Re: Need some help with lens reasembly...

2006-10-04 Thread Powell Hargrave
>In trying to disassemble a lens I accidentally dislodged a few parts >without getting a good look at how they went together and where they >went. I would greatly appreciate any help. BTW, it is a SMC PENTAX-A >70-210mm lens. This may or may not help. F70-210 http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep

Re: OT - Free antirus program AVG now paid only?

2006-10-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
>I recommended AVG to a friend, and it appears they have gone pay-only. >I've always used a free version. Does anyone know if it is still possible >to get a free version, When AVG came out they promised to always maintain a free personal version. They have, but they are finding better ways

Re: Info about K10D battery (photokina)

2006-10-01 Thread Powell Hargrave
Like this?: http://store.thomas-distributing.com/detailproduct.asp?which=33 Powell At 03:24 AM 01/10/2006 , you wrote: > >Copy of hte post I replied to Shel. Wanted to be sure everybody reads it. >I knew I'd forget a couple things. This is what I remember now. > >>Shel, a rep at the Pentax boot

Re: Face Detection Technology by Fuji

2006-09-25 Thread Powell Hargrave
>In a related dumb down item, last night on a local station there was a 5 >minute segment on a new HP digital P+S that had a slimming filter. >Fortunately a local Photoshop guru explained it fairly well - the camera was >compressing the image @ the center to make the subject, also in the center,

Re: GESO: Robins nest

2006-09-24 Thread Powell Hargrave
>> It took a while but finally got this together. >> >> http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/Robins.htm >> >> Comments? > >Well, what can I say - I wish I could do the same together with my >daughter... > >Thumbs up! > >Boris Thanks Boris and also all others who commented. The robins made for an i

Re: GESO: Clan McDonalds - DS with Flash really

2006-09-24 Thread Powell Hargrave
I've found that the plastic from 4 ltr. / 1 gallon milk jugs makes a very colour neutral diffuser. Easy to cut and fold to your desired shape. Powell >You could try using a gel diffuser over the front of >the flash (or a rubberized unit from StoFen). You can >buy sheets (or rolls) of diffusion

Pop Photo Interview mp3

2006-09-23 Thread Powell Hargrave
Some interesting details. http://podcasting.popphoto.com/2006/PP0906_AskTheSource_Pentax.mp3 http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographypodcasts/3047/exclusive-interview- with-pentaxs-imaging-guru-about-the-k10d.html Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/

GESO: Robins nest

2006-09-22 Thread Powell Hargrave
It took a while but finally got this together. http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/Robins.htm Comments? Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT - EBay Question

2006-09-21 Thread Powell Hargrave
> >> Wow. Let me rephrase then: when do your /banks/ gear up to 20th >> century >> level, and start offering direct bank transfers. Within the EU bank >> transfers for private persons are secure, fast (couple of days max.), >> convenient (order per mail or internet) and free... >> >> If they don'

Re: Ordered a K10D

2006-09-19 Thread Powell Hargrave
>Cameracanada.com is taking pre-orders at C$1,049.88. It is located in >London, Ontario; so you may be able to save on PST (assuming that you are >not in Alberta). C$15 shipping. >But I have not personally bought from this retailer. Bought my DS from them. No problems. Powell -- PDML Pent

Re: Hams (was Re: OT: Bummer)

2006-09-17 Thread Powell Hargrave
I have my licence but have not been active for years. Powell ex VE7-DXJ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: 50/1.4 or 1.2 for the DSLR Bodies

2006-09-17 Thread Powell Hargrave
Don't know how good the Pentax is but I have three Vivitar/Kiron 28/2 lenses and all quite different. All had sticky diaphragms which were easily fixed and so came quite cheap. First is soft but usable at f2, cleans up nicely at 2.8 and is quite good through the range. Second is worse at f2 and ne

Re: PESO - Piaggio

2006-09-16 Thread Powell Hargrave
Nice shot. So panning with SR on works? I think Pentax recommends turning it off when panning. Powell >http://static.flickr.com/98/244670476_9452ca7abf_b.jpg > > >K100D, SMC-M 50mm f2 wide open at 1/100. ISO 400 and SR on. > >-Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.ne

Re: Who needs SR, just get CSI Miami

2006-09-15 Thread Powell Hargrave
Nikon P&S have always been good at Macro and 'Best shot selector' is sorta the poor mans SR, VR, etc. Have taken lots of sharp hand held macros with my Nikon 990. Powell >Watching an all nighter of CSI Miami, and have noticed something. > >They tend to take a LOT of close up photos, Nikon of so

It's gone

2006-09-12 Thread Powell Hargrave
Press release on Steve's is gone! http://www.steves-digicams.com/pr/pentax_09132006_k10d_pr.html?AType=0 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: Survey Time: K10D

2006-09-10 Thread Powell Hargrave
Think I want one but the Ds will do just fine until at least the first price drop. Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: K10D Resolving power

2006-09-09 Thread Powell Hargrave
>he COULD be wrong because his understanding is based on currently >available knowledge and technology. Change is constant. I cited an >example of someone drawing firm conclusions about future advances based >only on the technology as it was understood at the time. Possible sensor, not practic

Re: Firmware updates!

2006-09-07 Thread Powell Hargrave
It is on the DS download page. http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e.html > >Anyone know where I might be able to find release notes? I'm curious to >know what else has been changed for the *ist DL. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdm

Re: Grip for JIS crosspoint screwdriver?

2006-08-25 Thread Powell Hargrave
>Now that we're at it: is there any way to remove the focussing ring on an >F lens? There seem to be slots for a screwdriver, but I'm hesitant to use >force... The FA had a different construction here. Don't know. All of the focus/zoom parts came out through the front. >Micro-tools and micr

Re: Grip for JIS crosspoint screwdriver?

2006-08-25 Thread Powell Hargrave
>Someone managed to drop a camera with my F70-210/4-5.6 attached. Camera >and lens appear to be fine, except that the zoom is stuck at 70mm. >Although the optimist in me says that I did not lose a zoom but gained a >prime, I'd still like to try my hand at repairing it. This may help. http://

Re: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)

2006-08-23 Thread Powell Hargrave
> What have you used? Whoops forgot the TLR The Family Box Brownie Ocassionaly Dad's 116 1A Pocket Kodak Kodak Brownie Holiday, my first camera King Regula Cita, 35mm range finder Calumet 4x5 view camera 4x5 Graphics >Ricohflex 6x6 TLR Pentax S1A Pentax SP 500 and 1000 Pentax MX Pentax ZX5n Appl

Re: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)

2006-08-23 Thread Powell Hargrave
> What have you used? The Family Box Brownie Ocassionaly Dad's 116 1A Pocket Kodak Kodak Brownie Holiday, my first camera King Regula Cita, 35mm range finder Calumet 4x5 view camera 4x5 Graphics Pentax S1A Pentax SP 500 and 1000 Pentax MX Pentax ZX5n Apple Quicktake 150 Canon Power Shot 600 Olymp

Re: For those "in the know" about K10D

2006-08-19 Thread Powell Hargrave
>That is the reason for hiring experts. They usually can save you money >over doing it yourself. And they take all the flack, worth the money in >itself in my opinion. However, some of us are so poor we have to do it >ourselves. The saving grace there is that we also have to do the work >oursel

Re: Zenitar 16mm/2.8

2006-08-17 Thread Powell Hargrave
At 05:56 PM 17/08/2006 , you wrote: > >I'll be coming over to digital when the K10D hits the market. Does anyone on >the list have an opinion about the Russian Zenitar 16mm/2.8 lens for >digital, or 35mm, format? Great lens. Great Value. Great fun. On the DS: http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/Zeni

Re: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-16 Thread Powell Hargrave
My last try. Very sharp images due to the removal of the AA filter. Some form of Pentax wizardry prevents aliasing. The increased detail will produce much larger .jpg files. Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: I know what it is:was: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-15 Thread Powell Hargrave
>On Aug 15, 2006, at 3:53 PM, Toralf Lund wrote: >> I somehow doubt that there is much to gain from improving the A/D, >> though. Seems to me that the real issue is noise already present in the >> analogue signal, and also dynamic range limitations also on the >> analogue >> side. > >Are you certa

Re: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-15 Thread Powell Hargrave
>Some things are worthwhile, others are useful conveniences, but most of >the features on modern cameras are useless crap there only to impress >the ignorant into buying it because it as 2 more features than the >competition. > >graywolf Non of the competition has yet caught up to one of Pen

Re: I know what it is:was: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-15 Thread Powell Hargrave
>Someone else was very, very close before. >-Aaron Hope it was me with the Fuji SR sensor, http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilms3pro/ So Pentax/Samsung have a 10 meg high dynamic range sensor with two pixel sensor sizes. Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

Re: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-15 Thread Powell Hargrave
>Which kind of leaves; output resolution and dynamic range. And a two >sensitivity level sensor has already been done by someone (can't >remember who) so that leaves output resolution. How about a 10 meg Fuji SR sensor. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilms3pro/ Not likely although Fuji is

Re: Another Blow Against Photography

2006-08-12 Thread Powell Hargrave
>I suspect that much of the overreaction is CYA. No official >wants to be the one who did too little. No politician wants to be >vulnerable to a charge of "soft on terrorism." > >Joe That's one way to look at it. Another is the terror promoted by politicians and the media make us sheep easie

Re: OT: Photojournalist equipment choice

2006-08-11 Thread Powell Hargrave
I'm sure they hope their next shot will make the cover of Life Magazine. Some times the higher quality can be useful. Reducing to newsprint is easy. Powell >I was at a folk music festival yesterday, and saw a PJ taking crowd shots >using a Canon 1Ds and a big lens (not sure what it was - some >

Resolution and the limit

2006-08-08 Thread Powell Hargrave
Some interesting comments I lifted from the ProRental list. Powell = Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:36:26 -0400 From: Steven Inglima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ProRental] Resolution and the limit To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In response

Re: Arcella -- mainly for Tom

2006-08-08 Thread Powell Hargrave
Nice miss. Enjoyed your little beasty. Powell >Ooops! Sorry -- wrong address. This was for Microscope. > >Don > > >Don Williams wrote: >> Since this little thing seems to be interesting some of us I've posted >> another DivX movie. I have a few dozen clips of Arcella but I also have >> more t

Re: CD File Size

2006-08-06 Thread Powell Hargrave
Not enough information. What type of files are you saving? .tif, .jpg, psd. These also can be compressed which changes file size. When you resized to print did you resample the file which makes a new smaller or larger file. Or just change the PPI which does not change the file only the printing

Re: K10D - More News

2006-08-05 Thread Powell Hargrave
re just too small to capture enough >light. I'm not going to do the math and repeat what's already in the >archives you can look it up for yourself. >Powell Hargrave wrote: > >>There is room to grow. Take a look at the Fuji F30. >>Sensor is a tiny 7.6 x 5.7 mm

Re: K10D - More News

2006-08-05 Thread Powell Hargrave
> That's why at >this point I'd like to see a larger sensor. Physics is working against >the APS-C sensor as densities get higher, and it can only get worse. There is room to grow. Take a look at the Fuji F30. Sensor is a tiny 7.6 x 5.7 mm with 6.3 Mega pixels. APS size equivalent would be ab

Re: PESO - Pond

2006-08-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
I like it the way it is. A lovely piece of nature with great depth and detail. I wonder if those who want to simplify it come from more simple places. My natural surroundings are mostly as complex and over grown as Bruce's lovely photo. The OOF foreground maybe could be sharper, but the lack of

Re: PESO - Award winning Image !

2006-07-30 Thread Powell Hargrave
Very nice work on the waterfall. Here is a Panasonic DMC TZ1 review: http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/panasonic/dmc_tz1-review/index.shtml Powell At 02:34 PM 29/07/2006 , you wrote: > >Check out > >http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > >One of the local papers, the Detro

Re: Discharging NiMH batteries

2006-07-25 Thread Powell Hargrave
Get a LA CROSSE BC-900 http://thomas-distributing.com/la_crosse_bc-900_battery_charger.php Well worth the money. Get new batteries. they are pretty cheap these days. Powell >Does anyone have any ideas for discharging AA batteries? > >Or, should I just bite the bullet and buy all new sets? > >Tha

Re: The camera for cat (or dog) haters?

2006-07-21 Thread Powell Hargrave
>> I note, with some amusement, that not only does the K100D >> have a "scene mode" specifically for taking photographs of >> your pets, but that in addition the icon for this selection >> can be set to a representation of either a cat or a dog. > >Suddenly I feel very ill... Just be glad they hav

RE: Adobe Lightroom for Windows (almost) available now

2006-07-20 Thread Powell Hargrave
>I played with it on my laptop (P4 / 1.8 / 512 / XP) for awhile this morning, >but I definitely need more RAM. This site has several short video tutes for >each module by the likes of Dave Cross, Scott Kelby, and Matt Kloskowski: >http://www.photoshopuser.com/lightroom/library.html >Lou More Tutor

Re: Calling Powell Hargrave!

2006-07-19 Thread Powell Hargrave
Email was sent to you from my Nanaimo Gallery account which usually gets through. I received a notice that I have a parcel so the converter is at the post office I think. Will find out this afternoon. Money order was sent to you last Friday. Any way you can make your email system more permeable

Re: PESO: Sierra Ranch III

2006-07-18 Thread Powell Hargrave
On a web page all that matters is pixels. ie. 600 pixels x 800 pixels. Level of compression will change the number of bytes in the image file versus the image quality. PPI, DPI, Inches do not matter. These only come into effect when you print. Powell >I set the image size, but when attached, i

Re: PESO - Aliens

2006-07-17 Thread Powell Hargrave
You gotta get your aliens sorted. These are obviously a sub species of Dalags from Dr. WHO. Powell (neat picture) >In some ways, they kind of remind me of Jawas from Star Wars. >Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Water Warp

2006-07-14 Thread Powell Hargrave
Intriguing. I like it but I want it 90 degrees CW. Powell > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4682145 > Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Bottom end advertizing

2006-07-07 Thread Powell Hargrave
http://cgi.ebay.ca/pentax-epm-3300-processor-endoscope-endoscopy-olympus_W0Q QitemZ110002657286 "gals butt not included" Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Newsworthy Photo - Burst Fire Hydrant

2006-07-05 Thread Powell Hargrave
>Define 'newsworthy' ;-) > >Cheers, > Cotty It fits. Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: New K bodies listed on B

2006-07-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
>B&H is listing them, as Shel pointed out. That means they should be >available soon. Some may already be on ships. Do cameras move on ships these days? I would think that with the high value and the speed of the market it would make air cargo more likely. Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: macros for PS CS2 ?

2006-07-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
Make your own Action. It is easy and fast. Any time you spend learning how will be well invested. Powell At 01:28 PM 28/06/2006 , you wrote: >Does anybody have a macros for PS CS2 that allows to >add a custom text to a bunch of images with a specified font size/color/ >opacity in a specified lo

Re: Re: PESO - wood structures

2006-06-24 Thread Powell Hargrave
>Not the site - the programme showing the slide show is such an intensive >user of the graphics card that, once started, it hogs the computer until it >sorts itself out. Very inconvenient but, ultimately, not harmful. Could have been if I had had unsaved data. Which I didn't. Powell -- PDM

Re: PESO - wood structures

2006-06-24 Thread Powell Hargrave
>Something similar happened when I tried it on a 2001 vintage >Fujitsu-Siemens PC in the office, after I had upgraded the ActiveX. >Mike Without knowing the exact hardware involved, I suspect that an >older type 3D support in the graphics card is the culprit. The office >PC has behaved normall

Re: OT: Another Photo Contest

2006-06-24 Thread Powell Hargrave
At 11:05 AM 24/06/2006 , Marnie wrote: > >http://www.worldinfocuscontest.com/ > >Seems to be legit. There are enough good photographers on this list for >someone to give it a shot. Or people who live in pretty places. Read the terms and conditions agreement. You send it they own it. Powell --

Re: PESO -Taxi with a Checkered Past

2006-06-24 Thread Powell Hargrave
Interesting find. Is it a limo or a station wagon? Seems to have 12 roof pillars. Powell >It was taken on an overcast day, the paint on the car and the buildings are >faded. I could have adjusted numerous elements to make a nice, bright >photo, but on my monitor it looks like the scene looked

Re: AF 1.7 converter

2006-06-24 Thread Powell Hargrave
>It should work fine. This was taken with the Pentax f 70-210 4-5.6 and >the AF1.7x on film. >http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PAW_--_Gull_in_Flight.html >P. J. Alling Very nice. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Re: A fret, and other mysteries of the sea

2006-06-23 Thread Powell Hargrave
>It's the local name for the fog that rolls in off the sea on your average >sunny, summer's afternoon around here. Also known as Haar, which Jostein or >others from that region might recognise. I have heard the origin of my family name Hargrave comes from Haar Grove A very nice photo essay.

Re: wanted to buy aka camera disaster

2006-06-23 Thread Powell Hargrave
>I set it in a camera bag that doubled as a fridge bag - >forgetting that >I had used it for food the night before - some ice had >melted and the >inside was wet _ which i didn't notice... until an hour or >so later... > >but worse, I was drying out the battery compartment with >cloth and >a thread

Re: AF 1.7 converter

2006-06-23 Thread Powell Hargrave
>I bought my AF1.7 new for $125 about 5 years ago. IIRC, that was the >list price... > >stan They stopped making them almost ten years ago. Now they are collectors items, or at least hard to find. I am glad to pay $160 for the new in box lens which will, I hope, soon be on its way here. I hop

Re: 6 book covers

2006-06-23 Thread Powell Hargrave
>Oh God I did it again! > >No spell check in photoshop Yes there is: Edit Check spelling... But why would a Scrabble master need it? :) Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: K10D Tidbits

2006-06-21 Thread Powell Hargrave
>From the K100D SR fact sheet. Does the SR system work during pan shots of moving subjects? Yes, it does work, but switching the SR function off is recommended. In shooting conditions where there may be camera shake more than by hand, the SR system may not appropriately compensate for the shaking.

Re: PAW 2006 - 23 - GDG

2006-06-18 Thread Powell Hargrave
I like the minimalist image and it intriguing how the shadow is so similar and yet very different in many details. Powell >Been busy as heck and working on so many pictures ... > >This one, taken a couple of months ago, appealed to me strangely ... >it seems to be in a new aesthetic vein. I'm

Re: Neat Image or Noise Ninja

2006-06-18 Thread Powell Hargrave
>On 6/18/06, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Don, Noise Ninja produces custom profiles for different cameras, at >> different ISO levels, You can download Neat Image profiles for the DS. All ISO settings and three noise filter settings. Quite useful when there is no plain area in th

Re: On subject of flare.

2006-06-18 Thread Powell Hargrave
At 10:46 AM 18/06/2006 , you wrote: > >I won't use a filter on any lens, not matter how valuable, unless I >require filtration. > However, I can understand that >some prefer to protect their investment. I like to buy lenses from >those folk :-). And you end up with a good collection of unused

Re: AF 1.7 converter

2006-06-18 Thread Powell Hargrave
At 07:18 AM 18/06/2006 , you wrote: >I was down at Bernie's Camera (Pittsburgh's only remaining independent >camera shop) a week ago and noticed that they have one of these... >NEW! No kidding. In the box and on the shelf with the other Pentax >stuff. Didn't ask the price but if anyone's interested

Re: OT - Jeweller's Drivers Rec (was - RE: Aperture repair on a M lens?)

2006-05-12 Thread Powell Hargrave
If they are for working on Japanese cameras you should use JIS Crosspoint drivers. I got this set and it works very well. https://www.micro-tools.com/store/mainframe2.aspx Search for 58-0318 Powell >I'm in the market for a new set of jeweller's-type screwdrivers. What's >the best set possible?

RE: Aperture repair on a M lens?

2006-05-12 Thread Powell Hargrave
Micro-tools has messed with their web site and that link I sent didn't work. Try this. P. You should be using a JIS Crosspoint screw driver. It is a different shape from a Phillips and makes it much easier. Like this: https://www.micro-tools.com/store/mainframe2.aspx Search for JIS Also some

RE: Aperture repair on a M lens?

2006-05-12 Thread Powell Hargrave
And you should be using a JIS Crosspoint screw driver. It is a different shape from a Phillips and makes it much easier. Like this: https://www.micro-tools.com/store/MainFrame2.aspx?Content=SearchByCategory.a spx?CategoryCode=PAR Also some screws are glued in with Loctite or similar. Heating wi

Re: DNG Converter converts DNGs

2006-05-10 Thread Powell Hargrave
>On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 10:28:11AM -0700, Powell Hargrave wrote: >> If I add PEF files to a folder which has DNG files in it and then run DNG >> Converter it creates a second copy of the DNG files. >> >> Any way to stop this annoying redundant behaviour? John Franc

DNG Converter converts DNGs

2006-05-10 Thread Powell Hargrave
If I add PEF files to a folder which has DNG files in it and then run DNG Converter it creates a second copy of the DNG files. Any way to stop this annoying redundant behaviour? Powell

OT:? keep the Internet free

2006-05-06 Thread Powell Hargrave
I hope all US residents on the list have signed the petition to keep the Internet free and open. As a Canadian I can't sign but if the bill is passed it will effect the activities of all Internet users. The following is taken from a post by Keith Krebs on the Epson list. Powell =

GESO: Window must go

2006-05-05 Thread Powell Hargrave
A quick and dirty gallery of newest family members. http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/Hide/index.htm The nest is about a meter from my back door. I have been trimming the plant for a better view and now I must remove the window glass to get sharp pictures. It is a small window with very old, ver

Re: PESO: My first photo

2006-05-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
; lab and get a hi-res scan. >> Paul >> -- Original message -- >> From: Powell Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Well one of the first and the first I am rather proud of. >>> >>> http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/Image-X.htm &g

Re: PESO: My first photo

2006-05-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
d get a hi-res scan. >Paul > -- Original message ------ >From: Powell Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Well one of the first and the first I am rather proud of. >> >> http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/Image-X.htm >> >> Due to some

Re: Another one bites the dust.

2006-05-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
Hope you find an enjoyable and prosperous future Bill. The best Powell At 11:30 AM 02/05/2006 , you wrote: > >As most of you know, the life of a photofinisher has changed dramatically >over the past couple of years. >The business has been taken over by large chain stores who treat the >industr

Re: PESO - Cutting the Silence

2006-05-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
Very nice. I think a 16 x 20 inch print would work well. Powell > >http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=1409549&ref=section&refid=16 > >Lens - 77 Ltd. > >Your honest and brutal comments are as always sought after. > >Boris >

Re: waist-level viewfinder

2006-05-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
>6 Box camera - contra: no setting of shutter speed nor diafragma and >even no indication at what setting it's operating (I can only guess it's >'calibrated' to sunny sixteen with 100ASA film..??) > >Groeten, Well my Box Brownie has both shutter speed and aperture control. Aperture has a little

PESO: My first photo

2006-05-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
Well one of the first and the first I am rather proud of. http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/Image-X.htm Due to some moving problems that lovely fold down couch plus a rough wooden table and a couple of chairs were the only furniture Dad and I had for several weeks after moving to BC from Ontario t

Re: Local Gas Prices

2006-05-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
>On 2006-04-29 20:21, Bob W wrote: >> Sure. In that case, North America is tiny compared with Europe. As long as >> you forget everything except Maryland. > >Check the globe or an area-true map to compare north america vs. africa... >- Martin I find a globe works well. Mine is stuck on cold war b

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-02 Thread Powell Hargrave
These days it would be very easy to reproduce any print without the negative. Powell

Re: batteries discharging quickly in *istD

2006-04-30 Thread Powell Hargrave
La Crosse charger highly recommended. I read the La Crosse delivers a more reliable charge at 500-700ma as it can do a better job of detecting the cut off point. I was having some flaky battery problems at 200ma which vanished when I upped the charge rate. 700ma is still well below the safe charg

Re: curious printing issue

2006-04-28 Thread Powell Hargrave
Have you run a nozzle check? A plugged cyan nozzle could be the problem. Powell At 08:20 AM 28/04/2006 , you wrote: > >I had a weird problem while printing the other day. > >A couple of the latest B&W photos I was printing to an ~11x14 size >were coming out with a slight magenta tint on the E

Re: Live Eagle cam

2006-04-24 Thread Powell Hargrave
2 days until expected hatching. P. At 08:24 AM 24/04/2006 , you wrote: > >http://www.infotecbusinesssystems.com/wildlife/ >

Re: PESO - "You won't believe me"

2006-04-21 Thread Powell Hargrave
I like is Boris. Like it better with the top window cropped off. Looks like an inquisition to me. Powell At 07:34 AM 21/04/2006 , you wrote: > >Hi! > >http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=13178 > >Be brutal and honest, as usual. > >Boris >

OSX on a PC

2006-04-17 Thread Powell Hargrave
Interesting post from the ProRental list. Powell + Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:16:31 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ProRental] Windows on a Mac and vice versa... To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-T

Re: PESO: Through a windshield dirtily

2006-04-16 Thread Powell Hargrave
tion that it was in motion (though not blur.) > >Cheers, >Gautam > >On 4/15/06, Powell Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I was given about 25 feet, 8 meters of very expired, June 1979, bulk Tri-X >> which had been cold stored. So I shot about a dozen frames with

PESO: Through a windshield dirtily

2006-04-15 Thread Powell Hargrave
I was given about 25 feet, 8 meters of very expired, June 1979, bulk Tri-X which had been cold stored. So I shot about a dozen frames with the MX and the Pancake lens. The film is fogged and pretty well un-useable producing very grainy results with shadows blocked up. The rest of the film will s

Re: GESO - Foggy Morning

2006-04-12 Thread Powell Hargrave
Very nice. Must make arriving at work a bit of a downer. Forest 2 does it for me. I would be tempted to do some perspective correction on it. Powell At 12:31 PM 12/04/2006 , you wrote: > >Wih URL for Forest 5 > >Several from yesterday morning on the way to work. > >Foggy Ridge (from home) > >h

Re: Autofocus with Manual Lenses

2006-04-12 Thread Powell Hargrave
Me too. Powell At 11:10 AM 12/04/2006 , you wrote: > >I would like to buy or trade for one. > Anyone got one available? > > Collin > KC8TKA > > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he > cannot lose" >

Re: PC Inspector Image recovery info

2006-04-10 Thread Powell Hargrave
Does anyone actually shoot TIFF with the D? Would not seem to be a good option as it is not as good as RAW and only slightly if any better that Jpeg and 10 times the file size. At 11:26 AM 10/04/2006 , I wrote: >Had not thought of that as the DS will not produce TIFF files. > >Powell > >>To be f

Re: PC Inspector Image recovery info

2006-04-10 Thread Powell Hargrave
Had not thought of that as the DS will not produce TIFF files. Powell >To be fair to them, it would be better to have the program detect when a >TIFF file was a Pentax RAW file and handle it automatically - otherwise >you'll run into problems if you have a mixture of PEF and TIFF files on >the

PC Inspector Image recovery info

2006-04-10 Thread Powell Hargrave
ax option to the selection menu which uses the TIFF recovery and changes the file extension to .pef. Likely the easiest option addition you ever make. Thanks for you consideration and the fine program with does work almost perfectly recovering Pentax PEF RAW files. All the best Powell Hargrave

Re: Paw Digital IR with Sepia

2006-04-09 Thread Powell Hargrave
Wow. Very nice Dave. But you should have waited until a couple of romantically involved alien walked/crawled/slithered past. ;) Powell >http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=view¤t=sepiaIR .jpg > >Spent Fri/Sat at Jr's show so today was my day.:-) > >Shot a bunch around the far

Re: Finally did it :( -> :)

2006-04-09 Thread Powell Hargrave
>It Works! > >You can not select Pentax PEF in their menu but if TIFF is selected the >files will be recovered. Opening the TIFF in PSCS2 activates ACR. Guess >you could rename them to PEF files. Seems like this could be another >essential tool. And Bridge will open the recovered TIFF files so

Re: Finally did it :( -> :)

2006-04-09 Thread Powell Hargrave
It Works! You can not select Pentax PEF in their menu but if TIFF is selected the files will be recovered. Opening the TIFF in PSCS2 activates ACR. Guess you could rename them to PEF files. Seems like this could be another essential tool. I am attempting to send them a PEF so they can update t

Finally did it :(

2006-04-09 Thread Powell Hargrave
Accidentally deleted images from my SD card. Lessons: Do not leave card with images in the camera for a week. Turn on brain before playing with camera. Fortunately no important images, or they wouldn't have been left in the camera so long. Only one that I would like to have back. I've been

Re: 2 FPS - Slow Motion?

2006-04-09 Thread Powell Hargrave
Canon D30 Jpeg-Standard: 117 frames @ 4.85 fps. We can only hope the new Pentax will come close. Powell >I one cool feture on a DSLR (but impossible to implement because cards >speed is very changeable) would be to allow an FPS speed that is just >enough so buffer never goes full. > >Then you ca

Re: OT - Nicest eBayer in the world?

2006-04-08 Thread Powell Hargrave
> >The bottom line is the most important thing in running a business >because otherwise you are not in business long, however over the years >that seems to have become the only thing. All the rest has become lip >service*. Not an MBA but a non practising BCom. We were taught to obey all the la

Re: 1.7x AF

2006-04-06 Thread Powell Hargrave
I have been looking for a 1.7 AF Converter for a few months now with no success. I've bid on a couple on eBay but was convincingly outbid. So do anyone out here have one they would be willing to part with? TIA Powell

OT: Big Squirrel Problem

2006-04-06 Thread Powell Hargrave
http://www.geekbase.org/squirrelproblem/ Don't you wish you had your fav camera there.

Re: OT: Epson 3000 Printer?

2006-04-06 Thread Powell Hargrave
Four colour inkjet. Reasonably cheap to operate as it takes up to 220 ml. ink cartridges. The ink dots are large and can be seen at close viewing distances but if used to make large prints, up to 17 inches wide, the dots are not visible at normal viewing distances. It is a real work horse and wi

Painful to look at

2006-04-04 Thread Powell Hargrave
This must be the missed deal of the year! http://cgi.ebay.ca/ASAHI-PENTAX-ME-CAMERA-with-WINDER-fpr-REPAIR-or-PARTS_W0 QQitemZ7603720748 What should one of those sell for? Powell

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