 January 2005 01:30, frank theriault wrote: Okay, now that I've gone and look at the photos, they're mostly okay - maybe even pretty good. I think there are too many of them. You could probably lose about 1/2 to 2/3 of them, and it would have much more impact. For instance, the

Re: PESO...more concert work with the DS

2005-01-08 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 09 January 2005 01:44, frank theriault wrote: On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 01:24:19 -0500, Luigi de Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I hope you fixed yourself a good sandwich, at least :) Nah, I did go get a drink though. Sorry about being snippy. I'm still pissed

PESO...more concert work with the DS

2005-01-07 Thread Luigi de Guzman
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ouij Finally got around to posting some more concert pics onto the LJ. Comments always welcome. Yeah, I know--I'm getting a bit monotonous, subjectwise. I gotta get me some different subjects -Luigi

Re: *istD EOL...

2005-01-07 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 07 January 2005 22:43, Brian Dipert wrote: I had a chat with the folks at the Pentax booth today at CES. What I was told is that there are less than 1000 bodies left in factory inventory, and when they're gone there'll be no more made; the *istDS will carry the torch going forward

Re: Well duh....

2005-01-06 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Thursday 06 January 2005 02:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ya know I am beginning to think that just maybe I am supposed to become a photographerAll 3 of these are all very nice cameras and with all this equipment, well, I am beginning to feel a tad blessed here Somebody up there

Re: Mini PDML London

2005-01-06 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Thursday 06 January 2005 03:23, Cotty wrote: On 5/1/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: What, only ~one~ bottle of Vodka? Between three of you? Geez, pretty tame for a PDML rendezvous... Actually I have a confession to make. That bottle contained sparkling mineral water...

Re: Hi folks...

2005-01-05 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 05 January 2005 02:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Playing, I put the 135 MM Olympus lens from my Ricoh on just to see what it would be like and I was impressed with it more on the Pentax. I seemed to be able to get a sharpper focus, but then again I have no clue as to what I am

Re: Hi folks...

2005-01-05 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 05 January 2005 11:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup. It pops right on, no problem at all. It is a Olympus E-Zuiko Auto-T 1:3.5 lens to be specific. I'm told this is a 135MM lens? The specs on these are different than on my digital and I am not used to them as yet. It's got the

Re: I'm Back with a new to me K1000 !!!

2005-01-04 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 04 January 2005 02:59, Jon Glass wrote: On Jan 3, 2005, at 11:16 PM, Luigi de Guzman wrote: A valid question, since, as I recall, CDs play from the centre outwards. Of course, it's only valid if you've never played a record before I need to ask my kids what they would do

Re: Hi folks...

2005-01-04 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 04 January 2005 00:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm Morrighan aka Phantom Queen. I am a complete newbie to film camera usage and I thought I'd check you folks out because I just lucked out and bought an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic at Goodwill for like $20 and after doing some research I

Re: I'm Back with a new to me K1000 !!!

2005-01-03 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Monday 03 January 2005 15:23, Jens Bladt wrote: A friend of mine has a young daughter, who wanted to try her dads old grammophone/record palyer. After having put the record on the turntable she wanted to place the pick up on the record and asked: Where does it start, in the centre or at

Re: LTM on Pentax Screw Mount

2005-01-02 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 02 January 2005 12:27, JP M wrote: Hi Bob, Yes, I already have the K to M42 adapter on the K1000. I've been using some Kodak Retina IIIs lenses with a Deckel to M42 adapter stacked on the K to M42... I need a pointer to a good one. Meaning an M39 that has the proper (weird)

Re: Who has an istDS?

2004-12-29 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 29 December 2004 14:34, Shel Belinkoff wrote: The question I have is unrelated to shooting a lot of frames. It would be nice to know why the DSLR shooters on this list feel a need to *tell everyone* how many hundreds or thousands of frames they've shot. Most respond to that

Re: Who has an istDS?

2004-12-29 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 29 December 2004 14:34, Shel Belinkoff wrote: The question I have is unrelated to shooting a lot of frames. It would be nice to know why the DSLR shooters on this list feel a need to *tell everyone* how many hundreds or thousands of frames they've shot. Most respond to that

Re: OT: Selling the Family Farm - was: PESO Vanishing America

2004-12-29 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 29 December 2004 15:05, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:36:10 -0500, Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here in the mountains it is well off people who want a nice place with a view who build their million dollar house on a ridge. Ruining the view for

Re: Who has an istDS?

2004-12-28 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Monday 27 December 2004 22:24, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Some questions for those who've got the istDS:  How do you like it thus far? 4 weeks and 1,200-plus exposures later, I love it. I don't understand all this big hands uncomfortable with small equipment ballyhoo. The DS is about

Re: Who has an istDS?

2004-12-28 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 11:36, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Thanks for your comments, Luigi ... I just don't understand why so many digi users love to mention how many hundreds or thousands of exposures they've made.  Most are probably worthless pap made just to see what happens  Reminds me of

Re: Instant Chimping - Do You Do It?

2004-12-24 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Thursday 23 December 2004 20:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, seeing as there's so many quizes and questionnaires about, here's one: if you shoot a digital camera, do you have the rear LCD set so that it displays the freshly taken image right

Re: OT: Gimp Plug-Ins

2004-12-24 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 24 December 2004 06:46, David Weiss wrote: Hi, Anyone here know much about how to install a Gimp Plug-In? I went to their official site, picked the download option for the redeye plug-in, and I get a text version of the program. Does the same thing for other plug-ins. Dave

Re: OT: Gimp Plug-Ins

2004-12-24 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 24 December 2004 18:53, David Weiss wrote: Luigi, Just using plan old Windows 2000. Hmm, if you have the time, can you explain what gcc is? Does this advice still apply if I am using Windows? gcc is a C compiler for Linux. The advice does not apply if you're running the

Re: istDS gets widely spread ...

2004-12-23 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 07:17, Steve Jolly wrote: Billy Abbott wrote: that was the cheapest i found and Jessops price matched it for me. although after buying a memory card and some gubbins it was back up to £799 again What's the kit lens like? S I took a whole series of test

Re: Quick Survey: Mechanical Camera Usage

2004-12-23 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Thursday 23 December 2004 02:56, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I was talking with a friend earlier and the conversation got around to modern cameras as he's thinking about getting a digi for his daughter. There wasn't much i could help him with since I know so little about modern cameras, and apart

Re: 1000 images in 3 weeks !!

2004-12-22 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 20:46, Fred Widall wrote: Anyone else finding the same thing ??? I've ripped through 1,200 images in two weeks, so there. :-P Seriously though. My only justification is that most of those have come in 'action' situations under very difficult light. The digital

Re: PAW: Breaking in the Hallway

2004-12-21 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Monday 20 December 2004 18:40, frank theriault wrote: I was at a party, and there were some people break-dancing. I went into the hallway, and found these two practicing, with some observers: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2973964 Comments welcome. Hell of a party you were

More concert pictures up, a question on plastic

2004-12-21 Thread Luigi de Guzman
Twelve hundred some exposures on, the *ist DS remains more fun than a barrel of monkeys. I've just posted another big set of concert pictures on my livejournal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/ouij Having taken the *istDS to a couple of smoky shows lately, I notice that the camera has begun

Re: istDS gets widely spread ...

2004-12-21 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 21 December 2004 17:29, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 21 Dec 2004 at 20:43, Jan van Wijk wrote: Pentax must be serious about getting this one to the market! Even our generally slack local distributor had a largeish ad in a very high

Re: istDS gets widely spread ...

2004-12-21 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 21 December 2004 14:48, Cotty wrote: On 21/12/04, Jan van Wijk, discombobulated, unleashed: Pentax must be serious about getting this one to the market! It's on the shelves alright but precious few know it's there. Here, here. The Pentax *ist D and DS are, so far as I can see,

Re: istDS gets widely spread ...

2004-12-21 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 21 December 2004 18:48, mike wilson wrote: Luigi de Guzman wrote: I got mine with the DA 18-55 lenskit for US$999. By the time taxes had happened, it was $1,066. That makes it just under £600. I like this $2 to the £ game. Can you play it any better? mike When I

Re: Pentax lens screw sizes, help please

2004-12-21 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 21 December 2004 18:15, mike wilson wrote: . As with most imperial measurements and their applications it was designed by engineers based on practical experience, not the mutterings of a committee based on the wavelength of a particular colour of light. mike so that would

Re: Pentax lens screw sizes, help please

2004-12-21 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 21 December 2004 23:51, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Luigi de Guzman Subject: Re: Pentax lens screw sizes, help please Even living as I do in the USA, I'll take metric over imperial measures any day. Perhaps someday even this country will go

Re: Pentax lens screw sizes, help please

2004-12-21 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 00:22, Peter J. Alling wrote: Those definitions of imperial measure haven't been used in about 500 years. The founders more or less Americanized them anyway. They are way ahead of the metric system anyway, haven't you noticed that they're binary. (Whereas the

Re: PESO - A Pair of Birds

2004-12-20 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Monday 20 December 2004 09:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Billy Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Also, any advice on a free image manipulation program for Windows would be great - my trial period for PSP ran out the day I got the DS and I need something to tide me over until the new year,

weird *istDS glitch

2004-12-19 Thread Luigi de Guzman
So I'm taking pictures at a show, and the *istDS locks up. Out of nowhere, it sets itself in bulb mode, won't let me trip the shutter, won't let me do anything. Turn the camera off, turn it on, it pops the flash, the back displays VERSION 1.0 and goes black, and same story. Annoyed now,

Re: PESO (lots of 'em): Welbilt@ TT's

2004-12-19 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 19 December 2004 05:28, Rob Studdert wrote: On 18 Dec 2004 at 19:54, Luigi de Guzman wrote: Buying a microsoft operating system is just a bunch of cash I'd rather save for a 35/2 lens. An OEM licence is generally provided with machines at a cost far less than that of a 35/2 lens

Re: weird *istDS glitch

2004-12-19 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Sunday 19 December 2004 07:55, Larry Cook wrote: Luigi, I have had similar episodes with my *istD. I have had it go into bulb mode; the shutter has locked, etc. Putting fresh batteries in solved the problem each time. I guess, that is just the kind of behavior you get when you have

Re: Leeches

2004-12-18 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Saturday 18 December 2004 12:11, Jerry in Houston wrote: carries around a bucketful of leeches, Leeches are making a medical comeback seems they can be pretty useful afterall. As I recall, the best medical use for leeches these days is in the post-operative phase of surgery to

PESO (lots of 'em): Welbilt@ TT's

2004-12-18 Thread Luigi de Guzman
So the *istDS's shakedown cruise continues. Went down to my local bar to get some pictures of Welbilt (great indie-altrock band here in Northern Virginia-- look out for 'em: http://www.welbiltmusic.com) at their regular Wednesday show. The results are on my livejournal:

Re: PESO: Tomato

2004-12-18 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Saturday 18 December 2004 15:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice shot. Good composition and framing. However, this is one of those times where I think color would serve very well. Paul I bought the digital so that I could do color again. Color film, processing, and whatnot is pretty

Re: PESO (lots of 'em): Welbilt@ TT's

2004-12-18 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Saturday 18 December 2004 16:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice work. Fun pics. I enjoyed this. Paul Thanks. It was a fun show! -Luigi

Re: PESO (lots of 'em): Welbilt@ TT's

2004-12-18 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Saturday 18 December 2004 18:47, Rob Studdert wrote: Nice portrait of an obviously lovely lady. The noise is pretty horrible at ISO 3200 but in reality it's still better than you could ever achieve on film at the same ISOs and then not even in colour. H'mmm... really? But then, I don't

Re: PESO (lots of 'em): Welbilt@ TT's

2004-12-18 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Saturday 18 December 2004 19:25, Rob Studdert wrote: On 18 Dec 2004 at 18:01, Luigi de Guzman wrote: As with the hardware, so with the software: I use the GIMP and Linux because they're powerful and efficient for most of what I need to do, and--this is the best part--they're FREE

Re: Pentax for Christmas

2004-12-18 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Saturday 18 December 2004 19:12, Joseph Tainter wrote: I have gotten my wife an Optio S40. This thing is tiny. I was expecting something the size of a 35 mm. point-and-shoot. She'll be able to leave this in her purse and have it everywhere. ...which means she won't pull it out. ever!

Re: Pocket camera?

2004-12-16 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Thursday 16 December 2004 08:38, Don Sanderson wrote: I didn't see your original post but for film it's hard to go wrong with an Olympus Stylus Epic. Tiny, light and has a top quality, razor sharp lens. Also comes in zoom models but the lenses aren't as good, or as fast. Don Gotta

Re: OT: artful lens review

2004-12-16 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Friday 17 December 2004 00:05, Mark Erickson wrote: I ran across this Erwin Puts review of a Leica lens and was struck by its artfully-crafted prose Erwin Puts is probably the biggest Leicaphile on the planet. His reviews are generally good reads, but he sometimes gets carried away by his

Re: First DSLR with live LCD view!

2004-12-16 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Thursday 16 December 2004 18:58, Jens Bladt wrote: Dear fellow PDML'ers. I don't believe this is new. Olympus had two DSLRs with live LCD for years! Olympus E-20. Also the E-10, I believe. They don't have exchangeable lenses, but nevertheless, they are still DSLRs vwith a live LCD. All the

Re: The official PDMLer Christmas shopping list

2004-12-15 Thread Luigi de Guzman
-35mm f/2 FAL -135mm f/1.8 A*. Also a 135mm f/3.5M, for when I don't want to carry something that's friggin' huge. -50mm f/1.4 A -20mm f/4 M -Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 -A real darkroom space (so I can keep it real, even if I have a *ist DS) -Luigi I need a camera to my eye To my eye Remind me

Urgent: *stD/DS and vivitar 283

2004-12-15 Thread Luigi de Guzman
I have a late-model vivitar 283 (S/N 0829xx). From what I read on usenet, the trigger voltage for this may be high... Can I use this on a *istDS or do I risk frying the camera? replies urgently requested, as I've got to decide whether or not to pack it for tonight's shoot -Luigi --- I

Re: Urgent: *stD/DS and vivitar 283

2004-12-15 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 15 December 2004 15:59, Mat Maessen wrote: If it's a truly late model 283, the trigger voltage should be plenty low enough for any camera out there. It's hard to describe the differences between the early and late versions of the 283, but the case will look a bit more plasticy on

Re: Girlfriend going Canon, help!

2004-12-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 14 December 2004 15:28, wendy beard wrote: Pros for the *istDs: Small size Good build Nice looks For a minute there, I thought you were talking about the girlfriend, and not the equipment snip Pros for the DRebel: Availability Price I'd say the Pentax wins, wouldn't

Re: Girlfriend going Canon, help!

2004-12-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Tuesday 14 December 2004 00:23, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling Subject: Re: Girlfriend going Canon, help! Isn't your undying love and affection enough? Access to Juan's lenses should certainly be enough. However, if the bottom line is the bottom

DA 18-55mm walkaround pics

2004-12-14 Thread Luigi de Guzman
It was a bright, clear, and cool morning, so I took the new *istDS for a walk. It was clear, bright, and cold this morning--so I decided to take the new camera with me for a quick walk through town. The whole story, properly formatted and whatnot, is on my livejournal:

First post, first impressions on *ist DS

2004-12-13 Thread Luigi de Guzman
are available if you're interested and know how to get in touch. Oh. And nearly all of these images were taken with my old 50mm f/1.4 XR Rikenon. thanks. -Luigi de Guzman www.livejournal.com/users/ouij

Re: First post, first impressions on *ist DS

2004-12-13 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Monday 13 December 2004 16:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome to the live list. I enjoyed your photos. The chess set was my favorite. Nice light, nice bokey. Hope we see more of your work. Keep posting! Paul Thanks. The Rikenon is actually a pretty neat lens--it's bokeh is something