Nick,
Normally the camera keeps winding on until it cannot pull any more film from the cannister (rather than keeping count of the number of exposures).
The LCD should show the mode - there should be a single small rectangle that indicates single frame. If you see three stacked rectangles, then it's in continuous shoot mode.
Matt

Thanks Don

Well, a spanking new *ist-D2 wouldn't go amiss
...and maybe some of the lenses! LOL

Matt

Don,

* A further tip is to desaturate the layer after running highpass. This stops any odd colour bleeding

* When applying the radius on the high-pass filter you are looking for the detail you want to just start appearing.

* For a harder effect, change the layer blend mode to Overlay

* To reduce the effect, just bring down the layer opacity from 100% to something lower.

* If you INVERT the high-passed layer it will blur rather than sharpen! (Ctrl-I) This is great for hiding noise and grain too!

I have also used the HPS with mis-focussed images with a measure of success.

Here's a very interesting use of this fact:
http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/?m=show&id=213
(The section "Quick Degrune Technique" uses the High Pass Sharpen plus an unsharp mask.)

There's never a dull day with Photoshop

Matt

Jayson,
No, the layout is different. With the colour punch I detailed the Photoshop steps, whereas with the eye one I was detailing what to do with the image more.

They have both been published on the ePhotozine site:
Eye: http://www.ephotozine.com/techniques/viewtechnique.cfm?recid=376
Colour: http://www.ephotozine.com/techniques/viewtechnique.cfm?recid=377

Matt

Hi all!

Thought I'd share these with all you Pentax people.
Two techniques for either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements:

1) Enhancing eyes in portraits. I've been requested to do this by a couple of ePhotozine users, so here it is: Enhancing Eyes Tutorial

(Also available here: http://www.ephotozine.com/techniques/viewtechnique.cfm?recid=376 )

2) Colour Punch. After messing around with various Velvia techniques (including some seriously complex ones), I've worked out a deceptively simple technique that's been very useful so far! Colour Punch Tutorial

Do let me know if there are any typos or errors, and do let me know how you get on!!

Matt

Well, the theme thing is a reasonable idea
As you say, the image size would have to be kept fairly small - some of the threads currently take an age to load even on broadband
Matt

Your image needed a bit of a lift, Liam.
It was a tad underexposed




Regarding gallery postings, the sister site www.ephotozine.com is more geared up for submissions and the like. If you haven't visited, it's well worth a look!

Matt

Hmmmm. Laphroaig - delicious
Well, one out of four is attainable - LOL!
Matt

Ammonyte,
If I were you, I'd hop over to www.praxisoft.com and download the free WiziWYG. This will allow you to get your monitor near enough calibrated by eye.
(Uninstall Adobe Gamma, or remove it from the Programs/Startup group and reboot).

Hints:
* Squint hard when setting the R/G/B gamma settings
* Think you might need to pick "Generic Trinitron" (can't remember if the M911 is Trinitron/Diamondtron - it should say on the front if it is)
* Choose white point - D65
* Choose Gamma 2.2
* Name the profile and make it your system profile

That should get your monitor near enough to sRGB for most things.
PSE will then use that for display.

When you save for email/web, resize the image, sharpen and then use the menu option "File / Save for Web". This will allow you to optimize the JPG.

However, if you work in AdobeRGB, you must convert to sRGB before you save for web, otherwise the colours go washed out.
Check out: http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/elements-color-management.html

There are ways around it, but PSE4 addresses the issues and allows conversion

Hope that helps!
Matt

Liam,
Very useful! The *ist-D actually has a separate button for autofocus, labelled "AF".
(The OK button on the *ist-D can be used for firing the flash - great for studio setups.)

But it's good to know you can do the same thing on the *ist-DS/DL. It's one of the best features, IMHO, for kids & fast moving items.

Matt