Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-12-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: >Igor Roshchin wrote: > >>I even suggested a business idea for a photoshop/LR plugin that >>would draw a large format frame around your photo, making it look as if it >>was shot that way. > >I've discovered that such tools for Photoshop already exist. I've >downloaded a collec

Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-12-12 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 10:55:59PM -0500, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > I even suggested a business idea for a photoshop/LR plugin that > > would draw a large format frame around your photo, making it look as if it > > was shot that way. > > T

Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-12-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 12/12/2011 7:04 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Igor Roshchin wrote: I even suggested a business idea for a photoshop/LR plugin that would draw a large format frame around your photo, making it look as if it was shot that way. I've discovered that such tools for Photoshop already exist. I've downlo

Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-12-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Igor Roshchin wrote: >I even suggested a business idea for a photoshop/LR plugin that >would draw a large format frame around your photo, making it look as if it >was shot that way. I've discovered that such tools for Photoshop already exist. I've downloaded a collection of Brush Shapes that are

Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-12-11 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > I even suggested a business idea for a photoshop/LR plugin that > would draw a large format frame around your photo, making it look as if it > was shot that way. This sort of thing is already done routinely. When watching (American) footba

Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-12-11 Thread Igor Roshchin
Wed Aug 31 19:35:50 EDT 2011 Paul Stenquist wrote: > On Aug 31, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Larry Colen > > wrote: > >> I was contemplating that with sensors improving so quickly, that it's > >> barely cost effective to spend the money making

Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-09-01 Thread Toralf Lund
On 9/1/11 22:18, Toralf Lund wrote: On 9/1/11 0:24, Larry Colen wrote: I think that part of the reason that the adaptall mount went out of favor is the difficulty and complexity of doing a screw-drive autofocus version. It's one thing to make a linkage that'll handle f-stops, but the toleranc

Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-09-01 Thread Toralf Lund
On 9/1/11 0:24, Larry Colen wrote: I think that part of the reason that the adaptall mount went out of favor is the difficulty and complexity of doing a screw-drive autofocus version. It's one thing to make a linkage that'll handle f-stops, but the tolerance you need for screwdrive would be r

Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-08-31 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Aug 31, 2011, at 11:03 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > Wishful thinking alert: Pentax needs a system that will allow their DA*400 or > 500mm lens to AF with a 2x extender. So, either reasonably fast glass or a > much improved AF system that works well @f8-11 in low contrast dim light. > I think

Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-08-31 Thread Stan Halpin
Wishful thinking alert: Pentax needs a system that will allow their DA*400 or 500mm lens to AF with a 2x extender. So, either reasonably fast glass or a much improved AF system that works well @f8-11 in low contrast dim light. stan Sent from my iPhone On Aug 31, 2011, at 5:24 PM, Larry Colen

Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-08-31 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Aug 31, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> I was contemplating that with sensors improving so quickly, that it's barely >> cost effective to spend the money making fast glass, to get a stop or two, >> when sensors will give tha

Re: Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-08-31 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I was contemplating that with sensors improving so quickly, that it's barely > cost effective to spend the money making fast glass, to get a stop or two, > when sensors will give that same speed in a couple years time anyways, for a > lot ch

Could you do an SDM adaptall?

2011-08-31 Thread Larry Colen
I think that part of the reason that the adaptall mount went out of favor is the difficulty and complexity of doing a screw-drive autofocus version. It's one thing to make a linkage that'll handle f-stops, but the tolerance you need for screwdrive would be really tough to pass through an adapta