Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/25

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Subject: [Leica] More Digital Pentax
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Tue Apr 25 18:49:58 2006
References: <1be504db0604251846r5211140cj100a354c30e05bee@mail.gmail.com>

Phil,
Where did you say I could join the Canadian Boy Scouts?  I know who I want
to by my Scout Mistress.

Nice shots.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 4/25/06, Phil Swango <pswango@att.net> wrote:
>
> For those interested, a few more Pentax DSLR shots, starting here:
> http://pswango.smugmug.com/gallery/825205/1/66319112
>
> All 3 were taken around dusk with a Pentax 50mm f/1.7 lens from around
> 1979
> used on a new *istDL.  Manual focus and exposure.  All were underexposed
> by
> 2-3 stops due to my error, and had to be rescued using curves in PS.  The
> first two are downsized for the web and minimally post-processed with
> curves
> and USM.  The last one is a center crop of about 1/4 of the image.  If you
> view it at "original" size in Smugmug, you can see what the camera
> delivered
> in actual pixels (after curves but no USM).  Lowest jpeg quality was used
> in
> camera so these are sort of "worst case".  I was running out of memory on
> a
> 16 Meg card.  I haven't had a chance to try raw or best jpeg yet.
>
> Tomorrow my daughter uses the camera for an editorial assignment for a
> local
> mag -- her first with the new toy.
>
>
> (apologies for cross posting if you're also on Daniel's Rollei list)
>
> --
> Phil Swango
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> Albuquerque, NM 87108
> 505-262-4085
>
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