Re: Cameron this will tickle you

On Tuesday, Dec 16, 2003, at 13:15 America/New_York, John Francis wrote: Exactly my feelings when I saw the original posting. You know what they say about who blames the tools ... I don't see anything in the article that blamed the tools. They blamed it on an over-reliance of PowerPoint presentat

Re: Color correction software

On Tuesday, Dec 16, 2003, at 16:46 America/New_York, Andre Langevin wrote: Are there any Photoshop plug-ins to correct color balance due to a difference between color temperatures of film & lighting. For example 2700 oK (bulbs) to 5500 oK (film). I read that PhotoShop CS comes with this capabi

Re: Why P-TTL?

on 16.12.03 17:51, Joseph Tainter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone who owns the AF360FGZ confirm that P-TTL has given you > better exposures than ordinary TTL? Yes, P-TTL is significant upgrade to plain TTL. It usually tries to expose picture so as the flash would be as weak as possible t

Re: *istD North America Warranty

Hi, Dave B wrote (regarding repair work of cameras bought outside the country): > Actually Nikon will not do any work let alone warranty. H. So you turn up with their product, hand full of hot little dollars, and they say "No, thank you"? Sounds to me like they have both little business se

Re: Lens Tests

Compare the Quantaray models with Sigma. They have been the main manufacturer for Ritz on those. If you can find a match, then look for reviews on the Sigma version. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 6:48:58 AM, you wrote: MWMK> Hey gang, MWMK> I'm trying to research s

Re: Color correction software

I've just looked thru PS CS but can't seem to find the function, JC.. Suggestions from anyone, most welcome. There is though, the option with the supplied Camera Raw plugin where it's as simple as a slider or an auto correct dropper tool, but my attempts to find a way to use it with a simple jpg ha

RE: Australian alternative to GFM??

Since we are all scattered from Central Queensland to Melbourne and perhaps Perth, it does not make much sense to try and organise a meeting/outing on short notice. For the US mob, Australia has the land mass of the continental United states with the population of California. Canberra is 4-

Re: artefacts

Hi, Arnie wrote: > any idea what it might be? dirt on the sensor? Looks like dirt. Even more interesting, I cannot decide if the bright spots are hot pixels or stars. Probably the former, as the sun appears to be quite high. Do digiastrophotographers use extra high quality sensors to stop peo

Re: Cosina 55mm 1.2

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Ryan Lee wrote: > Fascinating, Mark.. yet another curious lens (to me).. I can't find much > info on the Rikenon either. Did you check the archive? I had seen a Porst on sale at some point and had a look at the archive. http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg795

Re: Cameron this will tickle you

William Robb wrote: > Interesting take, blaming the misuse of software for a problem, rather > than those who misued the software. Well said. I get to see quite a few ppt presentations at work and they never impress me. It has nothing to do with ppt itself - they're just bad presentations. U

Re: Update on website status, plus sample page....

Stan Halpin wrote: > See http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/A_20-2.8.html > for a sample page. None of the links are active, this is a one-page > sample. Let me know if you have any comments. The only thing I don't really like is the table borders. Have you tried getting rid of them? > Main adv

Re: GFM and a CRAPPY weekend...

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, frank theriault wrote: > Now, certainly, only a few of my posts on various lists' archives come up on > a Google search, and I have no idea how they choose what comes up or not. Partly it depends on the webmaster of the list archive site. The webmaster can prohibit Google

Re: Enabled

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Ryan Lee wrote: > Just had to drop something about Bjork (sorry about my OT tendencies!) (her > music more than her, Frank.. I once saw this clip of her arriving in > Thailand, a reporter went up to her and said 'Welcome to Thailand!' and just > as she raised her mic for a br

Re: Cosina 55mm 1.2

Actually Kostas, I did not. I think I depend a bit too much on Yahoo, and my use of PDML has been confined to my (bursting) mailbox. Apologies. But courtesy of Ollen Mullis and Paul Fox (fellow PDMLers, tremendously assistive I attest) I've been elucidated on this lens. I wasn't even aware of Porst

Re: Australian alternative to GFM??

Why is Australia referred to as Oz? I thought that was Kansas. I have the feeling I am missing something... Marnie aka Doe (Who is an Oz fan, having read all of the Baum-written books -- about four times each.)

Re: Australian alternative to GFM??

> Why is Australia referred to as Oz? 'cos the Aussies like to abbreviate. Aus = Oz. > I thought that was Kansas No, no, no :-) In fact Dorothy even says as much ("This ain't Kansas anymore, Toto" or something like that) Chris (a pommy)

Re: Australian alternative to GFM??

Well, maybe because Aussie is similar to Ozzie, so Aus > Oz.. But when over here 'afternoon' is 'arvo' and 'sandwich' is 'sanga', Oz might just mean we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto! ;) Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, D

Re: Cosina 55mm 1.2

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Ryan Lee wrote: > Apologies. Apologies? > Humbled, Humbled? There must be something wrong with my posts. They don't just help, as I intended... Sorry. Kostas

Re: OT: Fantasy about New HD from Toshiba

there are MP3 players with builtin hard drives of that size. the 1.5GB MP3 players are these type. i don't see anything important about the Toshiba announcement other than that there is now a second, independently developed source for drives of the same general capabilities of the MicroDrive. Herb

Re: Cosina 55mm 1.2

Sorry? You should be! :) Just kidding.. It helped, Kos, really! Ta! Ryan PS. About weird Aussie phrases, 'Ta' is another one.. It mean 'thanks' instead of 'goodbye'.. strange.. - Original Message - From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesda

*Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

Hi all, Regarding the Aussie GFM (I'm aware of the incorrectness of this term, but it's catchy.. we can give it a name of its own when we know where it is!), there doesn't seem to be much of a plan as yet. As such, I've decided to compile the relevant info, hopefully in a format slightly more usefu

Re: Cosina 55mm 1.2

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Ryan Lee wrote: > PS. About weird Aussie phrases, 'Ta' is another one.. It mean 'thanks' We have it here (UK) too; usually associated with Lancashire/Cumbria I think. Being easier than thanks, the nursery teaches that to my daughter (up in Scotland). Kostas

Re: Another ebay scam!

On 16/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Not mine. Just one of those things that gets passed around the Internet. >probably has several authors. No idea tho originated it, though. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.mac

Re: GFM and a CRAPPY weekend...

On 16/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >If one were silly enough to Google my name, the first item one would see is >my PDML Self Portrait (the famous bunny ears! ). The next bunch of >entries are a few of my posts to PDML and the LUG. I Googled myself and here's a couple of interesting one

OT: Ta! (was Re: Cosina 55mm 1.2)

Only association I could think of was an abbrieviation for 'thanks a lot' (though that should be t-a-l, even if 'a lot' can sound like a single word when you say the phrase). First time I heard it I was quite confused a la "hmmm you said goodbye..hmm.. you're still talking to me", but these days I

Re: GFM and a CRAPPY weekend...

On 16/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Lon, Cotty didn't crap out -- Tanya did >(unless Imissed soemthing.) Yeah, I was kinda wondering there. I think he got the names mixed up :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps __

Powerpoint

>> Interesting take, blaming the misuse of software >> for a problem, >> rather >> than those who misued the software. >Well said. I get to see quite a few ppt >presentations at work and they >never impress me. It has nothing to do with ppt >itself - they're just >bad presentations. Well,

Re:(2) *istD North America Warrany

> As far as I know Nikon is the second worst offender at that. Mamiya USA is the > first. I have not heard of any other major brands refusing to work on gray > market cameras, though many will not honor the warranty. I only realized this when i called Nik

Re: artifacts

well i tried cleaning the sensor, however because i can only see the spots on the sky, i'm going to have to wait to test it. we are supposed to get around 2 inches of rain today here in nyc. thanks for all the help arnie - Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: Color correction software

On 16 Dec 2003 at 16:46, Andre Langevin wrote: > Are there any Photoshop plug-ins to correct color balance due to a > difference between color temperatures of film & lighting. For > example 2700 oK (bulbs) to 5500 oK (film). PC based http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/filtersim.htm Rob Studde

Re: Sensors & noise

On 17 Dec 2003 at 16:30, Ryan Lee wrote: > Thanks kindly for the link. It's a good overview, though I think it helps > illustrates the question I posed (under 'system noise', the article > identifies CCDs to have 'low' while giving CMOSes 'moderate to high'). Ergo, I > find the dpreview *ist D/10D

Re: artefacts

On 17 Dec 2003 at 9:18, mike.wilson wrote: > Do digiastrophotographers use extra high quality sensors to stop people > discovering "new" heavenly objects? Given my TIC and skeptical posts on > the subject of digicams, I suppose I had better state that this is a > serious question. The link follo

Re: Australian alternative to GFM??

On 17 Dec 2003 at 6:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why is Australia referred to as Oz? It a classic Australian (Aussie) colloquialism and a lot faster to type than Australia... > I thought that was Kansas. > > I have the feeling I am missing something... Yep, Oz is a real place, the Oz in th

Re: Color correction software

"Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 16 Dec 2003 at 16:46, Andre Langevin wrote: > >> Are there any Photoshop plug-ins to correct color balance due to a >> difference between color temperatures of film & lighting. For >> example 2700 oK (bulbs) to 5500 oK (film). > >PC based http://www

Re: *istD and prime lens aperature

On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 06:27:38PM -0600, William Robb wrote: > From: "Pieter Nagel" > > Oh, I wasn't hoping to get any more quality out of the tiny APS sensor > > with 2/3 faked colour. > > I presume you have an ist D? > If so, you know how wrong this statement is. I did not mean that as a

Re[2]: *istD North America Warranty

I buy from my local store quite often. However, there are times, when the price difference is not a few bucks, but hundreds. If the difference is less than $50, pretty much I use the local store. The other problem with the local store is selection/availability. I just bought an FA*24/2 from NY

Re[2]: *istD and prime lens aperature

Hello Pieter, One thing you are not factoring in to this issue is the output side. When the output is digital, you have the same basic problem. Each "pixel" is only one color. What you are really referring to is a dithering pattern. All inkjet printers do this, monitors do this and I believe di

Re[2]: *istD and prime lens aperature

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Bruce Dayton wrote: > One thing you are not factoring in to this issue is the output side. > When the output is digital, you have the same basic problem. Each > "pixel" is only one color. This is not true. All photographic file formats store R, G and B values for each pixel.

Re[2]: *istD and prime lens aperature

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, alex wetmore wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Bruce Dayton wrote: > > One thing you are not factoring in to this issue is the output side. > > When the output is digital, you have the same basic problem. Each > > "pixel" is only one color. > > This is not true. All photographic

RE: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

Ryan, I am in Terrigal NSW. 1 hour from the hunter valley, Blue mountains, Sydney, Barrington Tops etc. Actually the Hunter Valley area offers heaps of photographic opportunities from Wollombi to the Barrington including rural towns. Settled in the early 1800 and is peppered with heaps of o

Re: *istD North America Warranty

On the other hand I have gone into camera stores a spent an hour showing the salesperson how to use a particular camera. He sure as hell didn't buy it from me. (grin) If your salesperson does not use that opportunity to sell the guy some high markup accessories and film he is a pretty poor sale

Re[3]: *istD and prime lens aperature

Hello alex, My mistake. I do believe that it is true of the printer though. That is why the resolution of an Epson is 1440 dpi but the resolution that we really think of is 300 dpi. This is due to dithering. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, December 17, 2003, 10:18:57 AM, you wrote: aw>

Re: *istD and prime lens aperature

Bruce Dayton wrote: > My local labs no longer do analog. That means that my film is at a > disadvantage. It is subject to their scanner/software limitations. > The only alternative is to scan and manipulate the images myself. Same here - and to make things even worse, they have their

Re: (2) *istD North America Warrany

Of course you could ship it to Nikon USA for repairs. There should be no duties involved. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As far as I know Nikon is the second worst offender at that. Mamiya USA is the first. I have not heard of any other major brands refusing to work on gray mar

Re: Powerpoint

Then we can look at it another way, a person who makes a possibly life threatening multi-million dollar decision from a twenty minute PowerPoint presentation certainly fits my definition of a fool. Of course, the adviser who presents it that way fits my definition of incompetent. -- Chaso DeCh

Konica Minolta?

I saw an ad on TV last night for a camera and the logo on the ad was the usual Minolta globe, but the name was Konica Minolta. Who bought who? Bill

Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF

I am thinking of buying Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF. I have read this lens is better than Tokina & Tamron. I would like to hear from the users of this lens. Buying Pentax is ruled out because of the hefty price. Thanks Ramesh __ Do you Ya

Re: A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you

Thanks for the Christmas wish and interesting image, Don. A Happy Christmas and a great New Year to you and yours! Pat White

Re: Another ebay scam!

Christian wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Oh, there's much more: > > > > Route 666 - Way of the Beast > > There used to be a real US HWY 666. This year it was renamed to US 491 > > Christian And I travelled it - to the Bisti Badlands and betw

FS: Black MX user, wonky meter

I'll probably post this again on Friday, but here's an early opportunity: I have a bargain condition black MX for sale. The meter started behaving erratically and I found it was not worth repairing the meter. It works beautifully otherwise, and I had it CLA'd early this year. It does have some

Re: Konica Minolta?

on 12/17/03 8:51 PM, Bill Owens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I saw an ad on TV last night for a camera and the logo on the ad was the > usual Minolta globe, but the name was Konica Minolta. Who bought who? Konica bought Minolta. -- Regards Sylwek

Re: Konica Minolta?

Konica bought Minolta --- Bill Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I saw an ad on TV last night for a camera and the > logo on the ad was the > usual Minolta globe, but the name was Konica > Minolta. Who bought who? > > Bill > > __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your id

Re: Powerpoint

Another problem is that some problems cannot be simplified beyond a certain point. If the decision makers don't have enough technical literacy to make the decision or the sense to give it to someone that does then problesm will occur. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee

Re: *istD and prime lens aperature

Bruce Dayton wrote: Hello Pieter, One thing you are not factoring in to this issue is the output side. When the output is digital, you have the same basic problem. Each "pixel" is only one color. What you are really referring to is a dithering pattern. All inkjet printers do this, monitors do

Re: FS: Black MX user, wonky meter

What exactly is wonky about the meter? Did they tell you the problem when it got CLA'ed? Unfortunately, my last experience getting an MX CLA'ed resulted in the camera coming back nonfunctional. *grumble* must do something about that one of these days... -Mat > I have a bargain condition black MX

Re: *istD and prime lens aperature

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:11:19AM -0800, Bruce Dayton wrote: > One thing you are not factoring in to this issue is the output side. > When the output is digital, you have the same basic problem. Each > "pixel" is only one color. Just because, at the output side, printers need to dither dots on

Re: GFM and a CRAPPY weekend...

ROFLOL - Cotty, when did you find the time to model for that?!!?!? "> and my favourite - a character in a poster: > > " tan.

Re: Powerpoint

Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:43:41 -0500 From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Powerpoint Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Then we can look at it another way, a person who >makes

BreezeBrowser 2.8

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Re[3]: *istD and prime lens aperature

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Bruce Dayton wrote: > My mistake. I do believe that it is true of the printer though. That > is why the resolution of an Epson is 1440 dpi but the resolution that > we really think of is 300 dpi. This is due to dithering. It is true of inkjet printers, but printer resolutio

Re: Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF

On 17/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >I am thinking of buying Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-200mm >f/2.8 EX APO IF. > >I have read this lens is better than Tokina & Tamron. >I would like to hear from the users of this lens. > > >Buying Pentax is ruled out because of the hefty price. I used to have

Re: Need photo printer recommendation

> Mark E posted this and other stuff about printers -- all very interesting but > Epson 2200 $650 > --- > (snip) > Suffers from metamerism > (colors look different under different light sources), > ^ Huh? Um - don't all things look different u

RE: Powerpoint

Don't hold back now...tell us what you really think! ;-) -Original Message- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Powerpoint Then we can look at it another way, a person who makes a possi

Re: Cosina 55mm 1.2

I bought it on eBay a few years back. I like the heft and feel of the lens on the LX. The Rikenons are hard to come by. I had planned to sell mine, but it turns into an effective 82mm f1.2 on the *ist-D. While you loose metering, it's an ideal lens for studio work (when the metering is done w

Re: Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF

Ramesh, I own the sample that used to be Cotty's... It's good value for the money. I don't know how it compares to Tokina and Tamron, but if I ever "upgrade" to the Pentax lens, it will be for two reasons; close focus range, which is 1.8 meters on the Sigma, 1.4 meters on the Pentax. multicoatin

Re: GFM and a CRAPPY weekend...

You bet TPB's rule!! At least they did. I just read yesterday that Salter Street Productions in Halifax went under. Didn't they do Trailer Park Boys? I know they did This Hour has 22 Minutes. I heard that TPB's is doing very well selling abroad, so maybe someone will pick them up. Hope so.

Re: GFM and a CRAPPY weekend...

Dude, What are you doing walking around with that nekkid boy in the little bathtub? There's a Whacko Jacko joke in there somewhere, but this is a family list... cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheim

Re: GFM and a CRAPPY weekend...

Rue Gravel? Oh no! Precious indeed! keith Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > > ROFLOL - Cotty, when did you find the time to model for that?!!?!? > > "> and my favourite - a character in a poster: > > > > " > > tan.

Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

Dag T: Don't forget Sheshatshit, Labrador! :) ...or Hell, Norway It finally happened: http://irc.evtek.fi/urllog/2003/12/12/It_finally_happened.jpg anders - http://anders.hultman.nu/

Re: Enabled

I'm clearly not Hip enough to like Bjork's music. I just like weird women, is all... And she fits the bill! (swan bill, that is...) cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Ryan Lee" <[EM

Re: Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF

I forgot to say HSM. Did you use HSM version or non-HSM version? I read reviews at photo.net. Few people said that HSM facility will be used incase of Minolta body. Is HSM going to work on MZ-5n & *istD(for future)? Thanks for detailed review. Ramesh --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

RE: FS: Black MX user, wonky meter

Grumble, grumble, grumble... And this, with Christmas around the corner, lots of shopping yet to do, and the inevitable post Chrismas bills - not to mention a Leica CL that's recently had the lens CLA'ed, and is ready for pickup. What I wouldn't do for a black MX, even w/o a meter! Sigh...

Re: Re[2]: artifacts

well bruce, i've tried that. it only seems to show up in the sky. - Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "arnie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:23 AM Subject: Re[2]: artifacts > Hello arnie, > > Any light colored relatively uniform s

Re: *istD and prime lens aperature

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:16:56 +0200, you wrote: snip >... then concludes that any higher resolution scan of the film is >therefore fruitless. They don't seem to realize there's smaller grains yet >to be resolved, after the first big one's they thought you saw. Wow. More grain. Just what I wanted. C

Re[4]: artifacts

Hello arnie, Have you tried looking at the sensor itself? I could see the dust speck on mine. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, December 17, 2003, 3:45:37 PM, you wrote: a> well bruce, i've tried that. it only seems to show up in the sky. a> - Original Message - a> From: "Bruce Da

RE: Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF

HSM wont be built into any Pentax mount lenses, because the mount does not support it. I tested both the 70-200 f2.8 and the 100-300 f4.0 a year and a half ago. Both were pretty similar in terms of performance and the size difference was surprisingly not much at all. Both VERY good performers.

ZX-L and old lenses

I've been using a Super Program, and I'm considering getting a ZX-L. I see on Pentax's web site for the ZX-L specifications that it only takes FA, F, & A lenses. I have some old screwmount lenses and an M, as well as two A's. Does the ZX-L really not work with M, K, & screwmount lenses at all, or

Re: FS: Black MX user, wonky meter

It worked fine for a while, then suddenly seemed at least three stops off, although it wasn't consistent. My repair guy didn't have any MX meter parts or parts MX bodies and would have had to send it out to someone else he knows, which would have been nearly $100, so I figured it wasn't worth i

Re: Color correction software

these are standalone, not plugins. makes them less useful. Herb - Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:11 AM Subject: Re: Color correction software > On 16 Dec 2003 at 16:46, Andre Langevin wrote: >

Re: *istD and prime lens aperature

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:52:13PM -0700, John Mustarde wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:16:56 +0200, you wrote: > snip > >... then concludes that any higher resolution scan of the film is > >therefore fruitless. They don't seem to realize there's smaller grains yet > >to be resolved, after the firs

Re: Fantasy about New HD from Toshiba

so far, it's been OK. it does draw more battery power than solid state and it's not usable above 10,000 feet or at temperatures too low. however, i have 2G of ordinary solid state CF for cold conditions. i haven't yet run out of battery power before running out of storage. speed seems adequate. i d

RE: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

I am actually leaving on Sunday for Steamboat Colorado. No need to take or buy colour film - it will be waist deep white and cold. Because Australia is such an old land mass, all of the photographic features have eroded long before man hit the continent. Bob -Original Message- Fro

Re[2]: *istD North America Warranty

The issue of availability is a bit of a sore point with me. People who buy mail-order for high-end items to avoid a waiting period contribute to a vicious circle. Customers buy mail-order because they can't get it locally, but the local stores don't see the point in carrying it if no one ever or

Re: *istD North America Warranty

The type of people who buy digital cameras from electronics companies like Future Shop, or from Walmart, aren't the least bit interested in buying high markup accessories from us. They've already bought their genuine "Viking" brand memory card from Costco and their "Power-tron" 1600 mAh batteries

Re: Re[2]: *istD North America Warranty

On 17 Dec 2003 at 21:47, Chris Brogden wrote: > Sure, in an idea world your small, local, family-owned camera store would > have the money to be able to keep high-end products from every > manufacturer in stock at all times, but the unfortunate reality is that > this is horrendously expensive. An

Re: Need photo printer recommendation

Mark Roberts wrote: > Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Mark E posted this and other stuff about printers -- all very interesting > >but > > > >> Epson 2200 $650 > >> --- > >> (snip) > > > >> Suffers from metamerism > >> (colors look different under different light sou

RE: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

> -Original Message- > From: Bob Rapp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > As large as OZ is and the closeness of our Kiwi > friends, I would not rule > out the South Island - now that place is stunning. I've been thinking about a trip down there (Oz and/or NZ) for a while. If someone wer

RE: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

Tom, If you do, plan an spending more that a week or two. New Zealand could be done in 7 days - 10 if you include the North Island. Australia that time of the year would probably limit you to the southern portion and the northern area would be too hot and humid (90s and 100% humidity). The

RE: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Bob Rapp wrote: > If you do, plan an spending more that a week or two. New Zealand could be > done in 7 days - 10 if you include the North Island. A 7-10 day trip of New Zealand, including both islands, would be a terrible shame. I've spent 7 weeks there over two trips

Re: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

Hi, I may come along depending on the date, probaly near Brisbane or in Victoria are the best options for me. Paul (Melb) Ryan Lee wrote: (Some corrections from the original.) Hi all, Regarding the Aussie GFM (I'm aware of the incorrectness of this term, but it's catchy.. we can give it a name

Re: OT:Inkjet printer recommendations

Juey Chong Ong wrote: > On Wednesday, Dec 17, 2003, at 11:34 America/New_York, Ann Sanfedele > wrote: > > > Dunno. But I do get irked when the ink is low and it won't let me > > clean the head, > > even though there really is plenty of ink in the bucket . Ionly use > > Epson inks myself. > > Me

Re: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

Ryan, You may as well add my name to the list of Aussie PDMLers (Anthony Farr, Sydney, NSW). As for being a potential attendee at OZGFM, and to quote FU*, "I couldn't ~possibly~ comment". regards, Anthony Farr * Francis Urquhart, fictional British prime minister (the "House of Cards" trilogy.)

Re: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

Hi Paul, Is this a different Paul from the Paul Ewins (also in Melbourne) in this list? If not where ya at? Kevin Waterson (Port Macquarie, NSW) Trevor Bailey (Grafton, NSW) Rob Studdert (Hurtsville, NSW) Bob Rapp (Terrigal, NSW) Anthony Farr (Sydney, NSW) Paul Ewins (Melbourne, VIC) Leon Altoff (

Re: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

Oops, I forgot you put Melbourne down.. :) - Original Message - From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:32 PM Subject: Re: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)* > Hi, > > I may come along depending on the date, probaly near Brisban

RE: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

Hi Alex, Like you, I have a facination with New Zealnad - particularly the South Island. My comment was relating to a 4 week trip. I have been to the South Island 6 times and only one of those times Milford Sound was clear. I think, as legend has it, every visitor to the South Islan

Re: *Australian GFM (Abridged/Consolidated)*

lol! Well I'm sure the wife would want to come along too.. Or if that's not it, extend federal parliament an invitation too, and perhaps we can make use of their electric cars? Rgds, Ryan - Original Message - From: "Anthony Farr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday

Re: BreezeBrowser 2.8

What are the advantages of Breezebrowser versus other solutions, like the Pentax software? Is it worth the money? Any experience? On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 22:46, Paul Eriksson wrote: > BreezeBrowser 2.8 was just released, now with support for raw from our ist > D's. > > Paul > > __