A Dilemma

2009-07-17 Thread P. J. Alling
So here's the Dilemma. I've been trying to decide which Camera the *ist-D or the DS I should keep as a backup. I can't really justify both. The major problem with selling the *ist-D is that it's for all intents and purposes worthless monetarily, (it's the most beat up, and needs some repair,

Re: A Dilemma

2009-07-18 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:48 -0400, "P. J. Alling" wrote: > So here's the Dilemma. I've been trying to decide which Camera the > *ist-D or the DS I should keep as a backup. I can't really justify > both. The major problem with selling the *ist-D is that it's for all > intents and purposes worthl

Re: A Dilemma

2009-07-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:48 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > So here's the Dilemma. I've been trying to decide which Camera the *ist-D or > the DS I should keep as a backup. I only owned the istD, but does the Ds have TTL metering for flash. If so, maybe keep the newer camera. If the sensor/filter is si

RE: A Dilemma

2009-07-18 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Sometimes stuff isn't really worth enough to sell. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 2:49 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: A Dilemma So here's the Dilemma. I've

RE: A Dilemma

2009-07-18 Thread Desjardins, Steve
#x27;Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: A Dilemma Sometimes stuff isn't really worth enough to sell. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 2:49 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sub

Re: A Dilemma

2009-07-18 Thread Doug Franklin
Desjardins, Steve wrote: I've had no nibbles on my MZ-S and part of me is glad even though I never use it. Geez, I /love/ the MZ-S. I wish I could shoehorn a modern sensor and media handling into mine. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.ne

Re: A Dilemma

2009-07-18 Thread Bob Sullivan
l. > > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. > Alling > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 2:49 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: A Dilemma > > So here's the Dilemma. I've been trying

Re: A Dilemma

2009-07-18 Thread P. J. Alling
P. J. Alling Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 2:49 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: A Dilemma So here's the Dilemma. I've been trying to decide which Camera the *ist-D or the DS I should keep as a backup. I can't really justify both. The major problem with selling the *is

Re: A Dilemma

2009-07-19 Thread mike wilson
P. J. Alling wrote: So here's the Dilemma. I've been trying to decide which Camera the *ist-D or the DS I should keep as a backup. No dilemma at all. Consumer electronics plummet in value the moment you take them out of the box. Use them for any reasonable time and they are virtually wor

Re: A Dilemma

2009-07-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 2:43 PM, mike wilson wrote: > P. J. Alling wrote: > >> So here's the Dilemma. I've been trying to decide which Camera the *ist-D >> or the DS I should keep as a backup. > > No dilemma at all.  Consumer electronics plummet in value the moment you > take them out of the box.  

Re: A Dilemma

2009-07-20 Thread Larry Colen
A couple of thoughts: Which one do you grab the most often when you aren't using the 20? If the D isn't worth a lot monetarily, do you know an aspiring photographer to whom it would be worth a lot as a gift? -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to thr

Re: A Dilemma

2009-07-20 Thread P. J. Alling
Usually the Ds but the D has issues. It really needs to go to Pentax for an overhaul, probably a circuit board transplant, though the problem could have a simpler solution. Either way a basic tear down is in order. Larry Colen wrote: A couple of thoughts: Which one do you grab the most ofte

PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-07 Thread frank theriault
First the photo: http://tinyurl.com/2nvdh3 http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RzG94gS56dI/A8M/K408ofTTREE/s1600-h/nov_7+002.jpg The woman was playing one of those scratch and win lotto cards, and apparently won... Now the dilemma: I'm dead tired last night, doing a bit of processing i

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-07 Thread ann sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: >First the photo: > >http://tinyurl.com/2nvdh3 > >http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RzG94gS56dI/A8M/K408ofTTREE/s1600-h/nov_7+002.jpg > >The woman was playing one of those scratch and win lotto cards, and >apparently won... > >Now the dilemma: > > > Um, when you

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 7, 2007, at 5:41 AM, frank theriault wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/2nvdh3 > > The woman was playing one of those scratch and win lotto cards, and > apparently won... I like this photo but it's one that I would crop. The "Cinnabon" sign upper left pulls my eye away from the woman and her e

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-07 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma > First the photo: > > http://tinyurl.com/2nvdh3 > > http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RzG94gS56dI/A8M/K408ofTTREE/s1600-h/nov_7+002.jpg > > The

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-07 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: >is there any way of retrieving the >original photo, as it was out of the camera? Or did I completely >pooch myself by hitting "save", instead of "save as" (in which I'd >have created a new file, rather than replacing the original)? You could try recovering the original fi

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-07 Thread John Celio
> http://tinyurl.com/2nvdh3 Nice snap, but the Cinnabon does two things: makes it look like an ad for Cinnabon, and makes me REALLY hungry. Regarding the lost original: as others have said, use a file-recovery software on your card unless you've taken more photos on it since you downloaded thi

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-07 Thread Bran Everseeking
going "save as" one better is to never work on an original. creating a copy in a working directory away from the directory where you store originals ... and remembering to identify the original as connected to the processed image. yep I have messed up more than once. Bran -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/7/2007 6:13:11 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First the photo: http://tinyurl.com/2nvdh3 http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RzG94gS56dI/A8M/K408ofTTREE/s1600- h/nov_7+002.jpg The woman was playing one of those scratch and win lotto cards,

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-07 Thread Rick Womer
Frank, the link gets me a blank page. No photos are showing up on your blog page either. Rick --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First the photo: > > http://tinyurl.com/2nvdh3 > > http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RzG94gS56dI/A8M/K408ofTTREE/s1600-h/nov_7+002.jpg > >

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/7/2007 11:39:07 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: going "save as" one better is to never work on an original. creating a copy in a working directory away from the directory where you store originals ... and remembering to identify the original as conn

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-08 Thread John Graves
I copy my .pef files onto my hard drive. When I work with an image I will save as a PSD. When I am finished, I will resave as either as a tif or jpeg, depending on how it will be used. The only confusing thing to me is that the raw tool in pse3 saves the changes although as far as I can tell,

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-08 Thread pnstenquist
All the PS converters save the tool settings, not a revised pef or dng. I sometimes move a file from one computer to another. The converter adjustments don't go with it. Paul -- Original message -- From: John Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I copy my .pef files onto

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
If you set Camera Raw to use a distributed settings cache, it will create a .XMP sidecar file for every RAW file you open with it. That will contain your adjustment parameters. You move both the original RAW and the .XMP file together from one system to another in order to preserve the sett

Re: PESO - And We Have a Winner! - and a dilemma

2007-11-08 Thread Doug Franklin
John Graves wrote: > I copy my .pef files onto my hard drive. When I work with an image I > will save as a PSD. When I am finished, I will resave as either as a > tif or jpeg, depending on how it will be used. Copy from memory cards to hard drive. Mark all of them as read only. Copy them to s