Re: Making monopod out of tripod
You could check out the ProMaster line of tripods - their SystemPro models have a center post that detaches and expands into a monopod - and you end up with both tripod and monopod. The series 1 can be had for about $165 with a fairly substantial ball head, the series 2 for a little more. MSRP on their web site is, of course, more, and they don't show the ball head, but it's available. http://www.promaster.com/tripods.html Paul - Original Message - From: Ramesh Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 2:09 PM Subject: Re: Making monopod out of tripod Mat Maessen: Would be convenient as a monopod if it weren't for the handles protruding from the panhead. Maybe with a real ballhead on it... Do not you need panhead to mount the camera? In slik tripod, centre column has panhead fixed to it. I have tried removed head from it. Thanks Ramesh --- Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Tiltall has a front leg that unscrews and screws into the bottom of the center stalk. Would be convenient as a monopod if it weren't for the handles protruding from the panhead. Maybe with a real ballhead on it... -Mat Cameron Hood wrote: Just keep the three legs of the tripod together and boom, instant monopod. And you can still use it as a tripod. Doesn't anyone else do this? C __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
Re: MZ-6/ZX-L with FAJ lenses?
If it works the same as the ZX-7, you can leave the aperture ring in the A position (or in the case of the FAJ, it's always in A), set the mode to Av and select the aperture using left-right movement of the switch co-located with the shutter button. Paul - Original Message - From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 12:19 PM Subject: Re: MZ-6/ZX-L with FAJ lenses? They cannot work in Av mode. There's no aperture ring on the lens. Bill - Original Message - From: Peter Hillerström [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 1:20 PM Subject: Re: MZ-6/ZX-L with FAJ lenses? The manual, which I've downloaded, uses examples in Av and M modes where the aperture is set from the body. So I suppose the FaJ lenses will work. Thanks Peter William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Peter Hillerström Subject: MZ-6/ZX-L with FAJ lenses? Hello My wife is planning to buy a MZ-6/ZX-L and I probably will by a *istD later on. Can the new FAJ lenses cause any problems with the MZ-6/ZX-L? It would be nice if we could exchange lenses without any problems. To fully integrate with the FaJ lenses, the camera needs to have the control wheel for aperture control, as the lenses no longer have an aperture ring. If the camera doesn't have the aperture control ring, programmed AE and shutter preferred AE are your available exposure options. William Robb
Re: Incident meter info needed
Frantisek - The Polaris now is made in three models. I have the one of the original models with a standard LCD for the digital display. Later they upgraded to a model with the LCD backlighted, making it a little easier to see in low light conditions. The latest model includes all the features of the earlier units plus the ability to make 5 degree spot readings. They are marketed here in the US by Omega Satter. I went to their web pages for information - http://www.omegasatter.com - but the link to Polaris meters yielded a blank page. I don't know who would have them for sale in Europe, but they are available via the internet from Adorama and BH Photo. I believe the price on the original model is now about 170usd, so even with shipping that would keep you in about the 200usd range. Below are some links from a Google search which will give you some information re: specifications and some reviews by other photographers. Specifications http://www.hirtech.com/PolarisMeter.htm Reviews http://www.photographyreview.com/Light+Meters/Polaris+Digital+Flash+Meter/PRD_85093_3115crx.aspx#reviews Hope this helps. BTW, where in the Czech Republic are you. We had the good fortune to visit Prague several years ago and loved it. Hope to be able to return some day for a longer time. Paul - Original Message - From: Frantisek Vlcek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 6:48 AM Subject: Re: Incident meter info needed From: Paul Sorenson I've had good luck with the Polaris. It's digital, handles reflected and incident measurements, works with ambient light and electronic flash and is in the 200usd price range 'Hi Paul, what is this meter? I couldn't find any info on it. I was thinking on getting a Sekonic L408, but the polaris is cheaper. Thanks for any info. Frantisek
Re: MZ-S oddness
If you have the red-eye reduction function turned on, the pre-flash will trigger the slaves in your studio strobes. Turn that off and you should be fine. Paul - Original Message - From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:59 AM Subject: Re: MZ-S oddness I don't think there's a function to cancel the P-TTL. I believe you will have to configure the 360 for autoflash or manual to prevent the pre-flash from firing the slaved strobes. Bill - Original Message - From: Raimo Korhonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 12:33 PM Subject: Vs: MZ-S oddness Hi! If you can see the flash go off the sync is off - flash fires before shutter opens or vice versa. My guess would be that the preflash triggers the big guns before the shutter opens. IIRC there´s a function that cancels the preflash. All the best! Raimo K Photos at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:13 PM Subject: MZ-S oddness Last weekend I took a roll of Kodak T-Max 100 with the MZ-S When developed, the film is hopelessly under exposed, as if the flashes had never been used. I was using an off camera FGZ-360 flash to fire two 400W heads. When shooting I new something was amiss as I could see the flash fire through the diopter, almost as if the mirror was not locking up. Any thoughts on why this might be? Kind regards Kevin -- __ (_ \ _) ) | / / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \) \_||_| \) \) Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia
Re: something dumb I did
Not sure what it means in Cory's neck of the woods, but in the upper mid-west it means no f*g good Paul - Original Message - From: Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 10:16 PM Subject: Re: something dumb I did Condolences.. I know the horror. In my conscription days, one of the only things that kept me sane was my beautiful Ovation/Applause slim round-backed semi acoustic guitar. For non-muzos, a lens equivalent would be something like maybe a high end consumer zoom, but in guitar form.. Doing reasonably well, towards the end I managed to get the coveted appointment of running the Officers' lounge, which increased my freedom and made life quite pleasant. About 2 months from the end, one fine day I put my darl aside, leaned against the wall on a high stack of newspapers, to get a couple of officers a couple of beers. I turned around and saw the headstock somewhat at 3 o'clock, leaning against thin air. That instant was then unfrozen in the loudest most horrible sound you could ever imagine coming from a guitar, and the result was the lifeless guitar body on the ground, with it's strings like innards sliming across the floor to the neck half a metre away. I was quite depressed for a couple of weeks, and upon finishing with the stupid army, I went guitar shopping. I've now got a Yamaha AEX 500 (maybe an FA* 43 1.9 compared to the prev one) and I love it. http://www.guitarist.co.uk/gear/gear_page.asp?ID=198 She gets really good treatment and I'll be damned if I break her neck too. Alway keep a hand on your gear full-stop (period- depending where you're from) :) Cheer up, Ryan PS What does NFG stand for? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:00 AM Subject: something dumb I did This weekend I was taking a picture of a nice scene with my *ist D and m y F35-135 3.5-4.5 and turned my back to the tripod for a second to find my kids or something. When I looked again it was about six inches from smacking the ground, lens-first. Nothing I could do but watch in shock and frustration. The lens is NFG but the camera is fine. On unstable ground, always keep a hand on your gear. Cory stood there for about a minute, not wanting to see what damage his carelessness had wrought. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/2003
Re: test
- Original Message - From: Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 10:36 AM Subject: Re: test Paul Eriksson a écrit: Beep Bop ! A Ree Bop!! Paul
Re: Test (Weird)
If you're using Outlook Express, go to Tools|Message Rules|Mail and make sure you don't have a rule that re-directs any messages to your Deleted folder. Paul - Original Message - From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 7:08 AM Subject: Re: Test (Weird) My own posts show up in my Deleted Items folder. Is my machine trying to tell me that what I post is garbage? Anyone have a clue how to fix it? Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:52 AM Subject: Re: Test Thanks Paul. My own posts don`t make it to my machine, but they get replied to. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 9:38 PM Subject: Re: Test - Original Message - From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 7:05 PM Subject: Test Ping Pong
Re: OT: Whines (was: Re: How many musicians?)
Don't forget Ripple, Boones Farm and Annie Green Springs. - Original Message - From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 5:20 PM Subject: Re: OT: Whines (was: Re: How many musicians?) Ahhh, the college days and Old Mr. Mack at 79 cents a quart. Bill
Re: ZX-7, Tamron 28~200 lens
Have a friend who might be interested in the whole package. Need to check w/him this evening. Paul - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:23 PM Subject: FS: ZX-7, Tamron 28~200 lens Hi Gang ... Selling this for a friend who has moved to a digi. Camera and lens are almost like new. Lens is a Tamron AF 28-200f/3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical (IF) Phew! The kit's been used only on a couple of vacation trips, and both the lens and camera have recently been checked. Both camera and lens have all manuals and paperwork, boxes, caps, hood, Pentax strap, and so on. Nothing is missing from this outfit. $175.00 or ? Might make a nice holiday gift for someone, or you can use it yourself. See pic of outfit at: http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/PDMLzx7.html kind regards ... shel
Re: Projector lights as studio light source?
Don't give up on the Leitz yet. Dust build up over the years will sometimes gum up the shaft and bearings on the fan motor. Those little motors don't have a lot of starting torque so if you can take it apart enough to get to the fan motor, spin the shaft and work a little light oil (like sewing machine oil) into the bearings to make sure it's free. Paul - Original Message - From: Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Projector lights as studio light source? Thanks Bill R., Tom R. and Dag for your comments on the projector lights. I have since tried them out. The fan in the Leitz projector didn't work, why I soon had to turn it off at the smell of burnt rubber... I won't be able to use that one, but neither can I make myself dispose of a lens that has Leitz Wetzlar engraved on it. (A Hector 85mm I think). Any suggestions on what use I can make of such a lens? Anyway - yes I think that the remaining Agfa projector will be useful in some ways. I'll see what I can put in front of it to modify the light. I might even pull out some of my slides and show them to someone, or even see if I can use them for a background or something. Project them onto a body? Thanks, Lasse - Original Message - From: Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 7:29 PM Subject: Re: Projector lights as studio light source? I have, for black and white photos. I used the screen as a reflector and got a smooth lighting depending on the size of the image on the screen. With two projectors and two screens you get some control of the light. I didn´t get much light though. Dag På 2. des. 2003 kl. 00.08 skrev Lasse Karlsson: Hi all, As mentioned in another thread I am about to try to set up a small kind of home studio. Cleaning the garage today I found two old slide projectors that I haven't used for many, many years (hardly at all in fact). One is a Leitz Pradovit, the other maybe an Agfa. Has anyone found any meaningful use for slide projector lights in a studio? (The lights are strong (the Leitz one slightly yellowish), however I have no idea what temperature (Kelvin) they are or how films or a digital sensor perceives them.) Thanks, Lasse
Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)
From the December issue of Rangefinder magazine - an article on Gary Gladstone's new book Passing Gas and Other Towns Along the American Highway. Towns mentioned -- Gas, Kansas - a sign at the entrance to the town says If you blink, you're gonna pass Gas. Zero, Montana Fleatown, Ohio Nuttsville, Virginia Rough and Ready, Pennsylvania Fearnot, Pennsylvania - these two are close together - a 1930's newspaper headline Fearnot man marries Rough and Ready woman Hell, Michigan Intercourse, Alabama - (there's one in Pennsylvania, too) French Lick, Indiana Some others Goofy Ridge Ding Dong Difficult Boring Toad Suck Surprise Pig - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated) hahahahahaha, those are too funny Ann! tan. - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:12 AM Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated) Don't forget JU-ANITA, Kansas, kids and in Newfoundland there is a town called Heart's Content not too far from - (really) Dildo. But nothing odd about the pronounciation. annsan, who knows about KAYRO, too
Re: Monterey CA Pentax dealers?
Then that person is obliged to pay the sales tax. - Original Message - From: Anders Hultman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:59 AM Subject: Re: Monterey CA Pentax dealers? On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, graywolf wrote: But how do you know which sale is the final? If you do not have a state sales tax license you pay the tax. What if a business or person with a state sales tax license is the final customer, then? anders - http://anders.hultman.nu/
Re: Way OT:Global warming
http://www.seds.org/billa/psc/pbd.html Paul - Original Message - From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: Re: Way OT:Global warming - Original Message - From: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] I say our benefit because even such cataclysmic disasters as the meteor that hit just off the Yucatan 65 million years ago weren't necessarily bad. Though disastrous to some species, it was an ultimate boon to others, like mammals! We probably owe our existence as a species, at least in some part, to this event. Puts our own existence into context, doesn't it... Jostein the ephemeral...
Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?
Digital...the Devil's handiwork. -P Tim Øsleby wrote: Film as primary medium is no excuse. Digital has no soul and will infect your creative tilt. You should reconsider. Seriously. I'm looking forward to it. I'm expecting more PESO's from you when you don't need to scan. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: 22. desember 2006 23:36 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us? On 12/22/06, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23/12/06, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today we have had 55 days of rain here. Off course it haven't poured down every day, but it has rained. If it continues tomorrow we will touch the 1920 record of raining. Knarf is thinking DSRL. We do live in disturbing times. We are at the other end of the spectrum in Oz, drought and many areas with the lowest rainfall on record, and yes to top it all off Frank is going digital, what is the world coming to? http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/drought/drought.shtml Hey, I'm not abandonning film. Far from it. I intend film will remain my primary medium for serious work (such as it is). At least, that's what I say now... ;-) -frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: ot: HELP! re NEtscape 7.0
Hmmm...an interesting variation on Turducken. The melding of different flavors sounds good. -P ann sanfedele wrote: I went out and did some fun shopping for what I'm making on Christmas night (Monday) A muscovy duck - and stuffing partridge inside... bought fresh in Chinatown for a combined total of $17.00 If I can find someone who will send me one quail I'll put that inside the partridge... I'm only feeding 3 people... Haven't cooked a duck in a while and I love it. ann John Whittingham wrote: I'd assume so, since she says she is using Netscape 7.0 :-) Just checking, you could use any client with Netscape Navigator, not necessarily communicator. With 7.0 and later, Netscape got a lot more aggressive in their mail handling. It used to be the case that you could open up a mail file (not a message - the mail file containing an entire folder) using a text editor, change things around, and write out a new file. Try that with Netscape 7.0 and the folder just seems to vanish from the Netscape folder list; while the file is still there, it presumably fails some consistency check. Not a bad thing in some ways - there were too many ways to abuse the free edit capability - but annoying. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that renaming folders only works if you do it from inside Netscape, too. I've not used Netscape for some time but mail folders generally were saved as text files with the extension *.msf or *.nsf IIRC as stated above so a search on a Windows PC for *.nsf or *.msf would find all files with that extension. It's unlikely that you have lost the information all together it's just not showing up in communicator or whatever they call it these days! Ann - if you did anything (renaming, etc.) outside Netscape, undo it, and then try renaming, etc. from inside the Netscape email window. Oh, just one other thing - make sure your email options are set to show all messages, not show unread messages (that's done in a drop-down box at the top of the folder message list, I believe). As above! John The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: What are you cooking?
Don't know if this helps or not. I grew up in a community that had lots of 1st generation Norwegians and they often referred to lefse as flatbread. -P Blessed are the Norwegians...they drink coffee by the barrel, at fish soaked in lye and ski uphill. Tim Øsleby wrote: I googled to find rutabaga. Now I've googled more, Swedish turnip, is a better translation I believe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga Lefse is also important to many when eating pinnekjøtt. I'm not able to find a translation for that. Jostein, Dag, Pål, please help me. It is important to educate the savages abroad. They live like wild animals ;-) Next lesson is saudehaud aka smalahove, a very refined dish ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Maurer Sent: 23. desember 2006 02:36 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: What are you cooking? I vote for a special Norwegian rule on the PDML: They always have to translate the Norwegian chruesimuesi slang to proper international English as well without asking for. You tried well Tim, but translating kålrotstappe with rutabaga was not really helpful for me ;-) bon appetit Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Øsleby Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 1:49 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: What are you cooking? My Christmas dish is pinnekjøtt, dried mutton ribs, dried and salted. This is far from duck ;-) If you do it the old way, you do it all by yourself. Salt and dry the rib. Nowadays few does this. Before cooking, put it in water over the night. Then you cook it over steam. Using a few drops of water in the bottom of the pan, then you put some birth sticks, and on top of them, the meat. You cook the dish for about four hours. Served with potatoes and kålrotstappe (mashed rutabaga). If you are not at work (I am this year), you drink beer and Akkevit (potatoe brandy). So I'll drink water. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: What are you cooking?
Don't forget the lutefisk after you've buttered the lefse. -P Charles Robinson wrote: On Dec 22, 2006, at 22:06, Paul Sorenson wrote: Don't know if this helps or not. I grew up in a community that had lots of 1st generation Norwegians and they often referred to lefse as flatbread. Heck, we just call it Lefse here in Minnesota! Sometimes, when I have to explain to (for example, my Irish in-laws) what Lefse is, I tell 'em it's a tortilla made out of potatoes. That's probably close to true. Love it, love it, love it. But never with anything more than just butter on it. People who put sugar on it are just wrong. -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: ot: HELP! re NEtscape 7.0
Print screen, the key John mentions copies the entire screen to the clipboard, alt + print screen copies just the open window. -P John Francis wrote: On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 12:58:04PM -0500, ann sanfedele wrote: Next time I ask around for solutions I'll do a screen shot of what it looks like (not that I know how to do that :) ) That's easy(-ish). Somewhere on your keyboard is a key labelled prt sc, or prt scr, or something like that. Pressing that key (and, probably, the shift key as well, if the prt sc key has two different labels on it) will grab a copy of the screen and put it on the clipboard. Then simply fire up your favourite image editor and paste the contents in (very easy if your editor has a command paste as new image, which most of them do). Then just save the image (possibly after cropping it to just the Netscape window), and put it up somewhere folks can see it (you can't post attachments to the PDML). [If you want just the Netscape window, pressing ALT-printscreen while the Netscape window is active copies only that window] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - query for the NYC crowd
Can't help with the local sightseeing, but keep in mind when making your plans that BH will be closed on Saturday. ;) -P Scott Loveless wrote: Plus, a pilgrimage to BH is, of course, a requisite. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Epson roll paper source?
Atlex seems to have a good selection of paper in both sheets and rolls. http://atlex.com/ -P Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Dec 26, 2006, at 11:56 AM, John Celio wrote: Does anyone have a good source for Epson roll papers that are the proper size for a 2200? I usually order from BH, but if you specifically want papers you can go to the Epson website. Also, anyone know the max length one can print on the 2200 without RIP software? I think it's the same as the R2400 ... about 40 inches ... but I'm not sure. I just received an order of Moab 13 x 50' Kayenta Matte finish roll paper. Got to give it a try. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pop goes the Epson 2200
I'd definitely check out the cost to fix it. I recently had problems with my R800 not feeding paper and was thinking replacement. Took it to an Epson recommended service center here in the Milwaukee area and he did a CLA to remove a chip of paper that was blocking the feed sensor. Total cost 40 bucks. All done within 4 hours of when I brought it in. Told me a complete replacement feed mechanism would have only been another $20. Little different problem, obviously, but it wouldn't hurt to check the cost. -P Mat Maessen wrote: On 12/27/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apparently, my granddaughter threw a piece of plastic inside my epson 2200. When my daughter went to print something today, the carriage jammed when it was moving and broke the ribbon that drives it. The printer is five years old. I suppose it's not worth fixing ?? I'm thinking about going out to look for a 2400. Really can't afford it now, but I have a lot of printing to do. Sigh. It's probably not worth paying someone else to fix it for you, but if you're mechanically inclined, you can probably get the necessary parts from Epson. I remember poking around Google a while back and finding online service manuals for a bunch of the Epson inkjet printers. -Mat, who should really replace his 820 one of these months... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Will we have a Netiquette on the PDML next year?
That would be - She Wore A Yellow Ribbon -P ann sanfedele wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: never apoligize, it's a sign of weakness. thank you, John Wayne :) But was it She Wore a Yellow Ribbon or Sands of Iwa Jima? ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Occupations?
Anyone care to share? -- Bachelor's with a Geography major Just short of a Masters in Vocational Education Administration Working life includes: Plumber Flight Instructor/Charter Pilot Technical College Aeronautical Technology Instructor Technical College Department Dean Photographer/Studio Owner Kitchen/Bath Remodeling Contractor Now semi-retired. I've come full circle and work part time for a plumbing service company (mostly Sundays and holidays so I get double-time pay) and photograph a few weddings and anniversary celebrations. Still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up... -P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Occupations?
Aviation is funny that way...it has its most underpaid doing one of the most important jobs...training new, safe, competent pilots. -P Christian wrote: Cory Papenfuss wrote: I hear you. I've got almost 600 hours in my Cherokee 180, and rewarded myself this fall by earning a tailwheel (1939 J-4!) and HP/complex in my buddy's PA24-250. I'd like to work on my commercial but I can't justify the $120+/hour for a complex to train. On a typical fed-up-with-my-career-want-to-do-something-different day a few months ago I looked in to flight school. Sent away for info and talked to a rep at the PanAm flight academy. For roughly US$60k I could get a commercial, multi-engine, instrument instructor rating (the idea is that you teach to get as many hours as possible) with no prior ratings or experience. The tuition and living expense is easy to finance with loans so it was sounding like a good idea. I asked the school's representative what kind of salary a new pilot could expect $18k to $20k So much for my career change... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: “Annie Leibovitz: Life Throug h a Lens.” on PBS
Yes - great stuff. Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Very interesting stuff. Anyone else watching it? http://www.pbs.org/previews/am-leibovitz/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How big is big enough?
Haven't named the drives yet, but my server is Thor - the desktop is Odin. -P Adam Maas wrote: Digital Image Studio wrote: On 06/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for naming one of the drives after me:-). Paul My drives are bandit, jack, minnie and willie -- my dogs and kids, living and dead. Paul On Jan 5, 2007, at 11:10 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: When I got my new Mac I put 2 terabytes of storage in it. John, Paul, George and Ringo. Four 500G drives. I thought that would be a good start. -Brendan You (Mac) guys are a hoot, my server RAID partitions are System, Data, Audio, Images. ;-) Mac guys? My HP Laptop is Leannansidhe, the externals are Fast One and Image Tank. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Two palm trees
Time for this thread to take another tack... -P Jack Davis wrote: Now that's quite a reach. Jack --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arrrgh, that be a rope tied to the bow of me ship, so I can tie her up to the dock. Cap'n Bob Ahar Cap'n. Well done sir. I didn't think you'd have a clew. Perhaps he should take a bow? ...or perhaps knot. Be stern with him. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Ford and Microsoft go wireless
Yeah - I can remember when ordering a heater in your car was an option...presumably if you lived in the southern states you saved a little money if it wasn't included in the car. -P Scott Loveless wrote: Ordering cars with specific options instead of packages used to be common. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - mystery picture and a re-intoduction (I can now post threads again)
New Zealand Easter egg hunt?? -P Alastair Robertson wrote: Hi all I've been at best a part-time list member and long-time digest reader. In the past my work email was overwhelmed by the volume of mail on the list and I had to cancel subscription. Now with a new GMail account, I have plenty of storage in the inbox and can subscribe again. And after a hitch with rich text format destroying my attempts at posting a thread (sorted with the help of Doug), I can finally launch my own threads. This list has provided me with a wealth of information over the years - there's so much collective knowledge and great photogs too. My gear. I have had a bunch of pentax bodies over the years staring with a ME Super, Program A and Super A, MZ5N, *istD, and since last month a K10D. Primes include K24/3.5, M35/3.5, M50/1.4, A50/1.7, FA100/2.8, A*200/2.8, Sigma APO 300/4, zooms 18-35FAJ, FA24-90/4, FA28-70/4, F70-210. Several teleconverters, AF280T, AF140c, AF360FGZ. Mostly I take nature photographs for work - see http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz for examples of this stuff (macro shots of New Zealand soil invertebrates that my wife put together - I take the photos). Thought I would start with a PESO - http://www.pbase.com/kiwibiologist/image/72906411 and a bit of mystery one - you suggest a caption or explanation and we will see whether any knows what's going on in this shot. Just a snap really, but I liked the perverse scene. Alastair Robertson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT- another obsolete piece of electronics in the graywolf's den
Probably a bad electrolytic capacitor in the power supply. -P Jon Myers wrote: Cool! That reminds me... I have a 1947 Silvertone AM/FM pushbutton memory console model radio around here somewhere... powers up but makes a buzzing sound... i've been told it's got a bad capacitor somewhere in it... not too many there, so that shouldn't be TOO hard to hunt down. --- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/TO-Y600.jpg Any of you remember those things? You will notice the great aesthetics (none) of this garden variety snapshot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: What Film Format Is This?
It's 127 format - don't know about other manufacturers, but Kodak made slide film in that format for a period of time. When mounted, they called them *superslides*. Image size is about 38mm x 38mm. -P Mark Cassino wrote: My sister in law asked me to scan some old 35mm slides, which of course is no problem. But I wasn't expecting 35 mm _square_ exposures: http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP2607.jpg That's a modern 35mm exposure on the right. She also had several medium format 6x6 cm slides, probably taken in a TLR of some sort. Are these 35mm square slides some format I never heard of, or are they perhaps crops from medium format transparencies? Fortunately, the Epson flatbed should be able to scan these slides - the Cano-scan would chop off the tops and bottoms. - MCC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Gotta Go ....
Shel - Hope all goes well and you're back in the saddle again soon. -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: The doctor called me yesterday and wants me to go into the hospital for some tests. I'll be leaving in a couple of hours and will be away for a short while. I usually don't put my business on the internet, but I'm a little concerned, and for some odd reason doing so now helps me to feel a little better. Maybe it's because I'm anxious and there's no one to tell right now - gotta wait a few hours to tell friends and family ... I don't do hospitals and illness very well ;-)) So, wish me luck (if you so choose), and I'll see you when I get back. Bye for now. Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti
Actually, it's the Presidential Seal. -P Bob W wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/amwall.html istDS, A50/1.4 @ f/7.1, 1/250 sec hand held, ISO 200 Comments welcome What is that in the foreground? Looks like a seal. Must be the Great Seal of the United States. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - another one from England
Sounds like they've already had their stiff punishment. -P Bob W wrote: That should give them somewhere to hang their wet towels. They must have been inspired by living so close to Winnersh Triangle, and in a Forest school. That sort of Carry On is bound to get the boys' imaginations racing. They can expect a stiff punishment (and the eternal admiration of their peers!), but I hope the school doesn't come down too hard on them. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralf R. Radermacher Sent: 15 January 2007 19:25 To: Pentax Mailingliste Subject: OT - another one from England LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Six British schoolboys were rushed to the hospital after taking the erection-enhancing drug Viagra at lunchtime for a dare, the school said Thursday. Paramedics were called after a fellow student told teachers about the 13-year-olds' prank, a spokesperson for Forest School in Winnersh, in southern England, said. The local education authority said they think the student took the pills from home and brought them to the all-boys school where he shared them with five friends. The school has a no drugs policy and the students likely will face punishment, especially the student who brought the pills into school, the education authority said. Paramedics took the six squirming boys to the nearby Royal Berkshire Hospital, where they were monitored until the effects wore off. The effects of Viagra are typically felt for up to 4 hours, according to viagra.com. +++ ...monitored until the effects wore off. Thanks, Reuters. YMMD :-) Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Web Security Question
Another free FTP free for personal use client is SmartFTP. http://www.smartftp.com/ It will do secure FTP if recognized by your server and, if you have files on more than one site, allows you to log onto multiple servers and transfer directly from server to server. -P Mark Cassino wrote: Boros Attila wrote: They are aplenty, the two most popular are: WinSCP http://winscp.net/ which is completely free, Tunnelier http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier which is free for personal use since version 3.60. Thanks - I'll look into them. I put in a Trouble Ticket with my Webhost this morning asking about how how to assure that uploads are secure, but have yet to hear a reply. I spent some time digging through my access logs today and determined that I stumbled into the rogue files about 3 hours after they were uploaded - and things seem to have been quiet since then (although thousands of porn sites are requesting files from the now deleted directory.) I have the IP address that uploaded them - I did some pretty aggressive stuff (with help from someone who knew what he was doing) with the .htaccess file in my blog's directory. I may just ban this whole range of IP addresses from the site for good and forever. - MCC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Airport X-ray Advice
They'll usually tell you that up to 400 or 800 ISO is OK to run through the carry-on scanner, so I usually throw a roll of 1600 in the bag, tell the screener and ask (plead) to have it hand checked. -P skye wrote: On 1/17/07, Gabriel Cain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: skye wrote: Will an Xray-proof bag work in checked luggage or not? Thanks, No, they'll either turn up the x-rays until it DOES work, or pull your bag for extra inspection. Clear zip-lock through carry-on is by far the safest way for your film. 135 should be out of the film cans, and 120/220 in its normal way. As another poster commented, keeping that zip-lock in a black bag would be prudent. Gabriel Ah, *now* I get it. Thanks, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Another fishy PESO
Nice shot of the panel - looks like you were level at 9.5 - at least for 1/30 sec. ;] -P Cory Papenfuss wrote: Cory Papenfuss wrote: Kenneth's fish on the rocks PESO reminded me of one of my favorite uses for my 8mm Peleng... in the airplane. One of the few ways to get a feeling of the view. Unprocessed (other than RAW conversion) http://www.ee.vt.edu/~mythtv/PESO/5/ Interesting picture. Based on what look like wing struts, I'd say it's a Cessna of some sort... the fisheye makes it look all rounded though, like a homebuilt Glassair or something. If only the interior exposure was a little brighter. Still very cool. Nice straight and level flight - even the camera was level! It's the *other* Volkswagen of the sky... a Piper Cherokee. Getting the rounded view is kinda a bugger since I have to lean over to exactly the middle while still holding attitude. I don't know how many times I've had to fix my altitude and stuff after getting the camera/lens combo ready for a shot. I don't want my pilot friends to notice that I'm at 8850' instead of 9000' like I'm supposed to be... A couple other wild fishies while I was bored flying on the way back: Yoke's-eye-view of the panel: http://www.ee.vt.edu/~mythtv/PESO/5/imgp6779.jpg Rudder's-eye-view of the pilot: http://www.ee.vt.edu/~mythtv/PESO/5/imgp6784.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Help! R2400 printing problem persists
Seems like it frequently happens that way. I was in the middle of printing Christmas gifts the morning of Friday, Dec. 22 when my R800 refused to feed paper. Fortunately, there's an Epson service center about 15 minutes from home. They had it repaired and back in my hands by 3:00 PM. -P Paul Stenquist wrote: Bad timing for an equipment failure. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to GFM
Bill - The Google route looks pretty good for the midwest. Your first bottleneck will be Minneapolis/St Paul, but if you hit it in the middle of the day you should be OK - avoid morning and evening rush hour. You can avoid Chicago altogether by taking I-39 from Rockford, IL down to Bloomington/Normal, then I-74 across to Indianapolis. If you don't mind going by way of Chicago, don't go through downtown like the map shows. Zoom in on the Chicago area and catch the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) which will take you around the city and hook back to I-94 again on the south side. Try to hit Chicago at mid-day. Rush hour, AM PM, is a bitch. Again, if you don't mind the Chicago traffic, when you get to Madison, go east to Milwaukee and we can probably find a spot for you on a couch for the night. If you can swing it, a Garmin C330 GPS would be invaluable. Good detail to the map, excellent directions and good route recalculation if you miss a turn. The map is pre-loaded and covers all of the US and the southern tier of the Canadian provinces. They've been selling for around 300USD around here. Let me know if you have any other questions. -P William Robb wrote: Hi List; When I travelled to GFM in 05, I braved the world of airlines and airport security, rental cars and supplementary insurance. From this, I learned a couple of things. I'm too much of a buffoon to do well with Minneapolis' airport and the whole security thang. It will cost me enough less to drive to make 6 days in a car worthwhile. So, I am planning on driving to GFM this time. With this in mind, I am looking for route advice, as I have never driven through the heavily populated eastern USA. If you check a googley map, http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8hl=enq=tab=il and note I am starting from the vicinity of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, can anyone suggest a quick but safe route, and give me some hints about places to avoid, what would be the gentlest route, and the like? I expect that the Interstate highways would make it the quickest, but I would prefer to avoid large urban areas. Thanks for any advice you can give. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Coffee Grinder
Some friends have the Cuisinart bur grinder, which I covet, and they rave about it. http://www.cuisinshop.com/cuissupgrina.html Most places sell them for about $50, not the $80 MSRP. -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: I have to replace my coffee grinder, so I'm asking everyone who may grind their own beans what grinder they may have and if they are satisfied with it. I want to get a burr grinder, not one with a rotating blade. I've had my Braun for 30+ years (You'd think they could build a product that would last! LOL), and what I like about it is that the grind is adjustable from extra fine to quite coarse, it's simple to operate, and takes up very little counter space. It's a bit noisy, however, so a quieter machine would be very nice. Small is better than big. Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to GFM
I guess nothing takes the place of common sense and awareness. ;] -P Norm Baugher wrote: A few years back when I was living in Germany, some guy in his Mercedes drove into the river, the Sat Nav didn't show that the bridge was out due to construction Norm Bob W wrote: Sat Nav over here is notorious for leading people up one way streets, across people's back gardens and through shops. I had a good argument a couple of years ago with some cretin who was putting too much trust in his sat nav and trying to drive down my street, which has a locked barrier at one end. He seemed to think that because his sat nav didn't show the barrier, he had a right to try and force it open to drive through. Cretin. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT Rename4mac etc
Dave - You might look at JAlbum. There is a version compiled for Windows only and a cross-platform version that requires Java...and it's free. http://jalbum.net/ Paul David J Brooks wrote: Thanks to Cotty for the link to renamer4mac. It works just like ckremname on my PC, except for 1 small extra step. No big deal. Now, if i can find a mad4mac web page maker. I tried iview last fall but wasn't to fond of it. Mind you it was a version for the PC. Anyone have something i they use, that would do a similar page that Breeze Browser does. See my site to see what BB does. Freeeware or purchase is fine. I'm at my wits end today with WinBlows, AV software etc. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pinhole photography conference (was: Zero Image)
Two-faced stone cold...got an ex-wife like that. ;{
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The first one reminds me of some of my ex-girlfriends.
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Re: OT: Wish Me Luck
Best of luck on this, Paul. Any man that beats on a woman should die a slow, painful death. Let's hope our legal system will see this guy for what he is and settle the case in your favor. -P Paul Stenquist wrote: The nightmare had become reality. Late Friday a United States Marshall came to our front door with legal papers served for Grace's father. He's an unemployed alcoholic, part-time drug dealer who lives near Edinburg, Scotland. But like all citizens of the Uk, he's entitled to free legal aid. So when my daughter, who was tired of being beaten and locked in an apartment, fled Scotland with Grace, he sought legal aid. He doesn't really want Grace. He wants to punish my daughter for leaving him. But the UK legal aid system is monstrous. They were able to retain the best law firm in Michigan to represent him. The law firm evidently was able to pull some strings. We weren't served papers until Friday night for a Monday court appearance. The first lawyer my daughter talked to wanted a 20K US retainer just to show up. Luckily, I have some friends in law as well. I eventually found a very aggressive young woman lawyer who will represent us tomorrow. I still have to come up with a six K retainer, but that's better than twenty K. I think the Brits and their social welfare state should go directly to hell. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Wish Me Luck
While I agree that this happens all too often, sometimes the little guys *do* win. This one took on BASF. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=581631 -P keith_w wrote: When did that nicety show up in the U.S. jurisprudence system? Almost without exception, you get a FAR better deal, and a more fair deal, if you can afford the high priced law firms to take your case. Unfortunately, I've seen the reverse happen too often, as well, where the bad guys who can afford high priced representation get off scot-free. Nevertheless, if the average person in legal trouble can afford it, his chances of ending up with a more reasonable decision are increased in direct proportion to his ability to pay for assistance. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: web pages
If you have a domain and host your pages on Earthlink you can limit access using both User ID and Password. But...it costs about $20/month for the hosting plus the annual fee for the domain name. -P J wrote: Is there a way of password protecting photos on Photo.net, so that only people who have the password can view them. Or there is another web page or hosting company that this can done..Thanks Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: POLL - Computer Screen Size Resolution
Responses interspersed. -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: Since there has been a rather interesting and lively discussion in a couple of other threads discussing computer screen size and resolution, it may be time to poll the topic again. 1) What size screen do you use 17 2) What resolution do you prefer? 1024x760 3) What's the largest size image that you can see on your screen without undue scrolling? This would have to take into consideration real estate eaten up by the browser. 800x568 4) What minimum/maximum size images do you prefer to look at? 800(H) - 600(V) 5) If you had to scroll to see an entire image, would you be less inclined to view additional images from that poster? Yes - unless they held something of great interest for me Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: multiple photo printing software for MAC?
Something like FotoFusion would do exactly what you need, but I don't know if they have a MAC version. You can check it out... http://www.lumapix.com/StagingArea/Lumapix/index.shtml? -P Brendan MacRae wrote: I should have mentioned that it should also be a color managed app. that will allow color profiles to be selected. My bad... -Brendan --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that you can use MS word for this. The results are not too bad. Brendan MacRae wrote: I'm in need of software for my Mac that will layout and print images in a variety of sizes and configurations on a single sheet of paper. I've been surfing around but most I find look pretty cheeseball to me. Any recommendations? I have seen the stuff from Express Digital but I believe they are XP only. Thanks. -Brendan Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Pentax sighting
Watching a movie last night called *The Man* starring Samuel L Jackson. The camera being used for mug shots was a Pentax - probably an istD, but I didn't get a good look at the logo side to say for sure. -P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Web Hosting: PBase or Photo.net?
Porta includes a Flash option called SimpleViewer, which is an iteration of Godfrey's Autoviewer. When you first view the site it offers the option of viewing in HTML if you don't have Flash installed. There is a bug in the SimpleViewer crop/fit options for thumbnails - if you choose fit the program errors out and closes. Either the crop option or no thumbnails option work fine. You can run Porta on Linux using Wine. An example is here... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/calbirthday/ -P Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 10, 2007, at 12:03 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: You posted two galleries before the cheapskate thread, both of which used a horizontal format. One was the window mannequins, the other was mostly (or completely) of trees, iirc. I thought those were with some template that you used. In any case, those presentations were simple, direct, easy to maneuver through AH, you're thinking about the Flash presentation software, Autoviewer by Airtight. Yes, that's a free utility available from http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/autoviewer/ It does require some setup editing and it requires that you have a web server somewhere to put your photos on to use it. Once you do, however, it can be pretty easy to just load pictures and the associated XML control file as desired. I've got it in use on my photo website in most of the recent collections ... for instance, on http://www.gdgphoto.com/TOF/index.html there's a link to an Autoviewer presentation of the images just below the words Thumbnail Gallery. Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
April in Milwaukee
A quick snap of Milwaukee weather... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/quickpage/quickpage.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: April in Milwaukee
I don't know..15 years ago I moved to Phoenix and bought a photo studio. After 14 months I missed snow and green grass, so I sold the studio and moved back to WI. At least there will be green grass in Huntington Beach. ;} -P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend of mine is moving from Madison to Huntington Beach, California. I'm sure he and his wife won't miss the weather. Jim A. A quick snap of Milwaukee weather... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/quickpage/quickpage.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: April in Milwaukee
I generally don't mind it either, but this stuff is that heavy, wet snow that clogs snow blowers and if you try to shovel it, it's a heart attack waiting to happen. ;] Looks pretty, though...the way it clings to the tree branches. Daytime temps will be edging toward 50F by the weekend so I don't expect it to last long. -P Tom C wrote: Cool. I can never have enough snow. In our area of Idaho it was in the mid-70's last week. Earlier this week in the 30's with sleet all day yesterday and the previous night. Temps below freezing at night. Tom C. From: Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Subject: April in Milwaukee Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:17:28 -0500 A quick snap of Milwaukee weather... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/quickpage/quickpage.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: April in Milwaukee
I'm envious of you - I'd like to be going on those mountain tours. Looking forward to seeing some more photos from them. -P Markus Maurer wrote: Incredibly, we have more than 20 degrees in the next days and had a very sunny easter weekend. For photographic reason only (my calendar 2008 project) I would have liked some more snow days in the city . But I do like the coming sunny days for my Swiss mountain tours finally starting next week! Greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Sorenson Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:17 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: April in Milwaukee A quick snap of Milwaukee weather... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/quickpage/quickpage.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10D or SD-card error - please help/offer advice!
Just for kicks, try re-formatting the card in the camera and see if the problem still exists. -P Jens Bladt wrote: Problem solved. It's a faulty card: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/457895754/ Regards Jens I get images like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/457866307/ Please read the discription and tell mw what you think. Thanks in advance. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/759 - Release Date: 04/12/2007 19:58 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Threatened over a photo title
What a crock of crap!! Anyone who takes issue like that has to be pretty damn insecure about the value of what they're producing. Add that to the long list of so-called reality shows that I won't be watching this fall. -P Paul Stenquist wrote: Heck, it's not even a title. It was a request for critique. There are some aggressive young women out there lying in wait. Check out the critiques here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5628194size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Distortion
Change the page name to *distort.html* and it'll work. -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Peter, I'll check on it on my next pass and see if there's some problem. It seems to have come up for others - maybe there's something that corrupted the page somehow. Of course, I'm always surprised that anything to do with computers works LOL Shel [Original Message] From: P. J. Alling I can't seem to load the page, which is interesting since I seem to be able to load my own earthlink pages. Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/distortion.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Distortion
You're welcome...I have an Earthlink account similar to yours, so I knew how to show the folder contents, although without the password, of course, everything remains read-only. Your solution was a good one...you might want to do it with your other account, too. ;} -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: Yes, I figured how Sorenson did it, and decided that I didn't want people to have free access to my web pages. This'll at least slow such things down a bit. I suppose I've been too lax with even the most rudimentary security and privacy measures. No more ... Thanks, Paul. Shel [Original Message] From: Digital Image Studio Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hmmm ... how could that have happened? I wonder if while mucking around I may have inadvertently changed something. BTW, how'd you discover that? I used the following URL which allowed a free browsing of the web site directories however now there is appears to be a rudimentary index page in place so browsing is no longer possible. http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: a flower for Shel - GDG
'Nother one... http://www.studio1941.com/chicago_aug_2006/ds2_imgp0830.htm -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: Awww, shucks ... Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Something about people shooting more flowers now with digital than they did with film? I dunno. Flowers are easy game... and it costs nothing to shoot a bunch of them ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/flower-for-shel.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Studio lighting
I have three AlienBees and am pretty happy with them. They're fairly inexpensive, well made. I use them w/umbrellas, sometimes shoot-through and sometimes reflecting. Here's their URL... http://www.alienbees.com/ -P Scott Loveless wrote: Howdy, gang! The wife and I have been talking about doing a little studio portraiture and were wondering if we could solicit a few opinions from the sanitari..PDML. We need to be able to set it up and take it down quickly. We also need to be able to store it as compactly as possible. Our initial thoughts were to start simple - a 53 roll of white seamless, stands for the roll, and a couple lights with either umbrellas or soft boxes. A single light and a reflector may suit our needs, too. I'd rather not deal with the heat from tungsten lights, so it's either fluorescent continuous lighting or monoblocks. Current plans are to photograph the kids a lot, guests when they'll allow it, and a few models for some projects I'm considering. One or two people in the frame should be typical. As far as environment goes, we have 9 foot ceilings and enough space to move the camera up to about 20 feet from the sitter. Our house is almost a shotgun style, so width of the backdrop is an issue. Anything wider than 6' would be problematic unless I moved a lot of furniture around. Windows face northeast and northwest Anyone care to offer an opinion about brands, continuous vs. strobe, watt seconds, etc? Thanks! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Ground Cover Question
How about checking with a moving company to see if they have a smallish mover's blanket they will well to you. They're nicely padded. -P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have some pics in mind that I'd like to take close to the ground. Like with me laying flat. I am an old lady with sort of bad knees, so crouching is out. Laying down isn't. So I've been thinking of putting a blanket in the car. Well, yes, its partly a clothing issue -- not get them all messed up. But is also partly a comfort issue -- some places very soon here in California will have dry grass, prickly grass. I want some padding. Has anyone ever made a sort of blanket that can fold up small into a small duffle with a shoulder strap? There must be something like that somewhere, I would think. Input welcome. Marnie aka Doe ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Ground Cover Question
That should have been *sell to you*. -P Paul Sorenson wrote: How about checking with a moving company to see if they have a smallish mover's blanket they will well to you. They're nicely padded. -P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have some pics in mind that I'd like to take close to the ground. Like with me laying flat. I am an old lady with sort of bad knees, so crouching is out. Laying down isn't. So I've been thinking of putting a blanket in the car. Well, yes, its partly a clothing issue -- not get them all messed up. But is also partly a comfort issue -- some places very soon here in California will have dry grass, prickly grass. I want some padding. Has anyone ever made a sort of blanket that can fold up small into a small duffle with a shoulder strap? There must be something like that somewhere, I would think. Input welcome. Marnie aka Doe ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Unsubscribing Soon
Kmail supports IMAP, POP3 and SMTP. Or try Thunderbird...it's supported by Windows, Mac OS X and Linux -P Brian Walters wrote: OK - I'll look into this. I'm using a web based service (Bluebottle) for PDML. I can't set up subject-based filters through the web interface but the service allows fetching mail via email clients like Eudora and (hopefully) KMail. I'll experiment and see what happens. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Can you? I can block certain email addresses (not that I have, yet) but I'm not sure that I'm able to block a specific thread. And it's been one thread that's caused the innundation of mail in the last couple of days. Sure. I use Eudora for one of my addresses as my email application. I can set up filters that will search the address, subject line message body, either individually or all together, for defined content (eg. aperture simulator, HDTV, a certain persons name etc) and any offending message will be transferred to the bit bucket or a specified folder. I can also set up similar filters at the server level via the webmail interface. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Flamingos on parade!
You could put it in a window box... -P Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 21, 2007, at 5:58 AM, Bob Shell wrote: Folks with white hair must have set up an organization called Lawn Flamingos Unlimited. Hey, I resent that! I've had white hair for years and I have never in my life owned a fake flamingo, a garden gnome, fake geese, or any of the other popular lawn decorations. I don't own a lawn. Why would I want a lawn decoration? G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich
Paul's suggestion is pretty much my choice, too. Use rye bread w/caraway seeds. I'm not a fan of straight horseradish, so I mix it w/the mayo to get a tangy spread, change the cheddar to colby-jack cheese, no pickles on the sandwich, but a really good kosher dill on the side. Onions...definitely. -P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm partial to roast beef on rye with mayo, horseradish and pickles. A thin slice of cheddar is also good. Ditto, very thin onion slices. Paul -- Original message -- From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK gang, this may be one of the strangest questions asked on the PDML in quite a while, and might give the list a few chuckles. Apart from one sandwich in 1957, I've never had a roast beef sandwich. I've eaten a wide variety of food in many different countries, but never a roast beef sandwich. Yesterday I was gifted with a half pound of very nice looking roast beef, nicely sliced, and ready to go between two slices of bread. However, I haven't a clue about a dressing. I recall that roast beef goes well with horseradish, maybe mustard, but beyond that I haven't a clue. What dressings and accompaniments might you suggest for a nice, tasty roast beef sandwich. Thanks for any and all ideas, Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Summer Home by the Sea.
Link? -p P. J. Alling wrote: This is something of a local Icon. This little summer shack is pretty much the last of it's kind in this area. I'm firmly of the opinion that any home built within 100 yards of the Ocean should be considered disposable. Apparently no one else agrees with me. Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax F 35-70mm f3.5~4.5 BW conversion using Fotomatic BW Plus/Red Filter applied. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Another Stupid Sign
And another... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/quickpage/quickpage.htm -p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another Stupid Sign in our ongoing multi-photographer series of stupid signs. :-) I couldn't get the bottom of the canyon and the sign in the same shot. You can barely see it behind the bush. Suffice it to say if you did do it, it would kill you. http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/nojump.htm I am a sick human being, so I found it funny. Only later did I figure out the sign might not be QUITE as stupid as it seemed. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Metz Flash
Interesting - don't see it listed on BH or Adorama yet. -p Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu wrote: On 9/19/07, Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was a discussion some time ago about a Metz flash for the K10D and other DSLRs from Pentax, the 58AF 1P. Technikdirect has it now for 300 euro, shipping in 1 to 2 days. http://www.technikdirekt.de/main/en/foto/fotodigital/blitzgeraete-zubehoer/176029/-/Article.html? -- Frits Wüthrich -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: An oddity
Seattle Film Works, Dale Labs and others were re-spooling EastmanColor 5254 and 5247 movie stock. It has a black anti-halation coating that is removed as part of the developing process. If you run it through a mini-lab it will ruin the chemistry, gunk up the rollers and probably ruin any other film that gets processed before anything is cleaned. It prints with a whole different filter pack as compared to other common color negative films. -p Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Seattle Film Works sold respooled movie film. It wasn't horrible but it also wasn't C41 process or intended for standard photofinishers' use. It was designed for printing onto movie stock for a positive and no one had the setups for it. I don't know what John's customer had, but I'd just call them and see if they would come in with the index print again so you can identify the frames. PITA but weird stuff happens... ! Godfrey On Sep 20, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: If I remember, Seattle Film Works used to sell film occasionally without edge numbering. But I think it was a glitch. It was terrible film, I shot four rolls of it in Washington State back in 1990. Just awful color. Otherwise, no, never seen that before with any maker, Kodak, Fuji, Agfa, or Ilford. -Brendan --- John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I run a photo mini-lab. I've mentioned that before. I had a customer come in yesterday, wanting re-prints from some negatives. They'd been processed by another store in our chain, and she had the index print. I wrote down the frame numbers from the index print and how many of each she wanted on the inside flap of one of our 4x6 print wallets and left it for my relief to print. Got to work today, and there's a note that there's no numbers so the lab operator didn't know what to print. Before I started making a fuss, I looked at the negatives, and lo behold, there's no edge print whatsoever; no frame numbers, no film identifiers ... NADA! Had to have been C-41 film, 'cause that's all our labs do. Looked like regular 35 mm, but there's nothing on the negative except the customer's images. Anyone have thoughts on this? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ __ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Processing very old color movie film?
John - Unless you are *very* sure that the film has run all the way to the end, don't open the camera except in a darkroom or changing bag. Super 8 will be in a cartridge - standard 8mm is really double 8 - 16mm film w/8mm sprocket holes on a 25 ft reel. You exposed one side of it, then flipped it over to expose the other side. When processed, the lab slit it down the middle and spliced it to make one 8mm x 50 ft roll. If it's double 8, unless it's completely on one of the in-camera reels, you run the risk of losing several feet if you open it in the light. Once it's completely on one reel it's OK to remove in subdued light. -p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My dad found an old movie camera recently, and he is almost completely certain it contains unprocessed color movie film of my mom bringing me home from the hospital shortly after I was born in 1978. I know from experience at the lab I used to work at, that old color film rarely produces worthwhile results when processed, but my parents really want to try with this stuff. I'm not getting my hopes up, but it would be neat to see if anything came out. Does anyone know of any companies in the US that might be able to process this film? Here's what I know about it: - It's nearly 29 years old. - It is most likely color. - It's been stored in dark, cool places most of it's life. I don't know the brand, format (best guess is Kodak 8mm, since my dad has a couple reels of that stuff in other boxes) or any other technical details. The film is still in the camera, so I may be able to learn more by checking any settings on the camera itself. Any ideas or leads would be much appreciated. John Celio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Chicago PDML and Adobe Max 2007 Conference
Here's a full view of the Bean, to give you an idea of it... http://www.studio1941.com/chicago_aug_2006/ds2_imgp0822.htm A gallery of Millennium Park is here... http://www.studio1941.com/chicago_aug_2006/index.htm -p Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Are you familiar with The Bean, the enormous shiny metal jellybean sculpture in Chicago? No, not at all. I find all the curvi stuff and its reflection in the shiny thing puzzling to sort out, visually. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Chicago PDML and Adobe Max 2007 Conference
Thanks, Bob -p Bob Sullivan wrote: Paul, Excellent shots of 'The Bean' for context on Mark's shot. You should also add some of the Water Tower sculpture. Regards, Bob S. On 10/2/07, Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a full view of the Bean, to give you an idea of it... http://www.studio1941.com/chicago_aug_2006/ds2_imgp0822.htm A gallery of Millennium Park is here... http://www.studio1941.com/chicago_aug_2006/index.htm -p Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Are you familiar with The Bean, the enormous shiny metal jellybean sculpture in Chicago? No, not at all. I find all the curvi stuff and its reflection in the shiny thing puzzling to sort out, visually. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Last night I dreamed about Mark Roberts..
Must have been heading for Meigs Field on the lakefront. Here's what it looked like before Mayor Daley had it attacked by bulldozers under cover of darkness and police protection to make sure no-one interfered. (Not my pix) http://www.pbase.com/thh/image/35125831 -p ann sanfedele wrote: that got your attention, huh? one of the last things I looked at on line were a couple more of Marks shots from (my home town of) Chicago Then I turned on the Tv (watching old movies and tv shows is what I need to fall asleep) and an old WALKER, TEXAS RANGER show came on. It starred Chuck Norris. I kept thinking how much Norris looked like someone I knew -- but who was it? Then it hit me... and I dozed off a while later... don't remember seeing the end of the show. ( I was going to post one of my shots of Mark from GFM and post a link to Norris but things of greater necessity are piling up around me and it is Scrabble club night... ) anyway, I woke this morning actually remembring the most recent dream which was Mark and I in a cab in Chicago - dashing to get to a small airport... that looked curiously like one of his fish eye shots - the cab driver was muddled and we decided we would get there faster by getting out of the cab and walking across streets rather than the cab having to manouvre in traffic -- just like a zillion movies we have all seen of like things in NY. I woke as we were arriving at the airport and looking for the little plane that would take us somewhere we were going to shoot - I vaguely remember discussing with him in the dream that it had to be a small airport because we were going some where in the boondocks... ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Last night I dreamed about Mark Roberts..
Not entirely true, Grasshopper. A search of the NTSB General Aviation accident statistics for the four years 1998 - 2001 (the latest I was able to find) indicated only two aviation accidents in the Chicago area. One was clearly pilot error - the pilot was attempting to take off using less than full power; the other was of an indeterminate cause but runway length was more than adequate for the aircraft involved, a Beech King Air 200. As for the winds, you simply had to be competent at crosswind take-offs and landings and know the limitations of your piloting skills and the aircraft you're flying. *Most* aviation accidents are attributable to pilot error; errors in judgment and attempting to continue flight beyond the limits of your skills as an aviator. If that happens to occur during the take-off or landing phase of your flight, you can't really blame the airport. -p Aviation, to an even greater extent than the sea, is terribly unforgiving of any incapacity, carelessness, or neglect. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course Meigs was super dangerous. I think the accident rate was double the norm due to short runways and high winds. And it was a security nightmare. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Last night I dreamed about Mark Roberts..
Interspersed... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Grasshopper? How juvenile. Not a Kung Fu fan, huh? Sit back, have another cup of coffee and don't get your feathers ruffled at my feeble attempt at humor. Two accidents in four years at an airport that is within half a mile of skyscrapers is two too many. Both of these accidents occurred on the ground, not in flight. I doubt they would have been able to taxi to any of these skyscrapers to do any damage. As a longtime Chicago resident, I'm very familiar with Meigs' reputation. As a longtime professional pilot so am I... Several local pilots I knew would have nothing to do with it. Apparently they were intelligent pilots and knew their limitations. Many pilots of single engine aircraft didn't like to fly into Meigs because the traffic pattern and approaches required that you spend a lot of time over Lake Michigan regardless of whether you were using runway 18 or 36. Approaching and departing traffic, whether single or multi-engine, was *never* routed over the city. -p Paul Paul Sorenson wrote: Not entirely true, Grasshopper. A search of the NTSB General Aviation accident statistics for the four years 1998 - 2001 (the latest I was able to find) indicated only two aviation accidents in the Chicago area. One was clearly pilot error - the pilot was attempting to take off using less than full power; the other was of an indeterminate cause but runway length was more than adequate for the aircraft involved, a Beech King Air 200. As for the winds, you simply had to be competent at crosswind take-offs and landings and know the limitations of your piloting skills and the aircraft you're flying. *Most* aviation accidents are attributable to pilot error; errors in judgment and attempting to continue flight beyond the limits of your skills as an aviator. If that happens to occur during the take-off or landing phase of your flight, you can't really blame the airport. -p Aviation, to an even greater extent than the sea, is terribly unforgiving of any incapacity, carelessness, or neglect. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course Meigs was super dangerous. I think the accident rate was double the norm due to short runways and high winds. And it was a security nightmare. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Signing Photo's
Dave - I sometimes use the the imprinter that's left over from when I had my studio, and hot stamp them w/gold leaf. A simpler and easier alternative is to create a brush in PhotoShop that includes your name and, if you want, the copyright symbol and year. You can resize it as needed if you want to adjust the signature size to the size of the print and set it for any color you want. This works in PS Elements as well as the full PS. Here's a tutorial on how to create it courtesy of David Ziser... http://tinyurl.com/259g5f http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=prkjv5bab.0.mwxlv5bab.h6v4qyn6.9872p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalprotalk.com%2FDAZ+Media%2FLesson+2+-+Signature+Brush%2FSignature+Brush+Lesson.html -p David J Brooks wrote: For those that do sign their work, what pen(s) do you use. I notice a lot of my fellow equine photographers sign the sale print, some were that can be seen, but not to distractiong for the photo. To show Copyright notices as explained to me., Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Slightly OT: Right clicked images find there way home
Dave - Try using JAlbum as your gallery generator - the one Scott is using for the PUG gallery. Right clicking on the image only gets you the link to previous, index page or next image. At least, that's the way it works w/Firefox 2.0.0.8. -p David J Brooks wrote: Nope, does not work in the BBPro web pages. I tried it in several locations in the head, and i still get the save picture as pop ups. Dave On 10/13/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, drop this line into the head of any web page. body oncontextmenu=return false; That will do it as best as you can. Here is a simple HTML: --code starts below this line-- !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN html head meta http-equiv=content-type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 body oncontextmenu=return false; titleA Picture/title /head body bgcolor=black pfont color=blackI suck!!/font/p center pimg src=shim1.gif width=1 height=1/p pimg src=nytimes.jpg/p pimg src=shim1.gif width=1 height=16/p /center /body /html -code ends above this line- Note where I located the line mentioned. Now go here and try to save the picture using either right click or keyboard shorcuts. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/nytimes.html This will stop the casual web browser. As has been mentioned before, nothing can stop the serious people who are intent on grabbing your content no matter what. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Slightly OT: Right clicked images find there way home
The latest version of JAlbum is 7.3. It will resize the images for you and the Chameleon skin has a watermark function so all you need to do externally is re-name the files. -p David J Brooks wrote: Himm. I have a version here on the ibook, but maybe i'll down load on for the PC and see what it does. I could always use CKRename for rnaming, then irfanview for resize and water marking, then drag the smaller pictures into jalbum. Might be worth a try, and a different look for 2008 Dave On 10/20/07, Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave - Try using JAlbum as your gallery generator - the one Scott is using for the PUG gallery. Right clicking on the image only gets you the link to previous, index page or next image. At least, that's the way it works w/Firefox 2.0.0.8. -p David J Brooks wrote: Nope, does not work in the BBPro web pages. I tried it in several locations in the head, and i still get the save picture as pop ups. Dave On 10/13/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, drop this line into the head of any web page. body oncontextmenu=return false; That will do it as best as you can. Here is a simple HTML: --code starts below this line-- !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN html head meta http-equiv=content-type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 body oncontextmenu=return false; titleA Picture/title /head body bgcolor=black pfont color=blackI suck!!/font/p center pimg src=shim1.gif width=1 height=1/p pimg src=nytimes.jpg/p pimg src=shim1.gif width=1 height=16/p /center /body /html -code ends above this line- Note where I located the line mentioned. Now go here and try to save the picture using either right click or keyboard shorcuts. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/nytimes.html This will stop the casual web browser. As has been mentioned before, nothing can stop the serious people who are intent on grabbing your content no matter what. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Slightly OT: Right clicked images find there way home
H...I just tried it w/55 6mp images and it took less than a minute. The only thing I didn't do was add a watermark, but I can't imagine that would add a lot of time to the process. -p David J Brooks wrote: On 10/20/07, Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The latest version of JAlbum is 7.3. It will resize the images for you and the Chameleon skin has a watermark function so all you need to do externally is re-name the files. I tried that on the ibbok version. I dragged about 200 full size photos into the album, and hit the generate button. The time shows 5 hours to make the album. Thats when i gave up on it. Dave -p David J Brooks wrote: Himm. I have a version here on the ibook, but maybe i'll down load on for the PC and see what it does. I could always use CKRename for rnaming, then irfanview for resize and water marking, then drag the smaller pictures into jalbum. Might be worth a try, and a different look for 2008 Dave On 10/20/07, Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave - Try using JAlbum as your gallery generator - the one Scott is using for the PUG gallery. Right clicking on the image only gets you the link to previous, index page or next image. At least, that's the way it works w/Firefox 2.0.0.8. -p David J Brooks wrote: Nope, does not work in the BBPro web pages. I tried it in several locations in the head, and i still get the save picture as pop ups. Dave On 10/13/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, drop this line into the head of any web page. body oncontextmenu=return false; That will do it as best as you can. Here is a simple HTML: --code starts below this line-- !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN html head meta http-equiv=content-type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 body oncontextmenu=return false; titleA Picture/title /head body bgcolor=black pfont color=blackI suck!!/font/p center pimg src=shim1.gif width=1 height=1/p pimg src=nytimes.jpg/p pimg src=shim1.gif width=1 height=16/p /center /body /html -code ends above this line- Note where I located the line mentioned. Now go here and try to save the picture using either right click or keyboard shorcuts. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/nytimes.html This will stop the casual web browser. As has been mentioned before, nothing can stop the serious people who are intent on grabbing your content no matter what. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Slightly OT: Right clicked images find there way home
Oops...you're right. But it does make you have to do more than just right click and save. ;} And you do have to be a little more computer literate to follow through on it.. -p P. J. Alling wrote: Right click on it in Firefox call up properties and it gives you the address of the image. Highlight that copy and paste into the address location bar and hit enter, and viola, (an oversize violin). you have the image already for saving to your hard drive. Paul Sorenson wrote: Dave - Try using JAlbum as your gallery generator - the one Scott is using for the PUG gallery. Right clicking on the image only gets you the link to previous, index page or next image. At least, that's the way it works w/Firefox 2.0.0.8. -p David J Brooks wrote: Nope, does not work in the BBPro web pages. I tried it in several locations in the head, and i still get the save picture as pop ups. Dave On 10/13/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, drop this line into the head of any web page. body oncontextmenu=return false; That will do it as best as you can. Here is a simple HTML: --code starts below this line-- !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN html head meta http-equiv=content-type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 body oncontextmenu=return false; titleA Picture/title /head body bgcolor=black pfont color=blackI suck!!/font/p center pimg src=shim1.gif width=1 height=1/p pimg src=nytimes.jpg/p pimg src=shim1.gif width=1 height=16/p /center /body /html -code ends above this line- Note where I located the line mentioned. Now go here and try to save the picture using either right click or keyboard shorcuts. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/nytimes.html This will stop the casual web browser. As has been mentioned before, nothing can stop the serious people who are intent on grabbing your content no matter what. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - MIsty Morning
Kind of spooky - good fit for a Hallowe'en weekend. -p frank theriault wrote: Still not sure about this one; sometimes I don't like it, sometimes it's okay, sometimes it's better than okay. Any thoughts? http://tinyurl.com/34srg3 http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RxyWRFjUSXI/A1M/gqjX5arUvnU/s1600-h/oct_22+006.jpg cheers and thanks, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Up the Hard Way
My best to you and her, Paul. I lost my mother in August, just a couple weeks before her 89th birthday. Sometimes it's hard to put aside our own impending sense of loss and acknowledge that a peaceful ending is, indeed, the blessing our loved ones need. -p Paul Stenquist wrote: The good feelings are much appreciated. Especially today. Going to be a tough one. Have to get my mother to a doctor. She's just hanging on by a thread. It's hard to watch. A peaceful ending would be a blessing. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Dumb Computer Question
If you're concerned about loss of data and can get by w/500GB, get them set up as RAID 1. This creates a mirror of the first drive on the second. -p Y. Rowe wrote: Definition: RAID-0, or Redundant Array of Independent Disks, Level 0 - also called striping - is a method of storing data on multiple computer storage devices - usually hard disks or disk partitions - by interleaving the data and spreading it across the devices usually achieving faster read and write speeds. (from the link below) All your eggs aren't in a single basket but, if one drive fails, you've still got trouble. http://www.bestpricecomputers.co.uk/glossary/raid-0.htm HTH Yolanda -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 10:53 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Dumb Computer Question Hi, I just bought a new rig. The guy who did the initial install for me set up a 2 drive RAID array, apparently they are striped. Could some kind soul please explain in really small words and easy to understand concepts just exactly what this is? The array is 2 500gb drives that show as a single 1tb drive. Thanks William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Yosemite Reflection #1
Marnie - Layers are your friend(s)... ;) I've never had much luck w/the Burn Tool. Things seem to get a little muddy when using it. I played w/your pix a little and came up w/this. I'll remove it from the web w/in 24 hours...sooner if you'd like. http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/quickpage/marnie's_yosemite.jpg http://tinyurl.com/29xlct The background mountains were selected and copied to a new layer and the blend mode for that layer changed to multiply. That made the mountains in shadow a little too dark and the sunlit ones still too light. I hit the mountains in shadow w/the erase tool at about 50% opacity and re-copied just the sunlit peaks to a third layer, applied the multiply blend mode again and flattened the image to a new jpg. I think it defines the mountains in the background a little better. HTH -p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/28/2007 8:06:58 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wow! That's stunning. i'm surprised you didn't show it earlier. Burn in the peaks in the top half, and it's a first class shot. Good work. Paul == Thanks, Paul. I already burned them in some, not sure I can burn them in a lot more. They were pretty blown. Though I admit I haven't done a lot of layering with what I have done and I could play with it again. It's just a fantastic scene. Possibly one of my other reflection shots will do better, but they all require a bit of post processing. I've been holding them in reserve, because of the above. I may post another take later. It was incredibly beautiful, for sure. Thanks for looking. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: HELP: I Lost Adobe Gamma
Walt - There should be a folder on your PSE5 disk called Goodies - check there. Don't know what you bought for a new monitor, but I understand Adobe Gamma is not compliant w/an LCD and won't install. You might want to invest in a colorimeter. I'm happy w/the Spyder2 and reports on the latest version of the Huey have been good. -p Walter Hamler wrote: When my house took the lightening strike a few months back my monitor was destroyed. I also lost the ethernet card portion of the motherboard,however I put a new card in a slot and bought a new monitor. My prints were suddenly too dark with the new monitor so I adjusted the brightness/contrast controls and have managed to get by. However, dumb me, I just realized that the Adobe Gamma folder that was in the Control Panel is no longer there!!! How do I get it back??? I tried reloading PSE 5.0 but no difference, still missing. Where does that program come from?? Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Web Hosting and Image Posting
Your Roadrunner subscription comes w/5mb of personal web space. You can use that to get you started while you decide if you want to subscribe to a service like Picasa, photo.net, Flickr, etc. You can get more info here... http://www.timewarnercable.com/NC/products/RoadRunner/Features.html -p John Sessoms wrote: Ya'll may have noticed I don't post any images. That's 'cause I don't have any place to post 'em. I'd like some suggestions on which service I might go with ... some pros cons - cost, available space, ease of use, etc. Also, any thoughts you might wish to share on preparing images for posting; sizing, jpeg quality, ... In the longer term, I plan to create my own website. This is to be for a photography business - weddings portraiture most likely, with some fine art. I'm near retirement and hope to supplement my income. I don't expect to make a lot of money; I understand it's a very competitive field, but any income will enable me to write off my equipment purchases, and possibly some travel, as a business expense. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Naming files
Not in the camera...once they're on your computer Irfanview does a good job of batch renaming...and it's free. http://irfanview.com/ -p MikeM wrote: Is it possible to get K10/K100 cameras to number file with more then 4 digits, or an easy way to convert several series of 4 digit names to a continuous series? I -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso: Johanna V2. Cropping alternatives
I prefer #3 - there's something mysterious about it. Lighting looks like a flashlight (torch). -p Lasse Karlsson wrote: Thanks again for the feedback on the first Johanna pics. I updated the Johanna gallery with tree new pictures. (Same occasion and location, just a little later, but shot with another body, lens and film type.) It's just one shot, but with two alternate croppings of it. They make out the first three pictures. The first picture is the original as it was shot. The next two are two different ways to crop it. I would be very interested to hear somebody else's view on the suggested croppings. Do they, or any of them work at all? Would you prefer any cropped version before the original? http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=782151 Just to add a bonus bait: If anyone can guess the lighting arrangement correctly, I'll buy you an icecream. Thanks, Lasse -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso: Johanna V2. Cropping alternatives
I'm on my way...all I need is your address. ;} -p Lasse Karlsson wrote: Hi Paul, Thanks for the feedback. You got yourself an icecream. In fact I didn't even have to go and buy it. I already had it in the fridge. I made you a real big bowl of it . It's sitting right before me at the moment and it's all yours. You can come and pick it up right away. Bring some girls too. :) Thanks, Lasse Lasse Karlsson wrote: Thanks again for the feedback on the first Johanna pics. I updated the Johanna gallery with tree new pictures. (Same occasion and location, just a little later, but shot with another body, lens and film type.) It's just one shot, but with two alternate croppings of it. They make out the first three pictures. The first picture is the original as it was shot. The next two are two different ways to crop it. I would be very interested to hear somebody else's view on the suggested croppings. Do they, or any of them work at all? Would you prefer any cropped version before the original? http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=782151 Just to add a bonus bait: If anyone can guess the lighting arrangement correctly, I'll buy you an icecream. Thanks, Lasse -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: And Princess Grace Lived Happily Ever After!
Great news!! Congratulations on a big win!! -p Paul Stenquist wrote: It's over. We won. The Federal District Court issued a written opinion this afternoon denying the petition of the sodden Scot to return Grace to the UK. The Scot's Hague convention abduction case was found to be totally without merit. My princess is safe. Paul http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6140354 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Indepemdence Day
Hey...good to see you posting again. -p Shel Belinkoff wrote: Dusting off an oldie ... http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/independenceday.html Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - A Jupiter Storm
Not sure why a rich man would want to enter a camel, but then... -p Cotty wrote: On 3/7/07, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: A small piece of geology with heavenly associations. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-37 :-) Comments et. al. most appreciated. It is easier for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, than a camel. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - demostration photos
Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks Had I from old and young ! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung. from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner -p Bob W wrote: you're probably thinking of a Prince Albert (which is not worn on the neck...) -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 05 July 2007 13:56 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO - demostration photos Gee, I thought albatross was was an ornament you wore around your neck. So much for a public education. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob W wrote: because he was formerly a sailor cast adrift. During the drifting voyage his companions fed him what they said was albatross, and he greatly enjoyed it. On tasting real albatross he realises that he had in fact been eating human flesh, probably his own children or something, otherwise why kill yourself over it? -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AlunFoto Sent: 05 July 2007 07:45 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO - demostration photos Ah, some divide humanity in two groups depending on knowledge, or lack of such, on the significance of the number 42. :-) The taste of albatros is kinda similar, relating to a guessing game where you are given the end of a story and have to unreel the story line by asking yes/no questions to the story-master. The end is about how a blind man enters a restaurant down on the harbour and orders albatros from the menu. After taking just one bite, he walks out and commits suicide. The challenge is to find out why. Puffins, otoh, were regular food in parts of Norway until the collapse of the herring populations in the sixties. AFAIK, it is still on the menu in Iceland. Jostein Cheers, Jostein 2007/7/4, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 4/7/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: What's it taste like. It tastes like bloody albatros.:-) What have you got against the humble albatro ? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - demostration photos
Looks more like she's getting ready for her swan song. -p Bob W wrote: oh, yes. forgot about that. Is this an albatross? http://photos28.flickr.com/38882475_70e64f5c57_o.jpg -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Sorenson Sent: 05 July 2007 17:25 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO - demostration photos Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks Had I from old and young ! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung. from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner -p Bob W wrote: you're probably thinking of a Prince Albert (which is not worn on the neck...) -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 05 July 2007 13:56 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO - demostration photos Gee, I thought albatross was was an ornament you wore around your neck. So much for a public education. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob W wrote: because he was formerly a sailor cast adrift. During the drifting voyage his companions fed him what they said was albatross, and he greatly enjoyed it. On tasting real albatross he realises that he had in fact been eating human flesh, probably his own children or something, otherwise why kill yourself over it? -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AlunFoto Sent: 05 July 2007 07:45 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO - demostration photos Ah, some divide humanity in two groups depending on knowledge, or lack of such, on the significance of the number 42. :-) The taste of albatros is kinda similar, relating to a guessing game where you are given the end of a story and have to unreel the story line by asking yes/no questions to the story-master. The end is about how a blind man enters a restaurant down on the harbour and orders albatros from the menu. After taking just one bite, he walks out and commits suicide. The challenge is to find out why. Puffins, otoh, were regular food in parts of Norway until the collapse of the herring populations in the sixties. AFAIK, it is still on the menu in Iceland. Jostein Cheers, Jostein 2007/7/4, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 4/7/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: What's it taste like. It tastes like bloody albatros.:-) What have you got against the humble albatro ? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Memory Card Problem
Did those images look a little washed out??? -p Jack Davis wrote: Had a Lexar card stick in my K10D and it took me a sweaty bit to grasp the edge and pull out. I noticed that the indicator light (when camera off) did not blink when it was inserted.(?) This card has recorded some 2000+ images. ABOUT A WEEK AGO IT ACCOMPANIED A LOAD OF LAUNDRY THROUGH A WASHING MACHINE. After laying it out to dry, it loaded and recorded normally until a few minutes ago. It looks flat a true, but hesitate to use it again. Any of ya'll had this happen? Thanks, Jack Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545469 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Geso Some shots around the yard
Interesting...the different variations of names. My grandmother called them hen and chicks. -p David J Brooks wrote: Dad always called tghem Chickens and Hens, so i carried on.:-) Dave On 7/6/07, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: frank theriault On 7/5/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/AroundTheYard Taken Monday and Wednesday. The squirrels are back and bold as ever. The tiger lilies have finally bloomed, and we finally had a rain yesterday. I like the soft light and drops on them. Couple of my chicken hens out front. Fill and no fill flash to compare. Comments welcome. Chickens and hens? It's a plant. Spawns off buds that will grow into another plant. I always heard it called a hens and biddys or chicken and biddys. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Wooden Launch
Maybe here??? http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO%20--%20woodenlaunch.html Those old wooden boats are really works of art in themselves. Neat portrayal... -p P. J. Alling wrote: One last PESO from the Tall Ships, well a short ship I would guess. A portrait of a Wooden Runabout. http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_thisissolame.html Equipment: Pentax *istDs/smc Pentax fisheye f4.0 Note: Defished using PTTools old shareware/freeware version. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Wooden Launch
Maybe here??? http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO%20--%20woodenlaunch.html -p P. J. Alling wrote: One last PESO from the Tall Ships, well a short ship I would guess. A portrait of a Wooden Runabout. http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_thisissolame.html Equipment: Pentax *istDs/smc Pentax fisheye f4.0 Note: Defished using PTTools old shareware/freeware version. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - The Red Hat
Looks OK on my calibrated monitor. Some mystery there...I wonder what she was looking at. -p frank theriault wrote: http://www.tiny.cc/FcsDb So, this is my first attempt at taking a RAW file out of my *istD, doing stuff in photoshop (a bit of sharpening, correcting the horizon (for Paul g), resizing it and converting to a jpeg. I'm somewhat disappointed because on my New Computer (a laptop) the colours looked bright and contrasty, but on my computer at work, they look rather dull and washed out. My laptop screen is calibrated, so maybe it's my work computer. Any thoughts on the colour/contrast? And, of course, comments are otherwise welcomed. thanks in advance, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Win2K Question
Another option, if you just need to access the data, is to download a Knoppix ISO and burn it to a CD. When you boot from the CD it will run a Linux variation off the CD and you can access any data on the HD. http://www.knoppix.net/ -p Charles Robinson wrote: On Jul 10, 2007, at 9:51, William Robb wrote: Hi, I need to get into a password protected Win2K computer. Unfortunately, I have almost no chance of aquiring the password from the former owner of the machine. Does anyone know of a back door that will allow me to get into the system? There are many software discs that will boot up and let you change the password of an existing local Windows account to anything that you would like. http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/forgot-your-windows-password- no.html has some suggestions. I'm fond of the Ultimate Boot CD myself. You'll need to download an ISO image, burn it to CD, and boot the system from that CD. Then it's easy. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org I am riding in the MS-TRAM this summer. Please consider sponsoring me! http://charles.robinsontwins.org/mstram.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
