Re: PUG form will be closed down

2007-04-22 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Norm Baugher schrieb: Knowing Addy and you personally, I have to say that I really appreciate what you guys have done... Norm (Addy, Rach sold the Jeep :)) Hmmm, I doubt Adelheid is a guy... Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - please don't go OT

2007-04-21 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Sandy Harris schrieb: On 4/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry JCO, or Sandy, whoever you are... Last I checked, I was still Sandy. No idea who JCO is. I agree. I am pretty sure Sandy is a friend of Bruce's that I met at a NorCal meet. Nice lady. Wrong

Re: Unsubscribing for quite a while

2007-04-21 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Cotty schrieb: Easy come, easy go ;-) Bye. This should be easy go, easy come (back), I guess. Markus, you neednt't stay on the list, but stay in Zurich, for the case I ever get there! I apreciated your photos. On which german list(s) will you be? I happen to read some from time to time.

Re: New!

2007-04-20 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
AlexG schrieb: Hi guys, Hi, Alex! Been reading through the archives, researching... What is an aperture simulator, anyway? Mark! Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: New!

2007-04-20 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Cory Papenfuss schrieb: Been reading through the archives, researching... What is an aperture simulator, anyway? Since nobody has yet answered the question, I will attempt to do so in a P.C. way: ... without it is less than ideal. (Psst!... how'd I do?) From a technical point of

Re: OT - please don't go OT

2007-04-20 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi Sandy! They don't do any harm, they're just playing. Maybe you set up a mail filter to enjoy on-topic discussions and ignore the rest. BTW, sometimes OT threads are non-OT. You got into a kind of big family, and we don't hide our more weird relatives in the closet. Pancho Sandy Harris

Re: Any body selling or planning to sell his/her DA16-45

2007-04-19 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Thibouille schrieb: To complement my father's newly aquired DL, he needs a (moderate) WA which a 28-80 is definitely not. However I would gladly give him my DA 18-55 and buy myself a DA 16-45. The thing is: price of it new (about 450 euros here) is not reasonable considering I just sign the

Re: OT: Stupid Windows Question

2007-04-10 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Don't put the blame on the asker, you must read stupid windows question! Unfortunately, it's a bit tricky finding the desktop from inside a DOS box, but maybe from there the DEL comand might do things that are not possible from the GUI. Pancho William Robb wrote: Hi: I have a file on my

Re: Is this a good deal??

2007-03-11 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Walt, this was the first body to feature the crippled KAF mount, and the last film body they made. if you don't own pre-A lenses, you won't have any hassle. Unca Mickey, who hung around the list a while ago used it with a DA40/2.8, with very pleasing results. Do you expect to shoot much

Re: Is this a good deal??

2007-03-11 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
, and appeared 6 years after the first (the MX-50 in 1997). -Adam Pancho Hasselbach wrote: Walt, this was the first body to feature the crippled KAF mount, and the last film body they made. if you don't own pre-A lenses, you won't have any hassle. Unca Mickey, who hung around the list

Re: ist D, K10D and best flash

2007-03-06 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Spend lots of money. Go for AF540FGZ. You won't regret, methinks. There is a recent thread about flashes. Pancho J schrieb: Ok folks, I was playing with my friends istD with grip last week.First thing very small. Is the K10D as small with the grip.I still have all my Pentax glass and film

Re: older flashes with K10, Pentax's response

2007-03-06 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi Bruce, TTL works on my *istDS to my satisfaction, by now, with those old flashes I have. I have a flash meter and know how to use it, but I think this would not be wedding proof, e.g. Setting a flash to auto is OK too, the K100D I owned for a short ime even transmitted the f-stop to my Metz

Re: older flashes with K10, Pentax's response

2007-03-05 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Cory, this is one point which really sucks in terms of backward compatibility. TTL flash ability was one of the reasons to replace the K100D with an *istDS, in spite of the silly name (other main reason was the finder). I use it with my Metz 40MZ-2 (SCA 3000), Metz 32CT2 (SCA 300), and will

Re: Just a brief message

2007-03-01 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi Shel, glad to know you're alive and postin'! I hope you are recovering well. I do not know any details but I really wish you get back into your everyday life the way you want to. Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: 20mm lens here to come

2007-03-01 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Aaaarghhh, enabled! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=290085495701 Just a hazard bid, done a hour and a hlf before end of the auction. Hard to believe that no one else bid on this. Well, in the bottom of my heart I'm a prime guy, I'll report how I like it, and will try to post

Re: OT: The dangers of multitasking

2007-02-28 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Paul Stenquist schrieb: Reading mail and making prints at the same time can prove costly. I just printed a Bill Robb message on Velvet Fine Art paper. Maybe I should frame it? Paul Paul, you should have it signed, before framing it! Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: SV: 20mm lenses

2007-02-28 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
. It might have a small edge over the FA20 with regard to imaging specifics having to do with the digital sensor. Godfrey On Feb 27, 2007, at 1:42 PM, Pancho Hasselbach wrote: has anybody ever had the opportunity to compare FA-20/2.8 and DA-21/3.2 side by side? Are they better than DA

Re: 20mm lenses

2007-02-28 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Joe, should I really thank you for making me want that lens more than before? H... Pancho (getting ready for LBA, methinks) Joseph Tainter schrieb: I believe Joe Tainter did that some time ago. His conclusion was that it's almost a toss up on performance ... they both perform very well,

20mm lenses

2007-02-27 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi, has anybody ever had the opportunity to compare FA-20/2.8 and DA-21/3.2 side by side? Are they better than DA 18-55 on the short end, WRT distortion, vignetting, and so on? Why should I consider a full frame 20, owning a K-18/3.5? Or maybe DA-21 outperforms the older 20s? TIA for all

Re: Remote assistant for K10D?

2007-02-26 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
John Whittingham schrieb: On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:31:38 +0100, Thibouille wrote I agree, I did not use it often, but knowing I could use that software was very nice. Also, the day I had to take quick pics for Ebay etc, the jpeg low res directly to the PC was really a neat feature, although

Re: Is it possible to buying a Pentax lens in Sydney?

2007-02-17 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Sorry Dave, but Stephen wrote that he paid a deposit; if that's no sign of being a serious customer, then I don't know either. Stephen, don't lose your faith. Fortunately, my favourite local camera store sells Pentax regularly, and as am known for a while things work quite fine. Pancho

Re: found a nice place for the next rude discussion

2007-02-17 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
The swiss, again. Only they can keep the urinals that clean in such an environment. Proof for prejudice ;-) Reminds me of Asterix in Switzerland. Great picture, Markus! Pancho John Francis schrieb: Close. If my memory serves me this is as at least as much an art project as it is a restroom,

Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens

2007-02-14 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
J. C. O'Connell wrote: My very latest aquisition K was the K120mm F2.8 (not the doggy poo M version!) and it's freakin smokin' sharp! (should be, its an exact copy of the superb K105/2.8 but scaled up). It took me years to find that sucker! Hi JCO, so you're one of the seemingly rare owners

Re: Wanted: Germans (attempt 2)

2007-02-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Adam, I read your first post which did make it to the list and apologise for this late answer. Although I do live far from Berlin, at least I share one thing with you: my brother lives in Berlin, too :-) Well, he's definitely no photog, so no use for you. But I know two shops at least from

Re: Pentax FA28/2.8 AL vs FA35/2 AL lenses: how do they compare?

2007-01-25 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Thanks for sharing, Godfrey. Just put hands on an FA 2.8/28, from a seller offering one on ebay, from which I know he also runs an online shop, often with really similar offers. BTW, does anybody know how A 2/28 performs, as well on film as on silicon? Stan's site says nothing about it, it

Re: Pentax FA28/2.8 AL vs FA35/2 AL lenses: how do they compare?

2007-01-25 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
the three people I know who've had one. I've been trying to find one for two years unsuccessfully. Godfrey On Jan 25, 2007, at 3:48 PM, Pancho Hasselbach wrote: Thanks for sharing, Godfrey. Just put hands on an FA 2.8/28, from a seller offering one on ebay, from which I know he also runs

Re: Gotta Go ....

2007-01-14 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Well, here I go: good luck, Shel, and come back soon! Pancho Shel Belinkoff schrieb: The doctor called me yesterday and wants me to go into the hospital for some tests. I'll be leaving in a couple of hours and will be away for a short while. I usually don't put my business on the internet,

Re: another test - ignore

2007-01-11 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Ack, ignored. Alastair Robertson skribenen: Plain text I hope now and perhaps success at last! Alastair -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Metz SCA K110D

2007-01-08 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Gosh, that's true! I tried my 40MZ-2 with the SCA3702 on the K100D, and in fact ISO, aperture and focal length (from F[A] lenses) are transmitted to the flash when the latter is set to A. This is the no-brainer it should be, at least the flash can do what the camera lacks. Results look

Re: K100D and raw converters

2007-01-05 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Adam Maas schrieb: Note your K100D shares the DL finder. -Adam Holy crap, that's true! Has anybody done a side-by-side comparison of the two finders? I'm starting to wonder whether I've got the right camera for my needs. (+) higher sensor ISO than compacts (+) noise reduction (+) a Pentax

Re: OT - recommendation for non-DSLR

2007-01-05 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
A coworker has a tiny Panasonic, Lumix DMC-FX01. Nice thing about it is an equivalent of 28mm on the wide end. 6MP, and optical image stabilization. He is very fond of it. Pancho John Francis schrieb: a friend of mine is in the market for a new camera. He doesn't need a DSLR, but will

Re: OT - recommendation for non-DSLR

2007-01-05 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Come on, Paul, a picture of Grace will be always pleasing, no matter which camera you took it with. Pancho Paul Stenquist schrieb: I have one of these that I won in the same contest. This camera has a Leica lens as well. The zoom has a 10X optical range. It will take you from the 35mm

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 9, Issue 84

2007-01-05 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
W. Guy Finley schrieb: On Jan 4, 2007, at 5:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This all sounds like upgrading to WinXP, which I am definitely not planning. I like RSE, and am accostumed to work with it, and which works fine for me. It was a question of editing one file once, to make it

K100D and raw converters

2007-01-04 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi, I've got a new K100D. I installed the sillypix software on my PC. It's a real PITA. I asked myself why RSE (which I really like and got accostumed to) does not support K100D files, and searching the list I came across a thread, where Gonz wrote this post:

Re: K100D and raw converters

2007-01-04 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Mark Roberts escribió: Pancho Hasselbach wrote: I was just about to write a little program to convert my raw files in a way that RSE can read them. Maybe I'll do this later, because first I tried the other way, and can tell you that it works, too. By editing the camera list once now all

Re: K100D and raw converters

2007-01-04 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
. Mark Roberts wrote: Pancho Hasselbach wrote: I was just about to write a little program to convert my raw files in a way that RSE can read them. Maybe I'll do this later, because first I tried the other way, and can tell you that it works, too. By editing the camera list

Re: K100D and raw converters

2007-01-04 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
had a lot of input on the development of Lightroom: http:// www.pixmantec.com/newsletter/19/index.html --Guy On Jan 4, 2007, at 4:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pancho Hasselbach wrote: Hi, I've got a new K100D. I installed the sillypix software on my PC. It's a real PITA. I

Re: [Solved] Finding a K10D in Belgium (and first impressions)

2007-01-04 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Cotty escribió: On 4/1/07, Thibouille, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm happy, my birthday being tomorrow the fifth january it is a quite nice present I offer to myself :D Bon anniversaire. I second that. It will be surely a great birthday with such a nice toy. Pancho -- PDML

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Christian schrieb: I'm a UNIX/Linux systems administrator for a large Online company in America. My systems process and store almost 1 billion emails per day (and we drop or filter twice that on a daily basis...) Which is, compared to PDML, peanuts, of course. SCNR, Pancho -- PDML

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi, after starting some things I did not finish (among which a music career), I spent 10 years working as a joiner, then too much children for the pay I got. So I tried IT, and after 2 years of learning to program computers, I've been writing software for one of the bigger german banks for

suddenly enabled

2006-12-22 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi gang, browsing ebay for an FA 1.4/50, I came across this offer http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=300059933409 and could not resist. So I'm in much faster than I thought. Had hands on the K100D already at my local dealer's. Close to perfect for me, despite of the lack of two

Re: Pentax DPReview forum

2006-11-30 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Adam Maas schrieb: Pancho Hasselbach wrote: Hi Mike, that sounds weird, but maybe the problem is another. I never experienced any banding, or other artifacts, whenever I shot greycards, or other even grey subjects, on 1600 ISO BW film, underexposed by several stops. Same when pushing HP5

Re: Pentax DPReview forum

2006-11-29 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi Mike, that sounds weird, but maybe the problem is another. I never experienced any banding, or other artifacts, whenever I shot greycards, or other even grey subjects, on 1600 ISO BW film, underexposed by several stops. Same when pushing HP5+ to 1600 ISO. Thorough development leads to a

Re: LCD Monitor Questions

2006-11-17 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Tom C schrieb: Some monitors claim to be capapble of displaying 16.7 million colors while others claim 16.2 million. 8-bit vs. 6-bit as I understand it. Any REAL difference in actual use? Hell, I'm sure you'll badly miss that half-a-million colours, won't ya? Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Stupid Q. about central vs. curtain shutter

2006-11-08 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
mike wilson wrote: Pancho Hasselbach wrote: Hi, there are leaf schutters for LF that are mounted behind the lens, they are big, and lightning fast: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=180047904417 Pancho 8sec to 1/60th? Your lightning must be steam powered Ooops

Re: Stupid Q. about central vs. curtain shutter

2006-11-07 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi, there are leaf schutters for LF that are mounted behind the lens, they are big, and lightning fast: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=180047904417 Pancho mike wilson schrieb: From: Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/11/07 Tue AM 11:53:10 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: IR capability of K100D?

2006-11-05 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
: Converting the pink pics to BW will give you an IR look. Paul -- Original message -- From: Pancho Hasselbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] Godfrey, Walter, Paul, thank you so far. The fact that the sensor in the K1x0Ds is the same as in the previous models is a good hint

Re: IR capability of K100D?

2006-11-04 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Godfrey, Walter, Paul, thank you so far. The fact that the sensor in the K1x0Ds is the same as in the previous models is a good hint for IR capability. I had hoped that someone had tested it already, maybe I'm going to bother my local dealer a bit. Anyway, it won't be before next year that I'll

IR capability of K100D?

2006-11-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi gang, does anybody know if the new bodies can be used satisfingly with IR filters? My Oly C-5050 does that well, but I'm about to sell it and would not like to miss a camera with that feature. Thanks for your answers! Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: To those who ordered their K10D through me/Reed's

2006-10-29 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Malcolm Smith schrieb: Mark Roberts wrote: Kinda shoots down that whole support small local shops instead of buying from the big Internet retailers argument, doesn't it? :( I've more or less given up with small shops. Getting Pentax products locally has been a pain for a number of

Re: Somebody talk me out of it

2006-10-19 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Scott Loveless schrieb: On 10/18/06, Pancho Hasselbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott, this is the wrong place for being talked out of buying lenses. You never can have enough, so I suggest to go for both of them. Agreed. This should be the PEML. BTW, my wife says I'm not allowed

Re: PESO - Sprite

2006-10-18 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Boris, as the nose is still in the frame I see no reason for thinking the shot was taken too late. Intriguing - I like it! Pancho Boris Liberman schrieb: Hi! http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2006/10/sprite.html This is full frame... I am afraid I missed by a split second the moment

Re: OT: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2006-10-18 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Well, Bill, Happy Birthday from me, too - all the best! Pancho Doug Brewer schrieb: Yesterday was Bill's birthday, though I got myself too involved in my day to remember to post something about it. Sorry, Bill. Given what Bill has been through the last couple years, I think this

Re: Somebody talk me out of it

2006-10-18 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Scott, this is the wrong place for being talked out of buying lenses. You never can have enough, so I suggest to go for both of them. Pancho Scott Loveless schrieb: I'm thinking about buying either a K400/5.6 or a K500/4.5. Primary use would be 35mm film, but it will certainly be mounted on

Re: Vivitar Zoom Question

2006-10-05 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Walt, if it's in decent state you can't go wrong at that price. I own that lens, and I am very happy with it. I had bought one from the first series, but it was FD mount, so I sold it again. It's a huge monster in comparison. Image quality ist great IMHO, even wide open. Bokeh may be somewhat

Re: You think you are a street photographer...

2006-10-01 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Lasse Karlsson schrieb: I might add the following links to the first one posted. http://www.vsw.org/research/fmf/roll-c/selle-c.html http://www.vsw.org/research/fmf/roll-h/roll-h-intro.html http://www.vsw.org/research/fmf/roll-c-d-intro.html I find the whole thing quite intriguing and

Re: OT - Coffee Filters

2006-09-24 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
graywolf schrieb: Stick to the French Press it tastes better. I need to replace mine that disappeared sometime in the move from Charlotte to Boone. I second this advice. If I really want to make a good coffe - which happens most of the times - I use my italian style caffettiera, or cafetera

Re: OT - Xfer Vinyl to CD

2006-09-20 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Recording/editing freeware is e.g. http://audacity.sourceforge.net. I'm planning to do this, too, and a studio level soundcard with cinch connectors will get into the computer soon. I have a cord from the comp to the stereo, as for a long time it was my only CD playing device. Pancho Shel

Re: Had the talk with the CFO last night... :-(

2006-09-19 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
I thought this was just the enablement conspiracy, but I must recognize that it goes far deeper! Pancho David J Brooks schrieb: Hey, three of the 130 things my wife hates me doing.:-) Dave Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hey, you can drink milk directly from the bottle, walk

Re: popphoto.com k10D

2006-09-14 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Tom, if you express a negative wish or hoe you are hopelessly negative. Although the idea of abandoning AA Cells is a drawback in my eyes, too. Not nearly an as severe drawback like abandoning aperture couplers, but a real drawback. Until today I have nearly only equipment that runs with

FS: 1.2/55mm

2006-09-14 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi gang, I've got a spare Revuenon 1.2/55mm for sale. It's the Tomioka built one which Toshiko Takinami refers favourably to on Stan's site. It has 9 aperture blades, f-stops from 1.2 through 16, and 58mm filter thread. Glass is clean without any marks. No fungus or dirt. Snappy aperture.

K10D on Pentax Germany site

2006-09-14 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Look at this, probably some new pictures and facts: http://tinyurl.com/km7f7 (http://www.pentax.de/_de/photo/products/index.php?gruppe=digital%20slrprodukt=19095id=uebersichtyear=2006) What I found useful: -glass pentaprism finder with 95% coverage/0.95 magnification -multiple exposure mode

Re: PAW - Chive flower

2006-09-06 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Ah... (wish I had shot this :-) Pancho David Mann schrieb: One of the downsides of handheld macro is a lack of DOF :) http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/photodb/view.php?p=509t=1 - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: SMC Pentax D FA* 400/4 ED IF USM (WAS: Re: Lens in motor or not? USM?)

2006-09-03 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
That's an interesting aspect. For example, DA 40 Ltd is known to cover 35mm, probably you remember Unca Mickey (from whom we haven't heard for some time) who uses it on his *ist (without any D). I'm still waiting for information on the true coverage of the different DA lenses, which may be

Re: FA 24-90 hood approaching

2006-08-31 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Nearly unbelievable, I just got the original hood off ebay, and what's even funnier, it was a BIN from the very dealer who sold me the lens without the hood. And it was 15 EUR, which is better than those 69 EUR in the price list. Tomorrow I'll pick up the first pictures, I will tell you about

Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please

2006-08-27 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
it and if it's as good as expected I surely won't regret spending some money on an appropriate hood. Pancho Godfrey DiGiorgi schrieb: On Aug 25, 2006, at 11:40 AM, Pancho Hasselbach wrote: A wideangle hood for 67mm filter thread might be quite bulky, and, as you say, of little use on the long end, but I

Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please

2006-08-27 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Godfrey DiGiorgi affirmed: No question: for a film SLR, buy the Pentax standard hood. It's the most convenient in use. That's what I'll do as soon as the test film returns. I tested the 24-90 briefly and bought the 28-105/3.2-4.5 instead due to the difference in price, but after a while

Re: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)

2006-08-27 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Folks, today in the train, I finally got it. The misterious feature of upcoming K10D will be a sensor with an aspect ration near 4x5, like the 6x7 has. As Pentax people lately like weird numbers, it'll be something like 27x23mm, which is close to the 69x56mm ration of 6x7. This will make

Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please

2006-08-25 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Godfrey DiGiorgi schrieb: On Aug 25, 2006, at 1:26 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: A simple Kalt or similar generic 67mm metal screw in lens hood will do a reasonable job. It won't be optimal for the lens at 90mm focal length, but it will be

Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please

2006-08-24 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
think that with the 24mm any other hood solution wouldn't be but mediocre. Pancho Kostas Kavoussanakis schrieb: On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Pancho Hasselbach wrote: Of course, Joe made the point by telling how good the lens is in it's own zoom range. No scary details that make me lie awake all night

Re: Comments on FA 24-90, please

2006-08-23 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
I own and like, that unfortunately made my desire even stronger. It should arrive within a few days. Hopefully it's me who receives it, otherwise I'll have to answer silly questions from my lady :-) I'll report how results turn out. Cheers, Pancho Pancho Hasselbach schrieb: Hi gang, any

Comments on FA 24-90, please

2006-08-21 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi gang, any comments available concerning the above-mentioned lens? I'm especially interested in sharpness, contrast, color rendition and bokeh wide open. AFAIK, it performs very well stopped down, but I'd hope that it's good (and noticeably better than my FA 4/28-70) wide open, too, as I

Re: PESO - Nature's Sculpture

2006-08-20 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
A dirty woman? OK, beyond kidding, I like it. I like rock pictures, and this one shows the folding in a nice light, so I like it even more. During my last holiday, I spent nearly whole rolls of film on rocks, so you're not alone. David, I just played with it a bit, intensifying the red as well

Re: PESO - Nature's Sculpture

2006-08-20 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Marnie, writing on this list is the final proof for weirdness, welcome to the club. Pancho [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: In a message dated 8/19/2006 6:16:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.amateurgeologist.com/shop/books_roadside.html Shel == Cool!

Re: PESO - Big Step

2006-07-31 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Marnie, to be honest: I like this one a lot, and without the kid there would be a lot missing. Not just for loving little girls, but the composition of those tiny moving feet in front of those huge, strange and static ones, the different axis of each pair of feet, and the game of vertical and

PESO - on the peak

2006-07-31 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi list, I'm back from holydays I spent with my youngest son, with a mountain hike of several days in an area called stone sea at the border between austria and germany. This is the two of us sitting on the peak of a mountain called Viehkogel, not very known and, opposite to most other

Re: SMCP-F 1.7x AF Adapter

2006-07-11 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
It's good as long as it stays within the family. Enjoy it, Bryan, it's a good piece! Pancho Bryan Vyhmeister schrieb: (Sheepish grin) A PDMLer did get it. Bryan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - The Hot Day

2006-06-27 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Boris Liberman schrieb: Hi! In Eilat it is +41C today. In Tel Aviv it is just above +30C but it is very humid and very hot. http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=14154 My main question to you, dear viewer, is whether the heat of the day shows from the picture. Not really, unless

Re: What Were You Trying to Say?

2006-06-27 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Frank, you are a lucky man, as not everything you do/think/say is burdened with stuff like sense or purpose. Not so long ago, I had a talk with a friend who paints and draws, who said that it's good, and maybe necessary, to do things that certainly do not follow a purpose on first hand. If

Re: PESO:The sky really IS falling!

2006-06-21 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Cl! Clouds around here are boring most of the time, seldom enough something halfway interesting. Never ever like this. Thanks for sharing! Pancho Don Sanderson schrieb: What would you think if you looked out the window and saw these: http://www.dsanderson.com/clouds.htm Lasted

Re: Regarding RAW converters

2006-05-19 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Pancho Hasselbach Wed, 17 May 2006 13:29:17 -0700 Collin, may I politely point to you that I for example, and most likely some other list members, have that weird thing called life, too. Good for the two of us. Though some of the *smart* responses haven't been

Re: Regarding RAW converters

2006-05-17 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Collin, without wanting to be rude in any way, if you had read past posts carefully you would know that: RAW format is sensor data, be it compressed or not, and in which way, depends on the manufacturer. Converters may or may not be free, they can be standalone applications or plugins.

Re: Regarding RAW converters

2006-05-17 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
[EMAIL PROTECTED] really rote: There's a lot to read. I like PDML but have more to do (i.e., a life) than scan the many postings for minutae. Collin, may I politely point to you that I for example, and most likely some other list members, have that weird thing called life, too. As I

Re: Test -please ignore

2006-05-17 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Nope. Didn't look at it at all. Pancho Jostein skripskaija: Yer had ter look, eh? :-) Jostein

Re: Test -please ignore

2006-05-17 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
exceptionally funny, back to back. -Aaron On May 17, 2006, at 4:30 PM, Pancho Hasselbach wrote: Nope. Didn't look at it at all. Pancho Jostein skripskaija: Yer had ter look, eh? :-) Jostein

Re: Semi OT... DVD rewriter

2006-05-07 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi, I haven't any DVD burner by now, but I Think I#ll probably purchase an LG 4167, as Alex was looking at. It is one of those that can read/write DVD-RAM, which is more reliable than any *RWs. I don#t know if the Plextors can do that. My CD burner is a Plextor anyway, and I'm very happy

Re: PESO: Once in a lifetime shot!!!

2006-05-07 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hey come on, you've got all the faces on the picture, that's great. So it's got very nice, probably only suffering by a slight lack of theriaultness, but who cares. Each time I'm shooting people I have the impression everybody turns his back on me so I can't get the faces on the picture...

Re: PESO:beauty sleep of a sleeping beauty

2006-04-14 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi Markus, kind expression, seems to be having nice dreams. Ideal for swiss bus tour prospects ;-) Pancho Markus Maurer schrieb: Hi Pentaxians I was kind of fun to see some unexpected animals in the Zoo in Zurich when I went there to took some photos for the bus tour prospects of my friend

Re: FA50/2.8 Macro

2006-04-12 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Scott Loveless inquired: Howdy, crew! Hi Scott! Who has the FA50/2.8 macro? Me. What do you like/dislike? If I don't need faster f-stops and weight is not an issue, it's perfect for any 50mm purpose. The front element doesn't rotate, so polarizers are usable, which is an important

Re: Trap Focus with istDS

2006-04-12 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Nope. Just tried with an SMC-K 1.4/50 on my MZ-S, works perfectly. AFAIK, trap focus works the same way on the digital bodies. Pancho Jack Davis schrieb: FWIW, only the A MF lenses will allow trap focus with the MZ-S. Jack

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Paul, probably I repeat something as I haven't read all the replies, my bed is calling for me, nevertheless just a few thoughts. Nothing weird on Mozilla 1.7.12, but I have sound never on, so I don't know if it works. Unnecessary anyway, IMHO. I hate windows subsequently popping up. If it

Re: First success

2006-03-30 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Congratulations, Boris, you nailed that bug! Only thing is, so caught in the moment, it looks somewhat - static... SCNR, Pancho Boris Liberman schrieb: Hi! Company called Pentar (Pentax representative in Russia) had a photo competition. The topic was Spring. The genre was macro. I

Re: PESO: My Grand daughter

2006-03-15 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Fernando Terrazzino schrieb: Very nice Jens, it's that kind of photo that shares a moment/story with the viewer. I also liked this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/112596108/in/set-72057594082259138/ ;-) Fernando I like this one very much, too. She's really pretty! And a grand daughter

Re: Godfrey's Show

2006-03-07 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Godfrey, I'd hope to come but for some reason you show your pictures too far from my home. Good luck and a nice time, anyway! Pancho Godfrey DiGiorgi schrieb: Another Norcal PDML gathering! Yeah! Actually, I do hope some of you can make it to the reception on Sunday, from 4:30-7:00pm.

Re: MZ-S and old flashes

2006-03-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi Pete, this page lists strobe voltages: http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html I can't find the allowed voltage the MZ-S can handle. Probably you can contact your national Pentax service. In Germany, they're very friendly on the phone. Cheers, Pancho Pete Ziminski worried: How

Re: Handheld 4x5 ( was Re: Is there a Sisterhood?)

2006-03-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Ooops, I went wrong, it's only 6x7, but it can shift. Sorry. Pancho Hasselbach schrieb: So nobody seems to know the wica? Look at this, great stuff form Leicatown: http://www.wica-wetzlar.de/index.html Pancho Collin R Brendemuehl schrieb: Anyone who has ever used a Graphic, Horseman

Re: Handheld 4x5 ( was Re: Is there a Sisterhood?)

2006-03-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
So nobody seems to know the wica? Look at this, great stuff form Leicatown: http://www.wica-wetzlar.de/index.html Pancho Collin R Brendemuehl schrieb: Anyone who has ever used a Graphic, Horseman, or LInhof knows how. Just add a flash for indoor use. And look at the Hindenberg fire pics.

colour photography revisted

2006-03-01 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi folks, I know about the running-eekbay-auctions thing, nevertheless I wanted to share this one with you: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7595673156 Pancho

Re: PESO: FA16-45 on film

2006-02-28 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Cool shot, canadian style, isn't it ;-) Thanks for sharing, this reveals that the DAs are not at all restricted to APS format. Maybe Pentax is prepared for a crop factor less than 1.5. You _really_ got close to that woman, did you! pancho Juan Buhler schrieb: A couple of weeks ago I put the

Re: Update on D FA 50 F2.8 Macro

2006-02-21 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Joseph Tainter schrieb: Pancho, I conduct my lens tests for myself. In this case, the test was to help me decide whether to keep the D FA 50. I post the tests in case anyone else finds them useful. Anyone who doesn't find them useful is free to ignore them. Joe, I read your test report

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