Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On Mar 14, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Tanya Love wrote: > They make not bad Hot Chocolate too, so long as you ask for half-strength, > otherwise, you get to the bottom of the cup and it is as though you are > drinking mud! I've only found three really good hot chocolates so far. #3 was at the Lindt chocolate café in Sydney, they bring you a small jug of melted chocolate and a larger jug of steamed milk. Mix to your liking. #2 is a wonderful European-style hot chocolate blend that's made by a specialist retailer here. It's made VERY strong, feels like you're drinking butter but you don't make a lot (think of it as a chocolate espresso). I must get another pack in time for winter. #1 is available at a small café close to Te Papa in Wellington - a rare treat for me and it's just as well. Just chocolate and milk, but they use Schoc chocolate instead. The flavours sound a bit weird but they're knock-your-socks-off good. Last time I was there I had an orange & cardamom white. I wanted that thing to last forever. The tangerine dark is pretty good too. Dave (not a coffee drinker) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:35 +0800, "David Savage" wrote: > I kid you not, I like Vegemite & a lot of it. > > It's the whole, pleasure & pain thing. > > :-) I'm with Dave on this. Thickly spread on a crumpet for breakfast washed down with black coffee while reading the PDML... Bliss! Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > On 14 March 2010 10:10, Tanya Love wrote: > > You can't be serious Dave?!? > > > > That is why Americans get that "face" when they first try it - because they > > spread it on thick like Peanut Butter and take a huge bite - enough to curl > > anyones toes! > > > > Mind you, as a born and bred Vegemite eater from birth, I recently graduated > > to being able to lick the knife when there is a big lump of it left there > > after making my kids school lunches. Phew! Toe curling alright, but > > certainly cleans out the sinuses! Lol. > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > > David Savage > > Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 11:23 AM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation > > > > On 14 March 2010 09:22, Charles Robinson wrote: > >> On Mar 13, 2010, at 18:10, Tanya Love wrote: > >>> > >>> Butter vs margarine - w! There is NOTHING comparable to the > >>> taste of REAL butter, melted on toast with a scrape of vegemite. > >>> Yummmo! And margarine just doesn't cut it! :) > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> You had me right up to "scrape of Vegemite". :-) > > > > Me to. > > > > You have to spread that stuff on thick. > > > > DS > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- -- 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.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On Mar 14, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Tanya Love wrote: > Oh, another cultural difference there - we TAKE our lunch to school with us > here - we don't have "cafeterias" that serve Hot meals to our kids. I still use my old lunch box every day. Had it since I was 5, I think. It still has my name written on it in my mother's handwriting. Tupperware, of course - nothing else would have lasted. 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: question for the brits American to English translation
On Mar 14, 2010, at 2:16 PM, David Savage wrote: > I love the reaction of people from outside of Oz trying Vegemite for > the first (and usually last) time :-) Everyone knows Marmite is superior :)) 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: Robin [Scanned]
On Mar 13, 2010, at 11:24 AM, John Whittingham wrote: > Taken locally: K20D DA*300/4, comment and critique welcome: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10798410 Lovely photo. Our little fantail friend came and helped us in the garden again today but I was too busy with the pruning to go inside and get the camera. He was behaving a bit like a cat, getting in the way all the time. I realised that my pruning was shaking the plant enough to scare insects out of the foliage which he'd eat in flight. Then he'd perch again and watch. Very chatty too, I think he was quite enjoying himself. 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: OT - UPS schizophrenia
I agree, Bill, but in this case, the item was only available from the outfit in Perth: in general, I always shop for computer items locally. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 12:32 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia - Original Message - From: "John Coyle" Subject: RE: OT - UPS schizophrenia > FedEx and postal services are the same world-wide, it would seem. I > ordered a new ADSL+/VoIP router from Perth, the other side of Australia. > The item was actually stocked in Sydney, 1400km away. The stockist sent > it FedEx one day after I ordered it, FedEx "attempted" to deliver two days > later, but reported a "failure" (even though my wife and I were both home, > waiting for the delivery), then left it at our local Australia Post > office, who failed to notify me it was there, as they are required to, and > normally, do. The original supplier, when I asked for progress > information, gave me the wrong tracking reference, so I'm tracking the > wrong equipment: three weeks after ordering, I got back to the outfit I'd > ordered it from, they gave me the correct tracking reference and the whole > sorry saga is revealed! Twenty minutes after finding out where it > actually is, I have it in my hot little hands. > > Conclusion - shop locally! > I'm always a little aghast at the amount of trouble people will put themselves through to save a few dollars. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
On 14/03/2010, David Savage wrote: > Soft cock! LOL, maybe I've just become more discriminating with age ;-) -- 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: question for the brits American to English translation
On 14 March 2010 12:08, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 14/03/2010, David Savage wrote: >> I kid you not, I like Vegemite & a lot of it. >> >> It's the whole, pleasure & pain thing. > > I converted to Promite a while back, the kid prefers it over V too so > there must be something in it, I can't face V any longer or Marmite > for that matter ;-P Soft cock! :-) DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
On 14/03/2010, David Savage wrote: > I kid you not, I like Vegemite & a lot of it. > > It's the whole, pleasure & pain thing. I converted to Promite a while back, the kid prefers it over V too so there must be something in it, I can't face V any longer or Marmite for that matter ;-P -- 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 - Waiting
Thanks, Dave. I kinda liked it too. Hasn't gotten much notice here, though. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 3/13/10, David J Brooks wrote: > Nice geometry and lighting on this > shot. > > Good eye > > Dave > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Rick Womer > wrote: > > Wednesday I took my camera to work, and did some > shooting on the way to and from (about a mile's walk in each > direction). On the way home, at about 7pm, I came upon > this lonely bicycle on the Penn campus--it's spring break. > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10799360 > > > > (K10D, FA 50/1.7, ISO 1600, f/6.7 @ 1/6) > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.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. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Goksøyr
I love the water. If you are willing to take some destructive feedback, I would about 1/6 at left. --S On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Neato! Atmospheric and moody. Cheers, Christine > > > - Original Message - From: "AlunFoto" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:31 PM > Subject: PESO - Goksøyr > > >> Another pic from this week-end's foray. >> >> In Blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/goksyr-runde.html >> Pic only: http://turl.no/8e2 >> >> Tim and I are having a great time. :-) >> >> 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. >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: Bogue Barn
Thanks, Christine! The flash of memory I carried 'til I got back to shoot it was what I wound up with. The very large barn front, the trees and their shadows. Sometimes those things determine themselves. Jack --- On Sat, 3/13/10, Christine Aguila wrote: > From: Christine Aguila > Subject: Re: Bogue Barn > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 6:23 PM > I like it, Jack. Given the > shooting circumstances, I think you did good :-). > Cheers, Christine > > > - Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:06 PM > Subject: PESO: Bogue Barn > > > > On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a > street (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I > recorded this east facing barn and, early this AM, returned > with some gear. > > It's sits on an island of property surrounded by > apartments and other commercial structures. Had to shoot > through what we call a cyclone fence which resulted in my > needing to heavily crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, > but wasn't possible. > > Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. > Love the detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem > with the barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but > WTH, I had a brief moment with a camera. > > > > Jack > > > > Comments always welcome. > > > > K20, DA 16~45, hand held > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 > > > > > > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.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: Freedom to film
Very interesting vid, Derby! Thanks for posting. had a bit of a giggle over the sheep vid too. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Derby Chang" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 2:57 PM Subject: Freedom to film I was originally going to comment on this commendable vid http://current.com/items/92196240_freedom-to-film.htm ...then I saw this and my attention was distracted http://current.com/items/92316846_a-cute-lamb-running-through-a-house.htm -- 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: question for the brits American to English translation
I kid you not, I like Vegemite & a lot of it. It's the whole, pleasure & pain thing. :-) On 14 March 2010 10:10, Tanya Love wrote: > You can't be serious Dave?!? > > That is why Americans get that "face" when they first try it - because they > spread it on thick like Peanut Butter and take a huge bite - enough to curl > anyones toes! > > Mind you, as a born and bred Vegemite eater from birth, I recently graduated > to being able to lick the knife when there is a big lump of it left there > after making my kids school lunches. Phew! Toe curling alright, but > certainly cleans out the sinuses! Lol. > > > > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > David Savage > Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 11:23 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation > > On 14 March 2010 09:22, Charles Robinson wrote: >> On Mar 13, 2010, at 18:10, Tanya Love wrote: >>> >>> Butter vs margarine - w! There is NOTHING comparable to the >>> taste of REAL butter, melted on toast with a scrape of vegemite. >>> Yummmo! And margarine just doesn't cut it! :) >>> >> >> >> >> You had me right up to "scrape of Vegemite". :-) > > Me to. > > You have to spread that stuff on thick. > > DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
- Original Message - From: "Tanya Love" Subject: RE: question for the brits American to English translation Blasphemy!! Marmite and Vegemite are like chalk and cheese! Never should the two be confused. Believe me, there isn't much chance of that. Funnily enough, my English wife didn't like Vegemite, but likes Marmite. I can barely live knowing there is a bottle of Marmite in the house, but I quite enjoyed the Vegemite. Real vegemite is what I sent to you Bill, and the "saltine snacks" are what we call crackers. Lol. Us too, actually. 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 - UPS schizophrenia
- Original Message - From: "John Coyle" Subject: RE: OT - UPS schizophrenia FedEx and postal services are the same world-wide, it would seem. I ordered a new ADSL+/VoIP router from Perth, the other side of Australia. The item was actually stocked in Sydney, 1400km away. The stockist sent it FedEx one day after I ordered it, FedEx "attempted" to deliver two days later, but reported a "failure" (even though my wife and I were both home, waiting for the delivery), then left it at our local Australia Post office, who failed to notify me it was there, as they are required to, and normally, do. The original supplier, when I asked for progress information, gave me the wrong tracking reference, so I'm tracking the wrong equipment: three weeks after ordering, I got back to the outfit I'd ordered it from, they gave me the correct tracking reference and the whole sorry saga is revealed! Twenty minutes after finding out where it actually is, I have it in my hot little hands. Conclusion - shop locally! I'm always a little aghast at the amount of trouble people will put themselves through to save a few dollars. 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 - Goksøyr
Neato! Atmospheric and moody. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "AlunFoto" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:31 PM Subject: PESO - Goksøyr Another pic from this week-end's foray. In Blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/goksyr-runde.html Pic only: http://turl.no/8e2 Tim and I are having a great time. :-) 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Bogue Barn
I like it, Jack. Given the shooting circumstances, I think you did good :-). Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:06 PM Subject: PESO: Bogue Barn On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a street (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this east facing barn and, early this AM, returned with some gear. It's sits on an island of property surrounded by apartments and other commercial structures. Had to shoot through what we call a cyclone fence which resulted in my needing to heavily crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, but wasn't possible. Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. Love the detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem with the barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but WTH, I had a brief moment with a camera. Jack Comments always welcome. K20, DA 16~45, hand held http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Shooters
Fun moment, Paul! I like it. Seeing pictures made with the K7 is making it difficult to stick to my goal of saving my tax refund :-)!!! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "P N Stenquist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:15 AM Subject: PESO Shooters http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10801215&size=lg K7, DA* 16-50/2.8, ISO 6400, f3.5 @ 1/60th, 31mm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
Blasphemy!! Marmite and Vegemite are like chalk and cheese! Never should the two be confused. Real vegemite is what I sent to you Bill, and the "saltine snacks" are what we call crackers. Lol. Good stuff hey? My kids take them to school every day and they are the one thing that never comes home uneaten. Oh, another cultural difference there - we TAKE our lunch to school with us here - we don't have "cafeterias" that serve Hot meals to our kids. We do have "tuckshops" where the kids can place an order in a brown paper bag (or online now!), and have it delivered to their classrooms, but most kids only do that like once per week, as a special "treat", or when, like me, their mums haven't been to buy groceries and can't work out what to send them for lunch! Lol. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 10:31 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation - Original Message - From: "Tanya Love" Subject: RE: question for the brits American to English translation > There is NOTHING comparable to the taste > of REAL butter, melted on toast with a scrape of vegemite. You say this as if it is a good thing. Actualy, the little Vegemite and Saltines snacks that you sent me were much appreciated. We can get a food product called Marmite here, (I presume it's food, it comes from a grocery store), but I've never seen Vegemite here. 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. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4942 (20100313) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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: question for the brits American to English translation
You can't be serious Dave?!? That is why Americans get that "face" when they first try it - because they spread it on thick like Peanut Butter and take a huge bite - enough to curl anyones toes! Mind you, as a born and bred Vegemite eater from birth, I recently graduated to being able to lick the knife when there is a big lump of it left there after making my kids school lunches. Phew! Toe curling alright, but certainly cleans out the sinuses! Lol. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 11:23 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation On 14 March 2010 09:22, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Mar 13, 2010, at 18:10, Tanya Love wrote: >> >> Butter vs margarine - w! There is NOTHING comparable to the >> taste of REAL butter, melted on toast with a scrape of vegemite. >> Yummmo! And margarine just doesn't cut it! :) >> > > > > You had me right up to "scrape of Vegemite". :-) Me to. You have to spread that stuff on thick. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4942 (20100313) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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 - UPS schizophrenia
FedEx and postal services are the same world-wide, it would seem. I ordered a new ADSL+/VoIP router from Perth, the other side of Australia. The item was actually stocked in Sydney, 1400km away. The stockist sent it FedEx one day after I ordered it, FedEx "attempted" to deliver two days later, but reported a "failure" (even though my wife and I were both home, waiting for the delivery), then left it at our local Australia Post office, who failed to notify me it was there, as they are required to, and normally, do. The original supplier, when I asked for progress information, gave me the wrong tracking reference, so I'm tracking the wrong equipment: three weeks after ordering, I got back to the outfit I'd ordered it from, they gave me the correct tracking reference and the whole sorry saga is revealed! Twenty minutes after finding out where it actually is, I have it in my hot little hands. Conclusion - shop locally! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christian Sent: Saturday, 13 March 2010 2:41 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia My new PC came via FedEx. It sat in Winchester, VA for 2 days with a status of "Not due for delivery." Christian -Original Message- From: Paul Sorenson To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:18 am Subject: Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia When an item is scanned the tracking gives you an estimated delivery date. Obviously it got to Houston ahead of schedule so they had to do something to keep it moving around in order to meet that estimated date. God help them if they delivered a day earlier. After all, you didn't pay for overnight delivery. ;-) -p On 3/12/2010 8:54 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > I thought some PDMLer may enjoy this clinical case. > > I didn't know UPS gets frequent flier miles > I don't see any other reason why the package passed through Houston > twice within less than 24 hours. > I suspect they forgot to parachute it on the way from Houston to Dallas, > but the plane/track was making only right turns (as it was ordered some > 2-3 year ago - to save the gas, when all routes were reprogrammed for > that), - so the only way it could get back was through > the neighboring state of Kentucky. > > Enjoy: > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/UPS-schizophrenia.jpg > > > Igor > >> > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2741 - Release Date: 03/12/10 03:42:00 > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Digital Darkroom
Godfrey: Calumet Photo has the Moab Leather binders 12 x 13 for $59.99--and you're right! they look very nice! http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/LR4817/?t=GB01&a=CA01&CAWELAID=219154526 I just check B & H and they have the Moab Chinle Ice Nin Portfolio Kit. It's not leather, but looks interesting. The clam shell Century boxes are just what I need--thanks for the product reco! You should do a how-to article for your web site on how you make those corner and hanging mounts :-). It's Rototrim for me then! :-) And thanks for the advice on choosing a size! The low end printer idea was something I read somewhere, and I included the idea on the list to see if anyone thought it was a good or unnecessary idea. I got my answer! :-). I haven't tried the Moab Summerset Velvet, might do so. I have tried Hahnemühle Bamboo-it was good--yep, I'd consider including that in the mix. Big thanks & cheers, Godfrey! Suggestions and tips very much appreciated. Christine - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:20 AM Subject: Re: Digital Darkroom *Printing* -Exhibit quality printer -3 full sets of ink for above -storage space for above printer parts -good stable printer stand -printer cover -Low-end printer for 4 x 6 proofs - full sets of ink for above -Paper Stash 13 x 19 inch: Ilford Gold Fiber Silk Epson Velvet Fine Art 8 ½ x 11 inch: Ilford Gold Fiber Silk Epson Velvet Fine Art 4 x 6 inch: Epson Ultra Premium Glossy Why buy two printers and stock several different sizes/types of paper and ink, and not have the proofs match the finals? - Epson R3800 or R4880 printer. - Due to the ink tank size, one spare set of ink tanks - High quality paper cutter - 17x22 sheet stock of your favorite three or four papers (I print on Epson Velvet Fine Art, Hahnemühle Bamboo, and Moab Somerset Velvet Enhanced. Very occasionally I print a little on Epson Exhibition Fiber, but I don't like doing so because I have to switch to Photo Black and the surface is more fragile. But it sure looks nice when an air-dried gloss finish is appropriate...) Gang-print many images in small sizes to your proof size on big sheets. Now your proofs will match your finals, and be more economical at the same time. When you need a volume of 4x6 prints, have a print service run them. It's cheaper and the quality is as good as it needs to be. *Print Preparation* -High end paper cutter (*) You want a Rototrim paper cutter, standard of the industry. Pick one size larger than what you think you need. I bought 15 inch, should have gotten 24 inch. -Mounting materials (*) Photomount Spray? Double sided mounting tabs I use Scotch 3M cold-mount positionable mounting adhesive for some things. Otherwise I make corner and hanger mounts of archival paper, taped with archival linen mounting tape. *Portfolio Stuff* -Transport Portfolio (*) -Professional Portfolio (*) Moab makes some beautiful leather portfolio binders, expensive as hell but gorgeous. I use Century Boxes mostly, however, or package a portfolio as a "folio" style presentation to present to potential clients and gallery people (loose prints in an elegant, fitted heavy paper cover ... I designed my own covers, had a die made to cut them, and have them cut for me at a local volume paper/printing house.) Each folio can handle a presentation up to about 20 prints in size. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
They make not bad Hot Chocolate too, so long as you ask for half-strength, otherwise, you get to the bottom of the cup and it is as though you are drinking mud! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 11:55 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation On 14 March 2010 09:03, John Sessoms wrote: > Now Mickey D's (Mickey like Mickey Mouse) is pushing McCafe coffee > flavored drinks - NO I don't want to try a McCafe today, I want a > medium coffee, and I don't want nothin' in it BUT coffee ... Americans may drink it by the bucket load, but they don't "get" coffee. I grew up & live in a town that is mostly southern European migrants, Italians & Yugoslaves etc. Proper coffee has been around me all my life, hell the main street in Fremantle is referred to as The Cappuccino Strip, due to all the Italian cafe's. That drip shit that is served everywhere in the US is gawdawful. And as much as I hate to admit it, the McCafe coffee isn't too bad (if you're jonesing for a caffeine fix). DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4942 (20100313) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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 Shooters
Good to hear Tim. And thanks to all who commented or had a look. Paul On Mar 13, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:15 AM, P N Stenquist > wrote: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10801215&size=lg > > That one made me smile, thanks. -T > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
On 14 March 2010 09:03, John Sessoms wrote: > Now Mickey D's (Mickey like Mickey Mouse) is pushing McCafe coffee flavored > drinks - NO I don't want to try a McCafe today, I want a medium coffee, and > I don't want nothin' in it BUT coffee ... Americans may drink it by the bucket load, but they don't "get" coffee. I grew up & live in a town that is mostly southern European migrants, Italians & Yugoslaves etc. Proper coffee has been around me all my life, hell the main street in Fremantle is referred to as The Cappuccino Strip, due to all the Italian cafe's. That drip shit that is served everywhere in the US is gawdawful. And as much as I hate to admit it, the McCafe coffee isn't too bad (if you're jonesing for a caffeine fix). DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
John, You gotta get out more. Mickey D's served sweet tea up here in Chicago all summer. And they'll still serve you real coffee without any of that fru-fru stuff. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:03 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Doug Franklin >> >> On 2010-03-13 8:13, Tanya Love wrote: > >>> You also don't seem to understand it if a person says a really simple >>> thing >>> > like "ta muchly", which of course translates to "thanks very much". >> >> Well, considering how the English pronounce Chalmondley, we Americans are >> a little gun shy on "English-like" pronunciations. To our ears, "ta muchly" >> could actually be a pronunciation of a much longer word. :-) > > Ta means bye (as in good-bye); usually Ta-ta == bye-bye (or buh-bye if > you're responding to a luser) > > See also TTFN - Ta-ta for now. > > Not to be confused with tatas. > >>> Oh, and here's yet another straange American fact - you lot drink >>> your >>> > tea COLD!! AND, like, with EVERY meal!! See, we tend to drink WATER >>> > cold, >>> > and with every meal, and save the "tea" for when we are needing a nice >>> > hot >>> > cuppa at the end of long day - >> >> Well, in the US, usually coffee, sometimes hot chocolate (cocoa), are the >> hot drinks, most any other drink is served cold. Cold coffee products have >> been coming out here the last few years, though. I don't care much for >> them, myself. >> > > Tea is ICED tea. If you want the other stuff ask for Hot Tea. > > And in the south, tea means SWEET tea - almost half sugar. If you want tea > without sugar you have to ask for un-sweetened tea. That's what Yankee > tourists drink, so we've got it available, you just have to ask for it. > > If you go up north, you can't get sweet tea. If you ask for it, they'll just > bring you un-sweet tea and two packets of sugar. You can ask for more > packets of sugar, but IT'S STILL NOT THE SAME THING! > > And if you really want to make 'em crazy up north, order bacon and eggs and > ask 'em to bring you grits instead of potatoes. > > Now Mickey D's (Mickey like Mickey Mouse) is pushing McCafe coffee flavored > drinks - NO I don't want to try a McCafe today, I want a medium coffee, and > I don't want nothin' in it BUT coffee ... > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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 Shooters
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:15 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10801215&size=lg That one made me smile, thanks. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso - portrait
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Sasha Sobol wrote: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4430214904/ > > I am not sure about this one, need your comments and critique. I like it. Might want to brighten it up a little bit. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On 14 March 2010 08:10, Tanya Love wrote: > Butter vs margarine - w! There is NOTHING comparable to the taste > of REAL butter, melted on toast with a scrape of vegemite. Yummmo! ...and slices of vine ripened tomato. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Useful resource: Pentax P-TTL flash comparison
Bob W said: >And how did you get started in this business? As I recall it was in exactly the same way. Good point Bob, and my ego totally needed to be put back in it's place too (it gets a bit too big for its boots sometimes!). So, I totally agree! However, take a look at this: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=50625&id=1022455271&ref=nf#!/album.php ?page=6&aid=161316&id=547536217 These were shot by a girl I know (in my home town), who is calling herself a "professional" and who purchased her FIRST slr camera less than a year ago! Grr. They are FAR from professional! > I know how to use it AND I hate it. Anyone who thinks the mark of a professional is knowing how to use artificial light knows nothing about photography. I totally agree! The best shots I have done are the most uncontrived, candid shots without invasive use of flash/strobes. It takes special skill to be able to "read" the light and know when natural light will make or break the shot, and/or when flash is needed. I hate using flash/strobes too, but I LOVE my ring flash! That thing is my new best friend and it is the way I have achieved some of my most favourite shots lately, like this, which I shot yesterday: http://www.lovebytes.com.au/pics/TaigheBorder.jpg Anyways, IMO, the true measure of a being a great photographer (whether you are pro or not!), is knowing how to use strobes/flash, and when NOT to use it, or when TO use it. I think THAT is the key. Tan.x. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
On 14 March 2010 09:22, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Mar 13, 2010, at 18:10, Tanya Love wrote: >> >> Butter vs margarine - w! There is NOTHING comparable to the taste >> of REAL butter, melted on toast with a scrape of vegemite. Yummmo! And >> margarine just doesn't cut it! :) >> > > > > You had me right up to "scrape of Vegemite". :-) Me to. You have to spread that stuff on thick. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
On Mar 13, 2010, at 18:10, Tanya Love wrote: > > Butter vs margarine - w! There is NOTHING comparable to the taste > of REAL butter, melted on toast with a scrape of vegemite. Yummmo! And > margarine just doesn't cut it! :) > You had me right up to "scrape of Vegemite". :-) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
On Mar 13, 2010, at 17:05, Tanya Love wrote: > Hehe, wll, I live in Brisvegas aka Brisbane... > > The "gas" thing never made sense to me either? To me "gas" usually has LPG > written in front of it! ;-) We too call them petrol stations, or fuel > stations or service stations, cause they are places that we go to to "fuel > up". > Thanks to WikiAnswers: "Petroleum gas oil was one of the early "generic" names given to automotive engine fuels by scientists. As always, everyday use meant that it quickly got shortened: in Europe the Brits and Irish adopted the petroleum part of "petroleum gas oil", which naturally got shortened to just petrol. In Canada and the US they adopted the gas oil part, initially naming the fuel gasoline, which naturally got shortened to just gas." You're all quite welcome. I'll be here all week! Try the veal. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Digital Darkroom
Thanks for the links for back up drives. Very much appreciated. As to mat cutting, don't think that will be for me. I can already imagine I wouldn't be very good at it. Thanks, John! Big cheers, Christine From: "John Sessoms" Just a couple of suggestions that I think might it easier accomplishing what I think you're looking for. 1. Instead of double back up hard-drives, consider a Network Attached Storage Enclosure and a hard-drive dock. The NAS backup is your local copy. The hard-drive dock makes it easy to connect regular hard-drives for backup and quickly remove them for off-site storage. You could keep a couple at the office and rotate them on schedule, say once a week take the one from home to work, and bring the one from work back home. Somebody told me, "It ain't a back-up unless it's off site." I'm talking about something like this: NAS - http://tinyurl.com/ykqwync http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=207&srkey=network%20attached%20storage Drive dock - http://tinyurl.com/yfps6mz http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=2785&name=Hard%20Drive%20Docks 2. Print preparation - Dahl rolling trimmer. Guillotine style trimmers just don't cut it. They give ragged edges. There are other brands besides Dahl, but I'm not sure how they compare to Dahl. http://www.machine-solution.com/Rotary-Paper-Cutters/products/14/1/0 If you're planning to cut your own mats you want a Logan Mat Cutter. http://www.dickblick.com/categories/matcutters/ I have the Logan Simplex 750, but you might get by with the Logan 450 if you don't do a lot of matting. If you really get into it, you might end up with the Framers Edge 650. They're expensive, but they give clean precise cuts with no ragged edges. That gives your mats a sharp appearance. ... One other thing - you'll need a good solid work table for cutting prints and cutting mats and a place to put it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
On 14 March 2010 07:05, Tanya Love wrote: > Hehe, wll, I live in Brisvegas aka Brisbane... Queenslanders have a very unique sound... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
On 14 March 2010 07:14, Scott Loveless wrote: > The by-products of brewing, here in the US, are often turned into > fertilizer or horse feed. I'm sure as hell not gonna spread it on my > toast. We had some people from Canada staying with us about a month ago. I love the reaction of people from outside of Oz trying Vegemite for the first (and usually last) time :-) DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:46, Tanya Love wrote: > Gotta throw my hat into the ring here - when I was there for GFM, I couldn't > believe or comprehend the fact that you have ORANGE cheese in America! I > had > never seen orange cheese in my life! I just did not and still don't "get" > how cheese can turn orange when it is made from white milk! I guess the > explanation > below kind of answers the question for me... Where ya from, Tanya? According to TheStraightDope.com, the practice of dying cheese orange originated in the U.K.: "It's orange because they dye it orange. You knew this, of course. The question is, Why orange as opposed to, say, a nice taupe? As near as cheese historians can make out, the practice originated many years ago in England. Milk contains varying amounts of beta-carotene, the yellow-orange stuff found in carrots and other vegetables. Milk from pasture-fed cows has higher beta-carotene levels in the spring and summer, when the cows are munching on fresh grass, and lower levels during the fall and winter, when they're eating hay. Thus the natural color of the cheese varies over the course of a year. So cheese makers began adding coloring agents." >From http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1284/why-is-cheddar-cheese-orange -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - portrait
From: Sasha Sobol http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4430214904/ I am not sure about this one, need your comments and critique. --Sasha No, I think you're right. It does look like a portrait. ;-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Digital Darkroom
- Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" To: Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:38 PM Subject: Re: Digital Darkroom From: Doug Franklin On 2010-03-12 23:19, Christine Aguila wrote: > 30 years ago I once mounted a few photos with a home > iron. I don't know if I could do that with inkjet prints. Anybody > know? > I'll have to give it a test probably. Hmmm, I don't know. I've always used spray-on adhesive and a cold, rubber roller to mount prints. Those were wet chemical prints, though. I'm not sure how the heat would affect some of the modern inkjet paper coatings. You can dry-mount ink-jet prints. Best if you turn the heat down slightly and you should use a special "release paper" like Bienfang double coated silicone paper between the press and the print. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/47188-REG/Seal_Bienfang_SE_928_Release_Paper_26_x5_yds_.html Oooh, thanks, John. I was just about to start looking for something like this. I might be able to test an ink jet print in a mounting press, so having something like this will help. Big thanks & cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
From: Doug Franklin On 2010-03-13 8:13, Tanya Love wrote: You also don't seem to understand it if a person says a really simple thing > like "ta muchly", which of course translates to "thanks very much". Well, considering how the English pronounce Chalmondley, we Americans are a little gun shy on "English-like" pronunciations. To our ears, "ta muchly" could actually be a pronunciation of a much longer word. :-) Ta means bye (as in good-bye); usually Ta-ta == bye-bye (or buh-bye if you're responding to a luser) See also TTFN - Ta-ta for now. Not to be confused with tatas. Oh, and here's yet another straange American fact - you lot drink your > tea COLD!! AND, like, with EVERY meal!! See, we tend to drink WATER cold, > and with every meal, and save the "tea" for when we are needing a nice hot > cuppa at the end of long day - Well, in the US, usually coffee, sometimes hot chocolate (cocoa), are the hot drinks, most any other drink is served cold. Cold coffee products have been coming out here the last few years, though. I don't care much for them, myself. Tea is ICED tea. If you want the other stuff ask for Hot Tea. And in the south, tea means SWEET tea - almost half sugar. If you want tea without sugar you have to ask for un-sweetened tea. That's what Yankee tourists drink, so we've got it available, you just have to ask for it. If you go up north, you can't get sweet tea. If you ask for it, they'll just bring you un-sweet tea and two packets of sugar. You can ask for more packets of sugar, but IT'S STILL NOT THE SAME THING! And if you really want to make 'em crazy up north, order bacon and eggs and ask 'em to bring you grits instead of potatoes. Now Mickey D's (Mickey like Mickey Mouse) is pushing McCafe coffee flavored drinks - NO I don't want to try a McCafe today, I want a medium coffee, and I don't want nothin' in it BUT coffee ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Useful resource: Pentax P-TTL flash comparison
- Original Message - From: "P N Stenquist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:27 AM Subject: Re: Useful resource: Pentax P-TTL flash comparison On Mar 13, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Adam Maas wrote: On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Tanya Love wrote: I TOTALLY agree! And this is why there are so many "pros" floating around places like Facebook who boast the following: "I am an available light photographer, who conveniently comes to you or your chosen location..." Translated to meaning - "I am a mum who bought myself a camera and can take ok photos and add a vignette or two in PS Elements. Have no idea how to use flash, and can't afford to buy the stuff anyways, and can't afford a studio either". I have a real bee in my bonnet about this new "breed", don't get me started! t.x. Well, there are those of us who know how to use a strobe, can get quite good results with one and still loathe the things. I'm one of those. I've got a nice little collection of speedlights and strobes and will use them if absolutely necessary, but if I can get the shot without them I will. I tend to agree for the most part. But there are times when I can "get a shot" without a strobe but realize I can get a better shot by adding some flash. For example, when shooting kids on the playground with high light or backlight, a little flash fill and high-speed synch plusses the photography considerably. Yes, reflectors would be just as good or better, but have you ever tried to keep up with a pack of playing kids while holding a reflector? I'm very fond of strobes both in the studio and on location for what they can bring to my photography. Paul I'm with Paul on this one. Learning the little technique of shooting in manual at f4 and 1/60th of a second with some bounced flash really opened up photographic possibilities for me. I haven't mastered strobe use, but I'm not against it or as resistant to it as I used to be. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: [Bulk] Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating
> >> Come to think of it, my Speed Graphics don't have dials or buttons. Lots of >> levers though. >> Paul > > How do you release a 'cocked' lever without a button? > > keith whaley Another lever. One lever to cock the shutter, another one to fire it, a third to select the aperture and on some shutters two more levers for preview and flash sync (i.e. choosing v, m or x). On mosts shutters the speed is set with a ring around the outside of the shutter. True, there are also a few knobs here and there but I stand by the no buttons or dials. Which is not to say that I think that this was what KR meant, just that monkeys with keyboards will occasionally write Shakespeare. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Digital Darkroom
From: Doug Franklin On 2010-03-12 23:19, Christine Aguila wrote: > 30 years ago I once mounted a few photos with a home > iron. I don't know if I could do that with inkjet prints. Anybody know? > I'll have to give it a test probably. Hmmm, I don't know. I've always used spray-on adhesive and a cold, rubber roller to mount prints. Those were wet chemical prints, though. I'm not sure how the heat would affect some of the modern inkjet paper coatings. You can dry-mount ink-jet prints. Best if you turn the heat down slightly and you should use a special "release paper" like Bienfang double coated silicone paper between the press and the print. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/47188-REG/Seal_Bienfang_SE_928_Release_Paper_26_x5_yds_.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: On 3/13/10, Tanya Love wrote: Further to this, we have TWO types of "muffins" - the ones that are like a huge patty cake (which you call cupcakes) without icing on it (you call it "frosting"). And then the muffin (aka "English" in variety) that you have for brekkie (you call it "breakfast"), with heaps of melted butter and Vegemite or jam on it - oh, wait, you call it "jelly"... Doesn't matter as they are much better with Vegemite anyways! Jelly and jam are similar, but not quite the same. Jelly is made from fruit juice. Jam is made from crushed fruit. Preserves, raspberry being my favorite, are made from chunks of the fruit. They're all combined with lots of sugar and pectin. As it say on a shirt that I got at the Mezzjelly blues dance workshop weekend: "It's got to be jelly because jam don't shake like that." -- 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: question for the brits American to English translation
- Original Message - From: "Tanya Love" Subject: RE: question for the brits American to English translation There is NOTHING comparable to the taste of REAL butter, melted on toast with a scrape of vegemite. You say this as if it is a good thing. Actualy, the little Vegemite and Saltines snacks that you sent me were much appreciated. We can get a food product called Marmite here, (I presume it's food, it comes from a grocery store), but I've never seen Vegemite here. 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: question for the brits American to English translation
Oh, no, I'm not talking "real" cheese here! I definitely mean the sliced, square type that you find at Subway, Maccas (McDonalds) etc. aka Plastic Cheese. I am very well aware of the thousands of types of delicious cheeses available world wide, me being a Fetta girl myself! Cheese is one of my favourite things in the whole world! I just thought of another thing too... Cordial! No-one, and I mean NO one in the US had any idea what I was talking about when I asked if anyone had cordial! We always have at least 2 bottles of different flavours in our house! It is a concentrated water syrup stuff that you add about a cm of to the bottom of a glass and fill the remainder with water. It is always a fruity flavour - raspberry, "fruit cup", orange, lime, lemon etc. The closest American equivalent I could find was "Kool Aid", but it is powder?! I was SO excited to come home and have a nice big glass of raspberry cordial! I guess we drink it like you guys drink Iced Tea - and it's just not the same without a ton of ice cubes clinking around the glass! Butter vs margarine - w! There is NOTHING comparable to the taste of REAL butter, melted on toast with a scrape of vegemite. Yummmo! And margarine just doesn't cut it! :) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 9:27 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: question for the brits American to English translation Depends on what cheese you saw, and where you saw it. If it was in one of the "old timey, mountain country stores" around Grandfather Mountain, and the cheese was cut in wedges off a big wheel, you missed a treat, North Carolina red rind hoop cheese. It's a traditional farm made cheese carried down from the days of spring houses in back-woods "hollers" where cheese making was the only way to keep milk from spoiling before it got to market. It doesn't have food coloring except for the red in the bees-wax rind (which you peel off and throw away). "American Cheese" has the same relationship to real cheese that margarine has to butter. Both margarine and American Cheese have food coloring added - margarine because dairy farmers forced the U.S. Department of Agriculture to require it to do so. The dairy farms thought the color would be off-putting because butter is white. Didn't work, and now butter often has food color added so it will look like margarine. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4942 (20100313) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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: [Bulk] Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating
Paul Ewins wrote: Come to think of it, my Speed Graphics don't have dials or buttons. Lots of levers though. Paul How do you release a 'cocked' lever without a button? keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: [Bulk] Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating
On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:53 PM, Paul Ewins wrote: >>> Quoting KR: "Features just get in the way of taking photographs, that's why pros and I use cameras with no buttons or dials." >>> >>> Now that's just effin' stupid, even coming from KR. >>> >>> How do you set the shutter speed or even trip the shutter if your camera has >>> "no buttons or dials"? >>> >>> What a maroon! >> >> No John, I wasn't quoting KR, I was posting the new messages **I'M** >> going to be writing in **MY** website so I can become as famous as KR. >> >> And John, it's clear you're not a pro, or otherwise you would know how >> to take pictures with a camera without buttons or dials :-p >> > > Actually, the 1954 pulitzer prize for photography - the first awarded to a > woman - was taken using a camera with no dials and just one button. It was a > box brownie. > > Come to think of it, my Speed Graphics don't have dials or buttons. Lots of > levers though. > My speed graphic has a dial -- or knob -- for winding the focal plane shutter. More knobs for locking down the tilt. Paul > Paul > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: battery pack for Pentax af540
I use the Pentax pack with C cells. It works well. I do wish there was a lead acid battery available for the 540, but unfortunately there is none of which I'm aware. Paul On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:31 PM, 27...@comcast.net wrote: > Has anyone made a external pack for this flash or know of something besides > the c powered pack that Pentax sells / Thanks > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: [Bulk] Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating
>> Quoting KR: >>> >>> "Features just get in the way of taking photographs, that's why pros >>> and I use cameras with no buttons or dials." >> >> Now that's just effin' stupid, even coming from KR. >> >> How do you set the shutter speed or even trip the shutter if your camera has >> "no buttons or dials"? >> >> What a maroon! > > No John, I wasn't quoting KR, I was posting the new messages **I'M** > going to be writing in **MY** website so I can become as famous as KR. > > And John, it's clear you're not a pro, or otherwise you would know how > to take pictures with a camera without buttons or dials :-p > Actually, the 1954 pulitzer prize for photography - the first awarded to a woman - was taken using a camera with no dials and just one button. It was a box brownie. Come to think of it, my Speed Graphics don't have dials or buttons. Lots of levers though. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Shooters
Not shabby at all for ISO 6400! Good shot, too. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 3/13/10, P N Stenquist wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10801215&size=lg > > K7, DA* 16-50/2.8, ISO 6400, f3.5 @ 1/60th, 31mm > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: K7 Manual Mode Problem (PDML Digest, Vol 47, Issue 132)
No problems with manual mode on K7 here. --S On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: >> Gaëtan Beauchamp wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone. Does anybody had problems with manual mode in K7? I am >>> experiencing some and I think that I'll have to send it to Pentax >>> Canada. It is impossible to trigger Tv with the front dial, it's going >>> up but not down. I have to use the green button to come down to the >>> fastest exposition. The rear dial seems to works OK. I discoverthough >>> that a grip give me access to all Tv and Av settings that I want. Is >>> someone experienced something similar and how to fix it if possible? >>> Thanks. Gaetan B. >> >> I don't own a K-7, hence I cannot try that. However, go to the menu and >> try setting Tv on the rear dial and Av on the front one, just to check >> whether it's a hardware fault or a software bug. > > If the front dial keeps working one way even when setting aperture, it's a > hardware fault of the front dial. > Otherwise, it's a software bug. > > 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. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
battery pack for Pentax af540
Has anyone made a external pack for this flash or know of something besides the c powered pack that Pentax sells / Thanks -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
From: "Tanya Love" Gotta throw my hat into the ring here - when I was there for GFM, I couldn't believe or comprehend the fact that you have ORANGE cheese in America! I had never seen orange cheese in my life! I just did not and still don't "get" how cheese can turn orange when it is made from white milk! I guess the explanation below kind of answers the question for me... so glad I didn't eat any of that orange stuff whilst I was there! I like my cheese natural, unprocessed and WITHOUT food colouring thanks! Depends on what cheese you saw, and where you saw it. If it was in one of the "old timey, mountain country stores" around Grandfather Mountain, and the cheese was cut in wedges off a big wheel, you missed a treat, North Carolina red rind hoop cheese. It's a traditional farm made cheese carried down from the days of spring houses in back-woods "hollers" where cheese making was the only way to keep milk from spoiling before it got to market. It doesn't have food coloring except for the red in the bees-wax rind (which you peel off and throw away). "American Cheese" has the same relationship to real cheese that margarine has to butter. Both margarine and American Cheese have food coloring added - margarine because dairy farmers forced the U.S. Department of Agriculture to require it to do so. The dairy farms thought the color would be off-putting because butter is white. Didn't work, and now butter often has food color added so it will look like margarine. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
On 3/13/10, Tanya Love wrote: > > Further to this, we have TWO types of "muffins" - the ones that are like a > huge patty cake (which you call cupcakes) without icing on it (you call it > "frosting"). And then the muffin (aka "English" in variety) that you have > for brekkie (you call it "breakfast"), with heaps of melted butter and > Vegemite or jam on it - oh, wait, you call it "jelly"... Doesn't matter as > they are much better with Vegemite anyways! Jelly and jam are similar, but not quite the same. Jelly is made from fruit juice. Jam is made from crushed fruit. Preserves, raspberry being my favorite, are made from chunks of the fruit. They're all combined with lots of sugar and pectin. Jello-O is a name brand for fruit flavored gelatin, and may not have any actual fruit in it at all. The by-products of brewing, here in the US, are often turned into fertilizer or horse feed. I'm sure as hell not gonna spread it on my toast. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: question for the brits American to English translation
rd to say that a > food tastes "nice". It is something I say all the time "oooh, ym, > that is s nice!" And, everytime I said it at GFM, the American > reply to me was raised eyebrows (or just one to those who are clever > enough to possess that talent). Apparently, you should only ever say > that food is "good", because people are "nice". > > Oh, and you don't say "heaps" because you should say "a lot" as > apparently, you only manure in "heaps" and you don't say "thanks > heaps!" (another thing I say ALL the time!), but you CAN say "thanks A LOT". > > You also don't seem to understand it if a person says a really simple > thing like "ta muchly", which of course translates to "thanks very much". > > Oh, and here's yet another straange American fact - you lot drink > your tea COLD!! AND, like, with EVERY meal!! See, we tend to drink > WATER cold, and with every meal, and save the "tea" for when we are > needing a nice hot cuppa at the end of long day - personally, I like > mine with milk and oh, about 2 1/2 sugars, but with ice cubes, and in > a glass, well that is just WRONG! > > And here's another fun fact - Americans LOVE it when Aussies > (pronounced OZZIES!!! Very weird that you have no trouble pronouncing > it when it has the word "Osbourne" after it), say the word "wanker". > I must have said that word a thousand times whilst I was there as it > seemed to entertain you (well, Tom) so much! So, here it is again ... > Wangka...! Ooooh, I can hear the giggles now! > > Oh, and btw, yes, this is indeed what we call a crumpet... > > http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1383338/2/istockpho > to_138 > 3338_toasted_english_crumpet_with_melting_butter_against_whiteon.jpg > > I think the strangest thing of all though, was the fact that Cotty was > really the only one who I could understand 100% of the time! Sad, but true! > We also had this amazing common bond called junk food and we were both > in heaven when we discovered how EVERYTHING in America is HUGE!! You > could have knocked me over with a featha (bit more Aussie twang > there!), when I saw the MONSTER boxes of Tic Tacs!! OMG, HEAVEN! > > One other strange thing I learned at GFM is that there is a weird > species of red haired, bearded Welshmen that like to go off into bear > country on their own, overnight, in almost freezing temperatures > (apparently this was your SUMMER!), and rain, on some strange quest > for photos of a sunrise. I got to meet one of them, although I am > sure that there must be others in existence too... right? > > t.x. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4942 (20100313) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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 - Goksøyr
The frozen well timed wave adds much to the composition. According to my screen, I feel the scene would benefit from a bit of additional lighting to bring out some detail in the near boulders. Not a major thing, but for some reason that dark spot on the left of the far ridge is distracting. Jack --- On Sat, 3/13/10, AlunFoto wrote: > From: AlunFoto > Subject: PESO - Goksøyr > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 1:31 PM > Another pic from this week-end's > foray. > > In Blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/goksyr-runde.html > Pic only: http://turl.no/8e2 > > Tim and I are having a great time. :-) > > 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. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: [Bulk] Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating
On 13 March 2010 06:25, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Miserere > > Quoting KR: >> >> "Features just get in the way of taking photographs, that's why pros >> and I use cameras with no buttons or dials." > > Now that's just effin' stupid, even coming from KR. > > How do you set the shutter speed or even trip the shutter if your camera has > "no buttons or dials"? > > What a maroon! No John, I wasn't quoting KR, I was posting the new messages **I'M** going to be writing in **MY** website so I can become as famous as KR. And John, it's clear you're not a pro, or otherwise you would know how to take pictures with a camera without buttons or dials :-p --M. -- http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: question for the brits American to English translation
Good insights there, Tanya. Maybe the biggest differences between British and American (and Aussie, Kiwi, etc) is the pronunciation of certain words. When I first arrived in the US (with my British accent) waitresses couldn't understand when I ordered water. 9 years later...and they still can't. It seems woh-ter (closed "o") is sooo far removed from wah-rer (open "a") as to be a completely different word, even when placed within the context of the answer to the question "what would you like to drink?". Nowadays my wife translates for me when we order at restaurants. Another interesting point worth mentioning is that in the UK **everyone** understands American slang and pronunciation, while here in the US only 1% of people understand us Brits. Whenever I come across someone who understands everything I say, I always ask them if they're big fans of Monty Python, at which point their faces light up and they proceed to re-enact the Blue Norwegian sketch. Or sing the Lumberjack Song. I was once at a petrol station (why would you call it "gas" if it's liquid!?!?!?) in Tennessee where the manager, a lady in her 50's, started chatting me up (I was in my mid-20's) because she "loved my Australian accent". When I told her that, actually, my accent was from London, she asked me what part of Australia that was in. So Tanya, what part of Australia are *you* from? :-) --M. -- http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 13 March 2010 08:13, Tanya Love wrote: > Ok, so here's my (Aussie, which is kinda, sorta Pommie) take on it all, as > taught to me by Thomas Van Veen at GFM... > > 1. Our biscuit (or "biccie") = your cookie. > 2. Our scone (pronounced SKON, as in "he bumped his scon (aka head) on the > door") = your biscuit. > > We also have this DIVINE invention that we call "choccie biccies", which are > really a combination of #1 above, coated in chocolate. We also like to call > them Tim Tams, and those of you who were at GFM may remember sampling some > that I brought with me! > > Further to this, we have TWO types of "muffins" - the ones that are like a > huge patty cake (which you call cupcakes) without icing on it (you call it > "frosting"). And then the muffin (aka "English" in variety) that you have > for brekkie (you call it "breakfast"), with heaps of melted butter and > Vegemite or jam on it - oh, wait, you call it "jelly"... Doesn't matter as > they are much better with Vegemite anyways! > > Which brings me to the next part of my education whilst I was in that weird > country of yours... > > Our jam = your Jelly > Our Jelly = your Jell-O > Our lollies = your candy > Our chewy = your "gum" > Our maccas = your "mickie dees" (WEIRD!) > > I also learned that Americans think it is really weird to say that a food > tastes "nice". It is something I say all the time "oooh, ym, that is > s nice!" And, everytime I said it at GFM, the American reply to me was > raised eyebrows (or just one to those who are clever enough to possess that > talent). Apparently, you should only ever say that food is "good", because > people are "nice". > > Oh, and you don't say "heaps" because you should say "a lot" as apparently, > you only manure in "heaps" and you don't say "thanks heaps!" (another thing > I say ALL the time!), but you CAN say "thanks A LOT". > > You also don't seem to understand it if a person says a really simple thing > like "ta muchly", which of course translates to "thanks very much". > > Oh, and here's yet another straange American fact - you lot drink your > tea COLD!! AND, like, with EVERY meal!! See, we tend to drink WATER cold, > and with every meal, and save the "tea" for when we are needing a nice hot > cuppa at the end of long day - personally, I like mine with milk and oh, > about 2 1/2 sugars, but with ice cubes, and in a glass, well that is just > WRONG! > > And here's another fun fact - Americans LOVE it when Aussies (pronounced > OZZIES!!! Very weird that you have no trouble pronouncing it when it has the > word "Osbourne" after it), say the word "wanker". I must have said that > word a thousand times whilst I was there as it seemed to entertain you > (well, Tom) so much! So, here it is again ... Wangka...! Ooooh, I can hear > the giggles now! > > Oh, and btw, yes, this is indeed what we call a crumpet... > > http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1383338/2/istockphoto_138 > 3338_toasted_english_crumpet_with_melting_butter_against_whiteon.jpg > > I think the strangest thing of all though, was the fact that Cotty was > really the only one who I could understand 100% of the time! Sad, but true! > We also had this amazing common bond called junk food and we were both in > heaven when we discovered how EVERYTHING in America is HUGE!! You could > have knocked me over with a featha (bit more Aussie twang there!), when I > saw the MONSTER boxes of Tic Tacs!! OMG, HEAVEN! > > One other strange thing I learned at GFM is t
Re: K7 Manual Mode Problem (PDML Digest, Vol 47, Issue 132)
Gaëtan Beauchamp wrote: Hello everyone. Does anybody had problems with manual mode in K7? I am experiencing some and I think that I'll have to send it to Pentax Canada. It is impossible to trigger Tv with the front dial, it's going up but not down. I have to use the green button to come down to the fastest exposition. The rear dial seems to works OK. I discoverthough that a grip give me access to all Tv and Av settings that I want. Is someone experienced something similar and how to fix it if possible? Thanks. Gaetan B. I don't own a K-7, hence I cannot try that. However, go to the menu and try setting Tv on the rear dial and Av on the front one, just to check whether it's a hardware fault or a software bug. If the front dial keeps working one way even when setting aperture, it's a hardware fault of the front dial. Otherwise, it's a software bug. 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: K7 Manual Mode Problem (PDML Digest, Vol 47, Issue 132)
Gaëtan Beauchamp wrote: Hello everyone. Does anybody had problems with manual mode in K7? I am experiencing some and I think that I'll have to send it to Pentax Canada. It is impossible to trigger Tv with the front dial, it's going up but not down. I have to use the green button to come down to the fastest exposition. The rear dial seems to works OK. I discoverthough that a grip give me access to all Tv and Av settings that I want. Is someone experienced something similar and how to fix it if possible? Thanks. Gaetan B. I don't own a K-7, hence I cannot try that. However, go to the menu and try setting Tv on the rear dial and Av on the front one, just to check whether it's a hardware fault or a software bug. 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: K7 Manual Mode Problem (PDML Digest, Vol 47, Issue 132)
Hello everyone. Does anybody had problems with manual mode in K7? I am experiencing some and I think that I'll have to send it to Pentax Canada. It is impossible to trigger Tv with the front dial, it's going up but not down. I have to use the green button to come down to the fastest exposition. The rear dial seems to works OK. I discoverthough that a grip give me access to all Tv and Av settings that I want. Is someone experienced something similar and how to fix it if possible? Thanks. Gaetan B. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Santa Cruz photo outing, Sat March 27
On Mar 13, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" Subject: Re: Santa Cruz photo outing, Sat March 27 On Mar 13, 2010, at 1:09 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: Larry Colen wrote: Our plans are rather loose and dependent upon the weather and who shows up, but the rough outline is: Leave from my house in Felton about 10AM. Shoot for a bit, likely at a local beach. Lunch Go to a second location for the early to mid afternoon. Head to Panther Beach or Davenport for late afternoon & Sunset. Dinner hang out at my place to process & critique shots, socialize etc. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est trying to catch all the crappy light, huh? There is no crappy light, only crappy photographers. And crappy photographs. (I hope your comment about no crappy light was in jest, although I don't see a smiley face). It was half in jest. The light may be crappy to get one photo, but that same light may work very well for another. For me a lot of the fun is taking what is available in the way of light, subjects and gear and seeing what I can make of it. Besides, even if I don't get any great photos, it can be a lot of fun going out and taking pictures, talking shop, sharing gear and swapping lies with friends. For mid-day sun, we'll probably head up into the redwoods, where the light tends to be either shade, or if there's a break in the canopy, you'll get light from the sky coming mostly from one direction. Candice likes shooting at the beach at sunset, so that's where we'll be at sunset. I find I like Davenport a bit earlier in the day so that when I'm shooting the ocean it's more backlit. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESOs New bike/Python/Henry Royce
Love the mid hop catch with both feet off the ground! Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:24 PM, mike wilson wrote: > Bought Katy a new (in fact, her first real) bike today. She did about five > feet and then decided that a more traditional mode of transport was better > suited to her needs. > > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG > > From a few weeks ago, on a trip to a local water fall that I hoped, > erroneously would be in flood. NEVER poke the sleeping python with a stick! > > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG > > From the recent Madchester PDML, Sir henry Royce's first (only?) engine. > > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8692.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. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Goksøyr
Another pic from this week-end's foray. In Blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/goksyr-runde.html Pic only: http://turl.no/8e2 Tim and I are having a great time. :-) 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: 645D Exists (Or Will Soon)
Boris Liberman wrote: Thusly, I suppose the most logical course of my action would be to acquire 645D and then immediately go meet my creator ;-). Feel free to plot your course, if you feel like that. On my part, I'm not in a hurry for neither. 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: PESOs New bike/Python/Henry Royce
> mike wilson wrote: > > Bugger. > > > > > From a few weeks ago, on a trip to a local water fall that > I hoped, > > erroneously would be in flood. NEVER poke the sleeping > python with a stick! > > > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8639.JPG Looks like a scene from a fairy tale! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Lux in moenibus fiat
> > > Some nice footage here of beacons on Hadrian's Wall: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8565759.stm > > I found out about this about 30minutes after it started. Curses. Don't you mean cursus? I would love to have taken part in that. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Santa Cruz photo outing, Sat March 27
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" Subject: Re: Santa Cruz photo outing, Sat March 27 On Mar 13, 2010, at 1:09 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: Larry Colen wrote: Our plans are rather loose and dependent upon the weather and who shows up, but the rough outline is: Leave from my house in Felton about 10AM. Shoot for a bit, likely at a local beach. Lunch Go to a second location for the early to mid afternoon. Head to Panther Beach or Davenport for late afternoon & Sunset. Dinner hang out at my place to process & critique shots, socialize etc. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est trying to catch all the crappy light, huh? There is no crappy light, only crappy photographers. And crappy photographs. (I hope your comment about no crappy light was in jest, although I don't see a smiley face). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Freedom to film
> > I was originally going to comment on this commendable vid > > http://current.com/items/92196240_freedom-to-film.htm > Good on them! > ...then I saw this and my attention was distracted > > http://current.com/items/92316846_a-cute-lamb-running-through- > a-house.htm Man, I hate it when that happens. Bloody springtime! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Lux in moenibus fiat
Bob W wrote: Some nice footage here of beacons on Hadrian's Wall: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8565759.stm I found out about this about 30minutes after it started. Curses. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESOs New bike/Python/Henry Royce
mike wilson wrote: Bugger. From a few weeks ago, on a trip to a local water fall that I hoped, erroneously would be in flood. NEVER poke the sleeping python with a stick! http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8639.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: PESOs New bike/Python/Henry Royce
What a lovely young lady. Great shot. Paul On Mar 13, 2010, at 1:24 PM, mike wilson wrote: Bought Katy a new (in fact, her first real) bike today. She did about five feet and then decided that a more traditional mode of transport was better suited to her needs. http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG From a few weeks ago, on a trip to a local water fall that I hoped, erroneously would be in flood. NEVER poke the sleeping python with a stick! http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG From the recent Madchester PDML, Sir henry Royce's first (only?) engine. http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8692.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Bogue Barn
Thanks, Paul! You hit on exactly why I didn't crop it closer to the barn. In fact, I considered re-cropping it slightly further to the left so the tree wouldn't become "attached" to the left frame edge. Jack --- On Sat, 3/13/10, P N Stenquist wrote: > From: P N Stenquist > Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 11:59 AM > I like it cropped like this. > Definitely a worthy subject, nicely rendered. > > My first instinct was to say that you ought to crop into > the barn a bit on the left as well, but then you'd lose that > tree. So I think you handled it just right. > > Paul > On Mar 13, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a > street (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I > recorded this east facing barn and, early this AM, returned > with some gear. > > It's sits on an island of property surrounded by > apartments and other commercial structures. Had to shoot > through what we call a cyclone fence which resulted in my > needing to heavily crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, > but wasn't possible. > > Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. > Love the detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem > with the barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but > WTH, I had a brief moment with a camera. > > > > Jack > > > > Comments always welcome. > > > > K20, DA 16~45, hand held > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 > > > > > > > > > > --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.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.
Freedom to film
I was originally going to comment on this commendable vid http://current.com/items/92196240_freedom-to-film.htm ...then I saw this and my attention was distracted http://current.com/items/92316846_a-cute-lamb-running-through-a-house.htm -- 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: peso - portrait
Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4430214904/ I am not sure about this one, need your comments and critique. --Sasha Lensbaby babe. I like it. Background is a little busy, but still -- 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.
OT: Lux in moenibus fiat
Some nice footage here of beacons on Hadrian's Wall: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8565759.stm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Robin [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]
Thanks Ann, I thought of "cloning" them out but decided against it, I'll give your suggestion a try, thanks. Best regards, John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele [ann...@nyc.rr.com] Sent: 13 March 2010 17:11 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Robin [Scanned] [Spam score:8%] Wonderfully sharp birdie and very pleasing - a perfect filed guide photo... however... re the branches.. Yeah, a bit distracting - not the darker one, but the light one... if you could darken that a bit I think it would improve the shot... my eye kept going to it. Not bad at all in general to have OOF branches in the background -- pretty good Bokeh despite that. That's a nit , of course, but since the bird is so splendid worth fixin I think. ann John Whittingham wrote: >Thanks Paul, do you find the OoF branches distracting? > >Regards > >John > > >From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of paul >stenquist [pnstenqu...@comcast.net] >Sent: 13 March 2010 12:04 >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: Robin [Scanned] [Spam score:8%] > >Excellent shot! >Paul > >On Mar 13, 2010, at 4:20 AM, John Whittingham wrote: > > > >>Hi Christine, thanks for the comment. >> >>I meant to post the link to the larger image, but must have forgot to copy >>d'oh. >> >>Regards, >> >>John >> >>From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine >>Aguila [cagu...@earthlink.net] >>Sent: 13 March 2010 04:24 >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>Subject: Re: Robin [Scanned] [Spam score:8%] >> >>Wow, that's lovely, John! Really nice. Gosh, this list has some great bird >>photographers. Just FYI, you've double links below, but both are for the >>same picture. Cheers, Christine >> >> >>- Original Message - >>From: "John Whittingham" >>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >>Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 4:24 PM >>Subject: PESO: Robin [Scanned] >> >> >> >> >>>Taken locally: K20D DA*300/4, comment and critique welcome: >>> >>>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10798410 >>> >>>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10798410 >>> >>> >>>John >>>-- >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>PDML@pdml.net >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>PDML@pdml.net >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >>the directions. >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>PDML@pdml.net >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >>the directions. >> >> > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESOs New bike/Python/Henry Royce
> > Bought Katy a new (in fact, her first real) bike today. She > did about five feet and then decided that a more traditional > mode of transport was better suited to her needs. > > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG > Classic shot - pity about the car. Bob > From a few weeks ago, on a trip to a local water fall that I > hoped, erroneously would be in flood. NEVER poke the sleeping > python with a stick! > > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG > > From the recent Madchester PDML, Sir henry Royce's first > (only?) engine. > > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8692.JPG Nothing'll ever come of it -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - portrait
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4430214904/ I am not sure about this one, need your comments and critique. --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO -- After the Fall (a subset)
I like these. Such desolation on shoreline property without a natural disaster
is remarkable.
>From the smokestack in the first photo, I deduce that the location is near
>Bridgeport. Apart from that, I'm still in the dark.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
--- On Sat, 3/13/10, P. J. Alling wrote:
> From: P. J. Alling
> Subject: GESO -- After the Fall (a subset)
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
> Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 1:14 AM
> So by popular demand... Well Ok
> not so popular demand, Rick Wormer wanted to see more of
> these* so you can blame him.
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/Connecticut%27s%20Ghost%20Town/GESO%20--%20afterthefall.html
>
> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.
>
> Equipment: Pentax K20D w/various Pentax Lenses.
> (It you want to know the lens hover the mouse over the
> picture, an information tooltip will appear. It works
> in Firefox, I assume later versions of IE as well).
>
> *He also wanted to know the story, which I'm still working
> on and I have high hopes that it'll be done some day "real
> soon now"..
>
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Re: Slightly OT - eSATA solution for Mac Pro users
That's a good one, Brendan! Thanks. :-) On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > I have been running out room on my Mac Pro and needed to get an external > drive. I have one Aperture library that is nearly 500GB in size. I wanted a > off-the-shelf Mac drive that was inexpensive that would have fast throughput. > USB 2.0 and Firewire just aren't fast enough. So, I initially got an eSATA > PCIe card for my Mac that allows SATA connections with external drives. > Unfortunately, either the card, the driver, or both didn't provide the > 3Gb/sec speed I require. In fact, the transfer speeds were running at slower > than USB speeds so it turned out to be worthless to me. Luckily I found a > solution: > > http://www.newertech.com/products/esata_cable.php > > Not bad and it costs $19 plus shipping. > > Since, it turns out, the Mac Pro's made between 2006 and 2008 have two add'l > SATA ports on the motherboards you can install this kit and get two eSATA > connections on the back of your machine. What's really nice is that since > you're plugging into native ports on the motherboard (vs. going through a > card), the Mac just treats the drive just like internal storage, no drivers > needed. The downside, for some, is that you have to basically take your > machine apart to get to the ports. It requires removing the ram risers, all > installed cards, all hard drives, the processor cover, and the front fan > assembly. Sounds like an incredible pain, but really is quite simple as Mac > Pros are designed to be reconfigured easily. > > I'm running a super cheap ($159) WD My Book 1.5T drive via the eSATA > connection and I can now run my largest Aperture library from this drive just > as if it were an internal drive. You do need to turn the drive on before > start up, however, but the drive then turns off on its own when the system > shuts down. > > This will do until USB 3.0 becomes affordable. > > -Brendan > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- 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: PESO: Bogue Barn
I like it cropped like this. Definitely a worthy subject, nicely rendered. My first instinct was to say that you ought to crop into the barn a bit on the left as well, but then you'd lose that tree. So I think you handled it just right. Paul On Mar 13, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Jack Davis wrote: On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a street (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this east facing barn and, early this AM, returned with some gear. It's sits on an island of property surrounded by apartments and other commercial structures. Had to shoot through what we call a cyclone fence which resulted in my needing to heavily crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, but wasn't possible. Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. Love the detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem with the barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but WTH, I had a brief moment with a camera. Jack Comments always welcome. K20, DA 16~45, hand held http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Shooters
And thanks! 6400 on K7 is respectable. Not as good as Kx or some other camera, but it's definitely workable. Paul On Mar 13, 2010, at 12:26 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: That's fun The 6400 is amazing... did you think about adjusting the skin tones at all? I go back and forth over that when I shoot in that kind of light. anyway, nice shot ann P N Stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10801215&size=lg K7, DA* 16-50/2.8, ISO 6400, f3.5 @ 1/60th, 31mm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Shooters
I have adjusted the skin tones, but I wanted to keep them somewhat ruddy. The light in the pool hall is mixed, tungsten, neon and lord knows what else. I generally have to compromise a bit. Paul On Mar 13, 2010, at 12:26 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: That's fun The 6400 is amazing... did you think about adjusting the skin tones at all? I go back and forth over that when I shoot in that kind of light. anyway, nice shot ann P N Stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10801215&size=lg K7, DA* 16-50/2.8, ISO 6400, f3.5 @ 1/60th, 31mm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Fence
Jostein, for me there's a bit too much going on in this shot. The mood is nice, but then things get distracting: the curving fence, the differently curving road, the mountain, the snow, the lights... Just a little overwhelming for my 1952-vintage processor! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 3/12/10, AlunFoto wrote: > From: AlunFoto > Subject: PESO - Fence > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 4:10 PM > Another night shot. Not quite > challenging the noise characteristics of > the K-7 sensor, though. :-) > > Blogpost: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/old-fence.html > Direct link: http://turl.no/8dp > > -- > 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. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Bogue Barn
Bogue Rd is in the city limits of Yuba City, CA. Yuba City is in northern CA prox' 40 miles north of Sacramento. You're not alone, Chris, "spell check" has never heard of either Yuba or Bogue. ;) Jack --- On Sat, 3/13/10, Chris Mitchell wrote: > From: Chris Mitchell > Subject: RE: PESO: Bogue Barn > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" > Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 11:10 AM > Jack Davis wrote: > > > > On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a > street (Bogue > > Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this > east facing barn > > and, early this AM, returned with some gear. > > Jack - that's a magnificent structure and you've captured > it well in > challenging circumstances. > > Where (in the world) is Bogue Rd? Is it a heritage barn or > still in use? > > It would be good to get permission to get behind the fence > and take some > detail shots. > > Chris > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: Bogue Barn
Nice remarks. Thanks, Bob! Jack --- On Sat, 3/13/10, Bob W wrote: > From: Bob W > Subject: RE: PESO: Bogue Barn > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" > Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 10:08 AM > > On my way home from taking care > of an errand, I took a street > > (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded > this > > east facing barn and, early this AM, returned with > some gear. > > It's sits on an island of property surrounded by > apartments > > and other commercial structures. Had to shoot through > what we > > call a cyclone fence which resulted in my needing to > heavily > > crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, but wasn't > possible. > > Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. > Love the > > detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem > with the > > barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but > WTH, I > > had a brief moment with a camera. > > > > Jack > > > > Comments always welcome. > > > > K20, DA 16~45, hand held > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 > > > > > I think you've made an excellent job of it. Nice light, > well composed. We > see a lot of barn pictures here - this one stands out from > the crowd for me. > > 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. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESOs New bike/Python/Henry Royce
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 06:24:57PM +, mike wilson wrote: > Bought Katy a new (in fact, her first real) bike today. She did about > five feet and then decided that a more traditional mode of transport was > better suited to her needs. > > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG > > From a few weeks ago, on a trip to a local water fall that I hoped, > erroneously would be in flood. NEVER poke the sleeping python with a > stick! > > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG You know, that python looks a lot like Katy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESOs New bike/Python/Henry Royce
mike wilson wrote: > From a few weeks ago, on a trip to a local water fall that I hoped, > erroneously would be in flood. NEVER poke the sleeping python with a > stick! > > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG > The waterfall looks uncannily like a pink space hopper / bike substitute... Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Bogue Barn
Jack Davis wrote: > > On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a street (Bogue > Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this east facing barn > and, early this AM, returned with some gear. Jack - that's a magnificent structure and you've captured it well in challenging circumstances. Where (in the world) is Bogue Rd? Is it a heritage barn or still in use? It would be good to get permission to get behind the fence and take some detail shots. Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESOs New bike/Python/Henry Royce
Funny that bike looks like a balloon.
On 3/13/2010 1:24 PM, mike wilson wrote:
Bought Katy a new (in fact, her first real) bike today. She did about
five feet and then decided that a more traditional mode of transport
was better suited to her needs.
http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG
From a few weeks ago, on a trip to a local water fall that I hoped,
erroneously would be in flood. NEVER poke the sleeping python with a
stick!
http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG
From the recent Madchester PDML, Sir henry Royce's first (only?) engine.
http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8692.JPG
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Re: Useful resource: Pentax P-TTL flash comparison
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Bob W wrote: > >> >> As for people detesting flashes, I think there are two types of >> photographers: Those who know how to strobe, and those that >> hate strobes. >> >> I'm somewhere in between :-) > > I know how to use it AND I hate it. Anyone who thinks the mark of a > professional is knowing how to use artificial light knows nothing about > photography. > > Bob The only true mark of a professional is delivering the image without inconveniencing the client more than absolutely necessary for a price which exceeds the costs incurred. This does not necessarily imply excessive skill on the photographer but does imply a functional knowledge of ones limitations. -- 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.
PESOs New bike/Python/Henry Royce
Bought Katy a new (in fact, her first real) bike today. She did about five feet and then decided that a more traditional mode of transport was better suited to her needs. http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG From a few weeks ago, on a trip to a local water fall that I hoped, erroneously would be in flood. NEVER poke the sleeping python with a stick! http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8703.JPG From the recent Madchester PDML, Sir henry Royce's first (only?) engine. http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/IMGP8692.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: Look Who Woke Up Salivating
> > With the number of laws that are now on the books, can anyone > legitimately > argue that knowing all the laws is possible? [...] > I doubt very strongly that anyone knows all the laws. > Ignorance of the law is now a reality, and could certainly be > used as an > excuse. > "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law". ---Alisteir Crowley 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: PESO: Bogue Barn
> On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a street > (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this > east facing barn and, early this AM, returned with some gear. > It's sits on an island of property surrounded by apartments > and other commercial structures. Had to shoot through what we > call a cyclone fence which resulted in my needing to heavily > crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, but wasn't possible. > Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. Love the > detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem with the > barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but WTH, I > had a brief moment with a camera. > > Jack > > Comments always welcome. > > K20, DA 16~45, hand held > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 > I think you've made an excellent job of it. Nice light, well composed. We see a lot of barn pictures here - this one stands out from the crowd for me. 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: question for the brits American to English translation
> Gotta throw my hat into the ring here - when I was there for > GFM, I couldn't believe or comprehend the fact that you have > ORANGE cheese in America! I had never seen orange cheese in > my life! I just did not and still don't "get" > how cheese can turn orange when it is made from white milk! > I guess the explanation below kind of answers the question > for me... so glad I didn't eat any of that orange stuff > whilst I was there! I like my cheese natural, unprocessed > and WITHOUT food colouring thanks! > You need to go to France and Spain for strange-looking cheese, all totally natural. One of the best I've ever had is a Spanish unpasteurised cheese called Cabrales which matures in mountain caves full of penicillin spores. Nice. Or you could try a vacherin Mont d'Or, or a mimolette, which looks like an old woman's heel and smells much the same but tastes delicious. Or a 'crottin' of anything just because crottin is a horse turd! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Bogue Barn
On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a street (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this east facing barn and, early this AM, returned with some gear. It's sits on an island of property surrounded by apartments and other commercial structures. Had to shoot through what we call a cyclone fence which resulted in my needing to heavily crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, but wasn't possible. Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. Love the detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem with the barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but WTH, I had a brief moment with a camera. Jack Comments always welcome. K20, DA 16~45, hand held http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Useful resource: Pentax P-TTL flash comparison
> I TOTALLY agree! And this is why there are so many "pros" > floating around places like Facebook who boast the following: > > "I am an available light photographer, who conveniently comes > to you or your chosen location..." > > Translated to meaning - "I am a mum who bought myself a > camera and can take ok photos and add a vignette or two in PS > Elements. Have no idea how to use flash, and can't afford to > buy the stuff anyways, and can't afford a studio either". > > I have a real bee in my bonnet about this new "breed", don't > get me started! > And how did you get started in this business? As I recall it was in exactly the same way. > > As for people detesting flashes, I think there are two types of > photographers: Those who know how to strobe, and those that > hate strobes. > > I'm somewhere in between :-) I know how to use it AND I hate it. Anyone who thinks the mark of a professional is knowing how to use artificial light knows nothing about photography. 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.
