Wayne,
I'm guessing / hoping that this is the same Wayne that I sold a lens to just a
few months ago. I think your email address changed or something... my email
bounced back to me. Can you drop me a line at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks.
- jerome
his
town, I'd be shocked.
Anyhow, just thought I'd say hello. Hope all is well on the list. If I had an
*ist-D, I could shoot you guys some photos... but I don't... so I can't...
dammit.
Later!
Jerome, Lewis, and Clark
since I'm 1/2 way there, I guess
I'll still give it a shot
Thanks again for your hospitality, food, and good company, Mark. It was very
much appreciated. Talk to you soon,
- jerome
uot; one is less expensive and seems to have
more functionality... but I think I'm missing something.
Thanks
jerome
n flash.
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/technology/offCameraFlash.html
Gosh, when is Pentax going to send this guy a big fat check already?!
Anyhow, hope all is well in Pentaxia. Thanks again,
jerome
les
logged on this trip alone.
oh... one more! An 82mm Hoya HMC Circular Polarizer can bounce three times
during a decent down a cliff before the glass shatters.
It's nice to be back. I hope all has been well. Best regards,
- jerome
Here's a question for you omnipresent/omnipotent pentaxians.
When I registed my website some months ago ( http://exposedfilm.net ), I
noticed that someone else had already registered exposedfilm.COM (
http://exposedfilm.com ). However, their site wasn't up yet. Over the past few
months, I'd ch
, if you get out of your SUV and stop whirling thru the park at 60
MPH "looking" for something to shoot... ya might find something!
- jerome (who has no idea why he mentioned Tokina... it just sounded right).
> Here's a cheerful thought. I learned today that the whole of
> Yellowstone is in the caldera of an enormous and very, very powerful
> active volcano of extraordinary magnitude. And the centre is rising.
> When it blows it will change the entire planet.
yeah. All of these parks are amazing in th
> I'm just saying there's a happy medium.
> You brought the camera to serve
> you, not the other way around.
Excellent Point! Trust me, I had to remind myself of that very thing several
times during the trip. It was too easy to get caught up in the "Assignment"
mode and lose scope of the enjoy
no big deal. Thanks
for weighing in, Mark.
- jerome
the-fly exposure, and come across tons of times
when I don't trust my in-camera matrix meter. As a result, I now pretty much
live with a hand-held meter around my neck.
HTH,
- jerome
Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> So now that you're done school, you've had your post-grad road trip, does
> this mean that you'll actually have to find a job, and be a productive
> member of society?
Sorta. I was thinking of moving to Toronto and becoming a bike messenger...
wh
Quoting tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I'm sure my old straps won't work, I'll have to get digital straps. Of
> course, since they're digital, they'll be obsolete within a few
> months, and I'll have to get new straps. What a pain.
Lucky me, my camera strap says "SLIDE FILM" in big white letters .
, breezebrowser or photoshop or
something of the sort.
Thanks.
- jerome
batch... but it sure is better than nothing. And I was this close
--> <-- to trashing those photos.
Anyhow... thanks again!
Oh... and Happy New Year, albeit a week or so early. Best Regards,
- jerome
> Is colour management off in the print driver
> (ie only PS is handling
> colour management)?
Yes.
> Have you tried running a head cleaning cycle?
No.
Thanks. I'll give that a shot along with any other suggestions that come
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I shot my first wedding this past Saturday. Luckily, I was *not* the paid
wedding photographer. Instead, some friends of mine who have a videography
company let me tag along under the guise of their "still-shot assistant".
In any event, I thought I'd share my
> Your first wedding should be when you are the principle photographer.
> Then you will be nervous as hell.
Funny you should say that because I was actually thinking to myself on the
drive over how nervous I *wasn't*. So yeah, the first real one will be
interesting.
> I don't know much about the
> Jeeesh, Jerome - after reading your commentary I was prepped for botched
> up wedding pictures from hell... These shots are great! Excellent eye,
> excellent feel to them. A lot better than any wedding photos I've ever
> taken.
Aw shucks, now you're just being plain ol&#x
> I think you've got some pretty great pictures there; I like your
> perspective. The cake picture is my favorite :o)
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Thanks to all who replied. From your responses, I've gained a good amount
of advisement for my next time out. They all seem obvious once you hear
them, but they were *obviously* the very things I overlooked...
1. Use RAW, you idiot! Now that I'm comfortable with Bridge and Photoshop
I sincerely h
unfortunately somehow ended up with a couple that was way younger than I
anticipated.
In any event, here's a few highlights from the outting:
http://www.exposedfilm.net/mandi/
Comments and criticism welcomed. You guys were great with the advice last
time around.
All the best,
Jerome
PS..
keep that in mind.
Thanks again.
Jerome
PS. Thanks for the compliment, Marnie.
> The best part overall is that you were able to show some genuine spark
> between them. That is half the battle.
>
> When shooting people in poses (even casual) little things count. In
> the shots
> Your flash presentation is a bit heavy but that's not a big deal...
Thanks. I'm working on it. It's actually an automated template from
Photoshop CS2. I just haven't gotten at the source code just yet in oder
to make some adjustments. In due time, I hope.
Jerome
dmit that this is better than nothing.
Just venting since Bob brought it up... Thanks Bob.
jerome <-- who ofcourse believes that the lost images
were the best ones he's ever taken.
> Oh my god, it's my mom.
ROTFL!!! funniest thing I've heard all day.
Cotty,
I'd say that was quite a deliberate kick in the shins after my possom story
last week. You're simply no good, are you?!
- jerome
Cotty (basically) wrote:
> I got a shot that jerome would've had no
> chance at with film
>
> Cheers,
> Cotty
Quoting Bojidar Dimitrov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Within two hours of receiving the 10D, I was lucky to shoot
> the following image:
> http://www.bdimitrov.de/private/wood_warbler.jpg
wow... so wait... did the warbler come with the camera? very nice image,
Boz! and best of luck with your Cano
FWIW, here's a bit more info:
June 2, 2003
Mail-Archive is experiencing technical problems, all archives are temporarily
offline and are being actively restored from backup. Because of the very large
volume of data, this process takes a long time - multiple days so far, and
possible a few mor
Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> The first shot is the summit shot of myself Jerome and
> Cesar on McRae Peak from last year's Camera Clinic Weekend
> in August> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/
That, my friend is what you call holding on for dear life. I w
n to get out
and about.
Of course, we can continue this conversation off-list, but I thought I'd at
least start it here just in case anyone else happened to be interested. Talk to
you soon,
jerome
hile, and it'll give me a good reason to get out
and about.
Of course, we can continue this conversation off-list, but I thought I'd at
least start it here just in case anyone else happened to be interested. Talk to
you soon,
jerome
I just got the same thing. I got too, in fact. One from "pentax"... and another
from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or something like that). Be careful, pentaxians (and
thanks, Tv).
- jerome
> My anti-virus software just intercepted a virus purporting to be an
> invoice from amazon
> I'm still up for it.
Sounds like we're talking the 14th or the 21st (this or next saturday). I'm
game for a weekday also, but I think I remember at least one of you having a
job or something silly like that . If either saturday is good for you two
(Doug & Evan), then I suppose we'll let Cory
> Unfortunately according to the keeper
> of the schedule and the checkbook the
> Hansons are predisposed this weekend.
That's fine since Cory is busy this weekend also. He's checking on next weekend
(Saturday, June 21) and will probably get back to me soon. With respect to
weather, I think (a
Congrats on the site. It's nice to have your own virtual gallery, I'm sure.
- jerome
> http://groups.msn.com/wsawyerphotography/shoebox.msnw
nice photos, Bill. Out of the flower category, I particularly like "Sworled
Flower". I find that shot quite outstanding for some reason, and I'm not much
of a "botanical guy".
As for the wildlife images... dem is some colorful frogs! In
ess the other option is to have another window open when a visitor clicks
on the gallery. But that's way over my head in terms of the how-to's.
Oh yeah! none of the other (no horsey) gallery links worked for me... but I'm
guessing you know that already. Hope that was helpful.
How's that skin holding up? :o)
- jerome
> Somebody mentioned that it was a bit boring having lots
> of shots of horses going over jumps
Well maybe not in those words! but yeah, that was me. I'll fess up.
> well that's what the clients want to see!
Yeah, I realized that after I sent the email. I either re-read his email or
read a
But, foolishly, I trudge ahead
nonetheless.
ANYHOW... here's my new home, folks:
http://www.exposedfilm.net
Comments, criticism, and the usual PDML banter are all welcomed.
- jerome
By the way...
Yes... I know... the squirrel photos aren't up yet... but I guess I figured
th that film, as well as my first time shooting on nature trails.
But thanks for pointing it out! I didn't even realize it (that's what
feedback's for, eh?). I'll look into it more. Thanks again.
- jerome
Stephen & Keith, thanks for the kind words.
Keith wrote:
> http://www.exposedfilm.net/g3_bwsig.htm
> I agree! This little guy looks ready to bop
> you if you get any closer...
Aren't "grab shots" the greatest. I couldn't reproduce that scene, let alone
the kids expression if I tried a thous
Quoting Christian Skofteland:
> I was impressed with Tiger on the green.
It's funny... you confused the hell outta me at first. I'm thinkin "tiger? what
tiger? ain't no tiger on my website. There's a lion, but OH!!!" You
obviously meant the tiger of the wooden persuasion. duh! forgot ab
Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I love the one of Tiger chatting with his caddy!
Thats one of my favs, too. Thanks, Frank.
> It's a wonderful, relaxed, informal sort of shot
> (but look at the intensity in Tiger's eyes - even for a
> practise round!).
Yep, that's also what I
you keep that photo up 'til monday. I'll probably reference it
again. Thanks again.
- jerome
hings: (a)
make it inconvenient by disabling right click and the imagetoolbar, and (b)
slap my website on the photo so that at least it benefits me A LITTLE when my
photos appear elsewhere.
So the copyright notice stays... but the frames... the verdict is still out on
those. Thanks for your feedback!
duate). I'm not sure how much it helps since
knowing the subject of a photo has little bearing on what might appeal to a
particular person... but, hey, it's there. Thanks again,
- jerome
Quoting "E. Kragtwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I am looking for this lens in very good condition.
Join the club! Good luck.
> > Join the club!
>
> Which one ? The "Alienated Users Wanting Pentax Products That Pentax
> Doesn't Want To Sell To Them ?" Like in wanting black limiteds and
> getting silver ones instead ?
no, no, no... the OTHER club.
gestions.
Of course, you could likely find it cheaper on the internet than at your local
store... but consider the mark-up in cost the price you pay for being able to
try before you buy. As they say in those Visa commercials, "Priceless".
_
Quoting Bob Rapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> How dare you suggest some of us shoot film with cameras.
Imagine that! I say we boot Bill (or WHOEVER suggested it!) from the list...
that no good film burner! How dare they.
If I used any of my film, then what would I keep in the fridge?...
edfilm.net/g5_pdogs.htm
(click the thumbnails for larger versions)
you can notice the softness (?) in these last three shots, but it's still
worlds better than my old 28-200mm zoom.
Hope that helps.
- jerome
ngs for this weekend.
- jerome
I made a mistake...
> and these three all taken at the long end, (300mm or higher) wide open.
actually, only the first two were with this lens, the last one (which actually
doesn't look as sharp / well focused) was with a prime.
> The Virginia opossum is a true
> marsupial with a well developed pouch. It is the only
> North American marsupial. There are several in South
> America, which at one point, was attached to Australia
> and floating free in the Pacific ocean until they
> separated and S. America joined N. Ame
> http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/grabs/images/pic19.html
>
Nice catch, Cotty. self portrait?
Pretty cool. I didn't know what to expect after your subject line. Would've
been great for last December's Juxtaposition gallery in the PUG. Did it come
together like that in your mind when you were t
By the way...
> Talk about the decisive moment!
no, no, no... THIS! is the decisive moment:
http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/grabs/images/pic15.html
Velbon Videomate 507
Deluxe (ha) Camcorder Tripod with Vel-flo 7 Mini-Pro Fluid Panhead
- jerome
ps... yes it's a freebie, but again, i'd strongly prefer for this to go to
someone who does not own a tripod already. Thanks.
most has to. Take care of that
ankle, man.
When's your next assignment?
- jerome
PS... (OT) I suspect that you "de-synergized" your website. Good move. I jumped
ship this week... after two more downtimes.
A plethora of birds,and coyotes to boot; that's one lovely area you reside in /
near! As for the website, Great photos, as usual, and a very good read. Pretty
cool catching those shots with the mayflies, huh? Nice.
ps...
"make themselves more attractive - sort of like wearing a diamond pinkie
Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Drop me a big hint, Jerome. What is J-Lo ?
Multiple choice exam:
Option A:
J-Lo is a (Pentax?) Model that was made in 1970. Unlike other Pentax models,
this one was designed in Puerto Rico, not Japan, and manufactured in the Bronx,
NY. The user
> Oh, I thought it was something important ;-p
Nope! Not at all. Sorry. It ranks right up there with D-ist speculation in that
respect and Digital vs. Film debates in that respect.
"Ed Mathews, Cesar Matamoros, Tom Van Veen, 5 of Tom's Assistants"
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/pdml/uhoh1.htm
Hilarious caption!
-get together from a coupl of weeks ago, too. Give us time... we're a
little slow here in the south I'll letcha know.
jerome
> I couldn't have said it better.
Relax. Don't your panties in a bunch.
lare well controlled.
I've had no flare issues with this lens (and I'm very good at forgetting to use
the hood with it)... but then I've yet to use it to shoot directly into the sun.
HTH,
jerome
http://www.exposedfilm.net
I wrote:
> I haven't noticed any distortion
I should clarify. I meant that I haven't noticed anything "abnormal" about the
distortion at 24mm. Nothing that you wouldn't expect. And nothing (to me) that
says, "hey! thats a wide angle lens".. which is what I *don't* want in my
landscape shots (i
the rest)... but at least
you now know it exists.
Regards,
- jerome
entax eventually gets
around to fixing such omissions in their gear line-up.
I hope you find what you're looking for.
- jerome
> One can wonder what drive certain people who practically
> only post negative and hateful post on PDML on issues
> that doesn't even affect their photography! A mystery!
Not really a mystery... have you seen some of their photography?!
> Let's put Cotty down for an A 85mm f1.4,
> bastardized to fit a Canon DSLR...
which one? Cotty... or the lens?
> please ignore this thread completely.
Nope! Can't do, sorry. It was just too damn hilarious!!
ROTFL.
Now off topic... but anyhow:
> Consequently, I think that once
> I get an *ist-D, my 300mm will probably be sold.
> My Sigma f2.8 70-200 zoom (whose optics I am extremely
> happy with) will become a fast 105-300 zoom, and will
> likely suit my personal 300mm needs much better than the prime.
Congrats, Ken.
For everyone else, here's the proper link, by the way (other one was faulty).
http://pug.komkon.org/01jul/IceFlwer.html
my question is, were they going to pay you had you not been persistent / on top
of things and called?
By the way... thanks for pointing me in that direction. Procrastination led me
to browse the rest of the images, and as it turns out,
http://pug.komkon.org/01jul/
That was a pretty good gallery. Obviously your shot was a winner, but there
were a few others, too. I especially like Smirnov Andre
Lon,
by the way, I meant no offense by my previous email (not sure how touchy you
are, so I thought I'd clear the air ahead of time). I just meant to say that,
now that I take a better listen at your current situation, there are tons of
options that fall in between a 500mm Mirror lens with IS0
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> That's exactly what I have been wanting to say...
> You can spend all the money in the world for a super
> duper telephoto lens or you can save your money and have
> some patience and still get the shot. I'm not
> saying a long lens isn't sometimes necessary,
> but
Quoting Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> you will also get better so that when you get the super-duper lens,
> you will get better shots than if you waited until you got it
> to practice with it.
I'm not sure if I follow that, Herb. Not sure if you're saying wait to buy, or
don't wait. In any
there. Well, thanks again. At least I know that all is not lost with my
3036, and I know what I need to look for.
- jerome
This may be helpful. An old post from Mike Johnston:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg27961.html
Quoting Keith Whaley:
> I like it!
I like it a lot, also. I think it's quite the interesting shot. The metering
seems perfect to me, and I think the traffic below (vs. an empty street for
example) makes it more interesting. Of course, the building itself adds some
intrigue for me. Funny how th
Sadly, my trip to Cotty-Land has been officially cancelled. For one, my
vacation time has been cut from 10-14 days to 7. IMO, that's just not long
enough to balance out the effects of both time change and travel time.
Secondly, by the time i get there, my good friend who is already there will be
> 1. What are you drinking?
HAR! my thoughts exactly.
Albano,can you email me off list? (or if someone has a recent email addy for
him...) Thanks.
Quoting Christian Skofteland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I don't disagree with your sentiments (I just read the speech
> and it WAS good), but, to be President of the US you need to
> be born here
Plus you need a very smart brother with a lot of connections in the state of
Florida
Hey guys and gals...
... I'm not sure what happened... I thought it said delete... but it
must've said "delete all"... because the next thing I saw on the screen
was
No Images".
Damn.
so now it's all gone.
what do I do?
I remember someone mentioning a program or something that I can use to
ret
Quoting Dr E D F Williams:
> Is the 105 mm f2.8 EX an autofocus or a manual lens - and the others?
They are all autofocus. The Macro lens (105mm) has the usual (?) clutch
mechanism on the lens for switching from AF to MF. IMHO, it has a nice feel to
it in the MF mode (I guess you'd say that it'
27;s Mark's website once again, in case ya missed it in the previous
thread. Link from my email, and maybe I'll get an extra commission
http://www.markcassino.com
- jerome
most of my time there. Just
thought I'd ask. Thanks...
jerome
PS... I'm bringing my Bogen as both a tripod and a weapon... I just hope that I
can swing it (preferably without the camera attached) faster than an alligator
can lunge.
Thursday was
more of the usual animal stuff at a place in South GA); so hopefully weather-
wise I'll be three for three.
We'll see how it goes.
- jerome
namic
environments, I'll again take an IS lens over a tri- / mono- pod anyday. But
since I don't have such lenses for my Pentax [and refuse to use film faster
than 100 ISO], in the meantime I thank God for fast, light-weight (and third
party!) lenses.
My .02 + tax,
jerome, a n
Excellent photo. Very well done and nicely composed. The thing I admire
most is how vivid the image is. Crisp! I feel like I was right there.
Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.
> http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/12250462
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Dave, you did better than me. I saw two women with a couple of K-something
digital bodies at the zoo on Saturday but didn't bother to speak.
Evidently my wife understands the Pentax Brotherhood better than I do. For
one, she's the one that spotted the cameras, and secondly as we passed by
she asked
>> After fixing a camera and a card reader which each had their CF pins
>> bent from having a card shoved in less-than-perfectly, I can say that
>> I'd rather repair a $20 card than a $900 camera though.IMO, CF is
>> far less "robust" than SD in the hands of the average user.
Been there, done
> I might check my focus on a setup to be sure that I haven't
> jiggered it. That's it. I trust completely that the camera will do
> what I told it to do, and don't bother to look except as above.
Godfrey, what mode do you tend to shoot in (Av, Tv, M, etc). Just curious.
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> thing you can do in my experience.
Are you sure about that?
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> What *did* bother me was the control layout of the MZ-S. I *loved* the
> overall ergonomics, but missed the dual-control-wheel setup of the PZ-1p
> (and ist-D and K10d). If the MZ-S had that control setup I *never* would
> have sold it. Ever. It would have been my "film camera to keep forever".
Set up in question: Bogen 3036 tripod with the 400mm f2.8 lens.
Problem: I'll set it up, lock all the levers, and 4 seconds later the
tripod starts to sink to one side. Whats happening is that the leg
sections are starting to slide and collapse into each other despite all of
the locks being tightl
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