RE: It's in the lap of the Gods now
Mr Roberts wrote: Just so you know: I refuse to do any nude scenes. But Doug says he might be persuaded. (Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up) Erm, I think I've shared enough nude scenes with you all already, so that counts me out too! Lol. I do, however, have a really nice flower in my possession that might be useful for the nature photography section. (not!) Tan. :) -- 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 - Soaring
Bruce Dayton wrote: This was taken while out testing the K-x. I was testing the focus tracking (Continuous AF). I didn't have a real long lens on, but was able to track this one going over my head. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/3200 sec @ f/8, Handheld, Sport mode http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp0115-1.htm What a beautiful clean classical image. Those dinos are really lucky they made the career change they did D -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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: Precomputing lightroom previews
On 2/14/2010 11:16 PM, Larry Colen wrote: One of the most time consuming aspects of sorting and rating my photos is waiting for the display to sharpen up while lightroom is rendering larger preview. Godfrey alluded to the ability to get lightroom to do all of that up front, but I can't find the button to make this happen, even poking around in the index of both books. It does seem to do a little bit of precomputing, but after a few shots I will have caught up, and will have to wait for it to catch up on each shot. When you import, you can tell it what size previews to generate: Minimal, Standard or 1:1. For sharpness checking, you want 1:1. Once the import completes, *IT'S NOT DONE ...!* The rendering of 1:1 previews takes a bit of time. Give LR time to complete the rendering unless you want to bang into the rendering larger preview bottleneck. Given images already in the database, you can use the Library-Previews-Build 1:1 previews command on a selection of previews in the grid. Rendering goes faster with a larger Camera Raw cache. i have mine normally set to 2G, that works well for sub-1.7 Gbyte files thus far. That's on the Preferences - File Handling tab setting. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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 - Britain and snow
Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: David Mann wrote: On Feb 14, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Nope. I'd be doing 16-17 miles at this point if I were training for a marathon. I may do one in the fall if I decide to run Boston next spring. If you haven't seen it already, I'd recommend seeing Spirit of the Marathon. My movie recommendation in return is Run for Your Life: The Fred Lebow Story, about the founder of the NYC marathon. Fascinating character! I also recently read Kathrine Switzer's autobiography. Great book. I'll get to meet her in a few weeks as she's speaking at the college where I teach a week before the Boston Marathon in April. I've run the half-marathon distance a couple of times recently. It probably wouldn't hurt as much if I stuck to the sealed footpath but I tend to run on the grassy riverbank. I need to get around to setting some proper goals as it might get me to go out a bit more often... I'm thinking of racing a half marathon in the spring. Try the big one. http://www.greatrun.org/Events/Event.aspx?id=1link=Coverflow -- 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: Why I wants me a K-x, GESO blues in red
Larry Colen wrote: I was asked to take photos at a party last night. I shot everything with the K20D at 3200 using my Sigma 20/1.8 wide open at 1/20. The party was dimly lit with a few red bulbs, Scott calls his parties Blues in Red. This was a birthday party for one of the local blues dancers who recently moved up to Seattle. In the blues and swing dance communities, when someone has a birthday, they get a birthday jam, where the dancer(s) being jammed will be in the middle of the circle and the other dancers will take turns stealing them, and dancing until someone else steals them. Most of the focusing was done by manually focusing on something at about the right distance and relying on depth of field and luck, mostly luck. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623436322776/ While I'm getting better at understanding that a good photograph doesn't always have to be sharp, it's usually best if the subject is recognizable. It would sure be nice to have a bit more shutter speed, a bit more depth of field, or a bit less noise. Even so, it was a fun night of dancing, and I think a couple of these shots are keepers. No special processing was done on most of them apart from cropping and some slight exposure tweaking. That is one sensual set of pics. More than a few keepers I think. Leopard print girl must have been exhausted the morning after D -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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: Less than a month to wait...
paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Pro shooters have heard of Pentax. ...and they've heard of the mess Hoya-Pentax have made of their European customer service when they completely outsourced it, last spring. In the days of Pentax' own service facility in Hamburg you had your P67 back within days, including shipping. Now, the minimum is two weeks and if they have to order spares from Paris it's at least another two. No pro can afford to buy a camera that isn't backed by pro-level service. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- 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: Less than a month to wait...
On 15/02/2010, Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de wrote: No pro can afford to buy a camera that isn't backed by pro-level service. Don't get all technical on us Ralf, feel the Pentax love ;-) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - Soaring
On 2/14/2010 6:12 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: This was taken while out testing the K-x. I was testing the focus tracking (Continuous AF). I didn't have a real long lens on, but was able to track this one going over my head. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/3200 sec @ f/8, Handheld, Sport mode http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp0115-1.htm Nice! Is it cropped at all? -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.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: PESO- Wild Hairs
On 2/14/2010 7:39 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Another test shot with K-x. A bit more abstract. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135 @ 123mm ISO 400, 1/320 sec @ f/7.1 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp0125.htm I like the color and lines. Not bad for a test shot! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.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: PESO - the non-blizzard
Nice. Nicer in bw? -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: 15 February 2010 04:51 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - the non-blizzard Just one shot from my window -- snow , yes blizzard NOT http://tinyurl.com/ya9exs7 ann -- 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: Less than a month to wait...
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Pro shooters have heard of Pentax. ...and they've heard of the mess Hoya-Pentax have made of their European customer service when they completely outsourced it, last spring. In the days of Pentax' own service facility in Hamburg you had your P67 back within days, including shipping. Now, the minimum is two weeks and if they have to order spares from Paris it's at least another two. No pro can afford to buy a camera that isn't backed by pro-level service. My reply: For that reason, I understand at the beginning the 645D will be available in the Japanese home market only. Then I guess they are going to start setting up a worldwide service net, based on the success of the camera. 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 - Boston Marathon
[...] Probably for the same reasons Halifax Day (April 12) is only a holiday in North Carolina. If you want quirky holidays, try Easter Monday another holiday celebrated ONLY in North Carolina. It's a holiday everywhere else in the world too. Expect maybe Mecca and Medina. [...] Another interesting, but ultimately useless factoid - it used to be illegal in North Carolina to use elephants to pull a plow in a cotton field. Haven't yet found out why. I wonder why they repealed it. The danger had passed? The elephant had died? Perhaps they released that it's unenforceable by definition. After all, if you're ploughing it it's not a cotton field - it's a non-specific field with no crops. 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: Less than a month to wait...
- Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza Subject: Re: Less than a month to wait... For that reason, I understand at the beginning the 645D will be available in the Japanese home market only. Then I guess they are going to start setting up a worldwide service net, based on the success of the camera. This sounds like a Catch 22. William Robb -- 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 - Boston Marathon
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT - Boston Marathon [...] Probably for the same reasons Halifax Day (April 12) is only a holiday in North Carolina. If you want quirky holidays, try Easter Monday another holiday celebrated ONLY in North Carolina. It's a holiday everywhere else in the world too. Expect maybe Mecca and Medina. And Saskatchewan. Good Friday is a holiday, Easter Monday is not. William Robb -- 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 - Britain and snow
On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:30 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: If you haven't seen it already, I'd recommend seeing Spirit of the Marathon. My movie recommendation in return is Run for Your Life: The Fred Lebow Story, about the founder of the NYC marathon. Fascinating character! I'll have to check that out, if I ever get the time to sit down and watch it. I should have been in bed half an hour ago but I'm eating dinner after a really good run up the hill back. I also recently read Kathrine Switzer's autobiography. Great book. I'll get to meet her in a few weeks as she's speaking at the college where I teach a week before the Boston Marathon in April. If I hadn't lent the book to a mate I'd just about send it up to get signed :) When I read that book I realised the importance of setting goals and having something to work towards. I've run the half-marathon distance a couple of times recently. It probably wouldn't hurt as much if I stuck to the sealed footpath but I tend to run on the grassy riverbank. I need to get around to setting some proper goals as it might get me to go out a bit more often... I'm thinking of racing a half marathon in the spring. That's not far away! I've been thinking about this one which caught my interest but there are only a few entries left so I'd better hurry up and organise myself. No way I'd win but it's not the kind of place I'd get to run otherwise. http://www.vineyardhalf.com/ And it's a pity I don't like wine. The Mrs will have to drink it all. 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: Less than a month to wait...
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza Subject: Re: Less than a month to wait... For that reason, I understand at the beginning the 645D will be available in the Japanese home market only. Then I guess they are going to start setting up a worldwide service net, based on the success of the camera. This sounds like a Catch 22. I don't think so. Based on the success of the camera in Japan (where they can service it properly from the start), they can figure out if/how to sell and service it worldwide. BTW, I'm not sure at first it will made available in Japan only, perhaps in other selected markets too. This theory surfaced a few times among Pentax executives during the long development time of the 645D and I believe it could be a viable start. Have you noticed that the teaser only appears in the Japanese website? 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: Less than a month to wait...
- Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza Subject: Re: Less than a month to wait... For that reason, I understand at the beginning the 645D will be available in the Japanese home market only. Then I guess they are going to start setting up a worldwide service net, based on the success of the camera. This sounds like a Catch 22. I don't think so. Based on the success of the camera in Japan (where they can service it properly from the start), they can figure out if/how to sell and service it worldwide. If they haven't figured out how to well and service a camera on the world market yet, I'm thinking this isn't the one to start with. Note to Pentax: Try to figure out how to service those SDM lenses so that they keep working. Perhaps figure this out before you sell them to unsuspecting customers. William Robb -- 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: Less than a month to wait...
On Feb 15, 2010, at 10:17 AM, William Robb wrote: I'm blue skying now for a 6x7 digital. They should be able to make a 100mp camera with that amount of real estate to work with. I wouldn't mind a play with one of those RED 6x17cm backs. 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: Less than a month to wait...
On 15/02/2010, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: I don't think so. Based on the success of the camera in Japan (where they can service it properly from the start), they can figure out if/how to sell and service it worldwide. BTW, I'm not sure at first it will made available in Japan only, perhaps in other selected markets too. This theory surfaced a few times among Pentax executives during the long development time of the 645D and I believe it could be a viable start. Have you noticed that the teaser only appears in the Japanese website? I think that's particularly poor logic on the part of Pentax then, the Japanese home market will be the least relative to the rest of the world. It will be interesting to see what actually happens. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - Britain and snow
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:30:01 -0500 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: I'm thinking of racing a half marathon in the spring. coincidentally enough, i just did my first ever half marathon yesterday. though the time wasn't all that great, it was decent enough (for me). enjoyed it immensely and am planning to attempt a full sometime late 2011 :) -- 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.
Severy train accident in Brussels
Some of you may have heard of the train accident in Brussels, this morning. Just texted Thibouille. Luckily, he's been out of harm's way. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- 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: Severy train accident in Brussels
Yep, Thibs is fine, I can confirm that. On 2/15/2010 12:29 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Some of you may have heard of the train accident in Brussels, this morning. Just texted Thibouille. Luckily, he's been out of harm's way. Ralf -- 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 - My New Computer Sucks
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:03 +, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Not enough, more likely. I take it that the hub is powered separately from the computer? If so, it sounds as if you have a decidedly low-quality motherboard or, possibly, one with a fault. In either case, it is not fit for purpose and should be returned. No, the hub is unpowered and just plugs directly in to one of the ports on the motherboard. Sounds like more of an operating system problem, in that case. You'll have to phone Bill. Bill Robb does Windows now Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- 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 - My New Computer Sucks
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:44 -0500, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: On 2010-02-14 6:50, Brian Walters wrote: The first problem was that the OS booted up and set my 19 in wide screen monitor at 1280 x 800 resolution. No problem, I thought. Go to Display Properties and nudge it up to the native 1440 x 900. Bad idea. The screen went black and stayed like that. H. Reboot - no display, so I couldn't even reset it back to the lower res. Swapped the widescreen for my wife's 19 in standard screen. Well, at least that worked. Reconnect the widescreen and the black screen returned. When you get the black screen problem like that, reboot the machine and watch closely. Just after the BIOS messages leave the screen, press the F8 key a few times. That should get you a boot selection menu screen. One of the menu items will be start Windows in Safe Mode with VGA. Choose that item and it should drop back to no better than 800 lines of resolution, which nearly any monitor can handle. That'll give you a chance to reset the video mode, update video drivers, etc. Yes, I did that but I could only set the resolution to something like 1280 x 800 max. I couldn't find any thing in the registry that looked like resolution settings and I still got the black screen on the next normal boot. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- 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 dot net
Ah, I thought something was up there. Thought it was at my end. It worked for me as far as up loading, but i thought the previous system worked a bit nicer. Eck, my copy and paste are working again. It may have been a one time clitch. Yes, no widows up dates on the iBook.:-) Dave On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: Photo Dot Net Changed to a new uploader (I was notified) and I'm getting a dozen posts a day between the developers and users who can't make it work for various reasons. Example: Subject: New photo.net image uploader.no resizing required! Steve, Dave, if you still getting Server error, can you please send example of the photo you are trying to upload to Jin (j...@photo.net) or me (alexander.rodo...@p-product.com), so we can test what's going wrong with it and make required fix. Thanks. - On Feb 14, 2010, at 05:58 , eckinator wrote: 2010/2/14 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: If i copy and paste a link, it does not copy and paste, i have to hand type it in. 2nd thought do you ctrl-c / ctrl-v or do you right click? either way try hitting Alt once before rolling back Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.” –Lewis Hine -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 - My New Computer Sucks
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:34 -0500, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Brian Walters A bit more investigation revealed that not only would the two Western Digital drives not work when plugged directly ito the USB ports on the system board, the same applied for any mass storage device. So I was unable to read any of my thumb drives unless I plugged them into the 4-port hub. However, the system USB ports work fine for my mouse and printer. Well, at least I now have a working system but there is another visit to the computer shop in my future to try to sort out the USB issue. I can only think that this problem is power related in some way and the built in USB ports deliver too much current. Does this sound feasible? Doesn't sound right to me. Every one of my USB external disks is powered by its own external power supply. The USB only provides communication. You got something whoever sold you the computer needs to fix. No argument there. I'll be heading back to the computer store shortly Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- 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 - My New Computer Sucks
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:40 -0500, Christian pterali...@aim.com wrote: Sorry you've had so much trouble with your new PC. My old XP box kept shutting itself down so the wife and I decided to get a new one. We bought a Dell XPS Studio with Windows 7 and a new 22 HD monitor. worked flawlessly from the get go. No issues with our external USB drives or transferring email (Thunderbird) and documents. PS CS4 is working great too. We also decided to buy a new HP Photosmart printer/scanner/copier thing and I'm even surprised by its performance. I hate you... Actually, having got the monitor sorted and with the temporary USB 'workaround', the system is working well. Photoshop CS3 gave me a scare when it failed to install first time, but it went without a hitch at the second attempt. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- 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 - My New Computer Sucks
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:20 -0500, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, I have friends that give me a hard time about using an ancient OS om my desktop. (Win2K), but so far any device designed to work with it has just worked). Now if I could only find a way to get my new printer driver to install I'd be happy for another 5 or so years. That's the problem, though, isn't it? When something fails, the chances of finding a replacement that has drivers for the older OS are getting more and more difficult. My wife's PC runs on Win 2000. She finds it can do most of what she wants although iTunes has become a problem in recent weeks with only limited access to the online store. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- 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.
Bicycle photo (not mine) for Knarf
http://thereifixedit.com/2010/02/13/epic-kludge-photo-why-yes-ive-won-several-blue-ribbons-in-cycling/ -- 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.
VEEEEEERY OT - The Shrinking Dave (A year on)
G'day All, As you'll no doubt remember I've been on a health kick for the last 12 months (my official start date was Feb. 1, '09). I have slowly adjusted to my new look but there are still occasions when I am gob smacked at the change. A photo taken this weekend has brought rise to one of those occasions. I have a cousin who has been living working in London for a little over a year she's back home for a holiday. We caught up on the weekend I grabbed a couple of snaps with her. I decided to go back into my archives dig up a photo of one of the last times I saw her before she moved OS: Taken Sep' '08: http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs253.ash1/18043_1330368510054_1556229912_30828328_3727325_n.jpg Taken this weekend http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs153.snc3/18043_1330368830062_1556229912_30828329_2018027_n.jpg Yet another Oh s^t moment for yours truly. Carry on. 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.
Peso, now a Geso, Doane road barns.
Some wanted to see these in colour, so here ya go. I cropped the tree framed barn a bit more, and straighted out the one shot Ken said had a tilt to it. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=955937 Side note: since photo dot net has changed the downloading system, i cannot copy and paste the link. I can copy and paste links from other sources, but not photo dot net. Any one else having trouble. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: VEEEEEERY OT - The Shrinking Dave (A year on)
Now thats the Dave i know.:-) Good for you. I seem to be stuck at a plateau this winter, but at least not gaining. Dave On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 7:24 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, As you'll no doubt remember I've been on a health kick for the last 12 months (my official start date was Feb. 1, '09). I have slowly adjusted to my new look but there are still occasions when I am gob smacked at the change. A photo taken this weekend has brought rise to one of those occasions. I have a cousin who has been living working in London for a little over a year she's back home for a holiday. We caught up on the weekend I grabbed a couple of snaps with her. I decided to go back into my archives dig up a photo of one of the last times I saw her before she moved OS: Taken Sep' '08: http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs253.ash1/18043_1330368510054_1556229912_30828328_3727325_n.jpg Taken this weekend http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs153.snc3/18043_1330368830062_1556229912_30828329_2018027_n.jpg Yet another Oh s^t moment for yours truly. Carry on. 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 non-blizzard
I like the over head angle on this Dave On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:50 PM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Just one shot from my window -- snow , yes blizzard NOT http://tinyurl.com/ya9exs7 ann -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 non-blizzard
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:40 AM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
Yea, they totally oversold the storm. Next one will be a real blizzard and
no one will believe...
Its gotten to the point around here, that even a projected snow fall
of 1-3 cm's is cause for all day news on it.
Never used to be like that.
Dave
On 2/14/2010 11:50 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
Just one shot from my window -- snow , yes blizzard NOT
http://tinyurl.com/ya9exs7
ann
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Re: VEEEEEERY OT - The Shrinking Dave (A year on)
Wow! That's great. Congratulations. Paul On Feb 15, 2010, at 7:24 AM, David Savage wrote: G'day All, As you'll no doubt remember I've been on a health kick for the last 12 months (my official start date was Feb. 1, '09). I have slowly adjusted to my new look but there are still occasions when I am gob smacked at the change. A photo taken this weekend has brought rise to one of those occasions. I have a cousin who has been living working in London for a little over a year she's back home for a holiday. We caught up on the weekend I grabbed a couple of snaps with her. I decided to go back into my archives dig up a photo of one of the last times I saw her before she moved OS: Taken Sep' '08: http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs253.ash1/18043_1330368510054_1556229912_30828328_3727325_n.jpg Taken this weekend http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs153.snc3/18043_1330368830062_1556229912_30828329_2018027_n.jpg Yet another Oh s^t moment for yours truly. Carry on. 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.
Re: PESO - Soaring
Camera works.:-) Dave On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: This was taken while out testing the K-x. I was testing the focus tracking (Continuous AF). I didn't have a real long lens on, but was able to track this one going over my head. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/3200 sec @ f/8, Handheld, Sport mode http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp0115-1.htm -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: Less than a month to wait...
On Feb 15, 2010, at 4:11 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Pro shooters have heard of Pentax. ...and they've heard of the mess Hoya-Pentax have made of their European customer service when they completely outsourced it, last spring. In the days of Pentax' own service facility in Hamburg you had your P67 back within days, including shipping. Now, the minimum is two weeks and if they have to order spares from Paris it's at least another two. No pro can afford to buy a camera that isn't backed by pro-level service. Pentax service was always relatively good in the U.S. market, and other outlets like Norm Frosier's New York Camera took care of the fashion pros in that city. But you're right in that they have to be prepared to offer full pro service right from launch in every market where the camera is sold. We'll see Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- 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 - After the (Second) Storm
Nice scene Dave On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I emerged onto the front steps of our Philadelphia rowhouse Thursday morning, and beheld a fairyland of icicles and snow-covered trees, backlit by the sunrise. I stepped back inside, grabbed my camera, took a few shots, and ran off to work. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10685931 (K10D, DA 50-200, ISO 400, f/11 @ 1/60) Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: VEEEEEERY OT - The Shrinking Dave (A year on)
On 15/02/2010, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: Yet another Oh s^t moment for yours truly. Looking great Dave, well done mate! -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: VEEEEEERY OT - The Shrinking Dave (A year on)
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:24 +0800, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, As you'll no doubt remember I've been on a health kick for the last 12 months (my official start date was Feb. 1, '09). I have slowly adjusted to my new look but there are still occasions when I am gob smacked at the change. A photo taken this weekend has brought rise to one of those occasions. I have a cousin who has been living working in London for a little over a year she's back home for a holiday. We caught up on the weekend I grabbed a couple of snaps with her. I decided to go back into my archives dig up a photo of one of the last times I saw her before she moved OS: Taken Sep' '08: http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs253.ash1/18043_1330368510054_1556229912_30828328_3727325_n.jpg Taken this weekend http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs153.snc3/18043_1330368830062_1556229912_30828329_2018027_n.jpg Yet another Oh s^t moment for yours truly. So that's what giving up beer can do.. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- 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 My little bloke
Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.jpg Enjoy Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 My little bloke
Nicely done. Happy photography that could be an ad for sure. Dave On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.jpg Enjoy Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 My little bloke
My gawd, he's grown so much. I still have the image of him as a bub in my mind. DS On 15 February 2010 20:43, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.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 My little bloke
Great pic Rob! Excellent from the technical point of view, sponteneous, cherishable. Dario - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 1:43 PM Subject: PESO My little bloke Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.jpg Enjoy Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - Britain and snow
Subash wrote: On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:30:01 -0500 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: I'm thinking of racing a half marathon in the spring. coincidentally enough, i just did my first ever half marathon yesterday. though the time wasn't all that great, it was decent enough (for me). enjoyed it immensely and am planning to attempt a full sometime late 2011 :) A half-marathon can be a very enjoyable race. A marathon can't :) You can't think about running another marathon until you've forgotten your last one. - Frank Shorter (Two-time Olympic marathon winner, one-time gold medallist) -- 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 My little bloke
Teriffic Rob. Cheese and crackers! Wow has he grown. Rehards, Bob S. On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.jpg Enjoy Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - My New Computer Sucks
On 2010-02-15 6:21, Brian Walters wrote: Yes, I did that but I could only set the resolution to something like 1280 x 800 max. I couldn't find any thing in the registry that looked like resolution settings and I still got the black screen on the next normal boot. The thing is, while you're in Safe Mode you need to reset the video back to something generic (like 1280 x 800) and reinstall the drivers for your video card, or update them. Booting in Save Mode (VGA) won't change anything long-term, it only gets you to a booted system. You still have to sort out whatever's wrong with the video. -- 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, now a Geso, Doane road barns.
Dave, I do like those color shots, thanks for posting. 2a is my favorite, for the see-thru appearance enhancing the forlorn look. 3a is a pretty straight shot. I think I'd like 1a a bit better with fewer branches. The barn itself has plenty of detail, color, and interest. The branches seem to compete with that. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Some wanted to see these in colour, so here ya go. I cropped the tree framed barn a bit more, and straighted out the one shot Ken said had a tilt to it. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=955937 Side note: since photo dot net has changed the downloading system, i cannot copy and paste the link. I can copy and paste links from other sources, but not photo dot net. Any one else having trouble. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: VEEEEEERY OT - The Shrinking Dave (A year on)
On 15 February 2010 20:40, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:24 +0800, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com Yet another Oh s^t moment for yours truly. So that's what giving up beer can do.. That, and taking up bourbon. -- 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 dot net
2010/2/15 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Eck, my copy and paste are working again. It may have been a one time clitch. Good to hear, keep an eye on those pesky Alt/AltGr/Propeller keys Yes, no widows up dates on the iBook.:-) better yet; no Linux updates either, I take it ;] Cheers Ecke -- 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: Severy train accident in Brussels
I'm biting my tongue. On 15 February 2010 19:07, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, Thibs is fine, I can confirm that. -- 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: Back porch view with something new
Looks delightful. Reminds me of the white sand beaches down on the south coast near Esperance. :-) DS On 13 February 2010 21:21, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/11225582_tFmVg#787261555_ZEVKU-L-LB I haven't been posting much here but I'm still reading a fair bit. Just thought I'd share a shot of the results of yesterday's snow event. Cory -- 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 - Britain and snow
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:12:46 -0500 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Subash wrote: On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:30:01 -0500 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: I'm thinking of racing a half marathon in the spring. coincidentally enough, i just did my first ever half marathon yesterday. though the time wasn't all that great, it was decent enough (for me). enjoyed it immensely and am planning to attempt a full sometime late 2011 :) A half-marathon can be a very enjoyable race. A marathon can't :) having started so late, a half itself took quite a bit of doing actually. i can imagine how a full will be. will take my time but will get there eventually. ;-) i have a feeling i am hooked now... -- 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- Wild Hairs
Me like it, and hate you. :-) DS On 15 February 2010 08:39, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Another test shot with K-x. A bit more abstract. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135 @ 123mm ISO 400, 1/320 sec @ f/7.1 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp0125.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: PESO My little bloke
Sweet! Looks like a fun kid to be around. Well executed shot, too! 2010/2/15 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.jpg Enjoy Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Less than a month to wait...
2010/2/15 William Robb war...@gmail.com: If they haven't figured out how to well and service a camera on the world market yet, I'm thinking this isn't the one to start with. Note to Pentax: Try to figure out how to service those SDM lenses so that they keep working. Perhaps figure this out before you sell them to unsuspecting customers. I doubt I'll ever understand why they don't just have a pool of lenses and bodies as well as a functioning pickup delivery service and the option to get a pool body / lens for a symbolic daily fee for amateurs and free for pros or included with a service plan. Also, note to Pentax, please add menu options to export and import user settings to and from SD card including image counter... -- 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: VEEEEEERY OT - The Shrinking Dave (A year on)
2010/2/15 David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com: Yet another Oh s^t moment for yours truly. Wow! Congrats mate! You're doing damn well. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.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: Less than a month to wait...
P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I'm not sure I need it. Mark! -- 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, now a Geso, Doane road barns.
2a is my all over fave also, the rusty roof really adds TY Ecke 2010/2/15 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Dave, I do like those color shots, thanks for posting. 2a is my favorite, for the see-thru appearance enhancing the forlorn look. 3a is a pretty straight shot. I think I'd like 1a a bit better with fewer branches. The barn itself has plenty of detail, color, and interest. The branches seem to compete with that. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Some wanted to see these in colour, so here ya go. I cropped the tree framed barn a bit more, and straighted out the one shot Ken said had a tilt to it. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=955937 Side note: since photo dot net has changed the downloading system, i cannot copy and paste the link. I can copy and paste links from other sources, but not photo dot net. Any one else having trouble. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: PESO - Djinn Awakened
I like this shot! The position of her right hand is a bit strange, but it gives some motion feel to the picture. Igor On Feb 14, 2010, at 6:20 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: A concept glamor portrait... http://bongmanayon.posterous.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: VEEEEEERY OT - The Shrinking Dave (A year on)
You don't look all that Savage any more ;-). Well done! On 2/15/2010 2:24 PM, David Savage wrote: G'day All, As you'll no doubt remember I've been on a health kick for the last 12 months (my official start date was Feb. 1, '09). I have slowly adjusted to my new look but there are still occasions when I am gob smacked at the change. A photo taken this weekend has brought rise to one of those occasions. I have a cousin who has been living working in London for a little over a year she's back home for a holiday. We caught up on the weekend I grabbed a couple of snaps with her. I decided to go back into my archives dig up a photo of one of the last times I saw her before she moved OS: Taken Sep' '08: http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs253.ash1/18043_1330368510054_1556229912_30828328_3727325_n.jpg Taken this weekend http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs153.snc3/18043_1330368830062_1556229912_30828329_2018027_n.jpg Yet another Oh s^t moment for yours truly. Carry on. 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: PESO My little bloke
Well done. Great rendering, priceless moment. Paul On Feb 15, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.jpg Enjoy Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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- Wild Hairs
Bruce, Wonderful shot, even if only a test! Better than anything I've shot this year... :-( The green is very soothing, the leaves make very strong structural elements, and the hairs just pull me in. You have a real talent for creating these kind of natural images. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Christian pterali...@aim.com wrote: On 2/14/2010 7:39 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Another test shot with K-x. A bit more abstract. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135 @ 123mm ISO 400, 1/320 sec @ f/7.1 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp0125.htm I like the color and lines. Not bad for a test shot! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.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. -- 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, now a Geso, Doane road barns.
Thanks for the comments Bob. For some reason i like to try and frame things with trees and or their limbs. I didn't really like what this one gave me, and it seems a lot here don't like it either. I think another drive by is in order.:-) Dave On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, I do like those color shots, thanks for posting. 2a is my favorite, for the see-thru appearance enhancing the forlorn look. 3a is a pretty straight shot. I think I'd like 1a a bit better with fewer branches. The barn itself has plenty of detail, color, and interest. The branches seem to compete with that. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Some wanted to see these in colour, so here ya go. I cropped the tree framed barn a bit more, and straighted out the one shot Ken said had a tilt to it. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=955937 Side note: since photo dot net has changed the downloading system, i cannot copy and paste the link. I can copy and paste links from other sources, but not photo dot net. Any one else having trouble. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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, now a Geso, Doane road barns.
Thanks Dave On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 9:44 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2a is my all over fave also, the rusty roof really adds TY Ecke 2010/2/15 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Dave, I do like those color shots, thanks for posting. 2a is my favorite, for the see-thru appearance enhancing the forlorn look. 3a is a pretty straight shot. I think I'd like 1a a bit better with fewer branches. The barn itself has plenty of detail, color, and interest. The branches seem to compete with that. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Some wanted to see these in colour, so here ya go. I cropped the tree framed barn a bit more, and straighted out the one shot Ken said had a tilt to it. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=955937 Side note: since photo dot net has changed the downloading system, i cannot copy and paste the link. I can copy and paste links from other sources, but not photo dot net. Any one else having trouble. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 non-blizzard
Dave,
Same here in Chicago. The news wails 'A STORM IS COMING, A STORM IS
COMING' all day and night before the arrival of snow. Geepers, it's
winter in Chicago. We're supposed to have snowstorms. Get over it!
Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:30 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:40 AM, P. J. Alling
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Yea, they totally oversold the storm. Next one will be a real blizzard and
no one will believe...
Its gotten to the point around here, that even a projected snow fall
of 1-3 cm's is cause for all day news on it.
Never used to be like that.
Dave
On 2/14/2010 11:50 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
Just one shot from my window -- snow , yes blizzard NOT
http://tinyurl.com/ya9exs7
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Re: photo dot net
Hum seems i spoke to soon. Uploaded another set of photos and photo dot net and again it would not copy the link, had to hand type it in. I have tried copying links from flickr etc and those all work. ?/ Dave On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 9:09 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/2/15 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Eck, my copy and paste are working again. It may have been a one time clitch. Good to hear, keep an eye on those pesky Alt/AltGr/Propeller keys Yes, no widows up dates on the iBook.:-) better yet; no Linux updates either, I take it ;] Cheers Ecke -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 - Soaring
Like Derby says, simply lovely. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:11 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Bruce Dayton wrote: This was taken while out testing the K-x. I was testing the focus tracking (Continuous AF). I didn't have a real long lens on, but was able to track this one going over my head. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/3200 sec @ f/8, Handheld, Sport mode http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp0115-1.htm What a beautiful clean classical image. Those dinos are really lucky they made the career change they did D -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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 - Djinn Awakened
Lovely shot, and well lit Dave On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: A concept glamor portrait... http://bongmanayon.posterous.com/ On of the 'routine' projects this year that I am finally proud of (not someone else's party...). Shot with film...see the story in the blog. -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 My little bloke
Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.jpg Whew! Until I read the subject line (after viewing the photo) I thought Damn, that Dave Savage *has* lost a lot of weight! -- 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 non-blizzard
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
Dave,
Same here in Chicago. The news wails 'A STORM IS COMING, A STORM IS
COMING' all day and night before the arrival of snow. Geepers, it's
winter in Chicago. We're supposed to have snowstorms. Get over it!
Regards, Bob S.
Exactly.
Dave
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:30 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:40 AM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
Yea, they totally oversold the storm. Next one will be a real blizzard and
no one will believe...
Its gotten to the point around here, that even a projected snow fall
of 1-3 cm's is cause for all day news on it.
Never used to be like that.
Dave
On 2/14/2010 11:50 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
Just one shot from my window -- snow , yes blizzard NOT
http://tinyurl.com/ya9exs7
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Re: VEEEEEERY OT - The Shrinking Dave (A year on)
So who is the guy with the beard?Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:24 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, As you'll no doubt remember I've been on a health kick for the last 12 months (my official start date was Feb. 1, '09). I have slowly adjusted to my new look but there are still occasions when I am gob smacked at the change. A photo taken this weekend has brought rise to one of those occasions. I have a cousin who has been living working in London for a little over a year she's back home for a holiday. We caught up on the weekend I grabbed a couple of snaps with her. I decided to go back into my archives dig up a photo of one of the last times I saw her before she moved OS: Taken Sep' '08: http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs253.ash1/18043_1330368510054_1556229912_30828328_3727325_n.jpg Taken this weekend http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs153.snc3/18043_1330368830062_1556229912_30828329_2018027_n.jpg Yet another Oh s^t moment for yours truly. Carry on. 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.
Re: Less than a month to wait...
Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de wrote: Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee wrote: http://www.camera-pentax.jp/new/index.html About as exciting as the newest Ferrari, luxury watch, or whatever. I'd gladly have scraped together the money for a Pentax DSLR with a 24x36 mm sensor. This 645 is well beyond my reach. Besides, who'd want to buy a pro camera from a company that has just reduced its European customer service to NHS level? If it were anywhere near that good I'd be on it like a rabbit on a woolly mitten. Although, given the incipient rounds of spending cuts, you may be onto something Put a Leica or Contax label on it and they might be able to sell a few to the usual crowd of dentists or surgeons with lots of black money that they can't spend on cars or boats because it would leave traces. But Pentax? They've never heard of that. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- 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 non-blizzard
David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, Same here in Chicago. The news wails 'A STORM IS COMING, A STORM IS COMING' all day and night before the arrival of snow. Geepers, it's winter in Chicago. We're supposed to have snowstorms. Get over it! Regards, Bob S. Exactly. http://www.theonion.com/content/news/weather_weary_nation_not_surprised -- 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 - Boston Marathon
William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT - Boston Marathon [...] Probably for the same reasons Halifax Day (April 12) is only a holiday in North Carolina. If you want quirky holidays, try Easter Monday another holiday celebrated ONLY in North Carolina. It's a holiday everywhere else in the world too. Expect maybe Mecca and Medina. And Saskatchewan. Good Friday is a holiday, Easter Monday is not. You poor, deprived thing you. I said _deprived_. -- 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 - Soaring
Shooting with 135mm, yes it is cropped. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, February 15, 2010, 1:27:20 AM, you wrote: C On 2/14/2010 6:12 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: This was taken while out testing the K-x. I was testing the focus tracking (Continuous AF). I didn't have a real long lens on, but was able to track this one going over my head. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 400, 1/3200 sec @ f/8, Handheld, Sport mode http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp0115-1.htm C Nice! Is it cropped at all? C -- C Christian C http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com C http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.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.
OT Do i really need mobleme
My subscription is running out March 17. I am trying to cut costs here for obvious reasons, and just wonder if i really need it. I sometimes use the mac mail service and did use the iweb feature a few times making a few small photo web pages several years ago. Since it morphed into Mobile me i have not used the web feature and seldom look at my iMail. Any point in keeping it. Do i need Mobileme for mail access or is that just a free mac service. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: Less than a month to wait...
Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Then I guess they are going to start setting up a worldwide service net, based on the success of the camera. Like re-opening the service net that has just been closed down, all over Europe...? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- 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 My little bloke
Rightfully so, both on fatherly and photographic accounts ;-). On 2/15/2010 2:43 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.jpg Enjoy 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: Less than a month to wait...
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Then I guess they are going to start setting up a worldwide service net, based on the success of the camera. Like re-opening the service net that has just been closed down, all over Europe...? My reply: Don't know, it was just a vague guess of mine. Perhaps they have a totally different idea and we are just in middle of nowhere. Odd as it can look, I believe we can hardly comment on things to come we know nothing about. 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: (humor) 15 months of a photo-hobbyist
It's interesting, within just 2-3 days, the text has been reposted to at least 3 photo forums, including Leica talk on dpreview, digitalphotographer.com.ph, forum.manualfocus.org At least two of the reposts were done by Leica owners. :-) (It's nice to see that the references to the authors and the original text were preserved in those reposts.) Thanks to all who responded, and sorry if it was too graphic for some. (No kitties were harmed during translation.) Igor From s...@trantor.komkon.org Fri Feb 12 13:19:19 2010 Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:19:18 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: (humor) 15 months of a photo-hobbyist Yet another text that I came across recently and translated into English to share with wider audience (with the original author's permission) 15 months of a photo-hobbyist: http://www.komkon.org/~igor/15months.html Enjoy! Igor PS. I just found that the previous text that I posted in 2008 is now on over 20 different sites and forums (obviously without any reference to the original and/or author(s)). http://www.komkon.org/~igor/coolphotog.html Such is c'est-la-vie. :-) -- 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 Do i really need mobleme
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: OT Do i really need mobleme Any point in keeping it. Do i need Mobileme for mail access or is that just a free mac service. I can send you a gmail invite if you like.. William Robb -- 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, now a Geso, Doane road barns.
Dave, No problems with photo.net for me. I like the pix, though they might be improved with more contrast in the renderings. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 2/15/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Peso, now a Geso, Doane road barns. To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net, Barbara Brooks bbaro...@gmail.com Cc: Home Sarah sarah.h...@firstgroup.com, Smillie Dale dale.smil...@firstgroup.com, Conley Leah leah.con...@firstgroup.com Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 7:26 AM Some wanted to see these in colour, so here ya go. I cropped the tree framed barn a bit more, and straighted out the one shot Ken said had a tilt to it. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=955937 Side note: since photo dot net has changed the downloading system, i cannot copy and paste the link. I can copy and paste links from other sources, but not photo dot net. Any one else having trouble. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: PESO My little bloke
Boy, he looks like a handful! Dennis the Menace personified... Great stock shot, Rob - get it out there! ann Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.jpg Enjoy 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: PESO My little bloke
That's a beautiful shot. What lens did you use, it's incredibly well rendered? Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.jpg Enjoy Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) -- 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.
VESO - not ready for prime time Ashley
thanks (again) to Rob, Cotty and Tanya especially for pointing out the WIndows movie maker - it is (almost) intuitive - so I could have a bit of fun. For those of you who have facebook (I hate it, but sometimes it is useful) check it out... For those of you who don't , here is the link to it on my smugmug site - I don't know whether or not the sound will play when you view this one on smugmug... it does on facebook.. it is minimal sound just the music box notes and Ashley expressing an opinion. The quality is very low.. http://tinyurl.com/yk85kon http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=http://annsan.smugmug.com/Other/videos/11197641_mr8gw/1/788473327_7BGDZ/Medium It is all off my ancient dark side A80 PS ... I wanted to show a couple of special friends a couple of Ashley's tricks that I've never gotten a decent still photo of. etc tell me if you can hear it viewing it on smugmug - ann http://annsan.smugmug.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: PESO- Wild Hairs
Many thanks for your comments, Bob. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, February 15, 2010, 7:01:07 AM, you wrote: BS Bruce, BS Wonderful shot, even if only a test! BS Better than anything I've shot this year... :-( BS The green is very soothing, BS the leaves make very strong structural elements, BS and the hairs just pull me in. BS You have a real talent for creating these kind of natural images. BS Regards, Bob S. BS On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Christian pterali...@aim.com wrote: On 2/14/2010 7:39 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Another test shot with K-x. A bit more abstract. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135 @ 123mm ISO 400, 1/320 sec @ f/7.1 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp0125.htm I like the color and lines. Not bad for a test shot! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.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. -- 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- Wild Hairs
Hate is such a nice word...grin Thanks! -- Bruce Monday, February 15, 2010, 6:17:05 AM, you wrote: DS Me like it, and hate you. DS :-) DS DS DS On 15 February 2010 08:39, Bruce Dayton DS bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Another test shot with K-x. A bit more abstract. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135 @ 123mm ISO 400, 1/320 sec @ f/7.1 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp0125.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.
Too late for these Valentine's Day specials
...which is a shame because the sixth one caught my eye. Wonder if the listmeister has been moonlighting? http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/valentines_day_specials -- 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, now a Geso, Doane road barns.
My instant fave is the one with the silo - the BW version... reminds me of David Plowden's stuff - http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=955937 see that? I just copied and pasted the link here , above. Maybe you just had a temporary glitch? ann David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Some wanted to see these in colour, so here ya go. I cropped the tree framed barn a bit more, and straighted out the one shot Ken said had a tilt to it. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=955937 Side note: since photo dot net has changed the downloading system, i cannot copy and paste the link. I can copy and paste links from other sources, but not photo dot net. Any one else having trouble. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: Why I wants me a K-x, GESO blues in red
Larry, As Paul mentioned, - I think this light is a problem no matter what. AS you know, I've been shooting in similar settings (some tagueros are even more sensitive to flash). I am still experimenting myself, - but for most part, I find that it's just impossible to get reasonable (and consistent) photos with this low light. The K-x vs K-7 difference wouldn't (doesn't) help either. With dances, - there are two fundamental limitations: the aperture cannot be too large (as the DOF is too shallow), otherwise most of the shots are not sharp, unless you hit the static moment; and the exposure cannot be too long, - for the same reason. If I will get my hands on a FF Nikon for the Austin Spring Tango Festival, I'll see how that one would do. Short of that, I've been thinking if I can use some sort of continuous light, like videographers use, that I can mount on my camera, - so it is not too bright and it is not a flash (hence, - no spooky effect). This would be along the same lines as Paul was suggesting, - to sharpen things up just a bit. If I find something, - I'll share it. Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome. Igor Larry Colen wrote: I was asked to take photos at a party last night. I shot everything with the K20D at 3200 using my Sigma 20/1.8 wide open at 1/20. The party was dimly lit with a few red bulbs, Scott calls his parties Blues in Red. This was a birthday party for one of the local blues dancers who recently moved up to Seattle. In the blues and swing dance communities, when someone has a birthday, they get a birthday jam, where the dancer(s) being jammed will be in the middle of the circle and the other dancers will take turns stealing them, and dancing until someone else steals them. Most of the focusing was done by manually focusing on something at about the right distance and relying on depth of field and luck, mostly luck. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623436322776/ While I'm getting better at understanding that a good photograph doesn't always have to be sharp, it's usually best if the subject is recognizable. It would sure be nice to have a bit more shutter speed, a bit more depth of field, or a bit less noise. Even so, it was a fun night of dancing, and I think a couple of these shots are keepers. No special processing was done on most of them apart from cropping and some slight exposure tweaking. -- 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 My little bloke
On 2/15/2010 7:43 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, Thought I'd share a pic of my little bloke that I particularly like: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGX00550.jpg Enjoy Cheers, I can see why you like it. Great shot! Wow has he grown up! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.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: PESO- Wild Hairs
Mm, nice. I like the soft colors. DagT http://www.thrane.name Den 15. feb. 2010 kl. 01.39 skrev Bruce Dayton: Another test shot with K-x. A bit more abstract. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135 @ 123mm ISO 400, 1/320 sec @ f/7.1 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp0125.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.
Running the Numbers (photos)
Fascinating project, neat photographs: http://seedmagazine.com/slideshow/chris_jordan/ -- 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: Why I wants me a K-x, GESO blues in red
On Feb 15, 2010, at 1:04 AM, Derby Chang wrote: Larry Colen wrote: I was asked to take photos at a party last night. I shot everything with the K20D at 3200 using my Sigma 20/1.8 wide open at 1/20. The party was dimly lit with a few red bulbs, Scott calls his parties Blues in Red. This was a birthday party for one of the local blues dancers who recently moved up to Seattle. In the blues and swing dance communities, when someone has a birthday, they get a birthday jam, where the dancer(s) being jammed will be in the middle of the circle and the other dancers will take turns stealing them, and dancing until someone else steals them. Most of the focusing was done by manually focusing on something at about the right distance and relying on depth of field and luck, mostly luck. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623436322776/ While I'm getting better at understanding that a good photograph doesn't always have to be sharp, it's usually best if the subject is recognizable. It would sure be nice to have a bit more shutter speed, a bit more depth of field, or a bit less noise. Even so, it was a fun night of dancing, and I think a couple of these shots are keepers. No special processing was done on most of them apart from cropping and some slight exposure tweaking. That is one sensual set of pics. Blues is a pretty sensual dance. Very similar to tango in many respects, I happen to like the music a lot better. More than a few keepers I think. Thank you. Leopard print girl must have been exhausted the morning after One of the nice things about blues dancing is that you don't tend to get sweaty and tired. Colleen was one of the people still dancing when I left at 3:30. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 Do i really need mobleme
On 2010-02-15 09:15 , William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: David J Brooks Any point in keeping it. Do i need Mobileme for mail access or is that just a free mac service. you will lose your email on mac.com/me.com if you don't renew, but it's not too hard to archive the email so that you can keep the old messages other than that it doesn't sound like you are using much of what it has to offer (the big thing for me is synchronization between three different computers and a phone) I can send you a gmail invite if you like.. heh, he wrote from a gmail address -- 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: K-x first impressions
Hello Larry, Seems you had two main questions: 1) how many stops better is the K-x than the K20D. Based on my limited testing, I'd say I don't really want to use the K20D past 1600 if I can help it. The K-x I'd say 6400 is about where I'd rather not go past. So the K-x seems to be at least 2 stops better than the K20D. 2) Since I own a K20D, I would tend to use it whenever I didn't need the high ISO. There are times when I wouldn't care to have the bulk/weight (family outings, etc) that I would opt for the K-x. They seem like a good complement for each other. To be honest, I sat and thought about the situation, if I only had the K-x, could I live with it, or would I really need the K20D/K7? I did some of my testing with that in mind - so I was really trying the kinds of things that I would normally use my K20D for. Here are the most noticeable things: 1) Lack program lines - the scene modes sort of do the same thing but are a bit heavy handed as they affect more than just exposure settings 2) Manual mode does not use a scale - rather more like the SuperProgram where it just gives EV values over/under - it works, but I like it less. 3) Only on dial - not an issue for most uses, but manual is less usable - you can use the green button much like HyperManual to overcome the clumsiness to some degree. 4) No vertical battery grip. I do use my quite a bit and find it more comfortable. So, could I live with just the K-x? Yes, I think I could. Of course, the K-x sensor in a K-7 would be the ultimate. My kids (22,20,13) would love the K-x - in fact my 20 year old is already trying to claim it grin. I hope this helps with your questions. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, February 14, 2010, 4:39:42 PM, you wrote: LC Thanks a bunch for posting this. LC On Feb 13, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Ok, I've had a night and day to work with the camera. Did some testing and comparing last night to the K20D and then shot some this morning and a basketball game this afternoon. So about 700 shots so far. The camera does not feel as robust as the K20D, but it seems to be reasonable. It is small, almost too small. The grip really helps. LC It's almost the same size as my K100. I think that some of the ists LC are smaller aren't they? The kit lens that comes with it is not as nice as the one that came with the K20D. Differences are plastic mount instead of metal, no quick shift focusing and no hood. The hood from the other kit lens fits properly so it appears they just don't include it in the kit. LC I noticed that it was an AL not an AL-II. Boy, was I pleased with the high ISO capability. LC That's what I wanted to know about. Just a ton better than the K20D. At ISO 800, they are fairly close, but from then on the gap gets wider and wider at each increasing setting. The K-x is so much better. As this was the reason for getting the camera, I am happy with it. It really starts to make a difference in how you think about shooting - with the K20D and earlier models, the high ISO (greater than 800) is mostly when you have to and don't expect great results. LC What ISO on the K-x is about the same quality as 3200? That's about as LC hard as I want to push things as far as quality? At the high ISOs LC would you say the K-x is on stop faster? two? The biggest downside so far is battery life. It doesn't go too long on my rechargeable batts. Used some Duracell and Sony eneloop type technology and got about 300 shots or so per set doing lots of continuous focus stuff. This is a spot where the K20D, easily surpasses the K-x. LC My K100 gets about 500 shots per charge, but I mostly manually focus. The white body doesn't bother me at all - I rather like it. It is a pleasant change from your basic black and it really is not obnoxious at all. LC I'm trying to hold off until I have some justifiable need for the LC camera, rather than just really wanting the better performance. LC When do you think you'd use the K20 rather than the K-x? LC -- LC Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 dot net
Photo.net having technical problems. Whodathunkit? -Adam So not surprised. There's a reason I don't use photo.net On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:07 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Hum seems i spoke to soon. Uploaded another set of photos and photo dot net and again it would not copy the link, had to hand type it in. I have tried copying links from flickr etc and those all work. ?/ Dave On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 9:09 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/2/15 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Eck, my copy and paste are working again. It may have been a one time clitch. Good to hear, keep an eye on those pesky Alt/AltGr/Propeller keys Yes, no widows up dates on the iBook.:-) better yet; no Linux updates either, I take it ;] Cheers Ecke -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: Why I wants me a K-x, GESO blues in red
On Feb 15, 2010, at 8:47 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Larry, As Paul mentioned, - I think this light is a problem no matter what. AS you know, I've been shooting in similar settings (some tagueros are even more sensitive to flash). Yup. I pretty much don't use flash unless it's bright enough that I could get a decent shot without it. I am still experimenting myself, - but for most part, I find that it's just impossible to get reasonable (and consistent) photos with this low light. The K-x vs K-7 difference wouldn't (doesn't) help either. I was hoping it would help, I didn't even pretend that it would solve the problem. On the ragged edge it seems that every small improvement helps, going from 1/6 to 1/10 to 1/15 each makes a big difference in the keeper ratio. I haven't been keeping track, do you also shoot with a K-x? With dances, - there are two fundamental limitations: the aperture cannot be too large (as the DOF is too shallow), otherwise most of the shots are not sharp, unless you hit the static moment; and the exposure cannot be too long, - for the same reason. For blues, I find that about 1/10 is the shutter speed that starts making a lot of difference in my keeper ratio. I also found that a monopod can really help, though my monopod wasn't really an option at the crowded party. DoF is one of the reasons that I used my 20/1.8, it gives me about the same DoF as 2.8 with my 31. The physical aperture is the same anyways. If I will get my hands on a FF Nikon for the Austin Spring Tango Festival, I'll see how that one would do. Short of that, I've been thinking if I can use some sort of continuous light, like videographers use, that I can mount on my camera, - so it is not too bright and it is not a flash (hence, - no spooky effect). This would be along the same lines as Paul was suggesting, - to sharpen things up just a bit. If I find something, - I'll share it. Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome. I think that the best thing would be to discuss with the organizers the possibility of a photo corner that is a bit better lit, doesn't have mirrors and such. I'm not talking very brightly lit, but enough to shoot without a flash. That way folks that want pictures know where to dance, and folks who don't want pictures know where to avoid. Igor Larry Colen wrote: I was asked to take photos at a party last night. I shot everything with the K20D at 3200 using my Sigma 20/1.8 wide open at 1/20. The party was dimly lit with a few red bulbs, Scott calls his parties Blues in Red. This was a birthday party for one of the local blues dancers who recently moved up to Seattle. In the blues and swing dance communities, when someone has a birthday, they get a birthday jam, where the dancer(s) being jammed will be in the middle of the circle and the other dancers will take turns stealing them, and dancing until someone else steals them. Most of the focusing was done by manually focusing on something at about the right distance and relying on depth of field and luck, mostly luck. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623436322776/ While I'm getting better at understanding that a good photograph doesn't always have to be sharp, it's usually best if the subject is recognizable. It would sure be nice to have a bit more shutter speed, a bit more depth of field, or a bit less noise. Even so, it was a fun night of dancing, and I think a couple of these shots are keepers. No special processing was done on most of them apart from cropping and some slight exposure tweaking. -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 non-blizzard
Bob W wrote: Nice. Nicer in bw? possibly... I'll run it :) a -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: 15 February 2010 04:51 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - the non-blizzard Just one shot from my window -- snow , yes blizzard NOT http://tinyurl.com/ya9exs7 ann -- 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.
