Re: No green buton, AE-L button

2006-03-08 Thread Ryan Brooks
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Mar 8, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Adam Maas wrote: On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an A* lens: - Set M mode - Frame picture (make attempt at composition) - Pick aperture (choose how much pudding around subject :-) - Stop down with DOF preview and hold -

Re: Constructive-Destructive critisisim wanted for these photos

2006-03-05 Thread Ryan Brooks
- Original Message - From: Dave Brooks Subject: Constructive-Destructive critisisim wanted for these photos http://www.caughtinmotion.com/ Scroll down about 1/2 way to the Whistle Radio link. I find the spotlight distracting too. If it had more of a linear fall off and was

Re: Web vs. Photoshop Colors

2006-03-03 Thread Ryan Brooks
Tom C wrote: I've been this route before... aargh. Convert to profile sRGB, that'll expand or reduce your working gamut into the web gamut and it should be exactly the same in appearance. Don't bother embedding a profile in the web image, it is assumed sRGB and may be ignored. -Ryan

Re: Web vs. Photoshop Colors

2006-03-03 Thread Ryan Brooks
Bob Shell wrote: On Mar 3, 2006, at 4:20 PM, Tom C wrote: Could it be a function of the background area on the screen being gray in CS2 whereas it's white in the browser? Well, I just set the background color in the browser to gray and it did not appear to make a difference. No,

Re: Some more new camera speculation

2006-03-01 Thread Ryan Brooks
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt Subject: RE: Some more new camera speculation Nop, but appr. 5mm more in each direction! That ought to count for something - 60% more, actually. It doesn't count as full frame, which I believe is what you were implying in

Re: Card Reader Speed

2006-02-28 Thread Ryan Brooks
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Look up its specs on the web ... based on the name you provided, it might be the Olympus MAUSB-5W unit at this page: http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/198_MAUSB-5W.htm That's a USB 1.1 spec device. USB 1.1 is not particularly useful with the data volumes

Re: Card Reader Speed

2006-02-28 Thread Ryan Brooks
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Feb 28, 2006, at 9:11 AM, Ryan Brooks wrote: Look up its specs on the web ... based on the name you provided, it might be the Olympus MAUSB-5W unit at this page: http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/198_MAUSB-5W.htm That's a USB 1.1 spec device. USB 1.1

Re: Some more new camera speculation

2006-02-28 Thread Ryan Brooks
The display of a FF DSLR followed by the *ist D with it's lack of aperture ring support then the gradual roll-out of aperture ring-less DA lenses and now the discontinuation of the FA lenses was orchestrated in such a way as to deceive. If they think that their strategy will have people

Re: More pics of the new stuff

2006-02-24 Thread Ryan Brooks
Pål Jensen wrote: - Original Message - From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Um... that's motor selection, continuous or single. Yes, AF motor selector that is. The AF point selector is the pad on the back. You set multi point or singe point on the sliding lever on the right. Right

Re: OT: Specks in scanned images

2005-05-20 Thread Ryan Brooks
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Lately there have been specks in my scanned images as shown in this JPEG: http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/x.jpg Recently I compared scans of the same image with another scanner and didn't see the specks. Anyone know what they are? Dust? Dirt? Scanner problem (maybe

Re: DS caution

2005-05-19 Thread Ryan Brooks
Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: At 20:14 2005.05.19 -0400, you wrote: Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 00:31:03 +0100 From: Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: DS caution Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Re: iPhoto Users....PLEASE respond!!!

2005-04-29 Thread Ryan Brooks
I JUST purchased a new Apple system (G4 17 Powerbook) and have iPhoto v5.0.2, still waiting on Tiger arrival. I also use Photoshop as my photo finishing work. I just want to have a simple interface to store the photos for reference, organization and quick scan. When I get picky I pull out

Re: LONDON PDML - Shakespeare's Cafe

2005-04-19 Thread Ryan Brooks
Cotty wrote: Unless there's any better suggestion, I will book a table for us all at 6.30pm in the Globe Theatre Cafe just along from the London Eye. http://tinyurl.com/4r9w3 I'd recommend against it. They'll let anyone in there. -Ryan

Re: Pentax's sudden infatuation with ED glass.

2005-04-05 Thread Ryan Brooks
I thought it was extra-low as well. See the def here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersion_(optics) -Ryan Graywolf wrote: The opposite. High (or Extra, or Extreme) dispersion glass requires less curvature to obtain the same dioter. In a prism the colors would be spread farther. graywolf

Re: Pentax MV - Good or bad?

2005-03-22 Thread Ryan Brooks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is an MV something an enthusiast wants to be using? I gave one to a friend returning to bw film recently, she likes it. Built like a MX, which it basically is, but without DOF preview. -Ryan

Re: Flickr vs pbase vs photo.net vs ??

2005-03-21 Thread Ryan Brooks
I'm on dial-up, so the ability to upload compressed files (like pBase has), is useful. I thought they all supported jpegs, which are already compressed. thanx dk

Re: Holding Out for the 67D

2005-03-17 Thread Ryan Brooks
Village Idiot wrote: I think that Pentax's long-term strategy (if you can call it that) is becoming clear. Overall, they did their development in order of low-end to high-end format. First they did the point and shoot cameras. The 35mm came next (but reversing their low-to-high strategy by

Re: Potential buyrs of a D645?

2005-03-17 Thread Ryan Brooks
Peter J. Alling wrote: To keep that they will have to have a perceived quality and similar feature set to the upcoming Canon 16mp DSLR and a price closer to the current Kodak 14[x]. Upcoming... I think you mean here. -Ryan

Re: Pentax News

2005-03-15 Thread Ryan Brooks
Marco Alpert wrote: Hope this isn't old news, but: http://www.steves-digicams.com/pr/pentax_03152005_645d_pr.html Whooo hoo! Great news. -Ryan

Re: OT: John Shaw Photography Weekend

2005-03-01 Thread Ryan Brooks
Enjoy! Doe aka Marnie :-) Very useful.. Thank you. -Ryan

Re: IstD vs IstDS

2005-02-20 Thread Ryan Brooks
Rob Studdert wrote: http://www.mittoni.com.au/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/1183 On the same site: http://www.mittoni.com.au/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/1238?sID=16a333c707fd8b43039b7fe9f6686cda Since the ist can take a microdrive, it should take this, no? -Ryan

Re: Disaster cleaning CCD.

2005-02-15 Thread Ryan Brooks
McRae, Max MS wrote: I have a tale of woe to tell: I have a scuba tank with a decant valve and hose that I thought would be ideal to clean my dusty *istD sensor with. Is it possible you froze it? There's no protective film, just a coating, which likely means replacing the sensor.

Re: OT: Question about Battery Chargers...

2005-02-09 Thread Ryan Brooks
Albano Garcia wrote: Hi gang, I use AA NiMh rechargeables. My charger says output 900 mA MAX, so it's a maximum of 900mA per hour. My question is: if I put 4 AAs to charge, this output splits in four? or 4 batteries receive 900 mA each? Regards Are you reading this on the wall wart or the

Re: Yummy Ektar 25

2005-02-08 Thread Ryan Brooks
Yup. I've got family members who worked at Kodak. Ektar was killed due to cost/line consolidation. What a wonderful film. Royal Gold 25 was equivalent. (still got several hundred rolls of APX25 in 35 and 120 in the fridge, though) -Ryan -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff

Re: Weird program line on 33L

2005-02-02 Thread Ryan Brooks
Frantisek wrote: RW This morning, though, I stopped to do some shooting on RW my way to work, and the camera came up with an RW exposure of f/4.8 at 1/420. One can't adjust such RW things on this model. Changing the film speed changed RW the shutter speed, but I couldn't get a smaller RW

Re: To Mac Users

2005-02-01 Thread Ryan Brooks
I'm using a G5 PowerMac with a 23 Cinema HD display, both of which I bought refurbished on the Apple store - saving a couple of hundred bucks each, but getting full warranty- and they appear as new goods to me. The 30 is absolutely wonderful, and word is that a 40 is coming soon.The only

Re: carrying cameras in London

2005-01-22 Thread Ryan Brooks
Amita Guha wrote: Now that I'm in the planning stages of this...will I make a tasty target for muggers if I carry around my Lowepro Offroad (fits 1 body/2 lenses plus external pouches)? I've been hearing about muggings at gunpoint and such over there. Nate's carrying his Adorama Slinger. I

Re: *istD AF performance (was Re: Sigma 2.8 Zoom lens comments)

2005-01-17 Thread Ryan Brooks
Herb Chong wrote: the 1Ds does lock on a subject and track its motion provided that it stays under any one of the focus points. it will track a moving bird or football player provided that you aim the camera roughly aimed correctly. no Pentax camera does this well enough to really useful, but

Re: London PDML

2004-12-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
*Idea* Ryan Brooks is shortly visiting London and I wanted to catch up with him to say hi - Ryan, what about meeting up in town and going to the Tate?? I wonder if they do a late evening? I'm free all day the 4th and 5th of Jan, plus 8th and 9th (sat sun) so what say ye? The 5th works for me

Re: Message for Ryan Brooks

2004-12-19 Thread Ryan Brooks
Cotty wrote: Ryan, I tried emailing you a couple of times but no response - it may be because you're busy, but just in case, can you please acknowledge this? TA! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Helios 58mm, surprising!

2004-12-15 Thread Ryan Brooks
Don Sanderson wrote: http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/IMGP2572small.jpg Uncoated(?) Russian HELIOS-44M-4 58/2 lens. Cost me a whole $14.67 US, shipped from Australia. Sun in the upper left corner of the frame. I figured it would flare like crazy, surprise. Great portrait length on the D. Looks

Re: Peso - ferry to argentia

2004-11-28 Thread Ryan Brooks
Ditto, but the room with the fan is my favorite. Great shot. -Ryan Peter J. Alling wrote: Ann I really like this one. I can feel the clammy air. Ann Sanfedele wrote: Just started putting some old black and whites up on photo net - here is one: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2915425

Re: *ist DS review in this month's (Dec04) Popular Photography

2004-11-26 Thread Ryan Brooks
John Francis wrote: Not the *entire* reason :-) I bought them because they fit in the pre-existing flashlight(s). And 2500 mAh should be enough for short-term emergency use; a fully-charged 2500mAh cell is more use than a well-past-it's-shelf-life chemical cell that has been in the flashlight

Re: PESO - a cat, of course

2004-11-16 Thread Ryan Brooks
frank theriault wrote: On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:39:26 -0500, Amy Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, so the 77 is a bit long on the *istD to shoot my cats in the window. A more interesting picture might be of me in the position I had to be to get this shot :-) Anyway, it's cropped portrait

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread Ryan Brooks
Jostein wrote: Um... Are you sure resolution has anything to do with this? I thought the number of bits at any given pixel describes how many distinct levels of illumination that pixel can distinguish. The extra bits of colour depth gives more exposure latitude, but does it alter the resolution? I

Re: The Pentax lens you can't afford!

2004-10-21 Thread Ryan Brooks
Pål Jensen wrote: Usually Pentax put prices on the products on their japanese web site. Not for this one. Its probably among the products that if you have to ask you can't afford it! http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/products/telescope/big/sun/ Pål I've got the 105SD, which appears to be one of

Re: MZ-S and batteries

2004-10-20 Thread Ryan Brooks
Patrick Genovese wrote: I use an MZ-S plus battery grip an my only gripe with it it the battery consumption. Are there any solutions ? mods etc.. How about NIMH batteries, I know the manual says you should'nt run it off rechargeable batteries. I've run mine off of NiMH batts since day 1 (I

Re: MZ-S and batteries

2004-10-20 Thread Ryan Brooks
Patrick Genovese wrote: I assume you have the battery grip... Some quesitons: 1. What NiMH batteries do you use i.e. ( mAh) ? I started with 1800mAh and now am on 2100mAh... I upgraded for since I use them in my flash as well- not for extra life in the grip. 2. How many rolls of film do you

Re: long glass

2004-06-10 Thread Ryan Brooks
Hey Tom and all, I modified a 67-K adapter to 67EF and have used the 800ED/6.7, 200 and 55-100mm with great success... fyi, -Ryan tom wrote: That would be cool... -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:17 AM To: pentax list

Re: long glass

2004-06-10 Thread Ryan Brooks
Yup, it's more fun on the digital slr though. -Ryan tom wrote: 800/6.7 for 6x7? Holy frijole. -Original Message- From: Ryan Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: long glass Hey Tom and all, I modified a 67-K

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-18 Thread Ryan Brooks
all day. -Ryan Brooks

Re: rare?

2003-12-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
Jon Glass wrote: on 12/27/03 12:15 PM, Ryan Lee at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I checked again Alan, it's still got 2 days to go? And about 'working fine'..hmmm- I read something in the mail archive about someone with that camera who wasn't really able to take pictures with it because the

6x7 Question

2002-02-25 Thread ryan brooks
: Is there likely to be something happening to update the 67? With the rebate on the body and lenses, I'm wondering if there's going to be an AF body soon... (not that I care, but it might lower the 67II prices) Thanks for the enablement help! Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.photo.net

Re: 6x7 Question

2002-02-25 Thread ryan brooks
Wow.. thanks! -R - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 10:51 PM Subject: RE: 6x7 Question - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the

Re: Sigma SD9 w/Foveon Chip

2002-02-25 Thread ryan brooks
And the 6mp Contax full-frame is real: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02022505contaxndigitalinhand.asp -R - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 12:37 AM Subject: Sigma SD9 w/Foveon Chip The

Jumping ship? Sell me your glass :-)

2001-12-28 Thread ryan brooks
the A) Pentax FA 28-70mm F/2.8 AL Zoom Pentax SMC A 50mm F/1.2 Pentax SMC FA 80-200mm F/2.8 ED IF Feel free to contact me via email to help finance your D30, D1x, et al. -Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=114906 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List

My first LX!

2001-05-02 Thread Ryan Brooks
anyone recommend a shop where I could get a 10/10 condition one to save? It'll be interesting to see how many pictures I end up taking with the LX vs. my 5n. Thanks again, Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=113369 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss

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