Re: GESO: School is over
Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157600309114295/ "Couple-7751-web" is a great shot! I'm sure the kids would love a copy as a memento of a fun day... -tih -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - The Wave (Revisited)
Okay, I did the layer and mask thing. But note my selection lines may show here and there, I will have smudge and blur and clone the edges so they are not so visible. For those of you that have seen it before, uh, it looks different. Now I am thinking maybe I like the color version better, after all. The B&W can look more ominous, but the color has more punch. Not sure though, so input welcome. The mild version could be anywhere between the bold version and the current mild version. I kept playing with the mild one and this particular one might not be the most optimal. (Sky and ground are different layers, in addition to the background, with the opacity set to different standards for bold and mild.) B&W Bold http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/wavebold.htm B&W Mild http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/wavemild.htm B&W Color http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/wavecolor.htm So which do you like best? Or would you rather have some variation of the mild B&W? I'd really appreciate hearing. 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: One Who Missed GFM
I didn't know Paul looked so much like Papa Hemingway. -Brendan --- Bill Sawyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's what Paul Stenquist was doing while the > others were being lured by > the mountain goat on crack > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6056101 > > > Bill Sawyer > Livonia, MI > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: My GFM wrap-up (pretty long, probably boring)
In a message dated 6/5/2007 6:52:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Photos will follow. Cory Waters Owner, PDML West === Thanks. Such a fulsome report gives one a real feeling of what went on. 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: A quick Picasa web gallery
In a message dated 6/5/2007 4:24:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you are talking about this shot: http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07/photo#5072643129669058946 Thats the look i got from Doug, when i offered Canadian money for this years bribe. Dave == Aha! LOL. 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: PESO - learning to weld
Hi Rick, Thanks for looking. I pondered that, and experimented a little from other angles but I didn't like what the flash was doing. And I would have lost the glowing bits on the ground. Ciao, Peter in western Sydney - Original Message From: Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Wednesday, 6 June, 2007 11:22:56 AM Subject: Re: PESO - learning to weld Very nice! Would a tiny pop of fill flash help, or is the stuff in the shadows not worth seeing? Rick --- Peter McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My son has just walked out of a carpentry > apprenticeship 2 years in, > after a rather unpleasant time there. He's since > been doing bits of > work here and there in order to pay the bills, and > has just started > working with his friend's father in his metal > fabrication business. It > looks like he's found something he enjoys, and is > teaching himself how > to arc-weld. I managed to get him to let me grab a > couple of shots; > here's one I like. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/petergly/OnePhoto/photo#5071375848423957826 > > EXIF: 1600 ISO, 1/30 @ f/5.6. A28mm f/2.8 lens > used. > > Haven't used high ISO's on my ist-DL much. I like > what I'm seeing, > though. And the 28mm lens seems to be a good one on > this camera. All > questions re workplace safety are to be sent > directly to him... ;-) > > Ciao, > > Peter in western Sydney > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php -- 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 (not GFM): Churchyard and Door
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6056225 Comments most welcome. Rick - Very well done. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: One Who Missed GFM
Good one, Bill. You caught me hanging :-). Thanks. Paul On Jun 5, 2007, at 9:05 PM, Bill Sawyer wrote: > Here's what Paul Stenquist was doing while the others were being > lured by > the mountain goat on crack > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6056101 > > > Bill Sawyer > Livonia, MI > > > > -- > 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 (not GFM): Churchyard and Door
On Jun 5, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > This is a view of the churchyard and church in > Faringdon, a town in Oxfordshire (Cottyland): > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6056225 This has the makings of a fine photo, but needs some rendering work. It looks somewhat flat on my screen and has a light cyan cast. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -Grimes Creek
- Original Message - From: "Rick Womer" Subject: Re: PESO -Grimes Creek >I like yours better, Bill! I did choose my subject more wisely than Tom. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO (not GFM): Churchyard and Door
- Original Message - From: "Rick Womer" Subject: PESO (not GFM): Churchyard and Door > > This is a view of the churchyard and church in > Faringdon, a town in Oxfordshire (Cottyland): > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6056225 > > Comments most welcome. I think the angle of view is a bit low, a higher camera position would give a bit more depth to the headstones, with the resulting benefit of a deeper looking picture. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO (not GFM): Churchyard and Door
I have about 1100 exposures from the month I've had the K10D, including a few hundred from my sojourn in the UK last month. This is a view of the churchyard and church in Faringdon, a town in Oxfordshire (Cottyland): http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6056225 Comments most welcome. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Last old PUG up
Thanks for the PUG Adelheid. We missed you at GFM. Regards, Bob S. On 6/1/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 31/5/07, AvK, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >All the best > >Adelheid > >retired PUGmaster for about 6 years i guess (can't remember how long) > > Well done Addy, you (and Jostein) have done a fabulous job so thanks > from me :-) > > -- > > > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
My GFM wrap-up (pretty long, probably boring)
I didn't sleep much Wednesday night. I figure it was excitement about the trip and a little anxiety. I'd made a trip to the store on Wednesday but forgot some important items like buns for the Bubba Burgers so I made another stop on the way out of town. I still forgot to get salt & pepper and sliced cheese. During the weekend on separate trips, Kyle (A non-lister but a fine woman anyway) bought the S&P and Scott Loveless bought some very fine quality cheese. That's just how great it is up on "The Mountain". The trip up was uneventful, if a bit lonely (Cesar). there was a lot of smoke in Atlanta from the wildfires burning hundreds of miles to the south, but the weather was promising (foreshadowing) and the traffic was light. I made good time and was able to coax more miles from a tank of gas than last year since I wasn't hauling Cesar's cargo containers. I was surprised to find that I was almost the first one to the picnic area we call home. Nico was and Kyle were there but Nico had elected to pitch his tent over by the cabin this year for reasons known only to him and anybody who was within a half-mile of Dave Brooks last year. I made the bold decision to abandon the traditional PDML Central location for the next spot over. I felt that the new location had a more desirable front porch area. The others began to arrive and it wasn't long before Mark Cassino was banging on a motor home door that *didn't* belong to Cotty. I was leaning against said motor home and Dave Brooks was drinking a beer at it's table when the Cannon-shooting-owner pulled-up. um... whoops. But, as should be expected, he was a really nice guy named Bruce who fit right in with our goofy group, loaned Cotty some leveling blocks for the camper, and even facilitated Cotty's wine habit all weekend. Cotty and Cesar showed-up in an obviously rented motor home that was brand new. It seems the rental place doesn't know us very well, eh? Dave ferried Mark up to the trail head and it started raining as-if on cue the moment Mark disappeared from site. It seems like it rains on him every year as he's walking briskly up the mountain for his traditional night on the trail. We ate the burgers sans cheese and headed up to the bridge in search of a sunset that never really was. Scott and Ann turned-up pretty late and we all turned-in for a few hours. I didn't sleep much Friday came with more arrivals. I forget now when it started raining but it seemed like it rained on and off the whole weekend. Matt Massen took a shower Thursday night and his towel was still wet when I unpacked Sunday night. Let's just say the weekend was rather moist and not in a fun, steamy, girlfriend, back-seat kinda way either. There was a lot of BS-ing around the campsite all day and not many photographs were taken that didn't include a PDML member goofing off. David Savage turned-up. He seemed nice enough so I took him up to the bridge to have a look around and imprison a few electrons. Much to my dismay though, he seemed more interested in the bridge construction than the wonderful vistas and beautiful foliage. Ship-builders...go figure. We all went up to the auditorium to take the oath of less-seriousness and see the Mark and Darth (Doug) show. There were many laser shenanigans and one prominent "boing" but hidden deep in the subliminal messages of the program were some really good photo tips. Avoiding BULLSEYE! was one and the other that I can remember was something like "Hey, if you make the photograph good to begin with, you won't have to screw it up in photoshop later". Then there was Tony Sweet. He showed a lot of great pictures and he gets free NIC software and Lensbabys so he talked a lot about that stuff. I was kinda bored. And what's with the old-man clown hair and dew-rag, dude? I just figured out that he reminds me of the stoner buss driver on the Simpsons... I'm sure he's a really nice guy though so don't tell him I said that, ok? Saturday came and I went up the mountain at oh-dark-thirty to see what the sunrise looked like (I didn't sleep much. a pattern develops). There were many tripods facing East. I figured, hey, if everyone is looking that way, I should look the other way. FREE TIP: The sun rises in the east so that's where the nifty light is. I'll post some nice fog shots if they don't suck when Cesar sends me the bits that are trapped in his laptop. I ate my poptarts with Nico, Mark and Roger(?) over by the bathroom, took a shower, and made ready for the planned trip to Attic Window peak. Now, this is a pretty demanding trail for those of us with less than optimal fitness. I'm fat and posses little in the way of cardio-stamina. I was breathing hard before we got to the little stand where you get the trail maps. Last year I made it up to the ridge right before McRae peak, about where Tom turned around this year. I was determined to make it to Attic Window this tim
Re: GFM - The People of the PDML
You look just fine Ann. The new haircut becomes you. Regards, Bob S. On 6/5/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian Walters wrote: > > >Yes - I am deeply embarrassed. > > > >I knew as soon as I pressed the 'send' button that I had made a blunder. > >It's just that I saw EOS and immediately thought 'Cotty'. > > > >I don't know why. > > > >Again, my apologies. > > > > > > > >Cheers > > > >Brian > > > apology accepted - I do look pretty awful in that shot -- ooops now I > have to apologize to Cotty :) > > ann > > > > >++ > >Brian Walters > >Western Sydney, Australia > >http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > > > >Quoting ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > >>Brian Walters wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>My apologies > >>> > >>>The size of the camera and lens distracted me > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Cheers > >>> > >>>Brian > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Better be ME you are apologizing to :) > >>I know I'm not the dish I used to be but > >>ann > >> > >> > >> > >>>++ > >>>Brian Walters > >>>Western Sydney, Australia > >>>http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > >>> > >>>Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On 4/6/07, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > > > >and is that Cotty behind the EOS?) > > > > > > > > > ROTFL > > Even if I had a quarter of Ann's hair I'd say yes. > > It's one of my cameras though. > > -- > > > > > > > >>> > >>> > > > >-- > >Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. > >http://www.bluebottle.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: PESO -Grimes Creek
I like yours better, Bill! --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Tom C" > Subject: PESO - Mr. Robb at Grimes Creek > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6021612 > > > > About ten miles from home on our little photo > expedition. > > > > Here is the picture I was taking while Tom was > taking his. > > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/wetrocks1.html > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - learning to weld
Very nice! Would a tiny pop of fill flash help, or is the stuff in the shadows not worth seeing? Rick --- Peter McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My son has just walked out of a carpentry > apprenticeship 2 years in, > after a rather unpleasant time there. He's since > been doing bits of > work here and there in order to pay the bills, and > has just started > working with his friend's father in his metal > fabrication business. It > looks like he's found something he enjoys, and is > teaching himself how > to arc-weld. I managed to get him to let me grab a > couple of shots; > here's one I like. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/petergly/OnePhoto/photo#5071375848423957826 > > EXIF: 1600 ISO, 1/30 @ f/5.6. A28mm f/2.8 lens > used. > > Haven't used high ISO's on my ist-DL much. I like > what I'm seeing, > though. And the 28mm lens seems to be a good one on > this camera. All > questions re workplace safety are to be sent > directly to him... ;-) > > Ciao, > > Peter in western Sydney > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Phragmite
I like this one. The horizon and the jetty both contribute something. Rick --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 5/31/2007 2:46:24 P.M. Pacific > Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Phragmites are native to North America, but they > have also been > introduced. The introduced variety's unfortunately > are quite invasive. > 30 years ago this would have been a shot of > Cattails, a species that is > useful as food for a number of bird and animal > species. Phragmites are > on the other hand useless... > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_phragmite.html > > Equipment Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 28-70mm f4.0 > AL > > === > I like that quite a bit, Peter. Without the horizon > line it wouldn't be > nothing, with it it's something. Simple but > effective. > > 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 > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - The Advancing Wave
Better, but still not up to potential. You have a typo in "Advancing," too. Rick --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 6/3/2007 10:20:30 A.M. Pacific > Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Not that much work. I did a quick and dirty, but > subtle, correction. > I'm sure with just a little more work than I put in > you could make it > much better. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/Marnies_Wave.html > > > = > Thanks, Peter. Hmmm, a slightly different > interpretation. You know this one > could go a lot of different ways when one comes > right down to it. But saved > it, and thanks. > > 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 > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Canyon
- Original Message - From: "Cotty" Subject: Re: PESO: Canyon >>>http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/boisepan1.html > > > Wow - lovely pair mate. > > Thanks Cotty. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Another GFM weekend done W/PESO!
On 6/5/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cbwaters wrote: > > >Here's the one shot I submitted to the contest. > > > >http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/2793835#159371400-L-LB > > Hey, where's the "BOIING!" sound effect? > Aparently it can only be played once. And that was Friday night. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2007 - 25 - GDG
It works for me. Would trimming about 10% off the right make it work even better? --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On this sunny but beautiful day, I went to the Santa > Cruz Pride > Festival ... > > > http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/25.htm > > Comments, critique, flames all happily appreciated. > > enjoy > Godfrey >www.gdgphoto.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW ___ You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
One Who Missed GFM
Here's what Paul Stenquist was doing while the others were being lured by the mountain goat on crack http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6056101 Bill Sawyer Livonia, MI -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Another way to get a camera into an Altoids tin.
I don't see an aperture simulator. Wouldn't touch 'em. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > === > What a kick. He even sells them. > > 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 > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Another GFM weekend done W/PESO!
No, but there was a dead moth in Annsan's mushrooms... --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But does it include illicit sex, and cannibalism? > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
On 6/6/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/5/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "David J Brooks" > > Subject: Re: A quick Picasa web gallery > > > > > > > If you are talking about this shot: > > > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07/photo#5072643129669058946 > > > > > > Thats the look i got from Doug, when i offered Canadian money for this > > > years bribe. > > > > > > It's not nice to tease them that way, Dave. > > You should see what Savage tried.:-) > > Dave :-) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
GFM
You guys think you are all worthless, but I'll have you no that I paid $14 to get in and see you. That came out to almost a buck each . More seriously, I enjoyed meeting the folks I had not met before, and seeing folks I knew. Even though sometimes I wasn't quite sure which was which with my "Ah dunno" medical problem. After everyone headed down to register, I asked someone to say goodbye to ye all for me. If that did not happen, I apologise. If this is all greek to some of the folks on the list, I will give a bit of a cribsheet out. I went over to GFM for awhile on F -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM - The People of the PDML
Brian Walters wrote: >Yes - I am deeply embarrassed. > >I knew as soon as I pressed the 'send' button that I had made a blunder. It's >just that I saw EOS and immediately thought 'Cotty'. > >I don't know why. > >Again, my apologies. > > > >Cheers > >Brian > apology accepted - I do look pretty awful in that shot -- ooops now I have to apologize to Cotty :) ann > >++ >Brian Walters >Western Sydney, Australia >http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > >Quoting ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >>Brian Walters wrote: >> >> >> >>>My apologies >>> >>>The size of the camera and lens distracted me >>> >>> >>> >>>Cheers >>> >>>Brian >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Better be ME you are apologizing to :) >>I know I'm not the dish I used to be but >>ann >> >> >> >>>++ >>>Brian Walters >>>Western Sydney, Australia >>>http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ >>> >>>Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 4/6/07, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: >and is that Cotty behind the EOS?) > > > > ROTFL Even if I had a quarter of Ann's hair I'd say yes. It's one of my cameras though. -- >>> >>> > >-- >Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. >http://www.bluebottle.com > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM
And it was good to see you Tom! Thanks for making the effort to say hello. As you guessed, after registering at 3+ PM, we went down and checked in at the motel and then dinner and then the program. It is a whirlwind of activity when you don't sleep on the mountain (takes 15 minutes minimum to get to the room) Regards, Bob S. On 6/5/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You guys think you are all worthless, but I'll have you know that I paid $14 > to get in and see you. That came out to almost a buck each . > > More seriously, I enjoyed meeting the folks I had not met before, and seeing > folks I knew. Even though sometimes I wasn't quite sure which was which with > my "Ah dunno" medical problem. > > After everyone headed down to register, I asked someone to say goodbye to ye > all for me. If that did not happen, I apologize. > > If this is all Greek to some of the folks on the list, I will give a bit of a > cribsheet out. I went over to GFM for awhile on Friday. Got there about 11 > and hung out for maybe 4 hours until everyone took off to register for the > program. Figuring that they would be busy after that I headed home. > Strangely, I got home and just sat staring at the wall for a couple of hours. > PDML has some really nice people on it, and it was good seeing some of you > face to face again. > > -- > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > --- > > -- > 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
GFM
You guys think you are all worthless, but I'll have you know that I paid $14 to get in and see you. That came out to almost a buck each . More seriously, I enjoyed meeting the folks I had not met before, and seeing folks I knew. Even though sometimes I wasn't quite sure which was which with my "Ah dunno" medical problem. After everyone headed down to register, I asked someone to say goodbye to ye all for me. If that did not happen, I apologize. If this is all Greek to some of the folks on the list, I will give a bit of a cribsheet out. I went over to GFM for awhile on Friday. Got there about 11 and hung out for maybe 4 hours until everyone took off to register for the program. Figuring that they would be busy after that I headed home. Strangely, I got home and just sat staring at the wall for a couple of hours. PDML has some really nice people on it, and it was good seeing some of you face to face again. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Peso: Dried Mud
I thought you were pulling my leg with 'Kodachrome Basin" but I guess not. It looks like a pretty area, unless you are lost of course :) If you are into deserts the Gila Wilderness in SW New Mexico is really amazing as well as secluded (if you did not already know that). My family went there for a month long camping trip when I was in highschool. Once you get past the trailhead you really don't see anyone, we actually only ran into one other group of people while on the trails. Russ On 6/5/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Russell Kerstetter" > Subject: Re: Peso: Dried Mud > > > > Nice Bill! Good exposure, and composition. What are the fuzzy > > diagonals in the corners and where is this? > > Thanks Russell. > That was shot with the 12-24 at 12mm. I have a feeling that I didn't have > the lens hood fully rotated on. The top right corner had a big vignettte, > which I retouched. I meant to crop the others since they are so little, and > forgot. > That is just a very short hop down the road from Grosvener Arch, near > Kodachrome Basin. I spotted it on my way back from getting lost in the > desert (literally) for half an afternoon. > > William Robb > > > >> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/drymud.html > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Legacy Air, Inc. 11900 Airport Way Broomfield Colorado 80021 (303) 404-0277 fax (303) 404-0280 www.legacy-air.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM - Homo at last
Well, it's what I felt like about, oh, 7-8 years ago. ];-) G On Jun 5, 2007, at 4:28 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Glad you safe, but, what's with the thread header:-) > >> Arrived back. Sleep first. The eat. Then work. Then pics. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
On 6/5/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "David J Brooks" > Subject: Re: A quick Picasa web gallery > > > > If you are talking about this shot: > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07/photo#5072643129669058946 > > > > Thats the look i got from Doug, when i offered Canadian money for this > > years bribe. > > > It's not nice to tease them that way, Dave. You should see what Savage tried.:-) Dave > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Peso: Dried Mud
- Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: Peso: Dried Mud > William Robb wrote: > >> Pretty self explanatory. >> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/drymud.html > > Great stuff. Glad to see you got some good photography out of your > aborted trip to GFM. Hope to see you in person next year. Glad you like the stuff. It's an easy area to shoot in. I think a PDML get together at Kodachrome would be a grand idea. Me too. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Peso: Dried Mud
- Original Message - From: "Russell Kerstetter" Subject: Re: Peso: Dried Mud > Nice Bill! Good exposure, and composition. What are the fuzzy > diagonals in the corners and where is this? Thanks Russell. That was shot with the 12-24 at 12mm. I have a feeling that I didn't have the lens hood fully rotated on. The top right corner had a big vignettte, which I retouched. I meant to crop the others since they are so little, and forgot. That is just a very short hop down the road from Grosvener Arch, near Kodachrome Basin. I spotted it on my way back from getting lost in the desert (literally) for half an afternoon. William Robb >> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/drymud.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Peso: Dried Mud
- Original Message - From: "Norm Baugher" Subject: Re: Peso: Dried Mud > Beautiful. Thanks Norm. bill >> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/drymud.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yet another PESO
- Original Message - From: "Russell Kerstetter" Subject: Re: Yet another PESO > doesn't look cartoony to me, I like it I toned it down shortly after announcing it. I went back and looked after Marnie commented and my eyes started bleeding. Thanks for liking it. William Robb >> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/rockform1.html >> I cartoonized the colour slightly, but not by all that much >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
- Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" Subject: Re: A quick Picasa web gallery > If you are talking about this shot: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07/photo#5072643129669058946 > > Thats the look i got from Doug, when i offered Canadian money for this > years bribe. It's not nice to tease them that way, Dave. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
Har! Who is Keyser Soze?! Your height gauge is out of scale. I'm 6" thank you very much. :-) Cheers, Dave On 6/6/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David J Brooks wrote: > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07 > > Nice Photoshop job, Dave. But I'm gonna spoil the party and post the > original, unaltered photo: > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/big-3.jpg > > > > -- > 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: Grosvenor Arch, The Lazuli Bunting, the Canyon, and them Hummingbirds
- Original Message - From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: Peso: Grosvenor Arch, The Lazuli Bunting, the Canyon,and them Hummingbirds > >You don't need no moat and drawbridge. Just have Linda stand at the top > >of >>the drive and practice those stern looks like that what she gave me while >>I >>was driving up the hill to your house. > > Because you were driving up the middle because you were afwaid of running > your big big twuck off the wittle bitty woad? :-) I was afeared, I admit, but Linda scared me straight.. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM - Homo at last
On 6/5/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With Cotty, it's best not to ask questions like that... I wonder what people just tuning into the PDML and seeing this, think. LOL Dave > > David J Brooks wrote: > > You spell like me.:-) > > > > Glad you safe, but, whats with the thread header:-) > > > > Dave > > > > On 6/5/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Arrived back. Sleep first. The eat. Then work. Then pics. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Cottysan > >> > >> > >> ___/\__ > >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > >> ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com > >> _ > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
If you are talking about this shot: http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07/photo#5072643129669058946 Thats the look i got from Doug, when i offered Canadian money for this years bribe. Dave On 6/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 6/5/2007 11:55:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07 > > Just had a quick look through the files, and i put up these few to get > us started. > No adjustments, justa resize and SFW > > Enjoy > > Dave > > === > I don't know, pretty mean looking guy about the sixth picture in. But some > very nice eagles shots. Bear shots aren't bad either. > > 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 > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM - The People of the PDML
On 6/5/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice gallery, Cory. I like the shot of Doug and Scott with all the > reflections. How did you do that one? Someone (Cory?) was showing Doug & Scott the shots on the back of the camera they had been taking of them (giving a sign language tutorial I think), and I snapped that shot of them through the glass. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Another GFM weekend done W/PESO!
P. J. Alling wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >> John Sessoms wrote: >> "Bob W" Interesting caption. "Ten of us set out for the Attic Window peak that morning but only four of us made it all the way. " Is this one of those Touching The Void stories? Did the others have to drag themselves back through the latrines? >>> http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN038000321X&id=sBYRYi4ZsSIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Alive >>> >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/alive.jpg >> >But does it include illicit sex, and cannibalism? Well *my* GFM experience included neither but we haven't heard from everyone yet... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Rush Hour
The guy on the right doesn't quite look happy about having his photo taken. It would be a better image if he was is clear focus (but, given your signature line) Reminds me of some of my commutes before I retired. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Actually, it lasts several hours, rush hour does. > > Rained yesterday morning, so I took transit to work. Sun was out > for > my commute home. Toronto's subway rides above ground in some > places, > and I thought it looked kind of cool with the sun illuminating the > crowded car: > > http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=KDtkGhx8GL > > Comments always welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. http://www.bluebottle.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Pentax Photo Gallery Response
--- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Subject: Re: Pentax Photo Gallery Response > > > > > > On 5/6/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > > > >Only a few have their harthats on waiting for the sky to > > > >fall. > > > > > > A few more have their harts in their mouths ;-)) > > > > > > >Oh, deer. Is this going to be another pun thread? Let's not get > stuck > >in a rut this time. > > > >Bob > > I know. It gets pretty STAGnant sometimes. > > Tom c. > > Yes, things of that elk do. Jack > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: GFM - The People of the PDML
Oh yeah Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Aussies have never been able to tell the difference between men > and > women. Either that or they don't care. It explains a lot of the > behaviour you see around Earl's Court of an evening. > > -- > Bob > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Brian Walters > > Sent: 05 June 2007 11:08 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: GFM - The People of the PDML > > > > My apologies > > > > The size of the camera and lens distracted me > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney, Australia > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On 4/6/07, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > > > > and is that Cotty behind the EOS?) > > > > > > ROTFL > > > > -- Get a free email address with REAL anti-spam protection. http://www.bluebottle.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Peso: Grosvenor Arch, The Lazuli Bunting, the Canyon, and them Hummingbirds
>You don't need no moat and drawbridge. Just have Linda stand at the top of >the drive and practice those stern looks like that what she gave me while I >was driving up the hill to your house. > >William Robb > Because you were driving up the middle because you were afwaid of running your big big twuck off the wittle bitty woad? :-) Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Another GFM weekend done W/PESO!
On 6/4/07, cbwaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wait, you guys turned back at McRae, didn't you? > I do have that picture. Well, Cesar has it. I hope :) Doh, you're right. I thought "MacRae" and typed "Attic Window." Stupid brain. I saw one version of that picture on Mark's LCD screen. :-) > I also have your pillow and your CD from the contest. Funny how you took > all your lenses and left this crap ;) I always seem to leave something behind. No lenses this time at least. :-) -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM - The People of the PDML
There was a compliment? :-)> Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 5/6/07, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > It's just that I saw EOS and immediately thought 'Cotty'. > > Thanks for the compliment ;-) > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty -- Get a free email address with REAL anti-spam protection. http://www.bluebottle.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM - The People of the PDML
On 5/6/07, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: > It's just that I saw EOS and immediately thought 'Cotty'. Thanks for the compliment ;-) -- 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
Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?
sorry, couldn't do that. :-) even if forever stuck at 2.8 it would still be a nice lens (well, apart from minor details like weight, size) originally I bought it for low light conditions anyway (and because I needed a replacement after some uninvited visitor(s) abused my absence to releive me from an FA 80-210 3.5-5.6 (or so?) with which I had gotten dissatisfied anyway) "Peter Fairweather" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hardly worth the cost of repair. I'll take it off your hands if you > pay half the postage ;>) > > > On 05/06/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sounds like a classic example of a sticky aperture lever. Flip the lever > > on the lens a couple times, if it's at all slow in returning, get the > > lens CLA'd. > > > > -Adam > > > > > > Axel Belinfante wrote: > > > I just subscribed to the list, essentially to ask the question below. > > > > > > I recently got myself a K10d. When I use the kit 18-55 mm > > > and a FA*28-70 f/2.8 everything seems to work fine. > > > > > > However, with my FA*80-200 f/2.8 (aperture ring set to A) > > > I seem to get consistent overexposure (2 stops or so?), > > > _except_ when using it fully open (at 2.8) using the > > > hyper-program shifting or by using Av mode at 2.8. > > > > > > It almost makes me feel there is something wrong with > > > the way the camera tries to set aperture on the lens > > > (which would explain why it works fine at 2.8: > > > then it doesn't have to do anything so it works). > > > Would that be a valid explanation? > > > > > > Setting aperture using the ring on the lens, and > > > then using lcd-preview gives me correct (not overexposed) > > > preview shots. > > > > > > I have not been using the lens so much recently; in the > > > somewhat longer past I've been using it on a Z1 shooting > > > slides (last serious usage about a year ago, at the coast) > > > and I don't recall this kind of consistent overexposure. > > > I should probably just do some test shots with the Z1 > > > but haven't found the time. > > > > > > Sending the stuff in to pentax service, or even better, > > > visiting them, would have been another option except > > > that the dutch pentax service told me they send these > > > kind of things to pentax europe in Hamburg > > > (which doesn't really matter, except that if the dutch > > > pentax service in Breda would still have existed I would > > > just have visited them there and explained the issue) > > > and except for the wrong-time-of-the-year problem > > > (I've been told that due to holiday season it might > > > take weeks until I would get it back :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > Don't know if this is the right forum for these kind of questions; > > > I have seen there are multiple pentax forums out there, but don't > > > know how they differ. Any thoughts? > > > > > > Minor suggestion: inclusion of (pointer to) PDML mini-faq > > > on the mailing list web page (and/or in list welcome message) > > > could be useful, if only to be able to appreciate the acronyms. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Axel. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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: Pentax Photo Gallery Response
> > Subject: Re: Pentax Photo Gallery Response > > > > On 5/6/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > >Only a few have their harthats on waiting for the sky to > > >fall. > > > > A few more have their harts in their mouths ;-)) > > > >Oh, deer. Is this going to be another pun thread? Let's not get stuck >in a rut this time. > >Bob I know. It gets pretty STAGnant sometimes. Tom c. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Another GFM weekend done W/PESO!
But does it include illicit sex, and cannibalism? Mark Roberts wrote: > John Sessoms wrote: > > >>> "Bob W" >>> Interesting caption. "Ten of us set out for the Attic Window peak >>> that morning but only four of us made it all the way. " Is this one >>> of those Touching The Void stories? Did the others have to drag >>> themselves back through the latrines? >>> >> http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN038000321X&id=sBYRYi4ZsSIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Alive >> > > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/alive.jpg > > > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM - The People of the PDML
Yes - I am deeply embarrassed. I knew as soon as I pressed the 'send' button that I had made a blunder. It's just that I saw EOS and immediately thought 'Cotty'. I don't know why. Again, my apologies. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Brian Walters wrote: > > >My apologies > > > >The size of the camera and lens distracted me > > > > > > > >Cheers > > > >Brian > > > > > Better be ME you are apologizing to :) > I know I'm not the dish I used to be but > ann > > >++ > >Brian Walters > >Western Sydney, Australia > >http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > >Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > >>On 4/6/07, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> > >> > >> > >>>and is that Cotty behind the EOS?) > >>> > >>> > >>ROTFL > >> > >>Even if I had a quarter of Ann's hair I'd say yes. > >> > >>It's one of my cameras though. > >> > >>-- > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. http://www.bluebottle.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Another GFM weekend done W/PESO!
On 5/6/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/alive.jpg HAR I knew you were up to no good -- 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
Re: RE: Another GFM weekend done W/PESO!
Scratch and sniff? HAR!!! CW - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:16 PM Subject: Re: RE: Another GFM weekend done W/PESO! > John Sessoms wrote: > >>> "Bob W" >>> Interesting caption. "Ten of us set out for the Attic Window peak >>> that morning but only four of us made it all the way. " Is this one >>> of those Touching The Void stories? Did the others have to drag >>> themselves back through the latrines? >> >>http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN038000321X&id=sBYRYi4ZsSIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Alive > > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/alive.jpg > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.9/832 - Release Date: 6/4/2007 > 6:43 PM > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Pentax Photo Gallery Response
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Cotty > Sent: 05 June 2007 22:04 > To: pentax list > Subject: Re: Pentax Photo Gallery Response > > On 5/6/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Only a few have their harthats on waiting for the sky to > >fall. > > A few more have their harts in their mouths ;-)) > Oh, deer. Is this going to be another pun thread? Let's not get stuck in a rut this time. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: F 70-210 blues.
Maybe a small hammer would help. Norm Baugher wrote: > A bigger hammer? > Norm > > P. J. Alling wrote: > >> You're not helping. >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>> A good repair shop. >>> >>> >>> -- Original message -- >>> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> >>> My first problem. I hit the screw heads holding the lens mount on with a soldering Iron each for about 3 minutes. Two screws came out nice as pie. the other three are stuck hard. I've caused a little damage to two of them, but they still should work. I tried more heat for a longer time on one of them. No joy. I need a new plan. I'm hoping someone here has an idea. > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: F 70-210 blues.
Now that's an idea that I hadn't thought of. It's worth a try anyway. I wish I could find a good repair shop. The last place around here that had an in house repair department close some years ago. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Seriously, some shops have parts on hand from old equipment. You might check > around. > Other than that, tapping the screwdriver handle with a plastic mallet will > sometimes help loosen them. Get someone to support the lens. Then while > holding the screwdriver in the screws slot, smack the driver's handle a few > times. The shock transmited to the screw can help loosen it. But you will > need drivers that fit the screws perfectly. > Paul > -- Original message -- > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> You're not helping. >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> A good repair shop. >>> >>> >>> -- Original message -- >>> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> My first problem. I hit the screw heads holding the lens mount on with a soldering Iron each for about 3 minutes. Two screws came out nice as pie. the other three are stuck hard. I've caused a little damage to two of them, but they still should work. I tried more heat for a longer time on one of them. No joy. I need a new plan. I'm hoping someone here has an idea. P. J. Alling wrote: > Well it finally happened. My F 70-210mm jammed. Some of you may > remember Powell's 70-210mm repair, and the problem he had with the > information brush. (for those who need a reminder > http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/lenses.htm ). It seems to happen no > matter what you do. I'm on my way to disassembling mine in an attempt > to repair it. Unfortunately it jammed in the 70mm position with focus > at infinity so the screws on the sleeve are in accessible. I'm looking > for advice if there is any. Well I'm off to buy a new soldering iron > since I can't find my old one, (hope that will be enough so that I won't > need to buy a JIS crosspoint screwdriver. I suppose I could simply > replace it but this lens is too good not to try, and I'm too broke to > send it to someone else to tell me it's unrepairable. > > > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> -- >> All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yet another PESO
Cotty, You missed the first "Loony Tunes" version. Jack --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/6/07, Russell Kerstetter, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >doesn't look cartoony to me, I like it > > Did you know that Mickey Mouse has a Russell Kerstetter watch? > > > ---> ;-) > > -- > > > 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 > The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: RE: Another GFM weekend done W/PESO!
John Sessoms wrote: >> "Bob W" >> Interesting caption. "Ten of us set out for the Attic Window peak >> that morning but only four of us made it all the way. " Is this one >> of those Touching The Void stories? Did the others have to drag >> themselves back through the latrines? > >http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN038000321X&id=sBYRYi4ZsSIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Alive http://www.robertstech.com/temp/alive.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: F 70-210 blues.
Not so far off...sometimes gentle tapping with a small hammer on the screwdriver handle as you try to turn the screw will help unseat the threads. -p Norm Baugher wrote: > A bigger hammer? > Norm > > P. J. Alling wrote: >> You're not helping. >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> A good repair shop. >>> >>> >>> -- Original message -- >>> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> My first problem. I hit the screw heads holding the lens mount on with a soldering Iron each for about 3 minutes. Two screws came out nice as pie. the other three are stuck hard. I've caused a little damage to two of them, but they still should work. I tried more heat for a longer time on one of them. No joy. I need a new plan. I'm hoping someone here has an idea. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Canyon
Reminds me of the weather at GFM this past weekend... --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a pretty big image, 800 x 2700 pixels, close > to 400k. > If you can't make em good, make em big. > That's my philosophy. > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/boisepan1.html > > It's a 4 exposure stitch, shot with the 21mm LTD. > > Bonus points for finding this guy in the above > picture > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/rockclimber1.html > Shot with the A600/5.6 > > Have fun > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?
Axel Belinfante wrote: > However, with my FA*80-200 f/2.8 (aperture ring set to A) > I seem to get consistent overexposure (2 stops or so?), > _except_ when using it fully open (at 2.8) using the > hyper-program shifting or by using Av mode at 2.8. That sounds really strange, Axel. I'm afraid I can't help. I can tell you that it doesn't happen with my FA* 200/2.8 or F* 300/4.5, or any of the other lenses I've used on my K10D. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yet another PESO
On 5/6/07, Russell Kerstetter, discombobulated, unleashed: >doesn't look cartoony to me, I like it Did you know that Mickey Mouse has a Russell Kerstetter watch? ---> ;-) -- 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
Re: F 70-210 blues.
Seriously, some shops have parts on hand from old equipment. You might check around. Other than that, tapping the screwdriver handle with a plastic mallet will sometimes help loosen them. Get someone to support the lens. Then while holding the screwdriver in the screws slot, smack the driver's handle a few times. The shock transmited to the screw can help loosen it. But you will need drivers that fit the screws perfectly. Paul -- Original message -- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You're not helping. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > A good repair shop. > > > > > > -- Original message -- > > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> My first problem. I hit the screw heads holding the lens mount on with > >> a soldering Iron each for about 3 minutes. Two screws came out nice as > >> pie. the other three are stuck hard. I've caused a little damage to > >> two of them, but they still should work. I tried more heat for a longer > >> time on one of them. No joy. I need a new plan. I'm hoping someone > >> here has an idea. > >> > >> P. J. Alling wrote: > >> > >>> Well it finally happened. My F 70-210mm jammed. Some of you may > >>> remember Powell's 70-210mm repair, and the problem he had with the > >>> information brush. (for those who need a reminder > >>> http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/lenses.htm ). It seems to happen no > >>> matter what you do. I'm on my way to disassembling mine in an attempt > >>> to repair it. Unfortunately it jammed in the 70mm position with focus > >>> at infinity so the screws on the sleeve are in accessible. I'm looking > >>> for advice if there is any. Well I'm off to buy a new soldering iron > >>> since I can't find my old one, (hope that will be enough so that I won't > >>> need to buy a JIS crosspoint screwdriver. I suppose I could simply > >>> replace it but this lens is too good not to try, and I'm too broke to > >>> send it to someone else to tell me it's unrepairable. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. > > > -- > 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: REBATES!!!
Good! The folks at Pentax USA have been very helpful when I needed stuff like this sorted out. :-) Godfrey On Jun 5, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > I called Pentax and spoke with Mark (Davis) this AM. The > information he > requested is already in the mail. Says when received, he will contact > Express Group and authorize the rebate. > Thanks again for the unsolicited help. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
In a message dated 6/5/2007 12:56:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David J Brooks wrote: >http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07 Nice Photoshop job, Dave. But I'm gonna spoil the party and post the original, unaltered photo: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/big-3.jpg = LOL. That's what it looked like to me too, actually. Marnie aka Doe Hehehehe. - 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: My return to GFM
On 5/6/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >Which you absolutely *must* post on your web site as an MP3... Ergads. That might be tricky... -- 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
Re: Pentax Photo Gallery Response
On 5/6/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >Only a few have their harthats on waiting for the sky to >fall. A few more have their harts in their mouths ;-)) -- 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
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
On 5/6/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >Nice Photoshop job, Dave. But I'm gonna spoil the party and post the >original, unaltered photo: >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/big-3.jpg My eardrums have just burst. Alma looked over my shoulder at that. Thanks mate - I just woke up ;-) -- 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
Re: Yet another PESO
doesn't look cartoony to me, I like it Russ On 6/5/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is probably becoming tedious > > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/rockform1.html > I cartoonized the colour slightly, but not by all that much > > Have fun > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Legacy Air, Inc. 11900 Airport Way Broomfield Colorado 80021 (303) 404-0277 fax (303) 404-0280 www.legacy-air.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
In a message dated 6/5/2007 11:55:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07 Just had a quick look through the files, and i put up these few to get us started. No adjustments, justa resize and SFW Enjoy Dave === I don't know, pretty mean looking guy about the sixth picture in. But some very nice eagles shots. Bear shots aren't bad either. 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: F 70-210 blues.
I tried to disassemble a fungus infected F35-70 for fun. I couldn't find JIS screwdrivers, instead I used PH000 and PH00 drivers from an electronics shop. They fit ok. You need to apply a lot of pressure! The screws on my F35-70 didn't need heating. I did notice some screws had some kind of glue (locktite) applied. I planned to hacksaw a screwdriver tip and insert it in an soldering iron. Maybe this helps The fungus is gone but reassembling is the hard part! On 6/5/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well it finally happened. My F 70-210mm jammed. Some of you may > remember Powell's 70-210mm repair, and the problem he had with the > information brush. (for those who need a reminder > http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/lenses.htm ). It seems to happen no > matter what you do. I'm on my way to disassembling mine in an attempt > to repair it. Unfortunately it jammed in the 70mm position with focus > at infinity so the screws on the sleeve are in accessible. I'm looking > for advice if there is any. Well I'm off to buy a new soldering iron > since I can't find my old one, (hope that will be enough so that I won't > need to buy a JIS crosspoint screwdriver. I suppose I could simply > replace it but this lens is too good not to try, and I'm too broke to > send it to someone else to tell me it's unrepairable. > > > -- > All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- -- Toine http://leende.net/peso -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: F 70-210 blues.
Last lens I had repaired around here cost me $135.00, for a much simpler job. Labor isn't cheep in New England. Since that's more than I paid for the lens and buying a new use one looks like it would run me about 175 in KEH bargain condition. I think I'll attempt a repair first. If it fails a new used lens is probably order. Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: > Given how deep the problem appears to be, maybe the $75 or so > to have a shop repair it could save the possible headache of > potentially doing it wrong. > > At 02:52 PM 6/5/2007, you wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:55:31 -0400 >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: F 70-210 blues. >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Well it finally happened. My F 70-210mm jammed. Some of you may >> remember Powell's 70-210mm repair, and the problem he had with the >> information brush. (for those who need a reminder >> http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/lenses.htm ). It seems to happen no >> matter what you do. I'm on my way to disassembling mine in an attempt >> to repair it. Unfortunately it jammed in the 70mm position with focus >> at infinity so the screws on the sleeve are in accessible. I'm looking >> for advice if there is any. Well I'm off to buy a new soldering iron >> since I can't find my old one, (hope that will be enough so that I won't >> need to buy a JIS crosspoint screwdriver. I suppose I could simply >> replace it but this lens is too good not to try, and I'm too broke to >> send it to someone else to tell me it's unrepairable. >> > > > Sincerely, > > Collin Brendemuehl > http://www.brendemuehl.net > http://evangelicalperspective.blogspot.com > http://evangelicalinteraction.blogspot.com > http://philosophyforchristians.blogspot.com > > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" > -- Jim Elliott > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: F 70-210 blues.
A bigger hammer? Norm P. J. Alling wrote: > You're not helping. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> A good repair shop. >> >> >> -- Original message -- >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >>> My first problem. I hit the screw heads holding the lens mount on with >>> a soldering Iron each for about 3 minutes. Two screws came out nice as >>> pie. the other three are stuck hard. I've caused a little damage to >>> two of them, but they still should work. I tried more heat for a longer >>> time on one of them. No joy. I need a new plan. I'm hoping someone >>> here has an idea. >>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?
Hardly worth the cost of repair. I'll take it off your hands if you pay half the postage ;>) On 05/06/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like a classic example of a sticky aperture lever. Flip the lever > on the lens a couple times, if it's at all slow in returning, get the > lens CLA'd. > > -Adam > > > Axel Belinfante wrote: > > I just subscribed to the list, essentially to ask the question below. > > > > I recently got myself a K10d. When I use the kit 18-55 mm > > and a FA*28-70 f/2.8 everything seems to work fine. > > > > However, with my FA*80-200 f/2.8 (aperture ring set to A) > > I seem to get consistent overexposure (2 stops or so?), > > _except_ when using it fully open (at 2.8) using the > > hyper-program shifting or by using Av mode at 2.8. > > > > It almost makes me feel there is something wrong with > > the way the camera tries to set aperture on the lens > > (which would explain why it works fine at 2.8: > > then it doesn't have to do anything so it works). > > Would that be a valid explanation? > > > > Setting aperture using the ring on the lens, and > > then using lcd-preview gives me correct (not overexposed) > > preview shots. > > > > I have not been using the lens so much recently; in the > > somewhat longer past I've been using it on a Z1 shooting > > slides (last serious usage about a year ago, at the coast) > > and I don't recall this kind of consistent overexposure. > > I should probably just do some test shots with the Z1 > > but haven't found the time. > > > > Sending the stuff in to pentax service, or even better, > > visiting them, would have been another option except > > that the dutch pentax service told me they send these > > kind of things to pentax europe in Hamburg > > (which doesn't really matter, except that if the dutch > > pentax service in Breda would still have existed I would > > just have visited them there and explained the issue) > > and except for the wrong-time-of-the-year problem > > (I've been told that due to holiday season it might > > take weeks until I would get it back :-( > > > > > > > > Don't know if this is the right forum for these kind of questions; > > I have seen there are multiple pentax forums out there, but don't > > know how they differ. Any thoughts? > > > > Minor suggestion: inclusion of (pointer to) PDML mini-faq > > on the mailing list web page (and/or in list welcome message) > > could be useful, if only to be able to appreciate the acronyms. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Axel. > > > > > > > > -- > 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 - Rush Hour
The guys up front are a bit blurry, but maybe that is part of why it reminds me of riding the bus in Monterrey, nice concept though. Russ On 6/5/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 5, 2007, at 10:14 AM, frank theriault wrote: > > > Rained yesterday morning, so I took transit to work. Sun was out for > > my commute home. Toronto's subway rides above ground in some places, > > and I thought it looked kind of cool with the sun illuminating the > > crowded car: > > > > http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=KDtkGhx8GL > > I like the photo, but it needs a different rendering. It would work > much better to my eye in B&W. Also, would be good if the foreground > were in focus ... I always find a blurry object in the foreground a > distraction. > > G > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Legacy Air, Inc. 11900 Airport Way Broomfield Colorado 80021 (303) 404-0277 fax (303) 404-0280 www.legacy-air.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: F 70-210 blues.
You're not helping. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A good repair shop. > > > -- Original message -- > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> My first problem. I hit the screw heads holding the lens mount on with >> a soldering Iron each for about 3 minutes. Two screws came out nice as >> pie. the other three are stuck hard. I've caused a little damage to >> two of them, but they still should work. I tried more heat for a longer >> time on one of them. No joy. I need a new plan. I'm hoping someone >> here has an idea. >> >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >>> Well it finally happened. My F 70-210mm jammed. Some of you may >>> remember Powell's 70-210mm repair, and the problem he had with the >>> information brush. (for those who need a reminder >>> http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/lenses.htm ). It seems to happen no >>> matter what you do. I'm on my way to disassembling mine in an attempt >>> to repair it. Unfortunately it jammed in the 70mm position with focus >>> at infinity so the screws on the sleeve are in accessible. I'm looking >>> for advice if there is any. Well I'm off to buy a new soldering iron >>> since I can't find my old one, (hope that will be enough so that I won't >>> need to buy a JIS crosspoint screwdriver. I suppose I could simply >>> replace it but this lens is too good not to try, and I'm too broke to >>> send it to someone else to tell me it's unrepairable. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
That's a hoot! And nice work. Paul -- Original message -- From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 5/6/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Nice Photoshop job, Dave. But I'm gonna spoil the party and post the > >original, unaltered photo: > >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/big-3.jpg > > > ROTFLMAO > -- > > > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: F 70-210 blues.
Not an option unfortunately. The brush was ruined before I opened the lens. As it appears to be made out of unobtainium, that will stop most repair shops right there. I can probably manufacture a brush out of a stiff wire, (the Nichrome wire used for old Estes rocket igniters seems to be a good thickness and about the right stiffness, though the resistance is probably much too high, but it's a starting point). I really need suggestions for getting the initial screws out of the lens mount without ruining them.. Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: > Given how deep the problem appears to be, maybe the $75 or so > to have a shop repair it could save the possible headache of > potentially doing it wrong. > > At 02:52 PM 6/5/2007, you wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:55:31 -0400 >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: F 70-210 blues. >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Well it finally happened. My F 70-210mm jammed. Some of you may >> remember Powell's 70-210mm repair, and the problem he had with the >> information brush. (for those who need a reminder >> http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/lenses.htm ). It seems to happen no >> matter what you do. I'm on my way to disassembling mine in an attempt >> to repair it. Unfortunately it jammed in the 70mm position with focus >> at infinity so the screws on the sleeve are in accessible. I'm looking >> for advice if there is any. Well I'm off to buy a new soldering iron >> since I can't find my old one, (hope that will be enough so that I won't >> need to buy a JIS crosspoint screwdriver. I suppose I could simply >> replace it but this lens is too good not to try, and I'm too broke to >> send it to someone else to tell me it's unrepairable. >> > > > Sincerely, > > Collin Brendemuehl > http://www.brendemuehl.net > http://evangelicalperspective.blogspot.com > http://evangelicalinteraction.blogspot.com > http://philosophyforchristians.blogspot.com > > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" > -- Jim Elliott > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: F 70-210 blues.
A good repair shop. -- Original message -- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My first problem. I hit the screw heads holding the lens mount on with > a soldering Iron each for about 3 minutes. Two screws came out nice as > pie. the other three are stuck hard. I've caused a little damage to > two of them, but they still should work. I tried more heat for a longer > time on one of them. No joy. I need a new plan. I'm hoping someone > here has an idea. > > P. J. Alling wrote: > > Well it finally happened. My F 70-210mm jammed. Some of you may > > remember Powell's 70-210mm repair, and the problem he had with the > > information brush. (for those who need a reminder > > http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/lenses.htm ). It seems to happen no > > matter what you do. I'm on my way to disassembling mine in an attempt > > to repair it. Unfortunately it jammed in the 70mm position with focus > > at infinity so the screws on the sleeve are in accessible. I'm looking > > for advice if there is any. Well I'm off to buy a new soldering iron > > since I can't find my old one, (hope that will be enough so that I won't > > need to buy a JIS crosspoint screwdriver. I suppose I could simply > > replace it but this lens is too good not to try, and I'm too broke to > > send it to someone else to tell me it's unrepairable. > > > > > > > > > -- > All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. > > > -- > 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: Dried Mud
Nice Bill! Good exposure, and composition. What are the fuzzy diagonals in the corners and where is this? Russ On 6/4/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty self explanatory. > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/drymud.html > Shot with the 12-24 lens at 12mm. Corner sharpness is a bit off with this > lens. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Legacy Air, Inc. 11900 Airport Way Broomfield Colorado 80021 (303) 404-0277 fax (303) 404-0280 www.legacy-air.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: F 70-210 blues.
My first problem. I hit the screw heads holding the lens mount on with a soldering Iron each for about 3 minutes. Two screws came out nice as pie. the other three are stuck hard. I've caused a little damage to two of them, but they still should work. I tried more heat for a longer time on one of them. No joy. I need a new plan. I'm hoping someone here has an idea. P. J. Alling wrote: > Well it finally happened. My F 70-210mm jammed. Some of you may > remember Powell's 70-210mm repair, and the problem he had with the > information brush. (for those who need a reminder > http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/lenses.htm ). It seems to happen no > matter what you do. I'm on my way to disassembling mine in an attempt > to repair it. Unfortunately it jammed in the 70mm position with focus > at infinity so the screws on the sleeve are in accessible. I'm looking > for advice if there is any. Well I'm off to buy a new soldering iron > since I can't find my old one, (hope that will be enough so that I won't > need to buy a JIS crosspoint screwdriver. I suppose I could simply > replace it but this lens is too good not to try, and I'm too broke to > send it to someone else to tell me it's unrepairable. > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Peso: Dried Mud
William Robb wrote: > Pretty self explanatory. > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/drymud.html Great stuff. Glad to see you got some good photography out of your aborted trip to GFM. Hope to see you in person next year. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Peso: Dried Mud
Beautiful. William Robb wrote: > Pretty self explanatory. > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/drymud.html > Shot with the 12-24 lens at 12mm. Corner sharpness is a bit off with this > lens. > > William Robb > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
On 5/6/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >Nice Photoshop job, Dave. But I'm gonna spoil the party and post the >original, unaltered photo: >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/big-3.jpg ROTFLMAO -- 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
RE: GFM - The People of the PDML
> > >This bijou little Land Roverette has been parked around the corner > >from my place for the last couple of weeks: > > > >http://www.web-options.com/LR.jpg > > > >It's probably full of ex-SAS mercenaries. (It's the lace > curtains that > >give them away every time) > > It's a 101 Forward Control. Nice grab with the bloke walking past! > thanks for the info. I'll have it tattooed on my knees so I don't forget. -- Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: F 70-210 blues.
Given how deep the problem appears to be, maybe the $75 or so to have a shop repair it could save the possible headache of potentially doing it wrong. At 02:52 PM 6/5/2007, you wrote: >Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:55:31 -0400 >From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: F 70-210 blues. >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Well it finally happened. My F 70-210mm jammed. Some of you may >remember Powell's 70-210mm repair, and the problem he had with the >information brush. (for those who need a reminder >http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/lenses.htm ). It seems to happen no >matter what you do. I'm on my way to disassembling mine in an attempt >to repair it. Unfortunately it jammed in the 70mm position with focus >at infinity so the screws on the sleeve are in accessible. I'm looking >for advice if there is any. Well I'm off to buy a new soldering iron >since I can't find my old one, (hope that will be enough so that I won't >need to buy a JIS crosspoint screwdriver. I suppose I could simply >replace it but this lens is too good not to try, and I'm too broke to >send it to someone else to tell me it's unrepairable. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://www.brendemuehl.net http://evangelicalperspective.blogspot.com http://evangelicalinteraction.blogspot.com http://philosophyforchristians.blogspot.com "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: GFM - The People of the PDML
Aussies have never been able to tell the difference between men and women. Either that or they don't care. It explains a lot of the behaviour you see around Earl's Court of an evening. -- Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Brian Walters > Sent: 05 June 2007 11:08 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: GFM - The People of the PDML > > My apologies > > The size of the camera and lens distracted me > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney, Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On 4/6/07, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > > and is that Cotty behind the EOS?) > > > > ROTFL > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: My return to GFM
Cotty wrote: >I need sleep now, but just a quick note to say that I spoke to >Norm - he left a message on my ansaphone Which you absolutely *must* post on your web site as an MP3... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?
Sounds like a classic example of a sticky aperture lever. Flip the lever on the lens a couple times, if it's at all slow in returning, get the lens CLA'd. -Adam Axel Belinfante wrote: > I just subscribed to the list, essentially to ask the question below. > > I recently got myself a K10d. When I use the kit 18-55 mm > and a FA*28-70 f/2.8 everything seems to work fine. > > However, with my FA*80-200 f/2.8 (aperture ring set to A) > I seem to get consistent overexposure (2 stops or so?), > _except_ when using it fully open (at 2.8) using the > hyper-program shifting or by using Av mode at 2.8. > > It almost makes me feel there is something wrong with > the way the camera tries to set aperture on the lens > (which would explain why it works fine at 2.8: > then it doesn't have to do anything so it works). > Would that be a valid explanation? > > Setting aperture using the ring on the lens, and > then using lcd-preview gives me correct (not overexposed) > preview shots. > > I have not been using the lens so much recently; in the > somewhat longer past I've been using it on a Z1 shooting > slides (last serious usage about a year ago, at the coast) > and I don't recall this kind of consistent overexposure. > I should probably just do some test shots with the Z1 > but haven't found the time. > > Sending the stuff in to pentax service, or even better, > visiting them, would have been another option except > that the dutch pentax service told me they send these > kind of things to pentax europe in Hamburg > (which doesn't really matter, except that if the dutch > pentax service in Breda would still have existed I would > just have visited them there and explained the issue) > and except for the wrong-time-of-the-year problem > (I've been told that due to holiday season it might > take weeks until I would get it back :-( > > > > Don't know if this is the right forum for these kind of questions; > I have seen there are multiple pentax forums out there, but don't > know how they differ. Any thoughts? > > Minor suggestion: inclusion of (pointer to) PDML mini-faq > on the mailing list web page (and/or in list welcome message) > could be useful, if only to be able to appreciate the acronyms. > > > Thanks, > Axel. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
David J Brooks wrote: >http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07 Nice Photoshop job, Dave. But I'm gonna spoil the party and post the original, unaltered photo: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/big-3.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A quick Picasa web gallery
On 5/6/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07 > >Just had a quick look through the files, and i put up these few to get >us started. >No adjustments, justa resize and SFW GREAT gallery Dave (awake now) -- 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
RE: My Lightroom library is messed up
Not my fault, mate. All I did was give you what you asked for, and gave it you straight. No mush. -- Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tim Øsleby > Sent: 05 June 2007 10:28 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: My Lightroom library is messed up > > I blame Bob ;-) > > Tim Typo > Mostly Harless > > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:42 AM > Subject: Re: My Lightroom library is messed up > > > > In a message dated 6/4/2007 4:55:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > That simple? Done. Everything back to normal :-) > > Have I ever told you how much I love you? > > > > Tim Typo > > Mostly Harmless > > > > > > This list simply gets too mushy sometimes. > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.7/830 - Release > Date: 03.06.2007 > > 12:47 > > > > > > > -- > 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: motes and moats
>From: Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: motes and moats >Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:16:35 -0400 > >Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > My third grade spelling teacher would have a fit. :-) > > > > mote: noun, a tiny piece of a substance e.g.: "... a mote of dust ..." > >Well... it IS Tom we're talking about here :-D > >Christian >http://photography.skofteland.net I realized I had misspelled it almost simultaneously with pressing . :-) Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10d FA*80-200 f/2.8 consistent overexposure unless fully open?
Sounds like sticky aperture blades. They're not stopping down fast enough. The lens will ned a CLA. Paul -- Original message -- From: Axel Belinfante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I just subscribed to the list, essentially to ask the question below. > > I recently got myself a K10d. When I use the kit 18-55 mm > and a FA*28-70 f/2.8 everything seems to work fine. > > However, with my FA*80-200 f/2.8 (aperture ring set to A) > I seem to get consistent overexposure (2 stops or so?), > _except_ when using it fully open (at 2.8) using the > hyper-program shifting or by using Av mode at 2.8. > > It almost makes me feel there is something wrong with > the way the camera tries to set aperture on the lens > (which would explain why it works fine at 2.8: > then it doesn't have to do anything so it works). > Would that be a valid explanation? > > Setting aperture using the ring on the lens, and > then using lcd-preview gives me correct (not overexposed) > preview shots. > > I have not been using the lens so much recently; in the > somewhat longer past I've been using it on a Z1 shooting > slides (last serious usage about a year ago, at the coast) > and I don't recall this kind of consistent overexposure. > I should probably just do some test shots with the Z1 > but haven't found the time. > > Sending the stuff in to pentax service, or even better, > visiting them, would have been another option except > that the dutch pentax service told me they send these > kind of things to pentax europe in Hamburg > (which doesn't really matter, except that if the dutch > pentax service in Breda would still have existed I would > just have visited them there and explained the issue) > and except for the wrong-time-of-the-year problem > (I've been told that due to holiday season it might > take weeks until I would get it back :-( > > > > Don't know if this is the right forum for these kind of questions; > I have seen there are multiple pentax forums out there, but don't > know how they differ. Any thoughts? > > Minor suggestion: inclusion of (pointer to) PDML mini-faq > on the mailing list web page (and/or in list welcome message) > could be useful, if only to be able to appreciate the acronyms. > > > Thanks, > Axel. > > -- > 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: GFM - Homo at last
Cotty wrote: >Arrived back. Sleep first. The eat. Then work. Then pics. Subject line. 10-foot pole. Nope. No way. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I'm back from GFM or, who put the kick me sign on the back of my truck
The magic word is, I think, "seminar", as in I am on my way to a seminar in NC. People are going to and coming from seminars all the time. That means the border people do not have to think. Making them try, gets them all pissed off, as you know. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- David J Brooks wrote: > Phwhooo. What a great weekend. > > Arrived about 12:30 this morning, and went right to bed. Got up around > 8:30 to more rain.LOL > > Don, thanks muchly for the hospitality and stew. Mark you don't know > what you missed.:-) Bill, it was good to see you again and in better > spirits. > > It was great to see everyone again, and meet the new folk to. Cotty > and Dave S are great people to hang with. Cesar is well, Cesar, :-) > Cotty's friend Brian and i have a common ground. Horses are sucking > our wallets dry.:-) > > Thanks to Cory for having the forethought to buy a trailer with a rain > hat, and lurker for trinkets again. > Scott, your stories are funny. Good to see Tom and Susan again, but > Sue has to go and play in the big sand box now.LOL.Congrats on your > win. > > Seems Doug, Mark and Nico can be kept entertained with $2.00 laser > pens. Remember its all fun till someone loses an eye. > > Ann, Rick, it was great to see you again, and Mat gets the all weather > award for bringing the bike again.Kept bumping into Bob in McDonalds > for some reason. Must be good macro op's there.LOL > Ken Waller had a lovely flower shots that won 1st place. > > If i left out anyone i'm sorry. > > Neighbour Bruce, was a nice fellow, and had a great "Arthur, King of > the Britons" shot. Hope we did not keep you up to much. > > Mark and I had a nice relaxing start to the drive home, breakfast at > the Whistle stop in Warrensville, two Fstops up, then a nice drive > back to the cabin to turn the water off.:-) > > Drive down and back was very good, low traffic and little to no > construction. After unpacking Marks gear, i reviewed the directions > out of Pittsburg with Mark. Seems a change due to construction was > needed and a new route devised. > This is when i found someone had put a "Kick me' sign on my truck. As > i was navigating 5th Street or Ave, not really sure at this point, i > noticed a young pup in a Honda Civic behind me, not really paying > attention to his driving. I decided to put my parking lights on, so he > would perhaps notice me better. No sooner had i done so, when he ran > into the back of me. Hand waving and mouthing, I'm sorry did not keep > me from getting out to investigate. This apparently pissed off the > several million drivers behind us. > > Oh i forgot to mention, this was during rush hour. > > Zero damage to my truck bumper and none to his car, like i gave a S&***T. > > A quick left and two rights and the journey home began. > > Ok, now i have to ask this. What is it about the phrase, i'm going to, > or i have been, in NC camping and doing some photography, that border > gaurds cannot seem to comprehend. > I had a bit of a hassle both going down AND coming back home. Seems > the US guard was taken aback that i was camping but not bringing food. > When i mentiioned i was buying it locally, she let me on my way. > The Canadian guard, seemed to have a hard time with it to, when asked > what i was doing in NC, but let me through anyway. See being cute > still has its advantages.:-) > > The presentations were good, although the one on LR PS etc left a lot > to be desired. > > Mark Cassino's presentation was great, and his phots are stunning. > Dick G's on how to travel was long but interesting. Don M's to wind > things up was good. > Tony Sweet had some amazing stuff to show, but lost me in the infomercial. > > The awards by Mark and Doug were hilarius as always and again let me > point out lasers are NOT our friends.LOL > > One of mine made it to the dishonerable catagory, to which i was happy > it made it that far. The comments on why it missed out are noted and > i'll try and make the adjustments. > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6054586 > > All in all a fantastic weekend, and i eventhough most of the reason i > go now is for the friendships, i feel this weekend helps in developing > an "eye" for nature. > > I hope to make it again next year, but we'll have to see what work i > have and if a week off can be arranged. > > I'll have some pics up soon as i'm sure others will. > > Dave > > PS its time for a collection to buy Cory a CD burner. > > > > > > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
