Re: Oy vey, Jens - was *IST-D / DS & High speed action!

2006-02-26 Thread Herb Chong
give 'em hell 8-). the people on PDML who think that getting one or two acceptable images makes them a pro sports photographer is laughable. Herb - Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:01 PM Subject: RE: Oy vey, Jens - was

FYI: sensor cleaning advice site

2005-12-03 Thread Herb Chong
http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/ it looks like they are above board. Herb...

Re: My first PESO

2005-11-28 Thread Herb Chong
some versions of IE will launch some code when opening a JPG that would overflow a buffer. a properly constructed JPG file would place code in the overflow that could execute and do anything that IE was privilege to do, i.e. anything. Herb - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling"

Re: Lens availability on ebay

2005-11-28 Thread Herb Chong
KEH has a raft of Pentax macros right now. Herb - Original Message - From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 2:44 PM Subject: Re: Lens availability on ebay Henry's has a 2nd hand FA 100 f2.8 macro listed at the moment but they want CDN$700 for

Re: Close to Zero IQ (was Shoot now, focus later)

2005-11-28 Thread Herb Chong
ssage - From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 1:15 AM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later Herb Chong wrote: as Rob said it earlier, $600, not $6K. if that is a hardship, should you be shooting anything? Herb... What a very bigoted comment , Herb. How sad. ann, to whom $600 is a hell of a lot of money

Re: PESO Experimental Pano

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
QTVR authoring tools abound on the Mac. there are only a few good ones on Windows. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 10:28 PM Subject: Re: PESO Experimental Pano Very cool. You seem to be having a lot of fun

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
more along those lines - http://www.bythom.com/myths.htm. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Glen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:37 PM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later And just what category would you put him in, if he did the vapor trail removal in

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
i have the book too. got it when it came out. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:35 PM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later Not so much a take as a paraphrase in my case. Ansel Adams in Color borrows heavily from

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
i treat photo clubs the way i treat the rule of thirds. it gets you started, but at some point, you have to move on. Herb - Original Message - From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:24 PM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later FWIW, your pictu

Re: New Poll -- Favorite film (was -- Shoot now, focus later)

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
Kodak has been inventing ways to raise the price of film to counter its substantial volume decrease. this is one of the ways. Fuji has been keeping its prices essentially constant. Herb - Original Message - From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 20

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
that's my take on him too. there is still less control in color than B&W unless you go digital. then the playing field is more level. Herb - Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:50 PM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
you've seen documented the amount of manipulations Ansel Adams did to his prints? Herb - Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:12 PM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later I'm sure you would perceive that as OK however i

Re: Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
this is why i took up slides and then abandoned them as soon as i could. magazine submissions required slides for a long time. now, i don't deal with places that can't handle files. the rest of the time, color prints 11x14 or larger are the goal. starting with slides are the way i like to do it

Re: Leaving Pentax for Nikon

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
i saw your post and didn't say anything at the time. it isn't what i remember from reading the Pentax press release. the release was referring specifically to compact digital cameras. i think the Pop Photo quote is wrong. Herb - Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Recovery Software

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
do you know why you had problems? i have never had any memory card become unreadable, and i am now up to my 6th digital camera and many memory cards. i use PhotoRescue too. i think it and R-Studio are the best of the ones i have tried. Herb - Original Message - From: "wendy beard"

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
my friends in the fine art photograph print business will not touch wet prints anymore. aside from technical problems of premature fading and color accuracy, they don't want to deal with the hassle of someone else printing their work. they aren't doing digital prints because of money, they're do

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
as Rob said it earlier, $600, not $6K. if that is a hardship, should you be shooting anything? Herb... - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 3:58 PM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later It may come as a surprise to you, Herb,

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
what is clear is that you haven't use any good digital process yet. Herb... - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 3:32 PM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later And the digi-heads put down wet process users. Why is it alright for

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
none of the pros around here will ever go back to wet prints. inconsistent and lesser quality aren't useful to them. nowadays, even B&W is only better from a wet print some of the time. Herb... - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24,

Re: Leaving Pentax for Nikon

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
don't know. the Samsung/Pentax agreement said that there would be a body in the spring based on an existing body and selling for about the same as the *istDS2 and a completely new body in the fall selling for about the same as the Nikon D200. Herb - Original Message - From: "Rick

Re: Leaving Pentax for Nikon

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
they already announced a price, slightly above that of the DS2. that limits my expectations. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: Re: Leaving Pentax for Nikon If it's D based and has a bigger buffer

Re: Leaving Pentax for Nikon

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
i think it will be minor. the big improvement will be in the body next fall. Herb - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:18 PM Subject: Re: Leaving Pentax for Nikon Add a bigger buffer and faster write speed, and I

Re: Leaving Pentax for Nikon

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
based on an existing body and listing for well under $1K. except for resolution and rear LCD, i don't expect anything significantly improved. Herb - Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 11:29 AM Subject: Re: Leaving Pentax

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-24 Thread Herb Chong
twice as much per roll adds up. it may not hit you soon, but it will. pay now or pay later. Herb - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:26 AM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later Add to that the fact that going di

Re: Managing extreme dynamic range with multiple exposures?

2005-11-23 Thread Herb Chong
you take images one stop apart from about -3 to +3 from your "correct" exposure. the old way of merging was to load the images into separate layers in Photoshop and create channel masks for each layer to show only the parts of the image layer that contains the exposure you want. this takes many

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-23 Thread Herb Chong
then takes me an additional 30 seconds to produce the entire GESO. Herb - Original Message - From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Herb Chong" Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 10:36 PM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later You just don't believe in fun, do you, Herb?

Re: brief impressions of Pentax D FA Macro 100 F/2.8

2005-11-23 Thread Herb Chong
i have both the D-FA and FA 100/2.8 macros. for the work that i like to do, the main factor in choosing the D-FA over the FA is whether i am going out in the field and have to walk far or not. the FA is so much heavier that i usually don't go outside with it. also, the manual focus override whil

Re: Which RAW converter?

2005-11-23 Thread Herb Chong
that's another reason i abandoned RSE, no cataloging capability, specifically to attach keywords and so on. that's why i tried a lot of tools and had to settle on three, but nowadays, Adobe Bridge is pushing most of the others except Thumbs+ out of the picture. i still use Ulead Photo Explorer

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-23 Thread Herb Chong
alternate scenario - to get Robert's services, Frank has to pay twice as much, plus pay more for B&W film. Herb - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 11:40 AM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later Frank, what if G-d

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-23 Thread Herb Chong
it's not a matter of fun, it's a matter of quality. if all you want are straight out of the camera JPG files for emailing, it's one thing. regularly putting them up for other people to view needs some work. i'd even go so far as to say if you aren't going to shoot RAW, there wasn't a need to go

Re: Which RAW converter?

2005-11-23 Thread Herb Chong
Windows makes it unnecessarily hard to change the global defaults. it tries to figure out what type of media you just inserted and find the appropriate player for it. any application capable of registering for such notification can insert themselves into the list, but it is very hard to bring up

Re: Which RAW converter?

2005-11-23 Thread Herb Chong
well, you can't have it both ways. i have tried to change everything i possibly can over to open the folder and nothing else. the only exceptions are DVDs and audio CDs. Herb - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 5:28 AM Subject: Re

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-22 Thread Herb Chong
i didn't read how much processing power it would take. i would think a lot. Herb - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 8:23 PM Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later Anyone taking bets? I say eight years and even then it will be very, v

Re: Which RAW converter?

2005-11-22 Thread Herb Chong
i never rename my files. that is what folders and my cataloging program for. do you give database records descriptive record ids? Herb - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 8:18 PM Subject: Re: Which RAW converter? I don't care that

Re: PESO -- Circular Waterfall Revisited

2005-11-22 Thread Herb Chong
i agree with Boris. it looks bluish to me. the concrete looks like it ought to be whiter. Herb - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:39 PM Subject: Re: PESO -- Circular Waterfall Revisited That's auto white balance

Re: Which RAW converter?

2005-11-22 Thread Herb Chong
why do you have to import using PSE? open the card/camera and copy the files. Herb - Original Message - From: "Dave Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:56 AM Subject: Re: Which RAW converter? I agree, Herb. I'd like to get comfortable with one c

Re: Polarized light

2005-11-22 Thread Herb Chong
the reason it goes invisible is that it is too thin to have any cancellation effect, which means it won't suppress any reflections. Herb - Original Message - From: "Gonz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:58 AM Subject: Re: Polarized light They eventual

Re: Shoot now, focus later

2005-11-22 Thread Herb Chong
the way it's done right now, you take a 16MP image and make it a less than 1MP image with a huge DOF. Herb - Original Message - From: "Carlos Royo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:05 AM Subject: Shoot now, focus later A new amazing development in the

Re: PAW: Pirate Jenny at the Red Guitar - Another Take

2005-11-22 Thread Herb Chong
it depends on what kind of story you are trying to tell. if you wanted to give the perspective from the audience, then this picture does it. if you want to show another point of view, it didn't. i think it is fine if you want to place the viewer in the audience watching her. Herb - Ori

Re: 77mm Ltd Black available on special order

2005-11-21 Thread Herb Chong
all three original Limiteds are available in black, if you look hard enough. Herb - Original Message - From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:34 PM Subject: Re: 77mm Ltd Black available on special order There's a black 31mm as well?? Aw, cra

Re: Possibility of Medium Format enablement

2005-11-21 Thread Herb Chong
i don't see any great skill in doing that and getting reasonably sharp images. what i am skeptical about is getting consistent compositions. Herb - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "Aaron Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 21

Re: Losin' it???

2005-11-21 Thread Herb Chong
they stopped making the D quite a while back and the DS not long ago. it's taken this long to run out of stock. Herb... - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 4:06 PM Subject: BURT: Losin' it??? Am I losing it or has Pentax dropped the *i

Re: Which RAW converter?

2005-11-21 Thread Herb Chong
the point of using something like RSE is that you can do everything with it and not need to use another program. if that's not your workflow, then RSE is just making more work for you. if you really do work in batches of near identical adjustments for groups of images, then staying in RSE all th

Re: www.pentaxslr.com

2005-11-21 Thread Herb Chong
not speculation. Pentax has said that they will announce a new DSLR body based on an existing DSLR body in February that goes for about the same price as the *istDS2/DL bodies. Herb - Original Message - From: "Cory Papenfuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 21, 200

Re: Question for Club600 Members

2005-11-20 Thread Herb Chong
when i drive around with my 400/2.8, it's in the hard case with the latches closed but not locked. i would never consider flying with the hard case. i would rather put it in a very padded soft case and have it with me as carryon or have the soft case inside a duffle packed solidly with lots of

Re: 77mm Ltd Black available on special order

2005-11-20 Thread Herb Chong
also provided that you can believe the 7-14 days. Herb - Original Message - From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 10:36 AM Subject: 77mm Ltd Black available on special order For those of you who are interested, this morning I got an email fro

Re: Which RAW converter?

2005-11-20 Thread Herb Chong
if there is anything in the image you want rendered truly grey then opening in Camera Raw and clicking the grey dropper there will make it grey. color temperature is only one aspect of white balance. there are hue shifts involved too. Auto in Camera Raw makes a good starting point for many situ

Re: Which RAW converter?

2005-11-20 Thread Herb Chong
wrong by what criteria? the Pentax RAW is designed to recreate exactly what the presets are in the camera. if you leave Adobe Camera RAW to As Shot, you'll get the camera preset. if you change it to the Adobe Cloudy, you will get what Adobe defines that to be. there isn't a standard for these pr

Re: IE bashing --> was Re: full size img taken w/12-24

2005-11-20 Thread Herb Chong
http://www.gcn.com/16_29/news/32083-1.html http://www.gcn.com/17_17/news/33727-1.html Herb - Original Message - From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 5:42 AM Subject: RE: IE bashing --> was Re: full size img taken w/12-24 it sounds highly unlikel

Re: LD Elements

2005-11-19 Thread Herb Chong
i was looking at the flip side of it. using color film, your options are much more limited and it's not just about perfect straight out of the camera, there isn't a lot to be done. B&W film has much more freedom. Herb - Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: IE bashing --> was Re: full size img taken w/12-24

2005-11-19 Thread Herb Chong
some of the navigation systems on US warships run on Windows. there was a US guided missile cruiser that was disabled for a few hours because one of its important Windows systems crashed, taking a few other Window systems with it. Herb - Original Message - From: "Joseph Tainter" <

Re: PESO(s): Two fall shots from Pittsburgh

2005-11-19 Thread Herb Chong
which relies on people being ignorant enough that this actually works. Herb - Original Message - From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 8:15 AM Subject: Re: PESO(s): Two fall shots from Pittsburgh I think it also has a lot to do with the gover

Re: LD Elements

2005-11-19 Thread Herb Chong
i assumed using the very best lenses available already. that's only the starting point for producing an top quality digital print. a superb quality digital capture isn't going to look very good straight out of the camera. the RAW file needs to be adjusted before it brings out all of the things

Re: LD Elements

2005-11-18 Thread Herb Chong
the options available to someone shooting slides are about non-existent and usually make the results worse. there are some more options available to someone shooting color negatives, but they aren't a lot either, mostly having to do with color correction. better get used to it. Herb -

Re: LD Elements

2005-11-18 Thread Herb Chong
that only says the research ability of the author is not very competent. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 5:29 PM Subject: LD Elements I won't set down the complete article here, but in each case Pentax is the

A Digital Workflow Recommendation

2005-11-18 Thread Herb Chong
recommendations from a consortium of professional photographers associations. Herb http://www.updig.org/guidelines/index.html

Re: PESO - Falls

2005-11-18 Thread Herb Chong
Bruce, i would crop the left slightly and darken it a bit. the light rock draws attention away from the falls. Herb - Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 2:04 AM Subject: PESO - Falls This was taken at the beginning of

Re: Manual focus screen

2005-11-17 Thread Herb Chong
if you manually move the focus point, yes. not the automatic part. Herb - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:19 PM Subject: Re: Manual focus screen The D seems to be able to do that as well.

Re: Manual focus screen

2005-11-17 Thread Herb Chong
Pentax did it that way on purpose, probably to save money. my D2X allows me to spot meter on any available focus point, even if the camera moves focus points while tracking a moving object. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Cory Papenfuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, No

Re: xESO: Weekend shooting

2005-11-16 Thread Herb Chong
q: what's worse than a hairy werewolf? a: a naked werewolf. Herb - Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:42 AM Subject: Re: xESO: Weekend shooting On 16/11/05, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: Full moo

Re: full size img taken w/12-24

2005-11-15 Thread Herb Chong
i have actual rez images shot with other 12-24 lenses you can compare with. these are low compression images and are 2-3MB in size. Sigma 12-24/4.5-5.6 - sharpened and levels, but no CA removed http://www.herbchong.com/Temp/IMGP5150.jpg Nikkor 12-24/4 DX - sharpened, levels, and CA removed h

Re: GESO: Pentax tests

2005-11-15 Thread Herb Chong
there isn't much to see in the originals. everything is pinkish. the D2X is essentially unresponsive to IR. with very long exposures in sunlight, you get something, but the older cameras are much more responsive. Herb - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesd

Re: Accessorizing Bertha

2005-11-15 Thread Herb Chong
the Gitzo i use with the Wimberley doesn't even have a center column. it has the leveling base instead. i do have a center column, but i seldom use it. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Acc

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 mass is achieved..

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 help or advise. The crit

Re: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question

2005-11-14 Thread Herb Chong
i don't think the 24-90 is especially sharp either. Herb - Original Message - From: "Jim King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 2:02 AM Subject: Re: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question My experience with this lens on my D is disappointing also. Wh

Re: Democracy in Action

2005-11-13 Thread Herb Chong
the way they are dressed, it looks like a woman, her husband, and their daughter. Herb - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 7:27 PM Subject: PESO: Democracy in Action A young lady signs a judge's nominating petition

Re: PESO - Autumn or Winter?

2005-11-13 Thread Herb Chong
it could be worse. it could be Fusion-al. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 6:27 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Autumn or Winter? i'm sure they are all Pintos. Nah, I think you've lost your Focus.

Re: PESO - Autumn or Winter?

2005-11-13 Thread Herb Chong
i'm sure they are all Pintos. Herb... - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 9:14 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Autumn or Winter? - Original Message ----- From: "Herb Chong" Subject: Re: P

Re: GESO: Pentax tests

2005-11-13 Thread Herb Chong
they were taken on Saturday at the Ashokan Reservoir Dam in the Catskills. Herb - Original Message - From: "Mat Maessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 8:38 AM Subject: Re: GESO: Pentax tests On 11/13/05, Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTE

GESO: Pentax tests

2005-11-13 Thread Herb Chong
http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Temp/ the first image is taken with an Optio S5z using the Pentax PF-CA1 digiscoping adapter on a Pentax PF-100ED spotting scope with an XW14 occular. the equivalent FOV is roughly that of a 3000mm lens. the remaining 3 were taken using the *istD, DA 16-45, an

Re: PESO - Autumn or Winter?

2005-11-13 Thread Herb Chong
they have fjords in Montana? Herb... - Original Message - From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 7:48 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Autumn or Winter? Most Norwegian emigrants ended up in places looking like home too. Like Montana:-)

Re: Full Frame

2005-11-13 Thread Herb Chong
is that why they own a big part of Leica? Herb... - Original Message - From: "Bob Shell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 3:41 AM Subject: Re: Full Frame On Saturday, November 12, 2005, at 02:27 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: I don't know about that, even the

Re: A line from Dec., '05 Pop Photo

2005-11-12 Thread Herb Chong
which makes it all the more remarkable that Pentax has stated in their analyst briefing accompanying their latest quarterly report that they are increasing P&S camera production, creating ones specifically targeted at the European and US markets separately from the Japanese market. Herb --

Re: Full Frame

2005-11-12 Thread Herb Chong
from all the grumblings i hear in the Canon forum on DPreview, it's not a lot better. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 2:26 PM Subject: Re: Full Frame The 17-40L is a recent enough design that Canon migh

Re: Hackers Use Sony/BMG DRM Software to Hide in PCs

2005-11-12 Thread Herb Chong
probably a big fine. Herb - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:40 PM Subject: Re: Hackers Use Sony/BMG DRM Software to Hide in PCs I don't know how they're going to throw an entire Japanese Corporation in the fede

Re: PESO Library Pano

2005-11-11 Thread Herb Chong
i have enough plugins as it is. Panorama Factory seems to do an excellent job, even better than PhotoVista, and supports 16-bit mode stitching if you use 16-bit TIFF as your input. it's VERY slow. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday,

Re: No more *istD from Pentax Germany

2005-11-11 Thread Herb Chong
a store near me has demo one, but he is asking a fairly high price for it, a price that i wouldn't pay now. Herb - Original Message - From: "Ralf R. Radermacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 3:10 PM Subject: Re: No more *istD from Pentax Germany Panch

Re: Any reason not to buy a *istD?

2005-11-11 Thread Herb Chong
you can use the mirror single shot solutions (expensive), or you can use a wider lens, if you can get your hands on one. some people think the Sigma 8mm circular works well enough, but i think PhotoVista is prevented from doing it because of the "defishing" patent owned by ipix. Herb -

Re: PESO Library Pano

2005-11-11 Thread Herb Chong
depends on the software. some really break down and produce easily visible artifacts if you don't hit the nodal point pretty closely. Herb... - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 9:27 AM Subject: Re: PESO Library Pano Idea

Re: PESO Library Pano

2005-11-11 Thread Herb Chong
i always shoot panoramas with the camera in portrait orientation. the :useful" location of the tripod mount isn't as helpful. Herb - Original Message - From: "Jack Isidore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 11:10 AM Subject: Re: PESO Library Pano A simple

Re: SV: Any reason not to buy a *istD?

2005-11-11 Thread Herb Chong
for me, getting past the documentation shot means either an action shot at a certain moment, or waiting for an unusual pose. both require timing, and both frequently have very limited repeatability. that means that if the camera isn't ready for any reason, the shot is gone forever. many things y

Re: An FA-2 is a beautiful thing

2005-11-11 Thread Herb Chong
- Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 9:46 AM Subject: Re: An FA-2 is a beautiful thing On 10/11/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > What an adderly heartwrenching thought. and it'll make you fee

Re: PESO Library Pano

2005-11-11 Thread Herb Chong
as others have pointed out, it's parallax error that is causing the problem. some stitching programs are more sensitive to it than others. PhotoVista ignores it fairly well in the way it blends. i basically never compensate for it. other people using other tools sometimes have to be fanatical ab

Re: Hackers Use Sony/BMG DRM Software to Hide in PCs

2005-11-11 Thread Herb Chong
i think there is plenty of material there that would allow a lawsuit to proceed. they introduced a piece of software that intentionally compromises the security of your computer as a side effect of its function. whatever the outcome of the protection scheme, they are in a public relations nightm

Re: Hackers Use Sony/BMG DRM Software to Hide in PCs

2005-11-10 Thread Herb Chong
you know that Sony is technically liable. Herb - Original Message - From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:44 PM Subject: Hackers Use Sony/BMG DRM Software to Hide in PCs http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051110/tc_nm/sony_hack_dc Th

Re: How Fast is Fast?

2005-11-10 Thread Herb Chong
the limiting factor for today's cameras is the interface speed, which is partly determined by the number of channels available for transferring date from the buffer to the drive. Herb - Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 10, 200

Re: Speed of memory cards...

2005-11-10 Thread Herb Chong
my RAW files are not named any differently whether set to Adobe RGB or sRGB. the JPG and TIFF files are named differently. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:41 AM Subject: Re: Speed of memory cards... The p

Re: SV: Any reason not to buy a *istD?

2005-11-10 Thread Herb Chong
for certain types of action, you don't have to shoot quick bursts, but is that a reflection of knowing the camera's limits and not trying to exceed them, or because you simply aren't interested? i can imagine a picture sequence of spawning salmon leaping a waterfall where you might want to capt

Re: PESO Library Pano

2005-11-10 Thread Herb Chong
i use VR PanoWorx to create my QTVRs. it gives a lot of control. i think Panorama Maker and Stitcher Express do it too. Herb - Original Message - From: "Jack Isidore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:31 AM Subject: Re: PESO Library Pano Thanks for you

Re: PESO - Autumn or Winter?

2005-11-09 Thread Herb Chong
the Chinese went to Madagascar on their second trip. the emperor who sent them out died and the next one decided that there wasn't anything in the world worth looking at. given the worldview of the Chinese, which is a bit more complicated than xenophobia, it was expected. whatever pet project th

Re: For Bertha: King Cobra vs. Wimberly

2005-11-08 Thread Herb Chong
there isn't any significant difference in stability because of the mounting point. both Wimberley heads have the lens suspended from an attachment point to the side as well. what matters is that the lens is attached with the tripod mount rotated 90 degrees. this means that when you loosen the cl

Re: PESO A portrait of the avian kind

2005-11-07 Thread Herb Chong
he could have been a budgie. Herb - Original Message - From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 2:32 PM Subject: Re: PESO A portrait of the avian kind >From heron in, could we please stop this. William Robb Why you old Coot

Re: I'm going the DSLR route!!!!!

2005-11-07 Thread Herb Chong
i really don't think the camera has much to do with the quality of what i have posted from it, except possibly for dynamic range. it sounds like Albano has to choose from the least of several evils instead of what he really wants. i think an *istDS2 would be what he would be happiest with, or a

Re: The sky is...

2005-11-07 Thread Herb Chong
- Original Message - From: "Lucas Rijnders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:38 AM Subject: Re: The sky is... On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 03:49:41 +0100, Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: a couple of notes on those two articles. apparent

Re: The sky is...

2005-11-06 Thread Herb Chong
i didn't say it was effective. went looking for red leaves today. all the good ones were on private property, so i never got any. Herb - Original Message - From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 8:42 PM Subject: Re: The sky is... Two and a

Re: The sky is...

2005-11-06 Thread Herb Chong
no, they fear unemployment. Herb - Original Message - From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 6:42 PM Subject: Re: The sky is... Peter, we're now straying into military matters, which is a subject I don't claim to know anything about (sighs of

Re: Red and Brown

2005-11-06 Thread Herb Chong
they were taken with the current Tamron 90/2.8 Di on the D2X. the matching shots taken with the *istD using the D-FA 100/2.8 suffer by comparison because of the *istD's lower resolution and lesser dynamic range. when there is a 10-12MP Pentax body to compare with, i will have to redo such compa

Re: Red and Brown

2005-11-06 Thread Herb Chong
knowing makes it easier, but it's not enough. i once told you about finding something inside that needs to be let out. knowing all the techie stuff cold means that you can't use that as an excuse for not getting what you want. Herb - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To

Re: The sky is...

2005-11-06 Thread Herb Chong
interest rates up = dollar up, for the next 6 months at least. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 2:57 AM Subject: Re: The sky is... And what is the trajectory of the economy in one of its biggest markets, the U

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