Sony's D200 sensor

2006-02-28 Thread Frantisek
Hi Rob, I am still just looking at the PDML archives time to time, hope you are all well. Now I caught the discussion about upcoming new Pentax, and if it uses the D200 sensor. There were some questions regarding the noise and banding of the D200 Nikon. Well, at my current employer, a national new

Bye, and thanks for all the fish...

2005-11-03 Thread Frantisek
s goind trough or near Prague or Czech republic, drop me a line. It's entertaining to meet the people from here. Frantisek

Re: Nikon D200, 18-200 lens and flash system

2005-11-02 Thread Frantisek
C> How is the control layout different from the 5D, 20D, 1D(s)(II)(n)? C> all have one small wheelie thingy in the front and one large wheelie thingy C> in the back and a little push-button thingy to trip the shutter Perhaps Try changing exposure, metering or AF modes, ISO setting. 5D, 20D a

Re: bags again ... messenger bags

2005-11-02 Thread Frantisek
GD> So far, the messenger bag solution is looking pretty good but I GD> haven't made a decision just yet. Hi Godfrey, so write us what you chose :-) Good light! fra

Re: New Film from Kodak

2005-11-02 Thread Frantisek
TC> 1920x1080 resolution. The more common Sony F900 and F950 (used to TC> film Star Wars: Episode II & III) shoot at only 1920x764(!) since the But these are only HD TV cameras, without possibility to fully utilise these super-expensive Zeiss lenses with the depth of field control only a T/1.3 pr

Re: Nikon D200, 18-200 lens and flash system

2005-11-02 Thread Frantisek
>$1,849 in the US >That price will make Nikon shooters happy. >I expect it will also make Canon users happy before long when Canon >responds! Whatever ;-) Being little OT, I considered switching from Nikon to Canon, and frankly, I hated Canon's camera controls in any camera short

Re: bags again ... messenger bags

2005-10-31 Thread Frantisek
Hi, I use the 802 Domke (or 803? well, the larger one) for this. With just simple custom-made padding. It is quite roomy, you can put a DSLR without grip plus 12-24/4, 80-200/2.8 and a strobe into it with some shuffling. Even D1X fits in, just more awkwardly. I like the bag, but it's been disintegr

Re: Sent the Dark Side to My Brother

2005-10-31 Thread Frantisek
WR> What will happen is that all politics will be done behind locked doors, with WR> the public excluded. Isn't it that way already? (just in case, the smiley omission is on purpose...) Good light! fra

Re: Sent the Dark Side to My Brother

2005-10-31 Thread Frantisek
C> Actually I'm surprised nobody has ever actually assassinated a political C> figure using a video camera as the weapon. Hollowed out, it could provide C> plenty of cavity space for high explosives or projectile weaponry. Access C> is excellent, and they even stand the target in front of the thin

Re: Sent the Dark Side to My Brother

2005-10-27 Thread Frantisek
Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 5:52:27 AM, Bill wrote: BDC> Dave wrote: >> Now if he needs 40 fps etc then he needs to upgrade to the Canons >> or Nikons. I amd very satisfied with my istD as a "steath camera. >> People run when they see the 70-200VR with 1.7b tele. BDC> I just got my 3

Re: PESO: A nervous shoot

2005-10-24 Thread Frantisek
Hi Paul, a funny shoot certainly ;-) I hope you don't get problems from it. I like the one with the model looking into camera more. However, in both it would be IMO nice if the golden earring showed more. I know how it is difficult to shoot gold even in studio with controlled lights, and outside

Re: Power supply

2005-10-24 Thread Frantisek
plug the adapter into a computer UPS too? Frantisek

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-22 Thread Frantisek
-mail address is plainly visible, you can continue to hallelujah if you get some perverse fun from it. Otherwise, you might make a bigger prick out of yourself on the list. Notwithstanding how many words with asterisks in the middle you will use. Frantisek

Re: Self serve PESO type PUG?

2005-10-22 Thread Frantisek
MS> I never see all the peso's or paws because of the overall volume of mail to MS> sort thru and follow up posts often don't contain the original link. If the Hi Mark, if your email client supports it, you might either set a filter or prefferably a "virtual folder" with rules like this: all wi

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-22 Thread Frantisek
>>If you want to be rightly proud of calling people names, well, that's your >>choice... Friday, October 21, 2005, 9:18:17 PM, P. wrote: PJA> Only you. Well then, enjoy calling me names. Namecalling from the likes of you, it's a praise! Frantisek

Re: Cameras and Bikes

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
C> BTW have you seen Bob with his bicycle? C> I like Bob's cap the most :-) Good light! fra

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
PJA> rightly to be proud of. If you have to be a p***k about it, it's time PJA> for you to read something else. If you want to be rightly proud of calling people names, well, that's your choice... Good light! fra

Re: Pentax DSLR future

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
>> It took the *ist D almost a year from announcement to stores. The 5D was >> only a matter of a couple of months. WR> That has more to do with Canon's manufacturing prowess than anything else. WR> Pentax is a small company with limited resources. WR> Canon is a large company willing to put

Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
k> If a citizen chooses to dress or otherwise present or conduct himself in k> a manner significantly different from those who live in any residential k> area, he should be prepared to be scrutinized and yes, perhaps even k> questioned. Well... you really think so? Good light! fra

Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
TR> That's the way the free market works. If I can afford the gasoline then I TR> take a ride. If I can't then I stay home. I resent the fact that the TR> government says it's a privilege that they allow me to drive my car. It TR> implies that they can take away that privilege at anytime. I say tha

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
BB> but to avoid shame. I don't remember ever having dumped the baggage of my BB> country's past (and we have plenty) on your country or your people, and I BB> would appreciate it if you would refrain from doing the same - that is, BB> unless you get off on generating bitter Americans. Strange. I

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
significance of constitutional republic. However, that changes nil on the meaning of my previous posts - that it still a stupid pissing contest who has the oldest constitutional republic. Frantisek

Re: New toy from Apple...

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
GD> his friends had been doing video production work with Avid systems GD> for quite a while, very profitably. When Final Cut Pro came out, he GD> tried it. Four months later he sold off $200,000 worth of Avid GD> software and hardware systems for a couple of G5-DP systems and Final GD> Cut Stu

Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
G> I dont understand the mindset either. Perhaps its a reaction to the G> tendency of today's media to sensationalize everything. You know, the G> typical story of a child that gets abducted, was last seen playing in G> the playground with other kids. And the media focuses attention on why G> n

Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
I suggest to all in this discussion that they watch few films like The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum... Good light! fra

Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
>> Up here, driving a car is considered a privledge, not a right. The police >> have been determined to have the right to ensure that you qualify for the >> privledge. TR> They give us that same line in the US and I think it's a bunch of crap. TR> Riding a bicycle isn't a privilege, walking isn't a

Re: New toy from Apple...

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
Thursday, October 20, 2005, 3:43:20 PM, Mark wrote: MR> Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>On Thursday, October 20, 2005, at 07:58 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: >> >>> And the price - 499$ - I'd better add 100$ and buy much more versatile >>> Photoshop CS2 with very nice ACR 3.x RAW plug-in

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
essing others should they say something stupid and kind of BB> small minded concerning something they are proud of about their country. BB> Your excellent example is appreciated, and I'll be sure to give you the BB> credit, Frantisek, for this enlightenment as I redress them. Please, do

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
Thursday, October 20, 2005, 3:19:53 AM, P. wrote: PJA> The United States is the oldest Constitutional Republic in existence. That's quite funny pissing contest :) US were a republic as much as the old Rome was. Id est only small part of the population had any constitutional rights. Indians and o

Re: Pornography Issues in Photo Labs. Was: Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
BS> In the USA the magic age is 18. Anyone under 18 is a child under the BS> law. Suddenly, on the 18th birthday some magical event occurs and the BS> person becomes an adult. Of course they still can't legally drink BS> alcohol until another magical date, their 21st birthday! So, what happens

Re: New toy from Apple...

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
Thursday, October 20, 2005, 11:53:28 AM, Steve wrote: SJ> David Mann wrote: >> For editing and retouching Photoshop is still king of the castle. From >> a workflow and organising perspective, Aperture is filling a gaping >> hole in the market (IMO). SJ> Interesting - I looked at the quick to

Re: I'm back & 5D news

2005-10-20 Thread Frantisek
Thursday, October 20, 2005, 3:27:44 AM, Tom wrote: TC> Yeah, I want to hear a report on the 5D. My finger's already sitting on the TC> button that says 'PLACE YOUR ORDER'. TC> Thanks. TC> Tom C. I suggest you wait 6 months before ordering any new digital. There were plenty problems with new mo

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-19 Thread Frantisek
BB> print. You objected to my post. You did not object to the post that spurred BB> my response, nor did you choose to post objection to both. Did I not? If you would please reread my message once again... Good light! fra

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-19 Thread Frantisek
graphy, could we? Frantisek

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-19 Thread Frantisek
in my interpretation (and no, I won't say whose), but even more so, this is not the right place for discussing that. At least I feel so. Please feel free to continue whatever you all want :) Frantisek

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-18 Thread Frantisek
Tom C. wrote: TC>> in fact they are violating the rights of the majority. The ACLU is a prime TC>> example of an organization that tramples on the rights of the majority. TC>> Yes, I believe minorities have rights... Frank replied: ft> in a free and democratic society, the "majority" (whoever the

Re: ATTN: Frantisek

2005-10-17 Thread Frantisek
e another address I will private message you? Thanks! Frantisek

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Frantisek
Monday, October 17, 2005, 11:08:14 AM, dave wrote: dg> I use ACDsee 4.0 and it's much faster loading than CS2 and also faster dg> and or more convenient for file renaming, bulk resizing (like making 30 dg> thumbnail images from high res files at one time). It takes a little dg> time get used to ho

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Frantisek
PhotoMechanic by camerabits. There is I think also a Lite version, which mostly just strips the features of PM intended for journalists (extensive IPTC captioning, one-button FTP uploads to your agency, et cetera). It's the fastest of them all and I think the best for reviewing keepers and losers.

Re: New PUG fixes, part 2

2005-10-16 Thread Frantisek
J> Using the colour Yellow: J>(Frantisek) J>In principle, I agree that the yellow is not in line with the rest J>of the colours. However, I wanted to keep the headline small, J>yet visible. For this reason, I chose yellow as a contrasting J>colour. J&

Re: A Brand New PUG - request for testers

2005-10-16 Thread Frantisek
k red (colour of Pentax logo, BTW) works fine but yellow is too much (visually distracting from the photographs). These are obviously suggestions, from my point of view. YMMV, of course :) Frantisek

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-15 Thread Frantisek
g them the CF could placate them, while grinning under one's beard, keeping the shots on the other card... Frantisek

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-15 Thread Frantisek
apitol.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/PE/content/htm/pe.005.00.21.00.htm I thought that was reserved for the middle ages? Frantisek

Re: Editing in RGB or HSB/HSL/LAB ?

2005-10-13 Thread Frantisek
ng curves and saturation which affect the hues differently, if I understand it right? Even in the RAW converter, editing curves would change the hue/saturation of the tones in RGB mode. OK, so if I find something more about the issue, I will post it here... Frantisek

Re: HOT NEWS: Pentax +Samsund DSLRs

2005-10-13 Thread Frantisek
PS> hope my work is never judged by the type of camera I use to produce it. PS> Paul So, will you concede to Gaffa tape gang when your next DSLR bears Samsung on the prism ;-) ? Frantisek

Editing in RGB or HSB/HSL/LAB ?

2005-10-13 Thread Frantisek
;s a bit tedious - the Adobe plugin "HSB/HSL" is quite awkward to use. Frantisek

Re: HOT NEWS: Pentax +Samsund DSLRs

2005-10-12 Thread Frantisek
>> The day before yesterday, I had to buy a new microwave oven. >> In the big store there was a 99 Eur "best deal" there, but my wife wanted a >> good one, hence we bought a 360 Eur model. Guess which of the two was the >> Samsung and which one the Whirlpool? >> >> Dario Heh, I would bet the Whirl

Re: I´m back

2005-10-12 Thread Frantisek
Wow! Welcome back! Are you still using Pentax, or did you migrate to Canon like the most of this list ;-) ? Good light! fra

Re: OT ZIGVIEW - the world's first Digital Angle Finder

2005-10-02 Thread Frantisek
VM> I'm on the lookout for a waist-level viewfinder camera for a while VM> already, and since the LX is outside of my budget, I was considering an VM> old Pentax or Praktika SLR-camera that didn't have the prism yet... (a VM> little OT here, but any of you having experience with that?). Most of my

Re: OT - Sizing a photo for publication

2005-10-01 Thread Frantisek
Saturday, October 1, 2005, 6:28:31 PM, graywolf wrote: g> Yes, and they probably print camera phone photos in their magazine g> supplement. The thing here is any publication wanting high resolution g> images is not going to request jpegs. The standard ppi for jpegs is 72. Sorry, but you are wro

Re: OT - Sizing a photo for publication

2005-10-01 Thread Frantisek
be awfully small resolution for printing... it's like a cameraphone! Frantisek

Re: OT - Sizing a photo for publication

2005-10-01 Thread Frantisek
#x27;s an editorial photo, newpaper photoeditors like to crop a lot ;-) Frantisek

Re: B&W Digital Prints? - (was: Large Capacity Fast SD Cards)

2005-09-29 Thread Frantisek
G> This option sounds interesting. It's probably the cheapest to experiment G> with. I'm not sure if you would really need to print onto a transparent G> medium with the inkjet printer. You can still contact print with a "paper G> negative" (a normal inkjet print.) For a B&W silver print, this shou

Re: my after-wishlist thoughts

2005-09-29 Thread Frantisek
Thursday, September 29, 2005, 7:57:49 PM, Pancho wrote: PH> I remember having seen sample images posted on the list, a side by side PH> comparison to the M 40/2.8, if I remember well. PH> Pancho Yes, I recall seeing them too. I think they were from IstD, and the DA 40 showed better contrast (mor

Re: B&W Digital Prints? - (was: Large Capacity Fast SD Cards)

2005-09-29 Thread Frantisek
Hi Glen, I have asked a similar question some time ago - way of producing traditional fibre prints from digital files. There are three options: digital enlarger (made by Durst) - just like your top-of-line Durst with super high resolution digital imaging unit instead of film carrier. First resul

Re: DS Battery Indicator

2005-09-29 Thread Frantisek
>>>Viable fuel cell technology! >> >>Old technology. I saw a show featuring turbine engine development ... >>micro turbine engines, smaller than your thumbnail, are being >>designed with the notion of powering microgenerators to self-recharge >>Li-Ion batteries in devices. Jet powered cameras, anyo

Re: DS Battery Indicator

2005-09-29 Thread Frantisek
Thursday, September 29, 2005, 1:32:01 PM, Paul wrote: PS> AA lithiums are available today. I use them in my cameras. Rechargeable? I haven't heard of that yet. Good light! fra

Re: DS Battery Indicator

2005-09-29 Thread Frantisek
Thursday, September 29, 2005, 1:02:28 PM, Cory wrote: >> IMHO the best is to allow usage of both AA and proprietary lithiums. >> Best of the two worlds. >> CP> IMO, that's close to the best. It would be even better if the CP> "proprietary" lithiums weren't proprietary. Two ways I can thi

Re: DS Battery Indicator

2005-09-29 Thread Frantisek
the last few hours, it will have exactly 500 mA left +/- something. Of course during ageing of the battery it must be recalibrated every several decacycles. IMHO the best is to allow usage of both AA and proprietary lithiums. Best of the two worlds. Frantisek

Re: OT: Mac Powerbooks

2005-09-28 Thread Frantisek
om USA ;-) It's good to have such experts with first-hand experience on the list. Thanks! Frantisek

Re: OT: Mac Powerbooks

2005-09-28 Thread Frantisek
C> and he's a great seller - well packaged items, fast shipping, reasonably C> priced, can't fault him. To keep taxes down, you could buy a Pismo in C> pieces, shipped individually ;-) Hi Cotty, that's a good suggestion ;-) Otherwise, I have to add about 30% to the price as VAT and customs fees

Re: OT: Mac Powerbooks

2005-09-28 Thread Frantisek
SS> Check out this web site - SS> http://lowendmac.com/ SS> Lots of info on older machines. Hi Steve, thanks for the link. I have known it, it's good information it seems. I still would like to hear some opinions from the users here :-) Good light! fra

Re: Liberty. Was: anybody still shoot film?

2005-09-28 Thread Frantisek
pcn> Oh, oh, this is going over to guns. Time to stop boys and girls. pcn> Remember the last one? It got really, really ugly, blazed on for several weeks. I second that. Please :) Good light! fra

OT: Mac Powerbooks

2005-09-28 Thread Frantisek
herwise seems about as capable. Any opinions, please? I can get a PC notebook for similar price but for on location wiring of photographs, the mac would be easier - great PJ software and second battery bay in the G3. Thanks! Frantisek

Re: Using the right eye, was Re: Poll: Holdning the camera right

2005-09-28 Thread Frantisek
Funny. Same thread appeared on one professional PJ list few weeks ago ;-) Same answer, then: I used to shoot with the left eye. I am left handed, and also left-eyed. I switched to my right eye with the Leica, it makes seeing outside world easier, and I almost poked my eye out everytime I advanced

Re: Temporarily enabled with 2.8/70-200mm

2005-09-26 Thread Frantisek
lly the F5 or D1 Nikons are quite easier in this regard. Frantisek

Re: anybody still shoot film?

2005-09-25 Thread Frantisek
GD> Please show me what you interpret as grain aliasing. I've been GD> scanning everything from Tech pan to Tri-X pushed to ISO 1600 for GD> many years. What I interpret as grain aliasing with grainy films (> GD> ASA 100) is non-existent at 4000 ppi, I see no grain aliasing with GD> ASA 25-10

Re: anybody still shoot film?

2005-09-25 Thread Frantisek
Sunday, September 25, 2005, 8:58:31 PM, Godfrey wrote: GD> On Sep 25, 2005, at 9:14 AM, mike wilson wrote: >>> There comes a point in resolution when scanning film that all >>> you're doing is resolving more emulsion defects too. At 2820ppi, >>> I can see the grain clearly in ASA 100 film.

Re: PESO: A dog pic

2005-09-25 Thread Frantisek
Hi Juan, that's a great photograph! And I love the http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=241 After yours and few others, I still have hope for PDML as a _photography_ list ;-) Good light! fra

Re: PAW: A Dancer's Arms

2005-09-25 Thread Frantisek
Very good! One of your best ones I would think. It would perhaps be even better if one could see his/her face, but then again, it might loose the striking atmosphere. Good light! fra

Re: OT: Survived Katrina, Survived Rita

2005-09-25 Thread Frantisek
sbn> But my family is safe, and so are my cameras. I took two cars sbn> mainly so I'd have room for the camera collection. Good to hear that! Good light! fra

Re: 540FGZ announcement

2005-09-25 Thread Frantisek
om the camera ;-) (and sometimes requiring a lot of work to get them down). Frantisek

Re: WTB: rangefinder ?

2005-09-25 Thread Frantisek
loset all the time... Try looking at the cameraquest website, but I still think the Canonet would be the best choice. Frantisek

Re: DS Noise

2005-09-25 Thread Frantisek
Hi Shel, first, there is noise in the darkest areas of photos even in the latest Canon cameras :-) It's impossible to not have it in the Zones I-III without a cooled CCD, which is quite inconvenient on most DSLRs ;-) Second, the default settings in Adobe converter in the second tab (detail?) leav

Re: GESO - Great North Run

2005-09-25 Thread Frantisek
Hi Mike, the third is nice. You obviously had quite a lot of work :) Was it fun? Must have been a _huge_ event with 50 000 participants... Good light! fra

Re: Agfa News

2005-09-23 Thread Frantisek
>> believed simple bleaching and reversal by light would work with any >> B&W film. Just by the nature of the beast. Of course, depending on >> film base, gradation curve and other things, with some films it >> wouldn't be worth the effort, and one would have to experiment. WR> I expect you are pr

Re: anybody still shoot film?

2005-09-23 Thread Frantisek
Friday, September 23, 2005, 9:14:25 PM, Bill wrote: BDC> Hey kids! BDC> I'm back ;^) Welcome back! On the question in the subject: yes! (well, both) Frantisek

Re: rollei + hasselblad love

2005-09-23 Thread Frantisek
GD> My photographic needs then moved away from medium format into digital GD> SLRs so I let them go, but I will always love Rolleiflexes and GD> Hasselblads. They are the epitome of quality mechanical cameras for me. Yes! :-) I started out with a 1935 Rollei TLR, and it still is to me one of be

Re: control paradigms

2005-09-23 Thread Frantisek
GD> "My hands move less on the camera, promoting better camera stability, GD> and adjustment is faster. When I am using manual focus, my left hand GD> is always on the focus ring allowing me to follow precisely small GD> movements of the subject and get better, more consistently on-target GD>

Re: Agfa News

2005-09-23 Thread Frantisek
ab worker, so I am not sure about the issue. I believed simple bleaching and reversal by light would work with any B&W film. Just by the nature of the beast. Of course, depending on film base, gradation curve and other things, with some films it wouldn't be worth the effort, and one would have to experiment. Frantisek

Re: How Pentax Could Survive

2005-09-23 Thread Frantisek
I am talking about the top-tier features and top-tier photographers. For my bread-and-butter work, I was pretty annoyed shooting sport with 3 FPS camera. Just because it's hard to pay the bills without doing the mundane boring stuff... Frantisek

Re: Agfa News

2005-09-23 Thread Frantisek
Friday, September 23, 2005, 11:23:31 AM, Kevin wrote: KW> This one time, at band camp, "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Find out how long they will support processing before you go wild on the >> film purchase. KW> I recall someone saying somewhere that one of the kodak films may b

Re: Agfa News

2005-09-23 Thread Frantisek
Friday, September 23, 2005, 7:50:56 AM, David wrote: DH> That is a real blow re Scala. I wonder if stocking up DH> is a good idea - I'm worried that the processing will DH> not continue for long? You can 99% probably process it yourself. B&W reversal is difficult, but not _that_ much. Good light

Re: Irrelevant Poll: What do you WANT in a digital camera?

2005-09-23 Thread Frantisek
Friday, September 23, 2005, 12:55:47 AM, Herb wrote: HC> if it has a digital sensor, the winding won't generate enough new power to HC> put up the low battery warning. it "might" be enough to run the K1000 light HC> meter. Any hard mA figures, if you are so sure, as usual? Good light!

Re: 3rd *istD body bites the dust

2005-09-22 Thread Frantisek
Thursday, September 22, 2005, 6:59:24 PM, Dario wrote: DB> Yesterday, while I was at a customer's premises (a photo industry company) I DB> heard that few Nikon D70's are capable to exceed 6,000-7,000 shots before DB> their shutters get kaputt. DB> Does anyone else heard such gossip? Sylwek? Well

Re: Irrelevant Poll: What do you WANT in a digital camera?

2005-09-22 Thread Frantisek
ar for these reasons, just as a lot of people brought F3 or LX or whatever instead of F5 and 1V. Frantisek

Re: yay...15mm enabled

2005-09-22 Thread Frantisek
JK> According to the lens barrel DOF markings, everything between 3 feet JK> and infinity should be in focus at f5.6. The DOF at 15mm is Don't count on DOF markings. They are useless because they are computed for 3-4x linear enlargement _only_. Imagine how small a print would that be from the A

Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request)

2005-09-22 Thread Frantisek
Thursday, September 22, 2005, 4:33:48 AM, Mark wrote: MR> "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Even K and M lenses could be made to work with in camera IS. MR> I suppose, if there were some means of manually entering the lens' focal MR> length into the camera. Sounds even more cumbersome

Re: Purple Fringing

2005-09-21 Thread Frantisek
Hi, there is a PS action from Epaperpress (the guy who made PTLens plugin) which works similarly, and Helicon Filter (another plugin/editing suite) has a control for it too. It works by searching for contrasty edges, doing colour selection and desaturating the colour. Sometimes it helps, sometimes

Re: OT: Batch Image Rotation & Thumbnail Creation

2005-09-20 Thread Frantisek
6MP or 8MP or 16MP file _without_ crashing after displaying a hourglass icon for ten minutes... The XNView comes pretty good out of it, with several others as viable options, but with most software bundled by the manufacturer coming out at the tail, slow and crashing. Hope this helps, Frantisek

Re: Rename request

2005-09-20 Thread Frantisek
GD> I then took a different strategy and started to filter information GD> based upon subscription to forums that required some level of GD> credentialing ... either a support/service plan purchase, a bona-fide GD> relationship to a development team activity, etc. The noise in the GD> signal drop

Re: Stop digital cameras from taking photos?

2005-09-19 Thread Frantisek
Monday, September 19, 2005, 8:43:39 PM, John wrote: JF> Can they think of a way to stop JC O'Connell? That would be much more JF> useful. I suggest complaining to major antispam vendors to include him in their filters :) Would be a real relief. Good light! fra

Re: The Truth about Memory Cards (was: Re: Film for my digital camera)

2005-09-19 Thread Frantisek
Consider this: http://www.datarescue.com/laboratory/cfcompare/ picture comparison of insides. Frantisek

Re: Compatability of ground glass screen Spotmatic and K1000

2005-09-15 Thread Frantisek
emember if I had to do much hacking. I think not much was needed. Frantisek

Re: An Adobe Camera Raw Question

2005-09-15 Thread Frantisek
JF> Basically one is noise reduction (or smoothing) in the luminance channel, JF> leaving the hue unaltered, while the other one works on the hue channel. And to add, from what I have seen, they do not work that well. Even Adobe itself recommends them only for photographs that are not intended fo

Re: SIGMA EF500DG SUPERFLASH TTL on sale at Henrys.

2005-09-14 Thread Frantisek
Wednesday, September 14, 2005, 9:58:53 PM, frank wrote: ft> On 9/14/05, Dave Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> (No offence taken Frank). ft> Dear Dave, ft> NIKON, NIKON, NIKON, NIKON! ft> CANON, CANON, CANON, CANON ft> MINOLTA, MINOLTA, MINOLTA, MINOLTA!!! ft> And, just for go

Re: Latest eekBay SMCP "Shoot-out"!

2005-09-14 Thread Frantisek
AM> Considering that the actual normal on 35mm is 43mm, you can't really Problem is that there is no "actual normal". The term normal lens is coined, as far as I know, from what area the human eye aproximately scans when normally looking around, so it's quite a bit fuzzy. It is just a coincidence

Re: PDML Long term Archive

2005-09-11 Thread Frantisek
compared with some), and get an archive of the _keepers_ :-) Frantisek

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 #2147

2005-09-11 Thread Frantisek
BH> The *istDS allow me to adjust the white balance to the lighting, BH> holding up a white or gray card before the camera etc. Hopefully, BH> this will work even with leds! For some high power LEDs, try Lumileds - I am trying to get some locally for use in a flashlight. One particular problem in

Re: Colour profiles-PS-and home prining

2005-09-11 Thread Frantisek
ou what to do, then you select "assign profile" from the three options and select the NTSC (1953) profile from all the available profiles and click OK. This is probably the easiest consisten way if shooting JPEG/TIFF files. Frantisek

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