Re: Apple advise - Image Viewers etc

2005-08-12 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 17:02, Arjuna Anandanatha wrote: > ///All you need to do is buy Microsoft Office X (latest version, of > course) and you'll have near 100% compatibility between your Excel > and Word documents on both platforms. ...or use any flavor of the free Open Office suite which is ofte

Re: OT:Apple advise

2005-08-11 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
4 important non-upgradeable things that would make me choose the Powerbook: - more pixels on the screen (1280x854 versus 1024x768) - a larger screen - a better video card (only important for 3D work and games but also makes the OS run smoother) - DVI video output Wifi coverage is better on the i

Re: Something to make Cotty proud

2005-08-05 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 09:23, Juan Buhler wrote: > > > http://www.boozhoundlabs.com/holga-f/ > > On 8/4/05, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Didn't Juan do something like this? > > Back in 2000... > > http://www.jbuhler.com/HLimited/index.html :)

Re: Name that lens!

2005-07-28 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
It's a good lens. I payed 141 Euros + shipping for mine. > J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > >Ended Auction: > > > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7530372848 > > > >I got the above lens in the mail today. Certainly the > >best $24 lens in my entire life. The sucker is virtually > >l

Re: The next Leica

2005-07-22 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Shutter lag is my main disappointment with digital cameras. The two Leica/Panasonic are slow. I tried only one camera that is acceptable on this, the Sony T3. There may be more, I don't know. Also a tilt/swivel LCD like the Canon G1 for waist level shooting would be nice. Joaquim On Fri, 2005-0

Re: Theory of Equivalency

2005-07-22 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 17:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If, as Rod says, the top image is from the DSLR, either someone doesn't know > what they're doing with that DSLR or they're having a bit of fun at our > expense. It's quite obvious that one can achieve accurate white balance with > a DSLR w

Re: Amazing capability of RAW

2005-07-22 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 17:03, Rob Studdert wrote: > ... > whether 12 bits per colour channel would make make an appreciable visible > difference given the dynamics of current display technology is arguable > (given > the relatively low contrast ratios of even the best TFT displays). I'd be > ha

Re: Amazing capability of RAW

2005-07-22 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 15:13, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 22 Jul 2005 at 16:11, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: > > > (Regardless of the raw vs jpg discussion) using 8 bits formats to store > > photographs is just plain stupid. > > Why the hell is anyone happy with a 0-255 dynami

Re: Amazing capability of RAW

2005-07-22 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
(Regardless of the raw vs jpg discussion) using 8 bits formats to store photographs is just plain stupid. Why the hell is anyone happy with a 0-255 dynamic range when modern CCDs do a lot better (0-4095), film does a lot better and our eyes do a lot better? This reverence for the holly 8 bits byte

Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%

2005-07-21 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 16:41, Tom C wrote: > The point is this... How can Pal argue and assure us that Pentax is capable > of/will produce the high end DSLR products we want, when they haven't > produced one that he's willing to purchase? Won't the 645 Digital "high end" enough? http://www.living

Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%

2005-07-21 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 15:57, Christian wrote: > Oh, the irony of it all.. Pal, the champion for all things Pentax, > never has anything good to say about the actual products. I, on the other > hand, love the past products, but was tempted by the dark side due to lack > of (in my crystal ball)

Re: Features I use (formerly the Nine Second Difference)

2005-07-21 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 17:48, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >>> The Ds Slimming Filter. > >> You're kidding? > > My thought, precisely. > > They're not kidding. This is one of the playback-post processing in- > camera options. At least, if you use this kind of thing, it makes a > copy of the origina

Re: Wow, Canvas "is" dead (Was maybe film *is* dead!)

2005-07-17 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
William Robb wrote: Silver imaging is going to take a 100 year turn for the worse very soon, to the point if you want to shoot the stuff, you'll be coating your own. ...start a small businesses and sell on Ebay. Joaquim

Re: ME-F

2005-07-15 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 16:45, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: > I'll report on it's fast glass slow focus performance when I put it on > the ME-F tonight. I finally had the time to test the ME-F with its fast 35-70mm F/2.8 AF lens. I shot a roll of film and was very pleased: AF is not fa

Re: LF: Lightning tips & and observed DS oddity?

2005-07-14 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 18:04, Charles Braswell Jr wrote: > forever to process the image after the longer shutter speed elapsed.> > > I can't help with the question about the longer processing time after > exposure, I haven't noticed it with my camera. It's a noise reduction process, it takes roug

Re: Setting exposure with ND filter

2005-07-14 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 12:54, Stephen Moore wrote: > So does one meter the scene before or after the > ND is in place, i.e., adjust exposure for the > desired medium tone, put the filter in place, and > then slow the shutter by 2 stops? Or simply meter > through the filter and use the desired shutte

Re: OT: Things You Can Do With Your Cat

2005-07-14 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Cotty wrote: On 13/7/05, Mishka, discombobulated, unleashed: stuff stuffed with cats: http://bonsaikitten.com/ That is pretty sick. Awful. Don't worry, it's fake. Joaquim

Re: FishEye for digital (was: A15mm/3.5...)

2005-07-13 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Shel how does a lens influence the saturation of a photo? By different coating? just wondering ;-) Light that hits the film/CCD not coming from the subject lowers overall saturation and contrast. The quality of the black paint inside the lens barrel influences satura

Re: Definitions WAS Re: London Bombing update

2005-07-13 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 12:32, William Robb wrote: > We've seen what you do to countries that you consider a threat. or not

Re: Help with non working "A" lens contact

2005-07-13 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Andre Langevin wrote: My A 24/2.8 doesn't work as it should on recent bodies because, I suspect, the small metal bead does not protrude from the lens mount. How can I repair this? It's not hard to disassemble, just do not lose any parts. I bought an 50mm A lens on Ebay that had both the A con

Re: Why an istDs?

2005-07-13 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, Joaquim Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do we want the miniature version of IDE in our cameras??? I meant And a 386 processor and a version of MS-DOS to go with it? ***in the camera*** (you have it in Canons) Wel

Re: Why an istDs?

2005-07-12 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
David Savage wrote: I've been having a small chuckle to myself reading this thread. It seems that both sides (ie. D & Ds owner) are trying to convince you to join their team :-) Not me

Re: Why an istDs?

2005-07-12 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, Joaquim Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - 9 larger soldering tabs on a PCB are a lot more reliable than 50 much smaller ones, this is true both in the camera and in the card - contact surface on an SD card is easier to

Re: Why an istDs?

2005-07-11 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 17:28, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I also have a DS but I had to give my opinion on this > > You already had. Why did you feel you had to riposte to my opinions? I did it because I really couldn't agree with some of the things you said, maybe I overdid it, sorry, I know some

Re: Why an istDs?

2005-07-11 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 16:54, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Another option to just turn off all in-camera > flash metering and set your exposure by [EMAIL PROTECTED] manually > would also be nice. Just put the camera in M mode

Re: Why an istDs?

2005-07-11 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 16:51, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Image Quality. The same > Good lenses at reasonable prices. (I had never owned Pentax gear > before the DS.) The same > Size and weight. Nearly the same > Ergonomics. Are better on the D > * I don't need multiple control wheels ... the s

Re: Why an istDs?

2005-07-11 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 16:02, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Better? Perhaps just different features. The faster buffer speed may, for > some, make the istDs a "better" choice. By "features" I meant user interface features, those are better on the D, they could be improved on the DS if Pentax wanted to

Re: Why an istDs?

2005-07-11 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 15:12, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > This is for those of you who purchased an istDs: Why did you choose it over > the istD? Availability? Price? Size? Features? Which features? Availability, price, size, more reliable SD cards. Featurewise the D is better (multiple WB memori

Re: my short and tragic street photography career

2005-07-11 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 23:48, Tom Reese wrote: > Mr. Brooks, you have a far better chance of seeing me in bunny ears than > with a digital camera. > > VIVA LA FILME!!! The D or DS do not look or feel like digital cameras at all. Doesn't your thumb search for the film advance lever when you use on

Re: Fuji have gone mad

2005-07-09 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
John Francis wrote: On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 09:13:02PM +0100, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: I have failed to post this for quite a while: I was watching the Confederations Cup (football, for those who don't know) and was amazed to see huge ads on the pitch for FujiFilm. I thought it was dea

Re: Pentax *ist DS / D

2005-07-08 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
rther service, please let me know. Best regards, Rachael Katz Katz Eye Optics (916) 361 - 2143 Office www.keoptics.com Joaquim Carvalho wrote: Sorry for the confusion I caused a while ago with the BCCing to the list that made your filters fail. Anyway, here is the reply from precision optics

Re: Pentax *ist DS / D

2005-07-08 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The D and DS models both have user interchangeable focusing screens. Pentax does not offer a screen with a split image focusing aid ... there are reasons for this. A German company, http://www.tekade.de, offered such a screen (custom made by taking a screen from anot

Re: Pentax *ist DS / D

2005-07-08 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Sorry for the confusion I caused a while ago with the BCCing to the list that made your filters fail. Anyway, here is the reply from precision optics. I'm now contacting Keoptics and will keep you informed. Dear Joaquim, I am currently involved in a cooperative venture to produce manual fo

Re: Pentax *ist DS / D

2005-07-08 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
asn't addressed to the list: From: Joaquim Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005/07/08 Fri PM 02:17:28 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Pentax *ist DS / D

2005-07-08 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Joaquim Carvalho" Subject: Pentax *ist DS / D Dear William, Thanks for the reply but I meant William Maxwell from Precision Optics, who sells ultra-bright focus screens for TLRs like the Yashica-MAT 124 and the Rolleif

Pentax *ist DS / D

2005-07-08 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Dear William, Do you also sell split image + microprism screens fot the *ist and *ist DS? If so, please give me a price for 1, for 5 and for 10. Regards, Joaquim Carvalho

OT: OT

2005-07-07 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
I like the way this list goes off-topic like a car going off the road and then back on after a couple of miles and without any major bumps. I guess photography opens people's minds.

Re: M135/3.5 doesn't focus to infinity - solutions?

2005-07-07 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Jon M wrote: Can you upload some pictures of the disassembly? http://jon.beigetower.org/photography/135/135exposed.jpg No screws under the bezel. Just noticed there's several small screws around the diameter of the barrel just underneath the focusing ring - close enough to the edge to

Re: Adivices on how to write an Ebay auction ?

2005-07-07 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
This is an auction I did for an average condition SFXn with a non working pop-up flash. I got 104.95 USD for it and very good feedback. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7517877667 Thibouille wrote: That would be really, really kind of you. I have a couple things to list but

Re: ME-F

2005-07-07 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 01:56, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: > When I receive the autofocus lens I'll report on how it works. I just got the 35-70 F2.8 I bought on Ebay. It's a fast K quality zoom lens made of real metal and plenty of clean SMC covered glass. It has an electric motor inside

Re: Adivices on how to write an Ebay auction ?

2005-07-07 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Take the best pictures you can. Try to make the item look good, not by hiding detail but by good framing, good lighting and good color balance. I normally shoot against a white background with +.5 exposure compensation so the object will blend nicely into the white webpage background. Don't put up

Re: M135/3.5 doesn't focus to infinity - solutions?

2005-07-07 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
I remembered I have a K 135mm 3.5 :) I had a look, the link between the focus ring and the part that does the focus can not be at the front of the lens, it's also not under the rubber focus ring cover so it must be to the back of the focusing scale. Lokking at the http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ site

Re: M135/3.5 doesn't focus to infinity - solutions?

2005-07-06 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Jon M wrote: Just got that bezel off at last - there's no screws under it. Anybody had one of these apart to know exactly what I'm looking for here? It's something that works as a clutch transmiting the rotation from the focus ring to the focus helicoid. This page explains how to do it on a

Re: ME-F

2005-07-06 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Brian Walters wrote: I suspect that the commercial failure of the ME-F with its autofocus lens is what set Pentax back in the autofocus race. After the ME-F they went back to manual focus systems in the P series and were not ready to meet the challenge of the Minolta 7000. Can't understand why

Re: ME-F

2005-07-06 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Don Sanderson wrote: Get all the foam off, just don't worry about the old adhesive, it won't hurt anything and it requires using solvent near the screen. That's scary! ;-( Made it! It took over three hours and 20 wooden toothpicks, now I'll go to sleep but I'm afraid I'll dream of sticky goo

Re: M135/3.5 doesn't focus to infinity - solutions?

2005-07-06 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Adjusting lens infinity focus is easy: you just untighten 4 screws and adjust the lens maximum focus angle in relation to the focus ring maximum angle. The location of these 4 screws varies from lens to lens, I know that on an M 50mm 1.7 they are on the front of the lens, around the element behind

Re: another survey

2005-07-06 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 18:14, William Robb wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Joaquim Carvalho" > Subject: Re: another survey > > > > How much would Bill Gates score? > > > Probably the same as Steve Jobs Well, from my imagination I ente

Re: another survey

2005-07-06 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 16:56, Powell Hargrave wrote: > >The two highest scores I've seen so far is one of 29.3 and one of just > >over 20. Both Canadians. Not on this list. How much would Bill Gates score?

RE: ME-F

2005-07-06 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 14:09, Don Sanderson wrote: > Don't be too picky about the old foam, just get it smooth > enough to hold a new piece. I'm afraid that by sharing lenses a tiny bit of that foam will end up on the CCD of my DS.

ME-F

2005-07-06 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
I'm happy, I've been the whole morning playing with my new ME-F It was the first SLR autofocus camera, even if only one lens was made for it, I never understood how some people can say it wasn't. It is a great camera: when using common lenses it is exactly the same as an ME Super but with a v

RE: EBay question (yet another)

2005-07-05 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 19:23, Don Sanderson wrote: > I hate having my questions drive the price up just because > I know which ones to ask! > > Don I have a trick for that: mix it with a couple of stupid questions, like asking if an M lens can autofocus, the seller will always avoid showing those

Re: Your Favorite Pentax Camera

2005-07-05 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 19:22, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > Aye, as if everyone has one. This is not an MX you can have for 50 > quid or LX for 120 I could never find an LX for 120 USD, they are selling for a lot more on Ebay.

Re: REV: OT: another survey

2005-07-05 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 15:34, Jens Bladt wrote: > Just because I don't have no car (a have a shared car - 30 people sharing 5 > cars) Interesting, can you share a picture of it?

Re: OT: another survey

2005-07-05 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Not too bad: FOOD 1.3 MOBILITY 0.2 SHELTER 0.8 GOODS/SERVICES 1.1 TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3.4 PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT ??? IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS

Re: PESO: A street photography cliche

2005-07-05 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
:) On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 17:08, Juan Buhler wrote: > Most street photographers in the last 10 years or so have taken the > picture of two or maybe more people talking on a cellphone. > > This is my take on it: > > http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=160 > (ist D, A35-70/4) > > Just

Re: Your Favorite Pentax Camera

2005-07-05 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
> Steve Desjardins wrote: > > > I'll second that, although I bought my SP500 in 72. I sitll love the > > needle. > > > > I am getting right fond of the DS, however. If there was a way to add software modules to the *ist firmware like on the Pentax EI-2000 and EI-200 Digita OS cameras the DS wo

Re: OT - Cleaning and Defragmenting Windows Registry

2005-07-05 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Here you'll find a tool for doing that and a little more: http://fedora.redhat.com/download/ ...sorry, couldn't resist. On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 14:55, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hi Gang ... > > I'm running Win XP (Home) on a machine that's a little more than a year > old. It's been said that cleanin

Modified Pentax F 35-70 lens does over 1:1 macro magnification without rings (is it good ???)

2005-07-05 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Sorry to post again but I'm very intrigued with this, I do not have experience with true macro lenses, I want your comments on this: A guy that does lens repairs showed me a Pentax 35-70mm macro lens modified to do 1.6:1 magnification without rings, more than any standard Pentax lens can do. I

Re: Your Favorite Pentax Camera

2005-07-05 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
I like the MX best for objective reasons, comparing it with the *ist DS: the viewfinder is a lot better, the shutter is faster, the camera is lighter and easier to hold, it is more resistant and cheaper so I can carry it around without being worried, battery changes are less frequent, it has a spli

Custom made 1.6:1 macro lens

2005-07-04 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
A guy that does lens repairs showed me a Pentax 35-70mm macro lens modified to do 1.6:1 magnification without rings, I was curious about the thing so I took it home to make some tests. I took a close-up picture of the MX speed selector, please have a look, any comments welcome. http://x64.com/

Re: Your Favorite Pentax Camera

2005-07-04 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
MX Joaquim Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Gang ... Another Pentax list member and I were talking and comparing what gear we now have. Over the years we've known one another a lot of cameras and lenses have passed through our hands. While looking at my list I began thinking which, of all my camera

F 70-210mm 4.0-5.6

2005-07-04 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
I'm feeling happy. This morning I got the F 70-210mm 4.0-5.6 zoom I bought on Ebay and did some preliminary tests. It is very very good: - even wide open at 210mm it clearly outperforms the *ist CCD - it focuses fast!

Re: PESO & GESO

2005-07-03 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Boris Liberman wrote: What is PESO ? What is GESO ? Picture Every So Often Gallery Every So Often I thought Peso some place in Mexico where some of you had been taking pictures :) ...well, I'm new to this list

DIY *ist DS remote cable shutter

2005-07-03 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Anyone knows how? I tried and I'm confused, it only fires some of the times.

Re: PESO: subject interaction

2005-07-02 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
The bokeh is smoother on the near out of focus than on the far, the Pentax 70-210mm does it the other way around. I actually like the out of focus leaves though. The second picture is stronger of course but for a reason, that women is asking: "why the hell is that guy pointing that long lens at

Re: July PUG is open

2005-07-02 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Submissions for July start or end in July? Jerome Reyes wrote: http://www.kirschten.de/PUG/05jul More than 1/2 of the shots were taken with an ist-D (over 60% if you count the -Ds). Not sure if that's a first, but I found it interesting nonetheless. - Jerome

Minox - Re: Using 8x11mm film (0.32x0.44inch)

2005-07-01 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
out aiming through the viewfinder. This morning on the subway I took close up pictures of interesting people just handling the camera as if it was something else. Now I wish I had film in the camera. On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 17:13, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Jun 30, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Joaquim C

Re: Follow upon: Vivitar Series 1 P/K 70-210/2.8-4.0 Version 3

2005-07-01 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Do you want to give us the ebay auction number so we can comment on the honesty of the seller? Tim Øsleby wrote: I have got the lens today. I was much exited (relax I'm not going to talk dirty this time), even though it is a beauty. It came without lens cap and rear cap, but never the less. No

Re: Follow upon: Vivitar Series 1 P/K 70-210/2.8-4.0 Version 3

2005-07-01 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Removing the mounting ring is not dificult but to fix anything you probably need to get to the aperture blades and that is not easy for someone with no experience. You also should practice with some cheaper prime lens (like a 50mm F2.0), zoom lenses are a lot more complicated. I also think you

Re: Follow up on: Vivitar Series 1 P/K 70-210/2.8-4.0 Version 3

2005-06-30 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Tim Øsleby wrote: When using the DOF preview button at my Ds I hear a the same sound as usual, the only thing happening is the regular sound, the image in the viewer doesn’t change. If you're not using the lens in the A mode you must put the camera manual Manual mode, in any other mode the D

Re: OT Why the full size solid-state imaging sensor will be a pipe

2005-06-30 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
The equivalent to grain in the digital world for me is pixel noise, not pixel edges. I too prefer the grain but probably for the same reasons I prefer the crack noises of old LPs to MP3 compression distortion. On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 17:39, Bob Blakely wrote: > Yes and no. Much of an image is the re

Re: Follow upon: Vivitar Series 1 P/K 70-210/2.8-4.0 Version 3

2005-06-30 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 19:23, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: > Set the aperture ring to F22. Push and release the diaphragm lever, how > long did it take to close? You can do this with the lens on the camera using the DOF preview button

Re: Follow upon: Vivitar Series 1 P/K 70-210/2.8-4.0 Version 3

2005-06-30 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Look at the diaphragm blades, is there any oil on them? There shouldn't be. The diaphragm has to close very quickly when the camera takes a picture. Set the aperture ring to F22. Push and release the diaphragm lever, how long did it take to close? If there's oil on the blades a good camera repair s

Using 8x11mm film (0.32x0.44inch)

2005-06-30 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
I just received the brand new Minox B I bought cheap from Ebay and I'm feeling very excited. Checked the meter sensitivity against my DS and the Minox is overexposing by a full F stop, or I guess the DS may be underexposing a bit: without exposure compensation no areas on my photos ever reach ful

just to add to the discussion

2005-06-30 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Dictionary pho·tog·ra·phy (fə-tŏg'rə-fē) pronunciation n. 1. The art or process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces.

Re: PESO - Weeds of Denmark

2005-06-30 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Ain't those illegal? Jostein wrote: Hi gang, http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3479/display/3436741 Tell what you think. Cheers, Jostein This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

Re: Got a nice one ;)

2005-06-29 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
elps to keep prices down (there no huge prices like in > the US) but selling is also more difficult. > > 2005/6/29, Joaquim Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Congratulations, that was a very good buy, the SFX by itself is worth > > 100 Euros if you make the auction c

Epson 3000 printer advice

2005-06-29 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
I feel the need to have a medium where I can see my photos with more resolution than my computer screen. I just remembered that some months ago I bought a cheap clogged Epson 3000 printer on Ebay (18" wide) * Unclogging it and getting it running will be a lot of work and paper in large formats

Re: Got a nice one ;)

2005-06-29 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Congratulations, that was a very good buy, the SFX by itself is worth 100 Euros if you make the auction carefully. On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 18:13, Thibouille wrote: > http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7525002092 > > I don't care about SFX, 240FT. > 70-210 is cool and 35-70 is a

Re: TCs on digital

2005-06-29 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 14:55, Mark Roberts wrote: > Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Thank you Mark, You are a prim(e)rose :-) > >Have thanked you off list, but want to express my gratitude public too. > > > >I am impressed. Impressed by two things. First the thing that you have made > >t

RE: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Ebay scams 101 On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 10:49, Anthony Farr wrote: > If you look at the sellers profile, you'd see that all feedback comments are > like: > "???**,,,??". To be fair, it could just be that eBay pages don't > support oriental characters when they are being referred into occiden

Re: PESO - Norwegian lake

2005-06-28 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 06:47, DagT wrote: > Just to keep you going. > > http://www.foto.no/cgi-bin/bilder/vis_bilde.cgi?id=182348

Re: FS: *istD, FA*24, FA* 28-70, DA 14, plus

2005-06-28 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 13:54, Chad wrote: > I still have great reservations about shipping expensive gear > overseas. Does anyone on this list have experience with such matters? Just pack it well: put it inside a closed plastic bag, wrap it in something soft then put it inside a hard cardboard box.

Re: morality part 2 (Was: Porto street shots)

2005-06-28 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 13:39, William Robb wrote: > > And yes the propose CA ordinance I mentioned was an anti-paparazzi one. I > > do still wonder why it was the paparazzis fault that Diana's driver was > > doing 100+ mph in city streets? > > Probably because the paparazzi were going 105+. Let'

Re: morality part 2 (Was: Porto street shots)

2005-06-28 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 12:42, frank theriault wrote: > I wasn't defending the law, Tom, I was just saying that it would be > easily enforceable is all. No it wouldn't, people would just start using 85mm (the longest legal lens) lenses on top of a few 1.7x (the maximum allowed) tele-converters

Re: TCs on digital

2005-06-28 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 12:37, Mark Roberts wrote: > >Was this taken with the A 70-210mm with the 1.7x Pentax converter? Does > >the converter it autofocus with that lens? > > The answer is "yes" to both questions. > > (And the Vivitar Series 1 is the third version, which *does* have the > "A" sett

Re: TCs on digital

2005-06-28 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 11:27, Mark Roberts wrote: > I did a very quick shoot in the garden last night. Light was getting low > so I just got off a couple of shots at 210mm > Here's a 100% crop (actual pixels): > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/crop.jpg > Given the relatively wide aperture, DOF and t

Re: Porto street shots (?)

2005-06-28 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Joaquim Carvalho wrote: William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Joaquim Carvalho" Subject: Re: Porto street shots (?) Never been to Russia but I was in Poland last year and it is a photographer's dream. So they don't arrest you any more for pointin

Re: Porto street shots (?)

2005-06-28 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Joaquim Carvalho" Subject: Re: Porto street shots (?) Never been to Russia but I was in Poland last year and it is a photographer's dream. So they don't arrest you any more for pointing your camera at the "wr

Re: Porto street shots (?)

2005-06-27 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
William Robb wrote: OTOH, the USA is becoming eerily like old Soviet Russia from this photographers perspective. Never been to Russia but I was in Poland last year and it is a photographer's dream.

Re: Long lenses-- was Street Dancers

2005-06-27 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 15:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In the Porto shots, it is amusing that in this one the subject has spotted > the sniper. > > http://x64.com/joaquim/photo/photo03/index-Pages/Image19.html The father hasn't, he kept talking to the woman woman on the left, the kid I don'

RE: Long lenses-- was Street Dancers

2005-06-27 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 15:22, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I wasn't going to comment on the photos, but since a discussion of sorts > has opened up around them maybe I can add a thought or two. One of the > biggest problems I see when using long lenses is that the photographer > loses contact - or never

Re: Porto street shots (?)

2005-06-27 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
How acceptable is it to take pictures of people without asking for permission? On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 14:35, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: > Some Porto street shots (?) taken with the SMC FA 80-320mm F4.5-5.6 > mostly at 320mm (480mm on the *ist DS) F6.8 1/500 200 ASA > > http://x64.com/j

Re: Porto street shots (?)

2005-06-27 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
> > > > http://x64.com/joaquim/photo/photo03 > > > > These people were minding their own business and I wouldn't want to > > interrupt them, > > this would not have been possible with a noisy eye level SLR and a lens > > much shorter > > than 200mm > > I'm getting Error 404 Not Found... Sorry,

Porto street shots (?)

2005-06-26 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Some Porto street shots (?) taken with the SMC FA 80-320mm F4.5-5.6 mostly at 320mm (480mm on the *ist DS) F6.8 1/500 200 ASA http://x64.com/joaquim/photo/photo03 These people were minding their own business and I wouldn't want to interrupt them, this would not have been possible with a noisy e

Re: PESO: Not a street shot :-)

2005-06-26 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
David Savage wrote: The second thing I was drawn to, is that you managed to catch a single drop of melted ice cream. For some weird reason I think that's pretty neat. Paul, you could make full size a crop of the drop of melted ice cream so we can check that it really is one and the quality

Re: DL manual is online

2005-06-25 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Daniel Liu wrote: Weird, in some ways it's better than the DS. bigger screen, auto iso, you can choose cont. AF in any non-preset mode.hope the ds gets a firmware update. We should push for that. Does Pentax have any costumer feedback form?

Re: Focusing with manual lenses on the *ist DS

2005-06-24 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Cory Papenfuss wrote: How is that? I'll try it, but I'm just wondering how it's easier... less distraction while you twiddle to find the "green hex?" Right -Cory On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: It's a lot easier to use the focus assist

Focusing with manual lenses on the *ist DS

2005-06-24 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
It's a lot easier to use the focus assist with the central LED switched off (an option on the settings menu)

Online store for camera repair parts - lens ball diameter

2005-06-23 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
I finally found a great online store with camera/lens repair parts ant tools that stocks small ball bearings in every small diameter. http://www.micro-tools.com/Merchant2/e_screws.htm ...from Morocco leather and leatherette to small screws and ball bearings Anyone knows the exact diameter for: -

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