Re: Re: Google Earth photo links
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] I doubt it's your network, if it has network problems then it won't be able to log on, my bets are on a graphics driver incompatibility. Try starting it from the start menu using the DirectX start icon. If it still doesn't open successfully then change your screen colour depth, the aim is to get the application to open and remain open so that you can get into the options tab and optimise the settings to suite the particular machine. It's worth the effort. I think Mike is right about the network being the obstacle. I just ran a packet capture, and found that the app use port 1097 and 1098 for authentication towards the Google server. It needs to log on to fetch map graphics. Corporate/university firewall usually blocks all traffic on high ports (1024), so that could very well explain why the app stalls in startup. Jostein
Re: lens around to buy?
Tom, You mean as in: Pentax users that *mostly* already own the lenses they want. :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:34 PM Subject: Re: lens around to buy? From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think a 200/2.8 is pretty exotic for the average slr buyer. I also believe that the *stD appeal to two kinds of buyers; 1) entry level users who buy kit lenses. 2) Pentax users that already own the lenses they want. They only use the *istD because something better isn't available. I believe there are very few who buys exotic Pentax glass these days. I'll agree with you on the above with the caveat of using the word mostly. Tom C.
Re: OT: Capa Doc
I find that easier to stomach than that a box full of loose wires badly connected together can give me inner peace, or haven't you heard about auditing... Bob W wrote: I know he's a Scientologist, but I don't feel that his enthusiasm for Scientology makes him weird. Certainly no more weird than other people with strong religious or political beliefs. With that as a basis, then you might have to consider the pope as being weird. he believes a man was born of a virgin, and subsequently came back from the dead. I'd say that was weird. Bob -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: lens around to buy?
On 26/1/06, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: Usually I'll engage in an argument when I believe I have a valid point to make. Mark! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: lens around to buy?
On 26/1/06, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: It's hard to buy what isn't available. Bonus points. Mark! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: OT: Capa Doc
I'm surprised that you'd leave his personal life to him since he doesn't. At least not where his religion is concerned. Shel Belinkoff wrote: I just asked Marnie in what way she thought Tom Cruise is weird. I have no thoughts about him one way or another. I don't watch TV interviews with him. I judge him solely on his entertainment value through the movies he makes, and leave him to his personal life. I've seen four or five of his movies - some I've liked, some I didn't. I do know that he was instrumental in getting a couple of independent films released, films that otherwise may not have been made. Based on that, he seems to be a pretty decent guy. I didn't ask you to change [my] mind. A simple explanation for how he is weird is all I asked. Shel [Original Message] From: keith_w Shel Belinkoff wrote: I love it when I read comments like that. In what way is Tom Cruise weird? Shel In what way is he NOT wierd? If you think Tom Cruise is normal there's nothing I can say that will change your mind. keith -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: lens around to buy?
- Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a frank talk I once had with a Pentax rep, I found out that Pentax tells Pentax USA little more than Pentax tells us. That, I believe, very much reflects the behaviour of all representatives outside Japan. He described the company officials as arrogant. In this country, the Japanese are simply referred to as silent. :-) Jostein
RE: Google Earth photo links
Type in 'se10 0ef' and it'll zoom to my street. Quite hi-res for most of London. If you zoom closer you can see my house on the north-east part of the street - it's has a white blob on top, which is the skylight. If you squint you can see me sunbathing naked on the landing. I'll wave... Google must have a really good camera. Have you noticed that it's daytime throughout the world! -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 January 2006 07:44 To: pentax list Subject: Re: Google Earth photo links Excellent. Just tried it on a Powermac dual 1 Ghz with 1 GB RAM and it ran very well. I'd heard about it before but never seen it. Our little corner of Oxfordshire is just a green blobby mass, so maybe we'll get hi- res when Wills is king Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Re: Google Earth photo links
From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 08:09:13 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: Google Earth photo links - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] I doubt it's your network, if it has network problems then it won't be able to log on, my bets are on a graphics driver incompatibility. Try starting it from the start menu using the DirectX start icon. If it still doesn't open successfully then change your screen colour depth, the aim is to get the application to open and remain open so that you can get into the options tab and optimise the settings to suite the particular machine. It's worth the effort. I think Mike is right about the network being the obstacle. I just ran a packet capture, and found that the app use port 1097 and 1098 for authentication towards the Google server. It needs to log on to fetch map graphics. Corporate/university firewall usually blocks all traffic on high ports (1024), so that could very well explain why the app stalls in startup. Seems to be so 8-( Graphics card is compatible. I'm quite suprised the app is not available for Win9X, with so many existing users. Ho hum. Thanks for your help, Rob and Jostein. mike - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: Re: OT: Capa Doc
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 08:25:20 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc I find that easier to stomach than that a box full of loose wires badly connected together can give me inner peace, or haven't you heard about auditing... Peter, you're weird. Bob W wrote: I know he's a Scientologist, but I don't feel that his enthusiasm for Scientology makes him weird. Certainly no more weird than other people with strong religious or political beliefs. With that as a basis, then you might have to consider the pope as being weird. he believes a man was born of a virgin, and subsequently came back from the dead. I'd say that was weird. Bob -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: OT: Capa Doc
...and Scientology is a scam, but who am I to judge? Wait a minute, I'm not going to even try to be evenhanded here. Sorry, but you are full of it. My cousin would be dead by her own hand or institutionalized for her own safety, if not for the drugs prescribed by a Psychiatrist, (an MD by the way). With the she can live a fairly normal life, without them, she'd be hanging from a chandelier in a manic stage or by a rope. Some people have chemical imbalances which cannot be countered by any kind of will power, vitamins, exercise, (she was a guide for an Outward Bound type of program), or magical boxes full of wires and blinking lights. Little Tommy has been brainwashed. What the hell is your excuse? Bob W wrote: I agree with little Tommy on this one. Psychiatry is a pseudoscience. And I'm not weird! -- Cheers, Bob http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/2 4/AR2005062401866_pf.html The Wikipedia (spelling?) entry on him is kind of, um, interesting as well. Incidentally, to clarify in advance -- I just found that Washington Post item for the first time, but since it provides the story, I didn't continue searching for my original source of information about the episode. I didn't base my opinion on the WP article, which appears to be an opinion piece, but on news reports of the same interview (and its fallout.) ERNR -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: OT: Capa Doc
I've been in lamer ones. Doug Brewer wrote: This has to be the lamest flame war in PDML history. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: OT: Capa Doc
I'm not weird, you think I made that up? http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/E-Meter/ mike wilson wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 08:25:20 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc I find that easier to stomach than that a box full of loose wires badly connected together can give me inner peace, or haven't you heard about auditing... Peter, you're weird. Bob W wrote: I know he's a Scientologist, but I don't feel that his enthusiasm for Scientology makes him weird. Certainly no more weird than other people with strong religious or political beliefs. With that as a basis, then you might have to consider the pope as being weird. he believes a man was born of a virgin, and subsequently came back from the dead. I'd say that was weird. Bob -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
ist-DL2 press release
http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/news/2006/200603.html Have fun! -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...
Re: Which lens do you use most?
DA 18-55 Kit lens travels with me on the DS. It is compact, light and does many jobs quite well. Mine is certainly sharp enough and the slight distortion and CA can easily be fixed with PTLens if needed. Sigma 50mm EX Macro. To get up close. Zenitar fish eye for fun and to get wide. Others as needed. Hope to use the Tokina 100-300 f4 more if it ever gets dry outside. Powell
Re: Financal Condition of Pentax
A problem for analysts may be that family controlled businesses are much more unpredictable than others. A rich enthusiast may be better at keeping an otherwise doomed department alive long enough to make it profitable, while the ordinary investor looses his interest long before that. DagT fra: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] dato: 2006/01/27 fr AM 08:35:16 CET til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net emne: Re: Financal Condition of Pentax Herb is a financial analyst, if he were really good at it he wouldn't be working for someone else. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/24/2006 3:03:26 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, John Forbes wrote: As for the rest, I think you underestimate the power of your own voice. The person who started this thread said he had read that Pentax was in financial difficulties. How many other people have read one of Herb's posts and believed it? According to Herb's prognostications, Pentax went bust six months ago. Let me tried to understand this: is the imaging division of Pentax now making profit? That's the one Herb was saying was a loss-maker. He always said that the company, as a whole, was making money. According to their latest report (2005.11.09: Interim Report on Settlement of Accounts ( Consolidated ) for Business Year Ending March 31, 2006), the imaging division made an operating loss. The company as a whole is profitable. Which is what Herb has always said. Of course he guessed whether the company would close down the loss-making division, but of course all anyone can do about that is guess. Kostas Yes, I agree. Herb may have been dubious about Pentax's future, but he did not distort the figures. He reported the financial facts accurately. Marnie aka Doe -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Re: OT: Capa Doc
No, I was referring to a person being pacified by some kind of man-made placebo as opposed to having faith in a historical tale that contradicts commonsense. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 09:07:56 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc I'm not weird, you think I made that up? http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/E-Meter/ mike wilson wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 08:25:20 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc I find that easier to stomach than that a box full of loose wires badly connected together can give me inner peace, or haven't you heard about auditing... Peter, you're weird. Bob W wrote: I know he's a Scientologist, but I don't feel that his enthusiasm for Scientology makes him weird. Certainly no more weird than other people with strong religious or political beliefs. With that as a basis, then you might have to consider the pope as being weird. he believes a man was born of a virgin, and subsequently came back from the dead. I'd say that was weird. Bob -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: OT: Capa Doc
That there are taxes at all is abhorrent... Shel Belinkoff wrote: That religious organization are tax exempt at all is, IMO, abhorrent. Shel [Original Message] From: Juan Buhler The fact that here in America a group like scientology is tax exempt is abhorrent. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: OT: Capa Doc
That's the pitiful part. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc Tom is not weird. Wrong adjective. He is pitiful. Perhaps he has been brainwashed. William Robb -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: OT: Scientology (was Capa Doc)
But it came out squeaky clean. Bob Shell wrote: On Jan 24, 2006, at 7:33 AM, William Robb wrote: Tom is not weird. Wrong adjective. He is pitiful. Perhaps he has been brainwashed. It would only take the trial size detergent pack to do that. Bob -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Re: OT: Capa Doc
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 09:34:11 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc That there are taxes at all is abhorrent... What have the Romans ever done for us? Shel Belinkoff wrote: That religious organization are tax exempt at all is, IMO, abhorrent. Shel [Original Message] From: Juan Buhler The fact that here in America a group like scientology is tax exempt is abhorrent. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: GESO: A new photoblog
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Cotty wrote: On 26/1/06, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: http://color.jbuhler.com Your shots are *dangerously* sharp :-) Noticed that myself. I have never shot anything like it. Kostas (Milano fan :-)
Re: istD plus 16-45 f4 for $1200
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, P. J. Alling wrote: More interestingly they have a *ist-DS for $499 while they are selling a *ist-DL for $569, in the same listed condition... What I find interesting is that I am not moved. At all. Even though digital cameras are exempt of import duties. Kostas (check it again if planning to import though, been a while since I last checked this)
Re: OT: Capa Doc
I will not go into Python. mike wilson wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 09:34:11 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc That there are taxes at all is abhorrent... What have the Romans ever done for us? Shel Belinkoff wrote: That religious organization are tax exempt at all is, IMO, abhorrent. Shel [Original Message] From: Juan Buhler The fact that here in America a group like scientology is tax exempt is abhorrent. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: ist-DL2 press release
They upgraded the DL a bit... Maybe the DL is being dropped from the line up. So when the D2 is released everything will have a 2 in it's name. Thibouille wrote: http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/news/2006/200603.html Have fun! -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ... -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: OT: Capa Doc
It really depends on intent I guess. There is an intent to deceive in the use of the E-meter, somewhere along the way, because anyone with the least understanding of biology and electronics can tell you exactly how it works and what it is doing, and it sure as hell isn't what the auditor says it is. The Pope may believe in a very improbable story as the basis for his belief, but it's a belief, not a con, at least as far as I can tell. mike wilson wrote: No, I was referring to a person being pacified by some kind of man-made placebo as opposed to having faith in a historical tale that contradicts commonsense. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 09:07:56 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc I'm not weird, you think I made that up? http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/E-Meter/ mike wilson wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 08:25:20 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc I find that easier to stomach than that a box full of loose wires badly connected together can give me inner peace, or haven't you heard about auditing... Peter, you're weird. Bob W wrote: I know he's a Scientologist, but I don't feel that his enthusiasm for Scientology makes him weird. Certainly no more weird than other people with strong religious or political beliefs. With that as a basis, then you might have to consider the pope as being weird. he believes a man was born of a virgin, and subsequently came back from the dead. I'd say that was weird. Bob -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Re: OT: Capa Doc
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 10:43:55 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc It really depends on intent I guess. There is an intent to deceive in the use of the E-meter, somewhere along the way, because anyone with the least understanding of biology and electronics can tell you exactly how it works and what it is doing, and it sure as hell isn't what the auditor says it is. The Pope may believe in a very improbable story as the basis for his belief, but it's a belief, not a con, at least as far as I can tell. Is that not just a function of time? mike wilson wrote: No, I was referring to a person being pacified by some kind of man-made placebo as opposed to having faith in a historical tale that contradicts commonsense. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 09:07:56 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc I'm not weird, you think I made that up? http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/E-Meter/ mike wilson wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 08:25:20 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc I find that easier to stomach than that a box full of loose wires badly connected together can give me inner peace, or haven't you heard about auditing... Peter, you're weird. Bob W wrote: I know he's a Scientologist, but I don't feel that his enthusiasm for Scientology makes him weird. Certainly no more weird than other people with strong religious or political beliefs. With that as a basis, then you might have to consider the pope as being weird. he believes a man was born of a virgin, and subsequently came back from the dead. I'd say that was weird. Bob -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: ist-DL2 press release
This one time, at band camp, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/news/2006/200603.html No anti-shake? Kevin -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Re: OT: Capa Doc
In some cases yes. However in the case of most of the current world religions I expect that they were honest examples of trying to explain the unexplainable. L. Ron Hubbard, noticed that most of the adherents of Psychology among other modern replacements for religion, treated them as true beliefs, not as science, and took advantage of that, hiding a core of garble farb in the trappings of science. The advantage of this is that you can change your core to match any particular persons preconceptions. The obvious purpose is to hide the truth rather than explain it. mike wilson wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 10:43:55 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc It really depends on intent I guess. There is an intent to deceive in the use of the E-meter, somewhere along the way, because anyone with the least understanding of biology and electronics can tell you exactly how it works and what it is doing, and it sure as hell isn't what the auditor says it is. The Pope may believe in a very improbable story as the basis for his belief, but it's a belief, not a con, at least as far as I can tell. Is that not just a function of time? mike wilson wrote: No, I was referring to a person being pacified by some kind of man-made placebo as opposed to having faith in a historical tale that contradicts commonsense. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 09:07:56 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc I'm not weird, you think I made that up? http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/E-Meter/ mike wilson wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri AM 08:25:20 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc I find that easier to stomach than that a box full of loose wires badly connected together can give me inner peace, or haven't you heard about auditing... Peter, you're weird. Bob W wrote: I know he's a Scientologist, but I don't feel that his enthusiasm for Scientology makes him weird. Certainly no more weird than other people with strong religious or political beliefs. With that as a basis, then you might have to consider the pope as being weird. he believes a man was born of a virgin, and subsequently came back from the dead. I'd say that was weird. Bob -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: ist-DL2 press release
No. Dario - Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:39 AM Subject: Re: ist-DL2 press release This one time, at band camp, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/news/2006/200603.html No anti-shake? Kevin -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Re: Cannot handle mixed files with Picasa or Rawshooter?
P. J. Alling wrote: Try Irfanview, it's a free editor with a thumbnail/browsing feature, it handles Pentax PEF files, (from the DS and D) and most other image files. You can select an external editor to use as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Irfanview also handles PEF files from the *ist-DL now. Ciao, Peter in Sydney
Re: istD plus 16-45 f4 for $1200
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:54:21 -, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, P. J. Alling wrote: More interestingly they have a *ist-DS for $499 while they are selling a *ist-DL for $569, in the same listed condition... What I find interesting is that I am not moved. At all. Even though digital cameras are exempt of import duties. Kostas (check it again if planning to import though, been a while since I last checked this) Import duties on nearly everything are now very low. It's the VAT you have to worry about. John -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
Re: ist-DL2 press release
This is just buzz marketing. It's a new version of the DL, a minor upgrade meant to stimulate sales. It's nothing to get excited about, and it's nothing to wring one's hands over. The sky isn't falling. Paul On Jan 27, 2006, at 6:28 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: No. Dario - Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:39 AM Subject: Re: ist-DL2 press release This one time, at band camp, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/news/2006/200603.html No anti-shake? Kevin -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Re: lens around to buy?
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:13:15 -, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 27 Jan 2006 at 1:36, John Forbes wrote: I'm not arguing with you, Rob, that they should be available new. I'm just saying that one can equip oneself quite well by buying second-hand. If I had the cash, there is not one desirable Pentax lens that I could not have bought in the past year in excellent condition at lower than new prices. So: 1. yes, they ought to be available new, 2. but it doesn't matter; they're available second-hand (and cheaper). I suspect that our definitions of cheap and available differ somewhat. Last Dec an A*200/4 sold on eBay for $1,343.43 Last June two FA80-200/2.8 sold on eBay for $1,563.35 and $1,149.99 Last June an FA*200/4 sold on eBay for $1,132.00 Last May an A*200/4 sold on eBay for $1,125.00 Last April an FA*200/4 sold on eBay for $1,225.92 Last April an A*200/4 sold on eBay for $1,187.29 Last March an FA80-200/2.8 sold on eBay for $1,081.35 Cheap to some but hardly common given the volume of Pentax gear that filters though eBay. Now you're putting words into my mouth, Rob. I never said cheap, I said cheaper [than new], and as for available, I said that over a year every desirable lens could have been bought. Obviously that's not nearly as good as being able to buy off the shelf, but it does mean that those who seek can find. John -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
Re: Financal Condition of Pentax
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Financal Condition of Pentax Herb is a financial analyst, if he were really good at it he wouldn't be working for someone else. You are being a more than a lttle mean spirited, and I think, wrong as well. Look at it the other way, if he was bad at it, he would't be employed. Were Pentax doing as well as you would like to believe, they'd have told Samsung to go piss in a bucket. Shooting the messenger may make you feel better, but it doesn't change the veracity of the message. William Robb
Re: Google Earth photo links
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Google Earth photo links Excellent. Just tried it on a Powermac dual 1 Ghz with 1 GB RAM and it ran very well. I'd heard about it before but never seen it. Our little corner of Oxfordshire is just a green blobby mass, so maybe we'll get hi- res when Wills is king The imaging of my neck of the woods still shows my house with a cottage roof. I took that roof off nearly 3 years ago. William Robb
Re: OT: Capa Doc
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc That there are taxes at all is abhorrent... Just think, no taxes; no roads, no schools, no hospitals, no police or military. We'd still be living in caves killing our neighbors for scraps of food. William Robb.
Re: OT: Capa Doc
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc That's the pitiful part. It can happen to anyone. Most Republicans suffer from some sort of it. William Robb Perhaps he has been brainwashed.
Re: lens around to buy?
- Original Message - From: John Forbes Subject: Re: lens around to buy? Now you're putting words into my mouth, Rob. I never said cheap, I said cheaper [than new], and as for available, I said that over a year every desirable lens could have been bought. Obviously that's not nearly as good as being able to buy off the shelf, but it does mean that those who seek can find. It most likely means that Pentax has lost a bunch of potential high end DSLR customers who are selling off their primo lenses to finance Nikons and Canons, and laughing all the way to the bank that this stuff seems to be golden. William Robb
Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
I'm passing this along to the list at the request of someone who works at Pentax Canada: I currently work for Pentax and we are calling out to pentax users for images shot with Pentax digital cameras. Digital SLR and point and shoots. Please mention what camera you used to take the photo. We would like to have one or two of you best images sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If there are people in your shot please think before you send it to us. They may not want to be in a slide show. These photos will not be used on our website or in any print ads. Only in a slide show of images at conventions. We don't need big files 500k or smaller. These will be used in a slide so at conventions to show images produced on pentax cameras. Thank you for your time. I can assure you that this is entirely legit, and although I'm not sure that the person wants his name passed along, he does indeed work for Pentax Canada. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Re: Google Earth photo links
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri PM 12:36:15 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Google Earth photo links - Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Google Earth photo links Excellent. Just tried it on a Powermac dual 1 Ghz with 1 GB RAM and it ran very well. I'd heard about it before but never seen it. Our little corner of Oxfordshire is just a green blobby mass, so maybe we'll get hi- res when Wills is king The imaging of my neck of the woods still shows my house with a cottage roof. I took that roof off nearly 3 years ago. I think it uses 2001 images. - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: Re: OT: Capa Doc
On 1/27/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter, you're weird. What's your point? -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO - The Big Sniff
On 1/27/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I rather like it. Thanks, Peter. And a blanket thanks to everyone else who commented. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO: Drama
On 1/26/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pages/2006-01.htm :) Very, er, dramatic? g cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO - two new images
On 1/26/06, John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of shots taken a few days ago on my morning walk - comments welcome. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4061003 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4061007 I like them both, but (unlike some others, it seems) I like the bridge shot best. I just like bridges, I guess. That one's a good one! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Re: OT: Capa Doc
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri PM 12:50:58 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: OT: Capa Doc On 1/27/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter, you're weird. What's your point? I like stating the obvious. - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri PM 12:47:29 GMT To: PDML pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix I'm passing this along to the list at the request of someone who works at Pentax Canada: I currently work for Pentax and we are calling out to pentax users for images shot with Pentax digital cameras. Digital SLR and point and shoots. Please mention what camera you used to take the photo. We would like to have one or two of you best images sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If there are people in your shot please think before you send it to us. They may not want to be in a slide show. These photos will not be used on our website or in any print ads. Only in a slide show of images at conventions. We don't need big files 500k or smaller. These will be used in a slide so at conventions to show images produced on pentax cameras. Thank you for your time. I can assure you that this is entirely legit, and although I'm not sure that the person wants his name passed along, he does indeed work for Pentax Canada. So how much are they paying and who holds the copyright? Shall I guess? - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: Re: Google Earth photo links
On 1/27/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wrom: OWCONEUQZAAFXISHJEXXIMQZUIVOTQNQEMSFDU The imaging of my neck of the woods still shows my house with a cottage roof. I took that roof off nearly 3 years ago. I think it uses 2001 images. It's a few more than that I think. My neck of the wood's is pretty current. Most of the building that has gone on in the last 12 months is up to date. Dave
Re: Re: OT: Capa Doc
On 1/27/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like stating the obvious. LOL! cheers, etc, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Glowing Sahuaros
Magazine cover Joe... Great shot! Regards, Bob S. On 1/26/06, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well done Joe. Other than working this scene for variations, (isolate single plants, landscape orientation, parts of a single plant etc.) I have no suggestions. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:01 PM Subject: PESO: Glowing Sahuaros http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/4609/display/4849127 This is the first time I have encountered the right lighting to try this. Suggestions for how to do it better are welcome. Thanks, Joe
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
On 1/27/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So how much are they paying and who holds the copyright? Shall I guess? I'm only the messenger. I'm assuming that the e-mail address (above) would be the place to send any enquiries... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Peso: runners
Thanks PJ, Actually, I think that's sunrise you see on the left side of the road. Some rays of dawn managed to get thru the fog which was thicker near the trees. Regards, Bob S. On 1/27/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like the composition and the muted colors, the only thing that bothers me is what appears to be pinkish flair on the left hand side of the road near the bottom edge of the image. Not much you could do about that short of photoshoping it out. Bob Sullivan wrote: We had a snowstorm Friday night and went over to the Arboretum at sunrise on Saturday morning. I took a number of shots with the Ds and 16-45 zoom. Here is one of them... http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/runners.jpg Regards, Bob S. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: PESO: Drama
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/26/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pages/2006-01.htm :) Keeps timing out - will try later - if I feel like it. Been having web site troubles for a while. Host is replacing a suspect firewall unit this weekend. Hope that fixes things. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Best Deal Ever - was: Accidental Enablement
On 1/26/06, Powell Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My humble apologies frank. NO Wait! I'm sure, sooner or later, I will find a reason to hate you too, (other than your being from Trona) so will hold my apology in abeyance. I think the best deal I ever got was at a yard sale, about 7 years ago. Actually, it was my father who made the purchase, then he gave the items to me: Spotmatic SP500, Super Tak f2.0 55mm, Takumar f3.5 200mm (pre-set aperture) All for $20 Cdn. The only problem was that the meter appeared to be not working. I looked at it, changed the plastic collar on the battery so that the polarity was correct, and it's been working like a charm ever since. That was my first Pentax ever. When I bought my first SLR, back around 1970, I wanted a Spotmatic, but couldn't afford one, so I got a Praktica, as they were cheap, and I figured that I could use the screwmount lenses on a Spotmatic if I could ever afford one. I had long since had my Praktica stuff stolen, and was camera-less at the time of the yard-sale purchase. My dad got the stuff for me as he remembered how much I wanted a Spottie back in the day. Just think, had he not bought the stuff on a whim, I might not be on this list today. So, you can blame him for me being here g. And, that's the story of my best deal ever. cheers, frank ps: I know I've told the list about this before. Apologies to those who've heard this (possibly even more than once) before. -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO: Drama
Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/26/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pages/2006-01.htm Drama indeed :) Is that a photoblog, Mark? I see navigation arrows and a date, but it times out when I try to go there... It's a project I'm doing for the Duquesne University Theater Arts Department. The photo in the link (which you should be able to reach when my host replaces a defective firewall) is a photo of a wall in their office. Most of the others are of program brochures from plays they have put on - going all the way back to 1913! Very cool stuff. Hope web site problems will be worked out shortly. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
On 1/27/06, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm only the messenger. I'm assuming that the e-mail address (above) would be the place to send any enquiries... Any questions regarding this matter can be forwarded to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know that if I had a Pentax digital camera, I'd send a few in. I think it would be fun, but that's just me. If you don't think it would be fun, then don't participate... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, mike wilson wrote: So how much are they paying and who holds the copyright? I am not sure anyone can remove the copyright; you took it so it's yours. Whether you pass the right for reproduction is something else (I think :-). Kostas
Re: Enablement: M*300/4
Jon Myers wrote: I've got a M*300/4 on its way to me. I'm stoked. Now I need something super duper wide, like an M20/4 or one of the 15s (yeah right, neither is happening anytime soon) Great lens! A fine compromise between reach and hand-holdability. predictable_rant But I wish it had a tripod collar... /predictable_rant Good shooting, Stephen
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
If this is a formal Pentax Canada request, I'm surprised that they would want these sent to a freebee gmail account. Puts some red flags up for me. I would have thought that they would use the Pentax or PentaxCanada domain email accounts. (Course, I'm extremely cautious with respect to this kind of request on the internet). dk On 1/27/06, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm passing this along to the list at the request of someone who works at Pentax Canada: I currently work for Pentax and we are calling out to pentax users for images shot with Pentax digital cameras. Digital SLR and point and shoots. Please mention what camera you used to take the photo. We would like to have one or two of you best images sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If there are people in your shot please think before you send it to us. They may not want to be in a slide show. These photos will not be used on our website or in any print ads. Only in a slide show of images at conventions. We don't need big files 500k or smaller. These will be used in a slide so at conventions to show images produced on pentax cameras. Thank you for your time. I can assure you that this is entirely legit, and although I'm not sure that the person wants his name passed along, he does indeed work for Pentax Canada. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Enablement: M*300/4
I've got a M*300/4 on its way to me. I'm stoked. Great lens! A fine compromise between reach and hand-holdability. Indeed. I find 300mm to be a great hand-holdable FL (assuming that the light is reasonably bright). predictable_rant But I wish it had a tripod collar... /predictable_rant In the words of Bill Clinton, I feel your pain - g. Fred
Re: lens around to buy?
In a fit of rare lack of understanding Rob Studdert admitted: missing something given my view of Pentax's apparent practices, they don't strike me as a company who are striving to service their customers, hell even Pal said so in a roundabout way. :-) Rob is missing the animal husbandry meaning of the term servicing. In the recent past Pentax has been extensively using that defintion with regard to its customers. Larry in Dallas
Re: Enablement: M*300/4
I wonder if it'll put too much strain on an LX+winder tripod-mounted... Guess I'll find out in a week or two when it arrives! :) --- Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a M*300/4 on its way to me. I'm stoked. Great lens! A fine compromise between reach and hand-holdability. Indeed. I find 300mm to be a great hand-holdable FL (assuming that the light is reasonably bright). predictable_rant But I wish it had a tripod collar... /predictable_rant In the words of Bill Clinton, I feel your pain - g. Fred __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/27/06, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm only the messenger. I'm assuming that the e-mail address (above) would be the place to send any enquiries... Any questions regarding this matter can be forwarded to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know that if I had a Pentax digital camera, I'd send a few in. I think it would be fun, but that's just me. If you don't think it would be fun, then don't participate... Y'know, I'm just short of militant when it comes to copyright grabs, but even I think this sounds like fun. It seems they don't want any copyright or even high-res files, just some stuff to show off on a projector at a trade show. I'll send 'em a few. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Analog enablement
Just arrived: very nice 645n with FA 45-85/4.5! What a nice piece of pro equipment. Too bad Pentax doesn't make something similar for K-mount... So now my film photos will be rather only 6x4.5 ;-) Digital shmigital ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
Re: Enablement: M*300/4
When using it on a tripod, I would use the LX without the winder. It's a more secure connection and less lever length to stress the connection. I once mistakenly attached my LX, motor drive and A400/5.6 to a tripod using the tripod mount in the motor drive rather than the lens' mount. (A case of brain fade.) The weight of the lens ripped the motor drive apart. Paul -- Original message -- From: Jon Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wonder if it'll put too much strain on an LX+winder tripod-mounted... Guess I'll find out in a week or two when it arrives! :) --- Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a M*300/4 on its way to me. I'm stoked. Great lens! A fine compromise between reach and hand-holdability. Indeed. I find 300mm to be a great hand-holdable FL (assuming that the light is reasonably bright). predictable_rant But I wish it had a tripod collar... /predictable_rant In the words of Bill Clinton, I feel your pain - g. Fred __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Dickey Chapelle Article (redux)
This was posted yesterday and only received one comment. I didn't see a copy on the list, so perhaps there was some problems with the posting. So, one more try ... my apologies if it did appear on the list and if this is a duplicate post. Not too many people know about Dickey Chapelle. Those that do, generally don't know much about her other than she was a photojournalist and that she was killed in Vietnam. There hasn't been much written about her until recently, over the last couple-three years. And even that which has been written is often incomplete or wrong. I've always known of Dickey Chapelle, or at least it seems that way. I must have seen some of her work in Look magazine, or read some articles she wrote in Reader's Digest. I really can't recall, but years later, when someone casually mentioned her name, I was reminded of her, and decided to find out more about her life and her work. During the past couple of years I've come across a couple of Marines who knew her in Vietnam, one who was there when she was killed, and a friend of the pilot who choppered her lifeless body out of Chu Lai on that fateful day. I've become a fan of Dickey Chapelle, a women whose career was filled with firsts - the first woman PJ in Vietnam, the first woman PJ killed in Vietnam, the first woman covering the war in the pacific, the first and only woman on the front lines at Iwo Jima, the first woman to parachute into combat zones, and the first to tell the world that the US was engaged in a war in Vietnam, and that we weren't just advisors. In 1962, Dickey photographed a U.S. Marine, in uniform, combat-ready in the door of a helicopter, surrounded by a cadre of South Vietnamese soldiers. It was the first published photograph of an American in combat in Vietnam and the photo won the 1963 Press Photographer's Association Photograph of the Year award. The list of Dickey Chapelle firsts is large, and I discover more every month. Over the years I've become a fan and a booster of Dickey Chapelle, and have been looking for new or long forgotten information about her. In 1957 she went to Algiers, the first journalist to be accredited by the partisans, and lived amongst them for a month or so, documenting their struggle against the French. I didn't know of that until recently, and just a couple of days ago Dr. Sheila Webb, the author of an article entitled An American Journalist in the Role of Partisan Dickey Chapelles Coverage of the Algerian War, and I had a chance to talk via email, and she sent me a copy of the article she'd written. The article appeared in a rather obscure journal, American Journalism, and puts forth the argument that The work of Chapelle prefigured the more engaged photography [style] of the 1960's and that The photographs and copy she produced in the Algerian Hills in 1957 offered a fresh discourse in style, approach and visuals. Webb compares Chapelle's style of working to that of Robert Capa's during the Spanish Civil War. If you're interested in photojournalism, and learning more about Dickey Chapelle, Dr. Webb's article can be found on one of my web pages. It'll be there for about a week before being taken down. http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/dickey_chapelle/algiers.pdf (1.25mb) Shel
Re: Analog enablement
Hi! Just arrived: very nice 645n with FA 45-85/4.5! What a nice piece of pro equipment. Too bad Pentax doesn't make something similar for K-mount... So now my film photos will be rather only 6x4.5 ;-) Digital shmigital ;-) Way to go!!! Congrats!!! Boris
Re: Analog enablement
Eey! Congrats Sylwek! ;-) Jostein - Original Message - From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 3:40 PM Subject: Analog enablement Just arrived: very nice 645n with FA 45-85/4.5! What a nice piece of pro equipment. Too bad Pentax doesn't make something similar for K-mount... So now my film photos will be rather only 6x4.5 ;-) Digital shmigital ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
RE: Enablement: M*300/4
Congratulations, Jon. I have one of those too. It's simply a brilliant lens. I'd love to have one of the 3.5/15mm lenses as well. But that won't happen some day soon either ;-( Until then I'll continue using my A 2.8/20mm, which is actually an excellent lens too. Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Jon Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 27. januar 2006 07:51 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Enablement: M*300/4 I've got a M*300/4 on its way to me. I'm stoked. Now I need something super duper wide, like an M20/4 or one of the 15s (yeah right, neither is happening anytime soon) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Enablement: M*300/4
I wonder if it'll put too much strain on an LX+winder tripod-mounted... Guess I'll find out in a week or two when it arrives! :) When using it on a tripod, I would use the LX without the winder. It's a more secure connection and less lever length to stress the connection. I once mistakenly attached my LX, motor drive and A400/5.6 to a tripod using the tripod mount in the motor drive rather than the lens' mount. (A case of brain fade.) The weight of the lens ripped the motor drive apart. I'd recommend what Paul has suggested, Jon. While both the weight (maybe 2/3) and the length (maybe 1/2) of the M* 300/4 are less, compared with the A 400/5.6, it would still be a pretty big source of torque on the winder. While it may not actually rip apart the winder, it certainly would be stressing the winder's rigidity, maybe pushing it to where you might have a rather unstable setup for shooting at 300mm FL. OTOH, the LX with just the 300/4 is no big deal (it's front-heavy, of course, but I've done that before with no apparent problems). Fred
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
On 1/27/06, Dave Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this is a formal Pentax Canada request, I'm surprised that they would want these sent to a freebee gmail account. Puts some red flags up for me. I would have thought that they would use the Pentax or PentaxCanada domain email accounts. (Course, I'm extremely cautious with respect to this kind of request on the internet). Okay, I'm going to say this one more time: I received the request to post this matter to the list from a Real Pentax Canada Guy, who (while I won't say that I know him well) I've personally met in the flesh, and even talked to and everything. He just doesn't want his name used at this point, but he'll be happy to answer any enquiries if you e-mail him at his official Pentax e-mail addie: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The g-mail address, I assume, was set up specially for this little endeavor, so as not to clog up Pentax' corporate account. If that's not good enough, he has authorized me to give you his phone numbers: 1-905-286-5585 extension 322, or, toll-free: 1-800-461-6203 extension 322 Really guys, this is supposed to be a fun thing, and who knows, it may help out the manufacturer of our beloved cameras in some small way. As I said, if I had a digicam, I'd be in there with all sorts of blurry pix, to do my part. g But, if yer uncomfortable, just don't submit pix. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: OT: Capa Doc
You don't need taxes to support any of those things, and think how much cleaner the environment would be without modern highways... William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc That there are taxes at all is abhorrent... Just think, no taxes; no roads, no schools, no hospitals, no police or military. We'd still be living in caves killing our neighbors for scraps of food. William Robb. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: OT: Capa Doc
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. You don't have a political party in your country that could survive if a bright light were shining on it. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc That's the pitiful part. It can happen to anyone. Most Republicans suffer from some sort of it. William Robb Perhaps he has been brainwashed. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
No fair you took time to think. mike wilson wrote: From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri PM 12:47:29 GMT To: PDML pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix I'm passing this along to the list at the request of someone who works at Pentax Canada: I currently work for Pentax and we are calling out to pentax users for images shot with Pentax digital cameras. Digital SLR and point and shoots. Please mention what camera you used to take the photo. We would like to have one or two of you best images sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If there are people in your shot please think before you send it to us. They may not want to be in a slide show. These photos will not be used on our website or in any print ads. Only in a slide show of images at conventions. We don't need big files 500k or smaller. These will be used in a slide so at conventions to show images produced on pentax cameras. Thank you for your time. I can assure you that this is entirely legit, and although I'm not sure that the person wants his name passed along, he does indeed work for Pentax Canada. So how much are they paying and who holds the copyright? Shall I guess? - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Analog enablement
- Original Message - From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just arrived: very nice 645n with FA 45-85/4.5! What a nice piece of pro equipment. Too bad Pentax doesn't make something similar for K-mount... So now my film photos will be rather only 6x4.5 ;-) Digital shmigital ;-) I don't know about that! I have in front of me a 645NII with the 33-55 lens. Also an LX with the 31 Limited and the MZ-S with the 43 Limited. I'll say these cameras are (almost) evenly matched. If only they would make something similar in digital... Pål
Re: OT: Capa Doc
On 1/27/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't need taxes to support any of those things, and think how much cleaner the environment would be without modern highways... You're right. I think we could also do away with currency, while we're at it. I think governments should go out the window too. From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. Seriously. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: OT: Capa Doc
On 1/27/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. You don't have a political party in your country that could survive if a bright light were shining on it. What are you talking about? We have the New Democratic Party! Seriously. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri PM 03:30:15 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix No fair you took time to think. That'll be the day. mike wilson wrote: From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri PM 12:47:29 GMT To: PDML pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix I'm passing this along to the list at the request of someone who works at Pentax Canada: I currently work for Pentax and we are calling out to pentax users for images shot with Pentax digital cameras. Digital SLR and point and shoots. Please mention what camera you used to take the photo. We would like to have one or two of you best images sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If there are people in your shot please think before you send it to us. They may not want to be in a slide show. These photos will not be used on our website or in any print ads. Only in a slide show of images at conventions. We don't need big files 500k or smaller. These will be used in a slide so at conventions to show images produced on pentax cameras. Thank you for your time. I can assure you that this is entirely legit, and although I'm not sure that the person wants his name passed along, he does indeed work for Pentax Canada. So how much are they paying and who holds the copyright? Shall I guess? - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
Peter said to me: No fair you took time to think. mike retorted: That'll be the day. Hey! -frank, always thinking about something or other -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/27 Fri PM 03:47:09 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix Peter said to me: No fair you took time to think. mike retorted: That'll be the day. Hey! He was talkin' to me! mike off to get a mohican - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: Analog enablement
On 1/27/06, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just arrived: very nice 645n with FA 45-85/4.5! What a nice piece of pro equipment. Too bad Pentax doesn't make something similar for K-mount... So now my film photos will be rather only 6x4.5 ;-) Digital shmigital ;-) Good on you! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
On 1/27/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He was talkin' to me! mike off to get a mohican So he was. What's a mohican? cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike off to get a mohican Don't take the last one... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: PESO: Tank on a perch
On 1/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't posted a photo here in a while. This is one of the reasons why :) : http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/478517/1/53498988 Cropped for camera tilt. Amita Nice shot and nice cat.Lighting is good and face nice and sharp. Thanks!
PESO - Bummer
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RE: Dickey Chapelle Article (redux)
Hi Shel -- I saw your original posting and downloaded the article, but haven't read it yet. I hate reading long PDFs on the screen, and won't have access to a printer until next week. But the subject sounds interesting to me -- thanks for passing it along. *UncaMikey (I was in Vietnam when I first had the time and opportunity to get a good camera, on RR in Hong Kong: a black Spotmatic.)
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
On 1/27/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike off to get a mohican Don't take the last one... I heard that movie (the version with Daniel Day Lewis, in case there are more than one version) was mostly shot in North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge range. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
RE: Analog enablement
Congratulations. Wish it was mine :-) Which brings me to a question I want to ask: How do people get good 120-film development these days? I just spoke to two large Danish professional labs. Both have stoped developing slides. One of them film all together. I's all digital now. Small labs don't handle 120-film well at all (The still beleive they were done with grandfathers collectible, I guess). I very often get film back with spots (bad development), scratches, finger prints etc. I wonder if this is the same everywhere? Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Sylwester Pietrzyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 27. januar 2006 15:40 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Analog enablement Just arrived: very nice 645n with FA 45-85/4.5! What a nice piece of pro equipment. Too bad Pentax doesn't make something similar for K-mount... So now my film photos will be rather only 6x4.5 ;-) Digital shmigital ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
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I plan to set up my own web page dedicated to my photography. I am a novice in web page design and everything associated with it. I need to know it all! Any tips you may have from design, software, web page provider, selling images over the net... whatever..will be welcomed. Pål
Re: PESO - Bummer
Doug Brewer wrote: http://www.alphoto.com/images/bummer.jpg Hope you'll be sharing the story behind it in due course.
Re: Analog enablement
- Original Message - From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wonder if this is the same everywhere? No Pål
Re: lens around to buy?
From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a frank talk I once had with a Pentax rep, I found out that Pentax tells Pentax USA little more than Pentax tells us. He described the company officials as arrogant. Joe Oh the irony of it all! Maybe Pentax Japan is selling all their gear domestically? Tom C.
Re: Analog enablement
Pål Jensen wrote on 27.01.06 16:34: I don't know about that! I have in front of me a 645NII with the 33-55 lens. Also an LX with the 31 Limited and the MZ-S with the 43 Limited. I'll say these cameras are (almost) evenly matched. If only they would make something similar in digital... Both MZ-S and LX are not produced anymore. But It would be good if Pentax could produce DSLR of such a quality. -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
Re: lens around to buy?
Hah! :-) Tom C. From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: lens around to buy? Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:13:44 +0100 Tom, You mean as in: Pentax users that *mostly* already own the lenses they want. :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:34 PM Subject: Re: lens around to buy? From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think a 200/2.8 is pretty exotic for the average slr buyer. I also believe that the *stD appeal to two kinds of buyers; 1) entry level users who buy kit lenses. 2) Pentax users that already own the lenses they want. They only use the *istD because something better isn't available. I believe there are very few who buys exotic Pentax glass these days. I'll agree with you on the above with the caveat of using the word mostly. Tom C.
Re: OT: Capa Doc
Mark! From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] That there are taxes at all is abhorrent...
Re: Re: OT: Capa Doc
Mark II ! From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] What have the Romans ever done for us?
Re: Analog enablement
Oo, great. I have 645 with FA 55/2.8. I would like to hear about quality of zoom lens. Manual focus fixfocals are rather cheap, but heavy. Gatis Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Just arrived: very nice 645n with FA 45-85/4.5! What a nice piece of pro equipment. Too bad Pentax doesn't make something similar for K-mount... So now my film photos will be rather only 6x4.5 ;-) Digital shmigital ;-)
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
I would think that it would a request placed on Pentax Canada's website. Tom C. From: Dave Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:13:00 -0500 If this is a formal Pentax Canada request, I'm surprised that they would want these sent to a freebee gmail account. Puts some red flags up for me. I would have thought that they would use the Pentax or PentaxCanada domain email accounts. (Course, I'm extremely cautious with respect to this kind of request on the internet). dk On 1/27/06, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm passing this along to the list at the request of someone who works at Pentax Canada: I currently work for Pentax and we are calling out to pentax users for images shot with Pentax digital cameras. Digital SLR and point and shoots. Please mention what camera you used to take the photo. We would like to have one or two of you best images sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If there are people in your shot please think before you send it to us. They may not want to be in a slide show. These photos will not be used on our website or in any print ads. Only in a slide show of images at conventions. We don't need big files 500k or smaller. These will be used in a slide so at conventions to show images produced on pentax cameras. Thank you for your time. I can assure you that this is entirely legit, and although I'm not sure that the person wants his name passed along, he does indeed work for Pentax Canada. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Analog enablement
Jostein wrote on 27.01.06 16:06: Eey! Congrats Sylwek! ;-) Thanks Jostein, and thanks for all your wise words about 645 system :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
Re: Analog enablement
- Original Message - From: Gasha [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would like to hear about quality of zoom lens. The zoom lenses are as good or better than the primes. All of the zooms flare less than the FA 45/2.8 lens. Pål
