Re: PESO -- Old Friends

2007-02-20 Thread w__robb
Quoting "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I keep trying to do justice to these stupid things, it's becoming an > obsession... > > http://www.mindspring.com/~morephotos/PESO_--_oldfriends.html > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 [AL] > > As usual comments are welcome but ma

RE: NO FS this Friday?

2007-02-08 Thread w__robb
- Original Message - From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: NO FS this Friday? -- > What WR has just posted below is very true, BUT IT CONTRADICTS > his earlier strong opposite position in another long thread where I > stated that > in general, 35mm lenses are sharper than MedFormat lenses

Re: Kodak May Get Out of Film Sooner

2007-02-08 Thread w__robb
Quoting Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Something I hadn't thought of earlier is that Lucky may end up with at > least some of it. Not sure if that would be good for product quality, > but if they get the emulsion right it wouldn't be all bad. > Kodak's amateur film is all being made in

RE: NO FS this Friday?

2007-02-08 Thread w__robb
Quoting "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Screw you, I know more about what I was talking > about and what I posted than you do. Nice that you think so. Dag, Godfrey and myself all seem to have experienced something that disagrees with you regarding film optimized lenses though. Pentax and

Re: NO FS this Friday?

2007-02-08 Thread w__robb
Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Composition trumps all. :-) > At least is is actually completely separate from equipment. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: NO FS this Friday?

2007-02-08 Thread w__robb
Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Bill, I respectfully disagree with you here. Your achievements have nothing > to do with whether someone else knows what they're talking about. True, but they at least give my opinions some credibility > > My objective opinion is that this thread is degener

Re: NO FS this Friday?

2007-02-08 Thread w__robb
-- So, without consideration of operator error, what exactly does a new lens' feature set do to improve the resultant picture quality? The improved contrast of having autofocus? The increase of sharpness due to not having an auto-aperture? Bullshit. If you're too damn lazy to

Re: FA 10-17mm lens

2006-02-24 Thread w__robb
Quoting Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > sorry -- i meant "full APS frame fisheye", that is, on *istD. That it is. Now I'm stuck using webmail. How Hoovery. William Robb > best, > mishka > > On 2/24/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > at 10mm, is it a full-frame fisheye? > > best, >

Re: The Photographer's Rights

2005-08-17 Thread w__robb
Quoting keithw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I came out as a centrist, something I never gave much thought about being... > As I gave it some thought, I realized that as with most Q & A quizzes, > there ARE no clear yes or no answers to a lot of subjects ~ that the > phrase "it depends" applies as oft

Re: The Photographer's Rights

2005-08-17 Thread w__robb
Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 16/8/05, Tom Reese, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >You might want to take this quiz: > > > >http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html > > Left Liberal. Centrist, with Libertarian and Liberal leanings. Amazing really, I am considered quite the little Conservat

RE: The Photographer's Rights

2005-08-17 Thread w__robb
Quoting Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > How is it possible to have a rational dislike of an ethnic minority? > Lets say for example that every dealing you have, be it personal or business, with a particular ethnic group, you get dissed and/or ripped off. Eventually, you will conclude quite rationall

Re: The Photographer's Rights

2005-08-17 Thread w__robb
Quoting Kevin Waterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This one time, at band camp, "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hear, hear! I vote for Bill. > > I'll throw my vote that way also. > So Bill, are you now going run for office and straighten out this > mess so we can all get back to taking some

RE: Another Photographer's Rights Question

2005-08-17 Thread w__robb
Quoting Gautam Sarup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You can't legally publish the photographs in a way that would be offensive > > to the persons shown in the picture, even though the pictures are legally > > aquired. > > The problem I have is what defining what constitutes "offensive to the > persons s