Re: A test -- 'crossed nicols'

2003-08-20 Thread Robert Szasz
>From my knowledge of how a circular polarizer works you will get a 3db loss for every re linerazation (every polarization after the 1/4 wave plate). Two circular polarizers (any positions)therfore would cut the amount of light recieved in half (assuming perfect rejection of the perpendicular pola

Re: A test -- 'crossed nicols'

2003-08-20 Thread Robert Szasz
ndenser -- was expensive. > > Don > ___ > Dr E D F Williams > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery > Updated: July 31, 2003 > > > - Original Message - > From: "Robert Szasz" <[EMAIL

lever jams on ME super

2003-07-16 Thread Robert Szasz
I have been utterly stumped by the folowing symptoms, if any of the three lenses I have are fully snapped in then the camera has a good chance of not latching onto the shutter properly and taking another frame a soon I I release the frame advance lever. If I back the lense out 4-5 degrees the camer

Re: Zooms vs. primes: the final word and ultimate wisdom

2003-07-16 Thread Robert Szasz
:P You're one of us light cone geeks aren't you. On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Bob Walkden wrote: > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 07:05:21 +0100 > From: Bob Walkden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Zooms vs. primes: the final word and ultima

Pentax equiv. to the Minolta "data memory"

2003-07-18 Thread Robert Szasz
Does (or did) Pentax offer a camera that automaticaly stores the shot information (fstop,speed,flash,time/date,etc.) on some sort of retreivable media. This would be a tremendous help for post processing.

RE: OT Virus warning : virtual machine infections

2003-08-14 Thread Robert Szasz
Yes and no. The copy of windows running on the virtual machine MIGHT be open to infection (depending on firewall rules) but the OS hosting the virtual machine would not be infected. This is one of the primary reasons for running a virtual machine in the first place. On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Cotty wrot