john van besien

Thanks for the reply, Steve. I finally figured it out after another research attempt. Art Sinsabaugh.

<p>I'm normally a pretty good researcher but am coming up empty on this one, and have finally gotten impatient with myself.<br>

A couple of years ago I saw an article about a landscape photographer whose work had been collected recently into a book. The photographs were black and white, panoramic, but I believe the photos were made as narrow crops from (very) large format camera. I recall one image of a flat, farm-like landscape at night made at long distance, but when viewed up close contained an amazing amount of detail.<br>

The photographer might have done most of his work mid-century, but I wouldn't swear to it. Is this ringing any bells for anyone? (Stuff like this can sure drive you crazy until you figure it out.)</p>

Elaine,

 

I agree with what others have said about trying to create motion / immediacy. For some reason I usually find that I do a better job of the "tilt" when I frame the picture that way in-camera, rather than creating the tilt with a crop in Photoshop. Also, maybe it's just me, but I find that I like the tilt better when the picture is taken from an angle, high or low, vs. a straight-on shot.

 

So for me, in addition to finding a way to create motion, I'm often trying to avoid the static look of a straight up and down pose, creating some kind of diagonal in the composition. However, if the you're posing someone (as you've done in one of the samples), and the pose is elegant and not "static," there's often no reason to go for a tilt just for the sake of it.

Have recently begun having problems with my Epson R800. At present, it doesn't seem to

want to feed any of the matte inkjet papers I have purchased--Moab, Ilford, Red River, etc.

Paper thickness doesn't seem to matter much, though before this problem became more

frequent it seemed to feed most reliably with cheaper inkjet papers.

 

What happens now is that the printer starts to feed the paper, gets about a third of the

way through the page and then just "slips" and stops feeding. Once in a while I get lucky

and the page will print properly, but for now I might try twenty sheets before I can get a

page to print.

 

Am wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem, and if so what can be done

about it. Thanks in advance for the help.

Has anyone heard any dates or specs for a true successor to the E-1 (not the E-300)?

I've been using two 2GB Hitachi microdrives with a Mac G5 for almost a year. I did notice

that I got more reliable data transfers from one USB card reader than the other (one

frequently hung during transfers), but other than that I didn't have any significant

problems.

Today I got a follow-up from Pentax. I can't seem to square what Pentax says with how my camera reacts:

 

John,

 

Thank you for contacting Pentax Imaging Company.

 

The P30T is designed to default to ISO 100 for non-DX coded films, and will recognize DX coded films from ISO 25 - ISO 1600.

 

We are not aware of any capability beyond this, however. It may be difficult to know why there was a difference indicated in the meter reading supporting a higher ISO.

 

If you have further questions, please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department at: 800-877-0155

 

Thanks again,

 

Joe Virgil

 

Pentax USA, Inc.

Just one minor correction from above: The P30T does not have a shutter-priority mode.

I have an AF220T, which lists for about $50 on B&H Photo, and it has worked very well for me. It's about as simple as they come, but has produced some very nice quality pictures with my P30T.

Earlier I had written that I exposed a roll of Delta 3200 with my

P30T, which Pentax told me would default to a speed of 100 with films

higher than 1600.

 

So today I put a roll of 400-speed film in the camera, set the

aperture to f8, and the meter indicated a shutter speed of 1/60.

Then, I put the roll of 3200 in the camera, and the meter indicated a

shutter speed of 1/500. This would suggest to me that the camera is,

in fact, recognizing the 3200 speed film. Is my calculation off or

is that a reasonable assessment?

Your answers are very helpful. I will try the film in the camera test first, which should tell me what I need to know. Unfortunately, this particular camera doesn't display the ISO setting anywhere--it sets it and you can't override it (unless you mess with the DX markings on the canister or the DX sensors in the camera). But it should be easy enough to test another roll and then the 3200 to see what shutter speeds it recommends on Av.

I shot most of the roll in program mode, as I recall--it was end of a long evening and I had gotten plenty of film with another camera, so just shot the roll of 3200 on a whim. Not good, I know. I think by that point in the evening I was wearing down.

I mistakenly exposed a roll of Delta 3200 in my Pentax P30T, which

apparently cannot recognize film speeds beyond 1600. The Pentax rep

tells me he thinks the film was exposed at 100 since the camera

couldn't recognize the DX code.

 

Anyway, would there be any way of salvaging this film, and if so what

should I tell the lab?

 

Thanks,

John

I have scoured the newsgroups and have only found one or two references to this--both suggested the camera would expose at 1600--but neither was definitive. The first reference was that someone had posted pictures on their site that they indicated they had taken with the P30T and 3200-speed film. The second was someone mentioning their "old camera" rating 100/200 films the same, 400/800 films the same, and 1600/3200 films the same. Earlier in that reference they had mentioned previously using a P30T.

 

So, I am tempted to simply take the film to the lab and tell them it was exposed at 1600. Thanks for that suggestion, though--that may help.

I know that the P30T supposedly will allow DX coded films with an ISO

of 25-1600, but I forgot the upper limit and shot a roll of Ilford

Delta 3200 last week. Would the camera have set an ISO of 1600, or

would it have defaulted to 100 (if it couldn't recognize the DX code)?

 

Any suggestions?