DA* 50-135 arrived yesterday

[Jan van Wijk]

Got a nice parcel yesterday with the DA 50-135.

Have taken just a few dozen shots with it sofar, and the
results look promising. Sharpness is good, but I had
quite harsh midday lighting so can't say too much yet ...

The feel of the lens is nice, it is heavy for its size, but much 
less than the Sigma 70-200 2.8 it is replacing of course :-)

The build is great, feels very solid, the zoom and focus ring
move smoothly without any play (a bit stiff actually).
The hood is rather large, a bit too much for my taste and
it is plastic (allthougy a bit sturdier than most others).
A metal 67mm scre-in hood works too, but the one I have 
is a bit to short I think ...


I tried it without the K10D firmware upgrade first, and it works 
just fine with the screwdriver AF, but is noisy as usual.
Unfortunately I failed to time the AF for later comparison
with the SDM :-(

After upgrading the firmware, focusing seems about the same,
perhaps a notch faster but not like twice as fast or so :-)
It is really silent though, you can hear it if you are in a quiet room,
but any sounds arround you and you won't notice anymore.


Due to the 2.8 opening, you can really see the plane of focus wander
through the scenery, and it is a bit weird to see that happening in almost
total silence. It still has the Pentax way of AF, steady movement to the
focus plane, then stop, and often a tiny correction to get spot on.

Have not really timed it, but moving focus from 1 meter to infinity
seems to take close to half  a second.

I'll probably use it quite a lot on my holliday the next few weeks 
and post some stuff on my gallery after that ...

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Re: PESO: YACCP...

[AlunFoto]

I think you've nailed him, Rob. :-)

Jostein

2007/8/10, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 10/08/07, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Okay so I got a cancelled meeting @ work and allowed 15 minutes for a 
> > search.
> >
> > The very first mention of "PESO" in the archives is from 12. May 2004,
> > and refers to a reply by Frank to a PESO posted by David Nelson. The
> > original post by David is not in the archives. IIRC, we had some
> > serious trouble with the archiving that spring, so the database at
> > mail-archive.com may very well be incomplete for the period in
> > question.
> >
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg179489.html
> >
> > So either David is the culprit, or the origin is lost from the archive. :-)
>
> Maybe holes in the archive (from my personal archives):
>
>From:   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject:PAW? more like PESO
>Date sent:  Mon, 3 May 2004 21:39:03 -0400
>
> Picture Every So Often is more my speed.  Getting a frame I want to show you
> guys every WEEK? Not likely.
>
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/93489626/140051795etXCuT
>
> Catching rain drops (I know, you can't see any...) last Saturday at the
> Walter Mitty Historic Sports Car Races.
>
> Cory
> only shot a little since it was raining.
>
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Re: CS3 vs. CS2

[AlunFoto]

Yup, the IT group know. But the users didn't. They extended their
desktops, ticked the box for "remember windows locations", and forgot
what they'd done next time abroad. We had some pretty amusing
phonecalls...

Jostein

2007/8/10, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> If you guys are having problems with multiple monitors, Windows has to be set 
> to use them properly. Without the change you get two identical displays, with 
> it you get the desktop across the monitors.  Unfortunately I can not remember 
> how to do that off the top of my head. And you can do a google as easily as 
> I. CS2 does remember where you left the windows last session.
>
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> http://www.graywolfphoto.com
> http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf
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>
> AlunFoto wrote:
> > I was just about to recommend the same as David. We're installing dual
> > screens in many people's offices at work these days, using different
> > brands of cards for AGP and PCI-e, and the issue seem to be the same
> > for all. We've had the same issue in reverse before, btw, with people
> > using laptop computers and extending their screen desktop to a desktop
> > screen when connected to a port replicator. They had some difficulty
> > retrieving their application windows when working away from their
> > office...:-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jostein
> >
> > 2007/8/10, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >> At 09:29 AM 10/08/2007, William Robb wrote:
> >>> If you know what I've missed, I would be most happy to know, as I am quite
> >>> certain this is not how Adobe intended the thing to work.
> >>> Thanks
> >> This might help.
> >>
> >> Check your graphics card settings. Somewhere there should be an option to
> >> remember windows locations.
> >>
> >> I used to have no end of problems with this at work & Autocads toolbars.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>
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Re: PESO: BigBugHug

[syb vis]

> Porn! ;-)

Thanks... So now the visitor rate for this image is to explode...



2007/8/12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> In a message dated 8/10/2007 4:35:29 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]  writes:
> http://fotodag.fotopic.net/p43965037.html
>
> It's not the bugs  that are big; but the hug is! They gave me plenty of
> time to switch lenses (I  was shooting some cows with a 300mm
> Supertakumar/F4 and 2xtc when they  passed. "I need my macro lens
> NOW!") and then to shoot them. I was finished  way before they were!
>


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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

[Cotty]

On 11/8/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:

>My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in  
>Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in  
>reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather  
>pleased. I'll be there next Friday -- the day before the dream cruise  
>-- from seven to ten or so.

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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

[Jack Davis]

Has to be satisfying. Congratulations! 
My feeling is that your work will be a hit.

Jack
--- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in  
> Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in  
> reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather  
> pleased. I'll be there next Friday — the day before the dream cruise 
> 
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Re: PESO - On the Beach #4

[Bob Sullivan]

Marnie,
I'm way behind on reading here, but like this shot a lot.
The patterns around the feather have me thinking...
How did the waves make this all happen?
Was the water sculpting out a divot behind the feather?
Look how the wave action on the sand moves into harmony on the left,
after the disruption on the right.
It truely puts me on the beach with the water.
Regards, Bob S.

On 8/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I decided to do this one in  B&W.
>
> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/beach4.htm
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PESO -- Three Egrets

[P. J. Alling]

I decided to drag my Vivitar solid cat out for some big bird shots.  
Unfortunately the big birds weren't cooperating.  The only ones I saw 
were a couple of Cormorants, (not all that big and this group of 
Egrets).  They took off just after this and flew into full sunlight.  In 
those exposures they were totally blown out, (got to work on exposure 
compensation some more),. As a second aside, the solid cat is pretty 
good, but I really need a stove pipe for a hood when I use it on an 
digital body.

http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20threeegrets.html

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Re: Peso This is a cheese shop

[P. J. Alling]

Is there something about cheese shops that the rest of us should know about?

John Francis wrote:
> 
> That's not a cheese shop!
> *This* is a cheese shop ...
> http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/CheeseShop.jpg
> 
>
> An excellent cheesemongers in Galway.  After we had ordered
> our cheese (I picked up some Irish cheddar, while one of my
> colleagues ordered a dozen or so different varieties) we
> repaired to the wine section upstairs for a leisurely lunch
> (wine and cheese, naturally, plus various other morsels).
> A short while later our cheese was brought up to our table,
> with the orders vacuum sealed to keep everything fresh!
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 06:41:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>   
>> Good one. The orderly arrangement of the cheeses juxtaposed against  
>> the reflections make for a very interesting image. Nice work.
>> Paul
>> On Aug 11, 2007, at 11:05 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
>>
>> 
>>> Taken a few weeks ago after dropping off some B&W film.
>>>
>>> Cheese shop near Chester Subway Station. I know Frank knows were  
>>> this is.:-)
>>>
>>> I like this one, not sure why, so its this weeks Peso.
>>>
>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6296546
>>>
>>> I cropped a bit of the entrance on the left, but i think it looks
>>> better with it.
>>>
>>> K10D, 16-45, minor tweak in CS and the crop. Might see what this looks
>>> like in B&W.
>>>
>>> Dave
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Re: Peso This is a cheese shop

[syb vis]

Is there anything the rest of us DOES know about? Except for the
smell, of course...

Syb

2007/8/12, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Is there something about cheese shops that the rest of us should know about?
>
> John Francis wrote:
> > 
> > That's not a cheese shop!
> > *This* is a cheese shop ...
> > http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/CheeseShop.jpg
> > 
> >
> > An excellent cheesemongers in Galway.  After we had ordered
> > our cheese (I picked up some Irish cheddar, while one of my
> > colleagues ordered a dozen or so different varieties) we
> > repaired to the wine section upstairs for a leisurely lunch
> > (wine and cheese, naturally, plus various other morsels).
> > A short while later our cheese was brought up to our table,
> > with the orders vacuum sealed to keep everything fresh!
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 06:41:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> >
> >> Good one. The orderly arrangement of the cheeses juxtaposed against
> >> the reflections make for a very interesting image. Nice work.
> >> Paul
> >> On Aug 11, 2007, at 11:05 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Taken a few weeks ago after dropping off some B&W film.
> >>>
> >>> Cheese shop near Chester Subway Station. I know Frank knows were
> >>> this is.:-)
> >>>
> >>> I like this one, not sure why, so its this weeks Peso.
> >>>
> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6296546
> >>>
> >>> I cropped a bit of the entrance on the left, but i think it looks
> >>> better with it.
> >>>
> >>> K10D, 16-45, minor tweak in CS and the crop. Might see what this looks
> >>> like in B&W.
> >>>
> >>> Dave
> >>>
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Re: PAW 2007 - 31 - GDG

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 7/18/2007 2:07:28 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There's exactly enough of  each item in the frame to convey the story
about the place, and that's great.  I wish I could see that kind of
pics the way you do, Godfrey. But I think the  sunlight is a bit too
hard on this scene. Like it's too big a lightsource for  such small
things.

Jostein

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contrast is too high.  Hard to explain.

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Re: PESO - On the Beach #4

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 8/12/2007 6:24:56 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Marnie,
I'm way  behind on reading here, but like this shot a lot.
The patterns around the  feather have me thinking...
How did the waves make this all happen?
Was  the water sculpting out a divot behind the feather?
Look how the wave action  on the sand moves into harmony on the left,
after the disruption on the  right.
It truely puts me on the beach with the water.
Regards, Bob  S.

-
Thanks Bob. I wondered too, was the  feather itself enough to disrupt the 
wave? There is a indentation behind the  feather, I suspect the bird itself was 
the thing, standing there, that changed  the wave pattern when the water washed 
up the beach. But we will never know.  :-)

Thanks for looking. Marnie aka Doe  :-)

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Re: PESO -- Three Egrets

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 8/12/2007 6:44:35 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I decided to drag my  Vivitar solid cat out for some big bird shots.  
Unfortunately the big  birds weren't cooperating.  The only ones I saw 
were a couple of  Cormorants, (not all that big and this group of 
Egrets).  They took off  just after this and flew into full sunlight.  In 
those exposures they  were totally blown out, (got to work on exposure 
compensation some more),.  As a second aside, the solid cat is pretty 
good, but I really need a stove  pipe for a hood when I use it on an 
digital  body.

http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20threeegrets.html

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good shots  in full sun).

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Re: A few unusual signs

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 8/10/2007 10:16:40 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Nothing to compare with  Ann's fine collection of signs, but here are a
few interesting signs I  discovered on my recent trip to Eastern Canada
and  Quebec.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6295546
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6295545
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6295565
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6295578
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6295548
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6295571

Dan  M

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First two amusing. Last one disgusting. :-)  

Thanks for sharing.

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Re: PESO - Accidental

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 8/9/2007 6:50:33 P.M. Pacific  Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I found this guy in my  backyard

http://tinyurl.com/36h4fp

Budgerigar (Melopsittacus  undulatus) native to Australia, photographed 
in Germantown, Maryland,  USA He looked really tired!

pixelpeeping info: Canon 20D 300/4 IS  with 12mm extension, hand-held, 
1/80, F5 ISO 800.  Slight crop.  I  had the flash on but it didn't fire 
(bad contact I think), kinda just a grab  shot when I saw him in the 
backyard.  Poor little bastard must be  lost.  Obviously an escaped pet 
as I was able to approach very  close.

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He has a band on, does  that mean he's an escaped pet? Or just banded? (Maybe 
to track  populations/migrations?)

Now makes me curious, how often do you see  banded birds?

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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

[ann sanfedele]

Paul Stenquist wrote:

>My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in  
>Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in  
>reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather  
>pleased. I'll be there next Friday — the day before the dream cruise  
>— from seven to ten or so.
>Paul
>  
>
I remembered you were having a show -- but don't know what the Dream 
Cruise is
Hope you sell lots!

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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

[Mark Roberts]

ann sanfedele wrote:

>Paul Stenquist wrote:
>
>>My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in  
>>Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in  
>>reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather  
>>pleased. I'll be there next Friday — the day before the dream cruise  
>>— from seven to ten or so.
>>
>I remembered you were having a show -- but don't know what the Dream 
>Cruise is
>Hope you sell lots!
>
>ann the land lubber

Don't worry Ann, it's *cars*, not seagoing "cruises"!
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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

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In a message dated 8/11/2007 7:56:04 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My dream cruise  gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in  
Birmingham, Michigan.  We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in  
reserve. Two are on  easels in the front window, so I'm rather  
pleased. I'll be there next  Friday — the day before the dream cruise  
— from seven to ten or  so.
Paul
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PESO: Desmoquattro

[John Whittingham]

Just a quick shot with the Sigma 10-20, lazy Sunday afternoon here in the UK. 
Can't stop playing with this lens, had it over a week now.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6300183&size=lg

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Re: PESO: Desmoquattro

[keith_w]

John Whittingham wrote:
> Just a quick shot with the Sigma 10-20, lazy Sunday afternoon here in the UK. 
> Can't stop playing with this lens, had it over a week now.
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6300183&size=lg
> 
> John 

Utterly fascinating bike, John!

Makes me wish I was still riding! Oh...and rich enough to be able to afford 
this superior piece of machinery!  

keith whaley

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Re: Broken door on my ist-DS - resolved

[Charles Robinson]

On Jul 30, 2007, at 12:23, Charles Robinson wrote:

> On Jul 30, 2007, at 11:45, P. J. Alling wrote:
>
>> It's unlikely that the spring has broken.  More likely the spring
>> itself
>> rests on a couple of plastic lips, and has slipped off, either  
>> because
>> one of the lips was originally malformed, or has worn to the point
>> where
>> it is now.  As to how far you have to go disassembling the camera,
>> that's not something I've tried...   yet.
>
> Weird.  I'll have to look at it more closely when I get home, I
> guess.  I can see both ends of the spring but never thought to lift
> one end up with, say, a knife blade to see if there is/was any
> pressure on it.

I took the bottom plate off of the camera yesterday (4 screws into  
plastic, 4 machine screws into the metal base) and then I was able to  
slide the pin for the SD door out of the bottom (it runs along the  
entire side of the camera - longer than I would have expected!).

The problem was obvious right away - the pin was BENT.

I must have dropped the camera bag just a little bit too roughly at  
some point.  The bent pin was making the door 'sticky' to open and  
shut - nothing wrong with the spring at all!

I took the pin down to the vise in the workshop and straightened it.

Assembly is reverse of removal, and all is well once again.  The only  
"trick" to reassembly was the funky spring mechanism for the video/ 
power/cable release door on the left-hand side.  It's a little odd.

  -Charles

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PESO 2007 - 34a - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

another set, another set of ideas ... latest in progress ...

http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/34a.htm

Comments, critique always appreciated. No road rash please.

enjoy
Godfrey
   www.gdgphoto.com

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Re: PESO: Desmoquattro

[John Whittingham]

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:55:59 -0700, keith_w wrote
> John Whittingham wrote:
> > Just a quick shot with the Sigma 10-20, lazy Sunday afternoon here in the 
UK. 
> > Can't stop playing with this lens, had it over a week now.
> > 
> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6300183&size=lg
> > 
> > John
> 
> Utterly fascinating bike, John!
> 
> Makes me wish I was still riding! Oh...and rich enough to be able to 
> afford this superior piece of machinery!  
> 
> keith whaley

Hi Keith, thanks. I've not had it long, bought it cheap a couple of years 
back and fixed it up. I still miss riding the old beveldrive Ducati's though.

Regards,

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Re: PESO 2007 - 34a - GDG

[keith_w]

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> another set, another set of ideas ... latest in progress ...
> 
> http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/34a.htm
> 
> Comments, critique always appreciated. No road rash please.
> 
> enjoy
> Godfrey
>www.gdgphoto.com
> 

Which Guadalupe River WAS that, Godfrey?

I'm sure there is more than one...

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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

[Bruce Dayton]

Hope it goes well, Paul.  Sounds very cool.

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Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:55:42 PM, you wrote:

PS> My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in  
PS> Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in
PS> reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather  
PS> pleased. I'll be there next Friday — the day before the dream cruise
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Re: DA* 50-135 arrived yesterday

[Bruce Dayton]

Hello Jan,

Good information.  I just checked B&H and they seem to be in stock, so
I ordered mine.

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Sunday, August 12, 2007, 2:20:16 AM, you wrote:

JvW> Got a nice parcel yesterday with the DA 50-135.

JvW> Have taken just a few dozen shots with it sofar, and the
JvW> results look promising. Sharpness is good, but I had
JvW> quite harsh midday lighting so can't say too much yet ...

JvW> The feel of the lens is nice, it is heavy for its size, but much 
JvW> less than the Sigma 70-200 2.8 it is replacing of course :-)

JvW> The build is great, feels very solid, the zoom and focus ring
JvW> move smoothly without any play (a bit stiff actually).
JvW> The hood is rather large, a bit too much for my taste and
JvW> it is plastic (allthougy a bit sturdier than most others).
JvW> A metal 67mm scre-in hood works too, but the one I have 
JvW> is a bit to short I think ...


JvW> I tried it without the K10D firmware upgrade first, and it works 
JvW> just fine with the screwdriver AF, but is noisy as usual.
JvW> Unfortunately I failed to time the AF for later comparison
JvW> with the SDM :-(

JvW> After upgrading the firmware, focusing seems about the same,
JvW> perhaps a notch faster but not like twice as fast or so :-)
JvW> It is really silent though, you can hear it if you are in a quiet room,
JvW> but any sounds arround you and you won't notice anymore.


JvW> Due to the 2.8 opening, you can really see the plane of focus wander
JvW> through the scenery, and it is a bit weird to see that happening in almost
JvW> total silence. It still has the Pentax way of AF, steady movement to the
JvW> focus plane, then stop, and often a tiny correction to get spot on.

JvW> Have not really timed it, but moving focus from 1 meter to infinity
JvW> seems to take close to half  a second.

JvW> I'll probably use it quite a lot on my holliday the next few weeks
JvW> and post some stuff on my gallery after that ...

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Re: PESO 2007 - 34a - GDG

[Bruce Dayton]

So far, this may be best in a little gallery - stand alone, seems
there needs to be something more.  I could see a gallery of this type
of thing being quite interesting, however.

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GD> another set, another set of ideas ... latest in progress ...

GD> http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/34a.htm

GD> Comments, critique always appreciated. No road rash please.

GD> enjoy
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Re: DA* 50-135 arrived yesterday

[Bryan Vyhmeister]

I got mine on Thursday. I am going to go get some shots and test it  
out today and in the morning. I'll post my impressions as well.

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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

[Paul Stenquist]

Thanks Ann. The Dream Cruise is the world's largest one-day  
automotive event -- 50,000 cars and more than a million spectators. I  
hung a variety of shots that hopefully suggest the flavor of the  
event. However, they cost a lot more than t-shirts, and the cruise  
crowd doesn't include a lot of folks who frequent art galleries. I'll  
be happy if I sell one or two. But it's fun.
Paul
On Aug 12, 2007, at 11:13 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:

> Paul Stenquist wrote:
>
>> My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in
>> Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in
>> reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather
>> pleased. I'll be there next Friday — the day before the dream cruise
>> — from seven to ten or so.
>> Paul
>>
>>
> I remembered you were having a show -- but don't know what the Dream
> Cruise is
> Hope you sell lots!
>
> ann the land lubber
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Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Joseph Tainter"
Subject: Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF



>
> The FA* 600 F4 and the FA* 300 F2.8 are both made to order. Presumably
> this means that Pentax Japan has the components stockpiled, and
> assembles them into a lens when a customer orders one. I assume these
> lenses will be available as long as the stock of components lasts. Whan
> that is gone, no more will be made.

I'm quite certain that my A15/3.5 was made to order as well, although Pentax 
doesn't advertise it as being done that way. It took way longer to get than 
it would have, had it been a stock item, even warehoused in Japan.

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Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

[Joseph Tainter]

Strange... In the description it says:

"This item is manufactured at the time of order.
Winning item will be shipped as soon as the lens is manufactured.
The delivery time is 2 ~ 3 weeks."

Which is more likely; the seller not being entirely truthful, or that
Pentax still makes this lens to Special Order? It's been gone from the
catalogues for quite a while, hasn't it?

Jostein

-

The FA* 600 F4 and the FA* 300 F2.8 are both made to order. Presumably 
this means that Pentax Japan has the components stockpiled, and 
assembles them into a lens when a customer orders one. I assume these 
lenses will be available as long as the stock of components lasts. Whan 
that is gone, no more will be made.

You could also order this lens through ordinary retailers or the 
national/regional Pentax distributors...for now.

Joe

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Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

[Joseph Tainter]

"Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of
images did you produce?"

I have the F* version. Same optics. It's a wonderful lens, produces 
marvelous images.

Buy it and join our 600 Club.

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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

[John Francis]

Indeed.  I'd like to see the show, but real life intervenes ...

On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 11:01:16AM -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote:
> Hope it goes well, Paul.  Sounds very cool.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Bruce
> 
> 
> Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:55:42 PM, you wrote:
> 
> PS> My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in  
> PS> Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in
> PS> reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather  
> PS> pleased. I'll be there next Friday ? the day before the dream cruise
> PS> ? from seven to ten or so.
> PS> Paul
> 
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Day 2 with Pentax K100D Super

[Roman]

http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20070812160514



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Anyone looking for 6x7 gear? Cheap Craigslist in Minneapolis

[Charles Robinson]

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/pho/393919136.html

"pentax 6x7 body with penta prism and mirror lockup. $250
pentax 6x7 body with eye level view finder $200
55 mm f4 lens $150
75 mm F4.5 lens $150
105 mm f2.4 $150
155 mm f2.8 $150

cash only, make me an offer, call 651-500-1606"

I know film is going out of vogue, but this still seems cheap for  
what I've seen this type of gear go for

  -Charles

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Peddling Inspiration

[John Sessoms]

Received my September Popular Photography & Imaging yesterday. Pentax 
bought the back cover to advertise the Pentax Photo Gallery. Small print 
says "Photos featured above courtesy of Mark Dimalanta, Godfrey 
DiGiorgi, Kerrick James and Julie Smith."

Inside there's a full page ad for "Pentaxian" - "Be on the look-out for 
profiles featuring the best of the best Pentaxians beginning in the 
October issue of */Popular Photography & Imaging/*."

Looks like Pentax has begun an aggressive advertising campaign based 
around the Pentax Photo Gallery. 'Bout damn time they did something.

I wonder if they'll continue with it or if Hoya will nix the idea?

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John Yates?

[Shel Belinkoff]

I'm trying to get in touch with John Yates.  I believe he may be a PDML
subscriber.  John, if you're reading this, please contact me off list. 
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OT: Bored? This wil wake up your artistic fantasy!

[syb vis]

Take a minute and look at these nicely photoshopped images...

http://www.glumbert.com/media/graphicartists

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PESO: Monhegen Flowers

[John Graves]

Here is the first of a series I photographed the past few days.   
Comments are solicited but may be ignored..Wellmaybe

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhg2/

John G.

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Re: Peddling Inspiration

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Cool, it's started ... I'll have to go buy a copy now...
];-)

G

On Aug 12, 2007, at 1:51 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

> Received my September Popular Photography & Imaging yesterday. Pentax
> bought the back cover to advertise the Pentax Photo Gallery. Small  
> print
> says "Photos featured above courtesy of Mark Dimalanta, Godfrey
> DiGiorgi, Kerrick James and Julie Smith."
>
> Inside there's a full page ad for "Pentaxian" - "Be on the look-out  
> for
> profiles featuring the best of the best Pentaxians beginning in the
> October issue of */Popular Photography & Imaging/*."
>
> Looks like Pentax has begun an aggressive advertising campaign based
> around the Pentax Photo Gallery. 'Bout damn time they did something.
>
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Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

[syb vis]

whh... not too fast. I am starting to think that i could better
replace my smc tak300/4.0 by a sigma 300/2.8Autofocus.

You know, this is the Netherlands. We cannot look far enough to
motivate the purchase of a 600mm lens. A 300mm, on the other hand...?

Syb

2007/8/12, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> "Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of
> images did you produce?"
>
> I have the F* version. Same optics. It's a wonderful lens, produces
> marvelous images.
>
> Buy it and join our 600 Club.
>
> Joe
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Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

[Digital Image Studio]

On 13/08/07, syb vis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> You know, this is the Netherlands. We cannot look far enough to
> motivate the purchase of a 600mm lens. A 300mm, on the other hand...?

Climb up a windmill ;-)

And no there aren't kangaroos hopping though the main streets of Sydney ;-0

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300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

[syb vis]

I really love the 300mm (actually 450mm) focus distance on a dslr.

But which one is better value for money? The 300mm F2.8 Autofocus by
Sigma or by Pentax?
Or can i stick to my smc tak 300/4 m42-mount with m42-pk-adaptall? (I
have already bought that one, so that will not be very expensive any
more...)

Syb

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OT Lost 5 gig somewere

[David J Brooks]

Funny thing happened on the way to the forum.:-)

Used my Mac on Friday and Saturday to check email and post 1 Peso. All
the while the finder window was showing 11.06 Gig.

This morning i had trouble logging into the net, but the finder window
shows 6.10 Gig of space remaining.

I have not downloaded any programs or worked on a huge file, just the one photo.

Any ideas, mac folk.

I'm stumped.

OSX ibook G4

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Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

[syb vis]

For your own safety: Better not! Check 4th paragraph on

http://syarifbudhiman.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/kinderdijk/

Uhm, what? No kangaroos in Sydney's main streets? Darn, i'll have to
cancel my vacation then...

Syb

2007/8/13, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 13/08/07, syb vis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > You know, this is the Netherlands. We cannot look far enough to
> > motivate the purchase of a 600mm lens. A 300mm, on the other hand...?
>
> Climb up a windmill ;-)
>
> And no there aren't kangaroos hopping though the main streets of Sydney ;-0
>
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Re: Peso This is a cheese shop

[David J Brooks]

Thanks Paul and everyone else.

I get lucky sometimes.:-)

Dave

On 8/11/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good one. The orderly arrangement of the cheeses juxtaposed against
> the reflections make for a very interesting image. Nice work.
> Paul
> On Aug 11, 2007, at 11:05 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
>
> > Taken a few weeks ago after dropping off some B&W film.
> >
> > Cheese shop near Chester Subway Station. I know Frank knows were
> > this is.:-)
> >
> > I like this one, not sure why, so its this weeks Peso.
> >
> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6296546
> >
> > I cropped a bit of the entrance on the left, but i think it looks
> > better with it.
> >
> > K10D, 16-45, minor tweak in CS and the crop. Might see what this looks
> > like in B&W.
> >
> > Dave
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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

[David J Brooks]

Thats great Paul.

I really enjoy your car work.

Dave

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Re: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

[Mark Roberts]

syb vis wrote:

>I really love the 300mm (actually 450mm) focus distance on a dslr.
>
>But which one is better value for money? The 300mm F2.8 Autofocus by
>Sigma or by Pentax?

WHich is a *better* value for money is your call, but I have the Sigma 
EX300/2.8 and it's certainly an amazing value for money. Now if I can 
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Re: OT Lost 5 gig somewere

[Steve Sharpe]

At 6:25 PM -0400 8/12/07, David J Brooks wrote:
>Funny thing happened on the way to the forum.:-)
>
>Used my Mac on Friday and Saturday to check email and post 1 Peso. All
>the while the finder window was showing 11.06 Gig.
>
>This morning i had trouble logging into the net, but the finder window
>shows 6.10 Gig of space remaining.
>
>I have not downloaded any programs or worked on a huge file, just 
>the one photo.
>
>Any ideas, mac folk.
>
>I'm stumped.
>
>OSX ibook G4

I had a similar thing happen with my Power Mac G4 a few years ago. It 
turned out that my email programme (Eudora) had gone and made up some 
sort of file backup to the tune of 4GB.

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RE: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

[Bob W]

How very inconsiderate of the Dutch to put them where the wind is so
strong.

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> -Original Message-
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> Behalf Of syb vis
> Sent: 12 August 2007 23:23
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> Subject: Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
> 
> For your own safety: Better not! Check 4th paragraph on
> 
> http://syarifbudhiman.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/kinderdijk/
> 
> Uhm, what? No kangaroos in Sydney's main streets? Darn, i'll have to
> cancel my vacation then...
> 
> Syb
> 
> 2007/8/13, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On 13/08/07, syb vis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > You know, this is the Netherlands. We cannot look far enough to
> > > motivate the purchase of a 600mm lens. A 300mm, on the 
> other hand...?
> >
> > Climb up a windmill ;-)
> >
> > And no there aren't kangaroos hopping though the main 
> streets of Sydney ;-0
> >
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> Syb Vis, The Netherlands.
> "Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay
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PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...

[Digital Image Studio]

...plane:

http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/Thomas/photo?authkey=pzmnlsD2ZJI#5097217036762596226

I'm photographically challenged at the moment.

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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

[Kenneth Waller]

Good luck Paul. I hope you get at least enough sales to offset the cost.
I'm going to try to get there to view it, but I'm leaving Thursday morning 
for some shooting in the Upper Peninsula (right near where the fire is).

Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Subject: Dream Cruise Gallery Show


My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in
Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in
reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather
pleased. I'll be there next Friday — the day before the dream cruise
— from seven to ten or so.
Paul


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Re: OT Lost 5 gig somewere

[Mark Roberts]

David J Brooks wrote:

>Funny thing happened on the way to the forum.:-)
>
>Used my Mac on Friday and Saturday to check email and post 1 Peso. All
>the while the finder window was showing 11.06 Gig.
>
>This morning i had trouble logging into the net, but the finder window
>shows 6.10 Gig of space remaining.
>
>I have not downloaded any programs or worked on a huge file, just the 
one photo.
>
>Any ideas, mac folk.
>
>I'm stumped.

Every so often the hard disk fairies come and take a few gigabytes to 
feed to their young.



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Re: OT Lost 5 gig somewere

[Digital Image Studio]

On 13/08/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Every so often the hard disk fairies come and take a few gigabytes to
> feed to their young.

iFairies?

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any PDMLers in Madrid or Seville?

[Amita Guha]

Nate and I will be in Madrid and Seville the 2nd week of October. Does
anyone on the list live in either of those cities?

Amita

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RE: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

[Paul Ewins]

The kangaroos have moved to the suburbs, where the tourists won't annoy
them...

Paul Ewins
Melbourne, Australia

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vis

Uhm, what? No kangaroos in Sydney's main streets? Darn, i'll have to
cancel my vacation then...

Syb


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Re: OT Lost 5 gig somewere

[P. J. Alling]

no the iFairies would have exchanged the space with something else.  
must be iGremlins.

Digital Image Studio wrote:
> On 13/08/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   
>> Every so often the hard disk fairies come and take a few gigabytes to
>> feed to their young.
>> 
>
> iFairies?
>
>   


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Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

[Digital Image Studio]

On 13/08/07, Paul Ewins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The kangaroos have moved to the suburbs, where the tourists won't annoy
> them...

Not quite, I think the suburbs have moved to where the Roos are,
annoying them ;-)

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Re: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "syb vis"
Subject: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax


>I really love the 300mm (actually 450mm) focus distance on a dslr.
>
>

AAAGH!
help me

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Re: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

[Mat Maessen]

On 8/12/07, syb vis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Or can i stick to my smc tak 300/4 m42-mount with m42-pk-adaptall? (I
> have already bought that one, so that will not be very expensive any
> more...)

A Tamron Adaptall mount will bugger up the threads of an M42 lens if
you try and thread it on. You'll want the Pentax K-mount to M42
adapter ring. My Tak 400/5.6 works very well on my DS2, well enough
for moon shots at least. I need to find something else that it's
suited for.

-Mat

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Re: PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...

[William Robb]

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From: "Digital Image Studio"
Subject: PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...



> I'm photographically challenged at the moment.
>

yup.
Not that I have much to talk about. I'm sitting here with an IV tube stuck 
in my hand.

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Re: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

[Joseph Tainter]

I really love the 300mm (actually 450mm) focus distance on a dslr.

But which one is better value for money? The 300mm F2.8 Autofocus by
Sigma or by Pentax?

-

No, 300 mm is 300 mm. The angle of view is different.

Which lens do you think is likely to be better?

Only you can judge value relative to cost. It depends on your budget and 
what image quality means to you.

You might want to wait for the forthcoming DA* 300 F4.

Joe

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Re: PESO: Monhegen Flowers

[Bruce Dayton]

This is close to being really nice.  I think the issue for me is that
there are enough flowers to perhaps look for some order or pattern,
but I couldn't find it - just seemed a little jumbled.  There are not
quite enough flowers to make it look like a field.

I hope I am making sense - just a few less flowers and perhaps a
better angle to present them so my eyes don't wander all over.

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Sunday, August 12, 2007, 2:43:07 PM, you wrote:

JG> Here is the first of a series I photographed the past few days.   
JG> Comments are solicited but may be ignored..Wellmaybe

JG> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhg2/

JG> John G.




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Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

[Joseph Tainter]

 > Me (previously):
 > The FA* 600 F4 and the FA* 300 F2.8 are both made to order. Presumably
 > this means that Pentax Japan has the components stockpiled, and
 > assembles them into a lens when a customer orders one. I assume these
 > lenses will be available as long as the stock of components lasts.
 > Whan that is gone, no more will be made.

I'm quite certain that my A15/3.5 was made to order as well, although 
Pentax
doesn't advertise it as being done that way. It took way longer to get than
it would have, had it been a stock item, even warehoused in Japan.

William Robb

-

I'm still trying to figure out the economics of this. Is assembly so 
much more expensive than making parts that it makes sense for Pentax to 
make the parts but not assemble them until someone orders a lens?

Come to think of it, for most lenses Pentax must have parts stockpiled 
for repairs. Perhaps that is how it works.

Joe

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PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...

[Joseph Tainter]

Not that I have much to talk about. I'm sitting here with an IV tube 
stuck in my hand.

William Robb


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Shutter-release-finger syndrome?

Nothing serious we all hope.

Joe

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Re: PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
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Subject: PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...


> Not that I have much to talk about. I'm sitting here with an IV tube
> stuck in my hand.
>

> Nothing serious we all hope.
>

Another damned wasp sting, another 2 days of forced nothing while they pump 
drugs into me.
Apparently, wasps that build their nests underground (as opposed to the more 
visible paper wasps) carry a bacteria which is quite nasty.

William Robb 


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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

[Paul Stenquist]

Thanks Ken. If I don't see you have a great trip. Perhaps the fire  
will drive some critters your way.
Paul
On Aug 12, 2007, at 7:16 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:

> Good luck Paul. I hope you get at least enough sales to offset the  
> cost.
> I'm going to try to get there to view it, but I'm leaving Thursday  
> morning
> for some shooting in the Upper Peninsula (right near where the fire  
> is).
>
> Kenneth Waller
> http://tinyurl.com/272u2f
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Subject: Dream Cruise Gallery Show
>
>
> My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in
> Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in
> reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather
> pleased. I'll be there next Friday — the day before the dream cruise
> — from seven to ten or so.
> Paul
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Re: PESO: Monhegen Flowers

[John Graves]

Bruce,

I know what you mean.  This is cropped from a larger picture just for 
that reason.  This is one of those times when I really wanted that 1.4 lens.

John G.

Bruce Dayton wrote:
> This is close to being really nice.  I think the issue for me is that
> there are enough flowers to perhaps look for some order or pattern,
> but I couldn't find it - just seemed a little jumbled.  There are not
> quite enough flowers to make it look like a field.
>
> I hope I am making sense - just a few less flowers and perhaps a
> better angle to present them so my eyes don't wander all over.
>
>   


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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

[Paul Stenquist]

Thanks Dave. I shot a few more tonight. Lots of fun.
Paul
On Aug 12, 2007, at 6:29 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

> Thats great Paul.
>
> I really enjoy your car work.
>
> Dave
>
> On 8/11/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in
>> Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in
>> reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather
>> pleased. I'll be there next Friday — the day before the dream cruise
>> — from seven to ten or so.
>> Paul
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Re: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

[David Savage]

On 8/13/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> - Original Message -
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> Subject: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax
>
>
> >I really love the 300mm (actually 450mm) focus distance on a dslr.
> >
> >
>
> AAAGH!
> help me

Add something to the drip.

I recommend whiskey.

Cheers,

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Re: PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...

[David Savage]

I see a 'lil MacGyver in the making.

Packing that mouse & peg he could possibly solve any problem he comes across.

All he needs is Swiss army knife (but he's a bit young. Maybe a
spoon?) and a roll of duct tape).



Cheers,

Dave

On 8/13/07, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...plane:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/Thomas/photo?authkey=pzmnlsD2ZJI#5097217036762596226
>
> I'm photographically challenged at the moment.
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> Cheers,

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Re: PESO 2007 - 34a - GDG

[Brian Walters]

Presumably a survey marker - brings back memories

Simple but effective.


Cheers

Brian

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Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> another set, another set of ideas ... latest in progress ...
> 
> http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/34a.htm
> 
> Comments, critique always appreciated. No road rash please.
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OT USA warranty outside of US

[Igor Roshchin]

Hello All,
(Europeans primarily)

Does anybody know how does the warranty work in Europe for the
lens with the USA warranty. To be more specific, I am talking about
Nikon USA 5 year warranty.
Can a lens be fixed under that warranty in any of European Nikon
repair shops?

Another question, - if you know, - what is the durability record
for the Nikon 18-200 VR lens so far? Does it tend to be very fragile?

Thank you,

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Re: OT USA warranty outside of US

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Go to the Nikon USA website and look for warranty information  
regarding US distributor Nikon products outside the USA.

Same for Pentax.

The Nikon 18-200 VR lens hasn't been on the market all that long to  
have reliable statistics available on its durability. If it's like  
most Nikon lenses, it's probably pretty tough.

Godfrey

On Aug 12, 2007, at 10:44 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:

> Does anybody know how does the warranty work in Europe for the
> lens with the USA warranty. To be more specific, I am talking about
> Nikon USA 5 year warranty.
> Can a lens be fixed under that warranty in any of European Nikon
> repair shops?
>
> Another question, - if you know, - what is the durability record
> for the Nikon 18-200 VR lens so far? Does it tend to be very fragile?


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