Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-23 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 5:27 PM, wrote: > My point was your comment about the Pentax forum and intelligent discussion. > > MarnieBut, on second thought, according to what you said above, maybe > this thread doesn't prove intelligence here in PDML as well. Heh. Exactly... ;-) cheers, fr

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-23 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/23/2009 2:10:02 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:55 PM, wrote: > Hey, frank? You reading this thread? > > If this doesn't qualify as intelligent discussion, I don't know what does. > > Marnie ;-) Me, all over my

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-23 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:55 PM, wrote: > Hey, frank? You reading this thread? > > If this doesn't qualify as intelligent discussion, I don't know what does. > > Marnie ;-) Me, all over my head, HS geometry was long ago and far away. I've been reading it, but have found nothing to add to

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-23 Thread Thibouille
This is a strict trapezoïd (translated from french) which mean a trapezoïd which isn't anything more particuliar than a trapezoïd. On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 6:10 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > >> In a message dated 2/19/2009 11:41:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, >> papenf

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Bob W" > > They must teach you some strange things in your schools. > JCO is quite > > correct - at least, our schools taught us that a rectangle is a > > quadrilateral with 4 right angles, so a square is a > rectangle. A rectangle > > with unequal sides is an oblong. > > > > Bob >

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-21 Thread ann sanfedele
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 2/19/2009 11:41:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, papenf...@juneau.me.vt.edu writes: Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a rhombus, or a trapezoid. I (somewhat) hate adding to this pedantism, but a square can be

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-21 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/19/2009 11:41:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, papenf...@juneau.me.vt.edu writes: > Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a > rhombus, or a trapezoid. > I (somewhat) hate adding to this pedantism, but a square can be accurately called - A rectangl

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Sorry, but every time you get underwater the different media (water vs air) causes the subjects to appear larger and closer - so you need to think wider underwater than on air. Positive side effect, the less water between you and your subject, better the image - even clear and pure water degrades

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a rhombus, or a trapezoid. I (somewhat) hate adding to this pedantism, but a square can be accurately called - A rectangle with equal-length sides - A rhombus with 90 degree corners - A trapezoid that has (the required) two paral

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Igor Roshchin
Cory, You forgot: - A parallelogram with all four sides equal, and all four corners equal (and hence 90 degrees). :-D Igor Thu Feb 19 14:40:45 EST 2009 Cory Papenfuss wrote: > > Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a > > rhombus, or a trapezoid. > > > I (som

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Adam Maas
Not an issue as the vertical size of the mirror would be very close to a 35mm mirror (needs to handle 25mm instead of 24mm). Pentax couldn't use the current mirror boxes, but the old *ist or MZ-S mirror boxes would do just fine. -Adam On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 3:16 PM, John Celio wrote: > If one w

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Lets have a contest to see who can come up with the most outlandish > rumor that gets picked up and spread around. They've already got the square sensor body in (secret) production. In order to assuage the sensibilities of certain members of

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 01:16:42PM -0700, John Celio scripsit: > If one were to cram a square sensor into a 35mm-based body, wouldn't > the size of the mirror need to be increased vertically (assuming the > sensor is the same height and width as the width of the current sensor > Pentax uses)? This

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 01:16:42PM -0700, John Celio wrote: # If one were to cram a square sensor into a 35mm-based body, wouldn't the # size of the mirror need to be increased vertically (assuming the sensor # is the same height and width as the width of the current sensor Pentax # uses)? This is

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Toine
The mirror and mirrorbox would be same same size as the old analog camera;s. Should be easy. You only need to remove a small part of the mirror on the left and right. I think I want this square FF pentax. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:16 PM, John Celio wrote: > If one were to cram a square sensor in

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Ken Waller
As you wish, JC MARK ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "keith_w" Subject: Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor JC OConnell wrote: A square is a special rectangle, but it IS a rectangle. I just googled it last night, nowhere in

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread John Celio
If one were to cram a square sensor into a 35mm-based body, wouldn't the size of the mirror need to be increased vertically (assuming the sensor is the same height and width as the width of the current sensor Pentax uses)? This is the reason I doubt a square sensor'd dSLR is on the way. The whole

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Cory Papenfuss
JC O'Connell As you wish, JC. "AS YOU WISSHHH!" :) -- * * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, PPSEL-IA* * Research Associate, Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Bob W
> > > They must teach you some strange things in your schools. > JCO is quite > > correct - at least, our schools taught us that a rectangle is a > > quadrilateral with 4 right angles, so a square is a > rectangle. A rectangle > > with unequal sides is an oblong. > > > > Bob > > C'mon, Bob. Yo

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread AlunFoto
I thought it was an asian coin of some sort... Jostein 2009/2/19 frank theriault : > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:40 AM, keith_w wrote: > >> C'mon, Bob. You're putting me on, right? Or making jokes. >> An oblong is a squashed circle. > > I thought oblong was a type of tea? > > cheers, > frank > > >

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:40 AM, keith_w wrote: > C'mon, Bob. You're putting me on, right? Or making jokes. > An oblong is a squashed circle. I thought oblong was a type of tea? cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PD

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Joseph McAllister
Therefore, if all four sides are equal, then three of those sides are also equal, so a square is an equilateral triangle. QED. On Feb 18, 2009, at 23:03 , Larry Colen wrote: # a square IS a rectangle. a square photo format is still a rectangular # format. # its just a rectangle with all fou

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:45, keith_w wrote: JC OConnell wrote: A square is a special rectangle, but it IS a rectangle. I just googled it last night, nowhere in any of the definitions does it say that a rectangle has to have any requirements on side lengths. Its just has to have all 4 corners at

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Luiz Felipe
I guess many rumours have some truth behind them - and they hardly come true anyway. I'd pass a square sensor for my current uses. For me, the best format would be 3:4, but I can live with 35mm and with APS formats. About lens coverage, I believe many FF lens would be easily offered simply by

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:16:38AM -0800, keith_w scripsit: > Thibouille wrote: >> Mmm Nikon is rumoured to introduce a medium format lineup (MX format) >> based on a sensor of 54x54 mm. If this is true, Pentax MF'd better >> be cheap enough, and Leica is screwed ;) >> >> Anyway, rumours ... :p >

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Ken Waller
See Larry, we learn all sorts of 'interesting' things here at the PDML. < with a little sarcasm > Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, February 1

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "keith_w" Subject: Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor Thibouille wrote: Mmm Nikon is rumoured to introduce a medium format lineup (MX format) based on a sensor of 54x54 mm. If this is true, Pentax MF'd better be cheap enough, and L

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 19, 2009, at 7:40 AM, keith_w wrote: Bob W wrote: Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a rhombus, or a trapezoid. While all 4 corners of both a square and a rectangle must be 90 degrees, the commonly accepted (preferred) definition states that a rectangle

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread keith_w
JC OConnell wrote: A square is a special rectangle, but it IS a rectangle. I just googled it last night, nowhere in any of the definitions does it say that a rectangle has to have any requirements on side lengths. Its just has to have all 4 corners at 90 degreees. There is differentiation, the

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread keith_w
Bob W wrote: Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a rhombus, or a trapezoid. While all 4 corners of both a square and a rectangle must be 90 degrees, the commonly accepted (preferred) definition states that a rectangle has adjacent sides of UNequal length. I think

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread JC OConnell
are just a special rectangle with all four sides equal lenght. JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of keith_w Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 2:57 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Am

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread JC OConnell
List Subject: Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:50:16PM -0500, JC OConnell wrote: # Whiz? In what class?, remedial school? # # a square IS a rectangle. a square photo format is still a rectangular # format. # its just a rectangle with all four sides equal length. Oh,

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Bob W
> > Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a > > rhombus, or a trapezoid. > > While all 4 corners of both a square and a rectangle must be > 90 degrees, the > commonly accepted (preferred) definition states that a > rectangle has adjacent > sides of UNequal length. >

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread keith_w
JC OConnell wrote: Rectangle Definition : From Latin: rectus "right" + angle, A 4-sided polygon where all interior angles are 90° = JC O'Connell As far as you go, your statement is totally correct. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread keith_w
Thibouille wrote: Mmm Nikon is rumoured to introduce a medium format lineup (MX format) based on a sensor of 54x54 mm. If this is true, Pentax MF'd better be cheap enough, and Leica is screwed ;) Anyway, rumours ... :p A tiny bit smaller than the old time 2 1/4 square format. What would the p

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Thibouille
Still, strictly speaking a square is indeed a rectangle. For all intend and purposes, it is confusing to talk about a rectangle when it is also a square. But well... ;) On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:56 AM, keith_w wrote: > Larry Colen wrote: >> >> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:50:16PM -0500, JC OConnell

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread Thibouille
Mmm Nikon is rumoured to introduce a medium format lineup (MX format) based on a sensor of 54x54 mm. If this is true, Pentax MF'd better be cheap enough, and Leica is screwed ;) Anyway, rumours ... :p -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread keith_w
Larry Colen wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:50:16PM -0500, JC OConnell wrote: # Whiz? In what class?, remedial school? # # a square IS a rectangle. a square photo format is still a rectangular # format. # its just a rectangle with all four sides equal length. Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread Dario Bonazza
Shit, why don't they go straight to the point and make a circular field camera? ;-) I have no problems in rotating a camera 90°, really. Dario - Original Message - From: "John Celio" To: Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 2:00 AM Subject: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor http://ww

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:50:16PM -0500, JC OConnell wrote: # Whiz? In what class?, remedial school? # # a square IS a rectangle. a square photo format is still a rectangular # format. # its just a rectangle with all four sides equal length. Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread JC OConnell
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:13 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor I shot 6x6 extensively for at least ten years, probably longer. Never fell in love with it. Paul On Feb 18, 2009, at 8:29 PM, John Mullan wrote: > There are some advanta

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
I shot 6x6 extensively for at least ten years, probably longer. Never fell in love with it. Paul On Feb 18, 2009, at 8:29 PM, John Mullan wrote: There are some advantages to a square format, just ask anyone who has shot 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" for any extended period. While I love my 645 dearly fo

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread Christine Aguila
From: "John Celio" http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2009/02/wild-rumor-pentax-k3d-with-a-22mp-square-sensor-dslr.html I don't know about you, but I think it would be a pretty neat idea. I imagine it would be strange to get used to a square view while using a non-MF camera. To me this so

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread Joseph McAllister
Damn! On Feb 18, 2009, at 18:50 , JC OConnell wrote: a square IS a rectangle. a square photo format is still a rectangular format. its just a rectangle with all four sides equal length. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread JC OConnell
Rectangle Definition : >From Latin: rectus "right" + angle, A 4-sided polygon where all interior angles are 90° = JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -Original Message- Wow! I was a whiz at plane geometry in grade school, but

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread JC OConnell
pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:12 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor Wow! I was a whiz at plane geometry in grade school, but I never was presented the hyp

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread Joseph McAllister
Wow! I was a whiz at plane geometry in grade school, but I never was presented the hypothesis of squaring a rectangle, or rectangling a square! On Feb 18, 2009, at 17:51 , JC OConnell wrote: from a technical standpoint, the square format is the most efficient rectangular format because it

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Feb 18, 2009, at 5:00 PM, John Celio wrote: > >> >> http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2009/02/wild-rumor-pentax-k3d-with-a-22mp-square-sensor-dslr.html >> I don't know about you, but I think it would be a pretty neat idea. I >> imagine

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread JC OConnell
t] On Behalf Of John Mullan Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 8:30 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor There are some advantages to a square format, just ask anyone who has shot 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" for any extended period. While I love my 645

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread John Mullan
There are some advantages to a square format, just ask anyone who has shot 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" for any extended period. While I love my 645 dearly for its large negative size, the square format is always framed optimally. At 1.3 times the size of a 35mm negative according to the article I guess th

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 18, 2009, at 5:00 PM, John Celio wrote: http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2009/02/wild-rumor-pentax-k3d-with-a-22mp-square-sensor-dslr.html I don't know about you, but I think it would be a pretty neat idea. I imagine it would be strange to get used to a square view while using a non-

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 5/9/06, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I think most of us bring a ton of gear to GFM is two fold. >> >> 1- To show it off. >> >> 2- Its a long way home to get my lens i "should have brought" LOL >> >> In the both times attending GFM, i brou

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-05 Thread Mat Maessen
On 9/5/06, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think most of us bring a ton of gear to GFM is two fold. > > 1- To show it off. > > 2- Its a long way home to get my lens i "should have brought" LOL 3 - To give Those Less Fortunate (TM) an opportunity to fall in lust with lenses they can't

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
I still have my 128 and 256 cards in the bag.LOL Mostly i have Kingston 1gig and Sandisk 2gig Extreme III's. I remember reading a few years ago, that using smaller cards was better in the case of data failure and recovery. His theroy was that if you shoot smaller cards, say 4 1 gig, as appose

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-05 Thread graywolf
A link that I gave on my press camera webpages, and I have posted here before. For those who have not read the article, it is kind of bemusing. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/essays/vanRiper/020726.htm -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/9/06, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >I think most of us bring a ton of gear to GFM is two fold. > >1- To show it off. > >2- Its a long way home to get my lens i "should have brought" LOL > >In the both times attending GFM, i brought everything but a kitchen >sink. I have an ex

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
I think most of us bring a ton of gear to GFM is two fold. 1- To show it off. 2- Its a long way home to get my lens i "should have brought" LOL In the both times attending GFM, i brought everything but a kitchen sink. I have an extra one now, so i can bring that along to.:-) I really only nee

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-05 Thread Dave Kennedy
Actually, I've sticking with 512M cards (mostly). I've found that they work best with my portable CD burner that I use while on Vacation - at the end of the day, burn all my cards to cd and then I have a RAW CD backup copy for archive as well. Course with the family vacations, I haven't been burn

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Think of all the gear some people carry today - far heavier and more cumbersome than a couple of bodies and lenses plus film (which could usually be purchased just about anywhere, so there was little need to carry lots of film around as part of stock). When I read about what some people take to GF

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 4, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Yeah - those were the days when it was fairly affordable to own two or > even three high quality cameras and switch between them when one ran > out of film! It's all relative. I don't recall considering my Nikon F2 or Leica M 'inexpensive'. (O

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread Adam Maas
Tell me about it. I shot the Canadian International Air Show today with my D50 and F3/MD4 combo. I got 600+ Large/Fine JPEG's on a 1GB card, which covered the first 2/3rds of the show (Cloudy, white skies make for superb compression levels from JPEG) and the last 1/3 of the show with the F3 and

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >Perhaps the reason the card only held 2 gig was that he was using it >in a camera that wouldn't write more than 2 gig? Yep :) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Perhaps the reason the card only held 2 gig was that he was using it in a camera that wouldn't write more than 2 gig? Paul On Sep 4, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> I've been shopping for SD memory cards (gr...) in anticipation of >> purchasing a K10D in th

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Mark Roberts wrote: > > I've been shopping for SD memory cards (gr...) in anticipation of > purchasing a K10D in the near future. I've limited my searches to 4G > capacity as I expect that'll be my minimum size for use with this > camera. Resellerratings.com only showed two cards at this capac

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Thibouille wrote: >K110D compressed ? >K10D maybe but K110D? K10D -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread Thibouille
K110D compressed ? K10D maybe but K110D? Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Remember when we could only shoot 36 exposures before having to >reload, without even knowing whether or not any of our photos were >actually what we expected? Yeah - those were the days when it was fairly affordable to own two or even three high quality cameras and s

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Remember when we could only shoot 36 exposures before having to reload, without even knowing whether or not any of our photos were actually what we expected? > I get 188 listed on the LCD display on my DS2 with a 2 gig card in it. > I have yet to shoot that many before downloading, to test the

Re: Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread Mat Maessen
On 9/4/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting numbers. I get 94 RAW on a 1Gb SD card with the DL/2. Looks > like there is some more efficient processing going on in the secondary series > of cameras. I get 188 listed on the LCD display on my DS2 with a 2 gig card in it. I hav

Re: Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread Shel Belinkoff
In the FWIW Department, the best I've gotten has been 99 exposures on a 1GB card in the istDS. Usually it's a couple-three less than that. Shel > [Original Message] > From: mike wilson > Interesting numbers. I get 94 RAW on a 1Gb SD card > with the DL/2. Looks like there is some more effic

Re: Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread mike wilson
Mine seem to be just over 10Mb, max. > > From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/09/04 Mon AM 10:51:23 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: Re: Re: Amusing product review > > *istD RAW files tend to be around 12-13MB

Re: Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread Thibouille
DS(2)/DL(2) do store not store unnecessary bits that the D does store. These files aren't compress although. 2006/9/4, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2006/09/03 Sun PM 11:37:58 GMT > > T

Re: Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread David Savage
*istD RAW files tend to be around 12-13MB. Dave On 9/4/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting numbers. I get 94 RAW on a 1Gb SD card with the DL/2. Looks > like there is some more efficient processing going on in the secondary series > of cameras. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Ma

Re: Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-04 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/09/03 Sun PM 11:37:58 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Amusing product review > > David J Brooks wrote: > > >My 2Gig Sandisk Extreme III's give me about 330 Jpeg files per ca

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Digital Image Studio wrote: >On 04/09/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sounds reasonable, but given the signal processing, I *am* hoping for >> more than 12 bits per pixel. And as Ken pointed out, shooting RAW+JPEG >> will add a 10-megapixel JPEG to the file: Perhaps another 1-2 Me

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/09/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds reasonable, but given the signal processing, I *am* hoping for > more than 12 bits per pixel. And as Ken pointed out, shooting RAW+JPEG > will add a 10-megapixel JPEG to the file: Perhaps another 1-2 Meg. I don't know how practical a R

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Digital Image Studio wrote: >On 04/09/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> David J Brooks wrote: >> >> >My 2Gig Sandisk Extreme III's give me about 330 Jpeg files per card, >> >on the D200.IMSMC from GFM i got about 170-180 Raw files. >> >> I'm stumped on "IMSMC", but I get 144 RAW files

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/09/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David J Brooks wrote: > > >My 2Gig Sandisk Extreme III's give me about 330 Jpeg files per card, > >on the D200.IMSMC from GFM i got about 170-180 Raw files. > > I'm stumped on "IMSMC", but I get 144 RAW files on a 2 Gig card in my > istD and I'

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >My 2Gig Sandisk Extreme III's give me about 330 Jpeg files per card, >on the D200.IMSMC from GFM i got about 170-180 Raw files. I'm stumped on "IMSMC", but I get 144 RAW files on a 2 Gig card in my istD and I'm hoping for around 150 K10D RAW+JPEG files on a 4 Gig card. Pe

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Kenneth Waller
orget the additional memory to simultaneously store jpegs. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Amusing product review > Paul Stenquist wrote: > >>As a D shooter, I have only one SD card -- a one meg San

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread David J Brooks
My 2Gig Sandisk Extreme III's give me about 330 Jpeg files per card, on the D200.IMSMC from GFM i got about 170-180 Raw files. Sir CF Dave Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've been shopping for SD memory cards (gr...) in anticipation of > purchasing a K10D in the near future.

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >As a D shooter, I have only one SD card -- a one meg Sandisk Ultra >that I bought for my Panasonic P&S. I'll buy more, but I'm going to >wait until I have the K10 in hand, since prices keep dropping. >However, I don't think I want any cards bigger than 2 gig. I figure

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/9/06, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >As a D shooter, I have only one SD card -- a one meg Sandisk Ultra >that I bought for my Panasonic P&S. I'll buy more, but I'm going to >wait until I have the K10 in hand, since prices keep dropping. >However, I don't think I want any c

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Not only are prices dropping, but SDHC cards are still relatively new, and in a month or so there may not only be lower prices, but a greater number of card brands to choose from, as well as a greater choice in places that are selling them. The same holds true to a similar extent for card readers.

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
As a D shooter, I have only one SD card -- a one meg Sandisk Ultra that I bought for my Panasonic P&S. I'll buy more, but I'm going to wait until I have the K10 in hand, since prices keep dropping. However, I don't think I want any cards bigger than 2 gig. I figure that a lost card or a fai

RE: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
It's a worthless review. The reviewer doesn't say what camera or other gear he's using, what his card reader may be, or any of those things. As you know, if the equipment isn't designed to accept and use the card, the card won't work properly or at all. Further, the card has no indication that it

Re: Amusing product review

2006-09-03 Thread Mat Maessen
On 9/3/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been shopping for SD memory cards (gr...) in anticipation of > purchasing a K10D in the near future. I've limited my searches to 4G > capacity as I expect that'll be my minimum size for use with this > camera. Resellerratings.com only sh

RE: Amusing blog

2006-04-17 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W wrote: > I stumbled upon this blog while googling*. > *3 or 4 years ago that sentence would have been gibberish. Or overheard in a pub in a farming community? Malcolm

Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-02 Thread David Mann
Those photos are great! - Dave On Nov 2, 2005, at 9:21 PM, Jostein wrote: My eployer, the Norwegian Medicines Agency, went online with a new website last night. Not very interesting as such, but on each of the main pages there is a microscopy photograph of crystallised substances from medi

Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-02 Thread Jostein
My eployer, the Norwegian Medicines Agency, went online with a new website last night. Not very interesting as such, but on each of the main pages there is a microscopy photograph of crystallised substances from medicines. Unfortunately, it's only in the the Norwegian language version of the site

Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-01 Thread David Mann
On Nov 2, 2005, at 7:22 AM, Don Williams wrote: The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://persona

Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-01 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Don. The explanation is nearly as interesting as the image. They will sell! Jack --- Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm limited by the magnifications > available. There is no zooming facility > in a compound microscope. A lower power > objective doesn't show enough detail.

RE: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-01 Thread derbyc
Pretty. What are we looking at, Don? D Quoting Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Very nice picture, Don. > On the object to the left. it looks like someone printed some sheet musik! > regards > Jens > > Jens Bladt > Arkitekt MAA > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -Oprindelig meddelelse

RE: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-01 Thread Jens Bladt
005 21:20 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D I'm limited by the magnifications available. There is no zooming facility in a compound microscope. A lower power objective doesn't show enough detail. The one used for this picture was a 10/0.25 Leic

RE: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-01 Thread Jens Bladt
Very nice picture, Don. On the object to the left. it looks like someone printed some sheet musik! regards Jens Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Don Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. november 2005 19:23 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.

Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-01 Thread Don Williams
The dolphin is a discontinuity -- a fault -- in the crystal lattice. Crystals -- perfect and imperfect -- make incredibly interesting 'modern art' images. Making them is an art in itself and a rather hit and miss business. So when I have a good result I need to be able to take dozens of pic

Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-01 Thread Don Williams
I'm limited by the magnifications available. There is no zooming facility in a compound microscope. A lower power objective doesn't show enough detail. The one used for this picture was a 10/0.25 Leica Fluotar. The image is salicylic acid (salicylate) crystallized from 70% ethanol directly o

Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-01 Thread Gonz
I see what appears to be a dolphin show on the "thing" on the left. What is it? Don Williams wrote: The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted o

Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-01 Thread Jack Davis
Don, Cyber paleontology? Can even imagine fossil impressions. IOW, very interesting. I was, however waiting to see all of the rectangular "slab". How (why) did you do this? =) Jack --- Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The camera is doing a good job and while > its still here and not ye

Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D

2005-11-01 Thread frank theriault
On 11/1/05, Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The camera is doing a good job and while > its still here and not yet on its way > back to the agents for exchange I've > been taking a few fun shots. All start > as big TIFF files but I've converted one > to a small jpg and here it is: > > http

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