Re: Do you insure your gear?

Quoting Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I was wondering if any of you bother insuring your gear, > and if so, which company you use. > Added to home and contents in a category called "All risks" with RACV. That means that basically anything that happens anywhere is covered. ---

Re: Gallery Show, No Pentax

Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Very funny. You're keeping me in stitches. There's nothing weft to say... This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

RE: Hello and Sensor cleaning

Quoting "McRae, Max MS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I was told that it would be done to "food quality" standards, so expected > total cleanliness. > There are "food grade" lubes. That is probably what you got on your sensor. This email wa

Re: PAW: Half and Half

> Boris Liberman: > > > > http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=186120 > > When this is part of a year long set or whatever yoiu intend it will be fine and dandy, As a standalone pic it is a bit less than gripping viewing. Put it in its proper context and we'll look again. --

Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long

Quoting Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > that's because he interpolates to 24 megapixels at conversion time. > Yes I understood that, I was just suprised that the res-ed up pic was what he chose to store as his archive version. It seems as if he must own a disk drive company. ---

Re: Hello and Sensor cleaning

Quoting Chad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I wonder if the pressure might cause damage? I find it easy to imagine bending metal shutter curtain blades/leaves with high pressure air bouncing off the sensor and along the shutter tracks. This

Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long

Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > But Hyundai sells cars by offering comparable cars to Toyota and Honda > for considerably less money... > And the feeling of driving the Hyundai is markedly different to either the Toyota or Honda, as is the fit and finish and likely longevity. I th

Re: PESO and enablement

Quoting Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 5/2/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Scott, what color is the wall? > Boring cookie-cutter off-white. > Shel, please select your prize from the top shelf. This email

Re: PESO and enablement

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Scott, what color is the wall? > Indeed that wall is suspiciously dark in tone (along with the face). This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: PESO and enablement

> On 5/2/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But Frank, it seemed to me that Peter wants to learn how to do B&W > > correctly His name is Scott, not Peter. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.

Re: PESO and enablement

Quoting Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ...I went through my notes and > discovered that this roll had been exposed at 320ASA. > So I've underexposed... Scott you have got that backwards. In rating a nominal 400 ISO film at 320 you have actually given greater exposure than normal, but only

Re: Path of Dreams - Neither PAW nor PESO

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Most interested in comments on this one. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/path-s.jpg (150k) It's cool in a dreamland/fairyland sort of way. Like a childrens book illustration. Well done. ---

Re: Widest area viewfinder

Quoting Andre Langevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > F3 was 100%. Also F4, F5 and F6? > The original F was 100% as was the F2 that followed, then your list. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

RE: Boris' workflow (was Concerned)

Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Please explain how rotating an image can lose subtle transitions... > All the pixels get moved around and their position in the new version must be calculated, some juggling must be done in order to get it all back together again. I thought it was accepted

RE: Boris' workflow (was Concerned)

Quoting Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This is more of a question than an answer since I'm just > about totally new to PS myself but: > Isn't having to work in 8 bit mode a sure way to lose some > of the more subtle transitions that Boris is seeking to > preserve? > Absolutely. Thw idea is

Re: Cleaning Barrery Contacts

Quoting Powell Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Any thoughts on how to best clean the contacts at the bottom (top really) > of the battery compartment? > The pencil eraser on the end of a pencil? A cotton bud/swab with some denatured alcohol? ---

Re: A Macro Lens Question

Quoting Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Rod, > Sorry if this has been asked, but was the 1.2 lens > also set to 2.8? > He tells you in the text you quoted that both were at F5.6 > --- Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To provide an example I just produced a pair of > > shots at f5.6

Re: PESO: Crooked Tree

Quoting Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://www.elvum.net/gallery/paw/ap16_crooked > It is a moody looking pic, looks like it could be s till from a horror/thriller movie set. I can see the camera moving forward as part of a line search and the body is discovered just over the crest of the

Re: Need PC Help for Digital Photography

Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be a bare minimum for photo editing ... only > "thousands" of possible color combinations and uses a CLUT to do color > translation. No one serious about photography really uses such low end > stuff anymore... Indeed, when I

Re: Film is dead...

Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Which guarantees the no-sale right? Then what do they do? > New supermarket owned bottle shop (US types read "liquor store") opened near me, I go in and find no cold, light beer in bottles for sale. I complain and the very young fellow says, we are going

Re: Need PC Help for Digital Photography

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't know what "[EMAIL PROTECTED] depth" means. > I think Godfery meant 24 bit depth @ pixel dimensions in use, ie. screem set to 1024x768, with 24 bit colour. This email was sent fr

Re: Viewfinder's

Quoting MOY MACGILL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am trying to find the best brand's of filters to buy. > I am finely able to spend money,time so I would like to buy the best. The Hoya HMC range seem adequate. You can certainly spend a lot more though. Look at B&W, Nikon, Lee, Sing-Ray. PS. Finally w

Re: PESO Uniforms

> From: "Eric Featherstone" > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3259493 Looks somehow ceremonial or memorial. It is a strong pic and works despite any technical shortcomings. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: htt

Re: Cornwall

Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The diving bell object is a relic from days gone by, but damned if we > could figure out what it was > It looked like a mine casing, as in a sea-mine that was laid in shipping channels to blow up enemy ships in WWII. --

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

Quoting mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What he meant was that it was virtually an everlasting car. I don't think I have ever seen a '36 Chev or any other car of that era being used as on or off-road transport, anywhere in the parts of Australia I've visited or lived in. They are all e

Re: Cornwall

> Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A nice collection/essay Cotty. The Eden thing was interesting. Gee those little fishing harbour/town/village things are pi

Re: Do I need special drivers to connect my *istDS to my windows 98 computer?

Quoting Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Connecting my *ist DS to my W98 computer results in search for drivers that > cannot be found. > Any suggestion how to transfer the camera pictures to this computer? > Use a card reader. That way you aren't dependant on the camera batteries for transfer and

Re: Newbie

Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Jakarta will help on the Asian leg of my PDML Around the World > Unless it is wrecked by a volcano or earthquake, seems there is a new catastrophe of that type almost every day in the region lately. --

Re: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > About 20 years ago, I was at a presentation by an Aussie working here. It > was about his collection of old vehicles. One or two of the slides showed, > from the air, the rural part of Australia he came from. I always remember > the quote: "'36 Chevvie is car of the

Re: OT: TIF problems

Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mused: > > > > Quoting Dave Sprinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > resolution HxV 400 dpi x 400 dpi, Bit depth 1. > > > You could quite likely convert to 1 bit with no loss of usefullness. > > It's already 1 bit ... > I know, I re-

Re: PESO Studio abstract

Quoting "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "Dreck was long and lean and browned by the sun..." > Did you mean "His dreck was..."? This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: OT: TIF problems

Quoting Dave Sprinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm afraid you're right: W-16959 pixels x H-11392 pixels, > resolution HxV 400 dpi x 400 dpi, Bit depth 1. > Creation Software: Oi/GFS, writer v 00.06.02. > I guess this would indicate an uncompressed file > size > 200mb. What size windows system woul

Re: PAW PESO - Bench and Fence

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/bf.html > That's rather nice, the coloured bench really pops out from the weathered boards of the background. This email was sent from Netspace Webmai

Re: Hyper focal Distance

Quoting John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Godfrey, this makes no sense to me, though I'm sure you're correct. The > thing that is confusing me is, since the digital image is simply a crop of > what the lens projects on 35mm film, why does the hyperfocal setting change? > Is it because you are f

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

Quoting Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Although I generally don't care for most of their styling. > Neither do I :-) Nor did many other Aussies for the unlamented AU series Falcon. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail:

Re: OT: Spider (was: Where's Cotty?)

Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hmm. I have found more arachnids in my Land Rover than I've ever found > in the Alfa Spider. > Maybe you left a couple of "Spiderbait" CD's in the Freeloader? http://www.spiderbait.com.au/ --

Re: Adobe to Buy Macromedia

Quoting Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I've been watching the beeb "Grumpy Old Men" series, how great is that, boy I > can identify with those guys, mind Will Self would be hard to emulate :-) > I was laughing my head off at parts of that last night. It is a great show. ---

Re: Adobe to Buy Macromedia

Quoting Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ...not wanting a lot of froth and blather getting in the > way when I want to find something out. > Or a preference for Bauhaus over Baroque. > Chuckle :-) Absolutely on both counts. This email

Re: Repairing Older Pentax Lenses

Quoting jtainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://www.hermes.net.au/bayling/repair.html > So now low-level radioactive material is spread in his backyard for generations to enjoy? This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.n

Re: Pentax 645

Quoting Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The Pentax 645's are about the size of a high-end Nikon and Canon 35mm bodies > which is small for an MF slr. In fact, you cannot find a smaller or lighter > MF slr system. > The Bronica ETRSi certainly looks smaller and lighter. -

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > What's more, a lot of automotive components are made in Canada. > Many of these components are used by automakers worldwide. Indeed the Ford "Windsor" V8 engines are well respected and in many ways a superior design to the now gone "Cleveland" series. --

Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > So which Australian engineered cars are superior? and in what way? ;-) > The Giacottolo was a slight improvement on the original Alfa it was based on. The Repco/Brabham F1 cars of the sixties were quite successful. The current Ford Territory seem

Re: OT: Spider (was: Where's Cotty?)

Quoting Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't know the strange reason for thinking "spider" to be the English word > for a light convertible car. > > Maybe: > > 1) Someone said it's called "speeder". > 2) Someone else wrote it as "spider" (which is the Italian spelling for > pronouncing i

Re: Adobe to Buy Macromedia

Quoting John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What's so bad about Flash? Nothing inherently wrong with it. It is a great technology when used appropriately. Unfortunately it seems to get used where it isn't needed and it makes internet content bulkier and less accessible for some. Macromedia addresse

Re: The ice cream lady cometh.

Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3291830&size=lg > It's a classic :-) It made me smile. -- Peter Williams This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: Where's Cotty?

Quoting Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > every one I ever drove (about 5 of them, none of them new when I drove them) > had a bulky shift into second gear, up or down, hence my comment. > That's twice now I've seen a gearshift described as bulky, surely you mean balky? Bulky - of large size for

Re: A day at tulip farm...

Quoting Alan Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://www.pbase.com/wlachan/tulip&page=all > Number 14 is my favourite. Nice vibrant colours. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: Adobe to Buy Macromedia

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Adobe is buying Macromedia There goes Freehand :-( This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: Adobe to Buy Macromedia

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Adobe is buying Macromedia There goes Freehand :-( This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: PAW PESO - The Conversation

Quoting Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > bluetooth wireless headset > like they are mentally disturbed. > Or like they fancy themselves in the next "Matrix" or "Star Trek" sequel when you can see the Bluetooth headset. Beam me up Agent Smith.

Re: The Decline and Fall of the Photograph

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It wasn't the B&W inkjet prints that had this effect. > I suspected I was slightly unclear... The bronzing happens with colour and B&W inkjet prints. I just let the two things run in together without changing the B&W context I'd established at the be

Re: PAW PESO - The Conversation

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Today one never knows to whom or what people are talking. > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/convers.html > I'm sometimes startled when the person walking or standing next to me suddenly starts talking (often loudly) with no indication of who they

Re: The Decline and Fall of the Photograph

Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mused: > > > > Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > A couple of prints that I received showed "bronzing" in certain light, > > > although that's not the correct term and it may be misleading. It's > when > > > the co

Re: The Decline and Fall of the Photograph

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > A couple of prints that I received showed "bronzing" in certain light, > although that's not the correct term and it may be misleading. It's when > the color changes a bit and appears a little metallic - metatastizing or > something similar I believe

Re: Hot pixels

Quoting Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > on my Olympus digital P&S this is build in. > > FJW> > Interesting. So they just "eliminate" the hot pixels with a program. My KM A2 does it all by itself once a month. This email was s

Re: OT: Hard Drive Space

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Absolutely best on a separate drive, or at least a > separate partition. > Using a separate partition on the same spindle can actually slow things down, increased head movement when going to and from swap. This is well known and documented in the Win

Re: 50mm lenses test pages: help with japanese translation

Quoting Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Below is a link to an interesting page with test charts for all major > > 50mm lenses out there. > > Actually, I thought that Canon is conspicuous in its absence. Doesn't > Canon make 50mm lenses? (I have to believe that Canon does...) > They do, their FD

Re: PESO: Blackbird

Quoting wendy beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think this is a starling > http://www.pbase.com/image/42014552 > Correct :-) This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: Breezebrowser:was OT?:Resize for web question

Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > In my sample page it made an INDEX.HTML file. My main page > is also named INDEX. Put your gallery in a sub-directory. Then you won't need to change the filename. This email was sent from Netspace Webmai

RE: OT?:Resize for web question

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What I meant is that the file will look like crap And you were correct :-) This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: PESO - Look Beyond the Mark

Quoting Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1645.htm > How bizzare. Well presented. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

RE: OT?:Resize for web question

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ummm, 25 compression would result in a pretty low rez file. I don't think compression settings cjhange the resolution or pixel count of the file. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail

Re: PESO: Blackbird

Quoting Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Fred Widall wrote on 4/11/2005, 8:01 PM: > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/9152199/ > Unfortunately it is not a starling either I knew that wasn't a Starling, but I thought, maybe those crazy foreigners call that thing a Starling in their coun

Re: OT?:Resize for web question

Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > If i resize to 640 by 480 and have the compression around 25 i get a nice > size file, but they seem not as clear or nice as other picture > By experiment this gives me around a 15-20K file. > Your files are too small (kb), I'b be aiming for approx 100 kb files of 64

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you think this is amusing wait till you see Doug's... > I did and it was :-) This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ok in C. > > int main() > { > int i; > for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) > printf( "He is not William.\n" ); > return 0; > } > Very amusing :-) This email was sent from

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I like to be able to go all the way back to the original RAW-converted > image at any time in my adjustment workflow to see exactly what the > rendering adjustments have done. Easy with adjustment layers, a pain > when you are modifying the origin

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You can use a selection and mask in Shadows/Highlights as well In my rush to fit in a quick pic between work stuff I just didn't think of using a mask, then when I got home I was rushed again and just did the Shadow/Highlight thing to the whole pic, a

Re: PESO - Blue

Quoting John Munro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Bruce, the gal who does my Photoshop work wants my RAWs converted to 8 > bit tiffs - she says Photoshop CS can't work on the 16 bit tiffs. Is > she mistaken? Perhaps you use another photo program? > It can do more with 16 bit files than any previous

Re: PESO: San Francisco Nighttime Panorama

Quoting John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://www.neovenator.com/gallery/files/d5/panorama_2_med.html (make sure > you click the image to see the large version) > It is very attractive John. I'm not suprised others wanted one. T

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Mind if we call you "Bruce" to keep it clear? > Thanks Rob, but no thanks. ;-) This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: The Future of Adobe's Camera Raw

Quoting Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The *ist DS file size is much > improved but still not as good as most. > I'm always suprised when I hear how many Canon raw files fit on a xxx sized card. They seem to get quite high compression levels for their raw files.

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 100 times: he is not William. Okay? > (I'll not soon forget after that) > When I post through the ISP's webmail interface you just get the williamsp version of my email address, when I post from home using a mail programme

Re: The Future of Adobe's Camera Raw

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I didn't mention Knoll by name because it seemed that few people would know > who he is, and even though he's the primary developer of ACR he's still > following company policy. > As far as I'm aware he wrote Photoshop in the first instance. His na

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I took a copy of your original JPEG and made a very slight edit opening > up the shadow areas only with a Curves Adjustment Layer and a mask. > I'll send that to you for your evaluation. > And a pretty good job it was too, especially considering

Re: PAW PESO - Sunken Houseboat (Link to Color Version)

Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > The color lends a sense of peace and > tranquility that's missing in the BW. See Shel, I'm not the only one who got this from your colour version. Clever pun I accidently made there, See Shel by the sea side.

RE: PAW PESO - Sunken Houseboat

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I was as close as could be without being up to my knees in water ;-)) > Getting closer with a wider lens might have given a somewhat better result. > I suspected as much :-) It's all very well for us to sit back and tell you what you should have don

Re: PAW PESO - Sunken Houseboat (Link to Color Version)

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Paul, > > Here's the original color shot: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/houseboat-color.html > > I think it's obvious that the color didn't quite work here I disagree. For me this is much more tolerable, it addresses the criticism I mad

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks, William. I'll look for it. > I'm not William ;-) I'm Peter Williams. Write out 100 times: He is not William. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I prefer this version. Very nice shot. Don't forget that when using > the shadow/highlight tool in advanced mode you can pump up mid-range > contrast without affecting the highlights or shadows. > Thanks Paul, I don't know much about the Shadow/Hi

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Rather nice shot. The composition is great and the boat with wake > really adds. Just a bit less contrast perhaps or at least opening up > the shadow areas a bit might be nice. > Thanks Bruce, the right-side trees and the shadow on the water is a rea

Re: PAW PESO - Abandoned Chair by Pipes

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/abandoned.html > Interesting pic Shel. I like the echo of the chair in the shadows made by the pipework. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: h

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Lovely pictures. Isn't 50/1.7 a grand lens? > Do show us some more of these peaceful Melbourne views! > Thanks Boris :-) The lens seems excellent, I'm very pleased with the whole outfit. Most of my pics are taken with a non Pentax digital camera so I

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

Quoting Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Striking contrasts with a clean fresh look about it. > > I'm not familiar with "XP2 Super". I'd like to try a > roll. Can you provide further identification of the > film in case it's available in this hemisphere. > Thanks Jack :-) Ilford make XP2 Super.

A pic from second roll of film in MX

I put a roll of XP2 Super in the MX intending to test the Sigma 18-35 mm lens, but in the ened I couldn't test it, so I shot the roll as I walked back to my car that evening using the M50/1.7. Here is my favourite pic from the 24 exp roll. Looking West from Princes Bridge along Melbourne's Yarra Ri

Re: Pentax ist DS shutter.

Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The reason the A2 can perform flash sync at 1/4000 second is that it is > a leaf shutter design: there is a point in the operation of a leaf > shutter that all blades are fully open at all shutter speeds. > What leaf shutter is able to work at 1/

Re: Pentax ist DS shutter.

Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't know whether or not the A2 has a shutter, but the flash sync > probably doesn't make a difference: If it does have a shutter it's most > likely a leaf shutter so it could flash sync at high speed. > I agree that it would have to be a leaf, not

Re: PESO - Angel Hair

Quoting Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Pentax *istD ISO 800 These dslr high ISO results are a lot different to what you'd have got on film. Very nice. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: Pentax lens review site gone?

Quoting Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I don't have the mirror online - it's sitting on my hard drive > I'll zip up the mirror and email it to you Thanks Fred, much obliged :-) This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.net

Re: CR1/3N / DL1/3N / 5008LC / K58L / 2L76 Battery 3V

Quoting John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Any ideas if they're safe to use with older electronics i.e. Pentax KX, MX I'm pretty sure I've read that Pentax use a "bridge" circuit in the metering and that battery voltage variations don't affect metering accuracy. I see references to using 1

Re: Pentax lens review site gone?

Quoting Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Try archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20040716085338/home.att.net/~alnem/html/equipment_review.html > > If there are any pages missing from those archivess, I have a mirror of the > site from back in January (2005). > Fred, Can you give us the url of

RE: SMCP 135/2.5 comments?

Quoting Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The newest prime I have (FA50/1.7) focusses at > 0.45cm, I think, which is ballpark. I really doubt that. I think you mean 45 cm (about 15 inches). 0.45 cm is 4.5 mm, less than 1/4 of an inch in the ye olde measurements.

Re: Taking, Making, Creating Images

> Herb Chong said: > > > in the wet darkroom, getting the perfect print from a negative once > > doesn't mean you will ever get it again. > Shel Belinkoff said: > > That's a ridiculous statement ... > Why is it ridiculous? Duplicating a print in the darkroom is hard if there is much manipulati

Re: Pentax's sudden infatuation with ED glass.

Quoting Eric Featherstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm beginning to wonder if people are confusing dispersion and refraction. > They are not the same thing. > They are. Your understanding is correct (because it agrees with mine ).

Re: Pentax's sudden infatuation with ED glass.

Quoting Ryan Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I thought it was extra-low as well. See the def here: > It is Graywolf is confusing two different optical properties. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: Pentax's sudden infatuation with ED glass.

Quoting Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. > I'm no expert on this, but aren't you confusing refraction (refractive index) with dispersion

Re: Taking, Making, Creating Images

Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > "What I am suggesting is that the real power of photography in our modern > digital age is in using the computer in making an image. Ansel Adams said (quite a long time ago) almost exactly the same thing about printing his picures in the darkroom. Th

Re: Pentax's sudden infatuation with ED glass.

Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > ED stands for what? > Extra low Dispersion. Or maybe Extra Dollars? This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Re: OT: The Older Man - was: PESO: Here's my Mannequin

Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > As far as the French car, I tried Googling it, but nothing came up. Because it is Japanese. S-Cargo, made by Nissan. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.

Re: OT: The Older Man - was: PESO: Here's my Mannequin

Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Didn't one of the French carmakers have a prototype of a little urban > car (if it ever went into production, it certainly never made it to > North America) called the S-Car-Go? It was Nissan and they're are relatively common here in Australia as de

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