Re: OT: Developng questions

2005-04-28 Thread Alin Flaider
I've put Delta rated at 1600 through Microphen and found the result more than acceptable. It may be that 20C versus 24Celsius matters also as I like more the outcome at lower temperature - longer developing. Servus, Alin Frantisek wrote: DGAJ>> But the main question I've got today co

OT: Ashes and snow

2005-04-29 Thread Alin Flaider
A lifetime project that transcends nature photo and questions the path of our species. For the lucky ones around or travelling to NY, don't miss the grandiose exhibition in NYC, open until June 6 (pier 54, West 13th St.). The rest of us can get a glimpse in the March number of the Pho

Re: Salgado on wheels!

2005-05-08 Thread Alin Flaider
Bob, Hopefully I'll be able to experience the difference at some point in the future. Right now it seems to me the images have enough drama not to be further emphasized with these high contrasts. Maybe it's due to the web translation but I think the amount of pure black and white make

Re: OT: Philosophical health check

2005-05-08 Thread Alin Flaider
David wrote: DS> 33% DS> I need another drink. Very healthy - further enough from both fundamentalist extremes. Servus, Alin

Re: My brother and his new camera

2005-05-20 Thread Alin Flaider
Leon, Coming from a 7 MP / electronic viewfinder camera his choice is logical. These kind of users are not going to choose a lower MP camera based on bigger/clearer viewfinder and better build. Canon knows where to aim with its rebels. Pentax doesn't stand a chance outside its users

Re: How to photograph animals in the dark?

2005-05-21 Thread Alin Flaider
There are some cameras with infrared capabilities, DSC V1 comes in mind. It's not film but 4 MP is still better than video. Servus, Alin Cotty wrote: C> We have a fairly cheap Video 8 digi camcorder that has an infrared light C> on it and when set for IR capture, it's quite astonishing

Re: PESO: Invitation to Hike

2005-05-22 Thread Alin Flaider
Kenneth wrote: KW> I personally know 3 Nationally prominent Pro Outdoor KW> photographers. While they have been known to spend time perfecting KW> an exceptional image after capture, their credo is to get it right KW> in the camera at the time of capture. Ken, There must be the habit of s

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-22 Thread Alin Flaider
Okay, so I like this place (B&H that is), people over there are very knowledgeable in most every respect except for... Pentax. And just to add my share to the speculation, camera makers of 2008 will be making their own sensors too. Look up Canon for SLR and Sanyo for p&s, Nikon aims to m

Re: flying with gear

2005-05-23 Thread Alin Flaider
Frantisek, After getting back from a London-NY-Charlotte trip with not many photo oportunities, I found on the only Provia 100F that I managed to take some pictures on - lots of gray spots liberally sprinkled over the blue skies. Since this is the only time it happened I can only rela

Re: *istD impressions on my website

2003-08-24 Thread Alin Flaider
Christian wrote: CL> Example shots on the Pentax Japan website have been unorthodox before (Optio CL> 33L: two samples in digital filter mode, only one in normal mode) - but they CL> have always been realistic in showing what images the camera is able to CL> produce. I hope it is the same with th

Re: Mars

2003-08-27 Thread Alin Flaider
Dave, f/8 with 8-10 seconds will do. Or you can put the SP in auto compensate -3 stops. Good luck with the weather, I'm going for the Mars - Moon shot too. Servus, Alin brooksdj wrote: bcin> I have a few frames of Portra 400NC left in the Super Program and thought bcin> i'd try a sky

Re: OT: Survival Kit

2003-08-29 Thread Alin Flaider
Don wrote: DEDFW> ... brandy and if you're out for more than a few days - DEDFW> antibiotics and vodka. Just don't take them both at once unless you want to brag about how you survived despite any of them... ;o) Servus, Alin

Re: OT: Survival Kit

2003-09-01 Thread Alin Flaider
Bob Walkden wrote: BW> Here's what I take: ... BW> coil of rope :o) Actually the coil of 40 meters of 8mm rope and a carabineer always sit at the bottom of may rucksack even if no climbing is in the collimator. Quite a few benefited from it over the years... BW> torch May I sugge

Re: How's the 80-320?

2003-09-01 Thread Alin Flaider
John wrote: JF> but I seem to recall that the 80-320 was well received when it was JF> first released, so I'm thinking of trying one with the *ist-D John, considering the 60 lpmm requirement of the *ist d sensor, the 80-320 will behave remarkably well between 80 and 135, still well at 20

Re: OT: Car keys - WAS Survival Kit

2003-09-02 Thread Alin Flaider
John wrote: JF> I believe that our new vehicle (a Mini Cooper) has the code-change feature. JF> Our salescritter certainly said it had it, but who trusts auto sales guys? So I was told of my new Peugeot 206. Months later when I had the time to go through the manuals, I found out much to my

Re: Aperture on FA 24mm f2 jumping between 2.0 and 2.5???!!!

2003-09-04 Thread Alin Flaider
Frank, have you tried cleaning the electrical contacts, both on camera and the lens? [The aperture value is transmitted strictly via digital protocol]. Servus,Alin Frank wrote: FW> recently my FA* 24mm is behaving strangely on my MZ-5N. At the largest aperture FW> (aperture priority

Re: *istD images posted

2003-09-07 Thread Alin Flaider
Er... I hate to say it, but resolution-wise the *ist d appears to be no match to the Canons. It barely equals the D100. But this is hardly any surprise. Servus, Alin Harold wrote: HO> In addition Phil Askey (DPReview) who appears to be in the process of HO> assessing the camera has als

Re: Any more *istD questions?

2003-09-10 Thread Alin Flaider
Heiko, some image samples with noise reduction off, at 200 and 1600 ASA, also some raw samples... Servus, Alin Heiko wrote: HH> I will have the possibility to handle a *istD at the weekend. If I shall HH> try soemthing for you, then tell me. I will take some FA-lenses with me, HH> a

Re: Night Photos.

2003-09-11 Thread Alin Flaider
Trevor wrote: TB> I figured that if I left the MZ60 on smiley green and mounted on a TB> tripod, TB> The pentax would work out it's own settings. TB> Is this correct? Not necessarily, Trevor. Too much light and the meter might underexpose. In normal illumination, with shaded areas prevaili

Re: Pentax Users Gallery - theme: professional

2003-09-11 Thread Alin Flaider
Actually I met several picturesque coach drivers. They certainly displayed a conductor's sobriety. Anyone around? ;o) Servus,Alin Chris wrote: CS> Bus or Tram (at least in Europe) :-) >> "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >Musical type conductor? If so, where. >> >> And

Re: Pentax A28-135/4 --- SMC 135/2.5

2003-09-11 Thread Alin Flaider
Paul wrote: PD> that reminds me that the min. focus disctance at 1.7m makes the lens partly PD> useless. I often get much closer than that. Sorry to disapoint you, the K 135/2.5 you narrowed your search to is limited to 1.5 m (enough for portraits if you ask me, but tastes may vary). To get

Re: Lens test in German "Color Foto"

2003-09-12 Thread Alin Flaider
Arnold wrote: AS> comparable. In their test reports they clearly state that the results AS> for lenses of different speeds cannot be compared directly. Really Arnold, then what good are these results for!? After all, people are more likely to decide between different lenses of the same bran

Flash focus aid (was Re: Noise level of SF1n PZ-1p M-Z5n MZ-S ?)

2003-09-12 Thread Alin Flaider
Alan wrote: >>Can it use the IR beam of the inner flash (or an external dedicated flash) >>as a focus aid even if I don't intent to use the flash? AC> You must use AF500FTZ then, the built-in flash won't do that. Don't know AC> about AF360FGZ. Affirmative. The projected pattern area is large

Re: Flash for SF-10. was: Re: Camera size and lens size.

2003-09-14 Thread Alin Flaider
Bill wrote: >> Pentax SF10 WR> I have no idea if the AF360FGZ is compatable with that camera or not. At WR> some point, Pentax went with full digital flash to camera communication, so According to the 360FGZ manual it is. It sports all modes except for high speed sync and wireless control, j

Re: bounce flash + image stabilization = ?

2003-09-14 Thread Alin Flaider
Bo-Ming, You might want to try the contrast control function with one 360FGZ wireless unit, if you need that uniform lighting in depth. Also, I don't know what camera you are using, but note that MZ-S and later bodies do a much better job of flash metering with their P-TTL mode. Former

Re: Lens resolution

2003-09-15 Thread Alin Flaider
Mark wrote: MR> Hmm. At least one source I've seen regarded one black line and one white MR> line as a "pair". I concur. A line pair per mm is just that, a black and a white line. In digital terms it corresponds to 2 pixels. Servus, Alin

Re: AF 360 FGZ Flash & Sigma EX 28-70 2.8

2003-09-15 Thread Alin Flaider
Hi Ryan, no Sigma 28-70/2.8 here, but I have used the flash with various lenses and in all ways. Comments below. Ryan wrote: R> Also, sometimes when I use the popup flash on the mz5n with the Sigma Ex R> 28-70 2.8 (without the petal lens hood), I get a semi-circle shadow at the R> bottom of t

Re: Flash questions

2003-09-16 Thread Alin Flaider
Bojidar wrote: >> You also mention in the site that the 360FTZ can do slave flash. Did >> you mean the 330FTZ or the 360FGZ? BD> I don't think that the 330 FTZ can, but I do not own the 360 either, so BD> I am not totally sure. The 360FGZ can act as a slave both in wireless control or as a plai

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-18 Thread Alin Flaider
I have no doubt the market pressure had no influence on Pentax decision to cut the backwards mount compatibility. Mechanical aperture coupler and corresponding firmware were nothing new, P could have inherited the solutions from previous bodies just as they did with various other common

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-18 Thread Alin Flaider
John wrote: JF> It's funny how all the tirades seem to be aimed at the newer JF> bodies, and not at the new FAJ lenses. Actually they had their share (don't know if you were here by then). People still find it hard to believe FAJ is the future - maybe because the first incarnations are chea

Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-18 Thread Alin Flaider
Chris wrote: CB> Like any other huge change CB> designed to slip in under the radar and avoid pissing off tons of people CB> at once, the disappearance of the aperture ring will be slow, subtle, and CB> almost inevitable. Pentax in their wisdom waited for a long time for an occasion to drasti

Re: Tokina 28-85 3.5/4.5 ATX

2003-09-19 Thread Alin Flaider
Paul wrote: PD> PD> From all the info I have gathered from you all and the web I'm still pretty PD> confused as to what zoom within say 24-105 is a good one. Do I really need PD> to go Pentax or, Paul, do you shoot into the sun or fancy backlights? In this case go for SMC. Tokina'

Re: Tokina 28-85 3.5/4.5 ATX

2003-09-19 Thread Alin Flaider
Paul wrote: PD> PD> From all the info I have gathered from you all and the web I'm still pretty PD> confused as to what zoom within say 24-105 is a good one. Do I really need PD> to go Pentax or, Paul, do you shoot into the sun or fancy backlights? In this case go for SMC. Tokina

Re: Summit report 2

2003-09-20 Thread Alin Flaider
Hi Jostein, I hope you have a not too cold night out there and a nice trek tomorrow (not that I expect you to read much of the pdml flow through a cell phone). BTW, you might want to try a GPRS connection rather than SMS. It's faster, cheaper and you're always on line. And you may even

Re: What's the difference between F & FA Lenses?

2003-09-24 Thread Alin Flaider
Hi Thomas, I haven't noticed the multisegment reading to adjust with the focus distance. As for the flash, perhaps the P-TTL mode may consider the distance but it's not likely for the older plain TTL flash mode. For instance, the displayed range by the flash unit does not change with

Re: Discontinue of the FA* 2.8/80-200

2003-09-24 Thread Alin Flaider
Rüdiger wrote: RN> Will there be a replacement of the 2.8/80-200 ??? FAJ* 80-200/2.8 ? :oT Servus, Alin

Re: Pop Photo reviews the film *ist

2003-09-25 Thread Alin Flaider
Bill wrote: BO> The latest issue arrived yesterday with a very thorough review of the film BO> *ist. According to them, it's a very nice camera for the money. The key word is indeed "for the money". To quote a friend: "I peeked at the corners of the viewfinder and there it was a jumbel of

Re: Introducing the remarkable new Pentax *Ist D

2003-09-25 Thread Alin Flaider
Pentax published: > "Its simple, functional design, coupled with the elimination of an > aperture ring, considerably improves the camera's operability." Rob wrote: RB> So the elimination of the aperture lens actually improves operation? Yeah, along this line we can expect the next step to be

Re: SMC Pentax-FAJ 75-300

2003-09-25 Thread Alin Flaider
Johan wrote: JUW> Hmmm, didn't know that. What is a good picture to check the lens quality ? Personally I would prefer a medium tone, fine shade, high detail image. Your iguana in diffuse light would do fine. I learned some time ago that saturation and high contrast tend to mask the diffe

Re: Question about MZ-5n

2003-09-25 Thread Alin Flaider
Boris wrote: BL> 1. What else can go wrong with MZ-5n after 5 years of moderate use? Don't know really. In more than five years mine has seen some climbing and skiing, went from -20 to almost 50 degrees, it even held up to cave moisture and sea splashes and still has to let me down. But I

Re: OT: Interesting Aurora Photo

2003-09-30 Thread Alin Flaider
Beautiful pictures... btw, his 50mm (85 ?) must be one heck of a lens - I haven't noticed any trace of comma aberration towards the edges. Possibly the pics are too small for it to show up. However, my FA 50/1.4 at 1.4 displays huge UFOs in the corners... Servus, Alin DagT wrote: dc

Re: High saturation films

2003-09-30 Thread Alin Flaider
Amita, I can confirm that Optima II 100 was quite saturated in yellow and red, and even HDC+ 100 showed some red affinities. ;o) However, Agfa pretends it changed the emulsion in the new Optima Prestige - actually in their entire negative film line. The so called Eye Vision technology is

Re: Old lenses and *ist D

2003-10-06 Thread Alin Flaider
Lon wrote: LW> What does the rumour mill say about the "next" istD? LW> Will it use K/M lenses? Hell, I can wait Of course there's always the possibility of a higher end *istd with a corresponding price tag for full K/M compatibility. Maybe something along the MZ-S approach. But I s

Re: Old lenses and *ist D

2003-10-09 Thread Alin Flaider
edwin wrote: ein> Basing a digital on the middle and bottom-of-the-line cameras means ein> that you don't get all the features that might be nice. A $20 or ein> whatever feature is a trivial addition to a $1700 digital but probably a ein> noticeable addition to the $200-$300 film camera it i

Re: If Pentax were like an automobile company... I'd make sure I wasn't getting a Tamron rebadged windscreen

2003-10-11 Thread Alin Flaider
Paul wrote: PS> But Peugeot has a quality problem. Pentax does not. I wouldn't know as I never had issues with either. Admittedly I keep both in great shape and ready for launch. Come to think of it, it's remarkable how well they team together when it comes to get at the right time and sp

Re: If Pentax were like an automobile company... I'd make sure I wasn't getting a Tamron rebadged windscreen

2003-10-11 Thread Alin Flaider
Ryan wrote: RL> Btw, being Peugeois, you must have watched Taxi and Taxi 2? Think it was Luc RL> Besson.. hilarious French Fry Peugeots taking potshots at them Germ Mercs. RL> Good veg out movies.. Hi Ryan, Actually I'll pick up the Taxi 2 to cheer up the rainy day that glooms tomorrow. If

Re: Whats up with the *ist D? (WAS: feature for digital camera)

2003-10-14 Thread Alin Flaider
Pål wrote: PJ> Large volume PJ> DSLR is apparently limited for future Pentax DSLR's. My guess is PJ> that the *ist D is a loss leader like all DSLR's and that Pentax PJ> currently are not willing to buy market share. The *istD function PJ> is probably only to make Pentax present in the DSLR fiel

Re: OT: Saturated contrasty negative films..

2003-10-15 Thread Alin Flaider
Alan wrote: AC> I don't think there is subsititute for RVP, negative or slide. Your best AC> hope would be Agfa Ultra 100. Uh, I just got to see my first Ultra 100 test results and they are not very encouraging to say the least. I took pictures of a variety of subjects, including scenics

Re: I got my *ist D and I LOVE IT !!!

2003-10-15 Thread Alin Flaider
Rob wrote: RS> as an aliasing artifact on the high contrast boarder. It looks like it may be a RS> combination of adjacent pixel spill (due to the high contrast transition) and RS> the lens aberrations. The 100/2.8 Macro being too contrasty for the sensor? Maybe that's all there is about FAJ

Re: *ist-D in DPReview Pentax Forum

2003-10-17 Thread Alin Flaider
Pål wrote: PJ> Not very likely I'm afraid. According to Pentax sources at this PJ> part of the world, out of 14 000 DSLR sold about 40 will be *ist PJ> D's. About 13 960 are Nikon or Canon models. That accounts then to what? ... 500 units per month? Are they hand assembled!? Then perhaps the

Re: *ist 35mm

2003-10-21 Thread Alin Flaider
The common parts are also the new developments: AF and meter subsytems, mount (or lack of :oT). Enough shared R&D to justify a film sibling for *istd. Servus, Alin Bill wrote: WR> The two chassis are not the same size, and share no common parts. What we WR> are seeing is a "family rese

Re: x processing EPJ/photo.net/canon users

2003-10-21 Thread Alin Flaider
Hi Ryan, Now how nice would you expect me to be after that ruthless rugby lesson we got from you Aussies right at Brisbane! ;o) I think it's not the pic per se, rather the technical question marks: the saturation is there but there's also this scarcity of shades that once ditched my

Re: Re :OT: 80 Miles Per Hour

2003-10-22 Thread Alin Flaider
mishka wrote: m> and saw the signs "speed limit strictly enforced", i realized new m> york cops do have a sense of hunor. You meant honour, right!? ;o) Coming from a country struggling to rebuild its infrastructure, I shouldn't have been too shocked by the state of NYC roads. Yet it oft

Re: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

2003-10-23 Thread Alin Flaider
mike wrote: mw> ...and not something I want to meet on a dark night. I thought it was mw> quite brave of the photographer to follow them. Not necessarily. Wild boars living near human communities (feeding from crops, etc.) are not that wild anymore. Rather shy, retreating at humans approac

Re: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

2003-10-23 Thread Alin Flaider
mike wrote: mw> was approaching. Similarly, if you have been trying to find a nice mw> place to give your kids a drink but some oik with a camera keeps mw> following you.. Now I don't pretend I can think like a boar but first I would reckon the oik's size, second I'd count the camera

Re: Wireless flash and off camera clips, grips, pips, tips, salsa dips

2003-10-25 Thread Alin Flaider
Dave wrote: DM> I also am very interested in this use of slave flash. I would have expected DM> the TTL functions to operate normally on the camera for not only the onboard DM> or external mounted flash but also for the slave flash. If you set the DM> slave for less then you expect to need 1/1

Re: Wireless flash and off camera clips, grips, pips, tips, salsa dips

2003-10-25 Thread Alin Flaider
Bruce wrote: BD> You are basically correct if the popup flash is stronger than the BD> slave and ambient isn't too strong. The problem is, that the reason BD> to move the flash off camera is to make the main light not be direct. BD> In your proposed approach, the popup becomes the main and the B

Re: OT: Sigma SD10, preview and samples

2003-10-27 Thread Alin Flaider
Basically it's the same 3.3 MPixel with improved sensitivity and dynamic range. And they "reverted" to microlenses in order to achieve it. Maybe Kodak will do the same with their 14MP CMOS and its catastrophic noise above 400 ASA. Too bad, I was hoping the industry managed to overcome mi

Sigma lenses for APS sized sensors

2003-10-27 Thread Alin Flaider
They seem to imply it'll be available in other mounts as well. A 18-50mm of just 245g could be of interest for d*isters. It will be interesting to see how the reduced image circle lenses will appear in the so called sports finder of the Sigma digital slrs, as the viewfinder shows the en

Re: On how *istD handles.

2003-10-27 Thread Alin Flaider
Don wrote: DEDFW> Well up here we have -35C with wind. What about that? I wonder what modern Pentax can be operated (assuming it's functional) at -50 real feeling !? I managed to use mine, for short periods of time, at -20C, -30C rf. But I suspect it's as far as it goes. Servus, Al

Re: OT: Sigma SD10, preview and samples

2003-10-27 Thread Alin Flaider
Initially Foveon specified 3.3 MPix in the marketing papers. Later, although it was obvious it delivered results at least as good as 6 MPix mosaic sensors, it was still classified among 3 MPix cameras in commercial catalogues, tutorials, even reviews. So it's the market and it's MPix bli

Re: What DSLR Improvements I'd Like To See

2003-10-28 Thread Alin Flaider
Herb wrote: HC> in the US, there is wholesale replacement of film with digital projectors HC> for commercial movie theaters. What resolution would that be? I am concerned as the best commercial (not industrial) digital projectors are a measly 2 MPixels, and in my experience it lacks not jus

Re: SAFOX VIII working range

2003-10-31 Thread Alin Flaider
Sylwester, how precise is the SAFOX VIII in the light of previous reports on how SAFOX IV and even VII produce slightly defocused results with certain lenses (notably FA 50/1.4 not achieving infinity). Did you feel you can improve the focus manually? Servus, Alin Sylwester wrote: SP>

Re: Optio 33L - anyone got one?

2003-11-03 Thread Alin Flaider
Lon wrote: LW> What's this camera like to use? Handled one. Not particularly impressed by the build quality, especially along the other Optios. LW> No viewfinder.. what's THAT like? Horrible. I wasn't able to take a single unblurred shot at speeds I can easily master with cameras wi

Re: Dolly Sods Wilderness (long)

2003-11-03 Thread Alin Flaider
Mark, Inspired move - beautiful sceneries! Did you use the flash mounted on the camera for fill-in or did you hold it sideways (Dolly Sods Dawn #3) ? Servus, Alin

Re: Anybody shooting auroras? - Pictures

2003-11-04 Thread Alin Flaider
Christian wrote: CS> Beautiful colors! I'm disappointed that we didn't get a show where I CS> live. Actually you shouldn't. The lower is the latitude where aurora can be seen, the more deformed the earth magnetic field is and so the higher the impact over communication, electrical grid

Re: on the topic of Frankencameras..

2003-11-12 Thread Alin Flaider
Rob wrote: RS> I'm not convinced either however Leica have a well founded history of actually RS> listening and servicing their customers. Point to Leica and aim to Pentax. ;o) Servus, Alin

Re: New Pentax SMC-DA 3.5-4.5/15-26

2003-11-13 Thread Alin Flaider
Ryan wrote: RL> I was just wondering if anyone else agrees with me that the new DA lenses RL> seem like a bit of a backward move. RL> .. RL> I wonder how RL> much resources this direction takes away from moving towards full frame RL> (maybe Pentax isn't even considering it!). Well Ryan, I s

Re: New Pentax SMC-DA 3.5-4.5/15-26

2003-11-13 Thread Alin Flaider
Hi Bruce, Yes, how about the Pentax company...? ;o) Well, the paradox is that Pentax has little company and that may be very well their only excuse. I don't think that Fuji (or Kodak for that matter) are players. They lack a SLR tradition nor do they have a client base - so it's no

Re: FA28-105/3.2-4.5

2003-11-14 Thread Alin Flaider
Dario, Don't take it as a disregard to digital posts bearing hard factual data. I do appreciate your comparisons between dslrs. I specified digital "rant" and expressed my regret for having interesting but too "classic" topics silenced by the digital noise. To which I did contribute my

Re: Help ID please

2003-12-12 Thread Alin Flaider
It seems a correction is in order. I just learned the hummingbird-moth is a tough living being, capable of surviving the winter as an adult, in a semi-hibernation state. It's also migrant reaching quite high in the mountains. So it doesn't look anymore to me as a "naturalized" species.

Re: OT: Lousy Printing

2003-12-20 Thread Alin Flaider
Peter, with digital images, you need to specifically ask for "no processing" and "no fill in" (the last if your images are already dimensioned according to the print size and printer resolution). I had a similar experience with a Fuji Frontier lab and the operator emphasized I should hav

Christmas greetings...

2003-12-23 Thread Alin Flaider
Second part is not just to you... ;o) http://ro.umt.com/alin/xmas/MerryXPentax.jpg Servus, Alin

Dynamic range of continuous tone laser printers

2003-12-25 Thread Alin Flaider
To those that came across it: Does it make any difference if you send 48 bit data to commercial laser printers like Fuji Frontier and the like? Are these printers capable to represent the additional tones the 48 bit image provides over a 24 bit one? And if not, is there any difference in

Re: Duplicating Tonality in Photoshop

2003-12-28 Thread Alin Flaider
Shel, This seems like a scanner software job rather than PS. Most scanning applications have some means of storing the correction settings so that it can then be applied on a batch job. In order to do it in the post-processing phase you still need to firstly insure that you scanned

Re: Dynamic range of continuous tone laser printers

2003-12-28 Thread Alin Flaider
Well I did some research on the web and while no manufacturer gives detailed info, it is apparent that all commercial digital printers are quite limited machines, built around now obsolete processors (PII 150 MHz in the Agfa case!). Now wonder it can't handle large, 48bit tiffs. Even if

Re: AW: *ist D finder magnification

2004-01-05 Thread Alin Flaider
keller.schaefer wrote: ks> I still wonder, why they don't make those finders a bit larger. Would this ks> really require a very large prism - or do the manufacturers just find it ks> unimportant? I suspect larger viewfinders are perfectly possible within the current prism dimensions (the pris

Re: My first *ist D gallery

2004-01-06 Thread Alin Flaider
Rob, I remember when you did the same with your newly acquired Olympus. By then I disliked the huge dof / nasty boke of the macro shots and in general the video look. Now it definitely looks better. More natural, more film like. Good luck with your *istd. Servus, Alin Rob wrote: R

Re: DLab7 and 7Dayshop for processing? And Agfa Precisa

2004-01-12 Thread Alin Flaider
Bob, I really don't see RSX II 100 as a "high saturation film". It may be a bit more saturated than Provia 100F in the warm colors but certainly lacks the "punch" of Velvia. On the contrary, the colours look very natural and well balanced, it excels especially on the skin rendering an

Re[3]: PAW PESO - Spare some sex?

2004-10-19 Thread Alin Flaider
Frantisek, I think it all revolves around one's view about beggars. I used to pay attention, feel compassion, understand, etc. At some point I even bought them a meal - once for a freezing adult, many times for children. Until I realized how large is the scale of organized, syndicat

Re: Image Stabilization (WAS: Re[2]: Minolta Maxxum wth BODY IS)

2004-10-20 Thread Alin Flaider
True, should P ever come up with IS body, it's very likely IS will require AF lenses relaying focal length and distance info. Speaking of Pentax capabilities, optical Image Stabilization is mainstream nowadays. At least 5 companies offer it in one form or another, to list Canon, Nikon,

Re[2]: New Toy: Bulk Film Loader

2004-10-20 Thread Alin Flaider
Same experience here, the last frame is almost always compromised. Add to this you need to be very careful with dust and emulsion bits that may get into the light brush and scratch the film. Also had once problems with faulty DX contacts on reusable cartridges that ruined several exposur

Re: PAW: Waves of Cranes

2004-10-27 Thread Alin Flaider
Mmmm, nature landscape in high key. Definitely one of the best images I've seen lately. Congratulations for originality and the powerful story that one can build upon. Servus, Alin Kenneth wrote: KW> Check out KW> http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html KW> Taken w

Re[2]: Bye...

2004-10-30 Thread Alin Flaider
Dario, I think you are overreacting. Take a break and get back. I only manage to read a small part of the pdml but your messages are always among those few. Servus, Alin Dario wrote: DB> Steve Jolly wrote: >> Get out there and take some fantastic photos. :-) DB> There are a few am

Re: Small-sensor DSLR probably not a stop-gap

2004-11-02 Thread Alin Flaider
APS sensors are currently the minimum resistance route. Hopefully when the digital dust settles and the sales are plummeting the manufacturers are forced to come up with real value for money, that being full frame DSLRs. Even P keeps its options open with a couple of full frame "digital"

Re: *ist-DS english manual

2004-11-16 Thread Alin Flaider
Thanks, it does answer some questions. So it lacks the bargraph in viewfinder but at least it displays numerically the difference from metered exposure, which makes the manual mode almost useable. Looking in the viewfinder display again, the area wasted with program mode icons and

Re: More DS samples

2004-11-16 Thread Alin Flaider
The download is huge and yet the images are only 4 MPixel. How disappointing. Servus, Alin Alan wrote: AC> http://www.slrclub.com/bbs/vx2.php?id=pentax_forum&no=6274

Re[2]: *ist-DS english manual

2004-11-16 Thread Alin Flaider
The bargraph is extremely useful in the viewfinder as an intuitive way of assessing the exposure range of the scene (in manual mode, coupled with spot meter). I really don't see its place on the back LCD as it doesn't sport live preview anyway. Servus, Alin Sylwester wrote: SP> I'd s

Re[2]: *ist-DS english manual

2004-11-16 Thread Alin Flaider
G> There is! LCD Panel on top shows the metering mode (page 22 in G> manual). Thanks, I'm glad I skipped this one. Still, I find the metering mode buried too deep in the menus to be really useable. The same goes with flash compensation: commonly used functions that should be readily acces

Re: Very wierd 28mm on the ist D

2004-11-17 Thread Alin Flaider
Don, The lens mount doesn't ground the AF pin on the body mount (the closest from the AF shaft). Servus, Alin Don wrote: DS> I put a cheap Vivitar 28/2.8 MF M type lens on the D this DS> morning to see what the results would be. DS> Though it's certainly not a sharp lens the results w

Re[3]: *ist-DS english manual

2004-11-17 Thread Alin Flaider
Just to point that absence of the dedicated AF button can be supplanted by programming the OK button to act as focussing button. The same button can also be set to suspend AF while manually focussing (with lenses sporting quick shift focus). Servus, Alin

Re: AF 500 FTZ Question(s)

2004-11-19 Thread Alin Flaider
Patrick, The manual power setting is relative to the flash maximum output power. You cannot set multiple 500FTZ to different power levels in TTL operation, only in manual. To achieve that you need to use the more recent 360FGZ (with cameras that support the P-TTL mode) and dial speci

Re: Pentax Laboratory Batch Conversions

2004-11-19 Thread Alin Flaider
With the advent of multithreading programming the old paradigm of yielding control to OS became obsolete. The problem is that a very processor intensive worker thread holds the processor up to 100% load and makes the entire system especially the low priority user interface low responsive

Re[2]: AF 500 FTZ Question(s)

2004-11-19 Thread Alin Flaider
The MZ-S is the body that introudced the P-TTL. You should dismiss 500FTZ too fast: if contrast control doesn't satisfy you (the manual has a pretty good explanation of it) and the subject is rather static, you can always set up manually the flashes based on the working aperture, distanc

Re[3]: AF 500 FTZ Question(s)

2004-11-19 Thread Alin Flaider
I wrote: AF> You should dismiss 500FTZ too fast: Of course I meant you shouldn't... Servus, Alin

Re[3]: AF 500 FTZ Question(s)

2004-11-19 Thread Alin Flaider
KK> Does the 500 feature wireless? Sort of. Slave mode, no communication to the camera; does manual and auto as slave. Servus, Alin

Re[4]: AF 500 FTZ Question(s)

2004-11-19 Thread Alin Flaider
Patrick, It seems like the contrast control mode is what you're looking for. Set the flash on the bracket to contrast control mode and make sure it bounces in a reflector. This flash will deliver two thirds of the light which makes up for quite a balanced setup. I used 360FGZ with 20

Re[4]: AF 500 FTZ Question(s)

2004-11-19 Thread Alin Flaider
Kostas wrote: KK> Does the 500 feature Auto? I don't think so. True, it does not. I was thinking to my 360FGZ when I wrote that. A truly versatile flash. Servus, Alin ___ Connex scaneaza automat toate mesajele impotriva

Re[2]: Pentax Laboratory Batch Conversions

2004-11-20 Thread Alin Flaider
O has to be handled by one processor, no matter how many you HC> have, and updating the GUI counts as I/O. HC> Herb... HC> - Original Message ----- HC> From: "Alin Flaider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HC> To: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HC> Se

Re: *ist D AF and snow?

2004-11-20 Thread Alin Flaider
Scott, You'll find the MZ-5N struggles with moving subjects in general and high contrasts doesn't help at all. I shot alpine ski with it and the FA 80-320 and ended up with perfectly focused images all taken one second at least after pressing the shutter release. :o( Try to use onl

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