Re: The DSLR Field Camera

2012-12-27 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thu Dec 27 12:22:49 EST 2012 Tom C wrote: > PJ wrote: > > > > > I've just skimmed it and it just goes to prove that there's really > > nothing new. > > > > On 12/27/2012 11:02 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > >> Tom, I was reading it yesterday, and couldn't get it from the first > >> quick reading, bu

RE: Book Every So Often - Intimate

2012-12-27 Thread Gerrit Visser
Very nice photos. This was produced entirely in LR? I need to do a better job on this upcoming trip to package the best shots each week or several weeks. Will have to try and meet up next time we are in Sydney, love the city. Gerrit http://photo.psgv.ca -Original Message- From: PDML [

Re: Best 12 of 2012

2012-12-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Dec 27, 2012, at 6:22 PM, David Parsons wrote: > It's that time again. When we look back at the previous year and > select our best/most important/meaningful pictures. > > I've selected my 12 significant pictures from 2012. Please feel free > to share yours. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/

Re: K-5 $724.99

2012-12-27 Thread steve harley
on 2012-12-27 17:56 Charles Robinson wrote On Dec 27, 2012, at 12:47 , P. J. Alling wrote: Buydig.com has had it on sale for 699 since before Christmas, (even lower with an electronic coupon). The K-5II is supposed to be so much better at autofocus that I'm not at all surprised that the K-5

Re: Book Every So Often - Intimate

2012-12-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Really nicely done, Derby. And I'm glad to see that shot on the cover of it. I remember thinking it would make a great book cover back when you GESO'ed it. On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Derby Chang wrote: > > > I made another book. > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/books/intimate/index.

Re: PESO: Northern part of Norway

2012-12-27 Thread Tom C
Stig, Enjoyed them all. Portrait is excellent. Love the B&W street (first thoughts were, hey, that looks just like the US) The green harborside shot though, what a mindbender! I love that. Tom C. >>> From: SV Hovland >>> Subject: PESO: Northern part of Norway >>> >>> The three first are from

Re: K-5 $724.99

2012-12-27 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 27, 2012, at 12:47 , P. J. Alling wrote: > Buydig.com has had it on sale for 699 since before Christmas, (even lower > with an electronic coupon). The K-5II is supposed to be so much better at > autofocus that I'm not at all surprised that the K-5 is languishing, > especially since it a

RE: HoHoHo

2012-12-27 Thread John Coyle
Neat Bill, very neat! And best wishes to you and to all in the group for the new year (missed Christmas wishes by being away!) John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Wednesday, 26 December 2012 12:54 A

Book Every So Often - Intimate

2012-12-27 Thread Derby Chang
I made another book. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/books/intimate/index.html Props to LR for making this easy. But they really need a zoom slider and a good book preview function. -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.

Re: Quotations List X (2012) is now on line

2012-12-27 Thread Jostein Øksne
Great fun as always, Mark. Jostein - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 2:40 PM Subject: Quotations List X (2012) is now on line Merry Festivus! http://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm -- Mark Roberts - Photograph

Re: 2012

2012-12-27 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks for all the kind words, each and every one of you. And to everyone else who bothered to look. I'm glad you if you enjoyed 'em. :-) Cheers, Jostein - Original Message - From: "Jostein Øksne" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 8:24 PM Subject: GESO:

RE: Security Breach: The London Mail Rail

2012-12-27 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Bray > > This is actually a placehacking culture post, but I thought the > photographic values were excellent, and Interesting photos, but the writing is bollocks of the uttermost variety. I'd be most suspicious of their claims to have

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread Tom C
> From: William Robb > On 27/12/2012 12:08 PM, Tom C wrote: >>> From: Igor Roshchin >> >>> PS. There is something that I don't like about FB from the beginning, >>> and I still cannot single out what that is. >>> I still don't have my presence on FB...[*] But maybe it means I am an >>> e-dinosaur

Security Breach: The London Mail Rail

2012-12-27 Thread Tim Bray
This is actually a placehacking culture post, but I thought the photographic values were excellent, and you’re unlikely to see photos of these locations anywhere else: http://www.placehacking.co.uk/2011/04/24/security-breach-london-mail-rail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Dec 27, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Igor > > PS. There is something that I don't like about FB from the beginning, > and I still cannot single out what that is. > I still don't have my presence on FB...[*] But maybe it means I am an > e-dinosaur. Facebook sucks, but it has i

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Dec 27, 2012, at 10:35 AM, William Robb wrote: > On 27/12/2012 12:31 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> > >>> >> Speech may be free, but there's really no such thing as free beer. >> > It helps to be cute and have large bassooms. Bill, you ain't cute, it must be your large bassooms. > -- Larry

Re: The DSLR Field Camera

2012-12-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Dec 27, 2012, at 8:02 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Tom, I was reading it yesterday, and couldn't get it from the first > quick reading, but got distracted. When I read it the second time, I > still couldn't get what was new in it. I think that what was new about it was that it was a well wr

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread Eactivist
Ditto, reconnect people I had lost touch with. I share some personal stuff now and then, but I figure of my limited number of friends, only about six really bother to read what I post. Unless you're a celebrity most people really don't pay that much attention to you. In real life and elsewh

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Dec 27, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Bob W wrote: >> does that mean that in Facebook you can only communicate with other people >> in Facebook? That sounds like a dumb thing to get locked into - are you sure >> you want to know people that dum

Re: K-5 $724.99

2012-12-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Buydig.com has had it on sale for 699 since before Christmas, (even lower with an electronic coupon). The K-5II is supposed to be so much better at autofocus that I'm not at all surprised that the K-5 is languishing, especially since it appears that this Christmas season has been an major disap

Re: PESO - A Parkdale Christmas

2012-12-27 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Jack, and thanks to all who commented. Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Jack Davis Sent: December 25, 2012 12/25/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - A Parkdale Christmas From: Jack Davis To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread William Robb
On 27/12/2012 12:31 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Speech may be free, but there's really no such thing as free beer. It helps to be cute and have large bassooms. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread William Robb
On 27/12/2012 12:08 PM, Tom C wrote: From: Igor Roshchin PS. There is something that I don't like about FB from the beginning, and I still cannot single out what that is. I still don't have my presence on FB...[*] But maybe it means I am an e-dinosaur. It starts out from the premise that I

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 12/27/2012 1:23 PM, Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: 27 December 2012 18:09 From: Igor Roshchin PS. There is something that I don't like about FB from the beginning, and I still cannot single out what that is. I still don't have my presence on

RE: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tom C > Sent: 27 December 2012 18:09 > > > From: Igor Roshchin > > > PS. There is something that I don't like about FB from the beginning, > > and I still cannot single out what that is. > > I still don't have my presence on FB...[*] But m

Re: D600 vs K-5

2012-12-27 Thread William Robb
On 27/12/2012 10:09 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 12/27/2012 3:37 AM, John Francis wrote: On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 02:33:35PM -0600, William Robb wrote: On 26/12/2012 2:23 PM, John Francis wrote: I remember film (and exposure meters) with ratings in both the ASA and DIN systems. Yup, Tri-X Pan

PESO: King Herod's View

2012-12-27 Thread Gerrit Visser
This is the view from King Herod's palace. We had the pleasure of visiting Caesarea in April 2011 while on a Grand World Voyage. http://photo.psgv.ca/king-herods-view/ Looking over Boris's galleries reminded me of your visit. Gerrit -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml

RE: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi > > I despise FB. I'm only on there because there are some people who don't > communicate any other way nowadays and I want to stay in touch with > them. :-\ > does that mean that in Facebook you can only communicate with

RE: OT - Gerry Anderson Passes On

2012-12-27 Thread Tom C
From: John Sessoms > From: Tom C > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407 > > The creator of some of my favorite shows has died. Among the many: > > UFO > Thunderbirds > Space 1999 > Captain Scarlet > The Secret Service > Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (one of my favorite s

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I despise FB. I'm only on there because there are some people who don't communicate any other way nowadays and I want to stay in touch with them. :-\ G On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 9:32 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Perhaps it's because Zuckerberg designed it as a stalking tool from the > start. -- Godf

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Perhaps it's because Zuckerberg designed it as a stalking tool from the start. On 12/27/2012 11:52 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: ... or as they call it in software industry "dogfooding" (If you are not familiar with the term: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food ) FB's "First Sist

Re: The DSLR Field Camera

2012-12-27 Thread Tom C
PJ wrote: > > I've just skimmed it and it just goes to prove that there's really > nothing new. > > On 12/27/2012 11:02 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: >> Tom, I was reading it yesterday, and couldn't get it from the first >> quick reading, but got distracted. When I read it the second time, I >> still c

Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

2012-12-27 Thread Igor Roshchin
... or as they call it in software industry "dogfooding" (If you are not familiar with the term: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food ) FB's "First Sister" was bitten by its own dog, err... Facebook. ;-) http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Randi-Zuckerberg-Sister-Privacy-Setti

Re: OT - Gerry Anderson Passes On

2012-12-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 12/27/2012 11:30 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Tom C http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407 The creator of some of my favorite shows has died. Among the many: UFO Thunderbirds Space 1999 Captain Scarlet The Secret Service Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (one of my favo

RE: OT - Gerry Anderson Passes On

2012-12-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tom C http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407 The creator of some of my favorite shows has died. Among the many: UFO Thunderbirds Space 1999 Captain Scarlet The Secret Service Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (one of my favorite sci-fi movies seen at the drive in when

Re: The DSLR Field Camera

2012-12-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I've just skimmed it and it just goes to prove that there's really nothing new. On 12/27/2012 11:02 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Tom, I was reading it yesterday, and couldn't get it from the first quick reading, but got distracted. When I read it the second time, I still couldn't get what was new i

Re: D600 vs K-5

2012-12-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 12/27/2012 3:37 AM, John Francis wrote: On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 02:33:35PM -0600, William Robb wrote: On 26/12/2012 2:23 PM, John Francis wrote: I remember film (and exposure meters) with ratings in both the ASA and DIN systems. Yup, Tri-X Pan film (for example). 400/24. Are you sure? I

Re: D600 vs K-5

2012-12-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Francis I remember film ... with ratings in both the ASA and DIN systems. I don't have to remember it. All I have to do is dig it out of the back of my refrigerator. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from t

Re: The DSLR Field Camera

2012-12-27 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tom, I was reading it yesterday, and couldn't get it from the first quick reading, but got distracted. When I read it the second time, I still couldn't get what was new in it. Igor Thu Dec 27 01:53:20 EST 2012 Tom C wrote: > Interesting easy to understand article on dpreview regarding the dri

Re: D600 vs K-5

2012-12-27 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 02:33:35PM -0600, William Robb wrote: > On 26/12/2012 2:23 PM, John Francis wrote: > > > > > > >I remember film (and exposure meters) with ratings in both the ASA and DIN > >systems. > > > > > Yup, Tri-X Pan film (for example). 400/24. Are you sure? I thought I remembered

Re: OT - for the gear heads & speed freaks in the group

2012-12-27 Thread Mark Roberts
wrote: >A little after Christmas treat ! > >http://vimeo.com/53551115 > >Had to share it - enjoy. I'll have to skip GFM to do it, but I *must* get to the TT someday. (I want to see Guy Martin win one.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: PESO Some Colors

2012-12-27 Thread Bulent Celasun
Thanks Frank, You have nicely described the reason why I took it ;) Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artist

RE: PESO: Northern part of Norway

2012-12-27 Thread SV Hovland
http://www.google.no/search?q=veteranskip+sandnes&hl=no&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=8wncUMzrK-_44QSf5YDYCw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAA&biw=1280&bih=942 SV -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 8:49 AM To: