RE: PESO: robber fly

2020-06-07 Thread mike wilson
sightings confirm their survival. > The planting of the Millennium Forest in 2000 has given many of them a > better chance to continue to survive. > > > John in Brisbane > > > > -Original Message- > From: PDML On Behalf Of mike wilson > Sent: Sunday, 7 June 202

RE: PESO: robber fly

2020-06-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 07 June 2020 at 01:13 jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: > > > Great shot Henk - I believe I would have called that a dragonfly! > On the Island of St. Helena, I once watched a brilliant green wasp killing a > cockroach: never saw it again and did not have a camera on me at the time! St Helena

Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread mike wilson
> On 01 June 2020 at 19:01 Christine Aguila wrote: > > > Hi Everyone! > > I hope you and your families are well and safe during these very difficult > times. > > I thought I’d share a photography related story. Many of you probably know > of Central Camera store located downtown Chicago.

Re: D FA* 85mm f/1.4

2020-05-28 Thread mike wilson
> On 28 May 2020 at 14:08 Pat Temmerman wrote: > > > In days of yore, this forum would be EX-PLO-DING over any mention of > '85mm', especially if followed by '1.4'. In days of yore an 85/1.4 would work with virtually every camera Pentax ever made, even ones of a different format. Pentax

Re: A River Runs Through

2020-05-28 Thread mike wilson
Wash them thoroughly in fresh water, keeping going until as much of the dirty water inside has gone as you can manage. If there's no sign of water inside, don't exercise the focus and zoom. Find yourself a big sack of indicating silica gel crystals, the stuff that goes from blue to pink as it

OT spencerscamera, Alpine, Utah

2020-05-27 Thread mike wilson
Anyone know this outfit? Someone I know sent their camera to be modified for Astro and has heard nothing since it was picked up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Re: A River Runs Through

2020-05-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 May 2020 at 03:33 Stan Halpin wrote: > > > As some of you know, our home was flooded last week, high water at 27 3/8 > inches inside. > So we have been hauling stuff out, a lot to the curb for trash pickup, much > still to be sorted, decisions about what to try to

Re: They're back

2020-05-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 May 2020 at 04:29 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > The cool idea that just won’t die > > And, they even make it on topic with this spotty: > >

Re: Information to be announced on new Pentax APS-C flagship tomorrow

2020-05-16 Thread mike wilson
> On 16 May 2020 at 21:18 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > I noticed that they have the tactile positioning bump on the 21mm as > well.  I hope that they've re positioned it to coincide with the new > location of the lens release button, especially as it won't work on a > film body, (with what

Re: PESO Pixel abuse

2020-05-16 Thread mike wilson
Word. > On 16 May 2020 at 16:38 Doug Brewer wrote: > > > it's good to be king. > > On 5/15/20 8:19 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > > >> On 15 May 2020 at 22:27 Doug Brewer wrote: > >> > >> > >> Thank you, Larry. You may be seeing t

Re: PESO 2020 - 108-113 - GDG

2020-05-15 Thread mike wilson
> On 15 May 2020 at 22:27 Doug Brewer wrote: > > > Thank you, Larry. You may be seeing the result of it being transferred > to my phone, uploaded to tumblr, which did whatever to it, and then to > your screen. It hasn't been uprezzed. It's only because you are the listmeister that you can

Re: OT: Celebrities Then And Now

2020-05-09 Thread mike wilson
There appears to be an unlimited supply of aspic in Hollywood land. > On 09 May 2020 at 19:05 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > Perhaps not great art, but fun images: > > https://mymodernmet.com/ard-gelinck-past-present-celebrity-photos/ > > Dan Matyola >

Re: Thumbs up or down?

2020-05-08 Thread mike wilson
> On 08 May 2020 at 01:45 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > That's all right in Rhode Island there's a place on RI 108 that's self > designated as the middle of nowhere.   Having been to the high desert in > California, I believe that they are wrong, the middle of nowhere is > somewhere North

Re: OT? Cool stuff

2020-05-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 07 May 2020 at 16:00 John wrote: > > > On 5/6/2020 12:47:41, mike wilson wrote: > > https://newatlas.com/electronics/worlds-fastest-camera-70-trillion-frames-per-second/ > > > > Makes 8 frames per second seem a bit tame. > > > > How many fra

Re: Thumbs up or down?

2020-05-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 May 2020 at 22:15 Bill wrote: > > > On 5/6/2020 11:04 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > that's nice , John, and another illustration of nice banjo playing. > > A friend note abuse of banjo's seems to be replacing picking on (pun > > intended) ukes these days.. wonder why > > A friend

OT? Cool stuff

2020-05-06 Thread mike wilson
https://newatlas.com/electronics/worlds-fastest-camera-70-trillion-frames-per-second/ Makes 8 frames per second seem a bit tame. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Re: Tim Bray in WaPo.

2020-05-06 Thread mike wilson
He was worried the secret password would get out. > On 05 May 2020 at 16:28 Ken Waller wrote: > > > I’m shocked the article didn’t mention his former membership in the PDML ! > > > -Original Message- > >From: Paul Stenquist > >Sent: May 5, 2020 9:35 AM > >Subject: Tim Bray in WaPo. >

Re: Thumbs up or down?

2020-05-05 Thread mike wilson
was an > rehersal instrument.. the stick without the bag on it :-) > ann > > > On 5/5/2020 12:32 PM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 05 May 2020 at 16:56 ann sanfedele wrote: > >> > >> > >> I love bagpipes and banjos - though I'd prefer not to hear

Re: Thumbs up or down?

2020-05-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05 May 2020 at 16:56 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > I love bagpipes and banjos - though I'd prefer not to hear a full > bagpipe in an enclosed space.. Playing the war pipes indoors is a pastime invented by heathens to patronise sassenach tourists. The small pipes are for indoor playing.

Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-05 Thread mike wilson
An ethical member of the senior management of a multinational - who'd a thunk it? Did we make that much of an impression? > On 04 May 2020 at 22:34 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Some of you will remember Tim Bray from when he was on the PDML a few > years back and some of us even met him at the

Re: Thumbs up or down?

2020-05-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 04 May 2020 at 17:16 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Stanley Halpin wrote: > > >> On May 3, 2020, at 5:06 PM, P. J. Alling > >> wrote: > >> > >> Some people see Kincade's work as a blueprint, I prefer to see it as a > >> cautionary tail. > >> > >P.J.’s comment is perfect for The List:

Re: OT: The Most Beautiful Photo We Could Find of Every U.S. National Park

2020-05-02 Thread mike wilson
The Bryce canyon one is particularly poor. Luckily, more than half of them didn't load. > On 01 May 2020 at 23:30 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > They didn't look hard enough - what a batch of overstaturated cliches > without a trace of feeling.  Note all the shots are from Getty - a stock >

Re: GESO: Birthday Parade

2020-04-28 Thread mike wilson
://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:02 AM mike wilson > wrote: > > > > > > On 28 April 2020 at 15:04 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > Indeed. You could build six houses here on a circle that big. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: GESO: Birthday Parade

2020-04-28 Thread mike wilson
six houses here on a circle that big. > > >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 2:50 AM mike wilson > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Must be fun if you live in a cul-de-sac. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: GESO: Birthday Parade

2020-04-28 Thread mike wilson
> On 28 April 2020 at 03:45 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > As I said in a previous PESO, Birthday Parties are a very big thing for > grade school children in the suburbs. Big parties, at home or some special > place, are unthinkable in these days of lockdown. Instead, now there are >

Re: A rude joke

2020-04-23 Thread mike wilson
> On 23 April 2020 at 22:07 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 23/4/20, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >https://adobe.ly/2VR8blf > > Load a cock! Not once the pussy's finished with them. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO Veni Vidi Vinca

2020-04-17 Thread mike wilson
Looks like a parasitoid wasp of some type. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid_wasp > On 17 April 2020 at 16:19 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > Fun stuff. I didn’t see the insect when viewing this on my phone, but it’s a > great look on my big Retina 5K monitor. Is it a termite or a winged

Re: PESO: A fat Russian lady in Belgium

2020-04-17 Thread mike wilson
> On 17 April 2020 at 12:23 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 17.04.20 um 13:11 schrieb Bulent Celasun: > > Ms. Ludmilla does not look fat at all : ) > > They even had to put her on a diet to make her fit into the Belgian > clearance gauge. :-) > A Russian with a wide stance? Perish the

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-15 Thread mike wilson
> On 15 April 2020 at 13:37 John wrote: > > > On 4/14/2020 16:44:46, mike wilson wrote: > > > > Is paranoia a national trait over there? > > > > Oh yes. It's a classic. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paranoid_Style_in_American_Politics

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-15 Thread mike wilson
are using this "crisis" to implement large swathes of his "work", as > "temporary" measures.  We're still living with a lot of 9/11 temporary > measures that are even now being abused by those in power. > > Sure tell Orwell he was being a paranoid American...  Oh, tha

Re: Lockdown life

2020-04-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 14 April 2020 at 19:49 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > Everyone seems to forget the initial intent of these measures. It was to > slow the spread of the virus so as to not overwhelm the medical > infrastructure.  Well weather it was the lock down or simply the fact > that the US isn't as

Re: PESOs Half Male, Half Female?

2020-04-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 11 April 2020 at 21:04 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > I shot this bird perching this afternoon. He appeared to be an ordinary > Cardinal. > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18593470/Bilateral-Gynandromorph-Cardinal > > Then it flew to the feeder. I normally don’t shoot birds at the feeder,

Re: PESO: Repatriation

2020-04-11 Thread mike wilson
> On 11 April 2020 at 08:00 David Mann wrote: > > > This was just a quick opportunistic grab shot. > > It's a Lufthansa 747 chartered by the German government to repatriate their > citizens. They've been running daily flights lately and a couple have done > flyovers of the city. This one

Re: PESO: Happy Easter

2020-04-09 Thread mike wilson
> On 10 April 2020 at 05:05 David Mann wrote: > > > The other day our Prime Minister suggested colouring in pictures of Easter > eggs and hanging them in your window for passers-by to see (the Easter bunny > has been officially classified as an essential worker, along with the tooth >

Re: PESO 2020 - 057-060 - GDG

2020-04-08 Thread mike wilson
It's the first I've heard of 240VAC in American homes. Just to drift the thread a little further: was this in when the condo was built? what's the plug difference? > On 08 April 2020 at 06:48 David Mann wrote: > > > You can never put too many outlets in a kitchen. We have a similar >

Re: OT: Coronavirus: Sophie Raworth's deserted London - BBC News

2020-04-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05 April 2020 at 08:33 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > Interesting set of photos, particularly if you know London. This is what it’s > like when i cycle through (permitted daily exercise): > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-52155029 Yesterday, about 19:00 GMT, there were 12 aeroplanes in

Re: PESO -- Ancient.

2020-04-03 Thread mike wilson
> On 03 April 2020 at 21:36 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 3/4/20, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > >http://webster26.epizy.com/pdml/PESO%20--%20ancient_K5I8203.html > > > >Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax FA 28-70mm f4.0. > > > >As usual comments are welcome but may be

Re: PESOs lLll

2020-03-29 Thread mike wilson
> On 29 March 2020 at 19:56 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > While I may be on lockdown, I still have my backyard to keep me entertained. > Today saw a pair of Titmice (Titmouses??) and a Robin. Titmeeses, surely. > https://www.photo.net/photo/18591030/Titmouse-1 >

Re: Current Camera Line

2020-03-29 Thread mike wilson
Google what Mark was quoting...  not in my data bank. > >> > > One of the best tv shows ever, definitely worth borrowing the DVDs to watch > > > >> ann > >> > >> On 2/19/2020 4:15 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >>> mike wilson wrote: > >

Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive

2020-03-28 Thread mike wilson
> On 28 March 2020 at 00:08 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > I doubt that anything will keep the Republican faithful away from the polls. Not to speak for Bill but he may believe, as I do, that a significant portion of his easily led followers may not be around to vote at all. -- PDML

Re: What to do with your camera during a lockdown

2020-03-28 Thread mike wilson
> On 28 March 2020 at 09:19 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > On 28 Mar 2020, at 08:32, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > > Am 28.03.20 um 09:04 schrieb Bob Pdml: > > > >> Magnum photographers are posting their 'lockdown diaries' to Instagram. > > > > Thanks for the link, Bob. > > > > You might want

Re: OT Spam

2020-03-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 March 2020 at 15:00 Ken Waller wrote: > > > Responding to that spam was probably a mistake as you have now I dentified > yourself as a real person and not just an email address. I realised that later. If it's true, the person behind it is going to extraordinary lengths to harvest

Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 March 2020 at 22:52 Christine Aguila wrote: > > > We just got an emergency alert via our mobile phones that the City of Chicago > is closing down the lakefront, beaches etc, which I think is a good idea. Things are pretty quiet here. Spouse working from home doing essential Police

OT Spam

2020-03-25 Thread mike wilson
Is anyone else getting spam from xrite.macgroupus.com? I tried to remove myself from the mailing list after the first one arrived out of the blue but got a reply that the address didn't exist. Blacklisted the address in my useless mail interface but it keeps landing. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25 March 2020 at 01:58 Bill wrote: > > > On 3/24/2020 3:10 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > > >> On 24 March 2020 at 14:31 Postmaster wrote: > >> > >> > >> Bill wrote: > >> > >>> We are selling record amounts of

Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 March 2020 at 14:31 Postmaster wrote: > > > Bill wrote: > > >We are selling record amounts of paint. Apparently that has become an > >essential product as people who are supposed to be working from home > >need something to do. > > It's probably just a matter of "well, we were

Re: PESO: Spring before my window

2020-03-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 March 2020 at 13:26 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 24.03.20 um 14:15 schrieb Bob Pdml: > > Nice tree. I went for an officially government-sanctioned bicycle ride this > > morning. Spring is definitely starting to appear. Better still, the air is > > very clean. > > Any idea

Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 March 2020 at 14:23 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > See how some Americans are disobeying the regulations: > > https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/americans-coronavirus-social-distancing-shelter-in-place? They missed the pic of president tweety and his minions

Re: Come Together. But not right now.

2020-03-22 Thread mike wilson
No parking in the zig-zag zone, to improve visibility of pedestrians to motorists. And vice-versa in some cases. > On 22 March 2020 at 16:53 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > Nicely documented! > > Why the zig-zag lines on the street? > > Dan Matyola >

Re: OT Covid-19 - Ahem!

2020-03-22 Thread mike wilson
gt; #9: I’ve never heard of this working for anything but temporary symptom > relief. > > #10: Can’t hurt. > > The symptoms are highly variable, but most often start with nasal congestion, > sometimes fever, and then a sore throat. The drowning sensation in #4 is > something

Re: Come Together. But not right now.

2020-03-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 22 March 2020 at 13:30 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > I’ve been for a ride around a mostly empty London today on one of my regular > routes. > > This is somewhere I’ve never photographed before although I’ve driven and > ridden across it a million times (I lived nearby in the 80s). Normally

Re: OT Covid-19

2020-03-21 Thread mike wilson
Advice from a virologist, allegedly. Makes sense to me. The new Coronavirus may not show sign of infection for many days. How can one know if he/she is infected? By the time they have a fever and/or cough and go to the hospital, the lung is usually 50% Fibrosis and it's too late. Taiwan

[cross-project-issues-dev] Upgrading the Eclipse SDK target environment for the *September* Eclipse release...

2020-03-20 Thread Mike Wilson
Hello cross project people,   The Eclipse Project PMC has approved a change to the target environments for the 2020-09 Eclipse release of the Eclipse Project (that is, our 4.17 release) to be based on Java 11. This will allow us to include Jetty 10, when it is available as indicated here:     

RE: OT Covid-19

2020-03-18 Thread mike wilson
My conference cancelled, so no Spartaci in Londinium this weekend. Keep safe, everyone. > On 18 March 2020 at 11:10 pdm...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I've been commuting to work at home this week, and for the foreseeable. This > means I cycle into Central London and back again, then start working

Re: OT Covid-19

2020-03-15 Thread mike wilson
And an interesting explanation here as to why one person can make a huge difference. https://graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HEALTH-SOUTHKOREA-CLUSTERS/0100B5G33SB/index.html > On 15 March 2020 at 16:28 mike wilson wrote: > > > My original post was passing on a joke about t

Re: OT Covid-19

2020-03-15 Thread mike wilson
My original post was passing on a joke about the perceived demographics of certain supermarkets. Many people seem to have taken it seriously - in which case, the link below seems to be a pretty well-written explanation of the outbreak and the statistics describing it.

OT Covid-19

2020-03-14 Thread mike wilson
Don't know what's happening in the rest of the world but UK supermarkets have recently instigated buying quotas: ASDA 2 hand sanitisers and a 4 pack of toilet roll TESCO 1 hand sanitiser, 500g of rice and 4 pack of toilet roll Waitrose 1 lobster, 6 quail's eggs and 100g of Pate de Foie Gras

Re: Checking in

2020-03-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 March 2020 at 21:42 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > On 5 Mar 2020, at 20:50, mike wilson wrote: > > > >>>> : > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> It is raining, so I'm happy. > >>> > >>> Now I

Re: Checking in

2020-03-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05 March 2020 at 07:50 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > On 4 Mar 2020, at 21:08, mike wilson wrote: > > > > > >> On 04 March 2020 at 20:36 Brian W wrote: > >> > >> > >> It is raining, so I'm happy. > > >

Re: Checking in

2020-03-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 04 March 2020 at 20:36 Brian W wrote: > > > It is raining, so I'm happy. Now I'm happy for you. > > > > On 05 March 2020 at 05:55 John wrote: > > > > > > No new messages on the list, so I thought I'd check in to see how everyone > > is > > doing. > > > > -- > > Science -

Re: Checking in

2020-03-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 04 March 2020 at 19:09 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 4/3/20, John, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >No new messages on the list, so I thought I'd check in to see how > >everyone is doing. > > It's not raining for Mike, so I'm happy. Happier. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Checking in

2020-03-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 04 March 2020 at 18:55 John wrote: > > > No new messages on the list, so I thought I'd check in to see how everyone is > doing. > It's not raining, so I'm happy. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: The surprising source of Ansel Adams’ signature style — The Conversation

2020-02-29 Thread mike wilson
> On 29 February 2020 at 07:11 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > Ansel Adman: > > https://theconversation.com/the-surprising-source-of-ansel-adams-signature-style-131628 Yosemite Park and Curry Company? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO: Two Lips

2020-02-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 26 February 2020 at 18:48 Bill wrote: > > > On 2/26/2020 12:37 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > The title worried me; the blurb even more. But it's deffo Bill's best this > > year. > > Thanks Mike, though as it is my only one this year, I feel somewhat >

Re: PESO: Two Lips

2020-02-26 Thread mike wilson
The title worried me; the blurb even more. But it's deffo Bill's best this year. > On 26 February 2020 at 14:36 Bill wrote: > > > I know I don't post many pictures, and when I do, the quality is > questionable. > However, this doesn't mean I don't occasionally commit some form of eye >

Re: Current Camera Line

2020-02-19 Thread mike wilson
90's > becuse our landlord would not permit cable in this old building. > > So I have lots of lacunas of a tv nature across those 20 years - some of > which I have filled over the last 40 years . > > ann > > On 2/19/2020 4:44 PM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 19 February

Re: Anyone for a PDML Glasgow meet in August?

2020-02-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 February 2020 at 03:12 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Lisa's just been invited to speak at a conference in Glasgow in late > August so it seems we're doing a trip to Scotland this year. Details > to follow. But I'm really looking forward to it. No detailed plans > yet. Entirely feasible.

Re: Current Camera Line

2020-02-19 Thread mike wilson
use our landlord would not permit cable in this old building. > > > > So I have lots of lacunas of a tv nature across those 20 years - some of > > which I have filled over the last 40 years . > > > > ann > > > > On 2/19/2020 4:44 PM, mike wilson wrote: >

Re: Current Camera Line

2020-02-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 February 2020 at 21:15 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > mike wilson wrote: > > >> On 19 February 2020 at 19:40 ann sanfedele wrote: > >> > >> NUmber 5 is ALIVE! :-) > >> extra points if you get the cinematic reference) > > >

Re: Current Camera Line

2020-02-19 Thread mike wilson
quoting...  not in my data bank. This is a major lacuna in your knowledge of the cinematic art. > > ann > > On 2/19/2020 4:15 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > mike wilson wrote: > > > >>> On 19 February 2020 at 19:40 ann sanfedele wrote: > >>> >

Re: Current Camera Line

2020-02-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 February 2020 at 19:40 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > NUmber 5 is ALIVE! :-) > extra points if you get the cinematic reference) Short Circuit. From someone who is definitely not a number. > > MY K-5, a refurbished one, yet - is still performing nicely after almost > 7 years.  Ed, take

OT Computer music

2020-02-11 Thread mike wilson
Astonishing the amount of spare time some people have. https://youtu.be/oqwZzuOXYPU -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Peso - ID help needed - European jewelry mark

2020-02-06 Thread mike wilson
UK hallmarks are leopard, anchor, rose and castle. London, Birmingham, Sheffield and Edinburgh respectively. Most likely to be a maker's mark but I don't know who. This might be of use: "Articles which are assayed and found by the qualifying office of a signatory country to conform to the

Re: GESO (2): something slithery (WARNING: PHOTOS OF SNAKES)

2020-01-21 Thread mike wilson
> On 21 January 2020 at 03:10 John wrote: > > > On 1/20/2020 11:15:28, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 21:07:09 -0800 > > Larry Colen wrote: > > > >>> On Jan 19, 2020, at 5:33 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Two excellent images. I like the first better, because

Re: PDML meet-up in Britain? Early May...

2020-01-18 Thread mike wilson
You were told not to mention the war. Don't blame me for the consequences. > On 17 January 2020 at 20:50 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > Oh. Nobody tells me anything. Is that some sort of Brexit thing? All the > Little Englanders will dress as Capt. Mainwaring and march up and down > Whitehall going

Re: PESO: View of Brixton

2020-01-13 Thread mike wilson
Iceland is a national chain of stores specialising in frozen food. The white lines delineate no stopping/parking areas next to light-controlled pedestrian crossings. Except when the lights require it, of course. > On 13 January 2020 at 18:16 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > Nicely composed

Re: Channeling my inner Werewold of London

2020-01-09 Thread mike wilson
Pity. I think there's a good film in "An American werewold in London". > On 09 January 2020 at 16:59 Postmaster wrote: > > > Um, that should be "werewolf". > > >...walking the streets of Soho in the rain. Searching for photographic > >opportunities rather than Chinese food, though. I think

Re: PESO - Give in

2020-01-05 Thread mike wilson
Looks more like Russian interference to me. > On 05 January 2020 at 19:58 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > I suspect that was written by a Brexiteer given that they haven't entirely > mastered the alphabet yet. > > > > > On 5 Jan 2020, at 10:30, Bulent Celasun wrote: > > > > This is from Windermere

Re: Therapeutic OT peso's for me

2020-01-05 Thread mike wilson
Not a rant in my book. Hope things go well. > On 05 January 2020 at 16:45 David J Brooks wrote: > > > Sorry for the online rant, but i felt the need to share this story and > these two photos taken by my daughters iPhone 11 something > > Back in Nov our doctors found a tumour in Liz's lung

Re: 2019 - PAM

2020-01-03 Thread mike wilson
> On 03 January 2020 at 12:48 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Larry Colen wrote: > > >> On Jan 3, 2020, at 12:36 AM, Alan C wrote: > >> > >> Inspired by Larry's 2019 Faves, I created a PAM (Picture a Month) Album. > >> This represents 0.5% of the 2400 odd images I shot during the year. > >> > >>

Re: Ano Nuevo Tov Y'all

2020-01-01 Thread mike wilson
с новым годом! That should get us on a few watch lists. > On 01 January 2020 at 20:03 Bulent Celasun wrote: > > > Herkese iyi yillar! > (The final i should be dotless, by the way). > > Bulent > - >

Re: OT - Just when I thought 2019 couldn't get any worse: RIP Neil Innes

2020-01-01 Thread mike wilson
/cdU-kAtN_3s > On 30 December 2019 at 23:49 William R wrote: > > > Noo > > On Mon, 30 Dec 2019, 3:50 pm Postmaster, wrote: > > > https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/neil-innes-obituary > > > > Perhaps a couple of others h

Re: Free at last!

2019-12-30 Thread mike wilson
> On 30 December 2019 at 06:17 Larry Colen wrote: > Mind you, what I wish I could do is just aim my photo editing software at a > directory, have it auto detect the bracketed frames it can make HDRs out of > and just do it in the background. Similarly, it could be nice if it could do > the

Re: Free at last!

2019-12-28 Thread mike wilson
> On 27 December 2019 at 20:49 Postmaster wrote: > > > Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > >Just terminated my Adobe ransomware subscription for LR and PS. > > > >Whoever it was on this list who made me aware of ON1 Photo RAW, I don't > >remember, but if you know who you are... > > > >You've done

Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread mike wilson
> On 16 December 2019 at 13:36 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Larry Colen wrote: > > >I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it would > >of course be named 2020 hindsight. > > Well, as long as you don't mind being the butt of everyone's jokes... > They need to be

Re: Happy Ann day

2019-12-14 Thread mike wilson
I'm somewhat out of the loop with many things at the moment but do have many more of them, Ann. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Dos PESOs - the Arkansas Travler

2019-11-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 November 2019 at 14:21 John wrote: > > > On 11/20/2019 01:54:22, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 19 November 2019 at 17:04 John wrote: > > > >> This was taken with a flaky Vivitar 285HV. All of my Pentax flashes appear > >> to be

Re: Dos PESOs - the Arkansas Travler

2019-11-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 November 2019 at 17:04 John wrote: > This was taken with a flaky Vivitar 285HV. All of my Pentax flashes appear to > be > dead now. And since all of them are OLD, none will be covered by warranty. > > Is there any place I can send them that will actually repair them? Or should > I >

Re: Capital Ring

2019-11-18 Thread mike wilson
The only large parts of the UK that haven't seen the hand of humanity shaping them would be the mountain peaks above the continuous vegetation line. > On 18 November 2019 at 21:42 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > Thanks Rick. Not so sure I'd call it countryside though. Richmond Park is an > ancient

Re: Capital Ring

2019-11-18 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 November 2019 at 11:32 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 17/11/19, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >as to that stag with the big rack  - I hope that was taken with a long > >lens.. it /is/ rutting season > > That's Bob's date for next Saturday night. He's never been

Re: A* 600mm F5.6 - For Sale Friday?

2019-11-15 Thread mike wilson
> On 15 November 2019 at 20:03 B C wrote: > > > Hey All, I have been the proud owner of the fantastic A* 600mm F5.6 lens > for years, but find that I haven't used it in years.  Shifts in > priorities, general business, and a recent lack of time has prompted me > to potentially place this

Re: "Rock's greatest photo"

2019-11-13 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 November 2019 at 14:56 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > On Nov 13, 2019, at 6:29 AM, Mark Roberts > > wrote: > > > > Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > >> On 11/11/19, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> > >>> 78RPM? > >> > >> LOL > >> > >> Now Paul is old, but not THAT old ;-)

Re: "Rock's greatest photo"

2019-11-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 12 November 2019 at 04:51 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Dale H. Cook wrote: > > >On 11/11/2019 6:41 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > >> 78RPM? > > > >Larry - > > > >You must be a young whippersnapper. Paul said vinyl, and 78s are almost > >always shellac. The major exceptions were 78s pressed

Re: I hate Google, more and more every day.

2019-11-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 November 2019 at 10:36 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > As for Google, - its penetration is too big. > >>> > >>> Insert your pun here. > >> > >> Not sure it's big enough. > > > >...it's what you do with it. > > And your point is? Blunt. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: I hate Google, more and more every day.

2019-11-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05 November 2019 at 21:01 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > >As for Google, - its penetration is too big. > > Insert your pun here. Not sure it's big enough. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: test

2019-11-04 Thread mike wilson
The post with (presumably) a link to an image came through but with the link stripped. Or was that an identical post minus the link? > On 04 November 2019 at 07:23 "P. J. Alling" > wrote: > > > Yes, but when I put my updog(dot)co web address in the body of an email, > gmail is rejecting

Re: The Dog’s Bollards

2019-11-03 Thread mike wilson
> On 03 November 2019 at 15:41 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/6fac18712086404f9ecf77dd7efe438d/albums/d5ac99092f6844b98d09c32dfd8d2e73/assets/e971e95c3f4343dba38806837d0eb7ee > Dog: "Stripes are so pissée" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pentax lenses I want

2019-11-02 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 November 2019 at 13:51 Bipin Gupta wrote: > > And these Lenses were as large or as small as the DA Lenses on the > current crop of APSC DSLRs. > So why NOT design all Lenses as Full Frame? > This would have kept design and manufacturing efforts and costs down. Who needs to search?

Re: M 24-35/3.5

2019-10-31 Thread mike wilson
> On 30 October 2019 at 23:04 Juan Buhler wrote: > > > I just got this lens, all the way from Poland, for $130 on eBay. > > I'm amazed at how nice it looks on the MX, I wish I had had a copy back > 15-20 years ago when the MX was my main camera: > >

Re: PESO at the piano

2019-10-24 Thread mike wilson
> On 24 October 2019 at 03:40 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > On Oct 23, 2019, at 7:38 PM, Mark Roberts > > wrote: > > > > Larry Colen wrote: > > > >>> On Oct 23, 2019, at 7:03 PM, Mark Roberts > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Larry Colen wrote: > >>> > > On Oct 23, 2019, at 6:44 PM, Daniel

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