Re: My Daughter's Big Break
Glad the surgery went well, Frank. Send her my best. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:02 AM Subject: My Daughter's Big Break Thanks to everyone who responded to the news of my daughter's cycling accident. Just so you know: She was whisked into surgery Thursday evening and two hours later she was awake but groggy and in more pain than when she went into the OR. She was held until Saturday morning for observation and released. She's now a couple of hours from Toronto at the home of her mother and two sisters, all of whom are no doubt doting on her. ;-) The surgery reportedly went well. She won't be able to put any pressure whatsoever on her leg for minimum of three months. The doctors don't think there's too much ligament damage, but she'll be in for a fair bit of physio over the next couple of months. I passed on the kind wishes from eveyone on this list, and she asked me to thank you all for your thoughts. 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Everybody Ridin' Shotgun
From: Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/09/17 Wed AM 04:16:54 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Everybody Ridin' Shotgun Just a great all around fun shot, Bruce. I never tire of shots of seals or penguins or river otters for that matter, but frankly I don't see many shots of river otters, which is a regret because I get a kick out of those silly creatures. They are not sealy. You otter take that back. - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:03 PM Subject: PESO - Everybody Ridin' Shotgun This was taken from a whale watching boat in Monterey Bay recently. The sea lions sure seem to all want the same spot. Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8, Handheld ISO 100, 1/250 sec @ f/3.5 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/reunion2008_0117a.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Everybody Ridin' Shotgun
- Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just a great all around fun shot, Bruce. I never tire of shots of seals or penguins or river otters for that matter, but frankly I don't see many shots of river otters, which is a regret because I get a kick out of those silly creatures. They are not sealy. You otter take that back. I pened-a-boo-boo-aguin. I take it back. I otter take to the river and dunk my head. It's morning here; I need a shower anyway. ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photo Hosting
From: Jerome [EMAIL PROTECTED] Godfrey wrote: I have a photo.net account but have never liked their picture display layout. I'll have to second that... but of course either way you slice it, it's just a personal preference so take it with a grain of salt. The choice of a host also depends on your needs. For a client-based site, I find that SmugMug works for me (but it has only been about 4 months since I've joined). I like the layout, the ability to customize, and of course the ability to set prices and sell prints. But again, it depends on your intentions with the site. Y'all need to back up a little bit, and get a little more basic in your instruction. For a client-based site, What is a client-based site, and how does SmugMug which IS? differ from Photo.net which ISN'T?? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Disturbing News
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had noticed the same thing at a local retailer. Unfortunately it looks like Pentax may be abandoning low volume retailers. But every store I ever shopped that carried Pentax has been a low volume store ... at least as far as how much Pentax gear they sold. Everybody that comes in wants Canon or Nikon. They wouldn't be able to stay in business if they had to rely just on Pentax shooters. I'm in a nature photography group - couple hundred members. There's one other Pentax shooter, and she's moved out of state. Instead of abandoning the dealers, they should be helping the dealers to increase Pentax volume. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Disturbing News
From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] P. J. Alling wrote: I had noticed the same thing at a local retailer. Unfortunately it looks like Pentax may be abandoning low volume retailers. Not only. The three SLR brands on sale at the major chain camera shop in one of the biggest UK shopping malls? Canon, Nikon and Sony. Well, you can still get anything Pentax you want from Ritz. As long as all you want is a K100D. :-( -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Speaking of Weddings
From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] He'll be getting a shave and much more. He reports to USMC boot camp at Paris Island, NC on October 5. I think they're both very young. The bride is in school. Paul On Sep 15, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Paul, Very good but the groom needs a shave. I bought a lightsphere on your recommendation and used it at a neighbor's daughter's reception. Results were quite nice. Regards, Bob S. Paris Island is in SOUTH Carolina. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Disturbing News
Yet so many thought that the Hoya merger would lead to better marketing... John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had noticed the same thing at a local retailer. Unfortunately it looks like Pentax may be abandoning low volume retailers. But every store I ever shopped that carried Pentax has been a low volume store ... at least as far as how much Pentax gear they sold. Everybody that comes in wants Canon or Nikon. They wouldn't be able to stay in business if they had to rely just on Pentax shooters. I'm in a nature photography group - couple hundred members. There's one other Pentax shooter, and she's moved out of state. Instead of abandoning the dealers, they should be helping the dealers to increase Pentax volume. -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Speaking of Weddings
From: Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] We don't say mean things about the bride... On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15/9/08, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: Very good but the groom needs a shave. Well, at least the bride didn't. At least not until after we find out if the photographer is going to get paid. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Metering With Expanded Dynamic Range
jtainter wrote: Since posting the same message over at dpreview I learned that expanded dynamic range only works with jpegs. See here: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxk200d/page17.asp I have had my K20D set to edr. But I shoot only RAW, so I guess I will change it back. All this time I was not aware that the camera was doing nothing but taking away ISO 100. I wish the manual had explained this better. Joe My experience with the K20D tells a very different story. See here: http://www.dariobonazza.com/k20de.htm Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Test your Colour IQ
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77 I started and got as far as moving three blocks until I realised that this task was pissing me off in a major way. Yah, and I throw my Rubik's Cube at the wall as well. Sod that! Rubik's Cube is a lot easier if you just peel all the stickers off before you start. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Sunrise at Haleakalaa
Thanks for the kind comments. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wow, that's a helluva shot. At first I thought you colorized it somehow, then I read all the replies and, of course, realized those are natural colors to the landscape. Wow. I've never had the chance to see colors like that, but I'm not that worldly. Nice one Dan. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 2:39 PM Subject: PESO: Sunrise at Haleakalaa http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7839337 Comments and criticisms welcome -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Speaking of Weddings
He's already been paid. He doesn't shoot until he's paid. Paul On Sep 17, 2008, at 9:40 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] We don't say mean things about the bride... On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15/9/08, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: Very good but the groom needs a shave. Well, at least the bride didn't. At least not until after we find out if the photographer is going to get paid. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO - Dancing at the Green Culture Festival
My girlfriend and I were the official photographers for this little Green Culture Festival in Toronto on the weekend. Of course we weren't paid, but it was all fun none-the-less. Might have some publications in smallish community freebie papers (if that). Anyway, here are some photos of dancers that were there. As much as I like the BW of the breakdancers, I had to do at least one in colour, just for those bright red pants of the spinning kid! I know, too bad about his arm covering his face, but I still think that one works. Anyway, here they are: http://dummyblog-knarf.blogspot.com/2008/09/dancing-at-green-culture-festival.html More of a mini-GESO than GESO I suppose. Let me know what you think. 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Dancing at the Green Culture Festival
Well chosen motion shutter speed, Frank. Had to be kind of a kick! Jack --- On Wed, 9/17/08, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GESO - Dancing at the Green Culture Festival To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 8:27 AM My girlfriend and I were the official photographers for this little Green Culture Festival in Toronto on the weekend. Of course we weren't paid, but it was all fun none-the-less. Might have some publications in smallish community freebie papers (if that). Anyway, here are some photos of dancers that were there. As much as I like the BW of the breakdancers, I had to do at least one in colour, just for those bright red pants of the spinning kid! I know, too bad about his arm covering his face, but I still think that one works. Anyway, here they are: http://dummyblog-knarf.blogspot.com/2008/09/dancing-at-green-culture-festival.html More of a mini-GESO than GESO I suppose. Let me know what you think. 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Everybody Ridin' Shotgun
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was taken from a whale watching boat in Monterey Bay recently. The sea lions sure seem to all want the same spot. Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8, Handheld ISO 100, 1/250 sec @ f/3.5 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/reunion2008_0117a.htm Fun shot, Bruce! 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT GESO (no Pentax content)
G'day All, So I stated the other day that I bought a Nikon D700. I've had it now for a few weeks thought I'd share 10 of my better shots for those who are so inclined to look. If you can handle Flickr's slideshows: http://flickr.com/photos/disavage/sets/72157607344500355/show/ ...and if not here are direct links to the individual images: - OzSavage Snr (aka CanSavage, aka Dad) Large http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/2769736401_b4cf93178a_b.jpg Original (1.26MB) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/2769736401_e8c561d20c_o.jpg D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 46mm, 1/125 @ f2.8, ISO 3200 - Band http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2778162528_c6ccfe5432_o.jpg D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm, 30 Seconds @ f13, ISO 200 - Fading Beauty http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/2810147671_fbba8ea986_o.jpg D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 56mm, 1/125 @ f8, ISO 100, SB-600 flash in wireless mode - Market Street http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/2824634125_2875f65b5d_o.jpg D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 36mm, 1/3 @ f4.5, ISO 200 - Tubes, Pocket Chain http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/2827536065_121c27804f_o.jpg D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 70mm, 1/125 @ f2.8, ISO 6400 (hand held with camera over my head while standing on a bollard) - Going.Coming. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2830136653_8513082414_o.jpg D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 36mm, 1/25 @ f3.5, ISO 1600 - Control http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2830509507_8fcef0800d_o.jpg D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 42mm, 2 seconds @ f19, ISO 100 - Memorial Moon http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/2848337374_12878112ed_o.jpg D700, Nikkor 35mm f2, 1/40 @ f4.5, ISO 400 - Motion http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/2850531139_e124ea6234_o.jpg D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm, 25 seconds @ f5, ISO 100 - Viola http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2858695107_deeb4bd034_b.jpg Original (~550kb) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2858695107_1d5e72b256_o.jpg D700, Voigtlander 125mm f2.5 Macro APO Lanthar, 1/6 @ f2.5, ISO 100 Any comment welcome. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Dancing at the Green Culture Festival
Hello frank, You managed to capture the fun of the event and share it with us. Not an easy task. What I like most about the color break dancer is how you framed the rest of the group in the shot watching him. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 8:27:11 AM, you wrote: ft My girlfriend and I were the official photographers for this little ft Green Culture Festival in Toronto on the weekend. Of course we ft weren't paid, but it was all fun none-the-less. Might have some ft publications in smallish community freebie papers (if that). ft Anyway, here are some photos of dancers that were there. As much as I ft like the BW of the breakdancers, I had to do at least one in colour, ft just for those bright red pants of the spinning kid! I know, too bad ft about his arm covering his face, but I still think that one works. ft Anyway, here they are: ft http://dummyblog-knarf.blogspot.com/2008/09/dancing-at-green-culture-festival.html ft More of a mini-GESO than GESO I suppose. Let me know what you think. ft cheers, ft frank ft -- ft Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)
Well, the camera certainly is not holding you back. There are some nice images in there. From your indications, you are using a Sigma, Voigtlander and Nikkor lenses. I would be curious to know your thoughts so far of the camera and lenses. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 9:14:55 AM, you wrote: DS G'day All, DS So I stated the other day that I bought a Nikon D700. I've had it now DS for a few weeks thought I'd share 10 of my better shots for those DS who are so inclined to look. DS If you can handle Flickr's slideshows: DS http://flickr.com/photos/disavage/sets/72157607344500355/show/ DS ...and if not here are direct links to the individual images: DS - OzSavage Snr (aka CanSavage, aka Dad) DS Large DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/2769736401_b4cf93178a_b.jpg DS Original (1.26MB) DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/2769736401_e8c561d20c_o.jpg DS D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 46mm, 1/125 @ f2.8, ISO 3200 DS - Band DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2778162528_c6ccfe5432_o.jpg DS D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm, 30 Seconds @ f13, ISO 200 DS - Fading Beauty DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/2810147671_fbba8ea986_o.jpg DS D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 56mm, 1/125 @ f8, ISO 100, SB-600 flash in DS wireless mode DS - Market Street DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/2824634125_2875f65b5d_o.jpg DS D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 36mm, 1/3 @ f4.5, ISO 200 DS - Tubes, Pocket Chain DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/2827536065_121c27804f_o.jpg DS D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 70mm, 1/125 @ f2.8, ISO 6400 (hand held DS with camera over my head while standing on a bollard) DS - Going.Coming. DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2830136653_8513082414_o.jpg DS D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 36mm, 1/25 @ f3.5, ISO 1600 DS - Control DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2830509507_8fcef0800d_o.jpg DS D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 42mm, 2 seconds @ f19, ISO 100 DS - Memorial Moon DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/2848337374_12878112ed_o.jpg DS D700, Nikkor 35mm f2, 1/40 @ f4.5, ISO 400 DS - Motion DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/2850531139_e124ea6234_o.jpg DS D700, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm, 25 seconds @ f5, ISO 100 DS - Viola DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2858695107_deeb4bd034_b.jpg DS Original (~550kb) DS http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2858695107_1d5e72b256_o.jpg DS D700, Voigtlander 125mm f2.5 Macro APO Lanthar, 1/6 @ f2.5, ISO 100 DS Any comment welcome. DS Cheers, DS Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso Photos from the Willow spring winery function
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, Your daughter is a very pretty, Must be your wife's genes... People say she looks like me. She's doomed.:-) Dave Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:35 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Opps. Link below. http://web.mac.com/barnyardcam/iWeb/Site/Photos.html Dave On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:35 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi gang. Put a small dot mac page together with some of the photos from Sunday. No edits done, and i can't figure out how to rotate the verticals. Sorry. Nothing earth shattering, but you might enjoy. K10D and 360 flash Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Facepainter
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lots of fun, here, Frank. I like your photo very much. Nice rendering and composition looks spot on to me. ;-) Cheers, Christine Thanks everyone for your kind comments. They're much appreciated! 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso Photos from the Willow spring winery function
Thanks Christine. It was fun to do, and some good wine to boot.:-) Dave On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave: Looks like it was a fun do! I send congrats and best wishes to the soon-to-be bride and groom. Dave, it looks like your daughter will make a lovely bride and he a handsome groom. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Barbara Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]; E [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jane Bagnall [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:35 PM Subject: Re: Geso Photos from the Willow spring winery function Opps. Link below. http://web.mac.com/barnyardcam/iWeb/Site/Photos.html Dave On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:35 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi gang. Put a small dot mac page together with some of the photos from Sunday. No edits done, and i can't figure out how to rotate the verticals. Sorry. Nothing earth shattering, but you might enjoy. K10D and 360 flash Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso Photos from the Willow spring winery function
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:39 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, Your daughter is a very pretty, Must be your wife's genes... People say she looks like me. She's doomed.:-) As long as she doesn't snore like you, her marriage will be just fine! ;-) Congrats to everyone involved, and thanks for a fun gallery. 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso Photos from the Willow spring winery function
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:44 PM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:39 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, Your daughter is a very pretty, Must be your wife's genes... People say she looks like me. She's doomed.:-) As long as she doesn't snore like you, her marriage will be just fine! Looks like I have an image to up hold.:-) Dave ;-) Congrats to everyone involved, and thanks for a fun gallery. 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the camera certainly is not holding you back. There are some nice images in there. From your indications, you are using a Sigma, Voigtlander and Nikkor lenses. I would be curious to know your thoughts so far of the camera and lenses. -- Best regards, Bruce I have a detailed report here.:-) I'm looking at this one, or the D300. Not quite ready to give up on the D200, but its close. I;m starting to get tired of sending in a camera to Pentax every time i buy a lens, and the metering fluctuations. Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)
Dave,\ Forgot to ask in my last email. Whats your processing here, LR or PS or combo of. The first photo is great. Low noise, at least from what i see, nice and sharp, tons better than the D200, and from a Sigma.:-) Maybe they are getting better at this. Dave Dave On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:14 PM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, So I stated the other day that I bought a Nikon D700. I've had it now for a few weeks thought I'd share 10 of my better shots for those who are so inclined to look. If you can handle Flickr's slideshows: http://flickr.com/photos/disavage/sets/72157607344500355/show/ -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Dancing at the Green Culture Festival
Good stuff. The colour work better for this i think Frank. Last photo, she has a nice smile. Dave On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:27 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My girlfriend and I were the official photographers for this little Green Culture Festival in Toronto on the weekend. Of course we weren't paid, but it was all fun none-the-less. Might have some publications in smallish community freebie papers (if that). Anyway, here are some photos of dancers that were there. As much as I like the BW of the breakdancers, I had to do at least one in colour, just for those bright red pants of the spinning kid! I know, too bad about his arm covering his face, but I still think that one works. Anyway, here they are: http://dummyblog-knarf.blogspot.com/2008/09/dancing-at-green-culture-festival.html More of a mini-GESO than GESO I suppose. Let me know what you think. 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
[Not official] P-TTL Ring Flash from Metz coming ??
...as well as 45CL4 and 36AF4 for Pentax/Oly/Sony. It may be a wireless-only flash fired by integrated flash better than nothing anyway. We'll see. Original: http://www.optyczne.pl/1257-nowo%C5%9B%C4%87-Nowe_lampy_b%C5%82yskowe_firmy_Metz.html In English: http://translate.google.be/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.optyczne.pl%2F1257-nowo%25C5%259B%25C4%2587-Nowe_lampy_b%25C5%2582yskowe_firmy_Metz.htmlsl=pltl=enhl=frie=UTF-8 -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Pentax service question...
So, back in June I sent my 16-50 in for two things to be repaired: 1. The barrel was coming apart near the mount (really!) 2. Cannot achieve focus out to infinity when in the 16-20mm zoom range. I mentioned both of these on the repair information sheet when I sent it in. When I got the lens back, the barrel was nice and solid (yay) but the infinity focus problem remained. I have since tested the lens on 3 different bodies (even my ME Super with the nice big viewfinder and the split-prism screen) and, sure enough, vertical lines at infinity CANNOT be made to line up. They never fixed this problem! So, I have just mailed the lens in again. Is there any hope that they would, perhaps, expedite the issue as this is a return engagement for a problem which should have been fixed the first time? Failing that - are there human beings who can be reached on the other end of a phone line to make sure this problem is actually addressed? Seems to me that the repair notes which came back with the lens in July: ...All function have been returned to factory specifications ..adjust autofocus circuit and test with AF body and ..Adjust focus and test for all proper operation Should have done the trick, but it didn't. I'm wondering if I'm wasting $20 on shipping to get the same (defective) lens back again and I'm looking for any way to be more sure that something is actually fixed this time. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)
On Sep 17, 2008, at 11:14, David Savage wrote: G'day All, So I stated the other day that I bought a Nikon D700. I've had it now for a few weeks thought I'd share 10 of my better shots for those who are so inclined to look. If you can handle Flickr's slideshows: http://flickr.com/photos/disavage/sets/72157607344500355/show/ Some nice looking images there, David! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Pair of Portraits
A couple of days ago my wife asked me to take some shots of my youngest daughter at the beginning of school in lieu of the 'school pictures' that we always end up paying for. There were several that turned out well. Among them were these two: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 115mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6158.htm Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6147.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Pair of Portraits
Very nice. If I had to choose, I'd pick the first one. Flash fill on that one? With a diffuser? Paul On Sep 17, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: A couple of days ago my wife asked me to take some shots of my youngest daughter at the beginning of school in lieu of the 'school pictures' that we always end up paying for. There were several that turned out well. Among them were these two: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 115mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6158.htm Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6147.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Pair of Portraits
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of days ago my wife asked me to take some shots of my youngest daughter at the beginning of school in lieu of the 'school pictures' that we always end up paying for. There were several that turned out well. Among them were these two: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 115mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6158.htm I remember you showing us photos of her when she was a little girl. She's turning into quite the beautiful young lady right before our eyes. Beautiful portraits, Bruce! 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Weddings and such.
I had a wedding lined up for next weekend but it was called off by the bride. Bad news for me but amusing none the less... You see the Groom was sleeping around on the Bride to be... . . . . . . . . wait for it... . . . . . . . . . . . WITH HER SISTER! (What a maroon). I think I've entered Jerry Springer Territory® -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Weddings and such.
I guess you're not in Virginia, where he'd have been sleeping around with HIS sister... I had a wedding lined up for next weekend but it was called off by the bride. Bad news for me but amusing none the less... You see the Groom was sleeping around on the Bride to be... . . wait for it... . . WITH HER SISTER! (What a maroon). I think I've entered Jerry Springer TerritoryR -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Weddings and such.
Isn't that a qualification? If'n she ain't good enough for her own Kin, she ain't good enough for ours! Bob W wrote: I guess you're not in Virginia, where he'd have been sleeping around with HIS sister... I had a wedding lined up for next weekend but it was called off by the bride. Bad news for me but amusing none the less... You see the Groom was sleeping around on the Bride to be... . . wait for it... . . WITH HER SISTER! (What a maroon). I think I've entered Jerry Springer TerritoryR -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Pair of Portraits
I think you should invite all her classmates to drop by for photos..for $$$. ;) You and she both take a great picture(s). Jack --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Pair of Portraits To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 10:47 AM A couple of days ago my wife asked me to take some shots of my youngest daughter at the beginning of school in lieu of the 'school pictures' that we always end up paying for. There were several that turned out well. Among them were these two: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 115mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6158.htm Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6147.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Test your Colour IQ
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:38 AM, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rubik's Cube is a lot easier if you just peel all the stickers off before you start. My middle daughter (who just started college fer gawd's sake!) was around 2 1/2 or 3 when the Rubik's Cube craze hit our part of the world. We had several of them around the house and we told her that the idea was to get each side to be all the same colour. You see where I'm going here, right? One afternoon, with great pride, she showed my then-wife and me her progress: she'd manipulated things so that almost two sides were completely the same colour. I worked on one for days and days to get maybe one and a half solid sides; we thought she must be some sort of a genius, a child prodigy, ~something~! We got busy calling Harvard, Yale and Oxford seeking her early admission, lining her up on the Tonight Show and Merv Griffin, but before any of them got back to us, we spied her (I think it was a day later), pulling stickers off and replacing them in the appropriate places. She really wasn't cheating, we just never explained it to her. Hey, she was showing real problem-solving skills, eh? Oh well, we came back to reality with a thud. 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Weddings and such.
Virginia is fine. It's the hills of West Virginia and the Carolinas where the banjo music starts a playin'...Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess you're not in Virginia, where he'd have been sleeping around with HIS sister... I had a wedding lined up for next weekend but it was called off by the bride. Bad news for me but amusing none the less... You see the Groom was sleeping around on the Bride to be... . . wait for it... . . WITH HER SISTER! (What a maroon). I think I've entered Jerry Springer TerritoryR -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Pair of Portraits
Bruce, She's growing up quickly, wasn't she just a toddler? Nice portraits, pretty child. I like the 2nd one a bit better. How's the musician daughter doing? Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of days ago my wife asked me to take some shots of my youngest daughter at the beginning of school in lieu of the 'school pictures' that we always end up paying for. There were several that turned out well. Among them were these two: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 115mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6158.htm Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6147.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Weddings and such.
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Virginia is fine. It's the hills of West Virginia and the Carolinas where the banjo music starts a playin'...Regards, Bob S. When Mark and Dave and I head down to GFM we're a couple of hours driving through West Virginia. It's beautiful-but-kind-of-sad country. Hard to imagine how such a place could be economically viable (coal and tourism seem to be about the only industries - and no one but the owners seem to be getting rich from those). The interstate goes by towns that you almost never see from the highway, except for 100-foot-high billboards for restaurants, gas stations and strip bars. My favourite sign was the Friends of Coal sign. http://www.friendsofcoal.org/ I don't know why, but I thought they were funny. Anachronistic but funny. 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax service question...
In June, I sent my K10 D and an old FA 28-105 mm lens in for repair. I asked that the autofocus be repaired on the K10 as there was a backfocus problem big time, and it seemed unable to do any predictive autofocus at all. I asked that the eyecup be replaced, as the rubber part of it had been torn off with no more than rubbing against my belly when I carried the camera on a strap. I had been told by the person I spoke to on the phone to ask for that, as he said a replacement would cost me $24.95 plus shipping. I asked that the lens be repaired, out of warranty, as it had been dropped, and would cinch as it approached 28 mm, and the focus could not be achieved at any focal length. I expected the body to be calibrated to a standard, and to get an estimate on the repair of the lens. What I got back was a K10 D with the firmware updated to 1.30 and focus that was much better, though still needing to be auto-focused twice to get a sharp photo, and still poor predictive AF. And no eyecup replacement, just the plastic base of it still in place. And i got back a lens that had been repaired so it worked fine in AF except at the extreme of 28 mm, where it still cinched slightly. And it focused at infinity at all focal lengths. And no charge at all. My repair notes read exactly the same as yours (no distinction between the lens or the camera, just one set of notes) But I had an additional line that told me I should not use lenses other than DA lenses with my digital camera, as the result were unpredictable and could be unsatisfactory. This led me to believe that they thought I wanted the camera to be calibrated to that lens! And of course, no one at Pentax repair could tell me if that was the case or not. I don't think they keep notes, just select lines on a menu to be printed on the repair order. I mentioned the eyecup replacement not being done. After a week I was called and told that I would be sent an eyecup free of charge. It arrived three weeks later. On all occasions that I spoke to someone in repair I discovered that they were either in Texas or on the east coast. The only records they have are what was put in the computer to be printed on your repair order. So yes, you can talk to Pentax repair persons, but not to anyone who is anywhere near any technicians or has ever seen a workbench. At least it wasn't in India! :-) Now, I have to send my K100 in before it's extended warranty is up next month. I don't like it's focus abilities either. But I guess I'd better send in a couple of my lenses as well, so some matching can be done. I'd like to send in my K20 as well, as it's AF is abysmal, but they might just tell me I can use special functions and to do the calibration myself! And I would be without two camera bodies and my best lenses for 3 to 6 weeks. What to do? Joseph McAllister Pentaxian On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:29 , Charles Robinson wrote: So, back in June I sent my 16-50 in for two things to be repaired: 1. The barrel was coming apart near the mount (really!) 2. Cannot achieve focus out to infinity when in the 16-20mm zoom range. I mentioned both of these on the repair information sheet when I sent it in. When I got the lens back, the barrel was nice and solid (yay) but the infinity focus problem remained. I have since tested the lens on 3 different bodies (even my ME Super with the nice big viewfinder and the split-prism screen) and, sure enough, vertical lines at infinity CANNOT be made to line up. They never fixed this problem! So, I have just mailed the lens in again. Is there any hope that they would, perhaps, expedite the issue as this is a return engagement for a problem which should have been fixed the first time? Failing that - are there human beings who can be reached on the other end of a phone line to make sure this problem is actually addressed? Seems to me that the repair notes which came back with the lens in July: ...All function have been returned to factory specifications ..adjust autofocus circuit and test with AF body and ..Adjust focus and test for all proper operation Should have done the trick, but it didn't. I'm wondering if I'm wasting $20 on shipping to get the same (defective) lens back again and I'm looking for any way to be more sure that something is actually fixed this time. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax service question...
On Sep 17, 2008, at 15:07, Joseph McAllister wrote: On all occasions that I spoke to someone in repair I discovered that they were either in Texas or on the east coast. The only records they have are what was put in the computer to be printed on your repair order. So yes, you can talk to Pentax repair persons, but not to anyone who is anywhere near any technicians or has ever seen a workbench. At least it wasn't in India! :-) (sigh) So.. cross fingers and hope they get it right the 2nd time, but no way to be sure. Ah well - if *I* worked for Pentax repair I'm not so sure I'd want people to have the ability to call me up and bug me... but still! If it comes back weird again, I'll really be upset. I suppose it would be too late to return a lens which was purchased (online) in May. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax service question...
Joseph McAllister wrote: In June, I sent my K10 D and an old FA 28-105 mm lens in for repair. What I got back was a K10 D with the firmware updated to 1.30 and focus that was much better, though still needing to be auto-focused twice to get a sharp photo, and still poor predictive AF. And no eyecup replacement, just the plastic base of it still in place. And i got back a lens that had been repaired so it worked fine in AF except at the extreme of 28 mm, where it still cinched slightly. And it focused at infinity at all focal lengths. And no charge at all. Now, I have to send my K100 in before it's extended warranty is up next month. I don't like it's focus abilities either. But I guess I'd better send in a couple of my lenses as well, so some matching can be done. I'd like to send in my K20 as well, as it's AF is abysmal, but they might just tell me I can use special functions and to do the calibration myself! And I would be without two camera bodies and my best lenses for 3 to 6 weeks. What to do? Switch to Canon? ;-) Seriously, though, there seem to be a bunch of focus issues lately. Do the other makes have these problems, or is it just us? -- Scott Loveless New Cumberland, PA http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT Test your Colour IQ
[...] We got busy calling Harvard, Yale and Oxford seeking her early admission, lining her up on the Tonight Show and Merv Griffin, but before any of them got back to us, we spied her (I think it was a day later), pulling stickers off and replacing them in the appropriate places. She really wasn't cheating, we just never explained it to her. Hey, she was showing real problem-solving skills, eh? Oh well, we came back to reality with a thud. you should go with the genius interpretation. One of the things that makes someone a genius is that they make their own rules. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax service question...
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joseph McAllister wrote: In June, I sent my K10 D and an old FA 28-105 mm lens in for repair. What I got back was a K10 D with the firmware updated to 1.30 and focus that was much better, though still needing to be auto-focused twice to get a sharp photo, and still poor predictive AF. And no eyecup replacement, just the plastic base of it still in place. And i got back a lens that had been repaired so it worked fine in AF except at the extreme of 28 mm, where it still cinched slightly. And it focused at infinity at all focal lengths. And no charge at all. Now, I have to send my K100 in before it's extended warranty is up next month. I don't like it's focus abilities either. But I guess I'd better send in a couple of my lenses as well, so some matching can be done. I'd like to send in my K20 as well, as it's AF is abysmal, but they might just tell me I can use special functions and to do the calibration myself! And I would be without two camera bodies and my best lenses for 3 to 6 weeks. What to do? Switch to Canon? ;-) Seriously, though, there seem to be a bunch of focus issues lately. Do the other makes have these problems, or is it just us? No its not just us.:-) D1 had bad back focus, mostly in lowish light. They refused to acknowledge the problem but would fix it if you sent it in. Go figure. I have heard the Canon MK III (what ever the new one is) has focus issues. Dave Dave -- Scott Loveless New Cumberland, PA http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Weddings and such.
- Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] I guess you're not in Virginia, where he'd have been sleeping around with HIS sister... LMFAO--;-) Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Everybody Ridin' Shotgun
Great shot. Dave On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was taken from a whale watching boat in Monterey Bay recently. The sea lions sure seem to all want the same spot. Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8, Handheld ISO 100, 1/250 sec @ f/3.5 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/reunion2008_0117a.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax service question...
On Sep 17, 2008, at 14:22 , Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joseph McAllister wrote: In June, I sent my K10 D and an old FA 28-105 mm lens in for repair. What I got back was a K10 D with the firmware updated to 1.30 and focus that was much better, though still needing to be auto-focused twice to get a sharp photo, and still poor predictive AF. And no eyecup replacement, just the plastic base of it still in place. And i got back a lens that had been repaired so it worked fine in AF except at the extreme of 28 mm, where it still cinched slightly. And it focused at infinity at all focal lengths. And no charge at all. Now, I have to send my K100 in before it's extended warranty is up next month. I don't like it's focus abilities either. But I guess I'd better send in a couple of my lenses as well, so some matching can be done. I'd like to send in my K20 as well, as it's AF is abysmal, but they might just tell me I can use special functions and to do the calibration myself! And I would be without two camera bodies and my best lenses for 3 to 6 weeks. What to do? Switch to Canon? ;-) Seriously, though, there seem to be a bunch of focus issues lately. Do the other makes have these problems, or is it just us? Not just us. I believe Canon users started the whine. It seems that the bottom line from the manufacturers and pundits is that the average users now have the ability to look very closely at their digital images, and bitch, whereas before they only saw 4 x 6 prints, and everything was fine. The way AF works is dictated by a compromise between getting close with a single or double pass by the best focus and back x amount, or wearing out the AF lens mechanism and draining your battery very quickly while the camera hunts for the perfect focus. The internet is full of sites that complain about it, have ways to test for it, and firmware hacks to correct it. I believe that is why Pentax (and I assume others) now allow the user to correct the AF bias for individual lenses in the K20D. And why it is recommended to shoot stopped down more so your subject stands a chance at being in the field of focus. Oh, and only use ƒ 2.8 or faster glass! Joseph McAllister Pentaxian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Pair of Portraits
I like trhe first one, very nice pose. Much better than what i remember school photos to be.:-0 Dave On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of days ago my wife asked me to take some shots of my youngest daughter at the beginning of school in lieu of the 'school pictures' that we always end up paying for. There were several that turned out well. Among them were these two: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 115mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6158.htm Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6147.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Pair of Portraits
Bruce: You and your wife have made some beautiful children. The two of you must be quite handsome as well. I actually like the 1st best. Did you use some flash there? Great job, Bruce! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:47 PM Subject: PESO - Pair of Portraits A couple of days ago my wife asked me to take some shots of my youngest daughter at the beginning of school in lieu of the 'school pictures' that we always end up paying for. There were several that turned out well. Among them were these two: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 115mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6158.htm Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6147.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Standoff
Frank: I LOVE THIS PICTURE! You know, what's that movie--something old men with Walter Matthau et al? This shot reminds me of that. The beauty of this shot is in its subtlety, Frank! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 7:56 AM Subject: PESO - The Standoff Which train will be first to arrive, northbound or southbound? These two gents watched with grim determination. Perhaps a small wager was involved? ;-) http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2008/09/standoff-which-train-will-be-first-to.html Comments 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
Just watching local news channel CP24, which has ticker stories running at the bottom of the screen. One said a children;s author, name i forget, i'm waiting for the ticker to come round again, is penning the next chapter in the HHGTTG series. Were's Doug when we need him.:-0 Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Dancing at the Green Culture Festival
Hi Frank: I like the 1st 2 best, and I think I like the BW one best, though the color one is a very close 2nd. Good emotion in the shots, nice composition, and good rendering. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:27 AM Subject: GESO - Dancing at the Green Culture Festival My girlfriend and I were the official photographers for this little Green Culture Festival in Toronto on the weekend. Of course we weren't paid, but it was all fun none-the-less. Might have some publications in smallish community freebie papers (if that). Anyway, here are some photos of dancers that were there. As much as I like the BW of the breakdancers, I had to do at least one in colour, just for those bright red pants of the spinning kid! I know, too bad about his arm covering his face, but I still think that one works. Anyway, here they are: http://dummyblog-knarf.blogspot.com/2008/09/dancing-at-green-culture-festival.html More of a mini-GESO than GESO I suppose. Let me know what you think. 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
WTF? I'll have one of whatever Dave's been into this afternoon. CW David J Brooks wrote: Just watching local news channel CP24, which has ticker stories running at the bottom of the screen. One said a children;s author, name i forget, i'm waiting for the ticker to come round again, is penning the next chapter in the HHGTTG series. Were's Doug when we need him.:-0 Dave No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.21/1676 - Release Date: 9/17/2008 9:33 AM -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
Dave: I have no idea what HHGTTG stands for, Dave. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Barbara Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Just watching local news channel CP24, which has ticker stories running at the bottom of the screen. One said a children;s author, name i forget, i'm waiting for the ticker to come round again, is penning the next chapter in the HHGTTG series. Were's Doug when we need him.:-0 Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy. A much over-rated book. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: 17 September 2008 23:01 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Dave: I have no idea what HHGTTG stands for, Dave. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Barbara Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Just watching local news channel CP24, which has ticker stories running at the bottom of the screen. One said a children;s author, name i forget, i'm waiting for the ticker to come round again, is penning the next chapter in the HHGTTG series. Were's Doug when we need him.:-0 Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Dancing at the Green Culture Festival
I like the motion blur in the feet in the first one, with the rest of the body being sharp. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:27 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My girlfriend and I were the official photographers for this little Green Culture Festival in Toronto on the weekend. Of course we weren't paid, but it was all fun none-the-less. Might have some publications in smallish community freebie papers (if that). Anyway, here are some photos of dancers that were there. As much as I like the BW of the breakdancers, I had to do at least one in colour, just for those bright red pants of the spinning kid! I know, too bad about his arm covering his face, but I still think that one works. Anyway, here they are: http://dummyblog-knarf.blogspot.com/2008/09/dancing-at-green-culture-festival.html More of a mini-GESO than GESO I suppose. Let me know what you think. 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
Ah, yes. Thanks for that. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:10 PM Subject: RE: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy. A much over-rated book. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: 17 September 2008 23:01 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Dave: I have no idea what HHGTTG stands for, Dave. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Barbara Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Just watching local news channel CP24, which has ticker stories running at the bottom of the screen. One said a children;s author, name i forget, i'm waiting for the ticker to come round again, is penning the next chapter in the HHGTTG series. Were's Doug when we need him.:-0 Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
Zaphod would be so hurt. G ... yes, I'm back home again ... On Sep 17, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Bob W wrote: Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy. A much over-rated book. Dave: I have no idea what HHGTTG stands for, Dave. Cheers, -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
Only people who don't like the book, don't like it grin -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 3:10:39 PM, you wrote: BW Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy. A much over-rated book. BW Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: 17 September 2008 23:01 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Dave: I have no idea what HHGTTG stands for, Dave. Cheers, BW Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Barbara Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Just watching local news channel CP24, which has ticker stories running at the bottom of the screen. One said a children;s author, name i forget, i'm waiting for the ticker to come round again, is penning the next chapter in the HHGTTG series. Were's Doug when we need him.:-0 Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax service question...
On Sep 17, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: Seriously, though, there seem to be a bunch of focus issues lately. Do the other makes have these problems, or is it just us? Leica was right to never introduce AF on its RF and SLR cameras. Most people today do not understand the limitations of AF or how to focus properly ... they simply assume the dumb machine is smarter than they are. There are certainly many situations where the focusing system is just maladjusted, but the vast majority of the time it's the controller behind the eyepiece that's at fault. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
I quite liked it. I just think it's over-rated. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Dayton Sent: 17 September 2008 23:24 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Only people who don't like the book, don't like it grin -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 3:10:39 PM, you wrote: BW Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy. A much over-rated book. BW Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: 17 September 2008 23:01 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Dave: I have no idea what HHGTTG stands for, Dave. Cheers, BW Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Barbara Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Just watching local news channel CP24, which has ticker stories running at the bottom of the screen. One said a children;s author, name i forget, i'm waiting for the ticker to come round again, is penning the next chapter in the HHGTTG series. Were's Doug when we need him.:-0 Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Standoff
On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Frank: I LOVE THIS PICTURE! You know, what's that movie--something old men with Walter Matthau et al? Jack Lemmon. The Odd Couple. Got it on DVD. Brilliant. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Dave: I have no idea what HHGTTG stands for, Dave. Cheers, Christine Christine: you are never really alone if you have your rubber ducky with you. Cheers Cotty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Standoff
- Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Frank: I LOVE THIS PICTURE! You know, what's that movie--something old men with Walter Matthau et al? Jack Lemmon. The Odd Couple. Got it on DVD. Brilliant. Yes, I know of the Odd Couple, but there's another one--old men something, more recent. I was a huge fan of the original movie the tv series--yes, very brilliant, but I'm think of that recent one. :-) Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Standoff
Grumpy Old Men - set in Wabasha, MN -p Christine Aguila wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Frank: I LOVE THIS PICTURE! You know, what's that movie--something old men with Walter Matthau et al? Jack Lemmon. The Odd Couple. Got it on DVD. Brilliant. Yes, I know of the Odd Couple, but there's another one--old men something, more recent. I was a huge fan of the original movie the tv series--yes, very brilliant, but I'm think of that recent one. :-) Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Standoff
Ah, yes, that must be it. Thanks for that, Paul. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:57 PM Subject: Re: PESO - The Standoff Grumpy Old Men - set in Wabasha, MN -p Christine Aguila wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Frank: I LOVE THIS PICTURE! You know, what's that movie--something old men with Walter Matthau et al? Jack Lemmon. The Odd Couple. Got it on DVD. Brilliant. Yes, I know of the Odd Couple, but there's another one--old men something, more recent. I was a huge fan of the original movie the tv series--yes, very brilliant, but I'm think of that recent one. :-) Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Standoff
Hello Christine, It was Grumpy Old Men. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 3:50:33 PM, you wrote: CA - Original Message - CA From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Frank: I LOVE THIS PICTURE! You know, what's that movie--something old men with Walter Matthau et al? Jack Lemmon. The Odd Couple. Got it on DVD. Brilliant. CA Yes, I know of the Odd Couple, but there's another one--old men something, CA more recent. I was a huge fan of the original movie the tv series--yes, CA very brilliant, but I'm think of that recent one. :-) Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Pair of Portraits
Both well done, especially the lighting. I really like the first for its natural setting. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Pair of Portraits A couple of days ago my wife asked me to take some shots of my youngest daughter at the beginning of school in lieu of the 'school pictures' that we always end up paying for. There were several that turned out well. Among them were these two: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 115mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6158.htm Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6147.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
On Sep 17, 2008, at 3:39 PM, Cotty wrote: On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Dave: I have no idea what HHGTTG stands for, Dave. Cheers, Christine Christine: you are never really alone if you have your rubber ducky with you. Cheers Cotty. But do you know where your towel is? G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
- Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Dave: I have no idea what HHGTTG stands for, Dave. Cheers, Christine Christine: you are never really alone if you have your rubber ducky with you. Cheers Cotty. Ah, yes, thanks for that Cotty, and I'm sure glad your message did not come with a typo! ;-) Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish... Christine Aguila wrote: Dave: I have no idea what HHGTTG stands for, Dave. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Barbara Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy Just watching local news channel CP24, which has ticker stories running at the bottom of the screen. One said a children;s author, name i forget, i'm waiting for the ticker to come round again, is penning the next chapter in the HHGTTG series. Were's Doug when we need him.:-0 Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Standoff
Cotty wrote: On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Frank: I LOVE THIS PICTURE! You know, what's that movie--something old men with Walter Matthau et al? Jack Lemmon. The Odd Couple. Got it on DVD. Brilliant. I think she was looking for Grumpy Old Men. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107050/ -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Sunny Seney Morning
Please check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html More from my recent U P week. Taken with a K20D, 70-210mm F, 1/15 @f11, 200 ISO. Coments appreciated Thanks in advance for looking Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Weddings and such.
frank theriault wrote: When Mark and Dave and I head down to GFM we're a couple of hours driving through West Virginia. It's beautiful-but-kind-of-sad country. Hard to imagine how such a place could be economically viable (coal and tourism seem to be about the only industries - and no one but the owners seem to be getting rich from those). They do a pretty decent business in untaxed liquor, too. (Also known as moonshine :-) ) You might be surprised at the financial position of a few of those guys who look like a backwoods hick from Central Casting. Of course, a lot are just as comparatively bad off as they seem to be. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning
Absolutely love it! -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 4:40:10 PM, you wrote: KW Please check out KW http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html KW More from my recent U P week. KW Taken with a K20D, 70-210mm F, 1/15 @f11, 200 ISO. KW Coments appreciated KW Thanks in advance for looking KW Kenneth Waller KW http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
Just watching local news channel CP24, which has ticker stories running at the bottom of the screen. One said a children;s author, name i forget, i'm waiting for the ticker to come round again, is penning the next chapter in the HHGTTG series. Oh, belgium. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Standoff
Thanks, Bruce. :-) C - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 6:00 PM Subject: Re: PESO - The Standoff Hello Christine, It was Grumpy Old Men. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 3:50:33 PM, you wrote: CA - Original Message - CA From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Frank: I LOVE THIS PICTURE! You know, what's that movie--something old men with Walter Matthau et al? Jack Lemmon. The Odd Couple. Got it on DVD. Brilliant. CA Yes, I know of the Odd Couple, but there's another one--old men something, CA more recent. I was a huge fan of the original movie the tv series--yes, CA very brilliant, but I'm think of that recent one. :-) Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Standoff
Thanks, P.J. :-) C - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 6:19 PM Subject: Re: PESO - The Standoff Cotty wrote: On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Frank: I LOVE THIS PICTURE! You know, what's that movie--something old men with Walter Matthau et al? Jack Lemmon. The Odd Couple. Got it on DVD. Brilliant. I think she was looking for Grumpy Old Men. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107050/ -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning
Wow, lovely Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 6:40 PM Subject: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning Please check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html More from my recent U P week. Taken with a K20D, 70-210mm F, 1/15 @f11, 200 ISO. Coments appreciated Thanks in advance for looking Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO BW Butterfly
Hi Everyone: At a butterfly haven @ a nature museum here in Chicago. K10D, 50mm 1.4, ISO 200, 40 sec @ f5.6. I did clone out some ugly piping at the bottom. (maybe I should duck now to get out of firing range of the anti-photoshoppery folks :-)) small http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7851843 large http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7851843size=lg Comments very welcome. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning
Beautifully done, Ken. Love the light on the foliage and the diffused reflections. Perhaps cropped a bit tight at the top? Or maybe it could be cropped a bit more on the bottom. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:40:10 -0400, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Please check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html More from my recent U P week. Taken with a K20D, 70-210mm F, 1/15 @f11, 200 ISO. Coments appreciated Thanks in advance for looking Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Weddings and such.
Doug Franklin wrote: frank theriault wrote: When Mark and Dave and I head down to GFM we're a couple of hours driving through West Virginia. It's beautiful-but-kind-of-sad country. Hard to imagine how such a place could be economically viable (coal and tourism seem to be about the only industries - and no one but the owners seem to be getting rich from those). They do a pretty decent business in untaxed liquor, too. (Also known as moonshine :-) ) You might be surprised at the financial position of a few of those guys who look like a backwoods hick from Central Casting. Of course, a lot are just as comparatively bad off as they seem to be. There's some pretty serious moonshine operations out there. Places with virtual private armies where the police don't even like to go. Dealing in moonshine and North Carolina's second biggest cash crop (after tobacco, of course) - marijuana. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO BW Butterfly
I quite like the high key background with this although the butterfly does seem a little blown out in places (eg. the feelers). I wouldn't mind seeing this one in colour. No objections to photoshoppery of this nature, although the bit of pipe on the right of the insect sort of gives the game away Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:08:50 -0500, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi Everyone: At a butterfly haven @ a nature museum here in Chicago. K10D, 50mm 1.4, ISO 200, 40 sec @ f5.6. I did clone out some ugly piping at the bottom. (maybe I should duck now to get out of firing range of the anti-photoshoppery folks :-)) small http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7851843 large http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7851843size=lg Comments very welcome. Cheers, Christine -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Test your Colour IQ
I got an 18, and I'm not sure I want to do that again. My eyes went a little wonky. I kept blinking to try and get refocused. Thanks for posting that, Dave. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 6:27 PM Subject: OT Test your Colour IQ http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77 0 is a perfect score I got 111 Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
From Ike's path
Howdy, y'all! [*] Just in case you are curious what was there originally: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=866111 Igor Alumni of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where NCSA is located, where Mosaic browser was created, ... :-) === [*] In case anybody was curious, - I moved from San Diego to College Station, Texas.[**] (Hence the greeting.) The new job (professor at Texas AM University) keeps me extremely busy. The combination of moving, beginning of the semester, building up a new lab, and the hurricane - Ike (which luckily didn't do much damage to our immediate area, but changed many plans - everything was closed) made it rather complicated, - so I am just briefly looking over some messages going through the list (as an excuse for my procrastination), and only time-to-time... [**] If you are not familiar with the geography of Texas, - Texas AM University is located in the middle of three large cities: Houston, Austin and Dallas, ... in the town called College Station that intergrew into adjacent Bryan. Tue Sep 16 16:19:15 EDT 2008 P. J. Alling wrote: http://i33.tinypic.com/29zrgpz.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Weddings and such.
When I worked for Hearst Magazine Division in the early eighties, I was assiged to photograph a tow truck that had won a Motor Magazine contest for custom tow trucks. Picking this vehicle was sort of a gag on the prt of the editors. The truck was kind of obscene. It was decorated with hundreds of lights and geegaws, and sported a bevy of horns. Iit belonged to a guy who lived in the mountains in West Virgina. I went out there to shoot the truck on the last day of a thirteen day road trip that had taken me across the country and back. I flew into West Virgina, rented a car and drove up some eighty miles of winding mountain roads. The last twenty miles or so were dirt roads. When I arrived at the house, the truck owner and his wife greeted me like I was long lost kin. I spent most of the day with them. Great folks. We drank some moonshine, they slaughtered one of the chickens that roamed thier yard, and the Mrs. baked som biscuits. I filed up on the best fried chicken I ever had, sho t the truck and headed back to New York. I have to see if I can find some pics of that truck. I probably have them packed away in a box somewhere. Anyway, that's my West Virginia story. Paul -- Original message -- From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doug Franklin wrote: frank theriault wrote: When Mark and Dave and I head down to GFM we're a couple of hours driving through West Virginia. It's beautiful-but-kind-of-sad country. Hard to imagine how such a place could be economically viable (coal and tourism seem to be about the only industries - and no one but the owners seem to be getting rich from those). They do a pretty decent business in untaxed liquor, too. (Also known as moonshine :-) ) You might be surprised at the financial position of a few of those guys who look like a backwoods hick from Central Casting. Of course, a lot are just as comparatively bad off as they seem to be. There's some pretty serious moonshine operations out there. Places with virtual private armies where the police don't even like to go. Dealing in moonshine and North Carolina's second biggest cash crop (after tobacco, of course) - marijuana. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Disturbing News
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yet so many thought that the Hoya merger would lead to better marketing... Indeed, you'd think having spent however many millions or billions to acquire the brand, they'd at least try to make a go of it. I know they were primarily interested in Pentax's endoscopy line, but a profit is a profit, and Pentax's camera brand did produce a profit, even if not a particularly large one. Seems a shame to fritter away something you've paid good money for. John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had noticed the same thing at a local retailer. Unfortunately it looks like Pentax may be abandoning low volume retailers. But every store I ever shopped that carried Pentax has been a low volume store ... at least as far as how much Pentax gear they sold. Everybody that comes in wants Canon or Nikon. They wouldn't be able to stay in business if they had to rely just on Pentax shooters. I'm in a nature photography group - couple hundred members. There's one other Pentax shooter, and she's moved out of state. Instead of abandoning the dealers, they should be helping the dealers to increase Pentax volume. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Test your Colour IQ
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:38 AM, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rubik's Cube is a lot easier if you just peel all the stickers off before you start. My middle daughter (who just started college fer gawd's sake!) was around 2 1/2 or 3 when the Rubik's Cube craze hit our part of the world. We had several of them around the house and we told her that the idea was to get each side to be all the same colour. You see where I'm going here, right? One afternoon, with great pride, she showed my then-wife and me her progress: she'd manipulated things so that almost two sides were completely the same colour. I worked on one for days and days to get maybe one and a half solid sides; we thought she must be some sort of a genius, a child prodigy, ~something~! We got busy calling Harvard, Yale and Oxford seeking her early admission, lining her up on the Tonight Show and Merv Griffin, but before any of them got back to us, we spied her (I think it was a day later), pulling stickers off and replacing them in the appropriate places. She really wasn't cheating, we just never explained it to her. Hey, she was showing real problem-solving skills, eh? Oh well, we came back to reality with a thud. cheers, frank If you know someone who's memorized the formula for solving it, and yes, it is a formula ... actually several of them you use sequentially ... here's a fun thing to do. Pry one corner block loose, rotate it 120 or 240 degrees pop it back on. Thoroughly mix the sides corners and leave it where your patsy can find it. Makes 'em completely crazy. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning
VERY nice, Ken! Jack --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 4:40 PM Please check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html More from my recent U P week. Taken with a K20D, 70-210mm F, 1/15 @f11, 200 ISO. Coments appreciated Thanks in advance for looking Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Weddings and such.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I worked for Hearst Magazine Division in the early eighties, I was assiged to photograph a tow truck that had won a Motor Magazine contest for custom tow trucks. Picking this vehicle was sort of a gag on the prt of the editors. The truck was kind of obscene. It was decorated with hundreds of lights and geegaws, and sported a bevy of horns. Iit belonged to a guy who lived in the mountains in West Virgina. I went out there to shoot the truck on the last day of a thirteen day road trip that had taken me across the country and back. I flew into West Virgina, rented a car and drove up some eighty miles of winding mountain roads. The last twenty miles or so were dirt roads. When I arrived at the house, the truck owner and his wife greeted me like I was long lost kin. I spent most of the day with them. Great folks. We drank some moonshine, they slaughtered one of the chickens that roamed thier yard, and the Mrs. baked som biscuits. I filed up on the best fried chicken I ever had, sho t the truck and headed back to New York. I have to see if I can find some pics of that truck. I probably have them packed away in a box somewhere. Anyway, that's my West Virginia story. Hell, I might be related to those folks. If not, my heritage surely comes down the same turnpike. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO BW Butterfly
Like it, Christine. You might consider getting rid of the remnant perch, checkered area in upper left and vertical dashed lines in upper right. The resulting cleaner look might even improve it's stark tone. Jack --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO BW Butterfly To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 5:08 PM Hi Everyone: At a butterfly haven @ a nature museum here in Chicago. K10D, 50mm 1.4, ISO 200, 40 sec @ f5.6. I did clone out some ugly piping at the bottom. (maybe I should duck now to get out of firing range of the anti-photoshoppery folks :-)) small http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7851843 large http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7851843size=lg Comments very welcome. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just watching local news channel CP24, which has ticker stories running at the bottom of the screen. One said a children;s author, name i forget, i'm waiting for the ticker to come round again, is penning the next chapter in the HHGTTG series. Were's Doug when we need him.:-0 Announced today apparently, and already in the Wikipedia entry for Hitchhiker? Eoin Colfer is the writer, commissioned to write And Another Thing..., with Adam's widow giving approval. But how can it be a trilogy when there's already been five books? http://www.eoincolfer.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy. A much over-rated book. Bob Maybe, but it's still a hoot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- But it is a picture...
Howdy, y'all! [*] Just in case you are curious what was there originally: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=866111 Igor Alumni of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where NCSA is located, where Mosaic browser was created, ... :-) === [*] In case anybody was curious, - I moved from San Diego to College Station, Texas.[**] (Hence the greeting.) The new job (professor at Texas AM University) keeps me extremely busy. The combination of moving, beginning of the semester, building up a new lab, and the hurricane - Ike (which luckily didn't do much damage to our immediate area, but changed many plans - everything was closed) made it rather complicated, - so I am just briefly looking over some messages going through the list (as an excuse for my procrastination), and only time-to-time... [**] If you are not familiar with the geography of Texas, - Texas AM University is located in the middle of three large cities: Houston, Austin and Dallas, ... in the town called College Station that intergrew into adjacent Bryan. Tue Sep 16 16:19:15 EDT 2008 P. J. Alling wrote: http://i33.tinypic.com/29zrgpz.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Standoff
From: Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Frank: I LOVE THIS PICTURE! You know, what's that movie--something old men with Walter Matthau et al? Jack Lemmon. The Odd Couple. Got it on DVD. Brilliant. Yes, I know of the Odd Couple, but there's another one--old men something, more recent. I was a huge fan of the original movie the tv series--yes, very brilliant, but I'm think of that recent one. :-) Cheers, Christine He was in one called Grumpy Old Men - also with Jack Lemmon (and Ann Margret). There was a sequel, Grumpier Old Men, which added Sophia Loren to the cast. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Standoff
I like it. Well seen composed. Cheers, Dave 2008/9/15 frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Which train will be first to arrive, northbound or southbound? These two gents watched with grim determination. Perhaps a small wager was involved? ;-) http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2008/09/standoff-which-train-will-be-first-to.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.
Part of todays adventure. A low budget movie is shooting in my home town blocking traffic on half of main street. I was walking along minding my own business, but actually armed with my trust *ist-Ds and a collection of appropriate lenses), when I decided I'd take a couple of pictures to commemorate the event, (and maybe make a couple of bucks selling the images to one of the local fish wraps), when I this scruffy individual rushes at me from the company and confronts me to tell me that I can't take any photos for, and I quote legal reasons. When I asked him what I was doing wrong, he was a a loss except to explain, except to repeat his original statement. When I pointed out that the set was on a public road and within full view of the public, with no expectation of privacy, and that I was allowed to take photographs of anything I wished under those circumstances, his new tack was to claim that I couldn't use them for anything. I then pointed out that under fair use I could use them for non-commercial purposes which included selling them and my story to a newspaper, or printing them large and selling them as art. Which left him gasping for breath, (sort of like a large trout), at which point he went back to his original argument. I also found it interesting that they had posted a sign that stated in part the, ... passing beyond this point, indicates your assent to being in the movie..., which is patently false... Where do they find these people, and what idiot is giving them legal advice? He managed to make me furious as well. I'm thinking of going back tomorrow just to piss them off. Lousy photographs to follow. -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO BW Butterfly
Nice Christine, but shouldn't you give us color? (It's a great place to go shooting!) Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone: At a butterfly haven @ a nature museum here in Chicago. K10D, 50mm 1.4, ISO 200, 40 sec @ f5.6. I did clone out some ugly piping at the bottom. (maybe I should duck now to get out of firing range of the anti-photoshoppery folks :-)) small http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7851843 large http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7851843size=lg Comments very welcome. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
