Re: New High End DSLR Speculation

2006-02-14 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 14.02.06 2:29: > PS They are large files but do check out 1:1 comparison of the shots from the > D200 and 5D, sensor pixel pitch makes all the difference. Hmmm... noise from D200 is obviously more visible, but Nikon evidently implemented clever in-camera colour noise removal,

Re: *istDl - first DSLR kit for 600$ MSRP!

2006-02-13 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-02-13, at 23:05, Jens Bladt wrote: BTW: Does this camera support "other than A" like the D does? Regards Yes, no problems with aperture set to position other than "A", just use DOF to set right exposure in M mode. -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: Pop Photo D Shoot-out

2006-02-13 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Jack Davis wrote on 11.02.06 14:44: > For those who may be curious, or even care, the March '06 issue of Pop > Photo has a performance comparison between Canon XT, Konica Minolta > Max. 5D, Nikon D50, Olympus Evolt E-500 and the Pentax *ist DS2. > While this listing is alphabetical, the order is a

Re: Lenses for 645D?

2006-02-10 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-02-10, at 20:27, jtainter wrote: By reputation, the very best 35 mm. lenses are said to be sharper than corresponding medium format lenses because they have to be (i.e., to get good image quality in the smaller negative). For the reason given in the first paragraph, I don't know thi

Re: New High End DSLR Speculation

2006-02-10 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 09.02.06 23:53: > The only problem with that scenario is that the relatively substantial > increase > in body size required to implement in-camera 2D sensor shifting would run > counter to their interest in producing the most compact DSLR bodies in the > market. KM 5D is sti

Re: Two high-end Pentax DSLR this year

2006-02-10 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Paul Stenquist wrote on 10.02.06 0:43: > I would be very surprised if it's only 8 megapixel. I would guess 10 to > 12. But write speed is even more important to me. Big buffer, high > speed write: that's what I want, and I expect to get it. It is very possible it will use 10 MPix sensor from Sony

Re: Frustrated Again

2006-02-08 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Bob Shell wrote on 08.02.06 12:33: > Zen would say: The lens is irrelevant to the blind photographer. And Murphy's law says: "you can desire whatever Pentax lens you want but it won't be in stock when you come to buy it" ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: OT: NYT article on Digital Cameras (PMA)

2006-02-04 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Jens Bladt wrote on 04.02.06 11:47: > It almost seems that the original *ist D was thrown out there to shut us > up. After all it was the feature-equivalent competitor of the then > advanced amateur level camera like the D100 and 10D. Problem is they > haven't given us a D200 or 20D competitor (

Re: This is new for mew

2006-02-04 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Boris Liberman wrote on 04.02.06 7:55: > I guess I won't break rules if posted an e-bay auction such as this: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentax-K-lens-adapter-for-4-3-Olympus-E-1-E-300-E-500_W0QQ > itemZ7586732934QQcategoryZ30059QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > http://tinyurl.com/d6kze Not only this. 4/3 h

Re: Pentax sighting

2006-01-31 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Dario Bonazza wrote on 31.01.06 16:24: > You're wrong. There's an Italian ad there, below that odd-looking red logo > :-) Mine is Polish :-) But it seems that logo above is indeed rarely seen as a sponsor ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Pentax sighting

2006-01-31 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Dario Bonazza wrote on 31.01.06 15:42: > I've come across this webpage by mistake: > http://www.soundgenerator.com/news/index.cfm?articleid=6430&maingenreid=2 > > Have you noticed anything odd in this page? :-) Polish ad at right side of the page? ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Re

Re: Using the Epson 4800

2006-01-31 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 31.01.06 3:40: > I set up the R2400 with Matte Black when I got it and have never > changed inks. I don't use anything other than matte surface papers. The same here with Epson Stylus 2100. Prints on EEM looks beautiful when printed using matte black - I just love their t

Re: Full Page Pentax Ad ...

2006-01-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-30, at 00:23, Rob Studdert wrote: Is that a Minolta on the cover? :-) Rather Sonolta or Minony ;-) -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: Analog enablement

2006-01-27 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Pål Jensen wrote on 27.01.06 17:45: > The zoom lenses are as good or better than the primes. All of the zooms > flare less than the FA 45/2.8 lens. Pål, what about FA 45-85 that I bought? I read it is a good performer, but I'd like to hear from you :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Re

Re: Analog enablement

2006-01-27 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Jens Bladt wrote on 27.01.06 17:20: > Congratulations. Wish it was mine :-) > Which brings me to a question I want to ask: > How do people get good 120-film development these days? > I just spoke to two large Danish professional labs. Both have stoped > developing slides. One of them film all toge

Re: Analog enablement

2006-01-27 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Jostein wrote on 27.01.06 16:06: > Eey! > Congrats Sylwek! ;-) Thanks Jostein, and thanks for all your wise words about 645 system :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Analog enablement

2006-01-27 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Pål Jensen wrote on 27.01.06 16:34: > > I don't know about that! > I have in front of me a 645NII with the 33-55 lens. Also an LX with the 31 > Limited and the MZ-S with the 43 Limited. I'll say these cameras are > (almost) evenly matched. If only they would make something similar in > digital...

Analog enablement

2006-01-27 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Just arrived: very nice 645n with FA 45-85/4.5! What a nice piece of pro equipment. Too bad Pentax doesn't make something similar for K-mount... So now my film photos will be rather only 6x4.5 ;-) Digital shmigital ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: *ist DL2 announced

2006-01-26 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Igor Roshchin wrote on 26.01.06 16:11: > German Pentax site appears to have the announcement: > > http://www.pentax.de/_de/photo/news/index.php?photo&news&gruppe=&news_id=142 >From specifications it seems it will have a kind of preview on LCD by just pulling preview lever: "Elektronische Bildvors

Re: P645D

2006-01-25 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-25, at 18:57, frank theriault wrote: I wonder if former 645 users who replaced their MF with digital didn't sell most of their lenses to finance the plunge into the dark side... Not likely, there are still quite a lot of them and good 645 lenses are less rare on eBay than good K-l

Re: P645D

2006-01-25 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
John Forbes wrote on 25.01.06 12:14: > I've already said that Pentax is far too late in releasing this camera. > > However, I suspect it might be moderately successful. Many of the people > who used to shoot with the 645 will have held onto their lenses, so their > only cost in switching back wi

Re: *ist DL2

2006-01-25 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Lucas Rijnders wrote on 25.01.06 9:28: > The live preview could be a killer feature, depending on how well it's > done. Bit of an odd body to introduce it in... It's a good body for such a feature as it is important mainly for people switching from digicams, who would be main target for DL2 :-) -

Re: *ist DL2

2006-01-25 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 25.01.06 5:27: > How cool would that be, a 6MP DSLR from Pentax! > > They can't be serious :-( Rob, if it is serious it would just confirm rumours heard before that it would be the last *istD based DSLR from Pentax, which should be shown on PMA '06. Then a few months later c

Re: OT - Sloganize your name

2006-01-23 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Pentax. See the Face You Love Light Up With Pentax. Come One, Come All To Sylwek. LOL! :-))) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Optio WPi

2006-01-20 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Dario Bonazza wrote on 20.01.06 10:42: > And the WP has a very good lens too! Comparing it to Optio S6, Optio SV, and > Optio 60 (same pictures in same situation), those taken with the WP were the > best of the bunch. I haven't compared them, but I know that WR has very good macro too :-) -- Bal

Re: Optio WPi

2006-01-20 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
mike wilson wrote on 20.01.06 9:10: > Anyone got any experience with the above, or the WP? Not exactly with WP, but with older 33WR. A LOT OF FUN!!! We took many photos underwater in Red Sea with my friend - no problems at all, I used it many times at pools - preformed very good, attracting people

Re: Pixel Cramming

2006-01-19 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-19, at 22:47, Mark Roberts wrote: BTW: Pentax is rumored to be working on exactly this kind of "in-between-sized" sensor, though I'm not convinced of the validity of the rumors myself. For me it would be enough if Pentax used the same 10 MPix APS-C sensor as the one in Nikon D200,

Re: Pixel Cramming

2006-01-19 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-19, at 22:47, John Forbes wrote: Looks nice, but it's probably not a 2006 technology. So maybe 2007? ;-) We haven't talked when really better sensor for Pentax DSLR should come :-) -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: Pixel Cramming

2006-01-19 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-19, at 22:07, John Forbes wrote: It seems to me that there is no good reason why Samsung, or anybody else, can't produce a sensor which is half-way in size between APS- C and 35mm (24x36). This would be about 50% bigger than APS-C but would still, I think, allow all Pentax DA len

Re: Pixel Cramming

2006-01-19 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-19, at 21:00, Shel Belinkoff wrote: How many pixels can be crammed into a Pentax-sized sensor, or, more to the point, how many before quality starts dropping? Nikon claims that in the near future it will be possible to cram maximal 20 MPixel which would give hi quality results.

Re: OT - Konica Minolta Bows Out

2006-01-19 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Mark Roberts wrote on 19.01.06 15:00: > And this proprietary Sony Finger will be installed on your hand without > your knowledge or permission when you're not looking... And your credit card will be charged for 500$ every month :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: The Future of Film?

2006-01-18 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-18, at 22:14, Mark Roberts wrote: Sounds about right. I worked part time at a local photo shop until it closed this past June. We were one of the few places in Pittsburgh that did E6 and we were down to 2-3 rolls on a good day. 0 rolls for a day was not uncommon. Here in Poland w

Re: A reflection on digital camera use.

2006-01-18 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Cotty wrote on 18.01.06 15:15: > Ipso facto, digital is like self-abuse? And your right hand will grow bigger and bigger over time :-P -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Carl Zeiss and the Future of Film

2006-01-18 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Bob Shell wrote on 18.01.06 14:14: > Right. Black and white film is relatively easy to make. Color film > requires one of the most complex chemical manufacturing processes > ever developed. I don't give color film a long lifespan at all. My > personal predictions: color transparency film will

Re: Carl Zeiss and the Future of Film

2006-01-18 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Chris Stoddart wrote on 18.01.06 11:00: > I have to weigh in; apart from in China where film sales are up > dramatically (source Amateur Photographer magazine, UK). Apparently China > is not going direct to digital as many predicted, but growing its market > via film. Several new Chinese factories

Re: Kodak-Motorola alliance

2006-01-18 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Dario Bonazza wrote on 18.01.06 10:21: > and now, Kodak+Motorola: > http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_5941.html Intersting. Are they gonna make some DSLRs together? :-) They could name them either Motodak or Kodarola :-))) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Samsung DSLR announced

2006-01-17 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Adam Maas wrote on 17.01.06 16:43: > What's unusable about it's RAW mode? other than you can't do continuous > advance in RAW mode? Buffer size is an issue too, but then again, it's > an issue for the DS (Although less so). AF is about the same, but > resolution is notably higher on the R1. Alexan

Re: Buy those lenses

2006-01-17 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
John Forbes wrote on 17.01.06 16:27: > The prospect of a huge increase in the number of K-mount bodies sold means > that the prices of scarce lenses will probably rocket again over the next > few months. > > I'm glad I bought my F* 1:4.5 300mm when I did. Whew! Actually now the most looked after

Re: OT: B&W scanning

2006-01-17 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Dario Bonazza wrote on 17.01.06 15:56: > A friend of mine who uses a Minolta film scanner told me that the IR auto > function for correcting film scratches only works with color film, not with > B&W. That leads me a lot of questions. > > Is above true? Yes, as long as b&w film is of classic type

Re: Samsung DSLR announced

2006-01-17 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
It seems that even AF360FGZ will be rebranded :-) http://www.digit.no/wip4/detail.epl?id=84138 -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Sigma DC 17-70/2,8-4,5

2006-01-17 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Dario Bonazza wrote on 17.01.06 11:08: > Thanks Sylwek. Hmmm... lens mounts not yet announced there. I guess as usually - first C, N, S, then K-M and P mounts :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Sigma DC 17-70/2,8-4,5

2006-01-17 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
New Sigma DC - dedicated for APS-C DSLR lens announced: http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/news/17_70_28_45_dc.htm More choices -> better for us, consumers :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Samsung DSLR announced

2006-01-17 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Adam Maas wrote on 17.01.06 4:07: > Actually, with Canon you're fine, as long as you bought into EOS. > Anything EOS works on anything EOS (Except the damned flashes, but that > goes for everybody, and at least Canon's flash system works with flashes > dating back to 1998, with Nikon you had to re

Re: new AF system soon (when D2 arrives)?

2006-01-14 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-14, at 18:04, Pål Jensen wrote: Because the sensor is moving. It could then move outside the coverage of the lens if the lens coverage is not larger than the sensor. Minolta has two reduced circle DT lenses dedicated for APS-C sensor and so far there was no complaining from use

Re: new AF system soon (when D2 arrives)?

2006-01-14 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-14, at 18:52, DagT wrote: The DA40mm does cover FF and the 16-45 too above a focal length (does anybody know about the 50-200?) and thus the required movements of the sensor is small. AFAIR when I tried DA 40 with MZ-5N I saw heavy vignetting in the viewfinder. Where's the trut

Re: new AF system soon (when D2 arrives)?

2006-01-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Adam Maas wrote on 12.01.06 16:20: > The 28-105 isn't RF, it's IF just like the Tamron. I have the lens in > front of me and checked, rear element's don't move, you can see the > elements behind the first group move when focusing. The elements > themselves might be heavier in the Tamron, but the o

Re: new AF system soon (when D2 arrives)?

2006-01-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
John Whittingham wrote on 12.01.06 16:23: >> The Pentax DA and D-FA lenses all have full-time manual focusing via >> a clutch system. I'm given to understand that a couple of FA* lenses >> might have it too. > > FA* 24mm f/2 and FA* 85mm f/1.4 Ale FA* lenses posses possibility to easy swi

Re: new AF system soon (when D2 arrives)?

2006-01-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Adam Maas wrote on 12.01.06 15:39: > The Tamron 28-75 is a light, IF equipped semi-pro zoom. The Canon 28-105 > is a light, IF equipped USM consumer zoom. The Canon is the heavier > build, with more metal. They weigh about the same and should perform > similarily, actually, I'd expect the 28-75 to

Re: new AF system soon (when D2 arrives)?

2006-01-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Adam Maas wrote on 12.01.06 2:38: > Pal, have you shot with a USM or AF-S lens? There's no comparison in AF > performance. USM absolutely blows screw-drive AF out of the water unless > you have either an ultra-light lens (like a 50mm) or one of the very few > cameras with a truly massive AF motor

Re: OT: Nikon leaving film (mostly)

2006-01-11 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-11, at 22:30, Mark Roberts wrote: Hmm. Looks like the 45mm f/2.8 is gone. Strange, it was AI-P lens, working even on low-end DSLRs like D50... And BTW - very good performer with nice build quality. -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: new AF system soon (when D2 arrives)?

2006-01-11 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-11, at 21:39, John Whittingham wrote: Does anyone know if the FA 60-250 f4 zoom is for real or just speculation? I'd be really interested in that! Yes, something like that will appear this year. And it was "announced" by Pentax here: http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/en/lens/roa

Re: [OT] The sky is falling - Macs on Intel came!

2006-01-11 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-11, at 18:31, Christian wrote: http://www.ehlke.net/os-suck.html No Mac system is listed here :-P -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: [OT] The sky is falling - Macs on Intel came!

2006-01-11 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 11.01.06 16:33: > I think the key isn't that they couldn't be made to run on Rosetta, > the key is that these are high performance applications that Apple > sells to the professional marketplace... people who make money using > them. People who buy these high-end applicat

Re: [OT] The sky is falling - Macs on Intel came!

2006-01-11 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 11.01.06 16:28: > As it should be ... the Software is really what matters. Given near > equal capabilities, the hardware matters not at all. I would happily > run Linux rather than Windows if Apple tanked (fat chance ... Apple > stock outperformed Google this past year)

Re: [OT] The sky is falling - Macs on Intel came!

2006-01-11 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Cotty wrote on 11.01.06 10:54: > Blocked by Apple through hardware and/or software. More info available > after the hackers do their bit. Exactly, it's just a matter of time :-) All the blocks/keys and so on are good only for average user to deny him some illegal actions ;-) -- Balance is the ul

Re: [OT] The sky is falling - Macs on Intel came!

2006-01-11 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Christian wrote on 11.01.06 11:16: > There is one. It's called BSD. :-) Been running on my PCs for years. Yes. "It is almost like OSX. Almost makes a big difference" - just like in advertising of Polish beer "Zywiec" ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: [OT] The sky is falling - Macs on Intel came!

2006-01-11 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Yuan-Juhn Chiao wrote on 11.01.06 10:48: > The iMac looks great, although those of us in Europe > have to pay alot more (€1349, or $1600 compared to > $1299 in the States. Ouch). > > I look forward to being able to dual-boot between > Windows and OSX as well. Although I do fear that > productiv

[OT] The sky is falling - Macs on Intel came!

2006-01-11 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/ http://www.apple.com/imac/ I don't know if it is good for Apple or not, but less and less divides PC and Macs - now it is essentially only Software. I guess hackers will sooner or later have a version of OSX working on any PC :-P -- Balance is the ultimate good..

Re: Adobe Lightroom free beta is here!

2006-01-09 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Adam Maas wrote on 09.01.06 13:39: > It's currently importing 760 PEF's as I write this. Looks to have 2 > major advantages over Aperture, it reads PEF's and it runs on older macs. Aperture has quite strange hardware requirements. On the one side it requires G5/1.8 GHz on the other less powerful t

Adobe Lightroom free beta is here!

2006-01-09 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Adobe released beta version of Lightroom - application dedicated for digital photography workflow. Contrary to similar Apple's Application - Aperture - it will accept much more varieties of RAW files including Pentax PEFs (just like Camera Raw does), has much lower (reasonable) system requirements

Re: Thoughts on the FAJ 18-35mm?

2006-01-03 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Yuan-Juhn Chiao wrote on 03.01.06 11:42: > Right now, I'm looking for a decent budget wide-angle > zoom to cover. I would spring for the 16-45, but at > 430 Euros, it's simply too much. I could obtain the > original *istD kit lens (FAJ 18-35) new for around 100 > Euros, around the cost of the curr

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-30 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Cotty wrote on 30.12.05 10:48: > So based on this, when you buy a new TV, and plug it in and find nothing > to watch, presumably you decide it is not worth the hassle of finding > out how to actually tune the bugger in ??? ;-) ROTFL I just imagined a man who buys $5000 plasma TV set ad watches it

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-12-29, at 23:49, Rob Studdert wrote: What about environmental sealing? I don't think it's as relevant to the majority of pro shooters as the marketeers make out. I've used my *ist D in rain more than once and it's been fine, unless any camera is purposefully made poorly I expect tha

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-12-29, at 23:30, Rob Studdert wrote: Lets you see red on the bottom line of a spread-sheet eh? ;-) Something like that ;-) We do one small job on this laser - colour doesn't have to be accurate, but it should be cheap and colorful ;-) -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-12-29, at 21:02, Boris Liberman wrote: I must say that I find this both sad and strange... I always thought that the more proficient/experienced/advanced a photographer becomes, the more they learn that in gear what matters is the lens... Nowadays it seems not true any longer :-(... I a

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 29.12.05 18:09: > I don't know how top end Nikon cameras sell in your part of the world but I'd > guess it's 3:1 in Canons favour here. It depends on model. 300D is more popular because of its price. If someone has more money to spend on DSLR then he buys D70 as much better c

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 29.12.05 17:34: > Wow, I can't say that I know of one good print house/pre-press bureau that > doesn't run their proofing printers using a suitable hardware RIP with full > calibration, output is very predictable. This laser printer is not a proofer at all :-) It is just larg

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Cotty wrote on 29.12.05 17:27: > Yes, FireWire. Firewire rulezzz... Pity that it is getting less and less popular in cameras. Good that I have and use firewire CF cards reader just like you :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 29.12.05 17:14: > In this case obviously no one knows exactly what's going on, so since the > image > was RGB in origin then it should likely be presented to the printers as such. > They should be able to make an appropriate CMYK conversion and colours that > fall out of gam

Re: Canon 1Ds MarkII Test Drive

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 29.12.05 17:39: > That's $15K Aus (about US$11k) including an 2.8/70-200 zoom and probably local > taxes. I'm guessing that a Pentax 645 DSLR will be somewhat more expensive > than > this (without such a capable lens). I guess Nikon will sell 10x more D200 DSLRs to wedding p

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Paul Stenquist wrote on 29.12.05 14:19: > Good to know there's another ad guy here. I've worked in advertising > agencies for the last quarter century. I'm currently at Young & > Rubicam. Wow! I didn't know that Paul :-) I've been working in this job for about 15 years. So it is nice to know that

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Paul Stenquist wrote on 29.12.05 13:19: > Advertising art directors generally adjust the image in RGB and allow > the printer's pre-press people to do the CMYK conversion. I work in advertising agency and I can tell you that's not true. Too much of RGB gamut falls outside of CMYK one. That would

Re: RGB vs. CMYK

2005-12-29 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 29.12.05 8:26: > Unless the crowd with the printer provide instructions indicating what CMYK > profile to use I'd stick with RGB, wide gamut if possible. I'm not sure Rob if it is a good idea. Many, many RGB colours will fall out of CMYK gamut. So there's no sense to tweak co

Re: International house of pancakes - Pentax lens roadmap

2005-12-20 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
P. J. Alling wrote on 20.12.05 7:29: > FOV of a 36mm lens on 35 isn't particularly wide... But still being wider than 50 mm "standard" it should be classified as wide ;-) And such a lens would be nice equiv. of 35 mm on film, especially if they'd make it with bright f2. -- Balance is the ultimat

Re: Stacking lenses for macro.

2005-12-19 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Jostein wrote on 19.12.05 12:34: > I'd be interested to know if you have some experiences with moderate > wide-angles > reversed on a bellows as well. My friend who is well known macro photographer in Poland took a 13 mm lens from 8 mm film camera and reverse mounted it on *istD achieving magnific

Re: Pentax 645

2005-12-18 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-12-18, at 21:20, Pål Jensen wrote: I disagree. There are several instances when you cannot put a camera on a ideal surface where the small difference with or without mirror lock actually makes a difference. However, for ordinary shooting condition the lack of mirror lock is a non-is

Re: Pentax 645

2005-12-18 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-12-18, at 21:07, Dario Bonazza wrote: No it doesn't, and the 645N demonstrated that there is no difference between using the MLU or not using it with a well damped mirror like the one of the 645. I'm not sure of what you said. My friends who use the oldest 645 report that it has qui

Re: Pentax 645 system site???

2005-12-17 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-12-17, at 22:25, Pedro Oliveira wrote: Another link: http://www.chrysis.net/photo/pentax/pentax645n.htm Thanks again :-) So at least we've got two quite informative sites about 645. Not that bad :-) -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: Pentax 645 system site???

2005-12-17 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-12-17, at 22:21, Pedro Oliveira wrote: If that is what I think, some canonians are going to be very surprised. BTW, I use Pentax 645 (original) since January, 2001. Fantastic camera. I'm sure it serves you very well :-) I have some pictures taken with the 645 in the AOHC gallery: h

Re: Pentax 645 system site???

2005-12-17 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-12-17, at 01:10, Pedro Oliveira wrote: The only site I found concerning the Pentax 645 is this one: http://www.kcat.zaq.ne.jp/p645/index.html The only problem is that it is...in Japanese. But you can find interesting information there. Hope it helps. Thanks! Seems to be the most com

Pentax 645 system site???

2005-12-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Hi, does anybody know site with comprehensive 645 information about bodies, lenses, accessories? Something like KMP??? I was searching for that, but couldn't find anything :-( TIA for any help! :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Santa Dropped by my house last night

2005-12-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-12-12, at 21:12, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Pentax does not make a power grip for the DS, DL or DS2 bodies. The connections required, like with the D body, do not exist on these bodies. A Korean firm is making a battery holder/grip accessory but I have yet to hear of anyone successful

Re: AF540FGZ postponed

2005-12-09 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-12-09, at 09:05, Dario Bonazza wrote: Hmmm... maybe for making it compatible with new features to be introduced by next generation DSLR's. And maybe 645D. A few years ago Pentax patented flash exposure metering system for SLRs that takes object's colour in consideration, maybe the

Re: Pentax (and others) online shop in Europe?

2005-12-07 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote on 07.12.05 13:04: > Nycamera have gone belly up a good while ago. Their site still works under the same domain, just it has new name. Try to enter it. -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Pentax (and others) online shop in Europe?

2005-12-07 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Thibouille wrote on 07.12.05 8:56: > Do you know a good photo shop located in EU? > No the ones which only sell a couple bodies but something looking more > like B&H, KEH etc... > Need a couple lenses ;) www.fotokoch.de www.ac-foto.de www.nycamera.de -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Reg

Sigma DC 10-20 for Pentax is coming

2005-12-06 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Finally - for lovers of UW angles on DSLR: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0512/05120601sigma_10-20mm.asp At last it will be available in K mount. For all these for whom DA 12-24 is not wide enough :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Nikon LS2000?

2005-12-05 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Toralf Lund wrote on 05.12.05 11:53: > Yeah, I know. SCSI is a bit of an issue if I want to connect the device > to my little Mac, but not if I use my other PC. A PCI SCSI controller is > included in this case, and we also have a number of those that won't be > used anymore, lying around at work,

Re: Nikon LS2000?

2005-12-05 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Toralf Lund wrote on 05.12.05 11:53: > Yeah, I know. SCSI is a bit of an issue if I want to connect the device > to my little Mac, but not if I use my other PC. A PCI SCSI controller is > included in this case, and we also have a number of those that won't be > used anymore, lying around at work,

Re: Why I Haven't Yet Switched

2005-12-01 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01.12.05 13:27: > That was the first reason why I started to consider Mac. After using xWindows > and Unix in Sun and Wax work stations in 1987-1989 I was never very impressed > by MS Windows. It is nice to have Unix again, although I really don't need > the old unix c

Re: SMC Pentax-DA FISH-EYE 10-17mm F3.5-4.5 ED [IF]

2005-12-01 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Lucas Rijnders wrote on 01.12.05 10:33: > Has been announced: > > http://www.pentaximaging.com/footer/news_media_article?ArticleId=6813 > > For a picture: > > http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/product_details/camera_lens--smc_P-DA_Fi > sh-Eye_10-17mm_F3.5-4.5_ED_(IF)/reqID--6729/subsection-

Re: Why I Haven't Yet Switched

2005-11-30 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 30.11.05 14:36: > I've been using Macintosh since very late 1983, several months before > it was released to the publc (and about a decade before you...:-). > The work I was referring to came about in the time between 1986 and > 1988 as that is when I was working for NASA

Re: Why I Haven't Yet Switched

2005-11-30 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Mishka wrote on 30.11.05 13:31: > sorry to break it, but you seem to have no idea of what you are talking about. > appletalk over tcp is nonsense. nowaday apple uses tcp but not appletalk. > those things are completely orthogonal to each other (i suppose, one could > tunnel one over the other, but

Re: Why I Haven't Yet Switched

2005-11-30 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 30.11.05 6:17: > I have no idea what you mean by that. Apple computers have been the > *easiest* computers to connect to the internet and utilize high speed > communications, interoperate with a variety of other systems, since > 1986. They were the first computers to incl

Re: Why I Haven't Yet Switched

2005-11-30 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Cotty wrote on 30.11.05 9:36: > They don't say 'the Gates of Heaven' for nothing ;-) I thought Gates came here rather from hell :-P -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: new 10-17mm fisheye

2005-11-26 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-11-26, at 19:20, Peter Fairweather wrote: To all fellow LBA sufferers On the USA Pentax site there is downloadable booklet on DA lenses which has some details on the new fisheye Seems that another lens from 2005/2006 roadmap is coming. I guess then that two new DA limited lenses and

Re: 77mm Ltd Black available on special order

2005-11-21 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 21.11.05 11:58: > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/PA152669m.JPG > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/PA082548m.JPG > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/P9302147m.JPG > > I hope you have a defib nearby :-) Thanks for my heart care - especially that

Re: 77mm Ltd Black available on special order

2005-11-21 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 21.11.05 4:14: > Oh yeah, > > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/P3032974m.JPG (~113kB) Rob, I hate you very much :-P Do you have similar photos with black 43 and 31??? Please send me them to me if you want me to have heart attack ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate goo

Re: I need ACR 2.4 plug-in

2005-11-19 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-11-19, at 22:20, Shel Belinkoff wrote: The 2.4 version of Adobe Camera Raw plug-in has been disappeared from my computer and the Photoshop sub-directory. I've had no luck registering at the Adobe download site - for some reason I keep getting thrown into a loop and am unable to re

Re: Black painted FA* 85mm

2005-11-19 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2005-11-19, at 11:36, Dario Bonazza wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=7561123368&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Apparently someone just hated genuine silver finish ;-) Now if someone could nicely paint silver Ltds. in black... ;-) -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: full size img taken w/12-24

2005-11-15 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Boris Liberman wrote on 15.11.05 15:16: > PS Raw Processing engine (whatever its name which I forgotten) allows > you to up-size the image up to 25 MP. Rumour has it that this kind of > up-sizing is the best. This is not just a rumour Boris ;-) We are just preparing '07 calendar for one of our key

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