Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-15 Thread brooksdj
> > - Original Message - > The least they could have done was put an orientation sensor in the vertical > grip. > Odds are, if you have the thing mounted, you are shooting a % of verticals. > > William Robb > > The D1 and and obviously the istD

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 15 Nov 2005 at 8:03, Cotty wrote: > On 15/11/05, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >I'm also > >having some difficulty trying to fathom how a gravity based sensor > could lead > >to incorrect orientation too, when would it be wrong? > > The only time the orientation sensor gets

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/11/05, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: >I'm also >having some difficulty trying to fathom how a gravity based sensor could lead >to incorrect orientation too, when would it be wrong? The only time the orientation sensor gets fooled for me is when shooting (say, artwork) looking

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Herb Chong
only if you configure it so. otherwise, it does the conversion from the embedded JPEG by default. Herb - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Request for help or advise. The critical

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Herb Chong
Thumbs+ builds the thumbnails from the RAW file if you configure it so. it is significantly slower when doing that. Herb - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 12:37 PM Subject: Re: Request for hel

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 14, 2005, at 6:08 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Really doesn't matter to me at all. 10D photos auto-orient too, but they're often wrong. If I set an orientation in review mode on the DS, they orient correctly in every file viewer application I've seen. Well for those of us who don't re-orien

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14 Nov 2005 at 16:30, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Nov 14, 2005, at 4:57 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > On 14 Nov 2005 at 12:36, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > >> I do all the rotating, annotating, etc, in CS2's Bridge application. > >> I often use iView to produce simple web pages and galler

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" Subject: Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved... Grrr, even the Canon 300D images are auto-oriented in the Pentax Photo Browser, I wonder if Pentax will actually put an orientation sensor in the next ca

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 14, 2005, at 4:57 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 14 Nov 2005 at 12:36, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I do all the rotating, annotating, etc, in CS2's Bridge application. I often use iView to produce simple web pages and galleries, but Photoshop's web generation tools are equally facile. Grrr,

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14 Nov 2005 at 12:36, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I do all the rotating, annotating, etc, in CS2's Bridge application. > I often use iView to produce simple web pages and galleries, but > Photoshop's web generation tools are equally facile. Grrr, even the Canon 300D images are auto-oriented

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I do all the rotating, annotating, etc, in CS2's Bridge application. I often use iView to produce simple web pages and galleries, but Photoshop's web generation tools are equally facile. G On Nov 14, 2005, at 7:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just use BBPro to rotate any vertical shots,

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread brooksdj
I just use BBPro to rotate any vertical shots, then use the html tool to make the web page. Does a decent job that way. Once i get used toPSCS on the ibook and get a little more used to the "Mac ways", i'll probably just use the web gallery again. It does a decent job. Dave

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I can't say. BB does not produce a Mac OS X compatible version so I haven't used it. I use Photoshop + Camera Raw for everything anyway, after trying all the available Mac OS X RAW converters I just like what I get from it more with Canon 10D, KM A2, and Pentax DS RAW files. (I just ordered

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread brooksdj
I'v never been able to do a very good Raw convertion on BBPro. I think its more suited to the Canon formats, is it not.? Dave > That's what ALL catalog thumbnail programs do, as far as I'm aware. > Even BreezeBrowser, which is capable of doing RAW conversion, just > shows you the preview JPEG

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 14, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: I think Thumbs Plus does real RAW previews. I know it does RAW conversions (even batch conversion) and will display full-size RAW images. It has its own built-in RAW converter. Just looked it up. Thumbs Plus Professional Edition v7 can do RAW

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Nov 14, 2005, at 9:01 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Jostein wrote on 14.11.05 17:22: Does iView support raw files? >>> Yes, but only in "pro" version. >> >> And even then, it just displays the RAW f

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 14, 2005, at 9:01 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jostein wrote on 14.11.05 17:22: Does iView support raw files? Yes, but only in "pro" version. And even then, it just displays the RAW files by showing you the embedded JPEG. Useful for identif

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 14, 2005, at 8:22 AM, Jostein wrote: iView does the 'offline' archiving very nicely. They also offer a free reader for browsing catalog file thumbnails so you can share catalogs easily without the recipients having to own the iView program. Kinda guessed. iView wasn't available fo

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Jostein wrote on 14.11.05 17:22: > >> Does iView support raw files? >Yes, but only in "pro" version. And even then, it just displays the RAW files by showing you the embedded JPEG. Useful for identifying and cataloging your shots but not serious eval

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Jostein wrote on 14.11.05 17:22: > Does iView support raw files? Yes, but only in "pro" version. -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Nov 14, 2005, at 3:48 AM, Jostein wrote: > >> When I made the choice, I landed on ThumbsPlus because of the >> support for "offline" archiving: the ability to retain thumbnails >> and search criteria for removable media. For all I know, this may b

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iView does the 'offline' archiving very nicely. They also offer a free reader for browsing catalog file thumbnails so you can share catalogs easily without the recipients having to own the iView program. Kinda guessed

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
iView does the 'offline' archiving very nicely. They also offer a free reader for browsing catalog file thumbnails so you can share catalogs easily without the recipients having to own the iView program. Godfrey On Nov 14, 2005, at 3:48 AM, Jostein wrote: When I made the choice, I landed on

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "keith_w" Subject: Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved... When I remember, I back my stuff up onto a CD, or more likely a DVD. I don't catalogue them or anything like that. I figure it would be the height of arr

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have 4000+ PEF files, and 3 years worth of film shooting (1 film a >week or so)... I have to devise a way to catalog the whole darn bunch. > >What kind of system/program/solution you use? > >I know this has been discussed previously, so I would appreci

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
I use key words and a date to describe every folder on the hard drives. On my DVD backups I use dates only in most cases, but I highlight important files with some key words as well. For each set of backups, I print a hard copy of the directory. Paul On Nov 14, 2005, at 4:31 AM, Cotty wrote:

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Jostein
Hi Boris, Godfrey mentioned iView. That's one of the serious contenders. Here's two more: BreezeBrowser: www.breezebrowser.com ThumbsPlus: www.cerious.com When I made the choice, I landed on ThumbsPlus because of the support for "offline" archiving: the ability to retain thumbnails and search

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread keith_w
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" Subject: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved... Hi! I have 4000+ PEF files, and 3 years worth of film shooting (1 film a week or so)... I have to devise a way to catalog the whole darn bunch. Wh

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-14 Thread Cotty
On 14/11/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: >I have 4000+ PEF files, and 3 years worth of film shooting (1 film a >week or so)... I have to devise a way to catalog the whole darn bunch. > >What kind of system/program/solution you use? > >I know this has been discussed previously, so

RE: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-13 Thread Jens Bladt
ACDC is an image aviewer + a datbase with a search engine. I believe Photoshop Elements 3 is too. All the best. Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 14. november 2005 05:48 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Reques

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I use iView MediaPro (http://www.iview-multimedia.com) to create catalog files of all photos. My backups and archives now constitute 130,000+ digital image files made over the past decade, a single catalog file can contain up to 100,000 of them. I generally make one archive catalog per year

Re: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved...

2005-11-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" Subject: Request for help or advise. The critical mass is achieved... Hi! I have 4000+ PEF files, and 3 years worth of film shooting (1 film a week or so)... I have to devise a way to catalog the whole darn bunch. What kind of system/pr