Re: Silver lenses on black bodies

Andre Langevin wrote: And I got complaints about how silly the 43 ltd in silver looks on a D... I find the combo black MZ-S or IST D body with silver Limited lenses great. Am I the only one? Andre I don't mind the look. I think the FA* lenses look pretty good in black bodies too.

Re: OT: Aus import matters

Ryan Lee wrote: Thanks Derby, much appreciated. Would you happen to remember how much the tax and fees added up to as a percentage of the purchase price? Regards, Ryan Sorry Ryan, I honestly can't remember. But I do remember not being too phased about the UPS fees, and adding everything u

Re: New Digital SLR Products From Pentax

Christian wrote: on Pentax USA site now http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/product_details/digital_camera--*ist_DS2/reqID--6919574/subsection--digital_slr Christian What does "freedom in the P..." mean? D [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc

Re: New Digital SLR Products From Pentax

Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: John Francis wrote on 22.08.05 4:53: Personally I'm more interested in the other announcements - the 12-24 will ship in October, and there'll be a new flash with the power of the 500, bit with all the new high-speed flash abilities. Let's hope these two annou

iPod photo storage

I've managed to acquire a 60GB iPod Photo, and am rediscovering my CD collection. Wonderous indeed. Now need to do some enablement. I know the pod won't display RAW files, but that's ok. I just want to dump RAWs. I'm looking at the Belkin media reader. Seems it will work nicely at firewire s

Re: iPod photo storage

Thanks to everyone who replied. Yes, I think I need to check this out. I was thinking of using the pod as mass storage while travelling. But if it only transfers jpgs then it won't be that useful. D Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I was not referring to the use of the iPod as a FireWire/USB 2.0 har

Manfrotto legs are slipping

I have a Manfrotto #055 tripod, with the old style lever locks (instead of the wing-type). Recently, the three locks on the lower section have started to lose their grip, so it it slips with the slightest weight on it. The upper locks are fine. Very annoying as I can only use the tripod at gr

Re: Manfrotto legs are slipping

William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Derby Chang" Subject: Manfrotto legs are slipping I have a Manfrotto #055 tripod, with the old style lever locks (instead of the wing-type). Recently, the three locks on the lower section have started to lose their grip

Re: iPod photo storage

#x27;ve only had success with Lexar Jumpshots which require their USB enabled flash cards. If you really want to try the Apple camera connector I'd be willing to sell you mine for $10 plus shipping, if you're in the US it's $3.85 for priority mail. Contact me off the list at [E

Scary photoshopping

A bunch of before and after glamour shots. In almost all cases, I prefer the before version. The after-versions creeps me out. But it is still interesting to see the work done. http://glennferon.com.nyud.net:8090/portfolio1/index.html (cheesecake content, but nothing too risque) D -- [EMA

Re: Manfrotto legs are slipping

leg - "oh, so that's what that white thing is for", I said to myself. Had to make sure the lever locks are on the open position before tightening. Now I can put my full weight on it and it won't slip. Hooray. D On 8/28/05, Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

split negatives

I dunno about this. The Australian term is wanky. Photographer makes 5 prints from a negative. Then cuts the neg in quarters, and 4 of the prints are sold, each with one of the quarters, to ensure that the print is truly limited. Beside the fact that you still have to take his word that he on

why do they taunt me. Suspicious ebay emails

I was outbid on a 15mm yesterday. Here's the auction: http://tinyurl.com/83wno Then I got two SEPARATE emails offering a second chance bid to buy, supposedly because the winning seller couldn't pay. Both emails stressed to reply to the email, rather than through ebay. That gets me suspicious.

Re: why do they taunt me. Suspicious ebay emails

Jim Hemenway wrote: At one time several years ago it wasn't all that risky. But now, and especially if the emails were from two different people, I'd play it safe too. For some reason I can't get TinyUrls based on an ebay url to work. What was the final price? Jim Derby Ch

Re: why do they taunt me. Suspicious ebay emails

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/9/2005 6:36:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ..but, as he pointed out, the two emails came from TWO SEPARATE EMAIL ADDRESSES. There is a good chance that neither of them are actually the original seller, and they're just lo

GESO: instant cure for depression

Because of my ebay depression , I went out with trusty 77mm Ltd to take some pics of the Youth Fashion Design Awards in the city today. OK, this isn't really groundbreaking stuff, and definitely isn't hard at all. But it did give me an instant cure. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/YFDA05

2 more PESOs

Two more. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/PDML_misc/earring.htm http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/PDML_misc/blue.htm D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc

Star Gazing

A night in the life of a celeb chaser. The slide show is amusing. Imagine, snaparazzi with a conscience. Sort of. http://slate.msn.com/id/2125481/nav/tap1/ D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc

Re: What Ever Happened to Chrome? was: Being There

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/13/2005 7:12:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I can put together an I-photo slide show in a matter of seconds and watch it play automatically. The projector is probably doomed to sit in the closet. Paul Aha, googl

Re: Best test subject for *isDS JPEG compression testing?

Glen wrote: Does anyone have suggestions for an "ideal test subject" that I can use to evaluate how much compression I can tolerate in my JPEG files? Sometimes I shoot in JPEG mode to get more exposures on my card. A lot of the time, I can't tell any significant different difference between d

yay...15mm enabled

You might remember that there was recently a K-15mm on ebay, which I narrowly missed out on. Fear not. Adorama had one in pretty good condition. The price was less than the final ebay price, but with the shipping, it was just over. Still, I'm pretty happy with the buy. Beautiful lens, but has

Re: yay...15mm enabled

Cotty wrote: On 19/9/05, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed: You might remember that there was recently a K-15mm on ebay, which I narrowly missed out on. Fear not. Adorama had one in pretty good condition. The price was less than the final ebay price, but with the shipping, it was

Re: I'm Not Crazy

Joseph Tainter wrote: Hey, gang, look at these images: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=15110817 Last spring I bought (and returned) an F* 300 f4.5 that had residue on the rear element that looked just like this. The rear of the lens also smelled strongly of moth

GESO: model search

I know this stuff isn't ultra hard to shoot, but boy, its enjoyable. http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc/Arenastyle/01.htm D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc

Re: OpenRAW

Scott Loveless wrote: This appears to be an alternate to proprietary RAW formats. Alternative to DNG? Apologies if this has already been posted. http://www.openraw.org/ Saw this on Luminous Landscape the other day. Doesn't sound like an alternate to the RAW formats, just a guideline to some e

Re: OpenRAW

Scott Loveless wrote: This appears to be an alternate to proprietary RAW formats. Alternative to DNG? Apologies if this has already been posted. http://www.openraw.org/ PS, related to RAW, you may or may not have seen Michael Reichmann's endorsement of Capture One recently (where he talks

leaf film

This is pretty cool. http://www.grand-illusions.com/roman.htm -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc

GESO: Grasshopper

It's a pretty day today, but I'm a bit hung over, so I think I'll have a quiet one. Took some pics of a flower picked from the garden. Found it had a surprise passenger. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/Grasshopper/01.htm *istDS, SMC-M 200mm on an auto-bellows K. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://m

Re: leaf film

B&W leaf film will be alive and well for a while yet. Film and developer will always be in plentiful supply. Just noticed, the camera is a K (shoe) mount. P. J. Alling wrote: No it's not, the leaf has to be alive... Norman Baugher wrote: Derby, haven't you heard? Leaf film is dead.

Re: GESO: Grasshopper

g to windows at school (-: Cheers, David Derby Chang wrote: It's a pretty day today, but I'm a bit hung over, so I think I'll have a quiet one. Took some pics of a flower picked from the garden. Found it had a surprise passenger. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/Grasshopper/01

FA*85 and 77mm LTD autofocus

Hi all, Has anyone done a head to head comparision for autofocus with the FA*85 and the 77mm LTD on an *istDS in low light? Took the 85mm out tonight for some shots. Took shots at the same venue a month ago, using the 77mm. I used the manual AF point select both times. Most of my shots are in p

Re: Grasshopper

Mark Cassino wrote: Nice shots, Derby - I've near seen a matid so small, and your presentation of it is great. Very poetic. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Thanks Mark. Appreciate the comment, especially from a macro specia

GESO: BVH redux (Re: FA*85 and 77mm LTD autofocus)

Popped up some pics. Didn't like the green/red lights, so I converted most of the pics to quadtones. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/BVH2/01.htm Still puzzles me. Why would the AF on the 85mm be slower than the 77mm? I'll have to continue the experiment. D Derby Chang wrote: H

Re: BVH redux (Re: FA*85 and 77mm LTD autofocus)

William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Derby Chang" Subject: GESO: BVH redux (Re: FA*85 and 77mm LTD autofocus) Still puzzles me. Why would the AF on the 85mm be slower than the 77mm? I'll have to continue the experiment. How much more mass does the camera hav

Re: PESO: Lynx mother

Jostein wrote: Something from last summer. http://www.oksne.net/paw/lynx.html All comments appreciated, and thanks for looking. Jostein Bewdy. Love the tufts on her ears, and the motion blur on the kid. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc

Re: Ist-D or Ist-Ds ?

Thibouille wrote: Seem both are about the same price. I do not have any compact flash so I don't care. I have old lenses so TTL buil-tin flash would be nice. Vertical grip/ battery grip would be nice too. Other than that. I do not see why choosing the D ? A few things you might consider to sway

Lou Jones

Interesting article on Lou Jones, jazz photographer. Think you'll like this, Frank. http://shutterbug.com/features/0405loujones/ D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc

PESO: Trail Ridge Road

I know I'm not very good at monochrome conversions yet. I think I was a bit heavy handed with the channel mixing on the sky - the mottled texture bothers me. But this process makes you look at photos differently, so that's got to have some worth. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/PDML_misc/tr

Re: PESO: Trail Ridge Road

Thanks for the comments, guys. Gives me incentive to keep going. Shel, the shot was on Fuji S-400. So I thought I could wring out more detail in the clouds. Started again from scratch, with two scans, one exposed for the sky, one for the land. Separate curve adjustments for each. Next, I think I

Re: PESO: Trail Ridge Road

Brian Walters wrote: Hi Derby I know nothing about monochrome conversions so can't comment on how well you've handled it - but it looks fine to me. I particularly like the impact of the cloud shadows. Where is Trail Ridge Road, by the way? Cheers Brian Thanks Brian, Trail Ridge Road "the highes

Re: Definition of Focus

Should suggest a Theriaultian Blur filter for Photoshop CS3 Ryan Lee wrote: ROFL!!! Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 7:43 PM Subject: Definition of Focus Well, fancy that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_(opti

Need help from the brotherhood

Won a cheap 6x7 with a 90mm leaf shutter lens on ebay today. Impulse buy (ebay shopping with a bottle of Lakes Folly chardonnay can be risky behaviour, kids). http://tinyurl.com/akvrg Does anyone have a scan of the 6x7 and leaf shutter lens manual? Neither of these seem to be available on the p

Re: Need help from the brotherhood

/docstore/index.cfm?show=6&app_id=1 Brother César Panama City, Florida Derby Chang wrote: Ah, blessings, Brother César. Secret link for the 90mm lens works. humble acolyte, Brother Derby -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc

OT: Leica digital back no longer vapourware

Seems like it is finally going to come out. Interesting to see the back writes to DNG as its raw format. Interesting too that Leica have turned a design constraints - there wasn't enough space to fit an AA filter - into a design feature. Still think its a fugly camera, though :) warning: articl

Re: Leica digital back no longer vapourware

Bob W wrote: AA filter? Does that prevent Leica photographers taking photos like Ansel Adams? If not, what actually is an AA filter? -- Cheers, Bob Seems like it is finally going to come out. Interesting to see the back writes to DNG as its raw format. Interesting too that Leica have turned a

GESO: Some sculpture pics

I really need to use the A*300 more. I think I like it a lot. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/Scuplture/01.htm The other three are with the FA28, which isn't bad on the *istDS. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc

Re: GESO: Some sculpture pics

David Savage wrote: G'day Derby, I got the following message when I tried to have a look. "The page you are looking for cannot be found. There is nothing on this server at that address. The page you are looking for may have moved. Please check the address and try again. " Dave S On

Re: GESO: Some sculpture pics

Rick Womer wrote: Very nice. I enjoy sculpture photography, both doing it and looking at it. The dark bronze ones are a challenge, though; there's a big one of Charles Dickens and Little Nell in the park a block from here, and getting Dickens properly exposed blows out the background completely.

Re: OT Raw upgrades for Photoshop CS?

Tom Reese wrote: My SO just bought the new Canon digital Rebel (X something or other?) and Photoshop CS can't open the raw files. She tells me that Adobe may not be supporting CS 1 anymore and she will probably have to upgrade to CS 2 to handle the new raw files. Is Adobe in fact dropping suppor

Semi-prograde moment (was Re: Semi-retro moment)

Oh dear. Took out the LX for a shoot last night for the first time since I got the DS. Nothing special. Late night at Harry Cafe de Wheels. Had a few brews. Caught myself chimping the back of the camera after a shot. Pretended I was checking the eyecup, but I don't think I fooled anyone. I DID

Re: There are no wide angle Pentax digicams

On 5/18/05, Leon Altoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, My wife is currently looking to spend her work's money on a new digital camera. She wants to buy Pentax, but one of the requirements is a 28mm equivalent lens and no Pentax go that wide. It's a shame as most people who ask me about ca

New 6x7

Some might remember I won an ebay 6x7 last week. Arrived today. What a bewdy. In really good condition (older non-MLU model with just a bit of brassing, that's all). Brother Cesar, have you tried skinning yours yet? A bit of the shoulder leather to the right of the eyepiece is missing on mine,

Re: New 6x7

Gasha wrote: Hi Derby, did you get a good price for this one? I'm looking to buy used 645 body and leses. Found in KEH something for $400-500. Not sure what can be considered as a good price for bargain MF camera these days. Gasha Yep, I think so. $450 Aussie with a 90mm leaf shutter lens. Non-T

better living through electricity, or charge them babies

A few weeks ago, I noticed that the istDS AF did funny things in low light with my 85mm/f1.4. Occasionally, the camera wouldn't fire, even though I thought it was in focus (on a manually selected zone). It wouldn't even bother to hunt. A little while later, it would be fine. And then it woul

Re: GESO: Okular

Juan Buhler wrote: These are not mine, but are shot with an ist DS. The following gallery belongs to Patricia, aka Rolling Red, who some of you might remember from a brief appearence in this list a couple of months ago. She refuses to try to get traffic to her site, so I figured I'd post a link her

GESO - The Stepfords (and weird Rawshooter bug)

Hi all, My friend Monica returns from New York for a special show. Felt like I had time-travelled back 8 years. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/Stepfords/01.htm These pics were all converted using Rawshooter 1.1.2, except... ...the one theriaultian pic on the GESO was converted with ACR

to anyone in the Pentax software group who might be reading

You know what I'd really like in the next revision of the *istDS firmware (and I suppose the *istD as well). If you have the camera on, but the meter has turned itself off, that the AE-L could turn the meter on again, and do the stop-down metering as well. Have been using lots of M and K len

Scanning 6x7's

I've had an Epson 3200 for a month or so now, and ever since, I haven't use the lab to do a print. Scan straight off neg, tweak and print on the inkjet. It scans rollfilm beautifully. Only gripe I have, the holder for MF only allows you to do one frame at a time (the 4x5 holder is on the same

Epson 3200 (was: New Scanner)

JC, Sorry for the late response, but I've only just been catching up on PDML mails since Nov. Love the 3200. No big issues with it, scans beautifully. Only minor quibbles: * Wish the 120 film holder could do strips instead of one frame at a time. * The Epson photoshop driver could be better.

RE: Epson 3200 (was: New Scanner)

Hey, I did find a quirk with the 3200 that I must share with you. I tried scanning a 8x10 negative assuming I would be able to get a 4x9 crop of it because that is the size of the overhead lamp. I did not use any of the film holders, I just laid the negative on the glass. Result? I thought the s

Fuji S2 (was OT: Bunch of OT stuff)

Butch writes: As the title says: Does anyone have any experience with the Fuji S2? any comments for or against? I use the S2 at work. We use it as a part of the body imaging system for our skin melanoma analysis (shameless plug: http://www.polartechnics.com.au). Fine camera. Skin tones (whic

Sydney Mardi Gras (was Re: PUG "January" is open)

Ryan wrote: Any of the Aus GFM crew going to be at Sydney Mardi Gras? Some photo opps there, wouldn't there be.. Second last Mardi Gras I went to was the night the present Government was elected. Last one was last year. Sadly, the march is a shadow of it's what it once was. Make of that what y

Re: PESO: ANZAC day

Thanks Dave, Yes it is. Photography isn't really permitted inside for that statue, which is a shame. D Nice one Derby. Is this the monument with a statue of the fallen soldier being carried on a shield? Tomorrow I'm going to the local march with camera in tow. Dave S D

Re: Magnum photos: Chernobyl

Derby Chang wrote: Slate's Magnum photos are compulsive viewing for me. Paul Fusco's new interactive essay on Chernobyl (scroll down a little) is very hard to watch. But as he says, imagine if you lived their lives... http://todayspictures.slate.com/20060425/# D Another gal

Re: Funny money

graywolf wrote: I received one of those new tens as change yesterday. Looked like monopoly money. I actually went to the bank to make sure it was real money. The US dollar has sure changed. Sad thing is it is only worth about ten cents compared to the old real gold backed ten dollar bill, I gu

Re: My book is in

Congrats, Juan. Looks good. You got a mention in Mike Johnson's blog too. But you probably already know that. http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_theonlinephotographer_archive.html Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Juan Congratulations for your book, and I like your photos! greetings

Aperture

I'm not terribly interested in mac software, since I don't use it. But I am interested in design processes and quality controls as a part of my day job. I think someone at Apple took their eye off the ball with Aperture. You can learn a lot when things go wrong. I wonder where I can read more

enablement

If anyone is walking by the north end of George St in Sydney, I suggest you drop into the Paxtons there. They are selling off their 2nd stock at below cost. Last night, on the way to a company dinner, I had some time to kill. Managed to pick up a Tamron 2x 7-element AF teleconverter for $48 a

Re: enablement

David Mann wrote: On May 5, 2006, at 8:34 PM, Derby Chang wrote: Also a nice package from KEH arrived this week - an super-tak 85/1.9 m42, an LN 6x7 120mm soft focus, and a LN Sigma 8mm AF fisheye. I'm curious... what use is AF in an 8mm fisheye? - Dave 1. 2nd hand price was ch

Re: Aperture

Juey Chong Ong wrote: On Apr 27, 2006, at 10:09 AM, Derby Chang wrote: I'm not terribly interested in mac software, since I don't use it. But I am interested in design processes and quality controls as a part of my day job. I think someone at Apple took their eye off the ball wit

Re: Super WA/Fisheye recommendations

Hi Michael, Of your potential candidates, I have (and love) * Sigma 20mm/1.8. Very solid build quality. Really does work well on film, but I mostly use it on digital. Sharp, and close focusing. I can shoot directly into the stage lights without too much trouble. It's fantastic to have a wide

Re: Aperture

That is so bone-headedly hilarious. Youtube rules. His mate Jace was sitting rather close to the target, wasn't he? D David Savage wrote: OT: speaking of Apple: Considering the problems I've been having with my PC (No, I'm not going to replace it with an Apple

Re: OT: In support of Old Stuff.

PDMLers are innoculated against expecting new things=good, old things=bad. We don't have that much choice about new things, since they so seldom occur. That's why we fiddle around with 40 year old m42 lenses and talk about lots of stuff other than new gear. I think this is a good thing. D

Re: OT:Tamron Soft focus problem

Hi Markus, I'm really sorry to hear that. This is your lens, right? http://jfcampbell.us/photo/tamron70-150sf.htm The Pentax lenses are really simple, with no open aperture lever - it just stops down to whatever f-stop you select. The smaller the aperture, the darker your viewfinder (and of

Re: PESO - Jeff

Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/jeff.html Taken at today's visit to the Legend of the Motorcycle charity event in Half Moon Bay, California. Jeff is my friend Sonia's son, and he was clowning around for the camera. I'm curious how you think the skin tones look. Motor

Re: FS: Pentax MEF + AF 35-70 f/2.8

Michael Hamilton wrote: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7617246606 Take a look! :) Michael Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelhamilton.ca Oh, that's a lovely kit. I wish my MEF came with the historic lens. BTW the autofocus indicators are dead on mine too. Our

GESO: Corban

I haven't been photographing much lately (although enablement is another pleasure altogether). So here's some pics of my nephew. Taken with a mix of newly enabled lenses, Mostly Rob Studdert's lovely A-50/1.2 - many thanks Rob. I must do a comparison test with the K50/1.2 soon. http://membe

Re: OT Bob Carlos-Clarke eulogy

Sorry Mike, I completely missed your post, and found this in the archives. Thanks for the link. He was one of my fave erophotogs. D Mike Wilson wrote: Word document of the eulogy for BCC. In turn horrific, amusing and poignant. A disturbing read. http://www.bobcarlosclarke.co.uk/pdfs/Bob

GESO: fishy

Not a lens that I will use often, but it certainly is fun. First roll with the Sigma 8mm fisheye. A new set of instincts have to be trained to use this lens. Keeping arms and legs out of shot is one of them. Keeping a blower is another - dust on the lens surface shows in the shot. http://memb

Re: GESO: fishy

Doug Brewer wrote: Derby Chang wrote: Not a lens that I will use often, but it certainly is fun. First roll with the Sigma 8mm fisheye. A new set of instincts have to be trained to use this lens. Keeping arms and legs out of shot is one of them. Keeping a blower is another - dust on the lens

Re: PESO - Playing Dolls (Resend)

Well worth resending, or I would have missed it too. Q-Ts, both of them. D Paul Stenquist wrote: Sorry for the flood. This is the first one that showed up in my mail. I assumed we all got the same thing, and that the earlier sends never made it through. I guess one can't assume anything ab

question out of the blue - A200 macro

Question for any users of the A*200 macro. Would you use one without a tripod mount? D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc

Re: question out of the blue - A200 macro

out a tripod. At f4, it is a slow lens and needs bright light for hand held shots. Also the depth of field is small so you want to stop down from f4. Delicate flowers in harsh daylight are no fun, but bugs would be OK. Regards, Bob S. On 5/11/06, Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Q

Re: question out of the blue - A200 macro

Rob Studdert wrote: On 11 May 2006 at 20:56, Derby Chang wrote: Question for any users of the A*200 macro. Would you use one without a tripod mount? Not really practical for high mag shots without a big flash rig. Hmmm. Big flash rig enablement. Flash gear is something I haven&#

Re: OT: Reference for vintage camera values

Stephen Moore wrote: O List -- Over the years I've seen mentioned here a reference guide for the value of vintage camera equipment, which I have the impression is considered pretty definitive. Aging being what it is, I cannot remember the name, nor find it in my collection of saved postings. A

Re: How to choose a lens to give pleasant bokeh?

I am pretty sure the amount of correction for spherical aberration plays a big part. Overly corrected lenses, while sharp in the focus areas, give unpleasantly harsh bokeh. This is another way of saying what you are saying, Vic. I like soft-focus lenses for this reason. D Vic Mortelmans wro

Re: IR focus markings on Pentax M lenses?

Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Does anyone know what wavelength corresponds to the IR focus marks on Pentax M lenses? Ralf Can't see any mention of the IR mark in the SMC lens manual. The FA lens manuals say: "When taking infrared pictures with infrared film and either a "R2" or "O2" filte

Re: PESO - More infrared

Don Williams wrote: Right! I found out how to separate the channels in CS. But unfortunately my filter seems to be unsuitable for the job. The blue channel is very dark. The green is about half as dense as the blue. The red channel is brightest of course, but looks nothing like the picture Ral

K2 ASA

Acquired a nice K35mm/f2 with a rear cap in the form of an OK-condition K2. I recall someone on this list mentioning the K2 ASA ring has a common fault. But I can't find it in the archives (sorry, wasn't paying attention at the time of the thread). Mine seems to be stuck - press the ASA butto

Re: K2 ASA

Michel Carrère-Gée wrote: Derby Chang a écrit : Acquired a nice K35mm/f2 with a rear cap in the form of an OK-condition K2. I recall someone on this list mentioning the K2 ASA ring has a common fault. But I can't find it in the archives (sorry, wasn't paying attention at the t

Re: K2 ASA

t a silver or a black K2? - Dave On May 16, 2006, at 9:52 PM, Michel Carrère-Gée wrote: Derby Chang a écrit : Acquired a nice K35mm/f2 with a rear cap in the form of an OK-condition K2. I recall someone on this list mentioning the K2 ASA ring has a common fault. But I can't find it

Re: K2 ASA

John Coyle wrote: I found with my K2 that the ring has to be released with the button on the lower left of the mount, then you turn the ring itself, not the button - which seemed to be the right way at first! I actually took it part to find out why it wouldn't turn, then felt a complete idiot!

Re: FA 20~35 or FA35/2.0

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On May 16, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: When in doubt, go prime and go fast. If there were a 28mm f/2 lens available, I'd be there. ;-) Godfrey Would you consider the Sigma 28/1.8? I have the 20/1.8 and it is wonderous. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mem

Crunchy focusing on Optio S5i

Hi all, Back from a quick biz trip to Hong Kong. On the way (in Sydney, rather than HK), I picked up an Optio S5i to play with. Not really my first digcam, but at least one that I can have on me all the time. I didn't notice it at first, because I was playing with it on the plane, but once I go

Re: Crunchy focusing on Optio S5i

Bob Sullivan wrote: Derby, Optio S4 doesn't make that noise, at least my daughter's didn't when I 'borrowed' it. How do you like the S5i? Any way to get raw pix from it? I took some shots with the S4 on a visit to Washington, DC. After lugging around a PZ-1p with a 28-70 zoom, it was a real treat.

Re: CLA in Aus

Ryan wrote: Just noticed some dust on my 5n's focusing screen and thought may it is about time I considered getting a CLA just to make sure it's healthy in general. Anyone know what sort of prices I'd be looking at (in Australia)? TIA. Also, if I don't go for a CLA, what's the best way to clean the

Re: Question about Optios

Joe wrote: I queried Pentax about this but they aren't responding. Perhaps that's better than when they reply "We don't know anything, but ask anytime." I'm thinking of getting my wife an Optio for Christmas -- maybe the S40. This and other models include a smidgen of built-in storage -- 11 mb, I

Re: Russian lenses

Steve Jolly wrote: David Zaninovic wrote: Did anybody tried these two lenses ? Are they any good ? Fisheye MC Zenitar-K (Pentax) 16mm f/2.8 MC Mir-47 Pentax K 2.5/20 Lens I've got the MC Mir - there's a lengthy review of it by me somewhere in the list archives (back in February I think?).

date bug in Optio S5i

No biggie, but I just noticed a software bug in my Optio S5i. In the Date setting, if you set the date format to "dd/mm/yy", the actual date form will be mm/dd/yy (easy to check by changing the month). And similarly, if the date format is set to "mm/dd/yy", the date will actually be in dd/mm/yy.

Reskinning 645 (work in progress)

Picked up the 645 quite cheaply on ebay, but it was missing the rubber on the handgrip and battery compartment. Its a dull day outside today, so I thought I'd reskin it. http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc/645/004.jpg http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc/645/003.jpg I haven't quite finished ye

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