Re: GESO - My Picture-A-Week gallery

[Henk Terhell]

John Francis schreef:
> http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/
>
> I haven't posted too many PESOs recently.  That's because the
> site where I host my images was compromised, and I considered
> it to be bad form to post links to an infected site, even though
> we were pretty sure that the exploit was too old to be dangerous
> (and, in any case, it was always possible that the exploit would
> be updated to a more current, and more virulent, variant).
>
> That all seems to be fixed now (the hosting site is now running
> on different hardware, with a newer version of Linux, and with
> several new security features).  It should be safe to visit.
>
> In the meantime I've been enjoying the California springtime,
> and trying out my latest accquisition - the DA* 16-50/f2.8
>
>
>
>   
John, Your PESO page is very neat  (and no warning signals rec'd).

Henk

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Re: PESO: Undecided

[gldnbearz]

Thanks to everyone who commented.

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What a crackup!  Loved it.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Bruce
>
>
> Saturday, June 7, 2008, 11:16:15 PM, you wrote:
>
> g> Inspired by annsan's prior postings, I thought I'd post this snap
> g> taken during a recent road trip:
>
> g> http://picasaweb.google.com/gldnbearz.pdml/PDML/photo#5209019918038912610
>
> g> Enjoy.
>
> g> Pat, lurker
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GESO: Flamenco Sketches

[Tim Bray]

At the Kino Cafe in Vancouver, in color and B&W:
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/06/08/Flamenco-Sketches

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GESO - My Picture-A-Week gallery

[John Francis]

http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/

I haven't posted too many PESOs recently.  That's because the
site where I host my images was compromised, and I considered
it to be bad form to post links to an infected site, even though
we were pretty sure that the exploit was too old to be dangerous
(and, in any case, it was always possible that the exploit would
be updated to a more current, and more virulent, variant).

That all seems to be fixed now (the hosting site is now running
on different hardware, with a newer version of Linux, and with
several new security features).  It should be safe to visit.

In the meantime I've been enjoying the California springtime,
and trying out my latest accquisition - the DA* 16-50/f2.8



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Re: PESO: Giant Poppy

[Bruce Dayton]

I can see what you are saying about it, but the lighting is pretty
harsh - would love to see it much more diffused.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008, 7:03:20 PM, you wrote:

PS> I have some hybrid poppies that produce blooms about four inches  
PS> across. When they first open, they almost look like they're made of  
PS> paper maiche.
PS> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7383058




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Re: PESO: Talk Dirty to Me

[Bruce Dayton]

Nicely done, great portrait!

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Sunday, June 8, 2008, 6:33:11 PM, you wrote:

PS> And I did. She's a local farmer selling her produce and plants at the
PS> Birmingham Farmer's Market. We talked tomatoes.

PS> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7383043




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Re: PESO -- Rally Party

[Christine Aguila]

- Original Message - 
From: "Mike Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: PESO -- Rally Party


>
> On 8-Jun-08, at 8:28 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
>
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Mike Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>> On 8-Jun-08, at 3:24 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
>>
>>> The photo that I shared was almost
>>> entirely rendered in-camera.  I adjusted a few levels to fine tune
>>> it.
>>
>> Mike:  Was that RAW or JPEG format that you did the in-camera
>> rendering?
>> Cheers, Christine
>
> It was originally shot in JPEG.  I made a few adjustments in
> Lightroom, but not much.
>
> Mike

Yes, that's what I figured, but just wanted to make sure.  Big thanks. 
Cheers, Christine




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Re: Pop-up flash diffuser idea

[Bruce Dayton]

I did quite a bit of research on it and found very mixed opinions.
The quality of light itself seems quite good.  The issue is more the
dynamics of the environment around you when shooting.

Also the age old problem of recycle time looms - the more discharge
of the flash, the longer the recycle time.  I'm using the Pentax High
voltage thing that uses 6 'C' batteries - recycle times are much
better than for the internal batteries on the AF540FGZ, but full
discharge can still be a problem on a fast moving wedding.  A Quantum
Turbo battery might be in order - but not officially supported for
the AF540FGZ.

Anyway, I anxiously await your impressions - especially when shooting
in places with high ceilings and no nearby walls.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008, 5:44:30 PM, you wrote:

PS> I've heard only good things about it. It appears that the top cap is  
PS> opaque and acts as a bounce reflector. But I'm not sure. I've ordered
PS> one, and I'm going to compare it to some other devices.
PS> Paul
PS> On Jun 8, 2008, at 7:58 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote:

>> Yeah, I have looked at the Gary Fong light sphere.  For almost all
>> the wedding I shoot, it wouldn't work too well.  Basically ceilings
>> are too high or possibly outdoors.  There is a major amount of light
>> waste.  It really relies on small venues, close proximity to subject
>> and large apertures to compensate for the loss.
>>
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>> Sunday, June 8, 2008, 3:03:09 AM, you wrote:
>>
>> PJA> I was at a hotel for a conference yesterday, there was a wedding
>> PJA> scheduled at the same time.  The photographer was using something
>> PJA> similar.  Damned annoying thing, looked like it wasted a lot  
>> of light
>> PJA> under the conditions he was using it.  A Lumiquest soft box  
>> would have
>> PJA> been a better choice.
>>
>> PJA> Cotty wrote:
 On 8/6/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed:


> This idea probably isn't new to most of you, but it was to me  
> when I saw it:
>
> 
> K10D, V 125mm f2.5 Macro, 1/180 @ f5.6, ISO 200, AF-540 FGZ
>
> Very simple idea. I'm not too sure how effective it is though.
>

 LOL

 Cute. Mind you, no less daft than a newspaper snapper I know who  
 uses
 one of these:

 

 Whenever I bump into him, I am always minded to say "Cheers!"


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Re: Pop-up flash diffuser idea

[Scott Loveless]

Rick Womer wrote:
> I've tried it.  It had a negligible effect.
> 
> Rick

I tried it once, too.  It softened things up a hair, but not enough to 
please me.  So I got the idea of putting some silver strapping tape on 
the canister right in front of the flash.  You know, to diffuse things a 
bit more.  Damn near blinded myself.

> 
> --- David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> G'day All,
>>
>> This idea probably isn't new to most of you, but it
>> was to me when I saw it:
>>
>>
> 
>> K10D, V 125mm f2.5 Macro, 1/180 @ f5.6, ISO 200,
>> AF-540 FGZ
>>
>> Very simple idea. I'm not too sure how effective it
>> is though.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dave
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Re: PESO -- Rally Party

[Mike Hamilton]

On 8-Jun-08, at 8:28 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:

>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Mike Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> On 8-Jun-08, at 3:24 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
>
>> The photo that I shared was almost
>> entirely rendered in-camera.  I adjusted a few levels to fine tune  
>> it.
>
> Mike:  Was that RAW or JPEG format that you did the in-camera  
> rendering?
> Cheers, Christine

It was originally shot in JPEG.  I made a few adjustments in  
Lightroom, but not much.

Mike

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Re: PESO -- Rally Party

[Christine Aguila]

- Original Message - 
From: "Mike Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


> On 8-Jun-08, at 3:24 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:

>The photo that I shared was almost
> entirely rendered in-camera.  I adjusted a few levels to fine tune it.

Mike:  Was that RAW or JPEG format that you did the in-camera rendering? 
Cheers, Christine



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Re: Pop-up flash diffuser idea

[Rick Womer]

I've tried it.  It had a negligible effect.

Rick


--- David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> G'day All,
> 
> This idea probably isn't new to most of you, but it
> was to me when I saw it:
> 
>

> K10D, V 125mm f2.5 Macro, 1/180 @ f5.6, ISO 200,
> AF-540 FGZ
> 
> Very simple idea. I'm not too sure how effective it
> is though.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave
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Re: PESO -- Rally Party

[Mike Hamilton]

On 8-Jun-08, at 3:24 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:

> Mike:  Wow, that's nice, and I think I want a Panasonic L1. Ah, if  
> money
> weren't an issue . . .  Cheers, Christine

Thanks, Christine.  It's a beautiful camera, and seems less obtrusive  
than traditional SLRs, without the big viewfinder hump, even though  
it's not a small camera itself.  The photo that I shared was almost  
entirely rendered in-camera.  I adjusted a few levels to fine tune it.

I managed to buy a brand new kit for $800 at my local camera store.   
Well worth it, I think!

Mike

>> 
>> Panasonic L1, Leica D Vario-Elmarit 14-50mm.
>>
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Re: PESO: Talk Dirty to Me

[Paul Stenquist]

Thanks Scott.
On Jun 8, 2008, at 10:00 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:

> Paul Stenquist wrote:
>> And I did. She's a local farmer selling her produce and plants at the
>> Birmingham Farmer's Market. We talked tomatoes.
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7383043
>>
> Did you get her number?  Can I have it?
>
> Excellent photo, Paul.  I love the expression on her face.
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PESO: Giant Poppy

[Paul Stenquist]

I have some hybrid poppies that produce blooms about four inches  
across. When they first open, they almost look like they're made of  
paper maiche.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7383058

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Re: PESO: Talk Dirty to Me

[Scott Loveless]

Paul Stenquist wrote:
> And I did. She's a local farmer selling her produce and plants at the  
> Birmingham Farmer's Market. We talked tomatoes.
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7383043
> 
Did you get her number?  Can I have it?

Excellent photo, Paul.  I love the expression on her face.

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PESO: Talk Dirty to Me

[Paul Stenquist]

And I did. She's a local farmer selling her produce and plants at the  
Birmingham Farmer's Market. We talked tomatoes.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7383043

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Re: PESO -- Rally Party

[Mike Hamilton]

On 8-Jun-08, at 4:55 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

> Good stuff, Mike!
>
> I'm glad you're enjoying the L1. It's become one of my most used
> cameras. That standard lens is a great performer in every way.
>

Yes, but it is a little large for some circumstances.  The Oly 25 will  
fit nicely, as you've shown.

> Have you updated the firmware to Rev 2 yet? It adds several features
> and, I think, improves on the JPEG rendering to a small degree. Just
> in case you haven't, here's the URL:
>

Thanks, I did that earlier today. :)  I almost never shoot JPEG, but I  
did for a bit yesterday and really liked using the LV in B&W to  
compose.  The rendering is great in BW...

Mike

> On Jun 8, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Mike Hamilton wrote:
>
>> I received my Panasonic L1 yesterday, and had a great opportunity
>> to use it in a social setting, precisely where I envisioned using  
>> this
>> camera.  This was taken in B&W mode using Live View.  I really like
>> this camera kit.  Fits nicely into my hand, and seems to take really
>> nice images.
>>
>> 
>> Panasonic L1, Leica D Vario-Elmarit 14-50mm.
>>
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Re: OT: Classic photos re-enacted in Lego

[Charles Robinson]

On Jun 8, 2008, at 16:49, Cotty wrote:

> On 8/6/08, Charles Robinson, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>> This is quite creative.  For fun I tried identifying each of these
>> without clicking on "info" to see which photo they were emulating.  I
>> got most but not all of them.
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/sets/72157602602191858/show/
>
>
> Excellent!

WOW!

Wish one of my PESOs would get as many replies as this one did.  So it  
goes

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Re: Pop-up flash diffuser idea

[Paul Stenquist]

I've heard only good things about it. It appears that the top cap is  
opaque and acts as a bounce reflector. But I'm not sure. I've ordered  
one, and I'm going to compare it to some other devices.
Paul
On Jun 8, 2008, at 7:58 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote:

> Yeah, I have looked at the Gary Fong light sphere.  For almost all
> the wedding I shoot, it wouldn't work too well.  Basically ceilings
> are too high or possibly outdoors.  There is a major amount of light
> waste.  It really relies on small venues, close proximity to subject
> and large apertures to compensate for the loss.
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Bruce
>
>
> Sunday, June 8, 2008, 3:03:09 AM, you wrote:
>
> PJA> I was at a hotel for a conference yesterday, there was a wedding
> PJA> scheduled at the same time.  The photographer was using something
> PJA> similar.  Damned annoying thing, looked like it wasted a lot  
> of light
> PJA> under the conditions he was using it.  A Lumiquest soft box  
> would have
> PJA> been a better choice.
>
> PJA> Cotty wrote:
>>> On 8/6/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>>
>>>
 This idea probably isn't new to most of you, but it was to me  
 when I saw it:

 
 K10D, V 125mm f2.5 Macro, 1/180 @ f5.6, ISO 200, AF-540 FGZ

 Very simple idea. I'm not too sure how effective it is though.

>>>
>>> LOL
>>>
>>> Cute. Mind you, no less daft than a newspaper snapper I know who  
>>> uses
>>> one of these:
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>> Whenever I bump into him, I am always minded to say "Cheers!"
>>>
>>>
>
>
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Re: Optio A40

[Bruce Dayton]

My wife went from an A10 to A40 also.  Overall is she slightly
happier with it (she like the A10 too).  Speed of operation was
improved a bit along with some of the other things you mentioned.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008, 12:04:48 PM, you wrote:

GS> I've used an Optio A10 for quite a while.  It's a great camera to use
GS> in my basic photography classes.  I can send the AV output to the
GS> classroom projector and the students can see what I'm doing on a six
GS> foot screen. The layout of the Optio menus is so simple compared to
GS> most other cameras that they can understand what I'm doing and apply
GS> it to their own camera with little confusion.  (The K10d and K20d are
GS> great teaching cameras for the same reason.)

GS> Unfortunately, the A10 bit the dust a few weeks ago.  I replaced it
GS> with an A40 and was pleasantly surprised by a few additions and
GS> changes.   Pentax has added Tv and Manual modes.  These are certainly
GS> nice-to-haves on a pocket camera.  They will probably be seldom used,
GS> but it's nice to know they are there.  You might ask why no Av?  Well,
GS> It looks like there are only two f-stops.  I'm not sure Av would add
GS> much utility.  This is a pocket camera, after all.

GS> Another nice change is the ISO selection. You have an option to
GS> specify ranges in addition to selecting individual sensitivities.

GS> There is a small thumb grip which makes this tiny little camera much
GS> easier to hold.

GS> Somewhere between the A10 and A40 they added face detection.  I'm
GS> still not sure about this feature.  It's fun to play with, but I'm not
GS> sure it's really all that useful.

GS> One change that's disappointing.  The A10 had contacts on the bottom
GS> so you could drop it into a charging cradle.  The A40 doesn't have the
GS> contacts so that battery must be removed and place in a charger.  On
GS> the plus side it takes the same battery as the A10 and Optio S, so I
GS> have a couple of spares.

GS> The jury is still out on any change in image quality brought on by
GS> going from 8 to 12 megapixels.  I haven't taken enough photos to make
GS> a judgement.  The old A10 produced some very nice photos.  It was a
GS> very nice combination of size, utility and picture quality. We'll see
GS> if the A40 can live up to its ancestor.

GS> GS
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Re: Frank's First Ride

[Mark Roberts]

Ken Waller wrote:

> From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
>> Well, not really, but some little kid's ride suffered a crual fate.
>>
>> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/new/sadride.html
>>
 > Appears . washed out. ;+]

Yes, almost a watercolor look to it.

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Re: Pentax software updates

[Eugene Homme]

You're welcome. By the way, for any Linux fans in PDML land, there is an 
equivalent to the
Pentax remote assistant software for the Linux OS. It's on 
sourceforge.net with the name PK-remote
and needs to be downloaded and compiled locally to work (no binary 
packages yet).  It's kind of rough
around the edges with only one developer working on it but the basic 
functionality is there.


Derby Chang wrote:
> Excellent. Thanks Eugene. Oddly, I'm using a logon that has admin 
> privileges, but the software seems to need to be told especially.
>
> Derby
>
> Eugene Homme wrote:
>   
>> Pentax software needs to be run in Administrator mode on Vista in order 
>> to function correctly. Right click
>> on the icon and select "Run as Adminstrator" if you haven't tried that yet.
>>
>> Derby Chang wrote:
>>   
>> 
>>> Ummm...Vista recognises the K10D fine. The problem is, the Pentax 
>>> software does not.
>>>
>>> D
>>>
>>>   
>   


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Re: Frank's First Ride

[Ken Waller]

Appears . washed out. ;+]



Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Frank's First Ride


> Well, not really, but some little kid's ride suffered a crual fate.
>
> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/new/sadride.html
>
> K20D ISO 100.
> 58mm Nokton, f/5.6, 1/125 second. Some extra illumination from the Metz 60 
> flash
>
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Re: Fun pics

[Ken Waller]

Just south of you Paul, we have many greys, a few reds & just recently a 
black or two.

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- Original Message - 
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Subject: Re: Fun pics


> Fun pics indeed. Good job.
> We have plenty of reds in Michigan. And blacks. No greys. When I lived in 
> Chicago we had nothing but greys.
> Paul
> -- Original message --
> From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> On 8/6/08, willdo-1, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
>> >I was looking out of my bedroom window an hour ago and saw this guy
>> >messing about. So I grabbed the camera and went out. I sneaked around a
>> >corner and saw him perched on a branch. I simply could not hold the
>> >camera steady enough, but the pictures do show what the little guy looks
>> >likes.
>> >
>> >http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/Nutkin
>>
>> Nice set. Long time since I've seen a red - here in the UK the greys
>> have mugged and topped most of them.
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   Cotty
>>
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Re: Pop-up flash diffuser idea

[Bruce Dayton]

Yeah, I have looked at the Gary Fong light sphere.  For almost all
the wedding I shoot, it wouldn't work too well.  Basically ceilings
are too high or possibly outdoors.  There is a major amount of light
waste.  It really relies on small venues, close proximity to subject
and large apertures to compensate for the loss.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008, 3:03:09 AM, you wrote:

PJA> I was at a hotel for a conference yesterday, there was a wedding 
PJA> scheduled at the same time.  The photographer was using something 
PJA> similar.  Damned annoying thing, looked like it wasted a lot of light 
PJA> under the conditions he was using it.  A Lumiquest soft box would have
PJA> been a better choice.

PJA> Cotty wrote:
>> On 8/6/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
>>   
>>> This idea probably isn't new to most of you, but it was to me when I saw it:
>>>
>>> 
>>> K10D, V 125mm f2.5 Macro, 1/180 @ f5.6, ISO 200, AF-540 FGZ
>>>
>>> Very simple idea. I'm not too sure how effective it is though.
>>> 
>>
>> LOL
>>
>> Cute. Mind you, no less daft than a newspaper snapper I know who uses
>> one of these:
>>
>> 
>>
>> Whenever I bump into him, I am always minded to say "Cheers!"
>>
>>   


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Re: Pop-up flash diffuser idea

[Bruce Dayton]

Nothing like crippling a crippled flash...must have a range of about
5 feet.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008, 12:15:19 AM, you wrote:

DS> G'day All,

DS> This idea probably isn't new to most of you, but it was to me when I saw it:

DS> 
DS> K10D, V 125mm f2.5 Macro, 1/180 @ f5.6, ISO 200, AF-540 FGZ

DS> Very simple idea. I'm not too sure how effective it is though.

DS> Cheers,

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Re: PESO: Undecided

[Bruce Dayton]

What a crackup!  Loved it.

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Saturday, June 7, 2008, 11:16:15 PM, you wrote:

g> Inspired by annsan's prior postings, I thought I'd post this snap
g> taken during a recent road trip:

g> http://picasaweb.google.com/gldnbearz.pdml/PDML/photo#5209019918038912610

g> Enjoy.

g> Pat, lurker




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Doh!

[D. Glenn Arthur Jr.]

I heard the approach of something I wanted to shoot, and hurried 
to the window ... forgetting that not changing lenses on the way
meant shooting near the setting sun without a hood.  Whoops.  
I guess I'll have to see how much GIMP can fix, but I think I'm
going to just have to try again another day.  Even Pentax glass
has its limits when the sun is that low.  (SMC Pentax FA 28-80 
f/3.5-4.7 -- oddly enough, the only Pentax A lens I've put on the
*istD so far, most of my A lenses not being Pentax, and most of
my Pentax lenses not being A/FA)  The sun was far enough out of
the frame that a hood would've helped.

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Re: Frank's First Ride

[Bruce Dayton]

Ouch!  Certainly makes one wonder about what happened.

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Saturday, June 7, 2008, 10:46:00 PM, you wrote:

WR> Well, not really, but some little kid's ride suffered a crual fate.

WR> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/new/sadride.html

WR> K20D ISO 100.
WR> 58mm Nokton, f/5.6, 1/125 second. Some extra illumination from the Metz 60 
flash

WR> William Robb




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Re: Pentax software updates

[Derby Chang]

Excellent. Thanks Eugene. Oddly, I'm using a logon that has admin 
privileges, but the software seems to need to be told especially.

Derby




Eugene Homme wrote:
> Pentax software needs to be run in Administrator mode on Vista in order 
> to function correctly. Right click
> on the icon and select "Run as Adminstrator" if you haven't tried that yet.
>
> Derby Chang wrote:
>   
>> Ummm...Vista recognises the K10D fine. The problem is, the Pentax 
>> software does not.
>>
>> D
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> P. J. Alling wrote:
>>   
>> 
>>> The  ideograph below is best viewed with a fixed font..
>>>  |
>>> -+-
>>>  |
>>>  |
>>> Get thee behind me Vista, thou fiend of Microsoft...
>>>
>>> No I haven't and hope I'll never have to...
>>>
>>> Derby Chang wrote:
>>>   
>>> 
>>>   
 Derby Chang wrote:
   
 
   
 
> Dario Bonazza wrote:
> 
>   
> 
>   
>> Not yet satisfied, here are some software updates:
>> http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/
>>
>> Dario
>>
>>   
>>   
>> 
>>   
>> 
> Cool. Remote assistant works with Vista now? Must try it
>
> D
>
> 
>   
> 
>   
 Hmmm...has anyone tried Remote Assistant 3.51 on Vista with a K10D? 
 Plugging in the camera, Windows sees the removable device. But Remote 
 Assistant does not. Didn't work in the previous version either.

 D

   
 
   
 
>>>   
>>> 
>>>   
>>   
>> 
>
>
>   


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Re: Dear Spider

[D. Glenn Arthur Jr.]

Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
> >> If the spider's reading this mailing list, you may have more trouble on 
> >> your hands than you bargained for...
> > Nah, as long as he's not downloading illegal spider-porn or 
> > breaking into other people's computers
> He's probably indexing web pages, don't you think?

Doh!  I feel like a fool for not having seen that one coming!
Yah, of course that's what he'd be doing, and my connection 
isn't really fast enough for that kind of activity.  Uh oh.

(I got the "I'm buying broadband to save money and any speed-up
is just a very pleasant side-effect" package.  It was nice being
able to tell the phone company to kiss off.  And I do enjoy the
speed side-effect.  As another side effect, I get to deal with 
a smallish, very responsive company, where when I call tech 
support I always get a _techie_, not a first-level customer-service
rep.  I don't know how long that'll last as they grow though.)

-- Glenn

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Re: Pentax software updates

[Eugene Homme]

Pentax software needs to be run in Administrator mode on Vista in order 
to function correctly. Right click
on the icon and select "Run as Adminstrator" if you haven't tried that yet.

Derby Chang wrote:
> Ummm...Vista recognises the K10D fine. The problem is, the Pentax 
> software does not.
>
> D
>
>
>
>
> P. J. Alling wrote:
>   
>> The  ideograph below is best viewed with a fixed font..
>>  |
>> -+-
>>  |
>>  |
>> Get thee behind me Vista, thou fiend of Microsoft...
>>
>> No I haven't and hope I'll never have to...
>>
>> Derby Chang wrote:
>>   
>> 
>>> Derby Chang wrote:
>>>   
>>> 
>>>   
 Dario Bonazza wrote:
 
   
 
> Not yet satisfied, here are some software updates:
> http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/
>
> Dario
>
>   
>   
> 
>   
 Cool. Remote assistant works with Vista now? Must try it

 D

 
   
 
>>> Hmmm...has anyone tried Remote Assistant 3.51 on Vista with a K10D? 
>>> Plugging in the camera, Windows sees the removable device. But Remote 
>>> Assistant does not. Didn't work in the previous version either.
>>>
>>> D
>>>
>>>   
>>> 
>>>   
>>   
>> 
>
>
>   


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Mediastorm

[Derby Chang]

Spent some extended time on this site today for some terrific pj work.
http://mediastorm.org/index.htm

This story is especially moving. Make sure you stay for the credits at 
the end.
http://mediastorm.org/0020.htm

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Re: Dear Spider

[D. Glenn Arthur Jr.]

Christine  Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Operator of that Big Flashy Thing:
>
> Well, look here: my arachnid mates & I have been here a lot longer than you 
> humanoid interlopers, and we're tired of your voyeuristic technology with 
> its relentless objectification of everything in sight.   It's your hegemonic 
> condescension, which makes you all have such bad manners.  So there!  I'll 
> leap wherever I want, you, you unrelenting-objectifier.
>
> The Spider in your bedroom

Dear Spider,

If you don't want to be objectified, stay out of my bedro--
wait, wait, that didn't come out right ... 

Look, the cat was invited[*]; you're a trespasser.  But
since you've stumbled into a photographer's lair, the phrase
"trespassers will be shot" only connotes inconvenience, not
bodily harm.  Or if you like, I'm allowing to exhange modelling
fees for rent.

-- Unrelenting Objectif...
   wait, that still sounds
   wrong...

[*] Okay, if you're going to nitpick, she came into the house
and declared[**] it, and me, hers.  But she and I have managed to
come to an agreement on that.

[**] All right, all right, even more nitpickily, she didn't so 
much _declare_ it as act as though it went without saying.

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Re: Dear Spider

[D. Glenn Arthur Jr.]

drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
> > PS:  On a related note -- wow, dragonflies are faster than
> > they look, aren't they?  (And small enough that they don't
> > have to get very far from the plane of focus to vanish
> > completely from the viewfinder, as they zip across the
> > street.)
>
> Tell me about it you can imagine how many shutter actuations this 
> fellow put on my DL... ;-)
>
> http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/rileyelf/08062008PentaxIst/photo#5209633035513411330

a) Yes, I can imagine, and

b) Wow.  Nice.

The ones that zip back and forth across Lombard Street at rooftop
height, I haven't even tripped the shutter on yet -- I haven't 
managed to get them in focus, and they move so quickly that it 
took a few passes before I saw them clearly enough to tell what
they were.  (I wonder whether climbing up on the roof, instead of
leaning out a 3rd-floor window, will make shooting them harder
or easier.

-- Glenn

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Re: PESO -- Rally Party

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Good stuff, Mike!

I'm glad you're enjoying the L1. It's become one of my most used  
cameras. That standard lens is a great performer in every way.

Have you updated the firmware to Rev 2 yet? It adds several features  
and, I think, improves on the JPEG rendering to a small degree. Just  
in case you haven't, here's the URL:

Panasonic DMC-L1K Firmware 2.0 download page:
   http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/L1K/index.html

(The "Panasonic DMC-L1K instruction manual addendum for firmware 2.0"  
link is at the bottom of the above page, but it's easy to miss:
   http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/L1K/ftp/ 
L1K_VersionUP2.0_web_ENG.pdf  )

Godfrey


On Jun 8, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Mike Hamilton wrote:

> I received my Panasonic L1 yesterday, and had a great opportunity
> to use it in a social setting, precisely where I envisioned using this
> camera.  This was taken in B&W mode using Live View.  I really like
> this camera kit.  Fits nicely into my hand, and seems to take really
> nice images.
>
> 
> Panasonic L1, Leica D Vario-Elmarit 14-50mm.
>

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Re: Fun pics

[pnstenquist]

Fun pics indeed. Good job. 
We have plenty of reds in Michigan. And blacks. No greys. When I lived in 
Chicago we had nothing but greys.
Paul
 -- Original message --
From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 8/6/08, willdo-1, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
> >I was looking out of my bedroom window an hour ago and saw this guy 
> >messing about. So I grabbed the camera and went out. I sneaked around a 
> >corner and saw him perched on a branch. I simply could not hold the 
> >camera steady enough, but the pictures do show what the little guy looks 
> >likes.
> >
> >http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/Nutkin
> 
> Nice set. Long time since I've seen a red - here in the UK the greys
> have mugged and topped most of them.
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
>   Cotty
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Re: Dear Spider

[drew]

D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
-- Glenn
> 
> PS:  On a related note -- wow, dragonflies are faster than
> they look, aren't they?  (And small enough that they don't
> have to get very far from the plane of focus to vanish
> completely from the viewfinder, as they zip across the
> street.)
> 

Tell me about it you can imagine how many shutter actuations this 
fellow put on my DL... ;-)

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/rileyelf/08062008PentaxIst/photo#5209633035513411330

Drew.


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Re: What Casey did during GFM

[Beaker]

Thanks!
Well, there you go. My favorite is "Standing In Line". "Hat Toss"  
almost got left out.

Cheers
Mike


On Jun 8, 2008, at 4:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Congratulations to you and Casey. Nice pics. I agree with  
> Christine, the hat toss is tops.
> Paul
>  -- Original message --
> From: Beaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Thanks for the comment.  We all had a great time on Saturday
>>
>> Cheers
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On Jun 8, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
>>
>>> MIke:  Hats Away is a great shot!  Congrats to the graduate, btw.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Christine

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Re: OT: Classic photos re-enacted in Lego

[Cotty]

On 8/6/08, Charles Robinson, discombobulated, unleashed:

>This is quite creative.  For fun I tried identifying each of these  
>without clicking on "info" to see which photo they were emulating.  I  
>got most but not all of them.
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/sets/72157602602191858/show/


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Re: Fun pics

[Cotty]

On 8/6/08, willdo-1, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I was looking out of my bedroom window an hour ago and saw this guy 
>messing about. So I grabbed the camera and went out. I sneaked around a 
>corner and saw him perched on a branch. I simply could not hold the 
>camera steady enough, but the pictures do show what the little guy looks 
>likes.
>
>http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/Nutkin

Nice set. Long time since I've seen a red - here in the UK the greys
have mugged and topped most of them.

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Re: PESO - 14-story tall swimmer

[Christine Aguila]

George:  I like your shot here!  I'd say good one.  Cheers, Christine


- Original Message - 
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Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 1:20 PM
Subject: PESO - 14-story tall swimmer


Mutual of Omaha installed this 14-story banner to promote the 2008
Olympic Swim Trials. and the four-day Swimvitational event.  According
to a story in the Omaha World-Herald, the banner is 245 feet high and
60 feet wide.  So – how many megapixels do you need to make a print
that big?

The Olympic trials will be in the 5-year-old, 17,000 seat,  Qwest
Center.  The Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational is both a shakedown event
for the trials and qualifier and warm-up event for the swimmers.

Sorry about all the clutter in the foreground of the photo.  Mutual of
Omaha is located on one of the busiest streets in town.  I pulled over
for a quick shot through the car window.



or



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Re: PESO -- Rally Party

[Christine Aguila]

Mike:  Wow, that's nice, and I think I want a Panasonic L1. Ah, if money 
weren't an issue . . .  Cheers, Christine


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Subject: PESO -- Rally Party


> Hey all,
>I received my Panasonic L1 yesterday, and had a great opportunity
> to use it in a social setting, precisely where I envisioned using this
> camera.  This was taken in B&W mode using Live View.  I really like
> this camera kit.  Fits nicely into my hand, and seems to take really
> nice images.
>
> 
> Panasonic L1, Leica D Vario-Elmarit 14-50mm.
>
> Mike
>
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Re: Classic photos re-enacted in Lego

[Christine Aguila]

Charles:  Great fun to see this!  FYI, but you probably know this 
already--I've seen some beautiful western (western as in cowboy & Indians) 
toy-figurine photography.  I'm probably going to try something like 
this--some day--it's not urgent right now, but it does seem fun.  Cheers, 
Christine


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From: "Charles Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 10:47 AM
Subject: OT: Classic photos re-enacted in Lego


> This is quite creative.  For fun I tried identifying each of these
> without clicking on "info" to see which photo they were emulating.  I
> got most but not all of them.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/sets/72157602602191858/show/
>
>  -Charles
>
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PESO -- Rally Party

[Mike Hamilton]

Hey all,
I received my Panasonic L1 yesterday, and had a great opportunity  
to use it in a social setting, precisely where I envisioned using this  
camera.  This was taken in B&W mode using Live View.  I really like  
this camera kit.  Fits nicely into my hand, and seems to take really  
nice images.


Panasonic L1, Leica D Vario-Elmarit 14-50mm.

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Re: Dear Spider

[Christine Aguila]

Dear Operator of that Big Flashy Thing:



Well, look here: my arachnid mates & I have been here a lot longer than you 
humanoid interlopers, and we're tired of your voyeuristic technology with 
its relentless objectification of everything in sight.   It's your hegemonic 
condescension, which makes you all have such bad manners.  So there!  I'll 
leap wherever I want, you, you unrelenting-objectifier.



The Spider in your bedroom





- Original Message - 
From: "D. Glenn Arthur Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 2:02 PM
Subject: Dear Spider


> Dear Spider In My Bedroom,
>
> Thank you for confirming my suspicion than you
> are a spider-who-hunts-by-leaping, rather than
> a spider-who-traps-prey-in-webs, but I do have
> a complaint.
>
> Leaping onto the barrel of my lens while I am
> trying to take your photograph is _cheating_.
> Get your eight hairy legs back out in _front_
> of the lens where you belong, you obstinate
> arachnid!
>
> Hmph!
>
> -- the operator of
>that big flashy
>thing
>
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OT: first linux server build

[Cory Waters]

I've been spending some time this weekend reconfiguring an old computer 
to be a (supposedly) simple home server.  the process is taking a lot 
longer than I'd hoped.  That's mainly because the computer is pretty 
slow but also because I've never done this before and I'm a total noob.
Interesting work but my back is hurting from these chairs...

CW

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Re: What Casey did during GFM

[pnstenquist]

Congratulations to you and Casey. Nice pics. I agree with Christine, the hat 
toss is tops.
Paul
 -- Original message --
From: Beaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Thanks for the comment.  We all had a great time on Saturday
> 
> Cheers
> Mike
> 
> 
> On Jun 8, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
> 
> > MIke:  Hats Away is a great shot!  Congrats to the graduate, btw.   
> > Cheers,
> > Christine
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Beaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: 
> > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 1:15 PM
> > Subject: What Casey did during GFM
> >
> >
> >> My niece Casey graduated from High School on GFM Weekend.
> >> And I can prove it.
> >>
> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157594492416654/
> >>
> >> I limited myself to a single lens- an F 80-200/4.7-5.6 (thanks Boris)
> >>
> >> A wider lens would have been nice
> >>
> >> Casey is taking a photography class through FFA this summer.
> >> So I left her the camera, long zoom and kit lens.
> >> (All my other lenses are manual focus K Mount and M42 lenses.
> >> One thing at a time)
> >>
> >> She will some good pictures, and a stunner or two.
> >> Can't wait for the portfolio.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Mike
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Re: What Casey did during GFM

[Beaker]

Thanks for the comment.  We all had a great time on Saturday

Cheers
Mike


On Jun 8, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:

> MIke:  Hats Away is a great shot!  Congrats to the graduate, btw.   
> Cheers,
> Christine
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Beaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 1:15 PM
> Subject: What Casey did during GFM
>
>
>> My niece Casey graduated from High School on GFM Weekend.
>> And I can prove it.
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157594492416654/
>>
>> I limited myself to a single lens- an F 80-200/4.7-5.6 (thanks Boris)
>>
>> A wider lens would have been nice
>>
>> Casey is taking a photography class through FFA this summer.
>> So I left her the camera, long zoom and kit lens.
>> (All my other lenses are manual focus K Mount and M42 lenses.
>> One thing at a time)
>>
>> She will some good pictures, and a stunner or two.
>> Can't wait for the portfolio.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Mike
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RE: Dapply dogs

[Bob W]

> 
> Bob W wrote:
> > outside my local earlier:
> > http://www.web-options.com/Dapply.jpg
> >
> > Bob
> 
> Bob,
> Maybe it's because I don't know what dapply means, but I don't
really 
> see where this photo is going.  The dogs aren't doing much of 
> anything 
> interesting.  The people look pretty bad here on my monitor.  
> He's got 
> weird light on his face and her completion seems to be all jpeggy.
I 
> think you need to be closer too, or zoom in.
> Of course, this is all unimportant since it's probably just a 
> snapshot 
> of some pretty dogs...
> 
> CW

Hi Cory,

dapply means dappled - the light coming through the leaves of the
tree. I thought it was quite interesting to see the dappling and the
black and white of the dalmatian, and the contrast between the
dalmatian and the all-white dog. The man's face is also dappled -
that's the weird light. I don't know what you mean about the
jpegginess of the woman, though. 

I like the composition and the light - it was a very quick
one-frame-only snap as I walked past.

Thanks for commenting - I'm always interested in what other people see
(or not) in my pictures.

Bob


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Re: Dear Spider

[Mark Roberts]

D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
>> If the spider's reading this mailing list, you may have more trouble on 
>> your hands than you bargained for...
> 
> Nah, as long as he's not downloading illegal spider-porn or 
> breaking into other people's computers

He's probably indexing web pages, don't you think?


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Re: Dear Spider

[Cory Waters]

D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
> Dear Spider In My Bedroom,
>
> Thank you for confirming my suspicion than you 
> are a spider-who-hunts-by-leaping, rather than
> a spider-who-traps-prey-in-webs, but I do have
> a complaint.
>
> Leaping onto the barrel of my lens while I am
> trying to take your photograph is _cheating_.
> Get your eight hairy legs back out in _front_
> of the lens where you belong, you obstinate 
> arachnid!
>
> Hmph!
>
>   -- the operator of
>  that big flashy 
>  thing
>
>
>   
Where is the link???
;)
CW


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Re: Dapply dogs

[Cory Waters]

Bob W wrote:
> outside my local earlier:
> http://www.web-options.com/Dapply.jpg
>
> Bob
>
>
>   
> 
>
>   

Bob,
Maybe it's because I don't know what dapply means, but I don't really 
see where this photo is going.  The dogs aren't doing much of anything 
interesting.  The people look pretty bad here on my monitor.  He's got 
weird light on his face and her completion seems to be all jpeggy.  I 
think you need to be closer too, or zoom in.
Of course, this is all unimportant since it's probably just a snapshot 
of some pretty dogs...

CW



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Re: Dear Spider

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

LOL!

Old trick another bug photographer showed me:

Catch the critter, stick in plastic container, chill in refrigerator  
for ten minutes or so.
Do all your setup and such while critter is chilling.
Coax critter into position and quickly make pictures ... they move  
more slowly until they warm up.

No harm to critters this way and good pictures without a tug of war.

G

On Jun 8, 2008, at 12:02 PM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:

> Dear Spider In My Bedroom,
>
> Thank you for confirming my suspicion than you
> are a spider-who-hunts-by-leaping, rather than
> a spider-who-traps-prey-in-webs, but I do have
> a complaint.
>
> Leaping onto the barrel of my lens while I am
> trying to take your photograph is _cheating_.
> Get your eight hairy legs back out in _front_
> of the lens where you belong, you obstinate
> arachnid!
>
> Hmph!
>
>   -- the operator of
>  that big flashy
>  thing
>

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Re: Dear Spider

[D. Glenn Arthur Jr.]

> If the spider's reading this mailing list, you may have more trouble on 
> your hands than you bargained for...

Nah, as long as he's not downloading illegal spider-porn or 
breaking into other people's computers, he can hook his little
spider-laptop to my WiFi.  (Wait, if the spider downloads it,
it doesn't count as bestiality, huh?)  I don't think he's going
to steal any of my gear:  he's _tiny_, so I doubt he could 
operate anything bigger than a Pentax Auto 110, and I don't
have one of those.

But maybe I should try to get him to pose on the Holga ...

-- Glenn

PS:  If somebody starts posting photos of me sleeping, that look
like they were shot with an extremely tiny lens, then we'll know
the spider is reading this list, eh?  Er ... maybe I should stop
sleeping naked for a while just in case ...

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RE: Lightmeter battery cover

[Bob W]

Great - thanks. I'll give them a try.

Bob 

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Rebekah
> Sent: 08 June 2008 18:29
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: Lightmeter battery cover
> 
> Some internet scrounging brought me here:
> 
> http://www.sekonic.com/onlinemall/products.asp?ID=108
> 
> I don't see a battery door, but perhaps you can email them or
contact
> a local seller to see if they make extra battery doors.
> 
> good luck :)
> 
> rg2
> 
> On 6/8/08, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I seem to have lost the battery cover off my Sekonic L-308S light
> > meter. Does anyone know if these can be bought as spares from
> > anywhere? If not, does anyone have one they'd like to part with,
> > please?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bob
> >
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Re: Dear Spider

[D. Glenn Arthur Jr.]

gldnbearz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> requested:
> This had me ROFL. Please continue the saga!

Well, we were having a little tug-of-war over DOF and focus,
and so far the spider is winning:



But I'll let you know when the spider comes out of wherever
it hid, for round three.

"Here little spideyspideyspidey!  Hre little spidey! ..."

(Hmm.  That doesn't seem to be working.  I need a better 
spider-call.)

-- Glenn

PS:  On a related note -- wow, dragonflies are faster than
they look, aren't they?  (And small enough that they don't
have to get very far from the plane of focus to vanish
completely from the viewfinder, as they zip across the
street.)

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Re: Dear Spider

[Mark Roberts]

D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
> Dear Spider In My Bedroom,
> 
> Thank you for confirming my suspicion than you 
> are a spider-who-hunts-by-leaping, rather than
> a spider-who-traps-prey-in-webs, but I do have
> a complaint.
> 
> Leaping onto the barrel of my lens while I am
> trying to take your photograph is _cheating_.
> Get your eight hairy legs back out in _front_
> of the lens where you belong, you obstinate 
> arachnid!
> 
> Hmph!
> 
>   -- the operator of
>  that big flashy 
>  thing

If the spider's reading this mailing list, you may have more trouble on 
your hands than you bargained for...

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Re: OT: Classic photos re-enacted in Lego

[Rebekah]

wow, that's awesome, I love Lego stuff, thanks for sharing

rg2

On 6/8/08, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> LOL
>
> There are a lot of good Lego pictures on Flickr.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
>
> 2008/6/8 Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > This is quite creative.  For fun I tried identifying each of these
> > without clicking on "info" to see which photo they were emulating.  I
> > got most but not all of them.
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/sets/72157602602191858/show/
> >
> >  -Charles
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Re: Dear Spider

[gldnbearz]

Dear Glenn,

This had me ROFL. Please continue the saga!

On 6/8/08, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Spider In My Bedroom,
>
> Thank you for confirming my suspicion than you
> are a spider-who-hunts-by-leaping, rather than
> a spider-who-traps-prey-in-webs, but I do have
> a complaint.
>
> Leaping onto the barrel of my lens while I am
> trying to take your photograph is _cheating_.
> Get your eight hairy legs back out in _front_
> of the lens where you belong, you obstinate
> arachnid!
>
> Hmph!
>
>-- the operator of
>   that big flashy
>   thing
>

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Optio A40

[George Sinos]

I've used an Optio A10 for quite a while.  It's a great camera to use
in my basic photography classes.  I can send the AV output to the
classroom projector and the students can see what I'm doing on a six
foot screen. The layout of the Optio menus is so simple compared to
most other cameras that they can understand what I'm doing and apply
it to their own camera with little confusion.  (The K10d and K20d are
great teaching cameras for the same reason.)

Unfortunately, the A10 bit the dust a few weeks ago.  I replaced it
with an A40 and was pleasantly surprised by a few additions and
changes.   Pentax has added Tv and Manual modes.  These are certainly
nice-to-haves on a pocket camera.  They will probably be seldom used,
but it's nice to know they are there.  You might ask why no Av?  Well,
It looks like there are only two f-stops.  I'm not sure Av would add
much utility.  This is a pocket camera, after all.

Another nice change is the ISO selection. You have an option to
specify ranges in addition to selecting individual sensitivities.

There is a small thumb grip which makes this tiny little camera much
easier to hold.

Somewhere between the A10 and A40 they added face detection.  I'm
still not sure about this feature.  It's fun to play with, but I'm not
sure it's really all that useful.

One change that's disappointing.  The A10 had contacts on the bottom
so you could drop it into a charging cradle.  The A40 doesn't have the
contacts so that battery must be removed and place in a charger.  On
the plus side it takes the same battery as the A10 and Optio S, so I
have a couple of spares.

The jury is still out on any change in image quality brought on by
going from 8 to 12 megapixels.  I haven't taken enough photos to make
a judgement.  The old A10 produced some very nice photos.  It was a
very nice combination of size, utility and picture quality. We'll see
if the A40 can live up to its ancestor.

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Dear Spider

[D. Glenn Arthur Jr.]

Dear Spider In My Bedroom,

Thank you for confirming my suspicion than you 
are a spider-who-hunts-by-leaping, rather than
a spider-who-traps-prey-in-webs, but I do have
a complaint.

Leaping onto the barrel of my lens while I am
trying to take your photograph is _cheating_.
Get your eight hairy legs back out in _front_
of the lens where you belong, you obstinate 
arachnid!

Hmph!

-- the operator of
   that big flashy 
   thing


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Re: What Casey did during GFM

[Christine Aguila]

MIke:  Hats Away is a great shot!  Congrats to the graduate, btw.  Cheers, 
Christine


- Original Message - 
From: "Beaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 1:15 PM
Subject: What Casey did during GFM


> My niece Casey graduated from High School on GFM Weekend.
> And I can prove it.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157594492416654/
>
> I limited myself to a single lens- an F 80-200/4.7-5.6 (thanks Boris)
>
> A wider lens would have been nice
>
> Casey is taking a photography class through FFA this summer.
> So I left her the camera, long zoom and kit lens.
> (All my other lenses are manual focus K Mount and M42 lenses.
> One thing at a time)
>
> She will some good pictures, and a stunner or two.
> Can't wait for the portfolio.
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
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Re: Pop-up flash diffuser idea

[pnstenquist]

Based on what I've seen, the Lightsphere diffuses better than a softbox 
attachment. It boundes the flash off the top of the unit and on the textured 
edges of the sphere's interior. It yields a nice result even without reflective 
surfaces nearby. As I said, I'll test it against the luiquest softbox and 
refletors when it arrives.
Paul
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> As I said "under the conditions", there were no real reflective surfaces 
> within any distance that would matter for the power of the flash, 
> especially after losing say 30% of it's output after being reflected and 
> defused.  You need a relatively small area for that to be effective. 
> Only the light actually reflected forward would actually do any good, 
> and a soft box (and adjustable output flash), would be much more 
> effective   I've also seen photographers with their flash units pointed 
> at non existent ceilings to get "bounce flash", but hey what do I know, 
> (except maybe how to apply the inverse square law).
> 
> Anthony Farr wrote:
> > Sure it wastes a lot of light, but efficiency isn't the issue.  It's a
> > simulation of "bare bulb flash" from the days of expendable bulbs.  The
> > light bounces off of everything, not just the wall or the ceiling or
> > wherever a standard reflector is aimed, while still giving some direct flash
> > straight from the "bulb".
> >
> > Regards,
> > Anthony Farr
> >
> >   
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P.
> >> J. Alling
> >> Sent: Sunday, 8 June 2008 8:03 PM
> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> >> Subject: Re: Pop-up flash diffuser idea
> >>
> >> I was at a hotel for a conference yesterday, there was a wedding
> >> scheduled at the same time.  The photographer was using something
> >> similar.  Damned annoying thing, looked like it wasted a lot of light
> >> under the conditions he was using it.  A Lumiquest soft box would have
> >> been a better choice.
> >>
> >> 
> >
> >
> >   
> 
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Re: PESO - 14-story tall swimmer

[P. J. Alling]

If you're viewing it from far enough away only about three MP...

George Sinos wrote:
> Mutual of Omaha installed this 14-story banner to promote the 2008
> Olympic Swim Trials. and the four-day Swimvitational event.  According
> to a story in the Omaha World-Herald, the banner is 245 feet high and
> 60 feet wide.  So – how many megapixels do you need to make a print
> that big?
>
> The Olympic trials will be in the 5-year-old, 17,000 seat,  Qwest
> Center.  The Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational is both a shakedown event
> for the trials and qualifier and warm-up event for the swimmers.
>
> Sorry about all the clutter in the foreground of the photo.  Mutual of
> Omaha is located on one of the busiest streets in town.  I pulled over
> for a quick shot through the car window.
>
> 
>
> or
>
> 
>
> GS
> 
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Re: Another Day, Another Wedding

[pnstenquist]

I shot a number of weddings on film and several on digital. Not a huge sample, 
but I find digital much easier. Its pretty hard to miss the exposure on 
digital. It's easy to check both the live few and histogram for each setup. The 
AF 540 FGZ flash can easily be set up to give you just the right balance of 
fill and ambience -- something that couldnt' always be achieved with the old 
"auto" flash setups. For example, i can use fill in an outdoor ceremony and 
shoot at f4/1/1000th with hgih speed synch. Best of all, you know your results 
aren't going to be ruined on the way to processing or in processing. Printing 
through overly dense negatives pretty much guarantees ugly results. Ditto using 
flash to pull up an ambient exposure that's way under. 
Paul
 -- Original message --
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Bruce Dayton"
> Subject: Re: Another Day, Another Wedding
> 
> 
> >I know you had several LX's (maybe still have them).  I wonder if you
> > ever shot weddings with them and if so, how the experience compared
> > to using the latest and greatest from Pentax...
> 
> As much as I liked the LX, I found it's refusal to fire the flash in backlit 
> situations to be 
> annoying enough that I only shot one wedding with them. The camera totally 
> buggered me because 
> of the flash control and I went to K1000 bodies instead.
> I actually prefer the K1000 operation to the K20D (I know they are completely 
> different kettles 
> of fish) because the controls don't move around as easily, and because print 
> film is much more 
> forgiving than digital capture.
> In the film era, I set the camera ot 1/60th, the lens to f/5.6, the flash to 
> f/5.6 and took 
> pictures. If I was underexposed, the flash took care of it, and if I was 
> overexposed I just 
> printed through the extra density.
> Now I have to worry about overexposure, and I also have to worry about 
> accidentally bumping a 
> dial and screwing up everything.
> These new cameras want to work as integrated systems with the flash units, 
> and I 
> am certain they 
> work well, but trying to make an AF540FGZ flash into an off camera unit is 
> too 
> much of a bodge 
> for me to bother with.
> I suppose the answer is to look at the new Metz 76 unit, but I just don't 
> think 
> I'd make enough 
> use of a new flash, and my old 60 series flash is just too darned good to 
> give 
> up.
> And yes, I still have 3 LX bodies and a full set of prisms.
> 
> William Robb 
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Re: Pentax software updates

[P. J. Alling]

There are so many ways that Vista can go wrong, and so much superfluous 
crap that you "can't" get rid of, because it's built into the basic OS 
that I won't have it on any hardware I own.  Hell I don't run XP on 
anything I'm using, I's still using Win2K, which seems to be 
extraordinarily stable, and fast compared to XP or Vista. 

mike wilson wrote:
> After excising all the superfluous crap that comes with it (and, previous to 
> that, working out _how_ to excise the superfluous crap) I find that Vista is 
> apparently better than XP, which croaked on me after I installed the 
> (downloaded by myself from Microsoft) Service Pack III.
>
> It's only been two weeks, though.
>   
>> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: 2008/06/08 Sun AM 12:02:25 GMT
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
>> Subject: Re: Pentax software updates
>>
>> The  ideograph below is best viewed with a fixed font..
>>  |
>> -+-
>>  |
>>  |
>> Get thee behind me Vista, thou fiend of Microsoft...
>>
>> No I haven't and hope I'll never have to...
>>
>> Derby Chang wrote:
>> 
>>> Derby Chang wrote:
>>>   
>>>   
 Dario Bonazza wrote:
 
 
> Not yet satisfied, here are some software updates:
> http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/
>
> Dario
>
>   
>   
>   
 Cool. Remote assistant works with Vista now? Must try it

 D

 
 
>>> Hmmm...has anyone tried Remote Assistant 3.51 on Vista with a K10D? 
>>> Plugging in the camera, Windows sees the removable device. But Remote 
>>> Assistant does not. Didn't work in the previous version either.
>>>
>>> D
>>>
>>>   
>>>   
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Re: Tripod Q

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Jun 8, 2008, at 10:34 AM, Scott Loveless wrote:

> Scott Loveless wrote:
>> I have a 3021 leg set, which, along with the 3011, was the  
>> predecessor
>> for the 055 series.  I would not consider it to be light.  Otherwise,
>> that leg set should meet all of your needs.  The cams on the leg
>> sections are very nice and easy to use, though they can be a bit  
>> loud if
>> you're trying to photograph wildlife.  I routinely use mine with the
>> P645 kit and have, on occasion, mounted a 4x5 press camera without
>> problems.  Mine currently has a 3047 3-way head on it (also not  
>> light),
>> so hopefully someone else can give you advice on the ball head.
>>
> FWIW, I just put the tripod (3021 and 3047) on our little postal  
> scale.
>   9lbs 4.6oz, or 4.2kg.

I found myself needing a second tripod (or a much sturdier light  
stand...) a couple of weeks ago when I was doing a portrait shoot (to  
hold a heavy-ish slave flash on a windy day). I have a couple of  
spare ball heads and Porters Camera had remaindered 3021 three- 
section legs on close-out for $110, so I picked up a set.

Wow, I'd forgotten how much they weighed compared to the Feisol. But  
they are darn sturdy, fast to set up, and achieve a very respectable  
elevation. The weight is off-putting for carrying and travel  
purposes, but as a set of legs to toss in the car and handle a heavy  
load now and then, just fine.

Godfrey

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RE: Fun pics

[mike wilson]

> 
> From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2008/06/08 Sun PM 03:57:35 GMT
> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" 
> Subject: RE: Fun pics
> 
> It's a red squirrel, not native to the US I believe. They used to be
> the normal squirrels here in Britain but feral greys from America have
> mostly outcompeted them and they are found in few places now - mainly
> Scottish pine forests, with a few enclaves in the rest of Britain. 

They are still prevalent from about here north.  Mainly due to shotgun 
ownership.  

> 
> I can't remember ever seeing a red squirrel in the wild in Britain,
> but in Vatra Dornei, Romania, I saw plenty of black squirrels, which
> looked similar to reds (tufty ears etc). A black variant of the
> American grey is on the rise in England at the moment - natural
> selection doing its thing again.

The European ones are the same species as our red squirrel.  I've noticed that 
the coats seem to get darker as the altitude of the habitat increases but 
properly black genetic sports, called melanistic variants, are quite common 
also.

> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> > Behalf Of Bob Sullivan
> > Sent: 08 June 2008 15:55
> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> > Subject: Re: Fun pics
> > 
> > Don,
> > Fun pictures and a very red-brown squirrel.
> > My neighborhood is full of more grey colored squirrels.
> > Most are grey, some are brown-grey, and ONE is black !?!
> > They are not tame, but come visit for the bird seed we put out.
> > I enjoyed the long, bristley hairs sticking up behind the 
> > ears on yours.
> > We don't have that either.
> > Regards,  Bob S.
> > 
> > >
> > > http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/Nutkin
> > >
> 
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Re: pentax gallery

[Toine]

I had 3 approved in the last weeks. I tracked my photos in the recent
addition category and lots of other new photos appeared (maybe 10 each
week). The number/counter of new additions also varied. Didn't make
notes, looks like older photos drop from that list.
Anyway my observation is they are accepting many new photos and many
new photos are in the same genre, sunsets, lighthouses, bugs, flowers
etc. My advise keep posting they didn't raise the bar, only the input
volume has exploded. It wouldn't surprise me if the judges pick one or
two every day from the voting queue and if that's true luck is also
important. My approvals are a little surprise to me, 2 of them are
quick "tests" of a new lens. Others which I gave much more thought and
time didn't make it.

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think it's true that certain themes lose their uniqueness and, due to the 
> number of offerings, must then compete against a stronger field.
> Do you still have a number of re-submissions, Bruce?
>
> Jack
>
>
> --- On Sun, 6/8/08, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Re: pentax gallery
>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
>> Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 8:45 AM
>> My thought is that the gallery has enough in it now to allow
>> the
>> judges to be pickier.  By that I mean, if they feel a
>> particular
>> photo has others in the gallery already then it might get
>> rejected.
>> If it is something totally different of new, then it might
>> get
>> accepted.  As an example: There are some great dragonfly
>> shots in the
>> gallery now and I continue to see many more great dragonfly
>> shots
>> submitted.  I could envision the judges to be more picky
>> about that
>> kind of shot than some other types that are not well
>> represented.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>> Saturday, June 7, 2008, 4:54:06 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> >>Maybe the bar isn't raised that high as
>> >> before (I stopped trying for a long time).
>>
>> KW> I don't think so based on the stuff I see posted
>> for voting.
>>
>> KW> Kenneth Waller
>> KW> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
>>
>> KW> - Original Message -
>> KW> From: "Toine"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> KW> Subject: Re: pentax gallery
>>
>>
>> >> Thanks. My main reason for posting this
>> "news" is that I see lots of
>> >> new photos in pentax gallery. Maybe the bar
>> isn't raised that high as
>> >> before (I stopped trying for a long time).
>> >> Toine
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Christine  Aguila
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Big congrats, Toine!  Cheers, Christine
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> - Original Message -
>> >>> From: "Toine"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >>> To: 
>> >>> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:29 AM
>> >>> Subject: pentax gallery
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> I have submitted a few photos in the last
>> weeks. To my surprise some
>>  are accepted and if I watch the recent
>> additions they accept loads of
>>  new photos. And more surprising many from
>> non pentax glass. It does
>>  take several weeks before submitted
>> changes to declined or accepted.
>> 
>> 
>>  Toine
>>
>>
>>
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Re: Pop-up flash diffuser idea

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

A diffuser like this helps spread the light source relative to the  
subject, even if only by a little bit. That can be a nice plus, even  
for a very low powered flash, to reduce harshness.

I've used a big pill bottle, roughly jammed over a small flash, to  
successfully add a touch of soft fill in some situations. It's a very  
old technique ... I was doing it in 1969. It's what inspired me to  
buy a flash meter as it pre-dated all TTL flash metering.

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PESO - 14-story tall swimmer

[George Sinos]

Mutual of Omaha installed this 14-story banner to promote the 2008
Olympic Swim Trials. and the four-day Swimvitational event.  According
to a story in the Omaha World-Herald, the banner is 245 feet high and
60 feet wide.  So – how many megapixels do you need to make a print
that big?

The Olympic trials will be in the 5-year-old, 17,000 seat,  Qwest
Center.  The Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational is both a shakedown event
for the trials and qualifier and warm-up event for the swimmers.

Sorry about all the clutter in the foreground of the photo.  Mutual of
Omaha is located on one of the busiest streets in town.  I pulled over
for a quick shot through the car window.



or



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Re: Tripod Q

[Jack Davis]

Scott, with  nothing else to do at the moment, I put my copy of the 3021(w/308 
ProBall head) on the electronic whole pound bathroom scale. It read; 7 lbs. 
This means, I assume, it weighed anywhere from 6.5 lbs to 7.4 lbs.
I know this scale is a rough and somewhat wonky, but the 3047 3-way, pan, tilt 
head must be fairly heavy.

Jack



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> From: Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Tripod Q
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 10:34 AM
> Scott Loveless wrote:
> > I have a 3021 leg set, which, along with the 3011, was
> the predecessor 
> > for the 055 series.  I would not consider it to be
> light.  Otherwise, 
> > that leg set should meet all of your needs.  The cams
> on the leg 
> > sections are very nice and easy to use, though they
> can be a bit loud if 
> > you're trying to photograph wildlife.  I routinely
> use mine with the 
> > P645 kit and have, on occasion, mounted a 4x5 press
> camera without 
> > problems.  Mine currently has a 3047 3-way head on it
> (also not light), 
> > so hopefully someone else can give you advice on the
> ball head.
> > 
> FWIW, I just put the tripod (3021 and 3047) on our little
> postal scale. 
>   9lbs 4.6oz, or 4.2kg.
> 
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What Casey did during GFM

[Beaker]

My niece Casey graduated from High School on GFM Weekend.
And I can prove it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157594492416654/

I limited myself to a single lens- an F 80-200/4.7-5.6 (thanks Boris)

A wider lens would have been nice

Casey is taking a photography class through FFA this summer.
So I left her the camera, long zoom and kit lens.
(All my other lenses are manual focus K Mount and M42 lenses.
One thing at a time)

She will some good pictures, and a stunner or two.
Can't wait for the portfolio.

Cheers
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Re: Pentax software updates

[mike wilson]

After excising all the superfluous crap that comes with it (and, previous to 
that, working out _how_ to excise the superfluous crap) I find that Vista is 
apparently better than XP, which croaked on me after I installed the 
(downloaded by myself from Microsoft) Service Pack III.

It's only been two weeks, though.
> 
> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2008/06/08 Sun AM 12:02:25 GMT
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
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> 
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>  |
> -+-
>  |
>  |
> Get thee behind me Vista, thou fiend of Microsoft...
> 
> No I haven't and hope I'll never have to...
> 
> Derby Chang wrote:
> > Derby Chang wrote:
> >   
> >> Dario Bonazza wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Not yet satisfied, here are some software updates:
> >>> http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/
> >>>
> >>> Dario
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>   
> >> Cool. Remote assistant works with Vista now? Must try it
> >>
> >> D
> >>
> >> 
> >
> > Hmmm...has anyone tried Remote Assistant 3.51 on Vista with a K10D? 
> > Plugging in the camera, Windows sees the removable device. But Remote 
> > Assistant does not. Didn't work in the previous version either.
> >
> > D
> >
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Re: PESO - White Tulips

[Rebekah]

What a lovely picture

rg2

On 6/7/08, Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> frank theriault wrote:
> > Okay, they were yellow to begin with, but they converted so nicely to
> > B&W, I couldn't resist.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/3of69b
> >
> > http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SEkuTTxPHYI/CPE/k5K4-v9W8T0/s1600-h/jun_6_08+003.jpg
> >
> > Comments always welcome.
> >
> > cheers,
> > frank
> >
> >
> Mmmmsilky pix
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Re: More Macro Musings

[Rebekah]

wow, that's hilarious, I just spent the better part of an afternoon
attempting to shoot a spider too.  The first one my husband screamed
at and told me to take outside.  While I was trying to photograph him,
he ran into a corner and fortunately scared out a much more willing
model.  I used a piece of white paper and sunlight (cheating, I'm
sure) so the second fellow wasn't running from my flash, but a giant
black lens approaching its face probably didn't help its calmness
level.  Every couple of seconds I had to stick out a hand to herd the
spider back onto the paper

Where's your pics?

rg2

On 6/7/08, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay, shooting macro is a bit harder when the subject is annoyed
> by the flash and keeps running away.  And when the subject is on
> the ceiling and I can't reach the viewfinder with my eye at the
> same time as I have the camera at a useful distance from the
> subject.  And especially when both are true at once.  Fortunately
> the LCD lights up to tell me I've missed (or that I got the framing
> and focus but had the flash at the wrong distance so the exposure
> is off).  Still, photography is so much easier when I can see what
> I'm doing _before_ I trip the shutter ...
>
> Hey, when the spider fell off the ceiling and landed on me earlier,
> I figured it was volunteering to model for me when I found it again.
> (At some point I'll try to catch it and contain it in a more easily
> photographed location.  If it comes out of hiding again.)
>
> OTOH, I got some cute birds yesterday ... though I cheated:  they
> were standing instead of flying, which made it much easier.  (And
> yes they were small birds, but no, not small enough to count as
> macro photography; this paragraph is a deliberate _non_sequitur_.
> Pbbbt!)
>
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Re: Tripod Q

[Scott Loveless]

Scott Loveless wrote:
> I have a 3021 leg set, which, along with the 3011, was the predecessor 
> for the 055 series.  I would not consider it to be light.  Otherwise, 
> that leg set should meet all of your needs.  The cams on the leg 
> sections are very nice and easy to use, though they can be a bit loud if 
> you're trying to photograph wildlife.  I routinely use mine with the 
> P645 kit and have, on occasion, mounted a 4x5 press camera without 
> problems.  Mine currently has a 3047 3-way head on it (also not light), 
> so hopefully someone else can give you advice on the ball head.
> 
FWIW, I just put the tripod (3021 and 3047) on our little postal scale. 
  9lbs 4.6oz, or 4.2kg.

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Re: Lightmeter battery cover

[Rebekah]

Some internet scrounging brought me here:

http://www.sekonic.com/onlinemall/products.asp?ID=108

I don't see a battery door, but perhaps you can email them or contact
a local seller to see if they make extra battery doors.

good luck :)

rg2

On 6/8/08, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I seem to have lost the battery cover off my Sekonic L-308S light
> meter. Does anyone know if these can be bought as spares from
> anywhere? If not, does anyone have one they'd like to part with,
> please?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
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Re: pentax gallery

[Jack Davis]

I think it's true that certain themes lose their uniqueness and, due to the 
number of offerings, must then compete against a stronger field.
Do you still have a number of re-submissions, Bruce?

Jack


--- On Sun, 6/8/08, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: pentax gallery
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 8:45 AM
> My thought is that the gallery has enough in it now to allow
> the
> judges to be pickier.  By that I mean, if they feel a
> particular
> photo has others in the gallery already then it might get
> rejected.
> If it is something totally different of new, then it might
> get
> accepted.  As an example: There are some great dragonfly
> shots in the
> gallery now and I continue to see many more great dragonfly
> shots
> submitted.  I could envision the judges to be more picky
> about that
> kind of shot than some other types that are not well
> represented.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Bruce
> 
> 
> Saturday, June 7, 2008, 4:54:06 PM, you wrote:
> 
> >>Maybe the bar isn't raised that high as
> >> before (I stopped trying for a long time).
> 
> KW> I don't think so based on the stuff I see posted
> for voting.
> 
> KW> Kenneth Waller
> KW> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
> 
> KW> - Original Message - 
> KW> From: "Toine"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> KW> Subject: Re: pentax gallery
> 
> 
> >> Thanks. My main reason for posting this
> "news" is that I see lots of
> >> new photos in pentax gallery. Maybe the bar
> isn't raised that high as
> >> before (I stopped trying for a long time).
> >> Toine
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Christine  Aguila
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> >> wrote:
> >>> Big congrats, Toine!  Cheers, Christine
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - Original Message -
> >>> From: "Toine"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> To: 
> >>> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:29 AM
> >>> Subject: pentax gallery
> >>>
> >>>
> I have submitted a few photos in the last
> weeks. To my surprise some
>  are accepted and if I watch the recent
> additions they accept loads of
>  new photos. And more surprising many from
> non pentax glass. It does
>  take several weeks before submitted
> changes to declined or accepted.
> 
> 
>  Toine
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: pentax gallery

[Jack Davis]

Yeah, I understand that is the opinion of others as well.

Jack


--- On Sun, 6/8/08, Bong Manayon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Bong Manayon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: pentax gallery
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 7:52 AM
> That makes me curious as well.  I've been adding one or
> two each month
> and they seem to linger forever (okay...2 to 3 weeks) in
> the 'ready
> for review' status before finally being approved or
> declined (mostly
> declined...).  My initial thought is that my
> 'peers' generally like my
> photos and have consistently voted it in before the final
> judges
> declines them.
> 
> Bong
> 
> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Jack Davis
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Let me add that I just took a squint at what has been
> recently approved and was surprised at the acceptance of a
> number.
> > New people or policy..? More than likely, they simply
> didn't suit my eye at the time I voted.
> >
> > Jack
> >
> >
> > --- On Sat, 6/7/08, Ken Waller
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Subject: Re: pentax gallery
> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
> 
> >> Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 4:54 PM
> >> >Maybe the bar isn't raised that high as
> >> > before (I stopped trying for a long time).
> >>
> >> I don't think so based on the stuff I see
> posted for
> >> voting.
> >>
> >> Kenneth Waller
> >> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
> >>
> >> - Original Message -
> >> From: "Toine"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>
> >> Subject: Re: pentax gallery
> >>
> >>
> >> > Thanks. My main reason for posting this
> >> "news" is that I see lots of
> >> > new photos in pentax gallery. Maybe the bar
> isn't
> >> raised that high as
> >> > before (I stopped trying for a long time).
> >> > Toine
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Christine 
> Aguila
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> Big congrats, Toine!  Cheers, Christine
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> - Original Message -
> >> >> From: "Toine"
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> >> To: 
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:29 AM
> >> >> Subject: pentax gallery
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>>I have submitted a few photos in the
> last
> >> weeks. To my surprise some
> >> >>> are accepted and if I watch the
> recent
> >> additions they accept loads of
> >> >>> new photos. And more surprising many
> from non
> >> pentax glass. It does
> >> >>> take several weeks before submitted
> changes to
> >> declined or accepted.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Toine
> >>
> >>
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Re: extension tube question

[P. J. Alling]

Kenko sells a set with full contacts, (I think they make one with a 
screwdriver pass through as well).  You can usually get the full contact 
version for between $150 and $175 in a camera store if they're in 
stock.  I'd expect a better price on line somewhere.

Cory Waters wrote:
> The el-cheepo extension tubes online are totally dumb. By that I mean 
> they don't have any electrical contacts and whatnot.  With the newer 
> DSLRs and the "crippled" mount or whatever, I would assume one would 
> really want a set of tubes that's "A" compliant.  Maybe I'm wrong about 
> that though since Even the $180 versions that are on B&H's site (on 
> backorder maybe forever) are only K versions.
>
> So,
> Dos one just buy the cheep-o versions from Ebay, use lenses with 
> aperture rings, and use the "green button" method?
>
> CW
> Tried to use jedi mind tricks to get Nico to forget he'd loaned his D-FA 
> 100 macro but it didn't work.
>
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Re: OT: Classic photos re-enacted in Lego

[David Savage]

LOL

There are a lot of good Lego pictures on Flickr.

Cheers,

Dave

2008/6/8 Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> This is quite creative.  For fun I tried identifying each of these
> without clicking on "info" to see which photo they were emulating.  I
> got most but not all of them.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/sets/72157602602191858/show/
>
>  -Charles

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Re: Pentax software updates

[Derby Chang]

Ummm...Vista recognises the K10D fine. The problem is, the Pentax 
software does not.

D




P. J. Alling wrote:
> The  ideograph below is best viewed with a fixed font..
>  |
> -+-
>  |
>  |
> Get thee behind me Vista, thou fiend of Microsoft...
>
> No I haven't and hope I'll never have to...
>
> Derby Chang wrote:
>   
>> Derby Chang wrote:
>>   
>> 
>>> Dario Bonazza wrote:
>>> 
>>>   
 Not yet satisfied, here are some software updates:
 http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/

 Dario

   
   
 
>>> Cool. Remote assistant works with Vista now? Must try it
>>>
>>> D
>>>
>>> 
>>>   
>> Hmmm...has anyone tried Remote Assistant 3.51 on Vista with a K10D? 
>> Plugging in the camera, Windows sees the removable device. But Remote 
>> Assistant does not. Didn't work in the previous version either.
>>
>> D
>>
>>   
>> 
>
>
>   


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Re: OT: Classic photos re-enacted in Lego

[Bob Sullivan]

Thanks Charles,
That's interesting, iconic images in Legos.
That we can identify many of them is a credit to the photographers,
or a comment on 'group-think' like George Orwell's 1984.
Regards,  Bob S.

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> This is quite creative.  For fun I tried identifying each of these
> without clicking on "info" to see which photo they were emulating.  I
> got most but not all of them.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/sets/72157602602191858/show/
>
>  -Charles
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Re: Another Day, Another Wedding

[P. J. Alling]

David Savage wrote:
> 2008/6/8 David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>   
>> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 6:20 AM, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:48 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>   
 - Original Message -
 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

 Subject: Re: Another Day, Another Wedding


 
> Sounds like fun. Like you, I don't do weddings unless it's for someone 
> special. A friend of my
> daughters is currently working on me to do an August wedding. Maybe. It's 
> been a year since my
> last one. I think I'm fully recovered:-).
>   
 I don't think I've promised to do any more at this point. I'm hoping that 
 no one will remind me
 anyway
 
>>> What are you or Paul doing September 20010??
>>>   
>> I mean 2010
>> 
>
> Damn, I was going to say decomposing :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
>   
So was I but by 20010 they'd be long beyond that...

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Re: extension tube question

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Cory Waters"
Subject: extension tube question



>
> So,
> Dos one just buy the cheep-o versions from Ebay, use lenses with
> aperture rings, and use the "green button" method?

Thats the way I do it, though I use bellows, not extension tubes. The principle 
is similar 
though. I've had enough problems with stop down metering on the k10/K20 that I 
would tend to not 
trust anything that knocks the amount of light down, either by stop down 
metering or extending a 
lens out to allow for accurate metering.

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Re: Pop-up flash diffuser idea

[P. J. Alling]

As I said "under the conditions", there were no real reflective surfaces 
within any distance that would matter for the power of the flash, 
especially after losing say 30% of it's output after being reflected and 
defused.  You need a relatively small area for that to be effective. 
Only the light actually reflected forward would actually do any good, 
and a soft box (and adjustable output flash), would be much more 
effective   I've also seen photographers with their flash units pointed 
at non existent ceilings to get "bounce flash", but hey what do I know, 
(except maybe how to apply the inverse square law).

Anthony Farr wrote:
> Sure it wastes a lot of light, but efficiency isn't the issue.  It's a
> simulation of "bare bulb flash" from the days of expendable bulbs.  The
> light bounces off of everything, not just the wall or the ceiling or
> wherever a standard reflector is aimed, while still giving some direct flash
> straight from the "bulb".
>
> Regards,
> Anthony Farr
>
>   
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P.
>> J. Alling
>> Sent: Sunday, 8 June 2008 8:03 PM
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: Re: Pop-up flash diffuser idea
>>
>> I was at a hotel for a conference yesterday, there was a wedding
>> scheduled at the same time.  The photographer was using something
>> similar.  Damned annoying thing, looked like it wasted a lot of light
>> under the conditions he was using it.  A Lumiquest soft box would have
>> been a better choice.
>>
>> 
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>
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Lightmeter battery cover

[Bob W]

I seem to have lost the battery cover off my Sekonic L-308S light
meter. Does anyone know if these can be bought as spares from
anywhere? If not, does anyone have one they'd like to part with,
please?

Thanks,
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Re: PESO: Undecided

[gldnbearz]

This was spotted on a pair of port-a-potties where the signage was
just as confusing on both doors.  I guess they were mean to be unisex.

On 6/8/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, nice one.
>
> Reminds me of the restrooms at a cafe I used to frequent long ago.
> The doors had on them just the words "Us" and "Them".
>
> G
>
> On Jun 8, 2008, at 7:38 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
>
> > Pat,
> > Well that sure is confusing!  Well spotted.
> > Regards,  Bob S.
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 1:16 AM, gldnbearz
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Inspired by annsan's prior postings, I thought I'd post this snap
> >> taken during a recent road trip:
> >>
> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/gldnbearz.pdml/PDML/
> >> photo#5209019918038912610
> >>
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Re: Another Day, Another Wedding

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Bruce Dayton"
Subject: Re: Another Day, Another Wedding


>I know you had several LX's (maybe still have them).  I wonder if you
> ever shot weddings with them and if so, how the experience compared
> to using the latest and greatest from Pentax...

As much as I liked the LX, I found it's refusal to fire the flash in backlit 
situations to be 
annoying enough that I only shot one wedding with them. The camera totally 
buggered me because 
of the flash control and I went to K1000 bodies instead.
I actually prefer the K1000 operation to the K20D (I know they are completely 
different kettles 
of fish) because the controls don't move around as easily, and because print 
film is much more 
forgiving than digital capture.
In the film era, I set the camera ot 1/60th, the lens to f/5.6, the flash to 
f/5.6 and took 
pictures. If I was underexposed, the flash took care of it, and if I was 
overexposed I just 
printed through the extra density.
Now I have to worry about overexposure, and I also have to worry about 
accidentally bumping a 
dial and screwing up everything.
These new cameras want to work as integrated systems with the flash units, and 
I am certain they 
work well, but trying to make an AF540FGZ flash into an off camera unit is too 
much of a bodge 
for me to bother with.
I suppose the answer is to look at the new Metz 76 unit, but I just don't think 
I'd make enough 
use of a new flash, and my old 60 series flash is just too darned good to give 
up.
And yes, I still have 3 LX bodies and a full set of prisms.

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extension tube question

[Cory Waters]

The el-cheepo extension tubes online are totally dumb. By that I mean 
they don't have any electrical contacts and whatnot.  With the newer 
DSLRs and the "crippled" mount or whatever, I would assume one would 
really want a set of tubes that's "A" compliant.  Maybe I'm wrong about 
that though since Even the $180 versions that are on B&H's site (on 
backorder maybe forever) are only K versions.

So,
Dos one just buy the cheep-o versions from Ebay, use lenses with 
aperture rings, and use the "green button" method?

CW
Tried to use jedi mind tricks to get Nico to forget he'd loaned his D-FA 
100 macro but it didn't work.

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RE: Classic photos re-enacted in Lego

[Bob W]

That's great! I particularly like the way they're smiling in the Eddie
Adams photo.

I think the person who did them must be British (and probably English)
- the Hand of God photos suggests so.

Bob 

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> Behalf Of Charles Robinson
> Sent: 08 June 2008 16:48
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> Subject: OT: Classic photos re-enacted in Lego
> 
> This is quite creative.  For fun I tried identifying each of these  
> without clicking on "info" to see which photo they were 
> emulating.  I  
> got most but not all of them.
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/sets/72157602602191858/show/
> 
>   -Charles
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RE: Fun pics

[Bob W]

It's a red squirrel, not native to the US I believe. They used to be
the normal squirrels here in Britain but feral greys from America have
mostly outcompeted them and they are found in few places now - mainly
Scottish pine forests, with a few enclaves in the rest of Britain. 

I can't remember ever seeing a red squirrel in the wild in Britain,
but in Vatra Dornei, Romania, I saw plenty of black squirrels, which
looked similar to reds (tufty ears etc). A black variant of the
American grey is on the rise in England at the moment - natural
selection doing its thing again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/theoneshow/article/2008/05/eh_blacksquirrel.shtml

Bob



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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Bob Sullivan
> Sent: 08 June 2008 15:55
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: Fun pics
> 
> Don,
> Fun pictures and a very red-brown squirrel.
> My neighborhood is full of more grey colored squirrels.
> Most are grey, some are brown-grey, and ONE is black !?!
> They are not tame, but come visit for the bird seed we put out.
> I enjoyed the long, bristley hairs sticking up behind the 
> ears on yours.
> We don't have that either.
> Regards,  Bob S.
> 
> >
> > http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/Nutkin
> >


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Re: pentax gallery

[Bruce Dayton]

Tough call on that.  I had 15 in that status for about a month.  All
were rejected the other day by the judges and most of them used to be
in the gallery before I pulled them all out.  So I'm thinking that
the peers accepted them and the judges didn't.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008, 7:52:26 AM, you wrote:

BM> That makes me curious as well.  I've been adding one or two each month
BM> and they seem to linger forever (okay...2 to 3 weeks) in the 'ready
BM> for review' status before finally being approved or declined (mostly
BM> declined...).  My initial thought is that my 'peers' generally like my
BM> photos and have consistently voted it in before the final judges
BM> declines them.

BM> Bong

BM> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Let me add that I just took a squint at what has been recently approved and 
>> was surprised at the acceptance of a number.
>> New people or policy..? More than likely, they simply didn't suit my eye at 
>> the time I voted.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>>
>> --- On Sat, 6/7/08, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Subject: Re: pentax gallery
>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
>>> Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 4:54 PM
>>> >Maybe the bar isn't raised that high as
>>> > before (I stopped trying for a long time).
>>>
>>> I don't think so based on the stuff I see posted for
>>> voting.
>>>
>>> Kenneth Waller
>>> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
>>>
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "Toine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: pentax gallery
>>>
>>>
>>> > Thanks. My main reason for posting this
>>> "news" is that I see lots of
>>> > new photos in pentax gallery. Maybe the bar isn't
>>> raised that high as
>>> > before (I stopped trying for a long time).
>>> > Toine
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Christine  Aguila
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> Big congrats, Toine!  Cheers, Christine
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> - Original Message -
>>> >> From: "Toine"
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> >> To: 
>>> >> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:29 AM
>>> >> Subject: pentax gallery
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>>I have submitted a few photos in the last
>>> weeks. To my surprise some
>>> >>> are accepted and if I watch the recent
>>> additions they accept loads of
>>> >>> new photos. And more surprising many from non
>>> pentax glass. It does
>>> >>> take several weeks before submitted changes to
>>> declined or accepted.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Toine
>>>
>>>
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Re: Frank's First Ride

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

2008/6/8 William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/new/sadride.html

All humor aside, I think that is one of the best photos you've  
posted. Beautiful work.

G

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Re: Another Day, Another Wedding

[Bruce Dayton]

I know you had several LX's (maybe still have them).  I wonder if you
ever shot weddings with them and if so, how the experience compared
to using the latest and greatest from Pentax...

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Saturday, June 7, 2008, 5:41:15 PM, you wrote:

WR> Normally, I don't do weddings. Lyndsaye is a favourite model though, and a 
really sweet kid.
WR> So, I ended up shooting her wedding.
WR> Some nice things about the K20:
WR> It has a PC socket, so I was able to use my old Metz 60CT-2 with a PC cord 
rather than one of
WR> those goofy shoe adaptors.
WR> The Metz has the most accurate auto flash control I have ever
WR> seen, which is why I have been so 
WR> dissapointed with the TTL stuff for the past few years.

WR> I had both the K10 and K20 on hand, so I mounted the k10 onto a
WR> tripod with the A*85/1.4 (I love 
WR> being able to say that) attached, and used it for the back of the church 
pictures.
WR> What a swell lens it is.

WR> I used the 31mm for everything else at the church, and then the Nokton 58mm 
f/1.4 for the
WR> portraits. There is another swell lens, let me tell you. And the Kaze Eye 
screen made manual
WR> focusing realy nice and easy too.

WR> One thing I noticed, and it is very annoying, is how easily the
WR> control wheels get knocked while 
WR> shooting. I was hoping the user mode would fix that, but
WR> unfortunately it doesn't address basic 
WR> exposure settings. So, I got used to checking the settings often, and did 
have a few botched
WR> exposures because I had bumped a wheel.
WR> Overall though, the cameras did really well for me.

WR> William Robb 





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Re: PESO: Undecided

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Yes, nice one.

Reminds me of the restrooms at a cafe I used to frequent long ago.  
The doors had on them just the words "Us" and "Them".

G

On Jun 8, 2008, at 7:38 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

> Pat,
> Well that sure is confusing!  Well spotted.
> Regards,  Bob S.
>
> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 1:16 AM, gldnbearz  
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Inspired by annsan's prior postings, I thought I'd post this snap
>> taken during a recent road trip:
>>
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/gldnbearz.pdml/PDML/ 
>> photo#5209019918038912610
>>

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OT: Classic photos re-enacted in Lego

[Charles Robinson]

This is quite creative.  For fun I tried identifying each of these  
without clicking on "info" to see which photo they were emulating.  I  
got most but not all of them.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/sets/72157602602191858/show/

  -Charles

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http://charles.robinsontwins.org/mstram.htm


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