Re: OT: Photographing insects

2005-08-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Any suggestions as to what it might be? Just curious - and we have been for 3 years ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Back from Rochester

2005-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
ffects operation, so Pentax engineers probably have prototypes to work with and won't have to change anything for production chips. The sensor should go into production late this year or early next year. That means the 645D should go into production shortly thereafter or possible even simultaneously. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Full specs for the AF540FGZ

2005-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Wow. This sounds like a *serious* flash! Very good news indeed. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: F or FA28/2.8 + istDL any good?

2005-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
which is substantially different, I believe. Check Stan's web site for user opinions http://stans-photography.info/ -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Back from GFM

2005-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
tt Loveless during his first visit to GFM. I >trust that, other than prolonged exposure to me, the weekend went >well for him. > >Oh, and I'm reasonably certain there is no truth to the rumor that >someone donned the absent Mark Roberts' Team Badge and endeavored to >

Re: OT: Photographing insects

2005-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
"Charles Braswell Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >< Mark Roberts >Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:21:54 -0700 > >My SO and I moved to Pittsburgh 3 years ago. Every summer, beginning in >August, we've heard (but not seen) what we have taken to calling a >"cli

Re: Help me pick a Pentax Zoom Lens (please)

2005-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
sassembly is peeling off the rubber grip around the zoom ring and removing the metal brushes that carry electrical signals to the innards of the lens. These will be irreparably damaged if not removed before disassembling the rest of the lens. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: OT: Photographing insects

2005-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
ouple of shots I needed for a client as well. And I had an invite to a really good party Saturday night :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: What Would Make a DSLR "Obsolete"?

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
I got two and a half years from my MZ-S before it was "obsolete" (that it, until I bought the ist-D). I'm approaching two years with the ist-D and have no doubt I will be using it extensively for longer than I did my MZ-S. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Why full frame?

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
ptimizing lenses for digital will be unnecessary. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: What Would Make a DSLR "Obsolete"?

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> I got two and a half years from my MZ-S before it was "obsolete" (that >> it, until I bought the ist-D). > >I think these were exceptional circumstances. Not

Re: News from Canon... FF for 3300$

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
. ...and even if it *isn't* a lens fault (and I do think it is), one can't presuppose that digital sensors aren't going to improve over the years. In fact, one would have to be a fool to think they aren't. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PESO - Veins

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Hey Bruce, did you ever seen my PUG submission from Feb 2001? http://pug.komkon.org/01feb/7d003623.html I like backlit leaves! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PESO - Big Ben

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
thout it being cliched, but you've done it. I like the way it's almost but not quite a silhouette. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: News from Canon... FF for 3300$

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
t;They tried that already. >Now you can't get Panatomic-X and Ektar25.. Wow. Talk about driving the point home... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: What Would Make a DSLR "Obsolete"?

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
he FM2 appeared on the >market and used it for another 19 years. Someone else bought it after >me and, presumably, is continuing to use it. > >Obsolete does not imply not used or not usable. You got it. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: News from Canon... FF for 3300$

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
y... and Canon hired him to handle this campaign? ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Why full frame?

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
s* to call his prints "giclee" and insists on referring to them as inkjet prints. I kind of like that attitude ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Large Print Quality From 6mp Cameras (was: )

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
es! Here's how mine varies: For landscape shots with a lot of detail that I want to blow up large I take 4-6 shots and stitch them together. Next year at Grandfather Mountain I'm going to be giving a presentation on this topic. I'll bring along some big prints of 18-25 megapixel

Re: 36mm x 36mm sensor?

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
but in the 3:4 ratio I prefer (one of the things I like about the 645 format). -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: 36mm x 36mm sensor?

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: "Mark Roberts" >> >> I'd like a 26 x 34 sensor myself: It's just about the same image circle >> as a 24 x 36 but in the 3:4 ratio I prefer (one of the things I like >> about the 64

Re: 36mm x 36mm sensor?

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
eed to be 8x10 Most people who get large prints do so to put them into off-the-shelf frames in stock sizes - 8 x 10, 11 x 14, etc. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: What Would Make a DSLR "Obsolete"?

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
keep this mail for 18 months, I have entered a cron job to remind me then. I'll be surprised if it takes that long. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: 36mm x 36mm sensor?

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
way at this factor. Of course, we know full-frame sensors will never be any less expensive than the one in the 5D -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: OT: Photographing insects

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sunday, August 21, 2005, at 09:35 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> My SO and I moved to Pittsburgh 3 years ago. Every summer, beginning in >> August, we've heard (but not seen) what we have taken to calling a >> "clic

Re: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I am also sort of expecting a wildlife story from someone. I think Shel's qualifies ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: What Would Make a DSLR "Obsolete"?

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
7;ll keep this mail for 18 months, I have entered a cron job to remind >me then. > >Mark said: > >>I'll be surprised if it takes that long. BTW: My "18 months" figure applies to Pentax. Nikon will be much sooner. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: What Would Make a DSLR "Obsolete"?

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 24/8/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>BTW: My "18 months" figure applies to Pentax. Nikon will be much sooner. > >Actually I was thinking FF 10 or 12MP for $2500 street price. Not Pentax. No one mentioned fu

Re: OT: Photographing insects

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
king its sound) in early August and generally continues through September here in Pittsburgh. It seems to only make its sound around dusk - from just after sunset until around 9:30-10:00. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: 36mm x 36mm sensor?

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
. >Not on FF DSLRs though... They *made* a lot of money on FF DSLR's. The pool of people willing and able to meet the $8000 asking price is drying up so they've (reluctantly) moved down the pricing ladder. They'll make lots of money on this one too. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: What Would Make a DSLR "Obsolete"?

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 24/8/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>No one mentioned full frame at this price. > >I did and I am :-) > >18 months, full frame at US$2500 street. Mark :-) 18 months for a cheaper version of the D5? Sounds

Re: 36mm x 36mm sensor?

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
nspiracy theory. ;-) Hey, just because you *are* paranoid doesn't mean they're *not* out to get you! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: OT: Photographing insects

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
"Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Illinois Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>If it's outside, perhaps it is a cicada? >> >> I thought it might be an odd sor

Re: 36mm x 36mm sensor?

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Aug 23, 2005, at 6:17 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> I'd like a 26 x 34 sensor myself: It's just about the same image >> circle as a 24 x 36 but in the 3:4 ratio I prefer (one of the >> things I like a

Re: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Didn't get a >solid freeze, but a "different" image. > >Jack > >http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=86 Dynamite shot, Jack! That's an award winner there. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
mime and Tai Chi. He was doing this street performance outside the Roman baths in Bath, England. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7cf01017.jpg Damn. I haven't looked at that shot in years and now I'm starting to think I really like it. Here's a variation: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7cf01017a.jpg I really like it

Re: istDS Flash Question

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Flash can be comfortable, sometimes it is the only solution. Sometimes it's "flash now or Photoshop later". I always regard Photoshop as a last resort. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PESO - Veins II

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
out from the archives: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d102620.jpg -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
actually painted like >that, rather than being Photoshopped to look that way... > > >Hi Mark, > >Remember now. "photoshop is not a verb" (Tony Sweet). He's a wonderful photographer. But he's wrong about that. :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: istDS Flash Question

2005-08-24 Thread Mark Roberts
ensable in some applications, from outdoor nature shots to wedding photography. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic

2005-08-25 Thread Mark Roberts
th the M28/3.5. > >http://www.twosixteen.com/gallery/index.php?list=21 Oh yeah, that looks like GFM (Especially http://www.twosixteen.com/gallery/index.php?id=169) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot

2005-08-25 Thread Mark Roberts
from IBM documentation stylebook) "Verbing weirds language" - Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot

2005-08-25 Thread Mark Roberts
al. Or maybe I don't... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: 36mm x 36mm sensor?

2005-08-25 Thread Mark Roberts
l APS-C (but, unsurprisingly, not quite as good as 11 megapixel full frame). -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: CR-V3 rechargeables

2005-08-25 Thread Mark Roberts
my *ist-DS. What HiMH batteries are you using? Don't trust the mAh ratings, check out the tests at Imaging Resource, for example. http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/BATTS/BATTS.HTM I bought the Powerex batteries that they rated best and I'm continually astonished at how long they last.

Re: 36mm x 36mm sensor?

2005-08-25 Thread Mark Roberts
-frame chip was always an issue. About $1000 each in quantities of 1000 units. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot

2005-08-25 Thread Mark Roberts
rth the trip for that alone :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: question about primes: 100/2.8 and 135/2.8 FA (D)

2005-08-25 Thread Mark Roberts
I have the F 100/2.8 macro and use it frequently on the ist-D. No complaints whatsoever. It's very sharp. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Why full frame?

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
in mind that cheap Canon lenses are really Tamrons! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throws

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Throws??? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Mini London PDML

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
a sensation of driving. I used to have an MG Midget. I remember the first time I took it out on the expressway and thought "man, I'm really going fast", only to look down at the speedometer and see an indicated 45 mph! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: How to lower noise from a RAW file?

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
.html After converting to JPEG you can use something like Noiseware. http://www.imagenomic.com/ -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Why full frame?

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Friday, August 26, 2005, at 08:21 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Ah, but keep in mind that cheap Canon lenses are really Tamrons! >> >Sez who? Informed sources whose jobs would be in danger if they were named. But also a

Re: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot - Thanks

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
ng through my old shots and I've found some forgotten stuff I really like. The "Blue Man in Bath" shot is just one of them. BTW: Here's the latest version of it: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7cf01017.jpg -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throws

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Yeah, as in "death throws". Sorry, I was being pedantic. It's "death throes". >--- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Throws??? >> >> >>

Re: Film scanner question

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
ery closely corresponds to the overall luminance of the image. 2: The human eye is also most sensitive in its "green channel" so to speak. 3: Item #2 is probably an evolutionary response to #1 4: Digital camera sensors have twice as many green pixels as red or blue (deliberately so - obvi

Re: Why full frame?

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
0 f/4.0-5.6 and $80.00 28-80 zooms that they OEM from Tamron. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Canon/Nikon/Tamron

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Friday, August 26, 2005, at 08:49 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Informed sources whose jobs would be in danger if they were named. But >> also anyone who's worked in a camera shop and had the opportunity to >> hold the T

Re: OT: Cheesy song remakes

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Kick Me Cheeses Through the Goal Posts of Life? >"Your Cheesing Heart" > >"Bleu (cheese) Suede Shoes" > >"Nacho Man" > >"Muenster Mash" Provolone Again, Naturally? ...or any song by the String Cheese Incident (an actual, real band) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
27;ve noticed that, regardless of what the final print looks like (and I expect inkjets will catch up with wet prints before long), people like knowing (and being able to tell their friends) that the print hanging on their wall is a "silver gelatin" photographic print made in a real darkroom. This seems to apply only to black & white prints. Well, as long as they buy the print I'm not picky... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Canon/Nikon/Tamron

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Friday, August 26, 2005, at 08:49 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >>> Informed sources whose jobs would be in danger if they were named. But >>> also anyone who'

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think I need to clarify some of this.: >When I was in Rochester last weekend I checked in with my friends who >work at Kodak. The ones who work in the division that makes imaging >chips seemed fairly optimistic but everyone else was ab

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
ob goes. That may not be true, but almost everyone I spoke to seems to *feel* this way. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Kodak: Funny quote

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
>From last year on the PDML: "I think lens wipes is the one area Kodak will continue to dominate." - Tom Van Veen -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
ash, but the number of people I've known with lost negatives and prints over the years makes me think it's a case of "plus ca change..." Digital doesn't make it *more* likely that people will lose their precious family photos, it just means it'll happen in a different way. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
c. My chemist friend was lamenting the days of high-profit-margin products (which means film). He said he thought it cost more to make the packaging (box and film canister) than the film itself. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
"P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm sure you have a melodious voice. I believe "mellifluous" is a more fitting word... >Doug Brewer wrote: > >> oh, Lord, we're trying to =attract= people to the NPW. Let's not >> threaten

Re: Kodak: Funny quote

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Igor Roshchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> >From last year on the PDML: >> >> "I think lens wipes is the one area Kodak will continue to dominate." >> - Tom Van Veen > >Well, if the lens cleaning tissues were meant,

Re: Kodak: Funny quote

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello Mark, > >You need new friends ! I thought that was self-evident ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throws

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
ixels. It's remarkably similar to film: The less magnification you have to do to your capture when making the final print, the better off you are. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throws

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
ght have larger pixels than a 6mp APS-C sensor, so it could be both lower in noise *and* higher in resolution. Improvement in technology also comes into play because it's always advancing: This year's sensors are lower in noise than those from two years ago. -- Mark Robert

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
200 images and selecting ones to print, and few had the willingness or knowledge of how to do it at home. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
ints they are used to. Seen it done. Even if they have a computer they may not use it for viewing photos. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Even though the cost per print is lower with film, Yikes! That should be "cost per print is lower THAN with film" Changes the whole meaning! >it's a big psychological hurdle to pay it in one lump >sum like that! Most

Looking for a San Frnacisco PDML'er to help with a transaction

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
I'm selling an item to an overseas PDML member who's going to be in San Fran Sept 10-23. If someone would be willing to receive a package from me and meet with the recipient somewhere in this time frame it would be appreciated by both of us. -- Mark Roberts Photography a

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
ount) sensor lose its >advantage by yielding an additional and offsetting >amount of noise. Developing technology >notwithstanding. That would come down to a matter of personal preference. You might pick a different trade-off point than I would. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes

2005-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
g. Fotowire forwards the files to the specified shop, which has its own Fotowire download software to simplify the handling of the files. The shop prints the files as they would any others. Then the customers pick up the finished prints at the shop. It's mostly 4x6 stuff and the occasion

Re: PESO:Street Rod Detail

2005-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I like the combination of orange and chrome. Shot with the DA 16-45 at >29mm, f8, 1/125th. >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3672858&size=lg Oh YEAH baby! Great one, Paul. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: *ist-DS2

2005-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
ct you may be onto something here. Wouldn't be surprised if they changed their minds in a few months - after the warehouses are cleared of DS stock, of course ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: I should know this ...

2005-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >1.024x10^3 > >...just to be different. 400h (just to be even more different!) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Mini London PDML

2005-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 26/8/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>I used to have an MG Midget. > >Best keep that under your hat Mark. Too late, the word's out. My next car was a Plymouth Reliant - given to me by my parents because they got

Re: Why full frame?

2005-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
ns. > >Yeah, I like the Tamrons I've had, too. I have their recent 17-35/2.8-4.0 and it's excellent. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: I should know this ...

2005-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >1023. > >(I'm a meg short of a gig) ...so to speak. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Why full frame?

2005-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
keithw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>In a message dated 8/26/2005 5:44:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>>Me think, cheap Canon lenses are really _cheap_ Tamrons!

Re: PAW: Navigating Chinatown

2005-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
in the City. Hope you enjoy: > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3674322&size=lg I love it! This is a *classic* Theriault shot! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PESO - (OT) Captive

2005-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I should be able to stay in shape with two hours of brisk riding a day, >plus longish rides on weekends. Ya think? ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PAW: Navigating Chinatown

2005-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
of imperfection to be a perfect shot. (If you know what I mean ) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PAW: Navigating Chinatown

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Very nice. It really captures the hustle and bustle of chinatown. You know, you could pass this shot off as being from any number of cities around the world. Another thing I like about it. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PESO - London Sketches - 1

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
g. Could be, Frank. My tastes in photography usually seem to be similar to yours but I really like this photo a lot. There's just something so "English" about it. You have to visit London sometime. (NO, the London in ENGLAND, wise guy!) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PESO: Morning Stroll

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
le" hypothesis. Although I foolishly sold it years ago, my A50/1.4 was my all-time favorite lens as far as bokeh is concerned. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: I should know this ...

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am still seriously impressed by "look both ways" writing beneath my >feet somewhere in Hyde Park... That writing saved my butt many times ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Bicycling in France: All primes

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
least when stopped down - I haven't tried it wide open yet). Should be fun... as long as I can scrape by on my (very) minimal French language skills :-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: "... I have the same bag ..."

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I see more signs and portents in the detritus on the sidewalk than in the >newspaper. Care to give us your "reading of the entrails"? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Bicycling in France: All primes

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: "Mark Roberts"Subject: Bicycling in France: All primes > >> > Should be fun... as long as I can scrape by on my (very) minimal French >> language skills :-) > >This should serve you well in mos

Re: Bicycling in France: All primes

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
difficult situation: >> >> " Je passe le vent dans votre direction générale " >> >"péter" is the verb you're trying to squeeze out. Perhaps he's just being long-winded? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: OT: Binary watch

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >$90US seems a lot of money just to be "carefree and eminently cool" . What? Seems like a bargain to me! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Oh, give me strength! ... No.... I can't resist it...

2005-08-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So I just ordered the £195 F-100/2.8 macro recently listed at >ffordes.co.uk... You are going to love this lens. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Probably going to switch

2005-08-29 Thread Mark Roberts
or Sanyo or someone - look for the Korean semiconductor manufacturers to get into the act soon) decides to make the sensor. I'd wager that if they weren't working on it two weeks ago they are now ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Probably going to switch

2005-08-29 Thread Mark Roberts
was an L lens, which implies it's one of >Canon's best (or at the very least, a pro lens). Does anyone know the shooting aperture at which that photo was taken? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

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