Re: Hello, I'm back. Am I a newbie again?

Thanks everybody for your warm welcome, it's nice to be back. I notice nobody offered me a chair and a pint as yet... ;-))). I'll thank personally every one of you but now I must work. Sad but true... Ciao, Flavio

Re: Re: Talking about tiny cars...

It is a Smart car, sold under the brand Smart and marketed by Mercedes Benz (it think) here in Europe. There was some involvement with Swatch, the swiss brand selling funny plastic watches, but I don't know the extent of it. In overcrowded towns here like Rome they're sold like hot cakes altough t

OT: Talking about tiny cars...

> Beats chasing thiefs on foot or bicycle. > Not where there are no roads...but as long as the thief has no fast boat there's little chance he can escape. There's very little crime there, anyway. > Jeff. > > > PS: looks similar to the "Smart" car I've seen in Ontario. In fact it i

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

Gosh, it's a FIAT 500! I hope they don't plan to put big german sheperds in there... Ciao, Flavio

Re: Vivitar Series 1

> Da: ?ukasz Kacperczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Data: 04/04/2002 00:04 > A: "pentax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Oggetto: Vivitar Series 1 > > Anyone has some experience with the NEW Vivitar Series 1 lenses (e. 19-35mm > zoom)? Are they as good as their ancestors? > £ukasz > - AFAIK Vivitar gave up on q

Re: UK PDMLers

> Da: "David A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Data: 20/03/2002 09:38 > A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oggetto: UK PDMLers > > Hi guys... > > I am currently considering an offer to spend two months working in > sunny Bognor Regis on the southern coast of England. ... Hey David, as long as you're here i

Re: super-wide-angle options?

> Da: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... > George, I haven't used an adaptall mount. How do they work? I would > assume that you compose, focus, and meter wide open, then lock exposure, > step down, recompose, and shoot. Is this how it must be done? > ... Joe, adaptall mount allow Tamron m

Rif: Photos of cakes and ice-cream

Maciej, my compliments for your first pro occasion. The images seem fine, although not too sharp. Personally I don't like the photos where the background has been taken off the image but I guess it wasn't your decision. The 4th one on the left row was a difficult subject to shoot and the top of

Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)

> What can I do against this: > http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1334153963 > > > I don't mean legally, but I would appreciate ideas on how to place the > copyright notices so that they are not so easy to remove. Place a large copyright notice across the image making it v

Re: Food photography advice needed

Maciej, I'm no expert at it but I'd say you should avoid (hot) studio lights with the ice creams and work very fast... Aside for that I think you'll need an adequate set (backdrop, workbench, etc.). Being yours not particularly reflective subjects you shouldn't have problems with the flash bu

Re: Tripod Advice: Ballhead or Pan/Tilt Head?

Joseph Tainter wrote > Which do users prefer for macro work? Usually the most easy to fine adjust is the best, of course weight counts if you're in the field. I think geared heads, then pan/tilt, last ballheads is the ranking, talking about real macro (1:1 or more). > > Can one mount a macr

Rif: Re: Rif: Re: A macro lighting question

Christian Skofteland wrote: > Yesterday all this macro lighting talk got me thinking and I ended up ... He,he, didn't you know that thinking too much is dangerous? > Now I'm curious as to how well this will work. The AF280T may still be too > powerfull but if I can get it mounted high enough

Re: How to get focus confirmation?

David A. Mann wrote: > > Yeah that was probably me. You need to scrape the paint off where the > extension tube lines up with the electrical contacts on the body, so they > are all shorted together with the tube mounted. > ... Thanks David. I did a little experimentation with aluminium foil a

Re: KEH Bargain grade

Butch wrote: > > Has anyone bought lenses from KEH in bargain grade. I am more concerned with > performance and function then looks. I have bought lenses from them before, > but never in bargain grade. I found their rating to be very conservative, is > this the same with bargain? > ... Yes,abso

Rif: Re: A macro lighting question

Fred wrote: > I am not sure what you are looking for, then. > ... > You did say you wanted "to point it directly on the subject", right? and then: > > Flavio, might you consider the AF280T? It is small (yet quite > powerful) (although it is still pretty heavy), and its head can be > tilted do

Re: Tokina AF205 28-105 zoom woes

Joseph Tainter Wrote: > Sorry to hear about the trouble, Flavio. I, too, had this lens, but felt > that the images it was giving me were low in contrast. I traded it to > KEH for a second FA Power Zoom 28-105. > ... Thanks Joe, do find a big differnece between the two lenses? I was also uncertai